Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 24/09/12 20:03, James Knott wrote: Syncing Lightning with Google Calendar requires an add-on such as Provider for Google Calendar. No it doesn't - and the latest version of Calendar Sync is a bit flakey. You can use Caldav instead which doesn't need an add-on.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 26/09/12 12:01, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I have seen listings on Mozilla's archive system for an extension to help with the syncing to a Google account. Don't need any of those for Google Calendar - you can use Caldav which doesn't require any extension at all.

[libreoffice-users] formatting lost in referenced calc fields

2012-09-27 Thread jef.peeraer
i've got a simple spreadsheet, with these fields and dormats namenumber_2_dec_thousands_sep test1.000,45 test2 45.245,25 Then I create a simple writer doc, which references these fields: namenumber_2_dec_thousands_sep After selecting the correct datasource, and copying the data

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to arrange figures on page (table?)

2012-09-27 Thread Agustin Lobo
Dan, Sorry for confusing you. But please note that On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: You are confusing me. You first complain about the figures getting distorted by the cell you place them in. Now you mention that with my suggestion the figures

[libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan
Hello all, I'm trying to create a template which has 4 slide master: 1) a title master 2) a summary master 3) a two-columns image and text master 4) a standard text master. To design the template, I tried to add 4 slide masters each with a custom layout. The problem is that it seems I

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread Dan Lewis
On 09/27/2012 06:27 AM, Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan wrote: Hello all, I'm trying to create a template which has 4 slide master: 1) a title master 2) a summary master 3) a two-columns image and text master 4) a standard text master. To design the template, I tried to add 4 slide masters each

[libreoffice-users] Re: formatting lost in referenced calc fields

2012-09-27 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 27.09.2012 09:31, jef.peeraer wrote: So the thousands separator is lost. Shouldn't the formatting of the calculator fields be copied into the writer doc? Or do I have to format the fields again in the writer doc ? LO is version 3.6.0.4 on 32 bit linux. No, it shouldn't. You pull some raw

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: formatting lost in referenced calc fields

2012-09-27 Thread jef.peeraer
ok, but it would be nice if you could indicate to copy the formatting as wellI thought I saw this somewhere in a dialog jef On Thu, 27 Sep 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 27.09.2012 09:31, jef.peeraer wrote: So the thousands separator is lost. Shouldn't the formatting of the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Opening Files in Writer

2012-09-27 Thread CVAlkan
Hi Keith: As I understand things, it is, in fact, possible to see a listing of the files on an unmounted drive - it just isn't possible to open them. What is *supposed* to happen is that Writer will automatically mount the drive when you elect to open a file on that drive (assuming the drive is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
All the best LibO folks, This discussion about calendars etc. may be interesting perhaps also useful -- but back to the basic question! Microsoft is going to change their behavior. Let us remember that MS is the absolute market leader -- they can't be totally wrong when having 95% and people

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  My favourite page for documentation is http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications it contains links to 3rd party documentation, video tutorials and how-tos, old versions of documentation and best of all it has the pre-release versions for people to have a quick read

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan
Thank you very much for your attention. I'm sorry but I think I was not been clear in my help request. The problem is this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9439473/problem.PNG I can't apply a layout (not style) to a master slide. The default layout for master slides has only two text objects, one for

[libreoffice-users] Re: formatting lost in referenced calc fields

2012-09-27 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 27.09.2012 13:56, jef.peeraer wrote: ok, but it would be nice if you could indicate to copy the formatting as wellI thought I saw this somewhere in a dialog jef This is not about copypaste. When you reference another cell ( =A1 ) you would not expect the format to carry over. A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) On the contrary. MS do not fix their problems quickly at all.  Even known malware threats remain for months and even years.  Their strategy is to blame the users.  A typical one being to tell users they shouldn't be using macros because of the likelihood of getting an infected or

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - Blink animation doesn't work

2012-09-27 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 26/09/12 15:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: LO 3.6.0.2 (Build ID: 360m1(Build:102)) None of the Repeat options work in the Blink animation. It blinks once and then stops. Any one got a fix? Anyone got any comments on this? -- Registered Linux User no 240308 GBP's alternative

[libreoffice-users] bug reporting problem

2012-09-27 Thread rost52
I tried to report a bug via https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ Sign in is not possible, page opens directly with 2 Component being black, thus open for selection. Thereafter all selections and entries can be made without any problem. After clicking Submit the message It looks like you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening Files in Writer

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Mounting it at boot relies on the Ntfs partition not stuffing-up.  If it stuffs up then the boot-up gets quite grumbly and unhappy, particularly fstab.  It's better to use your file-browser to bookmark certain folders on the Ntfs and then try those bookmarks after boot-up is over and the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 27/09/12 13:16, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2012-09-27 3:08 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/09/12 12:01, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: I have seen listings on Mozilla's archive system for an extension to help with the syncing to a Google account. Don't need any of those

Re: [libreoffice-users] bug reporting problem

2012-09-27 Thread Joel Madero
On 09/27/2012 12:09 AM, rost52 wrote: I tried to report a bug via https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ Sign in is not possible, page opens directly with 2 Component being black, thus open for selection. Thereafter all selections and entries can be made without any problem. After

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-09-27 10:14 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: If you click on the Sunbird link it also says Lightning - I'm using it here in Lightning 1.7 Ah, ok, thanks... Hmmm... we are using Thunderbird ESR here at the office, and it is stuck at Lightning 1.2.3... I wonder what

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening Files in Writer

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's fairly unlikely that you would accidentally save or use things from a Windows drive (really an Ntfs partition on a drive but Windows calls partitions drives in order to dumb things down so that even all us stupid users can understand.  They aren't being patronising at all.  It's just

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread J.A. de Vries
On 2012-09-27 15:56, Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan wrote: Thank you very much for your attention. I'm sorry but I think I was not been clear in my help request. The problem is this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9439473/problem.PNG I can't apply a layout (not style) to a master slide. The default

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ages ago one of the devs or someone was asking if i could create some more layouts or something but i don't have skills in that area.  Is it possible to join the design-team and make a few more?  Are there Extensions that have extra layouts?  Doesn't OpenOffice have some more? Apols and

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan
hi, thank you for your attention. Well, i don't want to create or save a new custom layout, and i'd like to modify (in the sense of resize/move the default elements) them in my master slides. In other words, as in the posted figure, i'd like to apply an existing layout different from the

Re: [libreoffice-users] bug reporting problem

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You sound like a more sophisticated user so the dumbed-down bug-reporting system on the official site is probably just aggravating.  try the wiki-page for better guidance https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report (including how to look-up bugs you might have posted by either route)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - Blink animation doesn't work

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry, no idea.  Have you tried renaming your User Profile? (Seems to fix a lot of random weirdness).  Seems to work fine for me in 3.5.4 on GnuLinux (specifically Ubuntu 12.04)  Regards from Tom :)  From: Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: formatting lost in referenced calc fields

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Surely just either Edit - Paste Special or Ctrl Shift and v (both get same dialogue box).  Then choose Paste formatted text (Rtf), it's the 2nd option.  We usually use that route to paste unformatted so i've not tried the formatted option.  I'm a huge fan of Rtf but it's just a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does Caldev sync to Google?  If so then it's a winner imo.  This all seems a little off-topic since LO doesn't have a calendar but since calendars are included in competitors equivalent and because calendars are often quite useful to people working with office packages it would be good

Re: [libreoffice-users] Loosing chart on exporting ods to xls

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) No, and i doubt it's going to be easy to ask for help from the MS world.  There might be a few that know how to edit the Xml files inside the XlsX container but trying to get those people to help or even finding them could prove to be difficult! Can you not just export as Pdfs?  They

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread Dan Lewis
On 09/27/2012 06:27 AM, Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan wrote: Hello all, I'm trying to create a template which has 4 slide master: 1) a title master 2) a summary master 3) a two-columns image and text master 4) a standard text master. To design the template, I tried to add 4 slide masters each

Re: [libreoffice-users] ZOOM: strange or bug??

2012-09-27 Thread manuel_songokuh
hello i'm back! then i did try to understand where is problem, i found problem!! A- when i turn on ASUS all-in-one (multitouch is enabled, this is default) when Opensuse and Kde started works as fine or perfect. i open libreoffice (3.5.4.13-3.1 checked from yast package) and my mouse over area

Re: [libreoffice-users] ZOOM: strange or bug??

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Are you saying that you can use some gestures on LO?!!?  I didn't think we had got that far yet!  There are lists for Italian and other languages that might be better places to get help from Regards from Tom :)  From: manuel_songo...@yahoo.it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - bar chart - does not list order properly for cell values

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahah.  I see what you mean now.  The oldest and lowest should be bottom left.  Going up or to the right should be an increase.  Sorry i didn't realise that it really was doing the wrong thing.  Apols and regards from Tom :) From:

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

2012-09-27 Thread Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan
Hello Dan, thank you for your attention. I'll try to indicate the layout I want to apply with a (row,column) index, because i don't know the actual layouts' names. I suppose the layouts on the task pane are organized in two columns and many rows. This is what i'm trying to obtain: slide

[libreoffice-users] Can Calc read/import data from Google Docs?

2012-09-27 Thread Michael Reich
I'm trying to figure out if I can have a Calc (OpenOffice or LibreOffice) spreadsheet import data from a Google Docs spreadsheet. The online assistance via google search is very confusing and seems mostly oriented toward importing data to Google Docs. What I want is a local sheet that can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
Hi Tom, Thank you for a very informative answer - it is bad that all this is not mentioned as a basic info about LibO. I am prepared to trust it as true but honestly I have to rely on my own experiences both regarding Win/MSO and LibO. I have been using Windows and many of MS programs since

[libreoffice-users] Properties of a Memo field in a Base form for OS X

2012-09-27 Thread Dan Lewis
When using a Memo field in a Base form, one can have multi-line text in it. I know how to specify this . The problem is with another property of the Memo field: what each line ends with for OS X. Unix uses a Line Feed to end a line, and Windows uses Carriage Return and Line Feed in

[libreoffice-users] Re: Opening Files in Writer

2012-09-27 Thread CVAlkan
Thanks for the comments. As for Windows' folder organization (Also the folder structure is radically different on Windows.) , I can only say NOT ON MY MACHINE! This whole puerile concept of My this and My that is, in my humble opinion, rather bone-headed and makes a number of unwarranted

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I agree that Base seems a bit of a mess but if you follow Andreas' guidance then it hopefully works better.  There are other people on this list that are great at helping with Base but he seems better at giving a better over-view of Base.  Most of the problems appear to be with wizards

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - bar chart - does not list order properly for cell values

2012-09-27 Thread Gérard Fargeot
I have just seen my post dont be sent. Gérard Fargeot wrote krackedpress wrote I use 3.5.6 on Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit I notice that when I create a listing of months and money going March 100.00 April 200.00 May 150.00 June100.00 The graphs always give me the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can Calc read/import data from Google Docs?

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, this is probably not what you are looking for but just to clear the idea out of the way ... Can you just open the google-docs spreadsheet and save it onto your computer?  Then just double-clicking on it should open it in Calc.  Google-docs uses the same native format as LO but both

[libreoffice-users] Multiply values BEFORE summing

2012-09-27 Thread Vytas
Hi, I have about 2453 records for which I require to sum numerous columns ie. A * H, A* I , A*J The following equation will sum the values of each column [=SUM($H$2:$H$2453)]. Is there a way I can multiply the summation column by the corresponding column A value for each record?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread rost52
A comment just from a user's point of view. I used Lo and MSO in parallel for about 6 month and changed recently over to LO only. Writer and Calc is for me in general so far better then the MSO. Impress has some problems (calling custom shows) I found a kind of work around. The other LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] Multiply values BEFORE summing

2012-09-27 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Vytas, Vytas schrieb: Hi, I have about 2453 records for which I require to sum numerous columns ie. A * H, A* I , A*J The following equation will sum the values of each column [=SUM($H$2:$H$2453)]. Is there a way I can multiply the summation column by the corresponding column A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can Calc read/import data from Google Docs?

2012-09-27 Thread Jay Lozier
On 09/27/2012 01:24 PM, Michael Reich wrote: I'm trying to figure out if I can have a Calc (OpenOffice or LibreOffice) spreadsheet import data from a Google Docs spreadsheet. The online assistance via google search is very confusing and seems mostly oriented toward importing data to Google

Re: [libreoffice-users] Multiply values BEFORE summing

2012-09-27 Thread Dr. R. O Stapf
I am not sure if I understand sufficiently good what you try to achieve. Could this be a solution colum A . colum H create a new colum (a*h) and then sum up. If this is not the solution it might be a good idea to express in normal mathematical formulas and words what you want to

Re: [libreoffice-users] bug reporting problem

2012-09-27 Thread rost52
Thanks for both hints.I used first the bugzilla and found thereafter the bug reporting assitant of LO. This worked fine until today. Now, based on Joel's comment I hope the bug reporting assistant get's back to it's previous functionality.If someone else makes a different experience

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

2012-09-27 Thread Jay Lozier
On 09/27/2012 09:04 AM, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: All the best LibO folks, This discussion about calendars etc. may be interesting perhaps also useful -- but back to the basic question! Microsoft is going to change their behavior. Let us remember that MS is the absolute market leader -- they

Re: [libreoffice-users] bug reporting problem

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Lol, so the bug-reporting assistant has a bug-report posted about it?  rofls +1 about hoping it gets fixed soon but until then the wiki-page still presumably works? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report Apols and regards from Tom :)  From:

Re: [libreoffice-users] bug reporting problem

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Weird.  It looks like the mailing list badly mangles Rost's replies whereas they seem to look fine through my Yahoo account.  [shrugs] not much i can do about that except be glad (for once) that i am still sticking with Yahoo. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening Files in Writer

2012-09-27 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:11:43 +0100 (BST) Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Mounting it at boot relies on the Ntfs partition not stuffing-up.  If it stuffs up then the boot-up gets quite grumbly and unhappy, particularly fstab.  G'day Tom, The NTFS mounting process must haved

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening Files in Writer

2012-09-27 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:44:19 -0700 (PDT) CVAlkan fobe...@enteract.com wrote: As I understand things, it is, in fact, possible to see a listing of the files on an unmounted drive - it just isn't possible to open them. G'day I'll have to test this somehow - another time though. Regards

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can Calc read/import data from Google Docs?

2012-09-27 Thread Michael Reich
Thanks, Tom, but the need is for dynamic. I know I can download the Google Docs file, but that won't help. I had wanted to do everything on Google Docs originally, but the function GD offers for reading (importing) data from one sheet to another sheet has a limit of 50 uses in the

[libreoffice-users] Writer - Split cell problem in DOC format

2012-09-27 Thread Mike
I ran into a writer problem with a table with split cells. When saved in doc (MSO 2003) format, the table is not displayed correctly when reopening (the row with the split cell is corrupted and values lost). I found the following bug on the wiki: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54128