Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
storage to be backed up externally. On 08/07/2013 04:18 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I tend to make / around 10-15Gb now for Ubuntu.  100Mb is about enough for a separate /boot partiiton but not enough for the / of most distros, especially not for the most bloated distro of all.  I've found

Re: [libreoffice-users] [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 and a little applause.  If only that was more acceptable.  We are getting there though.  People around me are becoming more aware of the geekish File - Save As but outsiders still have trouble with that sort of thing Regards from Tom :)  From:

[libreoffice-users] Installing Win7

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm just installing Win7 to a machine that already had WinXp working sort-of-fine-ish.  One of the early screens said the process would involve rebooting itself several times and i should ignore it and let it get on with it.  Then it gave me a few choices which i had to click on.  I

Re: [libreoffice-users] HTML Source

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the best html editors are simple text-editors.  If it can identify and colour-code the coding and perhaps a couple other tricks then fantastic.  More than that is going to go wrong somewhere.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Regina Henschel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 That is why i dont think it's worth us spending our time doing benchmarking.  Another reason is that we are obviously a fairly biased bunch with only a few individuals that may be biased the other way or be on the fence.  Anyone else looking at the results of a serious bench-marking

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sequentially numberted tickets...

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How i would do it.  1.  Go to an office supplies shop or even a small newsagents 2.  Buy a book of raffle tickets for something like 50p or maybe a £5er these days Job done.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Nino Novak nn.l...@kflog.org To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) When you get just the green boxes try clicking far outside the box.  I call this clicking off into white space.  Then click inside the box again.  try to get inside the inner box in that tiny thin slit they give for the text.  You might have to try this clicking off into empty space and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, i've not seen you make many tpyos before but it had to happen one day.  Glad to see you have joined the rest of us so thoroughly :)) Regards from Tom :)  From: Andrew Brown andre...@icon.co.za To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
Tom :)  From: Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 21:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7 On 08/07/2013 03:22 PM, Luuk wrote: On 07-08-2013 19:35, Tom Davies wrote: First

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
was going to give you a hard time about some of the stuff you wrote, but to quote it was going to take more editing time than I have. On 8/7/13 11:35 AM, Tom Davies wrote: I get really hacked off when people tell me this is easier than installing any GnuLinux distro. It's as though they had never

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Here people just double-click things and use whatever happens to open and then grumble about whichever program it is. Regards from Tom :)  From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2013,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Charts with lots of data in Calc

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, gnumeric is a dedicated specialist spreadsheet tool.  It doesn't have to consider other apps.  It does just one thing and does it very well.  It's only focus is on spreadsheets so it's processes are more streamlined for just that.  So, Gnumeric is better than Calc at quite a few

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry, good point.  You can Alt    clickdrag too.  It just didn't occur to me it might be useful.  Nice one Girvin! :) Regards from Tom :)  From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net To: John R. Sowden jsow...@americansentry.net Cc:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Davies
: Friday, 9 August 2013, 3:10 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7 On 8/8/13 7:19 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Win7 tends to assume that you are a trained IT professional that is intimately familiar with MS systems.  For example, not ejecting the Cd and leaving it ambiguous. Now Tom, didn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 4.1 on OpenSuse

2013-08-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :D Wow!! :)  You are kidding right?  We get a chance to help you for once rather than the other way around??  1.  The instructions are out-of-date but only by 1 version number.  Desktop integration got pulled into the main thing so you have already done that part. :) 2.  For this one we

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with eLAIX extension on LibO 4.0

2013-08-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Congrats on fixing it!  Sometimes it is worth pinpointing exactly what caused the problem but other times it is better to shrug it off and put it down to bad luck which you have now beaten (inshalla).  Maybe if it happens again it might be worth finding the cause?  Regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-08-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) 1.  I actually prefer this method of support.  When i ask a question it's usually because i am not aware of all the variables and so it's difficult to ask exactly the right question.  This method of support means we often answer the right question even if that was not exactly the question

