I can't Right-Click in Cells Anymore

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I can't Right-Click in Cells Anymore

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So, I'm happily working away and, all of the sudden, I try to right-click to insert a row and... no menu. Nothing comes up.

Try clicking in a specific cell. Nothing.

Try clicking in a different sheet. Nothing.

Try clicking in a different file. Nothing.

Close OpenOffice and open again. Nothing.

Reboot computer. Nothing.

I cannot pull up the right-click menu in a spreadsheet no matter what I do. I've checked all the permissions, nothing has changed.

Seriously, I'm starting to lose my mind here. Can anyone help me?
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Does right clicking elsewhere, e.g in your browser or on your desktop, work as expected? If not you may have an issue with your mouse.
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Yup, tried that, too. My mouse works just fine, everywhere else. Thanks, though.
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Try to reset your user profile. There are instructions here.
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Sadly, that didn't work, either. :(

Thanks for trying.
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I'm going to suggest rebooting in safe mode and then try again.
If that works, then some program that loads under a full start of Windows is interfering with the right in OpenOffice.
If it doesn't, then, at the moment, I'm at a loss.
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Yeah, no dice. That didn't work, either.

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If you try a portable version?
Very strange indeed. Even in the other modules (Writer for example)?
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Try to install the LibreOffice. At least a portable version.
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Modal dialog out of screen area? Can you fix it by hitting the Esc key?
Can you switch cells into edit mode by (left) double-clicking on them or by hitting F2?
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Hagar Delest wrote:If you try a portable version?
Very strange indeed. Even in the other modules (Writer for example)?
Yeah, it seems to be an issue with all of OpenOffice. I can't right-click in Writer, either.
Villeroy wrote:Modal dialog out of screen area? Can you fix it by hitting the Esc key?
Can you switch cells into edit mode by (left) double-clicking on them or by hitting F2?
Nope. Nope. Nope and nope.

I'm starting to think this may be unsolvable.
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OMG!!!!! IT'S MY MOUSE!!!!! XD

I just tried the same thing on the touchpad on my laptop and it works NO PROBLEM. Now I just need to figure out why my mouse is only glitchy in OpenOffice. LOL!

Thanks everyone for your help!
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:bravo: :crazy:
Not even one of us thought about that! We usually do nonetheless.
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The question is - why?

It might be worth checking that the correct mouse driver is installed. I have one computer that sometimes on power up detects and installs a Logitech PS2 mouse instead of the correct ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse. A reboot usually cures my problem (on Xubuntu). Windows might need a correct mouse-driver downloaded and installed.
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Ah, right, I forgot that it does work outside AOO...
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