Re: [libreoffice-users] does lo store information in case of crash on linux

2022-07-22 Thread Girvin Herr
Jindam, This a good question that I would like to hear the answer to also. In the meantime, I suggest that sometimes valuable troubleshooting information can be had from the program itself, but it must be started from an XTerm console to read it. In the past, I have discovered file read

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-users] cells don’t auto-wrap

2021-04-06 Thread Girvin Herr
On 4/6/21 1:04 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:11 06/04/2021 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote: I've got a spreadsheet with all cells formatted to auto-wrap, yet when I enter stuff into certain cells, it doesn't autowrap. And sometimes the cell just shows the last bit of what I've entered. When I

Re: [libreoffice-users] macros - where stored for Calc

2021-01-10 Thread Girvin Herr
On 1/10/21 3:18 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den sön 10 jan. 2021 kl 12:07 skrev Philip Jackson : On 10/01/2021 08:49, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den sön 10 jan. 2021 kl 08:35 skrev Tom Cloyd MS MA < tomcloydm...@gmail.com>: I recently moved my LO user profile to a new computer, but my Calc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Template confusion - 6.3.4.2 on Ubuntu

2020-02-21 Thread Girvin Herr
On 2/20/20 10:19 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:51:57 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: I have been using LO, and previously OO, since ~2002, and I currently have 6.3.4.2 on Xubuntu 18.04, up to date. This version was installed with the PPA supplied by LO. Needing to figure

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with chapter numbering and TOC.

2019-11-14 Thread Girvin Herr
ific for the TOC rather than the default "contents*" styles. Then in the "Styles" tab, change the New Chapter level (1) to use your new contents style. Use the "<-" button by selecting the level and then the style followed by the "<-" button to make the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice, task manager bar and the running application icon

2019-10-12 Thread Girvin Herr
Girvin Thanks for the reply. I too use Slackware. I've only got the /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache script on my system. Do I need to reboot the machine for the change to take effect? Alex On 10/10/2019 19:20, Girvin Herr wrote: Alex, I am assuming you are using a Linux distro

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice, task manager bar and the running application icon

2019-10-10 Thread Girvin Herr
Alex, I am assuming you are using a Linux distro, since you mention kde and xfce. I am using Slackware Linux and xfce. I would first try running the following script as root to refresh the icon cache before you get too deep: #!/bin/sh # Cache the icons: if [ -x /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot get summed values in a Base report

2019-05-18 Thread Girvin Herr
On 5/16/19 7:12 AM, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Girvin, However, when I try these parameters in the new report, when I select "Accumulation" in the Function field, it changes "Data Field" to "[AccumulationCostReport]" and the Function and Scope fields go blank. Seems to be the right function.

Re: [libreoffice-users] [SOLVED?] Problem with text formatting in Report.

2019-05-16 Thread Girvin Herr
I breathe on it! Thanks for all the suggestions. Girvin On 5/15/19 3:17 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: Greetings, I am using LibreOffice 5.3.4.2 on Slackware Linux 14.2 (K4.4.75). I have a database with a text field which may or may not be null. What I want to do is to prefix a dash &qu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with text formatting in Report.

2019-05-16 Thread Girvin Herr
On 5/16/19 11:12 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den tors 16 maj 2019 kl 00:22 skrev Girvin Herr : Greetings, I am using LibreOffice 5.3.4.2 on Slackware Linux 14.2 (K4.4.75). I have a database with a text field which may or may not be null. What I want to do is to prefix a dash "-&qu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with text formatting in Report.

2019-05-16 Thread Girvin Herr
st looks like a bug with the unexpected results. Thanks. Girvin On 5/15/19 5:03 PM, Remy Gauthier wrote: Greetings, I tried this in calc (which I am assuming you are using), and it seems to work for what you describe: [<>""]-@ The interesting thing is that calc changed it

[libreoffice-users] Cannot get summed values in a Base report

2019-05-15 Thread Girvin Herr
s useless. Can someone explain the process to get this done? Thanks. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.doc

[libreoffice-users] Problem with text formatting in Report.

2019-05-15 Thread Girvin Herr
;-"@ Somewhere, not by me, it got changed to: [>0]"";[<0]"";"";"-"@ However, this does not work. I get the text when not null, but not the dash in either case. Is there another way to do this? Thanks. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page number messed up in LO Writer 6.2.1/2 and 6.1.5

2019-04-10 Thread Girvin Herr
Mark, Try View > Field Names which toggles field names on and off. Girvin On 4/10/19 3:08 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: I've been LO Writer for a long time for, among other things, a few novels I am writing. Just now I noticed that the page number field in the header no longer contains the page

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer into Calc

2019-03-21 Thread Girvin Herr
ng, having never used that function in Calc. Both features will need some experimentation. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https:/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto recovery problem

2019-02-04 Thread Girvin Herr
there who knows it can give it to you. I have developed the process of occasionally saving the good profile in a directory somewhere so I can just copy it back to resolve such a problem and still keep my settings. HTH. Girvin Herr On 2/4/19 4:13 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote: Windows 10.  I think the

[libreoffice-users] Can't change printer properties - paper

2018-10-24 Thread Girvin Herr
ptions include more options than just paper size. They include the DPI resolution also. These are not options in the Format > Page dialog. What is the solution to get these options back again? Thanks. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Probl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Summing currency fields in base

2018-10-11 Thread Girvin Herr
Adam, I am not sure where you are wanting this total. There may be other methods to do this, but I prefer to do this calculation in a query. I use separate queries for reports and forms so a change in one does not affect the other. First, you need to create a query, if you have never created

Re: [libreoffice-users] What happened to Base report copy-paste?

2018-09-22 Thread Girvin Herr
run those RB reports with your current installation without problem. On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 3:57 PM Girvin Herr wrote: Greetings, I am running LO 5.3.4.2 under Linux 4.4 and gtk2 2.24.31 and with Mariadb 10.0.35 and the mysql-connector-java 5.1.4.2 driver. I just realized I can no longe

[libreoffice-users] What happened to Base report copy-paste?

2018-09-22 Thread Girvin Herr
this valuable feature and is there another way to do a report copy-paste? Thanks. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentf

Re: [libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-27 Thread Girvin Herr
On 05/26/2018 11:47 PM, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi *, I 'm using the internal database for deveopement of databases, with pupils in scool and for some little projects, which only need a standalone-database. For "normal" use I also prefer MariaDB. The native driver had some (little) problems

Re: [libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-26 Thread Girvin Herr
is no longer needed. However, that functionality seems to be another myth. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation

Re: [libreoffice-users] Set JRE in LibreOffice

2018-05-25 Thread Girvin Herr
a, besides Base. Girvin Herr On 05/25/2018 10:21 AM, zahra a wrote: hello. i read somewhere that libreoffice 64 bit and 32 bit both supports java 32 bit version. i recommend you that download java 32bit and test it that does it resolve your issue. however, thanks God, java is required only fo

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-27 Thread Girvin Herr
. Admittedly, in the 14 intervening years, the Wine developers may have changed their focus from gaming and it could now support the M$ office programs. This is just a suggestion to beware and check it out to see if it works first before jumping to Wine and "burning your bridges". Girvin Her

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO calc, how to copy partial sheet onto a new sheet

2018-03-02 Thread Girvin Herr
c to copy everything, then go to the blank sheet, click on the upper left block on that sheet to select it and use Ctrl-v to insert the data and formatting. Note that I found that this does not copy the Print Range settings. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.l

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save auto recovery information

2018-02-17 Thread Girvin Herr
ignored. I still find the autosave benefits outweigh these aggravations, though, so I have it enabled all the time. Girvin Herr On 02/17/2018 04:52 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) +1 to all points there! I hadn't thought through my suggestions! The autosave thing is something that annoys me more

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO not finding my scanner

2018-02-07 Thread Girvin Herr
Another datapoint: I tried it with LO 5.3.4.2 under xfce and Slackware 14.2 Linux with my Epson 1660 Photo USB scanner and it worked fine with Insert > Media > Scan > Select Source. Girvin Herr On 02/07/2018 03:12 PM, Dave Barton wrote: After seeing Tim's post I checked and Inser

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using the IBM line drawing set in Libreoffice

2018-01-20 Thread Girvin Herr
Greetings, Try Courier. It is a fixed font and my Insert > special character list has the characters you need listed near the bottom. HTH. Girvin Herr On 01/20/2018 02:33 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: Arial has a couple of problems, one-I understand it is a microsoft font

Re: [libreoffice-users] installed disc usage for LO

2018-01-02 Thread Girvin Herr
ers on them. I am awaiting the 256GBs or 512Gbs soon. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fixing 5.0 appearance

2017-12-24 Thread Girvin Herr
when squashed there is still a bit of wasted main window on the right side for these icons, but that is the sacrifice for options. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscri

Re: [libreoffice-users] Focus issues on Linux

2017-12-23 Thread Girvin Herr
On 12/23/2017 12:11 PM, Dave Howorth wrote: On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 11:38:32 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:59:12 -0800 Girvin Herr <ghe...@fastmail.com> dijo: At this point I should also add that there has long been a bug with floating too

Re: [libreoffice-users] Focus issues on Linux

2017-12-23 Thread Girvin Herr
On 12/23/2017 11:38 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:59:12 -0800 Girvin Herr <ghe...@fastmail.com> dijo: At this point I should also add that there has long been a bug with floating toolbars on all Linux installations that I know of - that is, if you have a t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fixing 5.0 appearance

2017-12-23 Thread Girvin Herr
ice it until after I type some text and discover the text is not showing up in the window I expected. It would be an interesting datapoint if someone in this forum who uses KDE or another Linux desktop would confirm or deny they experience it with those desktops. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-m

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why are the people who answer users' questions are not getting counted?

2017-12-10 Thread Girvin Herr
to others. My reward is helping others as payback for all the help I got in the past and future from this forum. Girvin Herr On 12/10/2017 08:15 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) There is nothing new in this. People providing User Support or Technical Support through these mailing lists have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reports Libre Base

2017-11-28 Thread Girvin Herr
process? Peter On 29/11/17 06:47, Girvin Herr wrote: Peter, What indication do you have that LO crashes? Does it lock up or disappear (a hard crash)? If the former, LO may just be taking a long time to process something. Patience is a virtue. I have some reports that search on database str

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reports Libre Base

2017-11-28 Thread Girvin Herr
ocess. If I install Open Office will it work with the Lire Base data bases or would I need to export the data and recreate new data bases? Peter On 29/11/17 06:47, Girvin Herr wrote: Peter, What indication do you have that LO crashes? Does it lock up or disappear (a hard crash)? If the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reports Libre Base

2017-11-28 Thread Girvin Herr
, regarding stack frame gap size settings. The fix is to add a kernel boot parameter to your booter (Lilo or Grub or whatever). If you updated your *buntu since LO last worked, this may be your problem. HTH. Girvin Herr On 11/27/2017 09:25 PM, Peter wrote: Base is installed and for my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reports Libre Base

2017-11-27 Thread Girvin Herr
specially if you are using an external database server (aka "back-end"). I assume you are using the internal database engine, which I cannot help with. I am using the external Mariadb (MySQL) server. Girvin Herr On 11/27/2017 01:45 PM, Peter wrote: I reinstalled Libre Office Base f

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cannot open an encrypted basic library -> 100% CPU

2017-10-18 Thread Girvin Herr
o, especially the "Internet" options. So Java must be used for more than just Base or macros. But this problem definitely crashes LO when trying to connect to my external Mariadb (MySQL) database. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreof

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mysql Native Connector for LO 5.4

2017-09-08 Thread Girvin Herr
driver, but since I have something that works, I have not bothered to investigate it. The so-called LO "native" driver has been promised for years and as far as I can tell, it is still a myth. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Prob

Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing Default Page Size

2017-09-06 Thread Girvin Herr
t. I want to change the default setting at the lowest level possible. Where is this set please? Budge Format -> Page -> Page You could also change the page style, but the above should work. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Subject: Digest of users@global.libreoffice.org issue 2704 (52154-52162)

2017-07-29 Thread Girvin Herr
nd it isn't there. There must be some way to force Calc to assume the formula's cell is numeric and not a cell reference. Maybe someone else has the solution. Good luck. HTH. Girvin Herr On 07/29/2017 12:57 PM, bunk3m wrote: Hello Regina and Jorge, Thank you for your help and suggestio

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Base crashes unexpected

2017-07-22 Thread Girvin Herr
to "enlighten" him. I've heard that another solution, other than to back up to a previous kernel as I have done, is to switch to 64-bit. This problem allegedly does not affect 64-bit Linux. I am running 32-bit and have no intention of changing at this time. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Base crashes unexpected

2017-07-21 Thread Girvin Herr
On 07/21/2017 08:36 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 21/07/2017 à 16:55, Lumaja a écrit : Check your kernel version and the Ubuntu Launchpad bug report : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1699772 and also: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108619

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-17 Thread Girvin Herr
satisfied with not buying the latest gadget as soon as it comes on the market and tossing out something that is still working. I always remember the wise words of Adam Osborne: "He, who lives on the cutting edge of technology, gets sliced to bits!" Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

2017-07-09 Thread Girvin Herr
m compromised by bad packages, and I build hundreds of them. Once bitten, twice shy. Girvin Herr On 07/09/2017 02:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) There was a Win 10 update that messed up the permissions in one of the places i volunteer at. I have no idea how to fix it. I think we went through e

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 5.2.6 crashes when logging in to mysql with Base - SOLVED

2017-07-07 Thread Girvin Herr
On 07/06/2017 06:41 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 07/06/2017 07:32 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: My tests today showed that the latest Slackware Linux kernel security upgrade 4.4.75 kernel is the culprit. The upgrade manager on my Linux Mint 18 gives each package update a priority level, 1 being

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 5.2.6 crashes when logging in to mysql with Base - SOLVED

2017-07-06 Thread Girvin Herr
this helps. Rémy Gauthier. Le jeudi 06 juillet 2017 à 13:24 -0700, Girvin Herr a écrit : Paul, No, I haven't seen that. I filed it away for future reference if I ever look at ODBC again, thanks. I looked at ODBC years ago and decided the JDBC Connector was better suited for me. It has been work

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 5.2.6 crashes when logging in to mysql with Base

2017-07-06 Thread Girvin Herr
, but it is an edge case sometimes missed when updating/adding other linux software. Have you seen https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/79135/how-do-i-set-up-a-odbc-connector-for-mariadb-in-base/ On 7/6/2017 1:11 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: Thanks for your response. groups? In what way? Anything specific

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 5.2.6 crashes when logging in to mysql with Base

2017-07-06 Thread Girvin Herr
07/06/2017 07:54 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: Just a shot in the dark. May want to look to see all proper groups are set. On 7/5/2017 6:56 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: On 07/05/2017 02:14 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 05/07/2017 à 01:20, Girvin Herr a écrit : Hi Girvin, Now that I upgraded t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 5.2.6 crashes when logging in to mysql with Base

2017-07-05 Thread Girvin Herr
On 07/05/2017 02:14 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 05/07/2017 à 01:20, Girvin Herr a écrit : Hi Girvin, Now that I upgraded to LO 5.2.6.2 from LO 5.1.6, every time I try to log in to Mariadb to access my database, LO crashes hard. This worked fine in 5.1.6 and it still works now

[libreoffice-users] LO 5.2.6 crashes when logging in to mysql with Base

2017-07-04 Thread Girvin Herr
try to log in to Mariadb. Any ideas before I return to 5.1.6? Thanks. Girvin Herr -- 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] re: Libre Office - 5.3.3

2017-06-03 Thread Girvin Herr
quarterly database reports that I generate. Other than that. LO and AOO are interchangeable to me. HTH. Girvin Herr On 06/02/2017 11:56 PM, zahra a wrote: hi. i think the most stable version currently is 5.2.7.2 but i decided to use 5.2.6.1 forever and never update it! do you use linux? i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - go to a certain page in a text document

2017-06-03 Thread Girvin Herr
lar to either 5.1 or 5.3. I am running 5.2.6.2 on Slackware Linux. F5 brings up the Navigator dialog. At the top is a window to enter a page number, then press Enter and it will go to that page. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Probl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress can't print to Postscript

2017-05-22 Thread Girvin Herr
be other converters out there. HTH. Girvin Herr On 05/22/2017 09:34 AM, tedc wrote: Using LibreOffice 5.0.6.2 under CentOS 7.x. Impress can only print to a printer or to a PDF. Even though I specify printing to a Postscript file via File / Print / Options / Print to file then General /

Re: [libreoffice-users] style per sheet for different types of numbers

2017-05-01 Thread Girvin Herr
new sheet. This saves deleting the data each time a new sheet is added. Note that in my experience, the Print Ranges settings do not copy over and need to be changed for each new sheet. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.lib

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Draw - arrow creation

2017-04-13 Thread Girvin Herr
On 04/13/2017 09:50 AM, charles meyer wrote: I’m trying to create/insert an arrow into a .png file using Libre Draw. But, it’s not working. I click the chosen arrow along the left in the Drawing toolbar and the cursor changes from the usual I-beam to cross hairs. I then move the cursor to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Viewer Roadmap

2017-04-06 Thread Girvin Herr
Greetings Tom, I can attest that Base works well with MySQL/Mariadb (M/M). I understand that Base still requires the Java Connector (mysql-connector-java) to talk M/M to the server (aka "Back End"). At least that is how I still have Base configured. There was talk of a "native" Base

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO won't open - claims Default.ott is corrupt

2017-03-31 Thread Girvin Herr
roblem. Girvin Herr -- 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] Upgrade loses fonts

2017-02-14 Thread Girvin Herr
I just looked at my LO 5.1.6.2 Slackware package that I created and there is no /usr/share/fonts directory, so it could not overwrite anything when installed. Alas, reinstalling LO 5.1.4 will probably not restore your missing fonts. Good luck. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 5.3 glitches

2017-02-03 Thread Girvin Herr
be used as the desktop icon text. Here, I am assuming your desktop abides by the opendesktop standards, which include the ~/Desktop directory. xfce does and so does kde. If not, you may have to find out where your desktop places the .desktop files displayed on the desktop. HTH. Girvin Herr

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice help menu

2017-01-24 Thread Girvin Herr
t than a windows environment: reboot for everything. HTH. Girvin Herr -- 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] Re: Mysql Connector Java version

2017-01-12 Thread Girvin Herr
they are supposed to be the most stable. So, I would have to wait for 5.2.6 for this potential bug fix. Thanks for the responses. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

[libreoffice-users] Mysql Connector Java version

2017-01-11 Thread Girvin Herr
verify it will work with Base? I also installed java 1.8u112, previously 1.8u40. Any known problems with 8u112 and LO? Thanks. Girvin Herr -- 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] LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards - "Office Suite of the Year" - vote

2017-01-09 Thread Girvin Herr
are great programs in their own right. 'nuff said. Girvin Herr -- 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] Re: Bouncing messages from users@global.libreoffice.org

2016-12-20 Thread Girvin Herr
). You could use that number to look up the message and retrieve it, if you like. That said, as far as I know, there is nothing fatal about these messages. HTH. Girvin Herr On 12/19/2016 12:17 PM, Luuk wrote: Why twice the same message? Why this message at all? What am i missing? On 19-12

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version

2016-10-30 Thread Girvin Herr
On 10/30/2016 10:56 AM, Ken Springer wrote: On 10/29/16 8:04 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: On 10/29/2016 06:52 PM, gordon cooper wrote: Hi again Ken, There is some odd going on here. I don't use LO very often, most of my writing is done with Lyx, which then outputs as a PDF

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version

2016-10-29 Thread Girvin Herr
On 10/29/2016 06:52 PM, gordon cooper wrote: Hi again Ken, There is some odd going on here. I don't use LO very often, most of my writing is done with Lyx, which then outputs as a PDF and I print from there. Have just looked at LO and found that when it was asked to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot edit a template ott file

2016-10-06 Thread Girvin Herr
ument, you must use the File > Templates > Save as Template process, not just save a document with a .ott suffix. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Postin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-10-05 Thread Girvin Herr
plain text. Girvin Herr -- 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.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-10-04 Thread Girvin Herr
Star Office days. I, too, wonder why it is not changed to be something more unique. However, I am not privy to the inner workings of these programs nor organizations. The symlinks are an adequate work-around. Girvin Herr On 10/04/2016 08:35 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Thanks :) I think

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-09-30 Thread Girvin Herr
does not. So I keep them both for the features I like and rely upon. Girvin Herr -- 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] Drawing electrical symbols (images on dropbox)

2016-09-29 Thread Girvin Herr
ol library, however, your own symbols are easily created and used. You don't say what your OS is, but there is a windows version of gEDA available. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph Style: Heading. Master Doc Inserting Unwanted Page Break Between Title on Two Lines

2016-09-29 Thread Girvin Herr
On 09/28/2016 03:06 AM, Philip Jackson wrote: On 27/09/16 21:30, Girvin Herr wrote: Greetings, Where are you getting this Template Changer 1.2.7x? When I go to the LO home page and then the extensions page, all I see is still the 1.2.6 version for LO 3.3 dated 2013 and a warning that it has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph Style: Heading. Master Doc Inserting Unwanted Page Break Between Title on Two Lines

2016-09-27 Thread Girvin Herr
hanger 1.2.7x? When I go to the LO home page and then the extensions page, all I see is still the 1.2.6 version for LO 3.3 dated 2013 and a warning that it has not been updated for over a year! As far as I know, this 1.2.6 extension is not compatible with LO 4.x or 5.x. Girvi

Re: [libreoffice-users] 5.2 64bit DEB will not allow paper size selection

2016-09-22 Thread Girvin Herr
On 09/21/2016 05:03 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 09/17/2016 02:06 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: On 09/17/2016 03:30 AM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 16/09/2016 à 21:43, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster a écrit : Today, I was working on a 11x17 inch tabloid paper poster. I am using

Re: [libreoffice-users] 5.2 64bit DEB will not allow paper size selection

2016-09-17 Thread Girvin Herr
. How does one set this as the default? BTW, On my LO 5.0.6.3, it is the 4th option down. My 3rd option is "Use only paper _tray_ from printer preferences". Regards. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Line spacing on Writer

2016-09-14 Thread Girvin Herr
at least make it less labor-intensive. HTH. Girvin Herr -- 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] Page formatting in writer goes nuts

2016-09-05 Thread Girvin Herr
matted correctly with no blank pages and the table flow problems were corrected. HTH. Girvin Herr -- 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: Where is the LibreOffice.org gpg public key?

2016-08-07 Thread Girvin Herr
On 08/07/2016 02:39 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote: Girvin, gpg2 --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys AFEEAEA3 C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG>.\gpg2.exe --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys AFEEAEA3 gpg: requesting key AFEEAEA3 from hkp server keys.gnupg.net gpg: key AFEEAEA3:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Where is the LibreOffice.org gpg public key?

2016-08-07 Thread Girvin Herr
On 08/07/2016 02:19 PM, Piet van Oostrum wrote: Girvin Herr wrote: > > Piet, > > I tried this and got: > > 502:$gpg2 --verify libreoffice-translations-5.0.6.3.tar.xz.asc > gpg: Signature made Wed 04 May 2016 03:22:04 PM PDT using RSA key ID > AFEEA

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Where is the LibreOffice.org gpg public key?

2016-08-07 Thread Girvin Herr
have the following public key files: Slackware-gpg-key slackbuilds.org.GPG-KEY I use these to check software updates from those sites. I need to do the same for libreoffice. If LO.o is supplying the public check files, it must have the public key available somewhere. Thanks. Girvin Herr -- T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Where is the LibreOffice.org gpg public key?

2016-08-07 Thread Girvin Herr
On 08/07/2016 03:03 AM, Piet van Oostrum wrote: Girvin Herr wrote: > Greetings, > > I keep running into a brick wall with this and I shouldn't be. I > searched high and low for a place to download the LibreOffice.org gpg > Public Key file to no avail. My searches

[libreoffice-users] Where is the LibreOffice.org gpg public key?

2016-08-06 Thread Girvin Herr
are not corrupt or insecure. Does any one here know where I can get the LO.o gpg Public Key? Girvin Herr -- 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: Compatibility of LO Base with Access databases

2016-08-05 Thread Girvin Herr
dBase files are plain text, but they have a specific format, which varies with version (feature add-ins). I did some research on the file format when I was trying to decide how I wanted to approach resurrecting my files. Another option is to use the old dBase 1.x under dosemu under Linux.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility of LO Base with Access databases

2016-08-04 Thread Girvin Herr
On 08/04/2016 09:16 AM, toki wrote: On 02/08/2016 16:39, Ken Springer wrote: Now that you mentioned dBase, you may, or may not, be aware that LO has a dBase option. But a limitation to it that I found is that older I didn't know this, but must admit dBase is probably not the best answer. For

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compatibility of LO Base with Access databases

2016-08-02 Thread Girvin Herr
options. BTW, Tony. I am also retired and only 2 years younger than you, with a birthday coming up soon. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guideline

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility of LO Base with Access databases

2016-08-01 Thread Girvin Herr
On 08/01/2016 11:35 AM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: On 1 August 2016 at 00:16, Girvin Herr <girvin_herr+gherr_li...@fastmail.com> wrote: Ken, One thing about Kexi. I looked at it a few weeks ago and discovered that Kexi has a capability of reading Access database files to some degree. H

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility of LO Base with Access databases

2016-08-01 Thread Girvin Herr
On 07/31/2016 07:36 PM, Ken Springer wrote: I understand the concept of Front End/Back End, but never have dealt with it. Nor have I ever used MySQL, Mariadb, or others. Access and a bit of dBase is all I've ever used, and in general, even then that's more power than I've ever needed.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility of LO Base with Access databases

2016-07-31 Thread Girvin Herr
another client or server and not need to recreate it. Depending on the size of your database, that could take much more time than recreating just the forms and reports. Hope this helps with your decision. Good luck. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Pro

Re: [libreoffice-users] Restoration problem between sessions

2016-07-28 Thread Girvin Herr
On 07/25/2016 11:56 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: Perhaps you have a ~/.bash_profile that you can modify by adding "Exec=libreoffice5.0 %U" to it. I have little experience with Xfce, but I understand this is where 'at login' commands are to appear. On 7/25/2016 2:36 PM, Girvin Herr wr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Where is everyone?

2016-07-26 Thread Girvin Herr
that have a solution you need. I had one issue that took several weeks to get an answer, since it was a very specific to my OS and printer. Sometimes it just happens this way. On 07/22/2016 04:25 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: Greetings, I have just re-joined this forum since dropping it 2 years ago

Re: [libreoffice-users] Restoration problem between sessions

2016-07-25 Thread Girvin Herr
quot; file, but not when Xfce is restoring the last session. Thanks. Girvin On 07/25/2016 06:54 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote: Hello Girvin In Xfce, when you click on the logout button on the taskbar there is a checkbox "Save session for future logins"... Would this be a way to solve your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Where is everyone?

2016-07-24 Thread Girvin Herr
format. It also has an architectural symbol library available, but I still had to create some of my own symbols for my architectural drawings. Doing so is not very difficult. HTH. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Where is everyone?

2016-07-23 Thread Girvin Herr
On 07/22/2016 09:12 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 22 Jul 2016, Girvin Herr wrote: Bruce, Thanks for the response. Yes, I have ask.libreoffice.org bookmarked also. It is another resource. This forum has benefited me in the past, and I prefer to stay with it. As I said, I have been away

Re: [libreoffice-users] Where is everyone?

2016-07-22 Thread Girvin Herr
Bruce, Thanks for the response. Yes, I have ask.libreoffice.org bookmarked also. It is another resource. This forum has benefited me in the past, and I prefer to stay with it. As I said, I have been away for about 2 years and I was not sure what had happened to the forum in that time. I

Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] Restoration problem between sessions

2016-07-22 Thread Girvin Herr
y to solve your problem? On 7/21/2016 3:37 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: Greetings, I am running Slackware Linux 14.1 (K3.10.17), Xfce 4, and Libreoffice 5.0.6.3 (binary .rpm download from LO website). I prefer to keep several oft-used LO files open all the time. These files are open when I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Where is everyone?

2016-07-22 Thread Girvin Herr
follow along, or query old activity for this and other project ML via our Nabble archive. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Users-f1639498.html Stuart From: Girvin Herr <girvin_herr+gherr_li...@fastmail.com> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 3

[libreoffice-users] Where is everyone?

2016-07-22 Thread Girvin Herr
postings downloaded on my first day, but nothing since. I posted a message yesterday, and it was echoed to me but that is it. Is this not the proper place to post LO user questions? If not, what is? Thanks. Girvin Herr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] Restoration problem between sessions

2016-07-21 Thread Girvin Herr
r since LO 4.x, I have had this problem. Is there a solution for this? Thanks. Girvin Herr -- 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.documentfoun

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