Full Screen Mode: keyboard shortcuts seem inactive

[soezkan]

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum and say hello to everyone!

I'm using OpenOffice 4 on my new MacOs Sierra 10.12.

When I change to full screen (CTRL+Shift+J) shortcuts won't work.
Neither CTRL+A, CTRL+V,CTRL+X, CTRL+Z or CTRL+Shift+J (to return to normal screen) work.
That is very strange.

Any ideas?

Many thanks!

Best wishes
soezkan

[MrProgrammer]

I'm using OpenOffice 4 on my new MacOs Sierra 10.12.

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When I change to full screen (CTRL+Shift+J) shortcuts won't work. Neither CTRL+A, CTRL+V,CTRL+X, CTRL+Z or CTRL+Shift+J (to return to normal screen) work.

I do not see that problem with my Open Office system. Our versions differ (I use OOo 3.2) but I do not recall any others reporting this behavior. Try a different account on your Mac. ← Read details. I realize your symptoms are different than what's in that post, but the solution might be the same.

I'm using OpenOffice 4 on my new MacOs Sierra 10.12.

Sierra is fairly new. See [Solved] OpenOffice crashes on Mac OS Sierra if needed.

If this solved your problem please go to your first post use the Edit button and add [Solved] to the start of the title. You can select the green checkmark icon at the same time.

[soezkan]

Thanks for your reply and suggestion.

I tried:
1. Creating new user account on my MacOS Sierra 10.12: same issue.
2. Re-Installed all MacOS Sierra from Scratch, including previous HD formating. Then re-installed OO 4.1.3: same issue.
3. Installed OO 3: same issue.

It is always the same: it seems somehow the keyboard layout switches to something different, but some keys remain, others are suddenly inactive.
(for example: CTRL+1 for header-size-1 works, same for the other header sizes.)

For example: I got "normal screen view" and hit CTRL+Shift+J , then OO switches to "full screen mode" - alright.
But if I want to go back, as already mentioned, CTRL+Shift+J will not close "full screen mode".

What I found: when I hit "ESC", "full screen mode" closed and I got back to the "normal screen view".

Seems there is an issue with keyboard layout in "full screen mode". Where can I change that?

Many many thanks for further help!
soezkan

[soby]

have look at the screenshot i made
in the upper left corner you can see that you are in full screen
when you push it you will have the normal look of writer

see attachment

[soezkan]

yes, absolutely. But when I'm in full screen, there is no way to use keyboard-shortcuts like Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, including Ctrl+Shift+J, and others ... they're simply not active, do not react. When I hit one of the mentioned key-combinations: nothing happens - dead ...

Any experience with that?

IMPORTANT: Please read my previous post!

Thank you.

[soby]

i have no problems with copy, cut, paste, select all even save the document
and yes Ctrl+Shift+J works in both directions
maybe its something else like MrProgrammer suggested try a different account on your Mac

[soezkan]

This is what I wrote in my preivous post!

I tried:
1. Creating new user account on my MacOS Sierra 10.12, opened OO 4.1.3: same issue.
2. Re-Installed all MacOS Sierra from Scratch, including previous HD formating. Then re-installed OO 4.1.3: same issue.
3. Installed OO 3: same issue.

I'm truely desperate. It has to be an issue with Sierra and OO 4.1.3, as I read of others, they can't even open OO 4.1.3 on Sierra.

I saw you use Libre Office. I wasn't able to install it on my MacOS Sierra 10.

[RoryOF]

Pull your window so it is almost but not quite full-screen, and see if the shortcuts work then.

[soezkan]

Thanks.

But: nothing!

Only when I'm in normal view, everything works. Then Ctrl+Shift+J, full screen, resized it to minimum - still: none of the Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A work.
(but Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3, as mentioned above, for example works in full screen mode ...)

Bummer.