[libreoffice-users] libreoffice -quickstart not working

2011-03-28 Thread David Woodfall
Hi I installed LO 3.3.2 today and have been trying to start the quickstart app but nothing happens. When I run the command in a term it just hangs, no errors or messages. It does work from within options inside LO though. I installed from the RPMs and used a build script from slackbuilds.org to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Re:Libre Office 3.3 fatal error. The Application cannot be started. [context=user']Caught Unexpected Exception!

2011-03-28 Thread SnowmanDK
Hi The error is caused by Roaming Profiles. I don't know if it is a problem in all current Windows versions, but we use Windows 7 x64 hooked up to a Server 2003 Active Directory. I tested on my own home computer (also Windows 7 x64) and this one runs fine. It seems like only 3.3.x (so far) is

[libreoffice-users] Re: Error modifying a template, what I'm doing wrong?

2011-03-28 Thread mnatiello
Hallo On 2011-03-28 09:41, mnatiello wrote: Hi In OO, I created a template to load photos into a writer document in my custom format (8x6 cm). I did as follows: 1. Load a photo, modify its style and presentation until satisfied 2. Click update on the graphics style. 3. Save the template

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re:Libre Office 3.3 fatal error. The Application cannot be started. [context=user']Caught Unexpected Exception!

2011-03-28 Thread Leif Lodahl
Hei SnowmannDK, Did you try to change the *UserInstallation *settings in bootstrap.ini? Remember to also copy the content of *$SYSUSERCONFIG/LibreOffice/3* to the path where you store your roaming profile. Se the following (Danish) blogpost

[libreoffice-users] Problem selecting objects

2011-03-28 Thread Linus Paulsson
Hi, I have problem selecting/deselecting objects inserted after I alter page style. Example: 1. I start a blank text document. 2. I insert a textField (textField A). --- There is no problem selecting and deselecting textField A. 3. I import page style from another document. 4. I apply the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: speech to text for LibrO - Ubuntu?

2011-03-28 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
Hi, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 03/25/2011 05:12 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/25/2011 11:22 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: Do anyone know of any free Speech to text packages that work with LibreOffice, and used Ubuntu? My neighbor has visual and muscle

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
Hello Cevad, Cevad OZTUG wrote: Dear Friends, I am using libre office on my both computers (win7x64_Eng and Pardus2011x64_Eng - a linux distro). (LibreOffice 3.3.0 - OOO330m19 (Build:5) - tag libreoffice-3.3.0.3) I am working in an office where there are people from several countries and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: speech to text for LibrO - Ubuntu?

2011-03-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 03/28/2011 07:44 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: Hi, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 03/25/2011 05:12 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/25/2011 11:22 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: Do anyone know of any free Speech to text packages that work with LibreOffice, and used

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread Cevad OZTUG
Dear Lorenzo, Thank you for your reply. I realized that I should make the problem more clear. 1. As an international office we have our own custom settings in between us with remote offices as well. 2. In our reports, presentations and documents, we would like to show our numbers as

[libreoffice-users] Problem with Impress

2011-03-28 Thread JackDeth
I hope this is the right place to report issues. Perhaps I'm just not using the program correctly. I made a slideshow presentation using the basic default theme. I changed the background to a single jpg graphic I found which was applied to the whole thing. However, I wanted to change the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 03/28/2011 09:48 AM, Cevad OZTUG wrote: Dear Lorenzo, Thank you for your reply. I realized that I should make the problem more clear. 1. As an international office we have our own custom settings in between us with remote offices as well. 2. In our reports, presentations and documents,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread Cevad OZTUG
Ok. Let me try to clarify. Please forget all the stories about my company and about different nationalities. The question is this: How you make libre office in any operating system to show numbers as: 123'456'789.00 Thanks again. On 03/28/2011 05:30 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
mån 2011-03-28 klockan 18:05 +0300 skrev Cevad OZTUG: Ok. Let me try to clarify. Please forget all the stories about my company and about different nationalities. The question is this: How you make libre office in any operating system to show numbers as: 123'456'789.00 Thanks again.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 03/28/2011 11:05 AM, Cevad OZTUG wrote: Ok. Let me try to clarify. Please forget all the stories about my company and about different nationalities. The question is this: How you make libre office in any operating system to show numbers as: 123'456'789.00 Thanks again. Thank you.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread Cevad OZTUG
:) Select the appropriate language (the language that makes use of that number format you are talking about) in your character settings in your styles and/or in your document. Could you please advice which one is this? This is the problem. LO is restricted by pre-definitions only. My

[libreoffice-users] Bug in calc?

2011-03-28 Thread MR ZenWiz
This morning I was entering data into a spreadsheet in Calc and I inadvertently put a date in the field (A) set for check number and typed tab to go to the date field (B). I typed backspace instead of shifttab to go back, and LO crashed. I'm running LO 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10. Spreadsheet is laid

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: speech to text for LibrO - Ubuntu?

2011-03-28 Thread Marc Grober
How about platypus? http://thenerdshow.com/platypus.html On 3/28/11 5:07 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 03/28/2011 07:44 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: Hi, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 03/25/2011 05:12 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/25/2011 11:22 AM, webmaster

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
mån 2011-03-28 klockan 18:25 +0300 skrev Cevad OZTUG: :) Select the appropriate language (the language that makes use of that number format you are talking about) in your character settings in your styles and/or in your document. Could you please advice which one is this? Which

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug in calc?

2011-03-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
mån 2011-03-28 klockan 10:33 -0700 skrev MR ZenWiz: This morning I was entering data into a spreadsheet in Calc and I inadvertently put a date in the field (A) set for check number and typed tab to go to the date field (B). I typed backspace instead of shifttab to go back, and LO crashed.

[libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Mark Stanton
I have a document that spans two pages when viewed/edited on one computer but is only one page when viewed/edited from the other computer on my network. All the page settings appear the same when viewed from either computer (how could they be different?) Can there be any personal settings

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Andy Brown
Mark Stanton wrote: I have a document that spans two pages when viewed/edited on one computer but is only one page when viewed/edited from the other computer on my network. All the page settings appear the same when viewed from either computer (how could they be different?) Can there be any

[libreoffice-users] INCLUDETEXT

2011-03-28 Thread Joe Nierenberg
I would like to include text from a closed file into the open file. However, rather than have all of the text there, reproduced in the open file, I want only the field name. (The reason is that it is conditional text, that might not always be included.) According to my searches, there is no

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I had this same thing. The document font was arial on both machines. But I found the arial fonts were not the same. I copied the arial font from the first machine to the second machine (deleting and replacing the font) and the layout was then the same. steve On 29/03/11 7:13 AM, Mark

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 28, 2011, at 20:28 , Andy Brown wrote: Mark Stanton wrote: I have a document that spans two pages when viewed/edited on one computer but is only one page when viewed/edited from the other computer on my network. All the page settings appear the same when viewed from either

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 03/28/2011 02:13 PM, Mark Stanton wrote: I have a document that spans two pages when viewed/edited on one computer but is only one page when viewed/edited from the other computer on my network. All the page settings appear the same when viewed from either computer (how could they be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread planas
On Mon, 2011-03-28 at 19:13 +0100, Mark Stanton wrote: I have a document that spans two pages when viewed/edited on one computer but is only one page when viewed/edited from the other computer on my network. All the page settings appear the same when viewed from either computer (how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office localization for multinational work environment

2011-03-28 Thread Glenn
I've seen issues like this concerning language and other cultural standards come up before. I find TDF's support of languages other than English pretty good. So let me cut to to chase. I have a friend who is involved in writing multi-lang. program interfaces, including German and he says that,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 03/28/2011 02:41 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I had this same thing. The document font was arial on both machines. But I found the arial fonts were not the same. I copied the arial font from the first machine to the second machine (deleting and replacing the font) and the layout was then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug in calc?

