Re: [libreoffice-users] Unable to use LibreOffice 3

2011-12-15 Thread Jay Lozier
Sharon Please advise which OS you are using and please confirm your version. On 12/15/2011 12:06 AM, Sharon L Knoblock wrote: I downloaded LibreOffice 3, selected text document to write a letter. I get a flashing cursor but cannot view what I have typed. I am able to import documents from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-15 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Alex, Hmm, I wouldn't say cut down, it is actually rather good, I understand that it *is* good. As I understand it the cut-down-ness contributes to the good-ness, or at least that was part of the design goal. Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- For unsubscribe instructions

[libreoffice-users] Issue 3959 from OOo now possible in LibreOffice?

2011-12-15 Thread lllact...@gmx.net
Hi all, I just joined the list. How does the LO community stand in regard to issues that were filed under OOo? Are these OOo issues uninteresting or unwanted in principle, or are there plans to mine this area for ideas to the development of LO? The issue is listed now at:

[libreoffice-users] Can't see text in cell

2011-12-15 Thread .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How can a cells contents be made visible when you it's not visible? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't see text in cell

2011-12-15 Thread .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1Never mind- since upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04 I've had display/video problems.On 12/15/2011 08:46 AM, . wrote:How can a cells contents be made visible when you it's not visible?-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-Version: GnuPG v1.4.11

[libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Fax Driver Search

2011-12-15 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2011-12-15, Arthur N. Dunning III an...@pinebelt.net wrote: In my case, the modem I use is a USRobotics USR5637 USB modem. It's compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. The Linux distro that I'm using is Ubuntu 11.10. Arthur ** On 12/14/2011 07:23 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press

Re: [libreoffice-users] Issue 3959 from OOo now possible in LibreOffice?

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) LibO is working on OOo issues but the LibO code has moved on quite a bit already so a lot of issues have been cleared up or are no longer relevant. It might be worth posting a new bug-report specifically against LibreOffice so that people know it is still an issue

[libreoffice-users] Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have 2 sheets in the same file. Sheet 1 has the primary information in it that must be reflected in Sheet 2. There are a varying amount of lines in Sheet 1. When the cell contents of Sheet 1 change I want the cell contents of Sheet 2 to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't see text in cell

2011-12-15 Thread Tom
Hi :) Are you able to get 11.04 to revert to the Classic Interface / Desktop Environment? When the login box appears after you restart the machine look at the bottom taskbar/panel. Somewhere there it should have a drop-down (well, drop-up i guess) or button or something that mentions interface,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't see text in cell

2011-12-15 Thread .
On 12/15/2011 11:43 AM, Tom wrote: Hi :) Are you able to get 11.04 to revert to the Classic Interface / Desktop Environment? When the login box appears after you restart the machine look at the bottom taskbar/panel. Somewhere there it should have a drop-down (well, drop-up i guess) or

[libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Everyone, I'm running LibreOffice (version directly from LibreOffice) 3.4.4 on Ubuntu 11.10. I tried printing 75 copies of a single sheet with significant graphics (large file size) on a black and white Konica-Minolta PagePro 1400w laser printer. I had no idea that LibreOffice would be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) False positives and the need to switch off security on a regular basis in order to do fairly routine tasks is such a normal part of the Windows world.  According to most antivirus companies around 20% of Windows machines are infected with some sort of malware.  Apparently MS were quite

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry about my last post!  I'm just updating the antivirus on a handful of machines here.  A pointless and futile task imo.  I could be down the pub watching a band.  Has anyone written to Avast to let them know they have another false-positive? Regards from Tom :) --- On Thu,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
. wrote How do I do it? I've tried the Absolute reference method ($A$1) but that won't allow for the addition of new rows in an additional sheet. Absolute references won't work because they are updated as you insert rows. One solution is to use INDIRECT to always point at the same

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-15 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Sorry about my last post! I'm just updating the antivirus on a handful of machines here. A pointless and futile task imo. I could be down the pub watching a band. One of the joys of running Windows and part of the reason I use Linux almost exclusively. With Linux, it's

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Change cell border sizes- quickly?

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think there is a deliberate mistake or tpyo or something?  It is Christmas for a lot of us so if the chances for error are not higher than normal then you're not doing it (Xmas) properly.  Go out and get stressed in some large group of people doing something crazy lol.  So, document

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Wow!  Blimey!  Sounds like a nightmare! Have you had a chance to check to see if there is already a bug-report about this? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 15/12/11, Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote: From: Don C. Myers

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-15 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 12/15/2011 01:23 PM, James Knott wrote: Tom Davies wrote: Sorry about my last post! I'm just updating the antivirus on a handful of machines here. A pointless and futile task imo. I could be down the pub watching a band. One of the joys of running Windows and part of the reason I use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
There has to be a way to do the multiple copies in one print job. I printed a page using CUPS-PDF, but Export to PDF will do. Then I went to print it out to an HP color laser printer. There was a number of copies option show. I wonder it that will make 5 or 10 jobs, just printing the same

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Tom, Thank you for the link. I had gone to freedesktop.org directly. This link made it easier to find related bugs. I have now posted what I had written here under Bug 41524. Don On 12/15/2011 01:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Wow! Blimey! Sounds like a nightmare! Have you had a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread Don C. Myers
Thank you Webmaster, Yes, that is the way I figured out to do it once it was too late. Had I only known that before I tried sending the print job in the first place I could have saved myself a ton of time and aggravation! Don On 12/15/2011 02:08 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions

[libreoffice-users] Re: Change cell border sizes- quickly?

2011-12-15 Thread NoOp
On 12/14/2011 07:32 PM, . wrote: ... On 12/14/2011 06:53 PM, NoOp wrote: On 12/14/2011 02:35 PM, . wrote: ... Any other ideas? Works for me: LibreOffice 3.3.4 OOO330m19 (Build:401) tag libreoffice-3.3.4.1 and LibreOffice 3.4.4 OOO340m1 (Build:402) What worked for you and what did it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Change cell border sizes- quickly?

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is an in-between option between selct all and selecting specific areas.  Ctrl clickdrag allows you to select quite a few areas even if they are not joined together. Regards from Tom :) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unable to use LibreOffice 3

2011-12-15 Thread nvrk
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Sharon L Knoblock slknobl...@gmail.comwrote: I downloaded LibreOffice 3, selected text document to write a letter. I get a flashing cursor but cannot view what I have typed. I am able to import documents from other programs and work with them from LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-15 Thread Michael Bogaerts
I think that java isn't starting ... for some reason LO doesn't load java; and thus it's DB driver isn't loaded either? (i say this because normally i get a small java icon in my systray whenever java is loaded and this isn't happening anymore) Also; when i go to options - java; it takes

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Crashes

2011-12-15 Thread Paul Rolfe
Hi Cor, I should have thought of that ! I created a new document and the Mail Merge worked using the existing database, so I gradually copied over the old document contents to the new document to see what happened. The crash happened when I added a header, and added an image into the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Change cell border sizes- quickly?

2011-12-15 Thread .
I've found it easier to simply edit an FODS file and alter the cell border point size there. On 12/15/2011 03:03 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) There is an in-between option between selct all and selecting specific areas. Ctrl clickdrag allows you to select quite a few areas even if they

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Crashes

2011-12-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Paul, Paul Rolfe wrote (15-12-11 21:29) The crash happened when I added a header, and added an image into the header (a blank header worked fine). Thanks for finding this out! I'll post a bug report, as I've narrowed it down. Yes please do. I just checked BugZilla for such a bug and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread MiguelAngel
El 15/12/11 19:21, Pedro escribió: . wrote How do I do it? I've tried the Absolute reference method ($A$1) but that won't allow for the addition of new rows in an additional sheet. Absolute references won't work because they are updated as you insert rows. One solution is to use INDIRECT

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-15 Thread MiguelAngel
El 15/12/11 21:28, Michael Bogaerts escribió: I think that java isn't starting ... for some reason LO doesn't load java; and thus it's DB driver isn't loaded either? (i say this because normally i get a small java icon in my systray whenever java is loaded and this isn't happening anymore)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Crashes

2011-12-15 Thread Paul Rolfe
Hi Cor, It's Bug 43876, Regards Paul On 15/12/11 20:48, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Paul, Paul Rolfe wrote (15-12-11 21:29) The crash happened when I added a header, and added an image into the header (a blank header worked fine). Thanks for finding this out! I'll post a bug report, as I've

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-15 Thread James Knott
webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: The first Android nasty has been found, but it is spamware and things like that. Mac had its first nasty a few months ago. Linux is not immune but it is not worth the efforts of the hackers to do the heavy work for the different version of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I have been using HP lasers since laser II days. The options can be different between my Ubuntu drivers and Windows version, but HP usually has some good options that are kept from the earlier versions. That job copy option is one, if I remember right. I just wish that the color printed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Crashes

2011-12-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Paul Rolfe wrote (15-12-11 22:21) It's Bug 43876, 43867 ;-) Thanks, clear report and confirmed. -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Reinstalling a previous version of Ubuntu fam (or just a very different ver) Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can't see text in cell

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, sorry for the looong post!  Really it's just the last paragraph that is important.  The rest assumes you don't know how to get there.  First, find out which partitions do what.  Hopefully you already know this or can guess from looking at GPartEd on a LiveCd/Usb (or whatever) of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Crashes

2011-12-15 Thread Paul Rolfe
No Problem - glad you could reproduce it :) On 15/12/11 21:58, Cor Nouws wrote: Paul Rolfe wrote (15-12-11 22:21) It's Bug 43876, 43867 ;-) Thanks, clear report and confirmed. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
MiguelAngel wrote A very good option is use an array. In Sheet2.a1 =Sheet1.a1:a15 and use Mays+Crtl+Enter to get an array. If you insert a row in for example Sheet1.a8 then the array in Sheet2 is expanded to retain the same size, even better if you have formulae in the array rows

[libreoffice-users] Re: Printing Multiple Copies Problem

2011-12-15 Thread NoOp
On 12/15/2011 10:07 AM, Don C. Myers wrote: ... Has anyone else had similar problems, or does anyone have any other solutions? I filed a bug report in bug 33696 on Freedesktop.org. It may not have been the best place for it since that was a bug report for a 3.3x version and for Windows.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) In Tools - Options - Java It should list all the versions of java that are installed on your system but only 1 of them should be selected.  Are there radio buttons on the left-hand side.  I think that just above the box is a tick-box so that you can choose not to use java at all.  If

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
Stephen Anderson wrote * I realize that this is a Beta, and that a stable version will come along in due course to replace it, but still ... Beta0 was supposed to be only for internal checking and should never have leaked. The good news is that Beta1 is much better (in some aspects even

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-15 Thread NoOp
On 12/15/2011 02:53 PM, Pedro wrote: Stephen Anderson wrote * I realize that this is a Beta, and that a stable version will come along in due course to replace it, but still ... Beta0 was supposed to be only for internal checking and should never have leaked. The good news is that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Change cell border sizes- quickly?

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brilliant!  I was wondering if that would be possible and had a bit of a dig around but couldn't find an easy single point to edit.  Did you use findreplace?  Which file did you edit?  Anyway, congrats, thanks and regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 15/12/11, .

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-15 Thread NoOp
On 12/15/2011 03:01 PM, NoOp wrote: On 12/15/2011 02:53 PM, Pedro wrote: Stephen Anderson wrote * I realize that this is a Beta, and that a stable version will come along in due course to replace it, but still ... Beta0 was supposed to be only for internal checking and should never

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
NoOp wrote The page is still pointing to 3.5.0beta0. lt;http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.5.0-beta1/deb/x86/LibO-Dev-Test_3.5alpha0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gzgt; The version is incorrect ( I already asked someone to fix it) The Windows files are already

[libreoffice-users] Re: Officesecurity post from slknobl...@gmail.com requires approval

2011-12-15 Thread NoOp
On 12/15/2011 03:38 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: ... Users list - it 'd be wonderful to have another list of users who love the way the list is setup to help new users subscribe themselves, and un-subscribe themselves later, and/or configure their mailer so they get their replies ... in

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-15 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/15/2011 06:18 PM, Don C. Myers wrote: Hi, I'm sorry. I did not understand that you were doing a side by side installation. I have never done one of those. Instructions for parallel installation: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel Don On 12/15/2011 05:28 PM,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Change cell border sizes- quickly?

2011-12-15 Thread .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/15/2011 06:08 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Brilliant! I was wondering if that would be possible and had a bit of a dig around but couldn't find an easy single point to edit. Did you use findreplace? Which file did you edit? Anyway,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/15/2011 04:11 PM, MiguelAngel wrote: El 15/12/11 19:21, Pedro escribió: . wrote How do I do it? I've tried the Absolute reference method ($A$1) but that won't allow for the addition of new rows in an additional sheet. Absolute

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
In Sheet2.a1 =Sheet1.a1:a15 and use Mays+Crtl+Enter to get an array. What is Mays? It's a typo :) Miguel Angel meant use keys Shift+Ctrl+Enter ;) HTH, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Cell-reference-that-updates-all-sheets-tp3589103p3590519.html

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/15/2011 04:11 PM, MiguelAngel wrote: El 15/12/11 19:21, Pedro escribió: . wrote How do I do it? I've tried the Absolute reference method ($A$1) but that won't allow for the addition of new rows in an additional sheet. Absolute

[libreoffice-users] Improved!?

2011-12-15 Thread 20rdj04
I thought a new revision would be better than the old one. I just tried to check my Macro updates. ALL of my macros are MISSING!!! I didn't write the macros or edit them just to have a new version erase them. I know you cannot restore my macros, but I am sure that other users will not be happy

[libreoffice-users] [LibreOffice Writer: Feature requests]

2011-12-15 Thread Konstantinos Tzoannopoulos
Hello everyone. I've been using LibreOffice 3.4.3 for some time now, having migrated from MS Office 2003, and there are two features that I'm missing: 1. The ability to have different text orientation between different cells in a table (for instance, I'd like the top row of a table to have a

[libreoffice-users] Slow Insert Row

2011-12-15 Thread .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 When I insert a row in small sheet it takes about 7 seconds before the row is inserted. This isn't typical for my machine. On another much older machine of mine the Insert Row process is instant. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 Any ideas? (No, I don't

Re: [libreoffice-users] [LibreOffice Writer: Feature requests]

2011-12-15 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/15/2011 11:21 PM, Konstantinos Tzoannopoulos wrote: Hello everyone. I've been using LibreOffice 3.4.3 for some time now, having migrated from MS Office 2003, and there are two features that I'm missing: 1. The ability to have different text orientation between different cells in a table

Re: [libreoffice-users] [LibreOffice Writer: Feature requests]

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Possibly the biggest difference is learning to use styles.  It's completely different from MS Office so it's worth reading up on them http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Good luck and regards from Tom :) --- On Fri, 16/12/11, Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote:

[libreoffice-users] The liberoffice 3.5 beta1's print msgbox have some brace

2011-12-15 Thread easyfame
libreoffice 3.5 beta1 http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3590604/libreoffice-print.png -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/The-liberoffice-3-5-beta1-s-print-msgbox-have-some-brace-tp3590604p3590604.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at