[libreoffice-users] Re: QUESTION: Libreoffice documents constantly need recovery

2011-02-16 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/02/11 05:38, Simon Cropper a écrit : Hi Simon, > > I am regularly getting a dialog box stating that one of the LibreOffice > Documents I am working on needs to be recovered. > I see you're using JVM 1.6.0_20 (IcedTea), you might want to try updating to Java 1.6.0_22 to see if that resolve

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to select a small image placed on a large image?

2011-02-16 Thread Jacob Valdez
On 16/2/2011 22:52, Tom Davies wrote: Brilliant! That is much more elegant :) Regards from Tom :) From: Cor Nouws To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 15:13:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to select a small image placed on a large im

[libreoffice-users] QUESTION: Libreoffice documents constantly need recovery

2011-02-16 Thread Simon Cropper
Hi, I am regularly getting a dialog box stating that one of the LibreOffice Documents I am working on needs to be recovered. This happens despite... 1. The document actually saving and libreoffice closing without any errors. 2. Quite regularly -- 5-10 times a day. I have searched around and o

[libreoffice-users] QUESTION: Base and recognised 'xbase' file formats

2011-02-16 Thread Simon Cropper
Hi, I am trying to find a list of file formats recognised by 'Base'. I have opened Dbase III files with Calc and it allows me to delete fields and edit data OK, without corrupting the file (although it did not retain the code page flag). If I try and open a Visual Foxpro table Calc baulks *a

Re: [libreoffice-users] default setup

2011-02-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Dwayne Barber wrote: > how can I set Libre as the default program to open power point email messages? > That would depend a lot on what you did not tell us: which OS? What window manager? What email client? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libre

[libreoffice-users] Re: Hardly any movement on the "OOo version" of this list

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/16 8:02 PM webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: Well I have been seeing less and less emails on the OOo users email list since LibreOffice 3.3 came out. I use to see 30, 40, and even 50 emails per day coming from that list to my email account. That is a gross exaggeratio

[libreoffice-users] default setup

2011-02-16 Thread Dwayne Barber
how can I set Libre as the default program to open power point email messages? dwa...@sasktel.net -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

2011-02-16 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 02/16/2011 08:49 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:32 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I tired a PPA several times with Ubuntu 9.x and 10.04. It failed have the time I tried to install anything via PPA. So I do not use it. Gary already explained that - it i

[libreoffice-users] Hardly any movement on the "OOo version" of this list

2011-02-16 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Well I have been seeing less and less emails on the OOo users email list since LibreOffice 3.3 came out. I use to see 30, 40, and even 50 emails per day coming from that list to my email account. Now it is very much less. Today there were less than 10 for the last 24 hour period. I hope that

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > Check this site: http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html > especially the part about curt answers. > I have often practiced exactly that sort of "discussion" - but usually on the technical users' lists. If we want people to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

2011-02-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:32 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > > I tired a PPA several times with Ubuntu 9.x and 10.04.  It failed have the > time > I tried to install anything via PPA.  So I do not use it. > Gary already explained that - it isn't there. > I think we need to ma

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from Luuk on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:12:07 +0100 > On 16-02-11 14:43, Cliff Scott wrote: > > ** Reply to message from Luuk on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 > > 09:32:15 > > +0100 > >> On 16-02-11 04:23, Cliff Scott wrote: > >>> I just ran into a scary situation. > >>> > >>> I already had LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 07:29:17PM +, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > No, i wasn't saying that anyone was deliberately unfriendly but i think we > need > to have better ways of dealing with top-posters because we often give an > appearance of rudeness. Check this site: http://www.catb.org/%7

[libreoffice-users] FEATURE REQUEST: CALC -- Repeating a Table Header on a New Page

2011-02-16 Thread Simon Cropper
Hi, Writer has the ability so define a number of rows at the top of a table that will repeat if the table extends over the page. http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Repeating_a_Table_Header_on_a_New_Page This sort of functionality would be great in Calc. At present it is necessary to manually

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

2011-02-16 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I tired a PPA several times with Ubuntu 9.x and 10.04. It failed have the time I tried to install anything via PPA. So I do not use it. I think we need to make sure that the people who are Linux users have clear options fir installing via PPA and through the standard web site download and te

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Cliff Scott wrote: > ** Reply to message from Tom Davies on Wed, 16 Feb > 2011 15:28:03 + (GMT) > Really? You had to repost the entire conversation, which is already preserved indelibly in the archive? A little context is fine (and a good idea), but *not* t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc print dialogue in Greek has fewer options

2011-02-16 Thread Boletis Giorgos
I can confirm this problem. It is very annoying. Please fix it ASAP. Thanks in advance, George -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from Tom Davies on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:28:03 + (GMT) Tom, I didn't mean I would try them all, just consider what would be the best for me. Thanks. Cliff > Hi :) > > Lol, i didn't mean you have to try them all. That's why i gave summary info > and > background so tha

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread NoOp
On 02/15/2011 07:13 AM, Luuk wrote: > Hi, > > When replying to a message on this list, > What is the best method when talking abot quoting? > Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of > the story. ... Bottom posting (with appropriate snipping/intersperse etc) woul

[libreoffice-users] Re: Open pps as ppt

2011-02-16 Thread plino
I did try and the result is the same (starts Slideshow). In any case even if that did work it would be a workaround, not the expected action ;) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Open-pps-as-ppt-tp2457168p2513898.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at

Re: [libreoffice-users] First impressions of LibreOffice 3.3.1 RC1 (Debian amd64 squeeze):

2011-02-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2011-02-16 3:05 PM, Charles Marcus wrote: >> On 2011-02-12 10:11 PM, Alan Shore wrote: >>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Luiz Oliveira wrote: Icons are beautiful even as said Florian on twitter. I installed it >> on the stable

Re: [libreoffice-users] First impressions of LibreOffice 3.3.1 RC1 (Debian amd64 squeeze):

2011-02-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-16 3:05 PM, Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2011-02-12 10:11 PM, Alan Shore wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Luiz Oliveira wrote: >>> Icons are beautiful even as said Florian on twitter. I installed it > on the stable version and the update was automatic. All the >>> extensions

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

2011-02-16 Thread NoOp
On 02/15/2011 11:46 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:07 PM, plino wrote: >> >> I'm an advanced Windows user but absolute Linux newbie. >> > Not uncommmon. > > : >> W: Failed to fetch >> http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz >> 4

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to select a small image placed on a large image?

2011-02-16 Thread Jacob Valdez
On 16/2/2011 22:13, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Jacob, Jacob Valdez wrote (16-02-11 14:31) what is the trick to select a small image which has been placed on top of a larger image? I am doing this in Writer. If the larger image is selected, hit Tab (or Shft-Tab) to select 'the next' (previous) i

[libreoffice-users] Re: activated quickstarter on ubuntu

2011-02-16 Thread NoOp
On 02/15/2011 11:43 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:50 AM, jcg wrote: >> >> Hi, >> When the quickstarter of libreOffice is activated it prevents the shutdown >> of ubuntu. this is also true for ooo and it's a well known reported bug >> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/op

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-15 1:18 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: > more > > > does space work up to here? Worked for me... but when there is nothing to scroll down to, the space moves to the next message... so maybe the person it didn't work for tried it on a message that didn't have anything to scroll down to?

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-16 8:51 AM, TVCSF Chair wrote: > I could not agree more. I have been using OOo and Thunderbird for > several years now and try to get the people I work around to use free > rather than MS software. It is a really hard uphill struggle. > But I would say that I always have my comments at

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > No, i wasn't saying that anyone was deliberately unfriendly but i think we > need > to have better ways of dealing with top-posters because we often give an > appearance of rudeness. > > People that do top-post are unlikely to be awa

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-16 4:16 AM, Luuk wrote: > On 16-02-11 09:38, Tom Davies wrote: >> I think it depends on how you "educate" new users. If we continue >> to be rude & demand that new new users obey 1 certain way of doing >> things before we even consider helping them then i think that is >> unlikely to en

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-15 12:38 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > The question is how much we want to alienate first-time users and > office users? Who is more important to please, 'geeks' or potential > new users? You don't have to alienate them... just some gentle prodding in the beginning is enough for most people,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Open pps as ppt

2011-02-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-14 11:33 AM, plino wrote: > There is indeed a bug (or at least a different behaviour from MS Office and > OOo) with .pps files > > If a user double clicks or "opens with" a pps file with MS Powerpoint or LO > Impress it is supposed to autostart the presentation. > > However if you open

Re: [libreoffice-users] First impressions of LibreOffice 3.3.1 RC1 (Debian amd64 squeeze):

2011-02-16 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-12 10:11 PM, Alan Shore wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Luiz Oliveira wrote: >> Icons are beautiful even as said Florian on twitter. I installed it >> >> on the stable version and the update was automatic. All the >> extensions have been preserved and an icon LibreOffice was >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) No, i wasn't saying that anyone was deliberately unfriendly but i think we need to have better ways of dealing with top-posters because we often give an appearance of rudeness. People that do top-post are unlikely to be aware that there is another way. Everyone they communicate with and

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Hello Dave, Le 16/02/2011 12:44, Tom Davies a écrit : Sadly we have to deal with the world as it is rather than the way we would like it to be. Sure. Does this mean we won't try to educate them? Far more people use the wonderful MicroSoft products such as Outlook than use all the alternati

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to select a small image placed on a large image?

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Brilliant! That is much more elegant :) Regards from Tom :) From: Cor Nouws To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 15:13:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to select a small image placed on a large image? Hi Jacob, Jacob Valdez wrote (1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Lol, i didn't mean you have to try them all. That's why i gave summary info and background so that you can choose to try 1 sometime. SliTaz would be the fastest to try but Ubuntu is more useful for general use. Trinity is only useful as a rescue, recovery or fix-it Cd and is rarely ne

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to select a small image placed on a large image?

2011-02-16 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Jacob, Jacob Valdez wrote (16-02-11 14:31) what is the trick to select a small image which has been placed on top of a larger image? I am doing this in Writer. If the larger image is selected, hit Tab (or Shft-Tab) to select 'the next' (previous) image, which might well be the smaller

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread Luuk
On 16-02-11 14:43, Cliff Scott wrote: > ** Reply to message from Luuk on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:32:15 > +0100 >> On 16-02-11 04:23, Cliff Scott wrote: >>> I just ran into a scary situation. >>> >>> I already had LO 3.3 installed on a Win2K system and working great. That >>> system also had OOo 3.2.1

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Mieszko Kaczmarczyk
W dniu 11-02-16 14:51, TVCSF Chair pisze: Some people obviously prefer to have comments at the bottom, good on them, it would be a very boring world if we all liked the same things. But everyone read texts from top to bottom. From primary school to last days. Specjally with latin letters,

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Is it off-topic because it disagrees with your view point on this topic? From: Luuk To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 14:39:46 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting On 16-02-11 14:51, TVCSF Chair wrote: > I could not ag

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Luuk
On 16-02-11 14:51, TVCSF Chair wrote: > I could not agree more. I have been using OOo and Thunderbird for > several years now and try to get the people I work around to use free > rather than MS software. It is a really hard uphill struggle. > But I would say that I always have my comments at the

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to select a small image placed on a large image?

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Two possibilities spring to mind but i'm not sure how valid they are. 1. I think the layer of the images can be 'moved' forwards and back so. If the larger image gets selected then find the Graphics/frames toolbar. At the end is an anchor but just before that are 2 icons for moving

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread TVCSF Chair
I could not agree more. I have been using OOo and Thunderbird for several years now and try to get the people I work around to use free rather than MS software. It is a really hard uphill struggle. But I would say that I always have my comments at the top of e-mails as that is the way I prefer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from Luuk on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:32:15 +0100 > On 16-02-11 04:23, Cliff Scott wrote: > > I just ran into a scary situation. > > > > I already had LO 3.3 installed on a Win2K system and working great. That > > system also had OOo 3.2.1 installed and working. I upgraded the OOo

[libreoffice-users] How to select a small image placed on a large image?

2011-02-16 Thread Jacob Valdez
XP SP3 LibreOffice 3.30 App: Writer I have read WriterGuideOOo.pdf, looked through the LO wiki and the OOo forums--what is the trick to select a small image which has been placed on top of a larger image? I point at the small image and click on it so I can re-position, re-size, or whatever, bu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from Tom Davies on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:56:28 + (GMT) Hi Tom, Thanks for all the useful suggestions. I'll look into them. Cliff > Hi :) > > Windows just seems to do things like this occasionally. It might have been > triggered by OOo (or LO) but usually this sort of t

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Community starts 50,000 Euro challenge for setting-up its foundation

2011-02-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
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[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

2011-02-16 Thread plino
Yes, that does work. But I was looking for a solution that didn't involve manually downloading, unpackaging, etc... In theory, adding the PPA options would not only install the current version but also allow updates when available. What puzzles me is that unless Hit means something different, mo

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sadly we have to deal with the world as it is rather than the way we would like it to be. Far more people use the wonderful MicroSoft products such as Outlook than use all the alternatives added together. Please can we try to be less unfriendly to people that are new in here? Top poste

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Cor Nouws
Tom Davies wrote (16-02-11 09:38) I think it depends on how you "educate" new users. Indeed. Showing them how handy correct quoting and replying is. Nearly all people can understand that. Cor -- - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - -- Unsubscribe instruction

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing downloaded LO and removing downloaded OO

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, they do usually co-exist quite well but IF you start running into strange small problems THEN un-install one of them. Mostly it is only when OOo has it's QuickLauncher active as this sometimes prevents LO from opening properly. There might be other issues but they are rare enough

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Windows just seems to do things like this occasionally. It might have been triggered by OOo (or LO) but usually this sort of thing 'just happens' or is done by antivirus software. People don't seem to realise how flaky Windows is until they use linux or have had to maintain a lot of mac

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Luuk
On 16-02-11 09:38, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > I think it depends on how you "educate" new users. If we continue to be rude > & > demand that new new users obey 1 certain way of doing things before we even > consider helping them then i think that is unlikely to enamour people. > Perhaps >

Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it depends on how you "educate" new users. If we continue to be rude & demand that new new users obey 1 certain way of doing things before we even consider helping them then i think that is unlikely to enamour people. Perhaps when people ask questions we could just start with th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

2011-02-16 Thread Luuk
On 16-02-11 04:23, Cliff Scott wrote: > I just ran into a scary situation. > > I already had LO 3.3 installed on a Win2K system and working great. That > system also had OOo 3.2.1 installed and working. I upgraded the OOo to 3.3 to > compare OOo & LO and after that neither one would start. It was