Hi :)
It is probably best to avoid customising your toolbars but it might be smart
to create a new tool-bar that does have only what you want on it. Taht way
it's easier to get back to the standard toolbars if something goes wrong. So,
Tools - Customise
Documentation is handy to look
Hi :)
Ok, so grub2 has had a lot of releases and updates in the last year or so but
this is the big one (well big 2 i guess). If you don't know what Grub is then
just ignore this thread as it probably doesn't affect most people here.
If anyone is interested in testing this pre-beta release
Hi :)
Windows uses NtLdr instead of Grub so i guess you are talking about not having
a dual-boot system. Hmm, not sure about Win7 and Vista but perhaps still the
same one.
Most system running Grub2 are actually on Grub 1.98 or around there. I
don't know how to find out what i am on.
Hi Dave :)
Errr, that was your 1st post to the list! I can guess at your original
question which appears to have been lost in the ether.
There are a lot of possible different reasons why downloading doesn't work.
The easiest work-around might be to get yoru son to download LibreOffice onto
Hi :)
My U 10.04 shows Grub 1.98 so that was a good guess! Thanks Chimak :) I
chickened-out of testing the Grub 2.00-rc1 alpha. There doesn't seem to have
been any problems over the weekend but i just wouldn't know how to push it.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Mon, 25/6/12, Don C. Myers
than back then, and if I was
retired and wanted to play with something I would, but I don't need to take the
chance on causing myself time and pain if it didn't work. I do hope the
developers do find some folks who can check it out!!
Don
On 06/25/2012 02:47 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
My
Hi :)
I think on Windows and on GnuLinux yiou can right-clcik on it's button (if it
has one) in the taskbar/panel (= that strip along the bottom of the screen in
Xp that has the Start button and the clock on it). If you right-click on the
button there you get a choice to Move. Don't press any
Hi :)
It might be worth adding extra comments to the bug report, such as which system
it does work on and which it doesn't.
If the devs are able to narrow-down the problem then it might be easier for
them to fix.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Tue, 26/6/12, Michael Wu m...@tercel.com.tw
Hi :)
I think this is the way forwards. We used to keep older versions of java back
in the LO 3.3.x line because any version of java more recent than about 4
versions old seemed to break LO. We stopped doing that because various users
complained that older java meant more vulnerable and there
Hi :)
Lol, i am sure we have all done similar things. I am just impressed that
Andreas spots these things despite also being good with complicated answers.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Tue, 26/6/12, henri 4321henri1...@orange.fr wrote:
snip /
Am I red-faced!
You are totally right about the
Hi :)
On Windows you could fix this by trying to reinstall LO. Choose the repair
option and somewhere you get the install page that lets you select LO to be the
default app that opens the appropriate file-types. At a guess it's possibly
the same in GnuLinux but if you have solved it already
Hi :)
+1
If only they had had this on blackboards a few decades ago [sighs]
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Tue, 26/6/12, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote:
From: Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: [SOLVED] Re: Re: [3.5.4.2/Writer] CTRL-P
shortcut freezes
/index.html
On 06/25/2012 02:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi Dave :)
Errr, that was your 1st post to the list! I can guess at your original
question which appears to have been lost in the ether.
There are a lot of possible different reasons why downloading doesn't
work. The easiest
Hi :)
I thought Draw was the one to use for forms like that? OCR?
Sry, i have probably got a bit muddled but i just found this post in my spam
folder
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sun, 24/6/12, jkedar prema...@gmail.com wrote:
From: jkedar prema...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Form filling, was
data for the packet queries.
On 06/26/2012 01:40 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Blimey!! When you said it would be there in a few days i thought you meant a
week or few!
Nicely done chap!
