Re: [libreoffice-users] LO version 7.6 shows 7.5.5.2

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 4:28 AM Johnny Rosenberg  wrote:
>
:
>
> What operating system?
> What method did you use to update?
> What exact path did you use to the 7.6 install?
> Is 7.5 still installed on your system?
>
I run Xubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.

I updated from the link sent out from LO announcing V 7.6.2.

The 7.6 install went to /opt/libreoffice7.6, with the soffice binary
links in /usr/local/bin:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Sep 29 19:38 /usr/local/bin/libreoffice ->
/usr/local/bin/libreoffice7.6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Sep 29 19:39 /usr/local/bin/libreoffice7.6
-> /opt/libreoffice7.6/program/soffice

I did leave 7.5 installed at the time I ran into this issue.

I never use the main menu links to Office -> LibreOffice... - I mostly
use a keyboard shortcut which maps to /usr/local/bin/libreoffice,
which I keep up to date on the link destination.

I use Thunar's Properties links in the file details to adjust between
minor revision levels of LO files (and Word/Excel/PowerPoint files) as
needed - every minor or major revision change.

I did solve the issue by re-verifying the links to make sure they were
correct (one was not), uninstalling 7.4 and 7.5 with Synaptic, and
logout-login.

All is well.  I must have slipped up somewhere along the way.

Thanks to all who responded - much help.

Best wishes,

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] LO version 7.6 shows 7.5.5.2

[MR ZenWiz]

I updated all my LO installs to use 7.6.2 and verified my links and
Thunar "open with"s to ensure they go to the 7.6 install.

However, they all show 7.5.5.2 when I click  -> About.

What's going on here?

Thanks.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Relatively new behavior (in 7.2.7)

[MR ZenWiz]

I've noticed recently that the way the Find (Edit->Find or ^F) feature
works in LO 7.2.7 is different - it treats the Find panel as a
separate window without actually giving you a separate window, and
won't let you do something else, like exit the search, without
dismissing the panel.

It does allow an escape to dismiss the panel IFF the focus is still in
the panel and I'm not trying to do something outside the panel or have
already typed .

Am I alone in detesting this new "feature?" Am I wrong in seeing this as new?

It makes getting out of the search more difficult than it used to be,
without the (previous) actual sub-window that makes it clear (and easy
to dismiss) that I am not in the same place as outside the search.

I use Word now for my book writing (because LO is still not even close
to 100% compatible).

However, for almost all my spreadsheets and other writing, I prefer LO
because I'm used to it.

This "feature" drives me up the wall. It makes using "Find and
Replace" (^H) a more attractive option.

Is it worth a bug or should I find a way to adapt?

Mark

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Re: [libreoffice-users] What's with LO 7.3?

[MR ZenWiz]

Same problems still exist in 7.3.3.  Except now when I reopen a doc
with Writer, it LOOKS likeit'sin the right place,e but the cursor is
off. When I type an arrow, then it shows me where the cursor really
is.

Unacceptable bug. I'll be filing this one with theLO bugzilla.

Thanks.

Mark

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 8:45 AM Dan Lewis  wrote:
>
>
> On 4/24/22 2:24 PM, MR wrote:
> > I know, pretty general subject...
> >
> > I run Xubuntu 21.10 currently on my desktop and I've tried out LO 7.3
> > because I generally like to run the latest and greatest bleeding edge
> > available. I'm planning to upgrade to 22.04, but I see that 7.3.2 is the
> > default with Xubuntu 22.04, and that concerns me.
>
>   All of the Linux distributions have an earlier version that what
> is available on the LibreOffice website. This is because they make some
> changes in the program before adding it to the latest version. Also
> consider that there is a cutoff date for each program included in a
> given version. Generally speaking that date is before the latest version
> of the LibreOffice website comes out.
>
>   When I was working in the documentation project, I would regularly
> download the pre-release versions at this website. Right now I am using
> 7.3.3.1 (April 13,2022) for Ubuntu which is Debian based. I think
> Xubuntu is also. I periodically check it for the latest updates. Since
> the version, that does not seem to have any more bad bugs in it, is used
> as the final release, I will be using the final release perhaps a month
> before the website  releases it to everyone.
>
> https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/deb/x86_64/
>
> Dan
>
> >
> > In Writer, the last worked position no longer matches correctly when I
> > reopen a doc I was working on before and closed. It seems to come up at a
> > random position somewhere near but not exactly where I was. This not
> > happened since 7.2 was fixed for this, somewhere around 7.2.2 IIRC. Even
> > when I was at the end of the doc, it reopens somewhere above that. This one
> > is easy to recover, not so much of it's supposed to be at a different
> > position where I actually was last editing.
> >
> > Calc does not have this problem, but the newish 'recall last similar entry'
> > feature only partially matches the actual most recent, and it's not clear
> > how to accept that part and continue in the same cell. Tab and right arrow
> > both advance to the next cell, even if there's more to match in the current
> > cell. How do I accept the partial match and continue in the same cell
> > without retyping the whole match? That makes the partial match useless.
> >
> > Any help, comments, suggestions welcome.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mark
> >
>
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[libreoffice-users] Spell check broken in 7.3.2

[MR ZenWiz]

I have some documents that contain certain special wods (I write epic
fantasy novels and create words that I use in the books), and I tried
to do a number of things with these regarding the spell-checker:

1) I tried to delete my old 'stanard.dic', but it keeps coming bak on
its own as if I never said to delete it.

2) I added a new custom dictionary with a different name, and that
seemed to work.

3) However, when I run the spekk checker, after a few words I add to
the new custom dictionary, if I click "Ignore Once", it wants to
resume and won't let me go any further. I have to quiet the spell
check and start over. At this rate it would take me weeks to go
through one document.

I haven't run a full spell-check on the book recently, but it never
behaved like this before.

This is a .docx file - could that be art of it? 7.3 was supposed to be
more compatible with MSO, not less.

WTF???

Mark
LibreOffice fan/user since it took over OO's app and moved further
better - until now?

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Subject: LO does not run on Ubuntu 16.04

[MR ZenWiz]

You can find pretty much all versions of LO available at
http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

You have to poke around to find the one you want, but they're all there.

Good luck.

Mark

On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 9:36 AM Uwe Brauer  wrote:
>
>
> Hi
>
> I am still on Ubuntu 16.04.
> After the installation of LO,
> /opt/libreoffice7.2/program/swriter
>
> I obtain
> opt/libreoffice7.2/program/soffice.bin: symbol lookup error: 
> /opt/libreoffice7.2/program/libvclplug_gtk3lo.so: undefined symbol: 
> gtk_widget_path_iter_set_object_name
>
>
> I tried to follow the advice found in
>
> https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/installed-libreoffice-7-1-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-it-does-not-start-and-i-get-the-following-error/61992/3
>
> But it does not work
>
> Any help would be appreciated or a link to older LO.
>
> Regards
>
> Uwe Brauer
>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Quote marks

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 1:11 PM Michael H  wrote:
>
> tools > autocorrect options > localized options
>
> Do you see curly quotes or straight quotes for the replacements?
>
They look straight to me.

> You can disable autocorrect completely, just the quotes, or have it force 
> straight quotes. Depending on where you cut paste from, the last option might 
> help you best.
>
That's what I was trying to do, but it didn't work.

Already solved, thank you.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Quote marks

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 12:36 PM Brian Barker  wrote:
>
:
>
> Surely the action of AutoCorrect?

Apparently so...

:
>
> Not sure what you mean by "set both single and double quotes for the
> straight quote marks". Surely you just remove the ticks from the
> Replace boxes to disable this form of correction - no "setting" involved?
>
> I trust this helps.
>
Yes, exactly.

That's not what I read on the Help page, but I may have misread.

Thank you!

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Quote marks

[MR ZenWiz]

I have an ODT document in which I have specified the quotes to be
straight quotes (as opposed to the curly opening-and-closing "matched"
set).

For some reason I can't explain, any new quotes inserted in the
document show up as curly quotes, not straight.

The only way I can seem to get them right is to copy ones already in
the doc and paste them.  Those come out right, but I'm baffled why
this isn't working.

I have gone into Tools -> AutoCorrect -> AutoCorrect Options ->
Localized Options and set both single and double quotes for the
straight quote marks, and it seems to have no effect.

This used to work, which is one of the things I really liked about it.

What am I missing?

LO 7.1.5 running on Xubuntu 20.04.

Thanks.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Re: Strange new behavior in LO Calc

[MR ZenWiz]

Further update:

I happened to copy my MFU spreadsheet to my laptop, which is running LO 7.0.4.2.

The problem I'm seeing in 7.2.0 of not remembering previous column
entries and supplying the last one (or earliest one - can't remember
which) as the default and fill-in option works fine in 7.0.4.2.

I think it may be a bug and I'll gather the necessary data and submit
a bug when I get a spare minute or fifteen...

Thanks.

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 10:24 PM MR ZenWiz  wrote:
>
> Update:
>
> I noticed that some columns work this way just fine, but others do not.
>
> I checked the format of the cells in those columns and they are all the same.
>
> I don't get it.
>
> Mark
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 5:08 PM MR ZenWiz  wrote:
> >
> > I recently install LO version 7.2.0 on my Xubuntu 20.04.2 main
> > desktop, something I rarely do (install a .0 release).
> >
> > In Calc, where it used to recognize the beginning of a preceding value
> > higher up in the column to autofill it, now it simply does not.  At
> > all.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this or is it a new feature?
> >
> > Most curious.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Re: Strange new behavior in LO Calc

[MR ZenWiz]

Update:

I noticed that some columns work this way just fine, but others do not.

I checked the format of the cells in those columns and they are all the same.

I don't get it.

Mark

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 5:08 PM MR ZenWiz  wrote:
>
> I recently install LO version 7.2.0 on my Xubuntu 20.04.2 main
> desktop, something I rarely do (install a .0 release).
>
> In Calc, where it used to recognize the beginning of a preceding value
> higher up in the column to autofill it, now it simply does not.  At
> all.
>
> Has anyone else seen this or is it a new feature?
>
> Most curious.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Strange new behavior in LO Calc

[MR ZenWiz]

I recently install LO version 7.2.0 on my Xubuntu 20.04.2 main
desktop, something I rarely do (install a .0 release).

In Calc, where it used to recognize the beginning of a preceding value
higher up in the column to autofill it, now it simply does not.  At
all.

Has anyone else seen this or is it a new feature?

Most curious.

Thanks.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Can't edit a paragraph style anymore

[MR ZenWiz]

I have written a number of novels using Writer, currently running LO
7.1 (on Xubuntu 20.04)..

All the chapter headers are modified 'header 3' style paragraphs with
numbering turned on and the word "Chapter" preceding the number.

Unfortunately, when I try to save this in either .DOC or .DOCX format,
the "Chapter #" piece is outdented so the actual title starts at the
left margin, which is not an acceptable format for publishers or even
editors to read/publish.  It also looks really screwy.

When I went in to edit the style, there is nowhere I can see/find such
that the "Chapter" part can be edited or removed.

How do I do that?

I tried looking in LO Help, but I'm not even sure how to query for
this feature that used to be there.

Any suggestions that work would be most welcome.

Thanks.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Lost cursor position in LO 7.1 on Linux

[MR ZenWiz]

I reported on this a while back - LO Writer was not remembering my
last position in a file when I opened it for subsequent editing.

This appears to have been fixed in 7.1.2.

Kudos to the LO folks for fixing the bug.

Thanks.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] 7.1 Writer no longer appears to remember last cursor position

[MR ZenWiz]

I upgraded to 7.1 (on Xubuntu 20.04) recently and noticed that it no
longer appears to remember the last position I was editing the next
time I open the file.

I have a list of items I add to daily.  With 7.1, when I open it for
editing, instead of coming up at the end of the file, as it did up
through 7.0, it now goes to a fixed position somewhere in the middle
of the file.

I changed nothing about the file and I didn't see any options to
control this.  I have the authorship properties of the file set and
they remain unchanged as well.

What's up?

Thanks.

Mark

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Calc] Keyboard shortcut to delete current row when focus on one of its cells?

[MR ZenWiz]

That's what I've been using for years.

Glad you found the setup.

Mark

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 6:55 AM Gilles  wrote:
>
> Found it:
> 1. Tools > Customize > Keyboard
> 2. Category = Edit, Function = Delete Rows
> 3. Shortcut Keys = CTRL+Del
> 4. "Modify" to assign shortcut
>
>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Odd libreoffice directory under /usr/lib

[MR ZenWiz]

Thanks, that worked perfectly.

(I should have known to check it out myself.)

Mark

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 10:49 PM Luuk  wrote:
>
>
> On 5-9-2020 23:07, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> > While looking into the issue I reported about LO 7 not starting
> > properly (which is SOLVED, thank you), I noticed another anomaly.
> >
> > While chasing after the JRE load error that the --nologo option seems
> > to provoke, I discovered the following strange situation:
> >
> > $ loc javaldx
> > /opt/libreoffice6.4/program/javaldx
> > /opt/libreoffice7.0/program/javaldx
> > /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/javaldx
> >
> > ("loc" is an alias I use to run "locate" with certain exclusions and
> > piped through more - not a problem.)
>
> It is not an error, it is just a warning that it cannot find java.
>
> to solve it use:
>
> sudo apt install openjdk-8-jre
>
> The 'documentation' is no really helpful ( a bit old):
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/General/InstallJava
>
>
>
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[libreoffice-users] Odd libreoffice directory under /usr/lib

[MR ZenWiz]

While looking into the issue I reported about LO 7 not starting
properly (which is SOLVED, thank you), I noticed another anomaly.

While chasing after the JRE load error that the --nologo option seems
to provoke, I discovered the following strange situation:

$ loc javaldx
/opt/libreoffice6.4/program/javaldx
/opt/libreoffice7.0/program/javaldx
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/javaldx

("loc" is an alias I use to run "locate" with certain exclusions and
piped through more - not a problem.)

I can understand the /opt locations, but the /usr/lib location seemed
pretty strange to me since LO doesn't install under /usr anymore.  The
dates on the files under /usr/lib/libreoffice/program (the only entity
in /usr/lib/libreoffice) were all in 2019.

I moved all of these files into a zip file and there does not appear
to be any impact on my ability to run LO.

Can I just delete those old /usr/lib files?  I believe they are the
last remnant of an older installation, maybe the default that comes
with Xubuntu (which I usually uninstall because I like the newer code
better).

Thanks.

Mark

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Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 7.0 fails to start with --nologo

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 8:05 AM Stephan Bergmann  wrote:
>
:
> soffice is a shell script that tries to determine its location in the
> file system, so that it can call other executables like oosplash and
> javaldx next to itself.  See the section labelled with a "resolve
> installation directory" comment determining the sd_prog variable, which
> shall resolve to the actual directory containing the soffice shell
> script, with any symlinks resolved.
>
> The "double symlink" scenario you outline above works e.g. fine for me
> on Fedora 32.  You need to debug into that shell script code to see why
> it breaks for you.
>
Thanks for the suggestion.

I ran the command as "bash -x /usr/bin/libreoffice --calc --nologo"
and everything works fine down to the following (last) command, which
opens calc with no logo.  However notice what also appears:

+ exec /opt/libreoffice7.0/program/oosplash --calc --nologo
javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
Warning: failed to read path from javaldx

oosplash is an ELF binary that actually runs (all?) the LibreOffice
programs.  While that seems obscure enough for me, the problem (not
finding a java runtime system)  has nothing to do with the symlinks I
have set up for my keyboard shortcuts so they work independent of
where LO actually lives on my machine.

I don't know why this is happening, but I do know it has been going on
at least since LO 5, and there have been many many comments on this
email list about it being a bug, to which I agree.

I have not seen any errors or other impact of this problem - maybe I
don't use the JRE enough, or the errors are invisible for everything I
am doing, and I find it disturbing that this keeps getting reported
and not fixed.

That said, I consider my problem resolved - no need for further input
here.  If someone wants to comment on the JRE issue, please post in a
new thread, don't complicate this one.

Thanks.

Mark

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 7.0 fails to start with --nologo

[MR ZenWiz]

Let's not make this a silly war of who should have done what.

Update on my original problem:  I added a symlink to oosplash in
/usr/bin and, other than the java runtime error, it now comes up and
runs just fine - writer and calc (the two I mainly use).

I'm not sure what the java problem is, but it's not impacting my work.
It would be nice to see it fixed someday.

Mark

On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 12:15 PM Dave Howorth  wrote:
>
> On Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:43:39 -0500
> Mauricio Baeza  wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2020-09-03 at 10:49 -0700, MR wrote:
> > > Thank you, but that tells me nothing of use.
> > >
> > > I'm not switching to a new distro for one issue.
> >
> > I can't reproduce this error in virtual machine with Xubuntu 18.04
> >
> > mau@xubuntu $ soffice --calc --nologo
> >
> > Fresh install
> >
> > Please, always reply to list
>
> Well whatever he was replying to isn't on list either, so is the pot
> calling the kettle black? And why didn't you quote what he was replying
> to?
>
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[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 7.0 fails to start with --nologo

[MR ZenWiz]

I forgot to mention - I'm running this on Xubuntu 18.04.4.

Mark

On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 9:48 AM MR ZenWiz  wrote:
>
> I saw this error when I tried to start LO 7.0 Calc from the command line:
>
> $ /usr/bin/libreoffice --calc --nologo
> /usr/bin/libreoffice: 191: exec: /usr/bin/oosplash: not found
>
> I located oosplash and symlinked it to /usr/bin and got this:
>
> $ sudo ln -s /opt/libreoffice7.0/program/oosplash /usr/bin/oosplash
> $ /usr/bin/libreoffice --calc --nologo
> Warning: failed to launch javaldx - java may not function correctly
> ERROR 4 forking process
>
> This makes 7.0 completely unusable for me.  What changed in the Java
> support?  I didn't see anything directly related to this in the
> release notes.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark

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[libreoffice-users] LO 7.0 fails to start with --nologo

[MR ZenWiz]

I saw this error when I tried to start LO 7.0 Calc from the command line:

$ /usr/bin/libreoffice --calc --nologo
/usr/bin/libreoffice: 191: exec: /usr/bin/oosplash: not found

I located oosplash and symlinked it to /usr/bin and got this:

$ sudo ln -s /opt/libreoffice7.0/program/oosplash /usr/bin/oosplash
$ /usr/bin/libreoffice --calc --nologo
Warning: failed to launch javaldx - java may not function correctly
ERROR 4 forking process

This makes 7.0 completely unusable for me.  What changed in the Java
support?  I didn't see anything directly related to this in the
release notes.

Suggestions?

Thanks.

Mark

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Inverting a whole column

[MR ZenWiz]

Many many thanks - the clever way works perfectly.

Mark

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 5:44 PM Brian Barker  wrote:
>
> At 16:11 29/06/2020 -0700, Mark Noname wrote:
> >I have spreadsheets from my financial institutions (for tax
> >purposes). Some of them do the deposits as positive and the debits
> >as negative, and others do the reverse. Is there an easy way to
> >multiply an entire column by -1 so I can make them all fit a uniform
> >convention?
>
> Of course.
>
> Obvious way:
> o Suppose your values are in column A, starting at row 2.
> o In a new column, enter =-A2 in row 2.
> o Fill down the new column.
> o Cut or Copy the values in the new column.
> o Paste back over column A, but using Edit | Paste Special... (or
> Ctrl+Shift+V) instead of ordinary Paste.
> o In the Paste Special dialogue, ensure that Formulas is *not* ticked.
> o Delete the new column.
>
> Clever way:
> o Enter -1 in a spare cell somewhere.
> o Copy that value.
> o Select the range of values to be negated.
> o Go to Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V).
> o In the Paste Special dialogue, under Operations, select Multiply.
>
> >What I've done before is convert the spreadsheets to .csv, use a
> >shell script to invert the chosen column and then convert back to
> >.ods. This is really clunky.
>
> There are always unnecessarily complicated ways to solve any problem.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>

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[libreoffice-users] Inverting a whole column

[MR ZenWiz]

I have spreadsheets from my financial institutions (for tax purposes).
Some of them do the deposits as positive and the debits as negative,
and others do the reverse.

Is there an easy way to multiply an entire column by -1 so I can make
them all fit a uniform convention?

What I've done before is convert the spreadsheets to .csv, use a shell
script to invert the chosen column and then convert back to .ods.
This is really clunky.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Really bad file open interface for LO 6.4.1

[MR ZenWiz]

I've been using LO 6.4.1 on Xubuntu 18.04.4 for about a week now, and
for the most part it seems to be an improvement over 6.3, with two
glaring deficiencies:

1. The file open dialogue is slower - it used to take a fraction of a
second, now it takes one-two seconds.  Not a biggie, but
disconcerting.

2. The operation of the dialogue is horrible.  With 6.3 and before,
the cursor showed up in the file name panel, which is the single most
important piece of data to input.  Instead, it now shows up in the
folder selector panel and it takes either a mouse navigation and extra
click, or EIGHT s to get to the file name panel.

When I am opening a file, I expect LO to preselect (and allow me to
change later, not right away) the directory (based on the default
setting) and I have not even checked to figure out what the other
seven tabs are for (I don't care), and give me immediate access to the
file name panel.  This is intuitively what a user expects when they
want to open a file - to input the name.

Now we have to navigate to the file name panel and then enter it.

This is just plain wrong.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Can't print directly with the toolbar print icon

[MR ZenWiz]

In LO 6.3.2.2, I had some problems with my profile and restarted with
one imported from my work that works.

However, now the print icon on the toolbar no longer prints directly
to the default printer, which is what I want and used to have.  It
brings up the print options menu, which I don't want (^P or
File->Print can do that).

I looked in Tools->Options and could not find a setting for this.  I
also checked the Printer Settings menu (which is also in the
Tools->Options menus).

Where might that be?

Thanks.

Mark

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Strange behavior in Writer 6.3.1

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 12:28 AM aguador  wrote:
>
> El sáb, 28-09-2019 a las 22:29 -0700, MR ZenWiz escribió:
> > Update:
> >
> > I just upgraded to LO 6.3.2 and the same issue remains.
> >
> > FYI, I don't use the file manager to open my files.  I use a keyboard
> > shortcut that starts up LO Writer, then File -> Open Recent or ^O
> > (File ->Open).  In both instances, the file opened on startup is
> > neither replaced nor closed but remains open and must be closed
> > separately.
> >
> >
> Have you tried working with a new profile as mentioned in my earlier
> post? (See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile about
> profile locations, etc.)
>
> In my test I found that not even starting LO in safe mode solved the
> problem, but allowing LO to create a new profile did. I would be
> interested to see if others can confirm this.
>
A new profile helps a lot.  This specific problem went away.

Now the problem is that I lost all my settings.  I imported a profile
from work, which was quite similar to my original and didn't have the
problem, but I have to make a lot of adjustments.

This is minor compared to the original problem.

Many thanks!

Mark

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Strange behavior in Writer 6.3.1

[MR ZenWiz]

Update:

I just upgraded to LO 6.3.2 and the same issue remains.

FYI, I don't use the file manager to open my files.  I use a keyboard
shortcut that starts up LO Writer, then File -> Open Recent or ^O
(File ->Open).  In both instances, the file opened on startup is
neither replaced nor closed but remains open and must be closed
separately.

This does NOT happen with LO Calc - if I open this with a (different)
keyboard shortcut, the do eithe ran open recent or open (exitsing)
command, the untitled spreadsheet opened on startup is gone once the
recent or existing file is opened.  This is the old behavior with LO
6.2, and whether this is desirable or not, it should be consistent
across the whole suite.

I say it is undesirable to have the untitled new file require separate
closure when an existing file is opened.  This is new behavior and
goes against 30+ years of most word processors not working that way.

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 6:26 AM  wrote:
>
> El mié, 25-09-2019 a las 14:50 +0200, aguador escribió:
> > Double-clicking on the document assumes that it is readily visible --
> > perhaps on a sloppy, crowded desktop? -- otherwise there are
> > additional
> > steps. Opening LO certainly works as well as opening from within LO
> > Writer and is a bad recommendation. However, as I think about
> > alternating between creating and editing documents in Writer (my most
> > heavily used component of LO), going directly to Writer seems the
> > most
> > natural way or working (at least for me). Furthermore, if you think
> > that this should be the MO for using LO, perhaps there should be no
> > links to open LO components directly from menus.
>
> Oops, it is NOT a bad recommendation (my apologies for not proofing
> properly) -- with one caveat: the list one sees from the drop-down menu
> in LO Writer is a lot more efficient than scrolling though the
> thumbnails.
>
>
>
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[libreoffice-users] Strange behavior in Writer 6.3.1

[MR ZenWiz]

I recently upgraded to LO 6.3.1 (from 6.2.6? - I always wait for the
.1 update before upgrading).

I noticed a new issue with Writer.  In 6.2 and below, when I opened a
blank document and selected File -> Open Recent -> , the file I
chose to open replaced the new blank file, either in the same window,
or in a new window and the old one was closed for me.

Also, when I opened a new Writer document and selected File -> Open ->
 (or O), the same thing happened.

In either case I only had one window open at this time.

Since 6.3.1 came out, the new blank document window persists, making
it an annoying extra step to close that unnecessary LO window since
the blank new document does not go away on its own.

This does not happen if I open a blank Calc window and select either
of the above two options - the blank spreadsheet window disappears
once I open the selected one of my choice.

This seems like a bug, unless it's a new option I have not seen.  I
haven't done an exhaustive search of the options, but I didn't see one
in the General options, Writer options or Load/Save options.  I did
see a 'show tips on startup' option which is checked by default.  I
have unchecked that in every app I've opened, but that doesn't seem to
stop them.  Is that another bug?

I'm most concerned with the persistence of the empty new document
window once something else is opened - that's not right.

Thanks.

Mark Richter, Senior Staff Engineer
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[libreoffice-users] LO Writer 6.2.5 Reopen cursor fails to return to last point of prior edit

[MR ZenWiz]

I believe this started showing up in LO 6.2.4.  When I open a .odt
from a previous edit, it used to return to the same point where I was
last editing in the document.

This is no longer the case - the cursor lands somewhere between 1 and
5 pages before the last point of editing.

Is anyone else seeing this?

Running LO 6.2.5 on Xubuntu 18.04.4 on home desktop, home laptop and work VM.

Thanks.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Quotation marks messed up in 6.2.4

[MR ZenWiz]

I have managed to suppress the open-close quote marks, single and
double, in all my documents, using only the straight apostrophe and
quote mark, but after updating to 6.2.4, I'm getting the curly-matched
open-close quotes I don't want..

I looked it up in the help, but the setting in Autocorrect options
looks correct even though it is behaving wrongly.

What am I missing?

Thanks.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Page number messed up in LO Writer 6.2.1/2 and 6.1.5

[MR ZenWiz]

I've been LO Writer for a long time for, among other things, a few
novels I am writing.

Just now I noticed that the page number field in the header no longer
contains the page number itself, it contains the shaded text "Page
Numbers".

This is new as of LO 6.2.1 and 6.2.2, and kind of defeats utterly the
ability to use this field for page numbering.

I tried deleting it and re-inserting, both with Insert -> Page Number
and Insert -> Field -> Page Number.  Same result.

I have attached a brand new .ods document with the same problem - all
I did was insert the page number in a fresh header.  See also the
attached screen image.

For S, I reinstalled LO 6.1.5, but it does the same thing with the
older files, and also with a brand new file.

I'm running this on Xubuntu 18.04.2 in a VB VM (here at work - I'll
check again when I get home).

WTH?

Mark Richter, Senior Staff Engineer
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[libreoffice-users] Prompt to save when no changes made with LO 6.1.4

[MR ZenWiz]

There's a really annoying new "feature" in LO 6.1.4.2 - whenever I open a
file and print it with no changes, it prompts me to save the file after
opening.

Why would that be?

Like I said, it's really annoying.

Also, if I do save the file, the same thing happens next time I open it.

This is while running on Xubuntu 18.04.2.

Thanks.

Mark Richter, Senior Staff Engineer
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Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I restrict a Writer page not to overwrite part of the background image

[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Regina Henschel
 wrote:
>
> Set the image as background image of the page and set the page margins so
> that the image is at the correct position. The "Border" tab of the page
> style dialog has a "padding" section. There you can set an additional
> distance between inner edge of the margin area of the page and start of the
> text. This padding restricts the usable area for text.
>
I tried that, but there's something I don't quite follow and the
borders idea looked great -until I opened the file with Word to see
what it looked like.  after that, it was completely messed up and I
had to start all over.

Why check it with Word?  Because that's what everyone else who will
see this uses.  LO is fabulous and Word is so-so, but so-so x millions
of users vs. the paltry few who use LO takes the cake every time.  (I
wold have used the word "trump," but I'd rather not)

If i knew how to do this in Word, I would do that, but I'm just not a WP expert.

> There exist no "best" way.
>
True.

> Other ideas:
> Anchor the image to the header, set it to wrap-through and sent it to
> background. Then adapt the page margins.
>
Not quite sure what all that means, but I tried using the top and left
sidebar as images, and the "left" sidebar refused to anchor on the
left - when I moved it, it jumped to the right and refused to budge.

> Set the image as background image of the page and set the page margins so
> that the image is at the correct position. Do all your work in frames. For
> text flow to next page use linked frames.
>
That was what I tried first.  For some reason, when I pasted the
copied text, it kept its own format and splattered all over the left
side column.

I appreciate the input, but I confess, after using LO since it came
out and OO before that, I don't know it well enough for this kind of
fancy work, and I don't have the time to set aside to learn all the
nice features the Writer has.

I just wrote up the doc as a straight text document with nice if
boring formatting.  It's easy to read and doesn't give me headaches.

Maybe someday when I need to get fancier

Thanks again.  Sorry to have bothered the list.

Mark

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[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I restrict a Writer page not to overwrite part of the background image

[MR ZenWiz]

Repost - does anyone know how to set up a text frame like this?

I tried that one (text box), but it didn't stay in place when I tried
to paste the copied text into it.

I'd hate to have to use Word for this...

Thanks.

MR


On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 8:46 PM, MR ZenWiz  wrote:
> I have a background image that consume the top and left side of every
> page in the document, which is what I want.
>
> However, I can't seem to expand the left margin so that it sits inside
> the image frame and make it stick when I paste the clipboard contents
> on the page.  The paste spills all over the left side image.
>
> What's the best way to do this?
>
> I'm using LO 6.06 on Xubuntu 18.04.
>
> Thanks.
> MR

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[libreoffice-users] How do I restrict a Writer page not to overwrite part of the background image

[MR ZenWiz]

I have a background image that consume the top and left side of every
page in the document, which is what I want.

However, I can't seem to expand the left margin so that it sits inside
the image frame and make it stick when I paste the clipboard contents
on the page.  The paste spills all over the left side image.

What's the best way to do this?

I'm using LO 6.06 on Xubuntu 18.04.

Thanks.
MR

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[libreoffice-users] Slide show sizes

[MR ZenWiz]

I got a .pptx file today that I downloaded and made some slight
modifications to.

The original download size was 4.8MB.

After modifications using Impress, the size blossomed to 24.9MB.

I loaded it into MS PP nad saved it, and it shrank back down to 6.4MB.

Why did Impress blow it up so large and yet PP was able to shrink it
just by loading and saving it, no changes?

That's not cool.

LO 5.4.5, Xubuntu 16.04 vs. Win 7 & MSPP 2013.

MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Help hopeless

[MR ZenWiz]

On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Marc Paré  wrote:
:
> Could you please tell us the version of LibreOffice you are using?
>
> LibreOffice is run by volunteers and sometimes items (such as help
> items) are still in the "catch-up" phase.
>
> Additionally, feel free to note any help issues on this list and one of
> us will try to confirm and submit a bug for you. Or, you could also help
> by submitting a bug yourself so that it may be fixed. We welcome new bug
> submitters quite happily.
>
> Thanks for helping out and letting us know if that particular issue.
>
I'd be happy to file a bug, except I don't see a bug report option or
link at TDF's web site, and my freedesktop bugzilla login doesn't list
LO as a product against which to tile a bug.

I am running LO 5.4.4.2 on Xubuntu 16.04, and I have seen this problem
many times in the past.

This particular problem I described in my original post:

I wanted to set up a document with an image as the
background.  The help search returned a section of Backgrounds ->
Colors/Images and it says to click on Format -> Page and select the
Backgrounds tab.

There isn't one.  There is a Colors tab, but it's
not clear what that really means.

I'll report every one I find from now on.  If I had a link to the most
appropriate bugzilla site, I'd be happy to report these there.

Thanks.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Help hopeless

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Tim-L  wrote:
:
> Try Format > Page > Area > Bitmap.
>
> You have to add your background image to the list of bitmaps shown on the
> left side.  The only problem, for me, is getting the image options the way I
> want it to look on the page. I use this a lot for making posters for events
> - both Letter size, Tabloid [11"x17"] size paper printed "in-house".
>
> Does this help?
>
I found it.  It's not hard to find.

My complaint is about the help function not having the right information.

What kind of help is that?  (Big hint: NOT.)

Thanks.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Help hopeless

[MR ZenWiz]

I've noticed over the last several releases that the help provided via
the main menu bar is hopelessly inaccurate.

E.g., today I wanted to set up a document with an image as the
background.  The help search returned a section of backgrounds ->
colors/images and it says to click on Format -> Page and select the
Backgrounds tab.  There isn't one.  There is a Colors tab, but it's
not clear what that really means.

There have been other such inaccuracies I've seen in the past, though
in my haste I've never documented them but just plowed ahead and
blundered through.

In a professional production, help menus should match the actual
features of the application.  LibreOffice can (and should) do better.

MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem installing 5.4.2 on Win 10

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 9:54 AM, M Henri Day  wrote:
>
> You may find the tips listed on this page
> (http://windowsreport.com/another-installation-already-progress-error-windows-10/)
> of help.
>
> Agree that problems of this type - and speaking more generally, others as
> well - are much less frequent on the Linux distro I use, viz, Linux Mint
> 18.2
>

That was it.

I should know by now (and not forget) to google first.  I did not know
that Win Installer can only handle one at a time.  Didn't think of it,
really - Linux is the same in that respect.

Many thanks!

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[libreoffice-users] Problem installing 5.4.2 on Win 10

[MR ZenWiz]

I have a new computer (for my church - I'm the tech guy), a Dell
Inspiron runnign Win 10.

I downloaded LO 5.4.2 and tried to install it, but every time I start
the installation, it tells me there's an install already in progress
and it refuses to run properly.

LO is not installed.

What do I need to remove to get this to function?  Is it a registry
key or a file somewhere?

(I never have this problem on Linux...)

Thanks.
MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Is there any way to turn off that splash screen?

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 2:53 PM, DaveB  wrote:
>
> Couple of options:
>
>  1. Command line or shortcut "--nologo"
> See:
> https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Starting_the_Software_With_Parameters
>
Good enough for me.  Thanks.

>  2. 
> https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/51144/how-do-i-disable-the-splash-screen-in-libreoffice/
>
I don't use Windows if I can avoid it, but this may come in handy, too.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Is there any way to turn off that splash screen?

[MR ZenWiz]

I don't really need to see LO loading and obscuring what happens to be
on my screen.

Can it be turned off?

Thanks.
MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cursor position lost every time file is closed in 5.4.1

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On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Pedro  wrote:
:
> LibreOffice Developers decided to join the User name in early 5.3 versions.
> Then because this was breaking up features (such as resumed editing) they
> have returned to two fields but the user name was left joined.
>
> You need to go to Tools > Options > User Data and fix your Name to separate
> fields (First, Last)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
Yes, greatly, thanks.  It seems it was slightly worse - all the user
data was blanked out in the file(s).

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[libreoffice-users] Cursor position lost every time file is closed in 5.4.1

[MR ZenWiz]

This used to be an occsaional problem with 5.3, usually just the first
few times I opened a file.

Now it seems that every time I open a document, new or one I've been
editing for a long time, it never remembers the cursor position and
always comes up at the head of the file.

Is this a feature change or is there a switch I need to set?  I found
nothing in help.

Thanks.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] No icons in 5.4.1?

[MR ZenWiz]

I just downloaded and installed LO 5.4.1 (on my Xubuntu 16.04.3 VM),
and I don't see the icons in the toolbars, even though they are set
for icons-only.

Did I miss something?

Thanks.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] How can apply changes to a style throughout a mixed-style document

[MR ZenWiz]

I have an existing document with several paragraph styles throughout
the document.  I want to change one and have it impact only those
paragraphs.

If I do a select all, that will change all the paragraphs, including
the headers, which I don't want changed.

However, if I change the paragraph style by itself, that does not
appear to change any of the existing paragraphs in that style.  I want
to change the style and apply it to all paragraphs that are already in
that style.

How so?

Thanks.
MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't set the default printer

[MR ZenWiz]

(I keep forgetting this list is not reply-to-all by default.)

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Regina Henschel
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You mean, if you print from that Dialog and you have selected the correct
> printer in the list, it nevertheless prints to OneNote?
>
No, it comes up with OneNote selected as the default.  I can change
that, but it's an extra step I feel should not be necessary.

> Do you get the printer properties of the selected printer in that dialog?
>
Yes.

> Are you sure, that the default printer is correctly set in Windows 7, not in
> some LibreOffice dialog but directly in Windows 7 ?
>
I checked that.  The Windows default printer is correct.

> Do you have the problem for new documents or for existing documents? You can
> disable the option "Load printer settings with the document" in Tools >
> Options > Load/Save > General, so that LibreOffice does not try to use a
> printer setting, which is stored in the document, where the printer might
> not be available.
>
It was for old and new alike, although I took your suggestion.

Thanks.

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[libreoffice-users] Can't set the default printer

[MR ZenWiz]

For the first time in a very long time, I am in a position of having
to use Windows 7 at work.  I installed LO 5.3.4 for use with my
personal documents (and as many others as I can do without MSO), but
there is a problem.

The default printer on the system is a local industrial laser printer,
but for some reason, LO always defaults to print to "Send to OneNote
2013."  This happens both in Writer and Calc.

The strangest part is that when I click on File -> Printer Settings,
the right printer shows up highlighted, with all the others also on
the list.  It just tries to print to OneNote instead.

I don't have this problem on any of my Xubuntu personal computers
(desktop or notebook).

What am I missing?

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[libreoffice-users] LO install demands Chrome, Slack closure

[MR ZenWiz]

I just upgraded my Win7 laptop at work from LO 5.3.3 to 5.3.4, and it
insisted I close my Chrome and Slack apps.

Why is LO messing with Chrome and Slack settings?

Thanks.
MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Malware in latest Win x64 download

[MR ZenWiz]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Cley Faye <cleyf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2017-04-10 22:15 GMT+02:00 MR ZenWiz <mrzen...@gmail.com>:
>
>> If this is normal, why?
>>
>> If not, can it be fixed?
>
:
> So, first question is: did you download it from the official site, second
Yes - LO direct.

> is did the download was corrupted?
I'll have to check when I get back to work, but I have doubts.

The false positive is at least as likely.

Thanks.

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[libreoffice-users] Malware in latest Win x64 download

[MR ZenWiz]

I just downloaded the 5.3.2 Windows installer for 64-nit machines, and
the following two pieces of malware were detected on installation:

https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/crck_jbean

https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/crck_keygen

If this is normal, why?

If not, can it be fixed?

Thanks.
MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux User Groups

[MR ZenWiz]

I can't speak for Knoppix, but Ubuntu has a users' group and email
list at "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
.

They do not like top-posts (like this one), so be aware.

MR


On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:48 PM, charles meyer  wrote:
> Hi esteemed mates,
>
> Pardon my off-topic post, but has anyone found a good Linux forum to
> discuss Ubuntu and/or Knoppix issues?
>
> I'm trying to make RecordMyDesktop work on a Knoppix Live distribution on a
> flash drive.
>
> I emailed Klaus Knopper (Knoppix creator) but I just got a robo
> response that he can't respond to emails.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Charles.
>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Download 5.3.0 Not Working For Me

[MR ZenWiz]

I use this link on a routine basis - it works for me:

downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

All the versions available, including experimental and unreleased
versions, are there.

HTH,
MR


On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Tim Lloyd  wrote:
> Hey Joe,
>
> I am running Fedora 25 and FF 51.0.1. The screen looks good but I try
> something like this:
>
> - change OS to Win x86_64
>
> - click download - nothing
>
> - click download again - intimidating donation screen and away you go
>
> HTH
>
> [EDIT] Now when I visit that screen it downloads first time. Any script
> blockers at play? I allow libreoffice.org and documentfoundation.org
>
>
> On 07/02/17 09:18, Joe Conner wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone give me a working URL for a download of LibreOffice 5.3.0?
>> I have tried <> but the
>> yellow download button does not link for me. It is translucient and
>> superimposed
>> over the links "operating systems" and "LibreOffice in other languages"
>> but does
>> actually link to a download.
>>
>> I am using Ubuntu 16.10 64bit and Firefox 46.0.1.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Zoom control in the 5.3 status bar

[MR ZenWiz]

Thanks to all who responded.  For some reason I don't understand, the
zoom control has reappeared on my status bars, so problem not so much
solved as disappeared.

Ah well, such is life.

Happy days!
MR


On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:50 AM, M Henri Day <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2017-02-06 18:13 GMT+01:00 Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr>:
>
>> On 06/02/17 16:00, M Henri Day wrote:
>> > 2017-02-06 13:59 GMT+01:00 Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr>:
>> >
>> >> On 04/02/17 18:25, M Henri Day wrote:
>> >>> 2017-02-03 3:25 GMT+01:00 MR ZenWiz <mrzen...@gmail.com>:
>> >>>
>> >>>> This seems to be missing, or maybe I clicke don something that made it
>> >>>> go away, but I can't find anything to help turn it back on.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Is this a new "feature?"  The help command does not seem to show it
>> >>>> being absent, but I don't see it any more.
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> The zoom button can be enabled by following the procedure outlined
>> >> here :
>> >>> https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Adding_Buttons_to_Toolbars
>> >>
>> >> Henri, I'm not sure this answers the op's problem. The link you provide
>> >> tells how to customize toolbars and the op has a problem with the status
>> >> bar.  The status bar doesn't have a context (right click) menu -
>> >> although some sections of it do and their context allows to modify what
>> >> that section does.
>> >>
>> >> And the other suggestion : Tools > Customize > Toolbars doesn't help
>> >> either because the dropdown box of toolbars does not include the status
>> >> bar.
>> >>
>> >> How does one modify the status bar to add or subtract different
>> components
>> >> ?
>>
>> > Philip, you're quite right ; I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that the OP
>> > was more concerned with the zoom *function* than with just where the
>> > control was to be found. As I mentioned in my reply above, a zoom button
>> > can be enabled in the toolbar, but if, for some reason, one prefers to
>> use
>> > the status bar, a zoom slide control can also be found at the extreme
>> right
>> > of the status bar when that function is enabled
>> >
>> > At least it works that way for me in LibreOffice 5.3.0.3 on Linux Mint
>> > 18.1
>>
>> Yes, me too. I have both the slider and a zoom dialog at the left hand
>> end of the status bar but I'm working on Writer 5.1.4.2 - the distro
>> standard for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
>>
>> Your last post seems to indicate that 5.3 didn't abandon this feature
>> because you have it. The OP did think he might have done something to
>> remove it accidentally.
>>
>> Is there a way for the user to add / remove features (ie customize) the
>> status bar ?  I don't think so.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>
> Philip, my impression, like yours, is that the status bar in LO 5.3.0
> *cannot*
>
> be customised, but only configured to be displayed or not
>
> Henri
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[libreoffice-users] Zoom control in the 5.3 status bar

[MR ZenWiz]

This seems to be missing, or maybe I clicke don something that made it
go away, but I can't find anything to help turn it back on.

Is this a new "feature?"  The help command does not seem to show it
being absent, but I don't see it any more.

Thanks.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Version 5.2.3

[MR ZenWiz]

I tried to download the tar.gz file for this and Chrome says it's
dangerous or malevolent or something and won't let it complete the
download.

Whazzupwidat?

Thanks.
MR

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[libreoffice-users] Suggestion for the archive

[MR ZenWiz]

I routinely use the LibreOffice archive to download the newer
releases.  I started this because for some reason I could not get a
decent response, or sometimes even a connection, to the usual download
sources.

I noticed two things about the archive today.

One is that the font is really small.  This makes it more difficult to
read for older folks who don't see quite as well as we used to.

The other suggestion, which is more important, is to have the archive
list the directories in reverse chronological order.  That way we
don't have to plow down however many pages it takes to get to the
newest release.

Just a thought or two

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Calc method to change whole column cell content

[MR ZenWiz]

I recently began to use the spreadsheet downloads from one of my
credit unions as it is so far superior to the home-grown method I have
been using it's not even funny.

(I know, way late... Cries of "luddite" in the background, etc.)

However, in the .csv file they send, the dollar transactions are all
given as text entries with ($xxx.xx) for negative entries and $xxx.xx
for positive entries.  I don't see a way inside calc either to simply
convert that to a currency amount or to strip out the leading
apostrophe/quote mark that inhibits proper evaluation of the field.

I've also run into this with other numeric imports - that leading
quote is a pain that doesn't show in the .csv file and _only_ appears
inside calc.

What I've been doing is loading the .csv file into a text editor,
change those fields and then reload into calc.  This is terribly
cumbersome.

I also note that there is no Currency option for columns in the import
wizard.  The date fields I can do, but not these.

Finally, when I'm running writer and I tell it to load a recently used
.csv file, it loads that file into the writer, not into calc.  I
couldn't find an option for this.  My file manager understands that
.csv files are to be opened by calc, why not LO itself?

Any suggestions?

I'm running LO 5.1.2 (just downloaded :-) on Xubuntu 14.04.4 with the
Wily kernel (4.2).

Thanks.
MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] LEBRE VERSION STILL

[MR ZenWiz]

Tim,

Thanks for the tip.

I've been using PDFCreator for my Windows boxes for years and am
usually pretty happy with it, but I'll give doPDF a shot.

I work in a mixed environment with an Xubuntu desktop and a Windows
laptop and I don't like having to keep track of all the printer links
for both OSes, so I use PDFs from Windows to print from Linux.

At home, I use PDFs from my Windows VM so I don't need to connect it
directly to a printer (or have it steal my printer when I run the VM).
It's an extra step, but I also get permanent copies of the PDFs for
future reference.

MR


On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster
 wrote:
>
> For Windows, I do not remember anything about Nitro PDF Writer.  I have on
> Windows [and Linux] a PDF writer as my default printing "device".  For
> Windows, I use doPDF.  I have used it for years now.
>
> The only advantage, if any, for external PDF writers, may be in their
> specific options that may be different than what LibreOffice has in their
> "export to PDF" options.
>
> It use to be an issue that LO's PDF filter did not embed properly all of the
> "specialty fonts" I tend to use.  As far as I have been told, this should no
> longer be an issue, though I have not fully checked this.  I do know that
> the resulting "export to PDF" file size is different than what is created by
> my Ubuntu's system CUPS-PDF "printer" [and Windows doPDF].  The difference
> can be 10% to 40% larger or smaller, depending on what options are used and
> what fonts are embedded into the document.
>
> For most of my LibreOffice work, I use the export to PDF option. It is just
> easier.  But I do know that for Windows 7 and 10, doPDF works just fine with
> LibreOffice.  So maybe you might want to look into trying that package
> instead of Nitro.
>
> I just looked. . .  Nitro PDF seems to be a paid package, after the 14 day
> trial.  "doPDF" is free to use and not any trial.  I cannot afford to pay
> for my software packages.  "doPDF" seems to me as the best free PDF printer
> for Windows 7.  Plus, as I stated before, it works with LibreOffice on
> Windows 7 and 10.  Since your "Nitro" package seems not to work, try this
> free option, if you do not want to use LibreOffice's PDF exporting
> capabilities.
>
>
>
>
> On 11/03/2015 12:34 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote:
>>
>> LibreOffice does not need a PDF printer, so this is not a bug. You can
>> produce a better PDF using the integrated feature, which has been
>> available for ages.
>>
>> On 03/11/2015 18:26, Vermas Chandigarh wrote:
>>>
>>> Have said this earlier also – the software does not work with nitro pdf
>>> writer 8 and beyod. The office software just hangs.
>>> Sorry but this bug is not taken care of by you guys
>
>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

[MR ZenWiz]

FWIW, I wrote this script a couple of years ago to do the installations for me.

#!/bin/bash

# A script to install or update libreoffice releases properly

if [[ "$1" == "-x" ]]; then
shift
set -x
fi

me=`basename $0`
Usage() {
echo "Usage: $me [-x][-h|--help]  [...]"
exit 0
}

if [[ -z "$1" || "$1" == "-h" || "$1" == "--help" ]]; then Usage; fi

# Change these to install on rpm base systems
tgt=DEBS
cmd="dpkg -i"
sfx=deb

for tb in $*; do
if [[ ! -f $tb ]]; then
if [[ -f "$tb.tgz" ]]; then
tb="$tb.tgz"
elif [[ -f "$tb.tar.gz" ]]; then
tb="$tb.tar.gz"
else
echo "Can't find $tb or $tb.tgz or $tb.tar.gz - skipping..."
read ln
continue
fi
fi

# find out what the name of the uncompressed subdirectory will be
dst=`tar tzf $tb 2> /dev/null | head -1 | awk -F/ '{print $1}'`
tar xzf $tb
if [[ ! -d $dst/$tgt ]]; then
echo "Can't find $me directory $dst/$tgt - skipping..."
read ln
continue
fi

# install or update, depending on how I was called
cd $dst/$tgt
case $me in
loinst)
sudo $cmd *.$sfx
if [[ -d desktop-integration ]]; then
cd desktop-integration
sudo $cmd *.$sfx
cd ..
fi
cd ../..
;;
loupdate)
cd ..
sudo ./update
cd ..
;;
esac

# delete the installation directory
/bin/rm -rf $dst
done

echo ""

MR


On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:47 PM, John R. Sowden
 wrote:
> I have been dealing with this issue for years, going back to the Open Office
> days.
>
> How do you install Libreoffice under Ubuntu?
>
> Where are the step by step, clearly documented instructions?
>
> When are they not either on the download page in LO or a clear link on the
> download page?
>
> Here's what I find on the net including a google search:
>
> 1) Use the Software Center in Ubuntu.  Never mind that it is not the current
> version.  Never mind that  the version is not posted in the "more Info"
> description, along with the date of the version.
>
> or
>
> 20 Go to libreoffice.org.  Press the big download button.  Now what?  Start
> googling for instructions.
> Expect the instructions to not tell you:
> an explanation of each command.
> where the program will end up on your system.
> whether it will automatically get rid of the remnant files and even the
> original downloaded files.
> how to deal with the help, and why.
>
> or
>
> 3) Google like I did last night and find that there are "ppa"s, with a well
> written explanation of the "fresh ppa" being better and why. Now try to find
> how to install the most current version, whether you have a copy on your
> computer or not.
>
> and
>
> How to deal with dependencies, not just finding out that you have
> "dependency problems" but also that LO will not install due to them.
>
> It seems that this is a universal Linux problem.  If you don't know the
> intricacies of Linux, then you shouldn't be using it.  So much for attaining
> more market share.
>
> John Sowden
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer 5 loses recent documents list - SOLVED

[MR ZenWiz]

My apologies - I figured it out.

A lot of the recent files were on my flash drive, so when it's not
plugged in, LO can't see them and doesn't list them.

Thanks all.

MR


On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 2:23 PM, MR ZenWiz <mrzen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since I upgraded to LO 5.0.1, I've noticed that the Writer seems to
> lose the recent documents list at random.
>
> This morning I edited a document and it had all the ones I've worked
> on recently in the list.  An hour later, it had only three, none of
> which were the one I'd worked on and most of the ones I have worked on
> were gone.
>
> What's up with that?
>
> Thanks.
> MR

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[libreoffice-users] LO Writer 5 loses recent documents list

[MR ZenWiz]

Since I upgraded to LO 5.0.1, I've noticed that the Writer seems to
lose the recent documents list at random.

This morning I edited a document and it had all the ones I've worked
on recently in the list.  An hour later, it had only three, none of
which were the one I'd worked on and most of the ones I have worked on
were gone.

What's up with that?

Thanks.
MR

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[libreoffice-users] No Win x64 builds?

[MR ZenWiz]

Can someone explain this one?

I looked in the archive, and there are only the x86 builds.

What am I missing?

Thanks.
MR

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[libreoffice-users] How do I collapse the common fractions in Writer?

[MR ZenWiz]

I have been searching for this and I can't seem to find the right setting.

I have three or four installations of LO on various computers.  On
some of them, LO Writer automatically converts 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4 into
the symbols for such (½ ¼ ¾).  On others, the letters remain
unchanged.

I'm reasonably certain there is a setting for this in one of the
options, but I can't find it in Help and I can't figure out which one
it's supposed to be in the Options lists.

???

Thanks.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] FrameMaker conversion

[MR ZenWiz]

I run LO 4.4.2 on my Xubuntu 14.04.2 machines (work and home).

I have some old files I created way back in the late 90s that are in
Aldus/Adobe FrameMaker format.

I'd really like to get them into a more suitable, portable format, like ODT.

I tried to have my old FM create PDFs, but that piece does not work
and the best I can get is postscript files that a) don't really print
right and b) don't convert into ODT easily.  Even .DOC format or .RTF
would be better than the FM internal format that nothing else can
read.

I can do it manually, though I'd really rather not, so...

Is there any app or plugin that does this?

Thanks.

MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-docking the formatting bar

[MR ZenWiz]

I don't know what happened, but it seems ot be back in place.  I
didn't do anything except give up on it.

The wonders of modern computers

Thanks, all

MR


On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:37 AM, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote:
my sympathy to you; I feel very frustrated when this happens to me -
finally, I've learned that it's due to the sensitivity of these
 new computers ...
  and the solution is to plop it back into place.
   You can't just drag it, you must
   hold down the Control key while double clicking the Slide Pane.



 From: MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com
 Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:11 AM
 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re-docking the formatting bar
 To: LibreOffice users@global.libreoffice.org


 Somehow I got this undocked and I can't seem to put it back.

 LO Writer 4.3

 MR


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[libreoffice-users] Re-docking the formatting bar

[MR ZenWiz]

Somehow I got this undocked and I can't seem to put it back.

LO Writer 4.3

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Easy CL conversion to text

[MR ZenWiz]

I was wondering if there was an easy way to use LO Writer to convert
an ODT file to text from the command line.

Thanks.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] FrameMaker file conversion

[MR ZenWiz]

Is there any way that LO handles conversion of FrameMaker files into .odt files?

I have a bunch of old (FM 4) FM files that I'd like to convert, but I
don't see an option in LO Writer for this.

Alternatively, I have all of them also in .ps format, but if I use
ps2pdf to convert them, the format is so screwed up they're
unreadable.

Suggestions?

Thanks.

MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.3.1 print icon

[MR ZenWiz]

The bug Owen pointed out explains what happened.  I don't agree, but
that's my personal preference.  I changed my menu bar and it's how I
like it.

Thanks.
MR


On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi :)
 I think just post a bug-report about it and leave it to the devs to decide
 whether to fix it or not.

 Personally i tend to avoid using the print button but the odd times i do use
 it then it's because i just want to quickly print it without faffing around
 with all the usual options.
 Regards from
 Tom :)



 On 15 September 2014 18:50, J. Van Brimmer jerry...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Owen Genat owen.ge...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Yes. Prior releases used the Print File Directly button and in v4.3
  this
  has been replaced with the Print... button. As Valter Mura indicated
  this
  can be changed by customising the toolbar i.e., it is the default
  display
  that has changed. Decision to change the default was made by the Design
  team
  (or a member thereof). Related bug report (and rationale):
 
  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74455
 

 This makes perfect sense to me. I just did this yesterday, even with
 the print dialog window in view! I thought all was well and printed 12
 pages when I really only wanted to print one!




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Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.3.1 print icon

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 2:37 AM, Valter Mura valterm...@libreoffice.org wrote:
 In data sabato 13 settembre 2014 17:05:58, MR ZenWiz ha scritto:
 I noticed that in LO Writer 4.3.1, the print icon no longer
 automatically prints a document but brings up the print window.

 This is different from all the previous versions of LO I've used.

 Is anyone else seeing this, in Writer or any of the LO apps?

 Thanks.
 MR

 Hi

 you can customize the toolbar from Tools/Customize/Toolbar (Standard): here
 you can change/add/remove the commands you need.

 Ciao

Thanks for the pointer, but my issue was more that this changed
unexpectedly (for me) in the latest release.  It is a new
inconvenience to the user (me).

This is not the only inconveniencing change I have run into.  In all
my old .ODT documents (i.e., those I created before 4.3.1), the
Correct spelling as you type was deselected in 4.3.1 where it used
to be set and I had to re-enable it.  (Is there a way to enable it by
default, regardless of the old document settings?)

This kind of inconveniencing the user in subtle ways makes any app
harder to work with and less marketable.  Most especially for free
software, backward compatibility is crucial, and when broken, should
be emphasized in some big way.  I don't recall seeing these changes in
any announcements or release notes (maybe I missed them...).

Just my $0.02 (worth less every year, I know...).

Thanks.
MR

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[libreoffice-users] LO 4.3.1 print icon

[MR ZenWiz]

I noticed that in LO Writer 4.3.1, the print icon no longer
automatically prints a document but brings up the print window.

This is different from all the previous versions of LO I've used.

Is anyone else seeing this, in Writer or any of the LO apps?

Thanks.
MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

[MR ZenWiz]

Here's another one that's not quite clean, but it's nicer than the original:

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/how-to-search-for-text-inside-many-opendocument-files/

Cheers.
MR

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi :)
 Blimey!  I can't believe how many different ways of doing it have been
 suggested and how many answers this thread has received.  Brilliant work
 everyone!  I learn tons through this thread and really enjoyed it.
 Many thanks and regards from
 Tom :)



 On 31 August 2014 18:30, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote:

Maybe it doesn't work in Linux,
   but LO's 'Find-Replace' works with multiple documents for me;
[still with 3.4 ]

The only thing that never worked is the 'Find', for some reason  ;-)
   I'll click on that one by mistake at times, only to have the
 document sit doing nothing ...
  then I click on the Find-Replace and can find, or whatever, fine
 ;-)

Was this a bug back-then or what?



 From: Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com
 Date: Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 8:48 AM
 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text
 search in set of documents?
 To: users@global.libreoffice.org


 On 08/30/2014 07:34 AM, James Wilde wrote:

  On 2014-08-30 13:29, Tom Davies wrote:
 
  Hi :)
  Hmm, sadly Writer doesn't seem to do quite the same thing as GEdit.
 
  Tom, I have an idea that there is a find/copy/paste add-on for LO which
  works on multiple files.  I used it when I was using LO for my writing
  (I now use Scrivener for books and such).  I could change the name of a
  character throughout a book with a simple command.
 
  James
 
 
 Yes, I remember something like that as well, but I do not remember what it
 was or what version of LO it was used with.

 That would be real handy for book authors and editors.

 Piers Anthony, a highly regarded SciFi and Fantasy writer, used Fedora and
 LO for writing his books.  He is in his mid 70's now so he has scaled back
 to 1 or 2 books per year, instead of 3 or more.  He has created macros to
 help him do the work he needs and uses a different keyboard layout than the
 standard QWERTY keyboard.  In one of his Author's Notes, he stated that he
 needed a package that worked with his type of keyboard and had the ability
 to create/use the types of macros he needs for making his writing easier.
 He seems to be a big fan of having multiple documents open at the same
 time and editing across those documents.

 SO, you should be able to find the extension needed for your cross-document
 editing.

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[libreoffice-users] Cursor/window focus loss when opening encrypted files from the command line

[MR ZenWiz]

I recently installed Xubuntu 14.04 on my home desktop since I have
been using it at work for about 3 weeks and all has gone well there.

However, when I open an encrypted .odt document using the command line
or a shell script, the focus shifts to the password input box for a
fraction on a section and immediately reverts to the starting terminal
window.

This is annoying in part because when I type in the password, it shows
up in the terminal window, which is a huge no-no for security, and in
part because I have to manually shift the focus back to the password
input window.

This should not happen - the password window should grab the focus and
hold it until the password is input.

This does not happen if I start LO directly or through a keyboard
shortcut and then enter the file to open.

Whose bug is it - LO pr Xubuntu?  I don't know how to tell.

Thanks.
MR

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[libreoffice-users] OO question - problem printing spreadsheet

[MR ZenWiz]

I realize this isn't the OpenOffice list, but I haven't used OO since
LO came out.

I have a friend who has a spreadsheet she uses OO to manage on a Win7
(old and really slow) system.  She did something to it, she's not sure
what, and a bunch of cells got moved around.  I fixed that, but it is
printing really strangely.

Initially it wouldn't print at all until I found the print properties
box to pick what selection to print by default and changed that to
all sheets.

However, when it prints, it prints at about 60% size and the header is
so tiny we can barely read it.  I could not find any way to 1) change
the print size of the sheet and have it stick - it defaults bck to 60%
every time we open the file, and 2) get the header to print large
enough to read.  It looks like it's about 20% of the size of the rest
of the printed fonts.

She's using OO version 3 (I didn't get the exact revision).

I'm probably going to recommend she upgrade to a new revision of LO
(I'm using 4.2.5 and liking it just fine).

Any suggestions on what might help until then?

Thanks.
MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: All TDF files corrupt

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:31 AM, J.B. Nicholson-Owens
j...@forestfield.org wrote:
:

 On most OSes (including GNU/Linux) I doubt one can update (in other words,
 change) something as low-level as an operating system's kernel and continue
 to run the system normally. After the update and before the reboot, the new
 kernel is updated on the primary storage medium and the old kernel is still
 running in memory. I'd imagine that there are all sorts of kernel
 dependencies where the currently-running kernel and newly-installed kernel
 differ. Therefore you'll see lots of adverse effects for the currently
 running system which are resolved by getting everything rebased on the
 updated kernel. Hence kernel update packages are marked to require a reboot
 as soon as possible.


I've never seen that happen before, but it makes sense.

Now if I knew why the update got stuck running depmod for more than
ten minutes, I'd feel more comfortable.  Oh, well.

Thanks.

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[libreoffice-users] All TDF files corrupt

[MR ZenWiz]

I was running LO writer just now, and suddenly all my files are
corrupt - templates, documents, spreadsheets, everything.  I can't
even open a new document.

I have LO 4.2.4 running on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS.

My system is in the middle of an upgrade, but I'm not sure how that
could be part of the problem.

Any suggestions?

I can go back to an earlier version, but I've been using 4.2.4 since
shortly after it came out and never saw anything like this, or on any
earlier revisions either.

WTF?

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Re: All TDF files corrupt

[MR ZenWiz]

More information:

Most of the files I tried to open have not changed in quite a while.
One I was editing earlier today at work and had no trouble with it at
all.

To be sure, I restored a backup copy of the first file I tried to
open, one I saved last night, and magically it, too, is corrupt.

I visually inspected a .csv file and it looks fine.  I made a copy and
it opens fine.

So it appears to be limited to .o[dt]? (open document format) files.

However, when I close the files, even the ones it says are corrupt and
the (not corrupted) .csv file, the LO lock files are not getting
removed.

On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 9:46 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I was running LO writer just now, and suddenly all my files are
 corrupt - templates, documents, spreadsheets, everything.  I can't
 even open a new document.

 I have LO 4.2.4 running on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS.

 My system is in the middle of an upgrade, but I'm not sure how that
 could be part of the problem.

 Any suggestions?

 I can go back to an earlier version, but I've been using 4.2.4 since
 shortly after it came out and never saw anything like this, or on any
 earlier revisions either.

 WTF?

 MR

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[libreoffice-users] Re: All TDF files corrupt

[MR ZenWiz]

I also still have LO 4.1.something on my machine, and it has the same problem.

The template file is more than a year old with no change in the mtime,
so I have to believe it is something else.


On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 10:02 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 More information:

 Most of the files I tried to open have not changed in quite a while.
 One I was editing earlier today at work and had no trouble with it at
 all.

 To be sure, I restored a backup copy of the first file I tried to
 open, one I saved last night, and magically it, too, is corrupt.

 I visually inspected a .csv file and it looks fine.  I made a copy and
 it opens fine.

 So it appears to be limited to .o[dt]? (open document format) files.

 However, when I close the files, even the ones it says are corrupt and
 the (not corrupted) .csv file, the LO lock files are not getting
 removed.

 On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 9:46 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I was running LO writer just now, and suddenly all my files are
 corrupt - templates, documents, spreadsheets, everything.  I can't
 even open a new document.

 I have LO 4.2.4 running on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS.

 My system is in the middle of an upgrade, but I'm not sure how that
 could be part of the problem.

 Any suggestions?

 I can go back to an earlier version, but I've been using 4.2.4 since
 shortly after it came out and never saw anything like this, or on any
 earlier revisions either.

 WTF?

 MR

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[libreoffice-users] Re: All TDF files corrupt

[MR ZenWiz]

I rebooted (after the kernel update) and all seems well again.

Still wondering why that would happen


On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 10:25 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I also still have LO 4.1.something on my machine, and it has the same 
 problem.

 The template file is more than a year old with no change in the mtime,
 so I have to believe it is something else.


 On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 10:02 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 More information:

 Most of the files I tried to open have not changed in quite a while.
 One I was editing earlier today at work and had no trouble with it at
 all.

 To be sure, I restored a backup copy of the first file I tried to
 open, one I saved last night, and magically it, too, is corrupt.

 I visually inspected a .csv file and it looks fine.  I made a copy and
 it opens fine.

 So it appears to be limited to .o[dt]? (open document format) files.

 However, when I close the files, even the ones it says are corrupt and
 the (not corrupted) .csv file, the LO lock files are not getting
 removed.

 On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 9:46 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I was running LO writer just now, and suddenly all my files are
 corrupt - templates, documents, spreadsheets, everything.  I can't
 even open a new document.

 I have LO 4.2.4 running on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS.

 My system is in the middle of an upgrade, but I'm not sure how that
 could be part of the problem.

 Any suggestions?

 I can go back to an earlier version, but I've been using 4.2.4 since
 shortly after it came out and never saw anything like this, or on any
 earlier revisions either.

 WTF?

 MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell Check Dictionary

[MR ZenWiz]

There are two answers.

The longest word in any English language is the name of a small town
in Wales - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyantysiliogogogoch
(see Wikipedia if you're curious about what and where this is).  I had
thought it was 56 letters, but this one is 59.  Hmm.

The longest word in American English is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, aka black lung disease.
 It is 45 letters.

There is a longer word, which is the 85 letter long name of a village
in Africa, but I don't know what that one is (and I'm too lazy to
Google it right now :-).

FWIW.

MR

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:11 PM, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote:
reminds me of and the longest word in the English language is ... 

   or is it supercalifragilisticespialidocious  ;-)
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFHXMQP-QU


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster
webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote:
 On 05/16/2014 12:34 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote:

 Sorry, I forgot to include:  .deb x86_64.

 On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:30 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:

 I have been unable for the last three releases to download from the
 TDF Download page for LO.

 I have the URL for the archive, which works fine, but shouldn't the
 main page work?

 MR

 http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/4.2.4.2/deb/x86_64/

 Here is the link to the archive pages.

Thanks, yes I saved it from last time and modified it to be more universal.

I understand the rest, having done it many times.  :-)

Thanks.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:48 AM, CVAlkan fobe...@enteract.com wrote:
 Tim:

 Just my two cents - I used the method you described up to somewhere around
 when version 4.x first appeared, but for more recent updates, the donation
 page is as far as I can go. Since that time, I've never been able to
 download from the site - no error messages or anything like that - just no
 download. So, unfortunately, I can't provide any clues.

 I'm using 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and the Firefox browser if that makes any
 difference. I've read all sorts of reasons why the official download might
 have stopped working, but none of them make sense to me. Luckily there are
 other ways to obtain LO, although it does seem to be just a little risky to
 not be getting it from the original source.

 Because most of the comments I read seemed to suggest that other people have
 no problem with the official page, I just assumed that something was amiss
 with my system in particular and ignored advice like try again later and
 the like.

I did that, too, and it never worked.  Someone posted the link to the
archive, and that's what I now use when the main page fails.

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[libreoffice-users] Download page fails again

[MR ZenWiz]

I have been unable for the last three releases to download from the
TDF Download page for LO.

I have the URL for the archive, which works fine, but shouldn't the
main page work?

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

[MR ZenWiz]

Sorry, I forgot to include:  .deb x86_64.

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:30 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have been unable for the last three releases to download from the
 TDF Download page for LO.

 I have the URL for the archive, which works fine, but shouldn't the
 main page work?

 MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer error in 4.2.3

[MR ZenWiz]

Thanks, gents.  My only excuse is that it has been so long since I
found an LO bug I forgot to look.

I have commented on the bug.

MR

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote:
 Hi *,

 Tom Davies wrote (26-04-14 20:31)
 Given how e3xperienced you are and how long you have been on the mailing
 list i would say just post a bug-report (or wait until the competition
 starts and post it then)
 [...]


 Tom, can you, when writing your kind advice for the people here to
 report a bug, pls also suggest that they look for possible existing bugs
 for the problem :)

 In this specific case for example I've seen this one yesterday
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77894

 Thanks  regards,
 Cor


 On 26 April 2014 19:04, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 [...[
 Could not start printer.
 Please check your configuration.

 The file prints anyway, but the error window is really annoying.


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[libreoffice-users] Printer error in 4.2.3

[MR ZenWiz]

Since I upgraded to LO 4.2.3 last week, I get an error when trying to
print any file, or every other file - it varies.

The file prints without any trouble, but I get this window on the
first document I print:

Could not start printer.
Please check your configuration.

The file prints anyway, but the error window is really annoying.

Suggestions welcome.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Can't download from TDF

[MR ZenWiz]

I've tried to download the latest release of 4.2.3 from the Doc
Foundation web site and it refuses to download.  I can't even get a
connection.

This also happened last time I tried to download an update.

I'm looking at the x64 .deb files.

Is there a way around this?

Thanks.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't download from TDF

[MR ZenWiz]

Fixed, sort of - I went to the archive and could get it from there.

But, really, shouldn't the download page just work?


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:17 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I've tried to download the latest release of 4.2.3 from the Doc
 Foundation web site and it refuses to download.  I can't even get a
 connection.

 This also happened last time I tried to download an update.

 I'm looking at the x64 .deb files.

 Is there a way around this?

 Thanks.

 MR

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer changes feature

[MR ZenWiz]

Click Edit-Changes-Show

If you want a running record, click Edit-Changes-Record.


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:07 PM, A publicf...@bak.rr.com wrote:
 Anyone know how to turn on the changes feature of Writer?  I can't seem
 to get it to work.

 Someone sent me a .doc file.  I saved it as .odt because I was unable to get
 basic features such as color highlighting and other tools normally on that
 particular toolbar.  Now that I have the .odt the toolbar is restored so
 that's good.

 But now I want to modify the file, and have changes highlighted such as
 deletions to get a strikethrough and insertions to get a different color.
 What do I need to do to make it do that?  The documentation is no help.

 Thank you in advance.

 - Andrew



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

[MR ZenWiz]

I've tried Chrome, Seamonkey and Firefox.  In Chrome, after about two
minutes of waiting for the download to start, I get a web page saying
that the site is unavailable.

In Seamonkey and Firefox, it says Waiting for
download.documentfoundation.org... and nothing ever comes through.

I always do the help download first - it's smaller and gives me a
faster success - when it works.  Again, this is for the English Deb
x86_64 version.

I tried this:

$  wget 
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.2.1/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.1_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz
.
Resolving download.documentfoundation.org
(download.documentfoundation.org)... 5.9.148.85, 2a01:4f8:190:3144::2
Connecting to download.documentfoundation.org
(download.documentfoundation.org)|5.9.148.85|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...

And that's as far as it gets.

I can ping the site, but no download luck.

This has always worked before from Chrome directly through the link.

(I accidentally clicked early and also could not get the rpm version -
same problem.)

I also tried to download the current 4.2.0 version - same problem.

Also tried this:

$ scp 
download.documentfoundation.org:/libreoffice/stable/4.2.1/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.1_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz
.
The authenticity of host 'download.documentfoundation.org
(5.9.148.85)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is b7:a8:2f:7c:2c:97:09:45:32:5c:86:c6:29:35:cc:d8.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added
'download.documentfoundation.org,5.9.148.85' (ECDSA) to the list of
known hosts.
Permission denied (publickey).

At least I get something back here, but no download

Last ditch:  I tried clicking on the main download link, and I get the
donation page just fine, but still no download.

Any suggestion not tried above would be most welcome



On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Don Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote:
 That is the version I just checked which was working fine for me.


 On 02/22/2014 02:46 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote:

 I should clarify - this is the Deb x86_64 download that is not working.

 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:46 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:

 Still inaccessible.


 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'll have to get back to you on that when I get home tonight.  Our
 company firewall is having access problems through the download links:

 Error: Gateway Timeout
 Time: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:16:47 PST
 Your Source IP: 128.222.234.115
 External Host: mirrors.syringanetworks.net
 Appliance: 10.13.130.30 (inprtscl02p..xxx.com)

 I have redacted our company identifiers.  It could also be a problem
 with the mirror's security - we're kind of tight on that.

 This used to work - I routinely download the updates at work, but
 yesterday this happened here and last night I could not connect from
 home, either.

 Thanks.

 MR



 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi :)
 Sorry!  I missed all that.  It seems to be working now.

 My web-browser tries to block such downloads but i just click on the
 Allow button in the grey 'tool'-bar that appears at such times and
 then the pop-up appears asking if i want to save or open it.  So, it's
 working now afaik.

 I'm not certain but hasn't the downloadsdonations page been
 re-organised?  It seems really clear now that donations are optional.
 All the download bit is in the top section of the page and then a
 clear line dividing the page into 2.  The lower part deals with
 optional donations.  I'm sure it wasn't as clear as this before but
 maybe it was?

 Regards from
 Tom :)


 On 21 February 2014 08:19, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:

 Still no download.  I get a connection, but nothing seems to be
 available.

 Is the download page working?

 On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:34 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 The site may be overloaded at the moment - I can't get the help
 download.

 sigh


 On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi :)
 Hopefully everyone here gets these announcements but since we have
 been unusually stressy about it over the last couple of days i
 thought i would forward the official announcement so we all know
 where
 we stand.
 Regards from
 Tom :)


 On 20 February 2014 12:01, Italo Vignoli
 it...@documentfoundation.org wrote:

 Berlin, February 20, 2014 - The Document Foundation announces
 LibreOffice 4.2.1, three weeks after the availability of
 LibreOffice
 4.2. The first minor release - based on a shorter cycle than
 expected -
 solves over 100 problems, introduced by the larger than usual code
 refactoring of the LibreOffice 4.2 family. Changelog is available
 here:
 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.1/RC1.

 LibreOffice 4.2 was extremely ambitious, in terms of code
 refactoring.
 Because of this, we planned an extensive quality assurance cycle,
 based

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

[MR ZenWiz]

Something happened from the command line - maybe this will help?

$ wget 
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.2.1/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.1_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz
.
--2014-02-22 17:57:47--
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.2.1/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.1_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz
Resolving download.documentfoundation.org
(download.documentfoundation.org)... 5.9.148.85, 2a01:4f8:190:3144::2
Connecting to download.documentfoundation.org
(download.documentfoundation.org)|5.9.148.85|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection timed
out) in headers.
Retrying.

--2014-02-22 18:12:48--  (try: 2)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.2.1/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.1_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz
Connecting to download.documentfoundation.org
(download.documentfoundation.org)|5.9.148.85|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...

After five minutes it timed out and is trying again.


On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 6:07 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I've tried Chrome, Seamonkey and Firefox.  In Chrome, after about two
 minutes of waiting for the download to start, I get a web page saying
 that the site is unavailable.

 In Seamonkey and Firefox, it says Waiting for
 download.documentfoundation.org... and nothing ever comes through.

 I always do the help download first - it's smaller and gives me a
 faster success - when it works.  Again, this is for the English Deb
 x86_64 version.

 I tried this:

 $  wget 
 http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.2.1/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.1_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz
 .
 Resolving download.documentfoundation.org
 (download.documentfoundation.org)... 5.9.148.85, 2a01:4f8:190:3144::2
 Connecting to download.documentfoundation.org
 (download.documentfoundation.org)|5.9.148.85|:80... connected.
 HTTP request sent, awaiting response...

 And that's as far as it gets.

 I can ping the site, but no download luck.

 This has always worked before from Chrome directly through the link.

 (I accidentally clicked early and also could not get the rpm version -
 same problem.)

 I also tried to download the current 4.2.0 version - same problem.

 Also tried this:

 $ scp 
 download.documentfoundation.org:/libreoffice/stable/4.2.1/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.1_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz
 .
 The authenticity of host 'download.documentfoundation.org
 (5.9.148.85)' can't be established.
 ECDSA key fingerprint is b7:a8:2f:7c:2c:97:09:45:32:5c:86:c6:29:35:cc:d8.
 Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
 Warning: Permanently added
 'download.documentfoundation.org,5.9.148.85' (ECDSA) to the list of
 known hosts.
 Permission denied (publickey).

 At least I get something back here, but no download

 Last ditch:  I tried clicking on the main download link, and I get the
 donation page just fine, but still no download.

 Any suggestion not tried above would be most welcome



 On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Don Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote:
 That is the version I just checked which was working fine for me.


 On 02/22/2014 02:46 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote:

 I should clarify - this is the Deb x86_64 download that is not working.

 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:46 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:

 Still inaccessible.


