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

2013-06-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Kingsoft has been around for years but never got much market-share.  I like the idea of tabs and quite like that it has a ribbon-bar.  Tabs are not new.  At least one other Office Suite used tabs but used them very differently.  Of course i prefer

Re: [libreoffice-users] exporting word completion list for multiple LO writer installations

2013-06-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought you might be interested in these links https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile User Profiles are well worth knowing about even if the details remain a little hazy.  You might also like this link

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

2013-06-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That comment looks like FUD to me.  Where are the links to substantiate his claims?  There is a lot of FUD about China at the moment.  Perhaps some is true but western journalism has it's own biases so getting at the truth is a tad tricky.   Also it's not Cnet that are recommending

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: dúvida sobre corretor ortográfico e gramatical

2013-06-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks Eliane! :) The Quick Translator translation gives us Dear Ravel, You wrote to the list of international users. You may be signing the Brazilian lists. http://pt-br.libreoffice.org/ajuda-on-line/listas-de-discussao/ Answering your question, yes, contemplated. We are now at

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

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
out LO at some point in the future.  Perhaps by then they will be ready.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013, 1:46 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc - Find in a column

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks but that option was greyed out for me so i didn't notice it.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Suo Kunlong suokunl...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013, 10:35 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc - Find in a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document Alphabetical Index [Not including all sub-documents]

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Alphabetical Index [Not including all sub-documents] On Tue, 2013-06-04 at 14:21 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Does the bug-report page show how to do an s-trace and is that the sort of thing you are looking for?  Are you able to start LibreOffice from the command-line?  Perhaps try

[libreoffice-users] Problem solving

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought people might like these quotes Just proving that the quickest way to solve the problem is to post a whine to the newsgroups: within moments the solution presents itself to me, and meanwhile my ass is hanging out on the Net... *sigh*... -- Dave Phillips, dlph...@bright.net,

[libreoffice-users] printers compatible with GnuLinux

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I keep asking this question in various places (such as linuxquestions or in ubuntu forums) but never seem to get any useful responses.  Many large offices have at least one large photocopier that often also does printing.  It's usually so large that it has a lot of trays for different

Re: [libreoffice-users] [ANNOUNCEMENT] LibreOffice Triage Contest - Win a LibreOffice T-Shirt! :)

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought this worth flagging up again.  If you want to join in (or if you might have a little free time) between midnight (UTC) Thursday 20th June and 1 minute before midnight (UTC again) on Friday 5th July then it might be good to sign-up now and get in a little practice at triaging. 

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

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
. Virgil -Original Message- From: Tom Davies Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 5:41 AM To: Jay Lozier ; Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO Hi :) The MS Office Eula makes similar claims on the rights of work

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: printers compatible with GnuLinux

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :)  Cannon have a reasonably good reputation but Hewlett Packard have much better but all that seems to be for small printers that are meant to be run for 1 or maybe 2 desktops.  I'm really looking for something a lot more scaled up, to be run on a network of only about 20 desktops

Re: [libreoffice-users] printers compatible with GnuLinux

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
on it.  Thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Mieszko Kaczmarczyk mieszko.kaczmarc...@wetzel.co To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013, 12:54 Subject: Re

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: printers compatible with GnuLinux

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013, 13:33 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: printers compatible with GnuLinux On 07-06-2013 14:27, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Thanks :)  Cannon have a reasonably good reputation but Hewlett Packard have much better but all that seems to be for small printers

Re: [libreoffice-users] Normal font look bold with 100% scale

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perhaps just a rendering issue on your monitor?  Does it print correctly?  Does it look ok on a different machine?  Can you upload the file to Nabble (use the More button) so other people can have a look at the document?  (or upload the odt/doc to google or wherever) Do you notice other

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

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO On 06/07/2013 05:41 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The MS Office Eula makes similar claims on the rights of work produced using their software.  MS owns your work!  You don't!  It'd be interesting to see

Re: [libreoffice-users] ACCESS TO 4.0 DENIED

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The downloads page at https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ seems to be working fine from Firefox (with Adblock Plus) on Ubuntu 12.04 (i think) Have you accidentally blocked LibreOffice?  Do you use Adblock Plus?  Which web-browser did you try and can you try a different one as a one-off? 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: printers compatible with GnuLinux

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013, 17:01 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: printers compatible with GnuLinux On 06/07/2013 08:33 AM, Luuk wrote: On 07-06-2013 14:27, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Thanks :)  Cannon have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: printers compatible with GnuLinux

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
: On 06/07/2013 08:33 AM, Luuk wrote: On 07-06-2013 14:27, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Thanks :)  Cannon have a reasonably good reputation but Hewlett Packard have much better but all that seems to be for small printers that are meant to be run for 1 or maybe 2 desktops.  I'm really looking

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem solving

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
gets marked as fixed really doesn't even get noticed.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013, 18:40

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

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 and welcome back Anne-ology! :D  On the other hand it's nice to see a competitor getting sucked into changes that it's not going to be able to keep up with.  Nice to see they offer the option so that we don't have to ;) Regards from Tom :) 

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

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Those things probably are there but it's a pain trying to find anything.  2007 is even worse than 2010!  I know one of them is that you have to keep going back to the Home tab in order to see the font, font-size and maybe paragraph-style at the cursor's location.  What has always

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

2013-06-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I use it for significant chunks of my working day but i've never read-up about it.  I don't need advanced features but every once in a while i explore a bit and learn a bit more.  Hmm, that's not entirely true but i don't spend long looking things up and tend to focus on reading only to

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

2013-06-08 Thread Tom Davies
...@q.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013, 23:10 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO On 6/7/13 3:41 AM, Tom Davies wrote: snip I too wouldn't touch Kingsoft with a barge pole.  I want to steer towards using formats

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

2013-06-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) To some extent, yes.  IF it does work better.  That is the crucial bit.  What other people are talking about is change that ends up breaking things without improving anything.  The ancient phrase is If it aint broke, don't fix it.  There are plenty of innovations possible without

Re: Fwd: Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc - Find in a column

2013-06-08 Thread Tom Davies
@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Saturday, 8 June 2013, 11:07 Subject: Fwd: Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc - Find in a column I'm forwarding this off-list reply so that others can get help. Kevin Suo Original Message

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

2013-06-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That point keeps coming up but it best said the other way around 80% of MSO almost never gets used. Then split the remaining 20% up between different sorts of users.  Most people only use the Save button, Bold, Centre, Underline, copypaste errr that's about it.  Oh, receive email and

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

2013-06-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Gimp and Photoshop are about as complex as each other.  The interfaces are roughly similar to the point where if you have used one you could probably work out what was going on in the other.  They do have slightly different approaches which means people familiar with one often claim the

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

2013-06-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Isn't it called Abiword? Regards from Tom :)  From: Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com To: users.global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, 8 June 2013, 18:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO

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

2013-06-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are a lot of very simple drawing programs on GnuLinux;  gpaint (a bit like Paint in Windows accessories), gnome-paint, apparently mtpaint is as bit less simple and good for photos but still very basic.  Draw is excellent, especially for what you were using it for.  The arrows

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

2013-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, are you a regular distro-hopper?  Probably a good idea to install onto a new separate partition so that you can easily get back to your regular OS if things are not as smooth as they first appear!  Should be fun though :)  Good luck and happy hunting! Regards from Tom :) 

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

2013-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
, 9 June 2013, 15:11 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] GIMP - was: CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO 2013/6/9 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk: Hi :) There are a lot of very simple drawing programs on GnuLinux;  gpaint (a bit like Paint in Windows accessories), gnome

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

2013-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) According to Distrowatch http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=manjaro Manjaro already has LO 4.0.2 by default!  I'd stick with that!  I would guess it doesn't use the Debian family (Mint, Ubuntu etc) .deb installers but also doubt it uses Redhat's .rpms either.  So, i really

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

2013-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 I didn't really get all the car tools references but the general idea came through anyway.  Sometimes you only need a minimal tool and then it is often better to choose something simple. However, i chose to use Gimp because i hoped to learn more skills just by seeing extra options in

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

2013-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There could be a core group of Extensions/Add-ons that are maintained as part of the program.  Official add-ons.  Then a bunch of 3rd party or experimental ones.  Encourage all to be made as OpenSource so that if/when the original maintainer vanishes then others could take over.  Regards

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

2013-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, brilliant!  Looks like we do have good options after all.  Thanks for that one! Regards from Tom :)  From: TOKI Kantoor toki.kant...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013, 22:29 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users]

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

2013-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
June 2013, 21:43 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO On 6/9/13 2:07 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi:) There could be a core group of Extensions/Add-ons that are maintained as part of the program.  Official add-ons.  Then a bunch of 3rd party

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

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
based systems such as FreeBSD and BeOS? I'd be interested in the process On Sun, 9 Jun 2013, at 07:03 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sun, 9 Jun 2013, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Hmmm, are you a regular distro-hopper?  Probably a good idea to install onto a new separate partition so that you can

Re: [libreoffice-users] SQL statement error when linking Main form to SubForm

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats!!  Thanks for letting the list know you have solved the problem and also given clues a to how you achieved that!  Often there is not much need to trouble-shoot down to precise causes because the exact situation is unlikely to recur.  General principles often help more.  Tidying

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Normal font look bold with 100% scale

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  It might be a graphics-driver issue.  It sounds like the problem only occurs at certain levels of zoom on certain screen-resolutions.  I'd take the Tommy Cooper approach and just avoid those combinations.  You know it is displaying properly on other people's machines so the only person

Re: [libreoffice-users] V4.0 On Mac OS X small vertical scroller does not scroller is flaky

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You are not properly subscribed to this list yet.  Have you replied to the confirmation email?  Did it get sent to your junk/spam folder by mistake? Regards from Tom :)  From: wyattbiker wyattbi...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: V4.0 On Mac OS X small vertical scroller does not scroller is flaky

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
: Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013, 15:48 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: V4.0 On Mac OS X small vertical scroller does not scroller is flaky On 6/10/13 6:07 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) You are not properly subscribed to this list yet

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: V4.0 On Mac OS X small vertical scroller does not scroller is flaky

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This answer seemed a tad more useful!  Yes there is a bug report and Alex gives the clickable link to it.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013, 16:01

Re: [libreoffice-users] unsubscribe

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please try the instructions in this link http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Good luck and regards from Tom :)  From: Stefanie DuBois krcw...@gwi.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013, 18:05

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: V4.0 On Mac OS X small vertical scroller does not scroller is flaky

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I was trying to help get the nomail version so that no email would be delivered to the person's email account.  That way he would be able to use Nabble as though it really was a forum without getting tons of irrelevant emails.  Sadly i think i misinterpreted what the nomail option does. 

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

2013-06-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has anyone read the Published Guides for LibreOffice?  or used them to look up the odd thing or few?  They are kinda ok aren't they?  Regards from Tom :)  From: Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 10 June

[libreoffice-users] Base 4.0 Handbook?

2013-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has Base changed much since the 3.5.x releases?  If so is there a list of changes on a wiki or something somewhere?  Regards from Tom :)  To: documentat...@global.libreoffice.org documentat...@global.libreoffice.org snip / Is there any

Re: [libreoffice-users] disable save as in odt document

2013-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, that seems like a fairly crazy thing to do.  Surely the opposite would be better?  Normal save overwrites the previous version of the document and makes it difficult to create back-ups.  Plus it restricts what formats can be used.  If someone opens a document in some stupid format

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

2013-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
manuals so that was really what i was asking about.  Do they make sense?  It's good to hear the make more sense than other stuff to do with LibreOffice though.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net To: Tom Davies tomdavie

Re: [libreoffice-users] disable save as in odt document

2013-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  I think it's just to block morons from doing stupid things without really knowing what they are doing.  If someone knows how to circumvent stuff like this then they probably understand the differences between different formats and can navigate folders without too much trouble.  Now

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

2013-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, i didn't think they mentioned specific Extensions and their usage.  I htought they only covered the core functionality.  Thanks Anne! Regards from Tom :)  From: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: users

[libreoffice-users] Recent Documents List

2013-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: susan zarrett suezr...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013, 23:28 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documenta Unfortunately not, but thanks for asking.  On 6/10/2013 5:45 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Did you ever manage to solve

Re: [libreoffice-users] Text-boxes. How to set up?

2013-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, the trouble i am having now is trying to get text to stay inside a box that has it's corners curved off.  They are a bit like an extreme version of the rounded smoothness of Xp windows compared to Win98's ones.  The curves take several lines so at the moment i press Shift Enter and

Re: [libreoffice-users] drag drop

2013-06-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  To copy your files from the external drive you 'just' need to open the folder that shows all the files and also open the folder that shows your My Documents folder and then just drag from the 1st one to the 2nd.  When i say 'just' it's because it can be difficult to just open a

Re: [libreoffice-users] create custom macro within share location (program files)

2013-06-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Do any of these guides look helpful with that sort of thing? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Corporate_Users Regards from Tom :)  From: Vieri rentor...@yahoo.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] disable save as in odt document

2013-06-12 Thread Tom Davies
? Thanks, Vieri --- On Tue, 6/11/13, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :)  I think it's just to block morons from doing stupid things without really knowing what they are doing.  If someone knows how to circumvent stuff like this then they probably understand the differences between

Re: [libreoffice-users] Site is Timing out....

2013-06-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That could be Vista.  Could you try downloading on a different machine?  Does your machine have a Dual boot menu when the machine starts up that allows you to choose something else instead of Vista? Alternatively, on Vista when you arrive at the website try looking along the taskbar at

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-users] Προτάσεις βελτίωση Libre Ofice

2013-06-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I used Quick Translate to try to work out what the chap said.  It's all Greek to me.   Is anyone able to point him to the Greek Users List? Regards from Tom :)   Γεια σας :) Η συνήθιζα Quick Μετάφραση να προσπαθήσουμε να μάθουμε τι το σκάσιμο είπε. Είναι όλα τα ελληνικά μου. Η Είναι

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] java macro and multiple class methods

2013-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats.  No need to apologise fro the noise/traffic!  Congrats on solving the puzzle :) Congrats and regards from Tom :)  From: Vieri rentor...@yahoo.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2013, 7:27 Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.3.3: 'Insert: Horizontal rule' is missing

2013-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Feel free to post a bug-report or wish-list item about it https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport There might already be one but you will find that out after filling in a suitable subject-line for the report (hopefully before it asks you to fill in the message part).  I suspect that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0.3.3: 'Insert: Horizontal rule' is missing

2013-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It would be really great if more of us could learn how to mark as duplicate and other triaging stuff.  Even just a few people here learnt what is in some of those drop-downs that would be good.  I'm completely hopeless at remembering that sort of thing but there is a competition coming up

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.0.3.3: 'Insert: Horizontal rule' is missing

2013-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmm, there are many reasons for preferring non-MS.  Backwards compatibility is just 1 of the issues.  Current compatibility with it's own current formats is another.  A third is whether it's current formats work with non-MS products that do follow the OOXML ISO standard.  Regards from

Re: [libreoffice-users] create custom macro within share location (program files)

2013-06-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I take it that it's not easy to re-write all the macros in, say Java, into Basic (or the other way around)?  Also I take it that the http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Administration_Guide/Using_Custom_Macros_and_Libraries needs significant updating?  Apols and regards from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0.3.3: 'Insert: Horizontal rule' is missing

2013-06-14 Thread Tom Davies
-users] Re: LO 4.0.3.3: 'Insert: Horizontal rule' is missing On 6/13/13 5:12 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Hmm, there are many reasons for preferring non-MS.  Backwards compatibility is just 1 of the issues.  Current compatibility with it's own current formats is another.  A third is whether

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.1.0 Beta2 available

2013-06-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)   The beta-testing version of 4.1.0 is out! :) However, apparently Ubuntu users using their PPAs are going to have problems test-driving it at this stage.  I am not sure what happens if you install the upstream version directly from the LibreOffice website rather than the Ubuntu-ised

Triaging Competition, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0.3.3: 'Insert: Horizontal rule' is missing

2013-06-16 Thread Tom Davies
@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013, 17:54 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0.3.3: 'Insert: Horizontal rule' is missing On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice website security

2013-06-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is unlikely the LibreOffice website is infected because it runs on unix-based platforms such as GnuLinux.  I don't think any of the internet-facing servers run on Windows.  Also i suspect that uploads get scanned and stuff on the servers gets scanned fairly regularly.  However it

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice website security

2013-06-17 Thread Tom Davies
side?  Many thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Petre Matei Borocan petre.boro...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 17 June 2013, 10:53 Subject: Re: [libreoffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] =IF Function

2013-06-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just use speech marks?  eg, in B1 try  =IF(A1,Passed,Failed) then set A1 = 1 and B1 shows Passed set A1=0 and B1 shows Failed Regards from Tom :)  From: Tinkerer j_taylo...@btinternet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 18

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: =IF Function

2013-06-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Lol, i assumed that after we got the bleeding obvious out the way we would find something more complex than just a late-night coding issue.  Still best to get the waggle the wires or switch it off and then switch it on again type answer out the way first.  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question

2013-06-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is alway Google Docs!  That is probably the same as Google Drive Documents in giving you Cloud storage space that you can set various parts of to share with various different groups of people or make open to anyone that happens to want to visit.  Sadly they use the MS formats but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Serious application development with LibreOffice and LibreOffice Basic

2013-06-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Base can either use an SQL-based back-end or LO Calc spreadsheets.  Just not both at the same time.  Errr, the rest of it was a bit over my head!  Hopefully someone else will be around soon Regards from tom :)  From: Michael Lueck

Re: [libreoffice-users] Indexing problem

2013-06-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought there was some discussion about this one but now i look in Nabble i can't find it.  Was there a good answer to this one? Regards from Tom :)  From: Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 29 May 2013,

Re: [libreoffice-users] TOC corrupted, includes text from chapter

2013-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Hopefully Regina or someone are going to give an awesome elegant answer but my bodge-it methods might shake it loose.  1.  Can you start as though you are going to use the text-editor route but instead of pasting into a text-editor just re-paste back into the LibreOffice document? 

Re: [libreoffice-users] TOC corrupted, includes text from chapter

2013-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
...@gmx.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Kees Hink keesh...@gmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 0:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] TOC corrupted, includes text from chapter I had this problem when I migrated from 3.x

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Database field on top of PDF document

2013-06-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Wow!  The hap seemed to make that quite complicated in Gimp.  I just 1.  right-click on the layer in the side-panel to Add Alpha Channel.  2.  then up to the top-menu-bar to click on Select and Select by colour 3.  click on the colour i want to see through 4.  hit the delete key (well,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Database field on top of PDF document

2013-06-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think he is trying to fill in a form that has been sent to him as a Pdf.  Either that or trying to fill in a form that has been scanned in as a Pdf.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Database field on top of PDF document

2013-06-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, i always struggle with it quite a lot.  Not that i have done it much.  Only tried 1 or 2 times tbh but both times it was a pita. Regards from Tom :)  From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Imprimir bordas de uma tabela no Writer

2013-06-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just in case anyone didn't understand it the translation into English is something like It seems that in 4.0.4 the problem was solved. So, congratulations and regards from Tom :)  From: João Mac-Cormick joao.corm...@gmail.com To: Valdir Barbosa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mint 14 and Libre Office 3.6

2013-06-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  1st thing worth knowing is that uninstall-reinstall does  not get back to factory defaults and seldom fixes problems.  it does fix things sometimes but not very often.  Programs upgrade so often now that finding all your settings and configurations have been wiped just due to a

Re: [libreoffice-users] advanced notes question

2013-06-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brian's answers are usually right.  It seems a few people missed it though.  quote LibreOffice now calls these comments.  Try View | Comments. /quote and then quote Now you need to tick Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Writer | View | Display | Comments.  Then the menu item should

Re: [libreoffice-users] advanced notes question

2013-06-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Mirosław :) Ouch, i only just saw your post after writing my response to a couple of other responses that must have appeared after yours.  Surely Brian's answer fixes the issue though?  He is usually correct but so are you.  So, now i am confused.  Regards from Tom :)  

Re: [libreoffice-users] Style Question (Similar to Helen's, for Plays)

2013-06-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Templates?  Section breaks?  Getting Started Guide, Chapter 3 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Who is betting that Brian and Regina have better answers? Regards from Tom :)  From: Dave Liesse dslie...@liessefamily.net

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

2013-06-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  +1 Well, something similar.  Sometimes an entire branch goes by without my having installed and used any in it.  The 3.4.x and 3.6.x passed me by almost completely.  I keep meaning to join in with QA early in a branch's release-cycle but typically end up installing about half-way

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

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  I agree with both sides of this argument/discussion.  I do really like the fast-paced development of LibreOffice.  Especially as it follows decades of being stuck in a quagmire.  That is why i suggest the approach of letting fast paced development continue as it is and having a series

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer shows background images not arranged in back as when opened in Word

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it's about automatically sending images to the background so that the text and stuff appears on top of the image rather than being hidden behind the image.  So, perhaps something similar?  Just swapping the resize command for one that pushes it down a few layers? Regards from

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

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I had no idea there were different organisations doing the same thing.  I don't know which is best but i think http://sourceforge.net/projects/winpenpack/files/X-LibreOffice/releases/ is worth looking into.  Unfortunately i am lucky enough to be able to boot into GnuLinux almost

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

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, that makes sense.  The problem now is to make the upgrade smoother so it's easier to upgrade within a branch, eg from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 and onwards.  Preferably not completely automatic but easy enough so that users can click on the upgrade button even if they don't have Super User /

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

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are certain names i keep noticing and saying thanks to but there are quite a few others that i never notice despite them putting in tons of hard work.  I usually try to delete most LibreOffice emails but quite a few slip through but just did a quick search of your name and found

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

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
.  Florian did his magic tricks and it's appeared.  Regards from Tom :)  From: M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com; Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org users

Re: [libreoffice-users] LIbre Office crashing

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Step 1 is to rename your User Profile https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile Step 2 is to try to disable Java Tools - Options - Java and then untick the box at the top.  Errr, you might want to try those in reverse order.  You seldom need Java in LibreOffice these

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.4win32 download link hacked or problems

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Was the 2Mb download the .torrent file?  Errr, has this issue been solved alredy? Regards from Tom :)  From: J Weaver jweave...@hotmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 20:07 Subject:

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

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did anyone else notice this announcement?  I'm sure there seems to be about 1/week announcing large-scale migrations to LibreOffice.  The first one i noticed recently was the Spanish State moving something like 40,000 desktops just a couple of years after moving 70,000.  So they obviously

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing LibO4.0.4 on GNU/Linux Mint

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, so in effect you did fully uninstall and reinstall so it should have fixed any weird lingering problems that 'should't' happen during a normal upgrade.  Interesting Regards from Tom :)  From: sun shine phaedr...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Language selection

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did you manage to solve this one in the end?  If not please let us know and then we will try again (hopefully) Usually the language is the one that is used by your operating system by default.  It might help us if you could tell us the name of your operating system.  I vaguely

Re: [libreoffice-users] AOO for Android - not worth the download

2013-06-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) My boss still uses the term Office meaning MSO and i just give him a baffled look and pause and then say do you mean the Microsoft one?.  When i say Office i mean LO so i have started saying MSO.  So, i think i am going to keep on using AOO but also mention Apache later in the same

Re: [libreoffice-users] Language selection

2013-06-28 Thread Tom Davies
can't read!  Oh, or delete the User Profile of course.  The Japanese one is fine staying in Japanese.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Kiss András kissand...@softap.eu To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need header outside right margin

2013-06-28 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; LibreOffice List users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 23:39 Subject: Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] Need header outside right margin Been

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problemas con campos de un formulario

2013-06-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Translating from the original Spanish Hello, I'm creating a form offline, I'm using LibreOffice 4.0.4.2-2, my OS is Ubuntu 13.04 x86. The problem I have is with controls such as check boxes and option (radio) to add them and begin to use these forms; flash form, and sometimes

[libreoffice-users] English speakers in translators team

2013-06-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It might sound contra-intuitive but it might really help if a few native English speakers could join the international translators team.  Preferably English (US) but even my (GB) seems to have been a big help.  Even people that don't speak any other language other than English could

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