Have not tried it myself but would html be better for export?
There is also .wmf for Windows users.
Gordon.
On 17/05/21 3:43 pm, Daffy Duck wrote:
Yes, for distribution to a large amount of people, none of which use
libreoffice.
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Mark,
I switched to writing in Lyx after problems with LO but you might
find some guidance in LO's Navigator. There is info' about headings
in the Navigator Help.
Gordon
On 22/04/21 5:09 pm, MR ZenWiz wrote:
I have written a number of novels using Writer, currently running LO
7.1 (on
Bill,
You are not alone with this. Users have been asking for a Delete
Page function for several years. I have yet to see it in the LO Help
and do not know a simple answer.
Regards,
Gordon.
On 29/04/19 13:38, William Dudley wrote:
I googled this, and the returned results all say "click
We were allowed the occasional GoTo, but only if it was a
forward jump, never backwards.
IF...THEN and ELSE DO were much to be preferred.
I have tinkered with Python and would prefer it to Basic
but have little need for any programming these days.
Gordon.
On 09/07/18 23:39, jonathon
GoTo. One of the curses of Basic, the GoTo.
When used by newcomers (and a few some old hands too) a
Basic program would soon become an unstructured mess of
GoTo's and a hassle to debug. One of our Pascal lecturers was
very anti-Basic and forbade us to use it, or to even talk about it
in his
You should be able to set the defaults through
Tools>Options>LIbre Office Writer>Fonts
Gordon.
On 05/07/18 13:38, Peggy wrote:
I keep having to reset the font, I usually do it through Styles >
Character. Is there a way to make it the permanent default?
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To make a PDF from LO.
File>Export>Export as PDF.
And in the bad/good old days when I used an MS operating system and was
proof reading scripts that came as PDF's, I used one of Nuance's programs
to edit and annotate the proofs
Incidentally, I have been using LInux and LO for years and
We got around this by using the 'Replace' function instead of Paste.
Gordon
On 13/03/18 12:23, Steve Edmonds wrote:
Hi. _
__I am not sure if this is related to the situation in writer where
replacing an image by pasting a new image_ into the selected old image
causes the new image to be
Is this bug related to the choice of paper size? I use A4 paper and
have never had this problem.
Gordon.
On 27/10/17 06:35, Marc Grober wrote:
It's a known bug - you can look it up.
The hack of setting the page width to 8.49 or to 8.51 seems to work fine
until the bug is permanently resolved.
/17 22:15, Regina Henschel wrote:
Hi Gordon,
gordon cooper schrieb:
Currently working here in Libre office 5.2.6.2
In assembling a set of .odt files from two different sources to make a
user manual,
am finding that the title of some files - which is Styled Heading 1 - is
not being recogni
Currently working here in Libre office 5.2.6.2
In assembling a set of .odt files from two different sources to make a
user manual,
am finding that the title of some files - which is Styled Heading 1 - is
not being recognised
by the Navigator and therefore does not appear in a TOC. If the
HI Robert,
Thank you for that advice. Will work with it
tomorrow. This is first time
I have had a master to edit. It was assembled by another member of our group
who sent it to me for proof read and any corrections. The first thing
needing repair
is the index - which does not
Trying to edit a master (.odm) document. Write protection is locked on.
Ctrl+Shift+M removes the 'Read Only' note at head of page, but edit
access is still barred. Suggestions?
Gordon.
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Hi Jean-Baptiste,
All fixed thank you. It was the manual formatting causing
the problem. Had been
experimenting on a couple of paragraphs to find a suitable style.
Kind regards,
Gordon.
On 06/09/17 19:33, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
Hi,
Le 06/09/2017 à 07:24, gordon cooper
Hi all, Thought I could do this in LO but cannot find the detail. Want
to set paragraph
spacings for a big file without having to do each paragraph separately.
(perhaps I need new spectacles?)
Gordon.
Tauranga N.Z.
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Tim,
Not sure if this would help on Win 10, but maybe worth a
try. I gave up on new MS versions not long after XP, but still
work on a few multi-boot systems and run into Grub issues.
The cure used here is to set up and adjust partitions with
Gparted (on a CD) , then run Puppy Linux (also on
I was not aware of this facet but now having read through
your references, I fully understand. Thank you.
However, the Alternative text should not appear if the image
already has the Name used as the caption. In our case, Alt.
does not appear on the Libre Office original but shows up on
an
Hi Regina and Philip,
Thanks for the replies, I now know
where to look.
MX is based on Debian and has similarities to Ubuntu. Did scan through
/usr/share/Libre Office/ without success but will try again. Also see that
a bug report has gone.
Regards,
Gordon.
currently being edited and displaying
of our Alternative Name problem.
I will attend to the bug report.
My thanks for your advice,
Kind regards,
Gordon
Tauranga N.Z.
On 25/07/17 20:37, Regina Henschel wrote:
Hi Gordon,
gordon cooper schrieb:
We are using Libre Office in the writing of technical
mage is inserted. How did you
create your .odt files? Manually? Or by some sort of conversion from
another format that defined the Alternative names?
- Robert
On Tue, 25 Jul 2017, gordon cooper wrote:
On 25/07/17 12:29, Robert Funnell wrote:
Gordon -
I just opened a .odt document with
he fix is to go
to each image Properties and delete whatever is showing
in the Alternative name
line.
Gordon.
On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, gordon cooper wrote:
Hi Steve,
Yes it is satisfactory, it is only the display of the
image file
, Steve Edmonds wrote:
Hi.
Is the HTML format satisfactory in all other aspects for your needs.
I had to correct the HTML in tables exported by writer so am now wary
about using it for HTML export.
steve
On 25/07/17 08:20, gordon cooper wrote:
On 25/07/17 03:07, leleu wrote:
Did you try
ge
should only appear if the image cannot for some reason.
Here's hoping you can find a solution anon,
From: gordon cooper <gordon_coo...@kinect.co.nz>
Date: Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 5:23 PM
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Unwanted Alternative Image Names
To: users@global.li
We are using Libre Office in the writing of technical manuals
where some users make html copies.
Finding that the file names of images are being displayed
beside or below the images in the html versions. Because
all images are given a caption, we do not want the file names too.
I can remove
Nearest thing I have had to this was years ago when beta testing a
vector based
CAD programme on Win98. The author of the CAD had forgotten to include code
to clear the virtual memory used for calculations during any drawing
work so that
the virtual mem and the RAM filled up and the computer
There is a round-about way of doing this using Nuance's PDF
Converter, but
I have not used it since I abandoned Windows® several years ago. With the
PDF Converter, one can make a Word file which could be read by LO, then
use LO's Insert ToC tool and export the result back to PDF.
Gordon
Further progress. Found that LO does not like images and links
on the same line. Moved the link to below the image and all is
OK. Problem fixed but prefer to have them both on same line.
Gordon.
On 23/06/17 17:28, gordon cooper wrote:
Progress -have fixed the filename replacement part
Progress -have fixed the filename replacement part of this issue,
by deleting the image's alternative name in image properties.
Still looking for the missing links.
Gordon.
On 23/06/17 16:58, gordon cooper wrote:
When endeavouring to produce html versions by exporting from
Libre Office
When endeavouring to produce html versions by exporting from
Libre Office, some hyperlink names are being replaced by the
filenames of the associated graphic -
Have looked in LO Help but saw nothing.
Gordon.
(first part escaped while being drafted, sorry)
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Hi Ken,
Unsure if 'glabels' will run on your Mac but it have does templates
for the Avery 15 x 4 series.
Goer
On 23/06/17 14:25, Ken Springer wrote:
Hi, Remy,
Or, you could just create a table of 15 rows, and do the height
adjustment for all rows at once.
Then, there's the option of
rding of files for translation.
Operating System: MX-Linux Version 16;
Libre Office: Version: 5.2.2.2.0+
Build ID: 1:5.2.2~rc2-2~bpo8+1
Have tried all the apparent options without success.
Thanks,
Gordon Cooper"
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: 5.2.2.2.0+
Build ID: 1:5.2.2~rc2-2~bpo8+1
Have tried all the apparent options without success.
Thanks,
Gordon Cooper
(LO user for over 5 years)
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Following John Jason Jordan's comment about Scribus. Am one of a team
producing technical manuals. After trying various systems, we now do
most of the the authoring/word processing in Lyx, which also solves most of
the layout issues.
LO is used by the translation team to produce the completed
+1
Gordon.
On 03/02/17 13:12, Remy Gauthier wrote:
Euh, I think this thread should be cut and closed. It is becoming more
and more a senseless discussion on the good or not so good ways of
moderating a mailing list and as well, and this is what I find
particularly disturbing, an Anne-ology
Peter,
Understood. Thanks.
Gordon.
On 04/01/17 23:22, ptoye wrote:
Gordon,
I am referring specifically to a Dialog(ue), not to text within a file.
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I am with Gabriele, do not understand the problem.
Here, We are working with moderately sized documents in several
languages. The Copy and Paste works every time. Can copy a
technical manual, with up to 170 A4 pages and nearly 100 images,
and it pastes correctly. Slightly more difficult is
Perhaps a long shot, have you checked the page Margin Settings ?
Gordon.
On 21/12/16 00:20, Leam Hall wrote:
Alan, I appreciate the detailed instructions. However, they didn't
resolve the issue. My explanation may be lacking, let me try again.
