Re: [users] Lotus WordPro docs
Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > I see a filter in my OpenOffice.org writer that shows that I can open WordPro > Docs (from Lotus Smartsuite). However, when I open a doc it just comes up a > blank page. > I'm running 2.0.4 (because Kubuntu doesn't have packages for 2.1 and I'm not > into reverse engineering any rpms). > I did install 2.1 on a Windoze box, but I didn't see any filters for opening > WordPro files. OOo "officially" doesn't contain such a filter. If you found one on any platform it must have been added by the distributor. There is an experimental version of a simple lwp filter that tries to just get the text out of lwp documents but until now the quality of it wasn't good enough to achieve even this in a reliable manner. Maybe someone added this filter (that exists as a patch in Issue Tracker) to your distro. I know some people who love to add unfinished work to their official builds and let users test it. They call this "incremental development". :-) > The question is, is this, or ever was this, a real ability of OpenOffice.org? > If so, does anyone have any hints about making it work? If you happened to use the mentioned filter prototype the only way would be to ask the developer(s) how things are going. I don't remember the issue number but you can search for a "patch" issue in the "word processor" component assigned to "flr". Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Add Layout to Impress
On 1/10/07, Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Troy, Troy Bull wrote: > I teach computer programming and I want a slide with a big text box > area, where each line gets a line number. > > What I do now is open a blank slide add a text box, go in to bullets and > numbering, turn on numbering (under the numbering type tab), then switch > tabs to position and select level 1 then set "spacing to text" to be > .40, then on the customize tab set the After to "|" instead of ")". > > I would like to be able to pick this slide out of the layouts instead of > having to redo it every time i insert a new slide. I do several of > these (in the 20's or more) each class, 3 times a week. To make is easier: a) You can make presentation with one such a slide and save it as template; b) In the left panel (slides) make a copy of the slide (control-drag, or use the context menu). Best, -- Cor Nouws Arnhem - Netherlands nl.OpenOffice.org - marketing contact - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Troy, Cor's and Dan's advices are good. I will expand 1. Create a new presentation 2. Go to View > Master > Slide Master 3. Right click in the Slides pane and select "New Master" from the context menu (it will be called default1 4. Rename the new master by clicking on the thumbnail in the Slides pane and selcting "Rename Master". Let's call it for example "NumberedLines" 5. Select the NumberedLines" master to bring it in the work area. Open the Styles and Formatting pressing F11 6. Right click on Outline1 in the "Presentation styles" dialog and choose Modify 7. In the dialog, go to the Customize tab select 1 from the list to the left and then choose 1,2, 3 for numbering style, type ¦ in the "After" edit box 8. Modify also the Font if necessary (for computer code a monotype font is normally preferred) and the "Indents and spacing" tab to adjust the position of the paragraph. You will have to play around with the values until you get what you want. A good bet would be 0.4 in the "From left" and -0.4 in the "First line". You may also want to reduce the spacing between paragraphs from 0.5cm to 0.1 or even to 0 (single line spacing). 9. Check if the first line of the text box is ok 10. If you do not want the title at all shrink the Title box and place it in a corner out of the way. Now close the master view 10. Back in the work area, select for the current slide a Title, Text layout then still in the task pane move to the Master Page tab and select the "NumberedLines" master. 11. Try typing some text to see if it does what you need. 12. Go to File > Template > Save and give it a memorable name 13. you are done! Now when you want to create a spresentation which uses the numbered lines layout, when you create a presentation select "From template" in the wizard, pick your template and off you go. The reason why we created a new master is that you can combine in the same presentation slides using the NumberedLines pages as well as default pages. Switch between the two from the Master Page tab of the Task Pane. Cheers, Michele
[users] Re: Spell check does not correctly handle hyphenated words (Australian English)
Harold Fuchs wolfeden.demon.co.uk> writes: > > On Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:40 AM [GMT+1=CET], Andy Pepperdine > pepperdine.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 02:13, Kelvin Eldridge wrote: > > Using UK English on my Win XP Pro, OOo 2.1 installation each of the > words bric-a-brac and bric-à-brac is highlighted as *two* errors, one > for "bric" and one for "brac" - each "half" is *separately* underlined > in squiggly red. This seems to indicate that the hyphen is not regarded > as part of the word at all; to put it another way, it seems that neither > bric-a-brac nor bric-à-brac is deemed to be a "word" by the spell > checker. > > On the other hand, OOo 2.0.4, also using UK English and Win XP Pro only > shows the "brac" part as being misspelt, regardless of the accent over > the "a". > > Weird. > > Harold Fuchs > London, England > Thanks also Harold for your input. I tested OOo 2.0.2 using AU English and Win XP Pro and there were *two* errors. So yes what you see for 2.0.4 does appear weird;-) Kelvin Eldridge OpenOffice.org Australian English dictionary creator/maintainer. www.JustLocal.com.au (Link to latest dictionary file page located at the bottom of the page.) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
James Knott wrote: Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in PDF? Your experience may be different to mine, but while I see alot of employers ask for CV's by email, I very rarely, if ever see them specify a format. If the format's not specified then PDF should be fine. Having said this, I can't understand why an employer would want a CV in an editable format anyway! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Keymap problem in X11 after 2.1 install (OS X 10.4)
I had successfully installed a keyboard switcher for X11 to remap the greek accented vowels to the ";" + vowel key combination. Unfortunately, after I quit OOo2.1 and re-launched, the switcher works (the english/greek flag alternate every time I press CMD-shift, but the accented vowels are not produced: instead of "ά" I get ";α". The whole thing has to do with two files, xgrk and xgrk2 which I have to place in /usr/X11R6/bin/ and then tell soffice to run xgrk2 (the switcher) at the end, just before the soffice binary by modifying the last few lines of soffice to look like this: # launching greek keymap switcher /usr/X11R6/bin/xgrk2 & # execute soffice binary "$sd_prog/$sd_binary" "$@" & trap 'kill -9 $!' TERM wait $! Anyone interested to help? It's worked once; I only need to make it work every time. Many thanks, people.
Re: [users] Re: Reveal Codes
Mathias Bauer wrote: For further reference please watch issue #4914. Excellent, thank you very much. ///Peter - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Reveal Codes
Robin Laing wrote: Look at issue 3395 and see if that is in your line of thinking. Look at the images that I uploaded as examples in a way of a compromise. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3395 I wasn't able to locate any images referenced in that page. What userid did you post them as? ///Peter - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Compatible with MS Works?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to find out if Open Office will open a data base created in MS Works (*.wdb). I have a file created with Works and wish to open it and do not have it on this computer. Thanks for your help. AFAIK nothing in the world is compatible with MS-Works. It's a dead-end. You need to save data in a reusable format instead. ///Peter - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
James Knott wrote: Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. Employers often ask for Word format. That's always the biggest problem. The answer is not to use any complex formatting (you shouldn't do so in a resume anyway). Make the plainest, simplest resume and save it as a .doc file. Keep opening it in Word and testing it until you get a clean copy without formatting problems. Another option from the "dirty tricks" box is to write an XSLT transform to output very, very plain and simple *valid* HTML (not XHTML) with some simple embedded CSS to do the formatting. Save the output with a .doc filetype, and Word will open it as if it was a Word file. You need to know the limitations of Word's rendering of HTML, but I have used this method quite successfully in the past -- although not from OO (all my documents are authored in XML to start with). ///Peter - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
Terence W C Warby wrote: James Knott wrote: Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in PDF? Your experience may be different to mine, but while I see alot of employers ask for CV's by email, I very rarely, if ever see them specify a format. If the format's not specified then PDF should be fine. Having said this, I can't understand why an employer would want a CV in an editable format anyway! They don't. It's just that many corporate HR departments are too ignorant to know that any other file format than .doc exists. ///Peter - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Calc and ExcelML
Someone is sending me Excel spreadsheets saved in Microsoft's XML (because I am going to reprocess them). However, it would occasionally be useful to be able to view them in spreadsheet form, and I don't have any Windows machines (or even Excel under Wine). Is there any proposal to add support for ExcelML? ///Peter - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Cell color via cell-value
Hello List, I would like to set the cell color via the cell value, i know about the conditional formatting feature, but i would like to do it in a smooth way. What i would like to do is something like this : CellBGColor=rgb(CellValue,0,255-CellValue) When done by conditional formatting, this would mean 255 conditions and 255 custom-styles with the colors.. . . not a really nice way of solving this. Can this be done ? Grtz Dries Pruimboom - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
-Original Message- From: James Knott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:18 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 10/01/07, Joe Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What if the employer is using windows only? They probably won't >> even know what a tarball is. >> > Send a tarball with plain text, html, pdf, odf, word, rtf, ps, and >> > even a png image of the resume. :) >> > > > That was a joke. The suggestion that the tarball should contain ps and > png formats should have given it away. > Your message should have been closed captioned for the humour impaired. ;-) Hmmm. "Closed captioned". He should have sent it in Word? ;-) - 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] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
-Original Message- From: Terence W C Warby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:58 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer James Knott wrote: > Alex Zachopoulos wrote: >> Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF >> files. Looks good and professional, too. >> Alex. > > Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in > PDF? > Your experience may be different to mine, but while I see alot of employers ask for CV's by email, I very rarely, if ever see them specify a format. If the format's not specified then PDF should be fine. Having said this, I can't understand why an employer would want a CV in an editable format anyway! An example would be a contractor applying to a consulting company. They often take the submitted CV and convert it to their own layout before submitting it to their customrs. - 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: Indent before text in a Frame
On 1/10/07, Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter Vandenabeele wrote: > ... > Could anyone please indicate me why this offset seems to be present in > this document ? The frame containing that column has 2mm spacing between the left border and the frame contents. You can adjust the spacing by selecting the frame, then right-click > Frame > Borders. Thanks, This indeed seems to be the 0.2 cm that is the distance I see (only on the left side). If I change that number, the horizontal size between that border line and the text is modified. Peter - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Getting rid of 001
Hi, This machine is a MAC PC G5 After much angst I finally installed 002. I would like to delete 001. When I went to file>open I came across the folder 001.1. On examination I found this is the file of 001.1. However I'm too cowardly to delete it at this point because I really don't know what it will take with it. And I sure don't know how to fix anything. At the present time in my dock I have the logo for 001 and the icon for the associate X 11 Is this the way to delete 001? If there is a better way may I have your suggestions. I seem to have caused other problems with the addition of 002 but I will address them in a separate email.When I delete the 001 will the icons for X 11 and 00 2 go away as well ? Thanks But this dodo does. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Cell color via cell-value
On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 12:40 +, Dries Pruimboom wrote: > Hello List, > > I would like to set the cell color via the cell value, i know about the > conditional formatting feature, but i would like to do it in a smooth way. > What > i would like to do is something like this : > >CellBGColor=rgb(CellValue,0,255-CellValue) > > > When done by conditional formatting, this would mean 255 conditions and 255 > custom-styles with the colors.. . . not a really nice way of solving this. > > Can this be done ? > > Grtz Dries Pruimboom Have a look at the STYLE function, it returns zero so it can be added to existing formula without affecting the result. Barrie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Getting rid of 001
Error - the Sentence should read -Will the icons for X 11 And 001. go away as well At 10:57 AM -0500 1/11/07, Vincent A Juliano wrote: will the icons for X 11 and 00 2 go away as well ? Thanks Hi, This machine is a MAC PC G5 After much angst I finally installed 002. I would like to delete 001. When I went to file>open I came across the folder 001.1. On examination I found this is the file of 001.1. However I'm too cowardly to delete it at this point because I really don't know what it will take with it. And I sure don't know how to fix anything. At the present time in my dock I have the logo for 001 and the icon for the associate X 11 Is this the way to delete 001? If there is a better way may I have your suggestions. I seem to have caused other problems with the addition of 002 but I will address them in a separate email.When I delete the 001 will the icons for X 11 and 00 2 go away as well ? Thanks But this dodo does. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Confused by heading numbering
Hi, I am confused by heading numbering. Where are chapter headings linked to numbering? Can I just select paragraph style and in the style editor select Numbering 1? What happens when I press the number paragraph symbol on the icon line? It does not seem to link it to anything but still numbers. When I open a doc file form MS office I have numbered headings, but I see no link in the paragraph definition to the numbering style. mystified afx -- Espresso / Cappuccino ist wie Liebe, man muss sich heute die gleiche Mühe geben wie gestern und morgen noch mehr ! Espresso / Cappuccino is like love. You need to put in the same effort today as yesterday and tomorrow even more! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Compatibility with Word
Ross Bernheim wrote: On Jan 9, 2007, at 12:51, Robin Laing wrote: One thing that one of my co-workers told me is that working with graphics in Word can be a real pain as the auto-formatting will move things on it's own. He now uses OpenOffice as he can control the graphics much better. This is after Word reformatted a report that he had been working on all weekend and wouldn't undo. If formatting is an issue, then make sure all people are using OpenOffice or the same version of Word for the best compatibility. At least OpenOffice doesn't cost any money. -- Robin Laing Robin, I think that much of the problems come from people trying to do things in a word processor that should really be done in a desktop publishing program. It is a byproduct of people who don't know the difference between a text editor, word processor and desktop publishing. It has helped push the feature bloat in word processors as programs are touted to have more "features" than the competition, regardless of weather they are useful or even hinder the program. Compare the size and speed of MS Word 5.0 and the current version of Word as an example of feature bloat and size increase. I did a large document a few years ago. I gave up on Word at about 7 pages and brought my Mac from home and used Word Perfect which did a much better job. If I had to do it again, I would use a desktop publishing program for the document and a word processor or text editor for the text portions and import the text into the desktop publishing program. Ross Bernheim But that isn't the option when you are give a Word template and told to use it by Corp. Headquarters. Even if the template is flawed or damaged. I give one user credit, he converted the Word template to OpenOffice. Of course when you are writing a report, you think that Word is the tool as advertised by MS and the fact that it is on most of the new computers by default. Some have moved to OOo and others have moved to LaTeX. -- Robin Laing - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Open Office Calc - hexidecimal numbers
Does anyone know whether it is possible to make calc format numbers as hexidecimal? I can make a list of integers (1, 2, 3, 4) down a column of cells (1 number per cell) I would like to make such a list in Hex, and be able to perform conversions between decimal and hex numbers. Is this possible? thankyou! Robin === Robin Hall, Elan Digital Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Dear Dan I am using Windows 98 compatible with Open Office.org 2.1. The formulae I have referred to is any complicated formula using Greek/numbers, but that is not the point. The math section gives excellent examples, but only examples! A friend sent me the full explanation for version 1.0 but it simply does not work for 2.1. Is there a similar edition for version 2.1 giving the tabes for Operation, Command and Display? You only have to refer to the character you wish to insert and together with the explannations given in the math section it will be a pleasure to type complicated equations. I trut that e can ind a solution for the problem. Frikkie de Bruyn - Original Message - From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "debruyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE > On Wednesday 10 January 2007 1:28 am, debruyn wrote: > > Dear Sir/Madam > > > > I have recently downloaded Openoffice.org 2.1, but have problems in > > entering a formula in writer or witer 2. Is there documentation > > that can help? > > > > Thanks very much. > > > > (Mr) Frkkie de Bruyn > > Are you using a windows operating system? Why type of formula are > you talking about? Something like A=l*w, or something like =7*8? > Have you looked in Help? The information you seek should be in > the OpenOffice.org Math section. To access this section, use the F1 > key to open Help. Above the Context and Index tabs is a drop down > list of section. Change this to OpenOffice.org Math. Then Links > appear on the right side of the Help page that link to the > information on Math in OOo. > > Dan > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 07/01/09 13:37 > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Simultaneous access
Hello, When I try to use OOo I get the following message: "Either another instance of Openoffice.org is accessing your personal settings or your personal settings are locked. Simultaneous access can lead to inconsistancies in your personal settings. Before continuing you should make sure user 'closes Openoffice.org on host'. Do you want to continue?" I click "no" but I don't know how to 'close OOo on host'. Can you help? Thanks, Mark
[users] CR & LF
Hi friends. I have a problem I'm wising you could help me to solve. I need to save a word file as a MSDOS Text file with line jump (when finishing the lines passing to the next line and making tabing). This same function it's working fine with Microsoft Word 2002, and now that I'm already using the OpenOffice Suite I need the same result. The more seemed thing I found in the OpenOffice Writer it's saving the file as codified text, and in the filters option taking as character set the "dos/os2-850/international" and line jump CR and LF but when I open my file with the notepad I see that the line jump it's not made. If anyone knows where is my mistake for not making the line jump I would be very grateful, because I need it urgent. I want to leave the using of microsoft word the more earlier possible and continue using OpenOffice but I really need this working before of doing it. Really it's very urgent for me to take it working in the most little time possible, so I send all my gratefulnes for all you. Receive a warm greeting Raul
[users] Upgrading from 2.0 to 2.1
I'm using version 2.0, and just downloaded version 2.1. The instructions say, "It is recommended that the previous version be uninstalled before updating to a new version. This can be accomplished, in Windows, by using the Setup program from the Start Menu and selecting Deinstallation." There is no Setup program in my Start Menu... the OpenOffice 2.0 folder has no such program, either. Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel lists OpenOffice 2.0 but does not have an option to remove the program. How do I deinstall it? If I just delete the 2.0 folder, what about all the Registry entries? Doug Simmons
[users] OpenOffice installing problem
I am using the latest version of OpenOffice.org. My problem is: When I try and install OpenOffice, a message comes up saying, 'NSIS Error The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete. This could be a result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a virus. You may want to contact the author of this installer to obtain a new copy. It may be possible to skip this check using the /NCRC command line switch (NOT RECOMMENDED).' Can you help??!! Thanks! Ben - Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail.
[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
a.. I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : OpenOffice.Org 2.0 9073 People cannot read my documents in MS Word. How do I solve this problem? Greetings, Frank Kampers
[users] die Anwendung von OpenOffice.org
Ich bin erst kürzlich mit einem grossen und recht komplexen EXCEL-Anwendungspaket auf OpenOffice umgestiegen. Ich habe damnit grosse Probleme. Einerseits ist die Benutzer-Oberfläche wesentlich anders und es ist nicht einfach, bestimmte Funktionen zu finden. Auch die Hilfe ist nicht sehr benutzerfreundlich. Aufgrund eines Sucharguments erscheint eine Vielzahl von Funktionen, die nur schwer dem zu lösenden Problem zuzuordnen sind. Nach dem Durchlesen in Frage kommender Kapitel, die nicht helfen, bleibt nur der grosse Frust! Eine Funktion unter der Hilfe "wie mache ich ..", wie sie EXCEL kennt, wäre sehr nützlich. Ich benütze OpenOffice.org 2.1 auf einem PC mit Windows XP SP2. Die zu bearbeitenden Programme stammen aus MS Office 2000. Mein gegenwärtiges Problem, zu dem ich auch nach grösstem Aufwand keine Lösung gefunden habe: Ich möchte innerhalb eines Spreadsheets eine Formel über "Bearbeiten > Kopieren > Einfügen" von einer Zelle in eine andere kopieren. In der zu empfangenden Zelle erscheint dann der Fehlercode "#name?". Die Hilfe konnte mir keine Erklärung dieses Fehlercodes geben. Wie löse ich diese triviale Aufgabe? Freundliche Grüsse Friedrich Kneubühler Belvédèrestrasse 31 b, 5621 Zufikon Tel.: 056 / 633 27 79; e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Compatible with MS Works?
In this moment, openofficce, don´t is compatible with files of MS Works. [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I am trying to find out if Open Office will open a data base created in MS Works (*.wdb). I have a file created with Works and wish to open it and do not have it on this computer. Thanks for your help. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] [moderated] Spell checking in OpenOffice will it work on my system?
I have been looking for a Word processing program similar to MS word, but having tried a few I find that the spell check will not operate in English on my PC. I believe this is because my OS is the German language version of XP Home, and everything defaults into this language. Would the English version of OpenOffice have these problems also? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
god bless a fast, clear and cogent answer thanks so much I was beginning to think I'd never figure it out on my own michael On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: Copy sent to OP On Tuesday 09 January 2007 6:55 pm, rob wrote: Hi Michael We have this problem often. Here is the answer How do I open an application other than Write(Word Processor)? Please open the Write application (Word Processor) as normal and then use File > New and the options for the other parts like our Spreadsheet and Database will be there. Thanks Rob -Original Message- From: michael epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 January 2007 20:49 To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] [moderated] how do I open other parts of open office when I click on the desktop icon it goes right to the writing program and i can't find the others thanks --- -- 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] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] question concerning openoffice writer application
Hello. I just recently downloaded the openoffice software and was curious if there was a version available that would allow me to create documents in French as well as English which I could receive in the United States. The version I downloaded only seemed to contain German and a few other languages. Please let me know if there is something I could use. Thank you for your assistance. Rachel
[users] I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :
* I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : How do I get rid of OpenOffice.org ? I want to go back to word.doc, how do I do this? My resume says it is a word document, but when I send it to someone, they can not use it. Please help. Regards, Frank Rhodes
[users] OO file reading: a question and a problem
I sent a message on June 9/06 inquiring about OO file format and got a helpful reply from CP Hennessy. I believe that, with considerable effort, we can enable our proofreading software to read OO document files. But before we embark on such an enterprise, I have a general question and a related problem. Background: Since 1990, our software product, Editor has been reading and analyzing document files from Word (through v. 11, 2003--not yet v. 12, 2007), WordPerfect (through v. X3, 2005), Works (through v. 7, 2002, before they went), RTF, and HTML. We use filter routines that ignore all formatting information and graphics in such a file and produce a plain ANSI/ASCII text image in an internal buffer for analysis. Our output is plain text. My general question: is there a filter that can remove all formatting information from an OO document to produce a plain text copy of the document? The related problem: A customer sends the following message: "I would . . . like to report, as a potential problem, that RTF and Word documents exported from OpenOffice cannot be read by Editor. I have to [first] open them and save them in either Word or Wordpad." Is there an obvious reason why software that can read Word and RTF documents produced by Microsoft products cannot read Word or RTF documents formatted by Open Office? Does OO change the headers or the file extensions in some way? Thanks for your help. John Thiesmeyer Serenity Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.serenity-software.com This message (with attachments, if any) was checked for viruses before it was sent. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] newly installed
Thank you for your time and information. When I wrote that "I am an old (very old) beginner" it meant that next month I shall start my 88th year so in my creaky mind, when you wrote "Use this key combination.." my first question was "Where ?" What should I have on the window when I do that? I tried a couple of ways (as I did with the other two suggestions) but I am always in fear of really messing things up. I gave up and to save space I deleted Open Office altogether. But I miss it and I reinstalled it again today on the chance that the first time, I did something wrong but again, there is no window for letter writing. If this is a bother to you, please disregard my whining. Incidentally, your first sentence to me referred to a phone company punch card. I am on cable so I did not know what you meant. Anyhow, HAPPY NEW YEAR> - Original Message - From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "john gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [users] newly installed On Monday 18 December 2006 02:53 pm, john gallagher wrote: I just installed Open office (I THINK) but I do not have a "page" for it so that I can type a letter. If that sounds like a dumb statement it is because I am an old (very old) beginner and do not speak computer language. I installed it once before with no problem and a few months later I had a big virus that put me through the AGONY of a reinstallation. Lucky I din't have an axe handy. This time I must have done something wrong but what? Thanks a million! So you also remember the computer punch card from the phone company. Assuming you have OpenOffice.org (OOo) installed and running, use this key combination: Control and n (that is the Ctrl key and the n key). This should open an untitled file so that you can type a letter. There are two other ways to do this. 1) File > New > Text document, or 2) Click the down arrowhead on the left icon below the word File at the top. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Background bug
OpenOffice 2.1 I just wanted to inform you that the page background image function is completely broken (and severely lacking in features), images appear at totally random sizes and never keep their properties after saving and reloading a doc. Really hope this get fixed asap as this is a very important function. Anyway, OpenOffice is still a miracle compared to any of Microsofts solutions. Thanks. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] envelope formatting and page numbering
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 When are you going to get it right? From the beginning of open office til now and currently using Suse 10.2 download distro with packaged open office installed. Setting up envelope will not display #10 envelope size correctly on screen nor will it put address and adressee in a position that will print correctly on #10 envelope. Haven't tried any other sizes. Up to this note I've always kept WindozeXP around and installed for doing envelopes!!! I also find putting automated numbering of pages on multi-page documents to be a nightmare also. Why can't you make it as easy as Windoze? Thanks if you can make my world easier. I thought the purpose of computers and operating systems with their programs was to make life easier... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFqTWFFkHITX+WYtkRAqURAKCgTG5iQmjFpPNmQ+rqRDj2zIFPCwCgo9oG DcF32DYzxqKSkX5T61nl/b0= =40Gz -END PGP SIGNATURE- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] RE: Questions
Hello, I have what I hope is an easy question to my problem. In Open Office 2.0 Calc I would like to place numbers in a cell. Example: =999+333 When I hit the enter button the total is calculated and I go down one row. The problem: I would like to hit the enter key and go to the right.but when I change it's direction in the customize window I get: no calculation and the cell to the right is highlighted in red with the letter of the column along with the row number. If I use the right arrow key I get the same as above. So, I would like to be able to enter numbers in one cell, hit enter or right arrow key and have the calculation take place and to have moved to the right. I go hope you can help. Thank you, Michael Barr Peterson Architects - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] CR & LF
Hola, necesito guardar un documento de word como archivo de texto con unas especificaciones: codificación de texto MS-DOS y salto de línea (terminar las líneas con retorno de carro y avance de línea), esto me lo hace el Word, ahora que estoy empezando a utilizar el OpenOffice necesito el mismo resultado, trasteando en el Writer he visto algo que puede cubrir mis necesidades y es guardando el fichero como texto codificado, y en las opciones de filtro selecciono como juego de caracteres europa occidental (dos/os2-850/internacional) y salto de parrafo CR & LF pero cuando abro el fichero con el block de notas veo que no ha hecho los saltos de línea. Si alguien sabe como resolverlo o cual es mi fallo para que no me haga los saltos de línea, que me responda cuanto antes por favor, me urge mucho
[users] Revisión ortográfica Open Office.
Acabo de adquirir un ordenador con la versión 2.0 del OpenOffice instalada. Me ha gustado mucho. No obstante me he encontrado con algún extraño problema: Si aprieto la tecla F7, inmediatamente aparece un aviso que dice: "La revisión ortográfica a finalizado". Esto curre aun cuando existan errores ortográficos, ya que no los detecta. Es decir, la revisión ortográfica aparenta que funciona pero no funciona. ¿Me podéis decir si esto es fácil de solucionar y cómo hacerlo? Gracias y saludos.
[users] OpenOffice Installation Error
When trying to install the latest version of OpenOffice on my computer (running WinXP) I get an error message number 1935 and the installation fails. Can you help please? Regards, Lloyd - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Reveal Codes
Peter Flynn wrote: Robin Laing wrote: Look at issue 3395 and see if that is in your line of thinking. Look at the images that I uploaded as examples in a way of a compromise. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3395 I wasn't able to locate any images referenced in that page. What userid did you post them as? ///Peter At the top of the page where the Attachments are. A couple of lines under the summary. There are three files. One odt and two pngs. You have to open them or save them. -- Robin Laing - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Trouble with 'default' margins
I am finding it nearly impossible to set margins at a default value. By this, I mean I want to set the margins thus: left: 1"; right: 0.75"; top 1"; bottom: 1". I know how to reset the margins but I don't want to have to reset the margins EVERY time I use Writer. In the other Word Processing programs, there is a button that allows you to set the margins for "this page" or as a default value for "all pages", if you get what I mean... Apart from that, I love the program and keep up the good work!
Re: [users] [moderated]
Couldn't help thinking that this is one of those instances where a slight modification to OOo could result in a fairly large step forward in user friendliness. Consider, for example, how much easier things would be for new users if, instead of opening the Writer programme and then proceeding to File→New and then choosing from the options available - a procedure which is simple enough, but rather difficult to guess if one doesn't know it - a user could gain access to these latter through a hidden menu obtained by right-clicking on the OOo icon on the desktop or the Quick Start tray. I myself have no difficulties, as on my Ubuntu 6.10 set-up, when I do Applications→Office all of the OOo apps are shown, but as most users probably have a Windows OS installed, the procedure I outlined above would almost certainly be felt to be more «intuitive» (my guess is that Michael Epstein probably tried it before writing his letter). Not being a developer, I don't know if the technical obstacles to doing this are insurmountable - perhaps someone who is could advise ?... Henri 2007/1/11, michael epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: god bless a fast, clear and cogent answer thanks so much I was beginning to think I'd never figure it out on my own michael On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > Copy sent to OP > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 6:55 pm, rob wrote: >> Hi Michael >> >> We have this problem often. Here is the answer >> >> How do I open an application other than Write(Word Processor)? >> Please open the Write application (Word Processor) as normal and >> then use File > New and the options for the other parts like our >> Spreadsheet and Database will be there. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rob >> >> -Original Message- >> From: michael epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 09 January 2007 20:49 >> To: users@openoffice.org >> Subject: [users] [moderated] >> >> how do I open other parts of open office >> when I click on the desktop icon it goes right to the writing >> program and i can't find the others >> thanks
[users] Re: Cell color via cell-value
Dries Pruimboom wrote: I would like to set the cell color via the cell value, ... something like this : CellBGColor=rgb(CellValue,0,255-CellValue) I don't think there is any way at all to set the color from a formula other than the STYLE function and a defined style for each color. AFAIK, even the API can't set the background color of a cell except by defining a style with the desired color. Conditional formatting is hard-wired to a maximum of three different styles. You can (relatively) easily set up a lookup table to correlate a color with a cell value or range, and you can have as many colors as you care to define. For more discussion, some examples and macros, see: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=46282 http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=47065
Re: [users] Open Office in Greek
On Thursday 11 January 2007 6:43 am, Cesar Cuello wrote: > Dear friends > > It's not posible to me to fund in your site where it's the version > in greek or the package to translate it. > > Cesar Alberto Cuello > 21300 Kilada - Argolida - Greece > Office: 30 27540 61766 > Mobil : 30 69 3679 2270 > www.cacyachting.com > www.shipyard.gr > www.classic-yachts-greece.eu Go to this web page: http://el.openoffice.org/. It should tell you everything you need to know to download and install OpenOffice.org in Greek. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Open Office Calc - hexidecimal numbers
Robin Hall wrote: Does anyone know whether it is possible to make calc format numbers as hexidecimal? ... There is no number format, but you can use a formula to display the value from another cell as hex. See the online help for BASE: > ... > BASE(255;16;4) returns 00FF in the hexadecimal system.
Re: [users] [moderated]
With a quick customization of the Standard Menu you have Icons for both New OO Document, and New From Template. And (banished to winbloze at the office) a right click on the Quickstart Icon does give me choices that start a document automatically. don Couldn't help thinking that this is one of those instances where a slight modification to OOo could result in a fairly large step forward in user friendliness. Consider, for example, how much easier things would be for new users if, instead of opening the Writer programme and then proceeding to File→New and then choosing from the options available - a procedure which is simple enough, but rather difficult to guess if one doesn't know it - a user could gain access to these latter through a hidden menu obtained by right-clicking on the OOo icon on the desktop or the Quick Start tray. I myself have no difficulties, as on my Ubuntu 6.10 set-up, when I do Applications→Office all of the OOo apps are shown, but as most users probably have a Windows OS installed, the procedure I outlined above would almost certainly be felt to be more «intuitive» (my guess is that Michael Epstein probably tried it before writing his letter). Not being a developer, I don't know if the technical obstacles to doing this are insurmountable - perhaps someone who is could advise ?... Henri 2007/1/11, michael epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: god bless a fast, clear and cogent answer thanks so much I was beginning to think I'd never figure it out on my own michael On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > Copy sent to OP > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 6:55 pm, rob wrote: >> Hi Michael >> >> We have this problem often. Here is the answer >> >> How do I open an application other than Write(Word Processor)? >> Please open the Write application (Word Processor) as normal and >> then use File > New and the options for the other parts like our >> Spreadsheet and Database will be there. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rob >> >> -Original Message- >> From: michael epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 09 January 2007 20:49 >> To: users@openoffice.org >> Subject: [users] [moderated] >> >> how do I open other parts of open office >> when I click on the desktop icon it goes right to the writing >> program and i can't find the others >> thanks -- Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand - martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO - What a Ride!" - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] die Anwendung von OpenOffice.org
On Thursday 11 January 2007 5:31 am, Kneubühler wrote: > Ich bin erst kürzlich mit einem grossen und recht komplexen > EXCEL-Anwendungspaket auf OpenOffice umgestiegen. Ich habe damnit > grosse Probleme. Einerseits ist die Benutzer-Oberfläche wesentlich > anders und es ist nicht einfach, bestimmte Funktionen zu finden. > Auch die Hilfe ist nicht sehr benutzerfreundlich. Aufgrund eines > Sucharguments erscheint eine Vielzahl von Funktionen, die nur > schwer dem zu lösenden Problem zuzuordnen sind. Nach dem Durchlesen > in Frage kommender Kapitel, die nicht helfen, bleibt nur der grosse > Frust! Eine Funktion unter der Hilfe "wie mache ich ..", > wie sie EXCEL kennt, wäre sehr nützlich. Ich benütze OpenOffice.org > 2.1 auf einem PC mit Windows XP SP2. Die zu bearbeitenden Programme > stammen aus MS Office 2000. Mein gegenwärtiges Problem, zu dem ich > auch nach grösstem Aufwand keine Lösung gefunden habe: Ich möchte > innerhalb eines Spreadsheets eine Formel über "Bearbeiten > > Kopieren > Einfügen" von einer Zelle in eine andere kopieren. In > der zu empfangenden Zelle erscheint dann der Fehlercode "#name?". > Die Hilfe konnte mir keine Erklärung dieses Fehlercodes geben. Wie > löse ich diese triviale Aufgabe? > Freundliche Grüsse > > Friedrich Kneubühler > Belvédèrestrasse 31 b, 5621 Zufikon > Tel.: 056 / 633 27 79; e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wenn Sie es nicht auf Englisch sagen können, schreiben Sie doch bitte an [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Revisión ortográfica Open Office.
On Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:42 PM [GMT+1=CET], Ángel Revilla Lahiguera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Acabo de adquirir un ordenador con la versión 2.0 del OpenOffice instalada. Me ha gustado mucho. No obstante me he encontrado con algún extraño problema: Si aprieto la tecla F7, inmediatamente aparece un aviso que dice: "La revisión ortográfica a finalizado". Esto curre aun cuando existan errores ortográficos, ya que no los detecta. Es decir, la revisión ortográfica aparenta que funciona pero no funciona. ¿Me podéis decir si esto es fácil de solucionar y cómo hacerlo? Gracias y saludos. This is an English language list. If you prefer to discuss your problem in Spanish, please send your e-mail to users@es.openoffice.org Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
On Thursday 11 January 2007 6:45 am, Frank Kampers wrote: > a.. I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : > OpenOffice.Org 2.0 9073 > > People cannot read my documents in MS Word. How do I solve this > problem? > > Greetings, > > Frank Kampers There are two ways to solve your problem depending upon how you send the documents. If you are sending the documents to a server on a LAN (local area network), save the document in MS Word's format. To do so: File > Save As and select Mircrosoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) as the File type. This is located directly below the File name line in the Save As window. If you are sending the documents as email, try this: File > Send > Email as Microsoft Word. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Trouble with 'default' margins
On Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:07 PM [GMT+1=CET], David Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am finding it nearly impossible to set margins at a default value. By this, I mean I want to set the margins thus: left: 1"; right: 0.75"; top 1"; bottom: 1". I know how to reset the margins but I don't want to have to reset the margins EVERY time I use Writer. In the other Word Processing programs, there is a button that allows you to set the margins for "this page" or as a default value for "all pages", if you get what I mean... Apart from that, I love the program and keep up the good work! Please read about Templates in the help and/or on-line documentation. You can create and save a template with the page characteristics you like. You can either set that template as the default or give it a name and then request it via File>New>Templates and Documents when you want to create a new document. For example I have a template in which the first page is set up as a DL (European standard business size) envelope, the next page has my name and address centred in a bold font with *today's* date automatically generated and the subsequent page(s) just blank. The envelope is landscape to suit my printer's special envelope handling facility and has my name and address in a tiny font top left and a Text Box for the addressee's details which I copy/paste from the letter. That's just to illustrate the power of OO's template scheme. Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Trouble with 'default' margins
On Thursday 11 January 2007 11:07 am, David Bird wrote: > I am finding it nearly impossible to set margins at a default > value. By this, I mean I want to set the margins thus: left: 1"; > right: 0.75"; top 1"; bottom: 1". I know how to reset the margins > but I don't want to have to reset the margins EVERY time I use > Writer. In the other Word Processing programs, there is a button > that allows you to set the margins for "this page" or as a default > value for "all pages", if you get what I mean... > > Apart from that, I love the program and keep up the good work! Open a new untitled document. Set the margins the way you want them. Save the file as a template. (File > Templates > Save) Give it a name such as my-margins. Set this as your default template. File > Templates > Organize. Double click My Templates to open the list of templates. Right click the template you just saved (my-margins.ott) to open the context menu. Select Set As Default Template from that menu. The next time you open an untitled document, it should have the text margins you want. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] RE: Questions
Hi Michael, Michael wrote: In Open Office 2.0 Calc I would like to place numbers in a cell. Example: =999+333 When I hit the enter button the total is calculated and I go down one row. The problem: I would like to hit the enter key and go to the right.but when I change it's direction in the customize window I get: no calculation and the cell to the right is highlighted in red with the letter of the column along with the row number. This behavior is what happens when I use the arrow key. If I use the right arrow key I get the same as above. So, I would like to be able to enter numbers in one cell, hit enter or right arrow key and have the calculation take place and to have moved to the right. When I change the direction after Enter, in Tools|Options|OOoCalc|General, it does work like you want. Tested under XP, OOo 2.1 Regards, Cor -- Cor Nouws Arnhem - Netherlands nl.OpenOffice.org - marketing contact - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
On Thursday 11 January 2007 12:01 pm, M Henri Day wrote: > Couldn't help thinking that this is one of those instances where a > slight modification to OOo could result in a fairly large step > forward in user friendliness. Consider, for example, how much > easier things would be for new users if, instead of opening the > Writer programme and then proceeding to File→New and then choosing > from the options available - a procedure which is simple enough, > but rather difficult to guess if one doesn't know it - a user could > gain access to these latter through a hidden menu obtained by > right-clicking on the OOo icon on the desktop or the Quick Start > tray. I myself have no difficulties, as on my Ubuntu 6.10 set-up, > when I do Applications→Office all of the OOo apps are shown, but as > most users probably have a Windows OS installed, the procedure I > outlined above would almost certainly be felt to be more > «intuitive» (my guess is that Michael Epstein probably tried it > before writing his letter). Not being a developer, I don't know if > the technical obstacles to doing this are insurmountable - perhaps > someone who is could advise ?... > > Henri > > 2007/1/11, michael epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > god bless > > a fast, clear and cogent answer > > thanks so much > > I was beginning to think I'd never figure it out on my own > > > > michael > > > > On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > > > Copy sent to OP > > > > > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 6:55 pm, rob wrote: > > >> Hi Michael > > >> > > >> We have this problem often. Here is the answer > > >> > > >> How do I open an application other than Write(Word Processor)? > > >> Please open the Write application (Word Processor) as normal > > >> and then use File > New and the options for the other parts > > >> like our Spreadsheet and Database will be there. > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> > > >> Rob > > >> > > >> -Original Message- > > >> From: michael epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Sent: 09 January 2007 20:49 > > >> To: users@openoffice.org > > >> Subject: [users] [moderated] > > >> > > >> how do I open other parts of open office > > >> when I click on the desktop icon it goes right to the writing > > >> program and i can't find the others > > >> thanks For windows users, the quickstarter is the answer. By right clicking it, a person can select opening Writer, Calc, Impress, or Base as well as selecting a particular file to open in OOo. And yes, there is also an option to open a window in which a template can be chosen. These do not exist for the Mac nor Linux. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Hi Frank, Frank Kampers wrote: a.. I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : OpenOffice.Org 2.0 9073 People cannot read my documents in MS Word. How do I solve this problem? Save as .doc or File|Send|e-mail as Word-doc or File|Send|as PDF vr. groet, Cor (I've send a cc to you, because you are not subcribed to the mailing list; Please mail to the list only. To subscribe, mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) of naar [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Cor Nouws Arnhem - Netherlands nl.OpenOffice.org - marketing contact - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] OpenOffice Installation Error
This is caused by your virussoftware that mistakenly thinks the installer is corrupt. Do the following to install openoffice. Remember never to connect your PC to the internet with your firewall and virussoftware disabled! 1. Fysically disconnect your PC from the internet 2. Disable your antivirussoftware and firewall 3. Install OpenOffice. 4. Shut down your PC 5. Reconnect to the internet 6. Startup the PC again. Usually this works just fine. If you want to be really sure if the installationfile is OK then you could do the MD5sum check. Information on how to perform this check can be found here: http://download.openoffice.org/2.1.0/md5sums.html Arnold Huzen Lloyd Brunt schreef: When trying to install the latest version of OpenOffice on my computer (running WinXP) I get an error message number 1935 and the installation fails. Can you help please? Regards, Lloyd - 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 Installation Error
This is caused by your virussoftware that mistakenly thinks the installer is corrupt. Do the following to install openoffice. Remember never to connect your PC to the internet with your firewall and virussoftware disabled! 1. Fysically disconnect your PC from the internet 2. Disable your antivirussoftware and firewall 3. Install OpenOffice. 4. Shut down your PC 5. Reconnect to the internet 6. Startup the PC again. Usually this works just fine. If you want to be really sure if the installationfile is OK then you could do the MD5sum check. Information on how to perform this check can be found here: http://download.openoffice.org/2.1.0/md5sums.html Arnold Huzen Lloyd Brunt schreef: When trying to install the latest version of OpenOffice on my computer (running WinXP) I get an error message number 1935 and the installation fails. Can you help please? Regards, Lloyd - 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] Revisión ortográfica Open O ffice.
This mailinglist is in English. If you want to post your questions in spanish, then you can go to the mailinglists on es.openoffice.org or post to users@es.openoffice.org Maybe one of the other volunteers can read your spanish and provide you with an answer. Arnold Huzen Ángel Revilla Lahiguera schreef: Acabo de adquirir un ordenador con la versión 2.0 del OpenOffice instalada. Me ha gustado mucho. No obstante me he encontrado con algún extraño problema: Si aprieto la tecla F7, inmediatamente aparece un aviso que dice: "La revisión ortográfica a finalizado". Esto curre aun cuando existan errores ortográficos, ya que no los detecta. Es decir, la revisión ortográfica aparenta que funciona pero no funciona. ¿Me podéis decir si esto es fácil de solucionar y cómo hacerlo? Gracias y saludos. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :
FRANK RHODES wrote: > > > # * **/I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :/ How do I > get rid of OpenOffice.org ? I want to go back to word.doc, how do I do > this? My resume says it is a word document, but when I send it to > someone, they can not use it. Please help.* > > */Regards,/* > *Frank Rhodes* > > ** > Just uninstall it. But if you do that, and others can't open your resumé with Word, what makes you think you will be able to? It sounds like it may have been saved or renamed to the .doc extension, but it is not in .doc format. I would open it in OOo and do "save as" to another document name, using the Word 2000/XP format. Then try to open that file with Word (or MS Word Viewer). - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] CR & LF
This mailinglist is in English. If you want to post your questions in spanish, then you can go to the mailinglists on es.openoffice.org or post to users@es.openoffice.org Maybe one of the other volunteers can read your spanish and provide you with an answer. Arnold Huzen Dpto. Informática schreef: Hola, necesito guardar un documento de word como archivo de texto con unas especificaciones: codificación de texto MS-DOS y salto de línea (terminar las líneas con retorno de carro y avance de línea), esto me lo hace el Word, ahora que estoy empezando a utilizar el OpenOffice necesito el mismo resultado, trasteando en el Writer he visto algo que puede cubrir mis necesidades y es guardando el fichero como texto codificado, y en las opciones de filtro selecciono como juego de caracteres europa occidental (dos/os2-850/internacional) y salto de parrafo CR & LF pero cuando abro el fichero con el block de notas veo que no ha hecho los saltos de línea. Si alguien sabe como resolverlo o cual es mi fallo para que no me haga los saltos de línea, que me responda cuanto antes por favor, me urge mucho - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Confused by heading numbering
Hi Andreas, Andreas Siegert wrote: I am confused by heading numbering. Where are chapter headings linked to numbering? [...] Tools|Outline numbering is the place to be. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws Arnhem - Netherlands nl.OpenOffice.org - marketing contact - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Providing Documents for Microsoft Users (was Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE)
On Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:45 PM [GMT+1=CET], Frank Kampers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: a.. I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : OpenOffice.Org 2.0 9073 People cannot read my documents in MS Word. How do I solve this problem? Greetings, Frank Kampers You can do one of 4 things: 1. Use File>Save As and select the relevant Word format (there are several in the list of possibilities) to save your document in Word format; make sure the "Automatic filename extension" box is selected; simply saving the file with a ".doc" extension is *not* sufficient. 2. Use File>Send>E-mail as Microsoft Word to e-mail your document in Word format without saving it. 3. Use File>Export as PDF to save your document in PDF format which even a Microsoft user will be able to read, but not edit. 4. Use File>Send>E-mail as PDF to e-mail your document in PDF format without saving it. Microsoft Office is deficient in that it cannot read/write the International Standards Organisation's (ISO) Open Document Format (ODF) which is what OpenOffice (OO) uses by default. On the other hand, OO can happily read all except the most complex Word documents. Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Upgrading from 2.0 to 2.1
On Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:59 PM [GMT+1=CET], Doug Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm using version 2.0, and just downloaded version 2.1. The instructions say, "It is recommended that the previous version be uninstalled before updating to a new version. This can be accomplished, in Windows, by using the Setup program from the Start Menu and selecting Deinstallation." There is no Setup program in my Start Menu... the OpenOffice 2.0 folder has no such program, either. Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel lists OpenOffice 2.0 but does not have an option to remove the program. How do I deinstall it? If I just delete the 2.0 folder, what about all the Registry entries? Doug Simmons If Add/remove Programs doesn't have an option to remove 2.0 then there is almost certainly something wrong with your Windows installation. Please check carefully. In any case, uninstalling 2.0 is *not* necessary before installing 2.1. Just make sure you exit all OpenOffice components especially including the Quickstarter. If this is running there will be an icon for it in the System Tray. The icon is grey and shows a picture of flying birds. *Right* click on this icon and select Exit from the pop-up menu. Having quit all OO-related programs just run the 2.1 .exe file you downloaded. Your existing preferences etc. will be carried forward into the new instllation and existing documents will not be affected at all. Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Frank Kampers wrote: a.. I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : OpenOffice.Org 2.0 9073 People cannot read my documents in MS Word. How do I solve this problem? Greetings, Frank Kampers Hello Frank, The first problem is Microsoft Word is not capable of working the ODF files which are an ISO standard (ISO/IEC 26300). This is an issue that Microsoft is aware of and are in the process of making a plug-in to support this but only for Office 2007. Your options are various. 1. Tell the person you are sending the document to about OpenOffice and they can download a copy for free. 2. If the person doesn't have to edit the document, use the export feature and save the document as a pdf file. 3. If the person needs to edit the file, then you can send the file as a Microsoft Word compatible file by using File > Save As and save the file as a Microsoft Compatible File. But be warned that you may lose some formatting as Microsoft documents cannot handle all the formatting that is available in OpenOffice. This is very true around graphics. I do this all the time. -- Robin Laing - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Word Documents - Again (was Re: [users] I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : )
Blank Original Message From: FRANK RHODES To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:46 PM Subject: [users] I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : > I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : How do I > get rid of OpenOffice.org ? I want to go back to word.doc, how do I > do this? My resume says it is a word document, but when I send it to > someone, they can not use it. Please help. > > Regards, > Frank Rhodes I'm afraid I have never come across a version X.Y of OpenOffice so these instructions may not be relevant. They are fine for 2.0.4 and 2.1 though To provide documents to Word users you can do one of 4 things: 1. Use File>Save As and select the relevant Word format (there are several in the list of possibilities) to save your document in Word format; make sure the "Automatic filename extension" box is selected; simply saving the file with a ".doc" extension is not sufficient. 2. Use File>Send>E-mail as Microsoft Word to e-mail your document in Word format without saving it. 3. Use File>Export as PDF to save your document in PDF format which even a Microsoft user will be able to read, but not edit. 4. Use File>Send>E-mail as PDF to e-mail your document in PDF format without saving it. Microsoft Office is deficient in that it cannot read/write the International Standards Organisation's (ISO) Open Document Format (ODF) which is what OpenOffice (OO) uses by default. On the other hand, OO can happily read all except the most complex Word documents and can write all except the most complex documents in Word format. If you still insist on uninstalling OpenOffice, go to Control Panel>Add>Remove Programs>Remove. Ensure you exit all OO components first, especially including the Quickstarter (see OO Help). Harold Fuchs London, England
[users] [moderated]
How do I get rid of OpenOffice.org ? I want to go back to word.doc, how do I do this? My resume says it is a word document, but when I send it to someone, they can not use it. Please help. Regards, Frank Rhodes
[users] Deleting openoffice
I would like to take out your software from my computer. When I try to do so, a window tells me it is impossible. How do I go about it? Thanks!
