Security News > 2023 > March > Microsoft PowerToys adds ‘Paste as plain text’ and Mouse Jump tools
Microsoft has added two new utilities to the open-source PowerToys toolset to help Windows users paste text without formatting and make moving the mouse across multiple screens or on ultra-wide monitors easier.
As its name implies, the new "Paste as Plain Text" tool can quickly paste the most recent clipboard content as unformatted text into any app.
Today's release also bundles a new Mouse Jump utility that can also be enabled via a dedicated pane in the PowerToys Settings.
After hitting the activation shortcut, you will see an overview of the entire desktop as a thumbnail center on the mouse pointer's position, allowing you to move the pointer to any part of the desktop quicker by significantly shortening the mouse moving distance.
In September 2019, Microsoft decided to revive them and released the first version of the modern PowerToys open-source utility pack, which adds extra functionality to Windows and speeds up various tasks without using third-party tools.
PowerToys is available through the Microsoft Store or from Microsoft's PowerToys GitHub page, where you can also find additional info on improvements, changes, and bug fixes included with this release.