[libreoffice-users] Re: Two LO issues . . . any insights?

2011-01-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 18/01/11 22:35, Steven Shelton a écrit : Hi Steven, > > Second: when I open a self-contained database (i.e., a single ODB file > containing all of the data inside, instead of connected to a database > server) I get an error from LibO that the file was created in a newer > version of LibreOffi

[libreoffice-users] LORC3 Calc CopySheet

2011-01-19 Thread lnvas _at_data.bg
I've encountered a problem with Calc when Copying either sheet to the end position of the sheet list. With OOoRC9 and LORC3, I´ve got not a cloned sheet but a darkened and empty one. Going top/left, cell counter indicated A1048576. As a workaround, select the whole sheet, Ctrl+C, add a ne

Re: [libreoffice-users] release schedule?

2011-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes there is or should be a rush. Several staunch linux distro that have years between their new releases are due to release within the next few weeks. The number 1 desktop distro releases in a few months but needs us to have had a proper release fairly soon if they are to include us

Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-19 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, 2011/1/18 MR ZenWiz > > 2) Calling it TOFU, which is an acronym I've never seen before and, > based on how tricky it was to find in Google, I suspect is not often > used, is worse. :-) (One might not think so, given our proclivity to > using TLAs and FLAs in place of perfectly valid words

Re: [libreoffice-users] Two LO issues . . . any insights?

2011-01-19 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Steven, Steven Shelton wrote (18-01-11 22:35) Thanks for posting. I've run into two issues with LibO. First, the character spacing seems to be different than in OOo. My company letterhead prints fine in OOo (3.1 through 3.3 RC9), but when I open the same document in LibO, the names in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

2011-01-19 Thread amine amine
Salam NoOp, but as i said in the title "Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice", i'm looking for a solution with LibreOffice because as you certainly may know it's an Office suite. and GIMP is sufficient for doing that, exept that, once the pdf form has been edited and exported to PDF, if you open it

[libreoffice-users] windows installation

2011-01-19 Thread James A. Schulz
Does the current release candidate for Windows still overwrite an existing OpenOffice installation? Thanks -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity

re: [libreoffice-users] windows installation

2011-01-19 Thread Gérard FARGEOT
Hi, > Message du 19/01/11 11:24 > De : "James A. Schulz" > A : users@libreoffice.org > Copie à : > Objet : [libreoffice-users] windows installation > > Does the current release candidate for Windows still overwrite an existing > OpenOffice installation? > > Thanks > No, only the Beta1. You c

Re: [libreoffice-users] LORC3 Calc CopySheet

2011-01-19 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Lyudmil, Thanks for your post. lnvas _at_data.bg wrote (19-01-11 09:06) I've encountered a problem with Calc when Copying either sheet to the end position of the sheet list. With OOoRC9 and LORC3, I´ve got not a cloned sheet but a darkened and empty one. Going top/left, cell counter indicat

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

2011-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Most Office Suites have difficulty handling the pdf format. It is a proprietary format rather than an Open one. The whole point of proprietary formats is to force people into buying a product from a particular company. On the rare occasions that such a product is given away for free i

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice calc can't do simply calculation

2011-01-19 Thread henry cui
it's OK for me.thanks a lot:) 2011/1/19 Andy Brown > On Tue Jan 18 2011 20:34:32 GMT-0800 (PST) henry cui wrote: > >> I input simply formulation such as "=1+2" into cell,and it only show with >> "=1+2" which was not what I expected "3", >> why this,anyone would like help me? >> >> > Check Tool

[libreoffice-users] Re: Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

2011-01-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 18/01/11 20:12, amine amine a écrit : Hi Amine, > > > arabic characters in pdf files are not rendered well This is a glyph hinting problem, linked either to the fact that the glyphs are not properly integrated into the final PDF document, either because of licensing issues, or because neith

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

2011-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Poppler seems to only allow me to view, nt to edit, pdf on Ubuntu 10.04 but there are a lot of libraries and packages that start with that name and possibly one of them adds editing functionality. I guess my question would be ... Does anyone know of an Open alternative that is easy to use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
http://www.asterix.com/ http://www.asterix.com/index.html.fr?rub=francais http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix From: MR ZenWiz To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 19 January, 2011 7:47:35 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Offi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Tom, 2011/1/19 Tom Davies > http://www.asterix.com/ > http://www.asterix.com/index.html.fr?rub=francais > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix > > I'm a bit surprised about your links. I know Asterix and I love it. But MrZenWiz was asking about *asterisks*. "Asterisk" is the name for this '*

[libreoffice-users] Re: windows installation

2011-01-19 Thread Olbi
I allways reinstall older version of OpenOffice, but you can change directory destination before install :) -- Michał Olber olbi.linuksowiec.pl -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/windows-installation-tp2286410p2286455.html Sent from

[libreoffice-users] Re: Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

2011-01-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 19/01/11 14:15, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi Tom, > Poppler seems to only allow me to view, nt to edit, pdf on Ubuntu 10.04 but > there are a lot of libraries and packages that start with that name and > possibly > one of them adds editing functionality. This is version dependent. It used to wo

[libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ooops, i was a bit unclear! I am wondering if there is an Open alternative to the pdf format itself. When i try to "Print to file" i have a choice of ".ps" or ".pdf" but i am not sure if ps is editable ... Regards from Tom :) From: Alexander Thurgood

[libreoffice-users] how to write hindi in Libreoffice

2011-01-19 Thread shirish शिरीष
Hi all, It seems one has to go through great loops in order to get hindi/Devanagri working on Libreoffice First up this is on Debian (testing) on a custom kernel 64-bit version. Linux deb-home 2.6.37+ #1 SMP Tue Jan 11 23:49:18 IST 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux b. Libreoffice is the latest 3.3 RC

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread Phil Thane
On Wednesday 19 Jan 2011 14:11:53 Tom Davies wrote: > Ooops, i was a bit unclear! I am wondering if there is an Open alternative > to the pdf format itself. When i try to "Print to file" i have a choice > of ".ps" or ".pdf" but i am not sure if ps is editable ... PDF and PS are very similar, on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Fabián Rodríguez
On 11-01-19 02:47 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote: > 2011/1/18 Fabián Rodríguez : > :[..] >> 3) Type the following command to install Libre Office: >> **sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libreoffice >> libre-office-gnome * >> [...] > What's with the asterisks? > Apparently Thunderbird decided to form

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread Fabián Rodríguez
On 11-01-19 09:11 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > Ooops, i was a bit unclear! I am wondering if there is an Open alternative > to > the pdf format itself. When i try to "Print to file" i have a choice of > ".ps" > or ".pdf" but i am not sure if ps is editable ... > > Regards from > Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/19/2011 09:59 AM, Fabián Rodríguez wrote: On 11-01-19 09:11 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Ooops, i was a bit unclear! I am wondering if there is an Open alternative to the pdf format itself. When i try to "Print to file" i have a choice of ".ps" or ".pdf" but i am not sure if ps is editab

[libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Olwe Melwasul
I just installed LO3.3 from Ubuntu repo on Ubuntu 10.04. I followed the instructions at http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/libreoffice-now-available-ppa-ubuntu-1010-and-1004#comment-620 Install went fine. I pull up a document in Writer, but can't seem to save it as a .doc or .docx. However, .o

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

2011-01-19 Thread Cia Watson
On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:58:15 + (GMT) Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > I thought Mint was built to be able to use Ubuntu repositories? > There is an issue now it has been re-based onto Debian but it would > be good if someone could experiment with this, perhaps on a virtual > machine or on a spa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Cley Faye
2011/1/19 Olwe Melwasul > I just installed LO3.3 from Ubuntu repo on Ubuntu 10.04. I followed the > instructions at > > http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/libreoffice-now-available-ppa-ubuntu-1010-and-1004#comment-620 > > Install went fine. I pull up a document in Writer, but can't seem to sa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Joachim Wiedorn
Olwe Melwasul wrote on 2011-01-19 10:13: > I just installed LO3.3 from Ubuntu repo on Ubuntu 10.04. I followed the > instructions at > http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/libreoffice-now-available-ppa-ubuntu-1010-and-1004#comment-620 > > Install went fine. I pull up a document in Writer, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/19/2011 11:13 AM, Olwe Melwasul wrote: I just installed LO3.3 from Ubuntu repo on Ubuntu 10.04. I followed the instructions at http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/libreoffice-now-available-ppa-ubuntu-1010-and-1004#comment-620 Install went fine. I pull up a document in Writer, but can't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Olwe Melwasul
I can choose from the usual long list of formats, but when I choose .doc (97/2000/XP) or .docx (2007) the Writer app hangs up. In my Gnome Ubuntu 10.04 that means the app "goes gray" as if it's thinking hard, but it never recovers. I kill Writer and restart, which gives me the recover option. All i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/19/2011 11:54 AM, Olwe Melwasul wrote: I can choose from the usual long list of formats, but when I choose .doc (97/2000/XP) or .docx (2007) the Writer app hangs up. In my Gnome Ubuntu 10.04 that means the app "goes gray" as if it's thinking hard, but it never recovers. I kill Writer and re

[libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 10.04 is LTS

2011-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Olwe Melwasul :) If you have Ubuntu 10.04 then please stick with it rather than 'upgrading'. The 10.04 is a special release called an "LTS" which means Long Term Support and has 3 years support for the desktop version. We have about 2 years of that left. You have probably noticed that th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/19/2011 11:49 AM, Joachim Wiedorn wrote: Olwe Melwasul wrote on 2011-01-19 10:13: I just installed LO3.3 from Ubuntu repo on Ubuntu 10.04. I followed the instructions at http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/libreoffice-now-available-ppa-ubuntu-1010-and-1004#comment-620 Install went fi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sounds like a bad install somewhere then. Can the problem one be reinstalled or updated? Perhaps from a different PPA? Which is the recommended PPA now? I tend to use the Tools menu to set the default to always use ".doc" although now that MicroSquish Office 2007 & 2010 can open ".o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Olwe Melwasul
As I said before, I followed the guide offered at the http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk site. Actually, the "sudo apt-get install aspell aspell-en dictionaries-common hunspell-en-us myspell-en-us" gave me errors and I don't have spellcheck... but that's another post. I've tried both choosing the file

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Olwe Melwasul
No dice on the changing the default save type either. I started a new Writer document after changing the Options/Load-Save... and it still freezes up. On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) Sounds like a bad install somewhere then. Can the problem one be > reinstalled or u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Ouch!! Definitely try to find a better version to install then. Are you installing a non-US version? Is that possibly why it is working for other people but not you? If so then we definitely need a bug-report about this! I don't know how to file a bug-report, can anyone help? Regards from To

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:12 AM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: > On 01/19/2011 09:59 AM, Fabián Rodríguez wrote: >> >> On 11-01-19 09:11 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> >>> Hi :) >>> >>> Ooops, i was a bit unclear!  I am wondering if there is an Open >>> alternative to >>> the pdf format itself.  W

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread amine amine
Salam, i think that if there is an extension to LibO that permit djvu forms edition, it'll be very pleasant to enterprises that try to stick to open standards. LibO+djvu will be replacing the essential of the Oracle office suite and the adobe PDF format ! good luck to you all! -- Amine Arrahm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Olwe Melwasul
So, what install should I use? Is there a nice, Ubuntu-friendly repo for me besides the one I'm using? On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Ouch!! > > Definitely try to find a better version to install then. Are you > installing a > non-US version? Is that possibly why it is wo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:19 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > http://www.asterix.com/ > http://www.asterix.com/index.html.fr?rub=francais > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix > Fascinating, thank you, but irrelevant - asterix != asterisk. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
She could probably add the repo to synaptic and install by simply copy/pasting the repo url appropriately into the synaptic repo tool, then searching, clicking, installing, too, since we're in pointy clicky land here. Not that learning to manage in the CLI is ever a bad idea, and, in truth, it real

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/19/2011 12:27 PM, Olwe Melwasul wrote: No dice on the changing the default save type either. I started a new Writer document after changing the Options/Load-Save... and it still freezes up. looks like you may have to do a reinstall of LO, but you also may need to get rid of the hidden fold

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Two LO issues . . . any insights?

