[libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

[Ken Springer]

On 2011-02-26 20:34:29 -0700, MR ZenWiz said:

If you're running Linux, you might notice this little gem
(http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/download.shtml):


Mac is primary use, Windows is secondary.  Linux is on the dream list, 
but it's a dream that's far off.



Ken



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Endnote X4 OpenOffice Extension does not work

[Rogerio Luz Coelho]

Firtstly this is a Documentation list, your question should be posted on the
user or dev list, please visit

http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/#Local_Regional_Lists

for more information.

Rogerio

2011/2/27 Sam 

> Hi,
> Upon trying to add the "Cite While You Write" Endnote OpenOffice
> Extension to the latest LibreOffice an error is displayed: "The
> extension 'Endonte Cite While You Write' does not work on this
> computer". I have contacted the support team for Endnote to explain
> the existence of LibreOffice and the need for compatibility but am
> wondering if there's anything I can do in the mean time to get the
> OpenOffice extension to work?
>
> Thanks,
> Sam

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[libreoffice-users] Endnote X4 OpenOffice Extension does not work

[Sam]

Hi,
Upon trying to add the "Cite While You Write" Endnote OpenOffice
Extension to the latest LibreOffice an error is displayed: "The
extension 'Endonte Cite While You Write' does not work on this
computer". I have contacted the support team for Endnote to explain
the existence of LibreOffice and the need for compatibility but am
wondering if there's anything I can do in the mean time to get the
OpenOffice extension to work?

Thanks,
Sam

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

[MR ZenWiz]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Ken Springer  wrote:
> On 2011-02-25 15:52:13 -0700, MR ZenWiz said:
>
>> Evolution is part of Gnome, but I'm pretty sure it is available for
>> all platforms.  I'd go check the Gnome home and see, or just Google
>> for it.
>
> On the Evolution download page, no installers, packages, etc. seem to be
> available there.  Only source code for those who wish to build their own
> program.
>
If you're running Linux, you might notice this little gem
(http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/download.shtml):

"Already Included

"Evolution most likely ships with your Linux distribution of choice.
To get your latest supported version, you will want to check with your
distribution supplier."

For Windows, here's the first hit in Google:
http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/

> Definitely not into that kind of computing any more.
>
YMMV.

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Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Mark Stanton  wrote:
> Hi MR ZenWiz,
>
>> Two possible solutions (in Windows Explorer):
>>
>> 1) Right-click on a file of the type you want to move from default OO
>> to LO, select "Open With" and "Choose Program..." then select LO and
>> be sure to check the box "Always use this program"
>
> That's what I mean.  When I do this I *don't* get offered LO, only OO.
>

There's also an option to Browse for your own choice of program.  You
can use this to poke around anywhere on your computer to find the LO
launcher.  It helps to look at everything in the windows that open (I
know, I miss them all the time and have to look twice, too).

>> 2) Click "Tools" and "Folder options...", then click on the "File
>> Types" tab, find your way to the file type(s) you want to change and
>> set all of them there.
>
> I assume this would give me the same issue.

No, you have to do a little more work this way on the first such
entity (because you actually have to type in the command), but then if
you copy taht to the clipboard, you can paste it in subsequent file
types.

> I s'pose I ought to be able to look for the LO executable.  However, with the
> installation of LO3.3.1 the has now gone away

I have no idea what that means - if it's installed, the executable is
out there somewhere.  Any menu that contains a link to launch the
installed programs can be open with right-click->Properties, and you
can see what's inside that makes it tick.  At the very least, the All
Programs menu will have it (if not, you don't have it installed...).

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Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

[webmaster for Kracked Press Productions]

On 02/26/2011 07:56 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
There are sometimes other problems but it's fairly rare.  The easiest answer is
to uninstall OpenOffice since it is easy to reinstall if you ever want to
return.
Regards from
Tom :)


Hey Tom,

With all the work on the Americas DVD project and the upgrading its 
pages with the change from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1, I forget till a few hours ago 
to upgrade my systems to this new versions.  I tested the Vista laptop 
with the install a Thursday[?] but forgot to do my Ubuntu desktop.


By the By - The Vista reinstall from .0 to .1 went off with not problems 
at all.


Tim L.



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[libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

[NoOp]

On 02/26/2011 04:56 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

> 
>>** Reply to message from Vic Dura ...
> 
>> Thanks Cliff.  Has anyone here run into a problem installing LO 3.3.1
>> over OO 3.3.0 on a Windows system?  If so, would you care to mention
>> what the problem/solution was?
...
Note: Tom fix (or change) your email client. Your posts do not show
proper attributions or quote indicators. You've already been advised on
how to do this.

> 
> There are sometimes other problems but it's fairly rare.  The easiest answer 
> is 
> to uninstall OpenOffice since it is easy to reinstall if you ever want to 
> return.

It is *not* rare. In fact it is common. Please see:


and particularly:





That is why there is a release note regarding this issue:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/

I suggest that you've not actually installed and tested OOo and LO on a
Windows system. If you have (installed) you certainly haven't paid any
attention to application icons, defaults, associations et al. Please do
not continue to advise that OOo and LO easily coexist together on a
Windows system, particularly when the release notes advise against doing
so for the very reasons I've pointed out above.



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[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Base in 3.3.1

[Tractor]

I gave this a try at home tonight. First I removed all Java (Iced Tea and
Sun). From the Software sources in the update manager, I added the two
lines:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu
Maverick Main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu
Maverick Main 
I unchecked third party sources.
When I ran update, I got the following:
Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu/dists/Maverick/Main/source/Sources.gz
 
404  Not Found
Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu/dists/Maverick/Main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
 
404  Not Found
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones
used instead.


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)

A few Windows users have been talking about "The Bat" email client but it is 
Windows-only (i think) so i haven't played around with it.
Regards from
Tom :)





From: Ken Springer 
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 4:32:02
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Accessing the mailing list

On 2011-02-25 15:52:13 -0700, MR ZenWiz said:

> Evolution is part of Gnome, but I'm pretty sure it is available for
> all platforms.  I'd go check the Gnome home and see, or just Google
> for it.

On the Evolution download page, no installers, packages, etc. seem to be 
available there.  Only source code for those who wish to build their own 
program.

Definitely not into that kind of computing any more.


Ken
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Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

[Tom Davies]

From: Vic Dura 
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 10:30:51
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:24:25 -0600, "Cliff Scott" 
wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1:

>** Reply to message from Vic Dura  on Fri, 25 Feb 2011
>20:31:03 -0600
>> 
>> On a WinXP system, can LibreOffice 3.3.1 be installed over OpenOffice
>> 3.3.0?
>
>Sure can. I did it at work. I know that some have apparently had bad
>experiences so you have to evaluate that possibility, but I have both OOo and
>LO installed on XP at work and the install over the top went without problem.
>BTW, I also did it at home on W2K. Note - I do not use Quickstarter so no
>conflict there.

Thanks Cliff.  Has anyone here run into a problem installing LO 3.3.1
over OO 3.3.0 on a Windows system?  If so, would you care to mention
what the problem/solution was?

Thanks


Hi :)

There are sometimes other problems but it's fairly rare.  The easiest answer is 
to uninstall OpenOffice since it is easy to reinstall if you ever want to 
return.
Regards from
Tom :)



  
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[Tom Davies]

Ahhh, now i see the problem at last.  Please ignore my other posts in this 
thread. (Thanks Luuk)
Regards from
Tom :)





From: Luuk 
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 10:41:09
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

On 26-02-11 11:35, plino wrote:
> Indeed there is a lot of work... I just found another bug: typing =now() in
> a cell shows the value instead of a date (of course you can format it
> yourself...)

But if you make the column wider, it changes the '40600,48653' to
'26-02-11 11:40'.



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Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)

You get a small list with a separator near the bottom with the last option 
being 
something like "more options" or "other programs" or something and that should 
give a much longer list.  Is LibreOffice or Writer not in there?
Regards from
Tom :)





From: Mark Stanton 
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 19:50:51
Subject: Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 
install.

Hi MR ZenWiz,

> Two possible solutions (in Windows Explorer):
> 
> 1) Right-click on a file of the type you want to move from default OO
> to LO, select "Open With" and "Choose Program..." then select LO and
> be sure to check the box "Always use this program"

That's what I mean.  When I do this I *don't* get offered LO, only OO.


> 2) Click "Tools" and "Folder options...", then click on the "File
> Types" tab, find your way to the file type(s) you want to change and
> set all of them there.

I assume this would give me the same issue.

I s'pose I ought to be able to look for the LO executable.  However, with the 
installation of LO3.3.1 the has now gone away

Regards
Mark Stanton
One small step for mankind...



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Re: Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)

Yes, ZenWiz's description is much more accurate than mine for Windows.  Usually 
the "dozens of different file types" is really mainly only 3 or so for most 
users.  Installers usually end with a tick-box option to grab all possible 
file-types so that's the easiest way to get them all (including the rare ones).
Regards from
Tom :)





From: Eli 
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 20:17:37
Subject: Re: Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 
3.3.1 
install.

The installation instructions for OOo4Kids say that you can have OOo4Kids and 
OOo on the same machine, but only one program will get the "file associations" 
that enable you to double-click on a document to open Writer, Calc, or 
whatever. 
Presumably we can go whole hog and install OOo4Kids, OOoLite, OOo, LibO, 
BrOffice, etc., on one machine, but only one of these automatically gets the 
file associations. Each suite steals all the associations (except for MS Word, 
Excel and Powerpoint if you reserved those). Therefore the last one installed 
rules the roost.

When you think about it, this is the Right Way for it to work.

ZenWiz's method works, but there are dozens of file types involved, and you may 
have to do it over again after an update or upgrade. It is simpler, and perhaps 
faster, to re-install the one you want to have the file associations.

Have fun!

On 2:59 pm, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Mark Stanton  wrote:
>> This might be a "thread hijack" (sorry), but I've not been able to
>> set LO to be my default for opening... Anything at all.  Windows (XP
>> Home) doesn't offer it to me at all, only OO.  Yes, I do have both
>> still installed, but...
>> 
> Two possible solutions (in Windows Explorer):
> 
> 1) Right-click on a file of the type you want to move from default OO
> to LO, select "Open With" and "Choose Program..." then select LO and
> be sure to check the box "Always use this program"
> 
> 2) Click "Tools" and "Folder options...", then click on the "File
> Types" tab, find your way to the file type(s) you want to change and
> set all of them there.
> 
> There's also a way to do this from the Control Panel, but I forget that one.
> 

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)

If you type any number that is too long for a cell then it usually just fills 
the cell with  marks.  Words will generally overlap other cells unless 
those 
cells and then the writing gets truncated but you see the first few letters.  I 
can't test the "now()" function until Thursday unless i get a call-out before 
then.  


I tend to think that most programs are not "good" or "bad".  Generally there 
are 
certain circumstances that fit some programs better than others.  MS products 
are heavy and only recently been ported to systems other than reasonably new 
desktop machines running Windows.  LibreOffice runs on at least 4 operating 
systems (counting all linux distros as 1 and all BSDs as another 1) and a much 
wider variety of machines of various ages, sizes and types.  


