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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.