Submitted by WayneK on 2016/07/25 16:26
I started out taking notes in the HTML pane for one item, then decided it would be better to break it up into multiple subitems.  Problem: how do I transfer the notes I've already taken to the new subitems?  Should be easy but it hasn't been.
 
1) Most direct way would be to create new subitems, then copy/paste the HTML content to each.  I've never been able to get this to work because too many things are lost in the process (bullet structure is lost, links are lost, images are lost).
 
2) An equally simple way would be to create copies of the main item then delete the HTML content not needed for each new subitem.  I just spent 30 minutes trying to copy/paste the item but was unable to.  I got one of the following errors:
 
a) The item text was copied, but not the HTML content
b) The paste was a blank
 
3) I switched to trying to drag/copy the item.  Couldn't get this to work either.  I'd select the whole row, then hold down ctrl while dragging the item.  Frustratingly, this would work on other items but not the one I need.  I tried this drag method 50+ times.  It works about 10% of the time and I can't figure out what makes it work or not work.
 
Any tips for a simple way to copy/paste an item with its HTML content?
 
Wayne
 

Comments

Is the content of type embedded ? Or is it a linked file ? Check the properties pane or the HTML pane caption to see which type it is
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

I don't what you're asking for re properties pane or HTML pane header.  The HTML panes contained text I'd typed plus some images I'd copy/pasted.  There were no linked files but there may have been hyperlinks to web pages.
 
Just let it go, I guess.  I can't even remember which items were giving me problems.  I just manually copied the HTML info to the new items. I tried a couple of other items just now and the drag/copy method worked fine.  Don't know why the one item resisted all attempts to copy it.
 
Wayne