Skip to main content
Paul_Giles
Paul_Giles
May 21, 2021

Copy and Paste Text from Word

  1. How to copy and paste text from Word documents has changed. I’m having trouble pasting into text boxes in particular.

  2. When I copy and paste text from Word it appears as an image in Figma. I have to paste as an image using CMD+V then repaste with CMD+SHIFT+V for the text to paste into a box.

  3. Has the way you copy and paste changed in Figma recently? It seems this little difference is adding quite a lot of time to my workflow at the moment.

    38 replies

    Show previous replies
    Heshaka_Jayawardena
    Heshaka_Jayawardena
    June 24, 2021

    +1 for the same issue. Seems like a no-brainer to be allowed to past from Word into Figma.

      Michael7
      Michael7
      June 26, 2021

      Hello guys! I found this bug: When copying text from MS Word to Figma, a picture is inserted instead of text. This problem is in the desktop application (latest update) on Mac M1. Everything is fine on Windows.

        Thomas_Williams2
        Thomas_Williams2
        June 27, 2021

        It’s not Microsoft’s fault, pasting works fine in literally any other program including Sketch

          Sam10
          Sam10
          June 29, 2021

          This is so rubbish - i knew moving to Figma was a bad idea - workflow slowed to a crawl and no sign of a fix…

          Alana_McDonald
          Alana_McDonald
          July 6, 2021

          I’m having the same issue. Trying to do analysis of some walkthroughs … and this is a major problem for me.

          JustinD
          JustinD
          July 10, 2021

          Holy cow this needs to be fixed. Huge killer if you’re working in a Microsoft-heavy environment (please help lol).

            Lorrrrr
            Lorrrrr
            July 16, 2021

            I’m new to Figma and was thinking this can’t be a bug… turns out it is lol.

              st_1187
              st_1187
              July 22, 2021

              This is STILL not fixed ?! What is Figma doing 🤨

                Tim_Montie
                Tim_Montie
                July 26, 2021

                Same problem. Honestly surprised that they didn’t catch this and fix it already before all this feedback.

                  Andreas_Kleiner
                  Andreas_Kleiner
                  July 26, 2021

                  Command(ctrl)+Shift+V in a text field works.
                  But generic Command(ctrl)+V pastes an image.

                  Sometimes you have to paste it twice (first as image, then in text field), but it works…

                  Hope that helps

                    Show more replies
                    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement