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You cannot copy and paste graphics. You also cannot copy and paste files between a remote desktop
and the file system on your client computer.
Note The copy and paste feature is not supported on iOS Safari and Android device.
Use the Copy and Paste Feature
To copy and paste text, you must use the Copy & Paste button located at the top of the sidebar.
This procedure describes how to use the Copy & Paste window to copy text from your local client system
to a remote application or how to copy text from a remote application to your local client system. If,
however, you are copying and pasting text between remote applications and desktops, you can simply
copy and paste as you normally would, and there is no need to use the Copy & Paste window.
The Copy & Paste window, which you can open from the button at the top of the HTML Access sidebar, is
required only for synchronizing the Clipboard on your local system with the Clipboard in the remote
machine.
The text in the Copy & Paste window displays one of the following messages to indicate in which direction
the user can copy and paste content.
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Use this panel to copy & paste content between your local client and remote
desktop/application.
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Use the panel to copy & paste content from your local client to remote
desktop/application.
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Use the panel to copy & paste content from your remote desktop/application to
local client.
Prerequisites
If you are using a Mac, verify that you have enabled the setting for mapping the Command key to the
Windows Ctrl key when using the key combinations to select, copy, and paste text. Click the Open
Settings Window toolbar button in the sidebar and turn on Enable Command-A, Command-C,
Command-V, and Command-X. (This option appears in the Settings window only if you are using a
Mac.)
Procedure
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To copy text from your client system to the remote desktop or application:
a Copy the text in local client application.
b In your browser, click the HTML Access sidebar tab to open the sidebar, and click Copy & Paste
at the top of the sidebar.
The Copy & Paste window appears. If previously copied text already appears in the window, that
text will be replaced when you paste in the newly copied text.
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