Re: [libreoffice-users] profiles

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) When you install a new version of LibreOffice it usually picks up on your old user-profile. It's only when you go from 3.x.x to 4.x.x that a new profile is created. So the macro should have been automatically picked up by the new install. That is part of the whole point of User Profiles =

Re: [libreoffice-users] profiles

2014-10-14 Thread Cley Faye
Usually, moving/renaming profiles is very scarcely done, only in case something goes wrong. Most of the time LibreOffice do a good job of updating it. Anyway, most of the actual content of the profile (macro, template, and other stuff) can either directly be saved outside of it, and even if it's

[libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

2014-10-14 Thread Marc Grober
Is there is technical solution to running parallel text in side by side pages (the best example would be a text with a translation where you have the original on one page and the translation on the facing page. This is done easily enough in columns, but there must be some way to pass two threads

Re: [libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

2014-10-14 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:15 14/10/2014 -0800, Marc Grober wrote: Is there is technical solution to running parallel text in side by side pages (the best example would be a text with a translation where you have the original on one page and the translation on the facing page. This is done easily enough in

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Question

2014-10-14 Thread Jay Ridgley
Folks, My wife has her recipes in LO Writer. My question is is it possible to sort on the 1st line of a page? That way she can keep them alphabetically -- Jay Ridgley jridgley2 at austin.rr.com Registered Linux User ID - 9115 https://linuxcounter.net/cert/9115.png Registered Ubuntu User ID -

Re: [libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

2014-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On 10/14/2014 12:15 PM, Marc Grober wrote: Is there is technical solution to running parallel text in side by side pages (the best example would be a text with a translation where you have the original on one page and the translation on the facing page. This is done easily enough in columns, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] parallel text in side by side pages

2014-10-14 Thread Marc Grober
a quick top note ... yes, being able to use a Master Doc such that two files can be displayed at the same time on facing pages might well solve my problem, but frankly I can't figure out how to manage that I don't think columns works for this, as text in the first column flows to the next

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Question

2014-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On 10/14/2014 12:58 PM, Jay Ridgley wrote: Folks, My wife has her recipes in LO Writer. My question is is it possible to sort on the 1st line of a page? That way she can keep them alphabetically This can also be done with a form in Base. The simple way is to have two fields in a table:

[libreoffice-users] Writer: tutorials of how to use it for creating Multiple Choice questions

2014-10-14 Thread Daniel
any idea from where I can study any tutorials in writer for creating multiple choice questions? Thanks. -- -- 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:

[libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Leonardo M. Ramé
Hi, I'm trying to find out what's the difference between the attached files (SYLK format), because both were exported using the same program and one can be opened without issues (good.xls) and the other can't. Can someone help me find the difference?. Regards, -- Leonardo M. Ramé Medical IT

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: tutorials of how to use it for creating Multiple Choice questions

2014-10-14 Thread Kevin O'Brien
I am not clear on exactly what you are looking for. If it is a print page with choices denotes as A,B,C etc., I would use a List style to do it. I have a number of tutorials on my site at http://www.ahuka.com, including using List styles. Regards, On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Daniel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Leonardo M. Ramé
El 14/10/14 a las 16:09, Leonardo M. Ramé escibió: Hi, I'm trying to find out what's the difference between the attached files (SYLK format), because both were exported using the same program and one can be opened without issues (good.xls) and the other can't. Can someone help me find the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Leonardo M. Ramé
El 14/10/14 a las 16:41, Tom Davies escibió: Hi :) Weird! Both open fine in LibreOffice 3.5.7 on Ubuntu 12.04 (at least i think i'm on 12.04, might be 14.04 but that's doubtful) Errr, anyone able to open on Windows? Regards from Tom :) I'm using 4.2.6.3 on Ubuntu 14.04. -- Leonardo M.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Weird! Both open fine in LibreOffice 3.5.7 on Ubuntu 12.04 (at least i think i'm on 12.04, might be 14.04 but that's doubtful) Errr, anyone able to open on Windows? Regards from Tom :) On 14 October 2014 20:23, Leonardo M. Ramé l.r...@griensu.com wrote: El 14/10/14 a las 16:09,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Don Pobanz
On 10/14/2014 02:45 PM, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: El 14/10/14 a las 16:41, Tom Davies escibió: Hi :) Weird! Both open fine in LibreOffice 3.5.7 on Ubuntu 12.04 (at least i think i'm on 12.04, might be 14.04 but that's doubtful) Errr, anyone able to open on Windows? Regards from Tom :) I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Leonardo M. Ramé
El 14/10/14 a las 16:56, Tom Davies escibió: Hi :) Of course! So i'm definitely on Ubuntu 12.04 then. Errr, just occurred to me i could reattach as ods. Only the o.p. will get the attachment, of course. I've never heard of sylk files before. The ending was the same as other .xls files but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Leonardo M. Ramé
For some reason bad.xls opens with Writer, not Calc, even when I say 'open with Calc.' Good.xls opens just fine. Libreoffice 4.3.2.2 Ubuntu 14.04 Yes!, that's exactly the problem I'm facing. To clarify, if you rename bad.xls to bad.slk it opens just fine. The question is, why good.xls

Re: [libreoffice-users] no numbering for first pages

2014-10-14 Thread anne-ology
You're not alone - I too have not figured out the page numbering system; [I gave up when templates were mentioned] But there are simple solutions although not necessarily efficient; either (1) wait until the paper is finished then insert manually;

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread m. nease
My results are identical to Don Pobanz'--also LO 4.3.2.2 and Xubuntu 14.04. On 10/14/2014 01:04 PM, Don Pobanz wrote: On 10/14/2014 02:45 PM, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: El 14/10/14 a las 16:41, Tom Davies escibió: Hi :) Weird! Both open fine in LibreOffice 3.5.7 on Ubuntu 12.04 (at least i

Re: [libreoffice-users] no numbering for first pages

2014-10-14 Thread anne-ology
and page numbering is where ??? From: Dave Barton d...@tasit.net Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] no numbering for first pages To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: ny...@hb.tp1.jp Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening I am sure, this has been asked

[libreoffice-users] date acceptance patterns not sticking

2014-10-14 Thread bunk3m
Libreoffice is driving me nuts. I am in Canada. UI is set to English US; Locale settings to English Canada and Default Currency is CAD. I have my Mac set dates to dd.mm.. (OSX 10.9.x) For some reason Libreoffice (4.3.1.2) will only accept dates in the -MM-DD format. I'm happy that

Re: [libreoffice-users] no numbering for first pages

2014-10-14 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 14/10/14 21:07, anne-ology wrote: You're not alone - I too have not figured out the page numbering system; See if this works: *How do I make my first page a cover or title page and start page numbering (Page 1) on the second page of my document?* 1.

[libreoffice-users] Re: date acceptance patterns not sticking

2014-10-14 Thread Jim Byrnes
On 10/14/2014 03:20 PM, bunk3m wrote: Libreoffice is driving me nuts. I am in Canada. UI is set to English US; Locale settings to English Canada and Default Currency is CAD. I have my Mac set dates to dd.mm.. (OSX 10.9.x) For some reason Libreoffice (4.3.1.2) will only accept dates in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] no numbering for first pages

2014-10-14 Thread Dave Barton
anne-ology wrote: and page numbering is where ??? Writer Guide 4.2 Chapter 4 Page 35 has a very obscure, unrelated meaningless heading called Page Numbering. From: Dave Barton d...@tasit.net Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] no numbering for first

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
Both open fine with LO3.6 on opensuse. Steve On 2014-10-15 08:41, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Weird! Both open fine in LibreOffice 3.5.7 on Ubuntu 12.04 (at least i think i'm on 12.04, might be 14.04 but that's doubtful) Errr, anyone able to open on Windows? Regards from Tom :) On 14 October

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Bruce Byfield
Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Thanks, -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem importing xls files

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Of course! So i'm definitely on Ubuntu 12.04 then. Errr, just occurred to me i could reattach as ods. Only the o.p. will get the attachment, of course. I've never heard of sylk files before. The ending was the same as other .xls files but i gather that they usually use .slk instead.

[libreoffice-users] Writer 4.6.2.3 Failure With Word Document

2014-10-14 Thread Stephen Morris
Hi, I have a sensitive Architectural Design document created in Word 2010 that contains macros, hence it is a .docm file. I have opened this document in Writer 4.6.2.3 and whenever Writer autosaves or I manually save the save process crashes Writer. Is there anything I can look at to try

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't know of one. Also i doubt it'd be fully comprehensive. Part of the point of OpenSource is that anyone can take and modify the program for their own private use, or for their company, or whatever. If people keep it private then we might not ever hear about it. Forks that i know of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer 4.6.2.3 Failure With Word Document

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The macros are very specific to that 1 specific version of MS Office. To use the file in MSO 2007 or 2013 or 365 then you might need to have the macro rewritten. If you had them rewritten for LibreOffice then you probably wouldn't ever need to rewrite them again, except to add improvements

Re: [libreoffice-users] no numbering for first pages

2014-10-14 Thread anne-ology
Thanks for responding ... yet when I click on that URL, all I see are these titles (listed below) which mean next to nothing to me ;-) maybe if I explain my thinking when I see this list, others too will be helped - [my comments in parentheses] 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread anne-ology
would you like a spoon knife with that ;-) If 'fork' has now become a computer term - [and I just 'searched' it to see] - then just what is it? Curiously wondering what the next word will be that will be transformed by the computer industry ;-)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: tutorials of how to use it for creating Multiple Choice questions

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) These Spoken Tutorials might be helpful; http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/?search_foss=LibreOffice+Suite+Writersearch_language=English They do tons of other OpenSource tools too but that link just takes you to Writer tutorials. The Faq might be good too;

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Bruce Byfield
Fork is a free software term for a project that branches off from an existing project to develop the code in its own way. For example, LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org. The term's been in use for at least 20 years, so I didn't think twice about using it. On Tuesday 14 October 2014

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Cley Faye
As an example, go there: https://github.com/watabou/pixel-dungeon See in the upper-right corner the term Fork :) It's almost used in a literal way: at one point in the life of a project, someone decided to go in another direction, like a fork on a road http://i.imgur.com/O6vSljU.jpg. -- Cley

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Dave Stevens
Quoting Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net: Fork is a free software term for a project that branches off from an existing project to develop the code in its own way. For example, LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org. The term's been in use for at least 20 years, so I didn't think twice

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Dave Stevens
Quoting anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com: would you like a spoon knife with that ;-) If 'fork' has now become a computer term - [and I just 'searched' it to see] - then just what is it? It's a common term for using the source of free software to make

[libreoffice-users] How to use Writer for creating surveys and multiple choice questions

2014-10-14 Thread Daniel
Sorry for not being very clear in my request. I was looking for something like this page.. http://www.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?id=3372860 -- -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread jonathon
On October 14, 2014 2:36:14 PM PDT, Bruce Byfield wrote: Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Its been two or three years since I've seen a comprehensive list. Offhand, the only programs I can think of are: * NeoOffice; * AndroOpenOffice; * EuroOffice; * LibreOffice; *

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to use Writer for creating surveys and multiple choice questions

2014-10-14 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Daniel dan...@onvol.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:40:46 +0200 Sorry for not being very clear in my request. I was looking for something like this page.. http://www.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?id=3372860 Chapter