Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: calc : very slow

2012-02-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-27 4:47 AM, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: Am 27.02.2012 10:43, pcpconsulting wrote: I have removed libreoffice 3.5 from my computer linux ubuntu and I have reinstalled version 3.3.4 because operating with calc appear very slow. I use one file in calc linked to another one

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downgrading

2012-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-22 1:12 PM, Chris Morgan ch...@lynxinfo.co.uk wrote: I am very sceptical about the so-called benefits of releasing on a strict time-schedule. The process seems to favour new features over bug fixes. I thought the old way was better - release it when it's ready. The problem with this

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-22 8:53 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-23 10:17 AM, Marc Grober m...@interak.com wrote: It would appear that true professionals should, as I think Tom has suggested, consider the actual guidelines that is precisely the point... the list guidelines for this list are to bottom post with appropriate trimming (aka

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-23 1:47 PM, James E. Lang jim+...@lang.hm wrote: Failing to follow guidelines, in this case is not a matter of lack of respect for others on the list but rather a means of attempting to communicate clearly. Very true, but I wasn't speaking in a general sense, I was speaking about

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice - problem

2012-02-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-21 4:15 PM, Gregory Forster glf.libreoff...@gmail.com wrote: When reading and modifying Microsoft Power Point files OpenOffice.org did a considerably better job than LibreOffice 3.4.5 (for business purposes). Disagree... I have had much better MSO format support in the later

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice - problem

2012-02-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-22 7:34 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 22/2/12, Tanstaafltansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2012-02-21 4:15 PM, Gregory Forsterglf.libreoff...@gmail.com wrote: When reading and modifying Microsoft Power Point files OpenOffice.org did a considerably better

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.5 corrupts DOCX completely

2012-02-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-15 2:25 AM, e-letter inp...@gmail.com wrote: This is good news; m$ users will be unable to use LO except to write native odf documents. e-letter, I really wish you would keep your rabid anti-MS self rants to yourself and just stfu. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem pasting spreadsheet cells into Impress

2012-02-04 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-03 4:35 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Tanstaafl wrote (31-01-12 12:42) On 2012-01-30 3:36 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: I tried in 3.4.5 and it works there fine too. Ctrl-V creates a nice Impress-table with the content that I copy from Calc. But... we don't want

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem pasting spreadsheet cells into Impress

2012-02-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-31 6:19 PM, TomW tomw...@fairpoint.net wrote: On 2012-01-31 06:42, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2012-01-30 3:36 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: I tried in 3.4.5 and it works there fine too. Ctrl-V creates a nice Impress-table with the content that I copy from Calc. But... we don't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem pasting spreadsheet cells into Impress

2012-01-31 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-30 3:36 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Tanstaafl wrote (27-01-12 18:29) Any chance you could try in a stable version? We are using 3.4.3, 3.4.4 and 3.4.5 (haven't updated all yet)... I tried in 3.4.5 and it works there fine too. Ctrl-V creates a nice Impress-table

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem pasting spreadsheet cells into Impress

2012-01-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-26 5:05 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Hi, Tanstaafl wrote (13-01-12 22:17) Whenever I try to copy some cells from a spreadsheet and paste the into an Impress Presentation Libreoffice (and Openoffice used to do the same thing) totally locks up goes into never-never land

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: one language in the installer libre office

2012-01-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-25 8:08 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: If something is really easy to implement in one OS but difficult or impossible in another then i think that it would be dumb to hold it back in the one and criticise the devs for not implementing it in the other. If we play to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: one language in the installer libre office

2012-01-25 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-24 8:05 AM, Pedro pedl...@gmail.com wrote: for all would be better if it were a language and a dictionary in the installer to be smaller, so that every time download of 200 mb, 135 mb only. Please support me in this matter, thanks in advance. This was discussed before back in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: one language in the installer libre office

2012-01-25 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-24 1:46 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: HI :) Ahhh, it would be great if Windows had an official package manager that could look after all the apps, not just the MS ones and could make sure everything on the system got updated instead of just patches for Window's own

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Unsubscribing from this list

2012-01-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-20 7:30 PM, Harold Fuchs hwfa.gmanen...@gmail.com wrote: Unsubscribing by clicking a link in an e-mail assumes the person receives HTML mail. Some force text only in which case the link won't work. It does for me, and my Thunderbird is set to plain text by default. In fact the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscribing from this list

2012-01-20 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-20 8:25 AM, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: Maybe make that link in the footer of each email a real unsubscribe URl, as we do to help get them subscribed, and not just a link to a help page. +5000 Ben asking for that ever since the lists were set up... -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] UNSUBSCRIBE

2012-01-20 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-20 8:32 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Forums usually allow the hard-core mailing-list fans to subscribe to one, many or all threads in the forum so the net result would be about the same for you. It would just reduce the amount of complex stuff that less sophisticated

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscribing from this list

2012-01-20 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-20 9:23 AM, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: *chuckling*... well I suspect that the sad truth is that even if it is one click on a URL in the footer of each and every email, to start the unsubscribe process, there will still be someone that just can't quite manage. But I'd wager it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Illogical installer!

2012-01-18 Thread Tanstaafl
), then expand it and select only the desired language. And I agree with your complaint, but there is something else that bugs me even more... From a previous email of mine: On 2011-08-31 12:46 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Ok, this is really nuts... Before I go open up a bug about

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Questions

2012-01-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-17 2:47 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 01/16/2012 10:26 PM, Julieann Wright wrote: ... Lastly, I tend to write very long documents (several hundred pages) that often require me to backtrack to an earlier page to make a correction. Prior to downloading LibreOffice 3.4.4 I had

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem pasting spreadsheet cells into Impress

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-13 5:17 PM, TomW tomw...@fairpoint.net wrote: Both 3.4.4 and 3.5.0beta3, on Vista, will paste a table of the selected Calc cells without using Paste Special. Well, since I wouldn't touch Vista with a ten foot pole, I don't care if it works with Vista... As I said, it does the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cleaning Windows

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-14 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: DO NOT USE CC CLEANER (or any other Registry cleaner) TO CLEAN THE REGISTRY. They are all by and large snake oil. Lol! I've been using CCleaner since before it changed its name (it used to be named CRAP cleaner), and

Re: [libreoffice-users] The title bars have disappeared; how can I get them back?

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
Can you guys please take this off list? This has nothing to do with LibO. On 2012-01-15 8:42 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) I thought the title-bars move up to the top taskbar/panel in Unity when you maximise the window/console of an app? Can you unmaximise the window

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save new files in LO 3.4.4

2012-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-12 8:07 PM, ranhan55 ranha...@yahoo.com wrote: Starting today 1/12/12 cannot save new files created in LibreOffice. You need to be more specific... What *happens* when you try to save a new file? Do you get an error? If so, what is it (the full error message)? -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Toolbar icons GONE after upgrading Ubuntu 10.10 to 10.04 installing LO 3.4.3

2012-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-12 9:37 PM, phubert28 phuber...@gmail.com wrote: No matter what I select (Icons only, Text only, Text and Icons), all Isee in my toolbars is text! I've chosen Ubuntu classic on boot, but that hasn't helped, either. Any ideas??? It is highly unlikely that this is a Libreoffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't save new files in LO 3.4.4

2012-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-13 10:57 AM, ranhan55 ranha...@yahoo.com wrote: The error I get when I try to save a new file is: Error saving the document Untitled1: General Error. General Input/Output error. Ok, now, *where* are you trying to save it *to*? Details are very important... -- For unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Problem pasting spreadsheet cells into Impress

2012-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
Hi everyone, Can anyone confirm this as a bug, or explain why it is such a problem? I have been meaning to report this since forever, but I do it so rarely that I just haven't... Whenever I try to copy some cells from a spreadsheet and paste the into an Impress Presentation Libreoffice (and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem pasting spreadsheet cells into Impress

2012-01-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-13 4:37 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi:) Weird. It was fine for me. Ubuntu 10.04 (or 10.10) Sorry, I neglected to provide system details... This is on Windows XP Pro, and I just confirmed it does the exact same thing on a brand new install of 3.4.4 on Windows 7

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: So what's with LibO 3.5?

2012-01-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-12 12:48 PM, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: Au contraire, there have been a number of Base related bugfixes, not to mention the inclusion of a native postgresql connector extension as default (or at least it should be there as default). I guess no one thought to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Best JRE for LibreOffice on a 64-bit system: 32 or 64 bit ?

2012-01-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-11 11:06 AM, Fabian Rodriguez magic...@member.fsf.org wrote: Regardless, I'd still like to know what's the recommended JRE to install in a 64-bit Windows environment. This has already been answered. Libreoffice is *only* 32 bit on Windows. You can NOT use a 64 bit JRE with a 32bit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Best JRE for LibreOffice on a 64-bit system: 32 or 64 bit ?

