Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
It's interesting that there has been almost no posts about articles such as this one.
https://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/660608-libreoffice-a-continuing-tale-of-foss-success
There are some interesting stats that are very well presented in there and
copies. I just found this LO printing action as something
unexpected.
Thanks to everyone who replied to my original posting.
Girvin Herr
Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Webmaster,
See below for answers to your questions.
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
snip
What version of Linux are you using? Ubuntu
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Eps?? Are you sure? I seem to have trouble with my Epses but that is probably either my fault or some weirdness of the program producing the Eps (i think Adobe Creative something, an expensive product that tries to force other people into buying it.) So, is there
NoOp wrote:
On 11/20/2012 06:08 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Okay, I was incorrect. I thought I did open a PDF in Writer. But it must
have been Draw, not Writer. Sorry.
I just did some work on this problem and discovered a way to do it. Here
Ian Whitfield wrote:
Hi All
Since I upgraded to LO 3.6.2.2 on my PCLOS 2012 system I find that
Base no longer displays my Reports the way I need them!!
I used to get a single line of 'Field Names' followed my multiple
lines of data.
What I get now is alternating lines of 'Field Names'
Steven Bradley wrote:
I remember this discussion a few years back, when MSO was the defacto
standard, and a moving target. One of the most important things for any
agency, company government, or individual is backward compatibility. I have
many documents that are difficult for me to retrieve,
M Henri Day wrote:
2012/11/19 VA cuyfa...@hotmail.com
At the risk of getting political, the last thing I want is my government
dictating to me what kind of file format to use on my documents.
Virgil
At the risk of getting political, the last thing I want is a multi-national
Rich Shepard wrote:
I need to provide a client with a Word version of a report written in
LaTeX. Exporting the text to LO format works just fine, but all the
images
in the document are .pdf files generated by GRASS or R. I'm having
difficulty finding how to insert these images in the LO
Rich Shepard wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Insert - Picture - From file
Hope this helps.
Girvin,
That's what I kept trying but it would not open a file dialog box and
would not accept the file name in the text entry widget on the picture
tab.
Rich
What version
Rich Shepard wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Insert - Picture - From file
Hope this helps.
Girvin,
That's what I kept trying but it would not open a file dialog box and
would not accept the file name in the text entry widget on the picture
tab.
Rich
Oops! Sorry, I
Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Rich Shepard wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Insert - Picture - From file
Hope this helps.
Girvin,
That's what I kept trying but it would not open a file dialog box and
would not accept the file name in the text entry widget on the picture
tab
Webmaster,
See below for answers to your questions.
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
snip
What version of Linux are you using? Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora,
Opensuse, etc., etc.?
Slackware 12.2 (K2.6.27)
Since you run Linux, can you try creating a PDF file for your document
and then use the
Greetings,
Has anyone else noticed that the Collate option in the print dialog is
not working?!
I wanted to print 2 copies of a 3-page document and I selected
Collate. However, the pages came out 1,1,2,2,3,3 not the 1,2,3,1,2,3
that I expected. So, I unselected Collate and it still came out
:)
From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net
To: LibreOffice Users users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Monday, 12 November 2012, 22:19
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Collate print option not working
Greetings,
Has anyone else noticed that the Collate option in the print dialog is not
working?!
I
Ian Whitfield wrote:
Thanks Guys!! (Girvin, Henirich, Dan, Mas and maybe others!!)
You have all added some pieces to the Jigsaw and I'm pleased to say..
*I now have Base working with a MySQL Database (at last!!)*
snip
IanW
Pretoria RSA.
Ian,
Glad to hear you got it working.
Tiziano Bianchi wrote:
I am using Linux Slackware 13.37, 32-bit. I am fairly novice with Linux.
I have installed LibreOffice 3.6.2 using the SlackBuilds.com script (I modified the line which starts with VERSION).
Now I would like to also install the corresponding Help Pack, available
in saying that
the Help Pack is quite outdated...)
--
tb
*From:* Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net
*To:* Tiziano Bianchi tb75...@yahoo.com
*Cc:* users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org
Ian,
It sounds like you are getting close, but there is still something
blocking your access to the MySQL server (mysqld). All of these
symptoms sure sound like the server is not looking at the localhost port.
Ian Whitfield wrote:
snip
I do _NOT_ have this file in my system. I did a search
Ian Whitfield wrote:
On 11/01/2012 11:14 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Ian,
Are you starting mysqld with --skip-networking?
If so, then remove it for localhost access. LO Base uses localhost
to access mysqld and will give a failed to connect error if it can't
connect via localhost. MyAdmin
Ian Whitfield wrote:
Thanks Heinz
Well I even went off this morning looking at 'other' solutions for
this and it seems to be - Use Base or go and learn PHP or Ruby or
something like that!!
So I got into Base again and found an interesting fact - Base had
_NOT_ stored the link in it's
David Smith wrote:
Software: Libreoffice base
Version: 3.5.4.2 (Debian Wheezy)
Subject: Cannot add primary key after saving without primary key.
I've got a problem. I'm trying to test some different table designs.
Whenever I create a table without a primary key, I find that I cannot
go back
upscope wrote:
On Friday, October 19, 2012 10:29:32 AM Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Joel Madero wrote:
Ah, yes my mistake for assuming what you were using. I'll have to look
into
writer. I just tried inserting a table (1x1) and putting the formula, no
good.
Regards,
Joel
snip
Joel Madero wrote:
Ah, yes my mistake for assuming what you were using. I'll have to look into
writer. I just tried inserting a table (1x1) and putting the formula, no
good.
Regards,
Joel
snip
Joel et al,
Curious, I tried =TODAY() as a field variable formula and it doesn't
work, with
John Clegg wrote:
I have a base file attached to a MySQL database on a remote server. I have
a form that I use to view and edit the data in one table.
Others also access the database, and I need to experiment with the data in
that table without molesting the master copy.
One solution would
Greetings,
This thread has been ongoing for a relatively long time now and IMHO it
has forked many times and veared off of its original message: that MS
was to start renting their software and the lock on users that that
implies. Well, as we have been debating all these forked threads, there
Joel Madero wrote:
snip
A ping is just a quick email (or IRC message, etc...) that says hey, any
updates, some users even just say ping in IRC basically saying hey, you
around?
snip
Joel,
ping, another overloaded word:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping
But those of us in the
Jay Lozier wrote:
On 10/02/2012 07:19 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
snip
Girvin,
Most people I have talked to about databases find them less intuitive
than other typical office and general software.
Jay,
Yes, I can agree to that. Working with databases is not plug-n-play
Jay Lozier wrote:
snip
From the comments on the list, the weakest part of LO is Base. However,
my observation is most people find learning any true database daunting
and thus do not learn how to use any database. Compounding this is the
fact many MSO packages do not include Access. Many thus
Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 28/09/12 14:43, Mark Stanton a écrit :
Hi Mark,
My query couldn't use the query wizard (Andreas won't be surprised).
In coding the query I wrote the field names in camelcase (eg
Address1, PersonName), the actual database fields are all in
lowercase.
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Don't self referencing equations usually tend towards chaos and have fractal dimensions? It's a bit beyond the scope of a spreadsheet! Is there a way of limiting the number of iterations or does Calc just protect it self (and the cpu) from calculations running away
problem...
Girvin R. Herr schrieb:
[..]
Thanks very much for the hint. I didn't know Draw had layers. I see
now what you are talking about and I can create additional layers, like
adding sheets to Calc.
Apart from using a tab they are totally different.
I will try that as soon as I can get back
Greetings,
LO 3.5.3.2 on Linux.
I am trying to edit a Jpeg picture in Draw by drawing objects on top of
the picture. However, I am having a problem selecting my objects. Draw
keeps selecting the larger underlaying picture instead of the object I
want it to select. I tried to select an
Hi Alexander,
Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 12/09/12 01:25, Girvin R. Herr a écrit :
Hi Girvin,
8...
blank page with no structure entries. Opening the table produces the
SQL errors: The data content can not be loaded. The query can not be
executed. It contains no valid table.. If I
Greetings,
I have several real old dBASE data files from 1985 that I would like to
get the data from and convert to LO Base. I keep reading about LO being
able to access a dBASE file, but I am having trouble doing so. I tried
the new database wizard and although it created the new Base
Andreas Säger wrote:
Am 11.09.2012 22:34, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Greetings,
I have several real old dBASE data files from 1985 that I would like to
get the data from and convert to LO Base. I keep reading about LO being
able to access a dBASE file, but I am having trouble doing so. I tried
Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 16/08/12 00:56, Thomas Taylor a écrit :
Hi Thomas,
8..
- AOOo has moved its hsqldb engine to an improved version 2, whereas LO
is still stuck on version 1.8 ;
- AOOo has removed direct support for the mysql native connector due to
licensing issues, it is
Greetings,
I hope this gets to the right place. I used Reply All in
Thunderbird. The header looks correct, but people are going to get
duplicate messages.
Here is another side-effect of this change:
Florian,
Right! Yesterday, your changes broke my email filter which puts
libreoffice user
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
On 08/13/2012 07:36 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
On 08/12/2012 12:31 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote:
Hello,
this is to inform you that the reply settings on this list have changed
(so-called Reply to mangling has been disabled).
So far, e-mails had set a reply-to
Tom, et al,
I might also add that I have read a few of the manuals, such as Writer,
Calc, Base and Draw and, although it is very good compared to, say, the
OO 2.4 era, it sometimes states to use Help for more information or
details. So, Help is needed to be complete. I have used Help
Andreas,
Andreas Säger wrote:
Where is the macro stored? Obviously you store it in the template and
all resulting documents from that template inherit the macro.
When you store a new document from that template in some untrusted
location, the macro can not be trusted anymore.
I assume the
: Girvin R. Herr [mailto:girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 14:45
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: stubborn macro security
Andreas,
Andreas Säger wrote:
Where is the macro stored? Obviously you store it in the template and
all
Greetings,
I am trying to run the macro from the LibreOffice 3.4 Writer Guide, page
293, Note: To re-enable updating from a template:. However, every
time I try to run it, I get a security message saying I can't do that.
I even used the Tools - Options - Security - Macro Security... - Low
Greetings,
I see that LibreOffice 3.5.3 still has the document template update
crash problem that OpenOffice 3.3 had. Here is the scenario:
I open a document and get the popup window (LibreOffice 3.4 Writer Guide
p293, Figure 294, Updating a document from a changed template) asking
to update
Tom,
For the record, I just checked my Mozilla Firefox add-ons and it
reported my Java 1.6.0_30 has bad security vulnerabilities. So, stay
away from it. Your _32 suggestion is a good one.
Girvin
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Sorry, just noticed that java version is fairly old already. I don't
Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 26/05/12 22:30, Girvin R. Herr a écrit :
Hi Girvin,
If you have links to LO/OOo configuration documentation for ODBC
connection to MySQL, I would be willing to try it.
Thanks.
I wrote a tutorial for this very purpose many years ago for OOo
Andreas Säger wrote:
Am 26.05.2012 22:13, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Andreas,
Yes! Plus the com.mysql.jdbc.Driver class and the MySQL (JDBC)
connection type option.
And I am using the MySQL-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar in the class
path and the MySQL 5.0.67 server.
Sun (Oracle) Java version
drew jensen wrote:
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 19:02 -0700, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
drew jensen wrote:
8...
Hi Tom
Really - you seem to know a lot, are you writing a manual?
@Girvin - there is no place that I've seen the report builder be that
slow and not have an installation problem
Fernand,
I am assuming you are talking about the Data tab for the report where
there are Content Type and Content option lists. I tried it both
ways with the same results. Originally, I was using the SQL command(s)
the wizard created when I first created the report. Those SQL commands
Andreas Säger wrote:
8...
-- When you drag the query icon from the left pane of the data source
window onto a Calc cell you will get a semi-automatic link. Call
menu:DataRefresh to refresh the link.
-- When you drag selected row selectors you get a copy of selected
rows. The top-left
Andreas Säger wrote:
Am 26.05.2012 00:47, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
As an update to my problem with Report Builder, my 1500+ record database
takes 94 pages of a Report Builder / Writer document. I put on my
patience hat and timed how long it takes to format the report, ready for
printing
drew jensen wrote:
8...
Ah I missed that last bit - yup, those JDBC connections can suck - has
the OP tried ODBC?
//drew
Drew,
I am the OP.
No, I have not tried ODBC. The only configuration documentation I have
been able to get for MySQL and Base, used JDBC. At the time, that
Andreas Säger wrote:
8...
I was thinking of this problem which affects Linux+Java-DB+LibO before
3.5:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=125253highlight=java+linux
The problem has gone with LibreOffice 3.5 and it did not exist under
operating systems other than Linux.
involved with packaging things for the slackware repos? If so then he might be worth contacting. Apparently he used to be very helpful and approachable.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 26/5/12, Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net
Andreas Säger wrote:
Am 26.05.2012 22:13, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Andreas,
Yes! Plus the com.mysql.jdbc.Driver class and the MySQL (JDBC)
connection type option.
And I am using the MySQL-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar in the class
path and the MySQL 5.0.67 server.
Sun (Oracle) Java version
have security issues at all and only upgrade to add new features but with java it's just to fix whatever they broke or didn't fix last time.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 26/5/12, Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
From: Girvin R. Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Re
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I have just done a bit of digging around.
Looking back through Andreas' answers
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodesuser=254826i=80
I found this but i'm not sure it's much help for you
Dan Lewis wrote:
Yes, you can link to a Base query with Calc. With Cal open, use the
F4 key to open the Data Source window. (You will have to register the
database before it will appear in this window.) The left side is the
name of the registered databases. Click the arrow in front of
drew jensen wrote:
8...
Hi Tom
Really - you seem to know a lot, are you writing a manual?
@Girvin - there is no place that I've seen the report builder be that
slow and not have an installation problem - not saying it is impossible
but sounds really odd. 1500 records in a tabular report, 49
Andreas Säger wrote:
With LibO 3.5 under Linux I can use any recent Java version without
any issues. I tested 1.6.22, 1.6.31 and 1.7. Any of these simply work
with my Java databases.
I avoid the report builder like illness. If you feel the need to dance
with this software diva then you
Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 24/05/12 00:01, Girvin R. Herr a écrit :
Hi Girvin,
MySQL 5.0.67
MySQL-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar
Sun Java 1.6.0u11
Oooh, very old and potentially highly exploitable version of Java there.
Is my current Report Builder problem caused
Greetings,
I have installed LibreOffice (LO) 3.5.3.2 and I am quite pleased with
it. I am a long-time OpenOffice (OOo) user going back to 1.0 and even
Star Office before that and after not being able to install the latest
Apache OpenOffice (AOO) version, I switched to LibreOffice. I say that
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