Could not reproduce this problem in Ubuntu 10.10, LibreOffice Calc at the Terminal:
localc -nologo Cell A1 type 1 -> cell A2 type 2 -> cell B1 type 1 -> cell B2 type 2 -> highlighted A1 through B2 -> click Format -> Merge Cells -> Merge Cells -> Yes button -> Edit -> Delete Cells... -> Delete entire row(s) radio button -> OK button the cells were instantly deleted. lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-calc apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc libreoffice-calc: Installed: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 Candidate: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 Version table: *** 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484644 Title: Openoffice.org 3.1 Calc: deleting row with merged cells causes hang -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs