: Problem pasting text into Inkscape When I try to paste bigger text into Inkscape, it splits it into small parts and it's impossible to put them together. I can't change font type or anything

@Kaufman565

As of Inkscape 0.91, there is actually a place to copy/paste plain text to get around this problem.


Create or select the text frame
If it is not a text flow, you need to type of placeholder text too.
On the Text menu, click Text and Font
On the Text tab, paste the text you want into the box.
Click Apply.


The reason for the original issue is (I'm guessing) how Inkscape was interpreting new lines.

It's sometimes not just the text that gets copied but other information too, like formatting data and such. Given the purpose of Inkscape (design), I'm always reluctant to just copy/paste something. There could be--for example--extra spaces somewhere, or what I thought was one character was actually something else. For pasting large blocks of text, using the Text and Font window (or editing the XML directly) is the best way to go.

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@Harper654

A SVG file is a plain XML file in text.


Create a text boundary box in Inkscape with the Text tool
Type some text in it like "Copy Text Here"
Save the file
Open the file in a XML editor such as Notepad ++ Look for the following line:

id="flowPara4983">Copy Text Here</flowPara></flowRoot> </g>

Replace the "Copy Text Here" with your copied text
Save the file and reopen in Inkscape.


That's all folks.

Note: Be carefull if you already have done a lot of work. Rather open another instance of Inkscape, do the exercise there and copy the text into the original.

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@Dunderdale640

I resolved this problem by deleting all carriage returns / new lines in the text (in notepad) before copying and then reintroducing them after pasting into Inkscape.

Pretty sure this is about how Inksape handles new lines, I don't have a fix, just a workaround. It should probably be reported as a bug to the Inkscape project.

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@Caterina889

Copy your text
Open windows notepad
Past your text in notepad
Copy the text in notepad
Start a text in inkscape
Past there. It worked for me.

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@Heady304

When you copy the text, go to Inkscape and click on the text icon



Then create a box where you can type in and paste it there.

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@Dunderdale640

If you are pasting from writing softwares like word.


copy text from word and paste it in inkscape & select that object
right click on it and select ungroup
now your all text is split but its editable and font can be changed.
to prevent splitting, first paste it in notepad like apps [notepad++ recommended] then copy all text and paste it in inkscape text box object.
this method works for paragraphs and plain text.
tables do not get properly copied in this.

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