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Vika Zheng
Vika Zheng
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February 1, 2019
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Indesign copy paste the text box, it become an image

  • February 1, 2019
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it works when copy paste a text box within the same page, but when i paste the text box to other pages, it becomes an image inside a image box.

anyone know why?

    Correct answer Laubender

    This problem occurred many times (same InDesign version and same operating system), I found that it's ok at the beginning when pages were not that many, but when page number increase to a certain amount (not sure how many), this problem occurred.


    Hi Vika,

    a workaround would be perhaps using InDesign's duplicate capabilities:

    Open the spread where you want the copy in a second layout window.

    Drag the selected text frame to the other window.

    That should do a duplicate where the clipboard is not involved.

    Or if you want to do that in one layout window, zoom out that you can see the spread you want the copy.

    Select and hold the Alt key to duplicate the text frame.

    And finally you could duplicate selected text by holding the Alt key.

    But for this you have to change the default preferences of InDesign and you need a text frame on the recieving end.

    Preferences > Type > Drag and Drop Text Editing

    [ x ] Enable in Layout View

    Drag the selected text by holding the Alt key to the first insertion point of the new text frame.

    Regards,
    Uwe

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    January 18, 2023

    @stephaniea63886159 said:

    "I don't want to duplicate ... I want to copy text from a layout created in InDesign 2022 and paste into a new layout in InDesign 2023."

     

    To copy text between two different versions of InDesign will create a graphic element in the target document.

     

    Two or three ways around that:

    [1] Open the InDesign 2022 document in InDesign 2023 and then copy/paste.

    [2] Move the text frame out of the layout frame to your file system. This will create a snippet file with suffix *.idms. You can place the *.idms file in your other version's InDesign, just drag it in from Finder or File Explorer. Alternatively export the selected text frame to an *idms snippet file.

    [3] Add the text to a CC Libraries library with InDesign 2022 and pull it out when with InDesign 2023.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Expert )

    Willi Adelberger
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    Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
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    November 22, 2022

    Use the content convoyer tools fpor that purpose. Normally the 3rd slot in the tool box.

      stephaniea63886159
      stephaniea63886159
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      November 29, 2022

      I uninstalled Adobe 2022 and am just working in 2023 now, but I would be curious if the Content Collector Tool works in this case without placing text as an image.

      Barb Binder
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      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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      February 2, 2019

      Hi Vika:

      If you have a text frame selected and choose Paste Into (Ctrl Alt V) that will happen:

      And are you using a clipboard app on this computer?

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
      rob day
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      rob dayCommunity Expert
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      February 2, 2019

      If you have a text frame selected and choose Paste Into (Ctrl Alt V) that will happen:

      Hi Barb, but in that case the text is still editable and not an image—Vika seems to be getting pixels.

      Vika Zheng
      Vika ZhengAuthor
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      February 3, 2019

      Back in your original posting, you said that when on the same page, it pastes as text. But when pasted on another page it's an image. Is that still true if you create a new file and do the same thing there? Or is it specific to your file?


      This problem occurred many times (same InDesign version and same operating system), I found that it's ok at the beginning when pages were not that many, but when page number increase to a certain amount (not sure how many), this problem occurred.

      Steve Werner
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      Steve WernerCommunity Expert
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      February 1, 2019

      Version of Indesign? Operating system? Not happening for me (Mac os 10.14.x, InDesign CC 2019.

      (1) Copy text frame "Headline Here"

      (2) Pasted on same page:

      (3) Same text frame pasted on page two—still text:

      Vika Zheng
      Vika ZhengAuthor
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      February 1, 2019

      Thank you Steve.

      I'm using Adobe CC Indesign 2017, windows 10

        Steve Werner
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        Steve WernerCommunity Expert
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        February 1, 2019

        That's a head-scratcher. I don't remember ever seeing type turning into an image in InDesign. Conversion to Outlines (vectors), yes, but not an image.

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