[libreoffice-users] Re: Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-24 Thread V Stuart Foote
Tim, *, This is not a bug. Horizontal lines in Writer are a direct paragraph style assigning a bottom border for the paragraph. I would expect it to only be valid in ODF format--there is no reason to expect LibreOffice ODF (.odt) style elements to be recognized by the export filtering to

[libreoffice-users] Installing Libre Office 4.1 and 4.2 simultaneously

2014-09-24 Thread TheoAsk
Hello, I need to install both version 4.1 and 4.2.6 simultaneously on the same PC dekstop ruinning Windows 7. It seems impossible. Do you have a solution? I managed to install version 4.2 and 4.3 simultaneously, but not 4.1 with 4.2 for example. How come? Also I am looking for the 4.1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Libre Office 4.1 and 4.2 simultaneously

2014-09-24 Thread Sophie
Hi, Le 24/09/2014 10:21, TheoAsk a écrit : Hello, I need to install both version 4.1 and 4.2.6 simultaneously on the same PC dekstop ruinning Windows 7. It seems impossible. Do you have a solution? I managed to install version 4.2 and 4.3 simultaneously, but not 4.1 with 4.2 for example.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I dunno if this would work but i like the idea of a LiveUsb, with a selection of Portable Apps (in case the target machine had locked-down it's bios boot-order) and with the Windows installer of LibreOffice on jic they weirdly let users install stuff. I've been successfully using a LiveUsb

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2014-09-24 Thread anne-ology
Suggestion: (1) when you download, save to wherever - as the Download folder; (2) close all opened programs; (3) go to saved file; (4) close folder, after clicking to install file; (5) follow the instructions, as they come forth during

Re: [libreoffice-users] Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-24 Thread jomali
My preferred way to insert horizontal lines is to insert a right tab after the explanatory text, format the tab with a bottom border, and move it to the place I want the line to end. The tab position and formatting hold for subsequent paragraphs, so you can make as many new lines as you need. When

Re: [libreoffice-users] Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-24 Thread anne-ology
Then you're LO program must be buggy ;-) here's hoping you can fix the problem anon. From: J. Van Brimmer jerry...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Making horizontal lines in Writer To: libreoffice users@global.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] searching for a string containing a certain character and appending that string to a new file

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) We had a question a bit like this a few weeks ago and had some great answers. Can anyone remember any of the command-line or text-editor approaches? Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Re: searching for a string containing a certain character and appending that string to a new file

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, the context is that there is a list of local councillor's contact details on a website and i kinda need to extract their email addresses. There's about 42 of them and the listing on the website is a bit like this (ie a bit variable) Councillor Cheerful Chap Twee Cottage Flat 68 58

Re: [libreoffice-users] Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:56 24/09/2014 -0400, Jomali Noname wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:27 PM, J. Van Brimmer wrote: I am creating some lesson handouts for a class I'm going to be teaching. I have to email them to our secretary, who has to read them in MS Office for printing. In the document I enter a short

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: searching for a string containing a certain character and appending that string to a new file

2014-09-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:01 24/09/2014 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: On 24 September 2014 17:47, Tom Davies wrote: We had a question a bit like this a few weeks ago and had some great answers. Can anyone remember any of the command-line or text-editor approaches? Errr, the context is that there is a list of local

[libreoffice-users] Vba code of saving a taxt file not working in libre office

2014-09-24 Thread Rajbir Singh
Sub Build() Dim yaml as string yaml = FieldMapping.Config: vbCrLf yaml Dim vFile As Variant vFile = Application.GetSaveAsFilename(InitialFileName:=Sheets(SIMPLE).Cells(2, 2) _config.yaml, _ FileFilter:=YAML Config File (*.yaml), *.xlsb, All files (*.*), *.*, _

Re: [libreoffice-users] Vba code of saving a taxt file not working in libre office

2014-09-24 Thread Florian Reisinger
Hi, VBA is not really supported in LibO. Try Basic/Python/etc. Others might help more on these topics is needed Liebe Grüße, / Yours, Florian Reisinger Am 24.09.2014 um 20:40 schrieb Rajbir Singh rajbirsm...@gmail.com: Sub Build() Dim yaml as string yaml = FieldMapping.Config:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: searching for a string containing a certain character and appending that string to a new file

2014-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perfect!! Thanks :))) It's not quite what i asked for but did get exactly the result i wanted and it was nice to use LibreOffice to do it. Fantastic! Thanks Brian! Many regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 18:53, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 18:01 24/09/2014

Re: [libreoffice-users] CANNOT INSTALL LIBRE OFFICE SUITES

2014-09-24 Thread Mark Bourne
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) We went off on a tangent around here somewhere. There still seems to be a problem installing LibreOffice on this Windows 7 machine. The download is an msi so that IE issue doesn't seem to be the problem. The installer's file-size is 215,652kb, so that's around the 220Mb