Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc will not save file after sheet deleted [FOLLOW-UP]

2011-08-12 Thread Simon Cropper
*** Jorge, as I respond to your email I find out a range of things of note, as I try and support or refute my ideas. It is enlightening to read the entire post but you can just as easily jump to HERE *** Sorry Jorge, I suppose it is confusing. The problem is the corruption due to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc will not save file after sheet deleted [FOLLOW-UP]

2011-08-12 Thread Simon Cropper
On 12/08/11 14:38, planas wrote: On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 13:52 +1000, Simon Cropper wrote: Hi Everyone, I have been doing some follow-up investigations that I thought you might like to be made aware. First, why? Well after testing the file that I recreated by copying the text, formula and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Macro not active when the document start

2011-08-12 Thread toto
Thank you everyone, it solved i'm using new module to execute the function, when I open the document. Eventhough I hadn't try it with another computer. Yes, I change the variable to double, I think there is no different with currency. On 08/12/2011 03:02 AM, planas wrote: On Thu, 2011-08-11

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 12/08/2011 00:24, upscope wrote: +5 that's what I did 12 years ago when my Win ME died. I can understand that! Win ME was worse than Vista (if that's possible!(. However, using both Linux and Windows 7 I can say that Win 7 is actually not bad. (All we need to do now is to get Windows 7

[libreoffice-users] Source RPM

2011-08-12 Thread nux
Hello, Anyone knows where the source rpm that generates the RPM binaries are? I'm very interested in seeing how LO gets built as I currently have some dependency problems on Centos6. Regards -- Nux! www.nux.ro -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: looking for help on Base

2011-08-12 Thread Roberto Scotti
Il giorno sab, 06/08/2011 alle 10.25 -0700, NoOp ha scritto: On 08/06/2011 04:31 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: It appears to still have issues. I'm getting this error: [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Driver's SQLAllocHandle on SQL_HANDLE_HENV failed I'll post back when I get it figured out.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Works import

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Looks good to me. It's not too long and gets to the point quickly. Annoyingly ( not your fault) the url is not clickable but it is better practice to copypaste a url into a web-browser for security reasons. Adding an attachment was smart but it opened fine for me in Ubuntu 10.04

Re: [libreoffice-users] Source RPM

2011-08-12 Thread nux
n...@li.nux.ro writes: Hello, Anyone knows where the source rpm that generates the RPM binaries are? I'm very interested in seeing how LO gets built as I currently have some dependency problems on Centos6. Regards -- Nux! www.nux.ro I'm answering myself so we have a record of this: they

Re: [libreoffice-users] Date Format in Writer

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Unambiguous is best. It is just really nice to know there are ISO standards that happen to fit my slightly mad preferences ;) Regards from Tom :) From: nvrk nvrk.89...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 12 August, 2011 6:16:34

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Works import

2011-08-12 Thread Dave Sergeant
On 12 Aug 2011 at 12:49, Tom Davies wrote: Annoyingly ( not your fault) the url is not clickable but it is better practice to copypaste a url into a web-browser for security reasons. Adding an attachment was smart but it opened fine for me in Ubuntu 10.04 using LibreOffice 3.3.2. It is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Works import

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) All good :) Sounds like the problem can be pin-pointed to fairly specific releases, such as the newer ones that a lot of people are using. Regards from Tom :) From: Dave Sergeant d...@davesergeant.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 12

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc will not save file after sheet deleted [FOLLOW-UP]

2011-08-12 Thread jorge
Hi I don't know what will be happening. But I think that if in other computer or program LO 3.3.2 you don't have problem to use the file, ...the file ins't corrupted and newer LO neither. I think that Vista or the OpenOffice 3.1.0 would lose something as program by whatever way

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can I build only libreoffice-writer instead of whole office suite ?

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 It's outside the scope of the users list although there is always a hope that Cor or Nuno or someone knows the answer to something like this. A devs list is a much better place to get answers Regards from Tom :) From: Nuno J. Silva

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) What is an MVP?? Is it Microsoft Certified something Person? Regards from Tom :) From: Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 11 August, 2011 20:59:05 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 12/08/2011 18:09, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) What is an MVP?? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/aboutmvp :P -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks. Most Valuable Person sounds like the equivalent of a fairly average member of the LibreOffice community. Everyone here is a star. Regards from Tom :) From: Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 12

RE: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[The MVP page seems to have moved, so here's a text explanation] MVP = Most Valued Player It is an award (made annually) from Microsoft to non-Microsoft people who make significant contributions to the community of Microsoft product adopters. The awards tend to be identified with a particular

