Copying text with matching format

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Copying text with matching format

Hi. I use pages to to create lesson plans and use tables for each lesson point. I do a lot of cutting and pasting of text. The text has a lot of bold sentences, italics and underlining etc. I used to use a great app called format match 1.3 which allowed me to keep the exact formatting when copying and pasting. It no longer functions in macOS 12.1.

Does anyone know of another which will do this?

For Example, I would like to copy the following text and keep the exact same font and formatting

Monday

1st January

NEW LESSON

If I copy and then select paste and select style, it turns everything to bold in pages and no longer has the italics or underline.

I hope I have explained myself coherently!

Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 8, 2022 3:55 AM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

Level 10

125,566 points

Jan 8, 2022 7:51 AM in response to veganmod

Select your three lines of text as shown above. Then, in one smooth motion click and drag (this text clipping) to the new Pages document and release. The text attributes remain identical to the original in the first document.

Because there are multiple styles in your current selection, Pages cannot successfully perform a Format menu > Copy/Paste Style between two documents.

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Answer 2

VikingOSX

Level 10

125,566 points

Jan 8, 2022 9:08 AM in response to veganmod

I forgot that you were using tables, as my suggestion was just styled body text between documents. Select all the styled text in a given first document table, and then select it. Copy it to the clipboard using the Edit menu or keyboard shortcut. In the second document, click once on a cell (not twice to select its text), and just paste.

What I see when I do this is three different fonts and the original text attributes in the destination table cell.

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