Re: [libreoffice-users] Invoking cli while an instance already runs.

2011-11-13 Thread Paul Chavent
With soffice.bin -env:UserInstallation=~/.libreoffice_cli/ --headles --infilter=Thomas --convert-to odt test.xml The application cannot be started. [context=shared] caught unexpected exception! Le 11/12/2011 02:50 PM, Regina Henschel a écrit : Hi Paul, Paul Chavent schrieb: I see that

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-13 Thread Pae Choi
MAS and Tom, Thank you for the prompt replies. Tom, My apologies for inappropriately creating a new thread by using Reply method which caused the inconvenience as well as extra toil. And addition thanks for the effort and educating me. The SVG and PNG are fine for me, but the PDF is a part

[libreoffice-users] Re: Suggestion for an enhancement in LO

2011-11-13 Thread hellion
Tom wrote: Hi :) Unless you learn coding it's not worth putting too much more work into this. It might take a long time before someone takes notice of it as they might be focused on other things. Please don't be discouraged. I think the way around it is to leave it and look for other

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-13 Thread Pae Choi
This is a testing purpose post since it appears to be I am getting two posts: one is partial that I do not think posted and the other one is the one I posted. So, I am posting this to see what's going on. Sorry for increasing traffic if this caused by my end. Pae On 11/13/2011 05:08 AM,

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have a feeling that it's worth posting a bug-report or 2 about this issue.  I would post one here.  This guide might help http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport but i think the problem might be with the way the pdfs are generated in MuseScore so i would post a bug-report with them

Re: [libreoffice-users] Invoking cli while an instance already runs.

2011-11-13 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Paul, Paul Chavent schrieb: With soffice.bin -env:UserInstallation=~/.libreoffice_cli/ --headles --infilter=Thomas --convert-to odt test.xml The application cannot be started. [context=shared] caught unexpected exception! It seems, that -env does not work from command line. I have tried

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-13 Thread Pedro
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Pae Choi lt;pae.choi@gt; wrote: It seems like there is an issue using pdfimport extension with LibreOffice. When importing a simple PDF file it seems ok means visible, but not 100% identical as advertised. It even got worse when opening a PDF file generate

[libreoffice-users] Re: Videos (mpeg etc) in Impress

2011-11-13 Thread rotwang
Many thanks for that, it proves to me that the problem is unquestionably with the video playback. If I replace the video by a photo, all the effects I am trying to apply work ( fade in from slide background, fade out to slide background etc.) as I would expect. Replace the photo by a video and

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presenter Console

2011-11-13 Thread rotwang
Hi Tom, you don't happen to know where the suggestions list for Presenter Console lives by any chance? And do I need to create a separate login for bugzilla in order to file a report? And if any moderator is watching, could you move the PDFImport posts to their own thread, nobody is going to find

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presenter Console

2011-11-13 Thread rotwang
I've had a chance to run some more tests while trying to pin down some other video problems, and if I replace the video with a still image it is correctly positioned, so this seems to to be specific to the media player. -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Videos (mpeg etc) in Impress

2011-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it's worth posting a bug-report now http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 13/11/11, rotwang rotwang2...@gmail.com wrote: From: rotwang rotwang2...@gmail.com Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Videos (mpeg etc) in Impress To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Videos (mpeg etc) in Impress

2011-11-13 Thread drew
Hello Rotwang, On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 04:37 -0800, rotwang wrote: Many thanks for that, it proves to me that the problem is unquestionably with the video playback. If I replace the video by a photo, all the effects I am trying to apply work ( fade in from slide background, fade out to slide

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presenter Console

2011-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You do have to register at bug-zilla.  I think you have to do that for each OpenSource project as i already have registered with it for a few other projects.  There probably is a way of using the same login but i don't spend much time there so i just go with what's easiest for me. I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Videos (mpeg etc) in Impress

2011-11-13 Thread rotwang
Hi Drew, In which case two things ;- First if it can't or won't apply fade-in fade-out etc. why are they offered? When I select the video object ONLY the operations which I CAN perform on it should be offered. Second they SHOULD be useable because, whatever the internals of the system may be,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Videos (mpeg etc) in Impress

2011-11-13 Thread drew
On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 06:23 -0800, rotwang wrote: Hi Drew, In which case two things ;- First if it can't or won't apply fade-in fade-out etc. why are they offered? When I select the video object ONLY the operations which I CAN perform on it should be offered. Good point - it would certainly

[libreoffice-users] Re: Reviewing and commenting in LO 3.3

2011-11-13 Thread Aleksey Rukhlenko
Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 12/11/2011 at 12:15, Aleksey Rukhlenko alekse...@list.ru wrote: Are there any possibilities of commenting and reviewing in LO 3.3? I mean, how can I insert comments to the text and after that quickly browse them? Although I have LO 3.4 installed, I don't think

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-13 Thread Jay Lozier
Seamas On 11/12/2011 03:46 PM, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: I wonder if anyone can shed any light on a peculiar (but serious!) problem that I’ve had all day. Libre Office (on Ubuntu 11.10) constantly quits without warning. It happens sometimes when I use certain keys, such as page up and page down,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-13 Thread steelej
Yes - I will have to explore workarounds. I have not looked at Table of Contents yet but am adept with MS Word and LO usually does similar things. I do not foresee a problem there (but then I did not see a problem with Headings, it seemed so intuitive ) The Headings issue is the only case I have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice ~ JSON viewer / plugin

2011-11-13 Thread Jay Lozier
Hi On 11/12/2011 02:20 PM, bankadmin wrote: Is there any Libreoffice ~ JSON viewer / plugin ? What OS? Also, check with OpenOffice, their plugins usually work well with LO. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 (Unity 3D)

2011-11-13 Thread Jay Lozier
On 11/12/2011 12:04 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I recently installed Ubuntu 11.xx on an old IBM server. 11.04 stated that I did not have the resources to run Unity, so it was good. Then when I allowed it to upgrade to 11.10, that version was able to use my system's

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.4.4 (Writer): make comment refer to selected text rather than cursor point

2011-11-13 Thread Libre User
Since the comment will always have a single location as a starting point why not just highlight the selection using the highlight tool on the Formatting Toolbar and then insert the comment? That should make it clear that your comment refers to the entire highlighted text. Jerry At 08:16

Re: [libreoffice-users] Invoking cli while an instance already runs.

2011-11-13 Thread Paul Chavent
Thank Regina. I will try on those other lists... Le 11/13/2011 01:21 PM, Regina Henschel a écrit : Hi Paul, Paul Chavent schrieb: With soffice.bin -env:UserInstallation=~/.libreoffice_cli/ --headles --infilter=Thomas --convert-to odt test.xml The application cannot be started.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-13 Thread Cor Nouws
steelej wrote (12-11-11 23:59) Yes - I will have to explore workarounds. I have not looked at Table of [...] erm, you mean 'documentation' ;-) http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/ -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-13 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Hello, Jay. I should have said that it’s in Writer only. I’m using Libre Office 3.4.3 (build 302), from the Ubuntu repository. I’m using Gnome Classic, not Unity (and on a fairly dated computer). Today was a disaster, but also may have led to a discovery. Having tried everything else, I resorted

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-13 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 14/11/11 11:07, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: Hello, Jay. I should have said that it’s in Writer only. I’m using Libre Office 3.4.3 (build 302), from the Ubuntu repository. I’m using Gnome Classic, not Unity (and on a fairly dated computer). Today was a disaster, but also may have led to a

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-13 Thread Pae Choi
Pedro, Thank you for reply. Whether the fonts are referenced or embedded, wouldn't it be more the renderer's responsibility to display regardless the font is installed on the system level or not. It is reasonable to use the alternative font if the renderer could not find the font from neither

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-13 Thread Pae Choi
Tom, Once I understand better where the issue is coming from, it will be reasonable to ask them look at the code for the possible bug. But I am not certain where the issue is coming from yet. For manipulating the PNG and SVG to PDF, that was a nice tip, but it seems not quite meeting what I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office quitting

2011-11-13 Thread NoOp
On 11/13/2011 02:07 PM, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: Hello, Jay. I should have said that it’s in Writer only. I’m using Libre Office 3.4.3 (build 302), from the Ubuntu repository. I’m using Gnome Classic, not Unity (and on a fairly dated computer). Today was a disaster, but also may have led

[libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office quitting

2011-11-13 Thread NoOp
On 11/13/2011 03:22 PM, NoOp wrote: ... Perhaps you're running into this bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42639 [EDITING: Writer crashes on copy and pasting] Note: I've not tried to replicate (yet). I just tested and added to the bug report: Confirmed w/LO 3.4.4 (linux -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-13 Thread Jay Lozier
Seamus On 11/13/2011 05:23 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 14/11/11 11:07, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: Hello, Jay. I should have said that it’s in Writer only. I’m using Libre Office 3.4.3 (build 302), from the Ubuntu repository. I’m using Gnome Classic, not Unity (and on a fairly dated computer).

[libreoffice-users] page number search

2011-11-13 Thread Murray White
I have been unable to find a method of doing a search for a page when using Writer. I also have Works and it was possible to do that. Anyone know if I'm missing something or is it just not possible. TIA MW -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] page number search

2011-11-13 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
I have been unable to find a method of doing a search for a page when using Writer. I also have Works and it was possible to do that. Anyone know if I'm missing something or is it just not possible. TIA did you try the Navigator (F5)?? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-13 Thread steelej
I do believe in reading documentation! It is an area where LO is generally quite good but still has some gaps and I find experimentation is necessary. Tables of contents seem to be very straightforward so far. I will be preparing a simple guide for a talk early January on an introduction to styles

[libreoffice-users] Re: page number search

2011-11-13 Thread NoOp
On 11/13/2011 03:52 PM, Murray White wrote: I have been unable to find a method of doing a search for a page when using Writer. I also have Works and it was possible to do that. Anyone know if I'm missing something or is it just not possible. TIA MW Please start a *new* thread rather than

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:09 13/11/2011 -0500, Pae Choi wrote: Whether the fonts are referenced or embedded, wouldn't it be more the renderer's responsibility to display regardless the font is installed on the system level or not. It is reasonable to use the alternative font if the renderer could not find the

Fw: [libreoffice-users] page number search

2011-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry for NoOps rudeness.  Apparently he thinks slightly obscure netiquette is important while etiquette isn't important for him at all.  Maybe it's just hyprocritical.  Maybe it makes him feel important to be able to admonish new users rather than welcome them in and actually answer the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office quitting

2011-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This guide might help? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport#How_to_get_strace_log_.28on_Linux.29 It's beyond me but hopefully makes sense. Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 13/11/11, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: page number search

2011-11-13 Thread Murray White
Thanks for the input NoOP. Was not aware that one had to start and use NEW as I would have thought that the listserv would pick things up from the subject line as all else was deleted. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case so I thank you for your assistance. BTW -- hopefully there

Re: Fw: [libreoffice-users] page number search

2011-11-13 Thread Tom
Hi :) The best guides are here http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications and here http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ Both sets are the same. Sometimes, just after publication, the wiki gets the updates first but it is months between updates so either page

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I sometimes use a plain-text editor to paste things into before moving them on into another app.  It either strips weird coding or displays it so i can see the weirdness and delete bits.  It would be nicer if it was easier to just copypaste without stuffing everything up.  The method of