[users] Re:Trouble with Outlook Express since downloading OOo2.4
I down loaded OOo2.4 and 2.4 is now the default to open saved email. I've tried to have Outlook Express as the default but when I click on the icon it just opens the program not the saved email. I have the XP operating system. Any ideas what is going on? I'm an old guy trying my best on the computer. Thanks, Bud
[users] Re: Proof Reading
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:51:45 -0500, Robert Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm fairly new to Open Office Writer, so bare with me. I'm hoping this is just a situation where I do not know the correct terminology. I remember in Microsoft Word there was a way to leave notes that pointed to specific lines of text in a document so you can leave comments. One specific thing I need to do is review a document someone has given me and without actually changing the content, simply label things and say Change this or This needs to say that This way when they read the document that I've added notes in, they will see those suggestions and be able to edit the changes in themselves. Any suggestions on how to easily do this? This does not answer your question directly - does OOo have an annotator -- but it may be relevant to your needs. I work in small group of dispersed sofware developers and writers. We exchange documents as PDF's, OOo can readily create a PDF, from any component - writer, calc, draw etc. We then use Tracker Software's PDFView to annotate the PDF with sticky notes and the like. I think Adobe have an annotator, but I believe the PDF has to created with Adobe PDF creation tools in order to use it.. One of us, not me, annotates in hand writing using a tablet. We prefer to annotate PDF's rather than the original document, whether it be Word or OOo, because of the version management problems inherent in editing the original form. Also annotating a PDF is universal, i.e. the document can come a design tool such as Visio or BOOUML or even your browser if you have a PDF printer installed, e.g. PDF Creator. Also has the advantage that the editor does not need the same tools as the writer. PDFViewer is freeware, there's a pro version now not sure what features it offers. I don't think PDFViewer is unique - i.e. there are other and possibly better tools that do a similar job. We all have large hi res and/or dual screens so we can readily look at the real document and the annotated one simultaneously. Have you looked in the OOo add ons, Writer's Tools may have something - which reminds me I have to get my instance working again. cheers phild - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Unsubscribing Info
On 15 Apr 2008 at 13:57, Rodney D. Myers wrote: ... Brad Rogers, in the UK can send an unsubscribe email, and I get the OO response. Yet when I reply to the response, it gets lost. From this email address, and the want I want to subscribe to. In which case, perhaps he (or a.n. other) could complete the process for you. If he sends the 'unsubscribe' message for you, you could then promptly forward to him the OOo response requesting confirmation, and he could complete the process. Messy, but should work??? -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED]Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Calc question - sorting data.?
Thanks Brian - that did help ... solved my problem, in fact. Silly me! I should have remembered the one could auto fill by dragging the handle - I have done that before, but not for a long time. Thanks for reminding me, and pointing it out to me. I have learned something new when it comes to Paste Special - thanks for that! Kind regards, James - Original Message - From: Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [users] Calc question - sorting data.? At 16:41 15/04/2008 +0800, James Elliott wrote: If I download 100 transactions it is tedious to type into a spare column: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... ... 99 100 You are making heavy weather of this. Spreadsheets are designed to make your life easy! To enter these numbers, either: o Enter the number 1 where it is required. o Select the relevant cell. o Click on the small rectangle at the bottom right of the cell (the fill handle) and drag this down the column as required. or: o Select the range of cells that you need filled. o Go to Edit | Fill | Series... . o Enter 1 for Start value and press OK. So, I used a formula where Cell C76 contained a 1 C77=C76+1 and copied this formula so C78=C77+1 C79=C78+1 ... etc Then I sorted first by the DATE column and then by Column C, but I found that formulas do not sort in exactly the same way as integer numbers, [...] You can also use the fill technique on formulae, of course. And a workaround here would be to copy the block of formulae and then use Edit | Paste Special... to paste them back into the same cells. Remove the tick from Paste all, and then make sure that Formulas is *not* ticked but Numbers is. Then you'll have the plain numbers that you want in the cells. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1379 - Release Date: 15/04/2008 6:10 PM - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] default fonts again
The issue has been marked as a duplicate of this one. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=29485 Not sure that I agree but if the core issue is the same it is a long standing one (from 1.1.1) Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As per your suggestion I have submitted it to the qa - see http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88315 Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue 15 Apr 2008 19:20:31 EST There appears to be a way to change the default fonts and size of fonts for new documents under Tools | Options | OpenOffice.org Writer | Basic Fonts (Western) However anything set here appears to be largely ignored even if Current document only is not ticked. Another way that is somewhat more successful is to create a default document and then save it as a template File | Templates | Save | My Templates and give the new template a name and click OK. Then make that template the default template File | Templates | Organise | select the template under My Templates | Commands | Set as default template However that only works when you create a new file under File | New | Text Document Or by simply starting Writer (swriter.exe) from a shortcut/icon. If you go to Windows Explorer (obviously only under Windows - I have no idea what the equivalent of this is on Linux or Mac) and go to File | New | OpenDocument Text to create a new document it will not only ignore any settings under Tools | Options | etc but will also ignore any default templates. This would appear to be a significant oversight. Neil This is an extremely unusual and cumbersome method of creating a new document and not one that many users would normally employ, but the document generated by this method does revert to the original Writer defaults, not to the user defined default template. I don't have time to pull up the source code and find out how the document is being generated from the Explorer menu. So I would suggest you submit an issue to http://qa.openoffice.org Sorry I can't be of more help. Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Writers Tools
I've been trying to get onto the WritersTools website for 2 days, Google keeps telling me to try again in 30 seconds - seems that its in plutonic rather than earth seconds. Does anyone know of a Writer's Tools news group or discussion forum, that's not hosted by %$!*+? Gooogle, that I can get to. . - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] [moderated]
Dear Sirs, I installed OpenOffice on my U3 Cruzer USB key. It seems to work fine at the office with Windows XP SP2, but it does not work at home with Windows Vista Home Edition. It keeps telling me that it cannot find some files. Do You have any suggestion ? Best Regards. R. Kunsch - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] use of non-english spelling characters in creating data
Thank you kindly for the reply, and please bear with me, I did find understand the instructions for use of non-English spelling i Open Office - BUT, now I see that my original query would have been clearer had I used the terms symbols special characters My specific question relates to assigning shortcut keys to insert Latin Extended-A Polish letters directly from the keyboard in only one step, to avoid the cumbersome process of, for each letter, taking 4 steps by selecting Insert, then special characters, then choosing the character with the mouse, then input it in the document. For comparison, Microsoft Word, in its Insert menu, in addition to Special characters (of the like you have in OpenOffice) has a Symbols (non-english letters, distinguished there from Special Characters) option, allowing for the chosen letter to be assigned a key combination, eg. Alt+character from the standard qwerty keyboard (this method allows me uninterupted flow when typing in a non-english language). Can I achieve similar in OpenOffice? I did try to find it in OpenOffice, but perhaps I am missing something obvious . Hope this makes sense. Regards Stan - Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs To: users@openoffice.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [users] use of non-english spelling characters in creating data On 14/04/2008, Drew Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: On 14/04/2008, S H Manterys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am evaluating Open Office for suitability in my non-profit small library catalogue. I have Microsoft Windows XP 2000, with Microsoft Proofing Tools for input of non-english spelling. Does Open Office database cater for non-english spelling, and how? Thank you Stan Manterys snip Hope this helps. Harold is correct with his description regarding the word processor module in OpenOffice.org. However to your question, data entry controls in OpenOffice.org do not automatically perform any spell checking functions. It would be possible to implement something using scripting and all the features Harold touched on are available via the application built in scripting engine and API. Before I tell you that this would be easy or not though, can you tell me how you would want it catered for as you put it? Thanks Drew Whoops again. Not my day. Simply didn't read the question properly. Thank you, Drew. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Hello, I have just been reading about the Open Office Suite, it sounds exciting. I am so tired of the outdated MS Office I am working with...my Word program is constantly crashing on me and trying to recover my documents and work. I did not get a MS version of SW but all the dubbed copies of Office from Dell Computers when I bought my system in 2002. My question is...can I uninstall the MS Office components to use your Suite, without loosing any of MY Documents??? I also have a load of original photography on my HD's and digitized versions that I have created in Photoshop. How does all this work together? I can't afford to lose any of my creative writing ex: poems, novels, screenplays or graphics photography files, even if your SW is FREE. Barbara Rodney Portland, OR 503-327-4797
RE: [users] Can I Keep Microsoft Office?
Thank you so much for your help, and I cannot wait to start downloading and using OpenOffice.org! If I like it, I will make sure to recommend it to people who do not have Microsoft Office applications, and I will be sure they will love it! Brian Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:15:02 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] Can I Keep Microsoft Office? Brian Lavoie wrote: I want to download Open Office, but will I have to remove Microsoft Office 2003? _No, you can have both on the same computer. The only thing you'll have to watch for, is during the installation you'll be asked if you want to make OpenOffice the default application for Microsoft Office files. This is entirely your personal choice and can be easily changed later. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org _ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_042008
[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE I cannot open any of my documents that I have written with openoffice. what to do? I
I have tried to reinstall and the repair that comes with it but nothing works. Should I uninstall it and just loose all my documents? They won't even print!
[users] How To Open Microsoft Works Database (.wdb) File
Greetings, We are a new user of OpenOffice. For a many years now we have been using Microsoft Works to create our word-processing, spreadsheet and database files. We are sure it will take us sometime to acquaint ourselves with OpenOffice, we have started using the word-processing and spreadsheet areas. We have had no problem converting/opening our Microsoft Works word-processing and spreadsheet files to OpenOffice. The OpenOffice Base is very unfamiliar to us. We have tried many times and are unable to convert/open our Microsoft Works database files (Microsoft Works Database (.wdb)) to the OpenOffice Base. To date we have not been successful at doing so. If it is possible to convert/open our Microsoft Works database files (Microsoft Works Database (.wdb)), could you describe the procedure to do it? Thank you, Keith O Ehrhart 726 Kenneth Dr Mount Joy, PA 17552 Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] [moderated]
Hello: For some reason I do not have a desktop icon or other means to open the OpenOffice suite of applications. I have recently installed 2.4 but how do I access the different applications. Please help, Roy
[users] Spacing prob2
I am using openoffice.org 2.3 and my problem is: Having transfered my documents from windows operating system to linux the spaces between words become dashes and connect all words together and thus the document is useless. What do you propose to solve this problem. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] My document from openoffice got accidentally deleted as I did not understand the command properly
Dear Sirs, My problem is as above. can you kindly help? Regards, S.K.Bhattacharjya
[users] downloading
I started using your program in November, 2007 when I purchased a new computer and this was on it. I am having difficulty using this and go back to word and other programs because I have been unable to understand the operation and it is easier to use an old program than learn a new one, although I am always excited about using a new program. I am also a quick learner. Every once in a while I get a message about downloading an update. There is always insufficient information telling me what this is as well as the the size and the time to download. I have spent countless hours downloading updates only to have them be unsuccessful. I get messages such as this program has been incorrupted. I am very dissatisfied with this. Today I started to download OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 and it is still only at 41%. I would like to be able to use all of these programs, but find it difficult. Sharon Gianetto [EMAIL PROTECTED] between -00-00 and -99-99
[users] [moderated]Question
Hi I have a list of books read over the years that somehow has a wdb extention TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE I have never had Works. Will Openoffice allow this to be imported into something like excel The information has about 4 columns of varing width (author, title, date , brief description. I have downloaded your program and hope it will solve some of my various problems Tom Cochran
[users] Updates
Where on your website can I find OpenOffice Updates for users of that software. I've had the automatic update come and go in my desktop toolbar, but I tend not to trust that stuff. I would rather go to your website and update my OpenOffice software. The automatic feature will just be a way to remind me to. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Change from writer to calc
Hi, I am using version 2.4 of OpenOffice.org. on a Macintosh MacBook Pro with X11 installed. My problem is that I can't open or change to any other application but writer. Med vänliga hälsningar, Tord Karlsson Kommundirektör ** Kommunkontoret i Mora 0250-26103 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] spellcheck not working
I have recently installed OpenOffice.org 2.4 and my spellcheck is not functioning. If I put in spelling errors on purpose in a document it still confirms everything is ok. I don't know how to correct this.
Re: [users] Proof Reading
On 16/04/2008, Robert Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm fairly new to Open Office Writer, so bare with me. I'm hoping this is just a situation where I do not know the correct terminology. I remember in Microsoft Word there was a way to leave notes that pointed to specific lines of text in a document so you can leave comments. One specific thing I need to do is review a document someone has given me and without actually changing the content, simply label things and say Change this or This needs to say that This way when they read the document that I've added notes in, they will see those suggestions and be able to edit the changes in themselves. Any suggestions on how to easily do this? InsertNote. The Help has a table showing OOo equivalents of many MSO features. Look under Microsoft Office and then feature comparisons. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE I cannot open any of my documents that I have written with openoffice. wha
On 15 Apr 2008 at 14:44, Theresa Aldrich wrote: I have tried to reinstall and the repair that comes with it but nothing works. Should I uninstall it and just loose all my documents? They won't even print! Rather than simply saying nothing works, it would be more helpful to say exactly what you have tried to do, and what happened (or didn't), including text from any error messages. Please also say what your operating system is, and what version of open office you're using. Note that even if you do not have open office installed, it's still readily possible to recover information from your OOo documents because the way the data is saved is public knowledge. So don't panic and delete everything!!! Please note you are not subscribed to this list, and may therefore miss answers. http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for more information. Replies to list only please. -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED]Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Writers Tools
On 16/04/2008, Urbane Tiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to get onto the WritersTools website for 2 days, Google keeps telling me to try again in 30 seconds - seems that its in plutonic rather than earth seconds. Does anyone know of a Writer's Tools news group or discussion forum, that's not hosted by %$!*+? Gooogle, that I can get to. I don't know if it's the same thing but it has the same name: http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php/writertools and the download works. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
Re: [users] [moderated]
On 15 Apr 2008 at 13:53, Roy McCallop, Notary Public wrote: Hello: For some reason I do not have a desktop icon or other means to open the OpenOffice suite of applications. I have recently installed 2.4 but how do I access the different applications. Please help, Roy Assuming you're using windows, look in your start menu. Copy the shortcuts to the desktop if you want them there. Please note you are not subscribed to this list, and may therefore miss answers. http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for more information. Replies to list only please. -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED]Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] spellcheck not working
On 15/04/2008, Gail Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have recently installed OpenOffice.org 2.4 and my spellcheck is not functioning. If I put in spelling errors on purpose in a document it still confirms everything is ok. I don't know how to correct this. Spell checking in a language can only work if (a) the dictionary is installed for that language and (b) Writer is told what language the [piece of] text is in. So, have you installed the dictionaries for the languages you want to use? FileWizardsInstall New Dictionaries. Then, for monoglot documents set the language you want in ToolsOptionsLanguage SettingsLanguages - either for all documents or for this document only. This is also where you can check what dictionaries you have installed: in the drop down list of possible languages, the relevant dictionary is only installed if the language has a little abc and a tick (check mark) by it. If the tick and abc are not there then you need to install that language's dictionary if you want to spell check in that language. For polyglot documents you need to read about Styles and create a set of styles for each language you want to use, or select the text and click the language button in the status bar at the bottom of the Writer window so that you can choose the language for the selected text. This last method, only available in the recently released version 2.4) is tedious if you write a lot of multilingual documents; the use of styles is recommended in this case. Having defined a useful set of styles you can then save and subsequently use a template containing your defined styles so you don't have to keep defining them. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Component questions
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:54:46 -0600, Sterling Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering which component of OpenOffice.org is the equivalent of Microsoft Access (for those who don't have MS Access on their computer). I would also like to know which component of OpenOffice is used as the equivalent for XML documents. I don't want to subscribe, I just would like to find out the answers to my questions. If you want to edit XML documents you're probably better off using a text editor with XML syntax support rather than a word processor. Xint, PSPad or XML Notepad will all do the job, although I've had problems with the latter, and PSPad is a bit bloated. If you dont want to subscribe to the mailing list you can get at the mailing list in the form of a newsgroup. server is news.gmane.org newsgroup is gmane.comp.openoffice.questions. It's an open server for read write ie no passwords. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Unsubscribing Info
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:29:47 +0100 mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello mike, In which case, perhaps he (or a.n. other) could complete the process for you. If he sends the 'unsubscribe' message for you, you could then promptly forward to him the OOo response requesting confirmation, and he could complete the process. Messy, but should work??? I suppose we can try. Rodney? -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent Loaded like a freight train flyin' like an aeroplane Nightrain - Guns 'N' Roses signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [users] How To Open Microsoft Works Database (.wdb) File
At 13:26 15/04/2008 -0700, Keith O Ehrhart wrote: [...] For a many years now we have been using Microsoft Works to create our word-processing, spreadsheet and database files. [...] The OpenOffice Base is very unfamiliar to us. We have tried many times and are unable to convert/open our Microsoft Works database files (Microsoft Works Database (.wdb)) to the OpenOffice Base. To date we have not been successful at doing so. If it is possible to convert/open our Microsoft Works database files (Microsoft Works Database (.wdb)), could you describe the procedure to do it? I don't think you can do this directly. But you can access the data in your existing database files. Go back to your copy of Microsoft Works, open the databases in that, and save copies in dBase (*.dbf) format. (Works will do this.) Then create a new Base database, in the first panel of the Database Wizard select Connect to an existing database, scroll down to dBASE, and browse to your database copy. Your new Base database will be able to access the data from your old database. Alternatively, save the data from Works as Text Commas (*.csv). You can then either connect to this document from Base or else open the .csv file in Calc and then copy and paste the data into the Tables panel of Base, creating a new table in the process. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Updates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where on your website can I find OpenOffice Updates for users of that software. I've had the automatic update come and go in my desktop toolbar, but I tend not to trust that stuff. I would rather go to your website and update my OpenOffice software. The automatic feature will just be a way to remind me to. Go to www.openoffice.org Click on the 2nd item I want to download Openoffice.org A green rectangle will appear Click on that Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Unsubscribing Info
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:53:58 -0700, R M COSGROVE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Several times, I tried to unsubscribe, but was unsuccessful. After I added the unsubscribe address to my address book, I was able to unsubscribe from users@openoffice.orgmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Suggest this information be added to your unsubscribe information . Robert Cosgrove When one unsubscribes one needs to ensure that the unsubscribe email is sent from the same mail address as the original subscription. If the mail keeps coming tell your mail client to treat mail from users@openoffice.org as junk. It took repeated unsubscribes over a period of nearly 3 weeks from all of my mail addresses to make it go away. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Forced to install MS office so boss can sync phone, any alternative?
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:15:35 -0400, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bagby wrote: Greetings OOU, Last week I had to install MS office for the owner of the shop so he can sync his phone. I know OO doesn't have an e-mail client but it's frustrating because I had just about eradicated MS office from the entire business when I lost ground because of the sync the smart phone deal. It was the calendar and tasks sync that was most needed. Is there any other alternative? Are the phone manufacturers bowing at the alter of MS or do they have no viable alternative either? Unfortunately, many consider Outlook to be the only email app. However, depending on where the calendar is located, you may be able to use Thunderbird Lightning, both of which can be found at www.mozilla.org. I sync my Nokia N800 Thunderbird with Google Calendar. cool - has Google lost your Calendar yet like it loses folks mail. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Invisibility of a font
Bob Dowling wrote: Summary: One particular combination of fonts isn't appearing in my OpenOffice.org font selector, even though all its variant forms are. In the font selector (for the paragraph style) I select DejaVu Sans for the font. The list of typefaces I am presented in the middle column is then: ExtraLight Book Condensed Oblique Bold Bold Oblique but not simply Condensed. However, I do have that font/typeface installed. How can I get at it? Details: I am running OpenSuSE 10.3 and OpenOffice 2.3.0.1.2 from the OpenSuSE package set OpenOffice_org-*-2.3.0.1.2-10.3. I have installed the DejaVu TrueType fonts from the SuSE package dejavu-2.19-14 and I have no reason to believe they are incorrectly installed. The font files installed are these: snip /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansMono.ttf Note, specifically, that this includes the sans serif standard and condensed fonts: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf snip Hi Bob, I'm using Debian Lenny with OOo2.4 and I agree with NoOp. I see the Dejavusanscondensed with no problem. I also have the .ttf files installed here: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf As NoOp suggested, try updating your cache or reinstalling/relocating the dejavusans fonts. Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: downloading
Sharon Gianetto wrote: I started using your program in November, 2007 when I purchased a new computer and this was on it. I am having difficulty using this and go back to word and other programs because I have been unable to understand the operation and it is easier to use an old program than learn a new one, although I am always excited about using a new program. I am also a quick learner. Every once in a while I get a message about downloading an update. There is always insufficient information telling me what this is as well as the the size and the time to download. I have spent countless hours downloading updates only to have them be unsuccessful. I get messages such as this program has been incorrupted. I am very dissatisfied with this. Today I started to download OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 and it is still only at 41%. I would like to be able to use all of these programs, but find it difficult. Sharon Gianetto Hi Sharon, I'm sorry to hear you're having troubles downloading. You don't give us very much information so it's hard to help you. The openoffice installation file is over 100MB in size. If you are using a dial-up connection to the internet this will many hours to download. If you are getting a message about the file being corrupted (this appears to happen on some Windows systems) you can easily find the solution to your problem by noting the exact text on the message and googling the error message along with openoffice. You will quickly find a solution that way. Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Unsubscribing Info
On 16 Apr 2008 at 10:58, Richard Travers wrote: ... In which case, perhaps he (or a.n. other) could complete the process for you. If he sends the 'unsubscribe' message for you, you could then promptly forward to him the OOo response requesting confirmation, and he could complete the process. Messy, but should work??? I suppose we can try. Rodney? Just a chance observation, but it seems to me that those having difficulty in unsubscribing are those who are using a PGP signature. This does seem to suppress the 'how to subscribe/unsubscribe' message that appears at the bottom of other posts. Could it also be interfering with the unsubscription process? Just a thought. I got the idea from a previous email that mail outbound from the OP /to/ the list manager must have been getting lost, because he says he receives the unsub confirmation if someone else requests it on his behalf. It seems odd behaviour, as mail from the OP to the list itself is clearly getting through: the unsubscription address is just a different user on the same server. It seems unlikely that the OOo mail system itself would selectively drop mail in this way. OTOH AFAIK (aren't acronyms lovely!) the unsub system looks only at the sender address, not the message content, so a PGP signature shouldn't be likely to mess that up. To the OP: can you get replies from users-help@ ??? Might shed some light on where the problem might be. Oh, another idea which I've /not/ thought through fully: if your mailer can 'bounce' messages, maybe you could try setting mail filters to send back all list mail to the list return address. It should get fed up and remove you eventually. Maybe?!?!?! -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED]Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Change from writer to calc
On 2008/04/15 7:27 AM, Tord Karlsson wrote: Hi, I am using version 2.4 of OpenOffice.org. on a Macintosh MacBook Pro with X11 installed. My problem is that I can't open or change to any other application but writer. Go to File/New and select type of document you want. -- As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as well as to the mailing list. Do Not reply to me personally but just to the list at users@openoffice.org. Since you are not subscribed to this list you may not see all the replies to your query.To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Unsubscribing Info
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brad Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Sig_/02DGkE=yeZEJ7HJfM3whx_l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:29:47 +0100 mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello mike, In which case, perhaps he (or a.n. other) could complete the process for you. If he sends the 'unsubscribe' message for you, you could then promptly forward to him the OOo response requesting confirmation, and he could complete the process. Messy, but should work??? I suppose we can try. Rodney? Just a chance observation, but it seems to me that those having difficulty in unsubscribing are those who are using a PGP signature. This does seem to suppress the 'how to subscribe/unsubscribe' message that appears at the bottom of other posts. Could it also be interfering with the unsubscription process? Just a thought. R -- Richard Travers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Truro, Cornwall - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Spacing prob2
Original Message From: Mammadaly TAJAHMADY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed 16 Apr 2008 05:47:23 EST I am using openoffice.org 2.3 and my problem is: Having transfered my documents from windows operating system to linux the spaces between words become dashes and connect all words together and thus the document is useless. What do you propose to solve this problem. I regularly move OOo (OpenOffice.org) documents between Windows and Linux and I have never seen, or heard of this problem before. If you have a non-confidential example of a document which exhibits this problem, please feel free to email it to me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will see if I can suggest a solution. Hope this helps. Dave -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only. You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[users] Re: [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Albert L. Rodney wrote: Hello, I have just been reading about the Open Office Suite, it sounds exciting. I am so tired of the outdated MS Office I am working with...my Word program is constantly crashing on me and trying to recover my documents and work. I did not get a MS version of SW but all the dubbed copies of Office from Dell Computers when I bought my system in 2002. My question is...can I uninstall the MS Office components to use your Suite, without loosing any of MY Documents??? I also have a load of original photography on my HD's and digitized versions that I have created in Photoshop. How does all this work together? I can't afford to lose any of my creative writing ex: poems, novels, screenplays or graphics photography files, even if your SW is FREE. Barbara Rodney Portland, OR 503-327-4797 Yes, you can uninstall the MS Office components, or you can leave them installed. I still have Office 97 installed on my machine even though I use Open Office.org. When you install OO.o you will be asked if you want to make it the default program to open MS Office files. The choice is yours and you can change it later if you want. Macros from MS Office will not work properly in OO.o, so you will need to redo any that you have. That is the primary reason I still have Office 97 installed. I had created some online forms that I seldom use anymore, and I haven't redone the macro's in OO.o. Another thing is that some esoteric formating may not convert properly. Installing OO.o will not have any impact on any files that are stored on your hard drive. Pictures from Photoshop can be imported into OO.o just like they can be imported into MS Office. The menu and command structure in OO.o is similar to Ms Office, but it is not identical. Once you get used to the differences, I think you will love OO.o. When you save a file from OO.o, you can save it in the default Open Document Format (ODF) or you can select another format (including MS formats) from a drop down list. If you open a MS formated file then save it in ODF you will have both files on you hard drive. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] use of non-english spelling characters in creating data
On 16/04/2008, S H Manterys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you kindly for the reply, and please bear with me, I did find understand the instructions for use of non-English spelling i Open Office - BUT, now I see that my original query would have been clearer had I used the terms symbols special characters My specific question relates to assigning shortcut keys to insert Latin Extended-A Polish letters directly from the keyboard in only one step, to avoid the cumbersome process of, for each letter, taking 4 steps by selecting Insert, then special characters, then choosing the character with the mouse, then input it in the document. For comparison, Microsoft Word, in its Insert menu, in addition to Special characters (of the like you have in OpenOffice) has a Symbols (non-english letters, distinguished there from Special Characters) option, allowing for the chosen letter to be assigned a key combination, eg. Alt+character from the standard qwerty keyboard (this method allows me uninterupted flow when typing in a non-english language). Can I achieve similar in OpenOffice? I did try to find it in OpenOffice, but perhaps I am missing something obvious . Hope this makes sense. Regards Stan Ah. Different. You can customise keys via the ToolsCustomiseKeyboard menu but, unfortunately, OpenOffice does not allow the use of the Alt or Alt Gr key. There are various free tools available for entering non-English accented characters and ligatures. I use the Enhanced UK Keyboard at http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6tam/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/%7Eecl6tam/ . It uses dead (normally unused) keys followed by normal ones to produce a variety of non-English characters. So for example, when turned on (by selecting it in the taskbar), an ampersand () followed by an a produces the Scandinavian æ (ae) ligature and a percent sign (%) followed by an o produces ǒ (an o with an inverted circumflex over it). There's a nice printable chart in the Help file that you can keep by your keyboard till you've learnt the combinations you need :-) . You'll need to check that it handles all the characters you need: download the .zip file and look at the .pdf file within it which contains the nice printable chart. There's also the Quick Unicode Input Tool at http://www.cardbox.com/quick.htm which allows you to type the Alt key and the 3 or 4-digit number (on the numeric keypad) representing the Unicode value of the character you want. I've used this and it works but I find it less convenient than the Enhanced UK Keyboard. I think, though, that it has a wider coverage of characters and symbols. These both work in *any* Windows program. There's also http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx which allegedly lets you define your own keyboard layout. I've never used. It's also supposed to work in any Windows program ... Hope this helps. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Updates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where on your website can I find OpenOffice Updates for users of that software. I've had the automatic update come and go in my desktop toolbar, but I tend not to trust that stuff. I would rather go to your website and update my OpenOffice software. The automatic feature will just be a way to remind me to. There is no separate update. You just install the full new package. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Unsubscribing Info
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:27:24 +1000 Urbane Tiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Urbane, When one unsubscribes one needs to ensure that the unsubscribe email is sent from the same mail address as the original subscription. The process can be *initiated* from any address, by using a to address of a certain form; [EMAIL PROTECTED] note the replacement of '@' by '=' in the subscriber's address to avoid an addy with two '@', which would be invalid. The confirmation request will then be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent Is she really going out with him? New Rose - The Damned signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [users] downloading
Sharon Gianetto wrote: I started using your program in November, 2007 when I purchased a new computer and this was on it. I am having difficulty using this and go back to word and other programs because I have been unable to understand the operation and it is easier to use an old program than learn a new one, although I am always excited about using a new program. I am also a quick learner. Every once in a while I get a message about downloading an update. There is always insufficient information telling me what this is as well as the the size and the time to download. I have spent countless hours downloading updates only to have them be unsuccessful. I get messages such as this program has been incorrupted. I am very dissatisfied with this. Today I started to download OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 and it is still only at 41%. I would like to be able to use all of these programs, but find it difficult. Sharon Gianetto [EMAIL PROTECTED] between -00-00 and -99-99 Are you using dial up internet access? If so, you could be losing the connection part way through the download. An update in OpenOffice means installing the entire new version. What happens if you manually download the latest version from www.openoffice.org and then install it? -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
Roy McCallop, Notary Public wrote: Hello: For some reason I do not have a desktop icon or other means to open the OpenOffice suite of applications. I have recently installed 2.4 but how do I access the different applications. Installing OpenOffice does not place an icon on the desktop. Assuming you're using Windows, there should be an OpenOffice folder and icons in your Start menu. If you enabled the quick starter, there should also be an icon towards the right end of your task bar. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE I cannot open any of my documents that I have written with openoffice. what to do? I
Theresa Aldrich wrote: I have tried to reinstall and the repair that comes with it but nothing works. Should I uninstall it and just loose all my documents? They won't even print! Uninstalling OpenOffice will not affect your documents. Do you get any error messages when you try to print? Are there any other problems? -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Proof Reading
Robert Dailey wrote: Hi, I'm fairly new to Open Office Writer, so bare with me. Ummm... I think I'll keep my clothes on. ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]
KUNSCH ROBERT wrote: Dear Sirs, I installed OpenOffice on my U3 Cruzer USB key. It seems to work fine at the office with Windows XP SP2, but it does not work at home with Windows Vista Home Edition. It keeps telling me that it cannot find some files. Do You have any suggestion ? OpenOffice is designed to run on the computer it was installed on. To do what you want, you'll have to use the portable version from portableapps.com. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Microsoft's OOXML trophy is conditional
Fred A. Miller wrote: Those that giveth can also taketh away Given the FAQ ISO published, that might not be so likely. It's quite obvious that this standard was bought and they're bending over backwards to make sure it stays one. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080415150233162 -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re:Trouble with Outlook Express since downloading OOo2.4
Bud Oliver wrote: I down loaded OOo2.4 and 2.4 is now the default to open saved email. I've tried to have Outlook Express as the default but when I click on the icon it just opens the program not the saved email. I have the XP operating system. Any ideas what is going on? I'm an old guy trying my best on the computer. Thanks, Bud Outlook is a poor email program that causes many problems. You may be happier with Thunderbird, which can be found at www.mozilla.org. While you're there, you might also get Firefox, to use as a replacement for Internet Explorer. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Albert L. Rodney wrote: Hello, I have just been reading about the Open Office Suite, it sounds exciting. I am so tired of the outdated MS Office I am working with...my Word program is constantly crashing on me and trying to recover my documents and work. I did not get a MS version of SW but all the dubbed copies of Office from Dell Computers when I bought my system in 2002. My question is...can I uninstall the MS Office components to use your Suite, without loosing any of MY Documents??? I also have a load of original photography on my HD's and digitized versions that I have created in Photoshop. How does all this work together? I can't afford to lose any of my creative writing ex: poems, novels, screenplays or graphics photography files, even if your SW is FREE. You do not have to uninstall Microsoft Office, if you don't want to. You can have it and OpenOffice installed on the same computer. You shouldn't lose any of your documents by installing or removing applications. However, as always, it's a good idea to back up your documents. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Original Message From: Albert L. Rodney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed 16 Apr 2008 17:27:27 EST Hello, I have just been reading about the Open Office Suite, it sounds exciting. I am so tired of the outdated MS Office I am working with...my Word program is constantly crashing on me and trying to recover my documents and work. I did not get a MS version of SW but all the dubbed copies of Office from Dell Computers when I bought my system in 2002. My question is...can I uninstall the MS Office components to use your Suite, without loosing any of MY Documents??? I also have a load of original photography on my HD's and digitized versions that I have created in Photoshop. How does all this work together? I can't afford to lose any of my creative writing ex: poems, novels, screenplays or graphics photography files, even if your SW is FREE. Barbara Rodney Barbara, You don't have to worry about losing documents or other data files you have created when you uninstall the software/programs you used to create those files. Installing OOo (OpenOffice.org) will not delete, remove or otherwise interfere with anything you have created with any programs. That said, there are couple of things you might like to consider: * You do not have to uninstall MS Office, just because you are going to install OOo. There may be the odd occasion when it may be useful to have access to MS Office. You can uninstall it if you wish, but OOo will happily co-exist on the same computer with MS Office. * You should always regularly backup your data files (eg. writings, photographs, etc) to another medium (eg. DVD, external hard disk drive, etc.). Disk drives have a limited life and no matter how good their quality, ultimately they all fail. There are 3 golden rules in computing ;) 1, BACKUP YOUR VALUABLE DATA REGULARLY. 2. See rule 1, 3, See rules 1 2. Hope this helps. Dave -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only. You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Non-Subscribed Poster Original Message From: Bob Estes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed 16 Apr 2008 21:01:59 EST Albert L. Rodney wrote: Hello, I have just been reading about the Open Office Suite, it sounds exciting. I am so tired of the outdated MS Office I am working with...my Word program is constantly crashing on me and trying to recover my documents and work. I did not get a MS version of SW but all the dubbed copies of Office from Dell Computers when I bought my system in 2002. My question is...can I uninstall the MS Office components to use your Suite, without loosing any of MY Documents??? I also have a load of original photography on my HD's and digitized versions that I have created in Photoshop. How does all this work together? I can't afford to lose any of my creative writing ex: poems, novels, screenplays or graphics photography files, even if your SW is FREE. Barbara Rodney Yes, you can uninstall the MS Office components, or you can leave them installed. I still have Office 97 installed on my machine even though I use Open Office.org. When you install OO.o you will be asked if you want to make it the default program to open MS Office files. The choice is yours and you can change it later if you want. Macros from MS Office will not work properly in OO.o, so you will need to redo any that you have. That is the primary reason I still have Office 97 installed. I had created some online forms that I seldom use anymore, and I haven't redone the macro's in OO.o. Another thing is that some esoteric formating may not convert properly. Installing OO.o will not have any impact on any files that are stored on your hard drive. Pictures from Photoshop can be imported into OO.o just like they can be imported into MS Office. The menu and command structure in OO.o is similar to Ms Office, but it is not identical. Once you get used to the differences, I think you will love OO.o. When you save a file from OO.o, you can save it in the default Open Document Format (ODF) or you can select another format (including MS formats) from a drop down list. If you open a MS formated file then save it in ODF you will have both files on you hard drive. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[users] currencies in Calc-still no luck
I think this time is OK but still no MTL converter. Here is the file again. node oor:name=CR13 oor:op=replace prop oor:name=FromUnit valueEUR/value /prop prop oor:name=ToUnit valueSIT/value /prop prop oor:name=Factor value239.64/value /prop /node node oor:name=CR14 oor:op=replace prop oor:name=FromUnit valueEUR/value /prop prop oor:name=ToUnit valueMTL/value /prop prop oor:name=Factor value0.429300/value /prop /node node oor:name=Calculate _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline
Re: [users] Re: Forced to install MS office so boss can sync phone, any alternative?
Urbane Tiger wrote: Unfortunately, many consider Outlook to be the only email app. However, depending on where the calendar is located, you may be able to use Thunderbird Lightning, both of which can be found at www.mozilla.org. I sync my Nokia N800 Thunderbird with Google Calendar. cool - has Google lost your Calendar yet like it loses folks mail. Not that I've noticed. Then again, it's easy enough to lose email and calendars in Outlook too. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Forced to install MS office so boss can sync phone, any alternative?
James Knott wrote: Urbane Tiger wrote: Unfortunately, many consider Outlook to be the only email app. However, depending on where the calendar is located, you may be able to use Thunderbird Lightning, both of which can be found at www.mozilla.org. I sync my Nokia N800 Thunderbird with Google Calendar. cool - has Google lost your Calendar yet like it loses folks mail. Not that I've noticed. Then again, it's easy enough to lose email and calendars in Outlook too. And in Thunderbird -- at least e-mail -- has happened to me on more than one occasion. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] How To Open Microsoft Works Database (.wdb) File
Keith O Ehrhart wrote: Greetings, We are a new user of OpenOffice. For a many years now we have been using Microsoft Works to create our word-processing, spreadsheet and database files. snip If it is possible to convert/open our Microsoft Works database files (Microsoft Works Database (.wdb)), could you describe the procedure to do it? OpenOffice.org Base does not support the .wdb file format. To work the data contained within those files you must export the data, just open each and select save as, to a CSV, TXT or dBase IV file format, from within Works, first. Dbase is the best choice, IMO, and files will be named .dbf When you start Base then, select 'Connect to existing databse and in the drop down for type select dBase. On the next page select the directory where you saved the .dbf files and finish up. When the Base file is opened the files will each be listed as a separate table. NOTE - at this point the data is NOT in a native Base relational database, but simple dBase flat files. If you want to take the process to the next step and import these to a relational database that can be done also. The best thing would be to get the files to this stage first, then let the list know you are ready and one of us can help you with the last step. ( for that matter you might want to look at why you might want to do that, it may be that there is no benefit to it actually and leaving the data as is, is the better choice - again just ask on the list here ) Drew -- OpenOffice.org User Community Forum: http://user.services.openoffice.org United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re:Trouble with Outlook Express since downloading OOo2.4
Bud Oliver wrote: I down loaded OOo2.4 and 2.4 is now the default to open saved email. I've tried to have Outlook Express as the default but when I click on the icon it just opens the program not the saved email. I have the XP operating system. Any ideas what is going on? I'm an old guy trying my best on the computer. Thanks, Bud Outlook is a poor email program that causes many problems. You may be happier with Thunderbird, which can be found at www.mozilla.org. While you're there, you might also get Firefox, to use as a replacement for Internet Explorer. Well, that's within about ten miles of the OP's question; and was a waste of ether! Please make comments/responses on-topic to the OPs needs. -- Regards, Twayne Open Office isn't just for wimps anymore; OOo is a GREAT MS Office replacement www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Spreadsheet to word processor table
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Barker) wrote: *From:* Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* users@openoffice.org *Date:* Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:55:54 +0100 At 15:26 14/04/2008 +0100, Niall Martin wrote: In Lotus I am used to creating a table and then using copy and paste to batch paste direct to the cells in the table, but in OO I seem to have to paste special into the document as text, and then turn what I have pasted into a table. I find this rather long winded and awkward. Have I missed something? Possibly. I think that, in Writer, this is even easier than you hope. Don't create any table first. Instead, copy the cells from your spreadsheet and then use Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V), selecting DDE link from the options. This creates a table with your imported values, which you can then format as you require. Note that this technique actually creates a link to the source spreadsheet instead of a copy - so the spreadsheet file must continue to be available and any subsequent change to it will be reflected in your Writer document. If this is not what you need, after you have pasted the link, go to Edit | Links..., select the relevant link in the list, and press Break Link. You will now have an independent text document. I trust this helps. Brian Barker I did experiment briefly with the DDE option, but abandoned it at once, since it did not seem to be doing what I wanted. Your second paragraph I regard as a workaround which I will try some time, but still regard as rather clumsy. Thanks for your comment. Niall Martin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Writers Tools
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:45:45 +0100, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/04/2008, Urbane Tiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to get onto the WritersTools website for 2 days, Google keeps telling me to try again in 30 seconds - seems that its in plutonic rather than earth seconds. Does anyone know of a Writer's Tools news group or discussion forum, that's not hosted by %$!*+? Gooogle, that I can get to. I don't know if it's the same thing but it has the same name: http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php/writertools and the download works. I'd already got the software and had it half installed, but I was having trouble with the 2nd half of the install. But I sussed it out. Not sure if the manner in which this add-on is distributed is typical, but one needs to be more than a little savvy with the operating system to get it up and running. Guess things like WU and FF xpi's have made us lazy. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re:Trouble with Outlook Express since downloading OOo2.4
I down loaded OOo2.4 and 2.4 is now the default to open saved email. I've tried to have Outlook Express as the default but when I click on the icon it just opens the program not the saved email. I have the XP operating system. Any ideas what is going on? I'm an old guy trying my best on the computer. Thanks, Bud I don't know why OOo is opening your saved emails unless you've set it to do so and I don't even know if that's possible. Or; Are you saying that clicking on the OE icon opens OOo? It sounds like either a file association has been changed or the link for a shortcut has been damaged. Neither should have been a result of installing OOo but strange things to happen now and then. Try explaining the problem again but replace the words it and the program with specific names, etc., so it's a lot clearer what you mean. It's probably a simple fix. -- Regards, Twayne Open Office isn't just for wimps anymore; OOo is a GREAT MS Office replacement www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Spreadsheet to word processor table
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R N D Martin) wrote: *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R N D Martin) *To:* users@openoffice.org *Date:* Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:02 +0100 (BST) In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ahromi Irawan) wrote: *From:* Ahromi Irawan [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* users@openoffice.org *Date:* Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:00:11 +0700 Pada Tanggal 04/14/2008 09:26 PM, R N D Martin Menulis: In Lotus I am used to creating a table and then using cop and paste to batch paste direct to the cells in the table, but in OO I seem to have to paste special into the document as text, and then turn what I have pasted into a table. I find this rather long winded and awkward. Have I missed something? Niall Martin Edit | Paste Special | Formatted Text HTH -- Ahromi Irawan Cirebon Thanks. I'll try that again, but my memory is that it pasted an image of the bit of the spreadsheet rather than distributing the items over the fields. Niall Martin I repeated the operation, and found it pasted everything in column 1 of the table I created, definitely not what I wanted. Niall Martin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Updates
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:06:40 -0400, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where on your website can I find OpenOffice Updates for users of that software. I've had the automatic update come and go in my desktop toolbar, but I tend not to trust that stuff. I would rather go to your website and update my OpenOffice software. The automatic feature will just be a way to remind me to. There is no separate update. You just install the full new package. OOo aka chateau b'qem (bandwidth quota eating monster) :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Hello, I have just been reading about the Open Office Suite, it sounds exciting. I am so tired of the outdated MS Office I am working with...my Word program is constantly crashing on me and trying to recover my documents and work. I did not get a MS version of SW but all the dubbed copies of Office from Dell Computers when I bought my system in 2002. My question is...can I uninstall the MS Office components to use your Suite, without loosing any of MY Documents??? I also have a load of original photography on my HD's and digitized versions that I have created in Photoshop. How does all this work together? I can't afford to lose any of my creative writing ex: poems, novels, screenplays or graphics photography files, even if your SW is FREE. Barbara Rodney Portland, OR 503-327-4797 Barbara, No. You will not lose any of the files you created using MSOffice that are stored in My Documents or subfolders under it. Installing/uninstalling apps will not affect files that you have created. Uninstalling MS Office will not delet them if you wish to uninstall it. Actually if you're still in the learning curve on OOo, it's a good idea to leave office installed for awhile until you're sure you can do without it. That said, if your creative writing is important to you, eventually you WILL have a problem of some sort, unrelated to OOo, eventually, and you WILL lose all, most, or some of your work. It is extremely important to back up that data to another location NOT on your hard drive. Either an external hard drive or better yet, CD or DVD media. Sometime between the next few seconds and a few years from now, you WILL lose files for the normal| corruption and problems that operating systems encounter. Also viruses, worms, trojans, etc. can delete them if you get the right one. Somehow, some way, please get your data copied to CDs or DVDs or stored somewhere else than on your computer so that you can replace t hem if you ever need to. There are many methods from simply copying to imaging software to do this for you. Second, you should never post personal data on a newsgroup, even this one. -- HTH, Twayne Open Office isn't just for wimps anymore; OOo is a GREAT MS Office replacement www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Proof Reading
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:17 AM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Dailey wrote: Hi, I'm fairly new to Open Office Writer, so bare with me. Ummm... I think I'll keep my clothes on. ;-) Sorry, I meant bear :) Thanks for the help everyone.
[users] WriterTools - do they work? are they worth the effort?
Hi; Just saw a reference to WriterTools for the first time in one of today's threads. http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php/writertools I visited the site and liked some of the tools advertised, especially the foreign phrase translation. I suspect it is just a link to a translation site. That's OK - but does it work? For example, will it translate Latin phrases? Are the other tools well integrated into OOo? Is it worth the download and installing trouble, or am I just getting toys? Any quick comments or recommendations gratefully received. -- Regards Bill - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Forced to install MS office so boss can sync phone, any alternative?
Richard Detwiler wrote: James Knott wrote: Urbane Tiger wrote: Unfortunately, many consider Outlook to be the only email app. However, depending on where the calendar is located, you may be able to use Thunderbird Lightning, both of which can be found at www.mozilla.org. I sync my Nokia N800 Thunderbird with Google Calendar. cool - has Google lost your Calendar yet like it loses folks mail. Not that I've noticed. Then again, it's easy enough to lose email and calendars in Outlook too. And in Thunderbird -- at least e-mail -- has happened to me on more than one occasion. In all the years I've been using Netscape, Seamonkey Thunderbird, I don't think I've ever seen that happen. In Outlook, the culprit is the .PST files which tend to corrupt, if allowed to grow too big. Let me know if you don't get this message. ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Spacing prob2
2008/4/16, Dave Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Original Message From: Mammadaly TAJAHMADY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed 16 Apr 2008 05:47:23 EST I am using openoffice.org 2.3 and my problem is: Having transfered my documents from windows operating system to linux the spaces between words become dashes and connect all words together and thus the document is useless. What do you propose to solve this problem. I regularly move OOo (OpenOffice.org) documents between Windows and Linux and I have never seen, or heard of this problem before. If you have a non-confidential example of a document which exhibits this problem, please feel free to email it to me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will see if I can suggest a solution. Hope this helps. Dave -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only. You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ Hello, Try to uncheck/untick the ViewUnprintable Chararcters option. Does that help? -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua Beta 3.0.0 (and older) 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
[users] Re: fonts for certificates (Calligraphic or Gothi?)
