[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Conveying the language of document text

2014-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A post to the Accessibility| mailing list has has no responses for a few days. I am not sure how to handle it. Accessibility is about screen-readers and such like. A recent code donation from Apache is in the process of radically changing the way LO handles accessibility issues by

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help with Base

2014-05-05 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I'm new user of LO Base, we are transitioning from MS Access, and I need to redesign our db from it. One word of advice based on experience: Avoid use of the built in database. Use a proper client-server RDBMS. Preferrably PostgreSQL, as it's reliable and the driver comes with LO. Otherwise

[libreoffice-users] well said ...

2014-05-05 Thread anne-ology
... these inane - if not insane - bullies tend to be afraid of public awareness. From: Tom Cloyd tomcloydm...@gmail.com To: Sigrid Carrera sigrid.carr...@gmail.com, t...@tomcloyd.com Cc: Urmas davian...@gmail.com, LibreOffice User's Help Forum users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sat, 03

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help with Base

2014-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good point!! An external database is a really good approach. Many people go for MySql or MariaDb (unless using a Mac) but that's owned by Oracle and some worry about the future of free or Open Source under Oracle. Many go for faster, lighter java back-ends such as Hsqldb as an external

[libreoffice-users] Print Orientation (Calc)

2014-05-05 Thread James E. Lang
When I set the print orientation for Sheet 1 to Landscape the print orentation for Sheet 2 is also changed even though the data on Sheet 2 is better printed with orientation = Portrait. What is the rationale for this behavior? Is there a preference setting that unlinks the sheets with regard

[libreoffice-users] Re: Need help with Base

2014-05-05 Thread milica
Thanks, Actually, that base in ms access is kind of start point, and needs to be more developed,so I have to learn LO macros anyway :( I'm reading the book OpenOffice.org Macros Explained (great book!), and making new version in LO but in LO Calc. Thank you once again :)) On Mon, May 5, 2014 at

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help with Base

2014-05-05 Thread Walther Koehler
Hallo Wolfgang, hallo LO-users may I ask a question in line with that thread: a few month ago, I failed installing LO-base with PostgreSQL-DB when I stumbled over the input request URL of data source ? Help will not help. I suppose something like sdbc:postgresql:dbfile is wanted, however

Re: [libreoffice-users] Print Orientation (Calc)

2014-05-05 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:47 05/05/2014 -0700, James E. Lang wrote: When I set the print orientation for Sheet 1 to Landscape the print orientation for Sheet 2 is also changed even though the data on Sheet 2 is better printed with orientation = Portrait. What is the rationale for this behavior? Orientation is a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Print Orientation (Calc)

2014-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Don't you have to set page styles to be different? I'm not sure how tbh but maybe in the styles chapter of the Writers Guide https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Regards form Tom :) On 5 May 2014 18:47, James E. Lang je...@lang.hm wrote: When I set the print

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mac Upgrade error?

2014-05-05 Thread Phil
Hi Tom Thanks for letting me know there is hope... I was working on a document at work, just a little spread sheet, basically it's a temperature check sheet for the cafe. Tried to make it a little easier to add a date at the top, and on the second sheet, just sum off equals the previous

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mac Upgrade error?

2014-05-05 Thread jomali
I was running 4.1.6 and just downloaded 4.2.3. I opened the DMG, dragged the file to the Applications folder and opened it on an oder document. It worked fine, so I would recommend you do the same. On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Phil skegg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys Im running OSX 10.6.8,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help with Base

2014-05-05 Thread Girvin Herr
Tom, If you read your posting again, it implies that MariaDb is owned by Oracle. That would be news to me and, I suspect, the MariaDb development team. Girvin Herr On 05/05/2014 09:02 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Good point!! An external database is a really good approach. Many people go

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Need help with Base

2014-05-05 Thread Girvin Herr
I have not been tracking MS Access system design since version 1.1, but back then Access did have an external database back-end (server) engine called Jet. Jet was bundled in with Access, much like Base uses HSQLDB, but I think it could be used by other front-end clients than Access. So, the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help with Base

2014-05-05 Thread Ian Whitfield
+100 Wolfgang!!! I fell in the same hole!!! PostgreSQL or MySQL is the ONLY way to go. IanW On 05/05/2014 05:44 PM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: I'm new user of LO Base, we are transitioning from MS Access, and I need to redesign our db from it. One word of advice based on experience: Avoid use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help with Base

2014-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Dohh! MariaDb is definitely not owned by Oracle! They forked away from Oracle's brand just as LO did and for much the same reasons. Regards from Tom :) On 5 May 2014 23:13, Ian Whitfield whitfi...@telkomsa.net wrote: +100 Wolfgang!!! I fell in the same hole!!! PostgreSQL or MySQL is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Sclug] (no subject)

2014-05-05 Thread Alan B
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