[Solved] Saved texts blinking

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Lesley_Vos
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[Solved] Saved texts blinking

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Hi all!

Here's the problem:

I write articles in OpenOffice Writer (version 4.1.4), and everything was fine... until yesterday. Once I save my document and close it, the text begins blinking next time I open the file... To better describe how it looks, here's the gif:
http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/ima ... 6740-2.gif

I tried to change the format (from .odt to .doc or .docx and vice versa) - no result. Also, I just opened a new blank document, copied and pasted the text there, saved - and the newly saved doc blinked too! :crazy:

What could be the reason for such "behavior"? Can I resolve this bug(?) anyhow? Maybe it's all about formatting the text (heading, bullet lists, embedded links and images, bold/italic, etc.? But I need it anyway, so just can't save and send plain texts to my editors... :(

Thanks!
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Re: Saved texts blinking

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A font can be set to blink. Select the menu Format -> Styles and Formatting, right click on the Default paragraph style and select Modify. On the Font Effects tab, is Blinking selected?
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Re: Saved texts blinking

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Edit > Paste Special > Unformatted text ..., removes all attributes from copied text and pastes it as plain text.

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Re: Saved texts blinking

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FJCC wrote:A font can be set to blink. Select the menu Format -> Styles and Formatting, right click on the Default paragraph style and select Modify. On the Font Effects tab, is Blinking selected?
Oh my... yeap, it was selected though I could swear I didn't do that! :knock:

Thank you!
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