Copy/paste text passages, undo/redo your actions

Use basic clipboard operations

To cut, copy and paste text passages and inserted objects (autoshapes, images, charts) in the Document Editor, select the corresponding options from the right-click menu or click the icons located on any tab of the top toolbar:

• Cut – select a text fragment or an object and use the Cut option from the right-click menu, or the Cut
  icon on the top toolbar to delete the selected text and send it to the computer clipboard memory. The cut text can be later inserted to another place in the same document.
• Copy – select a text fragment or an object and use the Copy option from the right-click menu, or the Copy
  icon on the top toolbar to copy the selected text to the computer clipboard memory. The copied text can be later inserted to another place in the same document.
• Paste – find the place in your document where you need to paste the previously copied text fragment/object and use the the Paste option from the right-click menu, or the Paste
  icon on the top toolbar. The copied text/object will be inserted to the current cursor position. The data can be previously copied from the same document.

In the online version, the key combinations below are only used to copy or paste data from/into another document or a program. In the desktop version, both corresponding buttons/menu options and key combinations can be used for any copy/paste operations:

• Ctrl+X key combination for cutting (Cmd+X for macOS);
• Ctrl+C key combination for copying (Cmd+C for macOS);
• Ctrl+V key combination for pasting (Cmd+V for macOS).

Note: instead of cutting and pasting text fragments in the same document, you can just select the required text passage and drag and drop it to the necessary position.

Use the Paste Special feature

Note: For collaborative editing, the Paste Special feature is available in the Strict co-editing mode only.

Once the copied text is pasted, the Paste Special button appears next to the inserted text passage. Click this button to select the necessary paste option or use the Ctrl key to open the Paste Special menu, then press the letter key given in the brackets next to the required option.

When pasting a text paragraph or some text within autoshapes, the following options are available:

• Keep source formatting (Ctrl then K) - allows pasting the copied text keeping its original formatting.
• Keep text only (Ctrl then T) - allows pasting the text without its original formatting.

If you copy a table and paste it into an already existing table, the following options are available:

• Overwrite cells (Ctrl then O) - allows replacing the contents of the existing table with the copied data. This option is selected by default.
• Nest table (Ctrl then N) - allows pasting the copied table as a nested table into the selected cell of the existing table.
• Keep text only (Ctrl then T) - allows pasting the table contents as text values separated by the tab character.

To enable / disable the automatic appearance of the Paste Special button after pasting, go to the File tab > Advanced Settings and check / uncheck the Show the Paste Options button when the content is pasted checkbox.

Undo/redo your actions

To perform undo/redo operations, click the corresponding icons in the editor header or use the following keyboard shortcuts:

• Undo – use the Undo
  icon on the left side of the editor header or the Ctrl+Z key combination to undo the last operation you performed.
• Redo – use the Redo
  icon on the left part of the editor header or the Ctrl+Y key combination to redo the last undone operation.

When you co-edit a document in the Fast mode, the possibility to Redo the last undone operation is not available.

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