Re: Forum issue with gmail addresses

2024-05-25 Thread David
Bumpity bump. David wrote: Is there any likelihood that this problem will be resolved in the near future? Dave Fisher wrote: Hi - I’m hoping to follow up on the host VM and investigate this issue. I’m likely to need help from ASF Infra on the VM's smtp configuration. BTW - we also need

Re: Attempting to Activate Account with Gmail Address

2024-05-08 Thread David
Ron Gordon wrote: Per Post Edit Apr-2024 by TerryE, I am warning the forum through the “AOO dev mailing list" that I have applied for an account. Unfortunately, I have a gmail address. My proposed User ID is RGordon3503 AOO Ver 4.1.15 on MacOS 14.4.1 Thank you, Ron Gordon

Re: Forum issue with gmail addresses

2024-05-04 Thread David
break the MediaWiki which is hosted on that same VM. Best, Dave On Apr 3, 2024, at 1:24 AM, David wrote: More information. I did a little testing on a sandbox phpBB installation, setting the From address to a valid gmail address. A bounce message was received by the user apache - the user

Re: Problem with new registration on forum.openoffice.org

2024-04-11 Thread David
I have activated your account. There is currently an issue with outgoing emails which is being looked at. Since you are not subscribed to this list you may not see all the replies to your query. To subscribe to Apache OpenOffice mailing lists go to

Re: Forum issue with gmail addresses

2024-04-03 Thread David
under which your httpd runs. David wrote: The settings for outgoing mail are in the General tab as Email Settings in the Client Communication section - at least on a vanilla installation of phpBB; it may be that you don't have access to the entire range of admin functions. Outgoing mail from

Re: Forum issue with gmail addresses

2024-04-01 Thread David
The settings for outgoing mail are in the General tab as Email Settings in the Client Communication section - at least on a vanilla installation of phpBB; it may be that you don't have access to the entire range of admin functions. Outgoing mail from the forum has the From field set as From:

Re: Bugzilla Improvement to fix confusion Fwd: New Open Office account?

2024-03-27 Thread David
.org/bug-tracking.html>}’ 2. We can then add improvements to the bug-tracking page at any time. Anything else? Best, Dave Begin forwarded message: From: David Subject: Re: New Open Office account? Date: March 27, 2024 at 2:43:00 PM PDT To: us...@openoffice.apache.org R

Forum site slow

2024-02-04 Thread David
The EN forum is intermittently slow to serve pages, or even timing out. Is there anything that cn be done to improve matters? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Add Mongolian to Pootle?

2023-10-11 Thread David Robley
On 2023-10-12 05:08, Marcus wrote: Am 11.10.23 um 18:49 schrieb Keith N. McKenna: Matthias Seidel wrote: I see a lot of activity at the Mongolian dictionary. Should we add Mongolian to Pootle to enable translation? We could try to import some strings from our source:

Re: A Short History on the Term "Bug"

2023-06-30 Thread David Robley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper#/media/File:First_Computer_Bug,_1945.jpg On 30/06/2023 23:05, Keith N. McKenna wrote: I came across this bit of trivia on a news group I follow: PS --- don't you love the term "bug". Where I used to work, they had the late Grace Murray Hopper in to

Re: OpenOffice.org - Windows 11 Compatibility

2023-06-30 Thread David Robley
That version was released in 2011 and  I don't think anyone would recommend it for use with Windows 11. I'd suggest you upgrade to the current version from https://www.openoffice.org/download/ Since you are not subscribed to this list you may not see all the replies to your query. To

"Open Office" in Australia

2023-03-25 Thread David Robley
Just came across this - https://openoffice.com.au/ Are they encroaching on AOO in any way, such as name? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Forums and Wiki outage

2023-02-07 Thread David Robley
The forum is working for me. On 07/02/2023 18:13, Bidouille wrote: Hello team, Both are offline :-( - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Subject: Open Office

2022-08-25 Thread David Robley
2) with MAC Catalina, version 10.15.7.  I would appreciate any help you can give me or directions to someone who can. Thank you, Paul Flickinger Cheers -- David Robley Artist seeks Boss with vision impairment. - To unsu

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice Wiki and Forums

2022-05-15 Thread David Robley
ations - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley Almost went crazy. Would have been a real shor

Re: [IMPORTANT] Scheduling Maintenance for our Forum

2022-05-04 Thread David Robley
ow offline with a simple page to checkbook later.. On May 4, 2022, at 7:04 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: On May 4, 2022, at 1:14 AM, David Robley wrote: Registration works OK; I registered a new user, got the activation email and activated the account. Then posted a first message and (as moderator

Re: [IMPORTANT] Scheduling Maintenance for our Forum

2022-05-04 Thread David Robley
? March in place of May? Thanks Rory, It is May. My mistake. Rory - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley Almost

Re: [IMPORTANT] Scheduling Maintenance for our Forum

2022-05-02 Thread David Robley
rg Cheers -- David Robley Almost went crazy. Would have been a real short trip.

Re: [IMPORTANT] Scheduling Maintenance for our Forum

2022-05-02 Thread David Robley
- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley Almost went crazy. Would have been a real short trip

Re: Apache OpenOffice available in the Microsoft Store on Windows 10

2021-11-26 Thread David Robley
- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley The days of the digital watch are numbered

Re: Does the registration at Bugzilla not work?

2021-10-21 Thread David Robley
something? Does the registration at Bugzilla not work? greetings, Jörg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley

Re: HELP!

2021-05-21 Thread David Robley
are you going to do about it? OPEN OFFICE TEXT TITRE - KAPLAN odr Auteur - ALAIN CARIOU Please solve your problem right away - anf make sure you get my text back... I reiterate, the text invlves years of work and research. Cheers -- David Robley Sound Blaster Pro - A professional way to blow

Re: [DISCUSS] 4.1.10 Security Warning (resolved fixed BZ Issue 128451)

2021-05-04 Thread David Robley
ds, Czesław [1] "Hyperlink Warning Message" https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9=510337=6bf3e8aba6189198055535c18672b01c#p510337 [2] Issue 128451 - Applications forward non-http(s) hyperlinks to the OS without a warning https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128451 Cheers --

Re: Colour Printing

2021-02-25 Thread David Robley
act Open Office to have it resolved. Hence, I am writing to you. I am not very computer savvy and so I hope that you can help me to resolve this issue as I am at a total loss. Many thanks. Warm regards, Michael Cheers -- David Robley A bad random number generator: 1, 1, 1, 4.33e+67, 1, 1

Re: Adding Open Office to new Apple Mini

2021-02-23 Thread David Robley
: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley Useless Invention: Reversible garbage disposal. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-uns

Testing Beta versions

2021-02-06 Thread David Belina
I have a Macbook Pro and a Windows 10 box I can use for beta testing of new Open office versions and as I am retired, I do have time to test English versions of this great product.

Re: request of assistance

2021-01-11 Thread David Robley
help me? Could you connect me with someone of the italian forum? Thanks Miranda Cheers -- David Robley Useless Invention: Self stick frying pan. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional

Re: Forums outage

2020-10-11 Thread David Robley
penoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley The worst day fishing is better than

Re: Fonts list

2020-07-25 Thread David Robley
office.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley Why build a wall round a cemetery when no-one wants to get in? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@open

Re: Dev-m2 on macOS

2020-07-06 Thread David Robley
s://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/ Cheers -- David Robley All computers run at the same speed... with the power off. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apa

Re: Spam-Attack on Bugzilla

2020-04-18 Thread David Robley
... Regards,    Matthias FYI I can log in - just tested a few moments ago. Cheers -- David Robley I'm an incorrigible punster, so don't corrige me! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: Alias for extensions and templates website

2020-04-03 Thread David Robley
by 10 mx1-he-de.apache.org. bash-4.3$ host extensions.openoffice.org extensions.openoffice.org is an alias for aoo-extensions.sf.net. aoo-extensions.sf.net has address 216.105.38.11 Cheers -- David Robley [incredibly rude and childish comments deleted

Re: How do you drag a formulae down a column.

2020-03-03 Thread David Robley
for Windows 10 Cheers -- David Robley If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: 4.2.0 Error starting Slackware 14.2 64 bit

2020-01-12 Thread David Robley
from: http://openoffice.2283327.n4.nabble.com/Development-f2916443.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley A man's b

Re: 4.2.0 Error starting Slackware 14.2 64 bit

2020-01-12 Thread David Robley
. -- Sent from: http://openoffice.2283327.n4.nabble.com/Development-f2916443.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley

Re: 4.2.0 Error starting Slackware 14.2 64 bit

2020-01-12 Thread David Robley
usr/lib64/libpng16.so.16 (0x7f0e420d2000)     libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x7f0e41eba000)     liblng.so => /opt/openoffice4/program/liblng.so (0x7f0e41c51000) which seems to show no problems? On

Re: 4.2.0 Error starting Slackware 14.2 64 bit

2020-01-11 Thread David Robley
still exist it might be problematic. I am not sure. As I mentioned above, the base directory /opt/openoffice4 was empty. I failed to mention that I use the Slackware package to remove the old version before installing the new. Am 10. Januar 2020 09:50:34 MEZ schrieb David Robley : OS

4.2.0 Error starting Slackware 14.2 64 bit

2020-01-10 Thread David Robley
ucture. I can roll back to AOO420m2 Build 9821 dated 2019-10-24 with no problems. Am I missing something simple? Cheers -- David Robley We're staying together for the sake of the cats.

Re: APACHE OPEN OFFICE COMPATIBILITY ISSUE WITH MOJAVE?

2019-05-20 Thread David Robley
will not run with MOJAVE on a Mac - it this the case, please? Apologies for adding to your workload, but I thought it wise to check before downloading it and potentially crashing my system! Beste wensen, Dr Howard Camm. Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone Cheers -- David Robley Confucius say: I didn't

Re: Build successfully but unable to install

2019-04-29 Thread David Robley
. Is it because I have LibreOffice in my virtual machine? How can I solve this? Fisher Shen Cheers -- David Robley I have a watch cat! Just break in and she'll watch. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr

Re: excel seems to have taken over my data

2019-03-20 Thread David Robley
any data in them except underline The system I have is (unfortunately) Windows 10 Cheers -- David Robley Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come

Re: IRC #Openoffice.org

2019-02-23 Thread David Robley
On 23/2/19 8:41 pm, Mechtilde wrote: Hello, Am 23.02.19 um 09:17 schrieb David Robley: Just noticed the Topic for this channel is over five years since an update and mentions 4.0.1 as current version. Does anyone have access to update? We're working on taking over the channel. You

IRC #Openoffice.org

2019-02-23 Thread David Robley
Just noticed the Topic for this channel is over five years since an update and mentions 4.0.1 as current version. Does anyone have access to update? Cheers -- David Robley Useless Invention: Blinker Fluid

Re: [Issue 106500] allow to show nonprinting characters like in writer also in calc

2019-02-10 Thread David Robley
who spend time on the forum. Cheers -- David Robley There are some that are wise. And there are others that are otherwise. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h

Re: Forum help support

2019-01-18 Thread David Robley
-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley You can name your salary here. I call mine Fred. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h

Re: EN forum user IP address anomaly

2018-12-01 Thread David Robley
Thanks for that and all the other work you have put into the changeover On 2/12/18 10:25 am, Dave Fisher wrote: Hi David, I can confirm that this started with the new VM and is a configuration issue. I have fixed the issue. Regards, Dave On Dec 1, 2018, at 3:17 PM, David Robley wrote

EN forum user IP address anomaly

2018-12-01 Thread David Robley
It appears that the posting IP of all users is being reported as 127.0.0.1 This seems to have started somewhere shortly before  01 Dec 2018, 04:53 (UTC + 10:30) Cheers -- David Robley Are we having Fahrvergnugen yet

Re: Forum Migration Status

2018-12-01 Thread David Robley
shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified." Is the new host ooo-forums3-vm.apache.org with address 54.84.201.130 ?  Cheers -- David Robley Depart in pieces i.e., Split. - To unsubscri

Re: Forum Migration Status

2018-11-28 Thread David Robley
-- David Robley A bird in the hand can be messy. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: Forum Migration Status

2018-11-28 Thread David Robley
Francisco area and will be online by 16:00 UTC. Regards, Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org Cheers -- David Robley A bird in the hand can be messy.

German language link in EN page for install instructions

2018-11-17 Thread David Robley
://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491 Cheers -- David Robley What goes up has probably been doused with petrol. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Spam on Template site

2018-09-25 Thread David Robley
https://templates.openoffice.org/en/template/error-code-30034-4-how-fix-guide-office was reported a few hours ago on the User list - just posting it here in hope that this is the more appropriate place for it. Cheers -- David Robley My other vehicle is a Galaxy Class Starship

Findings after running a W3C Check on your site ..

