Re: [libreoffice-users] *Solved* Re: Calc Question

2020-04-23 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Just a guess, but some of the options at Tools > Options > LibreOffice Calc > Calculate and/or Formula might be relevant if they're different between the two accounts. Mark. Steve Hachey - Systems Coordinator wrote: Thank you to everyone with suggestions. i dont know why, but when i logged

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress: Focus template background

2020-01-21 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Those images are part of the "master slides". Each of the four initial slides in the template uses a different master slide. The master slides have the images placed behind other content. You can assign whichever master slide you want to each slide (Slide > Master Slide), including the

Re: [libreoffice-users] AppArmor profile of LibreOffice

2019-10-29 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
On 10/24/19 10:41 PM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: I don't know all that much about configuring AppArmor, but for what it's worth for me on Linux Mint Sylvia 18.3 (still supported, although older than your Tara 19.0) using the LibreOffice PPA for its newer versions of

Re: [libreoffice-users] AppArmor profile of LibreOffice

2019-10-24 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
I don't know all that much about configuring AppArmor, but for what it's worth for me on Linux Mint Sylvia 18.3 (still supported, although older than your Tara 19.0) using the LibreOffice PPA for its newer versions of LibreOffice (currently 6.2.8)... Gys wrote: Hi, in my Linux Mint Tara

Re: [libreoffice-users] add newline between table and page break

2019-10-19 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
gcatlast wrote: Hi I have a table in writer followed immediately by a page break. I now want to sdd a line after the table, but i cant seem to be able to. On the first page the cursor is at the end of the last table cell and newline is added inside the table. Delete forward takes the cursor

Re: [libreoffice-users] word completion

2019-10-19 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
gcatlast wrote: Hi Ive been having some difficulties with word completion. Is there a way to restrict the suggestion list to a particular document? I am in the middle of editing some latin texts with english translations (in separate documents) and it would be nice to have only latin words

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with formula - number conversion

2019-07-13 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
sc...@valuedinsights.com wrote: I have unsubscribed numerous times. Stop sending me your junk! Most of us receiving mail from this list are just other users, like you, and have no ability to remove you from the list. You should be able to remove yourself by sending an email to . Make sure

Re: [libreoffice-users] Prompt to save when no changes made with LO 6.1.4

2019-03-06 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
MR ZenWiz wrote: On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 2:14 PM wrote: MR ZenWiz wrote: There's a really annoying new "feature" in LO 6.1.4.2 - whenever I open a file and print it with no changes, it prompts me to save the file after opening. Why would that be? I think some information about printer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Prompt to save when no changes made with LO 6.1.4

2019-03-01 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
MR ZenWiz wrote: There's a really annoying new "feature" in LO 6.1.4.2 - whenever I open a file and print it with no changes, it prompts me to save the file after opening. Why would that be? I think some information about printer settings is (or at least can be) stored in the file. Like I

Re: [libreoffice-users] in a table

2019-02-03 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good morning Using LibreOffice 6.0.5.2 (64-bit) on Windows 10 I just made a mistake somewhere: I hit some key combination that rotated the screen by 90 degrees. That's a feature of Windows (or at least the display driver). Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right/Up/Down rotates the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: Using “spell out” chapter numbering styles

2018-10-31 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Remy Gauthier wrote: Hi, I have been trying to experiment with the "spell out" numbering styles in Writer. To setup my document, I went to Tools -> Chapter Numbering, and selected "One, two, three..." for Numbering with Heading 1 at level 1, and "First, Second, Third" for Numbering with Heading

Re: [libreoffice-users] Scaling print output

2018-10-16 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
H. Stoellinger wrote: Hello, Having used Staroffice/Openoffice/LibreOffice for years, I seem to remember that there was a possibility to scale print output. E.g., I want to print a Calc table in landscape format. In "normal" mode it prints everything except the last column to the right on

Re: [libreoffice-users] insert unicode char in writer

2018-09-28 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Gary, Gary Collins schrieb am 28-Sep-18 um 11:51: Hi I would like to be able to insert some unicode characters into writer doc but cant find a way to do this directly. Type U+0161 and then press Alt+X, for example. Alt+X is a toggle. You can use it also to look,

Re: [libreoffice-users] side by side tables

2018-09-26 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Gary Collins wrote: Hi Ive found out how to resize tables so they dont take up the full page width (though to be honest i usually find it easier and more flexible to simply include an additional empty column to right and left and adjust widths as required) but what i would really like to be

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

2018-09-15 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
MR ZenWiz wrote: On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Set the image as background image of the page and set the page margins so that the image is at the correct position. The "Border" tab of the page style dialog has a "padding" section. There you can set an additional

Re: [libreoffice-users] android calendar dates

2018-09-13 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
James wrote: I backed up the calendar on my android phone. It is CSV and I want to import it into Calc. It has these numbers which I think are the dates. Does anyone know how to convert then to Calc dates? 1459397923718 1427831701482 1459397923718 1491348608631 1526254831608 Not knowing which

Re: [libreoffice-users] saving when nothing to save

2018-09-06 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
James wrote: Control-s saves the document even when there is nothing new to save. I think it disabled the save when there was nothing to do. Was this changed or is a regression bug in Calc? I think it was an intentional change. There was previously an option to always allow saving even if no

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't print a document

2018-08-07 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Eddie wrote: Make a liar outta me, willya? Mere hours after I sent a message to this list saying "I'm not sure I've *ever* had a LibreOffice document (Writer or Calc) fail on me", I ran into one. It's a Writer document; the whole thing is a three-column table with somewhat different information

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS word doc with tables: spell check does not work

2018-08-03 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Uwe Brauer wrote: Hi I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and either libreoffice 5 as shipped by Ubuntu or libreoffice 6, installed by myself. The problem is the same in both versions. I have installed in both version the relevant dictionaries, spanish/english/german. And in both I can run the spell

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Advice for user with impaired vision - Cursor crosshairs

2018-08-03 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
I'm not absolutely certain, but I think the Universal Access tool is in the settings of Ubuntu Linux, not LibreOffice. Mark. paradox.herron wrote: I don't understand the explanation given below. How can I go about activating cursor crosshairs? Thanks in advance. John On 10/02/2017 02:36

Re: [libreoffice-users] Strange Macro folder behavior

2018-07-24 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Peggy wrote: Also, for some reason, I can't get LibreOffice Writer to put an icon on the taskbar. I have to start a new doc from Windows 7 start menu "Run LibreOffice Writer." Do you think I should uninstall and reinstall? I don't think LibreOffice does that for you, so a reinstall is not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculate difference between two dates time)

2018-07-12 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Krunose wrote: Hi, just a quick question: if A1 holds 1.7.18. 15:30 and if A2 holds 1.7.18. 22:20, why then   =TEXT((A2-A1);"d:h:m") returns 30:6:50 instead 0:6:50? Assuming those dates are 7th January 2018, since your mail headers indicate you're using a US locale...

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy function not working

2018-06-08 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Robert M McClure: I can assure you that the reported problem, ie, Control-C not copying. Is NOT a hardware problem. On my machine it appears to happen quite regularly under the following circumstance. Firefox is displaying a web page. Control-C click on the URL bar. Open a Writer window. Paste

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installation of LO 6.0.0.3

2018-02-02 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Philip Jackson wrote: I'm mostly using LO on linux but I have kept a version [5.4. ish] of LO on a Windows box for occasional testing of documents. Having read a recent post which spoke enthusiastically about some LO 6 features, I thought I would give it go. I downloaded and installed both

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc-keep cell from imitating prior cell

2018-01-30 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Eric Beversluis wrote: Calc tends to copy what it thinks is the same entry from a prior cell in a column. My problem is how to keep it from doing that. Somewhere in a column I have ‘crème’. Now LO won’t let me enter ‘creme’ without the accent grave. How do I tell Calc to ignore the earlier

