[libreoffice-users] Re: how to stop text resizing with window

2013-08-22 Thread Nino Novak
Am 21.08.2013 22:59, schrieb Dave Howorth:
 On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 16:33 +0200, Nino Novak wrote:
 Am 20.08.2013 22:52, schrieb Dave Howorth:
 I just imported and opened a CSV file into calc. When I resize the
 window, instead of being able to see more columns, the text displayed in
 the cells increases in size and I see exactly the same columns. I've
 never seen this happen before. How/why did it happen and how do I make
 it keep the font size constant and show me more columns? Looking in the
 help and searching the web haven't helped me.

 Strange behavior, never seen that.

 Which version of LibreOffice do you use?
 On which Platform/Operating System?
 
 This is LibreOffice 3.4.2 OOO340m1 (Build:1206)
 
 openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64)
 
 Linux piglet 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-12-13 11:13:53
 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 
 Yes, I know it's all rather old.

Yepp.

Did you try a newer version?

I don't know if this problem is caused by LibreOffice itself or by the
underlying window manager (or by a bad interaction between the two), but
it's always worth testing a newer LibreOffice version. I'd prefer a
Vanilla version from www.libreoffice.org to a distribution's version,
because the latter in most cases has been slightly modified.

The closest bug description I found is
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68168
which happens to be also occuring on Linux.

And the CSV files, do they happen to be huge?

Regards,
Nino

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with definite integral

2013-08-22 Thread Uwe Dippel
Dear Karl-Heinz,

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Karl-Heinz Bellgardt 
bellga...@iftc.uni-hannover.de wrote:

are you looking for something like this in Math:
 int from 0 to 1 x^2 dx = left none x^3 over 3 right rline_0^1
 Instead of left none you could also use left lline.


exactly this one. Thanks so much.
Should I file a documentation bug since this is not mentioned in the manual
that I downloaded and studied?

Thanks again,

Uwe

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

2013-08-22 Thread Valter Mura
In data domenica 18 agosto 2013 02:43:29, Urmas ha scritto:

 What a ridiculous article. The LO suite inadequacy is clear to any who
 worked with it more than 15 minutes. The reason for this is implementing
 features by an order from Sun/Oracle/RH/whatever or by cargo-cult feature
 transfer. It is clear that no one actually did their work with it by
 themselves.

Ahahahahahah!!! Boom!!!

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[libreoffice-users] Re: SQLException when using ADO driver and prepared statements

2013-08-22 Thread mhaverin
Hello!

I went and added this:
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68417

Thank you for your help!




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[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with definite integral

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
It's something you could write to the documentation mailing list about but i 
don't think they really go through bug-reports.  Normlly for most teams i would 
say bug-report is the best way to make it easier to track what is happening 
with issues like that but the docs team are better with emails.  It doesn't 
need to be fancy.  Please try to keep it short.  Just a couple of line or just 
forwards your last email to them.  


However i think the Math Guide is getting a fairly major revamp this cycle (or 
maybe next) so maybe it's already been done.  (In which case the docs list 
might find it even easier to deal an email! :) )

Regards from 
Tom :)  







 From: Uwe Dippel udip...@gmail.com
To: Karl-Heinz Bellgardt bellga...@iftc.uni-hannover.de 
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013, 10:37
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with definite integral
 

Dear Karl-Heinz,

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Karl-Heinz Bellgardt 
bellga...@iftc.uni-hannover.de wrote:

are you looking for something like this in Math:
 int from 0 to 1 x^2 dx = left none x^3 over 3 right rline_0^1
 Instead of left none you could also use left lline.


exactly this one. Thanks so much.
Should I file a documentation bug since this is not mentioned in the manual
that I downloaded and studied?

Thanks again,

Uwe

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[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 4.0.5

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Good to see the 4.0.5 out!  I'm downloading it to install on all machines 
already and also downloading the pre-release version of the 4.1.1 for my own 
machine to see if i can manage to repay the community a bit by maybe doing a 
bit of QA type testing.  It's good to get the latest most stable version onto 
my colleagues machines! :)  


I'm not sure i will really manage to do that but that's what i'm hoping to do.  
Also i have never actually tried that install in parallel page that i keep 
giving out to people so i really should try it myself!  


Torrenting is great if you are using GnuLinux but in Windows it means 
installing a bit-torrent as they don't seem to have a default one.  My torrents 
arrived much faster than a normal download would but my upload speed is very 
poor so i've not had anyone downloading chunks from em yet.  I'm going to keep 
the torrentinh open for a day just in case anyone locally also tries to get it. 
 

Good luck all and regards from 

Tom :)  








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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to stop text resizing with window

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
I tend to think that it's worth starting off with the one from the repos 
because it's easier because it's already there.  However, if there is the 
slightest problem then getting the upstream one from the official LO website 
makes sense.  Also good to get the upstream one when a new version is released 
although i tend to do that once per branch and even skip entire branches 
completely quite often.  


If it works.  Use it., an ancient Chinese proverb, according to Ensign Harry 
Kim 
Regards from 
Tom :)  







 From: Nino Novak nn.l...@kflog.org
To: LibO users users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013, 9:14
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to stop text resizing with window
 

snip /

 Yes, I know it's all rather old.

Yepp.

Did you try a newer version?

I don't know if this problem is caused by LibreOffice itself or by the
underlying window manager (or by a bad interaction between the two), but
it's always worth testing a newer LibreOffice version. I'd prefer a
Vanilla version from www.libreoffice.org to a distribution's version,
because the latter in most cases has been slightly modified.

The closest bug description I found is
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68168
which happens to be also occuring on Linux.

And the CSV files, do they happen to be huge?

Regards,
Nino


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to stop text resizing with window

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Sorry, ignore my last post!  

I really meant to just suggest renaming the User Profile and see if that helped
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile

It's usually the quickest and easiest thing to check when weird things start 
happening in LibreOffice so it's a good first thing to try while waiting for 
answers from this mailing list.  

Regards from 
Tom :)  







 From: Nino Novak nn.l...@kflog.org
To: LibO users users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013, 9:14
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to stop text resizing with window
 

Am 21.08.2013 22:59, schrieb Dave Howorth:
 On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 16:33 +0200, Nino Novak wrote:
 Am 20.08.2013 22:52, schrieb Dave Howorth:
 I just imported and opened a CSV file into calc. When I resize the
 window, instead of being able to see more columns, the text displayed in
 the cells increases in size and I see exactly the same columns. I've
 never seen this happen before. How/why did it happen and how do I make
 it keep the font size constant and show me more columns? Looking in the
 help and searching the web haven't helped me.

 Strange behavior, never seen that.

 Which version of LibreOffice do you use?
 On which Platform/Operating System?
 
 This is LibreOffice 3.4.2 OOO340m1 (Build:1206)
 
 openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64)
 
 Linux piglet 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-12-13 11:13:53
 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 
 Yes, I know it's all rather old.

Yepp.

Did you try a newer version?

I don't know if this problem is caused by LibreOffice itself or by the
underlying window manager (or by a bad interaction between the two), but
it's always worth testing a newer LibreOffice version. I'd prefer a
Vanilla version from www.libreoffice.org to a distribution's version,
because the latter in most cases has been slightly modified.

The closest bug description I found is
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68168
which happens to be also occuring on Linux.

And the CSV files, do they happen to be huge?

Regards,
Nino

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[libreoffice-users] QA Call Reminder: Friday @ 13:00 UTC

2013-08-22 Thread Robinson Tryon
Hi all,

Our bi-weekly public QA Call is tomorrow. All are welcome!

The Agenda and information for joining-in are available here:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Meetings/2013/August_23

Cheers,
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A neat feature

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
I think it's one of those things you have to play around with before finding 
settings that suit your own needs.  Other people can try to help but exact, 
precision is only likely to come from making decisions for yourself.  Sorry 
that's not very helpful!  

Are you trying to make Heading2 a percentage of Heading1 rather than a 
percentage (over 100% obviously) of the default or text-body styles?  I'm not 
sure which approach i would take either tbh.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  






 From: Denis J Navas denis.na...@gmail.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 16:04
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: A neat feature
 

Virgil,

I have been experimenting using percentages.  With heading 1 ... heading n, 
I make a header depends from the inmediately superior heading and apply that 
the font of a lower heading is 92% of the previous size. 



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbered List Help

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Superb!  Welcome in :)

You might find something in the official documentation
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

I
 suspect that the Getting Started Guide chapter 3 (on styles) might be
 the most helpful but hopefully someone else might have a better answer 
soon


Many of us were new quite recently so this is often peer led support.  It 
sometimes takes us a while to work out the exact problem and then answer it so 
plesae bear with us if we ask you questions to determine the exact problem.  On 
the other hand there are also people that have been here for over a decade.  

