Re: [libreoffice-users] Brand new installation of Libreoffice 3.4.4 places a large folder on desktop! What to do with it!

2011-12-24 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
There are things that still need Java, in some of the extensions, even if all of the code in LO is rewritten to Python. There are things that are good and that are bad with Java. I remember when it was first coming into use. Back then we did not have any idea about what

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MariaDb (v similar to MySql) beta-testing

2011-12-23 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
There is a List-Style question about an issue with it, in one of the comments posted in the Extension Center. Something is now working for someone. Maybe someone might got look at it and see if they can figure out what the issue it. The error message is at the bottom of the page.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Changes with java in Ubuntu

2011-12-22 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/22/2011 02:07 PM, NoOp wrote: On 12/20/2011 05:03 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi, I saw this announcement: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-December/001528.html So SUN/Oracle JDK will be removed. The article gives some more advise of course. HTH,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Changes with java in Ubuntu

2011-12-22 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I wonder what the difference would be using openjdk-jre, vs. the regular version, with respect to security? We still have to have Java as part of LO, even when all of the internal Java coding changed out to Python. There are Extensions that require a JRE being installed so it can work.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: More Mentors Needed!

2011-12-21 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Somehow I did not see the original posting before I did some email deleting. What does this educator want from us? On 12/21/2011 09:53 AM, Don C. Myers wrote: Looks legitimate: http://www.wou.edu/las/cs/morgan.html or the search in Google:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO North American Community DVD - ISO is now online

2011-12-20 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: OK people Here is an ISO of the North American Community DVD [English version]. It is about 3.6 GB in size. It is for Windows, Linux [.deb and .rpm], and MacOSX [PPC and x86/Intel]. For those who can, please download it and burn your own copy. Let

Re: [libreoffice-users] libre will take 15-20 seconds to open any file

2011-12-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/18/2011 04:41 AM, Νίκος Αλμπανόπουλος wrote: Suddenly, a couple of weeks ago or so, Libre Office 3.4.4 (OOO340m1, build 402 at my ubuntu 11.10 desktop) started to behave this strange: When I try to open any file, big or small, doc or odt or ods or anything, then for about 10-12 seconds

Re: [libreoffice-users] libre will take 15-20 seconds to open any file

2011-12-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I had one core update that mess up the way all my on-screen fonts look. I have never got my system back to where it looked before. So I try to control my system's updating cycle. On 12/18/2011 10:34 AM, Νίκος Αλμπανόπουλος wrote: yes, probably it happened after an update, but I have not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: When will be a Web-Version of OOo/LO available?

2011-12-17 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
The issue for doing LO/OOo as a web-based package is who hosts it and how many will be allowed to use it. What I was talking about is that it is not just making an online version but the rest of it. If you have a limited market that will use it, then it can be done, but not if you have a

Re: [libreoffice-users] small caps

2011-12-17 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/17/2011 02:33 PM, doug wrote: On 12/17/2011 04:25 AM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Hi, Le 17/12/2011 08:03, doug a écrit : On 12/17/2011 01:45 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: Doug On 12/17/2011 01:05 AM, doug wrote: How does one make small caps in LO? I need to make just one or two words in a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: When will be a Web-Version of OOo/LO available?

2011-12-17 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/17/2011 04:52 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: Michelle On 12/17/2011 04:11 AM, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello David S. Crampton, very well spoken! Upon reflection, this calls for LO to build a community of support people that can support small to medium sized businesses and avoid the siren call

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: small caps

2011-12-17 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/17/2011 06:39 PM, Pedro wrote: doug-2 wrote Thank you, Jay. That works. It's a little clumsy, but at least it can be done. Too bad it can't be assigned to some function key or something. If every time you want to write am or pm in small caps, it's going to be a pain. You can assign

Re: [libreoffice-users] Yippee!

2011-12-17 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/17/2011 08:46 PM, jomali wrote: What a nice present http://www.ladonnawest.com/inf.php?Christmas Hope u enjoy it! Actually it looks like someone is redirecting you to the drug site, instead of where the page should go. Or at least what Google describes what is there. It looks

Re: [libreoffice-users] Improved!?