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 4.1 on OpenSuse

2013-08-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  This is all true but LibreOffice and Evolution are exceptions because most repos have such older versions that most people want to upgrade.  LO has some tweaks for different DEs (that's what the desktop integration is about (i think)) and so mostly it's preferable to have the more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7

2013-08-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think can't be bothered to think about it is probably more to the point.  It's not rocket science it's just one of the most boring and frustrating parts of sys admin role.  We know there is better stuff out there.  Many of us got into computers to explore exciting new worlds not to do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 4.1 on OpenSuse

2013-08-09 Thread Tom Davies
be a good option too. Anyway it's up to you. Best,   Sina On 08/09/2013 09:01 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :)  This is all true but LibreOffice and Evolution are exceptions because most repos have such older versions that most people want to upgrade.  LO has some tweaks for different DEs (that's

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 4.1 on OpenSuse

2013-08-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) i knew someone would have a good answer for 2.  1 only changed in the latest release, i think, and i only heard about that on this list otherwise i'm not sure any of us would have known.  Well, a couple of people obviously.  Good to see another person with an excellent name had the answer

Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with documents edited in officesuite 7

2013-08-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So, The OfficeSuite Pro saves the files in native format. and refuses to allow any other format?  and it's our fault that their format is not recognised by other systems??  Of course their 'tech support' is unhelpful and refuses to accept any responsibility for using a format that only

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Numbers displaying in different script!

2013-08-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats on solving this!! :)  There is no need to do any more with this so you can happily ignore Kracked Press's questions.  However, if you do have time and would like to help LibreOffice solve this for other users then please let us know some of the things he asks for. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with documents edited in officesuite 7

2013-08-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Sorry, i didn't notice the actual problem hidden away in the middle there.  To work-around the problem please try saving the document locally, ie directly onto the machine you are working on, then do the edits and save locally again.  Then use whichever tool you normally upload with. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 4.1 on OpenSuse

2013-08-11 Thread Tom Davies
with LO to us. Regards Andrew Brown On 10/08/2013 12:36 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) i knew someone would have a good answer for 2.  1 only changed in the latest release, i think, and i only heard about that on this list otherwise i'm not sure any of us would have known.  Well, a couple

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Numbers displaying in different script!

2013-08-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes :)  but you weren't wrong with Hindi either.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals Mostly they are very similar to what we use in Europe today although we changed them quite a bit when they first arrived in Europe.  If you rotate the ٢ and ٣  by 90degress anti-clockwise then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - selecting all items...

2013-08-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ctrl A  usually works.  Have you selected 1 things and then pressed Ctrl A to select all the rest?   Is this related to the other question?  If you have loads of shapes and text-boxes and things it might be better to copyPaste those into a Draw document to do all this sort of thing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Including code example in documents

2013-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is the Math component good for this? Regards from  Tom :)   From: aihaike aiha...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013, 1:18 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Including code example in documents Dear all, What I need to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - grouping objects...

2013-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is there any chance of uploading the files to Nabble so that we can have a go at working out what's going wrong? Regards from  Tom :)   From: David Love z...@zed.net.nz To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013, 23:58 Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Including code example in documents

2013-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are a lot of text-editors out there.  Gedit show colour-coding and is available on Windows too.  It's OpenSource and uses the GPL License.  SciTe also does colour-coding and may do some more fancy stuff too.  I'm sure there are lots of others.  The main thing is to avoid using

Re: [libreoffice-users] connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's just you.  Actually i doubt that but someone 'had' to say it.  Do you use this link http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/ and then search once you are in there or are you doing a straight google search to get into there?  I got there quite quickly from my little link there.  Since

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it might perform better if you go to the link i gave and do your search from inside their forums.  That way you might dodge any links with domains that might have changed.  Outside of their forums search engines may still be giving old links.  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
one Jim was referring to. For reasons nobody has been able to explain, their server is at best unreliable and frequently times out. 2. http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/ The official one Apache inherited from OpenOffice.org which you are referencing. Dave Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] German Base-Handbuch 4.1 ready

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The Base Handbook for LO 3.6.x has been available for some time but the German Team have just finished writing their Handbook for the 4.1.x branch and there have been quite a lot of additions.  If anyone can join in and help them translate or help proof-read or get screen-shots in

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's quite likely.  A bug-report is a good idea.  An example file might help.  Btw i assume your MSO users have stuck with some ancient version of MSO, such as 2007 or something?  I think the compatibility with 2013 is better and that is likely to create problems with compatibility with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Has anyone successfully tried this to get ePub versions of something fairly hefty such as our Published Guides?  I think it would be great if we could get all those guides done as ePub wouldn't it?  Anyone able to give it a go?  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] good practical example of network installation linux, including LO

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Thanks :)  I've just used that in a letter to my boss.  Well, one of my bosses.  The marketing team might well be interested as it's good to have examples from different countries and the UK is a difficult one for FOSS to get any kind of foothold here.  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry, got distracted.  Here's a link https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Regards from Tom :) From: Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; e-letter inp...@gmail.com Cc: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] German Base-Handbuch 4.1 ready

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
/13/2013 7:28 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The Base Handbook for LO 3.6.x has been available for some time but the German Team have just finished writing their Handbook for the 4.1.x branch and there have been quite a lot of additions. If anyone can join in and help them translate or help

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/ The official one Apache inherited from OpenOffice.org which you are referencing. Dave Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think it might perform better if you go to the link i gave and do your search from inside their forums.  That way you might dodge any links with domains

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
that LO will keep supporting Doc long after MS drop it completely themselves and i don't think that is likely to happen any time soon.  Regards from Tom :) From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Rogier F. van

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
years later already.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; e-letter inp...@gmail.com Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 19:22 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
it before in which case it's probably quite easy Regards from  Tom :)   From: Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 20:15 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Rogier F. van Vlissingen vlisc...@gmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 23:36 Subject: Re: [libreoffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think most of us need to use LO for a variety of reasons.  Price is just one factor amongst many.  I use it because it's better and faster for what i typically need it for and it's cross-platform.  However i still need to be able to communicate with colleagues.  Oddly they would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That sounds like a nightmare!  You made it look like a series of stepping stones rather than the single hop we were hoping for.  However, when i look again you are really talking about just 1 format in the middle?  Then the extra editing is just an optional finesse that Virgil could

Re: [libreoffice-users] Document locked on other system

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  In Windows Disk clean up might do it.  It does a scan and then shows you a list of different types of things it could get rid of.  It's often worth keeping some of the things, such as set-up files.  Ubuntu janitor does much the same although there is a better one in Ubuntu Tweaks

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I kinda agree with most of what Pedro says except that MS Office already is making an effort to be ODF compatible.  We are already beginning to have an impact on MS and need to make sure we push that further by using ODF more and more.  MSO 2010 and 2007 use an ancient version of ODF

Re: [libreoffice-users] Alfresco integration

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Actually it is LibreOffice that is leading the way on this https://www.libreoffice.org/home/Discover The video in the CMIS section might help, or might not but the voice sounds nice and it might give some ideas.  But it's still fairly rare to find people that are actually doing it and are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
in .doc On 14/08/13 11:51, Tom Davies wrote: MSO 2013 and 365 uses the current version that everyone else has been using since way before 2007.  And have they taken out the bug (cough cough) whereby if an ods document is opened in MS Excel all the formulae are stripped out, just leaving

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications From: Joaquín Lameiro juacolame...@yahoo.es To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; e-letter inp...@gmail.com; Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) And that 1904 thing is also non-standard, almost a bug, isn't it?  regards from Tom :)  From: Urmas davian...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 13:46 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sounds like someone we should be supporting if it's at all possible.  is there anything we can do?  Could Friends of OpenDocument Format be approached to see if they could help?  Regards from Tom :)  From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi  :) Yes, it was a good trial run.  I was wondering how much further you would have time for or if anyone else would be keen to take the batton and see if they could take it further. Regards from Tom :)  From: Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to change direction of Outline Numbering to RTL in LO Writer?

