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How can one copy data from MS Word and paste that into a Google Document without losing the Rich Text Formatting (such as colour information)? It doesn't seem to be supported.
Please note that I am talking of copying data from a native Windows application and pasting it into a Google Document opened in a web browser, and not the other way round.
The same type of copy and paste seem to work fine if both the source and the sink application are inside the web browser. What gives?
It seems that the browser must enable this feature.
Chrome/Firefox, PC: Ctrl + Shift + V
Chrome/Firefox, Mac: Command ⌘ + Shift ⇧ + V
Safari, Mac: Command ⌘ + Shift ⇧ + Option ⌥ + V
I just tried it in Chrome on Windows and it works the following way. Start selecting the table just below the lower-left cell (click where the cursor changes to the one indicating text entry) and drag the selection all the way up to the top-left cell until all of them are filled with a blueish highlight. Then press CTRL + C, switch to Google Spreadsheet and press CTRL + V.
In the screenshot the highlight is gray because the window was out of focus.
Best Answer
You could always add the document you want to get text from to Google Docs, convert it to GDocs format, copy-and-paste into your other document. Then, if you don't need it any longer, delete the original, converted document.