Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

On 08/07/2013 01:05 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > If you have your /home on a separate partition then it might be possible to > install the 64bit version of Ubuntu without disturbing your 32 it version. I > tend to use a 10-15Gb partition for / for Ubuntu. It doesn't really need all > that m

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Hi :) If you have your /home on a separate partition then it might be possible to install the 64bit version of Ubuntu without disturbing your 32 it version.  I tend to use a 10-15Gb partition for / for Ubuntu.  It doesn't really need all that much space but Ubuntu is about the most bloated distr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Hi :) +1 It's beyond the scope of this list and certainly beyond the scope of individuals here to do rigorous bench-marking.  The amount of data we did get was impressive.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Sina Momken >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Cc:

[libreoffice-users] How to change separator of numberings in Tools->Outline_Numbering something other than '.'?

Hello, As I said before I'm working on my thesis and I have to obey format of my university template. As defined in .doc file of that template numbers in heading numberings (i.e. outline numberings) must be separated from each other by '-' character. For example sub-chapter 1 of chapter 3 must be

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

On 08/07/2013 05:43 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > > I would expect that .doc would load slower in Writer and .odt would load > slower in Word. > > The question really is how well does Writer load both. How well it load > the 10 page documents vs. the 50 page ones. Both with the same aver

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

On 08/07/2013 04:00 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Even so that is not really all that low spec. It's actually qite respectable > compared to a lot of systems at my work or other places. > > 3.2 Gb is higher than most machines in my office. Most are 1Gb or 2Gb at > most. We just got a bat

[libreoffice-users] Re: Does LO Writer converts (internally) any format other than .odt to .odt when it wants to open such files?

On 08/07/2013 01:22 AM, Nino Novak wrote: > Am 06.08.2013 21:55, schrieb Sina Momken: > >> ... does LO Writer >> converts files to .odt when it tries to open them or it can directly >> work with formats other than .odt like .doc and .docx? > > I think no software "works" directly with a file form

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

On 8/6/13 1:28 PM, Andrew Brown wrote: Hi Ken Interesting, I'll need to do some more intense reading of the web page, a nice find. The chart is a bit congested, and they don't seem to cover the freeware versions of the payware versions on the chart, and the ones I mentioned below. It would be in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

I would expect that .doc would load slower in Writer and .odt would load slower in Word. The question really is how well does Writer load both. How well it load the 10 page documents vs. the 50 page ones. Both with the same average number of graphics per page. Then look at the simple 20

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

On 08/07/2013 03:14 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Brilliant. Larger file-size is a better test and some of those comparisons > were really interesting. So.doc loads and saves much more slowly. > > I dont know how they do it but the docs team write each chapter of the guides > separately an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does LO Writer converts (internally) any format other than .odt to .odt when it wants to open such files?

I would save the .doc file as .odt first and then edit that .odt file. If I needed to save it back to a .doc file then I would save it as the following: document.doc ---save as document.odt ---edit and save as document-edited-v1.odt ---and then save as document-edited-v1.doc That way I save

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Cable modem - i.e. always on connection - needs a Firewall and a better one than what I heard MS's built in one is. I prefer to use Comodo Internet Security suite that included anti-virus and firewall. And yes, they have a free version. They have a host of free security packages. If you u

[libreoffice-users] Feature request: MATH - Include Greek letters and other symbols

Hi. It would be a good enhacement include into MATH's docking window a section for greek letters and other mathematicals symbols. Just to simplify the edition's time on academics jobs. Regards. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Feature-request-MATH-Include

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Hi :) Even so that is not really all that low spec.  It's actually qite respectable compared to a lot of systems at my work or other places.  3.2 Gb is higher than most machines in my office.  Most are 1Gb or 2Gb at most.  We just got a batch of new ones but i haven't really checked out the sp

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

On 08/07/2013 03:00 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: > Hi Sina > > You have supplied good info for LO, on your system, but I would like to > point out a few issues I see why your system with LO could be slow. Your > laptop was launched in May 2007 and discontinued a year later, so five > to six year old te

[libreoffice-users] How to change direction of Outline Numbering to RTL in LO Writer?

Hello I've recently found another incompatibility between LO Writer and MS Word again. As you may know I'm working on my thesis and I have to obey rules of my university template which is also provided as a .doc or .tex file. The template is originally in Farsi as an RTL language. When you open t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Hi :) Brilliant.  Larger file-size is a better test and some of those comparisons were really interesting.  So.doc loads and saves much more slowly.  I dont know how they do it but the docs team write each chapter of the guides separately and then combine them into 1 book at the end.  Master do

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Hi Sina You have supplied good info for LO, on your system, but I would like to point out a few issues I see why your system with LO could be slow. Your laptop was launched in May 2007 and discontinued a year later, so five to six year old technology, not completely fair to put the blame at a

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

I also think that start up time for LO Writer and MS Office and many other programs is small enough. But opening an empty document in under 3 secs is not a huge win too! I believe that LO Writer is catastrophically slow in opening heavy documents. For proving my claim, I've done some experiments. A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Highlighted text blinks

and then the page takes off to scroll up or down for no apparent reason ... I never had these problems before this newest computer; it's something to do with the speed of it ;-( as far as I know, there's nothing that can be done but either sit & wait for the computer to

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Can you please put your conversation about Anti-Viruses and Contraceptive Pills on another forum or at least another thread? On 08/07/2013 12:07 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: > Well said > > Andrew Brown > > On 06/08/2013 09:10 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> I've not had any problems with AVG so fa

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[libreoffice-users] Re: Does LO Writer converts (internally) any format other than .odt to .odt when it wants to open such files?

Am 06.08.2013 21:55, schrieb Sina Momken: > ... does LO Writer > converts files to .odt when it tries to open them or it can directly > work with formats other than .odt like .doc and .docx? I think no software "works" directly with a file format. Files are "frozen data streams", they are static.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Hi :) +1 Looks like they get a lot of snow Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Andrew Brown >To: Ken Springer >Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 20:28 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed > > >Hi Ken > >Interesting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does LO Writer converts (internally) any format other than .odt to .odt when it wants to open such files?

Hi :) Yes, when you are working on a document Writer treats it as a Odt.  That is 1 reason why people recommend keeping "an original" in Odt and then only export to Doc or other formats when you need to share the document with other people on systems that don't have any of the non-MS Office Sui

Re: Most stable version right now Fw: [libreoffice-users] stable vs new

Andrew, Ouch! Just thinking about that one makes me wince! Take care. Girvin On 08/06/2013 12:36 PM, Andrew Brown wrote: Heh! Heh! nice one Girvin. I will have to sensor my saying my late military father used to drum into me. Similiar to Adam Osbourne and applied in a military vein, and I tak

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

Hi :) Yes, sorry for all the Rtfm answers!  Prolly is best to ask on devs lists as they might have more idea of what you are doing.  There are a few here that seemed to understand but it was all waaay beyond me.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Jason White

[libreoffice-users] Does LO Writer converts (internally) any format other than .odt to .odt when it wants to open such files?

Hello, As I've described my story before I've already written many parts of my thesis with LO Writer and now I'm finalizing it using LO Writer. However because the original format of my University template was in .doc format I've already saved my current work as a .doc file. I did this for the com

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Well said Andrew Brown On 06/08/2013 09:10 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I've not had any problems with AVG so far. Afaik! But i definitely think anti-malware stuff is definitely one of those things that people have to make up their own minds about which is best for them. After-all if it wor

Re: Most stable version right now Fw: [libreoffice-users] stable vs new

Heh! Heh! nice one Girvin. I will have to sensor my saying my late military father used to drum into me. Similiar to Adam Osbourne and applied in a military vein, and I take no credit from it, or know who the original author is etc. "The pain and frustration of living on the cutting edge, is l

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Hi Ken Interesting, I'll need to do some more intense reading of the web page, a nice find. The chart is a bit congested, and they don't seem to cover the freeware versions of the payware versions on the chart, and the ones I mentioned below. It would be interesting to see where they fare aga

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Hi :) Hmm, MS Security Essentials does seem to be quite fast and lets the system run reasonably well.  I'm tempted to turn slow system over to just that one instead of the free one.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Virgil Arrington >To: users@global.libreof

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Hi :)  I've not had any problems with AVG so far.  Afaik!   But i definitely think anti-malware stuff is definitely one of those things that people have to make up their own minds about which is best for them.  After-all if it works really well then you never know it's doing anything.  if it

Re: Most stable version right now Fw: [libreoffice-users] stable vs new

On 08/06/2013 02:07 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote: I still abide by a statement attributed to Adam Osborne back in the 80s: "He, who lives on the cutting edge of technology, gets sliced to bits." Since the 3.6 series works fine for me, I will wait until the knife edge dulls a bit before I make the

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

On 08/06/2013 11:49 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I tend to take the view that some users will always manage to infect Windows without even seeming to try. Others will find their system gets infected despite elaborate precautions that no other sane person would bother with. It's more a case of

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Andrew, Just interested in your comments/thoughts on this site: http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/rap-index.xml On 8/6/13 12:05 PM, Andrew Brown wrote: Hi Tom You are on track, but one thing I will give in defence of freeware malware protection, is MS Security Essentials. It along with the MS fir

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: stable vs new

Girvin, From: Girvin R. Herr [girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 1:20 PM ... I also have another rule that unless there is a really, really compelling reason to, I never install software with a version ending in zero, like 4.0 or 4.1.0

[libreoffice-users] Alfresco integration

I'm using 4.2.c community of Alfresco and I'm having an issue where viewing a spreadsheet file in preview only shows it in portrait. I'm wondering if it possible to show in landscape. I've touched base in the Alfresco forums and another member suggested that I look at LibreOffice and see how it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: stable vs new

Stuart, Thanks for taking the time to explain this. You are correct, I tend to be in the late "recommended" to early "conservative" category. I also believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." and LO 3.6 is currently working fine for what I expect of it. I also have another rule that unless

