[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144520] Selecting cells in Impress tables is almost impossible

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144520

--- Comment #1 from Andy <silvandy at katamail.com> ---
With a long session of fiddlin with the table I had to format, I found an
(awkward) method to select a row/colomn:
- start with the mouse pointer from the first cell of the row/column, and try
dragging the mouse to the second cell.
- nothing happens at the moment; but if you do nothing else after this and
click again on the first cell, it unespectedly becomes selected (this does not
happen if you just drag the mouse from cell one to cell two: you have to stop
draging, go back with the mouse pointer on the first and click on it: there it
goes)
- now you leave the mouse alone (don't try dragging along cells again or you
selected cell goes unselected and you get nothing!), move to the keyboard and
use the classic Shift+right of down arrow to complete the selection of the row
or column.
Finding myself in the need to edit some tables for a presentation, this
workaround turned out to be VERY useful. However it is in the meantime a clear
proof of how awkward selecting cells in the Impress tables is now: any average
computer user would be put off in two minutes with this headache... and alas
move to other software.
Thanks

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