Re: [libreoffice-users] Installation options are remembered?

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I just install LibreOffice.  Then go to Tools - Options - Java or the newer path is Tools - Options - Advanced and make sure the top tick-box is UNticked so that no java is being used anywhere.  It lists all the instances of Java on my machine which is handy, because if there are any

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3 64-bit DEB removed my extensions, but Windows version did notI

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Have you been able to post a bug-report about this yet or been given a work-around or reason why it happened? Regards from Tom :)  From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, 11 May

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: colour printing bug in Writer?

2013-05-13 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-05-13 17:09, Marc Paré wrote: Le 11/05/13 04:17 PM, Steve Edmonds a écrit : On 2013-05-12 07:18, Marc Paré wrote: Le 05/05/13 07:04 PM, Steve Edmonds a écrit : Do you see controls for Landscape? What does it do if you choose it It is some dicky issue with the Brother driver and LO

[libreoffice-users] Re: problems with relationships created in MySQL

2013-05-13 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 13/05/13 06:09, rounak jain a écrit : Hi, I have connected MySql to Base. I created some relationships in MySql. They are properly visible in the Relationships chart in Base. See image. http://imgur.com/qtM8fVN,jwvJpen How did you create your relationships ? - on the mysql server, with

[libreoffice-users] Re: help with database

2013-05-13 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/05/13 18:41, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi Tom, all, Wow!!! That sounds good :) Thanks Ian. Unfortunately not true. There are mysql objects you can not create from within LO Base, even if you have already got one table defined. An example : try creating a table with a tinyint

[libreoffice-users] Re: help with database

2013-05-13 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/05/13 05:21, rounak jain a écrit : Hi, I have connected my Base to MySql. Can you please clarify which tasks must I perform in Base and which ones in MySql..for exampleI guess I must create tables in MySql...what about Forms and Queries? Where must I make the data

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: help with database

2013-05-13 Thread rounak jain
[quote]FMPro is user friendly, and even Bento is user-friendlier than LO Base, but FMPro now costs you an arm and a bloody leg[/quote] My feelings too. Thats what made me look for an alternative. But Base has begun to disappoint me if all this is STILL true:

[libreoffice-users] Re: JDBC driver for Mac OS

2013-05-13 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/05/13 05:39, rounak jain a écrit : Hi Rounak, worked. thank you very much. Bear in mind that performance of LO using the JDBC connector degrades rapidly (it was never stellar) once you reach a few thousand records, or if you are using multiple joins and complex queries. Also, the JDBC

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: JDBC driver for Mac OS

2013-05-13 Thread rounak jain
so what must i use? On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: Le 12/05/13 05:39, rounak jain a écrit : Hi Rounak, worked. thank you very much. Bear in mind that performance of LO using the JDBC connector degrades rapidly (it was never

[libreoffice-users] Re: help with database

2013-05-13 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 13/05/13 13:12, rounak jain a écrit : My feelings too. Thats what made me look for an alternative. But Base has begun to disappoint me if all this is STILL true: http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61t=6025#p53756 Yes, this is still true. As I mentioned previously, the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Math custom function name

2013-05-13 Thread Alaak
Hi, Thanks for the answer. Yes, this was the correct solution. Also thanks for the pointer to the math guide. The error probably comes from the fact that the document in question is based on a *.doc template. However, I was not able to create a minimal example just using libreoffice and an empty

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: help with database

2013-05-13 Thread Ian Whitfield
Hi All I'm sure Alex is right - so thanks for pointing out the 'bits' that don't work from Base!! As a plain ordinary - everyday Front-End I have so far found Base to be adequate... so far (??) But I note the comments made. Must say I've been busy with other things for some days and have

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?

2013-05-13 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 05/13/2013 03:23 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) If it works. Use it as Ensign Harry Kim said. I usually find it's better to Anchor to page rather than the default to paragraph although each seems to have scenarios that suit them better than the rest and all of them are plenty good enough to

[libreoffice-users] Re: help with database

2013-05-13 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 13/05/13 15:07, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, I wonder what Front-End _YOU_ use Alex?? Would be interested to know. (m NOT on a Mac but on Linux (PCLOS 2012). I mostly use sql from the command line ;-) or MySQL Workbench :-)) I have used Base in the past (with OpenOffice.org) for a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer settings

2013-05-13 Thread Malcolm Moore
The clients all print to a central CUPS server so the client can't adjust stuff there.I did the way Properties Paper Paper Tray way However, I did an upgrade to 4.0.3 and now the problem has gone away and the default is auto and plain/recycled So it's fixed but why remains a mystery M

[libreoffice-users] Trouble opening Excel file fixed in 4.0.3

2013-05-13 Thread Carl Paulsen
I was having trouble opening an excel file (.xls) in LO 3 but before posting to the list, I upgraded to LO 4.0.3 and tried again. This time no trouble opening the file. Just thought I'd post my experience. I can't comment as to the reasons why, but it worked, so if you're having trouble,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Math custom function name

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you have solved the problem then you do not need to give us the document.  We just wanted to use it to see what the problem was and how to fix it.  You've already done that so we don't need it now. :)  lol So, congrats and regards from Tom :)  - Original Message - From:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Untitled 1

2013-05-13 Thread Jay Lozier
On Mon, 13 May 2013 16:45:35 -0400, Tinkerer j_taylo...@btinternet.com wrote: Using Mac version LO 4.0.3.3 How can I get Untitled 1 in Writer back to it's Default setting? I cannot find the file to delete it. Tink. -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Italics and bold in BASE.

2013-05-13 Thread acanela
Hello, I´m a Libreoffice user and I´d like to use italics and bold in Base. Is it possible? It would be so important to me. I'm sending a print screen about my question. This is what I´d like to do, and I'm doing it with Writer without problems. It have regular, bold and italics:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Untitled 1

2013-05-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-05-13 3:21 PM Jay Lozier wrote: On Mon, 13 May 2013 16:45:35 -0400, Tinkerer j_taylo...@btinternet.com wrote: Using Mac version LO 4.0.3.3 How can I get Untitled 1 in Writer back to it's Default setting? I cannot find the file to delete it. Tink. Rename the hidden folder found in

[libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-13 Thread Mark LaPierre
Hey All, I get a 404 error from the libre office download server. I've tried from two different Win XP machines and from my CentOS machine. All are running Fire Fox. I tried to download the Win version and the linux version. Both just got me a 404 error. Is anyone else having a problem

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paste of Dates Incorrect in Calc

2013-05-13 Thread Oogie McGuire
Update, This appears to be the issue. Thanks! The original source for the data in the spreadsheet was from Excel from about 15 years ago. Since then it's been through a bunch of upgrades to MS Office, StarOffice, OpenOffice and LibreOffice on several different systems both Mac and PC and

[libreoffice-users] Re: Italics and bold in BASE.

2013-05-13 Thread anne-ology
You may subscribe to this list; just send an e-mail to users+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org Hello, I´m a Libreoffice user and I´d like to use italics and bold in Base. Is it possible? It would be so important to me. I'm sending a print screen about my question. This is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Untitled 1

2013-05-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:45 13/05/2013 -0700, J Taylor wrote: Using Mac version LO 4.0.3.3 How can I get Untitled 1 in Writer back to its Default setting? I cannot find the file to delete it. That's because there is no such file, of course. In any case, if you deleted it, you would hardly be changing it:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: colour printing bug in Writer?

2013-05-13 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-05-13 17:09, Marc Paré wrote: Le 11/05/13 04:17 PM, Steve Edmonds a écrit : On 2013-05-12 07:18, Marc Paré wrote: Le 05/05/13 07:04 PM, Steve Edmonds a écrit : Do you see controls for Landscape? What does it do if you choose it It is some dicky issue with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: colour printing bug in Writer?

2013-05-13 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-05-14 13:15, Girvin R. Herr wrote: Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-05-13 17:09, Marc Paré wrote: Le 11/05/13 04:17 PM, Steve Edmonds a écrit : On 2013-05-12 07:18, Marc Paré wrote: Le 05/05/13 07:04 PM, Steve Edmonds a écrit : Do you see controls for Landscape? What does it do if

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On 05/13/2013 06:39 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: Hey All, I get a 404 error from the libre office download server. I've tried from two different Win XP machines and from my CentOS machine. All are running Fire Fox. I tried to download the Win version and the linux version. Both just got me

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-13 Thread James Knott
Mark LaPierre wrote: Hey All, I get a 404 error from the libre office download server. I've tried from two different Win XP machines and from my CentOS machine. All are running Fire Fox. I tried to download the Win version and the linux version. Both just got me a 404 error. Is anyone

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloader Not Working

2013-05-13 Thread Tim Lloyd
just a reminder that LO can be downloaded via the bit torrent where I can see 13 seeds for the Fedora version alone. If possible, don't put a strain on the LO servers, use the bit torrent and then seed back to allow other users to download :) Cheers On 05/14/2013 01:09 PM, Scott Castaline