Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cal default print settings (and general default settings)

Hi :)
Here and in the accountancy practices i have worked in people definitely don't want the grid but 
then put some effort into getting different types of borders printed around specific cells or get 
rulers out to make sure they read the right figures.  

In one place my boss hated computer number-pad's "because it's upside-down and proper calculators 
are the other way around" (ie with 123 at the top not the bottom) so i bought a printing calculator 
that was the same way as the number-pad because that's what i trained on (thanks Meavis!).  When he 
nicked it to do a quick sum he was furious at me.  He was extremely fast on calculators that are 
"the right way up" but most of us could get the answer in a spreadsheet before he could find "a 
decent calculator".  Predictably i got fired "for being obtuse".  

People are often adamant that their way is the only way and indeed often it's easy to see their 
point of view but the thing i most like about OpenSource is that we can each have it our way, the 
right way, however many different and completely opposite ways that includes, and still help each 
other get the right answers.  

Btw sorry about the other thread where i didn't realise that documents were losing their freeze 
points.  I realised just after sending my answer but thought the best policy would be to let other 
people deal with it as i couldn't add anything useful.  

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Thu, 10/5/12, The Wolfkin <wolfkin@gmail.com> wrote:

From: The Wolfkin <wolfkin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cal default print settings (and general default settings)
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 10 May, 2012, 13:19

thanks. I did find the settings to print the grid. it's just a bit odd imo
that it by default was off. I've never known anyone who was using a
spreadsheet and DIDN'T want the grid printed out. That's pretty much WHY
they use spreadsheets FOR the grid.

and thanks for the userprofile information. that will be helpful once I
experiment with it a bit.

-- 
Wolfkin
http://about.me/wolfkin




On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi :)
> You can just copy&paste the UserProfile to different machines to set
> things up the same without going through each individual setting.  It's
> probably better to copy the UserProfile into the right place before install
> LibreOffice just in case there are new settings that need to over-write
> 'old' ones.
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
>
> If you hunt around the print settings there is a tick-box to make row and
> column headings print.  I think try
>
> Format - Page - Sheet - Print - "Column and row headers"
>
> I've never known anyone want that sort of thing except a few techie types
> working in finances on working papers but then they have to switch it off
> to make presentable documents for clients.
>
> Also people get used to red wriggles and bad spellings in MS Office
> because it randomly switches styles back to ones set to use American
> English.  So people have learned they can't rely on spell-checkers.
> LibreOffice doesn't misbehave like that.  LO usually stays in the language
> you tell it you want and defaults to whatever you set for the Operating
> System (eg WinXp, Ubuntu, whatever)
>
> Gnumeric is a very light-weight spreadsheet program which is difficult to
> set to default to using MS formats.  I would stick with LibreOffice on
> machines that can handle it.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 10/5/12, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> From: Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de>
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cal default print settings (and general
> default settings)
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Thursday, 10 May, 2012, 9:18
>
> Am 10.05.2012 02:51, The Wolfkin wrote:
> > another quick one. by default Calc doesn't print the grid or column/row
> > headers. For everyone for whom I suggest LibreOffice this is a huge
> > problem. Is there a way to change settings by default?
> >
> > Speaking of default settings.. on a slightly more off topic. Is there a
> > way, for instance write a small script, to save a series of settings?
> When
> > I install LibreOffice on someone's computer I got thru a the same series
> of
> > steps to ensure the smoothest transition. This includes things like
> > changing the default file saving format. Perhaps turning the autocorrect
> > off (oddly most of the people I know would be grateful to remove the
> > squiggle they've just never known it was an option before), and stuff
> like
> > that.
>
> Install http://gnumeric.org and forget about all office software based
> on templates and styles.
>
>
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