I have a 9 page text based (no formulae,
On 19/12/16 02:40, Virgil Arrington wrote:
Gordon,
Just curious. How do you do the voice overs?
Virgil
Virgil,
I will possibly be classed as an heretic and ready to be
broken on the wheel for
writing this on an LO user list, but IHMO there are much better ways of
assembling
Adding to my previous - Stepped presentations can be achieved in Lyx Beamer,
using their Overlay facility. Have never tried this myself, but from
comments
noted on the the Lyx Users mail list, Beamer can produce some very
sophisticated
presentations, but there is a fairly steep learning curve
Have made several Presentations, mostly intended for remote
viewing and so including sychronised voice-overs.
Never found the bullet stepping technique that you wish for, but have
saved time and effort by first making the full slide, with all lines
finished, then copy it the number of times
. There is an easy
work-around, just create a new ToC in Libre Office - about 4 clicks,
and delete the original ToC.
Gordon Cooper
MX-Linux Documentation Team
Tauranga N.Z.
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On 01/11/16 09:16, Robert Großkopf wrote:
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Hi Tim,
What I do is unpack the install files [I use .deb files] and place
them all in a temporary folder I call "lib". Nice and simple, I
have that folder in the "home" folder called "timothy".
This
On 30/10/16 15:04, Girvin Herr wrote:
On 10/29/2016 06:52 PM, gordon cooper wrote:
Hi again Ken,
There is some odd going on here. I don't use
LO very
often, most of my writing is done with Lyx, which then outputs as a
PDF and I print from there. Have just looked
Hi again Ken,
There is some odd going on here. I don't use LO very
often, most of my writing is done with Lyx, which then outputs as a
PDF and I print from there. Have just looked at LO and found that
when it was asked to print, to either my little Brother laser,or an
On 30/10/16 13:22, Ken Springer wrote:
Trying to learn a bit about Linux, as well as solve a printing issue
with LO in Linux Mint 17.3. The printer is a Samsung CLP-315 color
laser.
When printing a spreadsheet, and selecting landscape, LO prints
landscape, but to paper that is still
On 26/10/16 06:39, Hal Vaughan wrote:
I have to prepare a report to send to a governmental agency to get approval for
something for our new lot. That involves sending in a large number of photos,
with comments and descriptions, for documentation of what the area is like.
I’m looking at a
On 08/10/16 15:03, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
I just removed 5.2.0 and tried to install 5.2.2. Below is the error
message I received.
I do not know what dependencies are needed for 5.2.2 that was not for
5.2.0?
Any Idea?
I run Ubuntu/Mate 16.04 64-bit.
Ken,
I'll admit to not knowing LO very well, do most of my work
in Lyx, so one of the guru's may correct me.
I believe that your problems are in the save procedure. When you edit
one of your custom templates, LO will be handling it as an .odt, which
is normal. If you do a Save As .ott
The Help says open with Ctrl+Shift+N. It worked for me,
was able to edit a template.
Gordon.
On 07/10/16 14:56, Ken Heard wrote:
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See my comments inline.
On 2016-10-06 20:09, Girvin Herr wrote:
What is the sense of having an edit button if
You could perhaps do your editing/selecting with a pdf editor
then export the result into LO. There are several possibilities,
some completely free, others free for personal use.
Suggest you search for "PDF Editor for Linux.
Gordon.
On 03/09/16 13:36, frogprince wrote:
The university at
I like your second suggested option Bruce, i.e. None : Standard : Extended.
It would be a good option for all tooltips.
Gordon.
On 15/08/16 13:04, Bruce Hohl wrote:
My search for a way to control the formula tips also was unsuccessful so I
added the following enhancement requests:
And to add my 2 pence worth. Lyx, another WP that I use,
adds an asterisk * to the heading, if there has been any
unsaved change to the workfile. Easy to see at all times.
Cheer,
Gordon.
On 22/05/16 13:08, Joel Madero wrote:
I strongly disagreed with this decision but it was made by UX and
Hello Dale,
I have not met this problem (yet!). If you create a
hyperlink to a pdf document, but without the 'a' unfinished indicator
I take it that the hyperlink remains unchanged regardless of the
file being accessed again. It appears to be an issue with the single
and avoiding repetitive editing.
Had looked through the LO extensions but not found one
that could do this task in many languages. Was not aware
of Anaphraseus and unsure (yet) if it will run on Debian based
Mx-Linux.
Gordon.
On 03/04/16 13:46, toki wrote:
On 02/04/2016 22:53, Gordon Cooper wrote
Hello, am a new member here. We are developing documentation for Linux
and using Google to translate into over 15 languages. Each machine
translation is corrected by member of the team, working in Libre Office
before
release.
At present the translations are done in html with code added to
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