As a... – user pasting text from multiple sources I want to... – paste the source formatting by default so that... – all of my documents have that professional, ransom-note vibe

Jun 18, 2021 · 8:00 AM UTC

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Replying to @ShitUserStory
"as an undergrad plagiarizing multiple sources..."
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
... and "preserve formatting" means the opposite of what you think it should mean
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Replying to @ShitUserStory @nicklockwood
Shift-Option-Cmd-V I feel like more ppl should know that one…
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
I also absolutely want all my plain text quotes to be converted when pasting to "smart quotes", and naturally into the Unicode ones.
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
Why remember fancy Paste shortcut key combos? I keep a plain text doc open at all times and just copy-paste twice 😂
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Replying to @ShitUserStory @txarly
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
👆🏼One of your best.
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
I also absolutely want the important details like the font and background colors to be copied.
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
Ctrl+Shift+V
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
Markdown FTW
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
And nothing says WYSIWYG to me quite like invisible formatting information copied in on my behalf
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
This is actually useful to weed out lazy copy-pasta while grading or evaluating papers, proposals, etc. Feature, not bug.
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
Why can't this be a setting in Word to automatically make all pasted copy match the formatting??? I spend Waay too much time cleaning up pasted copy.
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Replying to @ShitUserStory
For macOS users, try: option+command+V instead of only command+V. If it‘s a native macOS app, it should paste the content as „plaintext“ and flush any styling-information.
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Replying to @ShitUserStory

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Replying to @ShitUserStory
Part of my motivation for making temporarynote.com was to have an easy way to reliably fix this. 😅 (unfortunately one paste at a time, though...)

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Replying to @ShitUserStory
So that … my documents stay true to the original text
Replying to @ShitUserStory
Work items descriptions seem very urgent because of this. 😄
Replying to @ShitUserStory
Adoro! 😆
Replying to @ShitUserStory
Always so damn infuriating
Replying to @ShitUserStory
@AshamsaMathew Hi! 😂
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😂😂😂😂😂
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Epic
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