Re: [discuss] hun-spell ? not funny
On Monday 19 March 2007, + open officecanada wrote: Hi folks, I am a Canadian speaking and writing 4 languages and upon trying to install a german language pack I realised that parts of it got called hun-spell. I wonder who the idiot was who came up with hun-spell for the german language pack in the first place. I guess its the same type of narrow minded jackass who came up with freedom-fries. Really guys, this is one blatant and frightening piece of ignorance that does not fit a opensource project like openoffice. Until corrected to something like ger-spell I shall refuse to use open office nor will I recommend it! Regards I also suggest that you contact the following groups/projects: navigator / all seamen french fries / all francho-phones paddy wagons / Irish email / all females in the world master-slave architectures / ancient slave traders Please grab a hold of yourself and give yourself a good shake. The hun in hunspell has absolutely no relevance to anything German - and if it did do you not think that the fact that Openoffice.org (which is very generously sponsored by Sun of several teams of engineers mostly based in GERMANY) would have accepted it ? Now please, move on. And think of something useful to spend your time at. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Windows Vista Support ?
On Friday 16 February 2007, + Alan Sun wrote: When will there be an available version of Open Office supporting the new Windows Vista? Will there be a version 2 or will it be a version 3 with new features and Vista support? I hope it will be out soon to the public. OpenOffice.org 2.x already runs on Vista. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Help me
On Tue December 5 2006 18:47, + Mauro Sevega wrote: [ MODERATED ] Hello! I develop in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 There are ocx or dll of OpenOffice to connect to VB6? As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Tue December 5 2006 21:09, Mathias Bauer wrote: Mauro Sevega wrote: Hello! I develop in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 There are ocx or dll of OpenOffice to connect to VB6? You can directly use the OOo API from VB. For an example and some documentation see http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/ProfUNO/ProfUNO.xhtml Look for chapter 3.4.3.5 Automation Bridge. An example can be seen in the sub chapter A Quick Tour. For further question please use the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Add semantic, comparative dictionary for 25+ indian languages to open office
On Wed November 29 2006 14:03, + kalyan97 wrote: http://kalyan97.googlepages.com/indicfamilyoflanguages This online dictionary in over 3000 pages may be of interest, covering over 25 ancient languages of india. It can be incorporated as part of openoffice. Sorry I know nothing of the languages of India. However I think that Gujarati and Hindi are current languages(maybe also Punjabi ?). If so these projects be be able to help you : http://gu.openoffice.org/ http://hi.openoffice.org/ http://pa.openoffice.org/ You may also find others at http://native-lang.openoffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Ben Franklin's Secrets For Success
On Sat December 2 2006 10:56, Terry wrote: How did THIS get past the moderator? By mistake. Apologies. -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Error in selecting currency
On Thu November 30 2006 19:45, + Metin Akbil wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello, First, I would like to congratulate the development team of OpenOffice. There is an issue with selecting the currency to use in the options. There are several items refering to a Kurdish Lira in Turkey, this is wrong. In Turkey, the only currency in use is the Turkish Lira (old) or the new Turkish Lira (YTL). Kurdish currency may be in use somewhere else but not in Turkey. You may verify this information using various sites for exchange rates of official currencies of countries. Please correct this mistake as soon as possible in an otherwise excellent product. Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] .wpd documents
On Fri November 24 2006 13:42, + Robert Manter wrote: [ MODERATED ] How do I get writer to properly open SoftKey International Winword documents saved in .wpd, especially password protected? This was a word processing program in 1994. It currently opens with a couple of lines of symbols instead of English format. Thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Possibly if you could get the password removed from these files then they may open directly in OpenOffice.org. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] The best way to answer questions on this list
Hi all, I'd like to remind everyone of a few simple points which may help new users get the most out of our answers: 1) For many new users they are not always the most comfortable at using the internet nor email 2) Many will not even know that discuss@openoffice.org is a mailing list, nor even how a mailing list works 3) So we need to be patient and polite in our responses 4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a Delivered-to: moderator header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus they would otherwise not see our responses. 5) For FAQs we should redirect the users to the appropriate web pages at http://user-faq.openoffice.org or http://documentation.openoffice.org 6) For development related email we should redirect the users email advising them to subscribe to the mailing list to dev@the-appropriate-project.openoffice.org 7) Ignore trolls i.e. those with the na-na MSWord is better than OOo and always will be! attribute or similar as they serve no useful purpose 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ? That is easy : there is a field in every email on this list called Delivered-to. For subscribed users it will show your email address. For unsubscribed users, there will be two Delievered-to fields, the one as described above, and a second one with the value moderator. Any email delivered to the moderator and then to the list, means that the email was from an unsubscribed user and therefore you should try to CC: that user. Many people use their email tool to filter the users@ emails so that those with the field Delivered-to with a value of moderator get flagged to indicate that they should be treated specially. Regards -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OpenOffice Impress: select slides under previous mode, the copy button is not automatically enabled
Hi Qiyao, As mentioned to you before the discuss@openoffice.org mailing list is not for reporting bugs. Most of the OpenOffice.org developers do not even read this mailing list. Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. Thanks, CPH On Fri November 10 2006 06:49, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenOffice 2.0.1 Chinese Traditional Characters Intel-based IBM-compatibled PC, Windows XP Open the preview mode. Select one or more slides. The copy button in the toolbar is not automatically enabled. Right-clicking the mouse allows you to select copy. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org-2.0
On Sun November 5 2006 14:30, + Darcy Larangeira wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello! I am Linux (debia sarge 3.1) and at the moment I tried to upgrade my Openoffice to Openoffice.org 2.0 but I haven't been able to perferm it. I'd like to get some cues about it. If I downloading it wrongly etc. Wating for some hints I thank in advance. What is your exact problem ? Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] A thought
On Fri November 10 2006 14:02, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I run a local computer shop and we are working on our website. We know that some sites do partnerships so that basically you advertise that you use certain products or work with certain companies. Since I have found out about Open Office I have told everyone I know about your great product that is not only free, it is also better than MS Office. The reason I tell them it is better is because MS has been taking things out of there Office program it seems in the last couple versions, I no longer feel like I have as much control over what I am trying to make or do, which is why I made the switch. So I have said all that to say this. Would you be opposed to us Putting a link on our site to your site , Like a Open Office logo or something like that. Of course not - we are happy to have others help us promote this great project. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Recent Survey Answers
On Wed October 11 2006 06:44, + Daniel Drake wrote: [ MODERATED ] After responding to the registration survey (about 20 minutes), I jumped into the site only to be very surprised at how much better it is from what I remember. Many of the suggestions I made were already implemented -- thats when I realized I haven't been doing follow up visits to the site. If I can always gain in some way I'll spend my time visiting and supporting the site. Thank you There are several areas you can help in. I would recommend the QA project http://qa.openoffice.org as help is always needed to help the developers reproduce bugs. -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] The best way to answer questions on this list
Hi all, I'd like to remind everyone of a few simple points which may help new users get the most out of our answers: 1) For many new users they are not always the most comfortable at using the internet nor email 2) Many will not even know that discuss@openoffice.org is a mailing list, nor even how a mailing list works 3) So we need to be patient and polite in our responses 4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a Delivered-to: moderator header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus they would otherwise not see our responses. 5) For FAQs we should redirect the users to the appropriate web pages at http://user-faq.openoffice.org or http://documentation.openoffice.org 6) For development related email we should redirect the users email advising them to subscribe to the mailing list to dev@the-appropriate-project.openoffice.org 7) Ignore trolls i.e. those with the na-na MSWord is better than OOo and always will be! attribute or similar as they serve no useful purpose 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ? That is easy : there is a field in every email on this list called Delivered-to. For subscribed users it will show your email address. For unsubscribed users, there will be two Delievered-to fields, the one as described above, and a second one with the value moderator. Any email delivered to the moderator and then to the list, means that the email was from an unsubscribed user and therefore you should try to CC: that user. Many people use their email tool to filter the users@ emails so that those with the field Delivered-to with a value of moderator get flagged to indicate that they should be treated specially. Regards -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] The best way to answer questions on this list
