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February 19, 2013
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Pasting text from a word program while retaining the same italics formatting?

  • February 19, 2013
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Hello,

I'm looking for a way to be able to copy text from another program (Microsoft Word) and then, using the Text tool in Photoshop (CS6), paste that text, but where it retains the correct italics formatting I had in the other program--and not as an image of text (Ctrl+P), in which the formatting is present, as a flat image, but rather as an actual unrasterized and editable Text layer. For example, the sentence “I told you..” where 'told' is italics, simply pastes into Photoshop as "I told you.." without the original formatting. Is there a way to get Photoshop to recognize formatting from pastes without my having to manually re-apply the formatting myself? This would be a hassle over a long period of time. If necesary I would be willing to use a script or plug-in that allows for this sort of recognition.

Thanks!

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Inspiring
February 20, 2013

I don't know of a plug-in that allows this… The samples of script I've seen here for formatting text are long and complex but I guess much of that is dependant on the text and formatting in question…