You can paste previously copied or cut data from the clipboard. You can paste data from the clipboard with or without preserving the original formatting.

To paste data while maintaining the original formatting, follow the steps below:

1.Place the cursor where you want to paste the data, or select the text (object) you want to replace with data from the clipboard.

2.Run the insert command in one of the following ways:

•On the Home tab, in the Edit group, click  Paste.

•On the Home tab, in the Edit group, click the arrow to the right of the  Paste button and select Paste command from the drop-down list.

•Right-click to open the context menu and select the Paste command.

•When working in macOS, run Edit > Paste command from the command menu.

•Press Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert (Windows, Linux), or  Cmd+V (macOS).

When you paste data without preserving the original formatting, only text is pasted from the clipboard. For example, when you paste a table, a shape with text or a link, only the text that these objects contain is pasted into the document. If the copied or cut fragment contains images, they are not pasted into the document.

For text that is pasted from the clipboard, the style of the text to which it is being added is applied.

To paste data without the original formatting, follow the steps below:

1.Place the cursor where you want to paste the data, or select the text (object) you want to replace with data from the clipboard.

2.Run the Paste command in one of the following ways:

•On the Home tab, in the Edit group, click the arrow to the right of the  Paste button and select Paste text only command from the drop-down list.

•Right-click to open the context menu and select the Paste special > Paste text only command.

•When working in macOS, run Edit > Paste text only command from the command menu.