Re: [libreoffice-users] Envelope printing misplaced

2014-04-26 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2014-04-25 17:22, Stray Feathers wrote: I'm unable to properly print a #10 envelope using Apple Mavericks on a Canon iP2700 printer. Both Sender and Addressee are printed about 25 mm too low. This printer's paper feed automatically centres the envelope so no way to physically adjust it. All

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] Get ready for LibreOffice 4.3 bug hunting session

2014-04-26 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Upscope, On 25 avril 2014 23:58:07 CEST, upscope upsc...@nwi.net wrote: On Friday, April 25, 2014 07:53:17 PM you wrote: Hello Upscope, On 25 avril 2014 19:03:22 CEST, upscope upsc...@nwi.net wrote: On Thursday, April 24, 2014 08:40:40 PM Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Hello Upscope, On 24

Re: [libreoffice-users] forums, The AOO one

2014-04-26 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Note, it is NOT the official AOO forum that has the spam problem, it is OOoForum.org (just to be clear). The AOO forum (which also supports LO) runs great! On 04/25/2014 08:01 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Many magazines and places have forums or comments threads suffering from a similar lack of

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to insert a field of a random integer in the range 5 to 20?

2014-04-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 25/04/14 22:37, samz a écrit : Hi, Hello, In LibreOffice Writer, how to insert a field of a random integer in the range 5 to 20? This random integer changes every time I open the document. https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20t=16418 will give you a start if you want

[libreoffice-users] Re: Create Firefox Personas for LibreOffice further notes

2014-04-26 Thread Peter Maunder
My original response was just to show where the Personas were actually kept on the LibreOffice system. These notes may be of interest for those who wish to dabble further. Adding Personas to LibreOffice does seem slightly convoluted, especially compared with Firefox and Thunderbird. Don't forget

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Create Firefox Personas for LibreOffice 4 in LibreOffice 4

2014-04-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you can just follow the Firefox instructions to create a persona that would work in Firefox. Is it really as complicated as Peter's way or is that just a better and more precise way of by-passing Firefox? Regards from Tom :) On 25 April 2014 21:30, Peter Maunder

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question on MAXIF()

2014-04-26 Thread Rob Jasper
Great, thank you for your elaborate answer It works as expected. Rob. Op 26 apr. 2014, om 07:46 heeft Brian Barker het volgende geschreven: At 01:50 26/04/2014 +0200, Rob Jasper wrote: I have a (generated) sheet with 5000 entries where in column H is a book number between 1 and 7, and in

[libreoffice-users] writer-how to have in a table column width as I like and how to add a column without stretching the other

2014-04-26 Thread yahoo-pier_andreit
libreoffice 4.1.5.3 on linux opensuse 13.1 kde 4.11.5 if I have a table with 4 column how can I get for example the first column width of 2cm the second and third of 3cm and the fourth of 4cm?? giving numbers not with mouse?? I tried: rightclick table... tab table and i tried both selecting

[libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-26 Thread Urmas
James Knott: IIRC, the formats that are no longer supported are the ancient StarOffice ones. StarOffice 5.2 was released in 1998. If that is 'ancient' for you, you are an idiot that should be kept out from developing office software. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 4/26/2014 11:12 AM, Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote: StarOffice 5.2 was released in 1998. If that is 'ancient' for you, you are an idiot that should be kept out from developing office software. 16 years? Yes, that is ANCIENT in computer/software terms, for both hardware AND software. If

[libreoffice-users] Printer error in 4.2.3

2014-04-26 Thread MR ZenWiz
Since I upgraded to LO 4.2.3 last week, I get an error when trying to print any file, or every other file - it varies. The file prints without any trouble, but I get this window on the first document I print: Could not start printer. Please check your configuration. The file prints anyway, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-26 Thread toki
On April 26, 2014 10:42:53 AM PDT, Tanstaafl wrote: 16 years? Yes, that is ANCIENT in computer/software terms, for both hardware AND software. It might be old, but that does not mean no longer used. Ideally, the extension to import those file formats would have been released prior to ripping

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 4/26/2014 2:18 PM, toki toki.kant...@gmail.com wrote: Those that don't undertstand why sofware that is 15+ years old is still used, perhaps need to revisit why software shouldbe designed as if it will be used for the next century. No one said it wasn't used, and that is totally irrelevant

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-26 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: you are an idiot that should be kept out from developing office software. Gee I didn't know I was developing office software. Thanks for letting me know. BTW, in case you haven't noticed, things have changed a bit in the past 16 years. Back then, there was still a lot of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I kinda gather that it is possible to develop new filters for the format, perhaps as an Extension. There just doesn't seem to have been much interest in it. Also it is still easily possible to get older versions of software that can read it and convert. Such older software not being

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-26 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: Also it is still easily possible to get older versions of software that can read it and convert. So, what's the latest version of LibreOffice or OpenOffice that will read those formats? If needed, they could be used to save those old files in a newer format. -- To

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer error in 4.2.3

2014-04-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Given how e3xperienced you are and how long you have been on the mailing list i would say just post a bug-report (or wait until the competition starts and post it then) Temporarily go bacmk to a previous version that doesn't have the problem (or install that other version in parallel or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer error in 4.2.3

2014-04-26 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi *, Tom Davies wrote (26-04-14 20:31) Given how e3xperienced you are and how long you have been on the mailing list i would say just post a bug-report (or wait until the competition starts and post it then) [...] Tom, can you, when writing your kind advice for the people here to report a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

2014-04-26 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi James, On 26 April 2014 21:36, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: Tom Davies wrote: Also it is still easily possible to get older versions of software that can read it and convert. So, what's the latest version of LibreOffice or OpenOffice that will read those formats? If

[libreoffice-users] Conditional Formatting in Calc

2014-04-26 Thread James E Lang
How can this be accomplished with LO 4.0.4.2? Cell B1 should be protected UNLESS the leftmost two characters in A1 are 0/ The sheet is protected. A1 is unprotected. B1 is normally protected. I unsuccessfully tried this conditional formatting in B1: Condition: Formula is LEFT(A1,2)=0/ Custom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to insert a field of a random integer [of specified length]

2014-04-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 03:31 26/04/2014 -0700, Alf Noname wrote: I created a Libre Office Calc spreadsheet with a table like this: Rand2DiG91 Rand3DiG725 Rand4DiG5869 Rand5DiG61431 Rand6DiG872247 where the 2nd column formula are defined like this: =ROUND(RAND()*89)+10

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Base Runtime File

2014-04-26 Thread tb
Does LibreOffice Base have a runtime file that would enable me to distribute an application to users who do not have the full version of Base installed on their computers? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Reproducing doc files

2014-04-26 Thread anne-ology
Hoping that company thanks you for all your hard work fixing their mess. From: john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:15 PM Subject: Re: Reproducing doc files To: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:33:43 -0500 anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com

Re: [libreoffice-users] writer-how to have in a table column width as I like and how to add a column without stretching the other

2014-04-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:06 26/04/2014 +0200, Pier Andreit wrote: libreoffice 4.1.5.3 on linux opensuse 13.1 kde 4.11.5 if I have a table with 4 column how can I get for example the first column width of 2cm the second and third of 3cm and the fourth of 4cm?? giving numbers not with mouse?? I tried: rightclick

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer error in 4.2.3

2014-04-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sure, but that is covered by one of the first items in the wiki-guide https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugReport and is handled really well there. Confirm that it really is a bug. [it gives help on how to do so] Check for similar, existing bug reports (duplicates). [it gives