Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
like due to legal > > issue plugin was removed." > > > > Sure enough the link didn't work so i got to the Extensions site another > > way but a quick search to find "sharepoint" or "share point" didn't > reveal > > any relevant Exten

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 14/02/2013 at 19:20, Felmon Davis wrote: is the point that it is better for a business that Microsoft hold their documents than that Busybox does? SharePoint is internal network solution. It does not exchange any information it holds with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
ould maintain backups thus ensuring you don't lose the files. but better keep things at home. F. On Feb 14, 2013 6:21 PM, "Felmon Davis" wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, IBBoard wrote: Microsoft might not have control over it, but Dropbox will. For a business, that is unacc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
cut: I would like a solution where a) individuals could upload documents to me b) they wouldn't be able to see each other's documents (unless I allowed it) c) should be either linux-based or agnostic. anyone with a tip? F. -- Felmon Davis I would give my right arm to be ambidextrou

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 14/02/2013 at 19:41, Felmon Davis wrote: I wholly agree this is far better than BusyBox for many purposes. You meant Dropbox ;) . slip of the pen or rather key. Busybox is set of minimalistic Linux command-line tools. It has completely

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: On 13-02-14 02:05 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: this thread is off-topic but I'll take advantage of it before it's cut: I would like a solution where a) individuals could upload documents to me b) they wouldn't be able to see each ot

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-15 Thread Felmon Davis
not now at least and now would be a great time to have the upload utility. oh, well. pardon the off-off-topic; we should get back to the main off-topic or even on topic! F. From: Felmon Davis To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-05 Thread Felmon Davis
know if this would less or more painful. You would have the entire file at once but would need to format the text. -- Felmon Davis He who gives promptly gives twice. -- Miguel de Cervantes -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-12 Thread Felmon Davis
lorified-typewriters' :-) On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 5 Apr 2013, David Ronis wrote: Hi Jay, Thanks for the reply. I'm using Linux (Slackware). Unfortunately, exporting to text is not an option here as the PDF's contain various drawings th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-12 Thread Felmon Davis
we go all sorts of different ways but somehow manage to grow and learn from each other or make use of each others achievements and even build on them (if individuals are gifted enough) Regards from Tom :) -- *From:* anne-ology *To:* Felmon Davis *Cc:* users@global

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-13 Thread Felmon Davis
hus I was confused by the discussion of desktop environments. it does have a gui interface (or several?) and then there are the Windows and Mac versions. I don't know what is used to make the gui interface on Linux. Felmon ____ From: Felmon Davis

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-14 Thread Felmon Davis
mething. I'll look but I bet there's a command-line version for Windows too. F. On 04/13/2013 11:24 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sat, 13 Apr 2013, Tom Davies wrote: I'm only familiar with pdftk as a command-line tool; thus I was confused by the discussion of desktop environment

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-15 Thread Felmon Davis
st dictionaries - general-purpose dictionaries won't do. F. On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Girvin Herr wrote: Felmon, Looks like pdftk is written in Java. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Pdftk<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdftk&

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-15 Thread Felmon Davis
#x27; word; acronymonious seems to fit well in this saga - yet I hope you didn't mis-type acrimonious ;-) (oh, surely not) I did not mistype. I went neologistic on you. F. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, anne-ology wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-15 Thread Felmon Davis
_ neologisms, don't pretend it wouldn't unsettle you a bit too. F. Regards from Tom :)  ____ From: Felmon Davis To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 15 April 2013, 21:59 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using UNO API

2013-04-28 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Ok, it's hard to make jokes in English when your native language is a quite different one… not my experience: when I speak German I get a lot of giggles. F. -- You want to know why I kept getting promoted? Because my mouth knows more than my br

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-03 Thread Felmon Davis
n't schemas in LO/OO. Sincerely, Wolfgang -- Felmon Davis You'd like to do it instantaneously, but that's too slow. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles (collaborating on documents)

