Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-25 Thread Luuk
On 25-02-11 05:41, T. R. Valentine wrote: Excel could NOT do it. Or, you do not know how to do it? (i've never worked with Excel2007, but did 'some' things in Excel2003) -- Luuk -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Update from 3.3.1-rc-2 to 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Luuk
On 24-02-11 17:25, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2011-02-24 8:36 AM, Luuk wrote: On 24-02-11 13:08, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2011-02-23 2:26 PM, Luuk wrote: Thanks, but what I would like is to see this precise info *on* *the* *download* *page*. i agree that this info is missing But i also have

[libreoffice-users] Re: comments are disappearing

2011-02-25 Thread lnvas
Andy convenientpark...@gmail.com wrote (02/24/2011 issue 157_2886): I've been using LibreOffice for a couple months now to grade student's papers, to which I append ample comments. I've just discovered that when I save the document in Microsoft 2007 format and then open it up again, all the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't Install LibreOffice on Fedora 14 with OpenOffice

2011-02-25 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:02:07 -0800 (PST) Bad2theBone skotch...@gmail.com wrote: What is the status of this issue? I have the same problem. I have both OOo LO installed but cannot install the desktop-environment rpm for redhat-menu. What is the commands to launch each app, so for now I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fill cells with hatched lines/patterns

2011-02-25 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Scott, On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:26:41 -0500 Scott Jones srjone...@gmail.com wrote: How do I use my own picture as a background? I haven't done this myself yet, but here's the description from the LibO help file: Graphics in the Background of Cells 1. Choose Insert - Picture - From File.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

2011-02-25 Thread Tom Davies
From: Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 25 February, 2011 5:05:37 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list On 2011-02-24 16:15:03 -0700, e-letter said: May I suggest to try Eudora open source edition

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-25 Thread plino
VALUE and TIMEVALUE apply to TEXT strings ONLY both in Excel and LibO If you want to parse a value field you have to use different functions How did you import the Tab delimited file to LibO? -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problema agrupar-desagrupar datos

2011-02-25 Thread Helmar
Yes Tom Translanting is more than only translating.. is makin it understandable for those who´s going to use the Suite... As a native Brazilian I contribute with traductions of LibO documentation... and I can say that at least in Brazilian Portuguese the machine translators would generate a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Update from 3.3.1-rc-2 to 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Joachim Wiedorn
MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote on 2011-02-23 11:46: On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Manfred J. Krause courrier.oou.fr@googlemail.com wrote: Yes. This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.3.1 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that

[libreoffice-users] Multi language settings?

2011-02-25 Thread Arda Tunccekic
Hi , I installed LibreOffice on my ubuntu pc with the following command: apt-get install libreoffice Now, under Tools-Options-Language Settings-Languages menu, there is only one Language available. User Interface : Default English (USA) How can I install/choose another language? Thank

[libreoffice-users] update option

2011-02-25 Thread Luiz Oliveira
Passing on a question raised in the local list: What happened to the option of online update BrOffice 3.3? When trying to upgrade to 3.3.1 I noticed that there was this option? Been removed permanently or will return? Does anyone know why? I thank everyone's attention! Rgds, ((Fabio Farias))

Re: [libreoffice-users] Word crashes when exporting larg file to XP format - bug report

2011-02-25 Thread Mimosa Murr
My distro's repos have moved to 3.3.1, and that particular issue no longer ocurs with that file. I've noticed a few other glitches that add up to quite a buggy impression, though - if this persists in 3.3.1, I'll report here. On 23 February 2011 13:11, Mimosa Murr mim...@gmail.com wrote: I just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't Install LibreOffice on Fedora 14 with OpenOffice

2011-02-25 Thread Scott Castaline
On 02/25/2011 04:49 AM, Sigrid Carrera wrote: Hi, On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:02:07 -0800 (PST) Bad2theBoneskotch...@gmail.com wrote: What is the status of this issue? I have the same problem. I have both OOo LO installed but cannot install the desktop-environment rpm for redhat-menu. What is the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: comments are disappearing

2011-02-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I guess the detailed answer is to ask which operating system you are using; Windows, Linux (such as Ubuntu, Edubuntu, Mint, Salix ...), BSD or Mac? For Windows probably the best program is WinRar http://www.win-rar.com/download.html WinRar is available for Windows, Linux, BSD and Mac

[libreoffice-users] Writer Merge File

2011-02-25 Thread Mark Stanton
After some experimenting it seems to me that if I set up a Writer document to link to a csv file as its datasource it stays with exactly that file. If I try to include new data by making a new version of the merge file (ie, exactly the same name), I don't get the new data, only the old data.

