[rhino369]

In word, Cntrl Shift V just applies formatting. You have to Ctrl V wait hit Cntrl again and then hit T.

[haltcase]

And then there's Excel, where you need to do the same but it's Control + V instead of Control + T.

[Too]

In Excel you can press F2 before pasting. That takes focus of the cell one level deeper to the input-box, where only plain text is allowed.

[kleiba]

Yes, but you can make it work as described by changing a setting in Word.