Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Davies
suggesting. Regards from Tom :) On 30 September 2014 14:48, Sophie wrote: > Hi Paul, > Le 30/09/2014 15:38, Paul a écrit : > > [...] > > > > > The other solution, to make it *easy* to install side-by-side versions, > > should be done irrespective of the ter

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fatal Error on Install of LibreOffice 4.3

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, maybe "Fatal" really did mean fatal after all!?! No responses from Martin yet! :( Regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 13:58, Stephan Bergmann wrote: > On 09/29/2014 01:44 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote: > >> On 09/29/2014 01:17 PM, Martin White wrote: >&

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
wever the "Fresh" branch DOES have tons of advantages and i imagine that many, many people would choose "Fresh" rather than "Still" in many, many cases. Just not to unsupported technophobes who are new to OpenSource. Regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 19:29, C

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am copying some of the message back to the mailing list in the hope that someone can help with it. I think the answer is to create columns by using the menus Format - Columns The buttons/icons tend to be just for the simplest case possible. Regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 20

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
hings. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 03:01, alphacrash wrote: > Florian Reisinger wrote > > Hi,The problem we have: We do not have one release branch as Firefox has, > > we have two... Users should use and find bugs on the "Fresh" version in >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connector and line connector in Impress

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's normally a good place to look for notes on new or improved functionality but in this case i think it's lacking. I'm surprised this doesnt happen more often because LibreOffice develops so fast it's hard to keep up. Brian's emailed notes seem to be better. Re

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fatal Error on Install of LibreOffice 4.3

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) First try renaming the User Profile https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile I take it that you are on WIndows? Xp or WIn7? Regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 12:17, Martin White wrote: > Hi there, > > I have just tried to install LibreOffice 4.3 from your website

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fatal Error on Install of LibreOffice 4.3

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, when it says "Fatal" it's only the LibreOffice program that is affected isn't it? You are not getting sent ot a blue-screen are you? Regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 12:36, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > First try renaming the User Profile > https:

Re: [libreoffice-users] bug segnaled in 4.3

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
ight-click option because it's not there!! :( Admittedly i might have done something dumb to break it or hide it but i'm fairly sure i haven't. Regards from Tom :) On 28 September 2014 12:20, Ian Whitfield wrote: > > On 09/28/2014 11:53 AM, Paolo Debortoli wrote: &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
dy falling behind like that. Regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 07:02, Jean-Francois Nifenecker < jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Le 29/09/2014 04:26, Tim Lloyd a écrit : > > > > FYI I removed 4.3 and installed 4.1. The problem is not apparent wi

[libreoffice-users] [Solved] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-29 Thread Tom
Hi :) Many thanks to Walther Koehler-4 and Paul-6! :)) Peter Goggin has been able to do the transfer. So i have copied all the answers in below to try to help make this easier to solve next time. Many thanks and regards to all! :) Regards from Tom :) Peter Goggin wrote > I fina

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top Window without Decoration on Ubuntu

2014-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sounds like it might be best asked through the devs irc channel or something. It might be a good idea to try an Ubuntu forum or mailing list too. Whoever gives the right answer first please give link to the other forums/channels Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 28 September 2014 19:11

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connector and line connector in Impress

2014-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) i couldn't find it in the release notes https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.3 but experimentation surely helps figure it out. Regards from Tom :) On 27 September 2014 11:31, Brian Barker wrote: > At 22:53 25/09/2014 +0200, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: > >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
ormat (the devs did some work on them in the 4.1 branch) or that Excel might not be properly setting the date-field. Your pointers give additional options. So, thanks and regards from Tom :) On 28 September 2014 12:25, Paul wrote: > I've got some experience with various databases, b

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has anyone here got experience with migrating Access databases to Base? I have a strong feeling that migrating the Tables to Postgresql or MySql/MariDb would be a better first step. I'm not sure what platform Peter is on, sorry. Regards from Tom :) On 28 September 2014 05:22,

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
sql, MySql/MariaDb or into Base itself and on Windows. Regards from Tom :) On 28 September 2014 09:09, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Has anyone here got experience with migrating Access databases to Base? > > I have a strong feeling that migrating the Tables to Postgresql or > MySql

