Hi :) Ahh, so if it's on Linux then maybe the Find box has moved onto a different workspace?
Another option might be to reset the screen resolution to make everything ridiculously tiny? Is it possible to move windows/consoles by grabbing them anywhere but with the Alt key pressed down? That might avoid the need to find a grab-handle. Is it possible that the Find box is somehow underneath the Calc window?? That would be a bit crazy. Errr, that's all i can think of! Regard from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 20:56, Mark Bourne < [email protected]> wrote: > John R. Sowden wrote: > >> On 09/17/2014 11:27 AM, Mark Bourne wrote: >> >>> John R. Sowden wrote: >>> >>>> I have been using LO from the 'beginning'. I have never be able to get >>>> the menu command 'Find' to work. Just to be sure I just tried again. >>>> The Edit->Find Selection has the three dots after it, telling me that a >>>> dialog box/menu will open. Nothing happens, anywhere on the screen. >>>> >>> >>> The basic "Find" is just a toolbar (usually at the bottom of the screen, >>> but you can move it as with any other toolbar). It has a text box to >>> enter the text to search for and a button to open the Find & Replace >>> dialog. If the toolbar is already there, you may not notice much change >>> on screen, but the cursor should move into the text box where you can >>> enter a search query. Is that happening? >>> >>> When I press Ctrl F, the left margin moves, but do find prompt opens. >>>> >>> >>> I'm not sure what margin you're referring to? This is in Calc, as per >>> the email subject, not Writer, right? >>> >>> Does is say "Ctrl+F" next to the Find... option on the menu? It may be >>> that Ctrl+F is currently mapped to a different function. Check Tools > >>> Customise > Keyboard and make sure Ctrl+F is mapped to Find when >>> "LibreOffice" is selected to the right of the list, and nothing else >>> when the individual application is selected (Calc, Writer, etc. >>> depending what you're using at the time). >>> >>> When I enter edit->'Find & Replace ...' then Find and replace box opens >>>> and I use it. When I press Ctrl H (For Find & Replace), nothing >>>> happens. >>>> >>> >>> Again, check that it does say "Ctrl+H" next to the menu option, and >>> check the keyboard shortcuts as above. >>> >>> Oh yes: LO Version 4.1.3.2 and others back to the beginning, and ubuntu >>>> various versions-currently 13.10, but I have been using ubuntu since >>>> about 6 months after the big CD givaway. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>> >>> Mark. >>> >>> OK, here goes: >> 1) I am in CALC, When I press Ctrl F, the collum with the row numbers >> moves to the rights about 3/4" anlong with the whole SS (margin was not >> a good descriptor). >> > > Ah... it seems that it's possible to move the Find toolbar to the left > edge of the window, which has that effect as the spreadsheet content moves > to make space for it when you press Ctrl+F. But it's not particularly > useful in that position, since there's no space for the text box to > actually enter what you want to search for! Try dragging the grab handle on > that toolbar and moving it somewhere else - either floating or docked at > the bottom or top. > > 2) I am familiar with the Find text box, used in other apps. That is >> what I have looked for-not found. >> > > I thought that was probably the case, but figured it worth checking before > looking for more complicated things. > > 3) When I select the edit->find menu item, the cursor disappears. I >> tested this by placing the cursor in the edit box, where it flashes. >> When I select find, it disappears. When I select a cell, there is no >> cursor flashing, so when I select the find option, nothing changes. >> > > That also seems consistent with the Find toolbar docked at the left edge > of the window. The cursor moves into the Find text box, but that's not > visible (although it does actually still seem to work - you can type > something and press enter, and Calc will search for it; you just can't see > what you're doing). > > 4) Yes, the Find option in the menu shows Ctrl+F as a shortcut. >> 5) For 'find and replace' the shortcut shows ctrl+H. >> > > OK, so those sound OK. > > >> I have not remapped any keys, as I rarely use the shortcut keys, as I >> don't want to loose my memory for the WordStar keys used in Wordstar and >> Borland Pascal. >> > > If you still can't find the toolbar, it may be worth resetting your > LibreOffice user profile. This will clear any user settings (hopefully > including whatever has happened to the Find toolbar), as well as any added > dictionary words, custom colours, etc. so it's a good idea to back up your > existing profile first. See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ > UserProfile ("Resolving corruption in the user profile" section) for > instructions. > > If that fixes the problem, the easiest is probably to keep that new > profile and redo or copy any settings you need from the old profile. It may > be possible to compare the two, work out what made the difference to Find, > and reset just that part of the old profile, but that's more tricky (if you > try it, make a copy of the old profile first, so at worst you can always > get back to the current situation). > > If resetting the user profile doesn't help, I'm afraid I'm out of ideas, > but post back here and someone else may be able to suggest something. > > Mark. > > > -- > 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
