Re: [libreoffice-users] How to do this in Calc

2015-02-11 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Kaj 70147pers...@telia.com wrote: Assuming your string is in cell A1, cell B1 could contain: ​​ =CONCATENATE(MID(A1,12,5), - ,MID(A1,34,5)) A wee more safe could be: =CONCATENATE(MID(A1,12,5), - ,LEFT(RIGHT(A1,8),5)) ​In all fairness to Kaj, his

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to do this in Calc

2015-02-09 Thread J. Van Brimmer
​Sorry for the late reply, life got in the way.​ On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Brian Barker wrote: Try: =MID(A1;12;5) - MID(A1;34;5) ​This works, after I realized that I had to ​change A1 to the appropriate reference number. Thanks! To all that replied, it all helped. Cheers,

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to do this in Calc

2015-02-07 Thread J. Van Brimmer
See below... On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Kaj 70147pers...@telia.com wrote: If this is a simple string, then the extract is quite simple. But if it contains date formulas in a way, it is a wee more complicated. But let us start with the simple assumption, that the string is exactly the

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to do this in Calc

2015-02-07 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Sorry for my posts going all over the place. Just learning how to use gmail for a mailing list. See below... On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 15:22 07/02/2015 -0700, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: Column A has the following data: 2015-01-06

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to do this in Calc

2015-02-07 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Thanks for reading, but I just manually formatted one page, and then I can copy/paste to other pages. Sorry for any inconvenience. I'd still like to know how to do it though. I'm thinking a macro is really what I need. On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 2:22 PM, jerryvb jerry...@gmail.com wrote: Column

[libreoffice-users] Making horizontal lines in Writer

2014-09-23 Thread J. Van Brimmer
I'm using 4.3.1.2 on Xubuntu Linux. I am creating some lesson handouts for a class I'm going to be teaching. I have to email them to our secretary, who has to read them in MS Office for printing. ​ The ​documents are formatted in landscape mode. In the document I enter a short text line, press

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

2014-09-23 Thread J. Van Brimmer
? (Sorry, just trying to give you arguments but they are unlikely to win you any fans!) Good luck and regards from Tom :) ​Thanks.​ On 24 September 2014 00:12, J. Van Brimmer jerry...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Cley, I didn't think about the pdf route. That just may well work. I did try

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

2014-09-23 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Tim Lloyd tim.ll...@gmx.com wrote: Hi, I was able to recreate this with Fedora 20 and LO 4.3.1 - has this been reported as a bug? If not I have an account and I can log it. ​Has not been reported. I didn't consider that it might be a bug. ​ A few

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.3.1 print icon

2014-09-15 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Owen Genat owen.ge...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. Prior releases used the Print File Directly button and in v4.3 this has been replaced with the Print... button. As Valter Mura indicated this can be changed by customising the toolbar i.e., it is the default display

[libreoffice-users] Impress auto bulleting

2014-08-20 Thread J. Van Brimmer
I'm currently using LibreOffice 4.3.1.1 Impress. When I'm adding text inside of a text box and press Enter, Impress automatically adds a round bullet at the begining of the new line. I've looked around in all of the Impress options, and can't find where to turn it off. How do I turn it off? --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress auto bulleting

2014-08-20 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Thanks Tom and Brian for your tips... I finally figured it out. Left click Inside the text box in a slide. Then right click in the text box and select Bullets and Numbering. Click on the Customise tab. For Number select None, and for Level select 1 - 10. Click on OK. Now auto-bulleting is off

Re: Thank You, Developers! (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?)

2014-08-10 Thread J. Van Brimmer
+1 On Aug 10, 2014 7:19 AM, Jim Seymour jseym...@linxnet.com wrote: On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:10:50 +0200 Errol Goetsch er...@xe4.org wrote: [snip] Thank you to the developers who have given so much to so many for so little. [snip] Hear, hear! Regards, Jim -- Note: My mail server

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

2014-08-05 Thread J. Van Brimmer
+1 On Aug 5, 2014 6:42 PM, arakish rmfrun...@gmail.com wrote: It is of my opinion that you should stick with the standards. What is wrong with calling the newest possible stable version Release Candidate, the proven stable version Stable, the unstable beta-tester version Beta? It makes

Re: [libreoffice-users] US Google + Page

2014-06-30 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Done. On Jun 30, 2014 7:14 PM, Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com wrote: Don't forget to join to keep up to date with US based events! https://plus.google.com/communities/111758039218283143648 Best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Impress slide background

2014-06-25 Thread J. Van Brimmer
I am just beginning to learn Impress. I am in the process of creating my first slide presentation. For my first slide, I used one of the Available for use slide Master Pages After adding my text on the slide, I pressed F5 to view the slide full screen. (I still have an old 1280x1024 monitor.) At

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress slide background

2014-06-25 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Jun 25, 2014 10:22 AM, Regina Henschel rb.hensc...@t-online.de wrote: Hi, J. Van Brimmer schrieb: I am just beginning to learn Impress. I am in the process of creating my first slide presentation. For my first slide, I used one of the Available for use slide Master Pages After adding my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Chart border

2014-06-04 Thread J. Van Brimmer
I have noticed that somewhere along the update path, the borders around charts inserted into Calc have disappeared. I'm now using LO 4.2.3.3 on Linux. But I don't know exactly when it happened. When I create a new chart, and set up a border, the border doesn't show up. Sorry, Willian, I know this

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-13 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Here's mine: % TimeImportance Writer 95 95 Homework research projects Calc5 5 banking Impress 0 0

[libreoffice-users] Footnotes in LibreOffice 3.5.4.2

2014-03-10 Thread J. Van Brimmer
I'm using LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 on Debian Linux. After I create a footnote on a page, say page 1, and create a footnote, let's say Footnote # 1, how can I create a second footnote to reference the same footnote #1? All I want for the second footnote is a superscript numeral 1 in the body of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Footnotes in LibreOffice 3.5.4.2

2014-03-10 Thread J. Van Brimmer
...@btinternet.com wrote: At 13:25 10/03/2014 -0700, J. Van Brimmer wrote: I'm using LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 on Debian Linux. After I create a footnote on a page, say page 1, and create a footnote, let's say Footnote # 1, how can I create a second footnote to reference the same footnote #1? All I want

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice 4 corrupting Calc files

2014-03-02 Thread J. Van Brimmer
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.comwrote: 2014-03-02 7:00 GMT+01:00 J. Van Brimmer jerry...@gmail.com: Hello, I'm new to the list, so if this is an inappropriate subject, please let me know. I am using Libreoffice on Manjaro Linux. Over the last

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice 4 corrupting Calc files

2014-03-02 Thread J. Van Brimmer
it wouldn't come to that, but maybe I'll have to create a new, fresh spreadsheet. That would be a LOT of work though. On 2 March 2014 11:48, Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-03-02 7:00 GMT+01:00 J. Van Brimmer jerry...@gmail.com: Hello, I'm new to the list, so

Re: Reply-To? (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Button clic saves and sends email)

2014-03-02 Thread J. Van Brimmer
I'm sorry, if that was me. I'm new to the list, and using Gmail. I just now realized what I had done this morning. From now on I will hit Reply-All and then edit out individuals email addresses. [?] On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Jim Seymour jseym...@linxnet.com wrote: On Sun, 2 Mar 2014

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice 4 corrupting Calc files

2014-03-02 Thread J. Van Brimmer
still on the same team really. Before doing the fresh new spreadsheet route i would try just removing the direct formatting. It might be worth trying a rename of the User Profile too jic either of those ideas do work. Regards from Tom :) On 2 March 2014 22:08, J. Van Brimmer jerry