[libreoffice-users] Re: Delete Key Does Not Work in OS X
Le 03/07/11 07:49, Hal Vaughan a écrit : Hi Hal, I'm using LO version 3.4.0 on OS X (latest version of OS X 10.6.8) I've switched from OOo to LO. Under OOo, if I hit the DELETE key, it would delete the character in front of the cursor and the BACKSPACE key would delete the one behind the cursor. Now, on LO, the BACKSPACE key works, but the DELETE key will not delete the next character. I had to kill a definition for the key and it still won't delete the next character. AFAIK, the key bindings on Mac OSX with LibreOffice have several issues, one of them being the delete key. You should be able to find a bug issue already registered in the freedesktop bugzilla. Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Focus a record based on a sub-form
Le 02/07/11 03:20, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak a écrit : Hi Andrew, Is there an easy way to tell the form to stop showing the current record and go to the record with a specific catalog number? Would a Form Filter not do the trick ? Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: base: tab order bug, and a workaround
Le 01/07/11 11:56, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, The solution: After making an tab order change, close out the form designer. Open the form directly into execution mode. The new tab order will be evidenced. The problem with this is that if you have more form editing to do, you must close the form out and return to edit mode, as there is no way to get from an initial execution of a form into design mode. As far as I'm concerned this is definitely a bug (any disagreement?). Two bugs, actually - the second being the inability to get from initial execution of a form to design mode without first closing out the form. Yes, it is a bug, but possibly one that has been around for a while, even before LibreOffice was created as a project, i.e. it may be a bug from the OpenOffice.org code. I certainly remember that setting tab order was a PITA in form design. I don't remember now whether the Form Navigator is of any use here, or whether it is just simpler to fiddle with the underlying XML of the form. Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Delete Key Does Not Work in OS X
I have Libre 3.4.1 on a Mac 10.6.8 and both Back Space and Delete keys work as normal. I have only used them in Writer and Calc though. Tink. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Delete-Key-Does-Not-Work-in-OS-X-tp3134155p3147662.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] xls file causing crash
Hi Stephan, Stephan Zietsman wrote (05-07-11 13:14) Sigrid Carrera wrote: I can open it with: LibreOffice 3.3.2 OOO330m19 (Build:202) Ver: 3.3.2.2-14.mga1 whereas LibreOffice 3.3.3 OOO330m19 (Build:301) tag libreoffice-3.3.2.2 crashes repeatedly. Dave Griffiths wrote: I just tried and found no problem opening the file. I run openSUSE 11.4 64 bit with: LibreOffice 3.3.3 OOO330m19 (Build:301) tag libreoffice-3.3.3.1 El Cico wrote: I can open the file and see data and chart. LibreOffice 3.3.2 OOO330m19 (Build:202) tag libreoffice-3.3.2.2, Ubuntu package 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Thanks for all your replies. It seems that the responses are pretty varied, and not really consistent. For instance, it crashed my LibO 3.3.2 in Win7, and Sigrid Carrera's LibO 3.3.3 (not sure what OS). But it worked on El Cico's LibO 3.3.2 and Dave Griffiths' LibO 3.3.3. I've tested it again today, and I found it working in both OOo 3.2.0 and LibO 3.3.2 (which didn't work yesterday). Also, I notice that sometimes it maintains the chart data, but other times it loses it (my own case, OOo 3.2.0 maintained the data, LibO 3.3.2 lost it). To add some more: crashes on opening in 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 on Ubuntu. Does not crash in 3.4.1. Can change data / chart there too. I was hoping that I could narrow down the possibilities to file a proper bug report, but I can make no sense of this. Well, pls do. Since a developer with a debug-environment can prolly find out what the problem is. -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] xls file causing crash
Cor Nouws wrote: Stephan wrote: I was hoping that I could narrow down the possibilities to file a proper bug report, but I can make no sense of this. Well, pls do. Since a developer with a debug-environment can prolly find out what the problem is. I've created a bug report (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39032). If anyone has something useful to contribute, please do so. The report does reference this discussion thread, so you don't have to repeat everything you've posted here. However, I think it would be useful to add a comment to the bug report stating your Operating System and LibreOffice version (and whether or not the file crashes). Regards Stephan -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] xls file causing crash
Stephan Zietsman wrote (07-07-11 14:19) I've created a bug report (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39032). If anyone has something useful to contribute, please do so. The report does reference this discussion thread, so you don't have to repeat everything you've posted here. However, I think it would be useful to add a comment to the bug report stating your Operating System and LibreOffice version (and whether or not the file crashes). Done. Thanks! -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Focus a record based on a sub-form
Am 02.07.2011 03:20, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Consider a simplified table for catalog numbers. CatalogID: Integer CountryID: Integer CatalogNumber: text Now, consider a simplified Inventory table: InventoryID: Integer CatalogID: Integer The main form contains the inventory information with a sub form containing the catalog numbers. Is there an easy way to tell the form to stop showing the current record and go to the record with a specific catalog number? Hi Andrew, May be a subform with the specific record and a second subform with all related catalog numbers? Greetings, Andreas Säger -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: Inserting Info - Move in a 'Z' formation...
Stephan Zietsman wrote: [...] please do a mock-up of what you need and what you want it to look like. [...] I'll email you directly so that you can get my email address. I will try to keep the list posted if I think something's relevant. Behind the scenes Llweyn sent me the mock-up of what is needed. I've uploaded my solution, it is available here: http://www.2shared.com/file/xd4qTjaB/TestMoveZFormation.html Please take note that the macros included in the file are very purpose-built. I have not made them very general; I doubt anyone would find them useful except the requester. A few notes: 1. There are 2 (two) macros included: insertAndMoveInZFormation and deleteAndMoveInZFormation 2. insertAndMoveInZFormation inserts a single cell and moves the other cells right (wrapping at column 7) 3. deleteAndMoveInZFormation deletes a single cell and moves the other cells left (wrapping at column 2) 4. Neither the insert nor the delete macro can handle multiple cells at a time (select only one cell) 5. If you run either macro, you can't undo 6. The insert... macro doesn't work well if there are blank cells later on (try to keep blank cells to a minimum) 7. The delete... macro only works if the next cell is not empty 8. The delete... macro warns you (basically every time you use it) that you can't undo I've only spent about an hour on this, so it is not thoroughly tested. Please use it on a dummy sheet and test it until you understand how it works. I recommend having backups and saving often. I don't think these macros are harmful, but you never know. These macros aren't signed or anything. If you don't trust me or the macros, don't run them (I don't take offence if you don't trust me). I've written these macros in MS Excel's VBA and just made them work in LibO (sorry, I'm not really used to StarBasic yet). @Llweyn, I've also attached the file to this email (on bcc), so you don't have to download it from the link provided. If you have any questions, or you don't know how to run macros, feel free to ask (either on the mailing list/nabble or via personal email). -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Slide pane in Impress / LibreOffice 3.4.0
Hi Peter, Peter Pervers wrote (02-07-11 04:47) The new version of Impress doesn't show the names of slides in the slide sorter anymore. I am using LibreOffice 3.4.1 on Linux Mint 11. There has been done quite some rework for OpenOffice.org 3.4.0, that found its way to LibreOffice. A lot of that in Impress. The slide number now is shown top left, and with the mouse-over event (I look at OOoDEV300m105 and LibreOffice 3.4.1). HTH regards, Cor -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Slide pane in Impress / LibreOffice 3.4.1
Peter Pervers wrote (02-07-11 04:48) The new version of Impress doesn't allow me to have a slide pane with 2 or 3 slides per row anymore. (Note: I am not concerned with the Slide Sorter, but the slide pane in the normal view.) I am using LibreOffice 3.4.1 on Linux Mint 11. Are you really sure that it was ever possible to have more slides side by side in the left pane ?? I've never seen that. (testing ..) Ah well, indeed. It was possible up until OOo 3.3.0. So the change has the same root cause as explained in the previous mail. Regards, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: page break problem
Hi David, David Johnson wrote (30-06-11 17:29) I also have the problem of manual row breaks being ignored in calc 3.3.3 (windows) and calc 3.3.2 (ubuntu). In page break view I can drag the page breaks but they don't stay where I want them. Am I missing something? I remember an older bug in OpenOffice.org (probably have filed a bug for that myself ;-) ): When you change only page borders in the print preview, and nothing else, those changes won't be saved. This looks like what you describe? Regards, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Impress - Loss of link (path) between screen icons and soundfiles (MP3)
Hi Cor, Does Impress in LibO 3.4.1 still lose links between screen icons and audio files? (using interaction -play sound). Thanks half-impressed -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress - Loss of link (path) between screen icons and soundfiles (MP3)
t...@iafrica.com wrote (07-07-11 15:31) Does Impress in LibO 3.4.1 still lose links between screen icons and audio files? (using interaction -play sound). No idea. Is there an issue for this? Thanks, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] ole automation and libreOffice
Hello, since the last version of LibreOffice (LibreOffice 3.4.1 OOO340m1 (Build:103)) there is a regression: If you create a spreadsheet with OLE automation the welcome screen appears (in a second window): This window did not appear in earlier releases. Is there a way to suppress this 2nd ennoying window? Met vriendelijke groeten, Cordialement, Regards, DRIES FEYS ICT • software development • senior software engineer DISCLAIMER http://www.tvh.com/newen2/emaildisclaimer/default.html This message is delivered to all addressees subject to the conditions set forth in the attached disclaimer, which is an integral part of this message. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] replace an existing picture with another one - libreoffice 3.4.1
hi, apologize if the question was already addressed, but i can see that with the 3.4.1, if i insert/replace an existing picture with another one, the size/dimension of the existing template picture are not propagated to the inserted picture. is there a workaround and is there a particular reason for removing this feature? (i addressed the same question on the OOo forum already ) thanks in advance, nabil. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: page break problem
My two sentences were two different (but possibly related issues). 1) Adding row breaks and then printing - the row breaks were ignored. 2) Viewing that same document in page break view showed the row breaks but I couldn't drag them to a different place. I went back and tried my original file(.csv) again and now it works on both machines. I don't have the failing document any more so I guess I will just have to see if it happens again. Thanks anyway, David On 07/07/2011 08:21 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi David, David Johnson wrote (30-06-11 17:29) I also have the problem of manual row breaks being ignored in calc 3.3.3 (windows) and calc 3.3.2 (ubuntu). In page break view I can drag the page breaks but they don't stay where I want them. Am I missing something? I remember an older bug in OpenOffice.org (probably have filed a bug for that myself ;-) ): When you change only page borders in the print preview, and nothing else, those changes won't be saved. This looks like what you describe? Regards, -- David Johnson IT Coordinator Eastside Food Coop -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress - Loss of link (path) between screen icons and soundfiles (MP3)
Hi :) Yes, it's still a problem afaik. I don't think anyone has posted anything to the bug-report. Apols and regards from Tom :) From: Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 15:11:01 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress - Loss of link (path) between screen icons and soundfiles (MP3) t...@iafrica.com wrote (07-07-11 15:31) Does Impress in LibO 3.4.1 still lose links between screen icons and audio files? (using interaction -play sound). No idea. Is there an issue for this? Thanks, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Mail merge formatting
Hi. I am trying to perform a mail merge with numbers but can't seem to control the number format. I am merging with a .ods sheet with data. I have formatted the numbers in the sheet but in writer the formatting changes. 3.0012 prints as 3, 0.497 prints as 0.50 and 423.56 prints as 423.56. How do I control the formatting on a merge, do I need to convert numbers to text. steve -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge formatting
Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds wrote (07-07-11 21:28) I am trying to perform a mail merge with numbers but can't seem to control the number format. I am merging with a .ods sheet with data. I have formatted the numbers in the sheet but in writer the formatting changes. 3.0012 prints as 3, 0.497 prints as 0.50 and 423.56 prints as 423.56. How do I control the formatting on a merge, do I need to convert numbers to text. The properties of the mail merge field (can be accessed via the context menu when the cursor is just in front) allows to set this. Regards, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] 3D Transitions in Impress
Hi LibOs... I recently saw that there are 3D transitions theoretically available (see e.g. http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/eye-candy-3d-opengl-transitions-impress.html and the Wikipedia entry) in Impress. Under Linux i64 (Ubuntu) I am not able to get this working. Anybody has a clue? Cheers -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge formatting
On 8/07/11 7:35 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds wrote (07-07-11 21:28) I am trying to perform a mail merge with numbers but can't seem to control the number format. I am merging with a .ods sheet with data. I have formatted the numbers in the sheet but in writer the formatting changes. 3.0012 prints as 3, 0.497 prints as 0.50 and 423.56 prints as 423.56. How do I control the formatting on a merge, do I need to convert numbers to text. The properties of the mail merge field (can be accessed via the context menu when the cursor is just in front) allows to set this. Regards, Thanks. I didn't see this the first time I looked. I may have had the cursor in the wrong place. The mail merge is working well and pleasantly easy to use. steve -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars
I am using Libre Office Base 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 and when I create a form using the form wizard, and then try to edit that form, I cannot access any of the tools to do so. I try and right click on an object and select Form then nothing happens. I try and right click on an object and select Control then nothing happens. I try to go to ViewToolbarsForm Navigaion and then nothing happens. It won't let me see any toolbars at all. Same thing happens when I try to create a form from scratch. This makes Base kind of useless to me at the moment. I can use Calc to interface with my database but that is very awkward to use. Any ideas what is happening here? Thanks, Keith -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge formatting
Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com writes: Hi. I am trying to perform a mail merge with numbers but can't seem to control the number format. The mailmerge tool is too buggy to be used. -- html messages are obsolete -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge formatting
