Re: [libreoffice-users] How can I make long words stay on their starting line?

2011-06-13 Thread Stephan Zietsman
never punctual wrote: Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I understand how manual hyphenation works now! From how you explain it, it looks like you understand, yes. By the way I tried out Ctrl + Enter, and all it did was move my cursor down to the next page. I think the key

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keeping Pictures in Place with Writer

2011-06-13 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 13/06/2011 05:34, planas a écrit : It is hard to see, maybe it should be more obvious like a thicker line? Indeed, it has always been and most people I know didn't see it at once. I'd suggest a change to the default color and thickness. I for one set it to red anytime I install

Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows Open with

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :) Good to see a few copy-left programs in your list of archive managers. Some of those look familiar but i haven't tried them. :) If you open the file-browser and then click on something like Tools - Folder Options - File Types (2nd or 3rd tab of 4?) then you'll see that each

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spelling Check doesn't work

2011-06-13 Thread Stephan Zietsman
planas wrote: You should check under TOOLSOPTIONSLANGUAGE SETTINGSWRITING AIDS Make sure a dictionary is selected in the Available Language Modules group Then make sure the Check Spelling as You Type is selected in the Options group. Also check that the AutoSpellCheck button is active. It

Re: [libreoffice-users] removing hyperlinks

2011-06-13 Thread Stephan Zietsman
Joep L. Blom wrote: I have a small problem in a master document. I have written (in various stages of completion) 8 chapters of a book and use a master document to keep it  orderly. ...SNIP... I cannot delete these texts from the master document as they are read-only. Just a quick question:

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy down, copy and paste in calc.

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, good point! You can fine-tune it by only using the $ in one part of the cell reference so that copying in one direction does change which cells are looked up. For example writing this in say D4 =$A1 + C$3 means that as you copy the formula down the rows the A part doesn't change,

Re: [libreoffice-users] helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal

2011-06-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Nuno, Nuno J. Silva wrote (11-06-11 14:35) I think I understand, we need a way to say 3.4.0 is expected to have problems without scaring the user away. Yes, that's it. I'm afraid some ways of warning about it will just scare the early adopters, moving them to 3.3.2, without even a bug

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keeping Pictures in Place with Writer

2011-06-13 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 13/06/2011 10:48, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) Wow, that darkened line is obscure. Jean mentioned about changing the colour of the line to red. How can we do that? Tools / Options / LibO / Appearence, Text Document section, Page and Column Break (or smthg like that as I've got a FR

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal

2011-06-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Pedro, plino wrote (11-06-11 13:29) Hi Cour ( Cor is enough ;-) ) (none of the following criticisms are directed at you, who are one of the few (only?) members of the SC who sees this project as a productivity tool for the users) (I really doubt if that is true... but I can imagine

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spelling Check doesn't work

2011-06-13 Thread Phil Jackson
Thanks Stephan! It's working now. Cheers Phil On 6/13/2011 9:12 PM, Stephan Zietsman wrote: planas wrote: You should check under TOOLSOPTIONSLANGUAGE SETTINGSWRITING AIDS Make sure a dictionary is selected in the Available Language Modules group Then make sure the Check Spelling as You Type

Re: [libreoffice-users] helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal

2011-06-13 Thread Stephan Zietsman
upscope wrote: Can you install both at same time? I would like to test 3.4.0 to see if any of the calc problems I have with 3.3.2 are fixed. I have a possible work-around. You can use the portable version called LibreOfficePortable. It is available from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merge cell problem LO3.3.2.2

2011-06-13 Thread Stephan Zietsman
Roxy Robinson wrote: I have a 15 page spreadsheet of classmate addresses, phone numbers, email, etc. I manipulate this information in several different ways to give my classmates different kinds of directories. Anyway, their names are in the first 3 columns. This particular spreadsheet is

Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] Merge cell problem LO3.3.2.2

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't understand why there is such problem with installing LO on your system. I don't think that many other people are having the same problem but it sounds like a nightmare and needs to be sorted out somehow. Perhaps post a bug-report about it?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Re: LibreOffice 3.4.0

2011-06-13 Thread tronkel
I've just re-installed the latest LO 3.4 in Linux Mint (a DEB compatible distro) This Installation of Linux Mint already has LO 3.2 pre-installed. I downloaded the latest LO 3.4 from the Document Foundation website and it installed OK into the /opt folder - i.e. a in totally separate location

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keeping Pictures in Place with Writer

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Magic! The translation from French was spot-on :) Light red made it very visible, normal red was still a bit obscure on my monitor. Thanks and regards from Tom :) - Original Message From: Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Karsten Breitig
You can access the presentation here: http://www.filedropper.com/prsentationessstrungenohnenamen I am working on a desktop computer. My system is up to date. Original-Nachricht Datum: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:15:21 -0400 Von: planas jsloz...@gmail.com An:

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy down, copy and paste in calc.

