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Well the title is "Installing Latest LIBREOFFICE" so it seemed to be the right thread to ask about this.
For me the bug with LO calc has been solved by installing the version 7.x.x from "Popular Applications"
So Im all good ...atm, thanks to those that helped.

JayM wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:52 pm The test repo has LO 7.0.1. Won't that work?

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That might bet worth trying, I see the backports version 7.0.1 is now listed under "Popular Applications"

The curse of the Shinny New Thing may derail you. https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
Consider carefully the things, if any, that you can't do well with the current, stable LibreOffice (that are added or fixed in the new version) before looking to uncover the new bugs in a version not ...

Hi all, I see there are multiple treads for LibreOffice , thought the title of this one most suited.
I need to upgrade LibreOffice from the currently installed Version: 6.1.5.2 to the latest version which at this time is 7.1.1.2
It looks like LO is not on the update list.
Is there plans to put LO on ...

I have found my problem.. something to watch out for with linux (or maybe just xfce.. dunno)
So.. the issue really is that all text selected by double-click was being copied to Clipman manager list, even though Sync-selection setting of Clipman was unchecked.
Turns out that the title for this post ...

So the bigger issue turns out to be the default linux "feature" referred to as copy-selection-to-clipboard.
This should be disabled by un-checking Clipman's [Sync selections] . But changing this has no effect at all.

Is there a Property that can be added to Settings Editor (or other) > xfce4 ...

I found that there is an atom-disable-middle-click-paste extension for the Atom editor.

Thank you for the assistance. I
At this stage, I should point out my opinion that the middle-wheel click-to-paste function can be an asset and a liability.
An asset when you actually WANT to just paste to an input box... but a DISASTER to productivity when accidental clicks occur.
Thus, an OS-wide ...

Update Re: gnome-tweaks - did not fix the issue for gtk3 apps

Thanks JayM, that seems to have worked, I'll test further to see if it stuffs anything else.
I did find that page with a Startpage search, but am so used to getting failures/bugs of non-GTK-based apps that didnt want to risk it.
Mind you the list of errors that pop up in terminal are a worry ...