Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: docx format troubles

2011-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I completely disagree with that.  From what i see of average users even 10% might be far too high and it's the same 10% not a different 10% for each person.  A lot of secretaries and people that work with Word all day long consider the use of indent, tabs or tables rather than lots of

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice-Base CPU usage

2011-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahah, thanks Jay.  I was hoping that HSql only dipped into using java for a few things.  So, Don needs to have that java box ticked all the time he uses Base and can only avoid it when not using Base at all. Is it possible to edit short-cuts and stuff so that opening Base will enable

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: docx format troubles

2011-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think everyone on this list, even a fresh 'clueless' noob, is in the top 10%.  The very fact of knowing about and trying LibreOffice puts people in a very exclusive top percentage of office 'geeks'.  Apparently it would not be trivial to remove features and make add-ons/extensions

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Persistent Restore Windows Window

2011-09-18 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, I had the same problem on a MacBookPro - see thread 'annoying restore window' recently quote: Hello, Looked at the bug report. This is really what's happening on my MBP, but fortunately not on my iMac till now (both with Lion 7.1 and LibO 3.4.2 (probably)). I tried the solution via

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice-Base CPU usage

2011-09-18 Thread Mark Stanton
To be clear, Don only needs to have the Java box ticked when opening Base AND using a backend that requires Java, like HSQL. As for your second paragraph, I suspect you meant but opening WRITER won't... ? If so, the answer is probably no. LO isn't a collection of unrelated apps, it's a

[libreoffice-users] A place to find .oxt dictionary files since OOo's site is down most times

2011-09-18 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Just to give people a reminder of a place to find dictionaries, with the OOo side down most of the time, or flaky when up [plus a few - at least 4 - not found there as well]: I have created a very large dictionary list for the original North American Community DVD site.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Re: LibreOffice-Base CPU usage

2011-09-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 18/09/11 00:44, Don Myers a écrit : Hi Don, There is an old saying - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The thing I dislike most about Base is to have to open three windows to get to my form in the database. Some time ago I left a post on an Open Office forum asking if there was a way to

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Base 3.4.3 on Linux using ODBC

2011-09-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/09/11 22:14, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit : Hello Alex, Seems like I unfortunately cannot get rid of the Java Runtime environment. The reason is that the report-generator needs it!!! :( Regards Heinrich Yes, absolutely, the Oracle Report Builder is Java based. Without Java it simply

[libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/09/11 21:43, Andreas Säger a écrit : Hi Andreas, As far as I know, it is shipped with LibreOffice. Choose database type MySQL instead of JDBC or ODBC. It is neither built nor shipped by the LibreOffice project. It is shipped with various Linux distributions, who include it in their

[libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-18 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 18.09.2011 16:28, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 17/09/11 21:43, Andreas Säger a écrit : Hi Andreas, As far as I know, it is shipped with LibreOffice. Choose database type MySQL instead of JDBC or ODBC. It is neither built nor shipped by the LibreOffice project. It is shipped with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: docx format troubles

2011-09-18 Thread Brian Barker
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 08:30 -0400, David B Teague sr wrote: The fact that 20% of the features of MS Office (and by implication, LO and OO.o) used almost exclusively by some 80% of the users suggests to me that OO.o should identify that 20% of features and modularize OO.o or LO or what have you

[libreoffice-users] Re: Does Libre Office have merge codes?

2011-09-18 Thread AMCooper63
Merge fields are only the beginning. I found those. What I need is the ability to use code to do things with the data in the mail merge. I found conditional fields. But that isn't enough yet. I need to be able to do things like I described in the first post. Also, based upon the value of a field,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Does Libre Office have merge codes?

2011-09-18 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 18.09.2011 17:41, AMCooper63 wrote: Merge fields are only the beginning. I found those. What I need is the ability to use code to do things with the data in the mail merge. I found conditional fields. But that isn't enough yet. I need to be able to do things like I described in the first

[libreoffice-users] Where the option Active OLE Object outplace?

2011-09-18 Thread myhouse_1...@mail.ru
I generally use OpenOffice 3.2.1 only for one reason - it has Active OLE Object outplace feature. This makes my work more comfortable. But in the new version of OpenOffice this feature disappeared. Also it is apply to LibreOffice 3.4.3. So, it is possible to recover Active OLE Object outplace?

[libreoffice-users] Remove Macros

2011-09-18 Thread SuneOskar
I can't remove assigned macros from a sheet. Tools - Customize - Events - Remove - OK doe's not work. LibreOffice 3.4.3 Mac OS X 10.6.8 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Remove-Macros-tp3346273p3346273.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at

[libreoffice-users] storeToURL fails until machine is rebooted.

2011-09-18 Thread Bill Gradwohl
Below are 2 routines that print a sheet to paper and then to a .pdf file. After the machine is started in the morning, and then for x number of transactions, these routines work as expected. At some point however, an error occurs at the line below that says:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-18 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hi Alex, As I have already mentioned in an earlier posting - I downloaded the connector from the site you mention. However, trying to then install/activate it in my LO 3.4.3 system fails. Heinrich On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:28:03 +0200, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: Le

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: docx format troubles

2011-09-18 Thread planas
Brian On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 16:17 +0100, Brian Barker wrote: On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 08:30 -0400, David B Teague sr wrote: The fact that 20% of the features of MS Office (and by implication, LO and OO.o) used almost exclusively by some 80% of the users suggests to me that OO.o should

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It might be a good idea to plan a move from MySql to MariaDb.  MariaDb is a drop-in replacement for MySql.  MariaDb is much faster at developing and bug-fixing so a bug-report to them might get a faster response and they might well be happy to work on a project such as the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-18 Thread upscope
On Sunday, September 18, 2011 07:48:09 PM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It might be a good idea to plan a move from MySql to MariaDb. MariaDb is a drop-in replacement for MySql. MariaDb is much faster at developing and bug-fixing so a bug-report to them might get a faster response and they

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MariaDb / MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't think it's urgent but it is worth researching http://mariadb.org/ I am not sure if you can have both on the same system at the same time.  It might be worth setting up a virtual machine and testing it that way if possible.  Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 18/9/11, upscope

[libreoffice-users] Re: Digital Signature cannot validate (linux)

2011-09-18 Thread Ferry Toth
Yeah, it is quite possible to blame the Ubuntu Natty build. But the problem occurs just since my most recent Firefox update. So it would be nice to see if somebody can reproduce this before I file a bug. I'm looking into your links now. Ferry Op maandag 12-09-2011 om 11:30 uur [tijdzone

[libreoffice-users] Re: Digital Signature cannot validate (linux)

2011-09-18 Thread Ferry Toth
Checking the links below I find: - they are all connected with the diginotar CA and have nothing to do with my issue - except https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39825 However here it is described the dialog box comes up empty. This is not so in my case. I sign the document as always.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MariaDb / MySQL Native Connector

2011-09-18 Thread planas
Hi On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 21:19 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I don't think it's urgent but it is worth researching http://mariadb.org/ I am not sure if you can have both on the same system at the same time. It might be worth setting up a virtual machine and testing it that way if