On 17/09/2011 04:03, Don Myers wrote:
This solved my problem totally. 1.6.0_21 works very fast with Base.
After LOTS of problems with Base I also went this way and it works for
me too!!!
I can recommend it to everyone using Base Almost perfect again!!!
Ian Whitfield
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For
Hi :)
Were you using OpenJdk before? Could you test-drive the _20 and _22 to see if
they are as good as the _21? A few people say that the _20 or _22 are a huge
improvement on things like the _24 or onwards. I am trying to convince someone
to try the _21 but he is happy enough with the _20
On 2011-09-13, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
On 09/13/2011 12:57 PM, Michael Reich wrote:
On 9/12/11 users+h...@global.libreoffice.org wrote:
Topics (messages 11013 through 11042):
[libreoffice-users] Re: Should LibreOffice even support Microsoft
secret formats?
On 2011-09-14, Dotan Cohen wrote:
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 23:18, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote:
Yes, there are deviations. I even remember threads about LibO files
failing ODF validation.
But, as LibreOffice is free software, its source is open. So people who
want to find out
Hi :)
Java is an unusual problem for LibreOffice. Most of the apps have either
already moved away from it or are moving away fast. Java and OpenJdk are owned
by Oracle. Do we have any confidence in
them fixing things so that their products work better for LibreOffice?
Currently the newer
Hi :)
There is some documentation on
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation#Getting_Started_with_LibreOffice
but i am not sure it's really helpful. Hopefully what you need might be in the
chapter about fonts? or the chapter about setting up LibreOffice (Ch2).
Someone who is great at
Since you are not running MySQL through ODBC you can turn off all Java
support for the entire office suite and simply work with the raw
database connectivity and input forms.
All the Java wizards are close to useless anyway. You don't need them
and get much better results faster if you know
Hi :)
I think you need
Tools - Options - Language Settings
Near the bottom tick the Enabled for Asian languages and maybe tick the
Complex Languages (CTL)?
It is good to hear someone using Trisquel. Debian family (same as Ubuntu, Mint
etc) but meets the very demanding requirements of the FSF
Hello again,
Is there a misunderstanding somewhere? As I said, I use the ODBC-connection
to MySQL on Linux (and a very well working native MySQL-connection under
Windows). Like I posted in another message, ODBC also has problems (such
as not showing default values for columns correctly on data
On 15/09/2011 16:34, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
I tell everyone that I deal with that MS does not support those x
formats the same between their different version of Office. I know
people who save their documents in .docx with Office 2010 and it does
not work completely
GREAT! It is a day/night difference!
On 09/17/2011 03:39 AM, Ian Whitfield wrote:
On 17/09/2011 04:03, Don Myers wrote:
This solved my problem totally. 1.6.0_21 works very fast with Base.
After LOTS of problems with Base I also went this way and it works for
me too!!!
I
On 09/16/2011 10:59 PM, NoOp wrote:
On 09/16/2011 07:03 PM, Don Myers wrote:
On 09/16/2011 08:31 PM, NoOp wrote:
On 09/16/2011 11:44 AM, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
Hello again,
On my Linux/LO 3.4.3 system, after some time of working with Base (ODBC
connetcion
to MySQL), LO uses 90 to 100
AMCooper63 wrote (17-09-11 05:07)
I am VP of a rocketry club. I'm trying to convert my WordPerfect files to
Libre Office. I've automated a lot of functions with WordPerfect's merge
codes.
[...]
Is there similar functionality in Libre Office?
Yes there is: Mail merge fields.
I guess the
Il 17/09/2011 07:05, Winston Yang ha scritto:
In Writer, how can I type Indian fonts, such as
Devanagari/Devanaagarii, for Hindi or Sanskrit?
I'm using LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Linux (Trisquel 4.5.1).
I tried going to the following places:
Trisquel: System Administration Language
Have you installed the language packs for your various Indian
languages? If not, you will need to go online to the download page of
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ and download and install the
languages you want to use.
I assume that you have Indian fonts installed on your computer.
Hi :)
I think you can completely un-install all instances of java but i think that
might create problems. Your web-browser might not be very happy without java.
Generally i try to keep escape routes and back-up plans available = so i would
just switch off java in LO so that i could switch it
On 9/16/2011 6:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
If you were able to ring-fence about 20% of the features of MS Office then
about 80% of users never stray outside that. From what i see it's more like
about 100% of users. Most users don't even use all of that 20%.
