[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4 - Crashes handling frames...

2013-10-16 Thread Christoph Mueller
Hello, I just upgraded from LibreOffice 3.4 (I know, a bit late, but I am conservative). LibreOffice 3.4 always was a reliable choice both for writing books and other documents. However, it also sometimes crashed But less often than MS... Since years I am editing a small 8 page magazine writt

Re: [libreoffice-users] Editing a document (Writer)

2013-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Could be 1 of 2 different things (afaik = as far as i know) 1.  You may have gone into "print preview" in which case you might notice a button on the top icon-bar (tool-bar) that has a tiny picture of a printer on it.  There are 2 very similar buttons very close to each other.  If one lo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Report Builder much better, but...

2013-10-16 Thread Girvin Herr
Heinrich, Thanks for the heads-up on 4.1.2.3 lines working. I plan to try 4.x when it gets to 4.1.5+. I will try that Report Builder at that time. I am currently using Slackware 14.0 Linux, 3.2.29 32-bit SMP kernel, MySQL 5.5.29, mysql-connector-java-5.1.18, LO 3.6.7.2 and KDE 4.8.5. I am

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Report Builder much better, but...

2013-10-16 Thread Girvin Herr
On 10/16/2013 12:46 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: Second, the Report Headers do not seem to work as I expected. The Report Footer section seems to be okay, but the Report Header section is under the Page Header on each page. I expected them to be reversed - the Report Header first, followed by t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spell checker on LibreOffice is broken.

2013-10-16 Thread Mark Bourne
Alexander Hristov wrote: Hello, today I downloaded the LibreOffice for use for school but I noticed the spell checker doesn't work. I Tried: - Pressed the spell check button, it says its completed but doesn't fix the typo - Check if English and Greek does work, but none work - Restarted the Prog

Re: [libreoffice-users] Editing a document (Writer)

2013-10-16 Thread Mark Bourne
botaylor wrote: I am editing a text document and it is displaying it as three tiny pages instead of a single page or part thereof to edit. My understanding is I have to 'unhide' my status bar so I can click some sort of icon that will put me back in text edit mode showing only the part of the pa

Re: [libreoffice-users] macro to search and replace from a table?

2013-10-16 Thread jomali
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > 2013/10/16 T. R. Valentine > > > I want to do a Romanization of a text. > > > What does that mean (sorry if that's a stupid question)? > Google (or Bing) is your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization > > > Johnny Rosenberg >

Re: [libreoffice-users] macro to search and replace from a table?

2013-10-16 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2013/10/16 T. R. Valentine > I want to do a Romanization of a text. What does that mean (sorry if that's a stupid question)? Johnny Rosenberg > I know I can write a (lengthy!) > macro to look for each possible character and substitute accordingly, > but was wondering if it would be possible

[libreoffice-users] Editing a document (Writer)

2013-10-16 Thread botay...@telus.net
I am editing a text document and it is displaying it as three tiny pages instead of a single page or part thereof to edit. My understanding is I have to 'unhide' my status bar so I can click some sort of icon that will put me back in text edit mode showing only the part of the page I am working

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Base Sub Forms

2013-10-16 Thread mcmurchy1917-libreoffice
I would suggest you study an application that uses a main and sub form. I used the Business Cards example from http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewforum.php?f=100 Good luck On Tuesday 15 Oct 2013 14:09:59 Ian Whitfield wrote: > Hi All > > I'm still stuck with LO Base Sub Forms!! I'v

[libreoffice-users] Spell checker on LibreOffice is broken.

2013-10-16 Thread Alexander Hristov
Hello, today I downloaded the LibreOffice for use for school but I noticed the spell checker doesn't work. I Tried: - Pressed the spell check button, it says its completed but doesn't fix the typo - Check if English and Greek does work, but none work - Restarted the Program - Check the options, al

Re: [libreoffice-users] macro to search and replace from a table?

2013-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How about just changing fonts?  Can you find or create a font?  Perhaps take an existing one and substitute in odd characters here or there?  Are you thinking of doing a massive 1st letter in the first word of a new chapter, as they do in ancient manuscripts?  If so i think there is a fai

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.1.2 Hebrew parentheses bug

2013-10-16 Thread Ady
> I just updated to LO 4.1.2 (English US) on Intel Mac OS X 10.7.5 and > the parentheses mapping for Hebrew text seems to be broken. When I > switch the input language to Hebrew, the parentheses are reversed when > I use the Times New Roman font... However, some Hebrew fonts appear to > be working

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Base Sub Forms

2013-10-16 Thread Ian Whitfield
On 15/10/13 22:41, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: If I remember correctly (and I have not looked at this in a while), I think that you need to link the "master and slave fields". So, if you open your form in edit mode, load the form navigator, right click on your sub-form and choose propertie

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Report Builder much better, but...

2013-10-16 Thread Heinrich Stoellinger
Hi Girvin, I did also have the problem of horizontal lines not working. However, they do appear correctly now under LO 4.1.2.3. My system is Linux-Mint-15, 32 bit. But then - as I have mentioned before (and filed a bug report) - time-values don't appear correctly both in Base as such and of course

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base Report Builder much better, but...

2013-10-16 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 16/10/2013 03:18, Girvin Herr a écrit : Hi Girvin, However, I still see that lines still are not supported. It appears as if I am inserting horizontal lines in my report, but they do not print. I do not see any way to make them thicker, in case that is the problem. I don't know whether