Re: [Bulk] Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-27 Thread ianseeks 
On Monday 26 Jan 2015 19:18:24 Tim Lloyd wrote:
 Hi Ian,
 
 I am assuming this is an existing document. Not new? Any document in
 particular or any?
An exisitng ODT, nothing complicated in the file, just text

 Is the CTRL-C the first thing you do?
Highlight with mouse then Ctrl-c, the 

 How big is the text you highlight?
2 pages

 No problems in previous versions I assume!
with one of the 4.3 releases that was just before the 4.4 release but i didn;t 
take note of the version.
  
 Any other info would be useful to track this down. I had a go on
 Fedora/Cinnamon but I can't break it.
it doesn;t happen every time so unfortunately i can't reproduce at will.  
under the 4.3 version i was actually copying text from a browser to paste into 
the exisitng Writer document.  But on 4.4 i was copying the text from ODT and 
the creating a new ODT document to paste into, it created the new empty text 
document but that was as far as it got before it died

 Cheers
I think i'll just have to keep my eye on it and see if it happens again

THanks for your reply


 On 26/01/15 03:56, ianseeks wrote:
  Hi
  
  i'm getting a regular issue with opening a writer document, copying some
  text (highlight text with mouse and ctrl-c) and when i'm about to do
  something with the copied text, the keyboard locks up (num light on) and
  the mouse can move about the screen but cannot click on anything.  I have
  to reboot the system to recover.
  
  Is anyone else having this problem?
  
  regards
  
  Ian

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-27 Thread ianseeks 
On Monday 26 Jan 2015 08:55:45 Graham P Davis wrote:
 On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:56:45 +
 
 ianseeks ianse...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
  Hi
  
  i'm getting a regular issue with opening a writer document, copying
  some text (highlight text with mouse and ctrl-c) and when i'm about
  to do something with the copied text, the keyboard locks up (num
  light on) and the mouse can move about the screen but cannot click on
  anything.  I have to reboot the system to recover.
  
  Is anyone else having this problem?
 
 I've tried this on the same system with a pre-existing .odt document and
 could not reproduce it.

Thanks for trying, unfortunately it doesn;t happen every time so hopefully it 
won;t happen anymore

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-27 Thread ianseeks 
On Monday 26 Jan 2015 10:38:54 Tom Davies wrote:
 Hi :)
 That is not saying the problem doesn't exist.  It just means that
 there might be a way of fixing it.  Sorry, it's just that people new
 to this mailing list might not understand what we try to do to help
 people here and thus might not have realised how useful Graham's post
 is.
 
 I wonder if just renaming the User Profile might help fix it?
 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile
Thanks, i'll have a look into that
 
 Regards from
 Tom :)
 
 On 26 January 2015 at 08:55, Graham P Davis news...@scarlet-jade.com 
wrote:
  On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:56:45 +
  
  ianseeks ianse...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
  Hi
  
  i'm getting a regular issue with opening a writer document, copying
  some text (highlight text with mouse and ctrl-c) and when i'm about
  to do something with the copied text, the keyboard locks up (num
  light on) and the mouse can move about the screen but cannot click on
  anything.  I have to reboot the system to recover.
  
  Is anyone else having this problem?
  
  I've tried this on the same system with a pre-existing .odt document and
  could not reproduce it.
  
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-28 Thread ianseeks 
On Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 16:03:56 Tom Davies wrote:
 Hi :)
 If it starts happening a lot, or if you just feel like it, then it
 might be worth reinstalling one of the 4.3.x.  That 3rd digit is a bit
 like a Service Pack on MS products.  Generally the higher that
 number the less unexpected problems occur.  It's often even worth
 going for the earlier branch, or even the one before that - just in
 order to get that 3rd digit really high.
 
 On the other hand the earlier you go the less fancy features you get,
 and a bit (or a lot) less easy to read MS formats.
 
 So, hopefully you find the right balance to suit your needs as most of
 us do :))
 Regards from
 Tom :)


Cheers. LO is my favoured office tool so i doubt it'll upset me too much.  I 
can't be sure it was LO causing the issue. I've had issues with copy and paste 
from other things like Firefox where it won;t paste anything i copied from 
Firefox.  
i did post the issue on the opensuse lists as well but i didn;t get any 
response from there.

  
 On 27 January 2015 at 14:01, ianseeks ianse...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
  On Monday 26 Jan 2015 10:38:54 Tom Davies wrote:
  Hi :)
  That is not saying the problem doesn't exist.  It just means that
  there might be a way of fixing it.  Sorry, it's just that people new
  to this mailing list might not understand what we try to do to help
  people here and thus might not have realised how useful Graham's post
  is.
  
  I wonder if just renaming the User Profile might help fix it?
  https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile
  
  Thanks, i'll have a look into that
  
  Regards from
  Tom :)
  
  On 26 January 2015 at 08:55, Graham P Davis news...@scarlet-jade.com
  
  wrote:
   On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 16:56:45 +
   
   ianseeks ianse...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
   Hi
   
   i'm getting a regular issue with opening a writer document, copying
   some text (highlight text with mouse and ctrl-c) and when i'm about
   to do something with the copied text, the keyboard locks up (num
   light on) and the mouse can move about the screen but cannot click on
   anything.  I have to reboot the system to recover.
   
   Is anyone else having this problem?
   
   I've tried this on the same system with a pre-existing .odt document
   and
   could not reproduce it.
   
