Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: the gallery in LO

2015-02-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:51:03 -0700 (MST) V Stuart Foote vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu wrote: Hello V, You don't mention which branch of LibreOffice, but at 4.3 the Gallery dialog has been moved exclusively to the Sidebar deck. Display of the Not always: I'm using LO 4.3.3.2 under Debian (jessie) and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows 64 bit builds born. Really and long last!

2015-02-19 Thread Carlo Strata
Hi Everyone! Of course and first of all, many thanks to David Ostrovsky!!! http://ostrovsky.org I see the tinderbox is active! http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/Win-x86_64@42/ Thanks to Florian Reisinger, I think! I have learnt what a tinderbox is:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. What version of LO do you have . I have 4.2 and 4.3. If I type 15 February 2015 into a cell it converts to a date (15/02/15 for me). If I format a cell (say A2) as text and type 15 February 2015 into a cell it shows 15 February 2015. If I enter =DATEVALUE(A2) into cell B2 then I get a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Steve Edmonds
If you right click FormatCellNumbers what comes up should be the current formatting for the cell. DATEVALUE() seems to work only on text. I can add spaces and remove spaces without a problem but not add extraneous characters except using a - as a single separator. Steve On 2015-02-20 06:26,

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Dave Asaibene
Brian. Thanks Gee I wish it was that simple. I reduced the font size from 10 to 6 changed the font style and increased the column with to the rest of the page. While I do not get ### any longer, I now see the formula =SUM(A1:A2). What is also interesting is on the format cells menu, in the box

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
Best Sirs, From mr Asaibene's message I think it is obvious -- at least we can assume -- that he is rather familiar with using speadsheets (e.g. LO/Calc) and knows the basics, he has reloaded the LO program -- and he described a simple calculation that is all correct but showed the result that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows 64 bit builds born. Really and long last!

2015-02-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I suspect editing and stuff got muddled there! From the general tone of your email i suspect you meant that the usual amount of time to develop a true 64 bit version (...) would be IMMENSE and such a product would be incredibly costly arguments WERE true. After all it has taken a long

[libreoffice-users] Re: Windows 64 bit builds born. Really and long last!

2015-02-19 Thread Pedro
Hi Carlo Thank you for the heads up on a x64 Win build. carlo.strata wrote I remember some our old others win64 discusses... 2013-11: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/64-bit-tp4081444.html Yes, I remember it too. I guess the fact that such a build exists is proof that the usual amount of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO Base Problem

2015-02-19 Thread Ian Whitfield
Hi All I've spent today trying to cure this problem. I have only ONE table in my Database and needed to make the RecordID field Auto-incrementing. (I forgot when I set it up) Using the Base Front End it will *NOT* change the setting - as soon as you save it reverts to 'No' Using

[libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Dave Asaibene
Help. I thought I was doing something wrong and have working on this situation for a few days or nights. I take two cells, create a formula in a third cell and the calculation results in a ###. First I thought it was a field not formatted for numbers. Tried formatting. Closed Libre. Restarted

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Paul D. Mirowsky
Doesn't it seem time that this become a new feature with a default setting. -Automatically expand width of column.- On 2/19/2015 9:18 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 08:57 19/02/2015 -0500, Dave Asaibene wrote: I take two cells, create a formula in a third cell and the calculation results in a ###.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Mark Howe
I interpreted what you wrote to mean that =datevalue(a1) would convert the contents of A1 into a date. It did not and produced err502. What am I missing? Thank you for helping so quickly :-) Mark W. Howe San Juan Capistrano, CA 949-496-3453 home/ office 949-525-3914 cell [not for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 07:19 19/02/2015 -0800, Mark Howe wrote: -Original Message- From: Brian Barker Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 7:05 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date At 06:41 19/02/2015 -0800, Mark Howe wrote: I have text: 19 February 2015. The format for the cell is date

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Cley Faye
I'm pointing the obvious, but anyway... ### as a formula result usually mean that the cell is too narrow for the result to be displayed. Is that a possibility here? -- Cley Faye http://cleyfaye.net 2015-02-19 14:57 GMT+01:00 Dave Asaibene dasaib...@icloud.com: Help. I thought I was doing

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:57 19/02/2015 -0500, Dave Asaibene wrote: I take two cells, create a formula in a third cell and the calculation results in a ###. As you can see from the help text (under ### error message), this means The cell is not wide enough to display the contents. You need either to o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 06:41 19/02/2015 -0800, Mark Howe wrote: I have text: 19 February 2015. The format for the cell is date 2/19/2015, but it will not acknowledge that or sort correctly. As if it's formatted for date but not accepting that fact. What did I do wrong? o If you format a cell as Date and then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Hyperlink Not Underscored

2015-02-19 Thread Taang Zomi
Dear Brian, Thank you for suggestions. If you want URLs to be automatically detected and converted to hyperlinks, you need to have the option(s) ticked at Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options | URL Recognition. That answers my question. Problem solved. Thank you. Taang Zomi On Wed, Feb

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Cley Faye
What you're describing sort of sounds like the feature that prevent computing formula if the file originate from another office suite if it could cause issues, but that's probably not it as it should not prevent you from typing new formula. Could you upload such problematic file somewhere so we

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:11 19/02/2015 -0500, Dave Asaibene wrote: On 2/19/2015 9:18 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 08:57 19/02/2015 -0500, Dave Asaibene wrote: I take two cells, create a formula in a third cell and the calculation results in a ###. As you can see from the help text (under ### error message),

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:51 19/02/2015 +0200, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: From mr Asaibene's message I think it is obvious -- at least we can assume -- that he is rather familiar with using spreadsheets (e.g. LO/Calc) and knows the basics, ... I don't want to be overcritical of the original questioner, but I

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Dave Asaibene
On Feb 19, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 22:51 19/02/2015 +0200, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: From mr Asaibene's message I think it is obvious -- at least we can assume -- that he is rather familiar with using spreadsheets (e.g. LO/Calc) and knows the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread V Stuart Foote
Further to the formatting of cells/columns to hold dates (Format - Cells: Category Dates) which then have a configurable display format. The date pattern acceptance formats can be extended (Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages: Language Of Date acceptance patterns) Beyond defaults,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Hyperlink Not Underscored

2015-02-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Superb :)) Nicely done! Congrats for fixing it! :) Regards from Tom :) On 19 February 2015 at 15:15, Taang Zomi libreofficez...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Brian, Thank you for suggestions. If you want URLs to be automatically detected and converted to hyperlinks, you need to have the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Where is Base?

2015-02-19 Thread M Henri Day
2015-02-17 8:58 GMT+01:00 Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com: At 19:09 16/02/2015 -0700, Dave Kidd wrote: I do not see an option to select/unselect which components to install. Here is what the Custom Setup screen looks like for me when I run the installer.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Mark Howe
Yeah, I tho't of that and tried changing it around to 14 Jan 2014. The only thing that worked was changing it to Jan 14 2014 and then it worked automatically in it’s own column making the exercise with datevalue of no value. 14 Jan 2014 Err:502 01/10/14 Err:502 01/02/14

[libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Mark Howe
I have text: 19 February 2015. The format for the cell is date 2/19/2015, but it will not acknowledge that or sort correctly. As if it’s formatted for date but not accepting that fact. What did I do wrong? [I am not currently subscribed to the list; sorry] Mark W. Howe San Juan Capistrano, CA

Re: [libreoffice-users] Hyperlink Not Underscored

2015-02-19 Thread Taang Zomi
Dear Tom, Thank you very much for your suggestions. Taang Zomi On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) When you type an internet address and then put a full stop after it that full-stop sometimes gets included in the address so that people clicking on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So it's picking up the USA locale for it's input? I thought LibreOffice could have it's own locale as somethign different from the system's one? Regards from Tom :) On 19 February 2015 at 17:26, Mark Howe markh...@cox.net wrote: Yeah, I tho't of that and tried changing it around to 14

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting a date

2015-02-19 Thread Mark Howe
I was able to fool it by using what you all taught me with ‘concatenate’. I split it into 3 cols with the space, then switch the cols and concatenate back to MM DD . However I do not understand why an international program like LiebreOffice cannot recognize DD MM . Mark W. Howe

Re: [libreoffice-users] ### signs in Calc

2015-02-19 Thread Dave Asaibene
Fixed! Thanks The Formula check box was ticked as Brian indicated. It was a little difficult getting back to this since clicking Preferences did not give me the option to look at the Calc setting Preferences which was indicated via the Help menus. however getting back to the basic sheet, then