[libreoffice-users] Re: Feature Request: Lack of Outliner Functionality a Deal Breaker for Me
Am 11.10.2013 00:09, schrieb CougarB: It's like having a Super Power that's available to everyone, but no one knows how to get it. Without being a writer myself, I somehow understand your needs. What I do presently is using a mind mapping software (I use freemind[1] for that) for arranging and rearranging stuff. This works quite to my satisfaction but when finished, the whole composition has to be transferred to LibreOffice: this also works quite well but then it remains static from this point on. So if I want to re-arrange it, I have to do it again in freemind. It's a workaround. Nino [1] http://freemind.sourceforge.net -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Feature Request: Lack of Outliner Functionality a Deal Breaker for Me
I Know that the DEVs do not have much time to read these posts, but I hoped that some poeple on this list might know enough about the Macros to know if it was possible. Since I am not on the DEVs list, maybe someone can forward the original posting to their list I did not know a feature request was to go onto the BUGS tracking system. I thought it was just for posting bugs that crop up in a version. On 10/10/2013 07:20 PM, Joel Madero wrote: Just a friendly reminder that devs rarely track this mailing list. If you have a feature request it belongs on our bug tracker (bugs.freedesktop.org) else it will never get implemented. Best, Joel On 10/10/2013 03:50 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I am not a Macro person, but I wonder how much of this can be done with Macros. I know one book writer that does a great deal of his work through macros he created over the years. He could not find any word processor package that did what he wanted so he learned to write macros. First with Star Office, then OOo, and now using LO on his Linux system. I do not remember all of the things he wrote about in his author's notes before he got into his e-newsletter, but one time he did talk about all of the things he needed to be done and went out to find a package that could do it through the macros. The last author's notes was about getting OOo running on a new Linux system. That was when it was in the late 1.x stage or early 2.x one. Just about 2 years ago, I found out he switched to LO. He no longer writes/co-writes 4 to 6 books a year, but he still does a few, now that he is in his late 70's. So Those who are really good at writing Macros, how much of the info below can be taken care of through some type of macros? On 10/10/2013 06:09 PM, CougarB wrote: When I was a full-time journalist in the 1980s, I became very successful using a dedicated outliner called PCOutline. When all the major Word Processers came along--MS Word, Word Perfect, etc, the lack of outliner functionality kept me with my archaic outliner until MS Word beat the functionality of PCOutline. I used outlining as my main method of work when a full-time technical writer in the 90s (e.g., Fujitsu Software in San Jose). While working for a java house, I was so influenced by the negative developer reactions to MS, that I've been wishing to move to OpenOffice or LibraOffice ever since they came along. But you don't have the functionality that I need, and furthermore, the discussions of outlining on this forum seem to miss the whole point, from my point of view. I'm a very motivated wannabe LibraOffice user who currently can't make the switch, because although I'm retired and writing fiction, the power of an outliner for writing in all genres is something I can't live without. So my reasons are complex--sorry about that--but tl:dr will not allow you to understand them. Please take the time. I really want to quit Microsoft Office forever and ever and ever. Thanx. The first functionality I need might seem mickey mouse, but it's the foundation for everything else. This is that in Word's outliner view, there's a button in front of every paragraph that I can drag and drop up and down. It's like cut and paste, but a lot faster. Combined with other features, it's extremely powerful. The second functionality I need is to be able to collapse things. In an article of 25 paragraphs, I can hide every line except the first line of the paragraph, thus allowing me to see the entire article of 25 paragraphs on the screen at the same time. This allows me to completely rearrange the entire article by drop and drag. For editing a single sentence or paragraph, I insert a return between sentences, phrases, and even words, drop and drag these elements into a new order, and delete the returns. Voila! A much better constructed paragraph or sentence in a snap. The third functionality is to collapse things within headers. For instance, if I've interviewed a dozen people for an article or if I've brainstormed 5 pages of random ideas for a blog or a chapter in a novel, I create headers for different topics and then drag and drop paragraphs, quotes, ideas, etc into the headers or buckets I've created. When one header becomes too full and fills too much of the screen, I collapse it, so that it hides all the paragraphs already there, which cleans up the screen. When I'm done with this step, I have half a dozen headers, under which are many different ideas, all of which are completely hidden. So I drag and drop my half a dozen headers into the correct order. Then I open the first main header and create a bunch of subheaders. Once this is done, I reorganize all of the points in this first section into subsections or sub-buckets, collapsing them all as needed until everything is organized into a number of different subheaders. At this point, I can rearrange all of these
[libreoffice-users] Re: inserting pdf into writer document
On 10/10/2013 2:22 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
Hi.
Sometimes I do this by opening the PDF in LO draw and then copying relavent
parts to writer documnet.
Not all PDFs open perfectly in draw.
Opening in Draw workes a treat ! As I only need about 20 of the
233 pages this is
quick and easy and formatting is preserved just fine.
