diff --git a/lib/src/controller/quill_controller.dart b/lib/src/controller/quill_controller.dart
index 4dd3e7bf..5f85b623 100644
--- a/lib/src/controller/quill_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/src/controller/quill_controller.dart
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import '../document/nodes/embeddable.dart';
 import '../document/nodes/leaf.dart';
 import '../document/structs/doc_change.dart';
 import '../document/style.dart';
+import '../editor/config/editor_configurations.dart';
 import '../editor_toolbar_controller_shared/clipboard/clipboard_service_provider.dart';
 import 'quill_controller_configurations.dart';
 
@@ -39,19 +40,25 @@ class QuillController extends ChangeNotifier {
         _selection = selection;
 
   factory QuillController.basic(
-      {QuillControllerConfigurations configurations =
-          const QuillControllerConfigurations(),
-      FocusNode? editorFocusNode}) {
-    return QuillController(
-      configurations: configurations,
-      editorFocusNode: editorFocusNode,
-      document: Document(),
-      selection: const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0),
-    );
-  }
+          {QuillControllerConfigurations configurations =
+              const QuillControllerConfigurations(),
+          FocusNode? editorFocusNode}) =>
+      QuillController(
+        configurations: configurations,
+        editorFocusNode: editorFocusNode,
+        document: Document(),
+        selection: const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0),
+      );
 
   final QuillControllerConfigurations configurations;
 
+  /// Local copy of editor configurations enables fail-safe setting from editor _initState method
+  QuillEditorConfigurations? _editorConfigurations;
+  QuillEditorConfigurations? get editorConfigurations =>
+      configurations.editorConfigurations ?? _editorConfigurations;
+  set editorConfigurations(QuillEditorConfigurations? value) =>
+      _editorConfigurations = value;
+
   /// Document managed by this controller.
   Document _document;
 
@@ -476,10 +483,13 @@ class QuillController extends ChangeNotifier {
 
   /// Clipboard caches last copy to allow paste with styles. Static to allow paste between multiple instances of editor.
   static String _pastePlainText = '';
+  static Delta _pasteDelta = Delta();
   static List<OffsetValue> _pasteStyleAndEmbed = <OffsetValue>[];
 
   String get pastePlainText => _pastePlainText;
+  Delta get pasteDelta => _pasteDelta;
   List<OffsetValue> get pasteStyleAndEmbed => _pasteStyleAndEmbed;
+
   bool readOnly;
 
   /// Used to give focus to the editor following a toolbar action
@@ -495,9 +505,17 @@ class QuillController extends ChangeNotifier {
 
   bool clipboardSelection(bool copy) {
     copiedImageUrl = null;
-    _pastePlainText = getPlainText();
+
+    /// Get the text for the selected region and expand the content of Embedded objects.
+    _pastePlainText = document.getPlainText(
+        selection.start, selection.end - selection.start, editorConfigurations);
+
+    /// Get the internal representation so it can be pasted into a QuillEditor with style retained.
     _pasteStyleAndEmbed = getAllIndividualSelectionStylesAndEmbed();
 
+    /// Get the deltas for the selection so they can be pasted into a QuillEditor with styles and embeds retained.
+    _pasteDelta = document.toDelta().slice(selection.start, selection.end);
+
     if (!selection.isCollapsed) {
       Clipboard.setData(ClipboardData(text: _pastePlainText));
       if (!copy) {
@@ -538,28 +556,7 @@ class QuillController extends ChangeNotifier {
     // See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/11427
     final plainTextClipboardData =
         await Clipboard.getData(Clipboard.kTextPlain);
-    if (plainTextClipboardData != null) {
-      final lines = plainTextClipboardData.text!.split('\n');
-      for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; ++i) {
-        final line = lines[i];
-        if (line.isNotEmpty) {
-          replaceTextWithEmbeds(
-            selection.start,
-            selection.end - selection.start,
-            line,
-            TextSelection.collapsed(offset: selection.start + line.length),
-          );
-        }
-        if (i != lines.length - 1) {
-          document.insert(selection.extentOffset, '\n');
-          _updateSelection(
-            TextSelection.collapsed(
-              offset: selection.extentOffset + 1,
-            ),
-            insertNewline: true,
-          );
-        }
-      }
+    if (pasteUsingPlainOrDelta(plainTextClipboardData?.text)) {
       updateEditor?.call();
       return true;
     }
@@ -572,6 +569,28 @@ class QuillController extends ChangeNotifier {
     return false;
   }
 
+  /// Internal method to allow unit testing
+  bool pasteUsingPlainOrDelta(String? clipboardText) {
+    if (clipboardText != null) {
+      /// Internal copy-paste preserves styles and embeds
+      if (clipboardText == _pastePlainText &&
+          _pastePlainText.isNotEmpty &&
+          _pasteDelta.isNotEmpty) {
+        replaceText(selection.start, selection.end - selection.start,
+            _pasteDelta, TextSelection.collapsed(offset: selection.end));
+      } else {
+        replaceText(
+            selection.start,
+            selection.end - selection.start,
+            clipboardText,
+            TextSelection.collapsed(
+                offset: selection.end + clipboardText.length));
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   void _pasteUsingDelta(Delta deltaFromClipboard) {
     replaceText(
       selection.start,
diff --git a/lib/src/controller/quill_controller_configurations.dart b/lib/src/controller/quill_controller_configurations.dart
index 95126178..86ee9bbc 100644
--- a/lib/src/controller/quill_controller_configurations.dart
+++ b/lib/src/controller/quill_controller_configurations.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
+import '../editor/config/editor_configurations.dart';
+
 class QuillControllerConfigurations {
   const QuillControllerConfigurations(
-      {this.onClipboardPaste, this.requireScriptFontFeatures = false});
+      {this.editorConfigurations,
+      this.onClipboardPaste,
+      this.requireScriptFontFeatures = false});
+
+  /// Provides central access to editor configurations required for controller actions
+  ///
+  /// Future: will be changed to 'required final'
+  final QuillEditorConfigurations? editorConfigurations;
 
   /// Callback when the user pastes and data has not already been processed
   ///
diff --git a/lib/src/delta/delta_diff.dart b/lib/src/delta/delta_diff.dart
index 82dccf5a..92e63d9a 100644
--- a/lib/src/delta/delta_diff.dart
+++ b/lib/src/delta/delta_diff.dart
@@ -70,19 +70,18 @@ int getPositionDelta(Delta user, Delta actual) {
       );
     }
     if (userOperation.key == actualOperation.key) {
+      /// Insertions must update diff allowing for type mismatch of Operation
+      if (userOperation.key == Operation.insertKey) {
+        if (userOperation.data is Delta && actualOperation.data is String) {
+          diff += actualOperation.length!;
+        }
+      }
       continue;
     } else if (userOperation.isInsert && actualOperation.isRetain) {
       diff -= userOperation.length!;
     } else if (userOperation.isDelete && actualOperation.isRetain) {
       diff += userOperation.length!;
     } else if (userOperation.isRetain && actualOperation.isInsert) {
-      String? operationTxt = '';
-      if (actualOperation.data is String) {
-        operationTxt = actualOperation.data as String?;
-      }
-      if (operationTxt!.startsWith('\n')) {
-        continue;
-      }
       diff += actualOperation.length!;
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/src/document/document.dart b/lib/src/document/document.dart
index e1f75575..d001551e 100644
--- a/lib/src/document/document.dart
+++ b/lib/src/document/document.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import '../../quill_delta.dart';
 import '../common/structs/offset_value.dart';
 import '../common/structs/segment_leaf_node.dart';
 import '../delta/delta_x.dart';
+import '../editor/config/editor_configurations.dart';
 import '../editor/embed/embed_editor_builder.dart';
 import '../rules/rule.dart';
 import 'attribute.dart';
@@ -239,9 +240,9 @@ class Document {
   }
 
   /// Returns plain text within the specified text range.
-  String getPlainText(int index, int len) {
+  String getPlainText(int index, int len, [QuillEditorConfigurations? config]) {
     final res = queryChild(index);
-    return (res.node as Line).getPlainText(res.offset, len);
+    return (res.node as Line).getPlainText(res.offset, len, config);
   }
 
