Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Forums??
Hi :) I think the hectic flurry of emails just after release is settling down now so it is less of a worry and might calm down a bit more now. A lot of the typical issues a product has after release have been settled and/or being chased up in bug-reports Regards from Tom :) From: NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 2 February, 2011 23:39:37 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Forums?? On 02/02/2011 07:52 AM, Cia Watson wrote: On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:21:25 +1300 Jonathan Evatt em...@jonathanevatt.com wrote: I was wondering if the LO team have any intention of setting up a forum? It's a pretty simple thing to do these days, and surely it would make problem solving much easier than doing things via a mail list where every one ends up having to receive everyone else's emails just to find the answer to their own. Is a forum in the works? I highly recommend it. +1 to this idea. I just subscribed to the digest instead of individual emails, but the digest seems to be sending two of every message or something. I'm reading it in claws mail. There also isn't a 'link' or 'anchor' in the digest to be able to move to a specific message. One thing I do like is that if I reply, it's to a specific message such as this one, and not the entire digest. I hate it when people reply to one message in a digest and quote the whole thing. However, one issue with forums is spamming, though there are some ways of dealing with that on an automated basis. It can be a hassle. An easy way to search the mail list would possibly serve the same purpose. As it is, as I rarely even use LO or OO and traffic on the list is getting heavier I'll probably quit the digest too. (My preferred word processor for most things right now is AbiWord and neither LO or OO will format .abw files properly. However AbiWord does format odt files properly. Go figure. ) Why not just turn your nntp newsreader client to gmane.org and read/post from there? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/ Note: don't forget to use the -nomail option so that you don't keep getting emails from the list. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Error:
Hello Folks,I am attempting to run the following JAVA code via the 3.3
SDK... The idea is to remove elements from the Picture area of the
document storage...
XStorageBasedDocument xStorageBasedDocument = (XStorageBasedDocument)
UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
XStorageBasedDocument.class,
xWriterComponent_swriter_dest);
Object oDocStorage = xStorageBasedDocument.getDocumentStorage();
XStorage xStorage =
(XStorage) UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XStorage.class,
oDocStorage);
XNameAccess xDocStorageNameAccess = (XNameAccess)
UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
XNameAccess.class, oDocStorage);
if (xDocStorageNameAccess.hasByName(Pictures)) {
// if image is not there, Pictures directory also is not there
Object oPicturesStorage =
xDocStorageNameAccess.getByName(Pictures);
XNameAccess xPicturesNameAccess = (XNameAccess)
UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
XNameAccess.class, oPicturesStorage);
// get names of the images
// these names have their file extension
String aNames[] = xPicturesNameAccess.getElementNames();
for (int i = 0; i aNames.length; i++) {
if ((aNames[i].contains(jpg) == true) ||
(aNames[i].contains(png) == true)) {
xStorage.removeElement(aNames[i]);
}
}
When running the code however I receive the following runtime error:
SEVERE: com.sun.star.container.NoSuchElementException:
/Users/thb/source/libo_3.3/build/libreoffice-3.3.0.4/package/source/xstor/xstorage.cxx:
:3330;
at
com.sun.star.lib.uno.environments.remote.Job.remoteUnoRequestRaisedException(Job.java:177)
at
com.sun.star.lib.uno.environments.remote.Job.execute(Job.java:143)
at
com.sun.star.lib.uno.environments.remote.JobQueue.enter(JobQueue.java:335)
at
com.sun.star.lib.uno.environments.remote.JobQueue.enter(JobQueue.java:304)
at
com.sun.star.lib.uno.environments.remote.JavaThreadPool.enter(JavaThreadPool.java:91)
at
com.sun.star.lib.uno.bridges.java_remote.java_remote_bridge.sendRequest(java_remote_bridge.java:639)
at
com.sun.star.lib.uno.bridges.java_remote.ProxyFactory$Handler.request(ProxyFactory.java:151)
at
com.sun.star.lib.uno.bridges.java_remote.ProxyFactory$Handler.invoke(ProxyFactory.java:133)
at $Proxy148.removeElement(Unknown Source)
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Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document
Hi, On 02-02-11 Tom wrote: ... Surely this can be done from the right-click menu? When you right-click on the document go down to Open with ... (NOT Open), it might be inside Properties. ... Holding down Shift and right-clicking on the file always brings Open with... Regards, Lyudmil On 2/2/11, users+h...@libreoffice.org users+h...@libreoffice.org wrote: Topics (messages 1792 through 1821): [libreoffice-users] Intermittently slow Impress and high Xorg CPU usage 1792 - Peter Langfelder peter.langfel...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] Please help/advice... 1793 - Chris Fleischmann cdfleischm...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] Intermittently slow Impress and high Xorg CPU usage 1794 - Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl triage, bug reports, OOo = upstream still? Re: [libreoffice-users] Intermittently slow Impress and high Xorg CPU usage 1795 - Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk [libreoffice-users] Please help/advice... 1796 - Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk [libreoffice-users] strange post layout 1797 - Sigrid Carrera sigrid.carr...@googlemail.com [libreoffice-users] Automation of Libre Office Calc 3.3 [RC4] Through dot NET 1798 - Luuk luu...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] Re: two articles about LibreOffice in eweek.com 1799 - Sigrid Carrera sigrid.carr...@googlemail.com [libreoffice-users] using EndNote X4 in LibreOffice? (Windows 7, 64-bit) 1800 - Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk [libreoffice-users] Please help/advice... 1801 - Chris Fleischmann cdfleischm...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1802 - Neil mail2n...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1803 - Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] can not load library LXBCPRP.DLL. Error 126 1804 - Fernando Velasquez Echeverri fvelasqu...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1805 - Luuk luu...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] Intermittently slow Impress and high Xorg CPU usage 1806 - Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk [libreoffice-users] Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1807 - Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] using EndNote X4 in LibreOffice? (Windows 7, 64-bit) 1808 - Claire Curry larkspar...