Oddly enough we recently had a thread about ePub and generally found it quite 
difficult so you might be able to help other people straight away!  I think we 
did manage to find out 1 way of doing it using eLaix or something.  

Anyway, welcome in!
Regards from 
Tom :)  






 From: ZP zukepr...@gmail.com
To: libreoffice-users users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013, 15:39
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Numbered List Help
 

Hey all,
I'm fairly new to LO so please treat with kid gloves.  I'm a proficient 
MO Word user, but I'm really enjoying the capabilities of Writer.  I've 
been using it lately to create epub documents from books that I find 
online and I find LO's capabilities in this area to be far superior to Word.

Unrelated to epub creation, however, I'm doing some work for an 
international client who uses .odf documents exclusively.  What a great 
opportunity to use LO in a professional environment!  Right now I'm 
recreating a document from a poorly scanned pdf, which includes quite a 
lot of numbered lists within table cells.

Here's my problem at the moment, I'm having a hard time formatting the 
numbered lists (spacing, etc).  For the document creation, I'm using a 
fixed-width font (Courier Prime 12pt) to aid in readability before going 
to final form, using Times New Roman 12 pt.  I understand this will 
affect list spacing, but I'll deal with that when I get to it.

I just can't seem to come to grips with the spacing options given under 
the list dialogue.  When my numbered list gets to 10) the spacing 
jumps to the next tab, but I can't seem to adjust the tabs on the 
ruler bar.  They don't act like real tabs, if you get my meaning.  Under 
the 'Positions and Spacing' tab on the numbered list options I see:

Number followed by...[Tab Stop] at __

Numbering alignment...[Left]
Aligned at...
Indent at...

Can someone explain what these actually do?  I can adjust the level one 
spacing by hit or miss, but when I try to adjust the level two spacing, 
I just can't seem to get everything to line up properly. For 
international documents (using A4 metric spacing), is there a standard 
for list spacing? I'd like everything to be lined up and justified on 
the left side, with appropriate spacing/indent for the level 2,3, etc items.

Hopefully, this was clear.  Kind of hard to describe my problem this 
early in the morning!

ZP


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Default View Layout(SOLVED)

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  
Did you ever solve this problem really?  

I've just been going through old emails and wondered if it was something to do 
with the zoom?  Of course most weird things that shouldn't happen and didn't 
happen previously can be solved by just renaming the User Profile but as you 
said you really shouldn't have to do anything like that just from opening 1 
document!  
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile

Regards from
Tom :) 






 From: Mark LaPierre marklap...@aol.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Monday, 19 August 2013, 0:56
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Default View Layout(SOLVED)
 

On 08/18/2013 07:50 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
 Hey Y'all,

 I opened an odf document on LO-Writer from the LO Documentation web
 site.  The document was set for a side by side, two pages side by each,
 print view.  Since opening that file every file I open defaults to the
 same side by side, two pages side by each, print view.  Even documents
 that have only one page.

 Opening a document should not change your default settings for other
 documents that you open later.  How do I get the default to go back to
 print view one page at a time, one above the next, like it used to do?


http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/4664/set-print-layout-to-one-page/

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer tab stops setting keeps reverting to .5

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Is this related to the new thread?  Did you find a good answer?  
Regareds from 
Tom :)  





 From: Tim Deaton t...@timdeaton.org
To: LO users users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2013, 13:23
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Writer tab stops setting keeps reverting to .5
 

I'm using LO 4.0.4.2 on Windows 7.

Before moving to 4.0, I had my Writer tab stops set to .25 (using Tools 
- Options - Writer - General - Tab Stops).  I set it once and it stayed 
that way.  But since moving to 4.0, it reverts to the default .5 
settingevery time I start Writer - even on existing documents - and I 
have to redo my .25 setting.

Does anyone know if this is being fixed in 4.1, or how to cure the problem?

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbered List Help

2013-08-22 Thread ZP

On 08/22/2013 09:03 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Oddly enough we recently had a thread about ePub and generally found 
it quite difficult so you might be able to help other people straight 
away!  I think we did manage to find out 1 way of doing it using eLaix 
or something.


I saw that thread...long and intimidating! lol.

Personally, I keep it very simple:  I copy the document (cut  paste or 
type) into LO Writer.  I only use the following paragraph styles 
'Default' or 'Text Body' and Heading 1, 2, 3 for chapter headings.  
Occasionally, I'll use a quotation style as required. All edits are done 
in a fixed-width font for readability and editing (I prefer Courier Prime).


Footnotes are always end of chapter if I use sections and a master 
document, or end of document (which is easier to manage, IMO, since I 
don't have to mess with a master document.  Some long and complex books 
with lots of footnotes get the master document treatment, with each 
chapter having its own section.


When finished with the input and review, I change Default Paragraph, 
Text Body, and Heading fonts to 'Times New Roman'.  I don't use the 
writer to epub plugin...since I've had bad luck with it.  Instead, I use 
Calibre to convert from .odt to .epub.  The good thing about Calibre, is 
I can keep the .odt file IN the calibre library for edits later on (if I 
find an error, etc), and just convert it to epub again as required.  
Very simple.


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A neat feature

2013-08-22 Thread Denis José Navas Vega
Tom,

I receive your comments via my email account and answer from it.

Yes, I am setting a cascade of sizes based on size of previous
heading, using the same font size setting: 92%.
The key I discovered, is to not confuse LO is to apply Heading 1 to a
paragraph, latter Heading 2 up to Heading N.

I think that in that way, LO avoids confusion and scalates the font.
An advantage is that it expands or stretch the size to accomodate
fractional sizes.





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2013/8/22 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk:
 Hi :)
 I think it's one of those things you have to play around with before finding
 settings that suit your own needs.  Other people can try to help but exact,
 precision is only likely to come from making decisions for yourself.  Sorry
 that's not very helpful!

 Are you trying to make Heading2 a percentage of Heading1 rather than a
 percentage (over 100% obviously) of the default or text-body styles?  I'm
 not sure which approach i would take either tbh.
 Regards from
 Tom :)


 
 From: Denis J Navas denis.na...@gmail.com
 To: users@global.libreoffice.org
 Sent: Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 16:04
 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: A neat feature

 Virgil,

 I have been experimenting using percentages.  With heading 1 ... heading n,
 I make a header depends from the inmediately superior heading and apply that
 the font of a lower heading is 92% of the previous size.



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[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibreOffice 4.0.5

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
I thought a few people here might be interested in the announcement just made 
to the accessibility mailing list.  


I'm not sure if anyone else currently uses screen-readers and such but it's 
often occured to me as a good thing to try out.  Also if you are the IT person 
in a company or have friends or relatives that would find screen-readers and 
things helpful then the announcement might interest you too.  


The accessibility mailing list is a vey low traffic list (kinda the opposite of 
this one) so joining it might be very helpful to ensure you get notices such as 
this one (err, 'see' below)


Regards from 

Tom :) 





 From: Niklas Johansson sleeping.pil...@gmail.com
To: accessibil...@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013, 17:26
Subject: [libreoffice-accessibility] LibreOffice 4.0.5
 

LibreOffice 4.0.5 was released today and I just wanted to make you all aware 
that there are at least two accessibility related fixes included in this 
release.

Windows:
As Stuart announced earlier the Java Accessibility Bridge is now fixed for Java 
7. This is the first release in the 4.0-series of LibreOffice that includes 
this patch. David did a great job with this patch.

Mac:
The first patches from Boris will be in this release. It is a patch to make 
VoiceOver follow the keyboard focus. This is a huge step for the accessibility 
support on Mac. There are a more improvements to come in later versions of 
LibreOffice, such as typing echo information about text attributes etc. I do 
not know exactly when these improvements will be available but they should be 
in LibreOffice 4.2-series which will be released in the beginning of next year 
(~february).

Linux:
Sorry to say that I do not know of any improvements for the Linux version.

See: Stuarts announcement 
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Java-JRE-7-based-Java-Access-Bridge-is-now-functional-td4065392.html

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Re: [libreoffice-users] print drivers?

2013-08-22 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster


I had the LO Quick Launcher option once on my Ubuntu desktop [10.04 
GNOME and now 12.05 MATE].


The problem I found was if you want to upgrade any extensions or 
add-ons, the quick launching options can stop it from working. Some 
require LO to stop running completely for the upgrade process.  With the 
small portion of LO the quick launching uses, the upgrading thinks LO is 
running completely.  This option will not allow a full exit and restart 
of LO if it is needed for the extension needs a restart of LO.


Since LO starts rather quickly on my system, the quick launch option 
does not reduce that boot time by much.  Now if I was running a lot of 
windows and had a major file copy/paste action going on my primary 
system drive [c: for windows and /sda for Ubuntu] then it takes a lot 
more time to launch LO and the quick launch option might help.


But, by default, I do not use that option.

Actually, I just had to do a clean install of LO 4.0.5 on my default 
desktop, due to a failure of the primary drive.  Just finished 
rebuilding the replacement drive an hour or so ago.  Had 3 drives, a 
1-TB and two 2-TB.  Now I use three 2-TB drives.  Used part of one as an 
internal backup of the /home or User folders, but lost about a week 
or so of files due to the timing of the failure in the backup schedule.


So, I was re-looking at all of the options in the ToolsOptions dialogs 
a few hours ago to decide what would be the best for my. I did not check 
the quick launch option, but did some modification of the memory options.


As for the print drivers from the thread subject, well I use the 
Linux ONLY use Tools  Options  LibreOffice  General --- Print 
Dialogs  use LibreOffice dialogs check-box.  This check-box is not in 
the Windows install.  I do not know if the RPM installs have it either, 
since I use 64-bit Debian installs.


Also I do not run parallel installs of LO or LO and AOO.


On 08/20/2013 06:59 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote:

LO 3.6.7, Slackware 14.0, KDE 4.8.5, Linux k3.2.29.

I have never seen the quickstarter installed.  However, in the past, 
I have left LO running with many open files when I shut down for the 
day.  The next time I start up, LO and the left-open files were 
reloaded as it was when I shut down.  This may be a KDE thing.


That said, I am now having a problem with this feature and am going 
to open a new thread on it to see if anyone on this forum has an idea 
how to solve it.

Girvin Herr



On 08/20/2013 12:32 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
The Microsquish thing is Quick Launcher and i think they copied it 
from KDE.  Could be wrong though.


The Quick Starter puts OpenOffice/LibreOffice open in the system tray 
(in Windows).  Not completely sure what, if anything, it does in 
GnuLinux or Mac


Regards from
Tom :)







From: Robert Holtzm hol...@cox.net
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 20:06
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] print drivers?


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:16:25PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
Yes, LO can be installed alongside AOO but not by a straight 
forwards install of both.



You need to make sure the QuickStarter is switched off and that 
they are not opened at the same time as each other. Various other 
technical issues also need to be taken care of.

QuickStarter? Isn't that M$ or am I wrong?



There is a guide

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel

Much obliged for the link.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] converting .odt to .doc

2013-08-22 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster


LO version 3.6.7 - last of its line - and the 4.0.5 or 4.1.0 versions 
will give you better results for reading/writing the newer MSO formats 
like .docx.


Every line upgrade tends to be better at using the MSO formats, over the 
previous lines.  You are still using the 3.5.x line.  The 3.6.x line 
released its last version several weeks ago.  The 4.0.x line just 
released the 4.0.5 version today.  A few weeks ago the 4.1.0 version 
came out as well.


So you might have more success with the 3.6.7 or 4.0.5 versions.

I use Ubuntu 12.04 with the MATE desktop environment, instead of Unity.  
I am now running 4.0.5 [64-bit].


I know that Ubuntu's repository is really behind the current version[s] 
that are out on the LibreOffice.org download pages.  So you might want 
to upgrade you version of LO to one of the newer ones.


http://www.libreoffice.org/download
you can choose which version to download from this link.  I would use 4.0.5.

Tim L.
Manager of the LO NA-DVD .iso project.
http://libreoffice-na.us/

4.0.4 NA-DVD .iso file
http://donate.libreoffice.org/home/dl/box/4.0.4/multi/LO-4.0.4_English-NA-DVD_All-Platforms_Multi-Lang_plus-extras.iso

4.1.0 NA-DVD .iso file
http://donate.libreoffice.org/home/dl/box/4.1.0/multi/LO-4.1.0_English-NA-DVD_All-Platforms_Multi-Lang_plus-extras.iso


On 08/21/2013 04:44 AM, tamas czovek wrote:

Hi,
When I convert .odt documents to .doc or .docx the original formatting 
gets messed up with, in .doc, half the footnotes lost sometimes. How 
can I prevent this from happening? I use Ubuntu 12.04 and LibreOffice 
3.5.7.2.

Wishes,
Tamas



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge manual field entry

2013-08-22 Thread Carl Paulsen
Thanks, Tom.  I've been away for a while.  These links are handy, but on 
a quick look don't answer my questions.  But...I'll keep looking.


Carl



On 8/17/13 6:27 AM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
I am not certain how to do this but it 'should' be fairly easy.  it probably 
isn't but it should be.

I am not sure if it makes a difference but do you happen to know  the name of 
the back-end used by Salesforce?  Is it MySql?

There are some tutorials on using Base which might (or might not) help
http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/list_videos?view=1foss=LibreOffice-Suite-Baselanguage=English
also a handbook
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Handbook
and an FAQ
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Base

Hopefully someone on this list can either help directly or pinpoint more 
specific links found through the above or from elsewhere.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)









From: Carl Paulsen carlpaul...@comcast.net
To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013, 23:22
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge manual field entry


A related question, which may help me figure out what I need, is how
does one manually work through a mail merge?  I only see the wizard, but
what if I've already created a document and just want to change a few
fields?  I don't want to have to enter a wizard and work through the
entire thing just to edit that document.  That function might also allow
me to hand-enter field names for this merge document.

Carl


On 8/12/13 4:12 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote:

Hi all,

I need to create a mail merge that will, I hope, be used with
Salesforce for mail merge communications.  I need to create a document
with manually entered merge fields where the source database has not
(and probably can not - at least with my current skills) be registered
with LibreOffice. Salesforce is a web-based database service that has
strict limits on connections outside of web browsers.

In short, what I'd like to do is create mailing labels, type in the
merge fields as they need to be typed (to work with Salesforce), then
save and upload the document.  I can't find any way to do this.  Is
there a way?  Also, Salesforce provides some templates for the merges
and I can see what I need to do, but the fields they provide in their
templates are not relevant to what I need, and I can't replace their
merge fields with the ones I do need.

Thanks.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge manual field entry

2013-08-22 Thread Carl Paulsen
Thank you Alex.  I'll give your ideas some thought.  The key issue for 
me is that I can manually enter placeholders for fields as text that 
Salesforce can interpret for the merge on their platform (well, I think 
I can but haven't been able to test it yet).  What I can't do is enter 
any LO commands that trigger a next record or next page that Salesforce 
can interpret.


All that said, I still don't really understand how LO handles mail 
merges and it seems to be tailored to those who want to generate merges 
with a Calc spreadsheet (even that should be simpler IMHO) or a Base dB 
or a connected dB for someone who knows a little more.


Carl



On 8/19/13 4:38 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote:

Le 12/08/2013 22:12, Carl Paulsen a écrit :

Hi Carl,

1) Create a Writer document template with the size of the label you 
require or use one of the pre-supplied label formats provided with LO.


2) In order to be able to include Database Field Names, you will need to

(a) be able to either connect directly from LO to the database server 
(using the GUI and a registered datasource or a macro to setup the 
database context)


OR

(b) insert placeholders or user-defined fields which will then 
have to be mapped to the data you can retrieve from your web 
interfaced database.


3) Alternatively, use some third party software to manipulate the 
corresponding ODF document directly (python, java tools, php, perl, 
etc). IMO, this may probably be easier in the long run if you don't 
require your users to manipulate file creation, ie., if everything is 
setup by an admin and doesn't require further user intervention other 
than launching a script.


Alex




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Re: [libreoffice-users] More mail merge help needed

2013-08-22 Thread Carl Paulsen

Thanks, Paul.  I've been away for a bit.

There is a LO connector for SF, but AFAIK that connector won't make a 
merge document work within the broader Force.com platform. But this may 
be worth looking into further.  I'm still stuck on creating the document 
with next record and next page fields to make it actually function as a 
merge document.


Carl



On 8/15/13 10:29 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:

I am not an expert, but I do have a question.

Does Salesforce have a database connector that will allow you to use 
LibreOffice Base as an intermediary to your Writer document?


Paul

On 8/14/2013 1:35 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
I'm trying to create mail merge documents that contain merge fields 
for a document that can't connect directly to the data source. That 
source (Salesforce) can read the documents if the field names are 
correctly entered.  I can type the field names in manually, but I 
can't figure out how to generate a label merge document that will work.


The mail merge wizard doesn't seemingly allow users to generate label 
merges (options are letter and email).  And I can't find a way to 
generate a merge document manually without using the wizard.  I see 
no menu items for mail merge steps (I can find the insert field tool, 
but that's it - no tool to allow me to switch between merge fields 
and merged data without going into the wizard).


I've tried starting with New-Labels, then choosing the correct label 
type and clicking New Document (I can't connect to the database, so 
can't enter the merge fields in the dialog).  I can then type in 
merge fields as Salesforce wants to see them, but I can't figure out 
how to make it a merge document with the next record and next 
page items.  In Insert-Fields there is a Next Record option but 
it's only available when there's a database connected.


Finally, I've been through a lot of documentation so if there's a 
good mail merge document online, that might be enough.





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Re: [libreoffice-users] More mail merge help needed

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Edmonds

Hi.
Are you wanting to upload this document as a template for a SF extended 
mail merge.
Do you need this document in .doc format (seems so from my quick look at 
SF instructions).

Steve

On 2013-08-23 13:48, Carl Paulsen wrote:

Thanks, Paul.  I've been away for a bit.

There is a LO connector for SF, but AFAIK that connector won't make a 
merge document work within the broader Force.com platform. But this 
may be worth looking into further.  I'm still stuck on creating the 
document with next record and next page fields to make it actually 
function as a merge document.


Carl



On 8/15/13 10:29 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:

I am not an expert, but I do have a question.

Does Salesforce have a database connector that will allow you to 
use LibreOffice Base as an intermediary to your Writer document?


Paul

On 8/14/2013 1:35 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
I'm trying to create mail merge documents that contain merge fields 
for a document that can't connect directly to the data source. That 
source (Salesforce) can read the documents if the field names are 
correctly entered.  I can type the field names in manually, but I 
can't figure out how to generate a label merge document that will work.


The mail merge wizard doesn't seemingly allow users to generate 
label merges (options are letter and email).  And I can't find a way 
to generate a merge document manually without using the wizard.  I 
see no menu items for mail merge steps (I can find the insert field 
tool, but that's it - no tool to allow me to switch between merge 
fields and merged data without going into the wizard).


I've tried starting with New-Labels, then choosing the correct 
label type and clicking New Document (I can't connect to the 
database, so can't enter the merge fields in the dialog).  I can 
then type in merge fields as Salesforce wants to see them, but I 
can't figure out how to make it a merge document with the next 
record and next page items.  In Insert-Fields there is a Next 
Record option but it's only available when there's a database 
connected.


Finally, I've been through a lot of documentation so if there's a 
good mail merge document online, that might be enough.








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Re: [libreoffice-users] More mail merge help needed

2013-08-22 Thread Carl Paulsen
Yes, that's the way I was working at this.  But I realize there may be 
other approaches.  Still, it made me wonder about hand-generating mail 
merge documents even without Salesforce, which is also something I'd 
like to understand how to do.


I occasionally get questions about spreadsheets, text documents, mail 
merges and the like, and where possible I extol the virtues of LO (I 
personally don't use MSO but may end up needing to if I can't figure out 
the mail merge/Salesforce issue).  So any learning I can do on mail 
merges will help me be more convincing.


I also act as a consultant to non-profits for Salesforce and simple mail 
merges are a key concern.  Salesforce has it's own weaknesses in that 
realm, but it's what I/we are stuck with.   I'm working on learning all 
I can about it so I can speak with authority on more than just MSO.


Thanks,
Carl



On 8/22/13 10:21 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:

Hi.
Are you wanting to upload this document as a template for a SF 
extended mail merge.
Do you need this document in .doc format (seems so from my quick look 
at SF instructions).

Steve

On 2013-08-23 13:48, Carl Paulsen wrote:

Thanks, Paul.  I've been away for a bit.

There is a LO connector for SF, but AFAIK that connector won't make a 
merge document work within the broader Force.com platform. But this 
may be worth looking into further.  I'm still stuck on creating the 
document with next record and next page fields to make it actually 
function as a merge document.


Carl



On 8/15/13 10:29 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:

I am not an expert, but I do have a question.

Does Salesforce have a database connector that will allow you to 
use LibreOffice Base as an intermediary to your Writer document?


Paul

On 8/14/2013 1:35 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
I'm trying to create mail merge documents that contain merge fields 
for a document that can't connect directly to the data source. That 
source (Salesforce) can read the documents if the field names are 
correctly entered.  I can type the field names in manually, but I 
can't figure out how to generate a label merge document that will 
work.


The mail merge wizard doesn't seemingly allow users to generate 
label merges (options are letter and email).  And I can't find a 
way to generate a merge document manually without using the 
wizard.  I see no menu items for mail merge steps (I can find the 
insert field tool, but that's it - no tool to allow me to switch 
between merge fields and merged data without going into the wizard).


I've tried starting with New-Labels, then choosing the correct 
label type and clicking New Document (I can't connect to the 
database, so can't enter the merge fields in the dialog).  I can 
then type in merge fields as Salesforce wants to see them, but I 
can't figure out how to make it a merge document with the next 
record and next page items.  In Insert-Fields there is a Next 
Record option but it's only available when there's a database 
connected.


Finally, I've been through a lot of documentation so if there's a 
good mail merge document online, that might be enough.










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Re: [libreoffice-users] More mail merge help needed

2013-08-22 Thread Steve Edmonds

Hi.
I generate certificates of test data, up to 700 at a time, by merging a 
hand created form (document, template) with data in a spread sheet. I 
don't use the wizard. Once the form is done I swap out spread sheets 
(change data source) with each new set of data.
For SF they state they need a .doc template and I don't know if the LO 
form for a merge translates to a .doc. Someone else may know.
I pretty much follow the steps that have been described in this list, so 
possibly trying to merge with a spread sheet may be a first step before 
trying to create a template for SF.
Create your list of data first, then make the form. Put a heading row at 
the top of each column to help.

Steve

On 2013-08-23 14:33, Carl Paulsen wrote:
Yes, that's the way I was working at this.  But I realize there may be 
other approaches.  Still, it made me wonder about hand-generating mail 
merge documents even without Salesforce, which is also something I'd 
like to understand how to do.


I occasionally get questions about spreadsheets, text documents, mail 
merges and the like, and where possible I extol the virtues of LO (I 
personally don't use MSO but may end up needing to if I can't figure 
out the mail merge/Salesforce issue).  So any learning I can do on 
mail merges will help me be more convincing.


I also act as a consultant to non-profits for Salesforce and simple 
mail merges are a key concern.  Salesforce has it's own weaknesses in 
that realm, but it's what I/we are stuck with.   I'm working on 
learning all I can about it so I can speak with authority on more than 
just MSO.


Thanks,
Carl



On 8/22/13 10:21 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:

Hi.
Are you wanting to upload this document as a template for a SF 
extended mail merge.
Do you need this document in .doc format (seems so from my quick look 
at SF instructions).

Steve

On 2013-08-23 13:48, Carl Paulsen wrote:

Thanks, Paul.  I've been away for a bit.

There is a LO connector for SF, but AFAIK that connector won't make 
a merge document work within the broader Force.com platform. But 
this may be worth looking into further.  I'm still stuck on creating 
the document with next record and next page fields to make it 
actually function as a merge document.


Carl



On 8/15/13 10:29 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:

I am not an expert, but I do have a question.

Does Salesforce have a database connector that will allow you to 
use LibreOffice Base as an intermediary to your Writer document?


Paul

On 8/14/2013 1:35 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
I'm trying to create mail merge documents that contain merge 
fields for a document that can't connect directly to the data 
source. That source (Salesforce) can read the documents if the 
field names are correctly entered.  I can type the field names in 
manually, but I can't figure out how to generate a label merge 
document that will work.


The mail merge wizard doesn't seemingly allow users to generate 
label merges (options are letter and email).  And I can't find a 
way to generate a merge document manually without using the 
wizard.  I see no menu items for mail merge steps (I can find the 
insert field tool, but that's it - no tool to allow me to switch 
between merge fields and merged data without going into the wizard).


I've tried starting with New-Labels, then choosing the correct 
label type and clicking New Document (I can't connect to the 
database, so can't enter the merge fields in the dialog).  I can 
then type in merge fields as Salesforce wants to see them, but I 
can't figure out how to make it a merge document with the next 
record and next page items.  In Insert-Fields there is a Next 
Record option but it's only available when there's a database 
connected.


Finally, I've been through a lot of documentation so if there's a 
good mail merge document online, that might be enough.













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2013-08-22 Thread Becca Leach
I am attempting to install the latest LibreOffice on my new computer, but an 
error message keeps popping up telling me to verify that it is a valid Windows 
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