Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer settings

2013-05-10 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I am on Opensuse. I get 2 different print dialogues depending on the application. I have to make sure the settings are consistent on both. One the printer tray setting is under another separate tag somewhere I always have to go looking. If you look in Firefox print dialogue options there

Re: [libreoffice-users] spreadsheet cell date format behaviour failure

2013-05-08 Thread Steve Edmonds
Doesn't happen on my Opensuse LO 3.6 Steve On 2013-05-08 18:35, e-letter wrote: Readers, Please review bug 36175 and confirm (or not) if the behaviour reported is also observed personally; thanks: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36175#c8 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Testing again

2013-05-08 Thread Steve Edmonds
And don't be surprised if you don't see your own posts. Google host our mail domain and for some reason I don't see my own posts unless they are replied to by someone else. They are visible to me in Nabble thou'. Steve On 2013-05-09 05:28, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) First time it got through

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: colour printing bug in Writer?

2013-05-05 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-05-06 10:15, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 05/05/2013 04:00 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-05-05 22:29, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Raymond, Le 28/04/13 11:02 AM, L O a écrit : Hi I have made a writer document with two colour pictures in it and a bit of text. When I print

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

2013-04-30 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-05-01 08:53, Virgil Arrington wrote: Dave asked, Are you implying that if I want to, say, indent one paragraph with no other changes, I should create a new style for that? Seems like a lot of work since it can be done with one mouse clicks (or, if I ever get around to learning how

Re: [libreoffice-users] XY Chart in Writer

2013-04-30 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Insert as you have done as object. Add a series and the x column will be present. The chart is created with some demo data, delete these series. Steve On 2013-05-01 01:38, Rheinländer wrote: Hi, is it possible to create a true XY Chart in Writer? If I do Insert - Object - Chart and then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles

2013-04-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
Where styles will really shine is to give the students a project of doing a complex document with and without styles and then ask them to change certain aspects to attain some consistent characteristic. Change all headings to XXX, indentation and font on all paragraphs to yyy, outline

Re: [libreoffice-users] New bug 64028: Calc forgets cell format when cell is cut (^X)

2013-04-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
I can confirm that CTL+X removes the character and number formatting in LO 3.6 on opensuse. Steve On 2013-04-30 12:19, MR ZenWiz wrote: I'm running Xubuntu 12.04, LO 4.0.2.2. The pasted cell has the right format, but when I entered a 0 (zero) in the old cell (that was cut), it shows as 0, not

Re: [libreoffice-users] When does one cell equal another?

2013-04-25 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-26 06:25, david_lynch wrote: On 25/04/2013 17:58, T. R. Valentine wrote: On 24 April 2013 11:47, david_lynchdavid_ly...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I use Libreoffice to process files over which I have no control. These are text files but sometimes contain unusual codes. LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Am I the only one with Err 522 problems?

2013-04-24 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. On 2013-04-25 04:51, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2013/4/24 Alex Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com: Le 02/04/2013 19:48, Johnny Rosenberg a écrit : Hi Johnny, Just a few thoughts in an attempt to narrow down the problem : - which version of OpenOffice.org did you originally use to create the

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-24 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-25 08:09, M Henri Day wrote: 2013/4/23 Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com mailto:steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com Hi. I have had this with EPS drawings (with/without preview) for a long time. For those to not cause a problem I turn off OptionsLoad/SaveGeneralSave

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-23 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I have had this with EPS drawings (with/without preview) for a long time. For those to not cause a problem I turn off OptionsLoad/SaveGeneralSave auto recovery information. Just a suggestion, you could give it a try. Steve On 2013-04-23 22:21, William Drago wrote: Well, I may wait for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Create a list of ascending numbers with repeats

2013-04-23 Thread Steve Edmonds
LO seems to extend the series with 5 x 1s, 5 x 2s and then 10 x 3s, 10 x 4s, etc. Possibly a bug and should be 5 x 3s, 5 x 4s, etc. I have found a couple of other cases where the series does not extend well. 123 was very good at extending series. I found Calligra gets it right. Steve On

[libreoffice-users] CSV saving

2013-04-22 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I work on a lot of CSV files with LO. With LO saving as a CSV type pads all lines to the same number of fields with the delimiter, i.e. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 a,,, I then have to edit this and remove the superfluous delimiters. Alternatively I can use Calligra which saves CSV as

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to permanently get rid of Full Screen toolbar in Writer when in Full Screen mode?

2013-04-21 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-22 14:42, david wrote: On 04/21/2013 02:36 AM, M Henri Day wrote: 2013/4/21 david gn...@hawaii.rr.com mailto:gn...@hawaii.rr.com I'm using LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 (Build ID: 4c82dcdd6efcd48b1d8bba66bfe198__9deee49c3) on Debian Sid Linux. The Full Screen toolbar won't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice Calc cell copy very slow

2013-04-18 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Near instantaneous (no noticeable lag) on my 3.6 on opensuse. Is this occurring with cells with text and cells with formulae. Does this happen with a sheet with only one cell with content (i.e. worse with larger sheets). steve On 2013-04-19 03:11, D. Baillard wrote: Selecting part of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice Calc cell copy very slow

2013-04-18 Thread Steve Edmonds
*De: *Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com *À: *D. Baillard b.doui...@free.fr *Cc: *users@global.libreoffice.org *Envoyé: *Jeudi 18 Avril 2013 19:51:40 *Objet: *Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice Calc cell copy very slow Hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-17 00:52, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 04/16/2013 03:25 AM, Dries Feys wrote: Hi all, This is way of topic, but as there are many linux adepts over here, I wonder what software you use to rip cd's to mp3. (or ogg vorbis, but I prefer mp3 as that's supported on more

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-17 09:05, Joep L. Blom wrote: On 16/04/13 14:52, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 04/16/2013 03:25 AM, Dries Feys wrote: Hi all, This is way of topic, but as there are many linux adepts over here, I wonder what software you use to rip cd's to mp3. (or ogg vorbis, but I prefer

Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux

2013-04-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-17 09:32, Gabriel Risterucci wrote: ogg is not lossless, but flac is. Anyway, if your starting quality is a CD, no matter what you use if you go over 320kbps you'll get almost lossless with any codec. Having been lost for an hour on research on how I am encoding, it seem there may

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with inserting text using the apostrophe

2013-04-15 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. This came up last year, http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/msg23591.html Strange thing is that it works with numbers ('123). Can't figure out the CTL-Z thing though. steve On 2013-04-16 04:29, Kieran Peckett wrote: I also have this problem - I have reported the bug here:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Preparing labels from a mailing list

2013-04-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-15 09:31, Tony Arnold wrote: On 14/04/13 22:26, Muriel Parker wrote: I have been unable to prepare labels from my mailing list (database). I want to prepare sheets with a different address on each label. I am able to set up for the Avery labels I use. I get a message LO requires

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calendar software

2013-04-12 Thread Steve Edmonds
I too use Thunderbird and Lightning, Lightning syncs with my gmail calendar which syncs with my phone. So very useful and handles multiple calendars (mine, works, the families). On my Mac I use Thunderbird and the standard Mac calendar program synced with my gmail calendars. And yes, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calendar software

2013-04-12 Thread Steve Edmonds
, but don't anymore. I came to the conclusion the average user shouldn't need to do this. On 4/12/13 1:36 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: I too use Thunderbird and Lightning, Lightning syncs with my gmail calendar which syncs with my phone. So very useful and handles multiple calendars (mine, works

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Adding values to CSV File via Terminal

2013-04-11 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-11 18:17, Alex Thurgood wrote: Le 11/04/2013 02:47, Joel Madero a écrit : Hi Joel, A quick trawl reveals several possibilities : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4749658/inserting-filename-into-last-column-of-csv-file

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer - word wrap problem when image is left of the margin.

2013-04-10 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I have confirmed the bug but can't change the status to confirmed. Steve. On 2013-04-11 06:46, Tom wrote: Hi :) Sorry chap! Your message didn't reach the mailing list. Have you subscribed to the mailing list or only to Nabble? I'm not completely sure which margin you are talking about. 1.

Re: [libreoffice-users] pasting numbers into Calc

2013-04-10 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-11 11:36, Herbert Fruchtl wrote: This question seems to have been discussed before, but none of the replies I understand work for me. Here it goes: If I copy a column-based piece of text, containing numbers in some columns, into LibreOffie Calc and apply the (hopefully) correct

Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding values to CSV File via Terminal

2013-04-10 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. First thoughts I would do that with a bash or perl script. Steve On 2013-04-11 12:47, Joel Madero wrote: Hi All, I have files that have a ton of info and what I want to do is add a new column that's date pulled that is based on the file name (which is of course the date). So for instance

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-06 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-07 09:25, Doug wrote: On 04/06/2013 01:22 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I just tried an interesting thing. Uploaded a PDF with images to google drive. Right clicked the PDF and open with google docs. Then the PDF was converted to a google doc and I could download the PDF as an odt

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

2013-04-06 Thread Steve Edmonds
] Importing PDF problem On 04/06/2013 01:22 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I just tried an interesting thing. Uploaded a PDF with images to google drive. Right clicked the PDF and open with google docs. Then the PDF was converted to a google doc and I could download the PDF as an odt and edit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Differences with LO OO

2013-04-05 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. What was the document created in and what version. Steve On 2013-04-05 14:39, James Knott wrote: I have both LibreOffice and OpenOffice on my computers. One thing I've noticed is that documents don't always appear the same in them. For example, I have one document which is a table in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Graph with two sets of Readings in Calc

2013-03-31 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-04-01 14:13, Gulzar Singh wrote: I have two group of readings. First called as Standard. Second as Sample. Each group has 6 readings. I need to create a graph. X-axis with 'concentration'. Y-axis with 'OD'. PROBLEM: Standard readings should be plotted first and a straight line from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Graph with two sets of Readings in Calc

2013-03-31 Thread Steve Edmonds
wrote: Yes. Concentration values are same for both. Standard readings will create a straight line from origin with two or more values. On that line values of sample are to be plotted. Now that point will be used to determine concentration of sample. On Apr 1, 2013 8:19 AM, Steve Edmonds

Re: [libreoffice-users] copy styles from Writer document?

2013-03-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-29 07:50, T. R. Valentine wrote: On 28 March 2013 13:33, Mirosław Zalewski mini...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: On 28/03/2013 at 19:13, Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com wrote: Yes, there is. ... unless you are using 4.0, in which it is not possible. See #60589:

Re: [libreoffice-users] VLOOKUP for Numbers

2013-03-27 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-27 20:47, Brian Barker wrote: At 07:15 26/03/2013 -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote: That works well. I'll check it against real data today. The details of the numerical comparison are hidden from me with that equation ... I'm sure you'll be able to analyse the formula

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any good libreoffice/linux fonts for sharing documents with windows users

2013-03-25 Thread Steve Edmonds
:) *From:* Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com *To:* Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk *Cc:* Jason Paul Joines ja...@joines.org; LibreOffice Users users@global.libreoffice.org *Sent:* Monday, 25 March 2013, 0:52 *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any good libreoffice/linux fonts for sharing documents with windows users

2013-03-25 Thread Steve Edmonds
to paragraph instead of Anchor to page which i had previously preferred. It's difficult to get the balance right either way tho. Regards from Tom :) *From:* Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com *To:* Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

2013-03-25 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-26 09:44, Tim Lloyd wrote: Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether anyone has seen it before/potential fix identified. I normally use Fedora linux and I download (.XLS) share tables from a financial newspaper here in Oz. Yesterday I inadvertently clicked on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Summing a cell value by a background color cell style

2013-03-25 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-26 11:30, Krunoslav Šebetić wrote: On 03/25/2013 11:08 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 15:16 25/03/2013 +0100, Krunoslav Šebetić wrote: I need to make a Calc table. Table is structured vertically. Tables sums number values from columns in the last row of table. Every column stands for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Summing a cell value by a background color cell style

2013-03-25 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-26 12:32, Krunoslav Šebetić wrote: On 03/25/2013 11:55 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-03-26 11:30, Krunoslav Šebetić wrote: On 03/25/2013 11:08 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 15:16 25/03/2013 +0100, Krunoslav Šebetić wrote: I need to make a Calc table. Table is structured

Re: [libreoffice-users] Text Outlining

2013-03-22 Thread Steve Edmonds
Interesting word when you look into it. My first google of word and outlining text finds how to get the outline around the letters in the font (no font fill, LO character style outline), then how to control lists (outlining) but I suspect the original poster is interested in what I would call

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [4.0.1.2/Win/Writer] Printing labels with odd sheets?

