Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with formula - number conversion

2019-07-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On Thu Jul 11 2019 15:12:05 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Harvey Nimmo wrote: > Sorry, Tanstaafl! > > There is a slight error in the above. The formula should read > =HOUR(A1)*60+MINUTE(A1)+ROUND(SECOND(A1)/60,0) > > 'SEC' is the secant function. Also '

[libreoffice-users] Help with formula - number conversion

2019-07-11 Thread Tanstaafl
Hi everyone, I need some help with converting a number (in a text field) to a different type. The type of number is time, and it is in the form of: hh:mm:ss I need to convert this to just minutes, rounded up, so if ss is more than 30 it adds another minute. I'm at a loss as to how to even star

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help files bad link

2019-03-06 Thread Tanstaafl
That didn't answer the question... Do you have the 32bit or 64bit version of the application and/or Help installed? Look in the Programs and Features control panel to see what versions are installed. On Tue Mar 05 2019 10:50:22 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > Sort of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help files bad link

2019-03-05 Thread Tanstaafl
Is it possible you have mix of 64 bit application and 32 bit Help (or vice versa)? On Tue Mar 05 2019 10:03:45 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > Have now tried... > > > > [Toolbars]        Search "Help" which results in > > Get Help Online > Helplines While Movi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Subject: Digest of users@global.libreoffice.org issue 3143 (54791-54795)

2019-02-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On Tue Feb 12 2019 13:46:32 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl wrote: > On Tue Feb 12 2019 00:57:54 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Dirk > wrote: >> I'm sorry, I subscribed to the digest version of this list and I don't >> know how to respond to individual

Re: [libreoffice-users] Subject: Digest of users@global.libreoffice.org issue 3143 (54791-54795)

2019-02-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On Tue Feb 12 2019 00:57:54 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Dirk wrote: > I'm sorry, I subscribed to the digest version of this list and I don't > know how to respond to individual emails. Highlight just the text you want to include in the reply (quoted text), click Reply All, remove all but t

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-07 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed May 02 2018 08:07:54 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), toki wrote: > On 05/01/2018 07:19 PM, Dave Howorth wrote: >>> IOW, fill-able PDF is an extremely bad idea. > >> What's the 'approved' solution? > In order of accessibility: > > * Plain text; > * MS Doc; > * MS Docx; > * RTF; > * ODT;

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-03 Thread Tanstaafl
Hi tom, Please don't send direct to me, I'm on the list, and when you do I get two emails. Just send to the list. thanks... On Thu May 03 2018 14:30:24 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Tom Davies wrote: > The fact that Pdfs are somewhat editable by quite a few programs now but > only properly e

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On Thu May 03 2018 12:14:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Virgil Arrington wrote: > For anyone interested in this topic (accessibility of PDF documents for > those relying on screen readers), Ok, my last word on the subject... Regardless, providing an INACCESSIBLE PDF form to the 99.99% of

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed May 02 2018 16:31:08 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl wrote: > On Wed May 02 2018 16:04:41 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Virgil > Arrington wrote: >> I will have to weigh the effort it takes to create accessible documents >> in whatever file format I use.

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed May 02 2018 16:04:41 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Virgil Arrington wrote: > I will have to weigh the effort it takes to create accessible documents > in whatever file format I use. For PF forms, it is one (or two?) checkboxes when exporting the document. > I didn't find his pronounc

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On Mon Apr 30 2018 16:21:51 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :)  > Pdf is not meant to be editable.  It's purpose was to look the same > everywhere on any machine and be easy to open on anything with a free, > small, easily installed program.  Apparently you are unfamiliar

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On Mon Apr 30 2018 17:49:32 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Ben Oliver wrote: > On 18-04-30 21:43:00, Virgil Arrington wrote: >> This is intriguing. I just looked over my options with LO 6.0.3 in >> saving as a PDF and I don't easily see any method of saving as a >> "fillable PDF form." Can you

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On Tue May 01 2018 14:06:17 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), toki wrote: > On 04/30/2018 09:53 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: >> That was my thinking as well, which is why I'm intrigued by the >> possibility of doing it directly within LO. > Is it worth US$5,000 plus court costs plus attorney fees,

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On Mon Apr 30 2018 17:43:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Virgil Arrington wrote: > This is intriguing. I just looked over my options with LO 6.0.3 in > saving as a PDF and I don't easily see any method of saving as a > "fillable PDF form." Can you give a quick explanation of how to do that?

Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

2018-04-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 4/30/2018, 8:32:31 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > Today, I will be drafting the final exam for my students. I will use LO > Writer for the task. I will then email it to my students and they will > type their answers right onto the computer file and email it back to me. > I need to get the fil

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On Fri Mar 23 2018 04:23:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :)  > I'm pretty sure "mainstream support" ended a few years ago.  Quite what > that means seems very unclear.   It isn't that hard. Full support means you can actually open support cases with MS and get feature

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed Mar 21 2018 17:51:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Miss Lizzy wrote: > I'm about to get a new laptop as my current one is not in compliance with the > new General Data Protection Regulations (it's just over 10years old with > Windows 7 so no longer supported by Microsoft regarding pat

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Software Exception error on Windows 7 with Libreoffice 6.0.2

2018-03-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On Fri Mar 02 2018 10:30:46 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), V Stuart Foote wrote: > Tanstaafl wrote >> ... >> The only option currently is to not run the Quickstarter. I'm wondering >> now just how much faster it allows Libreoffice to start and if it worth >> i

[libreoffice-users] Software Exception error on Windows 7 with Libreoffice 6.0.2

2018-03-02 Thread Tanstaafl
Anyone else seen this problem? This is my first workstation I'm installing 6.0.2 on, This is in a Windows Domain (Server 2016). The following error occurs only when the user (same thing happens for both Standard and Admin accounts) logs off, and only if the Quickstarter is running. If the user qu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Letter page format size prints portrait pages as landscape on OS X

2017-07-31 Thread Tanstaafl
On Mon Jul 31 2017 08:54:37 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: > I bought the wide format printer to print 11 by 17 inch newsletters. I > use to take letter size pages to a printing service for them to make > them for me. Usually it took 3 or 4 Tabloid Sheets [12 or 16 le

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: No version install on a Windows 7 domain joined machine

2017-07-19 Thread Tanstaafl
On 7/19/2017, 11:57:57 AM, Pedro wrote: > Tanstaafl wrote >> When you join a machine to a domain, the 'Domain Admins' group is >> automatically added to the Local Administrators group on the computer >> that was joined. It has been this way forever (as long as I can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: No version install on a Windows 7 domain joined machine

2017-07-18 Thread Tanstaafl
On 7/18/2017, 12:43:29 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Brilliant! > > I thought the whole thing about domains was a red herring but Malcolm needs > to be a local admin on that specific machine. It sounds sensible to avoid > letting a "domain admin" also be an admin on any local machine for secur

Re: [libreoffice-users] Open Doc to HTML conversion (Resolved)

2017-06-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On Fri Jun 23 2017 22:41:19 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), gordon cooper wrote: > Further progress. Found that LO does not like images and links > on the same line. Moved the link to below the image and all is > OK. Problem fixed but prefer to have them both on same line. > > Gordon. Did yo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office saving spreadsheets as images when saving as Word docx!?

2017-04-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On Sun Apr 16 2017 15:14:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), QC wrote: > As long as I maintain the object in an ODF format, as a document or a > template, it works as it should. It's only once LO saves it into an Office > 2013 format, that it converts to an image. The Office 97 format preserves >

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office saving spreadsheets as images when saving as Word docx!?

2017-04-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On Sat Apr 15 2017 12:04:47 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > Since this is still the only mailing list that I'm on that requires me to > hit ”Reply to all” to reply to the group, I failed doing so again, and all > the crap ended up at the OP only… so this is my second tr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Open XLS directly into LibreOffice 4.1 vs double clicking on it in Windows

2017-03-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/23/2017, 6:59:59 PM, John Meyer wrote: > I have LibreOffice set up at work to default open XLS files. When I do a > double click, it gives me the normal import options but otherwise goes > fine. Import options? If Libreoffice is set to open XLS files, it should just open the file directly

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

2017-02-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On Mon Feb 20 2017 18:16:45 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), 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 and ed

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

2017-02-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On Mon Feb 20 2017 14:32:17 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Philip Jackson wrote: > If I prepare a new blank spreadsheet with my preferred font and save it > as a new template, whenever I open a new spreadsheet by File > New > > Templates > Spreadsheets tab > select my new template > click Open,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Verified fatal error

2017-02-16 Thread Tanstaafl
On Sat Feb 04 2017 21:48:49 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), John R. Sowden wrote: > Haven't tested by turning autocalc back on. Why not? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Postin

Re: [libreoffice-users] in response ...

2017-02-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed Feb 01 2017 14:20:18 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), toki wrote: > The theory, supported by research, is that active moderator > participation, results in a reduction in participation by list members, > with the highest impact being amongst the low-frequency posters. Link(s) please? Re

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help please with lookup from another sheet.

2017-02-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed Feb 01 2017 12:16:32 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Budge wrote: > Many thanks and apologies to the list. The multiple posting was because > I was using a Windoze machine and Thunderbird was telling me the message > had not been sent each time I tried. Are you sure it wasn't just tel

Re: [libreoffice-users] in response ...

2017-02-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed Feb 01 2017 00:13:29 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), toki wrote: > On 01/31/2017 05:21 PM, anne-ology wrote: >> well, when I think the list might be interested in what's going on, >> I cc to the list; > > On any of the lists I moderate, or used to moderate, doing that would > get me off

Re: [libreoffice-users] Macro/button that allows sorting and hiding/unhiding on protected sheet?

2017-01-27 Thread Tanstaafl
Anyone? On 1/16/2017, 11:12:21 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > Hello all, > > I am not a programmer, but I'm trying to add a few buttons to a > worksheet that will allow the boss to do a few things on a protected > sheet that you normally can't do without unprotecting it. >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Macro/button to update link(s) to external sheet(s)

2017-01-27 Thread Tanstaafl
Hello, I sure would appreciate if someone familiar with macros could give this a look and see if this can be made to work. Thanks On 1/17/2017, 1:16:52 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > Doesn't work for me but seems to try to do something. > > The article is 4 years old and based on O

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fill Series

2017-01-18 Thread Tanstaafl
On 1/12/2017, 4:09:49 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: > The Calc instructions for filling a series say "Choose sheet - Fill > Cells - Series." (https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Fill_Series) > > Where is "Sheet"? I don't see it on any of the menu drop-downs. What am > I missing? > > LO Version: 4.4

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - blank cell not treated as 0 in formula when referenced from external file/sheet

2017-01-18 Thread Tanstaafl
I decided this was most probably a bug, so I went ahead and opened one and attached the files to it, so you can download them from the bug here: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105414 On Tue Jan 17 2017 16:15:55 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tim Lloyd wrote: > Hi, the li

References to external files - relative vs full path - WAS Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - blank cell not treated as 0 in formula when referenced from external file/sheet

2017-01-18 Thread Tanstaafl
Thanks Miguel, but... I was thinking more of how to do this in the formula itself. Using this option - which apparently is enabled by default since mine was, and upon testing, I discovered the reference is indeed relative. But, this is confusing - when looking at the formula, it shows the full p

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - blank cell not treated as 0 in formula when referenced from external file/sheet

2017-01-17 Thread Tanstaafl
Guess it would help to attach the files... On Tue Jan 17 2017 13:01:13 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl wrote: > Ok, I created two basic spreadsheets that demonstrate the problem, but > you'll have to adjust the formula for the file location on your computer > - unle

Re: [libreoffice-users] Macro/button to update link(s) to external sheet(s)

2017-01-17 Thread Tanstaafl
Doesn't work for me but seems to try to do something. The article is 4 years old and based on Openoffice - so maybe something changed and someone here can spot the problem? Here is the code from the linked article: REM * BASIC * Sub refreshAllSheetLinks() oEnum = thisComponent.She

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - blank cell not treated as 0 in formula when referenced from external file/sheet

2017-01-17 Thread Tanstaafl
. On Tue Jan 17 2017 12:46:05 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl wrote: > Scratch this... I actually decided to go ahead and create these for > anyone who asked, but discovered these work as expected. > > So, it must have something to do with the VLOOKUP I'm using. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - blank cell not treated as 0 in formula when referenced from external file/sheet

2017-01-17 Thread Tanstaafl
nows how to use relative references to external spreadsheets (meaning, the reference assumes the referenced spreadsheet is in the same location/directory as the one calling it), I'd be most appreciative. On Tue Jan 17 2017 12:26:26 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl wrote: > On Mon J

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - blank cell not treated as 0 in formula when referenced from external file/sheet

2017-01-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On Mon Jan 16 2017 18:16:28 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), m.a.riosv wrote: > Please could you share sample files to test? I can't share the specific files, they contain sensitive financial information. But it should be easy to recreate... Create two spreadsheets, 'A' and 'B' Define column

[libreoffice-users] Macro/button to update link(s) to external sheet(s)

2017-01-16 Thread Tanstaafl
Ok, one more hurdle... I tried recording a macro to do this, but it just opens the Edit > Links window, it doesn't finish (update the links and close the window). Anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this? I really don't want to tell the boss he'll have to do that manually every time he wan

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - blank cell not treated as 0 in formula when referenced from external file/sheet

2017-01-16 Thread Tanstaafl
Anyone? This one is going to be a real problem if I can't solve it. Thanks On Fri Jan 13 2017 08:53:29 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl wrote: > Hello, > > Before I go open a bug for this, would appreciate if someone could confirm. > > Using 5.2.3 on Windows 7

[libreoffice-users] Macro/button that allows sorting and hiding/unhiding on protected sheet?

2017-01-16 Thread Tanstaafl
Hello all, I am not a programmer, but I'm trying to add a few buttons to a worksheet that will allow the boss to do a few things on a protected sheet that you normally can't do without unprotecting it. Is it possible to create a macro that can, for example, hide/unhide (so it would be a toggle bu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculating MONTHNAME

2017-01-16 Thread Tanstaafl
Worked perfectly, thanks Tony! On Fri Jan 13 2017 15:15:15 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tony Arnold wrote: > Try =text(now(),"MMM") > > Tony. > On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 15:05 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Ok, this is really driving me nuts... > > Given: &

[libreoffice-users] Calc - blank cell not treated as 0 in formula when referenced from external file/sheet

2017-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
Hello, Before I go open a bug for this, would appreciate if someone could confirm. Using 5.2.3 on Windows 7 x64... I have a spreadsheet - call it 'A' - with 9 sheets in it, and lots of formulas/references between the sheets. These all work fine and have for a very long time. I am working on a n

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculating MONTHNAME

2017-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
Joe Conner wrote: > Bug??? > > On 01/13/2017 12:05 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Ok, this is really driving me nuts... >> >> Given: >> >> =MONTH(NOW()) >> results in the number of the current month (1, for January) >> >> I want to simply transl

[libreoffice-users] Calculating MONTHNAME

2017-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
Ok, this is really driving me nuts... Given: =MONTH(NOW()) results in the number of the current month (1, for January) I want to simply translate this to the monthname, so I used: =TEXT(MONTH(NOW()),"MMM") this almost gives me what I want, but it results in "Dec', instead of "Jan" - WTF??? Cha

[libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcut or button to update links to external file(s)?

2017-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
Ok, this really shouldn't be so hard. Is there an easy way to just update the links to an external file? A keyboard shortcut, or a toolbar button, or both? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-uns

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc Options > Libreoffice Calc > General > Expand references when new columns/rows are inserted

2017-01-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed Jan 04 2017 12:26:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Brian Barker wrote: > At 11:38 04/01/2017 -0500, Charles Marcus wrote: >> This doesn't seem to be working for me, and hasn't for a long time, >> I just keep forgetting to ask and go file a bug if it is broken. I >> have a spreadsheet

[libreoffice-users] Calc Options > Libreoffice Calc > General > Expand references when new columns/rows are inserted

2017-01-04 Thread Tanstaafl
Hi all, This doesn't seem to be working for me, and hasn't for a long time, I just keep forgetting to ask and go file a bug if it is broken. I have a spreadsheet that has numerous formulas in certain cells in each row. With the option referenced in this email subject enabled, when I insert a new

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-09 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/8/2016 6:22 PM, wrote: > On 12/08/2016 11:12 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> On 12/7/2016 2:26 PM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: >>> Forth, To be honest, using a Live CD/DVD to boot up the infected Windows >>> systems, I have found that I do not have the

Re: [libreoffice-users] i of the most disturbing things about 5.0 libreoffice

2016-12-09 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/9/2016 12:13 AM, fudmer rieley wrote: > so on sheet one you do a bunch of calculations > and decide to copy that part of your work to the next sheet sheet 2 > then you look at the stuff in the cells on sheet two and they are > referenced back to the sheet 1. making working on sheet 2 > sl

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/7/2016 2:26 PM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > Forth, To be honest, using a Live CD/DVD to boot up the infected Windows > systems, I have found that I do not have the extensive list of cleaning > packages under Linux as I do with Windows. Get/find/make a better live CD/DVD? -- T

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/7/2016 11:29 AM, Philip Jackson wrote: > It would be nice if I could just create a VB machine and tell it to load > the hard disk which already has the workable installation of Windows 10, > together with the couple of applications I use from time to time. You mean something like this: htt

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-07 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/7/2016 10:51 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > If you find Virualbox works well for you, then fine. Others may have > good reasons to not use it. The only good reasons I can think of not to use it would be an extremely underpowered/resourced system, or you're an extreme gamer...

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

2016-12-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/1/2016 10:36 AM, Paolo Debortoli wrote: > I am a linux ubuntu user since 12 years and noticed that since win > 8.1 it is hard to install and maintain dual boot systems. Can't imagine why anyone would mess with dual boot these days with something like Virtualbox available. -- To unsubscrib

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Document protection

2016-10-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/17/2016 10:48 AM, Ken Springer wrote: > Sorry for the late reply, anne-ology, I haven't been able to get back to > this. > > This is an internal use document only, so once it is finished, there > will be no need to change the document, unless some needed modification > is discovered late

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libra Office and MS Word compatibility query

2016-10-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/17/2016 10:14 AM, Cley Faye wrote: > 2016-10-17 16:07 GMT+02:00 Tanstaafl : >> On 10/15/2016 7:02 AM, toki wrote: >>> For my part, I point blank refuse to use MS Word (any version), because >>> it is completely, utterly and absolutely incompatible with itself (th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Apostrophe prepended to MM/DD/YYYY

2016-10-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/15/2016 10:02 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 18:10 11/10/2016 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: >> Can find&replace get rid of the ' marks to make the values revert to >> 'numbers/dates' rather than being forced into being text? > No. This claims otherwise: http://www.ryananddebi.com/2009/11/29/rem

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libra Office and MS Word compatibility query

2016-10-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/15/2016 7:02 AM, toki wrote: > For my part, I point blank refuse to use MS Word (any version), because > it is completely, utterly and absolutely incompatible with itself (the > same version but on a different computer)--- to the point that they > might as well have been written by two diffe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloads impossible and latest version of Firefox not recognized by captcha, connclusion: service level zero

2016-10-10 Thread Tanstaafl
The problem is can not be with LibreOffice in general - if it was, this list would be aflame with complaints. I have been downloading MSI's since the very first Libreoffice release, and have never had a problem. Maybe you are being directed to a mirror that has bad MSI files? Another likely culp

Re: [libreoffice-users] 5.2 64bit DEB will not allow paper size selection

2016-09-19 Thread Tanstaafl
On 9/17/2016 2:06 PM, wrote: > On 09/17/2016 03:30 AM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: >> Le 16/09/2016 à 21:43, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster a écrit : >>> Today, I was working on a 11x17 inch tabloid paper poster. I am using >>> Ubuntu 16.04 MATE 64bit running LO 5.2.0.4. The paper size of the >>>

Re: [libreoffice-users] 5.2 64bit DEB will not allow paper size selection

2016-09-16 Thread Tanstaafl
This is an OLD bug of mine... inherited from OpenOffice: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65205 On 9/16/2016 3:43 PM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > Today, I was working on a 11x17 inch tabloid paper poster. I am using > Ubuntu 16.04 MATE 64bit running LO 5.2.0.4. T

Re: [libreoffice-users] undo functionality

2016-06-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 6/1/2016 3:16 PM, B.S. wrote: > Bo Siltberg schreef op 01-06-2016 19:46: >> If you lose work because of limited undo then there is something wrong >> with your method of working. >> Anyhow, go into *Options -> LibreOffice -> Memory* and raise the *Undo >> number of steps*. > I think people ha

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question About Trojan Detection

2016-06-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 6/3/2016 11:13 AM, Joel Madero wrote: > It'd be great if you inform McAfee about this - they consistently seem > to have issues with over aggressive detections that mislead users. Not to mention the fact that it misses lots of real threats. Anyone who uses Mcafee or Norton should rethink the

Re: [libreoffice-users] on Recovery

2016-05-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 5/10/2016 4:12 PM, Xen wrote: > Tanstaafl schreef op 10-05-2016 21:45: >> Please post the bug number for the enhancement request you have filed >> to change the recovery system. > You know very well that I have not filed a bug report, or you would not > have written tha

Re: [libreoffice-users] on Recovery

2016-05-10 Thread Tanstaafl
Please post the bug number for the enhancement request you have filed to change the recovery system. On 5/5/2016 9:00 AM, Xen wrote: > One year ago Calligra had a feature (and probably still has) of > presenting a same kind of recovery dialog to the user. > > I couldn't tell in advance what was

Re: [libreoffice-users] do screenshots survive?

2016-04-04 Thread Tanstaafl
On 4/3/2016 8:09 PM, marianne-x wrote: > I am aware that attachments are stripped from posts; what about embedded > images? They do not, and I personally think this causes major problems when you are trying to explain issues. But, it is a security decision, but as long as attachments are limite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-03-03 Thread Tanstaafl
PLONK On 3/3/2016 1:12 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > Thank you taking the time to repeatedly note the level of my intelligence. > > Regretfully, It has not resulted in any clear and/or concise explanations. > > No why, no when and no how. > > My apologies to others on this list. > Paul -- T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-03-03 Thread Tanstaafl
Will never, ever happen, because it is a STUPID IDEA. Sorry, been trying to not be so rude, but, well, sometimes there is no other way. OF course, I am wrong - there is one way something like that might actually ever be attempted - if you write it yourself. I'd say good luck, but it isn't a fact

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-03-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/3/2016 12:10 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > 1. Make secured e-mails without trusting the the server. Security ends > where trust starts. So, learn how to use encryption (PGP) end to end. That is the only way to ensure secure email. The problem you'll have is getting the people you corre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-03-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/3/2016 10:18 AM, Davis, Felmon wrote: > On Mar 3, 2016 7:19 AM, "James Knott" wrote: >> You should be able to configure your IMAP client to download messages >> for "offline" mode. There is also an archive function. > yeah, like I said, got to do my research again. at the time I was wrestl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-03-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/2/2016 4:00 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > On 3/2/2016 2:17 PM, toki wrote: >> Can you please rephrase that. >> If you literally mean what you wrote, then please study both the POP and >> IMAP protocol specifications, before making any suggestions as to what >> should be considered for either

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-03-02 Thread Tanstaafl
Neither of which relate to serverless mail synchronization of local mail stores. On 3/2/2016 1:17 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > Ok, I don't know what Data Replication is. > Please see > http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/definition/database-replication > > I don't know what Key Exchange is.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-03-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/2/2016 11:32 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > We're talking POP and Thunderbird. And like I said, POP simply isn't designed for such usage. > IMAP is a pre-existing condition. No idea what you mean by that. > The ability for POP clients to keep all of their shared clients current > is a gla

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-29 Thread Tanstaafl
Oh - not to mention that it doesn't even accomplish the goal. What about all of the email prior to adding 'Thunderbird 3' to the mix? Or your new phone? As I said, IMAP is the only sane, rational solution. On 2/29/2016 10:23 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > Possible? Sure, anything is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-29 Thread Tanstaafl
Possible? Sure, anything is possible, but this is way too breakable to even give serious consideration to. On 2/29/2016 3:10 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > Each e-mail address has its own "STATUS" file. > "STATUS" file e-mails are not deletable from the POP mail server unless > specifically comma

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-29 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/29/2016 12:57 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > While I do plead ignorance about mail servers, software resident on the > users machine can do what it wants. To a point, yes... > Since PGP already exists in Thunderbird, a server is not required for > updating. What pray tell does PGP have to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-29 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/29/2016 11:18 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > The unique possibility to SyncPOP instead of IMAP is an interesting > proposal. No, it isn't... assuming that by 'SyncPOP' you mean the broken POP feature where you can 'leave messages on the server'. If that isn't what you mean, then you'll have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-29 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/29/2016 11:04 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > On 2/27/2016 5:38 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Lotus SmartSuite was am integrated mail server/groupware solution. >> >> You're comparing apples and oranges. > You are correct again. But the question is, how can we pu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO?

