Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Would you like someone to access your machine remotely and fix LO for you to make it all better?  I have installed LO on several Win7 machines but you are right, i do avoid using Win7.  I've never had any trouble with LO on it when i do use it.  Installs have been very smooth and it's

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 13.10.2012 03:53, Lostsoul wrote: Not thinking of using ubanta was just asking about it ; and does anyone out their use libre with win 7 so far i would guess its a huge no and your throwing out ramdom guess s as fixs. And libre comes in three sizes on various freeware sites; not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread VA
I just joined this list, so I may be jumping in on something I have no business in, but you ask does anyone out there use libre with win7 so far I would guess it’s a huge no... I use Libre with Win7 with no problems. I always get my Libre downloads from Libre itself, never a third party. I've

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry about that!  Anyone that is missing Vista must surely be in a fairly dire state.  Where did Vista go?  Have you been able to try out Tim's suggestion of opening the .oxt by opening LO first and then clicking on Tools - Extension Manager and then browse for your .oxt? I think the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, the Wubi is sitting on top of Windows systems rather than being on bare metal so it's never going to be quite as good as the system it's sitting on top of.  Hmmm, i think it is a lot closer to bare-metal than it would be if installed on a virtual machine inside Windows = i think

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
I have installed LO 3.4.x and 3.5.x on many Win7 systems, mostly laptops. I did not have any trouble with installing and their using the features like the spell checking options. As for Ubuntu/Linux, most Windows users will not switch unless there is a good reason to. I had some good

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-13 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
On 12.10.2012 01:36, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 11/10/12 13:27, Andreas Säger wrote: This is not a free clone of some other program. All it can do is loading .doc files fairly well. Please switch to this software or stay with WinWord. And with that attitude on a help list, LO is never

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-13 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
I made a test I did before (maybetooo long time before) and reported today a bugBug55954-EDITING: copypaste issues - Japanese text from writer into calcWhat I remember from my previous test( I used LO 3.5.4 or 3.5.5)is thatI got what is called in Japanese mojibake and can be

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Dan Hall
I have LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 on Windows 7 and in Writer the spell check does not work for spelling errors... it does however correct beginning of sentence capitalization (automatically) and manual spell check complains of extra spaces when they exist. -Original Message- From: Lostsoul

Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-13 Thread M Henri Day
2012/10/13 Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com I made a test I did before (maybetooo long time before) and reported today a bugBug55954-EDITING: copypaste issues - Japanese text from writer into calcWhat I remember from my previous test( I used LO 3.5.4 or 3.5.5)is thatI got

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread rost52
My spell checker in 3.5.4 did work either; actually worse than yours. Upgrading to 3.5.6.2 solved the problem. On 13.10.2012 23:03, Dan Hall wrote: I have LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 on Windows 7 and in Writer the spell check does not work for spelling errors... it does however correct beginning of

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Lostsoul
Hang  on hang on your off track again amazing. all i said was i never had a problem using libre with vista and that libra is giving me a problem with windows 7 never mentioned recovery or partitions have no idea where that came from but yes ideally a remote view ing of my lap top would fix

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-13 Thread M Henri Day
2012/10/13 Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com 感謝します。 Reinhold 如何致し致して!。。。 Henri -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Lostsoul
          Various freeware sites are the best guarantee that you get your computer infected with anything *they* want. None of those packages between 28 and 120 MB contains LibreOffice. the free sites only mention libre and after i scan them with malwearbytes libre office opens.   Apart

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Lostsoul
Ok will use the libre site and get the latest big version then deal with the dictionary language issues if needed . . .  --- On Sat, 10/13/12, krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013069...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From: krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Robert Burns
W o W  amazing how off track you get all i said was libre and vista never had issues and libre and win 7 64 bit won t work for me so i keep missing something; to click on or re set  . --- On Sat, 10/13/12, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work - -

2012-10-13 Thread Robert Burns
Thank  you ;  Thank you yesss  yes  bingo another un happy user; same problem i have and so far can t be fixed why not ? ?   Never had that problem with libre and vista.   So two simple questions;  why can t that get fixed and more important can we find a free no cost office program that doesn t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work / /

2012-10-13 Thread Robert Burns
Remote does indeed does seem the way to go but i ll try the big download of libra but we just had another e mail here saying he can t get libra to work for him; so waiting for comments on his issue which is my issue even though you all enjoy getting off track big time.   Comments on his

