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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can insert text into other document types, such as spreadsheets and presentations. Note that there is a difference between whether the text is inserted into a text frame, a spreadsheet cell, or into the outline view of a presentation.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you copy text to the clipboard, you can paste it with or without text attributes. Use the shortcut keys <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+C to copy and <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+V to paste.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To select the format in which the clipboard contents will be pasted, long click the <span class="T1">Paste</span> icon on the Function Bar, or choose <span class="T1">Edit - Paste Special</span>, then select the proper format.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If a text document contains headings formatted with the Heading Paragraph Style, choose <span class="T1">File - Send - Outline to Presentation</span>. A new presentation document is created, which contains the headings as an outline.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you want to transfer each heading together with its accompanying paragraphs, select the <span class="T1">File - Send - AutoAbstract to Presentation</span> command. You must have formatted the headings with a corresponding Paragraph Style to be able to see this command.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you select text and drag it into a spreadsheet with drag-and-drop, it will be inserted as text into the cell where you release the mouse.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you drag text to the drawing view of a presentation, an OLE object is inserted as a <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> plug-in.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you drag the text to the outline view of a presentation, it will be inserted at the cursor location.</p>
