[libreoffice-users] image and text wrap

2013-03-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Using Windows XP, LO 3.6.4 I wrote a somewhat lengthy text, which I now would like to "decorate" with a number of images. However, so far all efforts to make the text wrap around the image have failed. I read the documentation and (hopefully) followed the instructions, but nevertheless

[libreoffice-users] caption numbering

2013-03-10 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I am sure there is a simple trick to it, but I nevertheless cannot figure it out. The official documentation does not seem to mention it. I am writing a sort of "book" with a number of pictures in it. Some have captions, others are just for decorations. Since this is not something

Re: [libreoffice-users] caption numbering

2013-03-11 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
YES. Thank you!!! THAT did the trick. Just shows (again) how stupid I am. Thomas (2013/03/11 22:04), Dan Lewis wrote: > On 03/10/2013 11:17 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: >> Good afternoon >> >> I am sure there is a simple trick to it, but I nevertheless cannot >> fig

[libreoffice-users] Filtered html document

2013-03-20 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening everybody I am trying to make something available through Kindle. For some reason Amazon recommends preparing the original document as ".doc" or ".docx" file and in a final step: save as -> "Filtered html document" (in order to remove MS office codes) What would be the "equivalent" f

Re: [libreoffice-users] Filtered html document

2013-03-20 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
__ From: James Knott To: LibreOffice Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 11:13 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Filtered html document Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening everybody It's morning. ;-) I am trying to make something available through Kindle. For some reason Amazon recommen

Re: [libreoffice-users] Filtered html document

2013-03-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2013/03/21 15:07), M. Fioretti wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 21:02:22 PM -0400, Virgil Arrington wrote: 1. With LO, I use the "Save as" command to save the document in an HTML format. Do NOT use the Export to HTML feature as, for whatever reason, the resulting HTML file is not nearly as clean a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Figure captions: not sequential numbers

2013-03-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2013/03/22 18:43), Agustin Lobo wrote: I've set automatic captions and this works fine for the first 3 figures but then the next one gets "Figure 1". All settings are the same See screenshot here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3180464/captionsLO.jpeg Any help appreciated Good evening I had the very

[libreoffice-users] Insert frame - cursor jumps to document top

2013-03-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I am trying to put something together for Kindle (still; had formating troubles the other day, that continue). Currently I am trying to rewrite/overwrite or whatever the term may be an ODF file as a html file. The originally uploaded file hadimages + captions that appeared in the Am

[libreoffice-users] Exclude page numbers from TOC

2013-04-05 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I am trying (still!) to createsomething for Kindle. Amazon requires to have a Table of Contents with working links, but NO page numbers. I have been reading to the official LO documentation and searched the net, but all I can find is, how to INCLUDE, maybe set, page numbers. So far I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Exclude page numbers from TOC

2013-04-05 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
forum can help you with that. Note also, that you may wish to remove the hanging tab [ T ] on the right end now, which would remove the ellipses ("....") on the end of the TOC entry. Hope this helps. Girvin Herr Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good morning I am trying (still!) to crea

Re: [libreoffice-users] [SOLVED} Exclude page numbers from TOC

2013-04-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2013/04/06 3:25), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: > I have been reading to the official LO documentation and searched the > net, but all I can find is, how > to INCLUDE, maybe set, page numbers. > > So far I was not able to find out the trick required to exclude page > numbers. G

Re: [libreoffice-users] Exclude page numbers from TOC

2013-04-08 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Thank you for asking. Yes, I did post a [SOLVED] message the other day. No page numbers now and hyperlinks working. (2013/04/09 3:58), Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Has this been resolved yet? I found ToCs difficult to understand at first but after playing around with them while reading the publishe

[libreoffice-users] save table as reusable object

2013-04-27 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening just asking... but is there a way to save a certain table (format) in such a way, that I can insert it with one click (or hot key)? I have a 2-column, 1-row tableto insert "notes" in a book text. So the table has on the left side one cell with "note" in it and a grey background and th

[libreoffice-users] assign templates in Calc

2013-05-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I know you can create templates in Writer and then assign them to other documents, using an extension. Now I tried to do the same thing in Calc. Does not seem to work. Is there a way of "copying" styles from one Calc document to another? Or assigning a template? That would be really

Re: [libreoffice-users] assign templates in Calc

2013-05-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2013/05/22 2:07), Dan Lewis wrote: > On 05/21/2013 10:02 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: >> Is there a way of "copying" styles from one Calc document to another? >> Or assigning a template? >> Thomas > It may depend upon what version of LibreOffice you are us

Re: [libreoffice-users] [SOLVED] assign templates in Calc

2013-05-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Thank you! Yes, that works. Thomas (2013/05/22 14:52), Brian Barker wrote: At 23:02 21/05/2013 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: I know you can create templates in Writer and then assign them to other documents, using an extension. Now I tried to do the same thing in Calc. Does not seem to work

[libreoffice-users] font behavior in Calc

2013-06-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Goodevening I am using LO 3.6.5.2, WinXP Using Calc I have to create a table with several long lists of place names. I did create a style for those cells. Font = Arial, 10.5 points, language: German Most of the text I copy into the sheet from a text file using a UTF8 font HOWEVER, while most cell

[libreoffice-users] constant crashes

2013-07-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I do have an "ordinary" ODF Writer file, about 14 MB in sizebecause of about 60 monochrome pictures (writing a book). This file is usually open in "print preview mode". When I try to switch to "web layout", so that I can see more text without all those funky margins and spaces betwee

Re: [libreoffice-users] constant crashes

2013-07-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
ou keep it. Regards from Tom *From:* Dries Feys *To:* Thomas Blasejewicz *Cc:* "users@global.libreoffice.org" *Sent:* Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 8:45 *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] constant crashes You could try version 3.6.6 or 4.0.4.

Re: [libreoffice-users] constant crashes

2013-07-03 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning (2013/07/03 22:42), Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > It would seem that crashes like these are inevitable. However, the > results may not need be. > > Is it possible to force a system check during loading of files above > default that causes the error to generate a message "Running out of > m

[libreoffice-users] template menu

2013-07-03 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon The last few days I upgraded from 3.6 something to 4.0.4. And this morning I noticed the "template menu" is gone. One of my computers has still 3.6 on it and there it is under Files -> Templates. That's also where the extension items for the extension "template changer" appeared. A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ichitaro filter - for Japanese Suite

2013-08-18 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
All my computers are running the Japanese version of Windows, 2 of 3 also MS Office (2003, I am a very old-fashioned person). There is also a Japanese user group, but I would have to look up their address. Is there maybe even I (computer illiterate) can do? Thomas (2013/08/18 17:52), Tom Davie

[libreoffice-users] Copy & paste -> extra space

2013-09-16 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Hello everybody I noticed that when I copy & paste single words or phrases, that MOST - but not ALL - times an additional space is added before the pasted word/phrase. Let's say, I type an opening quotation mark and then copy some text immediately after it. Even though I selected precisely one wor

[libreoffice-users] word count in impress

2013-09-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I do have an Impress (originally PPT) file with about 16 slides. Some contain "plain text", other tablesor figures. Since this is translation word, I need a word count. Yet, "File - Properties" does not give such information. Trying to "select all" and then copy the material into Writ

[libreoffice-users] replacing only text portions

2013-09-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am writing a book with Writer (3.6.6.2 / Windows). In connection with this endeavor I already asked a few questions and there are more to come ... Well, the original is written in Japanese, about 200 pages A5 size with 60 something pictures. Of this I have a "normal" Writer file wit

[libreoffice-users] replace normal font with superscript

2013-10-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Thisis probably a rather stupid question and has been answered on this list (somewhere) a million times ... (The job is already done - manually - so there is no hurry; I would like to know the trick.) I had a piece of text (txt file), which contained a lot of things like "m2" (square

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: replace normal font with superscript

2013-10-02 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2013/10/02 20:13), Pedro wrote: Hi Thomas Toppa-2 wrote What is the trick required to turn "2" into superscript? But ONLY in "m2" and not all "2", since there were lots of other numbers too. You are searching for a string (m2) but only want part of it to be changed. I think this is not poss

[libreoffice-users] repeated search

2012-07-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning from Japan Currently using LO 3.4.5 on Windows XP. Search: Ctrl + F In this verion now there is a funny little window opening at the lower left corner of the screen, while formerly it used to be new window in the center of the screen. (which was to my taste a lot better) I noticed, t

[libreoffice-users] turn off specific autocorrect items

2012-07-25 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am working on a translation and there is a list of items. I have to mark those with (a), (b) etc. entering (c) results in the copyright mark. I deleted THAT entry from the autocorrect list, shut down LO, restarted it ... it still insists on putting the copyright mark there - which I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Japanese font

2012-08-16 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening from Japan Naturally I do have a number of Japanese fonts in my computer, most of which came with the OS, but I think there are also a few others. Personally I do not mind to send a copy of those unless this represents a "crime" of one sort or other. Thomas (2012/08/16 20:38), Tom

[libreoffice-users] font problem

2012-08-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am working a translation (Japanese-German), using LOWriter + Calc 3.4.5 Both programs are set up to contain the same font. Writer is used for writing the text, Calc to record special translation terms I use (and want to remember). BUT when I copy a term (Japanse, font = MS P Go

Re: [libreoffice-users] font problem

2012-08-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening *** additional information: I tried OpenOffice 3.3 (still in my office computer) --> No problem there! So, what is this Writer -> Calc problem? A bug??? (2012/08/21 20:42), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: > Good evening > I am working a translation (Japanese-German), using LOW

Re: [libreoffice-users] font problem - anybody?

2012-08-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
2/08/22 23:06), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: > Good evening > *** additional information: > > I tried OpenOffice 3.3 (still in my office computer) --> No problem there! > So, what is this Writer -> Calc problem? > A bug??? > > (2012/08/21 20:42), Thomas Blasejewicz

[libreoffice-users] Fatal error

2012-08-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening The other day I was inquiring about a solution to a really stupid font related behavior (cannot copy text in identical front from Writer to Calc). One was to update from that verson = 3.4.5 to 3.5 or 3.6 Well, I downloaded 3.6 and today installed that. Choice: standard installation.

Re: [libreoffice-users] font problem - anybody?

2012-08-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2012/08/25 4:33), webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I wonder if there is a problem with the font used or some other issue with both the text and font "type" being placed into a Calc cell. I assume you tried "Paste Special" and used "unformatted text" or something like that. The problem could

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unhandled Exception: InvalidRegistryException

2012-08-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2012/08/28 5:58), contrazz wrote: I just upgraded from 3.3 to 3.6 on a Win7 installation. I'm getting a fatal error: Unhandled Exception: InvalidRegistryException. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Unhandled-Exception-InvalidRegistryException-tp4003914.h

[libreoffice-users] Record macro

2012-08-30 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I recently upgraded to 3.6. Formerly I used to have macros to highlight text and then remove the highlight again (important during editing) Today I noticed, that those macros were working only sometimes - when they felt like doing so. Fidling aroung in trying to figure out what is goin

[libreoffice-users] AutoText and CR

2012-09-04 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I am trying to get used to AutoText. Although I succeeded in creating 2 new entries, these ALWAYS are kombined upon insertion with a carriage return, even though I selected only the text. So, whenever I insert that autotext, I get a new line and have to remove that manually. 1) Is tha

[libreoffice-users] Cursor shape+color

2012-09-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Probably this is a very stupid question - and not actually a "technical problem": Is it possible to change (customize) the shape and color of the cursor? Currently it is a thin, vertical black line. I can see it blinking when it is within a blanc area of the screen, but when I have t

[libreoffice-users] LO crashes IE?

2012-09-30 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am struggling to make a certain CAT tool (memoQ) work with very complex (crazy) Word files. Since that did not work, I tried to save a file as ODF file and use that. Apart from the trouble I have otherwise ... When I click in Internet Explorer on that particular file to copy / move

[libreoffice-users] extra space before copied text

2012-10-25 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I did notice this before: When I copy things, there is ALWAYS an extra space inserted before anything that is copied. For example, typing text, opening bracket -> copy something into the bracket -> closing bracket. The bracket is there and I want the copied text to be inserted WITH

[libreoffice-users] LO crashes when using File -> Wizard

2012-11-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Windows XP Pro I just installed the very latest version of LO (3.6.3.2 (Build ID: 58f22d5)) and noticed, that LO crashes EVERY time I try to use File -> Wizard -> "whatever" (means ANY function under Wizard) This happens on my office computer At home I have another one, same Windows XP Pro, LO 3.6.

[libreoffice-users] messages returned

2012-11-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I am trying to post a message, or rather repons to another one, but my messages are rejected. Although I DID sent a message from this computer / mail address a few days ago. (I did not change anything here on my computer ...) What is it, that I am making wrong this time? Below the

Re: [libreoffice-users] messages returned

2012-11-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening This first message of mine and your response went through. Yet, I tried (again, for the third time) to respond to a message from Tom Davies. Every time it bounces back. When I get home, I try again from there. Thomas -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.l

Re: [libreoffice-users] messages returned

2012-11-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(Sent for the fourth time today ... AND it bounced immediately!) (2012/11/21 17:53), Tom Davies wrote: > Hi > Have you tried renaming your user profile? Is it possible the problem is being caused by an Extension? > > I'm not sure if it would be better to post a new bug-report and link to the o

Re: [libreoffice-users] messages returned

2012-11-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
This message COULD be sent in response to my own post, but NOT in response to Mr. Davies post. Now that the message has been posted, it does not matter any more, but somehow I would like to know why ... (2012/11/24 21:25), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: (Sent for the fourth time today ... AND it

Re: [libreoffice-users] messages returned

2012-12-03 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2012/11/24 16:20), Jay Lozier wrote: Your message this time made it through to the list. 5.7.1 is the error code for spam. Good morning Now that the technical problems of sending messages containing the "ex" word to the list have been mostly clarified, is there maybe also any idea, why my

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO crashes when using File -> Wizard

2012-12-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Goodafternoon (2012/11/21 17:30), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: > Windows XP Pro > I just installed the very latest version of LO ( 3.6.4.3 (Build ID: 2ef5aff)) > and noticed, that LO crashes EVERY time I try to use > File -> Wizard -> "whatever" (means ANY function under

[libreoffice-users] user interface language

2012-12-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon As I just wrote in a different post, today I installed the newest version of LO 3.6.4.3 (Build ID: 2ef5aff) from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ LibreOffice *Windows, version 3.6.4, English (US)*. Yet, after installation I noticed, that the user interface language is Japanese

[libreoffice-users] Save as html file

2013-10-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening from Japan Maybe I did ask a similar question before ... I wrote a book using Writer which I am now trying to upload to Kindle. The instructions say, I must save the file as html and then create a zip file from the html file + the images. "Save as ... html" creates a content file and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save as html file

2013-10-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
: On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 18:58 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening from Japan Maybe I did ask a similar question before ... I wrote a book using Writer which I am now trying to upload to Kindle. The instructions say, I must save the file as html and then create a zip file from the html

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save as html file

2013-10-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2013/10/29 12:32), Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-10-29 16:04, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: (2013/10/29 2:06), Tim Deaton wrote: Did you zip up the html file and the subdirectory containing the images as one operation? And did your settings also save the relative path of the subdirectory? If

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save as html file [UPDATE]

2013-11-03 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2013/10/30 21:27), Virgil Arrington wrote: Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening from Japan Maybe I did ask a similar question before ... I wrote a book using Writer which I am now trying to upload to Kindle. The instructions say, I must save the file as html and then create a zip file from

[libreoffice-users] Web layout crashes LO

2013-11-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I think I did ask a similar question maybe half a year ago, but I cannot find my question nor the answeres to it any more. LO 3.6, Win XP x2/ Win 7 x1 (total 3 machines, 2 desktops, 1 note PC) I am working again on a book. The current file contains 1 picture and has 260 kb. If I remov

[libreoffice-users] navigator works in one file but not another

2014-02-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am currently working on two files, both of which were created by copying unformatted text into an empty document. The one file I use as "original", in the other file I am overwriting the original text with English (translation work). I noted, that the navigator function (goto page x

[libreoffice-users] autotext in 4.xx

2014-02-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am using LO 3.6 on two desktop machines (Win XP) and recently upgrade a note PC (Win 7) to 4.1 something. Tonight I tried to create an "autotext entry". While I can do that in 3.6, I found that most of the buttons in the autotxt dialog box in the newer version are greyed out. Meaning

Re: [libreoffice-users] autotext in 4.xx - anybody please

2014-02-25 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
2/23 22:56), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: > Good evening > I am using LO 3.6 on two desktop machines (Win XP) and recently upgrade > a note PC (Win 7) to 4.1 something. > Tonight I tried to create an "autotext entry". > While I can do that in 3.6, I found that most of the buttons

Re: [libreoffice-users] autotext in 4.xx - anybody please [SOLVED]

2014-02-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/02/26 20:33), Niklas Johansson wrote: Hi Thomas Just to recap: You've upgraded Windows from XP to Windows 7 and then upgraded LibreOffice 3.6 to 4.1. The path to the user folder is moved by Windows in the upgrade of Windows. My guess is that the path to the AutoText-files, that is sto

[libreoffice-users] Compress images

2014-02-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning and again a strange question. I am writing a little book that is scheduled to be published as an ebook. The formatting instructions from the publisher (Smashwords) are exclusively based on the use of Word. There is a 10 MB file size limit, which my book exceeds due to the included pict

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy & paste into Thunderbird

2014-03-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/03/12 18:36), Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Perhaps time to post a bug-report? Thomas and Graham, have you tried an earlier version of LibreOffice and found no problem there? Have you tried pasting into a text-editor as an intermediary before posting into the final app? Are you all also on Win

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy & paste into Thunderbird

2014-03-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/03/13 2:46), Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Thanks Graham :) Glad to hear it's working for you now. Thomas, do you know what the 3rd digit is? That is the crucial one. The first 2 digits tell us which branch you are using. The 3rd one is roughly equivalent to the "Service Pack" numbers used in

[libreoffice-users] stop automatic scrolling

2014-03-21 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Probably this is a stupid question, but ... I noticed time and again, that LO starts scrolling and cannot be stopped, until the end of the file is reached, when I click below the blue rectacle on the right side scroll bar in order to get just a little further down. I have been looking

[libreoffice-users] copy cell formatting in Calc

2014-03-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good afternoon I have been trying this for a long time, but had no success so far. In Calc I select a certain range of cells / rows / columns. Select "copy" and then paste that selection into an empty space or even a new spreadsheet. HOWEVER, the cell formatting is never maintained! I mean (speci

[libreoffice-users] Table of Contents - hidden codes?

2014-04-03 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I did write a few books that are now available as Kindle versions. Trying to publish them elsewhere too (Smashwords) I had to "reformat" (I will spare you the details here) everything. I tried to do that following the instructions word by word (to the best of my knowledge) and submitte

[libreoffice-users] Calc file size suddenly by 400x

2014-04-17 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I do have a not so big Calc file for my personal "accounting" (keeping track of my work) The one from last year was about 160 kb. This year's contains naturally less data. And that suddenly jumped to 27 MB and file constantly crashes. Copying the data into a new few file gives me abou

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc file size suddenly by 400x

2014-04-17 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/04/17 20:14), Cley Faye wrote: 2014-04-17 12:29 GMT+02:00 Thomas Blasejewicz : I do have a not so big Calc file for my personal "accounting" (keeping track of my work) The one from last year was about 160 kb. This year's contains naturally less data. And that suddenly jump

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc file size suddenly by 400x

2014-04-17 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/04/17 22:36), Cley Faye wrote: 2014-04-17 15:26 GMT+02:00 Thomas Blasejewicz : I am afraid, I do not understand. Renaming the file to "current name.zip" does not change anything. Creating a Zip Folder/file generates only ONE folder, containing ONE file = the calc file. Size as

Re: [libreoffice-users] [SOLVED] print table without internal borders

2014-05-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Thank you!!! That helped and I was finally able to get it right. (I did not sent a file attachment, since to the best of my knowledge, that is "prohibited" by the netiquette / and attachments are stripped automatically; maybe next time) Thomas (2014/05/13 14:24), Dave Barton wrote: Thomas wr

[libreoffice-users] ignore all during spellcheck

2014-05-17 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I have this "problem" for years already. When I perform a spellcheck (either in English or German), the spellchecker frequently comes across terms that are NOT in the dictionary, I do NOT wish to add and therefore would like to "ignore all" instances in the document. HOWEVER .. the sp

Re: [libreoffice-users] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

2014-08-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/08/11 11:53), T. R. Valentine wrote: On 10 August 2014 21:13, Thomas wrote: Good morning AFAIK, F11 brings up the Styles menu on both Ubuntu & Mint. No. I just made a clean install of Mint 17. Only Fn+F11 works All the other key commands are apparently the same as they are under XFCE Fro

Re: [libreoffice-users] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

2014-08-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/08/13 23:26), Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It's not clear which DE is being used in Mint. It is Mint 17 Cinnamon. (File) Tools / Customise - Keyboard tab, will let you look at all the I tried that ... And the "customize" function DOES NOT work. I tried that already. For example, LibreOffice c

Re: [libreoffice-users] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

2014-08-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/08/14 10:20), Tim Lloyd wrote: Hi Thomas, You just ran with the version of LO which came with Mint? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to make sure it is the Mint spin (which I have got). Cheers I believe it is the newest: 4.2.4.2 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...

Re: [libreoffice-users] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

2014-08-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/08/14 10:55), Paul wrote: Hi Thomas, On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:00:15 +0900 Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: And the "customize" function DOES NOT work. I tried that already. For example, LibreOffice comes with a lot of presets. One is "Navigator", that is assigned to F5 unde

Re: [libreoffice-users] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

2014-08-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
move the post to the mint forum? I think reps of the distro hang around at that forum so may be able to advise one way or the other. Cheers On 14/08/14 12:31, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: (2014/08/14 10:55), Paul wrote: Hi Thomas, Paul I also thought about that already, although I hav

Re: [libreoffice-users] [SOLVED] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

2014-08-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/08/14 19:22), Paul wrote: Hi Thomas, Not the way I think it is supposed to work, but yes, this is then a laptop issue, not a LibreOffice issue, and most likely not even a Linux Mint issue. I'm almost certain that you will find this same behaviour in all other apps running under your curre

[libreoffice-users] Ctrl+F4 Close document

2014-09-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I just noticed something. I have LibreOffice 4.2.4.2 on some Windows machines and recently also on two Linux (xubuntu 14.04) machines. Usually on the Windows machines the KB shortcut Ctrl+F4 closes the current document. Under Linux it does not do that (I copied the user profile from th

[libreoffice-users] font behavior in calc

2014-10-09 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I noticed this before: I have a spreadsheet with alphanumeric items, Japanese terms, a few "functions" and dates. In the default style for spreadsheets as well as a private style I defined fonts to be used and the style, dates are displayed. However, in particular recently, whenever I

[libreoffice-users] no numbering for first pages

2014-10-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am sure, this has been asked (and answered!) before, but I cannot find it in the archives. I have a (actually 3) book, where I would like to have NO page numbering for the first 3 pages and then start with "1". Conversion to "title page" seems to work only for the first page. Attemp

Re: [libreoffice-users] no numbering for first pages

2014-10-13 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
(2014/10/13 23:20), som wrote: On Monday, 13 October 2014 6:53 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: I have a (actually 3) book, where I would like to have NO page numbering for the first 3 pages and then start with "1". Conversion to "title page" seems to work only for the fir

[libreoffice-users] function key behavior

2015-01-05 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I did have this problem before. LibreOffice installed on linux machine (right now the particular distribution is xubuntu 14.04, rather high-spec machine). On my Windows computers F11 calls up the "style menu". Now, on this linux installation it HAS to be Shift+F11 (some other function

[libreoffice-users] extensions not shown completely

2015-02-01 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I have LibreOffice installed on Windows and Linux machines. I noticed, that while on the Windows machine "Tools - Extension Manager" shows all installed extensions, under xubuntu 14.04 the extension manager opens and shows the spelling dictionaries, but not 4-5 other extensions. Those

[libreoffice-users] transfer user profile to new computer

2015-04-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am struggling with the setup of a new computer (running Windows 8.1 -> quite a nightmare!). First I followed the onscreen instructions and set up a Microsoft account AND did succed to transfer my profile data to LibreOffice installation under that account. Now I have changed my mind

[libreoffice-users] styles and formatting

2015-04-15 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening The other day I bought a new computer running Windows 8.1 and installed LibreOffice 4.4.2.2 I BELIEVE it did work as usual. Today I started a new job/document and wanted to apply my custom style. However, the "style and formatting" menu DOES NOT appear any more. Neither F11, clicking

Re: [libreoffice-users] styles and formatting

2015-04-15 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2015/04/15 23:14, Brian Barker wrote: At 19:39 15/04/2015 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: The other day I bought a new computer running Windows 8.1 and installed LibreOffice 4.4.2.2. I BELIEVE it did work as usual. Today I started a new job/document and wanted to apply my custom style

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: styles and formatting

2015-04-17 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2015/04/16 1:45, Piet van Oostrum wrote: Andreas Sa"ger wrote: > The stylist is accessible through the side bar only. Don't ask me why. > On Mac OS X there still is Format -> Styles and Formatting (Cmd-T). The menu does NOT work, even though it is listed under "Format" AND there is an i

[libreoffice-users] display

2015-04-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good night = morning from Japan I believe I did ask the same question in the past related to an installation on a Win XP machine: moving through documents (Writer) in LibreOffice while editing sometimes (constantly!) sort of blurrs/freezes the screen. That means, characters/lines/text sections "dis

Re: [libreoffice-users] display

2015-04-22 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
graphics-'card' are not quite right. I'm very much not sure about any of that though! Regards from Tom :) On 22 April 2015 at 16:17, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good night = morning from Japan I believe I did ask the same question in the past related to an installation on a Win XP

Re: [libreoffice-users] display

2015-04-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
. Hope this helps. On 4/22/2015 11:17 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Computer: just bought a new one, running Windows 8.1 (= a nightmare!!!), 8 GB RAM, 120 GB SSD = OS + 1 TB HDD and probably a whole lot of fancy high-tech stuff I not capable of understanding. Am I correct assuming, that this

[libreoffice-users] open files

2015-04-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening Probably another stupid question. With a new computer running Windows8.1 I noticed, that files DO NOT open any longer, when I (double) click on their names or select them and hit ENTER ... as it used to work with all other computers / OSs in the past. I DO HAVE to open Writer, Calc o

Re: [libreoffice-users] display

2015-04-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2015/04/25 2:10, M Henri Day wrote: 2015-04-22 17:17 GMT+02:00 Thomas Blasejewicz <mailto:ny...@hb.tp1.jp>>: Computer: just bought a new one, running Windows 8.1 (= a nightmare!!!), 8 GB RAM, 120 GB SSD = OS + 1 TB HDD and probably a whole lot of fancy high-tech st

Re: [libreoffice-users] display

2015-04-26 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2015/04/24 23:30, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: Try here: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-034107.htm On 4/23/2015 2:24 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2015/04/23 23:06, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: Screen tearing issue with NVidia may be resolved by changing Vertical Sync to Adaptive

[libreoffice-users] last editing position

2015-05-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good morning I am using now Ver. 4.4.2.2 and believe, I did ask this before. When I close a document and then open it the next time, I would like the cursor to move to the last editing position. However, it ALWAYS positions itself at the top of the document. VERY inconvenient. Personal data: entere

Re: [libreoffice-users] last editing position

2015-05-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2015/05/07 10:47, V Stuart Foote wrote: @Thomas, This has been fixed for the 4.4.3 release--ref tdf#80960 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80960 But, you will need to set Tools -> Options -> User data "First / Last-name / initials" to have it reposition correctly on reo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: last editing position

2015-05-06 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2015/05/07 13:24, V Stuart Foote wrote: @Thomas, Yes that is correct, it was not fixed in 4.4 until the 4.4.3.1 build as noted in the BZ issue. Update to 4.4.3.2 (now in pre-release) or move to a current build of a Tinderbox master. Stuart -- View this message in context: http://nab

Re: [libreoffice-users] open files automatically

2015-05-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 05/28/2015 02:25 PM, toki wrote: On 27/05/2015 19:28, Steve Edmonds wrote: This is still not what the OP wants. What he wants to know, is how to edit Good afternoon. I do not want to be rude, but THAT is definitely NOT want I want(ed). I was looking for a SIMPLE / EASY / PRACTICABLE way to

[libreoffice-users] autoformat question

2015-05-31 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
REGood evening. This is NOT a real problem, but I would like to change this behavior. I am typing (work) text without any particular formatting or styles applied. There are many numbered items like: 3. ... (1) ... (2) ... Here I noticed, that AFTER I typed the first line starting with "3. ..." A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice's documentation (pdf and online)

2015-06-24 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
On 2015/06/25 3:18, dallen wrote: What I'm looking for is feedback from users. It's easy for writers to write what they want to write or what they find useful. What I want to know is how users feel about the documentation. Good morning from Japan Well, I am a user and definitely NOT a computer

[libreoffice-users] remove older version

2015-07-04 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I made a fresh install of Mint 17.1, 64-bit on a Dell Optiplex 745 machine. Mint comes with LibreOffice 4.2.6.3. Since there is a newer version (4.4.4.3) available, I downloaded and installed it. However, I now have under (Mint) Menu -> Office TWO Libreoffice items each (Writer, Calc

[libreoffice-users] Last cursor position

2015-07-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I (and other people all over the net) have brought up this before. So, please bear with me ... I would like the cursor to be upon opening documents where it was, when I left the document. Now I found in the LibreOffice documentation the following (took very long!): zzz

[libreoffice-users] Open LO files via IE Explorer

2015-07-14 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
I have another question. I noticed, since I am using Windows 8.1 (2-3 months ago), currently LO Version: 4.4.3.2, that attempts at opening files from the IE Explorer (this thing seems to have another name, but can't remember it) file view VERY OFTEN (almost always) "fail". With "fail" I mean: I ha

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