Re: Need help ASAP!

[Larry Gusaas]

On 2016-10-06, 2:57 PM NW Counseling Associates wrote concerning "Need help 
ASAP!":

I cannot find the answer on the forums and I need an answer as soon as possible. I’m on a 
mac, trying to print form letters I’ve created. I hit print, say yes to the “your document 
contains dress database fields…” and then nothing happens. The mail merge dialogue box 
doesn’t open. The letter doesn’t print. I can’t move forward.


I have tried updating Java, then using Java 6 legacy. Neither have worked. I need these 
letters to go out today. Please help!


There is a bug in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 . The upcoming version should fix the bug. Until then 
revert to AOO version 4.1.1 from http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html



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Re: Open Office "Quits Unexpectedly" in Sierra

[Keith N. McKenna]

Mike Claridge wrote:
> Installed Java 6 runtime but still quits as before.  Open Office now not 
> useable with OS Sierra.
> 
please give the exact wording of the error message that you receive.

Regards
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Re: Problem with Sort in Calc

[Brian Barker]

At 11:59 06/10/2016 -0400, Vince Bonly wrote:
When sorting data in AOO Calc, must the "key" text data be located 
in the leftmost column? It seems that it is so.


No, definitely not.

It may be that you are using the Sort Ascending or Sort Descending 
buttons in the Standard toolbar. When you have selected a cell range, 
one of those cells is left individually highlighted. If you then use 
one of the Sort buttons, the cell range is sorted on the column 
containing that individual cell. By taking care over the way you drag 
the mouse to select the range or how you use click and Shift+click, 
you may be able to sort on different columns.


Alternatively, after you have selected the cell range, go to Data | 
Sort... instead. This opens the Sort dialogue, which gives a wide 
range of options, including the sort criterion: under "Sort by" you 
can select the column (or columns) to be used.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: Page numbering

[toki]

On 06/10/2016 01:19, Martin Groenescheij wrote:

>even with a crap package you can achieve perfect results.

Sometimes inferior software won't allow one to make the adjustments that
are needed, for perfect results.

jonathon

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Re: Page numbering

[John Hart]

Thanks for the assistance Rory, and everyone else who tried to help.

The reason for the difficulty was an obscure bug in OO_3.3, combined
with my unusual method of learning, ended up doing things that couldn't
be undone. Some changes made to master documents are tricky to reverse,
and some how got saved, so the master document became corrupt in a way
that was screwing up page numbering, even after everything inserted had
been deleted.

A search for numbering problems in master documents, reveals many have
had similar problems, and quit using OO in disgust because they wasted
so much time trying to solve it.

jrh

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Need help ASAP!

[NW Counseling Associates]

I cannot find the answer on the forums and I need an answer as soon as 
possible. I’m on a mac, trying to print form letters I’ve created. I hit print, 
say yes to the “your document contains dress database fields…” and then nothing 
happens. The mail merge dialogue box doesn’t open. The letter doesn’t print. I 
can’t move forward. 

I have tried updating Java, then using Java 6 legacy. Neither have worked. I 
need these letters to go out today. Please help! 



Amanda Sonju, Administrative Assistant 
3000 NW Stucki Place, #150 
Hillsboro, OR 97124
P: 503.444.8230
F: 503.295.4036
info.nwcounselingassocia...@gmail.com 

Re: Open office not working with macOS Sierra

[Larry Gusaas]

On 2016-10-06, 10:02 AM Mike Claridge wrote concerning "Open office not working with 
macOS Sierra":


Open office will not load - i.e.


You need to install the legacy Java 6 runtime environment.
Download it at https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572

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Re: Open office not working with macOS Sierra

[chuck ef]

Well, I have no idea what you are talking about. So far as I know, OO was never 
compatible with iOS - but I am basing that only on previous correspondences. I 
am just a user, not an Apache volunteer and I only use OO on my desktop.


And as I said before, my iMac uses macOS Sierra and OO is working just fine. 
What you mean by "doesn't load" is not clear. If you are downloading a new 
version, I hope that you are aware of Gatekeeper. But if you are trying to open 
an existing OO version after upgrading to Sierra, I have no clue what your 
problem is. Mine works fine.


Are you trying to open OO on a Mac? Or are you trying to open it  on an iOS 
device (iPad, iPhone)? That latter is nonexistent so far as I know. The former 
is fine.



From: Mike Claridge 
Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 1:22 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: Open office not working with macOS Sierra

iOS mistake - it is Open Office that cannot be used.  Open Office will not open 
still in Sierra and from the comments on the internet others are experiencing a 
similar problem.  Open Office remains unusable and will be losing users unless 
the problem is fixed.


> On 6 Oct 2016, at 16:06, Mike Claridge  wrote:
>
> Open office will not load - i.e. "Quits unexpectedly" so iOS now not useable.


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Re: Problem with Sort in Calc

[James Plante]

No, it is not true.

Let’s assume for this example that your spreadsheet has six columns: Name, 
Address, City, State, Zip, Phone

We want to sort this list by City, so do this:

Select the top left cell in your table. In our example, it is cell A1. 
Next, select Data->Sort…
This should select all cells within the table. A dialog box will appear. At the 
top of the dialog, you are given two tabs: Sort criteria, and Options. Select 
options.
Select the options you want, but [**important**] make sure to check “Range 
contains column labels”. When you’ve finished selecting, clic on Sort criteria 
again. 
This time you should see “Sort by: Name” on the first line. Click on the 
disclosure triangle at the end of the “Sort by” field.
Select City instead.
Click OK.

