[libreoffice-users] how to put images into a report

2015-03-27 Thread hw
Hi, how can I put images into a report? I have a query on a database that, amongst others, has a field with the file name of an image. All images are stored in a particular directory, so the relevant table in the database holds the file name of the image, for example abc.jpg. I need the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Request for resoure suggestions.

2015-03-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Probably the best place to find links to various types of documentation is; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation as it also links to video tutorials such as this one; http://spoken-tutorial.org/ for a wide range of Open Source projects. It also has links to the archives and

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

2015-03-27 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
Tim Lloyd's comment is not acceptable! This is not a question of a (unpaid) programmer's likings or priorities -- this is a serious question of Libre Office's liability, because both of the the sort buttons in the toolbar (asc desc) give wrong results as well as there is no clear explanation

[libreoffice-users] Re: Request for resoure suggestions.

2015-03-27 Thread Andreas Säger
Best resource I'm aware of if your requiements are similar to those of a student: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Writer_for_Students -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Request for resoure suggestions.

2015-03-27 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Michael, Michael Tiernan schrieb: I'm working on improving my formatting skills. I'm using a ~10pg document as my test. My first problem is to figure out a specific part of styles. I can format the document to have a heading (specifically heading 2) at the start of each section. Looks nice.

[libreoffice-users] Request for resoure suggestions.

2015-03-27 Thread Michael Tiernan
I'm working on improving my formatting skills. I'm using a ~10pg document as my test. My first problem is to figure out a specific part of styles. I can format the document to have a heading (specifically heading 2) at the start of each section. Looks nice. Copied the existing style, made a few

Re: [libreoffice-users] Request for resoure suggestions.

2015-03-27 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 3/27/15 6:03 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: You are looking for a numbering of headings. For that purpose List is always wrong. (*WHEW*) i feel better. :) Thanks for the answer. Do you have already download the tutorials? Got them now and am going to get started on them If you are not very

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

2015-03-27 Thread Nino Novak
Pertti, all, 1) This seems to be an old known problem (see e.g. [1]) 2) I just tested 3.4.1 (LibO+AOO) - its already present there, so IMHO it's inherited from OOo 3) an easy Workaround exists (go over Data Sort, choose proper column label Options) So IMO the next questions are, - how

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

2015-03-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you meant that the background behind Tim's answer is not acceptable. His actual answer seems very honest, truthful and useful. It is not a voice of arbitrary authority but one of wisdom and counsel. One problem with emails is that we don't hear the tone of voice nor any clues from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

2015-03-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Personally i think that it is quite annoying. If i select something to sort i tend to leave out any stuff i don't want sorted. Similarly if i want to make some things bold. I select the things i want to make bold and leave out the rest! Regards from Tom :) On 27 March 2015 at 12:01,

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

2015-03-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err the fading dominance of MS formats is good but the dominance part is really annoying and causes a lot of unnecessary agro. Regards from Tom :) On 27 March 2015 at 12:01, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I think you meant that the background behind Tim's answer is not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

2015-03-27 Thread Gary Collins
opinion FWIW: I tend to use sort on an entire sheet (using datasort), and I nearly always have a column headings row at the top; I get narked when, coming to repeat a sort on a sheet, I find that LO has forgotten that I have previously checked the has headings box and ends up sorting the

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

2015-03-27 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:38 27/03/2015 +0200, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: A spreadsheet program that cannot be fully trusted is totally worthless!! It's perhaps worth a reminder that, in the sense that you mean it, spreadsheets can never be trusted. Since much of their essential functionality is hidden (formulae,

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

2015-03-27 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 25.03.2015 um 23:42 schrieb Richard VINCK: This is undoubtedly a serious bug... and nobody has detected this before? How strange. Hi, With older versions of LO and with OpenOffice you can define named ranges which remember their sort orders, filter arguments and options, so called

Re: [libreoffice-users] Request for resoure suggestions.

2015-03-27 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Michael, Michael Tiernan schrieb: On 3/27/15 6:03 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: You are looking for a numbering of headings. For that purpose List is always wrong. (*WHEW*) i feel better. :) Thanks for the answer. Do you have already download the tutorials? Got them now and am going to get

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2015-03-27 Thread SOS
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