Hi Lee, lee wrote (07-07-11 23:06) Steve Edmondssteve.edmo...@ptglobal.com writes: I am trying to perform a mail merge with numbers but can't seem to control the number format. As you may have seen, Steve is both helped and happy. The mailmerge tool is too buggy to be used. Hmm, such a comment does not seem so helpful ;-) But OK, I can understand some level of frustration. I work with mail merge for years, and oh so often had to file bugs when a new (beta) version of OpenOffice.org was made available. Luckily, many problems were solved fine, and I am able to do most of my work without problem. Obviously because I know how to find my way and have the attitude to work with clean documents and data. But OK, it works. ( Which does not mean that both in the OOo bugTracker and in that one of LibreOffice, there can be found quite some issues and RFE for MailMerge. ) HTH, Cor -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Image problems
TOP Posted in order to avoid snipping any of the data for future readers: Hi Zak, Thanks for your time patience in your reply. I agree with your synopsis and have experienced each of the issues you mentioned with one exception and the addition of the runaway scrolling. In case I didn't make it clear, the runaway scrolling occurred when I was moving the pages via the scrollbar so I could watch the page numbers easier. But I could make the same thing happen by scrolling wtih the mouse wheel. The exception is that these documents are OK in Word. Now and then few images will move to slightly beyond the page border edge but not many and they're pretty easy to spot and correct. My version of Word is Office for XP (Word 2002) so maybe that explains why mine works so much better if not almost perfectly for image positions. Unless I do something to cause repagination of the document, the images all remain aligned OK. My goal is to get rid of needing Word, but I'm just not even getting close, really. So I'll probably keep Word around until/unless LO gets to the point where it can handle my situation. My usual fix is just to break a large document into several smaller documents to get LO to handle it, although I haven't created a Master Document yet and don't know if that will bring back the problems. It didn't on another file I did that to. They aren't large images either in real estate or file size; they're about 1/16 of a page, most of them, and there may be 6 to 10 smaller ones per page in a table which is apt to really screw up in LO. One thin I haven't thought of is doing the editing in Web layout; that might be worth checking into. That's a good idea, I think. And yes, I always set layout controls on all images. Centered in tables and left in the body text, anchor in the same cell as the image. Thanks for the clarifcations and food for thought! HTH, Twayne` n news:op.vx31csk8ov9kiw@monster-linux.zuhause, Zak McKracken zak_mckrac...@openoffice.org typed: Oh, boy, sad story! LO (and OO before that, too) have troubles if you go over a certain image density (i.e. the ratio of images to text becomes too low). That will make positioning very difficult. I have alo noticed that sometimes the positioning of images does not seem to work as advertised, but that is always hard to be sure about since many of the image-placing criterions are not obvious. That said: I have had to clean up large documents with many images before, and this is how it worked best: Go to View - web layout, that shoud show you the document on one endless page, as wide as the LO window is. This is as close to the source of the document as you will get. You can then anchor all images where you want them to appear in the text. If the document was converted from MS Word maybe you should also make sure that each is inside a frame. I always set the frames to scale automatically in vertical direction, and the image inside it to 100% horizontal size (while keeping aspect ratio), then make oush the lower edge of the frame up, forcing it to become as small as its content allows it. I usually use the frame template and set it to top of the paragraph, right edge of the printable area, anchor to paragraph, as well as the sizing stuff. After that selecting a frame and doubleclicking the template will do the trick. Except if you habe multiple images in one paragraph of course, then you'll need to micro-manage, because they'll tend to overlap, even if they're not allowed to. After that is done, every image should have a proper anchor and know where it's supposed to go. That's when it's time to save (better save to a new filename, or save a new version) and switch to print layout. This is when LO will determine line and page breaks and so on. This will also cause some images to move because they were in the middle of a page break or so. There should now be much fewer images out of place than in the beginning, and those have to be moved by hand. I have never had one of the scrolling-runaway you describe, but still scrolling with an image in hand can be painful and you'll miss the right place too often. I usually set LO to display at least two pages side by side, or even more (glad to have a large screen!), then scroll to a point where I can see both the page where an image is and the page it's supposed to go to. I pull it over, and if the zoom should not allow me to position it right then, I just leave it in the vicinity, zoom in and finish the job. Thad said, as mentioned above, there seems to be a critical image density above which things go downhill. Last time I was useing MS word for a similar project, it had the same problem only worse, but that's a long time ago, so I can't tell how it is these days. In LO sometimes scaling images down a bit helps, or spacing them further apart (i.e. avoid having to images in one paragraph). That said: Both MS Word and LO
