[libreoffice-users] Re: BUG REPORT -- Version 4.0+ (Macbook Lion)

2013-05-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-05-02 11:05 PM auto78240...@hushmail.com wrote: I have the latest 4.0+ version of Open Office, and see an unwanted popup when initializing the program. What is the message in the pop-up. This problem has been persistent since 3.0+, and was never corrected. The popup shows up

[libreoffice-users] Re: BUG REPORT -- Version 4.0+ (Macbook Lion)

2013-05-03 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 03/05/13 07:05, auto78240...@hushmail.com a écrit : Hi Randal, I have the latest 4.0+ version of Open Office, and see an unwanted popup when initializing the program. This problem has been persistent since 3.0+, and was never corrected. The popup shows up immediately, and gives you

[libreoffice-users] Language settings Writer: Default language problem

2013-05-03 Thread calle2013
Friends I run Win 7 English 64 bit and Version 4.0.2.2 (Build ID: 4c82dcdd6efcd48b1d8bba66bfe1989deee49c3) of LO. I experience the following error in Writer, or at least I think it is an error *I actually found the solution, see end of message! * I have the default language to Swedish, but

[libreoffice-users] Integer degrees in Draw

2013-05-03 Thread robertoo...@libero.it
Hi, I need to set the degrees of a line to a decimal value, like 51,43 to divide 1 turn in 7. In 4.02 I am able to input only integer values. Is it a feature or a bug, or I miss an option? Thanks, Roberto Occa. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Integer degrees in Draw

2013-05-03 Thread Dan Lewis
On 05/03/2013 06:09 AM, robertoo...@libero.it wrote: Hi, I need to set the degrees of a line to a decimal value, like 51,43 to divide 1 turn in 7. In 4.02 I am able to input only integer values. Is it a feature or a bug, or I miss an option? Thanks, Roberto Occa. It is a feature that has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-03 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I never even try to share documents between different programs, such as Word and LO or OO. I never even try to share documents between two users using both the same program *and* the same document template, if the program is Word (or LO /OO). With these applications, the re-use of content is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

2013-05-03 Thread Dan Lewis
On 05/01/2013 08:44 PM, Michael Reich wrote: I haven't seen this posted yet so here goes. I recognize the benefits/uses of paragraph styles and do use them, but one major drawback for me is the apparently very complicated steps involved in using them in other documents. I know I can save a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Integer degrees in Draw

2013-05-03 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 03/05/13 13:14, Dan Lewis a écrit : It is a feature that has been introduced in 4.0. 3.6.6 permits you to set the degree angle for a line to 100th of a degree (English system). 4.0.2 and 4.0.3 both limit the degree angle to integers. If you are going to use 4.0.2, you will have to use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer degrees in Draw

2013-05-03 Thread Dan Lewis
On 05/03/2013 08:56 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 03/05/13 13:14, Dan Lewis a écrit : It is a feature that has been introduced in 4.0. 3.6.6 permits you to set the degree angle for a line to 100th of a degree (English system). 4.0.2 and 4.0.3 both limit the degree angle to integers.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Odd behavior using DATE() function in calc

2013-05-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 05/02/2013 09:52 PM, vsharris wrote: I have a spreadsheet with three columns: year, month, day. In the 4th column I use the DATE() function to create a date from these columns. It works fine if there are valid data, but if the month and day column are empty, the results are surprising. For

[libreoffice-users] Re: Check Box size in LO Base

2013-05-03 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 30/04/13 12:43, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, A quick update : https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=26593 so this bug/RFE is at least 9 years old, and no one ever thought it important enough to allocate resources to it. Note that I haven't even checked in LO's bugzilla yet to see

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer degrees in Draw

2013-05-03 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi all, it is bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60120 kind regards Regina Dan Lewis schrieb: On 05/03/2013 08:56 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 03/05/13 13:14, Dan Lewis a écrit : It is a feature that has been introduced in 4.0. 3.6.6 permits you to set the degree

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer degrees in Draw

2013-05-03 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, Dan Lewis schrieb: On 05/03/2013 08:56 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 03/05/13 13:14, Dan Lewis a écrit : It is a feature that has been introduced in 4.0. 3.6.6 permits you to set the degree angle for a line to 100th of a degree (English system). 4.0.2 and 4.0.3 both limit the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BUG REPORT -- Version 4.0+ (Macbook Lion)

2013-05-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The version numbers make it clear that the op was referring to LibreOffice rather than OpenOffice!   The problem probably does exist on both and even if not it would be nice to have a wiki-page, perhaps in the Faqs, to point people to.  The problem is so few people use LibreOffice on any

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BUG REPORT -- Version 4.0+ (Macbook Lion)

2013-05-03 Thread Dan Lewis
On 05/03/2013 12:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The version numbers make it clear that the op was referring to LibreOffice rather than OpenOffice! The problem probably does exist on both and even if not it would be nice to have a wiki-page, perhaps in the Faqs, to point people to. The

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-03 Thread Felmon Davis
On Fri, 3 May 2013, Wolfgang Keller wrote: I never even try to share documents between different programs, such as Word and LO or OO. I never even try to share documents between two users using both the same program *and* the same document template, if the program is Word (or LO /OO). With

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A big +1 to that.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Felmon Davis dav...@union.edu To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 3 May 2013, 17:41 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles On Fri, 3 May 2013, Wolfgang Keller wrote: I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress query

2013-05-03 Thread anne-ology
In Impress, you can set each slide to appear at differing times [after setting overall time - right-hand cue - then go to individual slide to re-set that's timing]; or you can set one time for each [via right-hand cues]. Hoping this answers your question,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles (collaborating on documents)

2013-05-03 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:41 03/05/2013 +, Felmon Davis wrote: I share documents with people all the time because a couple of committees I've been on had me as the 'master of documents', that is, I would take other people's work and bundle it together, edit and produce drafts for them to work on, then I would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress query

2013-05-03 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.us wrote: Running LO 3.5.7.2 under Ubuntu 12.04 How can I insert a live countdown clock display in my slides, tied to the Advance slide Automatically after [ x seconds ] instruction? On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 12:40 -0500, anne-ology

[libreoffice-users] template paths

2013-05-03 Thread Bruce Byfield
Hi: I am trying to find the location of template directories for both the system and for user accounts for both 32 and 64bit installations for OS X and Windows. The complete information is surprisingly hard to find. Can anyone help me out? I'd be especially grateful for OS X paths. Thanks, --

Re: [libreoffice-users] template paths

2013-05-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Isn't it somewhere in the User Profile? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile If you open LibreOffice and go to Tools - Options - Paths that should tell you, i think.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Bruce Byfield

Re: [libreoffice-users] template paths

2013-05-03 Thread anne-ology
have you tried these sites - https://www.google.com/search?q=templates404handler=true (339,000,000+ results ;-) ) On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net wrote: Hi: I am trying to find the location of template directories for both the system and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

2013-05-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Exactly!  It's like driving an automatic car rather than a gear-shift one but with the option to use gear-shift ifwhen you choose to.  Most people are more familiar with worrying about what to do right now and with keeping all their previous choices in their head.  The idea of

Re: [libreoffice-users] template paths

2013-05-03 Thread Dan Lewis
On 05/03/2013 02:18 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: Hi: I am trying to find the location of template directories for both the system and for user accounts for both 32 and 64bit installations for OS X and Windows. The complete information is surprisingly hard to find. Can anyone help me out? I'd be

[libreoffice-users] problem in fixing a bug in calc

2013-05-03 Thread RD Vaishnav
Hi.. I am Ram Dayal Vaishnav, a student from NIT Trichy, India. I am a newbie, and needs a help in creating a patch. I want to fix a very simple bug in the libre office Version 4.0.0.0.alpha1. I want to enable Horizontal AutoFill in calc. I am made changes in libo/sc/source/ui/view/viewfun2.cxx

Re: [libreoffice-users] template paths

2013-05-03 Thread Upscope
On Friday, May 03, 2013 11:18:40 AM Bruce Byfield wrote: Hi: I am trying to find the location of template directories for both the system and for user accounts for both 32 and 64bit installations for OS X and Windows. The complete information is surprisingly hard to find. Can anyone help

Re: [libreoffice-users] problem in fixing a bug in calc

2013-05-03 Thread Joel Madero
This is the wrong place to ask, please ask on the dev list :) Best, Joel On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:50 PM, RD Vaishnav vaishnav...@gmail.com wrote: Hi.. I am Ram Dayal Vaishnav, a student from NIT Trichy, India. I am a newbie, and needs a help in creating a patch. I want to fix a very

[libreoffice-users] Re: template paths

2013-05-03 Thread Tinkerer
For OS X Paths ApplicationsLibre Office, then Right click to: Show Contents ContentsShareTemplates BTW. OS X Options are in Libre Office Preferences, you will find Templates under Paths. Tink -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles (collaborating on documents)

2013-05-03 Thread Felmon Davis
On Fri, 3 May 2013, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:41 03/05/2013 +, Felmon Davis wrote: I share documents with people all the time because a couple of committees I've been on had me as the 'master of documents', that is, I would take other people's work and bundle it together, edit and produce

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress query

2013-05-03 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.us wrote: Running LO 3.5.7.2 under Ubuntu 12.04 How can I insert a live countdown clock display in my slides, tied to the Advance slide Automatically after [ x seconds ] instruction? On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 12:40 -0500,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-03 Thread Virgil Arrington
I tend to agree with Wolfgang on this one. I think the difference for Felmon is that you are the master of documents. Sounds like its your job to clean up everyone's mess and you seem to get the final say on how the document will be structured. In the legal arena, it's rare that one person

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress query

2013-05-03 Thread anne-ology
I'm glad you know what you're after - maybe someone else will understand your question. As for me, I don't even understand the question ;-) But I have noticed your name - makes me wonder if you know where your Brewster originated;

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress query

2013-05-03 Thread Miss Keating
To Brewster Gillett: I can't help with your search for knowledge, but feel impelled to comment on the stunning inability of the gang to comprehend your crystal clear, simple, and obvious description of that which you wish to accomplish. If your quest advances to the status of enhancement

Re: [libreoffice-users] Integer degrees in Draw

2013-05-03 Thread William Drago
If you are going to use 4.0.2, you will have to use these degree Integers: 0 14 29 43 57 71 and 86. I'm using 4.2.0.2/Win7 and I can type in any integer I want between 0 and 359. Right click on the line, select Position and Size then select the Rotation tab. That doesn't completely

Re: [libreoffice-users] template paths

2013-05-03 Thread Bruce Byfield
Thanks, but I guess I should have been more specific: I don't have access to a Windows or OS X machine with LibreOffice installed, or I would have looked it up myself. You notice I don't ask about Linux, because I could look that up for myself. On Friday, May 03, 2013 11:38:44 AM Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles (collaborating on documents)

2013-05-03 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:56 03/05/2013 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: I am confused. Oh, don't be! so what is the context of discussion? a) several individuals passing documents to and fro and b) each with a lot of formatting and c) each preferring their own formatting to others'? this indeed is a 'war of all