Thanks Keith and Wayne ... Regrettably, neither of those worked for me. Right click on my Linux desktop does not offer the option to create a new text document. When I tried cut and paste into kate the nuisance coding did not appear ... but when I then cut and paste from kate to kwrite, the nuisance coding reappeared. Strange. == Wayne D wrote: > ONE way is to paste it to straight text file - right click your > desktop, create a "NEW TEXT DOCUMENT" (NOT KWRITE), copy FROM that > file to paste buffer, paste to kwrite. THAT should strip any "coding". == Keith wrote: > I launch Kate and copy into Kate then select all and cut then > post into the word type doc. I am not able to open a text editor with a right click to the desktop. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss