Try this:
Select the text box and copy it.
Switch to the destination location.
At the destination location, use Paste Special with any option other than Image.
Thanks for the message and the possible solution.
The ‘paste special’ option is not available on the mouse shortcut which slows everything down.
It is available on the window menu but has no effect on the problem but pastes it as a bitmap rather than a .png image that the shortcut ‘paste’ gives.
As this is the first time to use Impress after the major update I had from my OS (MXlinux) I wondered if they had updated the version of LOffice too, as it was bundled with the original install. Might have to post a question on their forum too.
does anyone think a re-installation of LO makes sense?
It might be a clipboard manager interfering with the clipboard. The update might have included one as a “bonus”.
Maybe try to disable it at startup, see this thread, https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=58396
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I tried this and it has no effect, sadly
Look for other clipboard managers…
Well I deleted all the clipboard managers yesterday and have no need for a manager as such. I am a user of LO not someone who needs to repeat text, like programmers for instance.
However, if the manager replaced a defective copy / paste system in LO then I would consider it?
As of now I am no clearer as to why the copy / paste system is not working.
A few moments ago I was aware of the issue of a new version of LO and have downloaded a copy. Then I will not be using the OS version. I will report back any progress I may make.
I looked at Calc and Writer versions of copy/paste from the mouse menu - both these allow multiple paste special options but Impress doesn’t.
Paste Special is only available from the top menu in Impress and only allows paste as bitmap
I have the same issue in Debian Trixie. Copy/paste in Impress requires two repeated attempts. The first paste is always an image, the second paste is correct. This happens when copying anything (text box, equations, entire slides…). Deleting my clipboard manager has no effect.
Here is the version information for me:
Version: 24.8.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 480(Build:2)
CPU threads: 20; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Debian package version: 4:24.8.4-2
Calc: threaded
also @Shay1231 How to Report Bugs in LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Wiki
Maybe consider bug report for your distribution of Linux too.
Hi,
Many thanks for reaching out about this. I reckon I have lost three working days on this alone, although it is for pleasure use in my case 
I found a solution, sort of. I was using the XFCE desktop environment when I was having this issue. After a fresh install of Debian Trixie with the Cinnamon desktop environment, the copy/paste problem in Impress goes away. My guess is this bug has something to do with the window manager, but I am not sure about that. It isn’t exactly a Libreoffice bug.
Thanks Matt,
I just wrote to someone saying it has to be a combination effect or others would have it
Thanks to all those above for their suggestions.
My personal view is that it has to be an LO problem
- there is no problem in Writer and Calc both offer alternative paste options
-my laptop has the same versions running and the same problem, this laptop has only been updated and not used for making changes of any kind to software.
I can believe it is a combination problem of some sort but the LO paste options would not change unless LO and clipboard software were talking to each other in a different way in the three LO modules given above. That again points to an LO glitch
I am going to change the clipboard again as I have the same problem in an earlier version of LO to see if there is a successful combination
After that I will see but I have already lost the quivalent of working days dealing with this .
So, I now have a situation described by Matt Yates (mzyates) above where if I repeat the process of copy and paste the second copy of the text box works - which means I can at least use it but drive myself mad in the process
I deleted all reference to clipman in synaptic and there are no wayland clipboard references in synaptic
The only reference to clip or cliboard that come in the synaptic search are -
node-copy-paste
libgpaste-2-common
libgpaste-2
gpaste-2
So to work every second attempt means something is flip-flopping or being cancelled and started but I have no idea what.
By the way, if I am to write a bug report I need to characterise the fault as best as I can?
For the bug report, just write what you have found. What happens when you do something and what your expectations are.
Copy details from About LibreOffice and also say when problems began, update version maybe.
A bug report with some information is way better than no report at all.
Don’t forget to write the bug report number back here so others can find it.
OK, it is getting late here so it may be tomorrow as I want to try something else.
Thanks for the help, prompts and suggestions
Bug tdf#165289 - Copy Paste of Textboxes results in a picture
Filed this today on Bugzilla
[EarnestAl edited to create link]
https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=83788
This is the address of the same problem on mxlinux forum - mxlinux is the OS in question aas the problem might related to the LOffice version distributed within the OS
I had this problem on “LO Draw” when using copy/paste.
My kludgy solution was to select the object then used the “control” key to copy/drag a new version. Draw would keep the object as a graphic and did not turn it into a PNG.
I’m running Arch Linux/XFCE environment.
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That is not realistic unfortunately as I am often moving text boxes from one Impress slide to another
I think this is a good use of the copy paste system when on the same page and has some advantages in speed and ease of use as I gather from other sources.
From other sources -
- Some change the clipboard manager as it appears that xfce and Libre Office can be conflicted.
- Some people change from xfce to other products that are further along the replacement of “the largely obsolete xfce” (I should have copied which of these is complete or moving away from xfce - sorry - no doubt an internet search for such would be easy.)
- I also received a detailed way of adding code to bash files at startup but have yet to work out which file/location is best to set up environmental variables as it is different in each distro.
So, there is no clear cut and simple way to get out of the situation but I know I will not be updating software so readily in future.
If I make some progress I will let you knnow