Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
:) -- Felmon Davis Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. -- Alfred Whitehead -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 14/02/2013 at 19:20, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: is the point that it is better for a business that Microsoft hold their documents than that Busybox does? SharePoint is internal network solution. It does not exchange any information

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
you don't lose the files. but better keep things at home. F. On Feb 14, 2013 6:21 PM, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, IBBoard wrote: Microsoft might not have control over it, but Dropbox will. For a business, that is unacceptable - and rightly so, since it means

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
a) individuals could upload documents to me b) they wouldn't be able to see each other's documents (unless I allowed it) c) should be either linux-based or agnostic. anyone with a tip? F. -- Felmon Davis I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread Felmon Davis
On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: On 13-02-14 02:05 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: this thread is off-topic but I'll take advantage of it before it's cut: I would like a solution where a) individuals could upload documents to me b) they wouldn't be able to see each other's documents

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-15 Thread Felmon Davis
the upload utility. oh, well. pardon the off-off-topic; we should get back to the main off-topic or even on topic! F. From: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 6:55 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Share

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-05 Thread Felmon Davis
painful. You would have the entire file at once but would need to format the text. -- Felmon Davis He who gives promptly gives twice. -- Miguel de Cervantes -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-12 Thread Felmon Davis
6, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Fri, 5 Apr 2013, David Ronis wrote: Hi Jay, Thanks for the reply. I'm using Linux (Slackware). Unfortunately, exporting to text is not an option here as the PDF's contain various drawings that can't be omitted. David what

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-12 Thread Felmon Davis
on them (if individuals are gifted enough) Regards from Tom :) -- *From:* anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com *To:* Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu *Cc:* users@global.libreoffice.org *Sent:* Friday, 12 April 2013, 16:29 *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-14 Thread Felmon Davis
there's a command-line version for Windows too. F. On 04/13/2013 11:24 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sat, 13 Apr 2013, Tom Davies wrote: snip I'm only familiar with pdftk as a command-line tool; thus I was confused by the discussion of desktop environments. it does have a gui interface

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-15 Thread Felmon Davis
- general-purpose dictionaries won't do. F. On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Girvin Herr wrote: Felmon, Looks like pdftk is written in Java. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Pdftkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdftk So the gui

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-15 Thread Felmon Davis
seems to fit well in this saga - yet I hope you didn't mis-type acrimonious ;-) (oh, surely not) I did not mistype. I went neologistic on you. F. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, anne-ology wrote: yikes

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-15 Thread Felmon Davis
it wouldn't unsettle you a bit too. F. Regards from Tom :)  From: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 15 April 2013, 21:59 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, anne-ology wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using UNO API

2013-04-28 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Ok, it's hard to make jokes in English when your native language is a quite different one… not my experience: when I speak German I get a lot of giggles. F. -- You want to know why I kept getting promoted? Because my mouth knows more than my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-03 Thread Felmon Davis
to the application of styles defined within the document, this might improve things, but given how styles are implemented in LO/OO, I doubt that it would really work. Besides that styles don't hold structure information anyway, since templates aren't schemas in LO/OO. Sincerely, Wolfgang -- Felmon

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles (collaborating on documents)

2013-05-03 Thread Felmon Davis
On Fri, 3 May 2013, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:41 03/05/2013 +, Felmon Davis wrote: I share documents with people all the time because a couple of committees I've been on had me as the 'master of documents', that is, I would take other people's work and bundle it together, edit and produce

RE: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-08 Thread Felmon Davis
pruning the thread so it's easier to know what they are talking about. F. -- Felmon Davis To love is wise; to hate is foolish. -- Bertrand Russell -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-08 Thread Felmon Davis
2013 16:44, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Wed, 8 May 2013, V Stuart Foote wrote: +1 From: anne-ology [lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:34 AM top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-07 Thread Felmon Davis
find me waiting for hours outside an Apple store to buy the latest iPhone. If it works, don't fix it is my motto. Girvin Herr -- Felmon Davis Things past redress and now with me past care. -- William Shakespeare, Richard II -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: printers compatible with GnuLinux

2013-06-08 Thread Felmon Davis
booting laptop to use that printer. -- Felmon Davis Maintainer's Motto: If we can't fix it, it ain't broke. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-08 Thread Felmon Davis
merge. I would love to do it, also for emails, but for my purposes I probably need to set up a database instead. F. -- Felmon Davis Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which download for Arch/Manjaro linux?

2013-06-09 Thread Felmon Davis
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Which download for Arch/Manjaro linux?

2013-06-09 Thread Felmon Davis
or two machines to play with for this sort of purpose plus even if I only had one machine, it's easy to switch in a spare hard-drive and play. (laptops are easy to open.) and best of all is to know gparted and grub2. F. From: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: GIMP - was: CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-09 Thread Felmon Davis
of GIMP called GIMPshop that was a hack to try and make GIMP easier to use. I think it was a Windows only package though. -- Felmon Davis Things will get better despite our efforts to improve them. -- Will Rogers -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: GIMP - was: CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

2013-06-10 Thread Felmon Davis
they were capable of. yes, it's good to know different tools. of course not _every_ use of some suboptimal tool causes hours of wasted effort, may even spare effort. this all was a bit of a digression from my question why we cannot compare 'different animals'. seems we can. F. -- Felmon

[OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice website security

2013-07-13 Thread Felmon Davis
Luuk luu...@gmail.com wrote: On 12-07-2013 11:56, Luuk wrote: virusses (or virae) it should be: virus thanks, -- Felmon Davis Words must be weighed, not counted. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help

Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-15 Thread Felmon Davis
the syntax Does anyone know where I can find a good reference on HSLQLDB syntax? -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ -- Felmon Davis -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

[OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: On 7/15/2013 12:25 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, anne-ology wrote: And just what is HSLQLDB ;-) This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary definition in URL below.) the definition says: - : a word

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax (OT)

2013-07-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: On 7/16/2013 2:02 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum I just read today that according to one author, this was supposed to be a description of his 'crime', viz. insurrection against Roman authority. anyway, off topic; my apologies. F

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 16 Jul 2013, Brian Barker wrote: At 02:02 16/07/2013 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary definition in URL below.) the definition says: - : a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern front in new version

2013-08-03 Thread Felmon Davis
Milestone. It was the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It also received two further nominations: Best Cinematography, for Arthur Edeson, and Best Writing Achievement for Abbott, Anderson and Andrews. -- Felmon Davis Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts

Re: [libreoffice-users] eastern front in new version

2013-08-03 Thread Felmon Davis
oops! guess _I_ missed the reference! On Sat, 3 Aug 2013, Felmon Davis wrote: in case some did not get the reference: All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers

RE: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-16 Thread Felmon Davis
will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis Ask not what A Group of Employees can do for you. But ask what can All Employees do for A Group of Employees. -- Mike Dennison -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-16 Thread Felmon Davis
, it's hard to discern the difference! but perhaps some here are right that these subliminal differences make a difference for ease of reading. anyway, I agree with Tom we shouldn't disagree about agreeing to disagree. F. -- Felmon Davis By the yard, life is hard. By the inch, it's a cinch

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

2013-08-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013, Doug wrote: On 08/16/2013 12:26 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 16 Aug 2013, Bruce Carlson wrote: /snip/ this whole discussion rather puzzles me. I'm out of it because I've never heard of a rule requiring double spaces between sentences (born and raised in the US

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-18 Thread Felmon Davis
collection works best for you. . -- Felmon Davis Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths. -- Baroness Edith Summerskill -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-21 Thread Felmon Davis
and it is probably overdrawn at this point. it is btw pretty easy to edit them out. F. -- Felmon Davis If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cross Platfrom Support Question **CLOSED Thread**

2013-08-25 Thread Felmon Davis
for normal-sized hands and fingers. opposite of masochism. not my taste though - I prefer more power and gear - but perfectly understandable setup for many use-cases. F. -- Felmon Davis Better some of a pudding than none of a pie. -- John Ray -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] FYI - Trend Micro is blocking your LO 4.1.1 download page

2013-09-02 Thread Felmon Davis
products from themselves. A quick internet search reveals that they're a UK firm selling security software for private business users.  I suspect their software is giving a false positive. Trend Micro's url, should you be interested, is http://www.trendmicro.co.uk/ -- Felmon Davis Don't

[libreoffice-users] password tricks: was Re:Signing Documents with a personal Certificate

2012-06-21 Thread Felmon Davis
problems, this error could mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue. Not good for a certificate site. -- Felmon Davis Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. -- Mark Twain -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Read-only fields

2012-06-26 Thread Felmon Davis
get back from abroad.) F. -- Felmon Davis Self-delusion: Pulling in your stomach when you step on the scale. -- Sweeney -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe

Re: register true origins (was Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles)

2012-08-06 Thread Felmon Davis
/registerhaltigkeit.htm plenty of references to 'register halten' and 'registerhaltigkeit'. obscure terms of specialized crafts I guess often don't show up in google or in english. F. -- Felmon Davis Union College - Schenectady, NY He jests at scars who never felt a wound. -- Shakespeare

Re: register true origins (was Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles)

2012-08-07 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 07/08/2012 at 07:37, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: perhaps also Miroslav could cite a book or two; don't see what difference it makes if the books are in Polish. if Missouri is the 'show-me' state, does that require translation

Re: register true origins (was Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles)

2012-08-08 Thread Felmon Davis
On Wed, 8 Aug 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: Felmon, I find your attitude towards discussion worth a respect. I wish everyone would do as you do. thank you! danke! Dziękuję! I think we agree in most of points. I would only like to comment this part: On 07/08/2012 at 18:58, Felmon Davis

Re: register true origins (was Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles)

2012-08-09 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 08/08/2012 at 23:40, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: but a quick question: are you an 'intuitionist' about proofs? As far as I can imagine what it means, I believe answer is no. I am rather relativist. I believe that what is proof for one

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reply settings on this list have changed

2012-08-13 Thread Felmon Davis
to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis Most of the fear that spoils our life comes from attacking difficulties before we get to them. -- Dr. Frank Crane -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reply settings on this list have changed

2012-08-13 Thread Felmon Davis
those forgetful sorts? F. -- Felmon Davis Things present are judged by things past. -- Sanford -- 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

top-posting semantics was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reply settings on this list have changed

2012-08-16 Thread Felmon Davis
for the dogmatists'. F. -- Felmon Davis One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. -- Bagehot -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-08-29 Thread Felmon Davis
i got nothing from either of those commands. I have it but it seems to belong to openoffice in my case (on this machine) and seems to require 'sudo' to invoke it as it's owned by root. Regards from Tom :) regards to you too! F. -- Felmon Davis Everything in the world may be endured

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-08-31 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, rcdawson wrote: It would be nice to know why spadmin doesn't run, however. I was never sure what command you used. F. From: Felmon Davis [hidden email] To: Tom [hidden email] Cc: [hidden email] Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 18:03

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-09-02 Thread Felmon Davis
. From: Felmon Davis [hidden email] To: Tom [hidden email] Cc: [hidden email] Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 18:03 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Tom wrote: Hi :) Sorry for the late response! An 'obvious' way to get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing

2012-09-15 Thread Felmon Davis
. -- Felmon Davis The more things change, the more they stay insane. -- Tom Weller -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing

2012-09-15 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sat, 15 Sep 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 15/09/2012 at 19:38, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: question: doesn't the Linux file system (ext2; ext3) register access time to a directory? in that case, wouldn't writing a file to a directory register in the directory's time-stamp

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as document when opening it for viewing

2012-09-15 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sat, 15 Sep 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 15/09/2012 at 20:49, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: I don't know about OP backup tools (did not read whole thread), but rsync has --ignore-times and --size-only command-line options which may come handy in such situation. wouldn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS problems

2012-10-01 Thread Felmon Davis
be leased just as installed software on a leased system. In all other cases the software is owned. Moreover, when I buy a car and after a day my car is broken in due to an unreliable lock, I get all refunded. Tell that to Microsoft!! Joep -- Felmon Davis Tell the truth or trump--but get

Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...

2012-10-04 Thread Felmon Davis
, it is used as you define it - to send a quick message to someone to see what's going on in their life. As in I haven't heard from him for a while - I'm going to ping him to see what he's up to. Girvin Herr -- Felmon Davis There are no failures at a class reunion. -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-06 Thread Felmon Davis
infection occur? (if you download an .exe file in Windows, it wouldn't matter if it's writable, right?) F. -- Felmon Davis A good word costs no more than a bad one. -- B. Googe -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-06 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sat, 6 Oct 2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 06/10/2012 at 19:27, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: I am still not sure how one gets an infection from saving a file as writable. on a Linux system it's not executable, not sure how it works on Windows. how would infection occur? It's

Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...

2012-10-08 Thread Felmon Davis
, saving his life! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Münchhausen (maybe he had a submarine too; don't know.) Felmon --- On Fri, 5/10/12, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: From: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead

Re: [libreoffice-users] ... bootstraps ...

2012-10-10 Thread Felmon Davis
comes from the idea of raising yourself by your own bootstraps--seemingly impossible, but when you boot up, you are using the operating system to start itself. --doug -- Felmon Davis - Dept of Philosophy Union College - Schenectady, NY The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features

2012-10-11 Thread Felmon Davis
: Thursday, 11 October 2012, 13:39 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: Help request on CALC charts' features Tom, interesting information about the usage of MS at stock-exchange operations [...] -- Felmon Davis Every silver lining has a cloud around it. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-14 Thread Felmon Davis
to the discussion below:http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Auto-and-Manual-Spell-do-not-work-tp4012609p4013190.html To unsubscribe from Auto and Manual Spell do not work . ., click here. NAML -- Felmon Davis And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work _ _

2012-10-14 Thread Felmon Davis
, 10/14/12, Felmon Davis [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013196...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From: Felmon Davis [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013196...@n3.nabble.com Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x To: Lostsoul joyseyh...@yahoo.com Date

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]

2012-11-22 Thread Felmon Davis
of it. anyone who mistypes a word will notice the autocorrection utility so there is no danger the resource will go unnoticed. is there such a thing as -1? F. -- Felmon Davis Birds are entangled by their feet and men by their tongues. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h

Re: +1 aside Fw: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]

2012-11-23 Thread Felmon Davis
seen '+2', I've never seen '+10'. people used to say 'me too' but that got pooh-poohed. bad form. F. - Forwarded Message - From: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 23 November 2012, 7:53 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions] On Fri, 23

Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...

2012-12-04 Thread Felmon Davis
'. sometimes the spelling of words, like the syntax of directory paths, matters. (and 'syntax' has nothing to do with 'sin' or 'taxes'!) 'rsync' is a great utility; I assume it's available for Windows but I don't know but there's certainly equivalent stuff. F. -- Felmon Davis Advice

Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...

2012-12-04 Thread Felmon Davis
that way). I think the 'r' stands for 'remote' but I don't know; the source doesn't need to be 'remote' though. I just backed up one older external drive I have (was making funny noises) to another newer one. F. On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Tue, 4

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Pdf import. Was: Fw: Wiki quick guide page - see if this is a good format. . .

2012-12-04 Thread Felmon Davis
'identifying' them as 'pdf'. I notice one cannot see one's own posts; is it possible to switch this on? F. -- Felmon Davis Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose thy neighborhood. -- Louise Beal -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

rsync, dd (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...)

2012-12-05 Thread Felmon Davis
the metadata problem, and then back up, etc. Regards from Tom :)  F. From: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 19:23 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ... On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology

[OT] pun/counterpun (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...)

2012-12-05 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote: cute, cuter, cutest ... you're surely t' best. [further comments below] On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote: you took all my puns away ... just doing

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

2012-12-12 Thread Felmon Davis
will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis Some parts of the past must be preserved, and some of the future prevented at all costs. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis The falsely dramatic drives out the truly dull. -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
Message- From: Robert Funnell [mailto:robert.funn...@mcgill.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 13:55 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Felmon Davis wrote: On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Bobby kneisel wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] Quality Assurance

2013-01-15 Thread Felmon Davis
DiffPDF? F. -- Felmon Davis According to all the latest reports, there was no truth in any of the earlier reports. -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Quality Assurance

2013-01-15 Thread Felmon Davis
and report the bug accordingly. (to repeat the question) you are certain diffpdf is reliable? F. Regards, C. H. D. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ --- 2013年1月16日 星期三,Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu 主題: Re: [libreoffice-users] Quality Assurance 收件人

Re: [libreoffice-users] How good is Impress compared to PowerPoint?

2013-02-03 Thread Felmon Davis
the keyboard is a 'glorified typewriter'. I do love those typewriters though! but I don't miss them. F. -- Felmon Davis I did not believe in reincarnation the last time either. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help

Re: [libreoffice-users] Translating odf files using omegat

2013-09-15 Thread Felmon Davis
from the content.xml filed changes anything - no, the document remains the same. So, there is a way how to use OmegaT: one has to clean up the xml code by removing all these useless tags. Does anybody have an idea, how to do that? Do you happen to know such tool? Thanks Milos -- Felmon Davis

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Re: WiiFi networks

2013-10-01 Thread Felmon Davis
/torbrowser.html.en Regards, -- Felmon Davis A leopard cannot change his spots. -- Shakespeare -- 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

Re: Installing an OS, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-09 Thread Felmon Davis
not to confuse the difficulties of upgrading LO with supposed difficulties of upgrading the operating system. F. -- Felmon Davis It is better to live rich than to die rich. -- Samuel Johnson -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: Installing an OS, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-09 Thread Felmon Davis
On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Paul wrote: On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:59:57 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Well if you use Ubuntu's LTS [long term support] OS you upgrade the OS every two years. There is a lot of changes in LO over even

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- LibreOffice version 4.1.3.2

2013-11-26 Thread Felmon Davis
again! amazing! F. Brian Barker -- Felmon Davis Another dream that failed. There's nothing sadder. -- Kirk, This side of Paradise, stardate 3417.3 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-11-30 Thread Felmon Davis
-- Felmon Davis What excuses stand in your way? How can you eliminate them? -- Roger von Oech -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

2014-02-04 Thread Felmon Davis
, p implies q, therefore not (p and not-q), you tosser! would be invalid. just saying F. -- Felmon Davis Blutarsky's Axiom: Nothing is impossible for the man who will not listen to reason. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

2014-02-05 Thread Felmon Davis
country that has overthrown an autocratic ruler. ...snip... There is a special spot in hell for people who overquote *including multiple sigs and footers*. -- Felmon Davis It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

2014-02-05 Thread Felmon Davis
is a waste of time. Ever see a reply to a digest message that quoted the whole digest. What fun. But doesn't trimming undermine the argument? How can the discussion be read sequentially when bits of it have been deleted? -- Felmon Davis You will experience a strong urge to do good

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Felmon Davis
speakers' on this list. (and you know it.g) F. -- Felmon Davis Wishing without work is like fishing without bait. -- Frank Tyger -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood

2014-03-26 Thread Felmon Davis
cuts down on some of it and it's just as easy (for me) to pull it all together into one book (file). F. Virgil -- Felmon Davis Include me out. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2

2014-04-11 Thread Felmon Davis
on the tab? can you save it to the 'cloud', e.g. google-drive and download it to the pc from there? F. -- Felmon Davis Only through hard work and perseverance can one truly suffer. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2

2014-04-11 Thread Felmon Davis
effective ways to transfer files. F. The inadequate tech support had me download KIES software which never connected my PC to the tablet after installing it. On 4/11/14, Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu wrote: On Fri, 11 Apr 2014, charles meyer wrote: Might anyone on the list be using

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-13 Thread Felmon Davis
. hard to see what's objectionable about it unless one doesn't like parties. (I don't mean political parties.) F. -- Felmon Davis Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. -- Mark Twain -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is 3.5.4 ready for business users?

2012-06-03 Thread Felmon Davis
if I can open a file they send me and most do not know that the file was created on a Linux box using LO unless I tell them. I am curious: what happens if one just changes the file extension from .doc to .docx? F. -- Felmon Davis Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is 3.5.4 ready for business users?

2012-06-03 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:14 03/06/2012 +, Felmon Davis wrote: I am curious: what happens if one just changes the file extension from .doc to .docx? Roughly the same as if you call your cat Rover. Brian Barker sorry I cut the thread but the OP was concerned about

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5 and Win 7 UAC

2012-06-03 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, Tom Davies wrote: I do need to start getting more organised about it tho.  you've said this several times in the last couple of messages. perhaps you need to get organized enough to organize yourself? I'm like that too! don't know where/how to start. F. -- Felmon

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is 3.5.4 ready for business users?

2012-06-03 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 06/03/2012 03:03 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2012, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:14 03/06/2012 +, Felmon Davis wrote: I am curious: what happens if one just changes the file extension from .doc to .docx? Roughly the same

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell Check Dictionary

2014-05-22 Thread Felmon Davis
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell Check Dictionary

2014-05-23 Thread Felmon Davis
parking garage manager instead of airportparkinggaragemanager. F. -- Felmon Davis -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] incompatibilida

2014-06-20 Thread Felmon Davis
messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Felmon Davis Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Nitpicking on a name

2014-07-28 Thread Felmon Davis
be a terrible experience and you have better to do than lingering around here, so STFU. Charles. gentlemen, I suggest this discussion be taken off-list where you can pursue it much more effectively. F. -- Felmon Davis QOTD: How can I miss you if you won't go away

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] ...

2014-08-15 Thread Felmon Davis
out they can serve a good purpose (and some of us are interested in them). if kept within bounds I can't see the harm and they certainly shorter-lived and less harmful than this discussion! I add to it in the hope of contributing to its end! F. -- Felmon Davis I live the way I type; fast

Re: [libreoffice-users] Proofreading problems...

2014-08-20 Thread Felmon Davis
as such, and it is tricky between different word processors. F. -- Felmon Davis If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. -- Woody Allen -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

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