[Solved] Can't scroll past first page of document

[RhinoCan]

This is very weird but I suddenly find that I can't scroll past the first page of my Writer document. This just started a few minutes ago and I can't think of anything odd I did to make it happen.

While sitting on the first page of my document, which is three pages long, I can use the scrollbar on the right to scroll down, as usual. However, as soon as I get to the point where I can see the first three or four lines on the second page, I find myself back near the top of the first page, even though I am still pushing the scrollbar in the downward direction. The same thing happens if I use the arrow at the bottom end of the scroll track and if I use the double arrow facing downward that is below the single downward facing arrow, i.e. the paging arrow. The Page Down button on my keyboard is simply ignored.

I tried saving and reopening the document and was then able to scroll normally again but as soon as I did an edit in the document, I suddenly lost the ability to scroll down again.

What the heck is going on here and how do I fix it?

I opened another multi-page document and was able to scroll through it normally. I was also able to edit it without breaking my scrolling so the problem appears confined to this one document.

What would cause scrolling to fail within a single Writer document??

[RoryOF]

Your cursor may be in a Comment (formerly Note) box attached to the first page. Click on the page of the document to reposition the cursor and all should be well.

[RhinoCan]

You nailed it, Rory! I clicked in the document proper and was able to scroll normally again. I had indeed been creating comments throughout the document when I first encountered the problem and I resumed editing comments when I reopened the file, which presumably caused the problem to reassert itself.

It never seriously occurred to me that editing comments would cause problems with scrolling though. I'm still a bit puzzled why that would be the case but I'm quite happy to simply accept the fact and get back to my document.

Thanks for your help!

[RoryOF]

Glad my guess was right! When cursor is in a Comment/Note, scrolling is held to that page. Cursor has to be on the page, not in a Comment, for full document scrolling.

[acknak]

You nailed it, Rory! ...

Yep--Good catch!

I knew I had seen this behavior myself but I couldn't remember under what circumstances it happened.