[libreoffice-users] Curved arrow shapes

2011-11-14 Thread L Duperval
Hi, In the Block Arrows toolbar, there is an arrow called the Split Arrow and another call Left or Right arrow. I'm trying to get the equivalent, but with a single arrow instead of two. What are my options? Thanks, L -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug: Setting $DATA causes LibreOffice to crash

2011-11-14 Thread Stephan Zietsman
Keith Thompson wrote: Quick summary: Setting the environment variable $DATA causes LibreOffice to crash. [...] I also wonder whether some other seemingly innocuous environment variables might cause similar problems. Thanks for the info. I can only imagine what you had to go through to track

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice ~ JSON viewer / plugin

2011-11-14 Thread Stephan Zietsman
bankadmin wrote: Is there any Libreoffice ~ JSON viewer / plugin ? I don't know what JSON is so I looked it up on wikipedia. As far I can tell, it's just regular text (human readable code). I think you should be able to open it just like a text file. Is my assumption wrong? Regards Stephan

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-14 Thread Stephan Zietsman
Pedro wrote: In the case of Musescore, the font is internal to the program and is embedded in the PDF (which explains why the PDF looks good).  If you look at the document properties you will notice that MScore120 and MScore20 were embedded. If you could get these exact fonts your PDFimport

Re: Fw: [libreoffice-users] page number search

2011-11-14 Thread Murray White
Thanks very much for this info. I have downloaded the items I think will be most useful at the moment and will be doing some reading over the next few days. MW From: Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011

Re: Fw: [libreoffice-users] page number search

2011-11-14 Thread Pedro
From: Murray White lt;phymur@gt; Subject: [libreoffice-users] page number search To: users@.libreoffice lt;users@.libreofficegt; Date: Sunday, 13 November, 2011, 23:52 I have been unable to find a method of doing a search for a page when using Writer. I also have Works and it was

Re: [libreoffice-users] Curved arrow shapes

2011-11-14 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 14/11/2011 at 01:10, L Duperval lduper...@gmail.com wrote: In the Block Arrows toolbar, there is an arrow called the Split Arrow and another call Left or Right arrow. I'm trying to get the equivalent, but with a single arrow instead of two. What are my options? I must be missing something

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug: Setting $DATA causes LibreOffice to crash

2011-11-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Here is a guide to posting bug-reports.  http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Seems like you have already done more than enough of the guidelines there but the link to the actual reoprting place might be useful :) Regards from Tom :) --- On Mon, 14/11/11, Stephan Zietsman

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think once you have downloaded the font package all you need to do is double-click on the downloaded file and click Ok.  I think it's about that easy even on Windows.  Tim at KrackedPress might have a better and more detailed method.  This would mean sending people 2 small files instead

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I prefer the GPL and similar copyleft licences because even tho you still get no money it is still theoretically possible to sell Cds and stuff with the software on it.  More importantly if someone uses your code they can't suddenly re-licence it and block you from using your own work

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't resize videos in Impress

2011-11-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you tried renaming the user-profile yet? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile (from an original by Hagar Delest for OOo) Regards from Tom :) --- On Mon, 14/11/11, Rev. Nick Sharp nick.sh...@xalt.co.uk wrote: From: Rev. Nick Sharp nick.sh...@xalt.co.uk Subject:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Curved arrow shapes

2011-11-14 Thread L Duperval
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:02:22 +0100, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: I must be missing something obvious. Can't you use Left/Up/Right/Down Arrow from Block Arrows on Drawing Toolbar (View → Toolbars → Drawing to display it)? I want it to curve, how do I do that? Eventually, what I had to do was to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-14 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Steve wrote: When you paste from the docx, can you try paste special, unformatted text and gain success. That’s what I normally do, and I’m sure I did it on this occasion. Can you paste the text from docx into a file, save and view it with ghexedit to identify the character. You might be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Curved arrow shapes

2011-11-14 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 14/11/2011 at 12:21, L Duperval lduper...@gmail.com wrote: I want it to curve, That's the part I had missed :) . how do I do that? The only way I can think of is creating circular arrow. You can rotate it by clicking right mouse button → Position and Size → Rotation. But the effect may

Re: [libreoffice-users] Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-14 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
steelej, I think that there is no obvious way to achieve what you want. I think that you could experiment with outline numbering. I mean, there are 10 styles total, while most of time you need like 3 or 4; so you can pretend that instead of 10 styles you have two times 5 styles and adjust 6-10

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-14 Thread Stephan Zietsman
Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: I always use “paste special” (in fact I have a keyboard shortcut for “paste unformatted text”)... Just a quick question, slightly off topic: how did you assign a keyboard short-cut to paste unformatted text? Regards Stephan -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-14 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Just a quick question, slightly off topic: how did you assign a keyboard short-cut to paste unformatted text? Tools Customise Keyboard . . . In the bottom-left panel, Functions Category, choose Edit; in the right-hand panel, Function, go down to Paste Unformatted Text; then in the top

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Curved arrow shapes

2011-11-14 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
For me, I tend to use Arrow Fonts as the basis of any arrows that I may need. If I need something different, I use one of these arrows in the font[s] and make it an image, then edit it with GIMP. On 11/14/2011 07:42 AM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 14/11/2011 at 12:21, L

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-14 Thread Stephan Zietsman
Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: Tools Customise Keyboard . . . In the bottom-left panel, Functions Category, choose Edit; in the right-hand panel, Function, go down to Paste Unformatted Text; then in the top panel scroll to Ctl+Shift+V (or whatever you want), select it, and then press the button

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office quitting

2011-11-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 22:46, Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie wrote: I wonder if anyone can shed any light on a peculiar (but serious!) problem that I’ve had all day. Libre Office (on Ubuntu 11.10) constantly quits without warning. It happens sometimes when I use certain keys, such as page up

[libreoffice-users] Connecting to Existing PostgreSQL Database Table

2011-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
I have a postgres database on my server (running Slackware-13.1) and want to access a table for data entry using LO on my workstation (running same distribution and version). Using LO-3.4.3, what steps do I follow to establish the connection? I try File - New - Database, but the options

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't resize videos in Impress

2011-11-14 Thread Rev. Nick Sharp
Hi Tom - Thanks for replying. Yes, I have tried renaming the user profile, but the video problem remains. Any other suggestions? Nick On 14 November 2011 11:35, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Have you tried renaming the user-profile yet?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting to Existing PostgreSQL Database Table

2011-11-14 Thread Jay Lozier
Rich On 11/14/2011 01:28 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: I have a postgres database on my server (running Slackware-13.1) and want to access a table for data entry using LO on my workstation (running same distribution and version). Using LO-3.4.3, what steps do I follow to establish the

[libreoffice-users] LibreOfficeNotWorking

2011-11-14 Thread y1978ac
New LibreOffice 3.4.4 stop running at checking hungarian spelling in slovak version, what to hell hungarian spelling does in slovak version. Application not working properly when click on the icon LibreOffice cannot start the programe. Very annoying . annoying. I put on LO 3.3.4 rather. -- For

[libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office quitting

2011-11-14 Thread NoOp
On 11/13/2011 10:16 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) This guide might help? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport#How_to_get_strace_log_.28on_Linux.29 It's beyond me but hopefully makes sense. Regards from Tom :) Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. So this appears to be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-14 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Mirosław, Mirosław Zalewski wrote (14-11-11 14:15) I think that there is no obvious way to achieve what you want. Sorry that I did not make some time before for more explanation. I have submitted enhancement request on LO bugzilla. You can read it:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-14 Thread steelej
Hi :) I prefer the GPL and similar copyleft licences because even tho you still get no money it is still theoretically possible to sell Cds and stuff with the software on it.  More importantly if someone uses your code they can't suddenly re-licence it and block you from using your own work

[libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-14 Thread steelej
Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Mirosław, Mirosław Zalewski wrote (14-11-11 14:15) I think that there is no obvious way to achieve what you want. Sorry that I did not make some time before for more explanation. I have submitted enhancement request on LO bugzilla. You can read it:

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I report an error in Help web pages?

2011-11-14 Thread David S. Crampton
This is now in bugzilla as #42924. Status is unconfirmed at this writing -- David S. Crampton On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:44:34 -0800, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Thanks for the report of the error. This is a good place to put it if you have not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-14 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi John, steelej wrote (14-11-11 20:56) Cor Nouws wrote: Mirosław Zalewski wrote (14-11-11 14:15) I have submitted enhancement request on LO bugzilla. You can read it: lt;https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42920gt; I'll add a file there with how it can be done properly, IMHO

[libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-14 Thread steelej
Cor Nouws wrote: ... Hey ho ! Looks as if you did not read the post that you replied to :-) Your I have read your request and hope ... refers to the submitted issue. However, I post you a solution, and you skip reading that? Should I really feel disappointed :-\ or will you

[libreoffice-users] Writer: make comment refer to selected text rather than cursor point

2011-11-14 Thread Stephen Anderson
Hi guys, Thanks for the useful suggestions! - Steve A. *=== Jerry wrote:* Since the comment will always have a single location as a starting point why not just highlight the selection using the highlight tool on the Formatting Toolbar and then insert the comment? That should make it clear that

[libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office quitting

2011-11-14 Thread NoOp
On 11/14/2011 04:08 AM, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: Steve wrote: When you paste from the docx, can you try paste special, unformatted text and gain success. That’s what I normally do, and I’m sure I did it on this occasion. Can you paste the text from docx into a file, save and view it with

[libreoffice-users] Re: Connecting to Existing PostgreSQL Database Table

2011-11-14 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 14/11/11 19:28, Rich Shepard a écrit : Hi Rich, When I try File - New - Database - connect to existing database, I've no idea what to specify with either jdbc or odbc. Pointers greatly appreciated. If you have the libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql connector installed, available on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Headings with custom list not working

2011-11-14 Thread Cor Nouws
steelej wrote (14-11-11 23:57) I did read it - honest. Your second post was not there at the time! Ah, OK, Can happen indeed! I have now created a bugzilla account and will add some comments in there. Look forward to your comments. See how far we can get, -- - Cor -