Re: [libreoffice-users] Thanks for the advice Tom!!!

Hi :)
Thanks all :)  [takes a bow]


I really appreciate you guys too :)

Regards from
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com>
> To: Tom <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> 
> Cc: Ian <whitfield@telkomsa.net>; users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 7 March 2013, 18:05
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Thanks for the advice Tom!!!
>
>
>        I agree with you Ian!
>
>        Cleaning out the cache ... re-booting ... ... ... 
>            I think these are used to confound us  ;-)
>
>        Without Tom, many of us could remain befuddled  ;-)
>           so I hope, Tom, you continue to spread your helpful hints.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Hi :)
> > Lqtm :)  Thanks :)  Yes, it's a magic "waggle the wires" type of answer that a lot of much more 
> > knowledgeable people miss. 
> >
> > On Ubuntu's Launchpad pseudo-forums for questions about sound issues i got used to asking the 
> > standard questions Mark Rijckenburg would usually ask, to save him the time.  In the same 1st 
> > response i would casually mention it worth unplugging and re-plugging the little green plug and 
> > the speaker's power-supply and switch the speakers on again.   Just doing  that seemed to fix 
> > around 60%-80% of problems! 
> >
> > As a menu item it would need to say something like  "Reset LibreOffice back to factory defaults" 
> > but a few people might get an unexpectedly more pure set of defaults than they originally had 
> > because the version in their distro's repo or versions on unofficial sites or Cd/Dvds might have 
> > already been tweaked. 
> >
> > Anyway, i'm glad the magic worked :) 
> > Regards from
> > Tom :) 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: Ian Whitfield <whitfield@telkomsa.net>
> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > Sent: Thursday, 7 March 2013, 7:32
> > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Thanks for the advice Tom!!!
> >
> > > Hi Tom
> > >
> > > Just a "Shout Out" to you my friend!!
> > >
> > > I have noticed over the years that you are a regular informer to people having problems with LO 
> > > (Me included!!) And that you frequently tell them to" Rename your Profile".
> > >
> > > Well this week I was doing some work on comparing two printouts from two different Databases 
> > > looking for common names, duplicates and missing names. I had pulled both lists into Calc and 
> > > was happily getting the job done when LO froze-up, started writing to the HDD for some time and 
> > > then crashed.
> > >
> > > I said a few choice words and re-started - 10 mins later it happened again. I re-booted the 
> > > whole system and tried again - same thing.
> > >
> > > I re-created the Calc file and tried again - same result!!
> > >
> > > By this time my choice words were getting VERY colourful!! I sat back and thought about the 
> > > problem. Then I remembered your frequent advice to "Rename the Profile" so I gave it a go.
> > >
> > > MAGIC - all returned to its usual perfect condition and I have had no more problems.
> > >
> > > Thanks Tom for pushing the fix and to have kept reminding us of it. I almost feel that a "Rename 
> > > Profile" option should be added to the Menu - what do you think!!??
> > >
> > > All the best and keep it up Tom
> > >
> > > IanW
> > > Pretoria RSA
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