# Copy paste between Word and Google Docs loses formatting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-between-word-and-google-docs-loses-formatting/99704>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [October 17, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-between-word-and-google-docs-loses-formatting/99704 "2018-10-17T03:13:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tania\_Dadoun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tania_dadoun/32/203851_2.png) [@Tania\_Dadoun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tania_Dadoun)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-between-word-and-google-docs-loses-formatting/99704/9 "2020-12-20T01:34:28Z")

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Copying and pasting to Gmail first did retain most of the formatting when pasting from Microsoft Word to Google Docs.  
Thank you so much!

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