How can I unframe text?

Papertape · September 6, 2019, 9:40pm

Using Writer Version: 6.1.6.3 (x64)

How can I unframe text, similarly to Microsoft Word’s “Remove Frame” function?

I found a comment in this forum that said to select the text, delete the frame, and then paste the text.
Is there a one-click function to do that?

RGB-es · September 6, 2019, 9:55pm

If it’s a real frame created with Insert → Frame → Frame, just select it (click on its border so you can see the frame handlers), cut and paste special (Ctrl Shift V) → RTF rich text.

If you have a text box instead created with the drawing tools, sorry, you need to enter the text box, select the text, delete the box and paste the text.

Papertape · September 7, 2019, 4:15pm

Thanks!
That works. It takes several clicks, but that’s not much of a nuisance, unless there are many frames to unframe.
(I produced a “.doc” file by running a PDF through ABBY FineReader, version 11. That produced a “.doc” file of three dozen frames – a nuisance, but manageable.)