Three nice new features for Writer, in OpenOffice.org 3.1

I'm going to be going over the 3.1 features in the next few blogs. Here are a few that are just nice -- not groundbreaking but very nice, convenient changes that making interacting and collaborating easier. The third just makes slight annoyances go away a little more easily.

Replying to Notes
In 3.0 the notes are new and improved by being in boxes off to the side. Now you can click and hold down on the black arrow, and reply to them, too. The reply shows up immediately below the original in a contrasting color. (You need to be a different user, under Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > User Data for this option to be available.)

Easier Accept/Reject of Changes
It's also easier now in Writer to accept or reject a change when you're tracking changes. Just right-click (as I like to say, when in doubt, right-click).

Remove Hyperlink
You could always remove a hyperlink by selecting the text and choosing Format > Default Formatting, or right-clicking on the selected link and choosing Default Formatting. However, this makes it more obvious. Right-click without selecting and you get Remove Hyperlink as an option, as well as Copy Hyperlink.

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Comments

[Andy Prough]

Wonderful of the OOo staff to give us the Remove Hyperlink option on the context menu.

However,

After years of asking and many requests by many people for a simple context menu option to "Paste Unformatted", it seems a bit silly to me that it still has not been implemented. Remove Hyperlink is nice, and I will use it about once every two months. Paste unformatted? I would use it a dozen or more times a day. Guess I should start teaching myself to program OOo extensions...

[Solveig]

Yeah, paste unformatted would be very nice.

What would be REALLY nice is to add to the Customize Toolbar menu the ability to put things in the context menu. ;> I imagine this would be more complex.

[Andy Prough]

Yes, that would be the best possible solution, however it is very complicated. There is actually a tutorial here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Tutorial/Context_Menu_Interception

However, in order to do the tutorial, the reader is supposed to be able to program with UNO, and I am a long way from being able to do that.

[Mauro]

To Paste Unformatted:

Use Paste Special (Ctrl + Shift + V) and choose Unformatted Text.

[Andy Prough]

Yes, there are several ways to paste unformatted, including building your own macro, putting extra buttons on the toolbar, etc. Everythuing but that one method which would be the most convenient - putting it on the context menu.

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Thanks for posting this informative blog on features of OpenOffice.org 3.1. I think Replying to Notes,
Easier Accept/Reject of Changes and Removing Hyperlinks are some of the common features that are expected from a writing software. I am looking forward to more such informative postings from you.

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