At 14:39 17/03/2014 +1100, Hedley Finger wrote:
On 17/03/2014 1:43 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
On 2014-03-17 15:29, Hedley Finger wrote:
I'm sure that I could set automatic sizing of cells to fit their
contents in Excel. I want them to increase in height as more text
is typed into them. Does
Le 16/03/2014 23:33, A a écrit :
Hi Andrew,
I can think of a few things that might (but then again, might not) be
the cause :
- using DOC format for your mailmerge instead of ODT - as I've never
tried mailmerge in LO with a DOC formatted file (I always use ODT), I
can't say ;
- using fields
Hi :)
Can you get to a command-line and open LibreOffice from there?
Ctrl Alt t
should open a terminal console. Then the command
soffice
should open LIbreOffice. If it doesn't (or maybe even if it does)
then hopefully the command-line should show some error messages which
might give some clue
Hi,
We run Ubuntu at our school, Mellansels Folk High School, but our principal
creates lots of excel files that need to work in both environments. Our
time reporting file stopped working in the 4.0 LO update. We were unable
to figure out were the problem was. The problem arises after the first
.doc format seems to be the culprit.
Thank you
- Andrew
On 03/17/14 00:50, Alex Thurgood wrote:
Le 16/03/2014 23:33, A a écrit :
Hi Andrew,
I can think of a few things that might (but then again, might not) be
the cause :
- using DOC format for your mailmerge instead of ODT - as I've
ubuntu 12.04
While fooling with mail merge, I decided to clean up my databases... I
deleted them all and recreated the one I needed with a new name. That
was a major mistake from which I was unable to recover, as now my fields
don't match the database. At the same time, I added a few fields,
Deleting the user profile seems to resolve the issue mentioned below.
Interestingly, the field names seem to have changed seemingly for the
better. Whereas before it was inserting things something like
filename.databasename.sheetname.fieldname, now I get fieldname.
Unfortunately, after
On 16/03/2014, Jim Seymour jseym...@linxnet.com wrote:
Practical implementations of a proposed standard are wonderful, but,
before it's part of the standard, documents written with such
extensions are, _by definition_, non-standard formats.
It's a worry that some users prefer new features
On 16/03/2014, Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com wrote:
ODF as implemented by OpenOffice and then LibreOffice has always been
the extended version, and not the strict standard version, although
it has always been possible to choose the latter. ODF become a standard
in 2006, based on OOo
On 17/03/2014, Ernest Karlsson ernestkarls...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
We run Ubuntu at our school, Mellansels Folk High School, but our principal
creates lots of excel files that need to work in both environments. Our
time reporting file stopped working in the 4.0 LO update. We were unable
to
On 3/16/2014 12:07 PM, Jim Seymour jseym...@linxnet.com wrote:
Once again: Putting the cart before the horse. LO does not define
the standard. OASIS or ISO (depending upon one's perspective, I
suppose) defines the standard. LO's responsibility is to faithfully
*implement* the standard.
As
Ernest Karlsson wrote
The file is in Swedish but I believe that the formulas will be in English
on a English system. To unlock the hidden columns and rows use the
password: Mellansel (I have permission to pass this on)
I unlocked the cells and didn't notice any difference under LO 3.6.7.2 (the
In short I am having to massage a .csv file exported from one system
before importing it into an accounting system.
The accountant wants a Comment column added before importing the file
which summarises information held in four other columns. Two columns
contain names and do not present a
At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
In short I am having to massage a .csv file exported from one
system before importing it into an accounting system. The
accountant wants a Comment column added before importing the file
which summarises information held in four other columns.
On 17/03/14 11:53, e-letter wrote:
Thanks for this information. The difference between extended and
strict allows for confusion to occur. In the option
load/save,general, there is no option strict standard, only 10/11,
12, 12extended.
ODF 1.2 is the standard, and I have used strict to
On 17/03/14 13:25, Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
In short I am having to massage a .csv file exported from one system
before importing it into an accounting system. The accountant wants a
Comment column added before importing the file which summarises
On 17/03/14 11:41, e-letter wrote:
It's a worry that some users prefer new features over standards
compliance and quality control.
Please do not see new software features as changes to the document
format. Over 99% of new features do not have any impact on the document
format, which is the
I have a question on formatting a text multiple times in Writer. Here is
my situation:
I have a file which has a set of text like Date:insert date here
seperated by new lines every time. There might be over 100's of
these in the file, now I want to format them to Headings, would
Hi All,
So we're getting really into the planning stages of our own instance of
bugzilla. That being said we are compiling a list of requests that could
improve how users/devs/and QA interact with it. If you have any ideas
feel free to add:
With 4.2.2.1 windows
Pictures in Writer and Html documents linked to a http location no
longer opens and can no longer been inserted what makes the use of
images in a HTML doc imposible
A picture linked to http://pmg.pmgroup.be/enews/idb/grafiek9.jpg; can
been opened and viewed in a writer
Fernand,
I just tried this in 4.2.2.1 as well, and this works just fine: I
created a new file and inserted an image through insert image from
file.
Met vriendelijke groeten, Salutations distinguées, Kind Regards,
DRIES FEYS
CORPORATE SERVICES • Specialist Software Developer
TVH GROUP NV
At 20:44 17/03/2014 +0530, Ankush Mishra wrote:
I have a question on formatting a text multiple times in Writer.
Here is my situation: I have a file which has a set of text like
Date:insert date here separated by new lines every time. There
might be over 100's of these in the file, now I want
On 17/03/14 13:25, Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
In short I am having to massage a .csv file exported from one system
before importing it into an accounting system. The accountant wants a
Comment column added before importing the file which summarises
At 13:53 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
On 17/03/14 13:25, Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
In short I am having to massage a .csv file exported from one
system before importing it into an accounting system. The
accountant wants a Comment column
At 17:48 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
On 17/03/14 13:25, Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
In short I am having to massage a .csv file exported from one
system before importing it into an accounting system. The
accountant wants a Comment column
On 17/03/14 18:02, Brian Barker wrote:
At 17:48 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
On 17/03/14 13:25, Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
In short I am having to massage a .csv file exported from one
system before importing it into an accounting system.
Hi all,
I'm working on a little problem that I'd really like to resolve. It
doesn't really have anything to do with Libreoffice, other than I
thought I might be able to use Calc to do the sort...
I have a text file. Each line is one record.
I can use the raw windows Sort command to sort the
On 17/03/14 18:02, Brian Barker wrote:
At 17:48 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
On 17/03/14 13:25, Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:43 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
In short I am having to massage a .csv file exported from one
system before importing it into an accounting system.
A wrote:
Interestingly, the field names seem to have changed seemingly for the
better. Whereas before it was inserting things something like
filename.databasename.sheetname.fieldname, now I get fieldname.
Unfortunately, after running the mailmerge, it seems to have made the
values in the first
On 03/17/2014 02:32 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
Hi all,
I'm working on a little problem that I'd really like to resolve. It
doesn't really have anything to do with Libreoffice, other than I
thought I might be able to use Calc to do the sort...
I have a text file. Each line is one record.
I can
Hi Charles,
There are a few ways of doing this that I can think of. First, you
could use the linux sort utility, that does let one sort by columns, so
the second column in your case. There are two different ports of that to
win32 here:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm
On March 17, 2014 3:41:24 AM PDT, e-letter wrote:
It's a worry that some users prefer new features over standards compliance
and quality control.
It is extremely rare for features to have a negative impact on standards
compliance.
It is not uncommon for features to enhance standards
Actually, this can be done more easily in Writer. You have to select
the text to be sorted, then choose Tools...Sort.
The trick is to adjust the sort parameters in the dialog window. For
Key1 you want to select column 2 (default is 1), then choose the
Character radio button, click on the
Fernand Vanrie wrote:
With 4.2.2.1 windows
Pictures in Writer and Html documents linked to a http location no
longer opens and can no longer been inserted what makes the use of
images in a HTML doc imposible
A picture linked to http://pmg.pmgroup.be/enews/idb/grafiek9.jpg; can
been opened and
On 2014-03-17 21:19, Ernest Karlsson wrote:
Hi,
We run Ubuntu at our school, Mellansels Folk High School, but our principal
creates lots of excel files that need to work in both environments. Our
time reporting file stopped working in the 4.0 LO update. We were unable
to figure out were the
Hi Paul,
Actually, I *think* that will work perfectly, thanks!
If anyone cares, what this if for is...
I use a really cool little free PortableApp called 'RemoteControl'
(based on the old 'GenControl' app), that allows me to connect to and
remotely control any PC in our network (only works
Dries , all,
Thanks, ist a bug , found it myself now , only when using the option
Use LibreOffice Dialogs the bug is happening , when using System
dialogs , the Http locations can been used
i fill a issue
Greetz
Fernandnd
Fernand,
I just tried this in 4.2.2.1 as well, and this works
Paul,
Many, many thanks! Works perfectly, and this will make finding the right
computer so much easier!
Thanks to the others who replied, but I did need a command line tool,
and I'm sure the GNU tools will come in handy for other things too...
Thanks again Paul!
Charles
On 3/17/2014 3:41
I have an .ods file and a column with dates in it resists all my
attempts to change the format. The column was created when I opened a
.csv file in Calc and the dates were shown as, for example, 12 Feb 2014.
At some time during the editing of this file the dates became shown as
12-Feb-14 but I
Have you tried Alt+O, R, O which sets row height to fit the content. I think it
continues to fit increased needs such as added lines as well as larger font
size.
On March 16, 2014 11:57:44 PM PDT, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com
wrote:
At 14:39 17/03/2014 +1100, Hedley Finger wrote:
On 17/03/14 20:38, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Is this related to the thread being handled by Brian? If so the
problem might be that you are trying to store the date as a
text-field. It should be reasonably easy to change the text-format to
a date one though.
I think the date has to be stored as
On 03/17/2014 04:30 PM, Budgie wrote:
I have an .ods file and a column with dates in it resists all my
attempts to change the format. The column was created when I opened a
.csv file in Calc and the dates were shown as, for example, 12 Feb 2014.
At some time during the editing of this file
Hi :)
Is this related to the thread being handled by Brian? If so the
problem might be that you are trying to store the date as a
text-field. It should be reasonably easy to change the text-format to
a date one though.
I think the date has to be stored as a numerical value in order to be
read
I'm trying to fill in the info in a form provided in PDF format. While
I can open it in Draw and type in the info, the font is too large for
the area. Is there any way that I can change the overall font size,
instead of having to do it in each field? I have tried the Format
Character method,
Hi there,
I am quite confused... I have been spending all day trying to understand how
to create an alphabetical index for an ebook I am working on.
I have read this:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/7/7a/0212WG34-TOCsIndexesBiblios.pdf
but I am still at a loss...
For example I would
On 17/03/14 20:51, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
That is what i was thinking of but now i re-read the original post in
this thread i think that has already been tried.
Maybe just use Brian's advice but instead of making it a text-field
just keep it as a normal number-field or (if it does allow you
At 20:30 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
I have an .ods file and a column with dates in it resists all my
attempts to change the format. The column was created when I opened
a .csv file in Calc and the dates were shown as, for example, 12 Feb 2014.
At some time during the editing of
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Err,
Ctrl A = select all?
Alternatively is each field use the same style name? Could you just
modify the style?
Regards from
Ctl-A affects the entire document, not just the boxes I enter text into.
How do you change font size in styles? I can open the Styles
Hi Tom,
I did that, and I also tried downloading from the PPA. The same thing
happened. I'm sure this has to be a Chrubuntu issue since my installs
have always worked fine on other Ubuntu installs. One strange thing
though. When I was purging the failed installed, I had an error message
show
Hi Tom,
thanks for that, but I must confess I am none the wiser... I have
downloaded the plugin in Firefox as it doesn't seem to be available in
LO (or perhaps I couln't find it). In any case, from what I have read,
Zotero is not designed to create an alphabetical index, but things like
a
At 21:09 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
Well your analysis is correct and the date is in text
format. What is odd however is that the format changed from 12 Feb
2014 which DATEVALUE can recognise and I could have used to
12-Feb-2014 which it cannot.
For what it's worth, DATEVALUE()
At 18:34 17/03/2014 +, Budgie Noname wrote:
One last (I hope) question related to the task in hand. I have some
instructions from my accountant concerning the preparation of the
file before saving as .csv to import. She says:-
the data in the booking date column must not have the time.
Yes, you're right.
I've also found that the fields can be reset so the data is purged
from the fields by Edit Exchange Database.
I've also found that if the fields are changed in the original (now new)
CSV file then this seems to be what's required:
First delete the old database file
Hi :)
Err,
Ctrl A = select all?
Alternatively is each field use the same style name? Could you just
modify the style?
Regards from
Tom :)
On 17 March 2014 20:48, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote:
I'm trying to fill in the info in a form provided in PDF format. While
I can open it in
Hi :)
Sounds like you just need to have another go at installing LibreOffice
from the download you got from the official LibreOffice.org website
There are some proper instructions somewhere.
Regards from
Tom :)
On 17 March 2014 04:40, Don Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote:
Hi Tom,
In my
Hi :)
I think there is an external Extension/Add-on/Plug-in/package called
Zotero or Zoteros that greatly improves this sort of thing in
LibreOffice/OO and MS office
Regards from
Tom :)
On 17 March 2014 20:52, Andrea and...@andrea-re.eu wrote:
Hi there,
I am quite confused... I have been
Hi all,
This Friday, LibreOffice is proud to participate in the first annual
SpinachCon[1] UX testing event. This is a great time for us to get
in-person feedback from our users!
The day before LibrePlanet[2], we'll be meeting at a geeky clubhouse
called 'Industry Lab' to do some collaborative
On 17-03-2014 22:27, Brian Barker wrote:
At 20:44 17/03/2014 +0530, Ankush Mishra wrote:
I have a question on formatting a text multiple times in Writer. Here
is my situation: I have a file which has a set of text like
Date:insert date here separated by new lines every time. There
might be
For some reason the libreofficeX.X-debian-menus file isn't running
during the install. I ran that file separately in the software center
and everything is working perfectly now with the Document Foundation
version of LO 4.2.2.1.
On 03/16/2014 10:36 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Can you get to
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