[libreoffice-users] gettextfields

2013-05-06 Thread Vieri
Hi, I have an odt writer document with 2 input text fields (added with the form designer toolbar). I manually type text into one of the fields. I copy/pasted a macro to see if I could grab the text within the input field but haven't had any luck. This is the test macro in Basic: Sub

[libreoffice-users] Calc sheet name

2013-05-06 Thread IGraham
LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 Calc This is just me playing, nothing important Is it possible to 'reference a cell in a sheet tab name'. I have a index sheet and I'd like to name other sheets (in the sheet tabs) depending upon a name in a cell within the index sheet ? How would I go about that ? Is it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, RD Vaishnav wrote on 2013-05-04 13:49: i m interested in becoming moderator for mailing list. and is it fine if i check mails just twice or thrice a day?? and thanks for the opportunity. thanks a lot! I've just made you moderator of the users list. ;-) Of course, it's totally fine to

[libreoffice-users] Mail merge's record number field

2013-05-06 Thread LeroyTennison
Has anyone gotten this field to return anything? If so please provide details of what you did. I created one line entries from the Bibliography database, inserted Record number after a couple of fields (Title and Author) followed by Next Record. Replicated the line a number of times on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-06 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 05/05/2013 at 15:22, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: But the company's goals should be to meet the user's goals first. If you don't meet your users goals, your level of success will never reach the top. Precisely: company's product should meet company's target users goals. I am sure

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge's record number field

2013-05-06 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Leroy, LeroyTennison schrieb: Has anyone gotten this field to return anything? Yes, but not in LibreOffice. The last version which works for me is a OpenOffice.org2.4.3. It is already broken in OOo3.4.1. It should show a counting number of the records. Kind regards Regina -- To

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles

2013-05-06 Thread V Stuart Foote
From: Miroslaw Zalewski [mini...@poczta.onet.pl] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 8:25 AM In open source world, you are supposed to scratch your own itch (that is: send patches or hire someone to do it for you). If you can't or are unable to, then you might be better off somewhere else. This is one of

Re: [libreoffice-users] gettextfields

2013-05-06 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 05/06/2013 05:21 AM, Vieri wrote: Hi, I have an odt writer document with 2 input text fields (added with the form designer toolbar). I manually type text into one of the fields. I copy/pasted a macro to see if I could grab the text within the input field but haven't had any luck. This is

[libreoffice-users] Pulling Calc sheet values into Math formulas

2013-05-06 Thread LRN
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is it possible to reference values (numbers or text) from Calc in Math formulas? Like this: A over B = calc{'Sheet 2'.A1} which would be typeset into A - = whatever value A1 in Sheet 2 has B (and if you are wondering what gave me this idea -

[libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-06 Thread Urmas
Milos Sramek: I observe that LibreOffice and MS Office display even simple documents, containing just a few paragraphs with numbered and bulleted lists, differently. I would like to understand the situation and to know This is an intentional strategy of vendor lock-in using ODF document

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-06 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Milos, Milos Sramek schrieb: Hi, I observe that LibreOffice and MS Office display even simple documents, containing just a few paragraphs with numbered and bulleted lists, differently. These differences are from both sides: a document is created in LO, stored in odf and opened in MSO (2013)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Mistakes happen but with ODF it's easy to post a bug-report against whichever programs (except against MS ones) had trouble and get a response.  With MS formats you just have to accept the problems. Regards from Tom :)  From: Urmas

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Tom Davies wrote on 2013-05-05 23:01: That all sounds wise. A trial run after exams. Well, after celebrating after exams. good luck with these! I would quite like to be 1 of the moderators here but ideally 1. if there are plenty of other people to cover it too. Most of the posts

Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

2013-05-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello Tom, Thomas Taylor wrote on 2013-05-06 00:46: I would be interested in assisting with this lists' moderation. I'm bound to a wheelchair and have several health problems. I need hemo-dialysis three days per week for at least four hours per session and wifi access is provided so I would

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Draw destroys odg files

2013-05-06 Thread Alaak
Hi, I drew two graphics using Draw today. I saved them and closed Libreoffice. Now I wanted to open them again, but Libreoffice crashes directly from the splash screen without any additional information. I am still capable of opening other drawings, so it seems something is wrong with those two I

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Draw destroys odg files

2013-05-06 Thread Joel Madero
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Alaak al...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I drew two graphics using Draw today. I saved them and closed Libreoffice. Now I wanted to open them again, but Libreoffice crashes directly from the splash screen without any additional information. I am still capable of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-06 Thread Doug
On 05/06/2013 12:11 PM, Urmas wrote: Milos Sramek: I observe that LibreOffice and MS Office display even simple documents, containing just a few paragraphs with numbered and bulleted lists, differently. I would like to understand the situation and to know This is an intentional strategy of

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Draw destroys odg files

2013-05-06 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Alaak wrote: Hi, I drew two graphics using Draw today. I saved them and closed Libreoffice. Now I wanted to open them again, but Libreoffice crashes directly from the splash screen without any additional information. I am still capable of opening other drawings, so it seems something is wrong

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility LO/MSO

2013-05-06 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 05/06/2013 02:15 PM, Doug wrote: On 05/06/2013 12:11 PM, Urmas wrote: Milos Sramek: I observe that LibreOffice and MS Office display even simple documents, containing just a few paragraphs with numbered and bulleted lists, differently. I would like to understand the situation and to know

[libreoffice-users] Hide rows in a table in Writer

2013-05-06 Thread Motoborg
I have a friend who needs to hide some rows in a table before printing the document, but does not want to delete the rows. I have found how to hide the text, but this leaves empty boxes, which are printed. Is it possible to hide rows? If it is can you advise how. In advance thank you. And also

Re: [libreoffice-users] Hide rows in a table in Writer

2013-05-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:56 06/05/2013 -0700, J S N M Davis wrote: I have a friend who needs to hide some rows in a table before printing the document, but does not want to delete the rows. I have found how to hide the text, but this leaves empty boxes, which are printed. Is it possible to hide rows? Not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Hide rows in a table in Writer

2013-05-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If the table is a spreadsheet (Calc) then just select the row by clicking on the grey box with the row's number in it and then right-click.  Hide is halfway down the right-click menu in Calc. Regards from Tom :)  From: Brian Barker

Re: [libreoffice-users] Hide rows in a table in Writer

2013-05-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 00:50 07/05/2013 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: If the table is a spreadsheet (Calc) ... I wonder if the message subject gives us a clue about this ... Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Get Involved with LibreOffice - No Programming Skills Needed

2013-05-06 Thread Anthony Easthope
I'd be keen but unfortunately to much happens at my end to be of much use! I could try my best though. On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, at 10:47 PM, Joel Madero wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Hi :) I thought this was a good call and wondered if

[libreoffice-users] error messages when starting

2013-05-06 Thread Milind Vaze
Hello: I installed Libreoffice 4.0.2.2 yesterday on Windows 7. The installation happened properly. But everytime when starting the spreadsheet or the wordprocessor, I get the attached error messages. I say OK to to all the messages and later the software works properly. I haven't yet used