Ubuntu
openoffice.org package

Multiple Selection of drawing objects in writer doesn't work

Bug #120771 reported by mac.ryan
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

WHERE:
Bug verified on both Feisty32 and Feisty64, OpenOffice 2.2, Writer (text editor)

WHAT:
It is impossible to select multiple drawings with the normal combination of left-click + shift-key.

TO REPRODUCE:
1. Open a new document
2. Draw two objects (eg: a circle and a square)
3. Try to select them with left-click + shift-key

ISSUE FILED ALSO ON OpenOffice BUGTRACKER:
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77820

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mac.ryan (macryan) wrote : It's an Ubuntu problem, not an OpenOffice.org one...

I just got an answer from the support at OpenOffice.org:

[quote]
This is not reproducible with native OOo for Linux.
This is a problem of your certain Linux distribution, ubuntu running the
by-packed OOo build. In this case, please refer to the distributors support or
even run the native OOo builds which can be downloaded from Openoffice.org.
[/quote]

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Auri Flach (aflach) wrote :

I'm using BrOffice and Kubuntu.
Open a new text doc and insert a rectangle. Now insert a clipart from the gallery. It is not possible to group the two objects.
Do the same inside a new drawing doc. Now it is possible to do a grouping.
Yet copy this group to the text doc. Do the ungroup. Now the two objects are good for a new grouping. There must be something missing, or turned off, to the objects when inserting direct in the text doc.

Thank you

Auri

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

I believe that this bug has been corrected in Ubuntu hardy openoffice.org 1:2.4.0~rc2-1ubuntu3 so I am marking it as Fix Released. If after upgrading you continue to have problems with this issue then feel free to reopen this bug.

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

Changed in openoffice.org:
status: New → Fix Released
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