2013-05-03 Thread Felmon Davis
On Fri, 3 May 2013, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:41 03/05/2013 +, Felmon Davis wrote: I share documents with people all the time because a couple of committees I've been on had me as the 'master of documents', that is, I would take other people's work and bundle it togeth

RE: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-08 Thread Felmon Davis
at least consider pruning the thread so it's easier to know what they are talking about. F. -- Felmon Davis To love is wise; to hate is foolish. -- Bertrand Russell -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-08 Thread Felmon Davis
Software Developer On 8 May 2013 16:44, Felmon Davis wrote: On Wed, 8 May 2013, V Stuart Foote wrote: +1 From: anne-ology [lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:34 AM top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top post

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-07 Thread Felmon Davis
_not_ a techno-geek who has to have the latest and greatest all the time. You won't find me waiting for hours outside an Apple store to buy the latest iPhone. If it works, don't "fix" it is my motto. Girvin Herr -- Felmon Davis Things past redress and

users@global.libreoffice.org

2013-06-08 Thread Felmon Davis
ll not print the 11 by 17 inch paper, for which I bought it. I have to use my Win7 "boot" of my dual booting laptop to use that printer. -- Felmon Davis Maintainer's Motto: If we can't fix it, it ain't broke. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+uns

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-08 Thread Felmon Davis
times or use mail merge. I would love to do it, also for emails, but for my purposes I probably need to set up a database instead. F. -- Felmon Davis Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which download for Arch/Manjaro linux?

2013-06-09 Thread Felmon Davis
ibe 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: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which download for Arch/Manjaro linux?

2013-06-09 Thread Felmon Davis
testing, I have one or two machines to play with for this sort of purpose plus even if I only had one machine, it's easy to switch in a spare hard-drive and play. (laptops are easy to open.) and best of all is to know gparted and grub2. F. ________ From

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: GIMP - was: CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-09 Thread Felmon Davis
y features, but some are feature rich and hard to use. There was a version of GIMP called GIMPshop that was a "hack" to try and make GIMP easier to use. I think it was a Windows only package though. -- Felmon Davis Things will get better despite our efforts to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: GIMP - was: CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-10 Thread Felmon Davis
ptimal tool causes hours of wasted effort, may even spare effort. this all was a bit of a digression from my question why we cannot compare 'different animals'. seems we can. F. -- Felmon Davis If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. -- Woo

[OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice website security

2013-07-13 Thread Felmon Davis
. Programmers are, however, known to have a somewhat humorous take on English, so sticking to "viruses" is probably a little boring... :) yep. sounds 'different' and edgy. F. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us http://www.ofb.net/~jlm/virus.html

Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-15 Thread Felmon Davis
ut the syntax Does anyone know where I can find a good reference on HSLQLDB syntax? -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ **** -- Felmon Davis -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffic

[OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-15 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: On 7/15/2013 12:25 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, anne-ology wrote: And just what is HSLQLDB ;-) This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary definition in URL below.) the definition says: - : a

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax (OT)

2013-07-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: On 7/16/2013 2:02 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum I just read today that according to one author, this was supposed to be a description of his 'crime', viz. insurrection against Roman authority. anyway, off topic; my apo

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 16 Jul 2013, Brian Barker wrote: At 02:02 16/07/2013 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary definition in URL below.) the definition says: - : a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) f

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern front in new version

2013-08-03 Thread Felmon Davis
for Lewis Milestone. It was the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It also received two further nominations: Best Cinematography, for Arthur Edeson, and Best Writing Achievement for Abbott, Anderson and Andrews. -- Felmon Davis Power corrupts, and PowerPoi

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern front in new version

2013-08-03 Thread Felmon Davis
oops! guess _I_ missed the reference! On Sat, 3 Aug 2013, Felmon Davis wrote: in case some did not get the reference: All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers

Re: register true origins (was Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles)

