[libreoffice-users] UPDATE: looking for sdw-compatible, Linux version of Libre Office

2013-12-16 Thread M. Fioretti
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 09:09:11 AM +0100, Marco Fioretti wrote: The document converter finds the files, then crashes with this error: Basic Runtime error. An exception occurred. Type:com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException Message: [msci_uno bridge error] unexpected C++ exception occured!. just

[libreoffice-users] looking for sdw-compatible, Linux version of Libre Office

2013-12-16 Thread M. Fioretti
Greetings, I need to convert some old starwriter files (.sdw, sdd, .sdc extensions) I understand the solution consists of temporarily installing (or running off an usb key) the last version of LO that supported those formats. However, the only such version I have found so far is the one for

Re: [libreoffice-users] looking for sdw-compatible, Linux version of Libre Office

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does anyone know of an Extension that can add back this support for the pre-ODF formats? Is it worth posting a 'big-report' asking the devs if any of them could make such an Extension? Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2013 08:09, M. Fioretti mfiore...@nexaima.net wrote: Greetings, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] looking for sdw-compatible, Linux version of Libre Office

2013-12-16 Thread M. Fioretti
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 08:50:26 AM +, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Does anyone know of an Extension that can add back this support for the pre-ODF formats? an actual extension means taking that old source code and remaking/maintaining it compatible with all the rest of the current, ever-evolving

[libreoffice-users] Internet pages

2013-12-16 Thread rncorreia
Hello Some internet pages (namely those of wikipedia) de-configure when pasting onto a text document. This typically happens with formulae. Is there any way around the problem? Regards, Rui C. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.1.3

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the example might not have been a good one but the point was valid. There are a ton of features that almost no-one will ever use and some that almost no-one would miss. On the other hand sometimes people stumble onto a feature they would never have thought about and from then on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc 4.1.3.2 410 crashes on Fedora 19

2013-12-16 Thread rost52
Thanks Tom for clarification. R On 2013-12-14 00:43, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Sorry, i thought you were using a GnuLinux. Windows doesn't have that sort of feature. Perhaps just try reinstalling a newer version of LibreOffice instead? Let us know how that goes, especially if any error messages

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 win32 seems to have a dotted right Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side)

2013-12-16 Thread Carlo Strata
Hi Everyone, yesterday afternoon I install LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 win32 (ITA guied and ITA local help) on my Windows 8.1 (64 bit, updated, ITA guied, AMD Catalyst 13.9, A8 CPU + AMA dual graphics). It seems to have a dotted _right_ Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side): if you take a look

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: saving documents written in Thai

2013-12-16 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
Part of this Font FAQ was discussed in another thread. It would be a very good idea to have the language settings information, and the associated fonts, listed in a wiki page [for now] so our users who use both Latin and non-Latin based languages would have an easier time setting up their

[libreoffice-users] I love LO 4.1.3.2

2013-12-16 Thread Walther Koehler
Hi, Setting up a new wheezy system and copying the LO-user-dir in my home directory, downloading the actual version of LO from the ocfficial place, I could start LO and run it as I was used to it. No key changes, no bugs, no nasty change in design etc. Even macros, dictionaries, all was

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: saving documents written in Thai

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Would that 1st post by CVAlkan be good for the wiki? Where? In the Faq? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq Should we forwards that post to the Documentation Team? Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2013 02:05, Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On

[libreoffice-users] renaming the User Profile

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have just been looking at Firefox's online help system and noticed they have a neat way of letting pointclick users reset their UserProfile easily. Of course our wiki-page is better in some ways because it helps people figure out how to reinstate (parts of) their profile if that turns out

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.1.3

2013-12-16 Thread Dr. R. O. Stapf - the service institute japan
Hi Tom,Thanks for the hint, I will do with the 4.1.4 version which is scheduled to be released this week.RPresidentthe service institute japan... the service enhancement companywww.tsij.org On 2013-12-14 00:46, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Ahh, i think just go for a standard normal reinstall of

Re: [libreoffice-users] help

2013-12-16 Thread Niklas Johansson
Hi Markus Sorry to hear that you are having problems with LibreOffice. There are quite a few issues surrounding combo boxes, list boxes and pop up buttons in LibreOffice. Even though the program has had some great improvements in the last year issues with list boxes and pop up buttons still

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-16 Thread Niklas Johansson
So I tried to look in to this and checked the measurements that I get when I create the labels and they seem to be correct. Of course it is like Virgil said there is no space before the text whereas Word ads 0,07 both to the left and the right of the text. You can easily mimic that distance by

Re: [libreoffice-users] Internet pages

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry! I'm sending this back to the list because i'm not sure if my answer will work and your reply didn't look private or anything. So is it possible to copypaste the formulae separately into the Math rather than the Writer module/app/program? Are the formulae written or are they

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 win32 seems to have a dotted right Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side)

2013-12-16 Thread carlo.strata
LibreOffice,_4.1.4.2,_Start_Screen.png http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4088402/LibreOffice%2C_4.1.4.2%2C_Start_Screen.png Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my previous mail, I have uploaded the dotted start screen in this mail with Nabble (compare near white right background with left

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 win32 seems to have a dotted right Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side)

2013-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Wow! That took me ages to spot that! I had to zoom right in before i saw the dots! On my machine the LibreOffice splash-screen it smoothly white(ish), the same as the left hand side. Does it happen with other apps or just LibreOffice? Do you get the same effect in a blank document or is

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 win32 seems to have a dotted right Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side)

2013-12-16 Thread Pedro
Hi Carlo carlo.strata wrote It seems to have a dotted _right_ Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side): if you take a look with attention you will see a regular dotted mesh. Its color is only slightly clearer than the central background. I haven't seen at all it in the past time...: is it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 win32 seems to have a dotted right Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side)

2013-12-16 Thread Carlo Strata
Hi Tom! Only in the splash screen and not in the white screens... And if move the main LibreOffice window the dotted area move with it in the same way. Only with LibreOffice: I tested only in the described environment. Sunny night! :-) Carlo ing. Carlo Strata - via Botticelli 1/4 30031 Dolo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 win32 seems to have a dotted right Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side)

2013-12-16 Thread Carlo Strata
Hi Pedro! I used to ask people to compare my case with their ones and then, if the bug is discovered, proceed checking and, if necessary, filing a bug. What is/are your environment/s Pedro? Nice evening, Carlo ing. Carlo Strata - via Botticelli 1/4 30031 Dolo - VE Italia - Italy - tel./fax

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.1.3

2013-12-16 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
If you want to try 4.0.6 first, since you jumped from 3.6.x, it might be a good idea. It is at the end on that line and I use it all of the time. Sure, you can try 4.1.4 when it comes out, but 4.0.6 is very stable and you can use it as a stepping stone to the 4.1.x line. The messages about

Re: [libreoffice-users] looking for sdw-compatible, Linux version of Libre Office

2013-12-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-12-17 07:55, M. Fioretti wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 06:51:27 AM +1300, Steve Edmonds wrote: I am using LO 3.6 because we have thousands of staroffice files. I assume you mean .sx* formats, NOT .sd* I am only talking of the second group, the original ones. Those are not recognized

Re: [libreoffice-users] looking for sdw-compatible, Linux version of Libre Office

2013-12-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-12-17 10:59, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2013-12-17 07:55, M. Fioretti wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 06:51:27 AM +1300, Steve Edmonds wrote: I am using LO 3.6 because we have thousands of staroffice files. I assume you mean .sx* formats, NOT .sd* I am only talking of the second group,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-16 Thread John Clegg
I have just done my labels too - only using Avery 8165 (I just happened to have some in the drawer) It worked find, but I too found the printing started right on the edge - and I couldn't see any way to change this other than adding spaces manually. I had to add a blank line at the top for the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Importing .xls table into Base

2013-12-16 Thread dollyp
julien2412 wrote Taking a look to the documentation, I read this: Exporting data from Calc into a database Select the data in the Calc worksheet. Hold the left mouse button down and drag the data that you want to turn into a database into the table area of the database browser. (see

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 win32 seems to have a dotted right Start Screen (Draw, Database, ... side)

2013-12-16 Thread Pedro
Hi Carlo carlo.strata wrote What is/are your environment/s Pedro? I tested this under Windows XP Pro x86 SP3 en_US I can't see any white dots in my Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS laptop running LO 4.1.3.2 It seems to be a Windows only bug. If you do report it, post the bugzilla link on this thread so I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-16 Thread Don C. Myers
About 5 or 6 years ago when using OpenOffice to print Christmas labels, I ran across an article about using table style labels in OpenOffice instead of the type which come with Word, OpenOffice, and LibreOffice. It is far easier to adjust the table style labels. To adjust the top spacing,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-16 Thread Virgil Arrington
Don, Thank you for this. I knew I had seen something like that before. LO uses a frame based label template. I agree that a table based template makes far more sense. Virgil -Original Message- From: Don C. Myers Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 7:34 PM To:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge and Labels

2013-12-16 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi Virgil, They have really worked well for me. With the frame based templates, I always had trouble with the spacing on the labels changing as you would get into the bottom third of the label sheet. The frame based templates print out perfectly from top to bottom, and they are so easy to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is there a risk eliminating table:number-rows-repeated attribute

2013-12-16 Thread Maxime Bégnis
Thanks for your input. Indeed it does not work, as we found out. We now convert to ODS flat XML before extracting the data. It seems to be much more reliable. Le 14/12/2013 02:45, Urmas a écrit : Maxime Bégnis: The xslt remove any table:number-rows-repeated attributes. So my question is: