Re: libre office calc

[Kevin Fries]

Option #2

Name the value.  

Cell A1 = "Tax Rate"
Cell A2 = 6.5%

Give cell C2 a name of SalesTax

Cells C1-15 = sales subtotal
Enter into C2 "= C1 * SalesTax"
Enter into C3 "= C1 + C2"

Copy C2 and C3 down.

A little more work, but it documents what you are doing so you don't have to 
guess 6 months from now when you look at it again,  lol

Kevin

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Re: libre office calc

[Michael]

it hought there would be an easier way.
thanks for the help!

On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 10:34 PM Kevin Fries  wrote:

> If you enter into C3, =B3, then copy that to C4, it will become =B4
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> If you enter into C3, =$B$3, then copy that to C4, it will become =$B$3
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> Does that answer your question?
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Re: libre office calc

[Kevin Fries]

If you enter into C3, =B3, then copy that to C4, it will become =B4

If you enter into C3, =$B$3, then copy that to C4, it will become =$B$3

Does that answer your question?

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libre office calc

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how do you pull a calc down but keep it static?

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Re: Old Hardware

[Jim]

How old are these discs?  If you do get data from them, I'm sure some of 
us would be interested in how old they are and still able to retain the 
data.


On 1/6/19 9:33 AM, Matthew Gibson wrote:
My parents have been cleaning out their home and came across some 3 
1/2 inch floppy disks, they also found some 5 inch floppies. Does 
anyone have an appropriate drive for either of these media items? I am 
looking to borrow, but I don't imagine it will be difficult to 
scrounge up the funds to purchase a drive or two. All we are wanting 
us to pull what data we can off them.


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Re: Best linux laptop for a gift?

[Joe Lowder]

Thanks to all who responded.

Mike  wrote: Hi Joe. can you share the
answers to your question. Thanks, Mike

So, Mike, I've quoted three of the most recent responses
below. Earlier replies can be found in the PLUG archives:

https://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/splash/index.html

I've had great success with Linux installed on several
ThinkPads (both IBM and Lenovo) for many years. A couple
of installs on Dells turned out to be problematic for me.
Mint has worked best for me.

The reason I asked the "Linux laptop for a gift" question
was to see if the PLUG "brain trust" might have any newer
recommendations for any affordable pre-installed options.

I gave my wife a Chromebook, but she is not satisfied
with that.

So, I just purchased another Thinkpad 430u for $150 to set
up with Linux Mint for my wife because she is finally fed up
with Windows 10. After years of using Windows 8, she has now
been coerced into the Windows 10 nightmare and she hates it.

I personally will not have anything to do with anything
from Micro$haft and I'm now having a problem tring to install
Linux Mint on the 430u because of the UEFI annoyance.

Please see this link: http://upquick.com/temp/430/

Hope somebody can help me get past this UEFI nuisance.


== mich...@butash.net wrote:
I only buy dell if I expect linux to work at all any more,
even then it's hit and miss (as I stare at my xps15 in an arch
linux install cd after a week). Thinkpads tend to have their
issues it seems too, lenovo doesn't so much seem to care about
linux, and is left to hobbiests to figure out, which only goes
so far.  Dell at least has folks that work on the kernel team
to get some real input I've found.  Using the ones they sell with
linux obviously goes a long way toward support, like the xps's,
at least with ubuntu and such they tend to support.

== ke...@fries-biro.com wrote:
You need to balance your risk of "working out of the box" with
"cheapest". You want it to work with Linux, out of the box, Zero
incompatabilities... simple, System76.  It will come with either
PopOS, or Ubuntu, from which Mint dirives. Open the box, enjoy.
Cheapest, is a crap shoot with Linux. Many of the cheapest do funny
things with the boot sequence thanks to Windows 10. But, I have yet
to see one that can not be made to work in a long time. How much
effort are you willing to put in and what is your tolerance for
things breaking on upgrade?

== trent.ship...@gmail.com wrote:
My parents use Macs. I would be OK if they used Chromebooks.
Never is a million years would I give them a solid Linux desktop,
let alone a potentially flaky, cheap, out of the box Linux.
Why are you in the market for a cheap out-of-the-box Mint machine?
There are some pretty decent, affordable Windows machines out there,
assuming you don't have a reflex objection to Windows or Microsoft.
A Chromebook can't be beat for cheap, functional, and out of the box,
and my understanding is that it's based on Gentoo, deep, deep under
the covers. So Chromebook is a really good choice for a cheap,
user-proof computer, unless you have a phobia of Google or Chromebook.



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Re: Best linux laptop for a gift?

[Eric Oyen]

Trent,
The chrome books are nice, but there is a caveat for us blind users. Getting 
accessibility to work on there is a huge pain and requires visual assistance to 
activate (unlike OS X with voiceover, or any of the accessible enabled linux 
distributions)


Still, if I wanted to install a full linux distribution on there, would it be 
possible?

-Eric

> On Jan 5, 2019, at 8:08 PM, trent shipley  wrote:
> 
> And who is it for?  My parents use Macs.  I would be OK if they used 
> Chromebooks.  Never is a million years would I give them a solid Linux 
> desktop, let alone a potentially flaky, cheap, out of the box Linux.
> 
> Why are you in the market for a cheap out-of-the-box Mint machine?  There are 
> some pretty decent, affordable Windows machines out there--assuming you don't 
> have a reflex objection to Windows or Microsoft.  A Chromebook can't be beat 
> for cheap, functional, and out of the box, and my understanding is that it's 
> based on Gentoo, deep, deep under the covers.  So Chromebook is a really good 
> choice for a cheap, user-proof computer, unless you have a phobia of Google 
> or Chromebook.
> 
> Trent.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 7:57 PM Kevin Fries  > wrote:
> Joe,
> 
> You need to balance your risk of "working out of the box" with "cheapest".
> 
> You want it to work with Linux, out of the box, Zero incompatabilities... 
> simple, System76.  It will come with either PopOS, or Ubuntu, from which Mint 
> dirives.  Open the box,  enjoy your laptop. 
> 
> Cheapest, is a crap shoot with Linux.  Many of the cheapest do funny things 
> with the boot sequence thanks to Windows 10.  But, I have yet to see one that 
> can not be made to work in a long time.   How much effort are you willing to 
> put in and what is your tolerance for things breaking on upgrade?
> 
> Kevin
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> Hi Joe can you share the answers to your question.
> Thanks
> Mike  
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> From: Joe Lowder 
> Date: 1/5/2019 2:07:57 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org 
> Subject: Best linux laptop for a gift?
>  
> What would y'all recommend as the best (most affordable)
> Linux laptop to give to someone as a gift?
>  
> One that comes with Linux (preferrably mint) pre-installed
> and that would "just work" out of the box.
>  
> I see a bunch or them on Amazon for under $200, but
> wonder if any of them would "just work" out of the box,
> no muss, no fuss.
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Old Hardware

[Matthew Gibson]

My parents have been cleaning out their home and came across some 3 1/2
inch floppy disks, they also found some 5 inch floppies. Does anyone have
an appropriate drive for either of these media items? I am looking to
borrow, but I don't imagine it will be difficult to scrounge up the funds
to purchase a drive or two. All we are wanting us to pull what data we can
off them.
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