[libreoffice-users] How do I change the default .ott in writer 4.0?

2013-02-25 Thread MR ZenWiz
I used to have a standard format default document template that I had control over in LO 3.x. Now that I've installed 4.0, the default template is different and I want to use my own settings. How can I change the default template to match what I like? Thanks. MR -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Managing Templates in Writer

2013-02-26 Thread MR ZenWiz
Excellent - thank you. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Mirosław Zalewski mini...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: On 26/02/2013 at 18:15, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: There does not appear to be any access to any default template. In LibreOffice, there is no such thing as default template

[libreoffice-users] New bug 64028: Calc forgets cell format when cell is cut (^X)

2013-04-28 Thread MR ZenWiz
FYI for the list: I use ^X to cut the contents of a cell to transfer it to another cell, and Calc forgets what the format in that cell was. I have to reformat the cell to get it back. Most of my Calc cells are formatted for currency, with a few exceptions, all in the same spreadsheet. This is

Re: [libreoffice-users] New bug 64028: Calc forgets cell format when cell is cut (^X)

2013-04-29 Thread MR ZenWiz
I'm running Xubuntu 12.04, LO 4.0.2.2. The pasted cell has the right format, but when I entered a 0 (zero) in the old cell (that was cut), it shows as 0, not $0.00, and the format shows as Numbers instead of Currency. It happened over and over, even after I did several row cell re-formattings.

[libreoffice-users] Importing a postscript file with proper formatting

2013-06-03 Thread MR ZenWiz
Is there any way to do this into Writer? I have a number of files I originally created with FrameMaker (back when I still used Windows), and I could never get it to create the proper PDF output files, but I was able to create PS files from them. Now I'd like to put them into ODT format so I can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing a postscript file with proper formatting

2013-06-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
[Grr - forgot to reply to all] On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Leonardo M. Ramé l.r...@griensu.com wrote: On 2013-06-03 14:54:59 -0700, MR ZenWiz wrote: Is there any way to do this into Writer? Install Ghostscript and run gv (ghostview). I have gs installed, but it did not include gv

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-07 Thread MR ZenWiz
I wasn't going to comment on this thread, but I just had to use Word10 again for a company spec, and I have to say... One of the things about the ribbon that I find so annoying is that it hides information. Yes, it is organized in a way that some people find convenient and MS obviously loves -

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread MR ZenWiz
Not really: /opt/libreoffice4.0/program/soffice.bin: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, not stripped HTH. MR On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Andrew Brown andre...@icon.co.za wrote: This is a structure from the devs

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread MR ZenWiz
part in the given reference for those wishing to understand, meaning a standard function through all 'nixes). It's still not the entire LO code base that is 64bit. Regards Andrew Brown On 26/07/2013 07:54 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: Not really: /opt/libreoffice4.0/program/soffice.bin: ELF 64

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2

2012-06-30 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Sorry, i didn't give the link before.  It's http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile I'm playing around with different Live Cd sessions today and didn't have the link at hand. Apols and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2

2012-07-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
Thanks. I pulled down 3.5.1 and installed it, and the problem is still there. I could go back to a 3.4 version, but I don't know if it's that important to me. Foo. I'll just live with it. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] SOLVED - pdf creation issue on a single file?

2012-08-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
Forgive me, but if you're going to post this as solved could you include the solution? I didn't see it On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) hyl...@conacher.co.za wrote: My thanks go to Roger Barker and Miguel Angel. On 28/07/12 15:58, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:

[libreoffice-users] What the heck happened to the thesaurus in LO 3.6???

2012-08-14 Thread MR ZenWiz
I installed LO 3.6 this morning, and now I find that the thesaurus no longer works. In the tools i looked and noticed it depends on OO's thesaurus, but that blows away my LO Debian menus when I install it, and I had to uninstall everything and reinstall LO 3.6 for it to work, but no thesaurus.

