Re: [libreoffice-users] Which is the more up-to-date: LODev 5.3.3.0.0, or LO 1:5.3.5.2-2?

2017-08-20 Thread Doug Hutcheson
- it has different libraries, but does not see mine. I will try exporting libraries and dialogs from the Dev version and import them into the new version, but I wonder what else may not migrate properly. Anyway, thanks for your reply which answered my question. "8-) Cheers,Doug On Sun, 2017-

[libreoffice-users] Which is the more up-to-date: LODev 5.3.3.0.0, or LO 1:5.3.5.2-2?

2017-08-20 Thread Doug Hutcheson
. The question is, which version should I be sticking with? If 1:5.3.5.2, what is the best way of migrating my macro libraries and dialogs? Kind regards, Doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Big decimal numbers as text

2017-07-05 Thread Doug McNutt
First post was on Sat, 29 Apr 2017 17:56:37 -0400 "Big decimal numbers as text" And: Thank you for the replies last time. You helped get a bit further on. '20170428153706454600(works ok) `20170428153706454600(fails) Using menu item, insert-special character U+60 nope U+27 nope with exception

[libreoffice-users] Big decimal numbers as text

2017-04-29 Thread Doug McNutt
I'm having a problem, once again, for copy and paste from US Bank downloads into my spreadsheet which was initially created in Excel 5 or so. It's running on Ubuntu which I was just told needs a newer version than the dot 10 that I'm running. Interoffice stuff was reloaded a few weeks ago and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mixing LibreOffice Calc formats with ASCII text

2017-03-26 Thread Doug McNutt
Wow. The Sunday response is warmly appreciated. Re-copying from the spreadsheet into gedit 03/24/1703/24/17EPMTp$16.96COMM Consumer Cellular 03/24/1703/24/17EPMTp$159.64HOUSWaste Management 03/24/1703/29/17EPMTp$330.65

[libreoffice-users] Mixing LibreOffice Calc formats with ASCII text

2017-03-26 Thread Doug McNutt
Here are three lines copied from a LibreOffice Calc page 03/24/1703/24/17EPMTp$16.96COMM Consumer Cellular 03/24/1703/24/17EPMTp$159.64HOUSWaste Management 03/24/1703/29/17EPMTp$330.65COMMPair Networks The first two

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to delete ~/.config/libreoffice/

2017-02-28 Thread Doug McNutt
u find the directory .config open it up and you should see libreoffice which is also a directory. Open that up and I see one file the total name of which is "4". It seems to be a directory too! Yep and it has another directory called "user". In directory /home/doug/.con

[libreoffice-users] Working with PDF docs that have data fields

2017-02-22 Thread Doug McNutt
Previous usage does not seem helpful but .. Then, when you export the PDF, make sure the "Create PDF form" option is selected on the "General" tab. 10/17/2016 12:44 PM, Ken Springer What I want to do is mess with the "data" file in the way Adobe does it. It's US tax forms and in the past they

[libreoffice-users] Clean old things from Excel

2016-12-01 Thread Doug McNutt
I have managed to move my finance workbook from a CY 2001 version of Excel to libre-office-calc. I had a lot to learn and I'm still frustrated when I want to insert a few lines of entries from the bank. It's a pain having to do a separate entry of the number of lines and then paste in

[libreoffice-users] Clean old things from Excel

2016-12-01 Thread Doug McNutt
I have managed to move my finance workbook from a CY 2001 version of Excel to libre-office-calc. I had a lot to learn and I'm still frustrated when I want to insert a few lines of entries from the bank. It's a pain having to do a separate entry of the number of lines and then paste in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document Chapters Auto-numbering

2016-10-16 Thread Doug McNutt
The problem of counting has been a pain of my life. As a mathematics and physics student I learned that there are two kinds of numbers: Cardinals include a zero, decimal points, and negatives. If you want the length of a fence you had better start counting posts with number zero. The common

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Apostrophe prepended to MM/DD/YYYY

2016-10-13 Thread Doug McNutt
What I have learned: Most important: Brian is very helpful. Thank you. Dates are really floating point numbers and the unit is one day. Somewhere there must be a way of setting the zero point. 1900, 1904, 1970 are common. My startup worksheet came from an old, 2001, Apple version of Excel

[libreoffice-users] Re: Apostrophe prepended to MM/DD/YYYY

2016-10-06 Thread Doug McNutt
"Trial of Libre Office" was not the correct place. Please excuse me. Brian Barker had some things to say about it and he did offer some help which I appreciate. I did use the prefix "Open". openSCAD is what I was working with earlier and I mistakenly started typing "opencalc". Everything I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-10-05 Thread Doug McNutt
t remembers what Apple set in Excel. I have not found anywhere in the published information that says 1904 and I'm really on a Linux box that uses 1970. 5: /I do have more but I do hope I can be helpful. Doug / -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://w

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice's documentation (pdf and online)

2015-06-24 Thread Doug
not require any editing, so avoids the complication. In spite of my dislike of this particular app, I hope my comments in answer to your questions have been helpful. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Font versus Character Substitution

2015-03-23 Thread Doug
On 03/23/2015 08:30 PM, CVAlkan wrote: Paul: /snip/ Frank (แฟรงค์) Just out of curiosity, what is that? Thai? Pretty sure it's not Korean. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] DIY AR-15 Build: Introduction, Parts and Tools Required

2015-03-22 Thread Doug
-and-tools-required/ -- Looks like someone is expecting a visit from the CIA! --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer won't let me manually hyphenate a name.

2015-03-19 Thread Doug
to just use 'ctrl plus -' to manually place a hyphen. But this doesn't work either. Using LO Version: 4.2.8.2 Build ID: 4.2.8.2-6.fc20 What am I missing? Thanks. This sort of thing is _exactly_ why I won't use LO or AOO! --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer won't let me manually hyphenate a name.

2015-03-19 Thread Doug
On 03/19/2015 09:19 PM, Robert Funnell wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2015, Doug wrote: /snip/ As I read the manuals, I should be able to just use 'ctrl plus -' to manually place a hyphen. But this doesn't work either. /snip/ This sort of thing is _exactly_ why I won't use LO or AOO! --doug

Re: [libreoffice-users] UK thesaurus

2015-03-11 Thread Doug
On 03/11/2015 08:00 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 03/10/2015 01:07 PM, Doug wrote: On 03/10/2015 09:19 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: The one I use is Artha, which is an offline one. IT is not a spell checking dictionary, but, it is a dictionary and has many

Re: [libreoffice-users] UK thesaurus

2015-03-10 Thread Doug
, which is something the spell checkers never do. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Using Internet Sites to Determine Driving Distances

2015-01-17 Thread Doug
. If you already can access Google Maps, then you can use that directly to plan a route and find the driving distance, also, I believe, estimated driving time. I'm not sure that Google would approve of this application without paying them a royalty. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] BASIC StrComp and tricky Unicode (Turkish, for example)

2015-01-01 Thread Doug
a modern k/b with a right Windows key, that would be a good one to choose. I have an old IBM model M, no Win keys, so I chose right alt. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers--for they shall be shot at from boths sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Writer] cant insert unicode with ctrl+shift+u

2014-12-24 Thread Doug
the code--most of the sequences are pretty obvious. It is true that there are many symbols in Unicode that the Compose sequence can't generate, but they are not common to a speaker of English or most European languages. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing options.

2014-11-25 Thread Doug
with the printer, and everything you send, including the output of LO, your PDF reader, whatever it may be, and any other file you send to the printer will be encoded in Postscript by the operating system and delivered as such to your printer. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem importing xls files

2014-10-16 Thread Doug
, FreeCompose, AllChars, Wincompose, etc.--Google for Compose key for Windows) you can make the Ñ without a problem. I found that the latest version of AllChars won't let you choose the key you want to use for the Compose key. I don't know about the others. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Justifying some texts causes big spaces between words

2014-09-15 Thread Doug
also wide between letters? If it's not wider than usual on the problem lines, then the justification routine is not working right. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Your message to LibreOffice awaits moderator approval

2014-08-02 Thread Doug
On 08/02/2014 05:39 AM, Pikov Andropov wrote: Is everyone getting this every time some one writes a bad post? Probably. I haven't sent a post to libreoffice in quite a while. Quite honestly, I am not a fan of libre. --doug Forwarded Message Subject: [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Scan documents?

2014-07-26 Thread Doug
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Nitpicking on a name

2014-07-25 Thread Doug
On 07/25/2014 03:19 AM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Hello everyone, I apologize as what I am writing about might seem like a detail to many, but I think it hurts a bit the project in the end to leave these things as they are. On this list (a few others as well but esp. On this one) people call

Re: [libreoffice-users] scale a Writer document to print on one page

2014-07-24 Thread Doug
for a printer that can print B-size. Or a plotter. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Export as PDF

2014-07-16 Thread Doug Essinger-Hileman
, then setting the default to kill the discussion on the list by sending the reply to the sender of the email is counter to the declared intention. I encourage the owners to change the default. Doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Full justification

2014-05-23 Thread Doug
if you don't want to use the icons. these are, respectively, align left (ctrl+L), centered (ctrl+E), align right (ctrl+R), justified (ctrl+J). After these, there are more icons for other things. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell Check Dictionary

2014-05-23 Thread Doug
Hottentot from Trödelstadt who was jailed in a latticework kangaroo cage for killing his mother-in-law. I suppose it might actually have existed, back when Germany had a presence in Africa. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] English language---was Re: Spell Check Dictionary

2014-05-23 Thread Doug
On 05/23/2014 12:37 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 05/23/2014 11:54 AM, Doug wrote: On 05/23/2014 02:53 AM, David Love wrote: MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: The longest word in any English language is the name of a small town in Wales

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood

2014-03-25 Thread Doug Essinger-Hileman
amount of time. If the feature request mentioned earlier in this thread is accepted, then time will be spent on it. That means that time will not be spent on other things. And that, in my opinion, is waste. Doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reply-To?

2014-03-04 Thread Doug
things to/ from the tool bar to suit yourself, but you can't. You cannot drag anything, with either the left or the right button. So the Mac must be different. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

[libreoffice-users] find and replace problem

2014-03-04 Thread Doug
. Checked my repo and updated system today. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

2014-02-25 Thread Doug
guys!) I actually use OO and LO, but when I really need to get down and dirty, WP is the place to be. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

[libreoffice-users] How to setup LO

2014-02-18 Thread Doug
, using smart quotes, single line spacing, no automatic super- or sub- scripts, no paragraph indents, and when some other function is specified at work time, such as changing justification or centering, or type size, _nothing else should change_! Everything should be saved in /home/doug/Documents

Re: [libreoffice-users] status of Microsoft Office compliance with ODF support?

2014-02-14 Thread Doug
On 02/14/2014 09:32 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) If this is for an article then i am not sure we can really help. Mostly we are all just volunteers and can't give the TDF's official stand-point on any of this. All we can give is anecdotes which doesn't really count as proof! Over the years we

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloads all torrents now?

2014-01-21 Thread doug
to use a torrent if all I want is to download a file. Thanks. MR I believe that using Torrent is a security problem and I would not use it. I hope I never have to download this upgrade. The system packager should do that for me. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot

Re: [libreoffice-users] mail format

2014-01-18 Thread Doug
On 01/18/2014 01:29 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 01:15:26AM -0500, Doug wrote: On 01/17/2014 09:25 PM, Peter West wrote: Hi Doug, I think the best solution to your problem is to buy a copy of Microsoft Office. Peter West So his fame spread throughout all Syria

Re: [libreoffice-users] mail format

2014-01-18 Thread doug
On 01/18/2014 06:32 PM, Peter West wrote: On 19 Jan 2014, at 6:12 am, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: (As an editor of a small (~1000 circulation) newsletter, it is important to me to use standards which are available and in common use by those with Windows PCs, Apple computers

Re: [libreoffice-users] mail format

2014-01-18 Thread doug
work with text. --doug Open submissions will always be a can of worms. But at least (he said with fingers crossed) you don't have round-tripping issues, with files going back and forward between different systems, accumulating edits as they go. Peter West -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users

[libreoffice-users] mail format

2014-01-17 Thread Doug
Is there a way to make Libre save in MS Word 1997-2003 .doc format as a default? If so, how? Using version 4.1. Thanx--doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] mail format

2014-01-17 Thread Doug
January 2014 20:51, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: Doug wrote: Is there a way to make Libre save in MS Word 1997-2003 .doc format as a default? If so, how? Using version 4.1. Thanx--doug Yes, click on ToolsOptionsLoad/SaveGeneral and make your selection there. Thanx for the advice

Re: [libreoffice-users] mail format

2014-01-17 Thread Doug
On 01/17/2014 09:25 PM, Peter West wrote: Hi Doug, I think the best solution to your problem is to buy a copy of Microsoft Office. Peter West So his fame spread throughout all Syria... /snip/ I do not like Microsoft Office. I think it is a PITA, and I have thought so since I was using

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Start 2014 with Freedom, Adopt LibreOffice in your life!

2014-01-04 Thread Doug
On 01/04/2014 11:21 AM, Terrence Enger wrote: On Sat, 2014-01-04 at 22:45 +0700, Urmas wrote: Vitorio Furusho - LibreOffice: Start 2014 with Freedom, Adopt LibreOffice in your life! Do you call the absolute dependence on developers' powertrips and their uncontestable decisions 'freedom'? I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances

2013-12-29 Thread doug
music director look into that. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Pasting Foreign Language

2013-12-25 Thread Doug
here, in my Thunderbird email ready to send. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] saving documents written in Thai

2013-12-14 Thread Doug
. Do you have Thai fonts in your font directory? I don't know where you get them, but that's what you need. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] email notifications

2013-12-04 Thread Doug McGarrett
header pane (which I keep collapsed, so never use), not on the main toolbar. What is the message header pane and how would you activate it if you wanted to? I've never heard of this. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] email notifications

2013-12-04 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 12/04/2013 03:31 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-12-04 12:05 PM, Doug McGarrett dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 12/04/2013 08:58 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: I like Thunderbirds 'Smart Reply' button, but sadly it only works on the button toolbar down on the message header pane (which I keep

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-11-28 Thread Doug
file structure. The advantage is that you can always get the latest LibreOffice version for free (unlike MS Office...) Cheers, Pedro If you save your file in .doc 1997~2000 (or 1997~2003) every program will be able to open it. Never use .docx. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers

Re: [libreoffice-users] Relationships in Base

2013-11-21 Thread Doug Essinger-Hileman
. And thanks for the info. I'm off to read up on queries. I'm sure I'll have some more questions, and will ask them as they arise. Doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-21 Thread Doug
defined by Unicode. Mark. I always think of # as being a sharp sign. When I was in grade school, over 60 years ago, lb. meant pound(s). Writing a script in the bash shell in Linux, you start with #! which is known as shabang. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from

[libreoffice-users] Relationships in Base

2013-11-20 Thread Doug Essinger-Hileman
. But when I enter the name in the event table, it doesn't automatically pull up the information from the other table. Any help would be greatly appreciate. Doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

2013-11-20 Thread Doug
Tom :) /snip/ Pretty near all Unix and Linux program names are acronyms, so, ODF--One Dumb Format ??? Not serious, but it COULD be --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

2013-11-20 Thread Doug
¢! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

2013-11-19 Thread Doug
version of SoftMaker's office suite. Jay That's quite right. I don't think they left much out when they made the free version, and of course it's proprietary--they SELL the full version. Doesn't mean it won't work in your system. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot

Re: [libreoffice-users] paypal

2013-11-18 Thread Doug
page without having to make any donation. -- LO is free. That's FREE! It even comes with a lot of Linux distros, no cash needed. You should look for another download site--somebody's trying to rip you off! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

2013-11-18 Thread Doug
On 11/18/2013 03:40 PM, Charles Smith wrote: On 11/18/13 11:58 AM, Doug wrote: This list may not like the suggestion, but Softmaker has a free version of its word processor and spreadsheet. You might find it less fiddly than LO. --doug Hmmm...No Mac version and not free--unless I overlooked

