KWord: Cursor doesn't move start position on new document and can't select text

[Mark]

Binary package hint: kword

Open Kword, new standard A4 document. The flashing Cursor doesn't move from it's starting position and am unable to select any text that has been entered.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: kword 1:2.3.3-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 6 17:30:49 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110405)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: koffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[exzemat (exzemat)]

select's cursor can't be moved on kword/kubuntu natty daily installed today (19/04/2011)

[Michael Rydén (zynex)]

This should be fixed ASAP, this bugg makes Kword pretty useless! Moving the cursor is the essential thing in a word processing application. For now, it's like driving a car without steering.

[HarD (konstantin.hard)]

I have the same bug. But i think it isn't kubuntu bug, it is KDE bug. Because i have the same bug in Arch... It's very bad for me.

[Michael Rydén (zynex)]

Correct, this bug has nothing to do with the operating system in use. It's not a "KDE bug" either. The bug is in Kword it self. I also noticed that this does not apply when opening a previous document from OpenOffice or LibreOffice, this is the only time the cursor actually work. But if I select all text, and deletes it, the bug reappears again.

[HarD (konstantin.hard)]

This bug as i know not present in new koffice -> calligra 2.3.7... and more. And has a patch for this bug. But in *buntu present in ppa only koffice 2.3.3 (instead of project neon), and this bug is still present in oneric because - koffice 2.3.3.

[Michael Rydén (zynex)]

I can confirm that Kword 2.3.3-0ubuntu6 now works without cursor problem. This happen after I upgraded to Oneric tho, not sure if it's available for Natty?