Fwd: [libreoffice-users] What the heck happened to the thesaurus in LO 3.6???

2012-08-14 Thread MR ZenWiz
Grr - I forgot to reply-to-all (foo). -- Forwarded message -- From: MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] What the heck happened to the thesaurus in LO 3.6??? To: Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9

[libreoffice-users] What happened to LO 3.6's place memory?

2012-08-14 Thread MR ZenWiz
I just noticed also that when I close a document, then reopen it, LO 3.6 no longer remembers where I was. This was a really nice feature that has been in LO at least since 3.0, but now it appears to be gone. Can we have it back? Soon? Thanks. MR -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2 [SOLVED in 3.6]

2012-08-15 Thread MR ZenWiz
Something in 3.6 has changed and now the opening windows remember their place, even across multiple monitors. THANK YOU, TDF/LO! On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:10 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I pulled down 3.5.1 and installed it, and the problem is still there. I could go back

Fwd: [libreoffice-users] What happened to LO 3.6's place memory?

2012-08-15 Thread MR ZenWiz
[Once again, forgot to r-t-a] On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net wrote: WAD here. Just make sure your personal information is present in Tools / Options / LibreOffice / Personal data (item names freely translated from my FR

[libreoffice-users] Data sort with column labels broken in 3.6

2012-08-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
I just used Calc 3.6 for the first time, and the data sort with column labels fails - it used to do the right thing and leave the labels row at the top - now this shows up at the bottom of the sort selection. When this is fixed, would it be possible for the labels selection field be on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Data sort with column labels broken in 3.6

2012-08-20 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Is that 2 separate bug-reports or just one? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ Regards from Tom :) You caught me. :-) It was a bug report and a feature

[libreoffice-users] How do I change the default Writer font?

2012-08-23 Thread MR ZenWiz
I notice that the default paragraph in Writer 3.6 is set for Courier;Courier New at 12 points. I would like the default always to be something else. How do I change this so every time I activate the Writer it has a default font I like? MR -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I change the default Writer font?

2012-08-24 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: Try in Writer TOOLSOPTIONSLIBREOFFICE WRITERBASIC FONTS (WESTERN) and you select the default font and size options. When finished selecting, hit Default and the defaults should be updated. You may need to open a new

Re: [libreoffice-users] font problem - anybody?

2012-08-24 Thread MR ZenWiz
I would suggest you try 3.5 or 3.6 before reporting a bug. On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Robert Funnell robert.funn...@mcgill.ca wrote: I just confirmed what I think you're seeing, in LO 3.4.6. I guess that a bug report is required, after searching to make sure it hasn't already been

[libreoffice-users] Minor bug in 3.6.1

2012-09-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
hullrm@USITRICHTMD1C:/wddata/downloads $ libreoffice3.6 -version Warning: -version is deprecated. Use --version instead. hullrm@USITRICHTMD1C:/wddata/downloads $ libreoffice3.6 --version Segmentation fault (core dumped) Hmm :-} -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Version collision 3.6.0 vs. 3.6.1 on every Xubuntu 12.04 update

2012-09-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 with LibreOffice 3.6.1, but apparently now that Ubuntu has upgraded its LO to 3.6.0, I get errors because that is not compatible with 3.6.1 and they collide. Since I missed this the first time it happened, I get errors on every update because of this conflict. 3.6.1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com wrote: gvfe ..dtnd e eeir2 What? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-users] Problem sorting data in Calc 3.6.2 with headers

2012-10-27 Thread MR ZenWiz
I originally reported this against 3.60 (I think), but now I have the refined detail. I do my expense balances in a spreadsheet with a header line. One of the columns is called What, which is how I categorize my expenses. If I sort the data and the first sort key is the What column, even though

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem sorting data in Calc 3.6.2 with headers

2012-10-30 Thread MR ZenWiz
Reported as bug 56588. Thanks. On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 6:13 PM, rost52 bugquestcon...@online.de wrote: Thanks for reporting this bug. Here is where you can do it: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ On 2012-10-28 04:21, MR ZenWiz wrote: I originally reported this against 3.60 (I

[libreoffice-users] Fwd: [Bug 56588] EDITING: Sort with headers sorts the header if the primary sort key is text

2012-11-12 Thread MR ZenWiz
Confirmed. -- Forwarded message -- From: bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org Date: Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:29 AM Subject: [Bug 56588] EDITING: Sort with headers sorts the header if the primary sort key is text To: mrzen...@gmail.com Jean-Baptiste Faure jbf.fa...@sud-ouest.org changed

[libreoffice-users] Downloads all torrents now?

2014-01-21 Thread MR ZenWiz
I went to download the 4.1.4 upgrade and it looks as if all the downloads are now torrents. I vastly prefer to download the files directly. Is this no longer possible, or is there somewhere these are still available? I don't believe I should be forced to use a torrent if all I want is to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Downloads all torrents now?

2014-01-21 Thread MR ZenWiz
Oh, foo. I used the wrong link. Never mind - apologies for my clicko On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 5:15 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: I went to download the 4.1.4 upgrade and it looks as if all the downloads are now torrents. I vastly prefer to download the files directly

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Limited Unicode Support in LibreOffice 4.1.4.2? Character insertion, non-zero (SMP, SIP) planes, and multi language documents.

2014-01-29 Thread MR ZenWiz
OT: On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:45 AM, ♪͡♪♪͡♪♪͡♪♪͡♪ gisrup2...@126.com wrote: - 雷聲 靐䨻: if you can see four Chinese characters instead of blobs or question marks than your browser/OS has a good support for Unicode and CJK characters! (P.S. the four chracters put together means loud

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-21 Thread MR ZenWiz
Still no download. I get a connection, but nothing seems to be available. Is the download page working? On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:34 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: The site may be overloaded at the moment - I can't get the help download. sigh On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-21 Thread MR ZenWiz
dividing the page into 2. The lower part deals with optional donations. I'm sure it wasn't as clear as this before but maybe it was? Regards from Tom :) On 21 February 2014 08:19, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: Still no download. I get a connection, but nothing seems to be available

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-21 Thread MR ZenWiz
I should clarify - this is the Deb x86_64 download that is not working. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:46 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: Still inaccessible. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: I'll have to get back to you on that when I get home tonight

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-22 Thread MR ZenWiz
get the donation page just fine, but still no download. Any suggestion not tried above would be most welcome On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Don Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote: That is the version I just checked which was working fine for me. On 02/22/2014 02:46 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-22 Thread MR ZenWiz
(download.documentfoundation.org)|5.9.148.85|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... After five minutes it timed out and is trying again. On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 6:07 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: I've tried Chrome, Seamonkey and Firefox. In Chrome, after about two

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer changes feature

2014-03-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
Click Edit-Changes-Show If you want a running record, click Edit-Changes-Record. On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:07 PM, A publicf...@bak.rr.com wrote: Anyone know how to turn on the changes feature of Writer? I can't seem to get it to work. Someone sent me a .doc file. I saved it as .odt

[libreoffice-users] Can't download from TDF

2014-04-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
I've tried to download the latest release of 4.2.3 from the Doc Foundation web site and it refuses to download. I can't even get a connection. This also happened last time I tried to download an update. I'm looking at the x64 .deb files. Is there a way around this? Thanks. MR -- To

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't download from TDF

2014-04-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
Fixed, sort of - I went to the archive and could get it from there. But, really, shouldn't the download page just work? On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:17 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: I've tried to download the latest release of 4.2.3 from the Doc Foundation web site and it refuses

[libreoffice-users] Printer error in 4.2.3

2014-04-26 Thread MR ZenWiz
Since I upgraded to LO 4.2.3 last week, I get an error when trying to print any file, or every other file - it varies. The file prints without any trouble, but I get this window on the first document I print: Could not start printer. Please check your configuration. The file prints anyway, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer error in 4.2.3

2014-04-28 Thread MR ZenWiz
:) In this specific case for example I've seen this one yesterday https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77894 Thanks regards, Cor On 26 April 2014 19:04, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: [...[ Could not start printer. Please check your configuration. The file prints anyway

[libreoffice-users] Download page fails again

2014-05-15 Thread MR ZenWiz
I have been unable for the last three releases to download from the TDF Download page for LO. I have the URL for the archive, which works fine, but shouldn't the main page work? MR -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

2014-05-15 Thread MR ZenWiz
Sorry, I forgot to include: .deb x86_64. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:30 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: I have been unable for the last three releases to download from the TDF Download page for LO. I have the URL for the archive, which works fine, but shouldn't the main page work

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

2014-05-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 05/16/2014 12:34 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote: Sorry, I forgot to include: .deb x86_64. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:30 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: I have been unable for the last three releases

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

2014-05-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:48 AM, CVAlkan fobe...@enteract.com wrote: Tim: Just my two cents - I used the method you described up to somewhere around when version 4.x first appeared, but for more recent updates, the donation page is as far as I can go. Since that time, I've never been able to

[libreoffice-users] Problems with Find in 3.4.0

2011-07-08 Thread MR ZenWiz
I recently upgraded to LO 3.4.0 and I noticed a few days ago that the Find command no longer works the way it used to, or even at all. Find and Replace (which used to be the same window as Find, shortcut ctlF) is not ctlaltF, and ctlF does nothing except activate the toolbar for finding text,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with Find in 3.4.0

2011-07-11 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Jean-Baptiste Faure jbf.fa...@orange.fr wrote: Le 09/07/2011 04:09, MR ZenWiz a écrit : I recently upgraded to LO 3.4.0 and I noticed a few days ago that the Find command no longer works the way it used to, or even at all. Please have a look at http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with Find in 3.4.0

2011-07-11 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Stephan Zietsman szi...@gmail.com wrote: Correction:  After you've selected the Keyboard tab, make sure to select the LibreoOffice radio button (top-right of window) as the Find.  I also notice that you should rather select the Category and Function *before*

Re: [libreoffice-users] Permanent state of recovery with non-existent document

2011-08-08 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Sigrid Carrera sigrid.carr...@googlemail.com wrote: On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 00:18:16 -0700 MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: Once, a long time ago, I tried to open a .pps file with LO, and it crashed LO - every single time.  I deleted the document and yet every

[libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2

2012-05-16 Thread MR ZenWiz
I recently upgraded to LO 3.5.2.2 and I'm mostly quite pleased with it, especially the way it now opens the My Templates folder when I want to do a new file from a template (this disappeared in 3.3 or 3.4, where it just opened the templates without opening a specific folder, but I digress).

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2

2012-05-21 Thread MR ZenWiz
This problem is consistent and unerring. As a side note, if I open a second document, it always opens on the left edge of the left screen. This was also happening in 3.4, but at least it could remember one document's position (right edge of right screen instead of right edge of left screen).

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2

2012-05-23 Thread MR ZenWiz
This is on Ubuntu 10.10 (I haven't upgraded yet) running GNOME 2.32 and the NVIDIA graphics driver. The splash screen always comes up on the correct monitor (whichever one the mouse is in), but the writer window does not ever open on the right screen no matter where the mouse is. LO 3.4 (and I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2

2012-06-09 Thread MR ZenWiz
I have now upgraded that machine to Xubuntu 12.04 and LibreOffice 3.5.4 and it still has the same problem. The main difference is that the Xfce gdm seems to think the screen is a single monitor with 3840x1020 resolution, but LO still can't go past the 1920x divide when it starts the writer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2

2012-06-11 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Pleas can you give us a link to the thread you started about this in the Xubuntu forums?  Are they saying this is a LO issue? Thanks and regards from Tom :) I have not raised this as an issue in the OS forums

Re: [libreoffice-users] Startup positioning problem with LO 3.5.2.2

2012-06-11 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Have you tried renaming your User Profile to reset all the settings back to factory defaults? I am not getting the same problem on Ubuntu 10.04, i haven't yet tried with 12.04.  So i don't think it should be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Error saving and opening as doc.

