[libreoffice-users] Changing default margins and font for a group of users
Hi, I need to change the default margins and font in Libreoffice Writer and Calc for a group of about 100 users. How can I do this without having to go and do it manually on every PC? Regards Carl Werner -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Error messages on starting LO
NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net writes: On 09/26/2011 11:21 AM, Rev. Nick Sharp wrote: Thanks - that did the trick. N You are most welcome Rev. Hi, guys I have the same errors at my mac LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1(Build:502) I need to correct the user profile? How? Thanks -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Error messages on starting LO
Hi Lena, Lena wrote (24-01-12 00:20) I have the same errors at my mac LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1(Build:502) I need to correct the user profile? How? I don't know where Mac has the user profile. But you can find out yourself when you look at Tools Options LO General Paths There is something as ../LibreOffice/user/3 If you rename that folder (when LibreOffice is not running) and then restart LibreOffice, you'll have a fresh user profile. HTH, best, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Error messages on starting LO
Le 24 janv. 2012 à 10:11, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi Lena, Lena wrote (24-01-12 00:20) I have the same errors at my mac LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1(Build:502) I need to correct the user profile? How? I don't know where Mac has the user profile. But you can find out yourself when you look at Tools Options LO General Paths There is something as ../LibreOffice/user/3 If you rename that folder (when LibreOffice is not running) and then restart LibreOffice, you'll have a fresh user profile. HTH, best, Hello Lena, on OsX 10.6 and LibreOffice 3.5 beta, you can find the paths' list by going to the menu LibreOffice Preferences... then in the preferences' windows : LibreOffice Paths In my case, the directory is ~/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/3/user/ . Note: on OsX 10.7, this repository will be hidden, but http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-user-library-folder-in-os-x-lion/ explains how to access it . -- Amicalement, Laurent. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] one language in the installer libre office
polish text: dla wszystkich byłoby lepiej, jakby był jeden język i słownik w instalatorze, aby był mniejszy, żeby za każdym razem ściągać po 200 mb, tylko po 135 mb. proszę mnie popierać w tej sprawie, z góry dzięki. english text: for all would be better if it were a language and a dictionary in the installer to be smaller, so that every time download of 200 mb, 135 mb only. Please support me in this matter, thanks in advance. -- Łukasz Pikaczu Janik GG: 1453844 Pozdrawiam -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: Bespoke background images
Hi :) Congrats on finding an answer! Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 22/1/12, chasm charlie_m...@msn.com wrote: From: chasm charlie_m...@msn.com Subject: [libreoffice-users] RE: Bespoke background images To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 22 January, 2012, 23:16 Hi Tom, I eventually found the answer by trawling through the Help pages. This was one of those rare instances where LibreOffice isn't as intuitive as it could be. Setting a background image for an object allows new images to be imported. Setting a background image for a whole page doesn't let you import. A bit of an anomaly I feel. Cheers, Charlie. Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:32:52 -0800 From: ml-node+s969070n367281...@n3.nabble.com To: charlie_m...@msn.com Subject: Re: Bespoke background images Hi :) Were you able to get this working? Do you need more help with this issue? Is the wiki good enough or does it need a bit of work? Regards from Tom :) -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing default margins and font for a group of users
Carl , You can change the default template by running a macro on every machine hope it helps Fernand Hi, I need to change the default margins and font in Libreoffice Writer and Calc for a group of about 100 users. How can I do this without having to go and do it manually on every PC? Regards Carl Werner -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: one language in the installer libre office
Hi Lukasz Łukasz Janik wrote for all would be better if it were a language and a dictionary in the installer to be smaller, so that every time download of 200 mb, 135 mb only. Please support me in this matter, thanks in advance. This was discussed before back in November 2010 (when LibreOffice started distributing the first betas) At the time it was argued that due to the reduced number of mirrors and disk space allocated for this project, it would be better initially to have a single installer instead of a localized installer for each language supported. This means that for each version you had a 200Mb installer instead over 100 (example) localized 150Mb installers which would take 15 Gb. The main problem is that removing all the extra languages only saves you some 50Mb. Is this worth the trouble? Regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/one-language-in-the-installer-libre-office-tp3684148p3684616.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: How to enter Dates in a format to allow the counting of days lapsed between a from a date cell and a to a date' cell
This is my reply to all of you that made suggestions or stated your views. They were all very useful. With regards to the question about what exactly I was asking, the first issue was ...should I enter the date as 24 January 2012, or January 24 2012 or '01/24/2012' or 24/01/2012 for the software to take it as a number to be deducted from the number represention the second date input of another cell to form the from date1 to date2 proposition for it to come up with the number of days between those 2 dates? The second issue was the actual way to enter a formula to get the actual number od days between the 2 cells involved. Hope I made myself totally clear now. Thank you -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/How-to-enter-Dates-in-a-format-to-allow-the-counting-of-days-lapsed-between-a-from-a-date-cell-and-al-tp3671720p3684597.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: How to enter Dates in a format to allow the counting of days lapsed between a from a date cell and a to a date' cell
Am 24.01.2012 13:58, MSwhip wrote: This is my reply to all of you that made suggestions or stated your views. They were all very useful. With regards to the question about what exactly I was asking, the first issue was ...should I enter the date as 24 January 2012, or January 24 2012 or '01/24/2012' or 24/01/2012 for the software to take it as a number to be deducted from the number represention the second date input of another cell to form the from date1 to date2 proposition for it to come up with the number of days between those 2 dates? The second issue was the actual way to enter a formula to get the actual number od days between the 2 cells involved. Hope I made myself totally clear now. Thank you -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/How-to-enter-Dates-in-a-format-to-allow-the-counting-of-days-lapsed-between-a-from-a-date-cell-and-al-tp3671720p3684597.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. The number of days is simply the difference between the 2 cell values (=B1-A1 for instance) because all spreadsheet dates are day numbers actually. The possible input formats for dates depend mostly on the locale you are using. Not knowing your locale setting, it is impossible to tell any details. There may be differences between US English and other English locales. That is ToolsOptionsLanguageSettingsLanguagesLocale Setting (2nd option) and it can be overridden in the cell format dialog. But regardless of how exactly you type some date, the result will always be displayed in *one particular* number format which is either the number format you applied the cell or some standard format for dates if you did not apply any number format. Why don't you simply fill out some cells and get a feeling for it? There are many ways to enter a date. There are no clear rules because the details depend on the localization teams for the respective locale. If your input looks exactly like what you typed and is bound to the left cell border then the input is a text which is *not* a valid date. If your input is right bound and the formula bar shows 2 digits for day and month and 4 digits for the year then you have entered a date. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to enter Dates in a format to allow the counting of days lapsed between a from a date cell and a to a date' cell
Hi :) I think for data-entry it is best to enter the date as 01/24/2012 and then have the cells formatted to display that in whichever way you want. It feels a bit weird to enter a date as numbers and then see it displayed as wordnumbers but doing it that way makes everything else fall into place neatly. I'm in England so it feels a tad weird to type the day and month 'the wrong way around', lol. I think it picks-up on whatever your global localisation is set at. Mine is set to UK so i type dd/mm/. Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 24/1/12, MSwhip send28fi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: MSwhip send28fi...@yahoo.com Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to enter Dates in a format to allow the counting of days lapsed between a from a date cell and a to a date' cell To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 24 January, 2012, 12:58 This is my reply to all of you that made suggestions or stated your views. They were all very useful. With regards to the question about what exactly I was asking, the first issue was ...should I enter the date as 24 January 2012, or January 24 2012 or '01/24/2012' or 24/01/2012 for the software to take it as a number to be deducted from the number represention the second date input of another cell to form the from date1 to date2 proposition for it to come up with the number of days between those 2 dates? The second issue was the actual way to enter a formula to get the actual number od days between the 2 cells involved. Hope I made myself totally clear now. Thank you -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/How-to-enter-Dates-in-a-format-to-allow-the-counting-of-days-lapsed-between-a-from-a-date-cell-and-al-tp3671720p3684597.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing default margins and font for a group of users
On 01/24/2012 03:39 AM, Carl wrote: Hi, I need to change the default margins and font in Libreoffice Writer and Calc for a group of about 100 users. How can I do this without having to go and do it manually on every PC? Regards Carl Werner Where is the user data stored? If on a server, create a new default template and update the appropriate file in each user folder (or alternately change the default template location). If locally, I do not have a good idea. Also, what OS's are involved, I assume Windows. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: How to enter Dates in a format to allow the counting of days lapsed between a from a date cell and a to a date' cell
Am 24.01.2012 15:17, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think for data-entry it is best to enter the date as 01/24/2012 If you want to enter dates of the current month (January 2012 at the time of this writing) then you simply enter 1/ 13/ 4/ 30/ 15/ This will enter the *correct cell values* _unless_ the cells had been formatted as text *before* entry. If there are some February dates: 1/2 3/2 28/2 except for the US locale where you type 2/1 3/2 2/28 Of course you can enter full dates with long or short month name, but why? How exactly the correct cell values look like depends firstly on the locale setting, secondly on the number format. Once you entered the correct cell values, there are literally thousands of ways to change the appearance of these values (dozends of predefined formats for each locale plus user-defined formats). Once you entered the correct cell values, no formatting attribute will ever change your value, not even number format Text (which many users believe to be a magic conversion feature). I'm in England so it feels a tad weird to type the day and month 'the wrong way around', lol. I think it picks-up on whatever your global localisation is set at. Mine is set to UK so i type dd/mm/. Regards from This global setting applies to all types of table cells (Writer, Calc, Base), Writer fields, Calc cell styles, form controls (Base), numeric chart axes and may be more. All of these elements have a cell format dialog where you can override the locale for the current element. You can change it for the current Calc document by changing the locale of the default cell style which propagates to all subsequent styles which do not have an explicit locale setting. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Changing default margins and font for a group of users
Hi :) Would copying the UserProfile be a good way to get all the settings copied? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile It might be worth doing a search for how to do a corporate deployment of LibreOffice or OpenOffice (or a large-scale deployment). Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Changing-default-margins-and-font-for-a-group-of-users-tp3684030p3684924.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Database selection in mail merge.
I am using mail merge for letter creation from within a form in Base. The base letter(s) were created in writer without problem. The View/Database (or F4) displays the explorer and fields from the database correctly. Whenever the form letter is opened the database is shown as selected and correctly displayed. In other (simple) words, the form knows which database to open. However - and this is the first problem, when I take the print option and answer yes to the form letter question popup i am taken to a screen showing the print options and at the top, the explorer screen. No data base file is automatically selected and it has to be manually selected. How can I automate this as rthe form obviously knows which form was used during creation. 2nd problem, if question 1 can be resolved, is that I want to run, populate and print the letters automatically from a Base form push button. However the simplistic approach of a command line such as libreoffice -p myfile only prints the base document. Any suggestions please? -- Peter Lacey -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to enter Dates in a format to allow the counting of days lapsed between a from a date cell and a to a date' cell
Hi :) Thanks Andreas. It works! There are all sorts of neat tricks but that is the fastest way to enter dates. I hope that helps our op. Thanks and regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 24/1/12, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: From: Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to enter Dates in a format to allow the counting of days lapsed between a from a date cell and a to a date' cell To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 24 January, 2012, 14:38 Am 24.01.2012 15:17, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think for data-entry it is best to enter the date as 01/24/2012 If you want to enter dates of the current month (January 2012 at the time of this writing) then you simply enter 1/ 13/ 4/ 30/ 15/ This will enter the *correct cell values* _unless_ the cells had been formatted as text *before* entry. If there are some February dates: 1/2 3/2 28/2 except for the US locale where you type 2/1 3/2 2/28 Of course you can enter full dates with long or short month name, but why? How exactly the correct cell values look like depends firstly on the locale setting, secondly on the number format. Once you entered the correct cell values, there are literally thousands of ways to change the appearance of these values (dozends of predefined formats for each locale plus user-defined formats). Once you entered the correct cell values, no formatting attribute will ever change your value, not even number format Text (which many users believe to be a magic conversion feature). I'm in England so it feels a tad weird to type the day and month 'the wrong way around', lol. I think it picks-up on whatever your global localisation is set at. Mine is set to UK so i type dd/mm/. Regards from This global setting applies to all types of table cells (Writer, Calc, Base), Writer fields, Calc cell styles, form controls (Base), numeric chart axes and may be more. All of these elements have a cell format dialog where you can override the locale for the current element. You can change it for the current Calc document by changing the locale of the default cell style which propagates to all subsequent styles which do not have an explicit locale setting. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Add pdf as page in document
I use Linux [Ubuntu 10.04] and there are several free PDF editing packages for Linux. One should do what you want. You also can print PDF through the CUPS-PDF driver. So any package that prints, like Firefox or Thunderbird, can have its output in a PDF format. I am positive that there is a PDF-merge package that you can print out PDF from several packages and merge them into one PDF document. I did this myself in 2010 a few times, but I do not remember what the package was called, but it was in the repository. On 01/24/2012 12:37 AM, upscope wrote: On Monday, January 23, 2012 09:32:29 PM Jeff Prater wrote: Your best bet would be to convert your newsletter to a PDF first. Then, insert the form into the PDF using PDF authoring software like Adobe Acrobat. That's what I would do. This will not work. First I use Linux, Second I cannot afford Adobe Acrobat which to the best of my knowledge does not have a Linux version. I can create pdf's from LibreOffice and Scribus. I have not had time to try this in Scribus, it is supposed to import pdf's, but latest update gives error on trying to open pdf. Need to report bug. Thanks for your reply anyway. In order to get bulletin out I just recreated the whole document as a pdf form in LibreOffice and then save whol bulletin as pdf. Alot of extra work. - Jeff Prater On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:53 PM, upscopeupsc...@nwi.net wrote: Is there a way to put a pdf form into a page of a newletter? I know you can create one, but this form was sent to me to be included in the newsletter so people can fill it in and then print it for mailing. From writer: CODE: --- file--open and selected the document and file type as .pdf. /CODE: - It opens the pdf in draw instead of the select document page in writer. I know I save it as an image and insert it but then the users will not beable to use it. Thanks for any ideas. -- Russ LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502) [from L.O website] openSUSE 12.1(Linux 3.1.0-1.2-desktop x86_64)|KDE Platform Version 4.7.4 (4.7.4) Release 11|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ, |8GB DDR3| GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-290.10-13.1.x86_64) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscri be/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
Hi :) You can upload to Nabble. Once you have followed the links or navigated to your thread here it is very much like attaching to an email. Even people that are not using Nabble can see the uploaded file then :) Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/some-text-not-printing-tp3681137p3685158.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer always selects PDF instead of Postscript
I am sorry you are not getting any help. I wonder it it is an isolated issue for Fedora 16. If people have not see this happen before, it is hard to figure out what is causing it. I have never had any issue with Ubuntu 10.04 and HP Color Laserjet 2600n. It has been a few years since I has a Laser 4 with postscript, but there has to be others out there that use Fedora/Red Hat and your printer model. I cannot get LO to do the duplexing on my Epson printer. I end up printing the file out to a PDF file, then print it out with the default PDF viewer and it will work with the duplexing. So is there any issues with printing/exporting the file to PDF then printing it out to your printer? Do your file require Postscript printing instead of HP default printer language? On 01/24/2012 12:44 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: Twice I tried to send this to the new list, and both times it bounced. I give up on the new list. OK, old list now working either. Trying a third new list. Libreoffice 3.4.4 on Fedora 16, x86_64. Printer: Laserjet 4M+ (Postscript Level 2) I used OOo for many years and never had this problem until I switched to Libreoffice. Whenever I print to this printer I must remember to go into Properties Options Device and change the print type from PDF to Postscript. If I do not the text will fail to be kerned according to the font metrics; that is, a proportional font will be spaced as though it was a monospace font. All other applications print fine. There is no setting for this in the driver, which uses a PPD file. I looked everywhere for a setting to set it to use Postscript as the default, but I can't find it. It is extra work to have to change this setting all the time. And usually I forget to change the setting and have to print the page again after I realize that I forgot. This is very annoying, and it wastes paper, toner and electricity. I really hope someone can tell me how to change the default behavior, else I will have to remove Libreoffice and reinstall OOo. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: one language in the installer libre office
On 01/24/2012 08:05 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Lukasz Łukasz Janik wrote for all would be better if it were a language and a dictionary in the installer to be smaller, so that every time download of 200 mb, 135 mb only. Please support me in this matter, thanks in advance. This was discussed before back in November 2010 (when LibreOffice started distributing the first betas) At the time it was argued that due to the reduced number of mirrors and disk space allocated for this project, it would be better initially to have a single installer instead of a localized installer for each language supported. This means that for each version you had a 200Mb installer instead over 100 (example) localized 150Mb installers which would take 15 Gb. The main problem is that removing all the extra languages only saves you some 50Mb. Is this worth the trouble? Regards, Pedro It would be nice to have [Windows] LO install not install ALL of the dictionaries possible as the default. If you are asked to choose the languages, by default, you want to install - that would make me happy. Of you could do like Linux does, have the default install and then download the other language packs you need beyond the initial install file. Would that make it smaller, or at least it would make all the platforms use similar installs - main English install, plus an additional install for each language and help packs. Right now, if you have one platform install all of the possible language packs included in the default package, then all platforms should do the same. I use Linux by default, but I use Windows as well for some systems. It would be nice if LO was more consistent on what is needed to be download and installed between the platforms. You will need to download the same number of files and then install them via that platform's install method. The KEY is you download the same number of file no matter which platform you use. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
Hi George, This isn't an answer to your printing problem, but I think you mentioned in one of your posts about you had two scanners that didn't work with Ubuntu. May I ask what the make and models are? I've installed Ubuntu on over 20 computers, originally starting with 8.10, and every version since including 11.10. I only ever had one time that I had a scanner problem, and that was very easy to fix, although I would need to research what I did. As I recall I simply added the scanner name to a master file on the system. If you use xsane as your scanner program, doesn't it see either of your scanners? Don On 01/23/2012 02:40 PM, George E Noon wrote: Spencer, The document in question is a set of the By-Laws of an Odd Fellow Lodge that I happen to have been Secretary of for 19 years, now. I've had it since January, 2002, when as Lodge Secretary, I was named Clerk of the Committee tasked with 'revising updating the Lodge's By-Laws. I originally had it as a WordPerfect document ( I had a Star Office document version when I came upon and tried that for a while) - I changed over to Ubuntu Linux (Breezy) in 2006 proceeded to migrate all my document folder contents to it they've been in Ubuntu program files ever since. Odd, but i was not that fond of Star Office - but when i got to using Ubuntu, i took right to OOo, which came out of Star Office, as I understand it. Switched to Libre Office a bout a year ago 7 this is really the first problem I've had with it. The parts that don't print are all full paragraphs --- but I can not find any reason for their not printing in either printer settings nor in any LO settings that I have been able to find. No, i haven't rebooted -- if I were still running MS Windows, that would have been my first choice - but so far that has never been a necessity with Linux, thankfully. I will give it a try - though, if only to eliminate it as something needed. I have most of my documents in standard open document format [whatever LO defaults to, at the time] - I do make MS Word compatible ' .doc' copies, though - so if I need to e-mail to others i don't get a whiney reply back that your document was unreadable. I guess it would also be a good idea to convert to PDF, as well -- that might be a solution, or, at least a problem revealer. Thank you for your suggestions I'll be trying them out perhaps I'll be inspired to search further to see if I've 'gained' some strange setting somewhere or other... George On 01/23/2012 01:48 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: What part doesn't print? If it's always at the end, check the print setting to make sure it's set to print all pages. If that does not seem to be the problem, have you rebooted? I would not expect this to change much, but it might. Did you try exporting it in various formats, then reimporting it? If you've had it for several years, it's probably more likely in *.doc than any other format. Have you tried exporting it as RTF and OpenOffice format plus text? Do you still get the problem exporting it as text, reimporting then printing it? If you still get the problem, you must have some funny control characters that get exported with the text. There are tools to scan for characters that are NOT vanilla ascii, but I'm not familiar with them. Once you can get the text to print as you want, you need to restore formatting and anything else in the original file. I'd delete all the text that does not print plus a bit more, verify that everything retained prints, then add back the text deleted from the *.txt version. If that does not work, then I'd work from the *.txt version and add all the formatting, etc., a part at a time, saving intermediate files until you get what you want. Binary search techniques could speed this work, potentially: If you have one version that has the problem and another version that doesn't, then identify the differences and systematically try a version roughly half way between one that works and one that doesn't until you fix the problem. Hope this helps. Spencer On 1/23/2012 10:25 AM, George E Noon wrote: Harold, Thanks for your reply. When I copied pasted the page in question, the result was unchanged; all was visible on-screen, but the 2 last paragraphs did not print. In those 2 paragraphs, I am unable to find any setting which would account for their 'going invisible'... As to the Help changesreview function -- that does not seem to have any join to what my problem is, in fact it only refers to spreadsheets. I see that you are in London -- not that that, or where my dad's family comes from has a thing to do with anything, but I'll toss it in anyway; my dad's father was from the village of Arnold in Nottinghamshire UK came to the USA on the Lucitania (sister ship to the ill-fated Lusitania), on its last voyage across the Atlantic
Re: [libreoffice-users] Add pdf as page in document
There are different pdf merge utilities in the Ubuntu Software Center. thank you Webmaster. There are times I could really use something like that, and never thought to check for one!! On 01/24/2012 10:53 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I use Linux [Ubuntu 10.04] and there are several free PDF editing packages for Linux. One should do what you want. You also can print PDF through the CUPS-PDF driver. So any package that prints, like Firefox or Thunderbird, can have its output in a PDF format. I am positive that there is a PDF-merge package that you can print out PDF from several packages and merge them into one PDF document. I did this myself in 2010 a few times, but I do not remember what the package was called, but it was in the repository. On 01/24/2012 12:37 AM, upscope wrote: On Monday, January 23, 2012 09:32:29 PM Jeff Prater wrote: Your best bet would be to convert your newsletter to a PDF first. Then, insert the form into the PDF using PDF authoring software like Adobe Acrobat. That's what I would do. This will not work. First I use Linux, Second I cannot afford Adobe Acrobat which to the best of my knowledge does not have a Linux version. I can create pdf's from LibreOffice and Scribus. I have not had time to try this in Scribus, it is supposed to import pdf's, but latest update gives error on trying to open pdf. Need to report bug. Thanks for your reply anyway. In order to get bulletin out I just recreated the whole document as a pdf form in LibreOffice and then save whol bulletin as pdf. Alot of extra work. - Jeff Prater On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:53 PM, upscopeupsc...@nwi.net wrote: Is there a way to put a pdf form into a page of a newletter? I know you can create one, but this form was sent to me to be included in the newsletter so people can fill it in and then print it for mailing. From writer: CODE: --- file--open and selected the document and file type as .pdf. /CODE: - It opens the pdf in draw instead of the select document page in writer. I know I save it as an image and insert it but then the users will not beable to use it. Thanks for any ideas. -- Russ LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502) [from L.O website] openSUSE 12.1(Linux 3.1.0-1.2-desktop x86_64)|KDE Platform Version 4.7.4 (4.7.4) Release 11|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ, |8GB DDR3| GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-290.10-13.1.x86_64) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscri be/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- ** -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] one language in the installer libre office
W dniu 24.01.2012 09:57, Łukasz Janik pisze:polish text:dla wszystkich byłoby lepiej, jakby był jeden język i słownik w instalatorze, aby był mniejszy, żeby za każdym razem ściągać po 200 mb, tylko po 135 mb. proszę mnie popierać w tej sprawie, z góry dzięki.Wbrew pozorom nie praktyczne.english text:for all would be better if it were a language and a dictionary in the installer to be smaller, so that every time download of 200 mb, 135 mb only. Please support me in this matter, thanks in advance.This is good the only in first sight and the only if someone works in the only one language. The language on system on the computer is the same as the language in created documents.For eg. if you spend time in multilanguage enviroment (like me) is a lot of easier to install - one file for everyone. Maybe if someone who uses mobile-internet to download additional 70MB makes higher payment, but it any other situation, using internet from any cable access should not be problem.--Mieszko KaczmarczykAdministrator ITWetzel Sp. z o.o.Duchnów, ul. Kresowa 805-462 WiązownaPhone: +48 22 780-20-00 ext.219Direct: +48 22 780-20-19Fax:+48 22 780-20-03Kapitał zakładowy: 600.000,00 zł.Sąd Rejonowy dla M.ST. Warszawy w Warszawie, XXI Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru SądowegoNIP: 951-00-43-131Regon: 010799082KRS: 058229Zarząd Spółki: Prezes Zarządu - Ewa Dzwonkowska, Członek Zarządu - Detlev LiebschwagerPart of the WETZEL PROCESSING GROUP: Group Management - Martin Hellweg, Detlev Liebschwager, Aglaia Lüthy Save a tree - only print this message if it's absolutely necessary! -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing default margins and font for a group of users
On 24/01/2012 15:38, Jay Lozier wrote: On 01/24/2012 03:39 AM, Carl wrote: Hi, I need to change the default margins and font in Libreoffice Writer and Calc for a group of about 100 users. How can I do this without having to go and do it manually on every PC? Regards Carl Werner Where is the user data stored? If on a server, create a new default template and update the appropriate file in each user folder (or alternately change the default template location). If locally, I do not have a good idea. when everiting is local , make a extension with the macro's to run Also, what OS's are involved, I assume Windows. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] LO 3.5 RC 1, Calc - Failed xls import due to CaseWare function?
Background: I have used, LO 3.4.x Calc on both Linux and Windows as well as 3.5 RC1 Calc on Linux. Issue Description: Excel spreadsheet opens and views fine in the default Windows Excel viewer. When opened with the latest (and older) version of Calc for editing, we see #ADDIN? in each of the cells instead of the financial data we are looking for. The formula's in question have formulas that are similar to =cw_map(BR,111). We are not familiar with =cw_map functions, but it appears to be some sort of export as a result of a CaseWare Connector product excel export. Caseware Connector Reference: http://www.caseware.com/products/working-papers/connector CaseWare Documentation Reference: http://documentation.caseware.com/2010/Connector/Dialogs,_Menus__Commands/Insert_Function_dialog.htm We're not looking for LibreOffice to support Caseware Connector, but we would like to understand a) how the Excel viewer (and Excel) can interpret these addin functions with apparently no plugins and b) if LibreOffice is planning to eventually provide similar support? NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete all copies on your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Twin Manufacturing Company, Inc. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer always selects PDF instead of Postscript
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:05:19 -0500 webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: I am sorry you are not getting any help. I wonder it it is an isolated issue for Fedora 16. If people have not see this happen before, it is hard to figure out what is causing it. So is there any issues with printing/exporting the file to PDF then printing it out to your printer? Do your file require Postscript printing instead of HP default printer language? Exporting to PDF and then printing with Okular, Evince, Adobe Reader, or other PDF viewers works fine. But that is more work than just clicking the Print button, or even wading through the Print dialog box tabs and menus to change the default behavior. The problem is that there is a new PDF setting in the print dialog box. It used to be on OOo that the default was to use whatever print options were set according to the driver you selected in CUPS (Postscript, Gutenprint, PCL, etc.). Now you have to go into General tab Properties Device tab Printer language type where it gives you the options: *PDF Postscript - level from driver Postscript - level 1 Postscript - level 2 Postscript - level 3 And it is set to PDF by default. And the PDF option is broken - it does not use the font metrics built into the font, so characters print as though the font were a monospaced font. A word like limit comes out looking a bit like l i mi t (except that the second i is actually smashed into the m). Otherwise the printing is fine. And it uses the font metrics correctly if I manually select Postscript - level from driver, or Postscript level 1 or 2. It's just that the option is buried several clicks deep in the Print dialog box and I keep forgetting to change it from the default PDF. Also, it does this with all fonts. I don't know why there is a PDF option in the Device tab, because only a handful of very expensive late model high end printers actually have the new Adobe PDF print engine built in. I'm talking printers costing $5,000 and up. If I write the document with Abiword, Kword, or any other word processor, it prints fine just by clicking the Print button. I wish I could post screen shots of the Device tab in the Print dialog box so you could see exactly what I am talking about. Even better would be if I could add screen shots of the Print dialog box from OOo where this problem did not exist. But OOo is not currently installed on my computer, having switched to Libreoffice after upgrading from Fedora 14 to Fedora 16. I just need to find a setting to change the default from PDF to Postscript - level from driver or Postscript - level 2. It would be OK if Libreoffice would just remember the setting from last time I printed, but with each new document it has to be set again. If it's hard coded I'm probably going to have to uninstall Libreoffice and go back to OOo because I'm tired of wasting time, paper and toner every time I forget to change it. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
Here is the 'offending' file I have discovered that there is another copy of in, about 3.6 kb smaller; have not switched to it attempted to print yet. Thanks to everyone for all attempts at helping. George -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/some-text-not-printing-tp3681137p3685490.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Add pdf as page in document
On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:53:52 AM webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I use Linux [Ubuntu 10.04] and there are several free PDF editing packages for Linux. One should do what you want. You also can print PDF through the CUPS-PDF driver. So any package that prints, like Firefox or Thunderbird, can have its output in a PDF format. I am positive that there is a PDF-merge package that you can print out PDF from several packages and merge them into one PDF document. I did this myself in 2010 a few times, but I do not remember what the package was called, but it was in the repository. On 01/24/2012 12:37 AM, upscope wrote: On Monday, January 23, 2012 09:32:29 PM Jeff Prater wrote: Your best bet would be to convert your newsletter to a PDF first. Then, insert the form into the PDF using PDF authoring software like Adobe Acrobat. That's what I would do. This will not work. First I use Linux, Second I cannot afford Adobe Acrobat which to the best of my knowledge does not have a Linux version. I can create pdf's from LibreOffice and Scribus. I have not had time to try this in Scribus, it is supposed to import pdf's, but latest update gives error on trying to open pdf. Need to report bug. Thanks for your reply anyway. In order to get bulletin out I just recreated the whole document as a pdf form in LibreOffice and then save whol bulletin as pdf. Alot of extra work. - Jeff Prater On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:53 PM, upscopeupsc...@nwi.net wrote: Is there a way to put a pdf form into a page of a newletter? I know you can create one, but this form was sent to me to be included in the newsletter so people can fill it in and then print it for mailing. From writer: CODE: --- file--open and selected the document and file type as .pdf. /CODE: - It opens the pdf in draw instead of the select document page in writer. I know I save it as an image and insert it but then the users will not beable to use it. Thanks for any ideas. -- Russ LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502) [from L.O website] openSUSE 12.1(Linux 3.1.0-1.2-desktop x86_64)|KDE Platform Version 4.7.4 (4.7.4) Release 11|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ, |8GB DDR3| GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-290.10-13.1.x86_64) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsub scri be/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted Since I'm using openSUSE I will check repos for packages like you mentioned. I have tried pdfedit but it did not work, probably me, but I needed to get my bulletin out so I created in libroffice, then I save the whole bulletin as a pdf. Worked fine. Thanks for all the inputs. -- Russ -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Mysterious formats in a document converted from MS Word
Am 23.01.2012 22:05, schrieb Johannes Sixt: I have a imported a 200-page document from MS Word 2000. Looking at content.xml (that is in the resulting .odt), is see that every single space character is wrapped with its own style, like this (line breaks inserted for exposition only, they are not in the XML): text:p text:style-name=Standard This text:span text:style-name=T8 /text:span manual text:span text:style-name=T8 /text:span and text:span text:style-name=T8 /text:span The following methods removed the useless format, each having its pros and cons: (1) select a paragraph and use 'Clear Direct Formating' (2) search and replace letter+space by letter+~, then sr in the opposite direction (3) edit out the style definition from content.xml Search and replace of only the space character does not remove the format. -- Hannes -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
Hi :) Sorry, i should have said that when you want to upload to Nabble you have to be in the 'forum' there and use reply. Then click on the More button to see the Upload a file option. Apols and regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/some-text-not-printing-tp3681137p3685537.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer always selects PDF instead of Postscript
Hi, I have been following this thread, and quite honestly, I have never seen this issue. I've been using LibreOffice since the first 3.3.x version, through all of the updates to presently 3.4.5. I have it on at least 9 machines. All of the machines have been upgraded through Ubuntu 10.10. 11.04, and presently 11.10. I always run the version directly downloaded from LibreOffice, and not the repository version from Ubuntu. In all versions of LibreOffice on all versions of Ubuntu listed above. when I click print, the default printer for the system is always selected. None of these machines are networked together. They are in 5 different physical locations. On the main tool bar in LibreOffice, I always replace the Print File Directly icon with the Print File icon. That is just my preference. When I click the Print icon, whatever printer is the default on that particular system always shows as the default printer that LibreOffice will print to. In Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 I am using the Unity desktop. The only thing I can think of is there is some sort of a conflict between Fedora 16 and LibreOffice that is preventing the default printer for your system from being the default for LibreOffice. Don On 01/24/2012 12:30 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:05:19 -0500 webmaster for Kracked Press Productionswebmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: I am sorry you are not getting any help. I wonder it it is an isolated issue for Fedora 16. If people have not see this happen before, it is hard to figure out what is causing it. So is there any issues with printing/exporting the file to PDF then printing it out to your printer? Do your file require Postscript printing instead of HP default printer language? Exporting to PDF and then printing with Okular, Evince, Adobe Reader, or other PDF viewers works fine. But that is more work than just clicking the Print button, or even wading through the Print dialog box tabs and menus to change the default behavior. The problem is that there is a new PDF setting in the print dialog box. It used to be on OOo that the default was to use whatever print options were set according to the driver you selected in CUPS (Postscript, Gutenprint, PCL, etc.). Now you have to go into General tab Properties Device tab Printer language type where it gives you the options: *PDF Postscript - level from driver Postscript - level 1 Postscript - level 2 Postscript - level 3 And it is set to PDF by default. And the PDF option is broken - it does not use the font metrics built into the font, so characters print as though the font were a monospaced font. A word like limit comes out looking a bit like l i mi t (except that the second i is actually smashed into the m). Otherwise the printing is fine. And it uses the font metrics correctly if I manually select Postscript - level from driver, or Postscript level 1 or 2. It's just that the option is buried several clicks deep in the Print dialog box and I keep forgetting to change it from the default PDF. Also, it does this with all fonts. I don't know why there is a PDF option in the Device tab, because only a handful of very expensive late model high end printers actually have the new Adobe PDF print engine built in. I'm talking printers costing $5,000 and up. If I write the document with Abiword, Kword, or any other word processor, it prints fine just by clicking the Print button. I wish I could post screen shots of the Device tab in the Print dialog box so you could see exactly what I am talking about. Even better would be if I could add screen shots of the Print dialog box from OOo where this problem did not exist. But OOo is not currently installed on my computer, having switched to Libreoffice after upgrading from Fedora 14 to Fedora 16. I just need to find a setting to change the default from PDF to Postscript - level from driver or Postscript - level 2. It would be OK if Libreoffice would just remember the setting from last time I printed, but with each new document it has to be set again. If it's hard coded I'm probably going to have to uninstall Libreoffice and go back to OOo because I'm tired of wasting time, paper and toner every time I forget to change it. -- ** -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
Well, to the best of my knowledge understanding - limited though it may be - that is just what I did. I will repeat the attempt. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3685565/By-Laws_FranklinLodge23IOOF.odt By-Laws_FranklinLodge23IOOF.odt Hopefully, it worked this time... George -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/some-text-not-printing-tp3681137p3685565.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
Hi George, (combined your two mails) George E Noon wrote (24-01-12 18:45) Here is the 'offending' file http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3685565/By-Laws_FranklinLodge23IOOF.odt By-Laws_FranklinLodge23IOOF.odt I have discovered that there is another copy of in, about 3.6 kb smaller; have not switched to it attempted to print yet. Can you tell me which lines/parts miss when you print? greetings, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: one language in the installer libre office
HI :) Ahhh, it would be great if Windows had an official package manager that could look after all the apps, not just the MS ones and could make sure everything on the system got updated instead of just patches for Window's own security flaws. Something that could help people pick and choose the packages that got installed for a program so that you could tell it what to install and then walk away with no need to hand-hold it answering questions all the way through and with each program having it's own different 'style'. Hmm, but then it would look a lot less like Windows and might even be a little safer which would be a nightmare for all those antivirus companies. Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 24/1/12, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: one language in the installer libre office To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 24 January, 2012, 16:16 On 01/24/2012 08:05 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Lukasz Łukasz Janik wrote for all would be better if it were a language and a dictionary in the installer to be smaller, so that every time download of 200 mb, 135 mb only. Please support me in this matter, thanks in advance. This was discussed before back in November 2010 (when LibreOffice started distributing the first betas) At the time it was argued that due to the reduced number of mirrors and disk space allocated for this project, it would be better initially to have a single installer instead of a localized installer for each language supported. This means that for each version you had a 200Mb installer instead over 100 (example) localized 150Mb installers which would take 15 Gb. The main problem is that removing all the extra languages only saves you some 50Mb. Is this worth the trouble? Regards, Pedro It would be nice to have [Windows] LO install not install ALL of the dictionaries possible as the default. If you are asked to choose the languages, by default, you want to install - that would make me happy. Of you could do like Linux does, have the default install and then download the other language packs you need beyond the initial install file. Would that make it smaller, or at least it would make all the platforms use similar installs - main English install, plus an additional install for each language and help packs. Right now, if you have one platform install all of the possible language packs included in the default package, then all platforms should do the same. I use Linux by default, but I use Windows as well for some systems. It would be nice if LO was more consistent on what is needed to be download and installed between the platforms. You will need to download the same number of files and then install them via that platform's install method. The KEY is you download the same number of file no matter which platform you use. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Printer always selects PDF instead of Postscript
Hi :) Have you already opsted a bug-report about this? If not this link might help http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport We have just had a weird question that shows differences with LO's dialogues in different DEs (Desktop Environments). A dialogue in KDE ws very different from what everyone else gets. Are you using KDE too? Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Printer-always-selects-PDF-instead-of-Postscript-tp3683822p3685636.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] one language in the installer libre office
On 01/24/2012 11:51 AM, Mieszko Kaczmarczyk wrote: W dniu 24.01.2012 09:57, Łukasz Janik pisze:polish text:dla wszystkich byłoby lepiej, jakby był jeden język i słownik w instalatorze, aby był mniejszy, żeby za każdym razem ściągać po 200 mb, tylko po 135 mb. proszę mnie popierać w tej sprawie, z góry dzięki.Wbrew pozorom nie praktyczne.english text:for all would be better if it were a language and a dictionary in the installer to be smaller, so that every time download of 200 mb, 135 mb only. Please support me in this matter, thanks in advance.This is good the only in first sight and the only if someone works in the only one language. The language on system on the computer is the same as the language in created documents.For eg. if you spend time in multilanguage enviroment (like me) is a lot of easier to install - one file for everyone. Maybe if someone who uses mobile-internet to download additional 70MB makes higher payment, but it any other situation, using internet from any cable access should not be problem.-- I understand your concerns and they are valid; I think the bandwidth can be the bigger problem for users. Correctly selecting the default language, I believe, is fairly straightforward. There are two problems I see, one is available server space for storing the exe's. The second is how to make sure the proper files are downloaded and installed. If you have a separate installer for each language, someone has to produce each installer. Updates and patches would be more difficult to roll out, each installer would need updating. If you have separate downloads you now need a method to ensure the correct language pack(s) are downloaded, similar to a Linux repository. The major issue to me is time, someone has to actually do the work and maintain the release(s) or in the case of a Windows repository set it up and make sure the installer works correctly - I suspect it would need revision for this idea. Also, another issue is the varying computer literacy levels of our users. Whatever method is used must not require more than minimal knowledge from the user. Mieszko KaczmarczykAdministrator ITWetzel Sp. z o.o.Duchnów, ul. Kresowa 805-462 WiązownaPhone: +48 22 780-20-00 ext.219Direct: +48 22 780-20-19Fax: +48 22 780-20-03Kapitał zakładowy: 600.000,00 zł.Sąd Rejonowy dla M.ST. Warszawy w Warszawie, XXI Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru SądowegoNIP: 951-00-43-131Regon: 010799082KRS: 058229Zarząd Spółki: Prezes Zarządu - Ewa Dzwonkowska, Członek Zarządu - Detlev LiebschwagerPart of the WETZEL PROCESSING GROUP: Group Management - Martin Hellweg, Detlev Liebschwager, Aglaia Lüthy Save a tree - only print this message if it's absolutely necessary! -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer always selects PDF instead of Postscript
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:08:16 -0500 Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com dijo: Hi, I have been following this thread, and quite honestly, I have never seen this issue. I've been using LibreOffice since the first 3.3.x version, through all of the updates to presently 3.4.5. I have it on at least 9 machines. All of the machines have been upgraded through Ubuntu 10.10. 11.04, and presently 11.10. I always run the version directly downloaded from LibreOffice, and not the repository version from Ubuntu. In all versions of LibreOffice on all versions of Ubuntu listed above. when I click print, the default printer for the system is always selected. None of these machines are networked together. They are in 5 different physical locations. On the main tool bar in LibreOffice, I always replace the Print File Directly icon with the Print File icon. That is just my preference. When I click the Print icon, whatever printer is the default on that particular system always shows as the default printer that LibreOffice will print to. In Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 I am using the Unity desktop. The only thing I can think of is there is some sort of a conflict between Fedora 16 and LibreOffice that is preventing the default printer for your system from being the default for LibreOffice. Don On 01/24/2012 12:30 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:05:19 -0500 webmaster for Kracked Press Productionswebmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: I am sorry you are not getting any help. I wonder it it is an isolated issue for Fedora 16. If people have not see this happen before, it is hard to figure out what is causing it. So is there any issues with printing/exporting the file to PDF then printing it out to your printer? Do your file require Postscript printing instead of HP default printer language? Exporting to PDF and then printing with Okular, Evince, Adobe Reader, or other PDF viewers works fine. But that is more work than just clicking the Print button, or even wading through the Print dialog box tabs and menus to change the default behavior. The problem is that there is a new PDF setting in the print dialog box. It used to be on OOo that the default was to use whatever print options were set according to the driver you selected in CUPS (Postscript, Gutenprint, PCL, etc.). Now you have to go into General tab Properties Device tab Printer language type where it gives you the options: *PDF Postscript - level from driver Postscript - level 1 Postscript - level 2 Postscript - level 3 And it is set to PDF by default. And the PDF option is broken - it does not use the font metrics built into the font, so characters print as though the font were a monospaced font. A word like limit comes out looking a bit like l i mi t (except that the second i is actually smashed into the m). Otherwise the printing is fine. And it uses the font metrics correctly if I manually select Postscript - level from driver, or Postscript level 1 or 2. It's just that the option is buried several clicks deep in the Print dialog box and I keep forgetting to change it from the default PDF. Also, it does this with all fonts. I don't know why there is a PDF option in the Device tab, because only a handful of very expensive late model high end printers actually have the new Adobe PDF print engine built in. I'm talking printers costing $5,000 and up. If I write the document with Abiword, Kword, or any other word processor, it prints fine just by clicking the Print button. I wish I could post screen shots of the Device tab in the Print dialog box so you could see exactly what I am talking about. Even better would be if I could add screen shots of the Print dialog box from OOo where this problem did not exist. But OOo is not currently installed on my computer, having switched to Libreoffice after upgrading from Fedora 14 to Fedora 16. I just need to find a setting to change the default from PDF to Postscript - level from driver or Postscript - level 2. It would be OK if Libreoffice would just remember the setting from last time I printed, but with each new document it has to be set again. If it's hard coded I'm probably going to have to uninstall Libreoffice and go back to OOo because I'm tired of wasting time, paper and toner every time I forget to change it. I guess I still haven't made it clear. Libreoffice DOES automatically select the printer which is set as the default in CUPS, which is a Laserjet 4M+. That is not the problem. The incorrect default setting is deep in the Print dialog box, not in the first window that opens when you select File Print or do Ctrl-p. To see what I am talking about open the Print dialog box, which will open displaying the General tab, then click on the Properties buton (for the printer). This will open a child window with the default tab Paper selected. Click on the Device tab, and then on the Printer language tab button. That is where I see it set to PDF
[libreoffice-users] Re: Re: How to migrate OpenOfficec Writer settings into LinbreOffice Writer
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:35:13 +, I wrote: 1 Mandriva user of LO 3.4.4 reports 'not there', whereas Although I've just booted Mandriva 2011 (KDE) and its LO 3.4.3 *does* show the Open/Save option... -- /\/\aurice -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printer always selects PDF instead of Postscript
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:50:34 -0800 (PST) Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk dijo: Hi :) Have you already opsted a bug-report about this? If not this link might help http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Haven't posted a bug report yet. Hoping that it is a setting that I can change. But thanks for the link. If I can't figure out a solution (or even if there is a solution but the user interface needs to be changed) I will definitely file a bug report. We have just had a weird question that shows differences with LO's dialogues in different DEs (Desktop Environments). A dialogue in KDE ws very different from what everyone else gets. Are you using KDE too? I am using Xfce, although Gnome 3 and KDE-whatever are also installed. But i doubt very much that this is a DE problem. The appearance of the dialog boxes might be different (size, color, borders, etc.), but the options should always be the same, right? As an unrelated issue, since my early days with Ubuntu Breezy (yes, that many years ago), OOo has never taken the window focus properly. I restore the program from the panel and it does not get the focus until I click on it. This annoying behavior has persisted through my travels through OpenSuse, Debian, Fedora, and KDE, Gnome, and now Xfce, and continues after moving from OOo to Libreoffice. At the moment I have a Firefox window on the desktop, my mail client, and Libreoffice Writer, with the mail client in the foreground, since it is what I am using right now. If I click on Libreoffice Writer in the panel the Writer window moves to the top, but does not get focus. It's the failure to take focus that is annoying. But this is off-topic for the present thread. I just wanted to say that when I get around to filing bug reports I should report this one as well, although considering its senescence I suspect it has already been filed repeatedly. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer always selects PDF instead of Postscript
Hi John, Yes, you are correct. That does say PDF, and yes, I have seen that before. All of the printers I use say that, but that does not mean that it is printing in PDF format. Right now I have a HP OfficeJet Pro 8000 inkjet connected to this computer, as well as a Samsung ML 1710 monochrome laser connected. Both of them say language type, when you delve deeply as you did, PDF. From something I read in CUPS or the Open Printing site roughly 2 to 3 weeks ago I had the understanding that the PDF language type is the way the Linux system is communicating through CUPS with the printer, and that has nothing to do with the output type. Without changing that setting at all, all of my LibreOffice documents print perfectly fine with these printers, as well as with an HP 2605 color laser, and a Konica-Minolta 1400w page pro monochrome laser. I never touch the printer language setting in that box. Don On 01/24/2012 02:15 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I guess I still haven't made it clear. Libreoffice DOES automatically select the printer which is set as the default in CUPS, which is a Laserjet 4M+. That is not the problem. The incorrect default setting is deep in the Print dialog box, not in the first window that opens when you select File Print or do Ctrl-p. To see what I am talking about open the Print dialog box, which will open displaying the General tab, then click on the Properties buton (for the printer). This will open a child window with the default tab Paper selected. Click on the Device tab, and then on the Printer language tab button. That is where I see it set to PDF by default. I have to change it to one of the Postscript options to get correct printing. Sorry for the confusion.:( -- ** -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
Yes, now this has turned out really strange! Each previous time, I was printing both sides of pages; I'd print the odd numbered pages, then after print the even numbered pages, after reinserting the odd numbered pages into the printer with the blank sides up. Doing that - page1, the lower half of page 3 (following the fifth line of Article I), page 5, lower half of page 7 (following the first line of Article IX, Section 2, Fifth), and the lower half of page 9 (all of Article XII, after its title) does not print. Now for the weird part!: as soon as I saw your post, to which I'm replying, I just hit print - that is all pages printed on one side only: the entire document printed with nothing left out!?!?! I'm really baffled. I guess in order to get a whole document printed both sides (several, actually) I could, say, print eight copies of all the odd numbered pages, each numbered page separately - then reinsert them in the printer print the appropriate even page on them; but that's a rather long way round. Hope someone has some idea of what's going on. George -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/some-text-not-printing-tp3681137p3685911.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
George E Noon wrote (24-01-12 21:33) Now for the weird part!: as soon as I saw your post, to which I'm replying, life is full of surprises :-) Hope someone has some idea of what's going on. Not yet. Do you know from a previous post which parts were missing? Prevents me spoiling 4 sheets at the least ;-) Thanks, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Images in Tables
When I put an image into a table cell, on its own, I always seem to get an empty line of text between the bottom of the image and the bottom of the cell. I would like the image to completely fill the cell (give or take a narrow border all round). I have found that the Wrap options may have some bearing on this, but only in so far as they either behave as above, or else completely ignore the height of the image and set the row height to that of an adjacent text cell. Can anyone suggest a combination of settings that will cause the row height to honour the image height? For that matter, is it possible to have different border settings in different cells? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Images-in-Tables-tp3686201p3686201.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Images in Tables
On 01/24/2012 05:10 PM, AndrewB wrote: When I put an image into a table cell, on its own, I always seem to get an empty line of text between the bottom of the image and the bottom of the cell. I would like the image to completely fill the cell (give or take a narrow border all round). I have found that the Wrap options may have some bearing on this, but only in so far as they either behave as above, or else completely ignore the height of the image and set the row height to that of an adjacent text cell. Can anyone suggest a combination of settings that will cause the row height to honour the image height? For that matter, is it possible to have different border settings in different cells? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Images-in-Tables-tp3686201p3686201.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Double click on image in table. When 'Picture' dialog box appers, in 'Type' tab, select 'Anchor' to 'As character'. For different style of border for each cell, I don't think it's possible. But you can try to insert another table/frame in each cell to mimic different borders. cK -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Images in Tables
On 01/24/2012 05:10 PM, AndrewB wrote: When I put an image into a table cell, on its own, I always seem to get an empty line of text between the bottom of the image and the bottom of the cell. I would like the image to completely fill the cell (give or take a narrow border all round). I have found that the Wrap options may have some bearing on this, but only in so far as they either behave as above, or else completely ignore the height of the image and set the row height to that of an adjacent text cell. Can anyone suggest a combination of settings that will cause the row height to honour the image height? For that matter, is it possible to have different border settings in different cells? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Images-in-Tables-tp3686201p3686201.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Double click on image in table. When 'Picture' dialog box appers, in 'Type' tab, select 'Anchor' to 'As character'. For different style of border for each cell, I don't think it's possible. But you can try to insert another table/frame in each cell to mimic different borders. cK -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Bug report - pasting from Notepad to Calc
Hi, I'm not interesting in joining the mailing list or another membership, got plenty already! So I'm just sending you the details and someone else can post it. You can contact me if you want any more details. Operating System: Windows XP SP3 (up to date) Libre version: LibreOffice 3.4.4 OOO340m1 (Build:402) Notepad: Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.111025-1629 : Service Pack 3) Notepad was set to word wrap and not full screen. This meant some lines were wrapping. Actions: Highlight entire contents of Notepad using Ctrl+A. Copy using Ctrl+C. Select top left cell on a Calc worksheet, previously used and all previous contents deleted. Paste, using Ctrl+V and accepting defaults on dialog box that comes up. My data was strangely laid out. Investigation showed that the data had been pasted as though each wrapped line was a new line of data. (Most lines were not wrapped, mainly some around the middle of the file.) Tabs in Notepad had correctly separated data into new columns but wrapped lines had been treated as a new line of data and started in column 1 on the following row to that which they belonged to. I tested again and got the same result. I then turned off word wrap and the data pasted correctly. I may have tried pasting again into the old sheet at this point - if so, results not recalled. I tried pasting to a new, unused worksheet (two or three times) with wrap turned on and each line of data pasted as it should, without wrapping forcing a new line. I tried again to paste into the previously used sheet while wrap was on and the data pasted as it should, instead of wrapped forcing a new line.(!) I have since been unable to replicate the bug. If I come up with any further useful information, I'll send it and reference this email's date and time. Please don't forward anything I send you unless you are SURE that everyone you're forwarding it to, already has my email address. Use copy and paste instead (Ctrl + C and Ctrl + v). THANKS!! If this email has been sent to me as well as you, I have used Blind Carbon Copy (Bcc). This is a way of sending emails to lots of people without any of those people being sent anyone else's email address except their own. To use Bcc, put your own address in To and everyone else in Bcc. Using Bcc also makes it harder for viruses to spread. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Images in Tables
On 01/24/2012 05:32 PM, Calvin Kim wrote: On 01/24/2012 05:10 PM, AndrewB wrote: When I put an image into a table cell, on its own, I always seem to get an empty line of text between the bottom of the image and the bottom of the cell. I would like the image to completely fill the cell (give or take a narrow border all round). I have found that the Wrap options may have some bearing on this, but only in so far as they either behave as above, or else completely ignore the height of the image and set the row height to that of an adjacent text cell. Can anyone suggest a combination of settings that will cause the row height to honour the image height? For that matter, is it possible to have different border settings in different cells? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Images-in-Tables-tp3686201p3686201.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Double click on image in table. When 'Picture' dialog box appers, in 'Type' tab, select 'Anchor' to 'As character'. For different style of border for each cell, I don't think it's possible. But you can try to insert another table/frame in each cell to mimic different borders. cK For different style of border for each cell, maybe you can work on HTML table with CSS, open stylized table in web browser, copy it, and 'Paste Special'(Ctrl+Shift+V) as HTML in LibreOffice just an idea, I didn't try it, though. cK -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
George E Noon wrote (24-01-12 22:04) Yes -- actually it was in the post you just quoted from, missed it there ;-) but here is the pertinent part [...] So the good news: all prints fine here (also when even/odd apart). Do not see any anomalies in your text too (apart from some direct formatting here and there.) Maybe there is some issue with your printerdriver ?? Really sorry that I cannot help any further. But at least you had foudn a workaround already ;-) Kind regards, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Images in Tables
Calvin Kim wrote Double click on image in table. When 'Picture' dialog box appers, in 'Type' tab, select 'Anchor' to 'As character'. Brilliant, that does exactly what I want. As for the borders: If it means nesting tables, or learning CSS, then I think I'll learn to live with standard borders! Regards, Andrew. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Images-in-Tables-tp3686201p3686304.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: some text not printing
