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Q: Can't copy and paste to InDesign

Like title says... I can't copy from Mac Pages to Indesign CC on my new Macbook Pro Retina.

 

I have to use TextEdit instead.

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Logan

Posted on Apr 16, 2014 9:12 AM

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Q: Can't copy and paste to InDesign

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  • by fruhulda,

    fruhulda fruhulda Apr 16, 2014 10:14 AM in response to logandesign
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    Apr 16, 2014 10:14 AM in response to logandesign

    Which Pages version? If it is Pages 5 I am not surprised as it has a new code which no other application understands.

  • by logandesign,

    logandesign logandesign Apr 16, 2014 10:15 AM in response to fruhulda
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    Apr 16, 2014 10:15 AM in response to fruhulda

    Version 5.2....

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Apr 16, 2014 6:13 PM in response to logandesign
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    Apr 16, 2014 6:13 PM in response to logandesign

    Menu > File > Export > Word .doc/x

     

    Place that in InDesign.

     

    Why are you using Pages with Indesign?

     

    I just did a quick test with Pages 5.2 and Indesign CCS 6 v 8.01 and text Copy/Pasted across fine and without styling.

     

    Are you trying to copy a mix of text and objects?

     

    Peter

  • by logandesign,

    logandesign logandesign Apr 16, 2014 8:24 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Apr 16, 2014 8:24 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    No, I am just trying to copy text from Pages to Indesign. I can copy and paste anywhere but InDesign CC. Command-V does nothing. I use pages b/c I like Pages over TextEdit... the documents are from my editor.

     

    Maybe it's a CC thing... my version is 9.2.1

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Apr 16, 2014 8:36 PM in response to logandesign
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    Apr 16, 2014 8:36 PM in response to logandesign

    Do you just want snippets, so Export is no good?

     

    Have you done the obvious and tested what is on the Clipboard by pasting into TextEdit from Pages?

     

    What happens with Pages '09 if you have it?

     

    What happens if you paste in Indesign's StoryEditor?

     

    Peter

  • by Joey29,Helpful

    Joey29 Joey29 Jun 25, 2014 7:59 AM in response to logandesign
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    Jun 25, 2014 7:59 AM in response to logandesign

    In Indesign (CC 2014) go to Preferences > Clipboard Handling

     

    Where it says "When Pasting Text and Tables from Other Applications"

     

    make sure the "All Information.." radio button is checked.

     

    You should then be able to paste from Pages.

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Jun 25, 2014 8:19 AM in response to logandesign
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    Jun 25, 2014 8:19 AM in response to logandesign

    I just did a quick test with Indesign CS6 and cut and paste works fine.

     

    Peter

  • by Salda,

    Salda Salda Oct 9, 2014 2:16 PM in response to Joey29
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    Oct 9, 2014 2:16 PM in response to Joey29

    I too am having the same issue with COPY and PASTE. Changed the preference in InDesign and can past, but lose all paragraph breaks. Everything was working fine until I upgraded to Indesign CC (2014.1). Looks like gonna have to do the workaround of pasting into TextEdit, then copying out of it and pasting in ID.

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Oct 9, 2014 5:21 PM in response to Salda
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    Oct 9, 2014 5:21 PM in response to Salda

    Why not just Export your text from Pages to a .txt file and Place that in Indesign?

     

    I'm curious, why would you be doing this?

     

    Peter

  • by JBVmanc,

    JBVmanc JBVmanc Oct 28, 2014 3:07 AM in response to Joey29
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    Oct 28, 2014 3:07 AM in response to Joey29

    This worked for me Joey29, thanks!

  • by 750 H2C,

    750 H2C 750 H2C Mar 14, 2016 2:38 AM in response to logandesign
    Level 1 (15 points)
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    Mar 14, 2016 2:38 AM in response to logandesign

    +1 on this. I'm not able to paste text copied from Numbers into InDesign. Nothing gets pasted. The contents are on the clipboard – other apps will paste gladly – but InDesign won't paste.

     

    It's only text I'm copying, not any strange Number cells or similar.

     

    Telling InDesign to handle "all info" is not an option for me, I have bad experience from trashy Word formatting code in InDesign so I'd like to keep things to "text only".

     

    My workaround is to paste into Word, then copy from there (and paste without formatting). It works just fine. But it's a drag.

  • by DraigDyffryn,

    DraigDyffryn DraigDyffryn Sep 7, 2016 6:24 AM in response to logandesign
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    Sep 7, 2016 6:24 AM in response to logandesign

    This seems to be a Microsoft Office font issue, it was on my system anyhow. Try switching off the Microsoft Calibri and Verdana fonts in your font manager which forces any documents created in Microsoft office to open using the Arial font when in Pages. Afterwards copy and paste should work as normal. Remember not to change your InDesign clipboard preferences to 'All', keep it as 'text only', then your pasted text will take on the current style within your document.