[libreoffice-users] Impress: Sound Links

2013-08-20 Thread Dave Liesse
Well, it was a kick in the teeth to learn that sounds are only linked instead of being imbedded in the presentation, but at least that'll keep the size down. My question, though, is whether the links use absolute or relative paths. I put together a presentation that's for distribution via

[libreoffice-users] Re: treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread mariosv
Maybe this option can help: Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice calc/Formula/Detailed calculation settings/Custom/Treat empty string as zero -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/treatment-of-blank-cells-tp4070670p4070674.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress: Sound Links

2013-08-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:37 19/08/2013 -0700, Dave Liesse wrote: Well, it was a kick in the teeth to learn that sounds are only linked instead of being imbedded in the presentation, but at least that'll keep the size down. My question, though, is whether the links use absolute or relative paths. It's a simple

Re: [libreoffice-users] treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread greg.a.sm...@oracle.com
So the cells are the result of opening a .csv file where the string has nothing between commas such as 5,4,,,3,,2,1 between the consecutive commas is nothing, so the cell should be made totally empty. gs On 8/19/2013 8:22 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-08-20 13:02, Virgil Arrington

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc =MONTH problem

2013-08-20 Thread IGraham
Hello and thanks for looking at the problem So my understanding and logic was wrong - again I have learnt a smidgen more Eventually got what I wanted by using =TEXT(CG4,MMM) I had thought of using an array but It seemed a big way of solving a small problem - plus I'd never used one before ??

Re: [libreoffice-users] treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
If I put 5,4,,,3,,2,1 in afile.csv and open it in LO3.6 I can then put the equation =b1*c1 in an empty cell and the result is 0. Do you not get that. What version of LO. steve On 2013-08-20 15:07, greg.a.sm...@oracle.com wrote: So the cells are the result of opening a .csv file where the string

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress: Sound Links

2013-08-20 Thread Joaquín Lameiro
Hi. I have excerpt this parragraph from the LibreOffice Impress Guide at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Impress_Guide: Impress only links media files and does not embed a media file into a presentation. Therefore if a presentation is moved to a

[libreoffice-users] LO WRITER BASIC : inserting a table using the dispatcher

2013-08-20 Thread Alain Van Utterbeeck
Hello, I have the following code in a macro: if chapters.getBoolean(6) then args4(0).Name = TableName args4(0).Value = Tabel1 args4(1).Name = Columns args4(1).Value = 3

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc crashes

2013-08-20 Thread Dave Barton
Please address any reply to the users@global.libreoffice.org list, not directly to me. There are many knowledgeable subscribers to this list, who may be able to provide better answers than myself. My responses are given in-line with your original message. Original Message From:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc crashes

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) LibreOffice develops so fast that by the time most other software would be releasing updates and patches LO is releasing a new version.  The next version in the same branch tends to be just bug-fixes but in the newer branch you get bug-fixes and new features (although those new features

[libreoffice-users] Old zoom with mouse wheel bug

2013-08-20 Thread Krunoslav Šebetić
Hi, I still can reproduce bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54047#add_comment on LO 4.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 784cfa382be438240dfc936b7551c5012aada9ae; and it bugs me :) Should bug on that link be changed, or new one should be reported? Kruno -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If you need to put 0s in between commas then it might be possible without even opening the file, and might be fairly easy to apply to a shed load of files all very quickly after each other.  In GnuLinux i suspect something like cp file-name.csv | grep(?) (replace ,, with ,0,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Old zoom with mouse wheel bug

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, a comment would help.  Generally, if the bug has not already been confirmed it might help to add a new comment saying that you can reproduce the bug.  Let them know the version of LO (4.2.0 alpha?) and the OS (eg Xp, Win7, Ubuntu 12.04, or whatever).  With the early stages of a

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc crashes

2013-08-20 Thread Kunwar Shivpal Singh
Thanks for putting all doubts to rest. Shifted from MS Office to Open Office in 2010 then a friend of mine suggested LO said better than OO. Working on LO now since 2011 - 12. Never faced any problem till date. Few petty ones (to do with settings) which I could manage through help minor

Re: [libreoffice-users] Old zoom with mouse wheel bug

2013-08-20 Thread Krunoslav Šebetić
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54047 It's affecting 4.0.4.2 too... On 08/20/2013 02:46 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yes, a comment would help. Generally, if the bug has not already been confirmed it might help to add a new comment saying that you can reproduce the bug. Let them

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO WRITER BASIC : inserting a table using the dispatcher

2013-08-20 Thread Alain Van Utterbeeck
I googled for a couple of hours to find this for a similar problem: 'probably this is due to the sometimes asynchroneous nature of the dispatch calls, try inserting a wait command' So I changed the start of the code to: if chapters.getBoolean(6) then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-20 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 08/19/2013 11:05 PM, Ken Springer wrote: Hi, Vigil, So, if I read your message correctly, there is no official body that sets typographic standards, only general conventions used by most, but may not be the best for end user/reader. Would that be correct? Not quite. I agree there

[libreoffice-users] Package libobasis4.1-ogltrans-4.1.0.4-4.i586.rpm is not signed

2013-08-20 Thread Francesca Milanini
Hi, on Fedora 12, when I try to install LibreOffice [user@hostname RPMS]$ su -c 'yum install *.rpm' returns Package libobasis4.1-ogltrans-4.1.0.4-4.i586.rpm is not signed So I cannot continue: (cd desktop-integration...). Could you give suggestion? Thank you, Francesca -- To unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Gregory Smith - Oracle Sparc Verification
No I don't get zero I get a or #VALUE! error message. gs On 08/20/13 04:02, Steve Edmonds wrote: If I put 5,4,,,3,,2,1 in afile.csv and open it in LO3.6 I can then put the equation =b1*c1 in an empty cell and the result is 0. Do you not get that. What version of LO. steve On 2013-08-20

Re: [libreoffice-users] treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Gregory Smith - Oracle Sparc Verification
Sorry, my version is 3.4.5. On 08/20/13 04:02, Steve Edmonds wrote: If I put 5,4,,,3,,2,1 in afile.csv and open it in LO3.6 I can then put the equation =b1*c1 in an empty cell and the result is 0. Do you not get that. What version of LO. steve On 2013-08-20 15:07, greg.a.sm...@oracle.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have quite a few machines on a really old version too but really should upgrade soon.  I downloaded the 4.0.4 but now might as well do the 4.0.5 instead.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Gregory Smith - Oracle Sparc Verification

Re: [libreoffice-users] Package libobasis4.1-ogltrans-4.1.0.4-4.i586.rpm is not signed

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Is it only the desktop integration packages that you are having trouble with?  If so then don't bother with them any more!  They have been pulled into the main installer! :)  The devs found a way to combine the 2 different ones that used to be offered into a single chunk of code so

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-20 Thread Denis J Navas
I mean can not and the substitution of which I spoke is what is made by the autocorrect feature. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err are you using a Mac?  If so the menus are very different.  It's LibreOffice - Preferences - blah instead of Tools - Options - blah Hmmm, on Ubuntu 12.04 with LO 4.0.2 I only get the Tools - Options - LibreOffice Calc option if i have a spreadsheet open in LibreOffice.  A blank

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc =MONTH problem

2013-08-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 01:10 20/08/2013 -0700, Graham Lovatt wrote: Eventually got what I wanted by using =TEXT(CG4,MMM) Interestingly, this gives a different result from the formatting option. The results look the same, but mine was a formatted date (which will be right-aligned by default) and this is an

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] LO WRITER BASIC : inserting a table using the dispatcher

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) WoooHooo!!  Congrats on solving this one and thanks for posting the answer back to the list!  That might well help other people in the future or at least make the answer a bit easier to find.  Thanks, congrats and regards from Tom :)  From: Alain

Re: [libreoffice-users] Old zoom with mouse wheel bug

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Even better if 1 single comment can give a number of different versions where it doesn't work.  From reading the QA page ages ago i vaguely remember there is something contra-intuitive about what the devs find most helpful.  Intuitively i would have thought that the first occurrence of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Gregory Smith - Oracle Sparc Verification
TomThanks for trying to help out.I have attached a screen grab of my Formula sub-menu that just doesn't have the option you refer to.I have went through every menu of the options for calc and found nothing about this!gsOn 08/20/13 10:10, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :)Err are you using a

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc crashes

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I wouldn't say that either is best.  It entirely depends on situations and specific requirements.  Both covers the large middle ground really well but each has it's niche areas where it's marginally better than the other.  Apache OpenOffice develops more slowly so known bugs stay

[libreoffice-users] Silent install with only Writer and Calc

2013-08-20 Thread jmsms
Hi, I'm trying to do a silent install (on Windows) with only Writer and Calc but I can't find anything to do that. When I tried to add the command line REMOVE=gm_p_Draw_bin to msiexec /i c:\LibreOffice_4.0.4_Win_x86.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL REMOVE=gm_p_Draw_bin /passive it does not work. I also tried

[libreoffice-users] Re: treatment of blank cells

2013-08-20 Thread Tom
Hi :) The list doesn't accept attachments so i have uploaded the screen-shot to Nabble Screenshot.png http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4070816/Screenshot.png So, it's an Xfce Desktop Environment so probably a GnuLinux (rather than Bsd or Mac) and we know the LO version is 3.4.5.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Silent install with only Writer and Calc

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't think it's really possible.  If you do manage it then the saving on drive-space and other resources is almost minimal.  LibreOffice is much more tightly integrated than MS Office and really doesn't work the same way at all.  It's not a collection of different programs but is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with line color in Writer

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Searchreplace (doubt it will work but one never knows).  There is an Extension that adds a lot of functionality tot he default searchreplace (or completely replaces it i'm not sure).  How about Tools - Options - Appearance Does it appear to have the same colour as the new lines in one

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress: Sound Links

2013-08-20 Thread Dave Liesse
Thanks, Joaquin. I did look at the Guide, but it must have been a different version; the instructions weren't as specific. Or, looking again at your quote, it might have been in a different section (principle is the same, but I'm doing a transition, not inserting a media file -- the section

[libreoffice-users] A neat feature

2013-08-20 Thread Virgil Arrington
I always enjoy finding a new feature in LO, one that I never knew existed. That recently happened to me as was playing with paragraph styles. One of the features I have always liked about LaTeX is the way in which the size of its headings fonts is tied to its base font with designations such

What does it take to become an LO dev; was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Re: Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I feel like singing something from Gilbert and Sullivan (prolly mis-seplt that)  and is the very model of an ... or the lumberjacks song from Monty Python.  Luckily voice doesn't carry very well over text-based communications and also luckily i can't remember many (or any?) of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] print drivers?

2013-08-20 Thread Robert Holtzm
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:16:25PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yes, LO can be installed alongside AOO but not by a straight forwards install of both.  You need to make sure the QuickStarter is switched off and that they are not opened at the same time as each other.  Various other

Re: [libreoffice-users] print drivers?

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The Microsquish thing is Quick Launcher and i think they copied it from KDE.  Could be wrong though.  The Quick Starter puts OpenOffice/LibreOffice open in the system tray (in Windows).  Not completely sure what, if anything, it does in GnuLinux or Mac Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can I make Tab and Shift+Tab tab multiple lines.

2013-08-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:10 20/08/2013 -0700, Wyatt Biker wrote: The Tab key indents single lines only. But when I highlight a few lines and press Tab I would like it if a tab was added to every line. Also Shift+Tab should delete the tab. Whenever you use software, you need to play along with it, not fight

Re: [libreoffice-users] Package libobasis4.1-ogltrans-4.1.0.4-4.i586.rpm is not signed

2013-08-20 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Francesca, Wow - Fedora 12. Any particular reason for using that version? It is getting a bit old :) I gather*yum --nogpgcheck install *.rpm* should work around this. No personal experience just what linuxquestions.org told me. As Tom points out, you don't need to hop down to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-20 Thread William Wells
While there is no ISO or equivalent, there are a lot of wannabe: In the US: The real expert (in the US) on this subject seems to be the Chicago Manual of Style. It sets forth what Publishers desire/want/will not accept unless it complies with regarding submissions. Brits have The

[libreoffice-users] how to stop text resizing with window

2013-08-20 Thread Dave Howorth
I just imported and opened a CSV file into calc. When I resize the window, instead of being able to see more columns, the text displayed in the cells increases in size and I see exactly the same columns. I've never seen this happen before. How/why did it happen and how do I make it keep the font

Re: [libreoffice-users] print drivers?

2013-08-20 Thread Girvin R. Herr
LO 3.6.7, Slackware 14.0, KDE 4.8.5, Linux k3.2.29. I have never seen the quickstarter installed. However, in the past, I have left LO running with many open files when I shut down for the day. The next time I start up, LO and the left-open files were reloaded as it was when I shut down.

[libreoffice-users] LO and Linux/KDE shutdown

2013-08-20 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Greetings. LO 3.6.6.2, Slackware 14.0, KDE 4.8.5, Linux k3.2.29. In the past, with KDE3, I was able to leave LO and many files open when I shut down the desktop for the day. Then when I started up the next time, LO ran and opened all the files I left open when I shut down. This was very

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-20 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 08/20/2013 06:01 PM, William Wells wrote: While there is no ISO or equivalent, there are a lot of wannabe: In the US: The real expert (in the US) on this subject seems to be the Chicago Manual of Style. It sets forth what Publishers desire/want/will not accept unless it complies with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't find setting

2013-08-20 Thread Paul
On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:01:57 -0400 Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com wrote: I think there is a difference between a style for submitting a manuscript to a publisher and a style for final publication. I understand many publishers want manuscripts submitted in double spaced type, which

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can I make Tab and Shift+Tab tab multiple lines.

2013-08-20 Thread Tim Deaton
There are also Increase Indent and Decrease Indent selections available on the Formatting toolbar. From the menu, select View, Toolbars, and make sure Formatting is checked. I don't remember if the Increase Indent and Decrease Indent icons are visible by default or not. (The pictures are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sequentially numberted tickets...

2013-08-20 Thread David Love
Hi Nino Nino Novak nn.l...@kflog.org wrote: Am 08.08.2013 06:53, schrieb David Love: I have been asked to design and print numbered tickets for an event being organised by a Club to which my wife belongs. How I'd do it (it's from memory, so bear with me for little glitches): Thank you