Re: Open Office does not initialise
I am glad that things seem to be working fine now. In the future, if OO seems to hang, jump to the task manager and kill the soffice process and/or tasks. I have certainly seen it (on Windows and Linux) hang with nothing displayed. When that happens, a new instance will not properly start until the existing processes are killed. I don't see this often, and I don't even remember what I last saw it. On 11/18/2013 09:21 AM, Iain wrote: Yeah sorry to have not been more explicit. Double click on either Word or Excel type documents do not open (when the reported situation occurs) Trying to double click on the OO short-cut creates a think for half a minute then nothing. Version of OO is 4.0.0, under Window 8. Thank you for your advice. Cannot report as, naturally, OO is doing fine right now. Many thanks for the Task Manager approach suggestion. Iain -Original Message- From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:02 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Open Office does not initialise I assume you are using windows of some sort. Can you be more specific? I am uncertain exactly what you did and then what happened when you did it. (1) Do you mean that you use Windows Explorer to find a WORD document and then you double click on the WORD document and OO does not open? (2) Do you mean that you use File Open, select a Word document? (3) What if OO is already open and editing a document when you try (1) or (2) If OO has failed in some way, try this to start: Open the task manager (I think you use Control+Alt+Del and then select open the task manager). I think that from the process list (is that what it is called, I am not on a windows box), look for the process labeled soffice, and kill it. If OO is running, make sure that you have saved all documents first, because this should kill OO. On 11/18/2013 06:56 AM, Iain wrote: Hi, Just a small problem. At perceived random times, OO refuses to initialise, either when requested to read Word or Excel type documents. Whenever this occurs a reboot of the Windows machine is required to fix the problem. Are there more succinct ways around this situation? Many thanks, Iain Watson - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Open Office does not initialise
Thanks so much, Andrew -Original Message- From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 2:19 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Open Office does not initialise I am glad that things seem to be working fine now. In the future, if OO seems to hang, jump to the task manager and kill the soffice process and/or tasks. I have certainly seen it (on Windows and Linux) hang with nothing displayed. When that happens, a new instance will not properly start until the existing processes are killed. I don't see this often, and I don't even remember what I last saw it. On 11/18/2013 09:21 AM, Iain wrote: Yeah sorry to have not been more explicit. Double click on either Word or Excel type documents do not open (when the reported situation occurs) Trying to double click on the OO short-cut creates a think for half a minute then nothing. Version of OO is 4.0.0, under Window 8. Thank you for your advice. Cannot report as, naturally, OO is doing fine right now. Many thanks for the Task Manager approach suggestion. Iain -Original Message- From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:02 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Open Office does not initialise I assume you are using windows of some sort. Can you be more specific? I am uncertain exactly what you did and then what happened when you did it. (1) Do you mean that you use Windows Explorer to find a WORD document and then you double click on the WORD document and OO does not open? (2) Do you mean that you use File Open, select a Word document? (3) What if OO is already open and editing a document when you try (1) or (2) If OO has failed in some way, try this to start: Open the task manager (I think you use Control+Alt+Del and then select open the task manager). I think that from the process list (is that what it is called, I am not on a windows box), look for the process labeled soffice, and kill it. If OO is running, make sure that you have saved all documents first, because this should kill OO. On 11/18/2013 06:56 AM, Iain wrote: Hi, Just a small problem. At perceived random times, OO refuses to initialise, either when requested to read Word or Excel type documents. Whenever this occurs a reboot of the Windows machine is required to fix the problem. Are there more succinct ways around this situation? Many thanks, Iain Watson - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: The Search Term Text Box
I have done as this suggests and have gotten nowhere. It searches text in documents that I have not created. I have docked the toolbar and all I want to do is un-dock the toolbar. I have even removed open office from my computer and re-installed it with no results. the tool bar is still docked and un usable. I once saw a way to reduce the space between lines and I cannot find it again. HELP James Lambert From: The Morses Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:08 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: The Search Term Text Box On 11/19/2013 09:26 AM, James wrote: Sir: I need help. I cannot find the Search Term Text box in Open office help. Exactly where do I find this. I have tried the binocular icon and all it finds in text in documents. I am tired of sending questions and never getting any answer. I am about fed up with this whole deal! James Lambert Click on Help, select Open Office Help, select Index tab, and the cursor is now active in the search term box. Labeled Search term. -- == Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Dark Chocolate in one hand - Tequila in the other, body and mind thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: The Search Term Text Box
Not sure I understand correctly, so please forgive me if the following isn't going to help - I have a feeling there might be a misunderstanding as to which search box you would like to use. If you would like to search OpenOffice's help files, then you'd need to go to the Help menu (top right) and select OpenOffice Help (second item from top). The Search box that comes up at the top when opening the Help menu is a Spotlight search window, and belongs to the Mac operating system - really no use for OO, but that's Apple's responsibility... :-) If instead you wish to search your OpenOffice document, then you'd go to the Edit menu and click on Find Replace... I have been assuming you are using OO on a Macintosh computer. marina On 19/11/13 at 6:01 AM, jlamb...@inebraska.com (James) wrote: I have done as this suggests and have gotten nowhere. It searches text in documents that I have not created. I have docked the toolbar and all I want to do is un-dock the toolbar. I have even removed open office from my computer and re-installed it with no results. the tool bar is still docked and un usable. I once saw a way to reduce the space between lines and I cannot find it again. HELP James Lambert From: The Morses Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:08 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: The Search Term Text Box On 11/19/2013 09:26 AM, James wrote: Sir: I need help. I cannot find the Search Term Text box in Open office help. Exactly where do I find this. I have tried the binocular icon and all it finds in text in documents. I am tired of sending questions and never getting any answer. I am about fed up with this whole deal! James Lambert Click on Help, select Open Office Help, select Index tab, and the cursor is now active in the search term box. Labeled Search term. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: The Search Term Text Box
