[libreoffice-users] Re: Adding Watermarks
On 10/31/16 7:10 PM, toki wrote: On 31/10/2016 21:47, Ken Springer wrote: Thanks, Dave, but it's not necessary. I have few docs to do that need a "Draft" watermark, then I don't think I'll need it again in the Going forward, you can abuse the classification system, by selecting "Internal Only" as the classification. This will add a header, footer, and diagonal message across every page, that says "This content is marked Internal Only. Do not distribute it outside of the business." or an abridgment thereof. On second thoughts, it might be less scary to simply create a classification "Draft", with slightly more appropriate messages, displayed in a less in-your-face manner. I don't know anything about the classification system, but it sounds like something that's not necessary in my case. I learned long ago, never proofread your own writing! LOL These are small condensed 1 page informational sheets for customers to help them know more about their computers. The watermark is simply to prevent the wrong copy from being printed and then handed out. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Adding Watermarks
On 31/10/2016 21:47, Ken Springer wrote: > Thanks, Dave, but it's not necessary. I have few docs to do that need a > "Draft" watermark, then I don't think I'll need it again in the Going forward, you can abuse the classification system, by selecting "Internal Only" as the classification. This will add a header, footer, and diagonal message across every page, that says "This content is marked Internal Only. Do not distribute it outside of the business." or an abridgment thereof. On second thoughts, it might be less scary to simply create a classification "Draft", with slightly more appropriate messages, displayed in a less in-your-face manner. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
Here's how I did it with Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I imagine it might work with Mint, which is based on Ubuntu. Method 1 I opened a command line terminal (With Ubuntu, it's Ctrl-Alt-t). I typed in the following commands, hitting after each line. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-1 sudo apt-get update After typing in the first line, you'll be prompted for your user password. The first line adds the repository for LO 5.1.x. The second line automatically updates your system to use it. Method 2 You can do the same thing through Synaptic Package Manager. Open Synaptic and click on Settings and then Repositories. In the Repositories dialog, click on Other Software, then click Add. Then type in ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-1 and click Add Source. You will be prompted to reload your software sources. Once you do that, you can click Mark All Upgrades. Synaptic will mark the LO packages that are to be updated. Click Apply and you'll be upgraded. Again, I've used both methods with Ubuntu. That said, I am not by any means an experienced Linux user. I tend to use Synaptic for all my software installation needs. I've never downloaded and installed a *.deb file. Instructions for these methods are found at: https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/libreoffice-5-1. I don't know enough about Mint to know if it will work properly, but since Mint is based on Ubuntu, I tend to believe it will. Virgil On 10/31/2016 06:53 PM, gordon cooper wrote: On 01/11/16 09:16, Robert Großkopf wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Tim, What I do is unpack the install files [I use .deb files] and place them all in a temporary folder I call "lib". Nice and simple, I have that folder in the "home" folder called "timothy". This will give me "/home/timothy/lib" while using the file manager package [on Mint] called "Caja". Then I use the "Mate Terminal" [default command line for the MATE desktop GUI] This is my starting point for this laptop - yours will look different since you will not have the same laptop and user name. This is the default user folder for my laptop. timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ I type in "cd lib" timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ cd lib I get this folder shown timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~/lib$ At this point I use this command to install all of the .deb files from that folder. I tend to place both the language and help .deb files - if needed - in a different folder like lib2. sudo dpkg -i *.deb This will prompt me to five my superuser password. Then it will start a "long" install process for all of the .deb files in the folder. The RPM system would have some different names for the commands I use for the DEB based Linux OS [ I use Ubuntu with Mate desktop] So, if you have a folder off your home folder [or directory] with the name of "lib" [home/timothy/lib], the command line is a very easy route. cd lib sudo dpkg -i *.deb After looking for this in the web I would make it the same way you have described here. It's a little bit different to the tool, which is delivered with OpenSuSE for system-managing with YAST, but it will work well. Don't know how to add a dircetory as repository in other sytems. But with OpenSUSE it works well. Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJYF6a7AAoJELDKYwaoS9AI8moP/A2yuXifFabBdnXBSwAEABtJ jhQfL8toi78UWYHKOTiAZ+eb4gRWjnq50SPjanxoako43ogYG8nNHqsIhEavsUta TBbYXRRvoJBAnPOf7sxqOnwGzg2fbH5LvfDnAZ1WXXqUgYiPU+2eEzDJDT2keeDi jTJJ2LloO8qUE//BLYp/FjJDzyGWohLM7wbobPul76lydRAO4uEL/uRwEJT7avxH d7LuGm6QDfsmcSW/9Es4e60lBuLehYQ8w4K1JAbhiDrhmn0qLR8ITw3iwuOCl5pe 3M0gOJwPqqGdYmhG3eOyBbwDzsl2nNXhXWwKV+QmhoPFQqxtIR6NqAyDs+9phmLA RkjU2J9qoInFoijgnI+TST7KQcS64a5IZFLfjde+JIZvXQ2KENxXm4Sfqtwu2meP J7ezu4E4QixGDHT31hSeQef7haO4jjt4jw87qPtZEE697QRYqTnHwKN4+BtYDWjH RM5xQzvLhe/ZwjrukD9w6hSKvdSZ40fdHzNJ8clgm7TI5ZWUI9T4gMQnmYmBP9/7 Kuw8IT7TQw0D+f0ED6XFCQznJ3Zqbb6zlVaZlMLq2TjCtppoTX7wjnJMtQiys3ZC BV9JaahIxvGzJmKqaO081MPR2tL1U2T/Ilif23itpmXo3WTqXanQU3K0/8HoKR9E hwpgDjhkMMTnNGkNqAGn =ZRW9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- This installation method all looks overly complicated to me, and is one of the reasons that I swapped over to MX-Linux where the system comes as a package with installation instructions/prompts included. Plus the bonus that the User Manual can be read/downloaded beforehand. Gordon. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
On 01/11/16 09:16, Robert Großkopf wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Tim, What I do is unpack the install files [I use .deb files] and place them all in a temporary folder I call "lib". Nice and simple, I have that folder in the "home" folder called "timothy". This will give me "/home/timothy/lib" while using the file manager package [on Mint] called "Caja". Then I use the "Mate Terminal" [default command line for the MATE desktop GUI] This is my starting point for this laptop - yours will look different since you will not have the same laptop and user name. This is the default user folder for my laptop. timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ I type in "cd lib" timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ cd lib I get this folder shown timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~/lib$ At this point I use this command to install all of the .deb files from that folder. I tend to place both the language and help .deb files - if needed - in a different folder like lib2. sudo dpkg -i *.deb This will prompt me to five my superuser password. Then it will start a "long" install process for all of the .deb files in the folder. The RPM system would have some different names for the commands I use for the DEB based Linux OS [ I use Ubuntu with Mate desktop] So, if you have a folder off your home folder [or directory] with the name of "lib" [home/timothy/lib], the command line is a very easy route. cd lib sudo dpkg -i *.deb After looking for this in the web I would make it the same way you have described here. It's a little bit different to the tool, which is delivered with OpenSuSE for system-managing with YAST, but it will work well. Don't know how to add a dircetory as repository in other sytems. But with OpenSUSE it works well. Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJYF6a7AAoJELDKYwaoS9AI8moP/A2yuXifFabBdnXBSwAEABtJ jhQfL8toi78UWYHKOTiAZ+eb4gRWjnq50SPjanxoako43ogYG8nNHqsIhEavsUta TBbYXRRvoJBAnPOf7sxqOnwGzg2fbH5LvfDnAZ1WXXqUgYiPU+2eEzDJDT2keeDi jTJJ2LloO8qUE//BLYp/FjJDzyGWohLM7wbobPul76lydRAO4uEL/uRwEJT7avxH d7LuGm6QDfsmcSW/9Es4e60lBuLehYQ8w4K1JAbhiDrhmn0qLR8ITw3iwuOCl5pe 3M0gOJwPqqGdYmhG3eOyBbwDzsl2nNXhXWwKV+QmhoPFQqxtIR6NqAyDs+9phmLA RkjU2J9qoInFoijgnI+TST7KQcS64a5IZFLfjde+JIZvXQ2KENxXm4Sfqtwu2meP J7ezu4E4QixGDHT31hSeQef7haO4jjt4jw87qPtZEE697QRYqTnHwKN4+BtYDWjH RM5xQzvLhe/ZwjrukD9w6hSKvdSZ40fdHzNJ8clgm7TI5ZWUI9T4gMQnmYmBP9/7 Kuw8IT7TQw0D+f0ED6XFCQznJ3Zqbb6zlVaZlMLq2TjCtppoTX7wjnJMtQiys3ZC BV9JaahIxvGzJmKqaO081MPR2tL1U2T/Ilif23itpmXo3WTqXanQU3K0/8HoKR9E hwpgDjhkMMTnNGkNqAGn =ZRW9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- This installation method all looks overly complicated to me, and is one of the reasons that I swapped over to MX-Linux where the system comes as a package with installation instructions/prompts included. Plus the bonus that the User Manual can be read/downloaded beforehand. Gordon. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Adding Watermarks
On 10/31/16 2:21 PM, Dave Koelmeyer wrote: On 26/10/16 06:18, Ken Springer wrote: LO 5.1.5, Windows 7 The help file says to go to Format - Page and select the background tab. Then it says "On the background tab page...". Unfortunately, no such tab exists. I'm assuming they've moved the feature to somewhere else? If it helps at all I have created a template with watermarks good to go: https://www.apertura.co.nz/libreofficewatermarks Thanks, Dave, but it's not necessary. I have few docs to do that need a "Draft" watermark, then I don't think I'll need it again in the foreseeable future. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding Watermarks
