Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing csv files from the bank

2015-07-24 Thread James Wilde
I see your name is Nielsen, which could indicate that you are Danish or Norwegian. Can it be that you have one of these two languages/regions as your default, which means, amongst other things that the decimal separator is a comma. If you are importing from an english or american bank, the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Pablo Dotro
Hi there! I've had experience working with LibreOffice and complex documents. Back in the days of Libre/OpenOffice 3.x and Office 2003, Writer was much better than Word in handling large documents with complex formatting and a large number of included objects (say, around 100 pages, with around

RE: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Stephen Harding
I've had no problem using Writer to create 200+ page documents with over a hundred illustrations, annotated screen shots and drawings, imported from Microsoft's Visio or LO Draw (LO Draw works best) and JPEG photos. Also frequently use tables to show information. The documents have many,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Dan Lewis
On 07/24/2015 09:31 AM, Tom Williams wrote: Greetings! With all of the recent discussion about Linux being a viable alternative to Windows, in today's computing world, I've read many comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a good alternative to MS Office. Some say yes, others say no.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread anne-ology
Maybe someone would be so kind as to explain the difference between .ODT .OTT; when is the latter used how does it differ? From: Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread anne-ology
As for me, I much prefer to use LO. Although it's not compatible with MSFT; this makes it difficult to send a document to someone. I will then - if a small document, copy/paste into an e-mail or save as MSFT to send to them - and while so doing, I'm

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread anne-ology
I still don't understand that problem of opening at the beginning only; my documents always re-open at the spot where last saved. From: Stephen Harding stephen.hard...@gmx.com Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:25 AM Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Joel Madero
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:59 PM, anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote: As for me, I much prefer to use LO. Although it's not compatible with MSFT; this makes it difficult to send a document to someone. This is simply a false statement. It's not compatible. Please don't give new

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Philip Ward
Sorry guys, not part of the current thread, how do i start a new thread? or question etc? been a while, and totally forgot!! cheers Phil On 24/07/2015 21:59, anne-ology wrote: As for me, I much prefer to use LO. Although it's not compatible with MSFT; this makes it difficult

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Compatible Outliner

2015-07-24 Thread anne-ology
I may or may not be understanding your question; but if you're referring to the document adding the Roman numerals ... numerals ... letters to form an outline; LO does this - so do other programs. But I would not recommend any of them since these

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Compatible Outliner

2015-07-24 Thread H
I am using LibreOffice on Linux and very happy with it. Often, however, I would like to use my Android tablet, or even phone, to draft an outline of a document that I would later develop further on my desktop. Ideally, a simple application such as an outliner would be ideal and I remember such

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread toki
On 07/24/2015 01:31 PM, Tom Williams wrote: Question: in what ways does LO Writer fail at editing or creating complex documents? This where a definition for complex documents is mandatory. Does anyone here have any experience with LO Writer and complex documents? I've had as many as

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 06:31 24/07/2015 -0700, Tom Williams wrote: ... I've read many comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a good alternative to MS Office. Some say yes, others say no. One common comment made by those who say no is Writer isn't good for complex documents. For basic word processing, it's

[libreoffice-users] Re: Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 24.07.2015 um 15:31 schrieb Tom Williams: Question: in what ways does LO Writer fail at editing or creating complex documents? Take some letter that had been edited by a dozend of editors because nobody ever learned about templates. One opens the letter document, clears the text body

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread anne-ology
You're right, that was probably not the best word to choose; although I think I explained my meaning - I note you deleted that part of the e-message ;-) I merely meant that when saving an LO document to MsFt, the versions will not appear the same ...

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread anne-ology
huh ??? Are you attempting to open a new document to contact this list or what?; what's your question? You surely don't mean that you're unable to open a blank e-mail to send a document ;-) Curiously wondering, From: Philip Ward skegg...@gmail.com Date:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread anne-ology
Thank you. From: Dave Barton d...@tasit.net Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents To: users@global.libreoffice.org From: Anne-ology Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:08:53 -0500 Maybe someone would be so

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread anne-ology
Isn't that what everyone does ;-) From: Dave Barton d...@tasit.net Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents To: users@global.libreoffice.org anne-ology wrote: I still don't understand that problem of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Dave Barton
anne-ology wrote: I still don't understand that problem of opening at the beginning only; my documents always re-open at the spot where last saved. That's because you have put a/your name in the User Data section of the Options dialog. This is one of the program's little

Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Anne-ology Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:08:53 -0500 Maybe someone would be so kind as to explain the difference between .ODT .OTT; when is the latter used how does it differ? ODT (OpenDocument Text) = Writer Document OTT (OpenDocument

[libreoffice-users] Linux - Evince - avoid the default

2015-07-24 Thread charles meyer
It's gratifying seeing so many posts about who's using Linux, which resources and other software. I haven't found a good Linux forum so I appreciate those using Linux on this forum as you share your workouts and solutions. Evince (pdf reader) was, I believe, originally a Linux product. They now

Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux - Evince - avoid the default

2015-07-24 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/07/15 09:03 PM, charles meyer wrote: It's gratifying seeing so many posts about who's using Linux, which resources and other software. I haven't found a good Linux forum so I appreciate those using Linux on this forum as you share your workouts and solutions. Evince (pdf reader) was, I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing csv files from the bank

2015-07-24 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Indeed I believe this should be the problem. To solve just select english/us on the amounts columns when you import CSV. In this way it should consider and replace decimal dots with your country's decimal separator (comma). Il 24/lug/2015 10:42, James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com ha

[libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and complex documents

2015-07-24 Thread Tom Williams
Greetings! With all of the recent discussion about Linux being a viable alternative to Windows, in today's computing world, I've read many comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a good alternative to MS Office. Some say yes, others say no. One common comment made by those who say no is

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Compatible Outliner

2015-07-24 Thread H
I was not clear. I am well aware that LibreOffice allows me to create etc. outlines. I am looking for a simpler/quicker to use program that only does LibreOffice compatible outlines, similar to the DOS program PCOutline. Also, can someone explain to me why a reply to messages here - unless you

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Compatible Outliner

2015-07-24 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 24.07.2015 um 20:32 schrieb H: I am using LibreOffice on Linux and very happy with it. Often, however, I would like to use my Android tablet, or even phone, to draft an outline of a document that I would later develop further on my desktop. Ideally, a simple application such as an