Sometimes when I copy and paste text, gray spaces/rectangles show up before or after some letters. I have tried Pasting Special Options and that doesn't work. I think these "squares" are spaces or tabs from where I copied them but they paste as gray. They can be individually deleted, but that is sooo painstaking that I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Copying text produces gray squares
Copying text produces gray squares
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Re: Copying text
Hi and welcome to the forum!
You mean non breaking spaces (the gray disappears if you switch the field shading off)? I face this problem regularly too. Never found any way to avoid that. When they really bother me, I use the Find & Replace feature to remove them.
You mean non breaking spaces (the gray disappears if you switch the field shading off)? I face this problem regularly too. Never found any way to avoid that. When they really bother me, I use the Find & Replace feature to remove them.
LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 on Xubuntu 23.10 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: Copying text
These gray non-breaking spaces do not print as gray; it is useful to know when a space is non-breaking, hence the colour onscreen. As Hagar says, you can turn it off.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: Copying text produces gray squares
As a quick proof of concept, go tot print Preview, you'll see they're not there.
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Re: Copying text produces gray squares
I am having trouble understanding the resolutions suggested. I copied a 100 word text. When I pasted it, every word had a gray space. Open office treated as a one long word.
Open office 4.1.5 on win 10 current maint
Re: Copying text produces gray squares
Always create a new topic for your new problem in this forum - even it is similar to an another (existing) one....
Please upload your ODF type sample file here.I am having trouble understanding the resolutions suggested. I copied a 100 word text. When I pasted it, every word had a gray space. Open office treated as a one long word.
Where you copied it from?I copied a 100 word text.
Tibor Kovacs, Hungary; LO7.5.8 /Win7-10 x64Prof.
PortableApps/winPenPack: LO3.3.0-7.6.2;AOO4.1.14
Please, edit the initial post in the topic: add the word [Solved] at the beginning of the subject line - if your problem has been solved.
PortableApps/winPenPack: LO3.3.0-7.6.2;AOO4.1.14
Please, edit the initial post in the topic: add the word [Solved] at the beginning of the subject line - if your problem has been solved.
Re: Copying text produces gray squares
Use the Find & Replace feature to remove them. You will need to copy one of the non-breaking spaces from your document to use in the Find.
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David
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Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
Re: Copying text produces gray squares
As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.
Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem
The chapter headings in the manual are:
1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.
When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.
Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem
The chapter headings in the manual are:
1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.
When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.
LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.