# Copying text into Flash?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-text-into-flash/258762>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 28, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-text-into-flash/258762 "2008-04-28T01:07:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![josh909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a5b964/32.png) [@josh909](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/josh909)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-text-into-flash/258762/1 "2008-04-28T01:07:35Z")

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Is there some sort of secret to how one can select (i.e. highlight) text in Illustrator, copy it, create a text box in Flash using the Text Tool and then paste it?

When I do this it i’m getting a dialog box asking me about my importing preferences… all i want to do is paste it in without it’s AI formatting.

Obviously I can workaround by pasting the AI text into MS Word, copying again and then pasting into Flash but it’s not exactly efficient. Anyone shed any light on this?