Re: [libreoffice-users] Measurement Units

Hi Edwin, Edwin Humphries schrieb am 15.09.2024 um 08:21: Hi all This is probably a really dumb question, but how do I change the image measurement units in Draw from inches to metric? Weirdly, they are already in metric in Word. You are likely affected by bug 162467. https://bugs.docume

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to Change Hyperlink Color in Wrter

Hi Geneva, geneva schrieb am 15.09.2024 um 09:46: Hello Team, I hope you are all well. Just asking how to change hyperlink color within Writer for all future document creations. I surveyed the application colors list, and found no option to change it. Menu Tools > Options > LibreOffice >

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to move a Frame anchored to Page

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 10.09.2024 um 17:41: Hi Regina, On 2024-09-10 06:26, Regina Henschel wrote: John Kaufmann schrieb am 10.09.2024 um 08:28: There are two ways to think about a Frame anchored to Page: 1) That its position is anchored relative to position on a page (for

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to move a Frame anchored to Page

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 10.09.2024 um 08:28: There are two ways to think about a Frame anchored to Page:i 1) That its position is anchored relative to position on a page (for example, Top Center), any page. 2) That its position is anchored to a /particular/ page (but may be shifted o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keyboard pointer not mouse pointer

hi Brian, Brian Quarterman schrieb am 28.07.2024 um 11:29: Hi, Thanks to all that replied to my previous message. Apologies I am new to this and mentioning pointer was obviously taken as the mouse pointer which is an OS setting. I am looking for a way to make the “keyboard” insertion indicat

Re: [libreoffice-users] Forgotten password for Libre office Document(s)

Hi Sara, Šárka Horáková schrieb am 15.07.2024 um 15:47: Hello, My problem is a forgotten password for documents in libre office. Each document has its own password, but it is used the same password for all of them. I just forgot it, is there any help you could give me? Do you mean a password

Re: [libreoffice-users] vlookup help

Hi James, James schrieb am 22.06.2024 um 22:12: I am having trouble with vlookup. I put a test file at: https://www.mediafire.com/file/puq9nuu982beicl/vlookup-test.ods/file The spreadsheet is: One    $1    1% Two    $2    2% Three    $3    3% current    $2    2%    #N/A C4 contains =VLOOKUP(B4

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please your help to download

Hi Jarek, Jarek Krcmar schrieb am 21.06.2024 um 22:22: Hello Libreoffice users, Today I found out that Libreoffice version 24.2.4 is available. I want to download the portable version, but instead of the new version, I am offered an older version, namely 76.7. Could you please advise me which

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice Calc Enhancement Request

Hi Curtis, LibreOffice has named ranges, data ranges and scenarios. It is likely, that LibreOffice has already a suitable feature. To be able to help you finding a tool, you need to describe in more details what do you want to do. Kind regards, Regina Curtis Tarazi schrieb am 15.06.2024 um 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error in Libre Office Calc for Windows

Hi Ian, OLIPHANT IAN schrieb am 28.05.2024 um 11:46: To whom it may concern. I wish to report an error in Libre Office Calc. I do not have a Bugzilla account nor do I have any intention of creating one. The error is minor but inconvenient for me as I use the function quite a lot. If I w

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO pptx-file cannot be opened in MS-Office

Hi Harvey, Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 30.04.2024 um 09:34: Each month I have to prepare a contribution to a presentation. I write my contribution in LO-Impress as .odp, save it and send it as .pptx for a colleague to integrate it using MS-Office with other pptx. presentations. This usually works w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing the user profile location

Hi Eustace, Eustace schrieb am 10.04.2024 um 11:51: I would like to change the user profile from the AppData folder to the folder C:\\My Stuff\LibreOffice, where I moved the profile from another computer. How do I do this? I know two ways to tell LibreOffice were the user profile is located

Re: [libreoffice-users] e-mail to author of Libreoffice

Hello Jarek, I cannot help for your concrete problem, but have three general hints: (A) There exists a special mailing list for accessibility: accessibil...@global.libreoffice.org: Low-volume discussions list specifically covering LibreOffice accessibility issues. Subscription: accessibility+

Re: [libreoffice-users] resizing superscript/subscript

Hi Jean-Louis, Jean-Louis Oneto schrieb am 21.01.2024 um 17:20: Hi, I would like to change the default relative size of superscript font. The default value of 58% is too small, a value around 70% or 80% would be better for my use. I know how to change that for one occurrence, but I need to cha

[libreoffice-users] FYI: How to change the font in the Notes pane in the Presenter Console

Hi all, I come across this problem and here is what I have found so far. (Hi experts, please correct me where I'm wrong.) Maybe it will help some of you. Settings for the Presenter Console are available in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Advanced > Open Expert Configuration Click on column he

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bump -> Rotated text on Line object?

Hi "bunk3m", do not use an ordinary line but a straight connector. Kind regards, Regina bunk3m schrieb am 12.09.2023 um 14:29: Hello all, As my message appears to have become lost, I am asking again. I need some help figuring out how to format text on a line. Is it possible to have text hor

Re: [libreoffice-users] Labels and Business Cards: where are user definitions stored?

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 07.09.2023 um 05:33: Under Writer, Labels and Business Cards are substantially identical functions: a page array of frames (optionally linked?) to serve as containers for printable data (text or images). [For labels, the data are typically (though not necessar

Re: [libreoffice-users] Remove Standard Toolbar

Hi John, John Jason Jordan schrieb am 03.09.2023 um 05:59: LibreOffice: 7.3.7.2 LibreOffice Community Ubuntu package community 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.3 I regularly use Writer, but seldom any other part of the package. When I use Writer I want as much vertical space on the screen as possible, [

Re: [libreoffice-users] Split window on top of each other in Word 07-2003 from LibreOffice

Hello. Rainer Zielke schrieb am 16.07.2023 um 14:30: *Dear Sir,* *dear members of the mailing-list,* *I would like to split the window on top of the other in order to be able to edit 2 parts of the same document in parallel. Can you explain me how to do it?* Open the document. In menu "Wind

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help please with multipage document.

Hi Budge, Budge schrieb am 06.07.2023 um 17:15: I have downloaded a document from the VistitBritain/VisitEngland website which is in which is in a Windows 2007 .docx format. When I open the document it LibreOffice Writer it opens to show 7 pages all at once and showing in the same window. How

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cutting a block of multi page text

Hi Chris Chris J. schrieb am 23.04.2023 um 20:08: Hi. This would seem to be a common thing to do for a writer. I'm missing it. I'm in LO Write. I need to cut a multi-page block of text between two bookmarks, save it and insert the text in a different chapter. The insert is easy part. > H

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Combining vertical text direction of page with ‘right-to-left’ text direction of a table

Hi Eyal, Eyal Rozenberg schrieb am 11.04.2023 um 11:59: Anyway, with this being the state of affairs, I do not even know how the ODF spec _expects_ Vertical LTR or RTL text to be rendered - if at all. If you can point us to what it says about this, perhaps I could fully answer. Text directio

Re: [libreoffice-users] Combining vertical text direction of page with ‘right-to-left’ text direction of a table

Hi Dave, Dave Howorth schrieb am 10.04.2023 um 21:46: On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 18:38:18 +0200 Regina Henschel wrote: Hi all, I’m on working to specify the property “style:writing-mode” for ODF. That property is called “text direction” in the UI of LibreOffice. A page in a text document has the

[libreoffice-users] Combining vertical text direction of page with ‘right-to-left’ text direction of a table

Hi all, I’m on working to specify the property “style:writing-mode” for ODF. That property is called “text direction” in the UI of LibreOffice. A page in a text document has the setting “Text direction” in section “Paper Format” on tab “Page” of the “Page Style” dialog. Possible values are L

Re: [libreoffice-users] Function acting on range

Hi Michael, Michael D. Setzer II schrieb am 16.03.2023 um 22:45: On 16 Mar 2023 at 18:22, ady wrote: From:ady Date sent:Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:22:56 -0300 Subject:Re: [libreoffice-users] Function acting on range To:Users Hi Regina, But you can use {=AVERAGE({ABS($Sheet1.B1:$Sheet1.B30)} fo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Function acting on range

Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb am 16.03.2023 um 21:37: On 16/03/2023 23:12, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb am 16.03.2023 um 01:13: Hi, on the off chance I will be pleasantly surprised, can a function act on a range. i.e can I do something like =AVERAGE(ABS

Re: [libreoffice-users] Function acting on range

Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb am 16.03.2023 um 01:13: Hi, on the off chance I will be pleasantly surprised, can a function act on a range. i.e can I do something like =AVERAGE(ABS($Sheet1.B28:$Sheet19.B28)) to average the absolute value of the numbers in the range. The above seems to return

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Line Drawing Font

Hi John, John R. Sowden schrieb am 03.03.2023 um 21:23: What is the name and location of a monospace font that includes the IBM line drawing set. What is a "IBM line drawing set"? If that are some proprietary glyphs, you should not use them. Reader, who do not have the font, will not be able

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office version 7.4.5.1 (x64)

Hi Jim, Jim hebert schrieb am 23.02.2023 um 23:28: Hi: One month ago I purchased a new Acer Predator Helios 300 PH317-55-59J9 laptop with Windows 11 Home. Libre Writer crashes many times and causes me to lose all my work. While I am working the program locks up. I can not highlight anything, I c

Re: [libreoffice-users] hyphenation

Hi Chis, Chris J. schrieb am 15.12.2022 um 19:20: Hi. I likely know the answer to this. I'm looking for verification or a better answer. The only hyphenation ability in LO Write I'm seeing is for word splitting and end of a line. What I'd really like is help with compound adjectives. D

Re: [libreoffice-users] Position references

Hi Harald, Harald Berger schrieb am 25.10.2022 um 12:57: Hi Susanne and Regina, in this post there is already a sketch by Mike Kaganski (is not so old yet): https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/writer-relationship-between-page-margins-and-other-typographic-elements/47015/4?u=hrbrgr Would that be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Position references

users with examples for the lot of positions. And explain it. Where can i publish ist for the community? And: in LO 7.4.1 the is no reference to page in the context menu, only wehen i use properties. Greetings Susanne — Susanne Mohn Am 15.10.2022 um 21:57 schrieb Regina Henschel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Position references

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 15.10.2022 um 19:45: Anchoring an entity (frame, box, image, ...) is done with respect to position references: *Horizontal*:     Paragraph area     Paragraph text area     Left paragraph border     Right paragraph border     Left page border     Right pa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug report in calc, V.7.4

Hi Matthias, Matthias Lammer schrieb am 29.08.2022 um 00:24: Dear LibreOffice team, I want to file a very severe bug as follows: I create a simple function in Basic: Function myAdd(x, y, z)   myAdd = x + y + z End Function Then I can call it as usual with =myAdd(...). Next, I want to update

Re: [libreoffice-users] "reverse solidus" not working in the find dialog box

Hi Thomas, and another try: In the 'Find' field call the context menu. That is a right click or Context-menu key on the key board. Choose 'Special Character'. The Reverse Solidus is at code point U+5c. That is is group "Basic Latin". I don't know whether a Japanese LibreOffice has a shortcut

Re: [libreoffice-users] "reverse solidus" not working in the find dialog box

Hi Thomas, Thomas Blasejewicz schrieb am 15.08.2022 um 17:02: On 2022/08/15 19:07, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Thomas, additions: Are you sure \ is not on your keyboard? If I switch to a Japanese keyboard layout, I see a \ as left most key in the lower row and as right most key in the middle

Re: [libreoffice-users] "reverse solidus" not working in the find dialog box

Hi Thomas, additions: Are you sure \ is not on your keyboard? If I switch to a Japanese keyboard layout, I see a \ as left most key in the lower row and as right most key in the middle row. You can install an additional language in Windows and then you can switch the keyboard layout. Kind

Re: [libreoffice-users] "reverse solidus" not working in the find dialog box

Hi Thomas, Thomas Blasejewicz schrieb am 15.08.2022 um 09:04: Good afternoon from Japan Actually, I have asked about this in 2018 and a number of things were suggested. Unfortunately none did solve the problem. Problem: I have a long file with about 3,500 lines (each line = item) looking like:

Re: [libreoffice-users] export data from Calc, import to Base

Hi Harvey, my answer is older and I have not checked, whether the methods still work, but perhaps you try it? https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/2011/msg02407.html Kind regards Regina Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 08.08.2022 um 21:16: Dear formum, I believe my objective should be r

Re: [libreoffice-users] No local help and limited Tools/Options screen - 7.3.2.2.

Hi, In regard to the offline help: Are you sure the offline help files are at the correct location? There is an explicit warning to install the help into the same folder as the main program on Windows. But I don't know what the correct location is for Linux. Perhaps you download the offline h

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using the Gallery - removing the descriptive text

Dave Barton schrieb am 25.04.2022 um 20:07: On 25/04/2022 17:18, lo.harald.ber...@t-online.de wrote: Hi Dave, Regina, John, see below, as already mentioned in my last e-mail: Am 25.04.2022 um 17:18 schrieb Dave Barton: [...snip...] the PNG graphic cannot be directly edited from within LO. Ri

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using the Gallery - removing the descriptive text

Hi Dave, Dave Barton schrieb am 25.04.2022 um 17:18: On 25/04/2022 09:25, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Regina, I think the two PNG graphics in the Writer Gallery John is referring to are left and right curly braces. Left and right curly braces are no PNG graphics but true shapes. Only 'I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using the Gallery - removing the descriptive text

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 25.04.2022 um 17:37: I'm sure there's a lot of history behind why those two approaches coexist, apparently independently. An ancestor of LibreOffice is StarOffice from about 1997, which has already a Gallery. So indeed, it has a long history. Are they in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using the Gallery - removing the descriptive text

Hi John, Additions: Inside a group the short F2 might not work to bring the object in edit mode. Try double-click on the text. Kind regards, Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubsc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using the Gallery - removing the descriptive text

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 24.04.2022 um 14:52: In years of using OO/LO (now @ 7.1.4.2), I have never been interested in the Gallery of multimedia objects. Now I have an application for it, and can't see how to execute a simple inclusion of a graphic without its attached descriptive tex

Re: [libreoffice-users] lines and movement with arrow keys

Hi Carl, Carl Paulsen schrieb am 09.03.2022 um 23:00: I have inserted a line into a text document and have a few questions. First, I need to make sure it is horizontal. Press the Shift-key while creating the line. Then it is horizontal. Or use Ctrl + Click on icon. That inserts a default line

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problemy z formatowaniem tekstu

Hello Agata, Right pages always have odd page numbers. Left pages always have even page numbers. If a right page is immediately followed by a right page, a blank left page is inserted. This is necessary for double-sided printing. If you want to print only on one side, use the page layout sett

Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation mode question

Hi, the setting is in menu 'Slide Show' > 'Slide Show Settings' > part 'Presentation Mode'. Choose option 'In a window'. Kind regards Regina Nilton Jose Rizzo schrieb am 14.09.2021 um 17:44: Hi all, is my first question here. Sorry if this was answered before, but I couldn't find any email

[libreoffice-users] Problems with filtering by font color

) Google spreadsheet: supports a), b) and c) Gnumeric: not yet implemented, but wants to support a), b) and c). How do you think filtering by font color should be specified in the ODF standard? With kind regards Regina Henschel (Member of the ODF Technical Committee) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Callout Style settings

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 25.07.2021 um 15:49: Hi Regina, On 2021-07-23 20:30, Regina Henschel wrote: Steve Edmonds schrieb am 18.07.2021 um 23:05: ... Is it possible to set Writer callout text paragraph style (or default settings, if so where please. This is to avoid having to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Callout Style settings

Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb am 18.07.2021 um 23:05: Hi. Is it possible to set Writer callout text paragraph style (or default settings, if so where please. This is to avoid having to change the font and left hand offset in every line callout one at a time. No, it is not possible. Using t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connect to .accdb files

Hi Dave, which operating system do you use? Kind regards Regina dboland9 schrieb am 23.07.2021 um 22:08: I read that LO Base can open the Access 2007/2010 files. The instructions say to select the Access 2007 connection. Well, there are no Access connections. Only JDBC, Thunderbird, spreadsh

Re: [libreoffice-users] Open two sheets from the same spreadsheet on Mac

Hi Eric, Eric Beversluis schrieb am 15.07.2021 um 00:24: Is there a way to keep two sheets from the same spreadsheet open at the same time, both live? Use menu "Window" > "New Window". Using LO 6.2.8.2 on Mac 10.12.6. I use Windows, I cannot text Mac. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Multiple references to footnote?

Hi Gary, Gary Collins schrieb am 02.06.2021 um 17:27: HiI have a document in writer in whicj itvwould be helpful to refer to the same footnote from different parts of the text (to avoid multiple copies of the footnote) but i cant seem to find how to do it. Is it even possible?Lo 6.0.7.3Ubuntu

[libreoffice-users] BASIC view cursor does not work as expected

Hi all, I want to use a view cursor to detect layout errors. Thereby I have found the problems https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141783. I have written it as bug to be able to show you a document with the macro in question. Problem B is either a problem in the documentatio

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to round corners of rectangle shape in Draw?

Hi Dave, it is a longer mail, but hopefully it is clearer then. Dave Barton schrieb am 10.04.2021 um 18:35: Hi Regina, Thanks for taking the time to reply, but I must be naturally stupid or blind, because I cannot locate these "Custom Shapes" and "Legacy Rectangles" you refer to. As a member

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to round corners of rectangle shape in Draw?

Hi Dave, Dave Barton schrieb am 10.04.2021 um 16:03: Version: 7.1.2.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 8a45595d069ef5570103caea1b71cc9d82b2aae4 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; Also TDF created Linux edition. In Draw I select a *RECTANGLE* shape from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Align left side of fraction in math

Hi Marcelo, Marcelo Laia schrieb am 29.03.2021 um 00:08: Hi, I'm trying to vertical center the left side of bellow math equation: f = { v } over { { h } times { %pi } times { { DAP^2 } over { 4 } } } What do you try to improve? The part 'f=' is correctly at the same vertical position as th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't create folders in document directory

Hi Peggy, Peggy schrieb am 23.03.2021 um 01:21: I am having a major problem that started a few weeks ago. Documents Directory is selected. I click on “New Folder” at top or click on documents and choose new folder from the menu, the try to name the folder. Consistent error message: “Can’t fin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic macro to insert a custom shape into a page ?

is generated with the mouse. At least I now know, how to generate a custom shape in a Basic macro. :) Kind regards Regina Mauricio Baeza schrieb am 11.02.2021 um 19:26: On Thu, 2021-02-11 at 19:08 +0100, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi all, does someone has a basic macro snippet for to insert a cus

Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic macro to insert a custom shape into a page ?

Hi Mauricio, Mauricio Baeza schrieb am 11.02.2021 um 19:26: On Thu, 2021-02-11 at 19:08 +0100, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi all, does someone has a basic macro snippet for to insert a custom shape (e.g. a smiley) into a page? Background: For a unit test I need to insert a custom shape via code

Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic macro to insert a custom shape into a page ?

Andrew Pitonyak schrieb am 11.02.2021 um 20:06: This might seem obvious, but: 1. What document type? Calc 2. What is a "custom" shape? Do you mean com.sun.star.drawing.CustomShape Yes Not that I have never used Cutom Shapes in any way in LibreOffice, but i have written a Macro at lea

[libreoffice-users] Basic macro to insert a custom shape into a page ?

Hi all, does someone has a basic macro snippet for to insert a custom shape (e.g. a smiley) into a page? Background: For a unit test I need to insert a custom shape via code similar to as it is done via mouse. But I have no idea how to code it. A macro might give me an initial stage for a so

Re: [libreoffice-users] multiple templates path and group policies

Hi Susanne, Susanne Mohn schrieb am 01.02.2021 um 14:00: Hallo! Why i wan't to do thsi? I have my personal templates and in a network folder the templates for the company. Strg + shift + n open the template manager- but the categories are only from the templates folder in c:\user\appdata \\\t

[libreoffice-users] Making a 3D star

Hi all, in a Christmas blog post https://de.blog.documentfoundation.org/2020/12/15/weihnachten-2020-spass-mit-sternen/ (German) I have shortly described, how to make a 3D star. I have now described this in more detail and in English. Find the article at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Doc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Excel compatibility

Hi Ian, Ian West schrieb am 04.01.2021 um 02:42: When I open an Excel file in Libre Calc I seem to lose some functionality. The Excel file has several columns in a table. When you add data and get to the last column in the the table,  a new line is added, and the cursor returns to the beginni

Re: [libreoffice-users] Print all sheets

Hi Bill, william schrieb am 10-Oct-20 um 13:31: Is there an easy way to print all sheets in a spreadsheet? The print dialog has in section "Ranges and Copies" a field "more". Open it and select "Print all sheets" from the "From which" drop-down list. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e

Re: [libreoffice-users] Graphics with Libre Draw or Writer

Hi Charles, charles meyer schrieb am 21-Sep-20 um 21:38: My esteemed listmates, I need to work on graphics on my personal laptop which does not have MS Publisher on it. I can't work on graphics online so Office 365 is not an option. What kind of graphics do you work on? I thought I might u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

Hi Dave, I have now used an English UI, and now the correct fields. Open Hyperlink-dialog, click Document. Click "Open File" button at the ride side of the Document Path field. I have tried with system open file dialog and with LO's own dialog. It works in both cases. Ctrl-click opens e.g. a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

Hi Dave, please excuse, same in English: Regina Henschel schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 20:47: Hi Dave, Dave Barton schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 16:33: I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths everything

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

Hi Dave, Dave Barton schrieb am 19-Sep-20 um 16:33: I am trying to create a Writer document with a number of links to files in the same directory as the odt file itself. Using absolute paths everything works perfectly, but relative links (eg. file://abc.xyz) always fail with a "not an *absolute*

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: how do I?

Hi Dan, Dan Lewis schrieb am 16-Sep-20 um 16:29: I have a dBase database with several tables. How do I open this database in Calc so that each table will have its own sheet? Dan Here something different than simple copy: 1. You make a .odb file for the dBase database and register it. That is

Re: [libreoffice-users] line width setting on Calc 7?

Hi Dave, Dave Stevens schrieb am 14-Sep-20 um 01:46: I've looked for a way to make graph lines thinner on Calc 7 charts but no luck. Can someone refer me to docs? or a method? The line width is a property of the series. Double-click the chart and then click on the line. In the context menu th

Re: [libreoffice-users] From Draw to Impress?

