When I copy and paste onto an email outlook does not keep source formatting. I have been through so many options screens. How do I keep the source formatting intact?

Anonymous
2023-05-01T15:00:25+00:00

When I copy and paste onto an email outlook does not keep source formatting. I have been through so many options screens. How do I keep the source formatting intact? For instance I'll copy an excel file and paste it and it only come out as plain text . This wasn't an issue until I came into work today.

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Anonymous
2024-05-03T20:05:00+00:00

Hey everyone,

I may have a small workaround that I just discovered. I tested it out twice, but it seems to have worked for me so far, please let me know if you also have success or not. So, I typically copy my messages in color similar to the one displayed by Ornelaks in this thread. I decided (out of random curiosity) to use the copy and paste function within outlook to see if it would paste and keep the color formatting.

The first two tries of using copy and paste, I used the keyboard shortcut and the left click of the mouse. THEN, I used the the copy and paste icon located in the top left corner of outlook to paste it, and VIOLA! It kept all the color in the formatting. I hope this is helpful to you all (until it stops working again), but let me know if this is helpful!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-25T20:11:24+00:00

    this is not available

    what version are you refering to

    are you using on-line office 365?

    outlook.com?

    the directions you gave are not even showing in our outlook for PC

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-25T20:02:57+00:00

    Hit the dropdown arrow on the Paste icon, select "Set Default Paste...", then for the "Pasting from other programs" scenario, change to "Keep Source Formatting." Note, this paste option appears under the heading of "Editor Options/ Advanced/ Cut, copy, paste."

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-09T21:11:06+00:00

    Those of us being forced to use this application for work do not have the ability to go back to an old version. Microsoft needs to fix the issue. The same thing happened a year ago, they fixed it after a couple weeks, they can fix it again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-28T17:13:23+00:00

    No resolution whatsoever. Microsoft doesn't care. They make changes within the desktop version and don't take into account the effects those changes have on the web version. This happened before and they eventually fixed the problem. Now? Crickets.

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