Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread rost52
Virgil, Thanks! It can't be said better! Isn't the statement that competition helps to improve not simply an excuse to not being force to work on an attempt that both (LibO & AOO) teams can work together again? Isn't MSO a good competitor, which helps improve an OpenSource Office (the combina

[libreoffice-users] LO does not start in Windows Vista

2012-12-11 Thread schultz101
Greetings I have been running LO on ubuntu for a while without any problem. I have now installed the following version LibO_3.6.4_Win_x86_install_multi on a PC running MS-Vista with th following characteristics: processor: Intel Core 2 CPU T5500@1.66 GHz RAM: 2 GB system type 32-bit Operating sys

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The lock files should disappear when you close the document.  It's supposed to help prevent soemone else from editing the file at the same time as you or to prevent you from accidentally opening a copy of a file that you have already opened.  For example if you spent hours editing a docume

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-12-11 Thread anne-ology
simplification is apparent ??? to whom ??? To have to close down one file in order to open another, etc. etc. etc. rather than allowing each to remain open in their half of the screen seems the most sensible and simplest method - it's also the way many folks worked pr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-12-11 Thread anne-ology
sounds sensible to me :-) But the program I really liked was the first one I had with my first computer - back-when-DOS - the program has never been updated ... it allowed me to type in one half of the screen while viewing something in the other half; in that way, I coul

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-12-11 Thread anne-ology
Maybe you can view 2 different documents, but for me the first one closes when I open the next one - it is listed in the 'recent' log, but I'm unable to open more than 1 document at the same time. For instance, a while back I was composing a letter which I wanted to begin

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, sharing your User Profile between AOO and LO sounds like a really BAD idea after all.  I thought it would be jolly clever to try it but if there is risk of DATA LOSS then please do AVOID it!!  (Another advantage of a mailing list / forum is that mistakes hopefully get noticed befo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread M Henri Day
2012/12/11 NoOp > On 12/10/2012 02:28 PM, VA wrote: > ... > > Not so with office suites. To get the most out of my office suites, I > create > > and edit templates, page, character and paragraph styles. I have to set > the > > autocorrect functions of each program to my liking to prevent a (c) fr

[libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread NoOp
On 12/11/2012 04:50 AM, VA wrote: > Don't misunderstand me. > > I'm not upset about having to delete the "(c) to copyright symbol" option in > my autocorrect feature. I appreciate that many people prefer this behavior. > I get it that developers have to make choices and they make those choices o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Aaron C Johnson
(c) does not, (C) does. LO 3.6.0.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 ...Same on Ubuntu Raring LO 3.6.2.2 -- 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.docu

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 11/12/2012 at 14:48, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: > Rob Weir (sadly he is biased towards LO) Should be: Rob Weir (sadly he is biased against LO). Tom pointed it out off the list; thanks! -- Best regards Mirosław Zalewski -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffic

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 11/12/12 11:23, Ian Whitfield wrote: On 12/11/2012 01:11 PM, Stefan Weigel wrote: Am 11.12.2012 06:42, schrieb NoOp: Neither LO or AOO default to turning a (c) into a © - (C) does. My LibreOffice does this by default. LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 Build-ID: 350m1(Build:2) delivered with Ubuntu 12.0

[libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-12-11 8:07 AM Fabian Rodriguez wrote: Because you may have a "conflict between configuration profiles or during normal usage*that leads to a crash* or data loss". LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice use different user profiles. They are completely separate programs and there is no confl

[libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread NoOp
On 12/11/2012 03:11 AM, Stefan Weigel wrote: > > Am 11.12.2012 06:42, schrieb NoOp: > >> Neither LO or AOO default >> to turning a (c) into a © - (C) does. > > My LibreOffice does this by default. > > LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 > Build-ID: 350m1(Build:2) > delivered with Ubuntu 12.04 ... I also have

[libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-12-11 6:25 AM VA wrote: I'm sorry, but I still don't understand. What harm can it do to my system? Right now, I have LO 3.5.7, AOO 3.4.1 and the LO 4 Beta. I have seen no problems at all. All you've told me is that it shouldn't be done and that you don't do it. Forgive me for being den

[libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread NoOp
On 12/11/2012 02:02 AM, Pedro wrote: ... > Please think about this: "Don't say/write everything that you think, but > think everything that you say/write" ... I *highly* recommend that you follow your own 'advise'. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-12-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
That feature (the MDI interface) of Microsoft Office appears to be going, going, gone ... in Office 2013/365 [;<). It still exists in Office 2010 although in my work it is more annoying than helpful. In the Office 2013 preview, the Windows are separate and the side-by-side feature is gone fr

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.0 Test Marathon

2012-12-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi all, For those interested in helping a bit out with the upcoming LibreOffice 4.0, or curious to learn a bit more about the new functions ... we will have a LibreOffice 4.0 Test Marathon from December 14 - 19: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Test_Marathon_LibreOffice_4.0 I hope to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 12/11/2012 05:02 AM, Pedro wrote: NoOp wrote I wonder what "office suites" you are using. Neither LO or AOO default to turning a (c) into a © - (C) does. But guess what? Microft Word does it for both... (c) and (C). Next... So, based on this small detail you insinuate that the user is lyin

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 12-12-11 07:54 AM, VA a écrit : > I'm obviously not communicating very well. > > I haven't had any "conflict between configuration profiles or during normal usage that leads to a crash or data loss" from running all three programs, so I currently h

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 12-12-11 08:28 AM, Tom Davies a écrit : > [...] Of the upwards of 60 million users using LO we have had just a few > score questions involving a corrupted User Profile. Making about 0.0002% of users. So the odds are about 99.9998% that you wont ha

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 11/12/2012 at 14:28, Tom Davies wrote: > Of the upwards of 60 million users using LO we have had just a few score > questions involving a corrupted User Profile. Making about 0.0002% of > users. So the odds are about 99.9998% that you wont have a problem. Sorry, but no. First, how do you co

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think corruption is a lot rarer than might seem from these lists.  This list is available all around the world and people of all skill levels post here.  So we often get questions from people that have absolutely no experience of running OpenSource things on their system and that seems t

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread VA
I'm obviously not communicating very well. I haven't had any "conflict between configuration profiles or during normal usage that leads to a crash or data loss" from running all three programs, so I currently have no reason to file any bug reports. So, again, my question. Why is it not advis

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread VA
Don't misunderstand me. I'm not upset about having to delete the "(c) to copyright symbol" option in my autocorrect feature. I appreciate that many people prefer this behavior. I get it that developers have to make choices and they make those choices on the basis of what a majority of users wa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  People have discussed various different ways that tabs could be implemented in LibreOffice.  I would really like to see either of the main ways.  The only one i could understand was having each tab as a different document but there was an old word-processor that had something very usefu

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 12-12-11 07:25 AM, VA a écrit : > I'm sorry, but I still don't understand. > > What harm can it do to my system? Right now, I have LO 3.5.7, AOO 3.4.1 and the LO 4 Beta. I have seen no problems at all. All you've told me is that it shouldn't be don

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Part of the purpose of a list is that many different view-points can be expressed by individuals.  As you point out many of us may well not agree with the wisdom of many of the posts but hopefully by gathering different points-of-view people can assess and perhaps change their own points-o

Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread VA
I'm sorry, but I still don't understand. What harm can it do to my system? Right now, I have LO 3.5.7, AOO 3.4.1 and the LO 4 Beta. I have seen no problems at all. All you've told me is that it shouldn't be done and that you don't do it. Forgive me for being dense, but I still don't know why?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Ian Whitfield
On 12/11/2012 01:11 PM, Stefan Weigel wrote: Am 11.12.2012 06:42, schrieb NoOp: Neither LO or AOO default to turning a (c) into a © - (C) does. My LibreOffice does this by default. LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 Build-ID: 350m1(Build:2) delivered with Ubuntu 12.04 Mine does _NOT_ - LO 3.6.2.2 on PCLi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Stefan Weigel
Am 11.12.2012 06:42, schrieb NoOp: > Neither LO or AOO default > to turning a (c) into a © - (C) does. My LibreOffice does this by default. LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 Build-ID: 350m1(Build:2) delivered with Ubuntu 12.04 Stefan -- LibreOffice - Die Freiheit nehm' ich mir! -- For unsubscribe ins

[libreoffice-users] Re: A Tale of Two Office Suites

2012-12-11 Thread Pedro
NoOp wrote > I wonder what "office suites" you are using. Neither LO or AOO default > to turning a (c) into a © - (C) does. > > But guess what? Microft Word does it for both... (c) and (C). > > Next... So, based on this small detail you insinuate that the user is lying and ignore all the rest of