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CVAlkan | 17 May 2013 20:59
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Grammar Checking in Writer

I just did a complete cleaning and re-installation of LibreOffice on my 64
bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I now have LibreOffice Version 4.0.3.3 (Build ID:
0eaa50a932c8f2199a615e1eb30f7ac74279539) installed.

I was attempting to explore the grammar checking feature - using either F7
or "Tools | Spelling and Grammar ..." but have been unable to get it to do
anything. My sample was a new blank document in which I typed "the boyz is
good." The auto-correction capitalized the initial "T", and the spell
checker flagged "boyz," but there was no indication at all about a problem
with "boys is," even after re-running F7 once the spelling of "boys" had
been corrected.

Under Tools | Language Settings | Writing Aids - Available Language Modules,
"LightProof Language Checker" is checked.

Under Tools | Language Settings | Writing Aids - Options, "Check grammar as
you type" is checked.

In the Tools | Language Tool | Configuration dialog, I took one of the
checked examples of what the tool checks and used it in the document, as
follows:

I typed in "Is this a know problem?" According to the rule, this should be
corrected or flagged to be "Is this a known problem?"

Instead, it suggested the following: "Is these a know problem?"  This, of
course, would add an additional error to the sentence.

I suppose I could just assume that it knows I'm perfect, and just wants to
help me appear more human, but I suspect it's more likely that I'm either
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Carlo Strata | 15 May 2013 17:04
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Are there some plans to extend PDF/A export to new versions of that standard in addition to PDF/A-1?

Hi Everyone,

are there some plans to extend PDF/A export to new versions of that 
standard other than and in addition to PDF/A-1?
I mean PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 that are already ISO standards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A

Nice Google SoC activity? ;-)

Have All a sunny day,

Carlo

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Joel Madero | 14 May 2013 18:37
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New Locale - Steps?

Hi All,

Is there a wiki or something that has all the steps associated with getting
a new locale setup? I think there are a ton of steps, from translating the
software itself to getting a website up, a mailing list, etc... etc....

There is someone over on google+ asking for help and just not sure where to
direct them.

Best,
Joel

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Kracked_P_P---webmaster | 10 May 2013 18:42

The brochure content stating NATO support the use of ODF


"ODF is recommended by numerous governments and NGO's worldwide, with 
Indonesia, the European Commission, and NATO amongst those who support 
policies calling for ODF as the preferred document production, retention 
and exchange format."

I like this "quote".
NATO - well the US and Canada are part of NATO - correct?

That means that the USA, when dealing with other NATO members should use 
ODF for their documentation and other files.

Any more national and international organization can added to that list?

That may force MSO to do ODF better or just start thinking about using 
an office package that does it better than MSO does.

I am a little vague on what is involved with the "European Commission", 
like how many of the EU are part of it, etc..  But, it does imply that 
countries in Europe support the ODF format[s].

Since LO uses ODF as their default format, we support the policies of 
these worldwide organizations.  Since any Tech Adminknows that MS/MSO 
have been sued by the EU many many times and MS/MSO have not complied 
with many of those rulings that went against MS/MSO. If a company want 
to do business with the EU, maybe you should keep that in mind when 
talking about an office package that supports the policies set down by 
the EU or the European Commission.

MS/MSO still hasnot complied with US courtrulings from the late '90's
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foberle | 9 May 2013 17:01
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Follow-Up comments on previously reported bugs

Hi: 

I've reported a few bugs with Writer 4.0.2 in the past week. One of these was the inability to select or delete
a table. I experienced something similar today while trying to add a footnote. The menu item was greyed
out, and I couldn't do so. 

I also mentioned earlier that Writer seemed unreasonably sluggish while scrolling and such things. 

Checking further, I found that, I was sometimes able to get the menu items to show up by closing and
restarting Writer. At others, after working for some time (and I'm working on a rather large document that
uses lots of graphics, extended cross-referencing, ToC, etc.) that didn't work, but restarting Ubuntu
restored the greyed-out items. 

It's been several years since I was involved in software development (I'm retired), but this sure smells to
me like there's a memory leak somewhere in version 4.0 that wasn't there previously. 

By the way, if there some way you could let me know that my e-mails have been received? I haven't been able to
locate a list of reported bugs to see if these already existed and so forth. I don't really have a lot of time
to devote to serious methodical testing, but I'd like to contribute if and where I can. 

Thanks 

Frank 

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foberle | 8 May 2013 23:24
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Bug (??) Table deletion in Writer 4.0.2.2

Hi: 

I'm using 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 and recently updated LibreOffice to 4.0.2.2, and I hope I've been sending
these reports to the right place. 

Today I attempted to delete a table, which I have always done by placing the cursor in the table, then using
the menu sequence "Table | Delete | Table" but when I tried to do that with 4.0.2.2, and chose the "Table |
Delete" menu option, everything was greyed out and I couldn't do it. I ended up selecting the table as well
as the paragraph markers above and below it to delete it. 

I'm assuming that Writer knew the cursor was in the table because the Table Tool bar appeared as usual when I
entered the table. 

I used the Ubuntu software center to install this version (and yes - I removed the earlier version I was using
first), so I assume I'm not using a pre-release candidate or anything, but I seem to be encountering more
"anomalies" than usual with Writer (I've sent three possible bugs to this address in the past few days and
believe I've only sent in one or two in the past couple years). Is there any sort of "sanity check" I should be
running to insure the stuff I have is ok? 

Also, by the way, I've noticed that Writer tends to bog down and stop for a while in large documents (such as
the book I'm currently working on which is about 350 pages or so), which it didn't do in earlier versions. Is
there some sort of memory management configuration that's changed that I should know about? 

Thanks, by the way, for a great program - I've used countless word processors - both early stand alone
machines as well as personal software - since the late 70s, and Writer is as well thought out as anything
I've encountered (just don't be like Microsoft and completely change the interface every couple years or
so while leaving the long-standing bugs in place.) 

If you have questions about this report or my recent ones, or need examples, feel free to contact me.
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foberle | 7 May 2013 16:19
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Bug in Contour Editor - Writer 4.0.2

Hi: 

This bug in the contour editor is apparently new in the 4.x version, since I've used this quite a bit in
earlier versions and never had an issue. 

When attempting to set a contour, everything goes ok until attempting to "finish" the selection, at which
time the entire app crashes and disappears. The "check mark" icon never becomes clear/active, so the
problem seems to be in the closing of the polygon. Nothing happens to the document that I can tell, and it
seems to get recovered with no issues. 

I've confirmed this with images are in .png and .jpg formats if that matters. I didn't try this with anything
other than polygonal selections. 

I went back and looked at a few graphics that I had placed and contoured in earlier versions (same document)
and the contour definition that had been previously set seems to still be honored. I did NOT, however, go
into the contour editor because I was afraid of screwing up the layout. 

Thanks. 

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foberle | 6 May 2013 02:12
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Annoyance (Bug?) in Page Preview while Gallery is displayed (Writer 4.0.2)

I'm using LibreOffice Writer Version 4.0.2.2 (Build ID: 400m0(Build:2)) on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. 

If I create a document, and have the Gallery opened, and have chosen a folder of images from the panel on the
left side of the Gallery, I can place a graphic in the document as expected. 

If I then use "Page Preview" from the icon above the document, this works fine but, upon return to the
document, the left hand panel of the Gallery is reset to the first item in the list. It seems to me that as long
as I haven't actually closed the document or the Gallery itself, the Gallery choice should return to the
position it was in. 

If I actually Print the document, the Gallery choice stays where it was as I would expect. 

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Florian Effenberger | 4 May 2013 15:24
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Fostering project internal communication

Hello,

sorry for spamming all the lists, but in the light of recent events and 
discussions, I'd like to make all of you aware of an important mailing 
list, that so far has not been used as extensively as it should be, 
which led to some frustration and communication issues.

As part of our mission to foster the project internal communication, I'd 
like to tell you about our so called projects mailing list, which Sophie 
initiated quite a while ago, and which should be used for communication 
amongst the various projects - e.g. design and marketing, development 
and marketing, UX and development, and the like.

The list's intention is not to be a gossip list where everything should 
be thrown at, but to make all affected projects aware of important 
changes. Philosophy: Low traffic, but important topics.

Some examples are: Change of version numbers, a new slogan, design 
changes, new products. In other words: Everything that has an impact on 
other areas of working than the one where the change originally comes from.

If one team decides LibreOffice will now be called different, and has a 
shiny new colour, surely marketing should know in time. Well, a bit of a 
made up example, but you get the point... ;-)

We have seen some unpleasant events in the past, that based on my 
experience, are mostly due to the lack of communication, or due to 
miscommunication. To avoid that in the future, I'd like to call out to 
everyone of you, if you are active in one of the subprojects, to also 
join this mailing list by sending an empty e-mail to
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Florian Effenberger | 4 May 2013 13:17
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Seeking for list moderators

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 e-mails that do not automatically make it 
to the list, which you then manually forward, or reject. This happens 
either when an e-mail comes from an unknown sender, e.g. when a project 
member uses a different address for posting. It also occurs when someone 
unexperienced writes to the list, thinking it's a private account, but 
in fact it's a public list.

You'll receive the message to be moderated via e-mail, which you then 
can either "moderate through", or reject.

Is someone interested in joining our efforts? It'd be much appreciated - 
just drop me an email (please also copy me directly, and not only the 
list), then I'm happy to add you to the list of moderators.

Thanks!
Florian

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Angela | 25 Apr 2013 10:13
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Tool Bar Icons...

I've just recently upgraded LibreOffice on the EeePC 900 to LibreOffice 3.4.4
OOO340m1 (Build:402).
However, I now have the lower button bar that has most of the icons, like
Bold, Italic, Underline, etc. that with the updated looks of the tool bar
have become at about unreadable....

<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4052213/LibreOffice_Tool_Bar.jpg> 

Obviously on a big screen this most likely will not be any issue, but on the
1024x600 netbook screen this just wasn't such a smart move.

I did look, but only did find old messages on the tool bar, so I started
this new topic.
I did look into LO to see if I can use a different look, but haven't found
that (yet).

Rgs, Angela

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