: While copying text, why more than just the highlighted text is copied? This is a very minor thing but very annoying. I am using Adobe Illustrator CC (Windows 7 station) to create cosmetic labels.

@Alves566

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This is a very minor thing but very annoying.

I am using Adobe Illustrator CC (Windows 7 station) to create cosmetic labels. They have, of course, a lot of copy. The copy is set on area type boxes. They are not linked. They are all isolated boxes.

Sometimes I need to copy and paste some portion of the text from one box to another. I do this the most basic way: I highlight a section of the text (a word), copy it (Ctr-C) and paste it in a different box (Ctr-V).

Most of the time (with very few exceptions that I have not been able to replicate) I find that not only the word I highlighted gets copied, but the text from ALL the area types. The text I highlighted gets copied as well and added, at the end of the FULL text. The same thing happens if I copy the text and paste it on a word editors (Notepad).

For example, I have this label:



Suppose I highlight the word "NEED" on the second area type box and copy it (Ctr-C). Then I open a Notepad (or draw another text area, or use any other word editing application) and paste the copied text (Ctr-V). This is what I get.


Abc Defghlk sdsdsdsd dsfsdf sdfsdf fderereLOREM IPSUMSOME TEXT I NEED
SOMEWHERE ELSE MORE LOREM IPSUMNEED


Notice the word NEED at the end, repeated.

So I have learnt to live with this: copy, paste, delete the text I don't need and keep the last portion. But it is very annoying. Anyone knows what is the reason for this behaviour?

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