Re: windows 8

[Steve Ahlers]

Forwarding to OP

Steve
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On Nov 21, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Jim McLaughlin  wrote:

> From you E mail address I intuit thatht your primary ISP is in Canada. I do
> not know if you are an Anglophone r Francophone, but from your comments I
> must presume you are an Anglophone.
> 
> I hope that you have downloaded the German language version of Open Office
> through the official open office site at www.openoffice.org.  That sdite
> provides you many language options for the Open Office suite, and many
> options for the operating system under which you will run Open Office.
> 
> I suggest that you uninstall the German language version of Open Office
> which you have downloaded.  There really is no  way to "switch" it to
> English, whether US English, British English, or Canadian English.
> 
> After uninstalling the German language version, go to www.openoffice.org
> and select the "flavor" of English version which you want to use, as well
> as the Operating System you are using, and download ONLY from  www.open
> office.org.
> 
> The Open Office website will take you to Source Forge, from which your
> download will be obtained.
> 
> Downloading any language version of Open Office from any source other than
> Open Office.org is risky and may result in installation of various forms of
> undesirable programs being installed on your system.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Pearl Swan  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I have my open office downloaded but it is in German ... how do I change
>> it into English
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: pms...@live.ca
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Subject: windows 8
>> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:36:56 +
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I am interested in downloading Open Office bit I have windows 8 … is it
>> compatible with my computer
>> thank you  Pearl Swan
>> 
>> Sent from Windows Mail
>> 

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Re: windows 8

[Jim McLaughlin]

>From you E mail address I intuit thatht your primary ISP is in Canada. I do
not know if you are an Anglophone r Francophone, but from your comments I
must presume you are an Anglophone.

I hope that you have downloaded the German language version of Open Office
through the official open office site at www.openoffice.org.  That sdite
provides you many language options for the Open Office suite, and many
options for the operating system under which you will run Open Office.

I suggest that you uninstall the German language version of Open Office
which you have downloaded.  There really is no  way to "switch" it to
English, whether US English, British English, or Canadian English.

After uninstalling the German language version, go to www.openoffice.org
and select the "flavor" of English version which you want to use, as well
as the Operating System you are using, and download ONLY from  www.open
office.org.

The Open Office website will take you to Source Forge, from which your
download will be obtained.

Downloading any language version of Open Office from any source other than
Open Office.org is risky and may result in installation of various forms of
undesirable programs being installed on your system.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Pearl Swan  wrote:

>
> I have my open office downloaded but it is in German ... how do I change
> it into English
>
>
>
> From: pms...@live.ca
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: windows 8
> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:36:56 +
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I am interested in downloading Open Office bit I have windows 8 … is it
> compatible with my computer
> thank you  Pearl Swan
>
> Sent from Windows Mail
>

RE: windows 8

[Pearl Swan]

 
I have my open office downloaded but it is in German ... how do I change it 
into English 


 
From: pms...@live.ca
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: windows 8
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:36:56 +







I am interested in downloading Open Office bit I have windows 8 … is it 
compatible with my computer 
thank you  Pearl Swan 

Sent from Windows Mail
  

Re: ASF Code of Conduct

[Dale Erwin]

On 11/21/2014 2:11 PM, Maggie Butler wrote:

Would the user forum consider adding an "Ignore" feature so abusive posters
could be isolated?


Most email clients have a mechanism to filter out messages from unwanted 
sources.  Of course, so many times, people are tempted to "feed the 
troll" and reply to the undesirable individual.  Then you get the 
unwanted messages repeated in the replies.  I know it is difficult to 
resist, but if no one replies to the troll's messages, the effect they 
are seeking is not realized and they just go away.


Dale Erwin



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Re: Problème clavier

[Dale Erwin]

On 11/21/2014 12:26 PM, Doug wrote:
I would doubt that Chinese will ever become a world-wide language 
unless and until it converts to a Latin alphabet.


--doug 


Maybe unlikely, but it could happen.  It happened in Vietnam although 
many years ago.  Like most far east languages, Vietnamese used to be 
written in its own character set, but now it is written in a Latin 
alphabet, but uses many diacritical marks since it is a tonal language, 
as is Chinese.


Dale

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Re: ASF Code of Conduct

[Dale Erwin]

On 11/21/2014 10:21 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:

Recently, this contribution was being celebrated on the ASF Community dev list.  I 
think it is very useful to keep in mind when supporting users: 
.

I find Rory's approach to be entirely within the spirit and I commend his 
gentility for emulation by others who want to support and encourage the users 
of Apache OpenOffice.

  - Dennis


I agree, Dennis, but I think that foreign language speakers should also 
be directed to the list in his own language (if one exists) because 
there are bound to be few speakers of that language on an 
English-speaking list such as this.  I, for example, do not speak 
French, but would not hesitate to help someone in a language I do 
speak... if, of course, I know the solution.  On a list in the poster's 
own language, one is always more likely to find an answer to their problem.


Of course, it should not be done in such a rude manner as was witnessed 
in this case.


Dale

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Re: ASF Code of Conduct

[James Knott]

On 11/21/2014 02:11 PM, Maggie Butler wrote:
> Would the user forum consider adding an "Ignore" feature so abusive posters
> could be isolated?

It's possible in many email apps to forward such messages to trash.


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Excel

[Ingrid Ream]

Good afternoon,

 

I have the most current version of openoffice.org 4.1 and can not open an
excel document. Is there something additional that I need to do

so I can open the document? or does this version not support opening the
docs in excel? I am using windows 8.1 if that makes a difference.

 

Thank you

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Ingrid C. Ream, CTC

President

Superior Travel Service, Inc.

2467 E. Hill Rd.

Grand Blanc, MI  48439

810-695-6170 ext 101

 



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Re: ASF Code of Conduct

[Maggie Butler]

Would the user forum consider adding an "Ignore" feature so abusive posters
could be isolated?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM, mt  wrote:

> On 21/11/14 at 4:21 PM, dennis.hamil...@acm.org (Dennis E. Hamilton)
> wrote:
>
>  Recently, this contribution was being celebrated on the ASF Community dev
>> list.  I think it is very useful to keep in mind when supporting users: <
>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html>.
>>
>> I find Rory's approach to be entirely within the spirit and I commend his
>> gentility for emulation by others who want to support and encourage the
>> users of Apache OpenOffice.
>>
>> - Dennis
>>
>>
> Thank you Dennis, much appreciated. I second your commendation for Rory:
> his contributions are always kind, well worded and to the point. Thank you
> Rory!
>
> marina
>
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Re: ASF Code of Conduct

[mt]

On 21/11/14 at 4:21 PM, dennis.hamil...@acm.org (Dennis E. 
Hamilton) wrote:


Recently, this contribution was being celebrated on the ASF 
Community dev list.  I think it is very useful to keep in mind 
when supporting users: .


I find Rory's approach to be entirely within the spirit and I 
commend his gentility for emulation by others who want to 
support and encourage the users of Apache OpenOffice.


- Dennis



Thank you Dennis, much appreciated. I second your commendation 
for Rory: his contributions are always kind, well worded and to 
the point. Thank you Rory!


marina


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Re: ASF Code of Conduct

[Simon Phipps]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Urmas  wrote:

>
> Let's leave rote instructions and faux politeness to Hindu phone support,
> shall we?


Urmas:

That's another offensive statement that is not appropriate on this mailing
list. As a list moderator I suggest you voluntarily withdraw from
conversations here if you are unable to stop being offensive, as we will
have to take action if the trend continues.

S.

Re: Fw: New Folder

[mt]

On 21/11/14 at 4:20 PM, rim...@comcast.net (Rita Schwartz) wrote:

[snip]


I am using 4.0.1Open Office.  I can't get a New Folder to open 
when I click on the icon in the task bar.



How can I  open a New Folder?





