You can also click at the top of the section, hold shift then click at the bottom of the section. If it is a word you will double click on it, if it’s a sentence or paragraph, double click then drag the cursor to the end. ⦁ Highlight the text or image you want to copy and paste on mac. We'll give you step-by-step instructions that will allow you to copy and paste on your Mac effortlessly. This article will guide you on how to copy and paste on your Mac.

However, the keyboard shortcuts for this function are different on a Mac compared to other devices.

Also, on my team not everyone cand do that complex shortcut with a single hand and going to menu is slower.If you want to move text, an image, or any other media file from one document to another or from one app to another, you have to copy(cut) and paste. In some works I could be copypasting more than 30 times per minute, and the difference from command+v and command+alt+caps+v is around 200% more time for the second, less hand effort and less thinking about it. When you have complex tables, texts and multiple sources on the same document, all loaded with nonsense format that the customer though it was cool (surprise, is not) the option to paste all as pure text is very important. It pastes directly any text from external apps as simple text, and is an option that you activate if you need it. The actual paste without format is a cool feature to be used sporadically.ĭon't like to compare, as I love affinity apps much more than Adobe's, but for my workflow, Indesign solution is elegant, easy and best of all, optional.

What I talk is an option to set command+v to paste without format as a default.

As I said on the post, there is that option, but is slow, with a complex keyboard shortcut that doesn't come naturally to the hand as simple old command+v. There is already a command in the Edit menu for 'Paste without format.' Is that not what you need?

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