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, so the Documentation Team have got an example database for Peter to work with in the short-term but the question of how to migrate an Access Database would still be good to get some hints and advice on. Is there anyone who can help with this? Regards from Tom :) On 28 September 2014

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Reports - Getting Monthly & YTD Averages

2014-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
Base but i really should. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 26 September 2014 10:03, Don Parris wrote: > Thanks Alex. The underlying query gets the month from the date, as well as > the total, average, max and min for each month. The results are, of > course, already grouped &

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2014-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
top of the new one that got autogenerated. After that it might be worth trying the 4.3.2 that got released yday. If the problem IS still there then maybe think about posting a bug-report and going back to the 4.1.x or something. Regards from Tom :) On 26 September 2014 07:31, Nicola Dell

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base Reports - Getting Monthly & YTD Averages

2014-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
oroughly rather than just skating over the surface of understanding. Reviewing (or proof-reading) the chapter itself probably wouldn't take a huge amount of time. There is also an Faq but i think that is more for quick "one off" questions where you need something broader https://wi

Re: [libreoffice-users] fit to 1 page = is this possible in LibreOffice on Kubuntu?

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :) The option was there. Now i can't find the file i'd been trying to print! :( lqtm, it was here just a minute ago Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 25 September 2014 15:57, Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:27 25/09/2014 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hmm, now

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) We have done almost everything to check the download file and it's not corrupted or anything. The only thing we haven't done is do an md5sum or SHA check but everything else indicates that the download is fine. Regards from Tom :) On 25 September 2014 16:18, anne-ol

[libreoffice-users] fit to 1 page = is this possible in LibreOffice on Kubuntu?

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
print from reception too. Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing "Brochure" with Writer -- margins

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
've heard people use the same words to describe both types of things. I've even heard booklets/brochures being called "flyers". I've not heard brochures/booklets being called "gatefold leaflets/flyers" yet though so i tend to reserve that word for the style

Re: [libreoffice-users] Vba code of saving a taxt file not working in libre office

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
mailing list who are happy to help with short snippets. LibreOffice also makes it fairly easy to write Add-ons/Plug-ins/Extensions (we call them Extensions) which has some advantages. Regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 19:48, Florian Reisinger wrote: > Hi, > > VBA is not really sup

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Properties" Toolbar?

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I guess you have already tried View - Toolbars to see if unticking any there was able to get rid of it? I tend to dock such things at the top or bottom, preferably at the end of an existing toolbar so that they don't take up much space Regards from Tom :) On 25 September 2014

[libreoffice-users] Documentation Team; Writers Guide and Base Handbook

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
rking through it and checking for accuracy. You don't even need to know Base but it might really help if you do. Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Postin

Re: [libreoffice-users] CANNOT INSTALL LIBRE OFFICE SUITES

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN561 I thought this was an interesting tangent http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html I'm fairly sure it's not what is happening but it's nice to have a list of what some of the most popular file-types

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: searching for a string containing a certain character and appending that string to a new file

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perfect!! Thanks :))) It's not quite what i asked for but did get exactly the result i wanted and it was nice to use LibreOffice to do it. Fantastic! Thanks Brian! Many regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 18:53, Brian Barker wrote: > At 18:01 24/09/2014 +0100, Tom Davi

[libreoffice-users] Re: searching for a string containing a certain character and appending that string to a new file

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
, Tinytown, XS2 3ER. 012345 123465 Click here to download Whosename's contact details as VCard Click here to download Whosename's contact details as a CSV file whosen...@wasememjig.com Regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 17:47, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > We had a question a b

[libreoffice-users] searching for a string containing a certain character and appending that string to a new file

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) We had a question a bit like this a few weeks ago and had some great answers. Can anyone remember any of the command-line or text-editor approaches? Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
rtition but it might be fun for freaking people out! ;) Regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 07:07, V Stuart Foote wrote: > Tim, *, > > This is not a bug. Horizontal lines in Writer are a direct paragraph style > assigning a bottom border for the paragraph. > > I would expec

