[libreoffice-users] Re: Base constantly crashes

2016-09-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-09-03, 1:12 AM Robert Großkopf wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Larry, Every time I open a database (or create a new one) LibreOffice crashes as soon as I click on anything. Totally unusable. There seems to be a problem with Oracle-Java and Mac OS:

[libreoffice-users] Base constantly crashes

2016-09-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
Every time I open a database (or create a new one) LibreOffice crashes as soon as I click on anything. Totally unusable. I only use it occasionally so I don't know which update caused it to quit. LibreOffice and Java have been updated since I last used it. LibreOffice: Version: 5.2.0.4

[libreoffice-users] Re: Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-02-12, 9:38 AM V Stuart Foote wrote: Rob wrote The goal of the JRE is, as the name Java Runtime Environment says, that it should be sufficient to run Java functionality. That is Oracle's take. In reality In all discussions I miss why LO needs more then the runtime environment...

[libreoffice-users] Re: Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-02-12, 10:27 AM V Stuart Foote wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote No, Oracle must fix the JRE, or Apple must correct OS X Java system calls. Until then, LO for tdf#94716 now requires use of the unaffected JDK -- at the expense of OS X users now having to install the JDK rather than a broken

[libreoffice-users] Re: Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-02-11, 9:14 AM Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 10/02/2016 20:10, Larry Gusaas a écrit : Hi Larry, LibreOffice 5.1.0 doesn't find the installed Java on my Mac (MacBook Pro Retina, OS X version 10.11.3). Had to reinstall LibreOffice 5.0.4. Which JRE are you using ? 1.8.0_73

[libreoffice-users] Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
LibreOffice 5.1.0 doesn't find the installed Java on my Mac (MacBook Pro Retina, OS X version 10.11.3). Had to reinstall LibreOffice 5.0.4. -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time

[libreoffice-users] Re: Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-02-10, 3:48 PM libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Italo Vignoli wrote: On 10/02/16 20:10, Larry Gusaas wrote: LibreOffice 5.1.0 doesn't find the installed Java on my Mac (MacBook Pro Retina, OS X version 10.11.3). Had to reinstall LibreOffice 5.0.4. Funny, I have been

[libreoffice-users] Can't open LibreOffice on Mac

2015-11-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
Can't open LibreOffice 5.0.3002 on my Mac (OS X ver. 10.11.1 El Capitan) Get the following message: “LibreOffice.app” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash. -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Verification problem with OSX and GB language pack

2015-08-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-08-16, 7:13 AM Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 16/08/2015 14:29, Roger Hayter a écrit : Thanks, I've learnt something new about OSX! Although I didn't actually notice the problem in 4.4, perhaps I or the installer did something differently. I think this could merit a mention in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Verification problem with OSX and GB language pack

2015-08-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-08-16, 3:08 PM Piet van Oostrum wrote concerning [libreoffice-users] Re: Verification problem with OSX and GB language pack: Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2015-08-16, 7:13 AM Alexander Thurgood wrote: ]...] See bug 93331 in the LibreOffice bugtracker for a report on the problems

[libreoffice-users] Re: Notice to Appear in Court

2015-04-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-04-19, 12:48 PM toki kantoor wrote: On April 19, 2015 1:57:46 AM PDT, James Wilde wrote: Oh dear! One of us clicked the wrong button. :) The scary thing is that despite being sent to the wrong email address, the intended recipient is presumed to have been legally served, n most parts

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-01-19, 7:57 PM Spencer Graves wrote: I’m confused. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile” tells me to look for Tools - Options - LibreOffice - Paths. I don’t see “Options” under Tools. On Macs it is

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-01-18, 7:00 PM Spencer Graves wrote: How can I install LibreOffice 4.3.4.1 in parallel with LO 4.3.5.2 on a Mac running OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite? Create a sub-folder in your Applications folder and install the second version of LibreOffice in the sub-folder. --

[libreoffice-users] Re: Unidentified Developer

2013-10-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-10-29 9:20 PM JimLytle wrote concerning Unidentified Developer: I am unable to open my installation of 4.1.2 in Mavericks. I receive an unidentified developer error box. How can I correct this? Many thanks Gatekeeper, new in Mac OS X Mountain Lion, is flagging it. This is a new feature

[libreoffice-users] Re: Bug?

2013-10-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
See solution on this bug report: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39007#c35 On 2013-10-10 7:09 AM Paul Kahn wrote: Hello, When I open LibreOffice and there is a box showed, like this... I clicked either Don't Reopen or Reopen and both didn't work at all. Killed the

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

2013-08-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-17 4:39 PM Brian Barker wrote:(You are now talking received messages again, right?)  Correct - but also even if the text was formatted, in fact.  In the case of this mailing list, for example, only the plain text version of what you send is distributed,

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

2013-08-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-16 8:22 PM James Knott wrote: I just tried a little experiment. I typed a sentence, with a period at the end. I then started typing the next sentence with a lower case n. I then placed the cursor directly over the first vertical line in the n. After I finished the word, the n

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

2013-08-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-08-16 8:08 PM James Knott wrote: Virgil Arrington wrote: Just curious, since nearly every professionally published book since the mid-1900s has had one space after sentence ending punctuation, do you find reading books difficult? I just picked up the closest book I had at hand. It's

[libreoffice-users] Re: Untitled 1

2013-05-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-05-13 3:21 PM Jay Lozier wrote: On Mon, 13 May 2013 16:45:35 -0400, Tinkerer j_taylo...@btinternet.com wrote: Using Mac version LO 4.0.3.3 How can I get Untitled 1 in Writer back to it's Default setting? I cannot find the file to delete it. Tink. Rename the hidden folder found in

[libreoffice-users] Re: BUG REPORT -- Version 4.0+ (Macbook Lion)

2013-05-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-05-02 11:05 PM auto78240...@hushmail.com wrote: I have the latest 4.0+ version of Open Office, and see an unwanted popup when initializing the program. What is the message in the pop-up. This problem has been persistent since 3.0+, and was never corrected. The popup shows up

[libreoffice-users] Re: About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2013 for Office Software

2013-03-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-03-03 10:54 AM Marc Paré wrote: Favorite Office Software for Mac: LibreOffice 75% -- iWork and MSO both 12% = AOO is not on the list for Macs, so the 74% figure is meaningless. You point out when LibreOffice is not listed but do not point out when AOO is not

[libreoffice-users] Re: Readers' Choice Awards 2013 Finalist

2013-03-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-03-03 3:04 PM Tom Davies wrote: Another poll that might pique your interest. I must admit i had expected Mac Users to vote somewhat differently . With the GnuLinux poll i thought the results were quite predictable. The Mac poll seems to have found some really odd choices that i

[libreoffice-users] Re: About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2013 for Office Software

2013-03-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-03-03 4:36 PM Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 03/03/2013 at 22:05, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: AOO is not on the list for Macs, so the 74% figure is meaningless. You point out when LibreOffice is not listed but do not point out when AOO is not listed. Phui. As far as I

[libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-12-11 6:25 AM VA wrote: I'm sorry, but I still don't understand. What harm can it do to my system? Right now, I have LO 3.5.7, AOO 3.4.1 and the LO 4 Beta. I have seen no problems at all. All you've told me is that it shouldn't be done and that you don't do it. Forgive me for being

[libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-12-11 8:07 AM Fabian Rodriguez wrote: Because you may have a conflict between configuration profiles or during normal usage*that leads to a crash* or data loss. LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice use different user profiles. They are completely separate programs and there is no

[libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report for LibreOffice 3.6.4.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.8

2012-12-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-12-08 5:30 PM Lincoln Ramsay wrote: I couldn't find a bug report link on LibreOffice.org so I'm sending it here. It is under Get Help / Bug https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ Steps to reproduce: Navigate to a folder in the Finder that has more than 1 .odt file. Select two

[libreoffice-users] Re: New Zealand English Dictionary Submission

2012-12-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-12-06 4:37 PM Anthony Easthope wrote: What I want to do was make a New Zealand English dictionary extension but I was unsure how to go about this. There already is one for LibreOffice.

