[libreoffice-users] OS hangs while visiting a LO wiki page
Hello Users of LibreOffice, Once in a while I visit the Release Plan wiki page, https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan From that wiki page, I recently tried to visit the "5.0.2" -> "RC1" page (more than once), but my OS hangs when I click on the relevant link. Of course, it could be just a coincidence. I am reluctant to try to reach these pages again, especially considering that every new wiki page in the series is based on the prior one. I am using Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit, with Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3, all updated. The strange behavior happened with both web browsers. I don't know whether some security tool being in use (e.g. Avast) might be relevant. I wanted to share this unusual experience, in case someone else happens to see it too (or something similar, or at least uncommon), and/or maybe it might be worth someone checking the source of these wiki pages (and their related nested templates). I am aware that this behavior (hanging OS) would be considered "unlikely to be triggered by some wiki page". The fact that it happened to me more than once while following the same links (but nowhere else) pushed me to at least comment on it. TIA, Ady. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] OS hangs while visiting a LO wiki page
On 15/09/15 13:48, Ady Ady wrote: > Hello Users of LibreOffice, > > Once in a while I visit the Release Plan wiki page, > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan > > From that wiki page, I recently tried to visit the "5.0.2" -> "RC1" > page (more than once), but my OS hangs when I click on the relevant > link. > > Of course, it could be just a coincidence. I am reluctant to try to > reach these pages again, especially considering that every new wiki > page in the series is based on the prior one. > > I am using Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit, with Internet Explorer 9 > and Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3, all updated. > > The strange behavior happened with both web browsers. > > I don't know whether some security tool being in use (e.g. Avast) > might be relevant. > > I wanted to share this unusual experience, in case someone else > happens to see it too (or something similar, or at least uncommon), > and/or maybe it might be worth someone checking the source of these > wiki pages (and their related nested templates). > > I am aware that this behavior (hanging OS) would be considered > "unlikely to be triggered by some wiki page". The fact that it > happened to me more than once while following the same links (but > nowhere else) pushed me to at least comment on it. > > TIA, > Ady. > No problems with Debian and Iceweasel. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] OS hangs while visiting a LO wiki page
On 09/15/2015 05:48 AM, Ady Ady wrote: > Hello Users of LibreOffice, > > Once in a while I visit the Release Plan wiki page, > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan > > From that wiki page, I recently tried to visit the "5.0.2" -> "RC1" > page (more than once), but my OS hangs when I click on the relevant > link. > > Of course, it could be just a coincidence. I am reluctant to try to > reach these pages again, especially considering that every new wiki > page in the series is based on the prior one. > > I am using Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit, with Internet Explorer 9 > and Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3, all updated. > > The strange behavior happened with both web browsers. > > I don't know whether some security tool being in use (e.g. Avast) > might be relevant. > > I wanted to share this unusual experience, in case someone else > happens to see it too (or something similar, or at least uncommon), > and/or maybe it might be worth someone checking the source of these > wiki pages (and their related nested templates). > > I am aware that this behavior (hanging OS) would be considered > "unlikely to be triggered by some wiki page". The fact that it > happened to me more than once while following the same links (but > nowhere else) pushed me to at least comment on it. > > TIA, > Ady. > Works for me in Firefox 40.0.3 on Ubuntu Linux 15.04 (64-bit). Peace... "The Other" Tom -- /When we dance, you have a way with me, Stay with me... Sway with me.../ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] OS hangs while visiting a LO wiki page
On 09/15/2015 05:48 AM, Ady Ady wrote: > Hello Users of LibreOffice, > >Once in a while I visit the Release Plan wiki page, > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan > > From that wiki page, I recently tried to visit the "5.0.2" -> "RC1" >page (more than once), but my OS hangs when I click on the relevant >link. > >Of course, it could be just a coincidence. I am reluctant to try to >reach these pages again, especially considering that every new wiki >page in the series is based on the prior one. > >I am using Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit, with Internet Explorer 9 >and Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3, all updated. > >The strange behavior happened with both web browsers. > >I don't know whether some security tool being in use (e.g. Avast) >might be relevant. > >I wanted to share this unusual experience, in case someone else >happens to see it too (or something similar, or at least uncommon), >and/or maybe it might be worth someone checking the source of these >wiki pages (and their related nested templates). > >I am aware that this behavior (hanging OS) would be considered >"unlikely to be triggered by some wiki page". The fact that it >happened to me more than once while following the same links (but >nowhere else) pushed me to at least comment on it. > >TIA, >Ady. > Works for me with Firefox 40.0.3 on "windows" (aka "curtains") 7, 64 bit. trj -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] OS hangs while visiting a LO wiki page
Works for me with Chrome44.0.2403.89 on Chromixium 1.5 (Ubuntu 14.04) On 15. 09. 15 16:01, mxk wrote: On 09/15/2015 05:48 AM, Ady Ady wrote: > Hello Users of LibreOffice, > >Once in a while I visit the Release Plan wiki page, > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan > > From that wiki page, I recently tried to visit the "5.0.2" -> "RC1" >page (more than once), but my OS hangs when I click on the relevant >link. > >Of course, it could be just a coincidence. I am reluctant to try to >reach these pages again, especially considering that every new wiki >page in the series is based on the prior one. > >I am using Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit, with Internet Explorer 9 >and Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3, all updated. > >The strange behavior happened with both web browsers. > >I don't know whether some security tool being in use (e.g. Avast) >might be relevant. > >I wanted to share this unusual experience, in case someone else >happens to see it too (or something similar, or at least uncommon), >and/or maybe it might be worth someone checking the source of these >wiki pages (and their related nested templates). > >I am aware that this behavior (hanging OS) would be considered >"unlikely to be triggered by some wiki page". The fact that it >happened to me more than once while following the same links (but >nowhere else) pushed me to at least comment on it. > >TIA, >Ady. > Works for me with Firefox 40.0.3 on "windows" (aka "curtains") 7, 64 bit. trj -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] page numbering oddity
Hi. I'm using LO 5.0.1.2 on Mint. There's an oddity about page numbering, in which differing page styles change the start page number and total page count. So, I start LO and make, say, a fresh 3-page document, no manual page breaks, rather just letting the text flow across page boundaries. On each page, I add the page number and page count fields. Comfortingly, the pages now say 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3. That's good. However, I go to the first page, bring up the stylist, and double-click "Left Page". The embedded page counts now say 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. And the page indicator on LO's lower bar reflects this, saying I have a 4-page document when it's only 3. (The pages have the correct alternating Left/Right styles after this) If I go back to the top, and select either "Default Style" or "Right Page", the numbering corrects itself. If instead, I try to use a First Page style, leading to Right, then Left, I get numbering that looks like 1/4, 3/4 and 3/4. No page 2, and just plain weird! I know it's slightly perverse starting with the left page, but I have a good reason, and surely this shouldn't make the counts wrong. It looks from here that LO has a hard-wired opinion that page 1 is on the right of a double-page spread. The killer is that I can't find an obvious way to fix things up manually - can anyone help please? I'm hoping I'm just missing something glaringly obvious. Thanks. -- Mike Scott Harlow, Essex, England -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Android version
On 09/14/2015 02:42 PM, James Knott wrote: On 09/14/2015 08:41 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Does anyone know if it installs onto the device itself so that it's usable off-line? AndrOffice works off line. However, your friend should test it before he goes. Also, while it works on a tablet, I'd hate to use it on a phone. There are currency converters, on Google Play, that might be more appropriate, though I haven't used any of them. For any Wordprocessing app for editing, you really need to have an external keyboard, to save visual space on the tablet's screen. Also having the portable battery backup devices to help keep a phone and tablet charged up between "downtime" [when you have access to AC power] is a must. Also, you really need to take a surge protection device for when you charge your electronics. This makes sense even if you are charging the devices at home, let alone abroad. OFF Topic. . . You can download the language files for Google Translate, for most of the languages you can hear while online. This may be good for a traveler who does not speak the native language for the area that they are visiting. Having Translate and a good currency info app may help a lot. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] page numbering oddity
At 16:08 15/09/2015 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: I'm using LO 5.0.1.2 on Mint. There's an oddity about page numbering, in which differing page styles change the start page number and total page count. So, I start LO and make, say, a fresh 3-page document, no manual page breaks, rather just letting the text flow across page boundaries. On each page, I add the page number and page count fields. Comfortingly, the pages now say 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3. That's good. However, I go to the first page, bring up the stylist, and double-click "Left Page". The embedded page counts now say 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. And the page indicator on LO's lower bar reflects this, saying I have a 4-page document when it's only 3. (The pages have the correct alternating Left/Right styles after this) Professional printers always use odd page numbers on rectos (right pages) and even ones on versos (left pages). If your first page is a verso, you have left a blank recto before it. LibreOffice is regarding that as page 1. o Ensure that Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Writer | Print | Other | Print automatically inserted blank pages is ticked. o Go to File | Page Preview. You should see the actual structure of your document and why the numbering is behaving as it does. If I go back to the top, and select either "Default Style" or "Right Page", the numbering corrects itself. Because there no longer needs to be a missing page secretly numbered 1. If instead, I try to use a First Page style, leading to Right, then Left, I get numbering that looks like 1/4, 3/4 and 3/4. No page 2, and just plain weird! (Is that last page actually "4/4"?) That's not weird: you now have page 1 on a recto, an invisible page 2, and your second page numbered 3 as you have asked for it also to be on a recto. I know it's slightly perverse starting with the left page, but I have a good reason, and surely this shouldn't make the counts wrong. Since you are keeping your "good reason" a secret, I'm not sure what you mean by a "left page" here. Do you mean that you want to print double-sided with a blank front page? If not, I don't know why you need to use the Left Page page style. It looks from here that LO has a hard-wired opinion that page 1 is on the right of a double-page spread. It's hard-wired in printers' brains! The killer is that I can't find an obvious way to fix things up manually ... Can you tinker with the page styles or create your own to achieve what you need? What does each page style have for its Next Style? What do they have for "Page layout" under "Layout settings" on their Page tabs? I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer 5 loses recent documents list - SOLVED
My apologies - I figured it out. A lot of the recent files were on my flash drive, so when it's not plugged in, LO can't see them and doesn't list them. Thanks all. MR On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 2:23 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: > Since I upgraded to LO 5.0.1, I've noticed that the Writer seems to > lose the recent documents list at random. > > This morning I edited a document and it had all the ones I've worked > on recently in the list. An hour later, it had only three, none of > which were the one I'd worked on and most of the ones I have worked on > were gone. > > What's up with that? > > Thanks. > MR -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
solved: Re: [libreoffice-users] page numbering oddity
On 15/09/15 18:32, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:08 15/09/2015 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: I'm using LO 5.0.1.2 on Mint. There's an oddity about page numbering, in which differing page styles change the start page number and total page count. So, I start LO and make, say, a fresh 3-page document, no ... However, I go to the first page, bring up the stylist, and double-click "Left Page". The embedded page counts now say 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. And the page indicator on LO's lower bar reflects this, ... o Ensure that Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Writer | Print | Other | Print automatically inserted blank pages is ticked. o Go to File | Page Preview. Indeed; that shows the problem exactly; many thanks. Making my first page a "Left Page" style forces a blank page in front of the document. . I know it's slightly perverse starting with the left page, but I have a good reason, and surely this shouldn't make the counts wrong. Since you are keeping your "good reason" a secret, I'm not sure what you mean by a "left page" here. Do you mean that you want to print double-sided with a blank front page? If not, I don't know why you need to use the Left Page page style. What I'm doing is printing songs - lyrics plus chords (I've pretty well sorted out my previous query, modulo workarounds). If I have an even number of pages, it makes a deal of practical sense (you try turning a page with two hands on a guitar :-) to use a double-page spread all through, which puts odd pages on the left. Odd pages on the right may be standard for books, but shouldn't be compulsory. (My 3-page example was just that, btw; not a real document) Can you tinker with the page styles or create your own to achieve what you need? What does each page style have for its Next Style? What do they have for "Page layout" under "Layout settings" on their Page tabs? And after a bit of tinkering I've even found the cure - another twiddly I didn't properly understand - the Left Page style was set to left pages only, similarly for Right. Setting both to 'left & right' stops the blank page generation. I trust this helps. Hindsight being perfect, the answer was blindingly obvious. Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction to see it! -- Mike Scott (unet2 [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) Harlow Essex England -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] OS hangs while visiting a LO wiki page
Ady Ady wrote: Hello Users of LibreOffice, Once in a while I visit the Release Plan wiki page, https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan From that wiki page, I recently tried to visit the "5.0.2" -> "RC1" page (more than once), but my OS hangs when I click on the relevant link. Of course, it could be just a coincidence. I am reluctant to try to reach these pages again, especially considering that every new wiki page in the series is based on the prior one. I am using Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit, with Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3, all updated. The strange behavior happened with both web browsers. I don't know whether some security tool being in use (e.g. Avast) might be relevant. I wanted to share this unusual experience, in case someone else happens to see it too (or something similar, or at least uncommon), and/or maybe it might be worth someone checking the source of these wiki pages (and their related nested templates). I am aware that this behavior (hanging OS) would be considered "unlikely to be triggered by some wiki page". The fact that it happened to me more than once while following the same links (but nowhere else) pushed me to at least comment on it. Interesting... I don't see a problem with that page at the moment. However, since mid July I have been experiencing occasional OS hangs which seem to be triggered by visiting certain web pages or sometimes scrolling down the page slightly even after it's been loaded for a while. Revisiting the same page doesn't necessarily trigger another hang, but some pages seem to be more prone to it than others. I use Windows Vista Business 32-bit, Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.33.1 (based on Firefox 36), Avast antivirus. One site (www.discount-electrical.co.uk) seemed to be particularly troublesome. At one point I couldn't even add a few items to the shopping cart and check out before the OS hung. Hangs seemed to be less frequent using Chrome instead, but I did still get a few. I didn't try IE. I haven't had so much trouble since mid August, but then again I haven't been visiting the sites which seemed to be triggering the problem so much lately either. Still get a couple of unexplained hangs a week though. I can't be certain that visiting the web sites is/was the trigger, or whether that's just coincidental. As you say, it does seem unlikely! If anything, I'd suspect some interaction with a Windows update or perhaps Flash or Avast, since I'd just got back from holiday and installed a load of updates just before the problems started. Another possibility for me is overheating or failing hardware (this is a 9 year old laptop so getting on a bit!) but I haven't got around to investigating further. Mark. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Libreoffice writer very slow with comments open
Hello all, I'm using Libreoffice Writer 5 on Kubuntu 14.04. It is very, very slow if I have the comments open to view on the right hand side. By "very slow", I mean that it is unresponsive to any command, and I can easily type faster than it will keep up with. If I hide the comments, there is no problem. Of course, sometimes, one can just not have the comments open -- but that's not possible if you're using the program to write documents collaboratively. I have tried all the usual advice about slowness with Libreoffice, viz. changing the memory settings. This has made no difference. Any advice gratefully received! Cheers, Nick -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Libreoffice-writer-very-slow-with-comments-open-tp4160442.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: solved: Re: [libreoffice-users] page numbering oddity
At 19:31 15/09/2015 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: What I'm doing is printing songs - lyrics plus chords (I've pretty well sorted out my previous query, modulo workarounds). If I have an even number of pages, it makes a deal of practical sense (you try turning a page with two hands on a guitar :-) to use a double-page spread all through, ... Oh, indeed! Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] OS hangs while visiting a LO wiki page
On 09/15/2015 01:43 PM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: > Ady Ady wrote: >> Hello Users of LibreOffice, >> >> Once in a while I visit the Release Plan wiki page, >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan >> >> From that wiki page, I recently tried to visit the "5.0.2" -> "RC1" >> page (more than once), but my OS hangs when I click on the relevant >> link. >> >> Of course, it could be just a coincidence. I am reluctant to try to >> reach these pages again, especially considering that every new wiki >> page in the series is based on the prior one. >> >> I am using Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit, with Internet Explorer 9 >> and Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3, all updated. >> >> The strange behavior happened with both web browsers. >> >> I don't know whether some security tool being in use (e.g. Avast) >> might be relevant. >> >> I wanted to share this unusual experience, in case someone else >> happens to see it too (or something similar, or at least uncommon), >> and/or maybe it might be worth someone checking the source of these >> wiki pages (and their related nested templates). >> >> I am aware that this behavior (hanging OS) would be considered >> "unlikely to be triggered by some wiki page". The fact that it >> happened to me more than once while following the same links (but >> nowhere else) pushed me to at least comment on it. > > Interesting... I don't see a problem with that page at the moment. > However, since mid July I have been experiencing occasional OS hangs > which seem to be triggered by visiting certain web pages or sometimes > scrolling down the page slightly even after it's been loaded for a > while. Revisiting the same page doesn't necessarily trigger another > hang, but some pages seem to be more prone to it than others. > > I use Windows Vista Business 32-bit, Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.33.1 (based > on Firefox 36), Avast antivirus. > > One site (www.discount-electrical.co.uk) seemed to be particularly > troublesome. At one point I couldn't even add a few items to the > shopping cart and check out before the OS hung. Hangs seemed to be > less frequent using Chrome instead, but I did still get a few. I > didn't try IE. > > I haven't had so much trouble since mid August, but then again I > haven't been visiting the sites which seemed to be triggering the > problem so much lately either. Still get a couple of unexplained hangs > a week though. > > I can't be certain that visiting the web sites is/was the trigger, or > whether that's just coincidental. As you say, it does seem unlikely! > If anything, I'd suspect some interaction with a Windows update or > perhaps Flash or Avast, since I'd just got back from holiday and > installed a load of updates just before the problems started. Another > possibility for me is overheating or failing hardware (this is a 9 > year old laptop so getting on a bit!) but I haven't got around to > investigating further. > > Mark. > > So, when the problem happens for you, what do you do to recover? How do you get the system working again? Have you checked the Windows Event Viewer for log messages? There might be a log message around the time the system hangs. Peace.. "The Other" Tom -- /When we dance, you have a way with me, Stay with me... Sway with me.../ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