Hi "bunk3m", it is easier as you think: Start with File Open. Select your Draw document. Then -still in the file open dialog- open the drop-down list to select the file type. Chose item "ODF Drawing (Impress) (*.odg)". Notice the "(Impress)" in the item. It is the item directly after "ODF Pre

[libreoffice-users] Accessibility of LibreOffice for visually impaired users

Hi all, we have had some discussion about bugs with screen readers on the German mailing list. That has resulted in some bugreports [1]. Unfortunately most of them are still unconfirmed. Perhaps you have some experience with screen readers and can confirm the bugs? [1] https://bugs.documentf

Re: [libreoffice-users] OTM documents

toki schrieb am 19-Aug-20 um 03:35: All: How does one construct an .OTM document? That is a document template for master documents. You start with making a master document. File > New > Master Document. If you would make a normal Master Document, you would save it as "ODF Master Document (*

Re: [libreoffice-users] Underline Color different than Characters color

Hi Charles, charles meyer schrieb am 15-Aug-20 um 22:56: I've Googled this to no avail. If I Right-Click the U on the toolbar for underlining I can then underline but it provides the same color as the text I've written. I want the text to appear white but the underline to be red. I right clic

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page number field in Writer

Hi Philip, Philip Jackson schrieb am 09-Jul-20 um 22:37: I have the page number field in the footer of my template. This template will be used for a series of small documents to be issued in pdf form. My intention is to use Writer to export to pdf and then use pdf-shuffler or similar to append

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to include a graphic element as part of a page definition in LO Writer?

Hi Philipp, Philip Jackson schrieb am 08-Jul-20 um 14:59: Using Writer 6.3.5.2 I drew a colour filled polygon at the top of a page where the header would normally be. I saved this as a template and then went to use it for a new document. The new document had the graphic on the first page bu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Confused with Macro results??

Hi Michael, your post is hard to understand. Please write, what you want to achieve with your macro. Kind regards Regina Michael D. Setzer II schrieb am 05-Jul-20 um 00:30: Been doing a lot of googling, but finding lots of stuff, but nothing that works? Have done a lot of versions and this i

[libreoffice-users] Arabic in Math editor

Hi all, a user has problems writing in Arabic in Math editor. https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134045 I'm using German and English in operating system and LibreOffice. I cannot confirm the problem. Is there someone out there, who can use Arabic and help? You would need to

Re: [libreoffice-users] What is different about Character styles "%" attribute?

handle this? No. There are currently too many bugs in LibreOffice in regard to font size. [Note: While researching this problem, I found a great discussion <https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/60567/writer-usage-of-percent-character-sizes-how-does-it-work/> between ajlittoz and Regi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!

Hi Harvey, Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 31-May-20 um 21:16: Hello Regina, Thanks for taking the trouble to offer help. Perhaps if I describe my 'case' it will help to see where I am coming from. I wanted to define a header for each page that is either a copy of the previous header or a new one. Th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!

Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 30-May-20 um 18:54: My intention was to use the header function to describe each page of a 29 page document separately, with a couple of exceptions where two pages may have the same header. What do you mean by "describe"? There exists some variables like chapter number

Re: [libreoffice-users] Localized Basic macros

Hi Johnny, Johnny Rosenberg schrieb am 10-May-20 um 14:35: Hi! I'm playing a little with macros (my level is probably one step or two above beginner) and making extensions out of them. I found a few examples online and I got it to work. I don't know if I'm going to share anything in the future

Re: [libreoffice-users] The bootstraprc/bootstrap.ini configuration variables

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 15-Apr-20 um 05:18: Thank you! - taken together, a perfect introduction to the topic. As I failed so miserably, in the spirit of teaching me how to fish, can you tell me the terms of your "quick search"? I don't remember the exact ways, but one was with the

Re: [libreoffice-users] The bootstraprc/bootstrap.ini configuration variables

Hi John, John Kaufmann schrieb am 14-Apr-20 um 07:28: For "Installing several versions of LibreOffice in parallel" , the wiki discusses editing bootstraprc (Linux) or bootstrap.ini (Windows), changing the "UserInstallation" variable u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Validation combobox

Hi Johnny, Johnny Rosenberg schrieb am 23-Feb-20 um 21:08: Am I the only one who things the new behaviour of the cell validation box is extremely annoying? I use LibreOffice 6.4.0.2 and I use those cell validation combo box things all the time. When I want to input something in a validated cell,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Expandable brackets in writer document, formula maybe?

