RE: Languages Office Writer

[elderdanlewis]

   You can write using more than one language if you use styles. You can have a 
paragraph in Spanish, another in German, and another in English. To do so, 
create a paragraph style for each language. Or, you can mix languages by 
creating a character style for each. Just make sure to apply the appropriate 
style for your languages. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: chaxiraxi...@gmail.com 
Date:07/05/2016  10:40 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Languages Office Writer 


Hi, 

I normally write in German, but as I am living in Spain, many words are 
spanish, too. But always the program put These red lines under the spanish 
words.

As I know, I can´t use more than one language with this program, but I think it 
would be very useful if there will be a function to use more languages, at 
least two at the same time. 
It is only a idea, but maybe you find a solution?

Uli Reissaus

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RE: OO Writer - cursor size

[elderdanlewis]

The properties of the cursor is controlled by the operating system of your 
computer. Yours is likely Windows. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: Guillermo Rothsche  
Date:02/25/2016  5:21 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: OO Writer - cursor size 

I have not found a way to change the shape of the cursor, two or three pix
wide, making it more visible. Other products have this option clearly
exposed. It's very important for some guys like me and Mr. Magoo...
Thanks. OO is a great thing, and a great ptoject

Saludos desde  Uruguay (Greetings from Uruguay),
Guillermo Rothsche.

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Re: question....

[elderdanlewis]

Sorry to confuse anyone. I don't have any problems. I was only relaying what I 
know from personal experience about the early Intel motherboards used by Apple. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: James Plante  
Date:01/04/2016  11:45 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: question 

Ah! Now someone can possibly be of help. Just a little more info, please. Can 
you launch the Mac partition and do as I suggested? This time, we’ll want the 
processor that’s installed. “About this Mac” will give it to you. 

Stay tuned. There may be an Ubuntu command that will give you this information. 
But I use a Mac, and run version 4.1.2, so I’m useless from this point on. If 
you’ll provide that information, some other (Ubuntu) user will be in a position 
to help. What partitioning software are you running? Parallels or VirtualBox or 
something else?

Jim

> On Jan 4, 2016, at 2:58 PM, elderdanlewis  wrote:
> 
> I have installed ubuntu 14.04 on my MacBook, and I do not use the OS X 
> partition. This way I can use the latest version. 
> 
> Dan
> 
>  Original message 
> From: James Plante  
> Date:01/03/2016  9:35 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: question 
> 
> @elderdanlewis,
> I, too, am sorry you received the snarky answer. It was inappropriate.
> 
> If you’ll click on the Apple menu and choose “About this Mac,” you’ll see all 
> the info that anybody needs to answer most questions. Actually, we need to 
> know specifically which OSX version you have installed. “About this Mac” will 
> tell you that, and a lot more besides. 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
>> On Jan 2, 2016, at 8:40 PM, elderdanlewis  wrote:
>> 
>> I have one of the earliest Intel MacBook which was in 2006. The computer in 
>> question probably doesn't have an Intel motherboard and will not run OS X at 
>> all. Even if it does, it cannot be upgraded to Lion. This is what was told 
>> to me.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>>  Original message 
>> From: "Dennis E. Hamilton"  
>> Date:01/02/2016  7:02 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
>> To: tec...@yahoo.com 
>> Cc: users@openoffice.apache.org 
>> Subject: RE: question 
>> 
>> 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
>> 
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Re: question....

[elderdanlewis]

I have installed ubuntu 14.04 on my MacBook, and I do not use the OS X 
partition. This way I can use the latest version. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: James Plante  
Date:01/03/2016  9:35 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: question 

@elderdanlewis,
I, too, am sorry you received the snarky answer. It was inappropriate.

If you’ll click on the Apple menu and choose “About this Mac,” you’ll see all 
the info that anybody needs to answer most questions. Actually, we need to know 
specifically which OSX version you have installed. “About this Mac” will tell 
you that, and a lot more besides. 

Jim


> On Jan 2, 2016, at 8:40 PM, elderdanlewis  wrote:
> 
> I have one of the earliest Intel MacBook which was in 2006. The computer in 
> question probably doesn't have an Intel motherboard and will not run OS X at 
> all. Even if it does, it cannot be upgraded to Lion. This is what was told to 
> me.
> 
> Dan
> 
>  Original message 
> From: "Dennis E. Hamilton"  
> Date:01/02/2016  7:02 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
> To: tec...@yahoo.com 
> Cc: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: RE: question 
> 
> 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
> 
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Re: question....

[elderdanlewis]

 Original message 
From: James Plante  
Date:01/03/2016  9:35 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: question 

@elderdanlewis,
I, too, am sorry you received the snarky answer. It was inappropriate.

If you’ll click on the Apple menu and choose “About this Mac,” you’ll see all 
the info that anybody needs to answer most questions. Actually, we need to know 
specifically which OSX version you have installed. “About this Mac” will tell 
you that, and a lot more besides. 

Jim


> On Jan 2, 2016, at 8:40 PM, elderdanlewis  wrote:
> 
> I have one of the earliest Intel MacBook which was in 2006. The computer in 
> question probably doesn't have an Intel motherboard and will not run OS X at 
> all. Even if it does, it cannot be upgraded to Lion. This is what was told to 
> me.
> 
> Dan
> 
>  Original message 
> From: "Dennis E. Hamilton"  
> Date:01/02/2016  7:02 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
> To: tec...@yahoo.com 
> Cc: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: RE: question 
> 
> 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
> 
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RE: question....

[elderdanlewis]

I have one of the earliest Intel MacBook which was in 2006. The computer in 
question probably doesn't have an Intel motherboard and will not run OS X at 
all. Even if it does, it cannot be upgraded to Lion. This is what was told to 
me.

Dan

 Original message 
From: "Dennis E. Hamilton"  
Date:01/02/2016  7:02 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: tec...@yahoo.com 
Cc: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: RE: question 

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 


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
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Re: Spreadsheets

[elderdanlewis]

 Original message 
From: Dale Erwin  
Date:12/23/2015  2:49 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Spreadsheets 

On 12/23/2015 10:13 AM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> You have given me the information that I was looking for. Thanks!
> I am writing a chapter, Planning/Designing your Database, for 
> LibreOffice. Since many people use spreadsheets and shy away from 
> databases, I wanted something to compare the two. The general 
> conception seems to be creating databases is difficult, and creating 
> spreadsheets is easier. I wanted to show that the basic principles for 
> creating a database are not very different from creating a spreadsheet.

One problem I see with your premise is that with the database, after it 
is created you have to then create some sort of application to 
manipulate/retrieve the data.

Dale

   As with any database, a DBMS is used to give the database its structure. A 
RDBMS is used for a relational database. I want to show that creating tables is 
not too different than placing related data in a spreadsheet including the 
formatting of the cells that hold the raw data. Also, location of a cell is 
similar: column and row vs column and primary key. Of course if talking about 
the entire spreadsheet or database,sheet or tables would also be used. 

Dan

Re: Spreadsheets

[elderdanlewis]

I will send you a link when I finish.

Dan

 Original message 
From: Lucetta  
Date:12/23/2015  11:01 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Spreadsheets 

Hi good idea. Where would I find your writing when it is completed? I'm looking 
for just such a manual. 

Kind regards
Lucetta



> On Dec 23, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Dan Lewis  wrote:
> 
> You have given me the information that I was looking for. Thanks!
>I am writing a chapter, Planning/Designing your Database, for LibreOffice. 
> Since many people use spreadsheets and shy away from databases, I wanted 
> something to compare the two. The general conception seems to be creating 
> databases is difficult, and creating spreadsheets is easier. I wanted to show 
> that the basic principles for creating a database are not very different from 
> creating a spreadsheet.
> 
>> On 12/23/2015 01:08 AM, Martin Groenescheij wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 23-Dec-15 03:36, elderdanlewis wrote:
>>> Is there an equivalent in spreadsheets to relational databases?
>> 
>> You can use lookup values from other tabs in that sense you could compare 
>> both, but the functionality in a spreadsheet is very limited in comparison 
>> with a relational database.
>> 
>>> Or, are they all similar to flat databases?
>> 
>> No because in a spreadsheet you can have multiple sets of data.
>> A flat database is limited to one set of data.
>> 
>>>I am looking for similarities and differences between databases and 
>>> spreadsheets.
>> 
>> This is an open ended question, could you be more specific on what you try 
>> to achieve?
>> 
>>> 
>>> Dan
>> 
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Spreadsheets

[elderdanlewis]

Is there an equivalent in spreadsheets to relational databases? Or, are they 
all similar to flat databases? 
   I am looking for similarities and differences between databases and 
spreadsheets. 

Dan

RE: help please with disappeared headings

[elderdanlewis]

Please reply with a statement of what you have tried that you consider to be 
obvious. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: Ann  
Date:09/27/2015  4:15 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: help please with disappeared headings 

Hello,
I've been editing a very long document and am almost done but suddenly 
all of the headings that I was applying from a style sheet jumped way to 
the left so they are nearly out of sight. The rest of the text stayed put!
Any idea how I can get it back to the normal margins? The obvious has 
not worked so far.
Thanks so much, Ann in Amsterdam

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RE: Directions for sending a document that is saved on open office to a friend by email: are there directions for this somewhere?

[elderdanlewis]

File > Send.   Now select which format you want to send form the menu. Your 
email client should open with the file attached. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: Leonora  
Date:09/06/2015  9:42 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Directions for sending a document that is saved on open office to a 
friend by email: are there directions for this somewhere? 

Thanks,
Leonora Morrison

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user

[elderdanlewis]

 Original message 
From: John Hart  
Date:06/26/2015  6:03 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the 
"Joe 6-Pack" word processor user 

On 6/26/2015 1:12 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
> On 6/26/2015 11:37 AM, Doug wrote:
>>   However, if there were
>> to be a means of exiting the strait-jacket for a short space--a line 
>> or the end of a paragraph, say, or until one deliberately returns to 
>> the style, then it might become a more user-friendly environment. 
>
A reasonable suggestion

Clearly you do not use styles very often. Neither does the previous post 
above yours. (Doug) It is too general in nature. Suggestions need to be 
specific in nature because the settings of each style is specific.
 I learned how to use styles from the Getting Started Guide (2 chapters) 
and the Writer Guide (1 chapter).This was more than 10 years ago. These are 
still available in updated versions.

Dan

> You've already told us that you do not intend to learn styles. There 
> is no need to give us more proof that you don't know how to use them.
>
Followed by an /ad hominem response


/

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user

[elderdanlewis]

   Yes, it does. Then again,  it makes me wonder how great reveal codes are. If 
it were important to many people, shouldn't someone who used them regularly 
have kept the extension up to date? It would take some time to learn how to do 
this though.
   In this case, the person who stated that it should be part of OO should 
"bite the bullet," learn how to create the extension,  and do so. Then he/she 
should keep it up to date.
   It might prove how important reveal codes really are by the number of 
downloads of this extension. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: Jim McLaughlin  
Date:06/26/2015  5:11 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the 
"Joe 6-Pack" word processor user 

Oh.

So that makes it kind  of useless in a world of OO 4.1.1.

Typical of the OO community.



On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 2:06 PM, toki  wrote:

>
>
> On 06/26/2015 08:20 PM, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
> > Where does one find this magical sounding macro/extension?
>
> I think that OOo 1.1.5 is the most recent version that it can be
> installed, and run on.
>
> jonathon
>
>

Re: Conversion from Word Perfect 12 to AAO Writer

[elderdanlewis]

Close enough. www.libreoffice.org/download / is the page. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: James Knott  
Date:05/24/2015  4:40 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org,wa2...@yahoo.com.INVALID 
Subject: Re: Conversion from Word Perfect 12 to AAO Writer 

On 05/24/2015 01:15 PM, Vince (II): WA2RSX wrote:
> Hello group:
> I am using WIN8.1 desktop, WORD PERFECT 12, and want to convert several 
> existing documents to AAO 4.1.1, Build 9775.
> However, I have read here that LibreOffice supports WP and AAO does not.  If 
> that is true, then where do you suggest that LibreOffice be downloaded from? 
> regards,VinceB.
>

Well, this is just a wild guess, but perhaps www.libreoffice.org?

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Re: Spell check

[elderdanlewis]

Has anyone renamed the user profile, restarted AOO,and then compared the 
renamed profile with the newly created one? (There should be a difference, but 
it would be rather time consuming to find any. There is the possibility of more 
than one difference. )

Dan

 Original message 
From: Andrea Pescetti  
Date:05/24/2015  3:40 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Spell check 

Martin Groenescheij wrote:
>> On 23 May 2015, at 5:36 pm, toki wrote:
>> The major reason for not fixing it, is that it is _not_ a reproducable
>> bug.   There is no sequence of steps I can take, that produces the bug.

Exactly. We had a variant of the bug that occurred upon installation and 
profile migration from version 3.x; that one was fixed. These, much more 
limited from the numbers we see, other occurrences are even harder to 
track and diagnose.

> add an option to reset the user profile from a toolbar.

That has been the favorite option so far, together with an option for 
resetting the profile when one (un)installs the program. You will find 
the full discussions on the dev list, but technically the complexity is 
that you can't delete the profile from a running OpenOffice (so this 
would have to be scheduled for the next restart and coding it becomes 
more complex) and that you (un)install the program system-wide, but your 
profile is a per-user setting.

Regards,
   Andrea.

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RE: Please stop copying Microsoft! They suck more every year!

[elderdanlewis]

   Why don't I believe you? Perhaps it is because I have been using this 
product since Star Office became available. I have used OpenOffice.org from 
version 1.0 to 3.3. I even used it to help write documentation for it. ( 
Writer) I have used a spreadsheet to keep track of my finances. Considering the 
number of linked sheets in it, I would never recommend anyone try this on a 
smart phone. I have also written an autobiography part that contains 83000 plus 
words and pics. Another contains 57000 plus words. Could I have done this with 
the early versions of OOo? No. The present versions have many more features 
than the earlier ones. Perhaps you have not taken the time to learn what the 
program can do.
   I am also helping a lady to write a document for her bridge group. It 
contains text, pics, bullets, and different heading levels. We are not having 
any problems doing it.
   So, seriously, what is your real problem? 

Dan 

 Original message 
From: Rebecca Eaton  
Date:05/08/2015  4:43 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Please stop copying Microsoft!  They suck more every year! 

Hi there!  I've been using your spreadsheet and word processor for at least 15 
years (unless you're not that old...  as long as I can remember, anyway).  I'm 
sorry to say that the usability of both has gone down quite a bit in the past 
few years, and I suspect that it's because you're trying to copy Microsoft.  
Microsoft sucks so much, there are no polite words for them.  Why not try to 
make things better than Microsoft?  If you just took these programs from ten 
years ago, and spruced them up a bit, that would pretty much do the trick.

Some examples:
Your word processor seems to have been redesigned for a smart phone.  Smart 
phones are for people who don't need to do huge amounts of research, cutting 
and pasting, formatting, etc.  You need to get some people to design things 
like word processors and spreadsheets who actually use them on a pretty much 
daily basis, because people who do all their typing on a phone can't imagine 
the things that we used to be able to do. 

The default should be that the things that I type stay exactly the way I typed 
them. In the early 2000's, it was annoying that it took one button to change 
this to the default.  Now it's actually impossible.   I' often have to actually 
change what I want to write in the document, because I can't stop the damn 
program from changing it.  I click on all kinds of boxes that say they will 
stop it, but they don't.  If you want to make the default be like a smartphone, 
could I please have one, easy to find button to click on, that says "leave my 
goram typing the way I smegging well typed it."  Please, I'm begging.  I know A 
LOT of people agree with me about this, and I don't know why nobody's 
listening. 

When I used to right-click on something, the box would open in a location 
appropriate to the box.  Now it opens relative to the cursor.  This means that 
if what I've clicked on isn't at the top of the page, I can't paste, because 
the bottom of the box is below this stupid-ass see-through monstrosity of a 
taskbar at the bottom of the screen (where I've lost actual windows before, 
because I accidentally dragged them to the bottom of the screen, and it let me 
drag it down, but then wouldn't let me click on the document once it was under 
the taskbar).  So have to scroll down, and click again.

There are quite a few operations that I used to do with one or two clicks, that 
now take me four or five.  I would really like to have back the ability to 
right-click in the document and get the option for "paste special."  I do this 
approximately a million times a day, and I curse you every time.  Not you 
personally, more programmers in general.

When I click on something, the document keeps jumping around to put that line 
more in the middle of the page.  I put that line right where I wanted it, so I 
can see all the lines I'm working on, and I don't want it to move.

The cursor doesn't disappear anymore when I'm typing, even though I've checked 
all the appropriate boxes.  This is so annoying.  I start typing, and then I 
can't see what I'm working on.


Seriously, this Windows 8 is so incredibly bad, it feels like the designers are 
just pooping on consumers.  That's not the word I'm really thinking...  It's 
obscene that they still control the market, when their product gets worse and 
worse every year.  There are so many functions that it doesn't do at all, and 
these m-f-ing pop-up things mean that I have to spend a lot of time carefully 
positioning the mouse so they won't all pop up, and make my freaking windows 
disappear, or make it impossible to click on what I need to click on.  Now is 
the perfect time to take them down.  I wish now that I'd kept up with my 
programming, because I think that I could easily write something better than 
Windows.  I have to think that this is related to the fact tha

RE: free license for office?