The list is now sorted.

A warning: If you simply select the City column and sort it, only that column 
will be sorted, and your data will be mixed up. If that happens by accident, 
you should immediately select Edit->Undo. The whole table must be selected in 
order to sort all the rows of all the columns. 

Jim

> On Oct 6, 2016, at 10:59 AM, Vince%Gmail  wrote:
> 
> Windows 10, desktop,
> 
> AOO412m3(Build:9782)  -  Rev. 1709696
> 2015-10-21 09:53:29 (Mi, 21 Okt 2015)
> 
> 
> When sorting data in AOO Calc, must the "key" text  data be located in the 
> leftmost column? It seems that it is so.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> VinceB.
> 
> 
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Re: Open office not working with macOS Sierra

[Mike Claridge]

iOS mistake - it is Open Office that cannot be used.  Open Office will not open 
still in Sierra and from the comments on the internet others are experiencing a 
similar problem.  Open Office remains unusable and will be losing users unless 
the problem is fixed.


> On 6 Oct 2016, at 16:06, Mike Claridge  wrote:
> 
> Open office will not load - i.e. “Quits unexpectedly” so iOS now not useable.


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Open office not working with macOS Sierra

[Mike Claridge]

Open office will not load - i.e. 

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Re: Open office not working with macOS Sierra

[chuck ef]

I am using OO on macOS Sierra with no  problems. It's open right now.


Now I periodically get the "quits unexpectedly" thing - in fact it happened 
this morning. I just try again and it's fine. I think that is an old problem, 
at least it has been happening to me since I first started using OO three years 
ago or so.

Not sure what iOS has to do with it though.

From: Mike Claridge 
Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:06 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Open office not working with macOS Sierra

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Re: Page numbering

[Brian Barker]

At 06:51 06/10/2016 -0400, Lucetta Noname wrote:
Good bye Rory! Much appreciate all your advice and time spent here. 
Your advice has been invaluable.


Oh, he only said he's leaving *this thread*, not the mailing list. 
You can't get rid of him that easily!


;^)

Brian Barker 



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Re: Page numbering

[Brian Barker]

At 00:03 06/10/2016 -0700, John Hart wrote:

On 10/5/2016 9:59 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
Aaargh! Please don't involve new red herrings. Page numbering is 
controlled by *page styles*, not templates, not the clutch pedal, 
not the key of C# minor ...


Until page numbering was added to the template, page numbering 
didn't work, so the template must be significant.


You are welcome to continue to ignore advice.

I would guess the vast majority of OO users, don't use master 
documents, and would encounter similar problems if they tried.


Others have suggested that you would do better to abandon the master 
document route. If nothing else, wouldn't it help you to get to grips 
with page styles and page numbering in a simple document first?



Some simple answers should solve the problem.


Your problem is definitely not any lack of answers. And you certainly 
cannot learn this stuff from answers. You may be able to get a 
particular document to work this way, but you will still be 
complaining that you don't understand what Writer is doing.



From the writers guide:
Be sure the first page of this new document is set to the page style 
you want for the first page of the final document; if it is not, change it.


Is this done by inserting a page break, and selecting something from the menu?


No. Why not use the Styles and Formatting panel, as has been 
suggested? Just double-click the required (page) style.


In our example, the style for the first page is Title page. There is 
no Title page option, but there is a first page, is this what should 
be selected, or am I on the wrong track?


There is indeed no built-in Title Page page style - so this must be a 
user-created style created earlier in the description of the example 
you are following.


Brian Barker  



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Re: Page numbering

[Rory O'Farrell]

This is my last post on this thread - I have other calls on my time.  

Not knowing exactly what the OP has in his file (and, to be honest, not caring 
very much), what I advise him to do is:
Position cursor as first character in his file.  Press Ctrl Enter to insert a 
page before.  Now place cursor on that page, Right click on the page style 
shown in  the Status Bar (usually bottom bar of OO window - I am working on the 
assumption that OO is set to standard default settings) - the page style in use 
is probably, hopefully Default). From the popup select First Page.  This should 
change the inserted page to First Page style, and subsequent pages to Default.

Now modify First Page Style to use Headers/Footer, or not, as required, and 
insert any required content on that page (Title? Author? etc).

Modify Default page style to use Headers/Footers or not, as required.  In a 
Header or Footer (if used) on the Default page style, insert /Fields /Page 
Number.  Now reposition cursor at top of the second page and /Insert /Indexes 
and Tables /Indexes and tables, selecting Table of Contents from the dropdown.

All entries in the file formatted with Heading 1 paragraph style should now 
appear in the ToC just generated.


-- 
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Re: Page numbering

[John Hart]

On 10/5/2016 9:59 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
Aaargh! Please don't involve new red herrings. Page numbering is 
controlled by *page styles*, not templates, not the clutch pedal, not 
the key of C# minor ... 
Until page numbering was added to the template, page numbering didn't 
work, so the template must be significant.


I would guess the vast majority of OO users, don't use master documents, and
would encounter similar problems if they tried.

Some simple answers should solve the problem.

From the writers guide:

1) Open a new document from the template you created in Step 2,
by clicking New > Templates and Documents, then selecting
the template you created.

Be sure the first page of this new document is set to
the page style you want for the first page of the final
document; if it is not, change it.

Is this done by inserting a page break,
and selecting something from the menu?

In our example, the style for the first page is Title page.

There is no Title page option, but their is a first page,
is this what should be selected, or am I on the wrong track?

jrh