Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

Hi. Are you using Ctl-c to copy. Do you have a clipboard other than the standard windows one (equivalent to Klipper in KDE or Clypan on Mac). Steve On 10/05/18 23:04, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening I am using Ver. 5.2.6.2 (and some other minor variations) on a Windows 10 machine

Re: [libreoffice-users] Text input fields

and function is good and it just awaits a developer to add the interface for the user at some point. The place holder field seems a simple option to indicate a place to type some information. Thanks, steve On 25/04/18 00:16, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb am 22.04.2018 um 22

Re: [libreoffice-users] Text input fields

None of the form controls I see there are like in the document, they also don't seem to act like the form controls. (unless I have not noticed some form control) Steve On 23/04/18 17:34, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Steve, I am wanting to insert more of these but can't seem to locate the item

[libreoffice-users] Text input fields

Hi. I have been given a document to edit. (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nIlAPA4b7NyWw55glHZ6mn97dnZPtydr) This has grey regions (fields) to indicate where the user should enter data (not the check boxes) that don't show when printed. I am wanting to insert more of these but can't seem to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Export as PDF

Great it's resolved for you, I have been caught out by this. On 29/03/18 09:44, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi Steve, On 2018/03/27 22:20, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. Have you checked Format>Print ranges and checked View>Page break to see that the graphs fit on the page. Does Fil

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Export as PDF

Hi. Have you checked Format>Print ranges and checked View>Page break to see that the graphs fit on the page. Does File>Prit preview show all graphs. Steve On 28/03/18 09:01, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi, I have a large spreadsheet of 23 sheets of which all but two contain full page

Re: [libreoffice-users] Enhancement for outline numbering

t works. Virgil On 03/21/2018 07:53 PM, jorge Rodríguez wrote: Hi Steve:         Would you please tell to this e-mail list what version of LibreOffice do you use ? Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El 21/03/2018 a las 14:46, Steve Edmonds escribió: Hi. I never really got my head around outline num

Re: [libreoffice-users] Enhancement for outline numbering

t works. Virgil On 03/21/2018 07:53 PM, jorge Rodríguez wrote: Hi Steve:         Would you please tell to this e-mail list what version of LibreOffice do you use ? Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El 21/03/2018 a las 14:46, Steve Edmonds escribió: Hi. I never really got my head around outline num

Re: [libreoffice-users] Enhancement for outline numbering

Hi Jorge. Version: 5.4.5.1 Build ID: 40m0(Build:1) Regards, Steve Edmonds On 22/03/18 12:53, jorge Rodríguez wrote: Hi Steve:         Would you please tell to this e-mail list what version of LibreOffice do you use ? Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El 21/03/2018 a las 14:46, Steve Edmonds

[libreoffice-users] Enhancement for outline numbering

Hi. I never really got my head around outline numbering in Writer and always seemed to muck it up. I've finally done myself a howto reminder and wondered if any flaw can be seen in some enhancements I was going to put on bugzilla. Outline numbering works with styled paragraphs. The position

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can imported images keep the aspect ratio?

Hi. Thanks, nice if it had an option to replace from clipboard. Steve On 13/03/18 17:33, gordon cooper wrote: We got around this by using the 'Replace' function instead of Paste. Gordon On 13/03/18 12:23, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. _ __I am not sure if this is related to the situation

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can imported images keep the aspect ratio?

Hi. I am not sure if this is related to the situation in writer where replacing an image by pasting a new image into the selected old image causes the new image to be distorted to the dimensions of the old image. If so it is not difficult to resize and add white space to all images in a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which printer for best libreoffice integration ?

I have an HP photosmart premium ink jet networked that prints and scans well, uses the HPLIP software. Don't know about the postscript support. In the office we have a networked Brother HL3170CDW that is colour laser printer only. Prints well including postscript files. Brother also seem to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

It is an interesting discussion. A while back auto-save was losing my images from the document, now that seems well and fixed. I have a UPS with 15 mins. or more reserve to give me plenty of time to save when the beeping starts, and LO seems so stable now, my multiple documents can sit open

Re: [libreoffice-users] Automatically generating and updating many similar documents

Thanks so much for that. This allows me to make abridged (some parts left out) manuals by just picking the sections I want from a complete manual and all numbering and table of contents adjusts correctly. Hmm. Cross references don't necessarily survive. Steve On 11/02/18 06:15,

[libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

Is it possible to make this setting on a per-document basis. It is a real interruption editing one document with 8-10 others open for reference only, that all auto-save and stop you editing the working document. It would also be useful then to turn auto-save off for reference documents so

Re: [libreoffice-users] Is this a bug.

On 13/02/18 01:21, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb am 12.02.2018 um 05:15: Hi. I am trying to use tabs to line some parameter pairs up. This may or may not be a bug depending upon the way you think a decimal tab should work. If you put the following into a writer

[libreoffice-users] Is this a bug.

Hi. I am trying to use tabs to line some parameter pairs up. This may or may not be a bug depending upon the way you think a decimal tab should work. If you put the following into a writer document 4800=4800 19K2=19200 Now highlight and Format>paragraph>tabs. Set a tab stop at 5cm, decimal,

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to create a grid in a text document

Hi. In Writer and database form (LO 5.3.5) the menu is Table>insert table or the little table icon in the toolbar. Steve On 04/02/18 12:05, John R. Sowden wrote: I am attempting to create a form that has a grid to be printed, where data will he hand written into the grid, not entered by a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

Also to add to Virgil's explanation is what happens when copy/pasting text with the same style name or a new style name. If you copy text from a document with style named "Default Style" into your working document, the text will inherit the attributes of the settings for Default Style in your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Style updates in Writer

Hi. If you select all text (the whole document) and menu Format>Clear direct formatting (Ctl M), lots may change visually, does the document then behave as you might expect styles to behave. I do this as a matter of course to get MS docs into odts that I can style properly. steve On 01/02/18

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: Typing Sanskrit in Libre writer..

Hi. Can you open Kate or Kwrite in KDE and type Sanskrit. Steve On 25/01/18 15:55, Tim-L wrote: This was sent to me, when it should have gone to this list. Forwarded Message Subject: Typing Sanskrit in Libre writer.. Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:07:22 -0600 From:

Re: [libreoffice-users] AltGr behaviour

On 25/01/18 08:16, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Hi! I find the AltGr behaviour a bit strange in LibreOffice and I wonder why and if anything can be done about it. My environment is maybe a bit odd, but it works in most applications, LibreOffice one of the few where it doesn't work. The thing is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using the IBM line drawing set in Libreoffice

den wrote: Arial has a couple of problems, one-I understand it is a microsoft font, 2-it is a proportional font, 3- it is a sans serif font. How am I supposed to trnasfer the characters to my document? John On 01/20/2018 11:58 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Do you mean the characters a bit like be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using the IBM line drawing set in Libreoffice

Do you mean the characters a bit like below (if they show on the list) ╚ ═ ═╣ Insert, special character, arial, about 3/4 the way down. steve On 21/01/18 08:05, James Knott wrote: On 01/20/2018 12:56 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: I have a lot of forms created in WordStar using the line drawing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Copying first paragraf after page brake also copies page brake with page style

My LO has ctl+k for unformatted text. This is a real bonus as I work mouse left handed and I can do ctl+ins then ctl+k easily with the right hand. steve On 12/12/17 11:05, Philip Jackson wrote: On 11/12/17 22:49, Krunose wrote: What's even more weird is that pasting as unformatted with CTRL

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create scan button?

Could it be anything to do with the image or size of the image. 16x16 px seems small. On 20/11/17 08:38, James Knott wrote: On 11/19/2017 02:14 PM, Robert Großkopf wrote: Curious thing. I found a scanner icon and it shows up in the customize panel, on the request item, but not on the tool

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc 5.x Mac - syntax to link cells in two spreadsheets?

ppily add it. I will see if I can find LO 5.1 Mac and give that a try.  Will report back. B. On 29.10.2017 21:57, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. My Mac has LO 5.1..., My Linux 5.3... When I add the connection on my Mac as in my earlier test I get a formula like ='file:///mnt/public/Documents/Global/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc 5.x Mac - syntax to link cells in two spreadsheets?

ods sometime over the past months? I'm confused. B. On 29.10.2017 16:12, Steve Edmonds wrote: Just tried on my mac. Open the sheet I want to perform the calculation in. Open the source sheet from which I want to fetch the data Enter the formula in a cell in the first sheet, i.e =2* then click

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc 5.x Mac - syntax to link cells in two spreadsheets?

But it does in Linux, may be a Mac bug. On 30/10/17 09:20, Steve Edmonds wrote: But the second sheet doesn't recalculate if the source is changed, even with recalculate. On 30/10/17 07:42, bunk3m wrote: Hello all, I've been struggling with this one for a week now.  Google hasn't been my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc 5.x Mac - syntax to link cells in two spreadsheets?

But the second sheet doesn't recalculate if the source is changed, even with recalculate. On 30/10/17 07:42, bunk3m wrote: Hello all, I've been struggling with this one for a week now.  Google hasn't been my friend so far so thought I'd ask the user group. LO 5.4.2.2 Mac 64 Bit. I have a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc 5.x Mac - syntax to link cells in two spreadsheets?

Just tried on my mac. Open the sheet I want to perform the calculation in. Open the source sheet from which I want to fetch the data Enter the formula in a cell in the first sheet, i.e =2* then click in the source cell in the second sheet, then click enter and it seems to work. steve On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Howto fix missing icons from PPA installation

Hi. I had to do the same in the version from the openSuse repository to resolve some issue of something not showing. Strangely only on one machine though, the other ones with Leap are fine. Steve On 26/10/17 14:57, Daniel A. Rodriguez wrote: In a completely Linux Mint 18.2 fresh install I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recalculating table in Writer

On 23/10/17 09:07, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: In Writer I have a table with 2 rows and 2 columns. In row 2 column 2 I have a formula adding the value in row 1 column 2 to the value in row 2 column 1 together showing the result in row 2 column 2. When changing one of the input values row 2 col

Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content

Hi Charles, it is on the drive, WD Black is called that with a black label. Also advertised that way, i.e. https://www.amazon.com/Black-Performance-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B00FJRS6FU

Re: [libreoffice-users] 5.4.2 won't install on Windows 10

Have you googled "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation" Seems your message is not uncommon with a few suggestions to overcome. steve On 19/10/17 06:28, James Knott wrote: I've been trying to install LibreOffice 5.4.2 on a Windows 10 system, but get an error

Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content

On 18/10/17 02:48, Toki wrote: On 10/16/2017 06:53 PM, charles meyer wrote: Have you found any such article? https://www.backblaze.com/hard-drive.html Wandering through the linked articles in that post, and their old blog posts, you can find one company's experience with hard drives. In

Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content

rently do not have a NAS storage device - due to the fact I could not figure out how to get my Linux systems to work with the current router/NAS device I have, or any NAS storage outside of a desktop setup.  That is why I hope to get one of my desktops to be a true Ubuntu file server. On 10/16

Re: [libreoffice-users] adding / using custom colours to LibreOffice

Just a thought, haven't had a chance to doodle. Using an XSLT XML filter (under Tools) it should be possible to create/edit colour palettes in Calc. Will have a go at modifying one of my custom filters when I have a chance. Steve On 17/10/17 12:29, Tim-L wrote: 2) Creating a color palette

Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content

Hi Charles. I have just had a new WD Black (supposed to be high(er) reliability) die within a few weeks. Replaced under warranty. The probability of that is low, but it does happen. If the backup is only a copy of what is on your PC/laptop then you are not needing such high reliability as you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem installing 5.4.2 on Win 10

On 16/10/17 13:31, MR ZenWiz wrote: I should know by now (and not forget) to google first. I did not know that Win Installer can only handle one at a time. Didn't think of it, really - Linux is the same in that respect. Except that Linux allows for multiple package selection in one "install

Re: [libreoffice-users] adding / using custom colours to LibreOffice

Hi. There is a bit of a similar discussion regarding table background colours and helpful information from Regina here; http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Table-background-colours-in-5-3-td4221285.html steve On 10/10/17 05:47, Gary Dale wrote: I'm using 5.4.1.2.0+ on a Debian/Buster AMD64

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Install of 5.4.1 causes disappearance of text in LO Writer files

Hi. I had to help a work colleague this week where most of the text disappeared from his previously working document. Turns out the document was in courier font and win 10 doesn't have courier and LO didn't substitute a font. I did ctl-A and changed the font to one available and all became

