Can't paste an image copied from Safari directly into Keynote. Get the word Text instead of the image. What is wrong?

Drag and drop the image in Safari directly onto the Keynote slide

I have the same problem and if you are working on a smaller screen the drag and drop is difficult.

It looks like a bug on Keynote 6.5. The only way I find to fix it is to downgrade to Keynote 6.2 and it works perfectly.

Mac has always used drag and drop functions as the primary method of managing media.

What is it that you find difficult?

Exactly, the keyboard shortcuts. I need them.

When using Keynote 6.5 with Yosemite, using Copy and Paste is a different function to drag and drop with the mouse.

If you need to insert images onto a Keynote slide without issues, use drag and drop.

If you don't want to use the mouse you will have to use another application.

Same problem here, just that you cannot copy and paste a selected region from preview into keynote. It must be a bug in keynote as it still works with the current version of preview (Version 8.0 (859)) and the older version of keynote.

This is a bug which was first introduced with Keynote 6, then was fixed in one of the incremental releases. It suddenly popped up again in 6.5 with the release of Yosemite. It's annoying, and doesn't bode well for Apple's quality control that this same bug would pop up in two separate major releases, but there is an easy work-around. Copy and pasting images works just fine from Chrome into Keynote.

It almost seems like someone committed an incorrect build for a portion 6.5 and it caused this same bug to re-emerge.

I know people are saying to use drag and drop, this isn't helpful when running on a small screen with full-screen apps.

Keynote and Safari do not need to be run in full screen to be used, I am using a 13" Dell display here just now and have no difficulty using drag and drop from any application into Keynote.

That's great that you do and I am genuinely glad this works for you. I enjoy the full screen experience and have never cared for drag and drop on smaller screens - it doesn't fit my workflow. Full screen apps and the multi-touch swipe gestures to move between apps (and before real full-screen, command-tab and maximized windows) do fit the way I work.

Pointing out this is a bug doesn't negate your workflow as valid. Describing it's impact on workflows such as mine merely shows why this bug is impacting my productivity (though, not by much because, as I said, I found a solution in the interim). At any rate, I hope this bug is squashed quickly, and then I can copy/paste and you can do side by side windows and drag and drop and we will both be happy.

Ah, if drag and drop isn't possible, then copy the image, switch to Preview, do "Command-N", then copy that. That should paste into Keynote with no problem.

Is it possible to escalate this bug? It may seem minor, but it really has a huge impact.

Too slow.

I am using (by force) another method.

Open preview. Copy images in safari. Go to preview, and command N (create a new image from clipboard). Command A (select all image). Command C (copy). Return to Keynote. Command V (paste).

Annoying, but works with keyboard.