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There are two areas concerned when typing accented characters, the character set itself and the keyboard layout.

There is a useful Wikipedia entry for US and UK keyboards called AltGr key showing...

Assuming that it is just one of the 12.04 systems, just one of the printers (Konica) on LibreOffice only and you have to re-cycle the printer, you don't have a different paper size default in...

If you are looking for LibreOffice on an Ubuntu 12.04 system, LibreOffice is installed in the "File System/opt/ libreofficex.y folder", where x.y represent the version. I.e. 4.2 for version 4.2. ...

Many laptops have a function key to enable/disable the touchpad. You should check to see whether yours does. On mine pressing the Fn key with F7 gives me this function. Otherwise follow the advice...

a very quick thought. Did the upgrade re-install Gnome-Screensaver? This would just blank the screen rather than run Xscreensaver. Hence any changes to Xscreensaver settings would not persist after...

Tools > Options > View on my Ubuntu 12.04 LibO 4.1 or 4.2 versions displays the USER INTERFACE menu. This allows you to choose the ICON theme and size. I have the choice of six ICON families. Have...

The current GNOME screensaver is just a blank screen. The normal Windows screensaver in contrast is similar to Xscreensaver. The default is to show a moving Windows logo. There are options to choose...

I have sometimes found similar symptoms if there is a missmatch between paper sizes. For example between A4 and Letter. Have you checked the settings in FORMAT>PAGE and that the etc/papersize file is...

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Once you select a font on the Writer screen, you will find that it will have been moved to the top of the list. this will save you waded through the list just to find a font. The whole list is there...

The default Ubuntu (12.04) system wide papersize is held in the /etc/papersize file. Check that it is set to letter for American letter or A4 for A4. The file length will be 3 for A4 and 7 for...

IF I was adding a new keyboard I would go to the KEYBOARD LAYOUT module which can be found under SYSTEM SETTINGS. On the LAYOUT tab you can add additional country keyboard. Select the Belgian...

Looks like a Belgian Keyboard according to my 1993 Keyboard Manual. The layout is described in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY. Ubuntu has a choice of 8 Belgian Keyboards with options for special...

LibreOffice 4.0.3. RC3 is available now for the adventurous. If there are no major problems RC3 will become LibO4.0. Lib4.0 can co-exist with 3.6 so you can try one and revert if you have problems....

I once had a situation when the laptop battery failed and would not hold a charge. The only way to start the computer in this case was to remove the battery and run off the mains.
Laptops often run...

There were problems with the XSCREENSAVER slideshow picking up the picture folder as there was a missing dependency libwww-perl in some distributions. I had to download the library for one of my...

To add a new printer you need to go to SYSTEM SETTINGS > PRINTER or from the terminal use system-config-printer to bring up the Printer Settings.
Click the + sign at the bottom left hand side to...

If you are using LibreOffice for writing a book, you may find the new book published by Jean Hollis Weber called "Self-Publishing using LibreOffice Writer:
How to use free software to write, design,...

kansasnoob,

Thank you first of all for your Precise Classic Tweaks and Tricks, it is invaluable.

I have also pondered what to do to look after myself and my friends systems. They are all...

I have an Aspire One D150 Intel Atom 1GB Netbook running Linux Mint 13 Mate. Screen quality seems fine, I have it set to 1024 x 600. Not as fast as my other systems with just the 1 GB.

LibreOffice with English (British), French (French) language dictionaries.

Upgraded from OpenOffice. The WordPro import feature in LibreOffice means I can junk the old windows XP system.

I was able to add a Rupee sign to go along with the € (EURO) which is already configured on my keyboards. Euro U+20AC as opposed to the new Rupee U+20B9

I just gave a small test with my Acer...

Well I use a K340 (Swiss French and Swiss German) wireless unifying keyboard as well as my normal USB English keyboard. if I forget to change the keyboard selection as I change keyboards the system...

If the " and @ are switched on a QWERTY keyboard it can be caused by the differences between the English (UK) keyboard and the English (USA). For example "£$% above the numerals and L:@ following...

I am using an Acer Aspire One (three years old) which has, I believe, a similar integrated graphics controller. (Currently Linux Mint Mate 13)
The CONTROL CENTER gives a MONITORS option which...