[elderdanlewis]

The license comes in the download file. You do not need an additional license 
for a business. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: Soporte Tecnico  
Date:02/24/2015  1:18 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: free license for office? 

Hi,
I am confused in all the information about the license, because of the 
language. I would like to know if we need to request to you a license for a 
business usage. I have known that some companies here in Mexico are using it, 
even with a customized logo. I don’t need that much, just to know if the open 
office can be used in a company and even if it is free, do I need still a 
license?
Please Advise
Silvia
 
 

Re: Page renumber problem

[elderdanlewis]

To anchor graphics, create an empty paragraph. Then anchor the graphic as a 
character. This keeps the graphic in its proper place. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: "Dennis B. Jensen"  
Date:01/15/2015  11:58 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Page renumber problem 

Johnny:
Thanks for your reply.  The photos are anchored to the page.  I have found 
that I must anchor them to the page to keep them from migrating to the wrong 
page, as they have a tendency to do.  But thanks for your insight.

Do you have a suggestion about how to prevent photos from migrating to the 
wrong page, unless they are anchored to the page?  If there is a different 
method of keeping the photos on the page where I put them, then I wouldn't 
need to anchor them to the page.
DBJensen

-Original Message- 
From: johnny smith
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 11:37 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: Page renumber problem

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:26:18 -, Dennis B. Jensen  
wrote:

> I put the cursor in the heading; click format/paragraph/text flow and 
> change the page number.  When I click OK on the files I have a problem 
> with, the page number changes; BUT the heading moves to the end of the 
> file.  In some cases the first page content is deleted also.  So the 
> result is the heading either at the end of the file, or at the beginning 
> of a blank last page.

what is the picture ancored to? if it is anchored to page rather than to 
paragraph or character, then page number switching could cause something 
similar to your problem.

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Re: I CAN NOT REMOVE MY PASSWORD

[elderdanlewis]

 Original message 
From: Martin Groenescheij  
Date:08/19/2014  6:56 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Cc: rmarti...@gmail.com 
Subject: Re: I CAN NOT REMOVE MY PASSWORD 

When you set a password the window give you the following:

Note: After a password has been set, the document will only
open with the password. Should you lose the password, there
will be no way to recover the document. Please also note
that this password is case-sensitive

If it is that easy to remove a password it doesn't make sense to set a 
password in the first place.

 You seem to have forgotten something. When a document has been saved with 
a password,  you must first reopen the document with the password before you 
can change it. If you forget the password,  you can not open it.

Dan

On 19-8-2014 13:49, Ruben Martinelli wrote:
> *I can not remove my password from a document ods openoffice calc, in the
> way you explain the aid.*
>
> *THANKS YOU.*
>
> *RUBEN MARTINELLI*
>

RE: Openoffice-Base

[elderdanlewis]

     Simply put,  you must first  create the database including its tables and 
fields. What you want in your template has to be created in a query.  Then use 
the query as the basis for a report. 

Dan

 Original message 
From: Dewald Barnard  
Date:08/13/2014  10:44 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Openoffice-Base 

Good afternoon

I need assistance in templates that will work for a small business. All I
need is something to issue (make out delivery notes with automated delivery
note numbers), receive stock, stock availability and automated stock
reorders. I'm in charge of the parts store and sales and the system that we
are using is outdated (written book records). So I need something to help
me keep record of all the parts and their bin locations. When I make out a
delivery note the part issue must automatically be deducted from the
availability and if it comes to minimum required quantity it must
automatically reorder the stock to maximum level.

Do you perhaps have something similar to this or is this to complex to
make? Any suggestions is appreciated.

Kindest Regards
Dewald Barnard
RSA

Re: Can you Produce a "Quality" EBook with Open Office or Open Office Writer...

[elderdanlewis]

I use Calibre for doing this.

http://calibre-ebook.com is the link to get this program.

Dan

 Original message 
From: Rory O'Farrell  
Date:08/10/2014  2:20 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Can you Produce a "Quality" EBook with Open Office or Open
  Office Writer... 

On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 08:21:37 -0400 (EDT)
seanwhit...@aol.com wrote:

> Hi,
>  I am a writer, and I have been  pleasantly taken aback by Open 
> Office... I had been struggling with Word 2003  for years, and not realised 
> your 
> own program had progressed so much, and was  quite so comprehensive!
> 
> 
> Nevertheless the links did not work for  information, which I wished to 
> ascertain, so I was left with little option, but  to contact yourselves in 
> regard to these.
> 
> 
> Firstly, I have a rather successful  writing friend, who wishes for me to 
> use Scrivener, due to the fact that this is  particularly useful in producing 
> an Ebook, which I intend to launch my next book  as: _The  Tallest Dwarf_ 
> (http://www.quirkyclaus.com/The_Tallest_Dwarf_Comic_Fantasy_Books.htm)  <<< 
> *Link  ! 
> 
> 
> However I am finding the program  almost prohibitively difficult to 
> utilise... 


To use OpenOffice Writer with any success you need to use its its Styles 
feature, rather than Direct Formatting.

> The Tallest Dwarf, comprises as well as the main  storyline - of course... 
> "extensive" footnotes, which 'must' be presented  to their optimum in a 
> future production of the  EBook.

You can modify the inbuilt Styles to match your desire. You will find a brief 
exposition of these at 
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Styles
and on the detail in links from that page,

> 
> 
> What is "Open Office Writer" for  instance... I like Open Office, but 
> well... is 'this' really what I'd be better  using?
> 
> 
> I am quite reluctant to use Scrivener  for creating the format to an EBook, 
> as well only not is the  program difficult to comprehend, I do not really 
> find the mechanism  appealing.

There are two (at least) equivalents to Scrivener 
Plume Creator at 
http://www.plume-creator.eu/site/index.php/en/
and
oStoryBook at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ostorybook/files/?source=navbar

Both of these are currently undergoing extensive rewriting. Of the existing, I 
find Plume Creator more stable, although oStoryBook is perhaps slightly fuller 
featured. The current release of this (4.9.14) is unstable so I'd advise using 
one of the earlier releases.

But in the event that the work is complete and well ordered, there is no need 
to use such an external application, whose main function is overview and 
reordering of the sections of text. In the case of a well-ordered work, Writer 
will give good layout and formatting facilities, good search and replace, good 
spell checking. It also has the advantage that the file Writer outputs (in .odt 
format) can be fed directly into Calibre, at
http://calibre-ebook.com/
which is the epublication converter par excellence.


> 
> 
> Any assistance you may offer in this  please...?
> 
> 
> You may find details of my other work  below:
> 
> 
> 
> *_WWW.QUIRKYCLAUS.COM_ (http://www.quirkyclaus.com/)  
> _SebastianWhiteWrites.WordPress.com_ 
> (http://sebastianwhitewrites.wordpress.com/)  
> _twitter.com/SebWrites_ (https://twitter.com/SebWrites)  
> _The  Tallest Dwarf_ 
> (http://www.quirkyclaus.com/The_Tallest_Dwarf_Comic_Fantasy_Books.htm)  <<<  
> *Link 
> … … … … … …  … … 
> ·  Zany Festive Book of Fun &  Mayhem!!!   
> 
> 
> ~ Please allow for some picture resolution  potentially being lost in the 
> transition of this email, but original images can  be seen via links 
> comprised within or you can view the source picture  attached: 
> Have you ever so  wondered, what the naughty children get for Christmas, 
> and whosoever happens to  deliver… these little rascal’s presents?  
> If perhaps this is  the case, without a shadow of a doubt this is the story 
> for  you… 
> Quirky Claus is  the alternative tale of a mischievous Santa who with his 
> not always so loyal of  friend’s Timothy the Toucan or  A.K.A: Timothy, 
> (surname – Toucan) lives’ deep in the snowy depths  of the South Pole. 
> 
> However, be  careful to be good before Christmas, because if Quirky Claus 
> hears you “have”  been naughty?  
> You may instead  get all kinds of strange and weird presents in your 
> stocking: anything so  surprising… as a long-necked giraffe, to even an 
> extremely 
> angry - fist-shaking  armadillo! 
> ISBN: 9 780955  403606 
> This book title is “in” stock with Gardners, Bertrams,  and IES… 
> _*Quirky C_ (http://quirkyclaus.com/) _laus_ (http://quirkyclaus.com/) … is 
>  a very different kind of story, whilst being unconventional, and even 
> subversive  at times, which in truth… let us be most honest, these are 
> exactly  
> the qualities without the merest doubt – children 
> surreptitiously aspire  to! 
> 
> *_WWW.Q