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How do Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V work?
One thing in common across all systems is that keyboard shortcuts such as CtrlC are not system-level – they are handled by each program individually, just like the "Copy" or "Paste"...
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How to disable right-click to paste in PowerShell?
This is a feature called QuickEdit of the console, not PowerShell. In previous versions of cmd it's turned off by default. It was claimed that Windows 10 turns it on by default but I'm not able to ...
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Shift-Insert to paste in Mac OS X?
Being primarly a Linux guy, I use the Shift-Ins method mostly in the terminal, where Ctrl-V doesn't always work. iTerm2 lets you remap keys.
Preferences -> Keys -> Key Mappings -> +
Then ...
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Excel copy-paste: always match destination formatting
Paste with ctrl+V then hit ctrl to open a one key menu with formatting options. By default the letter is V to set the pasted information to the destination cell's former/proper formatting.
A little ...
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Excel copy-paste: always match destination formatting
In Excel 2013, use the ordinary Ctrl+V shortcut, then press Ctrl, then press M.
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Shift-Insert to paste in Mac OS X?
I was finally able to get this to work using Karabiner-Elements - https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/index.html
I created a "Complex Modifications" to allow this by adding this modifier to one of the ...
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How to paste when using tmux on a remote server with putty
Hold down the shift key while you right click in the putty terminal to paste into tmux.
source: link
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Is there a key combination to cycle through clipboard history when pasting in windows?
As of Windows 10 version 1809, Windows now has built-in clipboard history.
You can push ⊞ Win + V to show it.
Note that this is still has many fewer features than Ditto, so that would still be a good ...
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Using Ctrl+V to paste unformatted text by default in OpenOffice.org's Calc
Steps to make CTRL+V to trigger 'Paste Unformatted Text':
1. Create macro:
go in 'Tools > Macro > Record Macro'.
A small box with a button 'Stop recording' button appears
Place the mouse in one cell
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Multi-line text replacement on macOS or iOS
You can make multi-line text replacers that work on both the Mac & iOS - but you must make them on the Mac first & use iCloud to sync between devices.
The 'trick' is really simple, just takes ...
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Why does it take 9.5 seconds to paste text into a large Microsoft OneNote notebook page?
I had a chat with Microsoft support and they conceded that
The size of the notebook is most likely what is causing the slowdown... If you have a lot of stuff that isn't just plain text, like ...
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Using Ctrl+V to paste unformatted text by default in OpenOffice.org's Calc
You can also just switch the assigned keys from Paste to Paste Unformatted, and from Paste Unformatted to Paste. I've done this in version 6.4. I haven't tested the idea in Calc or any other module.
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MS office 2016 excel paste values with transpose
Thanks User91504, for encouraging me to try MS macrosing.
The working solution has very simple code:
Sub Paste_transpose()
'
' Paste_transpose Macro
'
'
ActiveCell.Offset.Select
Selection....
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Force Word 2013 to always paste images in-line with text
From the File tab in Word choose Options > Advanced and then scroll down to the Cut, copy, and Paste group of options. From there select Insert/paste pictures as: menu control and from it choose In ...
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I had this same issue and none of the solutions I found through google worked.
What worked for me was to user the "Multikey Macro" option instead of simple keystrokes.
Make sure you check ...
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How to paste sparse columns so they line up with existing data?
set cell C to:
=vlookup(A1,sheet2!A:B,1,FALSE)
and cell D to:
=vlookup(A1,sheet2!A:B,2,FALSE)
Where your data in sheet 2 is in columns A and B.
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What is the keyboard shortcut for pasting without formatting in Powerpoint?
Ctrl+Alt+V works for me.
There are more answers for Word here, most of which work for PowerPoint (why you can't customize shortcuts I don't know). Notably, paste text (Ctrl+V); then press Ctrl for ...
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Automatically paste copied text from browser into terminal
Unlikely.
Firstly what you copy from a tutorial is just text. To automatically run it on paste the text needs to contain a carriage return. It doesn't, so the utility needs to add it. If it's done ...
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Multi-line text replacement on macOS or iOS
Apple menu > System Settings… > Keyboard > Text Input > Text Replacement > +
“Replace” is your shortcut trigger, “With” is its replacement string. Multiple lines, newlines, are inserted ...
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Copy & Paste format from Excel into Word or Outlook
Happened with me once...for me pasting into notepad first did the trick.
Also try Ctrl + V in word
Which version of word and excel are you using are they both same ?
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Excel copy-paste: always match destination formatting
Not so much an answer, as an extended comment.
First, Microsoft have gone to extraordinary lengths to remove any trace of 'Paste and match destination formatting' in 2019, for reasons best known to ...
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In excel 2010, pushing ctrl+x will delete the highlighted words. They are not saved to the clipboard. Can't be recovered with undo. Why?
For those confused, i'll explain and answer the question.
You have cell A1 with the text hello
You press Ctrl+X to cut the content of cell A1, after which you choose to Ctrl+C to copy the content. ...
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ls add host name prefix?
Related question on SO. You can simply do
ls | sed -e 's/^/$HOST /'
You probably want to store it as a script on the remote hosts or merge it even with the ssh:
function remote_ls_with_alias() {
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How to add repeating text that you know will change later
You can do this by using Bookmarks.
To create a bookmark;
Highlight the word you want to repeat.
Click Insert, Links, Bookmark.
In the Bookmark window, name it as you wish, then click Add.
Click OK.
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Shift-Insert to paste in Mac OS X?
On Mac paste works with cmd + v(same as ctrl + v as in Windows)
But this shortcut doesn't work for Linux Bash shell, such as to paste to file being edited with vi editor.
Did some search, tried out ...
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Excel copy-paste: always match destination formatting
This is another work-around I have found, if you can switch from Excel to Google Sheets:
Ctrl-Shift-V: Paste values only
Source: support.google.com/docs/answer/181110
I just double-checked, and ...
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Excel copy-paste: always match destination formatting
According to the MSDN Excel PasteType reference, there is no "paste-matching-destination-theme", although you could paste just the values or formulas.
Similar to the instructions found here, you ...
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Can I paste rich text and preserve formatting?
So it appears that only TAB characters are lost when pasting and SPACE characters are preserved. This isn't so much as an answer but a workaround which involves moving the code/query to Notepad++ (or ...
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How can I paste text without format in Lync's chat window?
Ctrl+Alt+V doesn't work for me in Skype for business 2016. However Ctrl+Shift+V works gracefully
Or you can simply press Menu button (the key between right Ctrl and right Windows) then N
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