Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.0.0.0 Beta1 Crash

Thank you. The installation of LibreOffice 4.0.0.0 Beta1 was complete after installing .Net Framework. I think that somebody like me will find it hard to know that .Net Framework is a must. Please state the link in the visible space to let more people know this requirement and to let them inst

[libreoffice-users] LO cannot read XLS export from Apple Numbers

Hello, All: I recently received several *.xls files that could not be read by LibreOffice 3.6.2.2 (Build ID: da8c1e6). I read them using R (r-project.org, package "gdata"), so they are a reasonable approximation to MS Excel. I received them from someone who exported them from Apple

[libreoffice-users] Re: huge print jobs for MS Publisher Imagesetter printer

On 12/20/2012 05:12 AM, Anna Martynova wrote: > Hello. > > I noticed a strange thing in Windows version of Libre Office. When I print > to printer that is configured with driver "MS Publisher Imagesetter", > sometimes print files are really huge. For testing purpose I used "Print to > file" option

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

Hi :) Errr, have you tried reading the Sql tables directly with LO?  Base is best when used as a front-end for an existing back-end and i think Postgres is one that Base works particularly well with at the moment.  I think the Base - Postgre connector was at least partly developd by people from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

On 12/21/2012 04:52 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: I've been going around in circles on this issue for most of today without finding the solution. The context: I have several large data files provided in .csv format that need to be edited and have column formats made explicit. These files a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012, Brian Barker wrote: Could you convert your empty cells to blank, output as CSV, read this into your other program, and then - only if necessary - edit the blanks back to null? Brian, One does not 'read' the file into a SQL database such as postgres. When a column attrib

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012, Tom Davies wrote: My ham-fisted kludge would probably be to save the Csv and then open it in a text-editor, such as Kate, Gedit, Notepad or whatever and then do search&replace to look for Tom, I use emacs for almost all my writing. , , and replace with ,  " ",  Th

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] LO not starting after installation Fixed

Hi :) Blimey!!!  I guess a question we should ask early on in the future, if people have trouble installing, is whether there has been trouble doing the same thing with other programs.   Thanks for getting back to us with the answer!!  It sounds like quite a strange set-up for a freshly boug

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

At 18:14 21/12/2012 -0600, Anne Noname wrote: If you merely copy & paste over the initial file, then the messed-up formatting may still exist; That's why that wasn't my suggestion! in order to be sure of eliminating whatever might be causing the 'kink', the document needs to be fresh ;-) T

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

At 13:52 21/12/2012 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: The problem comes when I save the explicitly-formatted file: the text fields are quoted only when they have content, not when they are blank. I don't think that's true: I think empty cells are output as nothing, but blank cells - those in which th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

Hi :) My ham-fisted kludge would probably be to save the Csv and then open it in a text-editor, such as Kate, Gedit, Notepad or whatever and then do search&replace to look for , , and replace with ,  " ",  Perhaps in Calc add an unusual combination of characters in thse empty cells.  Actua

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

If you merely copy & paste over the initial file, then the messed-up formatting may still exist; in order to be sure of eliminating whatever might be causing the 'kink', the document needs to be fresh ;-) I learned this when that silly .rtf was around ... I had a great l

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

At 12:24 21/12/2012 -0600, Anne Noname wrote: On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Brian Barker wrote: Use of Edit | Paste Special... | Unformatted text (or Ctrl+Shift+V | Unformatted text) in LibreOffice is all that is required. No need for Notepad or any other separate software. The KeepItSim

[libreoffice-users] Calc: Text Columns Not Quoted When Saving .csv

I've been going around in circles on this issue for most of today without finding the solution. The context: I have several large data files provided in .csv format that need to be edited and have column formats made explicit. These files are recognized by LO/Calc as spreadshee

[libreoffice-users] LO not starting after installation Fixed

I tried several things including trying to install Java and visual c++. This is a new computer with Windows 7 professional. Some programs would install with on problem. Others would not install at all. The final clue was trying to install Java. The error message stated that it could not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

On 12/21/2012 01:46 PM, RODRIGUEZ FONSECA JORGE ALBERTO wrote: Me too for you and all Regards, Jorge Rodríguez - Mensaje original - De: "Eliane Domingos de Sousa" Para: users@global.libreoffice.org Enviados: Viernes, 21 de Diciembre 2012 7:59:50 Asunto: [libreoffice-users] Merry Chris

Re: [libreoffice-users] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Me too for you and all Regards, Jorge Rodríguez - Mensaje original - De: "Eliane Domingos de Sousa" Para: users@global.libreoffice.org Enviados: Viernes, 21 de Diciembre 2012 7:59:50 Asunto: [libreoffice-users] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Hi all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Y

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.0.0.0 Beta1 Crash

This is a known issue. Install latest version of .net framework and it should be solved :) Regards, Joel On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:49 AM, wrote: > Hi! > > I submitted a bug in the past hour: > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58621 > > It is about the crash when installing > LibO-De

[libreoffice-users] Re: typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

On 12/21/2012 07:08 AM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: > On 21/12/2012 at 01:03, NoOp wrote: > >> Sorry, but I'm not seeing what you are. My screenshot: >> > > They are not aligned vertically. Last line of text on right page is about

[libreoffice-users] Re: record changes weakness compared to m$

On 12/20/2012 10:25 PM, e-letter wrote: > On 19/12/2012, NoOp wrote: >> On 12/19/2012 12:26 AM, e-letter wrote: >>> Readers, >>> >>> Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature >>> of the word processor. (It's excellent that there are multiple >> ... >> And the link to t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

The KeepItSimpleS method is the way I've always found most effective; saves having to memorize all those short-cuts - acronyms - ... ... ... On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 09:58 21/12/2012 -0600, Anne wrote: > >> ... it should take less time to 'sel

[libreoffice-users] Re: bugzilla report emails are including HTML

On 12/21/2012 12:45 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 2:43 AM, NoOp wrote: >> No response on the discuss list, so I'll try here. >> >> Why are the emailed bug reports also including HTML? [...] > > > Bugzilla (log in) → (User) Preferences → General Preferences → > P

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

At 09:58 21/12/2012 -0600, Anne McGinnis wrote: ... it should take less time to 'select all' -> paste into notepad [thereby removing all formatting] -> 'select all' and paste into a new LO blank document. You've said this a couple of times now, so it is worth pointing out (perhaps for other r

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

thanks; some more good tips. On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 5:07 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) > Styles and Templates are a really fast way of imposing new formatting > after you have converted it all into plain text. It might sound like > something that is going to take ages but you would be

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

Maybe I'm not understanding your problem, but ... it should take less time to 'select all' -> paste into notepad [thereby removing all formatting] -> 'select all' and paste into a new LO blank document. At this point, 'select all' and click on the formatting

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

On 21/12/2012 at 01:03, NoOp wrote: > Sorry, but I'm not seeing what you are. My screenshot: > They are not aligned vertically. Last line of text on right page is about 3-4 points higher that last line of footnote on left page.

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.0.0.0 Beta1 Crash

Hi! I submitted a bug in the past hour: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58621 It is about the crash when installing LibO-Dev_4.0.0.0.beta1_Win_x86_install_multi.msi. Is there anything I need to add to make the bug report complete? I am new to the bug reporting system. Regards, C.

[libreoffice-users] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Hi all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! A git for you TDF, thanks for all you do for us! http://blog.pt-br.libreoffice.org/2012/12/21/feliz-natal-e-prospero-2013/ From Brazilian LibreOffice Community!!! Best -- Eliane Domingos de Sousa Comunidade LibreOffice Brasil Liberte-se, para editar

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Calc] Data sorting

On 12/20/2012 03:57 PM, Gordon wrote: Hallo everyone. Let say I have a list of my customers. Each raw consist of his/her name and the postal address (separate columns). The address is a mixture of letters and numbers. Now I would like to sort this list according to customers lactation. As th

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Calc] Data sorting

Hi :) I just tend to add an extra 2 spaces in front of single-digit numbers.  If/when that doesn't work i use a leading 0.  Like so ... TheSameStreetName   7/3 TheSameStreetName 12/1 TheSameStreetName 15/1 TheSameStreetName 19A m21 TheSameStreetName 25A/2 or TheSameStreetName 07/3 TheSameStreet

Re: [libreoffice-users] unsubscribe

Hi :) These instructions might help http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Good luck and regards from Tom :)  > > From: Jaap Bosman >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 21 December 2012, 11:35 >Subject: [libreoffice

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Re: [libreoffice-users] huge print jobs for MS Publisher Imagesetter printer

I reproduced the descripted situation in two different environments: 1) Windows 7 and LibreOffice 3.6.4.3 2) Linux thin client + freerdp.+ terminal server Windows 2008 Enterprise, Libreoffice 3.6.3.2 To be honest, I don't know if the driver "MS Publisher Imagesetter" is a part of Microsoft Office,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

Hi :)  Styles and Templates are a really fast way of imposing new formatting after you have converted it all into plain text.  It might sound like something that is going to take ages but you would be surprised at how fast you can get through it the way people are recommending.  It surprised me

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: typographic freaks: footnotes not vertically aligned to last line of body text in following page (as in good typographic style)

Hi :) It does take a while to get used to the lists.  Odd weirdnesses are difficult to avoid especially at first. I missed the screenshot in the other part of the thread but probably it's just because i haven't got that far back yet.  Regards from Tom :)  >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Styles and regular expression in libreoffice

Hi all Thanks for your suggestion but it isn't a way I can walk. I have documents of more than 500 pages, if I must reformat all I never end I can't remove all formatting and start from scratch because it take too many time. I can't remove all blank paragraphs because many of them are useful.

Re: [libreoffice-users] caption numbering positioning

Brian, thanks for the hint on where the setting needs to be done. On 2012-12-21 17:34, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:07 21/12/2012 +0200, Nobody Noname wrote: The default behaviour of the 'caption' feature is to place the category text ('illustration') after the numbering symbol (arabic number).

Re: [libreoffice-users] bugzilla report emails are including HTML

Hi, On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 2:43 AM, NoOp wrote: > No response on the discuss list, so I'll try here. > > Why are the emailed bug reports also including HTML? [...] Bugzilla (log in) → (User) Preferences → General Preferences → Preferred email format - Site Default (HTML) - HTML - Text Only →

Re: [libreoffice-users] caption numbering positioning

Indeed the example is the preferred version. The other one doesn't really make sense. On 2012-12-21 17:07, e-letter wrote: Readers, The default behaviour of the 'caption' feature is to place the category text ('illustration') after the numbering symbol (arabic number). How to change so that t

Re: [libreoffice-users] caption numbering positioning

At 10:07 21/12/2012 +0200, Nobody Noname wrote: The default behaviour of the 'caption' feature is to place the category text ('illustration') after the numbering symbol (arabic number). Is it? How to change so that the category text is by default before the numbering symbol? 'Figure 1' is pr

[libreoffice-users] caption numbering positioning

Readers, The default behaviour of the 'caption' feature is to place the category text ('illustration') after the numbering symbol (arabic number). How to change so that the category text is by default before the numbering symbol? 'Figure 1' is preferred to '1 Figure' ! :) -- For unsubscribe ins