Re: [libreoffice-users] Special Character Hunting - Libre Writer

2018-04-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
character/glyph set. I tend look for good fonts every so > often. I hope you get your needs met for this issue. Thanks to the Harfbuzz font renderer added about LO 5.3 or early 5.4, a lot of special characters like ligatures, small caps and nut fractions should be added automatically if the font

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Fonts

2017-12-02 Thread Bruce Byfield
might be useful: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/Free-equivalents-for-standard-proprietary-fonts If anyone has any additions, I will update the table to keep it current. o ___o Bruce Byfield (on Pacific time) 604-421-7189 Writer of "Designing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Indendet paragraphs with names, hints or comments at the left side?

2017-08-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
the moment I use tabs and push every new > line to proper position. But changing the text means reformating it :( The Marginalia frame style might help you. It will require some setup to get the indentation right. -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Announcing Designing with LibreOffice excerpt: Styles and Templates

2017-05-25 Thread Bruce Byfield
gt;Regards, > >On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: >> Friends of OpenDocument has just released another excerpt from my >> book >> "Designing with LibreOffice" called "Styles and Templates." >> >> "Styles and Templates&

[libreoffice-users] Announcing Designing with LibreOffice excerpt: Styles and Templates

2017-05-25 Thread Bruce Byfield
m www.designingwithlibreoffice.com. The site also contains a link for buying hardcopy versions of both books. -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice" http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.li

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shortage of Fonts in LibreOffice 5.3.0.3

2017-02-28 Thread Bruce Byfield
em stranded. That said, anyone affected by this decision might be interested in the chart of free font equivalents for proprietary fonts that I drew up about a year ago: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/Free-equivalents-for-standard-proprietary-fonts

Re: [libreoffice-users] Stepping through bulleted items in Presentation

2016-12-17 Thread Bruce Byfield
to do the trick. When you present, move the mouse cursor to the start of a line and click the mouse once to reveal the line. -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice" http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writing large or complex documents

2016-09-08 Thread Bruce Byfield
seem to be related to file size. Or, at least, the larger the file, the more likely the problems are. However, it is all very unclear, which is the main reason it is not officially recognized as a bug (or, perhaps, a series of bugs). -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page formatting in writer goes nuts

2016-09-07 Thread Bruce Byfield
is also anchored >as character if that makes difference. I guess that it may take time >to find and resolve this error in LO so I will need to apply this work >around. But I have more than 1000 pictures in my doc so I need to >gather some strength first before taking that step... >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writing large or complex documents

2016-09-07 Thread Bruce Byfield
On September 8, 2016 01:40:46 AM Wiebe van der Worp wrote: >So I found out the hard way what Bruce Byfield wrote two years ago: >http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s >-Blog/The-mysteries-of-positioning-pictures-in-LibreOffice-OpenOffice > >And I n

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page formatting in writer goes nuts

2016-09-06 Thread Bruce Byfield
w any easy way to correct your problem, but in future you might try placing images in a table, as described in this article: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/The-mysteries-of-positioning-pictures-in-LibreOffice-OpenOffice This solution limits option

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page formatting in writer goes nuts

2016-09-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
; >2016-09-05 20:45 GMT+02:00 Bruce Byfield : >> >> On 04-09-16 20:26, Bo Siltberg wrote: >> >>> I have a large document with lots of pictures currently using LO >> >>> 5.1.5.2. >> >>> After doing some editing, the page formatting functi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page formatting in writer goes nuts

2016-09-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
andomly and >>> lots >>> of empty pages in sequence. How are you inserting page styles? Are you using the Next Style field on the Organizer page for page styles? -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice" http://desig

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Choosing Fonts" book released

2016-08-09 Thread Bruce Byfield
ontain more about advanced use of styles. >Maybe that is for a sequel. If you have any suggestions, let me know. They may find their way into the second edition, or into a sequel. -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice" http://designingwith

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Choosing Fonts" book released

2016-08-08 Thread Bruce Byfield
ed, is configuring styles so that a single glyph >looks like it is two, or more colours. Interesting. I did not know that. Thanks for the correction! --- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice" http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/ -- To unsubs

[libreoffice-users] "Choosing Fonts" book released

2016-08-08 Thread Bruce Byfield
LibreOffice, including indexes and suggestions from the French translation team. For more information, please contact br...@designingwithlibreoffice.com or j...@designingwithlibreoffice.com. -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice&

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: New LibreOffice Book

2016-03-25 Thread Bruce Byfield
At 90,000 words, reformatting a book separately several times can be prohibitively time- consuming. That's time that might be better spent on correcting typos and revisions on fewer formats. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice" htt

Re: [libreoffice-users] New LibreOffice Book

2016-03-25 Thread Bruce Byfield
any advice, I would appreciate hearing it. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice" http://designingwithlibreoffice.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/

Re: [libreoffice-users] New LibreOffice Book

2016-03-24 Thread Bruce Byfield
n commissioned the book through her nonprofit, Friends of OpenDocument. She has also worked long hours to copy edit and proofread, and, more recently, to promote. I couldn't have had a better editor, and the book is much improved for her involvement. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Paci

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Designing with LibreOffice" interview

2016-03-03 Thread Bruce Byfield
itched to e-books almost entirely, so I would get the > PDF, but I also want to support your work. Is there a way to kick in > the price of a book without actually purchasing dead trees? > local > Thanks, > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > In cas

[libreoffice-users] "Designing with LibreOffice" interview

2016-03-02 Thread Bruce Byfield
In case anyone is interest: Paul Brown at Open Content and Software has interviewed me on my forthcoming book, "Designing with LibreOffice": http://www.ocsmag.com/2016/03/01/bruce-byfield-interview-designing-with-libreoffice/ -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Wednesday 21 October 2015 10:40:13 AM Steve Edmonds wrote: > On 2015-10-21 09:49, Bruce Byfield wrote: > Not completely correct I think. Cross references has selections from > Headings (includes headings not in Outline numbering) and numbered > paragraphs (includes paragraphs no

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Bruce Byfield
s. Best to consider Outline Numbering and paragraph and list styles as two separate options for outline numbering. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http:/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles in lists

2015-08-12 Thread Bruce Byfield
effect. > Is it possible to assign a paragraph style based on the level in a list. > I.e. Level 1 text is regular, level 2 text is italic. > Thanks, steve -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@glob

Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux fonts

2015-04-02 Thread Bruce Byfield
here any Linux fonts which resemble Windows Calibri which is > small but very clear? > > Thanks so much! > > Charles. Have a look at: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/Free-equivalents-for-standard-proprietary-fonts The equivalents aren'

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
rm. By now, I'm sure, she's hopelessly confused, and a little sorry she asked. ;-) -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Probl

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
o the code. > > > > Sure, the technical point of view. :-) But who cares about technics? ;-) > > Of course, I know the story (I am one of the founders). So, I totally > share your emotional point of view. > > OTOH, Bruce Byfield is a journalist, and we owe journalists factual

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Wednesday 15 October 2014 02:46:50 PM Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > On 10/15/2014 01:05 PM, Stefan Weigel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am 15.10.2014 um 02:45 schrieb Bruce Byfield: > >> For example, LibreOffice is a fork > >> of OpenOffice.or

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Bruce Byfield
Curiously wondering what the next word will be that will be > transformed by the computer industry ;-) > > > > From: Bruce Byfield > Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:36 PM > Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > > >

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Bruce Byfield
Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Thanks, -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Justifying some texts causes big spaces between words

2014-09-16 Thread Bruce Byfield
cation justifies to both left and right sides. > Try left or right justification. Other choices: experiment with the line length, the font, and the font size. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfiel

Re: [libreoffice-users] making graphics stay where you put them

2014-05-25 Thread Bruce Byfield
. Mind filing one? > > Hi: The bug report is at: https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79234 It is described in detail at: http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/The-mysteries-of-positioning-pictures-in-LibreOffice-OpenOffice T

Re: [libreoffice-users] making graphics stay where you put them

2014-05-22 Thread Bruce Byfield
day 22 May 2014 08:58:21 AM Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > Bruce, Virgil, > > On 22 mai 2014 05:40:39 CEST, Bruce Byfield wrote: > >On Wednesday 21 May 2014 10:22:41 PM Dan Lewis wrote: > >> On 05/21/2014 03:16 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: > >> > If you'

Re: [libreoffice-users] making graphics stay where you put them

2014-05-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Wednesday 21 May 2014 10:22:41 PM Dan Lewis wrote: > On 05/21/2014 03:16 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > If you've done much work positioning graphics in text, then you know how > > difficult it can be to make sure that the graphics stay in place. In the > > past, many

Re: [libreoffice-users] FrameMaker flow management does it better

2014-05-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
t to know them, although organized differently from FrameMaker's. But the anchored graphics -- there, I miss FrameMaker something fierce. I don't know what's so hard about the concept that an anchor is supposed to keep a graphic where you put it. -- Bruce

Re: [libreoffice-users] making graphics stay where you put them

2014-05-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
ible -- for instance, keeping a picture in a position that was too small for it? 2. Could the anchor position have an effect? 3. What if the picture was placed inside a frame, and the frame size and position protected? I'm going to see what results I get in answering these questions. I'll pos

Re: [libreoffice-users] making graphics stay where you put them

2014-05-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
rotect size > and position didn't work. > > Dang! I thought I had it. > > Virgil > > On 5/21/2014 3:16 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > If you've done much work positioning graphics in text, then you know how > > difficult it can be to make sure that t

Re: [libreoffice-users] making graphics stay where you put them

2014-05-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
t; Regards from > Tom :) > > On 21 May 2014 20:16, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > If you've done much work positioning graphics in text, then you know how > > difficult it can be to make sure that the graphics stay in place. In the > > past, > > many experts have co

[libreoffice-users] making graphics stay where you put them

2014-05-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
encourages them to join the experiment. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/

Re: [libreoffice-users] with styles, is not master document functionality unnecessary+

2013-12-19 Thread Bruce Byfield
t; > template) would be nice. This might not be such a good idea. In MS Word, changing the template used to be a major source of corruption and formatting problems. For all I know, it still is. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

2013-11-20 Thread Bruce Byfield
ke 12-point, or even 14-point, leave > > a space between paragraphs, and be done with it! > > Just my 2ยข! > > > > --doug > > Okay, my sarcasm didn't come through on that last post. I did wonder. But I've heard the same sentiments expres

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

2013-11-20 Thread Bruce Byfield
But typography, styles and templates didn't stop being essential because a lot of documents are only used online. All that viewing online means is that the optimal formatting changes a little. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: h

[libreoffice-users] unique uses of frame styles

2013-10-10 Thread Bruce Byfield
bout watermarks and sideheads, but if you can suggest a use that I haven't heard about, I'll credit you when the book is published. Thanks, -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- To uns

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

2013-09-11 Thread Bruce Byfield
th n-dashes *while typing* and after hitting > the space bar after the hyphen) > hang=1 (Hanging punctuation. A really neat feature when using justified > margins) Does anyone have a complete list of these codes? I haven't been able to find one after a search in obvious places such as

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

2013-09-08 Thread Bruce Byfield
ou'll find that including small caps and old style numbering are rare enough that, when a typeface does include them, they are major selling points. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

2013-09-07 Thread Bruce Byfield
difference in > the justified lines will be quite obvious. Any on-the-fly justification is going to be rough. Do you run Tools > Language > Hyphenation when doing finishing a document? I find that does a lot to improve any alignment, even ragged right. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

2013-09-07 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Friday 06 September 2013 10:47:49 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 6 Sep 2013 20:18:34 -0700 > > Bruce Byfield dijo: > >For now, I'll just say that Writer is not a word processor so much as > >an intermediate desktop publishing program. You can actually > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

2013-09-06 Thread Bruce Byfield
with the book I am writing with Jean Hollis Weber). For now, I'll just say that Writer is not a word processor so much as an intermediate desktop publishing program. You can actually substitute it very successfully for proprietary tools like FrameMaker. -- Bruce Byfield 604-

Re: [libreoffice-users] template paths

2013-05-03 Thread Bruce Byfield
hould tell you, i think. > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > From: Bruce Byfield > >> > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > From: Bruce Byfield > > > >To: users@global.libreoff

[libreoffice-users] template paths

2013-05-03 Thread Bruce Byfield
hanks, -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubs

[libreoffice-users] Input Needed for more LibreOffice Stories

2012-04-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
about how the two spreadsheets compare when doing long and complex formulae. Thanks for any input, -- Bruce Byfield, Burnaby BC 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: us