Re: [libreoffice-users] Intermittent Calc Issues

Hi:

        It would be about the amount memory assigned in Calc (Menu: Tools->
Options -> Memory)

Regards,

Jorge Rodríguez 

El lun, 04-08-2014 a las 22:25 -0500, Gregory Forster escribió:
> Hi,
>
>      I haven't been on this users group for over two years, primarily 
> because everything worked great, until now.  I have an inconsistent and 
> not often issue with Calc.  Well, it's more annoying than anything else, 
> because I can easily correct it, but it shouldn't be.  Calc does weird 
> things now and then.  I was creating an elaborate spreadsheet file 
> consisting of 13 worksheets to record my wife's and mine different Roth 
> and Traditional IRAs vested in Mutual Funds.  Each worksheet shows the 
> DATE, transaction DESCRIPTION, DEBIT, CREDIT, share PRICE, SHAREs 
> obtained, share BALANCE, $ AMOUNT (share PRICE * share BALANCE), 
> percentage of gain or loss both yearly and per investment, all in 
> separate columns.  Sometimes, I complete a calculation in a cell, and 
> press the Enter or Down Arrow key.  My calculation will disappear and a 
> ;6 will appear in the cell. Or I may randomly highlight a cell to check 
> a formula, then when I press a directional arrow, my calculation will 
> disappear and a : will reside in that cell.  Sometimes, I'll just move 
> an arrow key, or the mouse to move from one cell to another and wherever 
> I move will highlight as if I was holding down the Shift key.
>
>      As I said, these issues are very inconsistent.  They may not happen 
> for days, then after a few days, they may happen several times, then 
> intermittent, or not at all.  This all started in early July.  I ran 
> anti-malware scanners, anti-virus scanners, cleaned the registry, and 
> defragged.  I changed different versions of LibreOffice (vs 4). I have 
> LO 4.3.0, 4.2.5, 4.2.2, 4.1.4, 4.1.3, 4.1.2, and 4.0.3 (which I am  
> currently using).  I still had the same issues with whichever version used.
>
>      I discussed the issues and history with another tech and he 
> reasoned (the same as I) that LO was having memory conflict issues with 
> one or more simultaneous running programs.  I have installed some new 
> software, some with start up files.  Those software programs were not 
> really all that important, so I deleted them, the registry entries, and 
> any start up files.  However, the IRA spreadsheet file is all done, and 
> I don't know if I'll still have those issue until I start another 
> spreadsheet project.
>
>      This is all done on an HP Probook 440 G1 14" notebook with a Jan 
> 2014 UEFI, an Intel dual core I3 2.4Ghz Haswell, 4GB DDR3L, and Windows 
> 7 64 bit home premium purchased late last March.
>
>      My questions are: Has anyone else experienced the same?  Does my 
> reasoning sound feasible? Any ideas?
>
> Greg
>
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Atentamente,

Jorge Rodríguez


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