On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:33:14 -0700, V Stuart Foote wrote:
> I have started a UX-Advise thread on design review of how Horizontal Rulers
> can be reintroduced to the Writer GUI.
Great news, Stuart! Good hunting
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On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:50:52 +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
> Congrats Maurice if you were the one that marked-as-duplicate!
Misplaced, I'm afraid!
(I raised it because I couidn't find the existing one...)
> If Stuart did it then many thanks again to him for all his work.
'twas indeed. Yes -
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:45:40 +0100, I wrote:
> I still don't have a bug report number.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65719
(Marked as a duplicate of :
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60858
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On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:32:49 +, Maurice wrote:
> I shall raise a bug report.
Now raised, but I still don't have a bug report number.
The gist of it is that the omission* of the Horizontal Rule option has
created a problem for documents that already have such lines, i.e. it
was an *incom
Having installed Mageia-3 on a trial basis, I have come across an omission
in its LO 4.0.3.3 that I have been using on Mageia-2's LO 3.5.7.2, namely
'Insert: Horizontal rule'
The result is that any document prepared with 3.5.7.2 does not appear
correctly under 4.0.3.3.
I see from:
http://ask.lib
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:07:13 -0500, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> Are you using
> the Mageia repository version of LO or the LO site download?
Mageia repository.
> Manual feed, or tray feed?
Tray
> I know that LO can have some printer setting issues that other software
> [like default PDF
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:42:11 -0600, anne-ology wrote:
> Odd that the printer settings should change
That was my thought also!
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On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:34:05 +, Maurice Batey wrote:
> I have to
> insert the blank envelope on the LEFT-hand side of the same printer's
> paper feed.
Deafening silence!
For what it's worth, I solved the problem by going into
(Print) Properties/General/Printer Language
On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:34:05 +, I wrote:
> Not a problem
Actually, it is a problem when a stack of envelopes are being printed,
as the pressure bars are arranged to confine the stack on the RIGHT-hand
side of the printer feed tray.
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I have a 'long-envelope' file that I use fpr printing out envelopes with
my address on the left and an addressee box on the right.
Using LO 3.4.5 under Mandriva 2010.2 I insert the blank envelope on the
RIGHT-hand side of the printer (HP5150) paper feed. Works fine.
Using LO 3.5.5.3 under Mageia-
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:15:52 +0100, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
> it reverts to PDF after restarting LO even if setting it to
> Postscript Level 2 in the device dialog for printing a file.
Oh dear! I think I shall delay updating to 3.5.0 in that case.,,
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On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:31:45 +0100, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
> I don't want to
> have to do it EVERY TIME I print something (which is quite often!). I would
> like a way to set the default to PostScript...
Did you try selecting "Postscript Level 2" (not just "Postscript")?
That worked on L
On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:26:31 +0100, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
> Is there a way to change the default?
I had a similar prblem with .xls files on LO 3.4.5, and someone gave
the following sequence (which worked) to achieve the change:
"Open spadmin* (printer administration) & select the printer
On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:13:09 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> Actually they did indeed make it to OOo-dev 3.4.0
> DEV300m106 (Build:9582) as that build has the same issue as LO.
OK - thanks for the update!
> Till
> Kamppeter pretty much rocks IMO & if he's aware of the situation you can
> pretty much bet
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +, I wrote:
> Before I raise this in a Bug report
See: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45340
A workaround has been found by 'TJ' in the Mandriva newsgroup:
When in LO's 'print file', go in to Printer Settings and change
'PDF' to 'Postscript' (
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +, I wrote:
> The file referenced below prints correctly under OpenOffice Writer
> 3.2.1, but not with LO 3.4.5.+
Same problem reported om Mandriva and Mageia - in my case at least
with a fully-updated Mandriva 2010.2 PowerPack.
Seems what is happening is that
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:35:03 -0500, Don C. Myers wrote:
> Ubuntu 11.10 with LibreOffice 3.4.5 downloaded from LibreOffice.
Someone in the Mandriva newsgroup thought you might be interested in
his comments:
" Can't help except perhaps indirectly, sorry File prints in LO
3.4.4 here if I have m
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:01:18 -0500, Don C. Myers wrote:
> it prints fine except there is no left hand margin.
Windows, Linux, Don?
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On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:02:01 -0500, Thomas Damratowski wrote:
> the rightmost horizontal line is missing.
Not rightmost *vertical* line?
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On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:30:39 +, Tom Davies wrote:
> Did you manage to solve the problem in the end?
> Did you get any good answers from the LO mailing list?
> Was the UserProfile page any help?
Yes, yes, yes - thanks to all!
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The file referenced below prints correctly under OpenOffice Writer
3.2.1, but not with LO 3.4.5.
(Tried on 2 different PC's, two different printers.)
Under LO 3.4.5, although a Print Preview is complete, the actual printed
page is missing several inches of text on the right.
(The rightmost
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:35:13 +, I wrote:
> 1 Mandriva user of LO 3.4.4 reports 'not there', whereas
Although I've just booted Mandriva 2011 (KDE) and its LO 3.4.3 *does*
show the Open/Save option...
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:25:20 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> already confirmed
Our postings seemed to have crosssed on the wires...
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:56:36 -0800, Fridolin Gansheimer wrote:
> ?
You previously asked the question I quoted, and I described the options
used with Mandriva KDE to achieve your wish w.r.t. Kompozer & HTML
files (in case you had similar options available).
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:48:09 +, I wrote:
> Still awaiting news of what other LO users on Mandriva report.
One fellow Mandriva user reports:
"Decided to logout and then re-login using every other window manager
available with Mandriva 2010.2.
The only time that the LO Open/Save opti
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:38:21 -0500, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productions wrote:
> Kompozer ... I use it to, and no where do I know will it allow me to
> set it as the default package for displaying HTM/HTML files.
Here in Mandriva KDE land:
System Settings|File Associations|Text|Html|Add
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:47:10 +, I wrote:
> I shall enquire in the Mandriva newsgroup.
No response yet from anyone using 3.4.5, but:
1 Mandriva user of LO 3.4.4 reports 'not there', whereas
1 Mageia " "" ""IS there!
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:42:25 +, I wrote:
> ---> LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502)
Installed on 2 PC's here (both running Mandriva 2010.2.
Neither shows that "Open/Save" option.
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:31:14 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote:
> might well be related to KDE or your distribution :-)
I can't begin to imagine how the missing option could be due to using
KDE, but of course as I use the 'Mandriva' download file there is
always the possiblity that somehow the Mandriva dow
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:23:18 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote:
> I should have written " when there is a OOo user profile on
> your system, "
But there *was*!
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:15:44 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> Mine is 3.4.5 from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ - deb files.
> LibreOffice 3.4.5
> OOO340m1 (Build:502)
> Where did you get yours from?
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ (Mandriva RPMs)
---> LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502)
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:08:53 +, I wrote:
> Using LO 3.4.5, when I select Tools/Options/General, I do not see
> anything like that - just:
>
> HELP: Tips, Help Agent, Extended Tips, Reset help Agent
> DOCUMENT STATUS: Printing set, Allow to save doc even if not mod...,
> YEAR: Interpret a
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:56:09 -0500, drew wrote:
> just installed 3.4.5 (Ubuntu 11.04 AMD64) the option is there.
Mandriva 2010.2 32-bit PowerPack, KDE.
LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502) (En-GB)
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:17:03 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote:
> When following the path I just gave, there is a section centered
> vertically on the right side of that page labeled: Open/Save dialogs.
; in LO, the check box is labeled" Use LibreOffice dialogs.
Let me say one more time: That does no
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:15:10 +, Tom Davies wrote:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfiles
That shows "No text on this page".
Need to take the 's' off the end of 'Userprofiles' above.
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:15:10 +, Tom Davies wrote:
> after switching your file-browser to show hidden files&folders you will see
> them.
Always thus set, but LO's 'Import templates' goes into a
minimal ad hoc display window, with no such option obtainable (unless
I've missed something...).
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:31:39 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> Tools|Options|General|- untick Open/Save 'Use LO dialogs. Then
> OK. Now when you are in the primary directory, just right click the
> directory window and select 'Show Hidden Files'.
None of that in my LO 3.4.5!
But I've just looked at OpenOf
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:09:16 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote:
> The first time you install LibreOffice with an OOo user profile, that
> will be (mostly) imported.
Yesterday, I installed LO 3.4.5 on another PC here (to replace Open
Office).
What option in the install mechanism would have caused it to ha
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:53:54 +, Tom Davies wrote:
> Tools - Options - LibreOffice - General
>
> is the right place.
Well, when I said:
"when I select Tools/Options/General, I do not see
anything like that..."
- it did of course map out - as you say - to "Tools - Options -
LibreOf
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:31:39 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> Tools|Options|General|- untick Open/Save 'Use LO dialogs
Using LO 3.4.5, when I select Tools/Options/General, I do not see
anything like that - just:
HELP: Tips, Help Agent, Extended Tips, Reset help Agent
DOCUMENT STATUS: Printing set, Al
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:29:34 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote:
> You can type the dot in the field.
Yes, indeed, but then one has to remember to remove the '.ooo3' before
opening the .ooo3 directory. Messy!
OK - as you and others have described, there *are* of course ways of
importing templates (and oth
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:58:51 -0800, Mark wrote:
> You should be able to import the templates using the
> File->Templates->Organize, then right click on the folder into which
> you want to import and select Import.
The problem with that is that Import does not show 'hidden'
directories (i.e. tho
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:23:24 +, I wrote:
> has the install procedure changed?
The answer is 'no'; that procedure worked perfectly!
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Within a bug report I have been asked to install & try LO 3.4.5, which
I have already downloaded (+ GB-lang & help packs).
Has the install procedure changed since the following details kindly
provided for installing 3.3?:
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:13:22 +0100, Stefano Fraccaro wrote:
> For this purpose there is the bug tracker at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/
> You can search and join bugs that interest you and keep up only those
It is new bugs being reported that I would be interested in,
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:19:07 -0400, Clio wrote:
> What about an issues mailing list
So people could opt in to receiving notices of new bug reports for
a specific compnennt of LO?
Sounds useful!
I would be interested in new Writer bug reports.
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:52:50 -0800, Andy Brown wrote:
> If you have a bug that you want people on
> this list to see just place a link in a message and post it
I don't especially *want* people to see it; I just thought people
in here might prefer to know about bugs that have been found!
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On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:19:00 +, I wrote:
> If there's no solution to this in the 3.3 Beta
Have now installed the 'English' (i.e. GB) dictionary extension, and
all is well now...
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On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:19:00 +, Maurice Batey wrote:
> If there's no solution to this in the 3.3 Beta,
I see in another thread that dictionaries are *not* included in
language packs, so will (try to) d/l the GB dictionary...
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:17:39 +, I wrote:
> no spell checking at all is happening
If there's no solution to this in the 3.3 Beta, than I shall
have to leave any further use of LibreOffice to 3.4's
appearance...
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:15:23 -0800, Andy Brown wrote:
> Using Tools> Options> Paths find out where the files are stored for both
> programs. Using the means of your operating system copy the folders you
> want to use to the other set of folders.
Thanks, Andy! That worked (after I had done 'T
On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:51:49 -0800, Mark wrote:
> Are you sure it didn't just execute the grammar check and pass on the
> marked errors?
No - all the SpellCheck button does is turn on or off the grammar
check markings.
In fact, although I have the GB Pack installed, no spell checking
at all i
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:22:50 +, I wrote:
> "ABC"
>A mouse hover reveals "SpellChecker", but when I click on
>it, all the *grammar* markings disappear from the displayed
>document (hurray!), i.e. it has turned off the *grammar*
>check, even though the button is l
(Re-posted, as original seems to have gone astray...)
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:55:47 -0500, Charles Marcus wrote:
> I don't use the grammar checker, but I imagine it has a similar way
> to toggle the Auto-check?
Seems the grammar checker can be turned off in
Tools/Options/Languages/Writing aids
Is there a way to import such things as templates and general
settings from OpenOffice Writer to LO Writer?
(E.g. copying certain files over)
Would be nice to avoid having to construct them all over again.
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:02:36 +0100, Sigrid Carrera wrote:
> did you download the language pack for en-GB? If not, you could download and
> install it.
Have now done that - thank you - and Tools/Options/Languages does
show "GB" language environment.
However, the spellchecker is still happy if
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:55:47 -0500, Charles Marcus wrote:
> I don't use the grammar checker, but I imagine it has a similar way to
> toggle the Auto-check?
Seems the grammar checker can be turned off in
Tools/Options/Languages/Writing aids.
But there is some confusion in the taskbar buttons:
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:31:02 -0800, Mark wrote:
> This is an option you can turn off under
> Tools->Options->Languages->Writings Aids
OK - thanks, Mark!
I think what I'll do is work with grammar check 'off' until the
document is complete, then switch it on for a final grammar check.
> You'
Many thanks for your response; much appreciated...
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:10:32 +0100, Sigrid Carrera wrote:
> The wiggly line indicates the automatic spellcheck (if it is red) or the
> automatic grammar check (if it is blue).
They are blue - so 'grammar check'.
> Those checks are done automa
Having just installed LibreOffice 3.3 Beta and trying Writer, all
seems fine at first, except that tabbed space at the start of lines
has been filled in with a wiggly line.
Also, a couple of phrases have been underlined with the same wiggly
line (e.g. "walking tour").
How does one switch such ma
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