Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question about the best version of libreoffice:

2016-01-20 Thread Guy Voets
Thanks Philip, very instructive! -- Guy 2016-01-20 11:02 GMT+01:00 Philip Rhoades : > Erik, > > > > On 2016-01-20 19:49, Erik Jan wrote: > >> Philip Rhoades schreef op 20-01-16 om 09:15: >> >>> nasrin, >>> >>> >>> On 2016-01-20 19:05, nasrin khaksar wrote: >>> hi every

Re: [libreoffice-users] user's profile on an iMac

2015-09-09 Thread Guy Voets
ing commands in it, pressing > Enter after each one: > > defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE > > killall Finder > > This will kill all open finder processes. So if you restart Finder, all > files will show. > > Succes, > Rob. > > > > On

Re: [libreoffice-users] multiple column calc sort makes LO quit

2015-09-07 Thread Guy Voets
to file a bug report... Thanks, -- Guy using LibO 5.0.1 on a iMac Intel Core i7 Yosemite 10.10.5 Dodoes can't afford to have headaches 2015-09-04 22:35 GMT+02:00 <libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com>: > Guy Voets wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> LO 5 looks fine and ev

[libreoffice-users] Fwd: shortcut pdf does not respect settings

2015-04-03 Thread Guy Voets
Hello there, The version I use at present is LO 4.4.1.2, with a Dutch interface, om Mac. When I use the PDF shortcut in the Standard toolbar (between Save and Print icons), the text in the resulting pdf file isn't justified, while it is justified in the original odt. From the top left menu File

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.5.7

2012-10-29 Thread Guy Voets
2012/10/18 Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org Berlin, October 18, 2012 - The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.5.7, the seventh and possibly last version of the free office suite's 3.5 family, which solves additional bugs and regressions, and offers stability

Re: [libreoffice-users] extra space before copied text

2012-10-25 Thread Guy Voets
2012/10/25 Thomas Blasejewicz tho...@s7.dion.ne.jp Good afternoon I did notice this before: When I copy things, there is ALWAYS an extra space inserted before anything that is copied. For example, typing text, opening bracket - copy something into the bracket - closing bracket. The

[libreoffice-users] Is it safe to install Java for OS X 2012-006 1.0

2012-10-18 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, I wonder whether I can safely install the new Java for Apple (Java for OS X 2012-006 1.0) that is proposed by the App Store. The update improves security, reliability and compatibility , updating to 1.6.0_37 for Java SE 6. What worries me a little is that the update will eliminate the

[libreoffice-users] numbering problem

2012-10-12 Thread Guy Voets
Hi there, I have a small problem with paragraph numbering: 1. a. b. 2. a. b. c. is no problem but when I want in some instances 1. a. b. I can't get the first and second level on the same line. How can this be done? And I don't mean to have 1.a. but to

Re: [libreoffice-users] numbering problem

2012-10-12 Thread Guy Voets
2012/10/12 Mirosław Zalewski mini...@poczta.onet.pl On 12/10/2012 at 13:59, Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com wrote: but when I want in some instances 1. a. b. I can't get the first and second level on the same line. Because LibreOffice is numbering paragraphs, and paragraphs end

Re: [libreoffice-users] numbering problem

2012-10-12 Thread Guy Voets
2012/10/12 Mirosław Zalewski mini...@poczta.onet.pl On 12/10/2012 at 14:39, Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com wrote: but what remains unsolved is the indent of the paragraph after the a. or b. etc. If the text after the second level numbering (in this case a. generated with my field

[libreoffice-users] bug search and replace in half height window

2012-09-05 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, I have a window with Writer that is half the height of my screen. I do a search replace, but the text doesn't always move down in the window to show the next occurrence of the word I'm searching for. Quite annoying because either you scroll manually, or you say search (next) and at the

[libreoffice-users] Word count fantasies

2012-08-12 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, I suspect a bug has entered the word count. I tested some texts and found serious differences between the number of words LibO 3.6 (3.6.0.4 to be exact) gives and the real number (as given by LibO 3.5). A text of 1200 words only has 660, a 7000 word text gives a 4900 count. Some paragraphs

Re: [libreoffice-users] Uninstall Anaphraseus (LibO 3.6 on Mac)

2012-07-23 Thread Guy Voets
2012/7/21 Manfred J. Krause courrier.oou.fr@googlemail.com Hi Guy, On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Guy Voets wrote: Hi all, I installed 3.6.0.2 today, and have a problem with the Anaphraseus extension. The extension hasn't been working for some time, but now, I get a error

[libreoffice-users] LibO 3.6.0.2 - Calc: date notation

2012-07-23 Thread Guy Voets
Hi folks, A LibO spreadsheet, made in LibO, Dutch version (no Excel or OOo past). - In LibO 3.5.5, I used to give in dates as 20-7 and they were shown as 20 Jul 12. - In LibO 3.6.0.2, if I enter 20-7, 20-7 is shown in the cell. If I enter 20-7-12, the date is inverted into 12 Jul 2020.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO 3.6.0.2 - Calc: date notation

2012-07-23 Thread Guy Voets
2012/7/23 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com 2012/7/23 Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com: Hi folks, A LibO spreadsheet, made in LibO, Dutch version (no Excel or OOo past). - In LibO 3.5.5, I used to give in dates as 20-7 and they were shown as 20 Jul 12. - In LibO

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO 3.6.0.2 - Calc: date notation

2012-07-23 Thread Guy Voets
2012/7/23 Leif Lodahl leiflod...@gmail.com Hi, The changed behavior cold be related to this feature: http://erack.org/blog/archives/8-LibreOffice-date-acceptance-patterns.html Cheers, Leif Lodahl Thanks Leif, I'll try adapt my behaviour... -- Guy using LibO 3.6.0 on a iMac Intel

[libreoffice-users] Uninstall Anaphraseus (LibO 3.6 on Mac)

2012-07-21 Thread Guy Voets
Hi all, I installed 3.6.0.2 today, and have a problem with the Anaphraseus extension. The extension hasn't been working for some time, but now, I get a error message from LibO: a Scripting Framework error occurred while executing Basic script

[libreoffice-users] Open Type fonts

2012-05-26 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, For a magazine, the editor uses an Open Type font from Adobe. Are there any problems using such a font in LO on my Mac? He has a license for the font for me, but I first want to make sure I can use it in LO on my Mac. I ask this beacuse I have some doubts when MS and Adobe call something

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Open Type fonts

2012-05-26 Thread Guy Voets
2012/5/26 Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de Am 26.05.2012 11:59, Guy Voets wrote: Hello, For a magazine, the editor uses an Open Type font from Adobe. Are there any problems using such a font in LO on my Mac? He has a license for the font for me, but I first want to make sure I can use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Open Type fonts

2012-05-26 Thread Guy Voets
2012/5/26 Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com 2012/5/26 Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de Am 26.05.2012 11:59, Guy Voets wrote: Hello, For a magazine, the editor uses an Open Type font from Adobe. Are there any problems using such a font in LO on my Mac? He has a license for the font for me

Re: [libreoffice-users] strange scrollbar behaviour

2012-05-06 Thread Guy Voets
2012/5/5 Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com On Sat, 2012-05-05 at 17:59 +0200, Guy Voets wrote: RESEND Hello, This is not really new, but I didn't take the time till now to report it. When I click somewhere on the scrollbar in a Writer document, the part of the text will jump up

[libreoffice-users] strange scrollbar behaviour

2012-05-05 Thread Guy Voets
RESEND Hello, This is not really new, but I didn't take the time till now to report it. When I click somewhere on the scrollbar in a Writer document, the part of the text will jump up or down by about one window. So far so good. When I click in the last centimeter of the scrollbar, however, just

[libreoffice-users] strange scrollbar behaviour

2012-03-29 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, This is not really new, but I didn't take the time till now to report it. When I click somewhere on the scrollbar in a Writer document, the part of the text will jump up or down by about one window. So far so good. When I click in the last centimeter of the scrollbar, however, just above

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: saving as docx crashes libreoffice 3.5.1 on windows 7

2012-03-20 Thread Guy Voets
2012/3/20 darwinev0lved darwinev0l...@gmail.com If anybody wants to try the template to see if they can save it as a docx, it's here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8251533/New.Standard.Template.11.ott -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] savedState problem on Mac

2012-02-19 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, I downloaded the official LibO 3.5 version. I looked into a problem of another user, with a file that made LibO hang. When I started again after a force quit, LibO showed the terrible bug that has been haunting Mac versions for some time: bug # 39007

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem downloading 3.4.5 for Mac Intel

2012-01-28 Thread Guy Voets
2012/1/28 Robert Peirce b...@peirce-family.com I have tried to download this update several times but it always dies before completion. I am using the same approach as I would use for any other app, click on the download button and watch the download bar in Safari. Any ideas? Is there an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Restore Windows Bug

2012-01-05 Thread Guy Voets
2012/1/4 Amy Mandaean innerspaceecoservi...@gmail.com Pretty sure I've found a bug: Upon opening LIbreOffice, I get this error message: Restore Windows The application “LibreOffice” unexpectedly quit while trying to restore its windows. Do you want to try to restore its windows again?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: NEED HELP WITH UNRECOVERABLE WINDOWS ON MAC

2011-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2011/12/9 Russell Peterson rep...@gmail.com Sorry. Didn't change the subject on my first mailing. On Dec 8, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Russell Peterson wrote: I am a new Mac and LibreOffice user. A bad combination, no doubt. The combination isn't bad at all... I've used LibO (and OOo before it)

Re: [libreoffice-users] balloons on specific words - please CC when replying.

2011-11-04 Thread Guy Voets
2011/10/22 shirish शिरीष shirisha...@gmail.com: Hi all,  I remember seeing sometime back in some presentation where people choose to highlight some words and hovering or clicking on that words would make a balloon or something which would tell about the word. It was as if the word were saying

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re:I�ve heard only good things about this shop:

2011-10-10 Thread Guy Voets
This address seems to have some spam problem... 2011/10/9 Rich Johnson 20rd...@earthlink.net: .Yesterday you told me about your situation. I have found a solution to your problem!  http://www.panetteria.net/com.friend.php?wjen_yahoo=02v5 -- -- Guy using LibO 3.4.2 on a iMac Intel DualCore

Re: [libreoffice-users] Two dictionary questions

2011-09-26 Thread Guy Voets
2011/9/26 Jeremy J. Shapiro jshap...@fielding.edu: 1)  What path do the dictionaries need to be locate such that LibreOffice will consult them and enable one to add words to them? 2)  Is there a way to get LibreOffice to consult more than one dictionary for a text that has sections in or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Persistent Restore Windows Window

2011-09-18 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, I had the same problem on a MacBookPro - see thread 'annoying restore window' recently quote: Hello, Looked at the bug report. This is really what's happening on my MBP, but fortunately not on my iMac till now (both with Lion 7.1 and LibO 3.4.2 (probably)). I tried the solution via

[libreoffice-users] docx format troubles

2011-09-15 Thread Guy Voets
Hi, I made a translation of a docx file. Just copied and pasted 'special/without formatting' the translated text over each segment of the original text, in order to keep the initial formatting. The file format of the document was docx, and I never changed that -as far as I know at least, I'm

[libreoffice-users] annoying restore window

2011-09-11 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, I know this is an old one, but I encounter it today and can't find the answer in the list that easily... please help me out! Where do I find the config file that I have to rename in order to get rid of a restore files window that won't go away. I'm on a Mac Lion 7.1 with LibO's newest

Re: [libreoffice-users] annoying restore window

2011-09-11 Thread Guy Voets
:) --- On Sun, 11/9/11, Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com wrote: From: Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com Subject: [libreoffice-users] annoying restore window To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 11 September, 2011, 18:29 Hello, I know this is an old one, but I encounter it today and can't find

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: annoying restore window

2011-09-11 Thread Guy Voets
I can see other maps in the application support. Maybe the best will be to throw out LibO and install anew. Guy 2011/9/11 Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk: Hi :) Perhaps your file-browser is set to hide hidden folders?  Is there a View menu or a settings or config thign where you can set it to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: annoying restore window

2011-09-11 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, Looked at the bug report. This is really what's happening on my MBP, but fortunately not on my iMac till now (both with Lion 7.1 and LibO 3.4.2 (probably)). I tried the solution via Terminal and it seems to work. Thanks NoOp for pointing in out - and for iago to provide the command.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Dictionaries installed but not available

2011-08-29 Thread Guy Voets
2011/8/29 Rogier F. van Vlissingen vlisc...@gmail.com: I've installed a dictionary (Dutch) and it appears to be available in tools/language settings/writing aids, but it's not available when I try to set the language of a document? What gives? Hello Rogier, Did you define the language of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.4.2 Spellcheck Not Working....

2011-08-16 Thread Guy Voets
2011/8/12 nicholasdono...@netscape.net: Any progress on this issue?  I've installed it on 4 different systems, with different operating systems  and have the sme issue, spell-check does not work. Any chance of a patch? Hi, Spell checking works fina on Mac Lion, LibO 3.4.2 in Portuguese

[libreoffice-users] Calc: colour of negative numbers

2011-08-01 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, In LibO 3.3, I could make negative numbers show in white instead of the default red colour. I used white because of a green background, on which red numbers give a strange effect. In Lib 3.4, this [WHITE] code disappears from the Number Format Code, that goes back to #.##0,00:-#.##0,00

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: colour of negative numbers

2011-08-01 Thread Guy Voets
Thanks Johnny! 2011/8/1 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com: 2011/8/1 Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com: Hello, In LibO 3.3, I could make negative numbers show in white instead of the default red colour. I used white because of a green background, on which red numbers give a strange effect

[libreoffice-users] Calc: set page number

2011-05-26 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, In Calc, footer: I want to start with page 26. Is that possible? -- Guy using LibO 3.3.2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Snow Leopard -- please reply only to users@libreoffice.org -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] Calc: header with images

2011-05-26 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, In Calc, I want to put two image in the header, one left and one right, and normal text in between. I can put one image as background, but the other? -- Guy using LibO 3.3.2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Snow Leopard -- please reply only to users@libreoffice.org -- Dodoes can't afford to have

[libreoffice-users] Calc: suppress header/footer from page 15 onwards

2011-05-26 Thread Guy Voets
Hello Sorry for my basic questions, but I'm in a hurry (who doesn't seem te be these days). Calc I have a number of pages where I want a header and footer, then more pages without header or footer. How do I stop header/footer from appearing from a certain page onwards? Hard page? I'm not at all

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: set page number

2011-05-26 Thread Guy Voets
2011/5/26 plino pedl...@gmail.com: Format, Page, Sheet tab, in the Page Order section change First Page Number to 26 ;) Enjoy ;) Thanks! Hadn't seen that one. -- Guy using LibO 3.3.2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Snow Leopard -- please reply only to users@libreoffice.org -- Dodoes can't afford to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: header with images

2011-05-26 Thread Guy Voets
2011/5/26 Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl: Guy Voets wrote (26-05-11 11:38) In Calc, I want to put two image in the header, one left and one right, and normal text in between. I can put one image as background, but the other? Combine the two images on a (white) background, is what I would do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Download and International-sites buttons crash Firefox and Safari

2011-04-28 Thread Guy Voets
2011/4/27 Peter Teeson peter.tee...@bell.net: snip Using either Firefox or Safari when I press either of those two buttons the browsers crash. Typing   //www.libreoffice.org/download directly in the address field gives me a 404 page. This is 100% reproducible. Peter Hi Peter, I can't

Re: [libreoffice-users] what fonts are included?

2011-04-28 Thread Guy Voets
2011/4/27 Howard Helsinger hhelsin...@gmail.com: I asked because there was a hand printed font I liked (name forgotten) which disappeared when I cleaned out all the Asian language fonts I don't need. Now I can't find that font -- name began with a P.   Sort of an architectural font. Howard

[libreoffice-users] LibO 3.4.0 b2 - Calc - colour of negative numbers

2011-04-27 Thread Guy Voets
Hi, I have the 3.4 beta2 installed on my Mac. In LibO 3.3.2, I can choose the colour of negative numbers by changing the colour name between [ ] in the format code (Format Cells Numbers). #.##0,00;[RED]-#.##0,00 Because of the background, I changed the colour to [WHITE] instead of the default

Re: [libreoffice-users] what fonts are included?

2011-04-27 Thread Guy Voets
2011/4/27 Howard Helsinger hhelsin...@gmail.com: Is there a list of the fonts that ship with the standardLibreOffice install?Can someone direct me to it? Howard Helsinger -- Wary Puppy 5.10 I'd say the fonts come with your computer and its printer(s), but you can also

Re: [libreoffice-users] menu items with ~

2011-04-24 Thread Guy Voets
Hi Wayne, I changed the screen resolution to 1024x768, even to 680x400, but the tildes remain. Could it be because of the Dutch version I use? ... checking ... Yes it is a bug (or feature?) in the Dutch LangPack... Si I'll post this at the NL list. Thanks for helping me find out. -- Guy using

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.4 beta1 -warning-

2011-04-19 Thread Guy Voets
2011/4/16 Manfred J. Krause courrier.oou.fr@googlemail.com: Hi, On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 06:36, David Nuddleman wrote: Intel Mac 10.5.8. Removed all LO previous copies, downloaded twice. At start, will launch, but quits unexpectedly before Write screen appears. Looks like something is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't Copy Sheet on Calc

2011-03-23 Thread Guy Voets
2011/3/17 Tinkerer j_taylo...@btinternet.com: I am using Mac 10.6.6 and the Right click menu for Move/Copy is not available to me. I have to use the EditSheetMove/Copy route. Surely this needs to be brought into line. Tink. Works fine for me on Mac with 10.6.6 and LibO 3.3.2 (330m19

Re: [libreoffice-users] verificar ortografia em port uguês?

2011-01-12 Thread Guy Voets
2011/1/11 baldwin linguas baldwinling...@gmail.com: Ainda não tem verificador de ortografia pelo português brasileiro? ./tony Oi Tony, o idioma desta lista é inglês... veja http://www.broffice.org/ e http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List ou

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which version?

2010-11-24 Thread Guy Voets
2010/11/23 Ivan Stephen sip...@vaxxine.com: I downloaded LibreOffice 3.3.0, but it won't open on my Mac.  I have OS 10.4.11 on PPC (PowerPC chip).  Which is the latest version which will work, and from where could I download it?  Thanks. Hello, Looking a bit deeper into the tdf website, I