Re: [libreoffice-users] shortcut keys for LibreOffice under Linux

Hi :)
Errr, i wouldn't have thought of poking around in the bios but it's a
brilliant idea!
Regards from
Tom :)


On 14 August 2014 08:36, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi :)
> I agree with Jean-Francois Nifenecker that it might be worth poking
> around in the Bios.
>
> It's a scary thing for most normal users but i'm guessing you've already
> had a look back when you changed the boot-order to install non-Windows.
> So, you already know that you can poke around quite a bit to explore and
> then escape without saving changes.
>
> I tend to use that "Exit without saving changes" to allow me to explore,
> exit and then back in again to make the specific changes i want.  Also i
> find it's worth taking photos of the different screens before making
> adjustments or to jot down the changes i make so that if it does go weird i
> can get it back to the way it was before without having to take the mbord
> battery out to reset it.
>
>
> Windows wont have any effect on anything outside of itself.  It can't even
> see non-Windows partitions and often claims such things don't exist.
>
> However there is firmware but that is between the hardware manufacturer
> and your machine.  It's nothing to do with MS.
>
> Some distros are better at hardware detection than others.  Some prefer
> one set of defaults others prefer different configurations.  Apparently
> Mint is the only one to think that you might prefer the manufacturers
> defaults rather than the FOSS ones.
>
>
> An interesting thread!  Thanks! :))
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> On 14 August 2014 06:29, Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa@hb.tp1.jp> wrote:
>
> > (2014/08/14 12:39), Tim Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > > I downloaded Mint 17 which is running LO 4.2.3.3. I looked in writer and
> > > calc where F5 and F11 were behaving as normal (navigator & styles and
> > > formatting).
> > >
> > > I have noted though that behaviour is not consistent across the distros
> > > you have tested which may point at Mint. I can't for the life of me think
> > > why though!
> > >
> > > I was one of the respondents to your post on linuxquestions. A
> > > suggestion...let's give it another day for responses to filter through
> > > there. If nothing useful comes out, how about asking the linuxquestions
> > > admin people to move the post to the mint forum? I think reps of the distro
> > > hang around at that forum so may be able to advise one way or the other.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > >
> > > On 14/08/14 12:31, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> > >
> > > > (2014/08/14 10:55), Paul wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > > >  I also thought about that already, although I have currently no idea
> > > > how to change that keyboard behavior.
> > > > BUT ... if that were true ..would / should LibreOffice not behave in
> > > > the same way under Ubuntu (Unity desktop), Xubuntu (XFCE) and Mint
> > > > (Cinnamon)?
> > > >
> > > > If I revall correctly (this is an old PC of my daugther), I borrowed it
> > > > a few years back when I had to spend a week away from home.
> > > > At that time the PC was running Windows Vista and I used LibreOffice in
> > > > that environment, but do not remember any such behavior ...
> > >  Thank you all!
> > By now I figured out, that you have to combine EVERY function key with
> > the Fn key.
> > If you do so, it works. Have not yet tested all possible combinations.
> >
> > This is not perfect, but I will still with this, and not go back to Unity.
> >
> >
> >
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