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Help hopeless

2017-12-27 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
MR ZenWiz wrote: On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Marc Paré wrote: : Could you please tell us the version of LibreOffice you are using? LibreOffice is run by volunteers and sometimes items (such as help items) are still in the "catch-up" phase. Additionally, feel free to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Focus issues on Linux

2017-12-24 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Tim-L wrote: On 12/23/2017 03:12 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: On 12/23/2017 11:38 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:59:12 -0800 Girvin Herr dijo: At this point I should also add that there has long been a bug with floating toolbars on all Linux

Re: [libreoffice-users] Display of Formatting Aids and Document Windows size

2017-09-05 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Ken Springer wrote: OX X 10.11.6 El Capitan LO 5.3.6.1 In the Preferences window, LibreOfficeGeneral>Formatting Aids, I have almost every option checked, I.E Paragraph end, Spaces, Tabs, etc. But none of them show in the document. What am I missing? View > Formatting Marks to actually

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Highlighting nouns in LibreOffice Writer?

2017-07-30 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Brian Barker wrote: At 02:35 30/07/2017 -0700, Csanyi Pál wrote: I understand your arguments. I think this is at the moment impossible, even with the use of the thesaurus, as Regina mentioned. But one day in the near(?) future there will be an AI agent, "who" can help me in this. Right?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Endnote Multiple References

2017-06-28 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Dave wrote: I am looking for a way of having one endnote in a document and reference that same endnote from several points within the document. The first endnote insertion is fine, the superscript link and tooltip work as expected. Adding a cross references or links to the endnote do not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - go to a certain page in a text document

2017-06-03 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
zahra a wrote: hello. i have question. mark, you mentioned that in libreoffice 5.3 control+g is go to page. and also control+shift+f5 is for go to page too. am i right? That's what worked for me. also how can someone use navigator in 5.3 View > Navigator, or press F5 (the shortcut shown

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - go to a certain page in a text document

2017-05-25 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
charles meyer wrote: Hi Folks, I'm in super hurry mode. Is there a quicker way than this to reach a certain page in Libre Writer? use the "Navigator" to jump to a certain page: Hit CTRL+SHIFT+F5 to open the navigator, with the cursor in the input field for the page number. In MS Word,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress can't handle eps images

2017-05-24 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
tedc wrote: Using LibreOffice 5.0.6.2 under CentOS 7.x. Impress can't handle eps images--output pdf contains only completely unreadable low res bitmaps. Rather than exporting as PDF, have you tried File > Export and select EPS for "Save as type"? -- Mark. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress: Crash when accessing Slide Master

2017-03-04 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
At least in my case, the crash does not occur if using a new profile, so it seems to be considered "not a bug" and closed. Shame they didn't wait for your feedback as well. Something must have happened for the profile to get into that state though. I've tracked the faulty line in my profile

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer ToC starts at §2 but hover shows §1

2017-03-02 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
martin f krafft wrote: also sprach martin f krafft [2017-03-02 11:07 +1300]: Please see the attached screenshots for the ToC with the hover text, as well as the setting in the index dialogue. The preview looks exactly right. Since this list strips attachments, here they

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress: Crash when accessing Slide Master

2017-03-01 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Remy Gauthier wrote: Hello, Before I open a bug (I checked no one has reported something similar), I would like to know if anyone else is experiencing the same problem I have with Impress. These steps reproduce the problem each time: 1) Open Libre Office (version 5.3.0) 2) Select Create an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fill Series

2017-01-23 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
V Stuart Foote wrote: Two major issues with the 5.2.4.2 build on Windows: Crash when exiting Writer after copying to clipboard https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104830 I recall seeing that report recently (perhaps when I was searching for issues which might have lead to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fill Series

2017-01-22 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
V Stuart Foote wrote: ...if on Windows avoid the 5.2.4 build. Why do you advise avoiding 5.2.4 on Windows? I'm just curious, as I upgraded to that version a few weeks ago and haven't noticed any problems so far, but perhaps I just haven't hit them yet. The release notes mention possible

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Win 5.1.6.2] Writer fails reading Win1252-encoded HTML document

2017-01-19 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Gilles wrote: Hello I wrote an HTML document using an older release of Nano WebEditor. I guess it saves data as Win1252 instead of UTF8. When opening the file in LibreOffice, all the accents are messed up: https://s29.postimg.org/iicxnws1z/Libre_Office_Writer_How_to_convert_from_Win1252_t.jpg

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with extra space at bottom of pages.

2016-12-27 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
I think Tom's tip below was intended for the list: Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) You can zoom-out to such an extreme that you can see multiple pages at a time. Of course it's not very easy to see individual characters by that point but it's still possible to edit the document. I think other

Re: [libreoffice-users] Clean old things from Excel

2016-12-21 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Doug McNutt wrote: I have managed to move my finance workbook from a CY 2001 version of Excel to libre-office-calc. I had a lot to learn and I'm still frustrated when I want to insert a few lines of entries from the bank. It's a pain having to do a separate entry of the number of lines and then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with extra space at bottom of pages.

2016-12-21 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Do a lot of the paragraphs have "Keep with next paragraph" selected in the "Text Flow" tab? I've seen that do strange things before where paragraphs tend to stay on the last page they were forced onto, because LibreOffice is trying to keep more paragraphs together than actually fit on a page.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mode Default for Insert Media Into Writer

2016-12-21 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Joe Conner wrote: Using insert-> image-> scan-> select source-> scan mode-> mode the default is lineart. How do I change the default to gray or color? Selecting color or gray works for one cycle only. There is no "Save" button. I am using LibreOffice 5.2.3.3 on Ubuntu 16.10 64 bit. I'm using

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to turn off caption properties.

2016-11-17 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
You might not need to deselect the frame first. I'm a little out of date on 5.1.3, but on that version I can just start typing with the frame selected, and it starts editing the text. Or press Enter or F2 to switch to edit mode. Mark. Remy Gauthier wrote: Greetings, I do not know how to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can I discard temp/.tmp directories?

2016-11-11 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
amaloney wrote: In my user directory the temp directory contains 139 directories labelled •luNNxx.tmp• 1) Why do these exist? They're temporary files created while you're working on documents. Although the files within those directories have a .tmp extension, they are actually

Re: [libreoffice-users] objects that are drawn in Calc move when file is saved or rows added above

2016-10-26 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Henry Sikkema wrote: I have a Calc file in LibreOffice 5.2.1.2 on Windows 10 Home 64 bit. When I add or remove lines, the drawn objects (like a triangle or crescent) change size and location. Here is the file: Genetics file (see rows 32 to 60 - the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shortcut for Dropping Many Photos Into Writer Doc

2016-10-26 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
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 document with 30+

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Apostrophe prepended to MM/DD/YYYY

2016-10-14 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Doug McNutt wrote: What I have learned: Most important: Brian is very helpful. Thank you. Dates are really floating point numbers and the unit is one day. Somewhere there must be a way of setting the zero point. 1900, 1904, 1970 are common. Tools > Options > LibreOffice Calc > Calculate >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Strange pdf printout in Calc vs. Excel

2016-10-14 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Valter Mura wrote: Hi All I noticed that if I have a Calc file with multiple sheets, even if with regular print area defined, if I click the "Print PDF directly" button while positioned in a specific sheet, the command prints out *all the sheets* I have in the file. With the same situation in

Re: [libreoffice-users] multiple use of ifelse function

2016-10-14 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
message wrote: Readers, Could someone please explain how to apply the function 'ifelse' to change a vector, for various conditions? testseq<-seq(1:20) testchange<-ifelse(testseq<=4,'x',testseq) testchange<-c(ifelse(testseq<=4,'x',testseq),ifelse(testseq>=5,'y',testseq)) The last instruction

Re: [libreoffice-users] Exporting a PDF file with fill in fields

2016-10-14 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Ken Springer wrote: I've just posted a message about document protection. After I've got the document protection the way I wish, how do I export that document as a PDF and retain the ability to have the fill in fields? I think you need to add the fields as "Form Controls", e.g. Insert > Form

[libreoffice-users] Re: justification issues

2016-04-30 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
zed wrote: Mike Scott wrote: It seems that full justification is always done linewise with no look-ahead. What's done seems something "gather words on a line until the next one won't fit; add spaces to this line to justify". [snip] Sample: try putting this into an A4 page, 2cm margins, TNR

Re: [libreoffice-users] technical question about libreoffice and compatibility with microsoft office!

2016-04-15 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
toki wrote: On 14/04/2016 20:54, tonybsa wrote: A "couple" more to add to Toki's list FWIW, somebody once emailed me, asking where the Microsoft Groove functionality could be found in LibreOffice, or if not in it, a libre alternative. I told them I didn't know, since I only listen to CDs. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: about libreoffice and tables:

2016-04-06 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
nasrin khaksar wrote: can you please open it with open office, save it as doc and see the result when openning in libreoffice? for me it opens in libreoffice 5.0.5 and also 5.1.0 without any crash! do you think i should report a bug for it? Which format opens in LibreOffice 5.0.5 and 5.1.0

Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting an odg file covers text below

2016-04-04 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Albert Oszkó wrote: Hi all, In a Writer text (Libreoffice 5, windows XP, linux mint and opensuse) I inserted some picures made with printscreen. Now i would like to write some explanatory text on these pictures. I did this in Draw. I finally managed to insert the odg file into Writer, in place

Re: [libreoffice-users] presumed errors in help text

2016-04-04 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
marianne-x wrote: With Win 7, LO 4.4.7.2 (also confirmed with 4.2.7.2) if one does F1 - shortcut keys - general, one finds a section (here truncated): Practical Text Input Fields ... 2. Use the shortcut keys Ctrl+Shift+S to open the *Special Characters* dialog to insert one or more

Re: [libreoffice-users] about libreoffice and tables:

2016-04-04 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
nasrin khaksar wrote: hi every one. one person gave me a very important .docx documents and i wanted to open it with libreoffice 4.4.6 when i press enter on my document, unfortunately libreoffice immediately crashed and said the message about crash with unexpected error and tried to recovered

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc- How to count selected lines

2016-03-30 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Rob Jasper wrote: Pedro, In the 'derived' view in the second tab (example 2) the empty fields under heading Nr do contain a formula to display the number only if something is specified in the 'map' column in the main list (example 1). COUNTA also counts cells when they only contain a formula

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem viewing embedded videos on Windows

2016-03-28 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
anne-ology wrote: (1) the best video player I've found to view any of this media is VLC; this can be found with reviews at the Gizmo's site - http://www.techsupportalert.com The official site for VLC is . -- Mark. -- To

Re: [libreoffice-users] New LibreOffice Book

2016-03-25 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Bruce Byfield wrote: On Friday, March 25, 2016 01:51:25 PM James Knott wrote: On 03/25/2016 01:42 PM, Dave Liesse wrote: This is my busy season at work so I haven't had a lot of time, yet, but I downloaded the PDF version and took a quick look at a couple of chapters I need the most. I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Objects in Draw move position

2016-03-20 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
James Wilde wrote: I scanned in a map of our garden as I wanted to make detailed plans for the layout of different bits of the garden. I loaded this scanned picture into Draw. Next I added a number of circles of various sizes to represent trees. The next step will be to capture a portion of

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc F2 cursor trail between brackets of function [Was: ]

2016-03-19 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
nasrin khaksar wrote: hi mark. thanks for your reply about question about calc. I assume you're referring to the thread "Calc F2 cursor trail between brackets of function". It's easier to follow if you reply-all to the message you're responding to. how about openGL in version 4.4.6? is it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer's A4 page pixel dimensions

2016-03-19 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Dave Koelmeyer wrote: Hi All, I'm creating full A4-sized page background images in GIMP to insert into A4-format Writer documents. I've noticed that when these images are added to Writer and anchored to page, things are not perfectly flush as I would expect. After a bit of tinkering I believe

Re: [libreoffice-users] anyone knows how to find/replace not-printable glyphs?

2016-03-15 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I have a problem with a old book text file. There are 3 or more lines between paragraphs. I want to reduce them down to only one. When I turned the option to view non-printed characters, I get the "PI-ish" looking symbol - ¶ - that is at the end of every

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc F2 cursor trail between brackets of function

2016-03-15 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Bruce Hohl wrote: When in Calc while editing a formula (within the cell via F2) with characters between brackets like: =SUMIFS*(* $TB_data.C$8:C$32,$TB_data.D$8:D$32,A36*)* or =*(*A1+A2+A3*)*. If the arrow keys are used to moved left and right, while moving past the character within brackets a

Re: [libreoffice-users] about unicode characters:

2016-03-14 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
nasrin khaksar wrote: hi every one. thanks so much for spending time and helping me to use libreoffice properly. is there a solution for libreoffice to recognize the unicode incoding and open them properly like utf-8 documents? because open office has unicode utf-7 and utf-8 and libreoffice has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Encrypted Calc file got corrupted

2016-02-28 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Adam Bujdoso wrote: Dear Group, I have a problem for which I am hoping to get some help from you. I am trying to open an encrypted Calc ods file with some quite important data in it, however, when I type in the password after being prompted to do so, I get an error message "The file is corrupt

Re: [libreoffice-users] I'm Having Trouble with Contents Lists

2016-02-28 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Terry Coles wrote: Hi, As the subject line says, I'm struggling to get my Contents Lists right. I've consulted various websites, the Online Help and acquaintances who also use LibreOffice, but have yet to find a solution to two specific problems. I am using Version: 5.0.5.2 on Kubuntu 15.10.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Thunderbird potential as the official/default email-client for LO? Re: [board-discuss] BoD decision from 2015-10-05

2016-02-26 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Tom Davies wrote: As most of you know - many organisations, particularly OpenSource ones, have departments/sections/sub-groups that focus on supporting external projects that are used within their own project. For example Ubuntu, Redhat, openSuSE, Mageia, Fedora (and so on) each have people

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Linear Graph with X,Y data

2016-02-17 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Joel Madero wrote: Hi Regina and Pedro, Technically it is possible, but it is cumbersome and instable. I would not go that way, but generate a one-dimensional list from the data. With such list, you can use a real time axis. That's what I figured - so I'll have to have a ghost list somewhere

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Avery 8167 label printing

2016-02-12 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Ken Springer wrote: On 2/10/16 3:19 PM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Ken Springer wrote: Slippage in the rollers is what I was thinking of. In my case, the error is consistent, so slippage is not problem. Telling the printer where to actually start the printing appears to be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Avery 8167 label printing

2016-02-11 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Perhaps the BASIC code was only displaying the number to a few decimal places. In C, printf defaults to 6 decimal places, which isn't enough to show the actual result as any different from the ideal result. It's also possible that the spreadsheet was doing something more complicated

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Avery 8167 label printing

2016-02-10 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Ken Springer wrote: On 2/10/16 8:28 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 09/02/16 11:39 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 2/9/16 2:23 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 09/02/16 03:23 PM, Dave Liesse wrote: I've never had any luck with any of the Avery templates I've tried (although my problem has been mostly with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-10 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Italo Vignoli wrote: On 10/02/16 20:10, Larry Gusaas wrote: LibreOffice 5.1.0 doesn't find the installed Java on my Mac (MacBook Pro Retina, OS X version 10.11.3). Had to reinstall LibreOffice 5.0.4. Funny, I have been using LibreOffice 5.1 since Beta 1 on two different MacBooks without any

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Avery 8167 label printing

2016-02-10 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Virgil Arrington wrote: Ken Springer wrote I remember years ago when Intel turned out a chip that had an error in it's math calculations. It was a rare happening, but when they finally admitted it publicly, trying to say it wasn't important do to the rare occurrence, it did not go over well at

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Base - music cataloging

2016-01-22 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
charles meyer wrote: That data ended up in that fashion because I was trying to create a simple list of file names of files located on a flash drive and the only way I recall doing that in Windows XP - now 7 - is to use the DOS command which then generates that info as I shared. I was just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LOBase Query - Left or Right Join?

