Problems pasting web pages into Pages.app

Success! It isn't precisely what I was looking for, but it works. It cuts out one of the steps I settled on. Command-shift-V pastes a functional, de-formatted version of web text into MSWord, from which stage it's easy to move it into Pages, if necessary . I clearly have a lot to learn about Word, but this tip helps. Thanks very much.

I tried that, but didn't know what to do with the result. In Firefox, and Safari, I opened the web page, copied it, then started Pages, and, when I got a new blank file, I hit command-shift-V and what appeared was a "Browse" directory of my computer with a greyed-out "insert" command at lower right, as if I were to select a source-such as the Clipboard-and insert it into Pages. The Clipboard doesn't show up in any browse directory I've ever seen, so it was a dead end. But I've never seen that result before, which makes me think there may be some way to make it work. What am I missing?

Thank you for making that distinction. I did seem to have slightly better results with Word, but no idea why. Text edit will work just fine if I can't tame MSWord. Thanks for the suggestion.

I tried the whole process-Web page to TextEdit to MSWord to Pages, and it worked, after I did some detailed study of MSWord. I was able to shed most or all of the web formatting. Thanks.