RE: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice Calc

2024-05-30 Thread Virgil Arrington
I have found several of your emails in my junk email folder. I find that over half of all emails from the LO list go to my junk folder. Virgil From: ady Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 7:00:02 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-users] assembling an OTM into an EPUB.

2023-10-17 Thread Virgil
On 10/17/2023 3:59 AM, Philip Jackson wrote: On 17/10/2023 03:28, Virgil Arrington wrote: And, if you’re serious about publishing to the Amazon Kindle store then you might want to check out Kindle Previewer as well. After finalising the setup in Sigil, I run the epub through Amazon's

RE: [libreoffice-users] assembling an OTM into an EPUB.

2023-10-16 Thread Virgil Arrington
And, if you’re serious about publishing to the Amazon Kindle store then you might want to check out Kindle Previewer as well. https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Previewer/b?ie=UTF8=21381691011 Virgil From: Virgil Arrington<mailto:cuyfa...@hotmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 6

RE: [libreoffice-users] assembling an OTM into an EPUB.

2023-10-16 Thread Virgil Arrington
with a free-flowing text. In such a case, the process required for each type of publication necessarily gets in the way of the other. Good luck. Virgil From: Chris J.<mailto:rchristopherjohn...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 1:41 PM To: lo user help<mailto:users@global.libreoffic

RE: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice issue

2023-04-15 Thread Virgil Arrington
In Windows, it’s called Task Manager. Do the three finger salute and open up Task Manager and you’ll be able to see if LO is still running in the background. Virgil From: Harvey Nimmo<mailto:har...@nimmo.de> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 8:13 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org<mai

[libreoffice-users] Opening new file from same path as current open document

2023-03-03 Thread Virgil Arrington
currently working. Is there any way to accomplish this? Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mysterious line-spacing

2022-07-22 Thread Virgil Arrington Jr.
In the paragraph formatting tab for your paragraph styles, check to see if you have any "Spacing" either under "Above paragraph" or "Below paragraph." From what you have described, I would think you would want both of those set to "0". Virgil On 7/22/2

Re: [libreoffice-users] ROUND function consistency

2022-06-05 Thread Virgil Arrington Jr.
antique Tandy Model 100 laptop, I got the correct answer and all was right with the paychecks. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and Windows 11

2021-11-02 Thread Virgil Arrington
I recently purchased a new Windows computer. While it came with Windows 10, I have received Microsoft’s offer for a free upgrade to Windows 11. Do any of y’all know of any issues with using LibreOffice with Windows 11? I’m currently up to LO 7.1.6. Thanks Virgil Sent from Mail<ht

RE: [libreoffice-users] RE: LibreOffice to LyX

2021-10-05 Thread Virgil Arrington
to admit. Hence… Whack-a-mole!! Virgil Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows From: Mike Flannigan Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 8:27:37 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: Libre

[libreoffice-users] RE: LibreOffice to LyX

2021-10-04 Thread Virgil Arrington
document processing system, I have learned it doesn’t exist. I will continue to use whatever tool best meets the need at hand. Sometimes it’s LyX, sometimes it’s LibreOffice and sometimes it’s RMarkdown. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

RE: [libreoffice-users] presentation mode question

2021-09-14 Thread Virgil Arrington
in LO or in Zoom. When I ran it in LO 6, I don’t recall having to select any special setting in either program to make it work. The default settings seemed to work. Virgil Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows From: Regina Henschel<mailto:rb.h

RE: FW: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice impress presentation - metropolis - exported as PDF, doesn't display correctly on some devi

2021-05-24 Thread Virgil Arrington
Yeah,I don't think changing the font will fix it. I would try changing the Master Slide to something other than Metropolis. You can apply different Master Slides to different slides and see which ones work with Apple devices. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

FW: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice impress presentation - metropolis - exported as PDF, doesn't display correctly on some devi

2021-05-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
I neglected to send the below email to the list, hitting only Reply instead of Reply List. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Virgil Arrington Date: 5/19/21 4:10 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Daffy Duck Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reveal code, old macros convert them to LO

2019-07-05 Thread Virgil Arrington
making reveal codes unnecessary. To me, using reveal codes  in LO is like trying to use a gas gauge on an electric car. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting gui

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reveal code, old macros convert them to LO

2019-07-05 Thread Virgil Arrington
s because it is simply unnecessary considering the way LO works. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Footnote formatting

2018-08-23 Thread Virgil Arrington
style of that name. I'd love to read that paper when you're done. Sounds fascinating. Virgil On 08/23/2018 12:02 PM, Eddie Janusz wrote: > I have imported a long document into Writer (from LaTeX via .doc), and > as you can imagine I need to rebuild most of the styles from the ground >

[libreoffice-users] Reply, Reply all, Reply list, and getting offended (was Calculate difference between two,dates (with time))

2018-07-13 Thread Virgil Arrington
the individual from the "To:" line, then s/he might miss out on some helpful information about LO in future emails. I assume we have joined this list to learn more about the program and become more proficient with it. If we just block each other because we're offended

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculate difference between two dates (with time)

2018-07-13 Thread Virgil Arrington
s your mail program that it should reply to the list. So the list is not broken, your mailer is if it doesn't. Oh, and please do take the trouble to NOT send me an extra copy if you want me not to block mails from you. On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:05:08 + Virgil Arrington wrote: > I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculate difference between two dates (with time)

2018-07-13 Thread Virgil Arrington
t" option that only sends it to the list. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Tom Davies Date: 7/13/18 9:55 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Dave Howorth Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculate difference between two

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

2018-07-09 Thread Virgil Arrington
drop down arrow, I can select "My Templates" and then see only the templates I have created. So, I think "My Templates" is still there; it just doesn't pop up by default as I seem to remember it did in the past. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@globa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fedora Magazine article about LibreOffice

2018-07-05 Thread Virgil Arrington
s, it still > appeared in the 2 tabbed variants. > > This ribbon seems good to pass away a few spare minutes. For a new user, > it may provide something of interest but I think I'll stay with the old > menu bar. > > Philip My observations and sentiments exactly.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fedora Magazine article about LibreOffice

2018-07-04 Thread Virgil Arrington
toolbar system, the user can find all functions through the menu and then use toolbars for single-click shortcuts. With the notebookbar (like MS's Ribbon) the menus and toolbars are combined, meaning that, for many of the functions, one must use multiple clicks through tabs and options within

[libreoffice-users] Cut/Copy problems in LO

2018-07-04 Thread Virgil Arrington
sing out the Impress presentation (without closing down LO completely) and reopening the file. Once reopened, I was able to cut and paste within LO again. Curiouser and curiouser. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/ge

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-06-03 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 06/03/2018 04:09 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 20:50 29/05/2018 +0000, Virgil Arrington wrote: >> I am starting to experience more copy/paste issues similar to those >> described by Thomas. I am using LO 6.0.3.2 with Linux Mint 18. >> >> Today, I was working in

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-05-29 Thread Virgil Arrington
LO Impress. I must say this is an entirely new behavior for me and my copy of LO. It not only happened when copying and pasting from another program to LO, but also from one slide to another within LO itself. I'll keep an eye on it and try to see any consistency in the behavior. So far, it has bee

Re: [libreoffice-users] Screen Readers and File Formats

2018-05-16 Thread Virgil Arrington
others who may be interested. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreof

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-05-14 Thread Virgil Arrington
istent no matter what program I was copying to, so I concluded that there was nothing wrong with LO. Virgil On 05/14/2018 06:44 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: > On 2018/05/12 2:11, Brian Barker wrote: >> At 20:04 10/05/2018 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: >>> >>&g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Best practices when working with LibreOffice Impress?

2018-05-11 Thread Virgil Arrington
understand your question about merging the PDF files into a single file. When I save an Impress file as a PDF, it automatically saves it as a single file. So, I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here. Either way, LO can export directly to either PDF or HTML. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail

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

2018-05-08 Thread Virgil Arrington
n the main entrance on the second level. It was all idiotic. Virgil On 05/08/2018 03:24 AM, toki wrote: > On 05/02/2018 01:08 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > >> Do you have any information/opinion about various forms of markdown files >> (i.e. Markdown, RestructureText, AsciiDoc).

[libreoffice-users] Screen Readers and File Formats (was: How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?)

2018-05-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
sually impaired. I don't want to have to reinvent the wheel when that day comes. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundat

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

2018-05-04 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 05/03/2018 01:16 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On Thu May 03 2018 12:14:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Virgil > Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> For anyone interested in this topic (accessibility of PDF documents for >> those relying on screen read

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

2018-05-03 Thread Virgil Arrington
/accessibility/pdfs/accessing-pdf-sr.pdf There is apparently a lot to consider. To be fair, this isn't limited to PDF files, although they seem to have unique problems not shared by other formats. This has been a very educational few days for me. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

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

2018-05-02 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 05/02/2018 10:58 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On Tue May 01 2018 14:06:17 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), toki > <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 04/30/2018 09:53 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: >>> That was my thinking as well, which is why I'm intrigued by t

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

2018-05-02 Thread Virgil Arrington
ns plain text. Would a screen reader get tripped up by the various formatting tags (* A Bulleted item; _italics_, *boldface*)? Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsub

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

2018-05-02 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 05/01/2018 08:31 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Sounds like using .doc is the best answer after all. The Pdf route is > intriguing. I think Virgil probably knows whether any of his students have > relevant accessibility issues. > Yes, none of my students are visually impaire

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

2018-05-01 Thread Virgil Arrington
Thank you for the info. I'll have to research it further. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> Date: 5/1/18 2:52 PM (GMT-05:00) To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Ho

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

2018-05-01 Thread Virgil Arrington
I am a retired lawyer, but I've not heard of this issue. Can you explain why PDF is not accessible for ADA purposes? I don't understand how a file format can impact a person's disabilities. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: toki

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

2018-05-01 Thread Virgil Arrington
I am a retired lawyer, but I've not heard of this issue. Can you explain why PDF is not accessible for ADA purposes? I don't understand how a file format can impact a person's disabilities. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: toki

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

2018-05-01 Thread Virgil Arrington
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 final exam for my students. I will use LO >> Writer for the task. I will then email it to my students and they will >&g

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

2018-04-30 Thread Virgil Arrington
angry she left and didn't come back for several days. So, there's technological forcing and then there's political forcing. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> Date: 4/30/18 7:37 PM (GMT

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

2018-04-30 Thread Virgil Arrington
completely ambushed if his employer were to declare that he had to switch to LO. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoun

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

2018-04-30 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 04/30/2018 05:49 PM, Ben Oliver wrote: > On 18-04-30 21:43:00, Virgil Arrington wrote: >> This is intriguing. I just looked over my options with LO 6.0.3 in >> saving as a PDF and I don't easily see any method of saving as a >> "fillable PDF form." Can you give a

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

2018-04-30 Thread Virgil Arrington
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 final exam for my students. I will use LO >> Writer for the task. I will then email it to my students and they will >> ty

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

2018-04-30 Thread Virgil Arrington
ll check it out on the school's computers to see how well MSO reads and writes to .odt. I don't even know what version of MSO the school uses. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsub

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

2018-04-30 Thread Virgil Arrington
tia. I only do it when I need to and I am deeply grateful to the LO developers for creating a program that translates to .DOC and .DOCX so well. But, this thread has piqued my interest in the Linux FB user's group. I'll check it out. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr.

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

2018-04-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
the help files lag behind the improvements to the program itself. Virgil On 04/18/2018 03:14 PM, Roy Reese wrote: >> Enviar: martes 17 de abril de 2018 a las 22:44 >> De: anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> >> Para: users@global.libreoffice.org >> Asunto: Re: [libreoffice-use

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Copying slides from one presentation to another]

2018-04-17 Thread Virgil Arrington
of the slides from the file as you want. The functionality has not changed. The only change is that it has been moved from "Insert > File..." to "Slides > Insert Slides from File..." Like you, I question why such a change was needed, but you can still obtain the same results with the sa

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Copying slides from one presentation to another]

2018-04-08 Thread Virgil Arrington
m (unless it has just been moved to another location on the menu, which nobody seems to have been able to find). Yes, a person can copy and paste select slides, but that is hardly a satisfactory answer when she used to be able to insert an entire file and can no longer do so. Virgil --

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Copying slides from one presentation to another]

2018-04-04 Thread Virgil Arrington
inal presentation file after the slide I had selected in my Slide Panel. Virgil On 04/04/2018 03:13 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 18:48 03/04/2018 -0500, Anne Noname wrote: >> Thank you for responding, ... > > No probs! > >> ... but I'm still confused, still inserted bel

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread Virgil Arrington
onality or bug fix that isn't in 5.1.6. When that day comes, I'll follow Jonathon's advice and use the most stable Still release. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Enhancement for outline numbering

2018-03-21 Thread Virgil Arrington
works. Virgil On 03/21/2018 07:53 PM, jorge Rodríguez wrote: > Hi Steve: > >         Would you please tell to this e-mail list what version of > LibreOffice do you use ? > > Regards, > > Jorge Rodríguez > > > El 21/03/2018 a las 14:46, Steve Edmonds escribió: >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Limit on resizing windows in LO 6 (GTK)

2018-02-27 Thread Virgil Arrington
t; Again, many thanks for the help on this matter. > For what it's worth, it's not a problem on my LO 5.1.6.2 on Linux Mint 18 or LO 5.3.3.2 on Puppy Tahr Linux. On both systems, the menu bar just collapses as I shrink the window. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global

Re: [libreoffice-users] Limit on resizing windows in LO 6

2018-02-27 Thread Virgil Arrington
duce the window size to anything I want and the toolbars just collapse to fit my bidding. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-02 Thread Virgil Arrington
l styling (such as a block quote, etc.). Learning Styles is definitely worth the investment in time. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + mo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-01 Thread Virgil Arrington
ear direct formatting (Ctrl-M). At that point, you should have all of your formatting controlled at the style level. I hope all this makes sense. It's easier to do than to explain. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/

Re: [libreoffice-users] installed disc usage for LO

2018-01-02 Thread Virgil Arrington
ntent (that was all they had), whereas Mac users focused on appearance (since they could). I can relate for, these days, I spend a lot of time tinkering with fonts, styles, etc., instead of actually writing. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fixing 5.0 appearance

2017-12-25 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 12/24/2017 05:42 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: > Virgil, > Your posting brought back a faint memory of that sidebar. I squashed > it long ago when it was first introduced and haven't seen it since. I > had to bring up AOO and check for it. You can squash it with the > little i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Focus issues on Linux

2017-12-24 Thread Virgil Arrington
r and floated a toolbar onto the document. I then opened Mozilla Firefox. The floating LO toolbar did NOT remain on top of the browser as it did in Puppy. When I minimized Firefox, LO popped back up in focus without any misbehavior. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubs

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fixing 5.0 appearance

2017-12-23 Thread Virgil Arrington
ber seeing the sidebar first on Apache OpenOffice and thinking, "This is one reason I prefer LO." Then, on my next LO upgrade, I saw the sidebar and was bummed. Did LO copy the sidebar from AOO, or was it the other way around. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+un

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fixing 5.0 appearance

2017-12-22 Thread Virgil Arrington
an styles-based formatting. I'll be thrilled when I can choose to have it default to the styles list. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guideline

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

2017-11-11 Thread Virgil Arrington
p up during installation, I have gotten the error you mention. I have no idea why it works sometimes and not others. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines +

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer insists on printing landscape.

2017-10-27 Thread Virgil Arrington
I've nevet had this problem eithet. I'm using letter sized paper with LO 5.1.6 and Linux Mint 18 and HP 3510 Deskjet 3510 printer. I wonder if this is printer specific. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: gordon cooper <gordon_

Re: [libreoffice-users] printing envelopes

2017-09-25 Thread Virgil Arrington
ut how the paper gets fed into a printer and then adjusting page margins to make sure the words appear on the paper where you want them. I also realize that, by now, you have found another solution using a different application, but others may still be wondering how it can be done with LO. Vir

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can apply changes to a style throughout a mixed-style document

2017-09-01 Thread Virgil Arrington
levant paragraphs. > And, make sure you're actually changing the paragraph STYLE and not just changing the paragraph formatting by of direct formatting. To change the paragraph STYLE make sure you right click on the style name in the list of styles and then click on "Modify"

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-17 Thread Virgil Arrington
To be fair, I don"t think Concerned Citizen said he still used NT4, only that Windows has used the same method to control permissions since NT4. That said, since I accidently erased Windows from my computer last year, I haven't missed it. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung G

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 5.2.6 crashes when logging in to mysql with Base - SOLVED

2017-07-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
nce my computer is working fine, I have never clicked to upgrade my kernel. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Neti

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - Best Font Ever...Don't Lister to the Critics

2017-06-13 Thread Virgil Arrington
Thanks for the link to Cochineal. It's a really nice typeface. Virgil On 06/11/2017 10:51 AM, Ricardo wrote: > El 2017-06-10 19:18, charles meyer escribió: >> Ahoy my esteemed and steamy mates, >> >> I'm looking for your experienced suggestions of which font(s) have yo

Re: [libreoffice-users] re: Writer - Best Font Ever...Don't Listen o the Critics

2017-06-12 Thread Virgil Arrington
You can get Sorts Mill Goudy from The League of Movable Type. They have several free fonts at their website. https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: charles meyer <reachmepl...@gmail.com>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - Best Font Ever...Don't Lister to the Critics

2017-06-12 Thread Virgil Arrington
t;The Elements of Typographic Style." Virgil On 06/10/2017 01:18 PM, charles meyer wrote: > Ahoy my esteemed and steamy mates, > > I'm looking for your experienced suggestions of which font(s) have you > found to be most clearly legible? > > There are fonts you can see clearly

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - Best Font Ever...Don't Lister to the Critics

2017-06-11 Thread Virgil Arrington
for onscreen work. A good Times alternative is Linux Libertine, which has the same general letter shape as Times, but is not as condensed. I use it for my general business work. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: charles meyer <reachm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Canon USA Printer Support are using LibreOffice?

2017-05-21 Thread Virgil Arrington
Last year, I accidently erased Win10 in an attempt to create a dual boot with Mint 18. It was totally my fault. Now, I'm kind of glad I did it. So far I haven't missed it. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Tim-L--Elmira-NY

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

2017-03-31 Thread Virgil Arrington
Rebooting!!! Of course. I do it so often, that it never occurred to me to think of it as a solution. I'm currently running Mint 18 on my Sony laptop and it often gives me strange behavior when it wakes up from sleep mode so I reboot about every other day. It's just my new normal. Virgil

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

2017-03-31 Thread Virgil Arrington
Before nuking everything, have you tried renaming the entire user profile. It should be a folder called "4". Rename it "4-old". Then restart LO. It will create a new user profile folder. You'll lose any custom settings, but you'll at least know if that's your problem. Vi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has anyone seen this happen after a LO 5.2.5 install?

2017-03-23 Thread Virgil Arrington
programs, but it seems to be worse in LO, and I don't think I've ever noticed it when I put the computer to sleep with LO not running. I'm running LO 5.1.6.2 on Linux Mint 18. When this happens, I just close everything out and reboot. Virgil On 03/23/2017 01:05 PM, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shortage of Fonts in LibreOffice 5.3.0.3

2017-02-28 Thread Virgil Arrington
ect 7 CD. (For what it's worth, I've also noticed that this automatic ligature insertion does *not* happen on my Windows machine.) At any rate, I really appreciate the automatic ligatures on these fonts, and it encourages me to ensure that I'm using OpenType rather than Type 1 fonts. Vir

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

2017-02-21 Thread Virgil Arrington
e changes to some of these deeper level settings, such as Ian's default Calc font. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoun

RE: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

2017-02-20 Thread Virgil Arrington
I hadn't seen Piet's post below until Steve responded to it, but Piet's process is what I used to change my default font. Worked just fine. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> Date

RE: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

2017-02-20 Thread Virgil Arrington
t I create. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/glo

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

2017-02-01 Thread Virgil Arrington
This would assume that posters know that someone is a moderator. It never occured to me that Anne is a moderator here. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> Date: 2/1/17 2:21 PM (GMT-05:00) To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Why is a custom menu item greyed out?

2017-01-03 Thread Virgil Arrington
I think it's a user interface issue. I've had the same thing with my macros that I've added to the toolbar. In Ubuntu, the macros are greyed out, but they work fine. In Windows or Linux Mint, they are not greyed out. The user interfaces and themes are different between the systems. Virgil

RE: [libreoffice-users] Stepping through bulleted items in Presentation

2016-12-19 Thread Virgil Arrington
LaTeX's default formats, I run into a brick wall. Like most office suites, LO is a "jack of all trades". No matter what I need to do, I can find a way to do it with LO even if it's not necessarily the " best" way. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -

RE: [libreoffice-users] Stepping through bulleted items in [Impress]

2016-12-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
I notice, however, that if I use Brian's method and save the LO presentation as a PDF, the stepping effect isn't preserved. I can preserve it through the method of creating duplicate slides and adding new bullets to each slide. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

RE: [libreoffice-users] Stepping through bulleted items in Presentation

2016-12-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
Gordon, Just curious. How do you do the voice overs? Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: gordon cooper <gordon_coo...@kinect.co.nz> Date: 12/17/16 10:28 PM (GMT-05:00) To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libre

RE: [libreoffice-users] Stepping through bulleted items in [Impress]

2016-12-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
and LaTeX, etc. I want to settle in on one system rather than bounce from one to the other. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> Date: 12/18/16 12:48 AM (GMT-05:00) To: users@global.libreoffi

[libreoffice-users] Stepping through bulleted items in Presentation

2016-12-17 Thread Virgil Arrington
to step through them during my presentation. Is there a way to do this? Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Slow response time with Calc/Virtual Boxes/Dual boots

2016-12-11 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 12/09/2016 07:07 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > For me at least, LO Calc 5.1.x works fine on my Linux Mint Cinnamon live USB > LO Calc 5.1.x works fine on a live Ubuntu 14.04 (Unity) USB > LO Calc 5.1.x works fine on a live Puppy Linux (Tahr) USB > LO Calc 5.2.3.3 works fine on m

Re: [libreoffice-users] Slow response time with Calc

2016-12-09 Thread Virgil Arrington
my Ubuntu Mate 14.04 partition. I may blow off the Mate flavor of Ubuntu and install the Unity version. I haven't been fully satisfied with Mate anyway. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Slow response time with Calc

2016-12-09 Thread Virgil Arrington
. I'm beginning to think my problem isn't with LO as much as it is with Ubuntu Mate. Virgil On 12/8/2016 9:25 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > When using Calc, I like to navigate across the cells using the arrow > keys on the keyboard. I'm finding when I do this on my Linux system, the > l

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Slow response time with Calc

2016-12-09 Thread Virgil Arrington
I see no such option to disable at that menu location in LO 5.1.6.2 for Linux. I DO see the option in LO 5.2.3.3 for Windows. Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: "m.a.riosv" <miguelange...@libreoffice.org> Per

[libreoffice-users] Slow response time with Calc

2016-12-08 Thread Virgil Arrington
with arrow keys. I dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu Mate 14.04LTS. On the Windows 10 side of things, I'm using LO 5.2.x and on the Linux side, I'm using LO 5.1.6.2. This behavior only happens on the Linux side of things. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Virgil -- To unsubscribe

RE: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-08 Thread Virgil Arrington
I'll admit my ignorance on all things VB, but why not run Windows as the host OS and then run Linux in the VB? Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> Date: 12/8/16 9:57 AM (GMT-05:00) To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-01 Thread Virgil Arrington
Thanks for the heads up. I'm running Win10 and Ubuntu 14.04. I don't believe I've yet been offered the Anniversary Upgrade, but when I am, I will proceed very cautiously (or not at all). Virgil On 12/01/2016 09:17 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > > This is not about LO but ab

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Line spacing changed.

2016-11-24 Thread Virgil Arrington
in a 42 page document that I had created in 5.1. All was well in terms of line spacing and pagination. My document wasn't nearly as involved as yours, so that could explain a part of it. I do think, however, that your issue is in your bulleted paragraphs. Good luck. Virgil On 11/24/2016 7:38 AM

Re: [libreoffice-users] Line spacing changed.

2016-11-23 Thread Virgil Arrington
updating LO. > Steve > Sorry, but I'm stumped now. My computer knowledge is fairly limited. Hopefully somebody else who knows more than I can help. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-un

Re: [libreoffice-users] Line spacing changed.

2016-11-22 Thread Virgil Arrington
ifferent concepts of "single" or "double" spacing built in. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Transferring Markdown Documents to LibreOffice

2016-11-21 Thread Virgil Arrington
ntation, I think what you're asking for is very ambitious, especially since Markdown wasn't intended for that type of document. But, if you're using "presentation" in a different sense, then I go back to my original comment, I don't understand what you want. Good luck with your effort

Re: [libreoffice-users] Transferring Markdown Documents to LibreOffice

2016-11-21 Thread Virgil Arrington
alternatives when I need to do something LO won't do only to learn later that LO would have done it quite well if I had only taken the time to learn it. Virgil On 11/20/2016 10:41 PM, gordon cooper wrote: > To divert a little, but not talking about Markdown. > > We were looking for a s

Re: [libreoffice-users] Transferring Markdown Documents to LibreOffice

2016-11-20 Thread Virgil Arrington
-software realm) that actually includes everything you need. I've found myself using LaTeX to create HTML files. It's htlatex converter does a nice job and creates an easily editable .CSS file. And, after nearly 40 years of development, it's really complete. Virgil On 11/20/2016 12:15 AM, Brian

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Strange line spacing

2016-11-17 Thread Virgil Arrington
I can't reproduce it on my system. LO 5.1.6.2, Ubuntu 14.04LTS Virgil On 11/17/2016 07:03 PM, Remy Gauthier wrote: > For your information, it seems I have the behaviour with LO 5.1.3.2 (on > W10) and 5.2.2.2 (on Linux). What is interesting is that it occurs > regardless of t

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