2008/4/16, louise holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hello i recently downloaded the openoffice software for my mac and think > its great however, i was wondering if you could help me with my problem. > > I am trying to copy and paste an image from a website and it is just > coming up as the HTML address which isnt useful at all i have tried various > other ways aswell but it won't work i wondered if you had any insight into > this for me, > > thanks for taking this time to read my e-mail hope i hear from you soon > > Louise >
Hello Louise Sometimes there are problems because you have to pass thru X11 which isn't always a smooth operation. In some versions of OpenOffice.org Apple-V (or -C, -X) works, in others Ctrl-V (or -C, -X)... and sometimes none of these seems to do what you want. I have the 'unfinished' Beta version of OOo 3.0 Aqua (that doesn't need X11 anymore) on my Mac and I have no troubles copying images from websites. I know that in my OOo 2.2 with X11 I don't succeed in pasting an image from the web (or copying text) without a hassle. -> I think the easy solution for an image you take from the web is to drag it from your browser onto your desktop, then in OOo you choose Insert > Image > from file and you find the image file on your desktop. Hope this works for you... ...or you may get a bit adventurous and install the 3.0 Aqua alongside your 2.4 with X11 (see http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/aqua.html I have the m5 pre-release Dev_DEV300_m5 from ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/ -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua Beta 3.0.0 (and older) on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
