Copying, cutting and pasting

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 yo 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
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.
Footnotes	Not OK

2 Copy/Cut/Paste from within a single OSD document

You can select any word, sentence or paragraph and use 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.