[libreoffice-users] Strange toolbar in writer

2013-12-11 Thread James Wilde
Don't know what I did to get it there, but just under the normal toolbar (the one with text type, typeface and size etc) I have a very broad one with, on the left, a button for New theme and under that a choice of Backgrounds, Bullets, Homepage My Theme and Sounds, and to the right of this menu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Strange toolbar in writer

2013-12-11 Thread James Wilde
Thanks, Pedro, that did it. On 2013-12-11 16:05, Pedro wrote: Hi James That is the Gallery. It is under Tools Gallery Click on the menu item to show/hide Hope this helps ;) -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Strange toolbar in writer

2013-12-11 Thread James Wilde
Thanks again! On 2013-12-11 16:17, Pedro wrote: Hi again James Wilde wrote Thanks, Pedro, that did it. You are welcome ;) You can also hide/show by clicking on the Gallery button in the Standard Toolbar (usually the top one, with Open, Save, etc). It is the 4th button from the right

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with libre

2014-01-09 Thread James Wilde
Hello David: The two green buttons indicate to me that you - or someone for you - have installed LibreOffice in a language other than US English, which means that, when you click on the update button, you are taken to the update page for the language variant on your machine. In my case, for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re Libre writer

2014-01-09 Thread James Wilde
Well, David, it looks like you managed to download and install the two files in your other message. LibreOffice writer is just one part of the program suite, and you have the whole suite. Everybody gets the whole suite. Just writer is not supplied alone since so much of the functionality is

[libreoffice-users] Re: Re Libre writer

2014-01-09 Thread James Wilde
David, you sent your message to me alone. When you reply, please click on 'Reply to All' or you may see 'Reply to List', in which case click on that. That way your replies will go to the list, and anyone can see what stage you have reached, and what your latest problem is, and can help. I'm not

Re: [libreoffice-users] two 2014 calendars on the Template Center - soon?

2014-01-19 Thread James Wilde
I've only looked at the A4 one. Good job, looks fine. Just for the record, what is your intended market going to do with this? It won't alert them to an impending event. Somehow you've made it so that if I press 'Return' I go to a new line without it's creating a new line, and destroying the

Re: [libreoffice-users] two 2014 calendars on the Template Center - soon?

2014-01-19 Thread James Wilde
you mean. Where are you doing this? I do not remember seeing this happen when I was doing my editing. On 01/19/2014 08:21 AM, James Wilde wrote: I've only looked at the A4 one. Good job, looks fine. Just for the record, what is your intended market going to do with this? It won't alert

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread James Wilde
On 2014-02-28 14:18, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I like Walther's and Jonathon's suggestions. You guys still have time to register and post them yourselves. If you are not Uk-resident and not English then i think you can still have your say. you still have an hour or so to do this! :) Not

Re: [libreoffice-users] comment-807

2014-02-28 Thread James Wilde
the praise for it ;) ) Regards from Tom :) On 28 February 2014 14:44, James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: On 2014-02-28 14:18, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I like Walther's and Jonathon's suggestions. You guys still have time to register and post them yourselves. If you are not Uk-resident

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-15 Thread James Wilde
Calc 50% Writer 50% On 2014-05-15 20:02, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I don't have a clue, but I guess something like this: Calc 998 ‰ Draw 1 ‰ Math ⅔ ‰ Writer ⅓ ‰ Base 0 ‰ Impress 0 ‰ But, as I said, I have no clue. Maybe it's even more Calc and less of the others. Johnny Rosenberg --

[libreoffice-users] base/calc system for membership records

2011-07-26 Thread James Wilde
Hi: I have been trying to find a simple template/extension which will help us maintain a membership register comprising 2-300 names. It can be base or calc underneath the hood, but it would be nice if it provided forms for updating the register, and possibly a way to select names for address

Re: [libreoffice-users] base/calc system for membership records

2011-07-26 Thread James Wilde
On Jul 26, 2011, at 17:58 , Andy Brown wrote: James Wilde wrote: Hi: I have been trying to find a simple template/extension which will help us maintain a membership register comprising 2-300 names. It can be base or calc underneath the hood, but it would be nice if it provided forms

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice work-flow?

