Copy cut and paste
In this article
1 Copy/Cut/Paste text from MS Word
2 Copy/Cut/Past within a single OSD Document
3 Copy/Cut/Paste within a single OSD document and from one OSD document to another
1 Copy/Cut/Paste text from MS Word
- It is possible to copy and paste text from MS Word into the online editor and vice versa.
- It is also possible to cut, copy, paste hyperlinks from word to the online editor.
- When a selected text is pasted, the formatting is retained and automatically translated to XML.
Please Note
Double-check the text you pasted as, depending on your operating system and the version of MS Word you are using, it is possible that special characters or sub-/ superscript formatting is not retained correctly.
Overview of functionality of copy/paste operations:
| Copy-paste | Result | Comment | |
| Plain text and formatting text | OK Bold, italic, superscript, subscript, Not OK: underline text, strike through |
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| List – bullets/dashes | List- dashes, using OSD styles (including sublevels) | ||
| List – numbered | List- numbered, using OSD styles (including sublevels) | ||
| Table | OK | ||
| Figure | Not OK | Should use insert graphic feature | |
External link |
OK | ||
| Bibliographic references | Not OK | ||
| MS Word cross references to Tables, Clause, Figure, Annex | Not OK | ||
| Clauses and other structural elements such as Annex or Term entry | Not OK | It is only possible to select the text of a Clause/Annex/term entry and then copy and paste it elsewhere in the document. |
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| Footnotes | Not OK |
2 Copy/Cut/Paste from within a single OSD document
- You can select any word, sentence, paragraph and click on CTRL+C/X to copy/cut, and then CTRL+V to paste your text.
- You can also cut/copy and paste entire XML elements (like a table, note, graphic or equation). To do this, put your cursor inside the element you want to cut/copy, then click on the element name from the navigation bar at the bottom to select the entire element.
- Once the element is selected, it becomes entirely yellow. You can then press CTRL+C/X and then CLTR+V in order to cut/copy paste it anywhere inside your publication.
Overview of functionality of copy/paste operations:
Please note that the features below do not necessarily work between OSD Documents
| Copy-paste | Result | Comment |
| Plain text | OK | |
| Formatting text (bold, italic, underline text, superscript, subscript, strike through, etc.) | OK | |
| Numbered and unnumbered list | OK | |
| External link | OK | |
| Table with or without title | OK | |
| Cross references to Table, Clause, Figure, Annex | OK | |
| Abbreviations list | OK | |
| Note, Example, Warning | OK | |
| Code | OK | |
| Long quote | OK | |
| Entire Clause, Annex, Term entry | Not OK | It is only possible to select the text of a Clause/Annex/Term entry and then copy and paste it elsewhere in the document. |
| Entries in the Normative and Bibliographic section | Not OK | These sections are not editable. |
| Normative and Bibliographic citations in the text | OK | These are preserved. |
| Footnotes | Not OK | It is only possible to select the text of a footnote and then copy and paste it elsewhere in the document. |
3 Copy/Cut/ paste within a single OSD document AND from one OSD document to another
Overview of functionality of copy/paste operations:
| Copy-paste | Result | Comment |
| Plain text | OK | |
| Formatted text (bold, italic, underline text, superscript, subscript, strike through, etc.) | OK | Formatted text is preserved |
| Numbered and unnumbered list | OK | Numbering and structure is preserved |
| External links | OK | |
| Table with or without title | OK | |
| Cross references to Table, Clause, Figure, Annex | Not OK | |
| Abbreviations list | OK | |
| Note, Example, Warning | OK | |
| Code | OK | |
| Long quote | OK | |
| Clause, Annex, Term entry | Not OK | It is only possible to select the Clause/Annex/Term entry content, copy and paste it in another document. |
| Entries in the Normative and Bibliographic section | Not OK | These sections are not editable. |
| Normative and Bibliographic citations in the text | Not OK | |
| Footnotes | Not OK |
It is only possible to select the text of a footnote and then copy and paste it elsewhere in the document. |