2011-12-16 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
This is a case for the need for people to do more backups. We must backup our files to save us any problems of lost files. When you try any new software, you should have the files backed up so if that new software messes up badly, you still have a clean/correct document to work with, with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-15 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/15/2011 01:23 PM, James Knott wrote: Tom Davies wrote: Sorry about my last post! I'm just updating the antivirus on a handful of machines here. A pointless and futile task imo. I could be down the pub watching a band. One of the joys of running Windows and part of the reason I use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
There has to be a way to do the multiple copies in one print job. I printed a page using CUPS-PDF, but Export to PDF will do. Then I went to print it out to an HP color laser printer. There was a number of copies option show. I wonder it that will make 5 or 10 jobs, just printing the same

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
late. Had I only known that before I tried sending the print job in the first place I could have saved myself a ton of time and aggravation! Don On 12/15/2011 02:08 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: There has to be a way to do the multiple copies in one print job. I printed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Finding Dictionaries

2011-12-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
What he was looking for was an Australian dictionary that included the thesaurus, and such. That dictionary is not currently on the LO Extension Center. The key for why most of the dictionaries on the LibreOffice-NA.US site dictionary page[s] are not on the Extension Center list, is simple.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: When will be a Web-Version of OOo/LO available?

2011-12-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
The question about a cloud version of LO or OOo was the thread. As for LO having one, well there is a lot of server side work and expense to produce a cloud based application. As for how soon will there be a cloud app that is not so limiting, it is all in the economics of server side

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: When will be a Web-Version of OOo/LO available?

2011-12-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/14/2011 10:18 AM, Caesar wrote: On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:07:38 -0500, webmaster for Kracked Press Productionswebmas...@krackedpress.com wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: When will be a Web-Version of OOo/LO available?: Personally, I do not like the idea of cloud based computing, for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/14/2011 04:33 PM, Pedro wrote: M Robinson wrote What's the story with LibreOffice Portable, I've been trying to download the file since PortableApps released version 10. It doesn't matter which site a attempt to download from I end up with an incomplete file of 19.9 MB, the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I have seen it before, but it has been a few years ago that I have used Windows as my default OS. Actually it was two laptops XP and Vista back then. But I heard about the same issue and had it happen, or something like that, with me a few times on some of my larger files. I was using

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu Fax Driver Search

2011-12-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I know that exist, but I did not know which ones were Linux capable. On 12/14/2011 08:03 PM, Arthur N. Dunning III wrote: Would manual selection work with an external modem powered by a USB port? That is the kind of modem I'm using. Arthur ** On 12/09/2011 07:51 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:

[libreoffice-users] LO North American Community DVD - ISO is now online

2011-12-12 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
OK people Here is an ISO of the North American Community DVD [English version]. It is about 3.6 GB in size. It is for Windows, Linux [.deb and .rpm], and MacOSX [PPC and x86/Intel]. For those who can, please download it and burn your own copy. Let us know what you think. Use it to make your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Fax Driver Search

2011-12-10 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I never was able to get Ubuntu to work with either my PCI fax cards or the ones built into my laptops. I know that if you have a fax card working with its printer driver package, you can use it like a paper printer, except it asked for the fax numbers and such, then prints the document as a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing cups.h While Compiling (Linux)

2011-12-10 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/09/2011 06:00 PM, Joel Madero wrote: Hi All, I can't compile LibreOffice or Open Office, keeps saying I'm missing cups.h but I'm not. I've checked my /usr/include and I have cups.h, I have all the appropriate dev files installed from the repos. Any ideas. Thank you I think this thread

Re: [libreoffice-users] import from HTML

2011-12-10 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
There is an option in Writer called Paste Special. Then you choose the HTML text style. I do not know if LO can convert HTML based tables into rows and columns properly. There has to be a method to do that, but I do not know. But, it must be done, like Writer does, by a special pasting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Fax Driver Search

2011-12-10 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/10/2011 08:57 AM, Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 3:36 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I never was able to get Ubuntu to work with either my PCI fax cards or the ones built into my laptops. I know that if you have a fax card

[libreoffice-users] help for add LO and other open source word to add to the dictionaries

2011-12-09 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I am looking for help with adding words to the current word lists for my dictionary, that are part of the LO/OOo/open-source community. I want to make sure that the words associated with this work is a part of the dictionaries I have for LO. I realized that I did not look for these words