Many thanks
--
Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
--
To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] missing menu launcher link in 4.1.2.3
I noticed that 4.1.2.3 for Debian 64-bit [Ubuntu 12.04LTS/MATE] is missing the generic menu launcher listing for LO. The one that does not go directly to any of the modules, like Writer or Calc. Was that menu listing removed or was there some install problem. For 4.0.5, I keep the desktop launcher icons for: LibreOffice 4.0 LibreOffice 4.0 Writer LibreOffice 4.0 Calc on my desktop screen, plus the generic and Writer icons on the top launch panel. The menu links are listed in ApplicationsOffice So, was that generic launcher link removed from the list that is placed in the ApplicationsOffice menu? Or did something happen to my install process? As I stated, I run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with the latest MATE desktop environment. [looks something like GNOME 2.6?] Linux Mint has a MATE desktop version as well. As I stated, I like to have that generic launcher on my desktop screen and the top panel. If it is no longer available, then I will have to live without it. I am in no hurry to go back to 4.1.2, due to a font menu issue that is a show stopper for me and my 660+ installed fonts. So I will be waiting for 4.1.4 or so before I switch my main desktop to that line. 4.0.5 does not have the issue. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] missing menu launcher link in 4.1.2.3
On 11/10/13 13:51, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I noticed that 4.1.2.3 for Debian 64-bit [Ubuntu 12.04LTS/MATE] is missing the generic menu launcher listing for LO. The one that does not go directly to any of the modules, like Writer or Calc. [cut] So, was that generic launcher link removed from the list that is placed in the ApplicationsOffice menu? Or did something happen to my install process? [cut] It's been accidentally omitted I would guess, as I've noticed the same thing. As I stated, I like to have that generic launcher on my desktop screen and the top panel. If it is no longer available, then I will have to live without it. [cut] Why not just create it - as I did - rather than live without it? Peter HB -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] overlooked ?????
LS, About to quite using any form of LibreOffice or anything related to it. How can it be that page numbering is so much overlooked that one needs to use footers or headers to try to implement it manually ??? I suggest to make this priority 1, if not DIVINE as it is the utmost commonly used function in Writer. A very dissatisfied almost-no-longer-user, H.W. Roos -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] overlooked ?????
HI, On 11 October 2013 17:34, erwin er...@herow-int.com wrote: LS, About to quite using any form of LibreOffice or anything related to it. How can it be that page numbering is so much overlooked that one needs to use footers or headers to try to implement it manually ??? I suggest to make this priority 1, if not DIVINE as it is the utmost commonly used function in Writer. I'm not sure what you mean here? The only thing you have to do manually, is setting the formfield to the place where you want to have it and Writer does the page numbering for you. So what specifically are you complaining about? A very dissatisfied almost-no-longer-user, A more than happy and satisfied user, Sigrid -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] stopping superscript text in Calc
Been having the problem for a long time. Using Calc, I write a date, Oct 23rd, (I add the rd which shows as a superscript. Problem is whenever I add new text to the cell, it is in the superscript size, not regular text. John -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] stopping superscript text in Calc
John R. Sowden wrote: Been having the problem for a long time. Using Calc, I write a date, Oct 23rd, (I add the rd which shows as a superscript. Problem is whenever I add new text to the cell, it is in the superscript size, not regular text. John As you've noticed, with the rd superscript, any text added takes on that format. If you want to keep the rd in superscript, but change the following text back to normal, select the text to change and go to: Format Character Font Position Set it to Normal position. To stop it superscripting the rd in the first place: Tools AutoCorrect Options Localised Options Un-tick Format ordinal numbers suffixes (1st - 1^st) Hope that helps. Mark. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] stopping superscript text in Calc
On 10/11/2013 12:51 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: John R. Sowden wrote: Been having the problem for a long time. Using Calc, I write a date, Oct 23rd, (I add the rd which shows as a superscript. Problem is whenever I add new text to the cell, it is in the superscript size, not regular text. John As you've noticed, with the rd superscript, any text added takes on that format. If you want to keep the rd in superscript, but change the following text back to normal, select the text to change and go to: Format Character Font Position Set it to Normal position. To stop it superscripting the rd in the first place: Tools AutoCorrect Options Localised Options Un-tick Format ordinal numbers suffixes (1st - 1^st) Hope that helps. Mark. Thanks for the help. This sounds like a feature request, similiar to copying of the superscript in a Calc column, and entering a space to cancel it. I'll turn it off for now. Thanks, John -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: North America Pub Chat
Because it's a waste of time until we get enough people saying they are at least interested. I've done doodles before and it's only worth it when there is pre-commitment to the idea of having a meeting. Best, Joel On 10/11/2013 03:43 PM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: Why not do a doodle it will make things easy for you to determine day and time. On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com mailto:jmadero@gmail.com wrote: hip. Really 1 hour a month is enough time to give back a bit. Hi, I dont know if I can make it this Friday, but could you also point out the time in UTC too? For a continental european guest a time like 12:00pm EST is ultimately confusing -- is that EST or 2400EST? Sure, apologies for that :) So for North America (or at least United States) we have: PST (GMT - 7) MDT (GMT -6) CST (GMT - 5) EST (GMT - 4) Once I get a head count of who theoretically would be interested if the time was right, we can start discussing what specific time will work and I'll make sure to do the conversion to GMT :) As of now it looks like 1200 (1900 GMT) on Friday isn't going to work as there just doesn't seem to be availability/interest. All the best, Joel ___ LibreOffice mailing list libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org mailto:libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice -- Jonathan Aquilina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: North America Pub Chat
Why not do a doodle it will make things easy for you to determine day and time. On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com wrote: hip. Really 1 hour a month is enough time to give back a bit. Hi, I dont know if I can make it this Friday, but could you also point out the time in UTC too? For a continental european guest a time like 12:00pm EST is ultimately confusing -- is that EST or 2400EST? Sure, apologies for that :) So for North America (or at least United States) we have: PST (GMT - 7) MDT (GMT -6) CST (GMT - 5) EST (GMT - 4) Once I get a head count of who theoretically would be interested if the time was right, we can start discussing what specific time will work and I'll make sure to do the conversion to GMT :) As of now it looks like 1200 (1900 GMT) on Friday isn't going to work as there just doesn't seem to be availability/interest. All the best, Joel __**_ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.**org libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/**mailman/listinfo/libreofficehttp://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice -- Jonathan Aquilina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
