2008/9/16 Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 07:04 16/09/2008 -0400, Jason Cipriani wrote: > >> When I paste a URL into a Writer document, it turns it into a link -- >> blue, underlined, control + click to open URL. >> >> After I paste a URL, how do I type text after it, and not make the new >> text I type also be part of the link? [...] >> >> I can't figure out how to "turn off" the hyperlink and return to typing >> normal text. >> > > Here are a few techniques: > > o When pasting, use Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V) instead of > normal Paste, and select "Unformatted text". That way, your URL arrives as > plain text and the space (or whatever) that you type next will both > terminate the hyperlink and stimulate Writer to recognise it - just as if > you had typed the URL yourself. > > o After pasting the URL normally, next type Ctrl+Shift+Space before you > type the next character. This the same as Format | Default Formatting, and > has the effect of terminating the URL and causing subsequent text to be > treated normally. > > o After the event, you can select the subsequent text that should not be > part of the hyperlink and use Format | Default Formatting (or > Ctrl+Shift+Space) to return it to normal text. (If you include the URL > itself in this and cancel the hyperlink, you can get Writer to recognise it > again by typing a space immediately after it and then deleting the space.) > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker
Jason, a fourth alternative would be to make use of the graphical interface - i e, add the «hyperlink» button to your Writer toolbar. Then, to add a hyperlink to a text, click the button and paste the desired URL in the appropriate space in the hyperlink box. One of the pleasing (?) things about Writer - and OpenOffice.org in general - is that there usually are several ways to skin a cat.... Henri
