Re: [libreoffice-users] Failed mail

2013-08-18 Thread Andrew Brown
use a stricter policy and they then block and submit the IP for blacklisting. This is how many spam and maliciousware servers are discovered and shut down, from their sending content. Regards Andrew Brown On 17/08/2013 11:49 PM, Dave Liesse wrote: That would be correct. It's the inc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-18 Thread Andrew Brown
erif one, which is the default one for Thunderbird, under Windows 7 that is. Regards Andrew Brown On 17/08/2013 09:22 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 08/17/2013 12:56 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:47 17/08/2013 +0200, Andrew Brown wrote: In the read word punctuation taught us when to ta

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-17 Thread Andrew Brown
unctuation and spacing leads the eye to faster reading as opposed to sans serif. Man tests have been done with this. So the article written in the provided link, is found to be hard to read as it is a sans serif font used. Regards Andrew Brown On 16/08/2013 11:08 PM, James Knott wrote: Michael

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-16 Thread Andrew Brown
o the issues we are discussing here. Regards Andrew Brown On 16/08/2013 02:23 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 08/16/2013 03:06 AM, Brian Barker wrote: o I would suggest that two spaces are probably useful with fixed-pitch text as on a typewriter, especially when the sentence-ending full stop wi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-15 Thread Andrew Brown
ces. What one does and what is a standard is two different things. Regards Andrew Brown On 15/08/2013 08:04 PM, Dave Liesse wrote: Well, that's what someone decided, and it is the standard for HTML, but it still is not universally accepted. A double space, whatever minimal width the spa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-15 Thread Andrew Brown
introduce conditions in code to strip or add spaces, which is a piece of code by the way, computers do not know what is a white space or blank, it's treated as a character. So we need to get around what we are referring to when it comes to digital text or the written / printed word. Andrew

Re: [libreoffice-users] shifting focus to licencing

2013-08-15 Thread Andrew Brown
deems private (only he can access and work with) content, issues such as spam, and blocking it. Really, so easy to resolve even if one does not have time for a supposedly public web space. Andrew Brown On 15/08/2013 02:00 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) +1 I've not been a long term use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-15 Thread Andrew Brown
ws. This when there are superior and up to date Internet browsers out there. Andrew Brown On 15/08/2013 06:08 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 21:02 14/08/2013 -0400, Virgil Arrington wrote: The strange thing was I didn't extract the oxt from the zip. I simply renamed the zip to an oxt. There wa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-13 Thread Andrew Brown
to be the problem. Regards Andrew Brown On 13/08/2013 08:32 AM, Dave Barton wrote: Tom, Undoubtedly you post with the best of intentions, but please stop jumping in with confusing misinformation. There are two entirely separate forums: 1. http://www.oooforum.org The independent "unoff

Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with documents edited in officesuite 7

2013-08-10 Thread Andrew Brown
ou, all good, I uploaded from Linux to my mobile device, edited the files, saved then added to online space, and downloaded them to Windows and to Linux, re-edited them, saved and uploaded back to online storage and to device. Device reads them fine. Hope this help you some more to find your fault

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Numbers displaying in different script!

2013-08-10 Thread Andrew Brown
will obey the O/S setting. Regards Andrew Brown On 10/08/2013 07:32 AM, Sina Momken wrote: Hello, This is not a bug. I guess the document was written in a bi-directional enabled Writer using Hindi Numerals. To fix it do: 1- Tools->Options->Language_Settings->Languages->Enhanced_lang

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 4.1 on OpenSuse

2013-08-10 Thread Andrew Brown
, and GNOME popular with Apple O/S type users for function and layout. There are of course many other desktops as well. Very useful, hope you find it's of use to you. As Tom iterated in another post, nice to offer you back something for all your help with LO to us. Regards Andrew Brown

Re: [libreoffice-users] Charts with lots of data in Calc

2013-08-08 Thread Andrew Brown
interestingly of Gnumeric's use. I never realised the dot points of the screen width, mine 1920, having an effect, I was playing with 2000 data points. Nice, one learns more every day. Regards Andrew Brown On 08/08/2013 06:14 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Sebastián, Sebastián Dietrich sc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-08 Thread Andrew Brown
ot; or the like in other products, you will see in brackets it indicating that it is in a (read only) state. This is the same for any doc on your drive, flash disk etc also locked in a read only state. Regards Andrew Brown On 08/08/2013 01:06 PM, Gilles wrote: Thanks for the tip. I don'

Re: [libreoffice-users] [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-08 Thread Andrew Brown
ocument. And I tested this in both Linux and Windows on my system with LO. So again Brian has covered what one can do, and I was able to save it to my drive as a .docx and open it fine in a now non-read only state and fill it in, and then save it as a .docx IN LO. Regards Andrew Brown On 07/

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

2013-08-08 Thread Andrew Brown
, and other users of non-MS products, working perfectly fine with it and could not really give a hoot of it's millisecond or second performance. Andrew Brown On 07/08/2013 04:29 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Yes, there are a lot of people who can give others "proof" of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Date Format in Libreoffice Calc

2013-08-08 Thread Andrew Brown
year,and I have to correct mine this way as well. Try this, I am sure you will resolve your mentioned problem. Regards Andrew Brown On 07/08/2013 10:56 AM, Harshad Italiya wrote: Hi, I am using LibreOffice Calc 3.6.2.2. When I enter Date as 30/05/2013 in column it displays it according to the

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

2013-08-08 Thread Andrew Brown
Sorry typo, meant to read 100GB not MB. Allowing for anything FAT coming along. Andrew Brown On 07/08/2013 10:18 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I tend to make / around 10-15Gb now for Ubuntu. 100Mb is about enough for a separate /boot partiiton but not enough for the / of most distros

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

2013-08-07 Thread Andrew Brown
data separate. Regards Andrew Brown On 07/08/2013 07:53 AM, Doug wrote: 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

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-06 Thread Andrew Brown
y tests on my desktop, likewise not a solid scientific benchmark, but supplied as a performance indicator that LO is nut a slug as is perceived. Regards Andrew Brown On 06/08/2013 11:41 PM, Sina Momken wrote: I also think that start up time for LO Writer and MS Office and many other program

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

2013-08-06 Thread Andrew Brown
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

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

2013-08-06 Thread Andrew Brown
e, is like being an ant sliding down a 20 foot razor blade using your (part of the male anatomy, rhymes with many golf balls) as brakes" Regards Andrew Brown On 06/08/2013 09:05 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 08/06/2013 02:07 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote: I still abide by a statement attribut

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

2013-08-06 Thread Andrew Brown
pe, as I say bull baffles brains. Thanks for this link. I like going over stuff like this. Andrew Brown On 06/08/2013 08:54 PM, Ken Springer wrote: 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 wr

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

2013-08-06 Thread Andrew Brown
are 1. MSSE 2. Avast 3. ClamAV for Windows For payware there is only two, by continuous test, both personal, business and enterprize, and without starting a flame war Kaspersky ESET Nod32 Regards Andrew Brown On 06/08/2013 04:30 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Good point. I only had the anti-ma

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

2013-08-06 Thread Andrew Brown
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

2013-08-06 Thread Andrew Brown
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

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

2013-08-06 Thread Andrew Brown
different Win7 installs on each]. Now my old AMD64 laptops running XP/pro takes about 15 to 20 seconds. I do not use Calc, Impress, or Draw much so I never really noticed their opening speeds. On 08/05/2013 09:17 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: Gents Kracked, a good reply. If I may add my two cents wo

Re: [libreoffice-users] start up speed

2013-08-05 Thread Andrew Brown
Gents Kracked, a good reply. If I may add my two cents worth to performance of start-ups here. This is my system hardware top of the range in December 2007, and still hops today. The only things updated since 2008 was the video card and the SATA III hard drives, and the O/S's. Windows 7 Ul

