Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving intermediate drafts of bug reports in Bugzilla

2014-12-18 Thread Tom Davies
way as email threads in that you can add extra comments and attachments later. Think more like conversation (maybe a little one-sided to start with!) than report. Regards from Tom :) On 18 December 2014 at 14:07, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:03:04 +1100 > Hedley Finger

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
an i do now and that i wouldn't be making much use of Scribus' features either. However it does deal with some petty issues, increases flexibility and simplifies certain things. Many thanks to everyone who helped with this Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 17:48, John Jason

Re: [libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
d i figured i might as well start using a proper DTP for the final polishing. We have several leaflets in Publisher too but i figure those are better in Draw - mostly because it's likely to be easier for people to modify. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 16:58, Charles-H. Schulz <

Re: [libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
tiny things to make it awkward without having much effect on making it look nice. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 15:35, Charles-H. Schulz < charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > Hello Tom, > > Le 17.12.2014 15:11, Tom Davies a écrit : > > Hi :) >

Re: [libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
easier to just leap into Scribus from the start. I'm not sure how work-flow is going to go in the future but i have a feeling most of the content is going to be best done in Writer. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 16:13, jorge wrote: > > Hi Tom: > > I chec

[libreoffice-users] 'exporting' Odt into Scribus

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
into this at work. The one thing that Writer doesn't seem able to do is use curved text-frames. I'm kinda trying to get some nicely rounded corners to upgrade the newsletter from Win98 style to Xp style. Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffi

Re: [libreoffice-users] ODT/ODS/ODP import in Google Drive

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Davies
al' restriction in the way that MS did but it's good to be sure. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 10:39, Cley Faye wrote: > > Hi, > > A good news for people working with Google Drive, it is now possible to > "properly" import open document in it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: image anchoring

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
of LibreOffice. Either way test-driving the newest branch while it's still in pre-release testing might be really useful. Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2014 at 07:12, Cor Nouws wrote: > > Hedley Finger wrote on 17-12-14 04:09: > > The original message might be very old b

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: image anchoring

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
unds like right now might be a good time to ask questions about how to use that back-end and set-up Base. 2 people working on it means you might help each other by asking questions. Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2014 at 23:16, Hedley Finger wrote: > > All: > ​ > > Why not st

Re: [libreoffice-users] LOBase connected to SQLite3

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
re if anything there is specific to SQLite but it might help you figure out specific questions. Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2014 at 13:21, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: > > Good afternoon, > May I ask for some help and advice. > > My prime intention is to start building databas

[Solved] thx Luuk! :)) Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Inserting a picture into a docment.

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) John contacted me off-list but i think it's fair to copy it back to the mailing list! Nothing confidential or embarrassing or anything! Quite the contrary! :)) So, many thanks to everyone who helped John with this :)) Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2014 at 12:46, juliejohn

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Inserting a picture into a docment.

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
l gets the helpful bit to the o.p. (rather than just grumbling / reminding / apologising). Regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2014 at 17:29, Luuk wrote: > > On 15-12-2014 17:52, juliejohn scott wrote: > >> >> - Forwarded Message - >>From: juliejohn scot

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] Second Bug Hunting Session for LibreOffice 4.4

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
ry out the fresher than fresh branch to see if anything in your normal work-flow has been broken. Reporting such breakages quickly reaches a MUCH greater number of people now than at any other time in the branch's life-cycle. Good luck to all and have fun! Regards from Tom :) On 15 De

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to add RegressionCurves to Chart using BASIC

2014-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
r one of us might remember. So congrats, many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2014 at 20:32, Fernand Vanrie wrote: > > ok: found it myself > the clue is to add a curve to a dataserie > > oDoc = StarDesktop.LoadComponentFromUrl("private: > factory/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: image anchoring

2014-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
bably other ways but i tend to find that easiest for me. Regards from Tom :) On 15 December 2014 at 20:17, Florian Reisinger wrote: > > Hi, > > There are (close to) no devs on this list... > > Liebe Grüße / Yours, > Florian Reisinger > > > Am 15.12.2014 um 20:11 schrieb

Re: [libreoffice-users] default language

2014-12-13 Thread Tom Davies
load LibreOffice but with the correct language selected, in which case Luuk's link is hugely useful. " pick the correct language here: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/?lang=pick " Regards from Tom :) On 13 December 2014 at 20:41, Luuk wrote: > > On

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.8

2014-12-12 Thread Tom Davies
e the original poster getting vindicated there. Regards from Tom :) On 12 December 2014 at 10:00, Italo Vignoli < italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 4.2.8 > > Berlin, December 12, 2014 - The Document Foundat

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Twitter] Opening a new user support channel

2014-12-10 Thread Tom Davies
handling these posts in 1 system so that whoever posts gets seen by people using the other methods. Regards from Tom :) On 10 December 2014 at 15:27, dave boland wrote: > Charles, > > May I ask what is wrong with a traditional news group? They work very > well, don't clog my e-mai

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

2014-12-09 Thread Tom Davies
? 4. on a network drive somewhere? 5. a Cloud such as google-drive? 6. some formal back-ups? Regards from Tom :) On 8 December 2014 at 09:35, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: > On 08-12-14 10:16, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: > >> Found it, Cell A3 contains: >> >> =DSUM($B5:$C12;&q

Re: [libreoffice-users] Export to PDF wiith CMYK

2014-12-08 Thread Tom Davies
ting Pdfs using "print to file" that might be better for retaining your fonts but i think that tends to be fairly lossless too, with LO. Regards from Tom :) On 8 December 2014 at 16:13, Dries Feys wrote: > Hello Dave, > > AFAIK, cmyk involves a certain patent, and isn't wi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Export to PDF wiith CMYK

2014-12-08 Thread Tom Davies
an use it, such as LibreOffice or OpenOffice. So i tend to think it's good to give people the file in both formats and let them use whichever they prefer. Regards from Tom :) On 8 December 2014 at 16:56, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > I suspect that cmyk is only marginally better. Good

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem Installing/Updating LO

2014-12-08 Thread Tom Davies
e "process manager" or "task manager" type of thing. The last line is unlikely to be needed but can help fix things if any of the middle run into trouble. Regards from Tom :) On 8 December 2014 at 15:36, Ian Whitfield wrote: > *Thanks Paul - answers below ...* > > O

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

2014-12-07 Thread Tom Davies
RE at the top of the new sheets. Phew! Regards from Tom :) On 7 December 2014 at 13:36, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Spreadsheets are not really made to be good at accounting and > bookkeeping. GnuCash or other dedicated programs might be better. > Spreadsheets are design

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

2014-12-07 Thread Tom Davies
quickly than someone who is not trained in accounts. There are a LOT of potential pitfalls they are probably used to dodging (although i know of a few they usually miss). Regards from Tom :) On 7 December 2014 at 13:12, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: > First post, not sure it is the right place,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sphinx - voice translation - Linux

2014-12-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I get the feeling there isn't anything really new but maybe updates have changed things a little. It's mostly just that there have been a few things out there that might suit different requirements. Regards from Tom :) On 4 December 2014 at 02:34, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:

[libreoffice-users] Voice Recognition

2014-12-03 Thread Tom Davies
come or reduced in scale somewhat that could change. Regards from Tom :) On 3 December 2014 at 13:56, Niklas Johansson wrote: > Hi Jean-Philippe > > Well, I'd say that we have basic working accessibility support on Mac. It > is by far the platform that needs most love when it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sphinx - voice translation - Linux

2014-12-03 Thread Tom Davies
are interested. Regards from Tom :) On 3 December 2014 at 04:55, Walther Koehler wrote: > High Eric, > > thank you for that information. I was trying to get a speech recognition > system running for some time. > I have been using the IBM-line of speech recognition ViaVoice/

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] LO and Mac

2014-12-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This question has gone to the Accessibility Mailing List but i wondered if anyone here has tried "VoiceOver"? Amazing how 2 similar questions arise quite close together after years of barely being mentioned! Regards from Tom :) On 2 December 2014 at 23:52, MENGUAL Jean-Phili

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sphinx - voice translation - Linux

