[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Drew

2021-10-05 Thread Drew Jensen
Thank you for your kind words. I also know he would want you to change his settings and dactivate necessary things. Joyce On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 12:04 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > I am searching Drew's email. > > I am joyce Drew's girl. > I am writing to let you know, that

[libreoffice-documentation] Drew

2021-10-05 Thread Drew Jensen
I am searching Drew's email. I am joyce Drew's girl. I am writing to let you know, that Drew passed away after a week in the hospital, he passed away from a rare occurance after a Cardiac Catherization . He had major brain bleeds. I am sure he would want you to know. Joyce. joyce.demonbrun#gma

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-projects] Documentation Team Meeting Minutes, Thursday July 16th 2020

2020-07-17 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Sam, The edits are much appreciated there is one problem - the mailing list, here, does not support attachments and so it was lost. For the moment, given that I haven't done anything with what Olivier posted yet, the easiest way would be for you to send the attachment again but this time to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Guides' Titles

2020-07-10 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, The decision on a tag line for the TDF released binary (i.e. Personal Edition or Community Edition or none) is ongoing so changing anything presently would be premature. Otherwise, I have seen no one from the documentation team weigh in on the extensive conversation happening on the other

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-30 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, OK - good feedback from everyone. quick status update - Saturday night the desktop I work on decided to die - troubleshooting done and parts on order for delivery tomorrow. On borrowed laptop with Windows for the time being. Will be on the call this week but might not have much new by then.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Importing PostScript files

2020-06-30 Thread Drew Jensen
well, I've not tried it but postscript does support table structures so I don't see why not. It would be worth the time to find an example file and try I suppose. Doing a quick search finds a couple of candidates,not sure if any have a table,at the Univ of VA website - I'll give it a try and get ba

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-26 Thread Drew Jensen
folder or just to look at them a pdf here https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/FtJW3Ce8DQ4REL7 and that is it, for real, for this ;-) till after the next meeting. On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 9:36 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > > Howdy, > > Just uploaded another png file from a second pass on

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-26 Thread Drew Jensen
time to do one more before the next team meeting, so if anyone wants to propose something different (fonts or font effects, ???) I'm open to giving it a try. Otherwise this is probably it between now and then. Drew On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 3:55 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > > Sorry for tw

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide WG6419-SpreadsheetsCharts

2020-06-24 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Grabbed this chapter for a 1st review - expected return by Sunday the 28th. Drew -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.document

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide Chapter 10 - back from review into feedback folder w/1 edit

2020-06-24 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Finished reading over Chapter 10 this afternoon. I did make one edit to the file and that was to pretty much replace the next to last paragraph talking about performance problems with HSQLdb and referring to issues from version 3.5, then that those issues were fixed in 4.1 and it just seems

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-24 Thread Drew Jensen
background, and the ability to add non-distorted text on the printer ready cover. On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 3:50 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > > Howdy Jean, > > Excellent. > > So with that in mind I took a second pass on the covers, with the Base > Guide pages for an example. > For this

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-24 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Jean, Excellent. So with that in mind I took a second pass on the covers, with the Base Guide pages for an example. For this pass I left the A4 front cover page unchanged. For the A4 back cover page I stripped all the text out of the SVG file, flipped the logo and wave graphic at the footer

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Chapter 10 Base Guide Review Complete

2020-06-24 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Jenna; Thanks for the email heads up on that. I've downloaded the latest file. Starting the 2nd review step. Drew On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 12:18 PM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > > Great, thanks for the update. I think I missed this email. > Pulkit Krishna > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 9:03 PM Je

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide Chapter 10

2020-06-22 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Grabbed Chapter 10 Maintenance for the 2nd Review - expected return, the 25th. Drew -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.docum

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide Chapter 7

2020-06-22 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Uploaded the file BG6407-Linking_in_Databases_PK_DJ_21June2020.odt to the feedback folder with two minor issues. One fixed a typo (tracked change added) and the other about the screenshot of the data source toolbar. One of the toolbar buttons text changed - it is explained in a comment. On

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-22 Thread Drew Jensen
for typing it in - isn't it? Maybe we could use the TDF URL shortener to generate a more legible URL for this purpose. Also - maybe add a QR code graphic for, and in addition to, one of the URLs on the back cover? > Pulkit Krishna > Pulkit Krishna > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 9:28

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-22 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Jean, On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 5:36 AM Jean Weber wrote: > > Drew and others, > You probably are not aware that IF anyone wants the print books to be > available through Amazon and other retailers, several requirements must be > met. These include: > 1) The “author” (LibreOffice Documenta

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-21 Thread Drew Jensen
see if that is preferable. Drew > > But nothing is carved in stone. > > On the back cover, I think we copy the 6.0 back cover contents, and use > it in the new 7.0 back cover, adjusting releases and dates. > > Kind regards > Olivier > > > Em 20/06/2020 11:53, Drew Je

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 6.4 Calc Guide

2020-06-21 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Steve, On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 4:28 PM Steve (GMail) wrote: > > All, > > The 6.4 Calc Guide is, I believe, almost ready for publication. The PDF > version is available for inspection in the relevant Published folder in > Nextcloud (CG64-CalcGuide.pdf). > > If anybody wishes to have glance

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-21 Thread Drew Jensen
Hopefully that early email didn't post.. - the current svg files and the ODG file which adds text and generates the PDF file are in the file Cover7_colors_DJ21062020.zip On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:17 AM Drew Jensen wrote: > > Howdy Pilkit, Jean > > A version number of the ba

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-21 Thread Drew Jensen
Also - the svg files, as they are at this moment, and the ODG file which currently adds the text for the back covers and produces the pdf are on the NC server as file Cover7_colors_draft1_DJ18062020.zip On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:17 AM Drew Jensen wrote: > > Howdy Pilkit, Jean > &g

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-21 Thread Drew Jensen
for the GS and Math guides - fix the Version number on back cover (move or color it) given the problem with Draw cover Otherwise general feedback as this goes along is good. On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 2:51 AM jean-francois wrote: > > Hi! > > Le 21/06/2020 à 05:57, Drew Jensen a écrit : &

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-20 Thread Drew Jensen
33 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > > Howdy Robert, > > Would you prefer a 'blank' back cover where you add your own text or a > cover with the En text for translation? > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 12:07 PM Robert Großkopf > wrote: > > > > Hi Drew, > > > &

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-20 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Robert, Would you prefer a 'blank' back cover where you add your own text or a cover with the En text for translation? On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 12:07 PM Robert Großkopf wrote: > > Hi Drew, > > looks good. I would need the *.svg for changing the English content to > German. I will update the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-20 Thread Drew Jensen
eme. https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/XkirCBX7QQqjc4p has been updated with the changes, but the zip file with the svg (inkscape) files has not yet. On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 9:48 AM Drew Jensen wrote: > > Howdy, > > Well, here is a link to the pdf file so you can at least see what is >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-20 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Well, here is a link to the pdf file so you can at least see what is happening here. https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/XkirCBX7QQqjc4p On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 2:57 AM Robert Großkopf wrote: > > Hi Drew, > > > > During the jitsi meeting yesterday Olviier showed off a couple of >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-19 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Robert, Nothing final yet. During the jitsi meeting yesterday Olviier showed off a couple of front cover options. Two of those are available in the Documentation Team/English/Contributor Resources/Cover7 folder on the NC server as .svg files. There was some discussion about coloring the di

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation team meeting minutes June 18th 2020

2020-06-18 Thread Drew Jensen
ont is too > thin for my personal taste. > > Thanks for the nice work. > > PS. We also need to design the back cover :-) > > Olivier > > Em 18/06/2020 21:10, Drew Jensen escreveu: > > Howdy, > > > > per the conversation about the 7.0 covers - took a qui

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation team meeting minutes June 18th 2020

2020-06-18 Thread Drew Jensen
, 2020 at 3:42 PM Olivier Hallot wrote: > > Thursday June 18th 2020, 18:00 UTC > > Presents: Emiliano Vavassori, Dan Lewis, Drew Jensen, Collen Hayes, > Annie Nguyen, Olivier Hallot > > IRC chanel: > https://irc.documentfoundation.org/?settings=#libreoffice-doc > >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base 7.0 has not got Firebird engine without experimental mode

2020-06-09 Thread Drew Jensen
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:05 AM Dan Lewis wrote: > > Given this, what not update HSQLDB from 1.8 to 2.5? IIRC there is a major architectural change to the HSQLDB code from 1.x to 2.x and the cost of making the code changes for an embedded mode (even the HSLQDB 1.8 is a customiazed release when us

