On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 01:34:24 +0000 Michael Lermer <michaeller...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Brian > > thanks for your prompt and very helpful reply. It's not that I assume Open > Office will be a clone of MS, but it does have many of the features of Word, > so I thought it would possibly have this one, as I find it quite useful - it > saves time to be able to paste several items with one click. > > Thank you for your suggestion. I am indeed using Windows 10, and I have > enabled Clipboad History as you suggest, and I see that it does enable me to > use a Clipboard, but it is still necessary to paste each item separately, > rather than being able to paste up to 24 items at a time with one click. > Still, better than nothing. Re your suggestion that I add this to Open > Office - unfortunately I have very limited IT skills, so would not have the > first idea how to do this! > > Thank you again > > Mike Be advised that previous postings, over years, indicate that OpenOffice can have problems with clipboard add-on utilities. Whether that applies to a built-in system utility I cannot say; not using Windows 10 I am unable to test for any such problems. RoryOF > ________________________________ > From: Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> > Sent: 22 June 2021 13:51 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org <users@openoffice.apache.org> > Cc: Michael Lermer <michaeller...@hotmail.co.uk> > Subject: Re: CLIPBOARD > > At 01:48 22/06/2021 +0000, Michael Lermer wrote: > >I have been trying to find the Clipboard facility in Open Office, ie > >the facility where you can copy up to 24 items (in MS Word), collect > >them onto the clipboard, and then paste them into a Text Document > >with 1 click, but I could not find it. > > I'm not sure why you assume that OpenOffice will be a clone of > Microsoft Office in this way. > > >Can anyone tell me how to use this in Open Office? > > Clipboard facilities are usually provided by operating systems, not > individual applications, since their function includes cutting, > copying, and pasting between different applications. So you should > probably look there for what you seek. If your operating system does > not provide what you need, you may be able to find and install a > separate, stand-alone application that provides this facility. > > You have kept your operating system a secret, but Windows 10, for > example, has this facility, although disabled by default. Go to Start > | Settings | System | Clipboard and toggle on "Clipboard history". > Cut, copy, and paste in the usual ways. To paste something earlier > than the last item cut or copied, use Windows+V to bring up the > Clipboard window, showing the items available. > > Or you could volunteer to add this facility to OpenOffice. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
