Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving pop up help box position when using menus
On 04/02/13 07:06, Brian Barker wrote: At 23:18 03/02/2013 +, Aonly Gonly wrote: I was wondering if there might be a way of positioning these pop ups in the preferences, or even turning them off as a last resort. Turning them off? Go to Tools | Options... | LibreOffice | General | Help. You can have Tips or Extended tips or neither. It sounds as if you have Extended tips; you might be happier with just Tips. I trust this helps. Brian Barker Thanks Brian - that worked fine. Too bad I cannot reposition them, as the extended tips were useful - just not when they kept getting in the way! Thanks again AG -- 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: 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] Moving pop up help box position when using menus
On 04/02/13 10:28, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Don't worry. That whole help package is getting increasingly out-dated anyway. Better to use the published guides https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Calc_Guide Regards from Tom :) From: AGcomputing.acco...@googlemail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 4 February 2013, 9:51 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving pop up help box position when using menus On 04/02/13 07:06, Brian Barker wrote: At 23:18 03/02/2013 +, Aonly Gonly wrote: I was wondering if there might be a way of positioning these pop ups in the preferences, or even turning them off as a last resort. Turning them off? Go to Tools | Options... | LibreOffice | General | Help. You can have Tips or Extended tips or neither. It sounds as if you have Extended tips; you might be happier with just Tips. I trust this helps. Brian Barker Thanks Brian - that worked fine. Too bad I cannot reposition them, as the extended tips were useful - just not when they kept getting in the way! Thanks again AG -- Thanks Tom :-) Must say the docs are getting so much better than back in the old days of OOo. Kudos to those who have worked so hard on them. Cheers AG -- 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: 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] Moving pop up help box position when using menus
Hi Using LibO Version 3.6.5.2 with Debian, is there anyway to reposition the pop up help box when using the menu items at the top of the frame (e.g. File, Edit, View, Insert, etc.) because right now the pop up obscures the menu items? Thanks AG -- 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: 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] Moving pop up help box position when using menus
On 03/02/13 22:38, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Just drag the title-bar like you would for any window/console. If that doesn't work try Alt and just click anywhere in the window/console to drag it. I'm not sure if it works outside of the Debian/Ubuntu family. Regards from Tom :) *From:* AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org *Sent:* Sunday, 3 February 2013, 12:48 *Subject:* [libreoffice-users] Moving pop up help box position when using menus Hi Using LibO Version 3.6.5.2 with Debian, is there anyway to reposition the pop up help box when using the menu items at the top of the frame (e.g. File, Edit, View, Insert, etc.) because right now the pop up obscures the menu items? Thanks AG -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org mailto:h...@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 Thanks for the suggestion Tom. Tried that - the pop up moves whenever I move my mouse, so I cannot click into the box to move it! Similarly, if I move the title bar, this only changes the position of the window, not the pop up itself which stays in the same place relative to the rest of the window - and unhelpfully - right in the way of the text in the menu I am looking at. I was wondering if there might be a way of positioning these pop ups in the preferences, or even turning them off as a last resort. Anyone know? Cheers. AG -- 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: 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: Numbering Questions: (2) or (1)?
On 31/01/13 20:24, Taang Zomi wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Tom Daviestomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) The Maths Guide is getting a major re-vamp fairly soon. The Docs Team suddenly found the German translation had added tons of extra stuff and even has enough to break it out into separate chapters. If you can read German look for their version. My guess is that your case worked out all right and in the guide they might have had a previous example at some point in the last 10 years or so that maybe didn't make it into the version of the guide you are reading. Also when creating the guides sometimes weird things do happen and there are never enough people in the team to get everything perfect. MS Guides only need to be produced to cover 1 release every 3 or 4 years and they employ tons of people to work on those guides. Their guides cost quite a lot too so that they can pay people and make a hefty profit. LibreOffice has a major new branch twice per year and relies on people volunteering and in the few places where they sell it the prices are extremely low. Even so most people just download the free versions from the official website or the wiki. So, it's a completely different bottle of crisps. The Draw and Impress Guides recently got taken on by someone that really cares about them so quality has jumped up in the last couple of releases but Math is still a bit iffy, at least until the translations from German get done. Personally i am hoping the Docs Team are focusing on the Base Guide this time and maybe worry about Math afterwards but people join the team to work on issues that concern them and so that's what gets the most attention. It works well because it means the people working on any particular guide have a vested interested and are keen to get good quality results. Regards from Tom :) -- *From:* Taang Zomilibreofficez...@gmail.com *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org *Cc:* Taang Zomilibreofficez...@gmail.com; putaangz...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, 31 January 2013, 10:06 *Subject:* [libreoffice-users] Numbering Questions: (2) or (1)? On page 23 of LibreOffice 3.5.5 Math Guide, it is written: *Numbering equations* Equation numbering is one of Writer’s best hidden features. The steps are simple, but obscure: 1. Start a new line. 2. Type *fn* and then press *F3*. The *fn* is replaced by a numbered formula: E= mc2(2) == But I got: E = mc2 (1) == Should I have got (2), as in the Math Guide? Is it all right for me to get (1)? Is the Math Guide a little wrong here? Sincerely, Taang Zomi == Dear Tom, Yes, my case worked out all right, and thank you all for your help. Thank you for the information on how LibreOffice Guides were produced. Sincerely, Taang Zomi I played around with this on my Debian box using LibO v.3.6.4.3. I typed in e=mc2 new line and entered *fn* and then F3 It gave me E=mc2 (1) So I did a second equation (made up for the purpose) p =(q + 1)2 New line and *fn* and then F3 But got E=mc2 (2) again ... What gives? AG -- 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: 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: Numbering Questions
On 01/02/13 16:18, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:51 01/02/2013 +, Aonly Gonly wrote: I typed in e=mc2 new line and entered *fn* and then F3 It gave me E=mc2 (1) Good: that's what it is supposed to do. So I did a second equation (made up for the purpose) p =(q + 1)2 New line and *fn* and then F3 But got E=mc2 (2) again ... Good: right again. What gives? Only that you misunderstand how to use this. You cannot type the equation into the text (Writer) document directly, as it needs to be defined as a Math equation. o Enter FN and press F3. You get the dummy numbered equation (E=mc^2). o Now double-click the dummy equation. The Math window opens at the foot of the window and you can edit the equation's definition - removing it entirely and replacing it with your own. I trust this helps. Brian Barker Doh!! Yes - sorry all - figured it out: the E=mc2 is a place-holder :-) Oh dear ... some mothers' do have 'em. Apologies thanks AG -- 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: 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: [Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Numbering Questions
On 01/02/13 17:48, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Phew! It's all good then :) Regards from Tom :) *From:* AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com ** Doh!! Yes - sorry all - figured it out: the E=mc2 is a place-holder :-) Oh dear ... some mothers' do have 'em. Apologies thanks AG Yes Tom - it's all good. Just me being a dummy :-) Cheers AG -- 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: 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] LibO Writer: Problem with setting double lined borders on page
Hi Two GNU/Linux Debian machines each running LibO. One (box A) has LibO 3.6.2.2 and the second (box B) has LibO 3.5.4.2. In box B, there was a set of pre-formatted documents saved in *.odt that had a double lined border around the page. On opening one of these files today, this double line had been changed to a single thick black line. This is now the case for all of these documents I had previously formatted this way. Box B recently updated from LibO 3.4.* In box A, I have attempted to set page borders as a test using the double line style but only thick black lines are possible. In addition, attempting to set the style under Format / Page / Borders tab, when clicking apply the dialog box defaults to another tab, not the borders tab. I don't know whether this is related or not, but it might indicate that an attempt to apply the settings is also causing problems with the tab displays too. I couldn't find any info on this using Google, and this seems to have crept in following the upgrade to 3.5.* and now also in 3.6.* Is this a bug and if so, has it been reported? I don't know how to file a bug report for this as I don't know how to describe the issue(s) succinctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks AG -- 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: 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] LibO Writer: Problem with setting double lined borders on page
