Re: [libreoffice-users] Help! Lost all file permissions after upgrading Libre Office in Win 7

2016-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
ular case. However the problem may have occured during the install process. Clearly it's not running the way it normally does, ie the way it 'should'. Renaming the User Profile fixes many weird things that shouldn't be going wrong and a reinstall/upgrade 'should' go smoothly. So it's definitely a good

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question about the best version of libreoffice - MY God is better!

2016-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
to turn for us i am sure we can all remember moments where mainstream-people have done or said things, without even realising it, that are extremely pro-MSO and their ever-changing, unreliable formats. Please can we drop this topic and get on with the questions at hand? Regards from Tom :) On 26

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question about the best version of libreoffice - MY God is better!

2016-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
ves, in a discussion (but preferably not on this mailing list because, as we all seem to agree, this is probably not the place for it). As someone, who i believe was amazing, once said "An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind". Regards from Tom :) On 26 January 20

Re: [libreoffice-users] difference between Excel and Calc

2016-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Isn't there a setting to change the way cells are addressed in Calc? Something like; Tools - Options - Calc errr, somewhere in there? I think you have to be in Calc to get those options. Regards from Tom :) On Tuesday, 26 January 2016, Ian McCarthy <i...@cronkshaw.com> wrote: >

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Base - music cataloging

2016-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
ge of such tools/apps. If you are just trying to Regards form Tom :) On 22 January 2016 at 00:39, anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> wrote: >There are numerous programs - commercial & free for the individual > user - which will probably do what you seek; >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question about the best version of libreoffice:

2016-01-20 Thread Tom Davies
roblem for "what should be" is Java and Base. If they can be avoided then maybe the "general rule" is fairly valid. With either Base or Java being used then it becomes a lot less clear, unless things have changed radically in the last couple of years. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question about the best version of libreoffice:

2016-01-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Many people on this mailing list have had signatures that include Bible quotes or such-like without anyone grumbling or anything. I thought it was nice to see something similar from a different religion for a change. Regards from Tom :) On 20 January 2016 at 12:08, James Knott

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc- don't show the decimal point

2016-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
ot ignored in this thread because the earlier part of his answer had been somewhat flummoxing. Anyway, i hope you have a "good enough" result by using some of the answers in this thread! Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 19 January 2016 at 20:15, Alek <pe...@aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base out of memory

2016-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
e internal version. Sorry i am not being very helpful here! Hopefully someone with a lot more understanding and/or knowledge will appear or someone give some other ideas worth trying. Regards from Tom :) On 19 January 2016 at 12:51, Malcolm Moore <st-malcolm.mo...@whsg.info> wrote: > The er

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base out of memory

2016-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
- Memory The defaults are all for MUCH lower spec machines so you can easily allow LibreOffice to use much larger amounts of Ram. Hmm, all the settings seem to be about graphics and objects so i'm not sure it would help. I think it's still worth a try though. Regards from Tom :) On 19 January

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Download

2016-01-04 Thread Tom Davies
ing list move our clients and "mission critical" machines onto this branch and start getting excited about the prospect of having an entirely new branch to try out. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 4 January 2016 at 12:53, william drescher <will...@techservsys.com> wrote: >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Where to request a new App (Mind mapping)for Libreoffice?

2015-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
which is the best fit for what you want to do and what fits well enough with LibreOffice. Regards from Tom :) On 14 December 2015 at 10:34, Andreas Säger <ville...@t-online.de> wrote: > Am 14.12.2015 um 09:37 schrieb minhsien0330: >> Hi all: >> I think it will

Re: [libreoffice-users] spreadsheet formulas stopped working

2015-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has the spreadsheet been converted to an MS format such as XlsX and back again? Perhaps more importantly has MS Office 2007 been used to save the Ods file? Microsoft's support for formats that can be used by other programs is notoriously weak. Regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2015

Re: [libreoffice-users] Source Libre

2015-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
gives the best (imo) version of LibreOffice and gets you straight to the language option. Regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2015 at 20:29, anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> wrote: >If, 1, you are attempting to download LO - > then delete what you have >

Re: [libreoffice-users] spreadsheet formulas stopped working

2015-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think this is a duplicate thread and the duplicate has been discussed quite comprehensively already, perhaps even solved or nearly solved. All good! :) Regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2015 at 16:19, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > Has the spreadsheet be

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreLogo tutorial

2015-12-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 That was really well said. Very succinct! :) Regards from Tom :) On 6 December 2015 at 20:46, Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 5 Dec 2015, Robert Funnell wrote: > >> I'd like to comment on the 2 typographic rules mentioned for English. >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreLogo tutorial

2015-12-06 Thread Tom Davies
e better even though the way most people criticise is quite hurtful. Asking people here to proof-read was brilliant and nicely done! :)) Regards from Tom :) On 6 December 2015 at 17:37, Kolbjørn Stuestøl <kolbjo...@stuestoel.no> wrote: > I agree in that typography is important. But th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help Please

2015-11-25 Thread Tom Davies
ion.org/UserProfile This tends to 'magically' fix a huge variety of weird problems that suddenly start happening. Hopefully it might work for you. Please let us know how it goes Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 25 November 2015 at 17:15, ROGER SKED <rs...@btinternet.com> wrote: > &g

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Tips

2015-11-24 Thread Tom Davies
. Regards from Tom :) On 24 November 2015 at 00:42, Italo Vignoli <it...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > We are collecting tips related to LibreOffice - any kind: configuration, > deployment, howto, workarounds, suggestions - to spend as "gifts" for > users during the upcomi

Re: [libreoffice-users] CONGRATULATIONS!!1!

2015-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
ith it - or become happy once i help them switch to the "Still" branch. Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2015 at 15:39, Cley Faye <cleyf...@gmail.com> wrote: > I usually don't reply to these kind of posts (I keep my rare contributions > in trying to help others...) but there

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thai language problem

2015-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Problems with regression in the Thai language might be better sent to the international translators mailing list. So, i have forwarded the message to them. Hopefully it's something simple that can be fixed for the 5.0.3-4 Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2015 at 10:10, Ch

Re: [libreoffice-users] Large spreadsheet does not open in LibreOffice.

2015-11-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think so. I have no idea how to do that though. Which OS are you using? Is it a version of Windows? Xp, Win7 or something? Regards from tom :) On 14 November 2015 at 11:20, malcolm <malc...@interele.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Can you change that for all users ? >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Large spreadsheet does not open in LibreOffice.

2015-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
ots of images and art? Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2015 at 19:27, Joel Madero <jmadero@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 7:52 AM, ammorei <ammo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good afternoon! >> >> I have a spreadsheet in '.xlsx', with a size

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Announcing OpenOffice 4.1.2

2015-10-30 Thread Tom Davies
. Some of us enjoy hearing about others in the wider eco-system or wider community having an unusual success. It's only by grumbling about such posts that so much attention gets drawn to them. Regards from Tom :) On 30 October 2015 at 14:15, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com>

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice movie making and publishing for Aarhus Conference

2015-10-27 Thread Tom Davies
. It covers a wide variety of Open Source projects, such as Blender (video/animation editor/creator), as well as LibreOffice. Regards from Tom :) On 27 October 2015 at 16:49, Sophie <gautier.sop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Hung, > Le 27/10/2015 07:23, Nguyễn Vũ Hưng a écrit : > > Hello

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

2015-10-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) LibreOffice seems to have some weird way of organising the printers and it looks like that is causing problems. You are not the first person to run into this problem. Hopefully someone here can help! Apols, good luck and regards from Tom :) On 22 October 2015 at 18:44, Aureli <

[libreoffice-users] Fwd: [libreoffice-l10n] My post on OpenSource.Com : Celebrating the success of LibreOffice in Denmark

2015-10-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Rajesh Ranjan posted a link to an article about a recent L:ibreOffice event that i thought that some people here might find interesting. Regards from Tom :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Rajesh Ranjan <*hidden*> Date: 21 October 2015 at 10:05 Subject: [libreoffice-l1

Re: [libreoffice-users] copying text with formatting from a web page

2015-10-21 Thread Tom Davies
u'll see the guide/manual is just for the Wget command, not 'the' entire OS! Regards from Tom :) On 20 October 2015 at 20:41, <libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com> wrote: > Gary Collins wrote: > >> I've just tried this in firefox. A couple of things: >> >> 1) access to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tooo many messages on this mailing list?? How to avoid being swamped ...

2015-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
for Hotmail afaik. Old Hotmail accounts keep their name but probably use the Live Mail systems. Regards from Tom :) On 16 October 2015 at 17:22, anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> wrote: >very interesting, indeed. > >And has me curiously wondering ... >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tooo many messages on this mailing list?? How to avoid being swamped ...

2015-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
ple to use. The only way to really understand these things is to see them and maybe try using them for a few posts. Regards from Tom :) On 16 October 2015 at 17:45, anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> wrote: >curiously wondering what gmane is ... > curiously wondering what

Re: [libreoffice-users] copying text with formatting from a web page

2015-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
ind or be told about these things :) Regards from Tom :) On 16 October 2015 at 17:35, jorge <jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com> wrote: > Hi: > > As I see in Firefox, we can save as Web page complete-by default > (As I > understand Tom comment), and .html format (A single file

Re: [libreoffice-users] copying text with formatting from a web page

2015-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
the right answer each time. Regards from Tom :) On 16 October 2015 at 09:42, Gary Collins <gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Tom, > > That's a good suggestion, perhaps I should have thought of it. I will give > it a go. In general, I use MS because it has been the only one I know >

Re: [libreoffice-users] copying text with formatting from a web page

2015-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought saving in html format tends to create an extra sub-folder for images and snippets of code and stuff. The links in the html file pick-up on the stuff that's in that new sub-folder. Regards from Tom :) On 16 October 2015 at 16:36, jorge <jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com> wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Threading

2015-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
from Tom :) On 16 October 2015 at 12:30, Rob Jasper <r...@famjasper.nl> wrote: > Stays in the tread for me :-) > > Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 - Mail version 5.3 > > Rob. > > > On 16 okt. 2015, at 13:11, James E Lang wrote: > > > This reply is being sent from my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Digital signatures

2015-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
lp you figure out how to attach the certificates. If you only read English it still might but the translated versions of all other documentation tends to be better in non-English. The English version is designed to be easier to translate. In English the best help is the published guides that you've

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tooo many messages on this mailing list?? How to avoid being swamped ...

2015-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
pot on" and i'd totally missed it in my previous post. Regards from Tom :) On 15 October 2015 at 15:42, Rob Jasper <r...@famjasper.nl> wrote: > On my email client (OSX std email client) it does. > That doesn;t seem to happen very often, though. > > Rob. > > &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tooo many messages on this mailing list?? How to avoid being swamped ...

2015-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
about this mailing list or about GMane? Regards from Tom :) On 15 October 2015 at 23:47, Andreas Säger <ville...@t-online.de> wrote: > Am 15.10.2015 um 23:38 schrieb libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com: > > > > Most emails appear correctly threaded to me, u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - Line Spacing - not appearign as single space

2015-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brilliant! Even easier than i thought! Well found! :) Congrats. It sounds like it might be good to re-configure the "Text-body" style someday, maybe - or leave it so you can switch between the 2 styles as needed. Superb! :) Congrats and regards from Tom :) On 15 October 201

[libreoffice-users] Tooo many messages on this mailing list?? How to avoid being swamped ...

2015-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
experience with even higher levels or/and on other lists and may have other tricks to cope. Regards from Tom :) On 14 October 2015 at 15:58, Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr> wrote: > On 14/10/15 14:51, Gabriele Ponzo wrote: > > What is unclear is if you don't want to receive

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
the time to do a comparison and maybe report back to this thread then that'd be really good. It might "bring some questions to light" that we can resolve both for this thread and for the wiki. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 14 October 2015 at 20:06, Andreas Säger <ville...@t-online.de&

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can the most up-to-date LO import and print pdfs?

2015-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I generally just double-click on the Pdf's icon and it magically opens it in something suitable. There are a lot of Pdf-readers for Gnu I'm using Evince on this machine at the moment. Pdf editing is a lot more tricky. Regards from Tom :) On 13 October 2015 at 19:10, Steve Edmonds

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - Line Spacing - not appearign as single space

2015-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
d right-click on the appropriate one in the styles pop-up dialogue-box to modify it. I hope this helps! Regards from Tom :) On 15 October 2015 at 00:20, Gabriele Ponzo <gpo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I couldn't catch exactly what are you trying to do. > > Did you mean the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Capitalise every word

2015-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
through the other styles and the changes it may make to your document in order to help the entire document be consistent with itself. Regards from Tom :) On 14 October 2015 at 12:25, Cley Faye <cleyf...@gmail.com> wrote: > A likely culprit is a specific paragraph style (default key F11

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replies

2015-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
] doesn't actually seem too difficult to me but it's something i regret forcing on others. The LibreOffice mailing lists kinda force people into it though. Regards from Tom :) On 14 October 2015 at 21:50, James E. Lang <jim+...@lang.hm> wrote: > Curious -- Does anyone know from w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-13 Thread Tom Davies
are welcome :) Regards from Tom :) On 13 October 2015 at 15:33, Paul D. Mirowsky <p_mirow...@bentaxna.com> wrote: > I can't resist. > > In the code, the variable "loupdate" is used. > > Suggest name for code snippet be "loup" for LibreOfficeUpdate function. &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Dear Libre Office team

2015-10-13 Thread Tom Davies
m find good documentation. So, mostly we just agree with you and your experience so far sounds fairly typical of what most of us found too. :)) 4. We do understand. Those were good and legitimate questions. The security question is always a good one to ask about any software. Hopefully we have ans

All good :)) Re: [libreoffice-users] Though I sent the email, [Please read this too because I am worrying about you misunderstand my mind]

2015-10-13 Thread Tom Davies
discussion between some of us who have been on this mailing list for a while and hopefully gives most of us a chance to learn a few new things too. So it's all good. Many thanks for asking some good, thought-provoking questions :) Regards from Tom :) On 13 October 2015 at 18:37, Alexander Y Lee

Re: [libreoffice-users] Is this a corrupt document?

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
e Suite or word-processing program. Actually it is worth keeping MS Office 2007 but only so that you can open some of the files that MS die-hards send you! For the most part LibreOffice (and the rest) all handle MS formatted files just perfectly fine but nature of MS formats is that they always s

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is this a corrupt document?

2015-10-12 Thread Tom
better. Usually you don't have to worry about any of that because the default is usually fine and we are used to dealing with tpyos anyway. Sorry i couldn't help with the actual question!! Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Is-t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Is this a corrupt document? Why?

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
ktop OSes can easily share files on a network and link to other machines. Sorry! Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2015 at 14:56, Jonathan Camilleri <camilleri@gmail.com> wrote: > I am having trouble understanding why the attached document is corrupted on > Micros

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
It's probably why so many here stick with "Still" for their clients or on machines they rely on for actual work. Regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2015 at 13:15, Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr> wrote: > On 11/10/15 23:24, Virgil Arrington wrote: > > One f

Re: [libreoffice-users] LTS

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
f 'staying' with us. OO may regain some of those now that it looks a lot less chaotic than us. But a lot of the gains of both organisations have been with organisations, cities, even a national-police-force and other people who had never even heard of either of us before. Regards from Tom :) On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Digital signatures

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
s. Having said that i'm not sure if they cover this issue! Please let us know. Regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2015 at 14:49, Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr> wrote: > Hi, I have been using signatures occasionally over the past couple of years > without any prob

Re: [libreoffice-users] Is this a corrupt document? Why?

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
; Also i suddenly recognised the name as being very similar to an old friend who i haven't heard from in years but who was doing some great projects in Malta with little or no support. Much respect to him, and if it's you then many more apologies for my rant. Regards from Tom :) On 12 October

Re: [libreoffice-users] pptx files can't be opened when created with Impress 5.0.x

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
ew laptop). 4. On Gnu (Ubuntu 14.04) i was looking for something else in my package manager and found what seemed to be tons of different programs for creating slide-shows and presentations. Of course now that i'm looking for them deliberately i can't find any! Regards from Tom :) On 12 Octo

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice exports .eps for my latex work

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
Draw normally uses? Regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2015 at 16:54, evgeny-petrov <peuge...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I have created the picture in the libreoffice-draw, then exported this > picture into the eps file, please view attached hereto. > Then I have includ

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
for rpm systems or/and upload the script-file itself. Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2015 at 19:46, MR ZenWiz <mrzen...@gmail.com> wrote: > I will do all of that when I get a chance. > > Thanks. > > MR > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Tom Da

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unwanted Attributes When Filling In Form

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
there any chance of uploading a small part of the form to Nabble or somewhere so someone can see how it looks back in MS Office? Regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2015 at 16:51, ajebay <aje...@errichel.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, I have been sent a form to fill in .docx format. It opens fine

[libreoffice-users] MariaDB 5.5.46 now available

2015-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
o hear of PostgreSQL major releases too because that also integrates really well as the back-end for Base apparently. Regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2015 at 10:40, MariaDB Announce List <annou...@mariadb.org> wrote: > The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate ava

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
ny 1 of them but this way i have used each package-manager for what it does best. Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2015 at 14:11, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Setting aside the discussion that followed, I would like to thank Andreas > for his explanation of ins

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
struggling with it at each new install. Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, Andreas Säger <ville...@t-online.de> wrote: > Thank you for the positive feedback. I hope you noticed the correction of > Oct > 10, 2015; 1:12pm by Jean-Baptiste Faure-3 that there is no > d

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
ase is TDF itself! TDF say it cant be done. Other places just get on with it and do it. Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2015 at 13:15, Charles-H. Schulz < charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Le 11 octobre 2015 11:44:33 GMT+02:00, Alex Thurgood < > alex.thurg...@gmai

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
struggle is all of us against the ones who focus on using proprietary formats. For me, and i suspect quite a lot of the most vociferous detractors here, the only real problem with LibreOffice is that it's sooo close to being perfect but just misses by a frustratingly narrow margin. Many regard

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
. Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2015 at 15:40, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > +1 > Although we often disagree with each other and have heated arguments at > times i have a lot of respect for the technical support Andreas gives and > also for his links to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
as a result = so thanks to all of you for that :)) Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2015 at 18:01, Jay Lozier <jsloz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 10/11/2015 12:48 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > >> On 11/10/15 11:44, Alex Thurgood wrote: >> >> I would suggest

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
distros in the Debian family. It's also possible to install the "upstream" version directly from the website and both Andreas and ZenWiz gave us good instructions for doing that. :) Then the whole thread took a left turn and got (imo) very exciting and interesting :) Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
uch a tiny and understandable inaccuracy. So, both your posts are very much appreciated - as always. Many regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2015 at 16:48, Andreas Säger <ville...@t-online.de> wrote: > Andreas Säger wrote > > If you don't want any desktop integration because you want

Re: [libreoffice-users] pptx files can't be opened when created with Impress 5.0.x

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
or writing presentations. Powerpoint is one of the worst. The only advantage with Impress or Powerpoint is that they are part of the office suite and it may be easier to use things created in other programs/elements/apps/modules of the suite within your presentation. Also it's what 'everyone' s

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
le to help :) Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2015 at 23:29, jorge <jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com> wrote: > >> Hi Tom and all: >> >> Thanks for the explanation about Software Center, Synaptic and >> Apt-get >> command. >> >> Regards, >&g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
ely isolated and cut-off. One which is largely addressed by almost all of Gnu but not by LibreOffice. Regards from Tom :) > > Also you might add that TDF does not offer LTS because TDF is not a > business and therefore has no incentive in a LTS version which only makes > se

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-10 Thread Tom Davies
f the changes it needed too. The head of the LO Documentation Team spent a lot of time heading up their Documentation Team too. All across the projects there are people working together quietly. So throughout the history of this forking and so-called fragmentation it's actually been a case o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-10 Thread Tom Davies
ty quickly. Top marks for posting the bug-report and helping them with it. That has helped us all even before most of is realised there was a problem :) It's a good example of why it's good for most of us and other experienced users to try "Fresh" before foisting it on our clients or on noo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: file dialogue choice

2015-10-10 Thread Tom Davies
y advice out there that the answers from the mailing list are a huge help in cutting through. So, i like your approach, especially the way you posted your own answer so we all knew you had fixed it and so that people in the future might be helped by your answer. Anyway, congrats and regards from Tom :

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-10 Thread Tom Davies
re and had obscure problems it's almost invariably because they were using "Fresh" rather than "Still". "Fresh" is exciting but it should be more like an "easter egg" in a movie or game that has to be discovered or some challenge over-come in order to find it

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2015-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
here - all that even before your recent introduction. :) We have never received such a generous gift so it made a lot of us suspicious about it. Many thanks for it! :) Did you work on that during Ramadan? Anyway, shukran jazilan Nasrin :) Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 6 October 2015

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
their noobish-edges very quickly, especially with something like Gnu and even without trying. I've enjoyed this thread so far! :) Thanks all :) Regards to all from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] introducing my self and a gift for appreciation to you:

2015-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
re - just an odd mix of paranoia and wishful thinking. Regards from Tom :) On 8 October 2015 at 05:13, Philip Rhoades <p...@pricom.com.au> wrote: > James, > > > On 2015-10-08 03:38, James Wilde wrote: > >> Actually it is a compliment and thanks to LO and TDF for a good >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] introducing my self and a gift for appreciation to you:

2015-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Thanks to James too :) as well as thanks to Nasrin. :) Regards from Tom :) On 7 October 2015 at 17:52, M Henri Day <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2015-10-07 18:48 GMT+02:00 James Wilde <james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com>: > > > Thank you, Nasrin, for your kind word

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
hen joining as a Reviewer would be fantastic too. The "Base Handbook" is the one currently most in need of proof-reading. Reviewing has effectively been done already but a fresh set of eyes for another review would always be welcome. Good luck and many regards from Tom :) On 9 October 2015

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahhh, there is actually a link to the "installation instructions" on the downloads page but there is a LOT to read there and the link is not very noticeable. Regards from Tom :) On 9 October 2015 at 17:02, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > I think Joh

Re: [libreoffice-users] copying text with formatting from a web page

2015-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
for the tone here! Good luck with all this! Many apols sand regards from Tom :) On 9 October 2015 at 15:54, Gary Collins <gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Should've said, I'm using 4.4.3.2/G. >From: Gary Collins <gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk> > To: "users@glob

Re: [libreoffice-users] Incorrect PDF export of SVG in Calc headers

2015-10-02 Thread Tom Davies
of posting to allow for normal office users who may not ever have even heard of or seen anything other than top-posting. Many thanks for a perfect thread! Regards from Tom :) On 2 October 2015 at 11:43, Dave Barton <d...@tasit.net> wrote: > Original Message > F

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word compatability

2015-10-01 Thread Tom Davies
improve the program/suite in a practical way for all of us :) Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 30 September 2015 at 14:49, Marc Paré <m...@marcpare.com> wrote: > Le 27/09/15 09:18 AM, V Stuart Foote a écrit : > >> @Thomas, * >> >> It is a filter issue with th

Re: [libreoffice-users] blurred display

2015-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
ver-looked it. I have no idea where to find that setting in any version of Windows since Xp. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 27 September 2015 at 22:06, Jim Quinn <quinnj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is your page-style set for "shadows"? > > -Original Message

Re: [libreoffice-users] blurred display

2015-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr when i say "I think" i'm saying it as a non-expert. I know a few tricks but my main reason for being on this mailing list is to learn. So i'm always curious how each problem gets solved in the end. Regards from Tom :) On 28 September 2015 at 13:33, Tom Davies <tomc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word compatability

2015-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
from ages ago, even though those formats are increasingly dropped by the profit-making companies who created them. So hopefully the Translation Agency might be willing to install LibreOffice alongside whichever version of MS Office they have. Regards from Tom :) On 27 September 2015 at 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 5.0 is released

2015-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
ot; as they often feature tons of extras to suit some other need and Mint is definitely fully fledged even though it can still use the good stuff from Ubuntu). If you are on Windows then we might need to try something else to find a way around the problem. Regards from Tom :) On 27 Se

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 5.0 is released

2015-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, obviously try Andreas' way first! On Linux, such as Ubuntu, you can "kill" the background processes quite easily. Normally we try some other way to stop them but Andreas' command is really elegant imo. Regards from Tom :) On 27 September 2015 at 13:40, Tom Davies <tomc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Clean up/optimize/canonicalize a .odt file

2015-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
the quick understanding of most of my colleagues. It looks like this question might be a little off-topic for them but they might well have the expertise to be able to answer this question quickly and easily. Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 25 September 2015 at 20:46, Charles-H. Schulz

Re: [libreoffice-users] help

2015-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
that everywhere. Regards from Tom :) On 25 September 2015 at 17:18, Martina Borusewsky < martina.borusew...@grupodass.com.br> wrote: > Hello! > > I started to use LibreOffice yesterday and I have a doubt. > I usually edited photos using the Microsoft Picture Manager. > How

Re: [libreoffice-users] Clean up/optimize/canonicalize a .odt file

2015-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
on a small sample. I guess you have already tried that though! Regards from Tom :) On 25 September 2015 at 20:42, Florian Reisinger <flo...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > Hi, > > One possible reason is hard formatting. By adding and removing a style > hardcoded empty span tags can

Re: [libreoffice-users] page subtotals

2015-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
ple into the OpenSource world by allowing top, bottom and interspersed replies. So if you appear to get a blank reply with nothing in it then try scrolling down to the bottom. Actually bottom-posters tend to "trim" replies so scrolling becomes less of an issue but by doing so they sometime

Re: [libreoffice-users] libre offe general bug

2015-09-22 Thread Tom Davies
my lack of awareness at the time. Regards from Tom :) On 22 September 2015 at 11:10, Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr> wrote: > I'm using the UbuntuStudio flavor of 14.04LTS with xfce. I always use the > OS > dialogues rather than LO's. > > I just had an occur

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

2015-09-17 Thread Tom Williams
On 09/16/2015 01:39 PM, Ady Ady wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:53 PM, > <libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com> wrote: >> Simos Xenitellis wrote: >>> (obviously we are off-topic) >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 8:46 PM, <libreoffice-ml.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libra Office on a Mac Mini (compared to Ms Office or default installed iWorks Apps)

2015-09-17 Thread Tom Davies
t;LibreOffice" format is also the "OpenOffice" format, is also the "Calligra" format, is also the "KOffice" format, is also the "Abiword and Gnumeric" format, is also the IBM Lotus Symphony format, and on and on. The documentation describing the format is f

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

2015-09-15 Thread Tom Williams
; installed a load of updates just before the problems started. Another > possibility for me is overheating or failing hardware (this is a 9 > year old laptop so getting on a bit!) but I haven't got around to > investigating further. > > Mark. > > So, when the p

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

2015-09-15 Thread Tom Williams
uld be considered > "unlikely to be triggered by some wiki page". The fact that it > happened to me more than once while following the same links (but > nowhere else) pushed me to at least comment on it. > > TIA, > Ady. > Works for me in Firefox 40.0

[libreoffice-users] Android version

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Davies
a spreadsheet to help convert between the various currencies they will encounter. I've never used an Android so i have no idea what to recommend but i'd rather suggest a LibreOffice or OpenOffice solution. Any ideas? Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Damaged

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Davies
already tried renaming the entire User Profile then Stephan's answer is a far more elegant answer and therefore worth trying first. Regards from Tom :) On 14 September 2015 at 12:38, Stephan Bergmann <sberg...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 09/14/2015 01:20 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote: >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help To convert Excel Sheet to Libre sheet

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Davies
han paying licensing fees as well as giving them more control. Quite a lot of the development of LibreOffice is due to many organisations co-operating with each other in this way through The Document Foundation. Regards from Tom :) On 11 September 2015 at 06:16, David Johnson <david.john...@ja

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