On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:51 AM, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> One of the pleasing (?) things about
> Writer - and OpenOffice.org in general - is that there usually are several
> ways to skin a cat....

I guess I should be safe and keep my cat away from my computer, then... :-)

Thanks for the help guys!

Jason



On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:51 AM, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>

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