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Sequence diagram of the copy-paste operation. The term "copy-and-paste" refers to the popular, simple method of reproducing text or other data from a source to a destination. It differs from cut and paste in that the original source text or data does not get deleted or removed.
Open your document in Word, and "save as" an HTML file. Open the HTML file in a text editor and copy the HTML source code to the clipboard. Paste the HTML source into the large text box labeled "HTML markup:" on the html to wiki page. Click the blue Convert button at the bottom of the page.
Yes, you can copy interface text from public domain programs, or CC0 programs, directly onto Wikipedia, as public domain programs are compatible with the CC-BY-SA license used by Wikipedia. Make sure the program is explicitly licensed CC0 or public domain, and use {{ CC-notice }} or {{ PD-notice }} to indicate this.
Word 2001, released in 2000, added a few new features, including the Office Clipboard, which allowed users to copy and paste multiple items. [96] It was the last version to run on the classic Mac OS and, on Mac OS X, it could only run within the Classic Environment.
Also note that Word uses so-called "smart quotes" (that look “like this”) which may be inadvertently included in your article. One way of removing them is copying your text into another word processor like Notepad before pasting into Wikipedia. If you want to properly import articles, you may consider using a conversion utility.
Copy and paste. Find an en dash (–), an em dash (—), or a minus sign (−) already in some text—in this sentence, for example—and paste it where a new one is ...
The term copypasta is derived from the computer interface term "copy and paste", [1] the act of selecting a piece of text and copying it elsewhere. Usage of the word can be traced back to an anonymous 4chan thread from 2006, [2] [3] and Merriam-Webster record it appearing on Usenet and Urban Dictionary for the first time that year. [1]
Generally these tools let the user "copy" the selected characters into the clipboard, and then paste them into the document, rather than pretending to directly type them. It is often practical to just find the desired character on the web or in another document, and copy and paste it from there.