On 27/11/2011, John D. Herron paradox.her...@bluewin.ch wrote:
hi. i'm working on a standalone ubuntu 11.04 box (no Windows on it!)
with LibreOffice 3.3.4 OOO330m19 (Build:401).
Please consider a cost benefit analysis; if the value of your clients
is significant, buy a cheap computer with m$o
On 28/11/2011 at 03:32, poemblaze mattq1...@gmail.com wrote:
Help! I am wanting to delete hard returns that were placed at the end of
every line of a large document. All I've seen is how to delete a paragraph
(hard) return in a blank paragraph.
If by hard return you mean Shift+Enter, it's
On 28/11/2011, poemblaze mattq1...@gmail.com wrote:
Help! I am wanting to delete hard returns that were placed at the end of
every line of a large document. All I've seen is how to delete a paragraph
(hard) return in a blank paragraph. I'd also like to convert hard returns to
soft returns in a
Hi :)
I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be an easier way to do findreplace for the
paragraph mark!
A text editor is likely to remove all the formatting. One way around might be
to open the file as a compressed folder.
It's important to make a back-up copy of the file before starting to
Hi :)
The \n doesn't seem to work in Writer 3.3.2. But there has to be something
like that, some mark to show a hard-carriage return. Knowing what it is would
make this easier!
Regards from
Tom :)
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@e-letter
Your continued tirades in this vein are getting old...
I have an idea? Why don't you just stfu about it.
On 2011-11-28 4:59 AM, e-letter inp...@gmail.com wrote:
On 27/11/2011, John D. Herronparadox.her...@bluewin.ch wrote:
hi. i'm working on a standalone ubuntu 11.04 box (no
Many thanks Larry. That solved the problem quickly and easily. It's a trick I
didn't know about. I hope they will add it to their install procedures as it
must happen to many people who are switching from OpenOffice or any other
similar program.
Thanks again,
D.
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On 11/28/2011 7:44 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
The \n doesn't seem to work in Writer 3.3.2. But there has to be something
like that, some mark to show a hard-carriage return. Knowing what it is would
make this easier!
Regards from
Tom :)
You have to search using regular expressions. Its
Hello to all,
I was wondering if there is a nice way of formatting source code snippets
in LibreOffice Writer (I use the 3.3.2 version). I know it can be done
manually by changing the source code's paragraph's font to something
distinct like Courier or Courier New, but I am looking for something
Bob Houston wrote:
If I understand the procedure correctly I just post the question to
(libreoffice-users)?
That's correct. Just post to libreoffice-users
(users@global.libreoffice.org), as you are doing right now.
Regards
Stephan
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Hi Tom and e-letter
I think you both missed step number 2 in Miroslaw's answer
2. In More options check Regular expressions.
Although this is not quite user friendly, it works perfectly and it is good
to know that LO has this feature.
I'm keeping this one on my personal Tips and Tricks list
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:29 PM, txapollo243 txapollo...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello to all,
I was wondering if there is a nice way of formatting source code snippets
in LibreOffice Writer (I use the 3.3.2 version). I know it can be done
manually by changing the source code's paragraph's font to
Perhaps try to create a style (e.g. call it 'source code text', then
format that style in terms of size, font, colour, indentation etc. and
apply the style accordingly.
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Problems?
I noticed that the heading on OMGUbuntu! was a new design idea for LibreOffice
called Citrus. It mentioned the mailing list, so I signed up. If anyone could
give me more info on when and if this new design is going to be implemented,
I'd be thankful.
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On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 13:50 +, e-letter wrote:
Perhaps try to create a style (e.g. call it 'source code text', then
format that style in terms of size, font, colour, indentation etc. and
apply the style accordingly.
There is an extension for this already - it's available (sometimes) from
Friends,
I created a document by creating three new heading H1 (linked to heading1),
H2 (linked to heading2) and H3 (linked to heading3). After the document is
done, i tried adding chapter name and number as header. But nothing appears.
Why this happens. Also in the navigator window, when i click
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Simos Xenitellis
simos.li...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:29 PM, txapollo243 txapollo...@gmail.comwrote:
Hello to all,
I was wondering if there is a nice way of formatting source code snippets
in LibreOffice Writer (I use the 3.3.2
What is OMGUbuntu!?
I know that there were some code changes to make LibreOffice work better
with the Unity desktop that Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 has as its default
desktop. GNOME 3.x is moving towards the way Unity looks, according to
what I have read, as well.
So could Citrus be a part of
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/citrus-a-libreoffice-interface-for-today/
That's the post that I was talking about.
On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:26 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote:
What is OMGUbuntu!?
I know that there were some code changes to
Hi to all,
I use ^p to designate paragraph returns in LO and I think it works in MS Word
as well. I have a need to remove blank lines (empty paragraphs) from time to
time.
I search for ^p^p and replace with ^p (the ^ (caret) is above the 6 ).
I'm not sure what a 'soft return' is, but to take
The big thing we need to learn from current desktop design changes, is
the fact that if the redesigns are too radical or too much different
from what users are use to, then it will turn users away from our product.
The change from MSO's old menu design to the new one is something that
I think a good way would be to have the user able to change between a
classic and a new look.
Also, with Windows 8 - it looks pretty much the same as Windows 7 for a
normal desktop. It has the new look for touch enabled computers, but they
can still use the old look.
If a user needs to get some
With Ubuntu 11.10, it looks like you do not have a choice to go back to
the GNOME 2.32[?] desktop like Ubuntu 11.04 did.
I just do not want us to have a menu system that is too different. It
we can switch between classic and the new design, that would be great,
but the classic design needs
I'd suggest that, before giving advice, people actually try what they are
suggesting.
In OOo and LO, unlike MSO, paragraphs are designated by surrounding the
text with p/p symbols (like html). As a result, there is no paragraph
mark to search for, and using either ^p or \n in the search field
On 11/28/2011 10:23 AM, Quinn Heagy wrote:
I think a good way would be to have the user able to change between a
classic and a new look.
Also, with Windows 8 - it looks pretty much the same as Windows 7 for a
normal desktop. It has the new look for touch enabled computers, but they
can still
On 11/28/2011 07:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be an easier way to do findreplace for the
paragraph mark!
A text editor is likely to remove all the formatting. One way around might be
to open the file as a compressed folder.
It's important to make a
I think Citrus looks like a change in the right direction!
It keeps the menus on the top (thus not breaking with the past) but adding
all buttons to the sides making better use of wide screen monitors. This
design also solves the problem of where to put new toolbars: they should
always appear on
On 11/27/2011 09:32 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
John
On 11/27/2011 01:15 PM, John D. Herron wrote:
hi. i'm working on a standalone ubuntu 11.04 box (no Windows on it!)
with LibreOffice 3.3.4 OOO330m19 (Build:401)...
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john
I try to double save important files with my working copy being
Jomali, I stand corrected. And thank you. I receive the documents I work on
in MSO '97, work on them in LO, and return as MSO '97 or HTML. Sometimes, at
my age, it's hard to remember where I'm at, let alone what editor I'm using.
Could also be why the last manuscript I worked on went back
On 11/28/2011 12:27 PM, John D. Herron wrote:
On 11/27/2011 09:32 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
John
On 11/27/2011 01:15 PM, John D. Herron wrote:
hi. i'm working on a standalone ubuntu 11.04 box (no Windows on it!)
with LibreOffice 3.3.4 OOO330m19 (Build:401)...
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john
I try to double
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, txapollo243 wrote:
I was wondering if there is a nice way of formatting source code snippets
in LibreOffice Writer (I use the 3.3.2 version). I know it can be done
manually by changing the source code's paragraph's font to something
distinct like Courier or Courier New,
Not everyone is using widescreen monitors.
I know many users that have not bought a new monitor to replace their
old 4:3 CRT monitors.