Re: Most stable version right now Fw: [libreoffice-users] stable vs new

I still abide by a statement attributed to Adam Osborne back in the 80s: "He, who lives on the cutting edge of technology, gets sliced to bits." Since the 3.6 series works fine for me, I will wait until the knife edge dulls a bit before I make the leap to 4.1. Girvin Herr On 08/04/2013 02:08

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Hi Tom You are on track, but one thing I will give in defence of freeware malware protection, is MS Security Essentials. It along with the MS firewall built in and Windows Defender built in and activated fully with MSSE installed, make for a not bad system. And you are correct, MS I am sure a

[libreoffice-users] North America QA Informational Session - Thanks!

Hi All, I just wanted to say thank you for the six people who attended the QA pub video/audio chat. I talked a bit more than I was planning but I hope that it was informative and that those who joined will become (or continue) a part of the great community which is LibreOffice. We hope to ha

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Hi :) I tend to take the view that some users will always manage to infect Windows without even seeming to try.  Others will find their system gets infected despite elaborate precautions that no other sane person would bother with.  It's more a case of setting things up so that after it does ge

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

Well, thank you everyone for all the references. I've figured out the I am doing things backwards, I have the tool Xray, and the 1500 page introductory developers guide. Clearly this is a question for one of the core developers (if its not documented in the developers guide) On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/5/50/BH40-BaseHandbook.odt http://www.baseprogramming.com/OOBasicDatabaseDev.pdf http://www.pitonyak.org/database/ http://www.pitonyak.org/database/AndrewBase.odt http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php These links just provide some ideas of other places to loo

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Well, I have had a number of system in where I could not install or run anti-virus the installed. I wonder about the portable versions of anti-virus would work? What I usually do it remove the drive and plus it into a USB adapter and use my most secured Windows PC and scan that drive. I us

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

Hi :) Maybe one of the links in this link? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers It would be nice if the link that has already been given could be added in there so feel free if you know how to edit a wiki (it easy to learn by just doing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

Ok, so he put up a blog over his old site. I found the old content and the is no reference to opening a form from a basic macro. Surely the is an object reference. Aka Real documentation for Basic programming out there somewhere ? On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Jason White wrote: > As far as I

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Hi :) Good point.  I only had the anti-malware stuff running.  None of the usual other windows open.  On Windows machines i typically have 2 running. 1.  Microsoft Security Essentials, the one that kinda forces it's way onto your system through automatic updates and stuff even if you don't want

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

As far as I can tell, this website only (and I mean only) has two blog posts about Java programming. No references, nor anything else that seems useful. Perhaps the website has changed owner recently? On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Fernand Vanrie wrote: > Jason , > > on the website from Roberto

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

Jason , on the website from Roberto Benitez you wil find what you are looking for ! This is some example code I'm using that opens a form. How do set set the current record number of the newly opened form from the basic script. Sub OpenDataEntry(oEvent As Obje

RE: [libreoffice-users] What's needed for reading and writing an excel o spreedsheet file from Java

Good day. Thanks Tim for answering back. Well, to give some context, I'm working on a Java application. I was using Apache POI, which are a set of libraries to work with MS Office file formats as you kindly mention. I'm not using LibreOffice nor Apache Open Office at this time. As I wrote on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Actually my 3 second test, as stated in a past post, was with 3 utilities open on the screen and 2 or 3 Firefox browser windows open. The utilities are always loaded at boot by my choice. I have several FF windows open with many tabs involved. That is part of my "normal" desktop use so I d

[libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

This is some example code I'm using that opens a form. How do set set the current record number of the newly opened form from the basic script. Sub OpenDataEntry(oEvent As Object) Dim FrmName as string FrmName = "Finalization - Data Entry" ThisDatabaseDocument.FormDocuments.getByName(F

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office on various operating systems

Hi Bruce Yep, nice feedback of what can be done, thanks for that. This should get you going then, if Mark Shuttleworth pulls it off with his upcoming device Ubuntu Edge and Ubuntu Touch. Both Ubuntu and Android running side by side, with no routing/jailbreaking (a risky thing to do if you don

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Ha! Ha! there you go, LO just runs on whatever platform and O/S of your choice. And for the most part, what is a minute or less really from switch on to productive use of something. I can't make a cup of tea in that time, and I mean a real brewed cup of tea. Now at least the movies can show an

[libreoffice-users] Libre Office on various operating systems

Hi to all in the community, I've been reading emails from a number of users who have been having difficulties with Libre Office on a variety of operating systems. I'd like to report a success story. I have managed to set up Ubuntu in a virtual space on a rooted Samsung galaxy tab 2, 10.1" run

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

Hi Tom Many times there are sneaky spamware, not necessarily malware, generally called PUP's (Potentially Unwanted Programs), that are bundled with a downloaded or disk based program, and we all just click "next next next", instead of hesitating and checking to see if there is a minuscule tic