Copy and pasting text and shapes

[Jdejager]

Hi there.

In the past, I have been able to paste text and shapes in their original format.
Currently, pasting copy/shapes changes the format into pixeled images.
Anyway to get around this?

Thanks.

[mbc66]

If a widget gets copied between .rp files as an image instead of the widget(s) themselves, then I use the alternate paste instead of the regular (Edit > Paste or Ctrl+V). To do this, right-click in the page and choose Paste Special > Paste including Locked Widgets (or Ctrl+Alt+V as keyboard shortcut). It doesn’t matter if the widgets are locked or not…

[Jdejager]

Hey!

Thanks for this. I have tried this and nothing pastes?
Not sure if it’s the version of Axure I have or what the deal is.

Thanks
Justine

[mbc66]

@Jdejager,

See this thread if you are using a Mac:

Bug: Copy and paste problem on macbook

Hello all! ddzero wrote in to our help desk to troubleshoot the issue where copying and pasting widgets within a single file pasted them as images, and we believe we've found the culprit that was impacting a few other users as well. It looks like users who are experiencing this pasting issue are all on OS X 10.13 and have Forcepoint Endpoint installed, which has the ability to monitor the cut, copy, and paste functionality of apps. It looks like uninstalling that tool stops the pasting issue …

If that’s not your issue, send an email to support@axure.com (or in Axure: Help > Submit Feedback or Bug) --They are very responsive and usually pretty quick.

[Jdejager]

Thanks so much @mbc66, you’ve solved my problem!

[Anthony_Axure]