Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Andrew Brown
Ubuntu install is the same, if using the default install options it creates the swap partition (at least equal to installed RAM amount), and then then one partition for all. I change this and like many here, create the root / (100MB), and the balance of the drive capacity to /home, keeping my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature request: MATH - Include Greek letters and other symbols

2013-08-07 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:26:43 -0700 (PDT) RamonTavarez ramontava...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. It would be a good enhacement include into MATH's docking window a section for greek letters and other mathematicals symbols. Just to simplify the edition's time on academics jobs. Regards. --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I tend to make / around 10-15Gb now for Ubuntu.  100Mb is about enough for a separate /boot partiiton but not enough for the / of most distros, especially not for the most bloated distro of all.  I've found that even 8Gb gets in trouble quite quickly unless you are quite good at doing

[libreoffice-users] Default Date Format in Libreoffice Calc

2013-08-07 Thread Harshad Italiya
Hi, I am using LibreOffice Calc 3.6.2.2. When I enter Date as 30/05/2013 in column it displays it according to the format I have selected for CELL. Now when I go for edit this column I can see it is changing this DD/MM/ format in which I have entered data to MM/DD/ automatically. Is

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

2013-08-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/08/13 15:23, Jason White a écrit : Hi Jason, This is some example code I'm using that opens a form. How do set set the current record number of the newly opened form from the basic script. Sub OpenDataEntry(oEvent As Object) Dim FrmName as string FrmName = Finalization -

[libreoffice-users] Sorry (was: help)

2013-08-07 Thread Nino Novak
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

2013-08-07 Thread Marion Noel Lodge
Hi Jason, You might be able to adapt this Sub for your needs: - Sub FindRecord(iTargetID AS Integer) Dim oColumn AS Object Dim iColumnValue AS Integer Dim iRowAS Integer Dim rs AS Object Dim sTargetIDAS String rs =

[libreoffice-users] Re: What's needed for reading and writing an excel o spreedsheet file from Java

2013-08-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/08/13 16:08, Edwin F. López A. a écrit : Hi, I saw the examples of libre office for openning an Excel file, and was wondering what is required to create a java application that uses LibreOffice UNO runtime for such a task. That is, use LibreOffice for You need a running instance of LO

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default Date Format in Libreoffice Calc

2013-08-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/08/13 10:56, Harshad Italiya a écrit : Hi, Is there any way so I can set DD/MM/ default so whenever I go for editing it will show me 30/05/2013 not 05/30/2013 ? 1) What is your system locale set to ? 2) What is your LO locale set to ? 3) Which lang-pack (if any) are you using ?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Default Date Format in Libreoffice Calc

2013-08-07 Thread Harshad Italiya
Hi Alex, I have just changed my Local Date format and now it's working OK. Thanks Alex. :) On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.comwrote: Le 07/08/13 10:56, Harshad Italiya a écrit : Hi, Is there any way so I can set DD/MM/ default so whenever I go

[libreoffice-users] Re: Feature request: MATH - Include Greek letters and other symbols

2013-08-07 Thread RamonTavarez
Hi. I´ll report it there, but Isn´t it a bug´s reporting psge? These feature doesn´t exisit. It really isn´t a bug! Thanks. *Ramón E. Tavárez B.* On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Thomas Taylor [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4069165...@n3.nabble.com wrote: On Tue, 6

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Feature request: MATH - Include Greek letters and other symbols

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) One of the drop-downs sets the status as Feature Request so it probably does get filed slightly differently from a regular bug-report Regards from Tom :)  From: RamonTavarez ramontava...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday,

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
YES my point exactly Unless we do such a large data gathering project taking into account all of the different options, EVERYTHING is just guesswork or personally view performance. Some faster systems, for whatever reasons, load and run LO slower than the slower CPU called slower

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
Just to give you a bloat alert. My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS system, after all of its updates and upgrades from the repository, and the fact that it seems a lot of the older packages were left on the system, my OS folders now total about 98-GB. 1,000 GB total less 78.7 GB free space less 823.5 GB

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

2013-08-07 Thread Don Myers
Hi, When I have a database open in form view, there is a block where I can select a specific record number in the bottom left of the screen Don On 08/07/2013 05:30 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 06/08/13 15:23, Jason White a écrit : Hi Jason, This is some example code I'm using that

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Sina Momken
On 08/07/2013 03:05 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: YES my point exactly Unless we do such a large data gathering project taking into account all of the different options, EVERYTHING is just guesswork or personally view performance. They are more than some guesswork which I may

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) My guess is thatUbuntu created an 11Gb Extended Partition purely to put the 11Gb Swap in.  Not quite sure why it did that but the installer tries to make sure your system stays reasonably flexible for the future Regards from Tom :)  From:

[libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Werner F. Bruhin
On 07/08/2013 15:18, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) My guess is thatUbuntu created an 11Gb Extended Partition purely to put the 11Gb Swap in. Not quite sure why it did that but the installer tries to make sure your system stays reasonably flexible for the future Swap is just about on all systems in