2014-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Got a nice reply from Charles Meyer which i think might do better on-list so i'm sending it back here (please see below) Regards from Tom :) On 2 December 2014 at 16:42, charles meyer wrote: > Hi Andrew and Tom, > > Thank you both for your posts. > > Many Linux distri

Re: [libreoffice-users] stopping windows raising

2014-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
ewhere too. If you do get a good answer from elsewhere please could you give us a link so we can check it out? Regards from Tom :) On 28 November 2014 at 13:51, Julian Bradfield < jlibreus...@stevens-bradfield.com> wrote: > A very simple question, but one I can't find an answer to. &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux Users - Sphinx use

2014-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's kinda ok to ask Linux questions in here but not all of us use it. So you might prefer a more general Linux forum instead. On the other hand quite a few of us do seem to use various different distros so it can often be worth asking. Both my links below worked. Regards fro

Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux Users - Sphinx use

2014-12-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A good general purpose Linux forum is http://www.linuxquestions.org or is it https://www.linuxquestions.org now? Regards from Tom :) On 2 December 2014 at 05:45, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > Can you be more specific? Numerous packages named Sphinx, could not begin > to guess

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base knows SQL functions?

2014-11-28 Thread Tom Davies
his mailing list who know quite a lot about Base but you are definitely one of them. Regards from Tom :) On 28 November 2014 at 09:03, Mark Stanton wrote: > It seems that Base has a list of keywords and functions for SQL, is > that right? > > On the one hand it might be a good thing,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I really like the way people on this mailing list go that extra mile for people. Even if it's a Frankenstein's monster it might well be a good start Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 26 November 2014 at 21:49, Cley Faye wrote: > 2014-11-26 21:41 GMT+01:00 jonathon : &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress videos on wrong screen

2014-11-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think we often find it difficult to answer questions about Impress. Is the Guide any help? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications We might be able to point you to other places that are able to help more. Regards from Tom :) On 27 November 2014 at 14:46, Malcolm

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupted characters in Ubuntu

2014-11-27 Thread Tom Davies
Languages and then reset the language in the top box to the one they have as their locale. I sometimes have to go back into English (Uk) as a stepping stone before getting the right language. Regards from Tom :) On 27 November 2014 at 08:14, Tim Lloyd wrote: > Hi All, > > this one

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-26 Thread Tom Davies
licking it, and later i found the document had supposedly been password-protected (but not encrypted). Regards from Tom :) On 26 November 2014 at 16:06, Mailer Daemon wrote: > On 26/11/14 01:39 AM, Isaac Cajina wrote: > >> I need to open some documents and I do not remember my pass wo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Setting up Hyperlink Color in Impress

2014-11-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not sure how to get a style to roll out all the way through a presentation. It seems to be more difficult in a presentation than in a writer document. Regards from Tom :) On 25 November 2014 at 20:37, Csányi Pál wrote: > > From: csanyipal > > Date: Mon, Nov 24,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Report in Base not executed

2014-11-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nicely done! :) Errr, have you been able to temporarily work-around by going back to an older version of LibreOffice or have you had a chance to test-drive a newer version, maybe as a parallel install? I dunno if that might help but it might be worth a try! Regards from Tom :) On 22

Re: [libreoffice-users] mongodb and base

2014-11-24 Thread Tom Davies
Ubuntu has become very popular). The consultant would probably be able to tell which way they would prefer, and therefore which is likely to be the cheapest route. Regards from Tom :) On 24 November 2014 at 14:41, Eric wrote: > > On 11/24/2014 3:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >&

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Comments on pdf file size in 4.4 alpha; and a new bug?

2014-11-24 Thread Tom Davies
when a feature that has been running successfully for years gets broken! To me that is upside-down. It should be the techie people that make things easier for the normal end-users rather than the other way around. However we hit a brick-wall that way Regards from Tom :) On 23 November 2014

Re: [libreoffice-users] mongodb and base

2014-11-24 Thread Tom Davies
ancient system falls over. If it is the non-RHEL system then they might be paying a monthly or annual fee for support that Redhat can't give any more! I'm guessing they aren't complete morons though so it's gotta be RHEL-5.11, which makes them VERY current! Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Comments on pdf file size in 4.4 alpha; and a new bug?

2014-11-23 Thread Tom Davies
rking there will probably be relieved you asked and it gives some other new people a chance to help (ie maybe good for morale). At the very least it's a good time for the rest of us to at least test-drive the new branch Regards from Tom :) On 22 November 2014 at 15:47, V Stuart Foote wro

Re: [libreoffice-users] Comments on pdf file size in 4.4 alpha; and a new bug?

2014-11-22 Thread Tom Davies
there or some other not-quite-a-bug-really type category. This is also a good time to join in with the QA team to help do routine office type work to help make sure the different bugs are all neatly filed and stuff so that the devs can focus on the coding rather than getting bogged won with filing a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with writer

2014-11-21 Thread Tom Davies
aults" but you can gradually copy back bits&bobs until LO breaks again which can be a "give away" for pin-pointing the cause of the trouble. Regards from Tom :) On 21 November 2014 14:12, Jay Ridgley wrote: > Folks, > > One of my systems has developed a problem wi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How does 4.4 compress PDFs so well? Is there a quality problem?

2014-11-21 Thread Tom Davies
k on effect" of accidentally fixing other things at the same time. It's not always worth trying to find which weird and obscure use-cases have been fixed in this way but it's hoped that users might sometimes write in somewhere and let people know. Regards from Tom :) On 21 November 2

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How does 4.4 compress PDFs so well? Is there a quality problem?

2014-11-21 Thread Tom Davies
stent regardless of what opened them. Regards from Tom :) On 21 November 2014 10:43, Paddy Landau wrote: > TomD wrote > > I think this is tooo new so no-one really knows yet! > > > > Is there a difference between freshly created new documents done in the > > 4.4.0 co

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How does 4.4 compress PDFs so well? Is there a quality problem?

2014-11-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think this is tooo new so no-one really knows yet! Is there a difference between freshly created new documents done in the 4.4.0 compared with documents created in previous branches? Does that help with figuring out a pattern or is that a "red herring"? Regards from Tom :

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre office

2014-11-20 Thread Tom Davies
specs for 'docX' in MS Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 365 - none of which seems happy to open 'strict' OOXML (unlike LibreOffice (and other non-MS programs&suites) which handles "strict" DocX fine too). Regards from Tom :) On 20 November 2014 21:30, Luuk wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: rtf files

2014-11-20 Thread Tom Davies
r. It's never been much of a "standard". You can grumble that it's everyone else's fault as much as you like but that doesn't improve the implementation in anything. You never quite know what to expect when opening an Rtf in any program other than whatever it was wr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: macro to add annotation to selected text range

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
quite geeky, detail about what the command can do. So; man ls man dir Also just typing help info often gives quite a bit of general help. Is there anything like that for macros? Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 17:59, Matt Price wrote: > Jim, > > That was

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: rtf files

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, ok. If that counts as plain text of a 5 (ish) letter document then that explains a few misunderstandings i've had. Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 17:44, jomali wrote: > Sorry, Tom, that is plain text, just like HTML is plain text. Yes, it > contains special co

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: rtf files

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, right. Now i'm kinda regretting using 4-6 random letters but not enough to repeat the experiment. I suspect my adfs (or whatever) is probably something like E0\85\9F\F2\F9Oh \AB\91 Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 17:40, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 19.11.2014

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: rtf files

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
ers by all shouting at once "Oh yes it is" this goes back-and-forth several times until the audience is inevitably proven right) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantomime Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 15:40, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 19.11.2014 um 15:49 schrieb Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: rtf files

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
ch\f3\fs24\lang2057{\rtlch \ltrch\loch asdfdf} \par } Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 16:16, Cley Faye wrote: > 2014-11-19 16:58 GMT+01:00 Virgil Arrington : > > > That's one of the things I've always liked about RTF. In a pinch, one > > could open an RTF

Re: [libreoffice-users] macro to add annotation to selected text range

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
ation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers I'm not sure they will help for this specific use-case but they might help generally. Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 16:05, Matt Price wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to add a really simple macro that I can bind to a key.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: rtf files

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
hat LibreOffice/OpenOffice tend to become the best tool for dealing with most formats that become abandoned by everyone else. Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 14:49, Virgil Arrington wrote: > > On 11/19/2014 8:14 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: > >> Am 19.11.2014 um 13:33 schrieb V

