[libreoffice-users] Re: Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Rolf Gloor
Am 28.11.2010 20:26, schrieb Peter Lairo: Do you use the quick starter? No! I always turn the damn thing off, and it annoys me that the "quick starter" (aka needlessly-slow-down-my-PC-startup-time) is still ON by default. No application should be so arrogant as to start-up with the OS per defa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Arda Tunccekic
Maybe Quickstarter was usefull with the slow loading StarOffice suite, but OO and LO already load up pretty quick. And no one uses it here as I see. I don't use it too. I think it would be switched off by default or removed.. On 30.11.2010 09:51, Rolf Gloor wrote: It would be OK, if yo

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hello Maurice, 2010/11/29 Maurice Batey > Having just installed LibreOffice 3.3 Beta and trying Writer, all > seems fine at first, except that tabbed space at the start of lines > has been filled in with a wiggly line. > Also, a couple of phrases have been underlined with the same wiggly > lin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Filip Moerman
I do not use quickstarter, but my father and other elder people I know do use it. Writer = 80 % Calc = 10 % Impress = 0% Draw = 0% Base = 10% Math = 0% *Filip Moerman* IT Manager Westlaan 159 bus 1 B-

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice with iBus on linux

2010-11-30 Thread tomoya tabuchi
Hello everyone I'm having a problem where LibreOffice does not respond to keybord input when I have IBus running on linux. I can't input any characters (In English or Japanese) and the keyboard shortcuts don't work as well. This happens in LibreOffice aplication. Could someone help me out on t

[libreoffice-users] Libre Spreadsheet to MSO Excel

2010-11-30 Thread Tinkerer
I do not know if this is a known bug or not and whether or not I am reporting in the right place. When I tried to save a Libre Office Spreadsheet as an Excel file I get the message that the Object is not known and that the path does not exist. I am trying to save it in the original folder. It wor

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Maurice Batey
Many thanks for your response; much appreciated... On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:10:32 +0100, Sigrid Carrera wrote: > The wiggly line indicates the automatic spellcheck (if it is red) or the > automatic grammar check (if it is blue). They are blue - so 'grammar check'. > Those checks are done automa

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice with IBus on Linux

2010-11-30 Thread tomoya tabuchi
Hello everyone I'm having a problem where LibreOffice does not respond to keybord input when I have IBus running on linux. I can't input any characters (In English or Japanese) and the keyboard shortcuts don't work as well. This happens in every LibreOffice aplication. Could someone help me ou

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-11-30 4:10 AM, Sigrid Carrera wrote: > 2010/11/29 Maurice Batey >> Having just installed LibreOffice 3.3 Beta and trying Writer, all >> seems fine at first, except that tabbed space at the start of lines >> has been filled in with a wiggly line. >> Also, a couple of phrases have been under

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Maurice, did you download the language pack for en-GB? If not, you could download and install it. You'll find it here: http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/rpm/x86/LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_langpack-rpm_en-GB.tar.gz So it could then use the British English you're u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Richard L. Hess
Hello, Maurice, This is a whole philosophy thing...and it goes back to Microsoft Word for DOS, I believe, if not earlier. The general philosophy is that structural/style items like indents at the beginning of every paragraph should be set up in the paragraph formatting and not keyed in for e

[libreoffice-users] Re: Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Rolf Gloor
Am 30.11.2010 09:47, schrieb Arda Tunccekic: Maybe Quickstarter was usefull with the slow loading StarOffice suite, but OO and LO already load up pretty quick. And no one uses it here as I see. I don't use it too. I think it would be switched off by default or removed.. I actually am not nec

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Charles Marcus
Am 30.11.2010 09:47, schrieb Arda Tunccekic: > Maybe Quickstarter was usefull with the slow loading StarOffice suite, > but OO and LO already load up pretty quick. > > And no one uses it here as I see. I don't use it too. I think it would > be switched off by default or removed.. Disagree... make

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Mark
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Maurice Batey wrote: > Many thanks for your response; much appreciated... > >  They are blue - so 'grammar check'. > This is an option you can turn off under Tools->Options->Languages->Writings Aids > My observations on this: > >  (1) Using OpenOffice Writer, thes

