Re: [libreoffice-users] Copy & paste -> extra space

At 18:21 16/09/2013 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> I noticed that when I copy & paste single words or phrases, that 
> MOST - but not ALL - times an additional space is added before the 
> pasted word/phrase. Let's say, I type an opening quotation mark and 
> then copy some text immediately after it. Even though I selected 
> precisely one word without any spaces, after pasting there is ALMOST 
> ALWAYS an extra space in front of it. (Sometimes not, but I was not 
> yet able to figure out why and under which conditions this happens.)
>
> In the example above:
> " test ..."
> Then I have to go back and delete that extra space manually. Very annoying!

I imagine that this is by design: if you paste multiple single words, 
for example, they will be separated by spaces (and thus easier to 
handle) instead of being concatenated.  Typically, pasting words is 
most commonly used to insert a word into a sentence - when spaces 
would be welcome.

> Is there a way to change this behavior?

Yes: as so often, Paste Special is your friend!  Use Edit | Paste 
Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V) instead of ordinary Paste.  In the Paste 
Special dialogue, select either "Unformatted text" or "Formatted text 
[RTF]" (if you want to retain formatting).

Incidentally, I wondered why I hadn't encountered this problem, and I 
see I was probably using what would be another workaround in your 
example.  You are likely to need a closing quotation mark after your 
word or phrase, of course.  If you type this immediately after the 
opening quotation mark and only then paste in the word, you appear 
not to get any unhelpful extra spaces.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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