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

2013-11-18 Thread Doug
On 11/18/2013 06:36 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 11/18/2013 06:32 PM, Doug wrote: On 11/18/2013 03:40 PM, Charles Smith wrote: On 11/18/13 11:58 AM, Doug wrote: This list may not like the suggestion, but Softmaker has a free version of its word processor and spreadsheet. You might find it less

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-14 Thread Doug
/ The first suggestion is almost what you can do in WordPerfect. In WP, you can type ctrl-w and a package of 10 windows opens, each with about 40 special characters. Then you can hi-lite one and paste it. You probably only need one window so the proposed solution looks very reasonable. --doug

[libreoffice-users] Website link errors

2013-11-05 Thread Doug Smith
Features page, each tab (Write, Calc, Base, etc) has an image link problem (except for Extensions tab, which works. Right click the image area and select open URL in a new tab works, so obviously a relative / absolute link path issue. Btw, images are very nice, and we use LibreOffice. Doug

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [pt-br-usuarios] Estudantes da rede estadual de SP terão Office gratuito para até 5 PCs após parceria

2013-11-02 Thread Doug
, but they have designed the best. I disagree. WordPerfect is better! --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't uninstall because not an administrator?

2013-09-26 Thread Doug
? (Win 7 PRO-64.) --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't uninstall because not an administrator?

2013-09-26 Thread Doug
On 09/26/2013 02:34 PM, James Knott wrote: Doug wrote: Using the command prompt in administrator mode, there is a subdirectory that I can't uninstall. How do you get elevated privileges in the command prompt? (Win 7 PRO-64.) Create an icon. on the desktop or Start menu, to run a command

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't uninstall because not an administrator?

2013-09-26 Thread doug
On 09/26/2013 03:52 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-09-27 07:32, Doug wrote: On 09/26/2013 02:34 PM, James Knott wrote: Doug wrote: Using the command prompt in administrator mode, there is a subdirectory that I can't uninstall. How do you get elevated privileges in the command prompt? (Win

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

2013-09-10 Thread Doug
On 9/10/2013 7:52 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 09/09/2013 07:45 PM, Doug wrote: On 09/09/2013 06:04 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 09/09/2013 02:49 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: [snip, snip] This is where Linux Libertine G comes in. Although it is modeled after Times, it's not quite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

2013-09-09 Thread Doug
-linuxlibertine.mkiv file:///usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/third/typescripts/type-linuxlibertine.tex --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Suggestions: Sorry but the feedback page is not working, I am sending by email

2013-09-06 Thread Doug
and Turbo Pascal (early versions) just don't seem to exist anymore. I'm 75, and I just don't have the ambition to learn Python, altho I think it might do the job. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] spacing after punctuation

2013-09-05 Thread Doug
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_desktop_publishing_software Probably Adobe's is the most well known--and quite expensive. It would be interesting to see what the freebies will do! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cross Platfrom Support Question **CLOSED Thread**

2013-08-24 Thread Doug
(mobility) will be required at some future point, however. Thanks, Jay What kind of masochist would wish to do any serious writing--the kind that would require a word-processor--on a mobile phone, or a touch-screen tablet? Get real! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall

Re: [libreoffice-users] [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Doug
. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/4-0-Win-Edit-form-tp4069229.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. I filled it in using Textmaker from Softmaker 2012 (paid version)--in PCLOS. LibreOffice is not all it's cracked up to be! --doug

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7

2013-08-07 Thread Doug
download a list of commands for the terminal interface. Frankly, Windows is a PITA, but there are some things you can't do otherwise. --doug 2nd is to make the machine part of the domain so all the normal desktop users can use the logins stored on the MS Exchange Server. The installer did

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-06 Thread Doug
can't be more specific. And I don't think I would try this with Korora-- its installation would drive a saint crazy! (Just to get it onto two partitions is maddening!) Good luck--doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern font in new version

2013-08-03 Thread Doug
On 08/03/2013 06:05 PM, Andrew Brown wrote: Hi Doug Wow that's a blast from the past, I remember this game on a port for the Commodore 64 and Spectravideo 328 I owned so long ago. No, no port to Linux or Windows, but you can use an emulator, such as on this webpage, they can run

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern font in new version

2013-08-02 Thread Doug
On 08/02/2013 09:03 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: All quiet on the eastern font, then... :-) Mark Does anybody know if the old Atari game, Eastern Front has been ported to Linux, or even to Windows? --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to define a dictionary for new language?

2013-07-31 Thread Doug
accents. And of course, if _you_ can't understand some folks in Merry Olde, surely I couldn't! --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread doug
to print--at least you can in AdobeReader. I don't know if any of the freebies can. 5) And , finally, Does the PDF format fit into this issue at all? See last answer. tia, John --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans MORE

2013-07-24 Thread doug
On 07/24/2013 11:21 AM, doug wrote: On 07/24/2013 06:41 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: We have created a floor plan, using LO Draw with a scale of 1/8 = 1'. Now we want to take it to Kinko's (Fed Ex) and have it printed for about $4.00 per page. Problem is they cannot print it. A few questions

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax (OT)

2013-07-16 Thread Doug
was King of the Jews. And Pilate replied, What I have written, I have written. BTW, the first Latin Senatus PopulusQue Romanus had Populus misspelled. Sorry about that. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help

Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-15 Thread Doug
Demonstrandum --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cloister Font.

2013-07-09 Thread Doug
download for Windows. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-10 Thread Doug
with the computer diagnostics is far easier to read and understand than anything written for diagnostics or setup of an actual computer! (Still waiting for a networking treatise written in humanly understood terms! Just for the home user, not for someone setting up an IBM facility!) --doug -- Blessed

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-08 Thread Doug
as know how to use bold!! Regards from Tom :) What the heck is a mail merge? I use Thunderbird, i wouldn't have any idea how to do any kind of mail in a word processor. And I don't know why I'd ever want to.--doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-08 Thread Doug
On 06/08/2013 02:44 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2013/6/8 Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net: Le 08/06/2013 20:16, Doug a écrit : What the heck is a mail merge? I use Thunderbird, i wouldn't have any idea how to do any kind of mail in a word processor. And I don't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: printers compatible with GnuLinux

2013-06-07 Thread Doug
/imageRUNNER_ADVANCE_6265i/ /snip/ I get the impression that the op is not looking for a _printer,_ per se, but for a copying machine that can be used as a printer, also. That's a novel idea (to me). Do such things exist? --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-07 Thread Doug
isn't is done by hobbyists who would be bored if they couldn't find something to tweak and bend and, it must be said, break! Rant over--doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-07 Thread Doug
or ribbons; just keystroke combinations and some basic menus. Works for me. Virgil Sounds like you should find a copy of WordStar! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing font from font list

2013-05-22 Thread Doug
, and then they should be available to any program that uses fonts. --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-06 Thread Doug
of vendor lock-in using ODF document formats. The competitive formats are implemented not fully or with deliberate errors Is this also true if you use MS 1997~2003 .doc format? And if not, then why not use that format? --doug -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-05 Thread Doug
spelling errors without retyping, so some editing--all the things I might have done on my typewriter, except now so much faster and easier. Let the publisher of my document format it with his desktop publishing app. He doesn't need a word processor, he needs its big brother--but I don't! --doug

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-05 Thread Doug
On 05/05/2013 01:19 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: Doug wrote, I may be wrong, but it would seem to me that all this fuss about styles is made by people who are trying to do desktop publishing. That's fine, altho there are probably better programs to do that, even available to Linux users. I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Looking for 2nd Web Developer for BSA Site

2013-04-29 Thread Doug
Scouts of America to most people in the US. --doug -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

2013-04-29 Thread Doug
can foresee everything. I don't know what eventually became of this--it's one of the reasons I took retirement when I did. The green-belt Nazis and your style Nazis should get along well with each other! --doug -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-16 Thread Doug
. Girvin Why not open the file in a viewer that lets you zoom the size? Gwenview is one, GIMP is another. Probably a whole batch, some better than others. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. A.M. Greeley -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fractions in Maths

2013-04-10 Thread Doug
. It also makes lots of other things. like all the diacritical marks on letters ä, ö ü, ñ, ç ß à á è é ì and µ € ¥ £ ¢ etc. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. A.M. Greeley -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

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