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Questions tagged [paste]

Questions about to putting something copied or cut from a computer document into another part of the document or into another document or program

Pasting means to put (something copied or cut from a computer document) into another part of the document or into another document or program

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How do Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V work?

I was always wondering what happens under the hood (in the operating system) when I copy an image (selecting it and using Ctrl+C) into a Word file (pasting it with Ctrl+V), for example.
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Excel copy-paste: always match destination formatting

I use Excel to crunch numbers, so I usually don't want to copy the formatting along with the text. But this is the default. Is there a way to default to always match destination formatting when pasting into Excel?
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Vim: how to paste a block of text at the end of multiple lines?

Say I have a block of text like this: // Comment1 // Comment2 // Comment3 And I want to append each of these lines to the end of 3 corresponding lines of code: foo = 1; bar = 2; baz = 3; So that the end result is foo = 1; // Comment1 bar = 2;…
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How can I paste something at the end of the line in VIM?

How can I paste some text that I yanked at the end of the line? Currently I'm doing it by pressing $p. Is there any way to do this with a single keystroke?
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Shift-Insert to paste in Mac OS X?

Any clue how to get Shift-Insert to paste in OS X using a windows keyboard? I use the mouse on the left side so command-v is makes me switch back and forth a lot. I have had no luck with any of my searches.
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How to paste a screenshot in Windows Explorer?

How to simply paste a screenshot (taken with PrtScn or Alt+PrtScn) into a Windows Explorer folder and have it be saved as an image (possibly with a dialog asking about image size and format options)? That is, I might take a screenshot with print…
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How can I paste text without format in Lync's chat window?

Is there any way to disable the paste-with-format feature on Lync? I'd like to paste only the text instead of having something like this:
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Is there a key combination to cycle through clipboard history when pasting in windows?

In Visual Studio, I can cycle through my clipboard history by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+V rather than CTRL+V. I believe it's called a clipboard ring. But that feature doesn't seem to exist outside of Visual Studio, at least not with the same key…
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free cmd/powershell replacement with normal copy paste

I don't know why, but I hate pressing ctrl+v and getting ^V in the powershell and cmd windows. I always do it and then I have to back space it, out find my mouse, then right click, and select paste. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr Is there a (free) fix to this? …
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Using Ctrl+V to paste unformatted text by default in OpenOffice.org's Calc

Is there a way to change the Ctrl+V command in OpenOffice.org Calc to paste unformatted text? There is Ctrl+Shift+V, which puts up a dialog. But, that is too much work. I just want to change the default Ctrl+V behaviour.
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Using paste command to join with multiple character delimiter

I have a file which gets generated based on the arguments and it has the following contents. 2012-12-31 2012-12-30 2012-12-29 Now, these are actually date partitions for hive query. So, I want to use them in my hive query where I specify each of…
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How to copy image, get path back when pasting in file input?

I sometimes get ad-hoc bug reports from customers, which I need to transfer to our online bug tracker. Works fine for text, but pictures are tedious. I'm looking for a solution to copy-paste images from documents (like excel sheets) in a way that…
Alexander Torstling
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How to disable right-click to paste in PowerShell?

How can I disable right-click to paste in PowerShell? From other programs I have a habit of right-clicking for context menu, and depending on the contents of the clipboard, in PowerShell this can be lethal.
Mikal Madsen
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AppleScript to paste clipboard into current application

I thought this would be simple... I want an AppleScript that launches Plain Clip and then pastes the clipboard into the current document where the cursor is. My script launches Plain Clip (a format-clearing app that doesn't steal focus), but it…
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Word 2010 is automatically cropping image being insterted

Word 2010 is automatically cropping image being insterted like this: The million dollar question is why? I have this problem only in this particular section of this document. There is no such problem in another sections of document. The one…
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