Copy and Paste a Workflow

I would like to copy a workflow I created on my testing site and paste the workflow in to my production environment. I really don't want to rewrite the entire workflow over again in production.

Hi,
According to your description, you might want to copy a workflow from your test site to another site.
As a workaround, in SharePoint Designer, you can use the option “Export to Visio” to export your workflow as a .vwi file, and import the workflow to another
site using the option “Import from Visio”.
Here is a link about more details to copy SharePoint 2010 Designer Workflows, you could use as a reference:
https://chanakyajayabalan.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/copyingmoving-sharepoint-2010-designer-workflows/
Best regards
Zhengyu Guo
TechNet Community Support

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Sure, thanks for replying so quickly. My workflow is simple. My problem is limited to copying and pasting within Fireworks. I typically select an entire block with the main selection arrow but I sometimes use this one too depending on the context. I usually just use the keyboard CTRL-C then CTRL-V to paste. Previously (and I have been using FW for years, it's always been the same) it would paste an identical text block directly over the top of the copied one, and it looked exactly the same, same font, same color, etc. Now, it pastes a new block in the center of the document and all the formatting has reverted to what I guess is the default, in this case Myriad Pro 12pt. The behavior is the same no matter which arrow I use to select the text block. I tried Edit>Copy and Edit>Paste, the effect was the same. The Duplicate function seems to work as desired, but I had never noticed or tried that command before reading your post. Using the keyboard to copy/paste is such an ingrained habit I'd much prefer to continue using it as I always have instead of trying to retrain myself. (I'm old, retraining is hard!)
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I've been working with computer editing systems for longer than i can remember and at a certain point you just have to adapt your workflow to the limitations of the software.

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I've used previous versions of Final Cut in the past, but primarily have done my editing with Adobe Premiere. One of the companies I am freelancing for only has Final Cut X on their machines. I'm a bit confused about keyframes. Keyframing in the inspector seems severely limited. I could use some help.
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How is this properly accomplished in Final Cut X? I can't even see my keyframes on the timeline... every tutorial I've found just says "set keyframe 1 and keyframe 2 in the inspector" and that's incredibly limiting.

That is kind of a bummer, really. Maybe I'll need to adjust my workflow, but it seems like it's a MASSIVE drawback of Final Cut X.
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Even with the link you shared... it appears to be completely amature compared to the keyframe editing capabilities of Premiere Pro. In searching a bit on google to confirm the lack of features, I found someone else complaining:
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I'm trying to copy and paste in iPhoto, but every time I get to the paste part nothing happens. The word "paste" even appears on the screen, but it's grayed out. Any suggestions?

Hi Mel,
From the picture in your post, it seems that you are using SharePoint 2010 workflow platform.
If that is the case, I recommend to use Copy List Item action to copy the current item to other lists instead.
If you still want to use Create List Item action, could you please provide more details about the two steps in your workflow:
I am not sure why you need to set the workflow variable to get the ID in the Checklist2.
Best regards.
Thanks
Victoria Xia
TechNet Community Support

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Bug: Copying and pasting a htmlText ignores embed font???

- Adobe Flash Pro CS4
- Reproducible in Flash player 9 and 10
There seems to be a bug when copying a string value from a "htmlText" textfield and then pasting it in a standard "text" textField, and then adding that text back into the htmlText textField, which in turn no longer displays any new text.
For example:
1. Type "hello" in input textField, and press [Send] button
2. "hello" appears in the display textField (as htmlText)
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//Copy and paste into your main timeline.
import flash.events.Event;
import fl.controls.Button;
var enableEmbed:Boolean = false;
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format.bold = false
format.size = 12
format.color = 0x000000;
format.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT
format.underline = false
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_chatBox.multiline = true;
_chatBox.selectable = true;
_chatBox.wordWrap = true;
_chatBox.multiline = true;
_chatBox.embedFonts = enableEmbed;
_chatBox.antiAliasType = "advanced";
_chatBox.tabEnabled = false;
_chatBox.mouseEnabled = true;
_chatBox.defaultTextFormat = format;
_chatBox.width = 260
_chatBox.height = 300
_chatBox.type = "dynamic";
_chatBox.x = 10;
_chatBox.y = 30;
_chatBox.mouseWheelEnabled = false
_chatBox.background = true;
_chatBox.border = true;
format = new TextFormat();
format.font = new ArialReg().fontName;
format.bold = false
format.size = 12
format.color = 0x000000;
format.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT
format.underline = false
var _chatInput:TextField = new TextField();
_chatInput.multiline = true;
_chatInput.selectable = true;
_chatInput.wordWrap = true;
_chatInput.multiline = true;
_chatInput.embedFonts = enableEmbed;
_chatInput.antiAliasType = "advanced";
_chatInput.tabEnabled = false;
_chatInput.mouseEnabled = true;
_chatInput.defaultTextFormat = format;
_chatInput.width = 200;
_chatInput.height = 50;
_chatInput.type = "input";
_chatInput.x = 10;
_chatInput.y = _chatBox.y + _chatBox.height + 5;
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_chatInput.background = true;
_chatInput.border = true;
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_chatSendBtn.y = _chatInput.y;
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Note:
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Hi everyone,
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Okay, since no one seems to answer in this forum anymore and I hope to help someone else wo might look for this problem in the future, here is a solution:
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Hello. Muse 2014.2 : when I copy and paste svg from Illustrator to Muse, i have no transparency. Only by importing saved svg file I have transparency.
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Andrew Maola

Hi.
Thank you for explaining the theory about rendering in Muse but something doesn't work.
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Hi folks, I am working on several movie clips which share the same graphics and most contents as beginning intro. Just a few sentences are different. If would be so much hassle if I had to type everything and import the images to every clips. I noticed that I can't open two projects at the same time. So I am wondering if I can group them, copy and paste them to another project? Is it doable?
Thanks a lot for your time!

Unfortunately, you have posted to the Tips & Tricks sub-forum, which is a repository for articles on how to do things in PrE & PrPro. Maybe Steve Grisetti, our tireless MOD, can move your post to the main forum, where more folk will see it, and can comment on it.
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