Re: [libreoffice-users] failed update attempts

On 25/02/2024 15:17, Graeme Eldridge wrote: Hello, I am running your version 7.6.0.3 quite successfully but thinking I really should update to 7.6.4 or better just as a matter of best practice.  That fails because the installer cannot remove version 7.4.7!  This is logical only in the sense

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer Recognition

On 20/02/2024 17:43, aguador wrote: El lun, 19-02-2024 a las 19:34 -0800, Tom escribió: On 2/19/24 6:54 PM, Joe Conner wrote: I use Ubuntu 22.04lts and the latest Ubuntu depository Libreoffice. LibreOffice does not recognize my installed printers.  How do I force availability of Libreoffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Address Book Conundrum

um 13:07 schrieb Peter Hillier-Brook: For donkey's years I've been using an address book created from a calc spreadsheet, assigned via the Address Data Source Wizard. In a freshly installed version of LibreOffice (7.6.0.3) it's no longer available as it requires the "base"

Re: [libreoffice-users] Address Book Conundrum

y.It seems that the absence of the 'Base' component in the last few releases is at the root of my problem. Peter HB On 9/10/23 07:07, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: For donkey's years I've been using an address book created from a calc spreadsheet, assigned via the Address Data Source Wizard. In

[libreoffice-users] Address Book Conundrum

For donkey's years I've been using an address book created from a calc spreadsheet, assigned via the Address Data Source Wizard. In a freshly installed version of LibreOffice (7.6.0.3) it's no longer available as it requires the "base" component that is not present. Have I missed something in

Re: [libreoffice-users] weirdness in save dialogue box

the system package manager and repositories. On 31/07/2023 22:56, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Mike, It seems that you have not yet installed directly from the LibreOffice download site. Many years ago, when I still thought Ubuntu was a viable option for me, I had problems with their variant

Re: [libreoffice-users] weirdness in save dialogue box

Mike, It seems that you have not yet installed directly from the LibreOffice download site. Many years ago, when I still thought Ubuntu was a viable option for me, I had problems with their variant of LibreOffice. Installing the real thing eliminated the problems. Best wishes. Peter HB On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw guide

On 29/05/2023 11:13, Eustace wrote: A long-long time ago I created some diagrams using WordPerfect. Now I need to update them and create some new ones with LibreOffice Draw. I looked at Amazon, and found that there is a book from 2015 — that's new enough for me, however because of eyesight

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recovered File Issues - Blank Document

On 03/05/2023 09:29, Katinka Van Dijk wrote: Hello, Libre Office crashed and when restarted it asked if I wanted to recover the file I was working on and as this has worked in the past I agreed. When the document was recovered it was blank. Looking through your forum to possibly find an

Re: [libreoffice-users] For the attention of mediators

On 27/07/2022 14:10, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: I didn't see any 'propaganda'. I saw expression of a political opinion . . . I’m afraid that’s semantic trickery for renaming political propaganda that you agree with. if it bothered me I'd ignore it. It bothers me, and it contravenes the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Off Line Help Installation

On 21/03/2022 18:42, Joe Conner wrote: On 3/20/22 07:41, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Paolo, Hi.   Yes, I can confirm. I have LO  7.3.0.3  on ubuntu 20.04.   When I press  F1,  it opens a browser  with address: file:///tmp/lu18302293odos5.tmp/NewHelp0.html and says  'file not found'. This

Re: [libreoffice-users] printing pages in reverse order not possible in LO 7.2.5.2.0+

On 13/02/2022 11:09, Ken Heard wrote: In order to print documents on both sides of the paper using a printer without collating ability, I always printed first in reverse order the even pages.  I then  print in numerical order the odd pages on the back side of the paper on which the even pages

Re: [libreoffice-users] Understanding Character styles "Default Style" and relative font sizes

On 09/07/2020 09:47, Robert Großkopf wrote: > Hi John, > >>   All >> percentages seem to be based on a 12pt font, regardless of the font size >> specified in the Paragraph style. > > 12pt is the defined font size of the paragraph "Default Style". You have > to look in the style dialog in tab

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer

On 17/04/2020 00:00, Jason wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? Yes. > Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to > reflow all the paragraphs. Or alternately is there a way to find and > replace line breaks (searching for '\n' does

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error invoking Help in Linux

On 02/04/2020 20:54, Valter Mura wrote: > Hi All > > I get an error when invoking the help through the Help menu or F1, in Linux. > > This is the error: > "Object not accessible. > The object cannot be accessed > due to insufficient user rights." > > The program is installed correctly, and also

Re: [libreoffice-users] offline help

On 21/05/2019 01:31, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: > On 2019/05/17 19:40, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> On 17/05/2019 11:09, Philip Jackson wrote: >> Are you sure it's going on-line and not just displaying in a browser. > You are right: in 6.1.5 the offline help opens using a browse

Re: [libreoffice-users] offline help

On 17/05/2019 11:09, Philip Jackson wrote: > Hi : > > I've had similar problems with LO Help in the past. Sadly I can't > remember the detail of getting it to work but roughly it was linked with > getting a correct alignment between the computer's 'system language' and > the language settings in

Re: [libreoffice-users] I have been using open office, libre office and open everything since 1985

On 11/01/2019 10:58, fudmier wrote: > > > but I can tell you what has happened to libre office over the past two > years has turned me off.. > nothing about it is stable.. it stinks. > Everyone apart from you is out of step?? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

On 17/02/18 09:17, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > I'm not sure how to open as read-only myself but i'd guess a right-click > either per file or on a group of selected files prolly has something. Select "Open File" within Libre Office: in the dialogue box, in the lower left hand corner is a clue and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

On 14/02/18 20:42, Steve Edmonds wrote: > Is it possible to make this setting on a per-document basis. > It is a real interruption editing one document with 8-10 others open for > reference only, that all auto-save and stop you editing the working > document. > > It would also be useful then to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installation of LO 6.0.0.3 (x64) on Win10Pro

On 02/02/18 17:27, Philip Jackson wrote: > On 02/02/18 14:22, DaveB wrote: >> The problem does not appear when the en_US Help Pack is installed. > > Thanks for that idea, Dave. I just downloaded and installed the en_US > pack and it all works as expected [at least at first glance. time will >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having issues with FontWorks?

On 20/04/17 15:09, anne-ology wrote: [cut] From: "Michael D. Setzer II" To: > users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:25:30 > +1000 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Having issues with FontWorks? > > Have a Harley Owners Group Image, and I'm trying to insert

Re: [libreoffice-users] in response ...

Charles, one can only admire your patience, but isn't it time to put a stop to this nonsense with anne-ology (who I'm sure is not the delightful Maureen, despite her use of the "-ology" suffix). Who has the authority to remove her from the moderator role, for which she seems singularly

Re: [libreoffice-users] background images in business cards

On 21/12/16 22:56, Gary Dale wrote: > This is ridiculous. I've just been reading a question from a 2008 (3.2) > version of OpenOffice.org that is the same as my current problem. Namely > that you can't place images in the background on a business card. > > I'm using LibreOffice 5.2 (Debian) and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Document- Bad Behavior

On 05/02/16 14:19, rgarcia7 wrote: > Greetings. > > https://cloud.openmailbox.org/index.php/s/4ulZUqq3zP3Ewye > > This document gets a blinking white box on pages 60-63, > but i don't know if this a bug or a error in the file structure. > > Document exported from Google Drive (It was uploaded

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Images not printing

On 22/10/15 22:57, Aureli wrote: > Yes, this is the one that fixed it: > > Deselect: Tools/Options/View/"Use OpenGL for all rendering" > > Problem persisted until I re-started Write. > > Thank you all for the help, my daughter will be delighted when she > prints in the morning her first typed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Images not printing

On 22/10/15 18:44, Aureli wrote: > Hi, Thanks for the tips but the problem persists. > > I installed LO just a couple of days ago and it is version 5.0.2.2. > running in Win 10 Home with no problems so far. > > I have now uninstalled Office, it was the trial copy so no payments > yet, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Images not printing

On 22/10/15 20:07, Aureli wrote: > Sure, here it is. Thanks. I'll look at it in the morning. > > A. > > >> [cut] >> Can you share the file? It shouldn't be too hard to find the solution. >> >> Peter HB -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] OS hangs while visiting a LO wiki page

On 15/09/15 13:48, Ady Ady wrote: > Hello Users of LibreOffice, > > Once in a while I visit the Release Plan wiki page, > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan > > From that wiki page, I recently tried to visit the "5.0.2" -> "RC1" > page (more than once), but my OS hangs when I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Watermarks

On 09/08/15 08:11, Tim Lloyd wrote: I have to say I am beaten by this. I had a look at some old doco which echoed what Joe said. Any takers? On 09/08/15 05:31, Joe Conner wrote: Using Ubuntu 15.04 64bit Using Version: 4.4.5.2 I am trying to insert a watermark into a writer document. The

Re: [libreoffice-users] Business Cards - Printing - Libre Writer version 4.3.5.2

On 15/03/15 00:18, charles meyer wrote: Hi Folks, I’ve never printed business cards using Libre Writer and it didn’t go well using the Avery online template. I have blank sheets of cardstock (bought at Office Depot) to print my own business cards with logo - one sided only. There’s 10

Re: [libreoffice-users] PDF Extnension for Libre Office/Writer or Open Office

See the title barOn 31/12/14 01:56, anne-ology wrote: would you please explain how you're able to open these PDFs so. From: charles meyer reachmepl...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:57 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] PDF Extnension for Libre Office/Writer or Open Office

Re: [libreoffice-users] Nitpicking on a name

Bravo! On 25/07/14 08:19, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Hello everyone, I apologize as what I am writing about might seem like a detail to many, but I think it hurts a bit the project in the end to leave these things as they are. On this list (a few others as well but esp. On this one) people

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Deleting a Table in Impress

On 17/05/14 16:07, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Brian Barker wrote: At 11:22 15/05/2014 -0700, Frank 'CVAlkan' Oberle wrote: Thanks Brian, but still nothing. Interesting. Do these techniques not work for others in Impress? Having inserted a table via Insert Table, any of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Deleting a Table in Impress

On 17/05/14 16:07, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Brian Barker wrote: At 11:22 15/05/2014 -0700, Frank 'CVAlkan' Oberle wrote: Thanks Brian, but still nothing. Interesting. Do these techniques not work for others in Impress? Having inserted a table via Insert Table, any of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

On 17/12/13 01:48, Don C. Myers wrote: Hi Virgil, They have really worked well for me. With the frame based templates, I always had trouble with the spacing on the labels changing as you would get into the bottom third of the label sheet. The frame based templates print out perfectly from top

Re: [libreoffice-users] missing menu launcher link in 4.1.2.3

On 11/10/13 13:51, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I noticed that 4.1.2.3 for Debian 64-bit [Ubuntu 12.04LTS/MATE] is missing the generic menu launcher listing for LO. The one that does not go directly to any of the modules, like Writer or Calc. [cut] So, was that generic launcher link

Re: [libreoffice-users] Label Printing in LO Writer

On 03/10/13 14:39, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 10/03/2013 09:17 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 03/10/13 08:48, Ian Whitfield wrote: Hi All This past week I was given a small job to do to produce some 40-odd individual labels. I remembered that Writer has a Label Function so decided

Re: [libreoffice-users] Label Printing in LO Writer

On 03/10/13 16:27, Don C. Myers wrote: On 10/03/2013 10:16 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 03/10/13 14:39, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 10/03/2013 09:17 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 03/10/13 08:48, Ian Whitfield wrote: Hi All This past week I was given a small job to do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

On 09/09/13 12:57, Virgil Arrington wrote: [cut] However, LO has one wonderful advantage. The free font, Linux Libertine G, has many expert effects, and LO can access them all. It's an excellent typeface, and so far, the latest LO stable version, 4.0.5, seems to work very well with it. (Despite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

On 09/09/13 19:49, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 09/09/2013 11:52 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 09/09/2013 10:57 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 09/09/13 12:57, Virgil Arrington wrote: [cut] However, LO has one wonderful advantage. The free font, Linux Libertine G, has many expert

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cloister Font.

On 08/07/13 21:59, John Boyle wrote: To USERS: I asked this question earlier about how to find just that one font, but I did not make it clear what I had already done. First I use a Windows 7- 64 bit system, with libre office 4.0 suite. I have tried a Google search and ended up with getting a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing font from font list

On 23/05/13 16:02, Warner White wrote: SOLVED! Thanks to all of you for patiently talking this through with me until I found the problem. It was this-- First I put my fonts into /usr/share/fonts/truetype and when that didn't work, I put them into home/.fonts. I remembered that just now and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why such large svg files in LibreOffice (Linux)?

On 22/05/13 19:13, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, chimak111 schrieb: I installed LibreOffice Version 4.0.2.2 (Build ID: 4c82dcdd6efcd48b1d8bba66bfe1989deee49c3) direct from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ on Lubuntu 13.04. While I have no issues with it [I]per se[/I], I think it has installed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu Libreoffice

On 06/12/12 03:00, Don Myers wrote: Hi Anthony, This is how I update to each new version of the Document Foundation version of Libre Office. This is for the 64 bit version, but simply substitute the 32 bit version for the 64 bit. This is for the latest 3.6.4.3 release: Download

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labels custom format

On 21/09/12 13:04, Werner F. Bruhin wrote: On 20/09/2012 20:48, Werner F. Bruhin wrote: I am hitting my head against this for the last day or so. I define a custom label 2 columns 6 rows, the labels are 10.5cm x 4.8cm with a top edge of 0.45cm. I then create a document and insert a horizontal

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labels custom format

On 21/09/12 16:13, Alan Boba wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook p...@hbsys.plus.comwrote: you might also want to look at creating your label template(s) with a table, rather than the curious frame based system used currently by LibreOffice. It's what I do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Version collision 3.6.0 vs. 3.6.1 on every Xubuntu 12.04 update

On 18/09/12 16:15, MR ZenWiz wrote: I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 with LibreOffice 3.6.1, but apparently now that Ubuntu has upgraded its LO to 3.6.0, I get errors because that is not compatible with 3.6.1 and they collide. Since I missed this the first time it happened, I get errors on every

Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1

On 29/08/12 16:03, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I've just updated to LibO 3.6.1 and hit the following problem when trying to access my address book Does anyone recognise it, Google doesn't? ___ The attempt to load the file

Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1

On 29/08/12 23:39, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) LibreOffice doesn't have a 64bit version and allegedly needs java to be 32 bit too. Regards from Tom :) I don't know where you got that idea from, unless you haven't noticed that I'm talking about Linux, not the MS product. ;-) I've been using

[libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1

I've just updated to LibO 3.6.1 and hit the following problem when trying to access my address book Does anyone recognise it, Google doesn't? ___ The attempt to load the file resulted in the following error message

Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1

On 29/08/12 16:03, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I've just updated to LibO 3.6.1 and hit the following problem when trying to access my address book Does anyone recognise it, Google doesn't? ___ The attempt to load the file

Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1

On 29/08/12 17:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 29/08/12 16:03, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I've just updated to LibO 3.6.1 and hit the following problem when trying to access my address book Does anyone recognise it, Google doesn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1

On 29/08/12 18:50, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Errr, on the 64bit Ubuntu is the java also 64bit? If it is then can you try installing a 32 bit version of 1.6_32? LO can be told which version of java to use so it might work Tools - Options - Java Regards from Tom :) That sounds like Windows

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice and Java

On 24/08/12 13:22, Bob McDonald wrote: I'm having a bit of a bother with any version of Libreoffice installed with JRE 1.7 on Windows 7. Libreoffice crashes on start with any version of Java JRE greater than 1.6. If I go back to 1.6 I'm O.K. Anyone else having issues? No problems here with

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5 with Lubuntu

I'm running LO 3.5 under Lubuntu 12.04 and, until recently the relevant icons appeared under Office in the menu system. Now they don't and I have to start the program via the command line. Any ideas anyone? For information the installation is the real LO installed via dpkg, not the Ubuntu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labels for Avery Size 5267 are not properly formatted in LibreOffice 3.5.0rc3

On 27/03/12 22:03, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Peter, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote (27-03-12 11:40) ...but it's still based, illogically in my view, on dynamically generated frames, rather than the more obvious tables. Labels are tabular after all and this frame fetish has frustrated me for some years

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labels for Avery Size 5267 are not properly formatted in LibreOffice 3.5.0rc3

On 26/03/12 22:20, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Michael, Alex, Alexander Thurgood wrote (26-03-12 11:18) There has been a rather substantial amount of work put into updating label definitions in the labels.xcu file, Indeed, one of the volunteer developers not inly changed the label.xcu file, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labels for Avery Size 5267 are not properly formatted in LibreOffice 3.5.0rc3

On 27/03/12 12:28, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Trivial but time consuming? Is anyone able to do a load of these and then upload them as templates to the official templates site? [cut] I did that years ago, together with a short tutorial although Google doesn't seem able to find it. I'm more

Re: [libreoffice-users] problem installing in xubuntu

On 22/01/12 02:04, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: [cut] ...and next time you might want to use dpkg -iR /DEBS from the immediately superior directory to the DEBS one. From direct experience I know it installs LO correctly with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and my personal

Re: [libreoffice-users] problem installing in xubuntu

On 21/01/12 15:26, drew wrote: On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 15:45 +0100, Joep L. Blom wrote: I got the version LO 3.4.5 from the official Lo site (LibO_3.4.5_Linux_x86-64_helppack-deb_nl.tar.gz). I installed it using sud dpkg -i *.DEB (after unpacking and going to the correct directory. It installed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: border frames

On 09/12/11 17:19, 20rdj04 wrote: Suddenly, all my documents have frames around them. I must assume that the frames come from LO's new version 3.3.4 (or whatever). I like my pages to be clean, not with a lot of distractions. CAN I turn off/remove the frames? I have already attempted to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Microsoft Works-2

Hello John, I have MS Office 97 2000 that I'm willing to flash up in a virtual machine if it will help. If your Works version is old enough that the MS filters in Word 97/2000 can open your files I will be happy to convert a few to ODF for you. By a few I mean less than a dozen. :-) Peter

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Math does not export properly

On 01/11/11 08:36, Jacques Malaprade wrote: Hi, Thanks for the advice. The equation will not export to a od writer format. I have printed to file (.ps) but could not export to a pdf (apparently my printer does not have that option) Ghostscript will convert Postscript to PDF all day and every

Re: [libreoffice-users] Win7 x64 JRE Base...

On 20/10/11 04:32, clive wrote: I have Win7 x64 and installed Libre 3.4.3. All was well for a while. Then I had the bright idea to install JRE 7 x64 and Base stopped working when pointed at the path for JRE 7 (x64). You can't use the 64 bit JRE with LibreOffice on Windows: it's a 32 bit

[libreoffice-users] Older versions of LibreOffice

I need to get hold of the Linux (.deb) versions starting with 3.2.1. Can anyone point me to an archive - all the mirrors I have searched so far start with 3.3.3. Peter HB -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Older versions of LibreOffice

Thanks for your response. On 07/08/11 16:09, Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 16:23, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I need to get hold of the Linux (.deb) versions starting with 3.2.1. Can anyone point me to an archive - all the mirrors I have searched so far start with 3.3.3

Re: [libreoffice-users] Older versions of LibreOffice

On 07/08/11 19:41, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: [cut] Is this the one you want? I do not have the 32-bit version. OOo_3.2.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz 160 MB file. No, I'm fine now but thanks for the offer(s). Peter HB -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Paper size

On 29/05/2011 11:17, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I looked there but couldn't find it in English (GB) help files yet. Could you copypaste the clear and concise explanation you found? Pointing at documentation is great if you can summarise it well. Certainly better than blind guesses or an Rtfm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with paths

On 13/04/2011 12:01, Jeffrey Needle wrote: Hello, everyone. I'm using the portable build of LibreOffice from portableapps.com on a WinXP system. I'm trying to change the documents directory that LibreOffice uses. I go to Options, Paths and change the documents path. I click OK. I close LO,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Extensions Locked in LO 3.3

On 10/02/2011 03:09, Cliff Scott wrote: [cut] I did a modify install and all dictionaries except EN were already marked not to install. There were no options to remove them in the Extension list. These unwanted extensions are all kinds of dictionaries like Russian, Vietnamese, Swiss and many

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using external addressbooks as a data source

On 08/02/2011 17:38, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: [cut] Thanks for that - I thought they did. I'm running just over my average daily bandwidth usage (I'm on a capped bandwidth broadband package) so when I've got some slack back I'll try that. Just one question - having installed LO from the

Re: [libreoffice-users] can you have both OOo and LibreOffice installed into Ubuntu?

On 08/12/2010 20:18, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: [cut] I know for OOo, you need to install the main DEBs and then need to install the DEB menu or desktop integration file[s]. They are in separate folders and must be done separately. It depends upon the location to which they are