OpenOffice calc - sticky selections in "Paste Special"?
I just upgraded to OOo v3.3.0, but it feels more like a downgrade; a real disappointment. In my previous version, I could choose 'Tab' in the 'Paste special' dialog and the choice would stick between pastings as well as between sessions. No longer so.
In v3.3.0 I have to tick 'Tab' and 'Detect special numbers' each and every time I paste something. I am working with OOo all day and this regression is tiresome, to say the least. So, I am wondering whether there is a way to make the choices sticky? If not, I shall have to go back to the previous version, or perhaps try out LibreOffice. If anyone has experiences with LibreOffice, I'm all ears ;) |
Thanks for the feedback. Meanwhile I've tried LibreOffice. It suffers from the same regressions as OpenOffice, but worse: it does'nt even handle OpenOffice documents correctly. Draw your own conclusions.
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Hi, I wonder if you could hack these files, particular
/home/glenn/.ooo3/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/calc.xcu Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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I appended your code to Calc.xcu as follows: Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
Hi,
N0, it was just a guess, the files may also be configured from a primary system file at program initialisation, I have 2 here as well... Code:
/usr/lib64/ooo/basis3.2/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Calc.xcu Regards Glenn |
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As noted above, I've found several regressions in v3.3.0. The real show-stopper was when I discovered this morning that a certain combination of formatting/function no longer worked as expected/before. Makes me wonder if the developers ever try their products at all. So I have gone back to v3.2.1. It meets my humble requirements :) Thanks again, Glenn. |
I'm still wondering if it is an omission, in the new version.
Have you been able to compare (kdiff, kdiff3) the files I mentioned before. edit, I mean between the different ooo vers. ;-) kdiff has a merge function... But I haven't tried it. Are the files in your ~/.ooo folder write-able by the program as well as the user, check your groups. My situation was different. I had a huge problem for almost a year with disappearing menu and icon buttons. I ended up writing a script to do the one simple but time consuming task I needed to get done, usually with ooo calc. I didn't find a solution for that, either. But they all work fine on my latest update (3.2.0). If it ain't broke....don't try to fix it. Regards Glenn |
Good ideas and advice. I will keep this thread for when I have more time, inclination, not to mention Linux skill, to have a closer look. Then again, perhaps I'm simply being stung by my splendid Arch Linux rolling/early adoption policy? :)
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