Re: [libreoffice-users] Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, what happens if you do more than 3 of the - signs? Might that help Word to recognise them? Regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 00:27, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Pdf is the best route imo. Note that the advantage LIbreOffice offers > here is that it makes uncompre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-23 Thread Tom Davies
it for free? (Sorry, just trying to give you arguments but they are unlikely to win you any fans!) Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 00:12, "J. Van Brimmer" wrote: > Thanks Cley, > > I didn't think about the pdf route. That just may well work. I d

Re: [libreoffice-users] CANNOT INSTALL LIBRE OFFICE SUITES

2014-09-23 Thread Tom Davies
Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify this is a valid Windows Installer Package." Anyone any ideas about what might be different enough between the Firefox installer and the LO one to be causing this issue? Regards from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer stopped printing form letters

2014-09-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats!! I'm not completely sure what you di but it sounds like adding a PPA in Ubuntu or an additional repo in most distros and then somehow specified which repo to get LO from. Nicely done! Regards form Tom :) On 22 September 2014 15:31, Gary Dale wrote: > I went the other

Re: [libreoffice-users] French language and spell checker not working

2014-09-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't know if this link helps https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/General#Dictionaries It might be a good idea to ask on the French Mailing List or/and the international translators but hopefully someone here might be able to help. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 22 Sept

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer stopped printing form letters

2014-09-22 Thread Tom Davies
n terms) stable branch rather than the development branch. We call them "still" and "fresh" but it means roughly the same thing. http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/?type=deb-x86&version=4.2.6&lang=en-GB Regards from Tom :) On 22 September 2014 05:48,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing "Brochure" with Writer -- margins

2014-09-21 Thread Tom Davies
t way from scratch. I've tried lots of ways and all of them seem to cause different problems with people. I'm sure that's the problem that Marc is anticipating too. Regards from Tom :) On 21 September 2014 13:26, Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:17 19/09/2014 -0400, Marc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File management

2014-09-20 Thread Tom Davies
g Started Guide". Good luck, congrats and regards from Tom :) On 20 September 2014 03:18, mwarmour wrote: > Tom, you're absolutely right, and thanks very much. It's taking me way too > long to make the transition from Dell to Mac (the only excuse I can think > of). >

Re: [libreoffice-users] File management

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
. Crtl + or Ctrl - but then most programs don't have method 1, the slider. Regards from Tom :) On 19 September 2014 16:48, mwarmour wrote: > One file opens as a display of all its pages and I can't enter or operate > data in it. How can I open this file in normal mode? > &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Anyone keen to help get the Base Handbook done?

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
proof-reading it's easier to break-out into a wider group so that different people work on different chapters. Anyway! Many thanks to all who have joined over the past couple of days! Many thanks and regards from Tom :)) On 17 September 2014 09:42, Sophie wrote: > Hi Peter, > Le 17/09/2

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Fill down with a twist. [SOLVED w/ hack]

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats! Nicely found! :)) Some good experimentation and interesting results there! Congrats and regards from Tom :) On 19 September 2014 15:00, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Tom Davies [2014-09-19 13:56 +0200]: > > Create (perhaps by inserting a new row 3 te

Re: [libreoffice-users] can not copy paste from web in libre office writer as the images do not load

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
n it might be easier to just drag each image off the website and into a folder on your machine and then from there drag them into the right place in the Odf document. I'm not sure why i am so hooked on trying to solve everything with a text-editor today! It's often not easier unless

Re: [libreoffice-users] Open the file where you finished

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh great!! Thanks! :) I was wondering how to turn that behaviour off so that i always open files at the start of the document! Regards from Tom :) On 19 September 2014 06:14, Jean-Francois Nifenecker < jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Le 18/09/20

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Multiple Forms In HTML

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
the xml-coding with html-coding and then drag it and the folders (such as the images folder) out of the zip file. I'm not sure how efficient that approach is! For most of us it'd be a complete nightmare but i've got a feeling you might find that the best route for you! Regards f

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fill down with a twist.

