[MlMt] pasting text from Word into a message

[Randall Gellens]

Is there perhaps an option in Word to copy as text? My version of Word 
has some "copy as..." options.

--Randall

On 29 Aug 2020, at 0:19, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 28 Aug 2020, at 23:43, Shoshanna Green wrote:
>
>> I'm running version 1.13.2 (5712), and when I copy text in Word and 
>> paste it into a message composer window, it turns into an attached 
>> .png image rather than text.
>
> I'm pretty sure that only happens because Word puts a png on the 
> pasteboard as an alternative to the text. I guess that's a feature, 
> but it's a bit weird...
>
>> (Whereas if I copy text from
>> TextEdit, it pastes into a message correctly.) If I paste text from 
>> Word as quoted text, with command-option-V, it does paste as text; 
>> but then I have to un-quote and reflow it.
>>
>> I know Word is the devil, but it's the unavoidable devil. How can I 
>> paste text from it into a message I'm composing? Or is this another 
>> in-progress feature/issue?
>
> It's not a known issue, but it might be tricky to fix without breaking 
> something else. I think the best is probably to add an explicit 
> shortcut for pasting as text allowing the user to force MailMate to 
> pick the text alternative. That would likely be ⌥⇧⌘V. I'll make 
> a note of that.
>
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> Benny
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