Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing The Mouse Cursor to an HourGlass

2013-03-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That looks better to me.  I'm not a programmer and don't understand code but it looks like a lot less lines and hopefully that results in faster execution of the code.  So more cpu cycles for the actual processing and less used up in the overhead of producing the timer-indicator.  Good

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any good libreoffice/linux fonts for sharing documents with windows users

2013-03-25 Thread Tom Davies
for helping me! :)  I hope the o.p.s question gets solved too! Regards from Tom :)  From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Jason Paul Joines ja...@joines.org; LibreOffice Users users@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any good libreoffice/linux fonts for sharing documents with windows users

2013-03-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I recently started using Anchor to paragraph instead of Anchor to page which i had previously preferred.  It's difficult to get the balance right either way tho.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: calc problem

2013-03-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It opens fine in Gnumeric but not LibreOffice 4.0.0 on Ubuntu 12.04.  So far it only seems to open on a Mac.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Tinkerer j_taylo...@btinternet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 25 March 2013, 22:57 Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Summing a cell value by a background color cell style

2013-03-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I would definitely use more columns for this.  Possibly in groups of 3 perhaps with an extra column as an empty gap to make it easier to read.  Perhaps change Page layout to 'landscape' instead of 'portrait' in case i needed to print it out.  So, something like Column A = time, for

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question with selective sums

2013-03-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  !! Blimey!! Nicely done :D Congrats and regards from Tom :)  From: Dries Feys dries.f...@tvh.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 14:44 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: question with

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] [ANN] LibreOffice 4.0.2 RC2 available

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Blimey!  Good timing! :) Regards from Tom :)  From: Thorsten Behrens t...@documentfoundation.org To: LibreOffice libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org; l...@global.libreoffice.org; proje...@global.libreoffice.org; libreoffice...@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So it meant that instead of discovering a bug with LibreOffice it was a discovered problem with the 3rd party's website and their strange way of setting up their downloads.  The question was whether reporting a bug against LibreOffice might improve LibreOffice's handling of Xls files

Re: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to always fails silently on Ubuntu

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you should NOT be using trying to run as SuperUser by su or sudo or anything.  It should work without that but i agree it was a good idea to give it a go to see what happens.  Can you try adding the tag -v or --verbose to see if it gives you more output to explain what is

Re: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to always fails silently on Ubuntu

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It might have made a difference if he didn't have read/write access to the folder or something dumb like that.  Also it's something quick to try and beats just tearing your hair out.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to always fails silently on Ubuntu

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 18:26 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to always fails silently on Ubuntu On 03/28/2013 01:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It might have made a difference if he didn't have read/write access to the folder or something dumb like that.  Also it's something quick

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: booklet printing problem

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
shrow...@uniting.com.au To: libreoffice_users users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 19:55 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: booklet printing problem On 03/29/2013 12:57 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Perhaps a compromise? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
chap.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 18:23 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem On 03/28/2013 01:23 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) So it meant that instead

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 29 March 2013, 1:13 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem Jay Lozier 提到: On 03/28/2013 01:23 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) So it meant that instead of discovering a bug with LibreOffice it was a discovered problem with the 3rd party's website and their strange

Re: [libreoffice-users] Inserting an empty string in Base

2013-03-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, surely you want that empty string to be Null though?  At least when it's empty?.  Alternatively is there an equivalent of the Action Query that can rapidly fill all the rows of the field with .  Obviously you would want to filter-out all the rows that do have some contents first

Re: [libreoffice-users] File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  The easiest way is to just dragdrop the file onto the LibreOffice icon.  Yes, it is best set during the install process but it is also possible many other ways.  I know of 2 in Xp, not sure how that translates to Win8.  1.  Rerun the installer.  It asks if you would rather Repair or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought Publisher compatibility was added in 4.0.0? Regards from Tom :)  From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com To: LibreOffice users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 3 April 2013, 18:01 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good news :)  The reinstall route does sound like it's going to be a Pita and stuff-up everything but in Windows it does have that neat bypass into Repair or Modify mode.  GnuLinux doesn't.  It is odd that she chose the slightly more geeky route but that opens up opportunities for her

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-04 Thread Tom Davies
: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8 Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) I thought Publisher compatibility was added in 4.0.0? Regards from Tom:) If so, this is the first I've heard of it. I have just downloaded some MSO Publisher templates.  LO Draw does load them

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's in the Repair or Modify option.  It's another reason why it's good to hang on to installers although i think that is generally good advice for any software you install on Windows.  It can sometimes be a good idea in GnuLinux and probably the rest too.  I've just had a bit of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How I can reduce the loading speed of Calc ?

2013-04-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) LibreOffice does seem very slow to open, especially first time after a reboot.  Same on GnuLinux tbh.  The Quickstarter does speed it up a bit but it's the 2nd or subsequent times that it is a lot less slow.  Even then it is slow but is well worth waiting for.  Much better quality

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) But surely it would be reasonably easy to just copypaste the code from the installer?!!?  I'm guessing it's not quite that simple but can it really be all that much tougher? Regards from Tom :)  From: Pedro pedl...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-04 Thread Tom Davies
HI :) Ahah, then +1 I like the idea of making use of the user-level choice.  Also i hadn't thought about the installer needing Admin (SuperUser to you GnuLinux people ;) ).  I'm still struggling with the other side of this = how to set things for all users on a machine.  Someone managed to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How I can reduce the loading speed of Calc ?

2013-04-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Superb!  I just visited that list too and looks like some good names in there that have a good reputation rather than just being big names (although sometimes things have both).  Have you tried Gnumeric?  If you need a fast, light-weight (but powerful) dedicated spreadsheet program

Re: [libreoffice-users] Differences with LO OO

2013-04-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Weirdly it was never really OOo in openSUSE, Ubuntu or most of the others.  It was marketed as being OOo but in fact they combined resources to produce a fork called Go-oo.  LibreOffice started largely from the Go-oo fork.  Well, it was the OOo code but Go-oo merged with that very soon

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How I can reduce the loading speed of Calc ?

2013-04-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sadly i suspect that it's really going to take someone building it from source code in order to make much faster.  Current builds and standard downloads are built against very different architecture.  It might be worth exploring the Pi project to see if they have a usable build but that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Differences with LO OO

2013-04-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Could you try renaming your User Profile for whichever one is misreading the pages?  This link is for LibreOffice but it is adapted from the guide for OpenOffice that was originally written by Hagar. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile It sounds like you are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I tend to find importing as plain text and then applying styles saves me hours and hours.  Before doing that people's mad formatting would drive me nuts.  I've managed to stop them sending me Pdfs too.  Mostly it was the argument about being consistent through-out the newsletter but it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ouch!  Single images are ok as you can right-click and save them or even just drag them out of the Pdf sometimes but if it's tons of logos or overlapping images then it can be a total Pita.  My cheating way was to use Gimp to import (luckily only a page or 2 at a time and only a couple in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How I can reduce the loading speed of Calc ?

2013-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
/office use. On 04/05/2013 10:28 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Sadly i suspect that it's really going to take someone building it from source code in order to make much faster.  Current builds and standard downloads are built against very different architecture.  It might be worth exploring the Pi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How I can reduce the loading speed of Calc ?

2013-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
Gateway laptop is better, but not up-to my quad desktop I bought in Feb 2010.  I needed the power/speed of the quad for my home/office use. On 04/05/2013 10:28 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Sadly i suspect that it's really going to take someone building it from source code in order to make much

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, you can use google-docs without having a gmail account.  I can login using my yahoo account.  Gmail obviously integrates it better to make it easier to use.  I think there is a small amount of space just from using google-docs.  I think google-drive is an extra amount of space you

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

2013-04-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm amazed people don't seem to download the Published Guides from https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Just to poke around and see how they are done.  Jean-Francois' answer seems to do something they dothat makes it look more professional.  Of course the

Re: [libreoffice-users] How I can reduce the loading speed of Calc ?

2013-04-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has this question been sent to the devs list yet?  I'm not sure if anyone else got confused about which machine we were talking about so i went back to the original post to check.  Regards from Tom :)  From: JR75018 jak.ren...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Docx export issues

2013-04-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Try using the older Doc instead of the DocX.  DocX is very variable even between different versions of MS Office and between those different versions on different Operating Systems.  Pretty much all Doc files (for MS Office 97, 2000, Xp, 2003) look fine in just about any word-processor. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Also 2 things;  1.  It might be worth uploading your Pdfs to Google-docs and the opening them with Google-docs to save as Odt.  Someone here recently said that seemed to solve all their problems with Pdfs so it would be interesting to see if yours work too.  2.  if you right-click

Re: [libreoffice-users] Crash in LO tools-extension manager-check for updates

2013-04-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did you manage to post a bug-report about the issue? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report Regards from Tom :)  From: David Ronis ro...@ronispc.chem.mcgill.ca To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, 7

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

2013-04-09 Thread Tom Davies
the other day. No page numbers now and hyperlinks working. (2013/04/09 3:58), Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Has this been resolved yet?  I found ToCs difficult to understand at first but after playing around with them while reading the published guides (errr, and using another chapter

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [SOLVED] Calc sheet freezing

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I find that stuff converted from MSO formats is not always as good as a fresh re-write or rather create a new document and then copypaste all the old stuff in from the older document but use Shift v and paste in as Unformatted text.  MSO likes to hide all sorts of weird nasty coding and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto capitalization doesn't work with auto curly quotes.

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you been able to solve this problem yet?  If not it might be worth asking the list again.  I think you were just unlucky with timing there.  Good luck and regards from Tom :)  From: Hillel Ḥayyim Lavery-Yisraëli hillel.yisra...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing speed is glacial for large file

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think swap doesn't get used much these days.  Can you try free -m before and during the process?  If swap is not being used even when it's in Ram then perhaps either stop using the ram-drive or increase swappiness?  I have 2Gb Ram but only about half that ever gets used and that's

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer - word wrap problem when image is left of the margin.

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does it let you post a comment to say that you have been able to replicate the problem?  Your OS and the version of LO might be helpful too It's a bit weird it doesn't let you change the status and the only work-around i can think of is to post a comment.  Thanks, apols and regards from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Programs with tk (or more usually gtk) at the end or at the beginning are for a one type of DE for GnuLinux.  Sometimes a G is used instead.  The other main type of DE usually has K or Qt at the front of it's programs.  Often programs have a back-end or command-line tool that does most

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Adding values to CSV File via Terminal

2013-04-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perhaps a command-line  filename.csv | grep Unconfirmed new-filename.csv or something like that? or some similar function in Calc, one of the something-if commands? Regards from Tom :)  From: Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] has there been a change in computing for enough room during install?

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good question.  The devs list might have more idea. Regards from Tom :) From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com To: LibreO - Users Global users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, 13 April 2013, 0:19 Subject: [libreoffice-users]

Re: [libreoffice-users] prevent automatic reduction of fractions

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, you could format the cell as a text cell, perhaps just by typing in '10/30 The ' mark lets Calc know the cell is text.  Unfortunately i think that means the 10/30 can't be used in formulas! :(  Btw Excel does the same thing jic you were wondering.  Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
. On 04/12/2013 10:15 AM, Tom Davies wrote: snip / tk stands for Tool Kit, so truncating GTK (Gnome Tool Kit) is not entirely proper. snip / I have switched to Xfce, since IMHO KDE 4 is still a basket case even though it is release 10 (4.10) on my Slackware 14.0 distro! From what I am hearing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
'  ;-)       Felmon - I'm studying the page you sent me. I hope it can be of help; I've only ever used the Linux version but I imagine they aren't too different. F. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Hi :) Programs with tk (or more usually gtk) at the end

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu; users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 12 April 2013, 21:46 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem    No apologies necessary -    it was just me being

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calendar software

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Evolution is supposedly very much like Outlook.  Evolution has Calendar and email as it's 2 main things. Unfortunately most distros ship with such ancient versions of it that it's difficult to get help if you ever need it.  Hopefully you can get the most recent version upstream somewhere

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing speed is glacial for large file

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It might be worth asking the Documentation Team how they build-up their guides? Regards from Tom :)  From: David Ronis ro...@ronispc.chem.mcgill.ca To: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing speed is glacial for large file

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am wondering if it's the 10Mb per object that is set too low?  If you are combining chapters are all chapters under 10Mb?  I would hope so but they might have excessively large graphics in them, such as un-scaled photos which can easily be 2-3Mb each without even trying.   Perhaps push

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This was the post that sent me veering off-course.  Gtk or Tk apps often seem to have been ported to Windows but that might just be because i notice them more Regards from Tom :)  From: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu To: users@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
with images to google drive. Right clicked the PDF and open with google docs. Then the PDF was converted to a google doc and I could download the PDF as an odt and edit it. Steve On 2013-04-06 10:50, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Ouch!  Single images are ok as you can right-click and save them

Re: [libreoffice-users] Links to files on Migration to LO

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I had similar worries.  So far i haven't found out.  Ideally i want to save the file without any links to anything but i can't seem to do that! Apols and regards from Tom :)  From: felix djela...@bigpond.net.au To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Web Hosting?

2013-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) YouTube?  Regards from Tom :)  From: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com To: Jeffrey Brown jeffrey_v_br...@hotmail.com Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 15 April 2013, 16:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Web

Re: [libreoffice-users] has there been a change in computing for enough room during install?

2013-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
/4.0.1 to 4.0.2 when using an older laptop, or a mid-range dual-core CPU with Win7. On 04/14/2013 02:17 PM, Kieran Peckett wrote: Just added LibreOffice-Dev to the conversation, as Tom suggested. On Saturday, 13 April 2013, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Good question.  The devs list might have more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calendar software

2013-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you are not on Windows then Evolution is supposedly a drop-in replacement for Outlook.  If it is on Windows then even if there is a build for it that is unlikely to be maintained by the Evo Team.  I'm not sure what else to suggest in Windows.  Google-Calendar is about the only choice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
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:   snip   I'm only familiar with pdftk as a command-line tool; thus I was confused by the discussion of desktop environments. it does have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calendar software

2013-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Lol, very funny!  We shouldn't really do this sort of thing as we should be making everyone feel welcome.  Oth it is funny to have light-hearted such as this occasionally and i regularly have quite outrageous rants that are far far worse.  I really must stop doing those.  I use Windows

Re: [libreoffice-users] Web Hosting?

2013-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Would you trust the answers to something like that from a google search?  I wouldn't!  Such search results are too easily manipulated by people that know what they are doing and my guess is that a dodgy hosting service would have far less scruples about how it reached the top spot, or at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calendar software

2013-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
: Calendar software ah, the 'not available' did the trick i was looking at http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center/sheet-music-9-staffs which also seems to be not available On 13-04-2013 23:50, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Pick any of the choices, such as http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc does not remember formatting

2013-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That all sounds horribly wrong, except for the odd 1 part where it does actually work.  Can you try renaming your User Profile to see if that fixes that problem? Regards from Tom :)  From: William Drago wdr...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Rhythmbox is supposed to be quite good.  I like Brasero too but i think that is slightly different.  Brasero might let you make an iso file on your hard-drive so that you have a back-up copy of the Cd/Dvd and can play it as though it really is a Cd/Dvd.  The ultra latest stuff tends to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base MySQL Native connector problems

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is not much chance of getting a response but is there any chance of you posting those problems as bug-reports against Base?  It might really help them to know the problems are regressions that don't appear in the 3.6.x branch.  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc does not remember formatting

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
the problem. Thanks for the suggestion though. -Bill On 4/15/2013 7:07 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) That all sounds horribly wrong, except for the odd 1 part where it does actually work. Can you try renaming your User Profile to see if that fixes that problem? Regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
: Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 2:45 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Most on-line dictionaries (in the top 10 according to a google search) agree that A neologism is a newly coined term, word, or phrase, that may be in the process

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with inserting text using the apostrophe

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ctrl z is the keyboard short-cut for Edit - Undo or Right-click - undo and works in almost every app or program and even online for a lot of things Ctrl y is often redo but doesn't work quite so widely.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Steve Edmonds

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc does not remember formatting

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nicely found! :)  Possibly Miguel Angel has not quite subscribed or not yet been fully accepted.  Hopefully he can finish the process himself rather than wait.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Pedro pedl...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good point about the codecs!  I usually ruin through Medibuntu to get all the extra codecs and things from them https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu and then install mplayer and vlc player to get the last remaining ones.  Also i generally try to run through these now.  I know

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nice! :)  I had not thought of using Vlc as a media player, ie music too.  Tbh though i think you are describing the old way of things from a couple of years ago.  There is a lot more out there now.  Rhythmbox is built in and probably even has an add-on for starring or rating music. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Typing manually!!!  Is that something to do with old tags being id3 and new ones being id6?  Something like that?  iTunes probably uses id6 and leaves the id3 empty and linux ones that you have been using probably use the id3 and ignore the id6s.  Hmmm Have you searched through your

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Programmers are unable to extract pressed keys and text sequences in LibreOffice 4.x.

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you been able to solve this already?  Did you get any answers?  Many apologies but i think the low traffic list went very quiet over Easter.  Normally it relies on 1 or 2 total stars and if they are not around the rest of us feel a bit helpless. I am forwarding this to the Users

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: jlb...@neuroweave.nl jlb...@neuroweave.nl; LibreO - Users Global users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 22:32 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux ogg is not lossless, but flac is. Anyway

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Ahah, so it's time for someone to write an Android app or can they be just Plug-ins/Add-ons.Extensions?  Java not Python tho right? :(  (not that i know either!!) Regards from Tom :)  From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com To: LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Thanks :)  That was good to know and interesting.  I didn't feel like you were ranting.  It was more about sharing information.  Thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Joep L. Blom jlb...@neuroweave.nl To: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Solved] Re: Re: built-in help - how to activate it

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Werner F. Bruhin werner.bru...@free.fr To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 8:27 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Solved] Re: Re: built-in help - how to activate it On 06/12/2012 15:37, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Congrats!!  It really

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I generally double-click on a picture to open it and then double-click on that to full-screen it.  If it's larger than the screen the picture gets reduced in size to fit.  If i have a lot of pics to look through then instead of Full-screening it i go to the menus and choose View -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Smooth edges of vector graphic objects turn into rough lines in PDF

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Since no-one has posted anything to solve the problem and no-workarounds either it might be good to post a bug-report about it.  https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport If you can't find all the information that link requests don't worry, just post anyway with what you do have.  you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Web Hosting?

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Jeffrey Brown jeffrey_v_br...@hotmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 3:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Web Hosting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Solved] Re: Re: built-in help - how to activate it

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
...@free.fr To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 10:45 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Solved] Re: Re: built-in help - how to activate it On 17/04/2013 11:18, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) This time just get the published guides.  They are only in English because

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab specific web data into libre calc

2013-04-19 Thread Tom Davies
into different languages too, maybe getting a bit of a community together through their own site and/or the Extensions sites.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk To: Supiramani Supiramani hisupiram...@hotmail.com; users

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab specific web data into libre calc

2013-04-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If that is usable then you can probably replace your current version of LibreOffice with OpenOffice without too many problems.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Toki toki.kant...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 19 April 2013,

Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab specific web data into libre calc

2013-04-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So the official forum is at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu along with a ton of other stuff.  Ubuntu is so huge that it easily supports several communities and there is another forum at http://ubuntuforums.org/forum.php and there is the cross-distro forum at http://www.linuxquestions/org The

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab specific web data into libre calc

2013-04-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The questions seem about right.  Your question 1 was mainly to find out if it is written as a macro or is just a clever worksheet or if it is more than a macro.  I get the feeling it's somethign clever in Java or maybe even C++ or something (C++ would be fantastic).  He doesn't seem

Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab specific web data into libre calc

2013-04-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  1.  I was thinking more like a couple of days.  Sundays might be good to catch the weekend crowd and still catch the early week-days people.  2.  Do you need to grab all the time or can you leave the grabs to batch process them?  If rebooting into Windows is something you only need to

Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab specific web data into libre calc

2013-04-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The Websites Team's mailing list might know fancy ways of grabbing the appropriate data.  Have you been able to try out the Extension suggested earlier in the thread?  Here's a guide on how to install Extensions https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/HowTo/install_extension

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes.  It should be that easy.  The only issue is that the 3.6.x branch wont pick-up all the settings and configurations of branch 4.0.x, but that might be advantageous anyway.  Before doing the uninstall-reinstall it might be worth considering a couple of other options 1.  Renaming

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Using a Button to activate Subform. Relationships

2013-04-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There seemed to be tons of things at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Database that might be worth looking into Regards from Tom :) From: Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 22 April 2013, 11:37 Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I remember.  You did what i wish i did but never quite get around to.  Regards from Tom :) From: Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 22 April 2013, 21:30 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to get the table of contents and headers to behave the way I want?

2013-04-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats!  Nicely done :) Welcome in and regards from Tom :)  From: PolrBear ja...@cyberwitz.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 22 April 2013, 20:50 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to get the table of contents and headers to

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I found this link on the official website http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ I got there from the main website http://www.libreoffice.org/ then the trail Main website - Get involved - QA got me to http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/qa-testers/ Hmm, you caught me

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab specific web data into libre calc

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did you ever get a satisfactory answer?  All my stuff seemed to be work-arounds or completely off-topic.  Hopefully helpful but not dealing with the original question.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Happylibre hisupiram...@hotmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
upsc...@nwi.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 15:26 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6 On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:44:29 AM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Thanks :) Hmm, that vanishing images problem kinda sounds familiar

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Am I the only one with Err 522 problems?

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That has all sounded like a tfn tbh.  I've never heard of the Err 522 before.  I was hoping it was something trivial such as memory or something.  I guess you have already posted a bug-report and just got nothing back yet?  It's going to be a tad weird here if you do go over to AOO

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Summing a cell value by a backgroud color cell style

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did anyone ask which OS and which web-browser?  There are some web-browsers that work only on the command-line and use Ascii to make images and stuff.  Very light-weight and fun but a bit impractical.  Plus they probably don't have a Windows version.  Scaling up a bit i bet there is a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Am I the only one with Err 522 problems?

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 18:54 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Am I the only one with Err 522 problems? 2013/4/23 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk: Hi :) That has all sounded like a tfn tbh.  I've never heard of the Err 522 before. It means circular references, but in my case

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
documents. What I have been doing as a workaround is pasting screenshots of the drawings into Writer. Thanks for all the replies... -Bill On 4/23/2013 4:58 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I found this link on the official website http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ I got

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Summing a cell value by a backgroud color cell style

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk To: Krunoslav Šebetić kruno0...@gmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 19:15 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Summing a cell value by a backgroud color cell style

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-24 Thread Tom Davies
still fixed. Don't know why. There was a Windows update this evening. I wonder if that had anything to do with it and it wasn't a LO issue at all? -Bill On 4/23/2013 4:50 PM, Upscope wrote: On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 08:10:49 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Steve!  I think that was the trick

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