Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Hello, Le 11/10/2012 02:22, Lostsoul a écrit : Ok using Libre version 3.6.2.2 and my auto spell doesn t and even worse when i click on manual spell check all i get is the stupid question do i want to start at the top; i click yes I think that question is not stupid. Some people just want to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Arstechnica about tech support

2012-10-11 Thread Sandy Harris
There's some good stuff about tech support ( much else) at userfriendly.org I like the Bastard Operator from Hell. http://bofh.ch/ -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

[libreoffice-users] Writer: word meaning and about information

2012-10-11 Thread Eneko Gotzon Ares
Good morning everybody! I'm just a beginner using LibreOffice (thanks so much for the suite!) and this is my first post to the list, so... be indulgent with me :) Question: in Writer I do not find how to obtain the meaning of a word, neither the –online– encyclopedic information about it.

[libreoffice-users] Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-11 Thread scott0711
Dear All: When import text with Chinese in Calc , the Chinese will overlap with others as picture attached. Is there any method to avoid ? or this is a bug. i found http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4012628/screenshot_145.bmp an company claim they had fix this on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-11 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
There was recently a thread with Japanese in Calc. Have a look in the nabble mail. Maybe there is a solution. If I am not completely mistaken I made a test with Japanese in Calc myself but don't recall if I reported a bug or not. import means copy and paste from another application like

[libreoffice-users] From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-11 Thread Kyla Robertson
Hello, I'm migrating from MS Word (Office 2002 !) to LibO Writer. In Word, my Normal.dot template contains many, many things: about 150 styles, 250 macros, some auto-insert texts, some custom shortcuts, many toolbars and custom buttons. How can I keep this all to use it with Writer? In

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Lostsoul
Nothing is working guess i ll have to find some remote view help and have them fix me up; can t find languages or styles and F11 does nothing for me - so far found no good help - later --- On Thu, 10/11/12, Jean-Francois Nifenecker [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Viral Orpe
Hi Tom :) Yahoo screen-shot was used as an example since Yahoo is omnipresent. You are most probably right about the yahoo data but I don't think they give out any data - just charts with the limited options that are on offer - chart type , data range, and a bouquet of indicators. I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Lostsoul
Can i save a document then re open it in Libre that re open in Libre are have it spelled checked to fix a mis spelled word that was missed earlyier and if so how? --- On Thu, 10/11/12, Jean-Francois Nifenecker [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n401262...@n3.nabble.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think just try exactly what you have described.  1.  Just save the file 2.  close the file 3.  double-click to open it 4.  click on the spell-check button If step 3 opens the file in anything other than LibreOffice then 1.  close the file again 2.  right-click on the file's icon, a menu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The LSE had the 'bright idea' of switching from their rock-solid highly-scalable unix-based Linux servers to MS servers.  After years of planning and heavy investment they flicked the switch to change everything over to Windows and all the machines in the building just died.  It took a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: removing AbiWord from Ubuntu 12.04 kills LO desktop-menus

2012-10-11 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 10/10/2012 07:02 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 10.10.2012 17:21, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I noticed that AbiWord was the default ODF file reader when I right-click on a document created with LO. I just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04.1 64-bit from 10.04. When I use the package manager to remove

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The copyright notice is on http://www.nseindia.com/copyright.htm and says Copyright Except as specifically permitted herein the Exchange is the owner of copyright in all information featured on this website and no portion of the information on this website may be reproduced on or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread rost52
Tom, interesting information about the usage of MS at stock-exchange operations Viral, I don't recall if it was mentioned or not but did you ever consider to use base to collect the data, run queries and do calculations and get all displayed in report based charts. On 11.10.2012 21:28, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You could try a few screenshots and upload them to this thread through Nabble.  Also you might find some help in documentation http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications However, i suspect that your install went wrong somewhere.  Where you able to check the md5sum or

[libreoffice-users] Color cursor (active cell) on calc

2012-10-11 Thread Àngel mompó
I am using Libreofice Calc version 3.6.2.2 I have a group of cells witha a black 1pt border so i find dificult to see at witch cell the cursor is. Is there any way to change the color and or other characteristics of the cursor? -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-11 Thread Tom
Hi :) I think the Japanese thread might have been a l time ago now. Depends how recently things have to be to count as being recent. I guess. I did a quick search of Nabble and got http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble-mailing-list-interface/ but it looked like the most

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre office using MSVCR90.dll cause Explorer to crash?

