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ac
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Hi -

I need to copy text from a long text field with rich text formatting turned on to other applications (e.g., Google Docs). After researching, the issue seems to be due to Airtable's underlying markdown formatting.

Is there any way to export the text or copy-paste the text into another app that understands the formatting and can display the text and export with the same formatting Airtable displays?

Thanks!

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Sho
11 - Venus
11 - Venus

Hi @ac,

What about copying cells from the expand window?

richtext01.png

ac
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Thanks for the suggestion, @Sho !

I've tried that with rich text with bullet points and nested bullet points, and it maintains the relative indentations when copied to Google Docs.

All the bullet points disappear in Google Docs, though, and the pasted text has a greater overall indention than the default bullet points in Google Docs.

Here are images of the original Airtable rich text in the expanded window and the rich text when pasted into a Google Doc.

Original:

airtable-original.png

Pasted:

pasted.png

Any other ideas?