SO if you have the style dedicated to be used with widescreen, then
you make it an issue for those who do not use the new monitors.
For myself, I do not
If the screen is too small then maybe the sidebar would disappear until
hovered over. Also, from the picture on OMGUbuntu! it doesn't look like
it'd take up too much room in the first place. Take a look at some of the
other pictures on the designer's blog - http://clickortap.wordpress.com/ -
it
On 11/28/2011 09:26 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
What is OMGUbuntu!?
I know that there were some code changes to make LibreOffice work
better with the Unity desktop that Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 has as its
default desktop. GNOME 3.x is moving towards the way Unity looks,
I know that ^p works in MS Word but it does not work in LO 3.4.3 with regular
expression turned on or without.
The help discusses removing the Line break that is entered with the Shift+Enter
and replacing with a hard return as if the enter key was pressed but there is
no discussion of which
My experience tells me that there is a /long term/ solution. However, it
requires a change in attitude amongst software publishers/developers.
Anecdote:
About 20 years ago Wordperfect was the dominant word processor on
the market. I was going to McGill University and Wordperfect was
On 28/11/2011, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote:
There is an extension for this already - it's available (sometimes) from
the old OO.o extension site. Andrew Pitonyak is the author - I'll drop
him a line and maybe he can be nudged into adding to the LibO extension
site.
Without knowing
I started with Mainframe editing, since there was no PCs out there.
My first two PC/MS DOS based word processors were PC_Write and Wordperfect.
Then came Word.
So I have seen a lot of systems over the years.
We really need to think about the style of the menus, since we really
have a large
On 28/11/2011, Bala subramanian bala.biophys...@gmail.com wrote:
Friends,
I created a document by creating three new heading H1 (linked to heading1),
H2 (linked to heading2) and H3 (linked to heading3). After the document is
done, i tried adding chapter name and number as header. But nothing
On 11/28/2011 03:01 PM, Udvarias Ur wrote:
My experience tells me that there is a /long term/ solution. However, it
requires a change in attitude amongst software publishers/developers.
Anecdote:
About 20 years ago Wordperfect was the dominant word processor on
the market. I was
On 28/11/2011, Pedro pedl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Tom and e-letter
I think you both missed step number 2 in Miroslaw's answer
The reason for this is that the option is always selected manually! :)
2. In More options check Regular expressions.
Although this is not quite user friendly, it
Hi all,
Tom Davies schrieb:
Hi :)
I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be an easier way to do
findreplace for the paragraph mark!
Check regular expressions in the More Options part.
Search for $
Replace with blank
Click on Replace all
Kind regards
Regina
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Hi all,
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On 28/11/2011, Bala subramanianbala.biophys...@gmail.com wrote:
Friends,
I created a document by creating three new heading H1 (linked to heading1),
H2 (linked to heading2) and H3 (linked to heading3). After the document is
done, i tried adding chapter name and
Hi all,
I would like to do a very simple thing with Base, but I can't seem to
find out how.
Here is what I would like to do:
- I would like to save some arbitrary binary files in a MySQL
database, using Libreoffice Base
So using Base (3.4.4) I created a small test database, with a BLOB
Hi everyone,
LibreOffice (I use version 3.4.4 under Windows 7) offers the
possibility to insert a text field that shows the current date.
Although using the German version, I can insert a French date in the
worksheets for my students. Unfortunately, there is a little mistake
that bugs me: In
Citrus has one thing right.
When editing a document you need Insert - Styles - Text - View.
Float Document, Page, Paragraph and Defaults where ever you
want, but most are used to the upper left hand corner. Heck, maybe
Paragraph should be under Defaults anyway.
Why Styles instead of
On 28/11/2011 at 22:15, e-letter inp...@gmail.com wrote:
Agreed, it would be good if LO saved the option chosen from the last
time the dialogue window was opened (as occurs in a text editor). If
this worthy of a bug notification?
