Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: compatibility with Microsoft Access

2015-01-30 Thread Philip Jordan
Sometimes (in the uk in the past) Schools /or Education authorities could help by being a vehicle via which to buy something like this: but currently, assuming you're in the UK, it could be that our continuing austerity is a reason (among others) why this is no longer true? So,perhaps too, the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-30 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
charles.schulz wrote: Hello, On 30 janvier 2015 11:50:02 CET, Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote: Charles-H. Schulz: that either Windows 8.1 or some setting peculiar to some systems create a very bad experience when installing software... It is LO misconfigured Apache server which assigns

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-30 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Mike Scott wrote: On 30/01/15 19:41, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: It looks like I was a bit quick to blame IE. It turns out it's 1 of the 3 mirrors in the UK which is misbehaving. Doesn't affect other browsers, as they seem to just use the .msi extension from the download URI,

Re: [libreoffice-users] got libre

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good point. I usually get on with other things while the download is going on so it might take me even more time but i notice it less. Regards from Tom :) On 30 January 2015 at 20:19, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: That depends what he meant by arrived, and on his

[libreoffice-users] Navigator / References / Drag Mode: Useless? Deprecated?

2015-01-30 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
I edit/create large multi-part documents in LibreOffice, including use of the Master Documents feature. I always have the navigator pane open. Within the navigator is listed the References defined in a document. In the context menu of a reference is a variety of options: none of which appear to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: compatibility with Microsoft Access

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good point! Is there some IT into Schools scheme? Some areas have computer shops that sell 2nd hand machines or refurbished ones but for a school kid i think you kinda have to go for something new with a bit of a wow factor otherwise kids kinda get picked on. I'm not much good at picking

Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with Microsoft Access

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, sadly SQL is not as standardised as was originally envisaged. Each different application add their own range of extra features or short-cuts or find some better way of doing particular instructions. It's quite different from ODF 1.2 Extended where each different program tends to have

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] Alternative download for LibreOffice 4.4

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err, if you want to download 4.4 then this link is probably better! http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/ Sorry about that! Regards from Tom :) On 30 January 2015 at 17:12, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) Err, if you want to download 4.4 then this link

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-30 Thread Mike Scott
On 30/01/15 19:41, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: It looks like I was a bit quick to blame IE. It turns out it's 1 of the 3 mirrors in the UK which is misbehaving. Doesn't affect other browsers, as they seem to just use the .msi extension from the download URI, whereas IE uses the

Re: [libreoffice-users] got libre

2015-01-30 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
That depends what he meant by arrived, and on his connection speed. I get about 2-3Mbps, and downloading the LibreOffice installer did take around 15 minutes yesterday. Which is to be expected of a ~200MB download at that sort of speed. Some browsers give very little indication while a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-30 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
It looks like I was a bit quick to blame IE. It turns out it's 1 of the 3 mirrors in the UK which is misbehaving. Doesn't affect other browsers, as they seem to just use the .msi extension from the download URI, whereas IE uses the Content-Type header returned by the server and changes the

[libreoffice-users] Re: compatibility with Microsoft Access

2015-01-30 Thread lalitadatta
Hi all, Thank you very much for your support. After reading all the responses, I think I will have to get my daughter a laptop and get her to download Access through the school at a cheaper price. Since all our computers runs Windows Vista, and the Access from school only works on Win 7 or

[libreoffice-users] RE-ORDER

2015-01-30 Thread Ultarts International Limited
Good Day users@global.libreoffice.org , We sent you an email lastweek regarding an inquiry that we made last month, but i did not receive any response from you regarding my order, am sending you some important documents through Drop-box Google Share Application for Sales Quotation And

[libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-30 Thread Urmas
Charles-H. Schulz: that either Windows 8.1 or some setting peculiar to some systems create a very bad experience when installing software... It is LO misconfigured Apache server which assigns 'application/x-troff-man' to MSI downloads is creating this experience. It worth noting that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The problem with that is that Internet Explorer is usually completely fine with it. Most Windows users that i have met would be scared of trying anything that might be difficult to download with Internet Explorer. To be fair most them wouldn't have a clue how to install anything anyway and

Re: [libreoffice-users] got libre

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The 15min delay is unusual! Maybe your router needs rebooting to declutter it? It could easily have been something else but hopefully rebooting the router is fairly easy. Errr, they don't always have an on/off button so sometimes you have to pull the power-cable out and doing that feels

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-website] ask

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Replying to several people here! @ Gary. 1. Yes, please subscribe to this mailing list. There are several choices for type of subscription but mainly just follow the same process you followed to subscribe to the websites list. That might also help you to unsubscribe from them. 2.

[libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.16 now available

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Weird! I thought they had announced this a f3ew days ago and that i had already forwarded the announcement to this mailing list jic anyone is interested. Regards from Tom :) On 29 January 2015 at 21:32, MariaDB Announce List annou...@mariadb.org wrote: The MariaDB project is pleased to

Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with Microsoft Access

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. I tend to say user error but the acronym is useful when it might not be diplomatic to let the user know or when they might not accept that they might possibly have made a slight error. ie most bosses seem to find it difficult to accept

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installation of 4.4 on Ubuntu has a slight problem

2015-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry to hear that! Can you give a link to the instructions you used? It 'should' work, of course, and i'm not sure what went wrong. I've had the same problem with MS Office on Windows and a couple of years ago on Ubuntu with LibreOffice too but i'm not sure what happened to fix it :(

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

2015-01-30 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello, On 30 janvier 2015 11:50:02 CET, Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote: Charles-H. Schulz: that either Windows 8.1 or some setting peculiar to some systems create a very bad experience when installing software... It is LO misconfigured Apache server which assigns 'application/x-troff-man'