Re: [libreoffice-users] Bugs and Issue

2013-11-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Earlier versions of the docX implementation don't always work on more recent versions of MS Office. Doc does but DocX doesn't always. Regards from Tom :) On 22 November 2013 14:33, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > > I have a lady who use to send out "complex" .docx files, via email, to >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Win LO4.1.3] All symbols in autocorrect

2013-11-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Brian's way might not be so easy to set-up but once done it means you can keep using the 1 font. I don't know if there is a font with all the characters you need. It is possible you might need to add characters to any of them. Also i don't think you need to know all the characters

[libreoffice-users] Bug report -- Libre Ofice version 4.1.3.2

2013-11-22 Thread Robert Baker
Version: 4.1.3.2 Build ID: 70feb7d99726f064edab4605a8ab840c50ec57a Libre Office (which I've been using for about an hour so far) looks to be a well-featured and powerful suite, and it doesn't have the dangerous bug which caused me to stop using Open Office (OO, at least the version I had, will ope

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libreoffice 4.1.3.2 slow

2013-11-22 Thread Denis J. Navas
El 2013-11-20 04:04 a.m., Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) 42Mb is extremely large for a spreadsheet. 1. Perhaps try using Gnumeric instead? It's a dedicated spreadsheet program so it is streamlined specifically for dealing with spreadsheets and doesn't have to worry about any of the other apps/mod

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

2013-11-22 Thread Dale Erwin
On 11/22/2013 1:34 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: Ruth Ann wrote: OT maybe, but does anyone know the name for "@" ? Something I have been trying to discover for years :-) Ruth Ann, Cincinnati, OH USA It depends who you ask, and in what language ;o) Unicode calls it "commercial at". The article about

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

2013-11-22 Thread John Meyer
On 11/21/2013 11:37 PM, Doug wrote: I always think of # as being a sharp sign I always think of a tic-tac-toe game. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

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

2013-11-22 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 11/22/2013 01:20 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 11/21/2013 01:59 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: David Gast wrote: I have two ideas. Interestingly, Windows Vista's "Character Map" utility (and probably also Windows 7's?) has similar ideas... 1. Highlight the categories,

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

2013-11-22 Thread Steve Edmonds
pound sign /n./ *1. * The symbol () for a unit of currency, especially the pound sterling. *2. * The symbol (#) for a pound as a unit of weight. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by H

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

2013-11-22 Thread Virgil Arrington
The recorded voicemail messages (at least here in the U.S.), always instruct us to "press the pound key." Virgil -Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 1:23 PM To: LibreOffice Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special char

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

2013-11-22 Thread Mark Bourne
Ruth Ann wrote: OT maybe, but does anyone know the name for "@" ? Something I have been trying to discover for years :-) Ruth Ann, Cincinnati, OH USA It depends who you ask, and in what language ;o) Unicode calls it "commercial at". The article about it on Wikipedia is titled "At sign", and m

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

2013-11-22 Thread James Knott
Mark Bourne wrote: >> I always think of # as being a sharp sign. > > The musical sharp symbol is slightly different: ♯ Yeah, it is a bit flat to be a sharp sign. ;-) I've always known it as a number sign. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www

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

2013-11-22 Thread Mark Bourne
Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 11/21/2013 01:59 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: David Gast wrote: I have two ideas. Interestingly, Windows Vista's "Character Map" utility (and probably also Windows 7's?) has similar ideas... 1. Highlight the categories, so it is easy to tell where the category st

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

2013-11-22 Thread Mark Bourne
Doug wrote: On 11/21/2013 02:00 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Then there are the younger users that know "#" only as "hash-tag" and not "pound-sign". Yes many of the "standard" characters have different names depending on the languages used. In the UK, "#" is more comm

Re: [libreoffice-users] embedding video

2013-11-22 Thread John Meyer
Have you tried converting the flv to mov or mp4? On 11/22/2013 9:21 AM, Marc Grober wrote: On LO 4.1.2.3 on OSX 10.9 I am exploring the various possibilities of embedding video. It would appear the ability to embed via URL to a remote source is not available, and I was able to embed an .mov a

[libreoffice-users] embedding video

2013-11-22 Thread Marc Grober
On LO 4.1.2.3 on OSX 10.9 I am exploring the various possibilities of embedding video. It would appear the ability to embed via URL to a remote source is not available, and I was able to embed an .mov and mp4 file but not an .flv file (format not supported.) Download of a google doc presentation

[libreoffice-users] Re: [Win LO4.1.3] All symbols in autocorrect

2013-11-22 Thread Anaroyondo
Yes, of course it works, thank you Until now I copy-pasted from internet inside the input instead of selecting from Segoe UI, but your way is better. But it's still not very handy so I would like to choose another font. I got to the autocorrect file, but it's a .dat file and sadly I cannot modify

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bugs and Issue

2013-11-22 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
I have a lady who use to send out "complex" .docx files, via email, to people in a transportation advisory group. I had a long "talk" with her, via emails, about the "incompatibilities" of MSO with their older versions. Now, most times, she sends the documents that are not to be edited as P

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Win LO4.1.3] All symbols in autocorrect

2013-11-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 03:49 22/11/2013 -0800, Dan Chaltiel wrote: Unfortunately, the very problem is that I cannot change the font I'm using in autocorrect, whatever I do :-( That's why I offered you a workaround (in my message of 20 November) that doesn't require this: o Place the required symbol in a text (Wri

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

2013-11-22 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 11/21/2013 01:59 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: David Gast wrote: I have two ideas. Interestingly, Windows Vista's "Character Map" utility (and probably also Windows 7's?) has similar ideas... 1. Highlight the categories, so it is easy to tell where the category starts and ends. Vista's chara

[libreoffice-users] Re: [Win LO4.1.3] All symbols in autocorrect

2013-11-22 Thread Anaroyondo
Thank you all for your responses Unfortunately, the very problem is that I cannot change the font I'm using in autocorrect, whatever I do :-( I'm sticked to Segoe UI, and Google does not seem to know anyone else that have the same problem. I try to be more precise (and hope the translation will b

[libreoffice-users] Web layout crashes LO

2013-11-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I think I did ask a similar question maybe half a year ago, but I cannot find my question nor the answeres to it any more. LO 3.6, Win XP x2/ Win 7 x1 (total 3 machines, 2 desktops, 1 note PC) I am working again on a book. The current file contains 1 picture and has 260 kb. If I remov

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

2013-11-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 01:37 22/11/2013 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote: When I was in grade school, over 60 years ago, "lb." meant pound(s). That's only for pounds Avoirdupois (and it's "lb", not "lb."), of course. Pounds Sterling is £. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoff