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

2012-11-07 Thread Mas
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:41 AM, Ian Whitfield whitfi...@telkomsa.netwrote: Thanks Guys!! (Girvin, Henirich, Dan, Mas and maybe others!!) You have all added some pieces to the Jigsaw and I'm pleased to say.. *I now have Base working with a MySQL Database (at last!!)* As Girvin would

[libreoffice-users] locked in other OS

2012-11-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  When i save a file onto my company's network and then reopen it (still in Ubuntu) it all works fine.  When my boss opens the file in Windows an error-message pops-up saying that he can only open a copy or in Read-Only mode.  It's closed on my machine but his one claims it's still open. 

[libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?

2012-11-07 Thread Bjørn K Nilssen
I made a 'template' in LO for an A3 leaflet with a background image (page style) on the first page. No margins, but with boxes with text, table and images on top of it. Everything works fine in LO, and also if exported as PDF. But when saved as .doc the entire background image is gone. Any

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?

2012-11-07 Thread Dan Lewis
On 11/07/2012 10:00 AM, Bjørn K Nilssen wrote: I made a 'template' in LO for an A3 leaflet with a background image (page style) on the first page. No margins, but with boxes with text, table and images on top of it. Everything works fine in LO, and also if exported as PDF. But when saved as

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

2012-11-07 Thread Bjørn K Nilssen
On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:41:29 +0100, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: 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? It works

Re: [libreoffice-users] missing file in libreoffice 3.6.3

2012-11-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please can you try downloading again from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ Well, navigate from there to the right language for you.  This link is to the next page, the one that lets you select which Operating System you are using.  https://www.libreoffice.org/download/?nodetect Are

[libreoffice-users] Conditional formatting

2012-11-07 Thread IGraham
Conditional formatting I have a grid of cells selected (approx 48 X 120) these cells have Conditional formatting set on them Enter a letter in any of the cells (say 'r' for red) and that cell will formate to red - I have 4 different colours I can set this up no problem and it works ok But when I

Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS

2012-11-07 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-11-08 00:57, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) When i save a file onto my company's network and then reopen it (still in Ubuntu) it all works fine. When my boss opens the file in Windows an error-message pops-up saying that he can only open a copy or in Read-Only mode. It's closed on my

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?

2012-11-07 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:00 07/11/2012 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen wrote: I made a 'template' in LO for an A3 leaflet with a background image (page style) on the first page. No margins, but with boxes with text, table and images on top of it. Everything works fine in LO, and also if exported as PDF. But when

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?

2012-11-07 Thread Bjørn K Nilssen
On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:29:21 +0100, Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/07/2012 10:00 AM, Bjørn K Nilssen wrote: I made a 'template' in LO for an A3 leaflet with a background image (page style) on the first page. No margins, but with boxes with text, table and images on top of

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?

2012-11-07 Thread Bjørn K Nilssen
I'm not at all a fan of this lists unusual Reply-To usage :( --- Forwarded message --- From: Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no To: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com Cc: Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image? Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:28:00 +0100 On Wed,

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?

2012-11-07 Thread Mieszko Kaczmarczyk
W dniu 07.11.2012 16:00, Bjørn K Nilssen pisze: I made a 'template' in LO for an A3 leaflet with a background image (page style) on the first page. No margins, but with boxes with text, table and images on top of it. Everything works fine in LO, and also if exported as PDF. But when saved as

Re: [libreoffice-users] Conditional formatting

2012-11-07 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 07/11/2012 17:44, IGraham a écrit : Conditional formatting [...] W764 LibreOffice 3.6.2.2 You should upgrade to the current release which is 3.6.3. Several bug involving conditional formatting have been fixed in this release. Best regards. JBF -- Seuls des formats ouverts peuvent

[libreoffice-users] Re: Conditional formatting

2012-11-07 Thread IGraham
Thanks for the reply 'but' umm I forgot to change my sig/version - must in future remember to include such details I am using 3.6.3.2 and this is the version that has introduced the Conditional formatting bug - IGraham W764 LibreOffice 3.6.3.2 -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] keep hidden files from being displayed in the open a file window

2012-11-07 Thread John R. Sowden
LO 3.6.2.2 on Xubuntu 12.10. when I dir to File-- open, I am presented with hundreds of hidden files (1st char is a period). How do I hide these. I searched help, and all of the tools--options area. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] keep hidden files from being displayed in the open a file window

2012-11-07 Thread John R. Sowden
On 11/07/2012 04:50 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: LO 3.6.2.2 on Xubuntu 12.10. when I dir to File-- open, I am presented with hundreds of hidden files (1st char is a period). How do I hide these. I searched help, and all of the tools--options area. found the answer: while in the open a file

[libreoffice-users] bug report server is down

2012-11-07 Thread rost52
Hi,Just wanted to report a bug viahttps://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/when I received message with more or less incomprehensible stuff except for Japanese. The Japanese message says that the server is stopped for maintenance reasons or the server has a performance problem