Re: [libreoffice-users] Announcing Designing with LibreOffice excerpt: Styles and Templates

But why on earth would anyone *not* want your complete book? Boggles the mind! Regards, On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: > Friends of OpenDocument has just released another excerpt from my book > "Designing with LibreOffice" called "Styles and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge from Calc spreadsheet.

Yes, it is possible and works much the same way. https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Mail_Merge Regards, On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 4:38 PM, lismurn wrote: > I have, for many years been writing letters to several hundred people > detailing their donations to various charities.

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice on a Chromebook?

I have been thinking about getting a Chromebook, but the one thing holding me back is that I need to be able to run LibreOffice. Is that something I can do now? And if so, how well does it run? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcuts

OK, I tried it as Alt+i to open the Insert menu, then just d by itself. No change. It goes to Footnote and Endnote and stays there no matter how often I press d. Thanks, On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > At 21:45 25/07/2016 -0400, Kevi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcuts

after that, or Alt+d,d, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Thanks, On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > At 20:22 25/07/2016 -0400, Kevin O'Brien wrote: >> >> I was trying to assist a blind user with something, and he cannot

[libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcuts

I was trying to assist a blind user with something, and he cannot use a mouse, so I was trying to do it all with keyboard shortcuts. I ran into a problem when two menu items have the same shortcut. According to the Appendix of the Writer Guide, the answer is to press the shortcut combination a

Fwd: [libreoffice-users] impress; font change

-- Forwarded message -- From: Kevin O'Brien <zwiln...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 24, 2016 at 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] impress; font change To: message <let...@openmailbox.org> To do that you should look at the Styles you have and change the font ther

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Designing with LibreOffice" interview

Bruce, I looked at your web site for this book, and it says the PDF is free. I have switched to e-books almost entirely, so I would get the PDF, but I also want to support your work. Is there a way to kick in the price of a book without actually purchasing dead trees? Thanks, On Wed, Mar 2,

Re: [libreoffice-users]

This sounds to me like kiosk mode. Check this and see if it is what you want. https://help.libreoffice.org/Impress/Showing_a_Slide_Show Regards, On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:03 AM, Kim Christensen wrote: > Hello, thank you for a good program > just a question. > I work with

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 5.0 Review Rating | PCMag.com

Well, eventually we had to find _someone_ who actually liked the ribbon, and apparently it is this reviewer. Regards, On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Piet van Oostrum pie...@pietvanoostrum.com wrote: zed wrote: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: I just came across this

[libreoffice-users] Possible bug in Gallery?

I tried creating a new theme in Gallery, following the instructions in the documentation, and got very odd results that do not seem to match what the documentation suggests. I started by clicking the New Theme button, giving the Theme a name, and then going to the Files tab. When I click the Find

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libra Office App for Mac

Go to Tools Options Language Settings, and make your choices for English (UK) instead of English (USA). That should give you the D/M/Y you seek. Regards, On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 3:22 PM, John Robins johnrobins...@gmail.com wrote: I downloaded the US version easily from the Mac App store.

[libreoffice-users] Impress Drawing Object Styles: Headings and Titles

I am a little confused by the Drawing Object Styles called Heading and Title. Are they intended for different uses? What would be a good use case for each of these? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I

Re: [libreoffice-users] One more question on Drawing Object styles

Thank you Mike. I forgot about using Tab to select. On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Mike Scott m...@scottsonline.org.uk wrote: On 28/06/15 17:20, Kevin O'Brien wrote: There is a style for an object with no line and no fill, but that seems to make everything disappear. I can tell

[libreoffice-users] Impress Drawing Object Styles: Headings and Titles

I am a little confused by the Drawing Object Styles called Heading and Title. Are they intended for different uses? What would be a good use case for each of these? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I

[libreoffice-users] One more question on Drawing Object styles

There is a style for an object with no line and no fill, but that seems to make everything disappear. I can tell that the object is still there if I work at clicking around the blank screen to select it, but I am at a loos to understand what a use case is for this style. Can anyone enlighten me?

[libreoffice-users] Drawing object styles

I am having a little trouble trying to understand some of the drawing styles. For instance, the styles for drawing objects mention: Object with arrow And the documentation says how to apply this style, but I have not yet found anything that says what it is or why you would want to use it. And

[libreoffice-users] Impress Default Style in Drawing Object Styles

This is something I have not seen before, and I am not entirely clear on it. Nor can I find it searching through the Impress guide. When I look at the hierarchical view in the Styles and Formatting it is implied that all other styles are based on it, but that doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LIBRE OFFICE DOWNLOAD.

And I would add to what Tom said, that it is prudent to leave MSWorks on your machine until you are certain that you won't need it again. All you might want to do for now is change the default program for opening your files. Regards, On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

So far, it looks like this workaround needs to be done every time you attempt to save a Template. So it does not look like a first-time only problem, it looks like a general bug. Regards, On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: Brian, thank you, that worked

Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

I filed a bug on this. It does seem like the best course of action at this point. On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: So far, it looks like this workaround needs to be done every time you attempt to save a Template. So it does not look like a first-time

Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 09:53 23/12/2014 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:26 22/12/2014 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: What I am seeing is that when I am in Impress and go to Save as Templates--Save As Template

Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

where the line is between a bug and a shortfall in the documentation. On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Regina Henschel rb.hensc...@t-online.de wrote: Hi Kevin, Kevin O'Brien schrieb: From what I read in the documentation I should be able to create a Template, save it as a Template

Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 09:53 23/12/2014 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:26 22/12/2014 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: What I am seeing is that when I am in Impress and go to Save as Templates--Save As Template, the window

[libreoffice-users] Impress Templates v. Masters

I am trying to come to grips with Templates and Slide Masters in Impress, and I am not sure exactly what the difference is. Does anyone know of a good place to see a discussion of this? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress Templates v. Masters

Thanks Brian. Somehow I wasn't quite connecting when I read it in the Guide, but your explanation makes great sense. Regards, On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 11:48 22/12/2014 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: I am trying to come to grips

[libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

From what I read in the documentation I should be able to create a Template, save it as a Template, and then it should appear in Available for Use on the right. When I do that it isn't working, so either I am doing it wrong or the documentation is missing something. What I am seeing is that when

Re: [libreoffice-users] Landscape Portriat in same LO document

Are you using Page styles for each of these types of pages? Thanks, On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 1:55 PM, cement_head kis...@miamioh.edu wrote: Hi, Using Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS AMD64 and LibreOffice 4.3.4.1 Trying to print both a landscape and portrait page in a single Writer document. Using

Re: [libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

I think using Frames that are linked would do what Marc wants. Regards, On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) Actually i kinda like the idea of using Calc as Joe Conner suggested. My idea was to use Draw or Writer. Regards from Tom :) On 15

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: tutorials of how to use it for creating Multiple Choice questions

I am not clear on exactly what you are looking for. If it is a print page with choices denotes as A,B,C etc., I would use a List style to do it. I have a number of tutorials on my site at http://www.ahuka.com, including using List styles. Regards, On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Daniel

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Writer] Default font size and type for all documents

I would add that creating a Default template allows you to not only set the font you want, but make otheh settings that would carry forward to all future documents. Full instructions on my site at http://www.ahuka.com/?page_id=348 Regards, On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Sophie

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to define margin for all documents

See my reply to your other message. This is something a Default template can handle easily. On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Rafnews raf.n...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How can i define margins for all documents ? not only the one i'm currently working on, but all others like a default margin.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering and levels

I think you need to look at the Outline style for what you want to do. Regards, On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Rafnews raf.n...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, i'm trying to create the following thing: 1. Level 1 - Heading 1 1.1. Level 2 - Heading 2 (1st paragraph of Level 2) 1.2. Level 2 -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Brochure with Writer -- margins

Marc, this is the sort of thing that is controlled by Page Styles, and Styles all reside inside of Templates. My recommendation would be to create a Template for your brochure. Then set up the Page Style inside the Template to have the kind of margin you want, save the Template with that setting,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening worksheets from the terminal in linux?

I go one step further and change my default to only have one sheet in any new file. I can always add more as needed, but most of the time I don't need to add anything. Regards, On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:23 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I think some of the parameters of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles Don't Retain Bold?

Well, styles are over-ridden by manual formatting, for one. So if a Style specifies a bold font, but you click a button to turn it off, it should go off. Regards, On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Quick question. Are styles supposed to retain

Re: [libreoffice-users] licensing for LibreOffice - Draw

Short answer: Yes. Longer answer: Here is the license, from the LibreOffice Web site: http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/licenses/ The way you ask the question sounds like you have legal concerns, so the license may assure your legal department on this score. But LibreOffice is definitely free

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering/Outline levels in Writer

recently. Regards from Tom :) On 14 August 2014 13:44, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I always keep the Styles and Formatting window open and anchored to the left of the screen, so I would just access the List styles there. Regards, On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering/Outline levels in Writer

Well, I do it using a List style. Regards On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:07 PM, dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm wrote: Writer used to allow this from a slection in Outline 1.0 Head 1 1.1 Head 2 1.2 Head 2 1.2.1 Head 3 2.0 Head 1 Can't find how to do it in 4.1.3.2 Any ideas? Dave, --

[libreoffice-users] Templates as Extensions in Calc

I noted in the document CG4004 - Using Styles and Templates in Calc there is a discussion about installing Templates using the Extension Manager. So far I have not had any success in finding any Templates packaged in this manner. Am I just looking in the wrong places, or are most Templates really

[libreoffice-users] Pivot table error

I ran into an interesting problem when working on a pivot table. I have one row field and one column field, and each of them has a header label. If I click on one of them, I get the filter drop-down, but all of my dollar amounts change to #VALUE!. I don't see this anywhere on the bug list, and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Which components do you use most?

I almost always use Styles and Templates. I know it has a somewhat shallow learning curve, but it is worth the effort to learn because it makes you much more efficient in the long run. Not doing that reminds me of the classic There is never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Why new page style after manual page break changes all pages?

It looked to me like Brian had a good handle, and that I had missed something. I think if I followed what he was saying, the key is to put in a manual break first, and I must have missed that. Regards, On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:19 PM, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote: Dale ... Nino

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why new page style after manual page break changes all pages?

Intended, no doubt, but still wrong. Regards, On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:27 PM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Sean Darcy wrote: On 04/21/2014 08:55 AM, Kevin O'Brien wrote: Got caught by that misconfigured reply again.g And yes: I've also been hit by misconfigured reply

Re: [libreoffice-users] Character Styles

you meant it! Happy Easter all! :))) Regards from Tom :) On 17 April 2014 02:03, Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com wrote: On 04/16/2014 04:08 PM, Kevin O'Brien wrote: Interesting point, Virgil. I think we need to weak a fine line between providing a tool that we can use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Character Styles

Interesting point, Virgil. I think we need to weak a fine line between providing a tool that we can use intelligently, and forcing people to do something they don't understand. Using styles the right way is something you have to be educated about. Like you, I started by getting the idea that I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bullets Numbering

I have some detailed explanations here: http://www.ahuka.com/?page_id=522 http://www.ahuka.com/?page_id=529 http://www.ahuka.com/?page_id=542 Regards, On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:39 AM, A publicf...@bak.rr.com wrote: I see all manner of numbering schemes, but not the one I want. I want: 1.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Side notes and footnotes

I think Frames would be the best answer to both problems. A Frame can be set up to have two columns, for instance, and there is one that would work well for side notes too I believe. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) If it's not been done already then it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Side notes and footnotes

Have you looked at creating a Page Template that contains the fields and frames you need? On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:54 AM, J. Randal Matheny ran...@fastmail.fm wrote: The solution I got earlier was to insert Fields into the frames, but it was a convoluted process that would not appear to be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Side notes and footnotes

Well, what I am talking about is the page layout part of this, not the adding a footnote part. For instance, a frame that is set for two columns would address your desire to have two columns of footnotes on a page that otherwise was only one column. And the Marginalia frame might address your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Side notes and footnotes

I have been doing a little Google searching, and I may have led you down the wrong path. It may not be possible tot place footnotes within frames in LibreOffice. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:00 PM, J. Randal Matheny ran...@fastmail.fm wrote: Correct, I think I follow. Question is if frames would be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - watermarks - shading

I would have thought using a Frame would be better. Am I missing something here? On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 13:09 20/12/2013 -0500, Charles Meyer wrote: I'm trying to help a friend create watermarks in Libre Writer. He's wondering if

Re: [libreoffice-users] email notifications

But equally a sane mailing list would default to reply to the list. If the default is to reply to the sender, you are implicitly saying: 1. We really don't want to have discussions here; 2. If you do get an answer we can't see any reason for that to be shared with anyone else. Regards, On Wed,

Re: [libreoffice-users] email notifications

Um, why are you directing me to the manual? Regards, On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Dave Howorth dhowo...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk wrote: Kevin O'Brien wrote: But equally a sane mailing list would default to reply to the list. If the default is to reply to the sender, you are implicitly saying: 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Detailed information on frame positioning Writer

Thanks to both Andrew and Regina, I think I am moving in the right direction. Regards, On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Regina Henschel rb.hensc...@t-online.de wrote: Hi Kevin, Kevin O'Brien schrieb: Is there a source for detailed information on frame positioning in Writer? Thanks, you

[libreoffice-users] Anchoring frames to paragraphs vs. to characters

I am having trouble understanding the difference between these two options. I think I get anchoring to a page, and anchoring as a character is pretty clear. But I have not yet grokked how to paragraph and to character are different. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien

[libreoffice-users] Detailed information on frame positioning Writer

Is there a source for detailed information on frame positioning in Writer? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] replace normal font with superscript

Wouldn't a character style handle this? That would mean using character styles, of course, but that is the first thing I thought of. Regards, On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org wrote: When I had to do something similar, I wrote a macro :-) If you do

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

On 6/7/2013 7:45 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote: As to the Ribbon, I pray LO never adopts it. A short while ago, we had a discussion about using paragraph styles. In my experience with my technology students, the Ribbon tends to encourage direct formatting of paragraphs by having the formatting

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

On 5/14/2013 4:32 AM, 胡小柯 wrote: Hi, I want to set the outline level of the selected words same as title1 style, for example: Abstract: LibreOffice is a wonderful office suit as free software. It has been widely used. balabala As you can see above, Abstract is in the same paragraph as the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

On 4/30/2013 4:18 PM, Dave Liesse wrote: As an end user, I'd like to ask one follow-up question to your third point. This is an I don't understand type of question, by the way, not a challenge. Are you implying that if I want to, say, indent one paragraph with no other changes, I should

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

On 4/30/2013 6:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I am a bit bitter about this sort of thing too. Even back when i was in school i could see teachers clearly trying to help people. Unfortunately general attitudes of the kids in the classroom meant that even those of us that were interested in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

On 4/30/2013 2:36 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 30/04/2013 13:47, Kracked_P_P---webmaster a écrit : carried away with their complexity. People having to *write* shouldn't be bothered with any conceptual complexity (the template manufactoring). This should be taken care elsewhere by

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

On 4/29/2013 2:00 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: I'd like to get some general opinions about paragraph styles. I am a retired lawyer who led a local government law office. When I was working at that office, I tried in vain to get my employees to use paragraph styles. For them, styles were a

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy styles from Writer document?

On 3/28/2013 1:56 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote: Is there an easy way to copy the styles used in one Writer document to another? -- T. R. Valentine Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care. 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.' --

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy styles from Writer document?

On 3/28/2013 2:33 PM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 28/03/2013 at 19:13, Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com wrote: Yes, there is. ... unless you are using 4.0, in which it is not possible. See #60589: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60589. Oh my, that is not good. Thanks

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy styles from Writer document?

On 3/28/2013 2:50 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote: On 28 March 2013 13:33, Mirosław Zalewski mini...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: On 28/03/2013 at 19:13, Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com wrote: Yes, there is. ... unless you are using 4.0, in which it is not possible. See #60589: https

Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving list items and re-numbering

the Lulu on-line book-store. Any proof-reading suggestions are still being welcomed although some may not make it in until the next release of the guides. Regards from Tom :) From: Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent

Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving list items and re-numbering

On 03/03/2013 05:42 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 03/03/2013 00:54, Kevin O'Brien a écrit : I have another question regarding lists. If I create a Numbered list, I have items numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. On the Bullets and Numbering toolbar there are buttons for moving list items, which

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: Nested Bullet Lists with different bullets?

understand this, but I wanted to make sure.) --Dan On 02/23/2013 06:01 PM, Kevin O'Brien wrote: Does this mean it cannot be done with a Style? The reason I ask is that this window seems very similar to the Style window, but I assume it will only let me do something in the current document. Presumably

[libreoffice-users] Moving list items and re-numbering

I have another question regarding lists. If I create a Numbered list, I have items numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. On the Bullets and Numbering toolbar there are buttons for moving list items, which would let do something like move item #2 to the top of the list. But when I do so it is still #2. Is

[libreoffice-users] Writer: Nested Bullet Lists with different bullets?

Is it possible to create nested bullet lists where each level has a different bullet type? Somehow I am failing to do it, even when I see what looks like possibilities. For example, if you open the Numbering Style window, go to the Outline tab, and look at the bottom right selection it looks

Re: [libreoffice-users] editing an Impress file

On 2/8/2013 10:58 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 02/07/2013 09:37 AM, Michel Dauchez wrote: Hi Jay, This is a hint : you have to reduce your text length. Every presentation program does the same. Michel I suspected as much because the slide should be a highlight not the entire text. When I

[libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer

I was working on understanding Character Styles in Writer, and it seems mostly straightforward. But I noticed that the Drop Caps style does not seem to do anything at all. Is that a bug or am I misunderstanding something here? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Drop Caps Character Style in Writer

On 01/27/2013 03:10 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 01/27/2013 02:07 PM, Kevin O'Brien wrote: I was working on understanding Character Styles in Writer, and it seems mostly straightforward. But I noticed that the Drop Caps style does not seem to do anything at all. Is that a bug or am I

[libreoffice-users] Cannot enter data in Base

I have LO 3.5.4.2 installed on a Kubuntu 12.04 box with Sun Java JRE installed. I created a simple database to keep addresses, set up the fields I want, but now I cannot enter any data at all. Whether as a table of a form, it is all on large blank window with no lines, no cells, nothing I cna

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot enter data in Base

On 09/16/2012 05:08 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: On 09/16/2012 05:05 PM, Kevin O'Brien wrote: I have LO 3.5.4.2 installed on a Kubuntu 12.04 box with Sun Java JRE installed. I created a simple database to keep addresses, set up the fields I want, but now I cannot enter any data at all. Whether

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I change the default Writer font?

On 8/23/2012 7:03 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: I notice that the default paragraph in Writer 3.6 is set for Courier;Courier New at 12 points. I would like the default always to be something else. How do I change this so every time I activate the Writer it has a default font I like? MR Basically, you

[libreoffice-users] Writer styles keep disappearing

I have several times gone through making and customizing the styles I use in LibreOffice Writer, and each time I come back I discover that all of my work has disappeared. The custom styles I created are gone, and the modifications I made to the built-in styles have been discarded. I assume I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer styles keep disappearing

Thank you, Jean-Francois. I will get on that right away. On 08/16/2012 03:35 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 16/08/2012 21:09, Kevin O'Brien a écrit : I have several times gone through making and customizing the styles I use in LibreOffice Writer, and each time I come back I discover