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

2013-08-16 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: I would suggest that two spaces are probably useful with fixed-pitch text as on a typewriter A wider space between sentences is useful, no matter how the text is created. It clearly defines the beginning and end of a sentence and is easier on the eyes. -- To unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

2013-08-16 Thread James Knott
Here's an article you can show to others. http://lifehacker.com/battle-of-the-office-suites-microsoft-office-and-libre-1147940828 -- 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] Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

2013-08-16 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Any chance of passing this on to the marketing list? Feel free. -- 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:

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

2013-08-16 Thread James Knott
Michael wrote: 1) Although the article was difficult to read, I think it would have been easier on the eyes (mine, anyway) if there was more space between the sentences. This is my point exactly. When there's extra space between sentences, it's a lot easier to isolate the sentence from the

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

2013-08-16 Thread James Knott
Virgil Arrington wrote: Just curious, since nearly every professionally published book since the mid-1900s has had one space after sentence ending punctuation, do you find reading books difficult? I just picked up the closest book I had at hand. It's Computer Networks, by Andrew Tanenbaum

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

2013-08-16 Thread James Knott
Ken Springer wrote: So there must be a general happy medium here, which I always thought was the em-space. And that goes back to my earlier comment about en and em quads in hand set type. A slightly wider space makes it easier to read, because of the way we recognize objects. -- To

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

2013-08-16 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: Ken Springer wrote: So there must be a general happy medium here, which I always thought was the em-space. And that goes back to my earlier comment about en and em quads in hand set type. A slightly wider space makes it easier to read, because of the way we recognize

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

2013-08-15 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: Rejoice! This is how all word processors should work. Countable spaces exist only in Typewriterland. With proper type faces, the space between words is anything from a minimum value up to whatever is required to range across a line. The spacebar no longer represents an

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

2013-08-15 Thread James Knott
Virgil Arrington wrote: The typographic standard is to only use one space between sentences with proportionally spaced fonts. In the old hand set type (which I have worked with) there were different width spaces (en em quads), depending on where they were used. Typically, an en quad was used

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

2013-08-15 Thread James Knott
Ruth Ann wrote: I remember reading several years ago that the double spaces are no longer needed because the software knows to adjust the spacing. So I would say that with the modern text editors, the proper procedure would be to just use a single space and let the software handle the

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

2013-08-15 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: I think current fashion is to use a single space to make it less obvious where a new sentence begins and thus mke it marginally more difficult to read. I still tend to use 2 spaces. Doubtless, fashion will change back to the way youi learned, or maybe go to a new

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

2013-08-15 Thread James Knott
Miss Keating wrote: No letterpress compositor would employ an en quad as an interword space, except possibly when justifying. A standard job case contains, along with the various quads, typemetal spaces in 3 sizes: 3-to-the-em, 4-to-the-em, and 5-to-the-em. There are also thin spaces, not

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

2013-08-15 Thread James Knott
Andrew Brown wrote: on in language standards, especially as we are referring to here, the English language. Nothing to do with just HTML, a computer born programming language and not a literary language. The single space IS universally accepted as the norm for correct spacing in whatever

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread James Knott
Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: And have they taken out the bug (cough cough) I thought that was a feature. At least it is if you listen to MS. ;-) BTW, don't forget about them making that year 1900 Excel bug an ISO standard. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Yes, that problem was only in 2010 and 2007 and was due to their pathetic attempts to use the older ODT (well specifically ods) format that no-one else was using much at that time because we had all moved on to the newer version. Their 2013 and 365 uses the newer format

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Some could view it as a marketing ploy to push people into using their format. i can image the calls telling users they need to avoid 3rd party formats as though 3rd party is somehow dodgy rather than just meaning that MS can't manage to write code to support their own

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

2013-08-14 Thread James Knott
Steve Edmonds wrote: One thing to bear in mind is the ODF formats were derived from the original StarOffice formats and spreadsheets in that format worked fine in StarOffice, and later OpenOffice, for years. In fact until LO 4+ when they were dropped. Can they still be read? IIRC, OO 1.3

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: compatibility with documents edited in officesuite 7

2013-08-10 Thread James Knott
Pedro wrote: The problem with ODF is that only LibreOffice and OpenOffice use it... So Actually, MS Office does now too, as does KWrite. There is also an ODF viewer for Android. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscribe

2013-08-04 Thread James Knott
Nicholas Micalone wrote: To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org This should be at the bottom of the messages To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice installation issue.

2013-08-04 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: I didn't think it was possible to install just 2 or 3 of the modules. I haven't checked recently, but for years, with OpenOffice, it has been an option, though it didn't save much disk space. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice installation issue.

2013-08-04 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Was that just on GnuLinux (and presumably Bsd) or on Windows too? Both, IIRC, but I've never installed just part of it. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscribe

2013-08-04 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Annoyingly in my email 'client' the address users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org is shown looking like unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org is the email address and the users+ as being some strange extra bit that is not really part of the address. I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: According to http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey, Windows 8 is working on 14% of computers. It's more than 10 times Linux marketshare. Lessee now. I have 5 computers here. Only one has Windows on it and it spends most of it's time running Linux. I have a tablet and a smart

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: It is much more better than an ODF, which documents nothing, and depends on a reference implementation from a single vendor, Sun. Year 1900 being a leap one is a universal convention which predates Excel for several years. What planet are you living on? ODF documents are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: So the open document standards were born and ratified and accpeted by the majority of the world that counts. Microsoft is using an open standard format called OpenXML. Stop pushing your vendor-locked ODF crap here please. You may want to read up a bit on OpenXML and how it was

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: Another major reason are huge bribes given to government officials to deploy {Libre|Open}Office solutions in budget-funding institutions worldwide. Actually, if you care to check the facts, it's Microsoft that's been doing that. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Netbooks died off for 1 reason only. That was because people wanted Windows on them Actually, there was a bit of MS strong arming manufacturers as well. I have an Asus Eee PC, which I loaned to a friend. She loves it, even though her computer experience had previously been

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-07-31 Thread James Knott
Andrew Brown wrote: yes where MS currently dominates, but not for long. Of course one also has to look at why MS dominates. The reasons include strong arming and extortion. MS has long been an unethical company, going back to when Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed a BASIC interpreter for the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: North America QA Online Chat

2013-07-28 Thread James Knott
Joe Lee wrote: If I recall correctly, Google Hangout requires nonfree software, so let's use IRC instead, or perhaps Jitsi or Ekiga if we can all get one of those working? No. It just requires a browser and a GMail account. You can even use a tablet or smart phone with appropriate free app.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-28 Thread James Knott
Andrew Brown wrote: AMD has claim to the first launched 64bit processors and systems Actually, I believe both the PowerPC and DEC Alpha were earlier. AMD had the first that was compatible with the Intel x86 line. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-28 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: Actually, I believe both the PowerPC and DEC Alpha were earlier. I think the Intel Itanium also predated the AMD. -- 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] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: My guess is that the default is 64bit or else other apps might need the 64bit version. It's generally not a good idea to have more than 1 version of Java although even 1 might well be more than you need now. The big question is why are the Windows version of LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread James Knott
Andrew Brown wrote: Umm!!! factually no, LO is still 32bit on Linux Then why is there an x86_64 version, when the 32 bit version should also work well? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1 upgrade from 4.0.4 - now does not find Java

2013-07-26 Thread James Knott
Paul wrote: Technically, the x86 indicates the architecture, the 64 indicates the instruction set width. So x86_64 is a 64 bit chip, and the x86_32 is a 32 bit chip. I thought 32 bit CPUs were referred to as i586.. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

2013-07-11 Thread James Knott
Helen wrote: The publisher emails to say that all the documents have weird formatting and strange characters. I thought recent version of Word used the new WTF format. ;-) Actually, I just checked LibreOffice on openSUSE and saw there is an RTF option. Check again. -- To unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice no mail client.

2013-07-02 Thread James Knott
wsadm...@hep-tech.com.tw wrote: Hi All! Libreoffice will the development of mail client? Foxmail isn't open source. Many people use Thunderbird. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] AOO for Android - not worth the download

2013-06-22 Thread James Knott
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: This is a little confusing to me. You mention LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice for Android, but as far as I know there is no Apache OpenOffice for Android, so I guess you are talking about LibreOffice all the time, right? I can't find either. -- To unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] drag drop

2013-06-11 Thread James Knott
Loren wrote: Hi I just got a new dell computer and need office type program, looking into this libreoffice my question I have my files saved to external harddrive is this the program that will allow me pull files off of th eexternal hardrive (Word, Spreadsheet, etc) or is libre th eprogram

Re: [libreoffice-users] Android cloud TV stick

2013-05-31 Thread James Knott
lilychen wrote: Do you think that one Android TV stick can help make a TV set as a PC monitor? By which,you can do everything as you use your PC. What is it you're trying to do? Many TVs can already be used as a monitor. I have two HDTVs and both have VGA connectors. Also DVI or HDMI

[libreoffice-users] Creating EPUB e-books

2013-05-30 Thread James Knott
There has been some discussion about creating EPUB e-books from OpenOffice and LibreOffice. One method I recently came across is to use Sigil to create the EPUB from HTML. OpenOffice and LibreOffice can save in HTML format, which can then be used as a source for this application.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Replying to users

2013-05-22 Thread James Knott
Kieran Peckett wrote: For example, you will only receive one of this message, even though the list is in the Cc. Actually, I received 2 copies. One from the list and one from you. What's worse is I generally respond to the first one I read, which is usually the direct copy. This means I am

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-14 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: So torrenting is faster because it automatically chooses all the fastest places to download from and spreads the load between them. If one slows down it automatically switches to using others. The problem is that many of us pay for bandwidth used or have caps. -- To

Re: [libreoffice-users] .doc to pdf

2013-05-14 Thread James Knott
D.R. wrote: Hello Is it possible for a document to be converted to PDF format? Yes, you can export directly from Writer to PDF. There's an icon you can click on for a quick export or click on FileExport as PDF for more options. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-13 Thread James Knott
Mark LaPierre wrote: Hey All, I get a 404 error from the libre office download server. I've tried from two different Win XP machines and from my CentOS machine. All are running Fire Fox. I tried to download the Win version and the linux version. Both just got me a 404 error. Is anyone

Re: [libreoffice-users] Download ?

2013-05-10 Thread James Knott
Carol Bamrick wrote: I have been running the Libra Office Suite 3.3 and my startup file is gone. I would like to download the latest Libra Suite, my question is will the new Suite be compatible with my old Libre files? Yes, it will be compatible. LibreOffice 4.0 is available from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Testing to see if this message reaches you

2013-05-08 Thread James Knott
Sean O'Connell wrote: I am just first testing to see if this email will reach you so that i can ask for help in libreoffice Sorry, didn't see it. ;-) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-07 Thread James Knott
Milos Sramek wrote: MS support of ODF will probably never be perfect. Sun had an ODF plugin for MS Office. I'd bet it works better than what MS provides. It's also the only option for older Office versions. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-07 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) Most newer versions of MS Office have ODF support built-in. Unfortunately it's only the 2013 and 365 that use the same version of ODF as everyone else. 2007 and 2010 use the old 1.1 which is not great for spreadsheets! Regards from Tom:) It's been a while since

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-07 Thread James Knott
anne-ology wrote: Just one question: haven't you already made 2 others moderators for this list? - how many are needed or does each do some specific job? Everything in moderation, including moderation. ;-) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-05 Thread James Knott
Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: OOXML is not fully open and not fully defined due to proprietary format information that is included with it [as far as I have been told]. Lots of info on this at Groklaw: http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20051216153153504

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calendar software

2013-04-16 Thread James Knott
lordmax tdf wrote: what is iPot? Please tell us. Maybe Apple is getting into cooking utensils. ;-) -- 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:

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread James Knott
Dries Feys wrote: This is way of topic, but as there are many linux adepts over here, I wonder what software you use to rip cd's to mp3. (or ogg vorbis, but I prefer mp3 as that's supported on more hardware than ogg) I use K3b, which comes with the KDE desktop. I can write both mp3 and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calendar software

2013-04-12 Thread James Knott
Ken Springer wrote: I'm asking this for a friend... Is there any calendar software that will interface with LO or Open Office, much like MS Outlook works with MS Office? I use Lightning with Thunderbird and Seamonkey. I sync it to Google Calendar, so that I can have the same calendar on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing speed is glacial for large file

2013-04-12 Thread James Knott
Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: To be honest, you might really find it better to break the document up by sections of no more than 50 pages or so, if possible. Isn't that the purpose of master documents? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fractions in Maths

2013-04-10 Thread James Knott
Tom wrote: Hi :) I thought that was what Math was for? For simple equations as quoted it might seem strange to have a separate app to do that sort of thing but most people really don't need extra weight in Writer to do something they never do anyway. It might be nice if it could handle simple

Re: [libreoffice-users] Differences with LO OO

2013-04-05 Thread James Knott
:39, James Knott wrote: I have both LibreOffice and OpenOffice on my computers. One thing I've noticed is that documents don't always appear the same in them. For example, I have one document which is a table in landscape mode in LO, but appears in portrait mode in OO. Is this a problem

Re: [libreoffice-users] Differences with LO OO

2013-04-05 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: So, really you have always been using LibreOffice just that it was really Go-oo before and loosely called OpenOffice.org just to avoid confusing the outside world with so many different forks and names. That still leaves the question of why two different, though related,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-04 Thread James Knott
Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: If so, this is the first I've heard of it. I have just downloaded some MSO Publisher templates. LO Draw does load them, but on my Linux system, .pub file are not associated to Draw. I tested them out on 4.0.1 64-bit Deb install. It is not perfect, but I

[libreoffice-users] Differences with LO OO

2013-04-04 Thread James Knott
I have both LibreOffice and OpenOffice on my computers. One thing I've noticed is that documents don't always appear the same in them. For example, I have one document which is a table in landscape mode in LO, but appears in portrait mode in OO. Is this a problem with Open Document Formats?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-03 Thread James Knott
Marc Paré wrote: and will also move her Publisher files, which was great news to her too! LO doesn't work with Publisher files. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations for MSO to LibreOffice -- Win8

2013-04-03 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) I thought Publisher compatibility was added in 4.0.0? Regards from Tom:) If so, this is the first I've heard of it. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Filtered html document

2013-03-20 Thread James Knott
Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening everybody It's morning. ;-) I am trying to make something available through Kindle. For some reason Amazon recommends preparing the original document as .doc or .docx file and in a final step: save as - Filtered html document (in order to remove MS

[libreoffice-users] Connect LibreOffice with your Google Docs account by using OOo2gd | TechRepublic

2013-03-12 Thread James Knott
I recently came across this. It works with both OpenOffice and LibreOffice, though for some reason not with OO on Linux. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/smbit/connect-libreoffice-with-your-google-docs-account-by-using-ooo2gd/892?tag=nl.e011s_cid=e011ttag=e011 -- For unsubscribe instructions

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ office to gnu/linux rumour

2013-02-26 Thread James Knott
Adam Tauno Williams wrote: Just covert them entire user interface framework of a massive application to another platform. Well, there's the morning shot. ;-) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] m$ office to gnu/linux rumour

2013-02-25 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Android, Blackberry, Chrome and others are GnuLinux. And iPhones are BSD Unix. Are there an current smart phones that aren't Linux/Unix based, other than Windows phones? Even at least one of the old Nokia OSs was Linux based. Regardless, my understanding of that rumour

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread James Knott
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: The USA had a movement towards Metric, but it failed big-time. It failed because Ronald Regan canceled Jimmy Carter's plans to move to it. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread James Knott
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 02/21/2013 12:11 PM, James Knott wrote: webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: The USA had a movement towards Metric, but it failed big-time. It failed because Ronald Regan canceled Jimmy Carter's plans to move to it. Economicsis the key. We do have most things

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Even NASA use feet and inches. You may recall a Mars mission that failed as it approached Mars due to unit conversion error. There was also an Air Canada plane that ran out of fuel mid flight, again due to conversion error. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) I thought the plane one was due to switching to using Windows which ran auto-updates in mid-flight and then forced a reboot (switching off and then switching on again). (ie an urban myth) Regards from Tom:) Read up on the Gimli Glider. It actually happened.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread James Knott
Tanstaafl wrote: Opinions are... Reagan was a stick in the mud conservative who didn't want change. Economics would have meant moving to it, to keep up with the rest of the world. Economics meant it would have cost the govt a TON of money to change over. Arguments can be made for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread James Knott
Virgil Arrington wrote: I'm old enough to remember the push back in the '70s to move to the metric system in America. At the time, it made a lot of sense to me simply because everything metric is in multiples of 10. But, I think the biggest bugaboo for Americans was that we just couldn't get the

Re: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: (And anyway, if you are estimating, a metre *is* a yard!) Or more closely, 40 or precisely 39.37. BTW, the official definition of a foot is now 30.48 cm. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letter and A4 sizes

2013-02-21 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: Or more closely, 40 or precisely 39.37. Sorry, but you have delusions of precision. You mean you can't eyeball 39.37 cm? ;-) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors

2013-02-15 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: I think you are missing the different functions of the two sorts of software. Page Up Page Down go back to the days of dumb terminals connected to a mainframe or minicomputer and a page referred to a full screen of data. Back in the late '70s early '80s I used to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-14 Thread James Knott
IBBoard wrote: Dropbox is an unencrypted cloud solution. Once it is on the Dropbox severs then any of the Dropbox staff/could/ read it. Or it could be copied or otherwise lost by people who aren't your employees. Or it could be leaked as party of a wider Dropbox hack/leak. Or it could be

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to tell m$ about ods formula behaviour failure

2013-01-24 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) Yes. With regards to paragraph 1 with the amendment that i think you mean MSO 2010 rather than the non-existent MSO 2012. There is a version for Mac called 2011 but that is really just 2010 redone for Mac and it takes them about a year to do that. MSO just doesn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Thunderbird Address Book as Data Source

2013-01-18 Thread James Knott
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: Why do you want both Personaladdress book and Collected ones? I would say that Thunderbird wanted them to be different so you, the user, can choose which address you collected by returning theemail that would go in your personally used address book. MOST of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedded Java

2013-01-13 Thread James Knott
George R. Crossman wrote: I'm seeing warnings saying that one should disable embedded Java to avoid hacking. Does this apply to linux users? If so, what is the procedure? I wondered about that too. It might be an issue with the Oracle Java, but I'm using OpenJDK. -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedded Java

2013-01-13 Thread James Knott
Jay Lozier wrote: Yes, all OS's are affected because Java is cross platform. I am not sure if any of the previous version are affected or if only the current release is affected. The primary concern is Java applets run by your browser. The vulnerability allows a zero-day browser exploit that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedded Java

2013-01-13 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: OpenJDK is also owned by Oracle. (it shocked me when i found that out too! lol) It tends to be a lot less likely to run into problems because the strong community involved seems to take the edge off it a lot but ultimately it is still owned by Oracle. Many such community

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can I associate LOO with all the files types LOO used easily?

2012-11-25 Thread James Knott
Marco wrote: I installed a protable version of LOo on 2 diffrent pc(windows). So I need to rebuild the asscociation... It will take me lots of time if I associate it one by one.. Could someone tell me an easy way to do that? thx a lot.:) Why would you install the portable version on a PC?

Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] How can I associate LOO with all the files types LOO used easily?

2012-11-25 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Many work places block people from having SuperUser permissions on Windows machines. Regards from Tom :) In that case it wouldn't make any difference which version was installed. Without admin rights, neither could be installed. In that case, the portable version

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

2012-11-20 Thread James Knott
Don Myers wrote: I have never purchased a copy of Windows either. I only get it when it comes on a computer. Microsoft charges computer companies less than what the public pays, but the last time I heard anything it was something like $50 per computer that the computer companies pay Microsoft

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

2012-11-20 Thread James Knott
Carl Paulsen wrote: Here, here. But what about gov'ts mandating simply that the format structure be open (without mandating a specific one be used)? That's not political IMHO. http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20121119172623282 -- For unsubscribe instructions

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

2012-11-19 Thread James Knott
VA wrote: Nobody is forced to purchase MS products. Try and buy a computer without Windows. While there are some available, they're rare. Also, read up on the MS anti trust cases to see how they forced market share with illegal and near illegal methods, including extortion. -- For

Re: [libreoffice-users] Win64: Scribus too... :-)

2012-11-04 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Apparently the 4Gb Ram limit is a limit of the OS, not the apps. If the OS can read/write to more ram then i don't think the apps would be restricted. Apparently OSes that are 32bit could read more Ram with a different kernel module. With GnuLinux it's possible to swap-in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Win64: Scribus too... :-)

2012-11-04 Thread James Knott
Mas wrote: I believe someone else mention this on the thread, its not new and unix/linux has been using it. Yes, there was a 64 bit version of Linux running on the DEC Alpha, followed shortly by the IBM PowerPC around 1994 - 1995. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Win64: Scribus too... :-)

2012-11-03 Thread James Knott
rost52 wrote: How many LibO user are having wn64 machines? Or better what is the percentage of win64 users in the LibO community? I'm a Linux user, 64 bits of course, but I have one, 1, count 'em, one computer that has 64 bit Windows 7 on it. Then again, there have been 64 bit versions of

Re: [libreoffice-users] North American DVD 3.5.6

2012-10-21 Thread James Knott
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I do not have any software to create a checksum. But, it is downloaded from the LO servers, so they have them for you. On the green button for the downloading of the ISO files, there is an Info text. You click on that text and you should get a page showing

Re: [libreoffice-users] North American DVD 3.5.6

2012-10-21 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) That does sound hugely useful but please could you let us know the name of the utility you used? If it was for a particular DE i'm sure we could work out the name for another DE if we need to. Just knowing the name of 1 would help! Also any suggestions on how to

Re: [libreoffice-users] North American DVD 3.5.6

2012-10-21 Thread James Knott
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: NO ONE has given me the answer before on how to create a md5sum file before. And I asked that question back in the 3.3.x version days. I have printed your answer out to PDF and I will place it on my folder[s] for the NA-DVD work. I use Ubuntu 12.04/MATE

Re: [libreoffice-users] North American DVD 3.5.6

2012-10-21 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: I think Tim uses a dual-boot on his main machine so the linux option is fine. Errr, did someone say they managed to generate an Md5 of the iso on the website and compared it to one generated from their download? If so does that mean the one they generated could just be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread James Knott
Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ... The answer could be:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: Now you are assuming (1) that negative election results are possible, Well, with the way Romney's doing... ;-) I was just posting in reference to comment about negative numbers and not the original post. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

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

2012-09-30 Thread James Knott
Tanstaafl wrote: On 2012-09-27 3:08 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/09/12 12:01, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I have seen listings on Mozilla's archive system for an extension to help with the syncing to a Google account. Don't need any of those for Google Calendar

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

2012-09-30 Thread James Knott
Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/09/12 16:55, James Knott wrote: I just tried those directions with Thunderbird Lightning, without the provider. The calendar won't sync. Been using the CalDav method for about six months now, ever since I started getting problems with the Google Calendar

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

2012-09-24 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: For my colleagues it would be nice to have a Calendar that is easier to find and integrate, for example. But i haven't found any sort of calendar, either on-screen or off, that works for me I use Lightning with Thunderbird and Seamonkey. I also sync it with Google

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

2012-08-16 Thread James Knott
Tanstaafl wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:24 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: With this mix of system being used for various tasks, I would have a mess if I tried to read emails on more than one system, even if I could get a sync system to work properly between the various Windows and Ubuntu

Re: [libreoffice-users] MSO 2013 article - MSO will read/write ODF1.2 and change formatting of .docx files again

2012-08-14 Thread James Knott
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: This article may be interesting to read by some of this lists users. It seems that MSO 2013 will read/write ODF 1.2 formats and their older OOXML formats will not be changed to Strict Open XML formats [so .docx will change format again]. Also Excel will be

Re: [libreoffice-users] re. the youngster ...

2012-08-10 Thread James Knott
Steve Edmonds wrote: I also used to work with punch card equipment. And a breakthrough was marksense cards that freed you from the punch terminal. We used those in my Gr. 12 Fortran class. I also worked on equipment that could read them. As I recall, we spent most of our class time

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