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
t all them, copy and transpose 'into' A2 and onwards. Does that not work? Regards from Tom :) On 19 September 2014 12:44, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Tom Davies [2014-09-19 12:37 +0200]: > > I'm not completely sure why you are trying to do this. Contex

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Multiple Forms In HTML

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
ams. If the site is hosted on your own or your company servers then installing Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress can be a bit tricky. Regards from Tom :) On 19 September 2014 11:14, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > Le 19/09/2014 01:07, Hal Vaughan a écrit : > > Hi Hal, > > > > > Ove

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fill down with a twist.

2014-09-19 Thread Tom Davies
ogram do File - "Save As..." - csv maybe right-click on the csv to open in a text-editor such as Notepad or GEdit or Kate or Leafpad or something and do "Find (or search) and replace" to change all the commas into newline characters. Hmmm, ok so the transpose method is probably

Re: [libreoffice-users] Open the file where you finished

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's the same as the bug-reporting process https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport except that one of the drop-downs has "feature request" at the bottom of it's list. Good luck with this :) Regards from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 22:00, Семён Дядькин wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc: Find has never worked for me

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
That might avoid the need to find a grab-handle. Is it possible that the Find box is somehow underneath the Calc window?? That would be a bit crazy. Errr, that's all i can think of! Regard from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 20:56, Mark Bourne < libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com>

Re: [libreoffice-users] set different header/footer for even/odd pages

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
so much better than ones produced in MS Office. Numbered lists don't have extra numbers or missing ones. Bulleted lists keep the same-sized bullets. Both stay lined-up under each other. Much less struggling against sudden weird changes in formatting. Regards from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 2

Re: [libreoffice-users] Documentation Team needs reviewers for 5 chapter of Writer

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You can join when you get back if you like. Have a good long weekend away. I hope it's not all work! Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 15:51, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 18/09/14 12:10, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> The documentation t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Use of Libre Impress Gallery Images

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just found this which might be a better answer! https://openclipart.org/share and gives more images too Regards from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 14:04, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > I think it's pretty much at your own discretion then, realistically. I > can't imagi

[libreoffice-users] Documentation Team needs reviewers for 5 chapter of Writer

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
eview is more helpful at this stage. Anyone up for it? If so please join the documentat...@global.libreoffice.org mailing list and give a very brief paragraph to let them know something about why you'd like to help or why you think you'd be good (ie NOT a CV). Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] set different header/footer for even/odd pages

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
es is http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ but it only lists guides once they are fully completed. Regards from Tom :) On 18 September 2014 08:03, Rafnews wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to set different headers and footers according to page types. > > for example: &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reducing defect density from 1.1 to .08

2014-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOWN " It 'should' be fairly easy to find things, such as from the main website "Get Help" - "Mailing lists" - devs irc channel or something like that. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 16 September 2014 20:33, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Multiple Forms In HTML

2014-09-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How about using Bluefish or tinymce or a text-editor? Word-processors are not ideal for html editing. Regards from Tom :) On 17 September 2014 18:02, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > Le 17/09/2014 18:07, Hal Vaughan a écrit : > > > Hi Hal, > > > > So, with nobody sa

Re: [libreoffice-users] CANNOT INSTALL LIBRE OFFICE SUITES

2014-09-17 Thread Tom Davies
the same usb-stick. That way you can run the apps that are on the usb-stick without having to install them to the machine you are on. Regards form Tom :) On 17 September 2014 13:19, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > On 09/17/2014 02:46 AM, Sophie wrot

Re: [libreoffice-users] CANNOT INSTALL LIBRE OFFICE SUITES

2014-09-17 Thread Tom Davies
newer and newer versions of the same thing in order to be compatible with each other. Regards from Tom :) On 17 September 2014 07:46, Sophie wrote: > Hi, > Le 17/09/2014 06:49, tjphipps a écrit : > > i tried twice to download and install the newest libre suite. the > > download

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

2014-09-17 Thread Tom Davies
o sort out such issues. People have grown so familiar with appallingly bad gaffs through the wide-spread use of Word that they don't notice kerning issues. Regards from Tom :) On 17 September 2014 05:07, Bruce Byfield wrote: > On Tuesday 16 September 2014 11:42:53 PM James wrote: > &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reducing defect density from 1.1 to .08

