how to delete an entire heading

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#1

I am using writer and need to revise a long document. There are longer text portions under one
heading often with sub-headings.

Is there way to delete an entire heading (heading line, heading number and all text and subheadings
below) without having to select all across a few pages and then click delete?

Thanks in advance for a hint

LO 3.5.6.2 / XP SP3

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Easiest way i can think of is just click at the beginning of the section to get the cursor there.  Then scroll to the end of the section and press
Shift and click

If your document has been entirely written in LO and uses sections or other fancy things then there might be other ways
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Put the cursor in the Header then right click, from the menu, choose, Remove
Header.
You then have a choice, Delete header, Delete Header and Text.

Tink.

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
Wow!!  I like that!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

Tink, thanks for the hint but it doesn't work.
I clicked in the header line.
Right click menu opens but doesn't show a menu item: Remove (or similar)
Is there a basic setting needed?

Tom, could you successfully apply this method?

#6

Steve, Thanks for pointing this out. I immediately tested also on the header (at the top of each page to be precise) and there too I could not apply Tink's suggestion.
Let's see what will come later the day.

#7

Now I know what you meant. This indeed works to delete the header.
In my previous test I clicked into the header text which was obviously wrong.

#8

Now I know what you meant. This indeed works to delete the header.
In my previous test I clicked into the header text which was obviously wrong.

#9

Hi :slight_smile:
I couldn't get this to work either way around either (ie not with headings (although mine are probably stuffed-up somehow) and not with the header (which i know i stuff-up).  I think i would have to read up documentation about it
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

It looks like something that would be hugely useful if you already knew how to use it but i don't so i would stick with the
Shift&click
method that works in almost all other apps even non-LO ones.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#10

Good to know that you also could not delete a heading with all stuff
    below in one shot .This leaves the conclusion that this topic should be put forward as
    an enhancement request. The request should be the procedure Tink
    mentioned earlier and/or deleting the heading incl all things below
    in the navigator.Shift-click just selects between the cursor and the shift-click
    point. A pity but a kind of a temporal solution for the time being.
    Thanks for this hint.How to place an enhancement request?On 15.10.2012 21:34, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)I couldn't get this to work either way around either (ie not
        with headings (although mine are probably stuffed-up somehow)
        and not with the header (which i know i stuff-up).I think i
        would have to read up documentation about ithttp://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/PublicationsIt looks like something that would be hugely useful if you
        already knew how to use it but i don't so i would stick with theShiftclickmethod that works in almost all other apps even non-LO ones.Regards fromTom :slight_smile:
                    heading
Steve, Thanks for pointing this out. I immediately
                tested also on the header (at the top of each page to be
                precise) and there too I could not apply Tink's
                suggestion.Let's see what will come later the day.On 15.10.2012 11:36, Steve Edmonds wrote:Hi.I think there may be a crossed wire between header
                (at the top of the page) and heading (at the top of a
                paragraph).SteveOn 2012-10-15 15:14, rost52 wrote:Tink, thanks for the hint but it doesn't work.I clicked in the header line.Right click menu opens but doesn't show a menu
                item: Remove (or similar)Is there a basic setting needed?Tom, could you successfully apply this method?On 15.10.2012 03:20, Tinkerer wrote:Put the cursor in the Header then right
                click, from the menu, choose, RemoveHeader.You then have a choice, Delete header,
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#11

Hi :slight_smile:
I think this guide might help
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report

If you can't find a drop-down that has "feature request" (or even if you can) then it might be good to add this into the subject-line
[feature request]
(preferably at the beginning)

Personally i wouldn't bother becasue it's not something i desperately need because the shift&click option is plenty for me.  Also i suspect the reason it wont work for me is that i probably stuffed-up in the documents somewhere. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

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From: rost52 <bugquestcontri@online.de>
To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>; "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org>
Sent: Monday, 15 October 2012, 14:44
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to delete an entire heading

Good to know that you also could not delete a heading with all stuff below in one shot .

This leaves the conclusion that this topic should be put forward as

    an enhancement request. The request should be the procedure Tink
    mentioned earlier and/or deleting the heading incl all things below
    in the navigator.

Shift-click just selects between the cursor and the shift-click

    point. A pity but a kind of a temporal solution for the time being.
    Thanks for this hint.

How to place an enhancement request?

Hi :slight_smile:

I couldn't get this to work either way around either (ie not

        with headings (although mine are probably stuffed-up somehow)
        and not with the header (which i know i stuff-up).  I think i
        would have to read up documentation about it

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

It looks like something that would be hugely useful if you

        already knew how to use it but i don't so i would stick with the

Shift&click
method that works in almost all other apps even non-LO ones.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

________________________________
From: rost52 <bugquestcontri@online.de>
To: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org>
Sent: Monday, 15 October 2012, 4:26
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to delete an entire heading

Steve, Thanks for pointing this out. I immediately

                tested also on the header (at the top of each page to be
                precise) and there too I could not apply Tink's
                suggestion.

Let's see what will come later the day.

Hi.
I think there may be a crossed wire between header

                (at the top of the page) and heading (at the top of a
                paragraph).

Steve

Tink, thanks for the hint but it doesn't work.
I clicked in the header line.
Right click menu opens but doesn't show a menu

                item: Remove (or similar)

Is there a basic setting needed?

Tom, could you successfully apply this method?

Put the cursor in the Header then right

                click, from the menu, choose, Remove

Header.
You then have a choice, Delete header,

                Delete Header and Text.

Tink.

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#12

Alternatively. try putting the cursor inside the blue drop down which
describes the Header style.
I have a Mac system 10.8.2

Tink.

#13

Hi Tink, as Steve pointed out there was a misunderstanding.

I was talking about "heading" in the sense of
1. topic a
1.1 topic b
1.2 topic c

I did not mean the "header" of the page.
But thanks for your attempt. I will make a bug/enhancement report an propose the method you mentioned.