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 I can't really vote on this and this isn't really a voting list anyway but if i could vote i would give it +1 Regards from Tom :)  From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com To: Sina Momken digi...@gmail.com Cc: LibreOffice.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.1 and the Windows taskbar

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good work and well done for getting through it!!  I keep putting it off so i tend to stick with x.x.4 releases to avoid needing to support the users any more than i really have to.  However the 4.1.0 does add a lot of better compatibility so i probably should do the same as you.  Sorry

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
right now?  Regards from Tom :)  From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 14:03 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: connecting to oooforum.org On 08/13/2013 06:38 AM, Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 13:30 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc Tom Davies wrote: Yes, that problem was only in 2010 and 2007 and was due to their pathetic attempts to use the older ODT (well specifically ods) format

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
so it would cost effective to buy a MS licence instead of spending time to convert all these files into odf and free formats. On 13/08/2013 08:53 μμ, Girvin R. Herr wrote: On 08/13/2013 05:27 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It's quite likely. A bug-report is a good idea. An example file might

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does that mean it is an ISO standard?  It's a bit unclear who international Digital Publishing Forum are.  Are they widely known and accepted or are they just a branch of Adobe or Apple or someone?  Regards from Tom :)  From: Ginterak

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perhaps :)  I think there are a lot of us who still haven't checked out these fancy new gizmos.  I'm still calling LiveUsb a LiveCd and then having to correct myself.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Joaquín Lameiro juacolame...@yahoo.es To: Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: trying to integrate oracle forms with libreoffice

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If this is a patch then perhaps you could make it into an Extension?  Extensions can be licensed any way you like.  there is a suggestion to use a copy-left license such as MPL or LGPL but really i think the choice is yours.  However if you did make it from code from Oracle then you will

Re: [libreoffice-users] shifting focus to licencing

2013-08-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 I've not been a long term user (or contributor) of the site but i agree with Dave Barton about this.  Maybe if a one or 2 of us could approach the owner?  Let him know there might be a way for him to retain control but also make it easier for him to manage?  It sounds like a simple

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

2013-08-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That is not really something defined by the word-processor.  I think current fashion is to use a single space to make it less obvious where a new sentence begins and thus mke it marginally more difficult to read.  I still tend to use 2 spaces.  Doubtless, fashion will change back to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why does writer create automatic styles for every new element?

2013-08-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I find it easier to stick to using styles and then sometimes edit the styles as a i go along.  I don't know of any format that doesn't throw in tons of extra formatting.  Rtf is probably the one with the least extra random bits of unused code but it's a legacy format that is out dated

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why does writer create automatic styles for every new element?

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Holger Schmithüsen holger.schmithue...@awi.de To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 16 August 2013, 8:46 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Why does writer create automatic styles for every new element

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Thanks Marc :)  Also many thanks to Joaquín and Virgil for experimenting and finding out how well the theories work out in practice.  If anyone does have the time to take this forwards and create ePubs of the latest available versions of any of the guides in

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

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) One practical up-shot of this is that when i collect articles for my companies newsletter i; 1.  Paste into Writer as unformatted text and apply styles 2.  Searchreplace all . (single spaces) with .  (double space) but that makes some into triple spaces!  So,  3.  Searchreplace all .  

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why does writer create automatic styles for every new element?

