Formatting not retained in paste from Ditto (clipboard manager). Plain text pasted instead [Solved] Add supported types

Posted by Jeff Kang on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Jeff Kang
Published on 2012-10-24T17:59:02Z Indexed on 2012/10/25 5:07 UTC
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I'm trying to use Ditto on the Ditto documentation. If I were to copy the table of contents, then paste it (without Ditto) to the word processor, I get http://i.imgur.com/V1GU3.png, and the formatting is maintained.

As as a result of the copy operation, the table of contents also goes into the Saved Items List (= History List = Lists the Clips saved from the Clipboard) in Ditto’s Main Window:

I open a blank document to paste from Ditto instead of the default clipboard, and press either Ctrl-`, the default Ditto window activation Global Hot Key, or click the tray icon.

From this point, I can do 3 things to close the Ditto window, and place the item on the clipboard (the default clipboard?).

  1. Select the item, and press Enter
  2. Put the cursor on the item, and double-click
  3. Select the item, and press Ctrl-c

1) and 2) send a right-click where the cursor is, after the Ditto window closes (presumably to have the paste option ready to access?): Ctrl-c just closes the Ditto window.

Whichever method is used, the contents are pasted in what I believe is plain text: http://i.imgur.com/mQAZH.png

How do I keep the formatting that the default clipboard keeps? Thanks.

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