[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread phantom1969
From a .csv spreadsheet document, how would I filter text and save the filtered items to another .csv spreadsheet document. I usually use CSVed 2.1.4 to perform such tasks, but I would like to figure out how to accomplish this from within LibreOffice Calc. Thanks in advance. -- View this message

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base odb Forms are read only

2011-05-13 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 13/05/11 03:01, Mixalis Zisis a écrit : Hi Mixalis, So somewhere there is a problem... and could it be a bug? I am having the same thing in different pc's and with new files... This sounds like one of the known bugs with the Ubuntu packaged version of LibreOffice - the form navigation

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Are you producing a book or something really long with a professional finish? Have you considered using Desk Top Publishing programs such as Scribus? There are several LaTex programs but apparently LaTex is tricky to use. There might be other OpenSource programs that are more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Tom, for what he wants, LibreOffice can do a fine job. I use it to publish books similar to what he's describing all the time. Please don't put people off our product unless it truly can't do the job required. You're doing them a disservice by suggesting it can't. --Jean On Fri, 2011-05-13 at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 20:53 -0700, rdb wrote: Hi guys, I am trying to set up a template for a book, but I am struggling to find a way to set up the page styles to make them conform to the publisher's style sheet. Here is what they are asking for: Preface or Acknowledgements or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
From: Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 13 May, 2011 9:53:27 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 20:53 -0700, rdb wrote: Hi guys, I am trying to set up a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 10:15 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: ... At work they are trying to use Word in a very inelegant way to produce a newsletter. With only 16pages and only a small handful of pictures the machines grinds to a very wobbly almost halt. They have been talking about buying a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 18:53 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 20:53 -0700, rdb wrote: Hi guys, I am trying to set up a template for a book, but I am struggling to find a way to set up the page styles to make them conform to the publisher's style sheet. Here is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Change default PDF export directory

2011-05-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 01:37, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Note: when I say purge, that means I also purge ~/.libreoffice so no old user profile exists either. OK. It does the same on: (U)LO (that's the version that comes with natty) LibreOffice 3.3.2 OOO330m19 (Build:202) tag

[libreoffice-users] Impress font resets when re-opening file

2011-05-13 Thread Chris Wj
I made tables in Impress (LibreOffice 3.3.2 build 202) and applied custom formatting to them (custom style for fonts). Every time I re-open Impress, the fonts in the tables revert to a different font and larger size. It's as if I never applied my style. My style is still there when I re-open the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 05/13/2011 06:24 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 18:53 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 20:53 -0700, rdb wrote: Hi guys, I am trying to set up a template for a book, but I am struggling to find a way to set up the page styles to make them conform to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base odb Forms are read only

2011-05-13 Thread Mixalis Zisis
Alexander Thurgood This sounds like one of the known bugs with the Ubuntu packaged version of LibreOffice - the form navigation toolbar is missing. Judging by the number of times it comes up, here, and on other lists, I guess the Ubuntu packagers still haven't got around to fixing it. The

[libreoffice-users] Re: Documents won't open on network shared folder by double click

2011-05-13 Thread calde
Hi, I reverted to OpenOffice 3.2 and I resolved the issue. My user has full control on that shared folder. No known issue on permission/access working on that folder for the last 5-6 years... Known action before issue: I upgraded from oo3.2 to libre3.3 without uninstall oo3.2. Now I think

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread jslozier
Hi, On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 21:06 -0700, phantom1969 wrote: From a .csv spreadsheet document, how would I filter text and save the filtered items to another .csv spreadsheet document. I usually use CSVed 2.1.4 to perform such tasks, but I would like to figure out how to accomplish this from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/05/2011 08:36, Tom Davies wrote: Have you considered using Desk Top Publishing programs such as Scribus? How much time have you spent looking at the manuscript requirements that publishers and printers have? For math, and related fields,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 05/13/2011 02:30 PM, toki wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/05/2011 08:36, Tom Davies wrote: Have you considered using Desk Top Publishing programs such as Scribus? The trouble with Scribus is you can get the software for free, but it costs you to get the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

2011-05-13 Thread planas
Hi On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 18:30 +, toki wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/05/2011 08:36, Tom Davies wrote: Have you considered using Desk Top Publishing programs such as Scribus? How much time have you spent looking at the manuscript requirements that

[libreoffice-users] Re: Postgresql with LibO-3.3.2 BASE

2011-05-13 Thread Ferry Toth
I have been using postgres with base for several years now. (unlike most I only used mysql in a recent project, and my feeling is postgres is way better) Right now it is impossible to add/edit/change rows in tables or forms using the SDBC driver. Reverting to the JDBC driver restores normal

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 13.05.2011 06:06, phantom1969 wrote: From a .csv spreadsheet document, how would I filter text and save the filtered items to another .csv spreadsheet document. I usually use CSVed 2.1.4 to perform such tasks, but I would like to figure out how to accomplish this from within LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread Jean Weber
On 14/05/2011, at 2:07, jslozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 21:06 -0700, phantom1969 wrote: From a .csv spreadsheet document, how would I filter text and save the filtered items to another .csv spreadsheet document. I usually use CSVed 2.1.4 to perform such

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread planas
Jean On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 07:01 +1000, Jean Weber wrote: On 14/05/2011, at 2:07, jslozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 21:06 -0700, phantom1969 wrote: From a .csv spreadsheet document, how would I filter text and save the filtered items to another .csv

Re: [libreoffice-users] spellchecking

2011-05-13 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 05/13/2011 05:27 PM, K.Okoń wrote: Hello everybody, I'm pathologist working at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, and I have been using OpenOffice for some time, now switching to LibreOffice. I like using oo/lo suite for writing papers as it works very well with Bibus bibliographic

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
From: planas jsloz...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 13 May, 2011 23:13:51 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text Jean On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 07:01 +1000, Jean Weber wrote: On 14/05/2011, at 2:07, jslozier

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread phantom 1969
Thanks for everyone's help, but I am not trying to figure out how to save a document as .csv, but trying to figure out how to filter a .csv document by a word or phrase, and extract that data from within one document and save it to another. Similar to using Find Replace to search for a word or

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base odb Forms are read only

2011-05-13 Thread NoOp
On 05/13/2011 07:48 AM, Mixalis Zisis wrote: Alexander Thurgood This sounds like one of the known bugs with the Ubuntu packaged version of LibreOffice - the form navigation toolbar is missing. Judging by the number of times it comes up, here, and on other lists, I guess the Ubuntu packagers

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:06 12/05/2011 -0700, Nobody Noname wrote: From a .csv spreadsheet document, how would I filter text and save the filtered items to another .csv spreadsheet document. I usually use CSVed 2.1.4 to perform such tasks, but I would like to figure out how to accomplish this from within

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread Jean Weber
On 14/05/2011, at 9:58, phantom 1969 phantom1...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for everyone's help, but I am not trying to figure out how to save a document as .csv, but trying to figure out how to filter a .csv document by a word or phrase, and extract that data from within one document and save it

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread phantom 1969
Thank you Jean, but I figured it out. Data - Filter - Standard Filter - Field name = - Condition = Contains - Value = word or phrase to filter + OK. Then you can save the results. On May 13, 2011 9:15 PM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Which Operating System are you using; Windows, Ubuntu, another linux distro, Bsd or Mac? For the non-Windows ones in the list (ie all the unix-based ones) it might be worth exploring using a command-line tool which could then be made into a button on your taskbar or something. It

Fw: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Calc - Filter text

2011-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry i forgot to explain the command which is why people probably got confused. The command is meant to take the existing file, called FileName (you will need to change that to your own file's name) then 'pipes it' through grep. Grep does the filtering. You would need to change