Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Doc is the older MS format and it is generally possible to open in pretty much any office program.  It's rare but possible to find the odd one or 2 rare cases that don't open fairly perfectly.  Those rare cases probably open slightly differently in different office programs so try

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread e-letter
On 12/02/2013, C. H. D. webofht-libreoffice...@yahoo.com.hk wrote: Hello! Yes, my Microsoft Office is legal. (Just happened that many other people use it.) I think it is an interoperability issue. If you are very concerned about interoperability, you should be contacting m$ and ask them

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4 documentation

2013-02-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Caesar, Le 2013-02-11 17:17, Caesar a écrit : Thank you Marc for the invitation, but I just started using LO 3.6.4 a few months ago, and LO 4.0.0 a week or so ago, so I really don't know much about how it works. I'm definitely at the start of the learning curve. I can't imagine I would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office 4

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It would be nice if you could post a bug-report about the issue https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport as doing so increases the chances of people working on the issue.  In the process of filing the bug-report it hopefully shows a list of similat items so you might find someone

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 12/02/2013 at 10:53, e-letter inp...@gmail.com wrote: If LO, or any other odf-compliant software disappears, you can find another. Yeah, especially since LO default saving format incorporates number of non- standard extensions that other ODF-compliant software will just ignore. Don't get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread pasqual milvaques pons
in situations like this, independently of the work to be done to make libreoffice capable of opening those files you can use a version of microsoft office which supports odf to convert the file to odt. this can be an effective workaround I attach you the converted file (using microsoft office

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread pasqual milvaques pons
this mailing like doesn't like attachments, you can download it from there: convertidor_odf.7z (320 KB) https://mega.co.nz/#!o8IXHa7Q!JgsZ0xKsAagxtkHxy-c2lnacVUdN6zPJRcCGyJ_oRbo best regards Al 12/02/2013 13:58, En/na pasqual milvaques pons ha escrit: in situations like this, independently of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread C. H. D.
  Thanks for the idea. I would say that the development team responded very quickly. When I submitted a bug regarding not being able to open an OpenDocument file, the development team figured out the issue and made a patch in three days! Amazingly fast! I test that OpenDocument file and it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread Jay Lozier
On 02/12/2013 04:53 AM, e-letter wrote: On 12/02/2013, C. H. D. webofht-libreoffice...@yahoo.com.hk wrote: Hello! Yes, my Microsoft Office is legal. (Just happened that many other people use it.) I think it is an interoperability issue. If you are very concerned about interoperability,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Excel file macros cause infinite loop of errors

2013-02-12 Thread Jay Lozier
On 02/12/2013 01:34 AM, e-letter wrote: On 11/02/2013, todd.e.moore todd.e.mo...@gmail.com wrote: Originally I posted under my todd.mo...@dynamicsystemsinc.com account.Unfortunately, I need the macros enabled. The spreadsheet is developed by another company and includes features/functions that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brilliant! :)  Nicely done!  It did bother me a little that the macros didn't even work in MS Office.  At my workplace we only have 1 set of documents that 'need' macros and they are all in the finance department.  They were written for MSO 2010 and don't work in MSO 2007 and i'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Excel file macros cause infinite loop of errors

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 to all of Jay's various points there.  I totally agree.  The another private company, the one that sent the offending spreadsheet, appears to be Oracle.  So, 1.  it's extremely unlikely that they will re-write the macros for LibreOffice or even for OpenOffice (same macro languages) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Excel file macros cause infinite loop of errors

2013-02-12 Thread Todd E. Moore
My original objective in submitting to the forum was to determine if an LO/OO bug or limitation was being exposed by the macros found in the sample file rather than having folks in the development team or community expend the effort to fix the offending file. To me, the issue is now closed.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The situation is improving now that people are moving to ODF more and more.  Relying on a single companies whims has of course left a lingering problem but ODF is defined by a large group of companies most of which produce software that is designed to read the formats.  So, if you stick

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60710 - EDITING: Cannot save particular untitled document containing comments

2013-02-12 Thread Joel Madero
I reproduced it once and now for the life of me I can't.very strange. Trying a few more times Best Regards, Joel On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:14 PM, C. H. D. webofht-libreoffice...@yahoo.com.hk wrote: Hello! In my use case, I cannot save a particular untitled document.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-02-10 10:27 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I do not like all that typing. What I do is use the default file manager and double click the archived file and unarchive it. Then I take the folder that is created and rename it to Lib or LibO. That way you do not need to type all of the

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

2013-02-12 Thread Uwe Brauer
Alex == Alex Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com writes: On 02/11/2013 11:31 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote: Hi Uwe, As I said, in another mail, when I connect the data base to mysql via ODBC then I can set more relations, but they are not saved.. I take it that you are using

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

2013-02-12 Thread Uwe Brauer
Dan == Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com writes: Perhaps you need to learn more about primary keys, foreign keys, and the relationship that must exist between them. Another topic that would help is normalizing tables. Still another topic is constraints that must be applied

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

2013-02-12 Thread Alex Thurgood
On 02/12/2013 05:59 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote: Hi Uwe, Well show engines; showed InnoDB | YES | Supports transactions | YES | YES | YES So I presume the answer is yes. In theory, yes, but you might want to check each table to see whether it does actually use the

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

2013-02-12 Thread Alex Thurgood
On 02/12/2013 06:03 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote: Hi Uwe, Robert Grosskopf wrote a handbook in German that should be available on the German LO wiki somewhere. As far as MySQL problems, I think I tried to modify fields in a table while using MySQL. They were not saved either. You might

[libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread John R. Sowden
I know this is a bad time, since 4.0 was just released, but improvement is an ongoing process. For the 'recent documents' menu selection under 'file', it would be nice to: 1) allow us to set the number of recent documents, under tools/options. 2) allow us, in the recent menu, to right click and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Joel Madero
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:04 AM, John R. Sowden jsow...@americansentry.net wrote: I know this is a bad time, since 4.0 was just released, but improvement is an ongoing process. For the 'recent documents' menu selection under 'file', it would be nice to: 1) allow us to set the number of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread John R. Sowden
I went to the site that you recommended. I could not find any feature request link. I searched for 'feature', no luck. I also could not find a reference to 'recent', as my 'feature request' might be interpreted to mean that it is a 'bug'. I searched the entire page. John On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-12 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 02/12/2013 11:10 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-02-10 10:27 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I do not like all that typing. What I do is use the default file manager and double click the archived file and unarchive it. Then I take the folder that is created and rename it to Lib or LibO.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 02/12/2013 02:04 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: I know this is a bad time, since 4.0 was just released, but improvement is an ongoing process. For the 'recent documents' menu selection under 'file', it would be nice to: 1) allow us to set the number of recent documents, under tools/options. 2)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Kieran Peckett
Don't worry, just file it as a bug, and explain that it is a feature request. The devs will understand. On Tuesday, 12 February 2013, John R. Sowden wrote: I went to the site that you recommended. I could not find any feature request link. I searched for 'feature', no luck. I also could not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread John R. Sowden
I will follow your advice, although I think that this process needs review. I feel that it is disrespectful to the people that are creating this great program to say that since My Idea (emphasis added) is not there, then it is a bug. Secondly, good improvements from actual users might not be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Tab complete is what i was trying to describe in this thread the other day, possibly yday although it's already nearly tomorrow here so possibly the day before yday.  Works on any unix-based platform so that includes Bsd although possibly not Mac.  I've not seen a command-line on a Mac. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, so how about running a Virtual Machine? Perhaps acquire an old hard-drive that you don't care about too much and physically unplug all your 5Tb and then plug in the experimental one.  Btw on a command-line if 2 pathnames or file-names are quite close to each other then when you

[libreoffice-users] Changing the LibreOffice icons (Linux)

2013-02-12 Thread IBBoard
I don't know if this is the best place (I couldn't see a developer mailing list outside the internal-focused ones) but here goes. I use LibreOffice on openSUSE Linux. I've got a custom icon set that replaces the application icons for LibreOffice. This works fine for launcher icons, but once the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Dan Lewis
On 02/12/2013 03:01 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 02/12/2013 02:04 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: I know this is a bad time, since 4.0 was just released, but improvement is an ongoing process. For the 'recent documents' menu selection under 'file', it would be nice to: 1) allow us to set

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The QA team and bug-triagers are pretty smart so they can sort it out for you (or others).  There are a lot of drop-downs on the page and it's a little tricky to find the right one but when you know where it is then you could help the bug-triagers by just doing that for a whole load of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Jay Lozier
On 02/12/2013 03:11 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: I will follow your advice, although I think that this process needs review. I feel that it is disrespectful to the people that are creating this great program to say that since My Idea (emphasis added) is not there, then it is a bug. Secondly,

[libreoffice-users] icons

2013-02-12 Thread Malcolm Moore
Is there anywhere that does different icon sets .. sorry, but I think the ones that come with opensuse are a bit boring Ta M -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing the LibreOffice icons (Linux)

2013-02-12 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 02/12/2013 03:29 PM, IBBoard wrote: I don't know if this is the best place (I couldn't see a developer mailing list outside the internal-focused ones) but here goes. I use LibreOffice on openSUSE Linux. I've got a custom icon set that replaces the application icons for LibreOffice. This

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Joel Madero
I am one of the QA members and I assure you, no developer is offended that a feature request is reported as a bug. It is our (QA) job to ensure that they are categorized correctly after the request/bug is confirmed. @Tom - thanks for the compliment :-D Best Regards, Joel On Tue, Feb 12, 2013

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-02-12 3:11 PM, John R. Sowden jsow...@americansentry.net wrote: I will follow your advice, although I think that this process needs review. I feel that it is disrespectful to the people that are creating this great program to say that since My Idea (emphasis added) is not there, then it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-02-12 2:52 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 02/12/2013 11:10 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-02-10 10:27 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I do not like all that typing. What I do is use the default file manager and double click the archived file and

[libreoffice-users] Fwd:

2013-02-12 Thread Drew Jensen
http://lasvegassuites.org/downrightawesome.com/nanw54.php?s=ot -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd:

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ooops.  A bit of accidental spam from Drew of all people.  I risked the link in GnuLinux and it's just a weight-loss thing from Foxx.  Probably best not to risk it in Windows jic but it seemed harmless Regards from Tom :) From: Drew Jensen

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing the LibreOffice icons (Linux)

2013-02-12 Thread IBBoard
The Linux icons can be a variety of sizes - Chromium supplies a 64x64 icon in the xprop reported icon set (or possibly bigger) as well as the two sizes that LibreOffice shows. Does Libreoffice actually load its app icons from /usr/share/icons/hicolor? I've tried replacing those icons with

Re: [libreoffice-users] icons

2013-02-12 Thread Malcolm Moore
The tool bar icons. OpenSuse include about 4 ... I love LO I just think the ones you get with openSuse are a bit dated Ta M _ From: IBBoard [mailto:ibbo...@gmail.com] To: Malcolm Moore [mailto:st-malcolm.mo...@whsg.info] Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:34:52

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Robert Großkopf on the Docs Team's amiling list gave me this link  http://de.libreoffice.org/hilfe-kontakt/handbuecher/ Hope it helps! Good luck and happy hunting ;) Regards from Tom :) From: Uwe Brauer o...@mat.ucm.es To:

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Value and Date function in Macro

2013-02-12 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Can you post your code here? You may send me a copy of the document, but I have much on my plate at the moment. On 02/11/2013 06:41 PM, Joel Madero wrote: So I came out with a really micky mouse way that works but I don't like it. I'm hoping one of you (or someone else or both of you) will

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

2013-02-12 Thread Dan Lewis
On 02/12/2013 12:03 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote: Dan == Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com writes: Perhaps you need to learn more about primary keys, foreign keys, and the relationship that must exist between them. Another topic that would help is normalizing tables. Still another

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60710 - EDITING: Cannot save particular untitled document containing comments

2013-02-12 Thread C. H. D.
Hi! I got it. To reproduce, see the video: http://youtu.be/_XotQrTvGJM Add random comments. Delete one of them. I reproduced this issue three times. Regards, C. H. D. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 寄件人︰ Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com 收件人︰

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60710 - EDITING: Cannot save particular untitled document containing comments

2013-02-12 Thread C. H. D.
  Someone else got the same issue: http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/12015/cannot-save-file-error-in-writing-sub-document/ Perhaps, this issue is quite common. (Not being able to save the file could be very inconvenient.) Regards, C. H. D. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

[libreoffice-users] irritating problem 4.0

2013-02-12 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, created a FAQ for myself in Fedora 16 using LO3.6. When I upgraded to Fedora 18 I was also using 3.6. I really can't remember but I would say the version of LO came from the Fedora repository (it isn't installed by default in F18). The FAQ is a very basic ODT file. I created an index at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request

2013-02-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:04 12/02/2013 -0800, John R. Sowden wrote: For the 'recent documents' menu selection under 'file', it would be nice to: 1) allow us to set the number of recent documents, under tools/options. I know this is not quite what you are asking for, but in the absence of exactly what you want,

Re: [libreoffice-users] irritating problem 4.0

2013-02-12 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Hi, Le 13/02/2013 07:16, Tim Lloyd a écrit : Today, I updated the FAQ with some GIT information. So I created a new heading1 for GIT with a heading2 underneath. And a few lines of information along the way (in the format text body). When I updated the index, all lines I had typed in were added

Re: [libreoffice-users] irritating problem 4.0

2013-02-12 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 13/02/2013 08:44, Jean-Francois Nifenecker a écrit : Have look at those paragraphs that inappropriately go to the index and check their outline level. I guess this level is set to some value other than Text body. This might be caused by the previous paragraph style setting Next style.