Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 14056
Insertion Point Moves During Selection
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:32:47 UTC
When selecting cells the insertion point follows the leading corner of the selection so, for example, when selecting cells down and to the right, the insertion point is positioned at the bottom right of the selection. In Excel, however, the insertion point remains at the starting corner. Excel's behavior is preferable because users are used to selecting down and to the right and pasting always goes in this direction. Keeping the insertion point at the top left means that the selecting and pasting follow the same direction. This is a little hard to describe but if you try it you'll see what I mean.
As we are not an Excel clone, this is not a bug but an Feature request. I set the flags. Frank Hi Bettina, 1 4 u Frank
Looks like this issue is fixed, so as the original submitter, I suggest you close it. Thanks.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".