Hi all, I'd like to remind everyone of a few simple points which may help new users get the most out of our answers: 1) For many new users they are not always the most comfortable at using the internet nor email 2) Many will not even know that discuss@openoffice.org is a mailing list, nor even how a mailing list works 3) So we need to be patient and polite in our responses 4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a Delivered-to: moderator header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus they would otherwise not see our responses. 5) For FAQs we should redirect the users to the appropriate web pages at http://user-faq.openoffice.org or http://documentation.openoffice.org 6) For development related email we should redirect the users email advising them to subscribe to the mailing list to dev@the-appropriate-project.openoffice.org 7) Ignore trolls i.e. those with the na-na MSWord is better than OOo and always will be! attribute or similar as they serve no useful purpose 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ? That is easy : there is a field in every email on this list called Delivered-to. For subscribed users it will show your email address. For unsubscribed users, there will be two Delievered-to fields, the one as described above, and a second one with the value moderator. Any email delivered to the moderator and then to the list, means that the email was from an unsubscribed user and therefore you should try to CC: that user. Many people use their email tool to filter the users@ emails so that those with the field Delivered-to with a value of moderator get flagged to indicate that they should be treated specially. Regards -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] The best way to answer questions on this list
Hi all, I'd like to remind everyone of a few simple points which may help new users get the most out of our answers: 1) For many new users they are not always the most comfortable at using the internet nor email 2) Many will not even know that discuss@openoffice.org is a mailing list, nor even how a mailing list works 3) So we need to be patient and polite in our responses 4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a Delivered-to: moderator header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus they would otherwise not see our responses. 5) For FAQs we should redirect the users to the appropriate web pages at http://user-faq.openoffice.org or http://documentation.openoffice.org 6) For development related email we should redirect the users email advising them to subscribe to the mailing list to dev@the-appropriate-project.openoffice.org 7) Ignore trolls i.e. those with the na-na MSWord is better than OOo and always will be! attribute or similar as they serve no useful purpose 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ? That is easy : there is a field in every email on this list called Delivered-to. For subscribed users it will show your email address. For unsubscribed users, there will be two Delievered-to fields, the one as described above, and a second one with the value moderator. Any email delivered to the moderator and then to the list, means that the email was from an unsubscribed user and therefore you should try to CC: that user. Many people use their email tool to filter the users@ emails so that those with the field Delivered-to with a value of moderator get flagged to indicate that they should be treated specially. Regards -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] The best way to answer questions on this list
Hi all, I'd like to remind everyone of a few simple points which may help new users get the most out of our answers: 1) For many new users they are not always the most comfortable at using the internet nor email 2) Many will not even know that discuss@openoffice.org is a mailing list, nor even how a mailing list works 3) So we need to be patient and polite in our responses 4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a Delivered-to: moderator header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus they would otherwise not see our responses. 5) For FAQs we should redirect the users to the appropriate web pages at http://user-faq.openoffice.org or http://documentation.openoffice.org 6) For development related email we should redirect the users email advising them to subscribe to the mailing list to dev@the-appropriate-project.openoffice.org 7) Ignore trolls i.e. those with the na-na MSWord is better than OOo and always will be! attribute or similar as they serve no useful purpose 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ? That is easy : there is a field in every email on this list called Delivered-to. For subscribed users it will show your email address. For unsubscribed users, there will be two Delievered-to fields, the one as described above, and a second one with the value moderator. Any email delivered to the moderator and then to the list, means that the email was from an unsubscribed user and therefore you should try to CC: that user. Many people use their email tool to filter the users@ emails so that those with the field Delivered-to with a value of moderator get flagged to indicate that they should be treated specially. Regards -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Software for minutes of meeting
On Sat June 24 2006 21:54, + Clive de Salis wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Dear Sir Can OpenOffice think about providing a specific software for minutes of meetings (these would export to pdf - but not bother with MS Word conversion) ? The present problem is when you create a table for the minute number, the text of the minute and the actions column - It is the actions column that doesn't work. You have to keep pressing return until you line up with the text and then write the name of the person who is going to take the action. If you edit the minutes then you have to check that the action-names still line up correctly. If you cut and paste minutes then you really get into difficulties with the action column not lining up. Hi Clive, It is really not clear from the above (for those of us who do not do meeting minutes) what you problem is exactly. If you use a table with two columns ( Minute no, and Details ), and in the details column you enter some general text about the minute. Then insert in that cell a new table with 2 columns ( Action Id, and Action person). Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Project?
On Sat June 24 2006 02:02, + Steve Duddy wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi Before I shell my hard earned to Microsoft on another upgrade to MS Project, can you tell me if Open Office intends to add a Project style module to the suite in the near future? Hi Steve, As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sat June 24 2006 19:53, Adrian Try wrote: Before I shell my hard earned to Microsoft on another upgrade to MS Project, can you tell me if Open Office intends to add a Project style module to the suite in the near future? There are several open source project management tools in Linux. One of these, Imemdio Planner, seems to have a Windows version called WinPlanner. Have a look at these sites: http://developer.imendio.com/wiki/Planner/Windows http://winplanner.sourceforge.net/ I haven't used the Windows version, and I'm not sure how it compares with MS Project, or whether it meets your needs, but it might be worth looking at. The article at this site http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/09/2111251from=rss indicates that if you are familiar with MS Project, you should be able to use Planner fairly easily. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Possibility of OO Writer's HTML editor integration into our application
On Wed June 7 2006 14:09, + Andrij Orel wrote: Greetings, Our team is developing the Novell GroupWise client for Linux. We are considering the possibility of integrating the OpenOffice Writer's HTML editor into our application as our HTML editor. Do you provide the possibility to integrate the OpenOffice Writer's HTML editor into Java applications? If it's possible, please provide us with (detailed) information about it. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thu June 8 2006 11:04, Stephan Wunderlich wrote: you could take a look at the officebean to embedd OOo into your java Application. The SDK ( http://api.openoffice.org/SDK/index.html ) contains a sample that shows how to use it. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Idea: Selections of password protected text
On Thu June 8 2006 07:14, + Mark Dewey wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello, I would like to suggest an idea. My idea is to make it so one can password protect selected text within a document while leaving the rest viewable without a password (maybe give the option to use the same password for each selection, or different passwords, depending on preference). [snip] As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thu June 8 2006 12:13, Cor Nouws wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know that you can insert, hide and passwordprotect sections in Writer? Maybe those help you quite a bit? Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Why is there no easy way to display the calculated equation when using linear regression?
On Tue May 23 2006 15:53, + Lea Hildebrandt Rossander wrote: Hello I am using OpenOffice Calc. 2.0 to make linear regressions of my scientific data, and was stunned when I discovered that there is no easy way to see the actual equation that the program calculates for the data. Even though there is a nice line drawn on the plot of my data, the equation is hidden somewhere in the software, and I have to make several other calculations (with, for example linest()) to get the konstants that I am looking for... It seems to me that this is a serious flaw in the programming, because if the program has drawn a line, the equation must be there somewhere, but I am not allowed to see it..? Another thing I miss is a calculation of the Chi², which is very important when determining whether a fit is usable or not. These lacks are the reason that I will no longer use the program, as even my calculator can do better than that. It would be great if these errors (as I see it) were corrected, because I support opensource and would like to use your program with my linux system. Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Help needed
On Thu May 25 2006 03:29, + Edgar Rout wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi I am in trouble while using OO writer open Office crashed and Document Recovery opened with the instruction to Press start recovery I am unable toaccess Start Recovery, even shrinking the task bar does not expose the button ... can you help? There is normally a shotcut you can use to move the window which should expose the button. Also note that the tab button will bring you to the next buttons, but I cannot remember which ones come next. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OOo 2.02 (German)
On Fri May 26 2006 12:13, + Dipl.-Ing. Werner Niemz wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi, I would like to backup the configuration data using e. g. Ascomps Backup Maker. It issues the message, UserProfile.xcu cannot be backed up - is probably in use. I don't see any active OOo 2 task. What happened? Did you forget to issue a dequeue for this file at the end of your last action? The quickstarter application ( in the system tray) may still be running. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Feature Idea!
On Thu May 18 2006 01:54, + Rosana Mayer-Conroy wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello! I really love Open Office. What you've done to improve upon word processors (I've only used Word before) what Firefox did for Internet Explorer. One feature that I really find helpful with Firefox is the ability to search the text on the page for a certain word or phrase, by pressing the / key. It would be absolutely wonderful if a similar feature was added to OpenOffice. It may already be there; I just recently started using OpenOffice, so I'm not familiar with many of its unique features. What happens if you want to insert a / character in your text ? Anyway it is already there by using Ctrl + F. Also you can configure all of your keys to functions in Tools - Configure - Keyboard. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] TOC hyperlink doesn't work with entry mm.dd at beginning.
On Tue May 16 2006 20:38, Cook, Timothy wrote: Bug or intended behavior? I use OOo to maintain an electronic software engineering notebook. I've tried using the format mm.dd (Apr 5 = 04.05) with TOC hyperlink. For some reason the hyperlink doesn't like the '.'. If I replace the '.' with '/' or '-', the TOC hyperlink works fine. I've attached a simplistic .doc demonstrating the issue. Hi Tim, Are you using 2.0.2 ? If so, then it sounds like a bug. Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] RFE
On Mon May 15 2006 17:25, + Mats Broberg wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello, I'm a professional typesetter and graphic designer and have recently discovered OOo Writer. Quite impressive achievement so far! Would you be interested in hearing my comments and ideas for improvement? I'm not a programmer so I can't help you there, but with decades of experiece from typesetting I'd be delighted to share some thoughts. Hi Mats, Yes we would. You probably also want to subscribe to this mailing list to see replies. You can subscribe to this list by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and reply to the confirmation request email. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Memory usage and characters
On Thu May 11 2006 11:17, + Henk Ursinus wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** When I start up Openoffice Calc or Writer I see in Task Manager that soffice.bin consumes about 40k memory. When I type numeric characters in the new document I hardly see any change in memory usage. However as soon as I start to type alphabetic characters I see the memory usage increase to a triple - about 110k. What is the reason for this? A memory usage of Openoffice around 50k is acceptable, but the huge increase almost makes it impossible to use it on low-memory machines. Is it a bug or do I have to get used to it and accept it? In spite of this problem I love the application, its compact files, its various format support and the user-friendliness As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sun May 14 2006 20:15, Mathias Bauer wrote: Oliver Braun wrote: my wild guess would be spell-checker gets loaded, but I could be wrong. That could be verified by switching off auto spell-check and doing the test once again. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OpenOffice - Draw
On Mon May 8 2006 06:06, + Luca Pasqualini wrote: [ MODERATED ] Non conosco bene l'inglese perciò ho tradotto dall'italiano con google. OpenOffice è eccezionale. Sono rimasto colpito soprattutto dal Draw che risulta molto completo. Ma per poter competere veramente con altri programmi di grafica vettoriale, a mio avviso, mancano due cose fondamentali: 1. La possibilità di zoommare e soprattutto spostarsi nell'area del disegno usando il tasto e la rotella centrale (come per l'Autocad); 2. La possibilità di rotazione dei riempimenti. Per il resto è grandioso, veramente complimenti! This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own language then please have a look at http://it.openoffice.org - Mailing list or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] MacIntel User
On Fri May 5 2006 01:29, + William Charlton wrote: Hello, I am a MacBook Pro user and would like to try OpenOffice.Org. What must I do? Read the doc at : http://eric.bachard.free.fr/mac/HowTo2.0/Howto_OOo_2.0_MacOSX_english.pdf And download OpenOffice.org from : ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/2.0.2rc4 Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Visual Basic in OpenOffice.Calc
On Thu May 4 2006 16:50, + Vitaliy V. Dubil' wrote: Hello! Can you advice me where I can download examples of using Visual Basic in OpenOffice.Calc VBA cannot yet be used directly in Calc, but I think engineers from Novell are working on this. However you can have a look at Starbasic macrois which are quite similar. have a look at the documents and examples on http://api.openoffice.org. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OOo: Patch
On Mon May 1 2006 20:23, + Andrew Sharpless wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I use S.O., and have done since 5.0 (on OS/2, actually). Now, I have a big problem, though -- with S.O.-8. This [http://www.openoffice.org/product/] praises O.O., saying that Beta testing was by many. Despite all that testing, S.O. was launched on disc with a very long list of stupid errors. How can you reconcile these two facts?! The patch is so very long that this situation warrants a re-release also -- on CD! I would certainly like this to happen. Hi Andrew, This list is really for OpenOffice.org questions or discussions. You can of course download it for free or get your patch for free from Sun for SO. Also if you would like to make this product better, then please have a look ah http://openoffice.org - contribute Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] probleme en francais
On Sun April 30 2006 20:54, + gan mo wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** salut a tous, j'ai un probleme comun sur openoffice writer, tres enervant, j'ai enregistrer un fichier sur un autre et je veux retrouver cet ancien fichier, cela est-il possible ? depuis je n'ai pas fait d'autres sauvegardes dessus... y a t il un moyen... aidez moi.. repondez moi des que vous le pouvez SVP.. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon May 1 2006 09:49, Sophie Gautier wrote: Please subscribe to the French speaking mailing list, this list is English only. To subscribe, go to this page http://fr.openoffice.org/contact-forums.html and click on the users link. Merci de bien vouloir t'inscrire sur la liste francophone, cette liste étant uniquement anglaise. Pour t'inscrire, rends toi sur cette page http://fr.openoffice.org/contact-forums.html et clique sur le lien de la liste utilisateurs. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] The best way to answer questions on this list
Hi all, I'd like to remind everyone of a few simple points which may help new users get the most out of our answers: 1) For many new users they are not always the most comfortable at using the internet nor email 2) Many will not even know that discuss@openoffice.org is a mailing list, nor even how a mailing list works 3) So we need to be patient and polite in our responses 4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a Delivered-to: moderator header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus they would otherwise not see our responses. 5) For FAQs we should redirect the users to the appropriate web pages at http://user-faq.openoffice.org or http://documentation.openoffice.org 6) For development related email we should redirect the users email advising them to subscribe to the mailing list to dev@the-appropriate-project.openoffice.org 7) Ignore trolls i.e. those with the na-na MSWord is better than OOo and always will be! attribute or similar as they serve no useful purpose 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ? That is easy : there is a field in every email on this list called Delivered-to. For subscribed users it will show your email address. For unsubscribed users, there will be two Delievered-to fields, the one as described above, and a second one with the value moderator. Any email delivered to the moderator and then to the list, means that the email was from an unsubscribed user and therefore you should try to CC: that user. Many people use their email tool to filter the users@ emails so that those with the field Delivered-to with a value of moderator get flagged to indicate that they should be treated specially. Regards -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Lotus WordPro import to WRITER
On Fri April 21 2006 16:53, + thhealy wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello, I understand that a filter is being made to import Lotus WordPro documents into Writer. How can I learn when this might be available as I would like to move our non-profit organization out of Lotus and into OO? Thanks! Rev. Tom Healy Hi Tom, Download OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 from http://openoffice.org as WordPro is support in this version. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Mail Client !!!
On Sun April 23 2006 18:10, Jozef Peterka wrote: thanx for understanding :) u r possibly the only one ... I use an alternative, Kontact PIM/Kmail and I am really satisfited with it Hope one day OOo will come whit its own alternative ;) Jozef, I also use Kontact and am more than satisfied with it. I do not need any more integration with OOo (that I can think of at this time). I'd really prefer any OOo developers to concentrate on already committed features, bug fixes and improving the speed and memory usage. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Scripting OO with Quickeys 2?
On Mon April 17 2006 22:03, RBL wrote: Anyone know the incantation to get Quickeys to recognize OpenOffice? Apparently OpenOffice doesn't put itself on whatever task list Quickeys is using to compile a list of running applications. As such, one can't script OpenOffice using Quickeys unless the scripts are applied universally -- not an attractive option. I tried tying it directly to SWRITER, but QK doesn't recognize that either. Looks like a possible oversight in the design of OO, as virtually every other app I have ever used is scriptable via QK. Sine no one here seems to have replied, I think that you should ask the maker of QK. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Mail Client
On Wed April 19 2006 22:08, + Rean wrote: Dear all If you would implement an eMail client with the same functionality as Outlook, I would never use the MS Office Suite again and use OpenOffice. Have a look at Thunderbird from http://mozilla.org Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] oo202 bugs
On Sat April 15 2006 19:26, + Lucas Momparler wrote: ok, thak you: issue 1578 named as Low resolution formula images in HTML As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sun April 16 2006 12:43, Tomas Lanczos wrote: From: Lucas Momparler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ok, thak you: issue 1578 named as Low resolution formula images in HTML It's not a bug, IMHO. Just select gif images instead of jpg. Jpg is definitely not appropriate for any pictures where high contrast is required like text, formulas, graphs, etc., it was created for photos to save space on the disk. If You will make jpg export from ANY application, the output will look as same. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] bug with recovery window
On Mon March 20 2006 12:53, + jrsch wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** 1. Using my laptop with 1024x768 pixel the recovery screen (Wiederherstellung) is so large, that I cannot see the base line to click the buttons. 2. the crash report doesnt work, but crashes itself. (I didn't follow the problem.) using OO0 2.0.1 german on win98 Hi Hoorst, can you please upgrade to 2.0.2 to see if the problem still persists. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] 670 defects in OpenOffice
On Fri April 14 2006 17:52, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** http://scan.coverity.com/ : OpenOffice Fixed Defects = 0 Uninspected and Pending = 670 Anybody working on fixes ? Of course. On the [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists but not on the discuss list. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] suggestions
On Tue April 11 2006 22:57, + Lucas Momparler wrote: Hello, I have been using OO114 fot the last 3 years and not needed MS Office at all. OO Is great. However, there are some suggestions I have. The suggestions I write are for OO114 and might be already corrected in further versions. I am not updating OO because in my experience with free source software (Linux Mandrake) are that the newer the version the more bugs. Honestly I am little skared to update my OO. So here are my suggestions based on OO114: 1. I don't like automatic actions as word completing and auto formatting. They always disturb and never help. Tools - Autocorrect - options 2. when I save the docoument as HTML the formulas saved as images are very very bad quality, specially square roots. This is what happens when data is exported. 3. I make a drawing in Paint, copy-paste it to a *.sxw file and then copy paste from the sxw back to paint and the image sometimes looses quality. It is tough when you spend hours doing diagrams in Paint and save them only in the sxw file and then realising there has been permanent quality loses. It is always a much better idea to keep the original artwork saved in the appropriate format and only do the copy/paste when exporting the image. 4. I get bored each time my computer needs to open openoffice. It is slow. More memory helps with this a lot. 5.OOCalc I can't merge a double cell with a third cell, I need to Unmerge the first two to merge all three together. This could be automatic since the process I do manually is allways the same: select-unmerge-select-merge. This is a known feature. 6. compatibility. The biggest problem I have as OO user is when people give me a doc,ppt,... file. I cannot open it properly. I bet this is the biggest problem most OO users have. Therefore I believe it is important to solve this. This is solved by upgrading to OpenOffice.org 2.0. You can have booth OOo 2.0 installed and OOo 1.1.5. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] how to update openoffice
On Tue April 11 2006 09:51, + Dhiraj Srivastava wrote: Hi I want to update my openoffice 1.1.2 to openoffice 2. I am using redhat enterprise linux. but redhat doesnot have option for openoffice 2. when i am trying to download it and install it from openoffice.org, during installation it shows require openoffice core 01 and when i am trying to install core 01 it shows some other core. when i am trying to install those core, it shows require core 01. how can i solve this problem of interdependencies. You need to install all of the RPMS at the same time. This is described in the setup.pdf file. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] oo202 bugs
On Thu April 13 2006 07:50, + Lucas Momparler wrote: Hello, here is a problem I have with OO: when I save as HTML a work the formulas converted to GIF files are very bad quality and hard to understand. Also imported GIFs in the original document convert very bad to GIF when saved as HTML. Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. Please also attach an example odt document that you export to HTML. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] AutoCorrect Failure
On Thu March 30 2006 15:52, + Jeff Mathews wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** OpenOffice is pretty good, although I have only found 3 problems so far.. Cut and Paste between OpenOffice and Word is not possible (with advanced formatting) Sounds like a bug. Select All does not work all the time when tables within tables are involved Sounds like a bug. when typing something in ALL CAPS, a correction is restored in proper or all lowercase as compared to acting as the user's keyboard.. Type Ctrl Z (or Edit - Undo ). This can also be turned off Tools - Autocorrect - Options) At this rate, our company can't switch at this time, but we are hoping to contribute to such a great effort. (How about simple scripting for the presentation software.. I would prefer blinking objects (that blink for the entire life of the slide)) Can you please report the bugs in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Bug in openoffice.org Base
On Thu March 30 2006 15:03, + Jan Bassez wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Sometimes (in table view) I fill in a field, but when moving to the next field (to the right), or sometimes to the next record (up or down) what I just filled in dissapears (only one field) one time I had this about 5 times in a row for the same field. Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Email Tool
On Thu March 30 2006 21:46, + Rana, Rudresh wrote: [ MODERATED ] Hello, OpenOffice has almost all products in its Suite except one. Just the way MS-Outlook is available in MS-Office bundle, would OpenOffice too have something in the near future? Is something similar already in the pipeline? there is no need as http://mozilla.org has Thunderbird for email and Sunbird for Calendaring. Sunbird may not be complete yet but is getting closer all of the time. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Feature Suggestion: Heading and Sub-Heading Promotion and Demotion
On Tue February 28 2006 19:43, + Mark Biesiada wrote: Dear OpenOffice.org: I have a suggestion for a feature that I would like to see included in OpenOffice.org. I would like to have buttons for promoting and demoting Heading text (i.e. the ability to easily change a Heading 1 paragraph to a Heading 2 paragraph or vice-versa). Ideally, this would automatically apply the same relative promotion or demotion to all of the sub-headings below the section of text selected. Microsoft Office has a similar feature in Word, but we could out-do them if we made the feature available all of the time (In Word, it is only available in the outline view to the best of my knowledge). As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Wed March 1 2006 16:42, Andreas Martens wrote: [..] the navigator is your friend. In the navigator you'll find these buttons to promote/demote headings with sub-headings. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Bug in Base (OOo 2.0)
On Mon March 6 2006 16:07, + Lohkamp, Helmut wrote: Hi, my name is Helmut Lohkamp (Ingelheim/Germany). I try to learn a lot about Ooo to e able to run it in our parish (no money for MS Office!!!). I have some background on relational databases because I was part of a team who created a database with about 4 TB of data in DB2 6 years ago. I have installed Ooo 2.0 and try to set up some tables in Base. One of those are set as DEC 4.1. Up to this point I did not face problem, but when I enter decimal data like 49,4 it is shown as 494,0 when I jump to the next set of data. Is anyone familiar with this problem and can help? I could change from DEC to INTEGER and divide by 10 later, but that does not appear to be the professional way of doing it. Regards from Ingelheim Helmut PS So far I find Ooo 2.0 really great!!! Started now to learn about macro. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon March 6 2006 16:54, Bjoern Milcke wrote: Maybe a locale issue. Have you tried entering 49.4? (Alternatively: does entering 0049,4 work?) If 49.9 works, you should check your language settings in Tools/Options. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] file format suggestion for csv
On Wed March 8 2006 19:07, + ivo welch wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I usually save my spreadsheets as .csv files, because this makes it easy for me to pull the data into other programs. in effect, I use the spreadsheet as the interactive app to manipulate the input data, and many other programs to analyze the data. .csv is the lingua franca here. I probably am not the only one using a spreadsheet this way. the problem is that .csv cannot even keep basic formatting, and most other programs do not know how to parse anything except .csv files. Suggestion: Add a save as csv with format option to the menu. now, if I save abc.csv, abc.csv should be written as before. however, a second file, .abc.sxc.gz should also be written, in the native openoffice format. it would also have to contain one comment [field] that contains the time, date, and size of abc.csv. if I now open abc.csv in oocalc2, oocalc2 would first check if .abc.sxz.gz exists, and was written no more than x seconds after abc.csv was written. if this is the case, .abc.sxz.gz is opened, and it is checked whether the time,date, and size are still the same as the abc.csv that the user requested. if so, then the .abc.sxz.gz file is opened. it would be just like magic that made the .csv file appear to retain its formatting, wouldn't it? plus, a user who does not like it could delete the .abc.sxz.gz file, or simply do another save as plain csv file---the date/time would no longer correspond, so the format information would disappear. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thu March 9 2006 16:39, Bernd Eilers wrote: Hi there! First the OpenDocument Format is already a compressed/zipped File thus the .gz in your suggestion is superflous. Secondly *hmm* I think there is a much simpler solution to the problem for which you suggested the feature. What you achieve which the feature you suggested is that you have saved the data into two formats one for export to other apps and one for viewing. But you can do that more easily: Just write a simple macro that saves first as .csv and than in Calcs own OpenDocument Format, bind that macro to some menu item or icon in OpenOffice.org. Now instead of always using save_as_csv just use that icon or menu-entry and there you have the two formats of the file that you need the first for exchange with other applications and the second to contain also the formatting. And than well you just don´t need any magic with filename handling which would open the native format file when you select the .csv file for opening just simply remember to open the native format file which contains the formatting when you want to edit the document. I believe that even the handling as you´ve described it originally in your feature request can be easily implemented by using macros and binding them to the save/open entry in the menu and the save/open icons in the toolbar. I think the use case is relative rare tough or at least it´s not one that should be made the standard default for everyone so using for this is a good alternative. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Error in drag and drop?
On Fri March 17 2006 06:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I probably found an error in the drag and drop mechanism in OpenOffice Version 2.0 (680m1 build 8990) I open 3 documents: 1st a new (empty) textdocument 2nd a calcsheet with one table 3rd a calcsheet with several tables (or are they named worksheets in english???) with drag and drop I put from the latter worksheet 2 tables into the text-document (linked. with ctrl-shift) When I put from the first calcsheet the table onto the document (linked as well), a table from the second worksheet is selected. Hope you can reproduce that! Hi Bob, Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] oo202 bugs
On Sat April 15 2006 15:18, + Lucas Momparler wrote: I continue with my problem of Low resolution formula images in HTML and I saw the following: WONTFIX which I read it means it wont ever be fixed. This problem is posted since 2001. If this means that with OO I wont be able to save my works as HTML, I canot contiune using OO. I think it is a very useful tool and the problem should not be so difficult to solve. Is there any way I can vote for this problem to be solved? I expect that there is a comment that gives more details than just WONTFIX. If you could tell us what the issue number is then it may help. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] The best way to answer questions on this list
On Sat April 15 2006 13:43, M. Fioretti wrote: On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 11:41:21 AM +, CPHennessy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 2) Many will not even know that discuss@openoffice.org is a mailing list, nor even how a mailing list works [...] 4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a Delivered-to: moderator header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus they would otherwise not see our responses. I have explained at length why this is a very inefficient and (for subscribed users) annoying practice at least two times, and how things could be automated. The first 2 years ago (1), the second last july (2). The second time everything stopped when I asked you, more or less please let me know off list how your machine is set up so I can help you to test the solution I have proposed. Since I received no answer to that, I am now just sending to the trash all the threads born by this practice. And you mentioned that you would ask on the procmail mailing lists about some idea you had. I've not heard form you since then. 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette As an addition to this, please everybody: bottom quote, top quote, whatever, but remember to trim as much as possible when you reply on public lists. Do not repost 100 lines of text just to add I agree. Thanks. I'll add that to my reminder. -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Issue 53618: Problems with importing graphics from MSWord
On Tue April 11 2006 15:59, Phillip Pare wrote: I submitted this bug in August last year but there does not seem to be much progress. Am I the only one who is having problems importing graphics from MSWORD? I ask as I see that there have been no votes for this issue Drawings that are imported from MS WORD are not rendered correctly WW8: Graphic content moved, seems larger after import2005-08-26 05:06:29 Philip, Have you tested with 2.0.2 ? -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] RefMan10 for OOw
On Tue April 11 2006 17:15, + Christoph Bock wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi all, please develop the integration of Reference Manager by ISI Research Software for OOw, that I can use the RM-Toolbar in OOw like I can do with Microsoft Word. Or develop a way how to import rmd-files of RM into OOw-literature database. Hi Christoph You should actually ask the ISI people to do this integration as the OOo APIs are open and available. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Suggestion
On Wed April 5 2006 16:51, + Sviatoslav Feshchenko wrote: Hello, I think OpenOffice is an excellent product, but as a suggestion for future releases, it would be useful to include a program similar to Microsoft Front Page for web page creation. This is a major addition of course, but please let me know if it's feasible. Thanks! Hi, As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Fri April 7 2006 08:17, Martin Hauge wrote: Hi, Here is a link to a Norwegian web-site that is 100% made by OpenOffice.org 2.0 as it is already: http://l-bentel.hos.online.no The html-pages is created in Writer, and all the pdf-documents that can be downloaded under Dyrking is of course created by OOo. The drawings are made in Draw, and the pictures are also processed in Draw. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Opinions
On Thu April 6 2006 05:48, Alexandro Colorado wrote: On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:49:56 -0400, CPHennessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed April 5 2006 15:56, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: [snip] Ok as a very proper fashion of answering doubts I will actually answer the questions and the steps to get this to work for you. You may also want to CC: the original poster as they are not subscribed to this mailing list and therefore there is a high probability that they will never see your useful answer. -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Opinions
On Wed April 5 2006 15:56, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel the need to tell you why I do not use your product though it is on all three of my computers. You see I write on fanfiction.net and they offer and advise using Open Office. The problem I found with it is a personal one but I'm sure others would feel the same about it. I start a project and change all the settings to be what I want them to. These settings are usually ones I use on a regular if not daily basis. Finish that project save it, and then perhaps start another. But I have to change all the settings again because they do not save into the program. There are some settings that can be saved, but I don't like to write in pages and have to change the view each time. I also get really annoyed by the word suggestion and have to turn it off EVERY time I use the program. I don't want to have to set things up each time. I want to just open it up and be able to use it immediately. Wordpad may not have as many features but it allows me to do that. So until I find something that does allow me to have it the way I want it, allowing me to just open in the program and write in a manner that is comfortable for me, I will continue with it. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Wed April 5 2006 19:58, Dimitrios Diamantaras wrote: I suggest that you learn how to use styles (look them up in the online help) and set up a template document with all the styles you want already defined as you like them. Then create new documents from this template, and you won't have to reset anything. But you must understand how styles and templates work first, a one-time set-up cost that will make you more productive overall. http://documentation.openoffice.org - manuals - styles Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: [users] trying to open it.
On Mon April 3 2006 02:54, + Emm nelson-white wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello my name is emma n-w 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? Hi Emma, As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon April 3 2006 22:39, Andrew Fisk wrote: When you want to take a document to school, select save as and pick MS word for the file format. You could also ask the techies folks at your school to install NeoOffice on the Macs for for you -- It free and won't mess anything else up. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] The best way to answer questions on this list
Hi all, I'd like to remind everyone of a few simple points which may help new users get the most out of our answers: 1) For many new users they are not always the most comfortable at using the internet nor email 2) Many will not even know that discuss@openoffice.org is a mailing list, nor even how a mailing list works 3) So we need to be patient and polite in our responses 4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a Delivered-to: moderator header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus they would otherwise not see our responses. 5) For FAQs we should redirect the users to the appropriate web pages at http://user-faq.openoffice.org or http://documentation.openoffice.org 6) For development related email we should redirect the users email advising them to subscribe to the mailing list to dev@the-appropriate-project.openoffice.org 7) Ignore trolls i.e. those with the na-na MSWord is better than OOo and always will be! attribute or similar as they serve no useful purpose 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ? That is easy : there is a field in every email on this list called Delivered-to. For subscribed users it will show your email address. For unsubscribed users, there will be two Delievered-to fields, the one as described above, and a second one with the value moderator. Any email delivered to the moderator and then to the list, means that the email was from an unsubscribed user and therefore you should try to CC: that user. Many people use their email tool to filter the users@ emails so that those with the field Delivered-to with a value of moderator get flagged to indicate that they should be treated specially. Regards -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] General Improvments Ideas for the whole suite
On Thu March 23 2006 00:46, + Juan Velez wrote: I have many ideas on how to improve OpenOffice.org, and make it even better than Microsoft Office. General improvements: 1. Better gradients features: The actual gradient system is a bit complicate and tedious. It would be better to be the same as MS Office XP. Also, the gradients are not very good. They don't seem very clear. 2. The graphics rotating feature: It would be better to add an small circle to rotate the graphic directly, instead of clicking the graphic, then clicking other button to rotate it. Improvements on Impress: 1. I can't add more than 1 video per presentation. If I place a video in one slide, I can't add another in the next slide or the videos stops (both). 2. Control play of videos and sound with the custom animation. Allowing this features would be great, specially because you can control when to start a video or a sound. Thanks, I expect I have made myself clear (if not, contact me) and also I expect you to take this in consideration. Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] openoffice vers. 2.0.2 in German / ready for a U3-USB-stick
On Sun March 19 2006 21:32, + Rolf-Peter Schulze wrote: Hi, I would like useing openoffice with my U3-USB-stick. Can I get a special vers. ? Thinkfree Office 3 has it already. Sure. Have a look at http://distribution.openoffice.org as I believe that project is hosted there. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: [users] the mail is written in spanish
On Wed March 15 2006 14:51, + Alvaro . wrote: Hola amigos- Me descargé vuestro programa open office para trabajar. Es muy bueno. Pero tengo el problema que cuando envio por mail algun archivo de texto o alguna hoja de calculo a alguien que solo tiene el MS-office, no pueden abrirlo. ¿por que no son compatibles? Un saludo Hola Alvaro This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own language then please have a look at http://es.openoffice.org - Mailing list or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Fr: Bug sur le bonton KP_DEL et le point (.) dans openoffice
