Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent Documents list

2013-01-16 Thread e-letter
On 15/01/2013, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 15:36 14/01/2013 -0600, Caesar Noname wrote: Re: LO 3.6.4 on Windows XP In both Writer and Calc if one clicks on File - Recent Documents they are presented with a list of up to ten of the most recently accessed documents. Is

[libreoffice-users] Re: Embedded Java

2013-01-16 Thread Tom
Hi :) Hmmm, OpenJDK apparently was affected too. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894172 Apparently it was posted on the US's Homeland security website! Not sure if this is the link as i got a bit lost

Re: [libreoffice-users] Did you get my Hyperlink message?

2013-01-16 Thread Dan Lewis
On 01/15/2013 09:28 PM, rjh wrote: sorry everyone I have made it public now :-) http://youtu.be/T3XH5AO2jws I think you have found a bug! You need to file a bug report. The hyperlink is not working like it should. --Dan -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc sliding scale formulae?

2013-01-16 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Jay, Thank you. Your input is appreciated. My comments below. On 10/01/13 19:36, Jay Lozier wrote: On 01/10/2013 10:38 AM, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi, I am using Calc 3.4.5 on openSuSe Linux 11.2 I am working on a spreadsheet to cater for the monthly measurement of household

Re: [libreoffice-users] Did you get my Hyperlink message?

2013-01-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you can find a work-around or avoid using that then it takes the pressure off as there are never enough devs in any project to fix things fast enough.  However posting a bug-report does at least mean they will get around to it some day https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent Documents list

2013-01-16 Thread Caesar
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:33:49 -0500, Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent Documents list: On 01/14/2013 04:36 PM, Caesar wrote: Hello all, Re: LO 3.6.4 on Windows XP In both Writer and Calc if one clicks on File - Recent Documents they are presented

[libreoffice-users] Broken file

2013-01-16 Thread Sandy Harris
I've been editing a file that is in Word .doc format using L-O 3.6 on Xubuntu Linux, with all updates Xubuntu provides. File was created by L-O on this system as ODF, later converted to Word format for some sharing. Formatting is not remarkably complex; headings and bulleted lists but no graphics

[libreoffice-users] Selection List editing

2013-01-16 Thread JeepNut
Have looked for an hour online and in the help texts trying to figure out how to edit what I see in the Selection List when I right click on a cell in Calc and get the pulldown list. I've been through the data validity drill but see nothing in the list there. And I've gone through the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Embedded Java

2013-01-16 Thread NoOp
On 01/13/2013 05:35 AM, James Knott wrote: Jay Lozier wrote: Yes, all OS's are affected because Java is cross platform. I am not sure if any of the previous version are affected or if only the current release is affected. The primary concern is Java applets run by your browser. The

Re: [libreoffice-users] sparklines under LibreOffice (and OpenOffice) on Windows

2013-01-16 Thread anne-ology
I'm not sure I understand; but ... possibly all you need to do is click on the taskbar - choose which files-toolbars-... you wish to see vs. those you wish to hide. On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Boris Epstein borepst...@gmail.comwrote: Hello all,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent Documents list

2013-01-16 Thread anne-ology
Just wondering why one would use the recent-list rather than going to the file, locating the file, then opening it ;-) To me, that's the simplest way of locating documents - an added benefit is finding the excess that may have piled up; as when the document was saved

Re: [libreoffice-users] Broken file

2013-01-16 Thread Sandy Harris
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: Is there another recovery method worth trying? Possibility: Open the file in Wordpad, save it as a text file. Open the file in LO and reformat it. Yes, I could do that or install Word on the Windows box. My question,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent Documents list

2013-01-16 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 16/01/2013 at 22:10, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering why one would use the recent-list rather than going to the file, locating the file, then opening it ;-) Because there are different people with different needs. Some prefer to open office suite and pick file from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Broken file

2013-01-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Wine (=Wine Is Not an Emulator (because it uses a far more sophisticated approach)) also PlayOnLinux are ways of getting some (many) Windows programs to run on GnuLinux (or Mac i think).  It requires a bit of work sometimes and even if successful means you are still stuck in the same trap

Re: [libreoffice-users] Quality Assurance

2013-01-16 Thread C. H. D.
Hello, I think DiffPDF is somewhat reliable. If I also use Adobe Reader to view the potential difference, the comparison will be more reliable. If I also convert the PDF to text and compare the text files, the comparison will be very reliable. Using three tools should make the comparison

Re: [libreoffice-users] Broken file

2013-01-16 Thread Sandy Harris
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It's pretty rare for a Doc file to completely refuse to open in LibreOffice. Maybe, but I have one. With DocX is slightly less rare. It's much more likely that the file is corrupted or also has problems in other

Re: [libreoffice-users] Broken file

2013-01-16 Thread Sandy Harris
Sandy Harris sandyinch...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It's pretty rare for a Doc file to completely refuse to open in LibreOffice. Maybe, but I have one. With DocX is slightly less rare. It's much more likely that the file is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Selection List editing

2013-01-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:07 16/01/2013 -0500, Nobody Noname wrote: Have looked for an hour online and in the help texts trying to figure out how to edit what I see in the Selection List when I right click on a cell in Calc and get the pulldown list. I've been through the data validity drill but see nothing in