How do I strip out web formatting in Word documents? Whilst engaged in research for a degree course I need to be able to copy and paste text from websites, quoting sources of course. A lot of sites have coloured background and some have white text on black that when copied into a Word document look unsightly. I have tried hard, within a text document, to have all text in black 12 pt, Times New Roman on a white background, but without success. Most times I end up entering the text via the keyboard! Is there a way around this? Highlight and copy the text as usual then, in Word, use the Paste Special command. In older versions you will find this on the Edit menu, otherwise it is on the dropdown menu on the Paste icon. Select Paste Special then Unformatted text and click OK. This will strip out any web formatting and applies the attributes (font size and so on) of the page into which it is pasted.