Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer table sum feature
Dave, Have to agree with Paul. For someone familiar with Calc it is surprising and confusing that Sum in a Writer table cannot be done using the method he demonstrated. In Calc the method Paul demonstrated is the one I use most frequently. The method you demonstrated is one I rarely use. Can you direct me to where a feature / enhancement request should be submitted? On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 7:24 AM Dave Barton wrote: > On 24/11/2020 11:53, Paul Sutton wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am trying (well struggling) to figure out how to use the sum feature > > within a table in LibreOffice writer. > > > > So I can : > > > > Create a table > > Enter numbers in a column > > > > trying to use the sum tool on the context tool bar causes the software > > to just not work as expected. > > > > https://diode.zone/videos/watch/d08d5d5d-99af-4590-a2b5-c430d9ef57bf > > > > Question here is am I using this feature correctly? > > > > Another odd thing here, is that pressing the sum feature that causes the > > above also appears to grey out the exit button for libreoffice, alt-f4 > > works to close the document, but neither ctrl-q or file exit work. > > > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > Regards > > > > Paul Sutton > > Paul, > > You are overcomplicating the procedure. > See: http://www.mediafire.com/file/imxudm14vk9z6fh/clip.avi > > Regards > Dave > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice print
Not familiar with "printing professional quality brochures". However, as far as I know, a PDF is a PDF in that sense that if the file conforms to the standard then it can be used for any purpose intended for a PDF. A printer would most likely want a PDF/A since that must be a self contained document. Draw exports PDF/A. Don't know about the "quality" of the PDF. I expect would be based on two things, the source program's internal representations of the objects to print and the PDF printer's fidelity rendering them. Mac does print to PDF. Check bottom left of printer selection dialog for "PDF" button. On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 9:42 PM Prem Nath wrote: > Hi, and so many thanks for replying. > Was actually asking wondering those PDFs would be good enough for printing > professional quality brochures and such. > Adobe is prohibitively expensive, for casual users. > Am on a Mac. > > On 03-Jun-2020, at 6:59 AM, Alan B wrote: > > > LibreOffice Draw has a menu option File>Export as PDF..., so yes it can. > > Also, if you're using Windows 10 it has it's own built-in PDF printer. > Select "Microsoft Print to PDF" as the printer and it will produce a PDF of > the document. > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 2:39 PM Prem Nath wrote: > >> Hi, am coming from this link, apologies if this is the wrong email to >> contact. >> >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/c/cd/How-to-create-posters-Draw.pdf >> Just wanted to know if the LibreOffice Draw file discussed in the link >> can create print quality PDFs, or is there no option but to use Adobe. >> The document discusses this partially and also mentions Adobe. >> Unsure. >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: >> documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > > > -- > Alan Boba > CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 > > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice print
LibreOffice Draw has a menu option File>Export as PDF..., so yes it can. Also, if you're using Windows 10 it has it's own built-in PDF printer. Select "Microsoft Print to PDF" as the printer and it will produce a PDF of the document. On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 2:39 PM Prem Nath wrote: > Hi, am coming from this link, apologies if this is the wrong email to > contact. > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/c/cd/How-to-create-posters-Draw.pdf > Just wanted to know if the LibreOffice Draw file discussed in the link can > create print quality PDFs, or is there no option but to use Adobe. > The document discusses this partially and also mentions Adobe. > Unsure. > Thanks! > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: WG4.2 Ch16, review/editing done
Thanks for the compliments Tom. Very kind words. Much appreciated. Since you've asked so many things, even though it doesn't seem like the convention in these discussions, I've in line replied below. On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: I am sure other people can figure out what has happened and fix it. You are not the first person to have had teething troubles when first joining this part of any project. Luckily there are people here who have experience with ODFASuthors and can I tend to be process oriented. However my first post of the edited chapter I didn't look back at the process link and just posted based on what seemed to me the correct selection. Then I read the link and realized I should have done it different. I've worked with applications based on Domino, Sharepoint and other host systems that enforce workflow and made the presumption it would be enforced here. It doesn't seem that's the case here though. Btw you haven't signed the chapter back in on the wiki; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_-_WG_-_LO_v4.2 Thanks for that. Is not something I would have done based on the link I've been using for guidance. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#Uploading_a_file_after_a_review Having said that I've gone back and read the page again, and followed the in page link to Using the ODF Authors Website https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/a/a9/Using_odfauthors.odt. And in that document I've found the instruction for updating the task status chart. Seems I need to create a set of bookmarks to easily refer back to the process instructions so I can find them easily and stick with the program. Did you do proof-reading or a review? Actually I didn't know there is a distinct difference between the terms. I read the chapter and tried everything that was instructed. Where instructions didn't work I changed the text to reflect what worked on my system. I recalled reading that it would be useful to have Linux screen shots because of fewer potential issues with copyright and so replaced existing graphics with the same from Linux. Also there were many figure references that didn't include the graphic so I added the graphic for those figures. One graphic, for scope of an add-in, I didn't replace because it wasn't presented to me. I'm using Ubuntu. My account is basically unprivileged and gets root authority through sudo. So perhaps that's why the option wasn't presented. Didn't think to try running sudo soffice until just now to see if that would cause the scope choice dialog for an add-in to be displayed. You signed up to do just 1 chapter and you have done a great job with that. Was it fun or satisfying? Did you enjoy it? How does it feel to be part of the team? Been using open source for years now and occasionally have made cash contributions. Have been looking for something a bit more rewarding and this qualifies. Plus it was a good opportunity to get an inside look at more advanced usage of styles. I've never written anything that needed a ToC, Index, extensive figures with references, etc and this was a good opportunity to get a look at some of the workings to make that happen. 2. It looks like a couple of people who joined the team at the same time as you are struggling to get started. You might be able to help them figure it out faster if they are still stuck. You made it look effortless. Just had the time available, some experience with computers, software, etc and a desire to learn a bit more about the whole process. But thank you. 3. Along the same lines as 2 - it might be great if you have any comments about tricky bits in the documentation for new team-members4. Now that you are more familiar with how ODFAuthors works and the normal work-flow a chapter of the Base Handbook might be an interesting challenge. For me the biggest things were recognizing where/how to start and what process to follow. Following after that was how to do any edits in the document. At first I used the format painter to apply character formating where I thought it should be. Then realized should check if styles were applied. Of course they were and so then I tried to make sure every edit I had already made had correct styles applied. Referring back to my process orientation it probably would have been easier for me if the ODFAuthors account creation message included something like... Please read the following first: Styles for all elements in the manuals have already been created. Use the existing styles when creating or editing manual pages. Check this link for samples showing the styles and where / how they are used. If you will be creating a new chapter follow the process here... If you will be editing an existing chapter follow the process here... I know the link https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development
[libreoffice-documentation] WG4.2 Ch16, review/editing done
I've finished review/edit of the chapter and posted it back on the site. -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Documentation Team needs reviewers for 5 chapter of Writer
Hope I got started correctly. per this link https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development the Download a file for review section I changed the state of Chapter 16 of the Writer Guide. Step 4 of the instruction reads... Change the file's status: Click State: Pending review and select Retract. (It changes to State: Internal draft.) State was actually Externally visible. However Retract was an option on the list and after I selected Retract the state did change to Internal Draft. -Alan On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: I'll get your ODFAuthors account set up. Meanwhile, you can create your own account on the wiki if you haven't already. This page shows which chapters have been published, which are checked out by someone, and which are awaiting review. Looks like chapters 15 16 and Appendix A still have not been taken. It's also helpful to review any published chapter that doesn't have initials in the Reviewed column. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_-_WG_-_LO_v4.2 --Jean On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Alan B abo...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I'm new to the team. Preferred user name aboba Checked the link... - have emailed documentation+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org Waiting for reply. Since the message on the mail list indicated some particular chapters need revising I was hoping (expecting) to get pointed to a chapter to review. A quick look at the guidance on the link and I'm not sure that's how things happen. In any case I'll take a stab at reviewing one chapter. Hopefully the work will meet requirements. -Alan On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) Are you new to the team? It looks like an introduction and if so then welcome in! :)) Someone will hopefully be able to register you at ODFAuthors and give you a login name and password. Do you have a preference for username? There is a guide to help you with your first steps in the Documentation Team on the wiki. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development Blimey! A whole book now! Regards from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 13:03, Alan B abo...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like to give it a go reviewing a chapter of Writer. I've used LibreOffice from the beginning and OpenOffice before that (and still). Have donated in the past and provide some support in the mailing list mostly for Writer and Calc. I've also been using Linux for years and am familiar with doing screen capture to capture the screen, a region or a window to use in a document or edit in GIMP and use. I've seen the plea for assistance w Base documentation and would really like to see that completed/improved but have held off throwing my hat in out of concern that would be a bit more work than I could commit to at this point. However doing a chapter review for Writer is something I am sure I could do. Waiting to know what you think. -Alan -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Documentation Team needs reviewers for 5 chapter of Writer
