Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress doesn't print in colour

2014-04-01 Thread Malcolm Moore
I have solved this one... but to make the story more interestinghere is the series of event and I swear it isn't an April fools joke. LO printing to a Ricoh MPC5502 - I discovered that it's not justImpress and that any LO application had this problem it's just thatin Impress you tend to print

[libreoffice-users] Do Macros run serially or in parallel?

2014-04-01 Thread Marion Noel Lodge
Hi, In opening my database accounting system, I trigger via the Form: When loading event, a macro, (Sub Init()), containing the database initialisation routines. As the Form loads it displays the first record in the database, including the account number. To make things easier for the user,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Do Macros run serially or in parallel?

2014-04-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Sadly, I do not have a definitive answer to your question, but I do have some thoughts... (see inline) On 04/01/2014 06:57 AM, Marion Noel Lodge wrote: Hi, In opening my database accounting system, I trigger via the Form: When loading event, a macro, (Sub Init()), containing the database

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress doesn't print in colour

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) WH!!! :))) Congrats on finding an answer to your own problem! I had thought that one of the 1st answers suggested it might be a drivers issue but apparently that was for a completely different thread. So, well done!! Also many thanks for posting the answer back to this list to

[libreoffice-users] MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A ZdNet article titled (obviously) Office for iPad, big deal or big yawn allows people to vote and so far the big yawn side is winning. HoooRaaah! ;) The big yawn side appears to largely be supporting OpenSource. http://www.zdnet.com/debate/office-for-ipad-big-deal-or-big-yawn/10137467/

[libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Pedro
Maybe Apple fanboys don't care... The problem (for LibreOffice and other Open Source office projects) is that they are also offering it for free for the Android platform http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?/topic/37434-microsoft-office-for-iphone-and-android-now-completely-free/ If until

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread James Knott
Pedro wrote: Maybe Apple fanboys don't care... The problem (for LibreOffice and other Open Source office projects) is that they are also offering it for free for the Android platform

[libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Pedro
James Knott wrote There is AndrOpen Office. Unless it has improved recently, it is fairly useless. It crashed by itself. Never even got to the part of *opening* a document :) The good part was that it uninstalled quickly ;) I'll give it another shot when I install MS Office later today. --

[libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread V Stuart Foote
It's a shame none of the Open Source office's has the manpower to build an Android version. Now it's too late ;) Seriously, Pedro? Actually, TDF and the LibreOffice Devs, notably Tor Lillqvist, have been hard after an Android build. Not sure of its fitness for use, but daily builds of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Toki
On 4/1/2014 9:11 AM, Pedro wrote: It's a shame none of the Open Source office's has the manpower to build an Android version. Now it's too late ;) EuroOffice has a version for Android. Currently it only supports Write, but Calc, Draw, and Impress are planned future enhancements. AndroOffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] direct formatting and styles

2014-04-01 Thread Wolfgang Keller
At the risk of beating a horse to death, today I stumbled on an online rant against MS-Word. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/10/why-microsoft-word-must-die.html While the entire blog is worth reading, But in the mind of a reader who doesn't know better from personal

[libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Pedro
Hi Stuart V Stuart Foote wrote It's a shame none of the Open Source office's has the manpower to build an Android version. Now it's too late ;) Seriously, Pedro? Actually, TDF and the LibreOffice Devs, notably Tor Lillqvist, have been hard after an Android build. Not sure of its

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmm, even if MSO have got there first and LibreOffice follows i think that's not hugely different from the desktop. I'm not convinced that MSO is available for Android. I've seen announcements that it is available for iPads but iPads are different from Androids. Regards from Tom :) On 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Ra
Apparently it is. Has been for a few days now. :) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officehub Haven't tried it myself (and I don't plan to). Running Android 2.3 whereas it requires 4.0+. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread jomali
Note that the Android app is free only for home use. A business use requires an Office 365 account. I have no idea how they check on how it is used, though. Jomali On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Ra ravi...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently it is. Has been for a few days now. :)

[libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Pedro
Hi Tom, all TomD wrote Hmm, even if MSO have got there first and LibreOffice follows i think that's not hugely different from the desktop. If you lead you have an advantage. People are resistant to change (e.g. Windows Linux; MSO LO) even if the alternative is free... Kingsoft Office is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 01/04/14 18:54, Pedro wrote: Returning to MSO Mobile, it's only available for iPad and Android smartphones, but not for Android tablets... Maybe they will try to sell that? Or maybe they don't want Android to compete with Windows 8 Tablets since there are already more Android devices in

[libreoffice-users] A couple of questions re footers, Calc/Writer locking up system

2014-04-01 Thread Joe Aquilina
Hello, I am new to this list and have a couple of questions. I am using LibreOffice 4.1.3.2 on Kubuntu Linux v13.10 if version/OS is relevant. The first is about footers in Writer and I guess it is more a curiosity than a problem. Whenever I insert a footer into a Writer document in a multipage

[libreoffice-users] Company Move: Need to Know

2014-04-01 Thread Sqwuiddy
Hello, I just want to preface this with a huge thank you for reading and taking any time to reply, sorry for the long post! My company is looking to move our production team to LibreOffice. We are currently using Microsoft Office, and using Word 2010 to build all of our mail merge templates. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MSO for iPad, big deal or big yawn

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
HI :) Interestingly they don't have pivot tables on the iPad version. One of MS's biggest fanboys in ZdNet also admitted that not all MS documents opened well. Most did but not all. Regards from Tom :) On 1 April 2014 20:56, Ra ravi...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently it is. Has been for a few

Re: [libreoffice-users] Do Macros run serially or in parallel?

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I was just about to point out documentation at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers It's a 3rd party guide rather than one produced by the official documentation team. However, it's written by Andrew Pitonyak and he has done work in

[libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 10.0.10 now available

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So MariaDb have another new stable release. I know a few people use it as a back-end for Base so thought a few people here might be interested. Regards from Tom :) On 31 March 2014 06:49, MariaDB Announce List annou...@mariadb.org wrote: The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the