2016-02-29 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/29/2016 4:31 AM, toki wrote: > On 27/02/2016 19:06, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Not sure what kind of real world scenario that falls into > That real world scenario is adhering to a lawyer's recommendation that > even de facto spam has to be retrieved and archived to comply wit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-28 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/28/2016 1:58 PM, Ken Springer wrote: > On 2/28/16 9:40 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> On 2/28/2016 11:21 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster >> wrote: >>> The only thing about Thunderbird, for me right now, was the "chore" it >>> was to to switch systems

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-28 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/28/2016 11:21 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > The only thing about Thunderbird, for me right now, was the "chore" it > was to to switch systems when the one it was on, since 2010, is now down > for repairs. That is simple - you just copy the %appdata%\Thunderbird (on Windows) fo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sidebar Survey

2016-02-28 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/28/2016 5:44 AM, Dave Barton wrote: > For those who do not subscribe to the design mailing list, or follow the > project's design blog, Wasn't aware of either... Links? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/27/2016 2:10 PM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: > One of the things I miss about Lotus SmartSuite is its' TeamMail function. A quick google suggests this is nothing more than Shared Mailbox functionality. That is Server functionality, TB is a mail client. > It also included Team Review, Team Conso

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO?

2016-02-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/27/2016 12:57 PM, toki wrote: > On 27/02/2016 02:05, Tanstaafl wrote: > >>> whereas Thunderbird chokes up and dies under the same conditions. >> >> Please do not spread FUD. This is blatantly false. > Really? Yes. > Can Thunderbrid really retrie

OT - Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/27/2016 7:06 AM, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Reliability aside (I really don't trust OL and I've got lot of backing > experience to support that), I've yet to find a feature in OL that TB is > missing (apart integration with Exchange). Actually, Outlook was designed first and foremost as an

OT - Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/26/2016 8:49 PM, toki wrote: > From my POV, for TDF to write a new email client would be a waste of > effort. +1 > A couple of issues with TDF adoption of Thunderbird are: > > * What will TDF policy on breaking extensions be? > I have no idea if it was TB, or the extensions that were upgra

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO?

2016-02-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/26/2016 2:29 PM, toki wrote: > Probably the biggest difference between Outlook and Thunderbird, is that > the former will reliably retrieve email, regardless of the number of > accounts, or quantity of email in each account, Really? I know more than a dozen people who will call B$ on that on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-26 Thread Tanstaafl
r TDF umbrella before this should be considered. On 2/26/2016 10:32 AM, Daniel Espinosa wrote: > May should be renamed to LibreOffice Mail. > > El feb. 26, 2016 9:04 AM, "Tanstaafl" <mailto:tansta...@libertytrek.org>> escribió: > > I think bringing Thun

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-26 Thread Tanstaafl
I think bringing Thunderbird fully under the umbrella of The Document Foundation, and as a sister project of LibreOffice, is a fantastic idea, it just makes the most sense to me as a formal and permanent home for Thunderbird going forward. The fact is, in spite of the fact that Thunderbird develop

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO5.1 on Linux - Opening Writer document takes >1hr

2016-02-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2/14/2016 5:40 AM, Patrick Dijkgraaf wrote: > Hi Pedro, > Had a look at that setting. These are the default settings on my system: > - Use Hardware acceleration: Enabled Try disabling hardware acceleration (always one of the first things I try)... -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question about the best version of libreoffice - MY God is better!

2016-01-28 Thread Tanstaafl
On 1/28/2016 8:24 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > Tanstaafl, Please don't email me personally, I am a list member, and certainly don't need to see TWO of your ridiculous rants. > On 2016-01-28 00:02, Tanstaafl wrote: >> On 1/27/2016 7:20 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: >>>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question about the best version of libreoffice - MY God is better!

2016-01-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 1/27/2016 7:20 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > You continue to misunderstand (I am not surprised) . . I am NOT > defending my "beliefs" I am saying clearly that a technical list is NOT > a place for proselytising on superstitions or politics or anything else > that does not have something to do

Re: [libreoffice-users] lost opportunity

2015-11-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/5/2015 12:44 PM, Gabriele Ponzo wrote: > By the way, just for curiosity, what was the error returned by the > installer? This is my main complaint about this entire thread. Not once did anyone ask for specific details of what was meant by 'none of these would install, or give any indicatio

Re: [libreoffice-users] Too many messages on this mailing list?? How to avoid being swamped ...

2015-10-19 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/18/2015 6:44 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:27 17/10/2015 -0700, James E. Lang wrote: >> POP3 is a protocol that downloads the messages to you without >> leaving a copy on the server. > What gives you this mistaken impression? It isn't mistaken, it is fact. Yes, the POP3 protocol was la

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word compatability

2015-10-02 Thread Tanstaafl
Some may be interested in my almost 2 year old Feature Request for Libreoffice to provide a very simple, 'Document Compatability Submission Page/Service', to make it very easy for users to submit problem documents like this: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71534 -- To unsubsc

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