Re: [libreoffice-users] Version backups

2014-08-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If the file is still open then Ctrl z is undo and that might recover it. Have you emailed a fairly recent copy to someone, or to yourself? Any copies on usb-stick, Cd, Dvd? Is it on a company file-server and do they have a recent back-up? Is there any chance that someone saved a recent ve

Re: [libreoffice-users] Version backups

2014-08-28 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:13 28/08/2014 -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote: Running LO3.5.4.2 in Debian Wheezy. Called up an existing doc in calc, made some changes, saved and quit. Next time I called it up it was blank. The problem is that I accidentally hit save. I'm not sure how Save alone could achieve this, but no ma

Re: [libreoffice-users] Something wrong in release build (4.2.6.3?)

2014-08-28 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Hi, Le 26/08/2014 11:54, Carlo Strata a écrit : > Hi Everyone, > > in the usual build directories since august the 22nd there is a 4.2.6.3 > build... > http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/src/ > > Is this ok? Is the 4.2.6 version already been released? The explanation is here: http:/

[libreoffice-users] Calc: embedding/linking graphics to cell

2014-08-28 Thread Hedley Finger
LibreOffice Calc, Version: 4.2.4.2, Build ID: 420m0(Build:2) Ubuntu 14.04.01 LTS, Tardy Tahr Has anyone ever successfully ... 1. embedded graphics in cells 2. imported graphics as links in cells 3. resized them 4. saved, closed, and reopened the spreadsheet ... and have the graphics

[libreoffice-users] version backups

2014-08-28 Thread Bob Holtzman
Running LO3.5.4.2 in Debian Wheezy. Called up an existing doc in calc, made some changes, saved and quit. Next time I called it up it was blank. The problem is that I accidentally hit save. Looked for the backup file path ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user. According to the help file there should be a "b

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: files on network shares not opening. Own ones are ok?

2014-08-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, i tried both ways but i think both go through Dolphin don't they? I've used Dolphin on non-KDE when Nautilus let me down with network-shares on a different network and it worked a treat then. I didn't think of trying a different file-browser. Konqueror is another good KDE one isn't it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
There could be a feature request. In the existing find and replace dialogue to have an option "All open documents". You need only have the documents opened in LO and working on multiple documents you can search and replace them as one. Steve On 2014-08-29 05:31, Maurice wrote: On Thu, 28 Aug 20

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: files on network shares not opening. Own ones are ok?

2014-08-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi again, are you opening from the LO file menu or clicking on the file in Dolphin. Steve On 2014-08-29 05:30, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Err, i just tried renaming the user-profile and it had no effect. Regards from Tom :) On 28 August 2014 18:20, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) On Kubuntu 14.04 wit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: files on network shares not opening. Own ones are ok?

2014-08-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
Could it be the way kubuntu has mounted the network drive. In KDE Opensuse I can open local network files ok and can open files on our work server over the internet via Dolphin and sftp. Steve On 2014-08-29 05:30, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Err, i just tried renaming the user-profile and it had n

[libreoffice-users] Re: files on network shares not opening. Own ones are ok?

2014-08-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err, i just tried renaming the user-profile and it had no effect. Regards from Tom :) On 28 August 2014 18:20, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > On Kubuntu 14.04 with LibreOffice 4.2.4 > > I can open files that are on the desktop machine i am sitting in front of > but when i try to open files

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Maurice
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:09:06 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: > why not simply _insert_ the other documents into one and do one's > search? > > 'insert-->file-->...' Whether using Tom's suggestion of drag-'n-drop or yours to 'Insert file', both would bee tedious when several files are often involved,

[libreoffice-users] files on network shares not opening. Own ones are ok?

2014-08-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) On Kubuntu 14.04 with LibreOffice 4.2.4 I can open files that are on the desktop machine i am sitting in front of but when i try to open files that are "on the network" i just get the little splash-screen and progress-bar but then LO crashes. Hmm, KDE is a bit different from what i am used

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 same thing i was suggesting but a slightly different process. Regards from Tom :) On 28 August 2014 18:09, Felmon Davis wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) >> It might be easier to just start figuring out Master Documents! At least >> there is documentation fo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It might be easier to just start figuring out Master Documents! At least there is documentation for it! If you create a new document or open an existing one can you still see the file-browser? (ie so that you can still see the icons of various diff

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It might be easier to just start figuring out Master Documents! At least there is documentation for it! If you create a new document or open an existing one can you still see the file-browser? (ie so that you can still see the icons of various different files?) If you can see the files th

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Maurice
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:01:21 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > try just dragging a couple of the relevant files into an empty document By what means are you thinking, Tom?! -- /\/\aurice -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Cley Faye
2014-08-28 16:01 GMT+02:00 Tom Davies : > I thought > that was all the Master Documents did but i guess there is a lot more to > it! > > ​One of the "great" feature of master documents is overriding styles from sub documents. With that you can have for example a whole book written with a set of fi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think i'd first try just dragging a couple of the relevant files into an empty document and see if that is enough to do what you need. I thought that was all the Master Documents did but i guess there is a lot more to it! Regards from Tom :) On 28 August 2014 14:41, Maurice wrote: > On

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer (Linux): Way to do text search in set of documents?

2014-08-28 Thread Maurice
On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:59:45 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Chapter 13 "Working with Master Documents" might help! Thanks for the pointer, Tom! (At first glance it looks somewhat tedious, but it might do the trick.) -- /\/\aurice -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice

Re: [libreoffice-users] Running a Macro from a form

2014-08-28 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 08/28/2014 07:46 AM, Allan Newton wrote: In a database of mine a very convenient way to execute some operations is by running a small series of SQL statements. As Base has no direct way to run a text file of SQL statements I asked on Ask Libre Office and was given code in Basic that wou

[libreoffice-users] Running a Macro from a form

2014-08-28 Thread Allan Newton
In a database of mine a very convenient way to execute some operations is by running a small series of SQL statements. As Base has no direct way to run a text file of SQL statements I asked on Ask Libre Office and was given code in Basic that would read and execute a file of SQL. The first