2012-08-06 Thread Felmon Davis
abbreviated: 'register means that the lines on the front size lie on a common line with the lines on the rear side'. <http://www.typo-info.de/registerhaltigkeit.htm> plenty of references to 'register halten' and 'registerhaltigkeit'. obscure terms of specialized crafts I

Re: register true origins (was Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles)

2012-08-07 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 07/08/2012 at 07:37, Felmon Davis wrote: perhaps also Miroslav could cite a book or two; don't see what difference it makes if the books are in Polish. if Missouri is the 'show-me' state, does that require translation into Mi

Re: register true origins (was Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles)

2012-08-08 Thread Felmon Davis
On Wed, 8 Aug 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: Felmon, I find your attitude towards discussion worth a respect. I wish everyone would do as you do. thank you! danke! Dziękuję! I think we agree in most of points. I would only like to comment this part: On 07/08/2012 at 18:58, Felmon Davis

Re: register true origins (was Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles)

2012-08-09 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 08/08/2012 at 23:40, Felmon Davis wrote: but a quick question: are you an 'intuitionist' about proofs? As far as I can imagine what it means, I believe answer is "no". I am rather relativist. I believe that what is proof

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reply settings on this list have changed

2012-08-13 Thread Felmon Davis
subscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis Most of the fear that spoils our life comes

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reply settings on this list have changed

2012-08-13 Thread Felmon Davis
f posts. but I guess I still don't get the point of this change. so some people do want to address individuals and forget they have aimed their email at the list? how does this change help those forgetful sorts? F. -- Felmon Davis Things present are judged by things past. -- Sanford

top-posting semantics was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reply settings on this list have changed

2012-08-16 Thread Felmon Davis
can be instructive or entertaining except for the dogmatists'. F. -- Felmon Davis One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. -- Bagehot -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-li

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-08-29 Thread Felmon Davis
the leading dot). Hmmm, i don't have spadmin installed on my machine so i got nothing from either of those commands. I have it but it seems to belong to openoffice in my case (on this machine) and seems to require 'sudo' to invoke it as it's owned by root. Regards f

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-08-31 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, rcdawson wrote: It would be nice to know why spadmin doesn't run, however. I was never sure what command you used. F. From: Felmon Davis <[hidden email]> To: Tom <[hidden email]> Cc: [hidden email] Sent: Wednesday, 29 A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-09-01 Thread Felmon Davis
was never sure what command you used. F. ____ From: Felmon Davis <[hidden email]> To: Tom <[hidden email]> Cc: [hidden email] Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 18:03 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Tom wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing

2012-09-15 Thread Felmon Davis
main. am I off the track? F. -- Felmon Davis The more things change, the more they stay insane. -- Tom Weller -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ P

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing

2012-09-15 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sat, 15 Sep 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 15/09/2012 at 19:38, Felmon Davis wrote: question: doesn't the Linux file system (ext2; ext3) register access time to a directory? in that case, wouldn't writing a file to a directory register in the directory's time-stamp?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing

2012-09-15 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sat, 15 Sep 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 15/09/2012 at 20:49, Felmon Davis wrote: > I don't know about OP backup tools (did not read whole thread), but rsync > has --ignore-times and --size-only command-line options which may come > handy in such situation. wouldn

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS problems

2012-10-01 Thread Felmon Davis
e not delivered. Since 1981 when Microsoft began to SELL software the buyer owned the software. Now Microsoft want to steal the ownership from the buyer by stating that the software is not bought but leased. That is wrong. Software running on a remote system not owned by the buyer - and running only the

Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...

2012-10-04 Thread Felmon Davis
puter network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network Colloquially, it is used as you define it - to send a quick message to someone to see what's going on in their life. As in "I haven't heard from him for a while - I'm going to ping hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-06 Thread Felmon Davis
works on Windows. how would infection occur? (if you download an .exe file in Windows, it wouldn't matter if it's writable, right?) F. -- Felmon Davis A good word costs no more than a bad one. -- B. Googe -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-06 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sat, 6 Oct 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 06/10/2012 at 19:27, Felmon Davis wrote: I am still not sure how one gets an infection from saving a file as writable. on a Linux system it's not executable, not sure how it works on Windows. how would infection occur? It's rath

Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...

