[libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread Pedro
Hi Italo italovignoli wrote Returning to MSO Mobile, it's only available for iPad and Android smartphones, but not for Android tablets... Maybe they will try to sell that? Or maybe they don't want Android to compete with Windows 8 Tablets since there are already more Android devices in the

[libreoffice-users] Page margins

2014-04-02 Thread Tinkerer
In Libre 4.2.2.1 Mac version. I have a five sheet Calc document and when I set the page margins to print one sheet, the margins for the other sheets are also altered. Should I list this as a bug? Tink. -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
The linked notice for MSO on Android seems to indicate it is not for Tablets, but only for Phones. That is a big difference. So we still do not have to worry. Also, I wonder if that is actually more of a Cloud Version instead of one that resides on a phone. For me, I do not link the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 02/04/14 05:20, Pedro wrote: Have you tested it? Are your findings different from their claims? It is clearly stated in the relevant iTunes pages. Requirements: a qualifying Office 365 subscription is required to edit and create Word documents. If you do not have a subscription, you can buy

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page margins

2014-04-02 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Tinkerer, Tinkerer wrote (02-04-14 11:54) In Libre 4.2.2.1 Mac version. I have a five sheet Calc document and when I set the page margins to print one sheet, the margins for the other sheets are also altered. Should I list this as a bug? No, it is common behaviour. You can apply different

Re: [libreoffice-users] A couple of questions re footers, Calc/Writer locking up system

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good to see you here chap. Welcome in :)) The almost-crash greying out is serious. It's happened to me in the distant past but not for ages. Is the machine really low spec? If not then try adjusting the memory settings Tools - Options - Memory Just bump everything right up. Not even

Re: [libreoffice-users] MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 01/04/2014 17:01, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) A ZdNet article titled (obviously) Office for iPad, big deal or big yawn allows people to vote and so far the big yawn side is winning. HoooRaaah! ;) The big yawn side appears to largely be supporting OpenSource.

Re: [libreoffice-users] MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread Cley Faye
2014-04-02 18:00 GMT+02:00 Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net: I haven't got any smartphone, so I'm just wondering: what use for office software on such a small screen as a smartphone one? Is the software usable at all? ​On a smartphone? Maybe the ability to read

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: Re: Untranslated strings in Labels and Business Cards dialog

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A few days ago i asked if anyone here was good at administrative work and wanted to give more time to LibreOffice. As it turns out there is already 1 person working on the list of labels. Also feedback suggested that some people still record on tape-cassettes rather than usb or Cd/Dvd and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Company Move: Need to Know

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A couple of key points. Firstly ... So far you seem to have been following the Microsoft route to change. Slash and burn or burning your bridges. It is better to think of migration rather than move to. Step 1 is to install LIbreOffice alongside MS Office Step 2 is to start gradually

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Getting out there first does count for a lot but it's not the final answer. The advantages do lead to the idea of release early and release often. AndrOO might not be great right now but at least it is out there and attracting attention. As a result it might snowball and become better

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread James E Lang
I'm using a mail client that doesn't differentiate between top level quotes and interleaved comments so my comments are in brackets [like this]. I mark snips like this: 8. Editorial comment: I _hate_ having to edit addressing in order to post a reply to a mailing list! :-

Re: [libreoffice-users] MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread James Knott
Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 01/04/2014 17:01, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) A ZdNet article titled (obviously) Office for iPad, big deal or big yawn allows people to vote and so far the big yawn side is winning. HoooRaaah! ;) The big yawn side appears to largely be supporting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page margins

2014-04-02 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:20 02/04/2014 -0700, Dave Liesse wrote: On 4/2/2014 04:19, Cor Nouws wrote: Tinkerer wrote (02-04-14 11:54) In Libre 4.2.2.1 Mac version. I have a five sheet Calc document and when I set the page margins to print one sheet, the margins for the other sheets are also altered. Should I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Page margins

2014-04-02 Thread Tinkerer
Cor I need to make frequent changes to the Page Format on the three Sheets that I print from. I cannot predetermine every change, so a change in the margins is the simplest way out, or it would be if it remains with that sheet only. BTW. Re. CT2N. Using Libre version 3, I was not able to add

RE: [libreoffice-users] Non-PDF Portable Document Formats (Exporting from LO)

2014-04-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
Top posting answer to Hal... See either of two ways to proceed, since LibreOffice already bases it PDF page rendering on Poppler and bundles it, you might as well work against that and write a LibreOffice extension. Alternative might be the java source code from Writer2LaTex project

Re: [libreoffice-users] MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2014-04-03 05:00, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 01/04/2014 17:01, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) A ZdNet article titled (obviously) Office for iPad, big deal or big yawn allows people to vote and so far the big yawn side is winning. HoooRaaah! ;) The big yawn side appears to largely be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Non-PDF Portable Document Formats (Exporting from LO)

2014-04-02 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Apr 2, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I'm not clear why not jsut have everyone install Libreoffice alongside whatever other programs they have and then encrypt the ODF files (odt for text, ods for spreadsheets etc) Regards from Tom :) Because: 1) There is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Non-PDF Portable Document Formats (Exporting from LO)

2014-04-02 Thread Mark Bourne
Hal Vaughan wrote: I’m working on an e-reader for special purposes. While I don’t want to go into a discussion of the point of this program and why I’m doing another, a brief summary may help. As a writer, I don’t like sending my work over email or other insecure methods of internet

[libreoffice-users] Re: Non-PDF Portable Document Formats (Exporting from LO)

2014-04-02 Thread Pedro
Hal Vaughan-2 wrote 1) There is not yet any LibreOffice for Android or iOs There is AndrOpen Office. It's not the same as LO but it supports viewing and editing ODT files. Hal Vaughan-2 wrote 2) It defeats the purpose of any encryption if a person can open the file, then save it in any

[libreoffice-users] Re: A couple of questions re footers, Calc/Writer locking up system

2014-04-02 Thread Joe Aquilina
Thanks for the reply. We have LibreOffice on a variety of machines, none are what I would call low spec machines. The machines that have been displaying the locking up error are reasonably high spec (high end i7 cpus, plenty of RAM mid-range graphics cards) so I don't think that the specs are an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Non-PDF Portable Document Formats (Exporting from LO)

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not clear why not jsut have everyone install Libreoffice alongside whatever other programs they have and then encrypt the ODF files (odt for text, ods for spreadsheets etc) Regards from Tom :) On 2 April 2014 18:48, Hal Vaughan li...@halblog.com wrote: I'm working on an e-reader for

Re: [libreoffice-users] MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think those sorts of points are more valid than most of the points put forwards in the article. Steven seemed to be having a bad hair day or something because usually he is far more scintillating and makes good points. This time he seems to have missed some obvious ones. I still think

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A couple of questions re footers, Calc/Writer locking up system

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, you can switch off Java in just LibreOffice and leave it running in the OS as a whole. Regards from Tom :) On 3 April 2014 02:21, Joe Aquilina joeaquil...@westnet.com.au wrote: Thanks for the reply. We have LibreOffice on a variety of machines, none are what I would call low spec