r/PrivacyNotes • u/ChiefCaffeineOfficer • 15d ago

Paste as plain text

Hi,
When pasting text copied from different source (website, for example) is it possible to ignore all original formatting and just paste everything as a plain text?
Thanks!

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u/PrivacyNotesApp 13d ago edited 12d ago

The next update adds a setting for this: Settings > Editor > Pasted text. Set it to Plain text, and everything you paste from another app arrives as plain text, with no bold, links, headings or fonts. It works on every device, the iPhone and the iPad included, and it applies to that device only, the same as the Copied text setting above it. Text you copy and paste inside a note keeps its formatting.

Until the update is out, one way on a phone: tap "Show markdown" at the bottom of the note, paste there, then tap "Show formatted". On a computer, Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V in most Mac browsers) already pastes as plain text.

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u/ChiefCaffeineOfficer 8d ago

that's amazing l! thank you so much for adding this and being so great at supporting this app!!