2011-06-13 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 13/06/11 8:59 PM, Stephan Zietsman wrote: Steve Edmonds wrote: When I want to copy the same formula to a range of cells without the references indexing this is usefull, but the formula only copies to the top cell. Another usefull thing would be; click into a cell with formula and drag the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread David Griffiths
Karsten Breitig wrote: You can access the presentation here: http://www.filedropper.com/prsentationessstrungenohnenamen I am working on a desktop computer. My system is up to date. Hi Karsten Just downloaded and tried your file. On my system, the file opens without issue and I can play

[libreoffice-users] help regarding libre office 3.3

2011-06-13 Thread Harshit Jain
I installed libre office 3.3 from it's rpms using termnal and given instrutions for fedora given on libre office's website on fedora 15 installed using live cd but clicking on their icons don't work. After clicking nothing happen.No spash screen, no waiting sign on the mouse pointer. I am a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The 3.3.2 from the PPAs on Ubuntu 10.04 had no problem with the presentation. Does 11.04 have the Janitor that earlier Ubuntus have? or can you boot into recovery mode (2nd option in the boot-menu) and then do spring-cleaning such as Clear some space. Also could you save the file onto

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Karsten Breitig
Hey Tom, I don't open the file over the network, it's right here on my machine. I hesitate using the janitor, because it sometimes leads to computer crashes without reasoning. I'm not excactly suere what packages I still need. I might be able to boot into recovery mode of Ubuntu, but for what

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Harshit Jain
I installed libre office 3.3 from it's rpms using termnal and given instrutions for fedora given on libre office's website on fedora 15 installed using live cd but clicking on their icons don't work. After clicking nothing happen.No spash screen, no waiting sign on the mouse pointer. I am a

Re: [libreoffice-users] help regarding libre office 3.3

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's usually best to use the package manager to find and install programs. Windows does not have an equivalent unless a 3rd party one has been installed (which is extremely rare). For Fedora's one see the 11th slide here

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The Clear some space option in the recovery menu does about the same as the Janitor. It 'shouldn't' create problems but if Janitor does then don't use it. I think it might be worth running Fix broken packages either from the package manager (synaptic) or from the recovery menu. Regards

[libreoffice-users] Re: help regarding libre office 3.3

2011-06-13 Thread David Griffiths
Harshit Jain wrote: I installed libre office 3.3 from it's rpms using termnal and given instrutions for fedora given on libre office's website on fedora 15 installed using live cd but clicking on their icons don't work. After clicking nothing happen.No spash screen, no waiting sign on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: help regarding libre office 3.3

2011-06-13 Thread Harshit Jain
i will try On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 5:08 PM, David Griffiths dave.griffith...@gmail.com wrote: Harshit Jain wrote: I installed libre office 3.3 from it's rpms using termnal and given instrutions for fedora given on libre office's website on fedora 15 installed using live cd but clicking

Re: [libreoffice-users] removing hyperlinks

2011-06-13 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 13/06/11 11:18, Stephan Zietsman wrote: Joep L. Blom wrote: I have a small problem in a master document. I have written (in various stages of completion) 8 chapters of a book and use a master document to keep it orderly. ...SNIP... I cannot delete these texts from the master document as

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Karsten Breitig
Hi, I tried the option Fix broken packages, however, the problem still occurs. I also installed a virtual system with excactly the same packages, there I couldn't reproduce the problem. Best regards, Karsten Original-Nachricht Datum: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:37:03 +0100 (BST)

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy down, copy and paste in calc.

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
- Original Message From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 13 June, 2011 11:31:11 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] copy down, copy and paste in calc. On 13/06/11 8:59 PM, Stephan Zietsman wrote: Steve Edmonds wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keeping Pictures in Place with Writer

2011-06-13 Thread Barbara Tobias
Hi :) Magic! The translation from French was spot-on :) Light red made it very visible, normal red was still a bit obscure on my monitor. Thanks and regards from Tom :) Le 13/06/2011 10:48, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) Wow, that darkened line is obscure. Jean mentioned about changing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you might need to back-up your data, perhaps everything in your /home folder using rsync rather than copypaste in order to keep the permissions all the same. You might need to install rsync or even grsync (the g gives it a nice gui). Can you back-up to external drive or onto a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Re: SVG embedding in LibreOffice

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
- Original Message From: todd rme toddrme2...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 10 June, 2011 17:05:00 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Re: SVG embedding in LibreOffice Hi :) Have bug-reports been posted? I think the issues are quite important

Re: [libreoffice-users] Text invisible in Writer and Calc

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did you manage to sort this problem out in the end? I know quite a few questions from Thursday and Friday got missed and need to be re-posted now that the mailing-list address has changed. I think i remember this one getting to a slightly unsatisfactory but 'good enough' result?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Karsten Breitig
Hi Tom, I do have a working backup. Do you think I should reinstall the system? That might solve the problem for me (as I have tried in VirtualBox). But it doesn't help others that might have that problem, too ... Best regards, Karsten Original-Nachricht Datum: Mon, 13 Jun

[libreoffice-users] Re: Bullets with different outline levels

2011-06-13 Thread rdb
Arrgh, now you make me feel guilty for just freeloading (or should I say libreloading). I'll get in touch with them. Didn't manage to solve my problem, though. For now it's just manually reformatting the Level 2 and 3 lists... Best, Rik -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, possibly. I guess you use synaptic to get a list of all currently installed programs? Linux systems are unlikely to crash. A misbehaving application might possibly freeze or suddenly close but it shouldn't affect any other app and certainly should not cause the whole system to

Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] Merge cell problem LO3.3.2.2

2011-06-13 Thread Roxy Robinson
!-- body{font-family:'Arial';font-size:11pt;font-color:'#00';} LI{display:list-item;margin:0.00in;} p{display:block;margin:0.00in;} body{} --Tom, When it was originally installed all that was correct in theWriting Aids window. All the dictionaries that come with the program were in the top

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.4.0 only works with adminstrator rights

2011-06-13 Thread urly
Problem solved : only Java 7 beta (I'm a java-developer, 32 and 64 bit) was installed. After adding Java 6 to the system LO 3.4.0 works as expected. Greetings urly -- View this message in context:

Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] Merge cell problem LO3.3.2.2

2011-06-13 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/13/2011 10:32 AM, Roxy Robinson wrote: When it was originally installed all that was correct in theWriting Aids window. All the dictionaries that come with the program were in the top Window, and I had English USA selected, Check spelling

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 12/06/2011 23:19, Karsten Breitig ha scritto: Hey guys, I've got some issues with LibreOffice 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 (Unity). I have a presentation file here (.odp, used to be .pptx). When I open it, the system logs off. This happens only with this presentation (and one else), others work

[libreoffice-users] Re: Text invisible in Writer and Calc

2011-06-13 Thread gdayton
Hi Jay, Thanks for the reply. I failed to mention that on our systems we use LibreOffice 3.4. The fault occurred on the other system even with 3.3 installed, but I did not get the problem until I installed 3.4 on my macbook. Thanks so much for your reply. Gary Dayton On Jun 10, 2011, at

Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] Merge cell problem LO3.3.2.2

2011-06-13 Thread Roxy Robinson
I'm waiting for the ready for production 3.4. I really don't like installing the same thing multiple times!!! If its not ready for production then in my mind its a BETA!!! Roxy -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/13/2011 10:32 AM, Roxy Robinson wrote: When it was originally

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns?

2011-06-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 6:52 PM, NoOp wrote: On 06/10/2011 03:34 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: I just want to be able to click a column header, and have that execute a 'Sort Rows B3 thru Y18 by column R in descending order'... Then, if I click the column header again, have it sort it in the opposite order.

Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

2011-06-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 6:57 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: I see 3.4.0 for Windows is 188 MB now. Do you remember how much it was in December .. 440 MB. Wow, great work from all the devs, full time (paid) and part time volunteers, that helped with this! Agree 1000% with that... and it is much less of an issue

Re: [libreoffice-users] Add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns?

