# Pasting notes gives error message

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** tip\
**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208 "2021-10-29T10:19:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan589](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/jonathan589/32/479_2.png) [@Jonathan589](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Jonathan589)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208/1 "2021-10-29T10:19:42Z")

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I’ve been suffering this and cannot find the post by another user pointing it out. If I copy an entry from the notes of one fact, then paste it into another, RM8 stops the operation and sends an error message home.  
But if I paste it into another app, eg Word, and then copy _that_ entry, I can paste it into as many RM8 notes as I like.

Pardon me if everybody already knows this.

Cheers, Jonathan

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**Author:** ![Terry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/terry/32/108_2.png) [@Terry](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Terry)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208/2 "2021-10-29T10:28:24Z")

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Try the 3 dots and select _Paste as plain text_

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**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/tomh/32/30_2.png) [@TomH](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/TomH)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208/3 "2021-10-29T11:44:41Z")

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Also Ctrl+Shift+V to paste as plain text.

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**Author:** ![thejerrybryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/thejerrybryan/32/404_2.png) [@thejerrybryan](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/thejerrybryan)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208/4 "2021-10-29T16:43:39Z")

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It actually is a well known problem. Bruce reported in a Webinar that the problem was introduced into RM8 when the third party software that RM uses to support notes was updated. The update of the third party software had the error. Another update to the third party software will be required to fix the problem. In the meantime and like everybody else, I’m using Crtl-Shift-V to paste into RM.

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**Author:** ![Spence](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/spence/32/361_2.png) [@Spence](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Spence)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208/5 "2021-10-29T17:55:51Z")

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Text box libraries should work.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan589](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/jonathan589/32/479_2.png) [@Jonathan589](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Jonathan589)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208/6 "2021-11-01T18:36:57Z")

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Thank you all: I have modified my behaviour to use Ctrl+Shft+V.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan589](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/jonathan589/32/479_2.png) [@Jonathan589](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Jonathan589)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/pasting-notes-gives-error-message/2208/7 "2021-11-07T13:59:32Z")

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And the latest update to RM8 has fixed this so Ctrl+V works fine now too.

Thanks, Jonathan