Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  I think people were saying that Rtf is worth avoiding.  Odt recently had an upgrade and is now on it's 1.2 release.  You were probably using it 2 releases ago when it was on 1.0.  Also it is becoming more popular now that both Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice are getting developed a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Good Article for LibreOffice

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you meant VHS but i really had to think about it.  Interesting to hear the Betamax really might have outlived VHS afterall!  People mostly moved to the various Dvd formats (including Bluray).  Regards from Tom :)  From: rost52

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Good Article for LibreOffice

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 In my country there is a saying a miss is as good as a mile.  I do kinda agree with Dennis about the point that using xml in a zip-file format is a bit like using a red pen on paper.  Just because 2 people use the same tools doesn't mean the result will be very similar. Regards from

Re: [libreoffice-users] solaris/smartos support planned?

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are a number of plans for different directions but i think the main focus is getting onto mobile devices (are we nearly there yet?) and a CLoud type thing for immediate collaboration so that more than one person can be working on a document at the same time.  Most things such as

Re: [libreoffice-users] Converting html into text

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Montalbine
On 11/28/2012 08:13 PM, Gary Montalbine wrote: Thanks everyone for your help. I am now able to copy in text. Gary It was suggested that I explain what I did. The graphic's and paragraphs I just did a copy and paste. Adjusted the size and location of the graphics as necessary. For the

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Converting html into text

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Superb! Nicely done!  Also thanks for letting the list know so that people in the future can find the answer from the archives.   Congrats, thanks and regards from Tom :)   From: Gary Montalbine gmontalb...@cox.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] hello

2012-11-29 Thread Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras
Hello , I am a Debian Gnu / Linux User and I want to know how to contribute to Libre Office. Any ideas ? I don't know good programming but I want to help -- Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras http://jemaduxblog.blogspot.com -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] hello

2012-11-29 Thread Dan Lewis
On 11/29/2012 07:52 AM, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: Hello , I am a Debian Gnu / Linux User and I want to know how to contribute to Libre Office. Any ideas ? I don't know good programming but I want to help Three possibilities that I can think of: the development group (the program

Re: [libreoffice-users] hello

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Loads of different areas you can help.  It can be good to do a quick tour and try each team for a couple of weeks to see which you prefer.   Documentation is a good one to start with although it might take them a while to give you access to the site where the works-in-progress are kept.  

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Good Article for LibreOffice

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm completely lost now.  I have a friend that is a VJ and he goes on about their different formats but i have no idea.  He can just about get it when i go on about Pdf versus Odt versus DocX but that is pushing it.  I'm currently struggling with trying to find good formats for still

Re: [libreoffice-users] Second paragraph language

2012-11-29 Thread gordom
W dniu 2012-11-29 12:07, Tom Davies pisze: Hi :) has anyone given a good answer to this yet or have you solved the problem yourself? You can take an empty document and set the desired language in the paragraph style default. Then you save this document as document template. Whenever you need

Re: [libreoffice-users] hello

2012-11-29 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 11/29/2012 07:52 AM, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: Hello , I am a Debian Gnu / Linux User and I want to know how to contribute to Libre Office. Any ideas ? I don't know good programming but I want to help There are a lot of things that do not involve programming. Do you have

Re: [libreoffice-users] hello

2012-11-29 Thread Joel Madero
On 11/29/2012 04:52 AM, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: Hello , I am a Debian Gnu / Linux User and I want to know how to contribute to Libre Office. Any ideas ? I don't know good programming but I want to help This is a great place to start: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugTriage

[libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart

2012-11-29 Thread charles meyer
We could have both. There could be a 2 page Quick Reference cheat sheet for easier tasks and then the next 4 pages could address more challenging functions. That way anyone looking to check on (or forgetting) how to do a quick task could see the cheat sheet and for the more advanced tasks the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart

2012-11-29 Thread rost52
Please don't forget Impress and maybe Draw and Base at the end. On 2012-11-30 00:23, charles meyer wrote: We could have both. There could be a 2 page Quick Reference cheat sheet for easier tasks and then the next 4 pages could address more challenging functions. That way anyone looking to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Second paragraph language

2012-11-29 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
Regina, I took the your words from gordom's mail. How can you set the language in the default paragraph style? I could not find a possibility to do so? On 2012-11-29 23:36, gordom wrote: set the desired language in the paragraph style default. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and VoiceOver

2012-11-29 Thread Patrick Adams
I am a visually impaired and committed Mac user for over 5 years. Being blind I rely on VoiceOver screen reader which is a superb example of this type of assistive technology. While looking to see if Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 would be accessible, rather than pay then be disappointed I went

Re: [libreoffice-users] Second paragraph language

2012-11-29 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, Dr. R. O Stapf schrieb: Regina, I took the your words from gordom's mail. How can you set the language in the default paragraph style? I could not find a possibility to do so? Open the category Paragraph Styles in the StylesFormatting window. Right click on Default and select item

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice and VoiceOver

2012-11-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 29/11/12 16:21, Patrick Adams a écrit : Hi Patrick, Please someone tell me this maybe a faulty installation and what I can do about that (yes I can download again but don't want to waste time if this lack of accessibility for VoiceOver is reality. Or perhaps there are some settings

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Carlson
Okay, I must be brain-dead. I misread nabble as nobble. Looking at nabble, it's way more than I need if anyone want's to look at the document with which I'm having trouble. It can be downloaded from http://beachware.org/Dec12.doc. Thanks, all, for the support. Chris On 11/27/2012 11:41

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
Thanks. Opens fine in my opensuse version of LO, which is I think about 3.5.4. (3.5 build 403). steve On 2012-11-30 05:45, Chris Carlson wrote: Okay, I must be brain-dead. I misread nabble as nobble. Looking at nabble, it's way more than I need if anyone want's to look at the document with

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Tom
Hi :) Ahhh, i think you might have missed the LibreOffice set-up that is already built in Nabble. You just find a way into the right thread, reply to anyone's comment, write a reply in the box and click on the More button just above where you write. There is another More button so if Upload file

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Tom
Hi :) Ok, so i got onto a Windows machine using LO 3.5.4 and it looked the same. In Word 2010 the couple of paragraphs from page 4 were on page 3 so page 4 started with the letter by Bill Cook.Here's a Pdf of the Word version Dec12.pdf

Re: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart

2012-11-29 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
Well, I would need others to help with the modules that I rarely use. What I would like to see is the easy things first and the harder things second. I really think each sheet should have the ToolsOptions info there and for the General info for setting up LO. That could be the last 1 or 2

Re: [libreoffice-users] Second paragraph language

2012-11-29 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
Thanks for putting my attention to this drop down list. Until now I did not recognize this possibility because switching languages never created a problem using the Tool/Language... menu. On 2012-11-30 01:25, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, Dr. R. O Stapf schrieb: Regina, I took the your words

Re: [libreoffice-users] hilarity of ZdNet

2012-11-29 Thread anne-ology
Your last line is priceless; I sure would like to know how to explain this idea to some folks ;-) money intelligent thinking are not necessarily linked. On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Dunno how many people still

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread NoOp
On 11/29/2012 04:05 PM, NoOp wrote: On 11/29/2012 08:45 AM, Chris Carlson wrote: Okay, I must be brain-dead. I misread nabble as nobble. Looking at nabble, it's way more than I need if anyone want's to look at the document with which I'm having trouble. It can be downloaded from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Jay Lozier
On 11/29/2012 11:45 AM, Chris Carlson wrote: Okay, I must be brain-dead. I misread nabble as nobble. Looking at nabble, it's way more than I need if anyone want's to look at the document with which I'm having trouble. It can be downloaded from http://beachware.org/Dec12.doc. Thanks, all,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Carlson
Thanks for looking into this. I really would like LO to become as good and better than MW. I just copied the PDF of my document to http://beachware.org/Dec12.pdf. Because you don't seem to have trouble loading it (at least it recognizes it as a Word document), I decided to try opening it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printed Glossy Magazines

2012-11-29 Thread anne-ology
Could you summarize the highlights for those of us that don't understand the computer-talk ;-) so we'll know when we really must upgrade. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) My 'local' supermarket, part of a national and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
Could not open the file LibO 3.5.7.2 XP pro / SP3 On 2012-11-30 11:26, NoOp wrote: On 11/29/2012 04:05 PM, NoOp wrote: On 11/29/2012 08:45 AM, Chris Carlson wrote: Okay, I must be brain-dead. I misread nabble as nobble. Looking at nabble, it's way more than I need if anyone want's to look

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Chris Carlson
I find it really frustrating that all of you are opening the document fine. Of course you all seem to be using Linux or LO version 3.6. On Nov 25, I downloaded the latest version, and it was 3.5.7. Silly me to think that this is the latest version. So, I installed 3.6.3.2 (build 58f22d5),

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printed Glossy Magazines

2012-11-29 Thread anne-ology
LOL LOL LOL To me a magazine was LIFE, Post, ... they included photographs with their articles; ah, that glorious feeling when just the right image was captured on the silver negative ... then came color prints ... then television ... then color tv ... and now

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Jay Lozier
On 11/29/2012 11:28 PM, Chris Carlson wrote: I find it really frustrating that all of you are opening the document fine. Of course you all seem to be using Linux or LO version 3.6. On Nov 25, I downloaded the latest version, and it was 3.5.7. Silly me to think that this is the latest

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread rost52
Then I should be able to open it soon when 3.6.4 will be released. Next week??? I will give it a try because I am on XP On 2012-11-30 13:28, Chris Carlson wrote: I find it really frustrating that all of you are opening the document fine. Of course you all seem to be using Linux or LO version