Re: [libreoffice-users] Possible improvement for review?

2023-03-27 Thread Don Wilde
On 3/27/23 05:43, Brian Barker wrote: At 04:35 27/03/2023 -0700, Don Wilde wrote: I was attempting to add my trademark claims to the footer of a document describing some inventions, and LO Writer assumed I was entering an e-mail address because my trademark included the '@' sign.

[libreoffice-users] Possible improvement for review?

2023-03-27 Thread Don Wilde
or char sequence to begin and end a block that is to have such 'helpful' interpretation turned off. Comments welcome, of course!   -- Don -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] background images in business cards

2016-12-21 Thread Don Myers
Hi Peter, In the download section at World Label, there are templates for OpenOffice/LibreOffice. These are table style templates, and they work beautifully. *Don C. Myers, Realtor* RE/MAX Centre Realty 1375 Martin Street State College, PA 16803 Cell- 814.571.9518 *Farm & Rural Lifes

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Time Calculations in LOBase (SOLVED)

2016-09-20 Thread Don Parris
3:15 PM7.75 08/18/16 06:30 AM08/18/16 11:00 AM08/18/16 12:00 PM08/18/16 03:15 PM7.75 08/19/16 06:30 AM08/19/16 11:00 AM 08/19/16 12:00 PM08/19/16 03:15 PM 7.75 I think I can work out the other calculations I need based on this bit. Many thanks for the help and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Time Calculations in LOBase

2016-08-26 Thread Don Parris
datetime_functions > > Be mindful of appropriate use of HSQLDB embedded: > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/FAQ_(Base) > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Robert Großkopf < > rob...@familiegrosskopf.de> wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Time Calculations in LOBase

2016-08-25 Thread Don Parris
Just using the HSQLDB embedded. On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Bruce Hohl wrote: > What type of database is used - HSQLDB embedded, HSQLDB, MySQL, > PostgreSQL, etc? > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Don Parris wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I need to do

[libreoffice-users] Re: Time Calculations in LOBase

2016-08-25 Thread Don Parris
EDIFF function gives me what I am looking for, but maybe it can with some extra work. I was pretty sure I would find some examples of this type of calculation out there. On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Don Parris wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to do some time calculations in LO Base queries

[libreoffice-users] Time Calculations in LOBase

2016-08-25 Thread Don Parris
an do: (([day_end]-[day_start])-([lunch_end]-[lunch_start])) In LO Base, the query fails on a wrong data type failure. I am using the Date/Time data type (time stamp). Can anyone point me to good information on how to perform this calculation in Base? Many thanks in advance! Don -- D.C. Parris

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LOBase Query - Left or Right Join? - RESOLVED

2016-01-06 Thread Don Parris
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:15 PM, wrote: > Don Parris wrote: > >> Still trying to work out the OUTER JOIN syntax apparently. I tried a >> simpler outer join statement: >> SELECT >> "tCoreType"."type" "Type", "tCoreCategory"

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LOBase Query - Left or Right Join?

2016-01-04 Thread Don Parris
On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Luuk wrote: > > > On 01-01-16 22:08, Paul Steyn wrote: > >> Hi Don, >> > > > You are absolutely right, but the *syntax* is different in LO >> > see link i posted earlier > > > > > Still trying to work

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LOBase Query - Left or Right Join?

2016-01-02 Thread Don Parris
On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Luuk wrote: > > > On 01-01-16 22:08, Paul Steyn wrote: > >> Hi Don, >> >> Your SELECT statement is indeed incorrect; it seems as though you don't >> fully understand joins (I could be mistaken, but your syntax is off &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LOBase Query - Left or Right Join?

2016-01-02 Thread Don Parris
27;{', 'oj', '}' part should be "activated" so to speak in the settings. I realize now it is part of the SQL statement. Regards, Don D.C. Parris, FMP, Linux+, ESL Certificate Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Free Software Advocate http://dcparris.net/ <https:

[libreoffice-users] Re: LOBase Query - Left or Right Join?

2016-01-01 Thread Don Parris
t;tCntEntity"."entity_id" AND "tCntEntityPerson" JOIN "tCntPerson" ON "tCntEntityPerson"."person_id" = "tCntPerson"."person_id" AND "tCntContactAddress" LEFT JOIN "tCntEntity" ON "tCntContactAddress&qu

Re: [libreoffice-users] LOBase Query - Left or Right Join?

2016-01-01 Thread Don Parris
ested: <> End Text Lines with CR+LF <> Form Data input checks for required fields <> Use ODBC conformant date/time fields. There is no option whatsoever to allow to use outer join syntax. Regards, Don -- D.C. Parris, FMP, Linux+, ESL Certificate Minister, Security/F

[libreoffice-users] LOBase Query - Left or Right Join?

2016-01-01 Thread Don Parris
= "tCntContactMethod"."contact_method_id" AND "tCntPersonContactInfo"."contact_info_id" = "tCntContactInfo"."contact_info_id" AND "tCntPersonContactInfo"."person_id" = "tCntPerson"."person_id" AND

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Use KAddressBook As LibreOffice Resource

2015-12-15 Thread Don Parris
On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 5:17 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 12.12.2015 um 14:57 schrieb Don Parris: > > I want to use KAddressBook as the resource for my LibreOffice mailmerge. > > Unfortunately, the only way this seems possible is by exporting the > > contacts from KAddr

[libreoffice-users] Use KAddressBook As LibreOffice Resource

2015-12-12 Thread Don Parris
-used program? Is it impossible? what would it take to get this resolved??? I can't believe I'm the only frustrated Kontact user out here. Thanks! Don -- D.C. Parris, FMP, Linux+, ESL Certificate Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Free Software Advocate http://dcparris.net/ <ht

Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working

2015-07-12 Thread Don Farnham
Thank you - that has worked :-) Don On 12/07/2015 13:17, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Don, Don Farnham schrieb: Hi, My first post to the list, and apologies if it has been mentioned before. I am running Windows 7 (all updates applied) and Windows 10 (Build 10166) on two different machines

[libreoffice-users] Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working

2015-07-12 Thread Don Farnham
hover the mouse over a Libre Office document (doesn't matter whether Writer or Calc document) that Windows Explorer will stop working. This does not happen on Microsoft Office documents. If anyone has noticed this, and has an answer, please let me know what to do. Don -- To unsubscr

[libreoffice-users] File Corrupt

2015-05-04 Thread Don Kessler
Tried a couple times to download and update to V 4.3.7_x86.msi and keep getting error: "The signature of this program is corrupt or invalid" Any remedy? Don -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-he

[libreoffice-users] Download Problem

2015-05-04 Thread Don Kessler
Tried a couple times to download and update to V 4.3.7_x86.msi and keep getting error: "The signature of this program is corrupt or invalid" Any remedy? Don -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-he

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-26 Thread Don Myers
great printing! There are updated drivers now, but haven't taken the time to play with them. Don On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > On 01/26/2015 06:02 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> Yeh i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing from Linux, Kubuntu/Ubuntu

2015-01-25 Thread Don Myers
installed in the standard install. I almost always have done clean installs, and not upgrades. Don On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 2:39 PM, M Henri Day wrote: > 2015-01-21 14:02 GMT+01:00 Tom Davies : > > > Hi :) > > I am just hoping some kind person will signpost me to the proper >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Don Pobanz
ws? Regards from Tom :) I'm using 4.2.6.3 on Ubuntu 14.04. For some reason bad.xls opens with Writer, not Calc, even when I say 'open with Calc.' Good.xls opens just fine. Libreoffice 4.3.2.2 Ubuntu 14.04 -- Rev. Don Pobanz St Paul Lutheran Church 1112 Bailey St Sac City, IA 50583

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Reports - Getting Monthly & YTD Averages