I hope this isn't hijacking the
Hi :)
You can find the right path by looking in
Tools - Options - LibreOffice/General - Paths
There 'should' be a line for fonts in there.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 17/9/11, elcico2001 एल्चिको elcico2...@yahoo.it wrote:
From: elcico2001 एल्चिको elcico2...@yahoo.it
Subject: Re:
Hi :)
I really like that idea a lot but i have been told it's unfeasable. Even if we
could clearly identify that 20% it would be tricky to slim the apps down that
way.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 17/9/11, David B Teague sr davidbtea...@comporium.net wrote:
From: David B Teague sr
On 09/17/2011 08:21 AM, elcico2001 एल्चिको wrote:
Il 17/09/2011 07:05, Winston Yang ha scritto:
In Writer, how can I type Indian fonts, such as
Devanagari/Devanaagarii, for Hindi or Sanskrit?
I'm using LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Linux (Trisquel 4.5.1).
I tried going to the following places:
dont know about 'trisquel'.for ubuntu lucid,i went to
systempreferencelanguage
choose bengali(as its my native language).keyboard shortcut appear in the
panel(previous to lucid,you need to add this separately).
anyway when i need to type,i just clicked on it and bengali gets
activated.its system
its better to have it and dont need it than to need it and dont have it
thats my line of thinking
On 17 September 2011 18:10, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hi :)
I really like that idea a lot but i have been told it's unfeasable. Even
if we could clearly identify that 20% it
Hi :)
+1
Mostly. A little slimming for low-spec machines such as hand-helds, netbooks
and stuff might be good but too much would be annoying. There is always
google-docs or AbiWord and stuff for low-spec machines anyway :)
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 17/9/11, soumalya ray
Hi :)
Same family so it's probably exactly the same
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 17/9/11, soumalya ray drsouma...@gmail.com wrote:
From: soumalya ray drsouma...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] In Writer, how can I type Indian fonts, such
as Sanskrit?
To:
Abiword is a real good alternative.
On 17 September 2011 18:55, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hi :)
+1
Mostly. A little slimming for low-spec machines such as hand-helds,
netbooks and stuff might be good but too much would be annoying. There is
always google-docs or AbiWord
Hello Tom,
Thanks for your suggestion. I unticked the box at the very top Use a java runtime
environment
and LO still works fine. It also starts up very fast.
As I need Java for purposes outside of LO, I will keep it for the time being.
Regards
Heinrich
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From:
Il 17/09/2011 14:40, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions ha scritto:
I just click on the font and a font preview window pops up with an
Install Button
I use Ubuntu [Debian], and that is how I install fonts. All my fonts
appear in a .font hidden folder. So if they need to go into the
Le 16/09/11 20:44, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit :
Hi Heinrich,
When I enter data into a table where some columns have a default value
defined
(i.e., I do NOT actually enter ANYTHING into such colums but rely on the
default value) this default value is actually entered correctly into the
Thank you for your replies.
I followed the messages below from elcico2001 and webmaster for Kracked
Press Productions about installing Sanskrit 2003 and changing preferences.
Trisquel 4.5.1 is a little different from what elcico2001
wrote---instead of a Disposition tab, there is a Layouts
Tom,
Regarding distros, besides Trisquel 4.5.1, I've used or tried the
following distros:
--- Ubuntu 10.10
--- Ubuntu 11.04
--- Linux Mint
--- gNewSense, a fully-free distro
--- RedHat
I may have also used Ubuntu 10.04.
Winston
On 09/17/2011 05:50 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I think you
Hi :)
In System - Preferences is there a Regionalisation or localisation option?
There might be a keyboards option in there. The documentation
http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/switch-languages-and-keyboard-layout
suggests that Debian/Ubuntu documentation is close to what you need so it's
worth
Tom,
In Trisquel 4.5.1, System Preferences does not have options with the
exact names Regionalis(z)ation or Localis(z)ation, although there is
a Keyboard option.
Thank you for suggesting that I update the Trisquel wiki. It's been a
long time since I edited a wiki, but I if I get more
Possibly not everybody knows---today (September 17) is Software Freedom
Day. There may be events happening in a city near you:
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
To celebrate, the maintainers of Trisquel, a fully-free version of
Linux, have released version 5.0:
http://trisquel.info/
(I
On 09/17/2011 11:52 AM, elcico2001 एल्चिको wrote:
Il 17/09/2011 14:40, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions ha scritto:
I just click on the font and a font preview window pops up with an
Install Button
I use Ubuntu [Debian], and that is how I install fonts. All my fonts
appear in a .font
Hello,
Some time ago somebody gave me a link to downloading the native connector
to LO/OO from MySQL. I can't find that e-mail anymore! :'(
Could you please resend the info?
Thanks a lot in advance
Heinrich
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Am 17.09.2011 21:23, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
Hello,
Some time ago somebody gave me a link to downloading the native connector
to LO/OO from MySQL. I can't find that e-mail anymore! :'(
Could you please resend the info?
Thanks a lot in advance
Heinrich
As far as I know, it is shipped with
Hello Andreas,
Thanks for your hint, but...
Weird! One can in fact select MySQL as the (native) type of connection for
an odb-file.
However when one then tries to open the odb-file, LO displays a list-box
for the specification of a programme with which to open the odb-file.
Downloading the
Hello Alex,
Seems like I unfortunately cannot get rid of the Java Runtime environment.
The reason is that the report-generator needs it!!! :(
Regards
Heinrich
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:50:19 +0200, Alexander Thurgood
alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote:
Le 16/09/11 20:44, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit
Il 17/09/2011 20:17, Winston Yang ha scritto:
Possibly not everybody knows---today (September 17) is Software
Freedom Day. There may be events happening in a city near you:
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
To celebrate, the maintainers of Trisquel, a fully-free version of
Linux, have
Hi All,
I set up base shortly after it was added to Open Office. Apparently I am
using the embedded database - HSQL database engine. If I turn off Java
(I just tried it.), I get the following error message:
The connection to the data source RE Database could not be
established. No SDBC driver
Hi :)
Thanks Don. I think you might be able to convert/export/migrate your back-end
to a different one. I don't think you have to stick with HSql. I'm not sure
if it's possible to remove java dependence when using HSql, i thought it was
but i could be wrong.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat,
Hi Tom,
There is an old saying - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The thing I
dislike most about Base is to have to open three windows to get to my
form in the database. Some time ago I left a post on an Open Office
forum asking if there was a way to set up a macro so I could do it in
one
Hi :)
Hmm, sorry i couldn't help there. Don't worry about editing the wiki if you
don't have time. It feels good to do things like that but it's not always easy
to find time.
Have you managed to fix the problem yet or is there still something more that
needs to be done?
Regards from
Tom :)
Hi :)
If the different machines are on a Lan then it might be possible to share the
back-end and then any change from any of the 3 machines would be on the other
machines too?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 17/9/11, Don Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote:
From: Don Myers
Just an update to this issue.
I tried version 3.4.3 on a Debian Squeeze box. The double lines in tables on
my templates and all the docs created from them with an earlier version of
OO, are unreadable in cells with double lines.
I am using ver 3.3.4, it works fine.
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On 9/17/2011 7:35 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 15/09/2011 16:34, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
I tell everyone that I deal with that MS does not support those x
formats the same between their different version of Office. I know
people who save their documents in
Thank you Tom,
Only one of them is on the same network. That is basically a backup
computer. The other two are at a different location and are not
networked with the first two.
Don
On 09/17/2011 06:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
If the different machines are on a Lan then it might be
It's very true that 80% of people only use 20% of the program. The
problem is that my 20% is not your 20%. Now, if you could do in-depth
tracking of thousands of random users, you might be able to isolate a
certain set of features that almost nobody uses. Then those features
could be
Tom,
I fixed the problem about typing in Devanagari/Devanaagarii (the
alphabet of Hindi and Sanskrit) in Writer on Linux. Thank you.
If anyone else has the same problem, you can try looking at my reply
below at Saturday, 17 September, 2011, 17:55, about the steps that I
took for Trisquel
David,
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 08:30 -0400, David B Teague sr wrote:
On 9/16/2011 6:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
If you were able to ring-fence about 20% of the features of MS Office then
about 80% of users never stray outside that. From what i see it's more
like about 100% of users. Most
Hi,
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 23:30 +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Thanks Don. I think you might be able to convert/export/migrate your
back-end to a different one. I don't think you have to stick with HSql. I'm
not sure if it's possible to remove java dependence when using HSql, i
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