Re: [libreoffice-users] bug report

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The 3.3.3 is the stable one. The 3.4.1 is for early adopters (=development or testing or cooking branch) so it would need to be upgraded fairly soon. It does have the latest new features but the 3.3.3 has support for a full year. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: automatic updates?

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the update feature was in the help menu in OpenOffice. OOo developed very slowly tho. Regards from Tom :) From: Paul W pawi...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 17 July, 2011 3:49:42 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re:

Re: [libreoffice-users] bug report

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The wording is to encourage people to use it after the disaster of the 3.4.0 tactical release. The 3.4.1 is stable enough for almost everyone but doesn't have the full years support that the 3.3.3 has. These issues 'should' be added to the web-page to make it clearer i guess. Regards

[libreoffice-users] Re: Displaying Negative Numbers as red in Calc

2011-07-17 Thread Tinkerer
I have just realised. When showing negative numbers in Red, you should not prefix the number with the minus sign. This makes it a double negative, therefore making the number Red should be minus the minus sign. BTW. Is that a pun? Tink. -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Displaying Negative Numbers as red in Calc

2011-07-17 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/7/15 bikerbrent bikerbr...@cox.net: I don't seem to be able to display negative numbers red using a comma thousands separator and 2 decimal places . If I go to cell formatting, I have been able to get the negative number red with 2 decimal places, but no separator. However as soon as I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Displaying Negative Numbers as red in Calc

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I try to make it a triple negative by using red, brackets and a minus sign just to equally annoy everyone Regards from Tom :) From: Tinkerer j_taylo...@btinternet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 17 July, 2011 12:56:35 Subject:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Displaying Negative Numbers as red in Calc

2011-07-17 Thread John B
Hi On my XP SP3, LO 3.4. build 1OOO340m1 (Build:103) - the same as yours I saved as .ods, .xls, .xls (95) .xml and .xmlx, and they all came back perfect Must be a Windows 7, and an iMac bug - worth a report. regards John B

[libreoffice-users] Re: Displaying Negative Numbers as red in Calc

2011-07-17 Thread Tinkerer
Tom How do you do it? I try to make it a triple negative by using red, brackets and a minus sign. Tink. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Displaying-Negative-Numbers-as-red-in-Calc-tp3172596p3176846.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: NA DVD ISO - soon to be online

2011-07-17 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 07/16/2011 09:18 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2011-07-16 18:36, Twayne a écrit : In news:4e20e648.1000...@krackedpress.com, webmaster for Kracked Press Productionswebmas...@krackedpress.com typed: Just got an email from Drew, In a week or so, there should be a link for the initial ISO based

Re: [libreoffice-users] Max Row and Column Support

2011-07-17 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Jean-Baptiste Faure jbf.fa...@orange.fr wrote: Le 17/07/2011 02:52, Kaushal Shriyan a écrit : Hi, Whats the total number of Rows and Columns supported in LibreOffice Calc application ? is there a FAQ which says ? 1024 columns and 1024*1024 rows. Hi, Will

Re: [libreoffice-users] to insert text while viewing the slide with form controls

2011-07-17 Thread Edemilson Brandão
Thanks Tom, but what I want is to see this presentation (and fill in the form display mode, thanks again, Edemilson Brandão 2011/7/15 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk: Hi :) I think you have to be in Design View or something in order to put text into a slide!  I could be wrong.  Is

[libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread Luuk
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?openunid=955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A209category=announcements Is it time for the LO-developers to get back with OpenOffice too ? -- Luuk -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread David B Teague sr
On 7/17/2011 3:23 PM, Andy Brown wrote: Luuk wrote: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?openunid=955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A209category=announcements Is it time for the LO-developers to get back with OpenOffice too ? In a word, no. I agree, but I'd

[libreoffice-users] Re: Max Row and Column Support

2011-07-17 Thread NoOp
On 07/16/2011 05:52 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi, Whats the total number of Rows and Columns supported in LibreOffice Calc application ? is there a FAQ which says ? quote Each spreadsheet can have many sheets, and each sheet can have many individual cells. In Calc 3.3, each sheet can have a

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is great news for both LibreOffice and OpenOffice. Consolidating some of the forks makes it easier to collaborate and give both products a significant boost. 'Obviously' the different licenses limit the amout of collaoration but there are still a lot of people that work on both

[libreoffice-users] Re: IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread NoOp
On 07/17/2011 11:04 AM, Luuk wrote: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?openunid=955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A209category=announcements Is it time for the LO-developers to get back with OpenOffice too ? See the News about the world outside LO :) thread

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) My emails are just my own opinion. I'm not even a proper member yet! Regards from Tom :) From: Andy Brown a...@the-martin-byrd.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 17 July, 2011 20:23:30 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread Andy Brown
David B Teague sr wrote: On 7/17/2011 3:23 PM, Andy Brown wrote: Luuk wrote: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?openunid=955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A209category=announcements Is it time for the LO-developers to get back with OpenOffice too ? In a

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread David B Teague sr
On 7/17/2011 5:02 PM, Andy Brown wrote: David B Teague sr wrote: On 7/17/2011 3:23 PM, Andy Brown wrote: Luuk wrote: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?openunid=955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A209category=announcements Is it time for the LO-developers to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Max Row and Column Support

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it's far ahead of Excel already isn't it? If you need a spreadsheet to be this large then it might be better as a relational database to reduce file-size and increase staility and also prevent certain types of errors from creeping into it. I'm avoiding Base at the moment but

[libreoffice-users] Bug saving as .xls format - loses a name reference

2011-07-17 Thread steelej
LibreOffice 3.4.1 OOO340m1 (Build:103) I have a spreadsheet that I have been using for years. This contains column where the formula in each cell is similar to *=gall_to_litre*F4/B*4 *gall_to_litre* is defined as a global name and contains a number. When I enter this formula the

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread John B
Hi As a disgruntled Lotus Smart Suite user, abandoned by IBM as are the Lotus Amipro users, I am well aware of the link between Symphony OOo, as one reduced its support for LSS, so did the other one. In fact IBM have now turned its back permanently on LSS and not so surprisingly in Windows

[libreoffice-users] Formatting question

2011-07-17 Thread Night
Hello! I was wondering if someone could help me with line spacing? Should be easy and self explanatory, I'm sure, but I'm a complete newbie; I do have it set to 1.5, but in some cases need to triple that. Problem is, when I save the document, it doesn't save the 4.5 spacing. Any suggestions

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting question

2011-07-17 Thread Night
[libreoffice-users] Formatting question Night wrote: Hello! I was wondering if someone could help me with line spacing? Should be easy and self explanatory, I'm sure, but I'm a complete newbie; I do have it set to 1.5, but in some cases need to triple that. Problem is, when I save the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting question

2011-07-17 Thread Night
[libreoffice-users] Formatting question Night wrote: [libreoffice-users] Formatting question Night wrote: Hello! I was wondering if someone could help me with line spacing? Should be easy and self explanatory, I'm sure, but I'm a complete newbie; I do have it set to 1.5, but in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting question

2011-07-17 Thread Night
No, I don't change anything, I just hit enter 3x like I did with OpenOffice and assumed it would work like OpenOffice. So your using empty paragraphs, which should work. I just tried and have no problem. The way your doing it is one way but not the best. You should be using styles to

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 OpenOffice and LiibreOffice can take different directions and still co-operate. Oracle didn't really seem to appreciate that but Apache do. As 2 projects it gives both a strong competitor to measure progress against. It allows OpenSource enthusiasts to join in with the TDF one and

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Some of the OOo devs are paid to work were they are told to work. Some just haven't made the move yet. Some might be halfway through working on things and don't want to switch systems halfway through. Competition encourages people to be better than the other team. It's good to have

[libreoffice-users] Conditional hide rows in Calc?

2011-07-17 Thread Wayne Stidolph
I have a variable numbers of data elements for each day, and I'd like to hide all but the last of each day (or export only the last-of-day values); is there an easy way? Example data: row | date | reading number | value | ... 1 | 7/1/2011 | 1 | 3 2 | 7/2/2011 | 1 | 6 3 | 7/2/2011 | 2 | 7 4 |

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread Roland Hughes
Try KOffice.or as it is now called Calligra. It will be bundled with most major distros next release. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligra_Suite On Sun, 2011-07-17 at 20:18 -0400, Paul W wrote: Why don't all the OOo devs just come to TDF? I mean isn't this further splitting up the

Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

2011-07-17 Thread John B
I do not think there would be a problem with OOo LO working together in co-operation, its the getting into bed with IBM that could. As they say if you fail to learn from history . Ask Bill Gates, ask Lotus users after IBM took over - it does look good at first, but in the long run.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Conditional hide rows in Calc?

2011-07-17 Thread Wayne Stidolph
Thanks, Simon, Brian - I'm an infrequent spreadsheet-user and just didn't think about filters. These approaches work fine! -- Wayne On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.comwrote: At 17:35 17/07/2011 -0700, Wayne Stidolph wrote: I have a variable numbers of

[libreoffice-users] Re: Bug saving as .xls format - loses a name reference

2011-07-17 Thread NoOp
On 07/17/2011 05:50 AM, steelej wrote: LibreOffice 3.4.1 OOO340m1 (Build:103) I have a spreadsheet that I have been using for years. This contains column where the formula in each cell is similar to *=gall_to_litre*F4/B*4 *gall_to_litre* is defined as a global name and contains a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Max Row and Column Support

2011-07-17 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. On 2011-07-18 09:26, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think it's far ahead of Excel already isn't it? If you need a spreadsheet to be this large then it might be better as a relational database to reduce file-size and increase staility and also prevent certain types of errors from