To clear formatting from selected text using keyboard shortcuts:
- Press Ctrl + Spacebar to clear character formatting only (such as bold, font and font size) from selected text.
- Press Ctrl + Q to clear paragraph formatting only (such as indents and line spacing) from selected text.
- Press Ctrl + Shift + N to reapply the Normal style to selected text.
Sub ResetParagraphFormat()
'
' Reset Selection Paragraph Formatting
'
'
With Selection.ParagraphFormat
.Reset
.LeftIndent = CentimetersToPoints(0)
.RightIndent = CentimetersToPoints(0)
.SpaceBefore = 0
.SpaceBeforeAuto = False
.SpaceAfter = 0
.SpaceAfterAuto = False
.LineSpacingRule = wdLineSpaceSingle
.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphJustify
.WidowControl = False
.KeepWithNext = False
.KeepTogether = False
.PageBreakBefore = False
.NoLineNumber = False
.Hyphenation = True
.FirstLineIndent = CentimetersToPoints(0)
.OutlineLevel = wdOutlineLevelBodyText
.CharacterUnitLeftIndent = 0
.CharacterUnitRightIndent = 0
.CharacterUnitFirstLineIndent = 0
.LineUnitBefore = 0
.LineUnitAfter = 0
.MirrorIndents = False
.TextboxTightWrap = wdTightNone
.CollapsedByDefault = False
End With
End Sub
Sub SelectionClearFormatting()
'
' Clear All Formatting
'
With Selection
.ClearFormatting
End With
End Sub
Sub ResetParagraph()
' Removes manual paragraph formatting (formatting not applied using a style).
' If you manually right align a paragraph and the underlying style has a different alignment,
' the Reset method changes the alignment to match the formatting of the underlying style.
Selection.Paragraphs.Reset
End Sub