Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-09-02 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, rcdawson wrote: I attempted to run spad min as follows: I found the directory containing spadmin. I changed into that directory ./spadmin. The result was to return four lines, each reading No protocol specified. ok, I don't have an answer. I can generate a similar error

Re: [libreoffice-users] docx file writer 3.6.0

2012-09-02 Thread Paolo Debortoli
the document was sent to me by email from the office From: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com To: Paolo Debortoli paolo_debort...@yahoo.com Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 1:48 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] docx file writer

Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.3.2/Calc] Can it renumber lines from subtitle file?

2012-09-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ouch!  Use a proper tool for the job!  I use Gaupol http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Other-VIDEO-Tools/Gaupol.shtml but there are plenty of others to choose from.  You probably can do this with Calc or other spreadsheet program but it's going to make a right mess.  Which

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 3.6.1 dictionary installs (.deb) fail bork dpkg/apt-get

2012-09-02 Thread Terry Warby
On 01/09/12 02:10, NoOp wrote: On 08/30/2012 01:19 PM, NoOp wrote: Yesterday in the 'Update to 3.6.1' thread I installed 3.6.1 (debian files) on 32bit and 64bit systems. Both experienced installations errors: ... https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54202 - open [Error while

Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1

2012-09-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, imagine you had a tube 64cm wide.  Now you can roll balls down it that are 64cm wide AND balls that are only 32cm wide.  The hardware allows 64bit so 32bit is easy.  The problem arises if some piece of software is picky about who it deals with.  If a 64bit program refuses to

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Calc] Can it renumber lines from subtitle file?

2012-09-02 Thread Gilles
Thanks for the tip. I opened the file, selected the block of lines I want to remove, right-clicked on it, chose Remove Subtitles, and expected this block to be removed and the following lines to be renumbered accordingly. Instead, the selected lines are simply removed but nothing is done to the

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Calc] Can it renumber lines from subtitle file?

2012-09-02 Thread Tom
Hi :) Yes. Here's an example of how 1. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4005021/Gaupol-1.png Gaupol-1.png Selected lines to delete 2. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4005021/Gaupol-2.png Gaupol-2.png Selected lines to be modified. Take care to change from the default

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Calc] Can it renumber lines from subtitle file?

2012-09-02 Thread Gilles
Thanks much Tom for the help. But after watching the movie a bit longer with the doctored subtitles, it turns out that they're wrong again somewhat later, so I'll have to use an application that shows both the movie and the subtitles to make editing easier. Someone recommended

[libreoffice-users] [Solved] Re: [3.5.3.2/Calc] Can it renumber lines from subtitle file?

2012-09-02 Thread Tom
Hi :) Ahhh, that sounds like the sort of edit that i normally use Gaupol for. Those screen-shots were the first time i had tried deleting a few lines and corrected only a selection of the remaining lines. It's worth poking around in the Tools and Text menu's. The Preview button that i kept

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.6.1 bug report

2012-09-02 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 01/09/12 17:58, Dave Long a écrit : Hi Dave, The file has 4 columns of data: in the first is a date, in the second an item description, in the third a number (my example records amounts paid into or taken out of a bank account, so this is a sum of money), and the 4th column holds the

[libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-09-02 Thread rcdawson
I'm afraic my fingers got ahead of my brain. I changed into the directory containing spadmin. In that directory I issued the command ./spadmin with the disappointing result mentioned before. locate spadmin returns: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/spadmin

[libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-09-02 Thread rcdawson
Bingo That solved it. Run with sudo, not as root. Thank you Richard On Saturday, September 01, 2012 11:26:19 PM you wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, rcdawson wrote: I attempted to run spad min as follows: I found the directory containing spadmin. I changed into that directory

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run

2012-09-02 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hello, I am at LO 3.6.0.4 under Linux-Mint-13 with KDE. My spadmin is therefor at /opt/libreoffice3.6/program/spadmin. Everything works fine for me when using Alt-F2 (KDE-run) and then entering the above program. Regards from Salzburg H.S. On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:49:41 +0200, rcdawson

[libreoffice-users] Calc on Linux doesn't recognize numbers pasted in / loaded from .txt/.csv

2012-09-02 Thread Sandy Miller
Following problem: - I am using LibreOffice 3.6.0.2 on Kubuntu 12.04. - I am using a English US locale where the decimal separator is the period. - when I copy these three numbers out of this text box: 2.09 2.40 2.12 and paste them into Calc cells B2:B4 with the following settings -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun dll shlxthdl and windows explorer.execrash

2012-09-02 Thread Heikki Jussila
Hi, thanks for the bug link. I'll try it later, but now I have to slow connection to download 3.6.1.2 and to what you suggested. I wonder if the missing JAVA JRE was somehow a reason, since if LO/AOO/OOo leaves into windows registry something that windows thinks it has this function within the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sun dll shlxthdl and windows explorer.execrash

2012-09-02 Thread V Stuart Foote
Heikki, Recent work on the LibO Windows Explorer extension (shlxthdl.dll) has caused the issue reported in referenced bugs. And is probably not at all related to the the Sun/Oracle JRE in use. Reinstall the 3.6.1.2 after your backup and uninstall. But this time perform a custom installation and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date will not format or sort when imported into calc (ods)

2012-09-02 Thread anne-ology
Please keep us informed ... it might be nice to have the program be able to inject dd-mon-year and/or dd-mo-year for genealogical research projects ;-) On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 12:00 AM, JAMES MAJESKI jamesmaje...@gmail.comwrote: Thank you all for your assistance. You have

[libreoffice-users] Re: Date will not format or sort when imported into calc (ods)

2012-09-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.09.2012 21:33, anne-ology wrote: Please keep us informed ... it might be nice to have the program be able to inject dd-mon-year and/or dd-mo-year for genealogical research projects ;-) It can do this easily for thousands of different csv formats. -- For

Re: [libreoffice-users] Update to 3.6.1

2012-09-02 Thread anne-ology
yikes, the more I learn of these machines, the dumber I feel ;-) On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Yes, imagine you had a tube 64cm wide. Now you can roll balls down it that are 64cm wide AND balls that are only 32cm wide. The hardware