[gerdesj]

I can paste a table into Calc OK. It was a simple effort with a,b,c,d in row 1 and 1,2,3,4 in row 2. The numbers came in as numbers OK. Paste as unformatted text is rubbish (single column of data) and I think I might file a bug for that.

Sorry, I get you now about auto updater - software updater not [Google: Excel auto-updater]. That's not really a thing on Linux because when you update the system, the whole thing updates - apps and all.

The pace of development in LO is absolutely amazing but there are some horrendous bugs with near immortality status. If you can put up with them then use it. No software is perfect but LO is moving at increasing speed towards the light.