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June 17, 2020
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Cut and Paste Within InDesign Removes Formatting

  • June 17, 2020
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When I try to cut and paste a block of text within the same document in InDesign, it removes all of the styling. It doesn’t matter if I’m using style sheets or not. I also updated InDesign to the latest version today and it did not resolve the issue. See attached – when I select, copy and paste the left hand-column copy into the right column, all of the styling is lost.

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Sheena Kaul
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Sheena KaulCommunity Manager
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June 26, 2020

Hi there,

 

I am hoping that your issue has been resolved till now. If not, please feel free to update this thread else let us know if any of the suggestions shared above helped you or not.

 

Regards,

Sheena

Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 24, 2020

Hi kblvgo:

 

I tried restoring preferences and that didn't seem to solve the problem.

How, exactly, did you reset preferences? If you haven't followed the steps under "Rebuilding the cache files",  be sure to give them a shot.

 

I will also try to see if indeed there is perhaps a third party app that is affecting this somehow. Not sure how to determine that though...

And are you using a clipboard manager? What operating system are you using? 

 

~Barb

 

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 22, 2020

Hi Frans:

 

Where is that preference?

 

~Barb 

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Frans v.d. Geest
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Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 22, 2020

I'll bet ya you have set InDesign/Preferences to Paste without formatting...

Jeff Witchel, ACI
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Jeff Witchel, ACICommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 22, 2020

This problems does not happen on my computer using your file. Works as expected when pasting formatted text.

Have you tried restoring all preferences and default settings?

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/using/setting-preferences.html

 

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    kblvgoAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    June 24, 2020

    Thank you Jeff and BarbBinder. I tried restoring preferences and that didn't seem to solve the problem. I will also try to see if indeed there is perhaps a third party app that is affecting this somehow. Not sure how to determine that though...

    Barb Binder
    Community Expert
    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 22, 2020

    Hi kblvgo:

     

    I'm not experiencing this issue with the file. 

     

    Next step is to rebuild preferences/cache: https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

     

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
      vladan saveljic
      vladan saveljic
      Inspiring
      June 18, 2020

      Have you try to reinstall indesign to solve this problem?

      Also, this problems may occur if you have recently installed a third-party utility

      If yes, try to uninstall it and see if you solved the problem

      Barb Binder
      Community Expert
      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 17, 2020

      Do you want to share the file so that we can take a look?

       

      ~Barb 

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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        kblvgoAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        June 18, 2020

        Here's the file: https://we.tl/t-K8Xaa5qhDw The copy and paste issue is only happening on my machine. I tested on another computer and it copy and pasted as expected. 

        vladan saveljic
        vladan saveljic
        Inspiring
        June 17, 2020

        do you paste without formatting perhaps?

        when you paste do yo use "command + V" or "command + shift + V" ("ctrl + V" or "ctrl + shift + V" on pc)?

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          kblvgoAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          June 17, 2020

          I'm doing the usual selct copy, "command + c", and then "command +v". If I do it using the menu, the option to paste without formatting is actually grayed out and not an option.

          Scott Falkner
          Community Expert
          Scott FalknerCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          June 17, 2020

          Does this happen when copying from one document them pasting in another, copying and pasting within the same document, or both? Does this happen with all documents or only some documents? Have you tried deleting preferences?

           

          https://indesignsecrets.com/rebuilding-indesign-preferences.php

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          kblvgoAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          June 17, 2020

          It happens both within the same doc and when I create a new doc and try to paste it in. I just tried deleting the preferences as you suggested, but the issue persists. 

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