Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 17.01.2011 23:03, schrieb MR ZenWiz: On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: Am 17.01.2011 22:33, schrieb Tom Davies: Thanks for the link. Yes, i think i was answering Edmund but i felt that your comment was also directly relevant.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing at 80% with LibreOffice on MacOS X

2011-01-18 Thread Cley Faye
2011/1/18 Christian Oïhénart christian.oihen...@edu.ge.ch Hi, As in OO, it¹s still not possible to fix format of printing (paysage or portrait, scale of printing), the command is not available. In NeoOffice, when we choose ³Paramétrages de l¹imprimante² (in english perhaps Options of

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi Arda, Am 18.01.2011 11:08, schrieb Arda Tunccekic: I have a dataset like this. There are empty rows. Is there a way to sort these values by choosing the first column? (1) Select the whole range from 90 on the top left to g on the bottom right, including the empty cells. (2) Use the

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

2011-01-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 18/01/11 00:02, Zed a écrit : Hi, There is apparently a special order in which to install the debs (and the RPMS for other distribs using RPM packages), thanks in no small part due to the separation of the help from the language packs in the RC3 release (of which most of the public were

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread Arda Tunccekic
Thank you, it works. :) I wish it could also be done by clicking on Column A and clicking on the Sort Icon (simpler) On 18.01.2011 12:30, Stefan Weigel wrote: Hi Arda, Am 18.01.2011 11:08, schrieb Arda Tunccekic: I have a dataset like this. There are empty rows. Is there a way to sort

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi Arda, Am 18.01.2011 12:21, schrieb Arda Tunccekic: I wish it could also be done by clicking on Column A and clicking on the Sort Icon (simpler) No, not simpler, because when you click on column A, how should your Computer know, that you do not want to sort only the values in column A, but

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread plino
Actually it does work. Just select columns A and B and press the sort icon or choose Data, Sort for more options. The only situation where LO and OOo don't accept whole columns is in cell formulas :( -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The problem is that sometimes you might want to sort Column A independently of the other columns but at other times you want the whole worksheet to get sorted keeping the rows or record's fields together. Excel has made a mistake in trying to muddle those 2 separate functions together

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hallo Sigrid, Am 18.01.2011 12:56, schrieb Sigrid Carrera: *It only sorts the column that is highlighted* the rest of the other columns stay as they are. I know what you mean. But since some time, in this case Calc shows a special Dialog asking the user, if he really means, what he is doing.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 18.01.2011 12:58, schrieb plino: Actually it does work. Just select columns A and B and press the sort icon Not exactly. In this case the sort criteria would be the values in column B. As said in my first posting: You need to move the active cell to a position in column A first. Stefan

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
Yeh, if you want all the columns sorted then it is best to open with Base instead of Calc. It sounds as though your spreadsheet is now really a database and needs database functionality instead of spreadsheet functionality. Don't panic! It is quite easy to use! Alternatively in Calc just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing at 80% with LibreOffice on MacOS X

2011-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
Can't this be done in Page Set-up? Fit to 1 page or something? I haven't tried this for a long time so it could have vanished as described. Regards from Tom :) From: Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Tue, 18 January,

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to sort this dataset in Calc?

2011-01-18 Thread plino
Stefan, you can either move the cell or use Data, Sort instead. I prefer to see the options I'm choosing instead of relying on focus. Regarding selecting only one column, currently LO and OOo have the same behaviour as Excel 2003 (I refuse to use newer versions): ask if the user wants to expand

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing at 80% with LibreOffice on MacOS X

2011-01-18 Thread Christian Oïhénart
Le 18/01/11 10:49, Cley Faye a écrit : Hi, I can't test it myself (don't have a mac), but I remember in some older discussions about a setting that would allow to use the system printer dialog instead of LibreOffice one... maybe you should look for that. That was the whole point of

[libreoffice-users] Problems with shortcut ctr+s

2011-01-18 Thread Michal Olber
Hello I have one strange bug, which is in OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Some times, when I paste text or doing longer work, and want to save document as ctr+s, it close the main Window, but in manager this task is all the time. What i shaould do with this? System is Windows 7 64 bit, with 2GB RAM

[libreoffice-users] Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

2011-01-18 Thread amine amine
Salam, I need to fill PDF forms at work, im using the arabic, english and french languages, and i'm using the oracle pdf import extension the problem is that : arabic characters in pdf files are not rendered well some french characters are not rendered well only the english pdf forms are

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

2011-01-18 Thread Fabián Rodríguez
On 11-01-17 06:02 PM, Zed wrote: [..] A search for the package leads to Ubuntu PPAs but as I am using the Debian edition of LinuxMint, I am reluctant to use these, in case there are future problems. Any further advice would be appreciated. Zed Hi Zed, I would use the .deb packages for now

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with shortcut ctr+s

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
2011/1/18 Michal Olber olbi3...@gmail.com: Hello I have one strange bug, which is in OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Some times, when I paste text or doing longer work, and want to save document as ctr+s, it close the main Window, but in manager this task is all the time. What i shaould do with

Re: [libreoffice-users] which is better?

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: Am 17.01.2011 23:03, schrieb MR ZenWiz: On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: : Well that´s just what you are supposed to do. ;-) See paragraph 2. Quoting

[libreoffice-users] Instant crash on startup

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
This has happened to me twice now. When I open a document in writer and it is the first LO open of anything on my system, writer comes up, shows the window and then crashes before the cursor appears in the window. When I restart it, it comes up in the document recovery window, recovers the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Instant crash on startup

2011-01-18 Thread pkaplan1
Try renaming ~/.libreoffice and see if that changes things. (You'll have to rebuild your customizations.) I had a similar problem on a Win7 install, but the *buntu installs have been fine. Paul - Original Message - From: MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Instant crash on startup

2011-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you tried renaming the config folder for LibO? It should be in the /home/username but you will need to sudo it because it's a system folder and might be hidden. The command is likely to be something like sudo mv /home/ZenWiz/.LibreOffice /home/ZenWiz/.LibreOffice-2010-01-16 I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problems with shortcut ctr+s

2011-01-18 Thread Joachim Wiedorn
MR ZenWiz mrzen...@gmail.com wrote on 2011-01-18 12:12: 2011/1/18 Michal Olber olbi3...@gmail.com: Hello I have one strange bug, which is in OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Some times, when I paste text or doing longer work, and want to save document as ctr+s, it close the main Window, but

[libreoffice-users] Using hidden text in LibreOffice Writer

2011-01-18 Thread J. Moore
Has the ease-of-use for hidden text been improved in the latest version of LibreOffice Writer? Specifically: Can the user select text and click a toolbar button to hide/unhide text? This is how it’s done in MS Word--it's as quick and easy as formatting text as bold, italic, underline, etc.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Instant crash on startup

2011-01-18 Thread Bradley D. Thornton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 That can't be good. On 01/18/2011 12:28 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: This has happened to me twice now. When I open a document in writer and it is the first LO open of anything on my system, writer comes up, shows the window and then crashes

Re: [libreoffice-users] Instant crash on startup

2011-01-18 Thread pkaplan1
As you say, run diffs and see what shows up. If not, try resetting your customizatons (ideally 1 at a time) until you get a crash, then you'll probably know what the problem is. I'd be willing to bet however that a config file or setting got corrupted somewhere along the way and you won't be

[libreoffice-users] Two LO issues . . . any insights?

2011-01-18 Thread Steven Shelton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've run into two issues with LibO. First, the character spacing seems to be different than in OOo. My company letterhead prints fine in OOo (3.1 through 3.3 RC9), but when I open the same document in LibO, the names in the masthead wrap to the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

2011-01-18 Thread NoOp
On 01/18/2011 11:12 AM, amine amine wrote: Salam, I need to fill PDF forms at work, im using the arabic, english and french languages, and i'm using the oracle pdf import extension the problem is that : arabic characters in pdf files are not rendered well some french characters are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using hidden text in LibreOffice Writer

2011-01-18 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi J. J. Moore wrote (18-01-11 21:55) Has the ease-of-use for hidden text been improved in the latest version of LibreOffice Writer? Specifically: Can the user select text and click a toolbar button to hide/unhide text? This is how it’s done in MS Word--it's as quick and easy as formatting

[libreoffice-users] Possible bug: Track Changes not working with Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac?

2011-01-18 Thread Charles Marcus
Can anyone else confirm this before I go open a bug? To test... enable recording of changes on a document in .doc format, make some changes, send them to a Mac with Office 2008, and see if you can see the changes... my friend claims he absolutely cannot see any changes, but I don't have another

[libreoffice-users] release schedule?

2011-01-18 Thread Edmund Laugasson
Hi everyone! Is there any release schedule of LibreOffice? I've found: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Product_Release http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoRelease33 ... but no one for LibreOffice... It would be helpful if such information can be at

[libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-18 Thread wlb
Hello, I have been trying to install the Libre Office onto my computer. I am using Ubuntu Linux, 10.10. I have tried several times to down load it, even one that took hours. I finally stopped it. I tried to follow the instructions, but I am not technologically literate and I tried to follow

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM, wlb wlba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have been trying to install the Libre Office onto my computer.  I am using Ubuntu Linux, 10.10.  I have tried several times to down load it, even one that took hours.  I finally stopped it.  I tried to follow the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-18 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/18/2011 09:33 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM, wlbwlba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have been trying to install the Libre Office onto my computer. I am using Ubuntu Linux, 10.10. I have tried several times to down load it, even one that took hours. I finally

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-18 Thread wlb
Hi Baldwin linguas, I do have a 64 bit system. The technician who built my computer and introduced me to Linux made sure I knew that. Thank you for your patience, understanding and taking the time to type this out step by step. I will try it and see what happens. Thank you, Wanda On Tue,

[libreoffice-users] libreoffice calc can't do simply calculation

2011-01-18 Thread henry cui
I input simply formulation such as =1+2 into cell,and it only show with =1+2 which was not what I expected 3, why this,anyone would like help me? -- best, henry cui -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

2011-01-18 Thread Zed
Fabián Rodríguez magic...@member.fsf.org wrote: On 11-01-17 06:02 PM, Zed wrote: [..] A search for the package leads to Ubuntu PPAs but as I am using the Debian edition of LinuxMint, I am reluctant to use these, in case there are future problems. Any further advice would be

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice calc can't do simply calculation

2011-01-18 Thread Zed
henry cui hhenry@gmail.com wrote: I input simply formulation such as =1+2 into cell,and it only show with =1+2 which was not what I expected 3, why this,anyone would like help me? I've just done this and it returns 3, as expected. The correct answer is shown whether one just hits the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-18 Thread Fabián Rodríguez
On 11-01-18 10:20 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 01/18/2011 09:33 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM, wlbwlba...@gmail.com wrote: [] You have to download the .deb gzipped-tar file, uncompress it and then [...] One notable downside of installing .debs (other

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-18 Thread Stefano Fraccaro
I have used PPA packages but LibreOffice Base has some issue (missing or blank) with toolbars... I don't know if other software works fine. Deb files from documentfoundation.com works correctly... Il 19/01/2011 8.15, Fabián Rodríguez ha scritto: On 11-01-18 10:20 PM,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-18 Thread Mark
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:07 PM, baldwin linguas baldwinling...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:24 PM, wlb wlba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Baldwin linguas, I do have a 64 bit system.  The technician who built my computer and introduced me to Linux made sure I knew that.  Thank you for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office

2011-01-18 Thread Mark
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:05 PM, wlb wlba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi mrzenwiz, Thank you for responding, but I am lost after installing x64 for 64 bit.  I do not understand: Sorry - I did shortcut that a bit. You can take tony's explanation, except you also need to do the last steps here: Let's

Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
2011/1/18 Fabián Rodríguez magic...@member.fsf.org: : 1) Open a terminal window under Applications Accessories Terminal 2) Type the following command to add the Ubuntu LibreOffice repository (remember to type ENTER at the end): *sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa (you will need to

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

2011-01-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 19/01/11 06:43, Zed a écrit : Hi Zed, Any advice how I can get the spell checker working, please? It is probably something I have done incorrectly but I cannot think waht :-( This might actually be a bug of the RC3 version, I seem to recall having seen someone else mention (on one of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

2011-01-18 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: Le 19/01/11 06:43, Zed a écrit : Any advice how I can get the spell checker working, please?  It is probably something I have done incorrectly but I cannot think waht :-( This might actually be a bug of the