Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Inserting DRAW file as linked OLE in WRITER file?

2014-03-20 Thread Dale Rebgetz
On 20/03/2014 7:32 pm, Mucip wrote: Hi Dale, First of all I do not want to copy/paste from DRAW to WRITER. Because I use same picture in many documents. I want to insert picture to the document as linked. In this case when I change the main picture file than all documents can change... This is ve

Re: [libreoffice-users] Clarification about ODF Extended

2014-03-20 Thread Mark Bourne
e-letter wrote: On 17/03/2014, Italo Vignoli wrote: Nothing happens when XML tags are ignored, to systems which are not supporting the ODF 1.2 Extended document format. This is the reason why we can suggest to use ODF 1.2 Extended as the preferred format, because backward compatibility is main

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Clarification about ODF Extended

2014-03-20 Thread e-letter
On 19/03/2014, Owen Genat wrote: > > For those interested, these can be found in the ODF Implementor Notes > > Thank you. It is a worry that 17 out of 24 "features" are in fact devoted to "interope

Re: [libreoffice-users] Clarification about ODF Extended

2014-03-20 Thread e-letter
On 17/03/2014, Italo Vignoli wrote: > > Nothing happens when XML tags are ignored, to systems which are not > supporting the ODF 1.2 Extended document format. This is the reason why > we can suggest to use ODF 1.2 Extended as the preferred format, because > backward compatibility is maintained. >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge with custom fields in LibreOffice 4.2

2014-03-20 Thread Mark Bourne
Alternatively, to save copying data into a common .ods file, you can keep one .odb file (e.g. mergesource.odb) but change which .ods file it points to. Open mergesource.odb, then Edit > Database > Properties, and change the path to spreadsheet document. Saves a bit of copying data around, but

[libreoffice-users] Re: Turning spreadsheet data into legible report?

2014-03-20 Thread Gilles
Problem solved: Indeed, putting all the data into a single worksheet works OK. The only drawback is empty documents for kids who didn't attend a given year, but this could be avoided by adding some conditional loop in the Word mail merge document to avoid printing empty sections (eg. "If Trimester

[libreoffice-users] Re: Turning spreadsheet data into legible report?

2014-03-20 Thread Gilles
Thanks everyone for the feedback. As I learn more about spreadsheets, I thought merging all the years together into a single sheet and filtering data so that the wordprocessor would only see a subset of it would solve the issue... but it's not such a great idea since some students will attend more

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO compatibility

2014-03-20 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/16/2014 12:24 PM, Jim Seymour wrote: I don't think the OP's original question silly. I think he or she wanted to know if LibréOffice's support for MS Office formats was compatible with those of MS Office's. A reasonable question, in my view. If the question was is it 100% compatible, th

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to put Basic IDE code completion to work

2014-03-20 Thread Miklos Vajna
Hi Fernand, On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 09:23:40PM +0100, Fernand Vanrie wrote: > hallo Miklos > thanks but > only """ and "(" are auto clossing > dot operator is not functioning at all (maybe a keyboard problem ?) > tab do nothing > sub and Function not closing > > do i something wrong ? I haven'

[libreoffice-users] Re: Inserting DRAW file as linked OLE in WRITER file?

2014-03-20 Thread Mucip
Hi Owen, Thanks. I will check the page... -- Regards, Mucip:) 20-03-2014 03:14, Owen Genat [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] yazmış: > You will need to rescale the ODG prior to inserting it as an OLE > object into the Writer document. There are some limits on how large > the Draw canvas

[libreoffice-users] Re: Inserting DRAW file as linked OLE in WRITER file?

2014-03-20 Thread Mucip
Hi Dale, First of all I do not want to copy/paste from DRAW to WRITER. Because I use same picture in many documents. I want to insert picture to the document as linked. In this case when I change the main picture file than all documents can change... This is very good for me... One change (work