[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0.0.3 has no printer in Win7 - SHOW STOPPER

2013-02-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tim, Good idea. I'll poke around on the Wiki's and see if I can find a good spot to insert it. Of course folks would then need to realize they'd need to look in the Wiki to get the information on how to capture a log of the install if they're having problems with a Windows installation. Suspect

RE: [libreoffice-users] On a Bugzilla bug page after a change is made it says Email sent to and then Excluding what does this mean?

2013-02-03 Thread V Stuart Foote
Default behavior of the TDF hosted Bugzilla service to not send when the change was made by me, i.e. you don't get an email copy when you do the action. Can be adjusted per user account on the Preferences - Email Preferences tab of your Bugzilla account. Stuart -- For unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Re: Chart, Custom Menu Problems in LibreOffice 4.0.5

2013-09-08 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jonathan, Jonathan Levi wrote ... (see attachments, if they're allowed). Attachments do not make it with posts, stripped out by mail list server by design. You can post with attachment via Nabble interface: Chart-Custom-Menu-Problems-in-LibreOffice-4-0-5

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

2013-10-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
Alex, Ouch! Any idea what failed, so as the rest of us can avoid it? ;-) I'd been looking at a Mavericks upgrade on a late model MacMini I've been playing with. None the less good luck with recovery! Stuart From: Alex Thurgood

[libreoffice-users] Re: OOOlatex

2013-11-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
Patrick, OOOlatex looks to be a defunct extension project never integrated with LibreOffice (e.g. it was just lucky its oxt worked). See: http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooolatex/files/?source=navbar Substantive work has migrated to TexMaths

RE: [libreoffice-users] I think you could significantly improve the compression on the odt docs

2014-01-13 Thread V Stuart Foote
Frank, Wrong venue... take the suggestion to the standards group for ODF https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office The LibreOffice project is simply an implementer and has greater issues with ODF standards. Kind regards, Stuart -Original Message- From:

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 'deployment'

2014-02-03 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Ivan, From: IOmazic ioma...@wmo.int Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 6:21 AM is it possible that you share this tools for windows? I will need to install it to around 450 pc, so it will be cool to have some tool to do all modification needed. Since LibreOffice is packaged for installation using

RE: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/paste bug - update

2014-02-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, From: Tom Cloyd... To recap - the dev version you refer me to below is for Windows. I run Kubuntu Linux 13.11. Sorry for the misunderstanding on my part, I did not realize you were on -- kubuntu. 3. Here's the problem: a. I move some cells from one sheet in a Calc document to a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Where are the file checksums?

2014-03-10 Thread V Stuart Foote
For earlier versions that have dropped from the LibreOffice mirror system-- see the TDF LibreOffice archives http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/ . The MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 hashes are recorded in the 'Details' links for each file. For most folks, using the hash and

[libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread V Stuart Foote
It's a shame none of the Open Source office's has the manpower to build an Android version. Now it's too late ;) Seriously, Pedro? Actually, TDF and the LibreOffice Devs, notably Tor Lillqvist, have been hard after an Android build. Not sure of its fitness for use, but daily builds of

RE: [libreoffice-users] Non-PDF Portable Document Formats (Exporting from LO)

2014-04-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
Top posting answer to Hal... See either of two ways to proceed, since LibreOffice already bases it PDF page rendering on Poppler and bundles it, you might as well work against that and write a LibreOffice extension. Alternative might be the java source code from Writer2LaTex project

[libreoffice-users] Re: Endnote references get corrupted with copy+paste

2014-04-13 Thread V Stuart Foote
Kartik, Not a developer, just a QA volunteer with some basic triage skills. One thing to be aware of, is that in reverting to a release earlier than 4.1.5.3 (i.e. the 4.1.4.2 build) is that the issues of references in copied text fdo#63553 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63553

[libreoffice-users] Re: Getting back to the Start screen

2014-04-20 Thread V Stuart Foote
David, *, The enhancement of returning to the Start Center at any point is actually a reasonable idea. But, always helpful if we post the link to the bug or enhancement request entered in Bugzilla, that way all can follow along and comment there. So that is fdo#77590

[libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-04-29 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, Tom Cloyd wrote Everyday, I organize my life around two large LO spreadsheets. I'm running ver. 4.2.1.1. Since the last major update (ver. 4.2.1?), my day begins with a serious of crashes - only after I save both sheets (separately, of course) 6-12 times, each time after some small

[libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-04-29 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, I should have added a note regards option of doing a parallel installation so you can test the versions side-by-side to identify the best stability for your work flow. See this Wiki page: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel Regards, Stuart -- View this message

[libreoffice-users] Re: Intentionally crashing LibreOffice when frozen/LibreOffice will not start.

2014-05-01 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jacqueline Tarleton wrote But I am getting more comfortable with using R itself to answer these... Excuse my ignorance - What is R? This particular Thread has provided amazing details on the limitations of Libre Office Calc, tips, hints, and workarounds- except do not know what is R.

[libreoffice-users] Re: keyboard shortcut to navigate tables

2014-05-01 Thread V Stuart Foote
Ruth Ann wrote Is there a keyboard shortcut that will let me move from cell to cell in a table in Writer? I can not find any mention of one in the help section, and so far, the only way I know to move the cursor to the next cell is to use the mouse. Ruth Ann, Cincinnati, OH USA Hmm,

[libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-01 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, Believe you REALLY should get off of the 4.2.x branch and move onto the 4.3 now in alpha. Devs have really put a lot of effort into exactly these issues for the 4.3 release. First 4.3 alpha pre-release is here: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/win/x86/ or perhaps work with

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
once you get it filed. Stuart -Original Message- From: Tom Cloyd [mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 9:20 AM To: V Stuart Foote; LibreOffice User's Help Forum Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@! Stuart, Update

[libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, When you get a chance, could you load up a newer nightly build of master, e.g. of the 4.3.0.0alpha1+ build. Found here-- http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/ Kohei Yoshida, one of the lead devs on the calc spreadsheet component, made a range of commits on 24 April (the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Dear libreoffice

2014-05-08 Thread V Stuart Foote
Colin, Thanks for posting! LibreOffice is a community of volunteer users designers and developers. With some corporate sponsorship of all facets. Point is, that you are more than welcome to volunteer the effort to improve the product, but no one is going to do so for you simply at your behest.

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-08 Thread V Stuart Foote
@NoOp Full threads in context are available on the Nabble service: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Users-f1639498.html From: NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 9:15 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users]

RE: [libreoffice-users] Installation Trouble

2014-05-09 Thread V Stuart Foote
Archive of the old releases is here: http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/ You'll note there were several in the 3.5.x line, so you may have to open the Windows registry to see the GUID of the build that was installed that needs to be recovered/deleted. Good luck.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread V Stuart Foote
Girvin, Girvin Herr wrote I seem to have missed the OP's posting... No, y0u had to OP as tacked on to Anne's--by Virgil A. And just a reminder that anyone can (and maybe should) review partial threads (in thread context, or as a sequential list) from the Nabble interface to the LibreOffice

RE: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-13 Thread V Stuart Foote
Top posting to Tom C., While there are some great people and many opinions here on the user forum, many facets of the collaborative development process and project management go under appreciated. As it is, the UX and Design teams are always in need of valid requirements analysis, and the

RE: [libreoffice-users] Dutch spellchecking

2014-05-14 Thread V Stuart Foote
Top posting reply to Rogier, The default installation will include language (dialogs and menus, and dictionary) of the detected system local language. I can not say how complete the Spelling dictionary and hyphenation rules for Dutch are, but the Pootle translations for Dutch (language code nl)

[libreoffice-users] RE: Dutch spellchecking

2014-05-14 Thread V Stuart Foote
V Stuart Foote wrote I can not say how complete the Spelling dictionary and hyphenation rules for Dutch are So digging just a bit further, as referenced here in git repository http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/dictionaries/tree/nl_NL/README_NL.txt , LibreOffice uses the OpenTaal v2.00G

RE: [libreoffice-users] Capitalizing Similar to Sentence Structure for Fields

2014-05-19 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Joel, *, Spent some time with it, not possible. A valid enhancement request. Responded on the bug report... Stuart From: Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 10:22 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject:

RE: [libreoffice-users] Problems while trying to reinstall LO 3.4.3

2011-09-15 Thread V Stuart Foote
Had a similar experience with Windows 7 64-bit, at LO 3.3.2 -- 3.4.0 and then again recently 3.4.2 -- 3.4.3 Found I simply needed to reboot following the uninstall, and then install. -Original Message- From: Jonathon Waterman [mailto:peedyswo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Working on an archive site/pages forLO and the DVD

2011-10-10 Thread V Stuart Foote
On Mon 10/10/2011 9:04 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions [mailto:webmas...@krackedpress.com] wrote: As for md5sum filse, I never created them before. If you check the LibreOffice.org download page, you will find that they do not have md5sum files listed either. Actually, the Libre

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Working on an archive site/pages for LOand the DVD

2011-10-10 Thread V Stuart Foote
On Monday, October 10, 2011 10:57 AM webmaster for Kracked Press Productions [mailto:webmas...@krackedpress.com] responded: OK, I never really saw that check box before. And what is that ... after the md5sum mean? There are other formats, MD5 (Message Digest v5) is just one of numerous

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

2011-10-14 Thread V Stuart Foote
Cor, Ouch! Too harsh, take it down a notch... Stuart From: Cor Nouws [mailto:oo...@nouenoff.nl] Sent: Fri 10/14/2011 11:09 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: cut/paste removes and renamesprotected field

RE: [libreoffice-users] Where is Find? (Writer 3.4.3)

2011-10-14 Thread V Stuart Foote
) and select Dock ALL Toolbars. That should return the active Find toolbar to its default docked location and allow Ctl+F activation. Stuart =-=-= V Stuart Foote Systems Analyst College of Sciences The University of Texas at San Antonio (210) 458-4962 vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Documents Not Opening On External Drive

2011-10-24 Thread V Stuart Foote
useful response and dialog. Regards, Stuart =-=-= V Stuart Foote Systems Analyst Geological Sciences The University of Texas at San Antonio -Original Message- From: Yogi [mailto:bar...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:21 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject

[libreoffice-users] Re: Documents Not Opening On External Drive

2011-10-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
support as an alternative to SMB/CIFS. Regards, Stuart =-=-= V Stuart Foote Systems Analyst Geological Sciences The University of Texas at San Antonio -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Documents-Not-Opening-On-External-Drive-tp3443972p3450624.html Sent

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Documents Not Opening On External Drive

2011-10-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
Yogi, Glad you got it sorted. However, I am very concerned that it takes a System Analyst to understand why a very elementary task cannot be performed. The average LibreOffice user is only interested in having the application work... I would not say the skill set needed is average, but in

RE: [libreoffice-users] Installer stalls after C++ process

2011-11-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
Michael, Actually, Tom's suggestion would be my first as well. Can't tell you how many times folks have sworn they have a valid download of an install package--only to find they don't when they actually check it. You're HASH values are correct. Next step would be as Jay suggested to run a

RE: [libreoffice-users] Installer stalls after C++ process

2011-11-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
on the machine previously? I have seen some reports the Windows uninstaller may leave behind debris that confuses the installer. Hardly, since I only bought the system at lunchtime ;) 25/11/2011 20:50, sgrìobh V Stuart Foote: Next step would be as Jay suggested to run a conservative registry cleaner