On 03/10/12 21:43, Dan Lewis wrote: On 10/03/2012 03:57 PM, AG wrote: Hi Two GNU/Linux Debian machines each running LibO. One (box A) has LibO 3.6.2.2 and the second (box B) has LibO 3.5.4.2. In box B, there was a set of pre-formatted documents saved in *.odt that had a double lined border around the page. On opening one of these files today, this double line had been changed to a single thick black line. This is now the case for all of these documents I had previously formatted this way. Box B recently updated from LibO 3.4.* In box A, I have attempted to set page borders as a test using the double line style but only thick black lines are possible. In addition, attempting to set the style under Format / Page / Borders tab, when clicking apply the dialog box defaults to another tab, not the borders tab. I don't know whether this is related or not, but it might indicate that an attempt to apply the settings is also causing problems with the tab displays too. I couldn't find any info on this using Google, and this seems to have crept in following the upgrade to 3.5.* and now also in 3.6.* Is this a bug and if so, has it been reported? I don't know how to file a bug report for this as I don't know how to describe the issue(s) succinctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks AG Have you tried to adjust the width of the border? (perhaps 3 pt) When I did this using 3.5 or 3.6, the double line appears although that may not be exactly what you are looking for. I have also tried changing the color of the border as well. Lighter colors seem to be more pleasing than black. --Dan Hi Dan Thanks for your comments. Have just tried your suggestion, taking the double line up to 4.5 seems to work - but that seems to be a pretty big width!! The default seems to be set at 0.05 which gives a seemingly single line. Colours aren't feasible, but I take your point about the aesthetics. Any thoughts about what is going on when the apply button is clicked? Thanks again. AG -- 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: 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] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. onDebian
On 13/07/12 15:04, drew jensen wrote: On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 09:27 -0400, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 07/13/2012 06:48 AM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 13/07/2012 at 12:28, Anthony Easthopeantiso...@myopera.com wrote: I thought most debian releases had unity or at least GNOME 3 as their GUI and they all feature a Dock. There is no Unity for virtually anything apart from Ubuntu (+derivatives, such as Kubuntu, Mint etc.). Fedora and Arch had packages for 2D version (that is fallback version without desktop effects), but at least Fedora strongly considered removing them. Unity was never in Debian repository. There was some team that wanted to package Unity and put it Debian's repo, but there hasn't been any progress for quite long time. It's unlikely to see Unity in Debian anytime soon, if ever. But most of distributions out there has packages of GNOME 3, yes. I use MATE with my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop, instead of GNOME 3 or Unity. Works better for me. I do not like a tablet-looking environment for my desktop work. Win8 went this route and it was just bad. As for the quickstart, well I prefer to have start icons on my top panel. Some extensions need the quickstart to be turned off to update, of at least they use to when I used a quickstart. I find that with a desktop running a mid-range 2 year old CPU, LO starts up very fast compared to what it did last year, so a quick starting option is no longer needed. Hi Tim, I couldn't agree more with that last comment. Here is a quick screen capture I did for an example: https://plus.google.com/b/100933269401814278228/100933269401814278228/posts/K157cWoutd5 In the video it starts just as I click on the LibO icon on the desktop. As I say in the post there this is a warm start - then I open the about box just to show the version. Best wishes, //drew Hi Drew I noticed from the video that you are using 3.6 beta. How long have you been using it for and is sufficiently stable to rely on for academic work? Any noticeable advantages over 3.5.*? Cheers AG -- 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: 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] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. on Debian
Hi list As the subject line says really - there is no option to activate the quick starter for LO3.5.5 using Debian squeeze. I downloaded and installed the LO3.5.5 today (after removing the previous version, which also did not have a quick start option), and find again that 3.5.5 lacks this. Is this now standard with LO to not have a quick starter option or is this something peculiar to Debian packages or something else? Can anyone advise how I can get this option back, because it really is helpful. TIA AG -- 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: 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] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. on Debian
