[libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Andrew Beverley
Hi guys, I'm having a few minor problems with compatibility when importing MS documents into LibreOffice. I know all the issues surrounding proprietary formats etc, but nonetheless would like to get this to work as best as possible, as I am largely stuck with using the aforementioned formats. As

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Florian Reisinger
Hi, As I know some guys from Collabora: https://libreoffice-from-collabora.com/l3-support/ Quoting the price: Bug-fix insurance / entitlements, with no-claims discounts if not used. Single bug fixes, on-demand: US$ 8,000 each. Multiple bug fixes, pre-purchased in support packages. I do not know

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Andrew Beverley
Tom, Florian, Thanks for the replies. An advantage of dealing with a single individual is that you build-up a relationship with them. Yeah, that was part of it. I've built up relationships with a few developers in other areas, and it's always nice to discuss things on a personal level.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Cley Faye
2014-07-01 16:46 GMT+02:00 Andrew Beverley a...@andybev.com: This is the real issue. I don't doubt it's good value, but I probably should have explained my situation: at the moment I'm a single individual trying to move small companies onto Libreoffice. Money for the fixes will come straight

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello, On 1 juillet 2014 17:16:32 CEST, Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-07-01 16:46 GMT+02:00 Andrew Beverley a...@andybev.com: This is the real issue. I don't doubt it's good value, but I probably should have explained my situation: at the moment I'm a single individual trying to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting in LO spreadsheet

2014-07-01 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:16 30/06/2014 +0200, Rob Jasper wrote: Indeed when I look at the formatting after saving and reopening the file, the formatting changed from #0,00# to #0,000 . All predefined number formats are saved, and restored upon reopening. If I define a user-defined format, it is all of a sudden

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) An advantage of dealing with a single individual is that you build-up a relationship with them. However if they are working on something else or distracted or get stuck on one issue then it becomes difficult. Plus they are more likely to be more dependant on fixing the problem for you. An

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem installing extension

2014-07-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry no response earlier! Were you able to fix this? I think the best plan might have been to * post a bug-report * ask the L10n mailing list (international coordination for translators of all languages) and/or the French Users List to see if others had the same problem * go back to an

[libreoffice-users] Re: ni podprto na drugih računalnikih/Not supported on other computers

2014-07-01 Thread Urmas
but a problem arises when I want to send through the program libre office writer a dadoteko via Gmail or were any other options to write the addressee is not supported and can not open You need a MIME-compatible E-Mail client, like Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird to use this feature. There

[libreoffice-users] Libre office 64 Bit

2014-07-01 Thread Lubecki Maciej POKROWIEC.COM
Welcome Everyone . I have a Question . Is there 64 Bit version of Libre Office for WINDOWS 8 ??? 64 BIT ??? -- -- Lubecki Maciej Manager Sprzedaży Krajowej mobile : 507 042 014 fax (22) 30 01 031 email : m...@studiofiran.bho.pl www.pokrowiec.com www.studiofiran.com Zespół STUDIO FIRAN Salon

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compatibility issue opening an .xlsx file with calc: Err:509

2014-07-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the file needs a data-source. For XlsX and Ods you should be able to rename the file-ending to zip and then open with an archive-manager. However the XlsX file would not open that way and grumbled about a loading error. When i used LO to Save As ... i ended up losing the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre office 64 Bit

2014-07-01 Thread Florian Reisinger
Hi, Not yet :) You do not need one, you can use the 32 bit :) Liebe Grüße, / Yours, Florian Reisinger Am 01.07.2014 um 13:32 schrieb Lubecki Maciej POKROWIEC.COM m...@studiofiran.bho.pl: Welcome Everyone . I have a Question . Is there 64 Bit version of Libre Office for WINDOWS 8 ??? 64

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Linux Bug 80661 Filed] Re: LO Draw crashes importing Microsoft Publisher file (ping Brennan/Fridrich/Valek?)

2014-07-01 Thread Mark Bourne
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Draw didn't import my .pub files perfectly but it was close enough and the misses are areas that also cause problem in MS Office. It looked like i only got 1 page out of the 2 but i didn't poke around much so that is probably user-error and i'll probabl stumble on the

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: ni podprto na drugih računalnikih/Not supported on other computers

2014-07-01 Thread Mark Bourne
For replies in Slovenian, try the mailing lists at: https://sl.libreoffice.org/po-pomoc/ To translate from English to Slovenian: https://translate.google.com/#en/sl/ Google Translate makes a bit more sense when spaces are put in after the full-stops in the original (Slovenian, according to

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Linux Bug 80661 Filed] Re: LO Draw crashes importing Microsoft Publisher file (ping Brennan/Fridrich/Valek?)

2014-07-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Oops, i still haven't gotten around to all that. On Kubuntu on my home machine it does say that This release was supplied by The Document Foundation, Debian and Ubuntu I'll try to remember to check on the machine i had been using at work next time i go in. Thanks for the tip about Draw

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre office 64 Bit

2014-07-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 32 bit apps work in a 64bit OS. You can think of the OS as a container holding all the apps. The visualisation probably doesn't help in other situations but it kinda makes sense that apps are inside the OS. Regards from Tom :) On 1 July 2014 19:12, Florian Reisinger

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Andrew Beverley
On Tue, 2014-07-01 at 16:18 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: That once they reach a stage of their migration where they start making substantial savings then they could put a fraction of that saving into external support like that or even to consider paying a couple of in-house devs part-time.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Andrew Beverley
On Tue, 2014-07-01 at 17:16 +0200, Cley Faye wrote: ​Unless having a very specific corner-case,​ it is very possible that you're not alone having this issue. It might be interesting to have some place to regroup funding for fixing such bugs. Kinda like crowdfunding, but with bug reports

Re: [libreoffice-users] which version has the best legacy importing?

2014-07-01 Thread anne-ology
This was sent mistakenly to me; since I merely responded to the initial sender, am forwarding to the list. From: William W. Austin aire...@att.net Date: Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] which version has the best legacy importing? To: anne-ology

RE: [libreoffice-users] Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Bruce Carlson
Hi Andy, Just a quick note of support. Several years ago I helped a friend in a small business with just 6 computers migrate to LO and while it was a bit of a challenge at first the users very quickly realised the advantages and yes some MSO documents will give you trouble especially .docx but

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sponsoring improvements and bug fixes

2014-07-01 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 02/07/2014 00:54, Andrew Beverley a écrit : Hi Andrew, A great idea (thanks Tom as well). In fact, I'm surprised it doesn't already exist. Here : https://freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/?s=libreofficeproject_id=project_name= and here :