[plug] copy from web page to Star Office

[Jon L.Miller]

You can bank it Leon that I will let them know what I think of their 
copy&paste system.
Thanks for the infor.

Jon

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:05, Leon Blackwell wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 02:23:44PM +0800, Jon L.Miller wrote:
> > Okay, here is a good one.  Can anyone tell me why I cannot copy content
> > from a webpage in Konqueror to a Star Office document?  I've hightlighted
> > the content click on copy and in StarOffice clicked on paste.  Nothing
> > happens .. why?
>
> KDE (in their infinite wisdom) decided to use their own copy buffer
> system.  When you select "copy" in a KDE program (like Konqueror) it
> goes into a special buffer.  Since StarOffice isn't a KDE product, it
> doesn't have access to this special copy buffer.
>
> You will need to do copy'n'paste the "old fashioned" way:
>
> 1) Select the text you want by highlighting it as usual (using the left
>    mouse button)
> 2) Without selecting any other text, position your cursor wherever you
>    want the text to be pasted (StarOffice, in your case)
> 3) Press the middle mouse button (or both buttons if you don't have
>    three)
> 4) Email KDE and tell them what a pain in the butt their copy'n'paste
>    system is  :)