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Hi :)
Oh, i thought the user-profile could be copied around from any platform to any other platform quite 
happily.  I think that way it's probably best to copy the user-profile before doing a reinstall or 
an upgrade or even before the initial install.  


My problem with trying any of that is that i keep finding new settings or configurations that i 
really like and then wish that everyone else had the same.  Some turn out to be painful after-all 
even though a it seemed good for the first few days.  So the problem is more about my lack of 
decisiveness and general wander-lust than a difficulty with the software.  


Regards from
Tom :)  






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From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 16:03
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]


I save my setup file/folder [Ubuntu] and a list of the add ons that I 
normally use, in a folder to be used to setup any other LO install.  I 
know that the Ubuntu setup files/folders do not work on a Windows 
system, but it is a good practice to have a backup of all of the 
profile/files/extensions you have if you need to "kill" a corrupt one.  
But with all of the extensions/templates/etc. file in one folder, then I 
can copy them onto a thumb drive with the Windows install files for LO 
and have everything needed to give any machine the same "stuff" as you 
use on your main system.  I add to that all of the fonts I have 
installed in my ".fonts" folder as well so I will not be missing any 
needed fonts when editing documents on my laptops [XP and the 
Vista/Ubuntu dual booting laptops] that were created on my Ubuntu desktop.

I never like to edit a setup file directly instead of modifying the 
package through the options/preferences editing system within the 
package itself.  One can get into a lot of trouble if they make a 
"stupid" error in their editing.

On 11/21/2012 08:48 AM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
Wow!  If there was some way of saving the User Profile of a perfect set-up and then uploading 
that to the Extensions website then it might help a lot of people get idealised set-ups quite 
quickly.  There was something about using an xcu file so that all users of a Windows machine 
would start with the same basic set-up but despite people trying to help me with it i never got 
around to implementing it.
Regards from
Tom :)






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From: VA <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 13:12
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]

These questions raise an interesting design decision made by LibO.

When it comes to Autocorrect, I've noticed that, by default, LibO enables all of the 
Autocorrect options. LibO naturally assumes that, if I type a "(c)", what I REALLY want is a 
copyright symbol. It seems to me that is the same faulty assumption that has made people so 
frustrated with MS Word; the software publisher decide what people want and sets the defaults 
accordingly.

Every time I load a fresh install of LibO, the first thing I have to do is go into Autocorrect 
and disable nearly all of the options. I think it would make more sense for the default install 
to have Autocorrect disabled and allow the user to enable it as desired.

Virgil

-----Original Message----- From: Brian Barker
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:43 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]

At 15:11 20/11/2012 -0500, Charles Meyer wrote:

Right now, I'd appreciate it if anyone can please share how to do the following in Writer?

1. Suppress header on the first page of a text document

Use different page styles for the first and subsequent pages.  Set
the header only for the subsequent pages (or use an empty header on
the first page).  Either insert a manual page break after the first
page or set the subsequent page style as the "next style" for the
first page style.  The existing "First Page" and "Default" page
styles will do this for you automatically.


2. Keep a dotted line across a page without it automatically becoming a solid line

Either disable the facility at Tools | AutoCorrect Options... |
Options | Apply Border or - more easily - just use Edit | Undo (or
Ctrl+Z) immediately the unwanted correction occurs.


3. Change line spacing - context menu - where's that?

Paragraph... | Indents & Spacing | Line spacing or Edit Paragraph
Style... | Indents & Spacing | Line spacing, as appropriate.


4. Suppressing hyperlinks

Disable at Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options | URL Recognition
or use Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z) as above.  Or right-click | Remove Hyperlink.


5. Indents  - where and how to change

Paragraph... | Indents & Spacing | Indent or Edit Paragraph Style...
| Indents & Spacing | Indent.


6. Turn on/off Fast Save - so document doesn't leave personal info in a document

See Tools | Options... | Load/Save | General and File | Properties...
| General.


7. Turn on/off the Track Changes tool

Edit | Changes > | Record.


8. Strike-through a word or sentence - context menu again?

Character... | Font Effects | Strikethrough or Edit Paragraph
Style... | Font Effects | Strikethrough.


9. Eliminating hard returns

Depends on exactly what you want to do.  Use "$" in regular
expressions in Find & Replace.


10. Print file list of file names in a sub-directory

Ask your operating system.

11. (The question you didn't ask)  Where do I find the answers to
these questions?

Download the Writer Guide or study the embedded help system.  Or both.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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