Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread sun shine
On 31/07/13 13:20, James Knott wrote: Urmas wrote: Another major reason are huge bribes given to government officials to deploy {Libre|Open}Office solutions in budget-funding institutions worldwide. Actually, if you care to check the facts, it's Microsoft that's been doing that. +1 Urmas -

[libreoffice-users] Setting default template

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew
Trying to set a default template. I modified some styles and want to make them my default styles. I have followed the instructions in the help file as detailed below. It doesn't work for me. Steps 1-3, no problem. Step 4 is unclear at best and seemingly inaccurate at worst. After step 3

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc - Matching Up Text Fields

2013-08-01 Thread Don Parris
Unfortunately, one bank throws everything except for the date and the amount into a single description column. It would still be simpler if they did not include the actual transaction date in that column, as it means the description changes... well... daily. G On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at

[libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Urmas
According to http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey, Windows 8 is working on 14% of computers. It's more than 10 times Linux marketshare. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

[libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Urmas
Are you aware OpenXML perpetuates that year 1900 Excel bug and makes it standard? Did you know about all the non-disclosed binary blobs that are part of OpenXML? It is much more better than an ODF, which documents nothing, and depends on a reference implementation from a single vendor, Sun.

Re: [libreoffice-users] License for a LO Calc document?

2013-08-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nice answer!  Good to have links in there too.  I really thought that the poor-man's copyright was a legit way but now it';s obvious that it couldn't be.  It's waaay too easy to fake it.  That was interesting about the Berne Convention.  Next time the issue crops up i might look into

Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting default template

2013-08-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The published official guides are much better https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications The in-built help (at least the English version of it) is not always completely up to date or accurate.  The international translators team work at it before translating it and i

[libreoffice-users] Need screenshots and proofread for FAQ referenced in Help

2013-08-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Any chance of more screen-shots for Sophie? (translations and documentation teams) I think just these 3 pages in the wiki https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Calc/141 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Calc/142 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Calc/143 Regards from Tom

OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Tanstaafl
Someone had asked about a free/FOSS defragger... There is UltraDefrag: http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/en/index.html I don't use it much, but thats only because disk fragmentation is not nearly as big of a problem on modern systems as it used to be. Windows7+ does a pretty good job of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Brown
Urmas Steam is a game platform, and here's some facts from their own info web page - quote As of December 2012, there are nearly 2000 games available through Steam,^and 54 million active user accounts. As of January 2013, Steam has seen over 6.6 million concurrent players. Steam has an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-08-01 7:31 AM, Andrew Brown andre...@icon.co.za wrote: Urmas Steam is a game platform, and here's some facts from their own info web Please don't feed the trolls -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Tanstaafl Yes, a good choice, I forgot about UltraDefrag. Regards Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 01:26 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Someone had asked about a free/FOSS defragger... There is UltraDefrag: http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/en/index.html I don't use it much, but thats only because

[libreoffice-users] Re: License for a LO Calc document?

2013-08-01 Thread csanyipal
Hi Joel, I have plan to sharing it say on the Internet, or say on a flesh drive that I bring in to the school where I'm working. I want to use Creative Commons License ( CC ). In this case I will put the License for myLO Calc Spreadsheet file on my homepage ( one can see how to do that here:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: According to http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey, Windows 8 is working on 14% of computers. It's more than 10 times Linux marketshare. Lessee now. I have 5 computers here. Only one has Windows on it and it spends most of it's time running Linux. I have a tablet and a smart

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Tanstaafl
Please don't send to me directly, I'm on the list. Thanks On 2013-08-01 7:44 AM, Andrew Brown andre...@icon.co.za wrote: Hi Tanstaafl Yes, a good choice, I forgot about UltraDefrag. Regards Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 01:26 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Someone had asked about a free/FOSS

Re: [libreoffice-users] License for a LO Calc document?

2013-08-01 Thread Jay Lozier
On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 06:32:47 -0400, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Nice answer! Good to have links in there too. I really thought that the poor-man's copyright was a legit way but now it';s obvious that it couldn't be. It's waaay too easy to fake it. Under US law a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: It is much more better than an ODF, which documents nothing, and depends on a reference implementation from a single vendor, Sun. Year 1900 being a leap one is a universal convention which predates Excel for several years. What planet are you living on? ODF documents are

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Brown
Apologies Tanstaafl, I replied to all. I must have replied directly to you as well as the list Regards Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 01:51 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Please don't send to me directly, I'm on the list. Thanks On 2013-08-01 7:44 AM, Andrew Brown andre...@icon.co.za wrote: Hi

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Tanstaafl
And you did it again. Best is to use an email client that actually supports Reply-To-List (like Thunderbird). On 2013-08-01 8:11 AM, Andrew Brown andre...@icon.co.za wrote: Apologies Tanstaafl, I replied to all. I must have replied directly to you as well as the list Regards Andrew Brown

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Tanstaafl
Please don't feed the troll! On 2013-08-01 7:57 AM, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: Urmas wrote: It is much more better than an ODF, which documents nothing, and depends on a reference implementation from a single vendor, Sun. Year 1900 being a leap one is a universal convention

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  It is awkward but it's the way the list has been set-up.  We just need to delete twice per message rather than just once.  We can't really expect people to change email-clients just in order to post to this list!  That would be absurd.  It might be good to start-up a petition about

Re: OT: Defraggers...Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Brown
Heh! Heh! yes force of habit clicking Reply All when I see multiple names, instead of Reply to list as I have done now, and I do use Thunderbird :-P Andrew Brown On 01/08/2013 02:36 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: And you did it again. Best is to use an email client that actually supports

[libreoffice-users] seems a bug problem

2013-08-01 Thread Paolo Debortoli
using LO 4.0.0.3  on linux ubuntu:  I created a text document;  inserted a  a4 big jpg image (135,1 kb).  when I tried to convert it in pdf format, it returned different mistakes 'not enough free space', 'not authorized to create the object'  and so on...  then i removed the jpg image and the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Printing specific pages in 4.1 writer

2013-08-01 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 07/31/2013 06:11 PM, Screwbottle wrote: Hi I was asked to post the screenshots in this reply to Kracked_P_P, on Nabble so here I go http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4068330/Screenshot1.jpg http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4068330/Screenshot2.jpg -- View this message

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing specific pages in 4.1 writer

2013-08-01 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
To get my Cannon printer to work with Linux, I first was told that they do not support Linux. Well, the UK Cannon site had the drivers and supported Linux even though the USA site does not. I had to download 4 files. Two for the printing and two for the scanning. I use a HP Officejet 7000

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to define a dictionary for new language?

2013-08-01 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
There are official dialects and then there are those that just pronounce the words differently or uses different phrase styles. As for a language dialect, say using different words, like the various non-English languages spoken in the UK, or ones that are based in English variants from 500

[libreoffice-users] trying to integrate oracle forms with libreoffice

2013-08-01 Thread pasqual milvaques pons
hi In my organization we have some applications built with oracle forms which generate .doc and .xls documents, as we are migrating to LibreOffice we are trying to remove the office suite from the pc's but the users with these applications can't make the switch. the problem is that oracle

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: License for a LO Calc document?

2013-08-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are many options depending on how quickly and easily you want people to see it.  Once you have chosen which license you want to use there is a logo that you can copypaste directly onto the page.  Then right-click on the logo to get the Picture dialogue box and hunt for the place

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 4.0.3

2013-08-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) On the space station it's only the laptops that are going to have GnuLinux put on them.  All the commandcontrol systems are already GnuLinux.  I was listening to one of the ground-crew giving instructions on what to type in and it was roughly like ls, LS, it says ... roger cd .., cd ...,

Re: [libreoffice-users] trying to integrate oracle forms with libreoffice

2013-08-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-08-01 10:36 AM, pasqual milvaques pons milvaques_...@gva.es wrote: In my organization we have some applications built with oracle forms which generate .doc and .xls documents, as we are migrating to LibreOffice we are trying to remove the office suite from the pc's but the users with

[libreoffice-users] calc / numerical keypad

2013-08-01 Thread Adam
Hi. I use format [[HH]:MM for time. Then hour can be maximum 2 digit number ( from 0 to 24 ). Is it possible for calc to add sign : after every second number ? Or : is it possible for calc to use sign : when I press key ./del on numercial keypad ? TIA Adam -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting default template

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew
Thanks Tom. A more specific link was provided to me privately: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Writer_Guide . That document helped point me in the right direction, but some additional work was required, as outlined further below. The document

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc / numerical keypad

2013-08-01 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:46 01/08/2013 +0200, Adam Noname wrote: I use format [[HH]:MM for time. Then hour can be maximum 2 digit number ( from 0 to 24 ). Is it possible for calc to add sign : after every second number ? Or : is it possible for calc to use sign : when I press key ./del on numerical keypad ?

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[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Time for Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Awards nominations

2013-08-01 Thread Tom Davies
From: Jean Weber To: LibreO - Marketing Global market...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 1 August 2013, 19:50 Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Time for Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Awards nominations

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: calc / numerical keypad

2013-08-01 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:19 01/08/2013 +0200, Adam Noname wrote: I use format [[HH]:MM for time. Then hour can be maximum 2 digit number ( from 0 to 24 ). Is it possible for calc to add sign : after every second number ? Not as far as I know. Times are stored as numbers - as fractions of a day - so any

[libreoffice-users] Re: calc / numerical keypad

2013-08-01 Thread Adam
On 01.08.2013 21:34, Brian Barker wrote: At 21:19 01/08/2013 +0200, Adam Noname wrote: I use format [[HH]:MM for time. Then hour can be maximum 2 digit number ( from 0 to 24 ). Is it possible for calc to add sign : after every second number ? Not as far as I know. Times are stored as

[libreoffice-users] Fixing Printing Paper Defaults

2013-08-01 Thread Budgie
Hi, my first post here. I am presently running LibreOffice 3.5:build-413, Build ID: 350m1(Build:413) on OS: Linux 3.4.47-2.38-desktop x86_64, System: openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) and KDE: 4.8.5 (4.8.5) release 2openSUSE 12.2 desktop. I know there is a more recent LO version but not on openSUSE