[libreoffice-users] Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux

2012-10-15 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 14.10.2012 21:08, chaonis wrote: I am trying to write scripts accessing the system files, such as /dev/ttyS0. If I use Open I got the error Device I/O error message. Are there any special function call needed to be done for the system files? User permission is good as I can access to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to delete an entire heading

2012-10-15 Thread rost52
Now I know what you meant. This indeed works to delete the header. In my previous test I clicked into the header text which was obviously wrong. On 15.10.2012 12:30, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. That has changed. There is a blue line comes and goes as the mouse goes over the header, with a blue

Re: [libreoffice-users] Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ... The answer could be: =IF(C31;0;INT(C3)) You are overthinking the problem: if C3 is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) What are 'the best' languages to choose?  Python and/or C++? or something else? I know 'the best' is a bit subject to personal feelings and knowledge and experience but it would be interesting to hear people's opinions.  From what i can gather Python and C++ are teh best although

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, that is the best way to migrate.  Keep whatever MS Office you happen to have and install LO.  There's no reason to upgrade the MS Office so you still make the saving but you still have acess to it when you need it.  Gradually you find more and more reason to use LO as you learn more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux

2012-10-15 Thread Walther Koehler
Hi, if you drop Basic as a makro language in writer, you will drop me as a makro user, and maybe even as a LO user. It gives me the freedom to automatize much of my daily tasks without learning another high level language. And when I want to use GNU/Linux system functions I use extensiveley

Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux

2012-10-15 Thread Walther Koehler
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux Date: Montag, 15. Oktober 2012 From: Walther Koehler w.koeh...@onlinemed.de To: users@global.libreoffice.org Hi, if you drop Basic as a makro language in writer, you will drop me as a makro

Re: [libreoffice-users] From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-15 Thread e-letter
On 11/10/2012, Kyla Robertson robertsonk...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm migrating from MS Word (Office 2002 !) to LibO Writer. In Word, my Normal.dot template contains many, many things: about 150 styles, 250 macros, some auto-insert texts, some custom shortcuts, many toolbars and custom

Re: [libreoffice-users] From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Lol!!  Welcome back e-letter!  It seems a lot of things can be recovered and adapted for use with LO.  You don't have to start again from scratch and refuse to do business with the entre rest of the world until they start migrating away from MS.  If you did then LO would get nowhere.

Re: [libreoffice-users] From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-15 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 15/10/12 12:16, Tom Davies wrote: Even MS Office is starting to pretend to allow people to use OpenDocument Formats although their implementation is a bit broken (what else would you expect from MS right?). Interestingly when you start a new installation of Word 2010 it asks you whether

Re: Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) No-one is suggesting dropping Star Basic!  That would be a huge nightmare for many people i'm sure.    I was just curious what might be better.  A quick look at what languages can be used for macros in LO reveals 4 choices;  LO Basic, Python, BeanShell, or JavaScript.  I was just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-15 Thread Wolfgang Keller
But Ooo/LO does use structure markup. All .odt/.ods documents are XML files. XML is just syntax. It does not necessarily imply structure markup, as shown by e.g. .docx and .odt. Just unzip an .odt document and open contents.xml in a XML editor to see what spaghetti xml looks like. Sincerely,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The best answer in this thread was the first answer, by Rolf Lochbühler.  Brian is right as usual but Pertti's answer deals with unexpectedly wrong counts. Regards from Tom :)  From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: documentation for LO base

2012-10-15 Thread Wolfgang Keller
I use it at the office for time registration and invoicing. At home for the Taekwon-do club membership. Should I perceive that as a threat? ;- It's actually marvelous in combination with postgresql SDBC driver. And actually useful as it is so easy to get your data to Calc, more useful then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-15 Thread Wolfgang Keller
that's the way it is and that's why currently I don't use LO Writer for anything else than for converting .doc files to .pdf I might just be something a little bit above a IT moron but using LO Writer to convert doc into pdf appears to me like using a tractor to participate in a F1 race or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:38 15/10/2012 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: ... but Pertti's answer deals with unexpectedly wrong counts. It does nothing of the sort, of course. Brian Barker -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Did you uninstall all versions of 'LO' that you got from some freeware site and do an antivirus scan?  Did you download the 3.5.6 or 3.6.something LO from the official site and install as advised?  Is there any chance of giving us a screen-shot? Also, just out of curiosity, have you

Re: [libreoffice-users] From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Probably is.  Even so i think it's best to berate them for their poor implementation and keep hassling them to be better at their implementation of ODF.  Like using the more up-to-date version (1.2) that everyone else is using instead of the ancient 1.1.  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to delete an entire heading

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I couldn't get this to work either way around either (ie not with headings (although mine are probably stuffed-up somehow) and not with the header (which i know i stuff-up).  I think i would have to read up documentation about it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Burns
   Not using libre from free sites because they are 28 or 125 mb in size so i deleted those now using the full version 220 mb version  3.6.6. but thinking of trying 3.5.4 since some think that s the best version to try with windows 7 but trying abiword and I B M lotus and Kingsoft  maybe they

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux

2012-10-15 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 15.10.2012 13:31, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) No-one is suggesting dropping Star Basic! That would be a huge nightmare for many people i'm sure. I was just curious what might be better. A quick look at what languages can be used for macros in LO reveals 4 choices; LO Basic, Python,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I really don't mind if people disagree with me or even if it's not that strong, just a possible uncertainty about something i said.  The important thing imo is to get enough good answers out there that the op can pick and choose or get inspired by one or more in order to solve the problem

[libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 15.10.2012 09:49, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: if value in cell c3 is /_less than_/ '1' then d3 shall be '0', else (-- if c3 is '1' or bigger then -- ) use the integer of value in c3) =MIN(0;INT(C3)) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . .

2012-10-15 Thread Lostsoul
Ohh getting some weird lines that floats next to the arrow or its more like an oversized i whats that about and how do i get rid of it ?   -   later . . . --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013421...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From: Tom [via

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . .

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Any chance of getting some answers to some of the questions people here have asked? Regards from Tom :)  From: Lostsoul joyseyh...@yahoo.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 15 October 2012, 13:46 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . .

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Burns
I have you didn t get it should i re sent  ? ? --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . . To: Lostsoul joyseyh...@yahoo.com,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . .

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Burns
H E L L O   should i re post answers to yours and others questions;  are did you find it yet i assume others have answer but for some weird reason you don t   ? ? ?  --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :) Ok, deleting a thing doesn't always uninstall it in Windows.  I think it works in Wine but not Windows.  (errr Wine stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator because it is a far more sophisticated way of getting Windows programs running on non-MS platforms).  So can you open the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reality Check - Windows Java Accessibility API non-functional for ALL LibreOffice 3.6.x releases to date

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is anyone able to post a bug-report about this?  It sounds pretty serious! Regards from Tom :)  From: V Stuart Foote vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 15 October 2012, 1:11 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Reality Check

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-15 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 12-10-11 06:48 PM, Andreas Säger a écrit : Am 11.10.2012 20:46, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: [...] It would be nice to have a booth in a Windows version of the big software shows that happen for Linux and Mac. But those booths may be very

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to delete an entire heading

2012-10-15 Thread rost52
Good to know that you also could not delete a heading with all stuff below in one shot .This leaves the conclusion that this topic should be put forward as an enhancement request. The request should be the procedure Tink mentioned earlier and/or deleting the heading incl all things

[libreoffice-users] how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread rost52
LO files can be protected with PWs when doing save as. Fighting currently with an xls file and its lost PW, I wonder how LO files can be cracked? Can the MS related PW remover be used for LO as well? Thanks in advance for comments. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to delete an entire heading

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think this guide might help http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report If you can't find a drop-down that has feature request (or even if you can) then it might be good to add this into the subject-line [feature request] (preferably at the beginning) Personally i wouldn't bother

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . . .

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, none of those sound even vaguely right.  Hopefully there are some more options if ou scroll backwards up the list?  Regards from Tom :)   From: Robert Burns joyseyh...@yahoo.com To: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com Cc:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Burns
  Ok, deleting a thing doesn't always uninstall it in Windows. I think it works in Wine but not Windows. (errr Wine stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator because it is a far more sophisticated way of getting Windows programs running on non-MS platforms). So can you open the Add/remove programs

Fw: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work _ _

2012-10-15 Thread VA
-Original Message- From: VA Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:55 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work _ _ Dear Lost Soul, I may regret trying to be helpful, but let me share a similar experience I recently had with

[libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ... The answer could be: =IF(C31;0;INT(C3)) You

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . . .

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Burns
Ok  tryed another doc to save as; guess its a different format and these formats have been add ed to save as ODI  and  Cxw  and  Stw and 5 types/formats of Ms Word  . . --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread John Clegg
Indeed. Which is why your last answer is also wrong! On 15 October 2012 15:08, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, username would need to be replaced by whatever name it is that you are logged in as.  I'm not completely sure why you are searching for it except that it's the most difficult way of trying to find it.  Just go into My Computer, open the C: drive and find the Users folder. 

[libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 15.10.2012 15:49, rost52 wrote: LO files can be protected with PWs when doing save as. Fighting currently with an xls file and its lost PW, I wonder how LO files can be cracked? Can the MS related PW remover be used for LO as well? Thanks in advance for comments. xls does not

[libreoffice-users] Indexing for Search not working?

2012-10-15 Thread teatimest
I've been using v3.4 of LibreOffice. I updated to v3.6.2.2 and now the contents of documents are not indexed for search. I'm using 64-bit Windows 7. The extension odt is checked for the indexing option. I also checked the Index Properties and File Contents in the Indexing Option in Windows.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Burns
    whew will keep looking can t find it tired for now this can wait maybe other offices would throw fits with win 7  .  .  . --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:42 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 09:49, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: if value in cell c3 is /_less than_/ '1' then d3 shall be '0', else (-- if c3 is '1' or bigger then -- ) use the integer of value in c3) =MIN(0;INT(C3)) This is getting sillier! This formula does

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:08 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ...

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
On 15.10.2012 23:11, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 15:49, rost52 wrote: LO files can be protected with PWs when doing save as. Fighting currently with an xls file and its lost PW, I wonder how LO files can be cracked? Can the MS related PW remover be used for LO as well? Thanks in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread James Knott
Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ... The answer could be:

[libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 15.10.2012 16:30, Dr. R. O Stapf wrote: However, my question was how to open an LO file if the PW get forgotten (not and MS file)? Hints are welcome for the future. There is no way to open encrypted ODF other than a brute force script working through a list of possible passwords. --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Ledger Consulting
gvfe ..dtnd e eeir2 Sent from my MetroPCS Android Device Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: Am 15.10.2012 15:49, rost52 wrote: LO files can be protected with PWs when doing save as. Fighting currently with an xls file and its lost PW, I wonder how LO files can be cracked? Can the MS

[libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 15.10.2012 16:20, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:42 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 09:49, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: if value in cell c3 is /_less than_/ '1' then d3 shall be '0', else (-- if c3 is '1' or bigger then -- ) use the integer of value in c3) =MIN(0;INT(C3))

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 15/10/2012 16:30, Dr. R. O Stapf a écrit : [...] However, my question was how to open an LO file if the PW get forgotten (not and MS file)? Hints are welcome for the future. Buy a super-computer, launch a brute force algorithm and pray that the password is a short word from the standard

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

2012-10-15 Thread anne-ology
that works for me ;-) On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Yes, that is the best way to migrate. Keep whatever MS Office you happen to have and install LO. There's no reason to upgrade the MS Office so you still make the saving but you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-10-15 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 10/15/2012 07:48 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: that's the way it is and that's why currently I don't use LO Writer for anything else than for converting .doc files to .pdf I might just be something a little bit above a IT moron but using LO Writer to convert doc into pdf appears to me like

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice in MacWorld Australia

2012-10-15 Thread anne-ology
Thanks :-) and I agree with the way you think :-) On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.comwrote: I did not want to express it that explicitly what you wrote is perfectly right. I am often wondering why some members of this forum

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:34 15/10/2012 -0400, James Knott wrote: Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:36 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 16:20, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:42 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 09:49, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: if value in cell c3 is /_less than_/ '1' then d3 shall be '0', else (-- if c3 is '1' or bigger then -- ) use

[libreoffice-users] List of Fonts in Use in a Document

2012-10-15 Thread CVAlkan
Hi: I'm using Writer on two different machines/Operating Systems and have copied the main fonts I use to both, but every now and then a situation arises where LibreOffice makes a substitution for a font that I overlooked, causing subtle (usually, but not always) changes in the document layout.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread anne-ology
Thank you for these kind words. On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 8:51 PM, rost52 bugquestcon...@online.de wrote: On 15.10.2012 08:09, anne-ology wrote: BUT I was turned off by his foul language; Well observed and expressed. I am sometimes wondering why people do not communicate

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread anne-ology
Since you're asking nicely, I'll respond; have you read Tom's responses to you?, have you clicked on the URLs he's included?, ... Sounds to me as if your machine may have a virus; are your A-V, et.al. programs up-to-date and functioning? On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:04

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread anne-ology
Do you have both WIN and LO open at the same time?; if so, then close the one you're not using ... open the one you wish to use. [re. saving a document], when you click on 'file', there are other save features but the main ones are 'save' vs. 'save as' - ignore the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Reality Check - Windows Java Accessibility API non-functional for ALL LibreOffice 3.6.x releases to date

2012-10-15 Thread V Stuart Foote
Had an open bug. Appended to it. FDO#53474 (http: bug report https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53474 ) Stuart -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] List of Fonts in Use in a Document

2012-10-15 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
There use to be a text font extension that might have done it, but I never used it. For my use, I just took all of the fonts I used on my Windows system and made sure they were on my Linux system. Then I made sure all my fonts now on the Linux system was on the Windows one[s]. I keep a

Re: [libreoffice-users] List of Fonts in Use in a Document

2012-10-15 Thread Joel Madero
Could the xml file be useful? Seems like a pain to analyze. Maybe a good enhancement request on FDO :) Regards, Joel On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:39 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: There use to be a text font extension that might have done it, but I never used it.

Re: [libreoffice-users] List of Fonts in Use in a Document

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:14 15/10/2012 -0700, C V Alkan wrote: I'm using Writer on two different machines/Operating Systems and have copied the main fonts I use to both, but every now and then a situation arises where LibreOffice makes a substitution for a font that I overlooked, causing subtle (usually, but not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux

2012-10-15 Thread Tim Deaton
I haven't tried StarBasic, but in the past did use VBA for Applications in Excel and Access. Personally, because of the danger of malicious mischief, I think having something that can only do things within your own product would be a VERY good thing. If I understood Andreas correctly,

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

2012-10-15 Thread Dan Hall
Re. Tom Davies To get back to factory defaults and 'switch off' all Extensions just rename your User Profile. I did this (renamed my User Profile) and now spell check works for me in LibreOffice (Writer) 3.5.4.2 on Windows 7. -Original Message- From: Dan Hall

Re: [libreoffice-users] List of Fonts in Use in a Document

2012-10-15 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 10/15/2012 11:41 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 08:14 15/10/2012 -0700, C V Alkan wrote: I'm using Writer on two different machines/Operating Systems and have copied the main fonts I use to both, but every now and then a situation arises where LibreOffice makes a substitution for a font that I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: Now you are assuming (1) that negative election results are possible, Well, with the way Romney's doing... ;-) I was just posting in reference to comment about negative numbers and not the original post. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
On 15.10.2012 23:46, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 15/10/2012 16:30, Dr. R. O Stapf a écrit : [...] However, my question was how to open an LO file if the PW get forgotten (not and MS file)? Hints are welcome for the future. Buy a super-computer, launch a brute force algorithm and pray that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 10/15/2012 12:00 PM, Dr. R. O Stapf wrote: On 15.10.2012 23:46, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 15/10/2012 16:30, Dr. R. O Stapf a écrit : [...] However, my question was how to open an LO file if the PW get forgotten (not and MS file)? Hints are welcome for the future. Buy a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: BASIC script how to read/write system files, like /dev/null in Linux

2012-10-15 Thread Jay Lozier
On 10/15/2012 11:45 AM, Tim Deaton wrote: I haven't tried StarBasic, but in the past did use VBA for Applications in Excel and Access. Personally, because of the danger of malicious mischief, I think having something that can only do things within your own product would be a VERY good thing.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I apply an algorithm to the name of whatever it is that i am doing and then apply a series of standard characters at set locations.  The set of characters and their locations depends on which of 3 categories the thing fits into 1.  Something i really don't want to have cracked, such as my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com wrote: gvfe ..dtnd e eeir2 What? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-10-16 04:11, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:36 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 16:20, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:42 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 09:49, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: if value in cell c3 is /_less than_/ '1' then d3 shall be '0', else

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 15/10/2012 18:00, Dr. R. O Stapf a écrit : On 15.10.2012 23:46, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 15/10/2012 16:30, Dr. R. O Stapf a écrit : [...] However, my question was how to open an LO file if the PW get forgotten (not and MS file)? Hints are welcome for the future. Buy a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Indexing for Search not working?

2012-10-15 Thread gruesser
Same here on Mac, OS 10.5.8, Libreoffice 3.6.2.2. Spotlight does not find odt-documents. Looking into console, I find the message 15.10.12 15:47:43 mdworker[116] Cannot find function pointer MetadataImporterPluginFactory for factory A3FCC88D-B9A6-4364-8B93-92123C8A2D18 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Except that i've never seen a virus doing exactly that before, but then i don't see the effects of many viruses.  I should try to keep one machine insecure deliberately in order to recognise the way these things look.  Also i've not heard of a virus affecting LO before.  I've heard of

Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
Hi everybody, When I tried to give an answer to Gilles' basic question I proposed my formula based on the reality that I have never experienced negative voting. The very interesting (theoretical) discussion this caused shows that there may be several correct solutions. I can imagine that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Cat on the keyboard?  Keys in the pocket? Regards from Tom :)  --- On Mon, 15/10/12, Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com wrote: From: Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO? To: ville...@t-online.de,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  The trick is to try to remember what you might have been thinking about at the time.  If that's even possible for anyone!  There is no password cracking functionality or Extension for LO it's just the inept way MS fails to implement security.  Just double-click on an xls or open LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . . .

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) One of the MS Word ones is what we were looking for.  Is there one that DOESN'T say template and IS for Word 97, 2000, 2003 or Xp?  Hopefully the list might show the file-ending as .doc Regards from Tom :)  --- On Mon, 15/10/12, Robert Burns joyseyh...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Robert

[libreoffice-users] Re: Indexing for Search not working?

2012-10-15 Thread teatimest
I'm going back to v3.4 for now. I hope this issue is going to be solved quickly. Tea -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Indexing-for-Search-not-working-tp4013483p4013591.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Indexing for Search not working?

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you tried renaming your User Profile to see if that fixes it? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile Which 3.4.x are you returning to?  Does the indexing work there?  Have you been able to post a bug-report about the issue?  I think they want to know roughly

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Jay Lozier
On 10/15/2012 02:15 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Cat on the keyboard? Keys in the pocket? Regards from Tom :) Your cats spell better than mine (LOL) --- On Mon, 15/10/12, Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com wrote: From: Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com Subject: Re:

[libreoffice-users] Reality Check - Windows Java Accessibility API non-functional for ALL LibreOffice 3.6.x releases to date

2012-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 A huge +1 really.  Just +1 doesn't really get close!  Definitely impressive work from Stuart there!  Above and beyond gets closer.  I tried voting but found that really unclear, and i have been editing wiki's for a while now.  I was able to add a comment in support but i'm not sure if

[libreoffice-users] Re: how to delete an entire heading

2012-10-15 Thread Tinkerer
Alternatively. try putting the cursor inside the blue drop down which describes the Header style. I have a Mac system 10.8.2 Tink. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/how-to-delete-an-entire-heading-tp4013210p4013605.html Sent from the Users mailing list

[libreoffice-users] Re: Indexing for Search not working?

2012-10-15 Thread teatimest
Hi Tom. Thank you for your suggestion. I went back to the v3.4.6 that I have the installer. I am rebuilding the search index and try to see if v3.4.6 allows me to search indexed contents again. The indexing worked there, so I'm hoping this will work. If not, I will try changing the profile. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
On 16.10.2012 02:14, MR ZenWiz wrote: On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com wrote: gvfe ..dtnd e eeir2 What? encrypted message - problem is that I cannot understand it. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
When my cat was alive, he use to lay on the keyboard and not move. He wanted the attention I gave the computer, since he was not getting it. I am not going to tell you how many time he messed thing up for me when he did that. He use to lay down on, or sit on, the closed laptop just to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
On 16.10.2012 03:32, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The trick is to try to remember what you might have been thinking about at the time. If that's even possible for anyone! There is no password cracking functionality or Extension for LO it's just the inept way MS fails to implement security.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to delete an entire heading

2012-10-15 Thread rost52
Hi Tink, as Steve pointed out there was a misunderstanding. I was talking about heading in the sense of 1. topic a 1.1 topic b 1.2 topic c I did not mean the header of the page. But thanks for your attempt. I will make a bug/enhancement report an propose the method you mentioned. On

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . . .

2012-10-15 Thread Lostsoul
    wow those formats seem so old hum nothing better to save as when i use libre ? --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013589...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From: Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013589...@n3.nabble.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Jean-Louis Oneto
I used the following: http://www.crackpdf.com/ but not the Pro version which allows to make brute force attack, but then, they warn you that it will take _a_long_time_ !!! To remove simple protections, it was really fast, but they unlock the file without retrieving the password (or at least

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . . .

2012-10-15 Thread Ledger Consulting
Bxww d Sent from my MetroPCS Android Device Lostsoul joyseyh...@yahoo.com wrote:     wow those formats seem so old hum nothing better to save as when i use libre ? --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4013589...@n3.nabble.com wrote: From: Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . . .

2012-10-15 Thread Robert Burns
Weird what are i missing here; no comments included ???  --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com wrote: From: Ledger Consulting t...@theledgerfirm.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work x . . . To: Lostsoul joyseyh...@yahoo.com,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:56 15/10/2012 -0400, James Knott wrote: Brian Barker wrote: Now you are assuming (1) that negative election results are possible, I was just posting in reference to comment about negative numbers and not the original post. That makes your suggestion (of applying ABS() to the values)

Re: Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] Integer part of a number

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:13 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, and for the value of this cell to be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to crack a PW in LO?

2012-10-15 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
On 16.10.2012 09:40, Jean-Louis Oneto wrote: I used the following: http://www.crackpdf.com/ but not the Pro version which allows to make brute force attack, but then, they warn you that it will take _a_long_time_ !!! To remove simple protections, it was really fast, but they unlock the file