----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Barker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: [users] OOo Writer Cut & Paste Problem


> At 18:59 05/03/2009 -0500, Nobody Noname wrote:
> >Something I've taken for granted in Microsoft Office (and virtually
> >every other word processor/text editor) is that if I cut or copy
> >text from some place and paste it to the program, the whole thing is
> >copied over.  With OOo Writer it seems that only the first page is
> >pasted in and the rest of it? Who knows. I regard this a bug, and
> >believe me - it bugs me.
>
> Millions of otherwise happy OpenOffice users would be complaining if
> this were generally true, of course.

Unless nobody else has tried my crazy idea (copying text from a web page!)

> A simple way to check what is happening is to use Edit | Paste
> Special... (or right-click | Paste Special... or Ctrl+Shift+V)
> instead of ordinary Paste.  This will paste the textual material
> without any accompanying structure and you will be able to see and
> confirm exactly what is being pasted.  Once you have confirmed that
> all the material is there, you can choose between:
> o  reformatting it afresh as you require, or
> o  going back to your ordinary Paste and rescuing the hidden text by
> modifying the pasted structure.  You should be able to select and
> copy whatever is in the frame and then paste it back outside the frame.
>
> I trust this helps.

This is, of course, something that I never considered, even if frames are
not apparent in the source material.
Since I'm pretty well guessing at this point, it's worth a try. Thanks.



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