On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:15:44AM -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > On 08/30/2013 10:11 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to be able to copy-paste text without transferring the > > format. I'm using F19 with KDE. > > > > Currently, when I copy-paste (between Firefox, LibreOffice, etc), > > formatting like font, font size and font attributes get also copied and > > pasted. But I am looking for a way to copy-paste such that the format of > > the original text is discarded and instead the format of the target > > document is used, as if I had typed the text on the keyboard. > > > > (My wife uses the following trick on Windows: copy-paste text into > > URL-field of the browser, then copy-paste from URL-field to destination). > > > > Try a right click and see if there's a "paste without formatting" > option. It depends on the receiving application. If not, keep a copy of > your favorite text editor open and use that as a mid-point. AFAIK LO calls it paste special (under the Edit menu, Ctrl + Shift + v). -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
