Copying and pasting content
The Edit menu provides multiple ways to copy and paste content. Pasted content can include/exclude specific copied content properties.
The Edit menu provides multiple ways to copy and paste content. Pasted content can include/exclude specific copied content properties.
You can copy content throughout the application or externally to third-party apps. Both need a reciprocal pasting operation to add the content to the target page.
The Copy items as SVG preference (accessed via Preferences>General) copies content in SVG format in readiness for pasting to external apps.
As well as the commonly used Paste command, other paste commands can be used to selectively control which properties are included/excluded in the paste operation.
| Paste option | Description |
|---|---|
| Paste | Pastes content, preserving the copied content's look and formatting. |
| Paste Inside | Pastes one or more layers inside another layer. |
| Paste Style | Pastes a layer's stroke, fill and layer effect(s) to another layer. |
| Paste FX | Pastes only layer effect(s) to another layer. |
| Paste Without Format | Pastes unformatted text by stripping the formatting from the copied text. When pasted, the target text will retain its text formatting. |
| Paste Special | Pastes copied content into and out of your Affinity app using a choice of clipboard formats that show dynamically by the type of content copied externally or within Affinity. |
When using Paste Special you will be offered a choice of clipboard formats to use for pasting. These options are dependent on the type of content copied and will dynamically change accordingly.
For example, for copied curves and shapes your formats are:
For text, the available choices will be different, and may include:
1 These clipboard formats are available when Copy items as SVG is enabled via Preferences>General.
2 These are proprietary Affinity formats that retain the highest level of fidelity to the original copied object. This format is used by default when copying and pasting between Affinity apps.