On 12 March 2010 00:51, Bob Long <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dotan, > >> Do other people paste from outside OOo to within OOo on a regular >> basis? Do you have problems with text formatting (specifically, the >> fact that formatting is preseved)? I filed an issue for a feature >> request to let the user select Format Unformatted Text be the default >> paste option, however, it does not seem to be progressing: >> http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=103327 >> >> Based on the use cases that I've seen, I expected this to be a popular >> feature. Is no one else interested in it? I am only asking to gauge >> other user's opinions of the need for such a feature. > > It is in fact possible to add your own item for "Paste Unformatted Text" > onto a toolbar. I'm doing this in Windows, OOo 3.2, Writer. Edit: see final > paragraph. > > Tools|Customise|Toolbars (the tab) and select, say, "Standard" toolbar. > You'll see below that a list of icons that are currently displayed on the > toolbar (those with ticks). But there is not one there for "Paste > Unformatted". > > So click "Add..." button, select Category "Edit" from left column, then > select "Paste Unformatted Text" from right column|Add|Close. It will add it > to the list of Toolbar commands. You can move it to the position you want > with the up/down arrows there. By default, it does not have an icon > associated with it, but you can change that by selecting the command and > using "Modify"|"Change Icon...". > > Hmmm... I just read the bug report after writing the above and there it > mentions you are interested in Calc, not Writer. The same customise process > does not work... the closest I could get was to adding a "Paste Special" > icon, which then brings up an option of "Unformatted text", requiring some > more mouse clicks. >
In any case, as a keyboard user, I prefer keyboard accelerators for pasting, not just toolbar icons. It is an accessibility issue for me, as I have trouble with the mouse. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that I read your message. I do not read all list mail. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