2012-10-08 Thread Felmon Davis
nd pulled himself up, saving his life! <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Münchhausen> (maybe he had a submarine too; don't know.) Felmon --- On Fri, 5/10/12, Felmon Davis wrote: From: Felmon Davis Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ... T

Re: [libreoffice-users] ... bootstraps ...

2012-10-10 Thread Felmon Davis
ot" or "boot up" comes from the idea of raising yourself by your own bootstraps--seemingly impossible, but when you boot up, you are using the operating system to start itself. --doug -- Felmon Davis - Dept of Philosophy Union College - Schenectady, NY The devil can cite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Felmon Davis
m: rost52 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012, 13:39 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features Tom, interesting information about the usage of MS at stock-exchange operations [...] -- Felmon Davis Every silver linin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-14 Thread Felmon Davis
s email, your message will be added to the discussion below:http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Auto-and-Manual-Spell-do-not-work-tp4012609p4013190.html To unsubscribe from Auto and Manual Spell do not work . ., click here. NAML -- Felmon Davis And ever has it been known that love knows n

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work _ _

2012-10-14 Thread Felmon Davis
better than I do. F. --- On Sun, 10/14/12, Felmon Davis [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] wrote: From: Felmon Davis [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x To: "Lostsoul" Date: Sunday, October 14, 2012, 4:56 AM On Sun, 14 Oct

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]

2012-11-22 Thread Felmon Davis
s to others. I would vote for limiting autocorrections to frequent misspellings and leave 'fancy formatting' out of it. anyone who mistypes a word will notice the autocorrection utility so there is no danger the resource will go unnoticed. is there such a thing as "-1"

Re: +1 aside Fw: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]

2012-11-23 Thread Felmon Davis
I've seen '+2', I've never seen '+10'. people used to say 'me too' but that got pooh-poohed. bad form. F. - Forwarded Message - From: Felmon Davis To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 23 November 2012, 7:53 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...

2012-12-04 Thread Felmon Davis
;+'chronos' as in 'synchronize'. sometimes the spelling of words, like the syntax of directory paths, matters. (and 'syntax' has nothing to do with 'sin' or 'taxes'!) 'rsync' is a great utility; I assume it's available for Windo

Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...

2012-12-04 Thread Felmon Davis
ination (if you set it to work that way). I think the 'r' stands for 'remote' but I don't know; the source doesn't need to be 'remote' though. I just backed up one older external drive I have (was making funny noises) to another newer one. F. >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Pdf import. Was: Fw: Wiki quick guide page - see if this is a good format. . .

2012-12-04 Thread Felmon Davis
e 'identifying' them as 'pdf'. I notice one cannot see one's own posts; is it possible to switch this on? F. -- Felmon Davis Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose thy neighborhood. -- Louise Beal -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Losing own messages [was Re: Pdf import]

2012-12-05 Thread Felmon Davis
-users] Losing own messages [was Re: Pdf import] At 15:19 04/12/2012 -0500, Felmon Davis wrote: I notice one cannot see one's own posts; is it possible to switch this on? Your problem is not with the LibreOffice list, but with your mail provider Gmail - which has a bug^H^H^H feature w

rsync, dd (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...)

2012-12-05 Thread Felmon Davis
shrink that partition using Windows, thus avoiding the metadata problem, and then back up, etc. Regards from Tom :)  F. From: Felmon Davis To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 19:23 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] query r

[OT] pun/counterpun (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...)