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recalculate doesn't work

I did find that there were trailing spaces on the contents of some cells. How did you import the information. All at once or certain columns at a time. steve On 28/09/17 04:02, cfranz wrote: Hallo. I have a problem with recalculate in a file. I have imported some data from Börse Frankfurt and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Font issues with LO-5.4.x

Hi. Is the font available and working in other software (Gimp, Inkscape...) Steve On 27/09/17 08:54, Rich Shepard wrote: This issue appeared when I upgraded to LO-5.4.0 and remains with today's upgrade to -5.4.1 (on Slackware-14.2). LO Writer is not recognizing and using fonts in

Re: [libreoffice-users] printing envelopes

On 24/09/17 06:21, Dave Howorth wrote: On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 05:17:01 -0700 "John R. Sowden" wrote: A few months ago, I asked about printing envelopes.  All I got was explaining how LO does it.  Finally someone said LO only prints one envelope for one document, not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cursor position lost every time file is closed in 5.4.1

On 21/09/17 20:23, Pedro wrote: MR ZenWiz wrote This used to be an occsaional problem with 5.3, usually just the first few times I opened a file. Now it seems that every time I open a document, new or one I've been editing for a long time, it never remembers the cursor position and always

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

Hi Brian. On 20/09/17 23:42, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:29 19/09/2017 +, Gary Collins wrote: I have an arrangement of frames on a page which i would like to exactly replicate on all successive pages of the document. How do i go about this? You can do this - by anchoring the frames in a

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

Hi Brian. On 20/09/17 23:42, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:29 19/09/2017 +, Gary Collins wrote: I have an arrangement of frames on a page which i would like to exactly replicate on all successive pages of the document. How do i go about this? You can do this - by anchoring the frames in a

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc Question

Please ask the question, and hopefully someone on the mailing list can help you. steve On 19/09/17 19:42, Огнян Медаров wrote: Hello, As I didn't found an answer in Help Menu and FAQ, I have a question about Calc abilities. Am I on the right place? Best regards, Ognian -- To

Re: [libreoffice-users] Creating a table with equal sized rows

I think in LO you always have to have a line after the table on a page. I sometimes make the character height 6 pt to minimise the visual effect. steve On 18/09/17 06:42, Ken Springer wrote: Libre Office 5.3.6.1 Mac OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan I've been trying to find a way to easily create a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing Default Page Size

Hi. On 07/09/17 06:18, Ricardo Berlasso wrote: 2017-09-06 19:59 GMT+02:00 Girvin Herr : On 09/06/2017 10:17 AM, Budge wrote: Please could somebody tell me where to change the default page size. I am in UK and want A4 as the default but I keep getting "letter". I do

Re: [libreoffice-users] MacOS 64 bit 5.4.1 torrent issue

Hi. Next to the torrent link under download is Info with checksums. You can check the torrent (and direct download) against these for validity. Steve On 01/09/17 06:23, bunk3m wrote: Hi all, I downloaded the new release this morning via torrent.  When I started the LO, LittleSnitch

Re: [libreoffice-users] Table background colours in 5.3

On 25/08/17 08:06, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: On 24/08/17 21:00, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, Steve Edmonds schrieb: Hi. Just adding this in case another user has come across this situation. In LO 5.3.3 Writer I found I could not change the palette or edit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Table background colours in 5.3

On 24/08/17 21:00, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, Steve Edmonds schrieb: Hi. Just adding this in case another user has come across this situation. In LO 5.3.3 Writer I found I could not change the palette or edit any colours in Table>Properties>Background. Yes, in that dialog you ca

[libreoffice-users] Table background colours in 5.3

Hi. Just adding this in case another user has come across this situation. In LO 5.3.3 Writer I found I could not change the palette or edit any colours in Table>Properties>Background. The only choices were from a set palette (later found to be named named standard.soc) Some searching and it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer-Web editing - "a:hover" style removed on saving

I do not use Windows anymore.  I downloaded the newest Kompozer version for Windows. Is there an updated version for windows, will it run under wine. On 08/22/2017 06:31 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: I was using Kompozer. I might try Quanta or Seamonkey which are in my repositories. I produce con

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer-Web editing - "a:hover" style removed on saving

I was using Kompozer. I might try Quanta or Seamonkey which are in my repositories. I produce content snippets rather than complete pages and LO output took a lot of cleaning up when I tried that. Steve On 23/08/17 09:39, Philip Jackson wrote: On 22/08/17 22:30, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: If

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice 5.3.5.2 display issue

On 22/08/17 04:48, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi, On 20/08/2017 23:23, FHDATA wrote: hello, I use the Still version and it's been a couple of days I switched to new Still release 5.3.5.x and I see the row numbers getting smooshed together when I scroll up-and-down (slow or fast does

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Font rendering

Possibly my increased line length is related to this bug https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103322 and introduction of HarfBuzz in 5.3. Sometimes finding a bug comes down to chancing upon suitable terminology in the search. steve On 15/08/17 11:04, V Stuart Foote wrote: They

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Font rendering

Thanks Stuart. I copy the same font package for the fonts I use across machines to ensure consistency, I first noticed a variation between mac and Linux but that was solved when I copied my Linux version of the font to the mac and I now ensure the same package is used on all machines. This may

[libreoffice-users] Font rendering

Hi. Was there a change in font rendering between 5.2.7 and 5.3.3. The lines of text in 5.3 are now slightly longer in a document created in 5.2.7 and I get text re-flowing upsetting my layout. Is this something that should be stable in future releases and I just have to fix up once or likely

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unwanted Alternative Image Names

lines appeared in the html. HTML also has an advantage in that some software language translation programmes, e.g. Googletranslate, will preserve the formatting, even if some of the phrasing and syntax needs correcting. Gordon. On 25/07/17 11:29, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. Is the HTML format

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unwanted Alternative Image Names

Hi. Is the HTML format satisfactory in all other aspects for your needs. I had to correct the HTML in tables exported by writer so am now wary about using it for HTML export. steve On 25/07/17 08:20, gordon cooper wrote: On 25/07/17 03:07, leleu wrote: Did you try to deliver these manuals

Re: [libreoffice-users] Format>Page window slow opening

r these memory "bugs" issues to be fixed. On 07/18/2017 04:27 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I am loosing my RAM to LO until it slows right down, I looked about and there are a number of bugs lodged and I have some recollection (vague) about LO 5.6 having resolved much of it. So yo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Format>Page window slow opening

Hi. I am loosing my RAM to LO until it slows right down, I looked about and there are a number of bugs lodged and I have some recollection (vague) about LO 5.6 having resolved much of it. So you could try going back to 5.2 if that improves speed and hopefully some improvements will be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: + session of Calc: everything scares frightfully.

On 11/07/17 09:16, Paolo Del Romano wrote: 2017-07-10 23:03 GMT+02:00 Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com>: Hi. What version of Libreoffice do you have, also how much RAM in your PC. Steve LibreOffice Versione: 5.1.6.2 Build ID: 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2 Thread CPU: 4; Versi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: + session of Calc: everything scares frightfully.

Hi. What version of Libreoffice do you have, also how much RAM in your PC. Steve On 11/07/17 07:39, Bruce Hohl wrote: By "rebuild" I mean that the worksheet is manually recreated starting with a blank worksheet. As much as practical enter again formulas. Data can be copied from the original

Re: [libreoffice-users] [calc] Get a list of conditional formattings

On 5.2. Format>Conditional Formatting. Remembering to create the styles that will be applied by the condition first. Steve On 09/07/17 09:30, Gabriele Ponzo wrote: I'm on the smartphone at the moment, but I'm quite sure the UI does list the conditional formatting existing on a sheet or in a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Endnote Multiple References

Hi. I am not sure this is what you tried, but I have done this by creating a numbered block of text at the end (not LO end notes-but what will be my end-notes) and using cross-references to those notes in that block. It's not automated but works functionally. steve On 26/06/17 19:09, Dave

Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] PDF creation properties.

For the list, got the old email so bounced. Forwarded Message Subject:Re: [libreoffice-users] PDF creation properties. Thanks Brian, you're correct. On 14/06/17 16:50, Brian Barker wrote: I think you are misunderstanding what you are being told. The suggestion is

Re: [libreoffice-users] PDF creation properties.

uin 2017 à 09:41 +1200, Steve Edmonds a écrit : Hi. When you create a PDF in writer the PDF properties has the path to the PDF. Is there a way to suppress this. I am not so keen on publicising information on file system or server location. steve -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsub

[libreoffice-users] PDF creation properties.

Hi. When you create a PDF in writer the PDF properties has the path to the PDF. Is there a way to suppress this. I am not so keen on publicising information on file system or server location. steve -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Mail merger database file location

Hi. Got to say the mail merge is working nicely now. When you use a spreadsheet for the source of data, is there a way to specify a location for the .odb file produced. It would be nice if it was in the same directory as the form letter (other than default document directory) to keep form and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fontworks, how to change font

On 10/06/17 03:14, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: On 06/08/2017 11:57 PM, Dave wrote: Original Message From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 08:47:03 +1200 On 09/06/17 00:01, Dave wrote: On 08.06.2017

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fontworks, how to change font

Thanks Dave and Jomali. On 09/06/17 11:33, jomali wrote: I just tried Dave's method, and it worked flawlessly (LO 5.2.6.2 on Mac OSX). On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com <mailto:steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com>> wrote: On 09/06/17 00:01

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fontworks, how to change font

On 09/06/17 00:01, Dave wrote: On 08.06.2017 12:41, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. Trying to imitate a layout from MS word (words around a circle) in writer. I can enter the words, get the shape, colour, etc. but in writer can't change the font. If I do the same in draw the properties side bar has

[libreoffice-users] Fontworks, how to change font

Hi. Trying to imitate a layout from MS word (words around a circle) in writer. I can enter the words, get the shape, colour, etc. but in writer can't change the font. If I do the same in draw the properties side bar has Character where I can change the font. In writer the sidebar does not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office - 5.3.3

Hi Charles. It depends upon what you are doing, as from 3.1 there have been some changes. If you use EPS illustrations, you may need to stay with an older version. If you produce larger documents with more numerous images distributed in PDF (books, manuals) it may pay to stay with the last of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office - 5.3.3

I have had to drop our company back to 5.2, windows and mac included, due to some issue that I can't remember off the top of my head. Steve On 31/05/17 09:00, charles meyer wrote: There seems to be quite a few posts re: tech glitches with the latest LO. Is that just with the Linux version or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book

On 26/05/17 14:31, toki wrote: On 05/25/2017 10:11 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: I've seen documents with 20,000 + styles, across paragraph, character, That are surely no custom styles, but likely the automatic styles Custom styles. Instead of modifying the default style, a new style was

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress can't handle eps images

Hi. A thread on it here. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Writer-and-EPS-images-td4142814.html#a4142849 Steve On 23/05/17 04:45, tedc wrote: Using LibreOffice 5.0.6.2 under CentOS 7.x. Impress can't handle eps images--output pdf contains only completely unreadable low res bitmaps. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Canon USA Printer Support are using LibreOffice?

On 13/05/17 10:48, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: On 05/12/2017 02:44 PM, James Knott wrote: On 05/12/2017 02:31 PM, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: I would love to get it verified, but it would be a good marketing coo for LO if a big company like Canon uses LibreOffice. I used to work for a company that

Re: [libreoffice-users] COUNTIF / DAYS / ?

Hi. Is the rainfall data regular (every day) or sporadic. If sporadic, is the amount of rainfall cumulative since the previous date. I also take it that you want 2 outputs. The total amount of rainfall over the desired period and the number of data points on which rainfall was recorded over

Re: [libreoffice-users] style per sheet for different types of numbers

Hi. Is the layout of each sheet the same. You can format the first sheet, and then using paste special you can copy only the format(s) from a range of cells in the first sheet to your subsequent sheets. Steve On 01/05/17 14:46, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good morning I am using LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Copy-Paste(special) times in Calc. - solved

Copy to the group. Wow, never knew that was there. All those options that don't seem to be in any menu. Thanks, that solved it On 30/03/17 10:16, m.a.riosv wrote: There is a way. After select and copy, click on the right arrow of the paste icon and select paste as Unformatted text or

[libreoffice-users] Copy-Paste(special) times in Calc.

Hi. Playing with the calculate decimal seconds I came across an interesting thing, is it a bug, I am not sure. Tested in LO 5.2, Linux and Win7. If you create a list of times say 02:58.03, etc. down from A1 In the column next (B) enter =A1 and copy down. Format as [SS].00 so it shows column

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculate decimal seconds

Hi. 2 interesting options, which one you choose depends upon what you want to do with the number you get. You need to bear in mind that option 2 is just showing you DAYS in a different format. If the time is how long to run 100 (m/ft) and you want to calculate a speed for instance you would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has anyone seen this happen after a LO 5.2.5 install?

I had similar after upgrade to Leap, but not with LO. I upgraded 2 near identical (but obviously not) machines. One exhibited your symptoms, the other didn't. I changed the desktop theme on the problem machine and it seemed to fix the issue. Steve On 2017-03-24 07:17, Virgil Arrington wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] no access to styles in calc

Header and footer are in Format>Page. What version of Libreoffice. My F11 works ok in 5.2 and has done all the way up to 5.2. Can't remember 5.3 as I went back because of a PDF generation bug. Steve On 2017-03-17 08:10, marianne-x wrote: List Ahoy: This is mostly a low-priority enquiry,

Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc

Did the OP get this working. I have it working with =COUNTIF(SEARCH("\b"&$G$37&"\b",E37:E39),">1") $G$37 contains the search term with word boundaries. E37:E39 is the range I am searching. Enter into the cell where you want the answer =COUNTIF(SEARCH("\b"&$G$37&"\b",E37:E39),">1") and press

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shortage of Fonts in LibreOffice 5.3.0.3

Great discussion, I (followers of this list) have known for a long time type 1 would be dropped but this discussion kicked me into action. I came across this information that covers converting my type 1 fonts that may be useful. http://fontforge.github.io/en-US/documentation/scripting/ Steve

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Shortage of Fonts in LibreOffice 5.3.0.3

Blow. I have dozens of type 1 fonts. Guessing I will try to convert with fontforge or something. Steve On 27/02/17 11:24 PM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 23/02/2017 à 19:42, A. den Oudsten a écrit : Hi Andre, I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. In the new version of LibreOffice is a shortage of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shortage of Fonts in LibreOffice 5.3.0.3

Hi. Are the fonts you can't choose by chance postscript fonts. steve On 27/02/17 03:28, A. den Oudsten wrote: I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. In the new version of LibreOffice is a shortage of fonts. I can choose 104 fonts from the 171 available of my system fonts. So I missed - of course - my

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to delete ~/.config/libreoffice/

Hi. I don't know if this is your problem. During an update of LO to the Suse repository I noticed the configuration is now in /home/me/.config/libreoffice/4-suse/ It used to be in /home/me/.config/libreoffice/4/ What I had to do was remove the new 4-suse and type in a terminal. >cd

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

Hi Piet, On 2017-02-21 12:31, Piet van Oostrum wrote: Ian Whitfield wrote: > Thanks All > > But still no joy!! Why does this have to be so difficult!!?? None of the > ideas about using the Side-Bar do anything that makes any sense. > > So I thought I would try Paul's idea and try

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing function

Hi. In 5.0.6 it is at the bottom of the insert menu. In 5.2 it is 3rd up from the bottom. It is Insert>Document. steve On 2017-02-14 06:13, Daniel Devor wrote: The LO instructions refer to "insert-file" but I cannot find any such in my copy of LO. Please advise how to run this function since

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: PDF file size bigger in 5.2.4

Copy to list. I have now performed more investigation into this unresolved bug, the information may be useful to those producing PDFs of documents for distribution where size is of some importance, it has forced us back to the 5.0 series for our company. The effect is more noticeable the more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Issue with recent request for Russian font?

Hi. Did you use the Libreoffice package from the Libreoffice website. I use builds for OpenSUSE and have had this with wanting to install Indonesian or something. I just ignored it and since my latest update it doesn't happen any more so assume it was something to do with the person who built

[libreoffice-users] PDF file size bigger in 5.2.4

Hi. I just got an update through to LO 5.2.4. I think this has caused my PDF output file to grow from 6 MB to 10.5MB with an odt of ~22MB. 5.1.6 produces the 6MB file, I am pretty sure 5.2.3.3 produced a 6MB file. All settings the same as far as I can tell. Can't see a bug listed, wondered if

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