I have had this problem constantly, for several years, in both OpenOffice and LibreOffice, on multiple consecutive versions of Ubuntu.
Paste Special works for a while, and then mysteriously stops working (whether invoked by hotkey or menu). The only workaround is to close all open documents and restart LibreOffice (3.5.4.2 Build ID: 350m1(Build:2) on Ubuntu Precise Pangolin). What causes it to stop working is a mystery. There seems to be no pattern to it. The routine need to restart LibreOffice makes it surprising that this bug has been classified as of low importance. "Won't fix" is not a satisfactory status. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554183 Title: [Upstream] paste special does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/554183/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs