[libreoffice-users] Re: Convert multi-sheet ods to csv files

2012-03-31 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 30.03.2012 23:36, Vytas Janusauskas wrote: Hi, I have 50 or so spreadsheets comprising of 6 sheets of information. I need to export this data to csv format. I thought I had found the solution by using the unoconv program (unoconv -f csv FileName.ods . Unfortunately it will only export the

Re: [libreoffice-users] XML as mailmerge data source?

2012-03-31 Thread Mark Stanton
and yes, Google claims to have found more than 65,000 results ;) Yes, as I said, I've been looking, and I found lots of results, but But bottom-line will be, convert the XML to CSV or Excel or ;) You seem to agree with me that, no, there isn't a way. Since XML is a wau of structuring

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Getting Started 3.4 full book published

2012-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) People on the docs team are sometimes subscribed to other lists.  Jean fixed the problem so the links do work now.  It's unusual for a team to make a request for help from the wider LinbreOffice community but it seems to be working well this time. Thanks Tim :) Many regards from Tom :)

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fw: [libreoffice-marketing] Open standards and UK gov use of odf

2012-03-31 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 30.03.2012 12:28, Tom Davies wrote: --- On Fri, 30/3/12, Ian Lynchianrly...@gmail.com wrote: It seems Microsoft is lobbying the UK Cabinet office for OOXML in place of odf http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/03/microsoft-redeploys-ooxml-in-o.html Anyone that has a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fw: 'Open' Standards dependant on a single company?

2012-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The UK Government is ostensibly and proudly independent of the US government.  Although the decision appears to have already been made in the US, (to support a US company) the discussion is still open in the UK.  Would the US Government have been so quick to support MS if it had been a

[libreoffice-users] Re: XML as mailmerge data source?

2012-03-31 Thread Luuk
On 31-03-2012 10:49, Mark Stanton wrote: and yes, Google claims to have found more than 65,000 results ;) Yes, as I said, I've been looking, and I found lots of results, but But bottom-line will be, convert the XML to CSV or Excel or ;) You seem to agree with me that, no, there

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fw: [libreoffice-marketing] Open standards and UK gov use of odf

2012-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Andreas :) This seems to be a somewhat inconsistent message from you.  I thought you wanted people to be allowed to use ODF formats? Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 31/3/12, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: From: Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer on Multiple Monitors

2012-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I sometimes find that happens with all sorts of programs.  It didn't occur to me to post bug-reports about it.  It might be good to try posting a bug-report and see if it is something that can be fixed within LibreOffice http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Good luck and regards

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: 'Open' Standards dependant on a single company?

2012-03-31 Thread Mark Stanton
It mentions not getting locked in to one vendor several times. It seems to me that this is the point that needs to be used, repeatedly, to avoid, errr, getting locked in to one vendor. I've responded to the first two chapters, at which point I started to gibber and couldn't carry on any

Re: [libreoffice-users] XML as mailmerge data source?

2012-03-31 Thread Mark Stanton
That's a sufficiently good-English explanation. I've got a very simple XML file that I'd like to use, which is why I hadn't thought about the wider issue. Just need to be a database engine that uses XML files... And package it with Base... :-s Regards Mark Stanton One small step for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fw: [libreoffice-marketing] Open standards and UK gov use of odf

2012-03-31 Thread e-letter
On 31/03/2012, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: Am 30.03.2012 12:28, Tom Davies wrote: --- On Fri, 30/3/12, Ian Lynchianrly...@gmail.com wrote: It seems Microsoft is lobbying the UK Cabinet office for OOXML in place of odf

[libreoffice-users] Re: XML as mailmerge data source?

2012-03-31 Thread Ferry Toth
A long time ago (before I abandoned windows) I used MSDAC and oledb. M$ had a connector thingy to use XML as a row source. A simpler way to say this is that XML get converted into a table, with the deeper nested tags stored in a cell. So you could drill down in the data by getting the XML data

Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: 'Open' Standards dependant on a single company?

2012-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't suppose you would be willing to copy your answer to this list or the marketing list or perhaps to Ian? Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 31/3/12, Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk wrote: From: Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: 'Open' Standards

[libreoffice-users] Impress full screen question

2012-03-31 Thread Renaud (Ron) Olgiati
I have created a presentation, and want to display as a slide show in full screen (projector) without the window border or title bar or meny bar showing. I suspect Impress can do it, since that is how it displays the .pps presentations I get by email; how do I get Impress to do this for MY

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress full screen question

2012-03-31 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 31/03/2012 at 23:07, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati renaud@olgiati-in- paraguay.org wrote: I suspect Impress can do it, since that is how it displays the .pps presentations I get by email; how do I get Impress to do this for MY presentation ? F5? View → Slide Show? PS Ctrl Shift J does nothing for

Re: [libreoffice-users] XML as mailmerge data source?

2012-03-31 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-03-31 21:49, Mark Stanton wrote: and yes, Google claims to have found more than 65,000 results ;) Yes, as I said, I've been looking, and I found lots of results, but But bottom-line will be, convert the XML to CSV or Excel or ;) You seem to agree with me that, no, there isn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress full screen question

2012-03-31 Thread Rev. Nick Sharp
On 31 March 2012 22:07, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati ren...@olgiati-in-paraguay.org wrote: I have created a presentation, and want to display as a slide show in full screen (projector) without the window border or title bar or meny bar showing. I've had this problem in the past, never solved it, but as