[libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

2011-02-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/20 1:22 PM Ken Springer wrote: Some special-case subscribers might want to be able to post to a list but might not want to receive messages from that list (community contributors who post announcements, for instance). In this case, please subscribe to the so-called nomail version of

[libreoffice-users] Re: top-posting

2011-02-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/18 2:26 AM Tom Davies wrote: If we don't want our office suite to be used by office workers then it is fine to ask people to behave differently, just for us. If they use LibreOffice they are behaving differently. It is much more difficult to transition to using LibreOffice than to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default file formats

2011-02-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/18 4:10 PM Tom Davies wrote: From: T. R. Valentinetrvalent...@gmail.com To:users@libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 18 February, 2011 21:30:39 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file formats On 18 February 2011 10:25,ashl...@arcet.com wrote: The

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extensions

2011-02-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/17 4:23 AM James Wilde wrote: I'm running on a Mac, OSX 10.6.6 and v.3.3.0. As far as I know I_am_ the system admin, but I can't open the padlock. How does one do that? I want to get rid of the French and Spanish dictionaries. (Nothing against the French and Spanish, but I have

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/17 12:50 PM Tom Davies wrote: With my fairly standard web-based email-client it would be a nightmare. In what way? I just checked YahooMailWebService and it is simple to intersperse comments and to have proper quote attributes. If the list allowed html posts then i could do

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/17 2:44 PM Charles Marcus wrote: Proper quote attribution only happens when you are using the 'Classic' version. The 'All-new' version doesn't work that way... I didn't try the 'All-new' version. I do not normally use the web interface for Yahoo Mail or Gmail. I download everything

[libreoffice-users] Re: Hardly any movement on the OOo version of this list

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/16 8:02 PM webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: Well I have been seeing less and less emails on the OOo users email list since LibreOffice 3.3 came out. I use to see 30, 40, and even 50 emails per day coming from that list to my email account. That is a gross

[libreoffice-users] Re: How can I do this in Writer?

2011-02-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/15 12:05 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The lines written under my name were not written by me. Some geeky users might notice that my name is on a single while the sentences following my name are on a double so again we see people editing previous emails in the thread and

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/15 11:38 AM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Almost every office user i know (at least the few that use email) posts at the top of mails and leaves the previous posts dangling downwards along with any signatures. clip / Please fix the quoting in your email client. The above was written by

[libreoffice-users] Re: Open pps as ppt

2011-02-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/12 12:10 PM Mihai Dobrescu wrote: I do believe this is a bug. It must be possible to open a pps in edit mode. Without renaming it. I just did some comparison testing: LibreOffice 3.3.1 – Automatically plays .pps and closes it when it is finished playing PowerPoint (MS Office

[libreoffice-users] Re: Open pps as ppt

2011-02-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/12 1:24 PM Mihai Dobrescu wrote: BTW, if I remember well, last time I have used MS Office, it could open a .pps and enter in edit mode after. As I said, PowerPoint (MS Office for Macs 2011) exits the presentation when it is over. PowerPoint (MS Office for Macs 2008) behaved the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Startup with Calc on OSX

2011-02-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/07 4:47 AM Harold Fuchs wrote: I assume OSX has a facility that allows you to create a shortcut (Windows terminology) or link (Unix/Linux terminology). Simply create one, perhaps on your desktop, to the Calc program. On Windows this is scalc.exe and is in the program

[libreoffice-users] Re: Very basic questions

2011-02-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/07 5:21 PM Barbara Duprey wrote: On 2/7/2011 4:54 PM, Tom Davies wrote: 5 Use the .odt format instead. Most MS Office users can read/write/edit these now. Only MS Office 2003 and earlier can't and most users of those older products might appreciate upgrading to LibreO anyway.

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-extensions]

2011-01-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/01/30 3:39 AM Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, gatocl.maipu wrote: I have installed LO 3.3 final after the uninstall of the rc and deleting the settings and find with the full install(without the unopkg problem) resolved. I was going very fine but when i trying to update the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is partial installation possible (Mac)?

2011-01-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/01/30 1:16 AM Zangdook wrote: Thanks for the replies. It sounds like this is a Mac issue as much as a LibreOffice issue. Does anyone happen to know if the same problem with partial installation on a Mac applies to OpenOffice and NeoOffice? I know OpenOffice allows partial installs on a

[libreoffice-users] Re: LORC3.3 Berkeley database

2011-01-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/01/13 5:58 PM NoOp wrote: The release notes[1] for LORC3.3 contains the following statement: The Berkeley database engine has been upgraded in this version of LibreOffice. The database engine upgrade introduces an incompatibility with user data for installed extensions for

[libreoffice-users] Re: #10 Envelope Problem in Mac

2011-01-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/01/06 1:43 PM sirloxelroy wrote: We use HP printers (4000, 8150, 4300) with Envelope feeders here at our office. We have a problem with printing envelopes where when you select the tray/envelope feeder it wants to resize the envelope down, and does (need a magnifying glass to read). I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Which version?

2010-11-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/11/23 12:26 PM Ivan Stephen wrote: 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. I don't see any version for PPC Macs on the download

[libreoffice-users] Re: Printing both sides.

2010-11-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/11/21 7:32 AM Tinkerer wrote: I am using Libre Office on an iMac System 10.6.5 My Printer is a Canon Pixma 4700 When I want to print the Apple menus do not appear so I cannot select Automatic Duplex Printing which reverses each sheet of paper to print the next page. This option does

[libreoffice-users] Re: JRE not found on Mac

2010-11-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/11/16 2:03 AM Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 15/11/10 11:02, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : P.S. The files in question can be found here : ftp://qa-upload.services.openoffice.org/jl162/ with an explanation of the problem, and its solution, here :

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT: Get Gmane User Going

2010-10-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/10 12:19 PM NoOp wrote: On 10/10/2010 12:28 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: Just checking to see if I can post through Gmane to this list without being subscribed to the mailing list. Worked. I guess I can go and unsub to the 'nomail' now? Oops. I must have sent too soon after

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