Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

I just did exactly what you described, using a document in a text editor
and LO 6.0.1.1 on a Mac, and the copy-paste from the text editor to LO
worked perfectly. The second text selected was the text pasted the second
time. I can only conclude that there is something wrong with your personal
setup.

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:44 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa@hb.tp1.jp> wrote:

> On 2018/05/12 2:11, Brian Barker wrote:
>
> > At 20:04 10/05/2018 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> >
> > > Problem: Select a text portion in one application -> move to Writer ->
> > > Ctrl+V (paste).
> >
> > Sorry, most likely my explanation was not good enough.
> So, I will try it again. My home computer is now on 6.0.4 - which did NOT
> improve things.
> (if anything, the apparent lack of scaling capability for the interface
> font makes work only harder)
>
> Use any piece of text: let's use A = help / B = rescue
> * Suppose now I have a text editor open and select "A" on the editor
> screen and press Ctrl+C (or use the mouse to achieve the same thing)
> * switch to Writer
> * press Ctrl+V (or use the mouse to achieve the same thing)
> * I get "A"
> So far so good.
> * Next I select a different word, like B and perform the same procedure.
> * Having done this a trillion times on "countless" computers using equally
> "countless" different applications ->
> * I DO expect to get "B" in Writer.
> * However, Writer insists on copying "A". It does not matter how many
> times I repeat the procedure.
> * This morning it even continued to insist in copying "A" instead of "B"
> AFTER I shut Writer down and reopened it.
> * When I use the "Ctrl+C" + "Ctrl+V" routine to copy either "A" or "B"
> into software OTHER than Libreoffice, it works as expected.
>
> I am definitely NOT a computer expert, but I believe I can perform a "copy
> and paste" action.
> In particular when I do this deliberately and with great care.
> One might argue, that "A" is still on the (Windows) clipboard.
> But if that were true, copying it to other applications should also give
> me an "A", but I actually get the requested "B".
>
> For that reason I cannot help but assume, that there is something strange
> going on in Writer.
> While working in Writer I use Calc in parallel to create a list of term
> and their translations.
> Copying either A or B from other applications into Cals DOES NOT give me
> this grief. (at least not yet)
> This is a recent event and I don't thing I have had this problem with the
> computer in my little clinic.
> Even though this may not be any sort of "fatal error", it is nonetheless
> very annoying during work.
>
> Is this explanation a little better?
> Thomas
>
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