I have had this problem constantly, for several years, in both OpenOffice and LibreOffice, on multiple consecutive versions of Ubuntu.
Paste Special works for a while, and then mysteriously stops working (whether invoked by hotkey or menu). The only workaround is to close all open documents and restart LibreOffice (3.5.4.2 Build ID: 350m1(Build:2) on Ubuntu Precise Pangolin). What causes it to stop working is a mystery. There seems to be no pattern to it. The routine need to restart LibreOffice makes it surprising that this bug has been classified as of low importance. "Won't fix" is not a satisfactory status. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554183 Title: [Upstream] paste special does not work Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Confirmed Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release: 12.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.5.1-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen in a blank Calc document: + Cell A1 type: 1 + Copy A1 and paste into A2 + Switch to Firefox and go to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42466 + Copy hyperlink and paste special into A3 and it works. 4) What happens instead is it does not. ***Closed LO, immediately opened new blank Calc file, and then above steps did not recreate bug. Above steps not reproducible in: lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc libreoffice-calc: Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages Original Reporter Comments: OpenOffice 3.2 in Lucid. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-4ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Apr 2 13:32:27 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100401) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openoffice.org To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/554183/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