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
This is useless as a spell checker. It has both US and Canadian spelling for many words. o vs. ou, -ise vs. -ize. Double l vs. single l when adding suffixes. Use of s or c in spelling. Absolutely useless for checking the spelling of documents. A Canadian English dictionary should have only

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-23 3:07 PM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: A poster has stated that there may be problems with the Canadian dictionary. Something about some specific word spellings that they do not think is pure Canadian words, but American word spellings. For my part, I did not choose the words in

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-23 4:01 PM Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 23/11/2012 at 22:27, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: Since you do not give credit to your sources you are guilty of plagiarism. I believe that you really can't plagiarize language. These are just words. They are common good

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-23 5:20 PM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: Now please do not call someone guilty of plagiarism unless you have proof of that act and not just opinions. You have admitted taking word lists from multiple sources without giving attribution to the sources. That is plagiarism. Your

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-24 12:04 AM MR wrote: Can you take this personal argument off the list, please? It is not a personal argument. It is a matter of principal You are wrong about what constitutes plagiarism, and this is now completely off topic. Taking someone's work without giving attribution for

[libreoffice-users] Re: 3 new very large English dictionaries are now online

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-24 1:14 AM Jay Lozier wrote: On 11/24/2012 01:23 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: It is not a personal argument. It is a matter of principal What principal? Principle. Stupid typo. Taking someone's work without giving attribution for it is plagiarism. Period I think you do not what

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
--- On Sun, 10/14/12, Tom Daviestomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi To get back to factory defaults and 'switch off' all Extensions just rename your User Profile. Larry gave a link to help with that. Here is another link that will one day be merged with the one Larry gave

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x /

2012-10-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-10-13 2:10 PM Lostsoul wrote: Can t figure out yet how spell check can say its over when i have mis spellings all over the place on a 50/ 60 line document ; keep missing something dang it - later Try resetting your user profile. Many problems with spell checking not working

[libreoffice-users] Re: Warning Message

2012-08-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-08-27 11:07 AM Tinkerer wrote: Larry I have downloaded Lbre 3.6.1.2 and it has the same fault. I have found the missing script. Not in Library/Application Support. It is here: LibreOffice.App/Contents/Share/basic/ScriptBindingLibrary/Script xlb Either it is in the wrong place or the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Warning Message

2012-08-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-08-25 1:06 PM Tinkerer wrote: Trying to find my User folder, I find that the whole of the Mac User Library is missing. The User/Library is hidden in OS X version 10.7.xx (Lion). The user/library can be accessed in finder by holding down the option key an clicking on Go on the menubar.

[libreoffice-users] Re: English dictionary extension

2012-06-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-06-23 12:53 PM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: With all the issues about my version of a British word list dictionary, I decided to get out of my sick bed and do something that would make the same people more angry at me. I really appreciated your large word list for the Canadian

[libreoffice-users] Re: Restore Windows box won't go away

2012-06-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-06-21 8:04 AM Art Nickel wrote: Running LibreOffice 3.4.4 (last update 11/1/11) on Apple MadGook Pro A few days back while using LibreOffice I had to shut down because it froze while I was importing (cut paste) some information with a photo from a web page. I had to use the Apple Force

[libreoffice-users] Re: spell checking

2012-06-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-06-16 11:04 AM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: See if this British [en-UK] English dictionary works for you. It may be what you are looking for, or not. But it does have over 638,000 words. The original master list claimed to be British English, and not Oxford English. I use your

[libreoffice-users] Re: spell checking

2012-06-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-06-16 12:26 PM Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2012-06-16 11:04 AM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: See if this British [en-UK] English dictionary works for you. It may be what you are looking for, or not. But it does have over 638,000 words. The original master list claimed to be British

[libreoffice-users] Re: spell checking - corrected

2012-06-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-06-16 3:38 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) It's a bit weird because in English (UK) defence is right but defense is not. Of course nothing can be 100% right all the time. Regards from Tom:) Have a look wikipediea for the differences between UK and US English.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Downloading LibreOffice 3.5.4 for Mac OS X

2012-06-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-06-02 11:12 AM Jay Lozier wrote: On 06/02/2012 11:30 AM, Ivan Avery Frey wrote: On 2 June 2012 11:22, Jay Lozierjsloz...@gmail.com wrote: Ivan, On 06/02/2012 10:56 AM, Ivan Avery Frey wrote: Hi, the download page I access from my iMac running Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) says I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Python and Tkinter

2012-05-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-05-25 2:17 AM Tom Davies wrote: Who is TKinter? http://www.google.com/search?q=TKinterie=utf-8oe=utf-8 -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far

[libreoffice-users] Re: IPad?

