# Copy using data and fixed text

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-using-data-and-fixed-text/24867
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [March 29, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-using-data-and-fixed-text/24867 "2021-03-29T12:45:09Z")
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### Author: ![sethhey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sethhey](https://community.glideapps.com/u/sethhey)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-using-data-and-fixed-text/24867/1 "2021-03-29T12:45:09Z")

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Hello,

I am fairly new to Glide and still learning. I have created an app for daily devotions and want to be able to copy data from specific columns and add fixed text.

For example, I have columns for date, passage, and commentary. I want to be able to format this so that it will say:

DATE (fixed text)  
date (column data)

PASSAGE (fixed text)  
passage (column data)

COMMENTARY (fixed text)  
commentary (column data)

I have created a button with “Copy to clipboard” and selected “Custom”  
Is there a way that I can format this so that it recognizes the data that I want to get from the columns?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-using-data-and-fixed-text/24867/2 "2021-03-29T12:46:36Z")

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Seems like you can do this with a template column, replace it with the correct columns and then show it in action text with a copy to clipboard action.

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### Author: ![sethhey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sethhey](https://community.glideapps.com/u/sethhey)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-using-data-and-fixed-text/24867/3 "2021-03-29T13:23:31Z")

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Works like a charm! Thank you so much!

I watch this video to learn about template columns:

> **[Template Column](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/computed-columns/template-column)**
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> Create labels or messages based on other columns in your table

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### Author: ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-using-data-and-fixed-text/24867/4 "2021-03-29T23:28:18Z")

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Good to hear it worked! Let us know if you hav other questions.