[libreoffice-users] Writer, forms, and content controls

2011-10-25 Thread Joe Nierenberg
I would like to use LibreOffice Writer to create forms that would have the following features: 1. Some input fields where things like names can be entered; 2. Some fields where the entered information (like names) will be automatically reproduced, i.e., so no need to enter more than once;

[libreoffice-users] Find Text and related arrows do not work

2011-09-06 Thread Joe Nierenberg
[LO 3.4.3, build 302, under WinXP SP3] Would someone with LO 3.4.3 and Windows please try to reproduce the following? 1. The downloaded build includes a button on the top toolbar with the text Find Text. It appears to have no functionality. Not only does it do nothing on its own, but it

[libreoffice-users] INCLUDETEXT

2011-03-28 Thread Joe Nierenberg
I would like to include text from a closed file into the open file. However, rather than have all of the text there, reproduced in the open file, I want only the field name. (The reason is that it is conditional text, that might not always be included.) According to my searches, there is no

[libreoffice-users] Field of increasing ordinal numbers?

2011-03-09 Thread Joe Nierenberg
It does not seem like the field options include a way to add FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, etc., as fields that will auto-update if they're moved around. The available fields all seem to be cardinal numbers, with no ordinal number options. Is that correct? Is there a way with LO to do what I'm

[libreoffice-users] SUM icon in Calc 3.3.1

2011-03-02 Thread Joe Nierenberg
There does not appear to be a SUM icon in Calc ver. 3.3.1 under Windows XP. It's noted in the Help file; it's a basic function; but I cannot find it anywhere, either in the menu trees or on the standard toolbar or on the customization that is possible to the toolbars. It should be a large

[libreoffice-users] Two coordinated sets of sequential numbers

2011-02-17 Thread Joe Nierenberg
Hello. I regularly need to create documents that have numbering schemes like this: Request 1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Response 1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Request 2. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Response 2. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Etc. Occasionally, the paragraphs will have