Remove all formatting from text

Question

Is there anyway to remove all formatting from text within a certain class?

for example i have text brought from a database and displayed like so -

<p class="text">
Blah BLAH blah
</p>

<p>
blah **BLAH** blah
<p>

I need it so the same text can be shown twice but only one with the formatting that it is saved with. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can either use a custom class(with no formats) or use inline formatting that has the highest priority:

<p class="noFormat">
...
</p>


or 
<!-- inline -->
<p style="font-size: , font-family: , font-weight: , margin: , padding: , text-align: ">
...
</p>

Answer 2

remove formatting? dont think you can remove styles.If you have to remove define a new class and override them.

<p class="text">
Blah BLAH blah
</p>

<p class="noFormatting">
blah **BLAH** blah
<p>.

.noFormatting{
 font-style:normal;
 font-weight:normal;/* any other properties you want to ovveride! */

}