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Sometimes I copy info from a website and I end up with a background colour that I can't get rid of in TextEdit other than converting to plain text.
Example: go to http://dpreview.com/, copy some text, and paste in TextEdit. It arrives with a black background.
How do I get rid of the background and just leave the text?
Within iText Express, one easy solution is to apply a Style from the Style option in the Option Bar.
I found a method that worked great on Word for Mac 2011:
Highlight the text and press control + spacebar.
The formatting disappears. I couldn't find any option under any menus that worked, in spite of the suggestions of the other people who posted here.
I hope this helps.
Another method would be to convert the document to *.txt and then convert back.
The easiest, quickest, way to remove background color from pasted text is to:
➕ Another nice benefit of creating your own STYLE, is that you can adjust the line height and line spacing (this usually improves poorly conceived internet typography immensely).
How to remove background colour?
