Paste Text and Match Formatting, now available in AE Beta 25.2.0.117

[jenkmeister]

A new option for pasting text from one text layer to another text layer is now available in AE Beta 25.2.0.117.

The Paste Text and Match Formatting menu option, available under the Edit menu as well as in the right-click menu when editing a text layer, will paste the copied text into a text layer using the font and style as set in the destination text layer. The existing Paste option will continue to paste text using the copied font and style.

From the Edit menu, choose Paste Text and Match Formatting when editing a text layer.

Right-Click in a text layer while editing and choose Paste Text and Match Formatting.

Please try it out and let us know how it works for you.

[Todd_Morgan]

Works!! But AE crashed after that when closing app

[_nicdean]

Hey, this is a great direction! Please check the Style Bandit plugin: https://aescripts.com/style-bandit/

I built it to Copy/Paste text formatting between Text Layers.

• The most-recently copied text style is saved to a .json and can then be pasted across comps, projects, AE versions, etc.
• This plugin released in 2023 and added features as the text scripting API has expanded.
• 2,000 users

There are many cases where I want to copy + paste the text style, and not the Source Text contents. Consider adding a built-in "Paste Style" option. I'll happily sunset the plugin once this is a native feature to AE. Thx