Re: [libreoffice-users] help for add LO and other open source word to add to the dictionaries

2011-12-09 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
needed to be added to the dictionary. Prominent names should be added though. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:24 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I am looking for help with adding words to the current word lists for my dictionary, that are part of the LO/OOo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Document size (dimensions) reduction in PDF

2011-12-07 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Here is my question: When you print directly, you get it the correct margins. Are you getting the wrong margins when you print the PDF file, or does the PDF file have the wrong margins? It was unclear to me. It there is headers and footers in the page, there may be the issue of the PDF file

Re: [libreoffice-users] Template dialogue

2011-12-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Yes you are able to get copies of the earlier JREs. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/archive-139210.html It takes a little effort to find it, since they do not want you to install the older ones. Although they have version 6 update 29 as the newest, they do not have update 28 in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Unwanted horizontal white hairline rules in PDF in Mac Preview

2011-12-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/01/2011 06:10 PM, NoOp wrote: On 12/01/2011 10:55 AM, bh wrote: I just switched from NeoOffice to LibreOffice on my Mac. LibreOffice is much more reliable! I was getting mysterious disappearances of pictures in NeoOffice and have had no such problems since the switch. But one new

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Standalone PDF

2011-12-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
For Windows, I use doPDF, which places a printer in you printer list that prints to a PDF file. I know that Linux may have a PDF printer option installed by default, but what little testing I have used for it, I find that I prefer to install CUPS-PDF printer and use it. It creates a better

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Standalone PDF

2011-12-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I do not think doPDF if a true FLOSS package, but it is free. I have not worked with PDF-Redirect or PDF Creator before. It might be interesting to see if they can be installed side by side and compare their features. Maybe do the same for the default PDF printer for Linux vs. CUPS-PDF.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Template dialogue

2011-12-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
/2011 08:59 AM, Stephen Anderson wrote: * 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Unwanted horizontal white hairline rules in PDF in Mac Preview

2011-12-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
As I zoom in more and more, most of the white hairlines started to go away. So it might be a display issue for part of the problem. At 100%, I had a lot of grid lines. At 200% had only about forth of the left. At 300% I had only 3 left. On 12/02/2011 12:13 PM, bh wrote: When I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Unwanted horizontal white hairline rules in PDF in Mac Preview

2011-12-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
No, I did not see the hairline lines there with my zooming in. You did say you do not see it in the last color printing you did? If you see the lines in one place and I see them in a different place[s], it has to be something no associated with the actual file.It must be a monitor

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unwanted horizontal white hairline rules in PDF in Mac Preview

2011-12-01 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
do you have a PDF printer to try? Ubuntu and other Linux have CUPS-PDF and there is a Windows one called doPDF. I find that it is good to try both the Export to PDF and a PDF Printer to compare each output. Sometimes it works better with CUPS, while other times it is better with the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing graphic images in documents

2011-11-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
There were two version of LO for Windows, but not there is only one. It is better this way, since it could have caused confusion about which version do you need to download and install. Yes, the custom install will give you the languages you want. You will also need to go to the dictionary

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Duplex

2011-11-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I run Ubuntu and for whatever reason, I never could get Duplex to work for my Epson Artisan 810 printer. What I did way print the document out to a PDF file, then use the PDF viewer to print to the Artisan printer using the duplex option. I still cannot get it to work with 3.4.4. So my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Converting MS Office templates to Libre Office

2011-11-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I tend to open them in LO and then save then to LO's template file format. It has worked in the past, but I have not done that since 4-6 months ago. LO has changed since then. I also did it with OOo 3.x before. The .dotx did not work will with OOo, but .dot did last year. So I see no

Re: [libreoffice-users] JAVA issue

2011-11-29 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I thought 7 was still in development. or it was and not ready for downloading according to the site last week or so. On 11/29/2011 03:50 PM, The Invisible Phan wrote: After installing the latest LibreOffice it doesn't seem to recognize the latest version of JAVA (7u1) as being installed and

Re: [libreoffice-users] New design

2011-11-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
What is OMGUbuntu!? I know that there were some code changes to make LibreOffice work better with the Unity desktop that Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 has as its default desktop. GNOME 3.x is moving towards the way Unity looks, according to what I have read, as well. So could Citrus be a part of

Re: [libreoffice-users] New design

2011-11-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
The big thing we need to learn from current desktop design changes, is the fact that if the redesigns are too radical or too much different from what users are use to, then it will turn users away from our product. The change from MSO's old menu design to the new one is something that

Re: [libreoffice-users] New design

2011-11-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
then choose whichever look they wanted to use. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:16 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: The big thing we need to learn from current desktop design changes, is the fact that if the redesigns are too radical or too much different from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: New design

2011-11-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Not everyone is using widescreen monitors. I know many users that have not bought a new monitor to replace their old 4:3 CRT monitors. SO if you have the style dedicated to be used with widescreen, then you make it an issue for those who do not use the new monitors. For myself, I do not

Re: [libreoffice-users] New design

2011-11-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
be eager to tackle. (Classic case of Jungian projection.) Udvarias Ur Software Quality Assurance Engineer (retired) On 11-11-28 10:48 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: With Ubuntu 11.10, it looks like you do not have a choice to go back to the GNOME 2.32[?] desktop like Ubuntu 11.04

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: New design

2011-11-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 11/28/2011 05:23 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: Citrus has one thing right. When editing a document you need Insert - Styles - Text - View. Float Document, Page, Paragraph and Defaults where ever you want, but most are used to the upper left hand corner. Heck, maybe Paragraph should be under

Re: [libreoffice-users] Demise of Open Office

2011-11-25 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
The big reason to use LibreOffice 3.4.4 over OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 is that LO reads/writes .docx files better that OOo's offering. It had come a long way from its OOo roots about a year ago. So LO 3.4.4 should be looked at as the better product. That is the real reason to try LO now. As

Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting the default save folder system-wide (Ubuntu 11.10)

2011-11-23 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, so here is what I would do: Go to ToolsOptionsLibreOfficePath Then I would click on the My Documents path for /home/timothy/Documents [timothy is my user home folder] You should be able to edit that page to any mounted drive/folder. The thing is you must make sure

Re: [libreoffice-users] font settings are not maintained

2011-11-23 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
What is the default language font you are using? Have you edited the ToolsOptionsLanguage SettingsLanguages for the default Western, Asian, and CTL settings? Have you tried to use Paste Special and Unformatted text? This should then paste the text in the font that is your default, listed in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Esperanto

2011-11-23 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 11/23/2011 12:15 PM, David Laffineuse wrote: I am looking for an Esperanto dictionary/grammar checker for LibreOffice (Mac 10.7 version). Thanks in advance for your help. David Here are the two Esperanto dictionary .oxt files I know about. They work for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting an image from a scanner ify

2011-11-23 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
LO 32-bit or 64-bit DEB? 3.4.3? 3.4.4? or some other version? What is the Printer/Scanner model you are using? What is the the default scanner software you are using for Ubuntu? Do you have XSane installed or just Sane? I know that my Artisan Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax [network,

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to openclipart

2011-11-21 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 11/21/2011 05:04 AM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 21/11/2011 at 10:14, e-letterinp...@gmail.com wrote: We will bring the site back online soon when we can resolve those issues. If English is not your first language, mistakes are OK but it typical of the poster: soon becomes days??? I

Re: [libreoffice-users] writer: business cards w/ tables - duplicate cells

2011-11-20 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I use to make a lot of specialty business cards and odd size labels for people. I found that many of the .doc templates did not work well with LO, or even Word 2003. I had to adjust the margins to fit the printer's needs since some of these templates used smaller top margins than the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Backspace key in IDE behaves as Delete Key instead.

2011-11-19 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 11/19/2011 02:57 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi David, David S. Crampton wrote (19-11-11 03:06) Backspace key behaves correctly in Calc and in Writer. In the Basic IDE, however, it eats the character to the right of the cursor. Should eat the character to the left of the cursor. Strange

[libreoffice-users] the American English 638K+ word list in a 11,800+ page, 5-column, .odt file.

