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

2013-04-16 Thread Marc Grober
I am likely late to this thread, but why won't using sqrt{4a^2 over 9} = +- {2a over 3} as an LO formula work for you, or using \sqrt{\frac{4a^2}{9}}=\pm\frac{2a}{3} in TexMath While it would be grand to be able to simply have LO parse TeX (or your math notation of preference), the two options

Re: [libreoffice-users] Creating EPUB e-books

2013-05-30 Thread Marc Grober
Perhaps better solutions can be found in using the elaix extension or by saving as docxml and thenfeeding the result through pandoc On 5/30/13 7:51 AM, James Knott wrote: There has been some discussion about creating EPUB e-books from OpenOffice and LibreOffice. One method I recently came

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

2013-06-08 Thread Marc Grober
On 6/8/13 8:59 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: An idea I've been having for 20+ years now is: how about an office automation tool (wordprocessor, spreadsheet, whatever) that would come with the bare minimal features (define: bare minimal) and could be enhanced by adding features through a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-08 Thread Marc Grober
I have seen quote a bit of argument against using a master document for a book as I was exploring this subject just recently as well. The help docs of course are a good place to start. https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Master_Documents_and_Subdocuments There are a number of different tools for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-09 Thread Marc Grober
On 7/9/13 2:12 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Writer, Word and WordPerfect and others do seem to be designed for business letters and fairly short works. LaTeX (and the various front-ends (such as LyX) that attempt to make it easier to use) do seem to have advantages for larger works but are more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-15 Thread Marc Grober
save the original as docbook and use pandoc to convert to epub or epub3 and compare ;-) On 8/15/13 7:20 AM, Joaquín Lameiro wrote: Hi again. OK. I've been through the eLAIX extension and found it works quite well. I have successfully exported the first chapter of the Getting started with LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-15 Thread Marc Grober
using elaix you can do a global search and replace (easier I think with the alt replace ext.) of the headings used in a doc with the headings elaix employs. Took just a few minutes once you understand how to do that. HOWEVER you can always select to include the existing headings without the search

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Marc Grober
as I am a proponent of wiki docs, I should point out that there are a number of great ways as well to convert wiki docs to epub and epub3 ;-) but, at what point are epubs of this type of value if we have effective caching browsers and ubiquitous internet -- but universal transparency is not

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

2012-06-20 Thread Marc Grober
I have been recently been given a project where I have to sign my Document with a personal signature (as in a certificate) Now I know that you can do this with LO but what I am confused about as to how I can get a Personal User Certificate that is able to identify me is at not cost to my

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

2012-06-20 Thread Marc Grober
https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=1 On 6/20/12 6:14 PM, James Knott wrote: Marc Grober wrote: get a cert from CACert.org Hmmm... I just tried going to that site and got this: This Connection is Untrusted You have asked Firefox to connectsecurely to www.cacert.org, but we can't

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

2012-06-21 Thread Marc Grober
name, or password or email address or if it matches a word from the English dictionary. Hows an over 50 supposed to remember a password like that!! On 2012-06-21 17:47, Marc Grober wrote: https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=1 On 6/20/12 6:14 PM, James Knott wrote: Marc Grober wrote: get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Zotero Integration with LO [Proposition / Feature Request?]

2012-08-14 Thread Marc Grober
See zotero.org You will find a few videos It is what you might think of as a bibliographic tool. I recommend it to all my students (along with FF and LO.) It also provides for sharing of collaborati libraries. I would have to suggest that the zotero community might appear to be less prone to

[libreoffice-users] Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-14 Thread Marc Grober
This (see the quote below) is simply unacceptable. In fact, with respect to the bug on which I received this little gem quite a few people had been at pains to clearly identify the problem and the potential solution, and neither having changed at all, there had been no changes to the bug report

Re: [libreoffice-users] Zotero Integration with LO [Proposition / Feature Request?]

