Faq/Writer/165

doesn’t work when the document starts with a table
This problem has been fixed since version 4.2.

For earlier versions when a document begins with a table, the ' command (or its ' short cut) doesn’t work as expected:


 * only the first cell of the table is selected instead of the whole document; and
 * the whole table is selected if you redo the command.

It’s an old bug:

The workaround consists of inserting (temporarily) a paragraph before the table. The quickest way to do that is:


 * 1) put the cursor at the beginning of the document with ; and
 * 2) press  to insert a paragraph before the table.