Re: [libreoffice-users] Help
2014-02-11 21:45 GMT+01:00 M G ds...@hotmail.com: Hi, I have been using libre office for a while. All of a sudden I cannot open any files or Libre Office program. I also downloaded the most recent version but it did not help. Please provide any assistance you can. I looked up the open forum but I did not find anything useful. Sincerely, Mario Mario, perhaps you could provide us with more details - for example, the operating system used on the machine to which you downloaded the LibreOffice package, the language version of LibreOffice you have installed, etc ? I presume you are using a Windows machine ; did this problem occur after the latest Windows updates were installed ? If you check under Programs and Functions in the Windows Control Panel, do you see LibreOffice listed as one of the installed programmes ?... Henri -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Re: Calc: Searching for values in a certain range string
Lotto.ods http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4096842/Lotto.ods Brian and other interested folk Thanks for the formula! I am going to need a few days to see how it works, but it certainly has promise, however I cannot see the different sheets that the ods file contains. Remember: There is one sheet for the tickets purchased, another sheet for the draw results. The background colour of a number on the tickets sheet is going to change colour if it is the same as any number shown on the corresponding date of the draw sheet. Have a look at the file attached via Nabble for a better view, and no misunderstandings. Ascertain if on a certain date on the Tickets sheet, on the same date in the corresponding draw sheet, if any of the numbers match. If so colour the cell background of each matching number on that same date via conditional formatting. Example with fictitious data: Ticket sheet 01/02/2014 02 05 07 35 37 39 Draw sheet 01/02/2014 37 07 09 35 05 16 Therefore the cells on the Ticket sheet holding the numbers 07, 35, 05 would have a background colour that is not white :) If the 6th number on the ticket and in the draw is the same the cell background needs to be a different colour to the others. This indicates to me that I have won some cash. Hopefully this clarifies matters a bit and hope others can use the attachment. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Calc-Searching-for-values-in-a-certain-range-string-tp4096215p4096842.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Help
Hi :) Yes, are you using Windows? Mac? Something else? If Windows then which version of Windows; Vista, Win8, Xp, Win7? Can you find how to uninstall LibreOffice and then try reinstalling the new one? Errr, i hope you did reboot after doing a reinstall? If not that is often enough to fix quite a few Windows problems. Regards from Tom :) On 12 February 2014 09:25, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-02-11 21:45 GMT+01:00 M G ds...@hotmail.com: Hi, I have been using libre office for a while. All of a sudden I cannot open any files or Libre Office program. I also downloaded the most recent version but it did not help. Please provide any assistance you can. I looked up the open forum but I did not find anything useful. Sincerely, Mario Mario, perhaps you could provide us with more details - for example, the operating system used on the machine to which you downloaded the LibreOffice package, the language version of LibreOffice you have installed, etc ? I presume you are using a Windows machine ; did this problem occur after the latest Windows updates were installed ? If you check under Programs and Functions in the Windows Control Panel, do you see LibreOffice listed as one of the installed programmes ?... Henri -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Dropdown box in calc, mutliple columns
I have two columns in calc. Column A has a list of items while column B has an associated cost. I want to be able to select from column A and have the item entered into a form (say column X) but I also want to automatically select the associated cost and have this entered into column Y, alongside its associated item. Is this possible in Calc, and how would I then set this up? Thanks, Paddy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] MySQL/LO Base problem
Hi All I'm looking for someone to help me out with a serious and URGENT mySQL/LO Base problem please. I prefer to do it Off-List but am happy to post the end result on the Forum later. I did write to Alex Thurgood directly but got no reply - maybe he's busy of away?? My direct eMail is _whitfield(at)telkomsa.net_ or post here on the Forum. Thanks a lot IanW Pretoria RSA -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] WEEKNUM_ADD(ref;2)
At 14:06 11/02/2014 -0800, James E Lang wrote: I am not literate with regard to Excel. I understand that WEEKNUM_ADD() in Calc returns the same value as WEEKNUM() does in the non standards compliant Excel. Under what condition does that value differ from what WEEKNUM() returns in Calc? The explanations don't really tell me enough, so I suspect the way forward with this is simply to test the two functions side by side. This is what testing suggests to me: As you say, WEEKNUM() follows the standard. In this case, a week belongs to the year in which most (four or more) of its days lie. So week one of any year can start as early as 29 December of the previous year or as late as 4 January. There are 52 or 53 weeks in each year. All weeks except the last have seven days. (That may seem obvious, but read on!) WEEKNUM_ADD() starts a new week - week one, of course - on 1 January, but this is in general a short week, even as short as one day, as it ends on the appropriate Saturday or Sunday. Counted this way, there are 53 or 54 weeks in each year, and weeks at both ends of the year can be short. But this doesn't just affect days at the change of year: because of these differences, week numbers may be out of step throughout the year. Note also that selecting different values for the second parameter - choosing your week to start on Sunday or Monday - will, in the case of WEEKNUM(), sometimes affect which week is considered week one and therefore also the week numbering throughout the year. My .ods file includes calls to WEEKNUM() but the file needs to also be saved as an .xls file to be shared with KingSoft Office so I can print to PDF. Why don't you just export as PDF from LibreOffice and share the PDF? I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Dropdown box in calc, multiple columns
At 15:36 12/02/2014 +0200, Pat Brown wrote: I have two columns in calc. Column A has a list of items while column B has an associated cost. I want to be able to select from column A and have the item entered into a form (say column X) but I also want to automatically select the associated cost and have this entered into column Y, alongside its associated item. Is this possible in Calc, and how would I then set this up? Yes. There are two things to do here: setting up a drop-down menu from which values in column X can be selected, and then arranging that the appropriate values appear in column Y. o Select column X (or an appropriate range of it). o Go to Data | Validity... | Criteria. o For Allow, select Cell range. o For Source, enter A$1:A$99 (or whatever). Now each relevant cell in column X will have a drop-down selection list, from which to choose each entry. o In Y1, enter =VLOOKUP(X1;A$1:B$99;2;0) and fill or copy this down the column. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Whole page-sized (background) picture/image in LibreOffice Writer 4.2.4
Hi, I'm in the process of creating a new stationary based on an image received from a design agency. The image is supposed to cover the whole page (A4), that is including the space outside the defined page margin settings. Walking down the path via format-page-background appears to be out of the question as the image is then re-sized to fit into the page margins. Another route would be inserting an image either into the page header (or footer), and anchor this to a character there, or, alternatively anchor the image to the page itself (format-image/picture-wrap: wrap through, in background). Only things with this approach, I cannot enter new/change existing text, as the image appears to be in the foreground (albeit having been sent back/to the background, and any existing text is displayed correctly), and whatever I do, I only can edit this image and nothing else. Am I doing something wrong/forgetting something here? Isn't this--what I'm trying to achieve--possible at all? Is it maybe a bug in LibreOffice? Cheers! Martin -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] navigator works in one file but not another
Good evening I am currently working on two files, both of which were created by copying unformatted text into an empty document. The one file I use as original, in the other file I am overwriting the original text with English (translation work). I noted, that the navigator function (goto page xxx etc.) is working in the original, but not the translation file. What kind of trick is required to make the navigator work in the translation file? That is where I need to jump around all the time ... Thank you. Thomas -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] shaded menu
Hello, I have a problem with Open Office 4.1 (ubuntu 13.10) For some time I have a strange phenomenon, almost all menu items are grayed out (even when it is a new document). So I uninstalled everything and reinstalled with the Ubuntu Software Center, but it is exactly the same What happens there and what to do? -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/shaded-menu-tp4096915.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Whole page-sized (background) picture/image in LibreOffice Writer 4.2.4
At 16:30 12/02/2014 +0100, Martin Hein wrote: I'm in the process of creating a new stationary based on an image received from a design agency. The image is supposed to cover the whole page (A4), that is including the space outside the defined page margin settings. You'll need a printer capable (unusually) of printing to the edge of the paper, of course. Walking down the path via format-page-background appears to be out of the question as the image is then re-sized to fit into the page margins. The solution is to set the page margins at zero and then to arrange that the text still remains within the required smaller area. One way would be to set empty headers and footers as spacing at the top and bottom of the page, and to use a paragraph style with suitable indents before and after text. Alternatively, you could use a frame or a table to contain the text and position this where you wanted. But I think the easiest and most effective solution is to put all your text into a section, which can have horizontal indents set to create your side margins, in conjunction with empty headers and footers. A section has the advantage that it will expand as necessary to accommodate text, which will flow naturally from page to page within your contrived margins. Only things with this approach, I cannot enter new/change existing text, as the image appears to be in the foreground (albeit having been sent back/to the background, and any existing text is displayed correctly), and whatever I do, I only can edit this image and nothing else. If you have the background image selected - so that the eight green handles show - it can indeed be confusing to find how to get at the text. But you can sometime do this by clicking outside the page area (on the shaded window background) and then clicking back in the text region. Isn't this--what I'm trying to achieve--possible at all? Is it maybe a bug in LibreOffice? I suspect that LibreOffice Writer - like other parallel products - is aimed at word processing rather than print layout. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Re: shaded menu
Oh this is a problem that Unity interface dirt. G! -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/shaded-menu-tp4096915p4096931.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] navigator works in one file but not another
Hello, What version of LibreOffice are you using (4.1.4, 4.2, etc)? What operating system are you using (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc)? What type (Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, etc; Mac OS X: 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, etc; Linux: Ubuntu 13.10, Fedora, etc)? If the files you crated with LibreOffice do not contain any sensitive, private, or otherwise information that you don't want public, you can upload them somewhere so that others on this list and I can examine and experiment with the files to try to track the reason as to why the page jumper doesn't work. Please note that *e-mail attachments cannot be used*. You will have to use something like Sendspace http://www.sendspace.com/ or another file upload service to share the files if you wish. I hope this helps! Regards, xmlhttprequest.o...@gmail.com On 2/12/2014 10:29 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening I am currently working on two files, both of which were created by copying unformatted text into an empty document. The one file I use as original, in the other file I am overwriting the original text with English (translation work). I noted, that the navigator function (goto page xxx etc.) is working in the original, but not the translation file. What kind of trick is required to make the navigator work in the translation file? That is where I need to jump around all the time ... Thank you. Thomas -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Printing selected rows from a spreadsheet
Years ago I frequently had the same problem. My first spreadsheet (1987) was a shareware product called ExpressCalc. It had a very convenient function called NOPRINT. If I put that function (or a formula that evaluated to that function) in any cell on a particular row, that row would be skipped when I printed the spreadsheet. This function was very handy whenever I wanted to build a re-usable table that might allow for 100 rows of data entry related calculations, but in which not all rows are likely to be filled every time. For instance, I might have an invoice sheet listing 30 different possible items, but I only want the 5 that happen to have quantities filled in to actually show up on the printout. When I upgraded to Excel (1995), I chose Excel because (with help from their tech support) I could do much the same thing using a couple of macros. I've recently opened a feature request (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74101) in hopes that the folks with the programming skills would notice and add similar functions to LibreOffice. If you think such a feature would be helpful to you, please go to that bug and say so. And Brian, I'd be interested in knowing that hint you gave Muriel. Thanks, -- Tim === 225 Janice Drive Athens, GA 30606-1638 email: t...@timdeaton.org home: 706-543-0592 cell: 706-248-6544 fax: 888-415-5991 web: www.timdeaton.org === I know the plans I have for you: Plans to prosper you and not to harm you; Plans to give you hope and a future. --- God (Jeremiah 29:11) On 1/20/2014 12:11 AM, Muriel Parker wrote: Thank you, all. I have figured a roundabout way to accomplish this, after a hint from Brian Barker. Muriel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Neat Writer Feature -- Relative Font Sizes
I just thought I’d share a neat feature I recently discovered in Writer. The ability to set font sizes in styles as a percentage of the font size of a base style. For example, I often set documents in an 11 point font such as Palatino. My headings are then at 14 or 16 points. But, if I decide to switch to Times New Roman, I’ll increase my base font to 12 points. Then I have to go into my heading styles and increase them accordingly. But... I’ve learned I can set my heading styles as a percentage of my base style. In the font size dialog box, rather than setting it at 14 points, I’ll set it at 125%. Then, whenever I change the size of my base font, my heading styles automatically change based on the percentage. This technique saves a lot of effort when changing font sizes in a document. The key is to know what style is used as the base style for the heading styles. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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] Printing selected rows from a spreadsheet
At 17:24 12/02/2014 -0500, Tim Deaton wrote: Years ago I frequently had the same problem. My first spreadsheet (1987) was a shareware product called ExpressCalc. It had a very convenient function called NOPRINT. If I put that function (or a formula that evaluated to that function) in any cell on a particular row, that row would be skipped when I printed the spreadsheet. This function was very handy whenever I wanted to build a re-usable table that might allow for 100 rows of data entry related calculations, but in which not all rows are likely to be filled every time. For instance, I might have an invoice sheet listing 30 different possible items, but I only want the 5 that happen to have quantities filled in to actually show up on the printout. Wouldn't you do that a different way? Create a table of items, possibly with other data such as unit prices. Set up the invoice separately. Enter item codes or names manually, or - better - use Data | Validity... | Criteria | Allow | Cell range to create drop-down menus in the invoice, where you could easily select the five or so items you needed each time. In any case, you would then use VLOOKUP() to harvest any associated data, such as item unit price. This sounds much easier to me. If you suppress rows you don't need, wouldn't the invoice end up a different length depending on how many items you happened to include? I think my way suggested above would keep the format of the invoice consistent, no matter how many lines were included; unfilled lines would be blank. And Brian, I'd be interested in knowing that hint you gave Muriel. She said File | Print... | Print | Selected cells wasn't working for her. I didn't know why, so didn't have a solution, but I suggested a number of possible workarounds: o Copying the relevant rows to another sheet - perhaps temporarily - and printing that sheet. o Selecting the rows using a filter, in which case only the filtered rows would be printed. o Defining a print range consisting only of the required rows; then only those rows would print. o Using the Export as PDF function's Selection option and then simply printing the resulting PDF. In fact, she chose to select the required rows, copy them to a text (Writer) document, and print that. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: shaded menu
On 02/12/2014 10:07 AM, dpierre wrote: Oh this is a problem that Unity interface dirt. G! Yes I've seen this but haven't yet figured out what's causing it. How did you install? Best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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: shaded menu
On 02/12/2014 10:07 AM, dpierre wrote: Oh this is a problem that Unity interface dirt. G! Apparently a bug with Unity: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libindicator/+bug/1045372 Says fix released but I did see this last week when I was testing 4.1 for something. I suggest posting on the bug and saying you're still facing the problem. Since it's Unity only it's likely a Ubuntu bug - even if it's not Bjoern monitors bugs over on LaunchPad as he's our resident Canonical employee. Best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
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are people with libreoffice able to have an account that they can save work to so that they don't have to use the same computer all the time. I am a middle school student and I am doing this from a home computer and I want to be able to access my spreadsheets from my school computers and ipads please respond. Sent from Windows Mail -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