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-13 Thread Robert Burns
Ok just got this Offiical version of libre from their web site -  208 mb and 8 mb help -   Version 3.6.2.2 (Build ID: da8c1e6) english U.S. - for windows 7 64 bits has all the bells and whisles and the spell / grammer check does work for windows 7 64 bit ! ! !   So me and the other user that

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Dan Hall
I posted here only to answer Lostsoul's question, i.e. does anyone out their use libre with win 7. I do not need help per se. I bought a new desktop computer in May 2012 and it came with LibreOffice installed. The spell checker in LibreOffice did (does) not work so I purchased and installed MS

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Lostsoul
Awww ok but still latest libre doesn t work hum but wonder if any free word offices will work must goggle it  - thanks --- On Sat, 10/13/12, Dan Hall [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013123...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From: Dan Hall [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Interesting choice.  Google-docs perhaps?  AbiWord? http://www.abisource.com/ All OpenSource, not just free but Free too.  We all use the same native format and can all Save As... MS formats too.  LO and i think Google-docs too can be set to default to saving in MS formats but it's best

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmm, perhaps try downloading one of the spell-checker Extensions and install by Tools - Extension Manager - Add Any of them should sort your problem but the best is the NA Dvd Project ones from what other people have been saying.  Also there is Calligra which looks a lot nicer than my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . x

2012-10-13 Thread Robert Burns
Ok maybe i should try abiword nothing to lose; only like google for searchs and using this version from the libre web site  -   Version 3.6.2.2 (Build ID: da8c1e6)  -  so maybe i should delete 3.6.2.2. and downgrade to 3.5.6 maybe it might be happy with my win 7 ? --- On Sat, 10/13/12,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x x

2012-10-13 Thread Robert Burns
Ok just tryed tools / extension / add english (U.S)  then my documents folder pops up not sure  what that means or what to try next  -  later  .  .   --- On Sat, 10/13/12, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-13 Thread Lostsoul
Spell check corrects a word at a time but can it correct an entire page if i see its missed a word or not ?   --- On Sat, 10/13/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013136...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From: Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x -

2012-10-13 Thread Lostsoul
whats going on seems like spell check only corrects the current word and can t see a mis spelled word once it pass s it and can t correct mis spellings from a 50 / 60 lines some days later from a saved document is that the way it works in win 7 ?  Wasn t like that  with vista . . .   

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-13 Thread Robert Burns
hum my curser never gets to the end once spell check finishs one word i get booted back to the beginning dang it can t find whats been mis set yet g  -  later . . --- On Sat, 10/13/12, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x /

2012-10-13 Thread Lostsoul
  Can t figure out yet how spell check can say its over when i have mis spellings all over the place on a 50/ 60 line document ; keep missing something dang it  -  later --- On Sat, 10/13/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013144...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x /

2012-10-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-10-13 2:10 PM Lostsoul wrote: Can t figure out yet how spell check can say its over when i have mis spellings all over the place on a 50/ 60 line document ; keep missing something dang it - later Try resetting your user profile. Many problems with spell checking not working

[libreoffice-users] comment about 3.6.1.2 from an author of over 130 books.

2012-10-13 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
I received this comment [below] from an author of over 130 books. He moved to LO from OOo. He uses Fedora and specialized keyboard and a lot of macros he has written over the years since his switch from StarOffice to OOo, and now LO. So the Macro ability is very important. I will give the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-13 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
This is the largest list of dictionaries on one page . . over 180 the last I counted, and I stopped counting months ago. http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english The ones that start with kpp are the ones I created. Download the .oxt file[s] you want and use the

[libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-13 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 13.10.2012 16:37, Dr. R. O Stapf wrote: On 12.10.2012 01:36, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 11/10/12 13:27, Andreas Säger wrote: This is not a free clone of some other program. All it can do is loading .doc files fairly well. Please switch to this software or stay with WinWord. And

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-13 Thread anne-ology
but MSFT products are NOT cheap - their limited editions are included on new PCs due to some agreement BGates made with the manufacturers; once the trial version runs its course and/or the user desires more than the trial version offers they must purchase the product - and the product is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-13 Thread anne-ology
same here. On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) I prefer LO on Windows even though i have a choice of MSO 2007 and 2010 on the same machine. All 3 installed but LO handles graphics better. Plus it doesn't keep changing styles, languages,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-13 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
I have my still my doubts on graphics, but all the other remarks of Tom I fully agree. By the way is there a list of MSO bugs we can have a look at? I doubt! On 14.10.2012 10:39, anne-ology wrote: same here. On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: