Re: [libreoffice-users] Two images of what is happening.

2012-04-16 Thread Jay Lozier
R.S. On 04/16/2012 01:41 AM, R.S. wrote: How to fix it ? I attached two files to show what is going on. Regards. R.S. Please post files using Nabble or online and share the link. Attachments are removed from the by the list server. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5 Crashed

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) 1.  Renaming the User Profile is the fastest thing to try and often solves weird problems.  This guide shows the default locations of the User Profile in different Operating Systems https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile 3.  Crashing often seems to be caused by

[libreoffice-users] Re: Two images of what is happening.

2012-04-16 Thread Tom
Hi :) You can navigate to Nabble from the official LibreOffice website or from the links in this email Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Two-images-of-what-is-happening-tp3913611p3913797.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-16 Thread Mark Stanton
What was it you liked about Approach (I used that too)? I'm asking for feature ideas. Regards Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] What's going on?

2012-04-16 Thread rossca1
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3914002/Navigation_toolbar_view_toolbar_menu_activation_arrows_inactive_even_on_a_full_page_of_text.jpg http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3914002/character_type_A_I_right_click_mouse_text_sheet.jpg -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: What's going on?

2012-04-16 Thread Tom
Hi :) In the first picture you have Navigation on View - Toolbars - Navigation but it looks like a fresh new document so the forward and back arrows are greyed out because there isn't anything to go forwards or backwards to. I'm not sure what is going on in the 2nd picture. It looks like you

[libreoffice-users] Mac OS X 10.4 Check for Updates Glitched

2012-04-16 Thread precutcolours
Have others seen this oddness? In a previous release, LibreOffice 3.5.1.x, the Mac OS X PPC LibreOffice menu item, Help / Check for Updates..., failed to report 3.5.2.x release that hit on 5 Apr 2012. I had to download and install it by hand. Is the menu checker only for major.minor numbers

[libreoffice-users] adding footnotes to a large LibreOffice document

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Chapter 12 of the Writers Guide might help http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 15/4/12, Udvarias Ur udvari...@gmail.com wrote: From: Udvarias Ur udvari...@gmail.com Subject: [libreoffice-users] adding footnotes to a LibreOffice

[libreoffice-users] Impress - mass photo import - mass slideshow merge

2012-04-16 Thread precutcolours
1. Given a folder/selection of jpg pics, can Impress import the whole set as a new slideshow, one pic per slide? 2. Given a folder/selection of Impress slideshow files, can Impress or a script merge them into one continuous, mass slideshow? A separator slide may buffer between each merged file.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mac OS X 10.4 Check for Updates Glitched

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The Updates item in the menu is fairly pointless.  Updates tend to be minor patches to fix things in software that doesn't have full releases very often.  LibreOffice doesn't have minor updates very often as it's easier to just upgrade to a different release.  The 3.5.2 is a major

Re: [libreoffice-users] OpenOffice Total Uninstall from Windows 7

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There should be 2 main folders for the Program, one in Program Files and your User Profile with all your settings and stuff stored neatly somewhere in Documents and Settings.  LibreOffice can use OpenOffice's settings so that you have things set-up the way you liked.  Using the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-16 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/04/12 10:09, Mark Stanton a écrit : Hi Mark, What was it you liked about Approach (I used that too)? I'm asking for feature ideas. As a former Lotus Approach user, off the cuff : - multiple table query/update support - add/delete/modify/clone data button objects that worked

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base 3.5.2.2 hangs

2012-04-16 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 15/04/12 09:49, clehmann a écrit : Hi Charles, Having a look at the Event Viewer, the error states Cross-thread deadlock. That sounds like an exclusive mutex release problem (causing a race condition) that I thought had been solved in master and pushed to 3.5 - perhaps not after all ?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-16 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 11/04/12 08:20, avamk a écrit : Hi avamk, So my question is: What's wrong that's making Impress perform so poorly?? My Mac has a Intel Core i7 2.66 gHz CPU, advanced Nvidia GT 330M graphics, and 8.0 GB of memory, it should be overkill for something like this! I tried tweaking the number

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-16 Thread Mark Stanton
- multiple table query/update support Multi-tabe query is available, surely? Where it's not available is in file mode when there's no backing database engine. Or having I missed somthing? Multi-table update support is an SQL limitation, isn't it? Mark Stanton One small step for mankind...

[libreoffice-users] Re: What's going on?

