Re: [libreoffice-users] Annoying reformatting issue.

2024-04-14 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Chris, On 13/04/2024 18:10, Chris J. wrote: Ubuntu linux 23.10 LibreOffice 7.6.5.2 So, question; is there a way to automate the application of the styles and remove the tabs at the beginning of paragraphs. Normal find and replaces doesn't cut it. Otherwise I'm forced to go through

Re: [libreoffice-users] paragraph style

2024-03-07 Thread Philip Jackson
On 06/03/2024 15:01, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: On 2024/03/06 22:55, Philip Jackson wrote: When you say you have applied chapter styles, are you talking about a particular heading sty;le for the beginning of a chapter or are you talking about a particular page style for the first page

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help - how to get rid of 'administrator'

2024-03-06 Thread Philip Jackson
Are you sure this isn't a Windows' problem? Typically it's Windows that has stuff blocked and restricted to those with administrator privileges. Philip On 06/03/2024 22:56, Emily Scharf wrote: I have used Libreoffice for years. But recently I downloaded it and - mistakenly - responded to an

Re: [libreoffice-users] paragraph style

2024-03-06 Thread Philip Jackson
When you say you have applied chapter styles, are you talking about a particular heading sty;le for the beginning of a chapter or are you talking about a particular page style for the first page of a chapter? I would typically use a Heading 1 style for the chapter heading and would modify it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Autocorrect not working

2024-03-03 Thread Philip Jackson
I recently did exactly this in Writer but I had to try a couple of times. First go, I couldn't find the em dash when I right clicked in the 'With' box so I went back into normal writing mode and searched for the em dash in special characters and inserted it into a document. Next I went back

[libreoffice-users] border lines above footers in Writer

2023-12-26 Thread Philip Jackson
A cautionary note which I hope someone else will find useful. Using LO 7.3.7.2 in UbuntuStudio 2204 LTS I came upon a conflict between two methods of inserting lines to separate page text from footers. My exercise was what appeared a simple task, to edit an older document to increase the line

Re: [libreoffice-users] common to all pages header

2023-12-22 Thread Philip Jackson
On 22/12/2023 03:31, Chris J. wrote: Hi. Does your first page have a 'First Page' page style rather than the 'Default Page Style'? - Robert Both files say they're using the "Default Paragraph Style". There's only one and I've never knowingly messed with it. It's not the paragraph style

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to use "Open PGP key"

2023-12-16 Thread Philip Jackson
On 16/12/2023 21:54, tothelightho...@nifty.com wrote: I want to use "Open PGP key " But Libfre office said "No use Open PGP key" only. How can I use that? You can use LO Writer to encrypt a document using PGP but LO will do so by calling a programme external to LO which will depend on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Wrapping text in cell is enabled but does not show in sheet, only in selected cell.

2023-11-28 Thread Philip Jackson
On 28/11/2023 21:26, Budge wrote: My problem is that I have enabled wrapping in the cells of a row and expected the longer text to start a new line and increase the height of the cell but this does not remain when I move to another line. What is causing this and how can I correct it so two

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

2023-11-24 Thread Philip Jackson
I've made my own templates for various categories of documents and equipped each template with its own sets of customised styles. They work fine. I did the set up some years ago and don't recall exactly what steps were required but I don't recall any particular difficulty. I do remember that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: trying to make a date box in a form, tried loads of times and I can't get it to work

2023-10-30 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Jeanette, Re offline help files : yes you can download those from the downloads page of the LO website. You'll have to select your operating system and language and then you'll see towards the lower end of the green download panel, another download link like this * Help for offline use:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer falls over systematically

2023-10-30 Thread Philip Jackson
://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154091 Maybe you like to put it on CONFIRMED. Kind Regards Harald Am 29.10.2023 um 15:24 schrieb Philip Jackson: LO Writer 7.5.5.2 on Windows 10 I was checking to see what the options were in Format > page style > Area tab. Initially, this tab

[libreoffice-users] LO Writer falls over systematically

2023-10-29 Thread Philip Jackson
LO Writer 7.5.5.2 on Windows 10 I was checking to see what the options were in Format > page style > Area tab. Initially, this tab shows 'None'. When I click on any other button, (Color, Gradient, Image ...) I see the set of options available. When I then click on any other button Writer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save and Edit Text document