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Tue, 26/6/12, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote
Hi :)
Weird! Same here. I tried
libreoffice3.4
errr, basically typed in libre but instead of pressing enter pressed the tab
key instead to help it give me an auto-complete selection. You are probably on
libreoffice3.5
Btw a little late but here is a guide on the User Profiles
Hi :)
This link has the guides but also has links to 3rd party documentation and stuff
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
The official guides are uploaded there before officially released on the
website and individual chapters are there before they get put together to
Hi :)
I think it is worth backing-up your user-profile before upgrading. Unlikely
things do go wrong occasionally
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-true.html
The trick is to make it work in your favour. If you do make a
Hi :)
It makes a lot of sense. Hopefully the proper LO documentation is far better
than most! The Pdfs allow you to click on items in the Table-of-Contents and
has other clickable links to help you navigate to where you want quickly.
The built-in help is probably fairly poor right now.
Hi :)
I think it would be great to add a feature request for that.
People in my office are very unclear about the current arrangement and never
know whether they should or whether they MUST NOT allow those sorts of links to
update when they open a file.
Having any sort of information about
Hi :)
How about just drawing a graph of all their results? Each person could have a
different colour line. A line graph could show change over time.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 30/6/12, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com
Hi :)
So does Base's version of Sql change when a different back-end is used?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 30/6/12, Dan elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Dan elderdanle...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Which SQL standard does LibreOffice Base
support?
To:
Hi :)
It might be worth looking into Gnu Cash
http://www.gnucash.org/
It may just need a plug-in / add-on to make it do what you want if it doesn't
already.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sun, 1/7/12, Marion Noel Lodge lodg...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Marion Noel Lodge lodg...@gmail.com
Hi :)
You might get better answers on the devs list or their iirc channel or
something. perhaps post a feature request type of bug-report
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 30/6/12, Eric S. Johansson e...@harvee.org wrote:
From: Eric S. Johansson e...@harvee.org
Subject: [libreoffice-users]
Hi :)
It is the sort of functionality one would expect but i couldn't find any
mention of it in a quick hunt around in documentation
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 28/6/12, Mike Scott m...@scottsonline.org.uk wrote:
From: Mike
lodg...@gmail.com
On 1 July 2012 20:31, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hi :)
It might be worth looking into Gnu Cash
http://www.gnucash.org/
It may just need a plug-in / add-on to make it do what you want if it
doesn't already.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sun, 1/7/12, Marion
Hi :)
I think i would create a new specialist list and add 2 or 3 words to it. Then
look for the file to see what format it uses and then copypaste tons of words
in at a time. For combined words i would add a - in the middle, eg
Eucalyptus-vulgaris but i think that is a bit of a kludge.
Hi :)
+1
The same problem happens in Excel too. I tend to make those buffer-zones
quite small so they help emphasise the totals rows or columns.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 5/7/12, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote:
From: Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org
Hi :)
+1
A good year on balance i hope :) Seems to have been mostly positive. Good
work Tim and much appreciated.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 7/7/12, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote:
From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com
Subject:
Hi :)
Nicely done :)
The subsequent link you gave was a link to the LO form to fill-in rather than
to the specific bug-report you created. Ideally it would be great to have a
link to the specific bug report in the one posted to the other project, eg
In the MySql report a link given to the
Hi :)
It sounds like interesting and useful functionality that might well be worth
adding if it hasn't been done already. I think a lot of us here have been
focussing on work-arounds to just get the job done. But i think it might be
a good idea to post a bug-report and make it a Feature
Hi :)
Ouch, i wish i had time and a stable enough internet connection to work on
this. Is the document uploaded to Nabble or somewhere yet?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 5/7/12, Rogier F. van Vlissingen vlisc...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Rogier F. van Vlissingen vlisc...@gmail.com
Subject:
i :)
I think one advantage of wiki's is that they are easy for anyone to update
anytime. Hopefully information from that gets fed into blogs and official
documentation and maybe even the help files.