RE: [libreoffice-users] Installation problem with LibreOffice 3.5

2012-02-16 Thread V Stuart Foote
Open windows registry editor (regedit.exe) from an elevated command prompt (run as administrator) and set a RegistrySizeLimit value in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control key. Set RegistrySizeLimit (DWORD 32) to Hex (8 - fs), close registry, reboot. Should clear the

RE: [libreoffice-users] Spell check for 3.4.5 on Win7 not working

2012-02-16 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, It is buried down in the Dev list, but the LibO BASE JDBC performance issues with the Java JRE are fixed by changes to the JDBC driver to reduce JNI Attach/DetachThread cycles, the 35023 bug (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35023 ) is closed. We should no longer be pusing

RE: [libreoffice-users] Spell check for 3.4.5 on Win7 not working

2012-02-17 Thread V Stuart Foote
of any dependence on it completely.  It's not our devs fault that Oracle can't write something that isn't broken and vulnerable before Oracle release it. Regards from Tom :) --- On Fri, 17/2/12, V Stuart Foote vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu wrote: From: V Stuart Foote vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu Subject: RE

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Unable to install LibreOffice 3.5.0 viaGPO

2012-02-20 Thread V Stuart Foote
Andreas, Cor, recalled correctly. Bug ID was https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45068 cancelled found to be duplicate of https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36677 which at the moment is marked fixed. But probably should not be. Suggest you plug yourself into the 36677

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Unable to install LibreOffice 3.5.0 viaGPO

2012-02-20 Thread V Stuart Foote
Andreas, Actually, it looks like https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45750 might be the closer issue, but it also is marked closed. A viable workaround is provided by the developer-- Andras Timar, who suggests a simple edit of the 3.5.0 installer with Microsoft's ORCA editor.

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-23 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, As a fellow users list taking content in my email stream, I have no issue with your chosen style of participation and with rare exception find your comments germane and correct--which is my metric for viable contribution. You're doing just fine. However--when replying--could you take

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-23 Thread V Stuart Foote
OK, so who remembers what the original issue was? And for that there is the Document Foundation lists Nabble archive--where you can take your pick of layout. Threaded http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Top-posting-tt3767551.html#none List

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Unable to install LibreOffice 3.5.0 viaGPO

2012-02-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
--- On Fri, 2/24/2012, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies [mailto:tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Fri 2/24/2012 12:22 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Unable to install LibreOffice 3.5.0 viaGPO Hi :) Has anyone been able to help with

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't install LO 3.5 Windows

2012-02-26 Thread V Stuart Foote
Likely a problem with download of the ~201MB installation package. On the download page there is an Info link that if opened in another tab presents you a set of HASH values and recommended (by proximity) download mirrors to use for your transfer. This content is managed by The

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't install LO 3.5 Windows

2012-02-26 Thread V Stuart Foote
Luuk wrote On 26-02-2012 14:32, Tom Davies wrote: I'm not sure how to find the md5sum to check the download with http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/using_md5sums.html That Open Office link is kind of defunct Original: Simon Brouwer (2003-11). Revised: Ant Bryan (2006-02). Probably not

[libreoffice-users] Re: Some documents make libreoffice-writer crash

2012-04-09 Thread V Stuart Foote
e-letter wrote On 08/04/2012, Jonathan Schultz lt;jonathan@gt; wrote: Unfortunately I'm still not out of the woods. The TDF version of LibreOffice isn't detected by bibus. Which means no bibliography, which is pretty much a deal-breaker. To create documents with a bibliography,

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

2012-04-09 Thread V Stuart Foote
Humm, Andreas That is UNFAIR! Why do you consider Tom's posts on MariaDB as Spam? There is nothing indiscriminate about his postings. He's very clear about what he is posting and why. While they could be trimmed down a bit they are applicable as an alternative to a great number of LibreOffice

[libreoffice-users] Re: Want to convert doc into ps format programatically

2012-04-24 Thread V Stuart Foote
For Postscript or PDF formatting, believe the heavy lifting within LibreOffice (or OpenOffice) are filters that pass the document through embedded routines from the Pango and Cairo open source projects. http:// http://cairographics.org http://cairographics.org Start there. You will still need to

RE: [libreoffice-users] inferior jre error message -- assigned to Bug ID 46114

2012-05-28 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jude, Can confirm your issue after installing NVDA, while running LibreOffice 3.5.4rc2. The NVDA screen reader functions as expected, but when working in LibreOffice, NVDA cursor controls are not correct. Attempting to activate the accessibility support from Tools -- Options --

[libreoffice-users] Re: inferior jre error message

2012-06-01 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jude, Would you please try an installation of the Java Access Bridge 2.0.2 using the JWin installer by Jamal Mazrui and report back if you have assistive technology in general and in particular if NVDA is functioning as you'd expect. Program download link is here --

[libreoffice-users] Re: Is 3.5.4 ready for business users?

2012-06-03 Thread V Stuart Foote
your original thread titled inferior jre error message. We've closed the 46114 Bug as NotABug--but if you really are still having issues this needs attention and we need your assistance in testing Accessibility support. Regards, Stuart V Stuart Foote wrote Re: inferior jre error message

[libreoffice-users] Re: inferior jre error message

2012-06-03 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jude, Sorry, didn't catch this the first time through your posting. Please double check your entrance sequence to use Accessibility Tools in Libre Office: The sequence you list would put you in the Appearance panel, not the Accessibility panel--need to enter a second a altt -- Tools alto --

[libreoffice-users] Re: inferior jre error message

2012-06-03 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jude, Please uninstall your Java Runtime and Java Access Bridge--and run the JWin utility to install a JRE then correctly configure Java Access Bridge. It doesn't do anything that can't be done by hand, but the manual set up is error prone. Please get JAB configured correctly and then let us know

[libreoffice-users] Re: inferior jre error message

2012-06-03 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jude, I understood you the first time. But please uninstall your JRE's and then use the JWin installer to preform the JRE and JAB 2.0.2 reinstall. It really does perform a correct installation of the JAB--you need to ensure that is done correctly before you will be able to work with LibreOffice

[libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 3.5 inaccessible

2012-06-04 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jude, Thank you for working through this. Next we need to check if you have enabled a Java for your LibreOffice install. Same process as toggling Accessibility Tools, enter: altt -- tools alto -- options j -- for Java settings tab -- to move to Use a Java runtime environment checkbox space

[libreoffice-users] Re: Nvda versus Dolphin, was: Does Java Access Bridge Work in 3.5.4?

2012-06-05 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, If you must cross post like this why not just provide the Nabble html link to the entire thread? Perhaps with some comment of why it should be of interest to users. There was quite a bit going on with this and a couple of other threads including a full on

[libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 3.5 inaccessible

2012-06-05 Thread V Stuart Foote
Andreas, Andreas Säger wrote We do not know the system yet. In case of Windows x64 Jude has to install a 32 bit version of Java 6 (current version number 1.6.0_32). Such a version can be downloaded from

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: libreoffice 3.5 inaccessible

2012-06-06 Thread V Stuart Foote
Eric, If your speech recognition driver is a Java component serviced by the Oracle Java Access Bridge Jamal Mazrui's JWin installer process will correctly handle registration of both 32-bit and 64-bit JAB JAR packages. Download here: http://empowermentzone.com/JWin_setup.exe With additional

RE: [libreoffice-users] why libreoffice is inaccessible

2012-06-08 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jude, The .xcu file won't have line numbers as it is program generated configuration file of generated XML--stanzas are all run together. Notepad may not be the best editor to use since you'll need to navigate the XML structure with field searches. I prefer the vim based gvim program with an

RE: [libreoffice-users] why libreoffice is inaccessible

2012-06-08 Thread V Stuart Foote
Great question! Unfortunately I'm away from the office so don't have a Linux box to poke around in. But, from its name would expect the registrymodifications.xcu to be unique to the Windows installation and set up by the Microsoft package installer that Andras Timar builds. Would have

[libreoffice-users] Re: Will Libreoffice have a LESS BUG version in the future?

2014-06-22 Thread V Stuart Foote
Paul-6 wrote If you are more interested in stability and lack of bugs, OpenOffice is a better choice, as I understand they are more focused on bug hunting and not so much on new features. Hmm..., not sure I'd agree with that at all. The Apache OpenOffice project is pushing out revisions as

RE: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office 3.6.2.2 - downloads

2014-06-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
Charles, Yes that is the preferred location for obtaining LibreOffice project archive builds. Stuart -Original Message- From: charles meyer [mailto:reachmepl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 5:11 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] Libre

RE: [libreoffice-users] Pre- 4.1 versions

2014-06-29 Thread V Stuart Foote
Steve, *, Once at EOL and off support the builds are removed from mirror network. That means that as of this date your choices on mirror are: 4.2.5 on Fresh 4.1.6 on Stable and 4.3.0 rc1 on Development. When 4.3.0 is finalized 4.2.5/6 will roll to Stable, and 4.1.6 will be retired and no

RE: [libreoffice-users] What version?

2014-08-06 Thread V Stuart Foote
No great mystery. If they are more conservative--LibreOffice 4.2.6 is a solid build, somewhat lacking in the latest office features. http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-still/ If they have more tolerance for change, and accept the potential for some as yet undescribed bugs

RE: [libreoffice-users] What version?

2014-08-06 Thread V Stuart Foote
Pikov, *, -Original Message- From: Pikov Andropov [mailto:piko...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 6:31 PM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] What version? V Stuart Foote wrote on 8/6/2014 6:34 PM: No great mystery. If they are more

RE: [libreoffice-users] Too much Politics?

2014-08-07 Thread V Stuart Foote
Jon, *, Fortunately, there is a very effective filter. Simply follow this forum on Nabble http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/ You'll still need to subscribe to actually use the listserv, but can choose what topics you actually want/need to read. Stuart -Original Message- From:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Error at the time of auto saving process.

2014-08-20 Thread V Stuart Foote
Farhad, *, There are several open issues in our Bugzilla related to this type of issue. Notably fdo#47148 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47148 which is serving as a meta issue for the problems. If you can precisely describe the steps to reproduce, and provide the sample

[libreoffice-users] Re: Link to external data question

2014-08-22 Thread V Stuart Foote
Not sure about that. Have a look at comment #5 in fdo#69320 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69320 I followed along with that and was able to insert source link, and the cell(s) receive the value(s) from the external .CSV resource. -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Data loss in Math in LO Writer: Some Formulas irrecoverably lost every now and then

2014-09-12 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tom, *, of course there are alternatives among the LaTex editors and Tex renderings, but rather than sending Paul off on a wild goose chase, better to ask him for the additional details we need triage his issue. So, Paul--are you working natively only with ODF format in Writer .odt, and Math

[libreoffice-users] Re: Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-24 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tim, *, This is not a bug. Horizontal lines in Writer are a direct paragraph style assigning a bottom border for the paragraph. I would expect it to only be valid in ODF format--there is no reason to expect LibreOffice ODF (.odt) style elements to be recognized by the export filtering to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Ctrl+F4 Close document

2014-09-26 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Cley, *, Cley Faye wrote The close document behavior you're noticing on windows is not linked to LibreOffice, but is a feature of the system. It just mean close the window, not the app and work everywhere. You can try it in most tabbed browser too :) Sorry but that is not quite correct.

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to handle regressions

2014-10-01 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Charles, *, Tanstaafl wrote Not to mention this one: https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65205 fdo#65205 - Print Component fails to recognize 'Tabloid' as 11x17, uses Letter instead Yes, please don't mention that one as it is NOT a regression. It has never been correct,

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to handle regressions

2014-10-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Charles, *, Please would you verify that Jan-Marek's patch to Allow pasting into input fields http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=3f26ab24e0bfd27645c97ff7915fba2db409930a (comment 13 on fdo#76565 https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=76565 ) fully

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to handle regressions

2014-10-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Tom D., Sophi, Charles H., Cor, *, Please stop! Charles S. (aka Tanstaafl) has agreed to check out the function on master to see if it has addressed the UX regression introduced with the new inline field editing introduced at 4.2--when we have feed back we will revisit fdo#76565 and

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to handle regressions

2014-10-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Florian, *, Please can we move on... Charles S. (aka Tanstaafl) was given instructions and has agreed to do what needs to be done and review the corrected function for his use case with a current build of master (4.4.0alpha0+)--and respond in the fdo#76565

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to handle regressions

2014-10-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Paul, *, This is a non-issue, please STOP. But, just so it is clear in context Tanstaafl on this ML is the Charles in fdo#76565 BZ Paul-6 wrote I may be wrong, but as far as I have understood from Tanstaafl's posts, there was no notice on the bug tracker that there was a test build

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to handle regressions

2014-10-03 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Charles, *, Tanstaafl wrote Also, I'm confused... Jan-Marek in the bug comment on August 17th - well before the 'Hard code freeze' on September 1st for 4.3.2 (released on Sept 22nd - said that the patch would show up in the daily builds after that. So, I'm not complaining, I'm just

[libreoffice-users] Understanding the Bugzilla issue tracker

2014-10-04 Thread V Stuart Foote
Charles S. (aka. Tanstaafl) asked in this thread: Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to handle regressions Follow-up... In the bug UI, is there an easy way to get a list of bugs that have been patched/fixed in master, that a user like me could

[libreoffice-users] Re: ver. 4.2.6-secfix

2014-10-05 Thread V Stuart Foote
Should have what you need here... http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/4.2.6.3/win/x86/ -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/ver-4-2-6-secfix-tp4124967p4124972.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: ver. 4.2.6-secfix

2014-10-07 Thread V Stuart Foote
@edo1, *, No need to incrementally install. The 4.2.6.3 build is a full installer that contains the security fix. The installable Help was built for it at the same time on August 28th. http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/4.2.6.3/ Enjoy

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LO versions to run in parallel on the same computer

2014-10-30 Thread V Stuart Foote
Gary Collins wrote    Hi, I've tried installing the secfix version of LO to run in parallel with the version I generally use (on Windows 7). The instructions in the link were unclear (or just plain wrong), but I did finally manage to get the installer to complete, apparently successfully, i.e.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Recommended version of Java?

2014-10-30 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tanstaafl wrote Is there a page somewhere that specifies what version(s) of Java are supported for what versions of Libreoffice? No. But it probably belongs in the Wiki. Last substantive issues were when Oracle released Java 7 requiring new vendor and minVersion strings. See fdo#39659

[libreoffice-users] Re: Tab defaults change when pasting into Writer from some other applications

2014-10-31 Thread V Stuart Foote
Virgil Arrington-2 wrote ... btw., Ironically, as I'm typing this, I'm sitting in my Law Office Technology class while my students are taking a test on the use of paragraph styles. After teaching this class for five semesters, I've finally found an approach that works. I think Tom

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Writer - Bold activates by itself

2014-11-05 Thread V Stuart Foote
timllloyd wrote ok, bug logged: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85943 Tim, thank you for posting the issue to Bugzilla. As it turns out, Urmas had gotten to it (if a bit terse) with fdo#85876 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85876 issue will be tracked there, and

[libreoffice-users] Re: bugzilla question

2014-11-10 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tim, Done from the Advanced search tab. Check boxes in the Search by people field...

[libreoffice-users] Re: New LibreOffice user Question

2014-11-12 Thread V Stuart Foote
Dave Asaibene wrote ... Is there a place I can get an older copy of LibreOffice? Archived releases are here... http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/ -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: How does 4.4 compress PDFs so well? Is there a quality problem?

2014-11-18 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Paddy, A printed copy of your PDF is not a very good test of document quality. Embedded BMP representation within LibreOffice is at 300dpi. Export print may be the vector format (wmf, emf, eps, svg) or a bitmap rendering preview--at 300dpi. You really need to open each PDF in suitable

[libreoffice-users] Re: Comments on pdf file size in 4.4 alpha; and a new bug?

2014-11-22 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Tom, *, Nicely put. Thanks! @CVAlkan, *, The transparency issues with PDF export in the 4.3 branch, is a reported in bugzilla, fdo#84294 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84294 fdo#83963 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83963 I believe frame transparency is fixed

[libreoffice-users] Re: Comments on pdf file size in 4.4 alpha; and a new bug?

2014-11-22 Thread V Stuart Foote
Oops, correct that last... s/rc2/alpha2/ we're not that far along with the 4.4 branch. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Comments-on-pdf-file-size-in-4-4-alpha-and-a-new-bug-tp4129842p4129893.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

[libreoffice-users] Re: Comments on pdf file size in 4.4 alpha; and a new bug?

2014-11-23 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Rob, *, Rob Jasper wrote I think this is really well explained. I've been professionally involved in defect reporting for years, and the problems seem to be the same in all organisations. Problems in defect reporting: 1- Qualification of type (A bug is unexpected behaviour which does

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing options.

2014-11-25 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Steve, That is an interface to System printer settings. And, if you are using it for printing to a PDF processor--you are printing as PS (Adobe or Ghostscript based). But internal to LO, an Export to PDF will use different processing filters than printing to PS--so there can be subtle

Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving intermediate drafts of bug reports in Bugzilla

2014-12-18 Thread V Stuart Foote
Hedley, No way to do it like that. You can open a stub of the report set status to NEEDINFO. And then flesh it out. But it would be visible to any BZ participant as you work on it. And, when finished crafting, set to UNCONFIRMED to alert the QA reviewers who will either set it back to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Dot separated date in YYYY.MM.DD format

2014-12-19 Thread V Stuart Foote
Add the input format to your Date acceptance pattern? Tools - Language Settings - Languages: Language Of... Date acceptance patterns -=from en-US help=- Date acceptance patterns Specifies the date acceptance patterns for the current locale. Calc spreadsheet and Writer table cell input needs

[libreoffice-users] Re: Help with Installation problem.

2015-02-06 Thread V Stuart Foote
Urmas D. wrote 'Error 1402. Could not open key:HOT_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE32\Software\Classes\ bmp\OpenWithProgIDs. The actual issue is that LO has no business messing with this registry key at all. Actually the correct registry key would be

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread V Stuart Foote
Just inherited a 2007 iMac and loaded Yosemite‎ (OS X 10.10.1) First thing I loaded LO 4.4.0.2, and then 4.3.6.2 and the current (2015-01-21) 4.5.0 master. Steps couldn't be simpler. In fact parallel install is done almost the same as with the Windows .msi packages Put which ever of the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc issue: green display bug

2015-01-19 Thread V Stuart Foote
Eric, Sorry, the ML does not pass through attachments. Either provide a hosted location for your screen clip, or use the Nabble interface and insert, or upload and link. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Users-f1639498.html Stuart -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Support options

2015-01-16 Thread V Stuart Foote
@Urmas, * Don't know that I'd call signature useless--and there are instances where they are legally required. But probably not necessary here. But hey, to each their own. Just need to recognize them for what they are, and ignore them otherwise. Stuart -- View this message in context:

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