[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-20 Thread Stephen Anderson
Hi Tom, * I did get helpful responses from Pedro (pedl...@gmail.com) and NoOp ( gl...@sbcglobal.net). * The problem I described was apparently specific to LO 3.5.0 Beta 0 (which, according to Pedro, should not even have been released). * A few days after I wrote, LO 3.5.0 Beta 1 came out. It did

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-09 Thread Stephen Anderson
Hi all: * I recently saw that LO 3.5.0 beta was available, and installed it. * I noticed that the installation notes on FileHippo ( http://www.filehippo.com/download_libreoffice/changelog/) included the following unusual items: - With this Beta, you have to use the 'parallel installation' to

[libreoffice-users] Looking for Old Source for LibreOffice (OOo)

2011-12-06 Thread Stephen Anderson
Hi Joel, FileHippo has versions of Open Office install files all the way back to V1.1.5: http://www.filehippo.com/download_openoffice/history/ I don't know about source codes, if that's distinct from the install files. - Steve Anderson *=== Joel Madero wrote:* Date: Tue, Dec 6, 9:47 AM Re:

[libreoffice-users] Template dialogue

2011-12-02 Thread Stephen Anderson
* All the previous versions of Java Runtime Environment are also available at FileHippo (http://www.filehippo.com/download_jre_32/). * It's not necessary to open an account there. * version 6 update 28 is not there either. *=== webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote*: date: Fri, Dec 2,

[libreoffice-users] Demise of Open Office

2011-11-24 Thread Stephen Anderson
Hi John, * I'm another older person who previously used OpenOffice and now uses LibreOffice. * You can see a partial answer to your question at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libreoffice, under the heading Initial release. * Yes, I would advise you to start using LibreOffice immediately. - Regards,

[libreoffice-users] Writer: make comment refer to selected text rather than cursor point

2011-11-14 Thread Stephen Anderson
Hi guys, Thanks for the useful suggestions! - Steve A. *=== Jerry wrote:* Since the comment will always have a single location as a starting point why not just highlight the selection using the highlight tool on the Formatting Toolbar and then insert the comment? That should make it clear that

[libreoffice-users] LO 3.4.4 (Writer): make comment refer to selected text rather than cursor point

2011-11-12 Thread Stephen Anderson
Hello, * Thanks for your advice about navigation of comments (below). * I have another question related to comments in LO 3.4.4 (Writer). * I would like to insert a comment that refers to some text that I have selected (a phrase or sentence), rather than a single cursor point. * I tried selecting

[libreoffice-users] Writer: make comment refer to selected text rather than cursor point

2011-11-11 Thread Stephen Anderson
* In Writer, I would like to insert a comment that refers to some text that I have selected (a phrase or sentence), rather than a single cursor point. * I tried selecting the desired text, then clicking Insert/ Comment (or Ctrl-Alt-C), but the resulting comment points to the beginning point of the