On Sun March 5 2006 18:54, + Sam wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Bonjour, voici un bug que je constate dans Openoffice depuis la version 1.1 et qui est toujours présent dans la version 2.0.1. J'ai un clavier AZERTY, je suis sous Windows XP SP2, mis à jour. Mon bug est le suivant: lorsque j'appuie sur le bouton KP_DEL, pour le *point* (point à la fin d'une phrase), ce n'est pas un point qui s'écrit dans Openoffice, mais une *virgule*. This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own language then please have a look at http://fr.openoffice.org - Mailing list or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Improvement Idea
On Fri March 3 2006 05:10, + Joshua Dadeboe wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi, my name is Joshua Dadeboe and I am a student at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA. I was wondering if there was a way to get more background templates for the Presentation (power point) program of the suite. As a student I have to make presentations using the software and it would be nice to have more than two templates. If there are no other ones, then I beg you to add some and also have it set-up that you can get more online. The more the better! http://documentation.openoffice.org is what you are looking for. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] feature request
On Thu February 16 2006 16:06, + Jim Burke wrote: Greetings, thanks for your great product! I have one suggestion about enhancing the useability of Open Office. The use of tabs (tabbed browsing etc) is becoming more commonplace using computers nowadays, and i strongly feel that Open Office could benefit. Quite often i have several documents open in Open Office writer and would love to be able to switch between them easier ( similar to Corel's Word Perfect). Thanks for your time, and i look forward to future releases. Jim Burke. A google summerofcode project worked on that feature. However it is not yet ready for production, but may be in a future version of OpenOffice.org Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] double trouble right here in river city
Carl, It's always better to write one problem per email rather than a stream of consciousness. Also [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the prefered maiing list for user problems. Finally since you have so many crashes can you verify that you do not have broken RAM by using the memtest tool. CPH On Fri February 17 2006 23:04, Carl Shewmaker wrote: Well, it isn't really river city. That's some 65 miles away. But I have at least double trouble. First, I've installed 2.0 on my computer (the 2nd newest on the lan I claim to administer, 5 machines, a switch, a router and a dsl modem cabled together.) Various machines have been added, principally when older ones died. One remains with Windows 98, two have Windows xp professional, and one xp home edition. My machine (well they are all mine, actually, but this one that I mostly use)has some instabilities. Mostly the error messages when it crashes relate to a problem with firefox, or a device driver that makes for a conflict. But OOo 2 sometimes crashes when I am not using firefox, even when I'm careful not to work too quickly. Recovery works well, but I'm scared when the machine reboots suddenly. I some time ago installed 1.5 on my secretaries machine, also running XP, and she can open files on this one without difficulty. Well there is some difficulty. After she opens an openoffice document from my computer, 1.5 crashes on her machine. On the 98 machine I've run a shortcut to 1.5 on my secretary's computer, and can access files all over the lan, but get an error message when I try to save edited work opened elsewhere. And, finally, I've installed a 2.2 version of Linux on an older machine hooked to the lan, and have downloaded 1.5 to it; but have tried to follow all the instructions as to how to install it, but have not yet been able to. tared a tar.gz file and am now at a stand as to what to do. rpm doesn't have any effect and clicking on the install folder doesn't work. Help with any or all of these problems (right here 65 miles from River City)would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Carl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Linux binary distribution
On Thu February 2 2006 06:25, + Jem Berkes wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I really think you would do the Linux user base a favour by offering, as you did before, generic binary installations (through some kind of setup program). I had been using that method throughout the 1.x releases and it was a reliable way to install and maintain OpenOffice no matter what the distribution was. The reason I suggest this is that not every distribution uses RPM. By offering your main Linux download based on RPM, you imply support for mainstream distributions only. Someone like myself who uses Slackware, and from time to time no distribution misses the previous distribution-neutral setup program. Hi Jem, I think that you will find that your distributor packages OOo for you. If they do not then you need to ask them to contribute this to the OOo project or you should help them to help you. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] ACT! Integration
On Fri February 3 2006 16:04, + Brian Redden wrote: Has anyone been able to integrate open office into ACT!? The only option in ACT! are Word and the ACT word processor. I want to use open office! Hi Brian, As far as I know what ACT actually do with MSWord is quite simple so they should have no problems using OOo instead. You should contact them. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Kapitälchen
On Tue January 31 2006 13:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ MODERATED ] Using: OOo 2.0.1, wXP Problem: KAPITÄLCHEN (in german) is not available exept in Menue. Not to integrate in the Symbol-line and not to fixe as a short-cut. You need ist, quoting scientific people. It shouldnt be a problem, does it? Hi Matthias, You can assign a shortcut to Capitalise (I think that is what you are looking for) by using a macro recorder and then assigning that to a Key. Also this list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own language then please have a look at http://de.openoffice.org - Mailing list or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] spelling errors
On Fri January 20 2006 18:07, + Ed wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** In your opening window of openoffice.org, you have numerous spelling errors that concerns me about quality control. Hi Ed, I'm note sure which errors you are talking about. Also note that OpenOffice.org is very much an international project. You can of course report bugs by : http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Open Office
On Fri February 3 2006 15:39, + Chris Wilkerson wrote: I just bought my first Mac, an Intel iMac with a gig of Ram. One reason I bought this computer is for alleged stability, hence I am reluctant to try an alpha build :-) My main reason for writing, is that I was hoping or suggesting that your fine efforts would include a program that would take the place of MS OUTLOOK. I can't seem to leave this robust hair ball of a program. It really works for me, especially with my PPC from home and work. There will be a version of ThunderBird from Mozilla.org which could replace Outlook. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Ribbons in OOo?
On Mon January 30 2006 14:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All I'm sure most of you know that Microsoft is planning to integrate ribbons into its next package; MS Office 12 (currently in beta 1 testing phase). One of the developers, Jensen Harris, maintains a blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/category/10923.aspx) that discusses this new development (basically it looks like they took what OOo and open source allow - customization - and tried to go one up). There is also a nice short 70-slide presentation outlining this at http://www.baychi.org/podcast/20051213/baychi-20051213-20.pdf. Ribbons, for those who don't know, are adaptive toolbars ie. depending on where you click the toolbars change and the result is a different toolbar of icons that shows what possible options you can now follow e.g. if you click in a cell then the toolbars change and the toolbar displayed now has macros and icons for inserting a row, column, deleting a row, column, inserting a cell, deleting a cell, etc. So, the obvious question is; is this functionality planned as an option for a release of OOo down the line (obviously after MS Office 12 is released - a case of we'll cross that bridge when we get there) or has this question been previously asked (I searched but I could not find anything) and, if so, where? Hi James, I think that you will find that the OOo developers have enough features that they wish to add which are much more interesting that simply copying what MSOffice does. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Enhancement
On Sun January 15 2006 09:01, Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:19:34 +1300 Ian Laurenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 13:18 +, CPHennessy wrote: On Sun January 15 2006 08:39, + Keith Harris wrote: One enhncement that I use constantly in Word XP is the hanging indent feature- Ctrl-T/Shift-Ctrl-T. Could you please add this to OpenOffice? I would use this feature, and Ctrl-M/Shift-Ctrl-M, more that any other feature/command-set in word-processing [snip] I've heard of hanging indents but have not used them. However you may find that a simple macro may give you want you want and then you can associate the macro with a keyboard sequence. A macro to perform these indentation tasks is available from: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ For just the indentation stuff see Indents.sxw but it is also contained in AltKeyHandler.sxw. To install for OOo2.0 you will need to see the installation instructions for AltKeyHandler for 2.0, as I still haven't found time to relase these macros as Uno packages. Thanks, Ian Wouldn't these work just as well as paragraph styles? I don't know how to set a style from the keyboard though. In 2.0 you can assihn a style a shortcut. For exampl heading 1 is Ctrl+1. You can set these in Tools - Customize - Keyboard - Styles. -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Enhancement
On Sun January 15 2006 08:39, + Keith Harris wrote: [ MODERATED ] Hi, Thanks for a great product. One enhncement that I use constantly in Word XP is the hanging indent feature- Ctrl-T/Shift-Ctrl-T. Could you please add this to OpenOffice? I would use this feature, and Ctrl-M/Shift-Ctrl-M, more that any other feature/command-set in word-processing. I have found and added the 'full indent' feature, Ctrl-M/Shift-Ctrl-M, increase and decrease indent. I did find the 'hanging indent feature' command in paragraph 'styles and formnating' but could not find how to add it to the tool bar. If you could add this feature, the hanging indent, so that can be accessed from the tool bar as Ctrl-T/Shift-Ctrl-T, Open Office would gain ground in the Word-processor field. Kind regards, Keith, I've heard of hanging indents but have not used them. However you may find that a simple macro may give you want you want and then you can associate the macro with a keyboard sequence. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] ugly icons
On Thu January 12 2006 07:38, + Herbert Plass wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi, where can I get other menu icons and how can I install them? The icons from ooo2 are extremely ugly. Might be, they meet the style of widows-xp users, but those shoud not be the measure. The icons are much too big and the colors to intense. Hi Herbert, I think that there may be functionality in an upcoming release which will allow you to switch icons. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Page number insert
