Thank you, Brian. Changing the text colour from white to default black solved the issue. I am recording my part in our family’s lineage and, at 70 years of age, just trying recollect as much as I can was challenging enough - technical issues were an frustrating distraction. Thank you again.
> On 16 Jan 2022, at 11:10 pm, aminanima...@aol.com.invalid > <aminanima...@aol.com.INVALID> wrote: > > So when you have concerned to better illustrate the problem must be technical > as well as uninoperative for all. > > From: Paul Collins <sylviaranger1...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2022 3:54 AM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: Paul Collins <sylviaranger1...@gmail.com> > Subject: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL > > I typed a block of text into Mail on my iPad and sent the email to my iMac > (late 2017 running Mojave 10.14.6). Opening Mail on the iMac, the email had > been received successfully. > > After then opening AOO 4.1.11 on my I Mac and creating a new blank text > document, I then copied the text from the received email in Mail and > attempted to paste it into the blank AOO text document. The result was > gibberish ; i.e. the text had disappeared with numerous lengthy blank spaces > in lieu, 2 (yellow highlighted) squiggly red lines (which AOO generates to > indicate unfamiliar/incorrect spelling in its normal operation in Text > documents etc.), more blank space and finally the cursor indicating the end > of the pasted text. Cursor position is green highlighted before and after > paste operation. > > In the attached file, to better illustrate the problem, I > > A) opened AOO and created a new, blank text document (note position of cursor > in top left corner), > > B) copied a text passage from within the received email and > > C) attempted to paste copied text into blank AOO document. > > > > > I will be most grateful for any advise users may offer. > > Sincerely, Paul Collins.