On 12/07/12 16:54, Gabriel Risterucci wrote: The quickstarter option was the source of many issues, and disappeared at some point, since libreoffice now startup is way faster than before... This discussion showed up some times ago. If I remember correctly the main point of still looking for the quickstarter was to have a handy menu with all libreoffice programs at hand, and this can be replicated with all desktop environment. Thanks for this. Can you please elaborate - or direct me to a site that explains - the handy menu part that can be replicated with the desktop environment? Cheers AG -- 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: 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] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. on Debian
On 12/07/12 17:31, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, AG schrieb: Hi list As the subject line says really - there is no option to activate the quick starter for LO3.5.5 using Debian squeeze. I downloaded and installed the LO3.5.5 today (after removing the previous version, which also did not have a quick start option), and find again that 3.5.5 lacks this. Is this now standard with LO to not have a quick starter option or is this something peculiar to Debian packages or something else? Can anyone advise how I can get this option back, because it really is helpful. Is it only disabled, or is it build without Quickstarter? Do you have a executable file quickstart. If yes, then I would try to run it and then check the option Load LO During System Start-Up. If no, can it be enabled in the custom install? Do you can modify the installation (on Windows it is possible)? If it is build with Quickstarter, you should find it in the category optional components. Kind regards Regina Thanks Regina Where would I likely find such an executable file, because it is not showing up when I run locate quickstart? Thanks AG -- 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: 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] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. on Debian
On 12/07/12 17:18, Dan wrote: AG wrote: Hi list As the subject line says really - there is no option to activate the quick starter for LO3.5.5 using Debian squeeze. I downloaded and installed the LO3.5.5 today (after removing the previous version, which also did not have a quick start option), and find again that 3.5.5 lacks this. Is this now standard with LO to not have a quick starter option or is this something peculiar to Debian packages or something else? Can anyone advise how I can get this option back, because it really is helpful. TIA AG The quick starter seems to be missing from the Debian versions on the LO website. I noticed that it is not in LO 3.4.6 nor 3.5.4. Specifically, what do you want to do? Open a component (Writer, Calc, Draw, or Base)? Open the splash screen? Depending upon what you want to do, a script could be written, made executable, and put on the desktop. Clicking the script's icon would do it for you. --Dan Hi Dan I would prefer to select the component (e.g. writer, calc, etc.) that I require at the time rather than the entire splash screen, which is currently what's happening, unless I use the Applications/ Office/ menu in Gnome where I can select each component. Thanks AG -- 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: 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] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. on Debian
On 12/07/12 18:10, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) During install/repair i got the option to add Quickstarter when i chose to go the Custom route, which i did due to asking a similar question about the quickstarter in WIndows. Regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 12/7/12, AGcomputing.acco...@googlemail.com wrote: From: AGcomputing.acco...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. on Debian To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 12 July, 2012, 17:44 On 12/07/12 17:31, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, AG schrieb: Hi list As the subject line says really - there is no option to activate the quick starter for LO3.5.5 using Debian squeeze. I downloaded and installed the LO3.5.5 today (after removing the previous version, which also did not have a quick start option), and find again that 3.5.5 lacks this. Is this now standard with LO to not have a quick starter option or is this something peculiar to Debian packages or something else? Can anyone advise how I can get this option back, because it really is helpful. Is it only disabled, or is it build without Quickstarter? Do you have a executable file quickstart. If yes, then I would try to run it and then check the option Load LO During System Start-Up. If no, can it be enabled in the custom install? Do you can modify the installation (on Windows it is possible)? If it is build with Quickstarter, you should find it in the category optional components. Kind regards Regina Thanks Regina Where would I likely find such an executable file, because it is not showing up when I run locate quickstart? Thanks AG -- 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: 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 Thanks Tom, but I'm not sure that a Windows solution would apply to GNU/Linux Debian, but thanks anyway. AG -- 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: 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] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. on Debian
On 12/07/12 18:27, Jay Lozier wrote: On 07/12/2012 12:44 PM, AG wrote: On 12/07/12 17:31, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, AG schrieb: Hi list As the subject line says really - there is no option to activate the quick starter for LO3.5.5 using Debian squeeze. I downloaded and installed the LO3.5.5 today (after removing the previous version, which also did not have a quick start option), and find again that 3.5.5 lacks this. Is this now standard with LO to not have a quick starter option or is this something peculiar to Debian packages or something else? Can anyone advise how I can get this option back, because it really is helpful. Is it only disabled, or is it build without Quickstarter? Do you have a executable file quickstart. If yes, then I would try to run it and then check the option Load LO During System Start-Up. If no, can it be enabled in the custom install? Do you can modify the installation (on Windows it is possible)? If it is build with Quickstarter, you should find it in the category optional components. Kind regards Regina Thanks Regina Where would I likely find such an executable file, because it is not showing up when I run locate quickstart? Thanks AG Check Synaptic for an uninstalled libreoffice/lo package that provides integration with the desktop. I know Ubuntu has an LO quickstarter, so it appears that it is not installed by Debian by default. (I assume the quickstarter is part of the LO package and not an Ubuntu extension.) I did not find a quick method to turn on the quickstarter. Thanks. I did download and install the desktop integration packages for Debian from the ODF site, and there's nothing in synaptic. Perhaps the quickstart has been deprecated in the 3.4.* and 3.5.5 releases? AG -- 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: 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] Bullet indent frustrations
Hey list I really, really enjoy using LibO and recommend it widely as a viable alternative to MS Office. So, thank you developers! I do have one bone of contention where I do think that MS Office is superior to LibO Writer though, and that is in MS Office's formatting of bullets. In MSO, when one inserts bullets and they appear too far away from the border of a table, one merely needs to right click on the bullet and select reduce indent (or increase for the alternative option of moving the bullet further from the table border). In LibO however, this function doesn't appear to exist and I find that I have to wade through some confusing documentation with terms that I'm not at all familiar with to achieve the same result. I'm obviously very bad at doing so correctly however, because the effect I achieve is variable, and inevitably ends up with the rest of the text hanging off at indentations that I don't want. I find this amazingly frustrating and distracts me from the actual content of what I want to do. Is there a simple way that I can align/ indent bullets so that they are flush against the border of a table and not spend fruitless amounts of time trying to figure this out from scratch each time? Additionally, the alignment for numbering is messy especially when using Roman numerals (i), (ii) because by the time one gets to (iii), the text now appears significantly indented from the brackets of the (iii) and just looks ridiculous. Any straightforward suggestions on how to fix this without the requirement for me to become some kind of text formatting guru? Cheers AG -- 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: 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: Form label controls in Base do not work
On 19/08/11 01:48, NoOp wrote: On 08/18/2011 02:08 PM, AG wrote: On 18/08/11 17:45, Alexander Thurgood wrote: In LibreOffice 3.3.2, Base on Debian stable, I am attempting to change the field name labels of a given form. Using some of the OOo and LibO tutorials I have found, apparently this *should* be a process of: Yes, it should work this way, if it doesn't then there is a bug somewhere, either in your configuration files, or the version of LibreOffice that you are using (Debian or LibreOffice download versions btw ??) Alex, Thanks for your input. This is a Deb package. Is there an additional set of plug-ins or package that I am supposed to install to make this functional, because right now I am sitting with a database that has field name labels that are drawn directly from those I entered in the table and want to make these more user friendly in the form. You could try using the Form Navigator (look in the icons of the Form Design toolbar). Open it up, and you should see a list of all of the objects on your form in alphabetical order. Double-click on the label you want to edit, you should be able to delete and rewrite the label with the string of characters that you want. Click on any other object in the list or outside of the Form Navigator window to make your changes stick then save the form to write them into the file. I have enabled the Form Design toolbar from the main View menu. Nothing happens ... no toolbar. If I enable Form Navigator from the menu, then the toolbar itself is greyed out. In addition to this, the data entry form (formed using wizard with no additional coding) does not show any facility for entering new records. IIRC, Access forms used to have little next/ previous and counter buttons at the bottom left hand side of the form. Does LibO Base have anything similar? If so, and these are not showing up as default on my system - and seemingly are not fixable using the menu options - I'm thinking that LibO Base seems broken on my system. If I'm the only one affected, then this may well be a Deb specific issue. Let me try there I will update this for the record if I obtain resolution. Possibly related to: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36443 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/709778 These seem reasonable descriptions of what I came across, so yes ... thanks. You should try upgrading to 3.3.3. I have now done so, and all is well again. Many thanks. AG -- 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: 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] Background squares in Writer
Hi list I have probably enabled something but cannot recall what, but I now have faint squares in the background of my Writer documents. It is reminiscent of the square-lined paper we used to use at school for maths, etc. However, I don't want this, so how do I turn it off please? Thanks AG -- 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: 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] Background squares in Writer
On 19/08/11 21:44, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 20/08/11 8:27 AM, AG wrote: Hi list I have probably enabled something but cannot recall what, but I now have faint squares in the background of my Writer documents. It is reminiscent of the square-lined paper we used to use at school for maths, etc. However, I don't want this, so how do I turn it off please? Hi. In the user data (preferences, settings) expand writer and under grid you can make it visible or not. Please check this. steve Steve That's spot on! Thanks a million - that fixed it. AG -- 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: 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] Form label controls in Base do not work
Hey list In LibreOffice 3.3.2, Base on Debian stable, I am attempting to change the field name labels of a given form. Using some of the OOo and LibO tutorials I have found, apparently this *should* be a process of: select the form in form edit/ design view, control + click and either right click the label I want to change and select control from the context menu, then select Properties: Label field or click on the Control icon in the Form Control toolbar. When following this procedure, I can control + click on the specific label I want to change, but when I select Control from the context menu, nothing happens. Trying the second approach, I find actually that I cannot call up a Form Control toolbar through View - Toolbars - Form Controls. No toolbar appears. Is there an additional set of plug-ins or package that I am supposed to install to make this functional, because right now I am sitting with a database that has field name labels that are drawn directly from those I entered in the table and want to make these more user friendly in the form. Thanks for any help on resolving this. AG -- 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: 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] Updating Libreoffice
On 23/02/11 16:15, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I have 3.3.0 installed in Ubuntu 10.04 (direct from LO rather than from the ppa as I need integration with TBird address book). Is there no other way to upgrade to 3.3.1 other than to download the whole shooting match AGAIN? I use Debian testing, and IIRC when I do an aptitude dist-upgrade the LibO libraries are downloaded, the old ones removed, and the new one's installed. I think that this is how all updates work, isn't it? If so, then I for one don't understand your question or expectation: of course you have to download the libraries ... how else would you get them? If you are actually referring to /installing/ them, then that is a different question, in which case your concern is about Is there no other way to upgrade to 3.3.1 other than to [manually install] the whole shooting match AGAIN? . Is there a specific library that you can manually load from the *.tar file from the LibO site while allowing aptitude (or whatever Ubuntu uses) to manage your main package installation? If not, and if the Ubuntu maintainers don't engineer some kind of interoperability (which clearly exists if the LibO site version works with TB) then the short answer is yes. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] [SOLVED] Re: Spellcheck - auto manual - missing in LibO-3.3.1.2
On 21/02/11 16:58, AG wrote: Hi all In Debian testing/ wheezy, LibO-3.3.1.2 writer is not auto-spellchecking (even though it is enabled on the standard bar) nor does it spell-check manually. Default language setting is English (UK). Under Tools Options Language Settings Writing Aids the box for Available language modules is empty. The Edit button is greyed out. I suspect that this is the source of the problem. (a) How do I manually install the relevant English UK module? (b) Is this something common to the Debian testing/ Wheezy repos? Thanks for help. AG Have fixed this issue. Apparently libobasis3.1-ooolinguistic.deb isn't pulled in automatically during an installation. Why, I don't know. It was only thanks to an obscure link to the LibO forum http://en.libreofficeforum.org that I found this out. Sorted ... but not understood. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] User defined date field in Base not enforcing format
Hey all Question about Base. In table I defined a field date to take year only (I don't want days or months) for article publications. I selected user defined in the field properties and stipulated . The example shows up as 1903 and the format field shows 1900. Now into the user form input, I enter 1991 into the date field and tab to the next field and the date converts into today's date with the format 23/10/10. How do I stop Base doing what it wants to do and make it to do what I want it to do? Thanks AG -- E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/users/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
