Re: [libreoffice-users] v4.1.3 en-gb

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Are you downloading the Windows version? If you are using Internet Explorer is there any chance of using a different web-browser to do the downloading? Firefox, Opera or anything else tends to be more reliable than IE so it might be worth experimenting with it. Another thing that might be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice 4.1.3.2 slow

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Can you defrag? Sometimes after installing something it's not very streamlined and a defrag sorts it out a bit. However i think it's more likely to be the "memory" settings. if you open LibreOffice and go to Tools - Options - Memory My guess is that you have a lot more Ram and could easil

RE: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-15 Thread David Gast
I have two ideas. 1. Highlight the categories, so it is easy to tell where the category starts and ends. 2. Allow some input box so you could type some substring of the characters' names and get all matching characters. For example, if you typed equal, all characters with equal in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-15 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi Paul, Am 15.11.2013 23:11, schrieb Paul: > the behaviour is correct, and consistant with other spreadsheet > programs. I never doubted. :-) Stefan -- LibreOffice - Die Freiheit nehm' ich mir! -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-15 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 11/15/2013 01:46 PM, jonathon wrote: > > On 11/11/2013 05:13 PM, Ken Springer wrote: > > >> You go to the opening web page, http://www.libreoffice.org/, and LO is promoting Version 4. Click download, and as of right now, you end up downloading 4.1.3. But, you go for documentation, and it's for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-15 Thread Paul
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:34:33 -0500 Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > On 11/15/2013 01:19 PM, Paul wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:06:05 + > > jonathon wrote: > > > >>> Sounds simple enough (and useful) to me, and I'm not sure I agree > >>> with e-letter's objection above, > >> Instead of th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-15 Thread Paul
Ok, I can't seem to refute this, because it would work exactly the same was as what I and Brian described works. The only difference would be in the internal representation of the cell contents, and I am not about to go diving into the code to check that out. Either way you think of it you will st

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-15 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 11/15/2013 01:19 PM, Paul wrote: > On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:06:05 + > jonathon wrote: > >>> Sounds simple enough (and useful) to me, and I'm not sure I agree >>> with e-letter's objection above, >> Instead of the current theoretical maximum of 2000 page to search for >> a rarely used glyph, w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-15 Thread Stefan Weigel
Am 15.11.2013 12:06, schrieb Brian Barker: > Type > '1234 into a cell, so that you get the four-character text string > 1234 in the cell (not the five-character string '1234). I you do this, the content of the cell will be '1234 and the cell will display the text 1234 as a result. > Now put > =

Re: [libreoffice-users] v4.1.3 en-gb

2013-11-15 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 11/15/2013 10:28 AM, Ken Monk wrote: > Hi > > I've now tried to install this program twice. First time I downloaded > the main msi and attempted installation. Got a message part way > though to say the download was corrupt. > > So I downloaded again and tried to install. Same problem. > > I t

[libreoffice-users] Libreoffice 4.1.3.2 slow

2013-11-15 Thread mcmurchy1917-libreoffice
I've had a number of problems with Libreoffice 4.1.3.2 as compared with 4.0.5. Specifically it seems to be a lot slower, specifically with displaying dialog boxes and forms. It also seems to be very slugish when trying to resize the main window. Sometimes, it seems to hang when displaying a dia

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-15 Thread jonathon
On 11/11/2013 05:13 PM, Ken Springer wrote: > You go to the opening web page, http://www.libreoffice.org/, and LO is > promoting Version 4. Click download, and as of right now, you end up > downloading 4.1.3. But, you go for documentation, and it's for 4.0. Say > what?!?!? That is becaus

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-15 Thread Paul
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:06:05 + jonathon wrote: > > > Sounds simple enough (and useful) to me, and I'm not sure I agree > > with e-letter's objection above, > > Instead of the current theoretical maximum of 2000 page to search for > a rarely used glyph, whose position is known, you'd have to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-15 Thread jonathon
> Sounds simple enough (and useful) to me, and I'm not sure I agree with > e-letter's objection above, Instead of the current theoretical maximum of 2000 page to search for a rarely used glyph, whose position is known, you'd have to search through 25000 pages for a glyph whose position is both u

[libreoffice-users] v4.1.3 en-gb

2013-11-15 Thread Ken Monk
Hi I've now tried to install this program twice. First time I downloaded the main msi and attempted installation. Got a message part way though to say the download was corrupt. So I downloaded again and tried to install. Same problem. I therefore have to conclude that you have a problem w

Re: [libreoffice-users] impress default view

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) When i tried to open that file i only got the regular tool-bars and panels. At least i think i got just the standard ones. I've sent e-letter a screenshot so he can confirm/deny. Sxi is an old format so i "Save As ..." into the newer .Odp and sent that to e-letter too. I'm not sure if cha

Re: Bug/Enhancement request - Document Compatibility Submission Page/Service - WAS: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Engaging users: initial results of the survey

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nicely done! :) It's good to see it stirred up a bit of debate and interesting to hear the bug-squad (or whatever they are called here) had just recently discussed the issue. I tend to agree that i think people should register with the bug-reporting thing before being allowed to upload atta

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Templates with pop up variables in Writer

2013-11-15 Thread John Meyer
The date I need is not the current date. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak < and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: > > On 11/15/2013 03:39 AM, Stefan Gruber wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> John Meyer schrieb: >> >>> Basically, I want two things: One capture two pieces of >>> information (

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Templates with pop up variables in Writer

2013-11-15 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 11/15/2013 03:39 AM, Stefan Gruber wrote: Hello, John Meyer schrieb: Basically, I want two things: One capture two pieces of information (Name and date) and second, insert both variable into pre-set fields. The date I want to go into a field in the format Day, Month Name, Year but I want t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:01 15/11/2013 +0100, Stefan Weigel wrote: Am 14.11.2013 22:39, schrieb Brian Barker: It's worth mentioning that this is a misunderstanding of what is happening. There is no apostrophe in the cell to remove. Yes there is! Sorry, but that's simply untrue - and you can easily show it. T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Instability problem in CALC

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahhh, a classic! Is it Windows perchance? If so then it might be a good idea to run defrags until the defrag process becomes reasonably fast. First time typically takes hours if it's not been done before but mere minutes if it's done 1/month or 1/week on machines that have a lot of file tr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 01:30 15/11/2013 +0200, Ady Noname wrote: To be clear, the 'text' "format" of the cell shouldn't block the multiplication ... "Text" isn't (just) a format: it's a separate data type. You can format cells as number or text, but that doesn't change what's stored in them (except that it gove

[libreoffice-users] Re: Templates with pop up variables in Writer

2013-11-15 Thread Stefan Gruber
Hello, John Meyer schrieb: > Basically, I want two things: One capture two pieces of > information (Name and date) and second, insert both variable > into pre-set fields. The date I want to go into a field in the > format Day, Month Name, Year but I want to accept it in > MM/DD/ format. For