Re: [libreoffice-users] [Announce] HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released

2012-04-11 Thread Mark Stanton
It's very easy to get the data from one Base database to another, I think it's one of the standout features of Base. Once you've set up the new database, using the standalone HSQLDB, just can just drag tables from the tables area of the previous (embedded) one and drop them onto the tables area

[libreoffice-users] error message libreoffice wont work

2012-04-11 Thread ALEXANDRE DE LUNA PEDROSA
In both versions 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 of libreoffice (portuguese Brazil) in my windows 7 computer: I keep getting this message saying: o libreoffice falhou e parou de funcionar devido a um erro inesperado. This usually happens after I open it and it keeps asking to recover a file "untitled_X" and tha

[libreoffice-users] Line removal

2012-04-11 Thread Sylvain Bromberger
How do I remove a line in text that was put in by pressing underline three times? Delete does not seem to work on them. Sylvain -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting gui

[libreoffice-users] Report Bulder in 3.5

2012-04-11 Thread capemayal
Does anyone know where to obtain the extension? Thanks, Al Ubuntu 12.04 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Report-Bulder-in-3-5-tp3902510p3902510.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h

[libreoffice-users] libreoffice-writer print to postscript file query

2012-04-11 Thread chandra shekar
Hi, I need to convert Doc, Docx, PPT, xls to postscript. Can you please let me know which filter is converting to postscript format in libreoffice. Do we need libreoffice rendering suite for this conversion or Is there any possibility without libreoffice rendering suite to convert. Please provi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Announce] HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released

2012-04-11 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 12/04/2012 01:17, avamk a écrit : anymore? Also, is there a way to migrate existing databases created with "vanilla" LibreOffice Base to this new HSQL? To add to Andreas and Dan msgs, getting from embedded to stand-alone DB just requires to extract the DB from the LibO .odb file (which is

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: cell protection + cut & paste

2012-04-11 Thread miakoiv
> miakoiv wrote (11-04-12 20:32) > >> If a protected cell reads data from non protected cell and the user >> decides >> to cut + paste the information, the orginal formula in the protected >> cell >> will be modified. > > I don't get this. > When data, that is used in a formula is changed, removed,

[libreoffice-users] Re: LOo 3.5.1.2 upgrade in Ubuntu Natty does not 'see' old templates

2012-04-11 Thread NoOp
On 04/09/2012 11:41 PM, John D. Herron wrote: > My new LOo 3.5.1.2 (Build ID: 350m1(Build:102) auto-upgraded under > Ubuntu Natty (via Update Manager) from the earlier 3.4.5 version. You only could have done that if you install a ppa (Personal Package Archive): http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/li

Re: Fwd: ooops Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5.2 corrupting .doc files

2012-04-11 Thread Jonathon Waterman
The corruption I was experiencing was with the older .doc files. I do not use docx. JW. On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Do mean trouble with DocX or the older Doc format? Usually the older > format is the one that is far more reliable > Regards from > Tom :) > > >

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread NoOp
On 04/11/2012 08:30 AM, dcannell wrote: ... > > My other issue is that with the OpenOffice that came native with my > Ubuntu 10.04 I can't download LibreOffice for testing without blowing my > OpenOffice away. That doesn't seem like a very friendly way of doing > business because what if I tru

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :)  Err i didn't mean to get rid of the machine.  I've got an older one that i am trying to get basic officey things and a web-browser working on.  Hence my interest in Lubuntu as i chickened out of going distro-hopping this time and just want something fairly familiar.  I should go

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread Simon Cropper
On 11/04/12 21:22, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: May I ask for advice, I have an old spare laptop (HP/Compaq NX9005) and thought of installing a Linux, e.g. Ubuntu on it. >> are there other Linux-distributions than Ubuntu to be considered as best for private/home use? >> if Ubuntu, what version do you

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Announce] HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I guess that by tomorrow Dan means today as yesterday has already stopped being today several minutes ago although possibly not there.  By there i mean here as i am there since you are here from your point of view, obviously.  Goodnight all (or should that be good morning?) Regards from T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think if you can find an individual bug-report or two then you could add a comment or try to raise their importance level but the chances are that they would get reset.  Stuill a comment might be good even if the devs hate that sort of thing.  The Gnu&Linux version is probably extremel

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Announce] HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released

2012-04-11 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 16:17 -0700, avamk wrote: > Hello, > > As a new user, the new HSQL looks very interesting, but I am still a little > confused: > > Does this mean if I setup HSQL 2.2.8 per your instructions in the original > post, I will have a database service/server running on my machine t

[libreoffice-users] Re: Bullets in .doc/.docx documents always become "^"?

2012-04-11 Thread Tom
Hi :( Weird, the bullets and numbers looked completely normal to me http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3904120/bullets-working-2012-04-11.gif bullets-working-2012-04-11.gif Ubuntu 10.04 (i think, although i'm getting increasingly sceptical so maybe 11.04) with LibreOffice 3.4.6. Regards

[libreoffice-users] Re: Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-11 Thread avamk
OK, I will try 1. and 2.. In fact, I realised only now that I can also test a couple of my multimedia intensive Impress files on my Linux and Windows virtual machines. If the problem really is Mac specific, then performance should improve, even in a virtual machine. This possible "workaround" will

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [Announce] HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) >From what little i understand the answer to all of those questions is "Yes".  >The embedded version of HSqlDb is not as good as running HSqlDb as a separate >back-end with LibreOffice as 'just' the front-end.  I don't know how you would export the data but hopefully there is a way! Regar

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You are welcome.  I think i would move in 3 directions at roughly the same time.  Hmmm, well maybe i wouldn't go for the 3rd option as my coding is probably fairly lousy 1.  Keep using the one that does work, ie Apple Keynote but still use Writer and Calc etc, just not Impress except for j

[libreoffice-users] Re: [Announce] HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released

2012-04-11 Thread avamk
Hello, As a new user, the new HSQL looks very interesting, but I am still a little confused: Does this mean if I setup HSQL 2.2.8 per your instructions in the original post, I will have a database service/server running on my machine that LibreOffice acts as frontend for? I.e. will my databse bec

[libreoffice-users] Re: Bullets in .doc/.docx documents always become "^"?

2012-04-11 Thread avamk
Hello, Thanks for your quick reply. I have attached a sample .docx file exhibiting the symptom I described. I used the default bullet points/lists settings in Micro$oft Word 2010 to create this file. As you can see, when you open the file in LibreOffice Writer, the bullet points be come "^"s. Wo

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 21:40 +0200, Nino Novak wrote: > On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:25:11 PM dcannell wrote: > > Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out > > OpenOffice when it installs? > > Despite its name, the "parallel install" does not install the software but >

[libreoffice-users] Re: Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-11 Thread avamk
Hello, Thanks for your quick replies! I really don't think my pictures are too big at all! I've made slideshows with Apple Keynote or Micro$oft Powerpoint with almost a hundred slides, that were very multimedia heavy (including videos, high resolution images in MBs each, etc.), and they run *flaw

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You could uninstall the OOo and then reinstall it later if you have unlimited download.  The settings tend to get saved but you might want to back-up your User Profile jic. Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 11/4/12, Nino Novak wrote: From: Nino Novak Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, you can sometimes get lucky with architecture or perhaps if other parts of the spec are a lot higher than min.spec.    I would love to try 10.04 on a Raspberry Pi.  With Ram and everything all so close to the Cpu i bet you probably could get away with only 256Mb ram (or however low it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
Hey, I ran a P4 IBM server with 512MB of ram using Ubuntu 10.04LTS. It worked fine for my use. If you really need to Lubuntu is the low resource version of Ubuntu. But, come on, 512MB is not that bad. I have used 10.04 on 512MB P-II and P-III systems before. On 04/11/2012 07:48 AM, Tom D

Re: Fwd: ooops Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5.2 corrupting .doc files

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Do mean trouble with DocX or the older Doc format?  Usually the older format is the one that is far more reliable Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 11/4/12, Jonathon Waterman wrote: From: Jonathon Waterman Subject: Fwd: ooops Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5.2 corrupting .doc file

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: cell protection + cut & paste

2012-04-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.04.2012 23:59, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 11.04.2012 22:58, Cor Nouws wrote: Pls explain more in detail what the situation is you talk about. An example of the cells involved maybe? Thanks, Cell protection can be overridden by pasting/dragging arbitrary other spreadsheet cells over the p

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: cell protection + cut & paste

2012-04-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 11.04.2012 22:58, Cor Nouws wrote: Pls explain more in detail what the situation is you talk about. An example of the cells involved maybe? Thanks, Cell protection can be overridden by pasting/dragging arbitrary other spreadsheet cells over the protected ones. The underlying problem is a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [BASE] New to Base - Program stops

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good point.  Hagar's LO page about User Profiles is here https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile and mentions the slight change in the pathname that was added for the 3.5.x branch.  Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 11/4/12, Andreas Säger wrote: From: Andreas Säger

[libreoffice-users] Re: [BASE] New to Base - Program stops

2012-04-11 Thread Andreas Säger
Downgrading would be silly. 3.4 had some nasty bugs. Version 3.5 is as usable as it used to be in LibreOffice 3.3 and OpenOffice 3.3. Most strange problems and crashes are cured by resetting the user profile. http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426 -- For unsubs

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer Dialogs

2012-04-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Malcolm, Malcolm Moore wrote (05-04-12 15:59) I have been experimenting a bit more and LibreOffice doesn't show all the options the printer has available. For example:- ( With LO 3.5.n and openSuse 12.1) In the system printer dialog my Ricoh MPC 5000 has 4 trays and a bypass. In LO it only

Re: [libreoffice-users] [BASE] New to Base - Program stops

2012-04-11 Thread drew jensen
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 16:48 -0300, Preston Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to learn Base in LO 3.5.2.2 under Vista with all latest updates > > I start Base - then I follow the steps shown at > http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1tableone.htm > > The Base wizard starts; I click 'Create a new da

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: document conversion problems, losing formatting information.

2012-04-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hello Rogier, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote (11-04-12 19:28) This gets more bizarre, in a subsequent version of the same document, Word now opens the file just fine and displays the first line indents as intended, even though that formatting function does not seem to exist in word as part of pa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: cell protection + cut & paste

2012-04-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Miakoiv, miakoiv wrote (11-04-12 20:32) If a protected cell reads data from non protected cell and the user decides to cut + paste the information, the orginal formula in the protected cell will be modified. I don't get this. When data, that is used in a formula is changed, removed, the re

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi David, dcannell wrote (11-04-12 17:30) I've found that I can't (currently using OpenOffice) maintain bullets or outline numbering between .odt and .doc formats which is probably no surprise to anyone. [...] At this point I'm working on a project that needs to get done in a couple of days tha

Re: [libreoffice-users] problems with document conversion

2012-04-11 Thread e-letter
On 11/04/2012, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > unreadable. Usually, I started with the standard odt format and converted to > doc. occasionally I would do couple revisions in the .doc form and then > convert > back to ODF for my baseline. I was using revisions 3.5.0 and 3.5.1 > A mistake to use the

Re: [libreoffice-users] LOo 3.5.1.2 upgrade in Ubuntu Natty does not 'see' old templates

2012-04-11 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Fabian, I've been using Ubuntu for 3+ years. A few years ago I had some issues with the Ubuntu OpenOffice packages. It might not have been their fault since I had non-repo versions installed when I did an upgrade. To fix that problem, I did a complete uninstall of the Ubuntu version and in

Re: [libreoffice-users] [BASE] New to Base - Program stops

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Can you download the 3.4.6 version and install it alongside your existing 3.5.3? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel Also there is other documentation at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications There is an introduction and overview in the Getting

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to change document author in existing document

2012-04-11 Thread Russ Mannex
Thank you to Clei and Drew. It works now. I think I was resetting the user data without having the checkbox checked (which, of course, doesn't make any sense, so I'm not sure why I was doing it that way!). Works now. Much happier. Thanks all! -- -Mannex On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:11:57 PM

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged document to email

2012-04-11 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2012-04-12 03:19, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 11/04/2012 16:08, Ferry Toth wrote: My provider uses TLS on the SMTP server which is on port 25. When I select that server from LO, check use SSL, type in user name and password under server verification and the click on test settings I get

[libreoffice-users] [BASE] New to Base - Program stops

2012-04-11 Thread Preston Smith
Hi, I am trying to learn Base in LO 3.5.2.2 under Vista with all latest updates I start Base - then I follow the steps shown at http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1tableone.htm The Base wizard starts; I click 'Create a new database' then 'Next' I say "Yes, please register database for me", "O

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Nino Novak
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:25:11 PM dcannell wrote: > Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out > OpenOffice when it installs? Despite its name, the "parallel install" does not install the software but just copies the executables into the chosen directory. So nothin

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to change document author in existing document

2012-04-11 Thread drew jensen
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 11:33 -0700, Russ Mannex wrote: > Using LibreOffice Writer 3.4.4 on Mint 12 KDE. If I create a document, then > export to PDF, the author is set to the user info as defined in the > Options>User Data section. In File>Properties, I can deselect "Apply user > data" and the au

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to change document author in existing document

2012-04-11 Thread Gabriel Risterucci
If you're willing, you can open the file with an archive editor (it's a simple zip file), and edit the information in the meta.xml file inside it. As far as I know, there is no easy way to alter this field directly in libreoffice (maybe someone wrote an extension for this...) -- Cley Faye http:/

[libreoffice-users] How to change document author in existing document

2012-04-11 Thread Russ Mannex
Using LibreOffice Writer 3.4.4 on Mint 12 KDE. If I create a document, then export to PDF, the author is set to the user info as defined in the Options>User Data section. In File>Properties, I can deselect "Apply user data" and the author info will no longer be exported to a PDF. However, if I

[libreoffice-users] Calc: cell protection + cut & paste

2012-04-11 Thread miakoiv
Hello, I made really nice project for my customer with Calc because we didn't want to use Excel, but now we are in trouble, because in Calc you can't protect the formulas in cells from cust + paste modifications. Cells are protected and documentation says that when the cells are protected you are

Re: [libreoffice-users] LOo 3.5.1.2 upgrade in Ubuntu Natty does not 'see' old templates

2012-04-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 12-04-10 02:41 AM, John D. Herron a écrit : > My new LOo 3.5.1.2 (Build ID: 350m1(Build:102) auto-upgraded under Ubuntu Natty (via Update Manager) from the earlier 3.4.5 version. > > The suite works well overall, but I do miss my old (custom) templ

Re: [libreoffice-users] end my post address

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perhaps this link? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 11/4/12, Hilkka Häkkilä wrote: From: Hilkka Häkkilä Subject: [libreoffice-users] end my post address To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 11 April, 2012, 1

[libreoffice-users] end my post address

2012-04-11 Thread Hilkka Häkkilä
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: document conversion problems, losing formatting information.

2012-04-11 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:28 11/04/2012 -0400, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote: This gets more bizarre, in a subsequent version of the same document, Word now opens the file just fine and displays the first line indents as intended, even though that formatting function does not seem to exist in word as part of para

Re: [libreoffice-users] take out post list

2012-04-11 Thread Regina Henschel
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 12-04-11 05:00 AM, Tom Davies a écrit : > Hi :) > I generally get details like that from DistroWatch > http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu > Details about each and every package included in a distro is beyond the scope of a decent

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: document conversion problems, losing formatting information.

2012-04-11 Thread Rogier F. van Vlissingen
This gets more bizarre, in a subsequent version of the same document, Word now opens the file just fine and displays the first line indents as intended, even though that formatting function does not seem to exist in word as part of paragraph formatting in the same way as it does in LO. MY LO versio

Re: [libreoffice-users] take out post list

2012-04-11 Thread Hilkka Häkkilä
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged document to email

2012-04-11 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 12-04-11 03:03 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker a écrit : > On 09/04/2012 13:01, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >> LO 3.5.2.2 >> I am trying to send a mail-merged document direct to email and some rather baffling occurrences present themselves. >> >> 1. It

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2012-04-11 Thread Hilkka Häkkilä
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Re: [libreoffice-users] take out post list

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Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread dcannell
Thanks Séamas, I've about reached the same conclusion just not so sure how to go about it. Thanks again... -- KB1TVH dcann...@freeshell.org SDF Public Access UNIX System http://freeshell.org ~ On 04/11/2012 12:23 PM, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: David:

[libreoffice-users] take out post list

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Fwd: ooops Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5.2 corrupting .doc files

2012-04-11 Thread Jonathon Waterman
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jonathon Waterman Date: Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:59 PM Subject: Re: ooops Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.5.2 corrupting .doc files To: Tom Davies Thanks for the response, Tom. I was able to find a copy of 3.5.1 at http://www.oldapps.com/libr

[libreoffice-users] [Announce] HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released

2012-04-11 Thread Andreas Säger
http://hsqldb.org/ HyperSQL was selected as the SourceForge Project of the Month for January 2012 and is featured on SourceForge.net home page. An interview with core developers is published here. HyperSQL 2.2.8 Released HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase) is the leading SQL relational database engine

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread dcannell
Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out OpenOffice when it installs? From https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOffice Please note OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice don’t coexist. Install LibreOffice following these instructions will effectively remove OpenOffice.org. Thanks

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
David: You should probably be aware that the automatic bullet feature (and the automatic numbering feature) in Microsoft Word does not place the appropriate characters within the text, as it seems to do, but simulates them by means of templates that are stored in another part of the file (if I und

Re: [libreoffice-users] problems with document conversion

2012-04-11 Thread Jay Lozier
Eric, On 04/11/2012 10:19 AM, Eric S. Johansson wrote: this problem just bit me in my job hunt. Apparently for the past two or three months, I've been sending out resumes and cover letters in Microsoft Word DOC format and they were garbled sometimes simply margin errors sometimes completely un

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Nino Novak
On Wednesday 11 April 2012, 11:30:23 dcannell wrote: > My other issue is that with the OpenOffice that came native with my > Ubuntu 10.04 I can't download LibreOffice for testing without blowing my > OpenOffice away. Try doing a parallel install: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_p

Re: [libreoffice-users] Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-11 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi, I would try downsizing the pictures such as Tom suggested. I don't do much work in Impress, and I run Ubuntu. I upgraded my brother's laptop on Monday to Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2. The computer is 4 years old, and has a minimal dual core processor and 3 gigs of memory. I installed LibreOffice 3

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread dcannell
I use Ubuntu at home and the office but I do have to communicate with the outside world which unfortunately uses lots of MicroSoft Office in various flavors.. I've found that I can't (currently using OpenOffice) maintain bullets or outline numbering between .odt and .doc formats which is proba

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged document to email

2012-04-11 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 11/04/2012 16:08, Ferry Toth wrote: My provider uses TLS on the SMTP server which is on port 25. When I select that server from LO, check use SSL, type in user name and password under server verification and the click on test settings I get the window showing that it passed. Are you sure TLS

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged document to email

2012-04-11 Thread Ferry Toth
My provider uses TLS on the SMTP server which is on port 25. When I select that server from LO, check use SSL, type in user name and password under server verification and the click on test settings I get the window showing that it passed. Are you sure TLS is not working? Or is my provider suppor

[libreoffice-users] problems with document conversion

2012-04-11 Thread Eric S. Johansson
this problem just bit me in my job hunt. Apparently for the past two or three months, I've been sending out resumes and cover letters in Microsoft Word DOC format and they were garbled sometimes simply margin errors sometimes completely unreadable. Usually, I started with the standard odt format

Re: [libreoffice-users] duplicate entire document writer

2012-04-11 Thread Pedro
take a look the attachment and try yourself :) thank you 2012/4/11 Tom Davies : > Hi :) > Ahhh, i think you clicked inside the table before doing Ctrl A?  Click > outside the table and try again. > Regards from > Tom :) > > --- On Wed, 11/4/12, Pedro wrote: > > From: Pedro > Subject: Re: [lib

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
Tom, Thank you for bothering and a good answer. As many others have noticed, you are really a nice guy, good to deal with. Now I got some links where to check the options you mentioned. Most likely the HP's soul shall be sent to the cyber universe. (in my belief all machines seem to have a soul

Re: [libreoffice-users] duplicate entire document writer

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahhh, i think you clicked inside the table before doing Ctrl A?  Click outside the table and try again.  Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 11/4/12, Pedro wrote: From: Pedro Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] duplicate entire document writer To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday,

Re: [libreoffice-users] duplicate entire document writer

2012-04-11 Thread Pedro
hi, i need the 50 sheet in one document (tu use the pagination feature...) cntrl+a do not select all the entire sheet... just the first table thank you 2012/4/11 Tom Davies : > Hi :) > How about just using "Save As..." to create numerous copies of the same > document?  Or you can select the c

Re: [libreoffice-users] duplicate entire document writer

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How about just using "Save As..." to create numerous copies of the same document?  Or you can select the contents of the entire document by just opening the document, click into it somewhere to make sure it's active and then do Ctrl A to select all and then Ctrl C to copy to the clipboard.

[libreoffice-users] duplicate entire document writer

2012-04-11 Thread Pedro
hello, i have a writer sheet with tables that i need to duplicate 50 times, i have the numbering function activated on the first one... i can't copy the entire sheet, can't select all tables at the same time... anyone can help me? thank you -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@

[libreoffice-users] Re: Merging two different spreadsheets in Calc

2012-04-11 Thread Tom
Hi :) Yes, off-list is probably best. It is possible to use the Nabble interface so that the entire list could see the attachment. Just find the link in this email and in the thread in Nabble just reply and then click on the "More" button. However it is better to find someone good on the list

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged document to email

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry chap.  Perhaps try one of these 2 links http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 11/4/12, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: From: Gordon Burgess-Parker Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged docum

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, it's only got 512Mb of Ram so choosing the heaviest distro in the world (Ubuntu) is probably not the best choice.  Perhaps ask in DistroWatch crazy little weekly "Reader's Comments" thread http://distrowatch.com/ (err and then navigate to their weekly 'magazine type of thing and view a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged document to email

2012-04-11 Thread Nino Novak
On Wednesday 11 April 2012, 08:03:09 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 09/04/2012 13:01, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > [mail-merge problems] > OK, if no-one's going to respond to this, where do I file a bug for this? For Vanilla builds (i.e. downloaded from *.libreoffice.org), LibreOffice u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Make a form that allows user to drag and drop in an image

2012-04-11 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 08:19 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > > --- On Wed, 11/4/12, avamk > From: avamk Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Make a form that allows user to drag and > drop in an image > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Date: Wednesday, 11 April, 2012, 7:12 > > Hi Drew, > > It looks

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing MySQL Connector

2012-04-11 Thread Dan Lewis
> Tom and Dan, > Thank you for your kind replies. I was almost expecting a lynch mob > outside my front door this morning! > > To Dan: > Thanks for the fine links. They look very good. I have now read them > (Base part) and shall later begin to work them in practice. > If I only had had this fi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
May I ask for advice, I have an old spare laptop (HP/Compaq NX9005) and thought of installing a Linux, e.g. Ubuntu on it. >>are there other Linux-distributions than Ubuntu to be considered as best for private/home use? >>if Ubuntu, what version do you recommend to start with? >>can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing MySQL Connector

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's always good to see that someone cares that much.  Many people have got heavily involved because they like the project and see a lot of potential for it but get frustrated or annoyed by "one little thing" and realise they can actively do something to fix it.  Then "mission creep" sweep

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing MySQL Connector

2012-04-11 Thread Pertti Rönnberg
On 11.4.2012 6:48, Dan Lewis wrote: On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 20:32 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 1.4.2012 20:27, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 08/02/12 20:02, Pertti Rönnberg a écrit : Hi Pertti, What exactly is the issue you have had with using the MySQL JDBC connector on Windows ? Document

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [final beta] includes LO 3.5.1.2

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I generally get details like that from DistroWatch http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu Details about each and every package included in a distro is beyond the scope of a decent press release announcing the new release.  Also why would TDF keep a record of what each distro u

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merging two different spreadsheets in Calc

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is a neat little chapter in the "Getting Started with LibreOffice" Guide https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Also a full guide dedicated to Calc that is worth dipping into.  I don't think the in-built help files are much good but odd questions to the list can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Make a form that allows user to drag and drop in an image

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the Documentation Team would be really glad to have you on their team if you fancy getting involved in documentation covering more diverse issues.  I agree that Drew is a star who often "goes the extra mile".  Could the form be added as a Template or Extension or something somewhe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Bullets in .doc/.docx documents always become "^"?

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That sounds very unusual.  There is a nice little selection of different bullet-points and i've not noticed any that look like that.  Have you tried renaming your User Profile?  Can you get someone with MS Office to send a document with various different types of bullet points to see if

Re: [libreoffice-users] Consistently poor Impress performance in Mac OS X

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Impress is not brilliant.  It's getting there but i think most of the work went into Writer and Calc.  There are alternatives that each have slightly different aims.  However, 500-800Kb images are quite large.  If you open one of the images with Gimp (or something) you could resize the i

[libreoffice-users] Re: Sending mail merged document to email

2012-04-11 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 09/04/2012 13:01, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: LO 3.5.2.2 I am trying to send a mail-merged document direct to email and some rather baffling occurrences present themselves. 1. It seems that LO uses it's own mail sending function rather than the default email client that is installed on my