Copy Notepad text with formatting

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I m using Notepad   to write code   How do I copy code in Notepad   along with its formatting to paste into Microsoft Word   i e  syntax highlights  etc

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It seems to me that the best and easiest way is commented by Dennis G:

And now go to [Settings > Shortcut Mapper > Plugin Commands > Copy all Formats to clipboard] and set it to CTRL+SHIFT+C --> Instant joy. CTRL+C to copy the raw text, CTRL+SHIFT+C to copy with formatting. This should be default.

Hoping help someone just like me!

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Horrible to look for this failure   Copy  dll to here    Program Files Notepad   plugins --  put it here  Restart the notepad    and now you are able to use the copy commands

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Taken from here      You can use Notepad   to accomplish this in three ways  Just so you   know  Notepad   is a more advanced version of Notepad  which supports   syntax highlighting of different code files  out of the box  - PHP   included       Download  amp  install it  fire it up  and load up your PHP file  You   should automatically see it beautifully coloured  if not  because the   file extension is something other than  php  go to Language -  PHP or   Language -  P -  PHP        If you need to change any of the colours  you can easily do so - just   go to Settings -  Styler Configurator  From that menu  you can change   the various highlighting and font options  to suit your needs -   although the default usually suffices for most       Then  go to Plugins -  NppExport  From there  you have three options   you can consider       Export to RTF Export to HTML Copy all formats to clipboard Start with   the last one -  Copy all formats to clipboard  - which will copy the   entire file with the highlighted syntax to the clipboard  Once you   click it  then open Microsoft Word  and just hit paste  You should see   the beautifully syntax-highlighted code  If something goes wrong  then   you can try one of the other options  export to RTF HTML   although   I ve never had a problem with the clipboard method

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Here is an image from notepad   when you select text to copy as html     and how the formatted text looks like after pasting it in OneNote  similar to any other app that supports  Paste Special

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Select the text   Right Click   Plugin Commands -  Copy Text with Syntax Highlighting  Paste it into Word or whatever

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Select the Text  From the menu  go to Plugins   NPPExport   Copy RTF to clipboard  In MS Word go to Edit   Paste Special  This will open the Paste Special dialog box  Select the Paste radio button and from the list select Formatted Text  RTF   You should be able to see the Formatted Text

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As the chosen answer is pretty old  and things changed  here is the new procedure  if you use 64 bits Notepad    64 bits version does not come with Plugin Manager nor NppExport  All details provided here   To resume quickly  Plugin Manager is no longer develloped and NppExport can be found just here

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For those who do not see Plugins- NPPExport   Download Plugin Manager from this  Extract contents and place under C ProgramFile NP   installation  plugins  amp  updater folder  Restart NP    You should be able to see Plugins- Plugin Manager then  You can download any plugin  including NPPExport and install it to see the Copy command

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It is worth mentioning that 64-bit Notepad   does not support Plugin Manager and NPPExport  so they won t be shown in Plugins menu  If you will try to add NPPExport plugin manually  most likely you ll see        NPPExport plugin is not supported with 64bit Notepad      Fortunately  there is NPP Export plugin to download from here which works well with 64-bit Notepad    v7 2 2 in my case  and support for Plugin Manager is underway  check GitHub for updates

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