2018-09-09 Thread David G. Stapleton
versions ago. Best regards, David G Stapleton, AASD Web Developer, Retired Author, Singer-Songwriter - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h

image insertion

2018-06-21 Thread David Chadwick
When I insert an image Writer inserts an empty box Sent from Mail for Windows 10

RE: Reporting broken download link

2017-10-25 Thread David Szott
about this because I can get it in Firefox. But I thought you'd like to know. David * Marcus, When I right-click on the link and select "save target as", the right-click menu just disappears in my IE 11 (patched up to date). Happens also for KEYS and ASC. However, I tri

RE: Reporting broken download link

2017-10-25 Thread David Szott
he install file.) David -Original Message- From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:22 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Cc: David Szott Subject: Re: Reporting broken download link WARNING: This is an external email that originated outside of our em

RE: Reporting broken download link

2017-10-25 Thread David Szott
and then doesn't find the page. When I access the link through a non-proxied Charter connection, the link fails right away -- a blank page opens and immediately closes. But I can get to the KEYS and ASC links, just not the MD5 and SHA256 ones (I normally use MD5 to verify downloads). David Szott

Reporting broken download link

2017-10-25 Thread David Szott
. David Szott Problem description Exchange this text to describe the problem (What does not work? What do you expect?) Browser variables Values navigator.appCodeName Mozilla navigator.appName Netscape navigator.appVersion 5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727

Open Office 4.1.3

2016-11-14 Thread David Williams
new and will not allow me to dictate into my favourite word processing program. Is there a patch that I can download to resolve this? David Williams - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional

Updates

2016-10-02 Thread David Batchelor
I am using open office 4.1.2 and I love this product very much. How do I automatically or manually update any and all new versions that may come in the future? Will I be notified by open office? What steps do I need to take to do any updates, as I want to insure I am using the latest version at

Impress - powerpoint presentation -leaking memory?

2016-03-21 Thread T David
In the last version 4.1.2 of openoffice, there is a problem opening *.pptx powerpoint files from microsoft. IT opens the file, after a second or two it crashes. I guess, this might be a memory leak. good luck and fingers crossing for all to good work.! David Tomanek Main office, US 1(203)343

Stale Windows snapshot builds

2015-09-23 Thread David Bell
Why are the Windows nightly builds so far out of date when other platforms seem to be building fine ? Apache_OpenOffice_4.2.0_Win_x86_install_en-US_1692551.exe was built at the beginning of August. Regards, David Bell Senior Solution Architect & IBM Certified Specialist IBM Enterprise So

Re: Wrongful information on the Wikipedia

2015-09-17 Thread David Gerard
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:27:53 GMT, Rob Weir wrote: > Last word, in case the inference is unclear. We're dealing with a > sophisticated serial infringer on Wikipedia. Correcting erroneous > information, which is proper to do, is unlikely to be achieved via an > edit war.

Re: openoffice.org website - please change my name

2015-09-04 Thread David Sterr
on company computers? Thank you very much in advance and a happy weekend, best regards, David Marcus <mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de> 04. September 2015 12:27 Hi Dave, maybe you haven't seen my previous mail (see from August, 30th), it's OK to write to this mailing list for any change re

openoffice.org website - please change my name

2015-09-03 Thread David Sterr
Hi, I'm sorry I have to write a second time: Who is responsible for this https://www.openoffice.org/de/marketing/referenzkunden.html list? I am at a new company and do not want that my name is listed with the old one - so can you please tell me how I can contact the webmaster of this

Change contact on Reference List

2015-08-29 Thread David Sterr
Hello, I want to change my entry on the reference list (old company) - can you please tell me, who I have to contact for this matter? Thank you in advance and best regards, David

Re: For Information: Reported Windows 10 problems

2015-08-04 Thread David Bell
Did not occur for my files so there is more to it than just the upgrade process. Regards, David Bell Senior Solution Architect IBM Certified Specialist IBM Enterprise Social Solutions - IBM Connections Cloud, Architecture Strategy From: Rob Weir r...@robweir.com To: dev

extensions and dictionaries

2015-07-16 Thread David Billing
No links to extensions seems to work. I'm trying to get dictionaries in english. http://extensions.openoffice.org/ Kind regards David Billing

New user in Wales U.K.

2015-03-03 Thread David Jones
an Amazon UK account.   Best wishes DAVID JONES

RE: [RELEASE]: RC1 is available

2014-08-01 Thread David Goldfield
Thank you for alerting us to this release. I will do some testing to ensure that we still have screen reader accessibility. I have access to the latest versions of JAWS and Window-eyes and I have NVDA on my home system. I would be happy to be of service to perform any accessibility testing

[MWiki] Account creation

2014-07-31 Thread David Elliott
Please create a wiki editing account for me with the username dissembly. (One of the pages has information that is completely incorrect and has caused me quite a bit of grief today, I'd like the chance to fix it so that the actual correct information is out there.)

Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-05-22 Thread David Sherman
I was trying for an update and got this message now what?? The host name update32.services.openoffice.org could not be resolved. David C. Sherman oldavesoff...@gmail.com 612 332 4900 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr

Issues

2014-03-11 Thread David Beanblossom
a default, your Help button doesn't know it. And, if I do delete them and later want to add a header, I can't. The header and footer are grayed out in Edit and cannot be added under Insert. What is the deal??? I will write more when I remember the other irritations of Calc. David

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread David Gerard
On 7 March 2014 22:30, Andrew Rist andrew.r...@oracle.com wrote: It is derived from the IBM Lotus Symphony suite of applications... - not correct https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato suggests this is not an unfair statement. Indeed, just rebasing on

Re: More annoying FUD

2014-02-18 Thread David Gerard
On 18 February 2014 22:30, Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com wrote: I don't understand numbers on the table. For example, Dzongkha. Where does the number, 171,300, come from? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha says 171,000 native speakers as of 2006, sourced from Ethnologue. - d.

Re: Unused patches

2013-12-22 Thread David Gerard
On 22 December 2013 21:12, jan i j...@apache.org wrote: On 22 December 2013 21:13, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: We would probably want to confirm with the original author for any pre-Apache patches, to make sure that the patch is given under ALv2. The exception might be those who were

RE: EXTERNAL: Re: Building comphelper

2013-12-11 Thread Meffe, David K
solution, it was where the LinkTarget.mk was getting the location for the libcomphelperC52.so. David Meffe -Original Message- From: Steele, Raymond Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:37 PM To: Herbert Duerr; dev@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Meffe, David K Subject: RE: EXTERNAL: Re: Building

Thank You for correcting Spelling Error on Openoffice.org

2013-12-03 Thread David Goldfield
Thanks so much for such a prompt response and for the excellent Web site. David Goldfield Computer Technology Instructor 919 Walnut Street 4th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-627-0600 ext 3277 FAX: 215-922-0692 dgold...@asb.orgmailto:dgold...@asb.org www.asb.orghttp://www.asb.org Give

Re: 80 million downloads

2013-12-03 Thread David Gerard
On 3 December 2013 21:12, jan i j...@apache.org wrote: I have (for ubuntu) tried to read through the policies which was a nightmare. The first thing would be to get into Debian. I recall the steps there were set out (basically, have an install set that doesn't conflict in any way with LO -

Re: 80 million downloads

2013-11-27 Thread David Gerard
cool :-) Is that 4.x only, or 3.4.x as well? On 27 November 2013 19:23, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Yesterday we reached 80,072,389 downloads. Regards, -Rob - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

What A Black Friday For Me :(

2013-11-22 Thread David Eidell
Insecurity, your program is a miracle. Thank you. -- Saludos desde Mexico, David

Hello

2013-11-20 Thread David Virden
My name is David and I'm interested in assisting with technical documentation. I have an English degree from the University of North Texas and am pursuing a technical writing graduate certificate from University of Texas at El Paso. I don't have much experience with technical writing other than

Re: JIRA instead of Bugzilla?

2013-11-07 Thread David Gerard
On 7 November 2013 22:28, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: So for argument's sake, and speaking purely hypothetically, what are the pros and cons of moving to JIRA? It is worth at least discussing whether this would be something worth looking into. Pro: works well in corporate

Re: 69,982,501 downloads of AOO

2013-10-03 Thread David Gerard
How's AOO 4.x going? On 3 October 2013 14:37, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: As of last night we have had 69,982,501 downloads of AOO, across all versions. Sometime today we should hit 70 million. Maybe it happened already! -Rob

Re: Can we do this email thing (whatever it is called)?

2013-09-17 Thread David Gerard
On 17 September 2013 18:09, Donald Whytock dwhyt...@apache.org wrote: But a lot of products have a pop-up on startup with tips, which I assume are packaged with the product. That can be made optional, it can cycle through tips or select from them randomly, it can allow the users to page

A question

2013-09-13 Thread David Stang
For the last several years I have had a need to blast messages to a group of people. An example might be, A canoe broke loose from its mooring in a windstorm. And with a database of around 500 property owners a notice needs to be sent advising this issue. From the tone of messages, it

Re: FYI: OpenOffice for Android

2013-09-09 Thread David Gerard
On 9 September 2013 17:44, Mr. Phan Anh ppa...@gmail.com wrote: AS you mentioned about the source, we will get stuck in middle of something that belongs to the trademark. Which trademark are you talking about? The only mention of an Apache-owned trademark appears to be AndrOpen Office is

Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-09-06 Thread Edwards, David
. [cid:image001.jpg@01CEAAE7.4C2C6BF0] Thanks David Edwards David Edwards | JACOBS | I.T. Site Operations |Telford | Tel +44 (0)1952 236 500 |Wolverhampton Tel +44 (0)1902 428 575 | Mobile +44(0)7535 694528 | david.edwa...@jacobs.commailto:david.edwa...@jacobs.com | You can also contact the IT Helpdesk

Re: Yet another flyer

2013-08-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 August 2013 18:46, Drew Jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.com wrote: I needed to get my head back into thinking AOO look and feel, so decided why not work on a flyer or two - likely this is superfluous to what you already have however

Re: Yet another flyer

2013-08-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 August 2013 18:53, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Nice one! Though OpenOffice on its own is someone else's trademark, so care should be taken in abusing it. I mean, *not* to abuse it. Sorry! - d

Re: Yet another flyer

2013-08-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 August 2013 23:17, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Trademarks apply to a specific class of product. There is no other OpenOffice, Apache OpenOffice or OpenOffice.org that is a software application.This is why the jobs website Monster.com can exist along with Monster Cables, or

Open Office in England

2013-08-29 Thread David Aherne
. |:) Thanking you in anticipation, Yours sincerely, David Aherne.

Re: Regarding Rtf to PDF conversion using openoffice

2013-08-28 Thread David Gerard
We actually do DOC to PDF conversion at my work. This involves running the DOC through OOo 3.2 on the Ubuntu 10.04 server in question. (OOo 3.2 is the Ubuntu distro version, so actually Go-oo; we previously did the same thing in OOo 3.1 on a Solaris server using Sun OOo.) We wanted to go directly

Does AOO use the new SourceForge Windows installer?

2013-08-22 Thread David Gerard
http://www.gluster.org/2013/08/how-far-the-once-mighty-sourceforge-has-fallen/ Is AOO using the installer in question, or its own? - d. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands,

Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013-08-16 Thread David Heath
I am trying to learn about opening WordPerfect files in the latest OpenOffice. I try links grom Google searches and I keep getting messages like this: http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/ is just one of the links that do not work General Error SQL ERROR [ mysqli ] Can't connect to local

Re: Some thoughts on quality

2013-08-14 Thread David Gerard
On 14 August 2013 20:39, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Maybe we need to call an earlier build the RC so it will get more attention? We had a complete test build that we were testing for over a month. But maybe it is ignored unless we call it an RC? In other words, there were many

Re: Proposal -- AOO 4.0.1 Release

2013-08-05 Thread David Gerard
On 5 August 2013 22:32, janI j...@apache.org wrote: When I consider what I hear in the real world, I would prefer a fast release, solving the most important issues. We always have the possibility to make a 4.02 if really needed. x.0.x releases monthly are the way to go. I think LibreOffice

Re: OpenOffice Writer 4.0.0 crashes, Writer 3.4.1 works correctly

2013-08-03 Thread David Gerard
On 3 August 2013 14:31, Emanuele emanuel...@gmail.com wrote: Trying with smaller chunks, the problematic text seems to be: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ http://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%89%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A7%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6

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2013-08-02 Thread David Dawson
copy on my old PC references the site http://www.openoffice.org (http instead of https as above). Are both sites valid or is the https site likely a malicious version of the official one? Thank you, David Dawson

Re: Use AOO under IBM AIX?

2013-07-29 Thread David Gerard
On 29 July 2013 18:57, Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: Am 07/29/2013 07:38 PM, schrieb Jörg Schmidt: Is it possible to install AOO on IBM AIX [1] and use? No, the CPU architecture doesn't fit. Debian claims to run LO on S/390 LInux, so that shouldn't be an *impossibility*.

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