@eeclaire.com [libreoffice-users] using EndNote X4 in LibreOffice? (Windows 7, 64-bit) 1809 - Claire Curry larkspar...@eeclaire.com [libreoffice-users] Forums?? 1810 - Cia Watson ciama...@my180.net [libreoffice-users] Opening a MS Word docx and table columns change width (OOwriter does the same) 1811 - Tom Browder tom.brow...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] crash when advancing to page 14 1812 - Karl Junk bov...@googlemail.com [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1813 - Luuk luu...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1814 - Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] crash when advancing to page 14 1815 - Luuk luu...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] crash when advancing to page 14 1816 - John McAtee jlm_connect...@yahoo.com [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1817 - Luuk luu...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] crash when advancing to page 14 1818 - Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1819 - Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com [libreoffice-users] using EndNote X4 in LibreOffice? (Windows 7, 64-bit) 1820 - Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk [libreoffice-users] Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. 1821 - Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Ubuntu general bugs packaging bugs
Hi everyone These last few days as more Ubuntu users try LibreOffice bug reports are coming in. If anyone here is using Ubuntu I invite you to check the current bugs and helping out with comments or even marking such bugs as affecting me too. Here's the list: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice If you're able to file bugs upstream (at freedesktop.org) in any capacity, that would be useful too. I am filing some but I am still new to the LibO bug tracker so any extra eyes are appreciated. Here are the bug reporting guidelines for LibreOffice: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Cheers, -- LibreOffice questions ? Des questions sur LibreOffice ? Preguntas acerca de LibreOffice ? Ask LibreOffice: http://libreoffice.shapado.com/ ~ Fabián Rodríguez http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:MagicFab -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Silent install one language (on Winodws)
Hi, I'm trying to install LibreOffice on Windows XP with only one language using a batch script. I thought the following command should do it: msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst But all languages gets installed. What do I do wrong? Cheers, Leif Lodahl The Danish Team -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Silent install one language (on Winodws)
On 03-02-11 13:57, Leif Lodahl wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install LibreOffice on Windows XP with only one language using a batch script. I thought the following command should do it: msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst But all languages gets installed. What do I do wrong? Cheers, Leif Lodahl The Danish Team http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/windows/ Download the LibreOffice installer of your choice http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ (get the install_multi version for a selection of commonly-chosen languages, or the install_all version for the full range of available languages). Save the installer to a directory of your choosing. Your desktop is a perfectly-acceptable place, for example. Commonly-chose-languages are always installed. With you option the 'Danish' language should be added How to make it the default for the userinterface is another question, which i dont know the answer to. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Silent install one language (on Winodws)
Hi Luuk, When I install manually I only get English and Danish (unless I choose custom installation and select more languages). However - when I use a command line installation I always get ALL languages (and English is default selected for the GUI). What I want to do is to install the Danish language only (OK, English is acceptable) but all languages. So far I have tried the following commands: msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi /t trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi /g 1033 /L* ../logfile1.txt All with the same result: all languages are installed :-( Cheers, Leif 2011/2/3 Luuk luu...@gmail.com On 03-02-11 13:57, Leif Lodahl wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install LibreOffice on Windows XP with only one language using a batch script. I thought the following command should do it: msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst But all languages gets installed. What do I do wrong? Cheers, Leif Lodahl The Danish Team http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/windows/ Download the LibreOffice installer of your choice http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ (get the install_multi version for a selection of commonly-chosen languages, or the install_all version for the full range of available languages). Save the installer to a directory of your choosing. Your desktop is a perfectly-acceptable place, for example. Commonly-chose-languages are always installed. With you option the 'Danish' language should be added How to make it the default for the userinterface is another question, which i dont know the answer to. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Silent install one language (on Winodws)
On 03-02-11 15:07, Leif Lodahl wrote: Hi Luuk, When I install manually I only get English and Danish (unless I choose custom installation and select more languages). However - when I use a command line installation I always get ALL languages (and English is default selected for the GUI). What I want to do is to install the Danish language only (OK, English is acceptable) but all languages. So far I have tried the following commands: msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi /t trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi /g 1033 /L* ../logfile1.txt All with the same result: all languages are installed :-( Cheers, Leif Did you download this: http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.3.0/win/x86/LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_install_multi.exe or this: http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.3.0/win/x86/LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_install_all_lang.exe LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_Install_multi.exe should install some default languages like English LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_Install_all_lang.exe will. ;-) -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Silent install one language (on Winodws)
