Advice from someone who hasn't ever used FB. Perhaps you should save the file to HTML and clip the necessary bit from that? I assume FB is expecting, or can accept, HTML formatted content.
On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, February 3rd, 2025 at 4:52 PM, American Citizen < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Occasionally I post to Facebook, but everytime I drop in text, for > > example, from LibreOffice, instantly the bold formats, colored text, are > > all removed and bland text results. Does anyone know what linux UTF-8 > > editor will work, such that edited text can be copied from the mouse and > > dropped straight into the Facebook post? > > > > I have tried some but so far have failed 100%. The only one which worked > > was some online tool, and I had to copy the converted text. Needless to > > say, I don't want my information being copied by some online site and > > sent to digital archives around the world. > > > > Does anyone know an editor which will work? I tried SeaMonkey, but > > dropping the formatted text did not work, everything format was cleansed > > and only bland text was left in the post. > > The standard keyboard shortcut for this is CTRL+SHIFT+h. Usually called > something like "paste with formatting". Libreoffice has a "paste special" > submenu in Edit. > > This typically works in all applications if the text area supports > formatting. ctrl+v to paste the text. ctrl+shift+v to paste the copied text > and all additional formatting. > > I'm not sure if this is dependent on the DE or if it's tied into some sort > of X clipboard feature. YMMV > > Also works in windows and mac. Not sure who came up with that particular > feature. > -Ben >
