[users] [calc]Howto keep solver specs between editing sessions

2010-11-22 Thread Larry Evans
By "solver specs" I mean the data entered in the "Solver" dialog box, i.e. the data labelled: * target cell * Optimize result to * By changing cells * Limiting Conditions in that dialog box. Unfortunately, each time I exit calc and restart with the same file, I have to reenter this data. Is the

[users] Re: Styles: 'List; List 1; List 1 Start; Numbering 1; Numbering 1 Start; Numbering 1 End;' What are they?

2010-08-20 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/20/10 17:45, RA Brown wrote: Sigrid Carrera wrote: Hi Andy, I can confirm those entries for List styles. [snip] Hi Sigrid, That is strange as I have Go-oo version 3.1 running under Ubuntu here and do not see them listed. Andy, the About on the OOWriter I'm using shows: OpenOffice.

[users] Thanks (was Re: Styles: 'List; List 1; List 1 Start; Numbering 1; Numbering 1 Start; Numbering 1 End;' What are they?

2010-08-18 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/18/10 13:15, RA Brown wrote: [snip] Any help appreciated and maybe suggestions for improving the docs so novices like me wouldn't bother others. -regards, Larry Hi Larry, I have added this to my "to do" list and will follow-up as soon as possible. Andy Thanks very much Andy. ---

[users] Re: Styles: 'List; List 1; List 1 Start; Numbering 1; Numbering 1 Start; Numbering 1 End;' What are they?

2010-08-18 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/18/10 12:04, RA Brown wrote: Larry Evans wrote: [snip] How can I find out what these styles do? [snip] Larry, With the Styles and Formatting window open and the List Styles selected, right click on the style your interested in. In the pop-up select Modify. Another window opens with

[users] Styles: 'List; List 1; List 1 Start; Numbering 1; Numbering 1 Start; Numbering 1 End;' What are they?

2010-08-18 Thread Larry Evans
I see these styles listed in the 'Styles and Formatting' window when I select, from the main menu, 'Format>Styles and Formatting'; however, when I try to find what the styles are in Help by entering, for example 'List 1 Start', all I get is either a hit on 'list' or a hit on 'start' or a hit on '1

[users] Re: Howto use set reference/insert reference to retrieve paragraph number?

2010-08-06 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/06/10 17:33, Larry Evans wrote: [snip] After that, the Applications:Office menu had several OpenOffice.org entries, e.g.: OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org 3.2 Base OpenOffice.org 3.2 Calc ... but no writer. [snip] Synaptic showed the location of the OpenOffice.org 3 files; so, I

[users] Re: Howto use set reference/insert reference to retrieve paragraph number?

2010-08-06 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/06/10 13:31, Larry Evans wrote: [snip] On 08/06/10 13:00, RA Brown wrote: [snip] If you can send me a copy of your file direct and I will see what I can find. Andy Thanks Andy; however, I had this problem before: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&m

[users] Re: Howto use set reference/insert reference to retrieve paragraph number?

2010-08-06 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/06/10 13:00, RA Brown wrote: Larry Evans wrote: I've got some numbered paragraphs: 1. Paragraph1. Sentence1. Sentence2. 2. Paragraph2. Sentence1. Sentence2. Sentence3. 3. Paragraph3. Sentence1. Sentence2. See paragraph numbered .

[users] Howto use set reference/insert reference to retrieve paragraph number?

2010-08-06 Thread Larry Evans
I've got some numbered paragraphs: 1. Paragraph1. Sentence1. Sentence2. 2. Paragraph2. Sentence1. Sentence2. Sentence3. 3. Paragraph3. Sentence1. Sentence2. See paragraph numbered . I've tried selecting the 2. of Paragraph 2; however, that high

[users] Re: how to expand insert reference formats?

2008-10-04 Thread Larry Evans
On 10/02/08 00:28, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 28.09.2008 21:07, Larry Evans a écrit : [snip] To repeat what the OP requested, what I want is given a numbered list, e.g. 1. item_1 2. item_2 I want to set a reference at item_2 and then insert a reference to that reference in another

[users] Re: how to expand insert reference formats?