2012-10-11 Thread Jay Lozier
On 10/11/2012 12:53 AM, Carl von Bell wrote: On 10/10/2012 2:10 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 10/10/2012 01:13 AM, Carl von Bell wrote: On 10/10/2012 12:06 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 10/09/2012 09:02 AM, Carl von Bell wrote: Friends I got this really strange problem affecting Windows Explorer. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: word meaning and about information

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think just googling words is likely to get a better list of dictionaries and thus a better idea of what the word means.  It might be a good idea to post a feature request about getting something like that added to LibreOffice!  It might be a nice touch.  I guess problems would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Color cursor (active cell) on calc

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You can change a lot of the colours by going to Tools - Options - Appearance On the docs list apparently some people find it best to change the colour of the page-end because it's defaults to light grey against a light grey background.  I guess it's not particularly an issue for most

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-11 Thread scott0711
Thanks Tom: Ihe picture which i posted was made this afternoon, Taiwan time. Maybe i did not explain it clearly. The Libeoffice version is 3.6.2, and the encoding of Chinese is utf-8. No matter is utf-8, unicode, big5 it happens the same. oh, Import file means open a text file, and set

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That was rumourgossip about the LSE, not information as such and i can't verify it right now.  I should make some effort to look it up rather than claim it as fact which it clearly isn't.  Usually i put disclaimers in every unverifiable statement, such as allegedly or apparently or

[libreoffice-users] Re: Color cursor (active cell) on calc

2012-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.10.2012 15:38, Àngel mompó wrote: I am using Libreofice Calc version 3.6.2.2 I have a group of cells witha a black 1pt border so i find dificult to see at witch cell the cursor is. Is there any way to change the color and or other characteristics of the cursor? A macro

[libreoffice-users] Re: Color cursor (active cell) on calc

2012-10-11 Thread Àngel mompó
Thanks Tom I can configure the color changing the field Font color and it changes the color of everything writed with the default color, not only the cursor. It afects also to Writter, for example. Àngel -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
This has been a recurring issue that happens to people since 3.4.x came out. Some people get this issue, while others do not. Some people fix it by removing the user profile [in various places depending on the system], and then allowing LO to recreate it. Others fixed the problem with a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Color cursor (active cell) on calc

2012-10-11 Thread Dan Lewis
On 10/11/2012 10:59 AM, Àngel mompó wrote: Thanks Tom I can configure the color changing the field Font color and it changes the color of everything writed with the default color, not only the cursor. It afects also to Writter, for example. Àngel -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: word meaning and about information

2012-10-11 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
There is an OFFLINE dictionary package, for Windows and Linux, called Artha. Once installed and started it will reside in memory to the point that a hot key ctrl-alt-w will open its window. It is an offline dictionary and thesaurus, so it is good for those people who do not want to do an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Viral Orpe
Hi :) Actually I do not have that much acquaintance with LO. I moved from MS to GL last week and had to immediately work on spreadsheets - my bread and butter! Thanks to various inputs here, I was able to get done something I just wished for soo looong. I guess by base you mean the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: word meaning and about information

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahhah.  I thought it was just a words list rather than giving meanings too.  i vaguely recognise the name so it must be good!  I never recognise the names of computer dictionaries except ones that used to be well-renowned printed tomes. Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Color cursor (active cell) on calc

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks Angel :)  Aaaargh, that control panel thing reminded me of a previous colleague that had a cute purple dragon instead of a mouse arrow!  I kept wishing it would keep all the random toolbars at bay but she loved installing them and generally encouraging malware to breed on her

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Viral Orpe
Hi Tom :) Thanks for bringing the copy-right to my attention. Although stock markets here are quite old -       http://www.bseindia.com/     ... Established in 1875, BSE Ltd. (formerly known as Bombay     Stock Exchange Ltd.), is Asia’s first Stock Exchange and one     of India’s leading

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: removing AbiWord from Ubuntu 12.04 kills LO desktop-menus

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think removing stuff by using the command-line takes away the same dependencies that any of the package managers would.  They all use the same command-line tools after all. Regards from Tom :)  From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, i would try opening the template and then do File - Save As .. and save the document as an OpenDocument Format template.  I'm not sure if it would work but it's got to be worth trying.  Regards from Tom :) From: Andreas Säger

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS problems

2012-10-11 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 06/10/12 20:49, Wolfgang Keller wrote: That's what I call ignorance. Ignorance plus unwillingness to inform oneself to remedy that ignorance equals idiocy. I don't have anything against idiots, as long as they don't impose their idiocy onto me. I'm not sure you can blame it on ignorance.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) They might not be looking for it because they don't realise it's possible.  Once you have done it, if you do, then people might suddenly wonder why it's not already up there.  So copyright it if you can.  Creative Commons have some good licenses that might be appropriate.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Color cursor (active cell) on calc

2012-10-11 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Àngel, Àngel mompó schrieb: I am using Libreofice Calc version 3.6.2.2 I have a group of cells witha a black 1pt border so i find dificult to see at witch cell the cursor is. Is there any way to change the color and or other characteristics of the cursor? I don't know a way to change

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS problems

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) People like to feel special and feel they have earned a reward.  So, discounts work better than just being free.  After all if it's free it's not worth anything and if it's not worth anything then is it really worth having at all?  Also if it was free that that just shows how highly my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-11 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 11/10/12 13:27, Andreas Säger wrote: This is not a free clone of some other program. All it can do is loading .doc files fairly well. Please switch to this software or stay with WinWord. And with that attitude on a help list, LO is never likely to become any sort of threat to MS Office,

[libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.10.2012 18:36, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 11/10/12 13:27, Andreas Säger wrote: This is not a free clone of some other program. All it can do is loading .doc files fairly well. Please switch to this software or stay with WinWord. And with that attitude on a help list, LO is never

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought a few people here would be interested in the article spotted by Jean of the Docs, Marketing and Memberships Teams. I have been looking for this all week and at last found it again :)  So, hopefully there is likely to be much greater uptake of LO by Mac users.  Regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) And all the offices will close and money will cease to be important and there will be peace and happiness everywhere like Star Trek.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 11

[libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.10.2012 19:59, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) And all the offices will close and money will cease to be important and there will be peace and happiness everywhere like Star Trek. Regards from Tom :) However, Kyla R. asked how to fuel up her new e-car and the answer is that you must

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-11 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
It is nice to see that MacWorld Australia states that LibreOffice is a must have app/package. I wonder if the MacWorld for the USA and Europe would have the same statement. Be nice to have LO listed in the must have category in the various Windows magazines. We could use more Windows

[libreoffice-users] function concatenate

2012-10-11 Thread yahoo-pier_andreit
is there any way to have concatenate function works like sum?? they are the same function but the first with words the second with numbers for example =SUM(a1:a10) sum all the numbers from a1 to a10 =CONCATENATE(a1:a10) should put one after the other the words from a1 to a10 but it doesn't works

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 11 Oct 2012, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) That was rumourgossip about the LSE, not information as such and i can't verify it right now.  I should make some effort to look it up rather than claim it as fact which it clearly isn't.  Usually i put disclaimers in every unverifiable

