Re: [libreoffice-users] Can someone verify this writer bug?

2013-02-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just tried in Fedora 13 (ancient i know) using 'OpenOffice 3.2" but i think it's really LibreOffice.  It's really confusing.  The version number doesn't make any sense!  One time when i tried to open it i saw the word "test" written at both the top and the bottom of the box.  Pressing en

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4 documentation

2013-02-11 Thread Tom Davies
t;wrote Re [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4 documentation: > >>Hi Caesar >> >>Le 2013-02-11 06:54, Tom Davies a écrit : >>> Hi :) >>> You can get completed chapters in advance from >>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications >>> >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Excel file macros cause infinite loop of errors

2013-02-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is it a file that everyone needs access to at their own desks?  Is it possible to just have 1 desktop with MSO on it and then people update the file from there?  If the other organisation is not Oracle then they might well be willing to re-write the code or have it re-written or allow it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Doc is the older MS format and it is generally possible to open in pretty much any office program.  It's rare but possible to find the odd one or 2 rare cases that don't open fairly perfectly.  Those rare cases probably open slightly differently in different office programs so try AbiWord,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office 4

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It would be nice if you could post a bug-report about the issue https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport as doing so increases the chances of people working on the issue.  In the process of filing the bug-report it hopefully shows a list of similat items so you might find someone else

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brilliant! :)  Nicely done!  It did bother me a little that the macros didn't even work in MS Office.  At my workplace we only have 1 set of documents that 'need' macros and they are all in the finance department.  They were written for MSO 2010 and don't work in MSO 2007 and i'm guessi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Excel file macros cause infinite loop of errors

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 to all of Jay's various points there.  I totally agree.  The "another private company", the one that sent the offending spreadsheet, appears to be Oracle.  So, 1.  it's extremely unlikely that they will re-write the macros for LibreOffice or even for OpenOffice (same macro languages)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The situation is improving now that people are moving to ODF more and more.  Relying on a single companies whims has of course left a lingering problem but ODF is defined by a large group of companies most of which produce software that is designed to read the formats.  So, if you stick

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Tab complete is what i was trying to describe in this thread the other day, possibly yday although it's already nearly tomorrow here so possibly the day before yday.  Works on any unix-based platform so that includes Bsd although possibly not Mac.  I've not seen a command-line on a Mac. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, so how about running a Virtual Machine? Perhaps acquire an old hard-drive that you don't care about too much and physically unplug all your 5Tb and then plug in the experimental one.  Btw on a command-line if 2 pathnames or file-names are quite close to each other then when you press

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The QA team and bug-triagers are pretty smart so they can sort it out for you (or others).  There are a lot of drop-downs on the page and it's a little tricky to find the right one but when you know where it is then you could help the bug-triagers by just doing that for a whole load of 'bu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd:

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ooops.  A bit of accidental spam from Drew of all people.  I risked the link in Gnu&Linux and it's just a weight-loss thing from Foxx.  Probably best not to risk it in Windows jic but it seemed harmless Regards from Tom :) > > From: Drew Jensen >To: use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Robert Großkopf on the Docs Team's amiling list gave me this link  http://de.libreoffice.org/hilfe-kontakt/handbuecher/ Hope it helps! Good luck and happy hunting ;) Regards from Tom :) > > From: Uwe Brauer >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Tue

[libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has anyone managed to get MS Sharepoint working with 4.0.0?  Apparently it's one of the features that are supposed to be in the 4.0.0 although i have no idea what SharePoint is nor why anyone would use it.  According to the comments under this article http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/libre

[libreoffice-users] Getting Started Guide complete(ish)

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) WH!!!  The documentation team have managed to get the "Getting Started Guide"'s chapters all done and ready for use several months ahead of normal https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications The next step of collecting all the chapters into one book and then gett

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find out a name of inserted image in Impress

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, when i tried to give images unique names it didn't work out quite as i had hoped.  All my images ended up still getting the weird references numbers in the file when opened as a zipped file.  I'm fairly sure i was doing something wrong but still haven't read-up about all this yet Reg

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc scale formula conundrum/ logic confusion

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Someone else asked a very similar question about a month ago and i think someone created a neat calculation or spreadsheet to help figure it out.  Now the trick is trying to find it in the archives! Good luck and regards from Tom :)  > > From: zr1hpc >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save as doc crashes LO

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The odt is obviously fine.  It's only a problem when the op wants to share the file with other people.  Not all of those people have control over what gets installed on their machine and the rest might not yet have heard of LibeOffice or any of the others.  Once they get used to receivin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save as doc crashes LO

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, i saw Chinese characters too and it looked like they were arranged properly.  So it looks like Gnome/Cinamon/Mate are covered by Mint and Unity covered by Ubuntu.  Is anyone using a KDE distro?  Alternatively perhaps it's a packaging issue?  Mint and Ubuntu both use the .Deb (apt-ge

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice V 3.6.5.2 (build ID: 5b93205)

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) With the emphasis being on "Write" rather than just recording.  Recording macros apparently tends to end up with mad spaghetti that is impossible to correct when it goes wonky.  However it is an imperfect world so recording might be unavoidable, given time constraints. If you do have time

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice V 3.6.5.2 (build ID: 5b93205)

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahah, yes, macros are not usually able to work on both MS Office and LibreOffice.  They have to be written (or recorded) on one or other and then seldom work on the other.  With MS macros you may well find they don't even work in other versions of MS Office.  So if your macros were writt

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
    Just 'searched' and found this - >          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s12Jb5Z2xaE > >      Seems somewhat silly since we could all benefit if we were to use >DropBox - >          http://db.tt/v1nUSr8M > > > >On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:24 AM, Tom Davie

Re: [libreoffice-users] icons

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Approximately page 3 of most chapters of the official guides says something like this "Icons The icons used to illustrate some of the many tools available in LibreOffice may differ from the ones used in this guide. The icons in this guide have been taken from a LibreOffice installation th

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to convert tab-separated file to XLS from the command line

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the MS 95 format is still .xls and can be read and used by subsequent versions of both MSO and all versions of LO.  So i think just don't worry about your 2nd point.  LibreOffice can read/write tsv as well as csv but it's just not the default.  I'm not sure how to force it to cha

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
ly because it's MS.  Thanks and regards from Tom :) > > From: Sigrid Carrera >To: Tom Davies >Cc: anne-ology ; "users@global.libreoffice.org" > >Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2013, 17:32 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
guez >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2013, 17:38 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point? > >On 13-02-13 03:24 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Has anyone managed to get MS Sharepoint working with 4.0.0?  Apparently it's >> one of the features

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
; I'll continue to stick with the >>> KISs method  ;-) >>> >>>        But if we each sign up to use DropBox, we can each end up with 6Gb >>> of free space to use as we wish in sharing documents - >>>            and MsFt does not have any

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perhaps Moodle?  I haven't looked into Moodle but keep meaning to.  It's supposedly good for higher education but it might be more about just tutors and lecturers being able to place documents and text and stuff in an attractive layout that's easy for students to just read.  I'm not sure h

Re: [libreoffice-users] Look for step-by-step guide

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you do figure this out then it might be great to have a How-To video about it.  At the moment it seems to have quite a steep learning curve so people tend to stick with what they already know and understand. Regards from Tom :)  > > From: C. H. D. >

[libreoffice-users] Answering user-support questions Fw: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Questions galore!

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm sure you already know all this and probably do it far better than i do.  It's kinda what i wish i did rather than what i really do.  Generally i find that users are able to solve their own problems if they are just given the slightest nudge.  So, ime a good 1st response to any ques

[libreoffice-users] Forum for Ask community Fw: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Questions galore!

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The people answering questions at the AskBot site need more people to join in with answering questions.  If you just lurk on this list because something about it bugs you then it might well be because you prefer the way AskBot is set-up.  It's a much more modern approach with more flexibi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, what worries me is "MS" and "Standards" in the same sentence.  Haven't we already learned, many times over, that MS's idea of open = closed standards and interoperable = only works once on one system or at least that seems to be the way it has always worked out historically.  So whi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
13, 13:49 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point? > >On Fri, 2013-02-15 at 13:31 +, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> Hmmm, what worries me is "MS" and "Standards" in the same sentence. >> Haven't we already learned, many times over, that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Microfund your favourite Issue

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has anyone found an early post in this thread and forwarded it off to the board-discuss list and /or devs list or other place we might get some good feedback about credibility?  I kinda trust Joel but can't remember where the original post came from.  Regards from Tom :)  >_

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, the button probably should say "Screen down" instead of page down for most uses of the button and only say "Page down" for those rare cases where it really does mean a page.  Regards from  Tom :)  PS blimey a short answer for once!!  lol > > Fro

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Oh wow yeah.  Those "green screens" where you could see the individual dots making up the screen.  The strange greeness a tunnel through to far away places.  Regards from Tom :) > > From: James Knott >To: LibreOffice >Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013,

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
gards from Tom :)  > > From: Eric Beversluis >To: Tom Davies >Cc: Brian Barker ; "users@global.libreoffice.org" > >Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 15:50 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors >

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc: method to subdivide individual cells

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, there was something about Ctrl Enter inside a cell makes an extra newline inside the cell itself.  It doesn't sub-divide the cell but does just give you a newline in there.  Regards from Tom :) > > From: bill >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Se

Re: [libreoffice-users] MySQL-Connector

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is there a problem with running different versions on different OSes?  It should be fine t do that shouldn't it? Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Heinrich Stoellinger >To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" >Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 18:59 >Subject: [

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors - find next

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) ???!?!!?!?? Ahh.  You were talking about on-screen buttons?  The ones under the vertical scroll bar?  Middle one is called "Navigation".  I was talking about keyboard buttons.  Now i'm not sure what anyone else was talking about.  It's 4am though so i might still be dreaming or having a n

[libreoffice-users] Final proof-reading/beta-testing of Getting Started Guide v4.0

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The new Getting Started Guide is nearly ready!  You can have a sneak preview at  http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/published-lo-4.0/gs4.0-full-book-pdf/view Please let us know if anything appears to be wrong.  The guide will appear on the proper wiki in a couple

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc: method to subdivide individual cells

2013-02-15 Thread Tom Davies
s from Tom :)  > > From: bill >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 21:52 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc: method to subdivide individual cells > >On 2/15/2013 1:47 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: >> On 02/15/2013 01:43 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: page down in word processors - find next

2013-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am not quite sure what the proposal is but here is the link https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport I like the way OpenSource tends to have many different ways of doing the same thing.  To some extent it seems most programs do but OpenSource sometimes goes a bit further in offering

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector

2013-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
shouldn't be a problem should it?    Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Alex Thurgood >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2013, 7:51 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector > >On 02/15/2013 10:24 PM

Re: Problems unsubscribing from list was: [libreoffice-users] MySQL-Connector

2013-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This link http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ The instructions say to send an email to  users+h...@global.libreoffice.org but often the "users+" bit looks like it's not part of the address.  That "users+" bit is crucial!  So it's the entire line there th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving Templates from 3.5.5 to 4.0

2013-02-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you had any luck with this?  Sorry you haven't had any answers so far but hopefully someone here might be able to figure it out. Apols and regards from Tom :) > > From: Karen DInse >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu PPAs for 4.0.x Stable?

2013-02-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it's an Ubuntu Team rather than a Libreoffice Team that provides the PPA.  There are links from that page to help you contact the team.  Apols and regards from Tom :)  > > From: M Henri Day >To: Sajan Parikh >Cc: "LibreOffice, users" >Sent:

Re: [libreoffice-users] styles

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How about using the Navigator, F5 in Calc.  Does that show all the headings of various types and then clicking on one takes you to the right place in the document.  It might be slightly more efficient than using search&replace because you can keep the Navigator window open or even dock it

[libreoffice-users] Re: Documentation question on the Ask site

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)   There is a page-numbering problem on the AskLO site.  Is it a bug or a problem with some documentation?  http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/12398/writer-restarting-page-numbering-as-described-in/ Is there anyone here that can help their op solve it? Regards from Tom :)  -- For

[libreoffice-users] "Restarting page numbering" as described in the manual not working with master document: Writer

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)   There is a page-numbering problem on the AskLO site.  Is it a bug or a problem with some documentation?  http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/12398/writer-restarting-page-numbering-as-described-in/ Is there anyone here that can help their op solve it?  Here is a copy of the questi