Yes. I think I have --- plus a real and, I hope, a lasting reminder of the importance of making and maintaining backups. George On 01/24/2012 05:37 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: George E Noon wrote (24-01-12 22:04) Yes -- actually it was in the post you just quoted from, missed it there ;-) but here is the pertinent part [...] So the good news: all prints fine here (also when even/odd apart). Do not see any anomalies in your text too (apart from some direct formatting here and there.) Maybe there is some issue with your printerdriver ?? Really sorry that I cannot help any further. But at least you had foudn a workaround already ;-) Kind regards, -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Quickstarter
This question probably has been answered previously, but I am new to LibreOffce so please have patience with me. But, from my reading, I see I am not the only one with this problem. I unpack the files, go to the Installation Wizard, choose Typical, Start Install. and up comes a message saying “Please exit LIbreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice Quickstarter before you continue ” I have not a clue what this message means or what to do. Please help. Thanks. Carole -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Quickstarter
Carole wrote I unpack the files, go to the Installation Wizard, choose Typical, Start Install. and up comes a message saying “Please exit LIbreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice Quickstarter before you continue ” I have not a clue what this message means or what to do. The Quickstarter is a program that is loaded at startup to pre-preload LibreOffice so that when you need it, it will open faster. To close the Quickstarter to be able to install a new version you should look for a small LibreOffice icon (the white page with a black corner) which is located on the bottom right corner of your screen, to the left of the digital clock. Just click with the right mouse button and choose Exit Quickstarter. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Quickstarter-tp3686375p3686434.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Error messages on starting LO
Hi :) This guide might help? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile but Cor is right because you can change from the default given in that guide (allegedly) so it's possible yours is completely different. Cor's method is the only way of being completely certain of where your profile is. Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Error-messages-on-starting-LO-tp3369270p3686456.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Cannot delete certain blocks of text with grey background (Readonly content cannot be changed...)
Hi, I have a document that was sent to me in 'docx' format. Certain blocks of text within it (always inside square brackets) are rendered with a grey background. I can click inside the grey area and edit the contents, and I can edit the rest of the document, but if I select an entire block of the grey text and try to delete it, a dialog pops up saying: Readonly content cannot be changed. No modifications will be accepted. There is only an OK button on the dialog. I don't know what the grey background represents, but it seems to be more than formatting (if I clear direct formatting, the grey background remains). I can delete all of the contents of the grey-background text, so that it seems to disappear, but then I can't backspace past it (no error, it's just that the backspace key does nothing), nor can I delete any block of text containing what is now an invisible element (same error as above). It's not a file permission problem, or some sort of whole-document-write-protection problem, since I can edit other parts of the document. How do I remove these blocks of text? This is in LibreOffice 3.4.5 under Ubuntu 11.10 (package is libreoffice-writer 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1). Thanks, Jason -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot delete certain blocks of text with grey background (Readonly content cannot be changed...)
Jason, On 01/24/2012 08:47 PM, Jason Heeris wrote: Hi, I have a document that was sent to me in 'docx' format. Certain blocks of text within it (always inside square brackets) are rendered with a grey background. I can click inside the grey area and edit the contents, and I can edit the rest of the document, but if I select an entire block of the grey text and try to delete it, a dialog pops up saying: Readonly content cannot be changed. No modifications will be accepted. There is only an OK button on the dialog. I don't know what the grey background represents, but it seems to be more than formatting (if I clear direct formatting, the grey background remains). I can delete all of the contents of the grey-background text, so that it seems to disappear, but then I can't backspace past it (no error, it's just that the backspace key does nothing), nor can I delete any block of text containing what is now an invisible element (same error as above). It's not a file permission problem, or some sort of whole-document-write-protection problem, since I can edit other parts of the document. How do I remove these blocks of text? This is in LibreOffice 3.4.5 under Ubuntu 11.10 (package is libreoffice-writer 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1). Often the grayed out areas are fields such as date, page number, etc. I am not sure why you can not delete them, have you saved the file as *.odt and then try editing. Fields can be updated, using ToolsUpdateFields (F9). Thanks, Jason -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing default margins and font for a group of users
The user data is saved on a mapped drive on the server and the user profile is on the local PC as part of the user's windows profile. Yes all these users are using different flavours of Windows On 24/01/2012 16:38, Jay Lozier wrote: On 01/24/2012 03:39 AM, Carl wrote: Hi, I need to change the default margins and font in Libreoffice Writer and Calc for a group of about 100 users. How can I do this without having to go and do it manually on every PC? Regards Carl Werner Where is the user data stored? If on a server, create a new default template and update the appropriate file in each user folder (or alternately change the default template location). If locally, I do not have a good idea. Also, what OS's are involved, I assume Windows. -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug report - pasting from Notepad to Calc
On 01/24/2012 05:22 PM, L S wrote: Hi, I'm not interesting in joining the mailing list or another membership, got plenty already! So I'm just sending you the details and someone else can post it. You can contact me if you want any more details. Operating System: Windows XP SP3 (up to date) Libre version: LibreOffice 3.4.4 OOO340m1 (Build:402) Notepad: Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.111025-1629 : Service Pack 3) Notepad was set to word wrap and not full screen. This meant some lines were wrapping. Actions: Highlight entire contents of Notepad using Ctrl+A. Copy using Ctrl+C. Select top left cell on a Calc worksheet, previously used and all previous contents deleted. Paste, using Ctrl+V and accepting defaults on dialog box that comes up. My data was strangely laid out. Investigation showed that the data had been pasted as though each wrapped line was a new line of data. (Most lines were not wrapped, mainly some around the middle of the file.) Tabs in Notepad had correctly separated data into new columns but wrapped lines had been treated as a new line of data and started in column 1 on the following row to that which they belonged to. I tested again and got the same result. I then turned off word wrap and the data pasted correctly. I may have tried pasting again into the old sheet at this point - if so, results not recalled. I tried pasting to a new, unused worksheet (two or three times) with wrap turned on and each line of data pasted as it should, without wrapping forcing a new line. I tried again to paste into the previously used sheet while wrap was on and the data pasted as it should, instead of wrapped forcing a new line.(!) I have since been unable to replicate the bug. If I come up with any further useful information, I'll send it and reference this email's date and time. Please don't forward anything I send you unless you are SURE that everyone you're forwarding it to, already has my email address. Use copy and paste instead (Ctrl + C and Ctrl + v). THANKS!! I also experienced similar behavior long time ago between Notepad and Eclipse IDE and/or some other IDE. I don't think it's LibreOffice's fault. Try Notepad++ instead of vanilla Notepad. cK -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Quickstarter
Pedro wrote (25-01-12 00:51) Carole wrote I unpack the files, go to the Installation Wizard, choose Typical, Start Install. and up comes a message saying “Please exit LIbreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice Quickstarter before you continue ” [...] To close the Quickstarter to be able to install a new version you should [...] Also, because of bug 45068 (and duplicates/related) you have to uninstall 3.4.4 before you can install 3.5.0 rc1, or first upgrade from 3.4.4 to 3.4.5 and then to 3.5.0rc1 By the way: 3.5.0 will be a great release (*), but as with all dot-zero-releases, it will have its nasty bugs. And we have also some release candidates to go before the 3.5.0 is final. So use it in a well thought way. Cheers, *) http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5 -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
