Le 2010-11-03 17:28, Michel Gagnon a écrit :
Thanks Michel:
It would be great if we improved the user interface in such a
way that people would use styles and space before paragraphs rather than
empty paragraphs,
Disclaimer: I am not too knowledgeable of the creation/use of styles.
Just a
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Quoting TomW:
To use Ctrl F as the shortcut for 'Alternate dialog Find Replace for Writer',
do the following:
Open 'Alternate dialog Find Replace for Writer'
Click on 'Batch ', the Batch Manager
Click on 'Key Shortcuts'
In the top dropdown box, select 'Altsearch - dialog'.
At the bottom of
On 2010-11-04 1:06 AM, JustFillBug wrote:
Then start porting all the java extensions to python extensions before
talking about removing java dependency. Even if the task half complete,
some features can still be benefit by not loading the JVM.
?? I think you misunderstand...
What is being
Quoting Marc Paré:
So, for everyone, do you think that we could submit this as a feature request
and if it were adopted, would it have a
negative impact on the new or casual user's use of the search function?
I think it certainly should be a permanent feature. I don't think new or casual
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On 11/2/2010 2:28 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
I'm reluctant to download the beta since the Web site says it
will overwrite my existing Oo and I don't have an available
spare machine at the moment. I'll see if I can free up one and
try it.
I am not
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Charles Marcus wrote on 2010-11-04 13.07:
How would you know which one it was?
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:14:50 -0400, Steven Shelton wrote:
However, LibO crashes constantly on my Windows XP box. I tried to use
it for a bit to test it, and the crashes were so frequent it was
entirely unusable.
Frames with captions by any chance? In that case you will like beta3.
Sebastian
Quoting Steven Shelton:
This is also a pretty much standard extension for all of my installs,
but, to be honest, I don't know if average users would like it or hate
it. For one, it seems to take forever to come up with you call for it
with a hot key.
I've noticed a slight delay ( 1 second)
Quoting Steven Shelton:
I'm reluctant to download the beta since the Web site says it
will overwrite my existing Oo and I don't have an available
spare machine at the moment. I'll see if I can free up one and
try it.
I am not sure if this is still the case. Maybe someone else can
comment on
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:01:47 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote:
+10 - Find/Replace was a frustrating exercise for me until I found this
extension many months ago. It absolutely should *replace* the current
implementation.
1) Could someone please identify the source? It seems LGPG license but
when
A lorem ipsum generator? (that's what google gave me about =Lorem(12) word)
Try dt and then press F3, or use this extension:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/Magenta_Lorem_ipsum_generator
2010/11/4 Peter Rodwell pe...@intorg.org:
I notice that the all-important Lorem function
As far as I can see, it is all on OOo macro language: if you install
the extension and look at Tools - Macro - Organize macros -
LibreOffice basic you will find all about it.
2010/11/4 Sebastian Spaeth sebast...@sspaeth.de:
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:01:47 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote:
+10 -
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:32:54 +0100, Peter Rodwell pe...@intorg.org wrote:
Then the Web site needs updating. It still says: Be advised that the
current beta might replace your OpenOffice.org installation.
Not anymore, thanks for the heads up.
Sebastian
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On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:36 AM, T. J. Brumfield enderand...@gmail.comwrote:
There is an open OOo bug that is over 5 years old.
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46594
It seems that OOo developers felt this was an unnecessary feature. However,
as users have commented in that
2010/11/4 Frank Esposito frankespos...@gmail.com:
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:36 AM, T. J. Brumfield enderand...@gmail.comwrote:
There is an open OOo bug that is over 5 years old.
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46594
It seems that OOo developers felt this was an unnecessary
Yes I am aware of some of the difficulties but I think this could be a nice
feature as OOo will most likely not be offering 64-bit Windows builds. And
since MSO 2010 is now available in 64bit
Just another feature to differentiate LO form OO (IMHO)
-fe
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:47 AM,
I do understand it isn't simply just a matter of compiling a 64-bit build.
Knowing that it is on the TODO list is good enough for me!
Thanks!
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Andras Timar tima...@gmail.com wrote:
2010/11/4 Frank Esposito frankespos...@gmail.com:
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:36
Le 2010-11-04 04:34, Sebastian Spaeth a écrit :
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 20:55:19 +0100, Johannes Bausch wrote:
things concerning tables. We absolutely HAVE to make the user use the
stylesheet stuff, and it must be so easy that they start to use it on
one-paged documents.
Removing the font chooser,
On 04/11/10 16.35, Gianluca Turconi wrote:
However, we're disputing about the meaning of words and I don't find any
value in this, because if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck,
it's a duck, whatever name you initially used to call it.
The community cannot issue formal certifications
Quoting Michel Gagnon:
Finally, if we need to train people to the proper use of word-processing
software, I would suggest that emphasis be
given, in order to the following nasty habits:
– proper use of spaces and punctuation (hyphen vs n-dash vs m-dash);
– proper use of indents and tabulations
2010/11/4 Michel Gagnon mic...@mgagnon.net:
- Take this text and assume I want to emphasize one word. I could simply do
Ctl-I and get the text in Italics or define a character style and apply it.
The character style may be warranted, but it's a multi-step process, and
quite frankly, if I
Quoting Michel Gagnon:
Finally, if we need to train people to the proper use of word-processing
software, I would suggest that emphasis be
given, in order to the following nasty habits:
- proper use of spaces and punctuation (hyphen vs n-dash vs m-dash);
- proper use of indents and
Quoting Jim White:
I think you missed Michel's point. The examples he gave of proper use are
those formatting features that will make re-formatting easier. If we
encourage such proper use through the design of the UI, as well as through
education, many will be happier with the product.
-JimW
Le 2010-11-04 03:26, Marc Paré a écrit :
Hi everyone:
I have submitted it as a feature request. You can add to this if you
want. The more we chatter about this the more they will look into it.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31386
Cheers
Marc
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Le 2010-11-04 12:30, Jim White a écrit :
Quoting Michel Gagnon:
Finally, if we need to train people to the proper use of word-processing
software, I would suggest that emphasis be
given, in order to the following nasty habits:
- proper use of spaces and punctuation (hyphen vs n-dash vs
Sebastian Spaeth wrote:
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 20:55:19 +0100, Johannes Bausch wrote:
things concerning tables. We absolutely HAVE to make the user use the
stylesheet stuff, and it must be so easy that they start to use it on
one-paged documents.
Removing the font chooser, and font-size
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On 11/4/2010 2:39 PM, Robert Derman wrote:
It is used primarily in academic situations as a means of testing
formatting options where you don't want students to be distracted by the
contents of the text. Since the text is in Latin, a language
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In terms of priorities, making LO the default for mobile (e.g.
android) is more important than windoze.
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Robert, I'm sorry, but I must
disagree with you.I'm not a developer, I'm a user.I will admit that
I started with Microsoft Word (More years ago than I'm comfortable
admitting), but switched to OO.o as soon as it came out.It's only
just recently that I've begun to understand how to use (and create)
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On 11/4/2010 3:31 PM, e-letter wrote:
In terms of priorities, making LO the default for mobile (e.g.
android) is more important than windoze.
Really? Because I can't recall the last time I drafted a legal brief on
my cell phone.
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Quoting e-letter:
In terms of priorities, making LO the default for mobile (e.g.
android) is more important than windoze.
That's certainly a novel approach: giving 90% of computer users lower
priority so that 1% of users can prepare presentations on their cell
phones. Bound to be a wild
Hi,
e-letter wrote on 2010-11-04 20.23:
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I don't know about
In all fairness, Android tablets could become a large emerging market, but
Windows is still by far the predominant market.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Peter Rodwell pe...@intorg.org wrote:
Quoting e-letter:
In terms of priorities, making LO the default for mobile (e.g.
android) is more
Quoting T. J. Brumfield:
In all fairness, Android tablets could become a large emerging market, but
Windows is still by far the predominant market.
But how many people will use them for heavy-duty word processing,
spreadsheeting and presenting? LO/OO is a heavy-duty package for
heavy-duty
I'm agreeing with you that Windows is the dominant market and should be
treated as such.
However, in developing countries Android tablets may be the most accessible
and affordable computing platform of the future. It shouldn't be ignored.
I'd contend the priority should be on the primary
e-letter wrote:
In terms of priorities, making LO the default for mobile (e.g.
android) is more important than windoze.
How quickly things change in the world of electronics. It wasn't that
long ago, that phones were one thing, and computers quite another.
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Peter Rodwell wrote:
Quoting T. J. Brumfield:
However, in developing countries Android tablets may be the most
accessible
and affordable computing platform of the future. It shouldn't be
ignored.
Agreed -- it certainly shouldn't be ignored, I just think that giving it
On 11/02/2010 08:28 AM, T. J. Brumfield wrote:
There were several old, often commented on, and often requested bug fixes
and features that didn't receive much attention or weren't resolved with OOo
over the years.
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