Re: [libreoffice-users] [SOLVED] Export to ePub

2024-06-25 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/06/26 4:44, aguador wrote: Even though I'm using an older version on linux, 7.3.7.2, I still get Try going to "Tools" to "Customize" (sorry, I have my interface in Spanish, but that's what it normally would be) and in the popup for "Menus", on the right "Categories", list all commands

Re: [libreoffice-users] Export to ePub

2024-06-25 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/06/25 19:20, V Stuart Foote wrote: On 2024-06-25 01:01, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Look again, on the Writer 'File' menu for the "Export As" entry. Not the "Export..." entry. Thank you, but I have looked already a hundred times. There are TWO items * File

[libreoffice-users] Export to ePub

2024-06-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon Windows 10, LO 7.6.6.3 I have published in the past a book in Japanese as an ebook. Now I have revised it and want to upload the file, but the publisher (Draft2Digital) tells me, it HAS to be in epub3 for Japanese texts. Well, I tried to find how to export odt files to epub and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image descriptions not retained

2024-06-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/06/13 18:21, Philip Jackson wrote: On 13/06/2024 05:23, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2024/06/13 10:59, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: When you insert an image, the dialogue box where you select the image file has a small check box (bottom left) marked 'link'. If you want the image

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image descriptions not retained

2024-06-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/06/13 15:15, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Thomas, easiest way is to insert the images into Writer. You could edit this images with an external tool when inserted into Writer - no problem. Linked images I would add in a subfolder of the Writer Document. So you could move the Writer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image descriptions not retained

2024-06-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/06/13 10:59, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Now I am working on this file and make sure, every image gets a name and a description. However, I remember clearly having given every image a name and save the file (every few minutes) in my office, but when I opened the file at home, ALL

[libreoffice-users] Image descriptions not retained

2024-06-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I am writing / editing a book with a number of images. This is to be published as ePub. I did that before and got an error, telling me "image description is missing". Used F4 to open the image dialog and entered name and description under the "Option" tab, then clicked OK. Now I

Re: [libreoffice-users] [SOLVED] Table of Contents, again

2024-06-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon On 2024/06/05 20:12, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. wrote: Thomas - In the 'Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography' dialogue window, in the 'Type' tab, under 'Create From', is the 'Additional styles' box unchecked? No, it was checked. I did that before. Apparently, you DO HAVE

[libreoffice-users] Table of Contents, again

2024-06-05 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I had much trouble with TOCs over last few months. In a few instances I SOMEHOW managed to get almost what I wanted. Now, working on a different file, completed the ePub version, try to set up a TOC. Heading 1 + Heading 2 properly set, as far as I can tell. Tools -> Heading

[libreoffice-users] Table of contents problem

2024-05-29 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am clutching a printed section of the Writer manual dealing the TOC ... but cannot make it work. Searching the net, I did find a LOT of things, but the instructions there "... click xx and there you go" do not seem to work either. Windows 10, LibreOffice 7.6.6.3 200-page

Re: [libreoffice-users] center images anchored "as character"

2024-05-29 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/05/28 22:51, lo.harald.ber...@t-online.de wrote: Hi Thomas, create a new paragraph style as an offshoot of Default. The only change you make in it is the alignment to "Centered". Thank you! With a little luck, I might have solved the problem. I will know, when I submit the file to the

[libreoffice-users] spell check does not "ignore all"

2024-05-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
And again (sorry!) Windows 10, Libreoffice 7.6.6.3 I have had this problem for as long as I am using Libreoffice. But spell checking a 240-page book makes things worse. During the spell check, the checker comes across words not in the dictionary and I tell it, to "ignore all". But the spell

[libreoffice-users] style does NOT display the specified font size

2024-05-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
One more question (and another coming in a different post) Again Windows 10, Libreoffice 7.6.6.3 I created a new style based on "default body text". The style specifies Times Roman, italic, 12 pt size. However in half or more of the instances where this style is applied, it shows the font in

[libreoffice-users] center images anchored "as character"

2024-05-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am struggling to create a file suitable for publication as an ePub format book. The publisher has all sorts of requirements and I just cannot get them right. Windows 10, Libreoffice 7.6.6.3 One problem: I am trying to meet the requirement of having images "in line with text"

[libreoffice-users] Calc scrolling in slow motion

2024-05-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I do have a problem. Recently I upgraded to 24.2.3.2, because I wanted to enjoy the highlighting of rows and columns in Calc. Which to me, however, looks horrible and I am not using it now. Problem: Since I upgraded, I noticed that when I try scrolling through big Calc sheets,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Column/Row highlighting

2024-05-15 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/05/15 14:54, jbfa...@libreoffice.org wrote: Hi, Yes, you are missing something: this option is in LibreOffice, starting with 24.2. So upgrade to 24.2 and you will have it. Probably I am a little stupid, but what is the difference between "24.2.3" and "7.6.7" (in my case 7.6.6). These

[libreoffice-users] Column/Row highlighting

2024-05-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I was wondering, whether it is possible to highlight entire rows and/or columns when selecting a cell. A search on the internet showed, that people have been asking for this for over ten years, either finding no solution at all or not so elegant work arounds. Then I found this:

[SOLVED] Re: [libreoffice-users] paragraph style

2024-03-27 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/03/27 21:07, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. wrote: Thomas: If upgrading to the latest version (now version 24.2) doesn't help, could you make the document available somewhere? - Robert Good evening from Japan

Re: [libreoffice-users] paragraph style

2024-03-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/03/06 19:23, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening I am working on a book and applied * chapter styles * heading styles and a few not so important other styles. Question: The chapter style specifies a certain font and font size, plus italic. For each chapter the little dialog box

Re: [libreoffice-users] paragraph style

2024-03-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2024/03/06 22:55, Philip Jackson wrote: When you say you have applied chapter styles, are you talking about a particular heading sty;le for the beginning of a chapter or are you talking about a particular page style for the first page of a chapter? I would typically use a Heading 1 style

[libreoffice-users] paragraph style

2024-03-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am working on a book and applied * chapter styles * heading styles and a few not so important other styles. Question: The chapter style specifies a certain font and font size, plus italic. For each chapter the little dialog box in the left upper corner shows the style name, font

[libreoffice-users] last cursor position

2023-07-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I am sure, this question has been asked a million times. When I open a document, the cursor is NOT in the position of the last edit. In fact, it appears at random locations, different each time I open the document. I have modified the user data section under tools, but that does

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

2022-12-01 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
My apologies! This was supposed to be a reply to the list! Thomas On 2022/12/01 15:15, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2022/08/16 2:52, Regina Henschel wrote: 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

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

2022-11-30 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2022/08/16 2:52, Regina Henschel wrote: 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". Good afternoon

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

2022-11-30 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2022/08/16 2:52, Regina Henschel wrote: 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". Good afternoon

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Match case" greyed out

2022-10-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2022/10/28 9:21, Remy Gauthier wrote: I noticed in Calc that when I try to find something, in the find dialog * Match case = greyed out = not working * Formatted display = OK * Entire cells = greyed out = not working * All sheets = OK I would like to apologize for my late response. My use

[libreoffice-users] "Match case" greyed out

2022-10-27 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I just came across something I do not understand (and so far could not find being mentioned in the manuals etc.). Using Windows 10, LibreOffice 7.1.8.1 I noticed in Calc that when I try to find something, in the find dialog * Match case = greyed out = not working * Formatted

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

2022-08-15 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
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 row. You can install an additional language in Windows and

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

2022-08-15 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
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: HKES    良知良能 [りょうちりょうのう] /(n) xx/ where I would like to

Re: [libreoffice-users] searching in Calc does not find anything

2022-06-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Thank you everybody On 2022/06/07 12:04, Felmon Davis wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2022, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good morning For years Crtl+F and then entering entering numbers or words used to find those, if they are in the sheets somewhere. For a few days now trying to find anything, numbers

[libreoffice-users] searching in Calc does not find anything

2022-06-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning For years Crtl+F and then entering entering numbers or words used to find those, if they are in the sheets somewhere. For a few days now trying to find anything, numbers, digits, words ..., ALWAYS gives me "Search key not found", even if the item in question sits right in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot save file/ ATTENTION, possible spam

2022-03-04 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
atted Text] Before pasting do [Right click][Left click: Clear Direct Formatting] Is it possible that the source file has locked text? On 3/2/22 03:14, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good afternoon Another incomprehensible behavior arose. I open a new document, copy text from a text file and t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot save file

2022-03-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
ail. That way you might pre-empt the experts' question and speed things up a bit. Cheers Harvey Sorry, I was sort of "carried away". Windows 10, 64-bit, LO 7.1.8.1 On Wed, 2022-03-02 at 17:14 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good afternoon Another incomprehensible behavior arose.

[libreoffice-users] Cannot save file

2022-03-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon Another incomprehensible behavior arose. I open a new document, copy text from a text file and try to save the document as .odt. Yet, nothing happens. I tried to save the document in different locations, but that does not change anything. Creating a document in the same way in

[libreoffice-users] Saving file produces unknow file format

2022-03-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon (again) One other question. Maybe related to the one I just posted. I noticed the other day, that when I use files in a server based file synchronization environment (ownCloud), .odt files may be transformed immediately or after having been edited a few times into an unknown

[libreoffice-users] Writer slow display

2022-02-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I believe I have asked this before. Currently running Windows 10 machine and LibreOffice 7.2.5.2 - just updated from 7.1.8 .. Typing in Writer the display of characters on the screen very annoyingly lacks behing my typing. It is definitely slower than in 7.1.8. As Mr. Großkopf

[libreoffice-users] clicking anywhere in a file make the cursor jump to other open files

2022-02-10 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Running LibreOffice 7.1.8.1 on a Windows 10 machine. I am really sorry to bother everyone with these (rather numerous) strange problems I am facing. Also something relatively new (did not happen with earlier versions) - and it seems to happen only with one particular file. I do

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice crashes every day

2022-02-09 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2022/02/09 18:43, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Thomas, did you try to disable Skia? (Options → LO → View → Graphics Output) I have no idea what "Skia" is and seen this the first time. Now I have to wait and see how LO works for a day or so. Unfortunately, it does NOT speed up the very slow

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice crashes every day

2022-02-09 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice crashes every day I had a similar problem with an earlier version, do not remember which (7.2.4.x. ?), but switching to 7.2.5.2. solved it. Running on Windows 10. Kolbjørn Den 08.02.2022 12:04, skreiv Thomas Blasejewicz: Good evening Another probably s

[libreoffice-users] "save as" behave very strange

2022-02-08 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening from Japan I have been using LibreOffice for years by now. Currently I use 7.18 on a Windows 10 machine. Let's say, I have a file "xyz" that is saved in one directory/folder. Now I want to save it in a different location (different disk) where there are directories and folders of

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice crashes every day

2022-02-08 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Another probably stupid question. As I said in my previous post, I am using 7.18 on a Windows 10 machine. I upgraded to 7.18 a few days back from 7.12. Since I am working on certain files both at home and in my little clinic, I tend to put those files on cloud storage places like

[libreoffice-users] Has something happened to the list?

2021-11-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I was just wondering I have not receive any messages through this list for a week now. Has something happened to the list? Thomas Blasejewicz -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

[libreoffice-users] Calc file "invalid parameter"

2021-06-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Again some strange question. Recently LibreOffice, maybe the computer?, has started to act strange on some occasions. Checking the net, I found only ONE related item. https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11=96478 This is not really a "problem", but I would

Re: [libreoffice-users] specify an absolute sheet address (SOLVED)

2021-06-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
ce? Greetings from Japan where it is sunny (and rather hot) today, but we are about to enter the rainy season ... Thomas Blasejewicz -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Po

[libreoffice-users] specify an absolute sheet address

2021-06-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am probably, again!, too stupid to figure this out by myself, so I would be grateful for a hint. I have a file with something like 25 sheets listing the patients who visited my clinic before grouped by year. In one sheet I have all names (about 2,000). To make my work easier I

Re: [libreoffice-users] search for Asian font in English text

2021-04-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon On 2021/04/15 11:30, Michael H wrote: Set your "other options" in the find/replace box to enable regular expressions All Kanji characters, paste the following into search. ([一-龯]+) In the replace section, paste $1 That is great! It works. Thank you! Thomas -- To unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] search for Asian font in English text

2021-04-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning. I have this not very long English text with occasional Japanese characters in it. I would like to search for ONLY the Japanese characters, naturally the font is different from the English but attribut "regular" and size are the same, and if possible change their attributes

Re: [libreoffice-users] Collabora experience?

2021-03-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2021/03/12 23:11, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Thomas, could be the same here with LibreOffice Online for scools: Set the mobile-phone Collabora to fullscreen. A blue pen appears. Press on the blue pen. All must be writable now. Well, **IF** I get to the Collabora full screen, I am still

[libreoffice-users] Collabora experience?

2021-03-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening from Japan The following is probably really stupid. Please bear with me for a moment. About 3 weeks ago I got a smartphone - first time ever. I did use an older mobile phone before, but deliberately refused to learn how to operate that thing. (I hate these mobile phones) Well, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Language setting in Calc

2021-02-20 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2021/02/20 6:14, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: This may be an answer. Choose Tools - Options. Go to Language Settings - Languages. Under Default languages for documents, select the document language for all newly created documents. If you mark For the current document only, your choice will

[libreoffice-users] Language setting in Calc

2021-02-19 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening In my line of work (translator) I often forced to use MS Office files. Right now I am working with an Excel worksheet. I am not allowed to change file name, format or anything else am only supposed to enter the German translation of a Japanese text into the designated columns.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and German software

2019-11-25 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2019/11/25 14:01, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2019/11/25 13:09, James Knott wrote: On 2019-11-24 10:17 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Thank you. (two applications up and running) I do have 16 GB of RAM, 22% of which are used, the CPU (8 CPUs) usage is appr. 2%, running at about 3.9 GHz

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and German software

2019-11-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2019/11/25 13:09, James Knott wrote: On 2019-11-24 10:17 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Is there some thing / place I should be looking into? You might look into resources required vs resources available. What CPU and how much memory etc.  In Linux, there are utilities that show the load

[libreoffice-users] List down?

2019-08-15 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Is the list down? I have not received a single message in almost a week. Thomas -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-users] LO upgrade under Linux - delete old files

2019-06-03 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning Probably I am just not smart enough (again). I upgraded LibreOffice from 6.0.7 to 6.1.6 on a machine running Linux Mint 19. The Readme file instructed me to run a dpkg command to unpack the .deb files after extracting them from the downloaded compressed file. I did that. It seemed

Re: [libreoffice-users] offline help

2019-05-20 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2019/05/17 19:40, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 17/05/2019 11:09, Philip Jackson wrote: Are you sure it's going on-line and not just displaying in a browser. You are right: in 6.1.5 the offline help opens using a browser and in the URL field it starts with "file ..." In an 6.0.7

[libreoffice-users] offline help

2019-05-17 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon A few days I upgrade my (Windows 10) installation to LibreOffice 6.1.5.2 I also installed the offline help package. However, when I click on Help, it ALWAYS goes online. Is there a trick to make the offline help package work? Thank you Thomas -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] compose characters

2019-05-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I have to enter into a technical text a capital "M" with a short bar on top of it. Some sort of mathematical expression indicating a vector. I know there is something like "composing characters", but I cannot get it right. All I ever get is a diacritical mark either left or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: autotext? question.

2019-04-16 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2019/04/16 21:59, V Stuart Foote wrote: Oh sorry , I see now. I'm not sure how you've linked the text string "formula" to be a macro to launch the standard autotext. Not aware it can be within LibreOffice. Set as an os/DE keyboard macro--outside LibreOffice--but calling the "FN"+

[libreoffice-users] autotext? question.

2019-04-15 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I probably made a really stupid mistake somewhere. Yesterday I noticed (in one of my computers only) that when I enter "Formula" and hit enter, I get a table = 1 row/2 columns with the formula E=mc2 on the left and running number on the right. Unfortunately I cannot remember

Re: [libreoffice-users] edit autocorrection options

2019-03-16 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2019/03/16 9:28, Dave Howorth wrote: >> The problem: there *** IS NO *** (c) in the replacement Someone suggested the following and I would like to pass that idea on: "Libre Office installs to an area on your system that isn't user specific, but is available to all users.  What you

Re: [libreoffice-users] edit autocorrection options

2019-03-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/12/24 16:46, Brian Barker wrote: At 15:55 24/12/2018 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: The problem: there *** IS NO *** (c) in the replacement list. (only (R)) I have looked at least twice. In all three languages I use. As you will have seen, V Stuart Foote finds ".*(C)"

[libreoffice-users] word completion

2019-03-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Writer is so friendly as to offer "word completion" while typing. I am grateful for that. However, sometimes that list, found under Tools -> Auto Correct -> Word completion contains "wrong" or outdated items. I tried to delete a few, but the next time I type, they are always back

Re: [libreoffice-users] automatic font selection in macro

2019-02-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Addition On 2019/02/13 13:26, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: if I wrote a macro that inserts the letter 'X', I would not expect the insertion to specify the font unless I went out of my way to do so. * Japanese font -> I was just playing around and this is NOT what I want. This is what LibreOffice has

Re: [libreoffice-users] automatic font selection in macro

2019-02-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
/ Font / Subset" fields. "Font" gives you a list of fonts, but not the choice of "none / automatic" etc. - or allows you to delete the currently selected font. I had been hoping to find that kind of choice. Mr. Pitonyak. Please don't worry. I am not in a hurry. I have been po

[libreoffice-users] automatic font selection in macro

2019-02-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I have another strange question. Work related I have to insert not infrequently symbols into texts. To make work easier, I have already created a number of macros to insert for example the symbol "micro" into a text using a keyboard shortcut. Problem: Let's say, I created the

[libreoffice-users] (urgent) shift+down always selects TWO cells in a table

2019-02-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning Using LibreOffice 6.0.5.2 (64-bit) on Windows 10 I just made a mistake somewhere: I hit some key combination that rotated the screen by 90 degrees. Although I was able to fix that somehow, since then LibreOffice insists on selecting always TWO cells simultaneously in a 2-column

[libreoffice-users] disable 2-digit options

2018-12-29 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am using Calc to maintain a list of patients including entries like name, age, date of birth etc. I tried to set a consistent style to about 20 different sheets. Sheet styles do not allow to adjust font etc. I choose character style to set the desired font for all sheets.

Re: [libreoffice-users] edit autocorrection options

2018-12-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/12/24 13:21, Brian Barker wrote: At 12:26 24/12/2018 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: The help section says, typing Crtl+z immediately after the (c) input reverts the autocorrection and adds it to the list of exception. The first part - that Edit | Undo or Ctrl+Z undoes

[libreoffice-users] edit autocorrection options

2018-12-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I am frequently working on patent specifications, in which there references to all those numbers and symbols in the accompanying figures. This also often includes something like "(c)". LibreOffice insists on converting this into the copyright symbol. I tried Tools -> Autocorrect

Re: [libreoffice-users] insert special characters

2018-08-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/08/22 17:30, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:31 22/08/2018 +0900, you wrote: In the office I do: Alt+P -> open special character dialog -> select a character -> Enter Is that Alt+I, P? It is Alt+P. Since I do not recall having set this shortcut key, I believe it is the default setting.

[libreoffice-users] insert special characters

2018-08-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning At home I am using LibreOffice 6.0.5.2 (Windows 10) In my office I use a little older version (not sure about that version number). In the office I do: Alt+P -> open special character dialog -> select a character -> Enter When I repeat this operation a little later and want to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cut/Copy problems in LO

2018-08-09 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/08/09 14:42, Alex Kempshall wrote: Have you tried Copy a section in memoQ -> start notepad -> paste that section into notepad -> Copy that section from notepad -> move to Writer -> paste that section into writer Alex That does NOT help. The result is (almost) always the same. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cut/Copy problems in LO

2018-08-08 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/08/09 12:36, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 09/08/18 15:01, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2018/07/05 9:40, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2018/07/05 5:23, Virgil Arrington wrote: Okay, I've had the cut/copy/paste issue pop up again in LO. It just happened today. By way of reminder, my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cut/Copy problems in LO

2018-08-08 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/07/05 9:40, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2018/07/05 5:23, Virgil Arrington wrote: Okay, I've had the cut/copy/paste issue pop up again in LO. It just happened today. By way of reminder, my configuration is as follows: Sony Vaio laptop Linux Mint 18 LO 6.0.3.2 The problem occurs ONLY

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: type backslash in "Find" dialog

2018-07-04 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/19 19:22, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2018/05/18 1:01, Roy Reese wrote: Enviar: jueves 17 de mayo de 2018 a las 11:54 De: "Thomas Blasejewicz" My guess is that LibO is using that codepage for the UI, and UTF-8 in Write. jonathon -- For coding in LO, click on H

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cut/Copy problems in LO

2018-07-04 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/07/05 5:23, Virgil Arrington wrote: Okay, I've had the cut/copy/paste issue pop up again in LO. It just happened today. By way of reminder, my configuration is as follows: Sony Vaio laptop Linux Mint 18 LO 6.0.3.2 Today, I was working on an LO Impress presentation. I was also running

[libreoffice-users] install built-in help

2018-06-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening (Windows 10, LibreOffice 6.0.4.2, Japanese OS, selected interface language: US English) When I press F1, I get the error message: "LibreOffice built-in help is not installed on your computer." I downloaded both the English AND the Japanese versions of the built-in help file and

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-06-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/06/03 17:09, Brian Barker wrote: At 20:50 29/05/2018 +, Virgil Arrington wrote: I am starting to experience more copy/paste issues similar to those described by Thomas. I am using LO 6.0.3.2 with Linux Mint 18. Today, I was working in Impress. I've been copying and pasting text

Re: [libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/23 15:13, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Thomas, which version of LO do you use? 64bit or 32bit? You need Java 32bit for LO 32bit and Java 64bit for LO 64bit. Regards Robert I am currently talking about a 64-bit Windows 10 machine where also LO is 64-bit. However, over the last 10+

[libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I recently upgraded to 6.0.4. In recent versions a java runtime environment was set up automatically or I did that manually. For example on a Windows 7 notebook -> tools - options - libreoffice - advanced -> Java options location: C:\Program Files\Java\jre xxx However in 6.0.4

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: type backslash in "Find" dialog

2018-05-19 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/18 1:01, Roy Reese wrote: Enviar: jueves 17 de mayo de 2018 a las 11:54 De: "Thomas Blasejewicz" <ny...@hb.tp1.jp> My guess is that LibO is using that codepage for the UI, and UTF-8 in Write. jonathon -- For coding in LO, click on Help About and you will s

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: type backslash in "Find" dialog

2018-05-17 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/17 5:36, toki wrote: Thomas wrote: While writing in Writer I get that backslash, but in the Find dialog I always get the "Yen" mark no matter what I do. Naturally, find dialog always tells me, there is no such thing as for example "backslash+p", since the find field contains on

Re: [libreoffice-users] type backslash in "Find" dialog

2018-05-16 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/16 22:25, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Thomas, Thomas Blasejewicz schrieb am 16.05.2018 um 13:32: On 2018/05/16 20:09, Regina Henschel wrote: I tried that. In there it is called "reverse solidus" -> Yen / backslash are identical and ONLY the Yen mark ever appears in th

Re: [libreoffice-users] type backslash in "Find" dialog

2018-05-16 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/16 20:09, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Thomas, Thomas Blasejewicz schrieb am 16.05.2018 um 11:51: Good evening Sorry, but I have another stupid question. I am using a Japanese computer with a Japanese keyboard that I have set to switch between English (German) and Japanese input

[libreoffice-users] type backslash in "Find" dialog

2018-05-16 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Sorry, but I have another stupid question. I am using a Japanese computer with a Japanese keyboard that I have set to switch between English (German) and Japanese input. Activating the US English keyboard does not help. When I want to use regular expressions in Writer I am

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-05-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/12 2:11, Brian Barker wrote: At 20:04 10/05/2018 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Problem: Select a text portion in one application -> move to Writer -> Ctrl+V (paste). Sorry, most likely my explanation was not good enough. So, I will try it again. My home computer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer interface font size

2018-05-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/13 0:36, Jorge Rodríguez wrote: Hi Thomas:   You can do it follow this steps:    Menu-Tools-Options-LibreOffice Writer-Basic Fons ( Western )    There you can select the type and the size default font Thank you. Yes, I know that I can do that. However .. that applies to the font

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer interface font size

2018-05-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/12 19:00, Luuk wrote: On 12-5-2018 04:55, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: I know how to increase the size of the icons in the menu bars, but unfortunately I could not yet figure out how to increase the interface font size. There seems to be no such item under "Options" Coul

[libreoffice-users] Writer interface font size

2018-05-11 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning Just installed LibreOffice 6.0.4 (on the computer where I had problems with copying). Because I am getting older and my vision deteriorates, the fist thing I always do with new/upgraded software is to increase interface font size. I know how to increase the size of the icons in

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-05-11 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2018/05/11 16:49, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. Are you using Ctl-c to copy. Do you have a clipboard other than the standard windows one (equivalent to Klipper in KDE or Clypan on Mac). Steve On 10/05/18 23:04, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening I am using Ver. 5.2.6.2 (and some other

[libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-05-10 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am using Ver. 5.2.6.2 (and some other minor variations) on a Windows 10 machine and having trouble with "copying text". I think, this problem has not yet appeared on other machines. Problem: Select a text portion in one application -> move to Writer -> Ctrl+V (paste). (copy

Re: [libreoffice-users] Runtime error with extensions

2018-03-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
May I ask the same thing again? There seem to have been no replies. Sorry for the inconvenience. On 2018/03/24 10:45, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good morning I use LibreOffice (5.2.2.2) on Windows (7 / 10) and Linux machines. Rarely I try to use extensions. Recently in particular: * Alternative

[libreoffice-users] bouncing messages?

2018-03-27 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening An automated messages tell me, that there are a number of "bouncing messages", but all I get is a number : Here is the list of the bounced messages: - 53454 How am I supposed to view those messages? Thank you Thomas -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Runtime error with extensions

2018-03-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I use LibreOffice (5.2.2.2) on Windows (7 / 10) and Linux machines. Rarely I try to use extensions. Recently in particular: * Alternative Searching * Anaphraseus (have not really tried any other extensions) However, EVERY time I am trying to start those extensions on the Windows

[libreoffice-users] How to write vertical text in Draw (text boxes)

2017-12-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
I need to write vertical text (Japanese) in text boxes but cannot find out to manage that. (I have been working on that almost a whole day already). Inserting a text box and writing something give a horizontal text. Rotation then turns the whole thing for example 90 degrees, but that does not

Re: [libreoffice-users] system sound + Libreoffice [SOLVED]

2017-10-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2017/10/06 23:00, Tim-L wrote: Last time I heard of this type of problem was in the early Windows days [i.e. Windows 95 era?].  ASCII has a non-printable character that actually causes the beep noise with the motherboard hardware. On 10/6/2017 5:11 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good

[libreoffice-users] system sound + Libreoffice

2017-10-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I noted a very strange behavior. Although I have set Windows (10) system sounds to "no sound", in more or less frequent intervals the systems starts beeping (e.g., when switching to Caps Lock). This happens ***ONLY*** when I am using Libreoffice. It used to go away, when I reset

Re: [libreoffice-users] word count in impress

2017-10-03 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2017/10/04 2:38, Toki wrote: On 10/02/2017 04:13 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: (A similar question posted on the net somewhere was "closed, because it is irrelevant" ???) I'll hazard an explanation, without looking at the specific question so closed. b) For presentations,

Re: [libreoffice-users] word count in impress

2017-10-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2017/10/03 4:03, Krunose wrote: On 02.10.2017 18:13, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening It happens once in a while .. I have to work (translate) PPT files for which I use Impress and then need to know the number of words. In the entire file. So far I could not figure out, whether

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