On 07/16/2010 05:49 PM, Jeffrey Needle wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 15:54 -0700, RA Brown wrote: >> Jeffrey Needle wrote: >> > I'm a book review editor and use the Linux version of OpenOffice for >> > editing these reviews. >> > >> > I've noticed a small problem that may be easy to fix. Clicking on the >> > paragraph mark display icon at the top of the screen properly shows the >> > paragraph mark at the end of each paragraph. When I copy the edited >> > review and paste it into Evolution, however, the paragraphs have an >> > extra blank line between them. >> > >> > Is there some way to change the default behavior so that the documents >> > paste into Evolution correctly? >> > >> > I hope I've explained this well enough. >> > >> >> Hi Jeffrey, >> >> Are you sure this is a problem with OpenOffice.org? >> >> I just did a quick test using OO.o v3.1 under Ubuntu pasting into >> Thunderbird with no sign of extra lines. >> >> Andy >> > > Good question. I did some additional testing. I wrote a quick silly > document and copied and pasted it into this message: > > This line has the standard <enter> at the end > > This line has a shift-enter at the end > This is the end of the document. > > The first line has a standard paragraph mark. The second line has a > different character (an arrow of sorts) at the end of the line. > > Perhaps this is something that Evolution is causing?
I've just pasted this msg, as well as your original msg in (U)OOo 3.2.0. I then pasted to Evolution 2.28.3 in a compose msg window and the text is exactly as presented here. > I'm a book review editor and use the Linux version of OpenOffice for > editing these reviews. > > I've noticed a small problem that may be easy to fix. Clicking on the > paragraph mark display icon at the top of the screen properly shows the > paragraph mark at the end of each paragraph. When I copy the edited > review and paste it into Evolution, however, the paragraphs have an > extra blank line between them. > > Is there some way to change the default behavior so that the documents > paste into Evolution correctly? > > I hope I've explained this well enough. > > I'm a book review editor and use the Linux version of OpenOffice for > editing these reviews. > > I've noticed a small problem that may be easy to fix. Clicking on the > paragraph mark display icon at the top of the screen properly shows the > paragraph mark at the end of each paragraph. When I copy the edited > review and paste it into Evolution, however, the paragraphs have an > extra blank line between them. > > Is there some way to change the default behavior so that the documents > paste into Evolution correctly? > > I hope I've explained this well enough. > > Good question. I did some additional testing. I wrote a quick silly > document and copied and pasted it into this message: > > This line has the standard <enter> at the end > > This line has a shift-enter at the end > This is the end of the document. > > The first line has a standard paragraph mark. The second line has a > different character (an arrow of sorts) at the end of the line. > > Perhaps this is something that Evolution is causing? All emails in Evolution are set for Plain Text. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