2012-04-16 Thread rossca1
The first image shows the navigation toolbar was activated from the view menu, I thought it was by default on as a toolbar with or without text. Both images are running under WINDOWS XP; the second image shows a pop-up menu where the character type can be selected only from letter A to the I

[libreoffice-users] first line indents in .odt vs .doc in LO 3.5.2.2. on Win7

2012-04-16 Thread Rogier F. van Vlissingen
This problem is an evolutionary perception of an earlier one. I had a problem with hanging indents in a .doc format, but after a few iterations it seemed to go away. However this is all part of a book project, so subsequently I've tried the same thing on other files (Chapters), and here is what

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-16 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 16.04.2012 14:49, Mark Stanton wrote: - multiple table query/update support Multi-table update support is an SQL limitation, isn't it? At least it requires that a foreign key is linked to another table's unique (primary) key, otherwise it is uncertain which one of the related rows you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: What's going on?

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) 1st image:  I am not sure if the navigation thing is on by default but it can be switched off fairly easily.  I tend to have most toolbars and such-like off.  2nd image:  At the bottom of the list is a little triangle which you can click on and then start scrolling the mouse wheel to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-16 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/04/12 14:49, Mark Stanton a écrit : Hi Mark, - multiple table query/update support Multi-tabe query is available, surely? Where it's not available is in file mode when there's no backing database engine. Or having I missed somthing? Multi-table update support is an SQL

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-16 Thread Mark Stanton
Sorry, I should have been more precise : Lotus Approach allowed a user to create a form based on a query of a collection of DBF tables and then be able to update them via the form Yes, because Approach had a database engine. Base doesn't. If you try to do this through Base with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: What's going on?

2012-04-16 Thread R.S.
Il 16/04/2012 16.01, Tom Davies ha scritto: Hi :) 1st image: I am not sure if the navigation thing is on by default but it can be switched off fairly easily. I tend to have most toolbars and such-like off. 2nd image: At the bottom of the list is a little triangle which you can click on and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-16 Thread Mélodie
Le 11/04/12 08:20, avamk a écrit : For the past few months I tried really really hard to make all my presentations with Impress. The big problem is that it's performance is the exact opposite of snappy. (what is a good antonym for snappy?) Hi, I use Impress quite a lot (Mac OS 10,5,8, LO

[libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread e-letter
Readers, The dialogue window 'insert special character' does not show easily en-dash (–) and em-dash (—), so had to use the unicode values (e.g. ctrl+2013). Is there another way to select these types of characters within LO? LO334 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-16 Thread avamk
Thanks for your replies. I do get the one-click-ha-I'll-move-your-textboxes-without-asking-you problem, and I am still trying to figure out what's with my slides that's making Impress seize up. At least this may not be a problem with everyone? As for hardware acceleration, the check box is

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 16 april 2012 18:16 skrev e-letter inp...@gmail.com: Readers, The dialogue window 'insert special character' does not show easily en-dash (–) and em-dash (—), so had to use the unicode values (e.g. ctrl+2013). Is there another way to select these types of characters within LO? LO334

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5 Crashed (Resolved)

2012-04-16 Thread Taang Zomi
*Dear Cliff Scott and Tom Davis, Thank you very much for your replies. As I could not get LibreOffice 3.5 back at all, I was unable to go to my User Profile via LibreOffice -- Tools-- Options -- LibreOffice -- Paths. But I was able to go via C:\Users\user

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] adding footnotes to a large LibreOffice document

2012-04-16 Thread Udvarias Ur
Thanks Guys, I actually did find the answer to the 1st question, how to restart the numbering, in chapter 3. However, there is no mention of how to use the same footnote/endnote number in more than 1 location in the text to refer to a single footnote. I've had to restore to changing the colour

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer Dialogs

2012-04-16 Thread mal
On 15/04/12 19:42, Cor Nouws wrote: mal wrote (12-04-12 20:05) On 11/04/12 22:10, Cor Nouws wrote: Where in LibreOffice do you get this? I just go to print a document. File / Print General /Properties The paper tray drop down does not include the bypass tray Also if you go to Device to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-16 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 15.04.2012 17:48, ptoye wrote: Well, I seem to have started off quite a discussion. It's interesting that Andreas seems to agree with me that OO isn't really for programming. And the use of ODF is extremely important for intercommunicability, a point which isn't taken by many MS addicts.

Re: [libreoffice-users] (Win7/LibO-Calc) Bug in tool Multiple operations?

2012-04-16 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Pertti, Pertti Rönnberg schrieb: Hello, LibO folks, In LibO-Calc there is a very interesting and useful tool Data/Multiple operations -- at least as useful as Pivot Table. Yes, it is hidden and cannot be written with the function wizard. But it is possible to write the function manually,

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Regina wrote: They are usually written via AutoCorrect. The simple hyphen is replaced with the en-dash or em-dash when the following word is finished . . . That is _not_ a good idea. The hyphen, en rule and em rule (dash) are distinct characters with distinct uses in conventional typography

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-16 Thread NoOp
On 04/15/2012 08:58 AM, David wrote: ... What database doe you think works better than OpenOffice or LibreOffice? Pick. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

[libreoffice-users] automatic highlight of document objects in navigator

2012-04-16 Thread e-letter
Readers, In the dialogue window 'navigator', is it possible to make the object become highlighted as the active cursor is moved through the document? For example, a document has 2 tables, table 1 and table 2. As the cursor is moved (e.g using the keyboard arrows) from table 1 to table 2, it

[libreoffice-users] Re: disappearing letter

2012-04-16 Thread NoOp
On 04/15/2012 12:38 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The 6_24 was the first one that seemed to cause slow-downs in earlier versions of LibreOffice, 3.3.x and 3.4.x branches (prior to 3.4.5). More recent versions of java seem to have often caused crashes as well as slowdowns. The best version

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread e-letter
On 16/04/2012, Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie wrote: Regina wrote: They are usually written via AutoCorrect. The simple hyphen is replaced with the en-dash or em-dash when the following word is finished . . . That is _not_ a good idea. The hyphen, en rule and em rule (dash) are distinct

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread Doug
On 04/16/2012 06:24 PM, e-letter wrote: On 16/04/2012, Séamas Ó Brógáins...@iol.ie wrote: /snip/ As Johnny pointed out, they can be entered with the compose key. If you use them so often that even this is too cumbersome you can customise your keyboard layout, so that (for example)

[libreoffice-users] Re: Mac OS X 10.4 Check for Updates Glitched

2012-04-16 Thread precutcolours
Well thank you Tom. I know beacoup info about release cycles, open vs. proprietary, and user configs. I seek to help grandmas. Updates item [is] pointless When Libre app reports no update to grandma, but I counter-invite to Libre org's home page news, grandma gets confused. Why does the app

[libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice Total Uninstall from Windows 7

2012-04-16 Thread precutcolours
Thank you Tom. I should have been precise. For grandmas the confusing items aren't old folders, but menu shortcut icons. The previous user ran some OOo uninstaller or Windows stock app remover (I guess), but it didn't wipe menu shortcuts. When grandma clicks them they do exactly nothing. In

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5 Crashed (Resolved)

2012-04-16 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from Taang Zomi libreofficez...@gmail.com on Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:32:54 -0400 Glad the easy fix worked. *Dear Cliff Scott and Tom Davis, Thank you very much for your replies. As I could not get LibreOffice 3.5 back at all, I was unable to go to my User Profile via

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice Total Uninstall from Windows 7

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, sorry.  Most people seem to have reported great success using Revo uninstaller.  I have not tried it yet but i wonder if it's easy enough for a granny to use.  I think this is the main page http://www.revouninstaller.com/ Actually most of the grannies and such that i know are former

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mac OS X 10.4 Check for Updates Glitched

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Updates and upgrades are different things although i guess there is some overlap in the middle.  Frequent updates and bug fixes are a mark of quality which is odd really, when you really think about it.  What it means to me is that the program, as sold to customers, was so broken and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: disappearing letter

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Gary :) Hmm, no, that is not what i said at all.  You seem to decide what i am going to say before reading my post and then ignore anything i say that contradicts what you decided.  Still, at least that makes it easier for you to criticise what you decided i said.  As for the voracity of

Re: [libreoffice-users] first line indents in .odt vs .doc in LO 3.5.2.2. on Win7

2012-04-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:33 16/04/2012 -0400, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote: The provenance of these files is they were started as .odt, and then converted to .doc for my collaboration partners who are still using [] msword. While in the first file the problem was mysteriously solved, in subsequent files it is

Re: [libreoffice-users] first line indents in .odt vs .doc in LO 3.5.2.2. on Win7

2012-04-16 Thread Rogier F. van Vlissingen
Thanks, clear enough. We're really in that final stage or proofreading that the formatting is an integral part, so it cannot be avoided, but yes, I'm in control of the formatting. And yes, in the end we're going to PDF the final product. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Brian Barker