[Issue] Default on Paste icon

[waxman]

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Can I change the default on the paste icon to Unformatted Text?

[RGB]

You can add a paste special button. On the right side of the tool-bar, there is a drop-down menu: open it and select "configure toolbar". Click on "Add" and select "paste special" from the "Edit" category, and then click on "Add". The new button will be only text, but you can change this clicking on "Modify" and selecting "Change icon". Now, you can move the button position on the tool-bar with the arrows.
But it is easier to use Ctrl+Shift+V...

[acknak]

There is a plan in the works for making Ctrl+Shift+V the shortcut for Edit > Paste Special > As unformatted text: Issue 17563: shortcut for "Edit" - "Paste special" - "Unformatted text"
You can register there and add your vote (up to two) or comment, although it's already targeted for OOo 3.1 (Mar '09), so I'm not sure there's a lot of point in adding further votes.

Note that several other issues asking for a change in the default paste action, or an option to change the default, were eventually folded into issue 17563, so I think that's the best we'll get.

I find that I almost never use anything but "paste as unformatted", so I'd support making it the default, but having a direct shortcut is still an improvement.