[GH-ISSUE #161] "Paste as plain text" format error ? #83

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opened 2026-03-03 01:09:58 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ulyssesric on GitHub (Mar 24, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Clipy/Clipy/issues/161

Originally assigned to: @Econa77 on GitHub.

"Paste as plain text" function works fine in TextEdit, Pages, Keynotes, and Microsoft Word 2016, but failed to work in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016. I don't know where the problem is, but it seems that "paste as plain text" failed to set the content data type of system clipboard from RTF to plain text.

For example, when I copy some content from browser, the original content of system clipboard may look like this:

screen shot: original content of system clipboard

The original content of system clipboard is RTF right now. After paste it into TextEdit with CMD key down, the content of system clipboard is supposed to be replaced by plain text, but as show in the screenshot below, it's still RTF, not plain text. And the content does not show correctly.

screen shot 2017-03-24: system clipboard after CMD+Click in Clipy

ClipMenu 0.43 won't have such problem. The content of system clipboard is correctly set to plain text after CMD+Click.

screen shot 2017-03-24: system clipboard after CMD+Click in ClipMenu

Guess it would be a bug.

Originally created by @ulyssesric on GitHub (Mar 24, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Clipy/Clipy/issues/161 Originally assigned to: @Econa77 on GitHub. "Paste as plain text" function works fine in TextEdit, Pages, Keynotes, and Microsoft Word 2016, but failed to work in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016. I don't know where the problem is, but it seems that "paste as plain text" failed to set the content data type of system clipboard from RTF to plain text. For example, when I copy some content from browser, the original content of system clipboard may look like this: ![screen shot: original content of system clipboard](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/914435/24285072/663be8f0-10a9-11e7-8340-da3932485da8.png) The original content of system clipboard is RTF right now. After paste it into TextEdit with CMD key down, the content of system clipboard is supposed to be replaced by plain text, but as show in the screenshot below, it's still **RTF**, not plain text. And the content does not show correctly. ![screen shot 2017-03-24: system clipboard after CMD+Click in Clipy](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/914435/24285117/97bc68b4-10a9-11e7-887a-d3ab34182b84.png) ClipMenu 0.43 won't have such problem. The content of system clipboard is correctly set to plain text after CMD+Click. ![screen shot 2017-03-24: system clipboard after CMD+Click in ClipMenu](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/914435/24285139/adf6539c-10a9-11e7-90ac-9407bc6a80b3.png) Guess it would be a bug.
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@Econa77 commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2017):

@ulyssesric Thank you for the report.

I will find the bug and fix it in the next release 🚀

<!-- gh-comment-id:288991848 --> @Econa77 commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2017): @ulyssesric Thank you for the report. I will find the bug and fix it in the next release 🚀
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@omsrisagar commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2022):

I am facing the same issue as well in powerpoint (Mac). Paste as plain text pastes nothing.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1306153539 --> @omsrisagar commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2022): I am facing the same issue as well in powerpoint (Mac). Paste as plain text pastes nothing.
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