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Paul_Giles
Paul_Giles
May 21, 2021

Copy and Paste Text from Word

  • May 21, 2021
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  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.

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    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

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