Hello Rita,

Clicking on an icon in the task bar ought to the associated 
application - so if you click on the OpenOffice icon in your 
task bar, OpenOffice should start and present you with a few 
choices (e.g., start a new document, open a recent file).


Not sure why you might want to open a New Folder? If what you 
mean is "creating a new folder" for OpenOffice files, then this 
is an operating system task. On a Mac, you would do this in a 
Finder window. I'm not familiar with Windows/Linux, so I'm sorry 
I can't help you there.


I hope this helps,

marina

[message also sent to rim...@comcast.net (Rita Schwartz)]


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Re: Problème clavier

[Doug]

On 11/21/2014 03:53 AM, mt wrote:

On 21/11/14 at 8:33 AM, davian...@gmail.com (Urmas) wrote:


"Brian Barker":


the number of speakers of Mandarin as a first language is more than twice that 
for English
Would you please follow your own logic and repeat your query in Mandarin


Not even Chinese speak Mandarin.
However, everyone of consequence on our Earth speaks English.
Also, netiquette states clearly: English or nothing.




I'm sure even you would benefit from perfecting your non-native English and 
broadening your view on languages. Understanding French, as well as English, 
German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Arabic will make it much easier for you 
to communicate over the Internet. Which is the only reason for 'netiquette' to 
exist: no communication, no need for netiquette. Right? :-)

mt


Like it or not, Urmas is fundamentally right: the modern lingua franca is 
English. If there is a secondary language, it is probably Spanish,
since it is the language of most of South America. Or maybe Russian, which mt 
never even considered. Or maybe Arabic, altho it suffers
from a difficult written form. I would doubt that Chinese will ever become a 
world-wide language unless and until it converts to a Latin alphabet.

--doug

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Re: ASF Code of Conduct

[James Plante]

Just a reminder, folks: Can we please avoid feeding the troll?

Jim

> On Nov 21, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Urmas  wrote:
> 
> "Dennis E. Hamilton":
> 
>> I find Rory's approach to be entirely within the spirit...
> 
> Giving generic advices cannot be 'in spirit' for any support. We can afford 
> people who have mettle to actually say the OP is an idiot who wants to 
> terminate his sentences with NumPad decimal dot, for example.
> Let's leave rote instructions and faux politeness to Hindu phone support, 
> shall we?
> 
> 
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Re: ASF Code of Conduct

[Urmas]

"Dennis E. Hamilton":


I find Rory's approach to be entirely within the spirit...


Giving generic advices cannot be 'in spirit' for any support. We can afford 
people who have mettle to actually say the OP is an idiot who wants to 
terminate his sentences with NumPad decimal dot, for example.
Let's leave rote instructions and faux politeness to Hindu phone support, 
shall we?




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ASF Code of Conduct

[Dennis E. Hamilton]

Recently, this contribution was being celebrated on the ASF Community dev list. 
 I think it is very useful to keep in mind when supporting users: 
.

I find Rory's approach to be entirely within the spirit and I commend his 
gentility for emulation by others who want to support and encourage the users 
of Apache OpenOffice.

 - Dennis

-Original Message-
From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] 
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 00:54
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: Régis De merlis
Subject: Re: Problème clavier

[ ... ]

In spite of some very ill-considered (not to say downright rude) comments on 
this subject, I cannot recollect that anyone has proffered a solution.

Under /Tools /Options /Language Settings /Languages Régis De merlis should try 
changing (or at least, verifying) the settings for "Language of User Interface" 
and "Locale setting". Both of these should probably be "French(France) in your 
case. If one or other is set incorrectly these may cause the problem you are 
seeing.

And as a politeness I append an automatic translation [ ... ]

En dépit de quelques commentaires très mal considérés (on peut dire franchement 
désagréable)  sur ce sujet, je ne me souviens pas que quelqu'un a offerte une 
solution .

Sous / Outils / Options / Paramètres de langue / les langues Régis De Merlis 
devrait essayer de changer (ou au moins, vérifier) les paramètres de "Langue de 
l'interface utilisateur" et "mise Locale". Les deux doivent probablement être 
"français (France) dans votre cas. Si un ou l'autre est pas bien défini ci 
peuvent causer le problème que vous voyez.