On 26/10/16 06:18, Ken Springer wrote: > LO 5.1.5, Windows 7 > > The help file says to go to Format - Page and select the background > tab. Then it says "On the background tab page...". > > Unfortunately, no such tab exists. > > I'm assuming they've moved the feature to somewhere else? If it helps at all I have created a template with watermarks good to go: https://www.apertura.co.nz/libreofficewatermarks Cheers, Dave -- Dave Koelmeyer http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz GPG Key ID: 0x238BFF87 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Tim, > > What I do is unpack the install files [I use .deb files] and place > them all in a temporary folder I call "lib". Nice and simple, I > have that folder in the "home" folder called "timothy". > > This will give me "/home/timothy/lib" while using the file manager > package [on Mint] called "Caja". > > > Then I use the "Mate Terminal" [default command line for the MATE > desktop GUI] > > This is my starting point for this laptop - yours will look > different since you will not have the same laptop and user name. > This is the default user folder for my laptop. > > timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ > > I type in "cd lib" > > timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ cd lib > > I get this folder shown > > timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~/lib$ > > At this point I use this command to install all of the .deb files > from that folder. I tend to place both the language and help .deb > files - if needed - in a different folder like lib2. > > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > > This will prompt me to five my superuser password. Then it will > start a "long" install process for all of the .deb files in the > folder. The RPM system would have some different names for the > commands I use for the DEB based Linux OS [ I use Ubuntu with Mate > desktop] > > So, if you have a folder off your home folder [or directory] with > the name of "lib" [home/timothy/lib], the command line is a very > easy route. > > cd lib > > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > After looking for this in the web I would make it the same way you have described here. It's a little bit different to the tool, which is delivered with OpenSuSE for system-managing with YAST, but it will work well. Don't know how to add a dircetory as repository in other sytems. But with OpenSUSE it works well. Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJYF6a7AAoJELDKYwaoS9AI8moP/A2yuXifFabBdnXBSwAEABtJ jhQfL8toi78UWYHKOTiAZ+eb4gRWjnq50SPjanxoako43ogYG8nNHqsIhEavsUta TBbYXRRvoJBAnPOf7sxqOnwGzg2fbH5LvfDnAZ1WXXqUgYiPU+2eEzDJDT2keeDi jTJJ2LloO8qUE//BLYp/FjJDzyGWohLM7wbobPul76lydRAO4uEL/uRwEJT7avxH d7LuGm6QDfsmcSW/9Es4e60lBuLehYQ8w4K1JAbhiDrhmn0qLR8ITw3iwuOCl5pe 3M0gOJwPqqGdYmhG3eOyBbwDzsl2nNXhXWwKV+QmhoPFQqxtIR6NqAyDs+9phmLA RkjU2J9qoInFoijgnI+TST7KQcS64a5IZFLfjde+JIZvXQ2KENxXm4Sfqtwu2meP J7ezu4E4QixGDHT31hSeQef7haO4jjt4jw87qPtZEE697QRYqTnHwKN4+BtYDWjH RM5xQzvLhe/ZwjrukD9w6hSKvdSZ40fdHzNJ8clgm7TI5ZWUI9T4gMQnmYmBP9/7 Kuw8IT7TQw0D+f0ED6XFCQznJ3Zqbb6zlVaZlMLq2TjCtppoTX7wjnJMtQiys3ZC BV9JaahIxvGzJmKqaO081MPR2tL1U2T/Ilif23itpmXo3WTqXanQU3K0/8HoKR9E hwpgDjhkMMTnNGkNqAGn =ZRW9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ken, > > I will have a look, if I find something special for your > situation. Couldn't find a clear description for this problem when looking for Mint. But when I am looking for installing LO with Linux I found this: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Install/Linux Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJYF6S6AAoJELDKYwaoS9AIkQMP/i+eAaC3OhjeBekSjtTlvmiq dEIsAjReziWLbHf2oEt9MO9jyTbhBQYj0J6CwFpjsCmjTOwlx+xh6uio3L7KPRBh l3NGn+tQMi8DEg1D2/NPtxUQY+u2JgoYycEx6/iEOcASNdtS5iaYD6N1ypqRsEQ5 5MF1XNJtvX3mFFqRLJ/IfUMpcwQ1jw85uP1ii3sCLTnq1B9CG9jPZCWrO954qIHq Sy2VgjEBruXU1C1YIdphnoWGmEEkSJiHQkaDK+S6xBQmTRKqtMqodxUl6xgDKYyW KvjjYV9WIff6+6Yha0da5jQzKsh1k8RmWHWG98OEGQLa9JcAcwnVAxlQk67RCFFc lpbeazj+akrkbzsCV05xI2imZRD/+LORz7w9sU5J8EtAREh1jDpiHAMJd06BdeMe 37GoddldnAXSGImjVlYYFoO11/1MXilDmKHXJWbZiyP834gpeFlUEto5Z50WX9Wx uXk79BCAlbuDZjhPlNuDYcQUlNkdaFjBvRGcJt8ZZl6SsuWyAwDQRkWWNdabbI7a r3xnzhfFRJXuRJ7m7DDb+Kwo3WHBUG8kRtG4l2RKOoPBTafxWAiKPcHM/dS1X5aU lBIKNkfVaV89jp6fx1eGfsrP/jKbfBMBidvqJqVYPQqBSLKsFYHy0WNuYPvHat83 1HAtW/Qf6ROBUMBpG9PM =DX3p -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
On 10/31/2016 01:08 PM, Ken Springer wrote: Hi, Robert, On 10/30/16 12:33 PM, Robert Großkopf wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- For every installation on linux you could - - install as root/SuperUser - - install as user in your own directory Install as root/SuperUser: 1. Upack the files you downloaded (program, help, language) 2. Create a directory which you could call as you want (local_sources) 3. Move the *.deb-packages (or *.rpm-packages) to this directory 4. Use your install-program and add the directory as a local source for your installer. 5. Now you could choose the directory with your installer and could install all packages from there. I did OK until step 4, and then my lack of basic Linux knowledge reared it's ugly head. ROFL In Mint 17.3, under Administration I see Software Manager, Software Sources, and Synaptic Package Manager. But in none of those do I recognize anything that lets me point to folder I created. I.E. a point and click method. Is one of these the "install-program" you are referring to? Would the folder I created now be called a repository? If so, do I input the complete path? Which means I need to learn how Linux structures pathnames. Where can a find a truly beginner's guide for this type of information? I've noticed over the years that many "beginners" articles are not truly beginners articles at all, the articles already assume some basic level of knowledge. Knowledge that does not always exist. :-( I do not get what is being said in 4 and 5 as well. What I do is unpack the install files [I use .deb files] and place them all in a temporary folder I call "lib". Nice and simple, I have that folder in the "home" folder called "timothy". This will give me "/home/timothy/lib" while using the file manager package [on Mint] called "Caja". Then I use the "Mate Terminal" [default command line for the MATE desktop GUI] This is my starting point for this laptop - yours will look different since you will not have the same laptop and user name. This is the default user folder for my laptop. timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ I type in "cd lib" timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ cd lib I get this folder shown timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~/lib$ At this point I use this command to install all of the .deb files from that folder. I tend to place both the language and help .deb files - if needed - in a different folder like lib2. sudo dpkg -i *.deb This will prompt me to five my superuser password. Then it will start a "long" install process for all of the .deb files in the folder. The RPM system would have some different names for the commands I use for the DEB based Linux OS [ I use Ubuntu with Mate desktop] So, if you have a folder off your home folder [or directory] with the name of "lib" [home/timothy/lib], the command line is a very easy route. cd lib sudo dpkg -i *.deb -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
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Thinking the list should be aware of this, I'm sending to the list. In response to you, Brian Barker - who doesn't seem to be listed as a moderator BTW, I'm copying here part of the rules: "To release it to the list, please send a message to <> which can usually be done simply by replying to this message" which does not state there is only one way - note 'usually' - therefore when a message has not been released to the list, yet I think it should be, I will so do ... & if I have something to say in response, I shall so do. From: Brian BarkerDate: Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] local help To: Anne Noname At 21:11 26/10/2016 -0500, you wrote: Many on this list use LO writer, etc. - although many do not live in > California; .. > > From: Dan Devor > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Cc: > Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:24:25 -0700 > Subject: [libreoffice-users] local help > > I live in Riverside California... > As patiently requested previously, please, *please* don't just reply to messages that have not appeared on the list. If you approve them, release them first to the list and reply to the list copy. Anything else will confuse people and break the threading. It's very easy just to get it right; please just do so. Brian Barker - privately -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ken, >> 4. Use your install-program and add the directory as a local >> source for your installer. 5. Now you could choose the directory >> with your installer and could install all packages from there. > > I did OK until step 4, and then my lack of basic Linux knowledge > reared it's ugly head. ROFL > > In Mint 17.3, under Administration I see Software Manager, Software > Sources, and Synaptic Package Manager. I have never seen Mint. I'm using OpenSUSE since many years. But when I see the title I would try it with Software Sources. There must be a possibility to add sources in the web, like Packman, or also local Folders without any special description. After you have added the directory as a source you could close Software Sources and could open Software Manager (don't know the difference between "Software Manager" and "Synaptic Package Manager"). There you should be able to install the packages of the folder. > > Would the folder I created now be called a repository? If so, do I > input the complete path? Which means I need to learn how Linux > structures pathnames. Yes, it would be like a repository. But you haven't to know anything about pathnames. There must be a button to choose the path out of a list. The only difference to normal repositories: There is no description inside the repository. It's only a repository with deb-packages. > > Where can a find a truly beginner's guide for this type of > information? I've noticed over the years that many "beginners" > articles are not truly beginners articles at all, the articles > already assume some basic level of knowledge. Knowledge that does > not always exist. :-( > I will have a look, if I find something special for your situation. Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJYF5ybAAoJELDKYwaoS9AIuhUP/AssQIyG2j0B2G3UhIiKG+Zj O96JqiDgqZSjPw1FGHpxvJ8eOPhiXEt9IiL7ZuaRYM5DU2IKvYnneoVi3SZ4E58v zqsVMBXkGeuCM2m86x6LruJi6uR6AuWyYZPdt/SCmKpzJgMjxxcFwPgMyKdp89iR hao2sgVFBeubw1NZAOC6xP/4+HLbxTZaWJmEnR13O5HVxUZ6SSJWrcBb7nB3hjEF k4WuNtKRf3H11BpnjAfEIzwoyJFzRx/34xbHjdcqxAO3Zl/wwAb5TLnnpzX4C3OB 61CiEuIlcPWcce1V09ULlBAQG5ku0C3+xuGkTGJipYmKBfmYLvXffib6g6RIo2XP EpVukNMB6v9tSDHrecD7HMRRL4jXRVkpH82hOsKeQo19vOPmRJD8v+CfGUA0RJgo v5m/sgkH4C+b9rjxOxZzcbgOf8vskbT9tirNBZzcp/HgaH86iy+/PiRLc/dqgUgd B/OQXf5CeTmicN/GDdAF8UEe9uae0FsSTqIsy29gG5p+nTz2bI7igoBxA4npeaGE +DbB5uBMRPnY52mM2iX7yv9Z93a/TjUHVX752+yu3yGiC5q01RIJzRiKNxHOQecC RIj5gHM8FCim/bHemZA3uwz/STpkORqLffGqv7a96GRp2KvGj6c1Y0Tj/lgRKmpN AbYCcLex2QPbEmSgPAGe =dqds -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
On 10/31/16 11:45 AM, M Henri Day wrote: 2016-10-31 18:13 GMT+01:00 Ken Springer: Hi, Henri, On 10/30/16 1:12 PM, M Henri Day wrote: Ken, instructions for upgrading Linux Mint 17.3 to Linux Mint 18 - if that's what you're after - are found here : https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2316. They worked very well for me For the time being, I'm going to stay with 17.3 until I understand it better. But I created a LiveCD for 18, and may install it on an old laptop I have here in the future. For the moment, I'm just trying to solve this issue of printing from LO Calc on my Samsung laser. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" Hullo Ken ! There's a lot of wisdom in the old aphorism to the effect that if it ain't broke, don't fix it, And if Microsoft would only listen... LOL and Mint 17.3 works very well - even if I myself find Mint 18 just a little bit better. In any event, someone on the Linux Mint Forum for printers and scanners ( https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=51) might be able to suggest solutions for the specific problems you're having printing from LO Calc on your Samsung laser printer - perhaps worth a try ?... I registered there soon after starting with Mint. I don't post much because I don't get to "play" with Linux much. In this case, things seem to be pointing to LO, and I want to eliminate that possibility before looking at another possible cause. With regard to easily keeping your installation of LO updated on Mint, you might want to consider installing the PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa). I can confirm that it works like a charm, and you don't have to download and install the .deb files yourself !... Hopefully, after some help from Robert Großkopf I'll be able to do that. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
On 10/30/16 2:16 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: On 10/30/2016 10:56 AM, Ken Springer wrote: On 10/29/16 8:04 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: On 10/29/2016 06:52 PM, gordon cooper wrote: Hi again Ken, There is some odd going on here. I don't use LO very often, most of my writing is done with Lyx, which then outputs as a PDF and I print from there. Have just looked at LO and found that when it was asked to print, to either my little Brother laser,or an elderly HP Deskjet, the landscape paper option was greyed out, just like yours. These results came on a desktop, running MX-15 Linux. Looked as if LO was deciding that the files would fit onto portrait and not giving me the option to change. I'll do some more digging. Think I have LO on a laptop with XP, will dig it out .Perhaps somebody else will pop upon the forum with an answer. Gordon This was brought out in an earlier thread. Go to Print -> options tab and check "Use only paper size from printer preferences." That should enable paper sizes and orientation selection in the print dialog. It does not. :-( However, I discovered I can go to the printer's defaults, and set landscape there, choose the "Use only..." setting in LO, and I get the landscape layout when the spreadsheet is printed. What I'm taking away from this is, it is a problem with LO 5.0.x that comes with Mint 17.3 Rosa. So I still need to go somewhere to find out how I install the current version after I have it downloaded. Thanks for the help and suggestions, everyone. Yes, you must select landscape in LO (Format -> Page) to format the document/page and you must select landscape in the print dialog to select the printer paper size/orientation. If you don't then you get the symptoms you described in your OP. This is not a bug. It makes good sense. Agreed. Only problem is, it doesn't work for me at the moment with the default LO in Mint 17.3 :-( The grayed out paper size/orientation in the print dialog I responded to, is a separate issue brought up by Gordon and seemed to have started with LO 5.x. Don't know about 4.x. LO 3.x did not exhibit this "feature" AFAIK. OpenOffice 4.x does not exhibit this either, but then it is a different beast now. Girvin -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