Maybe you mean some specific circumstances, but my Writer
On 28/11/2011 at 20:49, John McAtee jlm_connect...@yahoo.com wrote:
but there is no discussion of which regular expression works to find the
end of paragraph marker that may be at the end of each line of text copied
from a webpage and pasted into a Writer document.
Do you mean $ (dollar
Hello,
I am running LibreOffice Writer 3.4.4 in Mac OS X 10.6.8. I have been
collaborating with other researchers who use Micro$oft Word on some
abstracts and papers we plan to publish.
However, I notice that any comments I add to a .docx document via
LibreOffice Writer do not show up when opened
On 11/28/2011 05:23 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:
Citrus has one thing right.
When editing a document you need Insert - Styles - Text - View.
Float Document, Page, Paragraph and Defaults where ever you
want, but most are used to the upper left hand corner. Heck, maybe
Paragraph should be under
If the regular-expression technique given in later replies works, that's
terrific. If not, there is another way to make it happen by digging into
the ODT (if that is the document you have).
MINING THE ODT
It is possible to remove all of the hard line breaks in an ODF text (Writer
ODT)
Hi :)
Regina's answer worked for me. Just open the document as normal, not the
messy way i described last time. Then search for $ (= hard carriage
return), That does find the hard-returns. I tried replacing with \n but it
didn't work for me. When i searched for \n it found all the
Udvarias Ur wrote
if a new UI is introduced that is significantly different
from the classic one, it MUST be possible change back and forth.
Agree completely. I think that not including such an option is shooting
yourself in the foot.
Udvarias Ur wrote
Neither do I agree with Pedro.
Hi :)
I am fairly sure that Writer can create new .docX files but it still tends
to be best to keep an original of the new document in Odt format. This way
seems to produce the best docX documents from what i have seen so far.
Regards from
Tom :)
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On 11/28/2011 08:04 PM, Tom wrote:
Hi :)
I am fairly sure that Writer can create new .docX files but it still tends
to be best to keep an original of the new document in Odt format. This way
seems to produce the best docX documents from what i have seen so far.
Regards from
Tom :)
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On 11/28/2011 09:03 AM, drew wrote:
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 13:50 +, e-letter wrote:
Perhaps try to create a style (e.g. call it 'source code text', then
format that style in terms of size, font, colour, indentation etc. and
apply the style accordingly.
There is an extension for this
On 11/28/2011 08:29 AM, txapollo243 wrote:
I was wondering if there is a nice way of formatting source code snippets
in LibreOffice Writer (I use the 3.3.2 version). I know it can be done
manually by changing the source code's paragraph's font to something
distinct like Courier or Courier New,
Regina
Thank you. That was the answer the original poster and I were looking for.
John McAtee
From: Regina Henschel rb.hensc...@t-online.de
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] deleting
Miroslaw
The $ did what the original poster was asking for. The local and online help
show the same thing. I just did not grasp that you could just search for the $
alone.
John McAtee
From: Mirosław Zalewski mini...@poczta.onet.pl
To:
Some other programs a few years back introduced the idea of skins. If
we're going to experiment with new user interfaces (and I expect LO will
have to), I think the skins concept would be most appropriate. If
necessary, re-engineer the underlying commands so that they are not
dependent on
Le 28/11/11 22:34, Andre Charbonneau a écrit :
Hi Andre,
But it seems that the form creation wizard assigns an image file input
control to the blob type, which only allows me to select files of image
type (extension).
So I tried changing it to a simple file selector control, but I can't
Advrk Aplmrkt wrote:
However, I notice that any comments I add to a .docx document via
LibreOffice Writer do not show up when opened in Micro$oft Word 2007,
2010, or 2011!
Is this a known bug, or am I not doing it correctly?
I believe this is a known bug
Ok, thanks for the info. I will study the bug report to see if there's anything
I need to add.
docx (and xlsx and pptx) support is so important!! Really hope full support
will be implemented very soon.
Unfortunately I'm not a programmer, but please let me know if there's other
ways for me to
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