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TECH: Re: HELP!!! OPEN OFFICE WRITER

From:René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...>
Date:Thursday, April 19, 2007, 8:26
Maybe your shift key was sticking. Next time try depressing and
releasing the shift keys, I've seen that resolve problems like this

René


2007/4/19, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>:
> Before taking too much trouble with this rant, check the last line :-))) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know the ins and outs of this damn word-processing thing? > > I must have hit a wrong key combo-- no matter where I put the cursor, it > selects the whole line (or more, if I move the cursor). But I can't copy the > material, nor drag it-- that just selects more. If I try to type, the > selected material deletes :-(((( > > The last key I hit before it started doing this was "Page up", I was also > using the find dialogue. > > It's also affected my email (MSN)-- when I click on a message title, it > selects all the titles, and doesn't open anything. (And so I cant find the > last msg from OO Help to get their address.....) It seems to have affected > my Yahoo home page, too-- I can't scroll it. Perhaps it's a bug somewhere > beside OO Writer??? IIRC, last time it also affected MS Word. > > It did this to me a week or two ago; it solved itself after several openings > and closings of OO and various files. > > Absolutely maddening. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 2mins. later: tout a coup, it has resolved itself again. WTF!!!! Situation > back to normal...for now, at least, insh'Allah. Any thoughts on what may be > happening??? >

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