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Re: A small puzzle.

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: A small puzzle.
Date 2022-09-04 14:06 +0200
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On 2022-09-04 11:04, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 03/09/2022 17:13, Rich wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> I fired up libre office to compose a crib sheet, and wanted to make a
>>> table have solid lines, so I went looking through the menus. 5 minutes
>>> later I hadn't found the right menu screen so I gave up.
>>
>> On the slightly off chance you still want to know:
> 
> There is always next time...
>>
>> With the text insertion cursor somewhere inside a cell of the table,
>> right click and pick "table properties".
>>
>> In the window that will appear, pick the "borders" tab.
>>
>> Here you can pick line thickness/color (although usually 'thin' and
>> 'black' are defaults.  In the upper left, under "Line Arrangement" (at
>> least that is what is says for my LibreOffice version) there are
>> several small icons under "default".  On mine, the fourth button from
>> the left, if hovered over, says "Set Outer Border and All Inner Lines".
>> Clicking that (and then pressing "ok") will set the table to have "all
>> the lines" printed.
> 
> I know how to do it once the right screen is selected, I couldn't work 
> out how to get to that screen.
> 
> Libre office is really a page layout engine these days. Except that the 
> one I use for that - Scribus - is actually easier to use.
> 
> The only thing that Libre office is good for in my personal workspace is 
> long reports or books. where the pain of setting up the formatting is 
> offset by the length of the book

If you are going to write a book, use other tools, like LyX, or full 
Latex if you are up to it.

> 
> It is another project lost to the weed of creeping fearuurism and lack 
> of pruning
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-03 01:03 +0100
  Re: A small puzzle. "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-09-02 20:14 -0400
  Re: A small puzzle. not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-09-03 11:49 +1000
    Re: A small puzzle. Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-09-02 21:30 -0700
      Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-03 11:06 +0100
        Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-03 13:59 +0200
          Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-03 13:31 +0100
            Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-03 21:59 +0200
              Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-04 10:05 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-04 13:50 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-04 13:19 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-04 22:17 +0200
      Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-03 14:01 +0200
        Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-03 13:34 +0100
          Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-03 22:02 +0200
            Re: A small puzzle. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-09-03 20:25 +0000
              Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-04 10:23 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-04 13:58 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-09-05 09:29 +1000
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-05 00:41 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2022-09-05 11:41 +1000
                Re: A small puzzle. "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-09-05 00:40 -0400
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-05 06:49 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-09-04 23:03 -0700
                Re: A small puzzle. "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-09-05 20:00 -0400
                Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-06 12:50 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-06 15:24 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-05 08:28 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-05 10:38 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-05 11:11 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-05 17:54 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-05 17:24 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-05 22:13 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-06 09:04 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-09-05 22:27 +0000
                Re: A small puzzle. "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-09-05 22:26 -0400
                Re: A small puzzle. "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-09-05 19:58 -0400
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-05 06:47 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2022-09-05 17:44 +1000
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-05 09:34 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-05 10:42 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-05 11:15 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-05 18:03 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-09-05 09:43 -0700
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-05 19:25 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-06 08:12 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-06 09:07 +0100
                Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-05 15:11 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-09-06 08:34 +1000
                Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-05 15:22 +0200
            Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-04 10:16 +0100
              Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-04 14:04 +0200
                Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-04 13:26 +0100
              Re: A small puzzle. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2022-09-04 13:23 +0000
    Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-03 10:56 +0100
    Re: A small puzzle. Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-202209.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2022-09-04 17:17 +0200
  Re: A small puzzle. Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2022-09-03 09:11 +0200
    Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-03 11:19 +0100
      Re: A small puzzle. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2022-09-03 16:13 +0000
        Re: A small puzzle. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-04 10:04 +0100
          Re: A small puzzle. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-09-04 14:06 +0200

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