[Scribus] Pasting text from Open Office

[Axel Bojer]

John Beardmore wrote:
> Gregory Pittman wrote:
>> John Beardmore wrote:
> 
>>> I'm sometimes having trouble pasting text into Scribus 1.3.3.10 from 
>>> open office while editing a text frame.
>>>
>>> I don't need any formatting information, just the text.
>>>
>>> The sequence of events I've just seen as follows.
>>>
>>>     At some point a while ago copied and pasted a URL from a browser
>>>     to another package.
>>>
>>>     Start Scribus and edit a text frame.
>>>
>>>     In open office writer can do an Alt-EC to get the text to the
>>>     scratch pad.
>>>
>>>     Alt-EP into text frame, but the URL from prior use is inserted.
>>>
>>>     Did the Alt-EC in OOW again.  Pasted into OOW to establish that
>>>     the material to be copied was in the scratch pad.
>>>
>>>     Alt-EP into text frame, but the URL from prior use is still
>>>     inserted.
>>>
>>>     Restarted Scribus.
>>>
>>>     Alt-EP into text frame, now the correct text is pasted.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am I missing something obvious ?
>>>
>>> Is this a known problem ?
>>>   
>> you don't mention which OS/distro you're using.
> 
> Sorry !
> 
> For my shame...  Windows XP, SP2 with latest patches and fixes...
> 
> 
>> I know that in Linux/Fedora there are some curious ways that text is 
>> selected for pasting, and it isn't always from the most recent copy/cut 
>> action.
> 
> And I know that in ms-office, if you cut several times without pasting, 
> you sometimes get an indications of multiple items on the scratch pad. 
> I've never had occasion to use any of that stuff though.
> 
> 
>> When in doubt I will check Klipper and make sure the correct 
>> item is highlighted.
> 
> I don't suppose that Klipper has an equivalent in windows ?
> 
> 
>> Usually I would import text from oowriter from a file rather than 
>> copy/paste.

Perhaps also useful:
If you import text _to_ OOo yuu can use the triangle beside the icon for 
it and then ?without formatting? (or something similar, I don't have the 
English version now) to get just the text in your OOo-document.

Best regards
Axel Bojer