Keyboard Maestro “Change clipboard to plain text” Macro

Questions & Suggestions
1

I am trying to create a macro to replace each of my clipboard contents with plain text which looks better in my opinion. However, when I tried it, I sent KM into an infinite loop.

Or should I use a 2nd clipboard and just filter all the contents of the system clipboard?

Keyboard Maestro “Change clipboard to plain text” Macro

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2

Hey Mirizzi,

I think trying to automate this is asking for trouble.

I have a simple keyboard shortcut driven macro to paste as plain text.

Keyboard Maestro “Paste Plain Text” Macro

-Chris

3

Thanks. I will stick with the styled clipboard for now and use a similar macro as yours to paste plain text.

4

I created this Macro but I don't understand the last action Type the CMD+V keystroke?

5

The command-v step is what causes it to paste, but you could replace that with the Paste action in KM.

6

The Type a Keystroke action allows you to automate typing of a manual keystroke, using the keystroke shown, ⌘V in this case. It will do the same thing as if you had typed that keystroke yourself.

7

I use version 9, the editor is not same as which is showed here, but quite similar.
When I pick some text and press control+cmd+v, the plain text isn't paste at where I want it to be, then if I press cmd+v, the plain text is pasted, I think that means the filter have removed the style but the activation "type the keystroke" isn't activated, so where is the problem?

8

Well, seams this problem has been discussed on the forum before. After insert a 0.1 second pause between remove style and paste, the macro works. And I also found the activation " type the keystroke" can be replaced by "paste" in the activation folder -clipboard.