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: rtf files

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
everyone else seems to find so easy and which have been openly available from OASIS or (for a small fee) from the ISO people. Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 13:05, Urmas wrote: > "Andreas Säger": > > Which non-MS >> application can handle every flavour of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Report in Base not executed

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Crashing is usually due to some 3rd party Extension or some weird tangle of settings in the User Profile. Renaming the User Profile is usually fairly quick and easy, once you've figured it out first time https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile The 2nd most likely cause has tended to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base Help Anyone

2014-11-19 Thread Tom Davies
seem to quite grasp that simply 'selling' Base as being much like Access is actually quite damaging and completely misses the huge advantages that Base offers. Regards from Tom :) On 19 November 2014 09:39, Mark Stanton wrote: > Tom, I'm not entirely sure, when you said > &

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-11-18 Thread Tom Davies
court case. So it's good if LO can use it with some confidence despite all it's problems. It's going to be quite amusing when it's only non-MS packages are still supporting the mess of old unreliable formats that MS scatters behind it. Regards from Tom :) On 16 November 201

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Libo 4.3.4.1/We're Cooking

2014-11-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought people here might like to see that accessibility issues are being handled increasingly better. Regards from Tom :) On 18 November 2014 15:02, David Goldfield wrote: > To quote the Beatles, I have to admit it's getting better. Installation > of the official 4.3.4.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base Help Anyone

2014-11-18 Thread Tom Davies
ariaDb are often used. Regards from Tom :) On 18 November 2014 13:59, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > On 11/18/2014 07:32 AM, Alan B wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 6:35 AM, Alan Pedder >> wrote: >> >> I >>> have been using Base to provide a da

Re: [libreoffice-users] Audit Trail

2014-11-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you looked into using Zotero? I think it works well with Writer and Word. Regards from Tom :) On 17 November 2014 17:25, rs400 wrote: > I am trying to create a record of each of the entries I make when > researching > my thesis. > Is it possible to get either Cal

Re: [libreoffice-users] mongodb and base

2014-11-17 Thread Tom Davies
database and are looking for a front-end then it's a different story. Regards from Tom :) On 16 November 2014 22:16, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: > On 16 November 2014 21:57, Eric wrote: > > I've googled a bit and did not find anything. Has anyone coupled mongodb > and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LO Writer to edit HTML

2014-11-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Notepad is possibly the most difficult text-editor to use. It doesn't have any of the fancy colour-coding that almost every text-editor has. Regards from Tom :) On 16 November 2014 23:53, anne-ology wrote: >The problem - and a major one to my way of thinking - is th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LO Writer to edit HTML

2014-11-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Wikipedia is often a good place to get some sort of idea but the important bit is to use their External Links. For some of the languages w3schools can be useful but some people say they tend to teach some bad habits. Regards from Tom :) On 16 November 2014 23:57, anne-ology wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Report in Base not executed

2014-11-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Here's a link to help you follow Alex's advice https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile It often helps fix a wide variety of weird problems. I hope it helps with this one too! :)) Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 16 November 2014 09:36, Alex Thurgood wrote: >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LO Writer to edit HTML

2014-11-15 Thread Tom Davies
ut how to make it look pretty for print. Regards from Tom :) On 15 November 2014 00:27, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > > I use to "hand code" everything and then check my work in a browser. Now > with more complex pages, it can

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer page numbering resets itself halfway through document

2014-11-14 Thread Tom Davies
" on macros so i would have complete confidence in running it even without having made a back-up, but i'd still make a back-up anyway. Regards from Tom :) On 14 November 2014 20:05, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > On a whim, can you run the macro below. As a paranoid sort, I would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LO Writer to edit HTML

2014-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
ffort to be useful to any type of coding work. Of course when you print or show the code to someone on Windows they don't see the clever colour-coding. Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2014 15:03, Ian Whitfield wrote: > Thanks all. > > Well it looks as if the PClinuxOS versio

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LO Writer to edit HTML

2014-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
r results are not as good as they'd hoped. Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2014 13:31, Steve Wolf wrote: > To keep things simple you will only be able to edit html files created and > saved in Libre Office. To edit all other html files please use a simple > text editor like notepa

Re: [libreoffice-users] customise character order for comparisons?

2014-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think that's h before H and a before A Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2014 11:58, Gary Collins wrote: > [Thanks for reply. I posted this earlier, but it might have gone offlist. > Apologies if this is a duplication.] > Hi,thanks for reply, I'll have a l

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LO Writer to edit HTML

2014-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
monly used code and selecting that kinda pastes the bit of code into document. Kate and the rest probably have similar features. Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2014 11:18, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: > When saving your document, select "HTML Document (Writer) (.html)" in the >

Re: [libreoffice-users] customise character order for comparisons?

2014-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
uages but i'm not sure about ancient ones. Sorry i can't help with this but hopefully one of those tangents isn't tooo wrong for what you need! Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2014 10:00, Gary Collins wrote: > Hi,this is a bit of an unusual request , I know, but I'm w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: New LibreOffice user Question

2014-11-12 Thread Tom Davies
king up or using data the normal users could be using Writer and be happily in their familiar environment without a hint of scary database-design tools. Regards from Tom :) On 12 November 2014 15:59, V Stuart Foote wrote: > Dave Asaibene wrote > > ... Is there a place I can get an older

[libreoffice-users] ooow:=[.$C$1] instead of "=$C$1"

2014-11-12 Thread Tom Davies
d upcoming ones on a chapter-by-chapter basis as individual chapters get completed) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Regards from Tom :) On 12 November 2014 01:26, Bill Kuns wrote: > Dear List: > > What the heck is this: "ooow:=[.$C$1]"? > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, that explains a lot! Thanks Sophie! Regards from Tom :) On 10 November 2014 13:18, Sophie wrote: > Hi Tim, > Le 10/11/2014 00:13, Tim Lloyd a écrit : > [...] > > >> > > Hi Sophie, > > > > any news on this? It would be good to close off the bugz

Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-08 Thread Tom Davies
then go up to Help - About what version of LibreOffice does it say the file is open in? Regards from Tom :) On 8 November 2014 02:02, Virgil Arrington wrote: > I've used LO and its predecessors for about 15 years now. I recently > noticed that the dialog boxes for outline numberi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Default Alignment for Inserted Images

2014-11-07 Thread Tom Davies
HI :) +1 There are many other contributors whose answers are always of a similarly high quality. I save answers from quite a few people here. Regina, for example - but i'd be hard-pushed to name anyone as prolific over such a long time-span as Brian. Regards from Tom :) On 7 November 20

Re: [libreoffice-users] Java LO and OSX

2014-11-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, don't the installers for java try to uninstall previous versions, if it can find them (which it often fails to do)? Interesting that 8 manages to find and block 6, does it manage to uninstall it? Regards from Tom :) On 6 November 2014 17:04, Marc Grober wrote: > if

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Solved] Re: Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-11-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks Andreas and Peter for saving my bacon there! Now we have 2 good ways to do it :)) Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 5 November 2014 18:36, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 05.11.2014 um 02:51 schrieb Mark LaPierre: > > Hey Tom, > > > > It would be nice to post the

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4 on OSX 10.10

2014-11-06 Thread Tom Davies
blame any 3rd party tool, but in this case you'll probably find a whole bunch of other stuff also has problems with the same version of java. Regards from Tom :) On 6 November 2014 16:03, Marc Grober wrote: > As this was just recently a topic of heated discussion, I thought I > wo

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4 on OSX 10.10

2014-11-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry! That path won't work on Macs. I'm not sure how to get to the preferences on a Mac but once you do it's probably the "Advanced" section you'll need. But it kinda gather you already know that. Regards from Tom :) On 6 November 2014 18:34, Tom Davies w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Office suites on linux... interesting discuss on LinkedIn

2014-11-06 Thread Tom Davies
getting them to go back to the "Still" branch. However it's easier for people to grumble outside of the project in a place where they are unlikely to get any help rather than to risk finding their problem has an easy answer. Regards from Tom :) On 6 November 2014 10:06, Carlo Strata

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

2014-11-06 Thread Tom Davies
been recreated on Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian) but not on windows." Plus versions; "I have tried a few old versions on Fedora and I can see that the problem occurs between 4.2.3 and 4.2.4. In 4.2.3 step 6 will not activate Bold" Regards from Tom :) On 6 November 2014 04:25, V

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tab defaults change when pasting into Writer from some other applications

2014-11-05 Thread Tom Davies
rryVB, as i'm not usually much of a "people person" especially when it comes to suggesting possible improvements! Regards from Tom :) On 5 November 2014 21:17, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > Sounds good to me! > > > > On 11/5/2014 2:21 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> H

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

2014-11-05 Thread Tom Davies
get stuck but i think you'll be surprised at how much easier it is than the guides or reputation makes it sound! ;) Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 5 November 2014 20:50, jerryvb wrote: > > timllloyd wrote > >> I just did the same as Dan and got the same results. Wh

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tab defaults change when pasting into Writer from some other applications

2014-11-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's be nice if certain users could set the style for all users on that machine. So 2 option rather than just the one, maybe. Regards from Tom :) On 5 November 2014 16:31, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > Correction: "Change this style permanently?" should be "Chang

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

2014-11-05 Thread Tom Davies
r for when the problem first appeared. If you post a clickable link back to this thread then maybe someone here can help add something useful later on. Regards from Tom :) On 5 November 2014 07:23, Tim Lloyd wrote: > > I just did the same as Dan and got the same results. When I press C

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tab defaults change when pasting into Writer from some other applications

2014-11-05 Thread Tom Davies
some useful time-saving stuff without having to spend hours setting it up. That hopefully gives you more time to improve on your styles to make more time-savings and/or to make your documents look better. Regards from Tom :) On 5 November 2014 00:23, Virgil Arrington wrote: > > On 11/4

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

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yeh, i'm now on Ubuntu 14.04 with LO 4.2.6 and do have the problem but earlier on 3.5.7 i wasn't getting it. Hmm, is this something to do with styles? Is it that the style is staying the same and so the boldness is staying on? Regards from Tom :) On 4 November 2014 16:

Re: [libreoffice-users] RuntimeException on Installing Extension

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
i can only think of trying to find the Devs Mailing List, or in their case they seem to use an "irc" channel (whatever one of them is)! (see bottom of the page in this link) http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/community-support/ Apols and regards from Tom :) On 3 November 2014 17:17,

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
till a few chapters that need reviewing but it's tough work so just proof-reading those already done would be great and could be done by almost anyone. Regards from Tom :) On 3 November 2014 21:40, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Has anyone had any luck trying to find the thread Noel was

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

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
other versions of LibreOffice. Are you sure you switched Bold off? Regards from Tom :) On 4 November 2014 07:49, Graham Luffrum wrote: > I seem to recall that this has always been the case, at least under Linux > Mint with various versions of LibreOffice. Interestingly, if on the s

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

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It does sound like a bug and maybe worth posting a bug-report about it before it settles in for the long haul! Go for it! :) Regards from Tom :) On 3 November 2014 23:41, jerryvb wrote: > I have found a strange action by Writer. I think it might be a bug, but I'm > not s

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
area but Brad's might have nailed it down. Good work folks! Regards from Tom :) On 3 November 2014 22:44, Tim Lloyd wrote: > 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=85

Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
instead of into a design view? Is this something that might be better done using a form that is made in Writer? Regards from Tom :) On 27 October 2014 09:26, Marion & Noel Lodge wrote: > Hi Peter, > > This question was asked recently. If you go to - > http://www.libreoff

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Simple address data and 3 sheets

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
don't see any of the under-laying Base design. Regards from Tom :) On 3 November 2014 20:24, Andreas Säger wrote: > Hi, > First of all, no professional IT person would do in a spreadsheet what you > perfectly describe as a relational database. > VLOOKUP is the key to mis-

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
other Debian family probably have the same result as me. Someone in the thread already tried with Fedora. So ideally if you are using something else it might help more. Windows anyone? ;) Regards from Tom :) On 3 November 2014 01:13, Tim Lloyd wrote: > Hi All, > > I wonder if anyone

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