Looked there and thought about updating it but also wondered if it might be auto updated based on the checkout. I thought the idea of checkout is to be sure no one else would checkout at the same time. Kind of like a file lock. So by doing the checkout others wouldn't grab that chapter (wouldn't be able to actually) thinking they would do the work. Anyway thanks for doing the update. It's all a learning process for me. -Alan On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I'm not sure but this wiki-page might be good to update; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_-_WG_-_LO_v4.2 Do we still need to show people outside of ODFAuthors (such as me) what the current status is of the various chapters? I'd kinda appreciate it but i might be alone and this is the first time i've looked at the page in years. It looks useful so i updated it for you jic Regards from Tom :) On 19 September 2014 13:19, Alan B abo...@gmail.com wrote: Hope I got started correctly. per this link https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development the Download a file for review section I changed the state of Chapter 16 of the Writer Guide. Step 4 of the instruction reads... Change the file's status: Click State: Pending review and select Retract. (It changes to State: Internal draft.) State was actually Externally visible. However Retract was an option on the list and after I selected Retract the state did change to Internal Draft. -Alan On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: I'll get your ODFAuthors account set up. Meanwhile, you can create your own account on the wiki if you haven't already. This page shows which chapters have been published, which are checked out by someone, and which are awaiting review. Looks like chapters 15 16 and Appendix A still have not been taken. It's also helpful to review any published chapter that doesn't have initials in the Reviewed column. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_-_WG_-_LO_v4.2 --Jean On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Alan B abo...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I'm new to the team. Preferred user name aboba Checked the link... - have emailed documentation+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org Waiting for reply. Since the message on the mail list indicated some particular chapters need revising I was hoping (expecting) to get pointed to a chapter to review. A quick look at the guidance on the link and I'm not sure that's how things happen. In any case I'll take a stab at reviewing one chapter. Hopefully the work will meet requirements. -Alan On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) Are you new to the team? It looks like an introduction and if so then welcome in! :)) Someone will hopefully be able to register you at ODFAuthors and give you a login name and password. Do you have a preference for username? There is a guide to help you with your first steps in the Documentation Team on the wiki. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development Blimey! A whole book now! Regards from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 13:03, Alan B abo...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like to give it a go reviewing a chapter of Writer. I've used LibreOffice from the beginning and OpenOffice before that (and still). Have donated in the past and provide some support in the mailing list mostly for Writer and Calc. I've also been using Linux for years and am familiar with doing screen capture to capture the screen, a region or a window to use in a document or edit in GIMP and use. I've seen the plea for assistance w Base documentation and would really like to see that completed/improved but have held off throwing my hat in out of concern that would be a bit more work than I could commit to at this point. However doing a chapter review for Writer is something I am sure I could do. Waiting to know what you think. -Alan -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe
[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Documentation Team needs reviewers for 5 chapter of Writer
I'd like to give it a go reviewing a chapter of Writer. I've used LibreOffice from the beginning and OpenOffice before that (and still). Have donated in the past and provide some support in the mailing list mostly for Writer and Calc. I've also been using Linux for years and am familiar with doing screen capture to capture the screen, a region or a window to use in a document or edit in GIMP and use. I've seen the plea for assistance w Base documentation and would really like to see that completed/improved but have held off throwing my hat in out of concern that would be a bit more work than I could commit to at this point. However doing a chapter review for Writer is something I am sure I could do. Waiting to know what you think. -Alan -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Documentation Team needs reviewers for 5 chapter of Writer
Yes, I'm new to the team. Preferred user name aboba Checked the link... - have emailed documentation+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org Waiting for reply. Since the message on the mail list indicated some particular chapters need revising I was hoping (expecting) to get pointed to a chapter to review. A quick look at the guidance on the link and I'm not sure that's how things happen. In any case I'll take a stab at reviewing one chapter. Hopefully the work will meet requirements. -Alan On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) Are you new to the team? It looks like an introduction and if so then welcome in! :)) Someone will hopefully be able to register you at ODFAuthors and give you a login name and password. Do you have a preference for username? There is a guide to help you with your first steps in the Documentation Team on the wiki. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development Blimey! A whole book now! Regards from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 13:03, Alan B abo...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like to give it a go reviewing a chapter of Writer. I've used LibreOffice from the beginning and OpenOffice before that (and still). Have donated in the past and provide some support in the mailing list mostly for Writer and Calc. I've also been using Linux for years and am familiar with doing screen capture to capture the screen, a region or a window to use in a document or edit in GIMP and use. I've seen the plea for assistance w Base documentation and would really like to see that completed/improved but have held off throwing my hat in out of concern that would be a bit more work than I could commit to at this point. However doing a chapter review for Writer is something I am sure I could do. Waiting to know what you think. -Alan -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