On 10/30/16 11:02 PM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 10/29/2016 09:22 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 10/29/16 6:40 PM, gordon cooper wrote: On 30/10/16 13:22, Ken Springer wrote: Trying to learn a bit about Linux, as well as solve a printing issue with LO in Linux Mint 17.3. The printer is a Samsung CLP-315 color laser. When printing a spreadsheet, and selecting landscape, LO prints landscape, but to paper that is still portrait. Sort of like this... | | | | .. .. .. |___| The dots represent the data that is trying to be printed. If I set the paper to portrait, this is the result. All the data is printed. | | | | ... ... ... |___| My suspicion is the printer driver, but I would like to install the current Linux stable version. Mint installs 5.0.3.2, which is the current version in the repository, from what I can see. I know it's somewhat apples to oranges, but the same spreadsheet works fine on my Mac with the current version of LO. Once I've downloaded the current version, where to I go from there? Hi Ken, Hi, Gordon, There any many versions of Linux, just look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions to see. Oh, yea, I know. I go peek at distrtowatch.com now and again. And I've played with a number of LiveCD's to get a quick look at the ones that looked interesting to me. If you are wishing to stay with Mint, then take a look at their home page. There plenty are of good options and you will find that people have their preferences and tend to stay with them. I joined their forums 4-5 months ago. And I got some suggestions about using PPA's other than Linux Mint. Just haven't had the time to get to that. But that doesn't mean the latest stable version is in any of those PPA's. FYI, this printing problem has cropped up a couple weeks ago. I asked in the forums a couple months ago. Right now I'm using Mint with the Cinnamon desktop, looking for some alternative to Windows and Macs that look simpler to tackle for seniors and other "computer illiterate" folks. Something they may find easier to learn. Secondarily, some of these individuals may have unsupported versions of operating systems, but can't afford to buy a new system. Or, they may not have one and can't afford one, but older hardware can be salvaged and the system given to them. On old XP systems, I tend to replace Windows with Ubuntu with Mint as the desktop. It was the closest to what I saw with Ubuntu's desktop for 9.x.x thru 10.10.x It works well for XP users, in my test with friends. Is it Ubuntu that works well for your friends, or the Mint desktop? My reason for using Mint is the Cinnamon environment seemed to provide the simplest user interface for new to Linux or new to computers users to understand. I use MX-Linux, which is based on Debian, like MInt, and is a mid sized but very stable operating system. MX has LO built in. I use to use Linux Mint, but had too many issues with networked Canon inkjet printers. So I installed Ubuntu again, since I could find the Mint desktop for it. Now Ubuntu has a distro with Mint as a default instead of adding it after Unity desktop opens up. Also, when I was using Linux Mint, I could not easily upgrade to the newest version. Ubuntu tries to keep its repository up-to-date with the latest stable version of LO. I am running Ubuntu 16.04 with Mint. I am using LO 5.2.1.2 on this laptop, but plan on upgrading it soon. Since I have been using Ubuntu since the 9.x.x days on my main desktop. I have tried a few others on other laptops/desktops. I chose Ubuntu since it was the only Live CD that worked on my old HP desktop's sound card right from that CD. Right now this laptop, and my spare, run both Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10, Mint also has LO built in. Where you setting your portrait/landscape option, in LO? Been switching between them in Calc, in this case. When I stumbled on this problem today, I also tried Writer, same problem. But, in the printer's properties, I can't switch from landscape to portrait. The option is greyed out. I've even tried reversing the page dimensions, to no avail. Are you sure it is a MX670? If so, what country did you get it from. I do not see it listed in the Canon support for the USA. My bad, Tim, I typed the model from memory. Sorry. It's an MX 870 from the US. Calc printed fine to a Canon MX-670 (I think that's the right printer) when the printer was first installed. Then it broke for some unknown reason. It would print about 1.25" of data, and then be paused. Resume the printing, and another 1.25" would print. Removing the printer and reinstalling (although I might not have done it correctly) failed to fix
