[libreoffice-users] Windows parallel install

2012-01-27 Thread Pedro
-Dev_3.5.1rc0_Win_x86_install_en-US.msi) and it won't even finish. It stops with the following error message Internal error 2203, path to target .msi-2147287035 Has this happened to any of you? Does anybody use parallel instals in Windows? Regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http

[libreoffice-users] Re: Windows parallel install

2012-01-27 Thread Pedro
some bugs) Thanks anyway ;) Regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Windows-parallel-install-tp3692947p3693117.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] Re: Windows parallel install

2012-01-27 Thread Pedro
, this is Windows... It is working as expected now. Thank you very much! Best regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Windows-parallel-install-tp3692947p3693140.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions

[libreoffice-users] Re: Windows parallel install

2012-01-27 Thread Pedro
;) Best regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Windows-parallel-install-tp3692947p3693144.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

[libreoffice-users] Re: one language in the installer libre office

2012-01-24 Thread Pedro
that for each version you had a 200Mb installer instead over 100 (example) localized 150Mb installers which would take 15 Gb. The main problem is that removing all the extra languages only saves you some 50Mb. Is this worth the trouble? Regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http

[libreoffice-users] Re: Quickstarter

2012-01-24 Thread Pedro
Carole wrote I unpack the files, go to the Installation Wizard, choose Typical, Start Install. and up comes a message saying “Please exit LIbreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice Quickstarter before you continue ” I have not a clue what this message means or what to do. The Quickstarter is

[libreoffice-users] Re: Unsubscribing from this list

2012-01-20 Thread Pedro
this link in the instructions page: users+unsubscribe(AT)global.libreoffice.org Compare that to clicking on link at http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/ Just my 2 cents -- Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Unsubscribing-from-this-list-tp3675267p3675537

[libreoffice-users] Re: Unsubscribing from this list

2012-01-20 Thread Pedro
NoOp wrote So I'm not sure what else can be done. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@.libreoffice Simple! Just replace the link to the *instructions* e-mail for a link to the actual *unsubscribe* e-mail. -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Suggestions for LibreOffice

2012-01-18 Thread Pedro
Hi Help_Please Welcome to the LibreOffice Users mailing list ;) Help_Please wrote Suggestion One:Include Check for updates to perform online checking for updates to LibreOffice. At present, it appears that the only way to find out if there are any updates is by receiving an email; or

[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer - Tables and row spacing question

2012-01-17 Thread Pedro
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarro_boogs Thank you for contributing to the LO development ;) Regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Writer-Tables-and-row-spacing-question-tp3630919p3667626.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: About.com 2011 Readers' Choice Awards - Nominations are Open

2012-01-14 Thread Pedro
LOL Last year's winner was an online service? How can that be an alternative? Only in a rich, Cloud, always-connected reality... And on the same page the obvious advertising About.com Shopping Office 2010 PowerPoint From $110.56 at 22 stores $110 for Powerpoint alone??? These guys are not

[libreoffice-users] Re: re: So what's with LibO 3.5?

2012-01-14 Thread Pedro
Cor Nouws wrote Where no reference to the bugs fixed is left. Maybe a pointer to a wiki page with those notes is relevant for that www.page ? I really don't understand TDF's goals or methods Those Release Notes don't say anything about the changes since the previous version... You can

[libreoffice-users] Re: re: So what's with LibO 3.5?

2012-01-13 Thread Pedro
Cor Nouws wrote Release notes and marketing stuff, web pages etc. are work in progress all hands welcome :-) Done. Added to the wiki ;) I'm a little concerned that I can't find a similar page for 3.4.5 and it is already available at download sites (even if it isn't announced or updated

[libreoffice-users] Re: So what's with LibO 3.5?

