Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-10 Thread M Henri Day
2013/2/9 Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com On 02/09/2013 04:21 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 02/09/2013 03:07 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I downloaded the .Deb for Ubuntu (and others) twice yday and tried installing it as per instructions but when i tried running LibreOffice from the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-10 Thread M Henri Day
2013/2/10 Don Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com Hi Tom, This method should uninstall all LibreOffice versions at one time. I've seen one person recommend using a purge command also to make sure all LibreOffice elements are removed. This method really works very well. Just paste three commands in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Version 4.0 - Enjoying it?

2013-02-11 Thread M Henri Day
2013/2/11 Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com Hi All, I hope you're all enjoying the new release of LibreOffice 4! For those of you who are finding LibreOffice to be a great productivity suite I encourage you to head over to http://donate.libreoffice.org/ and donate a few dollars to allow our

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu PPAs for 4.0.x Stable?

2013-02-17 Thread M Henri Day
2013/2/17 Sajan Parikh sa...@noppix.com Anybody know when the PPA for 4.0.x will be populated? I'm in no rush and can obviously download the .deb files. However, would make deploying to 30 computers a tad easier. The following PPA is empty.

Re: [libreoffice-users] another funny one from ZdNet

2013-02-19 Thread M Henri Day
2013/2/19 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) The article is very pro-LibreOffice but so many of the comments have a hilarious amount of FUD in them. One wonders if they have ever even tried either MSO or LO.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: another funny one from ZdNet

2013-02-20 Thread M Henri Day
2013/2/20 Urmas davian...@gmail.com The article is very pro-LibreOffice but so many of the comments have a hilarious amount of FUD in them. One wonders if they have ever even tried either MSO or LO. Most people who own StarOffice or many of its forks don't use it. They just open and

Re: [libreoffice-users] new version of LO gives gibberish for excel file.

2013-03-02 Thread M Henri Day
2013/3/1 David B Teague sr davidbtea...@comporium.net Hi I just downloaded an excel file from http://www.taxpolicycenter.**org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?**Docid=205http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=205 The file is the excel version of Historical Source of Revenue

Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving list items and re-numbering

2013-03-03 Thread M Henri Day
2013/3/3 Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com I have another question regarding lists. If I create a Numbered list, I have items numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. On the Bullets and Numbering toolbar there are buttons for moving list items, which would let do something like move item #2 to the top of

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to permanently get rid of Full Screen toolbar in Writer when in Full Screen mode?

2013-04-21 Thread M Henri Day
2013/4/21 david gn...@hawaii.rr.com I'm using LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 (Build ID: 4c82dcdd6efcd48b1d8bba66bfe198**9deee49c3) on Debian Sid Linux. The Full Screen toolbar won't close, even though I can remove the Full Screen button from it. Google found me ways to do it in LibreOffice 3, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-22 Thread M Henri Day
2013/4/22 Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com Bill, I hate to say it, but that was my experience as well with 4.0. There was an important feature (to me at least) that worked well on 3.6 but no longer worked in 4.0. I found the regression to be especially distressing. I simply

Re: [libreoffice-users] Not able to Unsubscribe from the mail-list

2013-05-11 Thread M Henri Day
2013/5/10 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Sorry, i sent this back tot he list because i'm not sure how to solve this one now. The problems? page http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ suggests 1. Check what type of subscription you have. Either

[libreoffice-users] Attempting to upgrade from (Swedish-language) LO 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2013-05-19 Thread M Henri Day
I'm a tad confused by the following situation : when LO 4.0.3.3 was released, I thought to upgrade by clicking on the Help tab in LO 4.0.2.2 and choosing «Check for updates» in the menu that then appears. To my disappointment no such alternative appeared in the menu. Neither did I get any updates

Re: [libreoffice-users] Attempting to upgrade from (Swedish-language) LO 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2013-05-19 Thread M Henri Day
2013/5/19 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) On Ubuntu try right-click on any Odt file and choose Properties in the Open With tab choose the 4.0.3 and set that as the default app to open Odts with Regards from Tom :) - Original Message - From: M Henri Day mhenri

Re: [libreoffice-users] Attempting to upgrade from (Swedish-language) LO 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2013-05-19 Thread M Henri Day
2013/5/19 Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com On 05/19/2013 12:30 PM, M Henri Day wrote: 2013/5/19 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) On Ubuntu try right-click on any Odt file and choose Properties in the Open With tab choose the 4.0.3 and set that as the default app to open Odts

Re: [libreoffice-users] Attempting to upgrade from (Swedish-language) LO 4.0.2.2 to 4.0.3.3 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2013-05-20 Thread M Henri Day
2013/5/20 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Sometime during install it should ask if you want the new version to be the default app for MS formats. Unfortunately i don't think it asks about ODF formats. There is a page in the wiki about Installing on Linux that might help to remove

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Why such large svg files in LibreOffice (Linux)?

2013-05-22 Thread M Henri Day
2013/5/22 chimak111 chimak...@gmail.com On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:57 PM, M Henri wrote: It is only when we come to the scalable apps, which are saved as .svg files, that we see the sizes you mentioned ; under usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/apps, I find, just as you mentioned,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Why such large svg files in LibreOffice (Linux)?

2013-05-22 Thread M Henri Day
2013/5/22 chimak111 chimak...@gmail.com M Henri Day wrote ... Hullo, Hitesh/chimak111 ! And thanks for posting your code for replacing those bloatted .svg files ! The point is, precisely as you write above, that we «still don't know what part those files play and why they're

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Solved] Re: 4.0.3.3 - Thanks!

2013-05-23 Thread M Henri Day
2013/5/23 Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Thanks :) Good to hear! I wish we could have sent this around to the various other teams! Glad to hear it's all a lot better now! :) Thanks and regards from Tom :) wdrago wrote Just a thank you to say 4.0.3.3 fixed my 2 most annoying

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

2013-06-09 Thread M Henri Day
2013/6/9 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Hmmm, are you a regular distro-hopper? Probably a good idea to install onto a new separate partition so that you can easily get back to your regular OS if things are not as smooth as they first appear! Should be fun though :) Good luck and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any word about 4.0.4 portable coming out?

2013-06-27 Thread M Henri Day
2013/6/27 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Ok, that makes sense. The problem now is to make the upgrade smoother so it's easier to upgrade within a branch, eg from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 and onwards. Preferably not completely automatic but easy enough so that users can click on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] TDF welcomes a new member of the Advisory Board, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) of Saudi Arabia

2013-06-27 Thread M Henri Day
2013/6/27 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Did anyone else notice this announcement? I'm sure there seems to be about 1/week announcing large-scale migrations to LibreOffice. The first one i noticed recently was the Spanish State moving something like 40,000 desktops just a couple

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any word about 4.0.4 portable coming out?

2013-06-28 Thread M Henri Day
the protable version has been released at last. Florian did his magic tricks and it's appeared. Regards from Tom :) -- *From:* M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com *To:* Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk *Cc:* Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com; Virgil Arrington

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any word about 4.0.4 portable coming out?

2013-06-30 Thread M Henri Day
2013/6/30 Denis J Navas denis.na...@gmail.com LibreOffice has a configuration option to check by itself for new versions. The Portable LibreOffice, must be checked by the PortableApps platform. And at your will, you can actualize your version or wait after some time, to give time to rise

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need a screenshot... LO 4.1.0 on WIn7

2013-07-21 Thread M Henri Day
2013/7/21 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Is anyone on Win7 and able to run 4.1.0 alongside whatever they are running at the moment? Any chance of getting a screen-shot? In Windows that is the 1. Press the Print screen button, just above the insert button, just above the arrow

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need a screenshot... LO 4.1.0 on WIn7

2013-07-21 Thread M Henri Day
2013/7/21 Gabriel Risterucci cleyf...@gmail.com 2013/7/21 M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com PS : Using the Windows screenshot tool, found under «Accessories» is, in my opinion, far superior to the keyboard technique you mention above ​Keyboard shortcut aren't that bad if your

Re: LO 3.6.x or 4.0.x on WIn7 Re: [libreoffice-users] Need a screenshot... LO 4.1.0 on WIn7

2013-07-21 Thread M Henri Day
2013/7/21 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Ok, we have the 4.1.0 screenshots but now would like a comparison with an earlier version of LO, either 3.6.x or 4.0.x = still on on Win7. Imgur might well be better for taking screen-shots on Win7. I didn't know about it. It sound shed

Re: LO 3.6.x or 4.0.x on WIn7 Re: [libreoffice-users] Need a screenshot... LO 4.1.0 on WIn7

2013-07-22 Thread M Henri Day
2013/7/21 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Many thanks :) Lqtm. It's been quite a while since i was last involved in something that developed so fast that different people were on different time-lines and threads got a tad confusing! Thanks also to others that contributed to this

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.1 and the Windows taskbar

2013-08-14 Thread M Henri Day
I've recently had the unenviable task of updating several computers running Windows 7 and Windows 8 as either single or dual boots. One of the odd things I've noticed is that after updating LO 4.0.4.2 to LO 4.1.0.4, I can only fasten the LibO and Writer icons to the Windows taskbar. Previously all

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.1 and the Windows taskbar

2013-08-14 Thread M Henri Day
i probably should do the same as you. Sorry to hear about the problem there! I don't know if anyone else has a good answer for that but i hope they do! Regards from Tom :) -- *From:* M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1 and the Windows taskbar

2013-08-14 Thread M Henri Day
2013/8/14 V Stuart Foote vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu Issues with Windows 7 and 8, Taskbar Startmenu and Jump List implementation has been cleaned up on the 4.1.1 and master builds. Should have better results with the upcomming 4.1.1 release. See FDO#35785

[libreoffice-users] LibO 4.1.1 RC2 installed via Ubuntu PPA

2013-08-30 Thread M Henri Day
Just a line to say kudos to the developers for this new version and to Björn Michaelsen and Rico Tzschichholz for upploading it to the PPA. I received a notice on the update when I booted into Linux Mint 15 this morning, and my initial reaction after installing the new version is very positive,

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.1 won't start on Windows 8 64-bit

2013-09-01 Thread M Henri Day
2013/9/1 Niklas Johansson sleeping.pil...@gmail.com Hi I'm having some issues with LibreOffice 4.1.0 and 4.1.1 on Windows 8 64-bit (Swedish). When I first try to install it, it complains that I need to stop the Microsoft Windows Search Host Protocol after some searching I was able to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't send document as e-mail attachment to Opera Mail

2012-09-16 Thread M Henri Day
2012/9/16 Anthony Easthope antiso...@myopera.com Thats a tricky one. I don't exactly have a solution to the opera problem but it might be best to associate the email client (Thunderbird maybe?) as the default. From the best of my knowledge the opera browser can not become associated with the

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS problems

2012-09-29 Thread M Henri Day
2012/9/29 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Just had a classic from my boss. He says he prefers Internet Explorer and Adobe because he's never had any trouble with them. He can't download Pdfs though and has the same problem at home. Firefox on his machine here downloads them

Re: [libreoffice-users] Opening hybrid pdf in LO 3.6.0.2 results in gibberish

2012-10-05 Thread M Henri Day
2012/10/4 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Did work for me on Win Xp Sp3, LO 3.5.4 Not working on Ubuntu 12.04, LO 3.5.4 = asks for Utf encoding and defaults to 8 and guesses at font = Times New Roman. Regards from Tom :) Running 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04, I downloaded the file to my

Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-13 Thread M Henri Day
a text file, and set delimiter of fixed width column. // Scott -- *老朽 頓首 M Henri Day, PhD, MD Stadshagsvägen 22, 5tr S-112 50 Stockholm SUÈDE Tel : +46 8 6183098 Email : mhenri...@gmail.com Skype/Google Talk : mhenriday http://mhenriday.googlepages.com http://mhenriday.blogspot.com/ http

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-13 Thread M Henri Day
2012/10/13 Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com 感謝します。 Reinhold 如何致し致して!。。。 Henri -- 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] Re: Problem happen when import text with Chinese

2012-10-14 Thread M Henri Day
2012/10/14 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net On 10/11/2012 07:26 AM, scott0711 wrote: Thanks Tom: Ihe picture which i posted was made this afternoon, Taiwan time. Maybe i did not explain it clearly. The Libeoffice version is 3.6.2, and the encoding of Chinese is utf-8. No matter is utf-8,

Re: [libreoffice-users] unsubscribe

2012-10-18 Thread M Henri Day
you to unsubscribe Henri -- *老朽 頓首 M Henri Day, PhD, MD Stadshagsvägen 22, 5tr S-112 50 Stockholm SUÈDE Tel : +46 8 6183098 Email : mhenri...@gmail.com Skype/Google Talk : mhenriday http://mhenriday.googlepages.com http://mhenriday.blogspot.com/ http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler

Re: [libreoffice-users] quotes about Freedom

2012-11-02 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/2 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Searching through photos for the cover of my company's AGM i stumbled on some great images (sadly i can't share) and this quote To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-users] Don't have Print to File Option

2012-11-03 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/2 jmadero@gmail.com jmadero@gmail.com All good :) Sent from my ZR3D coated 3VO - Reply message - From: Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] Don't have Print to File Option Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2012 8:02 am

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

2012-11-17 Thread M Henri Day
Is this the proper forum to look for an informed discussion concerning what seems to be the Frieburg Municipal Council's impending decision to abandon OpenOffice and go back to Microsoft Office (

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

2012-11-19 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/19 rost52 bugquestcon...@online.de Like Carl. I unfortunately cannot contribute to development work. I would just like to come back to productivity and my own experience: LibO has features which are as good or better than MSO in respect to productivity. What reduces my productivity

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

2012-11-19 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/19 Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org On 2012-11-19 1:40 AM, rost52 bugquestcon...@online.de wrote: This can be achieved with many bugs less and full compatibility. MSO doesn' come up with a new format every week, thus our devs have a very good chance to adjust LibO to full

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

2012-11-19 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/19 Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org On 2012-11-19 6:54 AM, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/11/19 Tanstaafltansta...@libertytrek.org snip An excellent exposition of the methods used by Microsoft to «protect» its «intellectual property» - more accurately described

Re: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart

2012-11-19 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/19 charles meyer reachmepl...@gmail.com Works for me. How shall we all get started with this? Charles. Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:54:22 -0500 To:

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

2012-11-19 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/19 VA cuyfa...@hotmail.com At the risk of getting political, the last thing I want is my government dictating to me what kind of file format to use on my documents. Virgil At the risk of getting political, the last thing I want is a multi-national corporation, responsible to no one

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to edit MS doc(x) files without breaking it for MS?

2012-11-20 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/19 Paolo Debortoli paolo_debort...@yahoo.com hi all. i had the same problem receving via email from an office .docx files. when I try to import the file in libreoffice it crashes and does not allow to import in any way. the solution I found is to open such file with gwoffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to edit MS doc(x) files without breaking it for MS?

2012-11-20 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/20 Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com On 11/20/2012 01:17 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 11/20/2012 10:21 AM, M Henri Day wrote: 2012/11/19 Paolo Debortoli paolo_debort...@yahoo.com hi all. i had the same problem receving via email from an office .docx files. when I try

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

2012-11-22 Thread M Henri Day
2012/11/21 Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com On 11/21/2012 09:04 AM, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 21.11.2012 12:11, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 21/11/2012 at 03:13, rost52 bugquestcon...@online.de wrote: Both aspects together is a chance for LibO and AOO. I am looking forward to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug report for LibreOffice 3.6.4.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.8

2012-12-09 Thread M Henri Day
2012/12/9 Lincoln Ramsay a1291...@gmail.com I couldn't find a bug report link on LibreOffice.org so I'm sending it here. Steps to reproduce: Navigate to a folder in the Finder that has more than 1 .odt file. Select two .odt files. Open them (Command + O). Expected outcome: LibreOffice

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

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

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice runs on the Raspberry Pi, with the right license

2012-12-20 Thread M Henri Day
2012/12/20 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Just in case anyone here is not on the announce list i just thought you might like to know that LO runs on a machine that is about as small as the smallest mobile phones, possibly even smaller. Regards from Tom :) Nice Tom - thanks for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Suse Collabora Story

2013-09-06 Thread M Henri Day
2013/9/6 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Thought a few people here might be interested in this article. I tried asking for a bit of clarification from the marketing team but they are keen to keep it all a secret. Does this mean a new fork of LibreOffice or a 3rd party company

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Suse Collabora Story

2013-09-06 Thread M Henri Day
2013/9/6 Pedro pedl...@gmail.com Hi Tom Tom wrote I tried asking for a bit of clarification from the marketing team but they are keen to keep it all a secret. Does this mean a new fork of LibreOffice or a 3rd party company that provides up to tier 3 technical support for existing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Suse Collabora Story

2013-09-06 Thread M Henri Day
2013/9/6 Pedro pedl...@gmail.com Hi Henri mhenriday wrote ​Sounds good, Pedro. But you might want to inform Mr Meeks that there are, indeed, lots of Swedish conspiracies. as those keeping up with the daily news know I also believe that TDF is not so transparent. But in this case

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0 vs word editing

2013-09-15 Thread M Henri Day
2013/9/14 Rogier F. van Vlissingen vlisc...@gmail.com There is a feature in Word that is not well supported in LO and is breaking my back when people make a comment in Word, the text is highlighted and that highlighting disappears again when you delete the comment. Try to do that in

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0 vs word editing

2013-09-15 Thread M Henri Day
box and, once again, did *not* experience the difficulties you described. Removing a comment immediately removes all highlighting and font size is remains that of my choice... On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 8:50 AM, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/9/14 Rogier F. van Vlissingen vlisc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't uninstall because not an administrator?

2013-09-26 Thread M Henri Day
2013/9/26 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) There is always revo uninstaller. I've even considered buying it because it really makes all of that so much easier. Right now i only use the trial version when a machine has become so hopeless that there is no easy way out of the mess.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't uninstall because not an administrator?

2013-09-26 Thread M Henri Day
2013/9/26 Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net On 09/26/2013 09:39 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: /snip/ Run as Administrator, and confirm the resulting UAC prompt. On Vista onwards, even when you're logged in as an administrator most programs still run with restricted privileges; you

Re: [libreoffice-users] downloaded .doc file will only open as read-only

2013-09-28 Thread M Henri Day
2013/9/28 Michael Hartigan michael.harti...@gmail.com I have a job application in .doc format, which LibreOffice will only open in read-only mode. I need to fill in the fields and send it back to my prospective employer in .doc format. I have checked the file properties and it is not a

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO on La Gendarmerie Nationale computers ?

2013-10-03 Thread M Henri Day
2013/10/3 Sophie gautier.sop...@gmail.com Hi, Le 03/10/2013 18:14, M Henri Day a écrit : Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols ​ has published an interesting article, ​ ​*French police move from Windows to Ubuntu Linux* ( http://www.zdnet.com/french-police-move-from-windows-to-ubuntu-linux

Re: [libreoffice-users] change default window size

2013-10-05 Thread M Henri Day
2013/10/5 Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com Urmas wrote: Maciej Jaros It's a window manager thing, not really AOO responsibility. It is LOO responsibility to properly restore its window size. So that is a bug. I don’t get it. I’m using LO with Windows 7. Every time I open LO, it

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

2013-10-06 Thread M Henri Day
2013/10/6 Urmas davian...@gmail.com Tom Davies: By default most versions of GnuLinux (lets just call them distros) have a set of repos (=repositories) which are a bit like vast warehouses of programs and other software. ...Because Linux is inherently broken and cannot run vanilla builds of

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

2013-10-07 Thread M Henri Day
2013/10/7 Paul paulste...@afrihost.co.za False On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:46:13 +0700 Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jay Lozier The advantage of the repository is when a new version is released, it will automatically be updated and only one version is on the machine. The

Re: [libreoffice-users] please test probably bug in calc: W isn't shown in font 24 if a number follow it

2013-11-04 Thread M Henri Day
2013/11/4 yahoo-pier_andreit pier_andr...@yahoo.it using Version 4.0:build-30 on opensuse 12.3 write W2 in cell A1 choose font liberation sans choose font size 24 in cell A1 only 2 is visible, W is invisible I tried with many fonts and it happens only with size 24 I tried with other

Re: [libreoffice-users] Chinese hyphenation

2013-11-06 Thread M Henri Day
2013/11/6 Per Hyttel Larsen p...@ccieurope.com I will try to put the question again: I am trying to find out if there is a hyphenation module for LibreOffice for the Chinese language (traditional and/or simplyfied). Can any of you direct me towards someone who can answer this question?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Chinese hyphenation

2013-11-06 Thread M Henri Day
2013/11/6 Urmas davian...@gmail.com Per Hyttel Larsen: I am trying to find out if there is a hyphenation module for LibreOffice for the Chinese language (traditional and/or simplyfied). Can any of you direct me towards someone who can answer this question? There cannot be a hyphenation

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: München leads the way in migration to open source

2013-11-24 Thread M Henri Day
2013/11/24 Urmas davian...@gmail.com M Henri Day: ​For those who missed it, here a link to a fascinating TechReport​ on München's experience in migrating to open sourceIt might worth noticing that the migration took more than 13 years, several times of the planned budget, and required all

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: München leads the way in migration to open source

2013-11-25 Thread M Henri Day
2013/11/24 Urmas davian...@gmail.com Tom Davies: The article itself clearly states that the project was easily within budget. Plus the organisation didn't have to upgrade any hardware. See paragraphs 6 7 under the heading Cost. The report is missing the salaries. Also, there is no way

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

2013-11-30 Thread M Henri Day
2013/11/29 Paolo Debortoli paolo_debort...@yahoo.com hi. I work in a state school, using ms windows and ms office... i think I know the policy of microsoft. I think they use a sort of (apparent) programmed obsolescence for the software. I mean: periodically they add a new version with some

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

2013-11-30 Thread M Henri Day
2013/11/30 jomali jomali3...@gmail.com Once again, Umas, you set up a straw man and demolish him! FOSS means Free and Open Source Software. It doesn't necessarily refer to software created by some pure amateur in his garage. As long as the creator (commercial firm, university or private

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-11-30 Thread M Henri Day
2013/11/30 Urmas davian...@gmail.com Pedro: ...a free ODF compatible software (LO or other) That's nonsense. There is the only one ODF software: OpenOffice and its clones. The entire format is built around the single application from a single vendor. ​Not «clones», Urmas, but forks. LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread M Henri Day
2013/12/31 tk toki.kant...@gmail.com Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only work around is to use a different distro. Specifically a distro that nebver came close to Ubuntu, as its

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread M Henri Day
2013/12/31 Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com On 12/31/2013 01:21 PM, M Henri Day wrote: 2013/12/31 tk toki.kant...@gmail.com Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only work

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread M Henri Day
2013/12/31 Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com Hi, I have no problems with LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 in Ubuntu 13.10 on several different computers.I use the version from The document foundation, and not from Ubuntu. If you are using the Ubuntu version and wish to try The Document Foundation

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice in Umbria

2014-01-16 Thread M Henri Day
​LibreOffice users may find the following ZDNet article by Raffaele Mastrolonardo, in which TDF's Italo Vignoli is cited, of interest : ​ http://www.zdnet.com/like-driving-a-ferrari-at-20mph-why-one-region-ditched-microsoft-office-for-libreoffice-725246/ ​ Henri​ -- To unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Docx

2014-01-31 Thread M Henri Day
2014-01-29 Qusai Al Haddad qusai.alhad...@gmail.com: Dear Support, When liberOffice will support .docx 2010/2013 MS Office document. Regards, *Qusai A. Al-Haddad ​Qusai, in my experience LibreOffice does support the versions of .docx in MS Word that people actually use ; hitherto I've

Re: [libreoffice-users] Autostarting 4.1.3

2014-02-09 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-09 17:32 GMT+01:00 Heinrich Stoellinger hc.stoellin...@aon.at: Hello, I installed LO 4.2 (without first getting rid of 4.1.3) under Linux/Mint-Petra. Now LO 4.1.3 keeps starting up automatically. When I then try to start Base I get the error-message General I/O error. How can I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help

2014-02-12 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-11 21:45 GMT+01:00 M G ds...@hotmail.com: Hi, I have been using libre office for a while. All of a sudden I cannot open any files or Libre Office program. I also downloaded the most recent version but it did not help. Please provide any assistance you can. I looked up the open forum

Re: [libreoffice-users] Possible Bug in 4.2.0.4 Copy Paste in Firefox ESR 24.3ESR

2014-02-16 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-13 20:19 GMT+01:00 Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com: Hi :) Wow!! That looks perfect for a bug-report https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Versions numbers and everything there makes it much more useful. I rarely notice such things but lately there seem to have been a few such

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-22 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-22 8:46 GMT+01:00 MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com: I should clarify - this is the Deb x86_64 download that is not working. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:46 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote: Still inaccessible. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-22 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-22 11:07 GMT+01:00 Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com: Hi :) Perhaps try a different web-browser? On this machine i have Midori set to block me from downloading but Firefox lets me. Regards from Tom :) On 22 February 2014 08:20, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-02-22 8

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-22 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-22 14:13 GMT+01:00 Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com: Hi :) Errr, this is going a bit off-topic but i actually deliberately use Midori 0.4.3 on this machine precisely because of the way this version blocks me from unexpected downloads and YouTube)ish) videos from suddenly blaring out

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please confirm bug 75376

2014-02-22 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-22 19:23 GMT+01:00 Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org: Hi everyone, Would someone please confirm this bug for 4.2.1.1 I just opened? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75376 Sample document exhibiting the problem is attached to the bug. Thanks, Charles ​Charles, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please confirm bug 75376

2014-02-22 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-22 20:52 GMT+01:00 Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org: On 2014-02-22 1:33 PM, Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote: Hi Charles The attachment displayed fine for me in 4.2.1.1 from The Document Foundation running in Ubuntu 13.10. Guess I should have been clear. I'm on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please confirm bug 75376

2014-02-23 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-23 0:25 GMT+01:00 upscope upsc...@nwi.net: On Saturday, February 22, 2014 07:45:34 PM M Henri Day wrote: 2014-02-22 19:23 GMT+01:00 Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org: Hi everyone, Would someone please confirm this bug for 4.2.1.1 I just opened? https

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-19 Thread M Henri Day
2014-04-18 15:03 GMT+02:00 Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com: On 04/18/2014 05:35 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The courses seem to be entirely about MS products and their own languages and stuff like silverlight. They even seem to expect you to use Internet Explorer. There are Open

Re: [libreoffice-users] Heartbleed checker for websites

2014-04-19 Thread M Henri Day
2014-04-18 17:15 GMT+02:00 Paul D. Mirowsky p_mirow...@bentaxna.com: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/18/netcraft_ heartbleed_browser_extension/ If the Netcraft extension determines that a site was vulnerable before news of Heartbleed broke, it checks the date on the site's SSL

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Getting back to the Start screen

2014-04-20 Thread M Henri Day
2014-04-16 18:45 GMT+02:00 Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com: Hi :) +1 I agree. It is more of an issue now the start screen is so much nicer looking and more useful. Posting a feature-request through the bug-report system would be fantastic. Ideally with someone who feels fairly strongly

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-21 Thread M Henri Day
2014-07-19 7:24 GMT+02:00 Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com: Best News report so far http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/kerala-legislature-announces-smooth-transition-to-free-software/article6224551.ece use this for sharing /case studies On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:44

Re: [libreoffice-users] news about LibreOffice

2014-07-23 Thread M Henri Day
2014-07-23 18:10 GMT+02:00 Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com: Hi :) Wow!! Just found this excellent page https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOWN/3 by William Gathoye It is not always 100% perfect English but it's a great read and has some quite compelling sections. For example;

Re: [libreoffice-users] Toulouse saves 1 million euro with LibreOffice

2014-07-27 Thread M Henri Day
2014-07-26 6:48 GMT+02:00 Owen Genat owen.ge...@gmail.com: This European Commission article (2014-07-23) does not appear to have been posted: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/case/toulouse-saves-1-million-euro-libreoffice More good news. Enjoy, Owen. ​Splendid ! Hopefully this will

[libreoffice-users] «Escape from Wicrosoft Word»

2014-10-27 Thread M Henri Day
​I take the liberty of forwarding the URL of an article, entitled *Escape from Microsoft Word*, by Edward Mendelson​ in the current issue of the *New York Review of Books* : http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/oct/21/escape-microsoft-word/. It would be interesting to hear to what degree

Re: [libreoffice-users] «Escape from Wicrosoft Word»

2014-10-27 Thread M Henri Day
- and then easy to apply consistent styles to the whole thing later on. Regards from Tom :) On 27 October 2014 07:30, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: ​I take the liberty of forwarding the URL of an article, entitled *Escape from Microsoft Word*, by Edward Mendelson​ in the current

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO vers. 4.2.6.3 vs. 4.3.4.1

2014-12-11 Thread M Henri Day
2014-12-11 20:34 GMT+01:00 edo1 edagr...@verizon.net: On a Win_x86 machine on my LAN I'm asked to update LO ver 4.3.1, which I did to 4.3.4.1. But on a Win_x64 machine running ver 4.2.6-secfix, LO says it's up to date. So I'm confused. Which is the latest version? Should I update the

[libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-21 Thread M Henri Day
​I e, I get the slide show, ​but no sound. If I attempt to play the presentation in, e g, VLC Media Player, I get the music, but no images. Very frustrating ?... Any suggestions as to how I can get *son et lumière* to work together, preferably in Impress ? I can mention that I've installed

Re: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-24 Thread M Henri Day
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NviTpDb6pEk - (on the side are others) (4) curiously wondering what libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer is, From: M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 2:38 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous

Re: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-24 Thread M Henri Day
the scene»​ to nab these audio files ? That's precisely the sort of instruction I'm looking for Henri From: M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint

Re: [libreoffice-users] No audio in Impress with the famous Don McLean Vincent van Gogh pps-file on Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-25 Thread M Henri Day
byte which LO must consider as dangerous ??? A possible solution: play in MsFt PP then go 'behind the scenes' to collect the audio sound byte ... then piece the video with the audio together save for your enjoyment. From: M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:05

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