[libreoffice-users] page break shows in middle of page

2012-02-22 Thread jaschulz
I have attached a short file that illustrates the problem. The troublesome page break shows in the middle of page three. Deleting it, causes the next page to lose its footer. None of this makes any sense to me. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3763272/page_break_problem.odt page_brea

[libreoffice-users] Training

2012-02-22 Thread Deon Barnard
I have just loaded LibreOffice and would like to know if there are any training offered, downloads,etc. especially in Calc. Thank you kindly Deon Barnard -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-

[libreoffice-users] Libreoffice browser plugin

2012-02-22 Thread John Thompson
Conspicuously absent from the document types supported by the libreoffice browser plugin are any of the Microsoft Office document types. For those of us using an operating system on which Microsoft Office is not natively supported, this means saving documents of these types and opening them in

[libreoffice-users] Impress AutoLayout height in LO

2012-02-22 Thread Body500
Hi all, I've noticed something annoying with AutoLayout objects in Impress. This is what I did: 1. create an empty presentation and edit the slide master 2. edit the height of the main AutoLayout text box (the one that usually contains the main content) 3. Make sure that the text box is not set to

[libreoffice-users] Re: lo 3.5 crashes nearly all times

2012-02-22 Thread Eric05
Thank you very much, it's now working fine! -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/lo-3-5-crashes-nearly-all-times-tp3760952p3765880.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffi

[libreoffice-users] Fw: [MariaDB Announce] SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL® Database

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) MariaDb is a drop-in replacement for MySql in the same way that LibreOffice is a drop-in replacement for MySql and for similar reasons (ie many of the devs were unhappy with Oracle's 'management') I lurk on their lists sometimes and thought that the various people working on LibreOffice B

[libreoffice-users] Re: lo 3.5 crashes nearly all times

2012-02-22 Thread Tom
Hi :) Superb! Nicely done :) I think the UserProfile guide goes into detail about copying back some of the old folders so that you can pin-point where the error was and get back some of your old settings but it might be easier to ignore that and just re-download newer Extensions that are more l

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt .odt file

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think start by deleting the ~lock file, or at least hide it in a zip-file you make for it.  Then just see how your file looks and if it's close enough to easily re-create the missing data (if there is anything missing).  When you say you have no back-up do have have a copy on usb-stick,

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt .odt file

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmm, something else is to make a copy of the .odt and rename it's file-ending from .odt to .zip and then double-click to open it in an archive manager.  Inside there the file contents.xml might contain a lot of the data.  It's easier to read in non-Windows platforms or use a decent text-ed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice - problem

2012-02-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-21 4:15 PM, Gregory Forster wrote: When reading and modifying Microsoft Power Point files OpenOffice.org did a considerably better job than LibreOffice 3.4.5 (for business purposes). Disagree... I have had much better MSO format support in the later versions of Libreoffice than Op

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice - problem

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Impress and Base need a bit of work but Writer and Calc are quite fantastic for this sort of thing.  Well, for the most part imo. Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 22/2/12, Tanstaafl wrote: From: Tanstaafl Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice - problem To: us

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt .odt file

2012-02-22 Thread e-letter
On 22/02/2012, Jan Kessinger wrote: > > I was rendering XSL to PDF, which consumed lots of system-resources. Being curious, are you using XSL-FO? If so, surprising to read that "system-resources" are being consumed. > The system was not responding properly anymore. > I got impatient and pressed

[libreoffice-users] Save As DOCX does not export graphics

2012-02-22 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Using the latest version of LO, I created a document with many graphics. I was able to save as DOC and graphics were retained. When I saved as DOCX, all of the graphics were missing. I know, file a bug report. Odd, I don't see any bug reports that say that graphics images are dropped while cre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Training

2012-02-22 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 02/21/2012 02:16 PM, Deon Barnard wrote: I have just loaded LibreOffice and would like to know if there are any training offered, downloads,etc. especially in Calc. Thank you kindly Deon Barnard I know that this group has not "official" training for LibreOffice - yet. But I know that her

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't install LibreOffice on Windows 7