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
2016-10-31 18:13 GMT+01:00 Ken Springer: > Hi, Henri, > > On 10/30/16 1:12 PM, M Henri Day wrote: > > > > Ken, instructions for upgrading Linux Mint 17.3 to Linux Mint 18 - if >> that's what you're after - are found here : >> https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2316. They worked very well >> for me >> > > For the time being, I'm going to stay with 17.3 until I understand it > better. But I created a LiveCD for 18, and may install it on an old laptop > I have here in the future. > > For the moment, I'm just trying to solve this issue of printing from LO > Calc on my Samsung laser. > > -- > Ken > Mac OS X 10.11.6 > Firefox 49.0.1 > Thunderbird 45.3.0 > "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash > and it's gone!" > Hullo Ken ! There's a lot of wisdom in the old aphorism to the effect that if it ain't broke, don't fix it, and Mint 17.3 works very well - even if I myself find Mint 18 just a little bit better. In any event, someone on the Linux Mint Forum for printers and scanners ( https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=51) might be able to suggest solutions for the specific problems you're having printing from LO Calc on your Samsung laser printer - perhaps worth a try ?... With regard to easily keeping your installation of LO updated on Mint, you might want to consider installing the PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa). I can confirm that it works like a charm, and you don't have to download and install the .deb files yourself !... Henri -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
Hi, Henri, On 10/30/16 1:12 PM, M Henri Day wrote: Ken, instructions for upgrading Linux Mint 17.3 to Linux Mint 18 - if that's what you're after - are found here : https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2316. They worked very well for me For the time being, I'm going to stay with 17.3 until I understand it better. But I created a LiveCD for 18, and may install it on an old laptop I have here in the future. For the moment, I'm just trying to solve this issue of printing from LO Calc on my Samsung laser. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version
Hi, Robert, On 10/30/16 12:33 PM, Robert Großkopf wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- For every installation on linux you could - - install as root/SuperUser - - install as user in your own directory Install as root/SuperUser: 1. Upack the files you downloaded (program, help, language) 2. Create a directory which you could call as you want (local_sources) 3. Move the *.deb-packages (or *.rpm-packages) to this directory 4. Use your install-program and add the directory as a local source for your installer. 5. Now you could choose the directory with your installer and could install all packages from there. I did OK until step 4, and then my lack of basic Linux knowledge reared it's ugly head. ROFL In Mint 17.3, under Administration I see Software Manager, Software Sources, and Synaptic Package Manager. But in none of those do I recognize anything that lets me point to folder I created. I.E. a point and click method. Is one of these the "install-program" you are referring to? Would the folder I created now be called a repository? If so, do I input the complete path? Which means I need to learn how Linux structures pathnames. Where can a find a truly beginner's guide for this type of information? I've noticed over the years that many "beginners" articles are not truly beginners articles at all, the articles already assume some basic level of knowledge. Knowledge that does not always exist. :-( -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Embedding fonts in Writer
On 10/31/16 8:54 AM, Ricardo wrote: El 2016-10-31 15:45, Ken Springer escribió: Can this be done yet? File → Properties → Font tab Thanks, Ricardo. I thought I had seen it somewhere, but I was looking in the general setup, never thought about document properties. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding fonts in Writer
El 2016-10-31 15:45, Ken Springer escribió: Can this be done yet? File → Properties → Font tab ;) If not, that's too bad. :-( And it's cramping my plans! LOL -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- Il mio blog in italiano: https://ilpinguinoscrittore.wordpress.com/ Mi blog en español: https://elpinguinotolkiano.wordpress.com/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Embedding fonts in Writer
Can this be done yet? If not, that's too bad. :-( And it's cramping my plans! LOL -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Any way to "keep with previous" in Writer?
