

Then click on “All Programs”, “Accessories”, “Notepad”, and then paste (Ctrl-V) into the Notepad. Otherwise, use click-and-drag to highlight the part you want, then “copy”(Ctrl-C).Ĭlick on “Start” on the lower left corner of the screen. In the document, go to “Edit” in the tool bar at top of screen and hit “select all” or else, use Ctrl-A. Here are the steps he assumed that we dummies already knew: If you want to apply that color, you can just click the icon. Word displays the Advanced Layout dialog box.

If there is no Position tab in your version of Word, display the Layout tab, and then click on Advanced. Word displays the Format AutoShape dialog box. The currently selected color works as the default highlight color and is shown in the icon. Choose the AutoShape option from the Format menu. Allen's directions were not elementary enough. Select Home tab > click the arrow in Text Highlight Color icon and click the desired highlight color. It took some experimenting, but at last I found a way to get rid of formatting. Suggestion: revise the tip again for the benefit of dummies:Īllen Wyatt says: a quick and easy way to get rid of any and all formatting for a selection of text, here is a quick way to do it (and then gave this):Ībsolutely Getting Rid of Formatting by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 9, 2014) questions remained: Where do I find “Clipboard”? And once I find that, where do I find “Notepad” accessory?