2011-11-19 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
For those of you that would like to see the spelling word list, that is part of the American English Spelling-Hyphenation-Thesaurus with over 638K spelling word list, below is a link to the .odt file. It is a 5 column per page document with over 11,800 pages. Just to warn you, LO has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to write upside down text

2011-11-19 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 11/19/2011 01:59 PM, NoOp wrote: On 11/19/2011 08:44 AM, emk wrote: Is there a way to create upside down text either by rotating or flipping the text? ¿sıɥʇ ǝʞı˥ http://www.upsidedowntext.com/ In Writer you can use the Draw toolbar to enter text (View|Toolbar|Drawing). Then click the

Re: [libreoffice-users] reactivate spell checker

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I was wondering if you could re-install the language pack[s]. Of you could install a dictionary extension for German. That might change the system settings. I know that if you add a different dictionary for the same language, the new one has priority over the older one. When both have thesaurus

Re: [libreoffice-users] Differences between LibreOffice 3.3 and 3.4

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
The 3.3.x line will be ending with 3.3.5, and 3.4.x will end with 3.4.5. Before that happens, the 3.5.x line will start. What happens is the newest line is used as the most cutting edge for its first few versions. Once it gets past 3.x.3, it starts being stable for businesses and

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to openclipart

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I have several of their collections in archive/compressed form. Near the bottom of this page is those collections. http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/artwork.html Their names are: Fall 2010 Halloween 2010 Sports 2010 Sprint 2010 Summer 2010 Thanksgiving 2010 and Winter Holidays

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Differences between LibreOffice 3.3 and 3.4

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 11/18/2011 09:54 AM, Pedro wrote: Martin Jungowski wrote: The latest and greatest is never our first choice, and features are a distant fourth to stability, reliability, and dependability. Right now I'm leaning towards the well-established and therefore more stable 3.3 release tomsave

[libreoffice-users] Ubuntu update manager decided to replace my 3.4.3 with 3.3.3

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I just tried to add an extension and got an error about needed at least 3.4 to install. Since I know I installed 3.4.3 when it came out, I looked into what was going on. I remember Ubuntu 10.04 LTS dealing with a few large Linux core updates over the past month or two. I wonder if one of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Suggestion Find Replace

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Have you looked into the Alternate version of Search Replace extension? Does it work better for your needs? I was just wondering. Since Thomas went and created an alternative version, it might be better than the one that is default for LO. Below is a quote about it from the OOo extension

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Formats revisited, a quote from MS.com

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I wonder why you are required to uninstall MSO 2010 before the updates, and then reinstall it? Should you not get the fixes with the Office updates or the OS updates and not have one interfering with the other? But that is Windows and MSO for you. I was download the updates for an XP

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Formats revisited, a quote from MS.com

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I have no experience with any MSO newer than 2003 [full package], unless it is their trial versions. I have used MSO 95 through 2003 from work, college, and at my home/office. I will not buy MSO 2010 or the next version, but will accept a copy from friends or clients. I do not think it is

Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to openclipart

2011-11-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
In the LibreOffice-NA.US site, we have Open Clipart collections, almost 72 Meg of zipped files, from 2010. Until they come back up, you could download the artwork on that site. One reason for a DVD was to have most everything you need without needing to go online. On 11/18/2011 04:56

Re: [libreoffice-users] Microsoft Works

2011-11-16 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 11/16/2011 03:26 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: John On 11/16/2011 01:50 PM, John Gregson wrote: I am using Win 7 32 64 I am just starting to explore Libre Office. Some where I saw a statement that Libre Office would open files generated by Microsoft Works; is this true? John. *John.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.4.4 crash after upgrade/reinstall from 3.4.3

2011-11-16 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
You might want to make sure the LO folder in the Program folder [and Program Data folder] has been removed as well. Many time these folders and their user data is kept and would get in the way of a clean install. I do not know where these are, off hand, for Vista or Win 7, but I know I had

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: QuestionAnswer system evaluation

2011-11-15 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Could you post a link to the work you have done so I can see it? I did not see the original posting, so I do not have that link. I would like to see what has been done so I can make an informative comment about what is being asked and how it is set up. On 11/15/2011 10:13 AM, Pedro wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Curved arrow shapes

2011-11-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
For me, I tend to use Arrow Fonts as the basis of any arrows that I may need. If I need something different, I use one of these arrows in the font[s] and make it an image, then edit it with GIMP. On 11/14/2011 07:42 AM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 14/11/2011 at 12:21, L

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 (Unity 3D)

2011-11-12 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
you are trying to boot from, and then try booting from the burner drive. Don On 10/19/2011 08:22 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 10/18/2011 09:33 PM, Don Myers wrote: In your BIOS, make sure when you are booting that it is checking you CD/DVD drives before your hard drive

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: which of my American, British, and Canadian English dictionaries are now online

2011-11-11 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Sorry, I cannot take credit for the word lists. They are open-source and come from a Linux repository source for a different type of system dictionary. There were list for American English, British English [not Oxford], Canadian English, French, Spanish, and Italian. I just converted

Re: [libreoffice-users] Your mailing list thinks my subscription attempt is spam!

2011-11-11 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
To be honest, everyone's mail system that has their own spam filters, tend to look at email-lists differently. Some would think them as spam, by their definitions as spam, while others would not. I have a friend that sends me emails for years. Suddenly my email/domain hosting system

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice crash in Linux

2011-11-11 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
When I installed 3.4.4 on a system that I newly installed Linux Mint 11 OS onto it, I had to install a default JRE. It did install 3.3.2 on it by its default, but it never installed the needed JRE for the 3.4.x versions. Otherwise it works fine for me. I wonder why Mint does not install a

Re: [libreoffice-users] 98, 000+ word list British dictionary, hyphen, thesaurus dictionary

2011-11-10 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Well, I am now waiting on the approval of the set of dictionaries on the LO Extension Center. I made on listing with 11 externally hosted files to choose from. word list sizes American English98,000+217,000+

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice write extremely slow to load document with lots of linked pictures

2011-11-09 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Let me get this straight. You are loading a document that has its images location online? Is there a specific reason for that option? To be honest, when I was using MSO in both industry and education, I never heard of that being done. From my point of view with working with documents

Re: [libreoffice-users] 98, 000+ word list British dictionary, hyphen, thesaurus dictionary

2011-11-09 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Well Mark I placed the largest word list version for British and American English online per your request. I will work on the Canadian version later today. I need a break and do other things. It is 9am here where I live and I have to gotten anything done except my emails and these two

Re: [libreoffice-users] Theausarus inactive

2011-11-09 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
What OS are you using? What Windows version? Or what Linux version you are using? The following came from an earlier solution, but it might work for you. [quote:] Another--more user-friendly --workaround: Rename (or remove) th e folder 'bundled' [path :

Re: [libreoffice-users] 98, 000+ word list British dictionary, hyphen, thesaurus dictionary

2011-11-08 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I have not seen any performance hits with my use of either the 98K or the 217K word list dictionaries. The actual time would difference would be really small. I have not tried using a 390K or 638K word lists though. For a real large document that I used for testing sometimes, you should

[libreoffice-users] which of my American, British, and Canadian English dictionaries are now online

2011-11-08 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I now have listed the following English dictionaries on that page: http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/dictionary.html Canadian English - 217K+ word list - no 98K word list available at this time. [en_CA] [ 390K+ not listed but online. I accidentally created the Canadian

Re: [libreoffice-users] 98, 000+ word list British dictionary, hyphen, thesaurus dictionary

2011-11-08 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I am setting them up so you can install all of them, and then disable the ones you are not going to use at that time. I would have only one enabled at a time though. Install all of them through the Extension Manager, and then click the disable button, instead of uninstall. That will leave

[libreoffice-users] 98,000+ word list British dictionary, hyphen, thesaurus dictionary

2011-11-07 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Here is a British English dictionary with 98,000+ word list, hyphen, and a thesaurus that is used for en_GB, en_US, and en_CA. I thought our British users might like a 98K word list dictionary better than one with over 217K words in it. Please look at it and see what you think. The

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I report an error in Help web pages?

2011-11-07 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Thanks for the report of the error. This is a good place to put it if you have not signed up for the documentation or web site lists. I will forward this on to the web site list. On 11/07/2011 10:16 AM, David S. Crampton wrote: At page: http://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Array_Functions

Re: [libreoffice-users] testing out 2 new large word list English dictionaries.

