Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
then that solves the main chunk of the main problem you seem to be having. Regards from Tom :) On 28 January 2015 at 14:23, Philip Jordan jorphi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, but I'm not sure that exactly solves my problem! Nor for that matter does it exonerate LibreOffice e.g. why can't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merging columns, not cells

2015-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
be an option! Regards from Tom :) On 28 January 2015 at 17:07, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 06:44 28/01/2015 -0800, Mark Howe wrote: I can't find help for merging columns or ranges. Is it possible? Merging cells is so easy, but I hate to have to do it a million times. I don't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
staying outside their eco-system. Regards from Tom :) On 28 January 2015 at 17:06, Philip Jordan jorphi...@gmail.com wrote: how long to do what where when etc please ref Ubuntu.? I mean I know I'm retired but my use for IT is as support ref life i.e. not taking over what remains of my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
Tom :) On 27 January 2015 at 14:01, ianseeks ianse...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On Monday 26 Jan 2015 10:38:54 Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) That is not saying the problem doesn't exist. It just means that there might be a way of fixing it. Sorry, it's just that people new to this mailing list might

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-website] [LibreOffice Bugzilla Migration] We're done! Please visit the new site to reset your password!

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A big +1 from me! I guess there might be teething problems but hopefully we can all be patient with those and just enjoy the advantages of the new system more and more :) Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 25 January 2015 at 09:22, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
and then somehow breaking through and suddenly finding it was kinda easy really. Before making the break-through it's impossible to understand though. Hopefully we can figure out what is going on and help. Regards from Tom :) On 27 January 2015 at 20:31, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces the results of the Android Tender

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
got an Android myself so i haven't been able to try it. Has anyone here been able to try it out yet? Regards from Tom :) On 27 January 2015 at 09:54, Italo Vignoli it...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Berlin, January 27, 2015 - Following the successful release of the LibreOffice Viewer (Beta

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
the download. The LibreOffice website cleverly detects which Operating System you are using and gives you the appropriate download for that machine. Afaik there are 3 different versions; 1 for all different versions of Windows, 1 for GnuLinuxBsdMac, and 1 for Android. Regards from Tom :) On 27

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
reliably. People might stop buying printers that don't work with most of the systems they use! Regards from Tom :) On 25 January 2015 at 23:38, Don Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote: Hi, I've been running Ubuntu since 8.10, and have had every version though 14.04. Since 14.10 had minimal

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
if just renaming the User Profile might help fix it? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile Regards from Tom :) On 26 January 2015 at 08:55, Graham P Davis news...@scarlet-jade.com wrote: On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:56:45 + ianseeks ianse...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi i'm getting a regular

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Interesting comment about Writer Bugs in LinuxQuestions.org

2015-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
or maybe part-time devs to work on LO in order to save a ton of money compared to how much they would spend on license fees for MSO. Regards from Tom :) On 25 January 2015 at 21:12, Spencer Graves spencer.gra...@prodsyse.com wrote: Hi, Frank: Thanks for your clarification. I agree

Re: [libreoffice-users] I cannot unsubscribe...please help!!!

2015-01-25 Thread Tom Davies
it's because the email to confirm you are unsubscribing sometimes ends up in the junk/spam folder. I'm CC'ing this email to the postmaster at the same time to see if they can help. Regards from Tom :) On 25 January 2015 at 00:38, James Roberts j...@jsroberts.com wrote: I have tried over, and ove

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shouldn't it be more secure to by default disable macro support in LibreOffice?

2015-01-24 Thread Tom Davies
by writing some nasty macro. Regards from Tom :) On 24 January 2015 at 14:04, Thisis theone thisistheone8...@gmail.com wrote: Hello list, https://threatpost.com/microsoft-reports-massive-increase-in-macros-enabled-threats/110204 http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2015/01/02/before

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] style announcement regression when using orca on linux

2015-01-23 Thread Tom Davies
help test to see if the bug below is present and help identify which version number was likely to be the first one affected, or which platforms (eg Windows, Bsd or all the rest) Regards from Tom :) On 23 January 2015 at 16:44, am_d...@fastmail.fm wrote: I filed https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-23 Thread Tom Davies
to just 2 or 3). Regards from Tom :) On 22 January 2015 at 17:40, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Yes, I agree with you, BUT. . . When I upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu via the Update Manager system, I get a message about CUPS being depreciated

Re: [libreoffice-users] Typography Toolbar

2015-01-23 Thread Tom Davies
not to take offence as they probably didn't mean to cause any. Regards from Tom :) On 22 January 2015 at 18:22, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 07:31 22/01/2015 -0700, Frank Oberle wrote: Is there any way to remove individual items from the typography toolbar? The normal

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-22 Thread Tom Davies
, incl Tim Lloyd off-list link to this ancient thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/printer-driver-oki-c810-523af2-ubuntu12-04-kernel-3-2-0-34-generic-pae-4175440032/ Regards from Tom :) On 22 January 2015 at 15:44, Jim Byrnes jf_byr...@comcast.net wrote: On 01/22/2015 08

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-22 Thread Tom Davies
or have some expertise or special interest. LinuxQuestions is a bit too generic. Is there a forum at the Cups website? I thought there used to be one but i can't find one now. Regards from Tom :) On 22 January 2015 at 14:20, CVAlkan fobe...@enteract.com wrote: Tom: CUPS still seems to be alive

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

2015-01-22 Thread Tom Davies
know and don't worry about questions seeming stupid to you. Clearly only a few people here understand how to do it so we are learning here too. Regards from Tom :) On 22 January 2015 at 04:05, V Stuart Foote vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu wrote: Just inherited a 2007 iMac and loaded Yosemite‎ (OS X

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

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 17:05, Spencer Graves spencer.gra...@prodsyse.com wrote: On Jan 21, 2015, at 7:54 AM, Stephan Bergmann sberg...@redhat.com wrote: On 01/21/2015 10:09 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: Le 21/01/2015 10:02, Stephan Bergmann a écrit : If you want to later use LO4352

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
didn't they? Is there somewhere such as LinuxPrinting.Org? I might have to have more of a look tomorrow or sometime. Thanks so far and regards from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 13:37, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 01/21/2015 08:02 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
and therefore easier!!? I hadn't thought about APIs and stuff. Sorry about that :( Regards from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 17:31, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Alexander Thurgood wrote: The hsqldb 1.8 documentation ? LO uses the hsqldb 1.8 as the embedded db

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

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the intention is to unpack and build the program in the new folder and then install or move the program to the place it should be. Maybe. However I haven't read through the rest of the instructions. Regards from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 20:19, Spencer Graves spencer.gra

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Viewer (Beta) Android

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Fantastic News!! Regards from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 20:00, From: Italo Vignoli it...@documentfoundation.org To: annou...@documentfoundation.org Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:06:40 +0100 Subject: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice Viewer (Beta) now available for Android Berlin, January 21

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Viewer - bèta - voor Android !

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Fantastic news indeed! :))) Many thanks and congrats to all who worked on this in any way at all! Superb! Regards from Tom :) On 21 January 2015 at 20:28, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/NL/Aankondigingen#LibreOffice_Viewer_.28B.C3.A8ta

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

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
is a bit different. Regards from Tom :) On 20 January 2015 at 01:57, Spencer Graves spencer.gra...@prodsyse.com wrote: Hi, Alex: Thanks for this. (see inline) On Jan 19, 2015, at 1:48 AM, Alex Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: Le 19/01/2015 02:57, Larry Gusaas a écrit

[libreoffice-users] Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
no trouble printing to the BW photocopier but Ubuntu ones can't cope. I have no idea how to find the drivers on the Kubuntu machines and copy them onto the Ubuntu ones. Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
people able to keep it updated and less work setting it up, hopefully! Anyway, good luck and regards from Tom :) On 20 January 2015 at 21:04, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Rich Shepard wrote: One of the unixODBC developers has been helping; perhaps tomorrow

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Reminder: LibreOffice Bugzilla Migration will happen next Saturday (Jan 24th)

2015-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought the new bug-reporting address is worth making note of. Does anyone have the time to update the wiki about bug-reporting to include the new and the old address? I'm not sure how much overlap there will be, or if it's a switch-over rather than a migration. Regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Using Internet Sites to Determine Driving Distances

2015-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
the jobn in order to test their maps work. Regards from Tom :) On 17 January 2015 at 19:16, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 01/17/2015 02:07 AM, James E. Lang wrote: Highly technical issue: I have a spreadsheet that, among other things, contains street addresses. I need to determine

Re: [libreoffice-users] Support options

2015-01-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) When websites ask for my DoB i use a fake one. I try to use the same fake one for all websites to make it easier to remember. Similarly with other bits of private information. Regards from Tom :) On 15 January 2015 at 18:35, Rob Jasper r...@famjasper.nl wrote: Please keep the 'old

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LinuxQuestions Annual Member's Choice Awards: Vote LibreOffice for Office Suite of the Year!

2015-01-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thought a few people here might be interested in what is going on over on LinuxQuestions.org as reported by Robinson below Regards from Tom :) On 16 January 2015 at 19:58, Robinson Tryon Hello, people of marketing and outreach! For those of you who are members of LinuxQuestions.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Scaling x-axis on chart

2015-01-15 Thread Tom Davies
. On the other hand quite a few people have tried to help even without seeing the file. So i'm really hoping one of them guessed closely enough for you to describe the difference between their guess and what you see. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 15 January 2015 at 15:11, Budgie aje

Re: [libreoffice-users] date line for Calc Gantt charts

2015-01-15 Thread Tom Davies
-template but i think that might have been updated and posted in the first link i gave. Regards from Tom :) On 14 January 2015 at 21:42, dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm wrote: All, I use Calc to do a quick Gantt chart (it is easy if the data is simple). The problem I'm having is the dates

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with opening document dialogue

2015-01-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Now that i am not on the stupid dumb system i was on yday the link is perfect, of course. Congrats at fixing it Regards from Tom :) On 14 January 2015 at 00:27, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: Am 13.01.2015 um 22:09 schrieb Andreas Säger: Am 13.01.2015 um 11:45 schrieb Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installation failure

2015-01-14 Thread Tom Davies
://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel/Windows Regards from Tom :) On 13 January 2015 at 16:27, John Willerton thejohnwiller...@gmail.com wrote: Installing 4.3.5 on Win XP SP3 comes up with error 1714 saying older version cannot be uninstalled. Have cleaned out registry and settings

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] File-Send-Document As doesn't!

2015-01-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Angus seems to have fixed the problem for his system. I'm not sure how though so i'm not sure if it might still be worth posting a feature request. Regards from Tom :) On 13 January 2015 at 23:31, Angus Wood ngusw...@gmail.com wrote: I was directed to a forum that seems to have provided

Re: [libreoffice-users] splitting page over multiple sheets

2015-01-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Are you including the official, published guides? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications and the Faq? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq I suspect you are including them but they are usually really good at covering most things. Regards from Tom :) On 14

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with opening document dialogue

2015-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
. I'm not sure if Java still gets compromised quite so quickly but it might well be worth updating it. Regards from Tom :) On 13 January 2015 at 08:20, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: Am 13.01.2015 um 08:47 schrieb Angus Wood: On opening Libre Office via the dock icon, a dialogue box

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spurious derby.log file in $HOME created by LO

2015-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 That is a MUCH better approach! You can always start down that path and then maybe uninstall it for a while until the dev has had a chance to look into it. Regards from Tom :) On 13 January 2015 at 10:34, Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com wrote: Or, maybe a less radical solution, you

Re: [libreoffice-users] File-Send-Document As doesn't!

2015-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, sounds like it migth be good to post that as a feature request. With a bit of luck it might even be an Easy Hack and thus be helpful to someone just starting out under a mentor or something. Regards from Tom :) On 12 January 2015 at 21:46, Ian Whitfield whitfi...@telkomsa.net wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spurious derby.log file in $HOME created by LO

2015-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is it really worth keeping the Extenion/Add-on? I'd be really tempted to uninstall it and find some other way to do whatever it does. Regards from Tom :) On 13 January 2015 at 09:17, Malte Starostik li...@malte.homeip.net wrote: Hello Dries, thanks for the pointer. In fact German

Re: [libreoffice-users] Scaling x-axis on chart

2015-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
There is also an Faq, although again i haven't looked through to see if there is something to help. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Calc The charts section is at the end so just click on the Table-of-Contents at the top to jump down the page faster. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 11

[libreoffice-users] OpenSource jobs

2015-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
you won't go anywhere near Exchange Server, SharePoint or Enterprise-y stuff It's in England. Anyway, i hope it helps someone find a better job than whatever they are doing now but this mailing list is not really for this sort of thing. Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Scaling x-axis on chart

2015-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
of html coding into the message part of the email-type thing for you. Getting the file uploaded is very much the same as uploading an attachment to an email. The browse button is one of the top options in one of the More buttons. Regards from Tom :) On 13 January 2015 at 12:00, Budgie aje

Re: [libreoffice-users] File-Send-Document As doesn't!

2015-01-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sounds like it might be time to post a bug-report? Have you tried renaming the User Profile and rebooting the machine and fairly simple stuff like that? Any chance of trying the 4.4.0? Regards from Tom :) On 11 January 2015 at 20:49, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordonbp@owncube.email wrote

[libreoffice-users] HoooRaaa! :))) Re: [tdf-announce] The City of Munich joins The Document Foundation Advisory Board

2015-01-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is really great to see another fairly massive organisation join the TDF Advisory Board. Regards from Tom :) On 12 January 2015 at 10:34, Italo Vignoli it...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Berlin, January 12, 2015 - The Document Foundation (TDF) announces that the city of Munich has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Time-lag response in v. 4.4.0.1 Writer - Update

2015-01-10 Thread Tom Davies
from Tom :) On 10 January 2015 at 09:36, Sun Shine phaedr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Tom Thanks for your further thoughts on this. As it so happens, I did something else which seems to have fixed the problem (touch wood). Basically, I uninstalled 4.4 and reinstalled 4.3.5.2 (fresh

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Time-lag response in v. 4.4.0.1 Writer - Update

2015-01-09 Thread Tom Davies
of the file-name to make it easier to figure out which backup-copy is likely to be best. Regards from Tom :) On 8 January 2015 at 18:21, Sun Shine phaedr...@gmail.com wrote: Update: Changed the auto-save setting, and that hasn't helped. Closed out all other open documents. No change. I wonder

Re: [libreoffice-users] Security check and 2 questions

2015-01-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is there something like Gatekeeper or Sentinel or something that tries to make it more complicated to install LibreOffice onto Macs? I ran into trouble a few years ago but i thikn that was on a macbook or something and my memory is very hazy about it all. Regards from Tom :) On 9 January

Re: [libreoffice-users] captions and headings

2015-01-09 Thread Tom Davies
from Tom :) On 8 January 2015 at 09:40, Gary Collins gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Thanks for your reply, Karl, it was useful. I'd already managed to get the figure part; your post gave me some clues about where to look for the rest. Unfortunately, I've not been able to find what I want. It now

Re: [libreoffice-users] Time-lag response in v. 4.4.0.1 Writer

2015-01-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Tools - Options - Load/Save - General Then about half-way down the default is to save every 15mins. You might find it helps to make it half-hourly or so. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 8 January 2015 at 15:17, Rob Jasper r...@famjasper.nl wrote: Now you mention it.. I've had

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to change the start application event in 4.2.8.2

2015-01-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Which Operating System are you using, or at least which platform? Windows (such as Xp, Vista, Win7), Mac or a Linux (such as Ubuntu, Mageia, openSuSE)? Sorry for the delay in response! Regards from Tom :) On 2 January 2015 at 14:51, MrKingdom 74cutl...@comcast.net wrote: When I start

Re: [libreoffice-users] SOLVED: ODS question

2015-01-02 Thread Tom Davies
the other file. I suspect you can do multiple worksheets/tabs at a time. Of course another way is to simply copy the entire file and then you have all the tabs/worksheets in the new file. Maybe need to add or delete a couple. Regards from Tom :) On 2 January 2015 at 01:35, Fred James fredj

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office version 4.3.5.2 - crashing

2015-01-02 Thread Tom Davies
party issue is causing the problem. Hopefully it's just one of the Extensions/Add-ons in your User Profile. Regards from Tom :) On 2 January 2015 at 10:15, Carlo Strata carlo.str...@tiscali.it wrote: Hi Everyone and Happy New Year, @Rogier: it sounds like you have to start with a clean

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Starting From Scratch with VoiceOVer in Libre Office

2015-01-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please CC April Brown in on any answers because she is not subscribed to this mailing list. The original question was to the Accessibility Mailing List but hasn't had an answer yet. Happy New Year all! :) Regards from Tom :) On 31 December 2014 at 18:10, April Brown aprilbrownsh

Re: [libreoffice-users] BASIC StrComp and tricky Unicode (Turkish, for example)

2015-01-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How about sending the question to the l...@global.libreoffice.org mailing list to try to reach the international translators. It is very quiet on that list at the moment and has been for over a week. Regards from Tom :) On 1 January 2015 at 22:03, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office version 4.3.5.2 - crashing

2014-12-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It might be worth renaming your User Profile; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile Regards from Tom :) On 31 December 2014 at 18:40, Paul paulste...@afrihost.co.za wrote: Hi Rogier, This may sound silly, but as an interim solution, how about installing an older version

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Export all slides from a PowerPoint document?

2014-12-29 Thread Tom Davies
. So when people talk about exporting, without explicitly saying why, it makes me wonder if it's just to open the file in a different program. Regards from Tom :) On 29 December 2014 at 08:22, Keith Bates ke...@new-life.org.au wrote: Tom, The OP wanted to export all slides as images. He had

Re: [libreoffice-users] Dot separated date in YYYY.MM.DD format

2014-12-28 Thread Tom Davies
can also drop the month, if it's within the same month, and just type 31 to get the same result but even a little less typing can make a difference. Regards from Tom :) On 28 December 2014 at 04:43, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 02:29 28/12/2014 +, Conly Honly Donly wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Export all slides from a PowerPoint document?

2014-12-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It should be possible to open a ppt by just double-clicking on it, or open LibreOffice and use the; File - Open menu to open the ppt in Impress. Regards from Tom :) On 28 December 2014 at 20:22, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: Out of band, I was suggested to install the following

Re: [libreoffice-users] vector graphics from raster

2014-12-27 Thread Tom Davies
to Inkscape and don't use it much. Nice to see the Inkscape website has been revamped in the last few months; https://inkscape.org/en/ Regards from Tom :) On 27 December 2014 at 06:46, Florian Reisinger flo...@libreoffice.org wrote: Hi, I thought of Inkscape :) Liebe Grüße / Yours, Florian

Re: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-25 Thread Tom Davies
so far and getting so far with it. Regards from Tom :) On 25 December 2014 at 13:43, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-12-24 21:37 GMT+01:00 Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com: Hi :) Hmm, if you make a copy of a DocX (and Odt) then you can rename the file-ending from .docx to .zip

[libreoffice-users] Happy Christmas all! :)

2014-12-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I hope everyone had or is having a good Christmas day, even if you don't celebrate it as being a special day. Many 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] [impress] Autofit text error

2014-12-24 Thread Tom Davies
/Documentation/Publications or the Faq https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq and found the answers from there but i have a feeling the answer might not be in there. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 23 December 2014 at 06:52, Alexandros Prekates apreka...@openmailbox.org wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-24 Thread Tom Davies
in the Odt but just not playing correctly and i don't know why. Regards from Tom :) On 24 December 2014 at 20:16, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote: Just downloaded then attempted to play this - then I opened it in LO to find that there is no sound attached

Re: [libreoffice-users] Creating a dictionary with libreoffice from a simple TXT-file

2014-12-24 Thread Tom Davies
are using Linux then you can probably do this from a command-line and maybe to multiple files but that would be waaay beyond me. Regards from Tom :) On 24 December 2014 at 21:14, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: The question is what type of dictionary you

Re: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-24 Thread Tom Davies
even in different versions of MS Office. Regards from Tom :) On 24 December 2014 at 20:28, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-12-24 21:16 GMT+01:00 anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com: Just downloaded then attempted to play this - then I opened it in LO to find

Re: [libreoffice-users] Website down?

2014-12-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Seems to be an intermittent problem, or else it's been fixed already. Website seems to be working fine in the Uk. Ubuntu 12.04 and Firefox 34.0 Regards from Tom :) On 21 December 2014 at 11:11, Sun Shine phaedr...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/12/14 11:03, Stefan Weigel wrote: Hi, Am

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search key working intermittently for values

2014-12-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Top marks to Mark Bourne. Good work there :) Glad the problem got solved! Congrats, thanks and regards from Tom :) On 20 December 2014 at 19:38, WEDLOCO e...@wedloco.co.uk wrote: Ah Mark - you have solved it! I was looking for an amount of 13.50 and entered 13.50 (which I thought

Re: [libreoffice-users] impress and video glitch (repost)

2014-12-20 Thread Tom Davies
have got. Out of curiosity have you considered an artistic work-around such as making the 2nd frame a crackly white-noise/snow, to make it look as though the weird start was a deliberate teaser? Apols! Regards from Tom :) On 20 December 2014 at 12:04, Mike Scott v...@scottsonline.org.uk wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search key working intermittently for values

2014-12-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You might find it better to install the Still branch rather than either of the Fresh branches. 4.x.8 ideally. Regards from Tom :) On 20 December 2014 at 14:11, WEDLOCO e...@wedloco.co.uk wrote: Hi there I recently downloaded Libre Office to replace Open Office on my Mac. All

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc on a Form

2014-12-20 Thread Tom Davies
the documentation will have a close enough example for this specific case but it might help you understand Base better, hopefully! Good luck, apols and regards from Tom :) On 20 December 2014 at 13:37, Dave Asaibene dasaib...@icloud.com wrote: I have created a Spread sheet and have cells with results

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre office has been put on my computer by gleek squad and i am not sure how to use it.

2014-12-20 Thread Tom Davies
format, Doc rather than DocX. They should be able to do that by going to; File - Save As MS Office 2007 used a golden globe at the top left instead of the File menu. Hopefully something there helps! Regards from Tom :) On 20 December 2014 at 13:25, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: Have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Dot separated date in YYYY.MM.DD format

2014-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
as the initial step set-up lots of cells all at once. Sorry that is not a huge help! It's an awkward work-around. You really kinda need to be able to type in roughly the way it is meant to look. Regards from Tom :) On 19 December 2014 at 15:27, C. H. D. webofht-libreoffice...@yahoo.com.hk wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving intermediate drafts of bug reports in Bugzilla

2014-12-18 Thread Tom Davies
extra comments and attachments later. Think more like conversation (maybe a little one-sided to start with!) than report. Regards from Tom :) On 18 December 2014 at 14:07, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:03:04 +1100 Hedley Finger hedley.fin...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscribe

2014-12-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Regards from Tom :) On 18 December 2014 at 16:57, juliejohn scott juliejohn_sc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Please unsubscribe me now (if you can) because I have had my question answered and my e-mails are becoming

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscribe

2014-12-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you didn't get Mark's post then you succeeded :) Regards from Tom :) On 18 December 2014 at 18:17, Mark Bourne libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: juliejohn scott wrote: Please unsubscribe me now (if you can) because I have had my question answered and my e-mails

Re: [libreoffice-users] ODT/ODS/ODP import in Google Drive

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
in the way that MS did but it's good to be sure. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 10:39, Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, A good news for people working with Google Drive, it is now possible to properly import open document in it: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GoogleDrive

[libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
into this at work. The one thing that Writer doesn't seem able to do is use curved text-frames. I'm kinda trying to get some nicely rounded corners to upgrade the newsletter from Win98 style to Xp style. Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

Re: [libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
into Scribus from the start. I'm not sure how work-flow is going to go in the future but i have a feeling most of the content is going to be best done in Writer. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 16:13, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi Tom: I check the Scribus open

Re: [libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
things to make it awkward without having much effect on making it look nice. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 15:35, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hello Tom, Le 17.12.2014 15:11, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) I do my company newsletter in Writer

Re: [libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
polishing. We have several leaflets in Publisher too but i figure those are better in Draw - mostly because it's likely to be easier for people to modify. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 16:58, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Le 17.12.2014 17:35, Tom

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
and that i wouldn't be making much use of Scribus' features either. However it does deal with some petty issues, increases flexibility and simplifies certain things. Many thanks to everyone who helped with this Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 17:48, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net

Re: [libreoffice-users] solvedhow to add RegressionCurves to Chart using BASIC

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
of us might remember. So congrats, many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2014 at 20:32, Fernand Vanrie s...@pmgroup.be wrote: ok: found it myself the clue is to add a curve to a dataserie oDoc = StarDesktop.LoadComponentFromUrl(private: factory/scalc,_default,0,loadArgs

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] Second Bug Hunting Session for LibreOffice 4.4

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
normal work-flow has been broken. Reporting such breakages quickly reaches a MUCH greater number of people now than at any other time in the branch's life-cycle. Good luck to all and have fun! Regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2014 at 18:06, Italo Vignoli it...@libreoffice.org wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Inserting a picture into a docment.

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
to the o.p. (rather than just grumbling / reminding / apologising). Regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2014 at 17:29, Luuk luu...@gmail.com wrote: On 15-12-2014 17:52, juliejohn scott wrote: - Forwarded Message - From: juliejohn scott juliejohn_sc...@yahoo.co.uk To: h

[Solved] thx Luuk! :)) Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Inserting a picture into a docment.

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) John contacted me off-list but i think it's fair to copy it back to the mailing list! Nothing confidential or embarrassing or anything! Quite the contrary! :)) So, many thanks to everyone who helped John with this :)) Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2014 at 12:46, juliejohn scott

Re: [libreoffice-users] LOBase connected to SQLite3

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
if anything there is specific to SQLite but it might help you figure out specific questions. Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2014 at 13:21, Pertti Rönnberg p...@elisanet.fi wrote: Good afternoon, May I ask for some help and advice. My prime intention is to start building database

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: image anchoring

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
questions about how to use that back-end and set-up Base. 2 people working on it means you might help each other by asking questions. Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2014 at 23:16, Hedley Finger hedley.fin...@gmail.com wrote: All: ​ Why not stay with the advantages of LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: image anchoring

2014-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
from Tom :) On 15 December 2014 at 20:17, Florian Reisinger flo...@libreoffice.org wrote: Hi, There are (close to) no devs on this list... Liebe Grüße / Yours, Florian Reisinger Am 15.12.2014 um 20:11 schrieb rfithen rfit...@hotmail.com: I agree, anchor as character should

Re: [libreoffice-users] default language

2014-12-13 Thread Tom Davies
but with the correct language selected, in which case Luuk's link is hugely useful. pick the correct language here: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/?lang=pick Regards from Tom :) On 13 December 2014 at 20:41, Luuk luu...@gmail.com wrote: On 13-12-2014 15:03, Ceranda GmbH wrote

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.8

2014-12-12 Thread Tom Davies
there. Regards from Tom :) On 12 December 2014 at 10:00, Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org wrote: The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 4.2.8 Berlin, December 12, 2014 - The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 4.2.8 Still, the eight - and definitely

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Twitter] Opening a new user support channel

2014-12-10 Thread Tom Davies
of handling these posts in 1 system so that whoever posts gets seen by people using the other methods. Regards from Tom :) On 10 December 2014 at 15:27, dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm wrote: Charles, May I ask what is wrong with a traditional news group? They work very well, don't clog my e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

2014-12-09 Thread Tom Davies
. on a network drive somewhere? 5. a Cloud such as google-drive? 6. some formal back-ups? Regards from Tom :) On 8 December 2014 at 09:35, Wiebe van der Worp w...@vanderworp.org wrote: On 08-12-14 10:16, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: Found it, Cell A3 contains: =DSUM($B5:$C12;Amount;A1:A2) Apparently

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem Installing/Updating LO

2014-12-08 Thread Tom Davies
manager or task manager type of thing. The last line is unlikely to be needed but can help fix things if any of the middle run into trouble. Regards from Tom :) On 8 December 2014 at 15:36, Ian Whitfield whitfi...@telkomsa.net wrote: *Thanks Paul - answers below ...* On 12/08/2014 05:18 PM, Paul D

Re: [libreoffice-users] Export to PDF wiith CMYK

2014-12-08 Thread Tom Davies
it, such as LibreOffice or OpenOffice. So i tend to think it's good to give people the file in both formats and let them use whichever they prefer. Regards from Tom :) On 8 December 2014 at 16:56, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I suspect that cmyk is only marginally better. Good to use if it's

Re: [libreoffice-users] Export to PDF wiith CMYK

2014-12-08 Thread Tom Davies
print to file that might be better for retaining your fonts but i think that tends to be fairly lossless too, with LO. Regards from Tom :) On 8 December 2014 at 16:13, Dries Feys dries.f...@tvh.com wrote: Hello Dave, AFAIK, cmyk involves a certain patent, and isn't widely available

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

2014-12-07 Thread Tom Davies
they usually miss). Regards from Tom :) On 7 December 2014 at 13:12, Wiebe van der Worp w...@vanderworp.org wrote: First post, not sure it is the right place, hi there! For 2015 I would like to keep a shadow bookkeeping in Calc in order to check our bookkeeping program for a while. Input

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

2014-12-07 Thread Tom Davies
ARE at the top of the new sheets. Phew! Regards from Tom :) On 7 December 2014 at 13:36, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) Spreadsheets are not really made to be good at accounting and bookkeeping. GnuCash or other dedicated programs might be better. Spreadsheets are designed to do a lot

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