Issue 46166 - Copy / Paste of complete merged cell into merged cell fails
Summary: Copy / Paste of complete merged cell into merged cell fails
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 7500
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: editing (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0 Beta
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: spreadsheet
QA Contact: issues@sc
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Keywords: oooqa
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Reported: 2005-03-28 16:57 UTC by david
Modified: 2005-04-14 13:56 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description david 2005-03-28 16:57:43 UTC 
Open a new empty spreadsheet. Merge the first to cells (A1 and B1). Then merge 
A2 and B2. Row 1 and 2 are now 100% identical. Type something in A1 (which is 
merged with B1) and accept the change. Tap ctrl+C on the cell and try to paste 
it into A2 (which is identical to A1 - merged with B2 the same way A1 is merged 
with B1). THE PASTE FAILS... this is not user-friendly and very illogical. Two 
identical cells should of course be compatibel with copy paste.
Comment 1 Rainer Bielefeld 2005-04-06 20:14:59 UTC 
I checked with 2.0 (1.9.m79) English version WIN XP: [680m79(Build8876)] and can
confirm problem.
I checked with 1.1.4  (German) WIN XP: [645m52(Build8824)] and can also confirm
problem, that is not only a 2.0 Problem!

The problem is visible if you try to paste the complete cell A1:B1 into A2B2:
Message "Cell merge not possible if cells are already merged".

May be that that "works as designed" (because that error message has been
created), but it's really ruser-unfrendly. Someone should decide: defect or 

If I go to content of A1:B1 by doubleclick, press <cntrl>+<C>, I can paste that
content into A2:B2 without problem as expected).

Funny thing: in "Paste Special" I can unselect everything except "String" (or
"Number"), but paste will not work. I would habe expected that it works with
unselected "Formats".
Comment 2 Rainer Bielefeld 2005-04-06 20:22:58 UTC 
This issue is a duplicate of very old issue 2131 (or, may be more direct: issue
8301) I want to wait a little moment before "DUP" so that someone can decide
again: DEFECT or ENHANCEMENT?
Comment 3 frank 2005-04-14 13:56:08 UTC 
Hi,

this is a double to Issue 7500

Frank

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 7500 ***
Comment 4 frank 2005-04-14 13:56:28 UTC 
closed double