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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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-...
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Is there a browser extension that bypasses restrictions of pasting passwords?
As one example out of many, if you go to https://appleid.apple.com and click to manage your account, you can't paste your password in the password field. There is some javascript that prevents that.
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