[libreoffice-users] [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Gilles
Hello LibreOffice Write is unable to let me fill this form: Lost.in.Post.Declaration1.docx http://bagofiles.free.fr/Lost.in.Post.Declaration1.docx Apparently, it's filled with macros. Does someone have an idea how to fill this? Thank you. -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
Yes, there are a lot of people who can give others proof of what their system can do. Either by an active demonstration or via benchmark packages. I love doing active presentations to non-believers. I have taken and proved that LO can do things that I claim, by bringing my laptop[s] to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

2013-08-07 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
Well, in the Disk utility, there is a gray area that is the ext4 partition. The small space left it split in half, top half and bottom half. It sure reads like they are separate partitions, since they are both named using the partition word. Extended partition and Swap Partition. Unless

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: In basic, how do you open a form to a particular record number?

2013-08-07 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Jason , this links opens a pdf http://www.baseprogramming.com/OOBasicDatabaseDev.pdf As far as I can tell, this website only (and I mean only) has two blog posts about Java programming. No references, nor anything else that seems useful. Perhaps the website has changed owner recently? On Tue,

[libreoffice-users] Re: [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Tinkerer
Using a Mac 10.8.4 and LibreOffice 4.1.0.4 it works perfectly for me. Tink. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/4-0-Win-Edit-form-tp4069229p4069240.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Doug
On 08/07/2013 10:28 AM, Gilles wrote: Hello LibreOffice Write is unable to let me fill this form: Lost.in.Post.Declaration1.docx http://bagofiles.free.fr/Lost.in.Post.Declaration1.docx Apparently, it's filled with macros. Does someone have an idea how to fill this? Thank you.

Re: [libreoffice-users] [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Brian Barker
At 07:28 07/08/2013 -0700, Gilles Noname wrote: LibreOffice Write is unable to let me fill this form: http://bagofiles.free.fr/Lost.in.Post.Declaration1.docx Apparently, it's filled with macros. Does someone have an idea how to fill this? One solution: open it in Microsoft Word (apologies

Re: [libreoffice-users] [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 and a little applause.  If only that was more acceptable.  We are getting there though.  People around me are becoming more aware of the geekish File - Save As but outsiders still have trouble with that sort of thing Regards from Tom :)  From:

[libreoffice-users] Re: [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Gilles
Thanks Brian. After more fiddling, I figured how to enter edit mode and fill that form. What a waste of time. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/4-0-Win-Edit-form-tp4069229p4069250.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To

[libreoffice-users] Re: [4.0/Win] Edit form?

2013-08-07 Thread Tom
Hi :) Seems like they are trying to go for the prize of most pointlessly awkward form based on just bad formatting options rather than anything sinister or really clever. Step 1 From the web-page the file opened as Read only so i had to save it locally to fill it in Step 2 Adjust the font

[libreoffice-users] Installing Win7

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm just installing Win7 to a machine that already had WinXp working sort-of-fine-ish.  One of the early screens said the process would involve rebooting itself several times and i should ignore it and let it get on with it.  Then it gave me a few choices which i had to click on.  I

Re: [libreoffice-users] HTML Source

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the best html editors are simple text-editors.  If it can identify and colour-code the coding and perhaps a couple other tricks then fantastic.  More than that is going to go wrong somewhere.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Regina Henschel

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7

2013-08-07 Thread Luuk
On 07-08-2013 19:35, Tom Davies wrote: It's taken half an hour which is not bad. It's about the same as Ubuntu on the same machine. The worst comparison i've ever read. Ubuntu is more and more a shitty copy of Windoooz ;) First thing to do is to hunt down and change the password, or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7

2013-08-07 Thread Doug
On 08/07/2013 03:22 PM, Luuk wrote: On 07-08-2013 19:35, Tom Davies wrote: First thing to do is to hunt down and change the password, or even delete the non-Admin local user. Normally no 'non-Admin local user' is created. I think only 1 user is created, and this user is an 'Admin'. A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Win7

2013-08-07 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 06:35:48PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I'm just installing Win7 to a machine that already had WinXp working sort-of-fine-ish.  One of the early screens said the process would involve rebooting itself several times and i should ignore it and let it get on with it. 

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Win7

2013-08-07 Thread Ken Springer
Hi, Tom, I was going to give you a hard time about some of the stuff you wrote, but to quote it was going to take more editing time than I have. On 8/7/13 11:35 AM, Tom Davies wrote: I get really hacked off when people tell me this is easier than installing any GnuLinux distro. It's as

[libreoffice-users] Sequentially numberted tickets...

2013-08-07 Thread David Love
I have been asked to design and print numbered tickets for an event being organised by a Club to which my wife belongs. Starting from the left edge: (a) in the first third details of the event and a number. This is the stub (b) in the remaining two thirds there is an image to the left and