Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct setoffonts?

Thank you. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:44 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > Well . . . . > > I have over 1.5 GB of those fonts in the "handwriting, script, and brush" > folder. > > If you really want to look for specific fonts, you might want to try the > fr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinctsetoffonts?

Thanks. In order to avoid these nasty viruses, I tend to avoid many of these 'finds' through the search engines ;-) On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: One of my favorite free fonts is OFL Sorts Mill Goudy from http://www.** > theleagueofmoveabletype.com/

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.0.3: Calc Crashes when setting data validity

On 2013-02-26 13:35, Rev. Nick Sharp wrote: No - the problem remains. On 26 February 2013 13:50, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Have you been able to fix this yet? If so then can you remember how? Regards from Tom :) From: Rev. Nick Sharp To: users@global.libreoff

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice suddenly hanging on my MacBook Pro

In article , Robert Peirce wrote: > I have not tried this but it might be possible to get LibreOffice > running and to minimize it when not needed, thereby avoiding exiting. > However, I really would like a solution to keep it from hanging. This works for LibreOffice but then Safari hangs!

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

At 10:19 26/02/2013 -0800, John R. Sowden wrote: I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. I have a formula in the balance column that tests for data in the item column to show the balance otherwise I put a space there [=if(c23="";"";g22+d23-

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice suddenly hanging on my MacBook Pro

LibreOffice 3.6.4 and 3.6.5. I have been running LibreOffice for several years with no problems. When I check for updates I am told 3.6.5 is the latest version for the Mac. This program was working fine a couple of days ago. I think I may have installed a Mac update since then but I'm not su

Re: [libreoffice-users] A simple spreadsheet to allocate Gift Aid

At 14:29 26/02/2013 -0800, J H K Mont wrote: I am trying to construct a simple spreadsheet for the allocation of Gift Aid Refunds to different charities. My apologies for the layout of the spreadsheet, it changes from the original when I preview it. To explain:- Column A = Envelope number hel

[libreoffice-users] Re: Image - screen saver conflict?

Hi :) It's rare but it happens. Try this to work-around the problem " A simpler solution is to make a small change (to activate the save icon) immediately after loading and then save the file. Once it has been saved by hand, auto-saving no longer does any harm. " It's a bug. Well, more than

[libreoffice-users] A simple spreadsheet to allocated Gift Aid

Dear Friends Please cancel my previous request, I have resubmitted this request with a simpler spreadsheet to explain my quest. This spreadsheet will, if successful will be used to allocate funds from around 200 people across approx. 20 charities. I am trying to construct a simple spreadsheet for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: setting paper size

I just tried my Canon MG6220 with "User" 5.5" by 8.5" and it worked fine on LO 4.0.0.3. I used Portrait as well. I tried it with a Ubuntu 64-bit system. I cold fire up my Win7 laptop and try it, but it worked on this Linux system. On 02/26/2013 04:00 PM, edo1 wrote: Nah, I rather think

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct setoffonts?

Well . . . . I have over 1.5 GB of those fonts in the "handwriting, script, and brush" folder. If you really want to look for specific fonts, you might want to try the free font sites. Many of those have a large number of these types of fonts. All you have to do it look and choose. Uploa

[libreoffice-users] Re: setting paper size

Nah, I rather think after seeing your results that it's just that my ip2600 is too old a printer to be able to talk to LO. As I can work around that, I'm happy - edo1 steveedmonds wrote > On 2013-02-27 09:24, edo1 wrote: >> I figured out my problem with page sizes after we discussed the problem

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3 & 4 on same machine

Installing ver 4 in Vista x64 in some folder outside of "C:\Program Files (x86)" is OK. Just choosing the desired folder in the course of installation works fine, I didn't have to do this via the command prompt. Still, it was useful knowing that and I appreciate timllloyd's pointing me to the tut

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: setting paper size

On 2013-02-27 09:24, edo1 wrote: I figured out my problem with page sizes after we discussed the problem here, so I thought I report what I've found. LO and my Canon IP 2600 printer talk to each other fine in Vista x 64 as long as I choose a paper size that's registered in LO; LO won't recogni

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinctsetoffonts?

One of my favorite free fonts is OFL Sorts Mill Goudy from http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/. It comes in both TrueType and OpenType formats. I've found I prefer the TrueType as it displays better on my screen. Both print very nicely. There are other free fonts at the website that you mi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

On 2013-02-27 09:18, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: John R. Sowden To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:19:45 -0800 I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. I have a formula in the balance

[libreoffice-users] Re: setting paper size

I figured out my problem with page sizes after we discussed the problem here, so I thought I report what I've found. LO and my Canon IP 2600 printer talk to each other fine in Vista x 64 as long as I choose a paper size that's registered in LO; LO won't recognize a custom-size page that I create.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image - screen saver conflict?

screen-savers ;-) and I thought these had been replaced by that 'hibernation' option ;-) Suggestion to try - try placing the machine in 'hibernation' when you leave it for a moment - see if this odd phenomenon clears up or continues. I've used this opti

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

Original Message From: John R. Sowden To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:19:45 -0800 > I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc > no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. > I have a formula in the balance column that tests for data in the ite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct setoffonts?

I guess it'd be asking too much for you to share your script-fonts with me ;-) I've been missing them so ... ... ... you could DropBox them - http://db.tt/QBTMH08Z On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 1:40 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > I use to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image - screen saver conflict?

Den 26.02.2013 20:35, skreiv Steve Edmonds: On 2013-02-27 07:41, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: When awaking my computer after the screen saver has been activated, the images in Writer are gone. Only the image frame containing a "Reading error" message is left. Reloading the document get the images

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

On 2013-02-27 08:37, John R. Sowden wrote: On 02/26/2013 11:04 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 02/26/2013 01:19 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. I have a formula in the balance column that tests for data in the it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct setoffonts?

I use to go online to the different free font sites [googled them] Now I have over 14 GB worth and over 100,000 font files. Every so often I do some more sorting to the different style and type folders [i.e. handwriting, holiday, etc.]. The standard Serif and San-serif fonts are sorted by n

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Why is Impress screwed up with EVERYrelease?

Did you 'save' to the 'download' folder before opening it? If you did, then the old version as well as the new version should be there ;-) now (1) delete all of LO -> (2) re-install the older version -> (3) re-install the newer version

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

On 02/26/2013 11:04 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 02/26/2013 01:19 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. I have a formula in the balance column that tests for data in the item column to show the balance otherwise I put

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image - screen saver conflict?

On 2013-02-27 07:41, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: When awaking my computer after the screen saver has been activated, the images in Writer are gone. Only the image frame containing a "Reading error" message is left. Reloading the document get the images back. (Naturally it is only the document in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Managing Templates in Writer

The actual path is simply File ... New ... Templates. Certainly not an intuitive place to look for it if I want to manage existing templates! Once I found this (with your help), it was a simple task to set my new "Normal" template as the default and it seems to have worked. Many thanks! Dave

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why is Impress screwed up with EVERY release?

yikes ;-) A couple of suggestions - which work for me ;-) #1 - if you need a slide-show, then IrfanView [or XnView] are programs which have been improving; IrfanView makes slide-shows as OO/LO & MsFt once did - with all the 'bells & whistles' ... #2 - if y

Re: [libreoffice-users] Different header & footer content on first page not working

very strange indeed. And I was just about to start using the up-dated version ;-) think I'll be waiting a bit longer now ;-) On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Paddy Landau wrote: I love Writer's new feature for headers and footers: the ability to turn off > "Same cont

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

On 02/26/2013 01:19 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. I have a formula in the balance column that tests for data in the item column to show the balance otherwise I put a space there [=if(c23="";"";g22+d23-e23)

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I change the default .ott in writer 4.0?

Have you attempted to 'save as' with the desired suffix? On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:37 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: I used to have a standard format default document template that I had > control over in LO 3.x. > > Now that I've installed 4.0, the default template is different and I > want to

[libreoffice-users] Image - screen saver conflict?

When awaking my computer after the screen saver has been activated, the images in Writer are gone. Only the image frame containing a "Reading error" message is left. Reloading the document get the images back. (Naturally it is only the document in memory who is influenced). But sometimes I save

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct setoffonts?

and how does one acquire these nice fonts? I sure would like to know why the good ones seem to be replaced by these odd-character ones, which may or may not be some legitimate Asian language ;-) On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 6:34 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < webmas...@kra

Re: [libreoffice-users] Managing Templates in Writer

Excellent - thank you. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Dave Frerichs wrote: > First make sure you have a copy of your standard format default document > template saved along with all your other templates. > In my Writer, I see four tabs (Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations > and Drawings)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct setoffonts?

Thanks; for adding this interesting addition. BTW - curiously wondering - if a 'weekend geek' is also in the mid-way range between the novices & the geeks, referring to these machines as 'glorified typewriters' ;-) [oops, there I go again - what will this machi

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.0.3: Calc Crashes when setting data validity

No - the problem remains. On 26 February 2013 13:50, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Have you been able to fix this yet? If so then can you remember how? > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > From: Rev. Nick Sharp > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Thursday, 21 Fe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Managing Templates in Writer

Excellent - thank you. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: > On 26/02/2013 at 18:15, MR ZenWiz wrote: > >> There does not appear to be any access to any default template. > > In LibreOffice, there is no such thing as "default template". > > You must create your own template

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does Libre Office have its own distinct set of fonts?

Thank you! On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:48 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > For Win7 systems - you can see them through Control Panel > All Control > Panel Items > Fonts > which was on the left hand side of the window. > > Now you can delete the fonts by ri

[libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. I have a formula in the balance column that tests for data in the item column to show the balance otherwise I put a space there [=if(c23="";"";g22+d23-e23)], so the balance does not display down the pag

Re: [libreoffice-users] Managing Templates in Writer

First make sure you have a copy of your standard format default document template saved along with all your other templates. >>>In my Writer, I see four tabs (Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Drawings), and under Documents there are two widgets - one marked "My Templates" and one marke

Re: [libreoffice-users] Managing Templates in Writer

On 26/02/2013 at 18:15, MR ZenWiz wrote: > There does not appear to be any access to any default template. In LibreOffice, there is no such thing as "default template". You must create your own template, save it in template folders and then - using mentioned window - select it. There should be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Managing Templates in Writer

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 1:17 AM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: > On 26/02/2013 at 01:58, Dave Liesse wrote: > : >> 3. Try to make this my default template. Help says go to File ... >> Templates ... Organize, but File ... Templates doesn't exist. > > Go for File → New → From template > (or similar -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: promotion possibility for LibO

On 26/02/2013 at 17:23, V Stuart Foote wrote: > It should be updated, as the support for SVG graphics in LibreOffice and > Apache OpenOffice pretty much being maintained on a common code base by its > primary developer Armin Le-Grand, a contributor to both projects. The FAQ > usage details for b

[libreoffice-users] Re: promotion possibility for LibO

ROSt52, Ok, understand your intent a little better. The "text" you found is a *very* outdated FAQ entry on the OpenClipArt Library (OCAL) project. Here is a valid link . It should be updated, as the support for SVG gr

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ office to gnu/linux rumour

Adam Tauno Williams wrote: Just covert them entire user interface framework of a massive application to another platform. Well, there's the morning shot. ;-) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lis

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ office to gnu/linux rumour

On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 18:04 +, Kieran Peckett wrote: > Some MSO 2013 apps have touch support, at least on Windows RT (I believe > Win8 doesn't have the touch versions of MSO 2013 yet), so it's really just > converting from WinRT to Java to get it on Android. WOW! That is the most fallacious u

[libreoffice-users] [Libreoffice-qa] FDO & BSA Administration Info - New version 4.0.1.2 rc

Version 4.0.1.2 rc has been added to FreeDesktop.Org (FDO) as well as to Bug Submission Assistant (BSA) in response to previous announcement made by Petr. Any questions send them my way Best Regards, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com

[libreoffice-users] Re: Why is Impress screwed up with EVERY release?

> One other thing... > > Are the problems you are experiencing happening with just this one > document? Or does it happen with multiple other documents? I haven't had time to test any other, but I suspect this is not the only one. > Were the problem documents created originally in LibO (or OOo)

[libreoffice-users] Re: Why is Impress screwed up with EVERY release?

Hi Thorsten, thanks a lot for your quick and helpful reply. > this seems to be https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59629, > which is on our radar already. I'll take a look as soon as I have some time. > > - Instead of graphics that have been on slides for years suddenly > only an >

[libreoffice-users] Licensing for the auto-correct ".dat" files

Hi, Libre Office comes with ".dat" resources which represent data files used for the Auto Correct facility. I have a question regarding the licensing of these ".dat" files. What is the exact license model for them? Is it GNU LGPL 3.0? Or does it depend on the contributor who created them? C

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem loading and saving XLS files

On 02/26/2013 07:25 AM, Carl Paulsen wrote: Yes, thanks Jay. I CAN save the .csv as an .xls file, then open it successfully, which suggests some kind of formatting issue. And that's what I ended up doing for the 4 or 5 files that were failing. I'd still like to know what's going on - I may c

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.0.3: Calc Crashes when setting data validity

Hi :) Have you been able to fix this yet?  If so then can you remember how?  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Rev. Nick Sharp >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2013, 20:00 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.0.3: Calc Crashes when

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Why is Impress screwed up with EVERY release?

Hi :) +1 I've not had any bad experiences myself, so far, and not heard as many grumbles as we normally get here when a x.x.0 comes out.  Apparently AskLO has had a bit more than us but not as much as they were expecting either.  However i almost never use Impress anyway and haven't tried the 4

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem loading and saving XLS files

Hi :) Forget about Gnumeric.  The only reason i suggested it was as a quick&easy OpenSource alternative that is a dedicated Spreadsheet program.  If it's not quick&easy then forget it.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Carl Paulsen >To: users@global.libreof

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem loading and saving XLS files

Thanks, Tom. I'm on a Mac so those memory settings are under LibreOffice->Preferences->Memory. I set per object memory to 18MB and then 20MB based on the 15MB file size and left the others. I don't care if it's slow for testing purposes. I run 4GB ram and typically have over 1GB available,

[libreoffice-users] Different header & footer content on first page not working

I love Writer's new feature for headers and footers: the ability to turn off "Same content on first page"… https://www.libreoffice.org/download/4-0-new-features-and-fixes … But for the fact that I can't get it to work! It's probably something silly that I have done. I'll explain. 1. I create a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem loading and saving XLS files

Hi :) I'm just wondering if Gnumeric might be better at opening the file?  Calc 'should' be able to handle it easily so there is something weird there.  The file-size drop sounds like the old bug about images dropping out but we haven't seen that happen for around a year afaik.  Is it definitel

[libreoffice-users] Re: Re-Connecting LO Base to an SQL DB

Hi All Latest situation ... (it's getting worse) On Alex's recommendation about a possible 'bug' in my "latest" Libre-Office (PCLOS version), I downloaded 4.0.1 to my test machine directly from the LO Website and gave it a test yesterday. All seemed well and it runs fine and I was able to co

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: promotion possibility for LibO

Hi :) You can always write to them yourself to suggest it.  I've tried it a few times without much luck but i think that's because they need to hear it from quite a few people before noticing that it needs to be done.  If it's just 1 person then it looks a bit like trolling.  I've never been b

Re: [libreoffice-users] Managing Templates in Writer

On 26/02/2013 at 01:58, Dave Liesse wrote: > 1. Change the margins, then save a new template named "Normal". This is > insufficient, as it doesn't become my default template. LibreOffice does not work this way. It's MS Office that assumes that Normal template is default one. Which may cause q

Re: [libreoffice-users] Rendering images in Writer

Hi All, I have had two replies, 1 off-list. I have assumed to-date that Libre Office is entirely independent of the pinter specified on the machine, contrary to my experience with MSO. Is this the case? It has been suggested that this is an inevitable consequence of reducing the resolution

[libreoffice-users] Re: Python and sys.argv.

I have my python macros placed in *My Macro*s . My problem is that I cannot import *argv* to a macro. When I use *from sys import argv* the system replies: *cannot import name argv* and if I use *print(sys.dir(argv))* to get the content of *sys *I can see that *argv* Is missing.See the following