Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: base error - no SDBC drive

2014-07-15 Thread Tom Cloyd
Alex, I've just installed LO Version: 4.2.5.2. On two different boxes I'm getting the same error as before when I try to open a db form or table. I'm NOT installing from the packages, but from the *.deb download at the LO website. So, your idea no longer makes a lot of sense to me. I've neve

[libreoffice-users] Re: File corruption on OSX and LO 4252

2014-07-15 Thread Owen Genat
Alex Thurgood wrote > ... file corruption when writing to an external disk drive. ... I have an > external FAT formatted LaCie hard drive to store my files on. ... I was > working from a USB external hard disk. I would first try to reproduce the error without a USB external storage device being a

[libreoffice-users] Re: File corruption on OSX and LO 4252

2014-07-15 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/07/2014 05:46, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : Note, that this problem is specific to LO 4252 on OSX, as mentioned in my original post. We are talking about a specific version of LO, on a specific OS, writing to its native format to an externally connected USB disk. Unless people have had the

Re: [libreoffice-users] File corruption on OSX and LO 4252

2014-07-15 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Hi Tom, Le 16/07/2014 00:57, Tom Davies a écrit : > Hi :) > Surely just go back to the last back-up or find a copy in emails or on > a usb-stick. Any chance of it being in a temp folder or auto-backup > or something? > It is corrupt in all of the places where a "backup/autorecovery" should be.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: base error - no SDBC drive

2014-07-15 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Hi Tom, Le 16/07/2014 04:28, Tom Cloyd a écrit : > I had it turned off, on the premise (read on the LO list a while back) > that if you didn't need it it was likely to cause problems needlessly. > It appears to be need for Base, at least for the hsqldb. > > I see that this problem is a recurrent

Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding fields to existing Base table

2014-07-15 Thread Paul
Just a few thoughts... On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:30:47 -0400 elderdanlewis wrote: >    If you are going to create a database, you plan it THOROUGHLY! A nice theory, but in my experience working in the field this is almost never completely possible. Often one will get a fairly detailed spec to start

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with "Export as PDF"

2014-07-15 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I have tried this on windows (XP) and linux (Fedora) and I can not reproduce it. A couple of basic questions: I am assuming you are talking about a writer document? is the document odf, doc, docx? Cheers On 16/07/14 09:51, Pat Brown wrote: Hi, I have not tried this previously but wis

Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding fields to existing Base table

2014-07-15 Thread dave boland
I agree that planning is key. I started with a spreadsheet until the data source was stable. The plan is to import the data into Base, do some reports, report my progress, then gather comments and suggestions. My guess is that the database will grow - I just don't know to what. So, I may end up

[libreoffice-users] Problem with "Export as PDF"

2014-07-15 Thread Pat Brown
Hi, I have not tried this previously but wish to do so now. My problem is that I want to export a selection of text in the main document but when I select "Export as PDF" the 'Range' option is greyed out. I cannot select anything and the default is 'All'. Is there a setting somewhere that I am m

Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding fields to existing Base table

2014-07-15 Thread elderdanlewis
   If you are going to create a database, you plan it THOROUGHLY! Beginning with a small simple database and expanding it to a very large one is only asking for a complete disaster! Unless you are using a flat database, your tables need to be in at least fourth normal form. Repeatedly adding add

[libreoffice-users] File corruption on OSX and LO 4252

2014-07-15 Thread Alexander Thurgood
I encountered a most infuriating problem today when working with LO on OSX - file corruption when writing to an external disk drive. As I'm often having to work with different machines, and different OSes, I have an external FAT formatted LaCie hard drive to store my files on. This works great on

[libreoffice-users] Small bug(?) when loading file into Writer

2014-07-15 Thread Jon Harringdon
If I load a document into LO Writer (after I'd entered user information) it automatically jumps to the position in the file I was on when I last saved. Very nice. However, this helpful feature doesn't seem to work correctly if the file has text in columns. In this case the app does jump to the cor

Re: [libreoffice-users] OO question - problem printing spreadsheet

2014-07-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:49 14/07/2014 -0700, Monly Ronly wrote: I have a friend who has a spreadsheet she uses OO to manage ... However, when it prints, it prints at about 60% size and the header is so tiny we can barely read it. I could not find any way to 1) change the print size of the sheet and have it stic

[libreoffice-users] Problem with standard filter

2014-07-15 Thread Rob Jasper
Hi, I hope someone can help me with this... I have a spreadsheet with around 4000 rows in it. It has an autofilter in de co;umn headings. In column B I have some 10 fields containing aaa, and 3 fields bbb. Now I filter on bbb I clear the 3 fields If I mark all (it is not marked upon opening) in

Re: [libreoffice-users] OO question - problem printing spreadsheet

2014-07-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, i had a similar(ish) problem with an .XlsX and got around it by copying the entire sheet's contents into a new sheet. I then had to readjust all the column widths (luckily the rows sorted themselves out automatically). It's not an elegant solution but it impressed the client that i wa