Re: [libreoffice-users] head format does not change

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please can you elaborate a bit on that?  I mean do you change the "depends on property"?  When fonts or other formatting don't behave after applying a style i usually try applying a completely different style and then re-apply the formatting i really want.  That generally seems to fix th

[libreoffice-users] auto-sized dialogue-boxes

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Something i had not even thought about at all, as an English speaker is the problem of translating dialogue-boxes or other pop-ups such as warnings and stuff.   I've seen movies and been to places where a couple of words in one language has been translated into a long babble in another la

Re: [libreoffice-users] head format does not change

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
s so far and regards from Tom :)  > > From: Gabriel Risterucci >To: Tom Davies >Cc: Fernand Vanrie ; "users@global.libreoffice.org" > >Sent: Monday, 18 February 2013, 12:09 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] head format does not c

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reptile Skin design for a 4.0.0 "Persona" / 33+ designs for LO 4.0.0Persona/Themes

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I guess it depends somewhat on how your monitor is set-up.  I have 2 that are both supposedly 'correct' but one is a lot darker than the other.  I put "correct" in single quotes because i think both those monitors are a bit wonky and wouldn't be good for editing images.  Regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reptile Skin design for a 4.0.0 "Persona" / 33+ designs for LO 4.0.0Persona/Themes

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
ck text. >> >> OR you could go and make a theme yourself and submit it to Firefox and get >> it approved.  Then use that one. >> >> >> On 02/18/2013 07:28 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> Hi :) >>> I guess it depends somewhat on how your monitor i

[libreoffice-users] another funny one from ZdNet

2013-02-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The article is very pro-LibreOffice but so many of the comments have a hilarious amount of FUD in them.  One wonders if they have ever even tried either MSO or LO. http://www.zdnet.com/how-to-affordably-own-your-office-software-711449/?s_cid=e539 Regards from Tom :)  -- For unsubsc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any plans to incorporate anything from the Lotus Symphony UI?

2013-02-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Any menus or ribbons or whatnot (thanks Amiko) at the top or bottom on a wide-screen display drives me nuts.  I really should just turn my wide-screen on it's side so i can see documents properly instead of through a letter-box.  How come mobile devices have a portrait mode by default!!  G

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx documents with graphic, not opening correctly

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) DocX is really bad for sharing with people unless you be be fairly certain they are using the same version of MS Office on the same version of Windows.  The older MS format, Doc for 97/2000/Xp/2003 is still currently the best format for sharing files.  Odt is becoming more widely used b

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx documents with graphic, not opening correctly

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
: upscope >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 16:53 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx documents with graphic, not opening >correctly > >On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:45:19 AM Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> DocX is really

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Moving Templates from 3.5.5 to 4.0

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So just editing the paths in Tools - Options - Paths doesn't work? Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Dan Lewis >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 15:23 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Moving Templates from 3.5.5

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx documents with graphic, not opening correctly

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There was some sort of add-on or something that allowed 2003 to open DocX http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/open-a-word-2007-document-in-an-earlier-version-of-word-HA010044473.aspx Errr, that might be a bit old now.  It's for the MSO 2007 version of DocX.  This link doesn't seem t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Encryption Failure

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err, what format was the protected document in?  If it was an MS format then LibreOffice just opens them without needing the password anyway.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: JOE CONNER >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Could you copy&paste that to a wiki-page?  Then maybe we could expand it a bit later to cover the main platforms so that point&click users like me are less scared of doing it? How about https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications/Connectors/MySql or https://wiki.documen

Re: [libreoffice-users] Encryption Failure

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
2013, 21:14 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Encryption Failure > >On 02/20/2013 10:27 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> Err, what format was the protected document in?  If it was an MS format then >> LibreOffice just opens them without needing the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
urgood >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 18:57 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector > >Le 20/02/13 19:41, Tom Davies a écrit : >> Hi :) >> Could you copy&paste that to a wiki-page?  Then maybe we could expand it a >&g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frame in header of .doc crashes Writer

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The ideal way to store documents is with OpenDocument Formats such as Odt.  Only convert to MS formats if you have to share but leave the Odt in the same folder so that you can re-edit the document easily without having to push a document through so many conversions.  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Project Planning in LibreOffice Software

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The general idea is for a program to do one thing very well and then be able to link in with a wide range of alternatives for fairly unrelated activities.  Hence why LibreOffice works well with email clients such as Claws, Thunderbird (the one most people seem to prefer), Evolution and ev

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) >From my experiences of office workers i would definitely avoid a line to guide >folding.  They will miss it.  Whether on purpose or by accident they will find >ways to avoid the line and probably in a different way for each leaflet.  Regards from Tom :)  >___

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Even NASA use feet and inches.  How many feet left to dock.  Even their plans to go to the moon go by feet.  I wonder if half the computers they use are purely to convert between feet and miles and another half to convert to the metric systems used by everyone else they co-ordinate with. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
tbh Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Tom Davies >To: Dan Lewis ; "users@global.libreoffice.org" > >Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2013, 18:05 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes > &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
breOffice >Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2013, 18:10 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes > >Tom Davies wrote: >> Even NASA use feet and inches. > >You may recall a Mars mission that failed as it approached Mars due to unit >conv

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
.  [tips hat] Regards from Tom :) > > From: James Knott >To: LibreOffice >Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2013, 18:49 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes > >Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi:) >> I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The problem is not a technical one but a people one.  If you are the one doing the folding then the guides help but if it's someone else then there is a good chance they really don't give a stuff how bad it looks.  In which case the lines wont help and may even add to the shoddy appearance

Re: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It does take time to get used to it.  We should really focus on helping people that want to migrate to LibreOffice and worry about the rest later (Or never).  lol (yes i know i was being hypocritical there and it has been fun) Regards from Tom :)  > > F

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letterand A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have cm in the ruler but seldom take much notice of what it's in.  I just shift tab-stops and things until they look about right rather than having a strictly regimented thing.  Same if i'm adjusting margins.  I just shift it until it looks about right.  Regards from Tom :)  >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector

2013-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) WoooHooo!!  Congrats!  That is really quite awesome to hear about :) Congrats and regards from Tom :)  > > From: Dan Lewis >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Cc: LibreOffice QA >Sent: Friday, 22 February 2013, 13:02 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] R

Re: [libreoffice-users] Exporting Text File to PDF (One Page At A time)

2013-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Perhaps "Print to file" and choose Pdf instead of Ps as the file-type and restrict to just "Selected pages".  However OpenSource is set-up to have specialist programs that can work together to produce output for a wide range of different requirements.  If you were planting flowers wou

Re: [libreoffice-users] Accessibility issues - BLIND USER

2013-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry i didn't forward this to the right list earlier!  Have you had any luck solving the problems?  I'm not sure if you are subscribed to the right lists so i have made sure you are being CC'd so that you get the responses. Apols and regards from Tom :)  >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any plans to incorporate anything from the Lotus Symphony UI?

2013-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you want to request a new feature then post it as a bug-report https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport but somewhere in the drop-downs is an options called something like "Feature Request" or "Enhancement Request" or something like that.  In some other OpenSource programs people jus

Re: [libreoffice-users] Exporting Text File to PDF (One Page At A time)

2013-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
office.org" >Sent: Saturday, 23 February 2013, 18:25 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Exporting Text File to PDF (One Page At A >time) > > >On Feb 23, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :)  >> Perhaps "Print to file" and choose Pdf inst

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using_LibreOffice_in_a_Web_Browser

2013-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Were there any good answers to this?  I know i can view files in my web-browser (if i have the right add-on for my browser) but is anyone able to edit yet!? Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Luuk >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Saturday, 16 Febru

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.0.3: Calc Crashes when setting data validity

2013-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is it only Calc that crashes?  Does Writer also crash?  How about programs that are not LibreOffice?  We-browser?  Frequent crashing just in LibreOffice (but maybe in web-browsers too) often seems to be caused by having a  bad version of Java.  Finding a good version or even a good-enoug

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct set of fonts?

