Re: [libreoffice-users] Help

2014-02-12 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-11 21:45 GMT+01:00 M G ds...@hotmail.com: Hi, I have been using libre office for a while. All of a sudden I cannot open any files or Libre Office program. I also downloaded the most recent version but it did not help. Please provide any assistance you can. I looked up the open forum

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: Searching for values in a certain range string

2014-02-12 Thread zr1hpc
Lotto.ods http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4096842/Lotto.ods Brian and other interested folk Thanks for the formula! I am going to need a few days to see how it works, but it certainly has promise, however I cannot see the different sheets that the ods file contains. Remember: There

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help

2014-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, are you using Windows? Mac? Something else? If Windows then which version of Windows; Vista, Win8, Xp, Win7? Can you find how to uninstall LibreOffice and then try reinstalling the new one? Errr, i hope you did reboot after doing a reinstall? If not that is often enough to fix

[libreoffice-users] Dropdown box in calc, mutliple columns

2014-02-12 Thread Pat Brown
I have two columns in calc. Column A has a list of items while column B has an associated cost. I want to be able to select from column A and have the item entered into a form (say column X) but I also want to automatically select the associated cost and have this entered into column Y, alongside

[libreoffice-users] MySQL/LO Base problem

2014-02-12 Thread Ian Whitfield
Hi All I'm looking for someone to help me out with a serious and URGENT mySQL/LO Base problem please. I prefer to do it Off-List but am happy to post the end result on the Forum later. I did write to Alex Thurgood directly but got no reply - maybe he's busy of away?? My direct eMail is

Re: [libreoffice-users] WEEKNUM_ADD(ref;2)

2014-02-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:06 11/02/2014 -0800, James E Lang wrote: I am not literate with regard to Excel. I understand that WEEKNUM_ADD() in Calc returns the same value as WEEKNUM() does in the non standards compliant Excel. Under what condition does that value differ from what WEEKNUM() returns in Calc? The

Re: [libreoffice-users] Dropdown box in calc, multiple columns

2014-02-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:36 12/02/2014 +0200, Pat Brown wrote: I have two columns in calc. Column A has a list of items while column B has an associated cost. I want to be able to select from column A and have the item entered into a form (say column X) but I also want to automatically select the associated cost

[libreoffice-users] Whole page-sized (background) picture/image in LibreOffice Writer 4.2.4

2014-02-12 Thread Community
Hi, I'm in the process of creating a new stationary based on an image received from a design agency. The image is supposed to cover the whole page (A4), that is including the space outside the defined page margin settings. Walking down the path via format-page-background appears to be out of

[libreoffice-users] navigator works in one file but not another

2014-02-12 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am currently working on two files, both of which were created by copying unformatted text into an empty document. The one file I use as original, in the other file I am overwriting the original text with English (translation work). I noted, that the navigator function (goto page

[libreoffice-users] shaded menu

2014-02-12 Thread dpierre
Hello, I have a problem with Open Office 4.1 (ubuntu 13.10) For some time I have a strange phenomenon, almost all menu items are grayed out (even when it is a new document). So I uninstalled everything and reinstalled with the Ubuntu Software Center, but it is exactly the same What happens there

Re: [libreoffice-users] Whole page-sized (background) picture/image in LibreOffice Writer 4.2.4

2014-02-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:30 12/02/2014 +0100, Martin Hein wrote: I'm in the process of creating a new stationary based on an image received from a design agency. The image is supposed to cover the whole page (A4), that is including the space outside the defined page margin settings. You'll need a printer

[libreoffice-users] Re: shaded menu

2014-02-12 Thread dpierre
Oh this is a problem that Unity interface dirt. G! -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/shaded-menu-tp4096915p4096931.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] navigator works in one file but not another

2014-02-12 Thread null
Hello, What version of LibreOffice are you using (4.1.4, 4.2, etc)? What operating system are you using (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc)? What type (Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, etc; Mac OS X: 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, etc; Linux: Ubuntu 13.10, Fedora, etc)? If the files you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing selected rows from a spreadsheet

2014-02-12 Thread Tim Deaton
Years ago I frequently had the same problem. My first spreadsheet (1987) was a shareware product called ExpressCalc. It had a very convenient function called NOPRINT. If I put that function (or a formula that evaluated to that function) in any cell on a particular row, that row would be

[libreoffice-users] Neat Writer Feature -- Relative Font Sizes

2014-02-12 Thread Virgil Arrington
I just thought I’d share a neat feature I recently discovered in Writer. The ability to set font sizes in styles as a percentage of the font size of a base style. For example, I often set documents in an 11 point font such as Palatino. My headings are then at 14 or 16 points. But, if I decide

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing selected rows from a spreadsheet

2014-02-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:24 12/02/2014 -0500, Tim Deaton wrote: Years ago I frequently had the same problem. My first spreadsheet (1987) was a shareware product called ExpressCalc. It had a very convenient function called NOPRINT. If I put that function (or a formula that evaluated to that function) in any

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: shaded menu

2014-02-12 Thread Joel Madero
On 02/12/2014 10:07 AM, dpierre wrote: Oh this is a problem that Unity interface dirt. G! Yes I've seen this but haven't yet figured out what's causing it. How did you install? Best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: shaded menu

2014-02-12 Thread Joel Madero
On 02/12/2014 10:07 AM, dpierre wrote: Oh this is a problem that Unity interface dirt. G! Apparently a bug with Unity: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libindicator/+bug/1045372 Says fix released but I did see this last week when I was testing 4.1 for something. I suggest

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2014-02-12 Thread maddie10091
are people with libreoffice able to have an account that they can save work to so that they don't have to use the same computer all the time. I am a middle school student and I am doing this from a home computer and I want to be able to access my spreadsheets from my school computers and ipads