Hello JohnS
I think it should be Click Save, which is the way it is written in
the user guides I have upgraded and Jean suggested.
Regards
PeterS
On 24 Jan 2013, at 15:37, John Smith wrote:
Hi all
To have a consistent instruction across the documents, do we, for
example, say 'Click
Hello John
I only did this as an experiment. It will be easy enough to change back to
Galaxy if we can get an agreement to continue with Galaxy.
Thanks for the info about the commenting in Writer. I shall watch out for it.
Regards
PeterS
On 23 Jan 2013, at 16:04, John Smith wrote:
Hi Peter
Hello Tom
I was going to do a 3.6 version, but now I shall be going to a 4.0 version. I
have already completed the Calc chapter for the Getting Started Guide version
4.0.
If time allows, I may put together a 3.6 version of the Calc guide. Ask me in a
couple of months.
Regards
Peter
for installing LibreOffice is 3.6
in the Raspberry Pi software depository. Despite being a baby computer, I have
no problems using LibreOffice on a Raspberry Pi. You just have to be patient as
it is not as quick as a grown up computer.
Regards
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On 20 Jan 2013, at 06:06
Hello Jean
Getting Started with Calc and draw are now available for review and comment on
the ODF Authors website.
I have started Chapter 1 Introduction To L:ibreOffice which will not take too
long and then it will be onto Getting with Impress.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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Hello Tom
I shall be looking at them when I start upgrading the Draw User Guide to
version 4.0.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 12 Jan 2013, at 17:49, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Would those tipstricks be good as an extra chapter or would they be better
as additional tips
should be used is around illustrations and figures,
especially when you have got more than one graphic in the illustration. Tables
should also have an outline border.
Regards
PeterS
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On 6 Dec 2012, at 10:18, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Isn't a black border
this method in my past life. Also
used it without italic text. All depends on if you like using italic text,
which sometimes does not fully convert in some languages.
As you can gather, I am now back behind my home office desk slowly recovering
from a great vacation.
Regards
Peter Schofield
psaut
Hello Gary
Another way is to slightly lessen the spacing above and below list items. For
example body text at 12 point above and below then reduce all list items down
to 11 or 10 point. This does make a list easy to spot on a page.
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Hello Jean
Version 3.6 for Draw should not take very long. First impressions there is
little difference between 3.5 and 3.6. However, the indexing needs to be done
and this may slow me down a little. Also I shall be on vacation from Saturday
and back at my home desk 12 November.
I think
Hello Hazel and Jean
The file uploaded into the Feedback LO3.5 folder is for version Draw LO3.4.
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On 16 Oct 2012, at 19:02, Hazel Russman wrote:
On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:44:04 +0200
Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, cheering! I will pick up
Hello Jean
I have checked Chap 09 and it is OK. It is in the Published LO3.5 folder on the
ODF Authors website and I have placed the chapter onto the LO documentation
wiki page.
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On 13 Oct 2012, at 20:49, Jean Weber wrote:
I have put my edited
will read the chapters and skip the preface. Let me know what you
think. I shall send you a draft copy as soon as I have tidied it up a t bit.
Regards
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On 13 Oct 2012, at 20:50, Jean Weber wrote:
Peter,
Were you intending to produce a revised version
from your preparations from your
journey.
Regards from
Tom :)
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Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] PING PeterS: Draw Guide
Preface?
To: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com
Cc
Hello Jean
Chapter 3 is published on ODF Authors website and LibreOffice Documentation
website.
Regards
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On 3 Oct 2012, at 12:38, Jean Weber wrote:
Feel free to publish! Wiki and ODFAuthors. Thanks, Peter.
--Jean
On 03/10/2012, at 10:15, PeeWee psaut
Hello Jean
Chapter 8 now published on ODF Authors website and LibreOffice documentation
website.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 2 Oct 2012, at 21:58, Jean Weber wrote:
Peter,
Good reorganisation. Minor edits:
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/draw-guide
that are a bit slow in recognising a good package of
office software.
Regards
Peter Schofield
On 10 Sep 2012, at 03:25, Richard Lawrence wrote:
I need assistance in using your program. LibreOffice.
Having downloaded your program, attempting to install it I receive a message
that it cannot
with Mountain Lion which
is usual for an operating systems. I cannot test this one because I do not have
Mountain Lion installed - my Macs are too old.
Regards
Peter Schofield
On 10 Sep 2012, at 08:44, Jean Weber wrote:
Peter, the subject line says Apple Mountain Lion.
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012
icon set.
Regards
PeterS
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On 1 Sep 2012, at 12:02, Jean Weber wrote:
In our user guides, we've always used the default icon set (theme),
which is Galaxy. On some operating systems, this default was different
from the automatic icon set or theme. In recent
and LO3.6.
Regards
PeterS
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On 1 Aug 2012, at 18:33, Jean Weber wrote:
LibreOffice v3.6 is scheduled for release very soon. It's past time to
work on updates to the books. This page summarises new features and
fixes.
https://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-6
, but in a far simpler way with the above added advantage.
This will be described in the Draw user guide for LO3.5.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 4 Jul 2012, at 13:38, kedarnath wrote:
hi,
1.Using the Curve icon drop down draw a)curve b) polygon c)polygon 45degrees
d)freeform
It does need a volunteer to do this and the dictionary could be included in the
technical writers' guide.
Peter Schofield
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On 28 Jun 2012, at 02:57, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
That is why i so often say i think or similar things to try to make it
clear that what i say
. An Afrikaans word meaning cooking meat using
fire. After living in south Africa for many years I am used to using braai,
which is much better sounding than barbecue.
PeterS
Peter Schofield
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On 18 Jun 2012, at 10:54, Jean Weber wrote:
The short form for barbecue is spelt
and sometimes
postings are addressed to a specific person, but is for reading by all
subscribers.
Hope that helps.
Peter Schofield
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On 29 May 2012, at 19:27, Yamini Mehta wrote:
PeterS
Why are your sending me these emails addressed to somebody named Jean? I am
not jean
Hello Jean
The Impress Getting Started chapter is now on my list. I shall have a look at
it next week as this weekend has been reserved by lovely Polish wife for some
DIY around our home.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 25 May 2012, at 23:53, Jean Weber wrote:
Thank you
Hello Jean
I found an cross reference error in Chap 10 LO3.5. I have corrected the ODT and
created another PDF file. Should I put up on the ODF website or straight intot
he wiki page?
Regards
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On 25 May 2012, at 12:15, Jean Weber wrote:
Yay, Peter! I'll
Jean
It is on page 4 of Chap 10 in the note at the bottom last sentence. It should
read See “Selecting default print options” on page 7 for more information.
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On 25 May 2012, at 12:31, Jean Weber wrote:
Put on the wiki if you can as well as in the Published
Jean
ODT and PDF files of Chap 10 are on the ODF Authors website and I have uploaded
to the wiki page.
Peter Schofield
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On 25 May 2012, at 12:31, Jean Weber wrote:
Put on the wiki if you can as well as in the Published folder on
ODFAuthors. And let me know which page etc
Hello Jean
Chap 11 and Appendix A are now in the drafts folder on ODF Authors website.
Now to continue updating the Draw guide to LO3.5.
Please note that I shall be on a short holiday in Croatia from about 3rd June
for about one week.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 25 May
Jean
Is there a LO3.5 template for the guide chapters?
Peter Schofield
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On 20 May 2012, at 23:47, Jean Weber wrote:
In another thread, Tom said,
getting Draw up to 3.5 would help show off a few of the new features that
attract a lot of the attention.
I agree
Hello Jean
I have never compiled a book so will leave it to you. I will have a practice
offline during the week so I have the knowledge for future use.
I have not seen the preface for the Getting Started guide, so I shall leave
that to you.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 20
upgraded to LO3.5 did not require any major changes.
It was just correcting some minor errors that I found whilst reading the
chapters and checking against the software.
After busy period with personal things I can now get back to converting the
remaining 3.4 chapters to LO3.5.
Regards
Peter
Hello Jean (again she says)
I shall install LO3.4 on my old Toshiba laptop that I use as a test machine and
check the 3.5 chapters against it just to make sure everything is OK.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 19 May 2012, at 07:35, Jean Weber wrote:
I've now published
to compile many chapters into one massive
manual.
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Peter Schofield
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On 10 May 2012, at 23:12, Gary Schnabl wrote:
I haven't gotten around to recheck all the list paragraphs styles yet for v.
