Re: [libreoffice-users] Given up spellchecking?

2011-08-03 Thread Mark Stanton
I had a look at this and it really is in the too hard category. Loads of files and directories where you mention, just trying to work out which ones should and shouldn't be hanging around was making my head hurt. On the other hand, the speel chucker is quite useful. I'll have apply myself to

[libreoffice-users] Something strange : settings in Tools - Options - Impress - Print

2011-08-03 Thread Hirono Moi
Hi, I am using LibreOffice 3.4.2 on WinXP and I have discovered a strange thing : the settings in Tools - Options - Impress - Print dialog. Step1 Create new Impress file and save as FileNameA.odp. Step2 change the setting in Tools - Options - Impress - Print - Page Options: select Fit to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Footnote page space (Writer)

2011-08-03 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Tom, Err, wot? Never mind, it's very much a document so I'm sticking with Writer. I`m actually using the context menu (right click on the page) and selecting page from there, but it comes to the same dialogue. Ok, a bit more research and some interesting results. Another document, just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving form letter

2011-08-03 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Finally got it to work. In LO3.4.1 I had to redefine just one field and then the rest were recognised. Thanks, steve On 3/08/11 9:33 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: I'm doing this from memory, but should be pretty close Open Writer Click on ,menu Edit, Exchange Database In window on right,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with subscript in Impress

2011-08-03 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2011-08-02, Mårten Behm wrote: On 2011-08-01, Regina Henschel wrote: Mårten Behm schrieb: I am using Impress for lecturing in chemical engineering and subscripts in chemical formulae is a crucial feature. [...] I keep getting the subscripts with a horisontally compressed appearance

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with subscript in Impress

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Or you could upload it to Image Shack or Ubuntu One or something and give just a couple of people the link to it by personal email rather than to the entire list (if the document is fairly confidential). Regards from Tom :) From: Nuno J. Silva

[libreoffice-users] Changing data in a MySQL-table using Base

2011-08-03 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hello, Under LO 3.4.2, when I try to change a value in a table I get back the message no data changed. I then have to revert data entry, upon which the original value is displayed. I am using BASE with ODBC under Debian/Wheezy. How do I report a bug? Thanks for attending to this problem. Regards

[libreoffice-users] problem to open a word docx file

2011-08-03 Thread Loddi Li
Hi everybody, I have LibreOffice 3.4.2 installed and have a problem to open a docx file. It only shows 3 pages of the document, which has 21 pages (opened with word on another machine there are 21 pages). On page 4 there is a graphic made with viso. Maybe this is the problem? How can I see all

RE: [libreoffice-users] Changing data in a MySQL-table using Base

2011-08-03 Thread Tony Royston
Hello Heinrich, I am sorry that I cannot help you with you problem. I can tell you that you can report a bug at: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ Regards, Tony Royston. -Original Message- From: Heinrich Stoellinger [mailto:hc.stoellin...@aon.at] Sent: Wednesday,03 August, 2011 10:40

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing data in a MySQL-table using Base

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is also this guide to help with posting a bug-report http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Also it might be worth installing LibreOffice 3.3.3 alongside the 3.4.2 http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] problem to open a word docx file

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The problem probably is the image. Do you know what format the picture is in? The best formats are svg (scalar vector graphics), png, jpg, tiff (i hope), gif err, there is a long list of others that are also compatible with many programs. MS likes to try to force people into using

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing data in a MySQL-table using Base

2011-08-03 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Thanks, Tom. Like I mentioned earlier on, I also use 3.3.3 in parallel under Windows/Vista and don't have any real problems in that environment. By the way, I also just tried to use JDBC for connecting to BASE under Debian - the error of not being able to update a tuple does NOT occur then.

Re: [libreoffice-users] problem to open a word docx file

2011-08-03 Thread Loddi Li
Hi, yes i ment Visio. Sorry for the typo. I checked it and it is indeed an OLE object. I further investigated this and removed LO 3.4.2 and installed 3.3.2 again. And with this version the whole document is showing up. So I guess I found a bug in the 3.4 branch. How can I give you further

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing data in a MySQL-table using Base

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) In the longer term the situation might change but in the short to mid-term it's going nowhere. If it works tolerably well then stick with it but explore other options. It is good to post bug-reports especially if they are small bite-sized potentially easy hacks as a lot of those might

Re: [libreoffice-users] problem to open a word docx file

2011-08-03 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I use to deal with a lot of Visio documents. DIA may still be able to load these files, but I had problems installing my copy of Visio onto Win-Vista so I had to drop using it. Now that Ubuntu is my default system, I needed to find alternatives to Visio as well. To be frank, MS Publisher

[libreoffice-users] How can be a property update from python?

2011-08-03 Thread Alberto
Hi everybody, I want to set a custom property (like AuthorLastName) in a document before saving it as PDF. This in python (I want to generate the document as part of a larger script). I managed to update the fields using: dispatcher.executeDispatch(frame, .uno:UpdateAll, , 0, ()) I cannot find

[libreoffice-users] Base 3.4.2 doesn't run on Windows 7

2011-08-03 Thread Juan Antonio
Hello. I've installed LibreOffice 3.4.2 in *Windows 7*, and Base doesn't open any odb file. When I try to do, it seems to open but suddenly closes. When I create a new odb file, it closes too, as soon as after using the database wizard. Base 3.4.1 has this problem too. I thought it was a bug that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base 3.4.2 doesn't run on Windows 7

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It would be good to post a bug-report about it. There are no devs working on Base and none likely to start any time soon so you either need to use MS Access or perhaps try Win7 compatibility mode to see if you can run Base as though it was in Xp. (or stick to Xp for that database of

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can be a property update from python?

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hopefully this has a good link? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation#Other_Documentation_and_Resources Regards from Tom :) From: Alberto alberto@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 3 August, 2011 17:36:05 Subject:

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Visio support

2011-08-03 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 08/03/2011 12:56 PM, Nuno J. Silva wrote: On 2011-08-03, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I use to deal with a lot of Visio documents. DIA may still be able to load these files, but I had problems installing my copy of Visio onto Win-Vista so I had to drop using it. Now that

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can be a property update from python?

2011-08-03 Thread Alberto
Hi, I tried to go through them, I also went in the Developer's Guide. But still no luck :/ I was looking if there is a sort of API documentation or something, because the one at runtime doesn't explain much :(. Regards, Alberto On 3 August 2011 19:10, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can be a property update from python?

2011-08-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 08/03/2011 12:36 PM, Alberto wrote: Hi everybody, I want to set a custom property (like AuthorLastName) in a document before saving it as PDF. Never done it. poke around a little bit Dim oDocInfo Dim oUDP oDocInfo = ThisComponent.getDocumentInfo() oUDP =

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can be a property update from python?

2011-08-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 08/03/2011 05:42 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 08/03/2011 12:36 PM, Alberto wrote: Hi everybody, I want to set a custom property (like AuthorLastName) in a document before saving it as PDF. Never done it. poke around a little bit Dim oDocInfo Dim oUDP oDocInfo =

[libreoffice-users] Movie to Impress to PDF

2011-08-03 Thread Keith Lofstrom
I would like to imbed full screen movies (I can make either mpeg or swf) in Impress presentations, and export the presentation as PDF, usable with Acrobat Reader or other PDF viewer out of the box, platform independently. Is there a way to use LibreOffice do this? --- BTW, I normally present

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can be a property update from python?

2011-08-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Added a section on how to do this in Basic to OOME, My next update to my web site will contain the new section. -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Connect To Oracle Via JDBC Using Macro

2011-08-03 Thread opticyclic
I want to create a spreadsheet that connects to a customers database and pulls out statistical info into various sheets and presents it nicely. I am using a portable version of LibreOffice with an appropriate JDK/JRE and ojdbc6.jar in a sub-folder. My first step is to connect to the Oracle

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connect To Oracle Via JDBC Using Macro

2011-08-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
You can probably find a few examples using StarBasic in http://www.pitonyak.org/database/AndrewBase.odt On 08/03/2011 08:01 PM, opticyclic wrote: I want to create a spreadsheet that connects to a customers database and pulls out statistical info into various sheets and presents it nicely. I