Perhaps Uninterruptible Power Supplies Should be used with AOO for Non-Portable Computers
Hello AOO Users & Advisors, For years I've routinely read reports from Open Office Users about various problems. Many are generally attributed to having shut down one's computer too quickly, before shut down processes have been completed. I've used OO and AOO for many years, both on Windows based computers and on MacBook Pros. I've never experienced *this* type of problem. I attribute that good fortune to three things: * Use of Uninterruptible Power Supplies with Desktop Computers. * Use of Laptop Computers which have immunity to power loss due to their internal batteries. * Very deliberate shut down processes: o Quit the Running Applications (at least all which involve my user data) o Log out of whatever LogIn Accounts have been in use (generally just one) o Shutdown the computer I think that AC Power Failures which cause sudden shutdowns are the cause of many AOO Problems. Should the AOO Installation site STRONGLY recommend the use of Uninterruptible power Supplies with non-laptop computers? Users might be unhappy with paying for UPSes, but they are a small expense relative to the pain of serious data loss and corruption of profiles. -- *v/r, Tom Panfil eBureaucrat (Ret.) Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers to identify their corporate sponsors **m-2015-mbp-15**general_user***fm** *
BRIGHT IDEA: was: Re: Open Office not opening]
The next point rev release of Open Office should include a modified version of the useless dialog box which has bedeviled so many users. It should say something like: You need to delete the folder org.openoffice.script.savedState. It is in the Saved Application State folder in your User/Library. See this post on the user forum for detailed instructions: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17t=55755#p244931 Known bug listed in the release notes, with solution for the problem. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0.1+Release+Notes#AOO4.0.1ReleaseNotes-KnownIssues Tom On 3/16/14 7:25 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2014-03-16, 3:42 PM Ellie Kent wrote concerning Open Office not opening: Hello, I use open office on my mac, However unfortunately it now won’t open which is highly infuriating as I have a crucial report in which I need to submit tonight. When I try and open it, it comes up with the following message ‘The last time you opened OpenOffice, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again?’ It then gives the option to reopen or not to. However which ever button i click nothing happens. I have tried to re download oppenoffice a number of times but this message will not go away. Please tell me what is going on and please resolve it as I am highly dissatisfied with this product which until now I have always trusted and found reliable. You need to delete the folder org.openoffice.script.savedState. It is in the Saved Application State folder in your User/Library. See this post on the user forum for detailed instructions: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17t=55755#p244931 Known bug listed in the release notes, with solution for the problem. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0.1+Release+Notes#AOO4.0.1ReleaseNotes-KnownIssues --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: AMAZING -- Case of Subscription via a Remailer Address [was: Re: Removing yourself from the list :)]
Hi Tubular, Well, I just inspected headers and see that I had fooled myself. My original subscription request was: Subject: Subscribe to OpenOffice Users Mailing List Body: Hello, Subscribe tapan...@ieee.org My reply to the confirm subscribe to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org was: Subject: Confirm Subscription to ooo-user Mailing List Body: Hi, I do want to subscribe to the ooo-users mailing list, BUT I would prefer that my mail be set to my Reply-To Address: tapan...@ieee.org Rather than to my From Address: tap.h...@verizon.net The resulting WELCOME message said in part: Acknowledgment: I have added the address tap.h...@verizon.net to the ooo-users mailing list. Welcome to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org! Please save this message so that you know the address you are subscribed under, in case you later want to unsubscribe or change your subscription address. So, my attempt to con the list server to use my IEEE Remailer address failed. It looks like people are not allowed to subscribe via their preferred remailer addresses. You must have actually been seeing people writing from ISP supplied addresses other than the ISP provided addresses from which they subscribed. You must be right -- Maybe some others have been under the same misconception which I just aired. Maybe this will help them. v/r, Tom On 3/10/14 10:57 PM, Tubular wrote: Thank you, Tom for the insight; however, if these people cannot send email from these type of email addresses, how did they get on the list to start with? Tom Panfil wrote: Hello OpenOffice Apache Moderators, I don't want to unsubscribe from any of the three project lists to which I subscribe (users, dev, api) but like you, I've seen too many requests sent to the lists from people who want to unsubscribe. I assume that something is finally done administratively to unsubscribe their addresses since they eventually stop pestering. Many people who are members of ACM or IEEE or other professional associations register using a Remailer Address serviced by the organization. The use of a Remailer Address enables provision of at least the following services by the organization: * Virus scanning of mail sent to the member's Remailer Address * Quarantining of S--- sent to the member's Remailer Address -- Note that I did not use the S-Word since using it might cause Verizon refuse to send the message considering it to be S. * Forwarding of non-infected non-S--- messages to the member's ISP provided addresses. * Ease of changing of ISPs by simply registering a new ISP supplied e-mail address with the Remailer Service so that mail sent to the Remailer address is forwarded to the member's new current ISP provided address. Correspondents need not be informed of the change of ISP. These people *cannot* send from their Remailer Addresses. They can and usually do include their preferred Remailer Address in the Reply-To field of their message headers. Their e-mail messages are sent from their ISP provided addresses. So, I think that a significant proportion of those who send to the list asking to be removed have tried sending to the address in the footer of the messages and were not removed from the list since they are subscribed with a Remailer Address. That address from which they are send is different from the address which is subscribed I recommend that some mechanism be established for such subscribers to take action to be removed from OpenOffice Apache lists. The instructions they need should be provided in the footer with the other three instructions. I can't imagine that *no* developers and maintainers of OpenOffice know of Remailer Addresses. How could this problem have festered so long? Does the project cadre really not know about Remailer Addresses? If you can maintain Apache projects you must be able to understand this dilemma now that I have explained it somewhat clearly, I think. Note that I am subscribed via an IEEE Remailer address. I'd no doubt have the same problem which these other poor souls have if I'd try to unsubscribe. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2241 / Virus Database: 3722/6671 - Release Date: 03/09/14 -- *v/r, Tom Panfil eBureaucrat (Ret.) H: 301.498.7313 C: 301.741.3637 Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers to identify their corporate sponsors *
Re: Informal Mac OS / OpenOffice Survey
10.6.8 On 12/11/13 10:07 AM, Rob Weir wrote: An informal survey to help our project planning: If you run OpenOffice on the Mac, what version of Mac OS are you running today? 10.4 (Tiger) 10.5 (Leopard) 10.6 (Snow Leopard) 10.7 (Lion) 10.8 (Mountain Lion) 10.9 (Mavericks) - 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
Request Advice on Use of OO's Base MySQL to Accomplish a Task Done Nicely by MS Access
Hello All, I've used Open Office on my MacBook Pro for about three years and like it, but have not done anything particularly challenging. I'm using Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 now. I need advice as to whether OO's Base with MySQL can be used in a practical way to do some tasks, before making a major attempt to switch from MS Access to OO MySQL for this work. I started to make this switch 3 years ago but stopped when I learned that Base does not include its own database engine. Sample tasks are as follows: For many years I used MS Access to facilitate mailing CDs, later DVDs, to attendees of ACM SIGAda Conferences, now morphed into HILT Conferences. I'd use the Conference Attendee List in the Access DB to perform two jobs to support this work: * Print shipping Labels via a DYMO Printer. The labels would include a graphic, the shipping address, the return address, and the number of disks to be included in the package. * Print US Customs Forms to mail to attendees from outside the USA. Initially the US Forms were a single sheet, then later they changed to a triplicate format. I handled that by separating the forms and printing on three copies in succession, being careful to keep the forms with the same pre-printed number together. The info printed was essentially the same as that used on the Shipping Labels. The critical capability provided by Access, besides driving jobs from its database, was the capability to control placement of the text very precisely, to match the fields on the pre-printed forms. I'd really rather be able to do this job running OO's Base and MySQL directly from Mac OS X, rather than starting my Windows XP Virtual Machine, mechanized via Parallels, so that I can use MS Access from my MS Office XP Professional software. Do such tasks seem appropriate for OO's Base MySQL? Can Base provide very critical control of the positioning of text? v/r, Tom Panfil