3.5.x--easy to do, using the factory-default parameters. However, the older
OOo
what I mean when
with my suggestion of simplifying the template.
Regards
Peter
On 11 May 2012, at 14:55, Gary Schnabl wrote:
On 5/11/2012 3:04 AM, Peter Schofield wrote:
Hello
I have been following this discussion and found it very
interesting. However, I would like to make one
this as it is a break from the serious stuff.
Regards
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On 23 Apr 2012, at 14:02, Jay Lozier wrote:
Peter
On 04/23/2012 03:21 AM, PeeWee wrote:
Hello Gary and Tom
Many people make the mistake about its and it's, even the English.
I have found over
in
Hamburg.
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On 24 Apr 2012, at 15:22, Gary Schnabl wrote:
On 4/24/2012 4:35 AM, Peter Schofield wrote:
Hello Jay and Tom
The USA and UK are two countries separated by one language - English -
and the ne'er the twain shall meet ;-(
Avoiding
Hello John
Alt+up or Alt+down does not adjust row height.
Alt+left or right alters the column width.
I am using LO 3.5.2. and with an iMac with Mac OS 10.7.3 and a Toshiba laptop
using Ubuntu. Same result for both operating systems.
Regards
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On 20 Apr 2012
Hello Jean
Had a quick look.
Made a couple of corrections on the references - wrong format for the
characters.
I think it is ready for publishing - YES or NO - send it to the published
folder?
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On 10 Apr 2012, at 12:21, Jean Weber wrote:
Peter
Hello Jean and Tom
I have placed Chap 07 into the published folders for Impress LO3.5 on both the
ODF Authors and Alfresco sites.
If anybody spots any errors, then please let me know.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 10 Apr 2012, at 13:01, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Just put
Hello Jean and Klaus
I am not experienced in uploading files to the Wikki. Only done this once
before and I cannot remember (old age creeping in).
I need to know how to upload a new file to replace the old one.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 26 Mar 2012, at 09:45, Jean Weber
Thank you Klaus
Easy when you know how.
New versions of Impress Chap 06 now uploaded.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 26 Mar 2012, at 10:05, klaus-jürgen weghorn ol wrote:
Hi Peter,
Am 26.03.2012 09:53, schrieb Peter Schofield:
Hello Jean and Klaus
I am not experienced
Thanks Jean
Turning off Auto Recovery seems to have done the trick. Testing of Windows and
Ubuntu versions of LO will take place shortly so watch this space.
Regards
Peter Schofield
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On 23 Mar 2012, at 11:18, Jean Weber wrote:
FWIW, I have not had a problem
, but that depends on what age your
keyboard is.
For example, in MS Office open is Command + O, save as is Shift + Command + S.
The MS Office shortcuts follow the Mac OS system and are slightly different to
Windows or Linux.
Hope that helps.
Peter Schofield
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On 2 Mar 2012, at 00:44, Tom
Hello Jean
Sorted the problem with the extension. Apparently it had the wrong extension to
the filename, which seem to solve it. However, a second try because I
re-installed LO3.5 did not work and kept getting the error message that it was
not an extension. Solution was to totally remove LO
think of that idea?
--Jean
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 16:09, Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Jean and Tom
I can easily start upgrading 3.4 Impress to 3.5 Impress.
Chapters 1 to 5 Impress 3.4 would have to be upgraded as they are published
or very close to being published
Hello Jean and Tom
I can easily start upgrading 3.4 Impress to 3.5 Impress.
Chapters 1 to 5 Impress 3.4 would have to be upgraded as they are published or
very close to being published.
I have Chapter 6 Impress 3.4 already downloaded on my iMac ready to start an
upgrade to version 3.4 or 3.5.
Hello Hazel
Custom Animation is used to animate objects on the slide. I have already tried
this and can see it working.
What I cannot understand is why there are two ways of animating objects. The
explanations in the help system do not answer this question. Nor do they help
me in trying to
trickier than it really is.
Regards from
Tom :)
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From: Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: wiki: uploading to
To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Monday, 16 January, 2012, 10
Thanks for the info Tom.
I shall be trying to upload tomorrow and this will be a first. Never uploaded
to a wiki before.
Regards
Peter
On 16 Jan 2012, at 10:58, Tom wrote:
Hi :)
Sorry, too much petty detail again :(
Just get to the page
Hello Jean
Enjoy Antarctica. I nearly went once when I was with the RAF being 1st reserve
as an engineer.
I shall publish any completed chapters I am working on, but would like to know
how to publish a chapter to the wiki. Never done this before so I need a little
guidance.
Regards
Peter
Hello Jean
Impress Guide
Chap 01 was published. I have a copy dated 28 Dec 2011, but not sure if it is
the one that was published.
Chap 02 I think I still have to have a look after Hazel did the proof of this
chapter. The copy on my iMac is dated 31 Dec 2011. Can you send me a copy of
Hazel's
Hello Jean
I am still working away and some chapters are ready for review:
Impress Ch 03 Adding and Formatting Text
Impress Ch 04 Adding and Formatting Pictures
Getting Started Ch 06 Impress
Using the ODF site how do we control version numbers so everybody is working on
the right page?
I
Hello All
I have created separate folders for each chapter of the Impress guide that I
have updated in Impress Draft Folders Screenshots on Alfresco. I did this
after the upgrade to Alfresco. All the screenshots are PNG format as separate
files and are not zipped. IMO this is the best way
Hello Jean
Downloaded the file OK and all the graphics are in place. Now to create a
working copy and continue updating the chapter.
This missing graphics problem has got me puzzled and not knowing how the
Alfresco system works does not help in thinking of solution.
Not sure if the way I work
changed from green to black.
Has anybody else fouond this problem?
Regards
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any files because the drafts folder is empty and may
upset the version numbering of the chapters.
In my opinion, it seems to me the links to all the files have been broken when
the upgrade was carried out.
Hope this helps solving the problem.
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On 30 Dec 2011, at 11:07
Hello Jane
In my opinion, captions used for figures should be as short as possible without
losing any meaning and this is what I have tried to achieve. When you use a
long caption, the user/reader can get confused and miss what the figure is
there for. Using short captions is the way I have
Hello Jean
The GS Impress chapter is next on my list now that I am over the flu just in
time to be cheerful for Christmas. A new draft of this chapter will be uploaded
before the end of December.
Happy Christmas to one and all
Peter
On 21 Dec 2011, at 21:21, Jean Weber wrote:
Peter,
Hello Jean
Just tried this chapter downloaded onto my iMac and everything looks OK.
However, same comment about figures that they should all be numbered so it
easier to keep track of them.
Regards
Peter Schofield
On 17 Dec 2011, at 22:40, Jean Weber wrote:
I've put the GS with Calc
Hello Hazel
I have had the same problem with all the Impress chapters that I am working on
and I am using the same settings as yourself. This happens on both my iMac and
my Toshiba laptop running Ubuntu. All the screen shots were inserted from file
and NOT as a link to a graphic. Is this a
Hello Tom
It is not written up. This idea only came to me after reading some of the
discussion posts this morning.
I have never edited or written for a wikki before. It is a step never taken.
Some advice would be well received.
Regards
Peter
On 8 Dec 2011, at 12:40, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi
Thanks Jean for the comments.
I thought I had set my Ubuntu Toshiba to Galaxy, but will check.
Regards
Peter
On 4 Dec 2011, at 22:07, Jean Weber wrote:
Peter (and everyone),
Please be sure to have LibreOffice set to use the *Galaxy* icon set,
so any screenshots show the default icon set
Peter
On 6 Dec 2011, at 01:41, Rogerio Luz Coelho wrote:
@ Peter and Gabriel:
I wrote the instructions for Linux install a while back ... so please:
1) Where exactly did you follow instructions
2) what is exactly the error you see
Thx
Rogerio
2011/12/5 Peter Schofield psaut
Hello Tom
Maybe check to see if the listing has not been hacked.
Immediately after posting the topic I got a spam email saying that I had won
£500 000 in the UK. The I am using for LO is only used for business and office
work.
I just have a suspicious mind sometimes.
Regards
Peter
On 4
is a zip file containing the new screen shots and icons.
I did try to submit the document for review, but kept getting the error message
message.simple-workflow.failure. Is there a problem with the system?
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Also using how to and read me will help during translation in these modern
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There are several other customs, phrases or words that should not be used, but
listing those will take some thought and time.
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