Solved Copy/Paste Problem in LibeOffice Writer

[Melchior]

Hi Melchior, I was just wondering how the link Simplify Libre Writer is corrupt? Am I missing something

the link I clicked on far above redirected to an article about.... Windows issues... and not LibreOffice...

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

From a blank document, In the View menu, choose Web Layout before pasting clipboard contents onto page.

View attachment 400516

Thats shown me something too Just need to enable web layout, after all.

That didn't work either.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Hi Melchior, I was just wondering how the link Simplify Libre Writer is corrupt? Am I missing something

Your link worked for me.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hello Jeannie mate for example I find when I change docs I always get a message to say what format and it suggests Word 2003 I have no problem with this as the docs save ok and I am just wondering if you have any old Word stuff on the machine??

Edit: I meant to mention what David suggested works for me I can resize carry the text on down the side of the inserted or even take up the text after the pic. - I use a pic

Have you thought of reinstalling Libre??

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Hello Jeannie mate for example I find when I change docs I always get a message to say what format and it suggests Word 2003 I have no problem with this as the docs save ok and I am just wondering if you have any old Word stuff on the machine??

Edit: I meant to mention what David suggested works for me I can resize carry the text on down the side of the inserted or even take up the text after the pic. - I use a pic

Have you thought of reinstalling Libre??

Thanks but I've already tried reinstalling LibreOffice. No dice.

LibreOffice recommends saving documents as .odt files. I've found that files saved as .doc or .docx occasionally get corrupted formatting so I'm saving files I make as .odt since I'm going to be the only one using them (I'm avoiding the use of MS Office to force me to learn how to use LibreOffice). If I ever need to share a file with someone, I can easily convert it to a PDF file using LibreOffice, PDF Studio 12, or PDF Creator (a virtual printer).

Right now, the copy/paste problem is temporarily a low priority. The boot SSD in my computer took a dump earlier today and went through several infuriating hours of Hell on Earth replacing it with another SSD, then trying to get Macrium Reflect to restore to it. I don't feel like going into details about all the idiotic error messages for the BIOS, etc. and having to restore twice (once I eventually got that far) twice before it would finally take (I think the MBR wound up in the wrong place the first time). It was weird! Right now, I'm brain fried and my throat is sore from screaming at the stupid thing (2017 has been the second worst year of my life so far).

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Ok Jeannie look if it is of any consolation my Ivy B has been a right royal ratbag for twelve months too.

I know that depending on what machine I have in use though is how I get pics within docs for example to put into posts - I have a few typed up for quickness and I cannot find a way to import pics for example with any advice clips and sometime the text is badly transcribed in that word s are often joined with no spellcheck noted .

I have found playing around with the style (see pic) can sometimes solve a problem but it often reverts and I cannot find a way to make it stick.

In addition to what ethel suggested have you tried the community from here Docs Team | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic People

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Ok Jeannie look if it is of any consolation my Ivy B has been a right royal ratbag for twelve months too...

'Tis a good thing my SB and your IB are on different continents. can you imagine what would happen it the two ever met and had babies?

...I know that depending on what machine I have in use though is how I get pics within docs for example to put into posts - I have a few typed up for quickness and I cannot find a way to import pics for example with any advice clips and sometime the text is badly transcribed in that word s are often joined with no spellcheck noted...

With Word, all I have to do is copy the entire article, text and pictures, in one shot from the web page and paste into a blank document, then clean up the formatting a little (right now, I'm only running Win 7 machines). Easy peasy. With LibreOffice, I have to copy the entire article but do a special paste for unformatted text, then restore all the formatting, then copy and paste all the images back in one at a time. Doable but tedious and time consuming. :sarc: One upside is correcting word wrap and picture position is so much easier in LibreOffice. I also like the ability to easily insert pictures from within LibreOffice without having to open another window and copy the picture from there.

...I have found playing around with the style (see pic) can sometimes solve a problem but it often reverts and I cannot find a way to make it stick...

I've never liked styles in Word and the same has proven to be so in LibreOffice. After fooling around with a manual and some tutorials I found, I decided they were far more trouble than it was worth and removed the Styles icons from the toolbar. Templates are much easier to use, instead, and I like LibreOffice's handling of templates better; it takes fewer steps to get to them.

...In addition to what ethel suggested have you tried the community from here Docs Team | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic People

I joined their forum (with a heck of a lot of difficulty for some goofy reasons, including their *&^%$#@! picture CAPTCHAs (I loathe those misbegotten things) which was having corruption issues and asked about the copy paste issue (again, with difficulty again because of the despicable picture CAPTCHA; I would love to "meet" the misbegotten donkey excavation who designed the horrible abominations) and got only one response (which didn't help). I'm amazed the people who designed a sophisticated program like LibreOffice would design such a piddle poor forum.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I joined their forum (with a heck of a lot of difficulty for some goofy reasons, including their *&^%$#@! picture CAPTCHAs (I loathe those misbegotten things) which was having corruption issues and asked about the copy paste issue (again, with difficulty again because of the despicable picture CAPTCHA; I would love to "meet" the misbegotten donkey excavation who designed the horrible abominations) and got only one response (which didn't help). I'm amazed the people who designed a sophisticated program like LibreOffice would design such a piddle poor forum.

Yes unfortunately Jeannie the Linux based stuff and I am pretty sure Libre springs eternal form the depths of Linux somewhere and I know it is a tale over from Open Office which was when I used it very quirky for want of a better term.

I don't know if you have tried Kingsoft Free Office Software, Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 I have but I am not really sure how good it was because it was a long time ago. If you haven't then maybe it is worth a shot. Right now my only working machines are running 10 for the most part and I am caught up with a few things at the moment but I will try it out again given that I get some time.

I will try it on this machine (10) and see what it looks like and get back to you.

Edit: Forgot something else for you to have a look at Free Software For Office 2007 From Microsoft | Gizmo's Freeware

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Kingsoft Office only works in Windows (I was looking at it once upon a time). I'm planning on completely losing MS Windows and be using Linux by the time Win 7 reaches EOL (01/14/2020). I have Office 2010 and I'm reasonably familiar with it already so there is no point for me to replace it with a program I need to learn how to use that may or may not run in Linux using WINE or something similar (push comes to shove, I could run Office 2010 in WINE on Linux but it can be a mite iffy from what I've read).

One reason I chose LibreOffice was it is compatible with both Windows and Linux so I can run it on Windows for now so I will already know how to use when I switch over to Linux and not have to deal with learning everything all at once (it's also one reason I switched from Adobe Acrobat Standard to PDF Studio Pro; I'm fully functional with it already although there are a few things I still need to learn eventually). Except for the issue when trying to copy/paste articles with images from websites, I pretty much functional with LibreOffice even though I still have a lot to learn. Since I downloaded LibreOffice. I've been using it far more than Office 2010 and using Office 2010 less and less as time goes on.

Another one I tried was Apache Open Office (the program LibreOffice forked off from) but it wasn't as up to date as LibreOffice and wasn't quite as functional.

Thanks for the link to Gizmos. I has a nice section on free Linux software (some of which will also run in Windows, allowing me to pre-evaluate them) that will be useful once I switch over to Linux

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Ok Jeannie well that was the Open Office one I meant but personally I don't know what I shall be doing when 7 goes belly up it's a shame really cos although 10 is usable - email EBay Wikipedia etc I don't think that unless one is reasonably tech savvy it is very user friendly as is 10 in general.

It certainly isn't the same atmosphere in the forum as we have in the 7 one and I am unsure now of trying to help out (not that I am any great expert) in that forum because I only do this for a (now) retirement hobby.

Problem is when I have tried Linux stuff before (I am a fan of Ubuntu personally) their forums are really quite "lethargic" I found and I have a problem with that sudo line for navigating but I suppose I could get used to it.

That Gizmos site mate I have been using for many years now and I sub to it's newsletter and the forum there although it is very slow too though I don't use it that much. Mind you they do have some stuff on there you need to watch out for - example Free Windows Desktop Software Security List | Gizmo's Freeware because some of the free real time AV's they put up I would touch with a dirty stick but on the whole a nice site.


Well I hope you get something sorted soon sorry I couldn't have been more of a help.
John

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I agree the atmosphere over on the ten Forums is different from here. It's one reason I left there.

No worries, mate! I appreciate your attempts to help!

 

[mrjimphelps]

Jeannie: You could run Microsoft Office Online from within Linux. I use Opera to access it from 64-bit Xubuntu Linux. I use it for working on documents and spreadsheets which don't contain sensitive information. It is a quality program, with a cloud folder for storing your documents (or, you can save them to your hard drive). Best of all, it's free!

My preference is to use a locally-installed program, such as Libre Office. I am currently learning Libre Office, so that I will be thoroughly familiar with it when it comes time to abandon Windows 7 (2020).

If you are interested in trying out Microsoft Office online, go to this website:

https://products.office.com/en-us/office-online/documents-spreadsheets-presentations-office-online

You'll need a Microsoft account to run the various programs.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

The last MS products I will ever own are win 7 and Office 2010. I'm gradually weaning myself away from them. I do not want to use any cloud or subscription based products or services, both being the reason I've pretty much weaned myself from Adobe (Shockwave being the sole holdout).

 

[mrjimphelps]

Well, in case you ever find it necessary to venture into "enemy territory", and if you aren't working on any sensitive information, MS Office Online is an option. Best of all, you don't need to own it; it's free!

