Re: [libreoffice-users] How to switch from apt-get to ppa install

2011-03-02 Thread Lawrence Bottorff
I didn't see a response. Help? On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Olwe Melwasul hercynianfor...@gmail.comwrote: I've looked around some, but I'm getting mixed messages. I currently have LibreOffice 3.3.0 OOO330m19 (Build:6) installed on my computer, but I would like to go with PPA. Here's

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to switch from apt-get to ppa install

2011-03-02 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 02/28/2011 12:17 PM, Olwe Melwasul wrote: I've looked around some, but I'm getting mixed messages. I currently have LibreOffice 3.3.0 OOO330m19 (Build:6) installed on my computer, but I would like to go with PPA. Here's one advisor's advice: sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*.* sudo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with spellcheck

2011-03-02 Thread Manfred J. Krause
--- Forwarding to users@libreoffice.org --- On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:28, am577 wrote: On 28/02/2011 19:46, Manfred J. Krause wrote: [...] The language attribute at the cursor position is shown in

Re: [libreoffice-users] difficulty with spreadsheet links

2011-03-02 Thread Carola y Pablo
The thing is, in MS Excel and Open Office, once the link is established, if you open up the file and don't update the links, the values remain. In Libre Office they disappear. This is a problem if you want to share the spreadsheet file with someone else who doesn't have the date file on their

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default character formatting not behaving as it did in OOo?

2011-03-02 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-03-01 5:22 PM, missinglens wrote: LibreOffice is behaving in an unexpected manner with respect to default character formatting. To replicate, first do the following in OpenOffice.org: 1. Start a new document. 2. Type a few words and highlight one of the middle words. 3. Apply a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default character formatting not behaving as it did in OOo?

2011-03-02 Thread missinglens
Thanks Dash. Your point is well taken and I suppose I could have used a much simpler example -- an example of how I use this in practice and why Undo won't suffice. (I should also note that the observed behaviour occurred on the Mac OS version of LO -- I will try it in Ubuntu in VirtualBox and see

Re: [libreoffice-users] difficulty with spreadsheet links

2011-03-02 Thread Tom Davies
Ahah, i thought you were going to say something like that. It does seem completely reasonable. It could lead to file sizes being larger but does have advantages. Is it possible to zip the file with the data-source so that both files get sent as a single attachment? or even to send both

Re: [libreoffice-users] difficulty with spreadsheet links

2011-03-02 Thread Ron Gregor
I have problems with links also but found it doesn't matter if the linked file is still there. What I am seeing is only the first link is being saved. The problem I have is I use a third sheet to link to a calculated value in the second file but since the linked data from the first file is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Multi language settings?

2011-03-02 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
Hi, Arda Tunccekic wrote: Thanks. I have tried, but it doesn't work, I can't install any language deb file. I have Ubuntu Natty Alpha2, I have updated it and I have LibreOffice 3 (Build 8) installed. The language packs I download from libreoffice.org site are somehow uncompatible.. I give

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Date issue

2011-03-02 Thread Leslie D. Martin
I seem to recall this being a fairly old bug with OOo. What happens if you enter the complete date instead ? Interesting. I have the field masked as which I understood tells Base to expect and accept only a year number. If I put in a full date (ie, 01/01/1996) the year shows up correctly.

Re: [libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-02 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 02/03/11 16:46, James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Don, but the Worldlabel site is only for US sizes, and doesn't appear to have A4. However, I'll take a look at the OOo site, and see if I can find the extension. try this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooolabels/ -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-02 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi James, I'm sorry about the A-4. I hadn't checked that.I needed to modify one label template for one size label they didn't have a template for. It may be possible for you to make your own. Since they are tables it was very easy to do. On 03/02/2011 11:46 AM, James Wilde wrote: Thanks,

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibO for Ubuntu

2011-03-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/02 7:08 AM James Wilde wrote: On my Mac box I have apparently moved or even re-moved the packages I downloaded. I have, however, opened /Preferences/Language Settings/Writing Aids, and all I can find under User-defined dictionaries are: AM-english [English (UK)] Personal English

Re: [libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-02 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 2, 2011, at 18:30 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 02/03/11 16:46, James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Don, but the Worldlabel site is only for US sizes, and doesn't appear to have A4. However, I'll take a look at the OOo site, and see if I can find the extension. try this:

[libreoffice-users] Calc - Find last entry in a column - how?

2011-03-02 Thread Pete Bradbury
What function will enable me to access the data in the last used cell of a column of data? Thanks in anticipation -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for

Re: [libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-02 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 02/03/11 18:34, James Wilde wrote: On Mar 2, 2011, at 18:30 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 02/03/11 16:46, James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Don, but the Worldlabel site is only for US sizes, and doesn't appear to have A4. However, I'll take a look at the OOo site, and see if I can find the

Re: [libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-02 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 2, 2011, at 20:02 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 02/03/11 18:34, James Wilde wrote: On Mar 2, 2011, at 18:30 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 02/03/11 16:46, James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Don, but the Worldlabel site is only for US sizes, and doesn't appear to have A4. However,

Re: [libreoffice-users] On the subject of mailmerge...

2011-03-02 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi James, The ott extension simply means they are templates. Simply follow instructions for putting in your database fields for mail merge and they work fine! Don On 03/02/2011 02:16 PM, James Wilde wrote: On Mar 2, 2011, at 20:02 , Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 02/03/11 18:34, James

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibO for Ubuntu

2011-03-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/02 12:43 PM James Wilde wrote: Thanks, Larry, then I don't have any installed. Under uno_packages all I have is a document called kVmsXP and a folder with the name kVmsXP_. No dictionaries in the folder. Wonder how I'll remove them if I ever need to. The padlock is closed, and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread James Wilde
Thanks, Don, this isn't my day. I can see no way to save my calc as a database under Save as. I can find no import option in base. And copying the entire sheet and pasting to the first field on a form doesn't work. Another thing: the column names in the base table are not in exact

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to switch from apt-get to ppa install

2011-03-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Lawrence Bottorff gothicand...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't see a response. Help? I did, but it might be informative to note that the subject line is a paradox: apt-get *is* the method for PPA installs. OTOH, the body of the message refers to using dpkg

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with spellcheck

2011-03-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Richard Hainsworth rich...@rusrating.ru wrote: In the end, I discovered that the problem was not in LibO per se, but in the language support that LibO and OOO rely on. Since it is necessary (it may not be 'necessary', but you have to be a guru to get around it)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Send document from LO 3.3.1 on OSX seems to produce no response

2011-03-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:18 AM, Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: On 2011-03-01 8:50 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: I tried playing with that in the new yahoo email with an id I rarely use, and it was a hopeless mess - the only kind of quoting I could get it to do is the same as what Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 02/03/2011 21:07, James Wilde a écrit : I can see no way to save my calc as a database under Save as. I can find no import option in base. And copying the entire sheet and pasting to the first field on a form doesn't work. 1. Open Calc and the sheet you want to export to Calc 2.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Conference to be held in Paris this October

2011-03-02 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 01/03/2011 11:27, Florian Effenberger a écrit : LibreOffice Conference to be held in Paris this October First annual project meeting from October 12th to 15th It's a real shame this conference cannot be held in Strasbourg (France) during the 2011 Libre Software Meeting that will happen

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Jim, In Windows I used Word Perfect Office until OpenOffice was in late beta, roughly 10 years ago. I moved to OpenOffice back then, except then OpenOffice 1.0 did not have a database, so I continued to use Paradox from the Word Perfect Office suite. Once OpenOffice had a database, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 2, 2011, at 21:43 , Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 02/03/2011 21:07, James Wilde a écrit : I can see no way to save my calc as a database under Save as. I can find no import option in base. And copying the entire sheet and pasting to the first field on a form doesn't work.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Oups, Le 02/03/2011 21:43, Jean-Francois Nifenecker a écrit : 1. Open Calc and the sheet you want to export to Calc Base -- Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 02/03/2011 22:23, James Wilde a écrit : 1. Open Calc and the sheet you want to export to Calc Is that Open Calc and the sheet you want to export to Base? well, yes, indeed :) 2. Activate the data source pane (F4) F4 doesn't have any effect on my Mac. Cmd+F4 closes the sheet.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import data from spreadsheet to base

2011-03-02 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi James, James Wilde schrieb: I've checked both LibO and OOo for a how-to or a chapter on this, without luck, and I've checked the Nabble interface to the users maillist. Is there any easy way to get an address list in a spreadsheet into a base database? Yes, it is easy. Version A You do

[libreoffice-users] Re: Multi language settings?

2011-03-02 Thread NoOp
On 02/25/2011 04:16 AM, Arda Tunccekic wrote: Hi , I installed LibreOffice on my ubuntu pc with the following command: apt-get install libreoffice Now, under Tools-Options-Language Settings-Languages menu, there is only one Language available. User Interface : Default English (USA)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Digest only....?

2011-03-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Leslie D. Martin alaskahome1959.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: I hope I did this correctly. I wanted to stop the individual messages and get on the digest, so I subscribed to the no-mail version of the group, then subscribed to the digest version. Did I do that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Digest only....?

2011-03-02 Thread Leslie D. Martin
Technically you should have been able to skip the nomail step, but I have had some interesting results from the email-only approach. Hmmm. The nomail and digest things must take a while to kick in. I'm still getting individual posts. I'll give it some time, then try it again if necessary.

[libreoffice-users] SUM icon in Calc 3.3.1

2011-03-02 Thread Joe Nierenberg
There does not appear to be a SUM icon in Calc ver. 3.3.1 under Windows XP. It's noted in the Help file; it's a basic function; but I cannot find it anywhere, either in the menu trees or on the standard toolbar or on the customization that is possible to the toolbars. It should be a large

Re: [libreoffice-users] SUM icon in Calc 3.3.1

2011-03-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joe Nierenberg 1...@nierenberg.net wrote: There does not appear to be a SUM icon in Calc ver. 3.3.1 under Windows XP.  It's noted in the Help file; it's a basic function; but I cannot find it anywhere, either in the menu trees or on the standard toolbar or on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Use NNTP instead] Re: Digest only....?

2011-03-02 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:20 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: You are already subcribed, so in order to not keep getting emails after connecting to gmane.org you'll need to unsubscribe and re-subscribe using the 'no-mail' option by sending an email to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Use NNTP instead] Re: Digest only....?

2011-03-02 Thread Rogerio Luz Coelho
I am having the same problem with the LibreOffice dev list ... had to blacklist it in gmail with a filter Rogerio 2011/3/2 MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:20 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: You are already subcribed, so in order to not keep getting emails after

[libreoffice-users] Re: Teaching LibreOffice as primary personal productivity tool within universities

2011-03-02 Thread NoOp
On 03/02/2011 07:14 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: This has been one of my pet projects for years, but I have never found the time to actually write any of it. ... Welcome aboard Jean! -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Use NNTP instead] Re: Digest only....?

2011-03-02 Thread Colin J. Williams
Many thanks, NNTP is a much more comfortable route. I am signed on there and hoping that my users+subscribe-nom...@documentfoundation.org has taken. Colin W. Message via List On 02-Mar-11 21:20 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/02/2011 04:29 PM, Colin J. Williams wrote: I would prefer the digest

[libreoffice-users] Re: [Use NNTP instead] Re: Digest only....?

2011-03-02 Thread Colin J. Williams
Many thanks, NNTP is a much more comfortable route. I am signed on there and hoping that my users+subscribe-nom...@documentfoundation.org has taken. Colin W. Message via NNTP On 02-Mar-11 21:20 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/02/2011 04:29 PM, Colin J. Williams wrote: I would prefer the digest to

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Teaching LibreOffice as primary personal productivity tool within universities

2011-03-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 19:19 -0800, NoOp wrote: On 03/02/2011 07:14 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: This has been one of my pet projects for years, but I have never found the time to actually write any of it. ... Welcome aboard Jean! I've been hanging around the Docs list for months, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Multi language settings?

2011-03-02 Thread Arda Tunccekic
I would really like to download 200 more, with the chinese and the zulu language in it than to have problems like that :) On 02.03.2011 22:27, MR ZenWiz wrote: On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Arda Tunccekica...@duzen.com.tr wrote: In Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (11.04) Alpha2, libreoffice comes