In LibreOffice Writer, normal body text can't "remember" a page position — it just flows into the text at the cursor. To make text land at the exact same spot on a page in another document, it must be held in a page-anchored frame (or text box). Do this:
Put the text in a frame first (source document): select the text, then Insert ▸ Frame (in newer versions: Insert ▸ Frame ▸ Frame…). In the frame's properties, on the Type tab, set Anchor to To page and give it fixed Horizontal/Vertical position (e.g., "From left / From top" with your distances).
Copy the frame: click on the frame's border (so the frame itself, not the inner text, is selected) and press Ctrl+C.
Paste in the target document (Ctrl+V): because the frame is anchored To page with absolute coordinates, it reappears at the same position on the page it's pasted into — independent of the cursor location. This works across documents as long as both use the same page size/margins (LibreOffice Help).
A few notes:
The same works with text boxes (Insert ▸ Text Box): set their anchoring to "To page" and they also keep their position when copied.
Caveat: a "To page" anchor pins the frame to one specific page (the page it was pasted on). If the target document grows, the frame stays glued to that page number.
If both documents share the same page style (margins, size), the position will match exactly; otherwise it's relative to that document's own page edges.
If you instead just want the text formatting preserved, use Ctrl+Shift+V (Paste Special) and choose "Formatted text [RTF]" — but that only preserves formatting, not page position.
If you meant something different — e.g., keeping your scroll position when switching between the two document windows — let me know and I'll address that instead.
Oct 14, 12:52pm
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