Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows
No need to do anything "special" to get "special" characters (like the euro symbol) if you're using any Microsoft OS, from Windows XP up to Windows 7. Just use the Windows "Character Map Utility" that came installed on your computer when you bought it. Visit the MS website to find out how to use this Character Map Utility. In actuality, it's easy as pie to use when you wish to put practically any special character you need into a Writer document. (Click on the "special character" of your choice & select it. Then it's just a matter of "Copy & Paste.") Pin the installed MS CM Utility to your Windows task bar, & just click it open whenever you need it during preparation of a document. Plus you get that special character correctly in the particular font you're using for your Writer text, unless that font is something really exotic & obscure. My pinned CM Utility opens in the "New Times Roman" font, which is the default font I generally use for most all the text I type. (I'm still running Windows 7. I don't have my Windows 10 installed yet, but I imagine the MS Character Map Utility works just fine in that OS as well.) How about "3 cheers & a Tiger" for good ol' Microsoft on this one! Best wishes, Anthony J. Rudgers Orlando, FL Posted: Leap Day, 2016; 11:41 pm -Original Message- From: Maurice Howe Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 6:12 AM To: Apache OpenOffice ; rosenfel...@ca.rr.com Subject: Re: Euro Symbol...? More about "usual" & "special" characters: There are a lot of symbols available through using the ALT+ method, the thing is that the codes you use depend on your system locale. The symbols shown on this site have nothing to do with my locale. Perhaps the best way to see what's available is to start the Character Map (Windows) application (START > Programs > Accessories > Character Map) and see what's available. Things become a little confused when you go above the 255th character; you may need to experiment, but they are available by using ALT + n (i.e. a five digit code). For instance, ALT + 12556 = ♀, ALT + 2556 = ³, ALT + 0255 = ÿ and so on. If you Google "alt key codes", you'll find many other sources. Maurice Howe On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfel...@ca.rr.com> wrote: Thanks all who responded. I can now get the euro symbol in eCS (OS/2) as Alt+213. I will try changing to International English KB and finding a way to define a AltGR which does not work on my KB. Martin - 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: question....
Thank you, Rochelle, for a thoughtful & appropriate response. We're all in this (v. big & complex) world together, & are trying as best we can to "make our way" in it. People, who're sincere, shouldn't be "shamed" just because they phrase their Internet forum requests for assistance in a somewhat simplistic & naive manner. Best wishes, Anthony J. Rudgers Orlando, FL Posted: January 2, 2016; 8:20 pm -Original Message- From: Rochelle Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 7:46 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; dennis.hamil...@acm.org Cc: tec...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: question Sometimes I wish email had a "agree" or "disagree" or "feeling sorry" button. Anything other than a respectul reply has no place in this forum. Please stick to the facts folks, after all we are a volunteer group trying to HELP each other with OO issues. Not everyone is as aware or informed as you. No question is a dumb question, we've all been there before. Maybe knowing that, we can all start off the new year on good footing. With all that is going around in the world, our nation, and our communities, wouldn't it be nice if we can use some sense of respect to bring peace and harmony among ourselves? Rochelle On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: I am sorry that you did not receive a polite and respectful response. The system requirements for the latest release, Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2, can be found at < http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html> You will need to verify your actual OS X configuration, including version of OS X. The 4.1.x-required OS X 10.7 (Lion) was released in 2011. If you have not or cannot upgrade your computer to OS X 10.7, you may have difficult running an Apache OpenOffice 4.1.x release. - dennis > -Original Message- > From: tec...@yahoo.com.INVALID [mailto:tec...@yahoo.com.INVALID] > Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 15:01 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: question > > Hi, Question:If I had a 10 year old Mac running a 10 Year old OS, would > I be able to download and use your latest OpenOffice release?-Thanks - 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: New User; Request For Assistance/Tech Info; etc. "Tony Badger" to the Rescue?
Greetings Craig, I've got a Canon Pixma MX870 multi-function printer w/ a Scanner. First you have to go to the Canon website & download everything you can (all "utilities") related to your particular printer. You'll eventually get something (a "shortcut"} on your "desktop" that says "Canon Solutions Menu." Click on it. Choose the option "scan Photos & Docs." Then click on "OCR." That means "optical character recognition," which lets your computer turn images of text into actual text. Then put your document onto your printer's copier glass-plate input stage, go to your computer, & click on the "scan" button on the Canon screen. The result will be an elementary text document somewhere on your computer. My text scanned documents usually wind up in my "Pictures Library" in a folder called "MP Navigator EX." But you may have to hunt down the saved scan copy down on your computer. So give it a name, when you save it, that's easy to search for. Once you've found your text document, open it & then Copy all the text therein onto your so-called Windows "clipboard." Now open your favorite word processor to create a document. Set up its initial formatting, & then Paste your copied text into the document you created. Now go to work on its text just like you do for any other document! Best wishes, Anthony J. Rudgers (another non-"tecno-geek" "researcher/writer") Orlando, FL Posted October 31, 2015 (Happy Halloween!); 9:19 pm -Original Message- From: Craig Craft Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:10 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: FW: New User; Request For Assistance/Tech Info; etc. From: craftwa...@hotmail.com To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: New User; Request For Assistance/Tech Info; etc. Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 20:30:25 -0400 Greetings and Good Will to all. I know you are busy with involvement in the Apache/Open Office project. I am a 'tech flunky' learning to use word processing and pc technology, in general. I am a researcher/writer and I am looking for information as to how I may scan documents into editable files that I can merge into my text documents. If it is not too much trouble, can someone point me in the correct direction please. I am using a very basic all-in-one scanner (canon MG 2500 Series) and a very basic laptop running Windows 8.1, 64 bit, 2013 edition. Any information is very much appreciated. Thank you for any time and info. you may be able to provide. Sincerely, Craig craft. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the Joe 6-Pack word processor user
What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor (WP) is in a different style, you don't know its style until you finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of specialized lists inventories w/ my WP, in addition to creating documents written articles in many varied formats. To address the responder of my initial posting, let me say: I've invested a lot of time in trying to become proficient in Writer styles w/o much success. Also, I bought every reference I could find on 'Writer,' but still couldn't get that Writer WP to produce the documents I needed in the format I wanted. What is more, when I was required to re-edit a Writer document at a later time, I found the re-editing often undid all the formatting I thought I had built into the Writer document. I don't mind investing in computer programming technology that serves my needs. (For a selfie aside, I started in the computer business in 1961, was, at various times, fluent in 7 ea. different computer languages. So I know what it means to invest one's time effort to acquire proficiency w/ a particular software product.) I decided w/ Writer that I wasn't making progress getting my work done. Therefore, I decided to invest my time energy elsewhere. In consistency w/ my previous experience, I chose to invest my time energy in the so-called tried true--in this case MS Word. My priority has always been on getting my work done efficiently, not on learning to become proficient w/ any particular software product. Best wishes, Anthony J. Rudgers Orlando, FL Posted: June 25, 2015; 8:25 pm -Original Message- From: Dale Erwin Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:10 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Anthony Rudgers Subject: Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the Joe 6-Pack word processor user On 6/23/2015 10:53 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: As to word processors suitable for the general user, my vote is for Microsoft Word. While, like most everyone on our Planet, I'd like the proverbial free lunch, I don't expect to get one. However, I found I can get MS Word to give me the text I want to type almost always. But when I use Writer, I keep getting something I have to constantly diddle with to get it to appear in the form I want. And, if I want something fancier than simple text, I can get that too with MS Word. I'd like Writer fine if only I could sit down at my computer prepare a document using it without constantly undoing all the things built into Writer that I've never figured out how to turn off or to modify. Of course I had to pay a somewhat steep price to get a WP that served my needs, but my time is valuable to me too, so the ease of use the reliability of MS Word seems well worth the cost in the long run. I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I struggled against it for a long time before I finally broke down and made the time to learn how to use them. Dale Erwin - 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: spreadsheet transpose
I've always rather thought a computer to be feminine--being a most demanding mistress who requires you give her a lot, lot of your time, but who rewards you with what you want from time to time. Best wishes, Anthony J. Rudgers Orlando, FL: Posted Nov. 10, 2014; 7:16 pm -Original Message- From: Julian Thomas Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 6:53 PM To: Open Office Apache list Subject: spreadsheet transpose Is there a quick way to transpose a spreadsheet so the columns become rows and vice versa? I want to get one column as a csv file, and if I do the transposition and then save as CSV I should be home free. Otherwise is there a way to export a column as CSV? tnx — jt - j...@jt-mj.net A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy. -Joseph Campbell| - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org ilte - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Auto Spell Check--it's how you create, open, or access your file
Greetings, Back when I was attempting to get some useful results using OpenOffice Writer, I had a number of experiences similar to your present one. Sometimes the OOo spellcheck worked just fine for American English. Other times it didn't work at all, failing to redline obvious misspellings that I'd purposely introduced. Then other times the spellcheck became overzealous, so to speak, indicated that every word in a document was misspelled! I was quite frustrated w/ the way Writer was working, but I figured out what was going on. How Writer applies its spellcheck, depends upon how you open, or initiate, your document! This appears to be a persistent long-standing bug (feature?) in Writer. I now use MS Windows 7 on my computer, but when I was having the problem (before I gave up on OpenOffice software) I was using Windows Vista. You know that, in both Windows 7 in Windows Vista, you can access a particular WP document in various ways, , if you're creating a new document, there are several options for starting out. I found that Writer doesn't work the same way in every option, no matter how you set it up when you have a particular document open. For example, when I was suddenly getting every word in a document redlined, I traced this to the fact that the Writer software was applying a German-language dictionary to my document! Sure, everything was misspelled, since I was writing a document in English! When I changed the way I opened Writer documents in Vista, the option I chose had, as I learned, used a spelling dictionary (German) other than the one I had previously selected (American English, or at least I THOUGHT I had selected my native language). Another symptom of this dependence of spelling dictionary on document creation /or access procedure was the observation that often particular words, names, terms that I added to my English dictionary, suddenly were flagged as misspelled in other documents. Apparently, when you set your spelling ( other!) defaults, after evoking the Writer word processor in one way, you can get something entirely different, if you get to Writer by some other option on your computer. I hope this report of my personal experience w/ OpenOffice Writer helps you resolve your problem. Best wishes, Anthony J. Rudgers Orlando, FL Sept. 17, 2014; 8:42 pm -Original Message- From: Feral Hassan Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 5:44 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Auto Spell Check Dear Sir / Madam, Yesterday I opened a document that I have been working on for some time now and found that, for some reason, every single word (in UK English) has been underlined in red by the Auto Spell Check. I have gone through the help instructions and ensured that all settings are set to English (UK), so this cannot be the problem. I can of course turn the Auto Spell Check off, but then I won't know if I've spelt anything incorrectly. I even tried opening a new document to see if it would do the same on that, and it did. I also tried downloading the latest version of your product, same again.Any ideas why it is doing this all of a sudden when the day before, having saved my document, it was fine? It's almost as if it's suddenly basing everything on a foreign language dictionary.Any assistance for would be much appreciated. Many thanks,Feral Hassan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Reading and Exporting spreadsheets--another commentary
Greetings All, Here's (imho) another example of the symptoms of the coding flaws inherent in the present OOo software suite. You do something according to one set of seemingly-valid protocols get one result (or, perhaps, non-result), then you do it according to another set of also-valid protocols, get an entirely different result (or non-result). This, at least to me, would indicate that there are instances of differing, , consequently, inconsistent, coding within OOo. I've experienced a similar inconsistency in OOo code in another area. I submit this query. Do proponents of OOo software, want to deal w/ correct such problems, deny they exist, ignore them move on (as embodied in the posting: I'm tired of this thread, can't we talk about something else?), throw up their hands say that such inherent problems are just a fact of life--so live w/ them, or, simply, verbally abuse belittle the OOo users who point them out to this community? Best wishes, Anthony J. Rudgers Orlando, FL U.S.A. -Original Message- From: Arthur Schwarz Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 6:48 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Reading and Exporting spreadsheets Win7 cygwin I created and saved a spreadsheet, 'ods' ,document. When I try to read it using my cygwin alias alias ods='/ProgramFiles86/OpenOffice\ 4/program/scalc.exe' it (basically) says what's that but when I use open office directly and use Recent Documents it seems to have no problem. is my alias correct? I use a similar alias for the writer (alias odt='/ProgramFiles86/OpenOffice\ 4/program/swriter.exe') and it works fine. Now comes the real puzzler (for me), when I export the spreadseet as a pdf file, the cygwin shell doesn't recognize it. That is, 'find', 'ls' don't recognize the file. It comes up with no such directory or file. But when I go to the Windows explorer or import the file using Adobe, no problem. The filename is there bold as lightning. and I have no issue. On the other hand, using cygwin, I can't input the file to adobe. Now for the confounding aspect. Everything works as expected in the writer. I can create a pdf file, see it in cygwin, open and use it in adobe, list it, and I guess do everything needful. But not when I create a spreadsheet. Wait, wait. I have (yet) another mystery. When I open a new shell (but do not reboot), the new shell shows the created pdf file but now the ods file is missing. And, contrary to everything above, I can load the pdf file to adobe in the cygwin shell the exact opposite of above. Right now it's an irritation but is there something that I've done wrong or someway to fix the problem so that it shows up in by cygwin shell? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
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