[users] converting to word

[George & Chandra Richards]

Hello,

I am wondering how or why my friends who have Word can't open any of the
documents that I send them via email.  No one is able to convert the files.
Is there something I can tell them to do or help them with. Or is this just
a lost cause.

Thanks,

Re: [users] [moderated]

[Joan Brummer]

Please take me off your mailing list and off the other dozen people who 
responded with the same query.


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Subject: Re: [users] [moderated]



Joan Brummer wrote:

Hi
I bought the Open Office suite some time ago for $47. I had a system 
crash and everything was factory setting restored. All I want to do is 
re-install Open Office so I can open documents I compiled which will not 
open although the system is meant to be compatible to Windows 98 which I 
do have.
The web site is so confusing. All I want to do is down load but I keep 
having to go hither and yon without getting anywhere.




I don't know what site you're referring to, but you don't have to pay for 
OpenOffice.  It is a free download from www.openoffice.org.  Just download 
(click on the link in the green box) and install the latest version.


While OpenOffice is compatible with Windows 98, older computers might not 
have sufficient resources to run it.  Check the requirments page for 
further information.

http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html


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Re: [users] confused

[Matt Bondi]

Thank you for the response. I did install it but that wasn't the problem. I 
figured it out. I got another response from some smart ass Brian Barker. He was 
a rude prick, but I appreciate your candor. Take Care.

James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Matt Bondi wrote:
> Hi, I just downloaded your software and I have to say that it is very user 
> unfriendly. I don't even know where to start. I just want to simply use it to 
> type a document and I don't know how. I am a college graduate in a science 
> field so I am not a stupid man but there are so many bells and whistles that 
> I can't even find where to type a document. No instructions. Give me a break. 
> Just letting you know. Thank you.
>
> 
> 
You say you downloaded it, but did you also install? Assuming you're 
running Windows, you have to double click on the downloaded file to 
start the installation process. After the install is complete, you 
should find an OpenOffice folder and icons in the Start menu.

You can find a lot of useful info here:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/

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Re: [users] Can't set page numbers on open document

[Meg Parkes]

Harold Fuchs,
Many thanks for helpful advice, why couldn't I have found that...!
Much obliged,
Meg Parkes
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  On 19/03/2008, Meg Parkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org and my problem is:
I can't set page numbers on my open document.
I have tried the help page instructions:
insert - footers... but there is no box to choose position, type of 
numbering and no number appears in the footer box.
Please advise.
With thanks,

Meg Parkes


  Insert>Footers>Default and then Insert Fields. Choose Page Number. The number 
1 will appear at the left end of the footer. Use normal formatting options - 
font, centre, bold, whatever - to format it. Of course you can also enter text 
before and/or after the number such as "Page ".

  If you double click immediately to the left of the page number a pane will 
open which lets you choose all sorts of different styles such as Roman numerals 
in upper or lower case and so on.


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  Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org 

Re: [users] [moderated]

[Mario Casaverde Rio]

DEAR JAMES,

EXCUSE FOR MY ENGLISH.

FOR ME IT WILL BE BETTER TO WRITE IN SPANISH OR POTUGUESE,

MANY THANKS,

MARIO CASAVERDE


2008/3/23, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> 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
> language.
>
>
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>

Re: [users] RE: OPENING WINDOW FILES

[sales]

Thank you.

I am operating Vista business and i have the need to open microsoft word 
files and excel spreadsheets that re incomming from other emailers. But 
after i installed the program i still cannot open these files as apparently 
i get a message about registration.?


can you help
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have downloaded the program but i want to be able to open other word 
files. Is this possible?





I'm not quite sure what you're saying.  After you download OpenOffice, you 
have to install it.  Once installed, you can use it to open Word files, 
other than those created in the new .DOCX format.  If this doesn't help 
you, please write again, with more details, to clarify what you're doing 
and what happens.



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[users] Urgent file recovery help needed

[Aditya Tandel]

Hi

 

My roommate did not save his work(several hours of it) and then the computer
crashed. When he restarted it, the file went back to how it was before he
did all the work. Is there any way the data can be recovered?

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated,

 

- Aditya

 

[users] Need some assistance with Impress

[BILL RAY]

I am using version 2.1 and 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is with
Impress.  I have a PowerPoint presentation that has sound narration that
plays as advertised in PowerPoint but when the presentation is opened
with OpenOffice Impress the sound does not play.  I am new at using
OpenOffice and I really like it but I am not totally versed in all of
its great power.  Could you please assist me by explaining how or what I
need to do to get the narration to play while viewing the presentation
in OpenOffice.  Maybe I am doing something wrong or have to put a check
mark somewhere for this to work.  Thank you for your assistance.
 
William Ray, Systems Support Specialist

Texas Board of Nursing
333 Guadalupe, Suite 3 - 460
Austin, Texas  78701
Tel: (512) 305-6846
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Re: [users] opening docs

[John]

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[users] How do I edit PDF

[Richmond Platz]

How do I edit PDF in OO ?
also, my save to PDF does not work!
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[users] how to clear (delete) 'Recent Documents' menu box

[John Geist]

I am using ver 2.3 open office.  How do I delete (clear) the 'Recent Documents' 
box?  I have listed several documents that I opened off the net, did not save, 
and now show in the 'Recent Documents' menu box.  They show as not found temp 
internet files.  
I need to know how to delete these entries and clear the listing.  Thank you

[users] Application

[JOSEPHINE HARGREAVES]

Can you open Microsoft Office documents in Open Office and work on them?
  Many thanks

[users] [moderated]

[Marti Hanna]

Hi there,

I am just about at my wit's end and need help quickly.  I am applying for a 
job.  I wrote my letter of interest in Open Office Writer.  In the past, I have 
always been able, easily, to convert from the odt file to Microsoft Word XP 
97/2000. My letter of interest needs to be in this format or it won't upload 
when I try to attach it to the online job application I am submitting.  I have 
selected the MS Word setting, but it will NOT save it in Word.  When I go to 
File, Open and look at the files, this particular letter of interest has a 
small transparent white icon folder, not one filled in in blue.  I have gone 
into Save As a million times.  It asks if I want to replace it. It is already 
supposed to be saved in MS Word, but in fact it is just saved in an odt file 
and no matter what I do I cannot get it to convert.  There must be some small 
thing I am doing wrong, and this is driving me crazy. The job application is 
due right away.
Thanks for getting back to me.

Marti Hanna
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[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

[John Feniger]

I ordered OpenOffice.org version 2.3x.  When installing it, it asks for disk 
one.  What should I do, I only got one disk.

Re: [users] Application

[Paul]

> Can you open Microsoft Office documents in Open Office and work on them?
>  Many thanks
>

Yes you can (apart from the new MS Office format). There will always be some
differences but in the past I've found these to be minor.

/paul

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Re: [users] converting to word

[Paul]

> Hello,
>
> I am wondering how or why my friends who have Word can't open any of the
> documents that I send them via email.  No one is able to convert the
> files.
> Is there something I can tell them to do or help them with. Or is this
> just
> a lost cause.
>
> Thanks,
>

That is normally because MS Office doesn't cope with OpenDocument formatted
documents. You need to send the document in a .doc format. The can be done
using the 'file > send > email as microsoft word' command, or simply 'save
as' MS Office and then attach to an email.

Reply to the list if the problem persists.

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Re: [users] Problems with outline numbering

[jonathon]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:30 PM, JC Dill  wrote:

>  How do I fix this?

Correct usage of styles.

xan

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Re: [users] [moderated] need to load files from microsoft works (not on list) what can I use

[John Sims]

thanks... will do... John Sims

James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  John Sims wrote:
> need answer asap... please... thank you...John Sims

You might try the free viewers & compatibility pack from Microsoft.

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

Excel 2003 Viewer and Compatibility Pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=en

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Re: [users] Remove from mailing list

[Michael Adams]

You are not subscibed to the mailing list, so to stop getting emails
you only need to stop sending them. Each post you send is
automatically archived at multiple computers around the internet and
removing them is impossible.

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:19:06 +0200
Joan Brummer wrote:

> Please take me off your mailing list and off the other dozen people
> who responded with the same query.
> 

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Re: [users] converting to word

[Michael Adams]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:50:43 -0600
George & Chandra Richards wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am wondering how or why my friends who have Word can't open any of
> the documents that I send them via email.  No one is able to convert
> the files. Is there something I can tell them to do or help them with.
> Or is this just a lost cause.
> 

The problem is that Microsoft has decided not to support the
International ISO Standard ODF Format that OpenOffice.org and others
use. They instead have proposed their own troubled format.

The solution is that when you save you can choose to save in Microsoft
formats. Look to the "File Type" slot towards the bottom of teh "Save
As..." dialogue box. Word 97, 2000, XP format is most appropriate for
documents to send.


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Re: [users] Problems with outline numbering

[Manfred J. Krause]

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:30 PM, JC Dill wrote:
>
> I am trying to edit a document (formerly created in Word) with outline
>  numbering.
>
>  The document has settings for headings, for text after headings, etc.
>
>  When I try to add a new heading, it doesn't see the numbering system of
>  the existing headings - all new heading entries start with 1.0, or 1.1,
>  or 1.1.1 etc.  I need them to fit in with the existing headings!
>
>  If I take an existing heading and split it e.g.:
>
>  4.3 Project Name
>
>  into 2 lines, it comes out as:
>
>  4.3 Project
>  1.1 Name
>
>  So even splitting an existing heading doesn't preserve the outline
>  numbering.
>
>  How do I fix this?

Please read this thread as a helpful introduction ...  ->

'Heading and outline numbering driving me back to M$Word'


There are the details ...  ->

Documentation | OOoAuthors User Manual | Writer Guide
Chapter 7: Working with Styles

(1) Outline numbering


(2) Defining a hierarchy of headings


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Re: [users] [moderated]

[Guy Voets]

2008/3/24, Marti Hanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am just about at my wit's end and need help quickly.  I am applying for
> a job.  I wrote my letter of interest in Open Office Writer.  In the past, I
> have always been able, easily, to convert from the odt file to Microsoft
> Word XP 97/2000. My letter of interest needs to be in this format or it
> won't upload when I try to attach it to the online job application I am
> submitting.  I have selected the MS Word setting, but it will NOT save it in
> Word.  When I go to File, Open and look at the files, this particular letter
> of interest has a small transparent white icon folder, not one filled in in
> blue.  I have gone into Save As a million times.  It asks if I want to
> replace it. It is already supposed to be saved in MS Word, but in fact it is
> just saved in an odt file and no matter what I do I cannot get it to
> convert.  There must be some small thing I am doing wrong, and this is
> driving me crazy. The job application is due right away.
> Thanks for getting back to me.
>
>
> Marti Hanna
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Hello Marti,

Do you have the automatic file extension activated in the Save As dialog?
Does the problem letter have the .doc extension?
Without this MS Word or your WIndows system won't recognise it as a Word
file.
To avoid the 'Replace' question, you can change the filename or the
location...

Are you sure only Word is accepted as format? Maybe pdf is another solution.
(I find it inacceptable that a particular proprietary format (from
Microsoft) is required, just as if you can only come to the job in a Ford
car, not a Toyota or whatever).
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Re: [users] [moderated]

[Guy Voets]

2008/3/25, Mario Casaverde Rio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> DEAR JAMES,
>
> EXCUSE FOR MY ENGLISH.
>
> FOR ME IT WILL BE BETTER TO WRITE IN SPANISH OR POTUGUESE,
>
> MANY THANKS,
>
> MARIO CASAVERDE
>
>
> 2008/3/23, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >
> > 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
> > language.
>
>
Then take a look at the Portuguese or Spanish pages of OpenOffice.org, where
you'll also find a Portuguese or Spanish spaking users list
http://pt.openoffice.org and http://br-pt.openoffice.org/ (Brasil)
http://es.openoffice.org
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[users] Re: Urgent file recovery help needed

[Jonathan Kaye]

Aditya Tandel wrote:

> Hi
> 
>  
> 
> My roommate did not save his work(several hours of it) and then the
> computer crashed. When he restarted it, the file went back to how it was
> before he did all the work. Is there any way the data can be recovered?
> 
>  
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated,
> 
>  
> 
> - Aditya
Hi Aditya,
Yes, depending on the version. If the computer crashed while openoffice was
open then just restart openoffice on his computer and a recovery wizard
should appear and take you through the recovery procedure. This wizard is
available on recent versions of Openoffice. Give it a try and you may get a
pleasant surprise.
Cheers,
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Re: [users] converting to word

[James Knott]

George & Chandra Richards wrote:

Hello,

I am wondering how or why my friends who have Word can't open any of the
documents that I send them via email.  No one is able to convert the files.
Is there something I can tell them to do or help them with. Or is this just
a lost cause.

Thanks,

  
By default, OpenOffice saves in the ISO standard ODF file formats, which 
Microsoft refuses to support.  This means you'll have to save in Word 
format, when you use Save as.  Also, ensure automatic file name 
extension has been selected.  You can also email directly from 
OpenOffice, by clicking on File > Send > E-mail as Microsoft Word.



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Re: [users] [moderated]

[Richard Detwiler]

Joan Brummer wrote:
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Re: [users] how to clear (delete) 'Recent Documents' menu box

[Guy Voets]

2008/3/24, John Geist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> I am using ver 2.3 open office.  How do I delete (clear) the 'Recent
> Documents' box?  I have listed several documents that I opened off the net,
> did not save, and now show in the 'Recent Documents' menu box.  They show as
> not found temp internet files.
> I need to know how to delete these entries and clear the listing.  Thank
> you



Hello

Maybe this History Manager extension provides a solution for you:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/histmngr

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Re: [users] RE: OPENING WINDOW FILES

[James Knott]

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Thank you.

I am operating Vista business and i have the need to open microsoft 
word files and excel spreadsheets that re incomming from other 
emailers. But after i installed the program i still cannot open these 
files as apparently i get a message about registration.?




Registration of OpenOffice is optional.  I believe one of the options is 
"Already registered" or similar.  Choose that and you won't have to go 
through registration.  If that isn't the registration you're seeing, 
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Re: [users] How do I edit PDF

[Guy Voets]

2008/3/24, Richmond Platz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> How do I edit PDF in OO ?
> also, my save to PDF does not work!
> Rich Platz
>

Hello,

PDF is not conceived as an editable format. Some programs may edit PDF, but
OpenOffice.org is not one of them. The idea of PDF is to have a file that is
as if printed, so it's at the end of the line.

Describe what happens when you try to save as PDF (and also tell us which
system and which version of OOo you use).

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[users] Submitting Suggestions

[ddowney100]

Hi

How do I submit a feature suggestion to the Open Office Developers?

I would like to be able to customise my drop down menus through 
Tools>Customize, and check the changes without having to close the Customize 
menu. Currently you have to close the menu in order to check your drop down 
menus, and reopen it if you want to change anything else. This can be 
cumbersome if you are making a lot of changes, or trying to get the right 
layout for your own menus.

What you think?

Dermot

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Re: [users] How do I edit PDF

[James Knott]

Richmond Platz wrote:

How do I edit PDF in OO ?
  


You can't edit PDFs with OpenOffice, only create them.

also, my save to PDF does not work!
  


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Re: [users] Application

[James Knott]

JOSEPHINE HARGREAVES wrote:

Can you open Microsoft Office documents in Open Office and work on them?
  Many thanks

  

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Re: [users] [moderated]

[James Knott]

Marti Hanna wrote:

Hi there,

I am just about at my wit's end and need help quickly.  I am applying for a 
job.  I wrote my letter of interest in Open Office Writer.  In the past, I have 
always been able, easily, to convert from the odt file to Microsoft Word XP 
97/2000. My letter of interest needs to be in this format or it won't upload 
when I try to attach it to the online job application I am submitting.  I have 
selected the MS Word setting, but it will NOT save it in Word.  When I go to 
File, Open and look at the files, this particular letter of interest has a 
small transparent white icon folder, not one filled in in blue.  I have gone 
into Save As a million times.  It asks if I want to replace it. It is already 
supposed to be saved in MS Word, but in fact it is just saved in an odt file 
and no matter what I do I cannot get it to convert.  There must be some small 
thing I am doing wrong, and this is driving me crazy. The job application is 
due right away.
Thanks for getting back to me.

  


There may be a problem with that file.  What happens if you try saving 
to a new file name?  What happens if you create a new document, with 
just a few words in it?



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Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

[James Knott]

John Feniger wrote:

I ordered OpenOffice.org version 2.3x.  When installing it, it asks for disk 
one.  What should I do, I only got one disk.
  
You don't have to order OpenOffice, as it's a free download from 
www.openoffice.org.  However, I understand that some people buy a CD 
because they are unable to download it.  Where did you order it from?  
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Re: [users] $$

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak]

It sounds like you need or desire some special characters. If these 
characters are not in your current character set (meaning your font does 
not support them), perhaps you can download a font that does support 
them. For example, what does word use to represent these characters? Is 
it a specific font?


If you can not fond the characters in a font, you can probably find or 
create a graphic of them and then anchor the graphic as a character.


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Re: [users] How do I edit PDF

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak]

http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=146053


I believe that limited PDF import is scheduled for OOo, I would need to 
check...


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[users] Optional Registration of OO.o

[Joseph]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Thank you.

I am operating Vista business and i have the need to open microsoft 
word files and excel spreadsheets that re incomming from other 
emailers. But after i installed the program i still cannot open these 
files as apparently i get a message about registration.?





James Knott wrote:
Registration of OpenOffice is optional.  I believe one of the options 
is "Already registered" or similar.  Choose that and you won't have to 
go through registration.  If that isn't the registration you're 
seeing, please provide more details, as you shouldn't have to do 
anything else to use OpenOffice.






I've had a question about this optional registration.  What is the 
benefit of registering?  OK, two questions   Will registering with 
OO.o, will that put my eMail address on a list of "associates" or some 
such friend company of OO.o where I'll be receiving eMail from companies 
I have not requested mail from.


Personally, I don't care how it's written in, if I don't personally 
request or give my personal ok to a particular company or organization 
to send me eMail, then I don't want it and it's spam.


I've yet to see an agreement that said anything like "In registering, 
these sponsors will be given permission to eMail you.  If you do not 
wish their eMails, click here:  []  If you get their eMails, and wish to 
unsubscribe, you can do so by contacting that company.:"

   this-company.com
   that-company.com
   Spam-inc.com
   nomail.com

However, I have gotten a program and afterward gotten many spams I knew 
nothing about, from which I could NOT unsubscribe.


If I don't personally and specifically request a particular company's 
mail, I will mark it as spam or junk and get shed of it.


Again, as I've mentioned above, What is the benefit of registering?  OK, 
two questions   Will registering with OO.o, will that put my eMail 
address on a list of "associates" or some such friend company of OO.o 
where I'll be receiving eMail from companies I have not requested mail from.


OK, I'm done with the soap box.  NEXT!

Joseph




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Re: [users] Any Pllans for an e-mail Client? (verification)

[Guy Voets]

2008/3/21, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Don't you just *LOVE* these people who make it difficult to reply.  I do
> not click on such stuff.
>

Me neither. Don't they know what happens?
-- 
Guy

Re: [users] link

[Guy Voets]

2008/3/22, ROBT SANDSBURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> I am trying to post a link to a website on my openoffice.calc get error no
> a-plication found
> Need help


Hello

You mean that when you simply type in the URL in a cell, you get an error
message?
Please describe what you don and what happens (and telling us your OS and
version of OpenOffice.org might help to solve the problem).
-- 
Guy
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Dodoes can't afford to have headaches

Re: [users] [moderated]

[Guy Voets]

2008/3/25, Marti Hanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>  Hello Guy,
>
> Thanks so much for your response.  I think you may have identified the
> problem.  I went back, opened up my letter and realized there was not a
> check mark in the Automatic File Extension box.  So I did go to Save As
> again, clicked on the box so a check mark appeared for the Automatic File
> Extension and when it asked if I wanted to replace the current file, I said
> Yes.  However, it did not make a difference...I still have a ghost-like
> file.
>
> It seems as though there should always be a check mark in the Automatic
> File Extension box.  I shouldn't have to click on it every time.
> I wonder if that can be fixed.
>
> I guess I'll try changing the file name, as you suggest.  I do want to
> keep it in Documents. I am trying to avoid having to type it over again
> because it is a long letter with bullets and spacing considerations, etc.
>
> I did have a friend help me install a converter to PDF so I sent it in
> that way, but this wasn't my preference.
>
> Anyway, thank you very much for getting back to me. I appreciate it.
>
> Marti
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Guy Voets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> *To:* users@openoffice.org
> *Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:19 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [users] [moderated]
>
> 2008/3/24, Marti Hanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am just about at my wit's end and need help quickly.  I am applying
> > for a job.  I wrote my letter of interest in Open Office Writer.  In the
> > past, I have always been able, easily, to convert from the odt file to
> > Microsoft Word XP 97/2000. My letter of interest needs to be in this format
> > or it won't upload when I try to attach it to the online job application I
> > am submitting.  I have selected the MS Word setting, but it will NOT save it
> > in Word.  When I go to File, Open and look at the files, this particular
> > letter of interest has a small transparent white icon folder, not one filled
> > in in blue.  I have gone into Save As a million times.  It asks if I want to
> > replace it. It is already supposed to be saved in MS Word, but in fact it is
> > just saved in an odt file and no matter what I do I cannot get it to
> > convert.  There must be some small thing I am doing wrong, and this is
> > driving me crazy. The job application is due right away.
> > Thanks for getting back to me.
> >
> >
> > Marti Hanna
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Hello Marti,
>
> Do you have the automatic file extension activated in the Save As dialog?
> Does the problem letter have the .doc extension?
> Without this MS Word or your WIndows system won't recognise it as a Word
> file.
> To avoid the 'Replace' question, you can change the filename or the
> location...
>
> Are you sure only Word is accepted as format? Maybe pdf is another
> solution.
> (I find it inacceptable that a particular proprietary format (from
> Microsoft) is required, just as if you can only come to the job in a Ford
> car, not a Toyota or whatever).
> --
> Guy
> using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger
> and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard
> -- please reply only to users@openoffice.org --
> Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
>
>
Hello Marti,

The Automatic Filename Extension normally stays checked (or ticked) if you
checked/ticked it. At least in my case it does. Maybe you unchecked it by
mistake.
In some occurrences, the Filename Extension isn't needed, but that's another
story.

So your file has the .doc extension, but your OS (Windows I presume) doesn't
recognise it as a MS Word document? That's strange...

Mart, please reply _only_ to the list, so others might come up with the
solution...

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Guy
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and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard
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Re: [users] Optional Registration of OO.o

[James Knott]

Joseph wrote:



[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Thank you.

I am operating Vista business and i have the need to open microsoft 
word files and excel spreadsheets that re incomming from other 
emailers. But after i installed the program i still cannot open these 
files as apparently i get a message about registration.?





James Knott wrote:
Registration of OpenOffice is optional.  I believe one of the options 
is "Already registered" or similar.  Choose that and you won't have to 
go through registration.  If that isn't the registration you're 
seeing, please provide more details, as you shouldn't have to do 
anything else to use OpenOffice.






I've had a question about this optional registration.  What is the 
benefit of registering?  OK, two questions   Will registering with 
OO.o, will that put my eMail address on a list of "associates" or some 
such friend company of OO.o where I'll be receiving eMail from companies 
I have not requested mail from.


Personally, I don't care how it's written in, if I don't personally 
request or give my personal ok to a particular company or organization 
to send me eMail, then I don't want it and it's spam.


I've yet to see an agreement that said anything like "In registering, 
these sponsors will be given permission to eMail you.  If you do not 
wish their eMails, click here:  []  If you get their eMails, and wish to 
unsubscribe, you can do so by contacting that company.:"

   this-company.com
   that-company.com
   Spam-inc.com
   nomail.com

However, I have gotten a program and afterward gotten many spams I knew 
nothing about, from which I could NOT unsubscribe.


If I don't personally and specifically request a particular company's 
mail, I will mark it as spam or junk and get shed of it.


Again, as I've mentioned above, What is the benefit of registering?  OK, 
two questions   Will registering with OO.o, will that put my eMail 
address on a list of "associates" or some such friend company of OO.o 
where I'll be receiving eMail from companies I have not requested mail 
from.


OK, I'm done with the soap box.  NEXT!


As far as I know, it's only used to get some estimate of usage and the 
data is not passed on.  As I mentioned, it's optional, so just say 
already registered.



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Re: [users] Optional Registration of OO.o

[Bernd Eilers]

Joseph wrote:



[... snip ...]
I've had a question about this optional registration.  What is the 
benefit of registering?  OK, two questions   Will registering with 
OO.o, will that put my eMail address on a list of "associates" or some 
such friend company of OO.o where I'll be receiving eMail from companies 
I have not requested mail from.




The current OpenOffice.org 2.4 release candidates and the upcoming OOo 
2.4 version which are build by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Release 
Engineering can be registered with Sun. The real benefit here is that 
Sun and the OpenOffice.org Community (including you) can get more 
accurate data about OpenOffice.org´s marketshare. Registration is tough 
still optional of course. So far there´s only some very vague data about 
OOo´s user base which we have here: 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Market_Share_Analysis.


For registering these OpenOffice.org versions you would create a Sun 
Online Account first and than register the OpenOffice.org version with 
that account. Or if you have you can use an already existing Sun Online 
Account, such as a Sun Developer Connection membership account ( see 
http://developers.sun.com/) for registration.

Benefits of a Sun Developer Connection membership can be found here:
http://developers.sun.com/user_registration/whyregister.jsp

Creating such a Sun Online account does give you additional benefits 
with Sun such as access on the Sun websites to special offers and 
discounts for Sun products and services.


While creating the Sun Online Account you can additionally opt-in to 
receive newsletters from Sun. But this is an explicit opt-in only. The 
default is that no checkbox for newsletters is selected when creating 
the Sun Online Account.


Sun´s Privacy Policy can be found here:
http://www.sun.com/privacy/

There is also a link to that policy page on the registration webservice 
page which you can get to by calling Help / Registration in newer 
(starting with current 2.4 Release Candidates) OpenOffice.org versions 
build by Sun Microsystems.


In addition to the registration there is a link to the OpenOffice.org 
UserSurvey on the webpage you will get to when calling Help / 
Registration. The Data collected on the UserSurvey helps us to estimate 
needs of OpenOffice.org users and get a feeling about their environment 
etc. in order to direct future OpenOffice.org development work which you 
can thus indirectly influence by filling out the survey. Every question 
on the User Survey is optional and the User Survey can be be done 
completely anonymous.


Older OpenOffice.org Versions will just show this survey only instead of 
a registration page when Help/Registration is being called.


At the end of the survey you can opt in to the offer: "I'm interested in 
complementary solutions for OpenOffice.org and thus agree to being 
contacted via email by the OpenOffice.org community including the major 
corporate contributors with information about new free and commercial 
offerings related to OpenOffice.org." But again this is an explicit 
opt-in only and the default is that this checkbox is not checked.


In addition to registering the product you can register as a user on the 
http://www.openoffice.org website this gives you the benfit of actually 
becoming an offical member of our great community ;-) and gets you 
access to the bug tracking system we use. Additionally you have the 
benfit of being able to use an @openoffice.org email Address 
for communication in our mailing lists and bug tracking system. A link 
to the Policies and Terms of use for the OpenOffice.org website is in 
the footer of almost every webpage on OpenOffice.org including the main 
page. However you can of course subscribe and unsubscribe to our mailing 
lists which you apparently already did. Our Mailing Lists are archived 
on the web at various locations including OpenOffice.org´s own website 
but also others which eg. offer gateways to news systems for mailing 
lists or similar. It´s theoretical possible that there could be evil 
"SPAMMERs" there outside which are using such mailing list archives for 
collecting email addresses to send their spam to. If you use an 
@openoffice.org email address in your communication with our 
mailing lists which you would get by registering as a community member 
you can at least differentiate between spam send to your regular email 
address and SPAM send to you via your openoffice.org email address. Well 
I know this doesn´t help much.



Kind regards,
Bernd Eilers

Sun Microsystems, Inc.


Personally, I don't care how it's written in, if I don't personally 
request or give my personal ok to a particular company or organization 
to send me eMail, then I don't want it and it's spam.


I've yet to see an agreement that said anything like "In registering, 
these sponsors will be given permission to eMail you.  If you do not 
wish their eMails, click here:  []  If you get their eMails, and wish to 
unsubscribe, you

RE: [users] Application

[Mike C. Baker]

> -Original Message-
> From: JOSEPHINE HARGREAVES [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 1:41 PM
> To: users@openoffice.org
> Subject: [users] Application
> 
> Can you open Microsoft Office documents in Open Office and 
> work on them?
>   Many thanks

Josephine, the simple answer is YES, the complete answer is SOMETIMES:
support for the revised Microsoft Office 2007 formats is still being
worked on by the team.

To insure interoperability with *any* non-Microsoft application, always
save your Microsoft document files in the "earliest" format compatible
with the target environment.

(For slightly more depth: the MSOffice 2007 .docx format is specifically
problematic even for prior versions of MSOffice, as are other
"extended/improved" MSOffice 2007 ouputs.)

Respectfully,
Mike C. Baker
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Re: [users] Submitting Suggestions

[Bernd Eilers]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi

How do I submit a feature suggestion to the Open Office Developers?

I would like to be able to customise my drop down menus through 
Tools>Customize, and check the changes without having to close the Customize 
menu. Currently you have to close the menu in order to check your drop down menus, 
and reopen it if you want to change anything else. This can be cumbersome if you 
are making a lot of changes, or trying to get the right layout for your own menus.

What you think?


Personally I like that idea. Might eventually even be an change that can 
be relatively easily be done.






Submitting a feature suggestion is done in the following way:

Subscribe as a user to the OpenOffice.org website than login
and go to http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html

That´s Issue Tracker OpenOffice.org´s bug tracking and issue tracking 
tool. First search if not already sombody else submitted an issue with 
the same idea. If this is the case just vote for the existing issue. If 
it doesn´t exist create a new issue with issue type "enhancement".


All you might want to know (or not) about OpenOffice.org´s issue 
tracking system and issue handling can be found on 
http://qa.openoffice.org/ooQAReloaded/ooQA-IssueRules.html



Dermot



Regards,
Bernd Eilers
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Re: [users] Application

[Christina Godinez]

Yes. Don't forget to save it the same format  after editing the document.

JOSEPHINE HARGREAVES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Can you open Microsoft Office 
documents in Open Office and work on them?
Many thanks


   
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Re: [users] How do I edit PDF

[Bernd Eilers]

Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:


http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=146053


I believe that limited PDF import is scheduled for OOo, I would need to 
check...




You are right, have a look here:

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Writer/ToDo/PDF_Import

Kind regards,
Bernd Eilers
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Re: [users] won't take my money/info

[jonathon]

James wrote:

>  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.

Depending upon exactly what those usage charges are for, the LGPL may
not prohibit them.

>  The only permissible charges are those for providing you with a copy,

The LGPL allows for one to charge for "support.  Nor does require that
the executable be sold/distributed for a nominal cost.

This is how, and why some organizations have a per seat/per year
charge for OOo.

Now wondering if the eBay vendor with a "buy it now" price of US$5,000
for OOo is still distributing it from there.

xan

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Re: [users] pdf question

[jonathon]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Richard Detwiler wrote:

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

The version of OOo that is distributed with Ubuntu claims to be able
to open and read MSWords document files.   (I don't have any files in
that format, to test it out with.)

My impression is that Oxygen Office can also open MSWorks document files.

xan

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

[James Knott]

jonathon wrote:

James wrote:


 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.


Depending upon exactly what those usage charges are for, the LGPL may
not prohibit them.


 The only permissible charges are those for providing you with a copy,


The LGPL allows for one to charge for "support.  Nor does require that
the executable be sold/distributed for a nominal cost.

This is how, and why some organizations have a per seat/per year
charge for OOo.

Now wondering if the eBay vendor with a "buy it now" price of US$5,000
for OOo is still distributing it from there.



I wasn't referring to support and I don't recall the OP mentioning it. 
It sounded like he paid for the use of OpenOffice for only 3 years.



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[users] Importing from FrameMaker

[McLauchlan, Kevin]

All,

I've got a 6-page document that was last modified in FrameMaker 7.1.
It's basically four tables, including one that spans three pages. Three
of the four tables are two-column affairs with text and pictures in
almost every cell.  It's supposed to be mostly-pictorial instructions
for setting up some equipment. Woulda been IKEA-like, but I couldn't
manage to make some of the steps picture-only, so I went with a
combination of pics supplemented by a sentence or two in each cell.

 

I'd like to continue supporting that document, but in OOo.

 

What's my best bet for getting this done?

The export options from FM are limited (actually Save as... FM, MIF, a
few Word versions, XML, html)

The XML version came into OOo as tagged text. It doesn't render.

The html version renders crudely (with all the pictures reduced to
low-quality GIFs) and of course the table structure as a basic html
thing (all steps are step 1), and the page headers didn't come through.

The FM document has all the graphics referenced, not embedded, if that
makes a difference, so I do have the source files, mostly in both JPG
and PNG formats.

The word versions aren't a whole lot better, with respect to importing
into OOo in ready-to-maintain fashion. Word always does freaky things
with styles.

 

I could just build the doc fresh in OOo, duplicating the look of the FM
version, but that's a bit time-consuming if I don't hafta.

Importing in some fashion is an attractive option, but only if the
imported document doesn't make more (re-)work than just building from
the ground up.

 

Is there a canned Howto?  Best practice?

 

Thanks,

 

Kevin in Ottawa, Canada


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[users] Removing oneself from bug cc list

[Dotan Cohen]

Recently, a user had a tough time unsubscribing from the OOo list and
the Issue Tracker. I managed to help him unsubscribe off-list (his
mails to users-unsubscribe were bouncing), but I cannot see where he
is CCed on a particular bug. He did vote for the bug, so I'm
wondering:
1) If he removes his votes from the bug, will he no longer be CCed?
2) Is there a way to keep his votes on the bug, yet remove him from being CCed?

Note that his address is _not_ listed in the bug's CC list, so it is
not that easy to remove him.

Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il
א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת

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

Re: [users] Re: how to unsubscribe from your maillist?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 25/03/2008, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > He is actually trying to unsubscribe from this list, but when he sends
>  > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the email bounces. I've been
>  > helping him off-list. I sent the unsubscribe request while forging his
>  > return address, and also the confirmation mail by the same method
>  > (after he forwarded it to me).
>
>
> However he said:
>
>  
>
> I'm recieving every minutes letters with this header,but i dont want
>  how i can unsubscribe?
>
>  [Issue 86034] OO.o does not have a russian dictionary and it is not able
>  to check spelling in russian
>
> 
>
>  If he is receiving msgs with that header, it is coming from collab.net
>  not this list. There is no such header on this list. Perhaps you can ask
>  him to provide you with the full msg header from one of those msgs with
>  that header. That way you'll be able to tell where it actually is coming
>  from. The message body would also contain:
>
>  To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue:
>  http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=86034
>
>  and the 'Reply-to:' in the header will be:
>  Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>  Gary
>

I think that he means subject, not header. His English is not at such
a level that I would put an mistake of that type beyond him. It is,
however, much better than my Russian!

I think that he is being CCed on the bug mentioned in that subject.
What has this to do with colab.net, and how to get him off that list?

Thanks.

Dotan Cohen

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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] How do I edit PDF

[web at work]

How do I edit PDF in OO ?
also, my save to PDF does not work!
Rich Platz



Hello,

PDF is not conceived as an editable format. Some programs may edit PDF, 
but
OpenOffice.org is not one of them. The idea of PDF is to have a file that 
is

as if printed, so it's at the end of the line.

Describe what happens when you try to save as PDF (and also tell us which
system and which version of OOo you use).

--
Guy



Why do you need to edit the PDF?
Was it sent to you and you need to change it?
Do you need to copy some text from it and use
it in a document of your own?


Here is a link to a proposed PDF editor (free software)
What is seems to do is to export the PDF to a DOC
format file so you can edit it.

http://www.pdfedit995.com/

I have not used this suite of software for several years
and do not know how it works with its current version.

Good Luck. 




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Re: [users] Openoffice - icons

[Barbara Duprey]

Fran & Owen James wrote:

I have recently installed OpenOffice on my Vista machine. However, no icons
are displayed on my desktop. Where can I find these icons to move to the
desktop, as they are not obvious in Program Files.


Can you help?



Owen James
I'm not sure what Vista does that corresponds to the WinXP Start > All 
Programs menu, but OpenOffice.org should have a folder there. If you 
want to get to OOo components more directly, you can copy their icons 
from that folder to the desktop (right-click, drag, drop, select "Copy 
Here"). Another way is to use the Quickstarter. Look in your system tray 
(usually at the bottom right of the desktop) and see if there's an icon 
with two birds on a blue and gray background, and if so, it should have 
a menu for the OOo components. I don't run with Quickstarter, because it 
seems to interfere with some kinds of OOo option changes "taking" and 
doesn't save a lot of time, but I believe it is installed by default as 
a Startup option on Windows systems.


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[users] Re: Optional Registration of OO.o

[NoOp]

On 03/25/2008 08:37 AM, Bernd Eilers wrote:

> 
> In addition to the registration there is a link to the OpenOffice.org 
> UserSurvey on the webpage you will get to when calling Help / 
> Registration. The Data collected on the UserSurvey helps us to estimate 
> needs of OpenOffice.org users and get a feeling about their environment 
> etc. in order to direct future OpenOffice.org development work which you 
> can thus indirectly influence by filling out the survey. Every question 
> on the User Survey is optional and the User Survey can be be done 
> completely anonymous.
> 
> Older OpenOffice.org Versions will just show this survey only instead of 
> a registration page when Help/Registration is being called.
> 
> At the end of the survey you can opt in to the offer: "I'm interested in 
> complementary solutions for OpenOffice.org and thus agree to being 
> contacted via email by the OpenOffice.org community including the major 
> corporate contributors with information about new free and commercial 
> offerings related to OpenOffice.org." But again this is an explicit 
> opt-in only and the default is that this checkbox is not checked.
>


Survey link is here:
http://survey.services.openoffice.org/user/index.php
and at the very top is the disclaimer:


Disclaimer:
There are no required fields in this survey and you are free to omit the
personal information that you might consider sensitive for your privacy.
We, OpenOffice.org including the main corporate contributors, the
creators and maintainers of this survey, assure you that we will not
distribute or disseminate your data in any way without your prior
approval. This includes your email addresses, your home address, and any
other personal data you may choose to submit. Any attempt to contact you
made by the OpenOffice.org Community including the main corporate
contributors will be only to further enhance the product or to keep you
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[users] Re: how to unsubscribe from your maillist?

[NoOp]

On 03/25/2008 11:16 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 25/03/2008, NoOp  wrote:
>>  > He is actually trying to unsubscribe from this list, but when he sends
>>  > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the email bounces. I've been
>>  > helping him off-list. I sent the unsubscribe request while forging his
>>  > return address, and also the confirmation mail by the same method
>>  > (after he forwarded it to me).
>>
>>
>> However he said:
>>
>>  
>>
>> I'm recieving every minutes letters with this header,but i dont want
>>  how i can unsubscribe?
>>
>>  [Issue 86034] OO.o does not have a russian dictionary and it is not able
>>  to check spelling in russian
>>
>> 
>>
>>  If he is receiving msgs with that header, it is coming from collab.net
>>  not this list. There is no such header on this list. Perhaps you can ask
>>  him to provide you with the full msg header from one of those msgs with
>>  that header. That way you'll be able to tell where it actually is coming
>>  from. The message body would also contain:
>>
>>  To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue:
>>  http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=86034
>>
>>  and the 'Reply-to:' in the header will be:
>>  Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>  Gary
>>
> 
> I think that he means subject, not header. His English is not at such
> a level that I would put an mistake of that type beyond him. It is,
> however, much better than my Russian!
> 
> I think that he is being CCed on the bug mentioned in that subject.
> What has this to do with colab.net, and how to get him off that list?
> 

collab.net (CollabNet, Inc.) is what the issue tracker runs on as well
as www.openoffice.org. http://www.openoffice.org/ - scroll to the bottom :-)

Repeat:


Log in and change your email settings:

http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Login?


Email settings
Notify me of changes to 
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current owner, the submitter of the issue, current QA Contact (if in
use), anyone on the CC list and anyone who has voted for the issue.
However, you can suppress some of those email notifications. On which of
these issues would you like email notification of changes?


Set it to none.


OT: please modify your wrote header to eliminate the email address of
the person you are quoting - nowdays with so many spambots it is
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Re: [users] Optional Registration of OO.o

[Harold Fuchs]

On 25/03/2008 15:37, Bernd Eilers wrote:



In addition to registering the product you can register as a user on 
the http://www.openoffice.org website this gives you the benfit of 
actually becoming an offical member of our great community ;-) and 
gets you access to the bug tracking system we use. 


Additionally you have the benfit of being able to use an 
@openoffice.org email Address for communication in our 
mailing lists and bug tracking system. 

How, please? What server settings do I use to set up my mail reader?



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Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

[Harold Fuchs]

On 25/03/2008 11:40, James Knott wrote:

John Feniger wrote:
I ordered OpenOffice.org version 2.3x.  When installing it, it asks 
for disk one.  What should I do, I only got one disk.
  
You don't have to order OpenOffice, as it's a free download from 
www.openoffice.org.  However, I understand that some people buy a CD 
because they are unable to download it.  Where did you order it from?  
Have you asked them about this?



In addition to what James Knott said, it is worth pointing out that one 
CD is sufficient to hold the OpenOffice software. I think it might say 
"insert disk 1" instead "insert the disc" simply because that's how the 
installer's syntax works. What happened when you inserted the disk in 
response to the message?


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[users] Re: Urgent file recovery help needed

[NoOp]

On 03/24/2008 09:08 PM, Aditya Tandel wrote:
> Hi
> 
>  
> 
> My roommate did not save his work(several hours of it) and then the computer
> crashed. When he restarted it, the file went back to how it was before he
> did all the work. Is there any way the data can be recovered?
> 

Actually no. The program did as expected & reopened the file following
the crash from the starting point.

The problem is related to #1 below. Here is a way to prevent that from
occuring in the future:

1. Change your autorecovery temp path to something other than your /tmp
directory. The contents of your /tmp directory typically will be deleted
on reboot, and relevant tmp files related to a program will be deleted
when you close that program.

The crash closed the program so any autorecovery files the program had
stored in your /tmp folder would have been deleted when the program
closed - including your existing edits. The same thing happens when the
system crashes and is rebooted - the tmp files get deleted on restart.
That is an OS 'feature' and is the same on linux as well. So, having the
program save the autorecovery tmp files in a nonvolatile
directory/folder will prevent that from happening in the future.

Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|Paths|Temporary files|
click on 'Edit' and change that to something else. I generally create a
OOotmp directory/folder in my documents folder so it's easy to find
should something crash.

2. Set to Autobackup & modify AutoRecovery time.
Tools|Options|Load/Save|General
click 'Always create a backup copy' and set the AutoRecovery to 5
minutes. 'Always create a backup copy' will save the previous version as
a backup copy whenever you save a document. You can also define the path
for where the backup (.BAK) files are stored using
Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|Paths|Backups.

3. Always save frequently if you are working on a long document;
particularly if you have a system that is prone to crashes or power
failtures etc.

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Re: [users] Re: how to unsubscribe from your maillist?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 25/03/2008, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> collab.net (CollabNet, Inc.) is what the issue tracker runs on as well
>  as www.openoffice.org. http://www.openoffice.org/ - scroll to the bottom :-)
>
>  Repeat:
>
>  
>
> Log in and change your email settings:
>
>  http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Login?
>
>  
>  Email settings
>  Notify me of changes to
>  Issue Tracker will send out email notification of changed issues to the
>  current owner, the submitter of the issue, current QA Contact (if in
>  use), anyone on the CC list and anyone who has voted for the issue.
>  However, you can suppress some of those email notifications. On which of
>  these issues would you like email notification of changes?
>  
>
>  Set it to none.
>
> 

‎Thanks. Naturally, I've never seen that. I'll let him know.


>  OT: please modify your wrote header to eliminate the email address of
>  the person you are quoting - nowdays with so many spambots it is
>  considered rude to include the email address. Make them work for it :-)

It's gmail- not much that I can do other than to remove the address
from the To field. Sorry.

Dotan Cohen

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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] [moderated]

[Per]

Hi Marti

Is it impossible to attach a pdf-file? If not, save your document as a 
pdf and upload it ?


// Per



Marti Hanna skrev:

Hi there,

I am just about at my wit's end and need help quickly.  I am applying for a 
job.  I wrote my letter of interest in Open Office Writer.  In the past, I have 
always been able, easily, to convert from the odt file to Microsoft Word XP 
97/2000. My letter of interest needs to be in this format or it won't upload 
when I try to attach it to the online job application I am submitting.  I have 
selected the MS Word setting, but it will NOT save it in Word.  When I go to 
File, Open and look at the files, this particular letter of interest has a 
small transparent white icon folder, not one filled in in blue.  I have gone 
into Save As a million times.  It asks if I want to replace it. It is already 
supposed to be saved in MS Word, but in fact it is just saved in an odt file 
and no matter what I do I cannot get it to convert.  There must be some small 
thing I am doing wrong, and this is driving me crazy. The job application is 
due right away.
Thanks for getting back to me.

Marti Hanna
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[users] OT Replying to Gmail Messages - was: [users] Re: how to unsubscribe from your maillist?

[Harold Fuchs]

On 25/03/2008 19:43, Dotan Cohen wrote:



 OT: please modify your wrote header to eliminate the email address of
 the person you are quoting - nowdays with so many spambots it is
 considered rude to include the email address. Make them work for it :-)



It's gmail- not much that I can do other than to remove the address
from the To field. Sorry.

  

Hmmm. Interesting.

If I use Firefox to reply to a gmail message then the sender's address 
is included automatically in the "wrote" header and there's no way to 
prevent it happening.


If I use Thunderbird to reply to a gmail message then the sender's 
address is *not* included and there's no way to make it happen.


As they say, go figure. But it does seem like it's down to the mail 
client rather than Gmail itself.


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[users] Re: Importing from FrameMaker

[NoOp]

On 03/25/2008 11:10 AM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
> All,
> 
> I've got a 6-page document that was last modified in FrameMaker 7.1.
> It's basically four tables, including one that spans three pages. Three
> of the four tables are two-column affairs with text and pictures in
> almost every cell.  It's supposed to be mostly-pictorial instructions
> for setting up some equipment. Woulda been IKEA-like, but I couldn't
> manage to make some of the steps picture-only, so I went with a
> combination of pics supplemented by a sentence or two in each cell.
> 
>  
> 
> I'd like to continue supporting that document, but in OOo.
> 
>  
> 
> What's my best bet for getting this done?
> 
> The export options from FM are limited (actually Save as... FM, MIF, a
> few Word versions, XML, html)
> 
> The XML version came into OOo as tagged text. It doesn't render.
> 
> The html version renders crudely (with all the pictures reduced to
> low-quality GIFs) and of course the table structure as a basic html
> thing (all steps are step 1), and the page headers didn't come through.
> 
> The FM document has all the graphics referenced, not embedded, if that
> makes a difference, so I do have the source files, mostly in both JPG
> and PNG formats.
> 
> The word versions aren't a whole lot better, with respect to importing
> into OOo in ready-to-maintain fashion. Word always does freaky things
> with styles.
> 
>  
> 
> I could just build the doc fresh in OOo, duplicating the look of the FM
> version, but that's a bit time-consuming if I don't hafta.
> 
> Importing in some fashion is an attractive option, but only if the
> imported document doesn't make more (re-)work than just building from
> the ground up.
> 
>  
> 
> Is there a canned Howto?  Best practice?
> 
>  

I've found that save as html works best as it also exports and saves any
graphics (FM 5.5). Then open OOo Writer to a blank/new doc, open the
html, then select all and copy & paste to the new doc. Unfortunately,
you cannot save the OOo html doc as an .odt, so you need to use the copy
& paste.

On the newly pasted doc: Edit|Links and break all the links to the html
graphics. That will embed the graphic into the doc. You can then save as
a normal .odt. The doc will still require formating edits as the
imported styles won't be the same. For example: Text body will be added
as Text body.Body, but you can modify these fairly easily.




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Re: [users] Urgent file recovery help needed

[Dotan Cohen]

On 25/03/2008, Aditya Tandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>
>  My roommate did not save his work(several hours of it) and then the computer
>  crashed. When he restarted it, the file went back to how it was before he
>  did all the work. Is there any way the data can be recovered?
>
>
>
>  Any help will be greatly appreciated,
>

Though it may be a bit late now, if the computer has lots of memory
then he could have run 'strings' on the memory and recovered at least
portions of the text. Booting into a lower runlevel (after the crash)
will of course demand less system memory, which means that more of the
file may still be in memory.

Dotan Cohen

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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?

[users] Thanks to a member and I found out more stuff

[web at work]

Here is the problem.

Have you ever went to a web site and it was not in English?

Have you ever read a email from this list that was not in
English and wondered what they wanted?


I was discussing Hebrew fonts with a member of this list
and Found that if you have FireFox and add FoxLingo 
translator add-in to it, you can have all the visited web sites

translated to your choice of language.

English, French, Spanish, Hebrew, and about 30 others.

I bet MS's browser will not allow that.  This is what the 
Open Source community does best.  Localization of 
the software and translation.


My thanks to all who help with the OpenOffice.org help
lists.  You never know what you will learn from discussing
items with the members.

Thanks everyone.






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[users] Re: confused

[NoOp]

On 03/24/2008 03:03 PM, Matt Bondi wrote:
> Thank you for the response. I did install it but that wasn't the
> problem. I figured it out. I got another response from some smart ass
> Brian Barker. He was a rude prick, but I appreciate your candor. Take
> Care.

And one can only assume that you realize that you are posting to a
global mailing list... correct? Here is your thread:

http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html
  http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users



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Re: [users] Problems with outline numbering

[Manfred J. Krause]

[fwd to users@openoffice.org - mjk

Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:31:01 -0700
From: JC Dill
To: "Manfred J. Krause"
Subject: Problems with outline numbering]

Hi jc,

[Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org -
not to my personal address]


Hello Manfred,

I'm a fairly experienced computer user, having started out with 
RadioShack TRS-80s in 1979.  Normally I can figure things out 
by playing with the options or reviewing the help files.  
In this case the help file is useless.  :-(  While the program 
itself is (usually) quite good, the documentation is often 
quite bad - especially for unusual features.


I reviewed the thread you referred to.  Unfortunately my problem 
is exactly the same as Pierre's problem and his problem was 
NOT solved in the thread.


My problem is that each new heading entry starts with the default 
number (1, 1.0, 1.1.1, etc.)


I don't see any posts in that (lengthy, and often off-topic thread) 
that address why this happens or WHAT TO CHANGE to get outline 
numbering to work correctly.  All of the instruction seems to be 
about how to use outline numbering - I don't have any problems 
GETTING outline numbering, the problem is that it does not 
"number" correctly.


My document is 20 pages long.  The headings that build the Table of 
Contents total enough entries that the ToC is 2 pages long - 
and it will be longer when I get the new headings to work right!


I need to FIX the outline numbering in this document - not start 
a new document from scratch.


I am at a complete loss on what to do.  I've followed the instructions 
in that thread and they do not change the behavior of OO's outline 
numbering when I try to split an existing header or add a new header 
entry.  They ALWAYS start over at 1.


If I have missed some key hint on how to get the outline numbering to 
number in sequence when adding a heading, could you be so kind as to 
spell it out for me?  Please?!?!?!?


Usually: applying the corresponding heading style ...

I've read the mentioned thread again, also the linked
sub-categories of Writer Guide, chapter 7 -
and I'm sorry: no idea strikes me, that I could add.
It seems, all is said.

It seems also, that the applied so-called 'outline numbering'
in your document does *not* rest upon a correct
headings hierarchy as described in 'Defining a hierarchy
of headings'. Instead of that it seems to be rather a kind
of numbering styles or a mix of both.


I am using NeoOffice - OO for the Mac - on Mac OS X 10.4.

Thank you,

jc


Maybe someone else has any new idea ...

Manfred



Manfred J. Krause wrote:

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:30 PM, JC Dill wrote:


 I am trying to edit a document (formerly created in Word) with outline
 numbering.

 The document has settings for headings, for text after headings, etc.

 When I try to add a new heading, it doesn't see the numbering system of
 the existing headings - all new heading entries start with 1.0, or 1.1,
 or 1.1.1 etc.  I need them to fit in with the existing headings!

 If I take an existing heading and split it e.g.:

 4.3 Project Name

 into 2 lines, it comes out as:

 4.3 Project
 1.1 Name

 So even splitting an existing heading doesn't preserve the outline
 numbering.

 How do I fix this?


Please read this thread as a helpful introduction ...  ->

'Heading and outline numbering driving me back to M$Word'


There are the details ...  ->

Documentation | OOoAuthors User Manual | Writer Guide
Chapter 7: Working with Styles

(1) Outline numbering


(2) Defining a hierarchy of headings







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[users] History Manager ...

[zed]

O.K.! here's the dumbest question of the year?  I've downloaded History
Manager and extracted the files to the desktop.  What the devil do I do
now?  Where do I copy the files?

Regards from New Zealand on a very warm Wednesday afternoon,.

Zed
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research.

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[users] Downkload of templates, etc. ...

[zed]

As a follow-up to my question as to where I copy History Manager, it
occurs to me that it should be broadened to include all downloads of
templates., etc.  What does one do with them?

Zed
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Re: [users] History Manager ...

[Harold Fuchs]

On 26/03/2008, zed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> O.K.! here's the dumbest question of the year?  I've downloaded History
> Manager and extracted the files to the desktop.  What the devil do I do
> now?  Where do I copy the files?
>
> Regards from New Zealand on a very warm Wednesday afternoon,.
>
> Zed


I'm a bit confused. What I downloaded was a *single* file named "
HistoryManager.oxt". Nothing to extract. I double clicked on the name of the
file and it offered to install itself in OpenOffice.

Sounds like a delightful day in New Zealand for the England cricket team ;-)

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Re: [users] Downkload of templates, etc. ...

[Dave Barton]

 Original Message 
From: zed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed 26 Mar 2008 11:36:04 EST


As a follow-up to my question as to where I copy History Manager, it
occurs to me that it should be broadened to include all downloads of
templates., etc.  What does one do with them?

Zed


You don't extract and copy extensions, you follow instructions here:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/resources/user/howto_install

For templates use the "Help -> OpenOffice.org Help" menu option, or 
press the F1 key and type templates in the index search field.


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Re: [users] Downkload of templates, etc. ...

[Harold Fuchs]

On 26/03/2008, zed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> As a follow-up to my question as to where I copy History Manager, it
> occurs to me that it should be broadened to include all downloads of
> templates., etc.  What does one do with them?
>
> Zed


For Templates: File>Templates >Organise. Click My Templates in the left hand
panel and then click Command over to the right. Now click Import Template
and browse to the place where you saved the template in question.

Extensions we already discussed.

What else? Macros? Please see
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0117GS-GettingStartedWithMacros.pdfwhich
is linked to from the documentation site for OOo at
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html


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Re: [users] Urgent file recovery help needed

[web at work]

Dotan Cohen wrote:




Aditya Tandel wrote:
Hi

 My roommate did not save his work(several hours of it) and then the 
computer
 crashed. When he restarted it, the file went back to how it was before 
he

 did all the work. Is there any way the data can be recovered?

 Any help will be greatly appreciated,



Though it may be a bit late now, if the computer has lots of memory
then he could have run 'strings' on the memory and recovered at least
portions of the text. Booting into a lower runlevel (after the crash)
will of course demand less system memory, which means that more of the
file may still be in memory.



For the next time, try the Auto Recovery save option.

Options>Load/Save>General>
Check Save AutoRecovery, and then set the time to
10 minutes or less.  I have mine set for 5 minutes.

Also, you may want to check the "create a backup" as well.

I do not know how many times I needed a recovery option
for my document editing.  Loosing 10 minutes can be bad, but
it is better than loosing 2 hours.

Also I was taught to save the document either every 10-20 minutes
or after every page typed.  That is taught in "keyboarding" classes
in College.  They want you to be able to type correctly so you
can be required to type 20-30 double spaced reports every 2-3 weeks
for most of the classes I took a few years ago.

/)/)
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Re: [users] History Manager ...

[zed]

"Harold Fuchs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 26/03/2008, zed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > O.K.! here's the dumbest question of the year?  I've downloaded
> > History Manager and extracted the files to the desktop.  What the
> > devil do I do now?  Where do I copy the files?
> >
> > Regards from New Zealand on a very warm Wednesday afternoon,.
> >
> > Zed
> 
> 
> I'm a bit confused. What I downloaded was a *single* file named "
> HistoryManager.oxt". Nothing to extract. I double clicked on the name of
> the file and it offered to install itself in OpenOffice.

Yes, that's what I thought would happen.  However, when I double click on
the file (and it is HistoryManager.oxt but the icon is an archive icon)
all that happens is the folder is opened with Archive Manager which shows
seven files, which is why I extracted it and ended up with a renamed file
- HistoryManager.oxt_FILES.  Clicking on this just opens the folder and
displays the same seven files.  I am LOST :-(
 
> Sounds like a delightful day in New Zealand for the England cricket team
> ;-)

Yes, a well deserved win but didn't our newcomer - Tim Southee do well!

Zed
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Re: [users] History Manager ...

[David Lowe]

On Mar 25, 2008, at 23:05 , zed wrote:

Yes, that's what I thought would happen.  However, when I double  
click on
the file (and it is HistoryManager.oxt but the icon is an archive  
icon)
all that happens is the folder is opened with Archive Manager which  
shows
seven files, which is why I extracted it and ended up with a  
renamed file
- HistoryManager.oxt_FILES.  Clicking on this just opens the folder  
and

displays the same seven files.


	Well, then it would appear the best thing is to NOT click on the  
file.  In any case, it's not something that the operating system can  
help with.  This is all done through OpenOffice, as i'm sure was in a  
link in one of the other messages that was sent.  Anyway, from the  
Tools menu select "Extension Manager...".  When that window pops up,  
click "Add", then choose the file from the browser.  You may need to  
quit OO and restart it to see the change.


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Re: [users] History Manager ...

[Drew Jensen]

zed wrote:

"Harold Fuchs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  

On 26/03/2008, zed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


O.K.! here's the dumbest question of the year?  I've downloaded
History Manager and extracted the files to the desktop.  What the
devil do I do now?  Where do I copy the files?

Regards from New Zealand on a very warm Wednesday afternoon,.

Zed
  

I'm a bit confused. What I downloaded was a *single* file named "
HistoryManager.oxt". Nothing to extract. I double clicked on the name of
the file and it offered to install itself in OpenOffice.



Yes, that's what I thought would happen.  However, when I double click on
the file (and it is HistoryManager.oxt but the icon is an archive icon)
all that happens is the folder is opened with Archive Manager which shows
seven files, which is why I extracted it and ended up with a renamed file
- HistoryManager.oxt_FILES.  Clicking on this just opens the folder and
displays the same seven files.  I am LOST :-(
  


Hello Zed.

You can install the extension directly. Start OpenOffice.org and select
Tools > Extension Manger
Click on ADD
Browse to the location of the file HistoryManger.oxt and select it.

Now about your issue with double clicking on the file and it opens a new 
folder with 7 files. I assume this is Windows and if so then this is 
simply a case of the file extension name "oxt" being associated in your 
Windows installation with a zip file format. Actually this is accurate 
it is a zip file formatted file, but still.


How did that happen? Don't know for sure, but could of been your web 
browser trying to help you out...say thank you...*chuckle*.


To fix it - open the File Browser, select the HistoryManger.oxt file and 
right click. Select Open with. In the dialog that pops up select 
soffice.exe and tick the check box to make this change permanent. Done - 
now double clicking any oxt file will launch the Extension Manager.


HTH

Drew

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