Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Writer - Bold activates by itself

2014-11-05 Thread Tim Lloyd
ok, bug logged: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85943 On 06/11/14 08:31, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It was Tim who offered to post the bug-report. I am sure both Tim and Virgil understand who your thanks are aimed at :) Such confusions easily arise on mailing-lists and both are ver

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-04 Thread Tim Lloyd
On 05/11/14 07:34, Sophie Gautier wrote: Well, it seems to depend on how Silverstipe, our CMS, reacts with the browser settings of the users and maybe the provider. So yes using a direct link instead of the CMS redirect should work. Kind regards Sophie Hi Sophie, although I think the OP has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Writer - Bold activates by itself

2014-11-04 Thread Tim Lloyd
I just did the same as Dan and got the same results. When I press Ctrl+B at the end of a line, LO respects that choice when I get to the next line, and doesn't apply boldface. I did this with LO 4.1.5.3 on Win7. Virgil the fact remains that if you press enter twice (whether intentionally or

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer - Bold activates by itself

2014-11-03 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I have verified this in 4.4.0.0 alpha and 4.3.2.2 under Fedora 21 I can also see that the problem is NOT apparent under XP on 4.2.0.4. What OS are you using? Cheers On 04/11/14 10:41, jerryvb wrote: I have found a strange action by Writer. I think it might be a bug, but I'm not sure. At

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-03 Thread Tim Lloyd
V Stuart Foote has suggested a workaround so let's see how the OP responds. Thanks All https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85652 On 03/11/14 22:47, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 09:44:37 + Tom Davies wrote: Hello Tom, Can other people try on other systems? Mint and o

[libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-02 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi All, I wonder if anyone can advise on this issue raised over on bugzilla. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85652 Geoffrey is receiving a warning which I cannot see. He has though attached a screen shot of his problem. I thought it might be related to settings although it happe

Re: [libreoffice-users] profiles

2014-10-16 Thread Tim Lloyd
and the ever helpful twitter feed provides a link to the solution (see, it was there in the first place Tim. Doh!) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile On 14/10/14 22:06, Cley Faye wrote: Usually, moving/renaming profiles is very scarcely done, only in case something goes wrong. Mos

[libreoffice-users] profiles

2014-10-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, There are often suggestions here for people to rename their profile to allow a new, clean, version to be created. I recently wrote my first macro (a small step for mankind…) and when I decided to give 4.4 a whirl I realised I had a new profile and my macro was gone. No huge drama recreati

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-09-28 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Carole, I tried the following on Fedora Linux 4.3.1.2: * open a new document * format page to include 2 columns * populate the columns * save as .odt * Close and reopen - all good * Save the doc as .rtf * Close and reopen - not so good. The 2 columns are maintained but the contents

Re: [libreoffice-users] problems with the spell checker

2014-09-28 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, this list does not accept attachments. However, if you nip over to the nabble interface: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Users-f1639498.html that does accept attachments so you can post there. Cheers On 28/09/14 19:31, Uwe Brauer wrote: Hello I am on (K)ubuntu 10.04 using libreof

Re: [libreoffice-users] Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-23 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I was able to recreate this with Fedora 20 and LO 4.3.1 - has this been reported as a bug? If not I have an account and I can log it. A few observations: * I don't think this is strictly a landscape issue. The problem occurs with portrait also * As you mention, the problem occurs wit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice on Linux does not see network shares

2014-09-03 Thread Tim Lloyd
really? I have accessed my samba shares with LO for approx 2 years. I swapped from x86 to x64 on F19 (middle of last year?) but no problems before then. Cheers On 04/09/14 00:46, Mark Stanton wrote: Same thing happens on Fedora (x86). I don't think I've ever been able to access files from a S

Re: [libreoffice-users] Uninstalling LO 4.3.0.4 from Ubuntu 14.04

2014-08-26 Thread Tim Lloyd
have you tried libreoffice* Cheers On 26/08/14 16:38, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I installed 4.3.0.4 from the deb packages. I now wish to uninstall and revert to the official Ubuntu-supplied version. Using either sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice or sudo dpkg -P libreoffice I get t

Re: [libreoffice-users] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

2014-08-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
I downloaded Mint 17 which is running LO 4.2.3.3. I looked in writer and calc where F5 and F11 were behaving as normal (navigator & styles and formatting). I have noted though that behaviour is not consistent across the distros you have tested which may point at Mint. I can't for the life of m

Re: [libreoffice-users] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

2014-08-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Thomas, I just installed Mint/Cinnamon as a VM under my Fedora desktop. I'll have a play around later. You just ran with the version of LO which came with Mint? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to make sure it is the Mint spin (which I have got). Cheers On 14/08/14 11:00, Thoma

Re: [libreoffice-users] UK Government adopts Open Document Format

2014-08-04 Thread Tim Lloyd
I would like to think that the people behind this will have provided a handy list of dos and donts to make integration a bit easier. If not let me know and I'll volunteer my services :) Cheers On 05/08/14 00:12, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Good point! One of the posters, Angus, seems to be pus

Re: [libreoffice-users] a step in the right direction

2014-07-23 Thread Tim Lloyd
nto Office... ;-) On 22/07/14 23:21, Tim Lloyd wrote: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/open-document-formats-selected-to-meet-user-needs the link says it all. Let's hope this trend continues -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.

[libreoffice-users] a step in the right direction

2014-07-22 Thread Tim Lloyd
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/open-document-formats-selected-to-meet-user-needs the link says it all. Let's hope this trend continues -- 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] Problem with "Export as PDF"

2014-07-16 Thread Tim Lloyd
t; does this trick :) Cheers On 16/07/14 17:39, Pat Brown wrote: Hi Tim, Confirmed, it is in writer and it is an odt file. On 16 July 2014 03:06, Tim Lloyd <mailto:tim.ll...@gmx.com>> wrote: Hi, I have tried this on windows (XP) and linux (Fedora) and I can not re

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

2014-07-15 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I have tried this on windows (XP) and linux (Fedora) and I can not reproduce it. A couple of basic questions: I am assuming you are talking about a writer document? is the document odf, doc, docx? Cheers On 16/07/14 09:51, Pat Brown wrote: Hi, I have not tried this previously but wis

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.2.4 is unusable on Unbuntu 14

2014-07-02 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, did you download from the ubuntu repos or from the LO website? When you say "the application" which one in particular? writer? calc? LibreOffice? Cheers On 03/07/14 00:59, erokese wrote: The application start appears, start status goes to about 10%, hangs for 30 seconds, continues to app

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice is identifying the wrong download for OSX

2014-06-08 Thread Tim Lloyd
working fine in 64 bit Fedora land On 09/06/14 11:59, Marc Grober wrote: I don't know if this is happening for other platforms, but I have noticed that at least with 4.2.4 the website will prompt you to download the the 64 bit, but when prompted to update the link from LO to the download page r

Re: [libreoffice-users] language in an impress doc

2014-06-01 Thread Tim Lloyd
lly did get selected. Regards from Tom :) On 30 May 2014 00:45, Tim Lloyd wrote: Hi, I was asked to review a pptx document for a student here in Sydney. I am having difficulty using Australian English for the spell check. My LO settings are: * User Interface - US English (the only op

[libreoffice-users] language in an impress doc

2014-05-29 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I was asked to review a pptx document for a student here in Sydney. I am having difficulty using Australian English for the spell check. My LO settings are: * User Interface - US English (the only option available) * Locale setting - English Aus * Def language for docs - English Aus I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

2014-05-19 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I have to admit I am stumped. I was wondering whether there was a firefox problem but that does not seem to be the case. All I can suggest is raising a bug. 2 people have highlighted this and in both cases you are running Ubuntu so that is something for the devs/QA to go on. Sorry I can'

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

2014-05-16 Thread Tim Lloyd
Okay so a couple of people having difficulties, let's start digging: can you download other files normally? Due to the archive reference I guess the answer is "yes"! how about other browsers? Can you try something like seamonkey? In ff/preferences under General where are you downloading to? Ch

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

2014-05-15 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I am using Fedora so a slight diff in approaches but here goes: * using firefox go to www.libreoffice.org and click on "download now" * Next screen says "LibreOffice Fresh" "Main Installer" and then a green space marked "DOWNLOAD NOW" * Click "DOWNLOAD NOW" and then we get the bewilderi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-22 Thread Tim Lloyd
Sort of getting off topic here :) My understanding is that Herman has a template created for MS Word. He wants to use this template in LO and therefore needs to convert it into the format LO uses. It was designed for Office 97 to 2000 and only works on certain computers with Office 2007/201

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Torrent download always crash

2014-04-14 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, although I don't have any solutions, here are a few Pi related thoughts which might help. Where do you download to? Originally I used a powered USB drive to a hub connected to the Pi. I found that rapid transfer from ethernet to Pi to USB drive posed problems and locked up the Pi. This i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Torrent download always crash

2014-04-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, can you provide more information about the client crashing please? I normally download the latest LO RPM & windows torrents using transmission. I use a Pi with the client running via ssh from my main PC. I sometimes get lockups but that is the Pi rather than a specific torrent. Cheers

Re: [libreoffice-users] old versions

2014-04-11 Thread Tim Lloyd
thanks. I'll pass this on along with the long term advice On 12/04/14 09:10, Cley Faye wrote: 2014-04-12 1:02 GMT+02:00 Tim Lloyd : My simple solution is to install 3.5.7.2 on his desktop. Maybe he gets lucky and it is available through the package manager (it isn't in Fedora 20).

[libreoffice-users] old versions

2014-04-11 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I came across a post on linuxquestions where a guy had two different PCs: an old laptop running LO 3.5.7.2 and a newer desktop running 4.1.3.2. He grabbed these versions from his linux package manager and wants to be sure of compatibility. My simple solution is to install 3.5.7.2 on his de

Re: [libreoffice-users] Intentionally crashing LibreOffice when frozen/LibreOffice will not start.

2014-04-06 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Helen, if you are using linux it should be in the repos so install from there. If windows I went to gnumeric.org. Underneath welcome it shows Gnumeric 1.12.13 and I clicked on the "get it from here" link. On the next page I selected the link under windows, save to my computer, etc. Not

[libreoffice-users] ODT MSO to LO

2014-02-26 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, we hear about people experiencing problems when opening documents in LO after they were created by MS Office in the .DOC/.DOCX formats. How about documents created in MS Office in the .ODF format? Does anyone have experience opening these documents in LO? Similarly LO documents created a

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-17 Thread Tim Lloyd
Tom, my thoughts FWIW. I would suggest restoring the latest version, deleting your user profile and trying again. This has been known to work in the past. What operating system are you using? is this an old file which has seen a number of different LO versions? Cheers On 18/02/14 03:33, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] LinuxQuestion.org Members Choice Awards -48hrs left to vote

2014-02-03 Thread Tim Lloyd
I should also point out that LQ gets the odd LO related question. So if anyone registers to vote they may also want to check out the forums for any libreoffice/openoffice related questions which need clarification. Cheers On 03/02/14 19:08, Marc Paré wrote: If you are using Linux and wish to p

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

2014-01-21 Thread Tim Lloyd
I believe that using Torrent is a security problem It isn't. I use torrents so as to share with other users and not stress the LO servers -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Post

[libreoffice-users] LO Bug report

2013-12-26 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi All, I came across this one on the bugzilla. I can confirm what David reports. I opened the doc in word and I could see the contents (that is, an index). Open in LO (portable or 4.1.4.2 under Fedora) and you can only see the first 2 lines. I went back to word, saved the docx as .doc to se

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with download 4.1.3

2013-12-06 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Ernie, I am missing the problem - I get similar: my options are save or cancel different mirror due to my location just click "save" and off she goes. Cheers P.S. To the list in general. I don't use LO too much on Windows so I didn't appreciate the fuss about the donate page. It is

[libreoffice-users] cooldown mode

2013-11-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi All, temperatures have been getting a bit frayed of late. There has been a lot of heartfelt discussion on devs/bugs/volunteers. What is our role in this product! How to volunteer. I had a look at the code - too difficult. Going forward I am going to try and make the effort to contribute t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Failure to Download the new Libreoffice