2011-08-25 Thread James Wilde
Hej Ulrik: Comments inline. On Aug 25, 2011, at 16:32 , Ulrik Långström wrote: How do people use LibreOffice effectively? In order for us to be able to answer that, it might be a good idea if you tell us how you work with LaTeX and HTML. For example, do you write the whole document and

Re: [libreoffice-users] strikethrough feature

2011-08-25 Thread James Wilde
Hi Maria and welcome. Answer inline. On Aug 25, 2011, at 22:47 , Maria Rechnitzer wrote: Dear Support, when word processing in microsoft office (doc or xls) there is a strikethrough feature that allows you to mark words that you want to delete but stIll keep them in the text, e.g.

Re: [libreoffice-users] strikethrough feature

2011-08-25 Thread James Wilde
Silly me. The OP is not subscribed, so won't get messages sent to the list unless she is cc'd. I should have known that. I authorised her message. Here's my reply again. Hi Maria and welcome. Answer inline. On Aug 25, 2011, at 22:47 , Maria Rechnitzer wrote: Dear Support, when word

[libreoffice-users] Problems with Lion?

2011-08-26 Thread James Wilde
Running v3.3.2 on Mac OSX recently upgraded to Lion (10.7.1) Lion has had its teething troubles, and I seem to remember seeing a comment in here about a problem with running LibO on Lion. So far I've not had any troubles, but I was wondering. Does it make any difference which version one is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with Lion?

2011-08-26 Thread James Wilde
On Aug 26, 2011, at 12:38 , Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think the 3.3.2 should be fine. Have you had any troubles so far? Regards from Tom :) No, no problems so far, but I was considering an upgrade. //J -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with Lion?

2011-08-26 Thread James Wilde
Thanks to Webmaster and Tom for their info. There's fortunately no panic to upgrade. //J On Aug 26, 2011, at 14:28 , webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: 3.4.3 out August 31st and 3.4.4 out October 5th, then 3.4.5 - November 23rd and 3.4.6 - February 22nd. The 3.3.x line stops

[libreoffice-users] Problem with data conversion

2011-08-29 Thread James Wilde
Can't think of a better subject line. This is about the Ubuntu repository version of LibO running under Ubuntu 11.04 linux. The repository version is described as follows: LibreOffice 3.3.3 OOO 330m 19 (Build:301) LibreOffice 3.3.3.1 Ubuntu package 1.3.3.3ubuntu2 I have been testing Gnucash

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with data conversion

2011-08-30 Thread James Wilde
On Aug 29, 2011, at 16:12 , webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: Would you be willing to download/install 3.3.4 from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/? I do not use the repository version, and I use Ubuntu 64bit 10.04. You would need to install in via the terminal, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with data conversion

2011-08-30 Thread James Wilde
A little more information: On Aug 29, 2011, at 10:22 , James Wilde wrote: Can't think of a better subject line. This is about the Ubuntu repository version of LibO running under Ubuntu 11.04 linux. The repository version is described as follows: LibreOffice 3.3.3 OOO 330m 19 (Build

Re: [libreoffice-users] Excel file in LibreOffice Calc

2011-09-23 Thread James Wilde
On Sep 21, 2011, at 18:25 , Luciano R. Moreira - Desenvolvimento wrote: Hi, The problem is: - The date fields and values ??are being displayed in the program Open Office / BR Office / LibreOffice with the character (apostrophe) and cause error in the calculation of the value field

Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread James Wilde
Well, there's a slight snag here, due to be solved real soon now. As I understand it, the mailing list program used by libreoffice in its present version can not accept unmoderated posts sent via gmane unless the sender is also registered with libreoffice. Also as I understand it, this is due

Re: [libreoffice-users] delete/trash

2011-10-06 Thread James Wilde
Hi Alisha: An attempt to help you will be found inline. On Oct 5, 2011, at 22:19 , The Glenn's wrote: *Hi there, I'm new to ubuntu, REALLY liking it! One silly thing I need help with: HOW do I delete a doc? I made a new doc, but can't delete the old, no right click is availble I don't see

Re: [libreoffice-users] delete/trash

2011-10-07 Thread James Wilde
LibreOffice documents have landed there anyway, so you can open that folder instead. On , James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: Hi Alisha: An attempt to help you will be found inline. On Oct 5, 2011, at 22:19 , The Glenn's wrote: *Hi there, I'm

Re: Two copies of your messages Was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread James Wilde
On 11 Oct 2011, at 13:07, Cor Nouws wrote: Andreas Säger wrote (11-10-11 12:55) Am 10.10.2011 22:58, Joep L. Blom wrote: Andreas, Off topic but I get consequently 2 copies of your messages. Is there a problem with your mail client? But the http archives do not show any duplicates. How

Re: Two copies of your messages Was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT]Re: Re: automatic creation of template files

2011-10-11 Thread James Wilde
On 11 Oct 2011, at 13:44, James Wilde wrote: On 11 Oct 2011, at 13:07, Cor Nouws wrote: Andreas Säger wrote (11-10-11 12:55) Am 10.10.2011 22:58, Joep L. Blom wrote: Andreas, Off topic but I get consequently 2 copies of your messages. Is there a problem with your mail client

Re: [libreoffice-users] User profile

2010-10-10 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 10, 2010, at 22:55 , Larry Gusaas wrote: Can I copy my user profile from OOo 3.2.1 and use it in LibreOffice or have there been changes made that require a different profile? Mac OS 10.6.5 on a Macbook Larry, you can copy it over. I haven't found any problems with my OOo profile

Re: [libreoffice-users] Change Page Margin on Second Page in MS Word Document

2010-10-29 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 29, 2010, at 16:41 , Andy Brown wrote: On Fri Oct 29 2010 07:33:14 GMT-0700 (PDT) James Wilde wrote: He didn't see your reply, Andy. He's not subscribed. //J I do not know how you know that but from what I see, http://gmane.org/ , he does not have to be. I'm the moderator who

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paste Special Unformatted Text

2010-11-09 Thread James Wilde
On Nov 9, 2010, at 20:14 , Michel Gagnon wrote: Le 2010-11-09 03:29, James Wilde a écrit : Mac OSX 10.6.4 OOo 3.2.1 LibO 3.3 beta1 Two questions: 1. How can I get Cmd+V to paste unformatted text? 2. Can I make this the default behaviour for Cmd+V in Writer? TIA //James

[libreoffice-users] Re: Something wrong with disc...@documentfoundation.org?

2010-11-19 Thread James Wilde
Little later. Florian has contacted me offline, and I've asked him to help fix the new email address, so ignore that bit, please. //J -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Something-wrong-with-discuss-documentfoundation-org-tp1933039p1933268.html Sent from the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing both sides.

2010-11-21 Thread James Wilde
Note that the OP is not subscribed to the list. On Nov 21, 2010, at 14:32 , Tinkerer wrote: I am using Libre Office on an iMac System 10.6.5 My Printer is a Canon Pixma 4700 When I want to print the Apple menus do not appear so I cannot select Automatic Duplex Printing which reverses

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing both sides.

2010-11-21 Thread James Wilde
On Nov 21, 2010, at 17:23 , Tinkerer wrote: Hi James I'm sorry, but I don't understand. When I go to File Print I get the same LibO menu as I do when I use Command P The Tabs offered are: General, LibO Writer, Page Layout and Options. Where under these should I find: Two sided?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [discuss] Re: [Annonce] La Mouette se réjouit de l 'arrivée de la Document Fondation

2010-11-23 Thread James Wilde
On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:32 , Ludumo Sankobe wrote: -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-29 Thread James Wilde
On Nov 29, 2010, at 09:54 , Phil Thane wrote: On Sunday 28 Nov 2010 19:50:59 Jeff Causey wrote: I'd like to know which components are most used and maybe why others are not. If you used OpenOffice before you can include your usage data as well. Do you use the quick starter? I write

