On your mobile device, you can copy and paste dairy entries such as foods, exercises, and biometrics from one date to another, or from one diary group to another.
There are several ways to copy and paste your diary entries, depending on what you'd like to copy.
- Copy a single item
- Copy multiple items
- Copy an entire diary group
- Copy an entire day
- Paste copied entries into diary
- Copy the previous day or diary group (shortcut)
- Copy entries to today (shortcut)
Copy
Copy a single item
You can copy an individual food, exercise, or biometric entry.
- Swipe the diary entry to the right
- Tap on the revealed blue menu icon
- Select Copy
Copy multiple items
- Tap the menu icon in the top-right corner of your Diary
- Choose Multi-Select
- Select all the entries you would like to copy
- Tap the the menu icon again.
- Select Copy
Copy an entire diary group
You can copy everything in a diary group (e.g. Breakfast or Dinner)
- Swipe the diary group header to the right
- Tap on the revealed blue menu icon.
- Select Copy
Copy an entire day
You can copy everything logged on a particular day.
- Navigate to the day you want to copy
- Tap the menu icon in the top-right corner of your Diary
- Select Copy Current Day
Paste
Paste copied entries into diary
- Navigate to the date in the diary you wish to paste
- Tap the menu icon in the top-right in the top right corner of your Diary
- Select Paste
Note this will automatically paste the item into the same diary group as the day you copied from. To paste copied items into a specific diary group:
- Swipe the diary group header to the right
- Select the blue menu icon
- Choose Paste from the action menu
Shortcuts
Copy the previous day or diary group
Cronometer provides shortcuts that let you quickly copy and paste entries from the previous day.
To copy everything from the previous day to the day you’re currently viewing:
- Tap the menu icon in the top-right corner of your Diary
- Select Copy Previous Day
To copy everything from a specific Diary Group on the previous day to the same Diary Group on the day you’re currently viewing:
- Swipe the diary group header to the right
- Tap on the revealed blue menu icon
- Select Copy Yesterday's Group
Copy entries to today
Cronometer also provides a shortcut that lets you quickly copy entries from a past date directly into today’s Diary. You can use Copy to Today to copy selected item(s), a diary group, or an entire day and paste into today's date.
To copy everything logged on a particular day to today:
- Navigate to the day in your Diary that you want to copy
- Tap the menu icon in the top-right corner of your Diary
- Select Copy To Today
To copy everything logged in a diary group on a particular day to today:
- Swipe the desired diary group header to the right
- Tap on the revealed blue menu icon
- Select Copy To Today
To copy a single item logged on a particular day to today:
- Swipe the desired diary entry to the right
- Tap on the revealed blue menu icon
- Select Copy To Today
Note this will automatically paste the item into the same diary group as the day you are copying from.