2011-11-06 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Sorry, I did not catch that. Even when I am not ill, after surviving 3 strokes [even small ones] my ability to catch grammar and other mistakes can be difficult. Sometimes it is hard to type 3 or 4 letters correctly in a row. Other times my speech is no good. I hate it when both are

Re: [libreoffice-users] testing out 2 new large word list English dictionaries.

2011-11-06 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
structure set. If you wish, I can email you short, working, example code. Winston On 11/05/2011 10:08 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: If I still could remember my basic C programming, I would write a program comparing the different word lists to see which words

Re: [libreoffice-users] testing out 2 new large word list English dictionaries.

2011-11-06 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Sorry Tom, but maybe not. The way my head was the last few days, I might not have noticed if there was a 300 pound tiger sleeping on my bed instead of the 15 pound tiger cat called Knobby. Many days worth of lack of calories, lack of heavy pain killers [6 scripts worth that could not be

Re: [libreoffice-users] testing out 2 new large word list English dictionaries.

2011-11-05 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
the last stroke. On 11/01/2011 03:27 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:40 01/11/2011 -0400, The nameless webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: The spelling dictionary word list are over 217,000 words with the British one having about 280 less words. But does it include the word fewer

[libreoffice-users] testing out 2 new large word list English dictionaries.

2011-11-01 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I am testing out 2 new .oxt extensions. They are about 5.5MB each in size. The American English one has en_US spelling, hyphen, and thesaurus. The British one has en_GB spelling, hyphen, and US thesaurus. I could not find a GB thesaurus instructions, so I used the US one since they are

Re: [Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer Thesaurus

2011-10-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I opened that package manager and type in word processing and I did not get a thing. I did the same in the Ubuntu Software Center [Applications menu] and did not get any thesaurus or dictionary packages either. On 10/30/2011 04:13 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Congrats, nicely done! lol

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shortcut for different languages l

2011-10-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I would like to see it too for local community computer centers that deal with people who are learning English as their second language. Also schools/colleges could use that so the students could have an easy way to go back and forth between different languages for the menu systems. When

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OCR extension?

2011-10-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Isn't OCR part of a scanner package of software? I know that my printer/scanner devices all came with some OCR packages. Why do you want/need an OCR extension for LO? That type of thing is a real hassle to create. It would be like adding a Calculus package to the Calc module. It is just

Re: [Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer Thesaurus

2011-10-30 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
of. On 10/30/2011 10:14 AM, soumalya ray wrote: me neither @webmaster On 30 October 2011 19:00, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I opened that package manager and type in word processing and I did not get a thing. I did the same in the Ubuntu Software

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Thesaurus

2011-10-29 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Thesaurus is grayed out where? In LO? or the external one? Artha is a good external Thesaurus and Dictionary that I am running on Ubuntu 10.04. Install this dictionary/hyphen/thesaurus .oxt file.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Thesaurus

2011-10-29 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I do not have that option checked and I have the Thesaurus running. On 10/29/2011 07:11 PM, Libre User wrote: ToolsOptionsGeneralClick box at bottom of window that says Enable experimental (unstable) features Jerry At 02:39 PM 10/29/2011, you wrote: Writer Thesaurus Just up graded to

Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

2011-10-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I do not know about why PDF is set as the default for that printer. I never saw an HP printer use PDF as a default language for the printer. Did you download and install the HP drivers for Linux? Here is the link to the site. http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html I have two HP

Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

2011-10-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
have yours. That it what it should be. On 10/28/2011 12:04 PM, Thomas Knierim wrote: Hi Am 28.10.2011 um 15:36 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions: I do not know about why PDF is set as the default for that printer. I never saw an HP printer use PDF as a default language

Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print t[w]o pages on a single side of paper

2011-10-28 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
If you go to Print Properties Device you will see the printer language option I did not remember this either. But I do wonder if PDF means something different here. On 10/28/2011 07:39 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:38 28/10/2011 +0200, Thomas Knierim wrote: The problem does only appear if

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO auto save

2011-10-27 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Piers Anthony [Scifi/Fantasy writer] has been using OOo/LO to write his book for years. He is a Linux user as well. He maintains a list of publishing company for people who want to have their books published. He also has some of his books printed with print on demand service companies.

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