[users] Re: Measurements

[John King]

Michael Adams wrote:

> Can anyone else confirm that the UK English version only shows measures
> from text to polygon (rectangle etc.) edges in Inches when other measures
> (cm) are selected in "Tools - Options".
> 
> Windows OO.o V2.3.1
> 

I presume you are referring to the 'spacing to borders' setting.

In ooo 3.2.1 on opensuse, UK version, changing the measurement unit to cm also 
changes the spacing to borders units to cm.
Maybe it's a problem with version 2.3.1 of ooo? 

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[users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

[John King]

AG wrote:

> Hi list
> 
> I'm looking to add the watermark "Draft" diagonally in the background of
> a document in OOo 3.2.1 Writer, on a GNU/Linux Debian testing machine.
> 
> So far I can add a background color or graphic, but apparently not text
> (using Format/ Page/ Background, which is the only option F1 seems to
> provide under search entry "watermarks").  Am I missing something?
> 
> TIA
> 
> AG

I find the easiest way to do this is to use 'openoffice draw' to produce the 
text and format it with the correct font size, orientation and expansion, then 
export it as a png graphic.  You can then set up your watermark using the 
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[users] Re: Previewing OOo Writer files

[John King]

Mark C. Miller wrote:

> Back when I used Windows, there was a view option or shareware utility (I
> forget which) that allowed you to actually see a preview of the file you
> selected.  It was a real time saver.
> 
> Does anyone know of a similar utility for OOo for *NIX?
> 
> mcm

In my kde4 distribution on opensuse 11.2 there's a plugin called:
kde4-odf-thumbnail-plugin, which carries out this function.  You have to 
configure it in dolphin under Settings - configure - general - previews

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[users] Re: Strange toolbar icons in OpenOffice 3.2

[John King]

Bob Williams wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've just upgraded my OpenOffice.org to 3.2, which I use on openSUSE 11.2
> running KDE 4.3.5.
> 
> The toolbar icons all have a strange horizontal striped background, which
> disappears when you mouse over the icon, though this only works for the
> active or enabled icons. This makes me think it's a display problem, so
> may be KDE 4.3.5 related?
> 
> Other details about my setup are in my sig., below
> 
> Has anyone else seen this?
> 
> Bob

I haven't seen this specific one, but have experienced other effects since 
upgrading to 3.2 on kde 4.3.5 - distorted icons and a too narrow input bar in 
calc in particular.  However, I managed to sort it by changing my theme and 
colours in the kde system settings, logging off and on, and then changing them 
back again to oxygen.  After that they looked fine.
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[users] Re: emailing from a writer generated PDF.

[John King]

upscope wrote:

> On Monday 18 January 2010 04:56:28 pm upscope wrote:
>> Trying to find document or how to that describes how to embed a link in
>>  writer to Kmail, so a user can send an email to the address in the
>>  document. The document will be sent as a PDF. I know it should be
>>  doable, PDF documents I receive have this and work fine.
>> 
>> I read the section in the documentation about hyperlinks and I think I
>> have
>>  it set up right, but it does not get to the email program. In the
>>  document I have email: xxx-odrgxfmc+6tyg1zeobx...@public.gmane.org
>>  and when I hold the mouse over it I see:
>> 
>> mailto:xxx-odrgxfmc+6tyg1zeobx...@public.gmane.org?subject=newsletter
>> Input
>> 
>> x is receivers email name.
>> 
>> Doing ctrl click as described in doc. does nothing. I sure I'm missing
>> some parameter to tell writer to use kmail but I cannot find it.
> Additional information:
> 
> kde integration is installed.
> 
> The mailto: appears to work if I export the document as a PDF and then
> click the mailto: link. Also found (working with input from OpenOffice
> list) that making Thunderbird default mail client, the hyper link works
> and brings up the Thunderbird mail program correctly.
> 
> Changing back to Kmail as default, still brings up Thunderbird when
> clicking link.
> 
> Does anyone know where OpenOffice (Novell Version 3.1.1.5 from repo)
> stores the email program to call.
> 
> I found a script in /use/lib64/ooo3/basic3.1/program/kde-open.url that
> appears to be whats called? Where does $1 come from?
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # special handling for mailto: uris
> if echo $1 | grep '^mailto:' > /dev/null; then
>   kmailservice "$1" &
> else
>   kfmclient openURL "$1" &
> fi
> 
> exit 0
> 
> I did not find anything on Bugzilla,
> 
> Again any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Bugzilla bug 572761 reported today.
>> 
>> Thanks
>>

I can confirm that this happens exactly the same on my system - opensuse 11.1 
with KDE 4.3.4.
However, I also have Ubuntu karmic on a laptop, so did some tests with this.
1.  Clicking on a mailto: hyperlink in writer calls up evolution ( the 
default 
mail program)
2   Now the difference:
I installed kmail on the Ubuntu system and changed the default email 
program 
from evolution to kmail.
When I clicked on the mailto hyperlink in writer, kmail started 
correctly.
It seems as if openoffice and kde are not working together correctly.
I'll add my 2p to your bug report.


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[users] RE: emailing from a writer generated PDF.

[John King]

McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:

>  
> upscope [mailto:upsc...@nwi.net] asked:
>> Trying to find document or how to that describes how to embed
>> a link in writer
>> to Kmail, so a user can send an email to the address in the
>> document. The
>> document will be sent as a PDF. I know it should be doable,
>> PDF documents I
>> receive have this and work fine.
>> 
>> I read the section in the documentation about hyperlinks and
>> I think I have it
>> set up right, but it does not get to the email program. In
>> the document I have
>> email: ...@ifiber.tv and when I hold the mouse over it I see:
>> 
>> mailto:...@ifiber.tv?subject=newsletter Input
>> 
>> x is receivers email name.
>> 
>> Doing ctrl click as described in doc. does nothing. I sure
>> I'm missing some
>> parameter to tell writer to use kmail but I cannot find it.
>> 
> 
> Someone else will need to tell you specifics, but, is kmail set as your
> system-default mail application?  I'm pretty sure that's how it's usually
> done with mailto: links. You don't invoke a specific mailer because not
> everybody who receives your document will necessarily be using the same
> mail reader. Instead, you invoke the default mailer and the system figures
> out which one to launch (if it has a default to work with).
> 
> 
>  - Kevin

I would agree that that is how it's supposed to work, but I have the same 
problem as the original poster: mailto links in a writer document (or calc or 
impress) simply do not call up kmail.  I have confirmed that kmail is set as 
the default; I have even run the gnome configuration editor in kde to do the 
same, but kmail is not evoked by a ctrl-click on a mailto hyperlink.

However, if the writer document is saved either as an html or pdf document, 
then the mailto links evoke kmail without problem from the application that 
opens them (firefox and acroread in my case, though konqueror and okular work 
equally well).

Curiously, when I installed Thunderbird, then the mailto hyperlinks in 
writer/calc/impress opened in Thunderbird without me doing anything - even 
though kmail was set as my default client!


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[users] RE: emailing from a writer generated PDF.

[John King]

McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:

>  
> upscope [mailto:upsc...@nwi.net] asked:
>> Trying to find document or how to that describes how to embed
>> a link in writer
>> to Kmail, so a user can send an email to the address in the
>> document. The
>> document will be sent as a PDF. I know it should be doable,
>> PDF documents I
>> receive have this and work fine.
>> 
>> I read the section in the documentation about hyperlinks and
>> I think I have it
>> set up right, but it does not get to the email program. In
>> the document I have
>> email: ...@ifiber.tv and when I hold the mouse over it I see:
>> 
>> mailto:...@ifiber.tv?subject=newsletter Input
>> 
>> x is receivers email name.
>> 
>> Doing ctrl click as described in doc. does nothing. I sure
>> I'm missing some
>> parameter to tell writer to use kmail but I cannot find it.
>> 
> 
> Someone else will need to tell you specifics, but, is kmail set as your
> system-default mail application?  I'm pretty sure that's how it's usually
> done with mailto: links. You don't invoke a specific mailer because not
> everybody who receives your document will necessarily be using the same
> mail reader. Instead, you invoke the default mailer and the system figures
> out which one to launch (if it has a default to work with).
> 
> 
>  - Kevin
>

I would agree that that is how it's supposed to work, but I have the same 
problem as the original poster: mailto links in a writer document (or calc or 
impress) simply do not call up kmail.  I have confirmed that kmail is set as 
the default; I have even run the gnome configuration editor in kde to do the 
same, but kmail is not evoked by a ctrl-click on a mailto hyperlink.

However, if the writer document is saved either as an html or pdf document, 
then the mailto links evoke kmail without problem from the application that 
opens them (firefox and acroread in my case, though konqueror and okular work 
equally well).

Curiously, when I installed Thunderbird, then the mailto hyperlinks in 
writer/calc/impress opened in Thunderbird without me doing anything - even 
though kmail was set as my default client!


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[users] Re: Printing Brochures to PDF

[John King]

Barbara Duprey wrote:

> RA Brown wrote:
>> Barbara Duprey wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> I can certainly share it -- here's a link:
>>> http://www.4shared.com/file/190755756/afb1a777/Deathtrap_Internal.html.
>>> You should be able to download it from there. Note that this file has
>>> several blank pages, it's a work in progress. (It also uses the
>>> "Typewriter from Hell" font, but I doubt that matters to the basic
>>> format of the PDF file. Probably will look pretty bad with font
>>> substitution, though!)
>>> 
>>
>> Barbara,
>>
>> Now I am confused.  The "brochure" print is a "quarter fold" print out.
>>  That is each part of the printed so that the paper is folded in half
>> twice.  I see no what to do that with your layout.  Am I missing
>> something?
>>
>> Andy
> 
> Brochure print, as I'm using it and as happens with direct-to-print
> operations, is half-fold, not quarter-fold. Given eight pages (as in my
> current example), the appropriate layout has two 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"
> portrait pages on a landscape 11 x 8-1/2" sheet, arranged like: 8-1,
> 2-7, 6-3, 4-5. Printed in duplex, then folded in half, it reads like a
> book.

Try this:
Open the document.
File - Printer Settings; make sure the options are set to produce 'brochure'; 
OK
Then File - Page preview; click on the 'Print options page view ' icon; set 
the resulting view to 2 pages side by side (probably landscape). OK
Then File - Print to your pdf virtual printer (primopdf/pdfcreator etc)

I find that sometimes it's necessary to set the view to portrait/landscape in 
the 'print options page view' screen several times, saving between each 
switch, and sometimes switching the 'brochure' option off and on as well to 
get the print output to actually do what it is supposed to.  It can be such a 
pain that now I output to a pdf file and print brochures from that.  pdf 
printing just works.

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[users] Re: [moderated] Change case

[John King]

Monty Armstrong wrote:

> Hi
> 
> As a tech writer I find the toggle Shift-F3 in Word a wonderful tool and
> the OO equivalent Alt O C L or U with no option for initial Caps (first
> letter Upper, rest lower) a major drawback to an otherwise generally
> superior program.
> 
> I find Styles in OO a hassle also but using them more (or a better
> tutorial) would fix that problem.
> 
> I tend to use Word for most work but always swap to OO for tables and
> whenever word is being obnoxious (therefore several times a day)
> 
> Is there a way I can add this Shift-F3 function to OO?  Is it planned for
> the near future as a standard shortcut?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Monty Armstrong

Monty
The choices you are looking for are in Format - Character - Effects.  You can 
use Tools - Customize - Keyboard to set Shift-F3 to open that dialogue box.

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[users] Re: Inability To Enter Formatting Code in Find Field

[John King]

James R. Liebert wrote:

> See
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22725
> for identification of deficiency.
> 
> I hope someone more clever will show me how to enter a non-breaking
> space in the Find or Replace fields in respect to Writer, so I may find
> or replace.  Yes, I know how to enter it into document text and how to
> copy and paste.  I was hoping for a more elegant solution, as ancient as
> in Word 97.
> 
> I have made a cursory and futile investigation in OO for way to insert
> something analogous to "^t" in Find field, which is the Tab character in
> Word 97.
> 
> There are lots of such code character commands waiting to be discovered.
> 
> James Liebert
> Akron, Ohio

Use the openoffice extension altsearch:

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/AltSearch

Non-breaking space is one of the find/replace characters you can use.

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[users] Re: S.O.T.: ODF for Windows Mobile.

[John King]

jonathon wrote:

> All:
> 
> Can somebody point me to something that can read/write/edit ODF
> documents on "Windows Mobile 6.1"?
> 
> The documents produced by _Microsoft Office for Windows Mobile_ aren't
> readable by OOo.
> OOo documents saved to the formats that _Microsoft Office for Windows
> Mobile_ allegedly uses, aren't readable by OOo.  :(
> 
> FWIW, _Microsoft Office for Windows Mobile_ can't read/read documents
> produced with MSO2K3, and vice verses.
> 
> jonathon

Softmaker produce a version of their Softmaker office software for Windows CE, 
and it is supposed to read/write odf files (the linux version does).  You can 
download a trial version from:

http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofc_en.htm

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[users] RE: RE: Re: Get a text from another text document

[John King]

Ashish P Aghera wrote:

> John, thanks for reply.
> 'Edit file' is already selected. But both below options are disabled.
> 1) Edit Menu--> Links...
> 2) Tools --> Update --> Links.
> I want to update Section or Object Linking. I think the link update
> needs setting somewhere for enabling. But I can't figure out where.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Ashish Aghera

Check Tools-Options-OpenOffice.org Writer-General

My update links when loading setting is 'on request', and automatically for 
fields and charts.  Does yours match this?

John




> -Original Message-----
> From: John King [mailto:kingjo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of John King
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:24 PM
> To: Openoffice users list
> Cc: Ashish P Aghera
> Subject: [users] RE: Re: Get a text from another text document
> 
> Ashish P Aghera wrote:
> 
>> I have one problem with section or Object-OLE,
>> In Writer, If I Enter a section with Link or Object with linking, I am
>> able to Edit-> link->Update as many times till the document is open.
>> But if I save & close the document, then after reopening the document
>> Edit->Link option is disabled. So, I am not able to update the changes
>> made in source document. Any settings??
>> 
>> I am working with OOo3.1 on Windows XP.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ashish
> 
> Click on the 'Edit File' button (5th from left on my toolbar) to make
> the file
> editable again, and update links when prompted.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: John King [mailto:kingjo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of John King
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 5:51 PM
>> To: Openoffice users list
>> Cc: jszym...@lublin.eu
>> Subject: [users] Re: Get a text from another text document
>> 
>> JSz. wrote:
>> 
>>> In Writer:
>>> 
>>> Is it possible to insert into a text document a reference to a text
> in
>>> another document?
>>> 
>>> I need to work with a couple of documents taht share the same
>>> information. I'd like to put some data into the first document only,
>> so
>>> that other documents get the data from the first one. If I change a
>> text
>>> in the first document other documents should display the modified
>> text.
>>> 
>>> Something similar to "External data" function in Calc.
>>> 
>>> J. Szymona
>> 
>> You can do this using 'Sections'.  Essentially, you set up your
> document
>> with
>> the text that you want shared in sections which you then link to from
>> the
>> destination document.  Any changes you make to the first document are
>> reflected in the destination document when you update the links.
>> 
>> See the Help under
>> Links - Inserting sections - inserting sections as a link.
>> 
>> 
> 
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[users] RE: Re: Get a text from another text document

[John King]

Ashish P Aghera wrote:

> I have one problem with section or Object-OLE,
> In Writer, If I Enter a section with Link or Object with linking, I am
> able to Edit-> link->Update as many times till the document is open.
> But if I save & close the document, then after reopening the document
> Edit->Link option is disabled. So, I am not able to update the changes
> made in source document. Any settings??
> 
> I am working with OOo3.1 on Windows XP.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ashish

Click on the 'Edit File' button (5th from left on my toolbar) to make the file 
editable again, and update links when prompted.

John




> -Original Message-
> From: John King [mailto:kingjo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of John King
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 5:51 PM
> To: Openoffice users list
> Cc: jszym...@lublin.eu
> Subject: [users] Re: Get a text from another text document
> 
> JSz. wrote:
> 
>> In Writer:
>> 
>> Is it possible to insert into a text document a reference to a text in
>> another document?
>> 
>> I need to work with a couple of documents taht share the same
>> information. I'd like to put some data into the first document only,
> so
>> that other documents get the data from the first one. If I change a
> text
>> in the first document other documents should display the modified
> text.
>> 
>> Something similar to "External data" function in Calc.
>> 
>> J. Szymona
> 
> You can do this using 'Sections'.  Essentially, you set up your document
> with
> the text that you want shared in sections which you then link to from
> the
> destination document.  Any changes you make to the first document are
> reflected in the destination document when you update the links.
> 
> See the Help under
> Links - Inserting sections - inserting sections as a link.
> 
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[users] Re: Get a text from another text document

[John King]

JSz. wrote:

> In Writer:
> 
> Is it possible to insert into a text document a reference to a text in
> another document?
> 
> I need to work with a couple of documents taht share the same
> information. I'd like to put some data into the first document only, so
> that other documents get the data from the first one. If I change a text
> in the first document other documents should display the modified text.
> 
> Something similar to "External data" function in Calc.
> 
> J. Szymona

You can do this using 'Sections'.  Essentially, you set up your document with 
the text that you want shared in sections which you then link to from the 
destination document.  Any changes you make to the first document are 
reflected in the destination document when you update the links.

See the Help under
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[users] Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor says OO.o won't install.

[John King]

David B Teague wrote:

> 
> I just ran Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. I got this remark about OO.o.
> 
> 
> 
> OpenOffice.org 3.1
> version 3.1.9399
> OpenOffice.org
> 
> Uninstall first
> 
> You need to uninstall this program before upgrading to Windows 7. You
> won't be able to install it after upgrading to Windows 7.
> 
> 
> Is there any truth to this? Does anyone here have experience with OO.o
> under Beta Windows 7?
> 
> --David Teague

I have Windows 7 beta running under vmware - completely fresh installation, 
not an upgrade - with ooo 3.1 loaded, and it seems to be OK, though I've not 
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[users] Re: Aligning text box to the right

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Dotan Cohen wrote:

> I have an English language left-aligned document. In this document,
> there exists two lines of text (four words each) that need to be right
> aligned as whole, but share a common left alignment. That is, the
> longer of the two will be right aligned, and the shorter of the two
> will be left aligned with the beginning of the longer line.
> 
> I tried using a frame, then a table, but they both seem like kludges
> and do not scale when I change to font size. Is there a way to do the
> operation as I have described it? This is on OOo 3.0 on Kubuntu 8.04.
> Thanks.
> 
Try this

1   enter your four long words with a non-breaking space 
(ctrl-shift-spacebar) 
between each word
2   Press 
3   enter your four short words with a non-breaking space 
(ctrl-shift-spacebar) 
between each word
4   select the two sentences and click on right align icon
5   place your cursor at the end of the short word sentence and insert non-
breaking spaces until the left most character aligns with the left most 
character in the longer sentence

try selecting the sentences and increasing/decreasing the font size

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[users] Re: Aligning text box to the right

[John King]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> I have an English language left-aligned document. In this document,
> there exists two lines of text (four words each) that need to be right
> aligned as whole, but share a common left alignment. That is, the
> longer of the two will be right aligned, and the shorter of the two
> will be left aligned with the beginning of the longer line.
> 
> I tried using a frame, then a table, but they both seem like kludges
> and do not scale when I change to font size. Is there a way to do the
> operation as I have described it? This is on OOo 3.0 on Kubuntu 8.04.
> Thanks.
> 
Try this

1   enter your four long words with a non-breaking space 
(ctrl-shift-spacebar) 
between each word
2   Press 
3   enter your four short words with a non-breaking space 
(ctrl-shift-spacebar) 
between each word
4   select the two sentences and click on right align icon
5   place your cursor at the end of the short word sentence and insert non-
breaking spaces until the left most character aligns with the left most 
character in the longer sentence

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[users] Re: Re: British English thesaurus in ooo3

[John King]

Rob Clement wrote:

> Jim Allan wrote:
>> John King wrote:
>>> I'm using ooo3 on opensuse 11.0
>>>
>>> The Thesaurus item in Tools-Language menu is greyed out, so cannot be
>>> used.
>>>
>>> I've checked in
>>> Tools-Options-Language_Settings-Writing_aids-Openoffice_Thesaurus -
>>> edit, and there is no thesaurus listed when the language is set to
>>> British or Canadian English, only when set to American English, which
>>> then also changes the spellchecker, which I do not want to do.
>>>
>>> I've checked in the extensions repository, but there is no British
>>> English thesaurus listed there either.
>>>
>>> Is it not possible to use a thesaurus for British English?
>> 
>> I normally have my OpenOffice.org set to Canadian English. I opened
>> Write to check this, and a message popped up saying that there was an
>> update available if I wished to accept it.
>> 
>> The update was for Canadian and UK dictionaries, including the
>> thesaurus. I accepted the update. The Canadian thesaurus and UK
>> thesaurus work fine.
>> 
>> Just checked again and another update is available for the French
>> dictionary, including the thesaurus. I accepted that also.
>> 
>> But I on checking the extension web page I find the Canadian dictionary
>> (with thesaurus) but not the UK dictionary.
>> 
>> Most odd.
>> 
>> Jim Allan
>> 
>> 
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> John and Jim
> 
> I cannot replicate this on OOo 3.0 running under Vista.
> 
> I checked in my Extension manager and the English spelling and
> hyphenation dictionaries and thesaurus are dated 2008.07.01. Do you have
> the same version?
> 
> Rob


This seems to be a packaging problem.  Following your comment above about ooo 
on vista, I checked the setup on a Windows XP machine and found an extension 
dict-en.oxt that wasn't on my opensuse 11 setup (nor on the unofficial ooo3 
ubuntu installation from ppa.launchpad.net ), though it was part of the rpm's 
on the version on the ooo site.

Anyway, I've extracted the file from the standard ooo3 release and used 
package manager as root to install it, and everything seems to be working 
fine.  Just to check, I also repeated the procedure on my ubuntu laptop with 
the file copied from an Windows machine, and that's ok too.  It looks as 
though that file was left out of the opensuse and launchpad packaging. Unless 
it turns up in the next few days, I'll submit a bug report.

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[users] British English thesaurus in ooo3

[John King]

I'm using ooo3 on opensuse 11.0

The Thesaurus item in Tools-Language menu is greyed out, so cannot be used.

I've checked in 
Tools-Options-Language_Settings-Writing_aids-Openoffice_Thesaurus - edit, and 
there is no thesaurus listed when the language is set to British or Canadian 
English, only when set to American English, which then also changes the 
spellchecker, which I do not want to do.

I've checked in the extensions repository, but there is no British English 
thesaurus listed there either.

Is it not possible to use a thesaurus for British English?

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[users] Re: Re: network diagrams

[John King]

James wrote:

> John King wrote:
>> James wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> What do people use to draw network diagrams?
>>> I can't find any of the cisco shapes for oo draw.
>>> 
>>
>> Can you not use the ones on:
>>
>> http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac50/ac47/2.html
>>
>> I find the wmf and eps ones can be inserted in draw and the powerpoint
>> ones can be copy and pasted.
>>
>>   
> Can I add them to the toobar?

You can add them to the Gallery.  See the help file under 'Gallery'.

Essentially you put the cisco graphics in a folder of your choice; set up a 
new theme in the gallery (e.g. network diagrams); on the gallery property - 
files tab use 'Find files' to identify the folder; use the 'add' or 'add all' 
to add them to your theme.  Then they are accessible when you open up the 
gallery from the toolbar.

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[users] Re: network diagrams

[John King]

James wrote:

> What do people use to draw network diagrams?
> I can't find any of the cisco shapes for oo draw.

Can you not use the ones on:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac50/ac47/2.html

I find the wmf and eps ones can be inserted in draw and the powerpoint ones 
can be copy and pasted.

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[users] Re: Res: Re: The document is not being fully printed.

[John King]

NoOp wrote:

> On 06/22/2008 08:16 PM, Pedro Izecksohn wrote:
>> --- I wrote:
>>> ...
>>> The first line is text and the other lines are an inserted table. The
>>> table is printed, but not the text.
>>> 
>>> On real documents nothing is printed at all, but something empty is
>>> sent to the printer spooler.
>>> 
>>> I'm using OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 on Windows Vista. ...
>> 
>> --- NoOp wrote:
>> 
>>> Works fine for me (linux OOo 2.4.1), both exporting as a pdf and
>> 
>>> printing to a cupsys pdf printer. Can you try doing the same (exporting
>>> to a pdf) and see what the document looks like that way?
>> 
>>   Ooo 2.4.1 on Vista exports my documents to pdf perfectly and Adobe
>>   Reader prints them perfectly.
>> 
>>   I'm happy with the results, but not satisfied, as it increases my work.
> 
> Pedro, I've also tried your 2nd document (please let's keep this in the
> same thread) and it prints with no problems as well. I've used (linux):
> 
> OOo (Ubuntu) 2.3.0)
> OOo 2.3.1
> OOo 2.4.1
> OOo 3.0 Beta (M17)
> 
> The fact that it prints to a PDF for you, but not to your printer
> indicates to me that the issue is probably with your printer settings.
> Perhaps the fact that the item is an Calc object within a frame makes
> the difference.
> 
> When you copied the table and then pasted into the document the table
> got pasted into a frame. You can verify this by double-clicking the
> frame, or right-clicking the frame and select 'Edit'. Try this instead:
> 
> o select & copy the cells that you want
> o in writer; Edit|Paste Special|Unformated text
> 
> That will paste the text of the cells into the document without pasting
> as a Calc object. Try printing to your HP.  If that works, then it is
> definately a printer setting issue - either within your driver or
> Writer. In Writer:
> 
> o Tools|Options|OO.o Writer|Print|Contents - check to see that the
> following are enabled: Graphics, Tables, Drawings, Controls, Background.
> Do not enable 'Print black'.
> 
> o In Tools|Options|OO.o Writer|Compatibility - uncheck 'Use printer
> metirics...' if it is checked.
> 
> That's about all that I can think of for now.


Could the problem be related to issue 26239?

http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=26239


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[users] Re: Writer: Modifying Character Spacing

[John King]

Scott Meyers wrote:

> At http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000178, Bruce Byfield
>   writes:
> 
>> The fact that OpenOffice.org Writer is more than a word processor is an
>> open secret. ... For this reason, it includes ... tools for adjusting
>> character width and letter space for individual characters.
> 
> I am unable to find any way to modify character width and spacing.  Can
> somebody please tell me where I should be looking?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott


Character spacing:

Format - character - position

Change the spacing to expanded, and modify the pt setting


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[users] Re: Hyperlink is driving me nuts ??

[John King]

William Case wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> I have spent a couple of hours trying to solve this:
> 
> I have pasted a paragraph from a web site (WikiPedia) into a
> document.
> That pasted paragraph had several links in it.  When I pasted
> it into my document it kept all the links but also turned the
> whole paragraph into
> a link of some kind.  I have been futzing about (using Help)
> trying to
> turn off those links one-by-one or as a whole selected
> paragraph.  I can get rid of the underline and colour
> formatting but I can't seem to remove the links.
> 
> Does anybody have any suggestions?
> 
> I will probably be pasting a lot of online stuff with links to
> my document and I would like to easily remove all the linkages.
> 
> 

Have you tried

Edit - Link - Break links
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[users] Re: Hyperlink is driving me nuts ??

[John King]

William Case wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> I have spent a couple of hours trying to solve this:
> 
> I have pasted a paragraph from a web site (WikiPedia) into a
> document.
> That pasted paragraph had several links in it.  When I pasted
> it into my document it kept all the links but also turned the
> whole paragraph into
> a link of some kind.  I have been futzing about (using Help)
> trying to
> turn off those links one-by-one or as a whole selected
> paragraph.  I can get rid of the underline and colour
> formatting but I can't seem to remove the links.
> 
> Does anybody have any suggestions?
> 
> I will probably be pasting a lot of online stuff with links to
> my document and I would like to easily remove all the linkages.
> 
> 

Have you used 
Edit - Links - Break links


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[users] Re: OPENOFFICE RE: SORTING

[John King]

Paul wrote:

>>
>>
>> DEAR Y'ALL,
>>
>> Greetings.
>>
>> Can one sort text?  I Journal and want to sort by date
>> (in this
>> format:  2007 0819 0127 SUN) or category.  In the Help section
>> the only thing I can fine regarding sorting is about tables
>> and the only button in Formulas.
>>
>> Are things similar to Corel Wordperfect's QuickCorrect
>> and
>> QuickWords possible?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> WITH ENTHUSIASM,
>>
>> t  r  a  c  y  .
> 
> 
> You can sort tables within writer. Simply highlight the cells
> that you want
> sorted, then select  tools > sort.  Select the columns that you
> want to sort
> on  - then off you go.
> 
> /paul
> 
> 

In writer the text doesn't have to be in a table.  You can sort
any text by selecting it first. e.g

2007 0819 0128 SUN
2007 0819 0127 SUN
2007 0818 0127 SUN

can be sorted by selecting it, and then using Tools - Sort to
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[users] Re: Append CSV file

[John King]

Harold Fuchs wrote:

> JosephK wrote:
>> Is it possible to append a CSV file to an existing sheet? If
>> so how? At the moment I am having to daily insert a sheet from
>> a CSV file then select all the cells than paste it into the
>> main sheet.
>>
>> The CSV file is created using a Python script I wrote to parse
>> a printable report file (.dfp) and extract the relevant info.
>>
>> Regards, Joseph
>>   
> Insert>Sheet From File and then choose CSV format.
> 

As far as I can see, this command inserts a sheet either before
or after the current one, whereas I think the original poster
wants to append the data to his current sheet (as in Excel
Data - import external data, which gives a choice of appending
or creating a new sheet).  It seems as if calc doesn't give this
option but always creates new sheets.

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[users] Re: How to show paragraph breaks as a regular expression

[John King]

Ed Smits wrote:

> Tried that, it doesn't do what I need. To be specific, as an
> example I want to convert the following text:
> 
> sample1.txt
> sample2.txt
> sample3.txt
> 
> into
> 
> sample1; sample2; sample3
> 
> and doing a S&R for ".txt$" to be replaced with "; "
> doesn't remove the breaks, just the .txt which is repladed with
> "; "
> 
> ie
> sample1;
> sample2;
> sample3;
> 
> etc.
> 
> where am I going wrong?

For find and replaces like this I use the macro in
IannzFindReplace.sxw on
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/

It carried the above replacement out without problems.


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[users] Re: This List via Gmane/Web Browser

[John King]

Harold Fuchs wrote:

> If I go to the Gmane version of this list with my web browser
> (at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions) then
> about a third of the page fills with message headers and then
> the bottom two thirds is filled with an error message:
> == begin error message ==
> Unable to connect Firefox can't establish a connection to the
> server at article.gmane.org.
>  *   The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy.
>  Try
> again in a few moments.
>  *   If you are unable to load any pages, check your
>  computer's
> network connection.
>  *   If your computer or network is protected by a firewall
>  or
> proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
>  end error message ===
> 
> Using IE gives a similar result.
> 
> Any ideas what is happening?
> 

No, but I get the same result in FF, Konqueror and Opera

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[users] Re: pdf export makes huge files

[John King]

Richard Detwiler wrote:

> Gavin Chester wrote:
>> I have done a lot of googling, searched the OO.o archives and
>> knowledge base, but I am not seeing any information exactly
>> describing my problem - let alone a solution. So, if someone
>> has a link to info please point me in the right direction ...
>>
>> Scenario:
>> A document, containing ONLY text of around 20-50k typically
>> blows out to 300-600k when exported as pdf in OO.o 2.0.4.17
>> OpenSuse version. How can I overcome this?
>>
>> My efforts do far:
>> 1/ I can do the export manually and set the compression of
>> images and so on, but these files have no images so that is
>> not the issue. 2/ I can't see any option to embed (or not)
>> fonts and I know this can make a big difference
>> 3/ I can post-process the resulting pdf file using ghostscript
>> and the file comes down to very close to the original OO.o
>> file size - sometimes less depending on the document(s), but I
>> don't want to have to do this two-step technique
>>
>> Any clues for the clueless.
>>
>> Gavin
> 
> I have a different OS and a different OOo version than you do,
> but FWIW, I don't see this behavior.
> 
> I'm using Windows XP, with OOo 2.2.
> 
> I first created an extremely simple text document (a single
> word), saved it as an ODT file, then exported it as a pdf file.
> The ODT file was 7 KB and the pdf was 17 KB. A bit larger than
> the ODT, but nowhere near the 10X inflation that you report.
> 
> Then I opened an existing text-only document that was 53 KB. I
> exported it as a pdf, and the resulting pdf was only 55 KB,
> virtually no inflation at all.
> 
> I'm wondering if you can upgrade to OOo 2.2 to see if you see
> any different performance.


I'm using suse 10 and openoffice 2.2.  A one page file of 520
words saves as 6.8Kb as an odt file, and 11.3Kb exported as pdf,
an increase, but not a huge one.  Redirected through kprinter,
though, it's only 1.5Kb, which is why I tend to use kprinter for
large documents.

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[users] Re: Paid for template package and unable to download

[John King]

David Garn wrote:

> I purchased Professional Template Pack for OpenOffice.org. 
> Pertinent info is
>   Cust.  #  17121653509
>   order #  5212374500
>
>   I tried to get back into your website to download the product
>   and could not.  It would not even recognize the e-mail
>   address and password I used in the order.
>
>   WHAT GIVES???   I PAID FOR IT, I WANT IT

Sounds like you purchased this from Sun

http://globalspecials.sun.com/servlet/ControllerServlet;jsessionid=caaaba57b3b148bfb24ea2f90b943687?Action=DisplayPage&Locale=en_US&SiteID=sunstor&id=ProductDetailsPage&productID=54008200

Try the 'order status' link on the right hand side.

If you can't download it from there, try the contact link at the
bottom of the page.


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[users] Re: Writer:Bullets:Right alignment

[John King]

Pradeep Srinivas wrote:

> List:
> 
> Is there a method by which I can get the bullet portion (or the
> numbered bullet portion) of a list to be right aligned ?
> 
> Namely, I have a list that goes:
> 1.  First Point
> 2.  Second Point
> 
> 9.  Ninth point
> 10.  Tenth point
> 
> I would like the list to look like
>   1.  First point
>   2.  Second point
> ..
>   9.  Ninth point
>  10. Tenth point
> 
> Notice that the numbers are all aligned to the right (so that
> there is a leading space, or series of spaces) to the LEFT of
> the numbers.  I sort of like this ( :-) ) and I wondered if
> there is a way of letting the bullet know (by some codes - ^R,
> or equivalent) to do this ?
> 
> Any responses welcomeas usual!


Use Format - Bullets and numbering - position tab - numbering
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[users] Re: Does Open Office have booklet capabilities?

[John King]

Tim Hall wrote:

> Dear Open Office,
> 
> (Trying again, with a summary this time.)
> 
> 
> I wish to know if Open Office Write has booklet layout
> capabilities, specifically the abilities to place page numbers
> at the bottom of both columns, which represent two individual
> booklet pages, on a horizontal 11x 8 1/2 page, and also to
> re-arrange these virtual booklet pages (once layout is
> completed) into the proper sequence for creating masters for
> publication on copy machines.  (For example, the first side of
> a master for a 72-page booklet would have to contain the
> booklet pages 72 and 1, the next -- pages 2 and 71, the next --
> pages 3 and 70, and so forth.)
> 
> Word 2002 can do this; Word 97 (which I am using) cannot.
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> Tim Hall


Tim

Look under 'brochures' in the help file.  There's an expanded
version on 

http://seedsforchange.org.uk/free/brochure

I print the brochure/booklet out to a pdf file, which is then in
the correct form for submission to a print shop, or printing out
on personal printers with duplex capability.

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[users] Re: Multi_Key in writer

[John King]

pp joho wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to write french with a QWERTY keyboard in Xubuntu
> 6.10 in Oowriter
> 
> I mapped the windows key to be the Multi_key in my .Xmodmaprc
> to be able to do things like: <'> to get é
> 
> (the above é is generated thusly in Firefox)
> 
> It works in xterm, in Thunderbird, in Firefox, in AbiWord BUT
> NOT IN OPENOFFICE ... AARGH
> 
> What did I do wrong? Pointers anybody?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter
> 
> 

Have you tried
 <'> 

On my keyboard, <<'> gives me nothing but 
 <'>  = é

What output do you get in ooo?

Also, check that the font you are using in ooo has é

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[users] Re: .doc Open in WordPad?

[John King]

Warren Fitzpatrick wrote:

> I'm got OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 and Windows Internet Explorer.
> When I right click a .doc through this browser, the Open
> function recognizes the .doc as WordPad (and asks if I want to
> open it). There is no Open As option here.
> 
> No problem with a non-browser accessed .doc. A .doc from
> Outlook or My Documents always opens in OpenOffice Writer,
> which is what I want.
> 
> Warren


The .doc association for IE is set in the registry. There is a
way of changing it without using the registry editor, ***but you
do it at your own risk

1   Open a command prompt window. I think that's on Accessories in
WindowsXP.

2   Type:
assoc .doc
Note the dot in the above line.
Depending on your Office version, you should get something like:
.doc=Word.Document.8

3   Now repeat it to find the openoffice association, i.e.
assoc .odt
You should get:
.odt=opendocument.WriterDocument.1

4   Now change the association of the .doc:
assoc .doc=opendocument.WriterDocument.1
This changes the association even for Internet Explorer, so if
you use IE to open a .doc file on the internet, instead of
opening in Word or Wordpad, it should open in ooo.


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[users] Re: Re: Alt + menu ?

[John King]

TerryJ wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> John King-2 wrote:
>> 
>> TerryJ wrote:
>> /snip
>> 
>>> 
>>> Greetings.  I am struggling to understand this.  I have
>>> amended /etc/X11/Xmodmap to include the following line:
>>> keycode 115 = Multi_key
>>> 
>>> Keycode 115 is the left winkey.  There remain at least 2
>>> things I do not understand:
>>> 
>>> 1.  The layout of my compose file (
>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose ) is quite
>>> different from that
>>> in http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html .  These
>>> are typical lines:
>>> 
>>> - - - - quote - - - -
>>>: "#"   numbersign
>>> : "'"   apostrophe
>>> - - - end quote - - -
>>> 
>>> winkey, +, + does not produce # yet - perhaps I have to
>>> shutdown and
>>> re-start the system first?  I guess that I am able to amend
>>> the file (as long as I can find the right jargon) so that the
>>> key combinations and
>>> results suit me better - is that correct?  I have to hack the
>>> files because there is no tool on the desktop I'm using to
>>> alter keyboard arrangements in this way.
>>> 
>>> 2. What is a "dead key"?  Do I already have one or more or do
>>> I have to do something to kill (an) existing key/s?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the information.
>> 
>> Terry
>> 
>> Depending on what you are trying to achieve, I doubt if it's
>> necessary for you to make all the changes listed in that
>> article if you are using a recent distribution and either kde
>> or gnome
>> with openoffice.  The article's usefulness to me was its
>> listing of the key combinations to create accented characters
>> using either compose or AltGr.
>> 
>> So before we consider the questions you put above, could you
>> clarify
>> a.  your distribution
>> b.  whether you are using gnome or kde
>> c.  the version of openoffice you have installed
>> d.  what you are trying to do - ie what kind of characters
>> you want to produce.
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
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> 
> Thanks for replying.  I am using PCLinuxOS with the Xfce
> desktop.  My OOo version is 2.0.2 and these are (some at least
> of) the characters I'd like to
> use: § © ® ¼ ½ ¾ ¢ £ ¥ ç è é ê ü ß ï ÷ ± °  When I track down
> symbols for trademark and the euro, those too.
> 
> Cheers.

Terry

Since this is an OS/desktop question rather than an openoffice
one, I suggest we take the discussion off-list.

I'll download a livecd version PCLinuxOS, have a look at your
options and then get back to you.

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[users] Re: Re: Alt + menu ?

[John King]

TerryJ wrote:
/snip

> 
> Greetings.  I am struggling to understand this.  I have amended
> /etc/X11/Xmodmap to include the following line: keycode 115 = 
> Multi_key
> 
> Keycode 115 is the left winkey.  There remain at least 2 things
> I do not understand:
> 
> 1.  The layout of my compose file (
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose ) is quite
> different from that
> in http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html .  These are
> typical lines:
> 
> - - - - quote - - - -
>: "#"   numbersign
> : "'"   apostrophe
> - - - end quote - - -
> 
> winkey, +, + does not produce # yet - perhaps I have to
> shutdown and
> re-start the system first?  I guess that I am able to amend the
> file (as long as I can find the right jargon) so that the key
> combinations and
> results suit me better - is that correct?  I have to hack the
> files because there is no tool on the desktop I'm using to
> alter keyboard arrangements in this way.
> 
> 2. What is a "dead key"?  Do I already have one or more or do I
> have to do something to kill (an) existing key/s?
> 
> Thanks for the information.

Terry

Depending on what you are trying to achieve, I doubt if it's
necessary for you to make all the changes listed in that article
if you are using a recent distribution and either kde or gnome
with openoffice.  The article's usefulness to me was its listing
of the key combinations to create accented characters using
either compose or AltGr.

So before we consider the questions you put above, could you
clarify
a.  your distribution
b.  whether you are using gnome or kde
c.  the version of openoffice you have installed
d.  what you are trying to do - ie what kind of characters you
want to produce.

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[users] Re: Re: Alt + menu ?

[John King]

M Henri Day wrote:

> 2007/2/18, John King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> M Henri Day wrote:
>>
>> > When I was using *XP* on my computer, *Word* (and to a
>> > lesser degree, even other apps, like Gmail) permitted me to
>> > make use of a little table I had prepared from the *Table de
>> > caractères Unicode* <http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/> to
>> > write in certain graphs that weren't immediately available
>> > on my (Norwegian) keyboard (to write Chinese and Japanese, I
>> > used the language bar and the IMEs ; I now use SCIM), but to
>> > which I could gain access by using the Alt key and the
>> > numpad keys (with Num Lock *on*) to the right of the
>> > keyboard. To give an example of what I mean, here below an
>> > excerpt from the table :
>> >
>> > € = Alt + 0128
>> > ¥ = Alt + 0165
>> > Ç = Alt + 0199
>> > ç = Alt + 0231
>> > Ć = Alt + 0262
>> > ć = Alt + 0263
>> > Č = Alt + 0268
>> > č = Alt + 0269
>> >
>> > Some, like €, but by no means all of these are taken care of
>> > by Alt Gr +, but I should very much like to have recourse to
>> > the others as well directly from the keyboard, instead of
>> > having to open my list and cut and paste. Does anyone know
>> > if it is possible to arrange OO.o so that Alt + numpad keys
>> > would work as they do in *Windows*/*Word* ?...
>> >
>> > Henri
>>
>> I use the 'compose' key to generate characters such as the
>> examples above.  You'll find a list on:
>>
>> http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html
>>
>> On ubuntu edgy you can define which key to set as the compose
>> key in System - Preferences -Keyboard - Layout options.
>> Then tap the compose key, tap the accent you want (key defined
>> on the above web page, but most can be guessed and are easy to
>> remember) and then the character.
>> So,
>> compose + , + C = Ç (0199)
>>
>> Of course, some characters that are not character + accent
>> won't be covered.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> John
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot, John !  I went to 
> System→Preferences→Keyboard→Layout Options, as per your
> instructions, and found that under the last-named, I could
> choose Compose key positions, with the following alternatives :
> 
>- Right Alt is Compose
>- Right Win-key is Compose
>- Menu is Compose
>- Right Ctrl is Compose
>- Caps Lock is Compose
> 
> As I never use the Right Win-key, the choice was obvious, and
> while most of the symbols listed in ISO 8859-1 were already
> available to me on my rather well-equipped keyboard, some, like
> «ů» were not. Now, I think, I can write just about everything I
> need to write in the European languages I use directly from my
> keyboard - with one important exception : I can't compose a
> caron or inverted circumflex or «háček» ­-  «ˇ» - which I need
> to write letters like «č»,«š», «ž» and «ř», used in certain
> Slavic orthographies. If I could figure out how to compose this
> symbol and add it to ordinary ASCII letters by using the
> compose key, my joy would know no bounds - until I ran into
> something else I needed to know
> 
> Henri

Here comes your boundless joy!

For a full listing and more extensive explanation, see:

http://www.kenmoffat.uklinux.net/hints/Accented_Latin-UTF-8.txt

The above article mentions that the writer had problems with the
compose key generating some characters.  I have the same problem
with my cheap UK keyboard, so for haček/caron accented
characters I use the AltGr+Shift combination.

so:- 
AltGr+Shift+' followed by c = č
AltGr+Shift+' followed by s = š

See the above article for other combinations, though you can most
likely guess them :-)

Most of the initial part of the article deals with xterm
keyboards. Provided I choose the basic variant of my UK
keyboard, I get the right characters anyway in openoffice and
other applications.  However, I found changing the variant does
muck them up, so you may have to check your keyboard settings if
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[users] Re: Alt + menu ?

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M Henri Day wrote:

> When I was using *XP* on my computer, *Word* (and to a lesser
> degree, even other apps, like Gmail) permitted me to make use
> of a little table I had prepared from the *Table de caractères
> Unicode*  to write in certain
> graphs that weren't immediately available on my (Norwegian)
> keyboard (to write Chinese and Japanese, I used the language
> bar and the IMEs ; I now use SCIM), but to which I could gain
> access by using the Alt key and the numpad keys (with Num Lock
> *on*) to the right of the keyboard. To give an example of what
> I mean, here below an excerpt from the table :
> 
> € = Alt + 0128
> ¥ = Alt + 0165
> Ç = Alt + 0199
> ç = Alt + 0231
> Ć = Alt + 0262
> ć = Alt + 0263
> Č = Alt + 0268
> č = Alt + 0269
> 
> Some, like €, but by no means all of these are taken care of by
> Alt Gr +, but I should very much like to have recourse to the
> others as well directly from the keyboard, instead of having to
> open my list and cut and paste. Does anyone know if it is
> possible to arrange OO.o so that Alt + numpad keys would work
> as they do in *Windows*/*Word* ?...
> 
> Henri

I use the 'compose' key to generate characters such as the
examples above.  You'll find a list on:

http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html

On ubuntu edgy you can define which key to set as the compose key
in System - Preferences -Keyboard - Layout options.
Then tap the compose key, tap the accent you want (key defined on
the above web page, but most can be guessed and are easy to
remember) and then the character.
So, 
compose + , + C = Ç (0199)

Of course, some characters that are not character + accent won't
be covered.


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[users] installation woes - no workie

[John King]

Dear Sirs:

Thank you for you work on oo.

I had issues uninstalling the prior version of oo 2.0.2 and/or 2.0.4 on 1) 
an xp home install 2) a w98se install. It's been a while, but 2.1 
installation said it could remove the old version.


So, on one machine I went back to the older version.

On the xp machine I was able to install the developer version -- why is 
that?


Anyway, never had this happen before. A bit discouraging from a user point 
of view.


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[users] Re: Re: Writer: aligning paragraphs with CTRL+ ...

[John King]

Dan Lewis wrote:

> On Thursday February  15 2007 12:53 am, John King wrote:
>> Dan Lewis wrote:
>> > On Wednesday February  14 2007 2:14 pm, Ennio-Sr wrote:
>> >> * Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [140207, 09:30]:
>> >> > On Wednesday February  14 2007 9:21 am, Ennio-Sr wrote:
>> >> > > Hi all!
>> >> > > [using OOo2.1 under Linux/Debian/Etch]
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Did I discover hot water? ...
>> >> > > [...]
>> >> > > Ennio
>> >> >
>> >> >  Sorry, but the water cooled off quite quickly. Since
>> >> >  these
>> >> > are shortcuts, they are found under shortcuts.
>> >> > Specifically, look for shortcut keys:in text documents.
>> >> > You might want to look at the other items in the category
>> >> > of shortcuts. There are many listed there.
>> >> >
>> >> > Dan
>> >>
>> >> Oh, that's fine: one never ends learning...
>> >> What about my side doubt: is it correct that
>> >> ALT+char_number doesn't give any char and you have to us
>> >> Insert/Special character?
>> >>
>> >> Ennio
>> >
>> >   Sorry, it does not work without some "major" changes.
>> >   Search
>> > Help for secial characters. It describes how to get that to
>> > work. There may well be a macro that will do it also.
>> >
>> > Dan
>>
>> Using the 'compose key' (right Win key on my suse 10 system) +
>> characters will allow you to create most compound characters.
>>
>> e.g.  + ~ , followed by n gives me ñ (ascii 241)
> 
>  Very good. I just did the same thing on Mandriva Linux.
>  However,
> I did not that to get the ~ above the n I had to use
> +shift+~ followed by n.

Well, yes, because ~ by definition needs shift since it is in the
upper register on most keyboards. The same goes for ~ and ^ on
my UK keyboard, whereas ' (for acute accents) and ` (for grave)
are in the lower register and therefore do not need shift.

See http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html for other
combinations.

BTW you can also use the AltGr key if you have it on your
keyboard (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key), or simply
switch keyboard with the KDE keyboard tool.  I just find it
easier to remember the compose key combinations rather than a
separate keyboard if I simply need a few accented characters.
It's also easier than trying to remember the ASCII codes.

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[users] Re: Writer: aligning paragraphs with CTRL+ ...

[John King]

Dan Lewis wrote:

> On Wednesday February  14 2007 2:14 pm, Ennio-Sr wrote:
>> * Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [140207, 09:30]:
>> > On Wednesday February  14 2007 9:21 am, Ennio-Sr wrote:
>> > > Hi all!
>> > > [using OOo2.1 under Linux/Debian/Etch]
>> > >
>> > > Did I discover hot water? ...
>> > > [...]
>> > > Ennio
>> >
>> >  Sorry, but the water cooled off quite quickly. Since
>> >  these
>> > are shortcuts, they are found under shortcuts. Specifically,
>> > look for shortcut keys:in text documents. You might want to
>> > look at the other items in the category of shortcuts. There
>> > are many listed there.
>> >
>> > Dan
>>
>> Oh, that's fine: one never ends learning...
>> What about my side doubt: is it correct that ALT+char_number
>> doesn't give any char and you have to us Insert/Special
>> character?
>>
>> Ennio
> 
>   Sorry, it does not work without some "major" changes.
>   Search
> Help for secial characters. It describes how to get that to
> work. There may well be a macro that will do it also.
> 
> Dan

Using the 'compose key' (right Win key on my suse 10 system) +
characters will allow you to create most compound characters.

e.g.  + ~ , followed by n gives me ñ (ascii 241)



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[users] find page break greyed out

[John King]

ooo 2.1 on both Windows XP and Linux

I'm trying to use the facility offered in:

Edit - Find and Replace - More Options - Format - Text Flow

to find breaks, specifically hard page breaks.  However, in the dialogue the 
section under 'Breaks' is greyed out.  This is the case on both platforms.  
Is there a setting I need to switch on, or has this not been implemented yet 
(even though the help file contains the relevant instructions)

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[users] installation failed on 2.1, oo trashed, so is confidence

[John King]

It says it can't undelete the prior version. Can't find the  
something*20.msi.


I attempted to manually undelete via openoffice search then delete. No good.

Then I tried oo 1.15 and removal - it's stuck too.

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[users] manual uninstal of oo2.0, how

[John King]

I'm attempting to install 2.1 on a machine with 2.0 .

It's looking for the *20.msi and I deleted that folder (it was placed on the 
desktop).


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[users] Re: bittorrent 2.1 English is Polish

[John King]

John King wrote:

> There seems to be some mis-naming of the bittorrent downloads,
> accessible from:
> 
> http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/index.html
> 
> There are 2 Eng versions listed - Eng (en) and Eng (en-US)
> 
> If the Eng (en) one is chosen, then the files offered in
> Windows and Linux seem to be the Polish versions (_pl in the
> filename, and the readme file is
> in Polish).  Can these be installed as English versions, or
> should the en-US version be used?
> 

Fascinating digressions on the varieties of English.

However, following my original post, I'd just like to know:

a.  If the bittorrent is incorrect, and
b.  How one goes about changing it.

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[users] Re: Linux quickstarter

[John King]

Daniel Kasak wrote:

> I noticed that 2.1.0 includes a quickstarter for Linux, and I
> found it in the options ( memory ) page, but it's greyed out.
> Any hints on enabling it?
> 

Same here, on Suse10 with KDE

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[users] bittorrent 2.1 English is Polish

[John King]

There seems to be some mis-naming of the bittorrent downloads, accessible 
from:

http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/index.html

There are 2 Eng versions listed - Eng (en) and Eng (en-US)

If the Eng (en) one is chosen, then the files offered in Windows and Linux 
seem to be the Polish versions (_pl in the filename, and the readme file is 
in Polish).  Can these be installed as English versions, or should the en-US 
version be used?

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[users] Re: Printing a document as a book

[John King]

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> I am currently running Open Office 2.0.2 on Fedora 5 Linux.
> 
> I have a large out-of-print book I would like to print and bind
> myself. What I need to do is print two pages per sheet such
> that they can be folded and bound together. This requires pages
> to be printed in an order like:
> 
> For the first ten sheets
> 40, 1, 2, 39, 38, 3, 4, 37, 36, 5, 6, 35, 34, 7, 8, 33, 32, 9,
> 10, 31, 30, 11, 12, 29, 28, 13, 14, 27, 26, 15, 16, 25, 24, 17,
> 18, 23, 22, 19, 20, 21 (ie: Page 40 and Page 1 on one side, and
> page 2 and page 39 on the other side. -Duplex printing)
> 
> For the second ten sheets
> 80, 41, 42, 79, 78, 43, 44, 77, 76, 45, 46, 75, 74, 47, 48, 73,
> 72, 49, 50, 71, 70, 51, 52, 69, 68, 53, 54, 67, 66, 55, 56, 65,
> 64, 57, 58, 63, 62, 59, 60, 61
> 
> ...and so on for the entire book of about 900 pages.
> (I have a small app that generates the page sequence for
> printing.)
> 
> Once printed the groups of ten sheets (signatures)  are, folded
> and sewn together. Then the signatures are sewn together.
> Finally all of this is bound in a hard cover format.
> 
> I can do the binding easily enough, but I am wondering of OO
> can be setup to print, in this page order, while printing two
> pages per sheet.
> 
> For reference the following links may be helpful. I found them
> while researching this myself:
> 
> Printing via PagePrevew mode.
>
http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=29&sid=5e495eacd025cf261815998225488a94
> 
> Binding technique:
> http://www.diyplanner.com/node/442
> 
> I have used "Perfect" style binding (binding individual sheets
> with glue) for several smaller book, but would like to avoid
> that technique for volumes of this size.
>
http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2006/03/fun-and-easy-how-to-guide-to-binding-your-own-paperback-books-at-homefast/
> 
> I'd genuinely appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> James.


have you looked at the 'printing a brochure' help section? 
There's an extended version on:

http://seedsforchange.org.uk/free/brochure


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[users] Re: how to include a file as an icon

[John King]

Philippe A. wrote:

> I need to include a file into a document. I would like this OLE
> object to appear as an icon. I cannot find how to do that. Is
> it even possible to do that? Thanks!

I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do.

Do you want the whole external file to appear in the document, or
do you want an icon in your document that will call up an
external file?

If it is the latter, could you not insert your preferred icon,
and then use Format - Picture - Hyperlink to open up the
external document, rather like hyperlinks on a web page?

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[users] Re: need to recover an RTF

[John King]

aaron brick wrote:

> hi folks,
> 
> i am preparing an academic paper for a conference and am almost
> done - like i intend to send it this week. however, today i
> saved the RDF to disk, upgraded OO.o from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4
> (debian packages), and now can't reopen the file. an error is
> reported at the end of the file - nothing appears amiss to me.
> 
> can anyone help? the file is 20M, about which i apologize (it
> contains a few photos).
> 
> http://www.lithic.org/tmp/volkswagen-2006.rtf
> 
> i would really appreciate any help.
> 
> aaron.
> 
> 
>  \\   aaron brick
>  \\   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  \\   http://www.lithic.org

Is there a readable version in your ~/.openoffice.org2/backup
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[users] Re: how to accept word completion in writer

[John King]

mig wrote:

> When typing in writer I am offered a word completion. How do I
> accept it. I tried tab and space, but neither seem to work
> mig
The default is 'enter', but you can alter this
in 'Tools-Autocorrect-Word Completion'

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[users] Re: Printing booklets

[John King]

Rob Tanner wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I did this once a while ago but can't remember how I did it.  I
> have a multi-page document that I want to print as a booklet --
> half sheets printed double sided on letter size paper,
> landscape orientation with the pages arranged so that when I
> fold and staple the output, things are
> in correct order.  Anyone know the secret?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob

Rob

Look for 'brochure' in the writer help file.
There's an expanded method given on:

http://seedsforchange.org.uk/free/brochure


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[users] Re: BUG WITH PICTURE WHEN SAVE AS XLS FORMAT

[John King]

Fabrice MAICEL wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> :-) I think i've found a bug in calc (OOO 2.0 Fr).
> 
> Procedure :
> -Create a new calc document
> -Insert a picture (bmp or wmf)
> -Resize the picture (you can protect it or not)
> -Save the file in xls format (MS EXcel)
> -Close the file
> 
> -Open again the file create just before
> 
> And enjoy the picture... you will understand !
> 
> Cordialement,
> 
> Fabrice MAICEL
> Secteur VERRIERE
>

I've tried this with ooo 2.0.3 GB on Suse Linux, but don't see
any problem.  Can you post more details?

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[users] viewer for openoffice files

[John King]

There have been several postings in the past asking if there was a viewer for 
openoffice files.

Today I received the information below from a company I've bought from in the 
past, advertising a free viewer for openoffice and other wordprocessor files, 
and am passing it on for information.  I've no connection with the company 
(other than being a satisfied customer!).

The present version is for Windows, but I haven't been able to test it on that 
platform yet.  However, I tried installing it under crossover office on Suse 
10, and it seems to run fine.


John King

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- During installation, you can now select which file types to
associate with TextMaker Viewer, with sensible choices preselected.

- You can also have TextMaker Viewer appear in the "Open with..."
menu that is available when you right-click on a file.

- You can also run it from USB memory sticks, and TextMaker Viewer
will not install any local files or change the registry in any way.

Also an important bug has been fixed: TextMaker Viewer now actually
runs on French, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Turkish systems.
Before, it simply exited without a message. :-(

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[users] Re: Can openoffice run in a usb drive?

[John King]

Luís Correia wrote:

> Hi!
> I have a usb drive and I would like to use openoffice from it,
> as a portable application. Is it possible?
> If so, please tell me how should I do it or with whom should I
> contact.
> 
> Kind regards
> Luís Correia

Luis

Look on

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[users] Re: Printing white on black?

[John King]

Dan Kegel wrote:

> QuarkExpress supposedly has this option, but it seems like
> it's missing from OpenOffice 2.0.2.  I'd like to be able
> to create .pdf's or print in reverse video, as it were
> (white text on black).  (Yes, it's a terrible waste of toner,
> but I'm going for a particular look.)
> Any clues how to do this?
> Thanks!
> - Dan


Doesn't setting the background to black in Format-page, and the
text to white in Format-Character do what you want?

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[users] Re: Column width in Linux Suse and Calc 2.0.2 is extremely large

[John King]

Dr. Juan Pedro Sanchez C wrote:

> Under winxp + OO 2.0.2 I didn have this problem.
> I jumped to Linux Suse 10.1 which comes with OO 2.0.2.
> When I open a NEW Calc sheet, the columns are extremely large,
> and if I click on the right arrow, I can grab the separation
> between the columns in order to reduce the size.
> I've had to select the whole sheet, reduce the zoom to 20%,
> change the width and optimal width to 0.01 inches. Save the
> file; reopen it; select the sheet again, change the width to
> 0.1", zoom to 75%, and the columns are about 1 inch wide.
> If I introduce data, save it, and reopen it, the width column
> is not preserved.
> Do anybody else have a similar problem? How did you fix it?
> Thanks for your help.
> Juan Pedro Sanchez.
> 

I'm afraid I can't confirm this on a new installation of Suse
10.1.  In case it helps, here's some information on the
installation.

New installation of 10.1 from the dvd iso, including the Novell
version of ooo on a Toshiba Satellite notebook.

During the installation, I noticed that the online update
downloaded updates to openoffice, including a GB version of
something I didn't catch.

The version is labelled as Build 2.0.2.7.1

The only things I have changed from the original installation
are:

Setting the Language section choices all to English (UK)

Importing fonts from my Windows XP partition to the Linux font
installer.

Let me know if there are any other settings you wish me to check.

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[users] Re: Ending hyperlink???? This may be obvious but?

[John King]

Alfred Nutile wrote:

> If I am typing a sentence and come up to a word that I then
> want to make a hyperlink that is easy but not every word after
> that is hyperlink as well? I can go into source and end it but
> there must be an easier way? Thanks Alfred
> Alfred Nutile
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Click on Format- default 
OR, much quicker, type Ctrl-Shift-Space

Alternatively, write your sentence with the hyperlink, then
select the word and apply the hyperlink.  Words on either side
of your selection will not be affected.


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[users] Re: OPEN OFFICE 2.0.2 WRITER - NO PASTE IMAGES

[John King]

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> I am using version 2.0.2 of OpenOffice.org. - WRITER My problem
> is : IF I COPY A TEXT WITH AN IMAGE (FOR EXAMPLE FROM INTERNET)
> , WHEN I PASTE I CAN SEE THE TEXT, BUT NOT ANY IMAGES.
> 
> HOW CAN I SOLVE THIS
> PROBLEM?
> THANK YOU.
> BEST REGARDS.

Does this only happen when you are copying and pasting from the
Internet?
Or does it also happen when you copy and paste from another
openoffice document?
Can you see images that you insert from file into a document?

Check Tools - Options - Openoffice.org Writer - View.  Is the
'display images' item ticked?
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[users] Re: Trying to open Microsoft Works documents with Open Office

[John King]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I recently had my computer serviced.  When I got it back, the 
> Microsoft
> Works program had been wiped and Open Office put on to replace 
> it.  My problem is
> that all my documents I had saved to a floppy were in  Works
> format and I can't open any of them.
>  
> Is there some way I can use Open Office to open Microsoft Works
> documents
> without having to buy the Works software again?  (Works was
> bundled into  the
> software on my computer when I bought it, so I don't have the
> program disk  to install Works.)
>  
> Help!
>  
> MKG

If you have a friend with a copy of Word, you can download Works
converters from:

http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/downloads.mspx

and convert all your  files into .doc files, which can then be
processed by openoffice on your own machine. However, they are
not standalone programs, and only work with the appropriate
version on Word given on that page.

However, since it sounds as if the person who serviced your
machine did something you neither asked for nor wanted, I would
suggest you ask that person first to do the conversions for you.

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[users] Re: Help with Open Office Calc

[John King]

M Clancy wrote:

> Dear Sir / Madam,
> 
> I am using Open Office Calc and I like it apart from printing
> and the following question.
> 
> How am I able to filter one column of text into a number of
> columns based on whether the 1st column of text has spaces,
> commas or some other delimiter?
> 
> In Excel the command was "Text to Column".
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Michael Clancy
> Brisbane, Australia
> 
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Try the Text to Columns macro on

http://www.ooomacros.org/user.php


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[users] Re: Web interface conversion of MS word documents

[John King]

Declan Shanaghy wrote:

> We are using Open Office 1.1.3 to convert MS word, xls, ppt etc
> to PDF
> 
> through a web interface which uses a python script to interact
> with OO which is running headless on a virtual framebuffer.
> 
>  
> 
> We have run into a problem on several occasions where if the
> margins of a word document
> 
> are differerent from the default in ms word the converted PDF
> does not adhere to those
> 
> margins, it always uses the default.
> 
>  
> 
> This results in bad formatting of the converted document and
> also extra pages being introduced
> 
> because the usually the user has decreased the margins in word
> to enable him/her to fit more text on a page.
> 
>  
> 
> I've been searching around quite a bit for a solution to this
> but to no avail.
> 
> Can anyone provide any hints on how I may overcome this?
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
> 
>  
> 
> Declan

More recent versions of ooo handle the format of MS documents
much better than 1.1.3.  Have you tried ooo 2.0.2 to see if you
get the same problem?

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[users] Re: Find and Replace Carriage Returns

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Alex Zachopoulos wrote:

> I'm trying to remove carriage returns, but I can't figure out
> how to enter them in the Find and Replace dialog. Come to think
> about it, I haven't got a clue as to how to enter special
> characters.
> 
> I'm running Open Office (and NeoOffice) on MacOS X 10.4.5.

Look for 'hard returns' in Help.  It gives an alternative method
to search and replace, using the Autoformat feature.

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[users] Re: [moderated]

[John King]

Pastor Dale Weaver wrote:

>  
> 
> Gentlemen:
> 
>  
> 
> I am using Microsoft Office right now and have just received an
> email with
> an attachment with the file extension, "ODT."  I understand
> that this is an
> Open Office Extension.  Microsoft Outlook will not open this
> attachment. Can you give me some suggestions as to how to open
> this document?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  
> 
> Dale Weaver
> 
>  
> 
> Dale Weaver
> 
>  
> 
> Senior Pastor
> 
> Sandy Hill Community Church
> 
> Office (610) 857-3959
> 
> Cell (717) 587-8171
> 
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In addition to previous suggestions, you can also open odt files
with the web based wordprocessor ajaxWrite on 

http://www.ajaxwrite.com/

Note that you have to be using Firefox to use the facilities (or
at least you had to the last time I used it)

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[users] Re: I'm new to OpenOffice..How do you..........

[John King]

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:45:13 -0500, MAXINE  wrote:

> How to you "Find & replace" with
> 1. a new line
> 2. new paragraph
> 
> I need to know asap.
> Thank you,
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Do you want to remove new line/paragraph from line ends?  If so, look in
Help' for 'removing line breaks'


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[users] Re: Importing a CSV text file into a Base database

[John King]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:11:32 -0500, Bob wrote:

> I want to import some address book fields into aan OO-Base database file 
> so I can use the data in letters and emails. I've exported the address 
> book as a comma delimited CSV file, and created a OO-Base database file 
> for the fields, but cannot find a way to import the data from the CSV 
> file into the database. Help doesn't even address a CSV file, that I can 
> find.
> 
> Seems like the only way to do it is to import the CSV file into OO-Calc, 
> and then access the Calc file as a database, or import into a MySQL 
> database then access through OO-Base. This seems like an unnecessary 
> drill (or at least it should be). There otta be a way . . . .
> 
> Suggestions?

Try searching for 'csv import database' on the mindmeld site

Several hits, including:

http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/index.php?page=ask&submit_selected=1&thoughtId=772

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[users] Re: print of a CALC sheet fitting to a single paper page

[John King]

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:12:39 +0100, Frank Thomas wrote:

> I'd like to print a single Calc sheet in OOo 2.0.1 to a single pages. Now,
> it overlaps somewhat and I'd like to scale it down so that it fits a A4
> page. I see that scaling pages to fit a print page exists in Math &
> presentations but don't find the equivalent in Calc. Does that
> functionality exist ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> - Frank

1   identify your print range (Format - print range - define).
2.  File - Page preview
3.  Click on 'page' button
4   In the dialogue, click on the Sheet tab
5   Down at the bottom of the dialogue, you have several choices for
scaling. Set them to what you want, and close the preview.
6   File - Print, and make sure you have ticked 'print only selected sheets'
in the Options - otherwise you get all the sheets printed out with your
page preview settings.

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[users] Re: trouble opening wpd files

[John King]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:06:01 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 16:25 -0500, Steve Campbell wrote:
>> I have version 2.0.1 of Open office and find it a very good program.
>> However, I cannot open wpdd files. Is there something else I need to
>> download?
> 
> I hope you meant wpd files :-) I can say the 2.0.2rc2 opens wpd files very
> well under XP. Have not tried under Linux. So I suggest that you enter an
> issue into Issue Tracker as this is the best way to have requests such as
> this evaluated.

wpd files open fine under Linux with ooo2.0.2 rc2.  I can't comment on how
close to the original they look as I no longer have WordPerfect.


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[users] Re: Pasting hyperlinks from the web in Version 2 Open Office

[John King]

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:14:42 +1100, Maelor wrote:

> I have just installed version 2 of OpenOffice.org and I find that when
> copying hyperlinks from some web pages the hyperlink does not come up on
> the page
> Example: ( from Environmental News Network -
> http://www.enn.com/todays_news_main_d.html) Version 1 (HTML format):
> NN Weekly: February 6th - 10th ENN
> rounds up the most important and compelling environmental news stories of
> the week. In the news February 6th - 10th: A "lost world" found, polar
> bear protections, grass pellet heat, energy efficiency cuts, and more.  
> February 10, 2006
> Version 2 (HTML format):
> NN Weekly: February 6th - 10th
> ENN rounds up the most important and compelling environmental news stories
> of the week. In the news February 6th - 10th: A "lost world" found, polar
> bear protections, grass pellet heat, energy efficiency cuts, and more.  
> February 10, 2006
> 
> (I can't get the hyperlink using any of the formats available)
> 
> Maelor Himbury
> 6 Florence St NIDDRIE 3042
> Tel: 93741902 (h) 93662555 (w)


Are you using 'Edit - Paste Special - HTML?  I just tried that page and
all the hyperlinks pasted OK.


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[users] Re: Re: Solved: Problem of suppressing blank lines in mail merge

[John King]

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:39:41 +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:

> John King wrote:
>> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:53:46 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
>> 
>>> Peter Hillier-Brook's detective work uncovered the reason (or at least
>>> one reason) why some people are able to get the "hidden section"
>>> technique of suppressing blank lines in mail-merged labels and other
>>> documents to work, and others can't. Here is the notice I have just
>>> added to the "Using Mail Merge" chapter in the Writer Guide:
>> /snip
>> 
>> In 2.0.1 there is a more user-friendly way of suppressing blank lines,
>> but it has only been implemented for mail merge, not for labels.  If
>> people wish to have a method for labels implemented sooner please vote
>> for issue http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=61021
> 
> I've just carried out a test of the Mail merge facility before considering
> a vote for 61021: I've never seen as many redundant paragraph marks in my
> life!
> 
> The entire, created document is populated with empty paragraphs as a
> spacing methodology, just as if a drunken typist (apologies to any sober
> ones:-)) had met their first word processor, after a lifetime working with
> typewriters. And non of the blank address fields had been suppressed.
> 
> Please, please don't vote for this as a way forward for label creation.
> 
> Peter HB


That's very useful.  I hadn't tested the mailmerge since I was
primarily interested in label creation, and only raised issue 61021 when I
saw that the blank address fields issue had been closed
(http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=36696).

Perhaps you could add your comments to both issues in order to ensure that
your concerns are taken into account.  As you will see from the
comments in issue 36696, we've been waiting for a decent resolution to
this problem for a couple of years now.  I still have to go back to my old
copy of Word to produce decent labels with minimal hassle.

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[users] Re: Solved: Problem of suppressing blank lines in mail merge

[John King]

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:53:46 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:

> Peter Hillier-Brook's detective work uncovered the reason (or at least one
> reason) why some people are able to get the "hidden section" technique of
> suppressing blank lines in mail-merged labels and other documents to work,
> and others can't. Here is the notice I have just added to the "Using Mail
> Merge" chapter in the Writer Guide:
/snip

In 2.0.1 there is a more user-friendly way of suppressing blank lines, but
it has only been implemented for mail merge, not for labels.  If people
wish to have a method for labels implemented sooner please vote for issue
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=61021



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[users] Re: e-mail app selection

[John King]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:24:11 -0600, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:

> In my Tools>Options>Internet>Email Program area I have entered the address
> for thunderbird.  Nevertheless, when I click on an e-mail address in OOo
> Calc, I get the set-up menu for Evolution.  How can I assure myself that I
> will get Thunderbird to respond to my clicking-on of an e-mail address in
> a cell in Calc?

I had a similar problem trying to use kmail, and it seemed as if evolution
had made itself the default mail program when I installed it, even though
I'm running kde.

Try running

gnome-default-applications-properties

in a console, and set the mail reader to thunderbird.

Also, if you are running kde, try setting thunderbird as the default mail
application in Control Centre - KDE components - component chooser.



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[users] Re: Page numbering in default template?

[John King]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:09:40 +0200, Shmuel Himelstein wrote:

> I would like to have my default template number each page (starting from
> the second page) in the top right-hand corner, and have the first page
> number appear in the middle of the page at the bottom of the text.
> 
> 
>  
> I use Windows XP with OO 2.0.1.
> 
> 
>  
> Could anyone tell me how to go about this?
> 
> 
>  
> Many thanks,
> 
> 
>  
> Shmuel

1   Start a new document

2   Bring up the styles box: Format-Styles and Formatting, or f11.

3   Click on the page styles icon. Right click on the 'first page' style,
click on modify. Choose footer tab, select footer on. OK.

4   Right click on the 'default' style, click on modify. Choose header tab,
select header on. OK.

5   back to the document.  Choose page style 'first page'.  Click in the
footer, on the centre icon on the toolbar, and then on menu item Insert -
Fields - Page numbers.

6   Click in the first page, then on menu item Insert - Manual Break - Page
break, set the (next) style to default.

7   Click in the second page. make sure the page style is identified as
default in the Styles box.  Click in the header, on the right justify
icon, then on Insert - Fields - page number.

8   Click on File - Templates - Save, and give it a meaningful name.

9   Click on File -Templates - Organize.  Select the filename, click on
'commands' button, and then on set as default template.

10  Check by closing and opening ooo.  Your default writer template will
now have the specified page numbering.


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[users] Re: Outline numbering in OOo 2.0 Writer

[John King]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:45:09 +0800, Leung Man Kit wrote:

> Thx for Manuel's answer. Actually I've tried Manuel's method but I can't
> achieve that. I've attached a test paper in MS Word format this time.
> Question 3(a) on the third page is the problem I encountered. I did it
> with the LISTNUM field in MS Word. I use Heading 2 for "1., 2., 3., ..."
> numbering and Heading 3 for "(a), (b), (c), ..." numbering.
> 
> If I don't have the format like Question 3(a), I can easily achieve what I
> want with OOo Writer ...
> 

Since this list doesn't accept attachments, could you place the file on a
server where it can be downloaded?



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[users] Re: Re: send document does not attach to evolution message

[John King]

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:55:28 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 19:56 +0000, John King wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:12:55 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
>> 
>> > On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 11:41 +, John King wrote:
>> >> ooo2 on Suse 9.2, with KDE 3.5.0 and evolution 2.4.2
>> >> 
>> >> I have set evolution as my email application in
>> >> Tools-Options-Internet. However, when I try to File-Send a document
>> >> as email or as a pdf attachent, a new evolution message is started
>> >> but no document or pdf file is attached .
>> >> 
>> >> I have tried changing the email application to both kmail and
>> >> thunderbird, and in both cases there is no problem - a new mail
>> >> message is started with the files attached.
>> >> 
>> >> Are there any settings I can make to enable evolution to work
>> >> satisfactorily?
>> > 
>> > I suspect you will have to troubleshoot evolution as it does work
>> > _VERY_ well as demonstrated by the message I sent you off-line with an
>> > attachment directly from OOo.
>> > 
>> > I would guess you are missing a setting in evolution. Please check.
>> 
>> Are you running evolution/openoffice under gnome or kde? I ask because
>> I've had several problems with evolution under kde (e.g. not calling the
>> correct application to view attachments) which I could only solve with
>> command-line setting changes.  I'm wondering if there's a gnome setting
>> that I need to set in a similar way.  I've been right through the menus
>> in evolution itself, but haven't found anything that would enable the
>> send document feature.
>> 
>> 
> Under Gnome. I have KDE available if needed.

It looks as if it was a problem of a setting in gnome.  I ran the
gnome-integration rpm from the installation package, and now I can send
both documents and pdfs from ooo via evolution.

Curiously, the attachments do not show up in the email message compose
window, unless I manually add another attachment, when both appear.


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[users] Re: send document does not attach to evolution message

[John King]

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:12:55 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 11:41 +0000, John King wrote:
>> ooo2 on Suse 9.2, with KDE 3.5.0 and evolution 2.4.2
>> 
>> I have set evolution as my email application in Tools-Options-Internet.
>> However, when I try to File-Send a document as email or as a pdf
>> attachent, a new evolution message is started but no document or pdf
>> file is attached .
>> 
>> I have tried changing the email application to both kmail and
>> thunderbird, and in both cases there is no problem - a new mail message
>> is started with the files attached.
>> 
>> Are there any settings I can make to enable evolution to work
>> satisfactorily?
> 
> I suspect you will have to troubleshoot evolution as it does work _VERY_
> well as demonstrated by the message I sent you off-line with an attachment
> directly from OOo.
> 
> I would guess you are missing a setting in evolution. Please check.

Are you running evolution/openoffice under gnome or kde? I ask because
I've had several problems with evolution under kde (e.g. not calling the
correct application to view attachments) which I could only solve with
command-line setting changes.  I'm wondering if there's a gnome setting
that I need to set in a similar way.  I've been right through the menus in
evolution itself, but haven't found anything that would enable the send
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[users] send document does not attach to evolution message

[John King]

ooo2 on Suse 9.2, with KDE 3.5.0 and evolution 2.4.2

I have set evolution as my email application in Tools-Options-Internet.
However, when I try to File-Send a document as email or as a pdf
attachent, a new evolution message is started but no document or pdf
file is attached .

I have tried changing the email application to both kmail and
thunderbird, and in both cases there is no problem - a new mail message
is started with the files attached.

Are there any settings I can make to enable evolution to work
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[users] Re: Re: Hidden paragraph question, 3rd time

[John King]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:32:16 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:

> CarlP wrote:
> 
>> Jonathon Coombes wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 10:41 -0500, CarlP wrote:
>>>
 WinXP Home, OO 2, Athlon 1.7GHz

 Folks, I've yet to get any help on this, and it'll make or break my
 ability to use OO for our organization.  BTW, I'm a staff of one
 part-timer, and I've burned a lot of time on this already.

 My problem is with hiding or collapsing certain address lines when
 there is no data in that field.  I've read a ton about how to do this
 (using the Hidden Paragraph function with a "not" or "!" or "NEQ"
 condition) but the "hidden" line remains hidden whether or not there
 is data in the field on that line.  So it seems like hiding works, but
 the condition does not.  There's no other info on that line (e.g. no
 other fields, no other text, no spaces, etc.).

 For further troubleshooting beyond trying different syntax for the
 condition, I've tried creating a new merge document from scratch using
 the same data source.  That too has the same problem.

 What could I possibly be doing wrong, and how can I resolve this?  I
 really want to use OO.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Carl,
>>>
>>> According to my knowledgebase, the hidden paragraph technique is known
>>> NOT to work with version 2.0 at this stage.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Jonathon
>>
>>
>>
>> Interesting, and thanks.  This is the first reference I've seen about
>> this issue.  It's a bit disappointing, and I'd hope the user guides,
>> tech articles, and related materials I waded through would explain the
>> correct way to do this, not the way that doesn't work.  Also, this seems
>> to me to be an important basic function of an office suite, so basic
>> it's hard to believe they'd release 2.0 without it.
>>
>> Carl
> 
> I think that the point is that this is a BUG and it should not have been
> released without it.
> Can you download and try one of the version 2.01 releease candidates and
> see if it is fixed there?

According to issues:
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=56195
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=36696

it's targeted for 2.0.2

I only hope the useability issues have been addressed as well. For a Word
user who only has to select to include or not include blank lines, the
method used in openoffice is a real turn-off.


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[users] Re: Data loss when saving file in rich text format

[John King]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:05:41 +0100, Peter Schramm wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>  
> I created a file with Writer including a picture. When I save this in
> rtf, in the same directory
> a picture-file with extension xxx.png is created. 


I don't get this with ooo2.  It used to happen with ooo1.1.*


When I open the file
> again with
> Writer the picture is not there anymore. It does not work even with OO
> 2.0.
> In Word the picture is kept when the file is saved in rtf-format. Is
> there a work around ? Or does RTF regularly not save included graphic
> information ?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Peter Schramm
> 
> 
>  

I've just been experimenting with this after seeing there are several
issues with rtf files and images in bugzilla.

I'm assuming you are using ooo 2.0

1   Insert the graphic in your file (I used a jpeg)
2   Save it in odt format.
3   Save it immediately as rtf.
4   Close and reopen - the graphic has gone.  Neither is it there when
opened in Word

Check the file length - very small.

Now try this:

1   Insert the graphic in your file (I used a jpeg)
2   Save it in odt format.
3   Close the file.
4   Re-open the file, and save it as rtf.
5   Close and reopen - the graphic is there, and will also be there when
the file is openened in Word.

Check the file length - very large, to hold the graphic.


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[users] Re: Find and replace paragraph markers in Writer

[John King]

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:04:44 -0800, Sir Gimp wrote:

> Can one find and replace paragraph markers (End Of Line). I knew how to do
> it in MS Word, but the ability doesn't seem to be in OOo 2.0.
> 
> Example: You paste in text from an email, and there are paragraph makers
> at the end of every line making a paragraph out of each line. I want to
> use find and replace to remove these EOL markers.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sir Gimp

Check the help index for 'paragraph marks'. ooo uses a different procedure
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[users] Re: rc2 ooo Mozilla plugin breaks Mozilla and Firefox on linux

[John King]

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:12:59 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 19:24 +0100, CPHennessy wrote:
>> On Tue October 11 2005 17:19, John King wrote:
>> > I'm using ooo2 rc2 on Suse 9.2 with Firefox 1.0.7 and Mozilla 1.7.5
>> >
>> > I used to have the mozilla plugin working perfectly with ooo 1.9.104.
>> >
>> > Since installing ooo2 rc2 I noticed that I could not start either
>> > Firefox or Mozilla.  The bouncing icons would start and then die, and
>> > neither Firefox nor Mozilla would start.  However, I found that if I
>> > disabled the Mozilla plugin in ooo2 Tools-Options-Internet-Mozilla
>> > plugin, I could start both Firefox and Mozilla without a problem.
>> >
>> > Can anyone confirm this?
>> >
>> > On Windows 2000 with the same applications there is no problem.
>> 
>> I've seen this also on another list (sorry I cannot remember which one -
>> maybe opensuse). I think that it was because of a change of dependencies
>> of one of the core libs ( maybe glibc ? )
>> 
>> 
> Could be but I cannot reproduce the problem in 2.0FINAL. Perhaps an
> upgrade is in order.

I've upgraded to ooo2 final and, yes, I can now load firefox even when the
plugin is enabled.

One curious thing:  xls and ppt files open up in firefox, but doc files
are always downloaded and openened up in a separate ooo2 instance.  It's
not a problem as I can switch windows, but I wish it worked consistently.


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[users] Re: Re: Internet Connection

[John King]

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:40:24 -0600, Jim Wagner wrote:

> John King wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:37:21 -0600, Jim Wagner wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>I'm using OO 2.0 rc on Mandrake 10.0
>>>
>>>In previous versions of OpenOffice, there was a place to put in the
>>>launcher of my usual browser, in my case, Firefox.
>>>
>>>Among the changes in OO2.0 was to either remove this, or to hide it
>>>somewhere and rename it so looking up "external programs" on Help does
>>>nothing.
>>>
>>>OpenOffice will launch my Konqueror Browser, but unfortunately I have
>>>not been able to make Konqueror display Unicode consistently.
>>>
>>>Anyone know how to make OO talk to Firefox? JimW
>> 
>> 
>> I'm using Firefox on KDE in Suse 9.2.  I set it as the default browser
>> in the KDE control panel, but this didn't seem to make any difference to
>> the way in which OO behaved.
>> 
>> However, I had the same problem getting Evolution using Firefox as the
>> default browser until I found some references on Google to the effect
>> that you have to set Firefox as the default browser in Gnome to do this.
>>  I don't use gnome, but learned that if I issued the commandline
>> command:
>> 
>>  gnome-default-applications-properties
>> 
>> it called up a dialogue in which I could set the default browser to
>>  firefox %s
>> That solved the evolution problem, and apparently did the same for OO,
>> though I've no idea why.
>> 
>> Try it and see.
>> 
>> 
>>
> Just tried it.  Unfortunately, links still come up on Konqueror.
> 
> JimW

Jim

I just set up a new user on my machine, and sure enough clicking on a link
in ooo opened up konqueror.

However, the following sequence set firefox as the browser:

KDE control centre
kde components
component chooser
web browser
Default component
 – in the following browser
firefox

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[users] Re: Internet Connection

[John King]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:37:21 -0600, Jim Wagner wrote:

> I'm using OO 2.0 rc on Mandrake 10.0
> 
> In previous versions of OpenOffice, there was a place to put in the
> launcher of my usual browser, in my case, Firefox.
> 
> Among the changes in OO2.0 was to either remove this, or to hide it
> somewhere and rename it so looking up "external programs" on Help does
> nothing.
> 
> OpenOffice will launch my Konqueror Browser, but unfortunately I have not
> been able to make Konqueror display Unicode consistently.
> 
> Anyone know how to make OO talk to Firefox? JimW

I'm using Firefox on KDE in Suse 9.2.  I set it as the default browser in
the KDE control panel, but this didn't seem to make any difference to the
way in which OO behaved.

However, I had the same problem getting Evolution using Firefox as the
default browser until I found some references on Google to the effect that
you have to set Firefox as the default browser in Gnome to do this.  I
don't use gnome, but learned that if I issued the commandline command:

gnome-default-applications-properties

it called up a dialogue in which I could set the default browser to 
firefox %s
That solved the evolution problem, and apparently did the same for OO,
though I've no idea why.

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[users] rc2 ooo Mozilla plugin breaks Mozilla and Firefox on linux

[John King]

I'm using ooo2 rc2 on Suse 9.2 with Firefox 1.0.7 and Mozilla 1.7.5

I used to have the mozilla plugin working perfectly with ooo 1.9.104.

Since installing ooo2 rc2 I noticed that I could not start either
Firefox or Mozilla.  The bouncing icons would start and then die, and
neither Firefox nor Mozilla would start.  However, I found that if I
disabled the Mozilla plugin in ooo2 Tools-Options-Internet-Mozilla
plugin, I could start both Firefox and Mozilla without a problem.

Can anyone confirm this?

On Windows 2000 with the same applications there is no problem.


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[users] rc2 ooo Mozilla plugin breaks Mozilla and Firefox on linux

[John King]

I'm using ooo2 rc2 on Suse 9.2 with Firefox 1.0.7 and Mozilla 1.7.5

I used to have the mozilla plugin working perfectly with ooo 1.9.104.

Since installing ooo2 rc2 I noticed that I could not start either
Firefox or Mozilla.  The bouncing icons would start and then die, and
neither Firefox nor Mozilla would start.  However, I found that if I
disabled the Mozilla plugin in ooo2 Tools-Options-Internet-Mozilla
plugin, I could start both Firefox and Mozilla without a problem.

Can anyone confirm this?

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[users] Re: Landscape Printing (Linux)

[John King]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:01:32 -0500, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:

> Whenever I "ask" OOo 1.1.4. in its printer setup to print a page or
> selected portion of a page landscape, it comes out portrait nevertheless. 
> I am told that the problem must lie with the Linux (SuSE 9.2)  printer
> set-up, but I have no idea what to look for in order to make the printer
> set-up in Linux respond to the printer set-up for each printing job in
> OOo.
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem?  How did you solve it?

Changing the printer setup in OOo either on Linux (Suse 9.2) or Windows
(2000) with 1.1.5 or 1.9.130 does not effect the way in which my printer -
a Samsung ML6060 - prints an OOo document.  The only way I can get a
single page within a document to print in landscape is to set a page style
'landscape' and apply it to the page after a manual page break.

Perhaps your informants are comparing your setup with MS Word, where
changing the printer setup sometimes changes the page layout from portrait
to landscape.  However, I find in Word this doesn't make any difference to
the output - it still comes out portrait unless I also change the Page
layout separately - similar to applying a different page style in OOo

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[users] Re: Some keyboard commands do not work on Calc

[John King]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:03:14 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:

> Dear All
> 
> Some keyboard commands do not work on Calc, e.g., Control+F2
> ("Function..."). Do you confirm this? (I am using OOo 1.9.125 on Fedora
> Core 4.)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul

Doesn't work for me either, using 1.9.130 on Suse 9.2, tho' I assume that
is because Ctrl-F2 on Suse switches desktops.


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[users] Re: Installing OOo 2.0 Beta2 on SuSe 9.3 Linux

[John King]

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:31:14 -0700, James E. Lang wrote:

> I guess I'm blind. I don't see installation instructions for installing 
> beta2. 
> The readme documentation says that this version can be installed along side 
> of 
> an earlier version and it lists the system requirements but it does not say 
> what to do with the unpacked tarball.

This is how I did it with Suse 9.2 when I realised Suse put the
application in different directories.

Step A Getting rid of the suse installation - you only have to do this
once

 1  Go into Yast - Install software.

2   Search for openoffice.  As you know, 1.9.79 will come up, with a lock.

3   Right click on each of the locked files, and then on delete.  Finally
click on Accept, and let yast get rid of the installation of 1.9.79.

I follow Step B and C for new builds of openoffice
Step B Extraction

1   Use konqueror (if you are on kde, I don't know anything about gnome) to
go to the directory where you downloaded the tar file.  Right click on the
tar file and Open with ark.  Use ark to extract the tar file.

2   You should end up with a subdirectory full of rpms, and one of desktop
integration. Copy the suse menus rpm into the main rpm directory.

Step C Installation with Yast

1   Open yast. Click on Change Source of Installation.  Add the directory
where the rpms have been extracted as an installation source, and go
through the prompts until you come back to the yast main screen.

2   In the yast main screen, click on install software. Put in openoffice,
and it should pick up the new openoffice version.  Click on each of the
files you want to install.  They will all be labelled 1.9.126 or whatever
version number you are installing.  Be careful not to try and install any
of the previous version you have already deleted.

3   Click on accept, and the new version will be installed in the standard
/opt/ hierarchy.

For future installations, you do not have to delete the previous one. 
Simply mark the new one for 'update' with the right click menu at step 2.


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[users] Re: how do I eliminate data conversion

[John King]

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:01:29 +0200, Heinrich Bürgers wrote:

> 
> 
> Dan Lewis wrote:
> 
>> 
>>  Do you first format the columns into which you are inserting data ?
> usally: no
> quick test: preformatting whole spreadsheet as "user-defined" turns out
> in the same mess.
>>  There is a possible second way. Try inserting the data as formatted 
>> text. For example, everything in Column C contains numbers as text.
> when trying to insert as formatted text (rtf) OO will paste everything
> into column A, my tabs for cell-separation will be ignored.
>> Using the Value function, these can be converted to numbers in another 
>> column (Column Q for example). Then set Q2= Value(C2) etc
> 
> check this out:
> Raw Data
> 0.163 0.154   0.163   0.147   0.147   0.146   0.149   0.142   0.147   


If it's any help, I just tried this on 1.9.128 with cells set to 3 decimal
places, and it came out fine with a simple paste.


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[users] Re: UK Thesaurus

[John King]

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:56:18 +0300, Reg Kennedy wrote:

> I would still be grateful for some help. Despite the suggestions so far, I
> still can only use the UK Thesaurus if both the locale and currency are
> Australian and the language is US English. This seems most odd and not
> very helpful! How can I even use the UK dictionary if I have to set the
> language as US English?
> I need to work in UK English  so what do I do? Please help.
> Thanks
> Reg

Reg

I can only partly reproduce your problem if I do a mismatch of language
and the settings in dictionary.lst.

Could you please send me direct, i.e. off list as the list does not accept
attachments, the following files so that I can repeat the tests on your
files:

1   a brief (no more than a few lines) document produced with the
australian/US setting that allows you to use the thesaurus.
2   a similarly brief cocument with all settings on UK locale and English.
3   a similarly brief document with all settings at the default USA
4   a copy of your dictionary.lst files both from
[openoffice installation directory]/share/dict/ooo/
and from your /home/[user]/OpenOffice.org/user/wordbook/ directory if it
exists.

and let me know which version of openoffice you used.

If you need a speedy answer, let me have them by Saturday as I'm off on
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[users] Re: Replacing paragraph with blank

[John King]

On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 20:41:54 -0700, Lionel B Dyck wrote:

> How can I do in Writer what I have done in MS Word? Specifically when I
> import a text file I like to replace single paragraph marks with a single
> blank.
> 
> In word I would do this sequence:
> 
> - replace all ^p^p (2 crlf's or paragraphs) with ## - replace all ^p
> (single crlf or paragraph) with ^s - replace all ## with ^p
> 
> Thanks
> 
> btw. Is there a File Import capability?

I find the macro Iannzfindreplace on

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/

the easiest way to do this and similar find/replace actions.  The
installation instructions need modifying slightly for beta2.

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[users] Re: UK Thesaurus

[John King]

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:12:08 +0300, Reg Kennedy wrote:

> Despite the suggestions so far, I still can only use the UK Thesaurus if
> both the locale and currency are Australian and the language is US
> English. This seems most odd and not very helpful! I need to work in UK
> English  so what do I do? Please help.
> Thanks
> Reg

Very odd.

Could you do this:
1   Set the locale and currency to UK and the language to UK English
2   Copy and paste the contents of your dictionary.lst file into a message
and post it to the list.


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[users] Re: Open Office Installation Directory...?!?

[John King]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:52:19 +0300, Nicolas Papadopoulos wrote:

> I am using Novel Open Office version 1.9.79.2.3 from Suse Linux 9.3 Pro
> 64bit and i cannot find the installation Directory of the Suite to install
> the LpSolver...

I believe when I first installed SuSe 9.2, Openoffice was put in
/usr/local.  You could look there.

However, I would suggest you uninstall 1.9.79 with Yast as the present
beta is some way on from that.  If you install the present beta, either
using the method given or with Yast, you'll have openoffice in the default
hierarchy of /opt, and more people will be able to advise you if you have
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[users] Re: scanning interface on Linux

[John King]

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:07:28 +1000, Dave Barton wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 09:40 +0100, John King wrote:
>> I'm using ooo 1.1.4 on SuSe 9.2 with an HP PSC 2510, but my comments
>> apply to all ooo versions I've tried up to and including 1.9.125.
> 
> I am using SuSE 9.3 with an old Epson 1640SU and currently have 1.9.122
> installed. I know this doesn't help you, but I get a reasonably good range
> of options from "Insert->Picture->Scan->Source..." including a full choice
> of resolutions and preview. Agreed it's not the xsane interface, but I
> find it good enough for normal scanning. However, I do find it odd that
> "Insert->Picture->Scan->Request..." goes straight into scanning without
> offering any options
> 
> 8<-- snip -->8
> 
>> Is there any way of changing the interface to give the same facilities
>> as in other applications?  At the moment I scan at my preferred
>> resolution of 300 into another application and then copy and paste into
>> ooo, but that's a time-consuming workaround that shouldn't be necessary
>> if the interface was better.
> 
> Since our systems are very similar I would suspect that your situation may
> have something to do with the HP drivers.
> 
> I suggest that you file an issue with IssueZilla.
> 
> Dave

Thanks, Dave.  I didn't realise that I was seeing a different interface
than other users.
After updating all the drivers over the weekend, I still get the same
problem.  However, before I file an issue, could you send me off-list a
screenshot of the interface you see when scanning so that I know what I'm
not seeing.

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[users] Re: UK Thesaurus

[John King]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:49:37 +0300, Reg Kennedy wrote:

> I've been using 1.4 and now trying the 2.0 beta. In each it seems I can't
> have the Thesaurus if I want to use UK English. Can anyone help, please?
> Thanks
> Reg

I don't think there is a UK Thesaurus available, but you can get ooo to
use the new US English one.

Close down openoffice, including the quickstarter if you are on Windows.

Find the file dictionary.lst, which is normally (for 2beta) in

[openoffice installation path]/share/dict/ooo

Depending on your operating system, you may have to be logged in as
administrator/root to edit it.

Open the file in an ordinary text editor like notepad on Windows, and look
for the line:

THES en US th_en_US_v2

Copy and paste the line to a blank line in the file.
The alter US to GB, so it reads:

THES en GB th_en_US_v2

Save the file and restart openoffice

In Tools, Options,Language Settings, make sure the languages dialogue box
is all set to UK, and the Writing aids has thesaurus ticked.

You should then be able to use the thesaurus - and it recognizes UK
spellings!

You can vote for Issue 44793 to get it set up automatically.

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[users] scanning interface on Linux

[John King]

I'm using ooo 1.1.4 on SuSe 9.2 with an HP PSC 2510, but my comments
apply to all ooo versions I've tried up to and including 1.9.125.

If I wish to insert an scanned image into other applications (e.g. Gimp,
koffice, digikam), an xsane interface comes up that allows me to set the
resolution on a sliding scale from 75 to 1200 and to carry out a preview
in order to identify the specific section of the image I wish to scan.

However, in openoffice.org all I get is a very limited interface that
gives me a choice of either 75 or 1200 dpi, with nothing in between.  75
is too coarse for most images, and 1200 produces very large files,
besides taking ages to complete.  In addition, if I try to create a
preview, I am informed that my scanner does not offer a preview option,
which is rather odd since I use that option in every other application I
scan into.

The 'device' button correctly identifies the scanner I'm using.

Is there any way of changing the interface to give the same facilities
as in other applications?  At the moment I scan at my preferred
resolution of 300 into another application and then copy and paste into
ooo, but that's a time-consuming workaround that shouldn't be necessary
if the interface was better.

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[users] scanning interface on Linux

[John King]

I hope this doesn't end up as a double post.  The first time I sent it,
I realised it was from a non-subscribed address.

I'm using ooo 1.1.4 on SuSe 9.2 with an HP PSC 2510, but my comments
apply to all ooo versions I've tried up to and including 1.9.125.

If I wish to insert an scanned image into other applications (e.g. Gimp,
koffice, digikam), an xsane interface comes up that allows me to set the
resolution on a sliding scale from 75 to 1200 and to carry out a preview
in order to identify the specific section of the image I wish to scan.

However, in openoffice.org all I get is a very limited interface that
gives me a choice of either 75 or 1200 dpi, with nothing in between.  75
is too coarse for most images, and 1200 produces very large files,
besides taking ages to complete.  In addition, if I try to create a
preview, I am informed that my scanner does not offer a preview option,
which is rather odd since I use that option in every other application I
scan into.

The 'device' button correctly identifies the scanner I'm using.

Is there any way of changing the interface to give the same facilities
as in other applications?  At the moment I scan at my preferred
resolution of 300 into another application and then copy and paste into
ooo, but that's a time-consuming workaround that shouldn't be necessary
if the interface was better.
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[users] Re: Writer won't close (1.9.113 WinXP)

[John King]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:21:53 +0100, David wrote:

> I have been using Writer (1.9.113 on WinXP) all morning. One writer file
> has been open in the background (a poster with several text boxes and
> Fontworks) I began by cutting and pasting from this file, and then left it
> alone for ages.
> Now I can not close the program down. File / Exit does nothing
> File / close ditto
> Alt/F4
> windows close button [x]
> All fail to budge the prog!

Check if you've got any dialogue boxes open.  That would prevent closure. 
Also use the Windows task manager (I think it's called that in XP) to see
what programs are running, and see if you can get any clues.


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[users] Re: search within OO

[John King]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:31:23 +0530, jaco wrote:

> is there a search software which could find strings inside an open office
> document. Microsoft FIND/SEARCH looks into only MS Office docs This lack
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try iannz find files on:

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/


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