2011-06-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 8:27 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Sadly if you want to go from Buckingham Palace to Marble Arch you can't choose to go by ocean liner, at least not until after doing massive engineering works or using enough explosives to blow a decently large hole in the centre of London. If

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Wayne Stidolph
This happened to me yesterday; I switched to fullscreen in Draw (but Impress was also open, as I recall) and was logged out (back to the login prompt). I was using LO 3.4 on gnome 2, Fedora 14 x86_64, with the kmod-nvidia drivers on a Nvidia 8600 chip. It wasn't repeatable, though - I reopened the

Re: Testing 3.4.0 beside 3.3.2 (Was Re: [libreoffice-users] helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal)

2011-06-13 Thread upscope
On Monday, June 13, 2011 02:18:38 AM Cor Nouws wrote: Hi, upscope wrote (11-06-11 19:39) Can you install both at same time? A new release candidate or final release, replaces the previous one. This is common practice. But yes, you can install it without 3.3.2 being removed. See:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2011-06-13, Karsten Breitig wrote: Von: Marcello Romani mrom...@ottotecnica.com Il 12/06/2011 23:19, Karsten Breitig ha scritto: I've got some issues with LibreOffice 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 (Unity). I have a presentation file here (.odp, used to be .pptx). When I open it, the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Karsten Breitig
Hi Nuno, thanks for the hint! I'd like to find out about my video card, unfortunately, I'm not sure how. Here's some data about my hardware, I hope, you'll find the answers there: http://paste.ubuntuusers.de/400757/ And you are right, when I get logged off, I see the login screen again. Thank

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Great, this is all sounding a LOT more positive! Regards from Tom :) From: Karsten Breitig kbrei...@gmx.de To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 13 June, 2011 20:50:33 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out Hi Nuno,

[libreoffice-users] Windows Vista installation error

2011-06-13 Thread Geoff Bullock
I get the attached error message and installation ends. Any advice? Geoffrey S. Bullock A+, Network+, Security+ Certified Professional MCP bullockge...@yahoo.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreysbullock Home: 732-957-9711 Mobile: 732-299-1158 -.- -.-. ..--- .- -- .- -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows Vista installation error

2011-06-13 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2011-06-13, Geoff Bullock wrote: I get the attached error message and installation ends. This mailing list does not allow attachments, so your screnshot got removed. Can you upload the image somewhere and link it here, or perhaps write here the content of the error message? If you don't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.4.0 only works with adminstrator rights

2011-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Superb!! Nicely done :) Regards from Tom :) From: urly ulrich.carri...@gmx.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 13 June, 2011 16:08:06 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.4.0 only works with adminstrator rights Problem solved : only Java 7 beta

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Fer
Hi people, this seems like a Ubuntu 11.04 bug that causes random logout. See Bug 778490 in launchpad. On 6/13/11, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Great, this is all sounding a LOT more positive! Regards from Tom :) From: Karsten Breitig

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Fer
Here is the bugfix https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/774978 Maybe update-manager can help? On 6/13/11, Fer fere...@gmail.com wrote: Hi people, this seems like a Ubuntu 11.04 bug that causes random logout. See Bug 778490 in launchpad. On 6/13/11, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows Open with - reprise - Call for a cleaner

2011-06-13 Thread John B
Dear Tom Roxy /i remember this one getting to a slightly unsatisfactory but 'good enough' result?/ Yes; Thanks to both of you ( and the others for their comments). I can see how easy it is to get off track. I installed the free version of Revo-Uninstaller - brilliant I then tried it out

Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows Open with - reprise - Call for a cleaner

2011-06-13 Thread Roxy Robinson
!-- body{font-family:'Arial';font-size:11pt;font-color:'#00';} LI{display:list-item;margin:0.00in;} p{display:block;margin:0.00in;} body{} --John B, BE SURE when you do the step below that you put a check (tick) by the box that says Always use the selected program to open this kind of file.

Re: [libreoffice-users] General input/output error when saving to network drive

2011-06-13 Thread planas
Hi, On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 21:24 -0700, protonpusher wrote: I am having a problem saving documents to a share on a network drive. When I attempt to save a file in Libreoffice to a network share I get the message: Error saving the document Untitled1: General Error. General input/output