Well that tab stop bug must have happened in 4.0.3 or 4.0.4, since it was not in 4.0.2 Debian based install[s]. Yes, it is best to upgrade to the newest of the versions that is not marked as an "early adopter" version.
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibOReleaseLifecycle.png "They" changed the graphic, so it is easier to read. 3.6.7 is the "conservative" version 4.0.5 is the "recommended" version and 4.1.0 is the "early adopter" version. On 08/25/2013 04:21 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Congrats! :) Apparently the 4.0.5 has fixed over 90 bugs too and > compatibility with MS formats has improved quite a bit. I really should > install it now i have downloaded it! > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Tim Deaton <t...@timdeaton.org> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Sunday, 25 August 2013, 5:32 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer tab stops setting keeps reverting to > .5" (solved) > > > Thank you for your help. Since Kracked_P_P was using 4.05, I upgraded > from 4.04 to 4.05 tonight. That appears to have solved the problem. > > -- Tim > =========================== > > > On 8/24/2013 10:11 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> The best guide about renaming your UserProfile is this one >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmas...@krackedpress.com> >> To: users@global.libreoffice.org >> Sent: Friday, 23 August 2013, 20:42 >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer tab stops setting keeps reverting to >> .5" >> >> >> >> You are saying that the table stop to .25 and then when you go back into >> Writer the next time, the original .49 inch is back? >> I am now using 4.0.5 64-bit Debian install and I do not see that happening. >> >> Ok >> I just booted up a Win7 laptop - oops - it had 4.1.0 >> Trying another system. >> Win7 Pro >> It has 4.0.2.2 >> >> I had no problem keeping the tab stop in place. >> >> Maybe there is a glitch in your user profile. >> I do not know the link to show you where it is, but you should rename >> your user profile "folder" and then restart LO again. This will give >> you a clean copy. See if it still gives you that issue. If it does, >> then it is a 4.0.4.2 Windows issue. Since I have 4.0.2 and 4.1.0 on >> Windows 7 [Home and Professional] and 4.0.5 on Ubuntu 12.04, I cannot >> test the 4.0.4 version without a full reinstall. >> >> The 4.0.2 will be upgraded to 4.0.5 later. >> >> Sorry for you lack of responses. >> Sometimes the questions get lost or no one has seen the reported issue >> before. I had a printer issue that had a check-box option that only was >> seen in a dialog windows of the Debian install versions of LO, and not >> on the Windows install, that solved the problem for one printer, while >> the other[s] did not have the issue at all. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 08/23/2013 01:12 PM, Tim Deaton wrote: >>> This WAS a new thread. And your message was the first response I've >>> seen. Still have no answer. What other new thread were you referring to? >>> >>> -- Tim >>> =========================== >>> On 8/22/2013 11:14 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> >>>> Hi :) >>>> Is this related to the new thread? Did you find a good answer? >>>> Regareds from >>>> Tom :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Tim Deaton <t...@timdeaton.org> >>>> To: LO users <users@global.libreoffice.org> >>>> Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2013, 13:23 >>>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Writer tab stops setting keeps reverting >>>> to .5" >>>> >>>> I'm using LO 4.0.4.2 on Windows 7. >>>> >>>> Before moving to 4.0, I had my Writer tab stops set to .25" (using Tools >>>> - Options - Writer - General - Tab Stops). I set it once and it stayed >>>> that way. But since moving to 4.0, it reverts to the default .5" >>>> settingevery time I start Writer - even on existing documents - and I >>>> have to redo my .25" setting. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if this is being fixed in 4.1, or how to cure the >>>> problem? >>>> >>>> -- Tim >>>> =========================== >>>> I know the plans I have for you: >>>> Plans to prosper you and not to harm you; >>>> Plans to give you hope and a future. >>>> --- God (Jeremiah 29:11) >>>> >>>> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted