[libreoffice-users] new version of LO gives gibberish for excel file.
Hi I just downloaded an excel file from http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=205 The file is the excel version of Historical Source of Revenue as Share of GDP. The newest, recommended version of LO opens the file as gibberish: LibreOffice Version 3.6.5.2 (Build ID: 5b93205) My system runs Windows 7, 64 bit, AMD quad core, 4 GB RAM. Can anyone explain or help me fix this? A workaround is to fetch MS' Excel Viewer, then copy from that to a table in Writer for my document, but I would prefer to use LO for as nearly everything as possible. Warmest Regards David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- 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
Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-users] new version of LO gives gibberish for excel file.
Hi All. I had responded, but failed to "reply-all" that is usually automatic with mailing lists. In any event it did not happen. Here is my response, sent to Dries Feys only but intended for all of you kind folks. I installed the MS Excel Viewer, and now the file opens flawlessly. I have NO idea why. With Warmest Regards David Teague Original Message Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] new version of LO gives gibberish for excel file. Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:57:16 -0500 From: David B Teague sr To: Dries Feys HI Dries, and Stuart, and others: I just tried it again, and it opens "flawlessly" with the latest stable LO Version 3.6.5.2 (Build ID: 5b93205) on my Windows 7, 64 bit system. I wonder what the heck was wrong. The only thing I did in the interim was to fetch the MS Excel Viewer. I wonder if something came with that that enabled LO, a font or something that enabled LO. Many thanks for prompt response. Warmest Regard David Teague On 3/1/2013 9:40 AM, Dries Feys wrote: David, This works just fine with LO 4. Of course, there might be other issues. (win 7 64 bit, i7, 8Gb ram) Met vriendelijke groeten, Salutations distinguées, Kind Regards, DRIES FEYS -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- 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] pdf creation issue on a single file?
On 7/28/2012 11:40 AM, Lynne Stevens wrote: I really feel sorry for windows users ROFLMAO Don't start that. I used Linux from the earliest days. (0.94 Kernel and SLS Linux). I now use W7 and there is nearly nothing I could do in Linux that I cannot do in Windows easier. I do use Firefox and Thunderbird, and OpenOffice, not MS' tools. I don't do servers. The big problem with Linux is drivers. Drivers are less of a problem with Windows unless you are trying to make new hardware work with old Windows versions, or conversely. What I can't do in Windows is certain kinds of maintenance without resorting to outside tools. Note that I was a RABID Linux user. Nevertheless I am certain you have your excellent reasons for liking Linux. There is a huge amount in Linux to like. It's more work than I want to do. So please, don't poke fun at Windows users. Help them. David Teague Emeritus Professor Mathematics and Computer Science Western Carolina University -- nil significat nisi oscillat In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. -- 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] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office Users?
On 7/24/2012 10:38 AM, Chuck Davis wrote: To answer your question: Yes, I send *.odf files to others in a business setting. When they tell me they can't open the file I instruct them to upgrade their office suite to a more modern version (i.e. buy new licenses) or, alternatively, obtain a (free) copy of OOo. I told our accounting firm if they wanted to do our work they would upgrade to read *.odf files -- and they did. Cost them some money for new licenses but they upgraded their MS licenses to read my files. Congratulations! I do so wish everyone with such problems would and could handle it the way you have. Thanks! David Teague -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. -- 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] Reply settings on this list have changed
On 8/13/2012 7:25 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: I see the Reply List next to Reply in Thunderbird. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com That button is apparently a function of this list. It isn't on any other list that I subscribe to. Many thanks to the list managers who took care of this problem. David Teague -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. -- 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] Problem Copy Image From Website
On 6/7/2011 11:27 PM, muzzo wrote: hi, I have 4 trials on this matter. LO : 3.4 Browser : Firefox 4.0.1 OS : Windows XP URL test : http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-4-new-features-and-fixes/. 1) Copy by select all in that page and paste into MS Words, it appears, but when paste into LO Writer Text Documents, the image does not appear, the text copied successfully 2) Copy by select all in that page and paste into MS Words, it appears, but when paste into LO Writer HTML Documents, the image does not appear, the text copied successfully 3) Save the page as complete html and open in LO Writer HTML Documents, the image does not appear, the text copied successfully 4) Copy the page which already paste in LO Writer which image not appear and paste into MS Words, the image and text appear successfully. Please do help me..since i need this solution because we are in the middle of migrating from MS to LO..most of the users already xp in MS and used most of the function..I have face this problem since Oo version 1.x until now..we are try to use LO. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Problem-Copy-Image-From-Website-tp3037742p3037742.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. LO: 3.2 browser: FF 4.0.1 OS: W7 Sp1 url test, as below Method, Create and open empty LO Writer file. Select all in page with control-A Right click in page, choose copy Go to LO Right click, choose paste After a wait of perhaps 10 seconds all images appear, however the LibreOffice green header image does not appear, I get text only there. I realize this is an earlier version of LO, and not XP, yet I hope this is helpful. Warmest Regards David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure
On 6/9/2011 7:28 AM, Brian Gillespie wrote: My advice to you is to look for another program! This suite is full of problems and no where to find solutions. The more you look for solutions, the more you receive these idiotic e-mails from other users which don't help- just load up you mail. Delete the whole thing and look for another! I don't know what you are doing with LO that you find it so bad. I have used FREE OO.o since 1.1 and I use FREE LO 3.2 now. I have had only joy in using it. And joy in not having to give MS large sums of money. The help I have gotten from OO.o help and the help from the folks here is of better quality than the so called help I got from MS help package (only easy questions answered there) or from official and unofficial MS help sites. That said, if you don't like OO.o or LO, you should pay Microsoft their (exorbitant) fee for Office, which incidentally is not free of problems either. Please stop complaining about a free package that works well, has great help, and marvelous FREE mailing list for questions. And a few bugs. All that is required is that you understand that we are all volunteers. Volunteers write and maintain the code and distribute it for FREE, and volunteers provide FREE support for this FREE package. And you must understand that no software is bug free. Thanks to everyone who helps write, debug, distribute and support LibreOffice and who did the same for OO.o! David Teague Appreciative, long time user of OO.o and now user of LO -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] LO updates
OO.o 3.x checked periodically for updates but I cannot find any such feature in LO 3.3.0. Is there such a feature? If so, how do I turn it on? I understand 3.3.2 is out. Should I update? --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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 updates
On 6/9/2011 2:40 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi David, David B Teague sr wrote (09-06-11 18:13) OO.o 3.x checked periodically for updates but I cannot find any such feature in LO 3.3.0. Is there such a feature? If so, how do I turn it on? No, there isn't , so I can't explain how to turn it on ;-) I understand 3.3.2 is out. Should I update? Should and free software - a special combination. In general, of course using a newer version gives more fun. Since 3.3.2 is a bug fix release on 3.3.x, it will only give you advantages. But it depends on your use, if they are really needed for you. There may be some useful info for you in the release notes http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/ Also: threre is a point zero release available, for if you like to work with new versions and can cope with some known bugs. See here http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/#LO340 All covered from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ And as last, there is also a RC1 for 3.3.3. So within a week or so, a final 3.3.3 is expected. See http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ Though I explained much more then you were asking for, I hope it didn't bother you. If anything unclear, pls write again. Cheers, Cor: You gave a thorough answer and I very much appreciate it. I'll wait for 3.3.3 final to update. Again many thanks. David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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: hide white space
On 6/10/2011 3:14 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: plino wrote (10-06-11 08:58) A quick Google search provides the answer http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/show-or-hide-white-space-in-print-layout-view-HP003072013.aspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297564 Does anyone know if this feature exists in LO? If not a feature request could be added ;) Would be a surprise if there is not a feature request already. At least in the old OOo domain ;-) IIRC, people are advised to use Web layout for this - apparently - mission critical feature. Regards, Doesn't the paragraph symbol in the tool bar do this? It shows non-printing characters: space, 'hard' return, 'soft' return, tab, etc. This is can be activated by control-F10, or from the menu as View > Nonprinting characters. Warmest Regards David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] Windows "Open with" - the answer - Call for a cleaner
On 6/11/2011 5:20 PM, Roxy Robinson wrote: That is why there is a "special" uninstaller for Norton AV, that is, or course, not produced by the Norton folks. It is a "freebie" out there somewhere. I used it several years ago, but don't remember just exactly where I got it. Roxy This departs from the topic slightly, so please forgive. When faced with recalcitrant application uninstallation, I have resorted to removing the folder that contains the binary and running a registry cleaner. (CCleaner seems to work and do no damage.) There is no way to be certain every folder belonging to the recalcitrant application has been removed. This is off topic, so please use private communication in responding. David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] Disable macro in an open document
