[libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

2011-02-26 Thread Ken Springer
On 2011-02-26 20:34:29 -0700, MR ZenWiz said: If you're running Linux, you might notice this little gem (http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/download.shtml): Mac is primary use, Windows is secondary. Linux is on the dream list, but it's a dream that's far off. Ken -- Unsubscribe instruc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Endnote X4 OpenOffice Extension does not work

2011-02-26 Thread Rogerio Luz Coelho
Firtstly this is a Documentation list, your question should be posted on the user or dev list, please visit http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/#Local_Regional_Lists for more information. Rogerio 2011/2/27 Sam > Hi, > Upon trying to add the "Cite While You Write" Endnote OpenOff

[libreoffice-users] Endnote X4 OpenOffice Extension does not work

2011-02-26 Thread Sam
Hi, Upon trying to add the "Cite While You Write" Endnote OpenOffice Extension to the latest LibreOffice an error is displayed: "The extension 'Endonte Cite While You Write' does not work on this computer". I have contacted the support team for Endnote to explain the existence of LibreOffice and th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

2011-02-26 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Ken Springer wrote: > On 2011-02-25 15:52:13 -0700, MR ZenWiz said: > >> Evolution is part of Gnome, but I'm pretty sure it is available for >> all platforms.  I'd go check the Gnome home and see, or just Google >> for it. > > On the Evolution download page, no ins

Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

2011-02-26 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: > Hi MR ZenWiz, > >> Two possible solutions (in Windows Explorer): >> >> 1) Right-click on a file of the type you want to move from default OO >> to LO, select "Open With" and "Choose Program..." then select LO and >> be sure to check the box "

Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 02/26/2011 07:56 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) There are sometimes other problems but it's fairly rare. The easiest answer is to uninstall OpenOffice since it is easy to reinstall if you ever want to return. Regards from Tom :) Hey Tom, With all the work on the Americas DVD project and the u

[libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread NoOp
On 02/26/2011 04:56 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > >>** Reply to message from Vic Dura ... > >> Thanks Cliff. Has anyone here run into a problem installing LO 3.3.1 >> over OO 3.3.0 on a Windows system? If so, would you care to mention >> what the problem/solution was? ... Note: Tom fix (or change) y

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Tractor
I gave this a try at home tonight. First I removed all Java (Iced Tea and Sun). From the Software sources in the update manager, I added the two lines: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu Maverick Main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-ja

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

2011-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A few Windows users have been talking about "The Bat" email client but it is Windows-only (i think) so i haven't played around with it. Regards from Tom :) From: Ken Springer To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 4:32:02 Subject: [libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
From: Vic Dura To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 10:30:51 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:24:25 -0600, "Cliff Scott" wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1: >** R

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Ahhh, now i see the problem at last. Please ignore my other posts in this thread. (Thanks Luuk) Regards from Tom :) From: Luuk To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 10:41:09 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel On 26-02-11

Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

2011-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You get a small list with a separator near the bottom with the last option being something like "more options" or "other programs" or something and that should give a much longer list. Is LibreOffice or Writer not in there? Regards from Tom :) From: M

Re: Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

2011-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, ZenWiz's description is much more accurate than mine for Windows. Usually the "dozens of different file types" is really mainly only 3 or so for most users. Installers usually end with a tick-box option to grab all possible file-types so that's the easiest way to get them all (incl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you type any number that is too long for a cell then it usually just fills the cell with marks. Words will generally overlap other cells unless those cells and then the writing gets truncated but you see the first few letters. I can't test the "now()" function until Thursday un

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace non printing characters

2011-02-26 Thread T. R. Valentine
On 26 February 2011 17:24, T. R. Valentine wrote: > On 26 February 2011 15:20, dsmithnc6zgr7 wrote: >> Is there a way to enter non-printing characters like tab indicators in >> documents? > > You can see such non-printing characters in Writer by using View / > Nonprinting characters or (at least

Re: Re: [libreoffice-users] [LO 3.3.1] Crash upon update extension -- EMULATE FIREFOX!

2011-02-26 Thread besr2010-prg
The problem was at least indentified, is the unoxmlmi.dll. Like a previous post, a interim solution was replace the unoxmlmi.dll from OpenOffice 3.3 version in LO 3.3.1 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33701 De: Eli Para: users@libreoffice.org Env

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace non printing characters

2011-02-26 Thread Clio
26.02.2011 17:20, dsmithnc6zgr7 пишет: Is there a way to enter non-printing characters like tab indicators in documents? Dick Regular expressions, i.e., \t - for tab? http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Writer -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-ma

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace non printing characters

2011-02-26 Thread T. R. Valentine
On 26 February 2011 15:20, dsmithnc6zgr7 wrote: > Is there a way to enter non-printing characters like tab indicators in > documents? You can see such non-printing characters in Writer by using View / Nonprinting characters or (at least in Windows) the key combination of Ctrl+F10. If that isn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can fields and their input list be added globally?

2011-02-26 Thread Sebastian G.
Am 26.02.2011 23:29, schrieb TomW: > bastik: > Try recording a macro that creates the field with the desired input list. > I found I could record a macro that would accomplish this. > One can then assign a shortcut key to the macro. > Tom Thank you Tom. That works for me. For others: Note th

[libreoffice-users] Find/Replace non printing characters

2011-02-26 Thread dsmithnc6zgr7
Is there a way to enter non-printing characters like tab indicators in documents? Dick -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Find-Replace-non-printing-characters-tp2584293p2584293.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi, Most of today was spent working on a network and on two printers. Plus our Internet connection was down all morning! :( I'm computered out at the moment!! When I'm back in the office on Monday I will give this a try. Don Thank you so much for your assistance. On 02/25/2011 04:14 P

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can fields and their input list be added globally?

2011-02-26 Thread TomW
On 2011-02-26 13:17, Sebastian G. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Can fields and their input list be added globally? This applies to Writer. With "Insert> Fields" it is possible to add a field that contains a list of possible selections. Like a field with name "Level" an

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread plino
Hi Tom I'm sorry to say but you are wrong on this one. LibO and OOo don't auto-resize but Excel does. Just type =now() on any cell and watch one of the reasons why Excel is the number one spreadsheet bar none ;) Cheers, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.o

Re: Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

2011-02-26 Thread Eli
The installation instructions for OOo4Kids say that you can have OOo4Kids and OOo on the same machine, but only one program will get the "file associations" that enable you to double-click on a document to open Writer, Calc, or whatever. Presumably we can go whole hog and install OOo4Kids, OOoL

Re: [libreoffice-users] Post is not showing up

2011-02-26 Thread Lisi
On Friday 25 February 2011 19:41:54 Ron Gregor wrote: > That's because I sent the email yesterday. That's why I was asking how long > it takes for posts to show up. I don't know what is causing the delay but > if you multiple post from me it was because after so long I tried to resend > it. Ron -

Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Michel Gagnon
Le 2011-02-26 05:30, Vic Dura a écrit : Thanks Cliff. Has anyone here run into a problem installing LO 3.3.1 over OO 3.3.0 on a Windows system? If so, would you care to mention what the problem/solution was? Thanks No problem here. I do have OOo 3.3.0 (either final or one of the last RCs)

[libreoffice-users] UPDATE - writer2latex and java errors on LO 3.3.1 on OSX 10.6

2011-02-26 Thread Marc Grober
I have subsequently gone back in and returned the entry to Apple Inc. (from Apple Computer Inc.) - Now I can install new oxt files, the zotero plugin still works, but I still cannot remove the zip file from the listing. Now I have the export features that writer2latex offers, but I can't dele

[libreoffice-users] writer2latex and java errors on LO 3.3.1 on OSX 10.6

2011-02-26 Thread Marc Grober
In moving to LO3.3 I understood that writer2latex would be incorporated, but the export options on OSX that would be available are not included (in fact there are only two export format options as compared to the extensive list I am used to under OOo) In any event, I had changed the java tag in

Re: Re: [libreoffice-users] [LO 3.3.1] Crash upon update extension -- EMULATE FIREFOX!

2011-02-26 Thread Eli
In my experience this problem has existed for years in OOo. In OOo, I select Help \ Check for update, and OOo *always* reports "update failed". This happens even when there is a newer stable release on the download page. In LibO 3.3.x Help \ Check for update tool is missing altogether -- I tak

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Merge File

2011-02-26 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Alex, > No, I think this is a bug. If you update the data source file, in this > case your CSV file, it should also update the data available for the > merge next time around. I seem to recall that this may already have been > filed as a bug report, but for an SQL statement as a datasource inst

Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

2011-02-26 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi MR ZenWiz, > Two possible solutions (in Windows Explorer): > > 1) Right-click on a file of the type you want to move from default OO > to LO, select "Open With" and "Choose Program..." then select LO and > be sure to check the box "Always use this program" That's what I mean. When I do t

[libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

2011-02-26 Thread giga
krackedpress wrote: > > On 02/26/2011 08:46 AM, giga wrote: >> still the same installing 3.3.1 >> > Do you have OOo and LibreOffice on the same computer, with OOo being > installed first? > > Yes, OOo has been installed first. The OOo-Link http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n2583335/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 02/26/2011 12:45 PM, Marc Grober wrote: btw, I did not find an updated tool inside LO 3.3 (OSX) though the OOo fork that I had been using beforehand did have one (PC) - though it installed over 3.3 without any problem, an automated update is, well, warm and fuzzy. Will that be coming back?

[libreoffice-users] Can fields and their input list be added globally?

2011-02-26 Thread Sebastian G.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Can fields and their input list be added globally? This applies to Writer. With "Insert > Fields" it is possible to add a field that contains a list of possible selections. Like a field with name "Level" and the input list: "Important" "When Idle" "H

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Marc Grober
btw, I did not find an updated tool inside LO 3.3 (OSX) though the OOo fork that I had been using beforehand did have one (PC) - though it installed over 3.3 without any problem, an automated update is, well, warm and fuzzy. Will that be coming back? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread Luuk
On 26-02-11 18:21, Tom Davies wrote: > Replies are at the bottom of threads ... > > > That doesn't make any sense, does it? The format of the values depends on the > width of the cell??? > > There are only two logical options: 1) the cell width is automatically > adjusted to show the whole data (a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Replies are at the bottom of threads ... From: plino To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 11:01:56 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel That doesn't make any sense, does it? The format of the values depends on the width of the c

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

2011-02-26 Thread Tom Davies
Replies are mostly at the bottom of threads ... From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 15:36:12 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install On 02/26/2011 08:46 AM, giga w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

2011-02-26 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 02/26/2011 08:46 AM, giga wrote: still the same installing 3.3.1 Do you have OOo and LibreOffice on the same computer, with OOo being installed first? With Ubuntu, even if LibreOffice was the resent installed package that used those document formats as their default, until I either remove

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread cscj01
Don, As I mentioned earlier, if you add the source(s) I mentioned , I think you'll get a version of Sun Java that works, namely 1.6.0_21. I can say for sure that 1.6.0_20 does not work. That is when my performance problems started in OOo, and I'm sure they will be there in LO because so much of

[libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

2011-02-26 Thread giga
still the same installing 3.3.1 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/OOo-link-opens-during-LibO-install-tp2478143p2581878.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread Luuk
On 26-02-11 12:01, plino wrote: > That doesn't make any sense, does it? The format of the values depends on the > width of the cell??? > > There are only two logical options: 1) the cell width is automatically > adjusted to show the whole data (as Excel does) or 2) the data is correctly > formatte

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread plino
That doesn't make any sense, does it? The format of the values depends on the width of the cell??? There are only two logical options: 1) the cell width is automatically adjusted to show the whole data (as Excel does) or 2) the data is correctly formatted (in this case in the DATE TIME format) an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread Luuk
On 26-02-11 11:35, plino wrote: > Indeed there is a lot of work... I just found another bug: typing =now() in > a cell shows the value instead of a date (of course you can format it > yourself...) But if you make the column wider, it changes the '40600,48653' to '26-02-11 11:40'. -- Unsubs

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread plino
T.R. Valentine When you open a tab delimited file in Excel it automatically recognizes the data types. Therefore your string e.g. 2011-02-26 10:23:47 is correctly interpreted as a value. Therefore it is natural that using FIND, VALUE, LEFT or any other functions would not work. As I said in the p

Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Vic Dura
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:24:25 -0600, "Cliff Scott" wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1: >** Reply to message from Vic Dura on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 >20:31:03 -0600 >> >> On a WinXP system, can LibreOffice 3.3.1 be installed over OpenOffice >> 3.3.0? > >Sure can. I did it at w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Vic Dura
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:13:12 -0800, NoOp wrote Re [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1: >> >> On a WinXP system, can LibreOffice 3.3.1 be installed over OpenOffice >> 3.3.0? >> > >It's an issue: >http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/ > >For Windows users that have Op

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

2011-02-26 Thread Luuk
On 25-02-11 16:16, T. R. Valentine wrote: > I used FIND to locate the space between the date and the time. I used LEFT > to extract the characters prior to the space and when that did not produce > a numerical value, I tried both VALUE and TIMEVALUE to convert it to a > numerical value. Neither wor

[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer Merge File

2011-02-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 25/02/11 15:19, Mark Stanton a écrit : Hi Mark, > After some experimenting it seems to me that if I set up a Writer > document to link to a csv file as its datasource it stays with > exactly that file. If I try to include new data by making a new > version of the merge file (ie, exactly th

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Base in 3.3.1

2011-02-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 25/02/11 21:55, Don C. Myers a écrit : > Thank you for the help. I do know that the Java 1.6.0_24 update came > through about the same time as I did the LibreOffice upgrade. So it may > have just been coincidence that I had the problem with LibreOffice 3.3.1 > and not 3.3.0. > > I completely un