Solved Copy/Paste Problem in LibeOffice Writer

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Okay i can get it to work using this extension:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ao...rg/en/project/PasteFromWeb&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.

I must be losing my muckin' farbles. I swear I replied to this but it vanished (or I was dreaming?).

Back to the ranch topic... This looks promising! As I have mentioned before, I looking to replace Windows with Linux by the time Win 7 reaches EOL. To cut down on the urgency off learning all new programs as well as a new OS once I make the switch (being old with learning disabilities isn't going to help), I'm trying to find replacement programs that have Windows and Linux versions so I can learn how to use them at my leisure instead of having to do so "all of a big sudden".

I'm already there with replacing Adobe Acrobat Standard (besides me refusing to have anything to do with cloud and subscription based programs, Adobe doesn't have Linux versions of their products). I'm now using PDF Studio Pro 12 (not a freebie, btw, but less expensive than Acrobat) and have removed al traces of Adobe from my system with the exception of Shockwave Player (still needed to watch YouTube videos, afik).

I'm now learning how to use LibreOffice (LO) and have actually replaced the Word icon in my Quick Launch menu yesterday with LibreOffice's (I won't uninstall MS Office for a while yet, just in case). So far, the only actual problems I've had with LibreOffice have been cosmetic or learning a new workflow, all of which are minor annoyances that I'll get over fairly quickly. Many things about LO I'm finding I like better than MS Office (good grief, like Yoda I sound now ). Even the copy/paste issue is mostly just increasing the amount of time it takes me to copy/paste an image rich web article (usually tutorials for later reference). I'm currently using LO pretty much all the time instead of MS Orifice, including laboriously working around the copy/paste issue by special pasting in unformatted text, then manually restoring formatting and inserting hyperlinks and images one at a time. The results are actually better than what I get in Word (mostly due to eliminating conflicting styles or styles that cripple ideal reformatting) but it is tedious.

FireFox is the most popular browser in Linux and most distros include it but I do not like it because of its piddle poor handling of cookies. Almost every website feels it needs to put a cookie on my computer, even if all I'll ever do is lurk there. I realize most cookies are not bad and some are even necessary but I feel it's my cotton pickin' computer so I should be the one who determines what gets put on it or not. In IE 11 (hey, I like it; so sue me ), I have IE 11 set to block all third party cookies and prompt me on all others. Firefox does not give me that option.

I cannot remember if I actually tried Palemoon (like I did Firefox) or merely decided against it because it is a derivative of Firefox with fewer features. I recently put Opera at the top of my "to try" list because of its alleged ability to handle cookies the way I want and its free VPN however, I haven't got around to trying it yet.

Going back to Palemoon, I'm not feeling especially adventuresome after the recent nonsense I've been dealing with (plus health is less than stellar) so let me hit you (and hopefully not hurt you) with a question before trying Palemoon and/or Opera. Does Palemoon handle cookies the way I want?

 

[Callender]

Well I didn't mean to suggest that you use palemoon as your default browser. I just use it on occasion as it does some stuff that other browsers don't do.

RE: Opera. I won't use the chrome version and stick to presto (v12)

I just tried the paste from web extension in Libre Office with a few browsers and the only one that workd was Palemoon but maybe IE might also work. I didn't test it.

RE: Palemoon - cookies.

See:

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I use the portable version with these add ons as I prefer to clear everything after each session.

Self-Destructing Cookies​

It can be configured per site.
Cookies can be kept. Additionally they can be cleared when closing a tab or when closing the browser.

ClickClean | Add-on for Firefox

This one doesn't have options to keep certain cookies. It's all or nothing.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Well I didn't mean to suggest that you use palemoon as your default browser. I just use it on occasion as it does some stuff that other browsers don't do.

RE: Opera. I won't use the chrome version and stick to presto (v12)

I just tried the paste from web extension in Libre Office with a few browsers and the only one that workd was Palemoon but maybe IE might also work. I didn't test it.

RE: Palemoon - cookies.

See:

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I use the portable version with these add ons as I prefer to clear everything after each session.

Self-Destructing Cookies
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It can be configured per site.
Cookies can be kept. Additionally they can be cleared when closing a tab or when closing the browser.

ClickClean | Add-on for Firefox

This one doesn't have options to keep certain cookies. It's all or nothing.

Thanks for the clarification, Chris! Since you haven't tried it with IE yet, I'll go ahead and download and install the OL extension to see what happens once I finish making a new image (Macrium Reflect is running right now).

I didn't think you meant I needed to use Palemoon as a replacement browser that can also run in Linux but I'm looking for one anyway and would prefer to have only one anyway. Hence, my questions (I'm a fussy old bi... broad).

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Ok, I tried it with IE 11 and it didn't even come close to working. Oh well. I'll have to see later if it will work with another browser.

 

[Callender]

Okay I tried IE and got the same results as you. It didn't work. I might try a few other browsers that I haven't got on my system as yet.

Next I tried Airfox v1.9 and I get this result. Document attached. There's a reson why I use Airfox 1.9 instead of the latest version but the reason cannot be discussed here due to forum rules. Let's just say that the cache location was moved in the latest version resulting in a loss of functionality.

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It only worked using this setting:

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In Palemoon all settings in the above screenshot were unchecked and it worked.

It seems that results depend upon how the browser handles embedded image copying.