On Sun January 8 2006 20:34, + Thom Delahunt wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I think it would be a good idea to have away that when someone goes to insert page numbers into an existing document they be given a choice as to how they want the formating of it. ie: Top or Bottom of page, Right or Left side as it stands now there is no customization at all (that I am aware of). Thomas, You can indeed customize it quite easily. There are many very good manuals and HOWTOs available at http://documentation.openoffice.org that you should have a look at. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] documents
On Fri December 30 2005 14:35, + jona keeton wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** from openoffice to microsoft word i cannot see to make the microsoft word work any longer in copy. somehow the integration of openoffice on top of m word has prevented this. i would be just as happy to open a file and utilize the transfer of documents into a file similar to word for construction or for copy and paste if i could figure it out. can anyone help me? Can you please give more details as the above does not make it clear what does not work ? Also please tell us the version of OpenOffice.org you are using. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Looking for Frontpage-like program in OO
On Sun January 8 2006 19:23, + Karl Jahr wrote: [ MODERATED ] I love OO but miss a web-creation/maintenance program compatible/comparable with Frontpage. Do you have any plans for such an enhancement? As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon January 9 2006 08:14, Lars D. Noodén wrote: If you are looking for a commercial program, then I'd recommend what the professionals use, that being either Dreamweaver or XMetal. The Mozilla Suite has a web-page editor that is a step up from MS FrontPage, but lacks the site maintenance extras. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] OpenOffice for Winxp AMD64
On Mon January 9 2006 03:39, + Josh Davis wrote: Hello, Was curious if there is going to be a version of OpenOffice for WinXP on an AMD64??? I love openoffice, but just purchased a 64 bit machine, would like to continue to use it. Would greatly appretiate a response if this is possible. Thank you so much. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon January 9 2006 10:02, Morgan Olsson wrote: What I know, AMD64 is pretty fast also on executing 32 bit apps. Why can´t you use normal OOo? Have you tried? (Only problem i have heard about 64-bit PC OS is hardware drivers (both for MSWin and Lnux) That said I have no experience on 64 bit MSWin...) Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Fw: [moderated] Problem printing envelope
On Sun January 8 2006 08:42, + Axel Barbara Oxholm wrote: [ MODERATED ] I'm trying to print a #10 envelope, and it won't work. I used to do it all the time in MS Word. I'd select the paper type (number 10 envelope), type in the return address and the address, feed the envelope into my HP Laser Printer, and press print. Doing the same thing in Writer doesn't work. Please help. Hi Barbara, Which part of it does not work ? Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] missing capabilities
On Mon January 9 2006 13:13, + Nikolaidis Panos wrote: [ MODERATED ] Hello, and congrats for your very good work. I 'm a user of Corel office and I decided to jump to openoffice. As I try to use the writer programme, I found 2 missing characteristics that seem important to me, at least : 1st is that there is not a direct option to print only the current page. I have to select its contents to print only them. I suppose it would be easy to implement this. 2nd is that I cannot find a way to adjust the spacing between words (without affecting the spacing of the letters into words). In Calc, my problem is that it does not have filters to open a quattro pro spreadsheet. I have to save it to excel format and then translate to OO. Keep up the good work ! As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Tue January 10 2006 22:42, Rigel wrote: If an OOo geek wants to write a macro for the print one page problem I think that could be translated and integrated into the machine code somewhere. I may forward your e-mail to our development team. On the second request you can use the character the AutoCorrect / Replace feature to create your own spacing style. Just put in a single space, and in the replace space put in whatever number of spaces you need. Bear in mind you'll have to turn it on and off manually. As for the spreadsheet. I couldn't help you there. I don't use it extensively. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Love OOo 2, but hate the need for a full download each revision
On Sun January 8 2006 01:10, + Greg Twyford wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Guys, The availability of patches, as well as full new versions, would be very welcome. I use dial-up, but even on 256/64 ADSL, 75MB is not entirely trivial, plus the uninstall/re-install routine. A lot of time is required. Even better would be an automatic update system, that only updated what had been changed. I work with family doctors, and have convinced many to use OOo instead of MS Office. Their needs for office software aren't huge and OOo does everything they want and more. Hi Greg, This is a good idea, and one that is requested reasonably frequently. However all current developers are focussed on other important tasks, and no new developers have stepped forward to volunteer to work on this task. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] QP conversion
On Thu January 5 2006 06:26, + Robert Stapleton wrote: Knowing that you are all good guys, you would do the general public an immense favor if you developed a reliable conversion from Quattro Pro 9 to your software. The software community, including Corel, has turned its back on QP9. Myself and apparently may others are stuck with large spreadsheets created in QP9, or as in my case, blindly converted from an earlier QP version to QP9 without adequate evaluation. Of course the earlier files were deleted after some initial checks, only to find out later how unstable the QP9 is. Corel had a website with the last general bug fix for QP9 that categorically stated that QP9 would convert itself/export into Excel2000. It categorically would not. Corel categorically would not respond to questions on this topic. I cannot find any conversion software to convert my QP9 (.qpw) files to an Excel version that preserves all the attributes. If you cannot or will not build this conversion into OpenOrg, can you refer me to a reasonably priced conversion package that will? I think that work is being done on a convertor for QPro but am uynsure which versions it will work for. Also as you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sat January 7 2006 12:03, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: Have you tried the peer support groups over at news://cnews.corel.com ? There are some very helpful people over there, and I'm sure that if you describe the problem in detail (like what kind of problem are you having with the conversions, if you indeed have the latest patch to CorelOffice 2000 (i.e. SP4 which cannot be downloaded from the internet due to the architectural changes that were required to make it work with Windows NT XP), etc): if there is a solution, they're very likely to know about it :) Secondly, you mention that you have some large spreadsheets. How large? QuattroPro can handle something like a million lines, but Excel and Calc are limited to 65 thousand, so if your sheets have more than that they simply cannot be converted and you would need to split them before you could pass them to any other program. Thirdly, OOo does not currently have import filters for the QuattroPro format, so you must find a middle ground (i.e. a format which QuattroPro can export to and which OOo can import from). Some older version of Excel or Lotus, possibly (refer to the QuattroPro newsgroups I mentioned above if you have problems exporting from QP). At worst, as a last resort you may want to give CSV (Comma Separated Values) a try. Beware that it will only transfer data, no formulas or formatting. Hope this helps, and feel free to ask for more information as needed. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] help me!!!!!!!!
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Re: [discuss] help me!!!!!!!!
On Wed January 4 2006 00:25, + acosta_barrientos wrote: Hi! My name is Fabio Acosta. I´m from Costa Rica. This year, I´m starting to use Open Office 2.0. When I download open office, download two version, one in english, and the other in spanish. To the version in english, I download the languagepacked of spanish. I don´t have problems to install the english version. And next I install the language packed. I look that all the instruction are in spanish after to install. But the problem is here. All the documents that I write, all are in spanish. Then, when I check the documents with the spellcheck, the diccionary don´t check the spanish word´s. Okey, I uninstall this version and install the spanish version. And this time, I see that all the instruction are in spanish. But when I check the documents, don´t check the spanish word´s. I don´t know, if it´s correct. But if it´s wrong, And it´s posible to help me , I will thankful. Fabio As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thu January 5 2006 01:00, Rigel wrote: Dear Fabio Acosta Barrientos. Below you will find the address to the language component project page. Please use OpenOffice.org's integrated wizard (File Menu - Wizards - Install new dictionaries) to install spell checking dictionaries, hyphenation dictionaries, and thesauri, because these lists may be out of date! http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/spell_dic.html Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Dictionary look-up field using the define: command in google
On Mon January 2 2006 14:31, + Henrik Eismark wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Thanks for your open mindedness and your understanding. No reason to introduce sarcams because I reject a proposal. Not every proposal can be the best solution. It's impossible You getting hit is a statistical conincidence. If you did not fully understand my suggestion then I could have told you that this is a macro which could be developed to provide the functionality you are interested in and it could then be installed by any use, similar to many other macros available today. I understood that you should create a macro. I didn't agree it was a simple and easy matter that everybody could apply. If it was as easy as you mention, it could be introduced by default and I sugges it is done by a field in the bar. Why not just admit my soulution IS the simplest?? Do you get offended by a rejected proposal not matter how inventive and clever it is? Please subscribe to the discuss@openoffice.org if you want to continue this discussion. -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Upper case problem in OO Calc
On Thu December 29 2005 22:43, + Tracey Ambrose wrote: Hi, I've just discovered that I can't start a cell with a lower case letter, I am being forced to have upper case and this can not even be over come in formating, if there is a way to do it that I have missed please let me know, otherwise I would REALLY appreciate having the ability to choose my own case. You should be able to change this in Tools - Options or in Tools - Autocorrect. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Microsoft Outlook equivalent?