2012-01-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-11 12:57 PM, Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote: I'm running LibreOffice 3.4.4 on several Linux machines running Ubuntu 11.10. Some are 32 bit and some are 64 bit. For LibreOffice I'm using both 32 bit and 64 bit Java. On the 32 bit systems for LibreOffice only I'm using

Re: [libreoffice-users] Best JRE for LibreOffice on a 64-bit system: 32 or 64 bit ?

2012-01-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-11 1:28 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Even in Windows LO allows you to use a different version of java than the version used by other apps. Most apps just take the latest version but LO allows you to select which one. It'd be really nice to clear ones that you are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Quick Question

2011-12-19 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-12-19 3:43 PM, doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 12/19/2011 01:17 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: Sometimes Windows will not allowing editing until you use Save As to save the file with a new name or different format. I have seen this behavior sometimes with other applications. That's

[libreoffice-users] Trouble getting Impress to print slides centered...

2011-12-07 Thread Tanstaafl
Hello, Is anyone else having trouble getting Impress to print slide content centered in the page? All of a sudden, mine is no longer centering the slide content... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx trouble

2011-11-28 Thread Tanstaafl
@e-letter Your continued tirades in this vein are getting old... I have an idea? Why don't you just stfu about it. On 2011-11-28 4:59 AM, e-letter inp...@gmail.com wrote: On 27/11/2011, John D. Herronparadox.her...@bluewin.ch wrote: hi. i'm working on a standalone ubuntu 11.04 box (no

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-20 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-19 9:44 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 10/19/2011 01:00 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Come on people, please do a little research before spreading FUD... This is an OPTION in the BIOS, one that can be TURNED OFF. Any systems manufacturer

Re: [libreoffice-users] [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-20 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-20 5:52 AM, Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk wrote: I've heard it said that Microsoft is the evil empire of the corporate world. Only currently. Before them it was IBM. It seems whenever any company gets very big the obvious tactic becomes bend/break any rules required to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

2011-10-20 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-20 11:23 AM, oprea.l...@gmail.com oprea.l...@gmail.com wrote: Although I joined the announce + subscr...@ro.libreoffice.org and receive email confirmation test email does not work. I'm fairly sure that is an announcement only list - ie, not for members to post to... -- For

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-19 Thread Tanstaafl
Come on people, please do a little research before spreading FUD... This is an OPTION in the BIOS, one that can be TURNED OFF. Any systems manufacturer that disallowed the ability to turn it off would be committing commercial suicide imnsho... Yes, there is some *potential* for this becoming

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-19 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-19 1:42 PM, Scott Castaline skotch...@gmail.com wrote: My comments were based on articles written when this first hit. At that time M$ was pushing for no option available to disable this function and their explanation was that it would allow breaking of their system. Please post a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: cut/paste removes and renames protected field references - is this a bug?

2011-10-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-14 12:01 PM, Brian J. br...@opensourcery.com wrote: Tom wrote: =INDIRECT(sheet1.a1) You sir, are a genius. Thank you, that did exactly what I needed. That wasn't Tom, it was Steve Edmonds... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Working on an archive site/pages for LO and the DVD[s] I have been working with

2011-10-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-09 5:21 PM, planas jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously, bug fixes are included in the LTS but what about backporting new features into the LTS for example. This is very important for organizations planning their software support and upgrade cycle. The whole *point* of LTS is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bullet indent frustrations

2011-10-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-09 9:59 AM, e-letter inp...@gmail.com wrote: Like learning a new language, learn to think of terms as described by LO, e.g. data pilot, not pivot table. Fyi, in 3.4 (3.4.3 at least), it is now 'Pivot Table', not 'Data Pilot'. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Calc - Merge multiple discontiguous selections at the same time?

2011-10-11 Thread Tanstaafl
Does anyone know if there is an extension that makes this possible? Or, if there is already a Feature Request for it? Thanks -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem installing on Windows 7, with workaround

2011-10-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-10-05 4:34 PM, Op Ed op.ed.s...@gmail.com wrote: OK, here's me, replying to myself. Further little problem. Not yet solved. I would uninstall it, log out, log in as an admin user, and reinstall it that way... thats how we do it, and it works just fine... -- For unsubscribe

Suggestion: dedicated file formats list - WAS Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: docx format troubles

2011-09-19 Thread Tanstaafl
There really should be a dedicated mail-list limited strictly to file format compatibility issues, that has a few of the developers on it that work on the file format filters. To make it easy for users to submit problems documents, such a list should also allow attachments (a size limitation

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-10 1:01 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org wrote: No wait, that is in account settings. probably a better place for it than in the global preferences. No, because certain accounts you may want to treat differently. Off hand, i would say that it should be configurable

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-10 1:36 AM, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: QuoteCollapse collapses all but the last post in the thread. Works great on lists where people do not trim the messages they are replying to. I agree, been using it for many years... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-09 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-08 8:04 PM, Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote: Another thing. Does anyone actually read those links at the bottom? I only look at them if and when I have a desire to learn something about how the list works - like, maybe, how to unsubscribe. -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Tanstaafl
What the heck was that??? (top-posted because there is no way to make sense of the quoted text) On 2011-09-07 9:53 PM, Keith Bates ke...@new-life.org.au wrote: On 08/09/11 11:29, Don Myers wrote:Reply below:On 09/07/2011 08:02 PM, NoOp wrote:For those that continue to insist on top

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-07 9:29 PM, Don Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote: I will respect your wishes about posting at the bottom. It isn't about 'posting at the bottom' - it is about trimming your post to only quote the relevant portion of the text you are responding to, and placing each response (if you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-08 9:11 AM, Chris Morgan ch...@lynxinfo.co.uk wrote: I can see some of the advantages of bottom-posting, but it does mean a lot more scrolling to get to the meat of the message. I get so tired of this totally lame and purposefully ignorant excuse. You only have to scroll if the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Subject lines - another gripe...

2011-09-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-08 12:02 PM, Dave Sergeant d...@davesergeant.com wrote: Net result is that there are very few characters left out of the 35 to accurately thread on, and I get all sorts of totally different things threaded together. Ummm... Any email client that displays threads based on SUBJECT

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Subject lines - another gripe...

2011-09-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-08 1:18 PM, Dave Sergeant d...@davesergeant.com wrote: Yes, there are two ways of threading. No, there isn't, there is only one (standardized) way. Pegasus chooses to do it purely from the subject line, and is unlikely to change. Then it will continue to be a seriously BROKEN

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-08 11:32 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby miham...@rktmb.org wrote: On 09/08/2011 05:03 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Really? Personal insults? Here?? If polite explanations are not enough, why not... Rotflmao! Someone gets it... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-08 2:10 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: No, he didn't. He just showed that he has not read any of the posts yet as his arguments are already countered in previous posts. Coming from you - someone who pretends that top posting advocates advocate blindly top-posting,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

2011-09-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-09-08 2:58 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Why are people in here so determined to make things unpleasant and difficult for normal office workers? Why should 'normal office workers' be exempt from general rules of common courtesy? Sorry, Tom, you're a lazy ass, and a

[libreoffice-users] Windows - Support Info - why does it show ALL languages?

2011-08-31 Thread Tanstaafl
Ok, this is really nuts... Before I go open up a bug about this, can anyone tell me why, if I deselect all dictionaries except the one I need, who, in the Windows Add/Remove Programs Support Info dialog, does it insist on showing it with ALL languages, thus causing the support info window to be

[libreoffice-users] Why does the installer pre-select ALL dictionaries?

2011-08-31 Thread Tanstaafl
Before I go open a bug about this (or maybe there is already one for both of these issues), why does the installer insist on defaulting to ALL dictionaries to be installed, instead of simply detecting the OS language, and pre-selecting just that dictionary, but of course allowing the user the

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Works import

2011-08-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/08/11 12:16, Dave Sergeant wrote: How much experience of people had of Works import and does it actually work, or is it as I seem to be finding rather buggy? Be sure you installed the 'Legacy File Format Filters' when you installed it. You have to choose the 'Custom' install option to

Re: [libreoffice-users] new book

2011-08-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-08-10 3:58 PM, Lynn Wilde life48dan...@att.net wrote: Same here. It's really annoying. What is really annoying is people who cannot take 2 seconds and read the instructions that are included at the bottom of every message they get on a mail list, but choose to whine and complain on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Removal of unwanted dictionaries

2011-08-05 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-08-04 5:00 PM, Dave Barton d...@tasit.net wrote: Original Message From: Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:04:42 -0400 On 2011-08-04 2:11 PM, nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt (Nuno J. Silva) Can't you just set

Re: [libreoffice-users] Removal of unwanted dictionaries

2011-08-04 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-08-04 11:15 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Apologies if this gets sent twice - the first sending doesn't seem to have reached the list Why oh WHY is it SO DIFFICULT in LO to remove unwanted dictionaries and WHY OH WHY are they all installed by default in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Removal of unwanted dictionaries

2011-08-04 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-08-04 2:11 PM, nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt (Nuno J. Silva) nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt (Nuno J. Silva) wrote: On 2011-08-04, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 04/08/2011 16:20, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2011-08-04 11:15 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parkergbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Apologies if this gets sent twice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Aack! Uninstall removes file types!

2011-07-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-07-01 8:06 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: If this is a real problem, you must never install more than one program for the same type of file. You can have only one media player, one picture editor, one pdf viewer, one browser, one editor, one of anything. Baloney. You can have as many

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How can I reset all settings?

2011-06-20 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-20 7:44 AM, Stephan Zietsman wrote: Just renaming is sufficient, LibO will create a new user profile directory the next time you launch it. The renamed user profile will not be modified. Correct - and you need to rename it without the quickstarter running (if you use it)... --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns?

2011-06-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 6:52 PM, NoOp wrote: On 06/10/2011 03:34 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: I just want to be able to click a column header, and have that execute a 'Sort Rows B3 thru Y18 by column R in descending order'... Then, if I click the column header again, have it sort it in the opposite order

Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

2011-06-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 6:57 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: I see 3.4.0 for Windows is 188 MB now. Do you remember how much it was in December .. 440 MB. Wow, great work from all the devs, full time (paid) and part time volunteers, that helped with this! Agree 1000% with that... and it is much less of an issue

Re: [libreoffice-users] Add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns?

2011-06-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 8:27 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Sadly if you want to go from Buckingham Palace to Marble Arch you can't choose to go by ocean liner, at least not until after doing massive engineering works or using enough explosives to blow a decently large hole in the centre of London. If

Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-09 12:04 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Not everyone wants the help installed bloating their system when they might have very limited space available. Part of the bonus of OpenSource software is being able to streamline your system for your needs. Give me a break. The help doesn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 9:04 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 06/10/2011 06:53 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: I'm still waiting for LibO to provide what was promised - *individual* language downloads, like were available for OOo... I'd *much* prefer to have just my language and integrated

Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 10:37 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: Each help pack is nearly 10 MB in size, but do you want to deal with having the download file be 10 MB multiplied by 110+ languages? No. I want what we used to have with OOo... downloads for each language, complete with the

Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 10:37 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: You never did say what language you use Yes I did... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 10:37 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: To be honest, LibreOffice is an International Version of a office suite package. It was designed to have one download file for program install, then you install the language and help packs to make it have menus in your

Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 11:17 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Tanstaafl wrote (10-06-11 16:54) If you go back and read the archives, you will plainly see that the only reason given for the single download was because of limited disk space, Are you really sure? I though build time, so plain CPU power energy

Re: [libreoffice-users] Add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns?

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 5:06 PM, JOE Conner wrote: On 6/10/2011 12:48 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: There has got to be a reasonably easy way to do this (by 'reasonable', I mean a way that doesn't require me to become a programmer)... How do I add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns, so that I can easily

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns?

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 6:04 PM, NoOp wrote: On 06/10/2011 12:48 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: There has got to be a reasonably easy way to do this (by 'reasonable', I mean a way that doesn't require me to become a programmer)... How do I add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns, so that I can easily sort

Re: [libreoffice-users] Add a 'Sort' button to the tops of columns?

2011-06-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-10 6:40 PM, Tom Davies wrote: What you are looking for is a fairly standard database function. People find a nicely done form in a database is much easier than fumbling with a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are for fairly advanced users with fairly good maths skills and/or logic. A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Install errors

2011-06-09 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-08 3:27 PM, BudScan wrote: During the install (Toshiba laptop, AMD dual-core, 4 gigs of ram, Vista 32, Admin account), I got several notifications of 'insufficient permission', and 'unable to create link, folder missing'. Fix the permissions problems on your system. When I try to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mailing list signature cutline

2011-06-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-03 3:31 PM, PLO wrote: The fact remains that the appended list information isn't a signature...it therefore shouldn't be preceded by a signature delimiter (cutline). It has already been explained to you why it is there... Many, many people do NOT use a signature delimiter in their

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mailing list signature cutline

2011-06-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-03 4:50 PM, PLO wrote: And nope! Man alive, and there was me hoping that something useful was coming, but nope, you actually managed to say absolutely nothing constructive whatsoever! Well done! You obviously have a skill there. Nope... But you obviously have a skill for ignoring

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to remove options from the Save As list (Writer)

2011-06-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-01 5:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Or you could change the defaults that are used. Initially they are set as odf; odt, ods, opd but these could easily be changed to doc, xls, ppt Tools - Options - Load/Save - General and then use the drop-downs to scroll their formats back 1

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

2011-06-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-02 7:11 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette Is in the footer of every message posted to the list Ken. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to

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

2011-06-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-02 8:14 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Well... Please don't take this personally, but I'm sitting here laughing! Not at all, I've been laughing at this ridiculous discussion for days now... ;) I'd never noticed that netiquette link at the bottom of the page. Maybe that's not the best

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Icons

2011-06-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-02 10:35 AM, PLO wrote: Hello LO Users, I uninstalled OOo and installed LibreOffice last month, but now I am trying to find a way to revert to the OpenOffice.org icons as (without offence) I just can't abide the new LibreOffice icons (neither the file type or toolbar icons).

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

2011-06-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-31 3:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote: So, the argument is that people should follow rules(although they are really only guidelines) in order to not be a drone? Tom, you have a proclivity for ignoring what is said and hearing only what you want to hear. That is not what I said, and you know

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

2011-06-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-01 12:47 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Assuming it works. Sometimes systems fail to show a difference between the previous posting and the reply. Only if improperly configured. If everyone used the same system then it might work. But different people need different systems for different

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-06-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-01 10:10 AM, Zoltán Kócsi wrote: By the way, some 20 years ago I thought that this whole top-posting nonsense was sorted out once and for all after a handful of really massive flame wars on USENET, crossposted all over the place and people getting so sick and tired of the whole

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unsubscription issues?

2011-06-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-01 12:06 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: The address you use for unsubscribing has to be the *SAME* as the one you used for subscribing. If you subscribe with y...@yourcompany.com and unsubscribe with y...@yourprivateaccount.org, it can *NOT* work, as our mailing list system for sure

Re: [libreoffice-users] OTRe: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-31 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-30 6:08 PM, Tom Davies wrote: If rules are set-up to alienate new users then i think they are worth ignoring. Your attitude is why many people look on your posts with disdain, Tom. It also sets up a false premise. The rule is not set up to alienate new users, and as long as people

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-31 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-31 8:50 AM, Earl Melton wrote: I don't know about [developers], but it sure wastes the hey out of [my] time. When you've read ten or more messages with the same subject line, you've got a fair idea what the next reply is about. Read the poster's comment, then scroll -- if necessary

Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-31 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-31 11:20 AM, Lindsay Graham wrote: I get so sick of being forced to page down to see the latest text that, unless it is a subject in which I am particularly interested, I will often delete the message unread if the latest contribution is not visible on the first screen page. As do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-29 3:58 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: An example : can anyone point me to a webpage from the Foundation or the LibreOffice.org site where it clearly states that LibreOffice is not intended for business use or that if you are a business you should buy support ? No, because there

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to /successfully/ unsub? A FAQ?

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-29 4:08 AM, Stefan Weigel wrote: Am 28.05.2011 23:18, schrieb lenphil...@suddenlink.net: ... the email method is NOT working for me? When I send unsub messages to the listserv (as detailed in all the message footers, etc.), they either bounce outright, state that I'm not subscribed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-30 2:45 AM, Roland Hughes wrote: Neither bottom nor interleaved posting methods are used by professional IT workers. Microsoft developers yes, but not professionals. Rotflmao! Roland, you are obviously from some other planet than I. In the circles I frequent, it is the exact

Re: [libreoffice-users] OTRe: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-30 12:17 PM, Tom Davies wrote: A LOT of people top-post. Particularly normal office workers. Yeah, because they're typically a bunch of lazy bums... Most email clients seem to default to open emails at the top of the email. Not sure that's true (I know Thunderbirds default is to

Re: [libreoffice-users] OTRe: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-30 11:42 AM, Roland Hughes wrote: Editing and/or responding within the original message is considered tampering with evidence. Rotflmao even harder! Roland, where do you get this garbage? Do you make it up as you go? Everyone is supposed to TOP POST, not only to save developer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-30 2:39 PM, Roland Hughes wrote: On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 14:39 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: Roland, you are obviously from some other planet than I. In the circles I frequent, it is the exact opposite. It is the IT people who are most likely to know how to properly use their mail client

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation

2011-05-30 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-05-30 2:53 PM, Roland Hughes wrote: On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 14:34 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2011-05-29 3:58 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: An example : can anyone point me to a webpage from the Foundation or the LibreOffice.org site where it clearly states that LibreOffice

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