2012-05-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-05-02 4:16 PM Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.05.2012 23:38, Mark Stanton wrote: Is there a LO for the iPad? Mark Apple does not allow free software on that platform. Not true. There are many free apps available for the iPad. -- _ Larry I. Gusaas

[libreoffice-users] Re: IPad?

2012-05-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-05-03 3:44 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) Is there a virtual machine program for iPad? Does VirtualBox work? Perhaps a light-weight GnuLinux distro such as SliTaz or one of the Puppies with LO installed inside that might do the trick? Regards from Tom:) No, there is not. --

[libreoffice-users] Re: database

2012-04-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-04-20 2:22 PM Steve Edmonds wrote: My mac tried to update my java the other day to V7 (1.7), I stopped it.. I think there were issues with this version and LO. Possibly someone can advise the state of compatibility with the different LO versions and Java. The update is to Java for

[libreoffice-users] Re: database

2012-04-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-04-20 3:01 PM Tom Davies wrote: The 3.5.x branch prefers java 1.7 and apparently that preference has been back-ported to 3.4.5 and also gone into the 3.4.6. For a Mac it's quite important to remove java 6_29 or was it 6_30 asap. Regards from JRE 1.7 has not been released for Macs.

[libreoffice-users] Re: database

2012-04-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-04-20 8:39 AM Elizabeth Lawrence wrote: HI, I have downloaded libreoffice in order to use the database. I can bring up the database but the one I want use wont open the wizard for tables. I have tried to uninstall libreoffice twice but it wont go. My blood pressure is soaring -

[libreoffice-users] Re: Open Office and Libre Office Questions...

2012-04-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-04-19 8:18 AM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: Yes, you can have LO and AOO installed on the same computer. True No, you cannot run both at the same time. You can run both programs at the same time on a Mac. No, it is not something that works well for most users. Works well for me.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Macintosh Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

2012-03-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-03-01 5:31 PM Mark Simon wrote: A few months ago I was happy to acquire a new Macintosh (running OSX 10.7). When the salesperson suggested I could also buy M$Office for the Mac, I laughed and said Why would I want to do that? I've got LibreOffice, or something like that. However I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-02-23 12:57 PM Tom Davies wrote: It's not worth flogging a dead horse. He will not attempt to consider anyone else's point of view and if you dare to disagree he will just block you too. Hmmm, it might be wrth aiming for that now i think about it. Trying to get you to follow

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-02-22 1:19 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Most people and especially those that are new to the lists will top-post because that is what they are most familiar with. Office workers have almost never seen any alternative. Unless the office apps are not aimed at office users then it's

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with vertical scroll bar in LibreOffice Writer 3.5 for Mac OS X

2012-02-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-02-18 4:30 AM Kal Sze (@k_sze) wrote: I've just tried setting the scroll bars to always show, yet the problem remains. What is the behaviour in other applications? Is the scrollbar different in LibreOffice? I almost never use the scrollbar position indicator for scrolling. I use my

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with vertical scroll bar in LibreOffice Writer 3.5 for Mac OS X

2012-02-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-02-17 12:29 AM Kal Sze (@k_sze) wrote: There seems to be a problem with the vertical scroll bar when editing documents in LibreOffice Writer 3.5 for Mac OS X. When the document is long enough and the vertical scroll bar shows up, I have to click the very top of the scroll bar handle in

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with vertical scroll bar in LibreOffice Writer 3.5 for Mac OS X

2012-02-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-02-17 9:32 PM Kal Sze (@k_sze) wrote: I'm using LibreOffice 3.5 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3. Are you scrollbars hidden by default until you need them? If so try enabling the to always show. Go into System Preferences, then General and set Show Scroll Bars to Always. I'm not using Lion