Re: [users] RE: Questions
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 12:53 pm, Michael wrote: > Hello, > I have what I hope is an easy question to my problem. > > In Open Office 2.0 Calc I would like to place numbers in a cell. > Example: =999+333 > When I hit the enter button the total is calculated and I go down > one row. The problem: I would like to hit the enter key and go to > the right.but when I change it's direction in the customize window > I get: no calculation and the cell to the right is highlighted in > red with the letter of the column along with the row number. > If I use the right arrow key I get the same as above. > So, I would like to be able to enter numbers in one cell, hit enter > or right arrow key and have the calculation take place and to have > moved to the right. > I go hope you can help. > Thank you, > Michael Barr > Peterson Architects Perhaps you have found a bug in an earlier version. I am using OOo 2.1, and I just entered =999+333 into a cell. (I changed the direction first just as you did.) When I hit the Enter key, 1332 appeared in the original cell and the cell on its right was highlighted. I think what you saw in the original cell (say A1) was =999+333B1 after using the Enter or Right Arrow key. So, upgrading to 2.1 might be a good idea. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Background bug
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 2:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OpenOffice 2.1 > I just wanted to inform you that the page background image function > is completely broken (and severely lacking in features), images > appear at totally random sizes and never keep their properties > after saving and reloading a doc. Really hope this get fixed asap > as this is a very important function. Anyway, OpenOffice is still a > miracle compared to any of Microsofts solutions. Thanks. Please explain what you mean by broken in more specific terms. Also, what additional features would you like it to have? Does this involve creating something with OpenOffice.org and then saving it as a MS Word file (*.doc)? If so, this may be part of the problem. But we will never know unless we are given more specific information. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] newly installed
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 2:28 pm, john gallagher wrote: > Thank you for your time and information. When I wrote that "I am an > old (very old) beginner" it meant that next month I shall start my > 88th year so in my creaky mind, when you wrote "Use this key > combination.." my first question was "Where ?" > What should I have on the window when I do that? > I tried a couple of ways (as I did with the other two suggestions) > but I am always in fear of really messing things up. > > I gave up and to save space I deleted Open Office > altogether. But I miss it and I reinstalled it again today on the > chance that the first time, I did something wrong but again, there > is no window for letter writing. If this is a bother to you, please > disregard my whining. Incidentally, your first sentence to me > referred to a phone company punch card. I am on cable so I did not > know what you meant. Anyhow, HAPPY NEW YEAR> > - Original Message - Start OpenOffice.org. Using the mouse, click File. This opens a menu. One of those items is New. Click New. This opens another menu containing all of the applications contained in OOo. The top item in this menu is Text Document. Click it. An untitled empty document is created with the cursor flashing in the upper left corner. Type your letter. The phone company punch card refers to the bills sent out by AT&T back in the 1950's and 1960's. They contained a card with holes punched in them that you were suppose to bring to their office to pay your bill or send with your payment through the mail. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] envelope formatting and page numbering
On Saturday 13 January 2007 1:39 pm, michael lees wrote: > When are you going to get it right? From the beginning of open > office til now and currently using Suse 10.2 download distro with > packaged open office installed. Setting up envelope will not > display > #10 envelope size correctly on screen nor will it put address and > adressee in a position that will print correctly on #10 envelope. > Haven't tried any other sizes. > Up to this note I've always kept WindozeXP around and installed for > doing envelopes!!! I also find putting automated numbering of > pages on multi-page documents to be a nightmare also. Why can't > you make it as easy as Windoze? Thanks if you can make my world > easier. I thought the purpose of computers and operating systems > with their programs was to make life easier... I can not answer your question about printing envelopes as I do not even have a printer attached to any of my computers. How do you place numbers on pages? Do you use a header or footer to put them in? Without knowing how you do this, we have no way to tell you how it can be done easier. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Simultaneous access
On Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:56 PM [GMT+1=CET], Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, When I try to use OOo I get the following message: "Either another instance of Openoffice.org is accessing your personal settings or your personal settings are locked. Simultaneous access can lead to inconsistancies in your personal settings. Before continuing you should make sure user 'closes Openoffice.org on host'. Do you want to continue?" I click "no" but I don't know how to 'close OOo on host'. Can you help? Thanks, Mark What version of what Operating System are you using? Which version of OpenOffice? Please go to Help>About and tell us the version number *below* the headline. What happens if you say "yes" when it asks if you want to continue? Is your computer linked into a private or company network? If so, please describe the configuration. Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Deleting openoffice
On Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:52 PM [GMT+1=CET], José Picard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to take out your software from my computer. When I try to do so, a window tells me it is impossible. How do I go about it? Thanks! If you are running Windows, exit the Quickstarter first. System Tray; grey icon with flying birds; *right* click; select Exit. Now go to Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs>Remove OpenOffice.org If you are not running Windows then please tell us what you are running so that someone else can help you. Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: multiple dictionaries
Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > The dictionaries are in C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org > 2.x\share\dict\ooo for version 2.x of OO. Their names all have a ".dic" > extension. I suppose that if you really want to you could delete some of > them. But why? OpenOffice will only ever consult the ones it needs at > spell-check time. For a single language document that's just one > dictionary; even if your document has checkable text in 5 languages OO > will still only consult 5 dictionaries. If you don't write German OO > won't reference the German dictionaries. I doubt having more > dictionaries will slow down the operation of the software; I'd be > interested to know why you think it will. True, they take up disk space; > if that's an issue for you then ... > > My experience is that multiple dictionaries do slow down OOo, sometimes to the point of unusability if the dictionary.lst file is not edited. The only way to get it to check a document in multimple languages seems to be to check the option to check in all languages, and, when that happens, it seems to check all the languages in the dictionary.list. I know this is stupid. But I have noticed large speed gains when I cut back to the two languages I actually use, though this is -- obviously -- more noticeable on long files. -- Andrew Brown The email in the header does not work very well. 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]
[users] Re: Questions
Michael PetersonArchitects.com> writes: > > Hello, > I have what I hope is an easy question to my problem. > > In Open Office 2.0 Calc I would like to place numbers in a cell. > Example: =999+333 > When I hit the enter button the total is calculated and I go down one row. > The problem: I would like to hit the enter key and go to the right.but > when I change it's direction in the customize window I get: no > calculation and the cell to the right is highlighted in red with the > letter of the column along with the row number. > If I use the right arrow key I get the same as above. > So, I would like to be able to enter numbers in one cell, hit enter or > right arrow key and have the calculation take place and to have moved to > the right. > I go hope you can help. > Thank you, > Michael Barr > Peterson Architects > Hi Michael, I thought I would confirm the behaviour you are seeing. (OpenOffice.org 2.1 under Windows XP Pro.) To me this is unusual behaviour. You may wish to see if an issue has been raised if you feel this could be improved. If I am correct the following should achieve what you want to do. Select Tools -> Options Select OpenOffice.org Calc Select General In the Input settings section change Down to Across. (Also make sure the Press Enter to move selection is ticked.) I hope that helps. Kelvin Eldridge OpenOffice.org Australian English dictionary creator/maintainer. Dictionary files also available for Firefox, Thunderbird, Aspell, IE7/ieSpell, Outlook Express and Opera. www.JustLocal.com.au (Links to dictionary file pages located at the bottom of the page.) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Deleting openoffice
On Thursday 11 January 2007 6:52 am, José Picard wrote: > I would like to take out your software from my computer. When I > try to do so, a window tells me it is impossible. > > How do I go about it? > > Thanks! If you are using Windows, there is an icon in the System tray called Quickstarter. You need to close it before you can uninstall the program. (It has the silhoettes of three birds on a blue and gray background.) Once you have closed it, using Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel should compete the process. After the program has been removed, there will still be some files left in the OpenOffice.org folder in your home folder. They may not be safely be deleted. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] Quickstarter
Original Message From: Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri 12 Jan 2007 05:48:17 EST 8<-- snip -->8 > For windows users, the quickstarter is the answer. By right > clicking it, a person can select opening Writer, Calc, Impress, or > Base as well as selecting a particular file to open in OOo. And yes, > there is also an option to open a window in which a template can be > chosen. > These do not exist for the Mac nor Linux. > > Dan Hi Dan, Not sure which distro you use, but SuSE 10+ users do have a Quickstarter available to them. It is included as part of the SuSE variant of OOo, but can be installed separately and very easily adapted for the "official" OOo edition, which is how I have my KDE system tray set up. Regards Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] envelope formatting and page numbering
On Thu January 11 2007 11:51, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Saturday 13 January 2007 1:39 pm, michael lees wrote: > > When are you going to get it right? From the beginning of open > > office til now and currently using Suse 10.2 download distro with > > packaged open office installed. Setting up envelope will not > > display > > #10 envelope size correctly on screen nor will it put address and > > adressee in a position that will print correctly on #10 envelope. > > Haven't tried any other sizes. > > Up to this note I've always kept WindozeXP around and installed for > > doing envelopes!!! I also find putting automated numbering of > > pages on multi-page documents to be a nightmare also. Why can't > > you make it as easy as Windoze? Thanks if you can make my world > > easier. I thought the purpose of computers and operating systems > > with their programs was to make life easier... > >I can not answer your question about printing envelopes as I do > not even have a printer attached to any of my computers. >How do you place numbers on pages? Do you use a header or > footer to put them in? Without knowing how you do this, we have no > way to tell you how it can be done easier. > > Dan > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I print number 10 envelopes on my Xerox Phaser 6120 and my Epson CX6600 with no problems. I am using SUSE 10.0 and OpenOffice2.0.3 Novell Edition. I do have a problem with #6 envelopes on the Xerox printer but I think it is a PPD or hardware limitation as it does it under XP and SUSE. #6 work OK on the Epson printer. Are you using the envelope option on Writer? Sorry I cannot help you more. -- Russ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] envelope formatting and page numbering
Copy to OP On Thursday 11 January 2007 3:42 pm, Russbucket wrote: > On Thu January 11 2007 11:51, Dan Lewis wrote: > > On Saturday 13 January 2007 1:39 pm, michael lees wrote: > > > When are you going to get it right? From the beginning of open > > > office til now and currently using Suse 10.2 download distro > > > with packaged open office installed. Setting up envelope will > > > not display > > > #10 envelope size correctly on screen nor will it put address > > > and adressee in a position that will print correctly on #10 > > > envelope. Haven't tried any other sizes. > > > Up to this note I've always kept WindozeXP around and installed > > > for doing envelopes!!! I also find putting automated numbering > > > of pages on multi-page documents to be a nightmare also. Why > > > can't you make it as easy as Windoze? Thanks if you can make > > > my world easier. I thought the purpose of computers and > > > operating systems with their programs was to make life > > > easier... > > > >I can not answer your question about printing envelopes as > > I do not even have a printer attached to any of my computers. How > > do you place numbers on pages? Do you use a header or footer to > > put them in? Without knowing how you do this, we have no way to > > tell you how it can be done easier. > > > > Dan > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I print number 10 envelopes on my Xerox Phaser 6120 and my Epson > CX6600 with no problems. I am using SUSE 10.0 and OpenOffice2.0.3 > Novell Edition. I do have a problem with #6 envelopes on the Xerox > printer but I think it is a PPD or hardware limitation as it does > it under XP and SUSE. #6 work OK on the Epson printer. > > Are you using the envelope option on Writer? > > Sorry I cannot help you more. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] OO file reading: a question and a problem
On Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:26 PM [GMT+1=CET], Thiesmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I sent a message on June 9/06 inquiring about OO file format and got a helpful reply from CP Hennessy. I believe that, with considerable effort, we can enable our proofreading software to read OO document files. But before we embark on such an enterprise, I have a general question and a related problem. Background: Since 1990, our software product, Editor has been reading and analyzing document files from Word (through v. 11, 2003--not yet v. 12, 2007), WordPerfect (through v. X3, 2005), Works (through v. 7, 2002, before they went), RTF, and HTML. We use filter routines that ignore all formatting information and graphics in such a file and produce a plain ANSI/ASCII text image in an internal buffer for analysis. Our output is plain text. My general question: is there a filter that can remove all formatting information from an OO document to produce a plain text copy of the document? The related problem: A customer sends the following message: "I would . . . like to report, as a potential problem, that RTF and Word documents exported from OpenOffice cannot be read by Editor. I have to [first] open them and save them in either Word or Wordpad." Is there an obvious reason why software that can read Word and RTF documents produced by Microsoft products cannot read Word or RTF documents formatted by Open Office? Does OO change the headers or the file extensions in some way? Thanks for your help. John Thiesmeyer Serenity Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.serenity-software.com This message (with attachments, if any) was checked for viruses before it was sent. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] As far as I know OpenOffice uses the Open Document Format defined by the International Standards Organisation. The folk at dev@openoffice.org have almost certainly got tools that they could sell/give (hopefully sell, they need the money!) you for parsing these documents but, given that the contents are stored as XML (see below) it shouldn't be too hard to do Your message caused me to examine an OpenOffice document. It seems that each OpenOffice Writer document is a zipped collection of files one of which is named "content.xml". Stripping the tags from this should (a) be fairly simple and (b) give you what you want. I discovered this on my Win XP Pro system by renaming a ".odt" (OO Writer document) so that it had a ".zip" extension. Windows then graciously allowed me to open the file in WinZip. I then opened content.xml in my text editor and could see the details. I'd hazard a guess that a 10 line perl script is all you'd need. Perhaps 10 is a bit on the high side ;-) I seem to remember from when I played on this field that there are any number of freebie XML parsers out there and I'm sure there's a published API for Winzip or 7zip or some such that will let you extract the relevant file from the OO document. As to your other question I have no real idea. Microsoft's Word documents are stored in a closed (copyright/patented?) format with many details unpublished. I imagine that the DMCA precludes reverse engineering of many of its features and OO probably therefore has to guess. I've heard of OO producing Word documents that don't look "right" in Word but not of it producing ones that are unreadable. Again, for more technical details I suggest you contact the OO developers at dev@openoffice.org Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: multiple dictionaries
On Thursday 11 January 2007 2:18 pm, Andrew Brown wrote: > Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > The dictionaries are in C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org > > 2.x\share\dict\ooo for version 2.x of OO. Their names all have a > > ".dic" extension. I suppose that if you really want to you could > > delete some of them. But why? OpenOffice will only ever consult > > the ones it needs at spell-check time. For a single language > > document that's just one dictionary; even if your document has > > checkable text in 5 languages OO will still only consult 5 > > dictionaries. If you don't write German OO won't reference the > > German dictionaries. I doubt having more dictionaries will slow > > down the operation of the software; I'd be interested to know why > > you think it will. True, they take up disk space; if that's an > > issue for you then ... > > My experience is that multiple dictionaries do slow down OOo, > sometimes to the point of unusability if the dictionary.lst file is > not edited. > > The only way to get it to check a document in multimple languages > seems to be to check the option to check in all languages, and, > when that happens, it seems to check all the languages in the > dictionary.list. I know this is stupid. But I have noticed large > speed gains when I cut back to the two languages I actually use, > though this is -- obviously -- more noticeable on long files. Andrew: If you were to create paragraph styles for each language (character styles also if need be), you would not have this problem. If a particular paragraph style has its language setting as English (AU) for example, the spellchecker will compare the words in paragraphs with this style against the English (AU) dictionary. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Deleting openoffice
On Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:41 PM [GMT+1=CET], Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After the program has been removed, there will still be some files left in the OpenOffice.org folder in your home folder. They may not be safely be deleted. Dan, did you mean that "not" ? If so, why please? Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] Quickstarter
On Thursday 11 January 2007 3:32 pm, Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message > From: Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri 12 Jan 2007 05:48:17 EST > > 8<-- snip -->8 > > > For windows users, the quickstarter is the answer. By right > > clicking it, a person can select opening Writer, Calc, Impress, > > or Base as well as selecting a particular file to open in OOo. > > And yes, there is also an option to open a window in which a > > template can be chosen. > > These do not exist for the Mac nor Linux. > > > > Dan > > Hi Dan, > > Not sure which distro you use, but SuSE 10+ users do have a > Quickstarter available to them. It is included as part of the SuSE > variant of OOo, but can be installed separately and very easily > adapted for the "official" OOo edition, which is how I have my KDE > system tray set up. > > Regards Dave The Quickstarter for Linux is only available on OOo versions modified by the particular Linux distributor such as SuSE, Red Hat, Mandriva, etc. It is disabled in the Linux version downloaded from the OOo web site. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Deleting openoffice
On Thursday 11 January 2007 4:22 pm, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:41 PM [GMT+1=CET], > Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >After the program has > > been removed, there will still be some files left in the > > OpenOffice.org folder in your home folder. They may not be safely > > be deleted. > > Dan, did you mean that "not" ? If so, why please? > > Harold Fuchs > London, England What I meant was "now". - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Deleting openoffice
On Thursday 11 January 2007 2:41 pm, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Thursday 11 January 2007 6:52 am, José Picard wrote: > > I would like to take out your software from my computer. When I > > try to do so, a window tells me it is impossible. > > > > How do I go about it? > > > > Thanks! > > If you are using Windows, there is an icon in the System tray > called Quickstarter. You need to close it before you can uninstall > the program. (It has the silhoettes of three birds on a blue and > gray background.) Once you have closed it, using Add/Remove > Programs in the Control Panel should compete the process. After the > program has been removed, there will still be some files left in > the > OpenOffice.org folder in your home folder. They may not be safely > be deleted. This should read: They may now be safely deleted. > Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] MS Word Text Files to the MacBook Pro
On Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:00 PM [GMT+1=CET], Wb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there! I would like to know if a Dell PC 9240 XP Home Edition SP2 can save Word Files to either a Disk on the Dell in Word, or a version of OO I put on it, or save the files into a version of OO on the MacBook Pro? I've used it before, and the Sun Star Programs. You definitely get your bucks worth. Oh, an odd question. I was looking for your correct site, and noticed a company called ThinkAll dealing with various programs, including OO. Do you know if they are on the square? Thanks a lot! Will Baldwin If the machine is running XP it can almost certainly run OpenOffice (OO); disk space might be the only critical resource. If it can run OO it can save documents in Word format if you ask it nicely. I don't know if a floppy disk or CD (I assume that's what you mean) written by Windows can be read on a MacBook or vice versa. I'd guess a CD can if you tell the CD burning software the right story. But I'm afraid that's nothing to do with OpenOffice. The document itself will be OK. If you can mount a MacBook directory on your Windows machine, or a Windows directory on your MacBook then there should be no problem. If the worst comes to the worst you can e-mail the document from one machine to the other. Companies are allowed to sell OpenOffice software under the licence. Nobody monitors or controls their activity. Most companies only make a nominal charge (~ USD10), partly to cover the cost of producing the CD, partly for P&P. I'd buy from one of those if my internet connection was too slow/poor to download the software. Other companies "enhance" the software and then sell their version. Personally I wouldn't bother with any of those but it's your choice; someone may have come up with an enhancement that you really like. Harold Fuchs London, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Open Office Calc - hexidecimal numbers
Robin Hall escribió: Does anyone know whether it is possible to make calc format numbers as hexidecimal? I can make a list of integers (1, 2, 3, 4) down a column of cells (1 number per cell) I would like to make such a list in Hex, and be able to perform conversions between decimal and hex numbers. Is this possible? the functions are called 'dec2hex(param)' and 'hex2dec(param)' being param a number or a cell reference. Saludos Roberto - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Dear Frank You must save the files in MS Word format. Nikos http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ -Original Message- From: Frank Kampers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:45 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE a.. I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : OpenOffice.Org 2.0 9073 People cannot read my documents in MS Word. How do I solve this problem? Greetings, Frank Kampers - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
FRANK RHODES wrote: > *How do I get rid of OpenOffice.org ? I want to go back to word.doc, > how do I do this? My resume says it is a word document, but when I > send it to someone, they can not use it. Please help.* Did you try saving or emailing the resume as a Word document? OO supports that. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Dear Ben, Most likely you chose to make OOo, your default application when you installed it. No ploblema!!...you work on a document, you can always save it in MS Office format and if, afterwards, you have the need to open it with MS Office, you'll be able to. Nikos http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ -Original Message- From: Ben Sahijwani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:38 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE Please help. All my word, excel and power point documents are converted to open office. Is there way I can convert it back. Thanks, Ben - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] odt
Dear Rita, You should save your attachments in formats that your receivers use to open them, be it MS Office, Lotus, Novel Suite, etc. Alternatively you may want to save in PDF, a format that anyone can open. Nikos Mitropoulos http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ -Original Message- From: Rita Laurance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:10 PM To: openoffice support Subject: [users] odt Dear Openoffice; When I send an openoffice text document with the ending .odt as an attachment in an email, no one can seem to open the document. Sincerely; Rita Laurance PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.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]
Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
Terence W C Warby wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Alex Zachopoulos wrote: >>> Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF >>> files. Looks good and professional, too. >>> Alex. >> >> Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in >> PDF? >> > Your experience may be different to mine, but while I see alot of > employers ask for CV's by email, I very rarely, if ever see them > specify a format. If the format's not specified then PDF should be > fine. Having said this, I can't understand why an employer would want > a CV in an editable format anyway! Some companies place the resume in a database and then search the contents. Perhaps they can't handle PDF's with that process. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
Terence W C Warby wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Alex Zachopoulos wrote: >>> Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF >>> files. Looks good and professional, too. >>> Alex. >> >> Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in >> PDF? >> > Your experience may be different to mine, but while I see alot of > employers ask for CV's by email, I very rarely, if ever see them > specify a format. If the format's not specified then PDF should be > fine. Having said this, I can't understand why an employer would want > a CV in an editable format anyway! > Forgot to mention, I have seen many ask for Word, RTF or text formats. Some companies also have websites, where you have to upload a .doc or .txt file. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] Error if you delete a graphic within a paragraph
Dear Mathias, Please go to the menu of OOo. It explains how the "orphan" window feature works. Nikos http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ -Original Message- From: Mathias Kinsele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:30 PM To: users@OpenOffice.org Subject: [users] Error if you delete a graphic within a paragraph I'm using OO 2.1 under MS-Windows XP. If You delete a graphic within a paragraph that is not started at the bottom af a page because of "orphan control", than the cursor does not move with the deleted position but remains in the previous area. Mathias - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
Peter Flynn wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Alex Zachopoulos wrote: >>> Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF >>> files. Looks good and professional, too. >>> Alex. >> >> Employers often ask for Word format. > > That's always the biggest problem. > > The answer is not to use any complex formatting (you shouldn't do so > in a resume anyway). Make the plainest, simplest resume and save it as > a .doc file. Keep opening it in Word and testing it until you get a > clean copy without formatting problems. > I used OpenOffice for my resume. One useful tool for verifying appearance is the free Word Viewer, which can be downloaded from Microsoft. I've even used it in Linux. I also include that Word Viewer in the CD & pen drive I maintain, with OO, Seamonkey, Firefox and Java, for helping to spread non-MS software. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer
Peter Flynn wrote: > Terence W C Warby wrote: >> James Knott wrote: >>> Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. >>> >>> Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit >>> in PDF? >>> >> Your experience may be different to mine, but while I see alot of >> employers ask for CV's by email, I very rarely, if ever see them >> specify a format. If the format's not specified then PDF should be >> fine. Having said this, I can't understand why an employer would want >> a CV in an editable format anyway! > > They don't. It's just that many corporate HR departments are too > ignorant to know that any other file format than .doc exists. A few years ago, I actually saw one that would take Lotus Word Pro files. I've also seen RTF and plain text. I haven't seen ODF yet. I have seen some that would take RTF and text, but not Word. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Frank Kampers wrote: > a.. I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : OpenOffice.Org > 2.0 9073 > > People cannot read my documents in MS Word. How do I solve this problem? > > When you save the file, using "Save As" select .doc as file type. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] OpenOffice Installation Error
Lloyd This is becoming one of our more common errors Error 1395 (or a message saying the install file is corrupt) is usually caused by an over-zealous anti-virus program. Procedure 1 Disconnect your computer from the web (either remove your LAN cable or disconnect from your dial-up). 2. Disable your anti-virus and firewall software 3. Install OpenOffice 4. Enable your anti-virus and firewall 5. Reconnect to the web Once the install is completed and you have time to spare on the machine please run a complete virus scan of your computer to verify that you are not currently infected. Thanks Rob -Original Message- From: Lloyd Brunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 January 2007 16:04 To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] OpenOffice Installation Error When trying to install the latest version of OpenOffice on my computer (running WinXP) I get an error message number 1935 and the installation fails. Can you help please? Regards, Lloyd - 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] [moderated] MS Word Text Files to the MacBook Pro
Will I think some notes on transferring files between different environments may help. How do I send an OpenOffice document to a user with Word? Note (1) that the .ODF (open) format that is normally used by OpenOffice cannot be read by MS Word. However the .doc files produced by MS Word or WordPad can be read by OpenOffice. Note (2) that some complex formatting may not be recognised by OpenOffice. These formatting discrepancies can be caused by the fact that Microsoft has undocumented features or because the specific feature is copyrighted by Microsoft so OpenOffice cannot use it. Procedure 1. Decide on the file type you wish to send. If the recipient needs to edit the document then send a Word or Excel document. If the recipient only needs to read the document then send a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) document. 2. Decide if you need to e-mail the document. If you need to e-mail it then use File>Send> E-mail as Microsoft word or File>send> E-mail as PDF. If you need to pass the document to the user on a disc, or USB drive or over a network then use File>Save As> and choose the appropriate file format and disc. Thanks Rob -Original Message- From: Wb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 January 2007 21:00 To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] [moderated] MS Word Text Files to the MacBook Pro Hi there! I would like to know if a Dell PC 9240 XP Home Edition SP2 can save Word Files to either a Disk on the Dell in Word, or a version of OO I put on it, or save the files into a version of OO on the MacBook Pro? I've used it before, and the Sun Star Programs. You definitely get your bucks worth. Oh, an odd question. I was looking for your correct site, and noticed a company called ThinkAll dealing with various programs, including OO. Do you know if they are on the square? Thanks a lot! Will Baldwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