 

[Callender]

Airfox for Linux:

h**p://airfox.sourceforge.net/linux/

Airfox 1.9 for windows:

h**ps://sourceforge.net/projects/airfox/files/Airfox_1_9/

It's possible that although it works in Windows - results could be different in Linux.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Airfox for Linux:

h**p://airfox.sourceforge.net/linux/

Airfox 1.9 for windows:

h**ps://sourceforge.net/projects/airfox/files/Airfox_1_9/

It's possible that although it works in Windows - results could be different in Linux.

Thanks again! I understand that results can be different in Linux than In Windoze. That's true of almost any multiplatform program, though. One can hope, though.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Okay I tried IE and got the same results as you. It didn't work. I might try a few other browsers that I haven't got on my system as yet.

Next I tried Airfox v1.9 and I get this result. Document attached. There's a reson why I use Airfox 1.9 instead of the latest version but the reason cannot be discussed here due to forum rules. Let's just say that the cache location was moved in the latest version resulting in a loss of functionality.

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It only worked using this setting:

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In Palemoon all settings in the above screenshot were unchecked and it worked.

It seems that results depend upon how the browser handles embedded image copying.

Ok, I tried cleaning up the formatting that file in both Word and in LO and was able to do so without any problems. This also looks promising.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Sigh! I just tried Opera and it appears the later versions are no better at cookie handling than Firefox. The webpage I read that shows how to set up cookie settings showed screenshots for an earlier version that were completely different from what Opera is now and the available settings are now more limited.

I swear if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

 

[Callender]

RE: Opera. Personally I will not use the new version. I use the old one with the old dragonfly web inspector built in. Portable version is here: Opera@USB : download your free version of mobile Opera:

It's not being kept updated though. Also it doesn't help with your copy/ paste problem.

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[Lady Fitzgerald]

I'm about to give up on being able to copy/paste text and images from web pages and just continue to paste in just special paste the unformatted text, then manually insert the hyperlinks and images one at a time.

What's really frustrating is trying to find a browser that has both Windows and Linux versions that can be set to alert me when a website tries to put a cookie on my computer and give me the opportunity to accept or block it. I can't believe IE11 is the only one with that capability. Opera was so jacked up, I had to restore an image to completely clean it (and the malware it allowed in) out .

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yes I don't hold out much hope for Wolfgang and even if something has happened to him maybe his wife has not had the time or even worry about letting us know like Gary's wife did when he passed.

Well you lost me at about the third drive Jeannie LOL!! but I have asked an old friend who I know is a bit of a Linux wizard if he can throw some light on things - hope you don't mind. I ma he might nit know but can only try eh?

 

[Callender]

Okay going back to Opera v 12.18 security patched version it's possible to prompt on new cookies.

See:

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However copy/ paste web page to Libre Office Writer will not work.

There is apparently a Linux version available (12.16) so it's not updated. See:

https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/opera-12-review.html​

 

[lehnerus2000]

Cookies

I don't use Libre Office.
I tested it in my LM18.2 VM.

The Copy/Paste web content behaviour is a bit erratic.
It seemed to work on one site but when I tried it here ~50% of the images were replaced with error message boxes.

I know this isn't exactly what you wanted and you have to adjust it manually for each site, but have you tried playing with this Cookie setting?

1 - Click on the icon at the very left of the Address bar
2 - Click on the arrow

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3 - Click on More Information

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4 - This window should open.

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[iko22]

I don't use Libre Office.
I tested it in my LM18.2 VM.

The Copy/Paste web content behaviour is a bit erratic.
It seemed to work on one site but when I tried it here ~50% of the images were replaced with error message boxes.

Has Windows Update been causing the error message boxes? I think I read on the Microsoft Site in the past twelve weeks or so, that this could be a side effect from installing a recent update, causing XPS Document Writer to print error message boxes. If the MS update is affecting virtual printer, then could it also affect your LO copy/paste operations?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Has Windows Update been causing the error message boxes? I think I read on the Microsoft Site in the past twelve weeks or so, that this could be a side effect from installing a recent update, causing XPS Document Writer to print error message boxes. If the MS update is affecting virtual printer, then could it also affect your LO copy/paste operations?

Well, my virtual printer (PDFCreator) is working just fine so I doubt that is the problem.

These aren't really error message boxes. Go back to post #5 to see what I'm getting.

I've pretty much have given up on "fixing" this and just settling on doing it the tedious way—pasting in the text only, then restoring the formatting, then hyperlinks and images one at a time—since the success of the operation depends on the browser being used and I still haven't found an alternative browser I like yet (the trend has been to limit cookie control in the latest versions ). Although it takes longer, I'm getting better results every time doing it the tedious way. Word sometimes would give slightly goofy results, depending on what Styles (I call it lazy formatting and hate it) the original used, and it could be a bugger to reformat (and still not get ideal results; and yes, I'm anal). It's also a bit easier to edit out and splice in content when using LO Writer than in Word; I get consistent results in LO Writer whereas word would occasionally "treat" me to some surprises. At least I'm retired (mostly just tired) and not on the clock.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Technically, the copy/paste issue iis not solved but I'm giving up on it, at least for now, since it seems to be a hopeless case and I have a reasonably acceptable plan B in place (beats Plan 9).

Thanks everyone!

 

[Callender]

RE: Browser that can be used in both Windows and Linux. I've played with Dooble in the past and just installed it again. It doesn't prompt on new cookies but can be configured to determine which cookies should be preserved and the rest can be swept automatically every 60 seconds.

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Dooble Web Browser

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

What I can't understand is why so many alternative browsers did away with the ability to be prompted when a website tries to put a cookie on one's computer unless it was so the browser developers themselves could get paid for putting cookies on your computer (or got paid to do away with the ability).

 

[Callender]

I'd guess that it's down to pressure from advertisers?