Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Installation

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A normal install (instead of your script) offers tick-boxes for the main MS file-types so presumably they can be changed by editing the script.  I think the normal installers default is to leave the MS file-types to be opened by whatever was opening them previously.  I don't know what

[libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It's excellent that there are multiple products available to produce ODF files, but I digress). There are many bugs concerning this feature, which is surprising. In the typical collaborative

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) imo both, or all 3.  A few people that i share documents with have been persuaded into installing or already have OpenOffice or LO.  I have installed LO on all the machines at work.  People generally remain MS users but every once in a while they find documents open in LO.  My own

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: ApacheOpenOffice and LibrOffice migration and sharing acor_en-US.dat

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry i was only able to give an idea of an answer to the 1st part of your 1st question and the 1st part of your 2nd question.  I feel a bit uncomforatble about using # because in coding it's often used to comment out a section so that the program ignores that line.  It's good for adding

[libreoffice-users] Fwd: Printing Labels From Google Address Book

2012-12-19 Thread Keith Bates
Hello, Having just finished my annual Christmas card mail out and mastering the arcane wizardry of producing labels from a database, I realised that my address list is greatly out of date. It occurred to me that rather than trying to maintain a separate database which I use exactly once a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: Printing Labels From Google Address Book

2012-12-19 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
The first thing it comes to my mind is to export from Google in CSV format, and then re-open it in Calc. From there You should be able to easily convert it into a LO DB. Regards. --- Gabriele Ponzo 2012/12/19 Keith Bates ke...@new-life.org.au: Hello, Having just finished my annual

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/19/2012 04:09 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) imo both, or all 3. A few people that i share documents with have been persuaded into installing or already have OpenOffice or LO. I have installed LO on all the machines at work. People generally remain MS users but every once in a while they

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Bobby kneisel
Unfortunately, where I work, this feature is used heavily ( and yest it is really, really annoying) but is considered a must have for our environment. Bobby Kneisel Owner KTech Solutions bobby.knei...@ktechsolutionsllc.com 614.398.0999 On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Jay Lozier

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Sandy Harris
Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: The track changes thing is far too advanced for most office workers i know of. When i tried to get people into it they complained that all the red crossings out and different colours was all t confusing. I have never seen anyone use this feature in

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread VA
In the legal field, the track changes feature is used a lot. Typically, one lawyer will draft a document, and send it off to another for revision. The document will go back and forth several times, with each lawyer adding his own changes. The track changes feature is most important. It actually

[libreoffice-users] Referring to an input list variable

2012-12-19 Thread Michael Nachtigal
Hi, there, everyone! I'd appreciate anyone replying who can help me with the following task. I will explain the task, what I've done, and what I've learned. I'll also ask for confirmation of my understanding of a few things. I'm trying to create a form that does two (main) things: Lets the user

[libreoffice-users] Re: ApacheOpenOffice and LibrOffice migration and sharing acor_en-US.dat

2012-12-19 Thread PeaceByJesus
Thanks again. I guess I will have to try it and see how it goes. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/ApacheOpenOffice-and-LibrOffice-migration-and-sharing-acor-en-US-dat-tp4025019p4025206.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For

[libreoffice-users] [Fwd: Referring to an input list variable]

2012-12-19 Thread Michael Nachtigal
Hi, there, everyone! I'd appreciate anyone replying who can help me with the following task. I will explain the task, what I've done, and what I've learned. I'll also ask for confirmation of my understanding of a few things. I'm trying to create a form that does two (main) things: Lets the user

[libreoffice-users] Libre Office Version 3.6.4.3 (Build ID: 2ef5aff)

2012-12-19 Thread Chris Heath
I have just upgraded to the above mentioned version running on Windows 7. When I load Libre Base with an existing database I can edit and save the database but Libre will not close without forcing it using Windows Task Manager. No data is lost but Libre will not close down properly. This

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Bobby kneisel wrote: Unfortunately, where I work, this feature is used heavily ( and yest it is really, really annoying) but is considered a must have for our environment. Bobby Kneisel I wouldn't call it 'must-have' in my environment (academic) yet but I am very

[libreoffice-users] Re: record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread NoOp
On 12/19/2012 12:26 AM, e-letter wrote: Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It's excellent that there are multiple ... And the link to that bug report is... ? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Robert Funnell
On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Felmon Davis wrote: On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Bobby kneisel wrote: Unfortunately, where I work, this feature is used heavily ( and yest it is really, really annoying) but is considered a must have for our environment. Bobby Kneisel I wouldn't call it 'must-have' in my

[libreoffice-users] typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

2012-12-19 Thread siren
in these months Libreoffice gained new useful features and team has fixed many long-time-unsolved bugs but there is a thing that, if we cannot strictly to define as a BUG, is, at least, a defect regarding the right typography I mean the behavior of footnotes versus the text body contained in

[libreoffice-users] typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

2012-12-19 Thread siren
in these months Libreoffice gained new useful features and team has fixed many long-time-unsolved bugs but there is a thing that, if we cannot strictly to define as a BUG, is, at least, a defect regarding the right typography I mean the behavior of footnotes versus the text body contained in

Re: [libreoffice-users] typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

2012-12-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 00:14 20/12/2012 +0800, Nobody Noname wrote: ... there is a thing that, if we cannot strictly to define as a BUG, is, at least, a defect regarding the right typography. I mean the behavior of footnotes versus the text body contained in subsequent pages. professionally formatted books,

Re: [libreoffice-users] typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not quite seeing the problem, or perhaps just not understanding it.  Admittedly not that unusual tbh.  In both (all 3?) cases the footnotes left and right margins appear to line up with the body of the document.  Both are slightly smaller font-size to help readers distinguish them

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Would an acceptable work-around be to send 2 versions of the document?  The old and the new?  In 'most' (?) cases people would hopefully already have the old version, or an even older one.  Then hopefully the Compare Documents feature in the various different programs might provide

Re: [libreoffice-users] typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Wow!!  Errr, is that something that LaTex or Scribus might be better at?  If so can they read and work with the output from LO? Regards from Tom :)  From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 20

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Tom Davies wrote: [... deleted text ...] Is there a good word to describe the feeling you get when you are unable to tear your eyes away from something fairly horrific that intrigues you and you are keen to see how it develops but at the same time knowing that it should

Re: [libreoffice-users] typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

2012-12-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 06:06 20/12/2012 +, Tom Davies wrote: At 04:18 20/12/2012 +, Brian Barker wrote: At 00:14 20/12/2012 +0800, Nobody Noname wrote: ... there is a thing that, if we cannot strictly to define as a BUG, is, at least, a defect regarding the right typography. I mean the behavior of

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/12/2012, Bobby kneisel bobby.knei...@ktechsolutionsllc.com wrote: Unfortunately, where I work, this feature is used heavily ( and yest it is really, really annoying) but is considered a must have for our environment. In this case there is no alternative but to use m$? -- For

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/12/2012, Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: I have never seen anyone use this feature in MSO (or LO). IMHO most people find the it confusing or annoying. What seemed to work best for most collaborative documents was to have one person be responsible for final edits after getting input

Re: [libreoffice-users] typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

2012-12-19 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:06:00 + (GMT) Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk dijo: Wow!!  Errr, is that something that LaTex or Scribus might be better at?  If so can they read and work with the output from LO? TeX, LaTeX, and their family can certainly do footnotes. However, I don't think they