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pasting from Word into the ChatGPT Mac app turns it into an image

Copy a paragraph from Word, paste into the ChatGPT app on my Mac and it attaches a picture instead of text. Paste and match style doesn't help. Is there a setting?
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rumpa_gadget Nov 12, 2026
zeel_x
If you go the TextEdit route, do Format > Make Plain Text before you copy back out of it. Otherwise TextEdit keeps the rich formatting and you're more or less back where you started.
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alwn_11 Oct 14, 2026
zeel_x
Word puts a picture of the selection on the clipboard as well as the text, and the app grabs the picture. Try Option+Shift+Cmd+V (paste and match style) which should give you plain text. If that doesn't take, paste into TextEdit first and copy it again from there. For anything long, just attach the .docx file instead.
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