Star Trek computers can do pretty much anything by just asking it to do
whatever and people
Hi :)
I don't know if these links might be useful for people that want to develop
Python skills to work on LibreOffice. The main aim of the videos is to help
people write apps for Ubuntu but hopefully most of it is general enough to
cover skills need for LibreOffice too?
Hopefully people
Hi :)
Even if it is mythical or made-up or very generic info rather than real details
then it seems to work. has anyone tried just using a few spaces instead of
typing characters in?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Wed, 11/7/12, Jean-Baptiste Faure jbf.fa...@orange.fr wrote:
From: Jean-Baptiste
Hi :)
During install/repair i got the option to add Quickstarter when i chose to go
the Custom route, which i did due to asking a similar question about the
quickstarter in WIndows.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 12/7/12, AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: AG
Hi :)
Forget the help. It's an extra package you were supposed to download when you
downloaded the main part of LibreOffice. you can download it now, it's only
about 9Mb i think but it's better to use the much more up-to-date documentation
instead.
Hi :)
Lol, that is not complete disagreement! I agree it's handy to have both but if
you are missing the built-in help then view it as a feature not a bug. Afaik
the Help was last updated for the 3.3.0 and there have been quite a few changes
since then.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Fri,
Hi :)
You can return to factory defaults by renaming your User Profile
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Fri, 13/7/12, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote:
From: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com
Subject: [libreoffice-users] query for help
Hi :)
A few people asked about Accessibility features a while ago so i thought some
people here would appreciate hearing this development from David
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 12/7/12, David Goldfield dgold...@asb.org wrote:
From: David Goldfield dgold...@asb.org
Subject:
.
The Windows version is quite different from the GnuLinux/Mac/Bsd one but
things do often end-up working the same. Not the repair option tho.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 12/7/12, AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com wrote:
snip /
On 12/07/12 18:10, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
During install/repair i
Date: Wednesday, 11 July, 2012, 3:16
Hi, Tom,
On 7/7/12 5:59 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
I think one advantage of wiki's is that they are easy for anyone to update
anytime.
Hopefully information from that gets fed into blogs and official
documentation and
maybe even the help files.
The question I
Hi :)
Regina is often a total star in here. I had missed your sentance about having
already tried installing the helpfile.
Congrats, apols and regards
Tom :)
--- On Fri, 13/7/12, Graham Luffrum grhmlf...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Graham Luffrum grhmlf...@gmail.com
Subject: Re:
have used Help
occasionally and you are right in that sometimes it is incomplete or
downright incorrect, but it is better than trial and error.
Girvin Herr
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Lol, that is not complete disagreement! I agree it's handy to have both but
if you are missing the built
Hi AG :)
It is a good idea to run the 3.6.0 beta in parallel with your existing version.
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
There is no need to wipe one in order to run the other. However stable
something is on other people's machines (or unstable for that matter) is
Hi :)
My colleagues were quite shocked that i could open supposedly 'password
protected' Xls(X) files so easily. I honestly didn't even realise they were
protected at all. The older versions weren't, so i don't know why they started
blocking people from being able to get on with work.
If you google my alias you will find some of my work.
any way I really wish there was a way in which I could truly contribute
as LO has been such an asset to me during this year at school!
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, at 07:46 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
The Docs Team rarely gets involved in any coding! You
sad to see no major updates to the
biblographing section. I am hanging in there for the stable release.
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, at 08:15 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi AG :)
It is a good idea to run the 3.6.0 beta in parallel with your existing
version.
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org
Hi :)
I think the Getting Started guide, Chapter 3 Using Stylers and Templates
deals with the issue
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
Also you can remove the formatting contained in copied text by using
Ctrl Shift v
instead of just
Ctrl v
or use paste-special to
Hi :)
(2) The 'buttons' are not really proper buttons.
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
You have to click on the appropriate text inside the button/block. Sometimes a
'button' has a couple of different links that do slightly different things. It
would be awkward to have a 3way button
Hi :)
Would it help to add the dictionaries of the other languages?
Sorry, i'm sure someone else has thought of this idea too but i often find the
simplest waggle the wires type of answers get overlooked.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Mon, 16/7/12, J.A. de Vries hdv.ja...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi :)
There is some documentation at
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
and i think you might be in luck with the Impress Guide being ultra
up-to-date.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)
--- On Wed, 13/6/12, Bala subramanian bala.biophys...@gmail.com wrote:
From:
Hi :)
I am pretty sure that Date is an Sql data-type, just like double or text but
perhaps it got tweaked-off somewhere in the embedded HsqlDb?
Andrew is almost never wrong and Regina is never wrong so i'm at a loss about
this atm.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Mon, 16/7/12, Regina Henschel
Hi :)
The best place to find out where your User Profile really is, is to open
LibreOffice and then try
Tools - Options - Paths
but to help you find what sort of thing you are looking for this wiki helps
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
(hopefully helps anyway) as it
: [libreoffice-users] Compose key is being ignored
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Monday, 16 July, 2012, 15:50
On 2012-07-16 16:41, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
The best place to find out where your User Profile really is, is to open
LibreOffice and then try
Tools - Options - Paths
Hi :)
How about using GnuCash?
http://www.gnucash.org/
It is a bit like Sage or QuickBooks or something. Although primarily for
personal finances it is also used in small companies finance department.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Tue, 17/7/12, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote:
From: Gilles
Hi :)
Congrats on solving all those side issues along with the main problem! Nicely
done! :)
Good work from Mirosław (as usual) and others. it's a great list to learn
from. Thanks all :)
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Tue, 17/7/12, J.A. de Vries hdv.ja...@gmail.com wrote:
From: J.A. de
Hi :)
Sorry you haven't had any replies so far! I thought i wrote yday but it's not
showing up in Nabble. The official documentation is available and hopefully
might be able to help
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
Right now there apepars to be some problem with
Hi :)
There are some guides and partial bits of guides at
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Guide
(scroll down a bit to see some of the 3rd party things). Mostly it seems that
Andrew Pitonyak's guide is the best.
Also the FAQ mentioned in the link
Hi :)
One problem with using a spreadsheet or database is that it is difficult to
set-up an audit trail and even if you do then it's unlikely to be trusted by
anyone else that might need to see your accounts. That is the advantage with
using proper software developed for the purpose or for
on other data as long as that data can be verified first.
--Dan
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
One problem with using a spreadsheet or database is that it is difficult to
set-up an audit trail and even if you do then it's unlikely to be trusted
by anyone else that might need to see your accounts
with known
calculations. If the query output on this data matches the known
calculations, I would think the query can be trusted to give the correct
result on other data as long as that data can be verified first.
--Dan
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
One problem with using a spreadsheet or database
Hi :)
This guide migth help you unsubscribe
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 19/7/12, Naipaul Ojar naipaul.o...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Naipaul Ojar naipaul.o...@gmail.com
Subject: [libreoffice-users] unsubscribe
Hi :)
Gnumeric is pretty awesome but it's only the spreadsheet so the whole project
can focus on purely that type of functionality. LibreOffice has a lot of
distractions away from just spreadsheeting. :)
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Fri, 20/7/12, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com
Hi :)
This guide might help with the User Profile and getting things back to factory
defaults
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)
--- On Fri, 20/7/12, Alex Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Alex Thurgood
Hi :)
Usually the most stable version is the latest one in a branch that has had time
to mature. So a fresh new 3.x.5 is usually more stable than an old 3.x.3 which
is usually a lot more stable than a 3.x.0. The 3.x.4+ are usually very
stable. Also a 3.x.4+ is usually far more stable or at
HI :)
The side-question that arose was from a person who was suddenly worried that
everyone could read all the files on their computer.
I was just making the point that deliberately trying to share files is tricky
and that very few people have skills to crack into a system remotely, even a
Hi :)
Pleas follow the guide at
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
We can't randomly unsubscribe people from this end but you can unsubscribe
yourself just by following the instructions
Apols and regards from
Tom :)
--- On Fri, 20/7/12, Jon Morgan
Hi :)
I think they want the front page to look different from the rest and for that
1st page to have smaller margins? Also i agree there seems to be a bit of
confusion about the header but that is probably due to the weird way Word
handles headers.
I think the chapter on Styles and
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Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Friday, 20 July, 2012, 15:08
Thanks to Drew, we now have
Hi :)
There is always at least 1 distro that renames things a bit. In this case i
think it's Ubuntu so it might be worth searching your package manager to get
the right fonts
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sun, 22/7/12, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Johnny Rosenberg
Hi :)
This is exactly the sort of thing that would be best done as a relational
database.
You have many tables each with a specific type of focus. For example,
something like
Table 1 = Weapons
Table 2 = Armour
Table 3 = Character types
Table 4 = Skills and abilities
Then you can have a main
] Microsoft Core Fonts
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Sunday, 22 July, 2012, 12:32
2012/7/22 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk:
Hi :)
There is always at least 1 distro that renames things a bit. In this case i
think it's Ubuntu so it might be worth searching your package manager to get
Hi :)
Can't you just grab it and drag it loose?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sun, 22/7/12, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote:
From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Restore Separate Navigator Window?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date:
Hi :)
I think the Docs Team discussed the issue a couple of years ago but i think
changing it would be tons of hard work for very little gain.
I think the names grew almost organically over the previous decade so i don't
think there is a coherent and consistent decision about the names
Hi :)
+1
Your solution sounded like the most visually appealing too, which helps! :)
There is always the possibility of migrating it to a database later on if it
grows and becomes unweildy or if the assistants skill level turn out to be
higher than expected.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On
Hi :)
In Ubuntu i try to use The Janitor occasionally or from the grub-boot-menu
choose recovery mode and then Clear some space. I think some other distros
offer that 2nd option but i don#'t know how to or even if i would want to risk
trying the janitor in other distros.
Regards from
Tom :)
Hi :)
The devs are doing a code clean up as part of the whole process. The whole
code has been reduced by somewhere around 30% last time i heard.
Even before the code-clean-up started, and AOO at the moment, are still far
tinier than MS Office. For something really tiny you might having a
Hi :)
This sounds brilliant! I think it's got to be worth beta testing just to see
how well it works. Definitely a good way forwards for those people with a good
internet connection.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 21/7/12, Dan elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Dan
Hi :)
Most places have no qualms about adding an extra amount to the purchase price
to cover postagepacking.
The problem is that people try to get away with paying for as little as
possible and try to give a sob-story so you have to be very straight-forwards
sometimes and just insist on it.
Hi again (sorry for the double-posting) :)
The issue about New Zealand's connection to the rest of the world cropped up
years ago in Ubuntu. I think either Universities there or the authorities or
someone ran a big hosting site to mirror the essentials and somehow Ubuntu
managed to get
Hi :)
It is the files on the drive (or rather, partition) that get fragmented. Not
the partition itself.
Ntfs tries to cramp all the files onto the beginning of the drive. When you
add things to a file then it can no longer fill the space comfortably so a
chunk of the file needs to be
, 13:37
Tom: your grab-and-drag solution worked. Brian: So did your
control-doubleclick toggle, except for MacOS X I had to use command
(Apple-key)-doubleclick instead. Thanks to you both,
Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk
To: users users
Hi :)
Errr, i think the paging file = pagefile.sys? Probably changed name in Vista
and Win7. The pagefile.sys used to be the name of the Windows virtual memory.
The registry is something completely different that MS kept trying to get rid
of but couldn't in order to retain backwards
08:11 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I found the name for Ubuntu 10.04, so the command would be:
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
and installing Synaptic Package Manager would be:
sudo apt-get install synaptic
but i agree with Johnny that it sounds like Ubuntu 12.04 and i
Hi :)
That is true. So why not use the fastest route to get the required result and
stick with spreadsheeting for now? Definitely a good idea to start vaguely
thinking about moving to a database program when timeresources permits. Base
is not yet ready for masses and does take some fairly
Hi :)
Ok, so i have posted 'a few' anti-MS posts but not everyone is ready to
suddenly jump into the alien world of the scary sounding GNuLinux or
unix-based OSes. Windows is supplied on almost every machine bought anywhere
in the world so why change at all?!
If you have realised why then
Hi :)
Perhaps rename your User Profile to get back to factory defaults?
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sun, 22/7/12, Peter Hillier-Brook p...@hbsys.plus.com wrote:
From: Peter Hillier-Brook p...@hbsys.plus.com
Subject:
Hi :)
I think that no you have an answer there is no need to continue to pursue this
or deal with ongoing discussion about it. It's fine to just walk away from
it.
That was a good point about You've absorbed the cost of your own time and
pegged it's value at zero.. Base might be a better
Hi :)
I find that is often the way too. It's a bit contra-intuitive to type-in a /
when you know you want it to display a - and that makes it very hard to explain
to people that need to enter data into your spreadsheet. Saying it's the same
in Excel doesn't help.
Regards from
Tom :)
---
Hi :)
Surely it's just a carelessness that can be undone?
Is there a bug-report we can petition?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Mon, 23/7/12, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote:
From: Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibO 3.6.0.2 - Calc: date notation
To:
Hi :)
I thought the USA way was the amazingly weird
mm/dd/yy
Apparently it's important to use / instead of - in order to make sure it's
easier to mis-read. With some people's handwriting an 11 might look like 1/ or
vice-versa.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Mon, 23/7/12, Joep L. Blom
Hi :)
If only it were possible to somehow communicate with people from the various
back-end projects perhaps even ask them to write-up a brief sub-chapter on how
to use their back-end in conjunction with Base. I wonder if any of them know
anything about the use of Sql in their projects.
The
.
(ISO 8601) But I could not resist replying to Tom's comment.
--Dan
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I thought the USA way was the amazingly weird
mm/dd/yy
Apparently it's important to use / instead of - in order to make sure it's
easier to mis-read. With some people's handwriting an 11 might look
Date: Monday, 23 July, 2012, 23:52
Hi Tom,
Am Sonntag, 22. Juli 2012, 13:26:23 schrieb Tom Davies:
Hi :)
I think the Docs Team discussed the issue a couple of years ago but i think
changing it would be tons of hard work for very little gain.
I think the names grew almost organically over
Hi :)
Virtualisation is good but if it's a question of drivers for a particular piece
of hardware then it might not work. It might, but it if the underlaying OS
can't see it then i don't see how the virtual machine that is sitting on top of
that OS is supposed to see it.
It is possible to
2012, at 02:06 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi again (sorry for the double-posting) :)
The issue about New Zealand's connection to the rest of the world cropped
up years ago in Ubuntu. I think either Universities there or the
authorities or someone ran a big hosting site to mirror the essentials
Hi :)
That sounds the perfect way to try it.
Tim (Webmaster at Kracked Press) made a good point about trying LiveCds to just
test-drive various distros. Trying a few is really ideal.
Ubuntu might be a good one to start with but it is designed to be comparable
with the latest Windows so it
Hi :)
This is totally awesome imo. Quite a few of us never made it to becoming
members so we might have some issues with it but basically i think this is all
quite awesome.
Most organisations i have ever heard of that intended to become community led
never quite got this far. They almost
Hi :)
I think the distance between Australia and New Zealand is surprisingly large.
Nothing like as close as i keep thinking it is.
The Netherlands and Sweden are very atypical of European countries. I think
they have an extremely high tax-rate but that gets put into very high
visibility
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