Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print t[w]o pages on a single side of paper

[Thomas Knierim]

already answered in the former mail (2:00 o'clock today)
Am 29.10.2011 um 02:33 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions:

> If you go to
> Print > Properties > Device
> you will see the printer language option
> I did not remember this either.
> 
> But I do wonder if PDF means something different here.
> 
> 
> On 10/28/2011 07:39 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
>> At 14:38 28/10/2011 +0200, Thomas Knierim wrote:
>>> The problem does only appear if the printer language is set to PDF (the 
>>> default) in LibreOffice.
>> 
>> PDF (Portable Document Format) is not a printer language but a document file 
>> format.  Is it possible that you mean PCL, HP's Printer Command Language?
>> 
>> Brian Barker
>> 
>> 
> 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

[Thomas Knierim]

Am 29.10.2011 um 01:59 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions:

> 
> Sorry, I just say the Device option tap showing PDF as the default.  I do not 
> know what "PDF" means in this context, since my printers may have that as a 
> printer language type, as far as I remember.  My HP Inkjet is not a 
> postscript printer, but my Color Laser might be able to deal with that.  I 
> did not see Postscript as an option for the Epson inkjet.  I sure did not 
> read it having a PDF language option.  So something is not right.  Could PDF 
> here mean "Printer Defined Format" for the language used?

... but in context with PS - I don't think that printer defined format is being 
used. In Linux printing works like this (I think) cups (common unix printing 
system) gets the data, converts them to PS, sends them to the rip and then to 
the Printer Driver (more on 
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/CUPS-printing.html#cups1).

> 
> Can the Postscript type "level from driver" be kept as the "default" option 
> somehow?  Maybe the "Printer Administration" shown was a module of LO 3.4 [at 
> least with Ubuntu]?  I believe that module of LO was designed to set up the 
> printers to run properly with LO.

I've searched around and found nothing. The only thing I found is to set a new 
Standard document where the printer Language is set to PS. But that effects 
only new document - not the old.

> 
> --
> 
> CUPS-PDF - no package for OpenSUSE?   I wondered what OpenSUSE uses as a 
> replacement package, so I looked it up on the site.
> 
> On the opensuse.org site, 12.1 is in RC till November 16th.  I searched the 
> packages and there are 3 rpm package files [depending on the computer] for 
> cups-pdf-2.5.1-1.1
> 
> If I read the site correctly, 12.1 is the "opensuse/factory" development 
> version since it still is in development till November 16th.  So the search 
> for the cups pdf package in that and the other version come up with a .rpm 
> file to download and install it.  So it should be in the OpenSUSE version of 
> a repository.
> 
> http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=cups+pdf&baseproject=openSUSE%3AFactory&lang=en&exclude_debug=true
> 
> I wonder why it was not part of the ISO that you downloaded to install 
> OpenSUSE?

No it isn't. But as far as I know package cups-pdf does only give me a 
pdf-printer.

> 
> Actually I had trouble with OpenSUSE, the one time I tried using it.  I have 
> an IBM server that originally had SUSE installed on it, so the icon tag 
> showed.  But I bought it with the OS, and everything else, wiped off the 3 
> SCSI drives that 2002 era P-4 IBM server had.  So I downloaded OpenSUSE [3 or 
> 4 years ago] and tried to install it, but it would not install.  So I ended 
> using an old copy of Win2000/pro till I ended up putting Ubuntu on it 2 years 
> ago.  So I never had any luck with OpenSUSE.  If they do not include, in 
> their ISOs, something as simple as the PDF package that is part of the CUPS 
> printer environment, I do not know what to think.  My Epson printer uses a 
> driver that uses CUPS as its backend so I can print using Linux computers.

Printing from all other programs, for example from the preview, works fine. I 
could create a pdf document from LibreOffice and print it - two pages on a 
sheet - with preview!

> 
> Do not get me wrong, OpenSUSE might be a great Linux OS, since businesses are 
> what it tends to be what it is marketed towards, but I just had one bad 
> experience and did not look back.  I use Ubuntu, and other people tell me to 
> try "such-n-such" Linux distro since they think it is the best you can get.  
> We have one person on this board that is involved in developing the  
> Mandriva, which was Mandrake.  I was taught Linux using Mandrake 7.x, back 10 
> to 11 years ago [if I remember correctly, and I still have a CD of it].  That 
> one is in the top 10 of the list of distros I came across on a distro watch 
> site.  OpenSUSE is on that list as well.  Arch Linux is considered an 
> advanced user distro while OpenSUSE is a "middle-of-the-road" one. Their 
> terms, not mine.  But we each have our favorite ones.  I have mine and you 
> have yours.  That it what it should be.

Offtopic - anyway: I'm often trying different distros (just for fun and) to see 
how they develop. Every distro has it's own pros and cons. (I haven't found a 
perfect distro for me). I'm going to check ubuntu again (last time was a year 
ago). But ubuntu is somehow proprietary which I dislike. And since I set up 
some computers for friends I'm always looking for a distro with actual software 
and long and good support - which is opensuse (do you know another?)

> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/28/2011 12:04 PM, Thomas Knierim wrote:
>> Hi
>> Am 28.10.2011 um 15:36 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions:
>> 
>>> I do not know about why PDF i

Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print t[w]o pages on a single side of paper

[Thomas Knierim]

No, I mean PDF. I think LibreOffice sends a PDF formated page to the printer 
driver. Maybe the page is malformed or the printer driver isn't working correct.

You can see the "printer language" if you open the print dialog, klick on the 
printer and then on properties you get a new window. Select the tab device and 
here you have the printer language PDF (don't know if the Words of the tab etc. 
are correct since I use a german version). Again: setting this to PostScript 
(Level of the Driver) resolves the problem - but that are too much clicks for a 
print job.

Am 29.10.2011 um 01:39 schrieb Brian Barker:

> At 14:38 28/10/2011 +0200, Thomas Knierim wrote:
>> The problem does only appear if the printer language is set to PDF (the 
>> default) in LibreOffice.
> 
> PDF (Portable Document Format) is not a printer language but a document file 
> format.  Is it possible that you mean PCL, HP's Printer Command Language?
> 
> Brian Barker
> 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] OO Base will not run in LO Base

[jorge]

Hi

If not other thing run, try to do this:

1) With Calc Ooo-Base, use Browser and select one by one all the tables
from the Ooo-Base db file.

2) Save the file as .ods
3) Then, in Lo-Base, connect (Browser-spreedshet) from .ods (I think
you can recover the tables.

At least you can recover the tables but you have to do again forms,
etc.

Regards,

Jorge Rodríguez
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El vie, 28-10-2011 a las 11:47 +0200, Ian Whitfield escribió:
> Hi All
> 
> I have written in on this subject before but got no 'real' answers and 
> it is now becoming urgent!!
> 
> I have a Database that I developed several years ago in OO. It runs well 
> and is used every day. I currently run it in OO (3.2.1). When LO first 
> came out I installed this on a second machine and tried to run my DB 
> with it but with no luck. I have had a tries as new versions of LO 
> became available but always no luck.
> 
> My second machine recently started to give problems so I moved 
> everything onto the main computer. I now have OO and LO (3.3.4) on the 
> same machine. It still refuses to run my DB. So I have to have my DB 
> open with OO and do my other work in LO. I have noticed a lot more 
> crashes and freezes and other strange behavior since having everything 
> on one machine. I read on the Forum just a day or so back that it is not 
> recommended to run both programs at the same time which is no doubt the 
> reason I'm seeing problems.
> 
> When I open LO Base it opens and shows me all my tables and forms etc. 
> But when I select 'Forms' to start the program LO just closes. It has 
> done this since the beginning!! If I do the same steps in OO it works fine!!
> 
> How can I transfer my DB to LO or what steps must I take to "convert" it 
> to LO format!!??? As I said this has now become a priority for me. If 
> this can not be done I will have to drop LO and stay with OO which I 
> don't want to do.
> 
> My OpSys is Linux Mint 10 KDE.
> 
> Thanks Guys - I hope at least one of you can supply me with an answer.
> 

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Text highlighting in LO Impress

[jorge]

Hi

Why not try to do it in Writer and then copy - paste to Impress, or
with a program to save an image of desktop you can select and paste as
an image on Impress.

Regards,

Jorge Rodríguez
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El vie, 28-10-2011 a las 23:34 +0300, v...@ukr.net escribió:
> Hello!
> 
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:26:22 +0100 (BST)
> Tom Davies  wrote:
> 
> > Hi :)
> > Once you have selected the words can you right-click and see what
> > options you have in there for formatting text?  I haven't tried it
> > but often when programs don't let you access their formatting
> > tool-bars you can still use a right-click menu (or keyboard
> > short-cuts such as Ctrl B to make things bold) Regards from Tom :)
> > 
>   Yes, you are right - there is a possibility to tune the text options
> via the right-click menu, but it doesn't let to change the background
> of separate words.
> 
>   And what seems even more strange to me is that there is a special
> button "text highlighting" in LO Writer, but there is no such button in
> LO Impress. I thought all the LO programs use the same component
> (widget) for text editing and thus should have the same functions, but
> now it turns out they don't.
>   Is it so?
> 
>   Regards,
> Vladimir
> 
> 
> - 
>  
> 

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[libreoffice-users] LO3.4.3 hangs on several occasions

[peabrain]

LibreOffice 3.4.3 running on Arch Linux hangs for extended periods whenever
certain things are done. For example, with a blank new document, the
following actions result in a hangup:

- trying to open the font window
- moving between the tabs in the paragraph window
- opening settings and moving between sections
- trying to load an odt document which Abiword opens just fine

The hangup can last for minutes, but resolves eventually.

I have disabled Java in LibreOffice and I have deleted my user profile. No
help whatsoever.

When I open LibreOffice and right-click on a new document, then try to open
the dialogue window for changing fonts, LibreOffice hangs and strace gives
something like this:

5289  05:31:56.241336 read(24, 0xa008108, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
5289  05:31:56.241414 poll([{fd=24, events=POLLIN}], 1, 1000) = 0 (Timeout)
5289  05:31:57.242597 gettimeofday({1319855517, 242643}, NULL) = 0
5289  05:31:57.242758 poll([{fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1
([{fd=24, revents=POLLOUT}])
5289  05:31:57.242945 writev(24, [{"\27\0\2\0\350\1\0\0", 8}, {NULL, 0},
{"", 0}], 3) = 8
5289  05:31:57.243128 poll([{fd=24, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=24,
revents=POLLIN}])
5289  05:31:57.243321 read(24,
"\1\0\224\0\0\0\0\0\36\1@\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096)
= 32
5289  05:31:57.243518 read(24, 0xa008108, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
5289  05:31:57.243680 read(24, 0xa008108, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource
temporarily unavailable)
5289  05:31:57.243843 futex(0x9794090, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL


After a few minutes the program starts to respond again, but may very well
hang again if I try to change something else, like paragraph settings.

This is really frustrating, but I can't figure out what's causing it. Any
ideas?

By the way, I can't remember what version of LibreOffice I was running
before 3.4.3, but this problem is quite new nevertheless. I've been using
LibreOffice for months.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OO Base will not run in LO Base

[David S. Crampton]

A common technique for testing data structures is to populate the data  
with "lorem ipsum" text.


See: www.lipsum.com.

You obtain the text, parse it and de-duplicate as necessary. Load it into  
your structures.


There are many advantages to this technique. In this case the db could be  
populated, fully functioning, and no personal data is interchanged.

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On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:20:59 -0700, Brian Barker  
 wrote:



At 17:58 28/10/2011 +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote:

Le 28/10/11 14:49, Ian Whitfield a écrit :
I would be happy to put my DB up for examination but I am _VERY_  
protective of the contents as it is all personal information of the  
Members in my Group and I don't want that getting into the 'wrong'  
hands!!


If you send me the ODB file in private [...], I can assure you it will  
remain confidential (I'm an attorney).


I'm always puzzled by this sort of claim.  The subjects of this personal  
information presumably expect that it will remain confidential: that is,  
not be distributed beyond the audience they anticipated when they  
provided the information.  If it gets to you, that expectation - that  
confidence - has already been betrayed.  It doesn't matter what you  
promise to do or not to do with the information: if you have it, it is  
no longer confidential.


Perhaps you think that confidentiality is respected if you undertake not  
to pass the information on to others.  But that idea fails too.  Suppose  
that I ask you for the information; following this argument, you would  
be justified in passing it on to me, provided I promised also to keep it  
confidential - presumably meaning that I would not pass it further.  But  
there is nothing to stop me then making use of the same exception that  
you have applied.  Do you see where the argument is leading?  By this  
theory, it is perfectly permissible for everybody on the planet to see  
the information, provided they all undertake to keep the information  
"confidential" - with this new, looser, useless meaning.


When I offer someone information in confidence, I expect that it will go  
no further - not even to the recipient's lawyer, let alone someone  
else's.  But you are by no means alone: many people think they can  
betray any secret as long as they are assured that the next person will  
behave the same way, receiving the same empty assurance.


Brian Barker



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OO Base will not run in LO Base

[Brian Barker]

At 17:58 28/10/2011 +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote:

Le 28/10/11 14:49, Ian Whitfield a écrit :
I would be happy to put my DB up for 
examination but I am _VERY_ protective of the 
contents as it is all personal information of 
the Members in my Group and I don't want that getting into the 'wrong' hands!!


If you send me the ODB file in private [...], I 
can assure you it will remain confidential (I'm an attorney).


I'm always puzzled by this sort of claim.  The 
subjects of this personal information presumably 
expect that it will remain confidential: that is, 
not be distributed beyond the audience they 
anticipated when they provided the 
information.  If it gets to you, that expectation 
- that confidence - has already been 
betrayed.  It doesn't matter what you promise to 
do or not to do with the information: if you have 
it, it is no longer confidential.


Perhaps you think that confidentiality is 
respected if you undertake not to pass the 
information on to others.  But that idea fails 
too.  Suppose that I ask you for the information; 
following this argument, you would be justified 
in passing it on to me, provided I promised also 
to keep it confidential - presumably meaning that 
I would not pass it further.  But there is 
nothing to stop me then making use of the same 
exception that you have applied.  Do you see 
where the argument is leading?  By this theory, 
it is perfectly permissible for everybody on the 
planet to see the information, provided they all 
undertake to keep the information "confidential" 
- with this new, looser, useless meaning.


When I offer someone information in confidence, I 
expect that it will go no further - not even to 
the recipient's lawyer, let alone someone 
else's.  But you are by no means alone: many 
people think they can betray any secret as long 
as they are assured that the next person will 
behave the same way, receiving the same empty assurance.


Brian Barker


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: creating a dropdown field form

[The Wolfkin]

alright well i was trying to simplify my request because it is my habit to
make simple requests long-winded for the sake of being absolutely clear. In
this case perhaps I simplified too much.
To elaborate for clarity:

I have a number of Singstar discs (1) for Karaoke like game playing. They're
intercompatible. Each disc has about 30 songs and I can swap discs on the
fly without restarting. Plus I can download new songs for a few bucks and I
have a bunch of those. What would be useful for me is a list of all the
songs I have so if someone is coming over and we're going to play I can show
them a list of all the songs rather than relying on me having the game boxes
(which I don't always have.. that's like 9 boxes) or having to plug in each
disc in tern (30-40sec turnaround time). So my goal is the ability to print
out a list of all my songs. I prefer the flexibility of a database vs a
spreadsheet because there are instances where I'll only bring 4 discs and
want to be able to print out a list of those songs plus the songs I've
downloaded. My goal is a bit more elaborate on top of that but for now that
is the context in which I ask my question. When I said songs on a disc. I
mean Karaoke Songs on a play disc not music on CDs

(1) http://www.singstar.com/en_GB/learn-more.html

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Tom Davies  wrote:

> Hi :)
> There are existing programs that handle music libraries well.  Herer are 2
> OpenSource ones
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee_(media_player)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythmbox
> I think Banshee is cross-platform but uses Mono (an OpenSource alternative
> for .Net).  I think Rhythmbox is not made for Windows and i'm not certain it
> would  work on Mac either.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Sat, 29/10/11, The Wolfkin  wrote:
>
> > From: The Wolfkin 
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Base: creating a dropdown field form
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Date: Saturday, 29 October, 2011, 1:00
> > I'm trying to create a DB of songs on
> > a disc
> >
> > I took some screenshots (1)
> > I tried using the Getting Started PDF(2) but while that did
> > help me in
> > creating dropdown menus. I haven't been able to populate it
> > and in their
> > example it was populated with items from another table. I'm
> > only working
> > with one table here. I also don't see any way to add new
> > fields. If I wanted
> > to do that would I have to start over and create a new
> > form?
> >
> >
> > (1) http://min.us/mwowmMZA0
> > (2)
> >
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/8/8a/0108GS3-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: creating a dropdown field form

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
There are existing programs that handle music libraries well.  Herer are 2 
OpenSource ones
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee_(media_player)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythmbox
I think Banshee is cross-platform but uses Mono (an OpenSource alternative for 
.Net).  I think Rhythmbox is not made for Windows and i'm not certain it would  
work on Mac either.  
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Sat, 29/10/11, The Wolfkin  wrote:

> From: The Wolfkin 
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Base: creating a dropdown field form
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Saturday, 29 October, 2011, 1:00
> I'm trying to create a DB of songs on
> a disc
> 
> I took some screenshots (1)
> I tried using the Getting Started PDF(2) but while that did
> help me in
> creating dropdown menus. I haven't been able to populate it
> and in their
> example it was populated with items from another table. I'm
> only working
> with one table here. I also don't see any way to add new
> fields. If I wanted
> to do that would I have to start over and create a new
> form?
> 
> 
> (1) http://min.us/mwowmMZA0
> (2)
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/8/8a/0108GS3-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf
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Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print t[w]o pages on a single side of paper

[webmaster for Kracked Press Productions]

If you go to
Print > Properties > Device
you will see the printer language option
I did not remember this either.

But I do wonder if PDF means something different here.


On 10/28/2011 07:39 PM, Brian Barker wrote:

At 14:38 28/10/2011 +0200, Thomas Knierim wrote:
The problem does only appear if the printer language is set to PDF 
(the default) in LibreOffice.


PDF (Portable Document Format) is not a printer language but a 
document file format.  Is it possible that you mean PCL, HP's Printer 
Command Language?


Brian Barker





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Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Ahh, i am not sure.  Tbh i was hoping that there might be something immediately 
obvious and easy to fix or that it would stuggle to open and fixing that would 
fix the problem.  

LibreOffice 3.4.x branch tends to be better at opening docX than the 3.3.x 
branch but really the MS Office implementation of docX is sufficiently 
off-standards that other programs often have trouble with it.  

In MS Office you can usually save as Odt (the older 1.1 format) and that should 
open fine in LibreOffice.  The older Doc (without the X) format tends to be 
more widely compatible with more programs at the moment tho.  

Looking at 
http://www.mobisystems.com/android_office/
it seems that Android's Office can't handle Odt yet but that seems very 
unlikely.  I think try saving as an Odt in Word and then try opening on the 
Android.  

So, i think i would test the odt on Android but then stick to using Doc for the 
next few months.  
Regards from
Tom :)

--- On Fri, 28/10/11, ESChamp  wrote:

> From: ESChamp 
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 20:33
> No problem. Opens OK. What do you
> want to know about the contents?
> 
> The root directory has a file ([Content_Types].xml) and
> three
> subdirectories --[_rels], [docProps] and [word]
> 
> Tom Davies has written on 10/28/2011 2:15 PM:
> > Hi :)
> > Ok, this is going to sound mad.  Can you create a
> copy of the file and rename the copy so that it's
> file-ending is .zip instead of .docx?  Does that open
> as a normal zip file?
> >
> > Sometimes the contents help us see what is going
> wrong.  I use that sort of thing to see which
> particular picture or logo is causing a document to be
> excessively heavy.  
> >
> > It wont work for the older doc format but does work
> for docX and odt.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 28/10/11, ESChamp 
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: ESChamp 
> > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX
> file
> > > To: "Libre Office" 
> > > Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 18:53
> > > I created a docx file with Android
> > > Office Suite Pro, and while MS Office
> > > 2010 can open it, LO cannot.
> > > 
> > > Ideas?


