For some odd reason, the page counter has returned back to normal. On Sunday, September 6, 2026, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Daniel, > > Am 06.09.2026 um 07:50 schrieb Daniel J: > >> Peter, >> >> Thanks for responding back. As for the Find & Replace feature. It doesn't >> matter what word I am looking for. It will stop at several words plus the >> one I am looking for. >> > what you're seeing probably isn't broken — there's a setting switched on > that tells Writer to find words that are close to what you typed, not just > the exact word. That's why it keeps stopping on "right", "if" and "when" > when you asked for "Messages". Once it's switched on it stays on, even > after you close and reopen the program, and it's tucked away in a part of > the window that's usually hidden — so it's very easy to have on without > knowing. > > Here's how to turn it off: > > 1. In Writer, hold Ctrl and press H. (Or use the Edit menu at the top, > then Find & Replace.) > 2. Look at the bottom of the window that opens. If you see a button > labelled Other options, click it — the window will get taller and show more > checkboxes. > 3. Find the checkbox called Similarity search and click it so the tick > disappears. > 4. Click Find and try your search again. > > That should make it stop only on the actual word you typed. > > If the box was already unticked, then something else is going on and we > need to look into deeper > > Can you check which OpenOffice you're using (Help menu → About > OpenOffice), and whether the document has things like comments, footnotes, > or tracked changes in it. > > >> As for the page counter, it is the one in the lower left hand corner. I >> was over 6,000 pages. Now it says there are only 140 pages, yet it still >> encompasses the full document. >> > > I see. Probably Writer does not see the text and can not split the > document on multiple pages as you would expect. This usually happens with > tables. > > here is a guide what you could do: > > If a table is set to not break across pages, Writer keeps the whole thing > on one sheet no matter how long it gets — and a table can be invisible if > it has no borders, so you may have them without knowing (they arrive very > easily when text is pasted in from a web page or an email). > > 1. Click your mouse into the middle of one of those very long pages. Then > look at the menu bar at the top. Is the Table menu now showing extra > options (like "Table Properties") in black rather than greyed out? If so, > you're inside a table — that's very likely the culprit. > > If you are, try this on that one table first: > - With the cursor still inside it, click Table → Table Properties > - Click the Text Flow tab > - Put a tick in Allow table to split across pages and columns and in Allow > row to break across pages and columns > - Click OK > > Give Writer a minute to redo the layout, then look at the page count > again. If that one section suddenly spreads over many pages, we've found > it, and you'd just need to do the same to the others. > > However i would recommend to copy the text outside the table if you do not > want to have a table. > > All the best > > Peter > > >> On Saturday, September 5, 2026, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Daniel, >>> >>> Thank you for reaching out. Please understand that we can not fix >>> anything >>> that is not reproducible. >>> Am 05.09.2026 um 09:45 schrieb Daniel J: >>> >>> I tried to go through your system, but kept running into obstacles. I >>> tried >>> reporting a bug in Find and Replace. Where instead of searching for what >>> I >>> wanted to look for, it would stop at every fifth or sixth word. It >>> would stop at the word I was searching for, such as 'Messages', but kept >>> also stopping at right, if, when, etc... >>> >>> This is not a default behavior. I found nothing in our bug tracking. A >>> quick test in our software did not surface any issue. >>> >>> Can you provide a step by step guide please? >>> >>> For example I have loaded o Document "The Unexpected" a short story with >>> 8000 words. no pictures. >>> >>> 1) select find searchfild in the bar. >>> >>> 2) enter "when" and press enter >>> >>> 3) Application highlights when. >>> >>> 4) Click arrow down >>> >>> 5) Shows the next instance. >>> >>> This would help to try to figure out what actually happens. >>> >>> >>> Then, I found another bug concerning your page counter. I am working on a >>> project that in over a thousand pages in length in text documents, yet >>> page >>> counter only registers 140 pages and one page may cover 50 or more >>> pages. I >>> have searched for updates and there are none listed, thinking that may be >>> the issue. So, what is the problem then? >>> >>> which page counter do you refer to? What do you mean by "one page may >>> cover 50 or more pages". >>> >>> This sentence I do not understand. >>> >>> And what Updates did you look for? Do you look for Apache OpenOffice >>> updates? And which Version of Apache OpenOffice do you use? >>> >>> Which Operating System is your system? Is it Windows? >>> >>> All the best >>> >>> Peter >>> >>>
