Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
p is to go to the trouble of making one. Although i did once make a back-up of one at work and needed it right away. Anyway, thanks Garvin and Jonathon for fixing my existential anxiety so quickly ! :)) Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 6 April 2017 at 19:57, toki wrote: > On 04/06/2017

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
ining this mailing list in the first place was to learn from others and i feel i have learned quite a lot from the people here over the years but i am aware that i misunderstand quite a lot of things that people say. Regards from Tom :) On 6 April 2017 at 18:27, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > O

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
t way iof using Base is to use some external back-end - despite an internal one being hastily thrown on years ago in order to downgrade Base to be more like Access? Regards from Tom :) On 6 April 2017 at 17:48, toki wrote: > > > On 04/06/2017 07:05 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) SQLite can be used as a back-end for Base, as can many other database programs. One of the strengths of LibreOffice/OpenOffice Base is that it is designed to use a wide variety of back-ends. Regards from Tom ) On 5 April 2017 at 18:56, toki wrote: > On 04/05/2017 09:50 AM, Alexan

Re: [libreoffice-users] Convert old numbering style into current one

2017-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did anyone have an answer about this? Regards from Tom :) On 5 Mar 2017 18:48, "Regina Henschel" wrote: > Hi all, > > there exist an old numbering style with "Minimum space between numbering > and text" and the current numbering style with "Numbering

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Copy-Paste(special) times in Calc. - solved

2017-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does Shift Ctrl V offer the same choices? Regards from Tom :) On 30 Mar 2017 02:11, "Steve Edmonds" wrote: > Copy to the group. > > Wow, never knew that was there. All those options that don't seem to be in > any menu. > > Thanks, that solved it >

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO won't open - claims Default.ott is corrupt

2017-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
ting somewhere but i found there were a lot of advantages to it. Rebooting other distros has helped me too. Congrats, good luck and regards from Tom :) On 31 Mar 2017 20:18, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:17:30 +0100 > Tom Davies dijo: > > >Rena

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO won't open - claims Default.ott is corrupt

2017-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
eighs in then going for Virgil's idea is likely to be the best 'first' step. You can always rename the user-profile (or chunks of it) back. Good luck and regards from Tom :) PS sleep often magically gives inspiration, much like rebooting a Windows machine. On 31 Mar 2017 15:40, &

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice merchandise shop - slogan ideas?

2017-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought a few people here might be interested in the links in as thread on the Marketing mailing list right now. The documentation mailing list is also fairly active at the moment but only about chapters completed and ones ready for proof-reading etc. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ and munich

2017-02-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
Excellent! Thanks for the correction. Sometimes, because I read so much every day, I get things wrong. It sure appears that I did so in this case. ~Tom ~ Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ and munich

2017-02-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
sumed leadership in the government. This change appears to be happening because they are now calling the shots. Tom ~ Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what make

Re: [libreoffice-users] about libreoffice online which is introduced in version 5.3

2017-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
emails. I have a lot of off-line work to do and rarely get time to read my emails. You seem to be doing a great job which i'm sure is appreciated. Good luck and many regards from Tom :) On 8 February 2017 at 09:45, nasrin khaksar wrote: > hi tom. > thanks for responding me an

Re: [libreoffice-users] about libreoffice online which is introduced in version 5.3

2017-02-03 Thread Tom Davies
ized group of people then it might make some sense but for an individual or just a few people then it's probably better to just install the normal LibreOffice on each machine. Regards from Tom :) On 3 February 2017 at 22:31, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > There is always Google Docs. Ve

Re: [libreoffice-users] about libreoffice online which is introduced in version 5.3

2017-02-03 Thread Tom Davies
o get into your emails. We don't have much control over how the official LibreOffice website appears. There is a separate mailing list for that, something like; websi...@global.libreoffice.org I'm not sure about restrictions as each place seems to do restrictions differently from each oth

Re: [libreoffice-users] Starting libreoffice 5.1.4.2 in listening mode

2017-02-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is this the same as "headless mode". A good search-term might be for; headless mode for LibreOffice Regards from Tom :) On 3 February 2017 at 17:26, anne-ology wrote: >Just 'searched' for 'listening modes' & 'listening modes in L

Re: [libreoffice-users] in response ...