[libreoffice-users] Re: Slide pane in Impress / LibreOffice 3.4.1
Yes, this was definitely possible and in fact super useful for longer presentations. Should this be filed as a bug report? The new version of Impress doesn't allow me to have a slide pane with 2 or 3 slides per row anymore. (Note: I am not concerned with the Slide Sorter, but the slide pane in the normal view.) I am using LibreOffice 3.4.1 on Linux Mint 11. Are you really sure that it was ever possible to have more slides side by side in the left pane?? I've never seen that. (testing ..) Ah well, indeed. It was possible up until OOo 3.3.0. o the change has the same root cause as explained in the previous mail. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Slide pane in Impress / LibreOffice 3.4.1
Hi :) I think it is better to file a bug-report and let the triagers decide. Cor is good with advice about that sort of thing here but he doesn't always have time. This guide might help http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport The most important thing in there is the link to actually post a bug-report. If in doubt, post a report :) Regards from Tom :) From: Sandy Miller kaese...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 22:28:43 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Slide pane in Impress / LibreOffice 3.4.1 Yes, this was definitely possible and in fact super useful for longer presentations. Should this be filed as a bug report? The new version of Impress doesn't allow me to have a slide pane with 2 or 3 slides per row anymore. (Note: I am not concerned with the Slide Sorter, but the slide pane in the normal view.) I am using LibreOffice 3.4.1 on Linux Mint 11. Are you really sure that it was ever possible to have more slides side by side in the left pane?? I've never seen that. (testing ..) Ah well, indeed. It was possible up until OOo 3.3.0. o the change has the same root cause as explained in the previous mail. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge formatting
Cor On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 23:31 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Lee, lee wrote (07-07-11 23:06) Steve Edmondssteve.edmo...@ptglobal.com writes: I am trying to perform a mail merge with numbers but can't seem to control the number format. As you may have seen, Steve is both helped and happy. The mailmerge tool is too buggy to be used. Hmm, such a comment does not seem so helpful ;-) But OK, I can understand some level of frustration. I work with mail merge for years, and oh so often had to file bugs when a new (beta) version of OpenOffice.org was made available. Luckily, many problems were solved fine, and I am able to do most of my work without problem. Obviously because I know how to find my way and have the attitude to work with clean documents and data. But OK, it works. ( Which does not mean that both in the OOo bugTracker and in that one of LibreOffice, there can be found quite some issues and RFE for MailMerge. ) HTH, Cor -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org To follow up on mail merge, it is a functionality I use just often enough to sort of know what I doing but can not remember the exact steps I need to do. Thus, I am always frustrated with a properly working functionality. It is always back to the documentation for me. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars
On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 16:29 -0400, Keith Clark wrote: I am using Libre Office Base 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 and when I create a form using the form wizard, and then try to edit that form, I cannot access any of the tools to do so. I try and right click on an object and select Form then nothing happens. I try and right click on an object and select Control then nothing happens. I try to go to ViewToolbarsForm Navigaion and then nothing happens. It won't let me see any toolbars at all. Same thing happens when I try to create a form from scratch. This makes Base kind of useless to me at the moment. I can use Calc to interface with my database but that is very awkward to use. Any ideas what is happening here? Thanks, Keith Ok, I found a bug (launchpad bug#709778) related to this that seems to be still unresolved. This really makes Base useless to me at the moment! Keith -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars
Hi :) Yes, sadly Base seems to need a lot of work but it's too much of a challenge for devs right now. When it works it's great and it has a lot of great potential. You might want to post a bug-report directly with LibreOffice bug-reporting system rather than just downstream at Ubuntu http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Perhaps give a url link to the Launchpad report? Regards from Tom :) From: Keith Clark keithcl...@k-wbookworm.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 23:13:28 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 16:29 -0400, Keith Clark wrote: I am using Libre Office Base 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 and when I create a form using the form wizard, and then try to edit that form, I cannot access any of the tools to do so. I try and right click on an object and select Form then nothing happens. I try and right click on an object and select Control then nothing happens. I try to go to ViewToolbarsForm Navigaion and then nothing happens. It won't let me see any toolbars at all. Same thing happens when I try to create a form from scratch. This makes Base kind of useless to me at the moment. I can use Calc to interface with my database but that is very awkward to use. Any ideas what is happening here? Thanks, Keith Ok, I found a bug (launchpad bug#709778) related to this that seems to be still unresolved. This really makes Base useless to me at the moment! Keith -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars
It seems the bug has already been cross posted: Launchpad bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/709778 FreeDesktop bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36443 On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 23:29 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yes, sadly Base seems to need a lot of work but it's too much of a challenge for devs right now. When it works it's great and it has a lot of great potential. You might want to post a bug-report directly with LibreOffice bug-reporting system rather than just downstream at Ubuntu http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Perhaps give a url link to the Launchpad report? Regards from Tom :) From: Keith Clark keithcl...@k-wbookworm.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 23:13:28 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 16:29 -0400, Keith Clark wrote: I am using Libre Office Base 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 and when I create a form using the form wizard, and then try to edit that form, I cannot access any of the tools to do so. I try and right click on an object and select Form then nothing happens. I try and right click on an object and select Control then nothing happens. I try to go to ViewToolbarsForm Navigaion and then nothing happens. It won't let me see any toolbars at all. Same thing happens when I try to create a form from scratch. This makes Base kind of useless to me at the moment. I can use Calc to interface with my database but that is very awkward to use. Any ideas what is happening here? Thanks, Keith Ok, I found a bug (launchpad bug#709778) related to this that seems to be still unresolved. This really makes Base useless to me at the moment! Keith -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge formatting
Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl writes: Hi Lee, lee wrote (07-07-11 23:06) Steve Edmondssteve.edmo...@ptglobal.com writes: I am trying to perform a mail merge with numbers but can't seem to control the number format. As you may have seen, Steve is both helped and happy. Yes, and I'm happy when it works for him :) The mailmerge tool is too buggy to be used. Hmm, such a comment does not seem so helpful ;-) The idea behind the comment is that he might spend a lot of time to get it set up the way he needs it just to find out that the mailmerge tool doesn't work. So when he knows that it doesn't work, he might test it before wasting time, or find another way. But OK, I can understand some level of frustration. I work with mail merge for years, and oh so often had to file bugs when a new (beta) version of OpenOffice.org was made available. Luckily, many problems were solved fine, and I am able to do most of my work without problem. Obviously because I know how to find my way and have the attitude to work with clean documents and data. But OK, it works. Well, I tried it and found that it would sometimes send mails and sometimes not, that it messes up the PDF which is just fine when exported manually or by a macro and that modifying the Properties of the messages to be sent crashes LO. Besides that, some other bugs turned up so that I consider LO to be in some alpha stage. Some level of frustration isn't so crucial. Crucial is getting the results one needs. That bugs may be fixed some time in the future is a good thing, yet it doesn't help me much when I need the results now. I'm getting them with LaTeX now. The difference is that trying with LO lead to finding bugs and to things getting more and more difficult, while trying with LaTeX lead to progress, to things getting easier and to results. Both ways involved frustration, of course. Anyway, I'm surprised that mailmerge works for you. I could have used it if it worked. -- html messages are obsolete -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars
Hi :) Wow! It's good to see both bug-reports link to each other. Also i didn't realise that LibreOffice also uses Launchpad for bug tracking. I know projects other than Ubuntu use Launchpad but i didn't realise that included LO. If devs do start working on Base then it should be easier for them to work through bug reports. Thanks and regards from Tom :) From: Keith Clark keithcl...@k-wbookworm.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 23:42:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars It seems the bug has already been cross posted: Launchpad bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/709778 FreeDesktop bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36443 On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 23:29 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yes, sadly Base seems to need a lot of work but it's too much of a challenge for devs right now. When it works it's great and it has a lot of great potential. You might want to post a bug-report directly with LibreOffice bug-reporting system rather than just downstream at Ubuntu http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Perhaps give a url link to the Launchpad report? Regards from Tom :) From: Keith Clark keithcl...@k-wbookworm.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 23:13:28 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Form Design and Toolbars On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 16:29 -0400, Keith Clark wrote: I am using Libre Office Base 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 and when I create a form using the form wizard, and then try to edit that form, I cannot access any of the tools to do so. I try and right click on an object and select Form then nothing happens. I try and right click on an object and select Control then nothing happens. I try to go to ViewToolbarsForm Navigaion and then nothing happens. It won't let me see any toolbars at all. Same thing happens when I try to create a form from scratch. This makes Base kind of useless to me at the moment. I can use Calc to interface with my database but that is very awkward to use. Any ideas what is happening here? Thanks, Keith Ok, I found a bug (launchpad bug#709778) related to this that seems to be still unresolved. This really makes Base useless to me at the moment! Keith -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting
Le 07/07/11 23:31, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi Cor, Hmm, such a comment does not seem so helpful ;-) But OK, I can understand some level of frustration. I work with mail merge for years, and oh so often had to file bugs when a new (beta) version of OpenOffice.org was made available. Luckily, many problems were solved fine, and I am able to do most of my work without problem. Obviously because I know how to find my way and have the attitude to work with clean documents and data. But OK, it works. ( Which does not mean that both in the OOo bugTracker and in that one of LibreOffice, there can be found quite some issues and RFE for MailMerge. ) I'm afraid I have to agree with Lee here. Compared to previous sucessive versions of OpenOffice.org, mailmerge functionality has regressed, so much for preserving past investment as our mission statement likes to tout. A quick overview of the bugzilla lists a few of the most relevant mailmerge problems within LibreOffice. I keep a copy of OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 for that very reason - sad ain't it, but nonetheless a business necessity. I see that there is a bug issue floating around on bugzilla for all problems deemed to be required to be resolved in order for LibreOffice to be considered enterprise ready - I hope mailmerge is up there with the others (haven't looked yet to be honest). For a quick gander at mailmerge problems : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=libreoffice+mailmerge Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with formatting footnotes...
Hi I don't know if there are others ways to solve your problem, but I would sugest this way: To make a macro (How?) Like this: 1) Menu Tools-Macros-Save Macro 2) Here Appears a little windows that says something like this Stop to save macro (Not to click yet) 3) Menu Insert-(Footnotes-Final Note). Here appears a windows for Footnotes. Click Accept. 4) Click in window Stop to save Macro (Point 2)). Here appear a window. Select MyMacros-Standard and then Select New Module: Appears a window: Write the name- Footnotes and Accept. 5) Menu Tools-Macros-Organize Macros-OpenOffice.org Basic... Here appear a window. Select MyMacros-Standard-Footnotes (Your Macro). Click Asign. Appears a new window. Select Save in OpenOffice.org-Writer (Below the Comands Chart). 6) Now, select ADD, and appear a new window. Here, in the chart Category, roll down until the end to find + Macros OpenOffice.org. Click it (+) and there appears + My Macros. Click it and Standard and select Footnotes and Click ADD. 7) Now in the Commands Chart you can find Footnotes command. If You select it you can modify the name if you want, with the command at right. Then Assure that the tool bar is Standard (At the top of Chart) 8) Click Accept. 9) Now, in the Tool Bar of your document Appears a Footnotes icon (At the top of the document). If you click it, it insert a footnote in your document. Now You not need go to Menu-Insert-Footnotes and make the footnote each time. With only one click you are going to insert the footnotes that you need. It respect the consecutive numbers although you save and close the document and then open and continue working. I hope this help you to solve your problem. If you need adicional help say me, Regards, Jorge Rodríguez _ El mié, 06-07-2011 a las 12:33 -0700, gena_hill escribió: Hi! I'm new to LibreOffice, and I'm having problems trying to figure out how to format more than one footnotes at a time. Everything else is working beautifully for me, but this is really an important feature for me since I deal with tons of footnotes on a regular basis. Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you! -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Help-with-formatting-footnotes-tp3145923p3145923.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Atentamente, Jorge Rodríguez -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
