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When in Chats in Teams we used to copy conversations and paste them into other docs. This brought across name/date and chat text.
Now when we do this it only brings across the text; name/date are missing. This causes issues for us as we cannot keep accurate records.
Has this facility been changed/withdrawn in an update? Is there a workaround?
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Thank you. You are right, holding the mouse button down is not needed for pasting. I thought it was a small detail that could be omitted. :-)
In our organization there are many colleagues that are frustrated / furious about this change. Also, to call it a feature to avoid text alteration, in my opinion, is ridiculous. If someone wants to alter the text can do it, and this so-called "feature" prevents nothing, let alone with the workaround.
Please, revert this as it was before. It is much needed. If some users like it this way (I really can't understand how one can, but still) just make it an option!
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The logic of this decision eludes me. Why would Teams copy/paste not behave in the same way as every other application? Whatever I have selected should be what I have copied. If I only want the body of a message, then that's what I select to copy. If I select an entire conversation and copy it, part of that chat conversation is the record of who said something. Pasting a chat that shows no indication of WHO made each entry leads only to a complete lack of clarity about what took place in a conversation.
Please revert this change. Or give us options we can choose regarding behavior of copy/paste in Teams.
MS is a monopoly hence they have no incentive to keep their users happy. What (somewhat) surprises me is the very low number of postings in this thread. Looks like most Teams users don't care. I thought there would be a stronger/more vocal response to this "change". Evidently, most users just took in the change as is. So, if MS does look at the feedback, someone on their side is probably laughing at those few who protest here...