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Pages is my word processor. I'm trying to copy a paragraph text from a docx file opened in Pages. Some words in the paragraph are italicized.
I'd like to paste it in a target doc which has paragraph styles set. When I paste I'd like to retain the italics of those words in the source doc.
The source and target docs used different styles for paragraph.
How do I paste it correctly?
I believe you need to use the Levels control. In the screenshot below, my Body text (regular paragraphs) aren't shown, because I've asked the outline mode to show only heading levels 1 and 2.
(I'm using Pages 4.3 but hopefully this is the same in your 4.2?)
What you’re looking for is called Character Styles. It works similarly to Paragraph Styles, except that it only affect the character you’ve selected. To create a paragraph style:
+ sign at the top right and name your newly created style. Apply this for all your future selected characters.Here’s the screenshot for the list of Character Styles.
Best Answer
Copy the text normally, then paste using ⇧⌥⌘V. This preserves character styles such as bold and italic but uses the destination paragraph styles.