2016-01-05 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Don Parris wrote: Still trying to work out the OUTER JOIN syntax apparently. I tried a simpler outer join statement: SELECT "tCoreType"."type" "Type", "tCoreCategory"."category" "Category" FROM {oj "tCoreType" "ctype" LEFT OUTER JOIN "tCoreCategory" "ccat" ON "ctype"."type_id" =

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreLogo - Error in Help for RANGE?

2015-12-11 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: Den 10.12.2015 23:27, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com skreiv: Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: Continuing experimenting with LibreLogo. Help for LibreLogo says that: PRINT RANGE 3 10 3 ; print [3, 6, 9] (i.e. outputs 3, 6, 9.) When I try it I get the output: "range

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreLogo tutorial

2015-12-10 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
No problem. Feel free to adapt it if necessary to fit with your style, or clarify anything you think should be clearer. Mark. Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: Thanks. May I add this to the tutorial? Kolbjørn Den 06.12.2015 12:54, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com skreiv: I don't have

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreLogo - Error in Help for RANGE?

2015-12-10 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: Continuing experimenting with LibreLogo. Help for LibreLogo says that: PRINT RANGE 3 10 3 ; print [3, 6, 9] (i.e. outputs 3, 6, 9.) When I try it I get the output: "range (3 10 3)". (Also "LABEL RANGE 3 10 3" and "TEXT RANGE 3 10 3" outputs "range (3 10 3)".) I do

Re: [libreoffice-users] OSX text-to-speech 'selection' not working in libreoffice

2015-12-06 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Hi Jacques, I don't use OSX, nor accessibility tools, so can't help with your specific problem. However, there might some useful information at (a web page on accessibility in LibreOffice). There's also a separate LibreOffice mailing list

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreLogo tutorial

2015-12-06 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
I don't have LibreLogo in my Windows installation, but I might have used the "custom" install option and chosen not to install it. Anyway, if it's not already installed on Windows: - From Windows' Control Panel, open "Programs and Features". - Find "LibreOffice" (not the LibreOffice Help Pack).

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - Read Only issues

2015-12-05 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
charles meyer wrote: Hi Folks, First, if I saved a document as .odt and tried opening it in MS Word 2003 I would get a Read Only option to open it. Now, when I saved a document in MS Word and then try to open it in Libre Writer 4.3.5.2 I get the message...Unknown user. Open document read-only

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreLogo tutorial

2015-12-05 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
anne-ology wrote: after a period in a sentence there should be 2 spaces even though these machines default to only 1; I gather that's mostly a throwback to the days of typewriters and monospace fonts, where the extra space made it easier to read. Some style guides still suggest

Re: [libreoffice-users] Focus problem

2015-12-04 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 16:05:47 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: Here is a screenshot: Hmm. The screenshot didn't make it. Problem with the listserve? It's not a problem (OK, maybe it is a problem for you, but not in the sense of a fault ;o). The

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Where to post improvement suggestions?

2015-12-02 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Brian Barker wrote: At 21:12 01/12/2015 +, Mark Bourne wrote: Perhaps I'm missing something too, but I think I can see where Steve's coming from. For example: - The table is a fixed width or filling the whole page width (and that's how you want it; selecting "adapt table width" is not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer saving files as Read Only

2015-12-01 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
I can't think of anything in LibreOffice's settings, but then I don't even have Word installed so probably wouldn't have noticed if there was a problem. It may be worth trying a newer version of LibreOffice. The latest "still" version (less features but possibly more stable) is 4.4.6. Can you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Where to post improvement suggestions?

2015-12-01 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2015-12-02 10:12, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: V Stuart Foote wrote: steveedmonds wrote Although not relevant to the original posters situation, I would like to see a columns tab under the table dialogue that lists the column widths where you can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Where to post improvement suggestions?

2015-12-01 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
V Stuart Foote wrote: steveedmonds wrote Although not relevant to the original posters situation, I would like to see a columns tab under the table dialogue that lists the column widths where you can type in the width of each column. I frequently have to tweek tables by stealing width from

Re: [libreoffice-users] writer-how to delete a carriage return in a cell of a table

2015-11-14 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
yahoo-pier_andreit wrote: on my PC=Dell latitude E6510, RAM=8Gb, GPU=GT218 NVS 3100M, CPU=i7 Q 720 @ 1.60GHz, OS=opensuse 13.2 KDE= 4.14.9 with libreoffice Version: 5.0.3.1 Build ID: 00m0(Build:1) Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8) I have a table with 2 columns and about 10 rows and I cannot delete

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: lost opportunity

2015-11-07 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Urmas - davian...@gmail.com wrote: 05.11.2015 23:19, Tom Davies: For some weird reason IE decided to rename the downloads from ".msi" to another format. That 'weird reason' was the error in the default webserver configuration which no one of LO people cared to fix. When that problem

Re: [libreoffice-users] lost opportunity

2015-11-05 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
marianne-x wrote: A minor tale of woe: I have been trying for years to convince a young lady friend to break away from slavish dependence upon Micro$oft, and at least give LO, et. al,, a try. Her Curtains machine, running on Vista, finally got so clogged with untraceable trash that a complete

Re: [libreoffice-users] LEBRE VERSION STILL

2015-11-05 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Philip Jackson wrote: On 05/11/15 04:21, Steve Edmonds wrote: I use an external PDF writer for some documents where LO fails to convert vector formats correctly. That said, if I use the external converter I loose all my cross referencing and TOC links that LO does very well in my opinion. Steve

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge - Labels

2015-10-29 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Stan Grigiski wrote: Hello, I noticed that when I try to mail merge a data base for labels, the program will not supress a field if there is no entry; it will create a space on the lable. For example, if I have the field "address 1" set for street number and street name and the field "address

Re: [libreoffice-users] copying text with formatting from a web page

2015-10-20 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Gary Collins wrote: I've just tried this in firefox. A couple of things: 1) access to the file save option seems to be indirect - but maybe there is a way to customise this, I haven't got time to check at the moment; but 2) much more importantly - it does indeed save as a single file, but the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shortcut changes

2015-10-18 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
James E. Lang wrote: I am not a user of Base but I am a frequent user of Calc. Shortcut changes are extremely disruptive for users. My least favorite (most detested!!) such change occurred in version 4.4 of Calc when Alt+E,I was assigned to a brand new menu item in place of "Fill." That one

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shortcut changes

2015-10-18 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
James E Lang wrote: -Original Message- From: libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 6:40 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Shortcut changes James E. Lang wrote: I am not a user of Base but I am a frequent user of Calc. Shortcut

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tooo many messages on this mailing list?? How to avoid being swamped ...

2015-10-16 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Personally, I'd say the bug is with the likes of Outlook and GMail, for relying on an unreliable analysis of the subject line instead of using (or even inserting) the headers intended specifically for threading messages! But good luck getting anything done about them... There's nothing the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tooo many messages on this mailing list?? How to avoid being swamped ...

2015-10-16 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
anne-ology wrote: very interesting, indeed. And has me curiously wondering ... are you saying that by clicking on 'forward' then changing the 'Fw'/'Fwd' in the subject line to 'Re' breaks this coding in some e-programs ??? ;-o For someone reading mail using a mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Threading

2015-10-16 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
James E Lang wrote: This reply is being sent from my Android phone using MailDroid. I don't think it'll break threading except in receiving clients that use the subject for threading like Pegasus Mail for Windows does. Yep, your reply has the in-reply-to: and references: headers, and appears

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