Re: [libreoffice-users] Download Problem

2014-02-23 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:23 23/02/2014 -0700, Scott Woods wrote: I have used Libre Office for about three years and am a small contributor. I am attempting to download the latest version and keep getting the following result when I click on the main installer tab: Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to mirro

[libreoffice-users] Download Problem

2014-02-23 Thread Scott Woods
I have used Libre Office for about three years and am a small contributor. I am attempting to download the latest version and keep getting the following result when I click on the main installer tab: Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to mirrors.syringanetworks.net. Did you mean syringanetwor

Re: [libreoffice-users] Error while retrieving $lo_sources_ver Inbox

2014-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are pre-built versions available for download. The extra efficiencies gained by doing the build yourself is unlikely to be worth the hassle. it is a lot easier to just download the main installer, language-pack and "in-built help". However, please let us know which Operating System y

Re: [libreoffice-users] regresion in calc 4.2.1

2014-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This is a good place to ask such questions. There are often people here who can help with macros so hopefully they might help with that aspect. For the macros part all i can do is point to some documentation; The "Getting Started" guide, chapter 13 in https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Doc

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 23 Feb 2014, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: [...] P.S. Google Translate was used several times when I wrote the crap above, and still I didn't get it right… I know, nobody wants to know, but those didn't read this anyway. D.S. whatever, your English is pretty much as good as the native speake

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibréOffice Base Forms, PostgreSQL (JDBC) and Table Joins

2014-02-23 Thread Jim Seymour
[N.B.: Switching to in-line reply format to eliminate the cruft and because the question stands on its own.] On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:42:44 + Alex Kempshall wrote: > Jim > > You stated that you could generate a query to do what you require. > Have you based your form on the query? [big snip]

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.2.1

2014-02-23 Thread Rick Taylor
This new version makes it so the spreadsheet does not get corrupted and crash Thanks Sometimes the locked file is still showing, even though you have exited and closed the file. Greetings from Canada. Great product. -- Rick Taylor taylo...@shaw.ca 604-820-6937 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

2014-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The strict vs transitional issue really doesn't bode well for future implementations of the OOXML format. Who would there be to notice when MS's implementation again deviates from "strict"? Is anyone or any organisation sufficiently well-versed in the immensely wordy ISO standard for OOXML

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

2014-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Don't worry about e-letter's comments! If the proposals are about the formats then it might be worth mentioning that all different programs seem to have no trouble implementing ODF as written-up in the ISO spec but almost everyone, even MS seem to have trouble implementing OOXML consistently

[libreoffice-users] autotext in 4.xx

2014-02-23 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Good evening I am using LO 3.6 on two desktop machines (Win XP) and recently upgrade a note PC (Win 7) to 4.1 something. Tonight I tried to create an "autotext entry". While I can do that in 3.6, I found that most of the buttons in the autotxt dialog box in the newer version are greyed out. Meaning

Re: [libreoffice-users] Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

2014-02-23 Thread James Knott
Stephan Weinberger wrote: > Maybe i'm not going to make friends, but OOXML "strict" actually *is* an open > standard. The real problem is, that MS-Office until 2013 was not capable of > creating "strict" files, but wrote OOXML "transitional" instead (which may - > and as a matter of fact always did

[libreoffice-users] regresion in calc 4.2.1

2014-02-23 Thread toodr
The machine here is running Linux 3.10.17, Slackware 14.1, fairly up to date, KDE 4.12.2, LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86-64, downloaded from the official LibreOffice site - no changes whatsoever. I have one simple .ods file, that has 2 sheets - Sheet1 and Sheet2. Sheet1 has a very long (~5000) lis

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibréOffice Base Forms, PostgreSQL (JDBC) and Table Joins

2014-02-23 Thread Alex Kempshall
Jim You stated that you could generate a query to do what you require. Have you based your form on the query? Alex On Sunday 23 Feb 2014 10:05:11 Jim Seymour wrote: > Alex, > > Thanks for the follow-up. > > Ideally there'd be one form for the asset(s), wherein each value > could be entered o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

2014-02-23 Thread Stephan Weinberger
On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 01:12:25 +0100, Alexander Wilms wrote > If you think that truly open standards are a better solution than > OOXML, then it'd be beneficial if you registered on the > standards.data.gov.uk page and commented. In 3 days, comments will > be closed. Maybe i'm not going to make

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2014-02-23 18:05 GMT+01:00 Tanstaafl : > On 2014-02-23 10:40 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > >> I don't use an email client, but the Gmail web interface also hides lines >> from previous posts. >> > > Lol! Thanks for the laugh Johnny... > Don't thank me, I hate when people do that. Just give me mo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please confirm bug 75376

2014-02-23 Thread Paolo Debortoli
problem seems solved, it doesn't show on LO italian 4.2.0.4 on linux ubuntu. On Sunday, February 23, 2014 5:46 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2014-02-22 6:25 PM, upscope wrote: > On Saturday, February 22, 2014 07:45:34 PM M Henri Day wrote: >> 2014-02-22 19:23 GMT+01:00 Tanstaafl : >>> Would som

[libreoffice-users] Error while retrieving $lo_sources_ver Inbox

2014-02-23 Thread Rajiv Yadav
Sir, i m trying to build libre office but while issuing the make command it shows the error //Error while retrieving $lo_sources_ver //.. I will be thankful if you provide some way to solve this problem... regards, Rajiv Yadav Pune university India -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubs

[libreoffice-users] Fwd: Error while retrieving $lo_sources_ver

2014-02-23 Thread Rajiv Yadav
Sir, i m trying to build libre office but while issuing the make command it shows the error //Error while retrieving $lo_sources_ver //.. I will be thankful if you provide some way to solve this problem... regards, Rajiv Yadav Pune university India -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubs

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2014-02-23 10:40 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I don't use an email client, but the Gmail web interface also hides lines from previous posts. Lol! Thanks for the laugh Johnny... In case you are wondering, the funny bit is how quickly you disproved your very first comment. It is impossible

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
Tom, please do NOT CC me directly, I am on the list and certainly don't need to see your messages twice. On 2014-02-22 7:01 PM, Tom Davies wrote: As the User Support mailing list for a gateway project i think it's fairly good that we help people to learn that there are alternatives to top-post

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

2014-02-23 Thread Jay Lozier
On 02/23/2014 08:10 AM, alexanderW wrote: The proposal is only about using ODF, HTML, CSV and TXT as file formats. It doesn't mention which software would be used, so I don't see how your comment is relevant. My understanding is that each ministry could use whatever application they wish as lon

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please confirm bug 75376

2014-02-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2014-02-22 6:25 PM, upscope wrote: On Saturday, February 22, 2014 07:45:34 PM M Henri Day wrote: 2014-02-22 19:23 GMT+01:00 Tanstaafl : Would someone please confirm this bug for 4.2.1.1 I just opened? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75376 Sample document exhibiting the proble

Re: [libreoffice-users] HOW CAN I CONVERT A NUMBER IN LibreOffice CALC TO TEXT IN LibreOffice CALC?

2014-02-23 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2014-02-23 4:08 GMT+01:00 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak : > > On 02/22/2014 04:41 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> It is called bottom or in-line posting, and is preferred by the more >> technically inclined. >> > > Bottom and Top posting seems to be a personal preference often pursued > with religious zeal (a

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibréOffice Base Forms, PostgreSQL (JDBC) and Table Joins

2014-02-23 Thread Jim Seymour
Alex, Thanks for the follow-up. Ideally there'd be one form for the asset(s), wherein each value could be entered or altered, the ones being foreign key references presenting a list from the desired column in the table to which the FK references. For example: I can do an ad hoc query that looks

[libreoffice-users] Re: Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

2014-02-23 Thread alexanderW
The proposal is only about using ODF, HTML, CSV and TXT as file formats. It doesn't mention which software would be used, so I don't see how your comment is relevant. Am 23.02.2014 13:49, schrieb nabbler [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]: > On 23/02/2014, Alexander Wilms <[hidden email] >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

2014-02-23 Thread e-letter
On 23/02/2014, Alexander Wilms wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I already posted this on the LibreOffice Google+ and Facebook pages, but > there are probably quite a few people subscibed to this list who are not > following either one. > Despite the self-generated hype, not every Tom, Dick and Harriet a

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibréOffice Base Forms, PostgreSQL (JDBC) and Table Joins

2014-02-23 Thread Alex McMurchy
Jim Is it that you want a single form, comprised of sub forms, whereby you can filter assets according to their status i.e. "deployed" or "in stock"; from the results given select a specific asset which presents the result, of that one asset, in a sub form from which the asset can be amended?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Please confirm bug 75376

2014-02-23 Thread M Henri Day
2014-02-23 0:25 GMT+01:00 upscope : > On Saturday, February 22, 2014 07:45:34 PM M Henri Day wrote: > > 2014-02-22 19:23 GMT+01:00 Tanstaafl : > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Would someone please confirm this bug for 4.2.1.1 I just opened? > > > > > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75