Re: [libreoffice-users] OT Top/Bottom posting

2011-06-01 Thread Roland Hughes
There is good reason, beyond SOX, that most commercial and non-commercial email clients default to top-posting. It's required in the vast majority of corporations around the world. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Posting_style For a long time the traditional style was to post the answer below as much

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Roland Hughes
Well, From a style guide perspective, if you are not changing the numbering style, you shouldn't be changing the font. I _assume_ you are looking to create something like this: 1 The Art of Slamming Head Against Wall 1.1 Place Palms Flat Against Wall 1.2 Bend Elbows 45 degrees

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT Top/Bottom posting

2011-06-01 Thread Roland Hughes
-2 http://www.ask.com/wiki/Posting_style For a long time the traditional style was to post the answer below as much of the quoted original as was necessary to understand the reply (bottom or inline). Many years later, when email became widespread in business communication, it became a widespread

[libreoffice-users] Full width, no margins

2011-06-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
I often need to place two documents side by side in two Writer windows. The problem with this is that the text becomes too small, so if possible I zoom, remove rulers, and use Web Layout. Is there a way to leave the page in Print Layout but have it display without page margins? I'd like the print

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-06-01 Thread e-letter
An incredible topic of discussion... Presumably because Americans do not use A4, everyone else must stop also. Similarly, majority of people on this planet understand implicitly yy/mm/dd or dd/mm/yy, but because Americans do not by default, everyone else must adhere to what the Americans are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hello Steve, On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:27:56 +1200 Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com wrote: Hi. I have got myself into a state with numbering that may be someone could help me get out of, or if there is no way out may be it will lead to a bug being filed. I have been making notes for a

[libreoffice-users] Re: AutoCorrect/AutoFormat issue

2011-06-01 Thread plino
Earl Melton wrote: I thought Lotus 1-2-3 used the Shift+2 (or @ character), i.e., @SUM(A1..A12). Did I think wrong? Maybe we're talking about different flavors of Lotus. Or maybe I'm having another one of those darned senior moments. No you didn't. It was my mistake (I noticed the

Re: [libreoffice-users] load url bar

2011-06-01 Thread e-letter
Votes for this enhancement would be appreciated! See http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Vote_for_Enhancement#Bug_37800_-_Combo_Box_.27Load_URL.27_should_be_visible_by_default_in_Standard_Toolbar -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-06-01 Thread Vic Dura
On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 08:36:03 +0100, e-letter inp...@gmail.com wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken: An incredible topic of discussion... Indeed it has been. It enabled me to easily identify and add several top-posting morons to my plonk list.

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't think there are people arguing that top-posting MUST be the ONLY way. On the contrary, we are pointing out that if the product is to be used by more people than are currently using it, especially if we want office workers to use it, then we have to be prepared for many of those

Re: [libreoffice-users] Full width, no margins

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How do you get the 2 documents side-by-side? Is that a KDE thing? or do you just arrange the windows 'by-hand'? Regards from Tom :) -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive:

[libreoffice-users] How to unsubscribe

2011-06-01 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, it seems that during the last days, people had issues with unsubscribing from this mailing list. This led to the TDF mail server being listed in a spam blacklist. I researched the message IDs, and they clearly referred to postings on this mailing list, that have not been spam. As we

[libreoffice-users] Charts

2011-06-01 Thread reuven
how one can draw a chart with x or y axis (or both) will be on log scale? Reuven -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-06-01 Thread e-letter
Tom Davies Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:53:39 -0700 Hi :) I don't think there are people arguing that top-posting MUST be the ONLY way. On the contrary, we are pointing out that if the product is to be used by more people than are currently using it, especially if we want office workers to use it, then we

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

2011-06-01 Thread Richard
Yes, Zed, but that DOES NOT WORK!! -Original Message- From: Zed [mailto:z...@zed.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:22 AM To: users@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation Richard rich...@hornick.us wrote: HELP!!! I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 1/06/11 8:16 PM, Sigrid Carrera wrote: Hello Steve, On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:27:56 +1200 Steve Edmondssteve.edmo...@ptglobal.com wrote: Hi. I have got myself into a state with numbering that may be someone could help me get out of, or if there is no way out may be it will lead to a bug

Re: [libreoffice-users] Full width, no margins

2011-06-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:55, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) How do you get the 2 documents side-by-side?  Is that a KDE thing? or do you just arrange the windows 'by-hand'? Regards from Tom :) In KDE =4.4 one can drag the window title bar to the sides of the screen and the

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT Top/Bottom posting

2011-06-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-31 3:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote: So, the argument is that people should follow rules(although they are really only guidelines) in order to not be a drone? Tom, you have a proclivity for ignoring what is said and hearing only what you want to hear. That is not what I said, and you know

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT Top/Bottom posting

2011-06-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-01 12:47 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Assuming it works. Sometimes systems fail to show a difference between the previous posting and the reply. Only if improperly configured. If everyone used the same system then it might work. But different people need different systems for different

Re: [libreoffice-users] embed flash into presentations

2011-06-01 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Conar, Alejo C.S. wrote (31-05-11 15:25) I'm using LibreOffice (3.3.2) in Debian stable. I'd like to know if there is a way to embed a swf (flash) file into impress. Searching, I found and old post where say it could be done in OOo, but that recipe don't work in LibOO. Any tip? Not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Earl Melton
Dotan, LOL! Thanks for a bit of humor amid all the vitriol expressed in the top/bottom posting thread.. -- I'm so busy, I don't know whether I found a rope or lost my horse! Earl -- From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 09:22,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Charts

2011-06-01 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:23:44 +0300 reuven g_reuv...@bezeqint.net wrote: how one can draw a chart with x or y axis (or both) will be on log scale? You need to use a x-y-diagram. When selecting the range that should be displayed and all the other needed settings, there's a checkbox that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Full width, no margins

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have heard good reports of the KDE implementation but haven't heard from Win7 users about it. In Gnome i switch compiz off if possible, certainly on the machine at work. When i eventually got both documents side-by-side filling nearly half the screen each (ratio 4:3, not

Re: [libreoffice-users] embed flash into presentations

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Impress files can be Save As ... to flash (swf) format but i am not certain that Impress can open and edit the flash files produced that way. I suspect it's a bit like using pdf, ie keep the original in odf formats (odp in this case) to edit and create a new swf if required.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Full width, no margins

2011-06-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 15:26, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Hello there! I have heard good reports of the KDE implementation but haven't heard from Win7 users about it.  In Gnome i switch compiz off if possible, certainly on the machine at work. It has been a long time

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 15:00, Earl Melton earlemel...@yahoo.com wrote: Dotan, LOL! Thanks for a bit of humor amid all the vitriol expressed in the top/bottom posting thread.. And you'll notice my adversary in that thread helping me out in another thread. That's a community, we disagree on

[libreoffice-users] Macro Security Crash

2011-06-01 Thread Kurt
LibreOffice 3.3.2 Ubuntu package 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu 11.04 / Gnome 2.32.1 / kernel 2.6.38-9 every time I go to ToolsOptionsLibreOfficeSecurity and click on Macro Security all open documents close without saving. I must enable Macro's! Any help would be very much appreciated. --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 1 June, 2011 14:37:42 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 15:00, Earl Melton earlemel...@yahoo.com wrote: Dotan, LOL! Thanks for a bit of humor

[libreoffice-users] Re: Full width, no margins

2011-06-01 Thread Jack
Dotan Cohen wrote: In KDE =4.4 one can drag the window title bar to the sides of the screen and the window manager automatically sizes the window at full screen height (minus DE panels) and half-screen width (minus DE panels), aligned to the side of the screen to which the window title bar

