On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Linda Hull <chalcedony6...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have OpenOffice 3.2.1.4 on Debian Squeeze (Linux)
>
> How does one remove old OpenOffice to get a new one?
>
> When I try to paste text from Open Office to ANY other application, I lose
> words
>  and parts of lines, whole paragraphs.
>
> It's inconsistent. Sometimes it will paste the first two lines out of 5,
> sometim
> es only the final word in a paragraph, or just one character out of a
> paste, will make it to the new page. This happens between OO and gedit, OO
> and vi(m), OO and IRC/XChat2, OO document1 and OO document2, and OO and web
> based email.
>
> It might have started in December, when I fixed the bug that wasn't letting
> OO open. Re: [Solved] Stuck in Document Recovery .. or more recently. We
> are moving house; I haven't had time to focus on my computer.
>
> Upgrading was suggested. I tried very hard to find an acceptable download
> of 4.1 for i386. Nobody is in the Debian OpenOffice Freenode channel.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/directory/os:linux/freshness:recently-updated/?q=OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_install-deb
> does not show me the correct file. I keep getting a RedHat type download.
>

Probably the most convenient way for you to get the exact version/package
you need is to go to:

http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html

Please get back to this list if you still encounter problems.


>
> If I can't use OpenOffice, I have to do something. I need help, please?
>
> Linda
>
> "A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack
> of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of
> gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
> -- Robert A. Heinlein<
> https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/205.Robert_A_Heinlein>,
> * Friday <https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1415529> *
>



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