Bug 111302 - Paste function failed for no reason in Writer
Summary: Paste function failed for no reason in Writer
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.4.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2017-08-03 00:59 UTC by CSLam
Modified: 2018-04-04 13:26 UTC (History)
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Description CSLam 2017-08-03 00:59:41 UTC
OS: Windows 10

The Paste function suddenly got turned off in Writer (the icon goes dim), although there is indeed something in the clipboard.

Proof:
Going into such a situation, save the file, and reopening it right away, the Paste icon becomes ON again, and pasting can then be done.

CSLam
Comment 1 Xisco Faulí 2017-08-03 08:53:38 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 CSLam 2017-08-04 01:04:53 UTC
Ok, will try that, but I believe it is not related to the user profile.

Well, on further thoughts, maybe the following may help, which points to how the problem usually gets triggered.

I have a long Word document (currently 400+ pages), from which I have to copy something at the running location (updated daily), and something at the end of the document, which I am to paste to the Writer document.

I use to begin from the latter, because it is easy getting to the end of the Word document.  The first copying always causes no trouble, as far as I recall, but copying of the second block, which is the piece at the running location towards the end (but never the end) of the Word document, uses to trigger the trouble.

As said, I do not need to do anything to the Writer document but just saving it and reopening it again, the paste option will turn back ON, and I can paste right away, not even having to mark the block from the Word document.

I hope this better illustrates the problem.

CSLam
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2018-03-02 10:01:20 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2018-04-04 13:26:42 UTC
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