[Solved] Squares over the recipe measurements

[Zoe Jones]

I have been trying to find a solution for this for years but when I type in my search terms, they are probably not the right words. Too hard to shorten it so here it is in full: Often (not always) when I copy a recipe from somewhere on the internet and paste it into an OpenOffice word processing document, it has a grey square or rectangle between the ingredient amounts and the words. Then when I go to print it out, there are little squares with rounded corners over the amounts. For example, "1/2 cup sugar" will have the fraction "1/2" covered with that little rounded square, making the entire recipe difficult to read. I go back to the document and remove the grey spaces but it still prints out this way. Anyone know how to fix this?

[LastUnicorn]

Post an example document attachment up into the forum so that people can have a look at it and tell you what is wrong.

To post an attachment/file to the forum do the following: [Forum] How to attach a document here

[RoryOF]

Try /Edit /Paste Special, then select "unformatted text" from the popup. You will need to apply your own formatting to the inserted text.

Deselecting /View /Field shadings may remove the grey colouring in existing files.

[JeJe]

If you post a link to an example recipe where this happens people can see what you mean.

[Zoe Jones]

Try /Edit /Paste Special, then select "unformatted text" from the popup. You will need to apply your own formatting to the inserted text.

Deselecting /View /Field shadings may remove the grey colouring in existing files.

I kept this window open on my computer until the problem happened again so I could refer to this. It just happened today. I tried your suggestion about "Paste Special" etc and it worked! I then formatted things the way I wanted them. I had no idea the Paste Special option existed, and if I had seen it I wouldn't have known what it meant. Thank you!

[Zoe Jones]

If you post a link to an example recipe where this happens people can see what you mean.

I kept this window open on my computer until such time as the problem happened again. Well, today it happened. So, here is a link for a recipe where it occurred. I copied only the text of the actual recipe, starting at the word "Ingredients".

https://sarahsvegankitchen.com/recipes/ ... ad/#recipe

I saw someone else shared a link in this thread on how I can include a photo. If I can get that figured out, and if there is an option to edit my post in here, I will add pictures of how it turned out. But someone else had given me instructions in here on how to avoid the problem, so I do have a resolution. Still, I want to show in here what I was dealing with, in case someone else has the issue in future and is looking for help.