2011-03-28 Thread Cor Nouws
MR ZenWiz wrote (28-03-11 19:33) Has anyone else seen this problem or something like it? No, I cannot, Kind regards, Cor -- - http://nl.libreoffice.org - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] Six Months of Freedom and Community

2011-03-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
On September 28th, 2010, The Document Foundation was announced. The last six months, it feels, have just passed within a short glimpse of time. Not only did we release three LibreOffice versions within three months, have created the LibreOffice-Box DVD image, and brought LibreOffice Portable

[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Twayne
In news:va.09bc.04321...@vowleyfarm.co.uk, Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk typed: I have a document that spans two pages when viewed/edited on one computer but is only one page when viewed/edited from the other computer on my network. All the page settings appear the same when viewed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Jay, When I have seen two pages print, one being blank, is when I have extra lines below the text. Thanks for the thought. I'm (insanely) careful about extra blanks, either lines or spaces, particularly when things start going wrong. So no, this isn't the thing in this case. It's part

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Tim, Ok, YHM. It's actually a renewal letter for a magazine, so it is a form letter, mailmerged in with the renewal list, which is why I could be bothered to ask the question. If it was just one page I'd probably just live with it. This issue we have just over a hundred renewals though,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Andy, First are the fonts used on both computers? Good thought! It turns out, when I look closer, the document is a bit of a mish-mash of fonts and font styles. I actually couldn't find one of the (two) fonts on my own machine. Would LO substitute silently? Surely it should complain if

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Mark Stanton
Another thought that occurs to me, although I guess you'll have checked this. Do you have the same default printer on both machines? Yup. Small office setup, we only have one printer. Thanx Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug in calc?

2011-03-28 Thread Ryan Jendoubi
On 28/03/11 18:33, MR ZenWiz wrote: Has anyone else seen this problem or something like it? I can try some more testing along these lines when I get back home later, but I was curious if I'm alone on this one. I'll file a bug if anyone else can confirm this (didn't see one just now yet).

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Andy Brown
Hi Mark, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Andy, First are the fonts used on both computers? Good thought! It turns out, when I look closer, the document is a bit of a mish-mash of fonts and font styles. I actually couldn't find one of the (two) fonts on my own machine. Would LO substitute

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2011-03-29 11:37, Andy Brown wrote: Hi Mark, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Andy, First are the fonts used on both computers? Good thought! It turns out, when I look closer, the document is a bit of a mish-mash of fonts and font styles. I actually couldn't find one of the (two) fonts on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Andy Brown
Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2011-03-29 11:37, Andy Brown wrote: Hi Mark, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Andy, First are the fonts used on both computers? Good thought! It turns out, when I look closer, the document is a bit of a mish-mash of fonts and font styles. I actually couldn't find one of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2011-03-29 12:33, Andy Brown wrote: Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2011-03-29 11:37, Andy Brown wrote: Hi Mark, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Andy, First are the fonts used on both computers? Good thought! It turns out, when I look closer, the document is a bit of a mish-mash of fonts and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug in calc?

2011-03-28 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: mån 2011-03-28 klockan 10:33 -0700 skrev MR ZenWiz: : I don't know about LibreOffice, since I started to use it quite recently, but OpenOffice.org sometimes crash for no obvious reason. Sometimes even when it is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 03/28/2011 05:43 PM, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Jay, When I have seen two pages print, one being blank, is when I have extra lines below the text. Thanks for the thought. I'm (insanely) careful about extra blanks, either lines or spaces, particularly when things start going wrong. So no, this

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug in calc?

2011-03-28 Thread Ryan Jendoubi
On 29/03/11 00:51, MR ZenWiz wrote: Clarification - Maverick 64-bit, LibO from TDF debs. PS: Thanks for the Not seen here responses, but I don't really need to know that. I will assume a lack of response constitutes a negative. :-) Noted - although if people posted enough detail about their

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Michel Gagnon
Le 2011-03-28 15:03, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit : On 03/28/2011 02:41 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I had this same thing. The document font was arial on both machines. But I found the arial fonts were not the same. I copied the arial font from the first machine to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

2011-03-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2011-03-29 14:39, Michel Gagnon wrote: Le 2011-03-28 15:03, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit : On 03/28/2011 02:41 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I had this same thing. The document font was arial on both machines. But I found the arial fonts were not the same. I copied the