date:20080323

Nicolas Kordas wrote:

 Hello,
 at first I love Open office it's great! But I miss a webeditor like
 Dreamweaver 8 or some else. I want to ask you, if the new Open office
 would have a Webeditor just like Dreamweaver! I am 16 years old and I live
 in germany. I make and made many promotions for Openoffice ... But with a
 web-editor is Open office really better than the rest! Please answer me
 quickly. Thank you
 

Hi Nicolas,
You can use Openoffice to create/edit html files but if you want something
more sophisticated I would suggest Kompozer which you can find here:
http://kompozer.net/
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[users] Re: Does OpenOffice have proofing tools for Greek, German, Spanish, etc?

Alexander Sofianos wrote:

 
Yes
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Re: [users] Compatibility for a newbie

2008-03-23 Thread jonathon

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:47 PM, McCue  wrote:

  Is open office compatible with all the MS Office 2000 formats?

yes.

xan

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[users] Re: Auto character recognition for Writer for Portuguese

Ross Foley wrote:

 Hi
 
  
 
 I downloaded Writer in Brazilian Portuguese in order to have word
 processing that recognises their accents. My other computer which I bought
 in Brazil has MS Word and it recognises their accents and auto corrects
 using them.
 
 When I type in Writer it recognises none of them and when you right click
 it gives you suggestions of English words and the option to recognise the
 word as Portuguese. This is a cat chasing its own tail because without the
 accent you can't add the word to the dictionary and am I supposed to add
 all their accented words?
 
Hi Ross,
You need to install the Portuguese dictionary. In the File menu go to
Wizards and then to Install new dictionaries... You will be guided through
the installation.
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[users] Re: Compatibility for a newbie

McCue wrote:

 I could not find the answer to my question in the FAQs.
 
 Is open office compatible with all the MS Office 2000 formats?
 
 Grady
Hi Grady,
Yes.
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Re: [users] spell checker - does it work ??

2008-03-23 Thread jonathon

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Geoff White wrote:

 Started to use it, only to find the spell checker doesn't work !! .   Have


a) Install the appropriate dictionaries, thesauri, and hyphenation dictionaries.
File Wizards Install new dictionaries should bring up the tool
for installing dictionaries.
* This tool will automatically check to see if it is the most current
version.  If it is not, then it will ask if you want to update to the
current version.
* The user interface for version 1.7 is in 27 languages;
* It lists roughly 120 dictionaries for spell checking;
** There are some ---probably less than a dozen --- dictionaries for
OOo that are not listed in this tool. For the most part, the unlisted
dictionaries are very new, very specialized, or very large.
* Only install dictionaries etc that you use, and need.   OOo
performance can be severely degraded if too many dictionaries, etc are
installed.  [My experience is that performance degradation is
noticeable at around 5 dictionaries, and is complete at around 100
dictionaries.  The amount of RAM, and your chip speed will affect the
performance degradation.]

b) Create and use language specific styles;
* For each language that is used, create a set of paragraph,
character, numbering, and page styles. Use those styles when creating,
or editing documents. This way spell checking will be correctly done.
Language specific styles also allow for transparent grammar checking
from within OOo.
* A template that contains the start of language specific styles can
be found at  http://www.esnips.com/web/OOoRelatedThings.
* Uncheck Spell check in all languages unless you want your work to
contain spelling errors.

 Build this and then watch Microsoft squirm ..

Microsoft is squirming, because their oxygen supply is being cut off.

Regardless of what your specific needs are, there is a Linux distro
that is customized for that specific niche, and just works.

Of course, if you object to figuring out what your real needs in a
computer are, this is a disaster area for you.

xan

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[users] Re: won't take my money/info

Steve Skavinsky wrote:

 James,
 
   OK, then I think I did screw up. I gave my VISA number to mbcontact.com
   for the amount of $34.95 for the 3 year purchase of open office. Do you
   know anything about them? Did I make a big mistake?
 
 Steve...
 
 
If you consider throwing away $34.95 a big mistake then it is. Otherwise
it's a small mistake. In any event you're better off downloading it
directly from www.openoffice.org. There is no time limit, activation code
or any other nastiness.
Cheers,
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[users] Re: won't take my money/info

2008-03-23 Thread Bob Estes




Steve Skavinsky wrote:

James,

  OK, then I think I did screw up. I gave my VISA number to mbcontact.com for 
the amount of $34.95 for the 3 year purchase of open office.
  Do you know anything about them? Did I make a big mistake?

Steve...



I have never heard of that company, but I would say that you have been 
conned.  I recommend contacting VISA and stop payment to them.  Then I 
recommend you go to www.openoffice.com and download the program for free.




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Steve Skavinsky wrote:

Hi,

 I went thru your procedures to pay by VISA and on the 
3rd step it kicked me out. I went back and tried it again with 
the same result. How safe is my card info and why won't it 
except me info? This is one of the reasons why I would have 
preferred to use a 1-800 number.

Steve...

  
Where are you attempting to pay?  On the OpenOffice 
donation page, 
you're taken to a screen to pay via Pay Pal and IIRC even trying 
to pay 
by credit card will take you to Pay Pal.  I hope you're not 
try to pay 
to buy OpenOffice, as it's a free download from 
www.openoffice.org.  
There are many who try to charge you for downloading OpenOffice.


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Re: [users] How to number continuing in a table?

2008-03-23 Thread Dotan Cohen

On 18/03/2008, Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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  * Do not Cc: me, because I am on THIS list, if I write here  *
  * Keine Cc: am mich, bin auf DIESER Liste wenn ich hier schreibe *
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  Hello Geeks/Nerds and *,

  I have a table and in the first column beginning  with  the  second  row
  I like to use numbering, but this does not work over rows,  only  inside
  the cell.  This is realy annoying.

  This is working perfect under M$ products since I Winword 6.0 (long  ago
  under WfW 3.11; do you remember?)

  How can I get it working on OOo?

  Oh yes, I have the need for it in  version  1.1.3  (it  is  an  embedded
  System which I can not  change  currently;  needs  newer/more  expensive
  Hardware) and in version 2.0.4 which is in Debian/Etch (stable).


Michelle, it is not clear to me what you are doing. Are you using
Writer or Calc? I will assume writer as you mention Winword.

You would like a table like this, with the numbers being added automatically:

| header | header | more.|
| 1  | .. | .|
| 2  | .. | .|
| 3  | .. | .|
| 4  | .. | .|

Let me know if this is what you mean.

Dotan Cohen

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http://gibberish.co.il
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

Re: [users] pdf question

2008-03-23 Thread Richard Detwiler


Meisha Card wrote:

they aren't doc files being that I created them as microsoft works. you do
not have works listed in the list of documents that can be exported. I need
to email them in pdf form, What can I do?
  


OpenOffice can't read Works files directly. (In fact, per my 
understanding, MS Office can't read Works files either.)


One solution is to open up MS Works, open the files that you're 
interested in, and then save them as .doc files, which OpenOffice can 
read. Then go into OpenOffice, open up the .doc files that you created, 
and then export the file as a pdf file (File  Export as pdf) from 
within OpenOffice.

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:43 PM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  

Meisha Card wrote:


i have installled your software and need help conveing my works docs to
  

pdf.


i only have acroat reader.


  

Use Writer to open your .DOC files.  Then you can export to PDF.  You
can do this with the PDF icon on the tool bar or by clicking on File 
Export as PDF.  The File  Export to PDF method will give you more
control over the output.


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Re: [users] Re: Unable to activate the auto spell check on/off tool bar

2008-03-23 Thread Dave Barton

 Original Message 
From: Gordon Goh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri 21 Mar 2008 21:28:27 EST

I am using the open office 2.3 version. My problem is that I'm unable
to activate the auto spell check and spell check tool bar. How should
I go about activating this two function in order to help me to write
a proper document without any spelling mistake? Kindly assist. Hope
to hear from you soon.

My email address is http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thank You

Regards

Gordon Goh

First install the dictionary for your language(s) via File - Wizards
- Install new dictionaries... menu option.

When you have the dictionary installed visit this page:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7t=67
for more information about configuring language options in OOo.

Hope this helps.

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Re: [users] I have no dictionary

2008-03-23 Thread Dave Barton

 Original Message 
From: camping merlin l'enchanteur [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat 22 Mar 2008 01:09:58 EST

Hello,
I have recently joined open office, and I desperatly need a dictionnary, 
but cannot seem to make it work, I have followed all the instructions in 
the aide de Open office, but have had no luck.

I need this dictionnary in French.
Please help

First install the dictionary for your language(s) via File - Wizards
- Install new dictionaries... menu option.

When you have the dictionary installed visit this page:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7t=67
for more information about configuring language options in OOo.

You might also be interested in this page: http://fr.openoffice.org

Hope this helps.

Dave

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Re: [users] Mac G5 and intel PowerBook


Colin Griffiths wrote:

Hi
I am trying to teach OpenOffice suite and it does not work on my G5 or 
my intel PowerBook. Please fix it. I am teaching it on Windows; WOW it 
works. I am also involved in image manipulation; GIMP that works on 
both platforms. I know you are all busy but I do this for free too.

Colin


It might help if you explain why you think it doesn't work. Is it 
failing to install? Failing to run? Any error messages? etc.

It's hard to fix something, when you don't know what the problem is.


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Re: [users] [moderated]


Mario casaverde rio wrote:

DEAR SIRS.:

I MADE THE DOWNLOAD OF OPEN FILES OF MY RECIEVED E-MAIL LETTERS. BUT I'M WITH 
DIFFICULTIES.

PLEASE TO TELL ME HOW TO UNINSTALL FOR TO MAKE MY DOWNLOAD LATER.

MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE,

MARIO RIO
  
It appears English is not your native language and that makes it 
difficult to understand your problem.  Please specify what language you 
prefer to work in and perhaps we can direct you to a mail list in that 
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Re: [users] Download Error message 0x800704 c8


Ray Attewell wrote:

Greetings!
I've tried to download from the openoffice.org page, and a few mirror sites, 
and then tried peertopeer.

I received the same message at the end of the download:  
REQUESTED OPERATION CANNOT BE PERFORMED ON A FILE WITH A USER-MAPPED SECTION OPEN.



The download seems to start and continue correctly.  Gets all the way to 99%, 
then this message.
I'm using VISTA.  don't know if that has anything to do with it.

Thank you!

Ray
  
That appears to be a bug with Vista.  Using Google to search on that 
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Re: [users] Open office 2.3


virginia rockwell wrote:
I purchased the open office 2.3 software about 2 months ago mainly to 
be able to open microsoft word documents that I was receiving. This I 
had not been able to access because I just have microsoft works on my 
computer. This software worked perfect for opening the word documents 
about 6 weeks or so, now I'm back to being unable to open them again. 
I reinstalled the software again using the repair for lost or 
missing files etc. thinking my computer may have reset to default at 
some time and it still doesn't open the documents. Any advise would be 
appreciated. Virginia





http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=409lang=9
1) You didn't have to purchase OpenOffice.  It's a free download from 
www.openoffice.org.


2) You'll have to provide more information about your problem.  Are 
these Word documents you've opened before?  Are they the new .DOCX 
format?  If so, OpenOffice can't open them.  Are you getting any error 
messages?  Are you clicking on the file or attempting to open from 
within OpenOffice?  Until we know what steps you're taking and what 
results, it's hard to solve your problem.



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Re: [users] vista


David Damba wrote:

i have an hp m8100n desktop with vista home premium.  open office 2 
requirements say i need version 2.2 vista.  if i don't have that version, would 
i have a problem downloading and using my computer and/or open office2 ?

  


If your computer is capable of running Vista, it is more than capable of 
running OpenOffice.  Recent version of OpenOffice have been optimized 
for Vista, so just go to www.openoffice.org, to download and install the 
latest Windows version.



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Re: [users] Open Offive par Eorezo.


Roland GARCIN wrote:
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Good evening. 
I started OOO downloaded on your site via eorezo. I did not at all
appreciate their own way of doing things. 
First, personal information is requested in order to begin the download.

Then software is installed without our knowledge. I quickly put an end to
the installation by uninstalling software eorezo and third. I went on
OpenOffice.Org order to download OOO, what I have done, as I do usually. I
am now scalded by Framasoft and I do not go back. 
It is regretable that such practices will do in the world of freedom. This

is not conducive to this result and all the work that has been done
upstream. I think we should remove the possibility given to eorezo to have a
link on the site Framasoft. 
Sincerely yours. 
Roland Garcin.


PS : Email tranmis also Framasoft.



  


To be honest, I have no idea what you're talking about.  The site for 
downloading OpenOffice is www.openoffice.org.  Don't go anywhere else, 
as you might end up paying for something that is free from 
www.openoffice.org.


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Re: [users] [moderated] Installation Error 1335

2008-03-23 Thread Dave Barton

 Original Message 
From: Doris Shields [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat 22 Mar 2008 11:03:30 EST

Hi:  I have been trying to get open office 2.3 installed and when it
is installing, I get an error 1335 and it says openofficeort4.cab is
currupt.  I tell it to retry but it just won't install.  Then I tell
it to ignore and it backs out the whole thing.  Can you tell me
what to do.  Thanks Doris Shields

This error is generated by your Windows operating system, because it 
cannot read/open one or more of the files contained in an installer 
program. It is not exclusive to OOo (OpenOffice.org).

If you downloaded OOo on to your hard disk drive and you are are trying 
to install it from there, check the MD5SUM of the installer file you 
downloaded. The details of the MD5SUM and a link to instructions on how 
to use it can be found here:

http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.1/md5sums.html
If the MD5SUM is wrong the installer file has been corrupted during the 
download and you will need to download again.

If you are trying to install OOo from a CD, check out the possible 
solutions suggested by Microsoft when this error occurs during the 
installation of their Office program:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314810

Hope this helps.

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Re: [users] Mobile Office Suite


Hameed Yussuph wrote:
Hello again, More people are turning to mobile devices and looking at 
current trends, the document people still will be viewing on their 
mobiles; Symbian, BlackBerry and the ubiquitous Windows Mobile, are 
Microsoft proprietary document formats. If the ODF community is very 
serious (extremely serious) about dominating the landscape, then 
OpenOffice.org needs to consider a mobile version NOT PORTABLE VERSION.


You're confusing file formats (ODF) with applications (OpenOffice).  
There are many applications that work with ODF files, OpenOffice being 
but one of them.   There may very well be applications for those devices 
that support ODF.  For example, there will soon be AbiWord for the Nokia 
N800  N810 Internet Tablet.  AbiWord supports ODT files, at least in 
the desktop version.  ODT files are the ODF format for word processing.


Due to resource limitations, mobile applications tend to be light 
weight, which means they are stripped down, compared to full suites, 
such as OpenOffice.

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Re: [users] download problem


Robert Charbonneau wrote:

I am unable to download the program.  The download manager comes up but the 
program will not download.

  


Please describe what application and operating system you're using to 
download it.  Are there any error messages?  Also, I assume you're 
attempting to get it from www.openoffice.org.  If anywhere else, you'll 
have to contact that site.  If you get it elsewhere, you might also find 
yourself paying for it, when you don't have to.


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Re: [users] Compatibility for a newbie


McCue wrote:

I could not find the answer to my question in the FAQs.

Is open office compatible with all the MS Office 2000 formats?

Grady
  

For the most part, it is compatible.  There may be issues with macros etc.


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Re: [users] for 2 days I've bee getting the error msg when trying to download Open Office The download you have chosen is not available.


~d *{,-) - aka UNITE wrote:

The download you have chosen is not available.

  
What site are you attempting to download from?  I haven't heard of any 
problems with the official site www.openoffice.org.



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Re: [users] re: compatible for Gregg Keyboarding


rettlepa wrote:

I am taking a keyboarding class using Gregg--McGraw-Hill Irwin.  I need
Microsoft Word 2003.  I downloaded Microsoft Office 2007, but can't get my
Gregg CD to open in text.  I saw your website as a solution.  But how are
you going to simulate Word 2003 or can I make your program compatible. 
Thank you, Paula J Rettle


  


Without knowing the details of what you're learning, I can't say for 
certain whether OpenOffice is suitable for your needs.  If you're 
learning general word processor use, then OpenOffice should be fine.  I 
can't offer any opinion on that CD.  Perhaps you should be contacting 
Gregg--McGraw-Hill Irwin about it.




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Re: [users] pdf question

Meisha Card wrote:

they aren't doc files being that I created them as microsoft works. you do
not have works listed in the list of documents that can be exported. I need
to email them in pdf form, What can I do?

I thought Works had the option of saving in .DOC format. If so, you
save in that format and then open with OpenOffice. While some specific
versions of OpenOffice can open Works files, generally it can't.
Another method is to download the free Microsoft viewers for the
document type, along with the Compatibility Pack and then copy paste
from the viewer into OpenOffice. Installing the viewers will make them
the default application for opening Microsoft Office files, so you'll
have to reset the file associations back to OpenOffice.

Word 2007 Viewer and Compatibility Pack:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD102258581033.aspx

PowerPoint 2007 Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485displaylang=en

Excel 2003 Viewer and Compatibility Pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0displaylang=en

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466displaylang=en

Changing file associations

Right click on file icon
Select Open With Choose Program...
Check Always use the selected program to open this kind of file and
choose the desired application.

If that method is not available, follow the directions listed here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859

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Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-03-23 Thread Alan Boba

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 3:07 AM, bennie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I Have Tried all the help and google sites I can find and with
  openoffice 2.3.1 I still cannot figure out how to make a hyperlink table
  of contents in writerI have read all forums that I could find and
  still have no luck--I have put the LS in front of the E and the LE after
  the E and am still not getting a hyperlink in the table of
  contents---can you please help me

Bennie, in the Writer guide it describes two methods for creating
hyperlink references in a Writer document. Neither makes mention of
using the characters LS, E or LE so I'm not certain they will address
what you're trying to do. In any case the online guide describing how
to use Writer is here
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide

The guide describes linking to another part of a document here
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Linking_to_another_part_of_a_document

And using automatic cross references is described here
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Using_automatic_cross-references

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Re: [users] won't take my money/info


Steve Skavinsky wrote:

James,

  OK, then I think I did screw up. I gave my VISA number to mbcontact.com for 
the amount of $34.95 for the 3 year purchase of open office.
  Do you know anything about them? Did I make a big mistake?
  
I know nothing of them or any other vendor.  Your mistake was going to a 
site that charges for something that can be obtained for free from 
www.openoffice.org.  All I can say, is see if that charge appears on 
your Visa statement and then complain to your card issuer.  Also, if 
they're charging for 3 years of use, I'd say they're violating the 
license that OpenOffice is issued under, which prohibits usage charges.  
The only permissible charges are those for providing you with a copy, 
such as a nominal amount for sending a CD etc.


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Re: [users] Compatibility of Writer with Word Perfect files and Calc with Quatro Pro files

2008-03-23 Thread Alan Boba

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Can Writer read and use Word Perfect files and can Calc read and use Quatro
  Pro files?

According to the online documentation it can read Wordperfect files
and Quattro Pro files.

For WP files it indicates the following can be read WordPerfect
Document (.wpd) but doesn't say which particular versions. I have WP
10 and it can read those files.

For Quattro Pro files the following are supposed to be readable
Quattro Pro 6.0 (.wb2). I have a later version of Quattro Pro and it
doesn't read my QPro files. I haven't tried saving them in 6.0 format
to see if the import filter does work on them.

The documentation I was referring to can be found here
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Migration_Guide

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Re: [users] need help


Jerome Robbins wrote:

Just received today and installed Open Office which I understood to enable me 
to operate Powerpoint and 2 other programs (a spread sheet etc)  Instead I am 
confronted on my screen page after page of something that looks somewhat like a 
Forum of many users but I cannot find a way to access the three original (?) 
Impress(powerpoint) the spread sheet  etc. Instead I have been wandering 
aimlessly through the FORUM aspects. HELP !
  


I'm not sure why you're seeing that.  I assume you're running Windows.  
Normally, you download the installer file and then double click on that 
file to start the installation process.  After the install completes, 
you should find an OpenOffice folder and icons in the Start menu.  You 
then use those icons to start the various OpenOffice components.



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[users] Re: won't take my money/info

2008-03-23 Thread EJones

On or about 3/23/2008 6:04 AM, Bob Estes penned the following:
 
 
 Steve Skavinsky wrote:
 James,

   OK, then I think I did screw up. I gave my VISA number to
 mbcontact.com for the amount of $34.95 for the 3 year purchase of open
 office.
   Do you know anything about them? Did I make a big mistake?

 Steve...

 
 I have never heard of that company, but I would say that you have been
 conned.  I recommend contacting VISA and stop payment to them.  Then I
 recommend you go to www.openoffice.com and download the program for free.
 

 - Original Message -
 From: James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Saturday, March 22, 2008 6:55 pm
 Subject: Re: [users] won't take my money/info
 To: users@openoffice.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Steve Skavinsky wrote:
 Hi,

  I went thru your procedures to pay by VISA and on the 
 3rd step it kicked me out. I went back and tried it again with the
 same result. How safe is my card info and why won't it except me
 info? This is one of the reasons why I would have preferred to use a
 1-800 number.
 Steve...

   
 Where are you attempting to pay?  On the OpenOffice donation page,
 you're taken to a screen to pay via Pay Pal and IIRC even trying to
 pay by credit card will take you to Pay Pal.  I hope you're not try
 to pay to buy OpenOffice, as it's a free download from
 www.openoffice.org.  There are many who try to charge you for
 downloading OpenOffice.

 Donation page: http://contributing.openoffice.org/donate.html


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And be sure to check your VISA statement - you could possible be billed
for each try (even though you *think* the process was not completed.

It's happened to me at one site a while back.

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Re: [users] Guidance to licenseagreement and registration keeps popping up

2008-03-23 Thread Manfred J. Krause

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Bernt Egil Fjeld wrote:

[Guidance to licenseagreement and registration keeps popping up]

  How on earth am I going to get rid of it.
  It pops up each time I start the computer and when I
  open the Open Office program as well.
  I have tried all the given solutions, and filled in
  the forms.
  Norwegian verson.
  With regards B. Fjeld

(1)
You've closed that window with the button Finish?

If 'Yes'  -

(2)
You may try as follows:

Close OOo (if enabled, also quickstarter).
Open the file Setup.xcu with a text editor.
Path (in OOo 2.x/WinXP)  -
...\Documents_and_Settings\name\Application_Data\OpenOffice.org2\user\registry\data\org\openoffice

You should see something like  -

[...]
node oor:name=Office
  prop oor:name=ooSetupInstCompleted oor:type=xs:boolean
   valuetrue/value
  /prop
  prop oor:name=LicenseAcceptDate oor:type=xs:string
   value2008-03-08T14:58:03/value
  /prop
  prop oor:name=FirstStartWizardCompleted oor:type=xs:boolean
   valuetrue/value
  /prop
[...]

If the value of FirstStartWizardCompleted shows false,
please rename 'false' to 'true' -
valuetrue/value

Save Setup.xcu and open OpenOffice.org.

If that fails (or the value already has been 'true')
please come back here to users@openoffice.org with some details,
e.g. your platform, version of OOo etc. ...

Manfred

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Re: [users] pdf question

2008-03-23 Thread Fred A. Miller


Meisha Card wrote:

they aren't doc files being that I created them as microsoft works. you do
not have works listed in the list of documents that can be exported. I need
to email them in pdf form, What can I do?

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:43 PM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Meisha Card wrote:

i have installled your software and need help conveing my works docs to

pdf.

i only have acroat reader.



Use Writer to open your .DOC files.  Then you can export to PDF.  You
can do this with the PDF icon on the tool bar or by clicking on File 
Export as PDF.  The File  Export to PDF method will give you more
control over the output.


Save all the documents in Works in the doc format, then bring them into 
OO and export to pdf.


Fred

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Re: [users] I have no dictionary

2008-03-23 Thread Manfred J. Krause

Hi,

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Dave Barton wrote:

  Original Message 
  From: camping merlin l'enchanteur camelotparkatwanadoo.fr
  Date: Sat 22 Mar 2008 01:09:58 EST

   Hello,
   I have recently joined open office, and I desperatly need a dictionnary,
   but cannot seem to make it work, I have followed all the instructions in
   the aide de Open office, but have had no luck.
   I need this dictionnary in French.
   Please help

  First install the dictionary for your language(s) via File - Wizards
  - Install new dictionaries... menu option.

  When you have the dictionary installed visit this page:
  http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7t=67
  for more information about configuring language options in OOo.

  You might also be interested in this page: http://fr.openoffice.org

  Hope this helps.

  Dave

... additionally, for specified support in French language,
please have a look at  -

(1) Installer de nouveaux dictionnaires -
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Fr.openoffice.org/FAQ/Generale/101

(2) [Tuto] Correcteur d'orthographe et de grammaire
http://user.services.openoffice.org/fr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2831

(2) « Les dictionnaires - Installation, gestion et utilisation »
http://fr.openoffice.org/Documentation/How-to/General/LesDictionnaires.odt

Bon courage !
Manfred

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[users] MS Office 2007 workaround

2008-03-23 Thread M.J. Grove

I just got an HP iPaq 210, which is listed as running Mobile Office 6.  
But it offers to save in the new and dreaded four letter formats, 
making it Mobile Office 6.1, the point one denoting Office 2007 
compatibility.  It also saves in the 2003 MS Office formats, as well as 
Rich Text and Plain Text, serving as a translator from 2007 to something 
actually readable.  A nice little bonus from HP.  Microsoft offers a 
free download of Mobile Office 6.1 to users of older versions, in case 
any of you with a handheld need an Office 2007 workaround.


One issue with the iPaq 210:  it came with MS ActiveSync, which is just 
TOO active.  It wants to sync something, and I don't use Outlook, so it 
seems to be having a virtual anxiety attack for lack of an honest job to 
do.  I've reset it, but, short of disconnecting the iPaq from my 
computer, I can't turn it OFF!  Does anyone know how to keep it from 
popping up like the Energizer Bunny?


M.J. in Beverly Hills

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Re: [users] Unable to Install OpenOffice on Mac

2008-03-23 Thread David Lowe


On Mar 22, 2008, at 11:19 , Richard Grant wrote:

I downloaded the program with Safari and, when I tried running the  
program the icon just bounced and bounced - so I uninstalled it and  
then downloaded with Firefox and tried running the  program and  
the  icon just bounced and bounced.  I get a prompt stating that it  
has timed out.  I am using Mac OS X version 10.5.2 (leopard).  The  
reason I'm trying to get the office suite is because my Windows  
Office disk is not compatible with leopard, and Word crashed.


I would appreciate any assistance you can give me, as quickly as  
possible, since I use Word on a daily basis.


	Okeh, so i'm assuming the program which is bouncing is OpenOffice  
and not the disk image mounter.  Where did you actually install  
OpenOffice?  Is there any chance the version of OpenOffice is 2.3.1??


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details and how to subscribe or view the archives so that you may see
responses from other OOo users. Please *only* reply to  
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[Fwd: Re: [users] pdf question]

2008-03-23 Thread Richard Detwiler

Meisha: Please respond only to the list, and not to me. If for some 
reason you can't use a PDF creator (like PDFCreator), and you can't save 
your document as a .doc file, then I am at a loss for how you're going 
to create a pdf file from your Works file.


I don't have a good understanding for why PDFCreator wouldn't work for 
you (to create the pdf file directly from Works). Maybe someone else on 
the list can offer other suggestions.


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Subject:Re: [users] pdf question
Date:   Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:29:04 -0400
From:   Meisha Card [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Richard Detwiler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
References: 
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This will not work as dong so disfigures my letter head. I have attached 
a copy of the document I am trying to save as a pdf. Please email me 
anohter suggestions. THanks


On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Richard Detwiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


   Meisha Card wrote:

they aren't doc files being that I created them as microsoft works. you do
not have works listed in the list of documents that can be exported. I need
to email them in pdf form, What can I do?
  


   OpenOffice can't read Works files directly. (In fact, per my
   understanding, MS Office can't read Works files either.)

   One solution is to open up MS Works, open the files that you're
   interested in, and then save them as .doc files, which OpenOffice
   can read. Then go into OpenOffice, open up the .doc files that you
   created, and then export the file as a pdf file (File  Export as
   pdf) from within OpenOffice.


On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:43 PM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  

Meisha Card wrote:


i have installled your software and need help conveing my works docs to
  

pdf.


i only have acroat reader.


  

Use Writer to open your .DOC files.  Then you can export to PDF.  You
can do this with the PDF icon on the tool bar or by clicking on File 
Export as PDF.  The File  Export to PDF method will give you more
control over the output.


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Re: [users] Mobile Office Suite


On 23/03/2008 13:25, James Knott wrote:


You're confusing file formats (ODF) with applications (OpenOffice).  
There are many applications that work with ODF files, OpenOffice being 
but one of them.   


snip

Please, where can I find a good list of such applications?

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Re: [users] Mobile Office Suite


On 22/03/2008 21:26, Hameed Yussuph wrote:
Hello again, More people are turning to mobile devices and looking at 
current trends, the document people still will be viewing on their 
mobiles; Symbian, BlackBerry and the ubiquitous Windows Mobile, are 
Microsoft proprietary document formats. If the ODF community is very 
serious (extremely serious) about dominating the landscape, then 
OpenOffice.org needs to consider a mobile version NOT PORTABLE VERSION.


MobileOffice for Symbian supports ODF. The status is  Generally works, 
but there are missing features. as per 
http://opendocumentfellowship.com/applications but, unfortunately, that 
document is not dated :-(


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Re: [users] trying open office


On 21/03/2008 16:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi friends, 

I am a french former ibm' er retired from few time  using mostly Lotus 
Smart Suite , alone among the micros. office .usersword  .So I have very 
often to  work on Lotus  save on office which is heavy. 
I can't tell you where  when i heard about oo but when I started my new 
machine under vista, I met so much request from Microsoft  about office  
so few help from Lotus than I remembered your name  org. So I shall try 
oo  will make some advertising about if i fill well usoing each time it 
will be possible oo. 
OK to join the group  participate when I close my test . 
See you soon. 

 

Jean-Marc FAGET 


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The latest version of OpenOffice has been optimised to run under Vista 
but it cannot handle Microsoft's new file formats .docx, .pptx and so on 
- the ones named 2007. We hope and expect that a new version of OOo, 
due in September, will rectify this.


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[users] Re: Mobile Office Suite

2008-03-23 Thread Larry Gusaas


On 2008/03/23 2:05 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote:

On 23/03/2008 13:25, James Knott wrote:


You're confusing file formats (ODF) with applications (OpenOffice).  
There are many applications that work with ODF files, OpenOffice 
being but one of them.   


snip

Please, where can I find a good list of such applications?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_software#Current_support

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Re: [users] W.Vista don`t let me to install open office


On 21/03/2008 11:26, Jorge Oller Pedros wrote:

hi.
Im jorge from Spain, and i have a big problem, Windows vista, don't let me to 
install anything that inst of windows company , and open office too. The 
computer teel me taht its a danger program and for that dont let me to install 
it. what can i do?. I need this program because the trial of office is off, and 
i'm universitary studient
thanks for all
regards
Jorge Oller

  
Are you logged in as Administrator? If not, either do that or run the 
installer as Adiminstrator by Right clicking on it and choosing Run as 



If that is not the answer, please do the following:
1. Disconnect your computer from the internet
2. Disable any Antivirus (AV) (Norton for example) and firewall (Windows 
Firewall for example) software.

3. Run the installer
4. Enable AV and firewall software
5. Connect to the internet; never leave your computer connected to the 
internet if your AV and firewall software are not both running properly


If this does not help please come back here with details.

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[users] Compatibility with MS Office - was: [users] re: compatible for Gregg Keyboarding


On 23/03/2008 02:52, rettlepa wrote:

I am taking a keyboarding class using Gregg--McGraw-Hill Irwin.  I need
Microsoft Word 2003.  I downloaded Microsoft Office 2007, but can't get my
Gregg CD to open in text.  I saw your website as a solution.  But how are
you going to simulate Word 2003 or can I make your program compatible. 
Thank you, Paula J Rettle


  
OpenOffice can read documents generated by MS Word 2003. It can also 
save documents in MS Word 2003 format. I have no idea about the Gregg CD.


OpenOffice is free to download and free to use. Documentation is free 
from the web site and so is support via this mail list run by 
volunteers. Try it.



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Re: [users] Re: Mobile Office Suite


On 23/03/2008 20:26, Larry Gusaas wrote:

On 2008/03/23 2:05 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote:

On 23/03/2008 13:25, James Knott wrote:


You're confusing file formats (ODF) with applications (OpenOffice).  
There are many applications that work with ODF files, OpenOffice 
being but one of them.   


snip

Please, where can I find a good list of such applications?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_software#Current_support


Thank you.

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Re: [users] Mobile Office Suite


Harold Fuchs wrote:

On 23/03/2008 13:25, James Knott wrote:


You're confusing file formats (ODF) with applications (OpenOffice).  
There are many applications that work with ODF files, OpenOffice 
being but one of them.   


snip

Please, where can I find a good list of such applications?

Off the top of my head, besides OpenOffice  StarOffice, there's 
KOffice, AbiWord, Gnumeric, Symphony, Lotus Notes, Google Apps, 
Gnumeric.  I suppose you could even include Microsoft Office, if you 
install the Sun ODF plugin.



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Re: [users] W.Vista don`t let me to install open office

2008-03-23 Thread Fred A. Miller


Harold Fuchs wrote:

On 21/03/2008 11:26, Jorge Oller Pedros wrote:

hi.
Im jorge from Spain, and i have a big problem, Windows vista, don't 
let me to install anything that inst of windows company , and open 
office too. The computer teel me taht its a danger program and for 
that dont let me to install it. what can i do?. I need this program 
because the trial of office is off, and i'm universitary studient

thanks for all
regards
Jorge Oller

  
Are you logged in as Administrator? If not, either do that or run the 
installer as Adiminstrator by Right clicking on it and choosing Run as 



If that is not the answer, please do the following:
1. Disconnect your computer from the internet
2. Disable any Antivirus (AV) (Norton for example) and firewall (Windows 
Firewall for example) software.

3. Run the installer
4. Enable AV and firewall software
5. Connect to the internet; never leave your computer connected to the 
internet if your AV and firewall software are not both running properly


If this does not help please come back here with details.


I was going to recommend installing openSUSE Linux 10.3, but I won't do 
that. ;)


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Re: [users] Install OpenOffice on Windows 2003 Terminal Server.