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Win7 and Xp are so different from each other that each would qualify as a separate distro.  They are a bit like 2 distros from different families.  It's not even as close as Mint or Ubuntu to Debian.  Errr, the answer was Win7 but i think that was given later in this thread.  Reg

Re: [libreoffice-users] Double Underline Problem

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Usually if weird things suddenly start happening then it's worth renaming the User Profile to "get back to factory defaults" https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Jay Ridgley >To: users@global.libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Looking for PyUno Contributor(s)

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The documentation team needs a LOT more people.  At the moment it barely has enough to just work on the guides (which were extremely well received at Scale btw).  If these other attempts at documentation are done through by individuals through blogs and personal spaces then when/if those

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Looking for PyUno Contributor(s)

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  If the documentation is available but needs pulling together and de-geekifying then the Docs Team are a good place to do that.  If it needs writing from scratch (scuse the pun) then some devs probably need to be involved too.  Writing code and writing documentation for technical reade

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Looking for PyUno Contributor(s)

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahah, could someone add links to those on the 3rd party wiki page? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Alex Thurgood >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Sund

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Looking for PyUno Contributor(s)

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
ams >To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" >Sent: Sunday, 24 February 2013, 22:29 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Looking for PyUno Contributor(s) > >On Sun, 2013-02-24 at 19:56 +, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> The documentation team needs a LOT more people. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] oooforum.org

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  The address seems to be working now if you do a google search for OpenOffice forums and click on their links.  Clicking on the link in your email doesn't work though and directly typing the address into the url-bar doesn't work either.  Between 2010 and a few months after Apache we

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3 & 4 on same machine

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
t; Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >You may wish to take warning from my recent experience. I had LO3.5 happily >operational on a Win7 system, but wanted to try 4.0. I downloaded the files to >a USB stick, my j:drive, and installed the programme th

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ office to gnu/linux rumour

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I doubt they would manage to port it.  Going in that direction is a major pita because they suddenly have to deal with being serious about security from the ground up rather than botching a patch on after-the-fact or they would have to try to break the OS down somehow into allowing them to

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ office to gnu/linux rumour

2013-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Shorter answer is that it's vapour-ware.  It's a good tactic for trying to dilute one of LibreOffice's top "unique selling point"s.  Wasn't there a typical Steve Ballmer 'speech' with him saying that MS Office 2013 would not even become available on Macs?  Regards from Tom :)  >___

Re: [libreoffice-users] promotion possibility for LibO

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This list seems to mess up formatting sometimes so it's worth putting an extra line around urls.  Your link to http://openclipart.org got mixed up with the "and" that followed and resulted in a somewhat weird 404.  However yes you can forwards the link to the marketing team market...@g

Re: [libreoffice-users] promotion possibility for LibO

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Davies
So far, for the most part, it does a pretty excellent job but occasionally it still does go a bit wonky Apols and regards from Tom :)  > > From: rost52 >To: Tom Davies >Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" >Sent: Monday, 25 Februar

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ office to gnu/linux rumour

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Davies
ffice >Sent: Monday, 25 February 2013, 12:59 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ office to gnu/linux rumour > >Tom Davies wrote: >> Android, Blackberry, Chrome and others are Gnu&Linux. > >And iPhones are BSD Unix.  Are there an current smart phones that aren't

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.0.3: Calc Crashes when setting data validity

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Davies
other people can get involved if they spot something or can add to the answers. Regards from Tom :)   >____ > From: Rev. Nick Sharp >To: Tom Davies >Sent: Monday, 25 February 2013, 16:37 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.0.3: Calc Crashes

Re: [libreoffice-users] oooforum.org

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Should TDF and Apache both be contributing to keeping it going?  Is anyone here able to explain it to the BoD? Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Fernand Vanrie >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Monday, 25 February 2013, 14:53 >Subject: Re: [libreof

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: promotion possibility for LibO

2013-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You can always write to them yourself to suggest it.  I've tried it a few times without much luck but i think that's because they need to hear it from quite a few people before noticing that it needs to be done.  If it's just 1 person then it looks a bit like trolling.  I've never been b

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem loading and saving XLS files

2013-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm just wondering if Gnumeric might be better at opening the file?  Calc 'should' be able to handle it easily so there is something weird there.  The file-size drop sounds like the old bug about images dropping out but we haven't seen that happen for around a year afaik.  Is it definitel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem loading and saving XLS files

2013-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
always have LOTS of >trouble building from source code.  I may try it eventually, though, so >thanks.  It certainly sounds interesting. > >Carl > > >On 2/26/13 6:44 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> I'm just wondering if Gnumeric might be better at opening the

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