2017-02-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Regards from Tom :) On 3 February 2017 at 01:57, gordon cooper wrote: > +1 > > Gordon. > > > On 03/02/17 13:12, Remy Gauthier wrote: > >> Euh, I think this thread should be cut and closed. It is becoming more >> and more a senseless discussion o

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 5.3 glitches

2017-02-03 Thread Tom Davies
doing proper bug-reports and feature-requests because it's the time when the greatest percentage of devs are focused on this branch and most interested in it's outcomes. Regards from Tom :) On 3 February 2017 at 15:21, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wro

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error in date field with diferent language - lowriter - docx

2017-01-31 Thread Tom Davies
It is usually best to save in ODF (=Open Document Format), which is Odt for text-based documents. ODF formats can be used by many different programs, unlike MS formats which often have trouble even being read by the one program they are designed for. Regards from Tom :) On 30 January 2017 at 22

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with applying filters please.

2017-01-31 Thread Tom Davies
t was to hear of neat tricks that people found useful, exactly like this. Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 31 January 2017 at 17:24, Bruce Hohl wrote: > Another way to keep unwanted columns or rows from printing is to Group > those columns or rows (Data > Group and Outline >

Re: [libreoffice-users] in response ...

2017-01-31 Thread Tom Davies
ther for the hidden roles they play I think we need more recognition of the good work done by so many people who are all (imo) unsung heroes&heroines. So, many thanks to Anne-ology, Toki, Brian and others - and apologies to Anne-ology for the ignorant critcism she was subjected to. Many, many reg

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with applying filters please.

2017-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
d automatically show any changes made to the original page. Of course this is all a bit academic now that you have done the printing successfully already ;)) Nicely done btw :)) Good luck and many regards from Tom :) On 30 January 2017 at 22:46, Budge wrote: > Hi Brian > > On 3

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice help menu

2017-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
is, of course, impossible but has happened on other odd occasions. Perhaps it was a timing issue, or perhaps the problem will magically sort itself out in a few days when upgrades finally work. However you could force the issue by using the Windowsy answer. Regards from Tom :) On 25 Janua

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can I reload a form based on a parameter query?

2017-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Chapter 13 of the "Getting Started with LibreOffice" Guide may help with understanding macros. There is an outstandingly good entire book about LibreOffice/OpenOffice macros by Andrew Pitonyak but that probably goes into far more detail than you need right now. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice help menu

2017-01-24 Thread Tom Davies
t; or check or reload my repo.s by doing something like; sudo apt-get update before doing the install line above just to make sure my repo.s are all working properly. openSuSE will have similar commands but just replace "apt-get" with "yum" or whatever and the command to r

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice help menu

2017-01-23 Thread Tom Davies
glish speakers as it requires unusual technical skills that The Documentation Team doesn't find easy to learn. Hopefully the in-built help will remain just as good to translate from because it's always been particularly brilliant for that. Good luck and many regards from Tom :) O

Re: [libreoffice-users] Hello - New Signup

2017-01-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are people here. Usually a few emails per day. I'm busy with other projects now and rarely get to check my emails but i'm sure you'll recognise quite a few people who are still around or just pop by like me. Good to see you back bud :) Regards from Tom :) On 24 Jan

Re: [libreoffice-users] LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards - "Office Suite of the Year" - vote

2017-01-08 Thread Tom Davies
i really think this is a crucial category for LinuxQuestions.com. Regards from Tom :) On 8 January 2017 at 09:43, Marc Paré wrote: > Hi all, > > The site LinuxQuestions.org is again offering users the chance to vote on > their "Members Choice Awards" categories. They are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bouncing messages from users@global.libreoffice.org

2016-12-26 Thread Tom Davies
a while then you probably wont find any were ever missing. Regards from Tom :) On 20/12/2016, Luuk wrote: > But, as i asked, why do i get a message that 50942 has bounced TWICE? > > How do i find the bounced message? I don't see a messagenumber here: > http://listarchives.libreoff

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-08 Thread Tom Davies
7;t understand it well enough it make it sound as simple as it really is. The tricky bit i trying to figure out how to use the program and VirtualBox tends to keep things fairly simple imo. Regards from Tom :) On 7 December 2016 at 16:29, Philip Jackson wrote: > On 07/12/16 15:42, Davi

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-08 Thread Tom Davies
from Tom :) On 7 December 2016 at 18:16, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 12/7/2016 10:51 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster > wrote: > > If you find Virualbox works well for you, then fine. Others may have > > good reasons to not use it. > > The only good reasons I can think of n

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-07 Thread Tom Davies
ng virtual machines because i never use them often enough to be really comfortable with them. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 7 December 2016 at 13:22, Philip Jackson wrote: > On 07/12/16 10:12, Felmon Davis wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Dec 2016, Cley Faye wrote: > > > >> 20

Re: [libreoffice-users] How May I Set Default

2016-12-06 Thread Tom Davies
tion.org/images/4/4f/WG4208-WorkingWithImages.pdf Note that with the pdfs of the guides you can click on headings in the index to jump to the relevant page. I don't know why most companies don't use this functionality of the pdf format but the LO Documentation Team use it quite a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Speed up RTF to PDF (headless) conversions

2016-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
eories but it's just a feeling i've built-up over the years from rumour&gossip in forums and from people around me. Regards from Tom :) On 2 December 2016 at 08:59, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Annoyingly PDF is another non-standards based file-format. > > In much the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Speed up RTF to PDF (headless) conversions

2016-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
ms such as LibreOffice but such programs rarely allow text to re-flow nicely in the way people usually expect of word-processors such as Writer, Word, etc. Regards from Tom :) On 30 November 2016 at 15:32, Paquin, Brian wrote: > > > On Nov 30, 2016, at 9:25 AM, Alexander Thurgoo

Re: [libreoffice-users] can i add a file to a form in base?

2016-11-25 Thread Tom Davies
. An older version has already had some of that done so there is some help to anyone willing to grab a chapter to work on. Regards from Tom :) On 25 November 2016 at 17:45, Robert Großkopf wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi davzeeppelin, > > have fou

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Strange line spacing

2016-11-17 Thread Tom Davies
ing so by migrating. MS Office can be free for a 1 month trial period; https://products.office.com/en-gb/office-365-home but then it's a monthly rental with a 1 year commitment. Many regards (and apols for the long posting) from Tom :) On 18 November 2016 at 01:15, Virgil Arrington wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] error installing LO 5.2.2

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
naager and then use it's; Edit - "Fix broken packages" I'm just starting to get used to Raspberry Pi where i have moved to other families where i have almost no idea how to fix anything like that. Regards from Tom :) On 9 October 2016 at 14:11, M Henri Day wrote: &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Apostrophe prepended to MM/DD/YYYY

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Can find&replace get rid of the ' marks to make the values revert to 'numbers/dates' rather than being forced into being text? Regards from Tom :) On 9 October 2016 at 18:00, Brian Barker wrote: > At 18:01 06/10/2016 -0400, Doug McNutt wrote: > >> Brian

Re: [libreoffice-users] Template Changer

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
ys. Personally i'm too much of a coward to dare anything like this for myself but so many times i wish i had. Advice is always easier to give than to take! ;) Thanks for saying my advice was good! :)) Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2016 at 17:32, Julian Brooks wrote: > Dammit Tom,

Re: [libreoffice-users] multiple use of ifelse function

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Aaaarrrgh. Nope, no idea! Is there a helpful chapter in the Published Guides? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications or the Faq? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq Sorry! Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2016 at 07:56, message wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document: Insert pages into ToC without visible Headers

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nope. Not that i know of. Hence why i find it important to save the extra text (and formatting if possible - and i am not sure how to handle creating links tbh) in a separated document. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2016 at 17:23, Julian Brooks wrote: > Thanks

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to change Writer form letter database connection

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is it F4 to bring up a "connected databases" toolbar? Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2016 at 17:00, Gary Dale wrote: > How does one go about changing the database that a form letter connects to? > > I have this problem in several "form letters". I wan

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloads impossible and latest version of Firefox not recognized by captcha, connclusion: service level zero

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
n tier 3 support inside your own organisation). There is also the opportunity to get involved in marketing such as the design or website groups to make sure things look better or run more smoothly but that may not have helped you with this particular problem! Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 20

Re: [libreoffice-users] Template Changer

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
may or may not be as carefully considered as they think) to help (which may or may not actually really help). Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2016 at 14:56, Julian Brooks wrote: > Hello again, > > Hope this isn't seen as too cheeky... > > Does anyone have any templates

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document: Insert pages into ToC without visible Headers

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
ain. Good luck! Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2016 at 13:53, Julian Brooks wrote: > Hi all, > > In my Master Document I have a couple of Appendices. > One of the appendices is a bunch of scores, rendered as 'png's. > These scores take up the whole page, and I don

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image In Text Box?

2016-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
ame's thickness, or type of line. I think you can set a background colour or use an image for the background so that the text appears over the image but i haven't tried that. Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2016 at 15:40, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Dave schrie

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-10-04 Thread Tom Davies
fusing for the poor machine. It's possibly entirely different from that but that is the way i understood it at the time from various people trying to explain it. So if you've not noticed that sort of thing happening then you are probably fine. Regards from Tom :) On 1 October 2016 a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-09-30 Thread Tom Davies
ks to all the people who reassured me that i had good reason for saying what i did. :)) Both are good reasons, imo, for preferring forums/email-lists to traditional forms of support that rely on a single point-of-contact. Many thanks, good luck and regards from Tom :) On 1 October 2016 at 00:23

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-09-30 Thread Tom Davies
atted text) helped quite a lot but LibreOffice/OpenOffice's "Styles" made such work take just a few minutes. I'm not sure what i'd do if the document was many pages long or highly complex though. Regards from Tom :) On 30 September 2016 at 13:16, Alexander Thurgood wrote: &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] That little yellow rectangle

2016-09-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Magic :) That is good news. I was somewhat mystified too so i'm glad you were able to solve it. The hint from Jean-Baptiste was good :) Many thanks for letting us know the answer and for letting us know it got solved! Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 16 September 2016 at 11:22, S

[libreoffice-users] Re: XML document

2016-08-17 Thread Tom Morton
This is impossible tho. If I deleted these sections I would have had to have deleted them separately as they were not together. And also if I had of deleted them, the footnotes would have disappeared also? I would have had to have highlighted each paragraph and deleted them and made sure I didn't d

[libreoffice-users] Tom Morton shared "Dissertation" with you

2016-08-17 Thread Tom Morton (via Dropbox)
Hi there, Tom Morton (tws.mor...@gmail.com) invited you to edit the folder " Dissertation " on Dropbox. Tom said: "Hello, I was writing my dissertation yesterday using Libre Office Writer. I accidentally saved it as 2003 XML document. I had written 3000+ words and now I

[libreoffice-users] XML document

2016-08-17 Thread Tom Morton
econd picture shows the 6 pages that it says it has. ​ if i open the document in anything other than Libre Office Writer, it only appears in formula or code. I am going to attach the document now. Thanks for your help in advance. Tom -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffic

Re: [libreoffice-users] FYI: Writer watermarks template

2016-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, ooops! I meant to say thanks to Dave for helping make it easier for more people to use watermarks. Congrats, thanks and regards from Tom :) On 16 August 2016 at 13:31, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > There are many templates at: > http://templates.libreoffice.org/ > which

Re: [libreoffice-users] FYI: Writer watermarks template

2016-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
CC has a few pages of advice on how to give "attribution" in suitable ways for other types of works. Having the templates available in a few central locations helps people find them more easily and doesn't prevent individuals (or companies) from having their own collections, preferabl

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer in UbuntuStudio 16.04.1

2016-08-15 Thread Tom Davies
rewritten almost all Java into C(++?) or Python or something. Sadly some add-ons/Extensions do still require it though. Regards from Tom :) On 14 August 2016 at 20:45, leleu wrote: > with compliments of my Ubuntu 16.04 (et LO 5.1.4.2), and I don't remember > any special java installa

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer in UbuntuStudio 16.04.1

2016-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Can you check to see if Java is enabled within LibreOffice? Something like; Tools - Options - Java or Advanced or something There 'should be' a line telling you what your machine and that line should be ticked or bullet-pointed, or something. Regards from Tom :) On 13 Augu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Where is everyone?

2016-07-24 Thread Tom Davies
f getting help now and it even seems to be gaining some recognition in very mainstream places. For a long time this mailing list was the main place, even the only place, to get much help but now there are tons of places - and that is great :)) Congrats and many thanks to everyone who has been he

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO5.1 on Linux - Opening Writer document takes >1hr

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
image down to about double the size i really need in the document usually makes it drastically lighter and the whole document much lighter without any noticeable difference on-screen or in print. Anyway, it seems like you have probably done or thought about all of this already. Congrats and regards f

Re: [libreoffice-users] FlatPak on Ubuntu 14.04??

