mouse control is quirky and tempremental

[Julian Thomas <jt...@jt-mj.net>]

Impress is driving me crazy trying to select stuff and move the text cursor.  OS X Yosemite, OO 4.1.1.

I see 3 different cursor shapes:  Black arrow, IBeam, and hand.

Trying to select a text box - e.g. the title box on a text slide is difficult.  Usually clicking on a corner does the job, if I have an arrow cursor. It sometimes works with a hand, but this is difficult because it's not obvious where in the hand image the cursor really is.  Sometimes it's not clear what clicking the hand is going to do:-(

Clicking on text usually puts the cursor there if it's an iBeam, but sometimes it seems to create a blued in box that I can't type into.

Is there a way to take more positive control over the cursor?  OO seems to roll the dice sometimes as to what kind of cursor I get and what happens when I click on a text box.  Sometimes I want to move or resize it; other times I want do delete it.

Is there any illumination anywhere in the tutorials?

tnx

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Re: mouse control is quirky and temperamental

[Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>]

At 17:01 29/06/2015 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote:
>Impress is driving me crazy trying to select stuff and move the text 
>cursor.  OS X Yosemite, OO 4.1.1.
>
>I see 3 different cursor shapes:  Black arrow, IBeam, and hand. 
>Trying to select a text box - e.g. the title box on a text slide is 
>difficult. Usually clicking on a corner does the job, if I have an 
>arrow cursor. It sometimes works with a hand, but this is difficult 
>because it's not obvious where in the hand image the cursor really 
>is. Sometimes it's not clear what clicking the hand is going to 
>do:-( Clicking on text usually puts the cursor there if it's an 
>iBeam, but sometimes it seems to create a blued in box that I can't type into.
>
>Is there a way to take more positive control over the cursor? OO 
>seems to roll the dice sometimes as to what kind of cursor I get and 
>what happens when I click on a text box. Sometimes I want to move or 
>resize it; other times I want do delete it.

I don't claim to understand this (you might want to read that 
again!), but I may be able to suggest a few pointers (no pun intended).

o I imagine that OpenOffice is not being random here, but that the 
pointer you see depends on what you have just done - what state the 
program is in, that is - or what is already under your mouse pointer 
or already selected.

o Mouse behaviour is usually heavily configurable in your operating 
system or mouse software. You may want to investigate if changing 
settings there is any help.

o There are some settings within Impress that may be relevant. See 
Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Impress | General | Text objects | 
Allow quick editing and ...| Only text area selectable. These and 
more are available on the Options toolbar (View | Toolbars | Options) 
as Allow Quick Editing, Select Text Area Only, and Double-click to 
edit Text. You may want to see if these can help.

>Is there any illumination anywhere in the tutorials?

There is quite a bit about this buried in Chapter 3 of the Impress Guide.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: mouse control is quirky and tempremental

[Martin Groenescheij <ma...@groenescheij.com>]

Sent from my mobile device.

> On 30 Jun 2015, at 7:01 am, Julian Thomas <jt...@jt-mj.net> wrote:
> 
> Impress is driving me crazy trying to select stuff and move the text cursor.  OS X Yosemite, OO 4.1.1.
> 
> I see 3 different cursor shapes:  Black arrow, IBeam, and hand.
> 
> Trying to select a text box - e.g. the title box on a text slide is difficult.  Usually clicking on a corner does the job, if I have an arrow cursor. It sometimes works with a hand, but this is difficult because it's not obvious where in the hand image the cursor really is.  Sometimes it's not clear what clicking the hand is going to do:-(
> 
> Clicking on text usually puts the cursor there if it's an iBeam, but sometimes it seems to create a blued in box that I can't type into.

That's caused by you keyboard, hitting the insert key will change the appearance of the iBeam / character selection.

> 
> Is there a way to take more positive control over the cursor?  OO seems to roll the dice sometimes as to what kind of cursor I get and what happens when I click on a text box.  Sometimes I want to move or resize it; other times I want do delete it.

You are in control, so take that opportunity.

> 
> Is there any illumination anywhere in the tutorials?
> 
> tnx
> 
> —
> jt - jt@jt-mj.net
> 
> A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history--with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. - Mitch Ratliffe 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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