Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

2013-07-12 Thread Tim Lloyd
Helen, You can exercise a bit of flexibility via tools->customize. This lets you disable "save as" but it doesn't go as far as removing the options of what you can "save as". One of the common solutions suggested when strange things are happening is to "delete your profile". I gather a new p

Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

2013-07-12 Thread Helen
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Helen wrote: > thank you -- Two things here. > 1). I did manage to get this into rtf by using the commandodt2rtf > Waves_edited.odt > and I did this on a number of files. So, the urgency of the problem is > solved, or at least > is no longer urgent, but the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help to "translate" mdb file in odb

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Jean is not yet fully registered so please CC his address in all replies.  Also i think my email address got compromised so i have changed my password but if i sent any emails in the last hour or so please just delete them.  The last legit one i sent to this list was over 12hours ago. 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help to "translate" mdb file in odb

2013-07-12 Thread Jay Lozier
Jean The Concat() function would be Concat(Name, ' ', Firstname) the column names are not in brackets in standard SQL. This will work with MySQL/MariaDB - I am copying it out a book. For the second line [NAME] + " " + [FIRSTNAME] try [NAME] + ' ' + [FIRSTNAME] often ' are used to denote a

[libreoffice-users] Need help to "translate" mdb file in odb

2013-07-12 Thread Jean Milot
Hello, I have a mdb file and i want to use it with LibreOffice so I need to "translate" all the macro, form ... for LibreOffice. But i have some difficult to do it. For example, how to concatenate 2 field in my SQL Request. I have tried : - [NAME] + [FIRSTNAME] , ok but i need an espace -

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Virgil Arrington
Wolfgang, You also wrote: The style concept of both Word and LO/OO however is so severely screwed up that I've never ever seen a document that would have allowed to re-use content in any other way (within the same application!) than by copying and pasting it as unformatted text and then re-appl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Virgil Arrington
Wolfgang, Forgive my ignorance, but I'm trying to understand what you're saying. You wrote: In essence, this boils down to the fact that all sane document processing applications (whether Wordperfect, Framemaker or dozens of others, LaTeX or anything that outputs structured XML) use nestable

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 12/07/2013 at 16:09, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > Wordperfect (or e.g. Framemaker) styles allow to do "structure markup". > > Word, OO and LO "styles" don't. > > In essence, this boils down to the fact that all sane document > processing applications (whether Wordperfect, Framemaker or dozens >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Keller schrieb: I don't believe I've heard of "structure markup style concept" and I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I used WordPerfect for years and could never quite get the hang of WP's styles, all the while I took to Word's and OO's (now LO's) styles quite easily

Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

2013-07-12 Thread Isaac Hummel
If it is a font issue, you can download the Microsoft Core Web Fonts for free and add them to your system. Then change the font to standard Microsoft Times New Roman or Arial or whatever. That should take care of it. http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ http://web.archive.org/web/20020124085641/h

[libreoffice-users] Import Word doc with macros

2013-07-12 Thread Malcolm Moore
I have a word document with a macro in it that adds your name to each page once you enter it on the first page. The macro obviouslydoesn't work once it's imported into LO but how do I get rid of it ? Thanks Mal -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http:

Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

2013-07-12 Thread Upscope
On Friday, July 12, 2013 03:42:32 AM Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Sometimes you have to scroll backward up the list above the starting > point of the drop-down. > > However, it is very unusual to hear of (or see) a ".Doc" getting > malformed! ".DocX"s go weird sometimes because each version of MS

Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

2013-07-12 Thread Paul D. Mirowsky
Most publishers have the ability to use/edit a PDF. Hope this helps. On 7/11/2013 9:18 PM, Helen wrote: I agreed to edit (one time only) a local literary magazine comeing out soon. I have saved each of the documents (plays, poetry, etc.) and edited in LibreOffice. Before sending the files t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> I don't believe I've heard of "structure markup style concept" and > I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I used WordPerfect for years > and could never quite get the hang of WP's styles, all the while I > took to Word's and OO's (now LO's) styles quite easily. To put it simply: Wordperfect

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread jack wallen
> I fully agree. I use outline level styles all the time, and they make a > world of difference, especially when used in headings. They make jumping > from one heading to the next actually work on my Kindle. > > Virgil > Along those same lines -- when you convert in Calibre -- the ONLY thing that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Virgil Arrington
I fully agree. I use outline level styles all the time, and they make a world of difference, especially when used in headings. They make jumping from one heading to the next actually work on my Kindle. Virgil --- From: Fernand Vanrie Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 3:22 AM To: users@global.libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks for the tips! it's good to hear from someone that is getting published and able to show it Thanks and regards from Tom :)  > > From: Jack Wallen >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 12 July 2013, 3:18 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-user

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice website security

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, i got the attachment off-list and he error is being thrown up by an Antivirus i haven't used before but is a fairly big name.  It could be a false positive but it's better to let the websites team know about it even if it is.  They might be able to contact Avira and let them know of th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spelling correction

2013-07-12 Thread Walther Koehler
Hi Tink, I dont understand? Could you not reproduce my obervation? I used LO 4.0.4.2 and hard formats will be erased. Walther Am Freitag, 12. Juli 2013 schrieb Tinkerer: > Walther > > In LO 4.04.2 there is no alteration of Bold type. > Your other error involving the added m is still there thou

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice website security

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have you tried downloading the Windows one in Mint and then run a antivirus scan on it?  maybe Clamav?  I'm sure i downloaded LO recently on an Xp and on a Win 7 macine with no problems but i might have another look later.  Could someone forwards the problem to the websites mailing list

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Well said! :)  The tools sometimes get in the way of doing the job.  Yes, keep learning new tricks and better ways when idling along but just use whatever you are comfortable with when you need to get a job done.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Vir

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice website security

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Hmm, English language is sometimes inadequate and lacks things that other languages take for granted.  Which "you" do you mean?  Me personally or the LibreOffice mailing lists?  The lists are nothing to do with me and i'm not even a member of TDF.  In fact they often threaten to remove

[libreoffice-users] Re: spelling correction

2013-07-12 Thread Tinkerer
Walther In LO 4.04.2 there is no alteration of Bold type. Your other error involving the added m is still there though. Tink. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spelling-correction-tp4065024p4065146.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Virgil Arrington
That works just fine. For my tastes, however, it's not quite as smooth a process or polished a result as with LyX/LaTeX. But, as I've said before, LyX/LaTeX have their own sets of problems. Perhaps the best solution is the one a person will actually use to get the job done. One Scrivener revie

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base DB Connections

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Thanks :)  I think most of the trick with html is to use it for what it is good for and find other tools to do anything else you might need.  People often seem to want a single tool to do everything but in the outside world they wouldn't expect to be able to use their soup-spoon to empt

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice website security

2013-07-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sure, a Windows virus could theoretically sit on a Gnu&Linux platform just as it could sit on any other platform.  The difference is that it can't knock-out the anti-malware defences of the Gnu&Linux system.  Also it can't run or replicate itself or infect other files on the system.  So at

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice website security

2013-07-12 Thread Luuk
On 17-06-2013 07:31, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It is unlikely the LibreOffice website is infected because it runs on unix-based platforms such as Gnu&Linux. I don't think any of the internet-facing servers run on Windows. Also i suspect that uploads get scanned and stuff on the servers gets sc

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base DB Connections

2013-07-12 Thread Marion & Noel Lodge
Thanks for your encouragement Tom. What little experience I've had with HTML convinced me that it was not that simple - especially when trying to get a Web page to do similar things to what was possible using a database Form. Admittedly, that was a while ago - I believe HTML's capabilities are be

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice website security

2013-07-12 Thread Gabriel Risterucci
The list won't let the attachment through. What antivirus do you use ? -- Cley Faye http://cleyfaye.net 2013/7/12 Petre Matei Borocan > Hi Tom, > > Please see attached a new print screen when attempting (second time) to > download the Windows version of LibreOffice. > (I'm, already using it

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice website security

2013-07-12 Thread Petre Matei Borocan
Hi Tom, Please see attached a new print screen when attempting (second time) to download the Windows version of LibreOffice. (I'm, already using it on Linux Mint). The message clearly indicates the website has been infected with a malware. Maybe (hopefully) Linux users are not affected but those o

Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-12 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Virgil , the secret of styles for ebook publishing is the "OutLineLevel" you can uses any style but change your paragraph styles to the correct OutlineLevel TITEL = OutlineLevel 1 Subtitel = OutlineLevel 2 Subsubtitel = OutlineLevel 3 etc...to 9 Wolfgang, I