Hi, all.
This isn't the first time this has happened, although it's been a while. After
my PC rebooted, when I start LibreOffice it's acting as though it's a brand-new
installation. There is no display of historical documents, and I'm pretty sure
based on experience that if I actually go any
Chris,
I'm not sure exactly what the problem is. I hyphenate things all the time with
no problems.
If Regina's suggestion is what you need, you can also insert the non-breaking
hyphen with Ctrl-Shift-Hyphen (much faster for me, anyway, then having to move
my hand to the mouse).
Dave
On
guage shows at the bottom of the window frame. (mine is
> English(UK)
> What decimal separator is shown in Tools>Options>Language settings
> Steve
>
> On 09/08/2022 12:18, Dave Liesse wrote:
> > Hi, all. It's been a long time since I've run into a problem of any
> > signif
Hi, all. It's been a long time since I've run into a problem of any
significance, so posting here before I look up how to report a bug (partly to
see if this really is one).
In a Writer document, I have three Right tab stops set, to show staggered
columns of numbers. When I type a large
I don't have the older version anymore, but it might still be under Edit
... Fill. (Took me forever to find the new location in v5.whatever-I-have).
Dave
On 1/12/2017 13:34, toki wrote:
On 01/12/2017 09:09 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote:
Where is "Sheet"? I don't see it on any of the menu
I'm noticing some behavior recently that I don't like. When I installed
v5.2.1.2, though, I seem to have eliminated all my existing profile
information so I'm hoping that on the first item, at least, there's just
a setting that I haven't been able to find.
1. In Writer, I keep seeing
> LO > Advanced :: Expert Configuration | Search for
PickListSize
Set to value desired (including zero).
Keyboard shortcuts are changed
For maximum productivity set your own KB shortcuts under Tools > Customize.
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Dave Liesse <dslie...@liessefamily.ne
Okay, I'll take back part of what I said. I just reinstalled, and the
destination option does, indeed, appear. It's just so unobtrusive that
I didn't see it the first time.
On 10/14/2016 13:01, Dave Liesse wrote:
As I might have said when I posted a question about opening a
password
As I might have said when I posted a question about opening a
password-protected Excel file, I updated LO to v5.2.1.2. Still can't
open that file, but that's not what this post is about.
One reason I delayed updating is what I read with regard to v4 -- the
icons in the menu bars are
Is LO capable of opening an XLSX file that has a password? I tried it
with v4.0 and LO thought it was a CSV file. I just tried with v5.2.1.2
and LO at least recognizes that there's a password but won't accept it.
I'm sure this isn't the only client that's going to do this to me, so
want to
This was my initial thought, as well. A problem-solving tool like Lingo
(which I used in my Operations Research class 10 years ago and still
find useful) would be perfectly suited to something like this.
Dave Liesse
On 8/22/2016 11:16, Brian Barker wrote:
This problem may be of the sort
This is my busy season at work so I haven't had a lot of time, yet, but
I downloaded the PDF version and took a quick look at a couple of
chapters I need the most. I'm quite impressed. Good job!
Dave Liesse
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-displaying calculated fields? That's the only thing that
comes to mind.
Dave Liesse
On 3/15/2016 10:14, John R. Sowden wrote:
xubuntu 14.04 lts, LO v5.0.5.2
When I load a calc file it takes a long time. The progress bar at the
bottom immediately goes the the middle, then stops. I have timed
be able to help with!
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the same root cause -- in my case, a heavy
palm pad on the keyboard beside the trackpad.
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On 2/24/2016 10:18, charles meyer wrote:
Hi Folks,
I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop (about 7 years old) running Windows
7. It runs fine and I have no issues with it.
However, when I type
Pedro,
I'm still using v4.0.0.3. In this version, at least, I think you can
get to the automatic spell check options you're looking for by going to
Tools ... Autocorrect Options ... Options (tab). In that screen you
have the opportunity to specifiy what corrections are active during
typing
I've never had any luck with any of the Avery templates I've tried
(although my problem has been mostly with left-to-right adjustments
rather than top-to-bottom). I finally just got in the habit of setting
my paragraph position as 1/8" into the label; fooling with the template
specs didn't do
If you choose an ascending sort then it will sort A to Z; descending
will sort Z to A. I believe that as long as there is one non-numeric
cell then it will sort based on characters rather than values, but
someone else should confirm that.
Dave Liesse
On 2/8/2016 18:41, charles meyer wrote
Doesn't LO automatically add .odt to the filename (unless overridden by
the user)? In Windows, at least, that's accomplished by selecting the
file type in the Save As dialogue.
Dave Liesse
On 12/17/2015 10:57, Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:20 17/12/2015 -0700, Steve Edmonds wrote:
I have
with the time to do so can
do a test with the wizard, look at the result, and see where it shows up
in the finished document.
Dave Liesse
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BUT ... don't forget that English English and American English use
quotation marks differently! In American English, single marks are used
primarily to set off a second item within a pair of double marks.
Dave
On 12/4/2015 10:09, toki wrote:
On 04/12/2015 11:45, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote:
This looks like fun, but I can't commit to getting anything at all done
in a short time! I'll be happy to help as I can, though.
Dave Liesse
On 12/3/2015 12:57, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote:
A few years ago I wrote a kind of tutorial or small manual for
LibreLogo. (Did you know it exists
Something else to be aware of is that a presentation with sound is not
compatible; the two programs handle sound completely differently.
PowerPoint stores sound within the application, while Impress only
stores links to the sound files (voice of experience here!).
Dave Liesse
I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but...
If you're trying to sort entire rows by the value in a single column,
you need to select the rows. When you go to the sort menu, simply
select the column you want as your sort key. You might have to go to
the Options tab to indicate whether or
It's been U for as long as I've been using LO (and OO before that).
Dave
On 8/11/2015 10:25, Mark Stanton wrote:
Does anyone here know why, in version 4.4(.5.2) is the shortcut for
Recent Documents on the File menu U? It always (?) Used to be
R. There doesn't appear to be any clash which
less likely to be willing to put the time into learning the
technicalities of newer tech stuff.
Dave Liesse
On 7/18/2015 18:25, 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
Some added thoughts with a fresh brain this morning:
1. I like the embedded help because it's quicker to use. Also, in good
traditional fashion, I pretty much expect it to be updated more
frequently than a printed manual, even if that manual is in electronic
format.
2. Once upon a time
for asking for our input. I've rewritten seven sets of bylaws
for various organizations, so I don't envy you and the rest of the
volunteers on this project!
Dave Liesse
On 6/24/2015 09:58, dallen wrote:
Hi All,
I'm an experienced Technical Writer beginning work on LibreOffice's
Speaking as an accountant, I'm not sure why you would want the balance
to show 0. Nevertheless, what you need is:
=IF(E5=0,0,F4+E5)
And, of course, you want to copy that to each cell in the F column.
Dave Liesse
Skingco Services, LLC
On 4/13/2015 16:16, Barry Premeaux wrote:
I'm
If Sort By shows the data in the first cell then it is being treated
as a column header. Go to the Options tab and correct the item
regarding the sort range including the header.
Dave
On 3/25/2015 16:06, Wade Smart wrote:
Hmm I just tried to sort going through the
sort menu and I still
Is the user printing via Ctrl-P (or the menu equivalent) or by clicking
on the shortcut icon? I've never seen the shortcut use anything other
than the Windows default printer, but the long way does revert to the
last printer chosen.
Dave
On 6/10/2014 14:59, musik7 wrote:
Sorry about
Don't think I've ever run across the right-click behavior you mention,
but I just left-click in the box and then Ctrl-V (I never use a menu if
there's a shortcut key available -- too slow!).
Dave
On 4/21/2014 13:09, John R. Sowden wrote:
why can't I right click on paste to paste text into
I, on the other hand, avoid that mouse thing like the plague. I can
still type a command line command faster than going through three layers
of a menu.
Dave
On 4/21/2014 16:50, John R. Sowden wrote:
On 04/21/2014 02:42 PM, Dave Liesse wrote:
Don't think I've ever run across the right
And, for those of us who find using menus to be a major inconvenience
compared to keyboard shortcuts, The Insert ... Manual Break ... Type ...
