Actually, I downloaded the LATEST Mac versions of both OpenOffice and
LibreOffice (the "still" version). There was no improvement at all in the
latest LibreOffice, at least for the important file that brought this to a
head for me.
I can't find the bug reports related to copying a short phrase in
Hi Simon,
On second thought, I can't see any reason not to send the file I'm working on.
Other than the large number of URLs and email addresses in it, I don't think
there's anything unusual about it. My long-term plan after I've completed it
and rearranged it manually, is to export the info
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Ivan Stephen wrote:
> ... I'm now using the latest OpenOffice, which DOES allow this,
> albeit into a separate window.
My guess is that the Find interface in OOo was a dialog box that gave
up focus when one clicked on the 'Edit' menu. AOO kept that interface,
and L
Charles and Thorsten,
Many thanks for your support for the principle and apologies for a very
slow response. Distracted by a personal issue which had to take absolute
priority, I'm still catching up on other things.
I plan to take this matter to the next stage by the end of January.
I will wi
2015-01-06 7:25 GMT+01:00 Ivan Stephen :
> First of all - I'm no developer, but I've been using word processing and
> spreadsheets for just about twenty-five years. Over that time, I've seen
> some really ill-conceived software (some of which was more focused on glitz
> than functionality).
>
>
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Cor Nouws wrote:
> Ivan Stephen wrote on 06-01-15 07:25:
>> [...]
>> Also - it may seem like a little thing, but I reported a bug some time ago.
>> It was related to your "find" field not allowing anything to be copied into
>> it. LibreOffice didn't seem able to f
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:25 AM, Ivan Stephen wrote:
>
>
> I'm working with one fairly large spreadsheet of 126 KB (well, it isn't
> really THAT large). It contains no formulas or macros, just about 24
> columns and 2500 rows, plus six more small spreadsheets. Many cells have
> nothing in them.
Hi Stephan,
Thanks for posting and supporting free software!
Good that you write here, because I've some additions to what you write.
Ivan Stephen wrote on 06-01-15 07:25:
> [...]
> However, I realized that I don't care that much that it's slow to open in
> OpenOffice, as the file gets used all d
