Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing language [WAS]: Writer
Hi Brian, Bryan Mitchell wrote: How can I remove the USA dictionary and all references to the American language please? You usually have to install an additional language pack. How to do this depends on your Operating System. Have a look at the following link for some instructions and useful information: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/instructions/ Once the language has been installed in LibreOffice go to Tools Options Language Settings Languages and select the desired language for the relevant sections. Bests, Lorenzo. Bryan Mitchell -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Styles and formatting: Display specific styles
Hello, how do I make specific paragraph styles to appear permanently and by default in the Styles and Formatting window? Can I move them to the Automatic set of styles? Thanks, *S* -- Sascha Vieweg, saschav...@gmail.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] MySQL Extension branded ORACLE
Some of us enjoy the native mysql support available from OpenOFFICE. I believe we obtained the extension directly from the OPEN OFFICE site. I have not been successful locating it at the LibreOffice site. It was a delight to not have to use the odbc and/or java drivers just to access mysql data via OOBase. I look forward to when my favorite first class distribution offers the mysql-extension in it's repositories. Other distros have this extension available for LibreOfficeBase now. This missing package will have an adverse effect on several projects. I downloaded the extension for openoffice located at the link below. It installs and works, but it is BRANDED ORACLE. http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/download/4670 how long it will work is anyone's guess? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Field of increasing ordinal numbers?
It does not seem like the field options include a way to add FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, etc., as fields that will auto-update if they're moved around. The available fields all seem to be cardinal numbers, with no ordinal number options. Is that correct? Is there a way with LO to do what I'm trying to accomplish? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with LO 3.3.1
That's printer/printer driver issue not application. On 3/9/2011 11:11 AM, Colin J. Williams wrote:With OOo it was possible to print double-sided on a Brother HL 760 printer. This is no longer possible with libreoffice. Colin W. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] bug in Writer - unable to select text with image in background
webmaster for Kracked Press Productions schrieb: Ubuntu 10.10, LibreOffice 3.3.1 from the LibreOffice download page, not from the repository or PPA. I was working with a document in Writer that had a large image in the background. I had Wrap set as through and in background checked. This was the only way I could get the text to go over top of the image. Then I cut/pasted text for another document to written over the background image. I made the document text be in two columns, working with only the left one, at this time. Here is the bug. When I wanted to bold some words in the text, I could not highlight/select the text so I could bold it. I could do the select/bold when there is no background image. The Select All option still worked, but I could not get the first word in the line/paragraph selected to be changed to bold, italic, etc.. Please try this: In Tools Options LibreOffice Writer Formatting Aids you find the setting Cursor in protected areas. Disable it. Now you should be able to select single words with the mouse. Kind regards Regina -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] bug in Writer - unable to select text with image in background
Hi, Regina Henschel schrieb: Please try this: In Tools Options LibreOffice Writer Formatting Aids you find the setting Cursor in protected areas. Disable it. Now you should be able to select single words with the mouse. I forgot: And protect the picture in the picture property dialog, tab Options. Kind regards Regina -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] 51 articles on eWeek.com that mention LibreOffice
Did a search on eWeek.com. They have 51 articles mentioning LibreOffice in the text. I will have to start going through them to see which ones I missed reading. I wonder how many good press articles about LibreOffice is really out there now. Well the more good press articles the better for getting the word out about LibreOffice. Actually, modify that. How many print media [i.e. printed magazines] articles are out there about LibreOffice? Maybe I should look at LibreOffice list and do some more searching. I may start collecting PDF versions these to show people all the good things that is being printed about LibreOffice. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Latency issues
Hi All, I am facing a lot of latency issues with the subscription to this list. For example, it took over 30 minutes to get the confirmation email to subscribe. So do the replies to the threads. Is someone facing the same issues too? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Latency issues
On Mar 9, 2011, at 18:45 , Stereotactic wrote: Hi All, I am facing a lot of latency issues with the subscription to this list. For example, it took over 30 minutes to get the confirmation email to subscribe. So do the replies to the threads. Is someone facing the same issues too? I just checked the mail header on Stereoactic's email and find the following: X-Virus-Scanned:amavisd-new-2.6.4 (20090625) at bilbo.documentfoundation.org X-Spam-Score: -2.59 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.10, required=5, tests=Unknown, spf=Genuine Authentication-Results: bilbo.documentfoundation.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass header.i=@messagingengine.com X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -8.5 X-Greylist: delayed 356 seconds by postgrey-1.32 at bilbo; Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:51:24 CET Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=xoCuOBdAgp6oUaHTej5Iu/LX+a8=; b=KFVbZzyZQZBS/OqMbtB+zzfSohdF96BbPNwX5jSqYVFEwHBIyJLIVafUYORvWcS1AKuLBkF6OxADNdeVvx2ZyeM0B4+Rs4VteO4OQTFlL8MBMOF7buLNsC723FpoWPKnt1Mv2apmgp/tYhJhW7ct5+khCB1VsGMU9LM1BWMMFU8= That accounts for most of the sixe minutes and 14 seconds it took for the message to appear. Anybody know why the message was delayed 356 seconds by postgrey? //James -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base
There's so far been no message from me saying thanks for solving the problem, mainly because I'm having problems with the different solutions and I want to have them all documented before I reply. Regina's method 1 works. I get error messages with method 2 and, I think, method 3, and I want to run them both again. As Arnie said, I'll be back. //James On Mar 5, 2011, at 00:41 , James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Regina. I'll take a look at it tomorrow. //James On Mar 5, 2011, at 00:37 , Regina Henschel wrote: Hi James, James Wilde schrieb: On Mar 2, 2011, at 23:20 , Regina Henschel wrote: Version B You have already a database and want to import your speadsheet as new table: Open the odb-File and go to 'Table' section. Drag the window to half of the screen. Open the calc-File, drag its window to the other half of the screen. Mark your data in the spreadsheet and drag them to the table section in the data base window. (You ca use the clipboard as well.) This step doesn't work. I mark the entire sheet and try to drag a cell - any cell, they're all marked - into the table section of the odb window, but nowhere does it let me drop with any result. Do not mark an entire sheet but only the data. I have written a HowTo with pictures for you. Perhaps it makes clear how it should work: http://www.rhenschel.homepage.t-online.de/HowToImportDataFromCalcToBase.odt Kind regards Regina -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc question
Hi, Le 09/03/2011 08:26, Rhadmirri a écrit : Then I want to create a summary of about 6 or 7 fields from that worksheet into another worksheet in the current workbook, apply some styling/formatting then print it out. The import/summary print is a job that will be done frequently but at irregular intervals. Has anyone done this or something similar? If so any advice on how to automate the process as much as possible would be very much appreciated. just import the whole csv data into a worksheet. Then, extract the wanted data from that global worksheet into any other be it in the same workbook or an external one. -- Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Re: Latency issues
On 03/09/2011 10:00 AM, James Wilde wrote: ... I just checked the mail header on Stereoactic's email and find the following: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new-2.6.4 (20090625) at bilbo.documentfoundation.org X-Spam-Score:-2.59 X-Spam-Status:No, score=-5.10, required=5, tests=Unknown, spf=Genuine Authentication-Results: bilbo.documentfoundation.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass header.i=@messagingengine.com X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -8.5 X-Greylist:delayed 356 seconds by postgrey-1.32 at bilbo; Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:51:24 CET Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=xoCuOBdAgp6oUaHTej5Iu/LX+a8=; b=KFVbZzyZQZBS/OqMbtB+zzfSohdF96BbPNwX5jSqYVFEwHBIyJLIVafUYORvWcS1AKuLBkF6OxADNdeVvx2ZyeM0B4+Rs4VteO4OQTFlL8MBMOF7buLNsC723FpoWPKnt1Mv2apmgp/tYhJhW7ct5+khCB1VsGMU9LM1BWMMFU8= That accounts for most of the sixe minutes and 14 seconds it took for the message to appear. Anybody know why the message was delayed 356 seconds by postgrey? //James http://linux.die.net/man/8/postgrey --delay=N greylist for N seconds (default: 300) Hopefully Stereotactic will learn not hijack others threads... In-Reply-To: 4d77baa1.4000...@krackedpress.com Message-ID: 4d77bcb2.2010...@postinbox.com References: 4d77baa1.4000...@krackedpress.com Which of course is 51 articles on eWeek.com that mention LibreOffice. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and formatting: Display specific styles
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Sascha Vieweg saschav...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, how do I make specific paragraph styles to appear permanently and by default in the Styles and Formatting window? Can I move them to the Automatic set of styles? Thanks, *S* I don't know how to do either of those, however there are two ways you can change what appears in the window. one is to manipulate the selector at the bottom (to something other than Automatic) and the other is to switch to a different view (page or anything other than paragraph) and then switch back. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] LO 3.3.1 - Why can I no longer add a Tab space in a table?
It automatically goes the next line in the table, not add a tab space as usual. Is this a Bug - can someone confirm? - LO version as updated via PPA - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ( Windows XP-SP3) - (1) 2.8 G/2G RAM/ATI HD2600,512VRAM/SIS AC97 OB Audio (2) 2.9 G/3G RAM/NVIDIA 9500GT,1024VRAM/SB AudigySE Audio (3) 2.3 G/2G RAM/NVIDIA FX1500M,256VRAM/Sigmatel HD Audio -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-3-3-1-Why-can-I-no-longer-add-a-Tab-space-in-a-table-tp2657018p2657018.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Is this the OFFICIAL Location for LO users to ask for help?
I was under the idea that this was the source for LO support. Fortunately this is not an issue of wait-and-hope-while-my work-stagnates issue in a Professional Work Environment, but I have indicated 3 issues in the past day, some which may be legit new bugs. Since this product is out of development it is imperative that users have a place to ask for support, have potential bugs confirmed, make comments for about interface issues and to generally offer suggestions to enhance the product. Also, since this is a new product, the expert userbase is not around to take up the slack, so it is also important that there is some official representation for the time being to carry the load. Thank you, MRK - LO version as updated via PPA - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ( Windows XP-SP3) - (1) 2.8 G/2G RAM/ATI HD2600,512VRAM/SIS AC97 OB Audio (2) 2.9 G/3G RAM/NVIDIA 9500GT,1024VRAM/SB AudigySE Audio (3) 2.3 G/2G RAM/NVIDIA FX1500M,256VRAM/Sigmatel HD Audio -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Is-this-the-OFFICIAL-Location-for-LO-users-to-ask-for-help-tp2657083p2657083.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and formatting: Display specific styles
Hi Sascha, Sascha Vieweg wrote (09-03-11 12:22) Hello, how do I make specific paragraph styles to appear permanently and by default in the Styles and Formatting window? Can I move them to the Automatic set of styles? Thanks, *S* No, anyway not without hacking either somewhere in the code or maybe in the xml files of the document. However, one little trick: if you change or add a (special) page style to your document (template) with paragraphs with the desired styles in the header, those styles will be shown in the listbox 'Apply Style' (left at the toolbar). Regards, Cor -- - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.3.1 - Why can I no longer add a Tab space in a table?
Dear emarkay, emarkay wrote: It automatically goes the next line in the table, not add a tab space as usual. Try pressing Ctrl + Tab in the table cell you're editing. Is this a Bug - can someone confirm? It is the usual behaviour for tables in about any writing software I think. Lorenzo. - LO version as updated via PPA - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ( Windows XP-SP3) - (1) 2.8 G/2G RAM/ATI HD2600,512VRAM/SIS AC97 OB Audio (2) 2.9 G/3G RAM/NVIDIA 9500GT,1024VRAM/SB AudigySE Audio (3) 2.3 G/2G RAM/NVIDIA FX1500M,256VRAM/Sigmatel HD Audio -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-3-3-1-Why-can-I-no-longer-add-a-Tab-space-in-a-table-tp2657018p2657018.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Why is there no Windows 64 bit build?
Why is there no Windows 64-bit build? That's it. just a simple quesion. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Why-is-there-no-Windows-64-bit-build-tp2657346p2657346.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with LO 3.3.1
Hi Colin, Colin J. Williams wrote (09-03-11 17:11) With OOo it was possible to print double-sided on a Brother HL 760 printer. This is no longer possible with libreoffice. Which version of OOo? From 3.3.0, a lot has changed in printing. WIth advantages, but also quite some problems ... Best, Cor -- - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Why is there no Windows 64 bit build?
On 03/09/2011 04:20 PM, rabbit.editor wrote: Why is there no Windows 64-bit build? That's it. just a simple quesion. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Why-is-there-no-Windows-64-bit-build-tp2657346p2657346.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. In my opinion . . . . For the longest time, even though there was a 64-bit version of Windows, computer venders would not install the 64-bit version on their 64-bit products due to driver issues. The current question is - does the 32-bit package work on the 64-bit OS and how much faster would it be using a 64-bit version? I know that with Ubuntu 64-bit, many 32-bit packages will not run, so we need 64-bit packages. I hate it when I want to use packages like Lightscribe, but they only have a 32-bit DEB install. So to extend that reasoning, I would hate to not have a 64-bit package on Windows 64-bit, if the 32-bit version did not work. I assume it does at this point. Next, how many users of Windows currently have the 64-bit version? Most users of Vista I know of do not have the 64-bit version. My Dell is 64-bit processor but they did not offer the Vista 64-bit version for the laptop. Win 7? How many users have Win 7's 64-bit version? More than Vista I assume. XP? No 64-bit version for that either as far as I could find when I bought that laptop. And yes, a lot of people still use XP SP2 or SP3. So now what is needed to take the source code and convert and compile it to a 64-bit version. I do not think it is a easy as just taking the 32-bit Windows source code and compiling it on a 64-bit Windows computer. I could be wrong, but it is a good guess. It tends never to be that simple. Even if it was, you would have a 32-bit version compiled as a 64-bit version and not coded to take advantage of the full 64-bit architecture. That is the real issue for wanting a 64-bit version of the package, right? Having a package rewritten to taking advantage of the 64-bit's assets to make the package run faster. Then we need to ask again, how many of the Windows users need a 64-bit version when the 32-bit version works fine? 5%, 10%, 30%??? Since LibreOffice has been officially out with 3.3.0/3.3.1 for less than two months, you may need to give the developers time to deal with what is currently on their schedules before they have a chance to develop the Windows 64-bit version. If there comes a time when they get enough interest in it by volunteers willing to take on the Win 64-bit version project, then you should see one come out quickly enough. Another question. Can the 64-bit XP [if there is one], 64-bit Vista, and the 64-bit Win 7 use the same 64-bit package? Of would you need to make one for XP, another one for Vista, and a third for Win 7. I know there are major driver issues between the versions, so it could indicate that you may need different version of 64-bit Windows packages, one for each version. That could be a problem, who decided which 64-bit version to do and which to not do at this point. I have a friend that never upgraded to MacOSX since it did not work well enough for her needs and kept crashing on her. I do not think she will ever get a version of LibreOffice for her Mac. Not enough people still using it to make the effort worth the developer's time and remainder of their head of hair. So if there is not enough users needing a 64-bit Windows version of LibreOffice, then those people who want it, may have a longer wait for that version. This is all opinion. What actually decides what platforms are being developed for is not something in my bailiwick. But my opinion and view is from the 20+ years as a mainframe and early PC programmer. I do not program any more, since my first stroke in the early 1990's, so I do not know what the current developers use for deciding what is being done and when. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Why is there no Windows 64 bit build?
rabbit.editor wrote: Why is there no Windows 64-bit build? That's it. just a simple quesion. Just taking a wild guess but I think it is because there are not Windows 64bit developers working on it. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.3.1 - Why can I no longer add a Tab space in a table?