2023-10-25 Thread Philip Jackson
On 25/10/2023 18:55, Kenneth Groninga wrote: How do I scan a text document and save it and then later open it and edit it? Kenneth Groninga You need a software application that can do optical character recognition to transform the scanned te4xt into editable text. Do a search for OCR

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: Draw and Writer

2023-10-25 Thread Philip Jackson
On 24/10/2023 20:36, Kenneth Groninga wrote: -- Forwarded message - From: Kenneth Groninga Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 1:25 PM Subject: Draw and Writer To: I am still having a problem. I scan a document as jpeg or pdf and save it in documents. When I try to open the document in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles

2023-10-22 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Chris, On 22/10/2023 17:18, Chris J. wrote: A few details might change, but stories submissions to publishers and editors have pretty much the same characteristics, in the States anyway; 1.00 inch margin top and bottom, 1.25 inch margins right and left, Times Roman or Times New Roman

Re: [libreoffice-users] assembling an OTM into an EPUB.

2023-10-18 Thread Philip Jackson
On 17/10/2023 14:16, Virgil wrote: On 10/17/2023 3:59 AM, Philip Jackson wrote: On 17/10/2023 03:28, Virgil Arrington wrote: And, if you’re serious about publishing to the Amazon Kindle store then you might want to check out Kindle Previewer as well. After finalising the setup in Sigil, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] assembling an OTM into an EPUB.

2023-10-17 Thread Philip Jackson
On 17/10/2023 03:28, Virgil Arrington wrote: And, if you’re serious about publishing to the Amazon Kindle store then you might want to check out Kindle Previewer as well. After finalising the setup in Sigil, I run the epub through Amazon's Previewer to check how it displays and if all's good,

Re: [libreoffice-users] assembling an OTM into an EPUB.

2023-10-16 Thread Philip Jackson
On 16/10/2023 19:41, Chris J. wrote: Hi, all. Subject says it. OTM -> EPUB so I can get it on a Kindle. Kindles can handle PDF. However I'm told PDF is more graphics in nature and doesn't necessarily work well with every Kindle as far as easy readability. LO Writer Export claims to be able

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

2023-09-30 Thread Philip Jackson
ing? On 4/27/23 09:46, Eric Beversluis wrote: OK. That works. But I keep having to reset it. What do I have to do to keep the setting at "false"? On 3/4/23 09:43, Philip Jackson wrote: Thanks to the OP and to V Stuart Foote - that was something I will find useful too. It worked b

Re: [libreoffice-users] changing the font size in the cross reference number

2023-09-27 Thread Philip Jackson
Yes - attachments get stripped off. You can put a file up on another web site and post the link to it in your message on this forum. Philip On 27/09/2023 22:01, Mikhail Kuzminsky wrote: I apologize - I did not look at the message that came to me (sent by me to users@global.libreoffice.org), the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Assembling a Master Document.

2023-09-27 Thread Philip Jackson
On 27/09/2023 00:40, Chris J. wrote: When you create a new master doc, you have a blank page. What the instruction indicates is that the navigator should be showing just a single TEXT entry.  I just checked, and that is what it says. Now write something in that blank doc that is text. Then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Assembling a Master Document.

2023-09-26 Thread Philip Jackson
On 26/09/2023 20:49, Chris J. wrote: Hi. Thank you for your replies. Much appreciated. The fog my be beginning to lift. Have another one. I'm trying to create a Master Document. I did this once before. I'm beginning to think it only worked because I was having really a good day. I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] after the fact page numbers

2023-09-26 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Chris: On 25/09/2023 20:02, Chris J. wrote: Hi. Whole book, each chapter is a file. No page numbers. My bad. Without going through each and every page, is there a way to propagate headers and footers on every page with the requisite page numbers and whatever else throughout a chapter.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unresolved question re linking to another section in the same document

2023-09-09 Thread Philip Jackson
I don't use the tabbed bar user interface but I've just given it a try to see where your problem could be. What I found is that the insert - hyperlink works exactly the same. You highlight the entry you wish to turn into a link. You click either the hyperlink icon or Insert > hyperlink and

Re: [libreoffice-users] problems on Ubuntu

2023-09-03 Thread Philip Jackson
if they shipped it with the previous LTS. On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 12:06 PM Philip Jackson wrote: Hi : You said in the original post that you switched to ubuntu this year. From the info you just posted, the Build ID would indicate that you have a build intended for Ubuntu 20.04 which is three

Re: [libreoffice-users] problems on Ubuntu

2023-09-03 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi : You said in the original post that you switched to ubuntu this year. From the info you just posted, the Build ID would indicate that you have a build intended for Ubuntu 20.04 which is three years out of date. The 20.04 LTS was replaced by LTS 22.04 in April of 2022.  Next LTS should be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Signature Line in Calc - Where is text size determined?

2023-09-01 Thread Philip Jackson
be very much appreciated. Budge. On 31/08/2023 12:48, Philip Jackson wrote: On 31/08/2023 12:09, Budge wrote: I am trying to insert a signature line at the end of a spreadsheet and the text which appears in the for name and title are much smaller than the font setting for the sheet.  Where is thi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Signature Line in Calc - Where is text size determined?

2023-09-01 Thread Philip Jackson
can shine more light it would be very much appreciated. Budge. On 31/08/2023 12:48, Philip Jackson wrote: On 31/08/2023 12:09, Budge wrote: I am trying to insert a signature line at the end of a spreadsheet and the text which appears in the for name and title are much smaller than the font

Re: [libreoffice-users] Signature Line in Calc - Where is text size determined?

2023-08-31 Thread Philip Jackson
On 31/08/2023 12:09, Budge wrote: I am trying to insert a signature line at the end of a spreadsheet and the text which appears in the for name and title are much smaller than the font setting for the sheet.  Where is this text font defined and how can I change it.  Also the date is not shown

Re: [libreoffice-users] weirdness in save dialogue box

2023-07-30 Thread Philip Jackson
On 30/07/2023 22:17, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 31/07/2023 01:09, Philip Jackson wrote: On 29/07/2023 20:07, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 29/07/23 19:32, Mike Scott wrote: On 25/07/2023 21:17, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 25/07/2023 22:17, Mike Scott wrote: On 24/07/2023 17:39, Paul D. Mirowsky

Re: [libreoffice-users] weirdness in save dialogue box

2023-07-30 Thread Philip Jackson
On 29/07/2023 20:07, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 29/07/23 19:32, Mike Scott wrote: On 25/07/2023 21:17, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 25/07/2023 22:17, Mike Scott wrote: On 24/07/2023 17:39, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: Just out of curiosity, at any time did you receive a "Confirm File Format" window

Re: [libreoffice-users] Header and footer

2023-07-27 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Robert, On 27/07/2023 12:58, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Keerthana, While using libre office writer,I can't insert header and footer outside the border.what can I do? 1.: Right mousclick on the background of the page in Writer → Page Style → Header → Header on (or Footer → Footer on). 2.:

Re: [libreoffice-users] weirdness in save dialogue box

2023-07-22 Thread Philip Jackson
On 22/07/2023 11:02, Mike Scott wrote: On 20/07/2023 00:14, Steve Edmonds wrote: Does this still happen if you update to LO7.4? If I open yyy.odt, and  click 'Save As' the field "Name" for file name is always blank. On 19/07/2023 05:38, Philip Jackson wrote: Hi : I'm usi

Re: [libreoffice-users] weirdness in save dialogue box

2023-07-18 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi : I'm using 7.3.7.2 on UbuntuStudio and I'm always using 'save as' but I've never had the problem you describe. Sorry. Philip On 18/07/2023 16:13, Mike Scott wrote: Hi all; a very weird issue has been found by my wife, which I can repeat on a separate machine. Both use LO 7.3.7.2 on Mint

Re: [libreoffice-users] System closed abruptly and I lost my work

2023-07-10 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Haley, Not a happy day. But since you were working a lengthy period of time, it is just possible you got some automatic backups saved. Did you look in Tools > Options > General > Paths > Backups  to see where they might be on your computer? Philip On 10/07/2023 03:47, haley peterson

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc default font size

2023-05-22 Thread Philip Jackson
Office has some setting deeper within its structure that specifies 10pt.  I would like to understand where that setting is and I'm hoping someone can point me to it. Philip On 5/22/23 03:08, users+h...@global.libreoffice.org wrote: Subject: [libreoffice-users] Calc default font size From: Phili

[libreoffice-users] Calc default font size

2023-05-21 Thread Philip Jackson
Using LO 7.3.7.2 in UbuntuStudio 22.04 These days, I need a minimum of  12pt font size in Calc. Creation of a new file via File > New > Spreadsheet opens always with settings at 10pt.  I have edited a Default template in the .config/libreoffice/ directory with 12pt font size and creating a new

