Re: [users] Cut Open Office Load Time
David Teague wrote: There is an article in Linux Journal by Tom Adelstein on how to speed up loading OpenOffice.org. Here is a link: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8308 . [Under Windows XP it cuts the load time from about 100 seconds to about 20 seconds] .. In the above figure, you can see that we selected the first expansion box and then clicked Memory with our mouse. This exposed the window you see in Figure 3. I changed the default values under the Graphics cache for Use for OpenOffice.org and Memory per Object. I increased the first value from 6 to 128MB. I also increased the second value from .5 to 20MB. After clicking OK, I closed the word processor and reopened it two times. On each occasion, the application took less time to open. Under Ubuntu, I found that OO Writer opened in three seconds, and in Fedora it opened in less than six seconds. Previously, it took 30 and 26 seconds, respectively, for the word processor to launch. . This hack reduced startup time for my Windows system from an annoying 15-20 seconds with the quick starter to 2 - 3 seconds (also with the quick-starter). .etc.. ** Thanks for the tip, David; Even though I'm only a second class citizen with my XP SP2, I applied the Linux adjustments to my own Writer Tools Options OpenOffice.org Memory: Graphics Cache / Use for OpenOffice.org raised to 128mb / Memory per object raised to 20mb After two or three startups I clocked Writer 1.9.125 first opening from Quickstart [snicker] to text doc at 17sec. That is considerably better than the 30+ seconds it has been taking. This is getting down to the neighborhood of a true quickstart -- not the 6 sec you spoke of, but what would I do with an extra 11 seconds anyway? Probably something silly. Richard McB - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Toolbar appearance in OOo 2.0
John W. Kennedy schreef: Of course not. I think that CPH was expecting you to use Tools Options Openoffice.org General Appearance. Tell us whether it works or not, please. What I see is two different options sets: Tools Options Openoffice.org General, and Tools Options Openoffice.org Appearance, and neither one seems to have anything to do with toolbars or menus. For what it's worth, I don't see any off-white gradient, or anything that could be remotely described as hideous, and Beta 2 seems no different from Beta 1 or any of the intermediate versions in this respect. In short, I'm foozled. Running on XP SP2. Indeed, I looked there as well and there's no option for the toolbar (the menu is fine as it is). It's mostly color settings for documents, not for UI elements. Perhaps the UI blends in nicely with a stock WinXP, but not with Windows 2000 and certainly not when I use another color scheme than the Windows default scheme. For some reason, OOo insists on using it's own color for the toolbar, instead of using the system setting for 3D objects. BTW, I didn't say that this is different from Beta 1, but it *is* different from the 1.1.x series. Also, the icons from 1.1.x are much more useful than those new icons. I can't readily tell the difference between Calc and Writer icons, I have to look very carefully... -- Patrick Hubers - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Diffiuclty saving in spreadsheet
When I am using the spreadsheet application, it will always save the first time. If I come back to my sheet to add or change date and try to save the changes, I always get an error (! Could not create backup copy). How do I add and change data and save my changes Thank You!! WG
RE: [users] [moderated] Accessing Access
Thanks. Step 1 in the first reference worked okay. However, I canot find any reference to Data Sources under tools in any OOo application. What am I missing? Robert -Original Message- From: Dave Barton [mailto:] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:56 PM To: Robert Crick Cc: users@openoffice.org; 'Paul' Subject: RE: [users] [moderated] Accessing Access On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 11:44 +1000, Robert Crick wrote: I have Windows XP professional. Nevertheless, I downloaded and installed JRE 5.0 Update 4 as advised in yiour email. When trying to openb a Microsoft Access file I'm now getting the following: Connection to [file name] could not be established. Connection to external data source could not be established. Unknown error occurred. The driver is probably defective. The data is there, as I just created an Excel chart from the Data in the Access file. Any suggestions please? Robert Sorry, but being a Linux user, I am not overly familiar with Access. However, I did recently see a reference on one of the OOo lists to a document which may be of some help to you. I can't remember or find the original link, so I pulled it out of my browser cache and put it here: http://home.iprimus.com.au/bmcs1/ooo_access.pdf If you are planning to work extensively with OOo's database functions, you might take a look at http://dba.openoffice.org/ and maybe subscribe to their mailing list. HTH Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Using a pdf file as a template - help
hi i'm a new user to OOo but really love it! here is my problem loads of job applications and other forms are now as pdf files for download on the web. My handwriting is shocking! I'd really like to be edit these pdf. I understand that pdf is a postscript file and can't be edited as such but all i'd like to do is use the layout of the pdf as a template or layer to be able to type things into the spaces on the form. Some pdf's allow this through acrobat reader but only when the author puts this in and many of these forms don't have this. Is there anyway i can open pdf in draw and then put text over the form and then print it out/send as email cheers matt cutler ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] [moderated]
I have done as advised below and it worked perfectly first time. Looks like that was the problem and the answer. Now, when I tried to open a Microsoft Access filke, it tells me I need - or it needs - a Java runtimne environment (JRE). Word, Excel and Powerpoint files have opened okay (I noticed difference in spreadsheet operations on an Excel file between the stable version and the Beta version). My computer has lots of Java files everywhere (when you do a search). What do I need to do now? -Original Message- From: Dave Barton [mailto:] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:57 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Robert Crick Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 15:21 +1000, Robert Crick wrote: I can download the beta version, but every time I go to unzip, there is an error. If I just open the folder and install, the installation process strats then it can't find openofficeorg1.cab - but it's there in the folder. I have downlaoded twice witht he same outcome. Robert Crick I am guessing that you used the Pacific Internet mirror. I am 99.9% certain that the Pacific Internet mirror file is corrupt. I attempted five downloads from Pacific Internet with exactly the same result as you. One download from the Planet mirror resulted in a 100% perfect download and install. HTH Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] what=doc
Bill Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 187 Enfield,Me 04493 207-732-4329 Greetings, I send pdf files and rtf files, how or what format would I send a file so recipients that reqire word doc. format can open up my attachments...Please respondThanks Bill
[users] re: Charging $$ for Open Office
A computer tech in this area said Open Office is going to start charging a significant cost for the Open Office suite once the Beta versions are completed. Is this true? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: 8/29/2005 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: UK Thesaurus
Reg Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:43154C99.7030809 @dnainternet.net: Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to work in US English! Colo(u)r me stupid, but does it matter what dialect the thesaurus is in? I can see that it makes an important difference with dictionaries. But the word meanings really aren't that far apart except in slang, and that won't be covered by a thesaurus anyway. -- Andrew Brown The email in the header does not work. Contact details and possibly useful macros from http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] UK Thesaurus
Hi Yes, I've done that (File, wizards, in 2.00). The UK Thesaurus is there but, by trial and error I have found I can only use it if I put my locale and currency as Australian and document language as US English. Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to work in US English! Any ideas would be most welcome. are you sure about australian locale ? Only document language (and character property regarding language) should be relevant Laurent -- Laurent Godard [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Ingénierie OpenOffice.org Indesko http://www.indesko.com Nuxeo CPS http://www.nuxeo.com - http://www.cps-project.org Livre Programmation OpenOffice.org, Eyrolles 2004 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] re: Charging $$ for Open Office
Marleen Al Salo skryf om 9:03 AM op 30/08/2005: A computer tech in this area said Open Office is going to start charging a significant cost for the Open Office suite once the Beta versions are completed. Is this true? Probably not... and even if so, the source code will be free and you can bet that there'll be a huge number of techies who'll make sure the latest OOo version is available for free. Anyway, it makes little sense to charge money for OOo -- one of the biggest selling points of OOo is the fact that it's free. Start charging for it, and everyone will go back to MS Office. Samuel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Forms of .doc documents are not modificable in oo2 beta2 (m125)
I don't know if it is a bug or a limitation of recognizion microsoft forms in oo2, but I can't find a way to modify the .doc documents generated with MSWORD with oo2 beta2. I can modify the fields, yes but the other text is protected and the switch design mode on/off don't do anything. Is a known behaviour or I'm missing something? Thanks in advance, -- Pere Castañer Sardà Servei informàtic DIBOSCH S.L - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Open Office Installation Directory...?!?
I am using Novel Open Office version 1.9.79.2.3 from Suse Linux 9.3 Pro 64bit and i cannot find the installation Directory of the Suite to install the LpSolver... -- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Faculty of Engineering , Electronics Lab email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 2310994174 ___ Greek Tech Portal: www.micronews.tk - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] what=doc
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:26:01 -0400 Bill Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 187 Enfield,Me 04493 207-732-4329 Greetings, I send pdf files and rtf files, how or what format would I send a file so recipients that reqire word doc. format can open up my attachments...Please respondThanks Bill OO can save in .doc format or rtf (Rich Text Format). Go to File- Save As -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Charging $$ for Open Office
Marleen Al Salo wrote: A computer tech in this area said Open Office is going to start charging a significant cost for the Open Office suite once the Beta versions are completed. Is this true? Your computer tech is an idiot or (that I believe) he is spreading FUD. Don't trust him. ain - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: UK Thesaurus
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:19:42 + (UTC) Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AB Reg Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:43154C99.7030809 AB @dnainternet.net: AB AB Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to AB work in US English! AB AB AB Colo(u)r me stupid, but does it matter what dialect the thesaurus is in? I AB can see that it makes an important difference with dictionaries. But the AB word meanings really aren't that far apart except in slang, and that won't AB be covered by a thesaurus anyway. AB To take one (potentially embarassing) example: UK: solicitor = lawyer US: solicitor = prostitute or door-to-door salesman James -- ++---+-+ | James Tappin | School of Physics Astronomy | O__| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | University of Birmingham | -- \/` | | Ph: 0121-414-6462. Fax: 0121-414-3722 | | ++-+ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Charging $$ for Open Office
Ain Vagula skryf om 11:09 AM op 31/08/2005: Marleen Al Salo wrote: A computer tech in this area said Open Office is going to start charging a significant cost for the Open Office suite once the Beta versions are completed. Is this true? Your computer tech is an idiot or (that I believe) he is spreading FUD. Don't trust him. Before not trusting him, ask him for a URL. Its always interesting to see where the rumours are. Of course, if you really want to pay for OpenOffice, you can try oooff.com (by the Lindows people). Samuel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Apologies: RE: [dba-users] The Row Holding the Maximum of a Certain Column
Apologies to the list. Finger trouble caused this to go to the general list iso the dba-users. Gert -Original Message- From: Gert Blij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 30 August 2005 04:51 To: 'Alex Thurgood' Cc: OpenOffice Subject: RE: [dba-users] The Row Holding the Maximum of a Certain Column Hi Alex, The mysql documentation also states that you must now, i.e. with version 4 and above, use a GROUP BY clause with your max statement, otherwise you will get an error. OOo translates this error with the message you see above. Note also that MAX() only works for certain data types. Are you sure? 1 The sql stmt: SELECT `Date` FROM `tablename` where `date` = (select max(date) from`tablename`) works perfectly in 4.1.14, but not via Base 2 I since found out that the same query runs fine in Base when I use the Run SQL command directly option 3 These are extracts from the latest MySQL manual: A About This Manual This is the Reference Manual for the MySQL Database System. It documents MySQL up to Version 5.0.9-beta, B 3.6.1. The Maximum Value for a Column What's the highest item number? SELECT MAX(article) AS article FROM shop; C 3.6.2. The Row Holding the Maximum of a Certain Column Find number, dealer, and price of the most expensive article. In standard SQL (and as of MySQL 4.1), this is easily done with a subquery: SELECT article, dealer, price FROM shop WHERE price=(SELECT MAX(price) FROM shop); None of the above needs a GROUP BY clause Cheers Gert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] re: Charging $$ for Open Office
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 08:03 am, Marleen Al Salo wrote: A computer tech in this area said Open Office is going to start charging a significant cost for the Open Office suite once the Beta versions are completed. Is this true? That is a nice rumor, but it is not the truth. He is confusing OpenOffice.org (OOo) with Star Office. Sun Microsystems owns Star Office and has done so for several years. This company donated the source code to the open source community. That is how OOo was born. Since that time, Star Office and OOo have both existed side by side. The difference between Star Office and OOo is that Star Office has some additional features as well as a price tag. Some of these features are proprietary. Sun Microsystems also maintains a paid technical help program for Star Office. It is my understanding that this same paid service is also available for OOo through Sun. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] what=doc
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 10:26 am, Bill Morris wrote: Bill Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 187 Enfield,Me 04493 207-732-4329 Greetings, I send pdf files and rtf files, how or what format would I send a file so recipients that reqire word doc. format can open up my attachments...Please respondThanks Bill You can save text documents in either rtf or doc format. For the latter, do a File Save As and then select Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (doc) as the file type. Click OK. You do realize that you can then send that doc file as an email attachment right from OpenOffice.org? Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] Accessing Access
Post in-line On Tuesday 30 August 2005 10:35 pm, Robert Crick wrote: Thanks. Step 1 in the first reference worked okay. However, I canot find any reference to Data Sources under tools in any OOo application. What am I missing? Robert Access to Data Sources was changed from the 1.1.x versions to the 1.9.x versions. It is no longer under Tools. Instead it is under View: View Data Sources. It can still be accessed in all versions (1.1.x and 1.9.x) by using the F4 key. Dan -Original Message- From: Dave Barton [mailto:] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:56 PM To: Robert Crick Cc: users@openoffice.org; 'Paul' Subject: RE: [users] [moderated] Accessing Access On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 11:44 +1000, Robert Crick wrote: I have Windows XP professional. Nevertheless, I downloaded and installed JRE 5.0 Update 4 as advised in yiour email. When trying to openb a Microsoft Access file I'm now getting the following: Connection to [file name] could not be established. Connection to external data source could not be established. Unknown error occurred. The driver is probably defective. The data is there, as I just created an Excel chart from the Data in the Access file. Any suggestions please? Robert Sorry, but being a Linux user, I am not overly familiar with Access. However, I did recently see a reference on one of the OOo lists to a document which may be of some help to you. I can't remember or find the original link, so I pulled it out of my browser cache and put it here: http://home.iprimus.com.au/bmcs1/ooo_access.pdf If you are planning to work extensively with OOo's database functions, you might take a look at http://dba.openoffice.org/ and maybe subscribe to their mailing list. HTH Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Diffiuclty saving in spreadsheet
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 00:11 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I am using the spreadsheet application, it will always save the first time. If I come back to my sheet to add or change date and try to save the changes, I always get an error (! Could not create backup copy). How do I add and change data and save my changes Thank You!! WG CHeck that you have permission/rights to put files in your home directory. Under *NIX this is straight forward simply use the ls command to check. Under Windows it is different and being *NIX user I cannot give any advice. If, indeed, you are using windows of some sort, perhaps you could take a moment to reply to this message with some details such as which OS, which release of OOo et cetera. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Open Office Installation Directory...?!?
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 10:52 +0300, Nicolas Papadopoulos wrote: I am using Novel Open Office version 1.9.79.2.3 from Suse Linux 9.3 Pro 64bit and i cannot find the installation Directory of the Suite to install the LpSolver... Suse has its own rpm distro and thus the location of the files is not known to us at openoffice.org. Perhaps you should ask on a suse forum or you could replace the Suse rpm release with the current stable release from http://www.openoffice.org/ at which point we could help you. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Open Office Installation Directory...?!?
Is it possible that in the next version of OpenOffice this add-on will be included? On Wednesday 31 August 2005 15:21, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 10:52 +0300, Nicolas Papadopoulos wrote: I am using Novel Open Office version 1.9.79.2.3 from Suse Linux 9.3 Pro 64bit and i cannot find the installation Directory of the Suite to install the LpSolver... Suse has its own rpm distro and thus the location of the files is not known to us at openoffice.org. Perhaps you should ask on a suse forum or you could replace the Suse rpm release with the current stable release from http://www.openoffice.org/ at which point we could help you. -- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Faculty of Engineering , Electronics Lab email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 2310994174 ___ Greek Tech Portal: www.micronews.tk - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Using a pdf file as a template - help
Technically, put it in the background as an image if you can get your version of OO to place a PDF in this way. You may have to convert to another format. Either way you will get a bloated PDF in the end. All PDFs are editable, if you have the basic tools and Acrobat is not one of them. Plenty of apps exist to do variations of what you want, some very, very inexpensive. Some in various OSs. Why not OCR your PDF, most scan software packages allow this, retaining the form, you can grab the graphics easily enough as well. Then load that into OO and have at it. OOs scanning ability might do it, never tried as I use a dedicated system or that - Fujitsu SnapScan - fast! Just my thoughts, Jason On 30-Aug-05, at 8:28 PM, matt cutler wrote: hi i'm a new user to OOo but really love it! here is my problem loads of job applications and other forms are now as pdf files for download on the web. My handwriting is shocking! I'd really like to be edit these pdf. I understand that pdf is a postscript file and can't be edited as such but all i'd like to do is use the layout of the pdf as a template or layer to be able to type things into the spaces on the form. Some pdf's allow this through acrobat reader but only when the author puts this in and many of these forms don't have this. Is there anyway i can open pdf in draw and then put text over the form and then print it out/send as email cheers matt cutler ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: [webmasters] question
Hello, On Aug 30, 2005, at 2:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, How can I stop Open Office from automatically taking over all of my Microsoft Word projects? Thank you. Roland This message is more appropriate for our users list and I am forwarding it there. It is [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can view responses via the archives and subscribe to the list from http:// www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html. We also have a support project, http://support.openoffice.org/. And, try our instructions page, http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/ instructions.html Best, Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: [webmasters] question to vesrion 2.0beta2
Hello, On Aug 30, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Dusan Bruncko wrote: Dear experts, now via RPM I did install Openoffice 2.0 beta 2. When I am superuser all work properly. But If I use standard user, after initialisation e.g. soffice (or any other exec programme) ALWAYS I must fill the requests from registration. Moreover If I try to open some ( this is not true for all .doc files) I have message: General input/output error while accessing /folder/my doc file. Using supervisor all is o.k. - I look on the permission for read/write, also all looks o.k. I have Scientific Linux 3.05 (look CERN linux web page) and I used RPM redhat packages. Thank you very much in advance for your advices. Best regards, Dusan This message is more appropriate for our users list, and I am forwarding it there. The address is users@openoffice.org. You can view responses via the archives and subscribe to the list from http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html. We also have a support project, http://support.openoffice.org/, which lists free community support as well as commercial support. And, try our instructions pages, 1.1.x: http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html 2.0: http://download.openoffice.org/2.0beta/instructions.html Best, Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org PS, try also the SK project: http://sk.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: [webmasters] question
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 08:05 am, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Hello, On Aug 30, 2005, at 2:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, How can I stop Open Office from automatically taking over all of my Microsoft Word projects? Thank you. Roland This message is more appropriate for our users list and I am forwarding it there. It is [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can view responses via the archives and subscribe to the list from http:// www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html. We also have a support project, http://support.openoffice.org/. And, try our instructions page, http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/ instructions.html Best, Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org You have already been given some information as to how to solve your problem. For additional information, do a search for setup_guide.pdf on your computer. Read page 27. It explains how to re-associate all of your MS Office file extensions back to MS Office. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Project
Not one that can read and write M$ project formatted files, but if you have a look at www.sourceforge.net you can find all sorts of open source software that can handle project management tasks (eg, gantt charts, tasks, durations, etc...)... It appears that the GanttProject now has support (not sure ho good) for MS Project format! From the GanttProject web page (http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/) First pre release of 2.0 Tue, Jul 21 2005 (bbadmin) After several months of development with the ADAE and Actimage, GanttProject team is happy to publish the first release of the 2.0. Brief presentation of the new features... * MsProject compatibility (use mpxj | ) * Move code as Eclipse plugin. * Update task tree as a table. * Include vacations for resources. * Add undo/redo feature. * Add the critical path of the project. * Improve parameters for the chart rendering. * Relationship + n-day configurable for each relation * Improve print. * Could specify custom columns for the tasks * Save temporary state of the project. * Could hide (and unhide) some tasks for the rendering. * New translations in Korean and Bulgarian. -- Charles - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Project
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 10:09 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: Not one that can read and write M$ project formatted files, but if you have a look at www.sourceforge.net you can find all sorts of open source software that can handle project management tasks (eg, gantt charts, tasks, durations, etc...)... It appears that the GanttProject now has support (not sure ho good) for MS Project format! From the GanttProject web page (http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/) First pre release of 2.0 Tue, Jul 21 2005 (bbadmin) After several months of development with the ADAE and Actimage, GanttProject team is happy to publish the first release of the 2.0. Brief presentation of the new features... * MsProject compatibility (use mpxj | ) * Move code as Eclipse plugin. * Update task tree as a table. * Include vacations for resources. * Add undo/redo feature. * Add the critical path of the project. * Improve parameters for the chart rendering. * Relationship + n-day configurable for each relation * Improve print. * Could specify custom columns for the tasks * Save temporary state of the project. * Could hide (and unhide) some tasks for the rendering. * New translations in Korean and Bulgarian. If you are interested in helping to integrate project management into OOo, please consider joining the oopm project at http://oopm.openoffice.org/ and/or subscribing to the mailing list(s) -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Charging $$ for Open Office
Ain Vagula wrote: I really doubt if he is an idiot. He sounds like a fairly typical person who is entrenched in a particular technology and gets his/her knowledge for new things from random sources. Probably moderately curious about open source--perhaps a bit threatened--but not really motivated to did in and learn. Witness a friend of mine at JPL--very smart. I told him I was switching to Linux. He knew what it was---and then asked if it had a graphical interface... As another poster suggests---find out where he is getting his info. Marleen Al Salo wrote: A computer tech in this area said Open Office is going to start charging a significant cost for the Open Office suite once the Beta versions are completed. Is this true? Your computer tech is an idiot or (that I believe) he is spreading FUD. Don't trust him. ain - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Linux - Windows OpenOffice Compatibility
Hi, I am a (real) newbie in Linux. I have a dual boot (XP - Novell Linux) machine and a Fat32 partition. I was trying to write an OpenOffice document in Linux, in Fat32, which I could not read in XP (OpenOffice in XP said the file was to be repaired). Is that because of the filesystem difference between linux and XP or something else? Thanks a lot in advance. - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
Re: [users] Linux - Windows OpenOffice Compatibility
there should be no differences in this file when viewed from windows or linux. 1. are other files that have been transfered this way ok ? 2. can you read the same document in linux again ? 3. are oo.org versions on both operating systems identical (not required, but we anyway need to know what versions you have in each os) t u wrote: Hi, I am a (real) newbie in Linux. I have a dual boot (XP - Novell Linux) machine and a Fat32 partition. I was trying to write an OpenOffice document in Linux, in Fat32, which I could not read in XP (OpenOffice in XP said the file was to be repaired). Is that because of the filesystem difference between linux and XP or something else? Thanks a lot in advance. -- Rich - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Linux - Windows OpenOffice Compatibility
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 10:10 am, t u wrote: Hi, I am a (real) newbie in Linux. I have a dual boot (XP - Novell Linux) machine and a Fat32 partition. I was trying to write an OpenOffice document in Linux, in Fat32, which I could not read in XP (OpenOffice in XP said the file was to be repaired). Is that because of the filesystem difference between linux and XP or something else? Thanks a lot in advance. There is a problem somewhere else although I could not tell you what. I write htlm documents every day in Linux and then open them in Win 98SE (FAT32). On that machine I also have a dual boot. OOo is on the Linux partition, and I write it to the Win 98SE partition. There are things that I need to do with it in the Win 98SE partition that I can not do in Linux. After writing and saving the document to the Win XP partition, have you closed the file and then tried to open it again? If so, does this work? If it does not work, you may have problem with OOo on your Linux partition. Otherwise, the problem could be the Win XP OOo. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Linux - Windows OpenOffice Compatibility
t u wrote: Hi, I am a (real) newbie in Linux. I have a dual boot (XP - Novell Linux) machine and a Fat32 partition. I was trying to write an OpenOffice document in Linux, in Fat32, which I could not read in XP (OpenOffice in XP said the file was to be repaired). Is that because of the filesystem difference between linux and XP or something else? Thanks a lot in advance. - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page I have had no problems between Linux, Windows or Mac, as long as the files are saved in the correct version. Of course I have had problems between Word between different versions of Windows and/or Word. :) -- Robin Laing - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Cut Open Office Load Time
On Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:19 AM RDMcBride wrote on the subject RE: Cut Open Office Load Time Richard said: SNIP [changed OO.o writer memory settings ] After two or three startups I clocked Writer 1.9.125 first opening from Quickstart [snicker] to text doc at 17sec. That is considerably better than the 30+ seconds it has been taking. This is getting down to the neighborhood of a true quickstart -- not the 6 sec you spoke of, but what would I do with an extra 11 seconds anyway? Probably something silly. Richard What hardware are you running? I have an AMD Sempron 2800+ and a WinFast 760GXK8MB Motherboard with 333 FSB and 1GB DDR RAM and 7200 RPM ATA disks. Do you have the quick starter running? The combination of QS and this hack seem to be what did the trick for me. The second start is nearly instantaneous, and the first start after a long time doing other things is still about 6 seconds. I too run Windows XP SP2, but I will have Ubunto 5.04 on my second hard disk real soon now. Just as soon as I can get an AGP video card that Linux will support. SiS doesn't support the free software movement. They supply no information to OSS driver writers, and for that reason, the drivers provided by the X Window people don't render 3d. Meanwhile I'll download the next (m125) Beta 2 version and see what the machine I gave a friend will do with that and this hack. It loads in about 20 seconds now, just with the quick starter. (500 MHz Athlon, 512 MB, slow FSB. Mark Herring said that 1.9.125 (v2,. Beta 2) starts on Linux (RHEL4) in about 4 seconds---with no special measures. I wonder how fast his hardware is. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mitchell, http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/; www.larryholloway.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Toolbar appearance in OOo 2.0
Patrick Hubers wrote: John W. Kennedy schreef: Of course not. I think that CPH was expecting you to use Tools Options Openoffice.org General Appearance. Tell us whether it works or not, please. What I see is two different options sets: Tools Options Openoffice.org General, and Tools Options Openoffice.org Appearance, and neither one seems to have anything to do with toolbars or menus. For what it's worth, I don't see any off-white gradient, or anything that could be remotely described as hideous, and Beta 2 seems no different from Beta 1 or any of the intermediate versions in this respect. In short, I'm foozled. Running on XP SP2. Indeed, I looked there as well and there's no option for the toolbar (the menu is fine as it is). It's mostly color settings for documents, not for UI elements. Perhaps the UI blends in nicely with a stock WinXP, but not with Windows 2000 and certainly not when I use another color scheme than the Windows default scheme. For some reason, OOo insists on using it's own color for the toolbar, instead of using the system setting for 3D objects. Under XP SP2, it definitely responds to changes in theme. BTW, I didn't say that this is different from Beta 1, but it *is* different from the 1.1.x series. Also, the icons from 1.1.x are much more useful than those new icons. I can't readily tell the difference between Calc and Writer icons, I have to look very carefully... Well, now you're talking about the application icons, not toolbars. I can't say I have a problem with them. Base:Disk Calc:Four cells Draw:Squiggle Impress: Screen Math:Sigma Writer: Lines -- John W. Kennedy A proud member of the reality-based community. ...if you had to fall in love with someone who was evil, I can see why it was her. -- Alias - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Cut Open Office Load Time
On Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:41 PM Gregory Forster wrote on the subject Cut Open Office Load Time I have an AMD 1800+ (1.15Mhz), 512DDR,7200 40G HD. For me, it takes 5 sec to load the OO 1.9.122 text document, 4 sec to load OO 1.9.122 without using QS.(I defrag on a regular basis of once per week.) I have not tried any of these recently without QS, but your load results are consistent with mine. I just downloaded 1.9m125, the changes have already been applied in that version. From your specs and results I have some hope that the (quite slow) machine I gave my friend may load OO.o fast enough not to be annoying. I will take m125 there this weekend. Many thanks! David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mitchell, http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/; www.larryholloway.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: UK Thesaurus
James Tappin wrote: On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:19:42 + (UTC) Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AB Reg Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:43154C99.7030809 AB @dnainternet.net: AB AB Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to AB work in US English! AB AB AB Colo(u)r me stupid, but does it matter what dialect the thesaurus is in? I AB can see that it makes an important difference with dictionaries. But the AB word meanings really aren't that far apart except in slang, and that won't AB be covered by a thesaurus anyway. AB To take one (potentially embarassing) example: UK: solicitor = lawyer US: solicitor = prostitute or door-to-door salesman Just in case anyone should be confused, although prostitutes and door-to-door salesmen are both said to in the US to be soliciting, I have never in 57 years heard the word solicitor used in conjunction with either. But there are serious problems, not always in slang. Parts of automobiles, for example, are frequently different. Also, there are obvious problems involving spelling in the /working/ of a computer thesaurus. And, one way or another, most thesauruses include slang. -- John W. Kennedy I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in. -- Garson Kanin. Born Yesterday - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Calc: Decimal point vs comma
Sorry if this is an old issue... Using 1.1.3 under Ubuntu Hoary. In Calc, how can I change the decimal separator from a comma to a point? Under Windows, I remember downloading a macro that allowed me to use the point on the numeric pad. That was time saving while typing but it still displayed a comma on the screen/paper. Any help welcomed. Thanks in advance.
[users] Re: Open Office Installation Directory...?!?
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:52:19 +0300, Nicolas Papadopoulos wrote: I am using Novel Open Office version 1.9.79.2.3 from Suse Linux 9.3 Pro 64bit and i cannot find the installation Directory of the Suite to install the LpSolver... I believe when I first installed SuSe 9.2, Openoffice was put in /usr/local. You could look there. However, I would suggest you uninstall 1.9.79 with Yast as the present beta is some way on from that. If you install the present beta, either using the method given or with Yast, you'll have openoffice in the default hierarchy of /opt, and more people will be able to advise you if you have any problems. -- John [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Unfinished OOo2.0 installation in Ubuntu
Hi, I have downloaded and installed the latest beta into Ubuntu (actually kubuntu hoary). I have followed the recommended pathway in that platform: sudo alien -k openoffice.org*.rpm sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite openoffice.org*.deb I find two uncommon things: a) the whole openoffice.org1.9.125 is symlinked at /etc I do not remember this in earlier betas. Why this duplication? b) the key file ../program/soffice has permissions set as (file unusable). This makes that newly installed menu entries do not fire teh program. Changing to 555 makes the file readable and executable by all, and the installation complete. Why this is not done automatically? Are these findings general, or just happen in my system? Most linux newbies (including myself) find confusing to deal with chmod and file permissions. If this is general, I would enter a bug report. Enrique - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Toolbar appearance in OOo 2.0
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:28 -0400, Colin J. Williams wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Monday 29 August 2005 20:06, Patrick Hubers wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if there's a way to get the toolbars and menu in OOo 2.0 (beta 2) to use the normal system colors instead of the hideous off-white gradient that is currently being used? I can't seem to find any setting for it and I really want to get rid of this. Despite the claim that OOo 2.0 integrates nicely into any desktop environment, 1.1.4 does this better :-( Just nitpicking off course, it *works* great so far, but still... Not sure, but did you try Tools - Options - General - Appearance ? I don't find this sequence in 1.9.125 Of course not. I think that CPH was expecting you to use Tools Options Openoffice.org General Appearance. Tell us whether it works or not, please. Tools Options Openoffice.org General Ok this far, no Appearance. Colin W. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Installing 1.9.125 over 1.9.122??
