Paste without Formatting in a Text Component

Paste without Formatting in a Text Component#

Many course authoring teams rely on copying and pasting content from documents such as Google docs or Microsoft Word. Correct formatting in Studio and the LMS can be most easily realized through Power Paste.

When you copy and paste content into the Text Editor, you will receive a “Paste Formatting Options” popup on the page. If you choose “Remove formatting”, then the bullets will be correctly aligned with text in both Studio and the LMS. If you select “Keep formatting”, then the formatting is unchanged and bullets and text will not be aligned in Studio or the LMS.

Below is a bulleted list example, a type of formatting that commonly needs Power Paste. If you select “Keep formatting”, this is what Studio and LMS will show:

an image of a bulleted list in LMS in which you have chosen to “keep formatting” when you were in the editor. The bullets and text are misaligned.

However, if you select “Remove formatting”, this is what Studio and LMS will show:

an image of a bulleted list in LMS in which you have chosen to “remove formatting” when you were in the editor. The bullets and text are correctly aligned.