[libreoffice-users] How to /successfully/ unsub? A FAQ?

2011-05-29 Thread lenphilpot
Is there an alternate method for unsubscribing, since the email method is NOT working for me? When I send unsub messages to the listserv (as detailed in all the message footers, etc.), they either bounce outright, state that I'm not subscribed or say that I've been unsubscribed. But the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Native MySQL-connection

2011-05-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/05/11 10:20, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit : Hi Heinrich, I just installed 3.4rc2 and also deleted the cache subdirectory before installation. Same result... Try completely removing or, if you don't want to lose all your settings, renaming, your user libreoffice directory. You may

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: tabs in LibreOffice - like you can do for MS-Word?

2011-05-29 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/5/29 Roland Hughes rol...@logikalsolutions.com: The only 4 people in the world that like Compiz are the people who wrote Compiz.  It serves absolutely NO useful purpose, yet continually trashes both systems and screens. I actually find it very useful and I don't have any problems of that

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/05/11 01:53, Roland Hughes a écrit : Hi Roland, This plugin was one of the few reasons I bothered with OpenOffice. Being able to write blog entries off-line using fonts and specific layouts was awesome. It appears absolutely nothing has been done on this since 2009. Is anybody going

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to /successfully/ unsub? A FAQ?

2011-05-29 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 28.05.2011 23:18, schrieb lenphil...@suddenlink.net: ... the email method is NOT working for me? When I send unsub messages to the listserv (as detailed in all the message footers, etc.), they either bounce outright, state that I'm not subscribed or say that I've been unsubscribed.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-29 Thread plino
Excellent post, Alexander. I agree that it is essential to have written rules of what to expect and what not to expect from a project. I totally disagree with LO's philosophy of Even if we broke something we might not fix it but it is better to know that than for users to complain and demand

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hopefully some of those issues will be discussed and agreed, perhaps even voted on as the official membership grows. Hopefully issues will be up for further discussions again when the membership is much larger again. Support Contracts need to be available for very much less and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress Health Warning!

2011-05-29 Thread timi
Hi Alex, Re: Trivia Much appreciate your open and transparent view. I like down to earth discussion. My (sad) conclusion is that I have to back off LibO Impress and cannot seriously consider changing from the shackles of MS. I also think maybe us Impress guinea-pig users are in the minority

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Paper size

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I looked there but couldn't find it in English (GB) help files yet. Could you copypaste the clear and concise explanation you found? Pointing at documentation is great if you can summarise it well. Certainly better than blind guesses or an Rtfm answer ;) Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress Health Warning!

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi I think sticking with PowerPoint 2003 is smart. Hopefully Impress will catch up and be able to do the things it claims to be able to do. Sadly and annoyingly it's going to be a long while before that happens. Regards from Tom :) From: t...@iafrica.com

[libreoffice-users] Arrangement of user colours

2011-05-29 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
I wonder if there is any way to rearrange the colours in the palette (Tools Options Colours), and likewise in the array that is presented under Background Colour and Font Colour. I’m prepared to bet it’s in an XML file hidden away somewhere. But where? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Arrangement of user colours

2011-05-29 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Séamas, Séamas Ó Brógáin schrieb: I wonder if there is any way to rearrange the colours in the palette (Tools Options Colours), and likewise in the array that is presented under Background Colour and Font Colour. I’m prepared to bet it’s in an XML file hidden away somewhere. But where?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Arrangement of user colours

2011-05-29 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Regina: Found it. Danke schön! -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and

[libreoffice-users] A little OT but: Re: Re: Trivia Question - Paying for Support

2011-05-29 Thread Twayne
In news:4de21b26.1625.1040c...@timi.iafrica.com, t...@iafrica.com t...@iafrica.com typed: Hi Alex, I was just reflecting on the concept of having to pay for support to resolve my Impress problem Such a venture could cost major bucks if it is a serious code issue indeed it might not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Roland Hughes
There is not a single ^TY)*()(*)(ing link on the LibreOffice site to file a bug report!!1 On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 10:02 +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 28/05/11 01:53, Roland Hughes a écrit : Hi Roland, This plugin was one of the few reasons I bothered with OpenOffice.

Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: [Libreoffice] Word doesn't see symbols - More Analysis

2011-05-29 Thread Roland Hughes
Word Perfect solved this problem decades ago. WPD format allowed for the complete embedding of fonts within the document. Word Perfect used its own font rendering engine so as long as it had the complete font embedded in the document life was good, be it on Windows or OS/2 or OpenVMS. Yes,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, On Sun, 29 May 2011 08:28:04 -0500 Roland Hughes rol...@logikalsolutions.com wrote: There is not a single ^TY)*()(*)(ing link on the LibreOffice site to file a bug report!!1 sorry, but you are wrong! There is. If you don't believe me, see for yourself: Go to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Roland Hughes
And just how many users are going to dig that deep to find out how to file a bug report? ___Most___ sites, including the original OpenOffice site, put file bug report links either on the first page OR under the Support heading. You didn't even have the decency to put it under Get Help. As a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Things are not perfect yet. We do need people to point out faults so that we can fix them. Of course we are going to be slightly over-sensitive to criticism when we care so much about the project but we need to get beyond that and just improve things. What has been done so far is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi again Sorry i should have mentioned this page for advice about posting bug-reports http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport and it includes this link straight to the BugZilla website https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ Good luck and regards from Tom :) From:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread lcoluiggi
Despite being longtime user of OOo and Libo, I never report any bugs. I think even very complicated. I think we could get something more simple that would work from within LibreOffice. Here in Brazil we have an example with CoGrOO Community. CoGrOO is a grammar checker developed by students at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That would be great. Then other packages that also use CoGrOO couild also post bug-reports directly to the CoGrOO part of BugZilla. I have a feeling that it already works very much like that. I think triagers in BugZilla can move threads from one project to another within BugZilla.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: tabs in LibreOffice - like you can do for MS-Word?

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
That's brilliant :) And then when they have problems with Windows you can say you don't know how to fix it because you use gnulinux to avoid those types of problems :)) Regards from Tom :) From: Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: tabs in LibreOffice - like you can do for MS-Word?

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There seems to be a question about it interfering with accessibility which sounds pretty serious but i don't know where would be the best place to report it. It's nothing to do with LibreOffice of course but it must be very frustrating trying to get anyone appropriate to listen. Regards

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Alexander, Alexander Thurgood wrote (29-05-11 09:58) - if you want enterprise stability in LibreOffice, the advice I have been given and told to disseminate is to take out a support contract with one of the more general enterprise support providers (Novell, Suse, RedHat, Ubuntu ?, others ?)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Paper size

2011-05-29 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 29/05/2011 11:17, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I looked there but couldn't find it in English (GB) help files yet. Could you copypaste the clear and concise explanation you found? Pointing at documentation is great if you can summarise it well. Certainly better than blind guesses or an Rtfm

Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: [Libreoffice] Word doesn't see symbols - More Analysis

2011-05-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 29/05/11 2:23 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: 2. INTERCHANGING DOCUMENTS WITH FONT DEPENDENCIES When fonts use essentially the same code points for the same characters, but with differences in font-face design, there are techniques to substitute a close kindred font when the specific font

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcuts that call for ctrl are not working on my mac

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you might have inadvertently chosen combinations that might be restricted in some way. Ctrl A is Select all Ctrl Z is Undo Ctrl Y is Redo but doesn't always work in every app Ctrl X is Cut Ctrl C is Copy or sometimes ends programs run from the command-line Ctrl V is Paste There

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to /successfully/ unsub? A FAQ?

2011-05-29 Thread lenphilpot
Actually, I think that's the problem. l...@philpot.org is not a real email account, but rather just a redirector to lenphil...@suddenlink.net, which is my actual ISP account. That allows me to change ISPs, accounts, etc., as needed and keep the same email address. For years I've never run into

[libreoffice-users] Re: Keyboard shortcuts that call for ctrl are not working on my mac

2011-05-29 Thread Anthony Grimes
On OSX, those keybindings are different. They aren't 'standard' here. You might be right that they're blocked, but I've tried pretty much every ctrl key combo there is and they don't work. Furthermore, I can't even bind a cmd+ctrl key combo because they don't work either. Anything relating to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Keyboard shortcuts that call for ctrl are not working on my mac

2011-05-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. On my macbook cmd+x, cmd+c, cmd+v, cmd+z, cmd+a, others all work. LO 3.3.2, OSX 10.6.7 steve On 30/05/11 10:29 AM, Anthony Grimes wrote: On OSX, those keybindings are different. They aren't 'standard' here. You might be right that they're blocked, but I've tried pretty much every ctrl key

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Keyboard shortcuts that call for ctrl are not working on my mac

2011-05-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
Sorry, misinterpreted you problem. steve On 30/05/11 10:39 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. On my macbook cmd+x, cmd+c, cmd+v, cmd+z, cmd+a, others all work. LO 3.3.2, OSX 10.6.7 steve On 30/05/11 10:29 AM, Anthony Grimes wrote: On OSX, those keybindings are different. They aren't 'standard'

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Keyboard shortcuts that call for ctrl are not working on my mac

2011-05-29 Thread Anthony Grimes
What about ctrl key bindings? Do they work as well? That's a sure way to tell if it's a bug or not. On 5/29/11 5:45 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Sorry, misinterpreted you problem. steve On 30/05/11 10:39 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. On my macbook cmd+x, cmd+c, cmd+v, cmd+z, cmd+a, others all

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcuts that call for ctrl are not working on my mac

2011-05-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 30/05/11 9:33 AM, Anthony Grimes wrote: I'm writing a book and my publisher requires that I use a pretty insane stylesheet. The only way it's really manageable is with keyboard shortcuts. So, I've tried to add some keyboard shortcuts for these styles for the ^ keys. For example, I've

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to /successfully/ unsub? A FAQ?

2011-05-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think one of the steering group has fixed it for Len Philpot's various email accounts now :) Regards from Tom :) From: lenphil...@suddenlink.net lenphil...@suddenlink.net To: users@libreoffice.org Cc: Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org Sent:

RE: [libreoffice-users] RE: [Libreoffice] Word doesn't see symbols - Substituting Fonts

2011-05-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
The Tools | Fonts option is not related to any documents that happen to be open. It is generic. So it is not going to know about missing fonts. In my copy of 3.3.2, I found that I needed to check the box that says Apply replacement table. Although there are pull-downs that then list all of

[libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization

2011-05-29 Thread Alex Mavro
Greetings -- I have a ws.ott template file that allows me to use most WordStar navigation commands -- the cursor diamond, etc -- in Open Office. However, the same file does not work in LibreOffice... Is there any reason for this? Alex in Bangkok -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[libreoffice-users] Impress mobility w/sound video + links

2011-05-29 Thread NoOp
Starting a new thread vs Trivia Question - was: changes for this mailing list. The subject of embedding sound video with Impress has long been a thorn in OOo's backside for many years. In 2009 I brought up this thread on the OOo users list:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress mobility w/sound video + links

2011-05-29 Thread Christian Lippka
Hi NoOp and all interested, the code that was integrated is not in a state that is usable for a product. Unfortunately I never got the time to finish it. There is still some work to be done. The wizard would actually be a good think, despite the fact that I already had it nearly working that you

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread NoOp
On 05/29/2011 08:09 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Things are not perfect yet. We do need people to point out faults so that we can fix them. Of course we are going to be slightly over-sensitive to criticism when we care so much about the project but we need to get beyond that and just

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress mobility w/sound video + links

2011-05-29 Thread NoOp
On 05/29/2011 06:58 PM, Christian Lippka wrote: Hi NoOp and all interested, the code that was integrated is not in a state that is usable for a product. Unfortunately I never got the time to finish it. There is still some work to be done. The wizard would actually be a good think, despite

RE: [libreoffice-users] RE: [Libreoffice] Word doesn't see symbols - Substituting Fonts

2011-05-29 Thread Roland Hughes
There used to be a plugin for OO which identified all missing fonts for a document. Perhaps it was never ported to LO. On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 16:43 -0700, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: The Tools | Fonts option is not related to any documents that happen to be open. It is generic. So it is not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Roland Hughes
Wow! Someone definitely peed in your cornflakes this morning! On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 19:08 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 05/29/2011 08:09 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Things are not perfect yet. We do need people to point out faults so that we can fix them. Of course we are going to be

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread NoOp
On 05/29/2011 07:42 PM, Roland Hughes wrote: Wow! Someone definitely peed in your cornflakes this morning! Try bottom or interleaved posting some time. peed in your cornflakes? My *point* is that Tom Davies is replying to users on this list as if he represents LO. New users to this list may

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread NoOp
On 05/29/2011 08:25 PM, NoOp wrote: On 05/29/2011 07:42 PM, Roland Hughes wrote: Wow! Someone definitely peed in your cornflakes this morning! Try bottom or interleaved posting some time. peed in your cornflakes? My *point* is that Tom Davies is replying to users on this list as if

Re: [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization

2011-05-29 Thread planas
Alex On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 07:17 +0700, Alex Mavro wrote: Greetings -- I have a ws.ott template file that allows me to use most WordStar navigation commands -- the cursor diamond, etc -- in Open Office. However, the same file does not work in LibreOffice... Is there any reason for this?

RE: [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization

2011-05-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
That will be interesting. I'd love to see a list of the WordStar keyboard commands. I remember using WordStar and also their text Editor (TextStar , I think) but it has been a long time -- around 30 years), both on CP/M-80. WordStar 2000 on MS-DOS was not so hot and I turned my back on it.

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to /successfully/ unsub? A FAQ?

2011-05-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi, lenphil...@suddenlink.net wrote (29-05-11 23:03) Actually, I think that's the problem. l...@philpot.org is not a real email account, but rather just a redirector to lenphil...@suddenlink.net, which is my actual ISP account. That allows me to change ISPs, accounts, etc., as needed and keep

Re: [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization

2011-05-29 Thread Alex Mavro
Thanks, Dennis. I've attached both a list of all the WS commands and the .ott that supports a small but important sub-set of them. Unfortunately, like I said, the .ott works in OO but not in LO... or I am doing something wrong, perhaps? Wordstar came packaged with my Kaypro II, the then

Re: [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization

2011-05-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Alex, Alex Mavro wrote (30-05-11 02:17) Greetings -- I have a ws.ott template file that allows me to use most WordStar navigation commands -- the cursor diamond, etc -- in Open Office. However, the same file does not work in LibreOffice... Is there any reason for this? Well, the key

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-29 Thread Cor Nouws
NoOp wrote (30-05-11 05:25) My *point* is that Tom Davies is replying to users on this list as if he represents LO. New users to this list may be inclined to think that the we in his posts are coming from some 'official' LO source. Tom not only brings in confusion about who he represents,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress mobility w/sound video + links

2011-05-29 Thread Cor Nouws
NoOp wrote (30-05-11 04:27) I wish to sincerely thank you for: 1) recognizing the issue to begin with importance, 2) for the effort that you put into the code, and 3) the kind offer to assist if anyone wants to pick it up again. Thank you Christian. Kind regards I wish you well. +1 Note