Regards from
Tom :)






From: plino 
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 21:51:29
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

Hi Tom

I'm sorry to say but you are wrong on this one. LibO and OOo don't
auto-resize but Excel does.

Just type =now() on any cell and watch one of the reasons why Excel is the
number one spreadsheet bar none ;)

Cheers,
Pedro

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace non printing characters

[T. R. Valentine]

On 26 February 2011 17:24, T. R. Valentine  wrote:
> On 26 February 2011 15:20, dsmithnc6zgr7  wrote:
>> Is there a way to enter non-printing characters like tab indicators in
>> documents?
>
> You can see such non-printing characters in Writer by using View /
> Nonprinting characters or (at least in Windows) the key combination of
> Ctrl+F10.
>
> If that isn't what you mean, please clarify.

Oops ... I should have paid attention to the subject line.

When you open the Find & Replace dialog box, click the 'More Options'
button and place a check mark in the 'Regular expressions' box. A list
of expressions can be found at
http://help.libreoffice.org/Common/List_of_Regular_Expressions


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Re: Re: [libreoffice-users] [LO 3.3.1] Crash upon update extension -- EMULATE FIREFOX!

[besr2010-prg]

The problem was at least indentified, is the unoxmlmi.dll.
Like a previous post, a interim solution was replace the unoxmlmi.dll from 
OpenOffice 3.3 version in LO 3.3.1

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33701





De: Eli 
Para: users@libreoffice.org
Enviado: sáb,26 febrero, 2011 16:57
Asunto: Re: Re: [libreoffice-users] [LO 3.3.1] Crash upon update extension -- 
EMULATE FIREFOX!

In my experience this problem has existed for years in OOo.

In OOo, I select Help \ Check for update, and OOo *always* reports "update 
failed". This happens even when there is a newer stable release on the download 
page. In LibO 3.3.x Help \ Check for update tool is missing altogether -- I 
take 

this as an admission that it was buggy and will be fixed by the by.

In OOo, I select Tools \ Extension Manager \ Check for Updates. Half the time 
OOo reports "update failed". When it did show a list of updates, sometimes they 
came down, sometimes they did not. In LibO 3.3.x, Tools \ Extension Manager \ 
Check for updates *always* causes LibO to crash, with an offer to save the open 
documents. (Usually I update with no open documents -- why tempt evil gods?)

So the LibO developers have their work cut out on the whole update mess. If I 
can put my two cents in, I would prioritize it this way:

1. Make sure that update checking actually identifies whether updates are 
available. If so, offer to link to the update page for manual downloading and 
installing (which is better than crashing). If not, report that.

2. When that works dependably, the update checker should download the update 
package and offer to install manually.

3. Make an option in the Tools \ Options box for automatic notification of 
updates. The notice should provide you with a button to download and install. 
This way you will usually learn about an update the first time you open LibO 
after an update is posted.

4. The option in the Tools \ Options box should allow the option for 
downloading 

in the background. When the download is ready, A dialog should appear with a 
button to install the update.

5. At least for updates and minor upgrades, you should download just the 
changed 

files, Registry entries, settings, etc. This will greatly decrease your 
bandwidth requirements, saving money for TDF and time for us users.

Emulate the Firefox update system! Get someone from Mozilla to help.

These changes will help users keep their LibO up-to-date and bug-free. As you 
increase use of Java and VBA, it will help fight malware. It will also help to 
distinguish LibO from OOo.


  

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace non printing characters

[Clio]

26.02.2011 17:20, dsmithnc6zgr7 пишет:

Is there a way to enter non-printing characters like tab indicators in
documents?

Dick


Regular expressions, i.e., \t - for tab?
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Writer

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace non printing characters

[T. R. Valentine]

On 26 February 2011 15:20, dsmithnc6zgr7  wrote:
> Is there a way to enter non-printing characters like tab indicators in
> documents?

You can see such non-printing characters in Writer by using View /
Nonprinting characters or (at least in Windows) the key combination of
Ctrl+F10.

If that isn't what you mean, please clarify.



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Can fields and their input list be added globally?

[Sebastian G.]

Am 26.02.2011 23:29, schrieb TomW:

> bastik:

> Try recording a macro that creates the field with the desired input list.
> I found I could record a macro that would accomplish this.

> One can then assign a shortcut key to the macro.

> Tom

Thank you Tom. That works for me.


For others:
Note that the macro recorder seems to be an experimental feature. So you
have to enable such features in LO. "Tools > Libre Office > General"

The hotkey(s) can be assigned at "Tools > Customize > [Keyboard] > Category"

Thanks again.

Regards,
bastik

27 Feb 2011, 00:15 (+0100) (unsigned)


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[libreoffice-users] Find/Replace non printing characters

[dsmithnc6zgr7]

Is there a way to enter non-printing characters like tab indicators in
documents?

Dick

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with Base in 3.3.1

[Don C. Myers]

Hi,

Most of today was spent working on a network and on two printers. Plus 
our Internet connection was down all morning! :(  I'm computered out at 
the moment!! When I'm back in the office on Monday I will give this 
a try.


Don

Thank you so much for your assistance.

On 02/25/2011 04:14 PM, csc...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, sun-java6-bin and sun-java6-jre were both there in Synaptic for 
me.  I do have 
*http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu 
Maverick Main* as a source for Maverick for both deb and deb-src.  
Perhaps it came from there.  You can try to add those two sources.  
However, you may be able to install by using sudo apt-get install 
sun-java6-bin from a terminal.


On 02/25/2011 03:55 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
Thank you for the help. I do know that the Java 1.6.0_24 update came 
through about the same time as I did the LibreOffice upgrade. So it 
may have just been coincidence that I had the problem with 
LibreOffice 3.3.1 and not 3.3.0.


I completely uninstalled Java 1.6.0_24 and unchecked the Partner 
software source. I actually had several of those. However, when I go 
back to find sun-java6-bin using synaptic it isn't there. I did do a 
refresh of the repositories before I tried to find it. I would 
appreciate knowing where you found it.


Thank you.

Don

On 02/25/2011 03:34 PM, csc...@gmail.com wrote:

Don,

I had exactly the same problem.  Mine actually started with OOo Base 
when Sun Java was upgraded to 1.6.20.  I upgraded Sun Java to 
1.6.22, and that fixed the problem.  Then I switched to LibreOffice 
and all was still okay.  But Sun Java was upgraded to 1.6.24, and 
the problem was back big time.


I tried to install 1.6.22 from the debs, but I kept getting a broken 
package, even after completely removing 1.6.24.  So here's how I 
solved it.


I removed the Partners software source (only unchecked it), removed 
1.6.24, installed Sun Java (sun-java6-bin) which gave me 1.6.21.  My 
performance problem was resolved.


I don't know whether the bug is in Java or Libreoffice (and OOo as 
well), but I sent a message to the Libreoffice folks in this mailing 
list suggesting they determine where it was because it can deter 
people from using Libreoffice in a production environment.  I have 
received no response, so I do not know the status.


On 02/25/2011 11:50 AM, Don C. Myers wrote:

Hi,

I used Open Office from the time it was in beta. When LibreOffice 
3.3.0 came out, I switched. I applaud what the document foundation 
is doing.


Two days ago I upgraded to LibreOffice 3.3.1. I'm running it on 
Ubuntu 10.10 on 4 computers and all 4 have the same issue. There is 
a major bug in the base program which did not exist in 3.3.0. I 
have a database with about 2400 records. The form opens a little 
bit slowly. But the BIG problem is if I try to go to the end of the 
database in the form once it opens, it takes anywhere from 30 to 60 
seconds depending on the speed of the computer. I thought it might 
be a java issue, so in tools/options/java I checked my java 
versions. I had the most recent one from Ubuntu, which is 1.6.0_24, 
and it also showed 1.6.0_20 was installed. 1.6.0_24 was the one 
selected by default. I selected the 1.6.0_20 and tried it. I had 
the same issue. I then deleted Iced Tea, and the older version of 
java, 1.6.0_20, so that the only java on my one system is 1.6.0_24. 
Nothing I did made any difference to resolve this issue. The 
database worked perfectly in 3.3.0 on all of the computers.


Any assistance you can give would be greatly appreciated. The 
database is very important in my work, and it is almost unusable in 
this version.


Thank you.

Don










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Re: [libreoffice-users] Can fields and their input list be added globally?

[TomW]

On 2011-02-26 13:17, Sebastian G.  wrote:

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Can fields and their input list be added globally?
This applies to Writer.

With "Insert>  Fields" it is possible to add a field that contains a
list of possible selections.

Like a field with name "Level" and the input list:
"Important"
"When Idle"
"High"
"Low"

What I'm looking for is that this field (and any other) can be used in
any document (old or new). So that this field with the input list can be
added to a document without recreating the input list.

Something like user presets. Does something like that exist? I couldn't
find any setting to set them globally.

Thank you!

Regards,
bastik

26 Feb 2011, 19:17 (+0100)

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bastik:

Try recording a macro that creates the field with the desired input list.
I found I could record a macro that would accomplish this.

One can then assign a shortcut key to the macro.

Tom




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[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[plino]

Hi Tom

I'm sorry to say but you are wrong on this one. LibO and OOo don't
auto-resize but Excel does.

Just type =now() on any cell and watch one of the reasons why Excel is the
number one spreadsheet bar none ;)

Cheers,
Pedro

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Re: Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

[Eli]

The installation instructions for OOo4Kids say that you can have 
OOo4Kids and OOo on the same machine, but only one program will get the 
"file associations" that enable you to double-click on a document to 
open Writer, Calc, or whatever. Presumably we can go whole hog and 
install OOo4Kids, OOoLite, OOo, LibO, BrOffice, etc., on one machine, 
but only one of these automatically gets the file associations. Each 
suite steals all the associations (except for MS Word, Excel and 
Powerpoint if you reserved those). Therefore the last one installed 
rules the roost.


When you think about it, this is the Right Way for it to work.

ZenWiz's method works, but there are dozens of file types involved, and 
you may have to do it over again after an update or upgrade. It is 
simpler, and perhaps faster, to re-install the one you want to have the 
file associations.


Have fun!

On 2:59 pm, MR ZenWiz wrote:

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Mark Stanton  wrote:

This might be a "thread hijack" (sorry), but I've not been able to
set LO to be my default for opening... Anything at all.  Windows (XP
Home) doesn't offer it to me at all, only OO.  Yes, I do have both
still installed, but...


Two possible solutions (in Windows Explorer):

1) Right-click on a file of the type you want to move from default OO
to LO, select "Open With" and "Choose Program..." then select LO and
be sure to check the box "Always use this program"

2) Click "Tools" and "Folder options...", then click on the "File
Types" tab, find your way to the file type(s) you want to change and
set all of them there.

There's also a way to do this from the Control Panel, but I forget that one.



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Post is not showing up

[Lisi]

On Friday 25 February 2011 19:41:54 Ron Gregor wrote:
> That's because I sent the email yesterday. That's why I was asking how long
> it takes for posts to show up. I don't know what is causing the delay but
> if you multiple post from me it was because after so long I tried to resend
> it.

Ron -

I think that your subscription failed for some reason and you are being 
moderated.  Hence the delay.

Lisi

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Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

[Michel Gagnon]

Le 2011-02-26 05:30, Vic Dura a écrit :


Thanks Cliff.  Has anyone here run into a problem installing LO 3.3.1
over OO 3.3.0 on a Windows system?  If so, would you care to mention
what the problem/solution was?

Thanks



No problem here. I do have OOo 3.3.0 (either final or one of the last 
RCs) and have installed LibreOffice 3.0 without any problems. I upgraded 
one to LO 3.3.1 without any problems too. All this on two Windows 7 
64-bit systems and on one Windows XP system. QuickStart is off on all 
machines and had been throughout all installation, and I think the key 
point.


One problematic aspect, at least on Windows, is that OpenOffice turns on 
QuickStart by default. So the unsuspecting user may try to install 
LibreOffice on a machine that has QuickStart on, and then run into issues.


Until LibreOffice uses different application names for all its internal 
modules (it it ever happens), would it be possible to modify the 
installer so that it either:

– stops all versions of QuickStart (LO and OOo) before installation,
– puts a warning message asking the user to stop QuickStart before 
proceeding?


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[libreoffice-users] UPDATE - writer2latex and java errors on LO 3.3.1 on OSX 10.6

[Marc Grober]

I have subsequently gone back in and returned the  entry to
Apple Inc. (from Apple Computer Inc.) - Now I can install new oxt files,
the zotero plugin still works, but I still cannot remove the zip file
from the listing.

Now I have the export features that writer2latex offers, but I can't
delete the zip -

so what is the story about integrating into core the writer2 features?

*
In moving to LO3.3 I understood that writer2latex would be incorporated,
but the export options on OSX that would be available are not included
(in fact there are only two export format options as compared to the
extensive list I am used to under OOo)

In any event,  I had changed the  java tag in my OSX 3.3
installation so that zotero plugin worked (it still works under 3.3.1)
and then upgraded via overlay install to 3.3.1

I then download the current extension package for writer2latex and
mistakenly added its zip to LO (as I recall this feature - adding from
zip as opposed to oxt - worked in OOo) however, apparently the zip is
not just a zip of an oxt and at this point a) I can't remove that zip
from the extension manager, and b) I now get a java error when trying to
add the oxt files ([Java framework] Error in function getPluginLibrary

Newer installs show up as in extension manager but not working and they
can be removed,  but I can't fully install any oxt files and the
writer2latex zip still can't be removed

Can someone tell me what I can do to manually delete and rebuild the
listing or otherwise clean the extension list,  and resolve the java
error b arring the install of new oxt files...


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[libreoffice-users] writer2latex and java errors on LO 3.3.1 on OSX 10.6

[Marc Grober]

In moving to LO3.3 I understood that writer2latex would be incorporated,
but the export options on OSX that would be available are not included
(in fact there are only two export format options as compared to the
extensive list I am used to under OOo)

In any event,  I had changed the  java tag in my OSX 3.3
installation so that zotero plugin worked (it still works under 3.3.1)
and then upgraded via overlay install to 3.3.1

I then download the current extension package for writer2latex and
mistakenly added its zip to LO (as I recall this feature - adding from
zip as opposed to oxt - worked in OOo) however, apparently the zip is
not just a zip of an oxt and at this point a) I can't remove that zip
from the extension manager, and b) I now get a java error when trying to
add the oxt files ([Java framework] Error in function getPluginLibrary

Newer installs show up as in extension manager but not working and they
can be removed,  but I can't fully install any oxt files and the
writer2latex zip still can't be removed

Can someone tell me what I can do to manually delete and rebuild the
listing or otherwise clean the extension list,  and resolve the java
error b arring the install of new oxt files...

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Re: Re: [libreoffice-users] [LO 3.3.1] Crash upon update extension -- EMULATE FIREFOX!

[Eli]

In my experience this problem has existed for years in OOo.

In OOo, I select Help \ Check for update, and OOo *always* reports 
"update failed". This happens even when there is a newer stable release 
on the download page. In LibO 3.3.x Help \ Check for update tool is 
missing altogether -- I take this as an admission that it was buggy and 
will be fixed by the by.


In OOo, I select Tools \ Extension Manager \ Check for Updates. Half the 
time OOo reports "update failed". When it did show a list of updates, 
sometimes they came down, sometimes they did not. In LibO 3.3.x, Tools \ 
Extension Manager \ Check for updates *always* causes LibO to crash, 
with an offer to save the open documents. (Usually I update with no open 
documents -- why tempt evil gods?)


So the LibO developers have their work cut out on the whole update mess. 
If I can put my two cents in, I would prioritize it this way:


1. Make sure that update checking actually identifies whether updates 
are available. If so, offer to link to the update page for manual 
downloading and installing (which is better than crashing). If not, 
report that.


2. When that works dependably, the update checker should download the 
update package and offer to install manually.


3. Make an option in the Tools \ Options box for automatic notification 
of updates. The notice should provide you with a button to download and 
install. This way you will usually learn about an update the first time 
you open LibO after an update is posted.


4. The option in the Tools \ Options box should allow the option for 
downloading in the background. When the download is ready, A dialog 
should appear with a button to install the update.


5. At least for updates and minor upgrades, you should download just the 
changed files, Registry entries, settings, etc. This will greatly 
decrease your bandwidth requirements, saving money for TDF and time for 
us users.


Emulate the Firefox update system! Get someone from Mozilla to help.

These changes will help users keep their LibO up-to-date and bug-free. 
As you increase use of Java and VBA, it will help fight malware. It will 
also help to distinguish LibO from OOo.


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Merge File

[Mark Stanton]

Hi Alex,

> No, I think this is a bug. If you update the data source file, in this
> case your CSV file, it should also update the data available for the
> merge next time around. I seem to recall that this may already have been
> filed as a bug report, but for an SQL statement as a datasource instead
> of a CSV file.

Ah, ok, great.  I'll have another clear look at it (mebbe it's fixed in 
3.3.1?) And if it's still a problem I'll check the bug reports and report 
it if it's not already there.

Many thanks
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Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install.

[Mark Stanton]

Hi MR ZenWiz,

> Two possible solutions (in Windows Explorer):
> 
> 1) Right-click on a file of the type you want to move from default OO
> to LO, select "Open With" and "Choose Program..." then select LO and
> be sure to check the box "Always use this program"

That's what I mean.  When I do this I *don't* get offered LO, only OO.


> 2) Click "Tools" and "Folder options...", then click on the "File
> Types" tab, find your way to the file type(s) you want to change and
> set all of them there.

I assume this would give me the same issue.

I s'pose I ought to be able to look for the LO executable.  However, with the 
installation of LO3.3.1 the has now gone away

Regards
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[libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

[giga]

krackedpress wrote:
> 
> On 02/26/2011 08:46 AM, giga wrote:
>> still the same installing 3.3.1
>>
> Do you have OOo and LibreOffice on the same computer, with OOo being 
> installed first?
> 
> 
Yes, OOo has been installed first. 

The OOo-Link  http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n2583335/oo.jpg 

http://update.services.openoffice.org/ooo/index.html?cid=920899

opens only once in the final phase of the installation procedure


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

[webmaster for Kracked Press Productions]

On 02/26/2011 12:45 PM, Marc Grober wrote:

btw, I did not find an updated tool inside LO 3.3 (OSX) though the OOo fork 
that I had been using beforehand did have one (PC) - though it installed over 
3.3 without any problem, an automated update is, well, warm and fuzzy. Will 
that be coming back?
I did not see one when I was downloading the 3.3.1 files to update the 
DVD project I am working on.  I did notice that the MacOSX installs now 
include the en-US language pack, instead of installing it separately for 
the 3.3.0 version.


The "funny" thing was I had the install page on the DVD project almost 
finalized and the next day I had download the 3.3.1 files and update the 
links, plus upload all those file to the demo DVD pages online.


http://www.lungstrom.com/libreoffice-dvd-project/LibreOffice-disc-North-American-DVD/install.html

I do like the "warm and fuzzy" approach for updating my system, but for 
now I am going to do the full installs of the LibreOffice updates, 
instead of going though the repository updates with Ubuntu [11.4 and 
beyond] when they come out.


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[libreoffice-users] Can fields and their input list be added globally?

[Sebastian G.]

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Can fields and their input list be added globally?
This applies to Writer.

With "Insert > Fields" it is possible to add a field that contains a
list of possible selections.

Like a field with name "Level" and the input list:
"Important"
"When Idle"
"High"
"Low"

What I'm looking for is that this field (and any other) can be used in
any document (old or new). So that this field with the input list can be
added to a document without recreating the input list.

Something like user presets. Does something like that exist? I couldn't
find any setting to set them globally.

Thank you!

Regards,
bastik

26 Feb 2011, 19:17 (+0100)

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

[Marc Grober]

btw, I did not find an updated tool inside LO 3.3 (OSX) though the OOo fork 
that I had been using beforehand did have one (PC) - though it installed over 
3.3 without any problem, an automated update is, well, warm and fuzzy. Will 
that be coming back?
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[Luuk]

On 26-02-11 18:21, Tom Davies wrote:
> Replies are at the bottom of threads ...
>
>
> That doesn't make any sense, does it? The format of the values depends on the
> width of the cell??? 
>
> There are only two logical options: 1) the cell width is automatically
> adjusted to show the whole data (as Excel does) or 2) the data is correctly
> formatted (in this case in the DATE TIME format) and only part is shown
> (depending on the width of the column). The user must manually adjust the
> column width.
>
>
>
> Hi :)
>
> I think there is some mis-understanding of the original problem or something. 
>  
> Neither Excel nor Calc automatically adjust column-width unless you 
> deliberately 
> take action.  There are a lot of actions that can change widths but for the 
> result described the easiest would be to double-click on the | dividing 
> columns 
> up above the data.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
No, the problem is that the layout changes when the column-width is changed.
It changes from 'number' to 'date'

And, of course, we know that one can double-click to change the width,
but that was not the discussion

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[Tom Davies]

Replies are at the bottom of threads ...





From: plino 
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 11:01:56
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

That doesn't make any sense, does it? The format of the values depends on the
width of the cell??? 

There are only two logical options: 1) the cell width is automatically
adjusted to show the whole data (as Excel does) or 2) the data is correctly
formatted (in this case in the DATE TIME format) and only part is shown
(depending on the width of the column). The user must manually adjust the
column width.



Hi :)

I think there is some mis-understanding of the original problem or something.  
Neither Excel nor Calc automatically adjust column-width unless you 
deliberately 
take action.  There are a lot of actions that can change widths but for the 
result described the easiest would be to double-click on the | dividing columns 
up above the data.
Regards from
Tom :)



  
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

[Tom Davies]

Replies are mostly at the bottom of threads ...





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Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

On 02/26/2011 08:46 AM, giga wrote:
> still the same installing 3.3.1
> 
Do you have OOo and LibreOffice on the same computer, with OOo being installed 
first?

With Ubuntu, even if LibreOffice was the resent installed package that used 
those document formats as their default, until I either removed OOo or I use 
"right-click/open with" option, it will default to OOo.  Since I no longer use 
OOo, I removed it off my computer.  I know there is a way to change the default 
programs that launch the individual file formats, but I do not remember what it 
is.  Maybe you will have to do a similar "open with" option to choose which 
program you need, but maybe you will have to link it directly to the "Program" 
folder's .exe files for Writer, Calc, Impress, etc..

This may be needed every time you add another package that uses the ODF 
formats, 
but hopefully with Windows you will not need to do it after you install an 
upgrade to LibreOffice and already have the default launching programs set for 
LibreOffice.



Hi :)
In almost all operating systems (just excluding Mac) you can change the default 
program that opens specific formats of documents by finding one of those 
documents and right-click.

The first "Open with ..." you can see directly in the right-click menu only 
affects the current opening this time but leaves the default unchanged.  Go 
down 
to "Properties" at the bottom of the right-click menu and find the deeper "Open 
with ..." in there to change the default.  


Once the default is changed then simply double-clicking on that format will 
open 
document in the newly selected program but "Open with ..." still appears in the 
right-click menu and now it will offer more intelligent programs first without 
you needing to dig around so deeply for the right ones.  


Certain files will still try to open with the previous program because even 
files with the same extension (such as ".doc") might still be a slightly 
different format.  So, you might have to repeat the process 2 or 3 times 
although the 1st time you do this will have covered perhaps 95% of the 
documents 
you normally use.

Uninstalling the program you don't want to use any more (at least for a while) 
does shift the default for all appropriate formats.  Very very rarely i have 
had 
a machine misbehave a bit but convincing it using the above method nudges it 
back into behaving on those rare exceptions.

In Windows uninstalling a program tends to leave traces of the program laying 
around in various places but there is no safe way of removing all traces.  
"Registry Cleaners" tend to be malware or can cause unexpected problems and 
reinstalling Windows is likely to lose valued data and documents.

The main problem with uninstalling programs in Windows is if you ever need to 
re-install them.  Finding the licence/product key/code and the "proper" Cd/dvd 
to install from is all very difficult.  However, OpenOffice and LibreOffice are 
both free and can be installed from a variety of media including over the 
internet so it is not the worry that most Windows programs are.  Just uninstall 
and re-install later if required :)

Regards from
Tom :)



  
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

[webmaster for Kracked Press Productions]

On 02/26/2011 08:46 AM, giga wrote:

still the same installing 3.3.1

Do you have OOo and LibreOffice on the same computer, with OOo being 
installed first?


With Ubuntu, even if LibreOffice was the resent installed package that 
used those document formats as their default, until I either removed OOo 
or I use "right-click/open with" option, it will default to OOo.  Since 
I no longer use OOo, I removed it off my computer.  I know there is a 
way to change the default programs that launch the individual file 
formats, but I do not remember what it is.  Maybe you will have to do a 
similar "open with" option to choose which program you need, but maybe 
you will have to link it directly to the "Program" folder's .exe files 
for Writer, Calc, Impress, etc..


This may be needed every time you add another package that uses the ODF 
formats, but hopefully with Windows you will not need to do it after you 
install an upgrade to LibreOffice and already have the default launching 
programs set for LibreOffice.


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[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Base in 3.3.1

[cscj01]

Don,

As I mentioned earlier, if you add the source(s) I mentioned , I think
you'll get a version of Sun Java that works, namely 1.6.0_21.  I can say for
sure that 1.6.0_20 does not work.  That is when my performance problems
started in OOo, and I'm sure they will be there in LO because so much of the
code is common at this point.  When I upgraded to 1.6.0_22, the problems
went away (see here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1642858).  So
you either need 1.6.0_21 or 1.6.0_22.  I tried unsuccessfully to install
1.6.0_22 from the debs (see here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1694448).

If you refresh your sources with Partners still a source, you will only get
1.6.0_24.  However, if you remove Partners as a source and add the PPA in my
previous post, you will get 1.6.0_21.  You should use Synaptic to completely
remove sun-java6-bin and sun-java6-jre before installing sun-java6-bin from
the PPA.

So, do the following:
(1) Un-install sun-java6-bin;
(2) remove Partners as a source;
(3)  add the following two lines to your software sources:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu
Maverick Main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu
Maverick Main
(4) install sun-java6-bin.

You should now have version 1.6.0_21

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[libreoffice-users] Re: OOo link opens during LibO install

[giga]

still the same installing 3.3.1

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[Luuk]

On 26-02-11 12:01, plino wrote:
> That doesn't make any sense, does it? The format of the values depends on the
> width of the cell??? 
>
> There are only two logical options: 1) the cell width is automatically
> adjusted to show the whole data (as Excel does) or 2) the data is correctly
> formatted (in this case in the DATE TIME format) and only part is shown
> (depending on the width of the column). The user must manually adjust the
> column width.
>
I hyjacked a bug which was, in my opinion, related
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33689

and tried to explain this behaviour... ;)

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Luuk

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[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[plino]

That doesn't make any sense, does it? The format of the values depends on the
width of the cell??? 

There are only two logical options: 1) the cell width is automatically
adjusted to show the whole data (as Excel does) or 2) the data is correctly
formatted (in this case in the DATE TIME format) and only part is shown
(depending on the width of the column). The user must manually adjust the
column width.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[Luuk]

On 26-02-11 11:35, plino wrote:
> Indeed there is a lot of work... I just found another bug: typing =now() in
> a cell shows the value instead of a date (of course you can format it
> yourself...)

But if you make the column wider, it changes the '40600,48653' to
'26-02-11 11:40'.



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[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[plino]

T.R. Valentine

When you open a tab delimited file in Excel it automatically recognizes the
data types. Therefore your string e.g. 2011-02-26 10:23:47 is correctly
interpreted as a value. Therefore it is natural that using FIND, VALUE, LEFT
or any other functions would not work.

As I said in the previous post you need to use other functions.

LibO and OOo don't have any problem with tab delimited files. The only
difference is that you can not Open a tab delimited file (otherwise it is
loaded in Writer). You need to Insert, Sheet from File.

Luuk

Indeed there is a lot of work... I just found another bug: typing =now() in
a cell shows the value instead of a date (of course you can format it
yourself...)

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Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

[Vic Dura]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:24:25 -0600, "Cliff Scott" 
wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1:

>** Reply to message from Vic Dura  on Fri, 25 Feb 2011
>20:31:03 -0600
>> 
>> On a WinXP system, can LibreOffice 3.3.1 be installed over OpenOffice
>> 3.3.0?
>
>Sure can. I did it at work. I know that some have apparently had bad
>experiences so you have to evaluate that possibility, but I have both OOo and
>LO installed on XP at work and the install over the top went without problem.
>BTW, I also did it at home on W2K. Note - I do not use Quickstarter so no
>conflict there.

Thanks Cliff.  Has anyone here run into a problem installing LO 3.3.1
over OO 3.3.0 on a Windows system?  If so, would you care to mention
what the problem/solution was?

Thanks

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

[Vic Dura]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:13:12 -0800, NoOp  wrote
Re [libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1:

>> 
>> On a WinXP system, can LibreOffice 3.3.1 be installed over OpenOffice
>> 3.3.0?
>> 
>
>It's an issue:
>http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/
>
>For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise
>uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type
>associations.
>

Thanks!

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc trumps Excel

[Luuk]

On 25-02-11 16:16, T. R. Valentine wrote:
> I used FIND to locate the space between the date and the time. I used LEFT
> to extract the characters prior to the space and when that did not produce
> a numerical value, I tried both VALUE and TIMEVALUE to convert it to a
> numerical value. Neither worked.

This seems to be correct, however

1)  A2  '=NOW()'
2)  B2  '=FIND(" ";A2;1)'
This gives problems, because the second parameter in FIND needs to be text.
The correct way to find the " " would be:
  '=FIND(" ";TEXT(A2;"DD-MM- UU:MM:SS";1);1)'

The "DD-MM- UU:MM:SS" is because my locale setting is Dutch

Hmz, what happens if i save this, change locate, and re-open this
doc.

Yes, Mr Valentine, you are right, there is a lot of work to be
done... :'(
I Think this should be filed as a bug, wonder how OO does do this.

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[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer Merge File

[Alexander Thurgood]

Le 25/02/11 15:19, Mark Stanton a écrit :

Hi Mark,

> After some experimenting it seems to me that if I set up a Writer 
> document to link to a csv file as its datasource it stays with 
> exactly that file.  If I try to include new data by making a new 
> version of the merge file (ie, exactly the same name), I don't get 
> the new data, only the old data.
> 
> Have I misunderstood, or observed wrongly, somewhere?

No, I think this is a bug. If you update the data source file, in this
case your CSV file, it should also update the data available for the
merge next time around. I seem to recall that this may already have been
filed as a bug report, but for an SQL statement as a datasource instead
of a CSV file.


Alex


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[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Base in 3.3.1

[Alexander Thurgood]

Le 25/02/11 21:55, Don C. Myers a écrit :
> Thank you for the help. I do know that the Java 1.6.0_24 update came
> through about the same time as I did the LibreOffice upgrade. So it may
> have just been coincidence that I had the problem with LibreOffice 3.3.1
> and not 3.3.0.
> 
> I completely uninstalled Java 1.6.0_24 and unchecked the Partner
> software source. I actually had several of those. However, when I go
> back to find sun-java6-bin using synaptic it isn't there. I did do a
> refresh of the repositories before I tried to find it. I would
> appreciate knowing where you found it.
> 

I have seen the slowness problem mentioned on two other lists now and
the apparent solution is to go back to 1.6.0_22 or earlier.

The 24 update only came through recently, since I update one of my
Ubuntu machines fairly regularly and it was installed this week, but I
haven't had a chance to see whether this will affect any of my existing
ODB files.

If you try typing in "java -version" in a terminal, what does it say ?
That will give you an idea of the JVM that is actually installed and
thereby point to the name of the packet. It may be that you have IcedTea
as a JVM instead of Sun JVM, or even OpenJDK.

Refreshing your repositories using synaptic will simply update the list
of available packets with the latest version, so finding an older JDK
through that is going to be hard to do. Either you have to find a
repository on the net that has the older version, and add that as a
software source, or you will have to download a package for the
particular version you want and install that (with whatever installation
mechanism they propose - installation script, dpkg -i, apt-get install
if it is a Ubuntu package, alien if RPM, etc). The problem is that you
will have to make sure that your regular system updates do not overwrite
the installed java version with another more recent one that may cause
the issue again, which, as an aside issue, will leave you vulnerable to
hacking exploits. Damned if you, damned if you don't - catch 22 !!


Alex






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