2013-03-18 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I have just laid out a custom label like yours and it seems to preview correct. I assumed an A4 sheet and centalised label positions. Steve On 2013-03-19 10:58, Gilles wrote: Thanks all for the input. I'll give it a try, and if it doesn't work, I'll just look for label sheets that have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [4.0.1.2/Win/Writer] Printing labels with odd sheets?

2013-03-18 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I opened a document then went NewLabels. Clicked on format and entered fairly much what you had but assumed that the page was A4 so put in the dimensions 29.7 and 21 down the bottom. Left margin 1.5, top margin 2.6. Saved it as Avery A4/Asia [user1] and away I went. Steve On 2013-03-19

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Hyperlink Bug in calc - bug 62289

2013-03-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. What version LO are you using. I will fire up my mac and check there too, my last test was 3.6 on Suse. Steve On 2013-03-17 01:47, Tinkerer wrote: Steve There is no bug. Not all Hyperlinks will be to another Sheet, so adding a sheet location would cause more problems. The Documentation

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Hyperlink Bug in calc - bug 62289

2013-03-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-17 01:47, Tinkerer wrote: Steve There is no bug. Not all Hyperlinks will be to another Sheet, so adding a sheet location would cause more problems. The Documentation could be improved though. Thank you for your example, it works. I tried adding another Hyperlink to your Sheet 2012

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Hyperlink Bug in calc - bug 62289

2013-03-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-17 07:19, Tinkerer wrote: Hi Steve Doh! The solution is unbelievably simple. It does not much matter what technique you use as long as you have 2011.A1, or equivalent, in a Hyperlink. To make it work you have to SAVE the file before you use the Hyperlink. Any attempt to test it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Hyperlink Bug in calc - bug 62289

2013-03-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
So the bug is in the window that pops up for target (press the target button). It inserts sheet incorrectly as the target. This sounds an easier fix. But if I enter 2014,A1 as the target I get the error invalid range. Steve On 2013-03-15 09:17, Tinkerer wrote: For the benefit of others,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Hyperlink Bug in calc - bug 62289

2013-03-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
And for the group. On 2013-03-15 12:48, Tinkerer wrote: Steve Replace the comma with a stop. Alas it still does not work correctly. It moves the cursor to Sheet 2014 Cell A1, but it also moves the Hyperlink to Sheet 2014 as well. I have not the time to sort that out at present. Perhaps someone

Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-09 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-10 01:23, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2013/3/9 Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com: Hi. If I type or paste $2,441.99 into a cell in calc (3.6) it is left aligned. If I right click format cell it states number-general. If I divide it by 2 I get #value! How do I get LO to recognise

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-09 Thread Steve Edmonds
, I'm quite sure of that now… Anyway, here it is again, to the list this time: -- Forwarded message -- From: Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com Date: 2013/3/9 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc To: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com

[libreoffice-users] Currency conversion/display in calc

2013-03-08 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. If I type or paste $2,441.99 into a cell in calc (3.6) it is left aligned. If I right click format cell it states number-general. If I divide it by 2 I get #value! How do I get LO to recognise this as a number. I found a long winded way, format it as currency and remove the ' that LO puts

Re: [libreoffice-users]

2013-03-07 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Is it users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org mailto:users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org or users+h...@global.libreoffice.org. The page at http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ states users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org but it seems a lot of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Horizontal alignment of text in table cells

2013-03-06 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-07 20:27, Ken Heard wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I want to start the text put into a table cell at the left side of side of a group of cells. I would assume that after selecting the cells where I want to do that selecting the left margin icon in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] definition of flat/relational database

2013-03-05 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-06 08:13, Wolfgang Keller wrote: I don't know if it will be suitable, but you can try Kexi (part of Calligra suite, I believe; but you can install it separately). I heard it is much better than LO Base, but I don't know enough to verify that statement. Kexi will become usable as

[libreoffice-users] Setting default currency format.

2013-03-04 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Looked through the help but not found what I am after. In calc if I go formatcellscurrency I have a list of formats. How do I choose which one is applied with the currency button or CTL-SHIFT-4. This is not changing the locale. Default I have is red for -ve amount but I want it to be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving list items and re-numbering

2013-03-03 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-03-04 05:49, M Henri Day wrote: 2013/3/3 Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com I have another question regarding lists. If I create a Numbered list, I have items numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. On the Bullets and Numbering toolbar there are buttons for moving list items, which would let do

Re: [libreoffice-users] About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2013 for Office Software

2013-03-03 Thread Steve Edmonds
LO is not listed in office suits for business, but AOO is. I think this is important for business acceptance and not showing makes it look like its not suitable. Steve On 2013-03-04 05:54, Marc Paré wrote: FYI, the About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2013 for Office Software started on Feb. 19

Re: [libreoffice-users] new version of LO gives gibberish for excel file.

2013-03-02 Thread Steve Edmonds
Opens fine in my Opensuse Version 3.6:build-304 (Build ID: 360m1(Build:304)) steve On 2013-03-02 03:18, David B Teague sr wrote: Hi I just downloaded an excel file from http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=205 The file is the excel version of Historical Source of

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to view MS Word with Security Classification ?

2013-02-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-28 20:06, Maxim wrote: When I open the MS Word file it comes up with some SECURITY protection and we can not see it properly. Please open the below link to view the screenshot and view the original MS Word file. The file was created by New Zealand Customs but I am not sure why Libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Vector Graphics in PDF

2013-02-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I create PDF with vector graphics (EPS) because they are much cleaner, especially when zoomed for details. I usually print to postscript and use ps2pdf to create the PDF with a script. #! /bin/bash # convert ps to pdf path=`dirname $1` base=`basename $1` pdffile=${base%.*}.pdf

Re: [libreoffice-users] Image - screen saver conflict?

2013-02-26 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-27 07:41, Kolbjørn Stuestøl wrote: When awaking my computer after the screen saver has been activated, the images in Writer are gone. Only the image frame containing a Reading error message is left. Reloading the document get the images back. (Naturally it is only the document in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

2013-02-26 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-27 08:37, John R. Sowden wrote: On 02/26/2013 11:04 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 02/26/2013 01:19 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. I have a formula in the balance column that tests for data in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Finding data at end of column

2013-02-26 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-27 09:18, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: John R. Sowden jsow...@americansentry.net To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:19:45 -0800 I create a lot of ledger spreadsheets, including date,doc no,item,debit,credit,balance,notes. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any plans to incorporate anything from the Lotus Symphony UI?

2013-02-19 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-20 06:25, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-02-19 11:44 AM, sun shine phaedr...@gmail.com wrote: On 19/02/13 16:33, Tanstaafl wrote: I read recently that IBM had finally donated all of the Lotus Symphony UI code to AOO... Are there any plans to at least take a look at this code and

[libreoffice-users] Headless conversion.

2013-02-19 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. My understanding is that LO4 will drop support for .sxw, .sxc, .sxd, .sdw?, .sdc? I have about 2500 of these and am looking to perform a headless conversion across the whole system. Is the filter name in the LO3.6 series for a writer document writer8. Although writer8 works I couldn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc scale formula conundrum/ logic confusion

2013-02-17 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-18 07:31, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi Tom, On 14/02/13 16:41, Tom wrote: Hi :) Yes, of course you can ask different questions. I just thought it was exactly the same question again in which case my answer wouldn't have been so wrong. Thanks , I was hoping so. snip I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Share-point?

2013-02-15 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-15 21:01, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Perhaps Moodle? I haven't looked into Moodle but keep meaning to. It's supposedly good for higher education but it might be more about just tutors and lecturers being able to place documents and text

[libreoffice-users] Comments and images in shared spreadsheets.

2013-02-06 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I can't add comments or pictures to a shared spreadsheet, am I doing something wrong or is this a limitation in LO. Steve -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Comments and images in shared spreadsheets.

2013-02-06 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-07 09:42, Jay Lozier wrote: On 02/06/2013 03:23 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I can't add comments or pictures to a shared spreadsheet, am I doing something wrong or is this a limitation in LO. Steve Steve Check to see if the spreadsheet is opening as read only in the title bar

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: LibreOffice 4.0

2013-02-05 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-02-06 07:29, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: This consideration of migration and up-/down-level preservation would be an useful lesson for actions taken on the ODF TC and in OpenOffice-legacy implementations that provide breaking changes to default behavior. There are more of those on their

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedded Java

2013-01-13 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 14/01/13 6:59 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 01/13/2013 08:57 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think it's less of a problem on any unix-based platform even using Oracle's main versions. Mac had a problem with 2 old versions but generally the main problems are on Windows because it's much easier

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedded Java

2013-01-13 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 14/01/13 6:59 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 01/13/2013 08:57 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think it's less of a problem on any unix-based platform even using Oracle's main versions. Mac had a problem with 2 old versions but generally the main problems are on Windows because it's much easier

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I can see 2 other interpretations from Anne-ology message. 1. She wants to be able to open the file twice, to visually compare the instance initially (and still) on disc with the instance edited in ram. 2. She wants to be able to visually compare 2 parts (paragraphs) in the same document.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Font Issues Mac OS X

2012-12-06 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. What about trying backwards, say a 3.5.4 version. Do you know if the problem existed then. steve On 2012-12-07 02:31, Oogie McGuire wrote: I just checked for updates and Libre Office reports that my system is up to date. However I went out to the LO site and found the newer rev. SO I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Font Issues Mac OS X

2012-12-05 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. In my mac I see the font file for Geneva is .dfont. For arial (and the others I use) I have a .ttf. (I think I deleted the mac arial and added the ttf because the mac arial threw my spacing out on documents with arial). Don't know if it makes a difference, also tried a document in Geneva

[libreoffice-users] Can't print to bypass tray

2012-12-03 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Not sure if this is related to the thread with subject Collate print option not working but I don't seem to be able to print to the bypass tray of my Ricoh AP410N. I can select the tray in the options but it won't stick (stay selected). I have tried setting it in printer settings also.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem reading Word 2003 document

2012-11-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
Thanks. Opens fine in my opensuse version of LO, which is I think about 3.5.4. (3.5 build 403). steve On 2012-11-30 05:45, Chris Carlson wrote: Okay, I must be brain-dead. I misread nabble as nobble. Looking at nabble, it's way more than I need if anyone want's to look at the document with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Converting html into text

2012-11-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-11-29 10:47, Gary Montalbine wrote: On 11/28/2012 04:13 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 11/28/2012 03:43 PM, Gary Montalbine wrote: On 11/28/2012 03:36 PM, Minix wrote: Try pasting with Ctrl+Shift+V, selecting Unformatted Text. I tried this. It did not work. I was given no options. No

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Office MacIntosh to Libre Writer Windows

2012-11-27 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Check the file that was sent to you from the mac, does it have an extension .doc. Sometimes we receive files from our macs with no extension and just need to rename them with the extension. steve On 2012-11-28 06:47, bsn wrote: Hi everybody I decided last year not to buy a new version of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding .pdf Images to Document

2012-11-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
:) *From:* Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com *To:* Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com *Cc:* users@global.libreoffice.org *Sent:* Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 1:38 *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding .pdf

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

2012-11-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
In reality, probably all I am getting is an added discount for requesting a PC without windows and no license. The PC in all probability is made no different. Gennerally I can get close to the retail value of win off the price. Steve On 2012-11-21 07:22, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Errr, but i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding .pdf Images to Document

2012-11-19 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. PDF is not listed as a type of image to insert in my LO 3.5. EPS is if you can convert the PDF's. Steve On 2012-11-20 13:45, 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

2012-11-19 Thread Steve Edmonds
I get a discount for purchasing without windows. I say I want that machine, no windows, take it off the price, and save myself some dollars. Steve On 2012-11-20 13:57, VA wrote: I'm not defending Microsoft; I don't particularly like them. I'm just saying that if I don't want to buy MS, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with End-notes

2012-11-15 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-11-16 02:27, Nikolai Huckle wrote: Hi All, I have a problem with the End-notes in Libre Office, which I cannot solve somehow. I want a End-note that looks, in the text and on the End-note page, like this: [1],[2],... with the same font-style and size as the normal text body. Another

Re: e: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart

2012-11-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
I like that idea charles. I remember the Wordperfect sheet and even shor tcuts you stuck on the top of the keyboard. I have not used word past 6.0 for dos, so for me it would be useful for me to explain to someone using word what I am doing in LO. steve On 2012-11-15 09:17, charles meyer

[libreoffice-users] Anchoring images and inserting pages.

2012-11-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. There has been previous discussion on anchoring images in LO. Certainly an area for improvement, I have a document with many images, anchored to page as anchoring to paragraph and anchoring to character are not working well. Now I need to insert 2 pages but my images won't stay anchored to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Anchoring images and inserting pages.

2012-11-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-11-15 12:35, Dan Lewis wrote: On 11/14/2012 05:35 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. There has been previous discussion on anchoring images in LO. Certainly an area for improvement, I have a document with many images, anchored to page as anchoring to paragraph and anchoring to character

Re: [libreoffice-users] Anchoring images and inserting pages.

2012-11-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
, 14 November 2012, 23:35 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Anchoring images and inserting pages. On 11/14/2012 05:35 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. There has been previous discussion on anchoring images in LO. Certainly an area for improvement, I have a document with many images, anchored to page

Re: [libreoffice-users] Anchoring images and inserting pages.

2012-11-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
Barker wrote: At 16:59 15/11/2012 +1300, Steve Edmonds wrote: Also be nice if you could specify the paragraph or character to anchor [an image] to when anchored that way. You can. Click the image to select it - so that you see the eight coloured handles. You will now also see the anchor symbol

[libreoffice-users] Save As doc/docx

2012-11-12 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I have an interesting one. I have an odt file (20.3 kB) that crashes LO on a Save as .doc. I can however Save as .docx (4.9 kB). It has some utf-8 Chinese characters pasted in amongst English. I'm taking it this is a bug in the .doc export as I can receive .doc with mixed characters ok. Is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Save As doc/docx

2012-11-12 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-11-13 15:48, Joel Madero wrote: On 11/12/2012 06:31 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I have an interesting one. I have an odt file (20.3 kB) that crashes LO on a Save as .doc. I can however Save as .docx (4.9 kB). It has some utf-8 Chinese characters pasted in amongst English. I'm taking

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: locked in other OS

2012-11-10 Thread Steve Edmonds
:) *From:* Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org *Sent:* Thursday, 8 November 2012, 22:20 *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: locked in other OS Hi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: locked in other OS

2012-11-08 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. Is it a windows file server or a linux file server. Lock files are hidden, you need to turn on show hidden files to see them. steve On 2012-11-09 10:30, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Ahh, thanks. I'm not sure why it doesn't happen with other programs but i think you are onto the answer there.

Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS

2012-11-07 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-11-08 00:57, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) When i save a file onto my company's network and then reopen it (still in Ubuntu) it all works fine. When my boss opens the file in Windows an error-message pops-up saying that he can only open a copy or in Read-Only mode. It's closed on my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting LO Base to an SQL DB [SOLVED]

2012-11-05 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-11-06 20:41, 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!!)* As Girvin would say My Bad!! I had been looking

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Searchable PDFs from Graphite fonts

2012-10-30 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-10-31 12:52, avidscavenger wrote: Thanks for the feedback. I am currently using LibreOffice 3.6.3 from the Debian experimental repository. I just updated from version 3.5.4 from the Debian unstable repository to see if it would make a difference (it didn't). Debian doesn't package the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing a vanilla copy of LO

2012-10-28 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. On 2012-10-29 02:28, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 10/28/2012 09:10 AM, Malcolm Moore wrote: Has anyone got any instruction for installing a vanilla copy of LO 3.6.something on openSuse Every time I try it ends up looking terrible and a bit like a Windows 95 app ;-( . OpenSuse's unstable

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer randomly fails to print

2012-10-23 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. On 2012-10-24 03:24, Malcolm Moore wrote: From: Jay Lozier [mailto:jsloz...@gmail.com] To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:53:39 + Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer randomly fails to print On 10/23/2012 09:20 AM, Malcolm Moore wrote: As the subject

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer randomly fails to print

2012-10-23 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-10-24 03:59, Malcolm Moore wrote: _ From: Malcolm Moore [mailto:st-malcolm.mo...@whsg.info] To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Jay Lozier [mailto:jsloz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:24:14 + Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer randomly fails to print From: Jay

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer randomly fails to print

2012-10-23 Thread Steve Edmonds
report Many thanks to everyone M _ From: Steve Edmonds [mailto:steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com] To: Malcolm Moore [mailto:st-malcolm.mo...@whsg.info] Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:30:06 + Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer randomly fails to print On 2012

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