2014-09-28 Thread Don Parris
)", MAX( "amount_mm" * 0.0393701 ) AS "Max (in)", MIN( "amount_mm" * 0.0393701 ) AS "Min (in)" FROM "tblRain" GROUP BY MONTHNAME( "date" ) On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 5:49 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Le 26/09/2014 11:03, Don Parris a écr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Reports - Getting Monthly & YTD Averages

2014-09-26 Thread Don Parris
verall average, apart from the monthly averages? Thanks, Don On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: > Le 25/09/2014 23:59, Don Parris a écrit : > > > Hi Don, > > > shown, and that works great. I used the "Accumulation" function to do > > this.

[libreoffice-users] Base Reports - Getting Monthly & YTD Averages

2014-09-25 Thread Don Parris
yone point me to a workable solution? Sure, I could probably get what I want more easily and quickly by linking in from Calc, but I may want this kind of data in other databases I create as well. Thanks! Don -- D.C. Parris, FMP, Linux+, ESL Certificate Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Fre

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I insert a thin space in Libre in Windows?

2014-09-11 Thread Don Pobanz
nds for Unicode. One way to insert a Unicode character is by holding down the and keys and typing 'u' then the . u + u + 2009 Ubuntu 14.04 -- Rev. Don Pobanz St Paul Lutheran Church -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.li

Re: [libreoffice-users] Uninstalling LO 4.3.0.4 from Ubuntu 14.04

2014-08-26 Thread Don Myers
ing guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- *~

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: Converting Formula to Value

2014-08-26 Thread Don Braun
Stephan Zietsman gmail.com> writes: > > Stefan Weigel wrote: > > Am 31.10.2011 08:26, schrieb Stephan Zietsman: > >> Select the relevant cell and click in the formula bar.  Press F9 (the > >> default short-cut for recalculate) followed by ENTER.  This should > >> replace the formula with the res

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-24 Thread Don Pobanz
Somebody gave me a script. I find it very useful for finding a word or phrase within my odt documents. I hope this helps. Ubuntu 14.04 Don Pobanz don@PC-002:~/Documents/Sermons$ cat search_odt_files #!/bin/bash # run this script by typing the following # sh search_odt_files "this strin

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO for Chrome OS - i.e. Samsung Chrome Book

2014-04-18 Thread Don Myers
...@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/users/ > All messages sent to this list wi

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO for Chrome OS - i.e. Samsung Chrome Book

2014-04-17 Thread Don Myers
with time. My wife has been thinking about tablet for several months now. After seeing my chromebook, yesterday she asked for one for her birthday! Don On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Cley Faye wrote: > 2014-04-17 16:40 GMT+02:00 Don Myers : > > > The other way is to use Crout

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO for Chrome OS - i.e. Samsung Chrome Book

2014-04-17 Thread Don Myers
rth checking. > > -- > 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/glo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge with custom fields in LibreOffice 4.2

2014-03-19 Thread Don C. Myers
there should still be someway to do it. Don On 03/19/2014 04:12 PM, Jeff Prater wrote: Yeah--I guess I could do that. But I already have all these fields created. I have probably 50+ documents where I would need to make these manual changes. Plus, the spreadsheets get updated regularly and I

Re: SOLVED Re: [libreoffice-users] No menus for LibreOffice install on Chrubuntu

2014-03-18 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Tom, I'm about a week behind on real work at the moment. I really think it is a Chrubuntu issue and not a LO office since I've not have any issues on a half dozen or more regular Ubuntu installs. Don On 03/18/2014 07:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Congrats on figuring o

SOLVED Re: [libreoffice-users] No menus for LibreOffice install on Chrubuntu

2014-03-17 Thread Don Myers
27;s gone wrong. Regards from Tom :) On 17 March 2014 01:02, Don C. Myers wrote: Hi Everyone, I recently just bought an Acer Chromebook C-720, and used Chrubuntu to install Ubuntu 13.10 on it. On my other Linux machines when I do a clean install I completely purge the system of the Ubuntu

Re: [libreoffice-users] No menus for LibreOffice install on Chrubuntu

2014-03-17 Thread Don C. Myers
anks for your concern and assistance! Don On 03/17/2014 05:09 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Sounds like you just need to have another go at installing LibreOffice from the download you got from the official LibreOffice.org website There are some proper instructions somewhere. Regards from Tom :) On 17 Ma

Re: [libreoffice-users] No menus for LibreOffice install on Chrubuntu

2014-03-16 Thread Don Myers
untu 13.10 in 15 seconds! Don On 03/16/2014 10:36 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Can you get to a command-line and open LibreOffice from there? Ctrl Alt t should open a terminal console. Then the command soffice should open LIbreOffice. If it doesn't (or maybe even if it does) t

[libreoffice-users] No menus for LibreOffice install on Chrubuntu

2014-03-16 Thread Don C. Myers
like before LO had the menus as part of the install where there were not any menus without installing them separately. I'm sure there are not many people doing this, but any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Don -- ** -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: user

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: copy & paste into Thunderbird

2014-03-14 Thread Don C. Myers
unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- *~~~~~~*

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO install and LinuxMint/MATE 16 downgrading it during a update

2014-03-09 Thread Don Myers
version and then reinstall the version I want from The Document Foundation. I do not use any PPA version, and have never had any issues. Don On 03/09/2014 12:04 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I would assume that when 4.1.6 come out in the end of April, the PPA will make sure it is updated

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compress images

2014-02-27 Thread Don C. Myers
On 02/27/2014 11:58 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 02/27/2014 11:40 AM, Don C. Myers wrote: On 02/27/2014 10:13 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 02/27/2014 10:01 AM, Dave Barton wrote: Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 02/26/2014 10:43 PM, Dale Rebgetz wrote: There is a 10 MB

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compress images

2014-02-27 Thread Don C. Myers
t found any Linux equivalents for these. Another option in Linux running gnome would be to install the nautilus image converter which allows you to resize pictures directly in a folder by right clicking on the photo or photos, and then resizing directly from the menu without even needing to o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-22 Thread Don Myers
et something back here, but no download Last ditch: I tried clicking on the main download link, and I get the donation page just fine, but still no download. Any suggestion not tried above would be most welcome On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Don Myers wrote: That is the version I just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please confirm bug 75376

2014-02-22 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Charles The attachment displayed fine for me in 4.2.1.1 from The Document Foundation running in Ubuntu 13.10. Don On 02/22/2014 01:23 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Hi everyone, Would someone please confirm this bug for 4.2.1.1 I just opened? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75376

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-22 Thread Don Myers
That is the version I just checked which was working fine for me. On 02/22/2014 02:46 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote: I should clarify - this is the Deb x86_64 download that is not working. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:46 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: Still inaccessible. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM, MR ZenW

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice 4.2.1 is already available to improve the experience of early adopters

2014-02-22 Thread Don Myers
I've not had any issues downloading LO 4.2.1.1. I tried it this morning from my home. I downloaded it originally at the office. I've been downloading from here: http://www.libreoffice.org/download and haven't changed the mirrors. Don On 02/22/2014 02:46 AM, MR ZenWi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Large fonts

2014-02-21 Thread Don C. Myers
nches tall. I general change the page layout to landscape for numbers/letters that size. I've never had a problem. You don't get many on an 8.5 x 11' page. I'm running LO on Ubuntu 123.10 presently. Don On 02/21/2014 03:19 PM, retiredi...@juno.com wrote: Hi: I would lik

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems between LO and CUPS

2014-02-14 Thread Don C. Myers
Ubuntu at least, which works differently than all other Linux programs I have used in Ubuntu. Don On 02/14/2014 02:24 PM, Malcolm Moore wrote: LO connects to CUPS on start not when you want to print So if you have LO open for a while the connection to CUPSwill time out. You ne

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Limited Unicode Support in LibreOffice 4.1.4.2? Character insertion, non-zero (SMP, SIP) planes, and multi language documents.

2014-01-29 Thread Don Myers
from Google. I always delete completely the LibreOffice version from Ubuntu, and install the version (presently 4.1.4.2) from The Document Foundation. Hopefully the images I put in this e-mail will show up in your e-mail. I've not added any extra fonts or anything to the system or LibreOff

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Limited Unicode Support in LibreOffice 4.1.4.2? Character insertion, non-zero (SMP, SIP) planes, and multi language documents.

2014-01-29 Thread Don C. Myers
derbird e-mail the 4 characters are present. If I paste the same in LO Write from the Document Foundation 4.1.4.2 they also show up a 4 characters. Don On 01/29/2014 08:55 AM, ♪͡♪♪͡♪♪͡♪♪͡♪ wrote: CVAlkan wrote with Linux at least, Writer sometimes "helps" too much by silently substitu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer - Merging PDFs

2014-01-28 Thread Don Myers
for Linux, Windows, and Mac. In Ubuntu there is an older version in the software center. That is what I've used. It has always worked well. Don On 01/28/2014 08:41 PM, charles meyer wrote: I've got 3 or so separate PDF files. I'd like to merge them all into one PDF file in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Start 2014 with Freedom, Adopt LibreOffice in your life!

2014-01-04 Thread Don C. Myers
s in Ubuntu. 90% of my time at work is on the computer. I will have multiple windows of multiple apps open at one time, and it never flinches. I recently set up a computer with Windows 8 on. It was a nightmare. I have no desire to try other Linux desktops because I work very efficiently in Unity

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Icons in Ubuntu disappear after loading file

2014-01-03 Thread Don C. Myers
so the fastest version yet. Upgrading even just to get the kernel updates I've found to be worthwhile. Don On 01/03/2014 05:47 PM, CVAlkan wrote: I'm using LibreOffice Version: 4.2.0.1 Build ID: 7bf567613a536ded11709b952950c9e8f7181a4a with 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I've never u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] 2014 LibreOffice themed 12 page calendar - some US holidays included

2014-01-02 Thread Don C. Myers
g out of it so that we have an actual design. -- *~~~~~~* Don C. Myers Manager, Farm and Rural Property Division e-PRO Certified by the National Association of Realtors Don's Cell Phone: 814-571-9518, Don's Home Phone: 814-422-8

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Don C. Myers
PS - I'm running Unity with Ubuntu 13.10. On 12/31/2013 12:43 PM, tk wrote: Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only work around is to use a different distro. Specifically a distro that nebver

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Don C. Myers
Ubuntu version. Instructions can be found here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/180403/how-to-uninstall-libreoffice Don On 12/31/2013 12:43 PM, tk wrote: Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-18 Thread Don Myers
Hi Brian, That is a much better solution. Thanks for suggesting it. Don On 12/18/2013 10:00 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:09 18/12/2013 -0500, Don C. Myers wrote: When you use the table style templates, the wizard does not work. It is designed for the frame style. What I do is fill in one

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-18 Thread Don C. Myers
labels on row 1, and paste into the complete second row. Then I copy rows 1 and two and paste into rows 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, and 9 & 10. It really goes pretty fast that way. Don On 12/18/2013 08:46 AM, Cliff Scott wrote: ** Reply to message from "Don C. Myers" on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Label creation Q

2013-12-18 Thread Don Myers
Yes, if you are using the table style templates. Don On 12/17/2013 08:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Errr, Copy&paste? Regards from Tom :) On 17 December 2013 19:35, John R. Sowden wrote: With the recent messages re: the label function, I created a shipping label. Worked very ni

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-17 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Cliff, Are you using fields from a data base, or do you simply want something like return labels where every label is the same? Don On 12/17/2013 10:06 AM, Cliff Scott wrote: ** Reply to message from "Don C. Myers" on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:48:12 -0500 Don, Thanks for the l

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-16 Thread Don C. Myers
adjust. I've left similar posts when people have had issues before, but it seems very few are willing to try the table based formats. Maybe they try to use the wizard, which is not the way to set up a table based template. Don On 12/16/2013 08:11 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: Don, Thank yo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-16 Thread Don C. Myers
ese. Nor have I wasted any sheets of labels because they didn't print properly. Don On 12/16/2013 05:07 PM, John Clegg wrote: I have just done my labels too - only using Avery 8165 (I just happened to have some in the drawer) It worked find, but I too found the printing started right

Re: Cost of MS Office relative to LO, was: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

2013-11-29 Thread Don Myers
ey used in the past they are still trying to use today. I try to be an honest, ethical person. I prefer to do business with honest, ethical companies, and support honest, ethical folks like The Document Foundation. Don -- ** -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffic

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- Libre Ofice version 4.1.3.2

2013-11-23 Thread Don C. Myers
opened. The answer was fairly simple. I have minimal need for this and didn't write it down. Maybe the regulars to this list will remember the answer. Don On 11/23/2013 08:14 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: I think what the Original Poster was seeking was a "semi-fixed" date

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with

2013-11-08 Thread Don C. Myers
I'm glad you problem is resolved Thank you for the update!!! Don On 11/08/2013 04:31 PM, Write Me wrote: Dear all Thanks to Jay for solving this for me and thanks to Don for your contribution which will make interesting reading Solved Stephen Constantinou On 08/11/13

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with

2013-11-08 Thread Don C. Myers
this helps. Don On 11/08/2013 03:04 PM, Write Me wrote: Good evening and greeting from rainy London, UK I am using Linux Mint 13 Maya / 3.2.0-23-generic I have just uninstalled LibreOffice 3.6, using Synaptic. All went well. I have installed LibreOffice 4.1.3.2 ,manually. All went wel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wordstar

2013-11-05 Thread Don Myers
have done this too. I'm merely suggesting ways in which they could have done it. I'm sure there are more. Some of the things Microsoft has done are chronicled here in a report to the European Commission a number of years ago: http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf D

Re: [libreoffice-users] duplicate open buttons

2013-10-26 Thread Don C. Myers
structions here http://askubuntu.com/questions/180403/how-to-uninstall-libreoffice to completely purge your system of LibreOffice, and then install the version from http://www.documentfoundation.org/ and see if you still have the issue. Don On 10/26/2013 12:29 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Don Myers
and replace it with the backed up file, and you have all of your settings, e-mail, bookmarks, server settings for filezille, and everything exactly the way was. Very easy and very fast. Much, much, much faster than doing a clean install of Windows. Don On 10/06/2013 11:36 AM, Kracked_P_P

Re: [libreoffice-users] Label Printing in LO Writer

2013-10-03 Thread Don C. Myers
text on the label. I've been doing labels in OpenOffice and LibreOffice together for about 8 years. American size table style templates are available here: http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm Don -- ** -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] EMail mailmerge - does it work?

2013-09-16 Thread Don C. Myers
installed. Once LibreOffice was released, I moved from OpenOffice to LibreOffice. If you are having problems with it working, perhaps folks on this list can help you getting it working if you describe the issues. Don On 09/15/2013 12:12 AM, john herron wrote: Hi, Fabian Been successfully using

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error in Calc custom formats between closing and opening a file

2013-09-12 Thread Don Myers
e new formulas using existing data in the spreadsheet, and they work fine also. Don On 09/12/2013 08:54 PM, Paul wrote: Hi Regina, All, I've finally (finally!) updated LO, and checked this problem again, and it still manifests. I can confirm that it manifests with the following L

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Automatically Open a Form?

2013-09-06 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Tod, I asked the same question about 5 or 6 years ago in an Open Office forum, and didn't receive an answer. I'll be very interested to see if anyone here has a suggestion. Don On 09/06/2013 05:49 PM, Tod Hopkins wrote: I am looking for a method to automatically opening de

Re: [libreoffice-users] Start Up Question

2013-09-04 Thread Don Myers
not really as it should. Don On 09/04/2013 10:08 PM, Jay Ridgley wrote: Folks, I seem to have gotten one of my settings messed up, and do not know how I did it. I want each instance of a spread sheet, document, presentation to be separate not connected. If I quit a spread sheet I want jus

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to other software/formats?

2013-08-26 Thread Don C. Myers
In Ubuntu 13.04, the package in the software center is called: Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts Don On 08/26/2013 08:00 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) There used to be a package called something like "ms core fonts" which had arial, times new roman, trebuchet, verdana a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any Good Info on Using LibreOffice Base With KDE-PIM?

2013-08-13 Thread Don Parris
Thanks Valter! That is fairly helpful. There is even discussion on using PostgreSQL as the "back-end" in place of MySQL. Maybe I can mak a little progress on this! On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Valter Mura wrote: > In data martedì 13 agosto 2013 15:47:09, Don Parris ha sc

[libreoffice-users] Any Good Info on Using LibreOffice Base With KDE-PIM?

2013-08-13 Thread Don Parris
something like a Linking table (as one can between MS Acess & Outlook)? Or is importing and exporting data about the best hope? Many thanks! Don -- D.C. Parris, FMP, Linux+, ESL Certificate Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Free Software Advocate http://dcparris.net/ <https://www.x

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

2013-08-07 Thread Don Myers
Hi, When I have a database open in form view, there is a block where I can select a specific record number in the bottom left of the screen Don On 08/07/2013 05:30 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 06/08/13 15:23, Jason White a écrit : Hi Jason, This is some example code I'm using

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Base, PostgreSQL and Multiple Users

2013-08-05 Thread Don Parris
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Matching Up Text Fields

2013-08-02 Thread Don Parris
about connecting LOBase to PostgreSQL is still the top-ranked story on my site, so hopefully I can add some more LO action. :-) On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Errol Goetsch wrote: > On 2013/08/01 11:31 AM, Don Parris wrote: > >> Unfortunately, one bank throws everything except for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Matching Up Text Fields

2013-08-01 Thread Don Parris
1, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 21:35 31/07/2013 -0400, Don Parris wrote: > >> Again, I just need to figure out how to extract that bit from the bank's >> description. Any thoughts on that? >> > > As I mentioned, that depends on the precise possi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Matching Up Text Fields

2013-07-31 Thread Don Parris
Thanks Brian, On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 18:32 31/07/2013 -0400, Don Parris wrote: > >> > All this doesn't help much until we know exactly what you need to extract > from all this. > > I hope it became more clear further down that

[libreoffice-users] Calc - Matching Up Text Fields

2013-07-31 Thread Don Parris
Hi all, I download two files from my banks that have transaction descriptions that look like so (the one with a * to the left is from Bank #2 - the rest are from Bank #1): PURCHASE AT MY GROCER #NNN, CHARLOTTE, NC ON 050913 FROM CARD#: * MY GROCER #NNN CHARLOTTE NC

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base & PostgreSQL Transactions

2013-07-26 Thread Don Parris
and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: > > On 07/22/2013 02:48 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: > >> Le 19/07/2013 22:31, Don Parris a écrit : >> >> Hi Don, >> >> One possible way is to set up your form (which after all, is only a >> Writer or Calc document) as a dummy int

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base & PostgreSQL Transactions

2013-07-23 Thread Don Parris
Thanks Mark, that certainly looks interesting. I may just check it out. Even so, that puts a damper on a short-term solution. On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Hey Don, > > I've not bought one yet, but this is the best reference I've found out

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base & PostgreSQL Transactions

2013-07-19 Thread Don Parris
ght now. If & when I do figure it out, I'll have to write a tutorial on it for sure. Regards, Don On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak < and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: > The ODF Authors are working on a DB guide, I do not know the current state

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base & PostgreSQL Transactions

2013-07-18 Thread Don Parris
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > If you are looking for a good guide about Macros then Andrew Pitonyak's > guide is supposedly the best > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers > Apparently it is well worth the

[libreoffice-users] Base & PostgreSQL Transactions

2013-07-18 Thread Don Parris
. Maybe I really need something like macros and BASIC or Python to make such a thing work? If anyone knows a good tutorial on this subject, I can certainly read - just haven't really found anything yet. Thanks! Don -- D.C. Parris, FMP, Linux+, ESL Certificate Minister, Security/FM Coordinator

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing LibO4.0.4 on GNU/Linux Mint

2013-06-23 Thread Don Myers
do with having two different version on at the same time. I did find instructions on how to make it work, but didn't have time to fiddle. The final release of 4.1 will have the desktop integration included. Don On 06/23/2013 07:10 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Which desktop ar

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Uninstall LibreOffice 4.0.2

2013-05-16 Thread Don C. Myers
ibreoffice*.* 2. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibreOffice_4.0.3.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/*.deb 3. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibreOffice_4.0.3.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/desktop-integration/libreoffice4.0-debian-menus_4.0.3-3_all.deb 4. Drag Icons from Dash to the Unity Launcher Bar if using Unity. Don On

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3 64-bit DEB removed my extensions, but Windows version did notI

2013-05-10 Thread Don C. Myers
g the same issues. On 05/09/2013 10:25 PM, Don Myers wrote: I installed LO 4.0.3.3 tonight on a third computer, also with Ubuntu 13.04 and with Unity. No problems there either. On 05/09/2013 08:19 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I extract them to the /home folder then rename it to Lib the

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3 64-bit DEB removed my extensions, but Windows version did notI

2013-05-09 Thread Don Myers
w one over again. On 05/09/2013 06:55 PM, Don Myers wrote: Hi, I installed LO 4.0.3.3 on two machines running Ubuntu 13.04 with Unity today. I always download LO from the LO site, extract it to the desktop, and then run the following commands in the terminal: 1. sudo apt-get remove libreo

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3 64-bit DEB removed my extensions, but Windows version did not

2013-05-09 Thread Don Myers
h anything missing or failing. Don On 05/09/2013 06:00 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 05/09/2013 05:16 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: On 05/09/2013 03:40 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I just installed 4.0.3 on two systems The 64-bit DEB install removed my extensions and the persona I has s

Re: [libreoffice-users] Preparing mailing labels from list (database)

2013-04-25 Thread Don C. Myers
the fields in your for form, and all should work well! Don On 04/24/2013 06:24 PM, Muriel Parker wrote: (no subject) : Preparing mailing labels from list Tony and Steve- I went to Tools, Options, Java - the JRE is checked. There is nothing in the box below. My list is in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calendar software

2013-04-16 Thread Don Parris
Hi all, Kontact is KDE's Outlook competitor and the latest (experimental) version can be found here: https://wiki.kolab.org/Client_windows_kontact Kontact even offers a Summary page like Outlook (if you like that). It should be worth a look. I tried Digikam on Windows (briefly) and it seemed to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-09 Thread Don Myers
Hi Steve, I only have 4.0.1.2 installed, but my guess is that with the comma in there, or possibly the dollar sign, or maybe both, when you are pasting it, calc thinks it is text and not a number. That causes the left alignment and not being dividable since text can't be divided. Don

Re: [libreoffice-users] new version of LO gives gibberish for excel file.

2013-03-01 Thread Don C. Myers
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

2013-02-11 Thread Don C. Myers
then copy and paste the three commands into the terminal. Don On 02/11/2013 12:00 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) You don't need to do all that typing anyway. Just press the tab key a few times and the terminal cleverly works out what you are aiming for. It takes a bit of working out

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