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
cussion mailing list. Also worth trying to find Micheal Meeks' blog and the weekly LOWN. LOWN collates tons of the mailing lists and activities and writes in a very "easy to read" style (albeit with odd tpyos occasionally). I hope something there points you in a good direction! Regards

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.3.1 print icon

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Actually that is starting to convince me that maybe this is the best way of doing it. When used by fairly expert (and upwards) people it works well. Regards from Tom :) On 16 September 2014 20:22, Steve Edmonds wrote: > Hi. > I use the print direct all the time, more often than th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.3.1 print icon

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
ed them enough times to know what the results are likely to be. Still my way of working might not suit other people and i don't think we should force them into better habits against their will. Regards from Tom :) On 16 September 2014 17:37, MR ZenWiz wrote: > The bug Owen pointed ou

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Search Results

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There were a couple pop-up dialogues that annoyed me so i dragged them into being toolbars and now they don't bother me so much. I'm not sure if that's going to help with this though Regards from Tom :) On 16 September 2014 16:35, T. R. Valentine wrote: > Is ther

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.3.1 print icon

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
gards from Tom :) On 15 September 2014 18:50, "J. Van Brimmer" wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Owen Genat wrote: > > > > Yes. Prior releases used the "Print File Directly" button and in v4.3 > this > > has been replaced with the "Print.

Re: [libreoffice-users] My organization is new to Libre. Looking for cheat sheets

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
lamed for not learning the new way. Then many of the new users resent the new system and grumble about how much better the old one was and push for it to be resurrected. I think the switching route is a bit rude tbh. I don't see why people have to have their toys snatched away like that. Rega

Re: [libreoffice-users] autofill in calc

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
e his eyebrows. Now i just live in permanent chaos and never expect patterns to work out for me. Regards from Tom :) On 16 September 2014 13:04, Brian Barker wrote: > At 12:25 16/09/2014 +0100, Gary Collins wrote: > >> I've been using autofill and noted some things, not so mu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Use of Libre Impress Gallery Images

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
gine their own logo replacing the images then fine, go ahead = just try to find a place somewhere in the pamphlet to show that all card-designs are subject to the appropriate Creative Commons license but you'd only need to do that once for the whole pamphlet. Regards from Tom :) On 16 Sep

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to Link LibreOffice Writer Labels to Database

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
can still get the same inputs that it expects. Regards from Tom :) On 16 September 2014 08:42, L. D. James wrote: > Can someone tell me how to link Libreoffice Writer to a LibreOffice Base > Database so that opening the saved label file will automatically bring up > any changes th

Re: [libreoffice-users] My organization is new to Libre. Looking for cheat sheets

2014-09-15 Thread Tom Davies
pefully some of these links prove useful and most will point to other links and to other resources. Regards from Tom :) On 15 September 2014 14:43, Paul Auger wrote: > Hi all. > > We are brand new to Libre. We are used to MS office. Is there a "cheat > sheet" that says "

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Table presented totally wrong.

2014-09-14 Thread Tom Davies
format apparently. Document storage is safer if ODF is used but for sharing and working with people right now the older MS format seems to be about the only one that everyone, even MS Office, can read fairly consistently. Regards from Tom :) On 14 September 2014 04:04, Owen Genat wrote: > L

Re: [libreoffice-users] Table presented totally wrong.

2014-09-13 Thread Tom Davies
t's a good idea to normally share documents in both formats at the same time. Even Pdfs don't always disaply exactly the same on all systems because they often depend on the system having the right fonts. Regards from Tom :) On 12 September 2014 21:30, Stef Bon wrote: > Hi all, &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Data loss in Math in LO Writer: Some Formulas irrecoverably lost every now and then

2014-09-12 Thread Tom Davies
w difficult Scribus is to learn in a hurry. I only gave it 2mins and that clearly wasn't enough, for me. Regards from Tom :) On 12 September 2014 16:31, Paul O. Seidon wrote: > Hi all, > > > every now and then some formulas get lost irrecoverably in my documents. > Some

Re: [libreoffice-users] Selected fonts are no longer displaying in LO 4.2.4.2 on OSX 10.9.4

2014-09-12 Thread Tom Davies
LibreOffice to see the fonts tbh, despite Tim having told us many many times. Regards from Tom :) On 12 September 2014 00:23, anne-ology wrote: >I too lost many of my fonts - >including my favorite ones when I had to change machines ??? > >And so far

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Styles Don't Retain Bold?

2014-09-12 Thread Tom Davies
e file and used; Format - "Clear direct formatting" the heading 3 became bold again - although the light greyness made that difficult to see. Regards from Tom :) On 12 September 2014 07:38, Owen Genat wrote: > jmadero wrote > > Are styles supposed to retain properties l

Re: [libreoffice-users] Table presented totally wrong.

2014-09-11 Thread Tom Davies
y OS that suffers from so many viruses and security issues, right?) and buy the same version of MS Office that they used. So, take a stand and insist on being given files in a format that is consistent with ISO formats. Regards from Tom :) On 11 September 2014 20:40, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles Don't Retain Bold?

2014-09-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yeh, i wondered the same but it is a different issue. As Joel pointed out you can see the Bold button on the icon-bar is not de-pressed in when the cursor is in the middle of the "heading 3" text. Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 23:41, Joel Madero wrote: > > On

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I insert a thin space in Libre in Windows?

2014-09-11 Thread Tom Davies
a proper DTP. Scribus is in the same eco-system as LibreOffice/OpenOffice and can use one (or several) of the output-files that LibreOffice can save in. I'm not sure what the U stands for nor how to get such coding into a document. Hopefully someone else might help with that later. Re

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles Don't Retain Bold?

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Calligra picked up on the styles correctly! Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 19:29, Joel Madero wrote: > Hm - in bibisect package I can't confirm that, I went all the way back > to 3.5beta0 :-/ Can you add your findings to the bug? > > > Best, > Joel >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Styles Don't Retain Bold?

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
x27;ve not seen before. Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 17:36, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Le 10/09/2014 17:56, Dave Barton a écrit : > > Hi Dave, > > > Setting existing manually formatted text to "Heading 3" is an issue, if > > the formatting is not completel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Styles Don't Retain Bold?

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think just post the bug-report as is at the moment. Then come back to do all the fancy stuff later. Otherwise i tend to find weird time-distortions happen and get me in all sorts of trouble. Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 17:39, Joel Madero wrote: > > On 09/10/2014 09

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spurious "Circular reference" errors

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
ow you are managing to keep on dodging it Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 17:59, david_lynch wrote: > I have a quite complex spreadsheet. About half the time, when I change a > cell, I get several hundred "Err: 522" cells. This will happen even when > the cell I change i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles Don't Retain Bold?

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
icons look much prettier and/or clearer now. The Bold button has a nice lighting effect. Nice work and good changes! :))) Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 16:29, Joel Madero wrote: > > On 09/10/2014 08:21 AM, Sophie wrote: > > Hi Joel, > > Le 10/09/2014 17:01, Joel M

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles Don't Retain Bold?

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is bold but "Header 3" makes things grey in the "Font Effects" tab so it just doesn't look as bold as usual. Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 16:01, Joel Madero wrote: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2kdRhc960qdMlFhVzAtTllETEU/edit?usp=s

Re: [libreoffice-users] Finding hidden Draw objects

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
so widely prevalent and difficult to post bug-reports against it. Lets hope it was just a problem in a friendly OpenSource reader! Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 14:41, anne-ology wrote: >Are you sure these so-called images exist?; > I see extraneous lines whe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Errors in (google drive doc - gdoc) --> ( open doc -- odt ) conversion.

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
t for LibreOffice and are listed on our supporters page. So it might be good to mention it on our discussion mailing-list to try to reach someone with an official TDF email address to see if they can get something done about it for next time. Regards from Tom :) On 8 September 2014 00:18, A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Generate a column of times

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
eople can help identify the problem created by up-scaling the formula. Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 06:09, Brian Barker wrote: > At 16:58 10/09/2014 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote: > >> I think the trick is to not calculate the difference/no. samples and keep >> a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Footnotes

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Davies
s problem doesn't fit into the neat definitions outlined by Owen and Brian. Sorry for the confusion there! Regards from Tom :) On 10 September 2014 09:59, Sigrid Carrera wrote: > Sorry about the half email before... > > On 10 September 2014 10:13, Sigrid Carrera > wrote: > &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Finding hidden Draw objects

2014-09-09 Thread Tom Davies
like "images". 5. open each image in turn until you find the bad ones and delete them 6. rename the file-ending from .zip to .ods 7. does the file still open or does it crash or not open at all? Sorry this answer is a bit of a painful route and totally inelegant! Regards from Tom :) On 9

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening worksheets from the terminal in linux?

2014-09-09 Thread Tom Davies
s the real challenge. All posts to the list go to everyone on the list so you only really needed to post once. So i am replying to the important part of the reply and ignoring the rabbit-hole. Regards from Tom :) On 9 September 2014 15:45, Jim Byrnes wrote: > On 09/09/2014 03:19 AM, Nino Novak w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Generate a column of times

2014-09-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought it was really kind to de-geekify Brain's answer. The tpyo was unfortunate but these things happen [shrugs]. The main thing, for me, was that i could then go back to Brian's answer and understand it more easily. Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 9 September 2014 12:2

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cross References To Page# Do Not Render

2014-09-09 Thread Tom Davies
you also seem to be pushing the default one further than most of us. Regards from Tom :) On 8 September 2014 14:52, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > Version 4.1.6.2 Build ID 410m0(Build:2) > > I have a large multi-document document that contains many cross > references. This has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening worksheets from the terminal in linux?

2014-09-09 Thread Tom Davies
#x27;s more like soffice path-name/file-name Regards from Tom :) On 9 September 2014 09:19, Nino Novak wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Am 09.09.2014 03:51, schrieb Jim Byrnes: > > > 1. Can I open a specific spreadsheet from the terminal? I have tried a > lot > > of comb

Re: [libreoffice-users] Footnotes

2014-09-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought Zotero was often used as an Extension/Add-on/Plug-in to improve the handling of this sort of thing? The default one included in LibreOffice is more than good enough for me but uni students and others might benefit from adding in a specialist tool such as Zotero Regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer auto indenting?

2014-09-08 Thread Tom Davies
t going against what Brian was saying, just cutting it down to the specific use-case asked about. Regards from Tom :) On 8 September 2014 04:53, Steve Edmonds wrote: > I too say it's not a stupid question. The behaviour you describe is > exactly the way my text editor performs when I am

Re: [libreoffice-users] Errors in (google drive doc - gdoc) --> ( open doc -- odt ) conversion.

2014-09-07 Thread Tom Davies
1.0/1.1 is about or if a 4th option might suddenly appear. Anyway, going by what Owen Genat said 22hours ago it might be worth setting this option to see if it helps import the gdocs. I've a feeling this setting is just about exporting/saving documents but it might help deal with the issue

[libreoffice-users] Anyone keen to help get the Base Handbook done?

2014-09-07 Thread Tom Davies
it brief, it's just to give them a hint. Also let them know if there are specific things you might like to be involved with or things you would like to avoid. Note that complete noobs can be extremely valuable because we are often able to help degeekify things. Regards from Tom :) --

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to turn off read only

2014-09-06 Thread Tom Davies
her people have opened a file the lock-file is often left behind even if they close the file properly. So in the same folder as the file is there a hidden file with almost the same name but that has something like "~lockfile" added to the name? Deleting that make the proper file behave nor

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: dateValue() to dateText()?

2014-09-06 Thread Tom Davies
s that might make it tidier. Regards from Tom :) On 6 September 2014 10:55, Ross wrote: > Thanks Brian - you were right and you were right!! TEXT(Xn;"NN D MMMYY") > took care of the formatting. And the result looked bloody awful. Back to > the > drawing board. > &g

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