Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread planas
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/R

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread Earl Melton
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 progra

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
I do just that, and think it is excellent advice. You never know what you might need. When my download directory gets "high" enough to fill a DVD, I move them all to a DVD. I have several download DVD's going back 6-8 years. Seems like I have OO going back to 1. something. I have many version

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
As I have already stated several times, you practically already have what you are asking for by using the down arrow next to the Paste Icon on the toolbar! 2 clicks instead of one. I'm sure the programmers are going to want to program that 1 click out. Roxy Roxy Robinson writes: > I don't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Side by side install of LibO and OOo

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
If you have LO installed as the default and want to open a file in OO, simply right click on the file and choose "open with". That will probably bring up OO as an option. If it isn't an option, click on "choose default program" and through this window you will be able to find and choose OO. IF

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: General input/output error when saving to network drive

2011-06-20 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Probably related to file locking or permissions on the server. do not know the details; just remember seeing it. Hopefully someone else can elucidate. On 06/20/2011 09:18 AM, BenXP wrote: I am having the exact same issue as protonpusher. I am also on Ubuntu 11.04 on a PC with Libreoffice 3

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
If you have never used all of the options that pop up from say, a copy of half a web page, then you should try it sometime and you'll probably have a little better understanding of what is going on with each option. I'm not sure about what is pasted to the clipboard, but just open a new Writer

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
John, That is strange - very strange. I don't have hardly any of that on my window. On the left side of the "box" I have: Source: Unknown Selection and under Selection in the window, the 3 options I have on the "text" I have copied. There are no numbered tick boxes - I have to highlight/select

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread Sam Frybyte
Thank you I got it. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:07 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > On 06/20/2011 07:30 PM, Andrew Foss wrote: > >> I had this problem when I updated Star Office and that led me to switch to >> LO. >> There must be something the lat

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 06/20/2011 05:14 PM, Sam Frybyte wrote: YEs! I can't install it either I get two errors 2908 and 1935 Still hoping that someone has an answer to how to solve it. But I wasn't aware that there was a way to download the previous version can you direct me to that? Thanks Jay On Mon, Jun 20, 201

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
May I humbly suggest that, since we live in an uncertain world (well...I do, anyway), that you would do well to set up a "software archive" directory on your hard drive, and download all software to that location. Install from there. Then, keep one copy of the previous version, just in case. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
planas writes: > To enable the macro recording you need to open TOOLS >> OPTIONS and in > the Options select LibreOffice then General. Tick the box "Enable > experimental (unstable) features" and macro recording will be enabled. Ah, thanks, it´s no longer grayed out now :) -- Unsubscribe instr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 06/20/2011 07:30 PM, Andrew Foss wrote: I had this problem when I updated Star Office and that led me to switch to LO. There must be something the latest updates have in common. - Original Message From: Sam Frybyte To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 5:14:28 P

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Roxy Robinson writes: > I don't know what is so difficult or time consuming. Can I post a screencast here to show what I mean? > And I certainly don't agree with typing it in versus copying and > pasting. As I already said, I don´t like having to type either and would rather paste. Just LO mak

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread Andrew Foss
I had this problem when I updated Star Office and that led me to switch to LO. There must be something the latest updates have in common. - Original Message From: Sam Frybyte To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 5:14:28 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Enabling Macros - misleading labelling

2011-06-20 Thread planas
Roxy, I thought the labeling strange the first time I heard of it. I would never have tried selecting the check box. A more accurate description should be used. I have submitted a bug report (38509) suggesting the label be changed. On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 17:29 -0500, Roxy Robinson wrote: > And

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress - How to disable the auto-resize features?

2011-06-20 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Thomas, Thomas Jung schrieb: Hello, how can I disable all this automatic "rescaling" features in Impress? If I try to resize the text/content-box in the master and would like to "snap" that textbox to the grid, Impress auto resize the height, even if I only try to resize the width. It's rea

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Side by side install of LibO and OOo

2011-06-20 Thread planas
Hi, On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 21:50 -0700, aqualung wrote: > Twayne wrote: > > > > IIRC, the use is given the choice of not affecting any other file > > associations during the install. Or, it can take over all of them > > depending > > on which you choose at install time. > O.K., good. So, LibO

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2011-06-20, Roxy Robinson wrote: > [...] I think the Paste Special item came > about because so many people started pasting stuff from web pages into > documents > (which is really nice) and didn't like what they were getting in their > documents. > Course, lots of folks, including myself,

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread John B
Lee I am so sorry - I know Please read my later posting on this - and then ignore it anyway as Roxy has come up with a better idea. regards John B - On 20/06/2011 22:43, lee wrote: John B writes: Now from

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
You are welcome. I found it by accident. Was in a hurry doing some pasting one day and accidentally hit the arrow. Viola! Roxy Roxy I need new glasses or eyeballs, I never noticed the arrow, thanks for the tip! On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 16:23 -0500, Roxy Robinson wrote: > See my later post on how

[libreoffice-users] Re: Impress - How to disable the auto-resize features?

2011-06-20 Thread Zak McKracken
Am 20.06.2011, 02:15 Uhr, schrieb Thomas Jung : Hello, how can I disable all this automatic "rescaling" features in Impress? Right-click on the frame, then "position and size" (German: Position und Größe), then in the "Position and Size" tab uncheck the "fit height to text" checkbox ("H

[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't post through gmane

2011-06-20 Thread Zak McKracken
Am 11.06.2011, 16:55 Uhr, schrieb Larry Gusaas : Posting through gmane is broken. Messages sent can't be delivered since the change to @global.libreoffice.org had the same problem, only without any error messages. Should be fixed now, though, if you can read this :) Zak -- Unsubscribe ins

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc Major Bug

2011-06-20 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 19.06.2011 23:07, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Where do you get the tab delimited file from? Does it offer a Csv (comma separated values) option as well? If so then Csv is the more normal method of transferring data. Tab delimited, comma delimited, pipe delimited, semicolon delimited, any ch

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to move text string into formula, from another cell

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/20/2011 02:47 PM, Gérard FARGEOT wrote: Hello, Message du 20/06/11 21:41 De : "Tom Cloyd" A : "LibreOffice User's Help Forum" Copie à : Objet : [libreoffice-users] how to move text string into formula, from another cell I just thought of a way to save myself considerable time, by calcu

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread John B
Dear Roxy How Strange. It must be a windows 7 thing (I hesitate to say bug) I have just booted up my Home computer, which runs 3.4.0 (windows XP sp3) I click on paste special and up comes the window with the tick boxes. Both [3.3.3 & 3.4] has 4 sections in the window :- Selection, Options, Op

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
And just why would Macros be considered experimental features Macros have been around forever. Roxy To enable the macro recording you need to open TOOLS >> OPTIONS and in the Options select LibreOffice then General. Tick the box "Enable experimental (unstable) features" and macro recording

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
Also, if you are fairly certain there is not any "extra" formatting in the information you are copying, then just use paste. I think the Paste Special item came about because so many people started pasting stuff from web pages into documents (which is really nice) and didn't like what they wer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tutorial for Base Design Forms

2011-06-20 Thread planas
John On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 11:19 +0100, John B wrote: > Hi Alex > > I am hopeless. I tried the wizard in 3.3.3, sure enough the fields were > added but displayed as a spreadsheet (as is data) instead of a > re-designable format for just one record, AND the design /edit button is > greyed out

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread planas
Roxy I need new glasses or eyeballs, I never noticed the arrow, thanks for the tip! On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 16:23 -0500, Roxy Robinson wrote: > See my later post on how I do it using the toolbar Paste Drop Down Arrow. > Pretty simple, pretty easy, pretty quick. Don't how you could get much better

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread planas
Hi, On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 23:35 +0200, lee wrote: > "Manfred J. Krause" writes: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 20:41, Roxy Robinson wrote: > >> Oh, yes, I see. That calls the Paste Special command, which opens the > >> selection > >> window; then U selects unformatted text from the

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
Tom, See my post about the toolbar Paste drop down arrow. Roxy Roxy Robinson writes: > Tom, > I could be wrong here - am just going by what I seem to remember. It seems > that the > options available depend upon what is selected. I say that because I think I remember > that the same options ar

Re: UNIX XOrg: paste selection at text cursor, not mouse pointer (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting)

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
I have stated several times what OS I use. I have no idea what others are using unless they say so. That goes back to my suggestions that there should be a separate list for Windows, Mac, Linux-type users. Also, my suggestion that Lee use the toolbar Paste button drop down arrow to do the past

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and SQL problems

2011-06-20 Thread planas
Denis, On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 08:57 -0400, Denis Poitras wrote: > Hi François, > > In fact, I'm rebuilding a database that I can't no more using in my old > program (Helix). In the other program I had pop menu in each field from > differents tables: prefix, first name, name, etc. Same thing for

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
John B writes: > Now from copy > > ctrl + V gives formatted > > ctrl + v +ok gives unformatted Hm, I just tried that, neither C-v nor C-V do anything. According to the menu, something should be pasted when pressing these keys ... Perhaps it´s messed up now from my trying to change the keybinding

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and SQL problems

2011-06-20 Thread planas
Roxy, On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 13:47 -0400, Denis Poitras wrote: > Le 2011-06-20 à 13:01, Roxy Robinson a écrit : > > > From what I've seen on this list since signing on about 10 days ago, there > > should > > perhaps also be a "split" list between Windows users and Linux users! > > Well, I'm o

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
Use the toolbar Paste "drop down arrow". Simple, quick, easy. Roxy Tom Davies writes: > Hi :) > Gnome has some fairly sophisticated "clipboard managers". It might be worth > googling for "clipboard managers" to see if there is something suitable for > your > OS. In gnu&linux just search in yo

List (un)subscription (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc Major Bug)

2011-06-20 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2011-06-20, Andrew Foss wrote: > PS I urgently need tio divert the tsunami of mail list items overwhleming my > email. I've twice sent an email to users+h...@libreoffice.org but nothing > comes > back even to my spam. What do I do to change the email address or unsubscribe? The mailing list

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
John, I use Windows7-64. In my version of LO (3.3.3), and all previous versions of OO & LO I have used thus far I also get a window popup when I select Paste Special (it doesn't make any difference how you select it). In my window there is no option to "tick" any boxes - there are no boxes nex

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
"Manfred J. Krause" writes: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 20:41, Roxy Robinson wrote: >> Oh, yes, I see. That calls the Paste Special command, which opens the >> selection >> window; then U selects unformatted text from the window, and Enter does it. >> Now if >> Lee knows how to write that

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Roxy Robinson writes: > Tom, > I could be wrong here - am just going by what I seem to remember. It seems > that the > options available depend upon what is selected. I say that because I think I > remember > that the same options are not always there. Yes, I think you´re right. It´s another

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
See my later post on how I do it using the toolbar Paste Drop Down Arrow. Pretty simple, pretty easy, pretty quick. Don't how you could get much better with all 3 of those - simple, easy, quick. Roxy Roxy Robinson writes: > Well, as far back as I can remember that is how Paste Special has > wo

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
I don't know what is so difficult or time consuming. And I certainly don't agree with typing it in versus copying and pasting. IMHO, you would have to be an extremely fast typist to accomplish what I just finished by typing everything in. I had 10 separate, old spreadsheets from 10 graduating

UNIX XOrg: paste selection at text cursor, not mouse pointer (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting)

2011-06-20 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2011-06-20, Roxy Robinson wrote: > lee wrote: >> >> To copy and paste some text, I move the mouse pointer over the text >> while pressing the left button. To paste, I move the mouse pointer over >> the window I want to paste into and press the middle button to have the >> text inserted where t

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Tom Davies writes: > Anyway, how do I make it so that unformatted text is pasted with the > middle mouse button? > > > Hi :) > It might be possible to do that at the OS level. Which OS are you using; a > Windows, Ubuntu, another gnu&linux, Bsd or Mac? Usually the middle button or > clicking o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc Major Bug

2011-06-20 Thread Andrew Foss
The list if file types is impressive but beyond utility. Why not filter the list according to the extension of the file being opened as soon as a file has been specified? PS I urgently need tio divert the tsunami of mail list items overwhleming my email. I've twice sent an email to users+h...@

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread Sam Frybyte
YEs! I can't install it either I get two errors 2908 and 1935 Still hoping that someone has an answer to how to solve it. But I wasn't aware that there was a way to download the previous version can you direct me to that? Thanks Jay On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Twayne wrote: > > In news:4df

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Tom Davies writes: > Hi :) > Gnome has some fairly sophisticated "clipboard managers". It might be worth > googling for "clipboard managers" to see if there is something suitable for > your > OS. In gnu&linux just search in your package manager. Ok, klipper can do stuff with the contents of

re: [libreoffice-users] how to move text string into formula, from another cell

2011-06-20 Thread Gérard FARGEOT
Hello, > Message du 20/06/11 21:41 > De : "Tom Cloyd" > A : "LibreOffice User's Help Forum" > Copie à : > Objet : [libreoffice-users] how to move text string into formula, from > another cell > > I just thought of a way to save myself considerable time, by calculating > part of the paramete

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to do this header bar

2011-06-20 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2011-06-20, Mark Stanton wrote: > Ah yes, that was simple. > > It looks a bit odd to me that, when I put in the centre tab, I have > to pick a position for it, surely it should just centre itself > depending on the page settings? The "centered" in "centered tab" is about how text is aligned

[libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread John B
Dear Roxy I am using "My Daughter rang for me to pick her up from the station" - OS. and I did not check it properly Please allow me 1 mistake per year :-[ . The sequence of my events are and my interpretation of Lees request is: 1st, to Copy, highlight the text from anywhere or Cell (or ce

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Tom Davies writes: > Hi :) > Gnome has some fairly sophisticated "clipboard managers". It might be worth > googling for "clipboard managers" to see if there is something suitable for > your > OS. In gnu&linux just search in your package manager. Good idea, thanks :) Is there one you´d recom

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Roxy Robinson writes: > Well, as far back as I can remember that is how Paste Special has > worked, and in whatever programs I have ever used. Its not a bug, its > the way it works. It´s only getting in the way of copying and pasting. The problem could very easily be solved by letting users set

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Roxy Robinson writes: > Again, I don't have, nor never had the problem you talk about of where > your copied material gets pasted. Then how did you make it so that it´s pasted at the cursor rather then at the mouse pointer? > If I am copying, say, an address from a web page to a spreadsheet, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to do this header bar

2011-06-20 Thread Mark Stanton
Ah yes, that was simple. It looks a bit odd to me that, when I put in the centre tab, I have to pick a position for it, surely it should just centre itself depending on the page settings? And then, it clears all the tabs to its left, but leaves the ones to its right, isn't that a bit weird too?

[libreoffice-users] how to move text string into formula, from another cell

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
I just thought of a way to save myself considerable time, by calculating part of the parameter list of a formula, then moving the result into the formula. But...I'm not getting it to work, and I'm wondering if I'm making some dumb error. The original cell formula I'm trying to improve is this:

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
John, what OS are you using? For me, Ctrl+V is "Paste" only, and does not bring up any list and pastes everything. In Windows, no "list" is brought up where you can delete any ticks and just leave what you want. By using Ctrl+SHIFT+V I get Paste Special, and that brings up a WINDOW where you H

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 20:41, Roxy Robinson wrote: > According to what I just did, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V pasted what was on the > clipboard to my > document. If I copied something with html in it, like from a web page, it > copied > everything into my document. Just like using plain old paste???

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
According to what I just did, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V pasted what was on the clipboard to my document. If I copied something with html in it, like from a web page, it copied everything into my document. Just like using plain old paste Since I know very little about macros, I don't know about #2, b

[libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread John B
Dear Lee I thought I would give this a go. I seems that "Paste" pastes everything and "Past Special" just what's on the tick list so ctrl +v (up comes the list - delete all the ticks but leave text and numbers) Now from copy ctrl + V gives formatted ctrl + v +ok gives unformatted regards

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
Well, I just used CTRL+ALT+Shift+V and that pasted what was on my clipboard into a document I had open. And when I open the Undo function it says "Paste clipboard". So, I would say no, that will not work for anything within the control of the items of the Paste Special window. Roxy On 2011/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature request - Lotus Wordpro tabs

2011-06-20 Thread Roland Hughes
I have not received any response (that I know of) from the bug site regarding WordPro tabs. On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 18:50 +0100, John B wrote: > Dear Roland, Tom & Alex > > Wow! - I actually just received a reply (Below) from the bug site:- > there was me thinking all that was required was hid

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 19:52, Roxy Robinson wrote: > [...] But > the problem, even with this, is that, as far as I know there isn't any KEY > COMBINATION for the various OPTIONS WITHIN PASTE SPECIAL. There is the key > combination that will "bring up" Paste Special, but once that window is op

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Gnome has some fairly sophisticated "clipboard managers". It might be worth googling for "clipboard managers" to see if there is something suitable for your OS. In gnu&linux just search in your package manager. Regards from Tom :) From: Roxy Robinson

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread Twayne
In news:4df9defd.8000...@documentfoundation.org, Italo Vignoli typed: > LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download > > The Document Foundation announces the availability of > LibreOffice 3.3.3, a new release of the most stable > version of the free office suite for personal > productivity, targeting

[libreoffice-users] Re: General input/output error when saving to network drive

2011-06-20 Thread BenXP
I am having the exact same issue as protonpusher. I am also on Ubuntu 11.04 on a PC with Libreoffice 3.3.2 utilizing a network share on a File Server running Windows XP Pro on a WD 500GB SATA HD. Look forward to a solution! -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Ge

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
Tom, I could be wrong here - am just going by what I seem to remember. It seems that the options available depend upon what is selected. I say that because I think I remember that the same options are not always there. In other words, if there is absolutely no html within the selection, that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Feature request - Lotus Wordpro tabs

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is great to get an answer. It's only a first response so don't assume that is "written in stone". There are a lot of devs and a lot of work to be done so things are changing all the time in a good way :) Good first responses are usually give a quick work-around or indicate the level

[libreoffice-users] Re: default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/20 11:52 AM Roxy Robinson wrote: Yeah, Tom. I think it would depend both on the OS, and the mouse capabilities. But the problem, even with this, is that, as far as I know there isn't any KEY COMBINATION for the various OPTIONS WITHIN PASTE SPECIAL. Did you try CTRL+ALT+Shift+V, whic

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and SQL problems

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
That, too! Le 2011-06-20 à 13:01, Roxy Robinson a écrit : > From what I've seen on this list since signing on about 10 days ago, there > should > perhaps also be a "split" list between Windows users and Linux users! Well, I'm on Mac... > Roxy > > > Le 20/06/11 02:56, Denis Poitras a écrit :

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmm, that's a problem. The dialogue box usually defaults to whichever option happened to have been used last. Not very predictable! Regards from Tom :) From: Roxy Robinson To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 20 June, 2011 18:52:15 Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-users] List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry i only just got down this far in my emails list. Please ignore my last post in this thread Regards from Tom :) From: Tom Cloyd To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 20 June, 2011 8:17:46 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] List box not updating

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
Yeah, Tom. I think it would depend both on the OS, and the mouse capabilities. But the problem, even with this, is that, as far as I know there isn't any KEY COMBINATION for the various OPTIONS WITHIN PASTE SPECIAL. There is the key combination that will "bring up" Paste Special, but once that

[libreoffice-users] Feature request - Lotus Wordpro tabs

2011-06-20 Thread John B
Dear Roland, Tom & Alex Wow! - I actually just received a reply (Below) from the bug site:- there was me thinking all that was required was hidden extra code at the top of every page "Am I a tabbed page or not?" if so "what is my name", "do I belong to a group", "My tab is green" - simples

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and SQL problems

2011-06-20 Thread Denis Poitras
Le 2011-06-20 à 13:01, Roxy Robinson a écrit : > From what I've seen on this list since signing on about 10 days ago, there > should > perhaps also be a "split" list between Windows users and Linux users! Well, I'm on Mac... > Roxy > > > Le 20/06/11 02:56, Denis Poitras a écrit : > > Hi D

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
Well, as far back as I can remember that is how Paste Special has worked, and in whatever programs I have ever used. Its not a bug, its the way it works. In some cases you might want to bring all the "info" to be pasted and in others, as in your case, and in most of mine, you only want unform

Re: [libreoffice-users] Disable macro in an open document

2011-06-20 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, Sigrid Carrera schrieb: Hi David, On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:58:46 -0400 David B Teague sr wrote: 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'

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How can I reset all settings?

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
If you use Revo Uninstaller, you - the user - have that option. Roxy Dear Tastaafl Well said, it also made me laugh Maybe there should be 2 levels of un-install called "un-install all" or "un-install all all" However, just out of interest by renaming the file extension of the file:- registry

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
Again, I don't have, nor never had the problem you talk about of where your copied material gets pasted. If I am copying, say, an address from a web page to a spreadsheet, I select and copy the material from the web page. Usually, I have already selected the cell in the spreadsheet where I want

Re: [libreoffice-users] Delete key in the IDE does nothing

2011-06-20 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 20/06/2011 06:24, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak a écrit : > > > On 06/20/2011 12:12 AM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: >> Le 20/06/2011 04:35, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak a écrit : >>> In the Macro IDE the DEL key does nothing. Can someone else verify this >>> in LO as working or broken? >>> >>> Note that i

Re: [libreoffice-users] Disable macro in an open document

2011-06-20 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi David, On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:58:46 -0400 David B Teague sr wrote: > 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
From: Tom Cloyd To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 20 June, 2011 17:02:46 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: List box not updating field with bound value On 06/20/2011 02:22 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > Le 20/06/11 09:05, Tom Cloyd a écrit : >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and SQL problems

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
From what I've seen on this list since signing on about 10 days ago, there should perhaps also be a "split" list between Windows users and Linux users! Roxy Le 20/06/11 02:56, Denis Poitras a écrit : Hi Denis, > (excuse my english, I speak french) You know, we have a French user mailing li

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Side by side install of LibO and OOo

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
I was running, for some time, both OO and LO on my Win7-64 laptop, with no problems. I had LO set as the default to open document, spreadsheet, and database files. OO was still set for "txt" files. And this all worked as it should. But since I was very seldom using OO, and it really wasn't ne

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
From: lee To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 20 June, 2011 17:51:01 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting Regina Henschel writes: > Hi, > > lee schrieb: >> Hi, >> >> how do I set a default pasting type so that when p

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Regina Henschel writes: > Hi, > > lee schrieb: >> Hi, >> >> how do I set a default pasting type so that when pasting, only the text >> itself is pasted and not the formatting with it? > > In Writer it is STRG+Alt+Shift+V. If you do not like this > key-combination, you can assign a new one in Tool

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/20/2011 02:22 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 20/06/11 09:05, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, Um. Where in the world is this documented. I don't quite get it - and example would help, and the only one I've found looks inappropriate. It uses a list box simply to fill a field, not to insert a

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are a lot of options in Tools - Options to help make Calc more compatible with Excel. There might be one that makes formulas and dates use Excel systems? Regards form Tom :) From: lee To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 20 June, 2011 17:

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread lee
Roxy Robinson writes: > But to answer the original question, you still have to choose an > option from several items. Yeah, and I don´t want to do that. My default for pasting is pasting the text only, and I want it to be as simple as it´s always. Of course I need the inserted text to look as s

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to do this header bar

2011-06-20 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2011-06-19, Brian Barker wrote: > At 10:19 15/06/2011 +0100, Mark Stanton wrote: >> To reproduce a very common printing style I want to have a header >> line (on every page) in my document with the page number on the >> right or left depending on whether it's a right or left page, and >> also c

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Regina, *, On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:30:46 +0200 Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi, > > lee schrieb: > > Hi, > > > > how do I set a default pasting type so that when pasting, only the text > > itself is pasted and not the formatting with it? > > In Writer it is STRG+Alt+Shift+V. If you do not like

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, lee schrieb: Hi, how do I set a default pasting type so that when pasting, only the text itself is pasted and not the formatting with it? In Writer it is STRG+Alt+Shift+V. If you do not like this key-combination, you can assign a new one in Tools > Customize > Keyboard. Kind regards Re

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and SQL problems

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, i normally have 3 or 4 fields/columns for names with another field/column at the front for id/key. So, id/key title (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Dr etc) Name1st NameMid NameLast Then a Query that merges the name fields in a few different ways so it's easy to get the into forms and stuff. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] reproduce and isolate this spreadsheet copy/paste bug

2011-06-20 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 20 Jun 2011 at 10:42, Tim Leonard wrote: Date sent: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:42:30 -0400 From: Tim Leonard To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject:[libreoffice-users] reproduce and isolate this spreadsheet copy/paste bug Send repl

Re: [libreoffice-users] default type and setting for pasting

2011-06-20 Thread Roxy Robinson
But to answer the original question, you still have to choose an option from several items. This still does not let you have "unformatted text" through one step. You have to choose Paste Special (whichever way you select it), and then make a choice from several options. I "guess" you might be

Re: [libreoffice-users] reproduce and isolate this spreadsheet copy/paste bug

2011-06-20 Thread Frieder
Am 20.06.2011 16:42, schrieb Tim Leonard: The enclosed .xls file contains only a short column of dates, all from 2011. If I copy them and paste them into a new spreadsheet, they are inexplicably transformed into 2007 dates, and mostly changed by one day. Yes I see the same behaviour. Then I

[libreoffice-users] reproduce and isolate this spreadsheet copy/paste bug

2011-06-20 Thread Tim Leonard
The enclosed .xls file contains only a short column of dates, all from 2011. If I copy them and paste them into a new spreadsheet, they are inexplicably transformed into 2007 dates, and mostly changed by one day. If I type identical dates into a new file (even if it's .xls) and try the same t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Disable macro in an open document

2011-06-20 Thread Frieder
Am 20.06.2011 15:58, schrieb David B Teague sr: 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 b

Re: [libreoffice-users] Disable macro in an open document

2011-06-20 Thread David B Teague sr
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 --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Disable macro in an open document

2011-06-20 Thread Stephan Zietsman
Frieder wrote: > As far as I know there is no possibility without having to close and re-open > the file Thanks, that answers my question. > But you can stop a running macro. Thank you for the advice. I do know how to stop a running macro, but thanks for giving the suggestion any way (might h

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