Clearing Formatting From Text in Word 2007

When you’re cutting and pasting text into your Word document, it is easy to introduce formatting inconsistencies. But, it isn’t always so easy to rid your document of these formatting inconsistencies.

You can try to apply formatting so that the text matches surrounding portions of your document. You might even use the Format Painter to help with this. But, sometimes, the best solution is to clear formatting from your text. You can then format it from scratch the way you want.

To clear formatting from text in Word 2007, select the text that contains the formatting you would like to remove. Then, locate the Font section of the Home ribbon. Click the Clear Formatting icon. The Clear Formatting button shows a white eraser, along with some letters.

When you click the Clear Formatting button, text and paragraph formatting is removed from the text. You can then apply new formatting. Or, you can leave it so that it matches your document template’s default formatting.