[discuss] Re: Intuitive -not!
Paul Temple wrote, [..] Proof? Take spreadsheets. You copy a cell using Control C and then you paste it. In Excel you hit Carriage Return (one click). In OO, you hit Control P (two clicks). And this is intuitive or efficient? Come on, it's taking me 100% more time to do a single action, so it isn't even slightly efficient, and it's hardly intuitive to expect me (a user) to think that a process would require me to do something that is patently inefficient! I don't follow you. In OOo: Click on the cell you want copied. Crtl-C Click on the destination cell. Ctrl-V That's it. Or, this works: Click on the cell you want copied. Crtl-C Click on the destination cell. Hit enter. Perhaps I don't understand what you mean by clicks, especially as you are describing keyboard actions rather than mouse actions. What has Ctrl-P to do with copy/paste? That brings up the print dialog for me. (OOo 3.0.1 in Ubuntu; same in LO 3.3.2 in Windows) [..] -- Bob Long -- - To unsubscribe send email to discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[discuss] Re: How to make OO the standard
RA Brown wrote, [..] How do you propose to make OOo 100% compatible with MSO? The structure of the files is closed so no one but MS has them. Reverse engineering can only do so much. _IF_ MS used a published format that everyone could access then it would be easy to do, but they don't. Andy But haven't Microsoft released specifications for their binary file formats? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313105.aspx Just how accurate, complete or useful that information is, I have no idea. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
[discuss] Video trimming
I tried this: F:\c:\program files\ffmpeg\ffmpeg -i \\mythbox\recordings\names\The Prisoner-2010-09-20,11-30PM- The Girl Who Was Death.mpg -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss 00:09:04 -t 00:59:50 prisoner.mpg (I did it over the network.) The trimming worked, however Media Player Classic would no longer display any video. It played only the audio. MPC did play the original. ProjectX seemed happy to accept the trimmed version. However, VLC played both. Size went from 2.6GB to 1.6GB in this case. Rob - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
[discuss] Re: Video trimming
Peter Junge wrote, Bob, you likely messed up the e-mail address. This one went to the OOo discussion mailing list. Indeed I did mess up. I cancelled the message a few minutes later, but it seems it got through anyway. Sorry about that. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
[discuss] Re: Thought i could help by joining mailing list. I just downloaded the program
On 3/5/2010 4:28 AM, Michael Adams wrote: [..] There seems to be some incongruency here. I see that the email for this list is disc...@openoffice.org. However, I monitor the list through gmane on usenet and the newsgroup name is gmane.comp.openoffice.general. After scanning through the list of available newsgroups containing 'openoffice', the gmane.comp.openoffice.general seems to be the the help/users lists. If this is not it, what one should I be using? http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html explains the purpose of each list and corresponding Newsgroup. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
[discuss] Re: OO Writer
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2010/2/2 kwalsh2004 kwalsh2...@gmail.com: [..] Well, now much helpful, but all I can say is just avoid to use the Microsoft formats as far as possible. Since Microsoft's file formats (except those OOXML things) are not open formats, so it is actually impressing that OpenOffice.org is as compatible with it as it is. I don't have a clue how they did it, but I guess they had to do some reverse engineering to get a clue how it works. So of course it doesn't work for 100%. I thought the Microsoft file formats were now published: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
[discuss] Re: New old Annoyances
Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Twayne, Twayne wrote (18-6-2009 19:41) 1. Desktop: With OO.o, whenever I want the Desktop I have to start at My Documents, drill up, switch todrive C:, then drill down to docs settings, uname, desktop. Few remarks: - Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|General Open/Save dialogs: remove check windows dialog with Desktop in the left pane Interesting. My OOo 3.1 for Windows has: Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|General Open/Save dialogs: Use OpenOffice.org dialogs (as checkbox). [..] 5 Table Boundaries: Should be shown by default. I haven't met a single person yet to doesn't They do. Unless you removed the check at Tools|Options|OOo Writer|Table Default ... I have the main menu item Table with a menu entry (ticked or otherwise) for Table Boundaries. There does not seem to be anything in the Tools|Options area for that. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
[discuss] Re: Remove e-mail address from the web site please
- Original Message - From: Kristofer Åberg kristo...@jansater.se Newsgroups: gmane.comp.openoffice.general To: discuss@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:46 PM Subject: Remove e-mail address from the web site please I was on this mailing list shortly. Though I don't want my e-mail address to be visible on the web site, open for spammers world wide. http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussmsgNo=63680 So please remove this as fast as possible. I thought all people with an interest in computers were aware of these kind of issues. Best wishes, Kristofer -- Jansäter Kommunikation AB Stortorget 19 211 34 Malmö Telefon 040-97 07 80 Mobil 070-555 71 83 Full e-mail quoted for a purpose. But writing to an e-mail list also includes your e-mail address. Not only that, you have voluntarily included your physical address and phone numbers as your signature! -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
[discuss] Re: Typo...
[CC'd to user] Stephen Johnson wrote: The OpenOffice.org website looks professional, however I did find one typographical error on page http://why.openoffice.org/why_sme.html. Under the column heading The no-hassle answer is the following sentence that contains the typo, Behind the scenes, it stores all your valuable data in a format approved by the International Organization for Standarisation - the first software package in the world to meet this exacting standard. Standarisation should, of course, be Standardization (I Googled the International Organization for Standardization to ensure I had the correct spelling). Others seem to have missed that the problem is not just s or z. That is, the word on the site is: Standarisation - it should be either: Standardisation - note the d, or Standardization - if we go for z. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: OO Writer improvement opportunities
[CC:d to user] Jeremy Evan Sundgren wrote: [..] 4. Make dragging and dropping an entire column or row possible in OO calc a reality. Creating a new column, copying, pasting, then deleting the old column is cumbersome. OO calc also won't allow me to insert and shift to the right entire columns for some odd reason. From: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.4.0.html#mozTocId18278 Select one or more columns or rows, or a range of cells, and hold down Alt while moving the selection with the mouse. When the mouse button is released, other cells/columns/rows are moved left or down, to insert the selection. Before this feature, target cells always were overwritten. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Scam
[CC:d to user] JMP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I was currently searching for MS Office 2007 Professional Edition online when I stumbled upon a website at _http://www.officebestdeal.com/?gclid=CNC554DS_pACFQwsOAodZ10hqQ_ This website claims to offer an office suite which can do everything MS Office can but at a fraction of the cost. They show screenshots which looked to me very similar to your excellent openoffice suite but they call their suite Opal Office. Thinking it was different from your suite, I proceeded to purchase it. They offer the down loadable version for $11.95 (which I purchased) or the disk version for $16.00. After purchasing and downloading the program, I was surprised and furious to find out that it was your openoffice.org version 2.3.1 which I could have gotten from your website for FREE. This is not only immoral but it is illegal. I am certain that Sun Micro does not authorize the sale of their free software. Please look into this matter I will do whatever I can to help you shut down this website for getting away with what they are doing, I will also gladly forward you their sale receipt and curiously, they seem to have some sort of affiliation with Google, since I had to create a gmail account in order to purchase their (your) product. Thank you. It's not illegal. Check the licence details: http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Australia's Biggest ISP removes OO from Free Download list
Pierre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [..] [QUOTE] Bigpond have removed OpenOffice, a free Wordprocessor, Spreadsheet etc package, from their Un-metered File Download site because it competes with their new online Bigpond Office product. They are refusing customers requests to update the OpenOffice files because it competes with Bigpond Office. [/QUOTE] Source: Crikey.com.au, online paid subscription newsletter/ Or, from the BigPond site itself: http://files.bigpond.com/ NEW: BIGPOND OFFICE - For Windows users, BigPond Office is BigPond's alternative office suite. All BigPond customers can check it out at the BigPond Office website. BigPond has removed the OpenOffice software downloads for Windows users to support the release of this new product. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Best way to import data...
[CC'd to user] Sam Carleton wrote: I am working on a simple little program to track and manage the orders my son's Boy Scout Troop's fund raiser. The basic idea is that there is going to be a data entry application for entering orders as they are mailed in. Different people will have this stand alone application. Each person will generate his/her own data offline from the main data store. From time to time, each person's data will need to be synced with the main data store. I plan to make this personal data store an XML file and the main data store an OO spreadsheet that will also contain other information such as expenses. What is the best way for my to sync the XML files with the OO spreadsheet? I see three options: I know this is not answering the question, but have you considered using an on-line database to do this? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ [..] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Online version?