[libreoffice-users] Re: Restore Windows Dialogue Problems

2012-02-09 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-02-05 4:23 PM Charles Bierwirth wrote: I'm running Libreoffice 3.4.5 on OSX Lion 10.7.2. Recently, I had to forcefully restart my computer. Since then, every time I open Libreoffice the Restore Windows dialogue pops up. See

[libreoffice-users] Re: Mac Issues

2012-02-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-01-31 2:39 PM Moore, Rick wrote: Sing a Mac with OX10.7 and Libre 3.5. I keep getting a restore Window Pop-up window that says the following: The application LibreOffice unexpectedly quit while trying to restore its windows. Do you want to try and restore its windows again. You have

[libreoffice-users] Re: calc: unnumbered rows

2012-01-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-01-19 1:43 PM saro...@gmail.com wrote: Unsubscribe me please! The unsubscribe procedure does not work! You are being a bloody ass by spamming the list. Did you send an email to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org to get unsubscibe instructions? Did you then send an unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Re: What about the standard state of the hybrid pdf format?

2012-01-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-01-11 1:38 PM Tom Davies wrote: Pdf is a proprietary format. You are wrong. You should check the facts before posting. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created

[libreoffice-users] Re: Printer driver, page size and 3.4.4 in Lion

2012-01-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-01-05 12:35 PM webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: Then how do Mac people print their own photos on the 4x6 photo paper? We can do that with Windows and Linux. By using programs that do not have broken print dialogues. I print photos using Preview, or one of several other

[libreoffice-users] Re: Printer driver, page size and 3.4.4 in Lion

2012-01-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-01-03 5:52 PM Robert Peirce wrote: I have a 4x6 card I need to print. In other apps I just select 4x6. In LibreOffice I need to go into Paper Handling, click scale to fit paper size before I can select the 4x6 size. When I do that, the print size is reduced to the point of being

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem changing from OpenOffice mac to LibreOffice

2011-12-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-12-01 7:28 AM Tom Davies wrote: I thought you have to uninstall programs, like you do in GnuLinux or Windows, rather than just delete them? Nope. You uninstall the majority of programs on a Mac by deleting them. Anyway, Larry's answer should sort out the problem as stated and it's

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem changing from OpenOffice mac to LibreOffice

2011-11-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-11-27 12:55 PM Dair wrote: I took the NeoOffice app and put it in the trash. Then I opened LibreOffice and opened an .odt document from the “Open” command inside the program. No problem. I made a small change and saved it. Fine. Then, in the Finder, I doubled clicked the document

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base Help

2011-09-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-15 12:16 PM Boyd Tong wrote: Second question. I did not see my original posting of the question. What email address should I use to post questions? Gmail does not show you the copy of your message that you receive from the list. It just shows only your original sent message, thus

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base Help

2011-09-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-15 10:21 PM Bruce Carlson wrote: Every time I send an email to the list I get a copy sent back to my inbox. I thought this was supposed to happen. That is correct. It is only gmail users that do not see the copy sent back to them. That is a feature of gmail --

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-09 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-09 12:21 AM Dave Sergeant wrote: I think that single paragraph explains why this thread has become so heated. YOU are reading this list on a NEWSGROUP. But the list is also available as a EMAIL LIST and an archive of that same EMAIL LIST on Nabble. I would hazard a guess that the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-09 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-09 7:12 PM Ken Springer wrote: On 9/9/11 5:33 PM, Nuno J. Silva wrote: I guess some programs will have an option to collapse quoted text. I suggest searching in addons.mozilla.org for a thunderbird extension that does that (I thought QuoteColors did it, but apparently it doesn't).

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be scrolled through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant (in their opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of the person reading). Top posting

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-08 12:10 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) No, he didn't. He just showed that he has not read any of the posts yet as his arguments are already countered in previous posts. Bullshit. You continually do not show the proper attribution in the posts you reply to. You have not countered

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-08 1:12 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Look, the interspersed answers from Larry are practically unidentifiable from the message. By posting at the top (or bottom) it would have been clearer which were your answers. Every line of the post I am replying to has a in front of it if

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-08 12:58 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) I use a standard email client in a standard way set on it's defaults. There are likely to be more people using such systems as LibreOffice becomes more popular. Hold onto your hats! The headers state that you are using YahooMailClassic/14.0.5

[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I delete unwanted Extensions?

