Re: [libreoffice-users] Master document and styles.

On 14-01-2024 17:02, Michael Tiernan wrote: I have a master document which has a number of styles in it. I have a "Page/Section" template that I distribute to others to create sections for inclusion into the master. Is working with .ott templates an option? I've written some things here,

Re: [libreoffice-users] stripping crlf

On 03-01-2024 20:18, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:08 03/01/2024 -0500, Bill Drescher wrote: What can I use to replace the line break with a space? Just "$" (no quotes), it seems. Another thought: consider using Paste Special (instead of ordinary Paste) and "Unformatted text" when inserting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Assembling a Master Document.

Now write something in that blank doc that is text. Then you should modify that text style to correspond with what you're using in your sub-docs so that when they're imported, they automatically use the correct style. It is still odd we can't change templates from the interface. Template

Re: [libreoffice-users] In Calc, Window sizing impairment

On 08-05-2022 15:52, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote: 1. When it is on full screen and I click on the resize button (middle button), it is minimized. 2. At this point, when I click on the calc icon, I only have the option to maximize it, there is no "restore" option. In Linux it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Links in documents

On 30-09-2020 20:52, Dave Howorth wrote: On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:33:13 +0200 Wiebe van der Worp wrote: The lack of response is probably a confirmation that there is no mechanism to keep links to various external sources up to date. Which suggests that this is probably the wrong forum

Re: [libreoffice-users] Links in documents

On 27-09-2020 17:42, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: Thing is that links break when mailing or moving and that is a serious flaw. For example, I would expect a template name without path in a document xml, result in a search for that template in:   * the designated template folder   * the home

Re: [libreoffice-users] Links in documents

Nobody? On 23-09-2020 10:45, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: On 20-09-2020 09:01, Philip Jackson wrote: But as Robert says, too, the path is indicated in the absolute form in the Document Path field. Right clicking on the link and selecting Edit Hyperlink also shows an absolute path. But inspection

[libreoffice-users] Links in documents (was: Create a relative hyperlink to file?)

On 20-09-2020 09:01, Philip Jackson wrote: But as Robert says, too, the path is indicated in the absolute form in the Document Path field. Right clicking on the link and selecting Edit Hyperlink also shows an absolute path. But inspection of content.xml confirms that the path is relative. If

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [6.4.2.2] How to set same font + size for all Text Body paragraphs?

On 14-07-2020 08:56, Gilles wrote: Lessons learned: ... 3. To remove local changes, select the text, and hit CTRL+M ("Clear Direct Formatting"). Like a pasted HTML table in calc and then > ctrl-a > ctrl-m. I am still confused why ctrl-m is removed. A bit off topic, but was that a bug? Is

[libreoffice-users] What happened to templates... part 2

ugh to break the connection with the template permanently. Is there anyone able to shed some light here? Beste regards, Wiebe van der Worp * Repairing meta.xml: a shell script lives now here: https://vanderworp.org/en/libreoffice-writer-template-changing/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubsc

[libreoffice-users] Font with visible spaces

This time not a question, but an answer... I needed a style, a font, with spaces made visible, couldn't find it, modified a font. If you need it some day, it lives at http://media.nedcad.nl/support/ A few thing were interesting to learn: Copying from PDF-readers: Trailing space character(s) of

[libreoffice-users] Change Templates in Writer

My previous posts did not seem to arive... After some additional studying, it seems to be working now: assigning a template to a document. I've published it here: https://nedcad.nl/en/libreoffice-writer-for-technical-documentation/ The link to the script is on that page too, hope it may help

Re: [libreoffice-users] Templates not linked in Writer after update to Xubuntu 18.04

On 10-11-18 21:52, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi, > > Wiebe van der Worp schrieb am 10-Nov-18 um 20:10: >> After updating to Xubuntu 18.04 I was quite surprised to find out that >> ott templates are not linked to documents any more. > > It might be, that now

[libreoffice-users] Templates not linked in Writer after update to Xubuntu 18.04

After updating to Xubuntu 18.04 I was quite surprised to find out that ott templates are not linked to documents any more. Trying to solve this, I found out "Template Changer" is broken. Now I am trying to downgrade LibreOffice, but that fails because template changer (1.2.7d) / LO crashes

Re: [libreoffice-users] Simple way to draw graphs ?

On 15-08-17 12:43, Brian Barker wrote: > At 12:14 15/08/2017 +0200, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: >> Please also be aware of the fact that data itself is not copyrighted. >> In other words, copying data to Calc and use it to create a graph and >> an accompanying table should never

Re: [libreoffice-users] Simple way to draw graphs ?

On 15-08-17 09:34, Mike Scott wrote: >> Gilles schrieb: >>> I'd like to use LO to redraw graphs scanned from a book, such at this >>> one: >>> >>> > Can I also point out that LO isn't necessarily the correct tool? I've > lately

Re: [libreoffice-users] Pasting data from LO Calc to BricsCAD

Thanks for your reply Brian and Bruce... On 11-07-17 03:02, Brian Barker wrote: > At 23:52 10/07/2017 +0200, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: >> I was watching this video: >> https://blog.bricsys.com/tutorials/bricscad-spreadsheet-import/ It >> describes two methods to get da

[libreoffice-users] Pasting data from LO Calc to BricsCAD

Hello everyone, I was watching this video: https://blog.bricsys.com/tutorials/bricscad-spreadsheet-import/ It describes two methods to get data from a spreadsheet to a CAD table entity. The first method uses csv from Calc, imported to CAD. The second method is a paste special procedure with Excel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Titles not centered in Master Document

On 25-12-16 09:26, David Burleigh wrote: The page margins are the same for all styles on the page, so I don't see how those would independently affect the centering of the Title relative to the other text on the page. Is it an option to save the proper looking document as a template and

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

On 28-09-16 21:18, Girvin Herr wrote: I normally use the load styles option, but now and then, when I open a document, I get a popup saying the template has changed and it allows me to cancel or update the document template. If I chose cancel, it sets a bit in the document to never allow this

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

On 26-09-16 19:09, Philip Jackson wrote: On 25/09/16 16:30, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: But you may want to use Template Changer for that, extension: http://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=103039 Although I have the TemplateChanger extension, it is worth noting

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

On 25-09-16 15:19, Brooks wrote: I guess part of the problem is that I do want to have an automatic page break before each chapter, so yes, page break is on in the text flow tab in the master document. Assuming you are working with styles and that you defined your heading as starting on a new

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page formatting in writer goes nuts

ance, let me know. On the global users mailing list there are multiple threads about the subject. ==== -- Met vriendelijke groet, Wiebe van der Worp -- 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] Page formatting in writer goes nuts

On 07-09-16 20:57, Bo Siltberg wrote: I was able to delete all other text in this document and still reproduce the error. That's good. (The screen shots were taken before that.) I have uploaded this mini version of the LO Users Guide

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Page formatting in writer goes nuts

On 09-09-16 09:21, Denis Navas Vega wrote: LibreOffice by default anchor the images to the paragraph, which is good, but the figure frames allows text flowing around the image. But if you insert the image and not instruct LibreOffice to add a frame, will add it anchored to a character. Can you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writing large or complex documents

On 07-09-16 22:16, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I see the postings about the complexity of the documents, but I have not seen any info about the size of the documents that are part of the "writing large" statement. Everyone should agree that the odt version of the "get starting guide"

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page formatting in writer goes nuts

On 04-09-16 20:26, Bo Siltberg wrote: I have a large document with lots of pictures currently using LO 5.1.5.2. After doing some editing, the page formatting function kicks in automatically but does a bad job, inserting page breaks randomly and lots of empty pages in sequence. I am not sure it

Re: [libreoffice-users] challenge...

On 22-08-16 20:16, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:37 22/08/2016 +0200, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: There is a group of ~100 people (n). In 5 time slots they visit 5 rooms in groups of ~20 people (n/5). The composition of the groups should be as different as possible for each time slot. One person may

Re: [libreoffice-users] challenge...

> On 22 August 2016 at 16:37, Wiebe van der Worp <w...@vanderworp.org> wrote: >> There is a group of ~100 people (n). In 5 time slots they visit 5 rooms in >> groups of ~20 people (n/5). The composition of the groups should be as >> different as possible for eac

[libreoffice-users] challenge...

Hi, I've got a challenge where I want Calc to do something for me. Here I go: There is a group of ~100 people (n). In 5 time slots they visit 5 rooms in groups of ~20 people (n/5). The composition of the groups should be as different as possible for each time slot. One person may not visit a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Assigning templates to files

emplate-to-a-current-document/96ba15e8-90d1-40ed-b672-585bff717168 Best regards, Wiebe van der Worp -- 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.do

Re: [libreoffice-users] HP Officejet Pro 8630 overprinting lines in LO on Win 10

On 18-05-16 02:09, "Luca Daghino"@Libero wrote: Il 18/05/2016 01:45, anne-ology ha scritto: If you can switch back to WIN7, my suggestion would be to do so. From: Rogier F. van Vlissingen Since switching to Windows 10, I've had to abandon LibreOffice, since my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot assign template to existing writer odt file

On 03-04-16 18:13, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Fri, 2016-03-25 at 08:09 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote: found: Document Info". The document in question does have a Properties window but it does not name the template selected, nor is the selected template installed. Same issue here - I can no

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO5.1 on Linux - Opening Writer document takes >1hr

On 14-02-16 10:33, Patrick Dijkgraaf wrote: While it is not a real solution to my problem, this might be something for me to look into! I didn't know about this feature and it sounds great! I do have some concers about cross-references between subdocuments and table calculations with values from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Empty spaces in master documents...

for example. On 19-10-15 15:11, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: For some manuals I use master documents with satellites in Writer. [to what are you referring?] One .odm master document containing several .odt satellite, linked documents. What I do: * Open document * Update

Re: [libreoffice-users] Empty spaces in master documents...

A while ago I posted what is below and didn't see any replies. No problem because there is no real problem, with an ugly workaround. However, I am wondering if I am the only person struggling with master documents. On 19-10-15 15:11, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: Hi everyone For some manuals I

[libreoffice-users] Empty spaces in master documents...

Hi everyone For some manuals I use master documents with satellites in Writer. After opening such a file it always contains empty spaces and even empty pages. It took a while to figure out how to get rid of these layout errors. What I do: * Open document * Update index * Update selection

Re: [libreoffice-users] Incorrect PDF export of SVG in Calc headers

On 04-10-15 08:43, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 02/10/2015 12:22, Laurent Larsonneur a écrit : Anyone knowing the appropriate way to pass the information of this bug to the developers? It is a known problem, PDF export exports vector graphics (eps, svg) as bitmap. For example:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Incorrect PDF export of SVG in Calc headers

On 02-10-15 10:48, Laurent Larsonneur wrote: I need to export invoices and quotations in PDF, including vector logos in the headers. However, when I try to export a PDF of a Calc file including an SVG import as header background, it becomes pixels. To my surprise I have been able to reproduce

Re: [libreoffice-users] PDF Export

On 10-06-15 11:28, Daniel.Bauer wrote: we are trying to generate a Pdf in Version 1.3 for business cards using the Libre Office Writer. Is there an option or the posibillity to generate such an Pdf with the Writer? Thanks for any Hint. The current version exports version 1.4. Not an answer

Re: [libreoffice-users] invoicing systems using Calc (or something else)

On 30-03-15 23:27, Eric wrote: I'm looking for really simple invoicing system. I've seen a few out there that work on top of Calc but they are typically oriented towards product based invoices versus service invoices (what I need). A while ago I came up with a similar question here. Not happy

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer and EPS images.

On 11-03-15 01:36, Steve Edmonds wrote: Most of my data sheets have EPS images (for the vector graphics) output from our cad system. Up until LO4.1 went to 4.2.. these were printed correctly. Not sure what CAD software is used, if it is ACAD and the work flow is PSOUT in ACAD and then import

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer and EPS images.

of them goes a bit funny with any lettering. I haven't explored this enough to really figure out what is going on yet but i'm a total noob to Inkscape anyway. Regards from Tom :) On 11 March 2015 at 11:02, Wiebe van der Worp w...@vanderworp.org wrote: On 11-03-15 01:36, Steve Edmonds wrote

Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with Microsoft Access

Hi lalitadatta What Tom writes below are very good points. I can understand that it may be a bit too much detail but it is valuable information for the school involved. It really puzzles me why schools teach concepts based on MS with a lock in policy while there is so much better software

Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with Microsoft Access

On 01-02-15 18:33, Brian Barker wrote: As you say, 64 gigabytes is a lot of memory - but it's quite small for a disk drive. Limited memory will restrict the system's performance, but stored files take up disk space, not memory. Moving saved files to external devices can free up disk space but

Re: [libreoffice-users] styles in text boxes

On 13-01-15 11:54, Mike Scott wrote: Why are text styles not available to use within text boxes? ... However, I'd like to use styles to ensure consistency, and this appears simply impossible - only one style, the box style, is available (in Draw, but not Writer!) and that affects all text(*)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Disappearing Page Reference

On 06-01-15 18:51, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:22 06/01/2015 -0600, Jay Ridgley wrote: Original definition: =Summary.E28 Resulting entry: =E28 I am using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS with a Cinnamon desktop and LibreOffice 4.2.72 Build ID: 420m0(Build: 2) See

Re: [libreoffice-users] function key behavior

Hi Thomas On 05-01-15 10:37, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: LibreOffice installed on linux machine (right now the particular distribution is xubuntu 14.04, rather high-spec machine). On my Windows computers F11 calls up the style menu. Now, on this linux installation it HAS to be Shift+F11 (some

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

On 07-12-14 17:20, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: Still missing an answer in a sense of straight formulas in Calc for a relative simple problem if we skip the amount of lines that could make it complex. Found it, Cell A3 contains: =DSUM($B5:$C12;Amount;A1:A2) Sleeping better now, itch is gone

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

On 08-12-14 10:16, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: Found it, Cell A3 contains: =DSUM($B5:$C12;Amount;A1:A2) Apparently my screen dump vaporized, the data: A B C 1 Code CodeCode 2 1 2 3 3 10165 22 4 5 Descr Amount

[libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

First post, not sure it is the right place, hi there! For 2015 I would like to keep a shadow bookkeeping in Calc in order to check our bookkeeping program for a while. Input: In order to keep things simple: three columns with Description, Amount and a LedgerCode. Output: Sums per

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

On 07-12-14 14:36, Tom Davies wrote: Spreadsheets are not really made to be good at accounting and bookkeeping. GnuCash or other dedicated programs might be better. Spreadsheets are designed to do a lot of calculations. GnuCash... haven't used it for so long that I forgot it did exist. Nice

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc and bookkeeping

On 07-12-14 15:03, Dan Lewis wrote: On 12/07/2014 08:12 AM, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: Input: In order to keep things simple: three columns with Description, Amount and a LedgerCode. Output: Sums per LedgerCode The question: What is the most efficient approach in order to keep the sheet