Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice / OpenOffice Calc very slow with Excel File

2011-09-26 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Bill, Bill Gradwohl wrote (25-09-11 23:59) On 09/25/2011 12:37 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: However, the file turns out to have 41472 empty (?) graphics on the second sheet ... This creation of objects is earily similar to the problems I encountered where I would have numerous hidden buttons on a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice / OpenOffice Calc very slow with Excel File

2011-09-26 Thread Cor Nouws
NoOp wrote (26-09-11 01:34) Windows XP (same virtual machine - only 1MB memory assigned): Excel 2003 opens, little slow on 'SHR' sheet, but usable I did a test with Excel 2010 on a VM. Has some problems too. Crashed at first attempt to open. So I would not be surprised if there is something

[libreoffice-users] template

2011-09-26 Thread Howard Barr
Hi, I love my LibreOffice. I made a template our group can use to print business cards with their name and address. We are a volunteer group spread out all over the country and it would be nice if they could login to our home page, access the template, use the screen to type in their details

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice / OpenOffice Calc very slow with Excel File

2011-09-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 25.09.2011 23:59, Bill Gradwohl wrote: On 09/25/2011 12:37 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: However, the file turns out to have 41472 empty (?) graphics on the second sheet ... Cor: This creation of objects is earily similar to the problems I encountered where I would have numerous hidden buttons on a

[libreoffice-users]

2011-09-26 Thread Jeremy J. Shapiro
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Two dictionary questions

2011-09-26 Thread Guy Voets
2011/9/26 Jeremy J. Shapiro jshap...@fielding.edu: 1)  What path do the dictionaries need to be locate such that LibreOffice will consult them and enable one to add words to them? 2)  Is there a way to get LibreOffice to consult more than one dictionary for a text that has sections in or

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice impress can converts from pptx to jpeg multi-page, this is possible?

2011-09-26 Thread e-letter
On 25/09/2011, manuel muzzurru manuel_songo...@yahoo.it wrote: hello i like very libreoffice, thank you team libreoffice! then i need to ask you, i hvae pptx convert to jpeg but with multi-page because i have 200 pages, i did try: fileexport...save in jpegsize and quality, etc, exported

[libreoffice-users] Auto-Update a Report

2011-09-26 Thread Ian Whitfield
Hi All Does anyone know of a good Tutorial to lay-out a Report in 'Write' that Auto-Updates from my Database in 'Base'?? Thanks in advance. Ian Whitfield Pretoria (OO 3.2.1 on Linux Mint 10 KDE) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] percentage to get number in Calc

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmm, i know BODMAS 'should' calculate that correctly but it's possible that a program or the person typing it in might incorrectly read an equation like that as = 556.85 / (646.15*100) Also any further calculations done using the correct percentage would have to remember to divide by 100

[libreoffice-users] Re: percentage to get number in Calc

2011-09-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 26.09.2011 05:58, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. A spreadsheet is a different way of working. At school we would have learned 556.85 /646.15*100 to calculate the percentage but formatting in the spreadsheet as a percentage saves multiplying by 100. steve But 86.17968 is wrong. 86.17968 does not

[libreoffice-users] Spell check not working

2011-09-26 Thread STRINGER LEON
Hi, I installed LO 3.4.3 (OOO340m1 Build 302) a few weeks ago and I've just noticed that the spell check (both AutoSpellCheck and Tools-Spelling and Grammar...) don't work. For AutoSpellCheck, mispelled words are not underlined. For Spelling and Grammar I just immediately get a message saying

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice impress can converts from pptx to jpeg multi-page, this is possible?

2011-09-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 23:29, manuel muzzurru manuel_songo...@yahoo.it wrote: ok but remember for new user has not experience like terminal or other software... i wanted that libreoffice has rich features until new user will be like and download libreoffice because libreoffice is rich

[libreoffice-users] Re: In Writer, how can I type characters from the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)?

2011-09-26 Thread dionysien
The *I*nternational *P*honetic *A*lphabet is a universal means of representing the speech sounds of any language. The corresponding chars can be found under /Phonetic Symbols/ in the list of http://unicode.org/charts/ Unicode 6.0 Character Code Charts . Although by far not as high that of CJK,

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice impress can converts from pptx to jpeg multi-page, this is possible?

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) To post a feature request or wish-list item this guide might have some useful points. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport I would [put [wishlist] in the subject line along with 2 or 3 keywords so people know what the issue is about.  Then one of the drop-downs, possibly

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: percentage to get number in Calc

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's not really wrong but there needs to be some indication that it is a percentage figure.  The original numbers don't really warrant more than 2 decimal places.  Another way of removing problems with ambiguity would be to write the equation as = 556.85 * 100 / 646.15 Then it doesn't

[libreoffice-users] Re: percentage to get number in Calc

2011-09-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 26.09.2011 14:58, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It's not really wrong but there needs to be some indication that it is a percentage figure. The original numbers don't really warrant more than 2 decimal places. Another way of removing problems with ambiguity would be to write the equation as =

[libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
I would like to request that LO get real newsgroups like Ubuntu (alt.os.linux.ubuntu) and MEPIS (alt.os.linux.mepis) have. Real newsgroups are more convenient to use, don't clog up newsreaders with unwanted notes, and don't waste time on cutesy web pages. LO is now an open source force (a good

[libreoffice-users] Error messages on starting LO

2011-09-26 Thread Rev. Nick Sharp
Whenever I open LibreOffice for the first time, whether it's a Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress or Base document, new or existing, I get two error messages popping up. The first says, Error loading BASIC of document file:///c:/Users/Nick/AppData/Roaming/LibreOffice/3/user/basic/dialog.xlc: General

Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 09/26/2011 04:25 PM, dave boland wrote: I would like to request that LO get real newsgroups like Ubuntu (alt.os.linux.ubuntu) and MEPIS (alt.os.linux.mepis) have. Have you heard about Gmane? You can have this list as newgroup with this.

[libreoffice-users] Re: template

2011-09-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 26/09/11 07:49, Howard Barr a écrit : As the French say : Vous avez le choix d'armes, or choice of weapons is yours... I made a template our group can use to print business cards with their name and address. We are a volunteer group spread out all over the country and it would be nice if

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-26 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hi Tom, Today I tried to download and then activate the MySQL Native Connector you put on LO-Extensions. However, I still get the error message loading component library failed. file:///home.../.../..32bit.oxt/mysqlc.uno.so. Any idea what could be the reason? The only thing I can think of is

[libreoffice-users] Relational database example help

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
I have been messing around with Base for a relational application. The User Guide mentions the word relational twice, but offers no examples/explanations. That really needs to be changed. In the mean time, perhaps someone could write up a quick procedure for the simple example I have below. My

Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
I'm not interested in a web based system -- too slow, reg, req'd., etc. Make it regular newsgroups like Ubuntu and Mepis. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 4:55 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby miham...@rktmb.org wrote: On 09/26/2011 04:25 PM, dave boland wrote: I would like to request that

[libreoffice-users] preservation of views and personal settings

2011-09-26 Thread e-letter
Readers, A couple of annoying interface behaviours: personal toolbar preferences (e.g. visible 'load url bar') and in impress, to be able to disable the view of the task bar. Is there an obscure settings file that can be accessed and copied for new installations of LO? Personalising each

[libreoffice-users] Re: Relational database example help

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
Looks like my net connection went out before this was posted, so this is attempt 2. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 10:14 AM, dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm wrote: I have been messing around with Base for a relational application. The User Guide mentions the word relational twice, but

[libreoffice-users] LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
I have Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and a PPA for LO, but I have yet to see an update from my 3.3.2 to the current 3.3.4. Do I need to add another PPA or do something else? Thanks, Dave -- dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an

[libreoffice-users] Re: Relational database example help

2011-09-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 26.09.2011 16:26, dave boland wrote: Looks like my net connection went out before this was posted, so this is attempt 2. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 10:14 AM, dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm wrote: I have been messing around with Base for a relational application. The User Guide

Re: [libreoffice-users] Two dictionary questions

2011-09-26 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 09/26/2011 12:05 AM, Jeremy J. Shapiro wrote: 1) What path do the dictionaries need to be locate such that LibreOffice will consult them and enable one to add words to them? 2) Is there a way to get LibreOffice to consult more than one dictionary for a text that has sections in or words

[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Ken Springer
On 9/26/11 8:19 AM, dave boland wrote: I'm not interested in a web based system -- too slow, reg, req'd., etc. Make it regular newsgroups like Ubuntu and Mepis. Dave, May I suggest you reread about Gmane? I read my chosen LO lists via the Gmane interface, and I read it as a newsgroup in

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice impress can converts from pptx to jpeg multi-page, this is possible?

2011-09-26 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 09/26/2011 05:34 AM, e-letter wrote: On 25/09/2011, manuel muzzurrumanuel_songo...@yahoo.it wrote: hello i like very libreoffice, thank you team libreoffice! then i need to ask you, i hvae pptx convert to jpeg but with multi-page because i have 200 pages, i did try: fileexport...save in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 09/26/2011 05:19 PM, dave boland wrote: Make it regular newsgroups like Ubuntu and Mepis. Again, have a look at http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.user Ok... Let me explain, as you seem brain dead: 1°) On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Relational database example help

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
Andreas, You are sooo correct about messing around! That is why good documentation is so helpful. I have read the Base guide for LO, and it was helpful for simple applications, but not so helpful for mine. The link you pointed out is new to me, so I will need a few days to digest it all.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
Ken, I'm sorry -- it looked like a web interface when I went to the page. One question -- will I be able to post questions to the NG like I can with Ubuntu and Mepis? If I have all of the functionality of a regular NG, then I'm good to go. In the mean time, I'l have another look at Gmane.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
Ok, enough of the insults. If your not part of the answer, they you are part of the problem. So go back to doing something else so the adults can have a discussion. Dave On Monday, September 26, 2011 6:06 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby miham...@rktmb.org wrote: On 09/26/2011 05:19 PM, dave

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spell check not working

2011-09-26 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
For what OS and what conditions does this bug happen? I did not get this when I downloaded/installed LO 3.4.3 yesterday on a clean install Compaq Win XP system. But I also add Language Tool and Linguist, plus other default extension before I start using LO. So that may help the issue.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Error messages on starting LO

2011-09-26 Thread NoOp
On 09/26/2011 06:43 AM, Rev. Nick Sharp wrote: Whenever I open LibreOffice for the first time, whether it's a Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress or Base document, new or existing, I get two error messages popping up. The first says, Error loading BASIC of document

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spell check not working

2011-09-26 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, please have a look at the bug report (only 91 comments) ... ;) I think it's principally a Windows bug, especially Win7. Registering/synchronizing the bundled dictionary extensions is broken, the user profile (of a previous LibO installation) doesn't get the new values of the upgraded LibO

[libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 26/09/11 16:07, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit : Hi Heinrich, Today I tried to download and then activate the MySQL Native Connector you put on LO-Extensions. However, I still get the error message loading component library failed. file:///home.../.../..32bit.oxt/mysqlc.uno.so. Any idea

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spell check not working

2011-09-26 Thread Spencer Graves
I had this problem and fixed it after someone on this list directed me to something like spell checking not working in LBO 3.4.3 http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spell-checking-not-working-in-LBO-3-4-3-tt3299202.html#a3302339;. Specifically, I found path:

[libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 18/09/11 20:09, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit : Hi Heinrich, Do you have pyuno (python-uno component loader) installed by any chance? Alex -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Ken Springer
On 9/26/11 9:47 AM, dave boland wrote: Ken, I'm sorry -- it looked like a web interface when I went to the page. One question -- will I be able to post questions to the NG like I can with Ubuntu and Mepis? If I have all of the functionality of a regular NG, then I'm good to go. In the mean

[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Stefan Gruber
+1 Stefan Gruber -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive:

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04

2011-09-26 Thread Tom
Hi :) The 3.3.2 has fairly long term support so there is no problem with staying with it. The newer features are mostly in the 3.4.x branch but then that tends not to have the stability/support and might need upgrading much more often. The 3.4.3 apparently gives the best of both but like you i'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread James Wilde
Well, there's a slight snag here, due to be solved real soon now. As I understand it, the mailing list program used by libreoffice in its present version can not accept unmoderated posts sent via gmane unless the sender is also registered with libreoffice. Also as I understand it, this is due

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Error messages on starting LO

2011-09-26 Thread Rev. Nick Sharp
Thanks - that did the trick. N On 26 September 2011 17:21, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 09/26/2011 06:43 AM, Rev. Nick Sharp wrote: Whenever I open LibreOffice for the first time, whether it's a Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress or Base document, new or existing, I get two error messages

Re: [libreoffice-users] preservation of views and personal settings

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Once you have 1 machine set-up right (or at least good enough) then you can usefully copypaste the entire user-profile onto other machines, even across different platforms!  I copied the whole .libreoffice folder to usb-stick and onto the network and then pasted it to several different

[libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-26 Thread Tom
Hi :) Thanks for the flowers but it's Alex that has been doing all the work on this. It's an interesting topic and it would be great to have the connector available for download or perhaps even better might be to have simple instructions available so that non-programmers (like me) can build it

[libreoffice-users] Formula not working in new version

2011-09-26 Thread mattlokk
I recently re-formatted my drive, and when i re-installed Libre Office (v 3.4.3) it is no longer evaluating my formulas. Well... some formulas work, but something very simple like: =SUM(D3 + A4 - B4) no longer works for me. Maybe I should just go back to v 3.3.4 -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Relational database example help

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
Thanks Alex. I was unaware of form binding. This may be a great answer for this situation. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 7:29 PM, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: Le 26/09/11 16:14, dave boland a écrit : Hi Dave, You will have to decide which form is going to be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
Tom, Thanks for the note. I was concerned that the Ubuntu Update Manager never seems to have LO updates. I like to stay current, but I also want to stay stable. So I'll wait and hopefully when things are sorted out there will be an update. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 11:15 AM, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
James, Thanks for the very clear post on the subject. I have no problem with a delay of minutes to an hour -- nothing is so important it can't wait a few minutes. So, I'll not change anything for now. Instead, I'll try to figure out this gmane thing. I've been subscribed to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Ken Springer
On 9/26/11 1:16 PM, dave boland wrote: Instead, I'll try to figure out this gmane thing. I've been subscribed to: gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.documentation for a few months, but there are never any updates to it, so something needs to get fixed. A short time back, the email

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formula not working in new version

2011-09-26 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Mattlokk, mattlokk wrote (26-09-11 20:09) I recently re-formatted my drive, and when i re-installed Libre Office (v 3.4.3) it is no longer evaluating my formulas. Well... some formulas work, but something very simple like: =SUM(D3 + A4 - B4) no longer works for me. Simply works correct

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: percentage to get number in Calc

2011-09-26 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 26/09/11 23:25, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 26.09.2011 05:58, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. A spreadsheet is a different way of working. At school we would have learned 556.85 /646.15*100 to calculate the percentage but formatting in the spreadsheet as a percentage saves multiplying by 100. steve

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
This is why I r e a l l y think that it is time to go to regular newsgroups -- a lot less fussing for the user. I have been on the gmane sight twice, and I still don't see how to subscribe. It is not worth the bother! Spam aside, what are the objections to regular newsgroups? It just seems

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread jomali
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:38 PM, dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm wrote: This is why I r e a l l y think that it is time to go to regular newsgroups -- a lot less fussing for the user. I have been on the gmane sight twice, and I still don't see how to subscribe. It is not worth the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread planas
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 10:19 -0400, dave boland wrote: I'm not interested in a web based system -- too slow, reg, req'd., etc. Make it regular newsgroups like Ubuntu and Mepis. Dave, +1, I even download my gmail using a pop connection. On Monday, September 26, 2011 4:55 PM,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread planas
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 15:50 -0400, jomali wrote: On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:38 PM, dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm wrote: This is why I r e a l l y think that it is time to go to regular newsgroups -- a lot less fussing for the user. I have been on the gmane sight twice, and I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: percentage to get number in Calc

2011-09-26 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:58:52 +0100 (BST) It depends on what the user wants in the cell. If he wants the actual percentage then use proper mathematical notation and write it as (556.85/646.15)*100. That way there is no ambiguity for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the original poster was just curious why there haven't been any updates but i'm not entirely certain.  A lot of people prefer to stay with the repos and rarely even use ppas let alone installing directly from unfamiliar websites.  It's good to have the choice :)  I'm happily

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The home page is http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Main_Page The Documentation pages don't yet have an area like the Community Documentation for Ubuntu or other distros but i guess we could go that way.  If you do a rough draft of a wiki-page then hopefully other people would tidy it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04

2011-09-26 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I do not use PPAs. I either get from the repositories from Ubuntu or from the software's site. I have only about 3 or 4 packages, other than LO, that I use that are not either in the Ubuntu repositories anymore, or never was there in the first place. The fact that packages like LO are

[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Ken Springer
Hi, Tom, On 9/26/11 6:31 PM, Tom Davies wrote: He wrote something... I was going to ask you a question, but it's not worth the time to edit your Yahoo post. :-) -- Ken Mac OS X 10.6.8 Firefox 6.0.2 Thunderbird 6.0.2 LibreOffice 3.3.3 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
I can get gmane to list all of the subscribed LO newsgroups and it contains all of the messages in this thread. Not sure how that happened, but... I'm not able to post to the group though, so this is of no value to me until I can. If posting instructions works for all of you then I'm ok with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
I'm fine with the situation. I was concerned that I had missed something, but it looks I'm ok. So, I'll wait until LO is ready for the next release. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 4:29 PM, Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) I'm not expecting any up-dates tbh. LibreOffice does

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04

2011-09-26 Thread dave boland
I use 32-bit, Desktop. I would do the download, but it appears that there is no urgent reason to do so. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 7:50 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Are you running 32 or 64 bit version of Ubuntu? Desktop or laptop?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread NoOp
On 09/26/2011 06:56 PM, dave boland wrote: I can get gmane to list all of the subscribed LO newsgroups and it contains all of the messages in this thread. Not sure how that happened, but... I'm not able to post to the group though, so this is of no value to me until I can. If posting

[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Ken Springer
On 9/26/11 7:56 PM, dave boland wrote: If posting instructions works for all of you then I'm ok with it, but I still think regular newsgroups are a better idea for almost everyone (though some obviously disagree). Let's see how simple I can make this work... :-) Let's start with this page:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 09/27/2011 05:42 AM, NoOp wrote: I'm still not sure why Linux distributions like Ubuntu would use regular newsgroups, but a major player like LO won't. I think this question needs a good answer. They don't. alt.os.linux.ubuntu isn't in*any way* related to any Ubuntu list, group, forum et

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 09/27/2011 05:55 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Why don't you read the thread, see if it's any help. He wants to read only through NNTP (regular newsgroup), he doesn't want to use Web. Please provide him a nntp://; URL otherwise he wont read it :-) Dave, by the way: do you know that Ubuntu

[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

2011-09-26 Thread Ken Springer
On 9/26/11 9:12 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: On 09/27/2011 05:55 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Why don't you read the thread, see if it's any help. He wants to read only through NNTP (regular newsgroup), he doesn't want to use Web. Please provide him a nntp://; URL otherwise he wont read it