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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id3152924"><bookmark_value>sending; AutoAbstract function in presentations</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>AutoAbstract function for sending text to presentations</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>outlines; sending to presentations</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text; copying by drag and drop</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>drag and drop; copying and pasting text</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>inserting;data from text documents</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>copying;data from text documents</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pasting;data from text documents</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw added "pasting; and changed "drag and drop;""</comment>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156426">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 frame, a spreadsheet cell, or into the outline view of a presentation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147576">If you copy text to the clipboard, you can paste it with or without text attributes. Use the shortcut keys <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+C to copy and <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V to paste.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3158430">To select the format in which the clipboard contents will be pasted, click the arrow next to the <emph>Paste</emph> icon on the Standard bar, or choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>, then select the proper format.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156155">If a text document contains headings formatted with the Heading Paragraph Style, choose <emph>File - Send - Outline to Presentation</emph>. A new presentation document is created, which contains the headings as an outline.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145316">If you want to transfer each heading together with its accompanying paragraphs, select the <emph>File - Send - AutoAbstract to Presentation</emph> command. You must have formatted the headings with a corresponding Paragraph Style to be able to see this command.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3156024">Copying Text Using Drag-and-Drop</h2>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147303">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.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149655">If you drag text to the normal view of a presentation, an OLE object is inserted as a $[officename] plug-in.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150793">If you drag the text to the outline view of a presentation, it will be inserted at the cursor location.</paragraph>
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