2013-11-01 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, this list doesn't accept attachments. You can attach a file though by going to http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Users-f1639498.html where you will see this message! Cheers On 01/11/13 15:39, Cassandra Torres wrote: Hello I have recently learned about your product and would really lik

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find and replace — regular expressions

2013-10-27 Thread Tim Lloyd
unless I am reading this wrong - Yes! Position yourself anywhere in a doc. Find and Replace Search for XXX Replace with YYY Press "Replace All" All occurrences of XXX should be replaced by YYY If you press "replace" it will only look forward and then ask you whether to check the rest of the d

Re: [libreoffice-users] [CALC] Detective Trace inadequate display

2013-10-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
comments below On 25/10/13 23:43, Ady wrote: Hello, I'd like to ask for confirmation, whether the following situation happens to other users of Calc too. 1_ Start a new spreadsheet with 2 sheets, with the zoom at %100. 2_ On "Sheet2.E20" insert the following formula: "=Sheet1.E20" (without quot

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't open the file which is exported from crastal report

2013-09-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
okay, I don't really know too much about windows What I was going to suggest was running writer from the command line and see if any further errors appear. Sorry I can't help more cheers On 09/26/2013 04:32 PM, peterhuang wrote: I am using windows 7 "traditional chinses" version. Thanks.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't open the file which is exported from crastal report

2013-09-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
Peter, what operating system are you using? On 09/26/2013 04:00 PM, peterhuang wrote: Hi, I tried to open a doc file which is exported from crystal report. I can open it by open office 3.4.1 , but it doesn't work on libreoffice 4.1.1.2. It shows a message " I/O error" .

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bullet points and square brackets

2013-09-20 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Malcom No * Highlight text in doc1 and CTRL-C * Paste text into a table in doc2 with CTRL-V * Highlight text in doc2 * click on bullets on toolbar * bullet appears...no "[" though Fedora 19 with LO 4.1.1.2 Cheers On 09/20/2013 07:56 PM, Malcolm Moore wrote: Has anyone ever seen this:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Start Up Question

2013-09-04 Thread Tim Lloyd
I always close a doc with F4. After pressing this I am returned to another doc or the "start center" if no other docs are open. Using Fedora 19 and 4.1.1.2 Cheers On 09/05/2013 12:29 PM, Don Myers wrote: Hi Jay, I run Libre Office in Ubuntu also. I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 with Unity. I use th

Re: [libreoffice-users] .ORD files

2013-08-30 Thread Tim Lloyd
party tool and i have no idea about ow good either are. Regards from Tom :) From: Tim Lloyd To: Tom Davies Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" Sent: Thursday, 29 August 2013, 22:11 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .ORD files Thanks for followi

Re: [libreoffice-users] .ORD files

2013-08-29 Thread Tim Lloyd
em files. I'm on a different machine today and haven't googled on here yet and prolly wont have time to sory. Regards from Tom :) ________ From: Tim Lloyd To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 22:35 Subject: [libreo

[libreoffice-users] .ORD files

2013-08-27 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I am going to throw this in for comment. Not expecting much response. I saw a mention on linuxquestions relating to reading a .ord file: ORD is a file format used by OMAX software to store routed tool path information. This is the information that the controller needs in order to ma

Re: [libreoffice-users] Package libobasis4.1-ogltrans-4.1.0.4-4.i586.rpm is not signed

2013-08-20 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Francesca, Wow - Fedora 12. Any particular reason for using that version? It is getting a bit old :) I gather*"yum --nogpgcheck install *.rpm"* should work around this. No personal experience just what linuxquestions.org told me. As Tom points out, you don't need to hop down to desktop-i

Re: [libreoffice-users] missing item from 4.1.0 release for Debian x86

2013-08-18 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Bob, For this release the software guys decided to include desktop integration in the main body of files (in Fedora land this is the RPMs directory but I guess this is different in Debian). They didn't update the doco though. So when you install the other programs (writer, calc, etc) desk

[libreoffice-users] Re: connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-12 Thread Tim Lloyd
heers On 08/13/2013 01:09 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote: On 08/12/2013 07:54 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote: Jim, I don't really use that forum but if you can send the link I will give it a go Cheers On 08/13/2013 10:42 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote: Is anyone else having trouble connecting to oooforum.org or

Re: [libreoffice-users] connecting to oooforum.org

2013-08-12 Thread Tim Lloyd
Jim, I don't really use that forum but if you can send the link I will give it a go Cheers On 08/13/2013 10:42 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote: Is anyone else having trouble connecting to oooforum.org or is just me? Been doing a lot of googling trying to figure out how to write some python macros in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - selecting all items...

2013-08-11 Thread Tim Lloyd
Working for me - Fedora 19. LO4.1 On 08/12/2013 10:09 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 12/08/13 10:54 AM, David Love wrote: In most Linux programs, holding down the Ctrl key and pressing A selects all items but this does not appear to work in Writer. Am I missing something? I have looked in Help

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 4.1 on OpenSuse

2013-08-09 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Regina, welcome to the wonderful world of linux. Feel free to ask questions as there is a learning curve :) I am not familiar with Suse but most linux flavours have a few consistencies. Not strictly answering your question but my thoughts: 1. With linux you are likely to have a number of

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to Find Dangling Cross References in Writer

2013-08-08 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, Probably not the solution you were hunting for but I create a PDF and search for the offending text. It gets the job done in a roundabout sort of way Cheers On 08/09/2013 06:47 AM, CVAlkan wrote: My own fault of course, but sometimes I begin with with a passage that says something like "S

[libreoffice-users] start up speed

2013-08-04 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi All, I saw a question on the Fedora Forum regarding the "boot" speed of LO which is impressive especially compared to old versions of OOo. I think this has been discussed here in the past but I can't find any specific posts. Is there anything running in the background which makes LO start

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
t LO. Have you tried the Writer issue I have, with pasting multiple images into it, try it. Another program non-feature/problem that needs to be fixed. Thanks for the feedback. Andrew Brown On 25/07/2013 09:50 AM, Tim Lloyd wrote: Hi Andrew, I agree regarding the calc issue. I tried this on 4.0

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with two issue I am finding in LO

2013-07-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Andrew, I agree regarding the calc issue. I tried this on 4.0.4.2 under Fedora and 4.0.0.3 portable under Windows. Neither allow you to right click on the input line. As you noted, CTRL-C works. So, I cranked up LO3.6.2.2 under XP. Same. The only thing I noticed is that you can right clic

Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

2013-07-12 Thread Tim Lloyd
Helen, You can exercise a bit of flexibility via tools->customize. This lets you disable "save as" but it doesn't go as far as removing the options of what you can "save as". One of the common solutions suggested when strange things are happening is to "delete your profile". I gather a new p

Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

2013-07-11 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Helen, what version of LO are you using? When I do as a "save as" in LO4.0.4.2 I can see .rtf 4th from bottom of the list of formats. Cheers On 07/12/2013 11:18 AM, Helen wrote: I agreed to edit (one time only) a local literary magazine comeing out soon. I have saved each of the document

Re: [libreoffice-users] template menu

2013-07-03 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Thomas, I have to admit this confused me also. I don't know whether you can simply "organize" anymore. From the manual: To begin, choose *File > **New > **Templates***from the Menu bar to openthe Template Manager dialog. http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/publ

Re: [libreoffice-users] TOC corrupted, includes text from chapter

2013-06-20 Thread Tim Lloyd
I had this problem when I migrated from 3.x to 4.0. IE. when I first started using LO. I was also using "Heading n" and "Default Style". ISTR that the cut & paste method does not make any difference. I ended up retyping the little text which was affected. It was at this point that I began to

Re: [libreoffice-users] open slowly

2013-05-27 Thread Tim Lloyd
? (You may need to expand it by clicking the arrow) On 26/05/2013, Tim Lloyd wrote: Hi, this list does not accept attachments. Can you try again via the nabble interface? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble-mailing-list-interface/ Cheers On 05/26/2013 10:09 PM, Rinat Camalov wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] open slowly

2013-05-27 Thread Tim Lloyd
point you in the right direction but the list contains a number of people who can help. Also an idea of your operating system plus what version of LO you are running would be helpful. Cheers On 05/27/2013 07:42 PM, Rinat Camalov wrote: Понедельник, 27 мая 2013, 7:35 +10:00 от Tim

Re: [libreoffice-users] open slowly

2013-05-26 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, this list does not accept attachments. Can you try again via the nabble interface? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble-mailing-list-interface/ Cheers On 05/26/2013 10:09 PM, Rinat Camalov wrote: Hello! Libre office opens ods files very slow I'm sending you file for example. Thank

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug with data validating

2013-05-21 Thread Tim Lloyd
Steve, 4.0.3.3 on Fedora 18 Enter cat2 in A5 - no error Change cat2 to moose and the error appears. Cell changes back to cat2 Drag cat2 down into A6. This becomes cat3 and no error appears Change cat3 in A6 to mouse and the error appears If I enter mouse into A7, copy and paste into A5 the valid

Re: [libreoffice-users] Uninstall LibreOffice 4.0.2

2013-05-16 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, my debian knowledge is limited but this issue has been raised in the past. Can you try: sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*( is that the right command to remove everything?) then do your first part again (the stuff in the ...tar.gz) and see what you get What do you end up with? I ca

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documenta

2013-05-15 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Susan and welcome to LibreOffice. There was a thread about this back in January which may be of help. I haven't tried it: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble-mailing-list-interface/ Also, I have copied this to the users list which is probably a better resource. The docs list is rela

Re: [libreoffice-users] Opening recent Writer documents takes me to start of doc in LibO v.4.0.3.3

2013-05-14 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hmmm, I am not getting the same behaviour on 4.0.3.3 under Fedora 18. I just tried a doc I haven't accessed for a couple of weeks and that went straight into the doc (whether that was last saved point I am not sure). However this link throws some light on the matter: http://ask.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
just a reminder that LO can be downloaded via the bit torrent where I can see 13 seeds for the Fedora version alone. If possible, don't put a strain on the LO servers, use the bit torrent and then seed back to allow other users to download :) Cheers On 05/14/2013 01:09 PM, Scott Castaline wr

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3 64-bit DEB removed my extensions, but Windows version did not

2013-05-09 Thread Tim Lloyd
Fedora 18. Previous version 4.0.2.2. tar.gz downloaded via bit torrent from website. All good On 05/10/2013 07:16 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: On 05/09/2013 03:40 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I just installed 4.0.3 on two systems The 64-bit DEB install removed my extensions and the persona I h

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error trying to install LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 on ubuntu 12.10

2013-04-29 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Hugh, I am not a Ubuntu user but I can share an experience with Fedora. I remember running into a similar problem but I can't remember exactly what. After "cd desktop-integration" have a look at the contents of the folder, eg. I see: [tim@petunia ~]$ ls LibreOffice_4.0.2.2_Linux_x86

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

2013-03-27 Thread Tim Lloyd
the afr.com site? nvsoar On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Michael Wu wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Tim Lloyd mailto:tim.ll...@gmx.com>> wrote: Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether anyone has seen it before/potential fix identified. I normal

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

2013-03-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"> system system 1364168930 1364192393 Fairfax Media 102 ... Mike On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Tim Lloyd <mailto:tim.ll...@gmx.com>> wrot

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

2013-03-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
3/25/2013 04:44 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote: Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether anyone has seen it before/potential fix identified. I normally use Fedora linux and I download (.XLS) share tables from a financial newspaper here in Oz. Yesterday I inadvertently clicked on the

[libreoffice-users] calc problem

2013-03-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether anyone has seen it before/potential fix identified. I normally use Fedora linux and I download (.XLS) share tables from a financial newspaper here in Oz. Yesterday I inadvertently clicked on the wrong table by accident and tried to op

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office 4 and MS Sysprep

2013-03-14 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi John, I came across this in the "getting started" guide for writer: To have Writer save documents by default in the Microsoft Word file format, go to *Tools > Options > Load/Save > General*. In the section named /Default file format and ODF settings/, under *Document type*, select *Text do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with sorting a CSV file using LibreOffice Calc

2013-03-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi David, what is the sensitivity of this file? Could you drop it onto the list via the nabble interface? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble-mailing-list-interface/ Cheers On 03/14/2013 01:38 PM, David Gulley wrote: Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem sorting records in a CSV file us

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc online help: Correction and question to validity

2013-03-06 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Franziska, I am forwarding this to the users list where there are plenty of calc experts in residence. Cheers On 03/07/2013 07:32 AM, Franziska Schulthess wrote: Hi, I'm currently working on a translation of the calc guide into German, specifically the part on validity. I noticed that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Get Involved with LibreOffice - No Programming Skills Needed

2013-03-04 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Joel, at this point I have some spare time so I can help out where possible. I only really have knowledge on writer and calc which limits my capabilities. I had a look at 2 writer bugs which were not difficult to reproduce. I created a bugzilla account so would it be a good idea to jump in

Re: [libreoffice-users] oooforum.org

2013-02-25 Thread Tim Lloyd
s for both communities, Greetz Fernand > > On 02/24/2013 10:17 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote: >> I am just flicking through the LO4.0 "getting started" guide and >> there is a reference to http://www.oooforum.org/. When I click on >> that link (fedora/firefox/seamonkey) the brow

Re: [libreoffice-users] oooforum.org

2013-02-24 Thread Tim Lloyd
beavering away fixing problems such as this). Cheers - Original Message - From: Tom Davies Sent: 02/25/13 05:17 PM To: Tim Lloyd, users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] oooforum.org Hi :) The address seems to be working now if you do a google search for OpenOff

[libreoffice-users] oooforum.org

2013-02-24 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, not an issue with LO but hopefully someone has some feedback. I am just flicking through the LO4.0 "getting started" guide and there is a reference to http://www.oooforum.org/. When I click on that link (fedora/firefox/seamonkey) the browser just sits there and eventually times out. Is this

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3 & 4 on same machine

2013-02-24 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, there is a brief tutorial here. I haven't tried it under windows but it works under linux. Good luck https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel - Original Message - From: edo1 Sent: 02/25/13 10:37 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] LO 3 &

Re: [libreoffice-users] irritating problem 4.0

2013-02-14 Thread Tim Lloyd
Andrew, it was the TOC I should have referred to. My bad explanation - Original Message - From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Sent: 02/14/13 04:57 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] irritating problem 4.0 On 02/13/2013 01:16 AM, Tim Lloyd wrote: > Hi, create

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save as doc crashes LO

2013-02-14 Thread Tim Lloyd
LO4.0 Fedora 18. All good - Original Message - From: Paolo Debortoli Sent: 02/15/13 09:17 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Save as doc crashes LO Il 13/02/2013 20:56, steveedmonds ha scritto: > Hi. > Saving a writer document as .doc crashes my LO on Ope

Re: [libreoffice-users] irritating problem 4.0

2013-02-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
am now keeping my eyes open for further occurences. Cheers - Original Message - From: Jean-Francois Nifenecker Sent: 02/13/13 06:44 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] irritating problem 4.0 Hi, Le 13/02/2013 07:16, Tim Lloyd a écrit : > > Today, I

[libreoffice-users] irritating problem 4.0

2013-02-12 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, created a FAQ for myself in Fedora 16 using LO3.6. When I upgraded to Fedora 18 I was also using 3.6. I really can't remember but I would say the version of LO came from the Fedora repository (it isn't installed by default in F18). The FAQ is a very basic ODT file. I created an index at the

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Uninstall

2013-02-11 Thread Tim Lloyd
I'll bounce this onto the users list for more exposure - Original Message - From: Bob Keeley Sent: 02/12/13 10:04 AM To: documentat...@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Uninstall Just did an uninstall of 3.5 and checked my Programs Folder. Libreoffice leaves behi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I joined recently. How can I help?

2013-01-17 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I just joined the list on Monday so I am not across all the various protocols yet. Like, I don't know whether you have to put your hand up for this sort of thing or just do it. Nevertheless, I am 2/3 of the way through chapter 3 and I have made some notes/changes to the doc. I could very w

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