At 17:28 30/07/2009 -0500, Penny Johnson wrote:
I have been using Open Office for some time now and have had virtually NO problems with it up until recently. A couple of weeks ago, I had to completely restore my hard drive from the "Restore CD". After the restore, I had to re-download the Open Office software which gave me a newer version (3.1). I had the previous version (2.4.1). After the download, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and I kept having an issue. A box kept popping up --- "Group" box. When I clicked "cancel", it went away for a second, then popped up again. If I hit ok, then it would group the rows or columns (which I did not want), go away for a second, then come right back. Bottom line is that I cannot do any work in any of my spreadsheets. How do I make this box go away forever?
The keyboard shortcut for the Group function in Calc is F12. The symptoms you describe would be caused by repeated pressing of the function key F12. Is it possible that you are unintentionally pressing F12? Do you tap it by mistake when your hand is reaching for something else (easily done)? Is your cat taking an interest in this key whilst you are working? Or even sitting on it? (Cats do that sort of thing!) Or did you spill your coffee into the keyboard and make F12 think it is always pressed? Or did someone mending your PC do something similar? Or is the F12 key damaged and stuck (partially?) down?
Here's a test. In Writer, the F12 key is the keyboard shortcut for Numbering On/Off. Open a text (Writer) document in OpenOffice - a new one will do - and see what happens. Do you see the paragraph which contains the cursor alternately gaining and losing numbering (and being indented)? If so, the problem is not with OpenOffice but with your keyboard or how you are using it. You can disable the keyboard shortcut, of course - so that it no longer acts to create groups in Calc - but it would be more sensible to sort out the keyboard if it is indeed the problem.
I trust this helps. Brian Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
