# Pasting Contents in Special Formats

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Pasting Contents in Special Formats
Contents that are stored on the clipboard can be pasted into your document using different formats. In %PRODUCTNAME you can choose how to paste the contents using a dialog or a drop-down icon.
The available options depend on the contents of the clipboard.
In Writer text documents, you can press Command+Option Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V to paste the contents of the clipboard as unformatted text.
Pasting clipboard contents using an icon menu
- Click the arrow next to the Paste icon on the Standard Bar to open the menu.
- Select one of the options.
If you do not like the result, click the Undo icon and then paste again with another option.
Pasting clipboard contents using a dialog
- Choose Edit - Paste special.
- Select one of the options and click OK.
If you are in a spreadsheet and the contents of the clipboard are spreadsheet cells, then a different Paste Special dialog appears. Use the Paste Special dialog to copy cells using basic or advanced options.
- Transpose
  : swaps the rows and the columns of the cell range to be pasted.
- Link
  : pastes the cell range as a link. If the source file changes, the pasted cells change also.
- The other options are explained in the help, when you call the Paste Special dialog from within %PRODUCTNAME Calc.UFI: the text is switched to "Calc" there.
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