Copy and Paste Between the Host and Guest OSs

Parallels Workstation allows you to copy and paste pictures, formatted text (italic, bold, or underlined, of various colors, fonts, and sizes) between the host OS programs and guest OS programs.

If Parallels Tools are installed in the virtual machine, copying and pasting between the host computer and virtual machine is already enabled.

To enable copying and pasting between the host computer and virtual machine:

1. Start Parallels Workstation.
2. In the sidebar , select the virtual machine and click Virtual Machine > Configure > Options > Advanced .
3. Select Share clipboard .
4. To preserve text formatting when copying and pasting text, select Preserve text formatting .

Note: To enable copying and pasting between the host computer and virtual machine, Parallels Tools must be installed. Copying and pasting between the host computer and virtual machine is unavailable if you isolate the guest OS from the host OS .