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How to revert back to original font after I paste something into my email?

adrian.house
adrian.house

Hi, I start to write an email, then paste another one into it - the new one is pasted in a different font. I try to go to the end of that bit and write some more, but I can't figure out how to get my original font back for that bit. It just stays in the same font as the pasted bit now. Any help appreciated! Thanks

Hi, I start to write an email, then paste another one into it - the new one is pasted in a different font. I try to go to the end of that bit and write some more, but I can't figure out how to get my original font back for that bit. It just stays in the same font as the pasted bit now. Any help appreciated! Thanks

Chosen solution

I played around with it and it seems there are a couple of ways. One is to paste unformatted as suggested and then just select it and apply formatting to the selection. (This might be better because it stops the "ransom note" effect of a whole bunch of formatted pastes from various places.)

On the other hand, if you do want to preserve source formatting, it seems to work fine if I just put a word (or really even a character) after the insertion(paste) point. Then paste formatted, and the word or character after the pasted text remains in the previous format, as does anything you add to that area.

BTW, I hope you also put some quotes or something around text like that, because some people like me set Thunderbird to view all messages as simple text anyway.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
  • Top 25 Contributor

Does Format/Discontinue Text Styles (Ctrl+Shift+Y) work?

adrian.house
adrian.house Question owner

Thanks for the reply. No that didn't work. It was so easy in Outlook!

sfhowes
sfhowes
  • Top 25 Contributor

If you are pasting from another app or email, it's best to Paste Without Formatting (Ctrl+Shift+V), to avoid adding unwanted formatting. Pasting the normal way from Word to Outlook 'works' because it's a closed system of proprietary formats.

adrian.house
adrian.house Question owner

Yes that is one way. I just like being able to paste something in a different format (from anywhere, not just Word) to make that passage stand out, and then comment on it in my original format. Seems like it shouldn't be that hard to do.

Daveh110
Daveh110

Chosen Solution

I played around with it and it seems there are a couple of ways. One is to paste unformatted as suggested and then just select it and apply formatting to the selection. (This might be better because it stops the "ransom note" effect of a whole bunch of formatted pastes from various places.)

On the other hand, if you do want to preserve source formatting, it seems to work fine if I just put a word (or really even a character) after the insertion(paste) point. Then paste formatted, and the word or character after the pasted text remains in the previous format, as does anything you add to that area.

BTW, I hope you also put some quotes or something around text like that, because some people like me set Thunderbird to view all messages as simple text anyway.

adrian.house
adrian.house Question owner

Great, thanks for that and for your help. Cheers, Adrian