

To paste without formatting, either press Control+Shift+V and then select Unformatted text from the dialog box that appears, or click on the small black triangle next to the paste symbol in the standard toolbar and select Unformatted text.

It is normally good practice to paste text without formatting and apply the formatting later. There are several ways to ensure consistency these methods are explained below. This may be what you want on some occasions, however in most cases you want to make sure that the presentation does not become a patchwork of different paragraph styles, font types, bullet points and so on. However, the pasted text will probably not match the formatting of the surrounding text or that of the other slides in the presentation. Text may be inserted into the text box by copying it from another document and pasting it into Impress.
