Re: [libreoffice-users] DUM dynamic range (based on current date/month)

2014-07-20 Thread Brian Barker
m for the year to date as the various monthly values are entered. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documen

Re: [libreoffice-users] formula years since date

2014-07-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:44 19/07/2014 -0400, James Lockie wrote: On 07/19/14 21:34, Brian Barker wrote: At 20:27 19/07/2014 -0400, James Lockie wrote: I want the years since a date and today. I tried this function: =YEARS(7/16/2012,TODAY(),1) but it returns 1900. Your first argument is 7 divided by 16 divided

Re: [libreoffice-users] formula years since date

2014-07-19 Thread Brian Barker
TEVALUE("7/16/2012"),TODAY(),1) I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquett

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc function to return the daynumber weeknumber of the year

2014-07-19 Thread Brian Barker
s you expect around the end of the year and in years with fifty-three weeks. Which years have fifty-three weeks itself depends on the other definitions. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/g

Re: [libreoffice-users] ODT to a Plain HTML/XHTML

2014-07-18 Thread Brian Barker
Save. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Maintaining calc sheet size proportions

2014-07-16 Thread Brian Barker
to tile windows either horizontally or vertically, and if you have two windows open, this may achieve exactly what you need on the fly and without any particular care being taken. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] OO question - problem printing spreadsheet

2014-07-15 Thread Brian Barker
ticked? Note also that everything on the printed page can be affected (in your case possibly reduced) by the settings at Format | Page... | Sheet | Scale. Select "Reduce/enlarge printout" for Scaling mode and "100%" for Scaling factor as a starting point. I trust this helps

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about viewing cell formulas in Writer

2014-07-12 Thread Brian Barker
formula. And there appears to be no equivalent of that Options / Preferences setting for table formulae rather than spreadsheets. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lis

Re: [libreoffice-users] which version has the best legacy importing?

2014-07-12 Thread Brian Barker
files to PDF. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc - Only display results on active row?

2014-07-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:06 09/07/2014 +0200, Ian Whitfield wrote: On 07/09/2014 11:28 AM, Brian Barker wrote: Yes: there is the IF() function: is that a close enough equivalent? Just put =IF(condition;expression-for-true;expression-for-false) . Your expression for false may well be consecutive double-quote

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Calc - Only display results on active row?

2014-07-09 Thread Brian Barker
n. (If there is a figure >0 in column B then calculate column C. Yes: there is the IF() function: is that a close enough equivalent? Just put =IF(condition;expression-for-true;expression-for-false) . Your expression for false may well be consecutive double-quote marks, representing the null str

Re: [libreoffice-users] Code line continuation arrow

2014-07-07 Thread Brian Barker
ckwise arrow Note that you need to pay attention to whether any such characters will be rendered properly in a word processor document on any other system, no matter how similar. You may have more success by exporting your document as PDF and distributing that. I trust this helps. Brian B

Re: [libreoffice-users] hatching in Writer

2014-07-06 Thread Brian Barker
lining, select Single; for Strikethrough, select "With /"; and perhaps for Font colour, select a suitable Grey. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-un

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spreadsheets not keeping correct formulas and showing jewish?

2014-07-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 00:05 07/07/2014 +0100, Philip Ward wrote: On 06/07/2014 17:01, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:12 06/07/2014 +0100, Philip Ward wrote: ... and now i went in to alter the format of the cell ie Date details "D " giving me "Monday 6 October 2014" but now want to s

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spreadsheets not keeping correct formulas and showing jewish?

2014-07-06 Thread Brian Barker
een opened and resaved on a system with locale set to Hebrew. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can I do this in Calc?

2014-07-05 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:54 05/07/2014 -0400, Pikov Andropov wrote: Brian Barker has written on 7/4/2014 8:11 PM: What you are doing is really just shuffling your six names. Well, actually, it's not. :-) I want to create a list of pairs from a subset of the names in column A. It is: the list of pai

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can I Do This in Calc?

2014-07-04 Thread Brian Barker
e one. ;^) Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can I do this in Calc?

2014-07-04 Thread Brian Barker
to do to produce another shuffling is to repeat the sort process, which will use those new random values. If you actually need the values in pairs as you have described, you can use something like =INDIRECT("B"&ROW()*2-1)&", "&INDIRECT("B"&ROW(

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about tables

2014-07-04 Thread Brian Barker
ner table and press Alt+Enter. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List arch

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting in LO spreadsheet

2014-07-01 Thread Brian Barker
k even at first, or if you want a warning that it cannot be saved in ODF documents). Brian Barker -- 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: http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting in LO spreadsheet

2014-06-29 Thread Brian Barker
the numerical column, an alternative technique would be to have another area - perhaps on another sheet - where a copy with properly formatted values was created. You could then print just that area or sheet. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: optimal column width

2014-06-28 Thread Brian Barker
that the cursor changes to a vertical line with horizontal arrows, left and right. o Double-click. Or: o Select the cell with the longest entry. o Press Alt+Shift+right-arrow. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc question on dates in formulas

2014-06-25 Thread Brian Barker
Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V) instead of ordinary Paste. In the Paste Special dialogue, ensure that Paste All is not ticked and then that Formulae is also not ticked. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Text boxing / layering?

2014-06-22 Thread Brian Barker
ocessor. My later suggestions - what you actually asked for - are almost certainly worse techniques that the simple three-cell table solution. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save Powerpoint presentation as executable

2014-06-18 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:59 18/06/2014 +0200, Cley Faye wrote: 2014-06-18 2:37 GMT+02:00 Brian Barker: At 20:59 17/06/2014 +0200, Cley Faye wrote: Unfortunately, not directly. And there is (as far as I know) no simple "viewer" that could be used for this purpose, ... On the contrary, if the target p

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save Powerpoint presentation as executable

2014-06-17 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:41 17/06/2014 -0400, Pikov Andropov wrote: Brian Barker has written on 6/17/2014 8:37 PM: At 20:59 17/06/2014 +0200, Cley Faye wrote: 2014-06-17 20:44 GMT+02:00 Pikov Andropov: Can LO produce an executable file from a PowerPoint presentation, so that no viewer is needed at the time the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save Powerpoint presentation as executable

2014-06-17 Thread Brian Barker
simple "viewer" that could be used for this purpose, ... On the contrary, if the target platform is Windows (but not other operating systems), it can use the freeware Powerpoint Viewer from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13 . Brian Barker -- To uns

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tab Alignment with LibreOffice PPTX

2014-06-17 Thread Brian Barker
th .ppt but the second with .pptx. Possible solutions: o Try saving as .ppt instead of .pptx. o In any case, pay attention to careful document design in the first place. But this is all guesswork, of course. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with table in a table

2014-06-12 Thread Brian Barker
paragraph after the nested table and therefore available space from which to drag. Instead, your trick of selecting the outer table's cell (including the nested table) by dragging from that cell to an adjacent cell and back again is all that is required. That's a much simpler solutio

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with table in a table

2014-06-12 Thread Brian Barker
s procedure was successful in Word and Kingsoft Writer, so I'm confident that there's a way to do it in LO. Oh, I wouldn't assume that LibreOffice was like any other product! But yes: it will usually achieve what you need. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page Break and Page Break with new Style

2014-06-11 Thread Brian Barker
that paragraph. You can access this property through two mean: - Right click on the paragraph at the top of the new page, select "Paragraph..." Exactly: via Paragraph..., not via Edit Paragraph Style... . Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page Break and Page Break with new Style

2014-06-11 Thread Brian Barker
styles. Alternatively: o Go to Tools | Customise... | Keyboard. o Under Functions | Category, select Insert. o Under Function, scroll down to and select Manual Break. o Under "Shortcut keys", select your chosen shortcut. o Click Modify and OK. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Macros [or perhaps not] in Libre Calc

2014-06-09 Thread Brian Barker
pages repeatedly as for the spreadsheet case, always omitting the first page, so as again to avoid the invisible starting value. After a total of ten copying actions you will have 513 separately dated pages - nearly seventeen months' worth. Delete the excess. I trust this helps. Brian Bark

Re: [libreoffice-users] Custom style with my preferred font, does not persist when I open a different document?

2014-06-09 Thread Brian Barker
templates. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List arc

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document?

2014-06-09 Thread Brian Barker
mmendation would be to create a character style with the properties you need. If you then keep the Styles and Formatting window open, you can: o position the cursor where you wish to type, o double-click the style name in the Styles and Formatting window, and o type. I trust this helps. Br

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing financial report into Write

2014-06-03 Thread Brian Barker
need the Account Balances and Profit and Loss statements in the same document. Combining information from multiple sources can very likely be done most easily in the intermediate stage in the spreadsheet. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@glo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't get leading zeros in Calc

2014-05-31 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:02 01/06/2014 +0800, Zonly Ponly wrote: On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 01:11:36 +0100 Brian Barker wrote: At 17:34 31/05/2014 -0600, Oogie McGuire wrote: I have a spreadsheet and the data was originally entered as 4 digits. I need to pass it to a database system that requires 6 digits. I've

Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't get leading zeros in Calc

