Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: test-drive linux easily

2011-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
From: Ken Springer snows...@dishmail.net To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 28 February, 2011 1:22:23 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: test-drive linux easily On 2011-02-27 08:44:25 -0700, Larry Gusaas said: What is the name of that distro? I'd like to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response

2011-02-28 Thread Carlo Strata
Il 28/02/2011 10:32, Alexander Thurgood ha scritto: Le 28/02/11 05:39, Marc Grober a écrit : Hi Marc, On OSX having installed 3.3.1 choosing Send Document or other send options produces no response and no log entries. Thunderbird was selected from Internet options. Yes, this doesn't quite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Day zero is 1904-01-01 for new spreadsheets

2011-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
From: Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 27 February, 2011 23:48:01 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Day zero is 1904-01-01 for new spreadsheets Am 28.02.2011 00:25, NoOp wrote: You might try renaming ~/.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer Merge File

2011-02-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 26/02/11 20:50, Mark Stanton a écrit : Hi Mark No, I think this is a bug. If you update the data source file, in this case your CSV file, it should also update the data available for the merge next time around. I seem to recall that this may already have been filed as a bug report, but

[libreoffice-users] MS Office 97 Template files fail to open (re-posting previously wrong subject)

2011-02-28 Thread Derry Birse
We are looking at LibreOffice as a potential corporate tool, however we have run into some issues relating to our company templates. We have several document templates that will not convert and these give the error This is not a WinWord97 file. These files open in Word 97 without a problem. These

[libreoffice-users] Re: copy paste problem

2011-02-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/02/11 11:47, Benoît Majerus a écrit : Hi, I'm using Libre Office 3.3.1., Mac OS X Version 10.6.6. and Firefox 4.0b11. When I copy text from LibreOffice to Firefox (for example Gmail), the following line precedes my copied text: Version:1.0 StartHTML:000167 EndHTML:000709

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Office 97 Template files fail to open (re-posting previously wrong subject)

2011-02-28 Thread Derry Birse
Thanks I will try 3.2.1. Do you know how you install these filters manually? Derry Birse IT Support Manager Converteam UK Ltd Phone: +44(0)1788 563268 On 28 February 2011 11:33, Sigrid Carrera sigrid.carr...@googlemail.comwrote: old binary formats Converteam UK Ltd. Registration Number:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with spellcheck

2011-02-28 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:22:02 + am577 am...@aiomclean.plus.com wrote: I have installed Libreoffice 3.3.1 on Windows 7, and I still have a problem which was there with OpenOffice: 1. Spellchecking usually does nothing. It says 'spellcheck complete' but it hasn't actually

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

2011-02-28 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-26 10:34 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: Evolution most likely ships with your Linux distribution of choice. To get your latest supported version, you will want to check with your distribution supplier. For Windows, here's the first hit in Google: http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/

[libreoffice-users] Calc links not all saving

2011-02-28 Thread Ron Gregor
I found this problem in 3.3.0 and tested 3.3.1.2 and it still exists. We have sheets that have several relative links to another sheet but not all are saving. When you update the links all the values are correct. Save the sheet and close. Open the sheet and only the first link is valid the rest

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Office 97 Template files fail to open (re-posting previously wrong subject)

2011-02-28 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:13:28 + Derry Birse derry.bi...@converteam.com wrote: Thanks I will try 3.2.1. Do you know how you install these filters manually? No, I haven't done it myself. And from what I can read you might have to compile LibO yourself with binfilter enabled. check

[libreoffice-users] customize highlighting

2011-02-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good eveningI used to have a highlighting function assigned to certain hot keys using MS Word and Wordperfect.With OpenOffice I could not figure out how make that work (nobody on that mailing list could tell either ...), so I created a macro.(here with LibreOffice the macro function

[libreoffice-users] record macro greyed out

2011-02-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good eveningI just noticed, that the field record macro is always greyed out.That means, I currently cannot create any new macro.Does this function need to be activated somewhere?Thank you. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] assign keyboard keys

2011-02-28 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Thomas, Thomas Blasejewicz schrieb: Good evening from JapanI have been loyal Wordperfect user for a long time, but the software gives me lately a lot of grief.Thus, I am considering to permanently switch to Libreoffice (have been using Openoffice on and off in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] record macro greyed out

2011-02-28 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Thank you!Now macro recording is available.This is considered an instable function?(2011/02/28 23:06), Sigrid Carrera wrote:Hello Thomas, On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:53:46 +0900 Thomas blasejewicztho...@s7.dion.ne.jpwrote:Good eveningI just noticed, that the field record macro is always greyed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibO for Ubuntu

2011-02-28 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 28, 2011, at 00:50 , NoOp wrote: On 02/27/2011 10:01 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 08:50:01PM +0800, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 20:29, James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: Have I missed something, or is LibO really not to be

[libreoffice-users] ODG file into Impress

2011-02-28 Thread am577
Can I import a diagram created with LO Draw (xxx.odg) into an Impress presentation ? If so, how ? If not, what can I do ? Export to .JPG ? AM -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this

Re: [libreoffice-users] ODG file into Impress

2011-02-28 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi am577, am577 schrieb: Can I import a diagram created with LO Draw (xxx.odg) into an Impress presentation ? If so, how ? If not, what can I do ? Export to .JPG ? AM Have you tried a simple copypaste? In most cases this works well. Another way is this: While you in Draw name the diagram

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with spellcheck

2011-02-28 Thread Richard Hainsworth
Language can be set in several places - default for all documents, default for document, and also for paragraph. This only causes problems if you have more than one possible module (I have en-gb and ru in addition to en-us). But if a spellcheck has completed with nothing happening then no

[libreoffice-users] Re: Day zero is 1904-01-01 for new spreadsheets

2011-02-28 Thread NoOp
On 02/27/2011 03:48 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 28.02.2011 00:25, NoOp wrote: You might try renaming ~/.libreoffice.org and let LO build a new profile to see if that makes any difference. Resetting the profile cures the problem. No, I don't want to reset my user profile. I'm going to

[libreoffice-users] Advanced Spreadsheet

2011-02-28 Thread drew einhorn
I've read about doing stuff sorta like what I need to do now. But I said to myself that's too complicated for now, I come back to this when I need it. Right I can't even come up with the right terminology to use in an effective google search. The first spreadsheet will function as a data entry

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with spellcheck

2011-02-28 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 15:15, Andrew McLean wrote: On 28/02/2011 12:41, Sigrid Carrera wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:22:02 + am577 wrote: I have installed Libreoffice 3.3.1 on Windows 7, and I still have a problem which was there with OpenOffice: 1. Spellchecking usually does

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response

2011-02-28 Thread Marc Grober
On 2/28/11 12:32 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 28/02/11 05:39, Marc Grober a écrit : Hi Marc, On OSX having installed 3.3.1 choosing Send Document or other send options produces no response and no log entries. Thunderbird was selected from Internet options. Yes, this doesn't quite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with spellcheck

2011-02-28 Thread am577
Please have a look at: Documentation | OOo3 User Guides | Writer Guide Chapter 3: Working with Text Using language tools http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Language_tools HTH mjk OK - I was already familiar with this, and I think I am

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Welcome to users@libreoffice.org

2011-02-28 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Derry Birse derry.bi...@converteam.com wrote: We are looking at OpenOffice as a potential corporate tool, however we have... Did you mean LibreOffice? If not, you might want to go to an OpenOffice list or forum with this question -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Find/Replace non printing characters

2011-02-28 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:09 PM, dsmithnc dsmit...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, folks, exactly what I was looking for.  Just have to remember the location of that table! Help-Contents, search for regular expressions? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO for Ubuntu

2011-02-28 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:50 AM, David Nelson comme...@traduction.biz wrote: Hi, :-) On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 20:29, James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: Have I missed something, or is LibO really not to be found amongst the apps available via Synaptic or the new Ubuntu Software

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with spellcheck

2011-02-28 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 19:47, am577 am...@aiomclean.plus.com wrote: [...] Documentation | OOo3 User Guides | Writer Guide Chapter 3: Working with Text Using language tools http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Language_tools [...] OK -

[libreoffice-users] wmv video in existing power point slide show

2011-02-28 Thread roman76aut
Hello! I have an existing slide show from powerpoint including some video files. Those video files are not started as they are on WinXP in PowerPoint. Not working system is Ubuntu Linux 9.10 and Openoffice 3.2 and second PC is WinXP with LibreOffice (same PC with PowerPoint is working) I'm

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Office 97 Template files fail to open (re-posting previously wrong subject)

2011-02-28 Thread NoOp
On 02/28/2011 04:13 AM, Derry Birse wrote: Thanks I will try 3.2.1. Do you know how you install these filters manually? ... See Charles' reply. You need to reinstall LO and select 'Custom' and then 'Optional Components': http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/windows/ That link

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Office 97 Template files fail to open (re-posting previously wrong subject)

2011-02-28 Thread NoOp
On 02/28/2011 12:30 PM, NoOp wrote: o Word97/2003 Word - opens fine o OOo 3.3.0 (Windows 2000/XP/7) - opens fine o OOo 3.3.0 (linux - standard version from openoffice.org) - opens fine o (U)OOo 3.3.0 (linux - Ubuntu/go-oo version) - fails crashes o LO 3.2.1 (linux - from libreoffice.org) -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response

2011-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
From: Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 28 February, 2011 20:13:40 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response On 2011/02/28 12:47 PM Marc Grober wrote: Nope,

[libreoffice-users] blocks of cells have no borders (old openoffice user)

2011-02-28 Thread fhdata
Hello, I converted from openoffice 3.2.1 to libreoffice 3.3.1 (final) I've been using oo for a long time. When I open the calc .ods with libreoffice, some cells are borderless. i.e. in some .ods file I open parts of some rows are like that. in other .ods file I open, a block, let say 4x8,

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibO for Ubuntu

2011-02-28 Thread NoOp
On 02/28/2011 06:52 AM, James Wilde wrote: On Feb 28, 2011, at 00:50 , NoOp wrote: ... I'd be willing to bet that you have the Ubuntu libreoffice PPA. What do you show for: $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep libreoffice Can you also show the output of: $ apt-cache policy

[libreoffice-users] Re: blocks of cells have no borders (old openoffice user)

2011-02-28 Thread NoOp
On 02/28/2011 07:09 PM, fhd...@unm.edu wrote: Hello, I converted from openoffice 3.2.1 to libreoffice 3.3.1 (final) I've been using oo for a long time. When I open the calc .ods with libreoffice, some cells are borderless. i.e. in some .ods file I open parts of some rows are like

[libreoffice-users] 100% zoom is huge in Snow Leopard

2011-02-28 Thread mr9times
Hi, I have LO installed on my Win7 laptop and Mac Pro running 10.6.6. I use a 24.6 1920x1080 monitor for both (using KVM). On my laptop everything looks good, but on my Mac, 100% zoom is HUGE. I have to scale the Mac version down to 45% to make the workspace nearly 1:1 with a sheet of 8.5x11

[libreoffice-users] OOo user profile migration

2011-02-28 Thread Sean Fenton
Please add an entry to the FAQ [1] about migrating an OpenOffice.org user profile [2]. I need to do so on Mac and Windows. [1] http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/faq/ [2] http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6t=34858 Thank you, Sean Fenton -- Unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Expanding top cell of table

2011-02-28 Thread James Wilde
Discovered two interesting 'features' by accident this weekend. This is one of them. I have given up on using mailmerge. The labels never print out as you want them. So I decided to create a table looking like the template for a sheet of mailing labels. I got one very unexpected result.