Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If something worked and suddenly stopped working as if by magic then the first thing to try is to rename your User Profile https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile Renaming is better than deleting because you might have tons of stuff in your profile (templates, galleries, Extensions,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Crash Calc

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't know if it would help at all but have you read the section on Macros in the Published Guides? Chapter 13 in the Getting Started guide https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications There is also an excellent guide written by Andrew Pitonyak

Re: [libreoffice-users] plantage Calc

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry i didn't know the address of the French team so i just forwarded this to here. please pass it on! I odn't know if informatichien is on this or the French mailing lists so please make sure he/she is included in replies! :) The question was translated into English and posted on the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Dropdown box in calc, mutliple columns

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't know but it sounds like it might be better to use a database program for this sort of thing. Base is good when used with an external back-end. Please let us know what Operating System you are using (Xp, Win7, Ubuntu, Mac something or whatever). Also might be good to know which

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Logo function

2014-02-18 Thread Kolbjørn Stuestøl
Thank you, Tom. Yes, I reported it yesterday using https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/. (Bug 75109). Kolbjoern Den 18.02.2014 10:35, skreiv Tom Davies: Hi Kolbjoern :) Report it!! https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Hopefully you have reported it already since no-one

[libreoffice-users] paste to the edit box?

2014-02-18 Thread John R. Sowden
Is it possible to copy text, then paste it into the edit box in calc 4,x under ubuntu 13.10? Now I have to put the cursor in the edit box, then click on edit- paste. John -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Logo function

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Kolbjoern :) Report it!! https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Hopefully you have reported it already since no-one responded sooner! The QA/bug-squad team do 'triage' to confirm that it's a bug and if it's not then they can close it easily. It is good to report here first except that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Wizard fails in 4.2.0

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry for the lack of responses! If it worked fine in 4.1.4 and stopped working in 4.2.0 then it's worth reporting as a bug-report. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Obviously it would be good to try 4.2.1 jic it has been fixed already but bug-squad/QA can quickly close the

[libreoffice-users] Other teams and so-called bug-reports

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Many bugs for many projects are from noobs who simply don't know their way around the programs yet. Many so-called 'bugs' could be easily closed by people who normally only consider working in direct User Support (such as this mailing list) and by just giving people links to documentation

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Dropdown box in calc, mutliple columns

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I've been told off-list that Brian Barker did give the right answer to this. Something to do with VLook-up apparently. So, this q is completely solved Regards from Tom :) On 18 February 2014 09:19, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I don't know but it sounds like it might be

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Changes in the LO 4.3-dev start screen, intentilnal or bug?

2014-02-18 Thread Marco Zehe
Hi Tom, yeah, my posting to the accessibility list was totally intentional, since this was a question specifically related to the interaction of LibreOffice with screen readers for the blind. There may not be a visual difference between the 4.2 and 4.3.0 dev builds of this initial LibreOffice

[libreoffice-users] svg image format import bug

2014-02-18 Thread e-letter
Readers, A bug has been reported about the failure of LO to display text created with an svg image: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32248 Can anyone please confirm this occurs in the latest stable version of LO writer? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: svg image format import bug

2014-02-18 Thread Pedro
Confirmed on 4.1 and 4.2 branch. Apparently this doesn't happen with all svg files. And inserting an svg with text within a document isn't a problem either. According to Comment #13 from Dec 2013 this problem no longer occurs in Apache OpenOffice so it is probably an easy task to migrate to LO

[libreoffice-users] How to setup LO

2014-02-18 Thread Doug
Using LO on PCLOS-64-KDE. LO version 4.1 Writer. I need to have two setups--I think you guys call them styles--one of which I will use to edit imported documents, which will then be sent to a publisher, and the other of which I will use for new originations from me. 1. The _imported_ file

Re: [libreoffice-users] plantage Calc

2014-02-18 Thread Sophie
Bonjour Le 16/02/2014 10:50, informatichien a écrit : Bonjour avec ces 2 macros appelées alternativement , je plante Calc au bout de 10 à 50 appels. j'ai l'impression d'une fuite mémoire, car avant le plantage il y a des signes anormaux : affichage d'une autre feuille, delay important...

[libreoffice-users] Has anyone seem this 4.0 article, yet?

2014-02-18 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
I just received an e-newsletter that referred to this article. nice looking small article with a slide show. It seems to be listed in the Enterprise Apps section of eWeek's online articles. It is nice to see LibreOffice and Enterprise go together. LibreOffice 4.2 Office Suite Boasts New

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has anyone seem this 4.0 article, yet?

2014-02-18 Thread James Knott
Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I just received an e-newsletter that referred to this article. I just read that article. We must get the same newsletter. :-) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Has anyone seem this 4.0 article, yet?