I downloaded the multi language version /Leif 2011/2/3 Luuk luu...@gmail.com On 03-02-11 15:07, Leif Lodahl wrote: Hi Luuk, When I install manually I only get English and Danish (unless I choose custom installation and select more languages). However - when I use a command line installation I always get ALL languages (and English is default selected for the GUI). What I want to do is to install the Danish language only (OK, English is acceptable) but all languages. So far I have tried the following commands: msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi /t trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi TRANSFORMS=trans_da.mst msiexec /qn /i libreoffice33.msi /g 1033 /L* ../logfile1.txt All with the same result: all languages are installed :-( Cheers, Leif Did you download this: http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.3.0/win/x86/LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_install_multi.exe or this: http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.3.0/win/x86/LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_install_all_lang.exe LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_Install_multi.exe should install some default languages like English LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_Install_all_lang.exe will. ;-) -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: Scroll (Up Down) crash LIBREOFFICE
In data 03 febbraio 2011 alle ore 15:33:58, Manel León manell...@gmail.com ha scritto: I want to send to you my first experience with: · LIBREOffice 3.3.0 (LibreOffice 3.3.0 - OOO330m19 (Build:6) - tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4) on Windows 7, and · LIBREOffice 3.3.0 (LibreOffice 3.3.0 - OOO330m19 (Build:6) - tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4) Windows XP on a virtual machine (Virtual Box). The problem is: · When I scroll (Up Down), with the */scroll-bar/* on the window, or with the */repag/* or */avpag/* keys, LIBREOffice crash. I cannot confirm this behavior on Windows Vista HE. It happens to you every time and with every document? Regards, Gianluca -- Tempesta e Passione sbarcano su Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Sturm-Drang-Gianluca-Turconi/dp/B004J06MJK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1296379475sr=8-2 Lettura gratuita o acquisto di libri e racconti di fantascienza, fantasy, horror, noir, narrativa fantastica e tradizionale: http://www.letturefantastiche.com/ -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Scroll (Up Down) crash LIBREOFFICE
Update to my post above... LibreOffice 3.3.0 OOO330m19 (Build:5) tag libreoffice-3.3.0.3 One thing I noticed on page 5 of the above attached document is that it looks like libreOffice is crashing when trying to display figure 2 of the document. I can scroll down and see the header and the Note at the top of the page but when scrolling to see Figure 2 it crashes. Hope this helps out... John -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Fwd-Scroll-Up-Down-crash-LIBREOFFICE-tp2414091p2414602.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: Scroll (Up Down) crash LIBREOFFICE
NO, GianLuca !! ... Only crash with several documents. I attach you an example. Regards, Manel. El 03/02/2011 15:55, Gianluca Turconi escribió: In data 03 febbraio 2011 alle ore 15:33:58, Manel León manell...@gmail.com ha scritto: I want to send to you my first experience with: · LIBREOffice 3.3.0 (LibreOffice 3.3.0 - OOO330m19 (Build:6) - tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4) on Windows 7, and · LIBREOffice 3.3.0 (LibreOffice 3.3.0 - OOO330m19 (Build:6) - tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4) Windows XP on a virtual machine (Virtual Box). The problem is: · When I scroll (Up Down), with the */scroll-bar/* on the window, or with the */repag/* or */avpag/* keys, LIBREOffice crash. I cannot confirm this behavior on Windows Vista HE. It happens to you every time and with every document? Regards, Gianluca -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document.
Hi :) In theory the New option should now be at the top of the right-click menu, separated slightly from the rest of the options there. However, theory and things that 'should be' are often quite different from reality. The important thing is that a double-click opens a new document. Regards from Tom :) From: Neil mail2n...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 3 February, 2011 9:07:55 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document. I got it sorted without installing extra software. *.ott files were associated with LibreOffice Writer whereas the other templates (presentation, etc.) were associated with LibreOffice (soffice.exe). Change the association in Control Panel Default Programs Associate a file type or protocol with a program. That sorted it, but it removes the 'New' option from the right-click menu. Opening the file through soffice.exe rather than swriter.exe creates a new document based on the template though. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Scroll (Up Down) crash LIBREOFFICE
Hello All, Long time openOffice/libreOffce user here but noobie to the forum. I wanted to give more information on this problem (i.e. scroll crashing libreOffice) because I am having the same problem with a document. Here is the error I'm getting when scrolling through the attached document and get to page 5. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n2414446/libreOffice_Error.bmp http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n2414446/MA77950_MH_Kettle_GS_Addendum-Rev_A_SFK.doc MA77950_MH_Kettle_GS_Addendum-Rev_A_SFK.doc -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Fwd-Scroll-Up-Down-crash-LIBREOFFICE-tp2414091p2414446.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
