Clean Up Your Notes: OneNote’s Long-Overdue Plain-Text Paste Shortcut
Tired of mismatched fonts and colors when pasting into OneNote? Discover how a new shortcut and a smoother experience finally makes note-taking neater and faster.
By Rodger Mansfield, Technology Editor,
September 8, 2025
Have you ever pasted something into OneNote and winced at mismatched fonts or unexpected background colors?
That tiny formatting glitch isn’t just distracting, it slows you down.
Now imagine a quick fix: one keystroke that drops in your text clean and uniform.
Here's a Cool Tip: Use the New OneNote Keyboard Shortcut.
What the Feature Is and Why It Matters
OneNote now finally respects your formatting preferences: you paste text and it conforms to the page, not the original styling. That means no rogue fonts, clashing colors, or wayward sizes disrupting your visual flow. It’s essentially a tidy-desk approach, but for your digital workspace.



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