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[The Wolfkin]

So if I'm understanding you're trying to say start out with cells..
input a formula like this
http://minus.com/lgIwyrkPUPHj7
which gives a solution like this
http://minus.com/l50sfqIxwhBlz

and then now change the contents of cell D5 from {=B5+C5} to {80}

so that you can delete the contents of B5 an C5 yet keep the 80

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Oct 2011, Stefan Weigel wrote:
>
>  The trick is to copy and then paste special (Edit menu). In the dialog
>> check only numbers.
>>
>
> Stefan,
>
>  I'm not following you. Are you writing that I can highlight two adjacent
> cells and have their sum pasted in the same row in a third column?
>
> Rich
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Uwe Koch Kronberg]

Hi Rich,

Stefan means to select the area, copy it, go to another cell, choose
edit from the menu, click on paste special and inside the menu box it
opens unclick paste all, then unclick all the options below (text, date
and hour, formulae, comments, formats, objects) except for numbers,
which is the only option that should stay checked.

Good luck,
El 28/10/11 20:50, Rich Shepard escribió:
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2011, Stefan Weigel wrote:
>
>> The trick is to copy and then paste special (Edit menu). In the dialog
>> check only numbers.
>
> Stefan,
>
>   I'm not following you. Are you writing that I can highlight two
> adjacent
> cells and have their sum pasted in the same row in a third column?
>
> Rich
>

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[libreoffice-users] Base: creating a dropdown field form

[The Wolfkin]

I'm trying to create a DB of songs on a disc

I took some screenshots (1)
I tried using the Getting Started PDF(2) but while that did help me in
creating dropdown menus. I haven't been able to populate it and in their
example it was populated with items from another table. I'm only working
with one table here. I also don't see any way to add new fields. If I wanted
to do that would I have to start over and create a new form?


(1) http://min.us/mwowmMZA0
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http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/8/8a/0108GS3-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf
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Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

[webmaster for Kracked Press Productions]

Sorry, I just say the Device option tap showing PDF as the default.  I 
do not know what "PDF" means in this context, since my printers may have 
that as a printer language type, as far as I remember.  My HP Inkjet is 
not a postscript printer, but my Color Laser might be able to deal with 
that.  I did not see Postscript as an option for the Epson inkjet.  I 
sure did not read it having a PDF language option.  So something is not 
right.  Could PDF here mean "Printer Defined Format" for the language used?


Can the Postscript type "level from driver" be kept as the "default" 
option somehow?  Maybe the "Printer Administration" shown was a module 
of LO 3.4 [at least with Ubuntu]?  I believe that module of LO was 
designed to set up the printers to run properly with LO.


--

CUPS-PDF - no package for OpenSUSE?   I wondered what OpenSUSE uses as a 
replacement package, so I looked it up on the site.


On the opensuse.org site, 12.1 is in RC till November 16th.  I searched 
the packages and there are 3 rpm package files [depending on the 
computer] for cups-pdf-2.5.1-1.1


If I read the site correctly, 12.1 is the "opensuse/factory" development 
version since it still is in development till November 16th.  So the 
search for the cups pdf package in that and the other version come up 
with a .rpm file to download and install it.  So it should be in the 
OpenSUSE version of a repository.


http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=cups+pdf&baseproject=openSUSE%3AFactory&lang=en&exclude_debug=true

I wonder why it was not part of the ISO that you downloaded to install 
OpenSUSE?


Actually I had trouble with OpenSUSE, the one time I tried using it.  I 
have an IBM server that originally had SUSE installed on it, so the icon 
tag showed.  But I bought it with the OS, and everything else, wiped off 
the 3 SCSI drives that 2002 era P-4 IBM server had.  So I downloaded 
OpenSUSE [3 or 4 years ago] and tried to install it, but it would not 
install.  So I ended using an old copy of Win2000/pro till I ended up 
putting Ubuntu on it 2 years ago.  So I never had any luck with 
OpenSUSE.  If they do not include, in their ISOs, something as simple as 
the PDF package that is part of the CUPS printer environment, I do not 
know what to think.  My Epson printer uses a driver that uses CUPS as 
its backend so I can print using Linux computers.


Do not get me wrong, OpenSUSE might be a great Linux OS, since 
businesses are what it tends to be what it is marketed towards, but I 
just had one bad experience and did not look back.  I use Ubuntu, and 
other people tell me to try "such-n-such" Linux distro since they think 
it is the best you can get.  We have one person on this board that is 
involved in developing the  Mandriva, which was Mandrake.  I was taught 
Linux using Mandrake 7.x, back 10 to 11 years ago [if I remember 
correctly, and I still have a CD of it].  That one is in the top 10 of 
the list of distros I came across on a distro watch site.  OpenSUSE is 
on that list as well.  Arch Linux is considered an advanced user distro 
while OpenSUSE is a "middle-of-the-road" one. Their terms, not mine.  
But we each have our favorite ones.  I have mine and you have yours.  
That it what it should be.





On 10/28/2011 12:04 PM, Thomas Knierim wrote:

Hi
Am 28.10.2011 um 15:36 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions:


I do not know about why PDF is set as the default for that printer.  I never 
saw an HP printer use PDF as a default language for the printer.


The Printer Language is set by LibreOffice. If you open the print dialog, klick 
on the printer and then on properties you get a new window. Select the tab 
device and here you have the printer language PDF (don't know if the Words of 
the tab etc. are correct since I use a german version). Again: setting this to 
PostScript (Level of the Driver) resolves the problem - but that are too much 
clicks for a print job.


Did you download and install the HP drivers for Linux?  Here is the link to the 
site.
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

Yes I have the newest Version installed. The most recent version is 3.11.10...


I have two HP printers.  Color Laserjet 2600n and PSC1410.  I needed these 
updated drivers to make the printers work the best for Ubuntu Linux.  When you 
run the file in the Terminal [instructions are given on the site], it should 
ask about which OS and printer you have, before you download the needed file.  
Then when you run the script, it will download everything that is needed and 
install the needed packages for you.

This may help, if you did not install the drivers.  I found that the drivers 
included with Ubuntu 10.04 was not as good as the most up-to-date ones from 
that site.

The system shows the OS for SUSE 11.3 and 11.4, and you will have to page down 
the printer list a long way to get to your print

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011, Stefan Weigel wrote:


The trick is to copy and then paste special (Edit menu). In the dialog
check only numbers.


Stefan,

  I'm not following you. Are you writing that I can highlight two adjacent
cells and have their sum pasted in the same row in a third column?

Rich

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, Tom wrote:


It depends what Rich means by "change".


  Show the value in each cell, not the display of the formula. That is, when
the cursor is on a cell the entry widget along the top should display the
value, not the formula.


There are other possibilities too, such as perhaps the cell has been
defined as text, perhaps '= blah blah in which case removing the ' might
do the trick.


  No, when the formula was defined the cell contents were both numeric so
the formula value is also numeric.


I think that between us we have answered the most likely reasons that
would give Rich formulas rather than values.


  Actually, not. I need to know how to convert the formula to its value.

Thanks,

Rich



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011, Stefan Weigel wrote:


This does not *convert* formula to value. It only changes the display. ;-)


Stefan,

  That's correct. How can I convert the formula value in each cell to the
value itself?

Thanks,

Rich

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011, Tom Davies wrote:


and then UNtick the "Formulas" tick box in the "Display" section at the
top of the 2nd column. Regards from Tom :)


Tom,

  Yes, that changes the display, but not the cell contents. I need to change
the contents to the displayed value so I can delete the columns whose sum
(row-by-row) comprise the formula.

Thanks,

Rich

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[libreoffice-users] How may I read the value of a cell into a macro variable?

[David S. Crampton]

This question has two parts: simple and more complex:

simple: I wish to read the value of the currently selected cell (in Calc,  
of course) into a variable in the macro language (Libre Basic).  Script  
example please. and thank you!


more complex: AFAIK the LibreHelp does not document the stuff like:

dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:GoToCell", "", 0, args2())

I used to be pretty skilled at recording macros and then modifying them.  
Where do I go to find things related to "uno:GoToCell"?  Universal Network  
Objects?  Can't find the "starting point".


Thank you for an orientation,
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011, Cor Nouws wrote:


It is in
Tools > Options > Calc > View .. section display.


Cor,

  In the display section is a checkbox that allows the formula or value to
be displayed in each cell. What I want is to have the displayed value
_replace_ the formula in each cell. Can this be done?

Thanks,

Rich

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Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print t[w]o pages on a single side of paper

[Brian Barker]

At 14:38 28/10/2011 +0200, Thomas Knierim wrote:
The problem does only appear if the printer language is set to PDF 
(the default) in LibreOffice.


PDF (Portable Document Format) is not a printer language but a 
document file format.  Is it possible that you mean PCL, HP's Printer 
Command Language?


Brian Barker


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[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Tom]

Hi :)
It depends what Rich means by "change".  

There are other possibilities too, such as perhaps the cell has been defined
as text, perhaps 
'= blah blah
in which case removing the ' might do the trick.  

I think that between us we have answered the most likely reasons that would
give Rich formulas rather than values.
Regards from
Tom :)

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Stefan Weigel]

Hi Tom,

Am 29.10.2011 01:21, schrieb Tom Davies:

> Tools - Options - "LibreOffice Calc" - View 
> 
> and then UNtick the "Formulas" tick box in the "Display" section at the top 
> of the 2nd column.  

This does not *convert* formula to value. It only changes the
display. ;-)

Stefan


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Re: [libreoffice-users] A general error occurred while accessing your central configuration.

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
There is a general guide about installing different versions alongside each 
other 
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
but i would guess that Cor has just solved the specific problem for you.
Regards from
Tom :)


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> From: Cor Nouws 
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] A general error occurred while accessing 
> your central configuration.
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 23:56
> Hi Dag,
> 
> Dag Wieers wrote (28-10-11 16:06)
> 
> > When trying to run LibreOffice 3.3 on a system that
> also has
> > LibreOffice 3.4 installed,
> 
> Should be possible. I have many versions running parallel
> (and sometimes simultaneously).
> 
> > I get a pop-up window saying:
> > LibreOffice 3.3 - Fatal Error
> > 
> > [...]
> > What is the advised solution for running in such a
> situation ?
> 
> Change the value of UserInstallation= in bootstraprc 
> ... Is that what you need?
> 
> Cheers,
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Stefan Weigel]

Hi,

Am 29.10.2011 01:14, schrieb Rich Shepard:
>   I have a column where the cells display the sum of two other
> columns. I
> want to change the contents from formula to value but cannot find the
> relevant information in the help pages. Please point me to
> instructions on
> how to do this.

The trick is to copy and then paste special (Edit menu). In the
dialog check only numbers.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
There is documentation on
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

I think you just need to go to

Tools - Options - "LibreOffice Calc" - View 

and then UNtick the "Formulas" tick box in the "Display" section at the top of 
the 2nd column.  
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Sat, 29/10/11, Rich Shepard  wrote:

> From: Rich Shepard 
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Saturday, 29 October, 2011, 0:14
>   I have a column where the
> cells display the sum of two other columns. I
> want to change the contents from formula to value but
> cannot find the
> relevant information in the help pages. Please point me to
> instructions on
> how to do this.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Cor Nouws]

Hi Rich,

Rich Shepard wrote (29-10-11 01:14)

I have a column where the cells display the sum of two other columns. I
want to change the contents from formula to value ...


It is in
Tools > Options > Calc > View .. section display.

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[libreoffice-users] Calc: Converting Formula to Value

[Rich Shepard]

  I have a column where the cells display the sum of two other columns. I
want to change the contents from formula to value but cannot find the
relevant information in the help pages. Please point me to instructions on
how to do this.

Thanks,

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Re: [libreoffice-users] A general error occurred while accessing your central configuration.

[Cor Nouws]

Hi Dag,

Dag Wieers wrote (28-10-11 16:06)


When trying to run LibreOffice 3.3 on a system that also has
LibreOffice 3.4 installed,


Should be possible. I have many versions running parallel (and sometimes 
simultaneously).



I get a pop-up window saying:
LibreOffice 3.3 - Fatal Error

[...]
What is the advised solution for running in such a situation ?


Change the value of UserInstallation= in bootstraprc  ... Is that what 
you need?


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[libreoffice-users] DOCX file from Android Office Suite will not open

[Pete Holsberg]

Hi,

I created a file with the Android app "Office Suite Pro" and I cannot
open it with Libre Writer.

It pops up a "filter" menu with types of files in randow order (can I
file a bug report or a fix request on that?) and none of them are
"Windows Office 2010 docx file".

FWIW, the first 10 bytes of the file are the same as other docx files
that LO is able to open.

Any ideas (other than asking on an Office Suite mailing list)?

Thanks.



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Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot open rtf files

[Jean-Baptiste Faure]

Le 28/10/2011 23:25, Uwe Koch Kronberg a écrit :
> Merci bien, Jean Baptiste.
> 
> Will try downloading Master, from the webpage, I guess.

Yes here: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/
Do not install langpack, for me fr langpack does not install correctly
and I had difficulties to uninstall it.

JBF

> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> El 28/10/11 18:16, Jean-Baptiste Faure escribió:
>> Le 28/10/2011 16:19, Uwe Koch Kronberg a écrit :
>>> Strange, I'm on 11.10, not 11.04. I tried to open the file, both, on a
>>> 32 bit and 64 bit environment. In both cases libreoffice closes while
>>> trying to open the file. The command line does not give any error,
>>> either. My LO version is 3.4.3 .
>>>
>>> Could this be a kind of regression?
>> Yes, it is. Probably the same crash as in this bugreport :
>> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40937
>> Master does not crash with your file, but it has a new rtf filter.
>>
>> Best regards.
>> JBF
>>
> 


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Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot open rtf files

[Uwe Koch Kronberg]

Merci bien, Jean Baptiste.

Will try downloading Master, from the webpage, I guess.

Best Regards,

El 28/10/11 18:16, Jean-Baptiste Faure escribió:
> Le 28/10/2011 16:19, Uwe Koch Kronberg a écrit :
>> Strange, I'm on 11.10, not 11.04. I tried to open the file, both, on a
>> 32 bit and 64 bit environment. In both cases libreoffice closes while
>> trying to open the file. The command line does not give any error,
>> either. My LO version is 3.4.3 .
>>
>> Could this be a kind of regression?
> Yes, it is. Probably the same crash as in this bugreport :
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40937
> Master does not crash with your file, but it has a new rtf filter.
>
> Best regards.
> JBF
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Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot open rtf files

[Jean-Baptiste Faure]

Le 28/10/2011 16:19, Uwe Koch Kronberg a écrit :
> Strange, I'm on 11.10, not 11.04. I tried to open the file, both, on a
> 32 bit and 64 bit environment. In both cases libreoffice closes while
> trying to open the file. The command line does not give any error,
> either. My LO version is 3.4.3 .
> 
> Could this be a kind of regression?

Yes, it is. Probably the same crash as in this bugreport :
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40937
Master does not crash with your file, but it has a new rtf filter.

Best regards.
JBF

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Text highlighting in LO Impress

[v_2e]

  Hello!

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:26:22 +0100 (BST)
Tom Davies  wrote:

> Hi :)
> Once you have selected the words can you right-click and see what
> options you have in there for formatting text?  I haven't tried it
> but often when programs don't let you access their formatting
> tool-bars you can still use a right-click menu (or keyboard
> short-cuts such as Ctrl B to make things bold) Regards from Tom :)
> 
  Yes, you are right - there is a possibility to tune the text options
via the right-click menu, but it doesn't let to change the background
of separate words.

  And what seems even more strange to me is that there is a special
button "text highlighting" in LO Writer, but there is no such button in
LO Impress. I thought all the LO programs use the same component
(widget) for text editing and thus should have the same functions, but
now it turns out they don't.
  Is it so?

  Regards,
Vladimir


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file

[ESChamp]

No problem. Opens OK. What do you want to know about the contents?

The root directory has a file ([Content_Types].xml) and three
subdirectories --[_rels], [docProps] and [word]

Tom Davies has written on 10/28/2011 2:15 PM:
> Hi :)
> Ok, this is going to sound mad.  Can you create a copy of the file and rename 
> the copy so that it's file-ending is .zip instead of .docx?  Does that open 
> as a normal zip file?
>
> Sometimes the contents help us see what is going wrong.  I use that sort of 
> thing to see which particular picture or logo is causing a document to be 
> excessively heavy.  
>
> It wont work for the older doc format but does work for docX and odt.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Fri, 28/10/11, ESChamp  wrote:
>
> > From: ESChamp 
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file
> > To: "Libre Office" 
> > Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 18:53
> > I created a docx file with Android
> > Office Suite Pro, and while MS Office
> > 2010 can open it, LO cannot.
> > 
> > Ideas?
> > 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Ok, this is going to sound mad.  Can you create a copy of the file and rename 
the copy so that it's file-ending is .zip instead of .docx?  Does that open as 
a normal zip file?

Sometimes the contents help us see what is going wrong.  I use that sort of 
thing to see which particular picture or logo is causing a document to be 
excessively heavy.  

It wont work for the older doc format but does work for docX and odt.
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Fri, 28/10/11, ESChamp  wrote:

> From: ESChamp 
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file
> To: "Libre Office" 
> Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 18:53
> I created a docx file with Android
> Office Suite Pro, and while MS Office
> 2010 can open it, LO cannot.
> 
> Ideas?
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[libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file

[ESChamp]

I created a docx file with Android Office Suite Pro, and while MS Office
2010 can open it, LO cannot.

Ideas?

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Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice unable to open from or save to PogoPlug

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
I usually start dealing with this sort of thing by checking to see if the files 
would open when they are on my own machine, rather than over the network.  Can 
you copy one of the files to your machine and see if you can open the 'local' 
copy?

At worst it temporarily means you can at least use the networked file-share as 
just a back-up or storage device and then use a local copy for editing.  

Hopefully someone (such as Alex) might then be able to help you expand on that 
functionality.
Regards from
Tom :)



--- On Thu, 27/10/11, rockhopper  wrote:

> From: rockhopper 
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice unable to open from or save to 
> PogoPlug
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Thursday, 27 October, 2011, 22:36
> I recently purchased a Pogoplug to
> which I have attached an ext3 formatted
> drive.  Having moved some LibreOffice documents to the
> attached drive I am
> unable to open them.  Double clicking on the icons in
> Nautilus or opening
> through LibreOffice results in the following error:
> 
> General input/output error while accessing filename
> 
> filename is the full path to the file.  I get the same
> error when trying to
> save a new file to the device.
> 
> I got the error with LibreOffice 3.3.4 and today updated to
> 3.4.3, through
> the Launchpad repository, and receive the same error.
> 
> The Pogoplug is mounted using the 32-bit version of the
> companies software -
> pogoplugfs.  I believe this is using FUSE to mount the
> drive.  All other
> programs I've tried open and save from/to the Pogoplug
> without errors.
> 
> Does anyone have any advice or suggestions on how to solve
> the problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Text highlighting in LO Impress

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Once you have selected the words can you right-click and see what options you 
have in there for formatting text?  I haven't tried it but often when programs 
don't let you access their formatting tool-bars you can still use a right-click 
menu (or keyboard short-cuts such as Ctrl B to make things bold)
Regards from
Tom :)

--- On Thu, 27/10/11, v...@ukr.net  wrote:

> From: v...@ukr.net 
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Text highlighting in LO Impress
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Thursday, 27 October, 2011, 23:44
>   Hello!
>   Could someone please tell me if it is possible to
> choose the text
> background colour in LO Impress just like one can do it in
> LO Writer?
> The problem is: I can easily "mark"  (or "highlight")
> any separate word
> with any colour in Writer, but I cannot find such function
> in Impress,
> while it is quite important for the presentations.
> 
>   Thanks for any help!
>     Vladimir
> 
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[libreoffice-users] Combining Two Columns In-Place

[Rich Shepard]

  In an Excel spreadsheet saved in .ods format are column pairs representing
data that can be combined into a single column because rows have a value in
one column or the other, but never both.

  In Xess I was able to put the cursor in a cell (e.g., N2) and enter the 
formula
'+n2+o2' and have the sum of the two columns in N2. LO doesn't like this. It
told me to turn on iteration (error 522), but that just moved the error to
523.

  Can I do this in LO? Or, do I need to create a new column and populate
that before removing the original two columns?

Thanks,

Rich

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OO Base will not run in LO Base

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Don't worry about such mistakes.  Just try to get it right next time.

We 'should' be more understanding of new people as most of us made mistakes 
when first using this style of thing.  Most forums and such have their own 
quirks even tho they try to be fairly consistent with each other.  

I think we try to just politely point out things that have gone wrong without 
really meaning it to be a criticism.  It doesn't always sound that way though!  
These lists have people from all around the world and from many different 
sub-cultures within the range of countries so misunderstandings are highly 
likely.  Of course some people are just plain rude and make the rest of us 
cringe so it's difficult to know a person's intention.  Some people just have 
"bad hair days" or over-react to an often-repeated problem in a "blame the 
user" way rather than trying to see how the system could be changed to make it 
easier for new people that may not have decades of experience with newsgroups.  
In some sub-cultures people are only polite to non-friends.  Someone has a 
signature something like "Only friends argue.  Other people just don't care." 
although the person with that signature is then just openly helpful and kind lol

I haven't yet got to the email that caused offence but if it was from Alex then 
i seriously doubt he intended to be anything less than helpful and kind.  

Regards from
Tom :)


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> From: Alexander Thurgood 
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: OO Base will not run in LO Base
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 16:58
> Le 28/10/11 14:49, Ian Whitfield a
> écrit :
> 
> > First of all I THOUGHT I HAD created a new thread - I gave it a new
> > Title - is that not enough??
> 
> Not if you hit reply to an existing thread, even if you change the
> title, it will still be considered part of the original thread topic.
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Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
In Windows the layout and tabs are all different for different machines.  To 
some extent Gnu&Linux drivers cover a wider range of machines and anyway the 
different ones make some effort to be consistent with each other.  In Windows 
each printer tries to look more modern and fancy than other printers and 
manufacturers supply their own dialogue boxes for the different machines.  
Regards from
Tom :)



--- On Fri, 28/10/11, Thomas Knierim  wrote:

> From: Thomas Knierim 
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of 
> paper
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 17:04
> Hi
> Am 28.10.2011 um 15:36 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press
> Productions:
> 
> > 
> > I do not know about why PDF is set as the default for
> that printer.  I never saw an HP printer use PDF as a
> default language for the printer.
> > 
> 
> The Printer Language is set by LibreOffice. If you open the
> print dialog, klick on the printer and then on properties
> you get a new window. Select the tab device and here you
> have the printer language PDF (don't know if the Words of
> the tab etc. are correct since I use a german version).
> Again: setting this to PostScript (Level of the Driver)
> resolves the problem - but that are too much clicks for a
> print job.
> 
> > Did you download and install the HP drivers for
> Linux?  Here is the link to the site.
> > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html
> 
> Yes I have the newest Version installed. The most recent
> version is 3.11.10...
> 
> > 
> > I have two HP printers.  Color Laserjet 2600n and
> PSC1410.  I needed these updated drivers to make the
> printers work the best for Ubuntu Linux.  When you run
> the file in the Terminal [instructions are given on the
> site], it should ask about which OS and printer you have,
> before you download the needed file.  Then when you run
> the script, it will download everything that is needed and
> install the needed packages for you.
> > 
> > This may help, if you did not install the
> drivers.  I found that the drivers included with Ubuntu
> 10.04 was not as good as the most up-to-date ones from that
> site.
> > 
> > The system shows the OS for SUSE 11.3 and 11.4, and
> you will have to page down the printer list a long way to
> get to your printer, after you select OfficeJet Pro as the
> type of printer.  I do not see ArchLinux, but you
> should be able to use the driver from the parent OS like
> Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, etc., whatever it is.  It
> shows the same version for the package as you listed, but so
> did Ubuntu, but for some reason when I installed the version
> from this site, it seemed to work better.  Actually, I
> just realized that I am running an older version than is
> online, so I will be upgrading it myself.
> > 
> > IF you still have the problems, make sure you use the
> non-PDF language for your default printer language. 
> HP's language or Postscript language is preferred.
> 
> ... PDF is set in LibreOffice (see above) :(
> 
> > 
> > As for CUPS, did you install CUPS-PDF from your
> package manager?  That is my default way to print out
> PDF files, even from LibreOffice [most of the time].
> 
> In OpenSuse 12.1 (standard) there is no package called
> cups-pdf
> 
> > 
> > As for the 2 pages per sheet, the orientation for the
> sheet should be landscape.  If it is otherwise, then
> there is a problem.
> > 
> > On 10/28/2011 08:38 AM, Thomas Knierim wrote:
> >> Hi everybody,
> >> 
> >> this is my first post in a mailing list - so
> please be patient.
> >> 
> >> I have a strange problem - and I have to admint: I
> don't know if it belongs to llibreoffice only. So here is
> the Problem:
> >> I'm using a HP Officjet Pro k8600dn and I can't
> print to pages on a sheet of paper. If I start a print job
> the paper gets loaded and the printer hangs. I could only
> bring it back to live if I switch it off and on again. The
> problem does only appear if the printer language is set to
> PDF (the default) in LibreOffice. If I set it to PostScript
> (level of the driver) the printer works as expected.
> >> On the other hand: I have an old HP Laserjet 5L.
> With it the two-pages-on-a-sheet-printing works (but the
> orientation is wrong - but that's another problem).
> >> 
> >> Here is my software:
> >> OperationSystem: Linux (OpenSuse RC1 or Archlinux
> - both the same error)
> >> LibreOffice: 3.4.2
> >> CUPS: 1.5.0
> >> hplip: 3.11.10
> >> 
> >> Greetings tknierim
> > 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

[Thomas Knierim]

Hi
Am 28.10.2011 um 15:36 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions:

> 
> I do not know about why PDF is set as the default for that printer.  I never 
> saw an HP printer use PDF as a default language for the printer.
> 

The Printer Language is set by LibreOffice. If you open the print dialog, klick 
on the printer and then on properties you get a new window. Select the tab 
device and here you have the printer language PDF (don't know if the Words of 
the tab etc. are correct since I use a german version). Again: setting this to 
PostScript (Level of the Driver) resolves the problem - but that are too much 
clicks for a print job.

> Did you download and install the HP drivers for Linux?  Here is the link to 
> the site.
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

Yes I have the newest Version installed. The most recent version is 3.11.10...

> 
> I have two HP printers.  Color Laserjet 2600n and PSC1410.  I needed these 
> updated drivers to make the printers work the best for Ubuntu Linux.  When 
> you run the file in the Terminal [instructions are given on the site], it 
> should ask about which OS and printer you have, before you download the 
> needed file.  Then when you run the script, it will download everything that 
> is needed and install the needed packages for you.
> 
> This may help, if you did not install the drivers.  I found that the drivers 
> included with Ubuntu 10.04 was not as good as the most up-to-date ones from 
> that site.
> 
> The system shows the OS for SUSE 11.3 and 11.4, and you will have to page 
> down the printer list a long way to get to your printer, after you select 
> OfficeJet Pro as the type of printer.  I do not see ArchLinux, but you should 
> be able to use the driver from the parent OS like Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, 
> Fedora, etc., whatever it is.  It shows the same version for the package as 
> you listed, but so did Ubuntu, but for some reason when I installed the 
> version from this site, it seemed to work better.  Actually, I just realized 
> that I am running an older version than is online, so I will be upgrading it 
> myself.
> 
> IF you still have the problems, make sure you use the non-PDF language for 
> your default printer language.  HP's language or Postscript language is 
> preferred.

... PDF is set in LibreOffice (see above) :(

> 
> As for CUPS, did you install CUPS-PDF from your package manager?  That is my 
> default way to print out PDF files, even from LibreOffice [most of the time].

In OpenSuse 12.1 (standard) there is no package called cups-pdf

> 
> As for the 2 pages per sheet, the orientation for the sheet should be 
> landscape.  If it is otherwise, then there is a problem.
> 
> On 10/28/2011 08:38 AM, Thomas Knierim wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>> 
>> this is my first post in a mailing list - so please be patient.
>> 
>> I have a strange problem - and I have to admint: I don't know if it belongs 
>> to llibreoffice only. So here is the Problem:
>> I'm using a HP Officjet Pro k8600dn and I can't print to pages on a sheet of 
>> paper. If I start a print job the paper gets loaded and the printer hangs. I 
>> could only bring it back to live if I switch it off and on again. The 
>> problem does only appear if the printer language is set to PDF (the default) 
>> in LibreOffice. If I set it to PostScript (level of the driver) the printer 
>> works as expected.
>> On the other hand: I have an old HP Laserjet 5L. With it the 
>> two-pages-on-a-sheet-printing works (but the orientation is wrong - but 
>> that's another problem).
>> 
>> Here is my software:
>> OperationSystem: Linux (OpenSuse RC1 or Archlinux - both the same error)
>> LibreOffice: 3.4.2
>> CUPS: 1.5.0
>> hplip: 3.11.10
>> 
>> Greetings tknierim
> 
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[libreoffice-users] Re: OO Base will not run in LO Base

[Alexander Thurgood]

Le 28/10/11 14:49, Ian Whitfield a écrit :

> First of all I THOUGHT I HAD created a new thread - I gave it a new
> Title - is that not enough??

Not if you hit reply to an existing thread, even if you change the
title, it will still be considered part of the original thread topic.


>* OS is Linux Mint 10 KDE.
>*   LO Version is 3.3.4 OOO330m19 (Build:401), tag libreoffice-3.3.4.1.
>Downloaded from the LO site. (deb file).
>*   In an effort to improve the performance of OO Base I now run Sun
>  Microsystems Java 1.6.0_21 which has resulted in better speed but
>  in my opinion is still VERY slow!!

Good stuff, thanks for the info.


>* If I open the DB in LO I can SEE and EDIT my Tables, Queries and
>  Reports. But if I do anything with Forms LO just closes!! (So I
>  guess you are right in pointing at Forms)


>* I was able to save a copy of my Form in OO,  (the program selected
>  .odt as the format), but when I try to open this with LO Writer LO
>  again just closes!!
> 
> So does this mean I must re-create my Form in LO? Then I wonder how to
> link it to my Tables??

OK, so the problem seems to be narrowed down to that form.

A few further questions :
- does the form contain any image fields ?

- does the form contain any boolean fields ?

- is the form based on a joined query (multitable), a view, or just a
simple one table query ?

> 
> I would be happy to put my DB up for examination but I am _VERY_
> protective of the contents as it is all personal information of the
> Members in my Group and I don't want that getting into the 'wrong'
> hands!! Any suggestion??
> 

The form saved outside of the database shouldn't contain any personal
data other than that of the user that created it (and only then if you
have filled in those details in the corresponding LO Options screen). Of
course, it will contain references to the fields of the table(s) to
which it originally linked, which you may or may not want to reveal.

If you send me the ODB file in private (alex.thurgood  gmail.com), I
can assure you it will remain confidential (I'm an attorney).


Alex





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Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot open rtf files

[Uwe Koch Kronberg]

Strange, I'm on 11.10, not 11.04. I tried to open the file, both, on a
32 bit and 64 bit environment. In both cases libreoffice closes while
trying to open the file. The command line does not give any error,
either. My LO version is 3.4.3 .

Could this be a kind of regression?

El 28/10/11 10:43, Stefan Weigel escribió:
> Hi,
>
> Am 28.10.2011 15:23, schrieb Uwe Koch Kronberg:
>
>> http://www.2shared.com/document/lh27aD4p/rptLiqExt.html
> I have no problem opening this file with Ubuntu 11.04 and
> LibreOffice 3.3.4 (vanilla).
>
> Stefan
>

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[libreoffice-users] A general error occurred while accessing your central configuration.

[Dag Wieers]

Hi,

When trying to run LibreOffice 3.3 on a system that also has LibreOffice 
3.4 installed, I get a pop-up window saying:


LibreOffice 3.3 - Fatal Error

The application cannot be started.
A general error occurred while
accessing your central configuration.

I assume this is because LibreOffice 3.4 changed the configuration at some 
point that is incompatible for LibreOffice 3.3. I have multiple 
installations for testing purposes.


What is the advised solution for running in such a situation ?

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Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot open rtf files

[Stefan Weigel]

Hi,

Am 28.10.2011 15:23, schrieb Uwe Koch Kronberg:

> http://www.2shared.com/document/lh27aD4p/rptLiqExt.html

I have no problem opening this file with Ubuntu 11.04 and
LibreOffice 3.3.4 (vanilla).

Stefan

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Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

[webmaster for Kracked Press Productions]

I do not know about why PDF is set as the default for that printer.  I 
never saw an HP printer use PDF as a default language for the printer.


Did you download and install the HP drivers for Linux?  Here is the link 
to the site.

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

I have two HP printers.  Color Laserjet 2600n and PSC1410.  I needed 
these updated drivers to make the printers work the best for Ubuntu 
Linux.  When you run the file in the Terminal [instructions are given on 
the site], it should ask about which OS and printer you have, before you 
download the needed file.  Then when you run the script, it will 
download everything that is needed and install the needed packages for you.


This may help, if you did not install the drivers.  I found that the 
drivers included with Ubuntu 10.04 was not as good as the most 
up-to-date ones from that site.


The system shows the OS for SUSE 11.3 and 11.4, and you will have to 
page down the printer list a long way to get to your printer, after you 
select OfficeJet Pro as the type of printer.  I do not see ArchLinux, 
but you should be able to use the driver from the parent OS like Debian, 
Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, etc., whatever it is.  It shows the same version 
for the package as you listed, but so did Ubuntu, but for some reason 
when I installed the version from this site, it seemed to work better.  
Actually, I just realized that I am running an older version than is 
online, so I will be upgrading it myself.


IF you still have the problems, make sure you use the non-PDF language 
for your default printer language.  HP's language or Postscript language 
is preferred.


As for CUPS, did you install CUPS-PDF from your package manager?  That 
is my default way to print out PDF files, even from LibreOffice [most of 
the time].


As for the 2 pages per sheet, the orientation for the sheet should be 
landscape.  If it is otherwise, then there is a problem.


On 10/28/2011 08:38 AM, Thomas Knierim wrote:

Hi everybody,

this is my first post in a mailing list - so please be patient.

I have a strange problem - and I have to admint: I don't know if it belongs to 
llibreoffice only. So here is the Problem:
I'm using a HP Officjet Pro k8600dn and I can't print to pages on a sheet of 
paper. If I start a print job the paper gets loaded and the printer hangs. I 
could only bring it back to live if I switch it off and on again. The problem 
does only appear if the printer language is set to PDF (the default) in 
LibreOffice. If I set it to PostScript (level of the driver) the printer works 
as expected.
On the other hand: I have an old HP Laserjet 5L. With it the 
two-pages-on-a-sheet-printing works (but the orientation is wrong - but that's 
another problem).

Here is my software:
OperationSystem: Linux (OpenSuse RC1 or Archlinux - both the same error)
LibreOffice: 3.4.2
CUPS: 1.5.0
hplip: 3.11.10

Greetings tknierim



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Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot open rtf files

[Uwe Koch Kronberg]

Hi Stephan,

the link to get the file is:

http://www.2shared.com/document/lh27aD4p/rptLiqExt.html

The password to download the file is:

rtffile

Thanks in advance,

El 28/10/11 04:13, Stephan Zietsman escribió:
> Uwe Koch Kronberg wrote:
>> I can not open the accompanied file [...]
> The mailing list removes all attachments.  You can upload the file to
> the internet and then share the link on the list.  You can use a site
> like www.2shared.com
>
> Regards
> Stephan
>

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OO Base will not run in LO Base

[Ian Whitfield]

Thanks Alex.

First of all I THOUGHT I HAD created a new thread - I gave it a new 
Title - is that not enough??


Now to reply to your questions

   * When I first installed LO I had it on my second machine and I
 moved a copy of my DB to that machine to test it in LO. As I said
 it opens up and then just closes down when I select the Input Form.
   * OS is Linux Mint 10 KDE.
   *   LO Version is 3.3.4 OOO330m19 (Build:401), tag libreoffice-3.3.4.1.
   Downloaded from the LO site. (deb file).
   *   In an effort to improve the performance of OO Base I now run Sun
 Microsystems Java 1.6.0_21 which has resulted in better speed but
 in my opinion is still VERY slow!!
   * If I open the DB in LO I can SEE and EDIT my Tables, Queries and
 Reports. But if I do anything with Forms LO just closes!! (So I
 guess you are right in pointing at Forms)
   * I was able to save a copy of my Form in OO,  (the program selected
 .odt as the format), but when I try to open this with LO Writer LO
 again just closes!!

So does this mean I must re-create my Form in LO? Then I wonder how to 
link it to my Tables??


I would be happy to put my DB up for examination but I am _VERY_ 
protective of the contents as it is all personal information of the 
Members in my Group and I don't want that getting into the 'wrong' 
hands!! Any suggestion??


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Alex first and if that fails I will follow your suggestion!!


THANKS Guys - I appreciate!!!

Ian Whitfield

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[libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

[Thomas Knierim]

Hi everybody,

this is my first post in a mailing list - so please be patient.

I have a strange problem - and I have to admint: I don't know if it belongs to 
llibreoffice only. So here is the Problem:
I'm using a HP Officjet Pro k8600dn and I can't print to pages on a sheet of 
paper. If I start a print job the paper gets loaded and the printer hangs. I 
could only bring it back to live if I switch it off and on again. The problem 
does only appear if the printer language is set to PDF (the default) in 
LibreOffice. If I set it to PostScript (level of the driver) the printer works 
as expected.
On the other hand: I have an old HP Laserjet 5L. With it the 
two-pages-on-a-sheet-printing works (but the orientation is wrong - but that's 
another problem).

Here is my software:
OperationSystem: Linux (OpenSuse RC1 or Archlinux - both the same error)
LibreOffice: 3.4.2
CUPS: 1.5.0
hplip: 3.11.10

Greetings tknierim
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Re: [libreoffice-users] External versus internal

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
You might get better answers on the devs lists or iirc or whatever they use.  

It was a good idea to ask the users list first of course and there are some 
people here quite a lot that might be able to help but for most of us that is 
way over our head so our best option is to signpost you to where you might 
get more help for the specific problem.  

Most questions of this type that reach this list are from Bsd users and they 
seem to get the best reply from normal support for their specific distro.  On a 
brief glance through i noticed a few Gnu&Linuxy looking packages mentioned so 
are you trying to compile for a Gnome-based Gnu&Linux distro or a Bsd?  It 
might help the devs if you say which distro when you ask them.  

Have you tried running a pre-compiled version of LibreOffice first (assuming 
you're not on Bsd of course)?  Did that encounter errors or problems?  If it 
did run smoothly it would still be good to know what is blocking compiling from 
source as that should still give you a faster, tighter, better end-result.  

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Fri, 28/10/11, Nuzhna Pomoshch  wrote:

> From: Nuzhna Pomoshch 
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] External versus internal
> To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" 
> Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 11:19
> I am trying to compile libreoffice
> 3.4.3.2 from source.
> 
> 
> ./configure --help says:
> 
> --with-system-libs      Use libs already on
> system -- enables all
> --with-system-* flags except mozilla and
> odbc/sane/xrender-header(s).
> --with-system-headers   Use headers already
> on system -- enables all
> --with-system-* flags for external packages whose
> headers are the only entities used i.e.
> boost/vigra/odbc/sane/xrender-header(s).
> 
> 
> Sounds good to me (I want to use the internal
> version of all programs). So I plugged in (I have
> reformatted to one line per option for readability):
> 
> ./configure
> --prefix=/usr
> --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> --mandir=/usr/share/man
> --infodir=/usr/share/info
> --datadir=/usr/share
> --sysconfdir=/etc
> --localstatedir=/var/lib
> --libdir=/usr/lib64
> --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libreoffice-3.4.3.2/
> --without-system-headers
> --without-system-libs
> --with-system-dicts
> --enable-cairo
> --enable-cups
> --enable-fontconfig
> --enable-largefile
> --enable-randr
> --enable-randr-link
> --enable-unix-qstart-libpng
> --enable-Xaw
> --enable-xrender-link
> --disable-broffice
> --disable-crashdump
> --disable-dependency-tracking
> --disable-epm
> --disable-fetch-external
> --disable-gnome-vfs
> --disable-kdeab
> --disable-kde
> --disable-online-update
> --disable-pch
> --disable-rpath
> --disable-static-gtk
> --disable-strip-solver
> --disable-zenity
> --with-alloc=system
> --with-extension-integration
> --with-external-dict-dir=/usr/share/myspell
> --with-external-hyph-dir=/usr/share/myspell
> --with-external-thes-dir=/usr/share/myspell
> --with-external-tar=/bigtemp/libreoffice-3.4.3.2/
> --with-lang=
> --with-max-jobs=5
> --with-num-cpus=1
> --with-theme=crystal oxygen
> --with-unix-wrapper=libreoffice
> --with-x
> --without-afms
> --without-fonts
> --without-myspell-dicts
> --without-ppds
> --without-stlport
> --without-helppack-integration
> --disable-binfilter
> --enable-dbus
> --disable-crashdump
> --disable-evolution2
> --disable-gconf
> --disable-gio
> --disable-lockdown
> --disable-graphite
> --enable-gstreamer
> --enable-gtk
> --enable-systray
> --enable-kde4
> --disable-ldap
> --disable-ext-mysql-connector
> --disable-mozilla
> --disable-odk
> --enable-opengl
> --disable-python
> --disable-ext-scripting-python
> --disable-vba
> --disable-activex-component
> --disable-neon
> --without-java
> --without-openldap
> --without-system-mysql-cppconn
> --without-system-mozilla
> --without-sun-templates
> --without-system-hsqldb
> --without-system-cppunit
> --without-system-sane-header
> --without-junit
> --enable-ext-pdfimport
> --enable-ext-presenter-console
> --enable-ext-presenter-minimizer
> 
> Note in particular:
> 
> --without-system-headers
> --without-system-libs
> 
> 
> 
> And it dies:
> 
> 
> 
> *
> *   Running LibreOffice build
> configuration.
> *
> 
> 
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e...
> /bin/grep
> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking for gawk... /usr/bin/gawk
> checking for sed... /bin/sed
> checking for bash... /bin/sh
> checking for GNU or BSD tar... tar
> checking for solenv environment... default
> checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> checking whether to enable crashdump feature... no
> checking whether to turn warnings to errors... no
> checking whether to do a debug build... no
> checking whether to build with additional debug
> utilities... no, full product build
> checking whether to 

Re: [libreoffice-users] OO Base will not run in LO Base

[Don Myers]

Hi,

I developed my database about 8 years. I moved the data over from 
Paradox. I was running Windows at the time. I moved to Ubuntu 2 1/2 
years ago, and ran OO until this past spring. When the first release of 
LibreOffice came out this past spring, I uninstalled completely open 
office and did a clean install of LibreOffice. I've never had any issues 
using my database. I would recommend doing a complete uninstall of both 
Open Office and LibreOffice, and then doing a fresh install of 
LibreOffice directly from the LibreOffice site.


Here are the instructions for the 32 bit version for Ubuntu. They should 
work fine with Mint.
Download LibreOffice to your desktop. Right click on the download and 
extract it to the desktop. Then run the following in the terminal:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.*
sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.4.3rc2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/*.deb
sudo dpkg -i 
~/Desktop/LibO_3.4.3rc2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration/libreoffice3.4-debian-menus_3.4-302_all.deb


If you are running 64 bit, simply change the version information.

If the above doesn't work, maybe you could try creating a new form in 
LibreOffice and see if that works.


Don

On 10/28/2011 05:47 AM, Ian Whitfield wrote:

Hi All

I have written in on this subject before but got no 'real' answers and 
it is now becoming urgent!!


I have a Database that I developed several years ago in OO. It runs 
well and is used every day. I currently run it in OO (3.2.1). When LO 
first came out I installed this on a second machine and tried to run 
my DB with it but with no luck. I have had a tries as new versions of 
LO became available but always no luck.


My second machine recently started to give problems so I moved 
everything onto the main computer. I now have OO and LO (3.3.4) on the 
same machine. It still refuses to run my DB. So I have to have my DB 
open with OO and do my other work in LO. I have noticed a lot more 
crashes and freezes and other strange behavior since having everything 
on one machine. I read on the Forum just a day or so back that it is 
not recommended to run both programs at the same time which is no 
doubt the reason I'm seeing problems.


When I open LO Base it opens and shows me all my tables and forms etc. 
But when I select 'Forms' to start the program LO just closes. It has 
done this since the beginning!! If I do the same steps in OO it works 
fine!!


How can I transfer my DB to LO or what steps must I take to "convert" 
it to LO format!!??? As I said this has now become a priority for me. 
If this can not be done I will have to drop LO and stay with OO which 
I don't want to do.


My OpSys is Linux Mint 10 KDE.

Thanks Guys - I hope at least one of you can supply me with an answer.



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Re: [libreoffice-users] what is the relationship between latex and libreoffice?

[soumalya ray]

thanks for the explanation.its really informative.
thanks

On 28 October 2011 14:16, e-letter  wrote:

> On 27/10/2011, soumalya ray  wrote:
> > what is latex
> > i googled a bit and apparently its an editor mainly for scientific
> writing.i
> > am using ubuntu lucid.so downloaded texlive packages from the synaptic.
> > but i could not understand how to use it?
>
> A quick example. Create a bibliography file 'mybibliography.bib'
> containing the following text:
>
> @article{referencename,
>author="firstname lastname",
>journal="journal title",
>month="month of year",
>note="",
>number="1",
>pages="1--10",
>title="journal article title",
>volume="2",
>year="3456"
>}
>
> Create a tex file 'myfirstlatexfile.tex' containing the following:
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
>
> \geometry{verbose,tmargin=2cm,bmargin=1.5cm,lmargin=2.5cm,rmargin=1.5cm,headheight=1cm,headsep=1cm,footskip=1cm}
> \usepackage{amsmath}
> \begin{document}
>\author{~}
>\title{a latex file}
>\date{~}
>\maketitle
>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
> eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>\begin{math}
>\sum_{i=1}^{10} a_i
>\end{math}
>Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris
> nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute
> \cite{referencename) irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit
> esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat
> cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim
> id est laborum.
>\section{title of this section}
>\begin{itemize}
>\item an item in a bullet list
>\item another item
>\end{itemize}
>\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
>\bibliography{/path/to/your/bibliography/mybibliography.bib}
> \end{document}
>
> > could anybody give me some idea about it?how to use it with libreoffice?
>
> In your command terminal run the commands:
>
> latex myfirstlatexfile.tex
> bibtex mybibliography.bib
> latex myfirstlatexfile.tex
> latex myfirstlatexfile.tex
>
> View the file with the command:
>
> xdvi myfirstlatexfile.dvi
>
> As an example (there are other possibilities depending on your LaTeX
> installation), convert to pdf:
>
> dvipdf myfirstlatexfile.dvi
>
> View file in pdf reader (evince or xpdf):
>
> evince myfirstlatexfile.pdf
>
> The example should demonstrate the power of LaTeX; beautiful pdf
> output, perfect rendering of maths, automatic formatting of text,
> excellent organisation of references.
>
> If you want a structured document containing references, maths and
> consistent formatting, use LaTeX. If you want to write a quick
> document without the need for maths or references, use a word
> processor such as LO. There is no _requirement_ to use LaTeX with LO.
> Personally, there does not seem to be a good reason to try and
> incorporate LaTeX code into LO, unless LO wants to become a user
> interface to LaTeX, like LyX.
>
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[libreoffice-users] External versus internal

[Nuzhna Pomoshch]

I am trying to compile libreoffice 3.4.3.2 from source.


./configure --help says:

--with-system-libs  Use libs already on system -- enables all
--with-system-* flags except mozilla and
odbc/sane/xrender-header(s).
--with-system-headers   Use headers already on system -- enables all
--with-system-* flags for external packages whose
headers are the only entities used i.e.
boost/vigra/odbc/sane/xrender-header(s).


Sounds good to me (I want to use the internal
version of all programs). So I plugged in (I have
reformatted to one line per option for readability):

./configure
--prefix=/usr
--build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
--host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
--mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info
--datadir=/usr/share
--sysconfdir=/etc
--localstatedir=/var/lib
--libdir=/usr/lib64
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/libreoffice-3.4.3.2/
--without-system-headers
--without-system-libs
--with-system-dicts
--enable-cairo
--enable-cups
--enable-fontconfig
--enable-largefile
--enable-randr
--enable-randr-link
--enable-unix-qstart-libpng
--enable-Xaw
--enable-xrender-link
--disable-broffice
--disable-crashdump
--disable-dependency-tracking
--disable-epm
--disable-fetch-external
--disable-gnome-vfs
--disable-kdeab
--disable-kde
--disable-online-update
--disable-pch
--disable-rpath
--disable-static-gtk
--disable-strip-solver
--disable-zenity
--with-alloc=system
--with-extension-integration
--with-external-dict-dir=/usr/share/myspell
--with-external-hyph-dir=/usr/share/myspell
--with-external-thes-dir=/usr/share/myspell
--with-external-tar=/bigtemp/libreoffice-3.4.3.2/
--with-lang=
--with-max-jobs=5
--with-num-cpus=1
--with-theme=crystal oxygen
--with-unix-wrapper=libreoffice
--with-x
--without-afms
--without-fonts
--without-myspell-dicts
--without-ppds
--without-stlport
--without-helppack-integration
--disable-binfilter
--enable-dbus
--disable-crashdump
--disable-evolution2
--disable-gconf
--disable-gio
--disable-lockdown
--disable-graphite
--enable-gstreamer
--enable-gtk
--enable-systray
--enable-kde4
--disable-ldap
--disable-ext-mysql-connector
--disable-mozilla
--disable-odk
--enable-opengl
--disable-python
--disable-ext-scripting-python
--disable-vba
--disable-activex-component
--disable-neon
--without-java
--without-openldap
--without-system-mysql-cppconn
--without-system-mozilla
--without-sun-templates
--without-system-hsqldb
--without-system-cppunit
--without-system-sane-header
--without-junit
--enable-ext-pdfimport
--enable-ext-presenter-console
--enable-ext-presenter-minimizer

Note in particular:

--without-system-headers
--without-system-libs



And it dies:



*
*   Running LibreOffice build configuration.
*


checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for gawk... /usr/bin/gawk
checking for sed... /bin/sed
checking for bash... /bin/sh
checking for GNU or BSD tar... tar
checking for solenv environment... default
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether to enable crashdump feature... no
checking whether to turn warnings to errors... no
checking whether to do a debug build... no
checking whether to build with additional debug utilities... no, full product 
build
checking whether to include symbols... no
checking whether to strip the solver or not no
checking whether to enable native cups support... yes
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for cupsPrintFiles in -lcups... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking cups/cups.h usability... yes
checking cups/cups.h presence... yes
checking for cups/cups.h... yes
checking whether to enable fontconfig support... yes
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for FONTCONFIG... yes
checking whether to enable filters for legacy binary file formats (StarOffice 
5.2)... no
checking whether to use RPATH in shared libraries... no
checking whether to include MySpell dictionaries... no

[libreoffice-users] Re: OO Base will not run in LO Base

[Alexander Thurgood]

Le 28/10/11 11:47, Ian Whitfield a écrit :

Ian,

As an aside, it would be helpful if you could post a new thread instead
of tagging onto an existing one. If the answers to your question run to
several lengths/respondents, the initial thread will become completely
unreadable, not to mention your own question. Anyway...

> 
> I have a Database that I developed several years ago in OO. It runs well
> and is used every day. I currently run it in OO (3.2.1). When LO first
> came out I installed this on a second machine and tried to run my DB
> with it but with no luck. I have had a tries as new versions of LO
> became available but always no luck.
> 

Can you be more precise as to tries ? I'm afraid that the information
you provide is insufficient to be able to hope to provide you with any
sort of answer.

Please specify :

OS : Linux Mint 10 KDE - OK

LibreOffice version : 3.3.4 ? OK, but distrib version, or downloaded
from LibreOffice web site and installed by hand ??

Java SDK/JRE versions installed : ???
Java SDK/JRE versions recognised by LibreOffice : ??


> My second machine recently started to give problems so I moved
> everything onto the main computer. I now have OO and LO (3.3.4) on the
> same machine. It still refuses to run my DB. So I have to have my DB
> open with OO and do my other work in LO. I have noticed a lot more
> crashes and freezes and other strange behavior since having everything
> on one machine. I read on the Forum just a day or so back that it is not
> recommended to run both programs at the same time which is no doubt the
> reason I'm seeing problems.

In my own personal experience, running both OOo and LibO at the same
time on the same OS has regularly led to freezes, crashes and erratic
behaviour (Mac OSX and Linux).


> 
> When I open LO Base it opens and shows me all my tables and forms etc.
> But when I select 'Forms' to start the program LO just closes. It has
> done this since the beginning!! If I do the same steps in OO it works
> fine!!

Let's forget the Forms bit for the moment.

Can you see the list of, and access (read/write), your Tables ?

Can you see the list of, and access, your Queries ?


With regard to the form, try this :
1) Open your form in OOo 3.2.1, then "Save as..." to a location of your
choice. Close OOo completely (including any quickstarter/menu launcher
tool).

2) Open your newly saved form with LibreOffice.
In theory, the form will be detached from the database, so no data will
appear.

3) Switch to Form Edit mode and re-assign the DATA connection of your
form to the corresponding database table. Save, close and try to re-open.


4) If an attempt to open the independent form in LibreOffice fails with
a crash, then there is something in your form that LibreOffice doesn't
like in its current incarnation.

If you really want us to be able to help you with a hands-on approach,
it would be useful to have access to a copy of the database, maybe you
could make it available publicly somewhere ?

Alex



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Re: [libreoffice-users] OO Base will not run in LO Base

[Ian Whitfield]

Hi All

I have written in on this subject before but got no 'real' answers and 
it is now becoming urgent!!


I have a Database that I developed several years ago in OO. It runs well 
and is used every day. I currently run it in OO (3.2.1). When LO first 
came out I installed this on a second machine and tried to run my DB 
with it but with no luck. I have had a tries as new versions of LO 
became available but always no luck.


My second machine recently started to give problems so I moved 
everything onto the main computer. I now have OO and LO (3.3.4) on the 
same machine. It still refuses to run my DB. So I have to have my DB 
open with OO and do my other work in LO. I have noticed a lot more 
crashes and freezes and other strange behavior since having everything 
on one machine. I read on the Forum just a day or so back that it is not 
recommended to run both programs at the same time which is no doubt the 
reason I'm seeing problems.


When I open LO Base it opens and shows me all my tables and forms etc. 
But when I select 'Forms' to start the program LO just closes. It has 
done this since the beginning!! If I do the same steps in OO it works fine!!


How can I transfer my DB to LO or what steps must I take to "convert" it 
to LO format!!??? As I said this has now become a priority for me. If 
this can not be done I will have to drop LO and stay with OO which I 
don't want to do.


My OpSys is Linux Mint 10 KDE.

Thanks Guys - I hope at least one of you can supply me with an answer.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Dictionary in LO 3.4.3

[Cor Nouws]

Stephan Zietsman wrote (27-10-11 15:39)

lecban wrote:

I would like to report that Polish dictionary does not work in LibreOffice 3.4.3
if the suite is installed in English version of Windows 7 64 bit Home.


I would not be surprised if it is this bug:
  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37195

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Re: [libreoffice-users] what is the relationship between latex and libreoffice?

[e-letter]

On 27/10/2011, soumalya ray  wrote:
> what is latex
> i googled a bit and apparently its an editor mainly for scientific writing.i
> am using ubuntu lucid.so downloaded texlive packages from the synaptic.
> but i could not understand how to use it?

A quick example. Create a bibliography file 'mybibliography.bib'
containing the following text:

@article{referencename,
author="firstname lastname",
journal="journal title",
month="month of year",
note="",
number="1",
pages="1--10",
title="journal article title",
volume="2",
year="3456"
}

Create a tex file 'myfirstlatexfile.tex' containing the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=2cm,bmargin=1.5cm,lmargin=2.5cm,rmargin=1.5cm,headheight=1cm,headsep=1cm,footskip=1cm}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\author{~}
\title{a latex file}
\date{~}
\maketitle
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
\begin{math}
\sum_{i=1}^{10} a_i
\end{math}
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris
nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute
\cite{referencename) irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit
esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat
cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim
id est laborum.
\section{title of this section}
\begin{itemize}
\item an item in a bullet list
\item another item
\end{itemize}
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\bibliography{/path/to/your/bibliography/mybibliography.bib}
\end{document}

> could anybody give me some idea about it?how to use it with libreoffice?

In your command terminal run the commands:

latex myfirstlatexfile.tex
bibtex mybibliography.bib
latex myfirstlatexfile.tex
latex myfirstlatexfile.tex

View the file with the command:

xdvi myfirstlatexfile.dvi

As an example (there are other possibilities depending on your LaTeX
installation), convert to pdf:

dvipdf myfirstlatexfile.dvi

View file in pdf reader (evince or xpdf):

evince myfirstlatexfile.pdf

The example should demonstrate the power of LaTeX; beautiful pdf
output, perfect rendering of maths, automatic formatting of text,
excellent organisation of references.

If you want a structured document containing references, maths and
consistent formatting, use LaTeX. If you want to write a quick
document without the need for maths or references, use a word
processor such as LO. There is no _requirement_ to use LaTeX with LO.
Personally, there does not seem to be a good reason to try and
incorporate LaTeX code into LO, unless LO wants to become a user
interface to LaTeX, like LyX.

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Text highlighting in LO Impress

[v_2e]

  Hello!

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:58:42 +0200
Karl-Heinz Bellgardt  wrote:

> Hello Vladimir,
> 
> you can change the color of the text box: mark the text box by mouse
> click on the border. Then right click and choose aerea...
> 
> Karl-Heinz
> 
  Yes, that is possible, but I need to highlight some separate words -
not the whole text in the textbox. For now I just create a colour
rectangle in a form of a word and then place it behind the text. In the
final document (which in my case is a PDF file) it is not noticeable,
but I consider it as a "dirty" workaround and would like to know how to
do it in a better way.

  Thanks!
Vladimir

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Text highlighting in LO Impress

[Karl-Heinz Bellgardt]

Hello Vladimir,

you can change the color of the text box: mark the text box by mouse
click on the border. Then right click and choose aerea...

Karl-Heinz

On 28.10.2011 00:44, v...@ukr.net wrote:
>   Hello!
>   Could someone please tell me if it is possible to choose the text
> background colour in LO Impress just like one can do it in LO Writer?
> The problem is: I can easily "mark"  (or "highlight") any separate word
> with any colour in Writer, but I cannot find such function in Impress,
> while it is quite important for the presentations.
> 
>   Thanks for any help!
> Vladimir
> 
> - 
>  
> 


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Re: [libreoffice-users] cannot open rtf files

[Stephan Zietsman]

Uwe Koch Kronberg wrote:
> I can not open the accompanied file [...]

The mailing list removes all attachments.  You can upload the file to
the internet and then share the link on the list.  You can use a site
like www.2shared.com

Regards
Stephan

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