Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer paragraph numbered list issue

2018-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
you can always drop us a hint for the next person who has the same question. Good luck and regards from a Tom :) I'm sorry to have to break it to you but Microsquish Word is good at making a horrible mess. It's good for quick little letters and first drafts of things but not for desktop publishing or g

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Here is another "waggle the wires" suggestion... Have you tried renaming the user-profile? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile I've not seen it suggested or mentioned earlier in this thread but I could easily have missed it. Regards from a Tom :) On Thu, 7 Jun

Re: [libreoffice-users] Failure: repeated attempts to unsubscibe

2018-06-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Probably. If you have problems contact; postmas...@documentfoundation.org Regards from a Tom :) On 6 June 2018 at 20:47, Steve Edmonds wrote: > Hi, out of interest. > Does this need to be sent from the mail account registered on the list > (i.e. From: Steve Edmonds ). >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Failure: repeated attempts to unsubscibe

2018-06-06 Thread Tom Davies
forwarded this email to the postmaster here, hopefully still Florian, to see if they can unsubscribe you. Best wishes and many regards from a Tom :) On 6 June 2018 at 15:42, Cley Faye wrote: > 2018-06-06 16:13 GMT+02:00 : > > > Hi all, I've attempted to unsubscribe my father

Re: [libreoffice-users] One more question before I give up for the night. I thought the table was set to not split cells when it went to the next page, but that's not happening. I've looked for a way

2018-06-05 Thread Tom Davies
would type the reply there are some "greyed out" options and the 2nd one should be the "reply to all". Despite being greyed out it should be clickable. I'm glad you fixed the main problem already :)) Regards from a Tom :) On 5 June 2018 at 15:22, Peggy <33mar...@

[libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 10.3.7 now available

2018-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good timing! :) MariaDb announce release of new stable release. Regards from a Tom :) On Sun, 27 May 2018 20:16 MariaDB Announce List, <annou...@mariadb.org> wrote: > The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability > of MariaDB 10.3.7. > > This is the fi

Re: [libreoffice-users] overlap(?) objects in draw

2018-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It wasn't me Regards from a Tom :) On Sun, 27 May 2018 22:54 anne-ology, <lagin...@gmail.com> wrote: >curiously wondering why you deleted the message to which I was > replying???; > to make what point??? > >The initial messager was inte

Re: [libreoffice-users] overlap(?) objects in draw

2018-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
ee version is pretty good and kinda intuitive(ish). I suspect the paid vedsion is better but the free one did everything needed. Regards from a Tom :) On Sun, 27 May 2018 19:16 Regina Henschel, <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi anne-ology, > > anne-ology schrieb am 27.05.2018 um 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
overlords but I'm really bad with people and they were quite busy. Someone in the Postgresql community did a fantastic job of getting their devs and our devs working together a few years ago and so LibreOffice apparently connects to LO really neatly. Regads from a Tom :) On Sat, 26 May 2018 20:58 H

Re: [libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
market. Also that these young revolutionary anti-corporate new upstarts are actually decades-old companies/communities. Instead of getting bogged down into a kludgy unweildy mess, 'we' have remained innovative and fresh by allowing each community to retain it's indepence and focus. Regards from a Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
o see Base getting some much needed love and tlc. It deserves it. Regards from a Tom :) On Sun, 27 May 2018 07:51 Robert Großkopf, <rob...@familiegrosskopf.de> wrote: > Hi *, > > I 'm using the internal database for deveopement of databases, with > pupils in scool and for some

Re: [libreoffice-users] Weird menu problem with 6.03 installed with Ubuntu 18.04

2018-05-26 Thread Tom Davies
wallpapers and themes or if it would have an effect on LO. Regards from a Tom :) On 25 May 2018 at 21:55, Tim-L <webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > > Just wanted you to know. . . . > > On a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04, it installed LO 6.0.3, and all of the > toolbars did not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-26 Thread Tom Davies
it was almost all C, C++ and Python last time i looked. This has been an interesting thread for me. It seems quite a bit has changed over the years and it has been interesting to hear from people who know the current situations :) Thanks and regards from a Tom :) On 25 May 2018 at 20:14, Robert

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-03 Thread Tom Davies
thout much of the cultishness. (a fine band btw) Regards from a Tom :) On 3 May 2018 at 17:16, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: > On Thu May 03 2018 12:14:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Virgil > Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > For anyone inter

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-03 Thread Tom Davies
. "Google Summer of Code" and many of their other things are great but they definitely tend to do odd things at others. Regards from a Tom :) On 30 April 2018 at 21:37, Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 30 Apr 2018, Virgil Arrington wrote: > > On 04/30/2018 11

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-03 Thread Tom Davies
come from. Ironically when anyone gives any of the alternatives a fair go they quickly become seen as an untrustable geek trying to lead people astray. I definitely like the idea of using a standard signature quietly letting people know i use an alternative. Thanks and regards from a Tom :) On 30

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-03 Thread Tom Davies
The fact that Pdfs are somewhat editable by quite a few programs now but only properly editable by Adobe's expensive Pdf editor doesn't mean that the format is meant to be editable. It's a square peg in a round hole. Regards from a Tom :) On 2 May 2018 at 14:58, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytr

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-01 Thread Tom Davies
emailable limits (8Mb?) for some email systems. MS Office doesn't seem to give many options for the Pdfs it produces ... Regards from a Tom :) On 1 May 2018 at 18:55, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for the info. I'll have to research it further. > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-01 Thread Tom Davies
and regards from a Tom :) On 1 May 2018 at 17:33, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > On 04/30/2018 03:39 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > On 4/30/2018, 8:32:31 AM, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Today, I will be drafting the fi

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-01 Thread Tom Davies
formats; Pdf and the older MS one. Regards from a Tom :) On 1 May 2018 at 19:19, Dave Howorth <d...@howorth.org.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 1 May 2018 18:03:42 + > toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 04/30/2018 07:39 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > > > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :)) Regards from a Tom :) On 30 April 2018 at 23:52, gordon cooper <gordon_coo...@kinect.co.nz> wrote: > To make a PDF from LO. > > File>Export>Export as PDF. > > And in the bad/good old days when I used an MS operating system and was > proof reading

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-01 Thread Tom Davies
I've used the "oops i forgot" excuse a few times but that rarely works out well. I've generally found tech support to be arogant a*$3h0l3s until i started meeting people who also support non-MS systems. Regards from a Tom :) On 1 May 2018 at 01:16, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@ho

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-04-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That sounds interesting! How do you create a "fillable field"? I know about hybrid Pdfs but fillable fields sounds like something that could be used outside of LO. Regards from a Tom :) On 30 April 2018 at 22:57, Remy Gauthier <remygauth...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Le lu

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-04-30 Thread Tom Davies
to the system you are familiar with when moving to a FOSS system. Regards from a Tom :) On 30 April 2018 at 22:14, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > On 04/30/2018 03:02 PM, Tim-L wrote: > > I started this thread with the notice of someone on a Facebook p

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-04-30 Thread Tom Davies
ves in any format. Regards from a Tom :) On 30 April 2018 at 19:39, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: > On 4/30/2018, 8:32:31 AM, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Today, I will be drafting the final exam for my students. I will use LO > > W

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-04-30 Thread Tom Davies
implement the same version of ODF as everyone else. This time it would look like ineptitude. With their own 'new' format each different version of MS Office used a different "transitional version" of their format - using the excuse that their own ISO format was too difficult to implement.

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-04-29 Thread Tom Williams
I've never heard of the Linux Users Facebook Group until today. :) Peace... "The Other" Tom -- /When I leave, I don't know what I'm hoping to find, And when I leave, I don't know what I'm leaving behind.../ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Changes in menus, WAS Copying slides from . . .]

2018-04-19 Thread Tom Davies
nd work-flows are set-up to minimise it but the up-shot is that the in-built help is great for non-English and the published guides are better for English. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Regards from a Tom :) On 19 Apr 2018 00:35, "Virgil Arrington" <

[libreoffice-users] Proofing Tool GUI - Hyphenation support

2018-04-08 Thread Tom Davies
On 8 Apr 2018 22:38, "Marco A.G. Pinto" wrote: Hello! Just to let the development community know that after five years planning to add hyphenation support to Proofing Tool GUI, it is finally implemented. It took me just around a couple of weeks to have it ready since only

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office problem

2018-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does this help? https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/About_Headers_and_Footers Regards from a Tom :) On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:43 anne-ology, <lagin...@gmail.com> wrote: >Maybe I can help, > > is the document locked?; if so, then you need ro

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc taking 97% of cpu

2018-03-30 Thread Tom Davies
gards from a Tom :) On Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:40 John R. Sowden, <jsow...@americansentry.net> wrote: > version 5.1.6.2 xubuntu 16.04 LTS 1 GB RAM 5.5 GB available disk space > > John > > > > On 03/30/2018 09:26 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: > > Ubuntu 16.04 LTS >

WoooHooo a fav bug fixed :))) Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Export as PDF

2018-03-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Always good to see :) Regards from a Tom :) On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 01:19 Steve Edmonds, <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> wrote: > Great it's resolved for you, I have been caught out by this. > > On 29/03/18 09:44, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc taking 97% of cpu

2018-03-30 Thread Tom Davies
. Renaming the user-profile is a magic 'cure all' that often works when something weird happens. It's a bit of a Spring Clean that gets rid of a lot of "system rot" so it's prolly good to do occasionally anyway. Regards from a Tom :) On Fri, 30 Mar 2018 06:52 John R. Sowden, <jsow..

Re: [libreoffice-users] bouncing messages?

2018-03-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think they automatically get added to your inbox but because of the time-stamp on them they will be kinda rifle-shuffled in amongst your old emails rather than all appearing at the top (or bottom) of your inbox. Also they appear in Nabble or GMane interfaces/lists. Regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-27 Thread Tom Davies
lion in chump-change to throw away on projects shrouded in secrecy that have no foreseeable end-date - let alone one that has minimal investment in our countries future and for a product that is certain to be dropped at random over some profit-driven or political whim of a foreign organisatio

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm pretty sure "mainstream support" ended a few years ago. Quite what that means seems very unclear. Regards from a Tom :) On Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:08 Tanstaafl, <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: > On Wed Mar 21 2018 17:51:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Mi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Sample documents showing off LibreOffice features

2018-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
something together - but if you happen to already have something that is easy to sendthey ht appreciate it. Regards from a Tom :) On 26 February 2018 at 20:18, Tim-L <webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > > "Ages Ago" - that means several versions ago, like

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Sample documents showing off LibreOffice features

2018-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) From ages ago. There was a call for anyone with a fancy document or spreadsheet to show off through the marketing team. Regards from a Tom :) On 8 December 2017 at 09:40, Mike Saunders < mike.saund...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to build

[libreoffice-users] Android LO viewer new version just released Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Video for LibreOffice Viewer on the Play Store - draft script

2018-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
think Gnu & Linux has a few.) but i think they want some real-world too. Regards from a Tom :) On 26 February 2018 at 11:06, Mike Saunders < mike.saund...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As you probably know, we have a version of LibreOffice for Android, &

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
d knowledge about these things. Regards from a Tom :) On 24 February 2018 at 18:37, Robert Großkopf <rob...@familiegrosskopf.de> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > > Robert The custom install as you stated seems to come up in Windows, not > > DEB based Linux install, unless you ins

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
be tested by some fairly trivial example? Apols and regards from a Tom :) On 24 February 2018 at 04:17, fudmier <southofmex...@yahoo.com> wrote: > very interesting .. will PYOO work on its spread sheets as well. ? > > > > > On 2018-02-23 02:40 PM, Tom Davies wrote: &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry, my keyboard is still suffering from when i crunched it's usb-plug. It's still a beautiful keyboard but sometimes gets it's signals a bit muddled. Apols from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 20:40, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > Yeh, the KDE people p

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yeh, the KDE people put a serious amount of work into it a lot lighter and faster. Initially i only tried it out for a laugh but i was quite flabergasted at how phenomenally slick it had become. Regards from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 18:11, David Burleigh <david.burle...@gmx.

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Making Macro Programming a Breeze: The BASIC & API Reference Cards

2018-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Documentation Team have apparently got some quick reference cards about Macros or something. I've not had a look but i thought a couple of people here might be interested or be able to understand them (or both). Regards from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 19:01, Olivier Hallot

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
low spec machines again i would prolly give Kubuntu a go. Regards from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 17:26, Tim-L <webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > On 02/23/2018 09:43 AM, M Henri Day wrote: > > 2018-02-23 3:02 GMT+01:00 Tim-L <webmas...@krackedpress.com>: > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

2018-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yeh, 10mins is waaay too often for me. I think psychologists ht suggest 20-40mins but i would go for around an hour. Regards from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 17:14, zahra a <nasrinkhaks...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi. > for changing autoSave: > open tools, options, loa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

2018-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
can just get on with the typing. Regards from a Tom :) On 18 February 2018 at 03:04, Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> wrote: > It is an interesting discussion. > A while back auto-save was losing my images from the document, now that > seems well and fixed. > I

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
-formats as LibreOffice. Regards from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 14:43, M Henri Day <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2018-02-23 3:02 GMT+01:00 Tim-L <webmas...@krackedpress.com>: > > > > > I am getting an old HP desktop, that originally WinXP, ready to give > awa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

2018-02-17 Thread Tom Davies
and then just try to make sure I do my own saving and backups on my schedule rather than on the machine's. Regards from a Tom :) On 17 Feb 2018 10:05, "Peter Hillier-Brook" <p...@hbsys.plus.com> wrote: > On 17/02/18 09:17, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > > I'm not sure

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

2018-02-17 Thread Tom Davies
all seems a bit extreme. You could change the time-delay or completely eliminate the auto-save feature. Such options used to be in; Tools - Options - ... or something like that and prolly still are. Good luck and regards from a Tom :) On 14 Feb 2018 23:36, "Peter Hillier-Brook" <p..

[libreoffice-users] LO Version: 6.0.0.3

2018-02-10 Thread Tom Cloyd
I'm awake. No crashes. No errors. Many previous problems just GONE. In the approximately decade I've been using LO, this is easily the best update ever! I'm blown away and very very grateful. Thank you. Tom [Running on Linux Mint 18.2] ~~~

Re: [libreoffice-users] unsubscribe

2018-02-08 Thread Tom Davies
erent. At the bottom of all LibreOffice emails it says; "To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org " Good luck and regards from a Tom :) On 2 February 2018 at 05:32, jacques revera <jacquesrev...@gmail.com> wrote: > unsubscribe > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: macro to only change month

2018-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
it then it's prolly easier to keep using the system you know. Apols and degards from a Tom :) On 29 Jan 2018 01:03, "bjlockie" <bjloc...@lockie.ca> wrote: > Thanks for the replies. > I'm going to look at gnucash but I suspect it does much more than I need. > &

Re: [libreoffice-users] macro to only change month

2018-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
). If you prefer a proprietary system that only works on Windoze then Sage Instant (£50-£100) is prolly more than you need but people will keep trying to push you into buying Sage Line 50 which is closer to a grand. Regards from a Tom :) On 28 Jan 2018 16:04, "Luuk" <luu...@gmail.com&g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: base table window navigation tool

2018-01-25 Thread Tom Davies
The quick-launcher thing is one instance. Regards from a Tom :) On 25 Jan 2018 18:05, "leleu" <robert.le...@ovh.fr> wrote: Je la 24/01/2018 18:35, Alexander Thurgood skribis : Le 24/01/2018 à 14:57, leleu a écrit : > > > > further suggestions happened in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why are the people who answer users' questions are not getting counted?

2017-12-14 Thread Tom Davies
ion Team has kinda transformed a lot in the last couple of years but I still think the main advantage of getting involved with it is how much you learn by being involved and getting to know the people involved there as colleagues. Regards from a Tom :) On 12 Dec 2017 03:52, "zahra a" &l

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why are the people who answer users' questions are not getting counted?

2017-12-10 Thread Tom Davies
the points system because it's the only feedback they can get. Regards from a Tom :) On 8 Dec 2017 20:15, "Joe Conner" <joeconner2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting: I had no idea this even existed. > > Blessings, Joe > > > On 12/08/2017 08:48 AM, Luuk

[Solved] Re: Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] ttf-mscorefonts-installer

2017-11-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brilliant! Thanks for letting us know. Congrats on fixing it :)) Regards from a Tom :) On 21 Nov 2017 07:11, "Joe Conner" <joeconner2...@gmail.com> wrote: > That seems to have fixed the problem. I have not gotten the pop-up since > removing the installer

apt vs apt-get. Re: [libreoffice-users] ttf-mscorefonts-installer

2017-11-21 Thread Tom Davies
o show time & an eta but instead just shows work-done and work remaining. I think "apt" uses apt-get to do most of the work but then just adds some extra bits, or makes them easier to remember or something. So apt is more like the default package manager in Arch now - but easier to rem

Re: [libreoffice-users] ttf-mscorefonts-installer

2017-11-14 Thread Tom Davies
remove any lingering bits jic. Regards from a Tom :) On 13 Nov 2017 22:50, "Joe Conner" <joeconner2...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Tom, I will implement your suggestion. I have been getting the pop up two to three times a day. If I don't get it again for awhile I will post that info t

Re: [libreoffice-users] ttf-mscorefonts-installer

2017-11-12 Thread Tom Davies
ecretive proprietary fonts they use rather than the Free and safe ones we use natively. Regards from a Tom :) On 12 Nov 2017 00:42, "Virgil Arrington" <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 11/10/2017 04:51 AM, Joe Conner wrote: > > LibreOffice 5.4.3 Ubuntu 64bit >

Re: [libreoffice-users] ID the template in use: Writer

2017-09-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :) That might help the next person who wants to know :) Nae bother. Regards from a Tom :) On 20 Sep 2017 13:48, "Eric Beversluis" <ebe...@researchintegration.org> wrote: > Looks like the “Properties” window shows it for new documents. It wasn’t > show

Re: [libreoffice-users] resume support on daily builds

2017-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
to start. Hopefully we each find an area we can enjoy working in. This mailing-list is a good one to keep coming back to and we might be able to help ease you into whichever other area you try. Good luck and many regards from a Tom :) On 18 Sep 2017 06:30, "krishna" <kris...@grr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Changing Default Page Size

2017-09-08 Thread Tom Davies
y but if you are using Windows it may be stubborn and need setting. So, please let us know which OS if you want us to be more specific about where you "Control Panel" or whatever is and how to set it. Regards from a Tom :) On 7 Sep 2017 09:26, "Alexander Thurgood" <alex.thurg

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening 'Pages' documents

2017-09-08 Thread Tom Davies
to predict future events with a high level of accuracy. Regards from a Tom :) On 7 Sep 2017 11:29, "Alexander Thurgood" <alex.thurg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Le 07/09/2017 à 12:12, Tom Davies a écrit : > > Hi :) > > 1. Is there an easy work-around such as usi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening 'Pages' documents

2017-09-07 Thread Tom Davies
s try to force users into becoming dependant on their software by making their software incompatible with everyone else. The resulting documents are often difficult to open successfully with more recent versions of their software. It seems crazy that so many people fall for it! Regards from a Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] "sudo apt-get purge libreoffice-gtk " ????

2017-08-29 Thread Tom Davies
to be installed separately for the right-click menus to have more relevant options and to make the window decorations look more like the rest of your OS. Sorry I couldn't help! Regards from a Tom :) On 29 Aug 2017 17:05, "Tim-L--Elmira-NY" <webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > &g

Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] convert xlsx to CSV (and utf8?)

2017-08-29 Thread Tom Davies
Dohhh again ! -- Forwarded message -- From: "Tom Davies" <tomc...@gmail.com> Date: 29 Aug 2017 09:38 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] convert xlsx to CSV (and utf8?) To: "A" <publicf...@bak.rr.com> Cc: Hi :) > Sorry about the "One directio

Re: [libreoffice-users] convert xlsx to CSV (and utf8?)

2017-08-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Prolly best to avoid one direction surely? Anyway didn't they split up and go different ways? Regards from Tom :) On 29 Aug 2017 08:43, "A" <publicf...@bak.rr.com> wrote: Thank you. I may end up doing that, but I'm trying to avoid it. I picked one direction (bef

Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] To make a graph

2017-08-29 Thread Tom Davies
or not and it's impossible to look back over old solutions that may still work. Hey ho, grumble done ;) Regards from a Tom :) -- Forwarded message -- From: "Tom Davies" <tomc...@gmail.com> Date: 29 Aug 2017 02:31 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] To make a graph To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Simple way to draw graphs ?

2017-08-14 Thread Tom Cloyd
Re-using graphs directly scanned from a book, without permission of the copyright owner, would also be a violation of international copyright law. Tom ~ "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: No version install on a Windows 7 domain joined machine

2017-07-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brilliant! I thought the whole thing about domains was a red herring but Malcolm needs to be a local admin on that specific machine. It sounds sensible to avoid letting a "domain admin" also be an admin on any local machine for security reasons. Regards from Tom :) On 18 Jul

Re: [libreoffice-users] No version install on a Windows 7 domain joined machine

2017-07-18 Thread Tom Davies
permissions and space on the drive and that the drive is ok etc. I can't really imagine that any of those things are really the issue but it wouldn't hurt to be certain. Regards from Tom :) On 18 Jul 2017 12:14, "malcolm moore" <st-malcolm.mo...@whsg.info> wrote: > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry i've been afk today. Hopefully someone else can help. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 16 Jul 2017 18:41, "MICHAEL HELY" <mhmh...@btinternet.com> wrote: thanks! i would be grateful for advice on file permissions.I am in my 80s, and there is never a teenager w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-15 Thread Tom Williams
" = Windows NT version 4 Peace... "The Other" Tom -- /When we dance, you have a way with me, Stay with me... Sway with me.../ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsub

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-15 Thread Tom Davies
for it happening again. Alternatively if it has happened before and is just extremely rare then someone else might have a ready answer for you this time. Regards from Tom :) On 8 Jul 2017 23:13, "MICHAEL HELY" <mhmh...@btinternet.com> wrote: I am having trouble with this suite.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-15 Thread Tom Davies
ows and that appears to have happened to several other people recently in Windows because of a recent Microsoft update. Regards from Tom :) On 15 Jul 2017 18:36, "Concerned Citizen" <ibeconcer...@gmail.com> wrote: I find it quite disturbing that someone stating an issue and, perhap

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) One problem, once and experienced by just one person rarely compares with the problems that abound on Windows. Regards from Tom :) On 10 Jul 2017 15:29, "Tom Williams" <tomd...@comcast.net> wrote: On 07/09/2017 02:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > There was a Win 10

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: scalc interchange ods between english and spanish

2017-07-14 Thread Tom Davies
to convert a file from one implementation to another * very compact yet straight-forwards * easy to compress and uncompress teliably and consistently Thanks for the insight wrt jeadless/cli mode too. Regards from Tom :) On 14 Jul 2017 08:25, "Uwe Brauer" <o...@mat.ucm.es> wrote: &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: scalc interchange ods between english and spanish

2017-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
different, or the individual's company may still believe MS's FUD and be scared of trying anything or updating anything. Regards from Tom :) On 27 Jun 2017 17:42, "Uwe Brauer" <o...@mat.ucm.es> wrote: > >>> "Philip" == Philip Jackson <philip.jack..

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-10 Thread Tom Williams
On 07/09/2017 02:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > There was a Win 10 update that messed up the permissions in one of the > places i volunteer at. > > I have no idea how to fix it. I think we went through each individual > folder to reset the permissions but that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-09 Thread Tom Davies
it generally. Still, 'everyone' loves Windows. Regards from Tom :) On 9 July 2017 at 17:46, Tom Williams <tomd...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 07/08/2017 02:56 AM, MICHAEL HELY wrote: > > I am having trouble with this suite. Normally I have been able to > open, amend, and save a do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-09 Thread Tom Williams
om an email attachment? These are things you have probably already thought of but I want to ask anyway. :) I've run LibreOffice 5 on a couple of Windows 10 systems and have been able to open, edit, and save documents without issue. Peace... "The Other" Tom -- /Wh

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Urgent LibreOffice 5.2.5.1.

2017-07-09 Thread Tom Davies
that message the documents are completely up-to-date and all fine. regards from Tom :) On 9 July 2017 at 16:38, Huntly Ness <huntlyhuntlyn...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello Tom, just to tell you the wonderful news that, on advice from Brian > Barker, I RESTARTED my laptop and then I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Urgent LibreOffice 5.2.5.1.

2017-07-09 Thread Tom Davies
the capital-letters in an address are only there to make it easier for humans to read or as decoration. It'd be a tad awkward if using an upper-case G sent it to one lot of people but a lower-case sent it to someone else!! Thanks, good luck and regards from Tom :) On 9 July 2017 at 00:40, Huntly Ness

Re: [libreoffice-users] [calc] Get a list of conditional formattings

2017-07-09 Thread Tom Davies
icantly reduces the dedication of the support staff and the control you have over them but it also dramatically reduces costs so some sort of combination of in-house and outsourcing might be the best-fit for your company. Regards from Tom :) On 9 July 2017 at 09:12, Gabriele Ponzo <gpo...@gmail.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Urgent LibreOffice 5.2.5.1.

2017-07-08 Thread Tom Davies
"User Profile" also contains "Galleries" and other folders and hopefully things like your "Recent Files" list should be intact. So, one way or another you should be ab le to recover your files automagically. :)) Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 7 July 2017

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
it and prepared for it then it's hopefully fairly easy to get it running. The problem with embedding such things is they weigh down an app quite a bit without making it that much easier to run. It depends on personal preference though rather than any technical reasoning. Good luck and regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc (5.2.7-1) undo redo problems

2017-05-26 Thread Tom Davies
uot;libreoffice". ALL the problems on the libreoffice bugzilla site are problems with libreoffice that people need help with. So repeating that in the subject-line is extraneous "noise" which the devs find painful. ;) Avoid that and you are a step ahead of sooo many bug-reports tha

Re: [libreoffice-users] Pop Up Notifications

2017-04-29 Thread Tom Davies
eds people to be willing to explore rather than just accept what they are given. Regards from Tom :) On 24 Apr 2017 23:27, "Ian Whitfield" <whitfi...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > If you use Thunderbird for your eMail add the extension "ReminderFox" - It > does this kind o

Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

2017-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
permissive', i think because it gives big businesses more control. Regards from Tom :) On 15 April 2017 at 10:18, nasrin khaksar <nasrinkhaks...@gmail.com> wrote: > tudy it, but it was extremely long > specially with inclusion of thirdparthy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users

[libreoffice-users] Re: Acroforms vs. XFA Forms

2017-04-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought some people here might want to know more about pdf forms and others here probably know a lot more already. Regards from Tom :) On 11 Apr 2017 14:46, "Foxit Software Incorporated" < market...@email.foxitsoftware.com> wrote: > View in browser > <http:/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Malware in latest Win x64 download

2017-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
idea for me to be a bit less trusting. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 10 April 2017 at 21:24, Cley Faye <cleyf...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-04-10 22:15 GMT+02:00 MR ZenWiz <mrzen...@gmail.com>: > > > If this is normal, why? > > > > If not, can it be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
one. Although i did once make a back-up of one at work and needed it right away. Anyway, thanks Garvin and Jonathon for fixing my existential anxiety so quickly ! :)) Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 6 April 2017 at 19:57, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/06/2017 05:3

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
this mailing list in the first place was to learn from others and i feel i have learned quite a lot from the people here over the years but i am aware that i misunderstand quite a lot of things that people say. Regards from Tom :) On 6 April 2017 at 18:27, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-06 Thread Tom Davies
Base is to use some external back-end - despite an internal one being hastily thrown on years ago in order to downgrade Base to be more like Access? Regards from Tom :) On 6 April 2017 at 17:48, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 04/06/2017 07:05 AM, Alexander

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) SQLite can be used as a back-end for Base, as can many other database programs. One of the strengths of LibreOffice/OpenOffice Base is that it is designed to use a wide variety of back-ends. Regards from Tom ) On 5 April 2017 at 18:56, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 0

Re: [libreoffice-users] Convert old numbering style into current one

2017-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did anyone have an answer about this? Regards from Tom :) On 5 Mar 2017 18:48, "Regina Henschel" <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > there exist an old numbering style with "Minimum space between numbering > and text" and the current nu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Copy-Paste(special) times in Calc. - solved

2017-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does Shift Ctrl V offer the same choices? Regards from Tom :) On 30 Mar 2017 02:11, "Steve Edmonds" <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> wrote: > Copy to the group. > > Wow, never knew that was there. All those options that don't seem to be in > any menu. > > T

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO won't open - claims Default.ott is corrupt

2017-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
found there were a lot of advantages to it. Rebooting other distros has helped me too. Congrats, good luck and regards from Tom :) On 31 Mar 2017 20:18, "John Jason Jordan" <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:17:30 +0100 > Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail

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