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern font in new version

2013-08-04 Thread Andrew Brown
re hardware involved. So the only place on today's modern hardware, where you plug the ROM in, is in the emulators folder. Just do a Google search for "Emulator game ROM's, and you'll understand what I am on about. Regards Andrew Brown On 04/08/2013 01:14 AM, Doug wrote: On

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern front in new version

2013-08-03 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Tom No, it's an actual game from Atari, Mark was playing with the words, if I am correct, with "Eastern Front - Font" and Doug picked up on this asking about a genuine early 1980's game. Check out my email posted a short while ago. Sorry Kracked, you cracked this one wrongly :-D Ah! Stea

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern font in new version

2013-08-03 Thread Andrew Brown
l but to acquire the ROM is not, as they still retain copyright. But if you can figure it out from here, you are on your way. <http://www.atariage.com/2600/emulation/> Andrew Brown On 03/08/2013 07:29 AM, Doug wrote: On 08/02/2013 09:03 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: All quiet on the eastern

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice installation issue.

2013-08-03 Thread Andrew Brown
Apologies, late night Saturday here 11H40PM, the version is 4.0.4.2 that I use in Windows and Linux and the stable one, not 4.1.?. Regards Andrew Brown On 03/08/2013 11:29 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Err, just 1 correction. It's the 4.0.4 that is the most recent stable version.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

2013-08-03 Thread Andrew Brown
nough space to carry personal or work related docs too. You can even surf the web with nothing left on the host PC. Hope this helps Regards Andrew Brown On 03/08/2013 09:49 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It's often best to keep documents in ODF formats, in this case Odp, and just edit th

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice installation issue.

2013-08-03 Thread Andrew Brown
onth Year etc. That should sort you out and give a better experience with LO. If you need furhter help and assistance, please reply. I can send you screenshots of what I am referring to as well, as I live in South Africa, and have set mine to work perfectly with my country locale and langu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing specific pages in 4.1 writer

2013-08-02 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Kracked_P_P No, not necessary. I was just asked to post the screens as per our discussion, of both the Windows and Linux version of LO, for future reference and use by others. Regards Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 03:54 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 07/31/2013 06:11 PM

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Brown
Heh! Heh! yes force of habit clicking "Reply All" when I see multiple names, instead of "Reply to list" as I have done now, and I do use Thunderbird :-P Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 02:36 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: And you did it again. Best is to use an email client that actual

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Brown
Apologies Tanstaafl, I replied to all. I must have replied directly to you as well as the list Regards Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 01:51 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Please don't send to me directly, I'm on the list. Thanks On 2013-08-01 7:44 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: Hi Tanstaafl Y

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Tanstaafl Yes, a good choice, I forgot about UltraDefrag. Regards Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 01:26 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Someone had asked about a free/FOSS defragger... There is UltraDefrag: http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/en/index.html I don't use it much, but thats only be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Brown
org/wiki/TOP500> systems, 459 (91.8%) run a Linux distribution. Linux was also selected as the operating system for the world's most powerful supercomputer, IBM's Sequoia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Sequoia> which became operational in 2011.^ Unquote Andrew Brown O

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
ndows still has it's place, and I have to be familiar with it due to my business and support of my clients. I even have an old PowerMac to keep up to date with my few clients using Macs. Regards Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 12:25 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Is Disktrix UltimateDefrag free? F

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
a. But this has to be done with a reboot and MS pre-install mode (UD does it all automatically) to complete this task. And I've benched my drives on all of my systems, it certainly makes for very fast boot and shutdown times, and better stability. Regards Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 10:52

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing specific pages in 4.1 writer

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
d see if it affects my printer. Regards Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 09:33 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: When I had the issue with the duplexing on one printer, it seemed that everyone who was "helping" must have been on Windows, since they did not know what I was talking

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
laptop computer level to take a slice of the pie away from MS. Regards Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 05:02 PM, jomali wrote: On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:37 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: And some more info and statics with charts, to refudiate your claims of Windows XP and Vista (the latter also a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing specific pages in 4.1 writer

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
settings seem the same except for the extra tick box to do "PDF as Standard Print Job Format" Regards Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 09:56 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: HI Kracked_P_P As to my statement, here is a screenshot of the Windows version of LO 4.0.4.3. indicating the option to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
0,000 option but whew!! that's a bit steep for my pocket. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge--35 Regards Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 11:46 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think Windows will continue to dominate the desktops and full laptops, maybe even down to notebooks. Net

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to define a dictionary for new language?

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
ect". Hope this helps you to get further. If not then I would follow Tom's proposal in his reply. Regards Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 11:25 AM, Sergio Martino wrote: Dear Andrew, maybe I am missing something. In "Tools - Options - Language settings - Languages" I can s

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to define a dictionary for new language?

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Sergio Have you tried to add it under "Tools - Options - Language settings" and then the sub-options of "Languages" and "Writing aids". This might guide you to get the language into your workspace. Regards Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 10:07 AM, Sergio Martino

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
world, and the no.1 O/S for mobile - Android, followed shortly by Firefox O/S and Ubuntu Touch. You like many, incorrectly and simply refer to the desktop/laptop use of an O/S, yes where MS currently dominates, but not for long. Good Day Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 10:20 AM, Andrew Brown wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
Again, you troll with no supply of facts. My response was out by 2% WOW!!! but this article includes tablets and Windows RT http://www.winbeta.org/news/windows-8-and-windows-rt-account-45-global-tablet-market-share-q2-2013 Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 04:45 AM, Urmas wrote: Just know that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
lease validate your knowledge pool before labelling others as quote "pushing your vendor-locked ODF crap here please." unquote. Have a good day Andrew Brown On 31/07/2013 04:29 AM, Urmas wrote: "Andrew Brown": So the open document standards were born and ratified and acc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing specific pages in 4.1 writer

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
duplex correctly. The HP Laserjet 2300dn duplexing worked either way. Now that I have a Cannon MG6220 to replace the Epson, I have not unchecked that box to see if the duplexing still worked. On 07/30/2013 03:05 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: Hi Kracked_P_P One correction, your last statemen

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
r productive action. Virgil -Original Message- From: Amit Choudhary Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 10:47 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3 On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Amit Choudhary wrote: On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Andrew Brown wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] IT World

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Brown
ext of the sender. Only if you leave the option to reveal the headers on, will the sent emails show all of the code and make the email look like garbage. Regards Andrew Brown On 30/07/2013 12:48 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-07-30 5:16 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: Remember to return your headers to &

Re: [libreoffice-users] IT World

2013-07-30 Thread Andrew Brown
equent email will be sent out with all headers exposed in the email, generally loking like garbage. Regards Andrew Brown On 30/07/2013 10:39 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I have just had an email that looks like spam. It's allegedly a survey being done by IT World. So, if it is not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing specific pages in 4.1 writer

2013-07-30 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Kracked_P_P One correction, your last statement, the option to check "Use LiberOffice dialogues" is available for Windows users under the same "Tools / Options / LibreOffice / General". In this part of the "General" settings it's under the heading "

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-07-29 Thread Andrew Brown
share. Regards Andrew Brown On 29/07/2013 08:48 PM, Paul wrote: Hi Amit, Revenues and profits (and shares for that matter), are not the same as market share. Just because revenue is increasing, doesn't mean they aren't losing market share. If they are losing market share, it just means thei

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-07-29 Thread Andrew Brown
wrote: On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Andrew Brown <mailto:andre...@icon.co.za>> wrote: Amit Your knowledge of the document standards is limited by your reply here. This issue of the document standards and naming convention was covered by a world body of multinationa

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-28 Thread Andrew Brown
, cloned the AMD64 microcode and released their 64bit versions in 2004. The first Intel Itanium's failed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing Regards Andrew Brown On 28/07/2013 07:38 PM, Les Howell wrote: On Sun, 2013-07-28 at 08:23 -0400, James Knott wrote: James Knott wrote: Act

Re: [libreoffice-users] Attempting to open any Microsoft XML document causes General I/O error after upgrade to 4.1

2013-07-28 Thread Andrew Brown
ident whatsoever, so it might either point to a XP / LO problem under 32bit, or something you have installed in XP causing the crash. Hope this helps to iron out some of your issue. Regards Andrew Brown On 28/07/2013 07:52 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-07-26 4:57 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote: FW

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-28 Thread Andrew Brown
Regards Andrew Brown On 28/07/2013 02:41 PM, Andrew Brown wrote: Hi James Correct in the mainframe / large server arena of the two systems you mentioned, but between AMD and Intel (desktop / local server) of which the majority of users know, AMD was the first, and the Itanium was factually o

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-28 Thread Andrew Brown
factualness, from AMD/Intel archives, techblogs, Wikipedia etc. Intel had the concept for 64bit, IA64, as far back as 1999, but did not get to market with it before AMD. Regards Andrew Brown On 28/07/2013 02:23 PM, James Knott wrote: James Knott wrote: Actually, I believe both the PowerPC

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-07-28 Thread Andrew Brown
cient and useful alternatives in the digital world. Regards Andrew Brown On 27/07/2013 12:46 PM, Amit Choudhary wrote: If we have to beat Microsoft then we need to focus only on what Microsoft provides and not on .odt format, etc. We cannot beat Microsoft by introducing a new format and

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-28 Thread Andrew Brown
the PC based Pentium 4F and Pentum D, and in 2006 with the server Itanium with IA-64 code. Regards Andrew Brown On 28/07/2013 12:14 PM, Andrew Brown wrote: Yes under a laymans's terminology, and Linux devs seem to still use i586 and i686 in labelling pices of software, to explain the chi

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-28 Thread Andrew Brown
The latter I mentioned above is more applicable today to explain the difference between 32bit and 64bit now, due to the fact that we have both hardware and software running 64bit. Regards Andrew Brown On 27/07/2013 04:06 AM, James Knott wrote: Paul wrote: Technically, the x86 indicates t

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
Fine, but that only explains the executable as a 64bit under Linux Standard Base (LSB part in the given reference for those wishing to understand, meaning a standard function through all 'nixes). It's still not the entire LO code base that is 64bit. Regards Andrew Brown On 26/07/

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
//www.y2038.com/ Regards Andrew Brown On 26/07/2013 03:39 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-07-26 8:18 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:03:43 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-07-26 7:54 AM, James Knott wrote: Tom Davies wrote: My guess is that the default is 64bit or else other apps might

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
create a new store. The human race (those that have access to IT technology) has become hoarders of digital garbage in the most part of instances. Regards Andrew Brown On 26/07/2013 03:39 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-07-26 8:18 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:03:43 -0400

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
to be functional on 64bit O/S's, unlike a naitve 32bit app for a 32bit O/S. Hope this explains it better. Regards Andrew Brown On 26/07/2013 06:56 PM, James Knott wrote: Andrew Brown wrote: Umm!!! factually no, LO is still 32bit on Linux Then why is there an x86_64 version, when the 32 b

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
a monumental uphill learning curve. In the simplest terms imagine managing 32 horses of a high spirit, and you just get it right, now add another like 32, and you can see just the tip of the iceberg what is involved in offering apps in 64bit mode. Regards Andrew Brown On 26/07/2013 01:54 PM

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
Heh! Heh! Thanks Tanstaafl. You are correct, it works, a good work around indeed. As I thought with my posting here, a fresh set of eyes on something and with a different view, and one is given good advice. But as you said it should ;-) Regards Andrew Brown On 26/07/2013 12:36 PM

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
x are seamlessly working with 32bit and 64bit apps, and the general populous of Linux users are not aware of what bitness an app is, as long as it works. The world does not even remember our transition from 8bit to 16bit in our hardware and software, and it's happening the same now. Regar

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Tanstaafl Agreed for the current case of LO, but I have also found other issues with now emerging 64 bit apps that rely on 64bit Java, hence my suggestion. It was just to alleviate other issues going forward, even to the release we see of a 64bit LO one day. Regards Andrew Brown On 26

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
improve on the knowledge they have gained to date. So I have to question are there really true inventors out there. Sorry for the philosophy. Going off topic. Regards Andrew Brown On 26/07/2013 12:16 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I want to jump in here and ask - have you changed the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
rt and might help to find out which version changed the behaviour? Regards from Tom :) From: Andrew Brown To: Tim Lloyd Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" Sent: Friday, 26 July 2013, 8:30 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
is to "right click - copy", which only copies the text, and paste. So this is a straight forward process, only two actions involved. Hope this helps explain what I am about with this problem now, in LO Calc. Regards Andrew Brown On 25/07/2013 08:43 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: It is n

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
iter the 2nd image was pasted on top of the first. Is that what you see? I expected to see the images separated in some way. Cheers On 07/25/2013 06:13 PM, Andrew Brown wrote: Hi Tim Ok, at least I have a comrade with the same observation and non function. Yes I am aware of the cell right c

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Rogman I think I can help you with this. LO is currently a 32bit app set, that you, like me, are running on a 64bit O/S. No issue with this as Windows 7 64bit know hows to work with both 32bit and 64bit apps, hence the two "Program Files" (64bit default app store) and "Program files (x86)"

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-25 Thread Andrew Brown
fixed. Thanks for the feedback. Andrew Brown On 25/07/2013 09:50 AM, Tim Lloyd wrote: Hi Andrew, I agree regarding the calc issue. I tried this on 4.0.4.2 under Fedora and 4.0.0.3 portable under Windows. Neither allow you to right click on the input line. As you noted, CTRL-C works. So, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-25 Thread Andrew Brown
Agreed, I did not find it in the other components of LO, only in Draw. And agreed on the printer. You could post this as a feature add/bug report, to be included in the next release. Regards Andrew Brown On 25/07/2013 12:44 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Why is this option not part of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
Ah! you are correct, I've just found it in LO Draw, under Ubuntu Raring too. So I am learning more personally from these emails. Regards Andrew Brown On 24/07/2013 10:17 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, Kracked_P_P---webmaster schrieb: On 07/24/2013 08:47 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
software does have a choice somewhere in it's software settings, to do multipage printing. Regards Andrew Brown On 24/07/2013 09:40 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 07/24/2013 08:47 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi John, John R. Sowden schrieb: We have created a floor plan, using LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4 install deletes 3.6

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Virgil You have observed correctly. I have just done a test of installing two version of AOO under Windows 7, and quite correctly, it installs it's own local cache/store of settings, per version, thus allowing two copies to work side by side, as long as you create two distinct install folde

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
n cut and stitch together. To be honest I have never tried this in LO Draw, but I am sure it can be done as long as LO Draw knows how to tile an image. I am metric in my part of the world so you will need to adapt for imperial settings Regards Andrew Brown On 24/07/2013 01:23 PM, Kracked_P_P-

Re: Calc copy&paste Fw: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
correct and memory serves, the first versions of LO. And all version of MSO can do it. Regards Andrew Brown On 24/07/2013 12:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I have had a few issues copy&pating lately. Not sure i can pin it down to a single app or single OS. Seems that nowadays if i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import PDF As Pages?

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
am linking). In Draw you can now edit the PDF and import the parts you want, or all into Writer. This is similiar in Linux as well. Regards Andrew Brown On 24/07/2013 10:58 AM, Sajan Parikh wrote: I'm in a situation where I have a few single page PDF documents, that I want to import into an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts?

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
Options - Load/Save - General - Document type - Always save as". This is even true for saving in the format of MSO document types temporarily, or permanently using the latter settings. Regards Andrew Brown On 24/07/2013 10:11 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: I just installed AOO4 today and find

[libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
eeds to be addressed and fixed. Regards -- Andrew Brown -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List arc

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4 install deletes 3.6

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
Folks This is a normal function of Windows 7/8 and LO. When installing one version higher or lower, it is coded to use a central store in this hidden by default location "C:\Users\name>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\config". So installing two versions will use the same default store and c

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing problems

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
am using Ubuntu Raring. I am on the road at the moment, with a client (windows only I'm afraid, so cannot test here), but can check later in Ubuntu on how to change your system default settings. Regards Andrew Brown On 24/07/2013 12:39 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-07-24 10:12

Re: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts?

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
I have not experienced this with any clients using LO, and I am migrating my Apache OOo clients over to LO, due to this issue. So my opinion, off the bat, LO is the better choice. Regards Andrew Brown On 23/07/2013 09:38 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: Are there any known conflicts with having LO 4.0.4 a

Re: [libreoffice-users] opening powerpoint files restart the computer

2013-07-22 Thread Andrew Brown
fix all of your issues and return your USB ports back to full functionality, along with a stable old PC. Regards Andrew Brown On 22/07/2013 01:48 AM, Demétrio Soares wrote: Hi and thanks for the prompt responses, reboot is "hard" (instant black screen) using 2 usb 2.0, yeah Andrew

Re: LO 3.6.x or 4.0.x on WIn7 Re: [libreoffice-users] Need a screenshot... LO 4.1.0 on WIn7

2013-07-21 Thread Andrew Brown
just signed up. I will post all five screenshots (.jpg, not .png, allowing all five of them to be only 1.45MB in total size) on Nabble and then email the link. Regards Andrew Brown On 21/07/2013 11:06 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Ok, we have the 4.1.0 screenshots but now would like a comparison

Re: [libreoffice-users] opening powerpoint files restart the computer

2013-07-21 Thread Andrew Brown
ing Windows 7 64bit with 6GB of RAM, and I am consuming 35% (2GB) of this RAM right now as I type this email, Thunderbird open, Firefox open, and not much else except some system resources running. Regards Andrew Brown On 21/07/2013 06:25 PM, Gabriel Risterucci wrote: While it's totally

Re: [libreoffice-users] opening powerpoint files restart the computer

2013-07-21 Thread Andrew Brown
, and see if this also causes the crash with LO and the PC, if not, then you know where your source of your problem is. Cheers Andrew Brown On 21/07/2013 05:20 PM, Gabriel Risterucci wrote: There is not much stuff (if any) in LO that could cause a reboot of a computer. Although it's not pos

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need a screenshot... LO 4.1.0 on WIn7

2013-07-21 Thread Andrew Brown
Tom I can help, just currently downloading 4.1.0, then will install and send some screenshots. I am currently using LO 4.0.4, and I am on Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Regards Andrew Brown On 21/07/2013 05:31 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Is anyone on Win7 and able to run 4.1.0 alongside

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO crashing when adding a FF theme

2013-07-19 Thread Andrew Brown
come up with a "Not responding" prompt for about minute (could be slow internet for me at the moment) but otherwise all good. In fact you have pointed me to a nice feature I have not used before. To help, I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit an LO version 4.0.4.2 Regards Andrew

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Errores de certificado en la web

2013-07-19 Thread Andrew Brown
rd i.e. what MS systems have set as a precedence, whether we like it or not, for a good user experience, to get them to change over to a better system. As the old analogy goes, equal to or better. Cheers Andrew Brown On 18/07/2013 07:44 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think all of us here are

[libreoffice-users] CAB error on new version of LibreOffice

2012-04-03 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi There I've used LibreOffice succesfully now for the last two years (I think), ever since I found out OpenOffice was being managed and taken over by Oracle. I also migrated to it under Windows due to it becoming the standard in Ubuntu Linux, may main O/S of choice. No problems to date unti