Paste Special - unicode text equivalent

When using Excel, I could copy tables from PDFs or Web Pages, then use "Paste Special" and "unicode text" to paste into a new document. By doing this, all data would go into appropriate columns. I can't figure out how to do this type of copy/pasting with Numbers.

(1) You are in a Numbers dedicated forum so, Excel behavior doesn't matter here !
(2) *_Help & Terms of Use_* which every one is supposed to read before asking here claims that we must search in existing threads if the question to ask was already answered before.
Yours was answered several times.
To be short : use my good old huge AppleScript
set the clipboard to the clipboard as text
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) jeudi 3 février 2011 22:38:47

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neophyte weaver wrote:
The best way I have found to maintain the special text formatting is to open the .docx files and "save as a web page" in Word and then open the web page from Dreamweaver and then "Preview the page" in Explorer and copy and paste from the preview into an html page in Dreamveaver.
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I personally copy the text and paste it into code view. It takes a little more work, but I don't get dozens of lines of inline styles added with it and using a preformatted post div (saved and hidden in the code (), I can quickly put title, date, byline and links up with a cut & paste.
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Message was edited by: Curtis_E_Flush

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Message was edited by: JJ-GR

Thanks for the reply.
As I have already mentioned, typing/pasting in Code View works properly.
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Once you have this issue again, please try with "Keep Source Formatting". This may keep the Sour Formatting and you may not get the text lost.
If you have any feedback when using our products, I suggest you press Ctrl + Alt + 7 or Ctrl + Alt + 8 to submit it. Microsoft will always listen to users' voice and make the products better and easier to use.
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--
--[SCRIPT csv2tsv]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script ou Progiciel : csv2tsv.xxx
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:
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--=====
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(* à vérifier avec Snow Leopard *)
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+++++++
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<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:
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--=====
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--=====
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2009/09/09
on run
set enTexte to the clipboard as text
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set the clipboard to enTexte
end run
--=====
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local l
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d1
set l to text items of t
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d2
set t to l as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
return t
end remplace
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
If you want, I may enhance it so it would paste directly where the cursor is located in a table.
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