Strange, in all these years I am sure I have used Tabs in tables and never did anything more than hit the Tab key. I am sure I would have asked this in 2006 or so had I noticed (...when I started using Ubuntu)! The workaround was to copy a tab to the Clipboard and then paste it as needed. But yes, I just tested that Ctrl-Tab does work. Thanks for the info. - LO version as updated via PPA - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ( Windows XP-SP3) - (1) 2.8 G/2G RAM/ATI HD2600,512VRAM/SIS AC97 OB Audio (2) 2.9 G/3G RAM/NVIDIA 9500GT,1024VRAM/SB AudigySE Audio (3) 2.3 G/2G RAM/NVIDIA FX1500M,256VRAM/Sigmatel HD Audio -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-3-3-1-Why-can-I-no-longer-add-a-Tab-space-in-a-table-tp2657018p2658178.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Why is there no Windows 64 bit build?
Le 2011-03-09 17:09, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit : On 03/09/2011 04:20 PM, rabbit.editor wrote: Why is there no Windows 64-bit build? That's it. just a simple quesion. In my opinion . . . . For the longest time, even though there was a 64-bit version of Windows, computer venders would not install the 64-bit version on their 64-bit products due to driver issues. Next, how many users of Windows currently have the 64-bit version? Most users of Vista I know of do not have the 64-bit version. My Dell is 64-bit processor but they did not offer the Vista 64-bit version for the laptop. Win 7? How many users have Win 7's 64-bit version? More than Vista I assume. XP? No 64-bit version for that either as far as I could find when I bought that laptop. And yes, a lot of people still use XP SP2 or SP3. There was a 64-bit XP, but I heard it's fairly buggy and it is relatively useless because it lacks drivers. From what I can see, the transition occurred during Vista's reign. Case in point, we bought 7 basic laptop computers with Vista ; the first three ones came with a 32-bit system and the latter four with a 64-bit system. Maybe all companies didn't transition at the same time, but I would say the shift occurred about 3-4 years ago. As for Windows 7, I think the only reason to get a 32-bit system is if one upgrades a 32-bit Vista computer. That is the real issue for wanting a 64-bit version of the package, right? Having a package rewritten to taking advantage of the 64-bit's assets to make the package run faster. Then we need to ask again, how many of the Windows users need a 64-bit version when the 32-bit version works fine? 5%, 10%, 30%??? ... That's the real question. I'm not an expert, but I'm not a total newbie either. From what I read, the 64-bit architecture offers a few advantages: 1. possibility to open a partition larger than 4 Gb (in the case of Excel, it translates in files larger than 2 Gb); 2. faster processing in crunching-intensive applications; 3. maybe higher limits in number size and a few details like that. For point 1, my largest Excel or Calc file is a whopper 20 Mb, and considering the time it takes to open or save, I would NOT recommend using Calc for a 1 Gb file, even less for a 2 or 3 Gb one. As for point 2, the speed of Office-type applications is limited by the speed of keyboard entry or display operations rather than by number-crunching speed. Unless one has huge macro functions, the speed gain in Writer or Calc would be minimal. Another question. Can the 64-bit XP [if there is one], 64-bit Vista, and the 64-bit Win 7 use the same 64-bit package? Of would you need to make one for XP, another one for Vista, and a third for Win 7. ... There probably are minor issues to consider, but a well-designed 64-bit version would work on all 64-bit systems (and definitely on Vista and Windows 7), just like the well-designed 32-bit version works on XP, Vista and 7. -- Michel Gagnon – mic...@mgagnon.net mailto:mic...@mgagnon.net Montréal (Québec, Canada) – mgagnon.net http://mgagnon.net -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