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Re: [Bulk] Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-28 Thread ianseeks 
On Tuesday 27 Jan 2015 19:41:50 Mark Bourne wrote:
 ianseeks wrote:
  On Monday 26 Jan 2015 19:18:24 Tim Lloyd wrote:
  Hi Ian,
  
  I am assuming this is an existing document. Not new? Any document in
  particular or any?
  
  An exisitng ODT, nothing complicated in the file, just text
  
  Is the CTRL-C the first thing you do?
  
  Highlight with mouse then Ctrl-c, the
  
  How big is the text you highlight?
  
  2 pages
  
  No problems in previous versions I assume!
  
  with one of the 4.3 releases that was just before the 4.4 release but i
  didn;t take note of the version.
  
  Any other info would be useful to track this down. I had a go on
  Fedora/Cinnamon but I can't break it.
  
  it doesn;t happen every time so unfortunately i can't reproduce at will.
  under the 4.3 version i was actually copying text from a browser to paste
  into the exisitng Writer document.  But on 4.4 i was copying the text
  from ODT and the creating a new ODT document to paste into, it created
  the new empty text document but that was as far as it got before it died
 
 I don't know if it's related, but there was previously an issue where
 pasting content including images from a web page sometimes froze
 LibreOffice while it downloaded the images. If the images were large, or
 you're on a slow connection, it could take a while and appear completely
 unresponsive. That was discussed on bug 60415
 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60415, and seemed
 to be fixed in 4.3.0.4. Always possible that it's regressed though.
It was all text but when copying from teh webpage it may have included some 
thing i didn;t see.  But the latest times were from Writer to Writer with no 
images
 
 If the pasted images are linked to the original content (so that they
 automatically update), it might also connect back to the original web
 site when copying that content from one document to another. Perhaps
 check Edit  Links on the source document and try breaking any links
 listed there before copying (unless, of course, you want the images to
 remain linked so that they automatically update in your document when
 they change online).
 
 If this is the problem, and you want to avoid the delays when pasting
 content from a web page, you can use Edit  Paste Special  Unformatted
 Text to get the text, then individually copy any images you want and use
 Edit  Paste Special  Bitmap (or anything other than one of the HTML or
 Unformatted Text options). The text and images won't be formatted as
 they were on the original web page, but that's not always a bad thing as
 you'll be starting from a relatively clean state to format as you like.

I'll give that a try if it happens again

Thanks
  Cheers
  
  I think i'll just have to keep my eye on it and see if it happens again
  
  THanks for your reply


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-28 Thread ianseeks 
On Wednesday 28 Jan 2015 13:56:54 Graham P Davis wrote:
 On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:33:36 +
 
 ianseeks ianse...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
  Cheers. LO is my favoured office tool so i doubt it'll upset me too
  much.  I can't be sure it was LO causing the issue. I've had issues
  with copy and paste from other things like Firefox where it won;t
  paste anything i copied from Firefox.
 
 If that happens, click on the clipboard icon. You may find that what
 you copied is not at the top of Klipper's list and/or is not ticked. If
 that is the case, click on the item you want copied.
 
 No idea why this happens but it has caught me out several times.
Thanks, I didn't think of that.

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[libreoffice-users] libreoffice 4.4.0.2 on opensuse 13.2 tumbleweed, kde 4.14.4

2015-01-25 Thread ianseeks 
Hi

i'm getting a regular issue with opening a writer document, copying some text 
(highlight text with mouse and ctrl-c) and when i'm about to do something with 
the copied text, the keyboard locks up (num light on) and the mouse can move 
about the screen but cannot click on anything.  I have to reboot the system to 
recover.

Is anyone else having this problem?

regards

Ian


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[libreoffice-users] Calc - failing search on numbers

2015-04-09 Thread ianseeks 
hi

I've got a table of numbers of general format which i change (using 
Format/Cells) to make the display of numbers less than 10 have a leading zero. 
I cannot search for 07 etc as it will not find it, it will only search for 
7 which finds me all the numbers with a 7 in it.

How can i force the search to look for 07?

regards

Ian

Libreoffice on opensuse Tumbleweed
Version: 4.4.2.2
Build ID: 40m0(Build:2)
Locale: en_GB

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[libreoffice-users] Writer autosave

2015-10-04 Thread ianseeks 
Hi

How is the autosave supposed to work? I've got my set to save every 4 minutes 
so i rarely press "Save".  I just had a situation where i have made some 
changes, left the machine for an hour or so without saving or closing, cam 
back to the machine and closed Writer.  It didn't ask me to save but it 
crashed as it closed. I reloaded it and selected the file that was open to be 
recovered.  It recovered the file but an older version of it, should it not 
have recovered the contents that were on the screen that should have been 
autosaved every 4 minutes during that hour the document was still open?   

And..  why does the copy and paste work where you use teh mouse to highlight 
and paste it?  It works with ctrl-c, ctrl-v ok.



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer autosave

2015-10-04 Thread ianseeks 
On Sunday 04 Oct 2015 19:02:45 Brian Barker wrote:
> At 17:54 04/10/2015 +0100, you wrote:
> >How is the autosave supposed to work?
> 
> Slightly differently from how you imagine, it seems.

so it would seem.  i assumed that it had always saved the file in the past.
 