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscribe

2011-01-30 Thread James Wilde
Sorry, no, Phil. No-one can unsubscribe you. Here's a suggestion: Empty your mailbox of stuff from users@libreoffice.org. Then unsubscribe from the address you believe you are subescribed under, which naturally enough is the one which receives the emails. There is normally only a few

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscribe

2011-01-30 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 30, 2011, at 21:47 , Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/30/2011 6:35 AM, James Wilde wrote: Sorry, no, Phil. No-one can unsubscribe you. Here's a suggestion: Empty your mailbox of stuff from users@libreoffice.org. Then unsubscribe from the address you believe you are subescribed under

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup with Calc on OSX

2011-02-07 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 7, 2011, at 08:55 , Erich Neuwirth wrote: I would like to immediately open Calc when I start LibreOffice on OSX since I am using this component in most cases. Is there a way of configuring LibreOffice that way on OSX? There is a way, Erich. I learnt it about a year ago. It's buried

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Startup with Calc on OSX

2011-02-07 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 7, 2011, at 16:07 , Tinkerer wrote: Tom Like the tip about using Cmd+Alt+Shift+V (I think it works with Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V in Windows and Linux) to paste directly in the format of the document you're pasting to, without going via the Paste Special dialogue. You can search the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extensions

2011-02-17 Thread James Wilde
Andy Brown wrote: On Tue Feb 01 2011 11:52:55 GMT-0800 (PST) Sascha Manns wrote: Hello Mates, i've just changed to Libre Office. And now i've some Questions. 1.) I have the Extensions Manager. And it shows like the Extensions in the List are already installed. But they have a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extensions

2011-02-17 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 17, 2011, at 13:06 , Charles Marcus wrote: On 2011-02-17 5:23 AM, James Wilde wrote: Andy Brown wrote: The pad lock just shows that the extensions are installed for all user and can not be removed by the user, requires system admin. I'm running on a Mac, OSX 10.6.6 and v.3.3.0

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extensions

2011-02-17 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 17, 2011, at 15:55 , Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 17/02/11 14:17, Charles Marcus a écrit : That said, I'm not sure how this works when using the console, as I don't use a Mac on a daily basis, I just help my Mom when she has problems (she's been using them forever)... What we

[libreoffice-users] Installing chinese language pack

2011-02-18 Thread James Wilde
Mac OSX 10.6.6 LibO v.3.3.0 I wonder if one of our Chinese subscribers can help me. I am trying to install the zh-CN language pack and it doesn't seem to be working all the way. When I install the en-GB and the sv-SE language packs I see these in the extensions, and I can find them in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file formats

2011-02-19 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 19, 2011, at 09:57 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 19/02/11 00:45, MR ZenWiz wrote: I don't like the ribbon primarily because it takes up a huge amount of vertical screen space You do know you can minimize the ribbon? My problem with the ribbon - with which I have to help my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file formats

2011-02-19 Thread James Wilde
On 18/02/11 21:30, T. R. Valentine wrote: On 18 February 2011 10:25,ashl...@arcet.com wrote: The biggest reason is our users do not remember to save in MS format when sending files to customers and vendors. I am not sure a single customer of ours could open an .odt file, for example, so

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't subscibe to the list

2011-02-23 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 22, 2011, at 19:26 , MR ZenWiz wrote: On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Lorenzo Sutton lsut...@libero.it wrote: Hi, I would like to subscribe to the list, but can't manage after several attempts writing to users+subscr...@libreoffice.org as specified here:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't subscibe to the list

2011-02-23 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 23, 2011, at 12:39 , Charles Marcus wrote: On 2011-02-23 3:03 AM, James Wilde wrote: Not so. I moderated Mr Sutton's post. Is there not a way for moderators to add some kind of 'moderated post' header or body tag to these kinds of messages? If not, there should be, otherwise how

[libreoffice-users] LibO for Ubuntu

2011-02-27 Thread James Wilde
Just fired up my Ubuntu box after a long absence (I've migrated to Mac). Have I missed something, or is LibO really not to be found amongst the apps available via Synaptic or the new Ubuntu Software Centre? //James -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO for Ubuntu

