At 18:59 05/03/2009 -0500, Nobody Noname wrote:
Something I've taken for granted in Microsoft Office (and virtually
every other word processor/text editor) is that if I cut or copy
text from some place and paste it to the program, the whole thing is
copied over. With OOo Writer it seems that only the first page is
pasted in and the rest of it? Who knows. I regard this a bug, and
believe me - it bugs me.
Millions of otherwise happy OpenOffice users would be complaining if
this were generally true, of course. As has already been suggested,
one possibility is that you are pasting into a frame, either one you
already have or else one that is part of the pasted material. If so,
you may see a red triangular arrow at the end of the page, showing
that there is more (hidden) material which has been pasted in and is
present but cannot be fitted into the page and displayed.
A simple way to check what is happening is to use Edit | Paste
Special... (or right-click | Paste Special... or Ctrl+Shift+V)
instead of ordinary Paste. This will paste the textual material
without any accompanying structure and you will be able to see and
confirm exactly what is being pasted. Once you have confirmed that
all the material is there, you can choose between:
o reformatting it afresh as you require, or
o going back to your ordinary Paste and rescuing the hidden text by
modifying the pasted structure. You should be able to select and
copy whatever is in the frame and then paste it back outside the frame.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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