<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div> Hello,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Suvayu Ali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com" target="_blank">fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:15:44AM -0500, Steven Stern wrote:<br>
> On 08/30/2013 10:11 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Hello,<br>
> ><br>
> > I would like to be able to copy-paste text without transferring the<br>
> > format. I'm using F19 with KDE.<br>
> ><br>
> > Currently, when I copy-paste (between Firefox, LibreOffice, etc),<br>
> > formatting like font, font size and font attributes get also copied and<br>
> > pasted. But I am looking for a way to copy-paste such that the format of<br>
> > the original text is discarded and instead the format of the target<br>
> > document is used, as if I had typed the text on the keyboard.<br>
> ><br>
> > (My wife uses the following trick on Windows: copy-paste text into<br>
> > URL-field of the browser, then copy-paste from URL-field to destination).<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Try a right click and see if there's a "paste without formatting"<br>
> option. It depends on the receiving application. If not, keep a copy of<br>
> your favorite text editor open and use that as a mid-point.<br>
<br>
</div>AFAIK LO calls it paste special (under the Edit menu, Ctrl + Shift + v).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div> Thanks for the hint. "paste special", with short-cut Ctrl-Shift-V, is actually a KDE Desktop feature, so it works in many places.<br>
<br></div><div> If that could be added to the context menu, that would be even more awesome.<br><br></div><div> Best,<br></div><div> Oliver<br></div><br></div></div></div>