-- 
Rory O'Farrell 

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Re: Fw: New Folder

[Rita Schwartz]

 
 
 
 
 
---Original Message---
 
From: Rita Schwartz
Date: 11/13/14 15:05:44
To: Open Office Help
Subject: Fw: New Folder
 
 
 
 
 
 
---Original Message---
 
From: Rita Schwartz
Date: 11/12/2014 10:36:27 PM
To: Open Office Help
Subject: New Folder
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

To: r...@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: New Folder
 
I am using 4.0.1Open Office.  I can't get a New Folder to open when I click 
on the icon in the task bar. 

How can I  open a New Folder? 
 

 

Re: Problème clavier

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:43:54 +
Régis De merlis  wrote:

> Bonjour,
> 
> J'utilise OpenOffice 4.1.1  sur un PC HP "All in One" avec son clavier et 
> j'en suis très satisfait.
> 
> Cependant, lorsque je veux mettre un point (.) à la fin d'une phrase, 
> OpenOffice 4.1.1 renvoie une virgule (,) !!
> 
> Il faut que j'utilise majuscule + (;) pour obtenir un point (.)
> 
> Merci de me dire quel paramètre il faut modifier.
> 
> Bien cordialement,
> 
> Régis de MERLIS

In spite of some very ill-considered (not to say downright rude) comments on 
this subject, I cannot recollect that anyone has proffered a solution.

Under /Tools /Options /Language Settings /Languages Régis De merlis should try 
changing (or at least, verifying) the settings for "Language of User Interface" 
and "Locale setting". Both of these should probably be "French(France) in your 
case. If one or other is set incorrectly these may cause the problem you are 
seeing.

And as a politeness I append an automatic translation [Thinks: I hope urmas 
doesn't have a heart attack and choke on his bile!]

En dépit de quelques commentaires très mal considérés (on peut dire franchement 
désagréable)  sur ce sujet, je ne me souviens pas que quelqu'un a offerte une 
solution .

Sous / Outils / Options / Paramètres de langue / les langues Régis De Merlis 
devrait essayer de changer (ou au moins, vérifier) les paramètres de "Langue de 
l'interface utilisateur" et "mise Locale". Les deux doivent probablement être 
"français (France) dans votre cas. Si un ou l'autre est pas bien défini ci 
peuvent causer le problème que vous voyez.

-- 
Rory O'Farrell 

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Re: Problème clavier

[mt]

On 21/11/14 at 8:33 AM, davian...@gmail.com (Urmas) wrote:


"Brian Barker":

the number of speakers of Mandarin as a first language is more 
than twice that for English

Would you please follow your own logic and repeat your query in Mandarin


Not even Chinese speak Mandarin.
However, everyone of consequence on our Earth speaks English.
Also, netiquette states clearly: English or nothing.




I'm sure even you would benefit from perfecting your non-native 
English and broadening your view on languages. Understanding 
French, as well as English, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese 
and Arabic will make it much easier for you to communicate over 
the Internet. Which is the only reason for 'netiquette' to 
exist: no communication, no need for netiquette. Right? :-)


mt


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Re: Problème clavier

[M Henri Day]

2014-11-21 8:33 GMT+01:00 Urmas :

> "Brian Barker":
>
>  the number of speakers of Mandarin as a first language is more than twice
>> that for English
>> Would you please follow your own logic and repeat your query in Mandarin
>>
>
> Not even Chinese speak Mandarin.
> However, everyone of consequence on our Earth speaks English.
> Also, netiquette states clearly: English or nothing.
>

​Once again, «Urmas»​
​ revealss her/his bias and ignorance. Her/his attitude towards languages
is similar to her/his attitude toward office suites ; English (fo which
her/his command is less than adequate) or nothing, Microsoft Office or
nothing. And yet s/he continues to post (troll) on this forum !... ;-)

Henri