From email: copy and paste from document

#1

This came by email:

Is a PM able to cut and paste from a document onto to your program to save time in typing?
This feature is key…

#2

I am not sure that I clearly understand the question.
If you meant that you want to import task structure from somewhere then yes, you can import either a plain-text list of tasks (just one task per line) or structured CSV file.

If you meant that you want to copy information about some particular task from somewhere then yes, you can try pasting text into task notes.

If you meant something else, please provide more details.

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#3

I am having the same issue – I’m not able to paste text into the Notes, Weblink or any other field in GP. However, this only just started after I’d already been using GP for awhile with no problems. In other words - I started out being able to paste text into the notes, and now I can’t. ?? Have tried re-installing and re-downloading/re-installing GP a number of times to no avail.

Curious to see if anyone else has experienced the same… or if there’s a setting that I should change? So far haven’t found anything, but I’m a newbie to it.

#4

Is there anything in the log after pasting? Help > View log…

#5

Thanks Dmitry (also, for a great program in general). No, there isn’t.

#6

Do you mean that you don’t see anything suspicious in the log? Because the log is not supposed to be empty, there is always a handful of text.

What do you paste and how do you paste (I mean, literally, what action, keyboard shortcut or whatever else do you use) ?

#7

I use Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V; have also tried manually using the drop-down edit menu. Nothing suspicious in the log I meant, sorry.

#8

So, let me ask again to be sure: you

  1. copy text from some external program
  2. open some task properties in GanttProject
  3. place the cursor into Notes text area
  4. hit Ctrl+V (or Command+V if you’re on macOS)

and get no result?

#9

Iam having this problem as well. Followed your instructions and it does not work. I can not copy and paste from an external source (plain text, no formating) to anywhere in Ganttproject.
The Issue resolved itself when starting as Admin on windows