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
is there for people to notice sometime in the future.  it might grab a devs attention some day.  Hopefully before it becomes urgent.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Holger Schmithüsen holger.schmithue...@awi.de To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That was an interesting choice that i wouldn't have considered.  Nice one!  Hopefully that might make it easier for people with a good reason for wanting ePubs to make them for themselves.  Is there any chance of forwarding your work to the Docs Team here?  Perhaps ask them if they

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Joaquín Lameiro juacolame...@yahoo.es To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 16 August 2013, 13:07 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book

Re: [libreoffice-users] Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Any chance of passing this on to the marketing list?  Has the article about the school been passed on that way yet?  If not then could someone pass on both links to them? Regards from Tom :)  From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com To: LibreOffice

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

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sometimes we lose track of the original posters problem and the answer that solves the problem gets buried under tons of interesting discussion.  I think Brian had the answer in his first post.  I've cut the inflammatory stuff that led to such a heated discussion (which i did enjoy and

[libreoffice-users] Adding fonts to the fonts library

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please make sure Richard is CC'd into replies because he might not be subscribed to this mailing list Regards from Tom :)  From: richardwe...@reagan.com richardwe...@reagan.com To: documentat...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 16 August 2013,

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

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it is clear that James is not alone on this issue.  It depends on who you mean by experts too.  Professors are hardly noobs with regard to the written language.  So it seems opinion is divided.  I think we need to agree that we disagree and that disagreement is relatively

Re: [libreoffice-users] Failed mail

2013-08-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) For some reason this post got blocked and had to be rescued by the moderators.  I'm not sure what is going on and my email client doesn't make it easy to read much in the headers to find out. I've not seen many other messages from Mark in the list of blocked messages.  Apols and regards

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge manual field entry

2013-08-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am not certain how to do this but it 'should' be fairly easy.  it probably isn't but it should be.  I am not sure if it makes a difference but do you happen to know the name of the back-end used by Salesforce?  Is it MySql? There are some tutorials on using Base which might (or might

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOfficeCalc - secondary Y axis and getting desired data to appear in chart

2013-08-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats on figuring it out and many thanks for posting the answer back to the list.  Hopefully when someone else needs the answer to this the archives might be more useful to answerers trying to help.  Thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Jim

[libreoffice-users] Re: Subject: Digest of annou...@documentfoundation.org issue 145 (160)

2013-08-17 Thread Tom Davies
From: announce+h...@documentfoundation.org announce+h...@documentfoundation.org To: tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Friday, 9 August 2013, 17:22 Subject: Subject: Digest of annou...@documentfoundation.org issue 145 (160) Topics (messages 160 through

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ichitaro filter

2013-08-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought it might be good to forwards this to the Users List.  Please try to include Spidey-Westland in the CC field as he/she might not be subscribed to this list yet.  Does anyone know what .Jtd is or what program makes it?    Regards from Tom :) 

[libreoffice-users] Ichitaro filter - for Japanese Suite

2013-08-18 Thread Tom Davies
marklap...@aol.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Spidey-Westland spidey-li...@caiway.net; Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013, 21:00 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ichitaro filter On 08/17/2013

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.1 - Help with Help please

2013-08-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Please just click on accept and install the certificate even those MS claim it is dodgy.  It's annoying that MS still haven't accepted our certificate into their store.  I take it that you use Internet Explorer as your default web-browser?  Have you ever tried Firefox or any of the

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Ichitaro filter - for Japanese Suite

2013-08-18 Thread Tom Davies
!  \(^ ^)/ Regards from Tom  ^  ^ From: Naruhiko Ogasawara naru...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Users@global.libreoffice.org; l...@global.libreoffice.org l...@global.libreoffice.org; Spidey-Westland spidey-li

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

2013-08-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Superb! :)   I really liked that answer!  Sometimes i get too stuffy and serious on this list so it's good to see this sort of thing :)  Also if it was genuine, then it's good to see that we can all disagree but still get on with helping people.  Thanks and regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.1 - Help with Help please

2013-08-18 Thread Tom Davies
that famous court-case in Europe.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Peter Hunt peterhunt...@outlook.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org; websi...@global.libreoffice.org; os...@keysbabo.it Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2013, 11

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Bibliography entry system and word/character counting