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Macro Code Colorizer

2020-06-05 Thread Drew Jensen
ctation as to what those style names must be. Drew On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 10:11 AM Drew Jensen wrote: > > Howdy, > > Following up from the meeting yesterday. > > So, I was wrong about the extension using direct formatting with > regards to the extension 'Macro Format

[libreoffice-documentation] Macro Code Colorizer

2020-06-05 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Following up from the meeting yesterday. So, I was wrong about the extension using direct formatting with regards to the extension 'Macro Formatter 4.1.1'. Using a fresh document it did add a set of character styles and the uses those in the formatting and colorizing process. (The only not

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice print

2020-06-02 Thread Drew Jensen
Short answer (you are using a home printer or a color laser printer at a walk-in print shop i.e. kinkos) is yes it can. You want to set the following PDF file options; On the General Tab of the PDF options dialog under Images Select Lossless Compression (this will use a PNG format for any graphics

[libreoffice-documentation] Universal Accessibility (PDF/UA) check tool in LO 7

2020-06-01 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Here is the blog which describes what this new feature checks https://tomazvajngerl.blogspot.com/2020/01/accessibility-checker-and-support-for.html The other day I ran a couple of chapters from the Calc Guide and was quite surprised by the number of issues it flagged in each. Five checks

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] cleaned published guide files

2020-06-01 Thread Drew Jensen
Wow that is great news. Another tool which finds these very small direct formatting bits spread throughout the files is the accessibility check tool found in LO 7 (which is how I noticed it). I did only a couple of chapters of from the Calc guide the other day and was amazed at how many little bit

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc 6.4 Guide - keyboard shortcits

2020-05-26 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, I finished checking each of these using Ubuntu(KDE) and found one key which performs an OS (or OS desktop manager) function instead of the expected LO function. Didn't copy of a feedback copy of the file for this - not yet anyway. I should (might) be able to get an hour with a Windows 10 bo

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Solvers Info Doc/wiki page Re: Calc solvers - what to say in the Calc Guide

2020-05-19 Thread Drew Jensen
wise - any review of the current state of the document is most welcome. At the moment the file is in my private storage space on the NC server; I would prefer to move it to the shared documentation folder but wasn't sure where to put it? Thanks, Drew On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 6:54 PM Drew Jensen w

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-documentation] Multi-threading in Calc

2020-04-23 Thread Drew Jensen
hu, Apr 23, 2020 at 4:56 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > To follow up on that. > > Using LO 6.4 & 7.0 pre-release build on Ubuntu. Recalculating one of the > OpenCL test xls files just now. > > Starting up with a command line > MAX_CONCURRENCY=0 ./soffice > Does turn the CP

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-documentation] Multi-threading in Calc

2020-04-23 Thread Drew Jensen
0 at 1:48 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > BTW I'm copying a paragraph from an email on a different list. > > "Also - if you set MAX_CONCURRENCY=16 - or somesuch (ie. twice your > number of threads) - you may be able to defeat the hyper-threaded > halving, and see if this workloa

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-documentation] Multi-threading in Calc

2020-04-23 Thread Drew Jensen
BTW I'm copying a paragraph from an email on a different list. "Also - if you set MAX_CONCURRENCY=16 - or somesuch (ie. twice your number of threads) - you may be able to defeat the hyper-threaded halving, and see if this workload happens to be one that does better with hyper-threading than withou

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2020-04-07 Thread Drew Jensen
Don't grab it for review till tomorrow April 8th, after that I'm done either way. On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 12:42 AM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > Hello Robert, > I have written to Drew once more. If he replies that's the best. If he > doesn't reply then can you take the macros chapter for a review. I th

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-26 Thread Drew Jensen
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:24 AM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > Hello Drew, > Are you done with the review of chapter 09? You should have done that. Howdy Pulkit, You are right, I should of. I am a bad mistress to the doc team, I know. Thanks for the shake and I'll share what I have today. > >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] FYI - LibreOffice Online on the TDF NC server supports personal templates

2020-03-25 Thread Drew Jensen
d be documented how to admin it, but I wonder how much of that would be dependent on which CMS LOOL is running with? IDK > > Lp, m. > > V V sre., 25. mar. 2020 ob 00:39 je oseba Drew Jensen < > drewjensen.in...@gmail.com> napisala: > >> Howdy, >> >> Just t

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Query on Base Table Creation Wizard

2020-03-25 Thread Drew Jensen
Well, damn those elements are just gone, same in the 7.0 build and I don't see a bug report yet. Would you like to report it? On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 9:25 AM Stephen Fanning wrote: > Please could one of our Base experts advise me? > > I am reviewing Chapter 8 of the draft 6.4 Getting Started Gu

[libreoffice-documentation] FYI - LibreOffice Online on the TDF NC server supports personal templates

2020-03-24 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Just thought I'd pass this along for those utilizing the LOOL services. LOOL 6.4 on the NC server allows you to setup your own template directory which will be used when you create new documents. To set it up: 1 - Decide which directory (folder) you want to use. I created a new folder na

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Tutorial

2020-03-23 Thread Drew Jensen
; > guides. > > I have asked the permission of Benard Poole for it. > > > > Pulkit Krishna > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:51 AM Drew Jensen > > > wrote: > > > >> Howdy, > >> > >> A short comings here, IMO (and it was inherited), is

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Tutorial

2020-03-23 Thread Drew Jensen
whole guide so that it is meant for every > >> one instead of only teachers and then publishing it. > >> > >> Pulkit Krishna > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:19 AM Drew Jensen < > drewjensen.in...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >&

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Tutorial

2020-03-23 Thread Drew Jensen
Why would we change it instead of simply promoting the location where it already exists? On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 12:46 AM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > Hello Everybody, > There is a set of LibreOffice tutorial written by Benard Poole. Those > tutorials are meant for y=teachers and for some extent fo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide WiP

2020-03-23 Thread Drew Jensen
WiP = Work in Progress and that is under Macros, not Base, btw Anyway, looks like *Alain R. is scratching an itch. Nice, he is the guy for this!* *Wish him well,* *Drew* On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 12:32 AM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > What is Base Guide WiP? > There is a folder by this name inside

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Exporting data: how is it done

2020-03-19 Thread Drew Jensen
Also, others may have also, but I wrote a small tutorial on doing this (exporting using TEXT TABLES) for the old OOo forums and that should be there still. I'll go this evening and see if I can find that and pass it onto you if I can find it. On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:37 PM Drew Jensen

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Exporting data: how is it done

2020-03-19 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Well, IMO, dumping the DB with a simple script command is great if you are migrating the data but for exporting data: You need to look at the HSQLdb documentation on TEXT TABLES and the SELECT INTO construct. Using that you can export all of a table or use the standard query functions to

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide Chapter 9 Macros; Expanding section on Access2Base

2020-03-15 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, I grabbed the draft file for chapter 9 today and gave it a cursory read over. Jotted down a couple of items I would like to change. By far the largest would be to expand the section on the Access2Base standard basic library. What is there now is inadequate IMO. I would look to add a sma

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-15 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Downloaded Chapter 9 (macros) for 1st review, updated spreadsheet with expected return on Tuesday, 17th. Drew On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 3:28 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Chapter 6 has been uploaded to the feedback folder > (BH6206-Reports_PK_JHW_PK_DJ_20200315.odt). > > This file

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-15 Thread Drew Jensen
Chapter 6 has been uploaded to the feedback folder (BH6206-Reports_PK_JHW_PK_DJ_20200315.odt). This file has 8 typos fixed and no additional comments added. I had almost added comments on a few paragraphs that spent a lot time on flaws in the Report Builder but, they are all still there and accur

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-12 Thread Drew Jensen
Added comments to file BH6205-Queries_DJ_PK_JHW_PK_20200312.odt and uploaded to the feedback folder. On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 1:48 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > I've been reading through Chapter 5 and 6 and I have a general question. > > There is a number of asides in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-11 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, I've been reading through Chapter 5 and 6 and I have a general question. There is a number of asides in these chapters about somethings being 'unfortunate' with regards to design decisions, or open bugs, and I would recommend all of those comments be removed, but before I mark them and put

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-10 Thread Drew Jensen
Ah ha, yes I see my mistake. I'll give both chapters 5 and 6 in the draft folder a read in the morning then. I may have one suggestion for chapter 6 based on what I read tonight, but I didn't read it all, just the sections highlighted in the comments. Thanks again On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 1:31 A

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-10 Thread Drew Jensen
No problem. I downloaded BH6206-Reports_PK_JHW_20200311.odt from the feedback directory about an hour ago. There are still a number of comments, about excising parts of the text, in this file. However if you have it with changes made I'll not worry about it. Either way, I'm off to bed in a few

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-10 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, I've grabbed chapter 6 and read the comments over once. Too a quick look at the comments. Will read over again in the morning and make the changes, will post back here when it is back in the feedback folder. Drew On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 9:18 PM Jean Weber wrote: > I have reviewed Chap

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I'm using libreoffice viewer. I want to write a guide on it

2020-02-29 Thread Drew Jensen
Hi, If you are referring to the Android LibreOffice viewer that package has been retracted from the App store. Not sure it is every coming back. Best wishes, Drew On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 10:57 AM Utkarsh Singh <7878utka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+u

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Change to Base Guide Supplemental to include Firebird engine example files

2020-02-24 Thread Drew Jensen
gt; Indeed - there is already a page on the wiki, thanks Beluga, Robert, Ohallot, K-J and Dan. I'll look to that and if there is anything to contribute will update the page. Best wishes, Drew > Jean > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:16 AM Drew Jensen > wrote: > > > > On S

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Change to Base Guide Supplemental to include Firebird engine example files

2020-02-24 Thread Drew Jensen
sorry that wiki page is at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/HowTo/MigrateFromHSQLDB On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 2:45 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 12:44 AM Jean Weber wrote: > >> Drew, >> Doing that for BG7.0 is a good idea. >>

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Change to Base Guide Supplemental to include Firebird engine example files

2020-02-24 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 1:36 AM Robert Großkopf wrote: > Hi Drew, > > I have migated many of the databases to Firebird but havent translated > these databases to English. The main problem is to migrate the queries > and the views. > So far the queries have not been all that bad. The views are a

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Change to Base Guide Supplemental to include Firebird engine example files

2020-02-23 Thread Drew Jensen
On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 4:45 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > As you know starting with 6.4 both the HSQL and Firebird embedded > databases are supported by default in the application. > > What I propose is to create two folders in the supplemental (HSQL and > Firebird

[libreoffice-documentation] Change to Base Guide Supplemental to include Firebird engine example files

2020-02-23 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, As you know starting with 6.4 both the HSQL and Firebird embedded databases are supported by default in the application. It seemed like a good idea to begin by offering the same set of example databases using a Firebird RDBMS as currently exist for HSQLdb. I've add Robert G. to CC on this

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Preface

2020-02-22 Thread Drew Jensen
b file has been moved from draft to the feedback directory now. On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 11:34 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > weird - am on the server right now and just checked the feedback folder > where I uploaded that odb file a few minutes ago. > > Right now that folder is reporting as

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Preface

2020-02-22 Thread Drew Jensen
weird - am on the server right now and just checked the feedback folder where I uploaded that odb file a few minutes ago. Right now that folder is reporting as empty - but it wasn't 15 minutes ago. On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 11:13 PM Jean Weber wrote: > I do not see the Preface file in the Publish

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Guide Supplemental

2020-02-22 Thread Drew Jensen
actually I decided to answer my own question. The file Example_Report_Bill_DJ_20200221.odb is in the feedback folder. On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 10:37 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > Found a small single line typo in the macro, called from the example form, > in Example_Report_Bil

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide Supplemental

2020-02-22 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Found a small single line typo in the macro, called from the example form, in Example_Report_Bill.odb. Fixed it and the form now runs the report as expected. How would you prefer to handle this, do you want these in the feedback folder also? Drew -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentati

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: OpenCL entry in latest help system

2020-02-22 Thread Drew Jensen
tools for working on the help system. So, what about that - should I just move, as is, the parts from the 6.1 help files to the current section in 6.4 for the OpenCL entry? I'll do that tomorrow afternoon if there is no objection here. Best wishes, Drew On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 3:11 PM Drew J

[libreoffice-documentation] OpenCL entry in latest help system

2020-02-19 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Recently I needed to work the OpenCL setting in LibreOffice and had cause to check the help system. Under LibreOffice 6.4 help files: file:///home/drew/liboQA/libreoffice6.4/help/en-US/text/shared/optionen/opencl.html?DbPAR=SHARED#bm_id4077578 There is very little information, not even lis

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changing content of FAQ Base

2020-02-07 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, +1 for delete them. On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 6:40 AM Ilmari Lauhakangas < ilmari.lauhakan...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > Drew Jensen kirjoitti 6.2.2020 klo 15.39: > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 2:28 PM Robert Großkopf < > rob...@familiegrosskopf.de> > > wrote: &g

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changing content of FAQ Base

2020-02-06 Thread Drew Jensen
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 2:28 PM Robert Großkopf wrote: > Hi Drew, > > > > Looks like folks are just humming along with the guides. > > > > If you could list here the questions which you see as having wrong > answers > > on the EN faq page I'd take a quick look and try to clean up the answers, > >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changing content of FAQ Base

2020-02-05 Thread Drew Jensen
Connectors - but of course. I'll see what I can do. On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 2:28 PM Robert Großkopf wrote: > Hi Drew, > > > > Looks like folks are just humming along with the guides. > > > > If you could list here the questions which you see as having wrong > answers > > on the EN faq page I'd

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changing content of FAQ Base

2020-02-05 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Robert, Looks like folks are just humming along with the guides. If you could list here the questions which you see as having wrong answers on the EN faq page I'd take a quick look and try to clean up the answers, that way the folks working the guides don't have to break their stride. (of i

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Firebird in Base

2020-01-28 Thread Drew Jensen
lots of good information about it. HTH Drew On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:18 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > I can only pass on what I see in 6.4 right now. > > On fresh install > - HSQLdb is still the default, but Firebird is available > - Opening an hsql based file

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Firebird in Base

2020-01-28 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, I can only pass on what I see in 6.4 right now. On fresh install - HSQLdb is still the default, but Firebird is available - Opening an hsql based file does not trigger the migration assistant Turn on Experimental features: - Firebird becomes the default engine. - connecting to an HSQL bas

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] ODF v1.2 vs ODF v1.2 extended

2020-01-21 Thread Drew Jensen
Excellent and thanks once again. On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 8:45 PM Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Drew, > > Drew Jensen schrieb am 22-Jan-20 um 00:22: > > Howdy, > > > > Can anyone point me in the direction of any details on what is different > > between the two f

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Saving as OOXML strict vs transitional

2020-01-21 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Regina, Thank you very much. On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 8:23 PM Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Drew, > > Drew Jensen schrieb am 22-Jan-20 um 00:06: > > Howdy, > > > > I searched the Writer Guide and the ask forum with no luck on this > question. > > > >

[libreoffice-documentation] ODF v1.2 vs ODF v1.2 extended

2020-01-21 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Can anyone point me in the direction of any details on what is different between the two file formats ODF v1.2 and ODF v1.2 extended, for example what features are lost by going to the strict version of the standard rather then the LO specific extended version? Thanks for your help, Drew

[libreoffice-documentation] Saving as OOXML strict vs transitional

2020-01-21 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, I searched the Writer Guide and the ask forum with no luck on this question. In LibreOffice I would like save (export) files to the OOXML format. I would like to if possible create OOXML strict files vs transitional files. Now in the Save As dialog there are a number of different choices

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] ODF formats

2020-01-16 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, The ODF v.13 has been released by OASIS as a specification. OASIS is not the actual standards authority, that would be ISO (International Standards Organization). So at the moment the v1.3 specification is available for implementing vendors to work with and test. That is reason, to be th

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tooltips

2020-01-09 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Those functions are currently not working, see open issue: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120538 On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 9:05 AM Stephen Fanning wrote: > Please could anybody give me simple example in Calc or Writer showing the > impact of selecting / deselecting th

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide published

2019-12-28 Thread Drew Jensen
Thank you I hope it is Ok that I just went ahead and used both of the links shown for a couple of SM posts (instead of the https://documentaiton.libreoffice.org/en link). Best wishes, Drew On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 5:22 AM Jean Weber wrote: > The full book and individual chapters, in ODT and PD

[libreoffice-documentation] Broken link on main website documentation page

2019-12-21 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Today look at this page on the main website: https://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/english-documentation/ and clicking on the 'LibreOffice Online 6.3' document generates an error message: No webpage was found for the web address: https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/BBkk6QxBCfH47

