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Copying and Pasting Rich Content
You can copy and paste rich content from an external source, such as a website or another rich content field.
Key Considerations
In the GUI, unsupported HTML elements and attributes in the rich content are silently discarded when you paste HTML source into a rich content field. In the Web interface, unsupported HTML elements and attributes in the rich content are silently discarded after you save the item.
You cannot copy and paste HTML source that exceeds the maximum allowed characters for the rich content field. If you exceed the amount, Integrity Lifecycle Manager allows you to attempt the operation again until you copy and paste an acceptable number of characters.
The cut, copy, and paste commands are available only in the GUI. In the Web interface, use shortcut keys or the browser’s cut, copy, and paste toolbar buttons.
When copying and pasting table cells, you can select the table row or a single cell.
When copying and pasting a table row, the pasted row is inserted as a new row above the currently selected row.
When copying and pasting HTML source that includes images, only images in external Web sites are pasted.
Pasted images from HTML source that is not an external Web site are assigned the following naming convention: MKSImg<#>.png.
In the Web interface, you can copy and paste an image containing a local file URL (file://). However, Integrity Lifecycle Manager warns you that the image is not visible to other users because local file URLs to images cannot be saved as attachments.
Copying and pasting inline image attachments:
Copying from one item and pasting to another results in a new attachment associated with the destination item.
Copying and pasting within the same item reuses the attachment in each location.
When batch editing multiple items, copying and pasting create a new attachment associated with all items, regardless of where the original attachment was copied from.
In the Web interface, you can copy and paste symbols. However, Integrity Lifecycle Manager does not support the insertion of symbols in the Web interface.
You can copy and paste text containing different fonts and font sizes in the rich content field of the Web interface and the GUI. For more information on working with fonts in rich text fields, see Formatting and Editing Text.
When copying or pasting rich text content from an external source, the Integrity Lifecycle Manager rich text fields support the following units during conversion for font size:
%
pt
px
pc
em
ex
inch
cm
mm
Integrity Lifecycle Manager converts the unsupported font size units to the default values in the rich text fields while pasting external rich text content.