[libreoffice-users] Bar charts with "user-defined" x-axis

2012-06-24 Thread prino
Suppose I've got the following data: Year KM 1980 2,981.2 1982 7,901.6 198312,021.6 1985 8,529.9 1986 5,903.7 1987 1,951.7 1988 8,152.8 1989 6,528.1 199015,346.3 1991 6,120.6 199211,389.0 199313,186.1 199415,542.9 199521,593.5 1996

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to install medical dictionary? - Envelope

2012-06-24 Thread Thomas Taylor
Hi Mfq; I'm not sure why you think there should be an icon since there isn't one. For an envelope click on "Insert", then select "Envelope" from the drop down menu. That will bring up a dialog box where you can enter the address information. Tom B<))) On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:00:16 -0400 (EDT)

[SOLVED]Re: [libreoffice-users] How to install medical dictionary?

2012-06-24 Thread Thomas Taylor
Thanks for the response Anthony. That did solve my problem. Tom On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:39:59 +0200 Anthony Easthope wrote about Re: [libreoffice-users] How to install medical dictionary?: > ok. you should of installed it in the following way: > > Download the file > Browse to where it is sav

[libreoffice-users] Folders for QUERIES in the DATABASE window?

2012-06-24 Thread frofa
Is it possible to create virtual FOLDERS in the QUERIES pane of the BASE database window - as one can in the FORMS and REPORTS panes? -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Folders-for-QUERIES-in-the-DATABASE-window-tp3992040.html Sent from the Users mailing list ar

Re: [libreoffice-users] calling all users - need missing terms for spelling dictionaries

2012-06-24 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
What I was hoping to do would be create one for LO, like you can find for medical and chemical terms. I know that there was at least one user who asked if we know of where he/she could find one for she/her field of science. There are a lot of fields of education that have their own terms th

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to install medical dictionary? - Envelope

2012-06-24 Thread Mqf
I did what you said. I got my letter that I was requesting. However, I still do not know how to find the icon ENVELOPE. I went to the FILE and thumbed down to Print. I was hoping that the envelope in the printer would be all that was necessary but it did not print as it should for an envel

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to install medical dictionary? print envelope

2012-06-24 Thread Mqf
June 24, 2012 Thank you for your email. However it did not answer my question. My problem is that I can not find any information how to print envelopes. Also, I can not find any information that will help me to add or delete icons from various toolbars. Thank you. -Original Mes

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to install medical dictionary?

2012-06-24 Thread Anthony Easthope
ok. you should of installed it in the following way: Download the file Browse to where it is saved on your hard drive Right click on it and select open with - "libreoffice" LO will then automatically install it and you should be able to find it installed within the exstensions list that you can

[libreoffice-users] How to install medical dictionary?

2012-06-24 Thread Thomas Taylor
I have downloaded a medical dictionary (en-us-openmedspel.oxt) but can't find where to put the file. In LO 3.3 I would put it in /usr/share/lib64/libreoffice/extensions/language but I can't find that directory in LO 3.5 (build 392). I also haven't been able to find a "language" folder in any of

Re: [libreoffice-users] calling all users - need missing terms for spelling dictionaries

2012-06-24 Thread Libre User
Here is a link to the Geology dictionary at geology.com. http://geology.com/dictionary/glossary-a.shtml It has 1 page per letter of the alphabet and is a true dictionary with definition, not just a list of terms. I hope this helps. Jerry At 10:01 AM 6/24/2012, you wrote: I know that ther

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] F3 to jump to next occurence?

2012-06-24 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 24/06/2012 at 23:59, Gilles wrote: > After hitting CTRL+F to open the Find textbox > and typing the data to search for, the user must still reach for the mouse > and click to put the focus back on the document for F3 to work. You can simply press Esc to close that dialog. This also no problem

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] F3 to jump to next occurence?

2012-06-24 Thread Gilles
I found that LO expects the user to hit ENTER to repeat search, instead of F3. So customizing isn't necessary. Also, no biggie, but I notice that assigning F3 to "Repeat Search" through Tools > Customize is semi-OK: After hitting CTRL+F to open the Find textbox and typing the data to search for, t

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] F3 to jump to next occurence?

2012-06-24 Thread Gilles
Thanks but it doesn't work for me: 1. After typing a word in the Find textbox at the bottom of the screen (left of the up/down arrows) and hitting Enter, Edit doesn't say Repeat Search but the previous command I ran, even after manually clicking on the down arrow once 2. I don't have a vertical

[libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help AGAIN with Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Charles218
Tom, I checked the View - Fields command and it is not enabled. Here is a screen shot of what I see when using the F4 key. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3992018/View_Using_F4.jpg And here is what I get when using the print dialog. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n39

[libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help AGAIN with Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread thomasjk
Turn off View--->Field names. It sounds like you have this toggled on. - Tom K. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Need-Help-AGAIN-with-Mail-Merge-tp3992012p3992015.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instruction

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Charles J. Lingo To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:43:51 -0700 > Alex,, > > I am sorry, but I am not tech help and I have no idea what you are > talking about. I also do not use any Microsoft products and am > completely unable

[libreoffice-users] Need Help AGAIN with Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Charles218
This is a follow-up to my query from earlier today. I finally have everything working in mail merge except for the final step. I execute the print command and then answer yes to the do you want to print a form letter message. The data source shows up as it should, I can see the headers and the actu

Re: Form filling, was Re: [libreoffice-users] We want to create a questionnaire...

2012-06-24 Thread jkedar
Hi, Copy paste picture in Calc - Arrange to Background allows data entry into cells. Couldn't this be a form ? -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Form-filling-was-Re-libreoffice-users-We-want-to-create-a-questionnaire-tp3991524p3992007.html Sent from the Users

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Charles J. Lingo
Alex,, I am sorry, but I am not tech help and I have no idea what you are talking about. I also do not use any Microsoft products and am completely unable to assist with them. I have no idea how I ended up getting shown as a help contact. My problem is ending the massive overload of email f

Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.3.2/Writer] F3 to jump to next occurence?

2012-06-24 Thread Dan
Gilles wrote: Hello I google for this, but didn't find if LO supports a keyboard shortcut for the Find feature to jump to the next occurence. It doesn't seem to implement Windows' standard F3 key. http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Shortcut_Keys_for_Writer#Function_Keys_for_LibreOffice_Writer h

Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.3.2/Writer] F3 to jump to next occurence?

2012-06-24 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Gilles, Gilles schrieb: Hello I google for this, but didn't find if LO supports a keyboard shortcut for the Find feature to jump to the next occurence. Next occurrence of what? It doesn't seem to implement Windows' standard F3 key. There only very few keys and key-combinations, which

[libreoffice-users] [3.5.3.2/Writer] F3 to jump to next occurence?

2012-06-24 Thread Gilles
Hello I google for this, but didn't find if LO supports a keyboard shortcut for the Find feature to jump to the next occurence. It doesn't seem to implement Windows' standard F3 key. http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Shortcut_Keys_for_Writer#Function_Keys_for_LibreOffice_Writer http://www.killer

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-06-24 Thread Gilles
Thanks for the work-around. ALT+TAB to switch back and forth is good enough. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/3-5-3-2-Writer-Split-screen-in-half-horizontally-tp3991983p3991992.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe i

Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-06-24 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Gilles, Gilles schrieb: Hello I'm working on a long document in Writer, and need to split the screen in half so I can navigate in different parts of the document. Someone already asked this in February 2012, and it seems like this feature was not implemented yet: http://en.libreofficeforum

Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-06-24 Thread Robert Funnell
On 24/06/2012 at 19:06, Gilles wrote: Can you confirm that there is no way in LibreOffice to open a long document and split the screen in two halves? I think that you can get the functionality that you want by doing Window > New Window. There's a related discussion at https://bugs.freedesk

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-06-24 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 24/06/2012 at 19:25, Gilles wrote: > A table is available twice in the same > document with a few differences. I wanted to split the screen so I could > scroll line by line in each split screen to see the differences. Since these are tables, can't you just copy them to Calc (spreadsheet appl

[libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-06-24 Thread Gilles
Thanks Miroslaw. I find it pretty amazing that such common feature still hasn't been implemented :-/ Even a non-WYSIWYG text editor like UltraEdit supports it. Simple case I currently have: A table is available twice in the same document with a few differences. I wanted to split the screen so I c

Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-06-24 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 24/06/2012 at 19:06, Gilles wrote: > Can you confirm that there is no way in LibreOffice to open a long document > and split the screen in two halves? I can't really confirm, but I do read LO planet and changelogs of new versions and haven't seen anything about that. So, unless it is extreme

[libreoffice-users] [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?

2012-06-24 Thread Gilles
Hello I'm working on a long document in Writer, and need to split the screen in half so I can navigate in different parts of the document. Someone already asked this in February 2012, and it seems like this feature was not implemented yet: http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/492 Can you confirm

[libreoffice-users] calling all users - need missing terms for spelling dictionaries

2012-06-24 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
I know that there are words and terms that are not included in many spelling dictionaries. I even found a spelling word list that someone forgot to add "dictionary" to. BUT, I would like to make sure all of my .oxt dictionaries have the words/terms we use every day in articles and email sup

[libreoffice-users] Calc-Edit Picture With External Tool - How To

2012-06-24 Thread jkedar
Good day everybody, Is thre someway to get the Right Click Picture - Edit Picture with External Tool in Calc. It is there in Writer. I use and spread the word on Calc. I want to prepare a "User - you can do it yourself - quick localization for the main menu items in English" of an OCR program. Ca

[libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Charles218
Hello to All, First, thanks to everyone that has chimed in to help, I'm not used to receiving the number of quality replies that you folks have offered. What a wonderful forum. Since I was overwhelmed with responses, I'm trying to respond to all in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 24/06/2012 07:03, Charles218 a écrit : I've spent several hours going around in circles trying to get mail merge setup and running in LibreOffice. It was working fine in OpenOffice, but OO starting crashing and is currently unusable on my Mac. Using the "Address Data Source" wizard, I can not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So, Base can't directly read FMPro's back-end? Is there a back-end that both FMPro and Base could read? Sorry, i am just curious.  Possibly someone has already answered this.  If so then i will find it when i go back through my emails.  Regards from Tom :)  --- On Sun, 24/6/12, Alex Th

[libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Andreas Säger
Dan Lewis wrote > > > Have you opened the file you exported from Filemaker using a text > editor? This should tell you what the structure is and what separators > you need to use. Exactly. In the end it is just text with a certain structure and nothing magic. When the wizard asks

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Dan
Charles218 wrote: Tom, I'm sorry for the omission, it was quite late when I posted and I was worn out. I am using *LO 3.5.4.2* on my MacBook Pro with *OS 10.6.8*. I was using the guide "Writer Guide: Full book", "3.4.x branch ", beginning at about page 301. Charles -- View this message in con

[libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Andreas Säger
If you have Filemaker Pro, you should have an ODBC driver and connect directly to Filemaker Pro without any text file. Mail merge from plain text extremely simple: A The text file Create a dedicated directory for the text file and for similar files to come. Open the text file in a text editor (no

[libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Charles218
Tom, I'm sorry for the omission, it was quite late when I posted and I was worn out. I am using *LO 3.5.4.2* on my MacBook Pro with *OS 10.6.8*. I was using the guide "Writer Guide: Full book", "3.4.x branch ", beginning at about page 301. Charles -- View this message in context: http://nabble

[libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

2012-06-24 Thread Alex Thurgood
On 24/06/2012 07:03, Charles218 wrote: Hi Charles, Using the "Address Data Source" wizard, I can not get everything in place. I have a data document that is exported from Filemaker Pro, I tried "tab" and "csv" both. Is there a correct file type that I should use? Here are the steps that I am t