# Copy/Paste Excel - Both an Image and text

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**Created:** [19.Май.2015 22:44:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-excel-both-an-image-and-text/29009 "2015-05-19T22:44:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [19.Май.2015 22:44:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-excel-both-an-image-and-text/29009/1 "2015-05-19T22:44:46Z")

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When copy/pasting data from excel it currently does two things:

It creates a text block with all of the contents completly unformatted  
It creates an image of the contents that looks good but cannot be edited within discourse

The handling of this feels very clunky and without some manual cleanup looks terrible. Here is an example:

Clue Answer  
Police officer. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ copper  
Lone Ranger’s horse. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ silver  
If they are not here, they \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. argon  
To press a blouse. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ iron  
Motto for an oil well‑drilling company. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ boron  
What should you do with dead people’s bodies? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ barium

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