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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com> on 2022/01/16 02:53:39 UTC
Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
I typed a block of text into Mail on my iPad and sent the email to my iMac (late 2017 running Mojave 10.14.6). Opening Mail on the iMac, the email had been received successfully.
After then opening AOO 4.1.11 on my I Mac and creating a new blank text document, I then copied the text from the received email in Mail and attempted to paste it into the blank AOO text document. The result was gibberish ; i.e. the text had disappeared with numerous lengthy blank spaces in lieu, 2 (yellow highlighted) squiggly red lines (which AOO generates to indicate unfamiliar/incorrect spelling in its normal operation in Text documents etc.), more blank space and finally the cursor indicating the end of the pasted text. Cursor position is green highlighted before and after paste operation.
In the attached file, to better illustrate the problem, I
A) opened AOO and created a new, blank text document (note position of cursor in top left corner),
B) copied a text passage from within the received email and
C) attempted to paste copied text into blank AOO document.
I will be most grateful for any advise users may offer.
Sincerely, Paul Collins.
Re: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com.INVALID>.
At 03:04 16/01/2022 +0000, Elaine Murszewski wrote:
>I'm no expert, but did your email that you copied from contain
>"English (Australian)? I noticed that mine is English (USA) and
>wondered if there was a difference in the way content read.
Of course: Australian text always appears upside down.
Brian Barker
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Re: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
Posted by ELAINE MURSZEWSKI <sa...@aol.com.INVALID>.
I'm no expert, but did your email that you copied from contain "English (Australian)? I noticed that mine is English (USA) and wondered if there was a difference in the way content read.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. ~~ Napoleon Hill
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 15, 2022 9:53 pm
Subject: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
I typed a block of text into Mail on my iPad and sent the email to my iMac (late 2017 running Mojave 10.14.6). Opening Mail on the iMac, the email had been received successfully.
After then opening AOO 4.1.11 on my I Mac and creating a new blank text document, I then copied the text from the received email in Mail and attempted to paste it into the blank AOO text document. The result was gibberish ; i.e. the text had disappeared with numerous lengthy blank spaces in lieu, 2 (yellow highlighted) squiggly red lines (which AOO generates to indicate unfamiliar/incorrect spelling in its normal operation in Text documents etc.), more blank space and finally the cursor indicating the end of the pasted text. Cursor position is green highlighted before and after paste operation.
In the attached file, to better illustrate the problem, I
A) opened AOO and created a new, blank text document (note position of cursor in top left corner),
B) copied a text passage from within the received email and
C) attempted to paste copied text into blank AOO document.
I will be most grateful for any advise users may offer.
Sincerely, Paul Collins.
Re: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com.INVALID>.
At 13:53 16/01/2022 +1100, Paul Collins wrote:
>I typed a block of text into Mail on my iPad and sent the email to
>my iMac (late 2017 running Mojave 10.14.6). Opening Mail on the
>iMac, the email had been received successfully.
>
>After then opening AOO 4.1.11 on my I Mac and creating a new blank
>text document, I then copied the text from the received email in
>Mail and attempted to paste it into the blank AOO text document. The
>result was gibberish ; i.e. the text had disappeared with numerous
>lengthy blank spaces in lieu, 2 (yellow highlighted) squiggly red
>lines (which AOO generates to indicate unfamiliar/incorrect spelling
>in its normal operation in Text documents etc.), more blank space
>and finally the cursor indicating the end of the pasted text. Cursor
>position is green highlighted before and after paste operation.
The text you copied was white on a black background. So you have
pasted white text into a new document with a white background. And
white text on a white background is naturally illegible. The
misspelling underlines clarify that the text is genuinely there.
You could:
o select the text and change the text colour - perhaps to black or to
"Automatic", or
o select the text and go to Format | Default Formatting.
More simply, you could avoid carrying the text colour property over
in the paste action by using Edit | Paste Special... (Or
Ctrl+Shift+V) instead of ordinary Paste, and then selecting
"Unformatted text" in the Paste Special dialogue.
(Oh, and it is "sought" that you mean, not "sort".)
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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Re: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
Posted by Steven Ahlers <sa...@yahoo.com.INVALID>.
Paul,
For future consideration: if your iPad and Mac are both signed into your iCloud account you can type a note in the Notes app on your iPad and retrieve it in the Notes app on your Mac, no need to email it. Then cut and paste into the text file in AOO.
Steve
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> On Jan 19, 2022, at 4:21 PM, Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Brian. Changing the text colour from white to default black solved the issue. I am recording my part in our family’s lineage and, at 70 years of age, just trying recollect as much as I can was challenging enough - technical issues were an frustrating distraction. Thank you again.
>
>> On 16 Jan 2022, at 11:10 pm, aminanimator@aol.com.invalid <am...@aol.com.INVALID> wrote:
>>
>> So when you have concerned to better illustrate the problem must be technical as well as uninoperative for all.
>>
>> From: Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2022 3:54 AM
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Cc: Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
>>
>> I typed a block of text into Mail on my iPad and sent the email to my iMac (late 2017 running Mojave 10.14.6). Opening Mail on the iMac, the email had been received successfully.
>>
>> After then opening AOO 4.1.11 on my I Mac and creating a new blank text document, I then copied the text from the received email in Mail and attempted to paste it into the blank AOO text document. The result was gibberish ; i.e. the text had disappeared with numerous lengthy blank spaces in lieu, 2 (yellow highlighted) squiggly red lines (which AOO generates to indicate unfamiliar/incorrect spelling in its normal operation in Text documents etc.), more blank space and finally the cursor indicating the end of the pasted text. Cursor position is green highlighted before and after paste operation.
>>
>> In the attached file, to better illustrate the problem, I
>>
>> A) opened AOO and created a new, blank text document (note position of cursor in top left corner),
>>
>> B) copied a text passage from within the received email and
>>
>> C) attempted to paste copied text into blank AOO document.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I will be most grateful for any advise users may offer.
>>
>> Sincerely, Paul Collins.
>
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Re: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
Posted by Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>.
Thank you, Brian. Changing the text colour from white to default black solved the issue. I am recording my part in our family’s lineage and, at 70 years of age, just trying recollect as much as I can was challenging enough - technical issues were an frustrating distraction. Thank you again.
> On 16 Jan 2022, at 11:10 pm, aminanimator@aol.com.invalid <am...@aol.com.INVALID> wrote:
>
> So when you have concerned to better illustrate the problem must be technical as well as uninoperative for all.
>
> From: Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2022 3:54 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
>
> I typed a block of text into Mail on my iPad and sent the email to my iMac (late 2017 running Mojave 10.14.6). Opening Mail on the iMac, the email had been received successfully.
>
> After then opening AOO 4.1.11 on my I Mac and creating a new blank text document, I then copied the text from the received email in Mail and attempted to paste it into the blank AOO text document. The result was gibberish ; i.e. the text had disappeared with numerous lengthy blank spaces in lieu, 2 (yellow highlighted) squiggly red lines (which AOO generates to indicate unfamiliar/incorrect spelling in its normal operation in Text documents etc.), more blank space and finally the cursor indicating the end of the pasted text. Cursor position is green highlighted before and after paste operation.
>
> In the attached file, to better illustrate the problem, I
>
> A) opened AOO and created a new, blank text document (note position of cursor in top left corner),
>
> B) copied a text passage from within the received email and
>
> C) attempted to paste copied text into blank AOO document.
>
>
>
>
> I will be most grateful for any advise users may offer.
>
> Sincerely, Paul Collins.
RE: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
Posted by am...@aol.com.INVALID.
So when you have concerned to better illustrate the problem must be technical as well as uninoperative for all.
From: Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2022 3:54 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: Paul Collins <sy...@gmail.com>
Subject: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL
I typed a block of text into Mail on my iPad and sent the email to my iMac (late 2017 running Mojave 10.14.6). Opening Mail on the iMac, the email had been received successfully.
After then opening AOO 4.1.11 on my I Mac and creating a new blank text document, I then copied the text from the received email in Mail and attempted to paste it into the blank AOO text document. The result was gibberish ; i.e. the text had disappeared with numerous lengthy blank spaces in lieu, 2 (yellow highlighted) squiggly red lines (which AOO generates to indicate unfamiliar/incorrect spelling in its normal operation in Text documents etc.), more blank space and finally the cursor indicating the end of the pasted text. Cursor position is green highlighted before and after paste operation.
In the attached file, to better illustrate the problem, I
A) opened AOO and created a new, blank text document (note position of cursor in top left corner),
B) copied a text passage from within the received email and
C) attempted to paste copied text into blank AOO document.
I will be most grateful for any advise users may offer.
Sincerely, Paul Collins.