Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Ian Leyton
For me: Calc90% of my LO use Writer 8% Base1 have never had a use that really needs it. Draweven less than base Ian On 12/05/2014, at 1:31 PM, som drsoumalya-l...@yahoo.co.in wrote: On , som drsoumalya-l...@yahoo.co.in wrote: On Monday, 12 May 2014 3:25 AM, Virgil

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hello, I know this does not add up to 100%, but then - most of the time I use a combination of parts of LO together. So... Writer most of the time Calc 15 to 20% Impress3%, Maybe four to five presentations a year Base most of the time (I use it to interface to a MySQL-DB

Re: [libreoffice-users] Native Connector

2014-05-12 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Thanks a lot, Girvin... My situation is exactly as you describe it. I used to run my own server, installing everything from Linux to Apache2, PHP, mail, MySQL, etc. Therefore I had the possibility to set my OWN parameters for MySQL. For cost and other reasons I changed to a stripped-down

Re: *** SPAM *** [libreoffice-users] Re: Native Connector

2014-05-12 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
On Mon, 12 May 2014 06:37:09 +0200, Alex Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: Le 10/05/2014 15:08, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit : Hi Heinrich, You do not give the whole story : - which connector are you talking about, where did you get it ? It is not supplied by default with official

Re: [libreoffice-users] Native Connector

2014-05-12 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hello Girvin, Yes, I will keep on using the JDBC-Driver, hoping that the native connector will support autoreconnect some time in the future. If LO drops JDBC, I have to look for a different Office system. To suggest restarting LO every time after having to go away for a short break really is NOT

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread david_lynch
On 11/05/2014 22:53, Virgil Arrington wrote: I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate the different components. For myself, my

[libreoffice-users] Re: Automating creation of PDF from Calc

2014-05-12 Thread Alex McMurchy
Well eventually I seem to be getting somewhere. There seems to be a lot of choice. There are some people who use the method of hiding all the sheets except the sheet to be converted into a PDF. Which is the method I used below. Another methed seems to be to use printareas. To me this only

[libreoffice-users] Re: *** SPAM *** Re: Native Connector

2014-05-12 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 12/05/2014 09:03, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit : Hi Heinrich, I use JDBC-Connector mysql-connector-java-5.1.30-bin.jar; can't tell you where I got it from, certainly not from a Linux-distribution (I run Debian-Wheezy and Mint-16 respectively). You stated initially that you were using the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Automating creation of PDF from Calc

2014-05-12 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Alex , using the Dispatcher is not a good idea , use te API and basic to automate some functions as printing to PDF under specific conditions. Please find below the code i use to print from a Writer doc Sub export2PDF() dim oDoc as object CheckReportUser() sParent = checkparent

[libreoffice-users] print table without internal borders

2014-05-12 Thread Thomas
Good evening I am sure, this is a stupid question. I have a table (cover sheet for medical records) with all sorts of lines at the top and all around. However, I would prefer NOT to print the borders between some 30 questions below that. Only an outer border around the whole thing. I checked

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Harvey Nimmo
Writer: 30% Calc: 60% Impress:4% Base: 5% Draw: 1% Cheers Harvey On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 11:31 +0800, som wrote: On , som drsoumalya-l...@yahoo.co.in wrote: On Monday, 12 May 2014 3:25 AM, Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Paul
Calc: By far the component I use the most. I use this regularly. Mostly small stuff, household finance spreadsheets, usage stats, bank statements, that sort of thing. Writer: The second most used, although I seldom use this. Impress: I have used this on a couple of occasions. Base:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Jay Ridgley
On 05/11/2014 04:53 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate the different components. For myself, my

[libreoffice-users] Re: connection between Libre and Open Office

2014-05-12 Thread anne-ology
OpenOffice became LibreOffice. As for the header; I'm not sure I understand the question - neither OO nor LO should be noticeable on your form unless, for some reason, you've added that as your header for the document. From: George Roberts

Re: [libreoffice-users] print table without internal borders

2014-05-12 Thread anne-ology
If I understand the question, 'properties' will not eliminate these lines because they were added when the table was built; to eliminate them, you'll need to eliminate all the exterior tables, leaving only the innermost table. Open the document to show all then you should

[libreoffice-users]

2014-05-12 Thread George Roberts
Dear Sir Is there any connection between Libre and Open Office? The reason I ask, I downloaded Open Office, did a spreadsheet, and on advice, was told Libre was better, so I downloaded Libre. Then I did a copy/paste of my spreadsheet from OO to Libre, but the heading still shows as Open Office.

