I am having so many issues with 25.2. I am not a tecnical user so find the help group hard to follow

When several spreadsheets are open, that contain multiple links between them and other sheets the system hangs every time even losing data i was in the middle of cutting a pasting

Cut and paste does not work, the system hangs ALL THE TIME.

Optimal Column widths no longer works like it did. What you see on the screen (100% zoom) is not what print preview or the printer shows and columns do not alter correctly one you use the Optimal Colums function.

I decided to reload the 24 version, but my computer did not like the look of it and had an odd file reference - www.tdf.jensgutermuth.de/libreoffice/stable/24.8.5/win/x86_64/LibreOffice_24.8.5_Win_x86-64.msi

as the download file.

I am competent, but not technical and have used this software since it was released by Sun Microsystems. Now I am stuck and faced with Excel because of the above

Someone please help in simple terms.

If your concern is the “tdf.jensgutermuth”, then it’s one of tens of mirrors that actually host the files. On the official download page, below the big DOWNLOAD button, there is an “Info” link, which goes to the details page, showing some technical info (file name, size, hashes), along with the full mirror list.

As @robleyd says, best to disable Sync across devices in Start menu > Settings > System > Clipboard. It will try and copy the clipboard to your phone or another computer if it is on the same account; if it can’t do it immediately I guess it will try for 2 minutes before giving up.

thank you - my virus protection system thought it was suspicious

Try disabling Suggested Actions and Clipboard History in your clipboard settings.

That is the installer file for LibreOffice; .msi tells it is an MSI - MicroSoft Installer - file.

MSI File - What is an .msi file and how do I open it? has more info.

Thank you

Clear clipboard button does nothing (cannot be pressed) probably because Sync Clipboard across devices and Clipboard history are/were both set to off

Option to Manage syncing with windows goes to connect to microsoft account (I think) then stops and does nothing