Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?
On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:39:15 +0100, Mieszko Kaczmarczyk mieszko.kaczmarc...@wetzel.co wrote: W dniu 07.11.2012 16:00, Bjørn K Nilssen pisze: I made a 'template' in LO for an A3 leaflet with a background image (page style) on the first page. No margins, but with boxes with text, table and images on top of it. Everything works fine in LO, and also if exported as PDF. But when saved as .doc the entire background image is gone. Any ideas about what happens? Can't you use background images in Word? So far the client has to use the pdf ... There is still problem with export to doc - many times the GFX is lost, or style/font changed in part of text. The situation in weird because the Word from M$O 2010 can readwrite in both format and the document always looks the same. Apparently thhere is a problem somewhere. This particular document could in fact be opened in Word both as .doc and .odt file, but the background image was missing in both versions. Only LO can 'see' the background image in the .odt file. Mieszko -- Sendt med Operas revolusjonerende e-postprogram: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Auto changes on a new spreadsheet set for next year
I have the same spreadsheet set I use each year. The new spreadsheet for 2013 will need to reference fields in the 2012 spreadsheet. ='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68 The 2012 spreadsheet is referenced to 'file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2011.ods'#$Jan.A68 For the past few years I have manually changed the Readings-2012 in every instance (well over 100) I would like to be able to construct the spreadsheets with a method to change the current year, eg 2013 minus 1 to give 2012 inserted so that the ref in the 2013 spreadsheet reads;- ='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68 Is this possible? Thanks for any help regards Paul -- mail sent using kmail and kubuntu -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto changes on a new spreadsheet set for next year
On 11/08/2012 06:45 AM, Paul Stear wrote: I have the same spreadsheet set I use each year. The new spreadsheet for 2013 will need to reference fields in the 2012 spreadsheet. ='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68 The 2012 spreadsheet is referenced to 'file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2011.ods'#$Jan.A68 For the past few years I have manually changed the Readings-2012 in every instance (well over 100) I would like to be able to construct the spreadsheets with a method to change the current year, eg 2013 minus 1 to give 2012 inserted so that the ref in the 2013 spreadsheet reads;- ='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68 Is this possible? Thanks for any help regards Paul I don't know if you attached a file with your email or not. If you did, it was stripped by the mailing list. So, in other words, no one on the list can access a file to see what you describe in a Calc file. Since I'm into databases, I'm wondering if your data would be better served creating a database to hold it. Not knowing how many sheet your file contains nor what the columns are and what format each column use. (I'm guessing that you use one sheet per year.) So, it would be impossible to make any detailed comments. From personal experience, a database would require less time to maintain than your present speadsheet. With a little bit of work, all your data could be entered into a database. Could we have more information, please? --Dan -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS
On 07/11/2012, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It does have a slight advantage in that it forces my boss to effectively make backups and i am gradually encouraging a standard versioning system other than filename-draft.doc filename-final.doc filename-FINAL.doc filename-revised.doc filename-final.doc in roughly random order and sometimes without the filename part so folders end up full of documents that could be about anything. Draft does not always come first and may even be the final and revised might be a revised draft or just be a draft. Hence frequent shouts of so which one am i supposed to open?. It's slow going but at least we seem to make occasional steps forwards. For proper version control, either use m$ sharepoint, or use LO fodt option (i.e. flat xml output) with subversion (ultravnc client or command terminal). -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Template Changer Extension / Change template of an existing document
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/template-changer I previously have used this Template Changer extension. Only it now [not being an oxt] will not install into my current version of LibreOffice. Anybody have a working version of this extension or know a workaround to achieve the same behavior? [change the template of an existing document]. libreoffice-3.5.4.7-1.1.2.x86_64 openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 GNOME3.6 -- Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Template Changer Extension / Change template of an existing document
Rename the file you're downloading to add the .oxt extension by hand; it should work. -- Cley Faye http://cleyfaye.net 2012/11/8 Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/template-changer I previously have used this Template Changer extension. Only it now [not being an oxt] will not install into my current version of LibreOffice. Anybody have a working version of this extension or know a workaround to achieve the same behavior? [change the template of an existing document]. libreoffice-3.5.4.7-1.1.2.x86_64 openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 GNOME3.6 -- Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Template Changer Extension / Change template of an existing document
On 11/08/2012 07:49 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/template-changer I previously have used this Template Changer extension. Only it now [not being an oxt] will not install into my current version of LibreOffice. Anybody have a working version of this extension or know a workaround to achieve the same behavior? [change the template of an existing document]. libreoffice-3.5.4.7-1.1.2.x86_64 openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 GNOME3.6 I have attached a copy of the template changer that I use on my system: Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit (I have also installed the latest Gnome. I use it on LO 3.4.6, and 3.5.7. It may or may not work on openSUSE though. Enjoy! --Dan -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS
Hi E-letter :) Hmmm, version control is not the problem i was writing in about. Why should and how could i encourage my boss to use MS crap when he has enough difficulty adding a 1 to a name that ends with v2, v3 or draft2, draft3 or whatever?? Any chance of trying to answer the question or at least be less unhelpful? Regards from Tom :) From: e-letter inp...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012, 12:56 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS On 07/11/2012, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It does have a slight advantage in that it forces my boss to effectively make backups and i am gradually encouraging a standard versioning system other than filename-draft.doc filename-final.doc filename-FINAL.doc filename-revised.doc filename-final.doc in roughly random order and sometimes without the filename part so folders end up full of documents that could be about anything. Draft does not always come first and may even be the final and revised might be a revised draft or just be a draft. Hence frequent shouts of so which one am i supposed to open?. It's slow going but at least we seem to make occasional steps forwards. For proper version control, either use m$ sharepoint, or use LO fodt option (i.e. flat xml output) with subversion (ultravnc client or command terminal). -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Template Changer Extension / Change template of an existing document
On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 08:35 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: On 11/08/2012 07:49 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/template-changer I previously have used this Template Changer extension. Only it now [not being an oxt] will not install into my current version of LibreOffice. Anybody have a working version of this extension or know a workaround to achieve the same behavior? [change the template of an existing document]. libreoffice-3.5.4.7-1.1.2.x86_64 openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 GNOME3.6 I have attached a copy of the template changer that I use on my system: Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit (I have also installed the latest Gnome. I use it on LO 3.4.6, and 3.5.7. It may or may not work on openSUSE though. I installed your OXT via the extension manager. I restarted LibreOffice. The appropriate options appeared under File / Templates when I opened the file. I was able to assign the desired template; all the expected Styles are now available. Works perfectly! Thanks. -- Adam Tauno Williams GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, OpenGroupware Developer, LPI / NCLA -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Template Changer Extension / Change template of an existing document
On 11/08/2012 08:47 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 08:35 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: On 11/08/2012 07:49 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/template-changer I previously have used this Template Changer extension. Only it now [not being an oxt] will not install into my current version of LibreOffice. Anybody have a working version of this extension or know a workaround to achieve the same behavior? [change the template of an existing document]. libreoffice-3.5.4.7-1.1.2.x86_64 openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 GNOME3.6 I have attached a copy of the template changer that I use on my system: Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit (I have also installed the latest Gnome. I use it on LO 3.4.6, and 3.5.7. It may or may not work on openSUSE though. I installed your OXT via the extension manager. I restarted LibreOffice. The appropriate options appeared under File / Templates when I opened the file. I was able to assign the desired template; all the expected Styles are now available. Works perfectly! Thanks. You're welcome. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto changes on a new spreadsheet set for next year
At 11:45 08/11/2012 +, Paul Stear wrote:
I have the same spreadsheet set I use each year. The new
spreadsheet for 2013 will need to reference fields in the 2012
spreadsheet. For the past few years I have manually changed the
Readings-2012 in every instance (well over 100).
I would like to be able to construct the spreadsheets with a method
to change the current year, eg 2013 minus 1 to give 2012 inserted so
that the ref in the 2013 spreadsheet reads;-
='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68
Is this possible?
Yes. You need to concatenate the required year value with the
strings required before and after it. Suppose that you have the
current year - 2013 in your example - in A1 of your new
spreadsheet. You need to concatenate 'file:///home/fred/Generation
Readings- with A1-1 and .ods'#$Jan.A68. Note that the two single
quotes are part of the string you are creating and the four double
quotes delimit the two text strings, so the first string has a single
quote immediately following its opening double quote. You can carry
out this concatenation using the operator:
='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-A1-1.ods'#$Jan.A68
(The numerical expression A1-1 is converted to a string value automatically.)
You might expect this to work, but it doesn't. The formula above
results in a text string which is interpreted literally and not as a
cell reference to the other spreadsheet file. But the trick you need
is available in the INDIRECT() function, which provides the necessary
conversion. So the formula which works is
=INDIRECT('file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-A1-1.ods'#$Jan.A68)
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto changes on a new spreadsheet set for next year
Hi :) Yes, sadly attachments don't reach the mailing list. You can use Nabble or a Cloud storage space or file-sharing site to upload a file and then give this mailing list the url. Nabble is probably best and is free. Use the links in this email or from the official LibreOffice website navigate to the help 'forum'. It's really just the same as the mailing list except that it magically sorts all the posts into threads and uses an interface to view them so that the whole thing looks a lot like a forum. Once in Nabble get to the right thread and reply to any of the comments. Once it gives you a space to type in a message notice the buttons at the top. The last one is More and the top option in the menu that gives is to Upload file. It inserts a url-link into the message and people will be able to click on that link to get to the file you uploaded. Thanks and regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Auto-changes-on-a-new-spreadsheet-set-for-next-year-tp4017452p4017481.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?
Hi :) Perhaps the problem is in Word? There are a few different options. 1. Tell the client that Writer is more of a desktop publishing package than Word and allows greater sophistication in layout. Then give the client the link so they can download and install LibreOffice on their systems. 2. Post a bug-report against Word and see the response from MS. (I don't think it is possible for non-MS staff to post bug-reports about MS products but it might be). 3. Word doesn't support all the different types of Anchor points for images and also might not support the wrap options and layering. I suspect it's the Anchor Point that is creating the problem this time. Right-click on the image and change the Anchor Point from To Page to something Word can handle such as To Paragraph. You might then need to re-position the image. Regards from Tom :) From: Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012, 10:17 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image? On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:39:15 +0100, Mieszko Kaczmarczyk mieszko.kaczmarc...@wetzel.co wrote: W dniu 07.11.2012 16:00, Bjørn K Nilssen pisze: I made a 'template' in LO for an A3 leaflet with a background image (page style) on the first page. No margins, but with boxes with text, table and images on top of it. Everything works fine in LO, and also if exported as PDF. But when saved as .doc the entire background image is gone. Any ideas about what happens? Can't you use background images in Word? So far the client has to use the pdf ... There is still problem with export to doc - many times the GFX is lost, or style/font changed in part of text. The situation in weird because the Word from M$O 2010 can readwrite in both format and the document always looks the same. Apparently thhere is a problem somewhere. This particular document could in fact be opened in Word both as .doc and .odt file, but the background image was missing in both versions. Only LO can 'see' the background image in the .odt file. Mieszko --Sendt med Operas revolusjonerende e-postprogram: http://www.opera.com/mail/ --For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Modify existing conditional formatting range
Hi I have spreadsheet document with conditional formatting assigned to range of cells. I am looking for simple way to modify range conditional formatting is applied to (e.g. existing A1:C4 becomes A1:D5). I know I can save file, unzip it, modify content.xml, zip it up again and load in LO, but this is tiresome. Alternatively I can select new range of cells and create new conditional formatting with exactly the same conditions. It is sensible workaround if I have only one condition, but is not in case there are few of them. I am using LO 3.6.3 with redesigned conditional formatting dialog windows. Any help would be appreciated. -- Best regards Mirosław Zalewski -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?
On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:41:24 +0100, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Perhaps the problem is in Word? There are a few different options. 1. Tell the client that Writer is more of a desktop publishing package than Word and allows greater sophistication in layout. Then give the client the link so they can download and install LibreOffice on their systems. Well, the fact that LO can't read the .doc with the background in place doesn't make it likely that the .doc file is kosher? BTW, they are not allowed to install anything by themselves, so I guess LO is out of the question there. Unless they could get a permission ie... 2. Post a bug-report against Word and see the response from MS. (I don't think it is possible for non-MS staff to post bug-reports about MS products but it might be). 3. Word doesn't support all the different types of Anchor points for images and also might not support the wrap options and layering. I suspect it's the Anchor Point that is creating the problem this time. Right-click on the image and change the Anchor Point from To Page to something Word can handle such as To Paragraph. You might then need to re-position the image. Maybe it's the anchoring then? I used anchor-to-page. What are the allowed anchor types in Word then? Regards Regards from Tom :) -- Sendt med Operas revolusjonerende e-postprogram: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?
Hi :) Word definitely allows Anchor to Paragraph but not the better choice for this sort of thing which was the one you chose. Anchor to Page makes a mess in Word. Sorry chap, i thought the .doc was created in LO and then wouldn't display properly in Word. Each version of Word has a slightly different implementation of the .doc format. It helps push people into buying the same version that the majority of people they do business with use, and then pushes them into upgrading around the time everyone else does too. It has settled down a lot now that it's not the main format being pushed by MS which is why it's such a great one to use to share documents at the moment. Odt will eventually take over but it might take a while. It is possible to pseudo-install LibreOffice on a usb-stick so that you can use your version with your settings on any machine you plug the stick into (assuming it's running some variant of Windows) http://www.libreoffice.org/download/portable/ There are quite a few OpenSource apps that can be pseudo installed in this way so that they don't really touch the system much and don't raise any flags with the IT Department. Regards from Tom :) From: Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012, 15:02 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image? On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:41:24 +0100, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Perhaps the problem is in Word? There are a few different options. 1. Tell the client that Writer is more of a desktop publishing package than Word and allows greater sophistication in layout. Then give the client the link so they can download and install LibreOffice on their systems. Well, the fact that LO can't read the .doc with the background in place doesn't make it likely that the .doc file is kosher? BTW, they are not allowed to install anything by themselves, so I guess LO is out of the question there. Unless they could get a permission ie... 2. Post a bug-report against Word and see the response from MS. (I don't think it is possible for non-MS staff to post bug-reports about MS products but it might be). 3. Word doesn't support all the different types of Anchor points for images and also might not support the wrap options and layering. I suspect it's the Anchor Point that is creating the problem this time. Right-click on the image and change the Anchor Point from To Page to something Word can handle such as To Paragraph. You might then need to re-position the image. Maybe it's the anchoring then? I used anchor-to-page. What are the allowed anchor types in Word then? Regards Regards from Tom :) --Sendt med Operas revolusjonerende e-postprogram: http://www.opera.com/mail/ --For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image?
Hi :) +1 You do get a little more used to it but it's still a pita Regards from Tom :) From: Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 20:39 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image? I'm not at all a fan of this lists unusual Reply-To usage :( --- Forwarded message --- From: Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no To: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com Cc: Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO to .doc with background image? Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:28:00 +0100 On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:02:19 +0100, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 16:00 07/11/2012 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen wrote: I made a 'template' in LO for an A3 leaflet with a background image (page style) on the first page. No margins, but with boxes with text, table and images on top of it. Everything works fine in LO, and also if exported as PDF. But when saved as .doc the entire background image is gone. Any ideas about what happens? Can't you use background images in Word? So far the client has to use the pdf ... How have you determined that the background image has disappeared? Have you (or has your client) opened the .doc file in genuine Microsoft Word or in the freeware (Windows only) Word viewer? Or have you just reopened the .doc file in LibreOffice and found the background absent there? I think there may be circumstances where the .doc file does retain the background but this is not converted correctly when reopened in LibreOffice. The background is gone both when I open the .doc file in LO and when he opens it in Word. Which may indicate that it is a problem with the export? It is not a linked file. And all the other images export/import just fine from the .doc file. It is just the full-page-no-margins background image that disappears. I'll probably be writing on a machine with genuine Word next week, and then I could do some tests on a USB-stick to see if a background image added inside Word will import into LO. Note also that the Background tab of the Page Style dialogue (where you selected the background graphic) has a Link box. If you tick this, the graphic is linked and not embedded, and there may be problems when you transfer the file to another file system - e.g. your client's - where the original image file does not exist separately at the same absolute file path. Try unticking that box. (But I'm not sure that will make any difference.) I trust this helps. Brian Barker --Sendt med Operas revolusjonerende e-postprogram: http://www.opera.com/mail/ --For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS
Hi :) Ahah, just found this message! Thank you Steve :) No the weird thing is that if i stay on the same computer and try to reopen the file using the same OS then it opens fine and allows me to edit. It's only when a different OS is used that the file only opens as Read-Only I can't see a lock-file in the folder that the document is in and i can't remember the other place lock-files get stored. Thanks and regards from Tom :) From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 17:15 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS On 2012-11-08 00:57, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) When i save a file onto my company's network and then reopen it (still in Ubuntu) it all works fine. When my boss opens the file in Windows an error-message pops-up saying that he can only open a copy or in Read-Only mode. It's closed on my machine but his one claims it's still open. Then my boss changes the name, edits the document, saves and closes. Then when i open the new version of the document it tells me i can only open in Read Only (or a copy)! It does have a slight advantage in that it forces my boss to effectively make backups and i am gradually encouraging a standard versioning system other than filename-draft.doc filename-final.doc filename-FINAL.doc filename-revised.doc filename-final.doc in roughly random order and sometimes without the filename part so folders end up full of documents that could be about anything. Draft does not always come first and may even be the final and revised might be a revised draft or just be a draft. Hence frequent shouts of so which one am i supposed to open?. It's slow going but at least we seem to make occasional steps forwards. So, i am not sure i really want to fix the problem but it's one of the excuses some of my colleagues use to revert to inferior products instead of going with LO. Regards from Tom :) Hi. Are lock files left behind in the folder with the files you edit. I noticed yesterday that after working on a file on the server the lock file remained after I closed the file I was editing. .~lock.shearBeamDescription.odt# Steve -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Base: scroll in form via macro
Hi I'm trying to make my database user friendly and I have a question: From one form, A, I'm launching another form, B, using a button with this macro attached: |Sub openFormByTag(oEv) cWhat= com.sun.star.sdb.application.DatabaseObject.FORM oModel= oEv.Source.getModel() sName= oModel.Tag oView= oModel.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.getCurrentController() oView.loadComponent(cWhat, sName, FALSE) End Sub | Works fine, but: I would like to specify a row id or something in form A so that form B scrolls automatically to the the particular row I want to view or edit. Doe anyone have an idea about how this can be done? Or perhaps where I can find some documentation for this stuff? I have a hard time figuring out the hierarchy of the objects as well as their exposed members and methods. Or maybe I not looking the right place :-) Thanks in advance. Soren -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: locked in other OS
Hi :)
Ahh, thanks. I'm not sure why it doesn't happen with other programs but i
think you are onto the answer there. I'll read your link later.
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)
From: Luuk luu...@gmail.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012, 20:13
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: locked in other OS
On 07-11-2012 12:57, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
When i save a file onto my company's network and then reopen it (still in
Ubuntu) it all works fine. When my boss opens the file in Windows an
error-message pops-up saying that he can only open a copy or in Read-Only
mode. It's closed on my machine but his one claims it's still open. Then
my boss changes the name, edits the document, saves and closes. Then when i
open the new version of the document it tells me i can only open in Read
Only (or a copy)!
It does have a slight advantage in that it forces my boss to effectively
make backups and i am gradually encouraging a standard versioning system
other than
filename-draft.doc
filename-final.doc
filename-FINAL.doc
filename-revised.doc
filename-final.doc
in roughly random order and sometimes without the filename part so folders
end up full of documents that could be about anything. Draft does not
always come first and may even be the final and revised might be a revised
draft or just be a draft. Hence frequent shouts of so which one am i
supposed to open?. It's slow going but at least we seem to make occasional
steps forwards.
So, i am not sure i really want to fix the problem but it's one of the
excuses some of my colleagues use to revert to inferior products instead of
going with LO.
Regards from
Tom :)
Make sure permissions are set correctly.
If i create a document on my shared drive (a linux system) from my
Windows computer, its created like this:
(from the command-prompt on linux:)
luuk@opensuse:~/tmp ls -l test.odt
-rwxr--r-- 1 luuk users 8949 Nov 8 20:53 test.odt
You, of course, notice the '-rwxr--r--' ath the start?
The first 'rws' means the owner ('luuk') can read and write
The second 'r--' means the group ('users') can read
The third 'r--' meand the world can read
If your boss opens, and saves under a different name, the owner of this
new file will be your boss ;)
Learn about unix rights, and your problems will solve itself.
( read:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-set-permissions-to-samba-shares.html
)
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: locked in other OS
Hi.
Is it a windows file server or a linux file server.
Lock files are hidden, you need to turn on show hidden files to see them.
steve
On 2012-11-09 10:30, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Ahh, thanks. I'm not sure why it doesn't happen with other programs but i
think you are onto the answer there. I'll read your link later.
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)
From: Luuk luu...@gmail.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012, 20:13
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: locked in other OS
On 07-11-2012 12:57, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
When i save a file onto my company's network and then reopen it (still in
Ubuntu) it all works fine. When my boss opens the file in Windows an
error-message pops-up saying that he can only open a copy or in Read-Only mode.
It's closed on my machine but his one claims it's still open. Then my boss
changes the name, edits the document, saves and closes. Then when i open the
new version of the document it tells me i can only open in Read Only (or a
copy)!
It does have a slight advantage in that it forces my boss to effectively make
backups and i am gradually encouraging a standard versioning system other than
filename-draft.doc
filename-final.doc
filename-FINAL.doc
filename-revised.doc
filename-final.doc
in roughly random order and sometimes without the filename part so folders end up full of
documents that could be about anything. Draft does not always come first and may even be
the final and revised might be a revised draft or just be a draft. Hence frequent shouts
of so which one am i supposed to open?. It's slow going but at least we seem
to make occasional steps forwards.
So, i am not sure i really want to fix the problem but it's one of the excuses
some of my colleagues use to revert to inferior products instead of going with
LO.
Regards from
Tom :)
Make sure permissions are set correctly.
If i create a document on my shared drive (a linux system) from my
Windows computer, its created like this:
(from the command-prompt on linux:)
luuk@opensuse:~/tmp ls -l test.odt
-rwxr--r-- 1 luuk users 8949 Nov 8 20:53 test.odt
You, of course, notice the '-rwxr--r--' ath the start?
The first 'rws' means the owner ('luuk') can read and write
The second 'r--' means the group ('users') can read
The third 'r--' meand the world can read
If your boss opens, and saves under a different name, the owner of this
new file will be your boss ;)
Learn about unix rights, and your problems will solve itself.
( read:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-set-permissions-to-samba-shares.html
)
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[libreoffice-users] Links in a writer document
I'm working on forms that calculates child support. In Wordperfect I was able to lay it out in tables and use the table functions to do the calculations. In Writer the table functions are very limited. For example it doesn't have a function that tells when a cell is blank or one to look up an entry in a table. All those functions are in Calc. In order to be able to use the formatting from Writer it's necessary to link data from my Writer table cells to Calc and then link it back into Writer. This is quite a headache. In order to simplify this I tried embedding the spreadsheet into the Writer document as an OLE object with DDE links inside it to table cells in the Writer document. I need the spreadsheet to update automatically when data in the table cells change. To date I've had poor results being able to do this. I suppose I could write the forms in Calc, but I'm not nearly as familiar with document formatting for Calc as I am with Writer. I believe the learning curve would be steep. Can you suggest how I can make these forms work? Thanks, Paul Whitehurst -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Links-in-a-writer-document-tp4017587.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
RE: [libreoffice-users] missing file in libreoffice 3.6.3
thanks tom, I install the file three time. it contains the RPMS folder with 54 items (.rpm) and it runs OK the subfolder desktop-integration - I thought it has something to do with the installing but it seems not - contains -freedesktop-menus -mandriva-menus -suse-menus the redhat-menus not there - which is for fedora dist. however, I re-install the files again, it is exactly the same as what I already installed and the program still not working. I wounder if the java components have anything to do with that ( I just install them lately ) I'll try to uninstall it and re-install it again.. Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:05:31 + From: tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] missing file in libreoffice 3.6.3 To: future_m...@hotmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org Hi :) Please can you try downloading again from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ Well, navigate from there to the right language for you. This link is to the next page, the one that lets you select which Operating System you are using. https://www.libreoffice.org/download/?nodetect Are you able to try this again or have you already tried a few times or do you have a download limit? Please let us know how this goes this time or if you have any trouble. Regards from Tom :) From: abdullah Al-Ammari أبو العباس future_m...@hotmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 23:00 Subject: [libreoffice-users] missing file in libreoffice 3.6.3 إذا كانت رسائلي مصدر إزعاج لك سأعتبر إقرارك بذلك هو لطفاً منك ولن تصلك أياً منها بعد ذلك وتأكد بأنني سوف أكون متفهما لاستيائك ومثمناً لصراحتك لان ذلك من ابسط حقوقك وأما إذا أعجبتك فآمل مسح كامل عنواني البريدي قبل إرسالها لمن تحب If my messages are a source of discomfort to you, I will consider your declaration as a kindness from your part, and you will never receive anything thereafter. But make sure that I will understand your opinion and value your frankness because it is your simplest rights! dear admin, thank you and thanks for libreoffice teams that developing this program.however, I download libreoffice 3.6.3 in my fedora 17 - x64 but I found one file is missing libreoffice3.3-redhat-menus-3.3-1.noarch.rpm I tried to run libreoffice without it but it doesn't work. I follow the instructor I found in you www.libreoffice.org sincerely Abdullah Al-AmmariStudent @ King Fahd University -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
RE: [libreoffice-users] missing file in libreoffice 3.6.3
sorry for sending this again but I missed one thing in that one referring to the installation instructor @ libreoffice.org The above command(s) does the first part of the installation process. To complete the process, you also need to install the desktop integration packages. To do this, change directory to the desktop-integration directory that is within the RPMS directory, by entering the following command at the command line of a terminal window: cd desktop-integration Now run the installation command again: If you have a Fedora system, execute this command: su -c 'yum install libreoffice3.3-redhat-menus-3.3-1.noarch.rpm' the file redhat-menus (bold and italic one) seems to be really important and its not available on that linkmy system running (x86_x64), and I'm running the English version I tried to find this file on the internet but I couldn't Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:05:31 + From: tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] missing file in libreoffice 3.6.3 To: future_m...@hotmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org Hi :) Please can you try downloading again from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ Well, navigate from there to the right language for you. This link is to the next page, the one that lets you select which Operating System you are using. https://www.libreoffice.org/download/?nodetect Are you able to try this again or have you already tried a few times or do you have a download limit? Please let us know how this goes this time or if you have any trouble. Regards from Tom :) From: abdullah Al-Ammari أبو العباس future_m...@hotmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 23:00 Subject: [libreoffice-users] missing file in libreoffice 3.6.3 إذا كانت رسائلي مصدر إزعاج لك سأعتبر إقرارك بذلك هو لطفاً منك ولن تصلك أياً منها بعد ذلك وتأكد بأنني سوف أكون متفهما لاستيائك ومثمناً لصراحتك لان ذلك من ابسط حقوقك وأما إذا أعجبتك فآمل مسح كامل عنواني البريدي قبل إرسالها لمن تحب If my messages are a source of discomfort to you, I will consider your declaration as a kindness from your part, and you will never receive anything thereafter. But make sure that I will understand your opinion and value your frankness because it is your simplest rights! dear admin, thank you and thanks for libreoffice teams that developing this program.however, I download libreoffice 3.6.3 in my fedora 17 - x64 but I found one file is missing libreoffice3.3-redhat-menus-3.3-1.noarch.rpm I tried to run libreoffice without it but it doesn't work. I follow the instructor I found in you www.libreoffice.org sincerely Abdullah Al-AmmariStudent @ King Fahd University -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
