[opensuse] Basic clipboard question
All, I inadvertently modified a office doc and saved only a pdf version of the edited doc. Now I am trying to copy and paste the modified paragraphs from acroread back into the original via oowriter. For some reason the clipboard is ignoring my acroread cntr-c attempts. Same for right click copy. Instead the clipboard is retaining data placed into it via oowriter. Can someone tell me how this is supposed to work? And if it is a bug, is there a work around to clear the clipboard of the old contents so it will accept new content? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 04 September 2008 08:29, Greg Freemyer wrote:
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Now I am trying to copy and paste the modified paragraphs from acroread back into the original via oowriter.
For some reason the clipboard is ignoring my acroread cntr-c attempts. Same for right click copy.
Instead the clipboard is retaining data placed into it via oowriter.
Classic symptom (for me anyway, it's been like this for ages across multiple versions): After the first copy, subsequent attempts don't work. Somehow over time I discovered that if you just hold down CTRL+C and let it auto-repeat for a while, it will "take."
Can someone tell me how this is supposed to work? And if it is a bug, is there a work around to clear the clipboard of the old contents so it will accept new content?
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer
Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 9/4/08, Randall R Schulz <rschulz@sonic.net> wrote:
On Thursday 04 September 2008 08:29, Greg Freemyer wrote:
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Now I am trying to copy and paste the modified paragraphs from acroread back into the original via oowriter.
For some reason the clipboard is ignoring my acroread cntr-c attempts. Same for right click copy.
Instead the clipboard is retaining data placed into it via oowriter.
Classic symptom (for me anyway, it's been like this for ages across multiple versions): After the first copy, subsequent attempts don't work.
Somehow over time I discovered that if you just hold down CTRL+C and let it auto-repeat for a while, it will "take."
Thanks, it seems to be working. I have noticed this before, but I never had to do this much cut & paste in KDE before. Seems like a major usability bug. If someone knows a bugzilla number I'll add my me too. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 04 September 2008 08:49, Greg Freemyer wrote:
On 9/4/08, Randall R Schulz <rschulz@sonic.net> wrote:
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Somehow over time I discovered that if you just hold down CTRL+C and let it auto-repeat for a while, it will "take."
Thanks, it seems to be working. I have noticed this before, but I never had to do this much cut & paste in KDE before. Seems like a major usability bug.
It's certainly very annoying. A real show-stopper if you don't know the secret handshake.
If someone knows a bugzilla number I'll add my me too.
I don't think Adobe's bug database is open to the wide world.
Greg
Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Greg Freemyer wrote:
On 9/4/08, Randall R Schulz <rschulz@sonic.net> wrote:
On Thursday 04 September 2008 08:29, Greg Freemyer wrote:
...
Now I am trying to copy and paste the modified paragraphs from acroread back into the original via oowriter.
For some reason the clipboard is ignoring my acroread cntr-c attempts. Same for right click copy.
Instead the clipboard is retaining data placed into it via oowriter.
Classic symptom (for me anyway, it's been like this for ages across multiple versions): After the first copy, subsequent attempts don't work.
Somehow over time I discovered that if you just hold down CTRL+C and let it auto-repeat for a while, it will "take."
Thanks, it seems to be working. I have noticed this before, but I never had to do this much cut & paste in KDE before. Seems like a major usability bug.
If someone knows a bugzilla number I'll add my me too.
Greg
No bug number, but I have run into this problem repeatedly as well. Good to know about the crtl+c hand shake. However, I now do most pdf->text copy from kpdf which seems to be much more friendly with its select box approach to text and graphics copy. Give it a try... -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 04 September 2008 09:29:28 am Greg Freemyer wrote:
All,
I inadvertently modified a office doc and saved only a pdf version of the edited doc.
Now I am trying to copy and paste the modified paragraphs from acroread back into the original via oowriter.
For some reason the clipboard is ignoring my acroread cntr-c attempts. Same for right click copy.
I've often had these problems using the clipboard with acroread. It seems to work better if you don't have klipper active at the time, but you may not want to do that. As a workaround, when I need to paste from a pdf document I usually end up just using kpdf or one of the other pdf viewers. -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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