> >I've got my set to save every 4 minutes so i rarely press "Save".
> 
> I'm not sure that makes any sense. First, the time setting is
> basically for saving AutoRecovery information, which is not the same
> as saving the document. Do you have "Automatically save the document
> too" ticked? If not, your document file will not be being updated and
> you will need to save the document periodically.
I thought that was the save the document as i'm sure that what it used to be.  
i don't have "Automatically save the document too" question anywhere on the 
"Load/Save/General" options page 
> 
> >I just had a situation where i have made some changes, left the
> >machine for an hour or so without saving or closing, ...
> 
> This is probably unwise, of course. A power surge or power outage
> could cause problems, as could mistaken behaviour by another person,
> an error by you when you returned, or many other things. Hopefully
> you would normally at least save the document explicitly before
> taking the break.
i will do in future until i work out how to use the autosave 

> >... came back to the machine and closed Writer. It didn't ask me to
> >save but it crashed as it closed. I reloaded it and selected the
> >file that was open to be recovered. It recovered the file but an
> >older version of it, should it not have recovered the contents that
> >were on the screen that should have been autosaved every 4 minutes
> >during that hour the document was still open?
> 
> I suspect probably not. I'm guessing, but I don't see it as obvious
> that either the AutoRecovery information or the file itself would be
> saved every four minutes if - as would be the case - no changes had
> been made. So possibly only one save would be made after you last
> made a change.
it certainly didn't as it was not autosaving the whole document.
 
> o If you do not have "Automatically save the document too" ticked,
where is this question in the Options?

> the crash must have occurred before you were challenged to save the
> document. The recovery information would refer to a point somewhat
> before you last saved the document - so not including the most recent
> edits. Solution: save the document before taking your meal break.
> 
> o If you do have "Automatically save the document too" ticked, you
> will have a perfect version of the document in its original location
> and have no need for the recovery information. Solution: either
> reject the recovery process or accept it but do not save the result
> over the existing file; either discard it or else save it as a
> separate file (under a new name). Reopen the original document for
> the current version.
> 
> >And..  why does the copy and paste work ...
> 
> Why does copy and paste work? Er, it's meant to! Do you perhaps mean
> why does it *not* work?
> 
> >... where you use the mouse to highlight and paste it? It works with
> >ctrl-c, ctrl-v ok.
> 
> Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are only how you paste after you have selected the
> relevant text to copy and potentially to replace, of course. What
> other method are you referring to? (There are many techniques.) Edit
on the linux desktop, you can highlight the text with the mouse and just paste 
it somewhere else with a button click, no need to ctrl-c, ctrl-v

> | Copy and Edit | Paste (and so on) should work. So should
> 
> right-click | Copy and right-click | Paste. Or do you mean something
> using a third mouse button that your operating system supplies (or
> fails to)? There is some suggestion on the web that the paste
> function works but not the copy one for some versions of LibreOffice.
yep, its been working randomly over the years.

> I trust this helps.
> 
> Brian Barker - privately


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-03 Thread Ianseeks 
Thanks for that advice, i'll definitely put my head down and learn more about 
styles especially now i know about Ctrl-M etc.

all the best

Ian

On Friday, 2 February 2018 18:05:55 GMT Virgil Arrington wrote:
> On 02/02/2018 05:20 AM, Ianseeks wrote:
> > I think this is where i went wrong. Is there an obvious indicator that 
> > shows its direct formatting as opposed to a style? It would be handy 
> > when picking up someone else's document (which is what happened here) 
> 
> I'm not sure that there is. In my career as a lawyer (I'm now retired), 
> I often had to share documents with other people. We had contracts going 
> back and forth with each side adding and subtracting edits. By the end, 
> it was a formatting nightmare with styles and direct formatting all 
> clashing with one another. Sometimes the document would get so corrupted 
> it would crash the word processor.
> 
> Usually, once the substance was completed, as a last step in the 
> process, I would reformat the entire document (because I'm obsessive 
> about these things, and I really enjoy doing it). I would start by 
> stripping all the direct formatting (Ctrl-A, Ctrl-M), and then I would 
> go through and apply all of my own paragraph styles. Nobody ever 
> complained because the finished product usually looked pretty good and 
> was readable.
> 
> It doesn't take as much time as you might think. After stripping the 
> formatting, I would then press Ctrl-A again to select the entire 
> document, and then apply the most predominant style (typically my 
> BodySingleIndent). I would then go through the document and apply 
> special styles to the appropriate paragraphs, such as a Heading1 or 
> Heading2 for headings and subheadings.
> 
> After I retired, I briefly taught a Law Office Technology course at the 
> college level. For an exercise, I would give my students a plain text 
> file and then tell them to format it to make it look like a given 
> finished product, that I would give them in hard copy form. After they 
> would spend twenty minutes wrestling with direct formatting, I would 
> then demonstrate how do do it in about 45 seconds using styles.
> 
> In my current teaching position, I have given my students a book report 
> for an old book that is now in the public domain. To keep them from 
> having to buy the book, I downloaded the pure text file of the book, 
> inserted it into LO and reformatted it using my styles. I pressed Ctrl-A 
> and applied BodySingleIndent to the whole text, and then went back and 
> applied a style called Heading1 for each chapter title. By using 
> Heading1 for the chapter titles, I was then able to automatically 
> generate a table of contents, and then I created a title page with some 
> other special paragraph styles. The whole process for a 188 page 
> (letter-sized) novel took me no more than 15 minutes, and that was only 
> because I had to examine each page to find my chapter titles or other 
> paragraphs that needed special styling (such as a block quote, etc.).
> 
> Learning Styles is definitely worth the investment in time.
> 
> Virgil
> 
> 


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-02 Thread Ianseeks 
On Thursday, 1 February 2018 20:59:43 GMT Virgil Arrington wrote:
> Ian,
> 
> I don't know your level of experience with styles, so forgive me if I 
> tell you something you already know.
Thanks Virgil, more information is always a big help. My biggest bit of me 
being clueless was the not knowing that direct formatting was overriding the 
style because if I highlighted a paragraph and it had the same style/font/size 
setting, it looked like a style and i couldn't work out why it wouldn't change 
when i change the style setting.
> I use the "Default Style" simply as a starting point for all my other 
> styles. I rarely actually apply the "Default Style" to a given paragraph.
> 
> LO's styles are hierarchical in nature, so that subordinate styles will 
> share certain formatting characteristics of the parent style.
I think i need to get a graphical representation printed out and stuck about my 
monitor.

> Rather than use LO's built-in styles, I tend to create my own, so my 
> style hierarchy looks something like this:
>
I like to stick to the standard one but change the font etc i don;t do enough 
writing to justify creating a new set for myself. 
> Default Style
>  BodySingle (just like Default, but with a 1 pica empty space above 
> the paragraph)
>  BodySingleIndent (just like BodySingle, but with no empty space 
> above the paragraph, and the first line indented 2 picas)
>  BodyDouble (just like BodySingle, but with double spacing, and 
> an indented first line)
>  Title (Usually a different font style and size and centered with 
> spacing above and below the paragraph)
> 
> Each subordinate style will inherit most formatting characteristics from 
> the parent style, but then change one or two particular attributes. For 
> example, BodyDouble will inherit its font (style and size) and margins 
> from BodySingle, which, in turn, inherits those attributes from Default 
> Style. If I change the font style or size in Default Style, then that 
> change will apply to BodySingle, BodySingleIndent, and BodyDouble. It 
> will not, however, affect my Title style as I control the font at that 
> level.
> 
> Likewise, BodyDouble has a unique formatting attribute. It is double 
> spaced. So, if I change the line spacing in Default Style (say from 
> single to 1.5 lines or to a proportional line spacing) that change 
> *will* carry forward to BodySingle and BodySingleIndent (both of which 
> share the line spacing of Default Style), but it will *not* affect the 
> line spacing of BodyDouble, which will remain double spaced, because I 
> set the line spacing for that style within BodyDouble itself.
> 
> The key is to know which attributes are dictated by any given paragraph 
> style and to make changes at the proper style within the hierarchy that 
> it affects all of the paragraphs you want changed, and only those 
> paragraphs.
> 
> When making formatting changes to styles make sure you do it properly. 
> Do not just put your cursor in a given paragraph and start changing 
> formatting from the toolbar or the "properties" panel in the sidebar. 
> That will result in "direct formatting," which will not change the 
> style. Instead, make sure you right-click on the particular style you 
> want to change in the style list (sidebar), and select "Modify." Any 
> changes you make should affect that style and any subordinate styles 
> that share the same attribute that is being changed.
I think this is where i went wrong. Is there an obvious indicator that shows 
its direct formatting as opposed to a style? It would be handy when picking up 
someone else's document (which is what happened here)

> If it doesn't, then that most likely means you have direct formatting 
> peppered in along with style-based formatting. If that is the case, then 
> I would follow Steve's advice and select all of the text (Ctrl-A) and 
> clear direct formatting (Ctrl-M). At that point, you should have all of 
> your formatting controlled at the style level.
Yes, I'm going to do that now i know it exists.

> I hope all this makes sense. It's easier to do than to explain.
Great explanation, thanks a lot for your time. 
> Virgil
regards

Ian
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[libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-01-31 Thread Ianseeks 
Hi

If i update a style that is used in a document e.g. change font and font size, 
should the whole document where that style is used be changed to the new 
settings when  is pressed?  Currently I have to highlight the areas and 
then reapply the style to it.

regards

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-02 Thread Ianseeks 
On Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:50:38 GMT Steve Edmonds wrote:
> Hi.
> If you select all text (the whole document) and menu Format>Clear direct 
> formatting (Ctl M), lots may change visually, does the document then 
> behave as you might expect styles to behave. I do this as a matter of 
> course to get MS docs into odts that I can style properly.
> steve
THanks Steve, I'll try that. I didn't get the difference between styles and 
direct formatting but now i do.

> On 01/02/18 22:59, Ianseeks wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 31 January 2018 19:02:35 GMT Ricardo Berlasso wrote:
> >> 2018-01-31 19:25 GMT+01:00 Ianseeks <bingmyb...@btinternet.com>:
> >>
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> If i update a style that is used in a document e.g. change font and font
> >>> size, should the whole document where that style is used be changed to the
> >>> new settings when  is pressed?  Currently I have to highlight the
> >>> areas and then reapply the style to it.
> >>>
> >> They should update automatically *unless* direct formatting is applied to
> >> the text. Direct formatting always brings problems. Can you share a
> >> document, so we can see where the problem is? AFAIK the mailing list strips
> >> attachments, so you need to upload the sample document anywhere else.
> > I 've just done a few more tests after reading your comments.  All the 
> > tests i've done are using the "Default Style".
> > I went back to the Windows 10 version and I changed the font to something 
> > radically different to what i really wanted and it did change a lot of the 
> > document with that style but not all of it.  I think i missed it before 
> > because the paragraph that i had on the screen didn;t change but when i 
> > changed it to a weird font it scrolled the text up the screen a few lines 
> > so i could the text below it and see a change. So i changed the font back 
> > to something sensible and it worked but it did not change the font size at 
> > all, it was stuck at 14pt even though i changed it to 12pt.
> > I've discovered that if i change the font/size in "default style", it 
> > affects other parts of the document that has "text body" style applied.
> > Its the same on version 6 on linux.
> >
> >> Regards,
> >> Ricardo
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> regards
> >>>
> >>> Ian
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-02 Thread Ianseeks 
On Thursday, 1 February 2018 22:03:00 GMT Steve Edmonds wrote:
> Also to add to Virgil's explanation is what happens when copy/pasting 
> text with the same style name or a new style name.
> 
> If you copy text from a document with style named "Default Style" into 
> your working document, the text will inherit the attributes of the 
> settings for Default Style in your working document. This can sometimes 
> cause unexpected outcomes. If you want to preserve the attributes of the 
> copied text, give the copied text a unique style name before copying it.
> 
> When you copy text from another document with a style that you don't 
> have in your working document, that new style will be added to your 
> working document. If you don't want to accumulate a whole bunch of new 
> styles with lots of copy/paste;
> set the style of the text you want to copy to a style you already have 
> in your working document before copy or,
> paste as unformatted text and the pasted text will inherit the style of 
> the text at the insertion point.
> 
> Steve


Thanks for your time and explanations, its been helpful. 

regards

Ian
> On 02/02/18 09:59, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > Ian,
> >
> > I don't know your level of experience with styles, so forgive me if I
> > tell you something you already know.
> >
> > I use the "Default Style" simply as a starting point for all my other
> > styles. I rarely actually apply the "Default Style" to a given paragraph.
> >
> > LO's styles are hierarchical in nature, so that subordinate styles will
> > share certain formatting characteristics of the parent style.
> >
> > Rather than use LO's built-in styles, I tend to create my own, so my
> > style hierarchy looks something like this:
> >
> > Default Style
> >   BodySingle (just like Default, but with a 1 pica empty space above
> > the paragraph)
> >   BodySingleIndent (just like BodySingle, but with no empty space
> > above the paragraph, and the first line indented 2 picas)
> >   BodyDouble (just like BodySingle, but with double spacing, and
> > an indented first line)
> >   Title (Usually a different font style and size and centered with
> > spacing above and below the paragraph)
> >
> > Each subordinate style will inherit most formatting characteristics from
> > the parent style, but then change one or two particular attributes. For
> > example, BodyDouble will inherit its font (style and size) and margins
> > from BodySingle, which, in turn, inherits those attributes from Default
> > Style. If I change the font style or size in Default Style, then that
> > change will apply to BodySingle, BodySingleIndent, and BodyDouble. It
> > will not, however, affect my Title style as I control the font at that
> > level.
> >
> > Likewise, BodyDouble has a unique formatting attribute. It is double
> > spaced. So, if I change the line spacing in Default Style (say from
> > single to 1.5 lines or to a proportional line spacing) that change
> > *will* carry forward to BodySingle and BodySingleIndent (both of which
> > share the line spacing of Default Style), but it will *not* affect the
> > line spacing of BodyDouble, which will remain double spaced, because I
> > set the line spacing for that style within BodyDouble itself.
> >
> > The key is to know which attributes are dictated by any given paragraph
> > style and to make changes at the proper style within the hierarchy that
> > it affects all of the paragraphs you want changed, and only those
> > paragraphs.
> >
> > When making formatting changes to styles make sure you do it properly.
> > Do not just put your cursor in a given paragraph and start changing
> > formatting from the toolbar or the "properties" panel in the sidebar.
> > That will result in "direct formatting," which will not change the
> > style. Instead, make sure you right-click on the particular style you
> > want to change in the style list (sidebar), and select "Modify." Any
> > changes you make should affect that style and any subordinate styles
> > that share the same attribute that is being changed.
> >
> > If it doesn't, then that most likely means you have direct formatting
> > peppered in along with style-based formatting. If that is the case, then
> > I would follow Steve's advice and select all of the text (Ctrl-A) and
> > clear direct formatting (Ctrl-M). At that point, you should have all of
> > your formatting controlled at the style level.
> >
> > I hope all this makes sense. It's easier to do than to explain.
> >
> > Virgil
> >
> 
> 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-01 Thread Ianseeks 
On Wednesday, 31 January 2018 19:02:35 GMT Ricardo Berlasso wrote:
> 2018-01-31 19:25 GMT+01:00 Ianseeks <bingmyb...@btinternet.com>:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > If i update a style that is used in a document e.g. change font and font
> > size, should the whole document where that style is used be changed to the
> > new settings when  is pressed?  Currently I have to highlight the
> > areas and then reapply the style to it.
> >
> 
> They should update automatically *unless* direct formatting is applied to
> the text. Direct formatting always brings problems. Can you share a
> document, so we can see where the problem is? AFAIK the mailing list strips
> attachments, so you need to upload the sample document anywhere else.

thanks.  Its a document created on windows 10, so i'll bring it over to my 
system and see if its the same on linux.  Is there a usual site used by 
libreoffice devs to get hold samples that i can upload to?

> Regards,
> Ricardo
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Ian
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-01 Thread Ianseeks 
On Wednesday, 31 January 2018 19:02:35 GMT Ricardo Berlasso wrote:
> 2018-01-31 19:25 GMT+01:00 Ianseeks <bingmyb...@btinternet.com>:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > If i update a style that is used in a document e.g. change font and font
> > size, should the whole document where that style is used be changed to the
> > new settings when  is pressed?  Currently I have to highlight the
> > areas and then reapply the style to it.
> >
> 
> They should update automatically *unless* direct formatting is applied to
> the text. Direct formatting always brings problems. Can you share a
> document, so we can see where the problem is? AFAIK the mailing list strips
> attachments, so you need to upload the sample document anywhere else.
I 've just done a few more tests after reading your comments.  All the tests 
i've done are using the "Default Style".
I went back to the Windows 10 version and I changed the font to something 
radically different to what i really wanted and it did change a lot of the 
document with that style but not all of it.  I think i missed it before because 
the paragraph that i had on the screen didn;t change but when i changed it to a 
weird font it scrolled the text up the screen a few lines so i could the text 
below it and see a change. So i changed the font back to something sensible and 
it worked but it did not change the font size at all, it was stuck at 14pt even 
though i changed it to 12pt. 
I've discovered that if i change the font/size in "default style", it affects 
other parts of the document that has "text body" style applied.
Its the same on version 6 on linux.

> Regards,
> Ricardo
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Ian
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

2018-02-03 Thread Ianseeks 
On Saturday, 3 February 2018 13:38:02 GMT DaveB wrote:
> On 03.02.2018 12:00, Ianseeks wrote:
> > Thanks for that advice, i'll definitely put my head down and learn more 
> > about styles especially now i know about Ctrl-M etc.
> >
> > all the best
> >
> > Ian
> 
> Hi Ian,
> 
> I don't know if it has already been mentioned, but if you want to get to
> grips with styles and templates I recommend you download and read a copy
> of Bruce Byfield's book "Designing with LibreOffice"
> http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/. Don't be mislead by the title, IMO
> it is one of the best sources of advice about using LibreOffice styles.
> Another useful resource is the recently published LibreOffice 5.4 Writer
> Guide
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Writer_Guide
> which includes some very good chapters on styles and templates.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Dave
Cheers Dave, i shall look it up.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Limit on resizing windows in LO 6

2018-02-22 Thread Ianseeks 
On Thursday, 22 February 2018 11:51:30 GMT waterbeare...@gmx.com wrote:
> I am not sure if this is a bug or there is some adjustment I have missed. 
> However, running LO6 in Mageia Linux, LO limits the minimum screen width. I 
> cannot reduce Writer to less than about 60% of the screen width, while Calc 
> will go down to a bit under half.
> 
> IS this a bug (saw nothing in a quick glance at bugzilla) or am I missing 
> something?
> 
> Versión: 6.0.0.3
> Id. de compilación: 6.0.0.3-1.mga7
> Subproc. CPU: 4; SO: Linux 4.14; Repres. IU: predet.; VCL: gtk3; 
> Configuración regional: es-ES (es_ES.UTF-8); Calc: group
> 
> Running on Mageia 7 with Enlightenment 22.1 on an Asus K53SD laptop
> 
> 
I had a similar problem with this until the KDE side of LO was installed - not 
sure exactly what the KDE library is but i guess for better integration with 
the KE desktop which i use but when it was pure GTK i could only partially 
minimise the width plus a few other issues with cut and paste into documents.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Prompt On Replace

2018-09-08 Thread Ianseeks 
On Saturday, 8 September 2018 11:12:19 BST Dave Howorth wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Sep 2018 10:15:13 +0100
> Ianseeks  wrote:
> 
> > On Saturday, 8 September 2018 01:14:35 BST Remy Gauthier wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I am not sure I understand your question. However, when you open the
> > > Find and Replace panel, there are a "Find Next", "Find Previous" and
> > > "Replace" buttons that enable you to locate the next instance of the
> > > string to replace (or the previous); if you hit "Replace" at that
> > > point, the replace operation will be performed and you will be
> > > taken to the next instance of the string to replace. At that point,
> > > the operation will pause, waiting for your input.
> > > 
> > > I hope this helps.
> > > 
> > > Rémy.  
> > 
> > He wants LO to prompt the user to Replace/Ignore for every occurrence
> > of a find rather replace everything without a choice.
> 
> That's what Remy just described, and what LO offers.

Yes, its not obvious from the dialog that you need to press Find then Replace 
(or Replace twice) to execute the replace. I was just responding to Remy's 
question to clarify 
 
> > > Le vendredi 07 septembre 2018 à 10:02 -0700, arakish a écrit :  
> > > > In the "Find and Replace" dialogue box, why is there no option
> > > > for "Prompt On Replace" as there is in all other word processor
> > > > programs?
> 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Prompt On Replace

2018-09-09 Thread Ianseeks 
On Sunday, 9 September 2018 03:59:44 BST arakish wrote:
> Guess I should have elaborated.
> 
> There is also a button for "Replace All"
> 
> However, there is no check box for "Prompt on Replace"
> 
> All other word processors have this feature.  Only LibreOffice does not. 
> Don't know about Open Office since I have not used it since LibreOffice 2.x.
> 
> I even use a text editor called HTML-Kit that is about 20 years old that
> offers the "Prompt on Replace" feature.
> 
> Basically, it allows me to "Replace All" but a few occurrences.  Say I have
> a 50 page document and want to replace a certain word that I know occurs 50
> times.  However, there may be about 5 occurrences I do not want to replace. 
> It is easier to click the "Replace All" button with the "Prompt on Replace"
> checkbox checked.  Then as it goes through and finds the word, it stops,
> prompting on whether to complete the "replace."
> 
> Clarified enough?
> 
> rmfr
> 
What i do is I first press  and that finds the first occurrence and if 
i don't want to replace it, i press , I then either press  
or  for every occurrence.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Prompt On Replace

2018-09-08 Thread Ianseeks 
On Saturday, 8 September 2018 01:14:35 BST Remy Gauthier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am not sure I understand your question. However, when you open the
> Find and Replace panel, there are a "Find Next", "Find Previous" and
> "Replace" buttons that enable you to locate the next instance of the
> string to replace (or the previous); if you hit "Replace" at that
> point, the replace operation will be performed and you will be taken to
> the next instance of the string to replace. At that point, the
> operation will pause, waiting for your input.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Rémy.

He wants LO to prompt the user to Replace/Ignore for every occurrence of a find 
rather replace everything without a choice. 
 
> Le vendredi 07 septembre 2018 à 10:02 -0700, arakish a écrit :
> > In the "Find and Replace" dialogue box, why is there no option for "Prompt 
> > On
> > Replace" as there is in all other word processor programs?
> > 
> > rmfr
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost all my spread sheets

2018-12-20 Thread Ianseeks 
On Thursday, 20 December 2018 19:51:39 GMT Tholan Haynes wrote:
> 
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> 
> 
> 
Seems you've lost the content of your email too.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Mouse action

2018-11-28 Thread Ianseeks 
On Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:55:36 GMT Steve Edmonds wrote:
> Hi.
> Is there a setting in Libreoffice to enable/disable response to the 
> mouse in a window without focus.
> 
> I have one PC with LO 6.05 and one with LO 6.1. Both Linux.
> On both machines all other applications will scroll with the middle 
> mouse button when the mouse is over a window without focus.
> 
> On the machine with LO 6.05 if I have 2 documents open, the document 
> without focus will scroll with the middle mouse button when the mouse is 
> over that window.
> 
> On the machine with LO 6.1 if I have 2 documents open, the document 
> without focus will not scroll with the middle mouse button until I click 
> into the window to gain focus.
> 
> This is a pain when I am editing a document and wanting to follow 
> through another document for checking purposes.
> Steve
> 
> 
Are you using a KDE desktop?  If so, it might be the desktop setting where you 
can configure where the focus goes. (systemsettings5/Workspace/Window 
Management/Window Behaviour)

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[libreoffice-users] Occasional Issue with Writer and Calc (Version: 6.2.2.2)

2019-04-05 Thread Ianseeks 
Hi

This is just a note because I can't recreate the problem at will or identify 
the circumstances when it happens.  
There are times when editing a document or worksheet, i loose access to the 
document or worksheet workspace but i can still access the menu bars etc. I 
have to close the document and reopen it to be able to continue typing.

regards

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[libreoffice-users] Fonts and icons blurred

2019-05-22 Thread Ianseeks 
Hi,

I've got a problem with the fonts and icons displaying as blurred, it also 
affects the texts in a document or worksheet.
I'm using a couple of user logins on my system and I only have this problem on 
one of them.  I've tried my best to make sure all have exactly the same 
configuration but I cannot get his one to work well. In 
Options/Libreoffice/View, "GL" is disabled and everything else is Automatic, 
Screen font anti-aliasing set to work from 8 pixels, Use hardware 
acceleration/Anti-alaising are set on (i have tried off as well)

Any ideas of where else i can look? It doesn't affect any other program except 
the Libreoffice ones.

regards

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Re: [libreoffice-users] "Add to dictionary" doesn't work

2019-04-20 Thread Ianseeks 
On Friday, 19 April 2019 19:51:44 BST John wrote:
> Running LO 6.1.3.2 on Fedora 28 workstation.
> 
> I am editing a number of technical documents which include words not in the
> Libre Office dictionary so when I encounter them I click "add to dictionary".
> 
> That works fine so long as the current file is open but as soon as I close the
> file the dictionary forgets about the words that I have added and the next
> document shows all the technical words as spelling errors.
> 
> Is this a known error?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John 
> 
> 
> 
Hi,

Seems to be the same in V 6.2.2.2

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[libreoffice-users] Insert page before TOC

2020-05-02 Thread Ianseeks 
Hi

Ive got a document with a TOC, is there a way to insert a page before the TOC 
without deleting the TOC?  I've tried with inserting a page break as well.

regards

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert page before TOC

2020-05-04 Thread Ianseeks 
On Sunday, 3 May 2020 10:54:47 BST Robert Großkopf wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> >>
> >> you could try this:
> >> Change the TOC. It is protected against manual changes.
> > How do you change it if its protected other than update it? I couldn't find 
> > how to "unprotect it"
> 
> Right click with mouse on the TOC → Edit Index
> Type → Type and Title → Protected against manual changes (must be unchecked)
> 
> Regards
> 
> Robert
> 
Thanks Robert.  
That allowed me to insert a page break but the new page had a background colour 
the same as the TOC and changing the style from "Contents Heading" to Default 
Style" wouldn't remove it.
So it looks like the only work around is to delete the TOC to insert a page.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert page before TOC

2020-05-04 Thread Ianseeks 
On Monday, 4 May 2020 09:28:02 BST Robert Großkopf wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> 
> > Thanks Robert. That allowed me to insert a page break but the new
> > page had a background colour the same as the TOC and changing the
> > style from "Contents Heading" to Default Style" wouldn't remove it. 
> 
> Did you really press Alt + Enter two times?
> The first break will be part of the TOC, the second break will be out of
> the TOC.
> 
> I have tested this before and saw that the first Alt + Enter was part of
> the TOC and will have been gone when updating the TOC.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Robert
> 
damn, yes, i did forget.  works as you said now. At the end of the day, it 
might be quicker to delete the TOC, insert a page and the recreate the TOC.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert page before TOC

2020-05-03 Thread Ianseeks 
On Saturday, 2 May 2020 10:17:28 BST Robert Großkopf wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> 
> you could try this:
> Change the TOC. It is protected against manual changes.
How do you change it if its protected other than update it? I couldn't find how 
to "unprotect it"

> Set the cursor at the start of the TOC.
> Press Alt + Enter two times.
> The first break will be part of the TOC, the second break will be out of
> the TOC.
> Set the TOC back to protection against manual changes.
Thats didn't work due to above i guess.
The only work-around i found was to delete the TOC and then insert a page then 
re-create the TOC.
I would have thought that LO should be able to insert a page (or page break 
etc) above a TOC without breaking the integrity of the TOC (but you'll have to 
remember to manually update it as usual with the new page numbers afterwards)
> 
> Regards
> 
> Robert
> 

regards

Ian

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[libreoffice-users] docx file formatting question. Using LO 7.0.5.2

2021-05-03 Thread Ianseeks 
HI

I downloaded a docx file (no idea what release) for my partner onto a Windows 
10 laptop and printed it out successfully where some pages were landscape 
format in the middle of the document.  I saved it its own format as i thought 
she'd be sending to one of her mates who uses Word. She then started editing it 
and when she got to the landscape pages, the landscape format had reverted to 
portrait and the table on the tried used the landscape dimensions and it 
squashed the right hand columns, i assume this happened when i saved it.

Question is:  Can i make LO use landscape on various pages i choose and correct 
the problem.  I did try but it landscaped every page.

regards

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Re: [libreoffice-users] docx file formatting question. Using LO 7.0.5.2

2021-05-04 Thread Ianseeks 
On Monday, 3 May 2021 17:49:28 BST John Kaufmann wrote:
> On 2021-05-03 08:15, Ianseeks wrote:
> > ...
> > I downloaded a docx file ... where some pages were landscape format in the 
> > middle of the document. ... She then started editing it and when she got to 
> > the landscape pages, the landscape format had reverted to portrait and the 
> > table on the tried used the landscape dimensions and it squashed the right 
> > hand columns ... Can i make LO use landscape on various pages i choose and 
> > correct the problem.  I did try but it landscaped every page.
> 
> This is not a question of file format (DOCX or whatever); it's a question of 
> having multiple page styles (at least one portrait style and one landscape 
> style) in the document. You just need to specify both styles, according to 
> use and when you make a page break from one style to the other, do so 
> explicitly:
>Insert > More Breaks > Manual Break > Page Break, and specify the 
> Style of the next page.
> 
> 
> 
Great, thanks John. 
I thought it was one of the those odd issues that hadn't been catered for in LO 
keeping the DOCX format correctly and i was thinking it needed a bug report as 
well.

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[libreoffice-users] Closing and reopening Writer - ver 7.4.1.1

2022-09-19 Thread Ianseeks 
HI

With this latest version, if i close Writer, the next time I open it, its 
displayed as a very small square window in the top left hand corner of the 
screen which  then have to resize to full screen.  This happens with or without 
a document open but not evey time.

Anyone else having this issue?

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Closing and reopening Writer - ver 7.4.1.1

2022-09-19 Thread Ianseeks 
On Monday, 19 September 2022 08:19:19 BST Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> On 19 Sep 2022 at 7:56, Ianseeks wrote:
> 
> From: Ianseeks 
> To:   users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject:  [libreoffice-users] Closing and reopening 
> Writer - ver 7.4.1.1
> Date sent:Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:56:02 +0100
> 
> > HI
> > 
> > With this latest version, if i close Writer, the next time I open it, its
> > displayed as a very small square window in the top left hand corner of the
> > screen which  then have to resize to full screen.  This happens with or
> > without a document open but not evey time. 
> > 
> > Anyone else having this issue?
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> > Ian
> 
> Not seeing that on Fedora 35 with XFCE, checked and I 
> have 7.4.1.2 so don't know if that might have a fix?
> Info from help about version info copy.


Thanks.  i'll wait for 7.4.1.2 and if it still happens, i'll raise a bug. Looks 
like were on different DEs which might influence things

Here's my version data:-
Version: 7.4.1.1 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 40(Build:1)
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

> Version: 7.4.1.2 / LibreOffice Community
> Build ID: 3c58a8f3a960df8bc8fd77b461821e42c061c5f0
> CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: 
> gtk3
> Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
> Calc: threaded
> 
> 
> 
> > opensuse:tumbleweed:20220915
> > Qt: 5.15.5 KDE Frameworks: 5.98.0 - KDE Plasma:  5.25.5 - kwin 5.25.5
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> > 5.19.8-1-default  - xf86-video-nouveau:  1.0.17
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> ++
>  Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor 
> (Retired) 
>  mailto:mi...@guam.net
>  mailto:msetze...@gmail.com
>  Guam - Where America's Day Begins
>  G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer 
>  http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/
> ++
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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