For clarification, I am using AOO 3.4.0. Sorry, I'm just used to typing OOo. I don't use that browser, so I can't test to see if that's the issue. That most definitely seems to be a bug within the browsers, though.
As far as pasting and on way to cease autocorrections/autoedits of the incoming data, is this intentional, do you know? On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > I copied the table directly to Calc. I had no problems doing this. > [AOO 3.4.0 Debian 64 bit, Seamonkey 2.11] It might be the browser, or it > might be the version of OOo, AOO. I don't have OOo running on my computer > so I could check earlier versions. For what it is not worth, I was able to > copy the table using LO 3.4.6 as well. > > --Dan > > Art Scheel wrote: > >> What browser did you copy from? FF and Chrome don't handle it properly >> when you use 'paste special' -> 'unformatted' >> >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Mike Scott <[email protected]>** >> wrote: >> >> On 26/07/12 15:56, Art Scheel wrote: >>> >>> I am not trying to concatenate the data. I just want the date in the >>>> first >>>> column left alone and the year in the second to also be left alone. >>>> >>>> Also, I was wrong on the input data. The date is not MM/DD format, it's >>>> spelled out, ie: Dec. 04 as in 12/04 (no year given still). >>>> >>>> The input data is a wikipedia table and the formatting changes because >>>> of >>>> a >>>> <div style=> tag. >>>> >>>> My real issue, and I'm not 100% on this, is that OOo does not offer an >>>> option to just paste the data sans formatting. The data I am copying is >>>> >>>> >>> Edit | Paste Special. >>> >>> >>> the table here: >>> >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****List_of_rampage_killers:_****Americas<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**List_of_rampage_killers:_**Americas> >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.**org/wiki/List_of_rampage_**killers:_Americas<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers:_Americas> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> I've just quickly tried that. It asks for a separator character, and I >>> said 'tab', which gives a somewhat odd entry layout; but the dates look >>> correct :-) >>> >>> >>> (I'm using OOo 3.2/ubuntu 10.04) >>> >>> -- >>> Mike Scott >>> Harlow, Essex, England >>> >> > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > ooo-users-unsubscribe@**incubator.apache.org<[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > ooo-users-help@incubator.**apache.org<[email protected]> > > -- Molon Labe "Come and take them" "By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families." "The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!" -Eleanor Roosevelt