Column Break can be accomplished with Ctrl-Shift-Enter.
Nothing to add to the rest of the comments!
Dave
On 3/30/2014 22:10, Brian Barker wrote:
devices or tablets. I do have one application where clicking in
the scroll bar causes the list to jump to the point where the click was
done; I'll see if the developers can tell me whether there's any
correlation.
Dave Liesse
On 3/21/2014 14:10, Girvin Herr wrote:
Greetings,
I am not sure
Actually, this can be done more easily in Writer. You have to select
the text to be sorted, then choose Tools...Sort.
The trick is to adjust the sort parameters in the dialog window. For
Key1 you want to select column 2 (default is 1), then choose the
Character radio button, click on the
Probably the second most critical compatibility issue is that Impress,
the presentation software, doesn't tend to play nice with PowerPoint.
Basic presentations are fine, but as soon as sound and graphics are
involved the incompatibility grows exponentially (in my experience).
Dave
On
Well, that too, but Change Case is actually an item in the menu.
Dave
On 2/14/2014 17:49, Pikov Andropov wrote:
Right!!
Format Character Effects
Thanks.
Dave Liesse has written on 2/14/2014 8:36 PM:
Pikov,
This is an option in the Format menu.
Dave
On 2/14/2014 17:30, Pikov Andropov
If you look at the help for VLOOKUP, the second sentence says This
function checks if a specific value is contained in the first column of
an array.
Dave
On 2/14/2014 12:55, Pikov Andropov wrote:
Dave Liesse has written on 2/10/2014 4:00 PM:
The first problem I see is that your lookup
Pikov,
This is an option in the Format menu.
Dave
On 2/14/2014 17:30, Pikov Andropov wrote:
Some word processors permit you to select a bunch of character and
change the case.
I couldn't find that in LO. I sit in fact there?
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The first problem I see is that your lookup value -- in this case the ID
number -- has to be the first column in the lookup array.
Using your specific example, the VLOOKUP function would be used in
column E of Sheet 2. If you were wanting to also copy the price from
Sheet 1 (which you've
Virgil, I don't think it's just the list. The mail client must have
something to do with it, as well; I use Thunderbird and have a Reply
List option on this list, while on some others I do and some I don't.
Dave
On 1/28/2014 14:47, Virgil Arrington wrote:
Brad wrote:
Unfortunately, at
in Mavericks, and I
suspect they have decided to phone home about everyone you add to the
address list of an email. Using Contacts groups became painfully slow.
On 29/01/2014 9:59 am, Dave Liesse wrote:
Virgil, I don't think it's just the list. The mail client must have
something to do
Two simple questions which should be available through Help, but I
haven't been able to find anything.
1. Is there a way to format content within a formula? I need a cell
that concatenates a properly-formatted date to some text, but I can't
find any way to specify the date format.
2. In
on
a plain sheet of paper, then hold it up to the light against label
stock, and figure out what adjustment is needed).
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On the Windows version of Thunderbird your radio boxes are actually
command buttons (or whatever the proper term is -- I've never been a
visual developer). The Reply List is being called a smart button
because it changes between Reply List and Reply All according to the
message headers. I've
Depends on your mail client, too. In Thunderbird, when a message comes
from a list server the reply buttons are Reply and Reply List (the
latter replacing Reply All). Much easier to deal with than lists that
are set up the other way (for me, anyway).
Dave
On 12/3/2013 13:37, Peter West
I've had troubles in the past finding specific financial functions, as
well. Can't help from the function standpoint in this case, but you
could always fall back on the actual equation:
FV = PV*(1+i)^n
where FV is future value, PV is present value, i is the periodic
interest rate, and n is
This is a follow-up to a question I asked in August. I'm still
struggling with trying to create something that can be used in other
systems. Here's what I've done:
1. Created a slide show in Impress. Slides auto-advance after 5
seconds, and transitions are used to play appropriate music
I actually find the dialog box more useful, since I'm usually trying to
set an exact width for an image.
I'd been frustrated with the mouse resizing because I didn't know about
having to shift to maintain the ratio. In my experience, most software
keeps the ratio if you click and drag the
-- if not for this
particular case, then for someone else with a similar question.
Dave Liesse
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Actually, that time zone chart is not quite accurate. The differences
are correct for daylight time, but not for standard time.
PST (GMT/UCT - 8)
MST (GMT/UCT - 7)
CST (GMT/UCT - 6)
EST (GMT/UCT - 5)
PDT (GMT/UCT - 7)
MDT (GMT/UCT - 6)
CDT (GMT/UCT - 5)
EDT (GMT/UCT - 4)
And, of course, our
This is what I was going to suggest, as well. Any document I get via
email is read-only, regardless of its source software (I use Thunderbird
as my client). Saving the document makes it read/write.
Dave
On 9/28/2013 12:33, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Errr, it's probably an attachment that just
Virgil, I'll have to disagree with your last sentence. It's quite
obvious to me when there are two spaces after a sentence-ending period
rather than just one, even with proportional fonts (allowing for the
possibility that there's a font somewhere with a wider space than the
others). I
This works, from what others have posted, but it doesn't help those of
us using laptops with touchpads (i.e., no mouse or scroll wheel).
Dave
On 9/4/2013 07:04, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 04/09/13 11:42, logos a écrit :
Can you not do this with the Ctrl and mouse scroll wheel
I have a similar problem when saving a spreadsheet as .xls or .xlsx --
the format is not always recognized at the other end. When I have a
chance to work with the IRS (to whom I'm trying to upload the
spreadsheet, to report education) and figure out exactly where the
failure occurs I'll pass
release of MS Office such that one version
sometimes messes up the documents created in another version.
Regards from
Tom :)
*From:* Dave Liesse dslie...@liessefamily.net
*To:* users@global.libreoffice.org
Well, it was a kick in the teeth to learn that sounds are only linked
instead of being imbedded in the presentation, but at least that'll keep
the size down. My question, though, is whether the links use absolute
or relative paths. I put together a presentation that's for
distribution via
Para: users@global.libreoffice.org
Enviado: Martes 20 de agosto de 2013 8:25
Asunto: Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress: Sound Links
At 22:37 19/08/2013 -0700, Dave Liesse wrote:
Well, it was a kick in the teeth to learn that sounds are only
linked instead of being imbedded in the presentation
That would be correct. It's the incoming mail that's scanned, not the
outgoing -- and too many spam checkers look only at the IP address. It
doesn't matter if there are 4000 users on your shared, hosted server; as
far as they're concerned if one's guilty, all are guilty, as if we have
any
Well, that's what someone decided, and it is the standard for HTML, but
it still is not universally accepted. A double space, whatever minimal
width the space is, makes it clear that a sentence has ended. There is
an obvious difference from a single space following an abbreviation, for
Which would be fine, but it doesn't.
Dave
On 8/15/2013 09:17, Ruth Ann wrote:
On 8/15/2013 10:28 AM, James Knott wrote:
So, how would it tell the difference between the end of a sentence,
terminated with a period and a sentence containing a period used as part
of an abbreviation such as Dr.
Thanks, Andrew; I hadn't noticed this before. My LO 3.4 directory is
still present, but practically empty. This is NOT good behavior if the
user is not notified first. I'll be sure to go back and find your
earlier message and save it, for future use. When there's an upgrade
(as opposed to
Depends on where you open it. If I double-click an email attachment to
open it, I can't make any changes at all (not even column width). Once
I save it to my hard drive, it becomes unprotected.
I think what the OP is referring to is that in Excel you can do whatever
you want to a protected
When I had this problem, there was no dictionary associated with the
spell check. Don't remember the exact fix, and no explanation for why
this would suddenly become an issue; just something to consider.
Dave
On 07/01/2013 10:49 AM, Al Vesper wrote:
I have a file with lots of pages of rather
Helen's query reminded me of one I tried to post but at the time the
list server decided my mail server was a spammer (the drawbacks to
shared servers). Mine's a little more complex, though.
I belong to a radio theater group and often serve as director, which
means I'm responsible for the
On 6/26/2013 11:10, Brian Barker wrote:
At 10:11 26/06/2013 -0700, Dave Liesse wrote:
I belong to a radio theater group and often serve as director, which
means I'm responsible for the scripts for those shows. There are
some standard requirements for the script format, and I haven't been
Disregard my comments about the number formatting. I just learned the
difference between line numbering and outline numbering!
Dave
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Is the document opening in read-only mode? If you opened it directly
from an email it might be -- this happens to me all the time. If that's
the case, you'll want to save it first and then (re)open it.
On 6/25/2013 12:31, Mirosław Zalewski wrote:
On 25/06/2013 at 18:04, Brian Barker
On 5/22/2013 07:13, V Stuart Foote wrote:
So, use the respond to all option of your email reader of choice, it
SHOULD pick up the mail list address. Delete the other direct
addresses. And finally TRIM away any of the extra crud in the message.
Leave just enough for the message to stand on its
Here's a formula that works. It's ugly, but it works.
=MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(;A1;B1;C1;D1;,;;,;),;;,;),2,LEN(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(;A1;B1;C1;D1;,;;,;),;;,;))-2)
The thing to do in a case like this is to break the problem down into
sections. There are many ways to approach this specific
All I've ever been aware of is nested IF statements, which get to be a
royal pain. If there is a CASE equivalent (it's also present in just
about any programming language), I'll be just as happy as you!
Dave
On 5/15/2013 13:16, Carl Paulsen wrote:
Anyone know if there is an equivalent to
As an end user, I'd like to ask one follow-up question to your third
point. This is an I don't understand type of question, by the way,
not a challenge.
Are you implying that if I want to, say, indent one paragraph with no
other changes, I should create a new style for that? Seems like a
I'll admit to not using styles, but not so much because I don't want
to. I've been using the various word processing programs since PCs were
first produced, before the concept of styles. They came out shortly
after, of course, but they got little or no attention in the limited
technical
:
On 04/29/2013 05:10 PM, Dave Liesse wrote:
I'll admit to not using styles, but not so much because I don't want
to. I've been using the various word processing programs since PCs
were first produced, before the concept of styles. They came out
shortly after, of course, but they got little
I agree that the original question is a little confusing. What
everybody seems to have forgotten in their replies, though, is that if
the lookup list is sorted then a non-match will be treated as if it
matched the next lower value (for example, looking up 6 in a list of odd
numbers will
One of the writers in the Windows Secrets newsletter recently compared
OO and LO to MS Office, and I have to agree with him when he implied the
LO web site is somewhat disorganized and confusing. Thus, this posting
that is probably an enhancement request, but I can't find anywhere else
to do
Thanks for the replies so far. It occurs to me that I can be a little
more clear -- I'm just trying to do the equivalent of circling some text
in a Word document being sent to me. This isn't for an original document.
Dave
On 3/22/2013 12:51, Regina Henschel wrote:
Hi Dave,
Dave Liesse
:19, Dave Liesse dslie...@liessefamily.net wrote:
Thanks for the replies so far. It occurs to me that I can be a little more
clear -- I'm just trying to do the equivalent of circling some text in a
Word document being sent to me. This isn't for an original document.
Then why not use the Drawing
It all depends on how your mail client (standalone or online) works.
When a reply automatically posts to the list, Thunderbird has the
standard Reply and Reply All options. If the reply goes to the
individual, they change to Reply and Reply List. This strikes me as
being the most sensible
Guide is for the 4.0.0. The chapters are all done but people
are still proof-reading the full book.
Did you manage to solve the templates issue?
Regards from
Tom :)
From: Dave Liesse dslie...@liessefamily.net
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tuesday
On 2/26/2013 01:17, Mirosław Zalewski wrote:
On 26/02/2013 at 01:58, Dave Liesse dslie...@liessefamily.net wrote:
1. Change the margins, then save a new template named Normal. This is
insufficient, as it doesn't become my default template.
LibreOffice does not work this way. It's MS Office
I recently installed v4.0 (v4.0.0.3, to be exact) and, of course, all
the setup I finally accomplished in v3.4 is gone. My primary concern is
the default style, which has reverted to .79 (2 cm) margins as the
default. Being in the US, I'd rather have defaults of 1.
The help appears to be a
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