Questions tagged [copy-paste]
Adding an item to the clipboard to then place at a different position either in a document or location
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Why I am I getting this output from copy dialog box?
I was copying my old Windows files to a new partition for unnamed reasons and then the copy dialog box gave me this screen :
I had 0 items remaining but 45 seconds and 1.83GB left to copy.
After a ...
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Is there a way I can be notified when Windows Explorer is done copying / moving a file?
Obviously, this is a very common operation, but I'm annoyed that Windows will not tell me when it is done. I either need to see if the copy / move progress bar still exists, or (worse) look to see if ...
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Clipboard: copy paste to/from multiple buffers
I would like to copy and paste using multiple buffers.
E.g. ctr+c+$n copies to a buffer$n, then ctr+v+$n pastes the content from the buffer$n where $n is a number on the keyboard from 0 to 9. Is there ...
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How to disable text style copying on Windows XP?
Problem: I copy a text from a website, paste it on email or forum, and scream for the insanely large font it creates. Then I instantly go to notepad and re-paste, re-copy and again re-paste it to get ...
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Is there a paste-replace shortcut?
Hello all :) This is be a petty request, but it is like an itch to me right now for a specific project:
There are shorcuts for copy and paste, but I often find myself moving bits of text between each ...
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Copy and paste a file 200 times with new names
I have a folder with a file named: 'template.xlsx', and hundreds of files named:
old_2301 Item 1.xlsx
old_2014 Item 2.xlsx
old_5321 Item 3.xlsx
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old_3212 Item 200.xlsx
I want to copy the file ...
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Drag and Drop vs. Copy and Paste in Windows Explorer
Is there a difference between dragging and dropping a file vs. copying and pasting in Windows Explorer? I read on a forum that dragging is more reliable than copying. Is this true? Can copying ...
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Paste a range into a filtered table
We have the following excel sheet:
The cells A2 to A10 are filtered: option 3 and option 4 are filtered out. Now we want to paste the numbers in A12:A16 next to the visible cells (so in B2:B10). Any ...
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Set Default Paste Format In Microsoft Office Products
I want to change the defaults for pasting in Microsoft Office.
Right now, it appears to default to keeping the source formatting, but I'd like to set the default to match the destination formatting.
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How do I empty all registers in vim?
How can I delete the values associated with all the registers in vim?
I found this snippet on the web:
function! ClearRegisters()
let regs='...
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Copy visual mode selection below selection in vi
In vim, I often find myself repeating the same steps to copy a section before making changes to it:
V to start Visual mode linewise
j until I have selected the section I want to copy
y to yank the ...
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Vim: Terminal-to-terminal copy&paste?
I am trying to copy a large block of code (with indentations preserved) from one vim terminal into another. I was wondering if there was a straightforward way to do this?
Would this be considered a ...
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Get Windows to copy the first file of a selection first
When selecting a bunch of files in Explorer, either by dragging or shift-selecting, if you copy that selection and go to paste it somewhere the Windows decides it'll copy the last file in the ...
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how can i copy a html table from a website and paste it into outlook and keep the table formatting
i have an html table on a website, but when i copy and paste into outlook, it shoves all the data together. I have tried with HTML mode, Rich text mode, etc but still can't seem to have it show up ...
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When copying a file/folder, strange characters are added to the file or folder name
My operating system is Windows 10.
When I copy a file or folder to the same location they are in, Windows automatically adds the word "copy" to the end of the file name,
which is great. But there is ...
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How to copy formatted text from Visual Studio into Visio without keeping the format?
I'm copying text from Visual Studio and pasting it in MS-Visio, but I would like to lose the formatting. I already tried using Ctrl+Shift+V but this seems not to be working (Ctr+Shift starts zooming).
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Windows 7 - Copy and Replace Always
I want to do a Copy and Replace (an overwrite) always when I am copying files from one folder to another. Is there anyway, anyway at all that I can ensure that the prompt does not appear saying "Are ...
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Is there a way to copy an Excel worksheet without copying all of the cell styles in the source workbook to the target workbook?
The title pretty much says it. I have an Excel document with tons of randomly named styles that I didn't create but that I want to copy a worksheet from. When I do, it drags all of those styles into ...
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How to paste commands into vim command mode?
It used to be possible to leave vim in command mode (rather than insert mode) and then paste some copied characters into the vim window to make it execute the characters as a sequence of commands. So ...
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How does Microsoft Visio 2013 decide the location of copy-pasted objects?
In Microsoft Visio 2013, when I copy-paste an object with Ctrl + V, the object seems to be pasted in a random location. How does Microsoft Visio 2013 decide the location of copy-pasted objects?
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How to copy and paste a cell in a table in Word without losing the formatting?
I have a table in a document, in Word 2010.
How can I copy and paste a cell? The whole cell, not its content.
I copy a cell, it has a grey background with hatching ("shading"). Then I paste it over ...
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Replacement firefox plug-in for Copy as Plain Text
Using Firefox plug-ins I had a plug-in called Copy Plain Text v0.3.3 that stopped working with newer versions of Firefox several releases ago.
Does anyone have a replacement for this that works with ...
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Where are the Linux paste buffers managed
On standard Linux setups you have two general paste buffers, the main copy(^C)/paste(^V) one and the select-text/middle-click one.
For both of these buffers:
At what level in the environment are ...
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How to split multi-line clipboard data (e.g. from Excel) in single-line "pastes", one CTRL+V at a time
To illustrate my dilemma as simply as possible:
I have a list of values ranging from 1-10 that I want to copy and store.
When I press Ctrl+V (or any paste execution), I want 1 to be displayed. When I ...
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Cannot use copy and paste while copying file from remote server
I am using Windows Remote Desktop Connection to connect a remote server.