   /// Returns [Line] located at specified character [offset].
diff --git a/lib/src/document/nodes/line.dart b/lib/src/document/nodes/line.dart
index 71119347..fe24700e 100644
--- a/lib/src/document/nodes/line.dart
+++ b/lib/src/document/nodes/line.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 
 import '../../../../quill_delta.dart';
 import '../../common/structs/offset_value.dart';
+import '../../editor/config/editor_configurations.dart';
 import '../../editor/embed/embed_editor_builder.dart';
 import '../../editor_toolbar_controller_shared/copy_cut_service/copy_cut_service_provider.dart';
 import '../attribute.dart';
@@ -512,14 +513,17 @@ base class Line extends QuillContainer<Leaf?> {
   }
 
   /// Returns plain text within the specified text range.
-  String getPlainText(int offset, int len) {
+  String getPlainText(int offset, int len,
+      [QuillEditorConfigurations? config]) {
     final plainText = StringBuffer();
-    _getPlainText(offset, len, plainText);
+    _getPlainText(offset, len, plainText, config);
     return plainText.toString();
   }
 
-  int _getNodeText(Leaf node, StringBuffer buffer, int offset, int remaining) {
-    final text = node.toPlainText();
+  int _getNodeText(Leaf node, StringBuffer buffer, int offset, int remaining,
+      QuillEditorConfigurations? config) {
+    final text =
+        node.toPlainText(config?.embedBuilders, config?.unknownEmbedBuilder);
     if (text == Embed.kObjectReplacementCharacter) {
       final embed = node.value as Embeddable;
       final provider = CopyCutServiceProvider.instance;
@@ -539,12 +543,19 @@ base class Line extends QuillContainer<Leaf?> {
       return remaining - node.length;
     }
 
+    /// Text for clipboard will expand the content of Embed nodes
+    if (node is Embed && config != null) {
+      buffer.write(text);
+      return remaining - 1;
+    }
+
     final end = math.min(offset + remaining, text.length);
     buffer.write(text.substring(offset, end));
     return remaining - (end - offset);
   }
 
-  int _getPlainText(int offset, int len, StringBuffer plainText) {
+  int _getPlainText(int offset, int len, StringBuffer plainText,
+      QuillEditorConfigurations? config) {
     var len0 = len;
     final data = queryChild(offset, false);
     var node = data.node as Leaf?;
@@ -555,11 +566,12 @@ base class Line extends QuillContainer<Leaf?> {
         plainText.write('\n');
         len0 -= 1;
       } else {
-        len0 = _getNodeText(node, plainText, offset - node.offset, len0);
+        len0 =
+            _getNodeText(node, plainText, offset - node.offset, len0, config);
 
         while (!node!.isLast && len0 > 0) {
           node = node.next as Leaf;
-          len0 = _getNodeText(node, plainText, 0, len0);
+          len0 = _getNodeText(node, plainText, 0, len0, config);
         }
 
         if (len0 > 0) {
@@ -570,7 +582,7 @@ base class Line extends QuillContainer<Leaf?> {
       }
 
       if (len0 > 0 && nextLine != null) {
-        len0 = nextLine!._getPlainText(0, len0, plainText);
+        len0 = nextLine!._getPlainText(0, len0, plainText, config);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/editor/editor.dart b/lib/src/editor/editor.dart
index 57a6cfa8..9681c515 100644
--- a/lib/src/editor/editor.dart
+++ b/lib/src/editor/editor.dart
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ class QuillEditorState extends State<QuillEditor>
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
-
     _editorKey = configurations.editorKey ?? GlobalKey<EditorState>();
     _selectionGestureDetectorBuilder =
         _QuillEditorSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder(
@@ -182,9 +181,11 @@ class QuillEditorState extends State<QuillEditor>
       configurations.detectWordBoundary,
     );
 
+    widget.configurations.controller.editorConfigurations ??=
+        widget.configurations;
+
     final focusNode =
-        widget.configurations.controller.editorFocusNode ?? widget.focusNode;
-    widget.configurations.controller.editorFocusNode = focusNode;
+        widget.configurations.controller.editorFocusNode ??= widget.focusNode;
 
     if (configurations.autoFocus) {
       focusNode.requestFocus();
diff --git a/test/controller/controller_clipboard_test.dart b/test/controller/controller_clipboard_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ff2e5ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/controller/controller_clipboard_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_quill/flutter_quill.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_quill/quill_delta.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+
+  group('copy', () {
+    const testDocumentContents = 'data';
+    late QuillController controller;
+
+    setUp(() {
+      controller = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert(testDocumentContents),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local);
+    });
+
+    test('clipboardSelection empty', () {
+      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(true), false,
+          reason: 'No effect when no selection');
+      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(false), false);
+    });
+
+    test('clipboardSelection', () {
+      controller
+        ..replaceText(0, 4, 'bold plain italic', null)
+        ..formatText(0, 4, Attribute.bold)
+        ..formatText(11, 17, Attribute.italic)
+        ..updateSelection(const TextSelection(baseOffset: 2, extentOffset: 14),
+            ChangeSource.local);
+      //
+      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(true), true);
+      expect(controller.document.length, 18,
+          reason: 'Copy does not change the document');
+      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(false), true);
+      expect(controller.document.length, 6, reason: 'Cut changes the document');
+      //
+      controller
+        ..readOnly = true
+        ..updateSelection(const TextSelection(baseOffset: 2, extentOffset: 4),
+            ChangeSource.local);
+      expect(controller.selection.isCollapsed, false);
+      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(true), true);
+      expect(controller.document.length, 6);
+      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(false), false);
+      expect(controller.document.length, 6,
+          reason: 'Cut not permitted on readOnly document');
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('paste', () {
+    test('Plain', () async {
+      final controller = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert('[]'),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local)
+        ..updateSelection(
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 1), ChangeSource.local);
+      //
+      expect(controller.document.toPlainText(), '[]\n');
+      expect(controller.pasteUsingPlainOrDelta('insert'), true);
+      expect(controller.document.toPlainText(), '[insert]\n');
+    });
+
+    test('Plain lines', () async {
+      final controller = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert('[]'),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local)
+        ..updateSelection(
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 1), ChangeSource.local);
+      //
+      expect(controller.document.toPlainText(), '[]\n');
+      expect(controller.pasteUsingPlainOrDelta('1\n2\n3\n'), true);
+      expect(controller.document.toPlainText(), '[1\n2\n3\n]\n');
+    });
+
+    test('Paste from external', () async {
+      final source = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert('Plain text'),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local)
+        ..updateSelection(const TextSelection(baseOffset: 4, extentOffset: 8),
+            ChangeSource.local);
+      assert(source.clipboardSelection(true));
+      expect(source.pastePlainText, 'n te');
+      //
+      final controller = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert('[]'),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local)
+        ..updateSelection(
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 1), ChangeSource.local);
+      //
+      expect(controller.pasteUsingPlainOrDelta('insert'), true,
+          reason: 'External paste');
+      expect(controller.document.toPlainText(), '[insert]\n');
+    });
+
+    test('Delta simple', () async {
+      final source = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert('Plain text'),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local)
+        ..formatText(6, 8, Attribute.bold)
+        ..updateSelection(const TextSelection(baseOffset: 4, extentOffset: 8),
+            ChangeSource.local);
+      assert(source.clipboardSelection(true));
+      expect(source.pastePlainText, 'n te');
+      expect(
+          source.pasteDelta,
+          Delta()
+            ..insert('n ')
+            ..insert('te', {'bold': true}));
+      //
+      final controller = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert('[]'),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local)
+        ..updateSelection(
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 1), ChangeSource.local);
+      //
+      expect(controller.pasteUsingPlainOrDelta('n te'), true,
+          reason: 'Internal paste');
+      expect(controller.document.toPlainText(), '[n te]\n');
+      expect(
+          controller.document.toDelta(),
+          Delta()
+            ..insert('[n ')
+            ..insert('te', {'bold': true})
+            ..insert(']\n'));
+      expect(controller.selection, const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 5));
+    });
+
+    test('Delta multi line', () async {
+      const blockAttribute = Attribute.ol;
+      const plainSelection = 'BC\nDEF\nGHI\nJK';
+      final source = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert('ABC\nDEF\nGHI\nJKL'),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local)
+        ..formatText(1, 1, Attribute.underline) // ABC with B underlined
+        ..formatText(4, 0, blockAttribute) // 1. DEF with E in italic
+        ..formatText(5, 1, Attribute.italic)
+        ..formatText(8, 0, blockAttribute) // 2. GHI with H as inline code
+        ..formatText(9, 1, Attribute.inlineCode)
+        ..formatText(13, 1, Attribute.strikeThrough) // JKL with K strikethrough
+        ..updateSelection(const TextSelection(baseOffset: 1, extentOffset: 14),
+            ChangeSource.local);
+      //
+      assert(source.clipboardSelection(true));
+      expect(source.pastePlainText, plainSelection);
+      expect(
+          source.pasteDelta,
+          Delta()
+            ..insert('B', {'underline': true})
+            ..insert('C\nD')
+            ..insert('E', {'italic': true})
+            ..insert('F')
+            ..insert('\n', {'list': 'ordered'})
+            ..insert('G')
+            ..insert('H', {'code': true})
+            ..insert('I')
+            ..insert('\n', {'list': 'ordered'})
+            ..insert('J')
+            ..insert('K', {'strike': true}));
+      //
+      final controller = QuillController.basic()
+        ..compose(Delta()..insert('[]'),
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0), ChangeSource.local)
+        ..updateSelection(
+            const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 1), ChangeSource.local);
+      //
+      expect(controller.pasteUsingPlainOrDelta(plainSelection), true,
+          reason: 'Internal paste');
+      expect(controller.document.toPlainText(), '[$plainSelection]\n');
+      expect(
+          controller.document.toDelta(),
+          Delta()
+            ..insert('[')
+            ..insert('B', {'underline': true})
+            ..insert('C\nD')
+            ..insert('E', {'italic': true})
+            ..insert('F')
+            ..insert('\n', {'list': 'ordered'})
+            ..insert('G')
+            ..insert('H', {'code': true})
+            ..insert('I')
+            ..insert('\n', {'list': 'ordered'})
+            ..insert('J')
+            ..insert('K', {'strike': true})
+            ..insert(']\n'));
+      expect(controller.selection, const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 14));
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/test/controller/controller_test.dart b/test/controller/controller_test.dart
index 7c04b274..0bf4c020 100644
--- a/test/controller/controller_test.dart
+++ b/test/controller/controller_test.dart
@@ -324,38 +324,6 @@ void main() {
           Delta()..insert('test $originalContents'));
     });
 
-    test('clipboardSelection empty', () {
-      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(true), false,
-          reason: 'No effect when no selection');
-      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(false), false);
-    });
-
-    test('clipboardSelection', () {
-      controller
-        ..replaceText(0, 4, 'bold plain italic', null)
-        ..formatText(0, 4, Attribute.bold)
-        ..formatText(11, 17, Attribute.italic)
-        ..updateSelection(const TextSelection(baseOffset: 2, extentOffset: 14),
-            ChangeSource.local);
-      //
-      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(true), true);
-      expect(controller.document.length, 18,
-          reason: 'Copy does not change the document');
-      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(false), true);
-      expect(controller.document.length, 6, reason: 'Cut changes the document');
-      //
-      controller
-        ..readOnly = true
-        ..updateSelection(const TextSelection(baseOffset: 2, extentOffset: 4),
-            ChangeSource.local);
-      expect(controller.selection.isCollapsed, false);
-      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(true), true);
-      expect(controller.document.length, 6);
-      expect(controller.clipboardSelection(false), false);
-      expect(controller.document.length, 6,
-          reason: 'Cut not permitted on readOnly document');
-    });
-
     test('blockSelectionStyles', () {
       Style select(int start, int end) {
         controller.updateSelection(