2012-02-22 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
No problem. I have had "failed transfers" on my broadband many times. I use Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit. I tried 11.10 on my laptop but could not get everything I enjoyed with 10.xx to work on 11.xx, like adding to the top panel and there was no "System" menu on the top panel. Also I could not get t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice - problem

2012-02-22 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I just had to deal with a .docx file this morning that was sent to me for editing. I could never do what I did with the last version of OOo that I had. Also, I never did get a newer version of MSO beyond 2003. If I did not have LO, I would not be able to deal with the documents sent to me

[libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Rich Shepard
I thought that I used to be able to enter =sum(d1:f1) in a cell and see the numeric results of the summation. Now, however, all I see is the function in that cell. Happens, too, with clicking the Sigma icon. Running LO on Slackware. What might I be doing incorrectly? Rich -- For unsubscrib

Re: [libreoffice-users] page break shows in middle of page

2012-02-22 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 03:22 -0800, jaschulz wrote: > I have attached a short file that illustrates the problem. The troublesome > page break shows in the middle of page three. Deleting it, causes the next > page to lose its footer. None of this makes any sense to me. > http://nabble.documentfo

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/22/2012 11:41 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I thought that I used to be able to enter =sum(d1:f1) in a cell and see > the numeric results of the summation. Now, however, all I see is the > function in that cell. Happens, too, with clicking the Sigma

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Steven Shelton wrote: Sounds like you might have the cell formatted for text. Steven, I checked a couple of times that it was Number and the preferred format within that group. Rich -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Thomas Damratowski
Works fine on Windows 7 LibreOffice 3.4.5 On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Steven Shelton wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2/22/2012 11:41 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > I thought that I used to be able to enter =sum(d1:f1) in a cell and see > > the numeric results

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 08:41 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > I thought that I used to be able to enter =sum(d1:f1) in a cell and see > the numeric results of the summation. Now, however, all I see is the > function in that cell. Happens, too, with clicking the Sigma icon. Running > LO on Slackware. >

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/22/2012 12:14 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I checked a couple of times that it was Number and the preferred format > within that group. Hmm. I'm stumped, then. Sorry! - -- Steven Shelton -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (Mi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Training

2012-02-22 Thread drew
On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 21:16 +0200, Deon Barnard wrote: > I have just loaded LibreOffice and would like to know if there are any > training offered, downloads,etc. especially in Calc. > > Thank you kindly > Hello Deon Well, depending on where you live there may be free training available - at lea

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice - problem

2012-02-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-02-22 7:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote: On Wed, 22/2/12, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2012-02-21 4:15 PM, Gregory Forster wrote: When reading and modifying Microsoft Power Point files OpenOffice.org did a considerably better job than LibreOffice 3.4.5 (for business purposes). Disagree... I have

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2012/2/22 Rich Shepard : >  I thought that I used to be able to enter =sum(d1:f1) in a cell and see > the numeric results of the summation. Now, however, all I see is the > function in that cell. Happens, too, with clicking the Sigma icon. Running > LO on Slackware. > >  What might I be doing incor

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2012/2/22 Johnny Rosenberg : > 2012/2/22 Rich Shepard : >>  I thought that I used to be able to enter =sum(d1:f1) in a cell and see >> the numeric results of the summation. Now, however, all I see is the >> function in that cell. Happens, too, with clicking the Sigma icon. Running >> LO on Slackwar

[libreoffice-users] Re: page break shows in middle of page

2012-02-22 Thread jaschulz
Dan, Thanks for your suggestions. I am hopeful they will allow me to straighten things out. I think, like lots of others, that 3.5 may be more trouble than it's worth. But I am hopeful, too, that the next release will address the problems which are frustrating so many users now. JAS -- View t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Training

2012-02-22 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12-02-21 02:16 PM, Deon Barnard wrote: > I have just loaded LibreOffice and would like to know if there are any > training offered, downloads,etc. especially in Calc. > > Thank you kindly > > Deon Barnard > Hi Deon, I'd encourage you to search on

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Tinkerer
Make sure there is no space before the = in the formula. Tink. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-Calc-3-4-5-and-3-5-0-Displaying-sum-Results-tp3767030p3767323.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-m

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downgrading

2012-02-22 Thread Chris Morgan
I am very sceptical about the so-called benefits of releasing on a strict time-schedule. The process seems to favour new features over bug fixes. I thought the old way was better - release it when it's ready. However, it seems to be the way things are at present, so I guess we have to live with i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downgrading

2012-02-22 Thread Dan Lewis
We DO have a choice; not enough people are using it. Just because a new version is released does not mean we have to download it. If enough people refuse to download it until x.x.2 or x.x.3, perhaps there would be some changes in the scheduling. Even if there is no change, we can wait until th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Training

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It does slightly depend on which country you are in.  Some 3rd party training is already rolling out in parts of south america and a few other countries apparently. Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 22/2/12, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: From: Fabian Rodriguez Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downgrading

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The release when ready approach also doesn't favour bug-fixes.  It just means the development is slow.  Features seldom get added.  Bugs still go unfixed.  If it favoured fixing bugs then there would be no bugs at all in the 3.3.x branch and OOo right? Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 22/

[libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Most people and especially those that are new to the lists will top-post because that is what they are most familiar with.  Office workers have almost never seen any alternative.  Unless the office apps are not aimed at office users then it's ridiculous to expect anything else.  Is it goo

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Tips" and "Extended Tips"

2012-02-22 Thread shirish शिरीष
in-line :- On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 00:21, James E. Lang wrote: > I have been having a problem with the Tips and Extended Tips in Calc for > some time now. I believe the problem started when I upgraded my Kubuntu > distribution to 11.10 (just in case that helps to identify the problem). > > My pro

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 22/02/2012 at 20:19, Tom Davies wrote: > Most people and especially those that are new to the lists will > top-post because that is what they are most familiar with. Perhaps you have encountered that somewhere: A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Stefan Weigel
Again this topic? Well. Am 22.02.2012 20:19, schrieb Tom Davies: > Is our main aim here to change the way people post or > is it to help people move to LibreOffice? Helping people must not become a pain in the neck for the voluntary supporters. That´s why the posting quidelines should be respect

[libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-02-22 1:19 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Most people and especially those that are new to the lists will top-post because that is what they are most familiar with. Office workers have almost never seen any alternative. Unless the office apps are not aimed at office users then it's ridicu

[libreoffice-users] Themes for libreoffice Impress ? Where to get more ? And how to create ?

2012-02-22 Thread shirish शिरीष
Hi all, Quite a few questions I have on this one. I recently started working on Libreoffice Impress. I am not much of a technical guy but still will try to describe things. Once I load Libreoffice Impress, the Window opens in three panes . Going from left to right it is :- Pane A has the Sli

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread T. R. Valentine
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas wrote: > Your persistent top posting in reply to an inline posted thread shows a > constant disregard for convention. Your failure to correct your lack of > quote levels for the message replied to is reprehensible. You show utter > disregard for common neti

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results

2012-02-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Dan Lewis wrote: Wondering: Tools > Options > LibreOffice Calc > General. In the Input settings, do you have a check in front of "Press Enter to switch to Edit mode"? If this is checked, it might explain the problem. Dan, No, that's not checked. I know it used t

[libreoffice-users] Batch conversion of PPT/x and DOC/x documents ?

2012-02-22 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I can't seem to find how to batch convert PPT (or pptx) and DOC (or docx) documents by command line. Can someone point me to tested instructions on how to do this ? Thanks for any pointers. Cheers, Fabian - -- - -- Fabián Rodríguez -BE

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc (3.4.5 and 3.5.0): Displaying sum() Results [FIXED]

2012-02-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Tools → Options → LibreOffice Calc → View → Untick ”Show formulas”. Johnny, That did it. Thanks, Rich -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

[libreoffice-users] Calc filter bug in 3.5.0?

2012-02-22 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Has anyone encountered a bug in LibO 3.5's calc wherein filters refuse to work? I want to get some data from my database, so I establish the connection to the correct table from the "Data Sources" panel. The data from the table all shows up. So I hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Top posting and leaving the thread intact allows a person that is new to the thread or can't quite remember context, to gain the full context of the later replies.  It also allows people to only read the last message without having to scroll or wade through tons of stuff from previous mess

Re: [libreoffice-users] Batch conversion of PPT/x and DOC/x documents ?

2012-02-22 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 22.02.2012 21:13, schrieb Fabian Rodriguez: > I can't seem to find how to batch convert PPT (or pptx) and DOC (or > docx) documents by command line. unoconv is a command line tool to convert any document format that LibreOffice can import to any document format that LibreOffice can export

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Tips" and "Extended Tips"

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Annoyingly i think this is something to do with the theme of your OS.  Quite why i don't know and why it hasn't been sorted out is also a bit of a mystery.  Hopefully i am wrong but i think i remember this question being asked last year sometime.  Can you easily temporarily change you OS

[libreoffice-users] File could not be written?

2012-02-22 Thread .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm running LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502) On Ubuntu 10.04 After inserting a sheet within a Calc file I tried to save the file but got the error message; File Could Not be written. How do I fix the problem? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Tips" and "Extended Tips"

2012-02-22 Thread shirish शिरीष
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 02:03, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Annoyingly i think this is something to do with the theme of your OS.  Quite > why i don't know and why it hasn't been sorted out is also a bit of a > mystery.  Hopefully i am wrong but i think i remember this question being > asked las

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc filter bug in 3.5.0?

2012-02-22 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 15:19 -0500, Steven Shelton wrote: > Has anyone encountered a bug in LibO 3.5's calc wherein filters refuse > to work? > > I want to get some data from my database, so I establish the connection > to the correct table from the "Data Sources" panel. The data from the > table a

Re: [libreoffice-users] File could not be written?

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Try changing the name of the file slightly?  I tend to add "v1" to the end of a file-name and gradually step that up; v2, v3 and so on.  Every so often if i am reasonably sure i wont need earlier versions i delete a load of them and take the v number off the end.  Does your disk think it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Themes for libreoffice Impress ? Where to get more ? And how to create ?

2012-02-22 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 01:30 +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > Quite a few questions I have on this one. I recently started > working on Libreoffice Impress. I am not much of a technical guy but > still will try to describe things. > > Once I load Libreoffice Impress, the Window opens in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc filter bug in 3.5.0?

2012-02-22 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/22/2012 3:59 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > Yes, this is a bug. I use Ubuntu, and I get the same results. The filtering works when using 3.4.5 but does not work using 3.5.0. --Dan Do you know if this has been filed in Bugzilla, and if so, what the bug

Re: [libreoffice-users] "Tips" and "Extended Tips"

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Shirish, sorry about that.  For some reason i thought it was obvious that i was directing my comments at the person with the problem.  Apols and regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 22/2/12, shirish शिरीष wrote: From: shirish शिरीष Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] "Tips" and "Extended Tips"

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc filter bug in 3.5.0?

2012-02-22 Thread drew
On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 16:26 -0500, Steven Shelton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2/22/2012 3:59 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > > Yes, this is a bug. I use Ubuntu, and I get the same results. The > filtering works when using 3.4.5 but does not work using 3.5.0. --Dan > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/22/2012 2:19 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Most people and especially those that are new to the lists will > top-post because that is what they are most familiar with. Office > workers have almost never seen any alternative. Unless the office apps > a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Themes for libreoffice Impress ? Where to get more ? And how to create ?

2012-02-22 Thread Carson Chittom
shirish शिरीष writes: > Now my main question/query is where do I find more such themes at ? > Does anybody know any sites where such user-generated custom 'themes' > could be found ? Bonus points if one could browse them with keywords. Try http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center and use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc filter bug in 3.5.0?

2012-02-22 Thread drew
On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 16:32 -0500, drew wrote: > On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 16:26 -0500, Steven Shelton wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 2/22/2012 3:59 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > > > Yes, this is a bug. I use Ubuntu, and I get the same results. The > > filtering work

Re: [libreoffice-users] File could not be written?