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Full width, no margins

2011-06-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 17:10, Jack szi...@gmail.com wrote: I can confirm that Win7 has the same behaviour.  I believe Ubuntu 11.04 also has this (in the default installation). Thanks, I'll file a bug. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Full width, no margins

2011-06-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 16:48, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Maybe posting as a bug-report wish-list item might get a response but its probably worth waiting for something better here first. Good luck and regards from Tom :) Good idea, I posted the RFE to both LO and to OOo:

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-06-01 Thread Zoltán Kócsi
On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:52:42 +0100 (BST) Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) I don't think there are people arguing that top-posting MUST be the ONLY way. On the contrary, we are pointing out that if the product is to be used by more people than are currently using it, especially

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
Here is a relevant feature request: Update styles when text is formatted https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37819 http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118122 -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-06-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-01 10:10 AM, Zoltán Kócsi wrote: By the way, some 20 years ago I thought that this whole top-posting nonsense was sorted out once and for all after a handful of really massive flame wars on USENET, crossposted all over the place and people getting so sick and tired of the whole

Re: [libreoffice-users] I have to ask (four qustions)

2011-06-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/6/1 toki toki.kant...@gmail.com: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/05/2011 10:36, Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: 1. Why is the default column width in Calc 2.27 cm? Where does that number come from? That is supposed to be one inch wide. (I know that one inch is 25.4mm, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Macro Security Crash

2011-06-01 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Kurt, Kurt schrieb: LibreOffice 3.3.2 Ubuntu package 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu 11.04 / Gnome 2.32.1 / kernel 2.6.38-9 every time I go to ToolsOptionsLibreOfficeSecurity and click on Macro Security all open documents close without saving. I must enable Macro's! That problem is solved in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: [long decription] The size of the outline numbering no longer changes to match the text. The outline numbering is fixed the same font, size, weight everywhere. My question is how do I undo this so that the outline numbering will again follow the

[libreoffice-users] new article - with quote from TDF steering committee member Italo Vignoli

2011-06-01 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Here is a new article about OOo and LibreOffice. I do not remember hearing this statement before: after Oracle booted out the LibreOffice fork developers from OpenOffice Where did that come from? -

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

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I noticed a relevant email about this sort of thing earlier today so i have forwarded the request to the postmaster email address So, if anyone on this list has issues with unsubscribing and cannot manage them on their own, feel free to contact postmas...@documentfoundation.org I hope

[libreoffice-users] Unsubscription issues?

2011-06-01 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, one more note to unsubscribing, as this seems to occur often: The address you use for unsubscribing has to be the *SAME* as the one you used for subscribing. If you subscribe with y...@yourcompany.com and unsubscribe with y...@yourprivateaccount.org, it can *NOT* work, as our mailing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscription issues?

2011-06-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-01 12:06 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: The address you use for unsubscribing has to be the *SAME* as the one you used for subscribing. If you subscribe with y...@yourcompany.com and unsubscribe with y...@yourprivateaccount.org, it can *NOT* work, as our mailing list system for sure

[libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF steering committee member Italo Vignoli

2011-06-01 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 01/06/11 17:20, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit : Hi, UPDATE: Sources tell me that Apache has decided to take on OpenOffice. I expect to see the official word come out this week. It may be as early as tomorrow. sjvn--3:42 PM Eastern, May 31, 2011. unquote Well the word

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-06-01 Thread Roland Hughes
Bottom and mid-posting are legacy architectures with a few desperate dinosaurs still clinging to them. The Fortunate 500 is a global thing, not an American thing these days. Many of the corporations in it are not American, and all of them are hoping to one day get in it. On Thu, 2011-06-02 at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF steering committee member Italo Vignoli

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi, At least it seems to be people that have a good relationship with TDF. Good work Florian and all :) Regards from Tom :) From: Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 1 June, 2011 17:52:33 Subject:

[libreoffice-users] How to remove options from the Save As list (Writer)

2011-06-01 Thread aharown07
Haven't found this info anywhere: When I do a Save As in Writer, a pile of options appear in the drop down, including something like three different versions of .doc. I don't need all of these and the cluttered list slows me down a little every time I do a Save As... which is quite often. So, can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2/06/11 3:20 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: [long decription] The size of the outline numbering no longer changes to match the text. The outline numbering is fixed the same font, size, weight everywhere. My question is how do I undo this so that the outline

top and bottom - again. was (Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF.......)

2011-06-01 Thread Mike Scott
On 01/06/11 18:08, Tom Davies wrote: Hi, At least it seems to be people that have a good relationship with TDF. Good work Florian and all :) Regards from Tom :) From: Alexander Thurgoodalex.thurg...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 1 June,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Macro Security Crash

2011-06-01 Thread Kurt
Regina, Thank YOU! 3.4 is working perfectly! Kurt -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF steering committee member Italo Vignoli

2011-06-01 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 06/01/2011 12:52 PM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 01/06/11 17:20, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit : Hi, UPDATE: Sources tell me that Apache has decided to take on OpenOffice. I expect to see the official word come out this week. It may be as early as tomorrow. sjvn--3:42 PM

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to remove options from the Save As list (Writer)

2011-06-01 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi ..., aharown07 wrote (01-06-11 19:11) Haven't found this info anywhere: When I do a Save As in Writer, a pile of options appear in the drop down, including something like three different versions of .doc. I don't need all of these and the cluttered list slows me down a little every time I do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 1/06/11 9:06 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Steve. Steve Edmonds wrote (01-06-11 03:27) 3-Apply list style Numbering 1 to get outline numbering. The only advice I want to give you: set up outline numbering via Tools Outline numbering, which uses Heading 1, 2 etc. Only if you need something

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering help.

2011-06-01 Thread Regina Henschel
Hallo Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: On 2/06/11 3:20 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: [long decription] The size of the outline numbering no longer changes to match the text. The outline numbering is fixed the same font, size, weight everywhere. My question is

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to remove options from the Save As list (Writer)

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Or you could change the defaults that are used. Initially they are set as odf; odt, ods, opd but these could easily be changed to doc, xls, ppt Tools - Options - Load/Save - General and then use the drop-downs to scroll their formats back 1 or 2 places (avoiding template formats). Does

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF steering committee member Italo Vignoli

2011-06-01 Thread Tom Davies
From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 1 June, 2011 19:42:53 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF steering committee member Italo Vignoli On 06/01/2011

[libreoffice-users] Re: embed flash into presentations

2011-06-01 Thread NoOp
On 06/01/2011 04:10 PM, NoOp wrote: On 06/01/2011 04:35 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Conar, Alejo C.S. wrote (31-05-11 15:25) I'm using LibreOffice (3.3.2) in Debian stable. I'd like to know if there is a way to embed a swf (flash) file into impress. Searching, I found and old post where

[libreoffice-users] How to remove options from the Save As list (Writer)

2011-06-01 Thread jorge
I think that you have to use the simple Save option and the document will save with the format that you are using. The first time it put a message that says that it isn't save and when you click ok, it go to save option. At this time you have to select the format that you want to use for it. For

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to remove options from the Save As list (Writer)

2011-06-01 Thread aharown07
Thanks, all. The defaults are not an issue for me. I use odt most of the time but fairly often have to save as a .doc for sending to someone who needs it that way. But I sure don't need half a dozen old versions of .doc. The M hotkey might just be all I need if it goes to the right choice. Will

[libreoffice-users] Re: embed flash into presentations

2011-06-01 Thread NoOp
On 06/01/2011 04:35 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Conar, Alejo C.S. wrote (31-05-11 15:25) I'm using LibreOffice (3.3.2) in Debian stable. I'd like to know if there is a way to embed a swf (flash) file into impress. Searching, I found and old post where say it could be done in OOo, but that