2011-08-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-08-21 7:36 AM Tinkerer wrote: I am the root user on a Mac 10.6.8, Libre 3.4.2 I can alter all the Preferences, I can add Extensions but I cannot unlock these Extensions. The list is far too long and I want to shorten it. LibreOffice installs a bunch of unwanted extensions by default.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Envelopes do not print to selected size using OS X

2011-08-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-08-18 5:50 AM Cor Nouws wrote: Tom Davies wrote (18-08-11 13:21) :-( Duplicates add to the original reports just as a good comment would. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport#Reporting_a_bug_in_4_Steps Please read and act and advise accordingly. I searched for Mac printing

[libreoffice-users] Re: Envelopes do not print to selected size using OS X

2011-08-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-08-18 2:24 PM Cor Nouws wrote: To better understand the situation, may I ask you and others, if you would mind to query for issues with e.g. table in the subject.. You may of course skip closed (duplicate, fixed etc) issues. (* for the query) Why are you telling me to do what I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Envelopes do not print to selected size using OS X

2011-08-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-08-18 4:18 PM Cor Nouws wrote: Actually not precisely. I wrote To better understand the situation, may I ask you and others, if you would mind to query for issues with e.g. table in the subject.. etc And I had done that. So why do you keep telling me to do so? Anyways, I think I

[libreoffice-users] Re: how to unsubscribe

2011-07-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/07/20 6:12 PM Robert Holtzman wrote: What I was referring to was the fact that users seem to be able to unsubscribe from the OOo lists without nearly the hassle LO users endure. There were lots of people having trouble unsubscribing from the OOo lists. I do wonder why LO can't have

[libreoffice-users] Re: My Tools, Options, Security menu doesn't exist?!?

2011-07-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/07/13 12:04 PM floridabrits wrote: I just don't understand why I don't have this tools/options menu that is discussed. On Macs it is /Preferences. Larry -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is

[libreoffice-users] Re: [LibraOffice-Users] - DONT use Reply to for a new thread

2011-07-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/07/03 3:26 PM Tom Davies wrote: Sorry, i didn't notice this because i don't use Nabble or Gmane for the emailing list. I just use my normal email-client and i imagine most new users do too. Still, it's good to know for the future so thanks for that Hal It has nothing to do with using

[libreoffice-users] Re: default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/20 11:52 AM Roxy Robinson wrote: Yeah, Tom. I think it would depend both on the OS, and the mouse capabilities. But the problem, even with this, is that, as far as I know there isn't any KEY COMBINATION for the various OPTIONS WITHIN PASTE SPECIAL. Did you try CTRL+ALT+Shift+V,

[libreoffice-users] gmane test

2011-06-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
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[libreoffice-users] Re: helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal

2011-06-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/11 5:55 AM Tom Davies wrote concerning Re: helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal: Oracle were playing tactical games, rushing out their 1st release since their 3.3.0 and calling it 3.4.0. OpenOffice.org 3.4.0 has not been released. OOo 3.3.0 is the last version released in

[libreoffice-users] Can't post through gmane

2011-06-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
Posting through gmane is broken. Messages sent can't be delivered since the change to @global.libreoffice.org. Here is the message I get: This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients.

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.4.0 language pack for EN-US?

2011-06-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/04 12:48 PM bunk3m wrote: I was going to download v3.4.0 but the site shows null for the language pack (en-us). I checked the Other ways to download but couldn't find it. https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ shows LibO_3.4.0_MacOS_x86_install_en-US.dmg 173 MB as being available

[libreoffice-users] Re: Mailing list signature cutline

2011-06-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/02 3:33 PM PLO wrote: The Bat! is by far one of the best featured email clients available. But, as you pointed out, it does not recognize two sig delimiters in a message. Larry -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Mailing list signature cutline

2011-06-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/02 4:35 PM PLO wrote: The real point is that the list subscription information that is appended to messages does not constitute a signature, and so should therefore not be appended to messages preceded by a cutline. A simple series of dashes or an continuous underscore above the list

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't get spell check to work.

2011-05-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/05/03 5:37 PM Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: 2. Is there actually a New Zealand dictionary for them to download and install? Yes. http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/dict-en-nz-2008-12-03 Larry -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

[libreoffice-users] Re: Font display in LibreOffice documents

2011-04-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/04/15 1:06 PM Sascha Vieweg wrote: Hello, being an extensive user of LibO rather than iWorks or MSO on my Mac (OS X 10.6.6), the (only) one thing that tempers delight is the blurred unsharp display of text in documents. Currently, I am writing rather long reports for my work, and I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Startup options

2011-03-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/25 1:47 PM NoOp wrote: It may also be of interest to you/others to know what startup options are available via the command line. Only of interest to Linux users. Most of the posts in this thread are by Windows or Mac users. Larry -- _ Larry I.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Startup options

2011-03-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/25 4:14 PM NoOp wrote: Back to you Larry. Why back to me? I don't use the command line. I gave previously gave a link to a site that had Command Line OpenOffice.org Launchers so someone could modify them for LibreOffice. Here is the link once again.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Startup options

2011-03-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/25 6:40 PM NoOp wrote: On 03/25/2011 05:20 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/25 4:14 PM NoOp wrote: Back to you Larry. Why back to me? I don't use the command line. Because you stated: Only of interest to Linux users. Most of the posts in this thread are by Windows or Mac

[libreoffice-users] Re: Startup options

2011-03-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/25 9:35 PM NoOp wrote: On 03/25/2011 07:11 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/25 6:40 PM NoOp wrote: On 03/25/2011 05:20 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/25 4:14 PM NoOp wrote: Back to you Larry. Why back to me? I don't use the command line. Because you stated: Only

[libreoffice-users] Re: Startup options

2011-03-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/24 2:15 AM James Wilde wrote: Someone reported on a way to skip that screen both at start-up and on closing a document back in the days before LibO, and I implemented it, and carried my profile over to LibO, so it works that way. LibO now starts directly into a Writer doc

[libreoffice-users] Re: request a feature

2011-03-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/23 9:57 PM T. R. Valentine wrote: On 23 March 2011 22:54, Thomas Blasejewicztho...@s7.dion.ne.jp wrote: Just wondering, why appears my text so scrambled, when I entered it in nice, separated paragraphs??(2011/03/24 12:47), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: First guess -- you are using

[libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template

2011-03-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/11 7:31 AM James Wilde wrote: Open a document, format it as I wanted, insert the date field, convert to iso-format, save as .ott in the templates folder. On opening it reverts always to US format. Please describe how you convert the date field to iso-format. How can I fix the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template

2011-03-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/11 3:55 PM James Wilde wrote: Just sent a copy to Andy Brown who contacted me offline. He opens a document with my template and sees the date in iso-format. so it's something local. I have a Macbook and a Mac Mini, both running the same OS and the same version of LibO, and both

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibO for Ubuntu

2011-03-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/02 7:08 AM James Wilde wrote: On my Mac box I have apparently moved or even re-moved the packages I downloaded. I have, however, opened /Preferences/Language Settings/Writing Aids, and all I can find under User-defined dictionaries are: AM-english [English (UK)] Personal English

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibO for Ubuntu

2011-03-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/02 12:43 PM James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Larry, then I don't have any installed. Under uno_packages all I have is a document called kVmsXP and a folder with the name kVmsXP_. No dictionaries in the folder. Wonder how I'll remove them if I ever need to. The padlock is closed, and

[libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response

2011-03-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/28 5:13 PM Tom Davies wrote: ___ From: Larry Gusaaslarry.gus...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 28 February, 2011 20:13:40 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response On 2011/02/28 12:47

[libreoffice-users] Re: test-drive linux easily

2011-02-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/27 9:23 AM Ken Springer wrote: I stumbled onto a distro that, based on the screenshots, has a Mac look and feel to it. Got the .iso on the hard drive. :-). What is the name of that distro? I'd like to check it out. Larry -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose

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