Paste Options

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Paste Options

The Paste Option dialog is opened from the Textblock Properties dialog when you click the Paste toolbar button or when you use a keyboard shortcut (Control-V for Windows; Apple-V for MAC-OS). This dialog lets you control how CommonSpot converts pasted content into HTML code.

Some or all of the following options will be available. The specific options are determined by the actual content that is being pasted, as well as the settings defined in the Advanced Textblock Properties dialog for the specific text block instance and the site-wide settings defined in the Rich Text Block Default Properties dialog in the CommonSpot Administrator (see the CommonSpot Administrator's Reference for detailed information).

Paste formatted - This option is available when formatting is detected in the pasted content. Options exist to remove class and style attributes from pasted HTML tags, and to remove HTML <font> tags.
Paste plain - This option removes all HTML mark-up from the pasted content, inserting only plain text.
Paste code - This option allows you to paste an HTML code sample. Any included “<“ and “>“ characters are converted to HTML entities “<” and “>” respectively so that the content will not be interpreted and rendered as HTML.

You have these paste option, and they are within the "Insert the contents of the clipboard preserving formatting wherever possible" area.

Remove Microsoft Office Markup - Removes Word or other Office formatting from pasted copy.
Remove class attributes from HTML tags - Removes class attributes when pasting HTML.
Remove style attributes from HTML tags - Removes style attributes when pasting HTML.
Remove font tags - Removes font tags when pasting HTML.
Replace non-standard font(s) - Displays options for replacing fonts that are not part of the style standard. Pick from the dropdown.

When the pasted content contains only plain text, the Paste plain option is automatically selected and the Paste Options dialog is not shown.

Note: For security reasons, Mozilla-based browsers disallow Cut and Paste operations unless you configure the browser to explicitly enable Clipboard access. See support information at mozilla.org or consult your system administrator. Clipboard behavior is also affected by Rich Text Editor configuration settings. Consult your CommonSpot site administrator.

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