Hi John, John Jason Jordan schrieb am 23-Feb-20 um 19:55: [..] Thanks, I found the bracket symbols, but 1) the corners are rounded When you have drawn the bracket and click on it to make it active, you should see a handle. If you drag the handle upward, the corners will become sharp. If t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Expandable brackets in writer document, formula maybe?

Hi John, John Jason Jordan schrieb am 23-Feb-20 um 01:58: On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:42:38 +0100 Regina Henschel dijo: left [ stack{""+"consonantal"#""-"voice"#""+"continuant} right none That line didn't work. My fault. Misse

Re: [libreoffice-users] Expandable brackets in writer document, formula maybe?

Hi John, John Jason Jordan schrieb am 22-Feb-20 um 23:50: LO Writer in 6.3.4.2 on Xubuntu 18.04 up to date, installed from the PPA, from LO. I know this can be done, but the how escapes me. I need to produce expandable brackets in Writer like the following (but here in the e-mail I have to use

Re: [libreoffice-users] bold String is fods file

Hi Thufir thufir schrieb am 14-Feb-20 um 10:13: where is a String marked as bold?  I'm not finding documentation explaining where this accomplished. See also: https://stackoverflow.com/q/60221464/262852 All styles are in elements and are referenced by name. Find the style "ce15", it shou

Re: [libreoffice-users] Capital letters in dates (in calc)

Hi, please have a look at the sort lists in Tools > Options > Calc > Sort Lists. Do have the month and days names small letters too? Kind regards Regina TheJoe schrieb am 22-Jan-20 um 22:23: Hi, I have a small issue that i could not solve. First of all i'm sorry for my bad English... i'm Ita

Re: [libreoffice-users] filter bank transactions and then sum

Hi James, you can use the function SUBTOTAL. https://help.libreoffice.org/6.3/en-US/text/scalc/01/04060106.html?DbPAR=CALC#bm_id3165633 Kind regards Regina James schrieb am 14-Jan-20 um 00:10: I've got a spreadsheet of all my bank transactions and I want to filter them by type and them the res

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with chapter numbering and TOC.

Hi Dave, Dave Barton schrieb am 17-Nov-19 um 09:19: I have created a sample document with a near identical structure and made it available at: http://www.mediafire.com/file/4dqiurp1sv9z1zk/TOC_Test.odt/file It would be much appreciated if someone could take a look at this document and offer an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - Changing text from horizontal to vertical

Hi Charles, charles meyer schrieb am 12-Nov-19 um 16:04: I’ve got Libre Office version 5.1.1.3 running on an old desktop running Windows 7.> You should use the last one of a family. For LO 5.1 that would be version 5.1.6.2 http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/5.1.6.

Re: [libreoffice-users] special characters from keyboard?

Hi Gary, if you want to go with macros, the following will work: The general part once (you might need to correct line breaks): Sub lcl_InsertCharacter_Writer(byval sChar as string) Dim oDoc as variant oDoc = ThisComponent Dim oCurrentController as variant oCurrentController = oD

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice extension XML tags

Hi Michael, Michael H schrieb am 15-Jul-19 um 16:59: (which I'm assuming means it (will) require renaming to something like text:contextual-spacing) not 'text::contextual-spacing' but 'style:contextual-spacing'. It will belong to "style-paragraph-properties-attlist". You will find it in http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice extension XML tags

Hi Michael, the extended schema is in https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/schema/libreoffice/ The standard itself is working in progress. You can follow it in https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?num_per_wg=100&wg_abbrev=office&sort_field=d1.submission_date&sort_type=DES

Re: [libreoffice-users] Convert .wps into Ms Word format

charles meyer schrieb am 13-Jul-19 um 21:29: HI all, I was sent a .wps file (about 3-5 pages). It's from a trustworthy person who has really old software and not computer savvy. It is a Microsoft Works Document or a Kingsoft Writer Document? I've read a plethora of Google results and none h

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