2010-12-11 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Vit vitr...@gmail.com wrote: I was within document I've attached (I was told the attachments are not working). Now I've reproduced this from empty document. My system is Arch current with LO 3.3 rc1 from arch repo. Here are the steps: 1. Create empty document

[libreoffice-users] Error when updating to RC2

2010-12-24 Thread MR ZenWiz
I updated from RC1 to RC2 on both of my (64-bit) Ubuntu machines and got this error on both machines: Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ... Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media type in type

[libreoffice-users] Very unhappy camper

2010-12-28 Thread MR ZenWiz
I just began the process of recovering from attempting to run a .ppt slideshow that crashed my machine. I attempted to run it once and it crashed Impress. I tried to run it again and it crashed my machine - hard. I now have a partially unrecoverable VMWare Workstation VM that I critically need

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Another .pps that Impress doesn't do right

2011-01-05 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: Le 2011-01-05 00:08, MR ZenWiz a écrit : I watched this in LibreOffice 3.3.0 rc2 on my Ubuntu 10.10 system and it freezes on the image of the rotating female and does not continue the slide show.  In order to stop it, I have

[libreoffice-users] More Impress woes

2011-01-06 Thread MR ZenWiz
I was running another .ppt file (which is another one I can't post) and had a different X crash. I was trying to select some text from one of the slides (a bullet list) in the editing configuration (i.e., the slide show was not running, just Impress) and I inadvertently double-clicked while

Re: [libreoffice-users] can' t run libreoffice in amd64 debian/lenny: RESOLVED

2011-01-09 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 9:19 PM, baldwin linguas baldwinling...@gmail.com wrote: Okay. It was looking for the lib in /opt/libreoffice/basis3.3/program so, I did, indeed, cp it into there. Now it seems to be working. : I got libreoffice3.3 to run on amd64 debian/lenny by copying the

Re: [libreoffice-users] more errors, libreoffice on amd64 debian, starts now but immediately aborts.

2011-01-09 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:58 AM, baldwin linguas baldwinling...@gmail.com wrote: I spoke too soon. the program opens, but as soon as I try to type an text (writer) it crashes again, giving me this same error again: You are chasing your tail. Start here: Which version of libreoffice are you

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

2011-01-17 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Zed z...@zed.net.nz wrote: I have downloaded libreoffice-build-3.3.0.1 to install on my Desktop, which is running LMDE (a Mint edition based on Debian) Well, yes - Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu, which is a derivative of Debian. Pasted below is the result of

Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-17 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: Hi Tom, Am 17.01.2011 22:33, schrieb Tom Davies: Thanks for the link.  Yes, i think i was answering Edmund but i felt that your comment was also directly relevant.  It is a bit difficult to tell because

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with shortcut ctr+s

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
2011/1/18 Michal Olber olbi3...@gmail.com: Hello I have one strange bug, which is in OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Some times, when I paste text or doing longer work, and want to save document as ctr+s, it close the main Window, but in manager this task is all the time. What i shaould do with

Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: Am 17.01.2011 23:03, schrieb MR ZenWiz: On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: : Well that´s just what you are supposed to do. ;-) See paragraph 2. Quoting