 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'll have to get back to you on that when I get home tonight.  Our
 company firewall is having access problems through the download links:

 Error: Gateway Timeout
 Time: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:16:47 PST
 Your Source IP: 128.222.234.115
 External Host: mirrors.syringanetworks.net
 Appliance: 10.13.130.30 (inprtscl02p..xxx.com)

 I have redacted our company identifiers.  It could also be a problem
 with the mirror's security - we're kind of tight on that.

 This used to work - I routinely download the updates at work, but
 yesterday this happened here and last night I could not connect from
 home, either.

 Thanks.

 MR



 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi :)
 Sorry!  I missed all that.  It seems to be working now.

 My web-browser tries to block such downloads but i just click on the
 Allow button in the grey 'tool'-bar that appears at such times and
 then the pop-up appears asking if i want to save or open it.  So, it's
 working now afaik.

 I'm not certain but hasn't the downloadsdonations page been
 re-organised?  It seems really clear now that donations are optional.
 All the download bit is in the top section of the page and then a
 clear line dividing the page into 2.  The lower part deals with
 optional donations.  I'm sure it wasn't as clear as this before but
 maybe it was?

 Regards from
 Tom :)


 On 21 February 2014 08:19, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:

 Still no download.  I get a connection, but nothing seems

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

[MR ZenWiz]

Still no download.  I get a connection, but nothing seems to be available.

Is the download page working?

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:34 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 The site may be overloaded at the moment - I can't get the help download.

 sigh


 On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi :)
 Hopefully everyone here gets these announcements but since we have
 been unusually stressy about it over the last couple of days i
 thought i would forward the official announcement so we all know where
 we stand.
 Regards from
 Tom :)


 On 20 February 2014 12:01, Italo Vignoli it...@documentfoundation.org 
 wrote:
 Berlin, February 20, 2014 - The Document Foundation announces
 LibreOffice 4.2.1, three weeks after the availability of LibreOffice
 4.2. The first minor release - based on a shorter cycle than expected -
 solves over 100 problems, introduced by the larger than usual code
 refactoring of the LibreOffice 4.2 family. Changelog is available here:
 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.1/RC1.

 LibreOffice 4.2 was extremely ambitious, in terms of code refactoring.
 Because of this, we planned an extensive quality assurance cycle, based
 on automated tests followed by QA sprints in December and January, but
 we were not able to catch all the issues, says Thorsten Behrens,
 Chairman of The Document Foundation. Based on early adopters feedback,
 developers and QA experts have jumped in immediately, and have solved
 the most urgent problems in less than three weeks, showing the
 importance of our large community.

 LibreOffice 4.2.1 and LibreOffice 4.1.5 will be on stage at CeBIT in
 Hannover from March 10 to March 14 (Hall 6, Booth H14). In addition,
 Florian Effenberger and Italo Vignoli will speak about LibreOffice at
 the Open Source Conference.

 Download LibreOffice

 LibreOffice 4.2.1 is immediately available for download from the
 following link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/.

 LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can
 support The Document Foundation with a donation at
 http://donate.libreoffice.org. Money collected will be used to grow the
 infrastructure, and support marketing activities to increase the
 awareness of the project, both at global and local level.

 Short link to The Document Foundation blog: http://wp.me/p1byPE-u8.

 --
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

[MR ZenWiz]

I'll have to get back to you on that when I get home tonight.  Our
company firewall is having access problems through the download links:

Error: Gateway Timeout
Time: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:16:47 PST
Your Source IP: 128.222.234.115
External Host: mirrors.syringanetworks.net
Appliance: 10.13.130.30 (inprtscl02p..xxx.com)

I have redacted our company identifiers.  It could also be a problem
with the mirror's security - we're kind of tight on that.

This used to work - I routinely download the updates at work, but
yesterday this happened here and last night I could not connect from
home, either.

Thanks.

MR



On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi :)
 Sorry!  I missed all that.  It seems to be working now.

 My web-browser tries to block such downloads but i just click on the
 Allow button in the grey 'tool'-bar that appears at such times and
 then the pop-up appears asking if i want to save or open it.  So, it's
 working now afaik.

 I'm not certain but hasn't the downloadsdonations page been
 re-organised?  It seems really clear now that donations are optional.
 All the download bit is in the top section of the page and then a
 clear line dividing the page into 2.  The lower part deals with
 optional donations.  I'm sure it wasn't as clear as this before but
 maybe it was?

 Regards from
 Tom :)


 On 21 February 2014 08:19, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 Still no download.  I get a connection, but nothing seems to be available.

 Is the download page working?

 On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:34 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 The site may be overloaded at the moment - I can't get the help download.

 sigh


 On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi :)
 Hopefully everyone here gets these announcements but since we have
 been unusually stressy about it over the last couple of days i
 thought i would forward the official announcement so we all know where
 we stand.
 Regards from
 Tom :)


 On 20 February 2014 12:01, Italo Vignoli it...@documentfoundation.org 
 wrote:
 Berlin, February 20, 2014 - The Document Foundation announces
 LibreOffice 4.2.1, three weeks after the availability of LibreOffice
 4.2. The first minor release - based on a shorter cycle than expected -
 solves over 100 problems, introduced by the larger than usual code
 refactoring of the LibreOffice 4.2 family. Changelog is available here:
 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.1/RC1.

 LibreOffice 4.2 was extremely ambitious, in terms of code refactoring.
 Because of this, we planned an extensive quality assurance cycle, based
 on automated tests followed by QA sprints in December and January, but
 we were not able to catch all the issues, says Thorsten Behrens,
 Chairman of The Document Foundation. Based on early adopters feedback,
 developers and QA experts have jumped in immediately, and have solved
 the most urgent problems in less than three weeks, showing the
 importance of our large community.

 LibreOffice 4.2.1 and LibreOffice 4.1.5 will be on stage at CeBIT in
 Hannover from March 10 to March 14 (Hall 6, Booth H14). In addition,
 Florian Effenberger and Italo Vignoli will speak about LibreOffice at
 the Open Source Conference.

 Download LibreOffice

 LibreOffice 4.2.1 is immediately available for download from the
 following link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/.

 LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can
 support The Document Foundation with a donation at
 http://donate.libreoffice.org. Money collected will be used to grow the
 infrastructure, and support marketing activities to increase the
 awareness of the project, both at global and local level.

 Short link to The Document Foundation blog: http://wp.me/p1byPE-u8.

 --
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 mob IT +39.348.5653829 - mob EU +39.392.7481795
 sip it...@libreoffice.org - skype italovignoli
 hangout / jabber italo.vign...@gmail.com
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

[MR ZenWiz]

I should clarify - this is the Deb x86_64 download that is not working.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:46 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 Still inaccessible.


 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'll have to get back to you on that when I get home tonight.  Our
 company firewall is having access problems through the download links:

 Error: Gateway Timeout
 Time: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:16:47 PST
 Your Source IP: 128.222.234.115
 External Host: mirrors.syringanetworks.net
 Appliance: 10.13.130.30 (inprtscl02p..xxx.com)

 I have redacted our company identifiers.  It could also be a problem
 with the mirror's security - we're kind of tight on that.

 This used to work - I routinely download the updates at work, but
 yesterday this happened here and last night I could not connect from
 home, either.

 Thanks.

 MR



 On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi :)
 Sorry!  I missed all that.  It seems to be working now.

 My web-browser tries to block such downloads but i just click on the
 Allow button in the grey 'tool'-bar that appears at such times and
 then the pop-up appears asking if i want to save or open it.  So, it's
 working now afaik.

 I'm not certain but hasn't the downloadsdonations page been
 re-organised?  It seems really clear now that donations are optional.
 All the download bit is in the top section of the page and then a
 clear line dividing the page into 2.  The lower part deals with
 optional donations.  I'm sure it wasn't as clear as this before but
 maybe it was?

 Regards from
 Tom :)


 On 21 February 2014 08:19, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 Still no download.  I get a connection, but nothing seems to be available.

 Is the download page working?

 On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:34 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 The site may be overloaded at the moment - I can't get the help download.

 sigh


 On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi :)
 Hopefully everyone here gets these announcements but since we have
 been unusually stressy about it over the last couple of days i
 thought i would forward the official announcement so we all know where
 we stand.
 Regards from
 Tom :)


 On 20 February 2014 12:01, Italo Vignoli it...@documentfoundation.org 
 wrote:
 Berlin, February 20, 2014 - The Document Foundation announces
 LibreOffice 4.2.1, three weeks after the availability of LibreOffice
 4.2. The first minor release - based on a shorter cycle than expected -
 solves over 100 problems, introduced by the larger than usual code
 refactoring of the LibreOffice 4.2 family. Changelog is available here:
 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.1/RC1.

 LibreOffice 4.2 was extremely ambitious, in terms of code refactoring.
 Because of this, we planned an extensive quality assurance cycle, based
 on automated tests followed by QA sprints in December and January, but
 we were not able to catch all the issues, says Thorsten Behrens,
 Chairman of The Document Foundation. Based on early adopters feedback,
 developers and QA experts have jumped in immediately, and have solved
 the most urgent problems in less than three weeks, showing the
 importance of our large community.

 LibreOffice 4.2.1 and LibreOffice 4.1.5 will be on stage at CeBIT in
 Hannover from March 10 to March 14 (Hall 6, Booth H14). In addition,
 Florian Effenberger and Italo Vignoli will speak about LibreOffice at
 the Open Source Conference.

 Download LibreOffice

 LibreOffice 4.2.1 is immediately available for download from the
 following link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/.

 LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can
 support The Document Foundation with a donation at
 http://donate.libreoffice.org. Money collected will be used to grow the
 infrastructure, and support marketing activities to increase the
 awareness of the project, both at global and local level.

 Short link to The Document Foundation blog: http://wp.me/p1byPE-u8.

 --
 Italo Vignoli - The Document Foundation
 mob IT +39.348.5653829 - mob EU +39.392.7481795
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Limited Unicode Support in LibreOffice 4.1.4.2? Character insertion, non-zero (SMP, SIP) planes, and multi language documents.

[MR ZenWiz]

OT:

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:45 AM, ♪͡♪♪͡♪♪͡♪♪͡♪ gisrup2...@126.com wrote:
 -
 雷聲 靐䨻: if you can see four Chinese characters instead of blobs or question 
 marks than your browser/OS has a good support for Unicode and CJK characters! 
 (P.S. the four chracters put together means loud thunder)

in Chrome, I see 3 characters and a blank box.  In Firefox and
Seamonkey, I see three characters and a box with 4A 3B on two lines.

I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 with the 3.8 kernel.  Just interesting

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Downloads all torrents now?

[MR ZenWiz]

I went to download the 4.1.4 upgrade and it looks as if all the
downloads are now torrents.

I vastly prefer to download the files directly.

Is this no longer possible, or is there somewhere these are still available?

I don't believe I should be forced to use a torrent if all I want is
to download a file.

Thanks.

MR

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[libreoffice-users] Re: Downloads all torrents now?

[MR ZenWiz]

Oh, foo.  I used the wrong link.

Never mind - apologies for my clicko


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 5:15 PM, MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote:
 I went to download the 4.1.4 upgrade and it looks as if all the
 downloads are now torrents.

 I vastly prefer to download the files directly.

 Is this no longer possible, or is there somewhere these are still available?

 I don't believe I should be forced to use a torrent if all I want is
 to download a file.

 Thanks.

 MR

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