Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting language in LO Calc

2014-02-05 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:01 05/02/2014 +0100, Graham Luffrum wrote: Thanks, Brian (amongst other for making me feel like an idiot). I'm not sure how you derive that reaction. The only obvious things are those you happen already to know. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Appearance of cell borders in Calc

2014-02-05 Thread Brian Barker
Select more contrasting border widths. o Use an alternative technique for distinguishing your cells, e.g. background colour? I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] diff of 2 docx files

2014-02-04 Thread Brian Barker
changes, or cancel the dialogue if you wish merely to view them. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error or what?

2014-02-03 Thread Brian Barker
at row 52, since 2^51 is so large (around fifteen digits) that its units digit is no longer reliable. So here's a better version: =MOD(2^(MOD(ROW()-2;4)+1);10)/10 - which should work more or less indefinitely, though not for the (exceptional) first row. I trust this helps. Brian Barker

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error or what?

2014-02-03 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:56 03/02/2014 +0100, Erik Erlandsson wrote: On 2014-02-03 22:20, Brian Barker wrote: At 06:21 03/02/2014 +0100, Erik Erlandsson wrote: I'm seeing this odd behavior in a series. Around line 30 additional decimals are showing up What am I doing wrong? At 20:29 03/02/2014 +0100, Erik

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

2014-02-03 Thread Brian Barker
to do this. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error or what?

2014-02-03 Thread Brian Barker
format you have set for the cells. I rest my case, thank you for the education! No probs! Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Deleting Table Column Causes Whole Table To Disappear

2014-01-27 Thread Brian Barker
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Index Quirks in Writer

2014-01-26 Thread Brian Barker
that the default fill character is a dot and that the Tab stop position is adjustable but by default is overridden by Align right. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] chart help

2014-01-26 Thread Brian Barker
in creating your chart. Instead, use something like =TEXT(A1;MMM) to create a text copy of the month name and prepare your chart from these values instead. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] chart help

2014-01-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 02:17 25/01/2014 -0500, James Lockie wrote: I have 2 questions related to charts. The answer to this query is very similar to that to your previous one. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Inline Formatting

2014-01-24 Thread Brian Barker
friend. I build the cell formula as =CONCATENATE(my text,$r$2) ... what I really want is MM/DD/. Any ideas how to simplify this? =my text TEXT(R2;MM/DD/) I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to copy a frame with its text and sub-frame contents?

2014-01-22 Thread Brian Barker
. That way, you will get a copy of the first section that should automatically update as you modify the first. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] cancel lines with the (almost) the same timestamp

2014-01-20 Thread Brian Barker
or whatever.) The final parameter needs to be zero (or FALSE) to indicate that if there is no value for that minute, you will (presumably) want to see an error condition instead of a value unhelpfully harvested from a nearby minute. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Combining data from 2 spreadsheets

2014-01-19 Thread Brian Barker
, and the answer to your second query is much the same! I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Editing Custom Styles in Calc

2014-01-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:18 15/01/2014 -0800, James E Lang wrote: Brian Barker wrote: Perhaps explain what you tried, what you expected to happen, and what actually happened? Otherwise, anyone can only guess. Okay, here goes in painful detail. [Lots of unnecessary detail snipped] I press F11. I see a small

Re: [libreoffice-users] problem removing duplicate string in calc

2014-01-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 04:36 16/01/2014 -0800, Leon Noname wrote: I have a column of terms that I pasted from two text files. I have tried to remove duplicate terms from the list but have the continued problem of having some of the duplicated terms not removed. One example is the term Adrenal hyperplasia and the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Editing Custom Styles in Calc

2014-01-15 Thread Brian Barker
... . I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Quick start without tray icon?

2014-01-13 Thread Brian Barker
. (But these directions do vary between Windows versions.) Of course, having the icon there provides a quick means of opening new or existing documents through the context menu. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: a LibO/Calc problem (SOLVED)

2014-01-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:15 13/01/2014 -0600, Larry Evans wrote: I don't see Brian's reply to you (maybe he emailed you privately). No, it was sent to the list. See http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/msg36082.html . Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc Function

2014-01-12 Thread Brian Barker
be triggered) even if the missing values were in different rows. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default Template

2014-01-12 Thread Brian Barker
alternative template had ben deleted, we can hope that the default Default was used. In any case, now that you have successfully set an alternative template as default, you can reset the original if you wish. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Import into a Template

2014-01-12 Thread Brian Barker
and ensure that Formats is *not* ticked. o Delete the imported sheet. What I want is a straight Import to wherever I have put the cursor. No complicated choices either. Only you can decide if this is complicated. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] a LibO/Calc problem

2014-01-12 Thread Brian Barker
) - exactly the opposite of what you are trying to do. Once you have your real numbers, you can control their appearance by choosing appropriate cell formats, of course. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc cross-sheet issue with COUNTIF and AVERAGEIF...

2014-01-05 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:35 05/01/2014 -0500, Ryan Ashley wrote: On 01/04/2014 08:12 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 19:10 04/01/2014 -0500, Ryan Ashley wrote: Maybe someone else knows a way to do it using existing functions, ... Keep watching. At 21:38 04/01/2014 -0500, Ryan Ashley wrote: ... is there any

Re: [libreoffice-users] [calc] when link to external data, which is libreoffice .odb file, OK button disabled

2014-01-05 Thread Brian Barker
. How can I link to an existing database which was created with Libreoffice? I don't think you can. You can copy and paste (or even drag and drop) a Base table into a Calc spreadsheet, but you then have a fossilised copy, not a link, of course. I trust this helps. Brian Barker

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc cross-sheet issue with COUNTIF and AVERAGEIF...

2014-01-04 Thread Brian Barker
)/(COUNT(January.H35:December.H35)-FREQUENCY(January.H35:December.H35;0)) I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing font size with shortcut key

2013-12-29 Thread Brian Barker
. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - watermarks - shading

2013-12-20 Thread Brian Barker
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Re: [libreoffice-users] multiple file import

2013-12-19 Thread Brian Barker
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - Tables - problem

2013-12-19 Thread Brian Barker
format, do you mean that reapplying the format has no effect? The only reason I can imagine for that would be that your entry cannot be interpreted as Currency: perhaps it contains a rogue character or has misplaced thousands separators, for example. I trust this helps. Brian Barker

Re: [libreoffice-users] Label creation Q

2013-12-18 Thread Brian Barker
to paste copies of the text into all the cells at once. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-18 Thread Brian Barker
into all the cells at once. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive

Re: [libreoffice-users] multiple file import

2013-12-18 Thread Brian Barker
would be better off (and achieve a more reliable result) by simply importing one at a time. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-18 Thread Brian Barker
+A, Ctrl+V.) Isn't that even faster than pretty fast - and equally fast no matter how many labels you have? Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Label creation Q

2013-12-18 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:12 19/12/2013 +1000, Peter West wrote: Too cranky, Brian. Not cranky at all. Mr Sowden thought table referred to a database table. And hopefully he now knows what people have been talking about. I'm happy to have been the one to help him. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problems Rotating Multi-line Text in Tables [Revisited]

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Barker
as a single paragraph as far as Writer is concerned. To avoid centring, select the text and set Format | Paragraph... | Alignment | Text-to-text | Alignment (or right-click | Paragraph... | Alignment | Text-to-text | Alignment) to Bottom. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems Rotating Multi-line Text in Tables [Revisited]

2013-12-08 Thread Brian Barker
a text object in your table cell. You may need to anchor it As Character to keep it in the cell. o Insert your text. o Right-click the text object and select Position and Size... | Rotation | Rotation angle. o Set Angle to 90 degrees. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mailing from writer issue

2013-12-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:38 05/12/2013 -0800, Txerra Noname wrote: Brian Barker wrote o Are you distributing the documents in LibreOffice's native .odt format or in some other format? What application(s) are your correspondents using to view them? At the end of merge mail wizard, I select html format

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mailing from writer issue

2013-12-05 Thread Brian Barker
. With the images embedded instead of linked, your document will be larger but will carry the images to your correspondents. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mailing from writer issue

2013-12-05 Thread Brian Barker
or in some other format? What application(s) are your correspondents using to view them? o If your correspondents do not need to edit your documents further, have you considered exporting as PDF (File | Export as PDF...) and distributing those documents instead? Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-04 Thread Brian Barker
of data sources, including spreadsheets, text files and databases ... In the Select Address List panel of the Mail Merge Wizard, the Add... button allows you access to and use of a spreadsheet document file. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Salutation

2013-12-02 Thread Brian Barker
merge fields. o Under Database selection, expand your database and select the name field. (I think this is part of the answer to your is there any other way?) I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A feature, or ...?

2013-11-28 Thread Brian Barker
. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A feature, or ...?

2013-11-28 Thread Brian Barker
ticked Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options | Combine single line paragraphs if length greater than nn%. You may need to modify the percentage - which you can do by selecting the option and clicking the Edit... button. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: A feature, or ...?

2013-11-27 Thread Brian Barker
a clear all list formatting operation would cause more trouble than it's worth. Any proper list formatting (applied using styles) should survive the application of Default Formatting, which is what you would want. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to reduce installation size?

2013-11-27 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:19 27/11/2013 +, Tom Davies wrote: 350Mb is about the size of a Cd. Ask for a refund: it's faulty. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- LibreOffice version 4.1.3.2

2013-11-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 00:05 26/11/2013 -0800, Aonly Noname wrote: ... I don't know if Brian Barker's method does in fact provide the Last Saved Date or not. If it does, great - and if he says it does then I assume he's correct. Oh, that's most unwise! Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to find a text consisting of line break/ paragraph break marks [Writer]?

2013-11-26 Thread Brian Barker
this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- LibreOffice version 4.1.3.2

2013-11-23 Thread Brian Barker
, not the (variable) Date that you need. So ignore that and proceed to Other... . I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

RE: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-23 Thread Brian Barker
is that white space is condensed, so two blanks would appear as one anyway. To avoid this, you need the non-breaking space, nbsp;. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature Request - Categories for special characters

2013-11-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 01:37 22/11/2013 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote: When I was in grade school, over 60 years ago, lb. meant pound(s). That's only for pounds Avoirdupois (and it's lb, not lb.), of course. Pounds Sterling is £. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Win LO4.1.3] All symbols in autocorrect

2013-11-22 Thread Brian Barker
(Writer) document - in an appropriate font. o Select it. o Now go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Replace, and you will find that the required character has already been entered in the With: field. Don't worry about the font. o Continue as expected. What happened when you tried this? Brian

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph indentation lost

2013-11-21 Thread Brian Barker
can easily dispense with it. One workaround: Insert a frame where the pictures are. You can either put the pictures in the frame or put them in front of it. Either way, your text will apparently wrap around the frame as you wish it to. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Win LO4.1.3] All symbols in autocorrect

2013-11-19 Thread Brian Barker
, there will be nothing to display. Is there any workaround ? Yes: use a font in which the character exists. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] paypal

2013-11-18 Thread Brian Barker
the questioner is very probably using) invites donations, and it isn't trying rip anyone off. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-17 Thread Brian Barker
to change nor easy to see when numbers are formatted as text in LO ... Hmm! Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-15 Thread Brian Barker
is performed for you - unless you choose to inhibit this by adding the leading apostrophe. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:01 15/11/2013 +0100, Stefan Weigel wrote: Am 14.11.2013 22:39, schrieb Brian Barker: It's worth mentioning that this is a misunderstanding of what is happening. There is no apostrophe in the cell to remove. Yes there is! Sorry, but that's simply untrue - and you can easily show

Re: [libreoffice-users] random # in calc

2013-11-14 Thread Brian Barker
friends. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] random # in calc

2013-11-14 Thread Brian Barker
at random. A twist is for the 1st winner to pick the 2nd name and then the 2nd winner picks the 3rd slip. There are no winners here: everyone is both a winner and a loser. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-14 Thread Brian Barker
are very different that the apostrophe is necessary as a warning. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-11 Thread Brian Barker
... . o Under Toolbar Content, scroll down and select the relevant icon. o Use the up and down arrows at the right of the Commands panel to move the icon to where you prefer it. o OK. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-10 Thread Brian Barker
that you can copy where you need them. Yes - as has already been suggested - you could alternatively import the CSV file as an additional sheet in your existing spreadsheet document. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-10 Thread Brian Barker
, but bear with me.) o Select the cells. o Search for .* and replace with - but click More Options and tick Current selection only and Regular expressions. The text values are reinserted in their cells, but are also reinterpreted - as numbers. I trust this (also) helps. Brian Barker

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-10 Thread Brian Barker
code may be the five-character text string 07102. But the postal system will not like your misrepresenting this as 7102 - the number seven thousand, one hundred and two. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-10 Thread Brian Barker
(Xn)) would work, but that's just a complicated way of saying =VALUE(Xn). Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-10 Thread Brian Barker
to their different needs. 3. It's important that questionable statements made on a public list read by many (and indeed archived) are challenged. (Anyone is welcome to trash this message if desired!) Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC convert text to numbers

2013-11-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 07:03 11/11/2013 +0100, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Call the menu Data / Numbers as text (freely translated from my FR install) ... In English, that's Data | Text to Columns... . Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Not so] major issues

2013-11-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:29 08/11/2013 -0500, Bekor Adams wrote: Hello when i try to save a invoice as *Microsoft excel* 2007/2010 document it changes it to this below. I have looked him up on Google Have called his number that does not work But when i type his info on google all i get is a bunch of his

Re: [libreoffice-users] Would somebody be able to help a newbe to LibreOffice.

2013-11-07 Thread Brian Barker
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Find and replace - regular expressions

2013-11-07 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:24 28/10/2013 +0100, Miroslaw Zalewski wrote: Dnia 2013-10-28, o godz. 00:24:38 Brian Barker napisal(a): That's because your original question was not at all clear! (You owe it to correspondents not to waste their time.) I disagree. The question was perfectly clear. Thanks

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace Regex

2013-11-06 Thread Brian Barker
what you want to match and to avoid matching, you may have to do something different. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace Regex

2013-11-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:55 07/11/2013 +1300, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-11-07 18:23, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:55 07/11/2013 +1300, Steve Edmonds wrote: I am trying to find and replace some text with regex in calc. Can anyone help with how I make it non-greedy. I think the answer is that you don't: you must

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Calc] Combining data coming from several sheets into a single sheet

2013-11-04 Thread Brian Barker
on whether you anticipate adding more sheets later, it may even be quicker just to copy all your material to a single sheet manually, of course. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] meager color options

2013-11-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:29 04/11/2013 -0500, Tim Lungstrom wrote: Well, if I knew were the color listing is stored, ... Try user-profile/libreoffice/4/user/config/standard.soc (not that I'm suggesting that anyone should tinker this way). Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Calc formulas not working correctly

2013-10-30 Thread Brian Barker
. Should I change to a different version? No. Ensure that Tools | Cell Contents | AutoCalculate is ticked. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Calc formulas not working correctly

2013-10-30 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:58 30/10/2013 -0600, Pat Grubel wrote: On 10/30/2013 11:32 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:13 30/10/2013 -0600, Pat Grubel wrote: I am using Version: 4.1.2.3 and all of a sudden my formulas are not working correctly. I'm using average, stdev and median. At one point I copied

Re: [libreoffice-users] Find and replace - regular expressions

2013-10-27 Thread Brian Barker
can use $0). In that case the parentheses are unnecessary in the search string: you would search for \d* and replace with \t. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - avoiding circular references

2013-10-22 Thread Brian Barker
leaves you with separate formulae, one with an array, and two with separate values. This may make a difference if you later need to change anything. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc IF problem

2013-10-21 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:55 21/10/2013 +0200, Hylton Conacher wrote: On 19/10/13 16:46, Brian Barker wrote: To get the best help from others, you really do need to explain your problem in detail - and that means words, not formulae or values. Once you have defined your problem, it is very likely someone can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc Function Wizard - IF Result differences

2013-10-21 Thread Brian Barker
band to the calculation. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc Function Wizard - IF Result differences

2013-10-21 Thread Brian Barker
repeated for each month. Or you could embed the values into the formula. Time for coffee. Sounds a good scheme. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc IF problem

2013-10-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:45 19/10/2013 +0200, Paul Steyn wrote: On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:46:56 +0100 Brian Barker wrote: Remember that multiplication precedes addition and subtraction in evaluation, so many of your parenthesis pairs are unnecessary. You may think they clarify things, but in my experience

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc Function Wizard - IF Result differences

2013-10-20 Thread Brian Barker
be calculated here (wrongly) as negative, so the MAX() functions, with their first arguments of zero, cancel these incorrect contributions. Try it: it gives the answers you want. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc IF problem

2013-10-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:01 20/10/2013 +0200, Paul Steyn wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations lists a couple of exception cases. Interesting! Thanks. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc IF problem

2013-10-19 Thread Brian Barker
certainly best solved using VLOOKUP(). I haven't had time to look at it yet ... I trust this helps (so far). Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc IF problem

2013-10-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:11 10/10/2013 +0200, Hylton Conacher wrote: The below formula calculates H4 =IF(0G4=$G$20, ... Just to add to what I wrote before, if you want to test a condition that you would write mathematically as ABC, you need to use AND(AB;BC) instead. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc Function Wizard - IF Result differences

2013-10-19 Thread Brian Barker
for your first three ranges are identical - which doesn't test your formula effectively. There must be an answer and or my formula syntax is wrong unbeknown to me. Oh, the formula is certainly wrong. There will be a right one ... Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloading Latest Windows Release

2013-10-08 Thread Brian Barker
as .msi. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-08 Thread Brian Barker
handle. Instead, copy the formula from the original cell, select all the target cells, and paste. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-08 Thread Brian Barker
of the Input Line for that cell. I'll send you an example privately. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:11 08/10/2013 +0100, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:43 08/10/2013 -0700, Joel Madero wrote: So I stumbled across instructions on how to do this in Excel but can't get the same result in LibreOffice. http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/03/30/how-to-extract-a-unique-list-and-the-duplicates

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloading Latest Windows Release

2013-10-06 Thread Brian Barker
this as a bug at the LibreOffice site? Meanwhile I may contact catn.com directly. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why? 'Unknown source' when copy/pasting numbers SAME SHEET SAME WORKBOOK

2013-10-06 Thread Brian Barker
in LibreOffice - in which case it will have (default) formatting - or in a plain text editor - in which case it won't? I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress Presentation

2013-10-06 Thread Brian Barker
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Re: [libreoffice-users] MONTH() and YEAR() functions behave differently in scalc 3.5.7 and 4.x

2013-10-06 Thread Brian Barker
more about this in his blog: http://erack.org/blog/archives/8-LibreOffice-date-acceptance-patterns.html . I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Numbering multiple equation

2013-10-05 Thread Brian Barker
and pasting existing ones. I trust this helps. Brian Barker PS: Your system clock is wrong by fourteen hours. You will want to correct this. My guess is that you are actually in time zone +0700 (perhaps in Indonesia?), whereas your system claims you are in -0700 (e.g. US west coast). Either

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO on La Gendarmerie Nationale computers ?

2013-10-03 Thread Brian Barker
to phase out Windows and incrementally migrate to Ubuntu. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

Re: [libreoffice-users] Columns

2013-10-03 Thread Brian Barker
section within an otherwise single-column document: you don't break again. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

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