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Copy and paste text boxes
Hi,
Ctrl-C & Ctrl-V should still work fine, you just have to select the text box in a very specific way. I find pressing around the side and corner of the text box works the best when selecting it this way.
But to make it easier, select the textbox and in the visualizations pane just turn any option on/off and then press ctrl-c and it should copy the text box
Hi,
Ctrl-C & Ctrl-V should still work fine, you just have to select the text box in a very specific way. I find pressing around the side and corner of the text box works the best when selecting it this way.
But to make it easier, select the textbox and in the visualizations pane just turn any option on/off and then press ctrl-c and it should copy the text box
Thanks for the suggestion. Very aware of selecting the text box in a specific way, one of the worst funcationality issues within Power BI. Yet I still get the same issue where I hadn't before.
Your second suggestion is a great work around and solves my issue. Hopefully a future Power BI update will resolve this issue.
Thank you
Looks as though this issue has now been resolved, Ctrl C and V now work.
I'm glad this post was available. This nuance drove me absolute bonkers. So crazy for the UI on a common task to work in a non conventional way.
This solution occasionally exhibits inconsistencies in its performance, which leads me to suspect it may be a bug. The process of copying and pasting a text box should ideally be straightforward and not unduly challenging. I am hopeful that Microsoft will consider addressing this matter in due course.
what is the "visualizations pane"?
Ctrl-c and ctrl-v do NOT work, and I've selected the box via the outline and all the pastes is an empty box.
Exellent!
Beats the crack out of setting all the properties over and over.
