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Preserve MS Word native elements while copying

Preserve Microsoft Word native elements(Field, Shape, etc.) while copying into Document Editor.

  1. Currently, we are writing the copied content as HTML and copying the same to the clipboard using document.execCommand() which copies only the rendered elements and ignores the MS Word native elements

MS Word Copied Structure

document.execCommand()  Copied Structure

<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span


style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>MERGEFIELD<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>


</span>address<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>\* MERGEFORMAT <span


style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]--><span style='mso-no-proof:


yes'>«address»</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>«address»</p>
  1. To preserve the native elements for pasting to MS Word we need to copy the MS Word required native element structure. On analyzing we found we are able to achieve the same using Clipboard.
  2. It lacks compatibility with all modern browsers.
  3. In future releases, if the Clipboard API compatibility is added we will include the writing of native-supported HTML clipboard content.
  4. Workaround
    1. Download the document as Docx in DocumentEditor instead of copying.
    2. Open the downloaded document in MS Word and then copy the required content.