[libreoffice-users] Changing font size with shortcut key
I'm looking for either a. a shortcut key for changing font size (MS Word uses Ctrl-[ or Ctrl-]) or b. a macro that will do this (that I can associate with a shortcut key) Any ideas? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Changing-font-size-with-shortcut-key-tp4090065.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[SOLVED + CAVEAT] [libreoffice-users] rounding problem with Base
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:06:58 +0100 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it wrote: To make the change in format permanent you've to build a view from the query and change the format there otherwise if you change the format in the query the format is lost next time you run the query. A bit weird. If I could give a suggestion I'd make the default format for numbers in queries follow the same schema as in postgresql (and most DB I know). NUMERIC(A, N) * NUMERIC(B, M) - NUMERIC(A + B, N + M) and FLOAT/DOUBLE all significant digits. On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:57:47 + Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) Are you saying you have solved this problem yourself without help from the list or has the problem just changed a bit? To summarize it for posterity: I wasn't able to appreciate if any change I was doing to the type used (NUMERIC(N, M) or FLOAT or DOUBLE) in SQL operations was effective since all I could get out from the DB was 2 decimals either in simple format (1234567898,31) or scientific format (6,23E+015). Not being able to see any change tricked me into thinking that no matter what type I was using there was no effect on precision since I'm used to something like: test=# select 1.01::numeric(4,2)*2.02::numeric(4,2); ?column? -- 2.0402 (1 row) The problem was just a problem of output format that can be set once you run the query, and in the result window right click on the column name and change the format. Thanks for the moral support anyway. -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. -- God bless you Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW Ph 02 67924890 Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
On 12/29/2013 03:12 PM, Keith Bates wrote: Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. Kieth I would try the COUNTIF(). The syntax is =COUNTIF(range, criteria). The range is the column with the titles and the criteria is the title you want counted. I would set up the data one sheet and in another I would set a column with each title and in the next column have =COUNTIF(datasheet.range, cell). The only problem is if you accidentally missed of the titles in the range. Assuming an average of 3 services per week that use 5 songs you have about 780 separate instances that a song was used. I can see easily missing a single title. An alternative is to use Base with the data uploaded to a table. CSV files work very well with databases. Then the have Base count each title. Most people find databases more intimidating because they do not directly work them. But once you get familiar with them you might find this an easier approach for problems like this. I tend to use raw SQL when working with Base (mostly because I use SQL at work). In SQL the query would look like this: SELECT Count(*) AS Count AS count is optional FROM Songs use actual table name GROUP BY Title use actual column name which has the titles If you want you can send me a typical dataset to off list and I will look at both with Calc and Base. Jay -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
On 12/29/2013 05:10 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 12/29/2013 03:12 PM, Keith Bates wrote: Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. Kieth I would try the COUNTIF(). The syntax is =COUNTIF(range, criteria). The range is the column with the titles and the criteria is the title you want counted. I would set up the data one sheet and in another I would set a column with each title and in the next column have =COUNTIF(datasheet.range, cell). The only problem is if you accidentally missed of the titles in the range. Assuming an average of 3 services per week that use 5 songs you have about 780 separate instances that a song was used. I can see easily missing a single title. An alternative is to use Base with the data uploaded to a table. CSV files work very well with databases. Then the have Base count each title. Most people find databases more intimidating because they do not directly work them. But once you get familiar with them you might find this an easier approach for problems like this. I tend to use raw SQL when working with Base (mostly because I use SQL at work). In SQL the query would look like this: SELECT Count(*) AS Count AS count is optional FROM Songs use actual table name GROUP BY Title use actual column name which has the titles If you want you can send me a typical dataset to off list and I will look at both with Calc and Base. Jay I'm wondering if you are expected to pay royalties on the music. If so, I would think that there is enough sacred music in the public domain that you could forget about the problem, and save money for the church to use for religious purposes. You should have your music director look into that. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
Hi Keith, Keith Bates schrieb: Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. Import the csv data into the spreadsheet. Define a data range for this data including the field names. Generate a pivot table from it this way: - drag the field name of the song title to the Row Fields - drag the same field name to the Data Fields. - Double click the field name button in the Data Fields area and change the function from sum to count. OK Using a pivot table has the advantage, that you do not need to know beforehand, which song titles are contained in the list. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
On 12/29/2013 05:47 PM, doug wrote: On 12/29/2013 05:10 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 12/29/2013 03:12 PM, Keith Bates wrote: Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. Kieth I would try the COUNTIF(). The syntax is =COUNTIF(range, criteria). The range is the column with the titles and the criteria is the title you want counted. I would set up the data one sheet and in another I would set a column with each title and in the next column have =COUNTIF(datasheet.range, cell). The only problem is if you accidentally missed of the titles in the range. Assuming an average of 3 services per week that use 5 songs you have about 780 separate instances that a song was used. I can see easily missing a single title. An alternative is to use Base with the data uploaded to a table. CSV files work very well with databases. Then the have Base count each title. Most people find databases more intimidating because they do not directly work them. But once you get familiar with them you might find this an easier approach for problems like this. I tend to use raw SQL when working with Base (mostly because I use SQL at work). In SQL the query would look like this: SELECT Count(*) AS Count AS count is optional FROM Songs use actual table name GROUP BY Title use actual column name which has the titles If you want you can send me a typical dataset to off list and I will look at both with Calc and Base. Jay I'm wondering if you are expected to pay royalties on the music. If so, I would think that there is enough sacred music in the public domain that you could forget about the problem, and save money for the church to use for religious purposes. You should have your music director look into that. --doug Aside on copyright. The problem is the song book may include works that still have a copyright. Given the length of copyrights you might be surprised what still has a valid copyright. For music, royalties are do for publication (song book), performance (this situation), broadcasting the song, and using it other media (movie for example). While I do not know Australian copyright details the general details are the same by international treaties. In the US the fines can get very steep for copyright infringement - up to $150k per infringement. So being proactive and paying the royalties will much cheaper in the long run if a bit of a pain. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
+1 That's how I'd do it. On 12/29/13 5:51 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Bates schrieb: Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. Import the csv data into the spreadsheet. Define a data range for this data including the field names. Generate a pivot table from it this way: - drag the field name of the song title to the Row Fields - drag the same field name to the Data Fields. - Double click the field name button in the Data Fields area and change the function from sum to count. OK Using a pivot table has the advantage, that you do not need to know beforehand, which song titles are contained in the list. Kind regards Regina -- Carl Paulsen 8 Hamilton Street Dover, NH 03820 (603) 749-2310 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
On 30/12/13 09:47, doug wrote: On 12/29/2013 05:10 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 12/29/2013 03:12 PM, Keith Bates wrote: Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. Kieth I would try the COUNTIF(). The syntax is =COUNTIF(range, criteria). The range is the column with the titles and the criteria is the title you want counted. I would set up the data one sheet and in another I would set a column with each title and in the next column have =COUNTIF(datasheet.range, cell). The only problem is if you accidentally missed of the titles in the range. Assuming an average of 3 services per week that use 5 songs you have about 780 separate instances that a song was used. I can see easily missing a single title. An alternative is to use Base with the data uploaded to a table. CSV files work very well with databases. Then the have Base count each title. Most people find databases more intimidating because they do not directly work them. But once you get familiar with them you might find this an easier approach for problems like this. I tend to use raw SQL when working with Base (mostly because I use SQL at work). In SQL the query would look like this: SELECT Count(*) AS Count AS count is optional FROM Songs use actual table name GROUP BY Title use actual column name which has the titles If you want you can send me a typical dataset to off list and I will look at both with Calc and Base. Jay I'm wondering if you are expected to pay royalties on the music. If so, I would think that there is enough sacred music in the public domain that you could forget about the problem, and save money for the church to use for religious purposes. You should have your music director look into that. --doug The licence is through CCLI (www.ccli.com) and is a flat fee based on the size of the congregation. The total fees are divided amongst the song authors based on total song usage. For contemporary music it is a very cost effective way of legally reproducing lyrics and music. -- God bless you Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW Ph 02 67924890 Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
Just as another option, you can also use Data | Subtotals, although I think a pivot table is probably nicer looking. Let's say you have a simple list of song names in column A. For some reason this operation seems to expect a header row, and I didn't see an option not to use one, so make sure you have a header row above the song names (create a blank row if needed). Then simply select from the header cell all the way down the column to include all the songs. Now go to Data | Subtotals. The first tab (1st Group) should have Column A (or the header name) in the Group by dropdown. Click on Count under Use function, and Column A (or the header name) should become ticked in the Calculate subtotals for list. Check that the checkbox for Pre-sort area according to groups on the Options tab is checked. Click OK, and you should see the list of song names grouped by each song, with a subtotal and a grand total. Paul On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:51:52 +0100 Regina Henschel rb.hensc...@t-online.de wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Bates schrieb: Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. Import the csv data into the spreadsheet. Define a data range for this data including the field names. Generate a pivot table from it this way: - drag the field name of the song title to the Row Fields - drag the same field name to the Data Fields. - Double click the field name button in the Data Fields area and change the function from sum to count. OK Using a pivot table has the advantage, that you do not need to know beforehand, which song titles are contained in the list. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing font size with shortcut key
At 11:10 29/12/2013 -0800, Lloyde Noname wrote: I'm looking for [...] a shortcut key for changing font size o Open or start a document of a suitable type - probably text (Writer). o Go to Tools | Customize... | Keyboard. o Under Category, select Format. o Under Function, select Increase Font. o At the top right of the panel, choose whether the shortcut should apply to LibreOffice generally or just to one component - perhaps Writer. o Under Shortcut keys, select your preferred keyboard shortcut. o Click Modify and OK. o Repeat for Reduce Font and a suitable (different) keyboard shortcut. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Changing font size with shortcut key
Thanks. Just what I needed. On 12/29/2013 10:40 PM, Lloyde Brian Barker [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] wrote: At 11:10 29/12/2013 -0800, Lloyde Noname wrote: I'm looking for [...] a shortcut key for changing font size o Open or start a document of a suitable type - probably text (Writer). o Go to Tools | Customize... | Keyboard. o Under Category, select Format. o Under Function, select Increase Font. o At the top right of the panel, choose whether the shortcut should apply to LibreOffice generally or just to one component - perhaps Writer. o Under Shortcut keys, select your preferred keyboard shortcut. o Click Modify and OK. o Repeat for Reduce Font and a suitable (different) keyboard shortcut. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [hidden email] /user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=4090106i=0 Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Changing-font-size-with-shortcut-key-tp4090065p4090106.html To unsubscribe from Changing font size with shortcut key, click here http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_codenode=4090065code=bGxveWRlNDYyOEBnbWFpbC5jb218NDA5MDA2NXwtMzM4MzM5MjQw. NAML http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewerid=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.namlbase=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespacebreadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Changing-font-size-with-shortcut-key-tp4090065p4090108.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[SOLVED] [libreoffice-users] Counting Instances
On 30/12/13 09:51, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Bates schrieb: Hi everyone, I've used Libre Office for years, but I am an absolute newbie as far as Calc is concerned for anything but the very basics. :) Here is my problem. My church has to report to the copyright licence holders the names of the songs it uses and the number of times each song is used in a given time period. The software we use for projecting the words for songs (OpenLP) will produce the name of each song used in each service. It will generate a CSV Obviously it is easy enough to import that into a spreadsheet. How can I then count the number of times each song is used? I could sort the table by song title and then count them manually, but I am guessing there would be some sort of function that automates the counting. Thanks for any help on this. Import the csv data into the spreadsheet. Define a data range for this data including the field names. Generate a pivot table from it this way: - drag the field name of the song title to the Row Fields - drag the same field name to the Data Fields. - Double click the field name button in the Data Fields area and change the function from sum to count. OK Using a pivot table has the advantage, that you do not need to know beforehand, which song titles are contained in the list. Kind regards Regina Thank you to everyone who offered help with this. I found the pivot table option to be the best one- thanks Regina for your detailed instructions. Before today, I had no idea what a pivot table is- now apparently I can use one :) I might read the user guide now to deepen my understanding. Paul suggested using Subtotals on the column with the song title, but I found this sorted just that column which separated the song titles from other fields. I guess I could have selected the other fields as part of the sorting/sub-totalling, but the pivot table has the advantage of giving the information without messing with the data. -- God bless you Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW Ph 02 67924890 Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