2012-12-05 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote: cute, cuter, cutest ... you're surely t' best. [further comments below] On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote: you took all my puns away ... just doing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-12 Thread Felmon Davis
/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis Some parts of the past must be preserved, and some of the future prevented at all costs. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.li

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> List archive: http://listarchives.**libreo

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
l Message- From: Robert Funnell [mailto:robert.funn...@mcgill.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 13:55 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Felmon Davis wrote: On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Bobby kneisel wrote:   Unfort

Re: [libreoffice-users] Quality Assurance

2013-01-15 Thread Felmon Davis
about LO or a bug about DiffPDF? F. -- Felmon Davis According to all the latest reports, there was no truth in any of the earlier reports. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Quality Assurance

2013-01-15 Thread Felmon Davis
report the bug accordingly. (to repeat the question) you are certain diffpdf is reliable? F. Regards, C. H. D. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ --- 2013年1月16日 星期三,Felmon Davis 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Felmon Davis 主題: Re: [libreoffice-users] Quality Assurance 收件人: users@global.libreoffice.org 日期

Re: [libreoffice-users] Quality Assurance

2013-01-16 Thread Felmon Davis
ce than in MSO.  LO offers far more options and some of those improve accessibility (specifically better for screen-readers) and for uncompressed or more compressed output.  MSO offers freedom FROM choice.  Regards from Tom :)  ________ From: Fel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Did you get my Hyperlink message?

2013-01-16 Thread Felmon Davis
breoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis Conservative: A person who believes nothing should be done for the first time. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffic

Re: [libreoffice-users] How good is Impress compared to PowerPoint?

2013-02-03 Thread Felmon Davis
taneously. guess I'd be more inclined to say the keyboard is a 'glorified typewriter'. I do love those typewriters though! but I don't miss them. F. -- Felmon Davis I did not believe in reincarnation the last time either. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h..

RE: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-16 Thread Felmon Davis
/listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis "Ask not what A Group of Employees can do for you. But ask what can All Employees do for A Group of Employees." -- Mike Denn

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-16 Thread Felmon Davis
eilly text seems to have something short of double and longer than single. God, it's hard to discern the difference! but perhaps some here are right that these subliminal differences make a difference for ease of reading. anyway, I agree with Tom we shouldn't disagree about agreeing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013, Doug wrote: On 08/16/2013 12:26 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 16 Aug 2013, Bruce Carlson wrote: /snip/ this whole discussion rather puzzles me. I'm out of it because I've never heard of a rule requiring double spaces between sentences (born and raised

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-18 Thread Felmon Davis
e of reading. I am told Serif fonts work the best for "entertainment" reading, but which serif font is the best, only you can decide which one in your fonts collection works best for you. . -- Felmon Davis Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths. -- Baroness Ed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-21 Thread Felmon Davis
end the thread and it is probably overdrawn at this point. it is btw pretty easy to edit them out. F. -- Felmon Davis If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cross Platfrom Support Question **CLOSED Thread**

2013-08-25 Thread Felmon Davis
asy to use for normal-sized hands and fingers. opposite of masochism. not my taste though - I prefer more power and gear - but perfectly understandable setup for many use-cases. F. -- Felmon Davis Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. -- John Ray -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: user

Re: [libreoffice-users] FYI - Trend Micro is blocking your LO 4.1.1 download page

2013-09-02 Thread Felmon Davis
3rd party that has a vested interest in locking you in to only buying products from themselves. A quick internet search reveals that they're a UK firm selling security software for private & business users.  I suspect their software is giving a false positive. Trend Micro's url, should

Re: [libreoffice-users] Translating odf files using omegat

2013-09-15 Thread Felmon Davis
hat? Do you happen to know such tool? Thanks Milos -- Felmon Davis God is not dead. He is alive and working on a much less ambitious project. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubsc

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Re: WiiFi networks

2013-10-01 Thread Felmon Davis
nnection using it: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en Regards, -- Felmon Davis A leopard cannot change his spots. -- Shakespeare -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lis

Re: Installing an OS, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-09 Thread Felmon Davis
ion we need to be careful not to confuse the difficulties of upgrading LO with supposed difficulties of upgrading the operating system. F. -- Felmon Davis It is better to live rich than to die rich. -- Samuel Johnson -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.

Re: Installing an OS, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-09 Thread Felmon Davis
On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Paul wrote: On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:59:57 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Well if you use Ubuntu's LTS [long term support] OS you upgrade the OS every two years. There is a lot of changes in LO over even a year&#x

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- LibreOffice version 4.1.3.2

2013-11-26 Thread Felmon Davis
wise! wow! correct again! amazing! F. Brian Barker -- Felmon Davis Another dream that failed. There's nothing sadder. -- Kirk, "This side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://w

Re: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-11-30 Thread Felmon Davis
d. IMHO, it's better to focus on what's good about LO than what's evil about MS. Virgil Software -- 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://wik

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

2014-02-04 Thread Felmon Davis
r). name-calling does not invalidate an argument else, "p implies q, therefore not (p and not-q), you tosser!" would be invalid. just saying F. -- Felmon Davis Blutarsky's Axiom: Nothing is impossible for the man who will not listen to reason. -- To unsubscribe e

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

2014-02-05 Thread Felmon Davis
(US) would still be under British rule. Tell it to any country that has overthrown an autocratic ruler. ...snip... There is a special spot in hell for people who overquote *including multiple sigs and footers*. -- Felmon Davis It were not best that we should all think al

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

2014-02-05 Thread Felmon Davis
te of time. Ever see a reply to a digest message that quoted the whole digest. What fun. But doesn't trimming undermine the argument? How can the discussion be read sequentially when bits of it have been deleted? -- Felmon Davis You will experience a strong urge to do good; but it wi

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Felmon Davis
the native speakers' on this list. (and you know it.) F. -- Felmon Davis Wishing without work is like fishing without bait. -- Frank Tyger -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Pos

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood

2014-03-26 Thread Felmon Davis
then a good template cuts down on some of it and it's just as easy (for me) to pull it all together into one book (file). F. Virgil -- Felmon Davis Include me out. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/ma

Re: [libreoffice-users] Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2

2014-04-11 Thread Felmon Davis
c? can you install ssh on the tab? can you save it to the 'cloud', e.g. google-drive and download it to the pc from there? F. -- Felmon Davis Only through hard work and perseverance can one truly suffer. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2

2014-04-11 Thread Felmon Davis
now you know there are many effective ways to transfer files. F. > The inadequate tech support had me download KIES software which never connected my PC to the tablet after installing it. On 4/11/14, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 11 Apr 2014, charles meyer wrote: Might anyone on t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-13 Thread Felmon Davis
people in a group'. people do this at parties too. hard to see what's objectionable about it unless one doesn't like parties. (I don't mean political parties.) F. -- Felmon Davis Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to div

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell Check Dictionary

2014-05-22 Thread Felmon Davis
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell Check Dictionary

2014-05-23 Thread Felmon Davis
fact. we write "airport parking garage manager" instead of "airportparkinggaragemanager." F. -- Felmon Davis -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guid

Re: [libreoffice-users] incompatibilida

2014-06-19 Thread Felmon Davis
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Nitpicking on a name

2014-07-28 Thread Felmon Davis
sult people online? Your life must be a terrible experience and you have better to do than lingering around here, so STFU. Charles. gentlemen, I suggest this discussion be taken off-list where you can pursue it much more effectively. F. -- Felmon Davis QOTD: How can I miss y

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] ...

2014-08-15 Thread Felmon Davis
out they can serve a good purpose (and some of us are interested in them). if kept within bounds I can't see the harm and they certainly shorter-lived and less harmful than this discussion! I add to it in the hope of contributing to its end! F. -- Felmon Davis I live the way I type;

[OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] ...

2014-08-15 Thread Felmon Davis
-pointing arrow indicating reply. there is also a very small downward pointing arrow - click on that for a drop-down menu which includes 'edit subject' or the equivalent for your locale. f. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, anne-ology wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Proofreading problems...

2014-08-20 Thread Felmon Davis
whole commenting facility as such, and it is tricky between different word processors. F. -- Felmon Davis If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. -- Woody Allen -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreof

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