2008-10-04 Thread Larry Evans
On 10/04/08 05:52, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 03.10.2008 15:39, Larry Evans a écrit : [snip] Thanks, Jean-Baptiste; however, I tried to download from: http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/download-form.php by selecting: OpenOffice.org-3.0.0rc3 | linuxx86-64deb | en-US(en-US) and got

[users] Re: how to expand insert reference formats?

2008-10-03 Thread Larry Evans
On 10/02/08 00:28, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 28.09.2008 21:07, Larry Evans a écrit : [snip] To repeat what the OP requested, what I want is given a numbered list, e.g. 1. item_1 2. item_2 I want to set a reference at item_2 and then insert a reference to that reference in another

[users] Re: how to expand insert reference formats?

2008-10-01 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/28/08 14:07, Larry Evans wrote: In the following post: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/187973 I wondered whether a filter could be used to solve the problem of I posted a request for this feature to: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki

[users] emacs can edit odt members (was Re: [writer]Can't delete HR in obvious way

2008-09-30 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/30/08 16:45, norseman wrote: norseman wrote: [snip] OK - there is a bug in OOo 2. I got your file and opened it. The hardline is the only thing there and it appears on 2nd type-able line. The cursor sits on empty line one. NO amount of effo

[users] Re: [writer]Can't delete HR in obvious way

2008-09-30 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/30/08 12:14, Larry Evans wrote: [snip] This seems counter-intuitive to me. I would have expected something like what Jonathan described, i.e. selecting the hardline and the doing Ctrl-X to delete it. OOPS, That was Harold, not Jonathon: After clicking in the HR I get green draggable

[users] Re: [writer]Can't delete HR in obvious way

2008-09-30 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/30/08 11:44, norseman wrote: [snip] == I'm on Linux. I just opened OOo's swriter and dummied up a page. Then did the _'s and got the hard line. Playing with it yielded the following information: Place cursor on a blank line above the hard line if possible or at

[users] Re: [writer]Can't delete HR in obvious way

2008-09-30 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/30/08 10:14, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 30/09/2008 16:04, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 30/09/2008 15:44, Larry Evans wrote: I've a very simple write file with what appears as a horizontal rule (HR) below a paragraph marker (revealed with Ctrl+F10). However, there's [snip] How can I

[users] [writer]Can't delete HR in obvious way

2008-09-30 Thread Larry Evans
I've a very simple write file with what appears as a horizontal rule (HR) below a paragraph marker (revealed with Ctrl+F10). However, there's no obvious way to delete either. For example, when cursor is placed before the paragraph mark, and then Delete key pressed, nothing happens. Backspace ha

[users] how to expand insert reference formats?

2008-09-28 Thread Larry Evans
In the following post: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/187973 I wondered whether a filter could be used to solve the problem of retrieving the item number of a particular list item in a numbered list. I thought maybe it could be done with a filter; however, since rea

[users] Re: Crossreferencing to a listitem number

2008-09-21 Thread Larry Evans
On 01/05/08 10:53, Michele wrote: On Jan 3, 2008 7:56 PM, Mats Broberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] and the footnote area. It will look the same, but relies on that the crossref can return the actual autonumber of the listitem. [snip] I am not sure I understand what you are trying to do,

[users] once again with cut&paste (was Re: missing listitem_num_ref.html file (was Re: Crossreferencing to a listitem number

2008-09-19 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/19/08 08:46, Larry Evans wrote: On 09/19/08 08:27, Larry Evans wrote: [snip] Docbook has a simple way of doing this. Attached are the input .xml file and the (pretty printed) output .html file. Also attached is the .xsl file doing the transformation. For some reason my mailer dropped

[users] missing listitem_num_ref.html file (was Re: Crossreferencing to a listitem number

2008-09-19 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/19/08 08:27, Larry Evans wrote: [snip] Docbook has a simple way of doing this. Attached are the input .xml file and the (pretty printed) output .html file. Also attached is the .xsl file doing the transformation. For some reason my mailer dropped the .html file. I tried again to attach

[users] Re: Crossreferencing to a listitem number

2008-09-19 Thread Larry Evans
On 01/05/08 10:53, Michele wrote: On Jan 3, 2008 7:56 PM, Mats Broberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dan, Thanks - but I need it to print at the crossref position (physically on paper). The reason I need this behavior is that I am adding endnotes to the body and footnote area of a historical tex

[users] Re: [writer]duplicate input field names?

2008-09-11 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/11/08 12:39, norseman wrote: Larry Evans wrote: I created an input field with name=inp-fun-field0'. Then, a few lines down, I created another input field. I guess, by accident, I gave it the same name, inp-fun-field0. Isn't that a bug? I'd expect the input field n

[users] [writer]duplicate input field names?

2008-09-11 Thread Larry Evans
I created an input field with name=inp-fun-field0'. Then, a few lines down, I created another input field. I guess, by accident, I gave it the same name, inp-fun-field0. Isn't that a bug? I'd expect the input field names are unique; otherwise, that's the purpose of the name? If the name is only

[users] Re: [writer]customize keyboard:prior next keys?

2008-09-11 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/11/08 10:21, Jim Allan wrote: Larry Evans wrote: When looking at the cusomize:keyboard tab (access from Tools menu), with Category=Naviage, I see in the "Shortcut Keys" screen, keys names with Prior and Next in their name. I've no Prior or Next keys on my keyboard. What k

[users] Re: [writer]customize keyboard:prior next keys?

2008-09-11 Thread Larry Evans
Also, where a the functions shown in the 'Shortcut Keys' screen documented. On function (the one attached to F9) is only list as 'fields'. When I press help, and then search for 'fields', nothing helpful appears. Where are these functions defined? It would be nice if the function names appear

[users] [writer]customize keyboard:prior next keys?

2008-09-11 Thread Larry Evans
When looking at the cusomize:keyboard tab (access from Tools menu), with Category=Naviage, I see in the "Shortcut Keys" screen, keys names with Prior and Next in their name. I've no Prior or Next keys on my keyboard. What keys are they on my (I guess) USA keyboard? Also, I guess if I want to ch

[users] solved insert/show ref (was Re: [writer]insert ref; set ref; insert ref just shows ref name

2008-09-11 Thread Larry Evans
On 09/10/08 23:02, Larry Evans wrote: These are the steps to reproduce the problem: Insert:Fields:Other:ReferencesTab:Set Reference:Name=ref0 [snip] Someone emailed me privately with what should have been an obvious answer. Sorry for noise :( -Larry

[users] [writer]insert ref; set ref; insert ref just shows ref name

2008-09-10 Thread Larry Evans
These are the steps to reproduce the problem: Insert:Fields:Other:ReferencesTab:Set Reference:Name=ref0 At this point, the Value field is unwritable; so, I just press the close button. This results in a small shaded portion in the document. When the cursor is placed over this shaded portion,

[users] Re: OOwriter equivalent of html tag?

2008-08-22 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/21/08 23:39, Joe Smith wrote: Larry Evans wrote: ... Is there a way to just say I want another paragraph under the existing list item? Look on the Bullets and Numering toolbar, there's a button with the tooltip "Insert Unnumbered Entry". You can also do this with the

[users] Re: OOwriter equivalent of html tag?

2008-08-21 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/21/08 16:26, Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/8/21 Larry Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: In a numbered list, there's several items in which I want several paragraphs; however, whenever I hit carriage return, the next numbered item appears instead of just another paragraph under the current

[users] Re: OOwriter equivalent of html tag?

2008-08-21 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/21/08 15:53, Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Larry, Use shift-return to go to the new line. When you want the next number in the list, use return. tc Larry Evans wrote: [snip] do that. The closest I've got is a manual line break. Thanks tc; however that shift-return is the short-cu

[users] OOwriter equivalent of html tag?

2008-08-21 Thread Larry Evans
In a numbered list, there's several items in which I want several paragraphs; however, whenever I hit carriage return, the next numbered item appears instead of just another paragraph under the current item. What I need is someway to emulate the html ... or the xml ...; however, I can't figure ho

[users] Re: Whats OOWriter equivalent to Docbook entities?

2008-08-19 Thread Larry Evans
On 08/18/08 21:35, Larry Evans wrote: > At the top of my xml file, I can define named "entities" > in which to store values. Those values can then be > retrieved by simply delimiting the entity's name > with & and ;. > > How can this or something simila

[users] Whats OOWriter equivalent to Docbook entities?

2008-08-18 Thread Larry Evans
At the top of my xml file, I can define named "entities" in which to store values. Those values can then be retrieved by simply delimiting the entity's name with & and ;. How can this or something similar be done in OOWriter?