[libreoffice-users] Impress won't save changes in master slide

2014-03-06 Thread HdV
Hi all, When trying to fix the problem with the disappearing footers (see previous message) I noticed something strange. I edited the slide master (resized the auto-layout areas for the title and outline) and saved the file. When re-opening that file both areas are back to their old sizes and

[libreoffice-users] Trouble with disappearing master elements in Impress

2014-03-06 Thread HdV
Hi all, We use a template for our presentations in Impress. Recently I had someone create a new presentation from that template, but when I received the file back from him I noticed that on most slides (all except the first and last) the footer from the slide master was gone in the actual

[libreoffice-users] Look-ahead assertions in search

2014-03-06 Thread Phil Hibbs
Is it possible to do a negative look-ahead assertion in a search? If not, does anyone know of any other tools that can open a Microsoft Office document and do this kind of search? What I want to find is a single capital letter that is not followed by two spaces. Phil Hibbs. Don't you just hate

Re: [libreoffice-users] gstreamer-1.0 vs gstreamer-0.10

2014-03-06 Thread v_2e
Hello! I had a somewhat similar problem to the one you described, and yesterday I installed the 'media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-1.2.3' and 'media-libs/gst-plugins-good-1.2.3' packages (I am using Gentoo GNU/Linux), and now the video files embedded into my Impress presentation are played

Re: [libreoffice-users] Look-ahead assertions in search

2014-03-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:41 06/03/2014 +, Phil Hibbs wrote: Is it possible to do a negative look-ahead assertion in a search? If not, does anyone know of any other tools that can open a Microsoft Office document and do this kind of search? What I want to find is a single capital letter that is not followed

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO GB help section

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Graham's answer is mostly for Windows, probably Mac too. On GnuLinux you don't seem to have to set the Locale Setting or Regionalization to English (Uk). The downloads pages gives you 3 green buttons and you need to download all 3; the main installer, the UI and the in built help. Many

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: --convert-to issue

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is possible to still get earlier versions of LO! Install in parallel or into a virtual machine or on a dual-boot or something. The in parallel is probably easiest unless you already have another reason for having a vm or dual-boot. Regards from Tom :) On 6 March 2014 01:51, Steve

Re: [libreoffice-users] Password management in libre office

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have no idea what exactly the question is here. If you are looking for help on how to crack into a system then this probably isn't the place. We might be able to point you towards some tools but we don't have much experience doing that sort of thing. Also we can advise on password

[libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Ipad

2014-03-06 Thread PeeWee
Hello I have thought about LO on an iPad, having recently purchased an iPad Mini, but I think a full office suite would be overkill. To me the alternative is to use Apple's own Pages, Keynote and Numbers for any office work. The only problem there is that LO format is incompatible with Pages,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Libreoffice and ipad?

2014-03-06 Thread PeeWee
Hello I have thought about LO on an iPad, having recently purchased an iPad Mini, but I think a full office suite would be overkill. To me the alternative is to use Apple's own Pages, Keynote and Numbers for any office work. The only problem there is that LO format is incompatible with Pages,

Re: [libreoffice-users] gstreamer-1.0 vs gstreamer-0.10

2014-03-06 Thread David Ronis
Hi Vladimir, Thanks for the reply. I have the same versions for the gst-plugins/libav as you. The only difference may be that I built mine here, while you may have gotten them from your distribution. (My distribution is slackware which doesn't officially support gnome any more). As I think

[libreoffice-users] Search tool

2014-03-06 Thread Ed_0
Hi, Today I found a wonderful search tool. It's called Recoll. http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/ Enjoy it! Regards, Ed -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

[libreoffice-users] Re: Search tool

2014-03-06 Thread Ed_0
On 06/03/14 15:15, Ed_0 wrote: Hi, Today I found a wonderful search tool. It's called Recoll. http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/ Enjoy it! Regards, Ed I forgot to send some details: Recoll finds keywords inside documents as well as file names. It can search most document

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress won't save changes in master slide

2014-03-06 Thread HdV
On 2014-03-06 09:41:11 you wrote: Hi all, When trying to fix the problem with the disappearing footers (see previous message) I noticed something strange. I edited the slide master (resized the auto-layout areas for the title and outline) and saved the file. When re-opening that file both

[libreoffice-users] same calc sheet in 2 windows?

2014-03-06 Thread John R. Sowden
I have a calc sheet about 600 lines long with data at the top that I would like to see while I an using the data at, say line 400. Is it possible to open a second window showing the data at the top while editing the data at lower lines? John -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] same calc sheet in 2 windows?

2014-03-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:20 06/03/2014 -0800, John R. Sowden wrote: I have a calc sheet about 600 lines long with data at the top that I would like to see while I an using the data at, say line 400. Is it possible to open a second window showing the data at the top while editing the data at lower lines? It's

Re: [libreoffice-users] same calc sheet in 2 windows?

2014-03-06 Thread John R. Sowden
On 03/06/2014 01:34 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:20 06/03/2014 -0800, John R. Sowden wrote: I have a calc sheet about 600 lines long with data at the top that I would like to see while I an using the data at, say line 400. Is it possible to open a second window showing the data at the top

Re: [libreoffice-users] same calc sheet in 2 windows?

2014-03-06 Thread Alan B
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:20 PM, John R. Sowden jsow...@americansentry.netwrote: I have a calc sheet about 600 lines long with data at the top that I would like to see while I an using the data at, say line 400. Is it possible to open a second window showing the data at the top while editing

[libreoffice-users] vlookup not working

2014-03-06 Thread Carl Paulsen
I have a spreadsheet that won't calculate a vlookup. The formula displays as the formula, not the result. In the formula dialog box, it displays an answer for the lookup (I don't know if the answer is correct) and if I click into the formula, it displays the cell references as I'd expect.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress won't save changes in master slide

2014-03-06 Thread Mark Bourne
HdV wrote: On 2014-03-06 09:41:11 you wrote: Hi all, When trying to fix the problem with the disappearing footers (see previous message) I noticed something strange. I edited the slide master (resized the auto-layout areas for the title and outline) and saved the file. When re-opening that

[libreoffice-users] Problem of help in UK version solved

2014-03-06 Thread Daniel
Graham, Yes I confirm that it has solved the problem. Many thanks. Daniel /[You need to go to Options - Language settings - Languages and make sure that both User interface and Locale setting are set to English(UK). You should then get the inbuilt help.] / Graham -- -- To unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Tools/Customise: Strange keyboard shortcut behavior

2014-03-06 Thread john herron
This concerns LO 3.5.7.2 Build ID: 350m1(Build:2) on Linux Mint 13 (Maya) LTS. In Writer, clicking on the down / up buttons below the vertical scroll bar will - properly - move the focus to the top of the following / previous page. However, I would much prefer to do that via a keyboard

[libreoffice-users] WHICH VERSION OF ORACLE REPORT BUILDER IS COMPATIBLE WITH LIBRE OFFICE BASE 3

2014-03-06 Thread nazimspirani
WHICH VERSION OF ORACLE REPORT BUILDER IS COMPATIBLE WITH LIBRE OFFICE BASE 3? -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/WHICH-VERSION-OF-ORACLE-REPORT-BUILDER-IS-COMPATIBLE-WITH-LIBRE-OFFICE-BASE-3-tp4100394.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Password management in libre office

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So you want something like Captcha as found in many websites but want it for normal documents? I'm not sure how to do that at all. Hopefully someone else might. My 4 thoughts would be; 1. Could the documents be stored on an intranet? Errr, i mean on a website that can only be accessed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Password management in libre office

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi again :) errr, i should point out that this is a public-access mailing-list so there are people here from all over the place, many different skill-sets, many different ways of approaching problems. The flip-side of that is that it's best to avoid sending confidential information to this

Re: [libreoffice-users] WHICH VERSION OF ORACLE REPORT BUILDER IS COMPATIBLE WITH LIBRE OFFICE BASE 3

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, do you know which version? Is it 3.6.6? 3.5.7? If you open LibreOffice and click on the Help menu and go to About (at the bottom usually) then that should tell you which version. LibreOffice itself can be used to generate reports. Either in Base itself or by using Writer or Calc.