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Stephan CM
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November 17, 2019
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Adobe Premiere Elements Copied Text Blocks Linking

  • November 17, 2019
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I have premiere elements 2020 and when I add a text (example Typography07 ), I disable background, add text, and BOOM. Looks great! However, I have to add lots of text so I copy and paste this in my timeline, but the two are LINKED??? Why? Is there a way I can copy and paste these and just change the text on one without it affecting the other? 

 

What is happening:
Insert typography07, edit background, edit text. 

Done.

Copy typography07, edit text, now original text block has also been changed. 

To confirm, I changed the name of the text block to "typography111" then the other "copied" one also has its name changed to "typography111". 
It would be really annoying if I have to manually add and edit all the settings for each text block instead of being able to copy one that I've done and just change the text. 

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    Correct answer Steve Grisetti

    Copying a title produces a clone. Change one title and you change another.

     

    As I show you in my books, to create an independent duplicate right-click on the title in the Project Assets panel and select Duplicate. This duplicates the title's style and graphics but does not link the two titles together.

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    BrianLichty
    Participant
    November 15, 2022

    I am not sure why linking the text boxes after a copy/paste on the timeline would be the default - or even needed?? Maybe this may be a helpful feature for some applications, but man, certainly not out of the box. To address the solutions... Duplicating the text from the bin will not copy any of the settings from the source, yet copying text from the timeline will honor the settings, so the answer in this thread is a work-a-round and not a "solution."  Argh. Lord, Adobe, there are just so many weird things like this across your entire line of products.

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      Fredric27287471hg4h
      Participant
      November 24, 2022

      I'm experiencing the same problem. I'm racking my brain as to why the interface is so clunky.

       

      Any Audio Engineering program I've ever used, except for the completely free Audacity, is far better designed to aid workflow. Even down to how to zoom and organize your tracks.

       

      Hope you're finding good solutions for your workflow man. Good luck.

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      BadgerBalls
      Participant
      October 5, 2020

      Well done Steve, it worked for me. This was a major hangup for me (probably everyone else as well) crazy on Adobe's behalf as this is very basic requirements copy and paste text with formatting. 

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      BadgerBalls
      Participant
      October 5, 2020

      Oh forgot to mention I purchased your book as well for PE 2020 but missed this bit. I will have to search it out... 🙂

       

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      Steve GrisettiCorrect answer
      Legend
      November 17, 2019

      Copying a title produces a clone. Change one title and you change another.

       

      As I show you in my books, to create an independent duplicate right-click on the title in the Project Assets panel and select Duplicate. This duplicates the title's style and graphics but does not link the two titles together.

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        Stephan CMAuthor
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        November 21, 2019

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