But I fully understand your concerns. I am in the process of ditching Microsoft. My goal is to have a Linux host system, with Windows 7 running in a VM, isolated from the internet, so that in case I ever need to use Windows for something, it will be available.

 

[Callender]

Okay i can get it to work using this extension:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/aoo-extensions/files/4849/1/pastefromweb.oxt/download?use_mirror=vorboss&r=https%3A%2F%2Fextensions.openoffice.org%2Fen%2Fproject%2FPasteFromWeb&use_mirror=vorboss

It adds a button in LO toolbar. Copy selection from webpage (highlight then Ctrl+C)

Click the button to paste.

Alernatively check options shown when pressing [Ctrl+shift+V]

Here's what I get when pasting the webpage:

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There is a caveat. I had to use Palemoon to browse and copy from. I also tried Opera (old presto version) and MS Edge but images and formatting were horrible.

Install the plugin via Tools > Extension Manager and browse to the .odt file. Correction. It's an .oxt file:

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Apologies but using Windows 10 now so not tested on Windows 7.

 

[Callender]

Button is here:

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[ICIT2LOL]

Hmm this is all very sad really everyone seems to be jumping ship and I guess I shall be only using 10 for general stuff like emails and problems of my own with 10 because I do feel uncomfortable answering stuff in 10.

It has been my belief that all along Microsoft had got the trots with 8 being (in my mind a not much better OS than Vista) not that good and they wanted to keep the apps look and I have to say that I do object to some of the take over of ones machine by them. It's ok like I said earlier if you have formal background in IT or are lucky enough to have the general intuitiveness to work the system then you can take part but I do feel like a rank outsider and also it certainly has taken away from me and I am assuming quite a few others any pleasure in doing anything much with computers - a real blow because electronics in general has been a life long hobby of mine.

But Jeannie to get back on topic my friend have you tried Zorin yet because I have an old tester machine I have dual booted it with 7 and apart from a few bugs in it that I guess will eventually be ironed out and it is a little like 7 in some respects - just an option I thought you might like to try unless you have already. .

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...But Jeannie to get back on topic my friend have you tried Zorin yet because I have an old tester machine I have dual booted it with 7 and apart from a few bugs in it that I guess will eventually be ironed out and it is a little like 7 in some respects - just an option I thought you might like to try unless you have already.

I haven't started trying out Linux yet (that's going to be a major learning curve for me and I'm already dealing with enough problems right now. Zorin is at the top of my list for distros to try, followed by Mint. Wolfgang (aka whs, who has been MIA for over a year now, was the first one to make me aware of Zorin). I was going to use one of my notebooks to learn Linux on but, now that I have a 500GB boot drive, I have enough enogh room to dual or triple boot (actually triple or quadruple boot since I have a recovery partition for Macrium Reflect) and can compare Zorin to Mint to Win 7.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Actually Jeannie I thought you has said you have tried Linux sorry my bad. Zorin was suggested to me by AddRam and I found it quite good and like I said a bit like 7.

Now if you want to try a Linux distro without having to install it have a look at little ditty I did up mainly for retrieving data from drives for folks who have dying drives or a=even dead drives but you can use it as you like. It is Ubuntu which I find one of the easier distros to use Mint I found can get a bit convoluted.
BOOTABLE UBUNTU
Make a bootable Ubuntu disk Download Ubuntu Desktop | Download | Ubuntu
Set the BIOS to boot from the optical when the machine boots it will show you a screen with TRY or INSTALL > select TRY not INSTALL
When it is finished - it takes very little time you will get a screen like in the pic .
Open the drive you want > User and dig down until you get to the data / settings you may be able to copy / paste the material you want to an external source or other installed drive doing this.
I am not sure if it will but I have recovered tons of data etc using this method both on "dead" or just plain drives that you cannot get data from using Windows.

Or there is this Emergency Kit - save your files from a dead OS - Windows 7 Help Forums I prefer Ubuntu a tad easier to set up but this does the same thing
Now I did this up when the version was 14 I think it was but the same thing goes now.
The screen in my pic may also be slightly different.

Yes I am a but concerned that something is not going too well with Wolfgang because like you say it has bee a really long time now eh?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I also fear the worst for Wolfgang since it's been so long. One of the mods tried emailing him and got nothing so I fear he is another one we have lost.

Thanks for posting the recovery data. Hopefully someone will find it useful. I cheat big time, however; I maintain multiple backups. Besides my local backups (two backup drives per data drive—I keep my boot drive images on one of my data drives) and offsite backup drives (also two backup drives per data drive), I also have a cloud backup service that uploads new or changed data pretty quickly after it generated. Even if a drive should get totally bricked, which is usually what happens when an SSD takes a dump, I still won't lose my data. When my boot SSD became bricked last Saturday, I had multiple images on three drives could use for recovery. The only reasons for the problems I had recovering the drive were physical access (aggravated by a recent back flare up) and my computer acting all weird on me.