Kruno-2 wrote > Can you be a bit more elaborate about this? Point some of those bug > reports you mention. Now it's not even clear to me how should 'keep with > previous' even work. > > I'll asume you are starting a list at the very bottom of the page. > > List will start on a new page only if there is not enough room left on the > current page, and there is nothing you can do about it - if it's not > fitting the page, it can't be done (bug or not). > > Paragraphs can be kept together only 'with next', because 'with previous' > is kinda done by default and free space on the page is limiting factor > which can not be overcome. > > What you could do is reduce spacing inside of list and between previous > paragraph and list and hope it will fit or, what I would do, is CTRL + > ENTER to move previous paragraph on the next page too. Yes, that is not > what you are trying to do but it's the only way to keep them together. > > You also could keep previous list item with next list item but I don't > think that other way around is even possible. > > Kruno > > Izvorna poruka > > This is an old post, but I think the problem still exists: how do you > prevent > a list from starting a new page? "Keep with previous" would seem to do > that, > and I don't find another solution. > > Thoughts? Sorry, I was replying to a 2011 post via the web page. Here's the original post: Wayne wrote > I want to "Keep with previous" rather than "keep with next" (for my > beginning-of-list styles). I can see from searching that it's been > discussed and bugs opened and such, for quite a while, but I don't > think anything has come of it yet ... I wonder if anyone has worked > out a way to do that, or is it just a manual thing to do - go through > and apply Keep With Next, take it off where it no longer applies, etc. My problem is the same, and I'm not sure there's another way to solve it. In specific, I've got some short paragraphs that are sometimes followed immediately by lists that are related to their content. It's preferable not to have those lists start a new page, especially when they follow a one-line paragraph. Widow and orphan control don't help. I suppose this could be a list-specific feature, but the idea is that the first item would be forced to be on the same page as the preceding paragraph, which would often mean that that preceding paragraph would have a line bumped to the next page. I can do this manually with a page break, but I'm looking for something automatic that would go in a style. I would think this is not an unusual problem, even if it's not the most common thing. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Any-way-to-keep-with-previous-in-Writer-tp3041392p4198761.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Any way to "keep with previous" in Writer?
Can you be a bit more elaborate about this? Point some of those bug reports you mention. Now it's not even clear to me how should 'keep with previous' even work. I'll asume you are starting a list at the very bottom of the page. List will start on a new page only if there is not enough room left on the current page, and there is nothing you can do about it - if it's not fitting the page, it can't be done (bug or not). Paragraphs can be kept together only 'with next', because 'with previous' is kinda done by default and free space on the page is limiting factor which can not be overcome. What you could do is reduce spacing inside of list and between previous paragraph and list and hope it will fit or, what I would do, is CTRL + ENTER to move previous paragraph on the next page too. Yes, that is not what you are trying to do but it's the only way to keep them together. You also could keep previous list item with next list item but I don't think that other way around is even possible. Kruno Izvorna poruka Šalje: eponymousDatum: 31.10.2016. 02:21 (GMT+01:00) To: users@global.libreoffice.org Naslov: [libreoffice-users] Re: Any way to "keep with previous" in Writer? This is an old post, but I think the problem still exists: how do you prevent a list from starting a new page? "Keep with previous" would seem to do that, and I don't find another solution. Thoughts? -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Any-way-to-keep-with-previous-in-Writer-tp3041392p4198717.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted