Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) "If it works. Use it" as Ensign Harry Kim said. I usually find it's better to Anchor "to page" rather than the default "to paragraph" although each seems to have scenarios that suit them better than the rest and all of them are plenty good enough to use all the time until you start spotti

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installation options are remembered?

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
(Writer, Calc, Base, Draw, Impress, etc.) which each add 5-10 MiB of >>> installed files. All of the components share the core section. They even >>> use some of the files from other components. For example, Base forms and >>> reports use Writer files to create or modify the

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3 64-bit DEB removed my extensions, but Windows version did notI

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Have you been able to post a bug-report about this yet or been given a work-around or reason why it happened? Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Saturday, 11 May 2013, 2:15 >Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Math custom function name

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you have solved the problem then you do not need to give us the document.  We just wanted to use it to see what the problem was and how to fix it.  You've already done that so we don't need it now. :)  lol So, congrats and regards from Tom :)  - Original Message - > From: A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Torrenting is built-in to most Gnu&Linux systems and most have a default torrenting-client built-in.  However until you actually try it yourself it's a bit scary.  It sounds like a normal download (so why not stick to that, right?) except for some weird thing where outsiders somehow have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Untitled 1

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) To "get back to factory defaults" try renaming your User Profile https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile Regards from Tom :) - Original Message - > From: Brian Barker > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 2:14 > Subject

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Untitled 1

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, that is much more precise and elegant.  Renaming the specific part of the User Profile that is causing problems rather than renaming the whole thing is much better! Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Larry Gusaas >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >S

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
hat is exactly the way i usually use images.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Monday, 13 May 2013, 14:53 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing? > > > >On 05/13

[libreoffice-users] Re: re. doc to pdf

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Another way, but i think this is only on Gnu&Linux (such as Ubuntu, Mageia, Mint, OpenSUSE, Redhat, Chrome etc) File - Print - "Print to file" this way embeds all the fonts and stuff into the Pdf image.  It's a bit more awkward because you have to play around with the different tabs in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
es it?  Regard from Tom :)  > > From: James Knott >To: LibreOffice >Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 13:02 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working > > >Tom Davies wrote: >> So torrenting is faster because it automa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
t my wrists to be slapped) The government >here has a department and agreement set up with the ISPS to record and >moniter all activities that take place on the ports that Clients most >commonly use > > >On Tue, 14 May 2013, at 10:12 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] title1 style used for selected words, not paragraph

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not sure it does make MSO better.  Their whole handling of styles makes such a horrible mess.  In LibreOffice styles help make documents consistent throughout.  In MSO you suddenly get different languages (EN; Uk/GB suddenly switches back to US) so spell-checkers are unreliable so t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: re. doc to pdf

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A paradox is ... "There is always an exception to every rule." Regards from Tom :)  > > From: anne-ology >To: Tom Davies >Cc: Daulat Raikar ; "users@global.libreoffice.org" > >Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 17:1

Re: [libreoffice-users] title1 style used for selected words, not paragraph

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, that sounds like something a bug-report/feature request could address fairly easily.  The coding for it might be a nightmare but getting the request in might be fairly easy.  There might even be one already that perhaps has unanswered questions (such as, would people really find it u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sort problems

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This sort of thing would work more easily in a database.  I take it that Calc is having the problems?  It might be possible to use Base to read the spreadsheet and then export to an external back-end that would really take care of the data and stop lines from being broken up in that way. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] title1 style used for selected words, not paragraph

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 17:53 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] title1 style used for selected words, not >paragraph > > >On 14/05/2013 at 18:27, Tom Davies wrote: > >> I'm not sure it does make MSO better. > >I didn't say

Re: [libreoffice-users] Arabesque font that is really English

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I had tried various google searches but that one gave the best results.  Tim and Stuart and i think someone else too did get me to some good ones.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Wolfgang Keller >To: Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org >Sent: Tuesday, 14 M

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: help with database

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Funny you should say that.  Work has been going on to translate the Handbook from German.  https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Handbook The Faq had it's Base section finished ahead of all it's other sections https://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Possible to write reports with relationship data?

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you tried doing Reports in Writer?  Writer should be able to use the database as it's data-source and then you put the fields in the appropriate places with whatever formatting you like that Writer has. Regards from Tom :)  > > From: David Karr >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: re. doc to pdf

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
sually I think of the opening scene in Tom Jones, where the two doctors >keep arguing over the patient about what's ailing him until he dies. > > >On 5/14/2013 10:34 AM, anne-ology wrote: >>        and a 'pair of ducks' swim o'er the pond  ;-) >>     

Re: [libreoffice-users] deploy java macro with document

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not certain but something like this? 1.  Make a copy of the file 2.  Rename the file-ending from .odt to .zip 3.  double-click on the file (note that some users, usually on Gnu&Linux can simply right click on the file and choose "Open With ..." to choose "Archive Manager", or WinZip/W

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base data-loss and other problems

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think several people said it worked quite well as an external back-end.  The only problems with the internal version is that it got heavily tweaked and is now quite an ancient version.  Obviously both the internal and external versions rely on using Java and that may be an additional

Re: [libreoffice-users] deploy java macro with document

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, i sometimes get that error message when i try to save to the network file-shares here.  If i save to the local machine and then copy onto the network it seems fine.  I've had the same problem with a couple other apps and other machines so i assumed it was related to network issues at

Re: [libreoffice-users] deploy java macro with document

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, i sometimes get that error message when i try to save to the network file-shares here.  If i save to the local machine and then copy onto the network it seems fine.  I've had the same problem with a couple other apps and other machines so i assumed it was related to network issues a

Re: [libreoffice-users] I'm looking for a place where I can ask questions about programming Base applications, using LibreBasic and the API.

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the devs list might usually be the best place for this sort of thing but you just happen to catch this list at a particularly good time and it's been this way for years already.  >From my limited understanding of database programs isn't it better to use >Queries for the SQL?  The

Re: [libreoffice-users] deploy java macro with document

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought macros were automatically embedded in documents? That it might not work all the time and needs a big nudge once in a while made intuitive sense to me so i thought i was trying to help with that.  However i don't know about macros and usually push people to the various chapters an

[Solved]?? Re: [libreoffice-users] "Case" function equivalent in Calc

2013-05-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) WoooHooo!!  Nicely done! :)  Is this whole thread solved now?  COngrats of so! Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Carl Paulsen >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 16 May 2013, 1:44 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] "Case" function equivalen

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to unprotect readonly parts of a document?

2013-05-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) @ Alan.  Normally a greyed area like that indicates it is a Table of Contents or index or something.  Uusually the right-click menu gives more options such as "update ToC".  I'm not sure what has gone wrong with this one.  Hopefully others  ... @ Anne Try Tools - Options - Internet - "

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to unprotect readonly parts of a document?

2013-05-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err, you could try copy&pasting in or re-pasting but use  Shift Ctrl v to paste in as unformatted text.  But then you will lose the functionality of the strange 9 thing Regards from  Tom :) > > From: Alan Stern >To: Michael Manning >Cc: "users@global.li

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to unprotect readonly parts of a document?

2013-05-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)   Abiword is a lot lighter-weight than KWord and might be good for the first comparison Regards from  Tom :)   - Original Message - > From: Alan Stern > To: Girvin R. Herr > Cc: Michael Manning ; > "users@global.libreoffice.org" > Sent: Friday, 17 May 2013, 21:08 > Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Attempting to upgrade from (Swedish-language) LO 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2013-05-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) On Ubuntu try right-click on any Odt file and choose "Properties" in the "Open With" tab choose the 4.0.3 and set that as the default app to open Odts with Regards from  Tom :)   - Original Message - > From: M Henri Day > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Attempting to upgrade from (Swedish-language) LO 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2013-05-20 Thread Tom Davies
libreoffice.org > Sent: Sunday, 19 May 2013, 19:56 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Attempting to upgrade from (Swedish-language) LO 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS > > 2013/5/19 Dan Lewis > >> On 05/19/2013 12:30 PM, M Henri Day wrote: >> >>>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replying to users

2013-05-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, ideally the "Original Poster" rather than whoever happened to post the last reply but it's not always easy to do that.  Personally if i get 2 emails that look likely to be roughly the same then i just delete the 2nd one without really looking at it.  Unfortunately it's often the 2n

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replying to users

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought we had discovered that was true last time we discussed this.  On Yahoo i seem to be getting something similar but that's due to weird settings.  So, it's pretty much just GMail that has the 'clever' settings. Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Br

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Why such large svg files in LibreOffice (Linux)?

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :) Without clicking on those links i suspect that the 2 wiki ones https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design are the important ones.  The others are probably suggestions that may not have reached the Design Team yet (or they may h

Re: [libreoffice-users] Attempting to upgrade from (Swedish-language) LO 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Lol, nicely done! :) Thanks and regards from Tom :)  > > From: M Henri Day >To: Tom Davies >Cc: Dan Lewis ; "users@global.libreoffice.org" > >Sent: Monday, 20 May 2013, 20:14 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Atte

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replying to users

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That is another huge argument we have had on this (and some of the other) mailing lists quite a few times; although none in the last couple of years.  Mailing lists are very unfamiliar to most people and are often seen as being very geeky.  The Ask LO bot was meant to become the main way

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Why such large svg files in LibreOffice (Linux)?

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The linked-to thread seems to only have 1 post?  It links to a Nabble thread that also only has 1 post.  I think there is a bit of confusion here.  Whichever system you use to make posts they all go into the same back-end.  Then whichever front-end people use they all get to see all thos

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It might be worth putting forwards as a major project for next year's "Google Summer of Code".  The topics for this year have been selected already.  Last year someone wrote filters to import Visio formats and was keen to extend the filters to cope with other versions of MS Office.  A w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save As behavior

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Csv is not an ISO standard and does sometimes get implemented slightly differently in some apps.  The standard approach is for a Csv to be a single sheet per file.  When working on a document LO works as though it is "native format" NOT whichever format you happen to keep saving it in.  So

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save As behavior

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
mistake resulting in too much lost data. > >I do think this issue cold be handled better, and would be ideal if the >user could choose how LO worked with Save As.  But again, maybe there's >a reason I don't know about that forces it to work the way it does. > >-- >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image wrapping

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) What happens if you right-click on the image and choose "Picture" (or "image" or whatever)?  Have you tried renaming your User Profile yet? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Darragh AB >To: "

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing font from font list

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is it possible to get a copy of the font from the other people you work with?  On Windows Xp the fonts are in C:/Windows/Fonts I think.  They might be in C:/Windows/System32/Fonts If someone can pass you the font then in Gnu&Linux i think you just double-click on the font file.  In Window

Re: [libreoffice-users] no answers to my question

2013-05-22 Thread Tom Davies
from Tom :)  > > From: McBride >To: Kieran Peckett >Cc: Tom Davies ; users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 9:25 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] no answers to my question > > >Just subscribed a few days ago and not received any answers yet.  >Subsc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base to Heroku PostgreSQL requires "SSL=true"

2013-05-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Another one that hasn't been properly subscribed yet.  So, please make sure the op's address is included in the To or CC fields Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Richard Broermsa Jr. >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2013, 4:59 >S

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing font from font list

2013-05-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That should work.  It might help us give more detail if you can let us know which platform you are using, for example Windows, Mac, Gnu&Linux (eg Ubuntu, Mint, Suse, Redhat, Mageia, whatever) or a Bsd.  Also might help if you could le us know which version as there is a lot of difference b

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Android cloud TV stick

2013-05-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This really is not the right forum/mailing-list.  We can sometimes answer questions about odd things in various OSes but we are really meant to focus on LibreOffice on whichever OS.  Perhaps try these other forums instead http://www.androidquestions.org/forum.php I think that is created by

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Ask.LibreOffice.org and Bugzilla Twitter accounts

2013-05-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is the best.  As keeps being proved by various articles, migrations, posts made to lists and experience.  People are free to disagree as long as they are happy to be wrong.  Personally i wouldn't limit it to being the best just amongst free Office Suites.  I would expand that out t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question

2013-05-23 Thread Tom Davies
rmats then i doubt anyone else will be keen to! Regard from Tom :)  > > From: Alexander Thurgood >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2013, 11:44 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question > > >Le

[libreoffice-users] subscription problems

2013-05-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you have both not quite completed the subscription process.  I'm not sure what has gone wrong.  I think you have both sent a blank mail to; users+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org or to users+subscribe-nom...@global.libreoffice.org (this 2nd one if you plan to use Nabble to read th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base to Heroku PostgreSQL requires "SSL=true"

2013-05-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The link for bug-reporting https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Richard Broersma >To: Alexander Thurgood >Cc: Richard Broermsa Jr. ; users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2013, 12:17 >Subject: [li

[libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question, ...

2013-05-23 Thread Tom Davies
> > From: laurent alonso >To: McBride >Cc: Tom Davies ; Alexander Thurgood > >Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2013, 15:09 >Subject: Re: no answers to my question, ... > > >    Hello, >a quick answer as I just see your emails ... &

[libreoffice-users] Re: appleworks tests

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
uses by default too.   However, i think i would keep using the word-processors you are using at the moment and leave all this until you get back. Regards from Tom :)  > > From: McBride >To: laurent alonso >Cc: Tom Davies ; Alexander Thurgood >

[libreoffice-users] Re: appleworks tests

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
n you get back.  Regards from Tom :)  >____ > From: Tom Davies >To: McBride ; "users@global.libreoffice.org" > >Sent: Friday, 24 May 2013, 8:25 >Subject: Re: appleworks tests > > > >Hi :) >If you need to clear a bit of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
ubject: [libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question > > >On 5/23/13 4:44 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: >> Le 22/05/13 20:45, Tom Davies a écrit : >> > > > >> Now, Pages/Numbers/Keynote support might interest more people, but for >> that you would need

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Menu Bar in 4.0.3

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Don't worry about missing the in-built help.  The English version is not great.  Plus you have to download it and install it separately (which is probably the problem you are having) http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ The non-English versions get cleaned up a lot during translation but t

Re: [libreoffice-users] first article on LibreOffice/OpenOffice little known features online

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's great to see another good article about LibreOffice and i like the way it discusses both suites together and mentions other FOSS Office Suites as being part of the same ecosystem.  It doesn't use the tired term "co-operative competition" but hints at it nicely.  There were a coupl

[libreoffice-users] 1st steps with a different OS, was: No answers to my question

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
I wonder 1.  Why Ubuntu keyboards still use the MS logo on their 'Windows' key 2.  If the police (or some such) will burst into my home and arrest me for scratching that logo out and painting a penguin on. Regards from Tom :)  - Forwarded Message - >From: jomali >

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Menu Bar in 4.0.3

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
as part of a "spring clean".  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Ida Louise Johnson >To: Tom Davies >Sent: Friday, 24 May 2013, 20:08 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Menu Bar in 4.0.3 > > > >Tom, >Thanks

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: appleworks tests

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
n LO or just about >anything else?  With a quick test on an AW text document fomatted to >print envelopes, the conversion worked quite well, keeping page settings >intact. > >-- > >Carl Paulsen > > > > >On 5/24/13 3:33 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Edit PDF to keep just one section?

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The link took me to a web-page that looked like a downloads page or possibly a giant advert.  I couldn't see the Pdf at all.  In general i would use Gimp or other photo/image editor to crop parts of a Pdf but then i have difficulty saving back into Pdf so i save as a Png or Jpg or some o

[libreoffice-users] Fw: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 5.5.31 now available

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just for anyone using MariaDB (or thinking about trying it) as a back-end for Base but somehow not on their announcements mailing list ... Regards from Tom :)   - Forwarded Message - >From: MariaDB Announce List >To: annou...@mariadb.org >Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2013, 13:47 >

Re: [libreoffice-users] [SUSPECTED SPAM] General Enquiry

2013-05-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did you work out a good answer to this issue?  Did anyone give a decent answer?  It might be worth making another comment in your thread about this to "bump the thread" to catch the week-end crew. Regards from Tom :)  > > From: "lesarmstr...@talktalk.net

Re: [libreoffice-users] open slowly

2013-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) LibreOffice does seem to open very slowly for me too but once it is open already i find it quite quick to open other documents.  So, if you opened a different document forst and then tried to open this one it might open faster?  Also it might be worth bumping up your settings in Tools -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: problem with this website's security certificate

2013-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks!  It looks like i often miss the T in other things to.  I'm beginning to remember why i foisted this keyboard onto a rarely used machine.  I might have to go and buy a new keyboard to avoid RSI.  Thanks and regards from om :)  > > From: Kieran

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice multiple cores - problem

2013-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please could you let us kow which OS you are using?  Even just knowing which platform might help a bit;  Windows, Mac, Gnu&Linux (Ubuntu, SUSE or whichever), Bsd?  The commands are likely to be very different on the first one compared to the other 3.  It might also help to know which ver

Re: [libreoffice-users] open slowly

2013-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The file itself is only 3.6 MB but when i opened it using an unzip tool I found the contents.xml = 166MB!! There are 17 sheets and 1 of those has over 400 pages.  There is a lot of detail in there in a language i can't read (probably Russian at a guess). Regards from Tom :)   >

Re: [libreoffice-users] web-search application apparently linked to libreoffice download link...

2013-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :)  The only thing wrong appears to be the extra software that was not clearly labelled as being separate from LibreOffice.  It is fine for 3rd party sites to provide LibreOffice for download.  Similarly for 3rd parties providing LibreOffice on Cd/Dvd or other physical media along

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to extract a color from a text?

2013-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Smart!  I was going to suggest using Gimp's (or Photoshop's) "Colour picker" but getting it directly from an html document might be a lot faster and reliable and easier to figure out quickly.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Dan Lewis >To: users@globa

Re: [libreoffice-users] auto-spell checking not working on a fresh install.

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Cool :)  I like the hierarchy view and hadn't known about it before.  It took me a bit of faffing around to find it.  Eventually noticed i had to scroll upwards in the drop-down list.  It's not intuitive to scroll upwards like that but it does make sense and once you know it's possible you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Receiving duplicate msgs, no replay from list admin

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ouch!  I vaguely  remember you posting about this before but then lost track of it.  Do you have 2 or more email accounts with 2 of them subscribed to the mailing list?  It might be worth unsubscribing yourself and then re-subscribe about a day later.  Monitor what happens during that da

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Base/MySQL Backup??

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think for a lot of us on the list that have been lurking around this topic the security issue has been interesting.  I think this discussion and the different approaches to dealing with the issue may well help some of us in the future.  many thanks to all that have posted in this thread.

[libreoffice-users] Re: [LO-marketing] Microsoft seems to have bought advertising space on our twitter timeline

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Apparently MS have bought advertising space from LibreOffice.  Does anyone know what this means in practice?  Does it mean that every-time someone looks up LibreOffice in twitter then 1 of the top entries is for MS Office?  I don't understand how to view this.  Do i have to get a twitter a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Superscript and Subscript size

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did you get any answers at all over at the AOO forums?  Any chance of giving us a link to your thread there?  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Tim Vivian-Griffiths >To: LibreOffice >Sent: Thursday, 30 May 2013, 17:54 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Defa

off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] test-delete me

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) We got that on the Users List without it even being held up at the moderators so you haven't unsubscribed yet.  Try these instructions http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Regards from Tom :)  > > From: John R. Sowden

weird email problems with list, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] To the moderators

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't know of anyone else having those issues.  Can you check your settings or post a question to your email-client's forums/mailing-list?  Is there something obviously wrong in your email headers?  Have you emptied your email-client's trash-can?  how is your normal internet connection? 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Upgrading Version 10.04

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I found it extremely smooth on most machines.  2 gave me a bit of trouble mostly because i had to interrupt their process and tried to resume later.  Both claimed they couldn't resume the process and would stay at the 10.04 although 1 of those had actually made it as far as 12.04 and just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Superscript and Subscript size

2013-05-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :)  Just to clarify; 1.  it's now fixed for new documents? 2.  One existing document still has the problem? Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Tim Vivian-Griffiths >To: Steve Edmonds ; Tom Davies > >Cc: LibreOffice >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Superscript and Subscript size

2013-05-31 Thread Tom Davies
ow that this is a small issue, but it would be great to solve it as the >>> size of 58% just looks ridiculous :-\ >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> On 30/05/13 23:18, Steve Edmonds wrote: >>>> Hi. >>>> To have the settings (ch

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to insert a row between current fields?

2013-05-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, it's a feature, not a bug!  It preserves the "audit trail" of the data being put into the database.  To view the data i think you are supposed to use a Query and have that sort or filter your data any which way you like.  Calc would then read from the Query (hopefully). Regards fr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question

2013-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
have familiar tools on the new platform and some idea of how to keep working without needing so much "time out" for re-training.  Many thanks to Jomali Regards from Tom :)  > > From: jomali >To: Tom Davies >Cc: "users@glob

Re: [libreoffice-users] Duden Korrektor?

2013-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sounds like you have accidentally downloaded the German version instead of one of the English ones.  Can you check to see if the accident is at the LibreOffice's downloads page?  (ie check to make sure it was the English version you were trying to download)  The MSVCR90.DLL sounds like a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question

2013-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
printers that would not duplex directly from >LibreOffice's printing system, no one knows.  It is just something that >corrected the problem using the "lets see what that does" >trial-and-error method of figuring out a solution.  That was many month >ago for me, so the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: no answers to my question

2013-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
at I am working on for someone.  No need to >switch systems or change to another boot on the laptops.  I just have to >make that the data is on a disk partition [for laptops] that can be >accessed by both Windows and Ubuntu, or on a USB drive [flash or big >external] or on my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Superscript and Subscript size

2013-06-02 Thread Tom Davies
From: Tim Vivian-Griffiths >To: Tom Davies >Cc: Steve Edmonds ; LibreOffice > >Sent: Sunday, 2 June 2013, 14:20 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Superscript and Subscript size > > >Hi Tom > >Sorry for the later reply on this. Thank you for this information,

Re: [libreoffice-users] ping

2013-06-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry but you are not properly subscribed to this list yet.  The confirming email that you need to reply to may have been sent to your Junk/Spam folder by mistake so it might be worth checking in there Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Николай Авдеев >T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Superscript and Subscript size

2013-06-02 Thread Tom Davies
rvin!  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Girvin R. Herr >To: Tom Davies >Cc: Tim Vivian-Griffiths ; LibreOffice > >Sent: Sunday, 2 June 2013, 20:54 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Superscript and Subscript size > > &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] ping

2013-06-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) NickKolok, you are not fully subscribed to this list yet.  The moderators had to accept your post to the list.  Try looking in your Spam/Junk folder to see if the confirmation email got stuck in there.  You need to reply to the confirmation email in order to complete the subscription proce

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing a postscript file with proper formatting

2013-06-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is there a feature-request/bug-report about this format?  It might be worth posting one if there isn't.  It's a proprietary format so you are probably stuck with trying to find an appropriate version of the program that can open them well and then explore different output formats.  Wrong

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc issue w/display of file w/multiple sheets

2013-06-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmm, not what i was expecting to see!  You are right.  Nothing to do with the scroll-bar!  Please could you try renaming your User Profile /Users//Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/3 As shown in the wiki page https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile Renaming the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu Menu Bar Option for LibreOffice

2013-06-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's a sub-folder within the download.  There is the main folder with all the .debs in for installing but also in that main folder should be one sub-folder called "Desktop integration".  Inside that one should be at least 2 folders;  one for Kde, one for Gnome.  Open the Gnome one and inst

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing a postscript file with proper formatting

2013-06-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think this was meant to go to the list.  GhostScript sounds like a Windows app.  It might be worth trying though. Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Fernand Vanrie >To: Tom Davies >Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 7:49 >Subject: Re: [li

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Menu Bar Option for LibreOffice

2013-06-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, i see what you mean.  I get the same thing.  Someone was complaining about it being the way you want it because it meant moving the mouse arrow so far.  Sadly i never quite worked out how he managed to set it up like that.  It might be only the version of LibreOffice that is in the U

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document & Alphabetical Index [Not including all sub-documents]

2013-06-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does the bug-report page show how to do an s-trace and is that the sort of thing you are looking for?  Are you able to start LibreOffice from the command-line?  Perhaps try opening it like that with a "verbose" tag? Regards from  Tom :)  > > From: Adam

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0.3 - Calc Hyperlink not functioning

2013-06-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The "Ctrl Click" message usually appears as a tool-tip when you hover the mouse arrow over the link.  Have you switched off tool-tips? Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Schoelje >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 1:39 >Subje

Re: [libreoffice-users] Date problem in LO Calc 4.0.3.3

2013-06-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is this something to do with the difference between how Excel calculates dates and how Calc does it?  There is something weird about the way Excel does it.  The question is should we do it the wrong way in order to be compatible with Excel or the right way in order to make sense to the res

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Menu Bar Option for LibreOffice

2013-06-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Regressions are good to know about.  Any chance of posting a bug-report about it?  Perhaps others will be able to narrow it down further or it might be narrowed down enough already.  https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport The {sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*} looks good enough b

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Menu Bar Option for LibreOffice

2013-06-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's probably best to just post the bug-report now.  This is around the time that the most devs will be focussing on the newer branch so it's a good time to try to get your favs sorted.  Wait&see gets nowhere especially if none of the devs knows there is a problem to fix.  If the bug doe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Menu Bar Option for LibreOffice

2013-06-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I did the same until very very recently so i thought it worth pointing out! lqtm Regards from Tom :)  > > From: CVAlkan >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 12:53 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Menu Bar Option for

[libreoffice-users] Paid devs and the companies they work for

2013-06-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought people might be interested in this list of developers that are paid by different organisations to work on LibreOffice.  http://www.documentfoundation.org/certification/developers/ I found it particularly as it shows how many devs each company pays.  So it kinda shows how commit

<    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >