Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Changing Default Page Size

2017-09-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's not clear which Operating System is being used so it's probably some version of Windows. Windows assumes you are in the US by default and it's rare to find anyone bothering to change it's default. Somewhere in the Operating System's settings there may be a "Regionalization" or "Regiona

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening 'Pages' documents

2017-09-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :) Of course we take the blame whenever 'they' change their formats and refuse to pass their formats specification on to anyone else, as appears to be the case give that MS struggle too. Wrt paranoia, yes it does appear paranoid. Even though it fits a pattern that makes it easy to p

[libreoffice-users] Re: Underlinng? easy. How do I overline?

2017-09-07 Thread V Stuart Foote
DavidBTeagueAt Comporium.net wrote > Underlining is a common task in LO, and it is easy. Control U. But I > need to overline (also called overscore or overbar), some text, in my > case digits. Overlining is common in scientific fields, and I use it to > indicate a shift, a motion of the hand, on

[libreoffice-users] Underlinng? easy. How do I overline?

2017-09-07 Thread David B Teague sr
Libreoffice community: Underlining is a common task in LO, and it is easy. Control U. But I need to overline (also called overscore or overbar), some text, in my case digits. Overlining is common in scientific fields, and I use it to indicate a shift, a motion of the hand, on double bass music

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening 'Pages' documents

2017-09-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/09/2017 à 12:12, Tom Davies a écrit : > Hi :)  > 1.  Is there an easy work-around such as using "Pages" to save in a > different format? Pages 6.2 (latest version available on OSX 10.12.6) can export to : PDF Word (DOCX or DOC97-2004) Plain text RTF ePub Pages'09 so potentially, there ar

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening 'Pages' documents

2017-09-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) 1. Is there an easy work-around such as using "Pages" to save in a different format? 2. Does Microsquish Office open such files any better? 3. Is it easy to file a bug-report against "Pages" with better likelihood of Apple fixing it? It seems that other companies try to force users into

[libreoffice-users] Re: Opening 'Pages' documents

2017-09-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/09/2017 à 18:51, anne-ology a écrit : FWIW, only older versions of Pages (version '09) documents can be opened with reasonable fidelity using LibreOffice. Current versions of Pages (5.6.x) documents do not open correctly. There is at least one bug report (bug 105211) about this in the Libre

[libreoffice-users] Re: Changing Default Page Size

2017-09-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/09/2017 à 19:17, Budge a écrit : As I understand it, and perhaps I am misguided, the default page size is locale dependent. In other words, if you download the US version of LibreOffice (the default dependent on your browser identification), but don't install the language packs for en-GB, th