[libreoffice-users] Re: Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Maurice Batey
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:31:02 -0800, Mark wrote: > This is an option you can turn off under > Tools->Options->Languages->Writings Aids OK - thanks, Mark! I think what I'll do is work with grammar check 'off' until the document is complete, then switch it on for a final grammar check. > You'

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice with iBus on linux

2010-11-30 Thread NoOp
On 11/30/2010 01:56 AM, tomoya tabuchi wrote: > Hello everyone > I'm having a problem where LibreOffice does not respond to keybord input when > I have IBus running on linux. I can't input any characters (In English or > Japanese) and the keyboard shortcuts don't work as well. > > This happens

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Mark
2010/11/30 Maurice Batey : > On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:31:02 -0800, Mark wrote: > >   My use of Writer is for a few general 'home' letters and such - not > a plethora of large formal documents - and I only have one style. >  I do not wish to get into the complication of 'a style for this and > a style

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Maurice Batey
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:55:47 -0500, Charles Marcus wrote: > I don't use the grammar checker, but I imagine it has a similar way to > toggle the Auto-check? Seems the grammar checker can be turned off in Tools/Options/Languages/Writing aids. But there is some confusion in the taskbar buttons:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Maurice Batey
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:02:36 +0100, Sigrid Carrera wrote: > did you download the language pack for en-GB? If not, you could download and > install it. Have now done that - thank you - and Tools/Options/Languages does show "GB" language environment. However, the spellchecker is still happy if

[libreoffice-users] How to migrate OpenOfficec Writer settings into LinbreOffice Writer

2010-11-30 Thread Maurice Batey
Is there a way to import such things as templates and general settings from OpenOffice Writer to LO Writer? (E.g. copying certain files over) Would be nice to avoid having to construct them all over again. -- /\/\aurice -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h..

Re: [libreoffice-users] Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Terry Warby
On 28/11/2010 18:09, Sebastian G. wrote: I'd like to know which components are most used and maybe why others are not. If you used OpenOffice before you can include your usage data as well. Do you use the quick starter? No, I don't use quickstarter This is more or less private. There's no g

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to migrate OpenOfficec Writer settings into LinbreOffice Writer

2010-11-30 Thread Mark
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Maurice Batey wrote: > Is there a way to import such things as templates and general > settings from OpenOffice Writer to LO Writer? >           (E.g. copying certain files over) >   Would be nice to avoid having to construct them all over again. > You should be ab

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 11/30/2010 10:18 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: Am 30.11.2010 09:47, schrieb Arda Tunccekic: Maybe Quickstarter was usefull with the slow loading StarOffice suite, but OO and LO already load up pretty quick. And no one uses it here as I see. I don't use it too. I think it would be switched off by

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to migrate OpenOfficec Writer settings into LinbreOffice Writer

2010-11-30 Thread Andy Brown
On Tue Nov 30 2010 09:59:41 GMT-0800 (PST) Maurice Batey wrote: Is there a way to import such things as templates and general settings from OpenOffice Writer to LO Writer? (E.g. copying certain files over) Would be nice to avoid having to construct them all over again. Using To

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Bete 3.3: Strange wiggly lines when viewing a file.

2010-11-30 Thread Maurice Batey
(Re-posted, as original seems to have gone astray...) On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:55:47 -0500, Charles Marcus wrote: > I don't use the grammar checker, but I imagine it has a similar way > to toggle the Auto-check? Seems the grammar checker can be turned off in Tools/Options/Languages/Writing aids

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-11-30 3:13 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > On 11/30/2010 10:18 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: >> Am 30.11.2010 09:47, schrieb Arda Tunccekic: >>> Maybe Quickstarter was usefull with the slow loading StarOffice suite, >>> but OO and LO already load up pretty quick. >>> >>> And no one uses it here as

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.3 International

2010-11-30 Thread Peter Lenny
Hi all, Why should the LibreOffice installer (LibO_3.3.0_Win_x86_install_multi.exe) be identified as a 300Mb file (on both the download site and by Windows), but when I scan it with Avast, it reads as 2.5Gb (and takes 8:30 to scan)? []s - Peter -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-30 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 11/30/2010 2:32 PM, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2010-11-30 3:13 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 11/30/2010 10:18 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: Am 30.11.2010 09:47, schrieb Arda Tunccekic: Maybe Quickstarter was usefull with the slow loading StarOffice suite, but OO and LO already load up pretty quick