Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office Version 3.6.4.3 (Build ID: 2ef5aff)

2012-12-22 Thread Hank Alper
Hi Chris, I'm using the same version of Libre Office as you are, on a windows 7 Professional system.. I have run databases on this version of Base which were developed on previous versions and even some developed on Open Office. I do not not have the same problem as you. However, If I close the

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Donation Gift Card !!!

2012-12-22 Thread Marc Paré
LibreOffice Donation Gift Card !!! Still have not found that perfect gift for that special person in your life? It is never too late to give. Make a donation to the LibreOffice Project in their name! Download the following .svg file[1], and, tailor the sum to the amount you would like to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

2012-12-22 Thread rost52
Also from Japan a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Reinhold On 2012-12-22 4:22, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 12/21/2012 01:46 PM, RODRIGUEZ FONSECA JORGE ALBERTO wrote: Me too for you and all Regards, Jorge Rodríguez - Mensaje original - De: Eliane Domingos de Sousa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

2012-12-22 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all from Finland too! and thanks for all advice and interesting reading on this list. Pertti Rönnberg On 22.12.2012 13:58, rost52 wrote: Also from Japan a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Reinhold On 2012-12-22 4:22, webmaster-Kracked_P_P

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

2012-12-22 Thread VA
I had never heard of the paste special feature, so I just tried it. I started with an .rtf file that LO didn't like. I selected the entire file with Ctrl-A, copied it (Ctrl-C) and then pasted it special back onto itself as unformatted text. It worked just as well as copying to a text editor.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

2012-12-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:28 22/12/2012 -0500, Virgil Aonly wrote: I had never heard of the paste special feature, so I just tried it. I started with an .rtf file that LO didn't like. I selected the entire file with Ctrl-A, copied it (Ctrl-C) and then pasted it special back onto itself as unformatted text. It

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

2012-12-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 22 Dec 2012, Tom Davies wrote: Errr, have you tried reading the Sql tables directly with LO? Tom, The source data are .csv files. I need to clean them up and reformat them for insertion into tables. That is, each row needs to start with INSERT INTO tablename (column_names) VALUES (

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

2012-12-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, Jay Lozier wrote: In a csv file the field delimiter is usually a comma and to denote what is a string that may contain a comma quotation marks are used. If the cell in the original format was empty or NULL in a database nothing is exported. For example the export from a

[libreoffice-users] Calc not able to store options

2012-12-22 Thread Viral Orpe
Season's Greetings!! Hello everybody, In one of the frequent, random power failures my PC (config below) switched off despite the inverter+UPS it feeds through! I was using firefox and Calc at the time this happened. Now that I am looking at the damage apparently there was none.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv [RESOLVED]

2012-12-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: I've been going around in circles on this issue for most of today without finding the solution. The context: The reason for the problem, and its solution, finally penetrated my consciousness so I resolved the issue. Usually, the data I get in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

2012-12-22 Thread anne-ology
yes, footnotes become jumbled; but the fact these are numbered makes them 'find'able ;-) During the 15-30 minutes you're locating these and correcting them, you can contemplate all sorts of nasty things to do to these 'glorified typewriters' or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

2012-12-22 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/22/2012 09:08 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, Jay Lozier wrote: In a csv file the field delimiter is usually a comma and to denote what is a string that may contain a comma quotation marks are used. If the cell in the original format was empty or NULL in a database nothing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv [RESOLVED]

2012-12-22 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/22/2012 09:45 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: I've been going around in circles on this issue for most of today without finding the solution. The context: The reason for the problem, and its solution, finally penetrated my consciousness so I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv [RESOLVED]

2012-12-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 22 Dec 2012, Jay Lozier wrote: The table schema require each line to have 100 distinct, if empty, columns and the data fills a variable number of columns. Did not think of that as the problem but it would be for any relational database. Jay, The column separator, a comma, is

[libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Greetings, I am having problems with importing a powerpoint file, causing LO to hang and crash, and wanted to try renaming the configuration file. However, I can no longer find it. Previous versions had it in my home directory, but it is no longer there. Can someone point me to that help

Re: [libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 22/12/2012 at 22:36, Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Can someone point me to that help on finding the configuration file for LO 3.5.4? It's ~/.config/libreoffice/ (if you are using Linux, which probably you do - but you could mention it in your message). -- Best regards

Re: [libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 22/12/2012 at 22:36, Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Can someone point me to that help on finding the configuration file for LO 3.5.4? It's ~/.config/libreoffice/ (if you are using Linux, which probably you do - but you could mention it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc not able to store options

2012-12-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  I assume that the machine crashes regardless of whether you are using LO or not?  Perhaps now would be a good time to let your package manager run it's updates?  Don't worry, it wont upgrade LO as it generally just does updates, not upgrades.  Errr, do you feel comfortable

Re: [libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile or look in Tools - Options - Paths to see if you moved it somewhere unusual.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net To: LibreOffice Users

Re: [libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Tom, Thanks. That was what I was looking for. Renaming the profile didn't help though. I think I found a couple of Powerpoint files that LO can't handle. It is either a first for me, or the files are corrupt. I contacted the source to see if something can be done. Thanks. Girvin Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 22/12/2012 at 23:07, Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Apparently, I downloaded a pair of PowerPoint files that LO can't handle - they cause LO to pop up the ASCII Filter Options dialog and when I click on OK, LO goes out to lunch. I have encountered similar problem with

Re: [libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread anne-ology
Yours may or may not be the problem I had with some of these - mine was solved by going to 'properties' allowing streaming ;-) Maybe another answer is pay Msft their exorbitant fee to have the latest Office, but ;-) On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Girvin R. Herr

Re: [libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 22/12/2012 23:07, Girvin R. Herr a écrit : Apparently, I downloaded a pair of PowerPoint files that LO can't handle - they cause LO to pop up the ASCII Filter Options dialog and when I click on OK, LO goes out to lunch. Kpresenter can't handle them either. If there's no private

Re: [libreoffice-users] unsubscribe

2012-12-22 Thread Christian Sweningsen
Tom, I appreciate the attempt to help. I read through to see if I had missed anything in previous attempts to unsubscribe, but I had not. I have half-a-dozen attempts in my Sent file, but have never received a confirmation notice. Yes, have checked both Junk and Grey Mail,

Re: [libreoffice-users] unsubscribe

2012-12-22 Thread Christian Sweningsen
That must have been the needed magic; confirmation received, so excpect unsubscribe successful. Can now subscribe to the digest format, Christian On 12/22/2012 6:18 PM, Christian Sweningsen wrote: Tom, I appreciate the attempt to help. I read through to see if I had missed anything in

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.0.0.0 Beta1 Crash

2012-12-22 Thread Joel Madero
On 12/21/2012 06:25 PM, webofht-libreoffice...@yahoo.com.hk wrote: Thank you. The installation of LibreOffice 4.0.0.0 Beta1 was complete after installing .Net Framework. I think that somebody like me will find it hard to know that .Net Framework is a must. Please state the link in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] unsubscribe

2012-12-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brilliant!  Nicely dislodged!  I keep forgetting about the digest method.  The one i keep considering is using the nomail option and then using Nabble to follow certain threads and avoid others http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble-mailing-list-interface/ Anyway, good to hear

Re: [libreoffice-users] where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread anne-ology
This was only sent to me ;-) am posting your reply to list ;-) On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.comwrote: 2012/12/22 anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com: Yours may or may not be the problem I had with some of these -

[libreoffice-users] Re: where is that configuration file again?

2012-12-22 Thread NoOp
On 12/22/2012 01:36 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote: Greetings, I am having problems with importing a powerpoint file, causing LO to hang and crash, and wanted to try renaming the configuration file. However, I can no longer find it. Previous versions had it in my home directory, but it is no

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

2012-12-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:26 22/12/2012 -0600, Anne Noname wrote: yes, footnotes become jumbled [if you use Paste Special... to paste unformatted text]; but the fact these are numbered makes them 'find'able ;-) I think you are making this up! If you copy the footnote text and paste it (even if you don't use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc not able to store options

2012-12-22 Thread Viral Orpe
Hi Tom :) Thanks for the reply. I got an off-list e-mail with the link same as what you provided for user profile to the other thread where is that configuration file again?. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile The mail pointed to a corrupted user profile. As