Users who have at least intermediate computer skills would expect that the Select All action selects all content of a document they are editing/viewing in a GUI application. That is a standard across wide range of applications.
If it is broken in LibreOffice Writer because some of its developers decided to use certain document model (a defective model I'd say) then AT LEAST the LibreOffice Help should contain a note about this issue. Currently, the LibreOffice Help says the following in Text Documents > Command and Menu Reference > Menus > Edit: Select All Selects the entire content of the current file, frame, or text object. What does the "text object" means? I'd suggest expanding this description so that it is in accordance with the actual functionality of this command especially regarding the case when a document begins with a table. Also, I see that Select All doesn't include inserted frames. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to openoffice.org in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210686 Title: [Upstream] [hardy] Writer "Select All" only highlights table in .doc Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Confirmed Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Version table: *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/210686/+attachment/251817/+files/DocTemplate.doc && lowriter -nologo DocTemplate.doc (ctrl + A) or edit -> select all and the entire document is selected. 4) What happens instead is it highlights the table but not the text. WORKAROUND: Use AbiWord. apt-cache policy abiword abiword: Installed: 2.8.6-0.3build1 Candidate: 2.8.6-0.3build1 Version table: *** 2.8.6-0.3build1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/210686/+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