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

2023-03-04 Thread Philip Jackson
Thanks to the OP and to V Stuart Foote - that was something I will find useful too. It worked beautifully but I had to close the document and reopen for it to take effect. Philip On 04/03/2023 02:30, V Stuart Foote wrote: Sorry for the top post... Use Tools -> Options -> Advanced "Open

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

2022-12-17 Thread Philip Jackson
It's a little more complex than you describe. If I'm using one of my 'list' styles where in its specification, the 'next style' is described as the same, I can hit return multiple times and each leaves me a blank line in the same list style. If I'm in my regular 'text body' style and I start

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

2022-12-16 Thread Philip Jackson
On 16/12/2022 17:20, Eric Beversluis wrote: I have a custom outline style that I call 'block outline' because it doesn't use bullets or alphanumerics to head the different levels. It's set to single space. But there are times I want to double space--e.g., to make a greater break between

Re: [libreoffice-users] Header beginning on page 2?

2022-11-29 Thread Philip Jackson
The simple answer is to use 'styles' but it is not necessarily simple to execute. If you have never used styles, it requires a little work up-front to familiarize yourself. Instead of using what is probably 'Default' page style throughout the document, you will need to create a new style for

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to prevent conversion to hyperlink

2022-11-04 Thread Philip Jackson
On 03/11/2022 18:47, Robin Lake wrote: All -- Greetings, and thank you for all the help and advise you provide. In LO Calc, how can I prevent an email address or url from becoming a hyperlink (thereby printing in blue) when exiting a cell. Or, alternatively, how can I remove it from

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to prevent conversion to hyperlink

2022-11-03 Thread Philip Jackson
On 03/11/2022 18:47, Robin Lake wrote: In LO Calc, how can I prevent an email address or url from becoming a hyperlink (thereby printing in blue) when exiting a cell. Or, alternatively, how can I remove it from hyperlink status afterwards? Right click on the link in the cell and from the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with find/replace with regular expresions

2022-10-04 Thread Philip Jackson
On 04/10/2022 03:29, Nilton Jose Rizzo wrote: Hey guys I'm using a LO 7.4.1.2 on FreeBSD 14-current and I notice strange behavior. When I try to use a regular expression I get this error in the selected table column I put in the find field: [:digit:]$ I put in the replace field: &/10 And I

Re: [libreoffice-users] how use page number export as pdf

2022-09-07 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi, On 07/09/2022 18:48, jindam, vani wrote: hello lo users, i am trying to export pages 140-143 as .pdf from .odt file (1). .odt file: edit -> goto page -> 140, it shows page 124 at bottom on .odt file. the exported .pdf file contains page numbers 128-131 (at bottom) does lowriter exported

Re: [libreoffice-users] certificate undetect

2022-09-05 Thread Philip Jackson
On 05/09/2022 18:12, Michael H wrote: According to this thread, There are Libreoffice versions on both the Microsoft and Mac software stores: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/is-libreoffice-officially-in-the-windows-store/34578/2 Installing those versions should not have any issues with security

Re: [libreoffice-users] (reformatted) my ms doc looks differently on lo writer??? share your experiences.

2022-07-26 Thread Philip Jackson
On 26/07/2022 08:02, jindam.lists...@yahoo.com wrote: fc-list | grep -i fontname Thank you for that contribution. Yes, the second, formatted, version was easier to read. Philip -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question on send to email option in linux..

2022-07-19 Thread Philip Jackson
On 18/07/2022 22:56, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: On 18 Jul 2022 at 22:12, Philip Jackson wrote: Date sent: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:12:20 +0200 Subject:Re: [libreoffice-users] Question on send to email option in linux.. From: Philip Jackson

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question on send to email option in linux..

2022-07-18 Thread Philip Jackson
On 18/07/2022 21:35, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: Thanks for the reply. I have LibreOffice 7.2.7.2 version as loaded by default for my Fedora 35 and also have LibreOffice 7.3.4.2 downloaded from libreoffice. With both I have tried a simple saved file with the word test in it. File is saved. Have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question on send to email option in linux..

2022-07-18 Thread Philip Jackson
Could there be a problem with your installation of LO? I'm using LO Writer 6.4.7.2 on UbuntuStudio 20.04 and the Send to email works fine. Clicking the File > 'Send to email' opens a write window in my Thunderbird mail client with the document already attached. Philip On 18/07/2022 12:14,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: LOWrite page numbers

2022-06-25 Thread Philip Jackson
On 25/06/2022 03:21, Chris J. wrote: Hi. Running Ubuntu 22.04 with LO 7.3.4.2 Ubuntu package 1:7.3.4. Before you ask, yes I RTFMed. Still can't get this working. I write stories where the chapters are individual files. First chapter has pages 1-15. Second chapter in a whole other file has

[libreoffice-users] design improvements needed on user interface

2022-05-09 Thread Philip Jackson
Using LO6.4.7.2 on UbuntuStudio 20.04 LTS (same in LO 7.3.2.2 in W10) I'm preparing a contents list for a document where lots of clickable links are required to sections within the document and this has reminded me of previous poor experiences. In the hyperlink dialogue box, your first

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt files when using command line --print-to-file

2022-04-11 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Mike, I'm using LO 6.4.7.2 on UbuntuStudio 20.04 LTS and your --headless command line instruction works and produces a pdf file which passed the pdfinfo check with flying colours. I just rechecked to make sure.   So maybe your problem is distro related? But I don't use the --headless

Re: [libreoffice-users] opening a csv file in a calc sheet

2022-02-26 Thread Philip Jackson
. Philip On 26/02/2022 05:02, Steve Edmonds wrote: And you can also right click in the sheet list at the bottom and insert a sheet from file. Steve On 26/02/2022 11:31, Philip Jackson wrote: I sometimes have to work on data which arrives to me in csv text files. I would like to have each csv

[libreoffice-users] opening a csv file in a calc sheet

2022-02-25 Thread Philip Jackson
I sometimes have to work on data which arrives to me in csv text files. I would like to have each csv file's data in a separate sheet within a single calc file. No matter how I try to open the csv files, each one opens in a fresh calc spreadsheet and I have to manually copy / paste the data

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot install a separator line above footnotes.

2021-12-31 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Ken, On 29/12/2021 10:54, Ken Heard wrote: I know that the first step is to select Format -> Page style ... -> Footnote, which opens a window with several options for the footnote properties. One of the options is 'Style'. Selection of 'None' for 'style' means no separator line. If a

Re: [libreoffice-users] changing anchor of image drops me to end of document

2021-11-24 Thread Philip Jackson
On 24/11/2021 00:28, Philip Jackson wrote: Writer in LO 6.4.7.2 in Ubuntu 20.4 The actual operation of changing the anchor point gets completed correctly and I eventually found that the easy way to get back to my correct place in the document was simply to hit the up arrow key. At first

[libreoffice-users] changing anchor of image drops me to end of document

2021-11-23 Thread Philip Jackson
Writer in LO 6.4.7.2 in Ubuntu 20.4 I am reformatting some documents to a larger print size. This involves changing layout of pages and the requirement to perform some operations on images. For each image, I need to turn off wrap, change the anchor point from paragraph to character and then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Font size settings in paragraph styles

2021-11-23 Thread Philip Jackson
e 2021 à 23:50 +0100, Philip Jackson a écrit : LO 6.4.7.2 in Ubuntu 20.4 Normally over the years with all my Writer documents I've been able to set font sizes in pts for H1, H2, H3, H4 etc heading styles with no problems. In the past couple of weeks I've come across documents where the font

[libreoffice-users] Font size settings in paragraph styles

2021-11-22 Thread Philip Jackson
LO 6.4.7.2 in Ubuntu 20.4 Normally over the years with all my Writer documents I've been able to set font sizes in pts for H1, H2, H3, H4 etc heading styles with no problems. In the past couple of weeks I've come across documents where the font sizes are specified as % for these heading

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to print a section of a SS

2021-10-19 Thread Philip Jackson
On 19/10/2021 14:05, Brian Barker wrote: The documentation thinks it is a bug. Under "Using print ranges", it says: "You can define which range of cells on a spreadsheet are to be printed or exported to a PDF. The cells on the sheet that are not part of the defined print range are not printed

Re: [libreoffice-users] unwanted red lines on spreadsheet and info boxes

2021-10-05 Thread Philip Jackson
On 05/10/2021 01:18, Brian Barker wrote: To suppress the recording (and display) of changes, toggle off Edit | Track Changes > | Record. I trust this helps. Thank you, Brian. That's exactly what it was.  Since I have never knowingly used Track Changes and it never affected the top half of

[libreoffice-users] unwanted red lines on spreadsheet and info boxes

2021-10-04 Thread Philip Jackson
LO 6.4.7.2 in UbuntuStudio 20.04 Suddenly in the middle of a sheet of a newly created spreadsheet, it has developed a rash of red lines. Some enclose a range of cells and some just appear on the whole row. If I hover over these red lines, a small yellow info box opens which informs me that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Callout Style settings

2021-07-25 Thread Philip Jackson
On 25/07/2021 15:49, John Kaufmann wrote: Hi Regina, On 2021-07-23 20:30, Regina Henschel wrote: Steve Edmonds schrieb am 18.07.2021 um 23:05: ... Is it possible to set Writer callout text paragraph style (or default settings, if so where please. This is to avoid having to change the font

Re: [libreoffice-users] Breaking of external links in Writer works poorly

2021-05-28 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Sophi, On 28/05/2021 11:09, sophi wrote: Hi Philip, Le 26/05/2021 à 20:40, Philip Jackson a écrit : I want to make a new version of a book I wrote in Writer around 2016. My master document has 16 chapters with 68 images linked in (as distinct from embedded). The odt file is 6.4 MB

[libreoffice-users] Breaking of external links in Writer works poorly

2021-05-26 Thread Philip Jackson
I want to make a new version of a book I wrote in Writer around 2016. My master document has 16 chapters with 68 images linked in (as distinct from embedded). The odt file is 6.4 MB and the images total another 5.4 MB, they are b line drawings in png format. My standard practice which I've

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Formatting cell with decimal point but no decimal digits

2021-05-11 Thread Philip Jackson
On 11/05/2021 03:22, Joel Roth wrote: Using LibreOffice 7.0.5.2 on macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), setting the number format to "#,##0\." (without the quotes, of course) works for me. ("#,##0.." also works, but that's too bizarre.;-) On my version (6.1.5) both of these formats display the cell

Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing READ/UNREAD Tab

2021-04-28 Thread Philip Jackson
On 28/04/2021 17:12, Vince@GMAIL wrote: TB 78.10.0 Again:  No longer see a tab which allows for selecting display list of only messages that have not yet been read. Somehow, I have toggled this feature off.  I did recently change location of several tabs. I have experienced this problem

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO not finding my scanner

2021-04-05 Thread Philip Jackson
On 15/02/2021 13:41, insomniacno1 wrote: 2 years later and this is still an issue not only on Linux but also on Windows XP up to Windows 10, People on the net in various forums have reported that while scanning does not work in LibreOffice they had it working in OpenOffice(I have not yet tested

Re: [libreoffice-users] what's included in file properties record

2021-01-21 Thread Philip Jackson
On 21/01/2021 09:35, Ian Graham wrote: I set up a new computer in December, on which I'm in 6.0.7.3. I have imported various dox originally created in earlier versions on other computers. In one of those, the Statistics tab includes eg the date originally created, and date modified. But looking

Re: [libreoffice-users] macros - where stored for Calc

2021-01-10 Thread Philip Jackson
On 10/01/2021 08:49, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den sön 10 jan. 2021 kl 08:35 skrev Tom Cloyd MS MA < tomcloydm...@gmail.com>: I recently moved my LO user profile to a new computer, but my Calc macros were not to be found. I had to recreate them. I am about to repeat this move with another

Re: [libreoffice-users] bug in LARGE function?

2020-11-26 Thread Philip Jackson
On 26/11/2020 04:09, stmoose wrote: if I have done this correctly, this link ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iJ3x4tKNv3Hr9ucYnJqRGWE7Ky8ivfmL/view?usp=sharing ) should give you access to a file that I have trying to get the LARGE function to work created in calc 7.0.2.2 since updated to

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Calc] Convert GPS coords from DMS to decimals?

2020-11-22 Thread Philip Jackson
On 22/11/2020 12:30, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Ha ha ha… this time I also looked at your original link. The image there uses both E and O. Do they mean the same or else, what do they mean? Is E for East and O for West or maybe the other way around? Anyway, in my examples, just input a positive

Re: [libreoffice-users] finding duplicates in a column in Calc

2020-11-13 Thread Philip Jackson
dress]. I hope this helps. Rémy. Le jeudi 12 novembre 2020 à 14:55 +0100, Philip Jackson a écrit : I sometimes import a load of data into a column and am looking for a way to detect duplicates. The data is mostly alpha but could contain some digits. At present, I sort the data in the column

[libreoffice-users] finding duplicates in a column in Calc

2020-11-12 Thread Philip Jackson
I sometimes import a load of data into a column and am looking for a way to detect duplicates. The data is mostly alpha but could contain some digits. At present, I sort the data in the column alphabetically and then manually inspect for duplicates. But with some data, I don't want to do an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Tab Stops

2020-11-05 Thread Philip Jackson
On 05/11/2020 06:19, Richard England wrote: LO v7.0.3.1 on Fedora 33 and  right click on the ruler inserts a tab for me. On 11/4/20 7:43 PM, Joe Conner wrote: I have LibreOffice 7.0.3.1 running on Ubuntu 20.10 64-bit. What happened to the former ability to right-click on the top ruler and

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupted font name and size display in format bar in Calc

2020-10-02 Thread Philip Jackson
On 01/10/2020 20:36, JPS wrote: On 01/10/2020 13.28, Philip Jackson wrote: In LO 6.4.5.2 and 6.4.6.2 (UbuntuStudio), whenever I open one of my spread sheets, made years' ago but in weekly use, I find that the font name and the font size is slightly corrupted in the formatting toolbar

[libreoffice-users] corrupted font name and size display in format bar in Calc

2020-10-01 Thread Philip Jackson
In LO 6.4.5.2 and 6.4.6.2 (UbuntuStudio), whenever I open one of my spread sheets, made years' ago but in weekly use, I find that the font name and the font size is slightly corrupted in the formatting toolbar. The size should be 10 but it looks like both 20 and 10 written in the same space

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to Access Edit Mode

2020-09-25 Thread Philip Jackson
On 25/09/2020 19:40, aln wrote: I wish to edit a Read-Only spreadsheet document, but cannot find the Edit Mode button - it is not displayed under the Edit tab. How do I get to it? libreoffice01.JPG On my read only docs, I switch on Edit Mode in the Edit menu. On my version, 6.4.5.2, Edit mode

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

2020-09-22 Thread Philip Jackson
On 21/09/2020 22:48, Dave Howorth wrote: Well the diagram in the book also has the buttons at the bottom in a different order. Either they used a different version of the software, or maybe a different desktop environment. The joy of linux:) But no, there are no underlines on the selections in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does LO normally appear in Windows 10 start menu?

2020-09-20 Thread Philip Jackson
On 20/09/2020 17:52, Philip Jackson wrote: On 20/09/2020 10:09, Philip Jackson wrote: I do have the feeling that originally LibreOffice did appear in the start menu but perhaps my memory fails me. Or did a Windows 10 update remove the listing from the Start Menu? Any suggestions about how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Does LO normally appear in Windows 10 start menu?

2020-09-20 Thread Philip Jackson
On 20/09/2020 10:09, Philip Jackson wrote: I do have the feeling that originally LibreOffice did appear in the start menu but perhaps my memory fails me. Or did a Windows 10 update remove the listing from the Start Menu? Any suggestions about how to get LO and its modules to appear (reappear

[libreoffice-users] Does LO normally appear in Windows 10 start menu?

2020-09-20 Thread Philip Jackson
In the course of investigating another thread, I went to make a couple of new files in LO Writer on my W10 box. I was surprised to be unable to find LibreOffice or any of its modules in the Start Menu. I only keep W10 for use of a couple of applications that either don't work or work poorly

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a relative hyperlink to file?

2020-09-20 Thread Philip Jackson
On 20/09/2020 01:07, Robert Funnell wrote: FWIW, I just tried it in LO 6.1.5.2 under Debian Linux 10 and it worked as you said, without an error message, and with the very misleading appearance of the absolute path in LO (but with the relative path appearing in content.xml). - Robert F. On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find all within brackets

2020-09-11 Thread Philip Jackson
On 11/09/2020 01:38, Ade Malsasa Akbar wrote: Interesting question, Seamas. I found a reference here https://stackoverflow.com/a/27225148 and tried that on LibreOffice Writer 6.4 and it seems it works: (?<=\[).+?(?=\]) It can find your "[thus]" without the brackets. I've tried the various

[libreoffice-users] embedded media in Writer files

2020-08-23 Thread Philip Jackson
Using UbuntuStudio 20.04.1 with LO 6.4.5.2 I hoped to enhance a training document with some media so I embedded a short video clip, mp4, relevant to the text in Writer. This has caused me to run into 2 problems. 1. I cannot find a way to format the standard presentation to eliminate unwanted

Re: [libreoffice-users] defective field in header on one page

2020-08-03 Thread Philip Jackson
On 03/08/2020 00:05, Michael H wrote: In order to see better what's going on , you can save the file as .fodt and search for the name of the field that shows up in the header in a plain text editor and pay attention,looking especially for an extra set variable tag around the content that appears

Re: [libreoffice-users] defective field in header on one page

2020-08-02 Thread Philip Jackson
On 02/08/2020 13:24, Philip Jackson wrote: On 01/08/2020 21:41, John Kaufmann wrote: On 2020-08-01 12:24, Philip Jackson wrote: I'm carrying out a minor rework on a book I wrote in Writer some 3 years' ago. The problem which is stumping me is that the field which displays the chapter name

Re: [libreoffice-users] defective field in header on one page

2020-08-02 Thread Philip Jackson
On 01/08/2020 21:41, John Kaufmann wrote: On 2020-08-01 12:24, Philip Jackson wrote: I'm carrying out a minor rework on a book I wrote in Writer some 3 years' ago. The problem which is stumping me is that the field which displays the chapter name in the header of the right hand pages

[libreoffice-users] defective field in header on one page

2020-08-01 Thread Philip Jackson
I'm carrying out a minor rework on a book I wrote in Writer some 3 years' ago. The problem which is stumping me is that the field which displays the chapter name in the header of the right hand pages is missing on page 37. All other headers and footers are displaying their fields correctly. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Multiple newlines

2020-07-21 Thread Philip Jackson
On 21/07/2020 07:16, John Kaufmann wrote: Now I understand the point of AutoCorrect Option "Combine single line paragraphs if length greater than 50%". But how do you "adjust the minimum length of such paragraphs in AutoCorrect Options - possibly to 0%"? (The fact that I don't find the

Re: [libreoffice-users] disappearing graphic caused corruption in document in Writer

2020-07-11 Thread Philip Jackson
On 11/07/2020 03:37, Steve Edmonds wrote: But I did have 4 draw objects disappear off page 97 or something and appear on the title page, but unable to be selected. They showed in the navigator however, but couldn't be selected or deleted. In the end I found deleting the page (97) they were

Re: [libreoffice-users] disappearing graphic caused corruption in document in Writer

2020-07-10 Thread Philip Jackson
On 09/07/2020 22:17, John Kaufmann wrote: On 2020-07-09 11:53, Philip Jackson wrote: Using LO 6.3.5.2 Writer While I was having the recent difficulty with getting graphics to stick in a template, I prepared a short document copy/pasting header and footer graphics into a Writer document as I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page number field in Writer

2020-07-09 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Regina, On 09/07/2020 23:21, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Philip, Philip Jackson schrieb am 09-Jul-20 um 22:37: I have the page number field in the footer of my template. This template will be used for a series of small documents to be issued in pdf form. My intention is to use Writer

[libreoffice-users] Page number field in Writer

2020-07-09 Thread Philip Jackson
I have the page number field in the footer of my template. This template will be used for a series of small documents to be issued in pdf form. My intention is to use Writer to export to pdf and then use pdf-shuffler or similar to append a first page as title page without any page number and

[libreoffice-users] disappearing graphic caused corruption in document in Writer

2020-07-09 Thread Philip Jackson
Using LO 6.3.5.2 Writer While I was having the recent difficulty with getting graphics to stick in a template, I prepared a short document copy/pasting header and footer graphics into a Writer document as I went along. During this work, there was a moment when adjusting the position of a

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to include a graphic element as part of a page definition in LO Writer?

2020-07-09 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Regina, On 08/07/2020 15:15, Regina Henschel wrote: Philip Jackson schrieb am 08-Jul-20 um 14:59: Using Writer 6.3.5.2 I drew a colour filled polygon at the top of a page where the header would normally be. I saved this as a template and then went to use it for a new document. The new

[libreoffice-users] How to include a graphic element as part of a page definition in LO Writer?

2020-07-08 Thread Philip Jackson
Using Writer 6.3.5.2 I drew a colour filled polygon at the top of a page where the header would normally be. I saved this as a template and then went to use it for a new document. The new document had the graphic on the first page but not on subsequent pages. Clearly, the graphic element did

Re: [libreoffice-users] Navigator position unstable [Was: Position of caption]

2020-07-07 Thread Philip Jackson
On 07/07/2020 00:52, John Kaufmann wrote: On 2020-07-02 10:22, Philip Jackson wrote: That said, I concluded that if you and Rémy could not solve the caption problem, my poor efforts would not be likely to help, but I was most intrigued by this -- [My current unpredictable behaviour problem

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