I've been reading the different pages of the Document Foundation, and am wondering about the two programs in the subject line. Are there any differences between the two programs? -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Some differences not many at the moment but the gap is increasing. LibreOffice is developing faster and adds more features such as svg (scalable vector graphics) support and pdf editing in Draw. Many people do work in both projects but OpenOffice is much more reluctant to add developments. LibreOffice has a portable and cloud based version, OpenOffice doesn't. Regards from Tom :) From: Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 3 February, 2011 17:45:02 Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice I've been reading the different pages of the Document Foundation, and am wondering about the two programs in the subject line. Are there any differences between the two programs? -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Thanks, Tom. I'll stick with Libre Office, then, for both my Mac and PC machine. I only signed up with this LO mailing list a week ago, and I need a suggestion. Where is the best place to join to express why I will NOT recommend Libre Office to my friends? My issues generally apply to all open source software, not just Libre Office. Ken On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Some differences not many at the moment but the gap is increasing. LibreOffice is developing faster and adds more features such as svg (scalable vector graphics) support and pdf editing in Draw. Many people do work in both projects but OpenOffice is much more reluctant to add developments. LibreOffice has a portable and cloud based version, OpenOffice doesn't. Regards from Tom :) From: Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 3 February, 2011 17:45:02 Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice I've been reading the different pages of the Document Foundation, and am wondering about the two programs in the subject line. Are there any differences between the two programs? -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htmhttp://www.greeleynet.com/%7Ewordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
What is the name of the LibreOffice cloud-based version? On 3 February 2011 20:07, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Some differences not many at the moment but the gap is increasing. LibreOffice is developing faster and adds more features such as svg (scalable vector graphics) support and pdf editing in Draw. Many people do work in both projects but OpenOffice is much more reluctant to add developments. LibreOffice has a portable and cloud based version, OpenOffice doesn't. Regards from Tom :) From: Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 3 February, 2011 17:45:02 Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice I've been reading the different pages of the Document Foundation, and am wondering about the two programs in the subject line. Are there any differences between the two programs? -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Tom Davies wrote (03-02-11 19:07) LibreOffice has a portable and cloud based version, OpenOffice doesn't. Wrong. Oracle has a cloud office version, working with ODF. Good change that LibreOffice / The Document Foundation will find the cloud too, but at the moment? No. Regards, Cor -- - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:14, Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net wrote: ... Where is the best place to join to express why I will NOT recommend Libre Office to my friends? My issues generally apply to all open source software, not just Libre Office. I do just the opposite. I would love to hear why you do not recommend FOSS to your friends? Best, -Tom Thomas M. Browder, Jr. Niceville, Florida USA -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Hi , Tom, Likewise, I used to encourage the use of open source software also. And on a personal level, I always try to find an open source program for my use. And my issue is not with the software itself. Even though my impression is the software is sometimes slightly buggier, the problems seem to be when using advanced functions. And a function I don't think the average user is likely to attempt. It's user support where things fall flat on it's face. I only have one person in my family and friends who would even have a clue as to how to utilize a mailing list. It's way too cumbersome and clunky for the people I know. Even I had trouble figuring this one out! LOL There are a lot of users out there, I believe, that could make use of open source software, but these people usually don't even understand directories/folders, partitioning, the very basics of using a computer. When I start to talk to them about disk cleanup and defragging (Windows), you should see the blank faces I encounter. :-) But surprisingly, some of them have figured out how to use forums. Even thought a lot of the forums have very nice editors, the fourms seem to be lousy when it comes to instructions on how to use the editor. The Open Office forum editor has the /list commands, but how my average people will know anything about using HTML commands? I will own up to not looking for instructions, but there's also no link to instructions that I've spotted. Searching the help info tends to be a PITA. If you want to see a place where help has really gone downhill, check Microsoft! LOL MS is where I always went to seek help, especially the knowledge base link. I can't find that link anymore. :-( So now my first choices are Google and Ask.com. As a friend of mine observed years ago when MS stopped providing manuals and introduced online help, What good is online help if you can't get online? It's still a valid point today, as I still have not come in contact with a computer user that was born with basic computer knowledge. :-) My personal preference would be a forum that's available through both a browser and a newsreader. I would actually use a newsreader, as I do not have DSL nor unlimited data download, and a browser/forum combination is a resource hog. :-( And like the new Verizon vs. iPhone/ATT commercials, I do pay more for less. I have LB on Mac, Vista, and XP, and will continue to use it. But, until help is easier to obtain online, I can't, in good conscience, recommend using open source software in a general sense. I will tell them about it, but I will also tell them that accessing help is not always easy for the average user. And additional observation that seems to apply to all software providers these days, is they seem to assume, when it comes to their help files, users are at the junior high level, and completely ignore the elementary level users. Not to mention many help files basically suck. :-( They seem to tell you that you can do X, but don't bother to tell you how to do X. :-) No one seems to view their product through the eyes of a beginner or simply new to their product. Time to go shovel out, and head for my Mac user group meeting! LOL Ken On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Tom Browder tom.brow...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:14, Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net wrote: ... Where is the best place to join to express why I will NOT recommend Libre Office to my friends? My issues generally apply to all open source software, not just Libre Office. I do just the opposite. I would love to hear why you do not recommend FOSS to your friends? Best, -Tom Thomas M. Browder, Jr. Niceville, Florida USA -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] spell check, grammar check, dictionary system - my answer/solution given to OOo thread.
This was on the OOo list. I decided that it may be something that could be looked at from LibreOffice's point of view. My answer is something that I really would like to see as an add on for OOo, LibreOffice, and all of its forked lines of suites. As someone with Dyslexia, the solution is in great need for those with a communication problem beyond the simple spell checking in email clients or word processors. I know over 50 people right now who could use it. On 02/03/2011 01:09 PM, John Bowling wrote: Given that Google Wave is opensource, and the source was available in 2009, why is the spelling checke in Writer still the same old dictionary based spell check? My version is 3.2.1, US, and the only words it flags of the following (from a wiki page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_checker) is cheque and chequer: Eye have a spelling chequer, It came with my Pea Sea. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss Steaks I can knot sea. Eye strike the quays and type a whirred And weight four it two say Weather eye am write oar wrong It tells me straight a weigh. Eye ran this poem threw it, Your shore real glad two no. Its vary polished in its weigh. My chequer tolled me sew. A chequer is a bless thing, It freeze yew lodes of thyme. It helps me right all stiles of righting, And aides me when eye rime. Each frays come posed up on my screen Eye trussed too bee a joule. The chequer pours o'er every word Two cheque sum spelling rule. Obviously not at all looking at the context! Does it take multiple years to implement an interface that will let someone use a better complete module? Or is this something that must be added by the user? Given that MS word 2007 has a context level spelling checker, and schools today are not training people to spell or understand context or grammer, it should be there by default! When I spent a few years in the early 2000's as a substitute teacher, I found that even 5th and 6th graders were being required to type all their homework papers, and were not allowed to be excused from doing some overnight assignment that was to be turned in typed EVEN if their parents did not have a computer for them to use. Some teachers even would not except pin-printer pages, wanting ink-jet or laser printing. Back then, the grammar was demanded to be perfect as was the spelling. I know a few kids that relied on their word processor to fix all their errors and did not proof read the final results and then complained that their computers did not tell them there was anything wrong. I was glad I never had to sub much for an English class that taught spelling and grammar. Being Dyslexic does not help at all in those areas. Now it would be great to get a context grammar/spell checker. When the word is spelled correctly, it does not mean it is the right spelling of that word or the correct word for the meaning of the sentence. I am in much need of such a thing in my own typing needs. I cannot get the right/correct words typed since my spelling is so bad and my fingers mess with the rest due to a stroke. But when I type a correctly spelled work [type that instead of word] and no not notice it, it can be a problem. It would be nice to have a better spell checker than one with a list of the closest words to what you typed. I had one dictionary that I could spell the word as I could say it and not worry about the correct spelling. That system would give me a list of what it thought I wanted and was never wrong. It actually helped to have the dictionary part, and it was one of those things from the Win95 days that had a complete unabridged dictionary on one CD. 200,000 words or more with definitions. It worked with XP but not when I had to use Vista. It would be nice for some add on spell check, grammar, and dictionary, system to be part of OOo [LibreOffice, or other fork]. It could be very useful as a proofing tool for those of us that are not good at these types of things. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
On 02/03/2011 02:10 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: Tom Davies wrote (03-02-11 19:07) LibreOffice has a portable and cloud based version, OpenOffice doesn't. Wrong. Oracle has a cloud office version, working with ODF. Good change that LibreOffice / The Document Foundation will find the cloud too, but at the moment? No. Regards, Cor The problem with Cloud systems is that when you do not have reliable access to the Internet, it is no good or even very bad, when you need to get access to your documents. I have a laptop that I use allot when I have to do work outside my place, and most of the time I do not have any Internet access, WiFi or Phone, where I have to do my typing. Cloud is not where I want to be and not where I want my data to be. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 16:22, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 02/03/2011 02:10 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: ... The problem with Cloud systems is that when you do not have reliable access to the Internet, it is no good or even very bad, ... I have to do my typing. Cloud is not where I want to be and not where I want my data to be. Amen, brother! -Tom -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Hi :) I thought this http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable worked on the Cloud? Regards from Tom :) From: Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 3 February, 2011 19:10:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice Tom Davies wrote (03-02-11 19:07) LibreOffice has a portable and cloud based version, OpenOffice doesn't. Wrong. Oracle has a cloud office version, working with ODF. Good change that LibreOffice / The Document Foundation will find the cloud too, but at the moment? No. Regards, Cor -- - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Oh, i thought this link was the portable LibreOffice? http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable I could easily have been misled tho. It is a Windows-only solution so i haven't been able to try it. Regards from Tom :) From: Marius Popa marius.mar...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 3 February, 2011 18:59:56 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice What is the name of the LibreOffice cloud-based version? On 3 February 2011 20:07, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Some differences not many at the moment but the gap is increasing. LibreOffice is developing faster and adds more features such as svg (scalable vector graphics) support and pdf editing in Draw. Many people do work in both projects but OpenOffice is much more reluctant to add developments. LibreOffice has a portable and cloud based version, OpenOffice doesn't. Regards from Tom :) From: Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 3 February, 2011 17:45:02 Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice I've been reading the different pages of the Document Foundation, and am wondering about the two programs in the subject line. Are there any differences between the two programs? -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell check, grammar check, dictionary system - my answer/solution given to OOo thread.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 16:17, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: This was on the OOo list. I decided that it may be something that could be looked at from LibreOffice's point of view. My answer is something that I really would like to see as an add on for OOo, LibreOffice, and all of its forked lines of suites. ... Now it would be great to get a context grammar/spell checker. When of OOo [LibreOffice, or other fork]. It could be very useful as a proofing ... tool for those of us that are not good at these types of things. I second the motion. Best, -Tom Thomas M. Browder, Jr. Niceville, Florida USA -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Question
Greetings everyone, I've used OOo for a number of years. Today I installed LibreOffice to see how it did. So far so good, but one glitch that maybe someone can help me with. After the install on WinXP I ran the Help files installer supposedly successfully. My problem is that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the offline help to work. F1 or the Help menu always brings up the online help. I am not always connected to the Internet so getting the offline help working is important to me. I've spent quite a bit of time searching for answers online, but with no joy. Have I just overlooked something simple? Thanks for any help anyone can give. Cliff -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Question
On Thu Feb 03 2011 17:52:15 GMT-0800 (PST) Cliff Scott wrote: Greetings everyone, I've used OOo for a number of years. Today I installed LibreOffice to see how it did. So far so good, but one glitch that maybe someone can help me with. After the install on WinXP I ran the Help files installer supposedly successfully. My problem is that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the offline help to work. F1 or the Help menu always brings up the online help. I am not always connected to the Internet so getting the offline help working is important to me. I've spent quite a bit of time searching for answers online, but with no joy. Have I just overlooked something simple? Thanks for any help anyone can give. Cliff Try disconnecting from the internet and then try? HTH Andy -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Le 2011-02-03 17:31, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) I thought this http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable worked on the Cloud? Regards from Tom :) Does it work on the cloud? If you talk about the weather, yes. Seriously, the PortableApps application, including LibreOffice Portable work without formal installation. These programs also usually don't create any registry entries. It allows one to run programs like LibreOffice, Firefox or Thunderbird from a USB key. Useful, for example if you want to use a program on a borrowed computer. I have read a few times that LibreOffice Portable is very slowon a typical USB key, slower than the previous version of OpenOffice. It works fine from a small thumb drive and it's great if you use it from a customer's computer. -- Michel Gagnon – mic...@mgagnon.net mailto:mic...@mgagnon.net Montréal (Québec, Canada) – mgagnon.net http://mgagnon.net -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Question
On 3 February 2011 20:16, Andy Brown a...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: On Thu Feb 03 2011 17:52:15 GMT-0800 (PST) Cliff Scott wrote: After the install on WinXP I ran the Help files installer supposedly successfully. My problem is that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the offline help to work. F1 or the Help menu always brings up the online help. I am not always connected to the Internet so getting the offline help working is important to me. I've spent quite a bit of time searching for answers online, but with no joy. Have I just overlooked something simple? Thanks for any help anyone can give. Cliff Try disconnecting from the internet and then try? HTH Andy Thank you for asking this question, Cliff. Yesterday, I lost my connection to the Internet (the blizzard) and hit the F1 and my browser was launched. I forgot I had installed the help files after installing LO. It would have been nice if it had gone to the installed help. Since it did not, I'd have to say Andy's suggestion doesn't work. -- T. R. Valentine Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care. 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.' -- Erasmus -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Question
On Thu Feb 03 2011 18:29:15 GMT-0800 (PST) T. R. Valentine wrote: On 3 February 2011 20:16, Andy Brown a...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: On Thu Feb 03 2011 17:52:15 GMT-0800 (PST) Cliff Scott wrote: After the install on WinXP I ran the Help files installer supposedly successfully. My problem is that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the offline help to work. F1 or the Help menu always brings up the online help. I am not always connected to the Internet so getting the offline help working is important to me. I've spent quite a bit of time searching for answers online, but with no joy. Have I just overlooked something simple? Thanks for any help anyone can give. Cliff Try disconnecting from the internet and then try? HTH Andy Thank you for asking this question, Cliff. Yesterday, I lost my connection to the Internet (the blizzard) and hit the F1 and my browser was launched. I forgot I had installed the help files after installing LO. It would have been nice if it had gone to the installed help. Since it did not, I'd have to say Andy's suggestion doesn't work. Well, all I can say it that it works here. Browser opens a local file that looks like the web version of the help. Using Ubuntu. Andy -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
Hi, let me give my two cents: I believe the confusion comes from the fact that the PortableApps folks put in their description of the LibreOffice Portable product that it runs from a cloud drive which basically just means that it can run from a network share. This does indeed work (and fairly well if your network isn't too congested) but, as others have said, this does not make LibreOffice Portable a cloud application. Cheers, Chris Carpenter P.S. I put cloud in quotes because the term is being used for basically anything on the network anymore... I suppose my definition would be a massively multi-user product optimized for being deployed over the internet or a large network? Meh, I don't even know. P.P.S. Also, there IS something similar for Linux, though I haven't tried it as all my linux machines have it installed locally. You can find it here: http://portablelinuxapps.org/. Web site is rather terrible, but it supposably works well. On 02/03/2011 08:26 PM, Michel Gagnon wrote: Le 2011-02-03 17:31, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) I thought this http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable worked on the Cloud? Regards from Tom :) Does it work on the cloud? If you talk about the weather, yes. Seriously, the PortableApps application, including LibreOffice Portable work without formal installation. These programs also usually don't create any registry entries. It allows one to run programs like LibreOffice, Firefox or Thunderbird from a USB key. Useful, for example if you want to use a program on a borrowed computer. I have read a few times that LibreOffice Portable is very slowon a typical USB key, slower than the previous version of OpenOffice. It works fine from a small thumb drive and it's great if you use it from a customer's computer. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Question
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Andy Brown a...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: Well, all I can say it that it works here. Browser opens a local file that looks like the web version of the help. Using Ubuntu. This is the first time I've tried to use help in LO, and YUCK! What is so wrong with having a genuine local help file for the LibreOffice Help button and a separate web help item, even if that's the default? I don't dislike a lot of features that are supposed to provide help, but I absolutely detest a local help button that kicks off a browser to an online site. Civilized words fail me. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell check, grammar check, dictionary system - my answer/solution given to OOo thread.
On 02/03/2011 07:01 PM, Tom Browder wrote: On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 16:17, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: This was on the OOo list. I decided that it may be something that could be looked at from LibreOffice's point of view. My answer is something that I really would like to see as an add on for OOo, LibreOffice, and all of its forked lines of suites. ... Now it would be great to get a context grammar/spell checker. When of OOo [LibreOffice, or other fork]. It could be very useful as a proofing ... tool for those of us that are not good at these types of things. I second the motion. Best, -Tom Thomas M. Browder, Jr. Niceville, Florida USA Thanks Tom. I am Tim from Elmira NY, the cold cold Elmira NY. I hope one of these days there will be someone to take up the challenge to create the solution that I tried to hint at with the start of this thread here. I am getting fed up with some of the threads I have seen on the OOo version of this list. There is a need for someone to work on a good content/context checker for spelling and grammar. Add a mini-dictionary function to a spell checker would help with people, like me, who may not know what the correct spelling is, even though you are given a list. Sounding out words does not work well for me since a normal spell checker will not handle that. I use to be a mainframe programmer before Windows took over everything and MS could do no wrong with forcing people to learn how to code their way if you wanted it to look like a Windows program. People no longer wanted a non-windowed, not GUI, program not matter how useful it was or how well it filled a need. So I almost gave up programming before my first stroke hit me. I did do some work with writing spell checking systems from specialized word lists and codes to help with variation of these words made up of the root and added prefixes and suffixes. I once has a floppy of the resulting compete word list that it could check against that was over 177,000 words. I tried to re learn programming by making a standard work checking spell checker. I could barely do simple things like that anymore. I had to give up. IF I could still program, I would try to create a simple rules based proofer for grammar and other things like same sounding words, or words that are not parts of speech in that placement. I could do that type of work back when I wrote Accounting systems right out of college. Now I would never try. So I do hope some programmer with the knack of programming and some good English skills, would take up the call for a free proofing system. Even a low costing one would be great. There is a need that is needed to be filled and there will be a lot of students and adults that would be very pleased. I know I would and the students in the School district I taught in would be pleased as well. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Question
Le 2011-02-03 21:49, MR ZenWiz a écrit : On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Andy Browna...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: Well, all I can say it that it works here. Browser opens a local file that looks like the web version of the help. Using Ubuntu. This is the first time I've tried to use help in LO, and YUCK! What is so wrong with having a genuine local help file for the LibreOffice Help button and a separate web help item, even if that's the default? I don't dislike a lot of features that are supposed to provide help, but I absolutely detest a local help button that kicks off a browser to an online site. Civilized words fail me. Cold it be related to Java or the lack thereof? I have LibreOffice (final version) on an XP system here and on a Windows 7 64-bit system at the office, and in both cases, all I get is a *local* help file. I see no options to look for an online help nor any preference that would allow me to switch to online help I also have the latest Java ((r.23) installed on my computers. Regards, -- Michel Gagnon – mic...@mgagnon.net mailto:mic...@mgagnon.net Montréal (Québec, Canada) – mgagnon.net http://mgagnon.net -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell check, grammar check, dictionary system - my answer/solution given to OOo thread.
On 3 February 2011 21:13, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: There is a need for someone to work on a good content/context checker for spelling and grammar. Add a mini-dictionary function to a spell checker would help with people, like me, who may not know what the correct spelling is, even though you are given a list. Sounding out words does not work well for me since a normal spell checker will not handle that. snip So I do hope some programmer with the knack of programming and some good English skills, would take up the call for a free proofing system. Even a low costing one would be great. There is a need that is needed to be filled and there will be a lot of students and adults that would be very pleased. I know I would and the students in the School district I taught in would be pleased as well. Hi Tim, I don't know of a decent grammar checker for English. I suspect part of the problem is the language itself: few so-called rules that are really rules, enormous inconsistencies in the language, etc. If given the option, I won't even *install* a grammar checker and if it is built-in, I disable it as I find they are far more trouble than they are worth. (Though I sometimes have turned it on just for laughs.) I have a good friend who is an English professor who urges his students to turn off spell checkers because he finds people who rely on them turn in papers with improperly used words. (They misspell a word and accept the first suggestion the spell checker offers -- whether it is the correct word, which it frequently is not.) I sympathise with his attitude, but I also sympathise with people like my sister who suffer from dyslexia. In the vast majority of cases, poor spelling is simply laziness and/or a lack of literacy. For dyslexics, it is problem that *looks* like laziness and/or a lack of literacy to those who don't understand. But in a language with homophones, homographs, heteronyms, and heterographs, I can't even begin to imagine how one could code for all the possibilities (says he who has much better spelling and grammar skills than programming skills). Consider: Can you count to two, too? Or consider Dylan Thomas's (in)famous _Under Milk Wood_ which refers to the 'shops in mourning' -- an unusual combining of words which most listeners would interpret as 'shops in [the] morning'. How could any program get such a phrase correct? English really is a wacky language. -- T. R. Valentine Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care. 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.' -- Erasmus -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Calc - Basic: VBA ActiveSheet errors after saving xls to *.ods
hi, i have a small Excel sheet with a simple VBA makro inside. If I execute it with Libre-Calc everything works fine... . When I save the Excel file as LibreOffice File *.ods the VBA script failed at the line: .. Set tmpTable = ActiveSheet or workSheetName = ActiveSheet.Name ... I think this is a BUG!!!- ActiveSheet is no longer present after saving Excel file to LibreOfficeCalc file!!! Any idea??? code: Option VBASupport 1 Sub Main Dim workSheetName As String workSheetName = ActiveSheet.Name ' and do on.. End Sub -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Calc-Basic-VBA-ActiveSheet-errors-after-saving-xls-to-ods-tp2418343p2418343.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Question
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Michel Gagnon mic...@mgagnon.net wrote: Le 2011-02-03 21:49, MR ZenWiz a écrit : This is the first time I've tried to use help in LO, and YUCK! What is so wrong with having a genuine local help file for the LibreOffice Help button and a separate web help item, even if that's the default? I don't dislike a lot of features that are supposed to provide help, but I absolutely detest a local help button that kicks off a browser to an online site. Civilized words fail me. Cold it be related to Java or the lack thereof? I have LibreOffice (final version) on an XP system here and on a Windows 7 64-bit system at the office, and in both cases, all I get is a *local* help file. I see no options to look for an online help nor any preference that would allow me to switch to online help I also have the latest Java ((r.23) installed on my computers. It gets worse. On my desktop (Ubuntu 10.10), when I try to use the Help function in Writer, it opens a new window which looks like a nice text box for local help, then LO crashes. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] suggested feature Writer Autocorrect Word completion
How about an option in Autocorrect Word completion to NOT add words which have numbers in them nor words which are all capitals. It would save much time and save space for Word completion words I really use. Thanks -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice
The Cloud, Internet based help files, etc. do rely on having high speed internet. I believe too many developers labor under the belief that virtually everyone in the US has DSL or cable modem. And sadly, the US lags behind other areas of the world in this regard. Myself, I have two choices, dial-up or satellite. And don't believe the Hughesnet ads about the speed. Just like most DSL users who rarely get the speeds they are paying for, satellite users are in the bucket, you rarely get what you are paying for. FYI, I have Wild Blue for those that may be curious. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:22 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 02/03/2011 02:10 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: Tom Davies wrote (03-02-11 19:07) LibreOffice has a portable and cloud based version, OpenOffice doesn't. Wrong. Oracle has a cloud office version, working with ODF. Good change that LibreOffice / The Document Foundation will find the cloud too, but at the moment? No. Regards, Cor The problem with Cloud systems is that when you do not have reliable access to the Internet, it is no good or even very bad, when you need to get access to your documents. I have a laptop that I use allot when I have to do work outside my place, and most of the time I do not have any Internet access, WiFi or Phone, where I have to do my typing. Cloud is not where I want to be and not where I want my data to be. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice and OpenOffice
I don't know what you think I was asking for, but there is nothing I wrote that I believe to be offensive nonsense. :-) I merely expressed my unhappiness and disappointment the help system. I don't know what slashdot.org is either, and truthfully, I'm not interested. :-) But an honest and friendly question, NoOp, if most folks here would assist in answering my question, why didn't you? :-) On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:56 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 02/03/2011 10:14 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Thanks, Tom. I'll stick with Libre Office, then, for both my Mac and PC machine. I only signed up with this LO mailing list a week ago, and I need a suggestion. Where is the best place to join to express why I will NOT recommend Libre Office to my friends? My issues generally apply to all open source software, not just Libre Office. OK, it's apparent that you are trolling. I suggest that you join the minions at: http://slashdot.org/ enjoy. If you are concerned about assistance via nntp and/or forums, then all you need(ed) to do is ask (politely without the offensive nonsense) and I'm sure that most folks here will assist you in doing that. -- Posted via nntp gmane.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.orgusers%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Ken Springer All progress depends upon the unreasonable person. George Bernard Shaw Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country! President William McKinley http://www.greeleynet.com/~wordwork/airpage.htm -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