2012-02-22 Thread .
On 02/22/2012 04:09 PM, Tom Davies wrote:Hi :)Try changing the name of the file slightly? I tend to add "v1" to the end of a file-name and gradually step that up; v2, v3 and so on. Every so often if i am reasonably sure i wont need earlier versions i delete a load of them and tak

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc filter bug in 3.5.0?

2012-02-22 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/22/2012 4:32 PM, drew wrote: > This is using the mysql connector, yes? No. Connecting to an HSQL file using the java connector. I just filed a bug on it, *Bug 46480* , after not finding anythi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Themes for libreoffice Impress ? Where to get more ? And how to create ?

2012-02-22 Thread shirish शिरीष
in-line :- On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 03:06, Carson Chittom wrote: > shirish शिरीष writes: > >> Now my main question/query is where do I find more such themes at ? >> Does anybody know any sites where such user-generated custom 'themes' >> could be found ? Bonus points if one could browse them with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Steve Edmonds
I fully agree with you Tom, but I can follow the flow (up or down) to suit the poster and what ever is the custom in his/her part of the world (customer oriented). Here we file most relevant (recent) on top, digging down for more background but may be other nationalities file most recent on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc filter bug in 3.5.0?

2012-02-22 Thread drew
On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 16:43 -0500, Steven Shelton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2/22/2012 4:32 PM, drew wrote: > > This is using the mysql connector, yes? > > No. Connecting to an HSQL file using the java connector. I just filed a > bug on it, *Bug 46480* >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Themes for libreoffice Impress ? Where to get more ? And how to create ?

2012-02-22 Thread shirish शिरीष
at bottom :- 2012/2/23 shirish शिरीष : <> > Dear Carson, >  Thank you for that link. I have a follow-up question. Let's say I > download a presentation template. Say the nature one > http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center/nature . While you > can download the template and make copi

[libreoffice-users] Sudden French keyboard

2012-02-22 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Using LibreOffice Writer 3.4.1 under Windows 7: While working on a document, the keyboard will suddenly switch to a French keyboard configuration. The only option we have been able to find to switch back to English is to shut down all LibreOffice windows and close all documents. This has been

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread e-letter
On 22/02/2012, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: > > In my entire life I have never seen any mailing list or Usenet group with so > much top-posting and unneeded quotes as this one. Since this is user support > group, it should be just ignored in most cases (we want to help user, not > bully them). But I t

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt .odt file

2012-02-22 Thread Dag Wieers
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Jan Kessinger wrote: the odt file for storing my workresults is broken. I did not backup the file for the past 19 days. So it does hurt :( Here is what happened: I was rendering XSL to PDF, which consumed lots of system-resources. The system was not responding properly any

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save As DOCX does not export graphics

2012-02-22 Thread e-letter
On 22/02/2012, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > Using the latest version of LO, I created a document with many graphics. > I was able to save as DOC and graphics were retained. When I saved as > DOCX, all of the graphics were missing. I know, file a bug report. > Why is this important? Unless ima

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread e-letter
On 22/02/2012, T. R. Valentine wrote: > On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas wrote: > >> Your persistent top posting in reply to an inline posted thread shows a >> constant disregard for convention. Your failure to correct your lack of >> quote levels for the message replied to is reprehensibl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice browser plugin

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I find it quite amazing that any documents show easily in a web-browser window.  I'm not sure why anyone would want to open them that way but i still find it oddly handy for myself too. lol, Perhaps post a bug-report as a "Feature request"? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Rega

[libreoffice-users] Question re: Calc default font

2012-02-22 Thread Willy Williams
I must not be holding my mouth right. While I can hit F11 and change the current font in Calc to the desired one, I seem to not be able to make that other font my default. I've found the magic in Writer, but not Calc. Can someone please enlighten me as to how to set a permanent default font

[libreoffice-users] how to create libreoffice impress templates from scratch ?

2012-02-22 Thread shirish शिरीष
Hi all, How does one create an .otp template. I looked and couldn't find anything which gives precise instructions on making an .OTP template from scratch. I have couple of pictures which I want to be part of an .otp template. Any idea how do I do that ? I do know that you could make any presenta

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to create libreoffice impress templates from scratch ?

2012-02-22 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 06:07 +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > How does one create an .otp template. I looked and couldn't find > anything which gives precise instructions on making an .OTP template > from scratch. > > I have couple of pictures which I want to be part of an .otp template. > A

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice NA-DVD ver. 3.4.5 ISO file is now online

2012-02-22 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Until the 3.4.5 DVD gets on the DVD download list for 3.4.5, here is the link for the ISO file that is currently on the mirrors. http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/box/3.4.5/LO-3.4.5--NA-DVD--WLM--Feb-21st-2012.iso Hopefully it will get on the main site's list for 3.4.5 versio

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Themes for libreoffice Impress ? Where to get more ? And how to create ?

2012-02-22 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 03:26 +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: > at bottom :- > > 2012/2/23 shirish शिरीष : > > <> > > > Dear Carson, > > Thank you for that link. I have a follow-up question. Let's say I > > download a presentation template. Say the nature one > > http://templates.libreoffice.org/

[libreoffice-users] askLO

2012-02-22 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Date sent: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:57:51 + From: e-letter > True, but unfortunately a sign of the times. Hopefully, this new > 'askLO' service will become so popular Hmmm. Actually, unfortunate experience with that. I tried to register for the site. The system

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Marc Grober
So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to continue top posting as one may feel appropriate as one may have done as an IT professional for the past 40 years and that if that upsets them they should seek professional assistance? On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:28 PM, e-letter wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] askLO

2012-02-22 Thread drew
On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 18:03 -0800, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: > Date sent:Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:57:51 + > From: e-letter > > > True, but unfortunately a sign of the times. Hopefully, this new > > 'askLO' service will become so popular > > Hm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save As DOCX does not export graphics

2012-02-22 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 02/22/2012 06:06 PM, e-letter wrote: On 22/02/2012, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Using the latest version of LO, I created a document with many graphics. I was able to save as DOC and graphics were retained. When I saved as DOCX, all of the graphics were missing. I know, file a bug report.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 02/22/2012 02:41 PM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: In my entire life I have never seen any mailing list or Usenet group with so much top-posting and unneeded quotes as this one. It was not until I was on an OOo / LO mail list that I even knew that some people did NOT always top post. To get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting

2012-02-22 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 02/22/2012 03:10 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote: On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas wrote: I avoid the aggravation by having posts from Tom Davies automatically deleted. Now that is cold... -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.

Re: [libreoffice-users] askLO

2012-02-22 Thread drew
On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 18:03 -0800, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: > Date sent:Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:57:51 + > From: e-letter > > > True, but unfortunately a sign of the times. Hopefully, this new > > 'askLO' service will become so popular > > Hm

Re: [libreoffice-users] askLO

2012-02-22 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
From: drew Date sent: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:44:53 -0500 > Of course now I;m confused - do you want to register at askLibO (in with > case you need an OpenID ID - really that is not a lot to ask - if you > can not find out how to do that without using Facebook on your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question re: Calc default font

2012-02-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:15 22/02/2012 -0500, Willy Williams wrote: While I can hit F11 and change the current font in Calc to the desired one, I seem to not be able to make that other font my default. I've found the magic in Writer, but not Calc. Can someone please enlighten me as to how to set a permanent def

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt .odt file

2012-02-22 Thread Jan Kessinger
Am 23.02.2012 00:04, schrieb Dag Wieers: The files are no longer there. Does it mean your problem is solved ? Now i know for sure that the inofrmation is gone forever. Solved. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question re: Calc default font

2012-02-22 Thread Willy Williams
Thanks, Brian. I've done all that, but Calc continues to revert to Arial every time. I seem to not be able to save a new default font for all new documents. As I recall, I could do that in versions of Calc prior to 3.5. Willy On 2/23/2012 12:27 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 19:15 22/02/2012