Learn How to copy and paste multiple text snippets on your phone. Although the invention of touch screens improved our lives it also increased the hurdles of formatting and managing what we can do with our typed text. Especially if you need to format your text and enter special characters.
And that’s why we’ve compiled some awesome tips and tricks for you to take advantage of. For example, Google’s Gboard and Microsoft’s SwiftKey keyboard apps come with handy clipboards that let you save multiple snippets of text that you can retrieve and paste anywhere with just a couple of taps on your screen.
Copy and Paste multiple text snippets on your phone
The key to unlocking the multiple copy paste conundrum is mastering the art of clipboard. You can use the clipboard to store things like ID numbers, recipes or stuff that you might have to send to multiple people. This way you can paste away your data sharing worries quickley.
And you should know that this works on both Gboard and SwiftKey on Android, for now. If we find this feature to be supported on more apps in the future, we’ll update this post. Below we will discuss how to use the SwiftKey and Gboard to your advantage.
Swiftkey
Just Copy any text on your screen by highlighting it, and tapping the Copy button.
Next, tap the clipboard button at the top of the keyboard. You’ll see the copied text snippet below, along with a button in the shape of a pushpin to its right. Tap the pushpin to save this snippet to your clipboard for future reference.
To paste this text elsewhere, simply bring up the keyboard, tap the clipboard button at the top (shown above), and then select the saved snippet. You can also remove the snippet when you no longer need it by tapping the pushpin button alongside it.
You can also add and manage your saved snippets by opening the SwiftKey app, then navigating to Rich Input > Clipboard.
On this screen, you can not only add and remove snippets, but also assign text shortcuts that will automatically insert these snippets when you type out the shortcut (like ‘a*’ for your home address).
Gboard
Gboard will work the same way as SwiftKey. Here’s how you can create and save a text snippet to your clipboard for later:
Copy any text on your screen by highlighting it, and tapping the Copy button.
Next, tap the clipboard button at the top of the keyboard. If it’s not immediately visible, tap the right-facing arrow button on the left corner in the top row, and then tap the menu button (the one with three dots) on the top row of your keyboard to reveal it.
If you want to make the clipboard more easily accessible, you can drag and drop the clipboard button to Gboard’s top row from this view.
Now, tap on the clipboard button. You’ll see the copied text snippet below, along with a button in the shape of a pushpin to its right. Tap the pushpin to save this snippet to your clipboard for future reference.
To paste this text elsewhere, simply bring up the keyboard, tap the clipboard button at the top, and then select the saved snippet. You can also remove the snippet when you no longer need it by tapping the pushpin button alongside it.