[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Intro and some questions

2015-06-26 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 25/06/2015 02:03, toki a écrit : Hi Jonathon, The HelpFile documentation was originally created more or less according to what those spec sheets say, with, what appears to me, to be minimal testing of whether or not the implementation is congruent with those specification sheets. Sums it

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-28 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 28/09/2014 06:22, Peter Goggin a écrit : Hi Peter, Access as Excel files, opened them in Librecalc, saved them in native librecalc format. I made sure the column definitions were correct for dates. As Robert has mentioned, you must make sure that the data type stored in Calc is really a

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: question about Base-Handbuch passage

2014-09-26 Thread Alex Thurgood
Not quite sure how all of the discussion below managed to end up off list, but anyway, for the record : Hi :) If it's difficult to follow the instructions then it might just confuse people. Technically working is one thing but being clear and easy to follow is quite another. Two good people

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: question about Base-Handbuch passage

2014-09-26 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 26/09/2014 10:22, Alex Thurgood a écrit : And my reply to Tom's comment would be : Hi :) If it's difficult to follow the instructions then it might just confuse people. Technically working is one thing but being clear and easy to follow is quite another. It isn't difficult

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-21 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 21/09/2014 04:56, Peter Goggin a écrit : Peter, 2. Do I need all of the optional extras? Off-hand, check that you also have the following packages : libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-report-builder libreoffice-report-builder-bin Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: proposal to change the wiki presentation

2014-09-12 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 10/09/2014 20:32, Lera Goncharuk a écrit : I find dark blue links on dark green background harder to read than on the pale green, but that's just my 2c. Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: User guides are not the only choice

2014-08-26 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 26/08/2014 07:58, PeeWee a écrit : Hi Peter, In my opinion, the user guides and Help are the starting point for any other documentation/information about using LibreOffice. So, anybody who works on other documentation should check the user guides and Help so that the information is

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Coordination, mentoring, etc

2014-08-26 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 26/08/2014 02:49, Jean Weber a écrit : Hi Jean, I'm not at all sure that would help enough, because we would still need people who have both the time and knowledge to do the actual work. Our problem, AFAICT, has not been in attracting volunteers. The problem is attracting -- and keeping

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: User guides are not the only choice

2014-08-26 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 26/08/2014 13:02, Tom Davies a écrit : Tom, It would be great if people from this team could help get the translators version into better shape, that might mean less geeky or might be that it needs more reviewers. There already aren't enough people here on the documentation project in

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: EasyHack - Documentation/User Manual for New Features

2014-06-23 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 24/06/2014 03:00, Joel Madero a écrit : Hi Joel, There are a few new features that have no documentation that we can find (ie no help and/or user manual). We have a meta bug opened: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80430 Every other link I clicked in that list produces a 500

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Handbuch v4.2?

2014-04-10 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 08/04/2014 14:10, Robert Großkopf a écrit : Hi all, Same with Firebird. External firebird has only the problem: Autovalue isn't implemented, must be written in SQL for every table. Internal Firebird has too many problems yet. We hope it would be better, because there are functions in the

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Template manager

2014-03-21 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 21/03/2014 01:44, Jean Weber a écrit : Hi Jean, I've found what it is. If Enable experimental features is not selected in Options Advanced, then the Repository button does not appear. What I wrote in GSCh1 therefore needs modification. Sorry about the confusion, John. The Repository

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: OSX version 10.9.1

2014-01-17 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 16/01/2014 22:45, Sevold Lloyd a écrit : Hi Sevold, Has LibreOffice been certified to run under Maverick OSX 10.9.1? If so, which version should I use? No, it is not certified, but it works nonetheless. The app is signed with an Apple Developer ID AFAIK, but the language packs are not.

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: OSX version 10.9.1

2014-01-17 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 17/01/2014 14:06, Italo Vignoli a écrit : The point is that run of the mill OSX users do not want to be turning off a security feature that the operating system provides for them. Telling people to turn off built-in security, install an app, and then turn it back on again afterwards, is not

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Version 4.0 - Enjoying it?

2013-02-13 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 12/02/2013 21:45, Italo Vignoli a écrit : There are a number of annoying bugs in LO on OSX that make the experience sub-standard for most Mac lovers/aficionados : - the whole UI look and feel - this is unlikely to change in the near future, unless at least one developer shows up and knows

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: LDAP support removed in LO4 - Base documentation to be corrected ?

2013-01-16 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 15/01/2013 21:16, Dan Lewis a écrit : This points to a question that needs to be answered. When OOo 2.0 came out, there was a text box with an icon for things that were new for 2.0. Should we have one for this situation? Removal of LDAP support is new for LO 4.0, and it is a rather

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Tutorial - Base to PostgreSQL via SDBC 0.8.1

2012-07-07 Thread Alex Thurgood
Hi Tom, On 07/07/2012 12:06 AM, Tom Davies wrote: http://dcparris.net/2012/07/06/connecting-libreoffice-to-postgresql-natively/ Thanks for this link, and many thanks to the author for writing up his experience ! Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: About FAQ

2012-01-29 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 29/01/2012 10:19, julien2412 a écrit : Hi Julien, On https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation#FAQ, I read this : The French Team created an FAQ which is being translated into English http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Faq Yes, that was Tom, I think that put that

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Licensing for NEW documents

2011-11-26 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 27/11/2011 03:25, Dennis E. Hamilton a écrit : Hi Dennis, Thank you for your comprehensive answer, it certainly clears up a few things for me, even though I'm sticking to my original position of not wishing to dual-license any new work I might produce within the framework of the

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Installing the XP-Silver theme in Ubuntu

2011-10-25 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 24/10/2011 23:41, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi Tom, I found it! I dunno where i found it as i installed a ton of stuff. I can't believe Mac has anything like this. It looks very Win98. Very flat boring colour. I like rich green or golds, or silver. Regards from Tom :) Mac has 2 themes

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 24/10/2011 06:25, Jean Weber a écrit : Hi Jean, On the same page, you have deleted information about downloading and installing the Template Changer extension, without explanation. Is this extension now shipped as part of a standard LO installation (as some other extensions are)? I could

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 24/10/2011 10:56, Gary Schnabl a écrit : Hi Gary, Then, I suppose having not deleted everything from an earlier installation might preinstall an extension anew on a reinstallation? Yes, if you already had it, then in all likelihood, it was taken up in your existing configuration files

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Installing the XP-Silver theme in Ubuntu

2011-10-23 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 23/10/2011 11:04, Jean Weber a écrit : Hi Jean, Alas, the installation and activation instructions appear to not be applicable to Ubuntu 11.10, which doesn't have the range of choices in System Preferences Appearance that earlier versions did. I don't know yet whether the function is