Fairplay, thanks for all your help Iri
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Fairplay, thanks for all your help Iri
yes, it changes it when pasting to text editor too
Thanks for your help, maybe it's not just LibreOffice Writer, as it changes things on here too when I copy/paste / - I'm copying from a PDF - could that be part of the problem?
Thanks for the rapid reply. Unfortunately, no luck there. :( Also, anyone know how I can make a small circle or square above a letter (to denote stress in ESL terms) ?
Dear All, I'm having trouble copying and pasting phonemes (for ESL work) in Libre Office, it seems to auto correct them. Anyone have any advice? Thanks for reading, Gareth. [Ubuntu 12.10]
Thanks for the reply, no, i just presumed it was that to be honest - looking closely on deluge it says "no incomin connections", but doesn't tell me what to do / change - any ideas?
Dear all, I've not been using Linux for very long, so need more help! I installed adblocker and ghostery and another simlar program, but now I can't "find" them to pause them while I download...
Thanks Vasa, I've not actually had any problems with anything crashing, but was a bit alarmed at the error messages as mentioned earlier.
Hello all ):P
I'm looking for your opinions on different (OS) video editing software, - please let me know what you use and its pros and cons.
I'm just starting really, so won't need anything too...
Thanks CC,
At the risk of going off topic - what would
error message highlight # do in editor? - I've only just started to use editor for simple <html> stuff, so excuse my ignorance....
So the errors that come up when opening from terminal are normal and to be expected? I don't need to worry about something randomly closing halfway through working just because I opened it using the...
As a fellow noob, I'm enjoying working through these basic lessons for terminal:
http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/ex1.html
@ vasa - yes, odt, my mistake!
@ CC64 - Thanks, was unaware of the home / ~ replacement. Was aware of case sensitivity, but always good to reinforce the point!
Dear all,
(Hopefully) A quick question
Being a ubuntu 12.10 noob, I was wondering - do I just blindly install updates as they become available?
-Are they all tested & trusted?
-Will they...
OK after first efforts:
1. xdg-open file.extension seems to work - (I need to be in the right directory though, right? - i.e I cant open "file.odt" from home, I have to go to "documents" first?)...
Wow, thanks guys - I am really enjoying being part of the linux community (I have a system 76 so i'm in at the deep end!) - thanks for all the help people.
Will try these later and report back.
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Thanks Rooster,
That's cool - but is there a quicker way akin to the "gnome open" or "kde open" file.odf ?
Thanks for your input - it's early days for me using the terminal so learning the...
Hello again all!
Ok so I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and Unity.
I'm going through some basic lessons of using the terminal.
But how do I open a "examplefile.odf" using the terminal?
I had a...
Sorry if old dead / dying / decaying thread - but thank you very much for bringing this to my attention.:p
Thank you for your help everyone!
All solved now - as it happens, moved apartment recently and the phone socket here gives no such problem! - we're not paying for internet here or last place...
Thanks Duckhook!
Sorry (new to this game) shoulda mentioned using Ubuntu 12.10, only software loaded is GIMP, which seems to be working fine.
I will try the steps prescribed later (at work now)...
Thanks for the responses,
@Locus - I get this message when trying to download certain things on internet (so far noticed VLC & Updates)
@Sandertje - as mentioned in original post, internet...
Internet problems - avahi / .local domain
Hello all,
Please help! I'm in at the deep end learning linux on my new system 76!
My internet kind of works - I can email and I downloaded GIMP, but when I try and download VLC player I get "...
Dear all,
My first post so a hello to everyone ):P
I'm VERY new to ubuntu so need some help!
Question: Is it possible to get keyboard shortcut prompt boxes to come up when one hovers the...