Re: [discuss] Re: [authors] IRC talk NEXT Saturday.
Sigrid Kronenberger wrote: The next IRC talk will be NEXT SATURDAY at 8 AM UTC... Since I'm giving the next talk, and Daniel couldn't set up a SSH-tunnel for uploading my presentation, I'll give you an alternative address, where you can find the slides. http://oooauthors.org/de/rc/oooauthors.odp/download I've added a PDF version for those who prefer that: http://oooauthors.org/de/rc/oooauthors.pdf/file_view Times: LA 1 AM Chicago 3 AM Montreal 4 AM London 9 AM Berlin 10 AM Cairo 11 AM Moscow Noon Beijing 4 PM Tokyo5 PM Sydney 6 PM More times: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html Cheers, Daniel. -- /\/`) Leave your mark at OpenOffice.org /\/_/ /\/_/ OOoAuthors: http://oooauthors.org \/_/Knowledge Base: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ / - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here
All, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc is ready for you to download now. It's a release candidate, meaning that it has bugs, and we would like for you to work with us in finding them and reporting them. It's easy and even fun. :-) What's important about 1.1.5rc? It includes numerous bug fixes but just as important includes a filter for OpenDocument files, which is the type that OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the 1.9.x releases create. To download and file bug reports, follow the links below: * OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5rc/index.html * QA Project: http://qa.openoffice.org/ This release candidate arrives simultaneously in 11 languages. More languages will be available as the community creates them. Check with your Native Language Project for more information. It is also available for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. * http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html The OpenOffice.org Team - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] 1.15rc v 2 beta
Probably a stupid question but is 1.1.5 an upgrade of 1.1.4, if so why is it still being developed with 2 so near completion? Jeremy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] 1.15rc v 2 beta
Andrews wrote: Probably a stupid question but is 1.1.5 an upgrade of 1.1.4, if so why is it still being developed with 2 so near completion? 1.1.5 is considered necessary as a bridge for 1.1.x users to attend to a planned migration to 2.0 (uses the new OpenDocument format) when it becomes available. That is, 1.1.5 can read the OpenDocument format. 1.1.5 follows the 1.1.x codeline, and an important item that I did miss from the announcement is that it also includes the security patch that is required for 1.1.4. Regards Jacqueline McNally Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] 1.15rc v 2 beta
Andrew wrote: why is it still being developed with 2 so near completion? a) It is a bug fix of 1.1.4. b) It looks like the 2.0 beta has been knocked back another month or two; c) 1.1.5 was originally scheduled for release in April, or May. [It was also going to be simultaneous with, or after the 2.0 release.] xan jonathon -- Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Newbie question - Installing 1.1.5rc version
I'm currently running 1.1.4 on Windows and Suse Linux. I would like to try the RC version. Any advice on how to install. E.g. - Deinstall 1.1.4 first then install 1.1.5rc. - Simply install 1.1.5rc If I don't deinstall 1.1.4 first, will 1.1.5rc coexist with 1.1.4? Many Thanks - Steve -Original Message- From: Jacqueline McNally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 July 2005 08:37 To: discuss@openoffice.org Subject: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here All, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc is ready for you to download now. It's a release candidate, meaning that it has bugs, and we would like for you to work with us in finding them and reporting them. It's easy and even fun. :-) What's important about 1.1.5rc? It includes numerous bug fixes but just as important includes a filter for OpenDocument files, which is the type that OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the 1.9.x releases create. To download and file bug reports, follow the links below: * OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5rc/index.html * QA Project: http://qa.openoffice.org/ This release candidate arrives simultaneously in 11 languages. More languages will be available as the community creates them. Check with your Native Language Project for more information. It is also available for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. * http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html The OpenOffice.org Team - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Newbie question - Installing 1.1.5rc version
Hi Steve, Yeah, it'll be fine. You can run different versions of OpenOffice.org simultaneously. I have 3 installed in this computer :-) (I have 1.1.4 in English and in Spanish and 1.9.113). Just make sure that it gets installed in a different directory which *should* happen by default. The default directory is probably /opt/openoffice.org1.1.5 or something like that. It doesn't hurt to check. Cheers, Daniel. Steve Higham wrote: I'm currently running 1.1.4 on Windows and Suse Linux. I would like to try the RC version. Any advice on how to install. E.g. - Deinstall 1.1.4 first then install 1.1.5rc. - Simply install 1.1.5rc If I don't deinstall 1.1.4 first, will 1.1.5rc coexist with 1.1.4? Many Thanks - Steve -Original Message- From: Jacqueline McNally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 July 2005 08:37 To: discuss@openoffice.org Subject: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here All, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc is ready for you to download now. It's a release candidate, meaning that it has bugs, and we would like for you to work with us in finding them and reporting them. It's easy and even fun. :-) What's important about 1.1.5rc? It includes numerous bug fixes but just as important includes a filter for OpenDocument files, which is the type that OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the 1.9.x releases create. To download and file bug reports, follow the links below: * OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5rc/index.html * QA Project: http://qa.openoffice.org/ This release candidate arrives simultaneously in 11 languages. More languages will be available as the community creates them. Check with your Native Language Project for more information. It is also available for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. * http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html The OpenOffice.org Team - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- /\/`) Leave your mark at OpenOffice.org /\/_/ /\/_/ OOoAuthors: http://oooauthors.org \/_/Knowledge Base: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ / - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [discuss] Newbie question - Installing 1.1.5rc version
Hi Daniel - Installed fine - Thanks - Steve -Original Message- From: Daniel Carrera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 July 2005 17:45 To: discuss@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [discuss] Newbie question - Installing 1.1.5rc version Hi Steve, Yeah, it'll be fine. You can run different versions of OpenOffice.org simultaneously. I have 3 installed in this computer :-) (I have 1.1.4 in English and in Spanish and 1.9.113). Just make sure that it gets installed in a different directory which *should* happen by default. The default directory is probably /opt/openoffice.org1.1.5 or something like that. It doesn't hurt to check. Cheers, Daniel. Steve Higham wrote: I'm currently running 1.1.4 on Windows and Suse Linux. I would like to try the RC version. Any advice on how to install. E.g. - Deinstall 1.1.4 first then install 1.1.5rc. - Simply install 1.1.5rc If I don't deinstall 1.1.4 first, will 1.1.5rc coexist with 1.1.4? Many Thanks - Steve -Original Message- From: Jacqueline McNally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 July 2005 08:37 To: discuss@openoffice.org Subject: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here All, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc is ready for you to download now. It's a release candidate, meaning that it has bugs, and we would like for you to work with us in finding them and reporting them. It's easy and even fun. :-) What's important about 1.1.5rc? It includes numerous bug fixes but just as important includes a filter for OpenDocument files, which is the type that OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the 1.9.x releases create. To download and file bug reports, follow the links below: * OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5rc/index.html * QA Project: http://qa.openoffice.org/ This release candidate arrives simultaneously in 11 languages. More languages will be available as the community creates them. Check with your Native Language Project for more information. It is also available for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. * http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html The OpenOffice.org Team - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- /\/`) Leave your mark at OpenOffice.org /\/_/ /\/_/ OOoAuthors: http://oooauthors.org \/_/Knowledge Base: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ / - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] What Do New Users Need to Know About OO.o?
Greetings, new article by B. Byfield: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8443 The question is worth asking... OOo is not difficult to learn, but if you approach it expecting it to behave exactly like another office suite, especially MS Office, you are setting yourself up for frustration. Ciao, Marco -- Marco Fiorettimfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 3 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ It isn't easy being a Friday kind of person in a Monday kind of world. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] What Do New Users Need to Know About OO.o?
M. Fioretti wrote: Greetings, new article by B. Byfield: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8443 I found this a bit rich, coming from a Linux magazine. Has the bloke who wrote the article had a good look at other the software running on Linux. Consistent interfaces and useful instructions are not all that easy to find, IME. And as if Linux folks now anything about readable instructions! quote The Limits of On-Line Help Faced with such interface consistencies, users may turn, naturally enough, to the OOo on-line help. However, while improving all the time, it has troubles of its own. Common complaints about the help include: * It doesn't always explain when features are unique to a particular operating system. For instance, because Windows supports the OLE standard while other operating systems do not, the Help contains references to using DDE Links that are unavailable under GNU/Linux. * It mentions features that are unavailable. * It does not mention features that are available. * Its explanations are incomplete, misleading or plain wrong. etc /quote I can point the writer to a thousand Linux instruction documents that are nothing if not absolute obfuscation that do little more than bewilder the reader. Much as I like Linux, its generally appalling documentation gets up my goat. Sorry, I'll stop now before I start ranting. -- Pierre Worrigee, NSW, ,-._|\ / Oz \ \_,--._/ v - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Install on linux
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:16:12 -0400, Alex Janssen wrote: Oliver Braun wrote: Hi Alex, try rpm -e `rpm -qa openofficeorg\*` or rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep openofficeorg` Thanks for the help. I got it installed and it's working. I even figured out installing the menu links. :-) Now I'll know how to uninstall the beta when the stable version is released. Would it be beneficial to include an install/uninstall script named setup for people like me who stumble when when we don't find one? How about a readme file that explains how to install/uninstall for novices? I finally looked in the right place for installation on linux in the online setup guide. I don't know why I didn't see that before. *grin* Thanks again, Alex THe setup guide for 2.0 pretty much covers this. See http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE_draft.pdf Install scripts may also be available. e.g. some of the snapshots builds come with install and unistall scripts. -- Documentation Co-lead Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot! J.H. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here
Jacqueline McNally wrote: All, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc is ready for you to download now. It's a release candidate, meaning that it has bugs, and we would like for you to work with us in finding them and reporting them. It's easy and even fun. :-) What's important about 1.1.5rc? It includes numerous bug fixes but just as important includes a filter for OpenDocument files, which is the type that OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the 1.9.x releases create. To download and file bug reports, follow the links below: * OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5rc/index.html * QA Project: http://qa.openoffice.org/ This release candidate arrives simultaneously in 11 languages. More languages will be available as the community creates them. Check with your Native Language Project for more information. It is also available for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. * http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html The OpenOffice.org Team What? I mean, What happened to the version numbering system? :-) Weren't we just at 1.9.113 or 2.0 Beta? I'm confused. I mean, really confused, now! Alex - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here
Alex Janssen wrote: [snipped 1.1.5rc announcement] What? I mean, What happened to the version numbering system? :-) Weren't we just at 1.9.113 or 2.0 Beta? I'm confused. I mean, really confused, now! Hello Alex 1.1.5 is considered necessary as a bridge for 1.1.x users to attend to a planned migration to 2.0 (uses the new OpenDocument format) when it becomes available. 1.1.5 follows the 1.1.x codeline, and an important item that I did miss from the message is that it includes the security patch that is required for 1.1.4. 1.9.m113 is the 2.0 codeline, and we are considering another beta prior to releasing 2.0 release candidates. Release candidates are considered final but may have some bugs that need to be identified and squashed before becoming a production copy.There may be several iterations of release candidates before the software is considered production. Find out more about versions and bug hunting at http://qa.openoffice.org/ and or join us on dev@qa.openoffice.org to make OpenOffice.org better better best. Regards Jacqueline McNally Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here
El Thu 14 Jul 2005 21:12, Alex Janssen escribió: Jacqueline McNally wrote: All, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc is ready for you to download now. It's a release candidate, meaning that it has bugs, and we would like for you to work with us in finding them and reporting them. It's easy and even fun. :-) What's important about 1.1.5rc? It includes numerous bug fixes but just as important includes a filter for OpenDocument files, which is the type that OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the 1.9.x releases create. To download and file bug reports, follow the links below: * OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5rc/index.html * QA Project: http://qa.openoffice.org/ This release candidate arrives simultaneously in 11 languages. More languages will be available as the community creates them. Check with your Native Language Project for more information. It is also available for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. * http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html The OpenOffice.org Team What? I mean, What happened to the version numbering system? :-) Weren't we just at 1.9.113 or 2.0 Beta? I'm confused. I mean, really confused, now! There are two branches: The old, stable branch: OOo11x has had some bug fixes and incorporation of code to allow it to read (not store) the new OpenDocument format as well as all the others. Many people prefer to stay with the proven, stable branch until the new version proves itself in actual use. Many prefer to just have a version work as expected --especially if you roll out several thousand seats at a time. The new branch: OOo2is where the new version is being developed; in a separate branch from the old, stable branch. Happens all the time in the best of software environments. Richard. +- Alex - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here
Richard/g wrote: El Thu 14 Jul 2005 21:12, Alex Janssen escribió: Jacqueline McNally wrote: All, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5rc is ready for you to download now. I'm confused. I mean, really confused, now! There are two branches: The old, stable branch: OOo11x has had some bug fixes and incorporation of code to allow it to read (not store) the new OpenDocument format as well as all the others. Many people prefer to stay with the proven, stable branch until the new version proves itself in actual use. Many prefer to just have a version work as expected --especially if you roll out several thousand seats at a time. The new branch: OOo2 is where the new version is being developed; in a separate branch from the old, stable branch. Happens all the time in the best of software environments. Richard. All right, I'm all straightened out now. I haven't thought about 1.1.4 since 1.9.87, though. Thanks for the explanation. I'm sure others appreciate it as well. Cheers, Alex - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] OASIS open doc format - a question
Recently I noticed on another list that the 1.4 release of the koffice suite now supports the OASIS open document format (.odt), and out of curiosity I downloaded the source rpm, and built and installed it. Interestingly it reads the OOo .odt files - for the most part, anyway. Embedded graphics tend to disappear and some other things rearrange themselves, In particular page headers and footers can show up in really random places, and in many cases with truly odd point sizes. For instance I had written a technical report with headers and footers in 9 point Arial Bold - various entries in each ... title, page number, dates, release identifier, proprietary marking, etc. They showd up in a frame centered vertically on the page - in sizes ranging from 18 to 96 points. (?!?!?!) I feel like an idiot making a comment here, because I haven't actually read the entire OASIS standard (yet); however, from what I have read I'm wondering whether there is enough implementation freedom (read wiggle room) in the standard for someone to make it a little difficult to switch from one office suite to another. Any views on this one? (I'm NOT trying to start a war, I'm just curious having been involved with other standards bodies in the past.) Anyway, of course it is also possible that the koffice implementation is brand new and still has bugs in it... FWIW I also notice - after taking the time to clean up the doc which I opened (in kword) and saving it under a different file name - that some things also disappear coming back from kword to OOo-writer (although far fewer than in the opposite direction. If this gets straightened out properly (and I'm sure it will), then no wonder M$ is scared silly about the prospect of having an open standard out there... :-) -- William W. Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] as we go sliding down the razor blade of life - Tom Lehrer - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
