[libreoffice-users] Re: Look for step-by-step guide

2013-02-16 Thread Nino Novak
Am 15.02.2013 03:26, schrieb C. H. D.: I am new to debugging and programming. Referring to: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60710#c5 ... do you have a debug symbols build you could run valgrind in to see if there is some memory corruption there ? What documents should I consult

[libreoffice-users] Re: Help with sorting a CSV file using LibreOffice Calc

2013-03-15 Thread Nino Novak
Am 14.03.2013 03:38, schrieb David Gulley: ... strange results when I try to execute the sort... Does anyone know what might be causing this? The first idea that came up to my mind is that unrecognized or misinterpreted EOL sequences might exist within the file. If you have a \n

[libreoffice-users] Re: Subject Header adds

2013-04-01 Thread Nino Novak
Am 31.03.2013 21:43, schrieb William Case: I use evolution as my email browser. With mail coming from the LibreOffice users list [libreoffice-users] is tacked on to the subject line. In Evolution with side by side panes it makes the suject heading too long to read. None of my other mailing

[libreoffice-users] Re: little known features in LO/OO?

2013-04-17 Thread Nino Novak
Am 17.04.2013 15:34, schrieb M. Fioretti: I'm looking for general inspiration (not necessarily pointers to specific examples, even if those are welcome too, of course) to write an article or two on this topic. What would you say is the **least** known feature of LO/OO? What is the thing that

[libreoffice-users] Re: save table as reusable object

2013-04-27 Thread Nino Novak
Am 27.04.2013 19:04, schrieb Thomas Blasejewicz: Question: Is there a simple trick to make LO memorize this particular table form, so that I could call it up with a click? Answer: There is, with AutoText. Steps to achieve: 1. Select the whole table 2. Edit AutoText (or Ctrl+F3) 3. Enter a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Download ?

2013-05-10 Thread Nino Novak
Am 10.05.2013 18:44, schrieb Carol Bamrick: I have been running the Libra Office Suite 3.3 and my startup file is gone. I would like to download the latest Libra Suite, my question is will the new Suite be compatible with my old Libre files? LibreOffice is in general fully backward

[libreoffice-users] Re: Paste of Dates Incorrect in Calc

2013-05-12 Thread Nino Novak
Am 12.05.2013 21:00, schrieb Oogie McGuire: In the first spreadsheet I select the cells containing the dates I want. copy (command c) move to the spreadsheet where I want to paste them select the cells where they are to be pasted paste (command v) and the data is entered as a date but they

[libreoffice-users] Re: QA Triage Contest

2013-07-11 Thread Nino Novak
Am 11.07.2013 16:36, schrieb Joel Madero: Hi All, So as you all know the contest is over and it was a great success. Just under 25% of the bug count dropped but substantially more bugs were triaged as we kept up with the daily demand on top of tackling older bug reports. Joel, can we see

[libreoffice-users] Re: QA Triage Contest

2013-07-15 Thread Nino Novak
Am 15.07.2013 13:40, schrieb Bjoern Michaelsen: On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 06:36:29PM +0200, Nino Novak wrote: can we see the effect graphically? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/reports.cgi?product=LibreOfficedatasets=UNCONFIRMED Yep, nice - thanks :) Though, a significant decline seems to have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: QA Triage Contest

2013-07-15 Thread Nino Novak
Am 15.07.2013 19:18, schrieb Tom Davies: Errr, that graph is rather confusing me. It's good when it dips lower, right? Although could that be bad in some way? Does it mean less bugs being reported? That's correct, so ideally the chart should simultaneously show the # of bugs reported.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Does LO Writer converts (internally) any format other than .odt to .odt when it wants to open such files?

2013-08-06 Thread Nino Novak
Am 06.08.2013 21:55, schrieb Sina Momken: ... does LO Writer converts files to .odt when it tries to open them or it can directly work with formats other than .odt like .doc and .docx? I think no software works directly with a file format. Files are frozen data streams, they are static. Any

[libreoffice-users] help

2013-08-06 Thread Nino Novak
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[libreoffice-users] Sorry (was: help)

2013-08-07 Thread Nino Novak
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[libreoffice-users] Re: Sequentially numberted tickets...

2013-08-08 Thread Nino Novak
Hi David, Am 08.08.2013 06:53, schrieb David Love: I have been asked to design and print numbered tickets for an event being organised by a Club to which my wife belongs. How I'd do it (it's from memory, so bear with me for little glitches): 1. Set up a Calc spreadsheet and enter a header

[libreoffice-users] shifting focus to licencing (was: connecting to oooforum.org)

2013-08-15 Thread Nino Novak
Am 14.08.2013 18:39, schrieb Dave Barton: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 08/13/2013 02:32 AM, Dave Barton wrote: 1. http://www.oooforum.org The independent unofficial one Jim was referring to. For reasons nobody has been able to explain, their server is at best unreliable and frequently

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sequentially numberted tickets...

2013-08-21 Thread Nino Novak
Am 21.08.2013 15:54, schrieb Nino Novak: Am 21.08.2013 06:42, schrieb David Love: 7. Print as mailmerge (or form letter or whatever it's called) into 1 document I do this by Printing to file. The first ticket is correct. Tickets number 2, 3 and 4 are not numbered. It then goes

[libreoffice-users] Re: how to stop text resizing with window

2013-08-21 Thread Nino Novak
Am 20.08.2013 22:52, schrieb Dave Howorth: I just imported and opened a CSV file into calc. When I resize the window, instead of being able to see more columns, the text displayed in the cells increases in size and I see exactly the same columns. I've never seen this happen before. How/why did

[libreoffice-users] Re: how to stop text resizing with window

2013-08-22 Thread Nino Novak
Am 21.08.2013 22:59, schrieb Dave Howorth: On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 16:33 +0200, Nino Novak wrote: Am 20.08.2013 22:52, schrieb Dave Howorth: I just imported and opened a CSV file into calc. When I resize the window, instead of being able to see more columns, the text displayed in the cells

[libreoffice-users] Re: Formulas in text instead of result - LO Calc

2013-08-23 Thread Nino Novak
Am 23.08.2013 13:57, schrieb David Stuckey: I have inadvertently turned on an 'Option' in LO-Calc that now results in the text of any/all formulae being written in the result cell instead of the actual result. Please can anybody help me to turn it off again? Look here:

[libreoffice-users] mail merge does not send appropriate documents (was: Fwd: Regarding Mail Merge sending Document)

2013-08-25 Thread Nino Novak
Hi Shiv, I can confirm the bug with LibreOffice 4.1.0.4 and 3.6.5.2. Did you search bugzilla (http://bugs.freedesktop.org) if it has been reported already? Regards, Nino Am 24.08.2013 07:15, schrieb Shiv Chauhan: Dear Sir, I have created a document using mail merge and inserted data of 10

[libreoffice-users] Re: Changes oddity

2012-06-22 Thread Nino Novak
Am 22.06.2012 07:57, schrieb Sandy Harris: However, the window that opens for Changes-accept/reject has gone to full screen and I cannot get it back so that I can see the text in order to decide on what to do with changes. It covers the whole text window. Two suggestions: 1- click somewhere

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to remove a bug report attachment?

2012-08-24 Thread Nino Novak
Am 24.08.2012 03:01 schrieb Bjørn K Nilssen: I just discovered that a rtf file I attached as an example file when I reported a bug with rtf imports losing the register tags is now *very* available when doing a Google search. The problem is that this file was never meant to be public, as it

[libreoffice-users] Re: Warning Message

2012-08-25 Thread Nino Novak
Am 25.08.2012 21:06 schrieb Tinkerer: Trying to find my User folder, I find that the whole of the Mac User Library is missing. A search for the folder, or any folder known to be within that folder, draws a blank. Looking back in Time Machine I can see I have been without it since August

[libreoffice-users] Re: Warning Message

2012-08-25 Thread Nino Novak
Am 25.08.2012 21:06 schrieb Tinkerer: Trying to find my User folder, I find that the whole of the Mac User Library is missing. A search for the folder, or any folder known to be within that folder, draws a blank. Looking back in Time Machine I can see I have been without it since August

[libreoffice-users] Re: Find and replace graphics

2012-08-30 Thread Nino Novak
Hi timecode, Am 29.08.2012 15:25 schrieb timecode: I save copies of essays from a scientific database. This database adds a little graphic to each footnote. I want to erase all these graphics from my documents. But how can I do that? If there are no other graphic elements that you want to be

[libreoffice-users] Re: how i can rotate print like landscape?

