# "Paste" HTML snippet not working for me?

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**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [October 18, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/paste-html-snippet-not-working-for-me/51832 "2025-10-18T15:12:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![waGriffguy52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@waGriffguy52](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/waGriffguy52)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/paste-html-snippet-not-working-for-me/51832/1 "2025-10-18T15:12:29Z")

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RapidWeaver Elements 1.4.0 (23889)  
I’m trying to add a “today’s date” variable to the footer in my project. Although I can paste to my heart’s content into my mac’s textedit app, for some reason, repeated attempts will not paste the same snippet into my project file page. What am I missing this time?

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**Author:** ![waGriffguy52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@waGriffguy52](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/waGriffguy52)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/paste-html-snippet-not-working-for-me/51832/2 "2025-10-18T17:37:57Z")

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I finally found one method that worked: Instead of using the mouse cursor to select, right click, and paste, I used “command-V”. Worked like a charm