On 11/19/2013 11:01 AM, James wrote: I have done as this suggests and have gotten nowhere. It searches text in documents that I have not created. I have docked the toolbar and all I want to do is un-dock the toolbar. I have even removed open office from my computer and re-installed it with no results. the tool bar is still docked and un usable. I once saw a way to reduce the space between lines and I cannot find it again. HELP James Lambert From: The Morses Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:08 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: The Search Term Text Box On 11/19/2013 09:26 AM, James wrote: Sir: I need help. I cannot find the Search Term Text box in Open office help. Exactly where do I find this. I have tried the binocular icon and all it finds in text in documents. I am tired of sending questions and never getting any answer. I am about fed up with this whole deal! James Lambert Click on Help, select Open Office Help, select Index tab, and the cursor is now active in the search term box. Labeled Search term. OK, you've given me some real confusing information here. however. bottom line. to adjust space between lines, FORMAT PARAGRAPH INDENTS SPACING should allow you to adjust the spacing you're after. -- == Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Dark Chocolate in one hand - Tequila in the other, body and mind thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: The Search Term Text Box a note for James
Hi James, I am so not certain I am able to be of help you with this except: The attached screen shot is the result of my search of OO Help selecting the Index tab, then entering the term docking toolbar. I do hope you will have a positive resolution. Oh, and the attached screenshot appears at the bottom of this message, on my screen, anyway. Sam On Nov 19, 2013, at 2:01 PM, James wrote: I have done as this suggests and have gotten nowhere. It searches text in documents that I have not created. I have docked the toolbar and all I want to do is un-dock the toolbar. I have even removed open office from my computer and re-installed it with no results. the tool bar is still docked and un usable. I once saw a way to reduce the space between lines and I cannot find it again. HELP James Lambert From: The Morses Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:08 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: The Search Term Text Box On 11/19/2013 09:26 AM, James wrote: Sir: I need help. I cannot find the Search Term Text box in Open office help. Exactly where do I find this. I have tried the binocular icon and all it finds in text in documents. I am tired of sending questions and never getting any answer. I am about fed up with this whole deal! James Lambert Click on Help, select Open Office Help, select Index tab, and the cursor is now active in the search term box. Labeled Search term. -- == Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Dark Chocolate in one hand - Tequila in the other, body and mind thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Writer, ouline numbered list
I am still having major issues with lists If I start a numbered list and enter items: 1. xxx 2. yyy 3. zzz and then want to put some bulleted items in: * aa * bb That all works OK. But then I unindent and change to numbers, and the next item is again: 1. It's a ROYAL PITA to try to get this back under control. If I go back to 3.zzz and enter, I get 4. but if I then try to paste the * aa * bb under 3.zzz it's a mess. The easiest way I've found to get out of this mess is to start a new document, put in all the top level stuff, and then insert the bulleted items - as UNFORMATTED text and rebulletize them. Sometimes when I undent [isn't that the reverse of indent??] a bullet, it ends up outside the left margin. Arghhh! jt - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
presentations layouts and fonts
Something has changed in 4.0.x Previously, I used to be able to select between a number of slide layouts - title only, title and text, title and two columns of text, etc. Now it's hard to find the incantation to bring up these options; they are not identified in the right hand menu. Also, the default font for the slides [using a template I've carried forward from Star Office] is Albany, but if I am composing a slide and try to select a font, it's not an option. Is this a phantom phont?? sigh - jt - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Showing notes
I am doing a presentation with Impress, and I am using my Mac together with a projector. When I have the extra display connected, the Mac shows the current slide together with the next slide. What I would like to have is to replace the picture of the next slide with the notes for the next slide. Or at least having a display of the notes. Is this possible? I tried to install the Presenter Control Extension as pointed to in the Apache OpenOffice page, but got an error message on version 4.0.1 on the Mac. Tom - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Writer, outline numbered list
At 22:20 19/11/2013 -0500, Julian Thomas wrote: I am still having major issues with lists If I start a numbered list and enter items: 1. xxx 2. yyy 3. zzz and then want to put some bulleted items in: * aa * bb That all works OK. But then I unindent and change to numbers, and the next item is again: 1. Don't unindent. Use Backspace to cancel the bulleting. It's a [considerable problem] to try to get this back under control. If I go back to 3.zzz and enter, I get 4. but if I then try to paste the * aa * bb under 3.zzz it's a mess. Actually, this works for me. Press Enter to start a new paragraph where you want the bulleted list. Your new paragraph will (temporarily) be numbered 4. (and paragraph 4 5.). Providing your new paragraph is empty, pasting in the bulleted list should put everything back to normal at a stroke. The easiest way I've found to get out of this mess is to start a new document, put in all the top level stuff, and then insert the bulleted items - as UNFORMATTED text and rebulletize them. There is no need to start a new document, of course! But this is indeed probably the easiest way to achieve what you want: to enter the bulleted items at first without changing the numbering - so that they are numbered as paragraphs four and five. Later, after you have started your real paragraph four - which will appear at first as paragraph 6. - go back and select the items to be bulleted, and change the style to bulleted. Paragraph 6. will be instantly renumbered as 4., as you need. Sometimes when I undent [isn't that the reverse of indent??] ... Probably unindent - as you had it at first. ... a bullet, it ends up outside the left margin. Well, it will! Instead of using the Decrease Indent button, adjust indenting on the Position tab of the Bullets and Numbering dialogue. Arghhh! I trust I've been able to remove a few consonants from your frustration. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