2014-02-18 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
I think Italo keeps track of this. And yes very nice article it is encouraging to do even better :-) Best, Charles. Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com a écrit : I just received an e-newsletter that referred to this article. nice looking small article with a slide show. It

Re: [libreoffice-users] Other teams and so-called bug-reports

2014-02-18 Thread Sophie
Le 18/02/2014 11:07, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) Many bugs for many projects are from noobs who simply don't know their way around the programs yet. Many so-called 'bugs' could be easily closed by people who normally only consider working in direct User Support (such as this mailing list) and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: svg image format import bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I've had trouble in other programs with words in Svgs i've made in Inkscape but haven't really explored it in LibreOffice for ages. Regards from Tom :) On 18 February 2014 12:50, Pedro pedl...@gmail.com wrote: Confirmed on 4.1 and 4.2 branch. Apparently this doesn't happen with all svg

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) No worries! It's what we are here for! :) The thing in my answer was to try Gnumeric http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric instead of Calc/Excel for that 1 spreadsheet (or for all of them to make it easier). Renaming (or deleting) the User Profile seems to fix something like 90% of weird

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
Hey, thanks, guys. That's a ton of help. I've a bit more time today, and will pursue the problem. There's also some great stuff in your email, Tom, for my carefully kept notes on LO, and especially on Calc., which I use a great deal every day. You took real time to give me that much info. I

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Cross-platform(?) spell-check bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Another one from the Accessibility mailing list. Regards from Tom :) On 18 February 2014 14:42, Joanmarie Diggs jdi...@igalia.com wrote: Hey all. Any Windows screen-readers users able to use the LibreOffice spell checker? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74242 If you're

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Changes in the LO 4.3-dev start screen, intentilnal or bug?

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am not even sure how to check on this but has anyone else tried running the 4.3.0 pre-beta-test release and able to see if there is a dialogue in the right place? Errr, Marco posted this to the Accessibility list so please make sure he is cc'd (or in the To field) into all replies! Thanks

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcuts

2014-02-18 Thread T. R. Valentine
I may have missed it, but I don't think anyone responded to this. On 8 February 2014 18:40, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: The problem is that some keyboard shortcuts are not working, specifically Ctrl-F12 (opens insert table dialog box) and Ctrl-Shift-End / Ctrl-Shift-Home

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge Wizard fails in 4.2.0

2014-02-18 Thread Alex McMurchy
Hi Thanks Tom. I've raised bug - 75166 MAILMERGE: wizard produces empty address block Alex On Tuesday 18 Feb 2014 09:59:36 Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Sorry for the lack of responses! If it worked fine in 4.1.4 and stopped working in 4.2.0 then it's worth reporting as a bug-report.

[libreoffice-users] Realtime Calc in Impress

2014-02-18 Thread Justin Barker (TEMA TOC)
How can I get my spreadsheets pasted into impress to update in real time during the presentation? Best Regards, Justin Barker Contractor TEMA - Production Engineering +1.859.372.2582 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Has anyone seem this 4.0 article, yet?

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks! :) I added a comment about the AndrOO working fine with LO files and added a paragraph about how files in ODF seem more consistent between different versions and even between different programs in the wider OpenSource eco-system. Also had a bit of a dig at MSO :))) Regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: svg image format import bug

2014-02-18 Thread e-letter
On 18/02/2014, Pedro pedl...@gmail.com wrote: Confirmed on 4.1 and 4.2 branch. Apparently this doesn't happen with all svg files. And inserting an svg with text within a document isn't a problem either. To clarify, the scenario is creating an svg image and adding a text node _within_ that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Keyboard shortcuts

2014-02-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2014-02-18 18:59 GMT+01:00 T. R. Valentine trvalent...@gmail.com: I may have missed it, but I don't think anyone responded to this. On 8 February 2014 18:40, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: The problem is that some keyboard shortcuts are not working, specifically Ctrl-F12

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
Tom, Well, I'm back on ver. 4.2. I have a lot of files in Calc with links - to various sheets, and to other files. THEY ARE ALL BROKEN NOW. This is a disaster, and reverting LO isn't, I think going to fix it. Sigh. Re: faster load/save of files - xml is a text format, and will necessarily

[libreoffice-users] Document Recovery window appears

2014-02-18 Thread Muriel Parker
The Document Recovery window comes up every time I open LO. When I Start Recovery Recovery failed comes up. Closing out window I can continue with LO. I have uninstalled and reinstalled LO, but it is still happening. Thanks for help. Muriel Parker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Document Recovery window appears

2014-02-18 Thread Alan B
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Muriel Parker rspn...@gmail.com wrote: The Document Recovery window comes up every time I open LO. When I Start Recovery Recovery failed comes up. Closing out window I can continue with LO. I have uninstalled and reinstalled LO, but it is still happening.

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
UPDATE re: the below problem: This is very odd. Here's an example of what I'm seeing: I have a hyperlink from a cell in sheet C to a cell in sheet A. I click/double-click the link. Nothing happens. I inspect the link, and where the link target URL should be I see !!br0ken!! But the tool-tip

Re: [libreoffice-users] Document Recovery window appears

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Cancel the recovery instead of trying to recover. That should clear it and usually opens the document more correctly too. Regards from Tom :) On 18 February 2014 21:46, Muriel Parker rspn...@gmail.com wrote: The Document Recovery window comes up every time I open LO. When I Start