Unable to select objects copied from Web document

[ribower]

I copied a blog post from the Web to Writer. It contains some horizontal bar or line graphics. I want to delete them but Writer acts as if they are not there when I try to select them for deletion.

[John_Ha]

Welcome to the forum.

Select them in Navigator (F5).

Or use Edit > Paste special .... It strips everything and pastes just the plain text.

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[ribower]

Navigator does not appear to recognize these graphics either. I would prefer not to copy the doc again with paste special as I have made some edits to the text. So I tried paste special and it worked to copy only the text. But I would still like to find out if there is a way to remove these objects after copying to writer, or why it is impossible. And thanks for your help. This is a tremendous product and I appreciate all who have worked to bring it about!

[John_Ha]

Please upload a small example document file (eg .odt) with a graphic which cannot be deleted so that it can be analysed.

Use the Upload attachment tab below where you type (128 kB max) or use a file share site for a larger file.

[ribower]

Problem document attached.

[RoryOF]

Very Simple: these are paragraph borders. Place cursor in the paragraph above the border you wish to delete and use /Format /Paragraph : Borders tab. You will see that in the left-hand display box on that tab the border is shown. Click on the lefthand icon above that display box and you will turn off the border.

[ribower]

Well that indeed worked for a while. But when I get to the last two borders in the doc it removes the targeted border but then the border reappears ABOVE that paragraph.

[John_Ha]

See [Tutorial] Automatic functions in Writer - enable / disable - it's probably a border above a paragraph.

See Defining borders and backgrounds in Chapter 4 Formatting Pages.

[RoryOF]

I think you may have to uncheck Merge with next paragraph on that same tab, or else chase the border removal up the document paragraph by paragraph.

[ribower]

these problem borders are below the paragraph. And unchecking the merge did not help. Moving up the doc continues. I sure appreciate you who take the time to help those of us with problems! In the next version, how about implementing right click delete for these borders??

[John_Ha]

these problem borders are below the paragraph. And unchecking the merge did not help. Moving up the doc continues.

See the Tutorial you were given for how to delete them. Download the example file to see how they work.