[libreoffice-users] Instant crash on startup

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
This has happened to me twice now. When I open a document in writer and it is the first LO open of anything on my system, writer comes up, shows the window and then crashes before the cursor appears in the window. When I restart it, it comes up in the document recovery window, recovers the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM, wlb wlba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have been trying to install the Libre Office onto my computer.  I am using Ubuntu Linux, 10.10.  I have tried several times to down load it, even one that took hours.  I finally stopped it.  I tried to follow the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
2011/1/18 Fabián Rodríguez magic...@member.fsf.org: : 1) Open a terminal window under Applications Accessories Terminal 2) Type the following command to add the Ubuntu LibreOffice repository (remember to type ENTER at the end): *sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa (you will need to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: Le 19/01/11 06:43, Zed a écrit : Any advice how I can get the spell checker working, please?  It is probably something I have done incorrectly but I cannot think waht :-( This might actually be a bug of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Olwe Melwasul hercynianfor...@gmail.com wrote: I just did some experimentation and found that a very short .doc will save just fine. Then I cut and paste more into it -- and sure enough, at some point it will not save anymore and goes gray in the face and locks

Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOFU Don´t ask Google, better ask Wikipedia! :-D In Google, the first result looks like this (without the html): Tofu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tofu or bean curd is a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
2011/1/19 Fabián Rodríguez magic...@member.fsf.org: I would welcome detailed, tested steps to do the same in a GUI with less than the 4 steps I enumerated. :) Using a PPA is already a stretch of using Linux for human beings, so is going to LibreOffice so early. It _is_ in beta test - it's not

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

2011-01-19 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:38 PM, baldwin linguas baldwinling...@gmail.com wrote: : I discuss this more here: http://baldwinsoftware.com/blog/?p=1329 Shameless, self-promoting plug :-) -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-20 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:40 AM, wlb wlba...@gmail.com wrote: HI webmaster, I have decided to stick with what I have and wait until the program is more easily accessible. I know that trying something new, like downloading and installing a large software suite can be a bit intimidating, but

[libreoffice-users] Re: And yet another .pps that Impress doesn't do right

2011-01-20 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 7:11 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: This darling .pps file causes LO rc3 not only to crash, but on every attempt to recover, it crashes again, which pretty much crippled my LO installation completely.  I'm downloading rc4, but this is a serious problem since

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: And yet another .pps that Impress doesn't do right

2011-01-20 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:56 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: : This effectively cripples LO completely and I can't use it at all now. So, I went and renamed .libreoffice to .zlibreoffice and restarted LO. It did the exact same thing that rc3 did the very first time I ran it (and I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: And yet another .pps that Impress doesn't do right

2011-01-21 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:28 AM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: When you installed rc4 did you uninstall rc3? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/ quote If you have a previously-existing installation of the community-supplied LibreOffice package for Linux, first follow

Re: [libreoffice-users] Add/Remove RTL and LTR buttond to formating toolbar has no effect

2011-01-21 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:38 AM, amine amine ammine...@gmail.com wrote: Salam, ok, so what about the RTL and LTR buttons on the formatting toolbar...? You deleted all context, so I don't know whom you're asking in reference to what. I don't see these in the writer (Ubuntu 10.10 LORC4). You

Re: [libreoffice-users] Good English Grammar checker?

2011-01-22 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:10 PM, baldwin linguas baldwinling...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Eclipse eclipse-...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Catching passive voice and other basic grammar? It will catch disagreement between subect and predicate, in most cases, although

Re: [libreoffice-users] Good English Grammar checker?

2011-01-22 Thread MR ZenWiz
Not sure which you you mean, but I have never seen a good grammar checker anywhere. Period. Way back in the stone age (of WordStar), there was a thing called GrammaTek that did a really bad job of grammar-checking, but things have progressed a little since then. Word's grammar checker is the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Good English Grammar checker?

2011-01-23 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:22 AM, baldwin linguas baldwinling...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: What I really need to find is a Grammar checker that will spot things that I miss with my stroke damaged brain or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Good English Grammar checker?

2011-01-23 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:22 AM, webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I know that no system is perfect, but I could use whatever help there is out there for these tasks.  There was talk on the OOo list a while back about a Grammar add-on project, but I do not know it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Good English Grammar checker?

2011-01-23 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:54 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: : The one on LibrePlanet for LO is listed as LanguageTool. [OOo has it as well]. I installed that one the other day.  Is this the one you hate or the one you like. I think that was the one I hate.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Open Office 3.3 fatal error. The Application cannot be started. [context=user']Caught Unexpected Exception!

2011-01-27 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:06 AM, rendi.fadrillah rendi.fadril...@hpi-agro.com wrote: Im from Indonesia at Jakarta. I've tried to fix it but still can not work So how to solve this problem? Some minimal information would help, like what platform are you running and what have you done.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: LibreOffice silent uninstall

2011-02-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Rokas Slavinskas rokas.slavins...@mif.stud.vu.lt wrote: You can send libreoffice.bat file to every windows user, when he open that file automaticlly program will be installed. Edit, please? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question

2011-02-03 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Andy Brown a...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: Well, all I can say it that it works here.  Browser opens a local file that looks like the web version of the help.  Using Ubuntu. This is the first time I've tried to use help in LO, and YUCK! What is so wrong with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question

2011-02-03 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Michel Gagnon mic...@mgagnon.net wrote: Le 2011-02-03 21:49, MR ZenWiz a écrit : This is the first time I've tried to use help in LO, and YUCK! What is so wrong with having a genuine local help file for the LibreOffice Help button and a separate web help item

Re: [OT]F6[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

2011-02-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net wrote: Hi, Robert, way too long to include Do the words Edit your replies to leave out what isn't relevant mean anything in this discussion? You do know that this stuff is all archived and therefore need NOT be included in

Re: [libreoffice-users] the table starts everytime in a new page - after I type the heading for the table

2011-02-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) OpenOffice and LibreOffice often create problems for each other when both are installed.  Try uninstalling one of them and then reinstall the one you are keeping.  Since they are both free uninstalling and

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

2011-02-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
This discussion is so off-topic it doesn't even belong on this email list any more. Can you/we at least put it in a different topic thread with a big [OT] in front so we can skip it from the summary list? Ken, could you possibly stop using so much vertical space and shorten your 14-line

Re: [OT]F6[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

2011-02-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Luuk luu...@gmail.com wrote: On 04-02-11 17:29, Ken Springer wrote: [...] :o :o :o        !8-) This thread should be about LibreOffice, and not about how to use an emailclient... Thank you, Luuk. It should also be noted that this thread is not for making a

Re: [OT]F6[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

2011-02-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote: way too much material to quote Having a bad day? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

2011-02-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you.  That was so helpful I just can't describe it. When I read your reply, I was perplexed, and took your comment as a bit less than civil

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

2011-02-04 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Scott Jones srjone...@gmail.com wrote: Ok.  You people are so off topic. Grow up and move on! raspberry -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are

Re: [OT]F6[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

2011-02-05 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: These lists are *really* getting annoying, with all of the infighting, unnecessarily harsh criticism, and just downright rude and arrogant replies. I generally attribute this sort of thing to bad days on the part

Re: [libreoffice-users] Huge menu and toolbars

2011-02-07 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Baruch Burstein bmburst...@gmail.com wrote: That works. But I don't want to and shouldn't have to change my theme just to make LO look normal! That's the kind of penalty you pay for using Windows and large-text labels. :-) -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Very basic questions

2011-02-07 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Abraham F. Levy abe13262...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to down load LO. I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit. The Web Site is giving me three choices, x86(deb) x64(rpm) x64(deb) Which is the correct version? Actually there are four choices, but since you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu - don't install LibreOffice manually from the .deb files

2011-02-09 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:33 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Please edit out the less relevant parts in replies you post. :-) What about the text that, if I read it correctly, LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org cannot be installed and run on the same

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu - don't install LibreOffice manually from the .deb files

2011-02-10 Thread MR ZenWiz
:) From: MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 9 February, 2011 21:40:49 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu - don't install LibreOffice manually from the .deb files On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:33 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press

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