[CC:d to user] John Arthur Smith wrote: [..] Also, at one time OO.o was available in a portable version (the whole program could be downloaded to a portable hard drive and used on the hard drive when it was plugged into a computer). Is this - or newer - portable version still available, and if so, where? http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable But it's still version 2.2.1 and not the latest 2.3. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: OpenOffice
[CC:d to user] Russell Boyce wrote: I find open office a truly fantastic package especially when asked to recommend packages for 'slower' systems. One thing I would like to see is the development of a dtp package to fit in with the rest of openoffice. OOo Writer has some desk top publishing features (eg, text frames), depending on what you want to do. Perhaps look at http://www.scribus.net/ for a free multi-platform DTP product. [..] -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Problem converting to Word
[CC:d to user] Tamara Davis wrote: I made a resume and saved it in the 2.3 program. I attach it to emails and no one can open the document and I don't know why. Can you help me please? Presumably because you saved in the standard OpenOffice.org format, which Microsoft Word cannot read (without a plugin). If you wish to save as Microsoft .doc format, do File|Save As... and select Save as type as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc). Perhaps even better, export your document as a PDF file (File|export as PDF...), especially if you don't want people to (easily) edit what you send them. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Deleting a document
[CC:d to user] Beni von Weissenberg wrote: Hello, first thank you for a great product. (Writer). However I would like to have one more feature in the EDIT menu. DELETE with maybe Delete document and its pathname meaning that the document dissapears completely from the hard disk. If you wish to stay inside OOo to delete a document, you can do File|Open and right-click|Delete on the file you want to delete, then Cancel the dialog window. This won't work if you are editing that particular document. Of course a warning that you are deleting, are you sure! Otherwise I have to use the Windows Explorer to find the document in the filetree and deleting it that way. I am using v. 2.3. I could not find a swedish version of the Writer. Is it available? http://sv.openoffice.org/ http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Sv.openoffice.org However, it may be only version 2.2 at this stage. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Can Someone please update this software for U3 drives...
[CC:d to user] Richard Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't know who else to contact, but it said good ideas etc. Can someone update the OpenOffice software so that it can be installed on U3 Smart USB drives? Here is the link I am talking about at SanDisk: http://u3.sandisk.com/download/Download_no.asp Presumably you'd have to contact the U3 people. However, what may be better is: http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable which has OOo 2.2.1 (and many other applications for USB flash drives). -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: bugs and shortcomings in new version
[CC:D to user] Kevin Parent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The biggest bug is with italics. You can CTRL-I to get into italic mode, but you cannot get out of it with that keystroke or even with the mouse button. You're stuck in italics. The only thing you can do is keep typing, and then select the new material and deselect the italic mode (either by key or mouse). As someone who needs to use italics many times in almost every paragraph, this is a real nuisance. This problem Sounds like this known problem, that looks fixed for some future version: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81764 [..] Even more important is the labeling of data in charts. For example, let's say I have a pie chart to show that type A accounts for 65% of the data and type B provides the other 35%. I can make a chart, but the labels '65%' and '35%' can't be shown. (If they can, please tell me how.) Create the pie chart. Double click it (so it has grey borders). Right click|Object properties|Data labels|tick Show value.. as percentage|OK. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at discuss@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is Endnote/Bibliography
joseph jordan keeps asking: WHY ask me? Perhaps because you are subscribed to this mailing list? See below. -- Bob Long - 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] Re: Save As... filetypes
[CC;d to user] Stephen Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am using v2.3 on Windows XP, and I was going to see if OpenOffice worked for what we need in our company as well as Microsoft Office. We make spreadsheets and then import them into AutoCAD, but to do so, we have to save the spreadsheets as Formatted Text (Space delimited) *.prn files. This option is not available in OpenOffice. Have you tried saving as Text CSV? You will be presented with some options, one of which is using a space as a delimiter. We also make notes and specifications that go on AutoCAD drawings, but these must be saved as ASCII DOS Text. When I tried saving it as your Text format, the spacing wouldn't work with AutoCAD. Perhaps you could explain in more detail how the spacing doesn't work. Have you looked at the content of the files? Have you tried saving as Text encoded. That give some other options. If these issues were ever resolved, we might be able to switch over to your software instead. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Question: How to add an invisible format to OpenOfficeWriter?
Schuster Gerhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm Gerhard from www.00easytracker.org. You'll find a dessign scetch of the project here: http://www.ooeasytracker.org/tikiwiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=7 I would like to know how to add an invisilbe format to OpenOffice. See if this help item is what you want. I don't pretend to understand your project or how you want to use this hiddne text! In Writer, Help|Index|Hidden text. You can use fields and sections to hide or display text in your document if a condition is met. etc. [..] -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Email client
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you currently working on an email client? That would be the big thing to getting me completely switched over. There are plenty of good email clients out there that are open source - give them a go and see if they meet your needs. The one most recommended is Thunderbird - www.mozilla.com/*thunderbird* http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ is a less confusing, and valid, link. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Suggestion for Improvement: access to Borders in OpenOffice Write to be made easier
[CC'd to user] sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Just a suggestion: was looking to place a horizontal border line on a page. I'm sure the software has it in there somewhere, but it isn't easy to find. By default, if you typing a minimum of three dashes, then return, a horizontal line will be produced. There or more equals signe will produce a heavy line. More in the help under drawing lines in text. I suggest a borders icon should be on the toolbar (such as there is in the spreadsheet program). Not there. If it was, it would be fab. Without it, still good... Format|Paragraph|Borders. To add the icon to the Formatting Toolbar: Tools|Customize...|Toolbars|Select Formatting Toolbar. If Borders is not there, then Add, Category: Edit, Commands: Borders|Add. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: binding space! Arrghhh
[CC:d to user] Gianluca Brizi wrote: I hate Microsoft Word. I am Writer and I am publishing a book. OpenOffice needs to have the binding space function. I am Italian this function is very important to determine how big the page must be. So the word is: binding space. Thank You, best regards. Gian Luca brizi. I've not actually used it myself, but I imagine that can be done using styles. Set different styles for left and right pages with different margins. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Open Office
[CC'd to user] Harry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unsure if this is the right person to contact, but I am doing some work at my school and I am making an office program. This needs to include A writer, powerpoint , excel, calculator and a drawing tool. Culd you advise me on some software to use to create these applications or where I could view a source code of some applications like these. I somehow doubt you are being asked to write such an office suite as a school exercise. A fully fledged software package takes thousands of manhours to write. As you should know, the OpenOffice.org software already exists. You should be able to find the source code and other information at http://development.openoffice.org/. By the way, what's your connection with www.eccsoftware.co.uk which claims to deliver Good ,Free ,Simple ,Office Software and some basic games.? Hmmm... I see you are the Website Administrator, so please change the unreadable colour combinations! -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Issues for Writer
[CC'd to user] Frank Daversa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm a user of Windows Writer. I have several bugs and an RFE to report. Can you please tell me who to send them to. http://qa.openoffice.org/ http://qa.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectIssues -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Delete dialog
[CC'd to user] Code Monkey wrote: Calc does not delete, but opens a delete dialog box requiring the user to check the little boxes and click again for the delete to execute. [...] It took me an hour online to find that you have, in your infinite wisdom, designated the backspace key as the replacement for the delete key. It took another hour to find a way to fix this screwy feature. This should be (but is not) in your FAQs or in the Calc documentation. It is mentioned in the documentation: Help|Index|type delete|double click cell contents results in: This dialog is also called by pressing Del after the cell cursor has been activated on the sheet. Pressing Backspace deletes content without calling the dialog or changing formats. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Copy and Paste text from a website
[CC'd to user] stephen warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] i Was trying to copy and paste the text contained on this page : http://www.hpfandom.net/eff/viewstory.php?sid=10693i=1 and it invariably stopped here : YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY WILL TURN ON YOU QUITE QUICKLY IF YOU DO ANYTHING OR ACT IN ANY MANNER THEY DO NOT FEEL IS RIGHT FOR A GRYFFINDO towards the end , when i tried to copy the last remnants of the text it would not take them , i finally ended up pasting it to notepad then pasting it from there to my OO document , and it went through . I am using Windows XP from emachines , OpenOffice 2.0 without updates unless it does them automatically , and the text was being copied from Mozilla FireFox 1.0.7 having fixed the issue by myself i just wished to make you aware of its existence , thanks for a great product . For what it's worth, I did right click select all (in IE and Firefox 1.5), the copy, then in OOo (2.0.2) clicked on the paste icon. Everything pasted in ok. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: QUESTION W/CALC
[CC:d to user] Connie Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Two issues I have found using the Calc program. 1. When highlighting a cell, if you sort the data after highlighting, the highlight will not follow the original contents of the cell. Sorry, I don't understand that. Perhaps you could explain in more detail what you are doing. 2. I cannot enter data into a block of cells in one swoop. In Excel, you can highlight a block of cells, type your data and do a control enter to enter the same data into all the cells. Although different, this may achieve what you want: Enter your data in the first cell. Highlight the cells in the column you want to fill. Do Edit|Fill|Down. There are similar options for filling to the right, etc. Or, you can enter a value into a cell, then click and drag the bottom right handle of the cell to fill the column or row you drag. Hold the control key down to prevent automatic incrementing the values. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: trying to open it.
[CC:'d to user] In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Emm nelson-white [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: I have open office on my computer aat home and i did some school work on it and then saved it to my flash disk so i could put it on the school computer. It will not open the document and at school they have Mac computers and the have word on them which is all i needed really so is there any way i can so how open my school work on the computers at school without downloading open office? Save the document in the Microsoft Word/97/2000/XP format. Use File|Save as... and choose it from the drop down file type option. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] National Archives (Australia) readies move to OpenDocument
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=954149621eid=-6787 The Digital Preservation team at the National Archives is looking to migrate its Xena preservation software to the new OpenDocument format with the next release of the software, in turn being the first Australian government agency to do so. The National Archives has been involved in drafting the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) format, working closely with the OASIS standards group in submitting code for the new file format. ... -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: OPENOFFICE CALC
In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Daniel Carrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: [..] So, what should we pick in the context of a spread sheet? I think that a spread sheet should err on the side of caution and not magically hide things that are likely to be user error. So I think that 0^0 should give an error so the user can at least see it. As the value of 0^0 seems to depend on context to some extent (either 1 or undefined), perhaps it should be an option in Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org Calc.|Calculate. Something like a checkbox saying Define 0^0=1, else undefined. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: a suggestion for future consideration
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Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
Hi. One day if you want {assuming you haven't added already}...
Some people might would like to be able to convert their
entire website into a pdf file. For Copyrighting. Adobe has
it but it's crippled. It only includes the pages that are linked
from the homepage.
Maybe it's too hard to do, for anybody.
As you appear to be using Windows, you could install, for example, the free
PDFCreator (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/). It will allow you
to print from just about any application that can print, and create a PDF
document. So that includes from a Web browser; you'd need to print a page at
a time, though.
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[discuss] Re: no =sum(above) function?
[CC'd to Paul] In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul_B [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:42:05 -0800, Paul Hubert wrote: Recently, I tried =sum(above) in a currency Write table only to find the function was apparently unavailable. The table had two repeating heading rows. Also, I tried using =sum(first-cell-in-range:last-cell-in-range) [I believe it was e3:e33 or somesuch] and that would only return a syntax error without indicating where the error was. Again, MS Word had no problems using exactly the same syntax. I checked out HELP but it didn't appear that there was any problem WITH my syntax! The only thing I could think of was that perhaps not every cell in the column was defined with numeric type Currency or that OO Write was having a problem with the repeating heading rows or that FUNCTIONS in OO Write tables had not been tested adequately, with, perhaps, more attention being paid to Calc (although I would have expected that the underlying code for Calc and Write Tables might have been shared...). I'm no expert, but Write and Calc tables appear to be two completely different entities. When you create a Write table you should get a floating Table toolbar containing the Sum function. Clicking that after you have some data entered will bring up the likes of =sum(A2|A3|A4|A5) which is some very cumbersome formatting. Yes, but the format: =sum(A2:A5) will work, as well. It's just that clicking the toolbar sum icon includes the long version. Another way to add formulas to a Writer table is to type the equals sign (=) or F2 key, and that will open a formula bar with a f(x) icon and a drop down list of formulas. Pick a formula and use the mouse to drag over the relevant areas. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Can't print to PDF.
[CC'd to user] In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Cherie Jo Patenaude [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: When I select the print dialog box. I can select the Acrobat PDF printer and the print to file option, but the Ok box is grey. Any ideas? It seems that you may also have some seperate Adobe product installed that implements PDF creation using a print driver. I presume that that method would write to a file by default, so there is thus no need to select a print to file option. But anyway, OOo does not use a print driver method. Use File|Export as PDF... -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Is the future StarOffice 5.2?
In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Alexandro Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: One of the periods that wasn't that clear for me in the story of OOo is when StarOffice 5.2 divided into 2 different branches OOo and SO. What puzzle me is the stage in which OOo was releasted. I forgot how advanced StarOffice was until looking into my CD archieves I found a copy of the SO program. Practically vanished from the net, SO left no trace, no screenshots and no memory of what it used to have. I still use SO 5.2 for its calendar functions with e-mail reminders etc. Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Office is broken...
[CC'd to user] In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Nun-Ya Damn Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: It would appear that I am having a problem accessing a feature in your suite: write, to clarify; AutoCorrect, to be precise. This feature, which worked quite well prior to the 2.0 release, allowed me to add various misspelt words and the corrected counterpart, such that it would aid my writing. Now however, this feature has disappeared. I have removed the newly installed version and re-installed Office, as suggested by forums but the AutoCorrect feature is not there. Currently, there are four choices (functions) listed: Tools - Auto Correct: Options, Custom Quotes, Exceptions Word Completion. Not sure this helps (as you say you are using Linux), but in the Windows version (OOo 2.0 - not 2.0.1) the options are: Tools - Auto Correct: Options, Custom Quotes, Exceptions, Word Completion *and* Replace, which I think is the one you are looking for. Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Interesting news: Microsoft to standardize Office formats
In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Louis Suarez-Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: Interesting news indeed. http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1012_3-5965443.html OOo 2 has a Save as... as Microsoft Word 2003 XML (.xml) option. Is this the same as what is being offered by MS for standardisation (called Microsoft Office Open XML)? Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Is this a function of Open Office.
[CC;d to user] In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Fiddlesticks Gifts [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: Please help me to understand if the is a limitatioan of open office or am I not understanding how to do the task. I opened a large TIFF file in Open Office (DRAW). It is 55,699 KB. I didn't make any changes to it. I just tried to resave it as a TIFF file. So I exported it as a TIFF file. However, now it is only 5173 KB . Does Open Office automatically compress or resize the file? Is there a way to turn that function off? It would help to know just what you are trying to achieve. Draw is primarily a vector graphics editor, not a raster image (which a TIFF is) editor. Draw can import images, of course. When you do an export of a Draw document to an image file (TIFF being one option) it is exporting an image representation of the whole *drawing*, not just the image you imported. If you want to specifically manipulate just the image itself, use an image editing program (of which there are many, but one is not included in OOo). -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Deal breaker
[CC'd to user] In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Ren [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: I just found something that, to me, is a deal breaker. I had Calc open and attempted to load a file with the extension of .txt into it. Instead of opening the file in Calc, Writer popped up with the .txt file loaded. This is completely unacceptable behavior. I use Excel all the time at work and I really want it to work the same way. I presume the content of the file is actually something like comma delimited files? If so, you could change the file name to *.csv and tell Windows to open those files in OOo. Or, with OOo open, which seems to be the way you describe your usage above, do: File|Open|Files of type... Text CSV (*.txt; *.csv) [about half way down the list]. You'll then be prompted for the field separator options. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: C/P
[CC'd to user] In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Bryan J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: I have noticed that when copying and pasting text and various other things there is an annoying border type box around everything. I would really like if OpenOffice wouldn't do that and it would just paste like normal programs usually do. (e.x. No box - Just what you copied) That is probably because you pasted some sort of formatted text. If you want just plain text to be pasted, try Edit|Paste Special|Unformatted Text. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
