Re: [libreoffice-users] Please update the signature wrt unsubscribing.

2011-05-02 Thread Libre User
If that's what it means then it should say "To get unsubscribe instructions send E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org" My reading of the signature statement was that the instruction to unsubscribe was to send the email. Brevity may be the soul of wit but it is also the foundation of misunder

[libreoffice-users] RE: Negative time values

2011-05-02 Thread rdb
Hi JBF, Great tip! changing it to [HH]:MM:SS did do the trick. Rdb -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Negative-time-values-tp2888622p2892857.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreo

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
2011/5/2 Simon Cropper : > On 03/05/11 11:14, Cliff Scott wrote: >> >> ** Reply to message from "Daniel A. Rodriguez" >>  on Mon, 2 May 2011 15:05:40 -0300 >> I have been watching this thread and have to ask the obvious question. Are the pictures sized to the desired size before ins

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
> ** Reply to message from "Daniel A. Rodriguez" > on Mon, 2 May 2011 15:05:40 -0300 > >> > I have been watching this thread and have to ask the obvious question. Are >> > the pictures sized to the desired size before inserting into the document? >> > If >> > not try that. I have found that can m

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Simon Cropper
On 03/05/11 11:14, Cliff Scott wrote: ** Reply to message from "Daniel A. Rodriguez" on Mon, 2 May 2011 15:05:40 -0300 I have been watching this thread and have to ask the obvious question. Are the pictures sized to the desired size before inserting into the document? If not try that. I have

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from "Daniel A. Rodriguez" on Mon, 2 May 2011 15:05:40 -0300 > > I have been watching this thread and have to ask the obvious question. Are > > the pictures sized to the desired size before inserting into the document? > > If > > not try that. I have found that can make a hug

Re: [libreoffice-users] batch conversion pdf

2011-05-02 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
> A linux script in a file run in the directory with the files to convert > should work but then I found a simpler example at the site below. > Make a copy of your odt files in case. > > http://muthusuba.blogspot.com/2011/03/so-called-hidden-features-of.html > > Should be able to adapt for odt file

Re: [libreoffice-users] batch conversion pdf

2011-05-02 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
> On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 05:40:52PM -0300, "Daniel A. Rodriguez" > wrote: >> need to convert a bunch of files into pdf, any way to do it as a batch >> process? > > Did you try the --convert-to option? you mean export-to, right? that option create a single .pdf file from current document, what

Re: [libreoffice-users] batch conversion pdf

2011-05-02 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. A linux script in a file run in the directory with the files to convert should work but then I found a simpler example at the site below. Make a copy of your odt files in case. http://muthusuba.blogspot.com/2011/03/so-called-hidden-features-of.html Should be able to adapt for odt files. Chang

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please update the signature wrt unsubscribing.

2011-05-02 Thread Helmar
Yes Sigrid.. But as I told in this list before the instructions on the message signature could be more simple. A direct link to unsubscribe just as: "To unsubscribe send a blank message to users+unsubscr...@libreoffice.org" The instructions message is often confused mainly for beginners. Helmar

Re: [libreoffice-users] batch conversion pdf

2011-05-02 Thread Helmar
I´m not a advanced linux user. But you probably can do that using command line options. Other linux users can help you. Helmar Fernandes === Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat user www.aquahobby.com www.penguim.net/pocosdecaldas On 2 May 2011 19:33, Miklos Vajna wrote: > On Mon, May

Re: [libreoffice-users] batch conversion pdf

2011-05-02 Thread Miklos Vajna
On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 05:40:52PM -0300, "Daniel A. Rodriguez" wrote: > need to convert a bunch of files into pdf, any way to do it as a batch > process? Did you try the --convert-to option? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base Field Defaut Disables Save

2011-05-02 Thread John Shabanowitz
I just tried to replicate this on Windows7 Professional. I was able to save a table after setting a default text value in one field. However, after that, I could not edit the the table structure at all. I could enter data in the table but I could not alter the table by changing current field prope

[libreoffice-users] Re: [LO 3.4B3 broken 32bit .debs] was - LO 3.4B2 - here we go again...

2011-05-02 Thread NoOp
On 05/02/2011 02:20 PM, Terry Warby wrote: ... > Just added my comments to the bug report (made a bit of a mess of it > though - its been a another hard day!). Despite saying RC3 in my bug > report comment it was the same beta 3 install file and terminal command > that I used in both Ubuntu and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [LO 3.4B3 broken 32bit .debs] was - LO 3.4B2 - here we go again...

2011-05-02 Thread Cor Nouws
NoOp wrote (02-05-11 21:40) LibO_3.4.0beta3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz I did install that one :-) Hmm, should I have seen those while unpacking or when running dpg-deb? When you installed from the terminal: $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb I run this command $ for i in ../*.deb ; do dpgk-d

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Recent document List

2011-05-02 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 22:09, e-letter wrote: > Is the openoffice extension 'history master' compatible with LO. If so > that would be a better way of controlling the list of files visible in > _both_ the recent documents list and the 'load url' bar. History Master works fine with LibO 3.3.2

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [LO 3.4B3 broken 32bit .debs] was - LO 3.4B2 - here we go again...

2011-05-02 Thread Terry Warby
On 02/05/11 20:40, NoOp wrote: On 05/02/2011 11:31 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Gary, NoOp wrote (02-05-11 02:04) Thanks Cor. Appreciate the added info. When you installed in parallel (or otherwise) may not have installed the English-US version, so probably wouldn't have seen the: Setting up lib

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Field Defaut Disables Save

2011-05-02 Thread Tod Hopkins
Just occurred to me that I should attempt the same thing in NeoOffice which is a slightly earlier ver (3.1.2). NeoOffice, let me click save and exit, but the changes to the "defaults" did not save. When I reopen in LO or NO, they are not saved. I also realized that I WAS able to save default

[libreoffice-users] batch conversion pdf

2011-05-02 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
Hi guys need to convert a bunch of files into pdf, any way to do it as a batch process? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Escuelas Libres :: Porque la educación es mucho mejor cuando es libre www.escuelaslibres.org.ar --- Para entrenar, cualquier programa sirve. Para educar,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please update the signature wrt unsubscribing.

2011-05-02 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Peter, On Mon, 2 May 2011 13:47:29 -0400 Peter Teeson wrote: > Here is what my welcome email says: > > Welcome! You have been subscribed to the > > > > users@libreoffice.org > > > > mailinglist. > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to: > > > > users+unsubscr...@libreoffice.org > > > >

[libreoffice-users] Re: Recent document List

2011-05-02 Thread e-letter
Is the openoffice extension 'history master' compatible with LO. If so that would be a better way of controlling the list of files visible in _both_ the recent documents list and the 'load url' bar. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base Field Defaut Disables Save

2011-05-02 Thread Tod Hopkins
Sorry. I need to set up a config signature: Mac OSX 10.6.7. Libreoffice 3.3.2 (brand new install). NeoOffice is also running on this machine. Database is brand new, first use. Was just beginning to test Base which I have not used previously and ran into this problem setting up a table. Sel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot save spreadsheets

2011-05-02 Thread planas
Paul, On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 18:43 +0100, Paul Stear wrote: > On Monday 02 May 2011 18:22:45 planas wrote: > > Paul > > > > On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 16:50 +0100, Paul Stear wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > Since upgrading to the latest kubuntu version I have various problems but > > > a major one is not

[libreoffice-users] Re: [LO 3.4B3 broken 32bit .debs] was - LO 3.4B2 - here we go again...

2011-05-02 Thread NoOp
On 05/02/2011 11:31 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi Gary, > > NoOp wrote (02-05-11 02:04) > >> Thanks Cor. Appreciate the added info. >> >> When you installed in parallel (or otherwise) may not have installed the >> English-US version, so probably wouldn't have seen the: >> >> Setting up libreoffice3-d

[libreoffice-users] Dealing with font inconsistencies over Linux-Windows platforms

2011-05-02 Thread Passiday
Hello, I'd like to use LibreOffice calc as a tool for some geometry calculations. It would be great, if the calculated values could be passed to some visualisation polugin that would render a picture. For example, coordinates of three points (x, y) are calculated, and a triangle in cartesian coord

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: .docx file which won't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
From: Gordon Burgess-Parker To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 15:42:52 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: .docx file which won't be read On 02/05/11 14:27, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Err, i couldn't open it either > Ubuntu 10.04, LO 3.3.2 >

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Helmar
Hey Tom I'm so curious about it... LOL Helmar Fernandes === Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat user www.aquahobby.com www.penguim.net/pocosdecaldas On 2 May 2011 15:51, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > If you upgrade stops you from using the machine there are some interesting > tricks

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, the trick is to use a LiveCd/Usb to install but when youget to the Partitioning Sectiopn choose the last option at the bottom of the screen to do a "manual partitioning" sometimes called advanced and now in 11.04 called "Something else" lol. It has to re-scan your drives which takes

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you upgrade stops you from using the machine there are some interesting tricks possibly unique to Ubuntu that allow you to revert to a previous release without having to re-format and hence help you avoid losing data. I seem to be the only person in the entire world that knows the tric

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent document List

2011-05-02 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds wrote (02-05-11 11:44) Hi. I increased my recent document list in OO on my linux machine to 16. My LO on OSX setup is different. Can anyone tell me the file on OSX to look at and is the entry the same as for OOO. From 3.3.0 on, all registry stuff is found in the file

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, i know LTSes are released on a 2-year cycle but you don't have to upgrade immediately. Support for the desktop LTSes lasts an extra year giving plenty of time to test out the new one and possibly even reject it in favour of the 6monthlies. A lot of updates usually happen in the fir

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [LO 3.4B3 broken 32bit .debs] was - LO 3.4B2 - here we go again...

2011-05-02 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Gary, NoOp wrote (02-05-11 02:04) Thanks Cor. Appreciate the added info. When you installed in parallel (or otherwise) may not have installed the English-US version, so probably wouldn't have seen the: Setting up libreoffice3-dict-en (3.4.0-103) ... /opt/libreoffice/program/../basis-link/u

Re: [libreoffice-users] 3.3.2 Export to PDF on Kubuntu 11.04

2011-05-02 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:21 01/05/2011 -0400, John Moore wrote: There are two "Export to PDF" options available on menus. One is named as shown. The other is "Export Directly to PDF." On my system, they both behave identically, there is no PDF creation dialog, you simply export the entire document, and get the

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Ouch, good point. I tend to resize to slightly larger than needed in order to keep picture quality better. I'm not an artist so i really have to fudge around to work out what works. Regards from Tom :) From: Daniel A. Rodriguez To: users@libreoffice.org S

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Cor, are you using the fglrx driver (ati?) or which driver? Which version number? I think i cheated when i got my 'new' nVidia card. I just opened my favourite package manager and typed in "nvidia" and picked one that looked about right "nvidia-common" or something lol. The one that w

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
> I have been watching this thread and have to ask the obvious question. Are > the pictures sized to the desired size before inserting into the document? If > not try that. I have found that can make a huge difference. I know many > people keep pictures in very high resolutions which is fine, but i

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from Tom Davies on Mon, 2 May 2011 12:10:10 +0100 (BST) Reply is at the end of quotes. > Hi :) > I was wondering how this has gone so far? Have you been able to get > significant > reductions? Pdf itself is a compressed format so it might be possible to > simply > incre

[libreoffice-users] Please update the signature wrt unsubscribing.

2011-05-02 Thread Peter Teeson
Here is what my welcome email says: > Welcome! You have been subscribed to the > > users@libreoffice.org > > mailinglist. > > To unsubscribe send a message to: > > users+unsubscr...@libreoffice.org > > And for help send a message to: > > users+h...@libreoffice.org Here is what is shown at th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot save spreadsheets

2011-05-02 Thread Paul Stear
On Monday 02 May 2011 18:22:45 planas wrote: > Paul > > On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 16:50 +0100, Paul Stear wrote: > > Hi all, > > Since upgrading to the latest kubuntu version I have various problems but > > a major one is not being able to save spreadsheets. > > I can open them, modify them but when I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent document List

2011-05-02 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 02/05/11 22:05, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > The "Recent Document" list can be capricious. It is better to use the "Open" > document and then navigate to where the documents are stored. > > > It can be faster to not even open LibreOffice, just navigate to where the > document is and open

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot save spreadsheets

2011-05-02 Thread planas
Paul On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 16:50 +0100, Paul Stear wrote: > Hi all, > Since upgrading to the latest kubuntu version I have various problems but a > major one is not being able to save spreadsheets. > I can open them, modify them but when I come to save changes libreoffice just > crashes and cl

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread planas
Hi On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 17:42 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi .. (forgotten your name, sorry), > > > webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote (02-05-11 17:07) > > > I think my Acer is somewhere about 1280 x 738 - or there abouts. 1280 x > > 800 is 16:10 [laptop], but my Acer widescreen moni

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base Field Defaut Disables Save

2011-05-02 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 02/05/11 16:59, Tod Hopkins a écrit : Hi Tod, > Just begun working with Base, 3.3.2. Cannot set default field values because > the Save function stops working if you add a value to any "default" field. > When you add a default value, the Save icon is "enabled" but clicking has no > effect

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi, I've upgraded 5 computers so far from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04, all with wide screen monitors, and have not had any issues at all with screen display. Four systems were upgraded using the traditional procedure. One was upgraded using the live CD. I tried doing a second one with the live CD,

[libreoffice-users] Cannot save spreadsheets

2011-05-02 Thread Paul Stear
Hi all, Since upgrading to the latest kubuntu version I have various problems but a major one is not being able to save spreadsheets. I can open them, modify them but when I come to save changes libreoffice just crashes and clears the screen. I thought it might be a permissions problem but othe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base Field Defaut Disables Save

2011-05-02 Thread planas
Tod On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 10:59 -0400, Tod Hopkins wrote: > Just begun working with Base, 3.3.2. Cannot set default field values because > the Save function stops working if you add a value to any "default" field. > When you add a default value, the Save icon is "enabled" but clicking has no

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi .. (forgotten your name, sorry), webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote (02-05-11 17:07) I think my Acer is somewhere about 1280 x 738 - or there abouts. 1280 x 800 is 16:10 [laptop], but my Acer widescreen monitor is 16:9. My Acer TM has 1366*768 (16:9) No probs here with Natty Na

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 05/02/2011 10:05 AM, Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:41 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I am warning people. Ubuntu 11.04 uses a default monitor resolution that is greater than the max I have for my LCD wide screen monitor. It does not remember what you u

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
The problem was when the upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04, it did not get too the "Ubuntu" splash screen before the resolution error happened. I did not have this type of trouble when going from 9.04 to 9.10, 10.04, and 10.10. It must be that with the change to Unity desktop, the changed the def

[libreoffice-users] Base Field Defaut Disables Save

2011-05-02 Thread Tod Hopkins
Just begun working with Base, 3.3.2. Cannot set default field values because the Save function stops working if you add a value to any "default" field. When you add a default value, the Save icon is "enabled" but clicking has no effect. The icon remains enabled. And you can't close the edit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: .docx file which won't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 02/05/11 14:27, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Err, i couldn't open it either Ubuntu 10.04, LO 3.3.2 but it did allow me to right-click and open with archive manager which is roughly equivalent to Winzip and then i was able to see the various elements of the DocX file. Most of it was the usual xml c

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 02/05/11 14:53, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is the recommended release for crucial machines that you don't want to upgrade too often. The LTSes only need upgrading about every 2-3 years. LTS versions are released every two years on the 04 release, so you've got 8.04 LTS, 10.0

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 02/05/11 15:44, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Lol, our systems are identical! So much for trying it on something different just to see if that worked! I got a docX poster to put up on a website and asked the person to please re-send as a doc so that other people could read it. Their reply asked

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 02/05/11 15:44, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Lol, our systems are identical! So much for trying it on something different just to see if that worked! I got a docX poster to put up on a website and asked the person to please re-send as a doc so that other people could read it. Their reply asked

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:41 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > > I am warning people. > Ubuntu 11.04 uses a default monitor resolution that is greater than > the max I have for my LCD wide screen monitor. > > It does not remember what you used for 10.4 or 10.10. > So you will get

Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is the recommended release for crucial machines that you don't want to upgrade too often. The LTSes only need upgrading about every 2-3 years. The 6monthly releases are fun to try but often have experimental features and the 11.04 is an extreme example of that. On most

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Lol, our systems are identical! So much for trying it on something different just to see if that worked! I got a docX poster to put up on a website and asked the person to please re-send as a doc so that other people could read it. Their reply asked how to do "Save As ..."!! I even

[libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

2011-05-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I am warning people. Ubuntu 11.04 uses a default monitor resolution that is greater than the max I have for my LCD wide screen monitor. It does not remember what you used for 10.4 or 10.10. So you will get an "Unsupported Input" error on the monitor, if you monitor does have that messaging syst

[libreoffice-users] Re: .docx file which won't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err, i couldn't open it either Ubuntu 10.04, LO 3.3.2 but it did allow me to right-click and open with archive manager which is roughly equivalent to Winzip and then i was able to see the various elements of the DocX file. Most of it was the usual xml code but there was a "thumbnail" that

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 02/05/11 12:51, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) DocX normally opens easily in LO and OOo (3.3.0 and after). Which OS; Windows, Ubuntu, other linux, Bsd or Mac? Regards from Tom :) Tom, Thanks for your quick reply. Sorry, that I didn't mention my soft- and hardware. AMD Phenom II Ubuntu Lucif (10.4

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
> I was wondering how this has gone so far?  Have you been able to get > significant > > reductions?  Pdf itself is a compressed format so it might be possible to > simply > increase the compression rate although that might significantly reduce > quality. > > > I sometimes open pdf in gimp and r

Re: [libreoffice-users] exported PDF file size

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I was wondering how this has gone so far? Have you been able to get significant reductions? Pdf itself is a compressed format so it might be possible to simply increase the compression rate although that might significantly reduce quality. I sometimes open pdf in gimp and re-save a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash within seconds of opening a doc.

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats on fixing that! It's good to hear you pin-pointed the problem but it does sound a little unusual. If you have time to post a bug-report then that might help but don't worry if you don't have time http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Don't worry if you don't have time fo

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) DocX normally opens easily in LO and OOo (3.3.0 and after). Which OS; Windows, Ubuntu, other linux, Bsd or Mac? Regards from Tom :) From: Joep L. Blom To: Libre-office lijst Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 10:10:26 Subject: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be re

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent document List

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The "Recent Document" list can be capricious. It is better to use the "Open" document and then navigate to where the documents are stored. It can be faster to not even open LibreOffice, just navigate to where the document is and open it. This 'should' (but might not) open it in Libre

[libreoffice-users] Recent document List

2011-05-02 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I increased my recent document list in OO on my linux machine to 16. My LO on OSX setup is different. Can anyone tell me the file on OSX to look at and is the entry the same as for OOO. steve -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http:/

[libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Joep L. Blom
I recently received a .docx file as an attachment. However, what I tried, LO wouldn't read it. It opened it but gave a blank page. The people who sent the file are complete computer illiterate who follow MS$ like slaves. I assume it is the latest Word or whatever MS$ uses as text application. I

[libreoffice-users] ODF Standard Limitations?

2011-05-02 Thread benedetto . demaria
Hi, As I wrote a few days ago on this list, I have some problems with the creation of alphabetical index (formatting specific entry and multiple indexes). After digging around, I found this: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3682 http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-comment/2