Why can't i paste into meeting notes? it seems insane that the basic copy/paste function doesn't work for meeting notes.
I tried pasting basic text into the meeting notes function. not possible. how is it possible in 2019 that microsoft doesn't support copy/paste in an application? i can paste the same message into the CHAT but i can't paste into NOTES? are you kidding?
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John Nierenberg
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Today in Teams for Government, I have to copy and object or text from Teams to a Word document before pasting to a OneNote. I would like to remove the step in between.
On a less serious note coping a GIF from Bing would be nice to drop into a chat.
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Kirill
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MS Teams became a default meeting app after Lync support discontinuing. But it is too rough, this is Beta quality, not enterprise-level solution.
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Nojan Emad
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This is a must, please, please make this happen.
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Anonymous
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It's unbelievable that Microsoft has not implemented basic copy/paste in Teams. This is a must-have feature. Please add this feature in the next update.
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Dave Young
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I suppose on the one hand you could say Teams was rolled out prior to even having basic functionality that we come to expect (i.e., copy and paste). But on the other hand, isn’t that how Agile software development is intended to work? You ship minimal viable product? Not that I am a huge fan of Agile. I like some of the methodology, but I wouldn’t buy a chassis with an engine and wheels without the body of the car.
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Sam
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Just to make sure others find the described workaround, too (thanks, Przemek!):
Przemek commented · September 30, 2020 2:30 AM
Ctr+C content in OneNote to Ctr+V in Word, Ctr+C whole content in Word, got to Teams Meeting Note and add random character, then ctrl+V -
AnnieN
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I tried so many times to copy from OneNote to Meeting Notes and I am surprised that I am not the only one. Obviously, Microsoft Teams don't really work as a team - you call it Teams when your OneNote team can't even paste into Meeting Notes?
I do want to use Meeting Notes in Microsoft Teams because it's easier to find the notes, but how to I suppose to open the Meeting Notes to write when my Microsoft Teams is being used to see the shared screen people are presenting, and I want to write down some notes from that meeting screen? Naturally, I open OneNote to take these notes with the hope of being able to paste that notes from OneNote to Meeting Notes, but no. I can copy anything to Meeting Notes, but not OneNote.
Microsoft, are you guys Teams that work together? -
NadineB
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I'm glad that I am not the only person who is experiencing difficulty with this task. After reading the comments I'm shocked that the company that created Word and OneNote has created an application that does not follow the precedents of those tools. Copy and Paste is standard for any application, regardless if you use keyboard shortcuts or the click/select method. How backwards do you seem for not enabling this feature in a simple notes function, not to mention in a predominantly workplace meeting application. Absolutely absurd!
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Anonymous
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Same for the notes in the Teams assignments function. I want to be able to translate my notes into different languages and then copy and paste from the translator into the assignment notes. What is up with that? That is a pretty basic need.
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Mark V
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Rubbish. Not a really feature-rich capability at all. No file import, no export, no cut-and-paste. Really rubbish. I don't advise using Teams notes. I'd take notes in Word and attach the file in a file space for the team.
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Karen Land
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Very frustrating to not be able to paste into Notes for a meeting. I've tried a simple copy/paste of text, a screen shot from SnagIt, & a portion of a doc captured in Snipping Tool. The right click in Notes only shows "Copy Cntl+C" Tried Cntl, Shift, V & that didn't work either.
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Dave Keysight
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Please Fix
When was paste invented, in the past, not in the future. Who tests these and certifies for release? -
James Latane
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This sort of behavior is a great example of why it is hard to trust these web-based desktop apps as a user. To be sure, Teams has a lot of good features but I can't really imagine something traditional like Word or Outlook struggling with this. Please fix this.
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LHall
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A previous comment works! It would obviously be better to simply paste but I was able to copy my meeting notes from One Note to Teams with this suggestion:
Przemek commented · September 30, 2020 2:30 AM
Ctr+C content in OneNote to Ctr+V in Word, Ctr+C whole content in Word, got to Teams Meeting Note and add random character, then ctrl+V -
Abraham Anthony
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This is insane, Microsoft needs to do something about this. I think it is more than 2 years and still haven't found a solution to this. Shame on you Microsoft
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Mark H
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So frustrating. I like to keep my notes in One Note organized for my use, but also have the notes in the meeting that I just hosted or attended as the note taker. Taking notes in Team during the meeting is not bad, but you have to be quick. Someone anonymous below suggested pasting into Outlook mail then copying and pasting from that draft email to Teams Notes. Funny how that works, perfectly formatted with images and anything else that shows in an HTML formatted email!
Microsoft has such great products but it has always been clear that one department or team doesn't find out issues or from another team. We will go on in this forum for months for a simple fix that a coder forgot to put in the program.
FIX THIS MICROSOFT! You give your users no support and expect the users to solve their own problems in these forums. It would be better to have someone monitor this and take useful problems back to the team to fix it, then actually do it. Or should I just start using Zoom again and then email out my notes from OneNote?
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Miles Duke
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Pasting the content from OneNote to Word/Outlook seems like a fancier way to remove the formatting.
It isn't immediately clear that the formatting/structure from OneNote is gone, since it has been replaced by (too much) indentation and custom bullets.
I had some luck pasting into Confluence and then copying that to Teams (perhaps turning it into RTF along the way). Still the need for additional conversion deters me from using OneNote.
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Chris
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Thanks John. The paste to Notepad, then copy and paste to Team Meeting Notes does work. BIG shortcoming for this tool, but it gets you there.
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alex
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This really is laughable. If Teams is to maintain credibility, Microsoft need to rapidly work on turning it into a credible productivity tool. Not just a clumsy wrapper for SharePoint and Lync.
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John
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old faithful: paste into notepad which clears all formatting, then copy paste into Teams