Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Work-arounds are usually great as a temporary measure. It's still best to get the under-laying issue fixed properly and we seem to be on a roll. Brad's answer looks like the sort of thing that might help the devs pinpoint the problem. Ian's helps corral it into a smaller area but Brad's mig

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer - Bold activates by itself

2014-11-03 Thread Graham Luffrum
I seem to recall that this has always been the case, at least under Linux Mint with various versions of LibreOffice. Interestingly, if on the second line one puts some text (not in bold as one would expect) and then do newline and move the cursor back up to before the text on line two it shows bol

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer - Bold activates by itself

2014-11-03 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi, I have verified this in 4.4.0.0 alpha and 4.3.2.2 under Fedora 21 I can also see that the problem is NOT apparent under XP on 4.2.0.4. What OS are you using? Cheers On 04/11/14 10:41, jerryvb wrote: I have found a strange action by Writer. I think it might be a bug, but I'm not sure. At

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer - Bold activates by itself

2014-11-03 Thread jerryvb
I have found a strange action by Writer. I think it might be a bug, but I'm not sure. At the moment I'm using LibreOffice Writer 4.2.6.3. But, I have verified this also in 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 4.3.2.2, and 4.3.3.2. In a Writer text document, on a blank line, do this: 1. Turn on Bold either by Ctr+B

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-03 Thread Tim Lloyd
V Stuart Foote has suggested a workaround so let's see how the OP responds. Thanks All http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85652 On 03/11/14 22:47, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 09:44:37 + Tom Davies wrote: Hello Tom, Can other people try on other systems? Mint and o

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc -- setting tab sequence of cells for spreadsheet user

2014-11-03 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2014-11-03 13:26, Andreas Säger a écrit : Am 03.11.2014 um 18:26 schrieb Marc Paré: Although, that being said, I am going to try to replicate the same process that I am trying to achieve with Calc at a later date, on Base; just to satisfy my curiosity of working with Base. This is a diffi

[libreoffice-users] Re: Simple address data and 3 sheets

2014-11-03 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2014-11-03 15:24, Andreas Säger a écrit : Hi, First of all, no professional IT person would do in a spreadsheet what you perfectly describe as a relational database. VLOOKUP is the key to mis-use a spreadsheet as a relational database. First you have to ensure that Tools>Options>Calc>Calculate

Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has anyone had any luck trying to find the thread Noel was referring to? Is it possible to give a link to specific threads? Has anyone lese been able to convert a database from Access? Has anyone been able to set-up a database file so that when it opens it goes straight to a main form inste

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Simple address data and 3 sheets

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Base documentation is improving significantly. Even the older version of the handbook might be helpful; http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Handbook Don't forget that you can use Writer or Calc as the front-front-ends so that normal users don't se

[libreoffice-users] Re: Simple address data and 3 sheets

2014-11-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Hi, First of all, no professional IT person would do in a spreadsheet what you perfectly describe as a relational database. VLOOKUP is the key to mis-use a spreadsheet as a relational database. First you have to ensure that Tools>Options>Calc>Calculate: "Enable Regular Expressions" is OFF and "Mat

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tab defaults change when pasting into Writer from some other applications

2014-11-03 Thread anne-ology
Thank you; your explanation makes sense. From: Virgil Arrington Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Tab defaults change when pasting into Writer from some other applications To: users@global.libreoffice.org Styles work best if you are creating the same ty

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc -- setting tab sequence of cells for spreadsheet user

2014-11-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 03.11.2014 um 18:26 schrieb Marc Paré: > > Yes, I did look at Base, but, would rather like to stay with Calc as > there are more people who would be able to trouble-shoot on spreadsheet > software that on LibreOffice Base. > Database design is development work. With a database no user would e

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to add/delete a column without changing the size of the other columns

2014-11-03 Thread anne-ology
Granted this article(?) is written in 'computerese' which makes it difficult to interpret, yet near the bottom - that numbered list does state what to do to add and/or delete columns and/or rows; this is the method I used the few times I used this part of LO (actually, ma

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc -- setting tab sequence of cells for spreadsheet user

2014-11-03 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Andreas, Le 2014-11-03 11:54, Andreas Säger a écrit : Am 03.11.2014 um 17:48 schrieb Marc Paré: Should I put it up as a requested "feature tiem" on the bugzilla? Marc It won't be implemented because this is too far away from the intended purpose of an arithmetic calculator. And this f

Re: [libreoffice-users] RuntimeException on Installing Extension

2014-11-03 Thread X Roemer
The users problem is solved. But my question is still: What does it mean, when the pythonloader doesn't find the path to the extension? When I insert a nonsens line, I receive an error with exact that line. But when does my problem appear? Am 03.11.2014 um 16:28 schrieb X Roemer: Hi, someone

[libreoffice-users] Simple address data and 3 sheets

2014-11-03 Thread Marc Paré
I am trying to keep a spreadsheet file as simple as possible for a group of musicians who have very little to no knowledge of how a spreadsheet functions. So, in the spreadsheet, I have: * Sheet1: has a list of names, in a column, that will change monthly describing how long each musician pla

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc -- setting tab sequence of cells for spreadsheet user

2014-11-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 03.11.2014 um 17:48 schrieb Marc Paré: > > Should I put it up as a requested "feature tiem" on the bugzilla? > > Marc > > > It won't be implemented because this is too far away from the intended purpose of an arithmetic calculator. And this feature is not part of the ODF standard, so it ca

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc -- setting tab sequence of cells for spreadsheet user

2014-11-03 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Andreas, Le 2014-11-03 09:42, Andreas Säger a écrit : Am 03.11.2014 um 14:54 schrieb Marc Paré: Is there a way to define the order the tab key (on the keyboard) would cycle through the cells. Is this possible in Calc? I would like to define which cells a user is sent to by using her/his tab

[libreoffice-users] RuntimeException on Installing Extension

2014-11-03 Thread X Roemer
Hi, someone tried to install my extension, got a RuntimeException and gave me a feedback. But I'm not sure how to interpret this message right and where to search for the error. Why can't the pythonloader find the path to the extension. How's that possible? This is his message: (com.sun.s

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc -- setting tab sequence of cells for spreadsheet user

2014-11-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 03.11.2014 um 14:54 schrieb Marc Paré: > Is there a way to define the order the tab key (on the keyboard) would > cycle through the cells. Is this possible in Calc? > > I would like to define which cells a user is sent to by using her/his > tab key. > > Marc > > You can do all this and much

[libreoffice-users] Calc -- setting tab sequence of cells for spreadsheet user

2014-11-03 Thread Marc Paré
Is there a way to define the order the tab key (on the keyboard) would cycle through the cells. Is this possible in Calc? I would like to define which cells a user is sent to by using her/his tab key. Marc -- Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com http://www.parEntreprise.com parEntreprise.com Support

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 09:44:37 + Tom Davies wrote: Hello Tom, >Can other people try on other systems? Mint and other Debian family >probably have the same result as me. Using Debian testing, with Iceweasel from experimental (v33), I just get "Loading", but can force a security bypass usi

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-03 Thread Ian Whitfield
On 11/03/2014 11:44 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Can other people try on other systems? Mint and other Debian family probably have the same result as me. Someone in the thread already tried with Fedora. So ideally if you are using something else it might help more. Windows anyone? ;) Loads fine

Re: [libreoffice-users] nabble issue

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) On Ubuntu 12.04 and Firefox 33 i had no trouble when going into Nabble either from googling-it or from the official LO website. The first couple of links in the bug's thread did seem to have the same problem as the Geoffrey though. Can other people try on other systems? Mint and other Debi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Compress images

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Wow!! Please can you post a bug-report about this! There is a collection of quite ancient but extremely rare bugs that have this effect. It has been a nightmare trying to get conditions exactly 'right' to make any of these bugs appear in any consistent way. It's like chasing phantoms in h

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: ppt, appending file error ( korean user)

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) kk, thanks Urmas :) I didn't recognise the name so i thought it was worth giving them a fair shot. It's good to hear that posting to them might not result in getting tons of spam tough! Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 3 November 2014 04:20, Urmas wrote: > "Tom Davies": > > I've copied