[libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office Base

2015-07-20 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 17/07/2015 15:50, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, This does not work - You can enlarge the box but this only creates a larger gray area round two sides of the Check Box which keeps it's original size!!?? Yes, this is a longstanding known limitation of the tickbox control object. It can

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey

2015-07-20 Thread Andrea Venturoli
On 07/19/15 03:25, James E Lang wrote: The big discussion of Linux over the past 24+ hours has me wondering: What operating environment(s) do other members of this list use at home and at work? What factors influence the choice? I use LO 4.3 on a FreeBSD 10.1/amd64 laptop. On the desktop I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey

2015-07-20 Thread Harvey Nimmo
On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 21:43 -0400, James Knott wrote: On 07/18/2015 09:25 PM, James E Lang wrote: The big discussion of Linux over the past 24+ hours has me wondering: What operating environment(s) do other members of this list use at home and at work? What factors influence the choice?

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey

2015-07-20 Thread Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 07/18/2015 09:43 PM, James Knott wrote: On 07/18/2015 09:25 PM, James E Lang wrote: The big discussion of Linux over the past 24+ hours has me wondering: What operating environment(s) do other members of this list use at home and at work? What factors influence the choice? Personal: All

[libreoffice-users] Can I Edit Spell-check Word List

2015-07-20 Thread Hyran
Hi LibreOffice, I would like to customise my Spell-check Lexicon/Word List, i.e., I'd like to add a list of about 500 Afrikaans and Zulu words as well as unique terms to the spell-checker so as to avoid having to add each one individually as they occur as possible mistakes. Please advise how I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can I Edit Spell-check Word List

2015-07-20 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
It’s not too difficult. The dictionary used in a spelling check is a plain-text file that you can modify with a text editor, subject to a few conditions. I don’t know what operating system you are using, but on Ubuntu my English dictionary is at /usr/share/hunspell/en_IE.dic. If you are in South

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey

2015-07-20 Thread Ian Whitfield
_**_ *Hi All *After 25+ years in the Computer business I retired in the early 2000s. I had been involved with CP/M, DOS and Windows during this period and even did a Xenix Course at one time which I found interesting, (Unix was a propitiatory name in those days!!). I also played with Coral

[libreoffice-users] Re: Empty Rulers in Draw

2015-07-20 Thread alnuwer
You nailed it! I had the scale set very high - 40:1. Guess I'll just have to play with scale vs unit of measure vs page size to be able to use the rulers. Thanks for your help! Al On 7/19/2015 9:03 PM, Brian Barker [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] wrote: At 20:36 19/07/2015 -0700, Al

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can I Edit Spell-check Word List

2015-07-20 Thread toki
On 07/20/2015 01:12 PM, Hyran wrote: I would like to customise my Spell-check Lexicon/Word List, i.e., I'd like to add a list of about 500 Afrikaans and Zulu words Are these words that are not in the current Afrikaans Zulu dictionaries? jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can I Edit Spell-check Word List

2015-07-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:12 20/07/2015 +0200, Hyran Cook wrote: I would like to customise my Spell-check Lexicon/Word List, i.e., I'd like to add a list of about 500 Afrikaans and Zulu words as well as unique terms to the spell-checker so as to avoid having to add each one individually as they occur as possible

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey

2015-07-20 Thread Helen
I am not young (as someone suggested early on that Linux users usually are). I have Linux lxle on one desktop, opensuse on another desktop, and ubuntu on a very very old laptop. No windows products. Android tablet. On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 9:43 PM, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: On

RE: [libreoffice-users] Can I Edit Spell-check Word List

2015-07-20 Thread Hyran
Hi Brian, Siabonga, Siabonga! = Thank You, Thank You! I tried your third option, adding all the words to the standard.dic in a single cut--paste. It worked like a bomb - no hassles! So, since you're so helpful, have you got some money to lend me? (Ha-Ha! - Júh Skidding!) Regards, Hyran Cook