[libreoffice-users] Word won't open some .doc documents created in LO

2024-06-15 Thread Eric Beversluis
version than the 7.3 I'm using on Windows. So is this maybe a bug in 24.2? -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com 2x Honorable Mention--Writer's Digest Contest -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailin

[libreoffice-users] How to show the original without markup in LO Writer

2024-05-10 Thread Eric Beversluis
nd it useful when tracking changes to look at the clean original on occasion rather than trying to visualize the original through all the markup. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com 2x Honorable Mention--Writer's Digest Contest -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer not showing in LO print dialog

2024-04-02 Thread Eric Beversluis
n certain occasion that block other printers from being seen. I drive myself crazy, but it is what it is. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com 2x Honorable Mention--Writer's Digest Contest -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.li

[libreoffice-users] Printer not showing in LO print dialog

2024-03-28 Thread Eric Beversluis
he Brother b&w shows. This has happened a number of times. Any ideas? I'm running Fedora 39 on Dell XPS 13 9315. Brother HL L2350DW Brother MFC 6890CDW Thanks. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com 2x Honorable Mention--Writer's Digest Contest -- To unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO document contents not moved with rsync

2023-12-09 Thread Eric Beversluis
Now they seem to be opening. In the end I had to force quit LO. When I restarted it, things started to work. > On Dec 9, 2023, at 13:06, Eric Beversluis > wrote: > > My Linux box is messed up but I was able to rsync in and move a bunch of > stuff to my MacBook. .pdf and

[libreoffice-users] LO document contents not moved with rsync

2023-12-09 Thread Eric Beversluis
Dell XPS 13 9315 to MacBook Air running Monterey. Thanks. Eric -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

Re: [libreoffice-users] shrink size and font size of styles sidebar

2023-11-26 Thread Eric Beversluis
on.xcu. So is this a bug such that if I open an old document it somehow changes the configuration for my newer documents? Or copying the content of the old document into a new document changes the configuration? I'm using LO 7.4.6.2/ LibreOffice Community on Ubuntu 20.04. Thanks. Eric

Re: [libreoffice-users] Customizing styles and keeping them in templates in Writer?

2023-11-24 Thread Eric Beversluis
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Customizing styles and keeping them in templates in Writer?

2023-11-24 Thread Eric Beversluis
The only other thing I can think of is that there's some step in creating and saving the template that you're missing. If no one else can help, later I'll open Write in M$ Word and try to guess what step you might be missing. Eric On 11/24/23 15:08, bunk3m wrote: Thank yo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Customizing styles and keeping them in templates in Writer?

2023-11-24 Thread Eric Beversluis
or how these are supposed to work ... or file a bug reports. Thank you in advance. B. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] shrink size and font size of styles sidebar

2023-10-16 Thread Eric Beversluis
On 9/30/23 09:12, V Stuart Foote wrote: On 2023-09-30 08:47, Eric Beversluis wrote: Sorry. I thought I had included the whole thread. I had received these instructions for the styles sidebar in LO Writer:     Use Tools -> Options -> Advanced  "Open Expert Configuration"

Re: [libreoffice-users] shrink size and font size of styles sidebar

2023-10-13 Thread Eric Beversluis
On 9/30/23 09:12, V Stuart Foote wrote: On 2023-09-30 08:47, Eric Beversluis wrote: Sorry. I thought I had included the whole thread. I had received these instructions for the styles sidebar in LO Writer:     Use Tools -> Options -> Advanced  "Open Expert Configuration"

Re: [libreoffice-users] shrink size and font size of styles sidebar

2023-09-30 Thread Eric Beversluis
ttps://gerrit.libreoffice.org/gitweb?p=core.git;a=log;h=5b1f5509c2decdade7fda905e3e1429a67acd63d running on Ubuntu 20.04 on Dell XPS 9315 using the Dell image that came with the computer. == On 9/30/23 00:45, James wrote: I have no idea what this is Calc? Minimum width of a

Re: [libreoffice-users] shrink size and font size of styles sidebar

2023-09-29 Thread Eric Beversluis
w can I keep it from happening? On 4/27/23 09:46, Eric Beversluis wrote: OK. That works. But I keep having to reset it. What do I have to do to keep the setting at "false"? On 3/4/23 09:43, Philip Jackson wrote: Thanks to the OP and to V Stuart Foote - that was something I will find u

[libreoffice-users] 'insert comment' on Calc not working

2023-05-01 Thread Eric Beversluis
adsheet already. So this is a new problem which seems to have come out of nowhere. Using Lo 7.4.6.2 on Ubuntu LTS 20.04.6 on DELL XPS. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-hel

Re: [libreoffice-users] shrink size and font size of styles sidebar

2023-04-27 Thread Eric Beversluis
for example, if I need to shrink the entire Writer window down to share screen space I end up with the styles sidebar taking up half the window with large type even when the main doc window type is so small it's hardly readable. There must be some way to do this. I just can't f

Re: [libreoffice-users] updating formula results in LO Writer table

2023-04-17 Thread Eric Beversluis
I think I figured it out. I had referenced an empty cell as part of the formula and then wanted the sum to update when I added value to that cell. It looks like if I start with zero in that cell the update happens. Thanks. On 4/17/23 09:02, Eric Beversluis wrote: I've got a table in

[libreoffice-users] updating formula results in LO Writer table

2023-04-17 Thread Eric Beversluis
e a way to have Writer do that? Thanks. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiq

[libreoffice-users] general input/output error when trying to open document

2023-03-16 Thread Eric Beversluis
Why do I get a "general input/output error when trying to open a LO document (Calc, in this case)? Seems to happen frequently but randomly. Using Ubuntu 20.04 and LO Version: 6.4.7.2 Build ID: 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.6. Thanks. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com Forthcoming: /For

[libreoffice-users] shrink size and font size of styles sidebar

2023-03-03 Thread Eric Beversluis
do this. I just can't find it. Thanks. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com Forthcoming: /For Love of a Father/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscrib

Re: [libreoffice-users] double-spacing within an outline

2022-12-16 Thread Eric Beversluis
;block outline,' the icon for 'ordered list' is darkened. If I hit two 'returns' in a row, the 'no list' icon is darkened. Fn-F12 restores the 'ordered list' setting--the 'ordered list' icon is darkened again. On 12/16/22 12:54, Eric Beve

Re: [libreoffice-users] double-spacing within an outline

2022-12-16 Thread Eric Beversluis
f and then using the soft return (shift-return) option when I didn't want the extra space. Still, it would be most convenient if 'two enters' didn't kick me out of the style. The other work-arounds all involve extra steps, especially when I want the flexibility within a given

[libreoffice-users] double-spacing within an outline

2022-12-16 Thread Eric Beversluis
to single space, add some new text, and then go to the start of that "paragraph" and hit enter/return again.) Using Ubuntu 20.04 and LO 7.3.6.2 on Dell XPS. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com Forthcoming: /For Love of a Father/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keep losing my default template for LO Writer--found workaround.

2022-10-12 Thread Eric Beversluis
ive. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile Am 12.10.2022 um 18:52 schrieb Eric Beversluis: I don't need that kind of basic stuff. I need to know why, when I go to Manage Templates, the option to Reset Default Text Document is grayed out even though the name of my template i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keep losing my default template for LO Writer

2022-10-12 Thread Eric Beversluis
I don't need that kind of basic stuff. I need to know why, when I go to Manage Templates, the option to Reset Default Text Document is grayed out even though the name of my template is right there in the dialog box. On 10/12/22 12:19, lo.harald.ber...@t-online.de wrote: Hi Eric, maybe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keep losing my default template for LO Writer

2022-10-12 Thread Eric Beversluis
"Reset Default Text Document," but it's greyed out. On 10/12/22 10:20, Eric Beversluis wrote: I've got a template I've built that I use for almost all of my writing. I have set it as my default template. But for some reason the default setting keeps getting getting remo

[libreoffice-users] Keep losing my default template for LO Writer

2022-10-12 Thread Eric Beversluis
I've got a template I've built that I use for almost all of my writing. I have set it as my default template. But for some reason the default setting keeps getting getting removed so that when I open a new Writer document it opens with some generic template rather than the one I've built. Wh

Re: [libreoffice-users] Chart confusion in Calc

2022-10-02 Thread Eric Beversluis
I think I stumbled on the answer so please disregard. On 10/2/22 21:13, Eric Beversluis wrote: I think I'm missing something basic but I'm not finding the answer in any of the Calc help topics. They all seem to assume that the Wizard will correctly use the ranges of values tha

[libreoffice-users] Chart confusion in Calc

2022-10-02 Thread Eric Beversluis
I think I'm missing something basic but I'm not finding the answer in any of the Calc help topics. They all seem to assume that the Wizard will correctly use the ranges of values that's in the spreadsheet. I've created a spreadsheet with two columns, date and wealth. Date (col A) ranges from 2

[libreoffice-users] Template disappeared

2022-09-15 Thread Eric Beversluis
I've got a custom template that I've been using regularly in LO Writer. In fact it's designated as my default template. Suddenly today it has disappeared from my list of templates. Nowhere to be found. I certainly would not have intentionally deleted it. How could this happen? Very disconcert

[libreoffice-users] Open two sheets from the same spreadsheet on Mac

2021-07-14 Thread Eric Beversluis
Is there a way to keep two sheets from the same spreadsheet open at the same time, both live?  Using LO 6.2.8.2 on Mac 10.12.6. Thanks. Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-users] cells don’t auto-wrap

2021-04-06 Thread Eric Beversluis
sounds like Girvin’s trick is the easy solution. Thanks. Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com On April 6, 2021 at 16:20:46, Girvin Herr (ghe...@fastmail.com) wrote: > > On 4/6/21 1:04 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > > At 14:11 06/04/2021 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote: >

[libreoffice-users] cells don’t auto-wrap

2021-04-06 Thread Eric Beversluis
10.12.6 THanks. Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org

[libreoffice-users] Problem with comments in Calc-deleting as I enter

2019-11-29 Thread Eric Beversluis
wrong? Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

[libreoffice-users] Problem with comments in Calc-deleting as I enter

2019-11-29 Thread Eric Beversluis
When I create a comment in my Calc spreadsheet and start entering text, either right away or after a few letter LO starts deleting each letter as I enter it. Have I got some setting wrong? Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

[libreoffice-users] record durations, not time of day

2019-07-31 Thread Eric Beversluis
I want to enter numbers in Calc like 3:05 that stands for 3 minutes and 5 seconds (duration), not for some time of day. How do I do this? Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https

[libreoffice-users] LO Writer on Mac: view sidebar shortcut

2019-07-09 Thread Eric Beversluis
The menu for Writer says command-f5 to view sidebar. But it give me voiceover. LO 6.1.6.3 on Mac Sierra 10.12.6 Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: [libreoffice-users] insert non-breaking semi-space

2019-06-14 Thread Eric Beversluis
On June 14, 2019 at 19:59:43, T. R. Valentine (trvalent...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 18:45, Eric Beversluis > wrote: > > > I want to insert a non-breaking semi-space when I have a single quotation > > mark next to > a double quotation mark: > >

[libreoffice-users] insert non-breaking semi-space

2019-06-14 Thread Eric Beversluis
spaced? I’m not having any luck searching for this. Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https

[libreoffice-users] override automatic fraction

2018-03-04 Thread Eric Beversluis
I want to enter the date 3/4 into a cell formatted for date. How do I keep it from changing my entry to three-quarters? Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help

[libreoffice-users] LO Calc-keep cell from imitating prior cell

2018-01-29 Thread Eric Beversluis
of times to delete the è, but each time it reappears. Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer insists on printing landscape.

2017-10-27 Thread Eric Beversluis
documents. But I’m not getting the “template has been modified” dialog when I open an old document. Is that absent in Mac LO?  Update: Now I did get it on a doc I had created this morning. So maybe it’s just not working on old docs. Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer insists on printing landscape.

2017-10-27 Thread Eric Beversluis
ents. But I’m not getting the “template has been modified” dialog when I open an old document. Is that absent in Mac LO? Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-hel

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer insists on printing landscape.

2017-10-26 Thread Eric Beversluis
0/17 06:35, Marc Grober wrote: > >> It's a known bug - you can look it up. > >> The hack of setting the page width to 8.49 or to 8.51 seems to work fine > >> until the bug is permanently resolved. > >> > >> On 10/26/17 9:16 AM, Eric Beversluis wrote

[libreoffice-users] LO Writer insists on printing landscape.

2017-10-26 Thread Eric Beversluis
from there. Any idea what’s happening? Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https

[libreoffice-users] Leave full screen in Mac Sierra

2017-09-26 Thread Eric Beversluis
to a totally black screen. So what’s the secret in LO and why doesn’t it work with the usual Mac moves? Running LO 5.3.6.1 on Mac Sierra. Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] ID the template in use: Writer

2017-09-20 Thread Eric Beversluis
Looks like the “Properties” window shows it for new documents. It wasn’t showing anything for older documents (that I brought into Mac from Linux).  Sorry for the bother. Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com On September 20, 2017 at 08:35:41, Eric Beversluis (ebe

[libreoffice-users] ID the template in use: Writer

2017-09-20 Thread Eric Beversluis
This may be a dumb question if I’m missing something obvious. But when I open an existing document in Writer, how do I tell what template it’s using? Eric Beversluis Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - special characters

2017-05-06 Thread Eric Beversluis
ing for an unusual symbol, you must Google it to ascertain it’s hexicode unicode, etc.? Otherwise, you’d had to scroll through every symbol chart to find it. Thanks. Charles. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com <http://www.ericbeversluis.com> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to

[libreoffice-users] Where to download Read-text extension.

2017-01-12 Thread Eric Beversluis
I keep ending up on this page: https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/read-text/0.8.30 but I can't find any link to actually download the extension. At one point I ended up on an open office page, but that extension didn't want to work with LO. What am I missing? -- Eric

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fill Series

2017-01-12 Thread Eric Beversluis
"Sheet" is not in my top menu. Is there some way I can add it? On 01/12/2017 04:34 PM, toki wrote: On 01/12/2017 09:09 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: Where is "Sheet"? I don't see it on any of the menu drop-downs. Top menu sequence: File, Edit, View, Insert, _Sheet_,

[libreoffice-users] Fill Series

2017-01-12 Thread Eric Beversluis
The Calc instructions for filling a series say "Choose sheet - Fill Cells - Series." (https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Fill_Series) Where is "Sheet"? I don't see it on any of the menu drop-downs. What am I missing? LO Version: 4.4.7.2 -- Eric Beversluis www

[libreoffice-users] LO 4.4.7.2-5.fc22: "Keep with next paragraph" automatically resets when saved as docx

2016-12-18 Thread Eric Beversluis
the problem is there again. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com <http://www.ericbeversluis.com> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.d

[libreoffice-users] Website security and encryption

2016-08-22 Thread Eric Scherer
I'm amazed and surprised none of your webpages -- including the downloads -- are via secure/encrypted connections ("https://"; or otherwise). There's absolutely no reason ANY website should be doing this. I refuse any site, not to mention download anything from them, if connections aren't secure

Re: [libreoffice-users] em-dash sticking to its left term:follow up

2016-06-26 Thread Eric Beversluis
On 06/26/2016 05:28 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: It seems in M$ Word that the default if for the em-dash always to stick with its left term when confronted with a line break. In LO Writer, this seems not the case. One seems to have to first insert U+FEFF and then the em-dash. Is there a way to

[libreoffice-users] em-dash sticking to its left term

2016-06-26 Thread Eric Beversluis
It seems in M$ Word that the default if for the em-dash always to stick with its left term when confronted with a line break. In LO Writer, this seems not the case. One seems to have to first insert U+FEFF and then the em-dash. Is there a way to change the default in LO Writer? -- Eric

Re: [libreoffice-users] Select/copy content of a comment

2016-04-01 Thread Eric Beversluis
s a terrible thing to lose. THanks. On 04/01/2016 05:54 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Eric, right click in cell > Edit Comment. Then mark and copy the text as usual. Click somewhere else to leave edit mode. Kind regards Regina Eric Beversluis schrieb: Oops--I left out a key part of t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Select/copy content of a comment

2016-04-01 Thread Eric Beversluis
] From: Eric Beversluis Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 2:29 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] Select/copy content of a comment To: users@global.libreoffice.org How do I select and copy the content of a comment? [if you're referring to a website, then run the mouse along the copy which should high

[libreoffice-users] Select/copy content of a comment

2016-04-01 Thread Eric Beversluis
iting comments doesn't seem to address this function. thanks. -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com <http://www.ericbeversluis.com> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Po

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot assign template to existing writer odt file

2016-03-25 Thread Eric Beversluis
"Load Styles" works nicely if the style isn't a template. Does this still work in LO Writer 5? Version: 4.4.7.2 Build ID: 4.4.7.2-4.fc22 Locale: en_US.UTF-8 -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com <http://www.ericbeversluis.com> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubs

Re: [libreoffice-users] Corrupt file warning

2016-02-19 Thread Eric Beversluis
y to change it to a Fedora version? I didn't know there was an "LO cache." Where is it and how do you clean it out? /home/eric/.config/libreoffice/4/cache is empty. What is a "conceptual" version? Is that the same as a development version? On 02/19/2016 02:04 PM, ann

[libreoffice-users] Corrupt file warning

2016-02-18 Thread Eric Beversluis
l the warnings and the file opened fine the next time I tried it. What's happening here? -- Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com <http://www.ericbeversluis.com> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux alternative

2015-07-18 Thread Eric
;m getting to the point where I could use some assistance but I'm going to hold off asking until I have a good specification/Definition. --- eric -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-uns

[libreoffice-users] LO Writer -> rtf

2015-05-26 Thread Eric Beversluis
I've got a book-length document heavily formatted in LO writer, which I've exported to rtf. I'm trying to understand exactly what gets included in that new file. When I open it in WordPad on Windows it shows what I would expect an rtf document to look like--a continuous document, no page break

[libreoffice-users] merging layers

2015-05-10 Thread Eric Beversluis
I'm working on a graphic in LO Draw with several layers. Now I want to merge those layers, but I can't find how to do that. I tried grouping but I can only select one element at a time, even with 'Shift' held down. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org P

Re: [libreoffice-users] invoicing systems using Calc (or something else)

2015-03-30 Thread Eric
On 3/30/2015 10:03 PM, Tom Davies wrote: The only names i recognised were GnuCash and HomeBank; http://www.gnucash.org/ I spent approximately 40 hours trying to get basic books to balance. I'm talking only 100 entries and I could never make it work.I thought this list looked interesting;

Re: [libreoffice-users] invoicing systems using Calc (or something else)

2015-03-30 Thread Eric
On 3/30/2015 6:59 PM, jonathon wrote: On 30/03/15 21:27, Eric wrote: I'm looking for a system that will do all the appropriate accounting for invoices, tracking what's paid and not paid. That pretty much mandates that one have a bookkeeping system. Maybe. I can do it with Calc by

[libreoffice-users] invoicing systems using Calc (or something else)

2015-03-30 Thread Eric
ost me more for him to untangle my mistakes that it will be for him to do it for me (yes, I'm that bad at it). That said, I still need to build a produce invoices and track when they were paid. to be explicit, I'm hoping for something that lets me stay in the libreoffice ecosystem. Sugges

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer won't let me manually hyphenate a name.

2015-03-19 Thread Eric Beversluis
ke 'Bru-')--certainly not intuitive: inserting 'No width no break'. Thanks for the suggestions. On 03/19/2015 09:21 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:26:26 -0400 Eric Beversluis dijo: I've got a name 'Bruinsma' that LO wants to hyphen

[libreoffice-users] LO Writer won't let me manually hyphenate a name.

2015-03-19 Thread Eric Beversluis
I've got a name 'Bruinsma' that LO wants to hyphenate between the 'u' and the 'i'. I'm trying to get it to hyphenate between the 'n' and the 's'. LO won't let me. I go to tools->language->hyphenation with the word highlighted, but there's no way I can get it to move the hyphen. If I put my curs

[libreoffice-users] exporting calc as csv but keeping ods form

2015-03-13 Thread Eric
I have an application that takes input formatted as csv. my source form is calc sheet with computed cells. if I save as csv, I need to re open the sheet's ods file when I make changes. is there any way to export as csv but keep the original ods in calc?? macro? bit o'python? --- thanks -

[libreoffice-users] Word table freezing after paste and edit

2015-02-26 Thread Eric Beversluis
Four time in a row, I copy/paste the content of one cell into another. When I try to edit the latter cell, Writer freezes up on me ("Not responding"). Using LO 4.2 on Fedora 20. All updated. the cell content is: Snap TR RWR 1.54mi/4.7mph/20:00/3xincl=6 The cell wraps the content after '4.7m

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sphinx - voice translation - Linux

2014-12-03 Thread Eric
On 12/03/2014 07:55 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I see on TV "Dragon Natural Speaking". That is the "NaturalSpeaking" your have listed below, right? yes. Which package[s] is[are] good for Linux - i.e. Debian based ones like Ubuntu and Linux Mint. none so far. they are all w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sphinx - voice translation - Linux

2014-12-03 Thread Eric
On 12/02/2014 11:55 PM, Walther Koehler wrote: High Eric, thank you for that information. I was trying to get a speech recognition system running for some time. I have been using the IBM-line of speech recognition ViaVoice/Nuance under Win98 with some success. Now, I planned to use it in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sphinx - voice translation - Linux

2014-12-02 Thread Eric
On 12/2/2014 3:08 PM, charles meyer wrote: Hi Tom, I spoke with someone who uses Linux and they shared that Sphinx - voice translation is new so many may not have tried it yet. Sorry for jumping the gun, so to speak. It's speech recognition, not voice translation. If I throw you off the top

Re: [libreoffice-users] mongodb and base

2014-11-24 Thread Eric
On 11/24/2014 3:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote: RHEL-5.11 is just a couple months old and is stable branch. It makes sense that they wouldn't update it. Redhat 5.0, code named "hurricane", is from 1997! Even if it's been patched and updated then it sounds a little worrying. ... I don't think it's

Re: [libreoffice-users] mongodb and base

2014-11-22 Thread Eric S. Johansson
this client. It's still not fully fleshed out but, there is more political issues than technical. > > > On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:18:43 -0500 > Eric wrote: > > > > > On 11/16/2014 5:16 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: > > > Do you have use cases? > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] mongodb and base

2014-11-17 Thread Eric
On 11/17/2014 3:16 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) If you are just looking around for a hefty back-end then Postgresql is likely to be far heftier than you really need. Similarly MySql/MariaDb are also strong and well able to cope with fairly vast databases. Postgresql connects to Base more eas

Re: [libreoffice-users] mongodb and base

2014-11-17 Thread Eric
On 11/16/2014 5:16 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: On 16 November 2014 21:57, Eric wrote: I've googled a bit and did not find anything. Has anyone coupled mongodb and base together yet? Just curious, how would you combine relational databases with the document-oriented ones (such as mo

[libreoffice-users] mongodb and base

2014-11-16 Thread Eric
I've googled a bit and did not find anything. Has anyone coupled mongodb and base together yet? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfou

Re: [libreoffice-users] Code line continuation arrow

2014-07-07 Thread Eric Beversluis
That's close enough. Thanks. On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 09:15 -0400, Robert Funnell wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 2014, Eric Beversluis wrote: > > > I'm entering some code lines in a LO Writer document. The lines are long > > and wrap around and I'm looking for the special

[libreoffice-users] Code line continuation arrow

2014-07-07 Thread Eric Beversluis
I'm entering some code lines in a LO Writer document. The lines are long and wrap around and I'm looking for the special character 'curved arrow' that is used to indicate that it's a continuation line and not a new line of code. I don't see it in the Special Characters table. Does anyone know if th

[libreoffice-users] The filter Calc does not seek different values

2014-05-29 Thread Eric Zanovello
both values​​. Since the User only wants to filter the number. (dotted). We found that Excel has this functionality to identify differences in number. (Dot) and without. (Point) ERIC ZanovelloDepartment of Resources and Information Technology Modernization - DrtiHead of the Computer Support

[libreoffice-users] the possibility of adding the feature to select different rows in a table made in Writer

2014-05-29 Thread Eric Zanovello
of an Architect Municipal Transport and Trafficking in the Municipality of Porto Velho-RO. For this feature in Microsoft Word (all versions). please is only an suggestion for what continue best ever. ERIC ZANOVELLO Department of Resources and Information Technology

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO in dedicated accessibility task.

2014-01-09 Thread Eric
On Wednesday, January 08, 2014 10:19:02 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) My guess is that it depends on the OS and that you are probably talking about Windows, either Xp or Win7. People using other than Xp or Win7 usually tell us what they are using and that sometimes helps us a bit. sorry, I for

[libreoffice-users] LO in dedicated accessibility task.

2014-01-08 Thread Eric Johansson
This is a bit of a repost because someone forwarded part of my query from the accessibility list to this list. I'm using LO writer because it works with naturally speaking with full select and say capability Frequently I find myself needing to record notes or job task entries or something of t

Re: [libreoffice-users] State of password support.

2013-12-18 Thread Eric Beversluis
I don't know if this is relevant to Massimo's case but it might be: I had a problem a while back with Fedora 15 (and I don't remember which version of OO or LO): I would discover that I could open a password-protected spreadsheet without being prompted for the password. It turned out that it had so

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request: Lack of Outliner Functionality a Deal Breaker for Me

2013-10-10 Thread Eric Beversluis
I've been using opml editor (on Windows, unfortunately) which seems to do all these things. Once stuff is in place it can be copied and pasted into a LO document, I believe. I've even been able to do a bit in Text Pad with indents and then copying it into the opml editor creates a good outline. I t

Re: [libreoffice-users] FYI - Trend Micro is blocking your LO 4.1.1 download page

2013-09-03 Thread Eric Beversluis
I believe it was previously known as PC-cillin for quite a few years. I used it under that name for a number of years and also after it changed to "Trend Micro." Can't speak to how good it is/was. On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 23:56 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: > On Tue, 3 Sep 2013, Tom Davies wrote: > > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors - find next

2013-02-16 Thread Eric Beversluis
gh it may have put 'button' rather than 'key' into our heads. On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 14:31 +0100, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: > Tom, Eric, > > Le 16/02/2013 13:18, Eric Beversluis a écrit : > > I was asking about the keyboard PgDn button. On-screen buttons

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors - find next

2013-02-16 Thread Eric Beversluis
I was asking about the keyboard PgDn button. On-screen buttons are a different topic. On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 04:01 +, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > ???!?!!?!?? > > Ahh. You were talking about on-screen buttons? The ones under the vertical > scroll bar? Middle one is called "Navigation". I wa

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors

2013-02-15 Thread Eric Beversluis
ge. > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > PS blimey a short answer for once!! lol > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Brian Barker > > >To: users@global.libreoffice.org > > >Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 15:15 > > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors

2013-02-15 Thread Eric Beversluis
; > > > From: Brian Barker > >To: users@global.libreoffice.org > >Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 15:15 > >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors > > > >At 09:35 15/02/2013 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] page down in word processors

2013-02-15 Thread Eric Beversluis
On Fri, 2013-02-15 at 15:15 +, Brian Barker wrote: > At 09:35 15/02/2013 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote: > >Something I've never figured out--and seems true of LO/OO as well as > >M$ Word: When reading through a document, one hits 'PgDn', but one > >doesn&#x

[libreoffice-users] page down in word processors

2013-02-15 Thread Eric Beversluis
Something I've never figured out--and seems true of LO/OO as well as M$ Word: When reading through a document, one hits 'PgDn', but one doesn't get a new page--it only scrolls down some seemingly arbitrary number of lines. One has to scan the new screen to see what one left off reading and one may

Re: [libreoffice-users] document protection not working

2013-02-08 Thread Eric Beversluis
if this happens with Writer) (I have LibreOffice in my automatic startup list). On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 19:58 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote: > The first time this happened (sometime in Dec, as I recall), if I was > prompted as I was today (that the document had been changed and did I > want

Re: [libreoffice-users] document protection not working

2013-02-08 Thread Eric Beversluis
at 16:38 -0800, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Eric, > > I'm curious what behavior you would prefer in a variety of edge cases. > > 1. On a document recovery or hibernation recovery of an unsaved document, > would it be all right to request that the password be provided again

Re: [libreoffice-users] document protection not working

2013-02-08 Thread Eric Beversluis
as and now it's working right again. LibreOffice 3.5.7.2; Build ID: 350m1 (Build 2). On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 12:44 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote: > Oops. I was setting the protection for "change recording state." > Password protecting the document is on the "save as"

[libreoffice-users] #NAME? error in valid formula in xlsx format spreadsheet

2013-01-21 Thread Eric J Owens
TIA! I have an xlsx format spreadsheet with several formulas: =PRODUCT(SUM(months("10/21/2012",NOW(),1),months("11/6/2012",NOW(),1)) ,50) When I close and re-open the spreadsheet, the cell with the formula gives me the #NAME? error. The first time I saw this and after quite a while trying to de

Re: [libreoffice-users] document protection not working

2013-01-09 Thread Eric Beversluis
sure you have probably already tried it. > My guess is that even renaming the User Profile wouldn't fix this one so i'm > all at sea. > > Luckily there are a lot of people here that know far more than me. > Apols and regards from > Tom :) > > > &

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