On Sun January 1 2006 23:59, + Peter Curzon wrote: First off, I think what you guys are doing is incredible. I was very excited by the possibility of downloading an office suite for free, but I was a little disappointed when I realized that there was no Outlook equivalent. Is that in the works? If so, how soon can I expect it? Hi Peter, For an outlook replacement it really depends on what you use Outlook for (email/pim/organizer/syncing) and which platform you use. One of the multi-platform tools with the best possibility of being a replacement for outlook is Thunderbird from http://mozilla.org which is also free. On the Linux platform Kontact is very good as is Evolution. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Yup..still there
On Fri December 23 2005 03:40, + ed wrote: [ MODERATED ] Yup it's in OOo 2 the bug is still there .the decreasing or increasing indent action will lead cursor or text, over the write area (pages). Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org - My Pages - Register, then when you receive a confirmation email, Login and File an issue ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report and you will also see the progress of this bug report if it is accepted. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Dictionary look-up field using the define: command in google
On Wed November 30 2005 03:04, + Henrik Eismark wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** In the top bar a field for looking up in Google could be available. I am particularly interested in using the field for finding definitions for terms via the google define: command. This is very suitable for a word processor, not at least when doing translations as I do right now, while I got this idea. It will also be of benefit to real authors, who are looking for psynonyms to enhance their style in the text. The field should be a able to open the default browser and copy the command to google returning a list of definitions. Of course it will also be possible simply to search google when not entering 'define:' If you want to be real fancy, highlighting a word could find a definition by right clicking the mouse getting the dropdown menu. That is there should in the dropdown menu be an imtem: 'Define'. This would really be unique for OpO. If you want a 'Search' item could likewise be available in the dropdown menu, but the 'Define' is much more relevant for a word processor. What do you feel about this suggestion? Henrik, It should be possible to do this using Starbasic macros today. Perhaps ask on dev@api.openoffice.org as there may be others there that are able to help you write this macro. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Dictionary look-up field using the define: command in google
On Mon January 2 2006 13:50, + Henrik Eismark wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** It should be possible to do this using Starbasic macros today. Certainly not a viable solution and much worse than my simple suggestion of an input field in the top bar. Not userfriendly and much, much too complicated for the average and low competency user. And not enough of a competitive advantage for Openoffice.org. I utterly rejetc the proposed solution :-( Thanks for your open mindedness and your understanding. If you did not fully understand my suggestion then I could have told you that this is a macro which could be developed to provide the functionality you are interested in and it could then be installed by any use, similar to many other macros available today. So I utterly reject your rejection :) Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Updates
Hi Abdul, Please note that if you are not subscribed you may not see all answers to your questions. On Mon December 26 2005 07:40, Edward Buck wrote: Hi Louis, Happy holidays! :-) Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: On 12/24/05 10:54 PM MalikZZ wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but OpenOffice could use a Update feature like Windows Update and many other non-MS programs (esp anti-virus programs where users download small definition files). I would be grateful if the updates came in smaller doses rather than having to download the entire OpenOffice program. It couldMany others, for a long time, have also wanted this. The issue is that those who have wanted it have not also been those who could make it. I think such a feature, which is present on StarOffice, would be terrific. One could even have something like Thunderbird's automatic update. But, developers (or developer companies) need to be interested in this sort of thing. Has anyone tried to do a simple diff of installed files between versions? As long as there isn't much variability in install destinations, it may not require much coding to create a patch. But it would still require work and someone dedicated to the task; otherwise, no one will trust it. I think the feature would be nice but I suspect only windows users would be interested. Most Linux/BSD users prefer to use the update facility provided by their package management system, which typically does package replacement rather than package modification. I do like the idea of an update facility on windows like windows update, which MS Office does have. The only problem with Office update is that it sometimes insists that you have that darn Office cd! Since OOo has never required a cd for anything, it would already be ahead of the game. Perhaps an OOo update applet written in Java for windows users? That could be a pretty cool project for someone looking to contribute, a project with limited scope that wouldn't require weeks of reading source code. Of course, if using it resulted in a broken system, there would be a lot of angry people! :-) A more interesting project may be to write it using the framework underlying OOo ( the VCL/UNO framework). I'm not 100% sure that it is possible but if it is then this would require knowing some C++. However it would be a very interesting extension. Are you interested in contributing time to this project ? -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Problems with win2000
On Fri December 9 2005 08:17, + Live Cornelia Lindmoen wrote: windows 2000 are installed on my computer. When I install version 2.0 of Openoffice, I have to register every time I log on to the computer. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Fri December 9 2005 23:36, Alexandro Colorado wrote: Maybe something went odd on the installation like a network installa nd is using profiles. I would re-install openoffice.org and pay attention to the options. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] 2.0 Draw bug
On Fri December 16 2005 11:20, + Cuisin, Gilles wrote: [ MODERATED ] Hello Excuse my bad english but I'm french. I think I discover a bug in Draw module of OpenOffice 2.0 : when I apply transparency to an object, all the objets of all the layers becomes also transparent. When I remove transparency, the same think appear in all others objects. Thank you for your help. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon December 19 2005 13:58, Sophie Gautier wrote: You may prefer to exress yourself in French using our user lists here : http://fr.openoffice.org/contact-forums.html Don't hesitate to join me directly in case you meet problems to subscribe. Vous préfererez sans doute vous exprimer en français en utilisant nos listes utilisateurs que vous trouverez ici : http://fr.openoffice.org/contact-forums.html N'h'ésitez pas à me joindre directement si vous rencontrez des difficultés lors de votre inscription. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] registered letters
On Mon December 19 2005 14:21, + Gigi Bigio wrote: [ MODERATED ] Dear Sirs, since a few months ago the Italian Post Office services have allowed users to send Registered letters through PCs. This useful programme however only works if Microsoft Word and Excell are installed. Infact it creates a button inside their windows; upon clicking on this button a window opens and user can fill in co-ordinates of addressee and send the letter. Letter will go to a post office where someone will print it, put it into an envelope and send it. A PDF receipt will then be sent to the e-mail of sender and money will be withdrawn from an account Considering the increasing relevance that Open Office suite is getting day after day, not to mention its free availability, wouldn't you consider the possibility of adding this utility to it too? As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Tue December 20 2005 07:06, M. Fioretti wrote: this was discussed in the Italian mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check their archives for more information, because I seem to remember that there was some way to do what you say with Free SW. Besides that, note that we should also complain with the Post Office. It's their fault if they broke something that really didn't need it. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Blackberry Port?
On Tue December 20 2005 19:20, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Has anyone considered a stripped down version of Ooo for the Blackberry or other portable devices? I would be very interested in having one, as the current software for Blackberry seems pricey, and closed source. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Tue December 20 2005 23:01, Ian Lynch wrote: Snag is porting to ARM - not a trivial task. In principle if you had enough RAM you could run a full OOo on the latest ARM processors but the way the current Blackberry is designed its not likely to allow this. OOo probably has the potential to have a big impact on the PDA market if someone designed a machine to take it if only because the PDA market is less hung up about MS software. I guess it will happen at some time. It might be more likely with say AbiWord and Gnumeric on a Linux based PDA. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Mac OS X.3.9
On Thu December 22 2005 00:30, + Perry Prince wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I have an iBook G4 - OS 10.3.9. I have been using AppleWorks V 6.2.9, mainly for its word processing, data base spreadsheets. My question is will Openoffice work with a Mac and will I be able to import the files into openoffice. thank you Perry Prince As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thu December 22 2005 04:01, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Hi Perry, On 2005-12-21, at 19:30 , Perry Prince wrote: I have an iBook G4 - OS 10.3.9. I have been using AppleWorks V 6.2.9, mainly for its word processing, data base spreadsheets. My question is will Openoffice work with a Mac and will I be able to import the files into openoffice. thank you Perry Prince I use OOo on my Mac all the time. Admittedly, I am running 10.4.3, but before then was on 10.3.x, and used an earlier version of the OOo for X11. I also used NeoOffice/J, which is derived from OOo and is also free. It's maintained by a different project. To get the application, go to http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] This is a wonderful idea.
On Mon December 26 2005 15:35, + madman wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Actually this is part complaint (beef) and major part correction. What is this yellow box that keeps overlaying itself with the page number on it? If I want this information it is located in the lower left part of the Xwindow that openoffice is running in. What a waste of space and promotion of redundent and irrelevant information Can you please give a bit more information about where this is happening ? Number two (2): How can a person scroll the screen when it keeps jumping back to the cursor? The programers never tried to edit a file with this program did they? You use the mouse to scroll through the pages so you can read and find the errors and thus correct them, but if the screen keeps jumping to the cursor marker then you are wasting your time and maybe ... Life. Scrolling works for me. Maybe you are not giving us enough information or you changed one of the options. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] seeking supreme office suite 3.0
On Fri December 23 2005 12:06, + Ben Roberts wrote: Dear Open Office, I am trying to find a copy of Supreme Office Suite 3.0, and was told your company designed the program. While it may be old, I would like to find this program as my parents are most familiar with it. Ben, We do not supply Supreme Office Suite. We provide for *free* OpenOffice.org which is quite usable. You can download it ftom http://openoffice.org and you should see that it's interfaces will be quite familiar to your parents. Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] improve language tools
On Thu December 22 2005 07:32, Leigh Blackall wrote: [snip very verbose description] So now, when I clicked that spell checker, it would still first ask me what level I want to check at, but instead of presenting words not in that level's list as miss-spelt, it would call on wiktionay and recognise the word being used, then suggest other words more appropriate to the selected level. Not only progressive academics trying to reach their broader community would benefit, but people trying to improve their literacy as well - the school boy trying to make his essay read more 'expertly' uses the tool and gets guidance in a more useful way... or the Taiwanese kid trying to comprehend some verbose English text, runs it through the spell checker at a level 2 to get a better idea... [snip] So I hope some language tools programmer reads this some day, and lets me know were my idea falls short. First please understand that the development resources of OpenOffice.org are limited and their time is precious. So while being verbose is sometimes good, it is also as useful to give a summary. I did not read all of your text, but my scan of it seems to indicate that the above is about right. Second, it is possible to do most of what you want using macros. Except for the wikidictionary bit, which I think is by far the largest part of the problem. How do you think you would solve that ? -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