2013-08-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats!!  Have you really solved it and got it all working properly now?  Is Zotero easy enough to use?  Some of my colleagues wont even try LO until it can do things that they never need it to do anyway.  One of the interns mentioned it being difficult to do bibliography and stuff

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

2013-08-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I had one person say they gave up on LibreOffice when they asked about how to switch off insert mode and no-one here knew how to do that through the menus.  I must admit i didn't see the question and doubt the validity of whether they really did ask here.  Also they weren't happy with the

Re: [Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Bibliography entry system and word/character counting

2013-08-18 Thread Tom Davies
, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Congrats!!  Have you really solved it and got it all working properly now?  Is Zotero easy enough to use? Some of my colleagues wont even try LO until it can do things that they never need it to do anyway.  One of the interns mentioned it being difficult to do

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc crashes

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) LibreOffice develops so fast that by the time most other software would be releasing updates and patches LO is releasing a new version.  The next version in the same branch tends to be just bug-fixes but in the newer branch you get bug-fixes and new features (although those new features

Re: [libreoffice-users] treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you need to put 0s in between commas then it might be possible without even opening the file, and might be fairly easy to apply to a shed load of files all very quickly after each other.  In GnuLinux i suspect something like cp file-name.csv | grep(?) (replace ,, with ,0,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Old zoom with mouse wheel bug

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, a comment would help.  Generally, if the bug has not already been confirmed it might help to add a new comment saying that you can reproduce the bug.  Let them know the version of LO (4.2.0 alpha?) and the OS (eg Xp, Win7, Ubuntu 12.04, or whatever).  With the early stages of a

Re: [libreoffice-users] treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have quite a few machines on a really old version too but really should upgrade soon.  I downloaded the 4.0.4 but now might as well do the 4.0.5 instead.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Gregory Smith - Oracle Sparc Verification

Re: [libreoffice-users] Package libobasis4.1-ogltrans-4.1.0.4-4.i586.rpm is not signed

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Is it only the desktop integration packages that you are having trouble with?  If so then don't bother with them any more!  They have been pulled into the main installer! :)  The devs found a way to combine the 2 different ones that used to be offered into a single chunk of code so

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err are you using a Mac?  If so the menus are very different.  It's LibreOffice - Preferences - blah instead of Tools - Options - blah Hmmm, on Ubuntu 12.04 with LO 4.0.2 I only get the Tools - Options - LibreOffice Calc option if i have a spreadsheet open in LibreOffice.  A blank

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] LO WRITER BASIC : inserting a table using the dispatcher

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) WoooHooo!!  Congrats on solving this one and thanks for posting the answer back to the list!  That might well help other people in the future or at least make the answer a bit easier to find.  Thanks, congrats and regards from Tom :)  From: Alain

Re: [libreoffice-users] Old zoom with mouse wheel bug

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 13:54 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Old zoom with mouse wheel bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54047 It's affecting 4.0.4.2 too... On 08/20/2013 02:46 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yes, a comment would help. Generally

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc crashes

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
with settings) which I could manage through help minor adjustments. Thanks. Waiting for the next launch. regards On 20-08-2013 17:07, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) LibreOffice develops so fast that by the time most other software would be releasing updates and patches LO is releasing a new version

Re: [libreoffice-users] Silent install with only Writer and Calc

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't think it's really possible.  If you do manage it then the saving on drive-space and other resources is almost minimal.  LibreOffice is much more tightly integrated than MS Office and really doesn't work the same way at all.  It's not a collection of different programs but is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with line color in Writer

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Searchreplace (doubt it will work but one never knows).  There is an Extension that adds a lot of functionality tot he default searchreplace (or completely replaces it i'm not sure).  How about Tools - Options - Appearance Does it appear to have the same colour as the new lines in one

What does it take to become an LO dev; was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Re: Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I feel like singing something from Gilbert and Sullivan (prolly mis-seplt that)  and is the very model of an ... or the lumberjacks song from Monty Python.  Luckily voice doesn't carry very well over text-based communications and also luckily i can't remember many (or any?) of the

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