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rob18
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Q: Copy text extra space

When I copy text,  it adds a space at the end when I paste. Any ideas how to not do this?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Jun 21, 2012 11:37 AM

by thomas_r.,Solvedanswer
thomas_r. thomas_r.
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A:

That's probably not a space.  Triple-clicking selects the entire line, including the return character at the end of the line.

 

If this is something you are doing frequently, you could turn on your browser's auto-fill function, which can help you automatically fill in your e-mail address in appropriate fields.  Or you could create a clipping on your desktop, containing nothing but your e-mail address.  (Select the e-mail address in TextEdit and drag to the desktop.)  Then you can just drag that clipping file into a text field on a web form.

Posted on Jun 21, 2012 1:38 PM

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  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jun 21, 2012 12:10 PM in response to rob18
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    Jun 21, 2012 12:10 PM in response to rob18

    Where are you seeing this behavior?  Most word processing apps will try to intelligently add spaces where necessary when pasting text.  For example, if you copy the text "Mike and", and then put the insertion point at the '|' in "I like |Ike", then the paste will result in "I like Mike and Ike".  Note the addition of a space following the pasted text, so that the result is not "I like Mike andIke".  Is that the behavior you're having trouble with, or are you seeing something else?

     

    If the behavior I've described is the problem, I'm not aware of any way to turn that off.

  • by rob18,

    rob18 rob18 Jun 21, 2012 1:26 PM in response to thomas_r.
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    Jun 21, 2012 1:26 PM in response to thomas_r.

    This happens when I try to copy my email address from TextEdit into a web field. If I select by dragging over the text it copies okay; when I triple-click it adds a space after the text.

  • by thomas_r.,Solvedanswer

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jun 21, 2012 1:38 PM in response to rob18
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    Jun 21, 2012 1:38 PM in response to rob18

    That's probably not a space.  Triple-clicking selects the entire line, including the return character at the end of the line.

     

    If this is something you are doing frequently, you could turn on your browser's auto-fill function, which can help you automatically fill in your e-mail address in appropriate fields.  Or you could create a clipping on your desktop, containing nothing but your e-mail address.  (Select the e-mail address in TextEdit and drag to the desktop.)  Then you can just drag that clipping file into a text field on a web form.