I’ve never been so happy about a new feature in Office 2007 in all my life.

When pasting text, code and other stuff from within Office into a mail or some other editor, the layout always becomes a mess because Word, Excel or Outlook tries to copy the layout of the original document to the new document. I just want the text!

So, all the frustration can now be set aside, because there is a hidden feature in all office applications. I will explain by using some screenshots.

• Click the round thingy in the top-left corner of your Office Application
  
  
• In the bottom-right corner of that menu there is a button labels ‘Editor Options’
  
• Go to ‘Advanced’ and scroll down a little.
   
  
• Change your default paste options.

The developer that implemented this feature, and the UI designer that invented this feature and the product manager that approved the feature and the developer who bribed the product manager to approve the feature after he or she learnt from the UI designer that such a feature would actually be very welcome on his behalf, all should receive a ribbon, a bonus, a cigar or a double Latte Macchiato for doing so. Hurray!