Re: [libreoffice-users] System-wide document template?

2014-02-20 Thread nicolai . rostov
On Thu 2014-02-20 05:08, Dave Barton wrote: > I thought that Regina had helped you resolve this issue, but... > > Yes, there is a global default template, but it is hard wired (coded) > into the software. That is what the user's default or any other template > overrides. > > Unless there is somet

[libreoffice-users] Re: read-only problem

2014-02-20 Thread edo1
Thanks guys. Saving under a new name works as you suggested. I wonder, does it rise to a bug that saving and marking read-only causes this lockup? - edo1 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/read-only-problem-tp4097968p4098075.html Sent from the Users mailing li

Re: [libreoffice-users] Open plain text with double-spacing

2014-02-20 Thread nicolai . rostov
On Thu 2014-02-20 04:51, Brian Barker wrote: > o If you need to open the same files repeatedly to edit them, the > obvious solution is to save them in LibreOffice's native .odt > format. So now we have to ask why you need plain text versions of > the file. If you wish to print your edited files,

Re: [libreoffice-users] System-wide document template?

2014-02-20 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 20/02/14 08:37, nicolai.ros...@gmail.com wrote: > I was just wondering why my default template is ignored when opening plain > text. After all, a plain text obviously doesn't come with a style. My > default template was supposed to take over and provide a style, right? > I thought so. But this

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - sort in to columns

2014-02-20 Thread IGraham
Hello and thanks to Alan & Brian (who replied private) Yes my choice of words to describe the problem wasn't great, 'sort' was the first thing I tried so was probably the first to swim up from the murk. The mock sheet shows a problem from a larger sheet saved as a .xls, stored within Dropbox and

Re: [libreoffice-users] read-only problem

2014-02-20 Thread Stephan Bergmann
On 02/19/2014 06:04 PM, edo1 wrote: I saved a small (14 page) styled part of a large project as read-only What exactly do you mean with "save as read-only"? Stephan -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lis

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frutiger Font Problem

2014-02-20 Thread Uli Geisler
Am 14.11.2013 16:12, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: On 11/14/2013 03:24 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: On 13.11.2013 18:20, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 11/12/2013 09:15 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: Hi I'm using the Frutiger Font (ttf, linotype) for several Years now for my work an have al lot of Doc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Declare Statment - Calc

2014-02-20 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 02/19/2014 04:08 PM, Bill Martin wrote: I've tried to implement the simple example shown in the Calc Help system for the Declare Statement. Somewhere it expects to find a file: user32.dll but I have no idea where to find it. Windows has many user32.dll files for it's own use but presumabl

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hopefully everyone here gets these announcements but since we have been unusually "stressy" about it over the last couple of days i thought i would forward the official announcement so we all know where we stand. Regards from Tom :) On 20 February 2014 12:01, Italo Vignoli wrote: > Berlin,

Re: [libreoffice-users] System-wide document template?

2014-02-20 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 02/20/2014 03:37 AM, nicolai.ros...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu 2014-02-20 05:08, Dave Barton wrote: I thought that Regina had helped you resolve this issue, but... Yes, there is a global default template, but it is hard wired (coded) into the software. That is what the user's default or any oth

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: read-only problem

2014-02-20 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 02/20/2014 03:43 AM, edo1 wrote: Thanks guys. Saving under a new name works as you suggested. I wonder, does it rise to a bug that saving and marking read-only causes this lockup? - edo1 I have been using the "save as new name" for many years. I have done this with LO, OOo, and earlier wo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frutiger Font Problem

2014-02-20 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 02/20/2014 06:15 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: Am 14.11.2013 16:12, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: On 11/14/2013 03:24 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: On 13.11.2013 18:20, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 11/12/2013 09:15 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: Hi I'm using the Frutiger Font (ttf, linotype) for several

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frutiger Font Problem

2014-02-20 Thread Uli
Am 20.02.2014 15:38, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: On 02/20/2014 06:15 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: Am 14.11.2013 16:12, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: On 11/14/2013 03:24 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: On 13.11.2013 18:20, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 11/12/2013 09:15 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: Hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] read-only problem

2014-02-20 Thread Mark Bourne
edo1 wrote: I saved a small (14 page) styled part of a large project as read-only to protect against accidents while I did something else. How did you do this? e.g.: - saved the file, then from Windows Explorer set the "read only" attribute? - set File > Properties > Security > "Open file as re

[libreoffice-users] Re: Declare Statment - Calc

2014-02-20 Thread Bill Martin
Win XP is on the particular old machine I'm using. No error message, just doesn't seem to work properly. Just an error beep, not a tone of specified duration. Since Win XP is scattered full of files named user32.dll, I presume Libre was just picking up the wrong one. Once I gave up on the examp

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frutiger Font Problem

2014-02-20 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 02/20/2014 09:58 AM, Uli wrote: Am 20.02.2014 15:38, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: On 02/20/2014 06:15 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: Am 14.11.2013 16:12, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: GOOD, hopefully by the time of 4.1.5 this issue will be solved. 4.1.4 comes out at the end of Dece

[libreoffice-users] Congratulations to our QA Volunteers!

2014-02-20 Thread Robinson Tryon
The Document Foundation and the LibreOffice QA Team congratulate volunteers Thomas Hackert and Ahitagni Mandal on their contributions to our QA Triage Contest. We've sent each of them a Kiva Card (http://www.kiva.org/) and give them our hearty thanks for their work in helping us track-down and tria

Re: [libreoffice-users] System-wide document template?

2014-02-20 Thread Nicolai Rostov
On Thu 2014-02-20 09:19, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > ---CUT--- > You asked how to use your template "system wide". What do you mean > by "system wide". All users on a single PC, or all PCs [Windows, > Mac, or Linux] on a network? > ---CUT--- Sorry to disappoint you here. I don't have much t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frutiger Font Problem

2014-02-20 Thread Uli Geisler
Am 20.02.2014 18:16, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: On 02/20/2014 09:58 AM, Uli wrote: Am 20.02.2014 15:38, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: On 02/20/2014 06:15 AM, Uli Geisler wrote: Am 14.11.2013 16:12, schrieb Kracked_P_P---webmaster: GOOD, hopefully by the time of 4.1.5 this is

[libreoffice-users] Re: read-only problem

2014-02-20 Thread edo1
sberg wrote > On 02/19/2014 06:04 PM, edo1 wrote: >> I saved a small (14 page) styled part of a large project as read-only > > What exactly do you mean with "save as read-only"? > > Stephan In windows: After the file is saved to some folder, go to that folder and right-click (if you're right-han

[libreoffice-users] Re: read-only problem

2014-02-20 Thread edo1
Mark Bourne wrote > edo1 wrote: >> I saved a small (14 page) styled part of a large project as read-only to >> protect >> against accidents while I did something else. > > How did you do this? e.g.: > - saved the file, then from Windows Explorer set the "read only" > attribute? > - set File > Prop

Re: [libreoffice-users] Open plain text with double-spacing

2014-02-20 Thread e-letter
On 20/02/2014, nicolai.ros...@gmail.com wrote: > > Exactly. As I said in my last message, I feed plain text into a LaTeX > compiler. I want to edit LaTeX files in an environment with both (i) > double-spaced lines, and (ii) serif fonts. No text editor I'm aware of can > do both. LibreOffice Write

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - sort in to columns

2014-02-20 Thread Paul
Just tried something that *may* work for you: pivot tables. On your sample spreadsheet, I did the following: * Select all the data, header row included. * Select "Data | Pivot Table | Create". * With "Current selection" selected, click "OK". * Drag "member type" and "email" to "Row Fields". * Cli

[libreoffice-users] Spellcheck/ Grammar highlighting

2014-02-20 Thread kdawes01
When I run Spell/Grammar check, LibreOffice nicely underlines the incorrect items. However, I find it very difficult to *see* the underlineings. Is there a way to highlight the incorrect items with a background color? That would be *so* much easier to see! Thanks! -- View this message in cont

[libreoffice-users] Gray boxes on copy paste from browser

2014-02-20 Thread shawnyve
Windows 7 - latest release. Writer - several different releases over last 6-8 months which was when I installed libre office on a new comp. Background info: I'm a moderator for a writers workshop forum and we turn our lessons into a PDF at the end of a workshop. When I copy/paste from chrome in