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2014-05-12 Thread James Knott
George Roberts wrote: Is there any connection between Libre and Open Office? The reason I ask, I downloaded Open Office, did a spreadsheet, and on advice, was told Libre was better, so I downloaded Libre. Then I did a copy/paste of my spreadsheet from OO to Libre, but the heading still

Re: IT Geeks' Social Skills (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing windows explorer extension only)

2014-05-12 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, Speaking as an Aspie myself, who helps fellow Aspies better work and live with others (and vice versa), thank you very much for your effort to understand. If I may: (1) You're right about its being Asperger Syndrome, named as it is after Dr. Hans Asperger who discovered it. It's also

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/11/2014 02:53 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate the different components. For myself, my

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2014-05-12 Thread Jay Lozier
GeorgeWe are separate projects. LO is a fork off the 3.X branch of OO when it was controlled by Oracle. There are some differences between the two projects. Most of the differences are behind the scenes. I believe both projects are doing serious code cleanup as well

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2014-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes there is a strong connection between LibreOffice and OpenOffice. A few years ago they were both 1 and the same but underwent a process similar to cell division found in biological systems = where 1 cell buds off into 2 almost identical cells which each then grow in slightly different

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2014-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Of course i would LibreOffice. I use it because i prefer it and because of those 2 things i'm here rather than the OpenOffice forums. A less-biased opinion would be that it might be a really good idea to uninstall OpenOffice and install LibreOffice and then try it out for a few weeks and

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2014-05-12 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi *, Jay Lozier wrote (12-05-14 16:26) We are separate projects. LO is a fork off the 3.X branch of OO when it was controlled by Oracle. There are some differences between the two projects. Most of the differences are behind the scenes. A nice _summary_ of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I should use Draw more. It's the better tool for the job for the company newsletter but i just feel more comfortable in Writer. So, Writer = 80% Calc = 5% (and mostly only to check my answers to mailing list) Draw = 10% (mostly use Inkscape and Gimp tbh but Draw trumps them for floor

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 11/05/2014 23:53, Virgil Arrington a écrit : I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate the different components. Writer: 75%

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Kolbjørn Stuestøl
Personal use: 50% Writer 50% Calc (Impress perhaps twice a year). But as a translator I am walking through the other components one after another. I like to know what I am translating. At the moment I am working partly on Impress partly on Base. Kolbjoern Den 12.05.2014 15:12, skreiv Jay

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread yahoo-pier_andreit
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[libreoffice-users] Re: Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Peter Maunder
Virgil Arrington wrote I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate the different components. For myself, my approximate usage is:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Kevin O'Brien
I almost always use Styles and Templates. I know it has a somewhat shallow learning curve, but it is worth the effort to learn because it makes you much more efficient in the long run. Not doing that reminds me of the classic There is never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Girvin Herr
I seem to have missed the OP's posting. Jumping in at the middle with my following order of usage: WriterFor text documentation CalcFor budgets and tabular lists Base For inventories and fixed asset accounting Draw For figures in documents, PDF form filling Impress

Re: [libreoffice-users] Native Connector

2014-05-12 Thread Girvin Herr
Heinrich, Although I do not have the problem you are experiencing, I am keeping an eye on this thread is case I do have a similar problem in the future. I hope you can get an answer soon to solve your immediate problem. Aside from your cup of coffee example, from my experience, the Base

[libreoffice-users] Re: Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread V Stuart Foote
Girvin, Girvin Herr wrote I seem to have missed the OP's posting... No, y0u had to OP as tacked on to Anne's--by Virgil A. And just a reminder that anyone can (and maybe should) review partial threads (in thread context, or as a sequential list) from the Nabble interface to the LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: connection between Libre and Open Office

2014-05-12 Thread Girvin Herr
George, If new files are experiencing this problem, then it sounds like your default template is not clean. First, check the Tools - Options - Paths paths to be sure nothing is pointing to the OpenOffice directories. Especially the Templates path. If the Templates path is set to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread john herron
Virgil Arrington wrote I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate the different components. For myself, my approximate usage is:

Re: [libreoffice-users] print table without internal borders

2014-05-12 Thread Thomas
(2014/05/12 20:19), Brian Barker wrote: At 19:45 12/05/2014 +0900, you wrote: I'm not sure what you can mean by etc.: what else did you do, then? ... but so far no setting has changed how the table looks in the print preview. If you turn off the lines for a table, you should see the result

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Which components do you use most?

2014-05-12 Thread Joe Conner
Virgil Arrington wrote I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate the different components. For myself, my approximate usage is:

Re: [libreoffice-users] print table without internal borders

2014-05-12 Thread Dave Barton
Thomas wrote: (2014/05/12 20:19), Brian Barker wrote: At 19:45 12/05/2014 +0900, you wrote: I'm not sure what you can mean by etc.: what else did you do, then? ... but so far no setting has changed how the table looks in the print preview. If you turn off the lines for a table, you