# Pasting italic text from word to flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pasting-italic-text-from-word-to-flash/249676
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**Created:** [January 21, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pasting-italic-text-from-word-to-flash/249676 "2008-01-21T18:00:11Z")
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### Author: ![tyler\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tyler\_j](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tyler_j)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pasting-italic-text-from-word-to-flash/249676/1 "2008-01-21T18:00:11Z")

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Hi there,

I would like to copy a parapraph from word and paste it into a textbox in flash. Unfortunately Some of the text is normal and some is italic, when I paste it into the static textBox I lose all the formatting. Is there a way to paste it without losing the formatting?

thanks