2014-05-31 Thread Brian Barker
o In a new column, enter ="00"&Xn and fill it down the column. You will now have six-character text values. Again, you could copy these back over the original values, using Paste Special... and pasting Text but not Formulas. I trust this helps. Brian Bar

Re: [libreoffice-users] Regular Expression

2014-05-28 Thread Brian Barker
fill it down the column. o Create a visible cell style - perhaps with a coloured background. Apply conditional formatting, using "Formula is" and NOT(ISNUMBER(Xn)) - applying your new cell style. Use the Format Paintbrush to apply this down the column. I trust this helps. Brian Barker

Re: [libreoffice-users] automatic numbering to fixed text

2014-05-25 Thread Brian Barker
that they are using Microsoft Word, you could teach them how to "unlink fields" in the documents before sending them to you. That way, you'd preserve any formatting that you *did* want. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Full justification

2014-05-25 Thread Brian Barker
in the 'words'. You will get a more consistent (and therefore neater?) effect by leaving single spaces between words, but then adjusting letter spacing. To do this, go to Format | Character... | Position | Spacing (or right-click | Character... | Position | Spacing), select Expande

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spell Check Dictionary

2014-05-21 Thread Brian Barker
way. Since when have homographs been a problem? (Oh, and that middle example should be "led" anyway"!) Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guid

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer Page/Paper Size?

2014-05-20 Thread Brian Barker
atter solely for printer settings, LibreOffice - more sensibly, in my opinion - treats page size as an aspect of page format. If you want to print a 11" x 17" page, you will first have to set the page to that size at Format | Page... | Page | Paper format | Format. I trust this helps. Br

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc cell protection

2014-05-20 Thread Brian Barker
s are designed to operate when documents are saved in LibreOffice's native Open Document Format format. If you save the file in some other format than .ods, you may be able to bypass the protection. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Download page fails again

2014-05-16 Thread Brian Barker
ill see this only if you click the help ("?") icon at the left of the address bar. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ P

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Deleting a Table in Impress

2014-05-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:22 15/05/2014 -0700, Frank 'CVAlkan' Oberle wrote: Thanks Brian, but still nothing. Interesting. Do these techniques not work for others in Impress? Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Deleting a Table in Impress

2014-05-15 Thread Brian Barker
se Backspace, Delete, Edit | Cut, or Ctrl+X. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundati

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw problems

2014-05-09 Thread Brian Barker
Select all the items in each drawing together and use Modify | Group to group them. o Right-click the group and go to Convert > | To Bitmap. o Right-click the group and select Save as Picture... to save a copy of the group in a suitable format. o You can now insert that saved file into you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Export Notes from Impress

2014-05-08 Thread Brian Barker
des themselves (which may initially be a useful guide to which slides the notes belong to). It should be fairly straightforward to do this. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Automating creation of PDF from Calc

2014-05-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:56 08/05/2014 +0100, Alex Kempshall wrote: On Thursday 08 May 2014 15:43:43 Brian Barker wrote: At 14:23 08/05/2014 +0100, Alex McMurchy wrote: I have a requirement to generate PDF's from specific set sheets contained in one Calc document, the document has 85 individual sheets.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Automating creation of PDF from Calc

2014-05-08 Thread Brian Barker
trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffic

Re: [libreoffice-users] Print Orientation (Calc)

2014-05-05 Thread Brian Barker
Adjust the style properties as desired - presumably including setting Landscape on the Page tab. o Bring each sheet to the front in turn and double-click the appropriate style to apply it. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] keyboard shortcut to navigate tables

2014-05-01 Thread Brian Barker
) keyboard arrow keys not work for you? You should also find that Tab moves forward in the table and Shift+Tab similarly backwards. For this reason, if you need to insert a Tab character in a table cell, you need to use Ctrl+Tab instead of simple Tab. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To

Re: [libreoffice-users] left/right pages

2014-04-28 Thread Brian Barker
. (Documents can have multiple page styles.) o The material in columns is contained in a section, a structure which can independently have multiple columns. o The material in columns is contained in a table. o The columns were constructed in some other way, perhaps in frames. I trust this helps.

Re: [libreoffice-users] List-reply issues... again

2014-04-27 Thread Brian Barker
- and by not interfering, this list preserves this facility for you as it should. I ... will NOT participate in a flame war. No incendiaries here! Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to insert a field of a random integer in the range 5 to 20?

2014-04-27 Thread Brian Barker
t number, but you'd better check the maths. The remainder of the calculation is left as an exercise for the reader! I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-list

Re: [libreoffice-users] writer-how to have in a table column width as I like and how to add a column without stretching the other

2014-04-26 Thread Brian Barker
he right. The cursor will now be in your new column; press Alt+left-arrow or Alt+right-arrow to change the column width as desired. You can set the original width of columns inserted this way at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice.org Writer | Table | Keyboard handling | Insert cell. I trust thi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to insert a field of a random integer [of specified length]

2014-04-26 Thread Brian Barker
e only difference is that with OLE you can edit the linked document from the target one, whereas with DDE you cannot. In this case, it would mean you could edit the spreadsheet contents from within the text document. But you wouldn't want to do that in these scenarios. I trust this hel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question on MAXIF()

2014-04-25 Thread Brian Barker
range, as you are unlikely to want the intermediate values printed. I'm attaching (perhaps only for the questioner to receive?) a sample spreadsheet. The years and book numbers are random, so you can press F9 repeatedly to see how it operates on different data. I trust this helps. Bria

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to insert a field of a random integer in the range 5 to 20?

2014-04-25 Thread Brian Barker
pt the offer to "Update all links?". Provided the spreadsheet file is closed, the formula will be recalculated each time. An alternative is considering whether to construct your entire text document in the form of a spreadsheet. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsu

Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows lifecycle [was: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE ...]

2014-04-23 Thread Brian Barker
uch sooner. (Er, no: I am not taking sides. But I do like to see arguments being based on evidence.) Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines +

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-23 Thread Brian Barker
the two explicit addressees of your message will have seen this. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Why new page style after manual page break changes all pages?

2014-04-22 Thread Brian Barker
crosoft Word's "sections", which are rather different: those are unfortunately named section *breaks* and more akin to LibreOffice's manual page breaks with a change of page style. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? htt

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Why new page style after manual page break changes all pages?

2014-04-22 Thread Brian Barker
break. o Now go to Insert | Manual Break... to reinsert the page break. Under Type, select "Page break" - but this time, under Style, *click the down arrow to show a drop-down menu of page styles and select your "appendix" style from the list*. Only then click

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to make autocorrect work.

2014-04-21 Thread Brian Barker
t Changes instead, which enables you to distinguish the changes you want and don't want, or to make these changes at an early stage in the treatment of any document, so that you can undo any unwanted effect manually. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubsc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Why new page style after manual page break changes all pages?

2014-04-20 Thread Brian Barker
I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoff

Re: [libreoffice-users] Date format resists conditional format

2014-04-20 Thread Brian Barker
lues come from: it may be easier to import them in a more useful format originally. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Postin

Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot convert text to number in spreadsheet from csv file

2014-04-19 Thread Brian Barker
You seem to be writing from a country where the normal fractional separator would be a comma, not a point. Is this a locale issue? I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lis

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc Sum cells based on color

2014-04-18 Thread Brian Barker
rust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any reason why resizing an image does not keep aspect ratio by default?

2014-04-12 Thread Brian Barker
responsible for this (other) software got fed up with seeing so may distorted images - especially of faces and so on - on web sites and the like that they decided to give in and make it easier for users not to make that mistake. Sorry this is no help! Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Getting back to the Start screen

2014-04-11 Thread Brian Barker
tly used file names and give you a quick route to your few regularly used files. Note that you will need to activate this item separately in the separate components Writer, Calc, and so on if desired. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsub

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LibreOffice on the command line to batch convert .htm files to .html files

2014-04-11 Thread Brian Barker
lob? Yes, exactly. Er, the answer to this - as you had previously explained - is actually "No". Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting gui

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LibreOffice on the command line to batch convert .htm files to .html files

2014-04-11 Thread Brian Barker
way...maybe someone is interested in this apparent conflict between soffice.exe in %path% and Firefox? Putting a file name there instead of a path is likely to cause confusion ... The important thing is, the batch script works ... Good-oh! What you did was a perfectly acceptable alternat

Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LibreOffice on the command line to batch convert .htm files to .html files

2014-04-11 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:14 11/04/2014 +0200, Paul Steyn wrote: On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:46:51 +0100 Tom Davies wrote: I'm not sure if you can use cd c: Yes, you can use that to change directory. Er, no: you cannot. Try it and see. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+uns

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bar chart extending from a low to a high value?

2014-04-05 Thread Brian Barker
see? The Stock chart type will do this for you. You can adjust the width of the bars. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page margins

2014-04-02 Thread Brian Barker
rent pages from the same text document in different layouts - both of which you can do very easily in LibreOffice. Unless I've got this completely wrong, do please take care not to advertise a prejudice as if it were a genuine fault with the application which is the topic of this list.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Multiple columns in Writer

2014-03-30 Thread Brian Barker
e. Go to Table | Insert > | Table... and create a table with two columns and (probably) one row. You will find that the table cells expand as necessary to accommodate your text - even to additional pages - and that the two columns will remain independent. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -

Re: [libreoffice-users] CALC: Fit a cell around an inserted picture

2014-03-30 Thread Brian Barker
ve the images resized automatically. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

Re: [libreoffice-users] Modifying Styles

2014-03-30 Thread Brian Barker
ithout making any visible changes), both of these statements are exactly what I'd expect and don't seem at all "odd". I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving as Plain Text

2014-03-27 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:15 27/03/2014 -0400, Virgil Arrington wrote: Does anyone know of a way to save a Writer document as plain text and *keep* footnotes? It's messy, but: o Export as PDF. o Open PDF in reader of choice and save as text from there. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy cell formatting in Calc

2014-03-27 Thread Brian Barker
and column widths when pasting entire rows or columns, in fact. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.document

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood

2014-03-26 Thread Brian Barker
Your "mainframe languages" would have had the properties I described. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documen

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood

2014-03-25 Thread Brian Barker
retrain their staff regularly. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarch

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood

2014-03-25 Thread Brian Barker
two - in error - different (though you didn't notice). When you inevitably need to make changes to your arrangements, you make them in one place and can be confident that they will be instantly applied everywhere appropriate. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@gl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document

2014-03-25 Thread Brian Barker
separate documents keeping their own properties, use sections - ticking Link and browsing to the component document file on the Section tab of the Insert Section dialogue. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] conditional formatting broken?

2014-03-25 Thread Brian Barker
#x27;s background colour is a property of a cell style, and it's a cell style that is applied by conditional formatting. Unsurprisingly, you can also do it in Excel. As for Gnumeric ... Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://w

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document

2014-03-24 Thread Brian Barker
pen those documents, so you should not need to make changes "as well as in each file" - only perhaps to open those files, accept the offer, and re-save them. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document

2014-03-24 Thread Brian Barker
e embarrassed by all this because I had quite a bit of opposition to using OpenOffice back at the start of this project. I think we are talking about LibreOffice, in fact. And I suspect that it will do what you need. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document

2014-03-23 Thread Brian Barker
use explicit page breaks (possibly included as a paragraph or paragraph style property)? Better the latter. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscri

Re: [libreoffice-users] Copying cell contents to create phrase

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Barker
hieve her purpose? Yes. At least, it suppresses any display of time data - and thus the presence of any such data in what you save to CSV. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-li

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot Change Date Format in Calc

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Barker
n are of the same type or format, of course. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Neti

Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot Change Date Format in Calc

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Barker
Formulas *not* ticked. o Now format the new date values as desired. Oh, but I see you've beaten me to this ... Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Copying cell contents to create phrase

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:48 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote: On 17/03/14 13:25, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote: In short I am having to "massage" a .csv file exported from one system before importing it into an accounting system. The accountant wants a "

Re: [libreoffice-users] Copying cell contents to create phrase

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:53 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote: On 17/03/14 13:25, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote: In short I am having to "massage" a .csv file exported from one system before importing it into an accounting system. The accountant wants a "

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with formatting a piece of text?

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Barker
ou ought to want to apply a character style instead, but I don't see any obvious way to do this. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-users] Copying cell contents to create phrase

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Barker
an easier way. When you open the CSV file, you should see the Text Import dialogue. Under Fields, click in the date columns and then select Text from the drop-down menu against "Column type". The dates will be imported as text and you will not need the above workaround. I tru

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Automatically sizing cells vertically to fit contents

2014-03-16 Thread Brian Barker
ther than the automatic effect you are seeking, but once you have done it, the row will respond automatically to future changes - as you wish. If instead you drag the lower row edge to expand a cell manually, you will be setting a row height and spoiling the effect you desire. I trust th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: limit number of columns and rows

2014-03-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:18 16/03/2014 +0100, Lorenzo Noname wrote: Il giorno 15/mar/2014, alle ore 20:56, Brian Barker ha scritto: At 17:25 15/03/2014 +0100, Lorenzo Noname wrote: a spreadsheet has thousands of lines and hundreds of columns. Most users (like me) don't need that many cells. Is there an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: limit number of columns and rows

2014-03-15 Thread Brian Barker
I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreof

Re: [libreoffice-users] Footnotes in LibreOffice 3.5.4.2

2014-03-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:09 10/03/2014 -0700, J. Van Brimmer wrote: On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:25 10/03/2014 -0700, J. Van Brimmer wrote: I'm using LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 on Debian Linux. After I create a footnote on a page, say page 1, and create a footnote, let's say Fo

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