[libreoffice-users] Updating to 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Barry Premeaux
I have 3.3.0 on a Ubuntu 9.10 machine. I was wondering if I have to remove it in order to update to 3.3.1? Since that was the procedure for moving from the rc's to the final. Does it still apply here? Barry -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

[libreoffice-users] Thousands of donors contribute €50,000 in just eight days to The Document Foundation

2011-02-25 Thread Florian Effenberger
Thousands of donors contribute €50,000 in just eight days to The Document Foundation LibreOffice Community accomplishes next major milestone Ongoing donations to support marketing, infrastructure and development The Community around LibreOffice, the free personal productivity suite, has

[libreoffice-users] Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi, I used Open Office from the time it was in beta. When LibreOffice 3.3.0 came out, I switched. I applaud what the document foundation is doing. Two days ago I upgraded to LibreOffice 3.3.1. I'm running it on Ubuntu 10.10 on 4 computers and all 4 have the same issue. There is a major bug

[libreoffice-users] Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Tractor
Hi, I used Open Office from the time it was in beta. When LibreOffice 3.3.0 came out, I switched. I applaud what the document foundation is doing. Two days ago I upgraded to LibreOffice 3.3.1. The updating went perfectly. I'm running it on Ubuntu 10.10. There is a major bug in the base program

Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Mieszko Kaczmarczyk
W dniu 25.02.2011 16:24, Thorne pisze: How do I upgrade my libreoffice install? I have win xp home with sp3.. there is no update setting on my install... Download new version and install it. Install auto-magic remove old version and put new one. Mieszko -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Multi language settings?

2011-02-25 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 02/25/2011 07:16 AM, Arda Tunccekic wrote: Hi , I installed LibreOffice on my ubuntu pc with the following command: apt-get install libreoffice Now, under Tools-Options-Language Settings-Languages menu, there is only one Language available. User Interface : Default English (USA) How

Re: [libreoffice-users] Post is not showing up

2011-02-25 Thread Ron Gregor
James, Thanks - I finally did get my subscription confirmation. I will try to email to list again. Ron On 25 Feb 2011 at 17:39, James Wilde wrote: On Feb 24, 2011, at 19:24 , Ron Gregor wrote: How long does a post take to show up? I have tried to submit a a post yesterday

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Merge File

2011-02-25 Thread Mark Stanton
Yes, there is. Use the mailmerge wizard to get you started. Mark Stanton -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problema agrupar-desagrupar datos

2011-02-25 Thread Lisi
On Friday 25 February 2011 14:04:06 Tom Davies wrote: Yes, a little strangeness can be amusing or interesting (or even sexy from a right person) But if you are being given instructions on how to do something, and you can't make head or tail of the translation, it ceases to be any of those.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Post is not showing up

2011-02-25 Thread Scott Castaline
On 02/24/2011 01:24 PM, Ron Gregor wrote: How long does a post take to show up? I have tried to submit a a post yesterday and again today. If a post is rejected will we be notified? How can we tell is subscription was finalized? I replied to confirmation email but then nothing? Thanks, Ron

Re: [libreoffice-users] Post is not showing up

2011-02-25 Thread Ron Gregor
That's because I sent the email yesterday. That's why I was asking how long it takes for posts to show up. I don't know what is causing the delay but if you multiple post from me it was because after so long I tried to resend it. Thanks, Ron On 25 Feb 2011 at 14:12, Scott Castaline wrote:

[libreoffice-users] Separate alignment in TOC

2011-02-25 Thread Rhot
Hello! Recently I faced quite annoying problem regarding table of contents formatting. My story: All my colleagues at work (including the director) use MS Word 2007, but I prefer LO. So, my boss ain't against my fairy use of open-source software, but he requests to follow certain rules of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread cscj01
Don, I had exactly the same problem. Mine actually started with OOo Base when Sun Java was upgraded to 1.6.20. I upgraded Sun Java to 1.6.22, and that fixed the problem. Then I switched to LibreOffice and all was still okay. But Sun Java was upgraded to 1.6.24, and the problem was back

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Don C. Myers
Thank you for the help. I do know that the Java 1.6.0_24 update came through about the same time as I did the LibreOffice upgrade. So it may have just been coincidence that I had the problem with LibreOffice 3.3.1 and not 3.3.0. I completely uninstalled Java 1.6.0_24 and unchecked the Partner

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base form editing/creation impossible, missing dialog boxes and Menu bars

2011-02-25 Thread cscj01
I can attest to the fact that installing from the debs AFTER removing any existing LO and OOo files fixes this problem. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Base-form-editing-creation-impossible-missing-dialog-boxes-and-Menu-bars-tp2369127p2578144.html Sent from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread cscj01
Well, sun-java6-bin and sun-java6-jre were both there in Synaptic for me. I do have *http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu Maverick Main* as a source for Maverick for both deb and deb-src. Perhaps it came from there. You can try to add those two sources.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Post is not showing up

2011-02-25 Thread Tinkerer
My posts show up all right. My problem is ,though I have subscribed three time and confirmed, I still get all my posts held awaiting acceptance. Lrt us see how this one goes. Tink. -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

2011-02-25 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Cliff Scott ke6...@qsl.net wrote: I just updated LO 3.3.0 with 3.3.1 on my W2K machine which went very well. I picked up all the settings and extensions as it should. One very strange thing, though it changed all the icons for OOo 3.3.0 to the new LO icons.

Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

2011-02-25 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk wrote: This might be a thread hijack (sorry), but I've not been able to set LO to be my default for opening... Anything at all.  Windows (XP Home) doesn't offer it to me at all, only OO.  Yes, I do have both still installed,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

2011-02-25 Thread Ken Springer
On 2011-02-25 04:33:15 -0700, Tom Davies said: Something much heavier with a load more functionality is Evolution which is also free and OpenSource. I don't think I ever mentioned it in this thread, but I'm on a Mac. Ken -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] Footnote separator

2011-02-25 Thread Marc Grober
The LibreOffice documentation suggests that there should be an option to alter the footnote/endnote - but I am unable to locate any place where the size/location of the area or the location, size, etc of the separator can be set. Can some tell me why this option is not visible and why the

[libreoffice-users] soffice.bin - Entry Point Not Found

2011-02-25 Thread Ernest H Harris
I just installed LibreOffice 3.3.1. The installation appears to be successful. However, when I attempt to run the program, I receive the message: soffice.bin - Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point osl_setEnvironment could not be located in the dynamic link library sal3.dll. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base form editing/creation impossible, missing dialog boxes and Menu bars

2011-02-25 Thread Don C. Myers
Update: Here is how I have been installing LibreOffice: 1. Downloaded the Debian version from LibreOffice.org 2. Extracting the download to the desktop 3. In the terminal running the following commands: (The exact commands vary with the version) 4. sudo apt-get remove

Re: [libreoffice-users] Separate alignment in TOC

2011-02-25 Thread Simon Cropper
On 26/02/11 07:16, Rhot wrote: Hello! Recently I faced quite annoying problem regarding table of contents formatting. My story: All my colleagues at work (including the director) use MS Word 2007, but I prefer LO. So, my boss ain't against my fairy use of open-source software, but he requests

Re: [libreoffice-users] Footnote separator

2011-02-25 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Marc Grober m...@interak.com wrote: The LibreOffice documentation suggests that there should be an option to alter the footnote/endnote - but I am unable to locate any place where the size/location of the area or the location, size, etc of the separator can be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base form editing/creation impossible, missing dialog boxes and Menu bars

2011-02-25 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote: Update: Here is how I have been installing LibreOffice:  1. Downloaded the Debian version from LibreOffice.org  2. Extracting the download to the desktop  3. In the terminal running the following commands: (The

Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Cliff Scott
** Reply to message from Thorne thorne.olin...@gmail.com on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:24:58 -0500 How do I upgrade my libreoffice install? I have win xp home with sp3.. there is no update setting on my install... Install over the top of the last one. If you do that then you keep all the setups and

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Solved] Re: Odd files in Help|Contents

2011-02-25 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 02/25/2011 08:29 PM, Cliff Scott wrote: ** Reply to message from Charles Marcuscmar...@media-brokers.com on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:14:22 -0500 On 2011-02-24 6:46 PM, NoOp wrote: Disregard. I went back and did a reinstall/repair and found that there were dictionaries installed for just about

Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread Vic Dura
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:29:38 -0600, Cliff Scott ke6...@qsl.net wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1: ** Reply to message from Thorne thorne.olin...@gmail.com on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:24:58 -0500 How do I upgrade my libreoffice install? I have win xp home with sp3.. there

[libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-25 Thread NoOp
On 02/25/2011 06:31 PM, Vic Dura wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:29:38 -0600, Cliff Scott ke6...@qsl.net wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1: ** Reply to message from Thorne thorne.olin...@gmail.com on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:24:58 -0500 How do I upgrade my libreoffice

[libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

2011-02-25 Thread Ken Springer
On 2011-02-25 15:52:13 -0700, MR ZenWiz said: Evolution is part of Gnome, but I'm pretty sure it is available for all platforms. I'd go check the Gnome home and see, or just Google for it. On the Evolution download page, no installers, packages, etc. seem to be available there. Only source