Re: [libreoffice-users] Can Calc read/import data from Google Docs?

2012-09-28 Thread John Clegg
But it's so easy! In Google Docs open the spreadsheet and select File, Download as, ODS. That's it! John On 27 September 2012 20:57, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Ok, this is probably not what you are looking for but just to clear the idea out of the way ... Can you just

[libreoffice-users] Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Mark Stanton
Using a mailmerge document that worked fine in the previous version (no, I don't know the number, but very recent, I'm getting updates through the Fedora repos) hardly works at all now. The document is an address sheet with three of images. It uses hidden paragraphs for almost every line, and

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-28 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
I understand now Alessandro's situation - at least I assume. I also had the same problem when I created my own template - and still have for next templates I need to make. I wanted to have a title master and 1 slide master. The master view allows currently only 1 master layout (title,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Loosing chart on exporting ods to xls

2012-09-28 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
Reading the thread again I understand Vytas' problem is that he loost the chart completely. I did not loose the chart by converting from ods to xls but lost the functionality. This means I could not change in the xls chart and could not change layout of the chart in the xls version I feel it

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) To make a feature request just post as a bug-report https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report BUT one of the drop-downs has an option Feature request or wish-list to make it clear exactly what it is. Also it's possible for a non-Dan to join the design team and work on this sort of

[libreoffice-users] Happy birthday Community

2012-09-28 Thread Eliane Domingos de Sousa
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Re: [libreoffice-users] ZOOM: strange or bug??

2012-09-28 Thread manuel_songokuh
hello i dont say GESTURES ON LO ok? i say why when my mouse on area zoom slider and why it's activated drag only when area zoom-slider do you undy? how i can record my screen video? so will send you to see what is problem ok? Da: Tom Davies

[libreoffice-users] Re: Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Mark Stanton
Ok, a little more information, because I've now fixed the problem and have a bit more idea of the scope of the mess, which is huge, I'd say. This mailmerge is linked to a query in a MySQL database. My query couldn't use the query wizard (Andreas won't be surprised). In coding the query I

[libreoffice-users] LO 3.n crashes on copy and paste

2012-09-28 Thread Malcolm Moore
Maybe I've done something terribly wrong but if our users do a Google search for a picture then copy and paste the image into LO it hangs. If there is a post I've missed about this can you point me to it please ... else the complete description follows Start a LO document Open FF or Chrome

[libreoffice-users] Re: Properties of a Memo field in a Base form for OS X

2012-09-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 27/09/12 19:27, Dan Lewis a écrit : Hi Dan, When using a Memo field in a Base form, one can have multi-line text in it. I know how to specify this . The problem is with another property of the Memo field: what each line ends with for OS X. Unix uses a Line Feed to end a line, and

[libreoffice-users] Re: Properties of a Memo field in a Base form for OS X

2012-09-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 27/09/12 19:27, Dan Lewis a écrit : Hi Dan, I would like to get some feed back from someone using OS X. More testing confirms that with the build from master I indicated in my previous post, neither LF or CR/LF make any difference, it is impossible to save any data entered in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On 09/28/2012 08:43 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: Ok, a little more information, because I've now fixed the problem and have a bit more idea of the scope of the mess, which is huge, I'd say. This mailmerge is linked to a query in a MySQL database. My query couldn't use the query wizard (Andreas

[libreoffice-users] Re: Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/09/12 14:43, Mark Stanton a écrit : Hi Mark, My query couldn't use the query wizard (Andreas won't be surprised). In coding the query I wrote the field names in camelcase (eg Address1, PersonName), the actual database fields are all in lowercase. Changing this made the mailmerge

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - Blink animation doesn't work

2012-09-28 Thread rost52
Hi, I observe the same bug. Settings Entry: Appear on click Emphasis: Blink after previous 3 times Result All works but only 1 blink independed of the number of blinks set LO 3.5.6.2 XP SP3 Have not yet reported this bug On 2012-09-27 17:02, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Sorry, no idea. Have

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-28 Thread Dan Lewis
In the past, the layout slides had tips so you would know how to use them. Without this, it becomes difficult to know whether you are using the proper one or not. Here are my descriptions of them. Text box means a box that will accept text or one of the items shown in the image in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 28/09/12 14:43, Mark Stanton a écrit : Hi Mark, My query couldn't use the query wizard (Andreas won't be surprised). In coding the query I wrote the field names in camelcase (eg Address1, PersonName), the actual database fields are all in lowercase.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Dan, The only language I'm aware of that has a difference between single and double quotes is PHP, and that's only between what it does with strings rather than whether it recognises them as strings or not. I expect there will be some, my preference is single to reduce screen clutter.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Mark Stanton
If we're not a database, and we're not a mailmerge engine, we're running out of functionality... :-s I've managed to get it doing this non-trivial task without error, so I'm fairly pleased. I haven't got the pinpoint accuracy requirement, so I don't know if it's playing me about there.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Mark Stanton
Thanks for that Girvin. In fact my query does have the quotes around field names. I've included it at the bottom here. I haven't noticed any difference between ` (backtick) or either usual type of quotation mark either. I appear to be using the MySQL JDBC driver, com.mysql.jdbc.Driver,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mailmerge from query broken in 3.4.6?

2012-09-28 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Mark, This may help, but I can only get you pointed in the right direction. I've used base for about 8 or 9 years, first in OO, and now in LibreOffice. Initially I setup all of the fields, and then imported the data. The fields were all case sensitive. About 5 or 6 years ago I ran across

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - Blink animation doesn't work

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So, possibly a bug with the Windows version of LO?  Both current branches (3.5.x and 3.6.x)? Regards from Tom :) From: rost52 bugquestcon...@online.de To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 28 September 2012, 17:05 Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-28 Thread Wolfgang Keller
On 18/09/2012 at 20:13, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: Note, too, that the old argument, I bought it, so it's mine, will be out the window--if it's rented, it clearly is not yours to copy, etc. As far as I remember, it was never yours. Most EULAs forbid e.g. reselling of box

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-28 Thread Wolfgang Keller
What language one first learns is often determined by what is used in the Introduction to Programming courses and of course when you took the course. I know a few colleges used VB for their introductory course in the States. If I was looking for a university for studying computer science,

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.n crashes on copy and paste

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) In Win7 using LO 3.5.6 there seemed to be no problems Ubuntu 12.04 using LO 3.5.4 also seemed fine. Xp (Sp3 and fully updated as far as MS stuff goes) using 3.5.6 had trouble with the image and just showed an empty box with the words broken link (or something like that) inside the box

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-28 Thread Jay Lozier
On 09/28/2012 03:46 PM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: On 18/09/2012 at 20:13, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: Note, too, that the old argument, I bought it, so it's mine, will be out the window--if it's rented, it clearly is not yours to copy, etc. As far as I remember, it was never yours.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - Blink animation doesn't work

2012-09-28 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Gordon, Gordon Burgess-Parker schrieb: On 26/09/12 15:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: LO 3.6.0.2 (Build ID: 360m1(Build:102)) None of the Repeat options work in the Blink animation. It blinks once and then stops. Any one got a fix? Anyone got any comments on this? Other effects do not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - Blink animation doesn't work

2012-09-28 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, rost52 schrieb: Hi, I observe the same bug. Settings Entry: Appear on click Emphasis: Blink after previous 3 times Result All works but only 1 blink independed of the number of blinks set LO 3.5.6.2 XP SP3 Have not yet reported this bug It is said to be fixed with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - Blink animation doesn't work

2012-09-28 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, rost52 schrieb: Hi, I observe the same bug. Settings Entry: Appear on click Emphasis: Blink after previous 3 times Result All works but only 1 blink independed of the number of blinks set LO 3.5.6.2 XP SP3 Have not yet reported this bug It is already there

[libreoffice-users] Stacking text frames anchored to page

2012-09-28 Thread Sebastiaan Snoeckx
So I have the following question: I have anchored two text frames to the bottom of a page; however, instead of being *stacked above* each other, they're *overlaid* over each other. Now, I already got a solution, but it's not really useful to apply to tens of frames at once: I can create a

[libreoffice-users] Opening a CSV file with Calc

2012-09-28 Thread Jeff Hahn
I download financial information from Yahoo Finance. The download is a CSV file format.Athought I am able to open it with MS Excel I am not able to open it using LO except as a text file. Any suggestions on how I can open the file with Calc? Thanks. Jeff

Re: [libreoffice-users] Opening a CSV file with Calc

2012-09-28 Thread nvrk
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Jeff Hahn hahn...@outlook.com wrote: I download financial information from Yahoo Finance. The download is a CSV file format.Athought I am able to open it with MS Excel I am not able to open it using LO except as a text file. Any suggestions on how I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Opening a CSV file with Calc

2012-09-28 Thread Jay Lozier
On 09/28/2012 09:41 PM, Jeff Hahn wrote: I download financial information from Yahoo Finance. The download is a CSV file format.Athought I am able to open it with MS Excel I am not able to open it using LO except as a text file. Any suggestions on how I can open the file with Calc?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - Blink animation doesn't work

2012-09-28 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
On 2012-09-28 23:56, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, rost52 schrieb: Hi, I observe the same bug. Settings Entry: Appear on click Emphasis: Blink after previous 3 times Result All works but only 1 blink independed of the number of blinks set LO 3.5.6.2 XP SP3 Have not yet reported this bug