diff --git a/levelonecommands.cpp b/levelonecommands.cpp
index 057b765..2bebfc6 100644
--- a/levelonecommands.cpp
+++ b/levelonecommands.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "levelonecommands.h"
 
 #include "document.h"
+#include "keymap.h"
 
 LevelOneCommand::LevelOneCommand(TeletextDocument *teletextDocument, QUndoCommand *parent) : QUndoCommand(parent)
 {
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ PasteCommand::PasteCommand(TeletextDocument *teletextDocument, QUndoCommand *par
 	m_clipboardDataHeight = m_clipboardDataWidth = 0;
 
 	// Try to get something from the clipboard
+	// FIXME is this a correct "custom" mime type? Or should we use vnd?
 	nativeData = mimeData->data("application/x-teletext");
 	if (nativeData.size() > 2) {
 		// Native clipboard data: we put it there ourselves
@@ -430,9 +432,26 @@ PasteCommand::PasteCommand(TeletextDocument *teletextDocument, QUndoCommand *par
 		else
 			// Invalidate
 			m_clipboardDataHeight = m_clipboardDataWidth = 0;
+	} else if (mimeData->hasText()) {
+		// Plain text
+		QStringList plainTextData = mimeData->text().split(QRegExp("\n|\r\n|\r"));
+
+		m_clipboardDataHeight = plainTextData.size();
+		m_clipboardDataWidth = 0;
+
+		for (int r=0; r<m_clipboardDataHeight; r++) {
+			m_pastingCharacters.append(QByteArray());
+			for (int c=0; c<plainTextData.at(r).size(); c++)
+				// TODO deal with Unicode properly
+				m_pastingCharacters[r].append(keymapping[12].value(plainTextData.at(r).at(c), *qPrintable(plainTextData.at(r).at(c))));
+			m_clipboardDataWidth = qMax(m_pastingCharacters.at(r).size(), m_clipboardDataWidth);
+		}
+		// Pad short lines with spaces to make a box
+		for (int r=0; r<m_clipboardDataHeight; r++)
+			m_pastingCharacters[r] = m_pastingCharacters.at(r).leftJustified(m_clipboardDataWidth);
 	}
 
-	if (m_clipboardDataWidth == 0)
+	if (m_clipboardDataWidth == 0 || m_clipboardDataHeight == 0)
 		return;
 
 	if (m_selectionActive) {
@@ -468,7 +487,7 @@ PasteCommand::PasteCommand(TeletextDocument *teletextDocument, QUndoCommand *par
 
 void PasteCommand::redo()
 {
-	if (m_clipboardDataWidth == 0)
+	if (m_clipboardDataWidth == 0 || m_clipboardDataHeight == 0)
 		return;
 
 	m_teletextDocument->selectSubPageIndex(m_subPageIndex);
@@ -508,7 +527,7 @@ void PasteCommand::redo()
 
 void PasteCommand::undo()
 {
-	if (m_clipboardDataWidth == 0)
+	if (m_clipboardDataWidth == 0 || m_clipboardDataHeight == 0)
 		return;
 
 	m_teletextDocument->selectSubPageIndex(m_subPageIndex);
@@ -528,6 +547,9 @@ void PasteCommand::undo()
 
 		arrayR++;
 	}
+
+	if (!m_selectionActive)
+		m_teletextDocument->moveCursor(m_row, m_column);
 }
 #endif // !QT_NO_CLIPBOARD
 
diff --git a/mainwidget.cpp b/mainwidget.cpp
index a9e772d..431c57a 100644
--- a/mainwidget.cpp
+++ b/mainwidget.cpp
@@ -394,20 +394,33 @@ void TeletextWidget::toggleCharacterBit(unsigned char bitToToggle)
 void TeletextWidget::selectionToClipboard()
 {
 	QByteArray nativeData;
+	QString plainTextData;
 	QClipboard *clipboard = QApplication::clipboard();
 
 	nativeData.resize(2 + m_teletextDocument->selectionWidth() * m_teletextDocument->selectionHeight());
 	nativeData[0] = m_teletextDocument->selectionHeight();
 	nativeData[1] = m_teletextDocument->selectionWidth();
 
+	plainTextData.reserve((m_teletextDocument->selectionWidth()+1) * m_teletextDocument->selectionHeight() - 1);
+
 	int i=2;
 
-	for (int r=m_teletextDocument->selectionTopRow(); r<=m_teletextDocument->selectionBottomRow(); r++)
-		for (int c=m_teletextDocument->selectionLeftColumn(); c<=m_teletextDocument->selectionRightColumn(); c++)
+	for (int r=m_teletextDocument->selectionTopRow(); r<=m_teletextDocument->selectionBottomRow(); r++) {
+		for (int c=m_teletextDocument->selectionLeftColumn(); c<=m_teletextDocument->selectionRightColumn(); c++) {
 			nativeData[i++] = m_teletextDocument->currentSubPage()->character(r, c);
 
+			if (m_teletextDocument->currentSubPage()->character(r, c) >= 0x20)
+				plainTextData.append(keymapping[m_pageRender.level1CharSet(r, c)].key(m_teletextDocument->currentSubPage()->character(r, c), m_teletextDocument->currentSubPage()->character(r, c)));
+			else
+				plainTextData.append(' ');
+		}
+
+		plainTextData.append('\n');
+	}
+
 	QMimeData *mimeData = new QMimeData();
 	mimeData->setData("application/x-teletext", nativeData);
+	mimeData->setText(plainTextData);
 	clipboard->setMimeData(mimeData);
 }