[libreoffice-documentation] LOOL and Draw

2019-12-13 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Recently the Collabora folks released both and iOS and Android app based on LOOL. LOOL (web browser) and iOS Collabora Online continue to show only Writer, Calc, and Impress as available. (even though you could always work with existing Draw files with the web browser application) While t

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Online Guide

2019-12-13 Thread Drew Jensen
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 2:55 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > A couple of quick questions and a comment on the OnLine Guide. > > I see that for the moment the Link from the Blog and from the website are > to the pdf version of the guide only. I assume there will be a link com

[libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Online Guide

2019-12-13 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, A couple of quick questions and a comment on the OnLine Guide. I see that for the moment the Link from the Blog and from the website are to the pdf version of the guide only. I assume there will be a link coming also for the .odt/.svg/etc file that go into making the pdf, just checking? S

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 11 - 2nd review finished

2019-06-28 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Finished review of CG6211-SharingAndReviewing_JHW_KK_JHW_20190626.odt from the feedback folder. Looked good. Copy to Draft folder as CG6211-SharingAndReviewing.odt File in feedback is now in archive folder and the progress spreadsheet updated. Best wishes, Drew -- To unsubscribe e-mai

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide chapters 6 and 11

2019-06-26 Thread Drew Jensen
Will do the second review on Chapter 11. Updated the spreadsheet just now, looks like it should be a quick review. On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 12:26 AM Jean Weber wrote: > I have gone through Kees's review of these chapters (which I had > updated) and accepted the changes. > I have put the clean fi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] "Save preview image with document"

2019-06-20 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, IIRC Thumbnails replace icons only when Medium, Large or Extra Large icons are selected under MS Windows 10 (and maybe 7 also) Explorer. Best wishes, Drew On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 5:12 AM Ilmari Lauhakangas < ilmari.lauhakan...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > On 20.06.2019 11:22, Jean Weber wr

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-17 Thread Drew Jensen
hes, Drew On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 10:57 AM Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > Yes, that sounds about right if you are talking about either the Migration > Assistant or the standard Import Wizard (drag drop). > > The road I'm going down is to move the schema by changing the D

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-15 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, Yes, that sounds about right if you are talking about either the Migration Assistant or the standard Import Wizard (drag drop). The road I'm going down is to move the schema by changing the DDL and the data by changing the DML generated from the HSQLdb SCRIPT command. Then running the DDL

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw templates for use in annotating screen shots in the guides.

2019-06-13 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, This came up a couple of times and again in yesterday's meeting. The idea is to a consistent style to use across the guides when annotating screen shots. Taking a simple approach to start, created two Draw templates. Both have default style for graphics objects area and line coloring set

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Nextcloud file organization

2019-06-12 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, I was thinking about another way to look at the nextcloud resource. Looking at NextCloud resource as a defined set of access links and not a set of folders in the cloud. I've set up an example of this using a single document project with everything in a non shared folder. A file (link on

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-08 Thread Drew Jensen
to check it out and embedded the font in the odt) So, this is pretty good structure I think. Will get to clean up of the English and new screen shots next. Drew On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 4:18 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Perfect! > > That is the way to start this and a translation with update

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-07 Thread Drew Jensen
Perfect! That is the way to start this and a translation with update as needed will cover that migration path. Thanks, Drew On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 3:54 PM jean-francois < jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net> wrote: > Hi Drew, > > Le 07/06/2019 à 20:28, Drew Jensen a écrit : &

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-07 Thread Drew Jensen
ent to the secondary use and it would be as simple a migration as possible with HSQL rdbms being both the old and new engine. On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 2:06 PM Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy Robert, > > Yes - for me that is exactly the point of this - to say 'DO THIS WITH A > COPY' a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-07 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Robert, Yes - for me that is exactly the point of this - to say 'DO THIS WITH A COPY' and then address the facts of the situation as they are. Firebird engine went live with the 6.2 release so that horse is already out of the barn, as some would put it. There exists a real desire by a good

[libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-07 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, In the ESC meeting yesterday the question of including the Migration Assistant (MA) feature by default in the pending 6.3 release finished with a decision to do so with one update the UI. Which would show the user a link, on the dialog box which starts the process, to a wiki page with detai

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