[libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, at the moment, we are looking for volunteers who could help moderate this mailing list. If you are interested, the only requirement is that you are subscribed to the list yourself and read its mails in a somehow timely manner, but that's about it. Moderation means dealing with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-04 Thread RD Vaishnav
i m interested in becoming moderator for mailing list. and is it fine if i check mails just twice or thrice a day?? and thanks for the opportunity. On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hello, at the moment, we are looking for volunteers

Re: [libreoffice-users] colour printing bug in Writer?

2013-05-04 Thread L O
Hello Brian, I already checked that option and that box is not ticked (first thing I checked). That is why I find it weird that it comes out in black white. Kind regards, Raymond From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: 28-04-2013 17:41

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That is a very generous offer but i suspect you would have more fun and be more useful in other areas of the project!!  You are new to the project and really should keep your options open for a bit longer.  Perhaps just become more familiar with the types of posts that do get to this

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress query

2013-05-04 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Sat, 2013-05-04 at 17:39 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: snip Now that the question has been asked i find it unbelievable that no-one has thought of it before! It might even have kept me awake during some presentations or made me aware that i didn't have time to write it all down (which i only

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) At my work place they have just run a 3 month training course in MS Office 2010.  We are 2 months in and people still don't know how to select a printer or turn the machine on or off.  The tutor has to do all that.  I was also expecting a few to teach me how to place images to get the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Serious application development with LibreOffice and LibreOffice Basic

2013-05-04 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 04/29/2013 05:54 PM, Michael Lueck wrote: Greetings Mark, I am puzzled at what you posted in reply to my original message... I was talking about a desktop database as the front-end in a Client/Server application. It appears your question was with using spreadsheets as a database table.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-04 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Tom, On 4 May 2013 18:47, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) That is a very generous offer but i suspect you would have more fun and be more useful in other areas of the project!! That is your opinion. But I think it is very arrogant of you to decide for someone else, where

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Anne is; 1.   familiar with the list so she knows the volume of traffic to expect 2.   able to keep up with the traffic very well 3.   seems to enjoy being here 4.   probably ready to take on new challenges Vaishnav is a recent arrival who looks like being well on his way to the devs

[libreoffice-users] Re: Language settings Writer: Default language problem

2013-05-04 Thread Urmas
calle2013: BUT, I just found the solution! LO acutally looks at what IME I am using when typing! If I select Finnish as my input language in the Win7 IME then You can either check 'Ignore input language' checkbox in Language options, or to add both Swedish and Finnish input locales, choosing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress query

2013-05-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you use Synaptic to search then maybe spend some time looking at the lib files.  normally i skae past them without even a glance but sometimes they have useful things for pulling 2 apps together or adding unusual functionality into an app.  It also might be worth trying to search the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-04 Thread Ken Springer
On 4/29/13 12:43 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) In MS Office styles are an excessive waste of time. You just have to accept that documents will have changing fonts, bullet-point sizes, misnumbering in lists and even changes in language used by spell checkers. Are you saying the styles area a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-04 Thread Ken Springer
On 5/4/13 10:59 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) At my work place they have just run a 3 month training course in MS Office 2010. We are 2 months in and people still don't know how to select a printer or turn the machine on or off. The tutor has to do all that. I was also expecting a few to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

2013-05-04 Thread Andrew K
Hi, I use styles as much as I can, just to achieve consistent formatting, to say nothing of time saving. I find that most people I know who use word processors as a (barely glorified) typewriter are those who are most resistant to using styles. Andrew On 05/05/2013, at 1:22 AM, Virgil