Installing 1.9.125 in its own directory hierarchy removed *some* of the files in my 1.9.122 folder. Is it safe to completely remove the *entire* 1.9.122 folder now? -- Pete Holsberg Columbus, NJ -- Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. State churches that use government power to support themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of the church tends to make the clergy unresponsive to the people and leads to corruption within religion. Erecting the wall of separation between church and state, therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), speech, 1808 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] UK Thesaurus
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 07:22, + Reg Kennedy wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Yes, I've done that (File, wizards, in 2.00). The UK Thesaurus is there but, by trial and error I have found I can only use it if I put my locale and currency as Australian and document language as US English. Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to work in US English! Since words within a paragraph can be spelt from different locales it is possible to define different spell checkers on a sequence of characters. However to change the spellchecker for all of your document do Edit - Select All and then Format - Character ... - Font and change the language. You will find this and many more questions answered in http://documentation.openoffice.org Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
Hi If you mean gridlines, then this is easy I have just tested this out using a new file wth random data in the first two rows of colums 1 and 2, sometimes a good idea to test new things with non essential data files. click format and select page click the sheet tab and check gridlines checkbox click ok, now if you do print preview, you should see grid lines Hope this helps Paul Sutton Nicole Tricot wrote: I would like to print background grill in calc, as it's possible in excel. How can I do? For now, I just print words, but not the background grill thanks and best regards Arnaud Tricot (France) http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=412lang=12 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Toolbar appearance in OOo 2.0
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 16:17 -0400, Colin J. Williams wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:28 -0400, Colin J. Williams wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Monday 29 August 2005 20:06, Patrick Hubers wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if there's a way to get the toolbars and menu in OOo 2.0 (beta 2) to use the normal system colors instead of the hideous off-white gradient that is currently being used? I can't seem to find any setting for it and I really want to get rid of this. Despite the claim that OOo 2.0 integrates nicely into any desktop environment, 1.1.4 does this better :-( Just nitpicking off course, it *works* great so far, but still... Not sure, but did you try Tools - Options - General - Appearance ? I don't find this sequence in 1.9.125 Of course not. I think that CPH was expecting you to use Tools Options Openoffice.org General Appearance. Tell us whether it works or not, please. Tools Options Openoffice.org General Ok this far, no Appearance. Hmm, if you do not see Appearance between Security and Accessibility in this section of Options then you have a problem. I have no idea why you do not have this option. Therefore, I suggest that you enter an issue into Issue Tracker as this is the best way to have problems such as this evaluated. If you haven't already registered, do the following: 1. To file an issue you must register with OOo by clicking the My Pages tab and selecting the Register link http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join 2. Fill in your information 3. Reply to the confirmation email that will be sent to the address you provided. 4. Once you have confirmed, go to www.openoffice.org again 5. And click on the My Pages tab from which you can file and find issues. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It is important that you file any examples with the issue to ensure your need is understood. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Calc: Decimal point vs comma
Hi, Christel Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:50:43 +0200: Sorry if this is an old issue... Using 1.1.3 under Ubuntu Hoary. In Calc, how can I change the decimal separator from a comma to a point? I guess, this is a general setting of your operating system. I don't know exactly Ubuntu, but I assume, that there is a general control center, where you can find these settings. Under Windows, I remember downloading a macro that allowed me to use the point on the numeric pad. That was time saving while typing but it still displayed a comma on the screen/paper. If you want to use the point on the numeric pad (I don't have a point on my numeric pad - I see only a comma) I guess, that you change the the keyboard settings. Any help welcomed. Thanks in advance. regards Sigrid - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] [moderated]
Bonjour, J'ai un gros souci : je ne suis pas experte en téléchargement mais quand-même... Je dois charger la version beta2 d'openoffice, mais il m'est impossible d'y arriver, je n'arrive qu'à charger le pack langue française. Pourriez-vous m'indiquer la procédure exacte à suivre, je suis plantée et c'est urgent j'ai des dossiers à saisir pour un client;... Merci et cordialement Hélène AMIET
[users] [moderated]
Hi, How can OpenOffice be removed from my computer? I can't find it in the control panel add/remove, but it is in my files since the little logo is on all word files saved. Thanks, Pat Thanks, Pat No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: 8/29/2005 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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bonjour, je souhaiterais entre en simulation des prets immobilier dans OOo et je ne sais pas comment faire ou si cela est possible je dispose du prix d'achat de la duree et du taux avec aou sans assurances et je souhaiterais avoir les colonnes capital et interets separee merci de votre aide F.PIERRE
[users] [moderated]
I am unfamiliar with your product but was told about it through a salesperson at the computer store that we bought our computer from. We were given a 60 day trial of Microsoft Office Suite, but were told that instead of buying Office we should investigate your product. How does it compare? Is it the same as Office? How is it different? Will it be compatible with other Office products? Please let me know the answers to these questions. Thanks, Terry Beingessner
[users] Open Office Installation Question
We're using WinXP and are currently running OpenOffice 1.1.2 and want to upgrade to 1.1.4. In the Installation Setup faq's the following is mentioned and I was wondering if this is true if upgrading from 1.1.2 to 1.1.4. How can I maintain my settings when I install a new version of OpenOffice ? When upgrading from version 1.0 to 1.1 your settings should be automatically maintained if you install 1.1 in the same directory as 1.0. Thanks, Justin Enz
[users] [moderated]Uninstalling Openoffice ---HELP!!!!
I downloaded your software into my laptop and it wiped out my MS Office 2003 and extracted the files I have on MS Office 2003 to Openoffice. I just wanted to check out your software but did not know that it would do that. I need Office 2003 for my job. Please help me. When I re-install MS Office 2003 - would it extract my old files back from OpenOffice? I really appreciate your IMMEDIATE help! Gladys Easterling School of Nursing Touro University - Nevada Tel. 702.777.1746
[users] QWERTY to AZERTY?
Hello - I use OpenOffice 1.1.4 and have enjoyed doing so for about a year now. However, today in class, I was typing along, and somehow, the keyboard shifted from QWERTY mode to AZERTY mode - however, only in open office, not in the rest of my applications (i.e. as I am typing this email in hotmail, there is no problem, which indicates that it is an OpenOffice specific problem). I would very much like to have it back in QWERTY mode. I hope I am emailing this to the right address. Thank you in advance for any help you may provide. - Alexandra - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Installation Problem Beta
Hi - Have a SUSE (1.9) system with OpenOffice (Ver 1.1) installed and operating. Am trying to Install new BETA2 version. Have downloaded and TARed) the downloaded file successfully. Now have file in root openoffice.org-suse-menus-1.9.124-1.noarch.rpm When I click on this file I get window that informs me to install with YAST. When I run the YAST I receive a conflict message: openoffice.org-base 1.9.125-1 conflict Unresolved Requirements: openoffice.org-base requires openoffice.org-core01 Conflict Resolution: ( ) Do Not Install openoffice.org-base ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies openoffice.org-core01 not available Required by: openoffice.org-base requires openoffice.org-core01 Conflict Resolution: ( ) Remove the Referring Package Do Not Install openoffice.org-base ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies Where do I go from here? Thank you in advance. bob - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] [moderated] SXI to PPT conversion
I have created a presentation in Open Office and saved it as a PowerPoint presentation. Although the file now has a .ppt file type, Powerpoint can't open this file. Is this a known issue? Is there a work around? Thank you -- David Woodhouse Account Manager Geoware, Inc Unit B, 101 Randall Drive Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1C5 519 888-9304 ext 416 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:48, + les chalets du tarn wrote: [ MODERATED ] bonjour, je souhaiterais entre en simulation des prets immobilier dans OOo et je ne sais pas comment faire ou si cela est possible je dispose du prix d'achat de la duree et du taux avec aou sans assurances et je souhaiterais avoir les colonnes capital et interets separee merci de votre aide This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own language then please have a look at http://fr.openoffice.org - Mailing list or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Openoffice for eMac G5
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 14:06, + Egil Torpmann-Hagen wrote: Hi! I have downloaded your Office programme, but not succeeded in activating it due to a missing password. Can you help me, either by giving me a solution per email or by sending me your support phone number so I can call you back. In that case I do hope that you have a support number in Norway. Hi Egil, No password is necessary for OpenOffice.org. However you may need a password to install software on your machine, but that is your own admin password. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]Uninstalling Openoffice ---HELP!!!!
Did you install openoffice into your microsoft office directory. It should't affect microsoft office if you chose the default installation directory. I've had both offices installed at the same time on my windows box with no problem. On 8/31/05, Gladys Easterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded your software into my laptop and it wiped out my MS Office 2003 and extracted the files I have on MS Office 2003 to Openoffice. I just wanted to check out your software but did not know that it would do that. I need Office 2003 for my job. Please help me. When I re-install MS Office 2003 - would it extract my old files back from OpenOffice? I really appreciate your IMMEDIATE help! Gladys Easterling School of Nursing Touro University - Nevada Tel. 702.777.1746
Re: [users] Open Office Installation Question
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:46 pm, Justin Enz wrote: We're using WinXP and are currently running OpenOffice 1.1.2 and want to upgrade to 1.1.4. In the Installation Setup faq's the following is mentioned and I was wondering if this is true if upgrading from 1.1.2 to 1.1.4. How can I maintain my settings when I install a new version of OpenOffice ? When upgrading from version 1.0 to 1.1 your settings should be automatically maintained if you install 1.1 in the same directory as 1.0. Thanks, Justin Enz Upgrading from 1.1.2 to 1.1.4 should give the same results as upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1 as long as you choose the upgrade option. (It will install OOo into the 1.1.2 folder. I have personally upgraded 1.1.0 to 1.1.4 this way with no loss of personal settings. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 10:46, + Patricia Hawk wrote: [ MODERATED ] Hi, How can OpenOffice be removed from my computer? I can't find it in the control panel add/remove, but it is in my files since the little logo is on all word files saved. Hi Pat, OpenOffice.org is now associated with yoiru .doc .xls and .ppt files. Bt this you can change very easily back to MSWord, Excel, etc. Have a look at http://user-faq.openoffice.org - File Associations. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]Uninstalling Openoffice ---HELP!!!!
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 01:52 pm, Gladys Easterling wrote: I downloaded your software into my laptop and it wiped out my MS Office 2003 and extracted the files I have on MS Office 2003 to Openoffice. I just wanted to check out your software but did not know that it would do that. I need Office 2003 for my job. Please help me. When I re-install MS Office 2003 - would it extract my old files back from OpenOffice? I really appreciate your IMMEDIATE help! Gladys Easterling School of Nursing Touro University - Nevada Tel. 702.777.1746 OpenOffice.org (OOo) did not wipe out your files. The problem is caused by file associations. Do a search for setup_guide.pdf on your computer. Read page 27 of that document. It explains file associations and how to change the file associations of your files back to Office 2003. In the meanwhile, to verify that OOo has not wiped out your Office 2003 files, start Office 2003. From within this program, open one of your office files. It should show no changes unless you opened the file in OOo and made changes. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 10:23, + AMIET HELENE TELESECRETARIAT wrote: Belle journéeBonjour, J'ai un gros souci : je ne suis pas experte en téléchargement mais quand-même... Je dois charger la version beta2 d'openoffice, mais il m'est impossible d'y arriver, je n'arrive qu'à charger le pack langue française. Pourriez-vous m'indiquer la procédure exacte à suivre, je suis plantée et c'est urgent j'ai des dossiers à saisir pour un client;... Salut Helene, This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own language then please have a look at http://fr.openoffice.org - Mailing list or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Installing 1.9.125 over 1.9.122??
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 16:45 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote: Installing 1.9.125 in its own directory hierarchy removed *some* of the files in my 1.9.122 folder. Is it safe to completely remove the *entire* 1.9.122 folder now? Depends on how you installed. I tried Uhv to install OOo from RPMs and ended up removing everything and starting from scratch as some things were used from one hierarchy in the 125 hierarchy and the net result was confusion. So, from my experience, I would say keep the old hierarchy until you absolutely establish that there is no interaction. Forgot to mention Windows XP. :-) The folders that remain in the 1.9.122 hierarchy are also in the 1.9.125 hierarchy, implying that the old ones are redundant. Thanks. -- Pete Holsberg Columbus, NJ -- Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. State churches that use government power to support themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of the church tends to make the clergy unresponsive to the people and leads to corruption within religion. Erecting the wall of separation between church and state, therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), speech, 1808 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Question-Peru
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 03:12 pm, Hebert Suarez Cahuana wrote: I am Peruvian, in my country the copyright it is not, I can buy in the market a CD of any software in $0.8 y un CD of movie in S/. 1, or $0.3. Here, there is a industry of crack, in the software. We get benefit without pay for it, It is not correct, but the prices of licensing are very big, they are computed for USA, and not for poor country. I am development a paper to graduate, about 200 pages in Open Office, I'd like put number of pages at my work, but I don't find this command. Is it posible? The number of pages only make one and it is not at botom of page. I have observed that your dictionary is very unsatisfactory. In microsoft Word I use the double click in the centrlal bottom of mouse to read a document, but it is no in Open Office. In general the software is good. I'd like a user'guide in PDF downloadable. Excuse, me my English isn't very good. Can you help me, please? Have you looked on the OOo web site? I know that there are user's guides in English. What I would suggest is you go to the Spanish part of this web site. It is at http://es.openoffice.org. Look through this area to see what is available in Spanish. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Installation Problem Beta
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 06:18 pm, Seibert wrote: Hi - Have a SUSE (1.9) system with OpenOffice (Ver 1.1) installed and operating. Am trying to Install new BETA2 version. Have downloaded and TARed) the downloaded file successfully. Now have file in root openoffice.org-suse-menus-1.9.124-1.noarch.rpm When I click on this file I get window that informs me to install with YAST. When I run the YAST I receive a conflict message: openoffice.org-base 1.9.125-1 conflict Unresolved Requirements: openoffice.org-base requires openoffice.org-core01 Conflict Resolution: ( ) Do Not Install openoffice.org-base ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies openoffice.org-core01 not available Required by: openoffice.org-base requires openoffice.org-core01 Conflict Resolution: ( ) Remove the Referring Package Do Not Install openoffice.org-base ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies Where do I go from here? Thank you in advance. bob Have you read and followed the instructions for installing the beta versions found in this link? http://download.openoffice.org/2.0beta2/index.html There is link under Installation Information for installing the beta under both windows and Linux. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: UK Thesaurus
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 09:16 +0100, James Tappin wrote: On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:19:42 + (UTC) Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AB Reg Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:43154C99.7030809 AB @dnainternet.net: AB AB Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to AB work in US English! AB AB AB Colo(u)r me stupid, but does it matter what dialect the thesaurus is in? I AB can see that it makes an important difference with dictionaries. But the AB word meanings really aren't that far apart except in slang, and that won't AB be covered by a thesaurus anyway. AB To take one (potentially embarassing) example: UK: solicitor = lawyer US: solicitor = prostitute or door-to-door salesman Hi James, Interesting example you use here. I know that in UK/AU terms, the adjective form - to solicit - can have that meaning, but not the noun form. May I ask how this ties in with the US Solicitor General position? :) Regards Jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Question-Peru
I am Peruvian, in my country the copyright it is not, I can buy in the market a CD of any software in $0.8 y un CD of movie in S/. 1, or $0.3. Here, there is a industry of crack, in the software. We get benefit without pay for it, It is not correct, but the prices of licensing are very big, they are computed for USA, and not for poor country. I am development a paper to graduate, about 200 pages in Open Office, I'd like put number of pages at my work, but I don't find this command. Is it posible? The number of pages only make one and it is not at botom of page. I have observed that your dictionary is very unsatisfactory. In microsoft Word I use the double click in the centrlal bottom of mouse to read a document, but it is no in Open Office. In general the software is good. I'd like a user'guide in PDF downloadable. Excuse, me my English isn't very good. Can you help me, please? -- Sirvase confirmar la recepcion del mensaje. Atentamente: Profesor Hebert Suarez Cahuana Departamento de Economía Universidad Nacional de San Agustín Av. Venezuela S/N Cercado Arequipa-Peru Tel: 51-54-9358355 Fax:51 54-215105 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.hebertsuarezc.blogspot.com
Re: [users] Question-Peru
Hebert Suarez Cahuana wrote: I am Peruvian, in my country the copyright it is not, I can buy in the market a CD of any software in $0.8 y un CD of movie in S/. 1, or $0.3. Here, there is a industry of crack, in the software. We get benefit without pay for it, It is not correct, but the prices of licensing are very big, they are computed for USA, and not for poor country. I am development a paper to graduate, about 200 pages in Open Office, I'd like put number of pages at my work, but I don't find this command. Is it posible? The number of pages only make one and it is not at botom of page. I have observed that your dictionary is very unsatisfactory. In microsoft Word I use the double click in the centrlal bottom of mouse to read a document, but it is no in Open Office. In general the software is good. I'd like a user'guide in PDF downloadable. Excuse, me my English isn't very good. Can you help me, please? Hola Profesor Suarez, If you are using the English version of OpenOffice.org, I can help you: Click on Format Page Footer and make sure that the box in front of Footer On is checked. Then place the cursor in the Footer on Page 1 and in the toolbar select the second box of lines which is for centering. Now click on Insert Fields Page Number The number 1 should appear. This should automatically number all the pages in your document. If you are using the Spanish edition of OpenOffice.org, these names will probably be different. I just downloaded the Spanish version yesterday, but don't have it installed yet. Si Ud. no puede seguir estas instrucciones, puede contactarme personalmente. -- Dale Erwin Salamanca 116 Pueblo Libre Lima 21 PERU Tel. +51(1)461-3084 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
Hi Paul, The short answer is that compatibility between the two is good and improving with each release. I recommend that you take a look at www.openoffice.org which is a VERY comprehensive site. Open office is free to download, and free to use for ever. Keith On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:19:35 -0400 Paul Galecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unfamiliar with your product but was told about it through a salesperson at the computer store that we bought our computer from. We were given a 60 day trial of Microsoft Office Suite, but were told that instead of buying Office we should investigate your product. How does it compare? Is it the same as Office? How is it different? Will it be compatible with other Office products? Please let me know the answers to these questions. Thanks, Terry Beingessner -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Installation Problem Beta
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:48:45 -0500 Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 31 August 2005 06:18 pm, Seibert wrote: Hi - Have a SUSE (1.9) system with OpenOffice (Ver 1.1) installed and operating. Am trying to Install new BETA2 version. Have downloaded and TARed) the downloaded file successfully. Now have file in root openoffice.org-suse-menus-1.9.124-1.noarch.rpm When I click on this file I get window that informs me to install with YAST. When I run the YAST I receive a conflict message: openoffice.org-base 1.9.125-1 conflict Unresolved Requirements: openoffice.org-base requires openoffice.org-core01 Conflict Resolution: ( ) Do Not Install openoffice.org-base ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies openoffice.org-core01 not available Required by: openoffice.org-base requires openoffice.org-core01 Conflict Resolution: ( ) Remove the Referring Package Do Not Install openoffice.org-base ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies Where do I go from here? Thank you in advance. bob Have you read and followed the instructions for installing the beta versions found in this link? http://download.openoffice.org/2.0beta2/index.html There is link under Installation Information for installing the beta under both windows and Linux. Also some mirrors have corrupted files. Run m5sum against the tar.gz file and compare it against the published numbers on the web-site. -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Forms of .doc documents are not modificable in oo2 beta2 (m125)
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 09:45 +0200, Pere Castañer Sarda wrote: I don't know if it is a bug or a limitation of recognizion microsoft forms in oo2, but I can't find a way to modify the .doc documents generated with MSWORD with oo2 beta2. I can modify the fields, yes but the other text is protected and the switch design mode on/off don't do anything. Is a known behaviour or I'm missing something? Thanks in advance, Padre, I see no one has replied to your query. Would you please tell us which OS you use and whether your system meets or exceed the system requirements ( http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.0_beta.html#mozTocId75173 ) THis will help. Now to your problem. If the form controls in your Word doc are really VBA then OOo will not execute these. If the controls are not VBA then I am at a loss and will hope that someone more familiar with forms in word will be able to help you. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] SXI to PPT conversion
Hi David, It should work. What versions of OOo and powerpoint are you working with? I have both here. You could send me the original and copy directly if you'd like me to take a look at it. tc p.s. Are you the David Woodhouse who plays bass? David Woodhouse wrote: I have created a presentation in Open Office and saved it as a PowerPoint presentation. Although the file now has a .ppt file type, Powerpoint can't open this file. Is this a known issue? Is there a work around? Thank you - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Openoffice for eMac G5
Get NeoOffice/J it will solve your issues. Works better honestly. Jason On 31-Aug-05, at 9:06 AM, Egil Torpmann-Hagen wrote: Hi! I have downloaded your Office programme, but not succeeded in activating it due to a missing password. Can you help me, either by giving me a solution per email or by sending me your support phone number so I can call you back. In that case I do hope that you have a support number in Norway. With regards Egil Torpmann-Hagen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Toolbar appearance in OOo 2.0
In case it isn't clear, Tools - Options are menu choices. Selecting Options brings up a dialogue/configuration box. The first of the headings within this box is OpenOffice.org. It can be expanded with a mouse click. Once expanded, one of the sub-headings under OpenOffice.org is Appearence. This in 1.9.125 in both Windows and Linux versions (just confirmed). Was this the confusion? I don't believe you have a special 1.9.125 version without this configuration. But there are stranger things in the universe than I dream about... On 8/31/05, G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 16:17 -0400, Colin J. Williams wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:28 -0400, Colin J. Williams wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Monday 29 August 2005 20:06, Patrick Hubers wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if there's a way to get the toolbars and menu in OOo 2.0 (beta 2) to use the normal system colors instead of the hideous off-white gradient that is currently being used? I can't seem to find any setting for it and I really want to get rid of this. Despite the claim that OOo 2.0 integrates nicely into any desktop environment, 1.1.4 does this better :-( Just nitpicking off course, it *works* great so far, but still... Not sure, but did you try Tools - Options - General - Appearance ? I don't find this sequence in 1.9.125 Of course not. I think that CPH was expecting you to use Tools Options Openoffice.org General Appearance. Tell us whether it works or not, please. Tools Options Openoffice.org General Ok this far, no Appearance. Hmm, if you do not see Appearance between Security and Accessibility in this section of Options then you have a problem. I have no idea why you do not have this option. Therefore, I suggest that you enter an issue into Issue Tracker as this is the best way to have problems such as this evaluated. If you haven't already registered, do the following: 1. To file an issue you must register with OOo by clicking the My Pages tab and selecting the Register link http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join 2. Fill in your information 3. Reply to the confirmation email that will be sent to the address you provided. 4. Once you have confirmed, go to www.openoffice.org again 5. And click on the My Pages tab from which you can file and find issues. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It is important that you file any examples with the issue to ensure your need is understood. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Openoffice for eMac G5
If you need a password to install Open Office on an OSX machine, I would guess it is looking for your system admin password. More to the point try installing Neo Office/J. It is a brach of Open Office that is much easier to install and much more mac like to use. Thanks Andy Spitfire Computer Services 441 Beaver Street Suite 202 Sewickley, PA 15143 Phone (412) 749-0162 Fax: (412) 749-0203 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.spitcomp.com On Aug 31, 2005, at 9:06 AM, Egil Torpmann-Hagen wrote: Hi! I have downloaded your Office programme, but not succeeded in activating it due to a missing password. Can you help me, either by giving me a solution per email or by sending me your support phone number so I can call you back. In that case I do hope that you have a support number in Norway. With regards Egil Torpmann-Hagen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Openoffice for eMac G5
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 08:06 am, Egil Torpmann-Hagen wrote: Hi! I have downloaded your Office programme, but not succeeded in activating it due to a missing password. Can you help me, either by giving me a solution per email or by sending me your support phone number so I can call you back. In that case I do hope that you have a support number in Norway. With regards Egil Torpmann-Hagen From another member of the mailing list: ~~ Get NeoOffice/J it will solve your issues. Works better honestly. Jason ~~~ If you need the URL, here it is: www.neooffice.org As far as a password is concerned, two different members of the mailing list thinks it is your administrator password. (Super User in most *NIX systems) Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: UK Thesaurus
Jonathon Coombes wrote: On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 09:16 +0100, James Tappin wrote: On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:19:42 + (UTC) Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AB Reg Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:43154C99.7030809 AB @dnainternet.net: AB AB Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to AB work in US English! AB AB AB Colo(u)r me stupid, but does it matter what dialect the thesaurus is in? I AB can see that it makes an important difference with dictionaries. But the AB word meanings really aren't that far apart except in slang, and that won't AB be covered by a thesaurus anyway. AB To take one (potentially embarassing) example: UK: solicitor = lawyer US: solicitor = prostitute or door-to-door salesman Hi James, Interesting example you use here. I know that in UK/AU terms, the adjective form - to solicit - can have that meaning, but not the noun form. May I ask how this ties in with the US Solicitor General position? :) Regards Jonathon To solicit is a verb. Adjective form? It means: to approach with a request or plea. It is often used in relation to sales, and in fact most prostitutes are trying to sell something. Anyone who engages in soliciting is a solicitor. When used to refer to an attorney/lawyer/barrister, the request or plea is of a different nature. I really don't see all that much difference in the meanings of words... just in common usage. I can understand how someone who thinks to solicit is an adjective would have trouble understanding this. -- Dale Erwin Salamanca 116 Pueblo Libre Lima 21 PERU Tel. +51(1)461-3084 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Installation Problem Beta
When you untar the files, they will be in a subdirectory named something like: /home/doug/downloads/OpenOffice/OOo2.0beta2_native_packed_en-US Beneath that subdirectory will be three subdirectories: licenses, readmes, and RPMS. You want to start your installation in the RPMS subdirectory. Also in RPMS, is another subdirectory named desktop-integration. The *.rpm file you cite is located in desktop-integration. First you want to install the files in the RPMS directory. After that, cd to desktop-integration and install this last file. Trying to install the ..suse-menus.. rpm prior to installing the other files produces the error message you describe. Doug Seibert wrote: Hi - Have a SUSE (1.9) system with OpenOffice (Ver 1.1) installed and operating. Am trying to Install new BETA2 version. Have downloaded and TARed) the downloaded file successfully. Now have file in root openoffice.org-suse-menus-1.9.124-1.noarch.rpm When I click on this file I get window that informs me to install with YAST. When I run the YAST I receive a conflict message: openoffice.org-base 1.9.125-1 conflict Unresolved Requirements: openoffice.org-base requires openoffice.org-core01 Conflict Resolution: ( ) Do Not Install openoffice.org-base ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies openoffice.org-core01 not available Required by: openoffice.org-base requires openoffice.org-core01 Conflict Resolution: ( ) Remove the Referring Package Do Not Install openoffice.org-base ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies Where do I go from here? Thank you in advance. bob - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: UK Thesaurus
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 22:38 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote: Jonathon Coombes wrote: On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 09:16 +0100, James Tappin wrote: On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:19:42 + (UTC) Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AB Reg Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:43154C99.7030809 AB @dnainternet.net: AB AB Then, up comes the UK Thesaurus!! Of course, that's useless if I have to AB work in US English! AB AB AB Colo(u)r me stupid, but does it matter what dialect the thesaurus is in? I AB can see that it makes an important difference with dictionaries. But the AB word meanings really aren't that far apart except in slang, and that won't AB be covered by a thesaurus anyway. AB To take one (potentially embarassing) example: UK: solicitor = lawyer US: solicitor = prostitute or door-to-door salesman Hi James, Interesting example you use here. I know that in UK/AU terms, the adjective form - to solicit - can have that meaning, but not the noun form. May I ask how this ties in with the US Solicitor General position? :) Regards Jonathon To solicit is a verb. Adjective form? It means: to approach with a request or plea. It is often used in relation to sales, and in fact most prostitutes are trying to sell something. Anyone who engages in soliciting is a solicitor. When used to refer to an attorney/lawyer/barrister, the request or plea is of a different nature. Doh! That is why I do computer work and not English teaching :) I was not really thinking along those lines at the time. It still does not take away from my point though - which you have made again above - they have two different meanings, but I have never seen the term solicitor used as one who prostitutes or does sales etc. I really don't see all that much difference in the meanings of words... just in common usage. I can understand how someone who thinks to solicit is an adjective would have trouble understanding this. No, I understand the difference, just not how you apply it to what seems an uncommon or non-existent usage. So to answer my question - when the term solicitor is used, then if they are wearing a dress, it means prostitute, otherwise it means lawyer? ;) To finalise, I don't think it makes that much difference if you are using US or UK English for a thesaurus for over 99% of the words used in everyday terms. Regards Jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Failed installation of OpenOffice Beta2
I have used OpenOffice since it branch out of Star Office, currently using version 1.1.4, I decided to try the latest Beta 2 version and downloaded the files yesterday. Followed all the installation instructions up to Unzipping/Executing the Installation Program successfully. When the Install Program starts loading all the files, stops about two thirds of the way and a dialog box opens up saying it can't find openofficeorg3.cab - no matter what I try (including deleting the whole install folder and unzipping the original download again) ends up at the same dialog box. When I look at the contents of both the zipped download and the install folders I can see that openofficeorg3.cab openofficeorg4.cab are missing from the install folder. Any attempt to manually move/copy these two files from the zipped donwload folder to the install folder fails. Any suggestion how to fix the problem, other than re-downloading (it took over four and a half hours for the 75 Mb)? Carlos R Stuardo
