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I've just tried your steps in 1.1.4. I can do what your expecting to happen in calc (ie, the dialog box allows me to choose only 'format') but the same is not true in writer. Were you previously doing the steps you outlined below in writer, or was it in calc?? If it was in writer, then maybe someone else can assist in advising what happened in previous versions of OOo (I can't remember how it worked < 1.1.4). One suggestion, which I alluded to before, is that this problem is largely replaced by the format painter in 2.0 - if your gaim give it a go.. /paul On 5/27/05, James Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I often use Paste Special to copy formats: I select a portion of text which > is in the format I want and the use Paste Special to apply that format to > the new text I wish to format. > > As you know, the steps are: > 1. Select text to be copied > 2. Copy text (Ctrl+C) > 3. Select text to be formatted > 4. Go to EDIT (or right click) and select Paste Special > 5. Make sure that only 'Format" is being pasted (and not strings ... etc.) > 6. Click OK on the Paste Special dialogue box and it is done! > > However, particularly when editing an older document, using OOo 1.1.4 (but > document may be created with an earlier version like 1.1.3 or 1.1), when I > get to Step 4. (above) and click on Paste Special, instead of getting the > Paste Special dialogue box with options to paste ALL or choose which > attributes I want to paste (like format), I get a different dialogue box > which has the following options to choose from: > > OpenOffice.org writer > Rich Text Format > HTML > Unformatted > DDE Link > > Can someone please tell me what is going on here? > > Many thanks, James Elliott > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