2011-02-27 Thread James Wilde
Manager rather than the Software Centre. Are you still having trouble installing LibreOffice? Shall i try to find out how i installed it? Regards from Tom :) From: James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 27

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibO for Ubuntu

2011-02-28 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 28, 2011, at 00:50 , NoOp wrote: On 02/27/2011 10:01 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 08:50:01PM +0800, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 20:29, James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: Have I missed something, or is LibO really

[libreoffice-users] Expanding top cell of table

2011-02-28 Thread James Wilde
Discovered two interesting 'features' by accident this weekend. This is one of them. I have given up on using mailmerge. The labels never print out as you want them. So I decided to create a table looking like the template for a sheet of mailing labels. I got one very unexpected result.

[libreoffice-users] Select text does not always work

2011-03-01 Thread James Wilde
The other oddity I noticed, which, again, is not something you would use every day, involves text which is apparently selected, but is actually not. And in this case it's probably worth mentioning that I'm using 3.3.1 on a Mac running OSX 10.6.6. I was going through a long document correcting

[libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-01 Thread James Wilde
In another email I said that I had given up on using mailmerge, since the labels never print out as you want them to. My problem is this: I have a laser printer, Brother HL-5340D, excellent in all ways. I print from a Mac running OSX 10.6.6 and LibO 3.3.1. I use A4 sized sheets with three

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibO for Ubuntu

2011-03-01 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 1, 2011, at 04:48 , NoOp wrote: On 02/28/2011 06:52 AM, James Wilde wrote: On Feb 28, 2011, at 00:50 , NoOp wrote: ... I'd be willing to bet that you have the Ubuntu libreoffice PPA. What do you show for: $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep libreoffice Can you also show

Re: [libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-02 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 2, 2011, at 18:30 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 02/03/11 16:46, James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Don, but the Worldlabel site is only for US sizes, and doesn't appear to have A4. However, I'll take a look at the OOo site, and see if I can find the extension. try this: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-02 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 2, 2011, at 20:02 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 02/03/11 18:34, James Wilde wrote: On Mar 2, 2011, at 18:30 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 02/03/11 16:46, James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Don, but the Worldlabel site is only for US sizes, and doesn't appear to have A4. However

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread James Wilde
style templates. On 03/02/2011 02:38 PM, James Wilde wrote: I've checked both LibO and OOo for a how-to or a chapter on this, without luck, and I've checked the Nabble interface to the users maillist. Is there any easy way to get an address list in a spreadsheet into a base database? TIA

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 2, 2011, at 21:43 , Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 02/03/2011 21:07, James Wilde a écrit : I can see no way to save my calc as a database under Save as. I can find no import option in base. And copying the entire sheet and pasting to the first field on a form doesn't work

Re: [libreoffice-users] HELP QUESTION

2011-03-04 Thread James Wilde
喜张玉军: 请将您的调查,以我们的中文列表: 我们不是在这里讲好普通话。 us...@bn.libreoffice.org:LibreOffice 用户支持 • 订阅:users+subscr...@bn.libreoffice.org • 汇总版订阅:users+subscribe-dig...@bn.libreoffice.org • 存档:http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/bn/users/ • Mail-Archive.com:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-04 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 2, 2011, at 23:20 , Regina Henschel wrote: Hi James, James Wilde schrieb: I've checked both LibO and OOo for a how-to or a chapter on this, without luck, and I've checked the Nabble interface to the users maillist. Is there any easy way to get an address list in a spreadsheet

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-04 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 3, 2011, at 13:34 , Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 02/03/11 22:23, James Wilde a écrit : Hi James, 2. Activate the data source pane (F4) F4 doesn't have any effect on my Mac. Cmd+F4 closes the sheet. Shift+Cmd+F4 has no effect. I double clicked on the Base table and got