2012-01-12 Thread Pedro
NoOp wrote Visio import alone seems like a huge addition. ... I can't get it working in LOdev 3.5.0beta2 Build ID: 4ca392c-760cc4d-f39cf3d-1b2857e-60db978 I can't even find the filter to select a .vsd, can you? Yes. It says Microsoft Visio 2000/XP/2003 (*.vsd) It's in the pre-release

[libreoffice-users] Re: re: So what's with LibO 3.5?

2012-01-11 Thread Pedro
Gérard Fargeot wrote http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5 The Release Notes page fails to mention that LO 3.5 now supports Java 7 (1.7). In fact if you have both Java 6 and 7 you can select which one to use in Tools, Options, LibreOffice, Java -- View this message in

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.4.4/Windows] How to move cell with mouse?

2012-01-11 Thread Pedro
This is a know limitation since the OpenOffice days. The good news is that an *enhancement request* is already on the Bugzilla tracker https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38994 and it has been assigned to Kohei Yoshida (Calc's guru) and included in the LibreOffice 3.4 most annoying bugs

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.4.4/Windows] How to move cell with mouse?

2012-01-11 Thread Pedro
Gérard Fargeot wrote IMHO, it is not a good news. Drag cells by clic on a tiny border instead of anywhere in the cell is *not* an improvement :( This is the way all spreadsheets work. Clicking on the center of the cell is supposed to enter Edit mode. In any case the clickable area is

[libreoffice-users] Re: What about the standard state of the hybrid pdf format?

2012-01-11 Thread Pedro
Hi Tom, carlo Tom wrote Pdf is a proprietary format.  There is no Open version and no community.  Testing is done on a relatively small number of machines.  It would be really great if there were a successfull OpenDocument Format equivalent that gained even as much traction as Odt etc

[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer - Tables and row spacing question

2012-01-09 Thread Pedro
Ken Springer-3 wrote I thought TableAutofitDistribute Rows Equally would adjust all of the row heights to fit into the 5.5 height of the table. I think you found a Bug :) The Autofit Columns does exactly what you expected (and in my opinion is what Distribute Evenly means) so this odd

[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer - Tables and row spacing question

2012-01-09 Thread Pedro
Ken Springer-3 wrote So, you tried autofiting columns and it worked as I/we expect it to? Did you try my instructions? I'm just curious. Yes and yes. I was also puzzled that it resized the line height of the rows in such a way that the table was expanded to several pages :) Ken

[libreoffice-users] RE: LibreOffice 3.4.4 bug report - tools/customise/keyboard

2012-01-06 Thread Pedro
Neil-2 wrote I've tested this issue in 3.4.4 Calc and Impress too and it seems that the global shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F (find and replace) is stubbornly persistent in all, Calc only deletions of default shortcuts persist, but Impress only deletions do not. How do I contact the developers to ask

[libreoffice-users] Re: Latest version?

2012-01-06 Thread Pedro
Johnny Rosenberg wrote I think the OP didn't bother to read any of the answers given yesterday... Fabian is not the OP. Caesar is. That is exactly what I said. The OP of this thread (Cesar) didn't read any of the answers given yesterday on the thread that he (Cesar) opened with the EXACT

[libreoffice-users] Re: Latest version?

2012-01-06 Thread Pedro
Fabián Rodríguez-2 wrote Right, that should've been a hint that it was probably an honest mistake - which is not uncommon on mailing lists. What if he didn't read the answers ? They are now there, searchable, available for others. Why shouldn't he? This is a mailing list. He gets the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Latest version?

2012-01-05 Thread Pedro
Version 3.4.4 is the latest stable version. If you would like to try a Pre-release version you can go to http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ WARNING: Beta versions are installed in parallel but RC (Release Candidate) versions OVERWRITE your stable version. Obviously RC versions

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can words in LibreOffice be auto-italicized?

