Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Rate Function similar to Excel
Well, why not use the RATE function in Calc? It seems to take the same parameters as Excel do, are you saying it doesn't return the same values as Excel? Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg 2018-06-07 19:53 GMT+02:00 charles meyer : > Hi Folks, > > Excel is supposed to calculate the interest rate on an auto loan (not just > total interest paid) in its Rate Function. > > This is used when the car dealer provides the loam amount, the monthly > payment amounts, term (e.g. 48 months) but *not* the interest rate. > > Has anyone found a similar function in Calc? > > Steps please? > > Thank you! > > Charles. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Executable File?
On 7-6-2018 17:06, DaveB wrote: > On 07.06.2018 15:38, Peggy wrote: >> I need to choose the file that opens Libre Office writer for a another >> program's option. I can't recognize which file it is in my progarms. Can >> you tell me the name of the file I should choose? >> Thank you, >> Peggy > Hi Peggy, > > Assuming you are using some version of Windows, Look for a file called > swriter.exe > > The historical reason for the leading "s" is that the original software, > on which today's code is based, was called StarOffice and the word > processor component was called StarWriter. > > Regards > Dave > > > soffice.exe --help The '--help' gives some info on the possible option that can be used, and alos this can be used to start other Libreoffice-componentens (like i.e. Calc) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-users] Calc - Rate Function similar to Excel
Hi Folks, Excel is supposed to calculate the interest rate on an auto loan (not just total interest paid) in its Rate Function. This is used when the car dealer provides the loam amount, the monthly payment amounts, term (e.g. 48 months) but *not* the interest rate. Has anyone found a similar function in Calc? Steps please? Thank you! Charles. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Executable File?
Hi :) Ahh, swriter.exe, of course. It sounds like Write is a stand-alone program but LibreOffice/OpenOffice are not built that way. It is not like MS Office in that way. It is much more modular than that. LibreOffice and OpenOffice have a large core of code with libraries and other packages each playing their crucial parts for all of the front-ends. Writer is more like 'just' a front-end and Calc is another. I think the devs call them modules. Sometimes people want to strip right back to get rid of all the bits they don't use, like they would with MS Office if they only wanted to use MS Word but this is not possible with LibreOffice. At best they can get rid of the front-end type modules such as Base or Impress or something but even then it might affect Writer in unexpected ways and it wouldn't free-up much space either. If you want something that can stand-alone and is as tiny and light as possible then AbiWord is a good option. It is another Open Source program and is very compatible with LibreOffice as it's kinda a sister/brother project. When bundled with Gnumeric (a spreadsheet program), they are sometimes called "Gnome Office". Each being dedicated to just one task means they are each very focused on just the thing that they do so sometimes they out-perform programs that are designed to integrate well with others. There are a lot of other options out there depending on whether you want more of a DeskTop Publishing tool (such as Scribus or LaTex) or more like a word-processor. There is one that gets rid of all the visible menus and rulers and stuff so that you can just focus on writing, there are also text-editors that make it easier to write various types of coding such as html, css, python, C++ and whatnot by colour-coding and highlighting errors. Regards from Tom :) On 7 June 2018 at 16:06, DaveB wrote: > On 07.06.2018 15:38, Peggy wrote: > > I need to choose the file that opens Libre Office writer for a another > > program's option. I can't recognize which file it is in my progarms. Can > > you tell me the name of the file I should choose? > > Thank you, > > Peggy > > Hi Peggy, > > Assuming you are using some version of Windows, Look for a file called > swriter.exe > > The historical reason for the leading "s" is that the original software, > on which today's code is based, was called StarOffice and the word > processor component was called StarWriter. > > Regards > Dave > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Executable File?
On 07.06.2018 15:38, Peggy wrote: > I need to choose the file that opens Libre Office writer for a another > program's option. I can't recognize which file it is in my progarms. Can > you tell me the name of the file I should choose? > Thank you, > Peggy Hi Peggy, Assuming you are using some version of Windows, Look for a file called swriter.exe The historical reason for the leading "s" is that the original software, on which today's code is based, was called StarOffice and the word processor component was called StarWriter. Regards Dave -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working
Hi :) That is downright weird. My ex-boss often used to have troubles using Adobe Pdf-reader to open Pdfs he'd downloaded with Internet Explorer or that were in his Outlook emails. Switching either variable - such as still using Adobe Pdf reader but downloading the file using Firefox, or Chrome worked fine - or the other way around, taking the already downloaded file and using any other Pdf Reader (such as Foxit) also worked. He just couldn't seem to understand that using stuff that may have been reasonably good a few decades ago is not necessarily good now (although IE was never good imo). It's quite normal to have incompatibility issues when using even just 1 proprietary product but trying to get 2 to co-operate with each other is not always easy. Each one wants to be the dominant program on your system and doesn't like to share = that's the ethos. It is unusual to have that sort of problem with OpenSource things because each thing needs to work smoothly with a wide variety of other tools and gets it's own major advantages by avoiding being monolithic. Regards from Tom :) On 7 June 2018 at 15:18, Robert M McClure wrote: > Yes, I did try renaming the user-profile, to no effect. > > However, last night I downloaded the latest version of Firefox (60.0.2) > and the problem seems to have gone away. I have not yet tried extensive > testing, but in about 8 tries have not yet gotten a failure. This one > baffles me. > > Bob McClure > > > On 6/7/2018 12:17 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi:) >> Here is another "waggle the wires" suggestion... >> >> Have you tried renaming the user-profile? >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile >> >> I've not seen it suggested or mentioned earlier in this thread but I could >> easily have missed it. >> >> Regards from >> a Tom:) >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-un > subscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Executable File?
Hi :) I'm not clear exactly what you are trying to do or what you want. Any file that can be opened by LibreOffice should be able to open LO itself when yo8u just double-click on the file. If double-clicking a file opens a file in a program that you didn't want to use this time then try right-clicking on the file and choose "Open with ..." from the "context menu" that should appear beside the mouse pointer. That should list various relevant programs and also give an option to choose your own program. You can also drag files onto a LibreOffice icon - but if you drag one letter, a book and a spreadsheet onto a Writer icon then you will get 2 instances of Writer and 1 instance of Calc. It's difficult to force LO to open a document in the wrong module/program for it's file-type. If you are coding and want to call LO from some code then it's probably best to call; soffice.exe i think? In linux typing soffice without any file-extension on the end is enough to open LibreOffice. So i'd guess it's soffice.exe in Windoze. LibreOffice can also be used in headless mode though so you might not need to open LibreOffice onscreen at all. It is useful for converting a folder full of files from one file-type to another - such as Rtf or DocX to Odf - as an example. Regards from a Tom :) On 7 June 2018 at 15:38, Peggy <33mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to choose the file that opens Libre Office writer for a another > program's option. I can't recognize which file it is in my progarms. Can > you tell me the name of the file I should choose? > Thank you, > Peggy > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-users] Executable File?
I need to choose the file that opens Libre Office writer for a another program's option. I can't recognize which file it is in my progarms. Can you tell me the name of the file I should choose? Thank you, Peggy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Language not "picked" correctly
Not with Vivaldi as it has only one flavour of English unlike Chromium and
Firefox.
On 6 June 2018 at 19:41, Luuk wrote:
> Chrome was just meant as an example, addin the correct language to your
> favorite browser should do the trick for that browser too... ;-)
>
>
> On 4-6-2018 20:22, Tim-L wrote:
> > When I made a clean install on this laptop for Ubuntu 18.04, I did not
> > install Vivaldi.
> >
> > I had it on the old setup for a while, but only used once, when I
> > actually downloaded it. So, I did not install it, yet{?}.
> >
> > It is weird that my Ubuntu install shows en_GB instead of en_US. Your
> > Ubuntu/Debian based OS gets .rpm instead .deb. I get my problem with
> > the latest repository version of Firefox - 60.0.1.
> >
> > I do not use Chromium, but add Chrome for those web sites who refuses
> > to allow Firefox to be used.
> >
> > On 06/04/2018 10:36 AM, Graham Luffrum wrote:
> >> I use Vivaldi under LinuxMint and when I download LO for some reason
> >> I get
> >> offered the rpm files, which at first foxed me. With Vivaldi it is not
> >> possible to choose different flavours of English and so I have to change
> >> not only the rpm to deb, but also the language. Both Chromium and
> >> Firefox
> >> on the other hand come up with both the right file type and language.
> >>
> >> Graham
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3 June 2018 at 19:36, Tim-L wrote:
> >>
> >>> I use Firefox.
> >>> I do have Chrome and a few others I test every so often, but Firefox is
> >>> the one I have been using for many years now.
> >>>
> >>> Henri added that I should go and chose the language option. Yes I
> >>> can do
> >>> that, and did so, but how many of the people who download LO will
> >>> not think
> >>> about that till they try to install the help packs?
> >>>
> >>> I have seen this issue, if I remember correctly, over the past few
> >>> weeks
> >>> and kept forgetting to ask about this.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 06/03/2018 12:12 PM, Luuk wrote:
> >>>
> when using Chrome, specify the corrrect language in your browser
>
> - goto chrome://settings/
> - select advanced
> - find 'langages'
>
> LibreOffice seems to be offered in the first language you have
> there
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2-6-2018 21:30, Tim-L wrote:
>
> > I am currently using Ubuntu 18.04 - - Language - en_US.UTF-8(en_US)
> >
> > When I go to the download page for the newest LO version 6.0.4 x86_64
> > (deb) I keep getting the English (GB) version files.
> >
> > It has shown up with both Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 installs.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
> >
> > Supplementary Downloads:
> >
> > Translated User Interface: English (GB) (Torrent, Info)
> > Help for offline use: English (GB) (Torrent, Info)
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working
Yes, I did try renaming the user-profile, to no effect. However, last night I downloaded the latest version of Firefox (60.0.2) and the problem seems to have gone away. I have not yet tried extensive testing, but in about 8 tries have not yet gotten a failure. This one baffles me. Bob McClure On 6/7/2018 12:17 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) Here is another "waggle the wires" suggestion... Have you tried renaming the user-profile? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile I've not seen it suggested or mentioned earlier in this thread but I could easily have missed it. Regards from a Tom:) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[Solved] Re: Re: [libreoffice-users] Failure: repeated attempts to unsubscibe
Hi :) The problem has been solved now. Thanks for the input though. That would have been a problem except the daughter was able to login to her father's email account. She did figure it out in the end. Thanks and regards from a Tom :) On 7 June 2018 at 14:45, wrote: > On 06/06, Cley Faye wrote: > >> 2018-06-06 16:13 GMT+02:00 : >> >> Hi all, I've attempted to unsubscribe my father repeatedly, following the >>> instructions at the bottom of each email -to no avail. Message says there >>> is no user called "unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org". >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi, >> >> You have to send an email to the following address: >> users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> >> You need the whole users+unsubscribe. Pay extra attention to the plus >> sign, >> and make sure your email client isn't interpreting it as something else, >> but really send the email to that exact address. >> > > Might the problem be the OP can't send the user+unsubscribe from > subscribed email address? > > -- > regards. > > Thinkpad T60p 2.33Ghz 2GB SXGA+ > > Jabber IM: dekkz...@jabber.hot-chilli.net > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-un > subscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Long comments in calc?
Hi :) It is still usually good to upgrade. I tend to stay on a stable version, usually after a branch has passed the x.y.3 sub-point version. By then a branch has usually fixed any teething problems it may have had earlier in it's cycle. If you think of that third number being a "Service Pack" number and divide by 3 then i'm kinda following the old wisdom about waiting for service pack 2 before using the new thing. Of course that wisdom is much more crucial in the m$ world where it comes from but it still works out quite well for LibreOffice too. Each new branch adds tons of features (which i rarely use) and greater compatibility with MS formats (which are themselves constantly changing in order to be as incompatible as possible with older versions of MS Office and with competitors such as us). Sometimes security issues are also dealt with although it's very rare for LO (or AOO) to have any security issues in the first place. So it can be good to upgrade but there is seldom any desperate need to and anyway it's often best to wait until a new brance has become a little older. Regards from a Tom :) On 2 June 2018 at 17:32, marianne-x wrote: > Ahoy: > > I am still using Version: 4.4.7.2, so this note may be of no help. > > (I am not aware of any “improvements” in later versions that would help > me, and I read here of so many regressions, that I have not been tempted to > “upgrade”.) > > Anyway, in Version: 4.4.7.2, when you select “Insert-Text Box”, you do not > immediately get a box, but only an indicator that something has changed, > which might appear to you as “nothing”. > > The “regular” calc arrow cursor changes to a cross, with an apparent > subscript looking something like a curvey-flanged I-beam. > > You can use this cursor to draw the outline of the text box, which need > not conform to cell boundaries. > > Anything you type within those boundaries goes not into the underlying > cells, but rather into the text box. Executing a CR exits the “text-box > mode”, leaving the text floating. > > You cannot make any entry into the underlying cells when the text box > boundary is displayed, but you can after exiting, even entering right under > “box” text. > > Clicking within the now-invisible boundary does not select any cell; > instead it brings back the box boundary, handles, The box can be > manipulated in the usual ways when its boundary is displayed, including > re-sizing and being dragged over pre-existing cell entries. > > There is, of course, much more detail to be gleaned, but best by > experimentation, not additional tortured prose. > > Any help? > > > mxk > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-un > subscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: Re: [libreoffice-users] Failure: repeated attempts to unsubscibe
On 06/06, Cley Faye wrote: 2018-06-06 16:13 GMT+02:00 : Hi all, I've attempted to unsubscribe my father repeatedly, following the instructions at the bottom of each email -to no avail. Message says there is no user called "unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org". Hi, You have to send an email to the following address: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org You need the whole users+unsubscribe. Pay extra attention to the plus sign, and make sure your email client isn't interpreting it as something else, but really send the email to that exact address. Might the problem be the OP can't send the user+unsubscribe from subscribed email address? -- regards. Thinkpad T60p 2.33Ghz 2GB SXGA+ Jabber IM: dekkz...@jabber.hot-chilli.net -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer paragraph numbered list issue
Hi :) Yes, Steve Edmonds is making a lot of good points. Microsquish Word is good at making an unrecoverable mess of things. What you see on the surface is just the tip of the iceberg. It might be time to bite the bullet and start afresh. It'll soon save you a lot of time. What you have learned about Writer so far will help a lot so none of your struggles have been wasted. Also a quick skim-read of chapter 3 "Using Styles and Templates" in the "Getting Started with LibreOffice" guide often helps a LOT. It's available for free from here; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications and less geekily from here; https://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/english-documentation/getting-started-guide/read-online-5-2/ Note that these can be modified or replaced later so don't worry if things are not exactly correct to start with. LibreOffice tends to use a consistent style by default throughtout any document. When you make changes to the style the effect tends to ripple through the whole document keeping the whole document's appearance neat and consistent within itself. MS Word documents tend to have tons of different styles randomly splodged throughout, often even in a single sentence. That's one reason why unexpected font changes and indent changes and bullet-points styles and numbering systems are often such a messy headache in Word documents. In Writer all such things tends to be kept consistent throughout. So initially you might find numbered paragraphs use something weird, such as; 2. a) iii. but try to avoid stressing about that sort of thing early on. Such detail can be easily changed throughout the whole document with just a few clicks later - after you've had time to look into that specific issue. I used to use Word to collect articles from several different authors for a fairly hefty, several page, newsletter. With Word it would take the best part of a week to pull it all together when making as few changes as possible. MS Word would make radical and surprising changes without being told to. Eventually I learned to strip away all the formatting from contributers articles before even starting. Then i'd re-apply formatting to make it look the same as the article they had given me. It sounds crazy but it saved so much time that the whole newsletter took just a couple of days instead of nearly a week. Then I moved to LibreOffice and the time taken quickly dropped to just a couple of hours - and people started commenting on how much better it looked. So it is daunting but turns out to be surprisingly easy to start afresh. It has probably taken years and a lot of headaches to chase down enough rabbit holes to beat the document into shape in MS Word. Stand by to be amazed at how all that is made really easy in Writer. Suggested rough path - but you may find you do some things in a different order or don't complete one item all in one go; 1. Keep the document you have and maybe print it out to use as style reference. 2. Copy the whole document into a text-editor such as "Notepad" or GEdit or whatever (or paste as plain text) to get rid of all the hidden kludgy formatting 3. Create a new document and keep it as an odt document. Avoid using any Microsoft format! Paste the plain text into it. 4. Tidy the document as a whole. 5. Do sweeping changes using styles. 5. Add images 6. Work on specific detail for final flourish I hope this helps! Keep asking questions, preferably before looking up answers. If you find the answer before we can reply you can always drop us a hint for the next person who has the same question. Good luck and regards from a Tom :) I'm sorry to have to break it to you but Microsquish Word is good at making a horrible mess. It's good for quick little letters and first drafts of things but not for desktop publishing or good quality documents. If you want a neat well-formatted document they have a separate program for you to buy. M$ Publisher is included in some bundles of M$ Office but not others and it's horribly complicated with a steep learning curve. At first it looks familiar as it looks similar to Microsquish Word but it throws in some unexpected curved balls to help confuse and mess up documents. There are plenty of training courses you could pay for and books to buy to help learn how to use a current version but not many people use it so it's hard to get hints from people in normal conversation. On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 21:35 Steve Edmonds, wrote: > Hi. > I am doing the same as you (but not in a legal situation) all the time > and bullets or numbering from word can be variable when pasted into > writer. Some times the numbering continues from previous numbering and > sometimes it starts again. Sometimes bullets paste as graphics > characters and sometimes as a bulleted list. > > If I right click the first character after the number I get the menu > (image) below. LO 6.0.4.2 > > > If you click into the number of the
Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working
Hi :) Here is another "waggle the wires" suggestion... Have you tried renaming the user-profile? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile I've not seen it suggested or mentioned earlier in this thread but I could easily have missed it. Regards from a Tom :) On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 00:27 Dave Howorth, wrote: > On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 08:18:33 +1200 > Steve Edmonds wrote: > > > Hi. > > Is this then a problem of Ctl-C not working in Firefox. > > If you open notepad along with writer and Ctl-V in Firefox, Ctl-C > > writer, Ctl-C notepad, does paste in notepad work while not in writer. > > It seems hard to get this issue reproducible. > > Steve > > Note that Robert is using Windows whilst you are using Linux. The copy > and paste mechanisms are different between Windows and X and whichever > desktop you are running. It's quite a complex area that's not well > understood. > > > On 07/06/18 05:25, Robert M McClure wrote: > > > I can assure you that the reported problem, ie, Control-C not > > > copying. Is NOT a hardware problem. On my machine it appears to > > > happen quite regularly under the following circumstance. Firefox is > > > displaying a web page. Control-C click on the URL bar. Open a > > > Writer window. Paste (Control-V). This ALWAYS works. Select some > > > text in the Firefox page. Control-C click. Go to the Writer page. > > > Paste. About 90% of the time the result is the previously copied > > > URL. However, if in the Firefox page, you click on Edit, and then > > > Copy, and then paste in the Writer Document, it is correct. I have > > > performed this experiment (and similar ones) enough times to > > > definitely rule out a keyboard problem on my machine. There is > > > something strange in the interaction between Firefox and Writer. I > > > have tried the same experiment with the Opera browser and do not > > > see this problem. > > > > > > System: AMD64 processor, 16GB memory, Windows 7 64 bit (up to > > > date), LibreOffice Version: 6.0.3.2 (x64), Firefox 60.0.1 (64-bit). > > > > > > And for the record, I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering and > > > have been designing digital logic, computers, and writing software > > > since 1957. > > > > > > Bob McClure > > > > > > > > > On 6/6/2018 3:45 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: > > >> On 2018/06/03 17:09, Brian Barker wrote: > > >>> At 20:50 29/05/2018 +, Virgil Arrington wrote: > > I am starting to experience more copy/paste issues similar to > > those described by Thomas. I am using LO 6.0.3.2 with Linux Mint > > 18. > > > > Today, I was working in Impress. I've been copying and pasting > > text from one slide to another within a single Impress > > presentation file. Every now and then, the copy function > > does not copy the new text, so that when I press > > , instead of getting the text I just copied, I get a > > previous copy. It also happened when I tried copying text from > > another program (LyX) into my LO Impress. > > >>> > > >>> I have to say that the simplest explanation of this for both of > > >>> you > > >>> - and consequently the one recommended by Occam - is still that > > >>> your copy operation - using Ctrl+C - failed to happen. Keyboards > > >>> do fail or become unreliable, so this would hardly be surprising. > > >>> Pardon my asking this, but when did you last remove dust, cat > > >>> hair, biscuit crumbs, paper clips, and so on from your keyboard? > > >>> Gravity is effective at adding these items. Do you use the "C" > > >>> key often? Are you perhaps a member of the Caius College > > >>> Cambridge Cricket Club? > > >>> > > >>> Here's a suggestion. When you use Ctrl+C you see no feedback of > > >>> the process. In other words, the behaviour is exactly the same > > >>> whether the operation has succeeded or failed, so you cannot > > >>> tell. This is different from using Edit | Copy, where the Edit > > >>> menu disappears when the click is successful, but not otherwise. > > >>> Similarly, using right-click | Copy, the context menu disappears > > >>> only when your click is successful. Just test by using either of > > >>> these techniques instead. If you can reproduce the problem with > > >>> the *Copy* operation performed in either of these ways, there may > > >>> be some underlying software problem; if not, your Ctrl+C is > > >>> simply not working. > > I must say this is an entirely new behavior for me and my copy > > of LO. It not only happened when copying and pasting from > > another program to LO, but also from one slide to another within > > LO itself. I'll keep an eye on it and try to see any consistency > > in the behavior. So far, it has been intermittent. > > >>> > > >>> Again, this is all consistent with a hardware problem. > > >>> > > >>> I trust this helps. > > >>> > > >>> Brian Barker > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Good evening > > >> I do not want to be awkward, but this behavior seems to affect > > >> ONLY Libreoffice. > > >> (it