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread jebw...@gmail.com
Every OS Microsoft publishes tries to remove the User from the systems operation side of the equation. Personally, I take offense by their attempts to lock me out of folders on my own computer. Regardless of a the tonnage of lipstick slapped on a pig, it's still a pig. Windows 7 is just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office being recommended on MicrosoftAnswers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread jebw...@gmail.com
There's a good possibility the LO recommendation being due to the Gates - Ellison feud. Ellison owns Oracle. Oracle owns OO. Most know more about OO then they do LO. Hence the reason for MS's LO recommendation. Then there's the 900lb Gorilla factor: LO is cost free. OO looks like it's

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The link you gave in an earlier post led to another link where MS use the word Professional rather than Player even tho they obviously don't pay the MVPs. MS make a lot of money from their Office Suite so it's not a huge surprise that they don't mention that WordPad has a lot more

RE: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Oops. It is Most Valued Professional. Microsoft seems to be re-arranging the deck chairs on microsoft.com. Here's a different view into the program: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/. There's a Facebook page too [;). -Original Message- From: Dennis E. Hamilton

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office being recommended on MicrosoftAnswers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Oracle managed to mishandle OOo so badly that they couldn't monetise it. Apparently IBM pushed Oracle into donating OOo to The Apache Foundation a few weeks ago. There are Apache people in TDF (and some TDF in Apache) lists to help the 2 projects work together more closely and people

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Lol, oooh, that's not fair! It would be like asking if the OS was designed to be secure from the ground-up rather than slapping a tin roof on-top of a crumbling structure. This list is not meant to be a fight between fanboys of different OSes. LibreOffice works on all and all are

[libreoffice-users] Re: looking for help on Base

2011-08-12 Thread NoOp
On 08/12/2011 03:03 AM, Roberto Scotti wrote: Il giorno sab, 06/08/2011 alle 10.25 -0700, NoOp ha scritto: ... I finally managed to get Base to connect to the Access file (old Office 97 Northwind example .mdb) and even list the tables in the file. However when I attempt to view the table LO

[libreoffice-users] MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread Rob Harriman
Hi, Am a newbie to Libre Office so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. When I load .docx files into Office 3 for view/edit the formatting is shot to pieces and the Table of Contents is not picked up when included in the original. It appears that .doc files are loading ok. I

[libreoffice-users] Re: looking for help on Base

2011-08-12 Thread NoOp
On 08/12/2011 11:41 AM, NoOp wrote: ... The 3.4.2 (Final) gives an SQL error: A connection for the following URL was requested sdbc:ado:access:PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet. OLEDB.4.0;DATA SOURCE=C:\tempdir\Nwind.mdb. Just to be sure, I'm unstalling 3.4.2 reinstalling 3.3.3 on that virtual

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.4.2 Spellcheck Not Working....

2011-08-12 Thread Mark Stanton
Not working here. LO 3.3.3, Fedora 15 (Linux) Mark Stanton -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, it does crop up quite often but it is still a legitimate question. Ideally convert things to doc format if that is possible. DocX is designed to be incompatible with non-MS products imo. However the LibreOffice 3.4.2 often does a better job of read/writing docXs than the 3.3.3

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/8/12 Rob Harriman rob.harri...@btinternet.com: Hi, Am a newbie to Libre Office so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. When I load .docx files into Office 3 for view/edit the formatting is shot to pieces and the Table of Contents is not picked up when included in the

[libreoffice-users] Apache - LibreOffice connections (was Re: Libre Office being recommended on MicrosoftAnswers Forums!)

2011-08-12 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I have no insight into what Microsoft folks think of the OpenOffice.org - Apache license grant by Oracle. The ones I know are aware of it. There is overlap among contributors at the Apache project and on LibreOffice. No one at Apache tells their contributors where they cannot (nor must)

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.4.2 Spellcheck Not Working....

2011-08-12 Thread Don C. Myers
Works fine here: Ubuntu 11.04, LibreOffice 3.4.2 I'm running the official LibreOffice version. In past times, Ubuntu only updated to new versions of OpenOffice (before LibreOffice existed) when a new version of Ubuntu came out. This has changed since then. But to get the updated version, I

[libreoffice-users] Pimaco extension for labels

2011-08-12 Thread Claudio Aranha
Hi friends I've been using LibreOffice since StarOffice and I always had dificulties printing labels, the Pimaco released a extension for BrOffice (Openoffice name in Brazil), this one: http://www.pimaco.com.br/images/upload/downloads/pimaco-labels.oxt The problem is that all the printed labels

Re: [libreoffice-users] Pimaco extension for labels

2011-08-12 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi, Open Office had form templates which an enterprising individual developed based on tables instead of instead of the block style that came with Open Office and like what Microsoft Word uses. I've used the US sizes and they work perfectly. It is super easy to adjust the column width by

[libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office being recommended onMicrosoftAnswers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread David H. Lipman
From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Oracle managed to mishandle OOo so badly that they couldn't monetise it. Apparently IBM pushed Oracle into donating OOo to The Apache Foundation a few weeks ago. There are Apache people in TDF (and some TDF in Apache) lists to help the 2

Re: [libreoffice-users] Apache - LibreOffice connections (was Re: Libre Office being recommended on MicrosoftAnswers Forums!)

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Blimey! This is a great thread! I think the steering-discuss list might appreciate the links to the Apache reports. I might forward that bit if i remember tomorrow. Regards from Tom :) From: Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office being recommended onMicrosoftAnswers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Wow! They sound interesting. I am getting the impression that most people in OpenSource projects have a similar role although we usually have more control over how deeply involved we get and in which parts of the project. Regards from Tom :) From: David

Re: [libreoffice-users] Pimaco extension for labels

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think those templates can be used in LibreOffice but the docs team were trying to find someone to bring them into LibreOffice properly (assuming they are copy-left rather than copyright licensed). Regards from Tom :) From: Don C. Myers

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office being recommended onMicrosoftAnswers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Andy Brown
David H. Lipman wrote: From: Tom Daviestomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Hi :) Oracle managed to mishandle OOo so badly that they couldn't monetise it. Apparently IBM pushed Oracle into donating OOo to The Apache Foundation a few weeks ago. There are Apache people in TDF (and some TDF in Apache) lists

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office being recommended onMicrosoftAnswers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Great idea and that is certainly the way MS would like it but sadly MS Office 2010 documents often seem to go a little wrong in MS Office 2007 and vice-versa. Earlier versions of MS Office can't read/write the format used by MS Office 2010 or 2007 at all without installing an extra

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread NoOp
On 08/12/2011 11:59 AM, Rob Harriman wrote: Hi, Am a newbie to Libre Office so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. When I load .docx files into Office 3 for view/edit the formatting is shot to pieces and the Table of Contents is not picked up when included in the original.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office being recommended onMicrosoftAnswers Forums!

2011-08-12 Thread Andy Brown
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Great idea and that is certainly the way MS would like it but sadly MS Office 2010 documents often seem to go a little wrong in MS Office 2007 and vice-versa. Earlier versions of MS Office can't read/write the format used by MS Office 2010 or 2007 at all without

Re: [libreoffice-users] Pimaco extension for labels

2011-08-12 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi, On the World Label site they have the following statement: These documents are XML Open Document Format (ODF), Public Domain, licensed under GPL. On 08/12/2011 05:46 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think those templates can be used in LibreOffice but the docs team were trying to find

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread planas
Hi :) On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 21:21 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yes, it does crop up quite often but it is still a legitimate question. Ideally convert things to doc format if that is possible. DocX is designed to be incompatible with non-MS products imo. However the LibreOffice

RE: [libreoffice-users] Pimaco extension for labels

2011-08-12 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Um, that statement makes no sense. Public domain documents require no license. They are either someone's copyright and licensed under the GPL or there's a quit claim on the copyright and no license applies. Although either case would make them all right to bundle with LibreOffice, you still

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread NoOp
On 08/12/2011 04:39 PM, planas wrote: Hi :) On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 21:21 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yes, it does crop up quite often but it is still a legitimate question. Ideally convert things to doc format if that is possible. DocX is designed to be incompatible with

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread NoOp
On 08/12/2011 03:19 PM, NoOp wrote: ... There are considerable issue with OOXML/MOX[1] files: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=docx Then again, Microsoft also has issues as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I'm not so sure the bug report being discussed is anything so simple, but I took on your little experiment. CONCLUSION It would seem, in this simple case, that no one has much to be proud of concerning interop between the different native formats. It is odd that the worst case here is the

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread NoOp
On 08/12/2011 06:34 PM, NoOp wrote: On 08/12/2011 03:19 PM, NoOp wrote: ... There are considerable issue with OOXML/MOX[1] files: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=docx Then again, Microsoft also has issues as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML

[libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

2011-08-12 Thread NoOp
On 08/12/2011 07:03 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: -Original Message- From: NoOp [mailto:snipped] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 17:23 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office [ ... ] Open LO. Make a simple text

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice doesn't think exporting to PDF is printing

2011-08-12 Thread Onyeibo Oku
Why does LibreOffice print/export cell ranges that are set not-to-print/hidden in PDF format? I usually don't print to paper. This is inconveniencing. This forces me to hide the ranges on the UI manually. Should I be in control? - from

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice doesn't think exporting to PDF is printing

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You should be in control. It's worth posting a bug-report http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport There might be an obscure setting but if there is then you can always close the bug-reoprt later. Regards from Tom :) From: Onyeibo Oku