Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 53722
Selection of multiple words doesn't auto-complete selection
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:38:41 UTC
In all known word-processors software, selection of more than one word does auto-select the complete first word where the selection started. In OOo beta 2, this is not the case. The same behaviour as other word-processors has to be set.
Reassigned to SBA.
I can sonfirm this, in the sense that it is what happens. Whether it should happen is a policy question. And I think it's an enhancement, not a feature.
"In all known word-processors" ha-ha.. I agree with andrewb that the current behaviour is much better. I would regard it as a bug if the software thinks it has to "correct" my selection randomly. If you want wordwise selection, start your selection with a double-click. I stronlgy suggest closing this as wontfix. reassigning anyway.
View this than as an option to be put on UI (Preferences). Most word-processors are used in administrations and offices where fast things have to be done. All secretaries I know expect this behaviour. BTW : all known word-processors software means for me not only MS things but also all other commercial ones. Kind regards, Michel De Meerleer
*** Issue 83241 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Yes, this is missed very much by all persons i know. I have been looking for it since the first days with OO-1.1. Years have passed, but nothing has happend. I hope the dev's will take this one seriously, because millions of people would like to see it integrated, but don't know (like myself before) how to make their voice be heard. Dear developers! You are doing a really good job. That is out of the question. I would write this patch myself and happily submitt it to you. But i'm not a programmer. This issue, along with the missed sticky tabstops, the indent wich would not be captured when moving back to zero, and things like that ... These are things might be just minor issues for a dev. But they are widely used, billions of times each day in the office, in the lab, by millions of people. And we miss it every time. Please enhance user experience. USER EXPERIENCE COMES FIRST - ALWAYS. We miss these features more than most other new features you have added, because we use it daily, in every writing. What use if we have the most kinky features in OO, wich will be used very seldom, and instead of basic features are being missed, wich will be used nerly every minute? It would make our day's much simpler and more productive and would certainly lead to a greater distribution of OO. If these features would be integrated, many persons will drop MS-Office and use OO. Because it would then match their needs for look and feel.
It's silly to dismiss this feature as undesirable. Of course it should be an option one could turn off, because it can be annoying for certain users/uses. But on the whole, this 'fuzzy' kind of text selection is a great boon if you do a lot of editing. A firm vote in favour.
I prefer the "OOo way", but for my part an option "mark words as MS WORD" can be added. Any idea why "mark additional complete words" only works in WRITER, but not in CALC, DRAW, ... (pls see. Issue 103495!)