Pasting content from Google Docs

The paste from Google Docs feature lets you paste content from Google Docs and preserve its original structure and formatting.

To test pasting from Google Docs, open the sample Google Docs document. Then copy its content and paste it into the editor below.

Thanks to the paste from Google Docs feature, you can copy and paste a Google Docs document into CKEditor 5 and maintain basic text styling, heading levels, links, lists, tables, and images.

When the plugin is enabled, it automatically detects Google Docs content and transforms its structure and formatting to clean HTML which is then transformed into semantic content by the editor.

The PasteFromOffice plugin also allows you to paste content from Microsoft Word. See the pasting content from Microsoft Office guide to learn more.

With CKEditor 5 you do not need to worry about pasting messy content from Google Docs (or any other possible sources). Thanks to the CKEditor 5 custom data model, only content that is specifically handled by the loaded rich-text editor features will be preserved.

This means that if you did not enable, for instance, font family and font size features, this sort of formatting will be automatically stripped off when you paste content from Google Docs and other sources (like other websites).

After installing the editor, add the feature to your plugin list and toolbar configuration:

import { ClassicEditor, PasteFromOffice } from 'ckeditor5';

ClassicEditor
	.create( document.querySelector( '#editor' ), {
		licenseKey: '<YOUR_LICENSE_KEY>', // Or 'GPL'.
		plugins: [ PasteFromOffice, /* ... */ ]
	} )
	.then( /* ... */ )
	.catch( /* ... */ );

const { ClassicEditor, PasteFromOffice } = CKEDITOR;

ClassicEditor
	.create( document.querySelector( '#editor' ), {
		licenseKey: '<YOUR_LICENSE_KEY>',
		plugins: [ PasteFromOffice, /* ... */ ]
	} )
	.then( /* ... */ )
	.catch( /* ... */ );

At the current stage, the focus of the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office package is on supporting content that comes from Microsoft Word and Google Docs. However, it does not mean that pasting from other similar applications (such as Microsoft Excel) is not supported.

By default, CKEditor 5 will support pasting rich-text content from these applications, however, some styles and formatting may be lost, depending on the source application. Also, other minor bugs may appear.

You can find more information regarding compatibility with other applications in this ticket.

If you think that support for any of the applications needs improvements, add 👍 and comments in the following issues:

• Support pasting from Excel.
• Support pasting from Libre Office.
• Support pasting from Pages.

Feel free to open a new feature request for other similar applications, too!

CKEditor 5 supports a wider range of paste features, including:

• Paste plain text – Paste text without formatting that will inherit the style of the content it was pasted into.
• Paste from Office – Paste content from Microsoft Word and keep the original structure and formatting.
• Enhanced paste from Office – Enhanced paste from Office is a premium version of the plugin that offers far greater capabilities.
• Import from Word – Convert Word files directly into HTML content.
• Paste Markdown – Paste Markdown-formatted content straight into the editor.

The source code of the feature is available on GitHub at https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/tree/master/packages/ckeditor5-paste-from-office.