[libreoffice-users] Re: Table Format

2012-03-05 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 05.03.2012 02:43, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Are you on a laptop? Your function keys may have as default actions the control of laptop display functions and other provisions. (These are usually signified by a variety of symbols.) Usually, there is a way to obtain the F4 key function. If

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer recover document

2012-03-05 Thread Walther Koehler
Hello, after a crash LO3.4 writer recovers documents, however it seems not to use the regularly saved corrections. However, looking up /tmp/.../0.odt I can find the very last corrections stored and can manually recover from there. Is this a flaw or a bad configuration at my system? Walther

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base faq

2012-03-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The links at the top of https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq#Drivers_.2F_External_Databases still point to the 'old' page.  Should they be fixed to point to Drew's? Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 4/3/12, drew jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.com wrote: From: drew jensen

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spellcheck question

2012-03-05 Thread Nino Novak
On Sunday 04 March 2012, 14:59:40 Edwin Matheson wrote: The spell check feature seems to stop at every word. Even simple words such as ball, hit, the, etc. and suggests changes. How can I set it so that it only stops at miss spelled words. Sure you've set the correct language? Language is a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spellcheck question

2012-03-05 Thread Dave Reese
I actually thought that the Preferences / Languages is where that was set, not tools... Dave On Mar 5, 2012, at 5:31 AM, Nino Novak wrote: On Sunday 04 March 2012, 14:59:40 Edwin Matheson wrote: The spell check feature seems to stop at every word. Even simple words such as ball, hit,

[libreoffice-users] Merging Files

2012-03-05 Thread Dave Reese
I have been using merging in MS Word for printing labels for a museum's jukeboxes. I cannot figure how to do this using my doc files with Libre Office, as it wants me to create new files, and much work doing custom layouts in Word. I do not want to start over, just be able to merge two already

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spellcheck question

2012-03-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think on Windnows and GnuLinux (using a Gnome or other non-KDE desktop environment) it's Tools and then either Languages nad/or Options.  The Options pop-up has a LOT of settings that are worth exploring.  Mac and perhaps KDE too seem to be a bit different. Regards from Tom :) --- On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base faq

2012-03-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Depends how much coffee he has.  lqtm Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 4/3/12, Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk wrote: From: Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base faq To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 4 March, 2012, 18:45 I can take no

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to use GTK open dialog box in LibreOffice

2012-03-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It does sound very buggy to me.  Hopefully an Easy hack? Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 4/3/12, Arnaud Champollion arnaud.champoll...@laposte.net wrote: From: Arnaud Champollion arnaud.champoll...@laposte.net Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to use GTK open dialog box in LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do add percentage in Calc?

2012-03-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It takes skill.  Didn't Isaac Newton write an entire book, a huge tome of a book too, about 1?  There is an inconsistency which might be worth writing up as a bug-report except that Excel does exactly the same and is possibly useful to some people. Also some people on this list might

[libreoffice-users] digital signatures

2012-03-05 Thread jack wallen
Hello all. I'm trying to work out how to add digital signatures to LibreOffice documents, but can not seem to see any self-signed certificate I create on my Ubuntu system (created with either gnomint or tinyca2). Does anyone know the trick to this process? How can I make LibreOffice aware of my

Re: [libreoffice-users] digital signatures

2012-03-05 Thread Thomas Damratowski
Search in help for signing documents with digital signatures On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:35 AM, jack wallen jlwal...@monkeypantz.netwrote: Hello all. I'm trying to work out how to add digital signatures to LibreOffice documents, but can not seem to see any self-signed certificate I create on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merging Files

2012-03-05 Thread Mark Stanton
You're presumably talking about mailmerging? What (type of file) are you merging into your doc file? Tentatively, you should just be able to change the fields in your doc file so that LO recognises them as mailmerge fields (I don't think it'll automatically recognise them). This does depend

[libreoffice-users] Re: page break problem

2012-03-05 Thread Tecknomage
This is for users of LibreOffice: *SEE* https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=116837 This Bug Report which has the document listed below. The Calc spreadsheet include was made with OpenOffice 3.2 with 3 Manual Row-Breaks and DOES print correctly in OpenOffice 3.2, but does NOT print

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Table Format

2012-03-05 Thread drew jensen
On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 09:19 +0100, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 05.03.2012 02:43, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Are you on a laptop? Your function keys may have as default actions the control of laptop display functions and other provisions. (These are usually signified by a variety of symbols.)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Table Format

2012-03-05 Thread Sylvain Bromberber
I don't think that I have that last button on. I either have the wrong toolbar on or I have to add a button to it, but I don't know what button. Thanks for your help. Sylvain -Original Message- From: Andreas Säger Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 3:19 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] Re: digital signatures

2012-03-05 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 05/03/12 15:35, jack wallen a écrit : Hi Jack, I'm trying to work out how to add digital signatures to LibreOffice documents, but can not seem to see any self-signed certificate I create on my Ubuntu system (created with either gnomint or tinyca2). Does anyone know the trick to this

[libreoffice-users] Re: Table Format

2012-03-05 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 05.03.2012 18:30, Sylvain Bromberber wrote: I don't think that I have that last button on. I either have the wrong toolbar on or I have to add a button to it, but I don't know what button. Thanks for your help. Sylvain The toolbar with all the buttons to let the form user interact with

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base faq

2012-03-05 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 05/03/12 14:18, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi all, Hi :) Depends how much coffee he has. lqtm Regards from Or whether I can't sleep at night ;-)) D'you think if I avoid the issue long enough Alex will translate the monster Report Builder tutorial? ;-) I'll give it a poke, but I won't

[libreoffice-users] Hello!

2012-03-05 Thread Sergio Cocci
I am new here so excuse me if this isssue has been already discussed. When manually reformatting a 3.5 Write text the .line scroll is exasperating slow.Maybe a wrong memory approach? I tried the Suse/Intel version and I realized it is fine. Second: What about a new Format - Paragraph option

[libreoffice-users] Re: Queries wizard in Base

2012-03-05 Thread NoOp
On 03/03/2012 10:20 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Sat, 2012-03-03 at 16:23 +0100, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 03.03.2012 16:09, Sylvain Bromberber wrote: I do have Java installed. By the way, it worked fine while I was still using Open Office. It works with all versions of OpenOffice.org,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merging Files

2012-03-05 Thread Dave Reese
I am doing a mail merge, although not a letter or an email. I have been doing the merger from another .doc file. The template uses multiple fonts with different spacing for each line. For the jukebox labels, the type has to fit into boxes to show the phonograph record's artist, and the name of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merging Files

2012-03-05 Thread Steve Edmonds
I have not merged files in MS since word 6 for DOS, so things may have changed since then. I take it you have 2 .doc files, one is the label layout, is the other a comma separated list of the information to put on the labels?. How many labels per page. I merge performance data (serial number,

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to use GTK open dialog box in LibreOffice

2012-03-05 Thread Arnaud Champollion
Le 04/03/2012 12:51, Mirosław Zalewski a écrit : As of first problem, I think that this is simply bug and it can be added to bugzilla (see https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ ). As for second, I think that developers should discuss it first, since this may or may not be considered bug.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merging Files

2012-03-05 Thread Dave Reese
Yes, and I can use spread sheets with the same column headings. Libre Office did not just let me merge the template I used in MS Word using the same date sheet in either a .doc file or an .xls file. I was hoping there was a easy substitution without redifining the fields. I will experiment

[libreoffice-users] Fwd: Writing Aids problem

2012-03-05 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Can anyone help this person off-the-list? I was sent this question to my LO NA-DVD webmaster email. Original Message Subject:Writing Aids problem Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 20:34:03 +0100 From: Marcus S. mar...@ruebemix.de To: webmas...@libreoffice-na.us Hello,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: page break problem

2012-03-05 Thread MiguelAngel
El 05/03/12 17:08, Tecknomage escribió: This is for users of LibreOffice: *SEE* https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=116837 This Bug Report which has the document listed below. The Calc spreadsheet include was made with OpenOffice 3.2 with 3 Manual Row-Breaks and DOES print correctly

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc DATEVALUE() accepts only locale format

2012-03-05 Thread Ferry Toth
Thanks Brian, This exactly how I solved it. But cumbersome given that DATEVALUE seems to be intended to do just this. Thanks, Ferry Brian Barker schreef op ma 05-03-2012 om 00:32 [+]: At 22:35 04/03/2012 +0100, Ferry Toth wrote: With the dutch localization DATEVALUE accepts 1-jan-2011

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merging Files

2012-03-05 Thread Steve Edmonds
If not too private, can you email the label doc to me off list and I can see how it comes up in writer in regards the field definitions. steve On 2012-03-06 09:05, Dave Reese wrote: Yes, and I can use spread sheets with the same column headings. Libre Office did not just let me merge the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: Writing Aids problem

2012-03-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does anyone know if re-naming the User Profile would help? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile It would get all the setting back to factory defaults but is that likely to create other problems for a screen-reader? Regards from Tom :) --- On Mon, 5/3/12,

[libreoffice-users] Bugzilla reporting question

2012-03-05 Thread Ken Springer
I don't wish to subscribe to the Bugzilla group just for this question. :-) When reporting a bug, you are asked to give a rating as to the severity of the bug. There must be a page, somewhere, that defines what each severity classification means, but I didn't find it. LOL Would someone

[libreoffice-users] LP Impress 3.5 slow and hungs with video in slides

2012-03-05 Thread Alejo C.S.
Hi all, I have some old presentations made with LO 3.3.3 whit some embebed videos (mpg1 and mpeg2). Until LO 3.4 they work perfect. But in LO 3.5 the same presentation hangs LO and make it very very slo. Runing from console I get this: (libreoffice:11787): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to

Re: [libreoffice-users] LP Impress 3.5 slow and hungs with video in slides

2012-03-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That looks a lot like GnuLinux rather than Bsd?  Which distro?  Ubuntu?  Which version?  Have you upgraded the distro to a different version number since last watching the videos? Have you used a package manager to update everything?  You might need to install some codecs or something? 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Table Format

2012-03-05 Thread Sylvain Bromberber
Still no success. None of the buttons seem to do what you say. I then tried to modify the toolbar by adding buttons but none of the buttons made available under modification seem to do the job. Can you give me the name of the button or describe it? Thank you for your help! Sylvain

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fwd: Writing Aids problem

2012-03-05 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Well, it would be nice if someone could come up with a solution to send to this person who sent the question to me instead to the proper place - here or Nabble. I do not know which Writing Aids is being asked about. I do not remember which are included with the installs, or is the aids

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Table Format

2012-03-05 Thread Sylvain Bromberber
I downloaded that file but none of the buttons were buttons that I already had. None of the buttons opened or made available anything like uno: View Form As Grid or anything like it. Sylvain -Original Message- From: Sylvain Bromberber Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:47 PM To:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-05 Thread Roger Sawkins
Thanks for the bug suggestions. I will try to get around to it in the near future. Roger -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Presentation-conversion-to-from-Powerpoint-layout-tp3782543p3802282.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --