[Solved] Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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[Solved] Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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OO 4.1.6 Spreadsheet on a Windows 10 laptop

Hi.I'm using a spreadsheet I've used for quite a while. Lately with 4.1.6 the Find Text feature has stopped working and trying to use it causes OO to crash. I can enter my text into the text field but when I engage the up/down arrow buttons to indicate the direction of the search, OO crashes and my spreadsheet has to be recovered. The problem goes away when I start Windows 10 in safe mode. I've tried to find this topic addressed in the forum with no luck. Thanks for your help.
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Re: Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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This has been reported before, and the problem is only with Windows 10.
The recommended, and (to the best of my knowledge) working, work-around, is to use the Find & Replace dialog (Ctrl+F)

Related post at viewtopic.php?f=9&t=95271&hilit=+find
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Re: Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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I just fixed this on my system by disabling the microphone, camera, and the three Bluetooth devices on my HP system. If I were a better person, I would go back through and turn things on one at a time to isolate the problem. But I don't use any of that junk.
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Re: Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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Turning off Bluetooth, camera and mic didn't work for me but the Find and Replace trick is a workaround I can live with. Thanks to you both for your advice. Sorry about the redundancy but my search terms didn't bring up any usable results, so thanks again for your patience.
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Re: [Solved] Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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I find still this problem, but:
Using Find Text feature and search DOWNWARDS is crashing OO.
Setting the cursor BELOW the tables data and Using Find Text feature and search UPWARDS is NOT crashing OO.
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Re: [Solved] Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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Thanks for the post. Tried your suggestion and OO still crashes. So far using the Find and Replace workaround is the only solution I've had any success with.
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Re: [Solved] Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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For me it did crash 1 time in a hundred when search up. But it did crash a lot when search down.
Yes, while Find and Replace worked always. Its just a few clicks more.
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Re: [Solved] Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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Unfortunately, from time to time this error still exist.
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Re: [Solved] Find Text use causes OO 4.1.6 to crash in W10

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Ctrl F will open the Find and Replace window.
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