--- Naomi Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Joan, > > Sorry for leaving you hanging the other day. I got > overwhelmed with > work and didn't have much time to think about what > your problem could be. > > Hmmm... let me get this straight (or try to). > You're doing the > following steps - > - highlight text in a webpage > - copy text > - open a new OpenOffice.org document > - paste text into the new document > > Is that right? > If so, try using CTRL-SHIFT-V when you paste the > text into the > document. This will bring up a dialog asking you > what format to paste > the text as - choose unformatted text.
If I use CTRL-SHIFT-V, nothing happens. If I use CTRL-V, the material pastes. How can I select the format? Your other > option is to save the > entire page as a .html file, and use a proper HTML > editor. Part of your > problem is probably that many webpages used > fixed-width frames, rather > than variable-width (expressed as a percentage of > the available window > width). > (be aware that you might be infringing copyright > laws with what you're > doing, depending on what you're doing and why) > > The javascript problem comes down to the fact that > you're copying > webpages. It's not really a text-document feature, > javascript is > primarily used for webpages. And the actual script > is often stored > separately to the actual webpage. > > Does that help? > > - Naomi > > >Thank you for replying, Peter. I had given up > having a response to the > >problems I was finding in my > >attempts to open OOo.org, so I just unsubscribed to > the list. But most of > >my former WORD docs are > >opening up with this program now, and I'm expecting > (hoping) to hear some > >response to the several ERRO REPORTs > >which Sun Micosys notfied me will be forthcoming. > > > >Two things I asked for help or explanation were: > When I copy from a web > >page, often the paste into a new OOo document > >comes in the form of what I believe are frames, and > it exceeds the > >boundaries already in the WORD doc I had been > pasting in > >before. I want to get rid of these, but don't know > how, and I've been > >unsuccessful in trying to line up the borders with > the > >previous text I had before. > > > >The other thing, when I was trying to add some text > from a web page and > >working with OOo I found a message in red at > >the top of the page that said: " You currently do > not have JavaScript > >enabled in your web browser. > >The ABA website relies on JavaScript for display > purposes. > >To fully experience the ABA site, please enable > javascript." > > > >How do I enable javascript, and is that done while > I am in the > >OpenOffice.org in which I have been working? > > > >I would really appreciate getting those two things > resolved, and then I > >would be happy to use and try to improve the > >capabilities of OOo. > > > > Thank you very much, > > Joan Arch > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
