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November 11, 2025

Pasting text does not maintain source formatting * Recent change *

  • November 11, 2025
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I normally copy text from other Express webpages or word documents.

When pasting into Express it will normally retain the paragraph formatting which means I can add elements within the paragraph (images, headings, videos).

Recently this has stopped. Which means i need to paste each paragraph seperatly if I want to be able to add elements within the text. 

Can you please revert this change as it adds significant amount of time.

7 replies

Participant
November 17, 2025

I’ve been experiencing the same issue. Previously, pasting text into Express kept the paragraph formatting, which made it easy to insert images, headings, or videos inside the text. Now everything pastes as one block, and separating each paragraph manually takes a lot of extra time. It would be great if Microsoft could revert this change, especially for users managing detailed content for organizations like the association for prescription psychedelics where efficient editing is important.

Tarun Saini
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 17, 2025

Hi @educlick_4828,

 

Thanks for reaching out! Could you please share a screen recording of the issue so we can investigate it further?

 

Regards,

Tarun

Community Manager
November 17, 2025

Hi @Northwest29778056nk7l ,

 

Thanks for sharing this information with us. We need your assistance by sharing a screen recording of where you encounter this issue to share it with our engineering team for further investigation. Thanks

Known Participant
November 14, 2025
  • copy from Microsoft Word document (also same issue when copy from other Express web pages) 
  • same behaviour on edge or chrome
  • it doesnt maintain the paragraphs, it pastes it as a large single sentance.
  • if you add in manual paragraphs it still thinks its one big long sentance. 
  • you have to paste paragraph by paragraph 
Known Participant
November 14, 2025

its still not working as expected, is there an ETA on the fix?

Community Manager
November 12, 2025

Hi @Northwest29778056nk7l ,

 

To help us investigate, could you please share:

  • A screenshot of the content you’re copying

  • Your OS and browser information

  • Also, a screen recording could be more helpful.

Thanks 

 

ˆMM

Known Participant
November 11, 2025

thanks @Amitej S  pasting with ctrl+shift+v didnt maintain the paragraphs unfortuantly.

 

This was definetly a recent change so hopefully its easy to trace the change that caused this and roll it back. 

 

Community Manager
November 12, 2025

Hi @Northwest29778056nk7l,

 

Thanks for your feedback — we understand how the recent change with pasting text can slow down your workflow. 😔 We’ve shared your report with our engineering team for further investigation. We really appreciate your patience and for letting us know about this issue.

 


^MM

Amitej S
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 11, 2025

Hi @Northwest29778056nk7l,

Welcome to our Adobe Express community! 

Thanks for flagging this. That definitely is inconvenient, especially when working with longer text blocks. I tried and was able to reproduce the same, and will share it further with the team and provide updates to you.

Can you try Ctrl+Shift+V once and share your observations? For me,it maintained the paragraphs, but the alignment defaulted to the left when pasting from the Express webpage into a Word document. 

 

Appreciate you taking the time to report this. Feedback like yours helps us improve the editing experience in Express. 

Best!