Hi :) I think the comment about sacking your tech support was meant as a joke. I think we kinda assume people who reach this mailing-list probably ARE the tech support. I'm sure everyone makes amusing blunders at times. Easier to laugh about it after recovery!
Wrt keyboards i can never figure out why so many paper-clips still getting trapped in there when i haven't even used any in about 10 years. Maybe my coat-hangers regress into paper-clips as i never have enough of them. Is there still a problem with some weird things still going on? It sounded like you had solved the issues .. Regards from Tom :) On 5 August 2014 18:22, Gregory Forster <[email protected]> wrote: > Woops, I meant to click the spell-check and not the send. That all > explains well for the unexplained highlighting, but what about the random > ;6 (semi-colon and the number six) at times, or the random : (colon) at > times, replacing cell contents by just pressing a directional arrow key. > That, I can't figure out. No, I won't sack my tech (he's my son - we > work together). It ONLY happens with LO Calc, not Impress, or Writer, or > Base, or any other program. In fact, I extensively use Gnucash. I am the > Treasurer, Financial Accountant and do the payroll for church and also use > Gnucash for personal finance records - No problems. > > However, you did give me ideas and reminders. I've always been very > passionate about backups and keeping your hard drive clean from malware, > viruses, rootkits, etc. of which we also nag our clients about.. I forgot > about keeping the keyboard clean. Thank you. > > Greg > > > On 8/5/2014 1:58 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > >> At 22:25 04/08/2014 -0500, Gregory Forster wrote: >> >>> I have an inconsistent and not often issue with Calc. [...] Calc does >>> weird things now and then. [...] Sometimes, I complete a calculation in a >>> cell, and press the Enter or Down Arrow key. My calculation will disappear >>> and a ;6 will appear in the cell. Or I may randomly highlight a cell to >>> check a formula, then when I press a directional arrow, my calculation will >>> disappear and a : will reside in that cell. Sometimes, I'll just move an >>> arrow key, or the mouse to move from one cell to another and wherever I >>> move will highlight as if I was holding down the Shift key. [...] This all >>> started in early July. [...] I changed different versions of LibreOffice >>> (vs 4). I have LO 4.3.0, 4.2.5, 4.2.2, 4.1.4, 4.1.3, 4.1.2, and 4.0.3 >>> (which I am currently using). I still had the same issues with whichever >>> version used. >>> >>> I discussed the issues and history with another tech and he reasoned >>> (the same as I) that LO was having memory conflict issues with one or more >>> simultaneous running programs. >>> >> >> What, you mean that LibreOffice - in many different versions - is >> improperly sharing memory with other programs for you but not for anyone >> else? And why would that behaviour change in early July? Perhaps you should >> sack your "tech". >> >> My questions are: Has anyone else experienced the same? >>> >> >> I doubt it - at least, not as a problem with the software. >> >> Does my reasoning sound feasible? >>> >> >> Nope. >> >> Any ideas? >>> >> >> If you spend a lot of time on one project or using one application, it is >> very easy to blame a more general problem with your computer on the >> particular application. >> o Try draining the spilt coffee from your keyboard. >> o Try shaking the biscuit crumbs from your keyboard. >> o Try poking out the cat hairs from your keyboard. >> o Try running your computer manufacturer's diagnostics (especially those >> for the keyboard). >> o Try attaching an external keyboard and using for a sufficient period to >> test. >> o Does your notebook have a trackpad? Is your thumb or palm grazing the >> trackpad as you move your fingers about? You won't believe this is >> possible, so get someone else to watch as you use the system for a period. >> Try temporarily disabling the trackpad or reducing its sensitivity to test. >> >> I trust this helps. >> >> Brian Barker >> >> . >> >> > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
