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September 7, 2018
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Paste without Formatting in Tables - InDesign CC

  • September 7, 2018
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Does anyone know if you can copy information from a formatted table in one inDesign file and paste it into another table that has different formatting? Typically, when you copy from one table, the formatting of the table it resides in, is copied as well, so it changes the formatting of the table you are pasting the copy into (even if clipboard has the text only option checked).

Thanks,

Steve

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    解決に役立った回答 winterm

    How do you paste? Try using Paste without Formatting - Shift+Ctrl+V in Windows (Shift+Cmd+V on Mac, I think).

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    CJC Williams
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    February 9, 2023

    The answer marked as correct on here is in fact incorrect. The option to Paste withthout Formatting is not available (greyed out) when working with multiple cells from a table. To paste multiple cells from one table to another in InDesign you first have to paste into a secondary application to remove the formatting, then copy and paste from that app into InDesign. Excel or OpenOffice work well as the secondary app.

     

    Select multiple cells in Indesign -

    CTRL+C to copy them

    Open a blank spreadsheet in Excel or OpenOffice

    Click any cell to highlight it

    CTRL+V to paste

    Select all the populated cells in the spreadsheet

    CTRL+C

    Select the cells in the destination table in InDesign 

    CTRL+V

     

    You should now have the data copied across, but retaining the formatting of the destination table

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      LaubenderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 9, 2023

      Hi @CJC Williams ,

      well yes, nothing has changed.

      For more details see my reply above from September 2018.

       

      Regards,
      Uwe Laubender
      ( Adobe Community Expert )

        winterm
        winterm
        Legend
        September 7, 2018

        How exactly you do it? You must copy text, then select text you're going to replace but keep its formatting, then hit the command.

        Edit:

        What if you try (test) this with simple text (not in a table)? Can you make this command to work at all?

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        ssharp35作成者
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        September 7, 2018

        Yes copying text that is not in a table does work. (My process was this: I selected a row in the table that has the text I want, hit command C, then when to the file I want to place the text in, selected the row of the table where I want it and hit Command/shift/V).

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        ssharp35作成者
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        September 7, 2018

        As you know when you just copy a row in a table, the formatting of the table copies, too, which I don't want, because it changes the formatting of the table I'm pasting into requiring me to then change it back. Time consuming.

        winterm
        winterm解決！
        Legend
        September 7, 2018

        How do you paste? Try using Paste without Formatting - Shift+Ctrl+V in Windows (Shift+Cmd+V on Mac, I think).

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        ssharp35作成者
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        September 7, 2018

        Good idea. It is command/shift/v on a mac but nothing happened. I also tried using pull down menu under Edit but Paste without Formatting was grayed out.

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