[libreoffice-documentation] Augmenting help for use of LibreOffice

Hi. I would like to contribute to help or guidance in use of LibreOffice where I can see it assisting current users to simplify tasks or filling in a hole for those who may be more familiar with MSO. Not so much explaining how LibreOffice functions but help about using LibreOffice to complete

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Mail merge in the writer guide

t; > On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 12:50 PM Steve Edmonds > mailto:steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com>> wrote: > > Hi pulpit. > I will look for the wiki site. I looked at the 6.0 writer guide > which is the latest I found and that didn't show my method. Where > cou

[libreoffice-documentation] Mail merge in the writer guide

Hi. I have been following the messages in regards to the Mail Merge section of the guide. I don't use the merge for mailing. I print bar code labels with it for serial numbered products and print individualised product certificates. I have never found the explanations in the guide easy to follow

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-documentation] Multi-threading in Calc

On 23/04/2020 22:15, Mike Kaganski wrote: > On 23.04.2020 13:12, Luboš Luňák wrote: >> On Thursday 23 of April 2020, Stephen Fanning wrote: >>> As for the processing itself, I remain unclear about how Calc allocates >>> tasks to threads. Can we give the user any general advice on how he could

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO Draw and ODG format

I use Draw for some illustrations in a number of manuals I created and maintain in Writer. I have copy/pasted the illustrations from Draw to Writer, exported from Draw as PNG (although I notice an export bug relating to resolution in my current version) to insert as image and inserted the draw

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc functions not described in the Help system

Nor 6.2 help system. There seems a lot of work to keep up with the documentation. At least some seem to be here. https://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/CG4.1/ODT/CG4116-CalcFunctions.odt Some on the MS site. steve On 12/11/2019 06:21, Steve Fanning wrote: > The

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Mailing labels

Hi. Try this tutorial. https://www.csparks.com/HOWTO%20-%20Print%20LibreOffice%20labels.html steve On 11/11/2019 01:58, Andrew Miller wrote: > I am trying to print labels for sending Christmas > cards to friends and relatives. I am using Libreoffice 6.2.7.1 on > Windows 10.I have

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Frustrated - Cannot restore missing pictures

Hi John. What version of LibreOffice do you have. steve On 12/09/2019 01:22, jlhart68 wrote: > I do not have that path in LibreOffice. No: /Tools> LibreOffice > >Advanced > Expert Configuration, /or any of the rest of what is below/./ > > Mine is: /Tools > //*Options*//> LibreOffice > Advanced >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Font in TOC

Is this the place? You are here: Home / LibreOffice / Nederlands / Documenten voor LibreOffice 5.4

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature

Probably not the practical solution, but both. I found writing instruction manuals you need a comprehensive manual (your b)), but to avoid a higher incidence of customers making mistakes a separate document (your a)) with just those tricky items that resulted in a high incidence of support

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Use of "allow to" in documentation

Hi. I come across this a lot in manuals I transcribe. I most frequently insert a "you". Set Document Root: allows to select the document as root file >> Set Document Root: allows you to select the document as root file Not sure of the context, the above is still ambiguous to me although it

[libreoffice-documentation] Selecting Text

Hi. I have been searching the help and Writer guide for a way to select a whole word or paragraph (to quickly apply a style) What I couldn't find in the help/guide but did find in MS help was the following that also works in writer. Double-click - To select the current word, double-click it.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Lotus

With LO 4.1.6 I can open .123 but not .wk4 steve On 2014-10-19 07:32, Joel Madero wrote: You should ask on the user mailing list not the documentation mailing list. I've never worked with these files but a quick google search makes me think they can be opened (again, haven't verified). Best,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] CONVERT function in Calc

On 2013-09-18 08:45, John Smith wrote: Hi all. I'm working on the Appendix B chapter for Calc and I am looking at the =CONVERT function. This function converts a numerical value from one unit of measure, to another unit of measure in the same group, for example feet into yards, both in the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] CONVERT function in Calc

On 2013-09-18 08:45, John Smith wrote: Hi all. I'm working on the Appendix B chapter for Calc and I am looking at the =CONVERT function. This function converts a numerical value from one unit of measure, to another unit of measure in the same group, for example feet into yards, both in the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Has anyone else noticed this random bug?

On 2013-09-17 02:28, Googlemail wrote: I posted it yesterday to Bugzilla and they seem to be taking it seriously as they have upped the priority to highest. It concerns indexing, so I wondered if any of our indexers had noticed it. Sometimes, when you set index entries which are different

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Bug with using Calc Guide

Hi. Try the PDF format here https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:CG34-CalcGuideLO.pdf steve On 2013-09-10 09:05, J. Bruck wrote: Dear People, I am currently gratefully using your CG34 CalcGuideLO, to get started from a spreadsheet knowledge base of slightly above zero. One problem I'm

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] How to insert or embed drawings

Hi. I have used a number of drawings from Draw in my Writer documents where I copy and paste from Draw. I find I can then edit them in Writer and they are embedded in the writer file. Steve On 2013-02-25 11:04, Girvin R. Herr wrote: Peter, Thanks for the suggestion. Your last sentence appears

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Help...

Hi Yana. I did not think you could attach files to this list, so possibly you have the file residing somewhere you uploaded it so that you only have a link from this list. In this case you may be able to delete the file? steve On 2011-12-19 04:07, mileva wrote: Hi guys, I have a weird

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] My main machine is now a Mac

On 2011-09-06 12:21, Jean Weber wrote: Just to let you know (not that it's relevant to much of anything)... my main machine is now a MacBook Air. I've still got the Ubuntu and Windows machines and plan to use the Ubuntu setup for screenshots, but will be doing most of my work on the Mac.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes in UI and Help for new way of B-splines

Sent: Sat, 18 June, 2011 21:07:52 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes in UI and Help for new way of B-splines Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: On 14/06/11 8:11 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think the 2nd 58 from ... 58paragraph role=paragraph id=par_id879848 xml-lang=en-US l10n

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes in UI and Help for new way of B-splines

Hi. This seems clear and explicit. steve On 15/06/11 5:15 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Tom, hi Steve, I have brought your suggestions to the wiki. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5#Calc kind regards Regina Tom Davies schrieb: Hi :) Ooops! Nope. Either both plural or

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes in UI and Help for new way of B-splines

On 14/06/11 6:44 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi all, with implementation of the new, ODF1.2 way of B-splines [http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5#Calc] some changes in the UI and help are needed. I have collected them in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes in UI and Help for new way of B-splines

On 14/06/11 7:35 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: On 14/06/11 6:44 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi all, with implementation of the new, ODF1.2 way of B-splines [http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5#Calc] some changes in the UI and help are needed

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Collecting small things in the Wiki

On 13/06/11 2:35 AM, David Paenson wrote: Students don't have the patience, the time or indeed the need to learn about all aspects of the program, they just want to produce nicely looking documents in as short a time and with the least effort possible. This is also my co-workers. So I have

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Collecting small things in the Wiki

wonder what answers there are for all that. I merely recognize the problems. -Original Message- From: Steve Edmonds [mailto:steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com] Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:09 To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Collecting small