Re: [libreoffice-users] How to view MS Word with Security Classification ?

2013-02-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-28 20:06, Maxim wrote: When I open the MS Word file it comes up with some SECURITY protection and we can not see it properly. Please open the below link to view the screenshot and view the original MS Word file. The file was created by New Zealand Customs but I am not sure why Libre

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

2013-02-28 Thread Ian Whitfield
On 27/02/13 18:04, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote: Regarding the JDBC-connector: download it from the MySQL homepage, un-tar it, then under LO go into Options - Extended (Erweitert in the German version). There you add a Java Runtime Environment and also specify the directory into which you put the

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

2013-02-28 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hello Ian, I am at loss wondering what is still wrong in your case. You have obviously added the Java Runtime Environment in LO (I specified the Oracle 1.7.0_03 version), as well as added the jar-file of the connector under Class Path (the jar-file is selected under add archives). For the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Is LO BASIC Limited to Only 1 Dialog Box at a Time?

2013-02-28 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Hal , It can be done! I don't know if it's dangerous or not, but the link on oooforum.org (when it's up) either had a link to another post or I found this by searching for modal dialog on that site. This example (http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=8481) uses AWT, going through

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

2013-02-28 Thread Ian Whitfield
THANKS!! Heinz You *_DID_* come up with the Magic Wand!!! On 28/02/13 12:40, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote: ... (the jar-file is selected under add archives). That is where I had gone wrong. I had added it under Folders!!! So now I'm into the DB on one machine at least. Next to test if I

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

2013-02-28 Thread Ian Whitfield
Thanks Alex I appreciate the pointers!! I was _*NOT*_ trying to say that there was a problem with LO, Java or MySQL - I just asked as anyone using this combination might have come across a similar problem and could point me in the right direction - as you have done. I will post to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice suddenly hanging on my MacBook Pro

2013-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is god to hear you have found a work-around.  If you wanted to install a version of Libreoffice or OpenOffice alongside it then please use the Installing in Parallel wiki-guide https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel I don't know why it was giving such problems so

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to view MS Word with Security Classification ?

2013-02-28 Thread Jay Lozier
On 02/28/2013 03:25 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-02-28 20:06, Maxim wrote: When I open the MS Word file it comes up with some SECURITY protection and we can not see it properly. Please open the below link to view the screenshot and view the original MS Word file. The file was created by

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

2013-02-28 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hello again, Importing CSV-files should be easy enough! Just open a .csv-file under Calc, select the right separator (, ; : tab or whatever). The csv-file is then opened as a spreadsheet. You can then work with it as usual and save it as an LO-spreadsheet file, or a M$-xls-file etc... Regarding

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice suddenly hanging on my MacBook Pro

2013-02-28 Thread Alex Thurgood
On 02/28/2013 03:16 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi Tom, It is god to hear you have found a work-around. If you wanted to install a version of Libreoffice or OpenOffice alongside it then please use the Installing in Parallel wiki-guide https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to view MS Word with Security Classification ?

2013-02-28 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:06 27/02/2013 -0800, Maxim Sherstobitov wrote: When I open the MS Word file it comes up with some SECURITY protection and we can not see it properly. You seem to think that the word SECURITY that you can see relates to the security of the word processor document you are handling. But

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Keyboard shortcut to go to the first cell of the current column

2013-02-28 Thread pierre masci
Thanks a lot Johnny, it works perfectly, as requested, the cursor goes to the first cell of the current column. I assigned it to Alt+Home, it will probably get used quite often. On 27 February 2013 16:53, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/2/27 pierre masci piema...@gmail.com:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Keyboard shortcut to go to the first cell of the current column

2013-02-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2013/2/28 pierre masci piema...@gmail.com: Thanks a lot Johnny, it works perfectly, as requested, the cursor goes to the first cell of the current column. I assigned it to Alt+Home, it will probably get used quite often. You’re welcome! :) On 27 February 2013 16:53, Johnny Rosenberg

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice suddenly hanging on my MacBook Pro

2013-02-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So the UserProfile page is wrong about how to rename the profile for Macs?  Could you correct it easily? Apols and regards from Tom :) From: Alex Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013,

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

2013-02-28 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Ian, Just a note: Why do you think you need httpd? Unless you are running a web server (http://www...) on your computer, you should not need httpd installed! I am not running a web server, do not have httpd running, and the computer runs fine without it. Girvin Herr Alex Thurgood wrote:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Vector Graphics in PDF

2013-02-28 Thread Berengar Lehr
Hy, I'm asking if anyone could provide me with a list of vector graphics formats that can be used in ODT _and_ that will be exported as vector graphic. SVG e.g. is not a valid example: while it can be used in ODT, SVG will be rasterized during conversion to PDF. ODG on the other hand works for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Keyboard shortcut to go to the first cell of the current column

2013-02-28 Thread Regina Henschel
pierre masci schrieb: Hello, with Home i can move to the start of the current row. How can i do the same thing with a column? Even if i need to use several Shortcuts to achieve it, it wouldn't be a problem: i could always record the series of shortcut as a new Macro, and make a custom keyboard

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Vector Graphics in PDF

2013-02-28 Thread Berengar Lehr
So thank you for your answeres! What I do is automatically produce PDF reports using xml-templates, I'll just write down, what I do: 1. ODT --extract-- multiple XML files 2. content.xml --via python-script-- content.xml.template 3. content.xml.template --via go-binary-- parsed content.xml 4.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Vector Graphics in PDF

2013-02-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I create PDF with vector graphics (EPS) because they are much cleaner, especially when zoomed for details. I usually print to postscript and use ps2pdf to create the PDF with a script. #! /bin/bash # convert ps to pdf path=`dirname $1` base=`basename $1` pdffile=${base%.*}.pdf

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Vector Graphics in PDF

2013-02-28 Thread Fernand Vanrie
On 28/02/2013 23:27, Berengar Lehr wrote: So thank you for your answeres! What I do is automatically produce PDF reports using xml-templates, I'll just write down, what I do: 1. ODT --extract-- multiple XML files 2. content.xml --via python-script-- content.xml.template 3. content.xml.template