2012-08-14 Thread Marc Grober
Oh, and I don't know if I want zotero associated with a project that deletes long standing bugs with a huge amount of detail simply because they are old, as LO just did. On 8/14/12 5:20 AM, anne-ology wrote: Could you please explain what is Zotero? On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-14 Thread Marc Grober
Lodahl On 14-08-2012 20:48, Marc Grober wrote: This (see the quote below) is simply unacceptable. In fact, with respect to the bug on which I received this little gem quite a few people had been at pains to clearly identify the problem and the potential solution, and neither having changed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-14 Thread Marc Grober
AOO is the apache open office. -- 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/Netiquette List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-15 Thread Marc Grober
Ditto on mine. this was just mindless On 8/15/12 10:50 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.08.2012 20:05, leif wrote: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39523 The bug has never been commented by humans and all later activity was automated (except the once from my hand).

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-15 Thread Marc Grober
Yes and no. The initial news about bug tracker issues went out in March. Many responded, as did I, updating the bug to confirm that it was still a bug In fact, at the time I specifically asked why we needed to confirm the bug if in fact the bug was long stnding and nothing had been done

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-15 Thread Marc Grober
On 8/15/12 1:57 PM, Andrew Brager wrote: Thanks for your comments. What still remains unclear to me (not that it matters as I have no influence/authority on anything done by anyone - I'm simply trying to help you all sort it out so somebody in a position to do something can then do it) is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-15 Thread Marc Grober
In fact it was explained twice before, so perhaps some of the list mail is going in to your spam folder? AOO is the apache branch of OpenOffice On 8/15/12 4:34 PM, anne-ology wrote: I too would like to know. It's been mentioned a few times now ... someone asks what is it, yet

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-16 Thread Marc Grober
. To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 16 August, 2012, 1:16 On 8/15/2012 3:20 PM, Marc Grober wrote: On 8/15/12 1:57 PM, Andrew Brager wrote: Thanks for your comments. What still remains unclear to me (not that it matters as I have no influence/authority on anything done by anyone

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-16 Thread Marc Grober
On 8/16/12 7:07 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Gr, can't you just change it back? rant That is not the point, Tom. This bug was only really a matter of a file having been dropped. But the devs have spent more time fiddling with how it is listed than if they had just added the missing file. More

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Wood chucking

2012-08-16 Thread Marc Grober
Give it a rest. I am 60. I know what an RFQ and what an RFC is. I know what NATO is and what a BFF is, lol. I know where I can go to find acronyms because I spent the time to go look. And if someone references zotero, instead of asking a dozen times what it is, I can spend two seconds

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-16 Thread Marc Grober
The latest from Florian in misspelled CAPS (which now brings us to the fact that the devs have touched this bug some 8 times without ever bothering to actually read it) - Bravo Florian, we read you 5 by 5: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35361 Florian Reisinger reisi...@gmail.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-16 Thread Marc Grober
And here is the best bit: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35361 --- Comment #42 from Björn Michaelsen bjoern.michael...@canonical.com 2012-08-16 16:58:22 UTC --- @Marc: Seeing you boasting here:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Excuse me, but your opinion is simply unimportant. Start over and you can expect more of the same.

2012-08-16 Thread Marc Grober
I put the bug back into Resolved-Invalid status. Done. Excuse me while I go abuse myself :-) On 8/16/12 9:03 AM, Marc Grober wrote: And here is the best bit: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35361 --- Comment #42 from Björn Michaelsen bjoern.michael...@canonical.com 2012-08-16

Re: [libreoffice-users] Process

2012-08-17 Thread Marc Grober
don't know yet. But I won't be reporting any more bugs. On 8/17/12 1:13 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 09:00 -0800, Marc Grober wrote: The latest from Florian in misspelled CAPS (which now brings us to the fact that the devs have touched this bug some 8 times without ever

[libreoffice-users] Re: NEEDINFO status on bugs vs. additional comments

2012-08-17 Thread Marc Grober
+1 +1 On 8/17/12 1:12 AM, Thorsten Behrens wrote: leif wrote: Half the problem is communication. Very much to the point. 1) simply commenting a bug does _not_ remove NEEDINFO status - in this case, only if the submitter had commented _and_ changed status to NEW, the bugs

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

2012-12-09 Thread Marc Grober
With 3.6.3.2 and OSX 10.8.2 selecting two odt files from Finder and directing Finder to open both with LO results in a graphic message that file1file2 does not exist (suggesting it is concatenating the file name?) HOWEVER - using the LO menu to open the same multiple odt files works without

[libreoffice-users] OSX Mavericks upgrade prevents LO from opening because of lack of java

2013-10-31 Thread Marc Grober
It looks like the thread on addressing operating LO 4 under OSX Mavericks may have taken a small detour. Yes, Java is a bit of a disaster on OSX, and yes once you upgrade Apple blows away your java install so you have to start all over (but will prompt you to install their java.) Assuming you

[libreoffice-users] OSX Maverick, Java, LO 4.1.2.3

2013-10-31 Thread Marc Grober
I said to myself, go ahead and let LO download something what could get worse? Well, now, instead of popping and telling me (inaccurately) that I didn't have java, it just crashes. So, is there a procedure to resolve this mess? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1.2 and Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)

2013-10-31 Thread Marc Grober
I have rebooted and the crash on opening (the result of letting LO try to install java from software update on 10.9) of LO 4.1.2.3 has stopped. LO is now back to prompting for java (there is no access to LO itself) Tried saying yes to LO's java install via Software Update again -- this time it

[libreoffice-users] Are there solutions for starting LO 4.1.2.3 without java on OSX 10.9 where OSX upgrade as been done on LO with JVM selected

2013-10-31 Thread Marc Grober
It would seem that there are just a few options that a user might have after they have upgraded to Mavericks (and I think it is critical pending a resolution of the situatin that LO advise users NOT to upgrade (especially if they have not turned use JVM off) without restoring 10.8 -- the most like

[libreoffice-users] [interim solution] Are there solutions for starting LO 4.1.2.3 without java on OSX 10.9 where OSX upgrade as been done on LO with JVM selected

2013-10-31 Thread Marc Grober
No guarantees on this, and certainly no suggestions that it is an elegant solution or the easiest Go in to your config directory and rename the file ~/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/4/user/config javasettings_MacOSX_x86.xml. Now start LO This time LO will open though it will prompt

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1.2 and Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)

2013-11-01 Thread Marc Grober
Mavericks Apple Java WAS installed on my machine before LO was invoked, so it was not simply a matter of Java not being on the machine at the time of the invocation if Apple supplies as before 32 and 64 bit Java. How did anyone at LO argue that LO would work under Mavericks if using a JVM

Re: [libreoffice-users] OSX Mavericks upgrade prevents LO from opening because of lack of java

2013-11-01 Thread Marc Grober
be potentially unfortunate On 11/1/13, 1:07 AM, Stephan Bergmann wrote: On 10/31/2013 05:02 PM, Marc Grober wrote: It looks like the thread on addressing operating LO 4 under OSX Mavericks may have taken a small detour. Yes, Java is a bit of a disaster on OSX, and yes once you upgrade Apple blows

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1.3.2

2013-11-04 Thread Marc Grober
I guess I should first ask if you open a doc that has text formatted as Calibri Light, what font is it being shown as under 4.1.2.3, what is the provenance of the Calibri Light, have you confirmed that the font is available for all uses and all users, and whether it is not only activated but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Wordstar

2013-11-04 Thread Marc Grober
And I wish I was still able to use wordstar ;-) On 11/4/13, 3:58 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: Urmas wrote: That's bullshit. Ctrl+J is a shortcut for Justify and... a paragraph mark in text controls. Actually, WordStar had different Ctrl+key functions than Word. Yes, today, Ctrl+J is a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Subject: DRM books

2013-11-10 Thread Marc Grober
+1 there are several threads about this in the archive as well On 11/10/13, 5:20 AM, zuke wrote: On 11/09/2013 10:49 PM, Daniel wrote: Is there an extension in LO in order to read DRM ebooks? Thanks Daniel LibreOffice really isn't the tool for this. Although you can convert to epub with

[libreoffice-users] embedding video

2013-11-22 Thread Marc Grober
On LO 4.1.2.3 on OSX 10.9 I am exploring the various possibilities of embedding video. It would appear the ability to embed via URL to a remote source is not available, and I was able to embed an .mov and mp4 file but not an .flv file (format not supported.) Download of a google doc presentation

Re: [libreoffice-users] embedding video

2013-11-23 Thread Marc Grober
As the original post indicates, inserting mov oe mp4 files is not the issue. On 11/22/13, 7:28 AM, John Meyer wrote: Have you tried converting the flv to mov or mp4? On 11/22/2013 9:21 AM, Marc Grober wrote: On LO 4.1.2.3 on OSX 10.9 I am exploring the various possibilities of embedding

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1.3.2

2013-12-03 Thread Marc Grober
There have been quite a few posts about mirrors failing and I had this problem last night as well however a torrent download appeared to work just fine. On 12/3/13, 4:07 AM, Kunwar Shivpal Singh wrote: Hi HATS OFF to the complete LO team for the splendid LO pack. Enjoy using it. GREAT

[libreoffice-users] [OT] could we put an end to the grounds for hugging thread?

2014-01-29 Thread Marc Grober
Touching Basis meaning grounds for hugging, or the foundation for something emotionally gripping ? In any event, this being the user support list ( User support list for LibreOffice users needing help with a problem) is there some really important reason to discuss team tagging or flight

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: North America Touching Basis

2014-01-29 Thread Marc Grober
productively help. whew, and here I thought I might have to volunteer On 1/29/14, 6:49 PM, Joel Madero wrote: I got in touch with Ruth Ann privately and am helping her get involved with QA and will do so with anyone else who wants to productively help. Best, Joel On 01/29/2014 07:34

Re: [libreoffice-users] What's the best way to convert a .pdf form to .odt

2014-03-31 Thread Marc Grober
export to docx format from Acrobat Pro and then convert from docx to odt On 3/31/14, 10:29 AM, paulwhitehurst wrote: I have a .pdf form I would like to use as a mail merge form. I see there's no way to do merge in Draw.I opened the .pdf in Draw and cut and pasted from the .pdf to a new

Re: [libreoffice-users] Dear libreoffice

2014-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
Use Zotero On 5/7/14, 1:26 PM, Colin James Lichtwark wrote: Hello, my name is Colin Lichtwark. I am a postgraduate student at Swinburne University in Melbourne Australia. I am trying to use ubuntu as much as possible but the issue I have is with libre office note having an effective

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature request: native BibTeX support

2011-07-10 Thread Marc Grober
Zotero +1 On 7/10/11 3:38 PM, Simon Cropper wrote: On 11/07/11 05:52, Francesco Biccari wrote: Hi to everyone, this is my first message on this mailing list. I am a researcher and usually I use LaTeX+BibTeX for my papers. Sometimes I need to write .doc/.docx/.odt files and the bibliography

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Marc Grober
So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to continue top posting as one may feel appropriate as one may have done as an IT professional for the past 40 years and that if that upsets them they should seek professional assistance? On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:28 PM, e-letter

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-23 Thread Marc Grober
:53 PM, Marc Grober m...@interak.com wrote: So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to continue top posting as one may feel appropriate as one may have done as an IT professional for the past 40 years and that if that upsets them they should seek professional assistance

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-23 Thread Marc Grober
One reason I am not more involved in this community is the incessant whining from the juveniles. Notice that I am top posting as suggested by the guidelines as my comment would not be really benefitted by a long scroll down a thread of shame, lol Chin up, Tom, and hope that some may find

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-24 Thread Marc Grober
guidelines weekly And it sounds like you have a personal problem :-) On Feb 23, 2012, at 11:42 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 06:40 23/02/2012 -0900, Marc Grober wrote: Notice that I am top posting as suggested by the guidelines ... I don't get involved

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-24 Thread Marc Grober
Stefano, I have been using listservs for more than 40 years and this is the only list I have ever been on where some 10% of the traffic is this thrashing over top posting. Yes, I regularly trim or intersperse comment, but when necessary in my opinion, or warranted, a portion of my comment may

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT- too many emails- how do I stop them?

2012-02-25 Thread Marc Grober
Try adding a tag to your subject line and then use your mail client filters to put from the list in the trash save for those with your tag in the subject line. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-25 Thread Marc Grober
Frankly listservs make very poor knowledge bases for the obvious reasons, hence the efforts by some in other communities to distill the problem/resolution couplet into dynamic online docs where a user will find current comprehensive succinct and useful information. On Feb 25, 2012, at 3:29

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mac OS X 10.7.3 - Java

2012-03-22 Thread Marc Grober
Sorry, but I am just not clear on what the issue is, but you probably DO want to stick with using OSX software update to keep Apple released java current. There is an OSX java app in utilities folder that provides details of java installation. On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:55 PM, Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mac OS X 10.7.3 - Java

2012-03-22 Thread Marc Grober
But. Java was not included in Lion I think, so if you do not see a java version then you just need to download it. On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:55 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) No-Op it is always possible to forwards a post back to the list, as i have just done. It

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mac OS X 10.7.3 - Java

2012-03-22 Thread Marc Grober
For java for lion http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1421 -- 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/Netiquette List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: PLEASE ban this spammer! - NO

2012-04-10 Thread Marc Grober
This requires a top-posted Amen, lol On 4/9/12 8:13 PM, Don Myers wrote: On 04/09/2012 09:42 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote: Humm, Andreas That is UNFAIR! Why do you consider Tom's posts on MariaDB as Spam? There is nothing indiscriminate about his postings. He's very clear about what he is

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to edit words and phrases in a pdf

2012-04-12 Thread Marc Grober
If I open a pdf that contains encoded text I can edit the pdf text in LO, but a pdf may not have text encoded in it, in which case you would have to do OCR etc. On 4/12/12 7:38 AM, jomali wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Normally when

Re: [libreoffice-users] ePub?

2012-05-03 Thread Marc Grober
I remember some time ago a thread about publish to the ePub format from LibreOffice, I can't seem to find it. I have used eScape from infogridpacific as an OOo add-on - it works very well, but they re not supporting it anymore. Of course you can also use Sigil to suck up what you

Re: [libreoffice-users] ePub and reveries

2012-05-03 Thread Marc Grober
On 5/3/12 2:17 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: A quote from the web site about the online service: eScape - ePub Creator infogridpacific has been focusing a great deal of their attention on azardi and their publishing portal which for institutions offers some interesting benefits, and

[libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
Was looking at recent changes and came across this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10300067/how-to-load-and-mathml-formula-into-libreoffice, which suggests that there is in LO an Insert Formula option from the Tools menu. I can find no such thing and I don't recall that I ever saw this. Is

Re: [libreoffice-users] changed profile location

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
But it looked like at least some of the extensions survived the upgrade... and the balance of my profile seemed to have been picked up (name etc.) so what would have happened? On 5/8/12 2:16 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Re: side issue about Extensions ... Prior to 3.5.x branch the

Re: [libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
You are right: it is not there. Here is where it is located: Insert Object Formula. Even the link you mentions shows that. Insert has a blue background (highlighted), and so to Object and Formula. --Dan AHA, the issue is that in order to Import Formula from the Tool menu

Re: [libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
? Why deconstructing zip files? Import of MathML is possible at least since OOo2.4. because that way I can edit the file, as opposed to playing little games with creating lots of little xml files and adding them hither thither and yon -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
It is still not clear to me. Where is your MathML source, that you will get into a LO document? MathML source is obtained via mathjax - one need only copy and paste -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
It is exact as described in the link: First Insert Object Formula. Now you are in the formula editor. And then Tools Import Formula. Only if yo don't exit the equation editor before selecting Tools-Import, which one might do in as much as the documentation does not include those few

Re: [libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
On 5/8/12 4:16 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 16:03 -0800, Marc Grober wrote: It is still not clear to me. Where is your MathML source, that you will get into a LO document? MathML source is obtained via mathjax - one need only copy and paste Have you tried

Re: [libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
I was finally able to get some files to import. The results largely acceptable (there were some flaws as a result of inadequate curly braces and the like) - and the experience suggests that there are, as expected, some issues. Some of those issues relate potentially to the lack of specifics as far

Re: [libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-08 Thread Marc Grober
Hm... And exporting a document with imported MathML results in the MathML being saved as an image . Ack. No way to alter that behavior I suppose? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] math issues

2012-05-09 Thread Marc Grober
This was one reason I wanted to assist in working on docs, but the curve one needed to address in order to do that proved just too much. A far cry from experience working on wiki based documentation. What often is a problem in such areas is that those used to doing something in a particular

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formulas...

2012-05-09 Thread Marc Grober
D4 and E10 are cells not columns as a result it is unclear what you mean by copy E10 down so that D4 is the constant. What exactly are yo trying to accomplish? On 5/9/12 3:03 PM, Zed wrote: It is so long since I used the Formula I'm looking for that I have forgotten what it is. Here is my

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.5 w/zotero crashing on export?

2012-06-04 Thread Marc Grober
Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2012 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.5 w/zotero crashing on export? Ditto. I have never seen your posts on Zotero or PDF. I require both and all versions of LO have supported this functionality since it forked from OO. On 05/06/12 04:11, Marc Grober

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Font Problems on OS X

2012-06-06 Thread Marc Grober
I think fonts are completely handled via a link to the OS, so perhaps you might try checking fontbook and making sure that the fonts are indeed available to the system as OSX can sometimes be peckish about fonts. On 6/6/12 11:13 AM, Andy Theuninck wrote: LibreOffice (3.5.3.2) doesn't show all

Re: [libreoffice-users] subscription cancellation

2012-06-11 Thread Marc Grober
Where should we send the refund? On 6/11/12 6:26 PM, Tom Duk wrote: Hi, I would like to cancel my subscription. Thank you. Tom -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

[libreoffice-users] Footnote separator

2011-02-25 Thread Marc Grober
The LibreOffice documentation suggests that there should be an option to alter the footnote/endnote - but I am unable to locate any place where the size/location of the area or the location, size, etc of the separator can be set. Can some tell me why this option is not visible and why the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Marc Grober
btw, I did not find an updated tool inside LO 3.3 (OSX) though the OOo fork that I had been using beforehand did have one (PC) - though it installed over 3.3 without any problem, an automated update is, well, warm and fuzzy. Will that be coming back? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[libreoffice-users] UPDATE - writer2latex and java errors on LO 3.3.1 on OSX 10.6

2011-02-26 Thread Marc Grober
I have subsequently gone back in and returned the vendor entry to Apple Inc. (from Apple Computer Inc.) - Now I can install new oxt files, the zotero plugin still works, but I still cannot remove the zip file from the listing. Now I have the export features that writer2latex offers, but I

[libreoffice-users] Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response

2011-02-27 Thread Marc Grober
On OSX having installed 3.3.1 choosing Send Document or other send options produces no response and no log entries. Thunderbird was selected from Internet options. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ ***

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response

2011-02-28 Thread Marc Grober
On 2/28/11 12:32 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 28/02/11 05:39, Marc Grober a écrit : Hi Marc, On OSX having installed 3.3.1 choosing Send Document or other send options produces no response and no log entries. Thunderbird was selected from Internet options. Yes, this doesn't quite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response

2011-03-01 Thread Marc Grober
On 2011/02/28 12:47 PM Marc Grober wrote: Nope, tried all those variations - two real options; a) you invoke the package which results in TBird coming forward, but no envelope, or b) you invoke the binary, in which case you get an error message no matter the flags indicatin that there is already

Re: [libreoffice-users] hijacking threads

2011-03-11 Thread Marc Grober
On 3/10/11 10:42 PM, Peter G. Underwood wrote: How can I switch this list to a daily digest format, please? How can one express to others how inappropriate it is to hijack a thread to discuss something that is NOT pertinent -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List

Re: [libreoffice-users] convert Math to epub

2011-03-23 Thread Marc Grober
I had good luck with eScape, but it really isn't supported anymore. But are you saying that you saved in pdf then used calibre to convert to epub from pdf and the formulas were dropped? I did not see that at all and would not expect that in any case. If I were you I wold think about moving your

Re: [libreoffice-users] convert Math to epub

2011-03-23 Thread Marc Grober
I asked Werner Donne to see if odf2epub would work. The test resulted in the tex being handled properly, but the LO math appeared but only as a text expression. Werner indicated that the isue was that epub readers did not yet handle MathMl islands. This is part of a continuing issue with OOo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: speech to text for LibrO - Ubuntu?

2011-03-28 Thread Marc Grober
How about platypus? http://thenerdshow.com/platypus.html On 3/28/11 5:07 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 03/28/2011 07:44 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: Hi, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 03/25/2011 05:12 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/25/2011 11:22 AM, webmaster

[libreoffice-users] pasting MathML into a doc

2011-03-31 Thread Marc Grober
rant While I have been critical of Microsoft's insistence that everyone do things their way, I have to give them a little credit, as I continue to wrestle with Math in OOo/LO while copy/paste MathML has worked with MSO for some years now. As I understand it, and if I am missing anything please

Re: [libreoffice-users] pasting MathML into a doc

2011-03-31 Thread Marc Grober
mfrac mi mathvariant=normal#x2202;!-- ∂ --/mi mrow mi mathvariant=normal#x2202;!-- ∂ --/mi mit/mi /mrow /mfrac mi mathvariant=normal#x03A8;!-- Ψ --/mi /math On 3/31/11 10:32 AM, Sigrid Carrera wrote: Hi Marc, On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:10:42 -0800 Marc Grober m

[libreoffice-users] OT: WordStar reveries

2011-04-16 Thread Marc Grober
LOL - you tell 'em Wayne! I learned on a 360/70 and am wondering whether you didn't learn on the same machine ;-) On 4/16/11 5:46 PM, Wayne Borean wrote: Glenn, I learned programming on an IBM mainframe using Punch Cards, my start in the industry predates Microsoft's founding. I can remember

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting]

2011-05-31 Thread Marc Grober
Uh-oh! Civil Disobedience. Top posting for freedom ;-) On 5/31/11 1:49 PM, Vic Dura wrote: On Tue, 31 May 2011 12:09:25 -0400, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken: On 2011-05-31 11:20

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT Top/Bottom posting

2011-05-31 Thread Marc Grober
+1 On 5/31/11 3:30 PM, toki wrote: Actually, I do make that claim. Intermixed quotes are the proper way to do things, because that is the only format in which the context the reply being made can be readily ascertained. jonathon -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top/Bottom Posting Nonsense

2011-06-02 Thread Marc Grober
Amen, from another old soul On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:18 PM, Rob Smith r.a.smith3...@gmail.com wrote: I have never seen so many so-called adults whining like bullied kids over a subject that, in the greater scheme of the next Millenia doesn't mean squat! I used to use a KayPro 16 to compute

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top/Bottom Posting Nonsense

2011-06-02 Thread Marc Grober
My experience is that human behavior is is most successfully altered by ignoring begavior you do not want to see (which is often enough to extinguish it) and rewarding behavior you do want to see (which increases the frequency of same.) I admit I am not always mature enough to follow my own

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Old Hat Top or Bottom Posting!

2011-06-02 Thread Marc Grober
On 6/2/11 8:39 AM, Ken Springer wrote: When it comes to top posting, the guidelines aren't fond of that. :-) Ahh... apparently there is some confusion. This is what I rae: Just write a mail, You would like to read from very top to very bottom line by line. The basic premise

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mac people

2011-06-23 Thread Marc Grober
You can create two different users to use each of the different apps - only way to accomplish this in my opinion unless you go through all options and create two different locations for app user profiles, as that is what is causing the crashes I believe (I.e, they are reading same user

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mac people

2011-06-23 Thread Marc Grober
. Might you -- or anyone -- have any thoughts/experience with NeoOffice and LO? ek On Jun 23, 2011, at 6:27 AM, Marc Grober wrote: You can create two different users to use each of the different apps - only way to accomplish this in my opinion unless you go through all options and create

[libreoffice-users] libreoffice is identifying the wrong download for OSX

2014-06-08 Thread Marc Grober
I don't know if this is happening for other platforms, but I have noticed that at least with 4.2.4 the website will prompt you to download the the 64 bit, but when prompted to update the link from LO to the download page results in you getting prompted to download the 32 bit version, even though

[libreoffice-users] Selected fonts are no longer displaying in LO 4.2.4.2 on OSX 10.9.4

2014-09-11 Thread Marc Grober
I just discovered that while many of my fonts still appear in the font menu, fonts such as Estrangello Edessa are no longer being displayed on the screen in the document (English characters appear instead in a variety of fonts.) Can anyone point me in the direction of what may be happening. I

[libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

2014-10-14 Thread Marc Grober
Is there is technical solution to running parallel text in side by side pages (the best example would be a text with a translation where you have the original on one page and the translation on the facing page. This is done easily enough in columns, but there must be some way to pass two threads

Re: [libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

2014-10-14 Thread Marc Grober
a quick top note ... yes, being able to use a Master Doc such that two files can be displayed at the same time on facing pages might well solve my problem, but frankly I can't figure out how to manage that I don't think columns works for this, as text in the first column flows to the next

Re: [libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

2014-10-15 Thread Marc Grober
determine the layout. Dan On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/14/2014 12:15 PM, Marc Grober wrote: Is there is technical solution to running parallel text in side by side pages (the best example would be a text with a translation where you have the original

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