Re: [libreoffice-users] HELP QUESTION

2011-03-04 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 5, 2011, at 00:10 , MR ZenWiz wrote: On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:53 AM, James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: 喜张玉军: 请将您的调查,以我们的中文列表: 我们不是在这里讲好普通话。 us...@bn.libreoffice.org:LibreOffice 用户支持 * 订阅:users+subscr...@bn.libreoffice.org * 汇总版订阅:users+subscribe-dig

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-04 Thread James Wilde
Thanks, Regina. I'll take a look at it tomorrow. //James On Mar 5, 2011, at 00:37 , Regina Henschel wrote: Hi James, James Wilde schrieb: On Mar 2, 2011, at 23:20 , Regina Henschel wrote: Version B You have already a database and want to import your speadsheet as new table: Open

[libreoffice-users] Description is not retained

2011-03-07 Thread James Wilde
LibO 3.3.1 on Mac OSX 10.6.6. I have a number of copies of one particular document, each copy of which differs in some respects from others. There is, for example, the original file with certain formatting attributes. Then there is a copy of this which has more formatting attributes to make

Re: [libreoffice-users] Description is not retained

2011-03-08 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 8, 2011, at 03:56 , Cliff Scott wrote: ** Reply to message from James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com on Mon, 7 Mar 2011 23:01:28 +0100 LibO 3.3.1 on Mac OSX 10.6.6. I have a number of copies of one particular document, each copy of which differs in some respects from others

Re: [libreoffice-users] Latency issues

2011-03-09 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 9, 2011, at 18:45 , Stereotactic wrote: Hi All, I am facing a lot of latency issues with the subscription to this list. For example, it took over 30 minutes to get the confirmation email to subscribe. So do the replies to the threads. Is someone facing the same issues too? I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-09 Thread James Wilde
to run them both again. As Arnie said, I'll be back. //James On Mar 5, 2011, at 00:41 , James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Regina. I'll take a look at it tomorrow. //James On Mar 5, 2011, at 00:37 , Regina Henschel wrote: Hi James, James Wilde schrieb: On Mar 2, 2011, at 23:20 , Regina

[libreoffice-users] Date format in template

2011-03-11 Thread James Wilde
It is appropriate to say that I am running LibO 3.3.1 on a Mac running OSX 10.6.6. I have a letterhead template which includes a date field (creation date). However, despite several attempts, I am unable to maintain the format of the date, which I want to present in iso-format: -MM-DD.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Date format in template

2011-03-11 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 11, 2011, at 13:35 , Lorenzo Sutton wrote: Dear James, James Wilde wrote: It is appropriate to say that I am running LibO 3.3.1 on a Mac running OSX 10.6.6. I have a letterhead template which includes a date field (creation date). However, despite several attempts, I am

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template

2011-03-11 Thread James Wilde
Well, to be sure it's not something in the original template, I just created a new one with nothing other than create date and saved it as you said using /File/Templates/Save. Same behavkiour. I'm at a loss. //James On Mar 11, 2011, at 22:19 , Tinkerer wrote: Hi James It works for me.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template

2011-03-11 Thread James Wilde
Thanks Larry. On Mar 11, 2011, at 22:41 , Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/11 7:31 AM James Wilde wrote: Open a document, format it as I wanted, insert the date field, convert to iso-format, save as .ott in the templates folder. On opening it reverts always to US format. Please describe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template

2011-03-11 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 11, 2011, at 23:41 , Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/11 3:55 PM James Wilde wrote: Just sent a copy to Andy Brown who contacted me offline. He opens a document with my template and sees the date in iso-format. so it's something local. I have a Macbook and a Mac Mini, both running

Re: [libreoffice-users] UNSUBSCRIBE

2011-03-12 Thread James Wilde
Hi Randy: Send an email from your gmail account to users+unsubscr...@libreoffice.org and reply to the ensuing email. //James Moderator On Mar 12, 2011, at 15:00 , Randy Millner wrote: On Mar 12, 2011 7:57 AM, Randy Millner randlemill...@gmail.com wrote: Unsubscribe me On Mar 12,

Re: [libreoffice-users] UNSUBSCRIBE

2011-03-12 Thread James Wilde
, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. On 12/03/2011 17:03, James Wilde wrote: Hi Randy: Send an email from your gmail account to users+unsubscr...@libreoffice.org and reply to the ensuing email. //James Moderator On Mar 12, 2011, at 15:00

[libreoffice-users] Convert formulae to actual

2011-03-21 Thread James Wilde
I have a calc sheet with full names in one column, thus: John Smith Jane Smollett I want to create a column with forenames and one with surnames. I've created an extra column with the position of the space between first name and last name (in the cases above, it's five in each case), and two

Re: [libreoffice-users] Convert formulae to actual

2011-03-21 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 21, 2011, at 18:10 , Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 21/03/2011 17:59, James Wilde a écrit : What I'd now like todo is to change the contents of the first name column from left(1;x-1) to John or Jane, and the last name column likewise, from being a formula which displays

Re: [libreoffice-users] Convert formulae to actual

2011-03-21 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 21, 2011, at 21:46 , Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 21/03/2011 21:14, James Wilde a écrit : Sorry, Jean-Francois. There is no Copy Special. Only Paste Special. And Paste Special does not have a Formula option. Ooops! Yes, it should read Paste special, sorry for the typo

[libreoffice-users] Problem with java x.x.24

2011-03-23 Thread James Wilde
There was a post in here recently about the latest java update, version 1.6.0_24, causing problems with Base. I'm getting a lot of encouragement from both my Macs to upgrade to this version, which I'm resisting hard, but I just wanted to know whether anyone knows whether the problem is fixed,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup options

2011-03-24 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 24, 2011, at 02:19 , Michel Gagnon wrote: Le 2011-03-23 19:23, Andy Brown a écrit : Roger Stein wrote: Is there any way to start any of the individual Libre Office applications so that you don't automatically go back to the Application Menu when you close a document? For example, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Startup options

2011-03-26 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 26, 2011, at 00:07 , Len Philpot wrote: [ From users@libreoffice.org (NoOp) on Friday, March 25, 2011 ] I reckon that you can do the same on a Mac - why don't you give it a try and let us know? Unless Apple has done something very weird*, I'd guess it would work. OS/X is, after

[libreoffice-users] Ruler settings hard coded on Mac

2011-03-27 Thread James Wilde
I'm using Mac OSX 10.6.6. and have now upgraded to 3.3.2 since I discovered I was using 3.3.0 and thought my problem might have been fixed. I suddenly noted that, when I was adjusting a style, the indents were in characters and the space before and after a paragraph were in lines and not in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ruler settings hard coded on Mac

2011-03-27 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 27, 2011, at 11:42 , Manfred J. Krause wrote: On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:59, Manfred J. Krause wrote: On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:50, James Wilde wrote: [...] I quit LibreOffice, removed my profile by renaming ~/Library/Application Support/Libreoffice to ~/Library/Application Support

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ruler settings hard coded on Mac

2011-03-27 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:59 , Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:50, James Wilde wrote: I'm using Mac OSX 10.6.6. and have now upgraded to 3.3.2 since I discovered I was using 3.3.0 and thought my problem might have been fixed. I suddenly noted that, when I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ruler settings hard coded on Mac

2011-03-27 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 27, 2011, at 18:01 , Harold Fuchs wrote: On 27/03/2011 15:19, James Wilde wrote: On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:59 , Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:50, James Wilde wrote: I'm using Mac OSX 10.6.6. and have now upgraded to 3.3.2 since I discovered I was using

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 28, 2011, at 20:28 , Andy Brown wrote: Mark Stanton wrote: I have a document that spans two pages when viewed/edited on one computer but is only one page when viewed/edited from the other computer on my network. All the page settings appear the same when viewed from either

[libreoffice-users] The text:s/ tag

2011-04-04 Thread James Wilde
If this is a double post I apologise. I can't see that the original message has appeared, neither in my in-box (no, I don't use gmail) nor in nabble. I have had a problem arise in connection with converting an odt file to another format, mobi. The problem is apparently caused by a

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to use japanese ore other language fonts

2011-04-20 Thread James Wilde
On Apr 20, 2011, at 09:14 , Rewarp wrote: こんにちは、あきこさん。 You do have a weird problem. I have had no problems inputting Japanese into OpenOffice (and now LibreOffice). I am also using Lucid Lynx. Does copy and paste work correctly for Japanese? Other than that, what input method are you

Re: [libreoffice-users] HTML entities

2011-04-28 Thread James Wilde
On Apr 29, 2011, at 04:43 , rich...@hornick.us rich...@hornick.us wrote: How do I unsubscribe from this list? I have tried everything with no success. The note below: Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Makes no sense. What instructions??? E-mail WHAT to that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template

2011-05-03 Thread James Wilde
On Apr 30, 2011, at 13:25 , xwolf wrote: Hi James The following solution might be of interest if you want to permanently change all LibreOffice's behaviour to use the ISO date format. So I did the following (LibreOffice 3.3.2, on Windows XP): ** In a hex-editor (HxD for example), I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Typing Japanese in Libre Office Writer (typing furigana)

2011-05-09 Thread James Wilde
On May 9, 2011, at 07:51 , Troy Testing Desu wrote: It seems like I solved my own problem, with the help of others. I accomplished typing furigana over kanji by selecting the kanji, format asian phonetic guide and typing the characters. Just checked out furigana. So a question I maybe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Startup with Calc on OSX

2011-05-11 Thread James Wilde
Another way is to install an extension which gives you the same choice. The details are: It is an extension. DisableStartModule.oxt 0.0.1. (available at http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=90815 ) This information courtesy of Larry Gusaas of this list, with grateful thanks. Note

Re: all good, different languages are good to see :) Re: [libreoffice-users] Sorry, wrong mailing list

2011-05-11 Thread James Wilde
On May 11, 2011, at 18:11 , luiz wrote: Hi, On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 12:42 -0300, luiz wrote: Let's do a big celebration of Pentecost. All speaking in different languages ​​and everyone getting along. (Is that possible?) ;) From what I have seen, not understanding the language might go

Re: [libreoffice-users] new to list

2011-05-25 Thread James Wilde
Welcome to the list, Flos. Here you'll find all the help you'll need to use LibreOffice. The help is all provided by volunteers, users like yourself. //James On May 25, 2011, at 18:25 , Phil Headford wrote: Hello, I'm new to the list. My name is Phil Headford, but most people call me Flos.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is this list unmoderated?

2011-06-03 Thread James Wilde
On Jun 3, 2011, at 01:28 , plino wrote: It is benevolently moderated in the sense that real spam and commercial spammers are eliminated. Correct. But I haven't noticed any post from a real user being eliminated or any user banned. Well, by definition, you wouldn't! :) I guess some

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO MailList

2011-06-15 Thread James Wilde
Hi Ian: Send an email from your normal email address to users+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org. You will get an email in return, to which you must reply and then you are subscribed to the list. If I'd been a little more awake when I saw your message, I'd have responded to it directly instead

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread James Wilde
On Jun 20, 2011, at 09:23 , Stephan Zietsman wrote: Roxy Robinson wrote: From what I know you have to use Paste Special for what you want to do. Paste Special has several options that you must choose from, so you cannot set it to do only one Just to elaborate: you can perform a Paste

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-30 Thread James Wilde
On 2014-08-30 13:29, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Hmm, sadly Writer doesn't seem to do quite the same thing as GEdit. Tom, I have an idea that there is a find/copy/paste add-on for LO which works on multiple files. I used it when I was using LO for my writing (I now use Scrivener for books and

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-11-20 Thread James Wilde
Wow! Seems we have a new religion here, added to the conflicts in the Middle East, Northern Ireland (calm at the moment) and Kashmir, not to mention the South China Sea. Can we agree that a) rtf is not an ISO standard and has never been; that b) most programs with a proprietary text format

Re: [libreoffice-users] IT Assistant

2015-04-01 Thread James Wilde
PS. I advised him that his attachment has been detached and suggested he send a url to a sample. On 01 Apr 2015, at 11:28, James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: The following message came in to the website forum, so I am reposting it here, where it is more appropriate. The sender

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