Hi Drew,
It looks amazing now, and the functionality is great. I am especially glad
that it will work in Linux, Mac, and Windows!
Were you going to write an explanation for the code, or just the form?
Either way, if you can start a draft, I can help word smith it (probably by
asking you
Hello,
This is a problem I've been encountering since the old OpenOffice days:
Whenever I open a .doc or .docx document created with Micro$oft Office,
bullet points in it always become ^s (sans quotes and s).
Does anyone know why??? Is this a bug in the import filter, or something
else???
Hello,
This is a question I asked in ask.libreoffice.org, but did not get a useful
reply:
I've got the latest Impress running on my MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.6.8.
(but this problem existed in previous versions, too)
For the past few months I tried really really hard to make all my
On 09/04/2012 13:01, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
LO 3.5.2.2
I am trying to send a mail-merged document direct to email and some
rather baffling occurrences present themselves.
1. It seems that LO uses it's own mail sending function rather than
the default email client that is installed on
Hi :)
Impress is not brilliant. It's getting there but i think most of the work went
into Writer and Calc. There are alternatives that each have slightly different
aims.
However, 500-800Kb images are quite large. If you open one of the images with
Gimp (or something) you could resize the
Hi :)
That sounds very unusual. There is a nice little selection of different
bullet-points and i've not noticed any that look like that. Have you tried
renaming your User Profile?
Can you get someone with MS Office to send a document with various different
types of bullet points to see if
Hi :)
I think the Documentation Team would be really glad to have you on their team
if you fancy getting involved in documentation covering more diverse issues.
I agree that Drew is a star who often goes the extra mile. Could the form be
added as a Template or Extension or something
Hi :)
There is a neat little chapter in the Getting Started with LibreOffice Guide
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
Also a full guide dedicated to Calc that is worth dipping into. I don't think
the in-built help files are much good but odd questions to the list can
Hi :)
I generally get details like that from DistroWatch
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu
Details about each and every package included in a distro is beyond the scope
of a decent press release announcing the new release. Also why would TDF keep
a record of what each distro
On 11.4.2012 6:48, Dan Lewis wrote:
On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 20:32 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote:
On 1.4.2012 20:27, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 08/02/12 20:02, Pertti Rönnberg a écrit :
Hi Pertti,
What exactly is the issue you have had with using the MySQL JDBC
connector on Windows ?
Hi :)
It's always good to see that someone cares that much. Many people have got
heavily involved because they like the project and see a lot of potential for
it but get frustrated or annoyed by one little thing and realise they can
actively do something to fix it. Then mission creep sweeps
May I ask for advice,
I have an old spare laptop (HP/Compaq NX9005) and thought of installing
a Linux, e.g. Ubuntu on it.
are there other Linux-distributions than Ubuntu to be considered
as best for private/home use?
if Ubuntu, what version do you recommend to start with?
can I
Huge Snip
Tom and Dan,
Thank you for your kind replies. I was almost expecting a lynch mob
outside my front door this morning!
To Dan:
Thanks for the fine links. They look very good. I have now read them
(Base part) and shall later begin to work them in practice.
If I only had had this
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 08:19 +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
--- On Wed, 11/4/12, avamk avkapl...@gmail.com wrote:
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Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Make a form that allows user to drag and
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To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Wednesday, 11
On Wednesday 11 April 2012, 08:03:09 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 09/04/2012 13:01, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
[mail-merge problems]
OK, if no-one's going to respond to this, where do I file a bug for this?
For Vanilla builds (i.e. downloaded from *.libreoffice.org), LibreOffice uses
Hi :)
Ok, it's only got 512Mb of Ram so choosing the heaviest distro in the world
(Ubuntu) is probably not the best choice. Perhaps ask in DistroWatch crazy
little weekly Reader's Comments thread
http://distrowatch.com/
(err and then navigate to their weekly 'magazine type of thing and view
Hi :)
Sorry chap. Perhaps try one of these 2 links
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport
https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Wed, 11/4/12, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote:
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Subject:
Hi :)
Yes, off-list is probably best. It is possible to use the Nabble interface
so that the entire list could see the attachment. Just find the link in
this email and in the thread in Nabble just reply and then click on the
More button.
However it is better to find someone good on the list
hello,
i have a writer sheet with tables that i need to duplicate 50 times, i
have the numbering function activated on the first one... i can't copy
the entire sheet, can't select all tables at the same time...
anyone can help me?
thank you
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Hi :)
How about just using Save As... to create numerous copies of the same
document? Or you can select the contents of the entire document by just
opening the document, click into it somewhere to make sure it's active and then
do Ctrl A to select all and then Ctrl C to copy to the clipboard.
hi,
i need the 50 sheet in one document (tu use the pagination feature...)
cntrl+a do not select all the entire sheet... just the first table
thank you
2012/4/11 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk:
Hi :)
How about just using Save As... to create numerous copies of the same
document? Or
Hi :)
Ahhh, i think you clicked inside the table before doing Ctrl A? Click outside
the table and try again.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Wed, 11/4/12, Pedro cartas.corr...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Pedro cartas.corr...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] duplicate entire document writer
Tom,
Thank you for bothering and a good answer. As many others have noticed,
you are really a nice guy, good to deal with.
Now I got some links where to check the options you mentioned.
Most likely the HP's soul shall be sent to the cyber universe.
(in my belief all machines seem to have a
take a look the attachment and try yourself :)
thank you
2012/4/11 Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk:
Hi :)
Ahhh, i think you clicked inside the table before doing Ctrl A? Click
outside the table and try again.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Wed, 11/4/12, Pedro cartas.corr...@gmail.com
this problem just bit me in my job hunt. Apparently for the past two or three
months, I've been sending out resumes and cover letters in Microsoft Word DOC
format and they were garbled sometimes simply margin errors sometimes completely
unreadable. Usually, I started with the standard odt
My provider uses TLS on the SMTP server which is on port 25.
When I select that server from LO, check use SSL, type in user name and
password under server verification and the click on test settings I get
the window showing that it passed.
Are you sure TLS is not working? Or is my provider
On 11/04/2012 16:08, Ferry Toth wrote:
My provider uses TLS on the SMTP server which is on port 25.
When I select that server from LO, check use SSL, type in user name and
password under server verification and the click on test settings I get
the window showing that it passed.
Are you sure
I use Ubuntu at home and the office but I do have to communicate with
the outside world which unfortunately uses lots of MicroSoft Office in
various flavors..
I've found that I can't (currently using OpenOffice) maintain bullets or
outline numbering between .odt and .doc formats which is
Hi,
I would try downsizing the pictures such as Tom suggested. I don't do
much work in Impress, and I run Ubuntu. I upgraded my brother's laptop
on Monday to Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2. The computer is 4 years old, and has a
minimal dual core processor and 3 gigs of memory. I installed
LibreOffice
On Wednesday 11 April 2012, 11:30:23 dcannell wrote:
My other issue is that with the OpenOffice that came native with my
Ubuntu 10.04 I can't download LibreOffice for testing without blowing my
OpenOffice away.
Try doing a parallel install:
Eric,
On 04/11/2012 10:19 AM, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
this problem just bit me in my job hunt. Apparently for the past two
or three months, I've been sending out resumes and cover letters in
Microsoft Word DOC format and they were garbled sometimes simply
margin errors sometimes completely
David:
You should probably be aware that the automatic bullet feature (and the
automatic numbering feature) in Microsoft Word does not place the
appropriate characters within the text, as it seems to do, but simulates
them by means of templates that are stored in another part of the file
(if I
Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out
OpenOffice when it installs?
From https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOffice
Please note OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice don’t coexist. Install
LibreOffice following these instructions will effectively remove
OpenOffice.org.
http://hsqldb.org/
HyperSQL was selected as the SourceForge Project of the Month for January 2012
and is featured on SourceForge.net home page. An interview with core developers
is published here.
HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released
HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase) is the leading SQL relational database engine
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Thanks for the response, Tom.
I was able to find a
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Thanks Séamas, I've about reached the same conclusion just not so sure
how to go about it.
Thanks again...
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jees
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On 09/04/2012 13:01, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
LO 3.5.2.2
I am trying to send a mail-merged document direct to email and some
rather baffling occurrences present themselves.
1. It seems
long email-address
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This gets more bizarre, in a subsequent version of the same document, Word
now opens the file just fine and displays the first line indents as
intended, even though that formatting function does not seem to exist in
word as part of paragraph formatting in the same way as it does in LO.
MY LO
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Hi :)
I generally get details like that from DistroWatch
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu
Details about each and every package included in a distro is beyond the
scope of a decent
Hi Hilkka,
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At 13:28 11/04/2012 -0400, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote:
This gets more bizarre, in a subsequent version of the same
document, Word now opens the file just fine and displays the first
line indents as intended, even though that formatting function does
not seem to exist in word as part of
help
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Perhaps this link?
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Tom :)
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Le 12-04-10 02:41 AM, John D. Herron a écrit :
My new LOo 3.5.1.2 (Build ID: 350m1(Build:102) auto-upgraded under
Ubuntu Natty (via Update Manager) from the earlier 3.4.5 version.
The suite works well overall, but I do miss my old (custom)
Hello,
I made really nice project for my customer with Calc because we didn't want
to use Excel, but now we are in trouble, because in Calc you can't protect
the formulas in cells from cust + paste modifications.
Cells are protected and documentation says that when the cells are protected
you
Using LibreOffice Writer 3.4.4 on Mint 12 KDE. If I create a document, then
export to PDF, the author is set to the user info as defined in the
OptionsUser Data section. In FileProperties, I can deselect Apply user
data and the author info will no longer be exported to a PDF. However, if I
If you're willing, you can open the file with an archive editor (it's a
simple zip file), and edit the information in the meta.xml file inside it.
As far as I know, there is no easy way to alter this field directly in
libreoffice (maybe someone wrote an extension for this...)
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On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 11:33 -0700, Russ Mannex wrote:
Using LibreOffice Writer 3.4.4 on Mint 12 KDE. If I create a document, then
export to PDF, the author is set to the user info as defined in the
OptionsUser Data section. In FileProperties, I can deselect Apply user
data and the author
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:25:11 PM dcannell wrote:
Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out
OpenOffice when it installs?
Despite its name, the parallel install does not install the software but
just copies the executables into the chosen directory. So nothing
Hi,
I am trying to learn Base in LO 3.5.2.2 under Vista with all latest updates
I start Base - then I follow the steps shown at
http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1tableone.htm
The Base wizard starts; I click 'Create a new database' then 'Next'
I say Yes, please register database for me,
On 2012-04-12 03:19, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 11/04/2012 16:08, Ferry Toth wrote:
My provider uses TLS on the SMTP server which is on port 25.
When I select that server from LO, check use SSL, type in user name and
password under server verification and the click on test settings I
Thank you to Clei and Drew. It works now. I think I was resetting the user
data without having the checkbox checked (which, of course, doesn't make any
sense, so I'm not sure why I was doing it that way!). Works now. Much happier.
Thanks all!
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On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:11:57
Hi Fabian,
I've been using Ubuntu for 3+ years. A few years ago I had some issues
with the Ubuntu OpenOffice packages. It might not have been their fault
since I had non-repo versions installed when I did an upgrade. To fix
that problem, I did a complete uninstall of the Ubuntu version and
On 11/04/2012, Eric S. Johansson e...@harvee.org wrote:
unreadable. Usually, I started with the standard odt format and converted to
doc. occasionally I would do couple revisions in the .doc form and then
convert
back to ODF for my baseline. I was using revisions 3.5.0 and 3.5.1
A mistake
Hi David,
dcannell wrote (11-04-12 17:30)
I've found that I can't (currently using OpenOffice) maintain bullets or
outline numbering between .odt and .doc formats which is probably no
surprise to anyone.
[...]
At this point I'm working on a project that needs to get done in a
couple of days
Hi Miakoiv,
miakoiv wrote (11-04-12 20:32)
If a protected cell reads data from non protected cell and the user decides
to cut + paste the information, the orginal formula in the protected cell
will be modified.
I don't get this.
When data, that is used in a formula is changed, removed, the
Hello Rogier,
Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote (11-04-12 19:28)
This gets more bizarre, in a subsequent version of the same document, Word
now opens the file just fine and displays the first line indents as
intended, even though that formatting function does not seem to exist in
word as part of
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 16:48 -0300, Preston Smith wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to learn Base in LO 3.5.2.2 under Vista with all latest updates
I start Base - then I follow the steps shown at
http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1tableone.htm
The Base wizard starts; I click 'Create a new database'
Hi Malcolm,
Malcolm Moore wrote (05-04-12 15:59)
I have been experimenting a bit more and
LibreOffice doesn't show all the options
the printer has available.
For example:- ( With LO 3.5.n and openSuse 12.1)
In the system printer dialog my Ricoh MPC 5000
has 4 trays and a bypass. In LO it only
Downgrading would be silly. 3.4 had some nasty bugs. Version 3.5 is as
usable as it used to be in LibreOffice 3.3 and OpenOffice 3.3.
Most strange problems and crashes are cured by resetting the user profile.
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74t=12426
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Hi :)
Good point. Hagar's LO page about User Profiles is here
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
and mentions the slight change in the pathname that was added for the 3.5.x
branch.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Wed, 11/4/12, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote:
Am 11.04.2012 22:58, Cor Nouws wrote:
Pls explain more in detail what the situation is you talk about.
An example of the cells involved maybe?
Thanks,
Cell protection can be overridden by pasting/dragging arbitrary other
spreadsheet cells over the protected ones.
The underlying problem is
Am 11.04.2012 23:59, Andreas Säger wrote:
Am 11.04.2012 22:58, Cor Nouws wrote:
Pls explain more in detail what the situation is you talk about.
An example of the cells involved maybe?
Thanks,
Cell protection can be overridden by pasting/dragging arbitrary other
spreadsheet cells over the
Hey, I ran a P4 IBM server with 512MB of ram using Ubuntu 10.04LTS.
It worked fine for my use.
If you really need to Lubuntu is the low resource version of Ubuntu.
But, come on, 512MB is not that bad. I have used 10.04 on 512MB P-II
and P-III systems before.
On 04/11/2012 07:48 AM, Tom
Hi :)
Ok, you can sometimes get lucky with architecture or perhaps if other parts of
the spec are a lot higher than min.spec. I would love to try 10.04 on a
Raspberry Pi. With Ram and everything all so close to the Cpu i bet you
probably could get away with only 256Mb ram (or however low it
Hi :)
You could uninstall the OOo and then reinstall it later if you have unlimited
download. The settings tend to get saved but you might want to back-up your
User Profile jic.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Wed, 11/4/12, Nino Novak nn.l...@kflog.org wrote:
From: Nino Novak nn.l...@kflog.org
Hello,
Thanks for your quick replies!
I really don't think my pictures are too big at all! I've made slideshows
with Apple Keynote or Micro$oft Powerpoint with almost a hundred slides,
that were very multimedia heavy (including videos, high resolution images in
MBs each, etc.), and they run
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 21:40 +0200, Nino Novak wrote:
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:25:11 PM dcannell wrote:
Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out
OpenOffice when it installs?
Despite its name, the parallel install does not install the software but
just
Hello,
Thanks for your quick reply. I have attached a sample .docx file exhibiting
the symptom I described. I used the default bullet points/lists settings in
Micro$oft Word 2010 to create this file.
As you can see, when you open the file in LibreOffice Writer, the bullet
points be come ^s.
Hello,
As a new user, the new HSQL looks very interesting, but I am still a little
confused:
Does this mean if I setup HSQL 2.2.8 per your instructions in the original
post, I will have a database service/server running on my machine that
LibreOffice acts as frontend for? I.e. will my databse
Hi :)
You are welcome. I think i would move in 3 directions at roughly the same
time. Hmmm, well maybe i wouldn't go for the 3rd option as my coding is
probably fairly lousy
1. Keep using the one that does work, ie Apple Keynote but still use Writer
and Calc etc, just not Impress except for
Hi :)
From what little i understand the answer to all of those questions is Yes.
The embedded version of HSqlDb is not as good as running HSqlDb as a separate
back-end with LibreOffice as 'just' the front-end.
I don't know how you would export the data but hopefully there is a way!
Regards
OK, I will try 1. and 2.. In fact, I realised only now that I can also test a
couple of my multimedia intensive Impress files on my Linux and Windows
virtual machines. If the problem really is Mac specific, then performance
should improve, even in a virtual machine. This possible workaround will
Hi :(
Weird, the bullets and numbers looked completely normal to me
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3904120/bullets-working-2012-04-11.gif
bullets-working-2012-04-11.gif
Ubuntu 10.04 (i think, although i'm getting increasingly sceptical so maybe
11.04) with LibreOffice 3.4.6.
Regards
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 16:17 -0700, avamk wrote:
Hello,
As a new user, the new HSQL looks very interesting, but I am still a little
confused:
Does this mean if I setup HSQL 2.2.8 per your instructions in the original
post, I will have a database service/server running on my machine that
Hi :)
I think if you can find an individual bug-report or two then you could add a
comment or try to raise their importance level but the chances are that they
would get reset. Stuill a comment might be good even if the devs hate that
sort of thing.
The GnuLinux version is probably
Hi :)
I guess that by tomorrow Dan means today as yesterday has already stopped being
today several minutes ago although possibly not there. By there i mean here as
i am there since you are here from your point of view, obviously.
Goodnight all (or should that be good morning?)
Regards from
On 11/04/12 21:22, Pertti Rönnberg wrote:
May I ask for advice,
I have an old spare laptop (HP/Compaq NX9005) and thought of installing
a Linux, e.g. Ubuntu on it.
are there other Linux-distributions than Ubuntu to be considered as
best for private/home use?
if Ubuntu, what version do you
Hi :)
Thanks :) Err i didn't mean to get rid of the machine. I've got an older one
that i am trying to get basic officey things and a web-browser working on.
Hence my interest in Lubuntu as i chickened out of going distro-hopping this
time and just want something fairly familiar. I should
On 04/11/2012 08:30 AM, dcannell wrote:
...
My other issue is that with the OpenOffice that came native with my
Ubuntu 10.04 I can't download LibreOffice for testing without blowing my
OpenOffice away. That doesn't seem like a very friendly way of doing
business because what if I truly
The corruption I was experiencing was with the older .doc files. I do not
use docx.
JW.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hi :)
Do mean trouble with DocX or the older Doc format? Usually the older
format is the one that is far more reliable
Regards
On 04/09/2012 11:41 PM, John D. Herron wrote:
My new LOo 3.5.1.2 (Build ID: 350m1(Build:102) auto-upgraded under
Ubuntu Natty (via Update Manager) from the earlier 3.4.5 version.
You only could have done that if you install a ppa (Personal Package
Archive):
miakoiv wrote (11-04-12 20:32)
If a protected cell reads data from non protected cell and the user
decides
to cut + paste the information, the orginal formula in the protected
cell
will be modified.
I don't get this.
When data, that is used in a formula is changed, removed, the result of
Le 12/04/2012 01:17, avamk a écrit :
anymore? Also, is there a way to migrate existing databases created with
vanilla LibreOffice Base to this new HSQL?
To add to Andreas and Dan msgs, getting from embedded to stand-alone DB
just requires to extract the DB from the LibO .odb file (which is
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