Writer Guide

The range of choices on the Paste Special menu varies depending upon
the origin and formatting of the text (or other object) to be pasted. See
Figure 55 for an example with text on the clipboard.
Figure 55: Paste Special menu
This example includes the formatting option DDE link . DDE is an
acronym for Dynamic Data Exchange, a mechanism whereby selected
data in document A can be pasted into document B as a linked, ‘live’
copy of the original. It would be used, for example, in a report written
in Writer containing time-varying data, such as sales results sourced
from a Calc spreadsheet. The DDE link ensures that, as the source
spreadsheet is updated so is the report, thus reducing the scope for
error and reducing the work involved in keeping the Writer document
up to date.
Moving paragraphs quickly
With the cursor anywhere in the paragraph:
1) Press and hold the Control+Alt keys.
2) While holding the Control+Alt keys down, press the up-arrow or
down-arrow key.
The paragraph will move to a new location either before the previous
paragraph or after the next paragraph in your document. To move
more than one paragraph at a time, select at least part of all
paragraphs (including the end of the first paragraph you want to move
and the start of the last) before pressing the Control+Alt+arrow keys.
If you are using Solaris, the key combination is Control+AltGr+arrow
keys.
Tip
If your paragraphs suddenly jumped from one place to another,
the most likely reason is that you have accidentally pressed
one of these key combinations.
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