Hi :)
I think it depends on how you educate new users. If we continue to be rude
demand that new new users obey 1 certain way of doing things before we even
consider helping them then i think that is unlikely to enamour people. Perhaps
when people ask questions we could just start with the
On 16-02-11 09:38, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I think it depends on how you educate new users. If we continue to be rude
demand that new new users obey 1 certain way of doing things before we even
consider helping them then i think that is unlikely to enamour people.
Perhaps
when
Hi :)
Windows just seems to do things like this occasionally. It might have been
triggered by OOo (or LO) but usually this sort of thing 'just happens' or is
done by antivirus software. People don't seem to realise how flaky Windows is
until they use linux or have had to maintain a lot of
Hi :)
Yes, they do usually co-exist quite well but IF you start running into strange
small problems THEN un-install one of them. Mostly it is only when OOo has
it's
QuickLauncher active as this sometimes prevents LO from opening properly.
There
might be other issues but they are rare
Tom Davies wrote (16-02-11 09:38)
I think it depends on how you educate new users.
Indeed. Showing them how handy correct quoting and replying is.
Nearly all people can understand that.
Cor
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Hi :)
Sadly we have to deal with the world as it is rather than the way we would like
it to be. Far more people use the wonderful MicroSoft products such as Outlook
than use all the alternatives added together.
Please can we try to be less unfriendly to people that are new in here? Top
Yes, that does work.
But I was looking for a solution that didn't involve manually downloading,
unpackaging, etc... In theory, adding the PPA options would not only install
the current version but also allow updates when available.
What puzzles me is that unless Hit means something different,
Hi :)
Two possibilities spring to mind but i'm not sure how valid they are.
1. I think the layer of the images can be 'moved' forwards and back so. If
the
larger image gets selected then find the Graphics/frames toolbar. At the end
is
an anchor but just before that are 2 icons for
On 16-02-11 14:51, TVCSF Chair wrote:
I could not agree more. I have been using OOo and Thunderbird for
several years now and try to get the people I work around to use free
rather than MS software. It is a really hard uphill struggle.
But I would say that I always have my comments at the
W dniu 11-02-16 14:51, TVCSF Chair pisze:
Some people obviously prefer to have comments at the bottom, good on
them, it would be a very boring world if we all liked the same things.
But everyone read texts from top to bottom. From primary school to last
days. Specjally with latin letters,
On 16-02-11 14:43, Cliff Scott wrote:
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On 16-02-11 04:23, Cliff Scott wrote:
I just ran into a scary situation.
I already had LO 3.3 installed on a Win2K system and working great. That
system also had OOo
Hi Jacob,
Jacob Valdez wrote (16-02-11 14:31)
what is the trick to select a small image which has been placed
on top of a larger image?
I am doing this in Writer.
If the larger image is selected, hit Tab (or Shft-Tab) to select 'the
next' (previous) image, which might well be the smaller
Hi :)
Lol, i didn't mean you have to try them all. That's why i gave summary info
and
background so that you can choose to try 1 sometime. SliTaz would be the
fastest to try but Ubuntu is more useful for general use. Trinity is only
useful as a rescue, recovery or fix-it Cd and is rarely
Hello Dave,
Le 16/02/2011 12:44, Tom Davies a écrit :
Sadly we have to deal with the world as it is rather than the way we would like
it to be.
Sure. Does this mean we won't try to educate them?
Far more people use the wonderful MicroSoft products such as Outlook
than use all the
On 2011-02-12 10:11 PM, Alan Shore wrote:
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Luiz Oliveira wrote:
Icons are beautiful even as said Florian on twitter. I installed it
on the stable version and the update was automatic. All the
extensions have been preserved and an icon LibreOffice was
installed
On 2011-02-14 11:33 AM, plino wrote:
There is indeed a bug (or at least a different behaviour from MS Office and
OOo) with .pps files
If a user double clicks or opens with a pps file with MS Powerpoint or LO
Impress it is supposed to autostart the presentation.
However if you open
On 2011-02-15 12:38 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
The question is how much we want to alienate first-time users and
office users? Who is more important to please, 'geeks' or potential
new users?
You don't have to alienate them... just some gentle prodding in the
beginning is enough for most people,
On 2011-02-16 8:51 AM, TVCSF Chair wrote:
I could not agree more. I have been using OOo and Thunderbird for
several years now and try to get the people I work around to use free
rather than MS software. It is a really hard uphill struggle.
But I would say that I always have my comments at
On 02/15/2011 11:43 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:50 AM, jcg jc...@free.fr wrote:
Hi,
When the quickstarter of libreOffice is activated it prevents the shutdown
of ubuntu. this is also true for ooo and it's a well known reported bug
On 16/2/2011 22:13, Cor Nouws wrote:
Hi Jacob,
Jacob Valdez wrote (16-02-11 14:31)
what is the trick to select a small image which has been placed
on top of a larger image?
I am doing this in Writer.
If the larger image is selected, hit Tab (or Shft-Tab) to select 'the
next' (previous)
On 02/15/2011 11:46 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:07 PM, plino pedl...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm an advanced Windows user but absolute Linux newbie.
Not uncommmon.
:
W: Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
On 2011-02-16 3:05 PM, Charles Marcus wrote:
On 2011-02-12 10:11 PM, Alan Shore wrote:
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Luiz Oliveira wrote:
Icons are beautiful even as said Florian on twitter. I installed it
on the stable version and the update was automatic. All the
extensions have been
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Charles Marcus
cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote:
On 2011-02-16 3:05 PM, Charles Marcus wrote:
On 2011-02-12 10:11 PM, Alan Shore wrote:
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Luiz Oliveira wrote:
Icons are beautiful even as said Florian on twitter. I installed it
on
I did try and the result is the same (starts Slideshow). In any case even if
that did work it would be a workaround, not the expected action ;)
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On 02/15/2011 07:13 AM, Luuk wrote:
Hi,
When replying to a message on this list,
What is the best method when talking abot quoting?
Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of
the story.
...
Bottom posting (with appropriate snipping/intersperse etc) would be
** Reply to message from Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk on Wed, 16 Feb
2011 15:28:03 + (GMT)
Tom,
I didn't mean I would try them all, just consider what would be the best for
me. Thanks.
Cliff
Hi :)
Lol, i didn't mean you have to try them all. That's why i gave summary info
and
I can confirm this problem. It is very annoying. Please fix it ASAP.
Thanks in advance,
George
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Cliff Scott ke6...@qsl.net wrote:
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2011 15:28:03 + (GMT)
Really? You had to repost the entire conversation, which is already
preserved indelibly in the archive?
A little context is
I tired a PPA several times with Ubuntu 9.x and 10.04. It failed have
the time
I tried to install anything via PPA. So I do not use it.
I think we need to make sure that the people who are Linux users have
clear options fir installing via PPA and through the standard web site
download and
Hi,
Writer has the ability so define a number of rows at the top of a table
that will repeat if the table extends over the page.
http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Repeating_a_Table_Header_on_a_New_Page
This sort of functionality would be great in Calc. At present it is
necessary to
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 07:29:17PM +, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
No, i wasn't saying that anyone was deliberately unfriendly but i think we
need
to have better ways of dealing with top-posters because we often give an
appearance of rudeness.
Check this site:
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+0100
On 16-02-11 14:43, Cliff Scott wrote:
** Reply to message from Luuk luu...@gmail.com on Wed, 16 Feb 2011
09:32:15
+0100
On 16-02-11 04:23, Cliff Scott wrote:
I just ran into a scary situation.
I
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote:
Check this site: http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html
especially the part about curt answers.
I have often practiced exactly that sort of discussion - but usually
on the technical users' lists.
If we want
Well I have been seeing less and less emails on the
OOo users email list since LibreOffice 3.3 came out.
I use to see 30, 40, and even 50 emails per day coming
from that list to my email account. Now it is very much
less. Today there were less than 10 for the last 24 hour
period. I hope that
On 02/16/2011 08:49 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:32 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productionswebmas...@krackedpress.com wrote:
I tired a PPA several times with Ubuntu 9.x and 10.04. It failed have the
time
I tried to install anything via PPA. So I do not use it.
Gary
how can I set Libre as the default program to open power point email messages?
dwa...@sasktel.net
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On 2011/02/16 8:02 PM webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
Well I have been seeing less and less emails on the
OOo users email list since LibreOffice 3.3 came out.
I use to see 30, 40, and even 50 emails per day coming
from that list to my email account.
That is a gross
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Dwayne Barber dwa...@sasktel.net wrote:
how can I set Libre as the default program to open power point email messages?
That would depend a lot on what you did not tell us: which OS? What
window manager? What email client?
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Hi,
I am trying to find a list of file formats recognised by 'Base'.
I have opened Dbase III files with Calc and it allows me to delete
fields and edit data OK, without corrupting the file (although it did
not retain the code page flag).
If I try and open a Visual Foxpro table Calc baulks
Hi,
I am regularly getting a dialog box stating that one of the LibreOffice
Documents I am working on needs to be recovered.
This happens despite...
1. The document actually saving and libreoffice closing without any errors.
2. Quite regularly -- 5-10 times a day.
I have searched around and
On 16/2/2011 22:52, Tom Davies wrote:
Brilliant! That is much more elegant :)
Regards from
Tom :)
From: Cor Nouwsoo...@nouenoff.nl
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 15:13:44
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to select a small image
Le 17/02/11 05:38, Simon Cropper a écrit :
Hi Simon,
I am regularly getting a dialog box stating that one of the LibreOffice
Documents I am working on needs to be recovered.
I see you're using JVM 1.6.0_20 (IcedTea), you might want to try
updating to Java 1.6.0_22 to see if that resolves
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