2011-01-19 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1/19/2011 3:00 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > It is a problem related to the version of the HSQLDB engine that LibO > RC3 is using compared to that used in OOo 3.1.x, and 3.2. The engine > version was changed somewhere in the OOo 3.3 development

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM, amine amine wrote: > Salam, > > i think that if there is an extension to LibO that permit djvu forms > edition, it'll be very pleasant to enterprises that try to stick to open > standards. > > LibO+djvu will be replacing the essential of the Oracle office suite an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-19 Thread Greg Madden
On Tuesday 18 January 2011 10:44:21 pm Mark wrote: snip > On that terminal, execute the following lines: > > cd Downloads > tar xzf LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz The 'tar' man page says to use a '-' for the main operation mode, and options, ' -xzf', have not tried it wi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread Olwe Melwasul
I just did some experimentation and found that a very short .doc will save just fine. Then I cut and paste more into it -- and sure enough, at some point it will not save anymore and goes "gray in the face" and locks up trying to. The document I was first working with had 30k-plus words, BTW. How

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Fabián Rodríguez
On 11-01-19 02:19 PM, baldwin linguas wrote: > She could probably add the repo to synaptic and install > by simply copy/pasting the repo url appropriately into > the synaptic repo tool, then searching, clicking, installing, > too, since we're in pointy clicky land here. > Not that learning to manag

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread wlb
Will LIbreOffice eventually be available on Ubuntu without having to do all the technical stuff? 2011/1/19 Fabián Rodríguez > On 11-01-19 02:19 PM, baldwin linguas wrote: > > She could probably add the repo to synaptic and install > > by simply copy/pasting the repo url appropriately into > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread Fabián Rodríguez
On 11-01-19 02:56 PM, baldwin linguas wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM, amine amine wrote: > >> Salam, >> >> i think that if there is an extension to LibO that permit djvu forms >> edition, it'll be very pleasant to enterprises that try to stick to open >> standards. >> >> LibO+djvu will b

Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-19 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 18.01.2011 21:06, schrieb MR ZenWiz: > 2) Calling it TOFU, which is an acronym I've never seen before and, > based on how tricky it was to find in Google, I suspect is not often > used, is worse. :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOFU Don´t ask Google, better ask Wikipedia! :-D Stefan

Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-19 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 19.01.2011 09:52, schrieb Sigrid Carrera: >> TOFU is a widely used acronym in german speaking areas. > > TOFU means "Text oben, Fullquote unten" > translation: Text above full quote below TOFU is an acronym for "Text Over, Fullquote Under" and it´s not special for german speaking areas.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 03:51:05PM -0500, wlb wrote: > Will LIbreOffice eventually be available on Ubuntu without having to do all > the technical stuff? Technical stuff..like turning on your computer, typing a command, and *gasp* learning something new? -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-19 Thread Mark
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Greg Madden wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 January 2011 10:44:21 pm Mark wrote: > snip >> On that terminal, execute the following lines: >> >> cd Downloads >> tar xzf LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz > > The 'tar' man page says to use  a '-' for the m

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Olwe Melwasul wrote: > I just did some experimentation and found that a very short .doc will save > just fine. Then I cut and paste more into it -- and sure enough, at some > point it will not save anymore and goes "gray in the face" and locks up > trying to. The

Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Stefan Weigel wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOFU > > Don´t ask Google, better ask Wikipedia! :-D > In Google, the first result looks like this (without the html): Tofu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tofu or bean curd is a food made by coagulating soy

[libreoffice-users] Re: Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

2011-01-19 Thread NoOp
On 01/19/2011 01:01 AM, amine amine wrote: > Salam NoOp, > > but as i said in the title "Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice", i'm looking > for a solution with LibreOffice because as you certainly may know it's an > Office suite. > > and GIMP is sufficient for doing that, exept that, once the pdf

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
2011/1/19 Fabián Rodríguez : > > I would welcome detailed, tested steps to do the same in a GUI with less > than the 4 steps I enumerated. :) Using a PPA is already a stretch of > using "Linux for human beings", so is going to LibreOffice so early. > It _is_ in beta test - it's not ready for prime

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 03:51:05PM -0500, wlb wrote: >> Will LIbreOffice eventually be available on Ubuntu without having to do all >> the technical stuff? > > Technical stuff..like turning on your computer, typing a command, > and *gas

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Arda Tunccekic
My guess is %90 won't bother installing LO, if not installed by default. On 20.01.2011 01:18, MR ZenWiz wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 03:51:05PM -0500, wlb wrote: Will LIbreOffice eventually be available on Ubuntu without having to do

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
2011/1/19 Fabián Rodríguez > On 11-01-19 02:56 PM, baldwin linguas wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM, amine amine > wrote: > > > >> Salam, > >> > >> i think that if there is an extension to LibO that permit djvu forms > >> edition, it'll be very pleasant to enterprises that try to stick

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Mark
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Arda Tunccekic wrote: > > My guess is %90 won't bother installing LO, if not installed by default. > Likely so, but until LO is officially released, 90% won't want it, either. Beta tests are for avid fans and serious users, not the general public. Judging by the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
2011/1/19 Fabián Rodríguez > On 11-01-19 02:19 PM, baldwin linguas wrote: > > She could probably add the repo to synaptic and install > > by simply copy/pasting the repo url appropriately into > > the synaptic repo tool, then searching, clicking, installing, > > too, since we're in pointy clicky

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:38 PM, baldwin linguas wrote: : > I discuss this more here: > http://baldwinsoftware.com/blog/?p=1329 Shameless, self-promoting plug :-) -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Arda Tunccekic wrote: > > My guess is %90 won't bother installing LO, if not installed by default. Or at least installable all pointy-clicky like in Synaptic or something of that sort. I'm sure, since OOo will soon be going the way of Wordperfect, that LO will

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM, baldwin linguas wrote: > > You really, really make a great point. > And, in fact, that's why I don't use all the gui stuff, dumped > KDE and gnome and other eye-candy bloat years ago, and learned to use the > CLI. > (let's just call it, "for efficiency's sake") > B

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:48 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM, baldwin linguas > wrote: > > > I think that was Ubuntu's life purpose, or something... > > To tack on bloat and eye-candy so the new kids could get their > > feet wet. > > Ubuntu: The Kiddy Pool of the Great Gnu

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:46 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:38 PM, baldwin linguas > wrote: > : > > I discuss this more here: > > http://baldwinsoftware.com/blog/?p=1329 > > Shameless, self-promoting plug > > I also have a bridge for sale. Contact me off-list. :P tony --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Arda Tunccekic
Yes, this is a great idea to make it accessible from the Software Manager at least, if LO will not be installed by default in the next release of Ubuntu. In Turkey, we have a national distro named as pardus. The pardus development team switched to LO in a very short time after LO's initial an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/19/2011 03:51 PM, wlb wrote: Will LIbreOffice eventually be available on Ubuntu without having to do all the technical stuff? It was announced somewhere that LO will be on Ubuntu's repository, so it will be easy to install it. I think they are waiting for it to be out of the RC mode. T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-19 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 19 January 2011 02:07:19 pm Mark wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Greg Madden wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 January 2011 10:44:21 pm Mark wrote: > > snip > > > >> On that terminal, execute the following lines: > >> > >> cd Downloads > >> tar xzf LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86-64_insta

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-19 Thread baldwin linguas
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Greg Madden wrote: > > > On Wednesday 19 January 2011 02:07:19 pm Mark wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Greg Madden > wrote: > > > On Tuesday 18 January 2011 10:44:21 pm Mark wrote: > > > snip > > > > > >> On that terminal, execute the following line

[libreoffice-users] Re: Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-19 Thread NoOp
On 01/18/2011 06:15 PM, wlb wrote: > Hello, > > I have been trying to install the Libre Office onto my computer. I am using > Ubuntu Linux, 10.10. I have tried several times to down load it, even one > that took hours. I finally stopped it. I tried to follow the instructions, > but I am not te

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 03:18:05PM -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 03:51:05PM -0500, wlb wrote: > >> Will LIbreOffice eventually be available on Ubuntu without having to do all > >> the technical stuff? > > > > Technical