Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Microsoft Revisits the '80s With MS-DOS, Word for Windows Source Code,

2014-04-06 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 04/04/2014 23:56, CVAlkan ha scritto: Sorry for the trip down memory lane, but I agree that this is undoubtedly some sort of publicity stunt. Call me cynical, but I can't help wondering what's up their sleeve with this. No need to apologise. FWIW, I really enjoyed reading your post. :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Microsoft Revisits the '80s With MS-DOS, Word for Windows Source Code,

2014-04-03 Thread Marcello Romani
, but in the end I think it's nothing more than a publicity stunt. -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Microsoft Revisits the '80s With MS-DOS, Word for Windows Source Code,

2014-04-03 Thread Marcello Romani
BTW, interesting news nonetheless, thanks for mentioning it. :-) -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Microsoft Revisits the '80s With MS-DOS, Word for Windows Source Code,

2014-04-03 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 03/04/2014 18:24, James E Lang ha scritto: I'm not sure my first response was received. CAUTION: As I understand what MS has done, the code has NOT been released to the Public Domain. Viewing it could pollute products of the Open Source Software movement. Software Judging from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Password management in libre office

2014-03-07 Thread Marcello Romani
sending confidential information to this mailing-list so attachments don't reach the list at all to avoid potential embarrassment. Regards from Tom :) That's one case where not answering to the list has had a positive effect. The OP seems to have vanished from this thread... :) -- Marcello Romani

Re: [libreoffice-users] Password management in libre office

2014-03-07 Thread Marcello Romani
was referring to the fact that no sensitive information has been released thanks to that annoying habit some people have to not bother where their reply goes. On 7 March 2014 08:35, Marcello Romani mrom...@ottotecnica.com wrote: Il 06/03/2014 10:12, Tom Davies ha scritto: Hi again :) errr, i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Neat Writer Feature -- Relative Font Sizes

2014-02-13 Thread Marcello Romani
similar on this list or would it be just a good thing to try out for a bit because we handle things differently here? Advice of the week Tom RTFM LOL!! IanW Pretoria RSA That's the first gem of the series! ;-) -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Export PDF

2014-02-09 Thread Marcello Romani
as PDF... The option should stick, so LO should produce PDF with transparencies with no fuss from there on. My 2 cents. -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

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

2014-02-05 Thread Marcello Romani
). As a (again, happy) user, I'm not that passionate about the LO/OO competition, but I can see where you're coming from. Though I'm not concerned about the product image as you are, you certainly have a point, so I'll try and be more careful in the future. -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail

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

2014-02-05 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 05/02/2014 21:48, e-letter ha scritto: On 05/02/2014, Marcello Romani mrom...@ottotecnica.com wrote: For the record, I've been a happy user of soffice even before the 1.0 release (I started being happy right after they dictched that awful desktop-over-desktop Start Office thing ;-) I miss

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 'deployment'

2014-02-04 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 03/02/2014 17:47, Kracked_P_P---webmaster ha scritto: On 02/03/2014 08:48 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 03/02/2014 13:21, IOmazic ha scritto: Hi, is it possible that you share this tools for windows? I will need to install it to around 450 pc, so it will be cool to have some tool to do all

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 'deployment'

2014-02-03 Thread Marcello Romani
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - Merging PDFs

2014-01-29 Thread Marcello Romani
/applications/8229-putting-together-pdf-files gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=out.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] having 2525 defined colors to choose from within LO

2014-01-19 Thread Marcello Romani
the standard.soc file is located under: ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user/config HTH -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: München leads the way in migration to open source

2013-11-25 Thread Marcello Romani
, bro! As much as I love Linux, LibO and all, citing the operating system official minimum hardware requirements is definitely _not_ the way to prove Munich didn't have to do any hardware upgrades. -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 64 bit

2013-11-11 Thread Marcello Romani
of OpenOffice/LibreOffice shut the hell up and start complaining to Microsoft. :) -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] 64 bit

2013-11-06 Thread Marcello Romani
a 64bit release for Windows (at least not that I'm aware of)... -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] 64 bit

2013-11-06 Thread Marcello Romani
having to choose between 32 64 bit versions, a subject which I believe is quite obscure for most users anyway. -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Huge security bugs

2013-10-29 Thread Marcello Romani
the software provided by third parties. Dr. Jan Zeman Am I the only one smelling a troll here ? -- Marcello Romani -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-10 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 10/10/2012 06:11, rost52 ha scritto: On 2012-10-09 18:50, Marcello Romani wrote: that's the way it is and that's why currently I don't use LO Writer for anything else than for converting .doc files to .pdf I might just be something a little bit above a IT moron but using LO Writer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-09 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 08/10/2012 14:13, John Clegg ha scritto: OK, if I accept everything that has been said, then why wouldn't opening an in-memory r/w copy be the sensible default action? So that when the user would try to save it a Save As dialog would appear ? Sounds good to me. -- Marcello Romani

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-09 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 09/10/2012 11:18, Andreas Säger ha scritto: Am 09.10.2012 09:14, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 08/10/2012 14:13, John Clegg ha scritto: OK, if I accept everything that has been said, then why wouldn't opening an in-memory r/w copy be the sensible default action? So that when the user would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-09 Thread Marcello Romani
designed example (i.e. Lotus Improv), it is just a 1:1 clone of the worst spreadhseet available, i.e. Excel (what an orwellish branding). Sincerely, Wolfgang -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-08 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 05/10/2012 17:18, Marcello Romani ha scritto: Il 05/10/2012 16:31, webmaster-Kracked_P_P ha scritto: On 10/05/2012 10:10 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 05/10/2012 11:07, John Clegg ha scritto: One feature I miss isn't actually a feature in MSO as such, but LO behaves differently. If I open

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-05 Thread Marcello Romani
. And, as such, the example *not* to follow. Are you complaining that OpenDocument format (which not long ago became an ISO standard) uses a spaghetti content model ? Sincerely, Wolfgang -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-05 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 05/10/2012 16:31, webmaster-Kracked_P_P ha scritto: On 10/05/2012 10:10 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 05/10/2012 11:07, John Clegg ha scritto: One feature I miss isn't actually a feature in MSO as such, but LO behaves differently. If I open a spreadsheet from an email or the web it places

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-02 Thread Marcello Romani
... +1 ;P -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-02 Thread Marcello Romani
does it sound ? -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-02 Thread Marcello Romani
, in whatever current or previous version the user prefers (security patches aside). From: Marcello Romani mrom...@ottotecnica.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 7:32 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so

Re: [libreoffice-users] Migrating from Windows; take it slow

2012-07-25 Thread Marcello Romani
Excellent post. One of the best advocacy-from-experience I've read in recent times. Thank you Tom! -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office brings my system down

2012-01-13 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 12/01/2012 17:32, Stefan Dröge ha scritto: 2012/1/12 Marcello Romani mrom...@ottotecnica.com: Hi, just a note about CTRL-ALT-BACKSPAPCE: in Ubuntu it's disabled, I think to avoid accidentally killing all of your work by a wrong keystroke. Yes, I know. However under Suse it is enabled

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office brings my system down

2012-01-13 Thread Marcello Romani
who reported this error had also an Intel GPU. But at least one bug reporter used an Nvidia GPU. - Stefan Beign an ubuntu user, I usually search for the chipset name in launchpad. I think that search can be useful to you even if you use another distro, though. 2012/1/13 Marcello Romani mrom

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

2012-01-11 Thread Marcello Romani
. - from twohot@device.mobile :) Impressive! :-) -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Identifying the correct row in Spreadsheet formulas

2011-12-09 Thread Marcello Romani
about what I'm talking about, please search thread hijacking in google. You'll increase your chances of getting an answer. -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Identifying the correct row in Spreadsheet formulas

2011-12-09 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 09/12/2011 14:11, Ian Whitfield ha scritto: On 09/12/2011 14:31, Marcello Romani wrote: Please start a new thread instead of responding to an already existing thread. To know more about what I'm talking about, please search thread hijacking in google. You'll increase your chances

Re: [libreoffice-users] Open Source Directory for Enterprises of the Open Source Business Foundation

2011-12-01 Thread Marcello Romani
not keen on registering on a ton of different sites that i never use. As noted on the marketing list their info is a little out-of-date but that could be because we are moving so fast. Regards from Tom :) Excellent site, thanks Tom for mentioning it. -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] can I make Libre default to save as .rtf

2011-11-23 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 22/11/2011 19:22, doug ha scritto: On 11/22/2011 04:54 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 22/11/2011 08:16, doug ha scritto: I'd like to make LO Writer default to saving everything in .rtf format. The .odf is not readable by people with Microsoft software, which is most of the world. If so, how

Re: [libreoffice-users] can I make Libre default to save as .rtf

2011-11-22 Thread Marcello Romani
repository is asking for trouble in the long run. My 2 cents. -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] what is the relationship between latex and libreoffice?

2011-10-27 Thread Marcello Romani
(and in the resulting pdf). -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Flat xml format (.fodt) broek/unsupported on LibreOffice writer 3.4.3, Windows 7 ?

2011-10-12 Thread Marcello Romani
be a different thread (and I'm talking about OOo here...) [/OT] -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress PowerPoint

2011-10-06 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 06/10/2011 00:46, planas ha scritto: On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 11:41 +0200, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 05/10/2011 09:16, Tom Davies ha scritto: Hi :) +1 Insults are unnecessary and unhelpful. Personal arguments and criticisms would be better off-list too. Just my opinion, clearly a lot

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress PowerPoint

2011-10-05 Thread Marcello Romani
, and from which they thus expect official support. Whether or not this is a reasonable expectation is a different matter... :-) -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-discuss] OASIS Standard ODF 1.2 Approved

2011-10-05 Thread Marcello Romani
totally different scopes. Or am I missing something obvious ? Thanks for any clarification -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Marcello Romani
or here to ask for advice. Very smart of you. Next time think twice before hitting send, and ask yourself: will these insults help LibO/OOo ? -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress PowerPoint

2011-10-03 Thread Marcello Romani
;) Please stop spamming this list with insults to people asking for advice. Do their question sound stupid to you ? Your problem. Or are you a M$-paid troll whose job is to scare away people who want to try non-M$ products ? -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Marcello Romani
sound suggestions to acheive a smooth migration, e-letter instead writes insults to the OP. This is what I was replying to. El lun, 03-10-2011 a las 11:49 +0200, Marcello Romani escribió: Il 03/10/2011 11:34, e-letter ha scritto: On 02/10/2011, Vinod Nadiadwalathinw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: docx format troubles

2011-09-20 Thread Marcello Romani
it. I think it's not worth the trouble, given the presence of Gnumeric + Abiword + google docs for those who need only a 20% of what OOo can offer (not that I think gnumeric is only 20% of Calc, btw). -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bulk converting docx to odt?

2011-09-20 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 20/09/2011 10:43, Gordon Burgess-Parker ha scritto: I've searched for a method to do this but can't find anything. Is there something I've missed? I hope this thread can help you: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=7242 -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Encrypted MSO files (docx,xlsx) in Libo

2011-09-12 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 09/09/2011 18:27, NoOp ha scritto: On 09/09/2011 02:38 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 09/09/2011 10:28, krisb ha scritto: Hi all, This is my first message here so please be tolerant :) Maybe it is a not right place to ask, but let me start. I'm wondering if is possible to open encrypted

Re: [libreoffice-users] Encrypted MSO files (docx,xlsx) in Libo

2011-09-12 Thread Marcello Romani
? Equally irrelevant; see above Didn't the OP ask to be tolerant :-) -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Encrypted MSO files (docx,xlsx) in Libo

2011-09-09 Thread Marcello Romani
in advance for answer! Krzysztof -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Encrypted-MSO-files-docx-xlsx-in-Libo-tp3322242p3322242.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc corrupted an Excel xlsx file, should I report a bug?

2011-09-08 Thread Marcello Romani
.) formats, tell them they have the option to upgrade to the new version (which often means thousands of $$) or download that free office suite which will very probably open the document just fine. That has happened to me and the customer was impressed :-) -- Marcello Romani -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc corrupted an Excel xlsx file, should I report a bug?

2011-09-07 Thread Marcello Romani
a bug? Or is someone interested in the file in order to improve the xlsx saving abilities of Calc? Cheers, Roelof Are you sure you /really/ saved it with Excel format, or did you just type the xlsx extension in the save as dialog (I ask because I did that same mistake once) ? -- Marcello

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request :Evolution

2011-07-14 Thread Marcello Romani
that MS Outlook offers with free/libre programs ?. Just as an example, Mozilla Thunderbird + Lightning gives you e-mail, calendar, alarms, periodic reminders, todo-lists (activities). You can have multiple calendars, too, including remote ones. HTH -- Marcello Romani -- Unsubscribe instructions: E

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request :Evolution

2011-07-14 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 14/07/2011 16:03, David B Teague sr ha scritto: On 7/14/2011 9:17 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Yes, MSO has faster startup times also IME, at least on windows. On Ubuntu 10.04 I must say that the provided OOo takes a little time when first started after a reboot, but from then on, given

Re: [libreoffice-users] remote management of LibreOffice installations possible?

2011-06-15 Thread Marcello Romani
it allow a sysadmin to easily and remotely manage security and updates from one central location? Any help or pointers to websites where this is explained are more than welcome! Kind regards, Bart Interesting question. A quick search gave me this link: http://openofficetechnology.com/ -- Marcello

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress leads to system log out

2011-06-13 Thread Marcello Romani
logs. Look at your graphics cards manufacturer and model (lspci) and search for bugs in launchpad. -- Marcello Romani -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more