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   Jeff Layman to Davey   
   Re: Libre Office Calc puzzle   
   07 May 25 18:37:59   
   
   From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 07/05/2025 10:00, Davey wrote:   
   > I use a couple of spreadsheets to keep track of my bank account. One is   
   > a running log, the other is a month-long snapshot. This one gets   
   > diminished in size, so that I can keep it on the screen while   
   > working on the log. All well and good. Suddenly, something changed, and   
   > the small one was now locked into a size bordered by a blue line. I   
   > could not find how to unlock it. Beyond the line, there were no   
   > gridlines, and no action allowed.   
   > I could only get this undone by creating a new spreadsheet, and copying   
   > and pasting the active cells from the original sheet to the new one.   
   > All is good. I saved the old sheet with the additional tag '-old'. When   
   > I later re-opened it, it was as right as rain, as though there had   
   > never been a problem.   
   > Does anybody have any idea what happened here?   
      
   No, but if you hadn't yet saved that change, wouldn't using "Edit |   
   Undo" remove it? Or was that greyed out and unavailable?   
      
   --   
   Jeff   
      
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