My local machine runs Windows 8.1 and the server is Windows Server 2012 R2.
If I copy a file from the server to my machine ...
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How to automate 'paste as JPEG' for pasting pics in Word so as to reduce the entire document size?
I prepare documents in Word 2013. Each document runs into 100s of pages which includes over 50 pages of photographs in a table format. The table has three columns:
Sl.No...Photograph...Description
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Asked whether or not to replace files when copying to an empty destination?
This has happened to me so many times and in each one of them I had no idea why on earth this would happen.
When I copy / move / extract files to an empty folder, the process pauses on some file, ...
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Outlook 2007 cannot copy paste (workaround/solution here)
It seems this is quite a common problem that you cannot copypaste properly in Outlook 2007, and whenever I've checked for solutions, I haven't found any.
Common scenarios where you run into this ...
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Microsoft Word 2013 - Cannot Paste Special
In Word 2013, I am trying to paste the contents of my clipboard which contains a formatted table from Excel into a word document. When I press ALT+E and then press S to bring up the special paste ...
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copy and paste plain (unformatted) text [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I cut-and-paste an email, so that paste will be in pure text (stripping all html)
Recommendations for utility to paste plain text?
one of my pet peeves is different ...
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Avoiding newlines when copying wrapped text in Terminal.app
I have text files with lines that of length greater than my terminal width. I generally use less to view these files and often want to copy something that wraps from one line to the next.
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Outlook 2007 - repainting (?) problems when copying and pasting between windows: have to switch focus before pasted text is visible
For some time now I've had a problem when copying and pasting between Outlook 2007 windows, or from other office apps into Outlook 2007. When I paste, say into a new email, the email window's text ...
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On attempt to back up data, copy and paste fails to copy any files. What is the root cause of this on laptop running Windows XP system?
Laptop (running XP) fails to start most of the time i try to boot it (last 20 times). Tried it again tonight, it started. Bought an external hard disk to backup required data a few days ago in case ...
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Pasting text to VirtualBox FreeDOS
I’m looking for an easy way to paste text from a Windows host machine to a VirtualBox VM running FreeDOS.
I’ve been mounting the VHD in Windows to move files, but this is not convenient to paste text ...
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Why is my pasted text being marked as a different language?
I have an MS Word 2016 document. I can do CTRL+A to select all, and in the Review ribbon -> Language group, choose Language -> Set Proofing Language and "Mark selected text as" ...
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Pasting text in Word or Outlook inserts space character at wrong location
While editing Documents in Word or typing Mails in Outlook or Chatting in Skype, I sometimes see a strange behavior in copy-paste.
Say I have the text " assign" in the clipboard, and put the cursor ...
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Cannot copy and paste text from local system to remote system while using Teamviewer 12
I cannot copy and paste text from my local system (Windows 10) to remote system (RHEL 6.6) and vice-versa while using Teamviewer 12. I can type things normally on my remote system and the keyboard ...
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How to copy and paste Windows' warnings?
Say I do something and Windows gives me warning; something like this:
Now I want to capture the text:
Sorry, this PC doesn't meet the hardware
requirements for recording clips. Learn more.
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When copying and pasting images, is all the quality maintained?
When copying and pasting is 100% of the data maintained? For example In Firefox, on Windows, when copying an image and pasting it into Photoshop, is the quality the same then if you did the long way ...
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OneDrive sync files to local computer
How can I get OneDrive in Windows 8.1 to download all my files to a folder to my machine and keep them synced? I can view the files but can't copy them anywhere else using the windows copy and paste ...
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Why can't I paste from clipboard to OS X Terminal.app when it contains special characters?
For instance, if I have one or more of the following characters copied into clipboard, a paste into the terminal window will not work:
“ ” ’ –
This is pretty annoying, actually, one would think that ...
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how to copy text from xterm based terminal to some other gui application on linux
i use uxrvt ( for those who dont know, its terminal emulator based on xterm).
i know its easy to copy/paste stuff from terminal to itself is a trivial thing. it can be done by mouse left click to ...
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Can I copy from vim to another window without +xterm-clipboard?
I'm using Ubuntu and vim. I can copy text from vim and paste it into another window by highlighting it in vim, then middle-clicking in the other window. This works fine when I'm on my local machine.
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Single Kanji alters when pasted from Illustrator to VS Code
I am encountering an unusual issue while working with Japanese Kanji characters. I use Adobe Illustrator for some of my tasks, and often need to copy text from Illustrator and paste it into Visual ...
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Mac Dark Mode Copies White Text
I am using dark mode on my mac and have an annoying problem of when I try to copy and paste text the pasted text is white. Is there a way to auto choose the right text color when pasting?
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Is there a way to read selected text into a Python function in Windows without altering the clipboard? [closed]
So let's say want to select some text with the mouse or keyboard and then manipulate it using a Python function.
I will explain what I have been doing and what the problem with that is.
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Remmina Copy-Paste issue
I utilize the Remmina software in order to connect through the XRDP service in a remote Ubuntu server. However, I cannot use the copy-paste functions to copy information from the remote machine to my ...
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Missing Paste (P) option in Excel 2016
I'm copying some data from a webpage which is tabulated. When I click Ctrl+C in Excel 2010 and Ctrl+V to paste, it pastes correctly.
However, in Excel 2016, the Paste (P) option is not there.
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Copy/paste not working while VNC Viewer is connected to a PC
My copy/paste function stop working when I connect to a pc using VNC Viewer. This is throughout my own pc that it stops working and not just to the remote PC. Work again right after VNC is closed.
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Weird watermark when pasting Excel graph as picture with gridlines
When I paste an Excel 2016 graph as an image in Word (also 2016), if the graph has gridlines, the image displays some kind of watermark in the center, like this: .
I know the problem are the ...
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