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How to copy-paste texts onto a page

updated: 25 January 2016
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If you’ve drawn up your texts in a different software package and you copy them onto a webpage, part of the formatting may be unintentionally copied as well. Below you will find step-by-step instructions on how to copy and paste your texts without formatting.

Copy-pasting texts, step by step:

  1. Log in to the admin panel and go to ‘Content/Pages’.
  2. Select the page in question.
  3. Click once in the text field.
  4. Hold down [CTRL]+[a] simultaneously to select the entire text.
  5. Hold down [CTRL]+[x] simultaneously to cut the entire text.
  6. Open a plain-text editor, such as Notepad.
  7. Copy the full text in the editor by holding down [CTRL]+[v] simultaneously to delete all hidden formatting codes.
  8. Hold down [CTRL]+[a] simultaneously to select the entire text again.
  9. Hold down [CTRL]+[x] simultaneously to cut the entire text.
  10. Go back to the admin panel and paste the text in the text field by holding down [CTRL]+[v] simultaneously.
  11. Click ‘Save’ to store the ‘clean’ text on your webpage.

Tip for Mac users

Hold down the [CMD] key instead of [CTRL].