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Hi :)
I think we just dig up Henry I don't we?  

Initially i thought it odd that the US would use a system that no-one else still uses and call it 
"the English system" when "the English" are now all metric and the US are so proud of their 
independence!  However i then "half inched" my neighbours milk but honest guv i will walk the 
hundred yards to the newsagents later to buy a pint to repay him.  

Hmmm, suddenly realised we use both systems.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  




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 From: anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com>
To: Dries Feys <dries.feys@tvh.com> 
Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 16:00
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to other software/formats?
 

       So the metric-users weren't satisfied with the first 4 attempts  ;-)

       Wow, the old-English-system has stood the test of time better  ;-)

       BTW - when there's a queen rather than a king, whose body parts are
used  ;-)

       from the peanut-gallery's goofy section,



On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Dries Feys <dries.feys@tvh.com> wrote:

AFAIK, the inch is the English equivalent of the old continents
"duim", which is still used by plumbers and electricians. "duim" is
Dutch for "thumb", and is the width of the thumb.

About A4, I read on wikipedia, A0 is exactly 1m², where side A and B
compare to eachother by sqrt(2) (1.404). A1 is the half of A0,... A4
is the half of A3,...

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On 27 August 2013 16:41, anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com> wrote:
        and from the 10C ... we have the definitions  ;-)

The cubit was the length of the arm [Henry I's] from the tip of the
finger
to the elbow; this then subdivided into shorter units as the foot, hand
(at
4 inches used for expressing the height of horses) finger; added together
made longer units as the stride.
The yard would be "the distance from the tip of the King's nose to the
end
of his outstretched thumb".

        BTW - just what is A4 - curiously wondering;
                     here, we use 8-1/2" X 11" or legally speaking 16" X
11"
        from the peanut-gallery's historical corner  ;-)

        BTW 2 - just what is this metric system which the English Kings
seem
to be using now days  ;-)
              yet they still drive on the left  ;-)



From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to
other software/formats?
To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>, Info/UX <infoux@gmx.com>
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org


A unit of measurement in what is commonly known as the “English” system.

Virgil



From: Tom Davies
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:44 PM
To: Info/UX ; Virgil Arrington
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to
other software/formats?

Hi :)
What's an inch?

Regards from
Tom :)



From: Info/UX <infoux@gmx.com>
To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
Cc: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>; users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 0:22
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to
other software/formats?


Hahaha. I just wish we could have an agreed standard! ;-)

Ryan



On 27/08/13 00:15, Virgil Arrington wrote:

When will you guys across the pond realize that “normal” letter paper is
8.5 by 11 inches?

Virgil
From: Tom Davies
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:04 PM
To: Info/UX ; Virgil Arrington
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported
to
other software/formats?
  Hi :)
Good point about using US-letter!  That might make the

              biggest difference!

Even though US-letter is only widely available in the US

              and the rest of the world tends to print on A4 it is still
              fairly rare to find computers set-up to print to A4.  That
              might make more difference than which method you use.

Regards from
Tom :)





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From: Info/UX <infoux@gmx.com>
To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
Cc: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>; users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Monday, 26 August 2013, 23:40
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported
to
other software/formats?


Thanks, Virgil.

My documents are similar to yours. One last question

                    then I'll give you

guys some peace. :-) Would making a page style with

                    page size "letter"

and with a footer be considered LO specific? I don't

                    need anything more

intricate than that.

Thanks for the tip regarding Atlantis. I only have

                    Linux at home so will

probably stick with LO.

Thanks again. Your replies have helped a lot.

Regards,
Ryan

On 26/08/13 23:29, Virgil Arrington wrote:

My documents tend to be *really* basic in terms

                    of formatting.
Typically, they are either legal or academic
                    style papers. I'm a heavy
user of paragraph styles and won't work without
                    them.
I tend to do my entire document as an .odt and

                    then at the end convert
to .doc as necessary. I'd use the paragraph
                    styles, but I would avoid
LO specific methods.
Another option is a shareware word processor

                    called Atlantis. It's a
lightweight clone of pre 2007 Word (e.g., no
                    ribbon) with a $35.00
registration. I often use it when Word
                    compatibility is paramount. It
does nearly everything *exactly* like Word. I
                    honestly don't know why
MS hasn't sued them, it's that close. It
                    doesn't support tables, but
other than that, it will handle simple formats
                    very well and will
produce a result that Word should read fairly
                    well.
Virgil

   From: Info/UX
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 5:38 PM
To: Tom Davies
Cc: Virgil Arrington ; users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice

                    paragraph styles exported
to other software/formats?
Thanks, Tom, Virgil.

If I wanted to use different text body styles

                    throughout I would
probably have made new styles and called them
                    text body 1, 2, etc.
Luckily nothing like that is needed in this
                    case. But I have created my
simple template with basic paragraph and page
                    styles.
So, in trying to process the information in

                    both of your replies, I feel
I now have two options: (1) Keep with the MS
                    formats (.docx, but .doc if
possible) and format with minimal use of LO's
                    special features (even so,
I'd rather use styles than format everything
                    manually), (2) Start a
blank .odt and copy and paste my article
                    content and load the styles
from my template and save to doc later (and
                    maybe then to docx on a
windows machine).
Which method do you think would give the best

                    results? The priority is
for the finished pieces to look consistent in
                    MS Word... and also allow
other people to edit the .docs in Word with
                    minimal quirky things
going on.
Thanks for all this advice.

Regards,
Ryan

On 26/08/13 21:18, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
If you can use MS Office to do some final

                    proof-reading then you are
unlikely to have any problems.
We have been assuming that is not possible

                    and that would make the
final outcome uncertain.  Being able to
                    quickly scroll through before
sending it out into the world kinda
                    eliminates that uncertainty.
If you can keep all your 'originals' in Odt

                    format and then at the
end convert to Doc format then you should
                    find that there are no
surprises.

Virgil seems to be talking about a very

                    specific set of styles or
method of using styles.  He is talking
                    about changing styles (such as
changing the font of "text body") on
                    different pages within the same
document.  If you need to do that it might
                    be worth creating
duplicates of the styles and then modifying
                    the duplicates?  I'm not
sure how to deal with that but Virgil has
                    probably found a
work-around if needed.

I would keep copies of

                    photos/images/art/logos near the original Odts
just in case you do run into problems.  LO
                    does have an extremely
rare intermittent bug that is difficult to
                    pin down but seems to be
getting rarer and rarer as code clean-up
                    goes on.  You know that you
can rename files from .Odt or .DocX to .Zip
                    and then double-click to
see the Xml coding inside along with
                    folders for various things such
as images. Sometimes it can be a neat way
                    to fix problems but it's a
bit risky.  The Xml tags and such are very
                    different in the 2 formats
so just renaming .Odt to .DocX might create
                    fairly serious problems.
Stick with the "Save As ...".  the Doc
                    format doesn't open in that
way and doesn't hold images in an image
                    format which is another
reason i suggest keeping a copy of images
                    nearby.
Also i have sometimes found that mysterious

                    things happen during the
course of a Word document.  So to save
                    myself a lot of time i tend to
start with a fresh new Odt and then use
Ctrl Shift v
to paste in "unformatted text" and then

                    apply styles (and maybe
modfied the styles after to watch the mod
                    ripple through the
document). Occasionally i have wanted to
                    "just do something quickly"
and then been frustrated by some weird bit
                    of insane MS formatting
that just keeps throwing up problems until
                    i relent and do the "start
again from scratch" approach which has then
                    typically taken just a
few minutes even if the problem seemed
                    intractable.
Regards from
Tom :)




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*From:* Info/UX <infoux@gmx.com>
*To:* Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
*Cc:* users@global.libreoffice.org
*Sent:* Monday, 26 August 2013, 19:23
*Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users]

                    LibreOffice paragraph styles
exported to other software/formats?
Thanks, Virgil.

I can probably alter any lists when I work

                    in an MS environment at the
final stage of formatting.
Regarding page formatting — I'm wondering

                    if I use slightly more
advanced features of LibreOffice to get my
                    results whether it would
cause more problems when working in Word. I
                    am trying to keep the
process relatively simple. The articles
                    only need to have consistent
fonts and spacing and perhaps one page
                    break for the bibliographies. I
have starting created a LibreOffice
                    template with customised paragraph
styles and some changes to the page style.
                    I was planning to apply this
to the .docs. As long as 90% or so of my
                    formatting would transfer to
Word, I don't mind making some manual
                    adjustments at that stage.
Thanks,
Ryan

On 26/08/13 13:00, Virgil Arrington wrote:
In my experience, most paragraph
                    styles tend to translate well to
MS-Word formats. However, I've had
                    problems with the alignment of
automatic numbering and/or bullets. LO
                    and MSW seem to align them
differently.
One bigger difference, however, is the
                    way the two formats handle page
formatting. LO uses page styles to
                    change formatting from one page to
another, whereas Word does not. It
                    uses section breaks to make such
page formatting changes, and I've
                    found discrepancies in translating
page formatting between the two.
Virgil

From: Info/UX
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 1:38 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org <mailto:users@global.**
libreoffice.org <users@global.libreoffice.org>>
Subject: [libreoffice-users]
                    LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to
other software/formats?
Hello,

Apologies if this is a basic question.
                    I've been given some
documents to
format according to certain style
                    guidelines. The files are mostly
.docx
and .doc and must be sent off in this
                    format. I work only with
LibreOffice. My questions is, if I
                    format the articles using paragraph
and page styles rather than just
                    directly changing the format in the
body of the document, will the
                    formatting be maintained when the
documents are opened in MS Office? I
                    am not concerned with small
discrepancies that can be tweaked
                    later on, rather whether this method
of formatting generally transfers
                    well. Again, sorry if it's a silly
question.
Many thanks.
Ryan

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