http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118149
Issue Type: DEFECT
Summary: multiple sheet selection editing invisibly clobbers
data without warning
Classification: Application
Product: Spreadsheet
Version: OOo 3.1.1
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Windows 7
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P3
Component: editing
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
QAContact: [email protected]
When multiple sheets are selected then any edit made to a given cell (for
example Sheet1 cell B13) will also silently be made on the other selected
sheets to that same cell (for example Sheet2 cell B13, and Sheet3 cell B13)
without any notification to the user that those changes are being propagated
throughout all the selected sheets - they may in fact be unaware that multiple
sheets are selected.
They may be unaware because it's hard to tell the difference between a selected
sheet (white tab), and unselected sheet (nearly-white tab). One must
simultaneously select all sheets that they want printed as a single job, and
it's easy to forget that they're selected afterwards.
The ability to do this may be by design, but if so then at a minimum the user
should be notified that multiple sheets are selected and edits on any cell will
be made to all selected sheets. In short, whenever something is done invisibly
in the background that is potentially destructive to invaluable data the user
should be always notified of the fact. I also recommend making the tabs of
selected sheets more visibly different than unselected tabs, say perhaps making
the tab dark gray or something like green4.
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