Re: [libreoffice-users] Cut/Copy problems in LO

On 2018/07/05 5:23, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> Okay, I've had the cut/copy/paste issue pop up again in LO. It just
> happened today. By way of reminder, my configuration is as follows:
>
> Sony Vaio laptop
> Linux Mint 18
> LO 6.0.3.2
>
> Today, I was working on an LO Impress presentation. I was also running
> LyX, Geany (text editor), Xiphos (Bible software) and Nemo (file
> explorer). I wanted to move some text on one of my LO Impress slides.
> All I was trying to do was move the text to another location on the
> slide itself. I selected the text and pressed Ctrl-X to cut it. It
> didn't cut. I then clicked on the Edit menu and both "Cut" and "Copy"
> were greyed out as if I hadn't even selected any text. I tried some
> other functions, such as applying boldface to the selected text, and it
> worked, so LO recognized that I had, indeed selected text. It just
> wouldn't let me cut or copy it to the clipboard. Both Ctrl-C and Ctrl-X
> did nothing and the mouse options on the menu weren't available.
>
> I then went into both LyX and Geany to see if, perhaps my issue was OS
> related. Both LyX and Geany allowed me to cut, copy and paste. I could
> cut and copy within LyX and Geany and across the two programs. I could
> also paste text into LO from LyX or Geany without problem.
>
> So, the problem seems to be that, for whatever reason, from time to
> time, LO stops allowing a user to cut or copy text to the clipboard (or
> whatever Linux calls it). When this happened today, as in the past, I
> was able to solve the problem by closing out the Impress presentation
> (without closing down LO completely) and reopening the file. Once
> reopened, I was able to cut and paste within LO again.
>
> Curiouser and curiouser.
>
> Virgil
I (the original poster) have been quiet about this, but actually, the 
problem is getter worse with time and by now
makes working (translation) uncomfortable process!
The problem occurs ONLY with Libreoffice, but not with any other 
software as far as I can tell, using at least three
different versions: older version 4..somenthing, intermediate verions 
5.2.. and the newest 6.0.5.2.
Once the problem pops up, I have to try all sort of things like 
deliberately saving all open files, repeating the copy+paste procedure
several times among different softwares, or, as Mr. Virgil said, close 
down LibreOffice. Usually Write alone WILL NOT be sufficient.
AND .. it does not make any difference whether I use keyboard commands 
or the mouse.

So, whatever this is ... it has developed into a real pay in the neck.

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