2012-09-04 Thread Nino Novak
Hi, did you try to first export to PDF and then print this PDF with acrobat or some other pdf printer? It sometimes can work better than printing directly. Nino Am 04.09.2012 17:41 schrieb manuel_songo...@yahoo.it: hello i use calc LibreOffice 3.5:build-413, with opensuse 12.1 and KDE

[libreoffice-users] Re: Where is the error log?

2012-12-29 Thread Nino Novak
Am 29.12.2012 08:25, schrieb C. H. D.: Sometimes, when LibreOffice starts and freezes, where should I locate the error log for troubleshooting? AFAIK there's no built-in log feature. But you can do a backtrace, see

[libreoffice-users] Re: [Writer] Regular expressions

2013-01-08 Thread Nino Novak
Am 08.01.2013 21:11, schrieb gordom: W dniu 2013-01-08 20:20, Mirosław Zalewski pisze: Since LibreOffice regex engine is crippled and don't support lookaheads, the short answer is: no, you can't do that. That's a pity. but only if it's really true ;-) BUT do lines you want to delete

[libreoffice-users] Re: Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-09 Thread Nino Novak
Joel, Am 08.10.2013 19:43, schrieb Joel Madero: Suggestions appreciated as always Do you *have* to use LibreOffice for that? (I find it sometimes quicker to just export the data list into a text file and do a sort -u on it) Nino -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Feature Request: Lack of Outliner Functionality a Deal Breaker for Me

2013-10-11 Thread Nino Novak
Am 11.10.2013 00:09, schrieb CougarB: It's like having a Super Power that's available to everyone, but no one knows how to get it. Without being a writer myself, I somehow understand your needs. What I do presently is using a mind mapping software (I use freemind[1] for that) for arranging

[libreoffice-users] Re: Retrieve a specific message from the ML

2013-10-13 Thread Nino Novak
Am 13.10.2013 20:24, schrieb Ady: Hello, I am trying to retrieve a specific message from the mailing list (so to reply to it), by sending an empty message to users+ge...@global.libreoffice.org as per the help from users+h...@global.libreoffice.org . I have already sent a mail

[libreoffice-users] Re: On Reporting Bugs

2013-11-13 Thread Nino Novak
Am 12.11.2013 15:28, schrieb Oogie McGuire: For me I tried to navigate bugzilla to report continuing bugs where 2 formatting issues occur regularly: Oogie, without having completely read (and even less understood) your problem, I'd suggest first to try creating a new spreadsheet from scratch

[libreoffice-users] Re: Copying text

2013-11-28 Thread Nino Novak
Am 28.11.2013 22:21, schrieb A: I want to enter text here [xxx] and have it copy that text [here] [here] and [here]. How can I do that? You can e.g. create insert a variable called User Field: 1) Write your text 2) Place Cursor at the desired first occurence of the variable. 3)

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.1.3

2013-12-12 Thread Nino Novak
Am 12.12.2013 09:38, schrieb Kunwar Shivpal Singh: What would happen if I download LO 3.5.7 (already started it from Source Forge. Will there be a clash between the 2 versions? Will LO 4.1.3.2 allow me to install the older version LO 3.5.7? Kunwar, if it is of interest for you: you can

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc - how to move (drag-n-drop using mouse) or cut/insert rows/columns

2014-02-26 Thread Nino Novak
Am 26.02.2014 15:28, schrieb Tanstaafl: Ok, Ive messed with this in the past, never been able to figure it out, but something always stopped me from pursuing it until now. I'm just looking for the quickest/easiest way to MOVE rows/columns. Is this even possible? I've NEVER been able to get

[libreoffice-users] Re: Thunderbird - too many Address Books

2014-03-14 Thread Nino Novak
Am 14.03.2014 14:00, schrieb Custfold: I'm getting a bit annoyed at having my address book split between Personal Address Book and Collected Addresses, with an attempt at getting a Master Combined address book not too successful Can someone tell me the sequence/commands to combine the

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.2.3-RC1

2014-03-15 Thread Nino Novak
Am 15.03.2014 10:25, schrieb Heinrich Stoellinger: I have a problem with frames. If I want to print a frame without a border, LO ignores the definition (i.e. - thickness and colour of the line). Even if I define no border at all plus pinting in white colour around the frame this gets

[libreoffice-users] Re: CALC: repeat first line to each page

2014-03-28 Thread Nino Novak
Am 28.03.2014 10:11, schrieb Rafnews: Hi, i would like to know if there is an option like under MS Excel, to repeat first line or 2 first lines of the document on each printing page (or PDF page) ? see http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/21473 Nino -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Why new page style after manual page break changes all pages?

2014-04-22 Thread Nino Novak
On 21.04.2014 22:30, Dale Erwin wrote: [...] I have never had this problem and have never had the need to create sections. Maybe it's because I always use page styles alternating from right page to left page and back. For instance, I begin a book with a page style called Title, marked as

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Why new page style after manual page break changes all pages?

2014-04-23 Thread Nino Novak
Am 23.04.2014 02:54, schrieb Dale Erwin: On 4/22/2014 7:35 AM, Nino Novak wrote: On 21.04.2014 22:30, Dale Erwin wrote: [...] I have never had this problem and have never had the need to create sections. Maybe it's because I always use page styles alternating from right page to left page

Re: [libreoffice-users] database or spreadsheet

2012-02-07 Thread Nino Novak
On Tuesday 07 February 2012, Jay Lozier wrote: Two related issues are a problem: spreadsheets are relatively easy to set up and enter data with some inflexibility while databases harder to set up and without the right front end tools some tricky to properly enter data but are much more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Put on shelf] Re: Unable to connect to Access DB

2012-02-09 Thread Nino Novak
Ian, On Thursday 09 February 2012, Ian Whitfield wrote: Don't we need a Known Problems List here somewhere???!!! you've seen this one: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5#Most_annoying_bugs Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Put on shelf] Re: Unable to connect to Access DB

2012-02-09 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 09 February 2012, Ian Whitfield wrote: On 09/02/2012 15:48, Nino Novak wrote: Don't we need a Known Problems List here somewhere???!!! you've seen this one: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5#Most_annoying_bugs No I had not - Thanks Nino. But why

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recent Documents menu not working in 3.5.0?

2012-02-15 Thread Nino Novak
On Wednesday 15 February 2012, sharon kimble wrote: That's two show-stoppers that I've confirmed dont work today, is this a beta version of libreoffice thats been released as a 'final' version by mistake? Nearly ;-) LibreOffice has a time based release plan, so 3.5.0 is a version for early

Re: [libreoffice-users] Email address of the admin/moderator please?

2012-02-17 Thread Nino Novak
On Friday 17 February 2012, sharon kimble wrote: Does anyone know the email address of the admin or moderator of this mailing list please, as I need to write to them re subscribing from my gmail account? should be users+owner @ global.libreoffice.org (without the blanks) else, try this:

Re: [libreoffice-users] numbers to time

2012-02-20 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 20 February 2012, James wrote: I have two cells, one with the number 8 and one with the number 15. I want to combine them into a time cell, 8:15. A1: 8 A2: 15 A3: =TIME(A1;A2;0) You might have to choose the appropriate format (Format Cells Number) for the cell. Regards, Nino

Re: [libreoffice-users] Old Bug Update - LO's Wiki Request

2012-02-21 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 20 February 2012, Nicolás Adamo wrote: In case it matters, I updated my old bug report [0] But what I really want is suggesting somenone with the right permissions to add libreoffice's wiki what I wrote on the bug fill. Well, this is not libreoffice's wiki but rather the internal

Re: [libreoffice-users] Downgrading

2012-02-21 Thread Nino Novak
Hi, On Tuesday 21 February 2012, sharon kimble wrote: I have downgraded my LO program from 3.5.0 to 3.4.5, as the lack of autospellcheck and recent documents in 3.5.0 were real show stoppers, and not being able to find any workarounds. I feel that 3.5.0 was released either with inadequate

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do add percentage in Calc?

2012-03-03 Thread Nino Novak
On Friday 02 March 2012, 13:59:50 PDA1 wrote: Cell A1 has the number 100 Cell A2 has a percentage- 2.9% Enter into A3: =A1+A1*A2 Take care of having a real number in A1 and A2 and not a text. Tip: Numbers are right-aligned, text is left-aligned generally. To make sure, you have a number

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spellcheck question

2012-03-05 Thread Nino Novak
On Sunday 04 March 2012, 14:59:40 Edwin Matheson wrote: The spell check feature seems to stop at every word. Even simple words such as ball, hit, the, etc. and suggests changes. How can I set it so that it only stops at miss spelled words. Sure you've set the correct language? Language is a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spellcheck question

2012-03-06 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 05 March 2012, 07:42:08 Dave Reese wrote: I actually thought that the Preferences / Languages is where that was set, not tools... There you can set the default language for documents (which will be used when no language is set in the text). But any character of your text can have its

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bugzilla reporting question

2012-03-06 Thread Nino Novak
Am Montag, 5. März 2012, 17:24:33 schrieb Ken Springer: There must be a page, somewhere, that defines what each severity classification means, but I didn't find it. LOL Would someone please point me to the correct page? Did you read http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport ? Severity

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Automatischer Spam-Report

2012-03-07 Thread Nino Novak
, der Absender lautet users+h...@global.libreoffice.org. Weitere Infos unter http://de.libreoffice.org/hilfe-kontakt/mailing-listen/abmeldung-liste/ Freundliche Grüße Nino Novak Am Mittwoch, 7. März 2012, 08:37:50 schrieb Herbert Wolters: Hallo, ich bekomme laufend Emails die [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fwd: Automatischer Spam-Report

2012-03-07 Thread Nino Novak
Sorry, as you might have guessed, this was a spam complaint. I just sent unsub instructions. Nino On Wednesday 07 March 2012, 09:01:45 Nino Novak wrote: Hallo Herr Wolters, vermutlich haben Sie sich (versehentlich?) an dieser Liste angemeldet - daher erhalten Sie auch alle Nachrichten

Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with Tables

2012-03-10 Thread Nino Novak
Hi, just some remarks: On Saturday 10 March 2012, 16:35:09 Rochelle Macredie wrote: To Whom It May Concern, Note: As you wrote to a public mailing list, your mail is public also. ... (see attached Client X's Tax Invoice.xls) Attachments are not allowed and thus not forwarded to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Differences between LibreOffice and OpenOffice

2012-03-13 Thread Nino Novak
Am Dienstag, 13. März 2012, 13:52:41 schrieb Dotan Cohen: If you come across any other differences, or if any corrections need to be made, then please contact me and I will update the document. LibreOffice has received plenty of code patches since forking. New features are listed in [1,2,3].

Re: [libreoffice-users] Address Books

2012-03-16 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 15 March 2012, 21:39:51 Stephanie Dutcher wrote: I was basically just looking for something I could have on my computer and export it as an excel file or pdf when I needed to share it, but having something that was online or able to be shaared through a network isn't a bad idea.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Address Books

2012-03-16 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 15 March 2012, 21:49:10 Andreas Säger wrote: First you need some database up and running. The creation of a database requires expert skills and appropriate software tools for the database type in question. IMHO, we should offer a really *short* tutorial on how to create a simple

Re: [libreoffice-users] Macintosh Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

2012-03-16 Thread Nino Novak
On Friday 16 March 2012, 12:18:58 Mark Simon wrote: This is now a few weeks after the original message, so I'm trying to keep it alive long enough to get some ideas. Is there anybody with a Mac who has managed to create /custom /keyboard shortcuts which use the control or alt (option) key?

Re: [libreoffice-users] More mailmerge woes

2012-03-16 Thread Nino Novak
On Friday 16 March 2012, 13:19:42 Mark Stanton wrote: [field name shown instead of content] Any ideas? 1) Did you try to edit the field properties and change its source by editing it manually instead of clicking? (If I remember correctly, there has been a similar bug in OOo middle age, that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Address Books

2012-03-16 Thread Nino Novak
On Friday 16 March 2012, 09:54:15 drew jensen wrote: Sure why not :-) So you want to build this tutorial over this weekend. At least make a serious attempt. Is it to be multi-user? No. One computer only. (Can be expanded later) Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Address Books

2012-03-16 Thread Nino Novak
On Friday 16 March 2012, 15:00:41 Andreas Säger wrote: Am 16.03.2012 11:09, Nino Novak wrote: It could be used as reference on how to use Base. Well, this would be like a reference on how to use a programming language. Either you can actually use it or you follow more or less obscure

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Calc] Bug in Search/replace with regexp

2012-03-21 Thread Nino Novak
On Tuesday 20 March 2012, 19:24:20 Ninj wrote: =INDIRECT(B10.K14)+INDIRECT(B10DIRE) Something got wrong with the second replacement. Looks like the second replacement is made on the correct position but the wrong cell content (i.e. already altered by the first replacement). Did you file a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Install RPM as non-superuser

2012-03-22 Thread Nino Novak
Hi, seems your message has been stripped by the List software, so I'm repeating it below for conveniance. Nino -- Forwared Message - Date: Mar 22, 2012; 6:08pm From: Reinhard To: users@global Subject: Install RPM as non-superuser Hi all, I have been using

Re: [libreoffice-users] CVE-2012-0337

2012-03-23 Thread Nino Novak
Hi Dan, On Friday 23 March 2012, 08:53:54 Dan Lewis wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 08:10 -0400, drew jensen wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 07:55 -0400, Dan Lewis wrote: ... [vague security announcements] What security issues? I'm not sure I know from what I read. I tend to share your

Re: [libreoffice-users] formatting emails

2012-03-24 Thread Nino Novak
On Saturday 24 March 2012, 09:24:48 e-letter wrote: On a separate issue, what is the syntax in LO to select paragraph breaks (pilcrow (¶) sign) in the 'find and replace' dialogue window? $, see LibreOffice Help (F1) - Index - regular expressions. Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] formatting emails

2012-03-24 Thread Nino Novak
On Saturday 24 March 2012, 08:11:27 Dan Lewis wrote: See if this works using Find and Replace with Regular Expressions checked (ticked): Dan, a very good step-by-step instruction. Did id make it into ask.libreoffice.org? IMHO you should enter it there as its visibility there can be

Re: [libreoffice-users] formatting emails

2012-03-24 Thread Nino Novak
On Saturday 24 March 2012, 12:27:57 e-letter wrote: Subsequent posts indicate why it is much easier to solve this question by use of a text editor instead of LO. ... and perhaps even in the shell using html2text, grep, sed, awk... (as the OP asked for *automation* of the process) ;-) But

Re: [libreoffice-users] Figure Numbering disrupted in Master Document (LO 3.5)

2012-04-06 Thread Nino Novak
Ron, On Friday 06 April 2012, 09:55:00 Ron Gregor wrote: Unfortunately for us we are still using Openoffice due to bugs with Libreoffice calc. Line 3.4.x has fixed a major stopper for us but 3.4.x and 3.5.x has added in enough work around bugs that we just decided to stay with Openoffice. So

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged document to email

2012-04-11 Thread Nino Novak
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

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Nino Novak
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:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Nino Novak
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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problems importing an OO database into LO

2012-04-20 Thread Nino Novak
On Friday 20 April 2012, 16:54:54 Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 20.4.2012 11:00, MiguelAngel wrote: One for you. Much users even don't read the program's help... May I correct you, you do not need a license for driving a car... Pertti, the problem is, that software usability today in most

Re: [libreoffice-users] Page Styles not consistent

2012-04-20 Thread Nino Novak
On Friday 20 April 2012, 10:14:51 Russ Mannex wrote: OK, never mind the previous post. It's still not working with the master doc, but I think I got it working now with just one odt file. It seems a bit buggy, and very temperamental, but I think if I keep sacrificing raw vegetables to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printint to PocketMod layout

2012-04-23 Thread Nino Novak
Am Montag, 23. April 2012, 05:21:35 schrieb BKh: Is there any way to print a document into the PocketMod booklet layout? If you happen to use Linux, you can use psutils (psnup and psbook) to print such nice booklets. According to Google, there seems to be also a Windows version, but I did not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: launching app from within base

2012-04-23 Thread Nino Novak
On Monday 23 April 2012, 07:17:55 brainflakes wrote: Mark Stanton wrote What type of application, why, to do with what? Simply to pass a path to an application (a filename, for instance) and launch that application. Sorry, I don't know anything about Base - but in Writer you just

Re: [libreoffice-users] How i add gradient background in cell of libreoffice calc?

2012-04-26 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 26 April 2012, 16:30:29 manuel_songo...@yahoo.it wrote: ... gradient in cell CALC.. so for libreoffice has not feature gradient for cell libreoffice calc right? but future will be on it? for now i need gradient in cell not texture or image ok? now i go to use office for gradient

Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I link data from a LibreOffice Database (linked to a MySQL Server) to a LibreOffice Spreadsheet?

2012-04-30 Thread Nino Novak
Hi, On Monday 30 April 2012, 19:25:38 Richard Quadling wrote: Any real help would be greatly appreciated. Did you have a look at http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75t=18511 ? Regards, Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic Package of LibreOffice to Download

2012-05-01 Thread Nino Novak
On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 06:06:43 Daniel Morgan wrote: Is it possible to have a lite version of LibreOffice that only includes the word processor and spreadsheet? The other LibreOffice apps I do not use. No, there is no lite version. As for the download size: I don't know the exact numbers,

[libreoffice-users] Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs

2012-05-01 Thread Nino Novak
Hi, when producing MailMerge text documents, semi-automatic Page Breaks are inserted which can only be removed manually one by one, but not all together by e.g. selecting the whole document (Ctrl+A) and removing Page Breaks in the Format Paragraph dialog. XML shows that paragraphs with page

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs

2012-05-01 Thread Nino Novak
On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 22:56:15 Andreas Säger wrote: Am 01.05.2012 22:25, Nino Novak wrote: Hi, when producing MailMerge text documents, semi-automatic Page Breaks are inserted which can only be removed manually one by one, but not all together by e.g. selecting the whole document

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs

2012-05-01 Thread Nino Novak
Am Dienstag, 1. Mai 2012, 23:44:21 schrieb Andreas Säger: Am 01.05.2012 23:19, Nino Novak wrote: I do not see how to achieve the desired result by mere dragging. E.g. with the included database Biblio, I can create the following Template: Well, you drag the desired row set into the new

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs

2012-05-01 Thread Nino Novak
Hi Drew, On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 18:22:04 drew jensen wrote: Hi Nino I haven't tried this, but from reading the earlier email - the page break is injected with the use of a style, yes? Can't you just edit the style P4 I think it was, so it doesn't create a page break? Good thought.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs

2012-05-01 Thread Nino Novak
On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 19:10:29 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: AndrewMacro.odt Read section 7.8.1 Removing Page Breaks Bingo! Thanks, Andrew - I knew there must be some magic that just works ;-) Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs

2012-05-01 Thread Nino Novak
Am Dienstag, 1. Mai 2012, 18:54:05 schrieb Dan Lewis: On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 00:36 +0200, Nino Novak wrote: Hi Drew, On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 18:22:04 drew jensen wrote: Hi Nino I haven't tried this, but from reading the earlier email - the page break is injected with the use

Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.1.2/Calc/XP] Regex to find/replace numbers?

2012-05-02 Thread Nino Novak
Hi, On Wednesday 02 May 2012, 04:18:20 Gilles wrote: I need to search and reformat toll-free numbers in a spreadsheet, but I can't find how to do this in Calc: Sorry, could you elaborate a bit, what you mean by toll-free numbers? Some examples? (\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d) This regex will find

Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.1.2/Calc/XP] Regex to find/replace numbers?

2012-05-02 Thread Nino Novak
Am Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2012, 14:05:21 schrieb Nino Novak: Hi, On Wednesday 02 May 2012, 04:18:20 Gilles wrote: I need to search and reformat toll-free numbers in a spreadsheet, but I can't find how to do this in Calc: Sorry, could you elaborate a bit, what you mean by toll-free numbers

Re: [libreoffice-users] SOLVED! (was: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs)

2012-05-02 Thread Nino Novak
in a table. Add F1, F2 and F3 on every table row. At the end of each row in the table, add next record field after F3. Hope this helps On 5/1/2012 4:25 PM, Nino Novak wrote: Hi, when producing MailMerge text documents, semi-automatic Page Breaks are inserted which can only be removed

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.1.2/Calc/XP] Regex to find/replace numbers?

2012-05-03 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 03 May 2012, 08:26:05 Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. Do you know if you can use the find text in the replace field as in perl. Search for ([:digit:]){2}\/ ([:digit:]){2}\/([:digit:]){4} Replace with $3-$1-$2 Sure you can. F1 (Help) in the Search dialog points you to the list of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Inserting comment causes Impress to close without warning

2012-05-03 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 03 May 2012, 04:20:07 chimak111 wrote: LibreOffice 3.5.2.2 Build ID: 350m1(Build: 202) on Ubuntu 12.04. As soon as one clicks Insert, Comment, Impress closes without any visible error. Instead of using the mouse, even the keyboard combination of control+Alt+C is enough to cause

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Legacy Base reports won't open in LibreOffice 3.5

2012-05-03 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 03 May 2012, 22:16:37 Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. Well I have only just moved from 3.3 to 3.4.6 (business environment). 3 months stable performance and I consider the move. When the problem reports for 3.5 branch have eased off I will start my 3 month check period. Which problem

[libreoffice-users] Get Built-in Help working (was: Re: Inserting comment causes Impress to close without warning)

2012-05-03 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 03 May 2012, 10:33:15 chimak111 wrote: My last question which is strictly not related to this topic is how to get the built-in help to work. I downloaded that as well. (Thanks to everyone!) Did it install properly? Any strange messages? Did you shut down the application during

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Inserting comment causes Impress to close without warning

2012-05-03 Thread Nino Novak
On Thursday 03 May 2012, 22:20:08 Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I don't think anyone is updating the built-in help so quite a few features might not be covered at all. Dear Tom, why do you make such a general negative statement about the LibreOffice Community? It is demotivating for those who do

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Writer: Highlighting; setting page properties; some more nitpicking

2014-07-31 Thread Nino Novak
Am 30.07.2014 16:40, schrieb Jon Harringdon: These are not bugs of course, just suggestions that'd make things a little easier. Is this the best way of posting such things? Jon, suggestions are welcome here, but this is a users' list, so don't expect to get developer lever answers. OTOH,

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

2014-08-06 Thread Nino Novak
Am 06.08.2014 07:29, schrieb Pikov Andropov: Florian Reisinger wrote on 8/6/2014 1:22 AM: Hi, The problem we have: We do not have one release branch as Firefox has, we have two... Users should use and find bugs on the Fresh version in order to make thee fresh, which will be renamed to

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

2014-08-06 Thread Nino Novak
Am 06.08.2014 11:38, schrieb Tom Davies: This seems to contradict what both Charles and what Florian Reisinger were saying. No. See below: [...] It also kinda explains the graphic on the; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan page, although that graphic doesn't make a lot of

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

2014-08-06 Thread Nino Novak
Am 06.08.2014 13:07, schrieb Tom Davies: So again the question has apparently gone back to What is the advantage of the Still branch. Why would people choose it or what circumstances would suit Still better than Fresh? The main advantage is its age: it's more mature; it has been in use for a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Split cells in Calc

2014-08-10 Thread Nino Novak
Pat, why do you need to split a cell? What data does it contain and what do you need to do with these data? Nino Am 10.08.2014 13:25, schrieb Pat Brown: Hi Guys, Is there any way to split a primary (one that has not been 'merged' previously) cell? I can't seem to find such an option. If

[libreoffice-users] Re: Split cells in Calc

2014-08-10 Thread Nino Novak
Am 10.08.2014 15:10, schrieb Pat Brown: Nino, I am creating a geological time-line in Calc. Working across the sheet I am dividing the cells into periods. There are five different sets of periods. I find, after I have started, that I need to create smaller units than one cell. If I could split

[libreoffice-users] Re: Opening worksheets from the terminal in linux?

2014-09-09 Thread Nino Novak
Hi Jim, Am 09.09.2014 03:51, schrieb Jim Byrnes: 1. Can I open a specific spreadsheet from the terminal? I have tried a lot of combinations and I either get a new/untitled worksheet or an error message. just a simple [path_to]/soffice file1.ods works fine here (4.3.1/SUSE) What error

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