On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:40:48 Fredrik Haegg wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> not sure I understand you right. But the Testtool doesn't have a "Paste
> special"-feature,

Sorry, my bad. I forgot you were using the testool. For normal use, the option 
is under the Edit menu. Probably only available when you're actually working 
on something. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to be able to use it in the 
automated environment though.

To check whether it does what you need, you'd have to use it manually.

> and when I try to "paste special" with for instance Wordpad (WinXP) - I
> get the same
> result as when I try to paste within Testtool, or some Editor: either
> nothing, or the editor
> simply jumps down a line - leaving the first one empty.
>
> Best wishes
> / Fredrik
>
> On 29.09.08 11:55, Alex Fisher wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:49:49 Fredrik Haegg wrote:
> >> Ps. If you copy an object, the whole object gets into the clipboard.
> >> If you only want the text, you'll have to bring up the properties for
> >> the Object, select the text you want, and from there copy it.
> >>
> >> With some Objects (such as Fields) it _should_ be possible to paste the
> >> text
> >> from the object outside the office - as text - not as the whole object.
> >> This is because "Fields" is actually not an "Object" but an
> >> "Text-Element".
> >
> > What's wrong with simply copying, then using the "Paste Special" command,
> > deselect everything except text (Haven't tried it since OO.o 2.3.x, so it
> > might have changed - doubtful though).



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