Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting LO Base to an SQL DB

2012-11-01 Thread Ian Whitfield
On 10/31/2012 07:28 PM, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote: Hi Ian, To be honest - I am somewhat confused regarding the issue of where is the native connector! It might be that going to extensions and then download/installing the native connector (for OpenOffice) does the trick. On the other hand, I

[libreoffice-users] has anyone tried LO on Windows 8?

2012-11-01 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
I know that Windows 8 just came out, and a lot of people are waiting for their new Win8 systems to be delivered. The real question is has anyone tried LibreOffice on a Win8 machine? With their new touch-optimized OS, and all of their changes to the way you use and access the apps on it, I

[libreoffice-users] slide with a picture and some text

2012-11-01 Thread Gergely Buday
Hi there, I would like to create a slide with Impress that contains a large image on the left and some text on the right. Should I create a new slide master for this, or it can be done easier? I'm now reading the pdf docs about slide masters but it seems uneasy to create a new slide master for

Re: [libreoffice-users] slide with a picture and some text

2012-11-01 Thread rost52
I would do it this way: 1 -Create a new slide - any layout is good for now 2 - Insert the picture and move it to the left side 3 - Open task pane / layout 4 -Select: title and 2 content 5 - double click on title and 2 contents 6 - picture and text are arranged parallel to each other You might

Re: [libreoffice-users] slide with a picture and some text

2012-11-01 Thread Gergely Buday
1 -Create a new slide - any layout is good for now 2 - Insert the picture and move it to the left side 3 - Open task pane / layout 4 -Select: title and 2 content 5 - double click on title and 2 contents 6 - picture and text are arranged parallel to each other Thanks, it worked, even putting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting LO Base to an SQL DB

2012-11-01 Thread Ian Whitfield
Thanks Heinz Well I even went off this morning looking at 'other' solutions for this and it seems to be - Use Base or go and learn PHP or Ruby or something like that!! So I got into Base again and found an interesting fact - Base had _NOT_ stored the link in it's Driver Class!! After a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting LO Base to an SQL DB

2012-11-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats on fixing that issue Ian!  Is there any chance of adding it somewhere in the Faq? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq#Base Regards from Tom :)  From: Ian Whitfield whitfi...@telkomsa.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] has anyone tried LO on Windows 8?

2012-11-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Someone from the Accessibility List has been using it but it takes a lot to set it up for screen-readers and the person's other normal Windows tweaks are taking a lot of effort this time. I didn't ask how great the general move to touch-screen functionality is, for non-fully-sighted

[libreoffice-users] LO 3.6.3 Release Notes

2012-11-01 Thread Chad Homan
Wasn't sure where to post this, but I believe there is a typo on the release notes for 3.6.3 bit for for identical to 3.6.2 pretty sure this isn't the case, and I hope this finds it's way home. Join The RVLution http://www.monavie.com/rvlution- Together We Win! -- Chad - I AM MONAVIE Creating

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.6.3 Release Notes

2012-11-01 Thread Joel Madero
3.6.3 is still a release candidate. We'll look into it when it's final/stable Regards, Joel On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Chad Homan cho...@gmail.com wrote: Wasn't sure where to post this, but I believe there is a typo on the release notes for 3.6.3 bit for for identical to 3.6.2

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.6.3 Release Notes

2012-11-01 Thread Joel Madero
Sorry, I lied ;) Looking into it now :) On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com wrote: 3.6.3 is still a release candidate. We'll look into it when it's final/stable Regards, Joel On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Chad Homan cho...@gmail.com wrote: Wasn't sure

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3.6.3 Release Notes

2012-11-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's usually best to try the Users List first for anything because we can usually sign-post you to the right place or sometimes even solve things here.  So, all good!  :) Thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Chad Homan cho...@gmail.com To:

[libreoffice-users] formating writer document through basic

2012-11-01 Thread pantxo diribarne
Hello, This is my first post ... I am trying make a macro that basically browses a calc document, retrieves some text strings and writes theim in a writer document. Those strings should be formated as either say Title2 or Text Body, but I didn't find methods to do so. The way I am currently

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installation of Help Pack For LibreOffice 3.6.2

2012-11-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh cool :)  So, you are happy without the inbuilt help files?  Btw have you had any responses from LinuxQuestions.Org?  If so can you give a link to the thread there?  Don't worry if you are shy of doing that.  A few of us know how to search discretely just to see what they are up to.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installation of Help Pack For LibreOffice 3.6.2

2012-11-01 Thread tb75252
Here's the link: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/installation-of-help-pack-for-libreoffice-3-6-2-a-4175434839/ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/installation-of-help-pack-for-libreoffice-3-6-2-a-4175434839/ -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Don't have Print to File Option

2012-11-01 Thread Joel Madero
Hi All, Trying to triage these printing bugs and I'd much prefer not printing and instead just printing to file...unfortunately I don't have this option any more and I'm not sure when or why it went away. Bodhi Linux LibO: 3.6.1.2 as well as master (built yesterday) Any help appreciated Best

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Searchable PDFs from Graphite fonts

2012-11-01 Thread VA
Jonathan, At the risk of muddying the waters further, let me share another strange behavior I've noticed between LibO and AOO when using Linux Libertine. I typed the sentence This is the official version in LibO. I then placed the cursor at the beginning of the sentence. If I then hit the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting LO Base to an SQL DB

2012-11-01 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Ian Whitfield wrote: Thanks Heinz Well I even went off this morning looking at 'other' solutions for this and it seems to be - Use Base or go and learn PHP or Ruby or something like that!! So I got into Base again and found an interesting fact - Base had _NOT_ stored the link in it's

Re: [libreoffice-users] Don't have Print to File Option

2012-11-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's not immediately obvious but when you do File - Print you get a dialogue-box that look like it just allows you to select which printer to use.  Most apps seem to put the Print to fle option in that list of printers.  Somewhat obscurely LO gives that dialogue-box about 4 tabs.  The

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installation of Help Pack For LibreOffice 3.6.2

2012-11-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, that Alien Pastures website http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/bugfix-packages-for-libreoffice/ has reminded me of another one he posted on very early on, just after LO first appeared.  Plus all the positive comments in LinuxQuestions just kinda proves to me that i was wrong about

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting LO Base to an SQL DB

2012-11-01 Thread Dan Lewis
On 11/01/2012 08:42 AM, Ian Whitfield wrote: Thanks Heinz Well I even went off this morning looking at 'other' solutions for this and it seems to be - Use Base or go and learn PHP or Ruby or something like that!! So I got into Base again and found an interesting fact - Base had _NOT_

[libreoffice-users] Re: Searchable PDFs from Graphite fonts

2012-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 10/31/2012 06:57 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 10/30/2012 07:52 PM, avidscavenger wrote: Thanks for the feedback. I am currently using LibreOffice 3.6.3 from the Debian experimental repository. I just updated from version 3.5.4 from the Debian unstable repository to see if it would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Searchable PDFs from Graphite fonts

2012-11-01 Thread Jonathan Schultz
You are obviously much more advanced than I am. Just a couple thoughts. Persistent I think is a better word. When I publish my work on the Web I want search engines to index it correctly, otherwise there is little point. I'm beginning to think that the problem may be in the PDF converter

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Searchable PDFs from Graphite fonts

2012-11-01 Thread Jonathan Schultz
Libertine G and Biolinum G fonts have been bundled with LO since LO 3.3: So I keep on reading. But apparently not in the Debian or Ubuntu distributions(?) Perhaps I'm missing the 'graphite' bits? When I follow the instructions inhttp://numbertext.org/linux/fontfeatures.odt everything

[libreoffice-users] Re: Searchable PDFs from Graphite fonts

2012-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 11/01/2012 09:23 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: Libertine G and Biolinum G fonts have been bundled with LO since LO 3.3: So I keep on reading. But apparently not in the Debian or Ubuntu distributions(?) Perhaps I'm missing the 'graphite' bits? When I follow the instructions

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Searchable PDFs from Graphite fonts

2012-11-01 Thread Jonathan Schultz
I got them, thanks. They are exactly the same as my PDF - the text appears fine but if I copy and paste it then it looks like this: This his the offichial vershion. Cheers, Jonathan On 02/11/12 15:36, NoOp wrote: On 11/01/2012 09:23 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: Libertine G and Biolinum G