Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-05-01 Thread Jonathan Allen
Johnny, > Another option would be to use something like AutoKey (on Linux) or > AutoHotKey (on Windows) to type those characters for you, or if you use > Linux you can just use the Compose key (a lot of information about that > online). Thank you - I will check that out. It sounds useful.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-05-01 Thread Jonathan Allen
Dear Robert, > When you double-click, the character is inserted immediately and > you stay in the Special Characters dialogue, so you can then just > double-click the next character(s). Ah, I had missed that completely. Thank you. That does make it almost sane again. > When you're done, you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Jonathan Allen
Dear Harald, > I think they changed it to make it easier. > >Double-click on a special character will insert it into the document.< Yes, I read that. But it doesn't make it easier - in fact it makes it much more difficult. Before I could single click on anything between 1-10 (or more)

[libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters

2023-04-30 Thread Jonathan Allen
Hi, I have just taken an upgrde (with Linux Mint) from LO 5.something to 7.3.7.2. Lots of good things, but I'm really upset about the way Insert Special Characters has changed. I used to be able to enter a long string (one or more words) in Hebrew or Greek characters, with them being compiled

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page Numbers in TOC

2017-08-18 Thread Jonathan Allen
K, > But I get what you want in automatic TOC. Have one page style for > Arabic numbers, and one page style for roman numerals. Yes, I have have set of page styles for roman page numbers and one set for arabic page numbers. > I set page number format when creating or editing page style. In tab

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page Numbers in TOC

2017-08-18 Thread Jonathan Allen
Dear K, > Ups, you need roman page numbers, not indication of heading level. > What tripped me is that it works without problem in my set up so I > made wrong assumption when skimming the text. Yes, that's right. I actually want the roman number 'iii' to appear in the automatic TOC as it does

[libreoffice-users] Page Numbers in TOC

2017-08-18 Thread Jonathan Allen
Hi All, Why doesn't the page number format in the TOC follow the page numbers on the pages? I have a series of roman-numerated pages (i-xiii) followed by a block of conventional pages (1-...). The TOC has an H1 entry for a roman page with the correct number, but shown as '3' rather than 'iii'.

[libreoffice-users] Resetting Footnote Numbers

2017-08-18 Thread Jonathan Allen
Hi All, How do I get the footnote numbers to reset on an H1 change? I thought I remember this changing automatically on OO, but now I have changed to LO it doesn't seem to happen. Did I miss something? Jonathan -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Struggling with Hebrew in LO

2016-10-25 Thread Jonathan Allen
Dear List, I'm struggling with using mixed English and Hebrew text in LO. This is a fully up-to-date LO 5.1.4.2 in a new installation of Linux Mint. When I type English text, the letters come out in the right order, but the punctuation goes at the beginning of the line, until the next letter is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Internal Bookmarks

2016-09-08 Thread Jonathan Allen
Regina, > After you have used Insert -> Footnote/Endnote your Cursor is in the > footnote area. Now use Insert -> Field -> More Fields... -> tab > "Cross references". In your case you need the Type "Headings". > > In the part "Selection" select the heading for which you will enter > a reference.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Internal Bookmarks

2016-09-08 Thread Jonathan Allen
Brian, > If you prefer not to use Heading paragraph styles or you need to > refer to some other sort of object, you can simply place a bookmark > (Insert | Bookmark...) at the target item. Then "Bookmarks" is > another option under Type in the Fields dialogue. This will be very useful too, as

[libreoffice-users] Internal Bookmarks

2016-09-08 Thread Jonathan Allen
Dear List, A document I am writing needs to have internal references in its footnotes and I really need to be able to keep these automatically up-to-date with the page numbers. They would look this (here ascii-fied): [176] 6.4.2 Session Highlights, 47 I expect to provide the section number

[libreoffice-users] Problem Installing Dictionaries

2016-08-10 Thread Jonathan Allen
Hi All, I'm having problems installing the English dictionaires into LO. This is with LO on a fully up-to-date Fedora 23 laptop. The .oxt file downloads and appears to start. Then I get a valid but empty pop-up screen with just an 'OK' button, while the blue progress bar flashes on a fairly