2011-12-21 Thread Pedro
report. From the small sample here it seems to work properly only under Windows x86 -- Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Can-words-in-LibreOffice-be-auto-italicized-tp3601650p3603470.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

[libreoffice-users] Re: This post has NOT been accepted by the mailing list yet

2011-12-21 Thread Pedro
to the site (Nabble) AND to the mailing list... I know this is a little confusing. Regarding your Chart problem, I'm not sure there is an easy solution. Please be patient ;) Regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/This-post-has-NOT-been-accepted

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can words in LibreOffice be auto-italicized?

2011-12-20 Thread Pedro
it in memory. Click on Tools, Autocorrect Options. Notice that in situ already shows in the With box and that Text only is unchecked. Now just type in situ in the Replace box and click on New. From now on, each time you type in situ it will be automagically italicized ;) -- Pedro -- View this message

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can words in LibreOffice be auto-italicized?

2011-12-20 Thread Pedro
Libre User wrote It does not work in my LO. (Version 3.4.3, Win 7 64bit) After creating in situ in italics, I opened the AutoCorrect box. in situ does not appear in the 'with' box and the 'Text only' box is checked, grayed out and can not be changed. Did you press Ctrl+C or Edit,

[libreoffice-users] Re: small caps

2011-12-17 Thread Pedro
, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/small-caps-tp3593498p3594871.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

[libreoffice-users] Re: small caps

2011-12-17 Thread Pedro
Mirosław Zalewski wrote You can assign hotkey to styles as well. Perhaps creating new character style is somehow easier than recording macros, which is considered experimental feature. You are right. Much easier. Although experimental means that you can experiment ;) -- View this

[libreoffice-users] Re: [LibreOffice Writer: Feature requests]

2011-12-16 Thread Pedro
:) ) for this? -- Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice-Writer-Feature-requests-tp3590712p3592376.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
. wrote How do I do it? I've tried the Absolute reference method ($A$1) but that won't allow for the addition of new rows in an additional sheet. Absolute references won't work because they are updated as you insert rows. One solution is to use INDIRECT to always point at the same

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
MiguelAngel wrote A very good option is use an array. In Sheet2.a1 =Sheet1.a1:a15 and use Mays+Crtl+Enter to get an array. If you insert a row in for example Sheet1.a8 then the array in Sheet2 is expanded to retain the same size, even better if you have formulae in the array rows

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
Stephen Anderson wrote * I realize that this is a Beta, and that a stable version will come along in due course to replace it, but still ... Beta0 was supposed to be only for internal checking and should never have leaked. The good news is that Beta1 is much better (in some aspects even

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta/ revised files won't save normally

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
NoOp wrote The page is still pointing to 3.5.0beta0. lt;http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.5.0-beta1/deb/x86/LibO-Dev-Test_3.5alpha0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gzgt; The version is incorrect ( I already asked someone to fix it) The Windows files are already

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell reference that updates all sheets?

2011-12-15 Thread Pedro
In Sheet2.a1 =Sheet1.a1:a15 and use Mays+Crtl+Enter to get an array. What is Mays? It's a typo :) Miguel Angel meant use keys Shift+Ctrl+Enter ;) HTH, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Cell-reference-that-updates-all-sheets-tp3589103p3590519.html

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Portable

2011-12-14 Thread Pedro
M Robinson wrote What's the story with LibreOffice Portable, I've been trying to download the file since PortableApps released version 10. It doesn't matter which site a attempt to download from I end up with an incomplete file of 19.9 MB, the downloads start with a file side of 121

[libreoffice-users] Re: Changing data on a chart

2011-12-11 Thread Pedro
lismurn wrote With regard to Jays solution, I need all the data on page 1 as I have two different charts, the pie chart requires all data whereas the bar chart only requires the data which I want to use. One of my problems is that if I disregard the date rows from Dec 2008 to Dec 2009

[libreoffice-users] Identifying the correct row in Spreadsheet formulas

2011-12-09 Thread Pedro
Hi Ian I think a VLookup function might help. But I'm not sure I understood your problem. Can you post a link to an example file? Cheers, Pedro Ian Whitfield wrote Hi All I have a spread sheet in LO 3.4.3 where I record and analyse monthly numbers and amounts for a electricity bill

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: How to refresh advanced filter automatically

2011-12-06 Thread Pedro
Wow! This is totally different from what you asked in your original post. Obviously my answer doesn't apply here at all. I think that this task would be much better solved by a small program than a spreadsheet or even a database... -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.4.4/Win] Keyboard shortcut: Add row?

2011-12-06 Thread Pedro
Gilles wrote Google says that CTRL++ on the numeric keypad adds a row, but... 1. It displays the Insert cells dialog 2. It doesn't feel to me as natural as eg. CTRL+Ins or CTRL+Enter Is there a way to reconfigure LibreOffice's Calc so that I'm spared that dialog, and ideally, assign a

[libreoffice-users] Re: create vertical table or rotate table

2011-12-05 Thread Pedro
on the same Table. Best regards, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/create-vertical-table-or-rotate-table-tp3559760p3560987.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Stuck with 3.3 forever?

2011-12-05 Thread Pedro
Harold Fuchs-4 wrote So, for example, if A2 is 30, A20 is 300; divide by 10 gives 30 again and then add the 27. But if A2 is (empty), A20 should force a numeric zero which stays the same when divided by 10. The point here is that =A20 is considered text (you can check with ISTEXT),

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: How to refresh advanced filter automatically

2011-12-05 Thread Pedro
relgames wrote I have Calc file with a long list of rows, what I need is to filter those rows by some criteria entered by user. So, if user enters 15 into some cell, list should immediately update itself and show only rows containing 15 Any suggestions? I think using a database for such

[libreoffice-users] Re: open .odt without updating fields

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
I don't think so because the fields are updated on open. But the date the file was last saved is the same as the one you can see in the file properties in Modified (at least in the Windows OS) Just right click on the file (don't open it) and choose Properties. In the General tab you can see the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Stuck with 3.3 forever?

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
Johnny Rosenberg wrote Depending on the value in other cells, the result can be a time or an empty string (). In this case, E9 is an empty string, so E10 becomes ”#VALUE!”, and in fact every cell below E10 is also ”#VALUE!” because of this. Can you provide an example file? This used to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Stuck with 3.3 forever?

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
Johnny Rosenberg wrote I could, but it's not needed, I think. I just did this simple test in 3.3.4 and 3.4.4: Open LibreOffice Calc from scratch. A1: = A2: =A1+1 In LibreOffice 3.3.4 (Ubuntu 10.10), A2 displays: 1 In 3.4.4 (Ubuntu 11.10), OOO340m1 (Build:402), A2 displays:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Stuck with 3.3 forever?

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
Johnny Rosenberg wrote I could agree with that, but it would have been nice if they thought of that since 1.0 and not changing it on the way, breaking a whole lot of spreadsheets… I see your point. But this was wrong. It's not a change of plans it's simply a correction. And not fixing it

[libreoffice-users] Re: Stuck with 3.3 forever?

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
David S. Crampton wrote Per my mini-sermon (earlier today) on debugging and preferring strict type-based behavior, I would prefer A5 to also display #VALUE. Obviously! If it behaves differently it's simply inconsistent. It the user wants to change that he just has to do =A2+VALUE(A4)

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell formatting with CSV files in Calc

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
berntie wrote Date;Item;Amount Donnerstag, 01. Dezember 2011;New laptop;-1.000,00 EUR Freitag, 02. Dezember 2011;Glass of beer;-3,00 EUR There is a basic problem in your procedure: you can not export formats in the CSV file. So when you export the dates in the first column and you see

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell formatting with CSV files in Calc

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
berntie wrote First of, I've unintentionally replied to your address only. Sorry for that. No problem ;) berntie wrote I just want to export as CSV, I don't want to export the formats. Basically: I want to edit a CSV. And by editing I mean adding and/or modifying lines. Just for

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell formatting with CSV files in Calc

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
berntie wrote Oh, and by the way, can you confirm that data validation does not work with CSV files? I'm glad I could help ;) What do you mean? Data validation is performed by Calc, it is not affected by the file format. Can you explain what you did, what happened and what you expect to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cell formatting with CSV files in Calc

2011-12-03 Thread Pedro
berntie wrote When I open my CSV file, select the date column and go to Data - Validity and tell Calc to disallow dates before, say, 01.01.2010, then I can nonetheless enter, e.g., 01.01.2009. Did you check the Show error message option in the Error Alert tab? When you type anything but

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Standalone PDF

2011-12-02 Thread Pedro
krackedpress wrote For Windows, I use doPDF, which places a printer in you printer list that prints to a PDF file. -snip- I never heard of PDF-Redirect. I went to there site. I wonder what print options it has compared to doPDF and the non-free PDF995 and CutePDF? I have been

[libreoffice-users] Re: Replacing graphic images in documents

2011-11-30 Thread Pedro
James Finnall wrote Another response suggested using links instead of embedded images. I think the links will work better for me overall. I can go as much as a year without even turning on my color printer. But then when I need it, I can have hundreds of photos to print. I use the

[libreoffice-users] Re: New design

2011-11-29 Thread Pedro
Tim Deaton wrote Some other programs a few years back introduced the idea of skins. If we're going to experiment with new user interfaces (and I expect LO will have to), I think the skins concept would be most appropriate. If necessary, re-engineer the underlying commands so that they

[libreoffice-users] Re: Replacing graphic images in documents

2011-11-29 Thread Pedro
Hello James Using LO 3.4.4 under Windows XP I can simply open the image in any image viewer (or even LO Draw) and then Copy the image, select the precisely formatted image in LO Writer and simply Paste. This will replace the previous image and apply the size and position to the pasted image.

[libreoffice-users] Re: deleting hard returns

2011-11-28 Thread Pedro
Hi Tom and e-letter I think you both missed step number 2 in Miroslaw's answer 2. In More options check Regular expressions. Although this is not quite user friendly, it works perfectly and it is good to know that LO has this feature. I'm keeping this one on my personal Tips and Tricks list

[libreoffice-users] Re: New design

2011-11-28 Thread Pedro
I think Citrus looks like a change in the right direction! It keeps the menus on the top (thus not breaking with the past) but adding all buttons to the sides making better use of wide screen monitors. This design also solves the problem of where to put new toolbars: they should always appear on

[libreoffice-users] Re: New design

2011-11-28 Thread Pedro
Udvarias Ur wrote if a new UI is introduced that is significantly different from the classic one, it MUST be possible change back and forth. Agree completely. I think that not including such an option is shooting yourself in the foot. Udvarias Ur wrote Neither do I agree with Pedro

[libreoffice-users] Re: deleting hard returns

2011-11-27 Thread Pedro
If your file contains plain text you can easily fix that with an advanced text editor like Notepad2-mod. However if the text is formatted it requires some LibreOffice function that I'm not aware of but would be interested to learn :) Anyone? -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Demise of Open Office

2011-11-26 Thread Pedro
Hi Barry Barry Elder wrote Yeah, sure!  I can't even stop these from appearing in my mailbox even though when I try to unsubscribe the mailer daemon tells me I'm unknown!!  What a load of crap!!! Your problem with this mailing list has no relation to what the previous poster said about

[libreoffice-users] Re: can I make Libre default to save as .rtf

2011-11-26 Thread Pedro
e-letter wrote This is weak; did youtube fail because initially web browsers did not have flash plug-in technology? No, the content was so strong, flash became a de facto multimedia standard driven by user demand. That is not weak, it's a plain lie. Flash existed well before Youtube and

[libreoffice-users] Re: unsubscribing

2011-11-26 Thread Pedro
Onyeibo Oku-2 wrote What's nabble btw? Nabble is a alternative interface to a mailing list. Instead of subscribing to the mailing list and receiving every email (or a weekly digest), you can subscribe in no-mail option. This means that you are subscribed to the list and are allowed to

[libreoffice-users] RE: My Pilcrow is gone. (Non printing Characters)

2011-11-26 Thread Pedro
Dennis E. Hamilton wrote They still won't print though Do you mean the non-printing characters are not printed??? :) In fact you could print them, just for fun, if you deliberately inserted/pasted a ¶ character at the end of each line :) -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: My Pilcrow is gone. (Non printing Characters)

2011-11-26 Thread Pedro
Bob Houston wrote Any help in finding my pilcrows would be greatly appreciated. Have you tried pressing Ctrl+F10 (or selecting View, Non-printing characters from the menu) on the machine where the sign doesn't show? This setting is saved per machine not per document, so switching machines

[libreoffice-users] RE: My Pilcrow is gone. (Non printing Characters)

2011-11-26 Thread Pedro
Tom wrote Reinstalling doesn't do the same thing with OpenSource products that it tends to do with proprietary programs. For an OpenSource program you only need to rename the user-profile. It's a lot less hassle. I couldn't disagree more. This is not a FLOSS characteristic. This is a

[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I go to a specific line number in a document?

2011-11-25 Thread Pedro
Andy Hatchett wrote I'm a genealogist and an error log from my program tells me there is an error in line 33801 of a GEDCOM that I recently imported. The problem is that the GEDCOM doesn't have line numbers as it is a text document. I've put it into Libre and turned on line numbering but

[libreoffice-users] Re: can I make Libre default to save as .rtf

2011-11-23 Thread Pedro
e-letter wrote In other words, do not waste LO programmers' time to resolve your desire to use LO as a free m$o clone. e-letter you should state clearly in your email that this is your PERSONAL opinion. You are not speaking in behalf of the programmers or of this project. If it was a

[libreoffice-users] Re: font settings are not maintained

2011-11-23 Thread Pedro
Thomas Blasejewicz wrote But EVERY time I copy something in Japanese from outside the calc file - even from a text file - into a cell, the font is something I do not recognize, but it definitely is NOT the font I selected. I can manually change the font for that particular cell, but

[libreoffice-users] Re: Esperanto

2011-11-23 Thread Pedro
You can get it from here http://libreoffice-na.us/English/dictionary.html -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Esperanto-tp3531429p3531458.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: can I make Libre default to save as .rtf

2011-11-22 Thread Pedro
doug-2 wrote AFAIK, Microsoft can read rtf. Two people whom I recently sent odf to said they couldn't read it. I'm told by people familiar with MS Word that not all .doc files are compatible, there having been a change somewhere along about 1998 or so. (I don't use anything Microsoft

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc 3.4.3: CSV Formating

2011-11-22 Thread Pedro
Rich Shepard wrote I save a file as .csv and the first time a dialog box opens asking for the field separator and quote mark. However, text is not quoted and subsequent save attempts do not produce that dialog box. You need to choose Save As and check the option Edit filter settings so

Re: Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] can I make Libre default to save as .rtf

2011-11-22 Thread Pedro
Hi Doug Thank you for your update post. This is what the true spirit of community is all about. You have a problem, you ask for help on a forum (mailing list, whatever) of people who give their best to help you based on their experience, you use one or some of the answers to solve your problem

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress: corner radius of rectangle is not saved

2011-11-21 Thread Pedro
Interestingly, the Radius field is disabled in the Rectangle, Rounded shape :) This is a regression from version 3.3.x. If the OP needs this feature now I suggest that you get LibreOffice Portable 3.3.4 After you added the Radius, the value can be modified in 3.4.4 :) -- View this message in

[libreoffice-users] Re: Differences between LibreOffice 3.3 and 3.4

2011-11-20 Thread Pedro
Onyeibo Oku-2 wrote: It will be interesting to know what constitutes a regression in this case. I use 3.4.x on my business machines. A regression is something that worked correctly in a previous version and stopped working or is no longer working as expected in a later version due to code

[libreoffice-users] Re: [Libreoffice] cross reference

2011-11-20 Thread Pedro
Kees Kriek wrote (20-11-11 13:29) When I use a cross reference in Writer to for example another item, the cross reference to a 'reference' seems OK but a reference to a 'page' results in the reference name again. It went well in version 3.3 but it goes wrong from version 3.4.. I use

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to write upside down text

2011-11-19 Thread Pedro
You can do exactly the same in Writer. If your Drawing toolbar isn't showing, just click on View, Toolbars, Drawing. Click on the 6th icon (the capital T) and follow Brian's instructions. -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Differences between LibreOffice 3.3 and 3.4

2011-11-18 Thread Pedro
Assuming you already read this http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-4-new-features-and-fixes/ and this http://www.libreoffice.org/download/new-features-and-fixes/ the general recommendation is that you get the latest version i.e. 3.4.x The reason both versions are available is that because of

[libreoffice-users] Re: Differences between LibreOffice 3.3 and 3.4

2011-11-18 Thread Pedro
Martin Jungowski wrote: The latest and greatest is never our first choice, and features are a distant fourth to stability, reliability, and dependability. Right now I'm leaning towards the well-established and therefore more stable 3.3 release tomsave myself the hassle of new features

[libreoffice-users] Re: Styles not saving

2011-11-18 Thread Pedro
I think I found a solution (it's a workaround really) Open one of your CSVs and format all the cells, columns, fonts, etc as you see fit. Then save this file as ODS (so you can keep all this formatting). You can now delete the cells values if you prefer to keep this Template clean. Now open one

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't resize videos in Impress

2011-11-17 Thread Pedro
I can confirm that it is not possible to stretch a video beyond 100% (it will just resize the box, but not the video) in LO 3.4.4 under Windows (in my case XP SP3 x86) You can however shrink the video. So the conclusion is that it can interpolate but not extrapolate the image (also called

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't resize videos in Impress

2011-11-17 Thread Pedro
I'm glad I could help ;) Can you please post a bug report at the FreeDesktop Bugzilla? https://bugs.freedesktop.org -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Can-t-resize-videos-in-Impress-tp3506536p3516342.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't resize videos in Impress

2011-11-17 Thread Pedro
Here is the link https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43030 Thank you, Nick ;) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Can-t-resize-videos-in-Impress-tp3506536p3516950.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Re: Styles not saving

2011-11-17 Thread Pedro
drewjensen wrote: How to apply a template to an existing Calc file? This is a quite interesting thread. I'm learning a lot from it ;) I would say there isn't a way to change the template unless Andre Schnable modifies his extension to apply to Calc files as well :) Apparentely you can't

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress 3.4.4: Left sidebar dissapeares

2011-11-16 Thread Pedro
Nguyen Vu Hung (KiEi) wrote: I did as you told, but the slide pane did not dock, it shows but as a very big window To Dock the Slide Panel again, grab the Slide Panel window the closest possible to the top left corner (just before the cursor changes to a resize cursor) Then drag the panel

[libreoffice-users] Re: QuestionAnswer system evaluation

2011-11-15 Thread Pedro
Hi Alex It was not a 30 second process :) At some point when filling the form fields it lost the original question and I had to type it again. The tag libreoffice which shows on the tag list on the right side is not available from the list of tags, so I used meta which doesn't make much sense...

[libreoffice-users] Re: QuestionAnswer system evaluation

2011-11-15 Thread Pedro
quot;Alexander Werner (blä)quot; wrote: Okay, so the question was discarded because of invalid content (no mandatory tag included). Yes. But luckily the description wasn't discarded, only the question :) quot;Alexander Werner (blä)quot; wrote: I tend to call the tag common, as the

[libreoffice-users] Re: QuestionAnswer system evaluation

2011-11-15 Thread Pedro
I do like askbot, although it seems a little green. The colored icons can be distracting. The only icon that needs any color is the green check on answers that were satisfyingly answered. (e.g. national flags of the users just add visual confusion) The shapado interface has too much noise (e.g.

[libreoffice-users] Re: QuestionAnswer system evaluation

2011-11-15 Thread Pedro
Mas/_gemini wrote: I like the forum idea over the askbot option . the forum at http://en.libreofficeforum.org/ is a good start and should be adapted as an official forum. The change that will need to be made is adding categories I agree that the askbot does not replace a forum. It seems

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress 3.4.4: Left sidebar dissapeares

2011-11-15 Thread Pedro
Quick answer to question 1) only: View, Slide Pane. I know there must be a way to reset all settings to default but I find it too dramatic :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Impress-3-4-4-Left-sidebar-dissapeares-tp3511787p3511946.html Sent from the Users

Re: Fw: [libreoffice-users] page number search

2011-11-14 Thread Pedro
From: Murray White lt;phymur@gt; Subject: [libreoffice-users] page number search To: users@.libreoffice lt;users@.libreofficegt; Date: Sunday, 13 November, 2011, 23:52 I have been unable to find a method of doing a search for a page when using Writer. I also have Works and it was

Re: Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] [PDF Import] LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents -- pdfimport

2011-11-13 Thread Pedro
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Pae Choi lt;pae.choi@gt; wrote: It seems like there is an issue using pdfimport extension with LibreOffice. When importing a simple PDF file it seems ok means visible, but not 100% identical as advertised. It even got worse when opening a PDF file generate

[libreoffice-users] Re: Cannot get LibreOffice to install

2011-11-12 Thread Pedro
You could try to 1) Uninstall LO and Java 7 2) install Java 6 and LO 3) update to Java 7 If all else fails you can always simply go to C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3.4\share\extensions and delete folder report-builder :) -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Which RC version?

2011-11-11 Thread Pedro
Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Am I wrong if I guess you want to see RC1 or RC2 in the name of the version ? I think it is not a good idea because the stable version is bit-for-bit identical to RC2. So having RC2 in the version name would be confusing for the stable version. I'm aware of

[libreoffice-users] Re: Which RC version?

2011-11-11 Thread Pedro
suddenly pop-up on the devs list and demand they change all their working practices they wont take it too kindly and may even become hostile. I'm also aware of that. That is why I unsubscribed from the Dev list. They left it pretty clear that the Dev list is for Devs. Regards, Pedro -- View

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Math can't handle asterisk as superscript

2011-11-10 Thread Pedro
Apparently this is a known limitation with a solution :) http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=6925 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice-Math-can-t-handle-asterisk-as-superscript-tp3497320p3497353.html Sent from the Users mailing list

[libreoffice-users] Which RC version?

2011-11-10 Thread Pedro
Once again I would like to request the Developers to create a reasonable naming scheme. How do I know which version I have? The About box says LibreOffice 3.4.4 OOO340m1 (Build:401) is this RC1 or RC2? Can you please name the installers as e.g.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Dropped Caps - Sharing a .doc file created in LO 3.4.3 and MS Word 2007

2011-11-10 Thread Pedro
It's working perfectly under Win XP Pro SP3 running LibreOffice 3.4.4 Final (Build 402) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Dropped-Caps-Sharing-a-doc-file-created-in-LO-3-4-3-and-MS-Word-2007-tp3485160p3498012.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at

[libreoffice-users] Re: Which RC version?

2011-11-10 Thread Pedro
Manfred J. Krause wrote: That's RC1. RC2 (release) will show: LibreOffice 3.4.4 OOO340m1 (Build:402). Thanks. I just found that out because I installed the Final version which is the same as RC2 i.e. Build 402 But it wouldn't kill the Devs if they used a naming system that made sense

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