Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread James Knott
On 08/26/2016 04:15 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: >> Maybe write a user guide: _Abusing Calc: How to do things without >> totally destroying your data, when using Calc for that for which it is >> neither designed to do, nor is suitable for_: >> * Two chapters on using Calc as a text editor; >> * Three

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2016-08-27 06:23, toki wrote: On 26/08/2016 14:13, M Henri Day wrote: - while dealing more specifically with Microsoft's Excel, should, as noted in the next-to-last paragraph, give even LibreOffice developers pause. If the claim that LibreOffice behaves like Microsoft Office in this

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread Joe Conner
+1 ;-) On 08/26/2016 11:23 AM, toki wrote: <> in Calc easier for users Should people be encouraged to use Calc for a task for which it is neither designed, nor suitable for, rather than using Base, which is designed to be a database? Maybe write a user guide: _Abusing Calc: How to do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread toki
On 26/08/2016 14:13, M Henri Day wrote: > - while dealing more specifically with Microsoft's Excel, should, as noted > in the next-to-last paragraph, give even LibreOffice developers pause. If > the claim that LibreOffice behaves like Microsoft Office in this particular a)The actual research

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread Wade Smart
-- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered Linux Machine: #408606 Linux since June 2005 On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:58 AM, M Henri Day wrote: > 2016-08-26 17:31 GMT+02:00 Wade Smart : >> >> > I tried - and a popup appers to write down my mailadress and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 26/08/2016 à 16:13, M Henri Day a écrit : > ​This *Wapo* article ( > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/26/an-alarming-number-of-scientific-papers-contain-excel-errors/)​ > - while dealing more specifically with Microsoft's Excel, should, as noted > in the next-to-last

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread Peter
On 27/08/16 00:13, M Henri Day wrote: ​This *Wapo* article ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/26/an-alarming-number-of-scientific-papers-contain-excel-errors/)​ - while dealing more specifically with Microsoft's Excel, should, as noted in the next-to-last paragraph, give

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread M Henri Day
2016-08-26 17:31 GMT+02:00 Wade Smart : > > I tried - and a popup appers to write down my mailadress and register. > > Couldn't read the text in background. > > > > Regards > > > > Robert > > This is what I saw as well. > ​We seem to be discussing an entirely different issue

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread Wade Smart
> I tried - and a popup appers to write down my mailadress and register. > Couldn't read the text in background. > > Regards > > Robert This is what I saw as well. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread mxk
On 8/26/2016 10:21 AM, James Knott wrote: On 08/26/2016 10:17 AM, Wade Smart wrote: >You have to register to read the article. I didn't have to. Nor did I. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread James Knott
On 08/26/2016 10:17 AM, Wade Smart wrote: > You have to register to read the article. I didn't have to. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread Wade Smart
You have to register to read the article. -- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered Linux Machine: #408606 Linux since June 2005 On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:13 AM, M Henri Day wrote: > This *Wapo* article ( >

[libreoffice-users] Overly aggressive autofomatting issues in LibreOffice

2016-08-26 Thread M Henri Day
​This *Wapo* article ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/26/an-alarming-number-of-scientific-papers-contain-excel-errors/)​ - while dealing more specifically with Microsoft's Excel, should, as noted in the next-to-last paragraph, give even LibreOffice developers pause. If the