On 6/20/2011 8:36 AM, Frieder wrote: you first have to open the development environment by pressing the Strg+F11 keys. I have an F11 key, but what is a "Strg" key? This may be obvious and I'm missing it, a thing I do all too well, or it may be something quite obscure. Help? --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download
On 6/21/2011 9:40 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 06/21/2011 01:19 AM, planas wrote: Earl On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 19:16 -0700, Earl Melton wrote: I used Revo Uninstaller to remove my 3.2 (or was it 3.3.2?) on Win-7. It hung with the progress bar at about 80% of completion for over two hours, never moving further. In the selection window (similar to Control Panel Add/Remove window), I saw that I had told it to uninstall the main program and that the Help module (or whatever it was called) had not started. On a whim, I started another instance of RU and told it to uninstall the help section. I chose the slowest, most thorough number 4 setting for both uninstalls. Long story short -- it then completely uninstalled both 'halves' in about a minute and I'm ready to DL the 3.3.3 final and install it. Don't know if this'll help anyone else, but it [apparently] needs to remove the help files first. Hopefully the new install will go smoothly. I have never experienced a problem installing either OOo or my first shot at LibO. -- I'm so busy, I don't know whether I found a rope or lost my horse! <>< Earl -- Thanks Thanks for the info though. If I have any problems with friends' computer with Win-7 and LO installs, I will remember your "trick". I do not use Win-7, so this may be a stupid question. So is "Revo Uninstaller" the replacement for add/remove programs in the XP and Vista Control Panel? Or is it some other uninstall program that can be used? I'll remember the help files issue, and thanks for that. Question: Why did you choose Revo rather than to use the W7 add/remove application in the control panel? I have used W7's add/remove only once, for another application (that didn't work as advertised) and that worked fine. Is there some LO quirk that requires a separate removal program beyond W7's native add/remove? I use W7 64 bit Home Premium with AMD quad core processor, 4 GB RAM, SATA disk. --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] Feature Request :Evolution
On 7/13/2011 11:20 AM, T. R. Valentine wrote: I can understand why software companies expand software products to do more and more things (to justify new versions, to convince chumps to 'upgrade', and to push other software companies out of the picture), but I do not understand those who buy into such a process with its accompanying bloat. I want to choose the product which is best for my needs in each area where I have a need for an application. If, for instance, I use web-based e-mail, I have no need for an office suite which includes an e-mail function and I neither want to spend the money nor waste hard drive space for such a 'feature'. The worst expansions-into-bloat are what used to be anti-virus products which now try to be firewalls, anti-spam, anti-whatever-you-might-not-want, etc. But Microsoft Office isn't all that far behind. I'm actually surprised they haven't rolled Visio into the suite. (Or have they and I didn't notice?) I understand not wanting to install features you don't use. Similarly, I would like have in LO/OO.o is the ability to install just the parts I actually use, and to have this save disk space. Our of 1 or 2 TB 200 MB isn't a whole lot. But a 100 MB here and a 100 MB there, pretty soon, adds up to a lot of space, to paraphrase Tip O'neal. David Teague In 1980, we paid $5000 for a 5 MB hard disk, shared among 15 Apple II+ computers. -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] Feature Request :Evolution
On 7/14/2011 9:17 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Yes, MSO has faster startup times also IME, at least on windows. On Ubuntu 10.04 I must say that the provided OOo takes a little time when first started after a reboot, but from then on, given sufficient memory (I have 2.5GB) it starts almost instantly. I have 64 bit W7, an AMD II X4 3.2 GHz quad core processor and 4 GB RAM, 3GB/sec SATA drives. LO starts and loads a small Writer document in 10 seconds immediately after a reboot, and as you said, instantaneously thereafter. How much faster does MSO start? --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project
On 7/17/2011 3:23 PM, Andy Brown wrote: Luuk wrote: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?open&unid=955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A209&category=announcements Is it time for the LO-developers to get back with OpenOffice too ? In a word, no. I agree, but I'd like to hear your reasons why "no"... --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project
On 7/17/2011 5:02 PM, Andy Brown wrote: David B Teague sr wrote: On 7/17/2011 3:23 PM, Andy Brown wrote: Luuk wrote: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?open&unid=955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A209&category=announcements Is it time for the LO-developers to get back with OpenOffice too ? In a word, no. I agree, but I'd like to hear your reasons why "no"... --David Why would LibreOffice what to go backwards? The last time that OOo code was introduced into the LO code there were big parts that had to be redone. LO already has features that OOo does not have. The way it stands those features will not make it into OOo/AOOo unless the developers donate the code needed directly to AOOo. With the current licensing setup LO code can not be used in AOOo, though LO is free to use any and all code from AOOo. Seems quite simple to me. Andy Thanks. Your answer helps me better understand! LO does seem to be better than OO.o, though I only replaced OO.o 3.1 with LO 3.3.x. I wish they would stop (gratuitously? that may be unkind) moving things around in the UI though. I like learning new bells and whistles, and serious new features, but I hate to have to hunt for the old ones, and wonder if "that" useful old feature has been removed. --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] New User: Three Questions
On 7/19/2011 9:09 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: 1.) When LO is invoked it displays a box of icons in the middle of the application window. Where do I change the start up option so I see either a blank window or a new writer document instead of this icon box? Are you using Windows? If so, I am certain there is a way, but I sidestep the issue by keeping an empty writer document on my desk top. I start that and click the "new document" at the upper left. I do have to choose where to save if different from the default. I thought this easier than fighting the run box as suggested elsewhere. You can prefer to create a shortcut, giving the "item" the short cut wizard requests as a path to swriter.exe. On my 64 bit W7 machine it is C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 3\program\swriter.exe YMMV. The answers given by others to your remaining questions are better than what I can come up with. --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] New User: Three Questions
On 7/19/2011 11:04 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, David B Teague sr wrote: Are you using Windows? Not for the past 14 years. Rich The link idea will still work with Linux. I have no clue about the Mac. I hate Apple worse than I hate Windows and Microsoft, but I cannot but think they have the same link idea that exists in Windows and Linux. --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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] New User: Three Questions
On 7/19/2011 1:14 PM, Cliff Scott wrote: FYI, under Windows there is a folder in your program list with icons for each of the functions, i.e. Writer, Calc, etc. Just make a copy of the shortcut and put it on your desktop or quick start bar. I had see that folder, but the use you suggest didn't occur to me. Thanks! David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org 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 recovering?
On 7/22/2011 8:26 PM, planas wrote: Sorry about the problem. One idea I have is make copy of the file and change the extension to txt. My idea is that the formatting data would then be ignored when you open the copy. If it works you may get some formatting gibberish included with the text. -- Jay Lozier odt files are zip archives. Changing the extension to txt is almost guaranteed to get you nowhere. If you make a copy and change the extension to .zip, and if you succeed in unzipping it, you will find interesting things in there. The file Content.xml contains your text with xml stuff, but if you work at it you may be able to extract your data. There may be extractor programs that will do this for you. The downside in all this is that if the odt file is damaged, the zip archiver may not be able to open it. I wish you all the luck in the world. David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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: change to move/copy
On 7/26/2011 10:22 AM, Tom Davies wrote: mice (mouses?) The plural of "mouse" was settled as "MICE" many years ago, when the mouse first came to prominence as a pointer device in (when? 1984?). But some authorities still say "mouses" is also correct. Nauseating. Use your ear. It has to be "mice". Warm Regards David Teague Emeritus Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science Western Carolina University. -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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] How to import a txt file into an existing Calc sheet?
Using your data, I used Edit > "paste special" then chose "unformatted text" from the dialog. The dialog then wanted to know what the separator was. I tried "space" and it inserted data into cells but your data has a number spaces so I got many blank cells. I tried to replace multiple spaces with a comma, and that worked, but your data doesn't have a consistent number of separating spaces so that did not appear to be useful. I played with it, and I believe if you separate the data items with a single space, a tab, or something that Calc likes for a separator you may have some luck with "paste special". Hope this helps. --David Teague On 7/23/2011 8:48 AM, George R. Kasica wrote: Hello: I have a currently existing Excel 2007 sheet that I can do a (In Excel) Refresh All for \\APOLLO\e\WeatherLink\JACW3\download.txt which is a test file in the format of: Temp HiLow Out WindWind Hi Hi Wind Heat THSWRain Solar Solar Hi Solar UVHi HeatCoolIn InIn In In In Air Soil 1 SoilLeaf Wind WindISS Arc. DateTime Out Temp Temp HumDew Speed Dir Run Speed Dir Chill IndexTHW Index BarRain Rate Rad. EnergyRad.UV Dose UV D-D D-DTemp HumDew HeatEMC Density ET Moist. Temp 1 Wet 1 Samp Tx Recept Int. -- 7/22/11 0:01 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 1.0 WNW 0.02 1.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.546 56.9 79.3 8.46 .07220.00015369.0 15 91 39.1 1 7/22/11 0:02 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 2.0 WNW 0.03 3.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.547 57.5 79.3 8.66 .07220.00015369.0 15 201 87.0 1 7/22/11 0:03 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 1.0 WNW 0.02 2.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.547 57.5 79.3 8.66 .07220.00015369.0 15 221 95.7 1 7/22/11 0:04 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 1.0 WNW 0.02 3.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.548 58.1 79.4 8.86 .07210.00015369.0 15 211 91.3 1 7/22/11 0:05 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 1.0 WNW 0.02 3.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.548 58.1 79.4 8.86 .07210.00015369.0 15 211 91.3 1 and is properly formatted automatically by a Text-To Colums setup already in the MS Excel sheet so all I need to do each day is Refresh All and select the filename and it pulls in the data in the proper column. For the life of me I cannot see how to do this in Calc...and opening the existing sheet gets the right format, but I'm at a loss of how to get new data into it without redoing the whole text to columns every time (not an option due to time constraints here each day when this has to happen...data is available at 59 past the hour and needs to jut come in to be used by 15 past the next hour. Can anyone help with this? As of right now its the one thing keeping me from dumping the Office 2007 suite. 7/22/11 0:01 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 1.0 WNW 0.02 1.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.546 56.9 79.3 8.46 .07220.00015369.0 15 91 39.1 1 7/22/11 0:02 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 2.0 WNW 0.03 3.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.547 57.5 79.3 8.66 .07220.00015369.0 15 201 87.0 1 7/22/11 0:03 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 1.0 WNW 0.02 2.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.547 57.5 79.3 8.66 .07220.00015369.0 15 221 95.7 1 7/22/11 0:04 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 1.0 WNW 0.02 3.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.007 79.548 58.1 79.4 8.86 .07210.00015369.0 15 211 91.3 1 7/22/11 0:05 75.6 75.6 75.669 64.7 1.0 WNW 0.02 3.0 WNW 75.6 77.3 77.3 75.1 1009.5 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to import a txt file into an existing Calc sheet?
On 7/27/2011 1:01 PM, JOE Conner wrote: On 7/27/2011 5:04 AM, David B Teague sr wrote: Using your data, I used Edit > "paste special" then chose "unformatted text" from the dialog. The dialog then wanted to know what the separator was. I tried "space" and it inserted data into cells but your data has a number spaces so I got many blank cells. I tried to replace multiple spaces with a comma, and that worked, but your data doesn't have a consistent number of separating spaces so that did not appear to be useful. I played with it, and I believe if you separate the data items with a single space, a tab, or something that Calc likes for a separator you may have some luck with "paste special". Hope this helps. --David Teague Did you not have the checkbox checked for "merge delimiters"? Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA h. I did NOT. I'll have to look for that. It will save me some work. Thanks David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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] How to import a txt file into an existing Calc sheet?
On 7/27/2011 1:01 PM, JOE Conner wrote: On 7/27/2011 5:04 AM, David B Teague sr wrote: Using your data, I used Edit > "paste special" then chose "unformatted text" from the dialog. The dialog then wanted to know what the separator was. I tried "space" and it inserted data into cells but your data has a number spaces so I got many blank cells. I tried to replace multiple spaces with a comma, and that worked, but your data doesn't have a consistent number of separating spaces so that did not appear to be useful. I played with it, and I believe if you separate the data items with a single space, a tab, or something that Calc likes for a separator you may have some luck with "paste special". Hope this helps. --David Teague Did you not have the checkbox checked for "merge delimiters"? Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA As I said, I did not, and had not seen the message on this that suggests that ... but I just tried it-- it works like a charm. Thanks. --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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: LO3.3.1-Older OO "Feature" still in LO - How to disable "pop-up" Menus?
On 7/29/2011 11:33 PM, Mahesh T Pai wrote: JeepNut writes: > emarkay wrote: Ya' know the "Table" one that appears sometimes when you click something in a table. This also happens with other operations; ... if I wanted this menu, I'd already have it there... > Bump on this. Exactly what I was looking for an answer to. > Doesn't anyone know how to keep those pop-outs from popping? I simply drag the "pop ups" to a menu bar, where they become a part of the menu. They never pop up again. HTH. I have never found these "pop up menus" to be useful. But that's just me. Your solution works, but it eats up screen real estate. Does anyone have a way to stop the menus from popping up without losing screen space? --David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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] Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?
On 9/8/2011 9:00 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: - HTML formatted texts too I hear that a lot. You should get a mail program that can be set to ignore HTML. Thunderbird can be set to ignore HTML. I'm sure there are others. TB, if set to ignore HTML used to give you a blank screen (and a warning?) when messages with only HTML, no text, arrived. I don't know what the latest TB incarnation does. David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop. -- 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] Do LO installers have Java Runtime?
I run W7 64 bit, 4 gig RAM. jre-6u19-windows-i586-s.exe I have three questions: Do I want to install LO 3.4.3 or LO 3.3.4? Why? and OO.o was available with or without Java in the installer. The Java Runtime with OO.o was always old, so I always fetched the OO.o installation without Java runtime. I find no mention of whether LO has java runtime with the installer. Could someone tell me about this? David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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] Do LO installers have Java Runtime?
On 9/10/2011 12:53 AM, planas wrote: David On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 23:32 -0400, David B Teague sr wrote: I run W7 64 bit, 4 gig RAM. jre-6u19-windows-i586-s.exe I have three questions: Do I want to install LO 3.4.3 or LO 3.3.4? Many thanks for your useful and informative response. Then OO.o makes more use of Java than LO does? More questions: Some say LO versions have problems recognizing some versions of Java. Here, LO 3.3.04 runs with jre-6u19-windows-i586-s. Should I expect trouble with LO 3.4.3 with this version of jre? What about the jre version 7? (I think 7 is the current version.) David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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] Do LO installers have Java Runtime?
On 9/10/2011 11:52 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I keep hearing that the newer version may be slower to do the work. As for version 7, I have not used it. Linux version appear to use OpenJDK instead of the normal Oracle JRE. They have it part of their repositories, but you can find a Windows installer by Google-ing for one. I have run my Vista laptop version of LO with version 6 update 23. I was told that the JRE goes downhill with speed of use after that. Some say update 21 might be the best one to use, for now. Some like OpenJDK instead of the JRE, while some do not. LO people are working on converting the codes that need Java to ones that do not need it. Some extension will still require it though. To be honest, would you want your software package to work based upon someone else's software "package" to work? I.E., when they have issues, then you would as well? Now that OOo no longer is part of Oracle's product line, will Apache continue to use the JRE as part of the package, or will they go LO's route and replace the coding that require it. I believe LO is replacing some of that code with Python based code instead of Java based. Many thanks for this further information. I'll fetch LO 3.4.3 and install it. For the present, I'll leave jre 6u19 in place, and look for a Windows version of Open JDK to replace Oracle Java. I'll be pleased to leave Oracle to its own money-grubbing devices. With Warmest Regards David Teague Double Bass in Fifths Tuning Obligato Strings for fifths tuning -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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: Do LO installers have Java Runtime?
On 9/10/2011 8:59 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: OpenJDK is back up, and here is the link for version 6 build 21. This is the place where the OpenJDK had Windows installers, but is shows Linux and Mac Intel installers as well. The OpenJDK site shows how to install in Linux via the repositories. http://openscg.org/se/openjdk/index.jsp In the tutorial for Windows installation, I am given this last line, --- Set JAVA_HOME and Run Tomcat (or JBoss or Resin or ...) as you normally would. --- but I do not normally run any of these. I have no idea what Tomcat, JBoss or Resin are nor why I might want to run them. I hope it is not necessary for me to understand this to use OpenJDK to satisfy the LO requirement for Java runtime. I did a Google search for each of these, but no light was forthcoming. Please advise. David Teague -- 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: Do LO installers have Java Runtime?
On 9/10/2011 5:36 AM, Tom wrote: Hi :) On Windows i would go for the 3.4.3 at this point. It combines the best of both branches. On Gnu&Linux i am staying with the release that is in the repositories/ppa. Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Do-LO-installers-have-Java-Runtime-tp3324631p3325014.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Thanks to Tom and all who responded. I knew about Oracle and their ... how to say it ... obstructionism, that's why I moved to LO. I was never happy about Java for any application. It is interpreted, and even with a reasonable "just in time" compiler, it is still slow. But my colleagues in CS ... I'll fetch 3.4.3 and the OpenJSP to see if that will replace what little need I have for Java. David -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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: Do LO installers have Java Runtime?
On 9/12/2011 5:32 PM, Tom wrote: Hi :) I think OpenJDK http://openjdk.java.net/ is owned by Oracle. Also JDK = Java Development Kit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenJDK So it's going to expect you to want to install a few other bits&bobs which you probably don't need because you are not interested in doing coding in java (well you might be but it doesn't sound like it so far). JRE = Java Runtime Environment Presumably there is one of these inside the OpenJDK7 but i couldn't find a separate OpenJRE. So, there is a huge amount i don't know about java. If you can untick the java from your LibreOffice and have no troubles then that would be fantastic. Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Do-LO-installers-have-Java-Runtime-tp3324631p3330932.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Tom: Damn. I was under the impression that OpenJDK was a free implementation by someone other than Oracle. I'll untick Java in LO and see what happens. I'd like to be Java free. No make that Oracle free. I dislike them far more than I dislike Java. I taught computer science from 1978 to 2004 and saw our department move from Fortran to Pascal to C++ then take a huge step backward and go to Java. I retired rather than learn Java. Lots of other good reasons to retire too but that's the story I tell. So I don't know much about Java either. Many thanks for the correction. With Warmest Regards David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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: docx format troubles
On 9/16/2011 6:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote: If you were able to ring-fence about 20% of the features of MS Office then about 80% of users never stray outside that. From what i see it's more like about 100% of users. Most users don't even use all of that 20%. I hope this isn't hijacking the thread, and if so, /please /say so, and I'll repost this in a new thread. The fact that 20% of the features of MS Office (and by implication, LO and OO.o) used almost exclusively by some 80% of the users suggests to me that OO.o should identify that 20% of features and modularize OO.o or LO or what have you to include that 20% and make the other 80% of the features available as extensions. I'd like comments on this idea. David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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] Where is Find? (Writer 3.4.3)
I don't want the find toolbar displayed all the time. I can close it with the tool menu (that I get to through the small, inobvious triangle that I only found because Stuart told us about it in the message quoted below), but the blank bar is still there eating screen space. I can close the find tool bar completely with view|toolbar unselect Find I don't want the find bar occupying screen real estate all the time, I don't want it there by default, and it is a bit of a hassle to go to the view menu to remove it. The find tool should not be there all the time. It wasn't in earlier OO and LO versions. The find tool needs a "close button". How do I easily make the find tool go away after use? David On 10/14/2011 4:46 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote: Jerry, Looks to be functional, but is state full in Windows 7, so it could be undocked somewhere in your UI that you can see as Cor suggests. Use the View --> Toolbars --> Find menu to toggle the Find box On. Then grab any toolbar and drag it to undock --> open the tool menu (down triangle) and select Dock ALL Toolbars. That should return the active Find toolbar to its default docked location and allow+F activation. Stuart =-=-= V Stuart Foote Systems Analyst College of Sciences The University of Texas at San Antonio (210) 458-4962 vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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] LibO 3.4.3 cannot open password protected Word 2010 file
On 10/22/2011 5:33 AM, Nguyen Vu Hung (kiei) wrote: Hello all, It seems that LibO 3.4.3 cannot open password protected Word 2010 file. Attached is a Word file saved with Mac Word 2010. The password for opening and modifying is "123456". Any ideas? The attachment did not survive. You will have to post it somewhere or use something similar to "YouSendIt". David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- 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] installing 64 bit Libreoffice
Hi Gentlefolk: I have 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium on a Gigabyte MoBo with AMD Phenom II X4 840 processor and 4 GB Ram. I wanted to upgrade my 32 bit LibreOffice to 64 bit 5.3.4 "fresh". For 32 bit upgrades, I have always (successfully) installed over the previous version, but I was concerned about installing a 64 bit version where the current one is 32 bits. So I removed local help then the 32 bit program. I then successfully installed the 64 bit version and help. My question is, was it necessary to remove the 32 bit version? I found no cautions about upgrading a 32 bit version with a 64 bit version in the notes. Thank you all for a wonderful piece of software. Warmest Regard David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- 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] Underlinng? easy. How do I overline?
Libreoffice community: Underlining is a common task in LO, and it is easy. Control U. But I need to overline (also called overscore or overbar), some text, in my case digits. Overlining is common in scientific fields, and I use it to indicate a shift, a motion of the hand, on double bass music. How do I do this? I'd like to have a font, not unlike the underline font. (I hope I'm not missing something here.) With Warmest Regaard David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- 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] Installation failure of LibreOffice 6.0.5
Subject: Installation failure of LibreOffice 6.0.5 64 bit W7, Firefox 52.9 I fetched LibreOffice_6.0.5_x64.msi from www.libreoffice.org/download/ I removed the old version prior to installing a 6.0.5. The installer started, offered the usual questions, then failed before the progress bar had moved at all. No UAC dialog offered. I fetched a second copy which failed in the same way. Next different mirror: http://mirror2.layerjet.com/tdf/libreoffice/stable/6.0.5/win/x86/LibreOffice_6.0.5_Win_x86.msi (us, prio 100) This was substantially slower (15 min.) than the utexas mirror (5 min.) This file is only 246 MB compared to the utexas copy 262 MB. This copy also fails, same mode. 'Net search results suggest the .msi file must be run as administrator. I have administrator priv, but the UAC dialog isn't offered when I attempt to run, as it does with every other .exe or .msi file I have tried. Shift - right click offers option of "run as another user" which requires an id and password, but neither the administrator nor my account have password(s) set. The dialog refuses to accept administrator as the user and a blank password isn't allowed. But for the fact that a UAC dialog isn't offered when I attempt to run the installer, I'd say this is a Windows problem. In any event, you all know more about LO & Windows than I (at 81) am likely to learn in my time left on this Earth. Help, please. Meanwhile, I'll reinstall the old version. Please copy me with your responses. Warmest Regard David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-users] SOLVED was Re: Installation failure of LibreOffice 6.0.5
SOLVED: Installation "failure" for 64 bit LO 6.0.5 This Window 7 computer blocks some installer files. You find that in file "Properties." Your mileage may vary with other Windows versions. A fix for this: Right click LO .msi installer At the bottom find properties. Click Properties At the bottom of the General tab find Security, and this information: "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer." There is a button "Unblock" Click "Unblock" This will enable the installer to start. Notes: 6.0.5 took about 5 minutes on my machine to produce the UAC dialog. Wait for it. Total install time, about 20 minutes, including to install the 6.0.5 local help files. Thanks to Brian Barker who promptly answered. He pointed out that I fetched the x86 version from the mirror and that accounted for the difference in file size. I should have realized that. My lapse. With Warmest Regard David Teague On 7/24/2018 11:20 AM, David B Teague sr wrote: Subject: Installation failure of LibreOffice 6.0.5 64 bit W7, Firefox 52.9 I fetched LibreOffice_6.0.5_x64.msi from www.libreoffice.org/download/ I removed the old version prior to installing a 6.0.5. The installer started, offered the usual questions, then failed before the progress bar had moved at all. No UAC dialog offered. I fetched a second copy which failed in the same way. Next different mirror: http://mirror2.layerjet.com/tdf/libreoffice/stable/6.0.5/win/x86/LibreOffice_6.0.5_Win_x86.msi (us, prio 100) This was substantially slower (15 min.) than the utexas mirror (5 min.) This file is only 246 MB compared to the utexas copy 262 MB. This copy also fails, same mode. 'Net search results suggest the .msi file must be run as administrator. I have administrator priv, but the UAC dialog isn't offered when I attempt to run, as it does with every other .exe or .msi file I have tried. Shift - right click offers option of "run as another user" which requires an id and password, but neither the administrator nor my account have password(s) set. The dialog refuses to accept administrator as the user and a blank password isn't allowed. But for the fact that a UAC dialog isn't offered when I attempt to run the installer, I'd say this is a Windows problem. In any event, you all know more about LO & Windows than I (at 81) am likely to learn in my time left on this Earth. Help, please. Meanwhile, I'll reinstall the old version. Please copy me with your responses. Warmest Regard David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-users] Question about Installation glitch upgrading from LO 5.x to LO 6.0.6.2
Hi LibreOffice Users: My system: 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium LibreOffice 6.0.6.2 off line help for LO 6.0.6 Installation glitch upgrading from LO 5.x to LO 6.0.6.2 Started Installer, process displayed UAC dialog. I answered "Yes" Installer proceeded up to a point, then failed, stating the installer did not have sufficient privilege to access C:\Program Files\LibreOffice I clicked "retry" several times to no avail, then backed out. A retry also failed. In casting about for a solution, I happened to reboot. Then I recalled that inaccessible files are sometimes removed or made accessible after a reboot. I retried installation, LO 6.0.6.2 installed quickly along with off line help My Question: Should I have known this might or would occur? And could this glitch have been predicted and users warned? Warmest Regard David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] I have been using open office, libre office and open everything since 1985
I started using StarOffice a ways back, then OpenOffice.org, then Libreoffice since Oracle bought Sun. I do not now have, nor have I ever had, stability problems, except _sometimes_ when I install a new release over the old one. Now, I _always_ remove the old version before installing a new version. Never a problem since. I note that I need to install a new version. -- David Version: 6.2.1.2 (x64) Build ID: 7bcb35dc3024a62dea0caee87020152d1ee96e71 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded On 1/11/2019 5:58 AM, fudmier wrote: but I can tell you what has happened to libre office over the past two years has turned me off.. nothing about it is stable.. it stinks. -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop! -- Duke Ellington -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
