Paste the last cut or copied data

You can paste previously copied or cut data from the clipboard. You can paste data from the clipboard with or without preserving the original formatting.

To paste data while maintaining the original formatting, follow the steps below:

1.Place the cursor where you want to paste the data, or select the text (object) you want to replace with data from the clipboard.

2.Run the Paste command in one of the following ways:

•On the Home tab, in the Edit group, click  Paste or click the arrow to the right of the  Paste button and run the Paste command.

•Right-click to open the context menu and select the Paste command.

•Press Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert.

When you paste data without preserving the original formatting, only text is pasted from the clipboard. For example, when you paste a table, a shape with text or a link, only the text that these objects contain is pasted into the document. If the copied or cut fragment contains images, they are not pasted into the document.

For text that is pasted from the clipboard, the style of the text to which it is being added is applied.

To paste data without the original formatting, follow the steps below:

1.Place the cursor where you want to paste the data, or select the text (object) you want to replace with data from the clipboard.

2.Run the Paste command in one of the following ways:

•On the Home tab, in the Edit group, click the arrow to the right of the  Paste button and run the Paste text only command.

•Right-click to open the context menu and run the Paste special > Paste text only command.

•Press Alt+Shift+V.