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Asterisk (*) symbols when copy-pasting in iOS

Sad Professor · 2011-06-24 12:09:11

Often when I copy-and-paste in iOS I get a bunch of asterisks (*) added to the text. Usually it's when I've composed the text using the Notes app (which was necessary with m.boards because of the tiny text problem) and pasted it into Safari. But I've also had it happen when copying-and-pasting text from another tab. I know…

24-06-2011 12:09pm

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Often when I copy-and-paste in iOS I get a bunch of asterisks (*) added to the text. Usually it's when I've composed the text using the Notes app (which was necessary with m.boards because of the tiny text problem) and pasted it into Safari. But I've also had it happen when copying-and-pasting text from another tab.

I know I'm not the only one has had this problem because I've often noticed randomly placed asterisk symbols in other people's posts.

Has anyone else noticed this? Any idea why it happens?

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