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
i didn't get as much feedback about the newest LTS that way. It's not such a problem having people on different versions of Ubuntu as it is with Windows. Different versions of programs or even different programs doing the same job is MUCH less of an issue than when using Microsquish stuff

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: about libreoffice 5.2

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
one of the many reasons i am happy i made the journey. I still do use Windows but increasingly rarely. Regards from Tom :) On 29 June 2016 at 15:29, M Henri Day wrote: > 2016-06-29 16:05 GMT+02:00 Tom Davies : > >> Hi :) >> Are you able to install a Virtual Machine, such as Vi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to NOT turn (c) into a symbol

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
any mention at all. Especially for people such as Alexander who puts in such a huge amount of work for all of us. Regards from Tom :) On 29 June 2016 at 16:03, V Stuart Foote wrote: > Alex Thurgood wrote > > Le 28/06/2016 à 20:37, V Stuart Foote a écrit : > > > > Hi Stuart, &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 5.1.4.2 calc consistently crashing on row deletion

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Henri :) Thanks :) I still think your idea is likely to be the winner, the idea about switching to using the PPA rather than the upstream version. Regards from Tom :) On 29 June 2016 at 15:35, M Henri Day wrote: > 2016-06-29 16:20 GMT+02:00 Tom Davies : > >> Hi :) >> J

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Colour Palette Problem

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Jonathon :) You are a star :)) Thanks for changing the name and also a big thanks for pasting the instructions note :)) Sensible 'rules'!! That's pretty rare to find ime. ;) Regards from Tom :) On 29 June 2016 at 17:44, toki wrote: > Tom wrote: > > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 5.1.4.2 calc consistently crashing on row deletion

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
from TomD :) On 29 June 2016 at 15:15, M Henri Day wrote: > 2016-06-29 15:57 GMT+02:00 Tom Davies : > >> Hi :) >> Crashing used to be usually due to having Java active. >> >> Base often uses Java and so do screen-readers and such but almost >> everything &#x

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Colour Palette Problem

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
added to LibreOffice. I think it was within the first year of this mailing list starting up. Sorry i can't give better info on that! :( What you are doing does seem like a great thing to do! Good luck and many regards from Tom :) On 25 June 2016 at 07:27, toki wrote: > Stuart wrot

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: about libreoffice 5.2

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
Accessibility issues such as screen-readers but i suspect that many people on this mailing list might be quite happy to give pointers or suggestions about things worth trying. Regards from Tom :) On 25 June 2016 at 12:52, V Stuart Foote wrote: > Hi Nasrin, > > > nasrin khaksar wrote &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 5.1.4.2 calc consistently crashing on row deletion

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
fairly unlikely in your case i would think and the simpler answers are worth trying before worrying about any of that stuff. Trying the PPA is an excellent idea of course. Regards form Tom :) On 26 June 2016 at 14:36, Bruce Hohl wrote: > Tom, > I just updated to LO 5.1.4.2 from the Ubuntu

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started 5.1: Chapter 11: Graphics

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
of Base to help with the "Base Handbook". Regards from Tom :) On 26 June 2016 at 17:55, Hazel Russman wrote: > This has now been uploaded to feedback. Chapter 8 (Base) downloaded. > Something tells me that chapter will take a long time! > > -- > Hazel > > --

Re: [libreoffice-users] em-dash sticking to its left term:follow up

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
l free to give us a clue if reasonably easy to do so. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 27 June 2016 at 03:22, Eric Beversluis wrote: > On 06/26/2016 05:28 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: > >> It seems in M$ Word that the default if for the em-dash always to stick >> with its

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Base - Dropdown boxes

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry you have not had any responses so far. Hopefully someone might be able to help in a while. Sometimes it is a good idea to "bump the thread" (which my reply here will do) in order to get your question back to the top of the mailing list. Regards from Tom :) On 26 June 201

Re: [libreoffice-users] em-dash sticking to its left term

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perhaps something in the "Auto-correct" thing being talked about in another thread at the moment? Has that helped at all? Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 26 June 2016 at 22:28, Eric Beversluis wrote: > It seems in M$ Word that the default if for the em-dash always to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recording devices tab - getting it to work

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't know if the Accessibility Mailing List might be able to help more with this question. I thought it might be good to forwards it to them jic. To summarise a bit, it is on an unusually healthy Windows 7 system. Regards from Tom :) On 27 June 2016 at 20:53, charles meyer

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice 5.2 New Features videos: scripts

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
sized things to take on, such as proof-reading (or technical review) of an individual chapter of a single guide. These can often lead on to larger chunks of work depending on how satisfying or enjoyable the task is for the person volunteering. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 29 June 2016

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc suggestion

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
ght be willing (or even happy) to give their opinions about the quality of the code and hopefully give ideas about "best practice" or neat ideas worth trying, or 'rules' used within the project. So, don't worry about putting forwards ideas. Even if they don't get a

Re: [libreoffice-users] OST to PST Recovery

2016-06-29 Thread Tom Davies
x27;ve not chosen my own email system particularly well either but it suits me quite well and is widely used. Regards from Tom :) On 28 June 2016 at 12:30, ryandelgado wrote: > OST to PST Converter Software > <http://www.filesrecoverytool.com/ost-to-pst-converter.html> is an &g

[libreoffice-users] LO 5.1.4.2 calc consistently crashing on row deletion

2016-06-25 Thread Tom Cloyd
my version: And the error message I keep seeing - ​ I can't use this version if it acts like this, so I'm reverting to my previous one. Let me know if I can help any more. Tom -- ~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA) Psychother

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question About Trojan Detection

2016-06-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's another false-positive. Regards from Tom :) On 3 June 2016 at 08:27, Jerry Greenberg wrote: > > I downloaded Libre Office on two computers. > > McAfee Scan picked up "RDN/Generic Downloader.x" > > Download Site: > http://www.libreoffice.org/d

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Hyperlink Oddity

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry for the rant! I wasn't aiming it at you personally. I guess it's just been a long time since i've had a good rant. Many apols and regards from Tom :) On 14 May 2016 at 12:50, Dale H. Cook wrote: > At 03:23 AM 5/14/2016, Tom Davies wrote: > > >It is ver

Re: [libreoffice-users] damaged file issue

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Glad to hear it went well! It's a bit nerve-racking even though i have done this every time in the last several years myself and have seen others give the same advice (albeit many years ago). Congrats and regards from Tom :) On 14 May 2016 at 13:20, John R. Sowden wrote: > T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: welcome screen keyboard shortcuts strange behavior

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
several branches, but that can be narrowed-down later on if required. The exact time the change happened might not even be useful at all. So that is something that can be worked on while waiting for a response to the general idea. Regards from Tom :) On 14 May 2016 at 12:08, Tom Davies wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: welcome screen keyboard shortcuts strange behavior

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
has helped pin-point the issue quite a bit and hopefully that can help you keep the first post really short and direct. Regards from Tom :) On 14 May 2016 at 09:35, Ady Ady wrote: > On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > > > > Thanks for seeking fe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office for Androids

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
ffice. So, don't worry about which one(s) you try first. Most will handle almost any documents just fine, even documents from MS Office. Regards from Tom :) On 14 May 2016 at 11:37, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > The chances are that almost any Android office app works quite well as

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office for Androids

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
I've not tried it with usb keyboard or mouse with a tablet or phone but both worked well with my Pi, and with the laptop so i don't see why it wouldn't work with the tablet too. So, i think there are a LOT of suitable Android apps for viewing documents. Editing documents is trickie

Re: [libreoffice-users] damaged file issue

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
d, as one example. 1. I don't know why this still exists but it "goes against the grain" to post a feature request to make things more vulnerable ! Maybe it is time to relegate this feature to being a menu-item, such as the "Help" menu or somewhere. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: welcome screen keyboard shortcuts strange behavior

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
to being a change-of-focus issue. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 14 May 2016 at 07:42, Ady Ady wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 7:48 PM, V Stuart Foote > > @Ady, * > > > > I just did a clean /a admin install of LO 5.0.6.3 x64 on Windows 8.1 > > > > While i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Hyperlink Oddity

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
l.com or bridgewate...@plymouthcolony.net I've just noticed that Chrome seems to convert all upper-case in web-site addresses to lower-case too but i'm fairly sure Internet Explorer is not sophisticated enough, unless it's been introduced fairly recently (ie within the last 5 ye

Re: justification issues (was: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer 5.1.1.3 - space correction between text words)

2016-05-01 Thread Tom Davies
o figure-out in the less-than-no-time i had on the rare occasions i kinda needed a DTP. It was faster for me to stick with doing horrible kludges to force things to work with 1 particular machine and 1 particular printer. Regards from Tom :) On 30 April 2016 at 01:20, Brian Barker wrote: &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc- print specific pages...but what are the page numbers?

2016-04-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, I was wondering about just using print preview to find out the page numbers and see how the whole thing looks. It's a bit simplistic but may be as much as you need right now. Regards from Tom :) On 28 Apr 2016 13:59, "Brian Barker" wrote: > At 08:34 28/04/2016 -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc method to change whole column cell content

2016-04-14 Thread Tom Davies
ople freedom to choose their own way of doing things, and that can be seen as a negative or a positive. Regards from Tom :) On 14 Apr 2016 00:29, "Andreas Säger" wrote: > Am 13.04.2016 um 12:32 schrieb Tom Davies: > > Hi :) > > CSV format can be easily edited in normal

Re: [libreoffice-users] Columns width pasting [Calc]

2016-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
in the future. So, top-marks! Thanks, congrats and regards from Tom :) On 11 Apr 2016 21:35, "gordom" wrote: > I figured it out. The problem was caused by the filter being enabled. I > filtered out some data before attempting to copy them. When the filter is > turned off every

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc method to change whole column cell content

2016-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) CSV format can be easily edited in normal text-editors before opening in Calc. Sometimes its easier to use a simpler tool to do a part of the job rather than use a complicated route in a heavier tool such as Calc. Regards from Tom :) On 8 Apr 2016 16:43, "Andreas Säger"

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing view from Handsout to Normal triggers master slide

2016-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 I think doing a bug-report would be great. Please don't expect the devs to fix it soon though! It's usually best to find a work-around, or avoid needing it, for the short-mid term. Devs tend to focus on issues they or their actual employers are most interested in. Regard

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libreoffice 5.1.1.3 on Windows 7

2016-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nicely done! :))) It's always good to hear someone has fixed their problem and it's great when the right person gets credit. Congrats, thanks and regards from Tom :) On 12 Apr 2016 15:56, "Henry Sikkema" wrote: > Thank you, Regina, for your solution of changing the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Character style support in impress

2016-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
There are video tutorials at; http://spoken-tutorial.org/ for LibreOffice and many other FOSS projects. Regards from Tom :) On 12 Apr 2016 13:02, "nasrin khaksar" wrote: > hello. > i use libreoffice 4.3.5. > but i tested more than twenty versions of this great program. > from my e

Re: [libreoffice-users] New LibreOffice Book

2016-03-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Someone on this mailing list might be able to do the updating for you Dan Lewis. I'd guess that the ideas in your guide would be helpful and then people can just figure out how to implement them efficiently. Isn't that the "release early and release often" pl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Volunteers for Documentation

2016-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
ght expect. It's sometimes good to try a few different teams out before settling down with one. Many thanks, good luck and regards from Tom :) On 28 March 2016 at 02:16, James E. Lang wrote: > I often cringe when I read things with omitted or doubled words or with > incorrectly s

[libreoffice-users] Lulu Fwd: 25% Off All Print Books

2016-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I just got this email from Lulu bookstore. I bought a few of the LibreOffice guides a few years ago and keep getting these special offers but i rarely take advantage of them. Please feel free to use the offer for yourselves. Regards from Tom :) -- Forwarded message

Re: [libreoffice-users] Volunteers for Documentation

2016-03-27 Thread Tom Davies
has been generated it should be possible to get the guides into some other stores (and maybe other places too) in order to be seen more widely. Regards from Tom :) On 27 March 2016 at 04:31, toki wrote: > On 26/03/2016 23:37, anne-ology wrote: > > >> These guides do generate a

Re: [libreoffice-users] New LibreOffice Book

2016-03-26 Thread Tom Davies
me success, particularly in the last couple of years, in converting anything to ePub then right now could be a good time for 'us' to have another bash at it. Regards from Tom :) On 26 March 2016 at 01:39, Dave Stevens wrote: > Quoting Dan Lewis : > > On 03/25/2016

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