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Superb!!  Thanks Felmon :)  again :) SUSE are a supporter of LO right?  They even supply paid dev time to the project and chosen at least one superb person that has put far more in than he gets paid for.  I guess next test is finding the reliable graphs of various stats  about the

Re: [libreoffice-users] pcl overlay

2012-10-11 Thread anne-ology
merci beaucoup. On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net wrote: Le 11/10/2012 00:09, anne-ology a écrit : Pardon moi francais, mais je suis essayer t'aider. :) Il existe divers programme faire ca; LO ne

Re: [libreoffice-users] Arstechnica about tech support

2012-10-11 Thread anne-ology
ah, yes, the Peter Principle ;-) On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Hi :) None of those things seem to happen. Knowledgeable people often seem to be restricted accesses to prevent them being able to do anything without first having to ask

Re: [libreoffice-users] function concatenate

2012-10-11 Thread Rolf Lochbühler
Not sure if there's a way to do that with functions. How about this Basic macro? ~ Option Explicit Public Function CONCAT( ByRef rng As Variant ) As String Dim i, k As Long CONCAT = For i = 1 To UBound( rng(), 1 ) For k = 1 To UBound( rng(), 2 )

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.10.2012 20:46, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: It is nice to see that MacWorld Australia states that LibreOffice is a must have app/package. I wonder if the MacWorld for the USA and Europe would have the same statement. Be nice to have LO listed in the must have category in the various

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Lostsoul
Its very flakely can t figure out why it says spell check is done and doc still has errors and why does it always ask do i want to start at the top and why can t it spell check docs that i copy then paste into it; seems to like new docs only and once a new doc gets saved it won t spell check it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Robert Burns
Ok will try your steps this evening and using win 7 64 bit  -  later --- On Thu, 10/11/12, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . To: Lostsoul joyseyh...@yahoo.com,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Lostsoul
Ok once i get this into english i will try it so annoying never have a problem with vista but it hates win 7 64 bit for some reason -  later . . --- On Thu, 10/11/12, krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4012727...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From: krackedpress [via

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Robert Burns
Hummm thinking wonder if i could copy and paste a doc to Libre then follow you ideas or do i have to invent;  type up a new doc and tryed out Open Office and I B M  lotus and they both hate both windows 7 amazing that can t get fixed so far;  looking at other office programs maybe they all

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you already have a Word document or some other document then you can try opening it in LibreOffice.  You don't even need to copypaste!  Just try 1.  relax, grab a cuppa tea 2.  right-click on the file's icon, a menu should appear 3.  in that right-click menu choose Open with ... 4. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
I know many users that have Win7 and their LO package works fine. I know of users that have this spelling issue with Vista and XP. It is not an issue that can be easily replicated, since only a few people seem to have trouble with the spell checking system. If the issue cannot be easy

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I prefer LO on Windows even though i have a choice of MSO 2007 and 2010 on the same machine.  All 3 installed but LO handles graphics better.  Plus it doesn't keep changing styles, languages, indentations, size of bullet-points and it keeps track of numbers better in numbered lists.  Also

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-11 Thread Lostsoul
Ok  what is Ubuntu i have no idea; never used it so whats the 411 on it; hows it work and whats the checking system you use maybe i should try it hum; might help me nail and fix the no spell check   -  later  .  .  . --- On Thu, 10/11/12, krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]

[libreoffice-users] Extract Text From PPT

2012-10-11 Thread Keith Bates
Hi, I don't use Impress, powerpoint etc much at all so if this is a stupid question, I apologise. Someone has sent me a long presentation in ppt format which consists mainly of text. It is somewhat annoying to try to read and absorb the intent of the text. Is there a simple way to extract

Re: [libreoffice-users] Extract Text From PPT

2012-10-11 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:37 12/10/2012 +1100, Keith Bates wrote: I don't use Impress, powerpoint etc much at all so if this is a stupid question, I apologise. Not stupid at all ... Someone has sent me a long presentation in ppt format which consists mainly of text. It is somewhat annoying to try to read and