Jim Allan wrote: JOE Conner wrote: GOOGLE is your friend. http://www.1001freefonts.com/ http://simplythebest.net/fonts/ http://www.free-fonts.com/ http://www.searchfreefonts.com/ *1-10 of 140,000* for *FREE http://www.google.com/url?sa=Xoi=dictei=Ut0ESJuBA42ogQT44fCACQsig2=CQ3kMbq298jUimfSM2zP_Qq=http://www.answers.com/free%26r%3D67usg=AFQjCNFeddomeTArjF5WpA5qBboXgjSenA FONTS http://www.google.com/url?sa=Xoi=dictei=Ut0ESJuBA42ogQT44fCACQsig2=jJvc8CzlkbI1jC73hLQ_jQq=http://www.answers.com/fonts%26r%3D67usg=AFQjCNHpqPMwfJCKtXLmx_94ob-06nwzpQ*. (*0.21* seconds) And to answer your other question: no, you cannot embed fonts in OpenOffice.org documents. However, you can embed fonts in a PDF document created by OpenOffice.org. Perhaps that will be satisfactory to you. Jim Allan Thanks guys, the links helped a lot. -HS - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] currencies in Calc-still no luck
On 16/04/2008, Joe Grech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this time is OK but still no MTL converter. Here is the file again. node oor:name=CR13 oor:op=replace prop oor:name=FromUnit valueEUR/value /prop prop oor:name=ToUnit valueSIT/value /prop prop oor:name=Factor value239.64/value /prop /node node oor:name=CR14 oor:op=replace prop oor:name=FromUnit valueEUR/value /prop prop oor:name=ToUnit valueMTL/value /prop prop oor:name=Factor value0.429300/value /prop /node node oor:name=Calculate This looks OK. Did you quit OpenOffice *and* the Quickstarter *before* making the changes to the file? Also, as I said in my originaal reply to you, this only affects the CONVERT function; it does *not* affect the Wizard. If you still have no joy then, sorry, but without sitting at your keyboard and seeing what is going on, I've run out of ideas. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Updates
On 16/04/2008, Urbane Tiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:06:40 -0400, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where on your website can I find OpenOffice Updates for users of that software. I've had the automatic update come and go in my desktop toolbar, but I tend not to trust that stuff. I would rather go to your website and update my OpenOffice software. The automatic feature will just be a way to remind me to. There is no separate update. You just install the full new package. OOo aka chateau b'qem (bandwidth quota eating monster) :-) You can always order it on CD for a few pounds/euros/dollars ... Or check this month's computer magazine (pretty much any) and see if it isn't on the CD/DVD that came with it. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Fwd: Computer stalls temporalily and sometimes longer since certain updates of windows
Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: NoOp wrote: On 04/13/2008 10:44 PM, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: NoOp wrote: BTW: where are you getting M6 from? M3 installed fine for me (.deb files), but M5 keeps wanting to be king of the hill and take over my 2.4.0. ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/DEV300/DEV300_m6/Build-1 This is Pavel Janik's build. Thanks - got it. Whew, that build doesn't install to ooo-dev and instead installs to /opt/openoffice.org3.0, so it took me awhile to figure out how to get 2.3.1, 2.4.0, and 3.0M6 all working on the same machine. 2.3.1 exhibits the problem described by the OP - but not consistent - meaning that sometimes it goes into cpu overload, other times not. Sometimes can open, sometimes not - very odd. 2.4.0 3.0M6 open OK, but 3.0M6 is definitely slower in opening. Additionally, the document spacing is different between the two. Example: - page 20 in M6 shows 'Student' thru 'Afstudeer coördinator'. - Page 20 in 2.4.0 'maart t/m mei 2007literatuurstudie' thru 'Student'. Both running on the same system, both are open at the same time using the same fonts. I'm not sure where the spacing problem comes from. I wonder if the problem on 2.3.1 SO8/9 and 2.4.0 (see below) are related to the fact that the document is basically a 21 page table. I also found that if I select the table in 2.4.0 and give it borders, I get a cpu overload (this is a 2.4Ghz/1GB system). I do not have the same problem with 3.0M6. So it appears to be a problem in the 2.x as you mentioned in your initial reply. My guess would be that he would not encounter the problem if he'd have used frames instead of a 21 page table. Yes . that I thought was a rather strange choice for formatting the document. But, that said, technically OO shouldn't really care about semantics. I will submit a bug report later today about this issue. Filed http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88348 -G - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Fwd: Computer stalls temporalily and sometimes longer since certain updates of windows
Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: NoOp wrote: On 04/13/2008 10:44 PM, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: NoOp wrote: BTW: where are you getting M6 from? M3 installed fine for me (.deb files), but M5 keeps wanting to be king of the hill and take over my 2.4.0. ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/DEV300/DEV300_m6/Build-1 This is Pavel Janik's build. Thanks - got it. Whew, that build doesn't install to ooo-dev and instead installs to /opt/openoffice.org3.0, so it took me awhile to figure out how to get 2.3.1, 2.4.0, and 3.0M6 all working on the same machine. 2.3.1 exhibits the problem described by the OP - but not consistent - meaning that sometimes it goes into cpu overload, other times not. Sometimes can open, sometimes not - very odd. 2.4.0 3.0M6 open OK, but 3.0M6 is definitely slower in opening. Additionally, the document spacing is different between the two. Example: - page 20 in M6 shows 'Student' thru 'Afstudeer coördinator'. - Page 20 in 2.4.0 'maart t/m mei 2007literatuurstudie' thru 'Student'. Both running on the same system, both are open at the same time using the same fonts. I'm not sure where the spacing problem comes from. I wonder if the problem on 2.3.1 SO8/9 and 2.4.0 (see below) are related to the fact that the document is basically a 21 page table. I also found that if I select the table in 2.4.0 and give it borders, I get a cpu overload (this is a 2.4Ghz/1GB system). I do not have the same problem with 3.0M6. So it appears to be a problem in the 2.x as you mentioned in your initial reply. My guess would be that he would not encounter the problem if he'd have used frames instead of a 21 page table. Yes . that I thought was a rather strange choice for formatting the document. But, that said, technically OO shouldn't really care about semantics. I will submit a bug report later today about this issue. Filed http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88348 -G - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] OOo to support OOXML import only, not export
http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/office_open_xml_ooxml_filters -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Spreadsheet to word processor table
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:11 +0100 (BST) R N D Martin wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Barker) wrote: *From:* Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* users@openoffice.org *Date:* Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:55:54 +0100 At 15:26 14/04/2008 +0100, Niall Martin wrote: In Lotus I am used to creating a table and then using copy and paste to batch paste direct to the cells in the table, but in OO I seem to have to paste special into the document as text, and then turn what I have pasted into a table. I find this rather long winded and awkward. Have I missed something? Possibly. I think that, in Writer, this is even easier than you hope. Don't create any table first. Instead, copy the cells from your spreadsheet and then use Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V), selecting DDE link from the options. This creates a table with your imported values, which you can then format as you require. Note that this technique actually creates a link to the source spreadsheet instead of a copy - so the spreadsheet file must continue to be available and any subsequent change to it will be reflected in your Writer document. If this is not what you need, after you have pasted the link, go to Edit | Links..., select the relevant link in the list, and press Break Link. You will now have an independent text document. I trust this helps. Brian Barker I did experiment briefly with the DDE option, but abandoned it at once, since it did not seem to be doing what I wanted. Your second paragraph I regard as a workaround which I will try some time, but still regard as rather clumsy. Thanks for your comment. I am a bit confused as to your technique. I thought calc data pasted as a table without the need for creating the table first. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] OOo to support OOXML import only, not export
James Knott wrote: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/office_open_xml_ooxml_filters But this blog post is 9 months old. Things have changed in the real world since then. I would like to see confirmation that this is still the case. On that matter, I really don't care if OOo can export to OOXML, as I can export to pdf which I know works. Or do another format that I know works. My question is will Microsoft follow the OOXML standard themselves? -- Robin Laing - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Spreadsheet to word processor table
R N D Martin wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Barker) wrote: *From:* Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* users@openoffice.org *Date:* Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:55:54 +0100 At 15:26 14/04/2008 +0100, Niall Martin wrote: In Lotus I am used to creating a table and then using copy and paste to batch paste direct to the cells in the table, but in OO I seem to have to paste special into the document as text, and then turn what I have pasted into a table. I find this rather long winded and awkward. Have I missed something? Possibly. I think that, in Writer, this is even easier than you hope. Don't create any table first. Instead, copy the cells from your spreadsheet and then use Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V), selecting DDE link from the options. This creates a table with your imported values, which you can then format as you require. Note that this technique actually creates a link to the source spreadsheet instead of a copy - so the spreadsheet file must continue to be available and any subsequent change to it will be reflected in your Writer document. If this is not what you need, after you have pasted the link, go to Edit | Links..., select the relevant link in the list, and press Break Link. You will now have an independent text document. I trust this helps. Brian Barker I did experiment briefly with the DDE option, but abandoned it at once, since it did not seem to be doing what I wanted. Your second paragraph I regard as a workaround which I will try some time, but still regard as rather clumsy. Thanks for your comment. Niall Martin Niall, have you done the Paste Special as formatted test? That seems to preserve more of the formatting than the DDE link, whether later broken or not. You should end up with a table immediately after doing the Paste Special that comes pretty close to what you had in Calc. When you say turn what I have pasted into a table what kind of steps are you going through? Maybe we can help with that part. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] OOo to support OOXML import only, not export
Robin Laing wrote: James Knott wrote: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/office_open_xml_ooxml_filters But this blog post is 9 months old. Things have changed in the real world since then. I would like to see confirmation that this is still the case. On that matter, I really don't care if OOo can export to OOXML, as I can export to pdf which I know works. Or do another format that I know works. My question is will Microsoft follow the OOXML standard themselves? Historically they will probably not directly support a truly open standard. I do not see anything that makes me feel that this truly different and that M$ is truly a convert and embracing the Open Software Community. It looks more like ther old sales floor scam of Bait Switch. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: periods in column headings in calc and mail merge
On 04/15/2008 05:05 PM, H.S. wrote: NoOp wrote: What sort of wierd problems? It's also helpful if you let us know what version of OOo Operating System... I was printing labels using the data. Initially, all the labels turned out to be the same. If I created the labels by using only the fields which had no period in them, then the data came out okay. Interesting... For this next test I didn't use mailmerge, but instead just created a new label document (File|New|Labels) and found that if I use Zip the zip field appears properly. However, if I use P.C., I end up with an empty field. Probably worth filing a bug (the honor goes to he/she that posted first :-) as I can't seem to find a related one already filed (so far). - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Fwd: Computer stalls temporalily and sometimes longer since certain updates of windows
On 04/16/2008 09:19 AM, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: I will submit a bug report later today about this issue. Filed http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88348 Thanks. BTW, I've not heard back from the OP so I hope that he managed to get his thesis completed. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
Copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Non-Subscribed Poster Original Message From: Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed 16 Apr 2008 23:26:21 EST Hello, I have just been reading about the Open Office Suite, it sounds exciting. I am so tired of the outdated MS Office I am working with...my Word program is constantly crashing on me and trying to recover my documents and work. I did not get a MS version of SW but all the dubbed copies of Office from Dell Computers when I bought my system in 2002. My question is...can I uninstall the MS Office components to use your Suite, without loosing any of MY Documents??? I also have a load of original photography on my HD's and digitized versions that I have created in Photoshop. How does all this work together? I can't afford to lose any of my creative writing ex: poems, novels, screenplays or graphics photography files, even if your SW is FREE. Barbara Rodney Portland, OR 503-327-4797 Barbara, No. You will not lose any of the files you created using MSOffice that are stored in My Documents or subfolders under it. Installing/uninstalling apps will not affect files that you have created. Uninstalling MS Office will not delet them if you wish to uninstall it. Actually if you're still in the learning curve on OOo, it's a good idea to leave office installed for awhile until you're sure you can do without it. That said, if your creative writing is important to you, eventually you WILL have a problem of some sort, unrelated to OOo, eventually, and you WILL lose all, most, or some of your work. It is extremely important to back up that data to another location NOT on your hard drive. Either an external hard drive or better yet, CD or DVD media. Sometime between the next few seconds and a few years from now, you WILL lose files for the normal| corruption and problems that operating systems encounter. Also viruses, worms, trojans, etc. can delete them if you get the right one. Somehow, some way, please get your data copied to CDs or DVDs or stored somewhere else than on your computer so that you can replace t hem if you ever need to. There are many methods from simply copying to imaging software to do this for you. Second, you should never post personal data on a newsgroup, even this one. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[users] Sound and presentations
I have the version of open office that comes with opensuse 10.3. About OpenOffice.org shows version 2.3.0 I am having problems with sound. If I attach a sound with 'Insert/Movie and Sound' it works, that is sound plays if I do a slide show. The file has to be an .ogg or an .mp3 not a .wav file. However the sound seems to be attached via a link the sound is not part of the .odp. If I delete the sound file, or move the .odp to another system where the sound file does not exist then the sound stops working. I want to distribute the sound when I distribute the .odp. On the other hand if I add sound using 'Insert/Object/Sound' then the sound does not play at all. open suse 10.3. Question is there any way to get 'Insert/Object/Sound' to work? Are there any Linux distros where 'Insert/Object/Sound' works out of the box? The way 'Insert/Object/Sound' is supposed to work, is the sound supposed to be included in the .odp or is it a link again? Also with either of the above two methods, if I export to .swf or to .html there is no exported sound. The exported Sound does not appear in the .html files and the .swf file is silent when played with firefox. Are there any Linux distro in which this is not the case? What is the state of Sound in Linux Impress? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 [EMAIL PROTECTED]PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Unsubscribing Info
On 04/15/2008 01:57 PM, Rodney D. Myers wrote: Not so here, using Apple Mail. I'm checking the online spam filters, to see if they are catching them, and looking into the local SPAM folder, and they are not there either. That's what's frustrating. Brad Rogers, in the UK can send an unsubscribe email, and I get the OO response. Yet when I reply to the response, it gets lost. From this email address, and the want I want to subscribe to. http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html quote By far the most common mailing list problem is attempting to unsubscribe from an address that is not subscribed. If you need to unsubscribe a specific address, say [EMAIL PROTECTED], send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If none of this helps, and you still have questions, please contact us. /quote So, even though you are subscribed, if I'm reading that correctly you might try: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And see if that works. Otherwise send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see if the list owner can help: The please contact us link in the above page goes to: http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html About the only thing on the http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html page that seems as if it might be of help is: Send webmaster mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a last resort? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]Question
On 15/04/2008 19:35, tom cochran wrote: Hi I have a list of books read over the years that somehow has a wdb extention TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE I have never had Works. Will Openoffice allow this to be imported into something like excel The information has about 4 columns of varing width (author, title, date , brief description. I have downloaded your program and hope it will solve some of my various problems Tom Cochran Hmmm. If you've really never used Works, how did you create the .wdb files you have? If you have Works, you can use it to save the data in dBase format and then use OpenOffice Base to access it. Below is a quote from Brian Barker (hope you don't mind, Brian) on the same subject: begin quote === Go back to your copy of Microsoft Works, open the databases in that, and save copies in dBase (*.dbf) format. (Works will do this.) Then create a new Base database, in the first panel of the Database Wizard select Connect to an existing database, scroll down to dBASE, and browse to your database copy. Your new Base database will be able to access the data from your old database. Alternatively, save the data from Works as Text Commas (*.csv). You can then either connect to this document from Base or else open the .csv file in Calc and then copy and paste the data into the Tables panel of Base, creating a new table in the process. === end quote === If the files really were not created by Works then either just download and install OpenOffice (it's free) and try, or upload one of the files to a web site somewhere and provide us with a link. If you don't have a convenient web site you can use www.mytempdir.com. It's free. No, I am not affiliated with it in any way. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Trouble with Outlook Express since downloading OOo2.4
On 04/16/2008 06:14 AM, Twayne wrote: I down loaded OOo2.4 and 2.4 is now the default to open saved email. I've tried to have Outlook Express as the default but when I click on the icon it just opens the program not the saved email. I have the XP operating system. Any ideas what is going on? I'm an old guy trying my best on the computer. Thanks, Bud I don't know why OOo is opening your saved emails unless you've set it to do so and I don't even know if that's possible. Or; Are you saying that clicking on the OE icon opens OOo? It sounds like either a file association has been changed or the link for a shortcut has been damaged. Neither should have been a result of installing OOo but strange things to happen now and then. Try explaining the problem again but replace the words it and the program with specific names, etc., so it's a lot clearer what you mean. It's probably a simple fix. default to open *saved* email. I'm not familiar with OE, but doesn't it save emails as .eml or some such extension? Perhaps the extension somehow is now associated with OOo? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Unsubscribing Info
On 16/04/2008 22:09, NoOp wrote: On 04/15/2008 01:57 PM, Rodney D. Myers wrote: Not so here, using Apple Mail. I'm checking the online spam filters, to see if they are catching them, and looking into the local SPAM folder, and they are not there either. That's what's frustrating. Brad Rogers, in the UK can send an unsubscribe email, and I get the OO response. Yet when I reply to the response, it gets lost. From this email address, and the want I want to subscribe to. http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html quote By far the most common mailing list problem is attempting to unsubscribe from an address that is not subscribed. If you need to unsubscribe a specific address, say [EMAIL PROTECTED], send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If none of this helps, and you still have questions, please contact us. /quote So, even though you are subscribed, if I'm reading that correctly you might try: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And see if that works. Otherwise send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see if the list owner can help: The please contact us link in the above page goes to: http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html About the only thing on the http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html page that seems as if it might be of help is: Send webmaster mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a last resort? I know the web site says webmasters (plural) but the convention/rule is that site managers are supposed to look at mail to webmaster (singular). -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Unsubscribing Info
On 04/16/2008 02:22 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 16/04/2008 22:09, NoOp wrote: Send webmaster mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a last resort? I know the web site says webmasters (plural) but the convention/rule is that site managers are supposed to look at mail to webmaster (singular). Not unless it's changed since January 2007: http://website.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=devmsgNo=8168 Begin forwarded message: [snip] Date: 2 Jan 2007 7:55:40 AM EST (CA) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [webmasters] OpenOffice website Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And check out here: SMTP session [Resolving cylon1.sjc.collab.net...] [Resolving cylon1.sjc.collab.net...] [Contacting cylon1.sjc.collab.net [204.16.104.10]...] [Connected] 220 cylon1.sjc.collab.net ESMTP EHLO hexillion.com 250-cylon1.sjc.collab.net 250-8BITMIME 250 SIZE 31457280 MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 sender [EMAIL PROTECTED] ok RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 recipient [EMAIL PROTECTED] ok RSET 250 reset QUIT 221 cylon1.sjc.collab.net [Connection closed] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: periods in column headings in calc and mail merge
NoOp wrote: Interesting... For this next test I didn't use mailmerge, but instead just created a new label document (File|New|Labels) and found that if I use Zip the zip field appears properly. However, if I use P.C., I end up with an empty field. Probably worth filing a bug (the honor goes to he/she that posted first :-) as I can't seem to find a related one already filed (so far). Done. -HS - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: periods in column headings in calc and mail merge
NoOp wrote: On 04/15/2008 05:05 PM, H.S. wrote: NoOp wrote: What sort of wierd problems? It's also helpful if you let us know what version of OOo Operating System... I was printing labels using the data. Initially, all the labels turned out to be the same. If I created the labels by using only the fields which had no period in them, then the data came out okay. Interesting... For this next test I didn't use mailmerge, but instead just created a new label document (File|New|Labels) and found that if I use Zip the zip field appears properly. However, if I use P.C., I end up with an empty field. Probably worth filing a bug (the honor goes to he/she that posted first :-) as I can't seem to find a related one already filed (so far). BTW, it is issue #88365. Perhaps you can confirm it there. thanks, -HS - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component
Many people ask for an email client from OpenOffice.org, and these people have either never heard of Thunderbird or have rejected it for some reason. Thus, I suggest a different email client for OOo. See this OOo bug: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88366 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?
[users] Re: WriterTools - do they work? are they worth the effort?
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:19:45 -0400, William Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi; Just saw a reference to WriterTools for the first time in one of today's threads. http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php/writertools I visited the site and liked some of the tools advertised, especially the foreign phrase translation. I suspect it is just a link to a translation site. That's OK - but does it work? For example, will it translate Latin phrases? Are the other tools well integrated into OOo? Is it worth the download and installing trouble, or am I just getting toys? Any quick comments or recommendations gratefully received. I started it, my motivation to install were not dissimilar to those you've expressed. It's OK now I got through the install, which was a bit tricky; now I've done it once I'm bound to forget, consequence of the passing years. I also wanted to get a feel for whats involved in writing an OOo extension. First impressions - well its not The Chicago Manual of Style, nor disappointingly does it appear to have any links thereto. It's a bit intrusive in that it inserts Writers Tools into the top level menu, would have preferred a sub menu off Tools or a tool bar, but maybe its configurable. I might post review on my blog, I'll try to remember post a link here if I do. cheers UT - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Unsubscribing Info
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:08:11 +0100, Brad Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:27:24 +1000 Urbane Tiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Urbane, When one unsubscribes one needs to ensure that the unsubscribe email is sent from the same mail address as the original subscription. The process can be *initiated* from any address, by using a to address of a certain form; [EMAIL PROTECTED] note the replacement of '@' by '=' in the subscriber's address to avoid an addy with two '@', which would be invalid. The confirmation request will then be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Great - I had to swap out my keyboard the other day because it ran out of @'s - now I know where they all went:-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Unsubscribing Info
On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:09 PM, NoOp wrote: On 04/15/2008 01:57 PM, Rodney D. Myers wrote: Not so here, using Apple Mail. I'm checking the online spam filters, to see if they are catching them, and looking into the local SPAM folder, and they are not there either. That's what's frustrating. Brad Rogers, in the UK can send an unsubscribe email, and I get the OO response. Yet when I reply to the response, it gets lost. From this email address, and the want I want to subscribe to. http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html quote By far the most common mailing list problem is attempting to unsubscribe from an address that is not subscribed. If you need to unsubscribe a specific address, say [EMAIL PROTECTED], send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If none of this helps, and you still have questions, please contact us. /quote So, even though you are subscribed, if I'm reading that correctly you might try: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And see if that works. Otherwise send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see if the list owner can help: The please contact us link in the above page goes to: http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html About the only thing on the http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html page that seems as if it might be of help is: Send webmaster mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a last resort? Been there, done that. For some reason, my emails never generate anything. In another thread, Brad R. was able to unsubscribe me, but when I replied to that email, nothing ever happened. I will send an email to the above address though. -- Rodney D. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: AIM#:YAHOO: 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin - 1759 PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [users] Re: Unsubscribing Info
On 16/04/2008 22:34, NoOp wrote: On 04/16/2008 02:22 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 16/04/2008 22:09, NoOp wrote: Send webmaster mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a last resort? I know the web site says webmasters (plural) but the convention/rule is that site managers are supposed to look at mail to webmaster (singular). Not unless it's changed since January 2007: http://website.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=devmsgNo=8168 Begin forwarded message: [snip] Date: 2 Jan 2007 7:55:40 AM EST (CA) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [webmasters] OpenOffice website Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And check out here: SMTP session [Resolving cylon1.sjc.collab.net...] [Resolving cylon1.sjc.collab.net...] [Contacting cylon1.sjc.collab.net [204.16.104.10]...] [Connected] 220 cylon1.sjc.collab.net ESMTP EHLO hexillion.com 250-cylon1.sjc.collab.net 250-8BITMIME 250 SIZE 31457280 MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 sender [EMAIL PROTECTED] ok RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 recipient [EMAIL PROTECTED] ok RSET 250 reset QUIT 221 cylon1.sjc.collab.net [Connection closed] I sit corrected. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
[users] Re: periods in column headings in calc and mail merge
On 04/16/2008 02:46 PM, H.S. wrote: NoOp wrote: Probably worth filing a bug (the honor goes to he/she that posted first :-) as I can't seem to find a related one already filed (so far). BTW, it is issue #88365. Perhaps you can confirm it there. Done: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88365 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Forced to install MS office so boss can sync phone, any alternative?
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:36:03 -0400, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Urbane Tiger wrote: Unfortunately, many consider Outlook to be the only email app. However, depending on where the calendar is located, you may be able to use Thunderbird Lightning, both of which can be found at www.mozilla.org. I sync my Nokia N800 Thunderbird with Google Calendar. cool - has Google lost your Calendar yet like it loses folks mail. Not that I've noticed. Then again, it's easy enough to lose email and calendars in Outlook too. The same goes for T'bird, Eudora, IncrediMail etc. The difference is that in any one instance of losing mail or calendars, only one person is impacted, not everyone! Love 'em or hate 'em - I can't recall MS Hotmail losing significant amounts of data. I'm fed up with Google, it tries to second guess the motivation for my searches, it's invariably wrong and delivers the wrong stuff first. Like enter a manufacturer's name and the 1st page and a half are shopping sites, rather than the manufacturer themselves. Not everyone's a shopaholic, personally I'm a shopaphobic. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component
On 04/16/2008 03:09 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Many people ask for an email client from OpenOffice.org, and these people have either never heard of Thunderbird or have rejected it for some reason. Thus, I suggest a different email client for OOo. See this OOo bug: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88366 And how long do you figure that it would take David Harris to port to Linux Mac OS X? That is of course once the proprietary third-party core editor issue is resolved... Thunderbird currently supports Windows, Linux Mac OS X, is opensource (with Mozilla restrictions that are already acknowledged and used in OOo - see the OOo THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.html), and localised for many languages: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/all.html Further, Thunderbird already has several million users, a vast support network, and a considerable amount of add-in's/extensions (to include Calendar/PIM). Sorry, but I'd not vote for 88366. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: periods in column headings in calc and mail merge
NoOp wrote: On 04/16/2008 02:46 PM, H.S. wrote: NoOp wrote: Probably worth filing a bug (the honor goes to he/she that posted first :-) as I can't seem to find a related one already filed (so far). BTW, it is issue #88365. Perhaps you can confirm it there. Done: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88365 Thanks. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component
NoOp wrote: On 04/16/2008 03:09 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Many people ask for an email client from OpenOffice.org, and these people have either never heard of Thunderbird or have rejected it for some reason. Thus, I suggest a different email client for OOo. See this OOo bug: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88366 And how long do you figure that it would take David Harris to port to Linux Mac OS X? That is of course once the proprietary third-party core editor issue is resolved... Thunderbird currently supports Windows, Linux Mac OS X, is opensource (with Mozilla restrictions that are already acknowledged and used in OOo - see the OOo THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.html), and localised for many languages: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/all.html Further, Thunderbird already has several million users, a vast support network, and a considerable amount of add-in's/extensions (to include Calendar/PIM). Sorry, but I'd not vote for 88366. Neither would I. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Spreadsheet to word processor table
Thanks, Niall. Yes, it does, and I think we may be getting closer here. If you click *below* the table you're working with (I generally add an empty paragraph before my paste point), rather than inside the table, then do the Paste Special for formatted text, you should get an independent table that looks pretty much like what you had in Calc. If you want to append the data from that copy to your existing, nicely formatted table, just add an empty row at the bottom of the formatted one. Then click somewhere in the copied table, Table Select Table, and Ctrl-C. Now you have all your spreadsheet data in a good form for normal pasting. Click in the first cell (or whichever one is to be the top left of the appended data) of the empty new row of the formatted table, then Ctrl-V. Your data should populate the formatted table in the appropriate columns, adding all the rows it needs. Now you can delete the copied temporary table. That should do it, I hope, though you may have to do a little more to get the copied data to match the existing table's format. I do a very similar thing getting data from Base tables and queries into Writer tables. Unfortunately, the clipboard formats for Writer, Calc, and Base seem to be incompatible without the intermediate step. (By the way, let's keep all this on the list so others can help, too.) Niall Martin wrote: Thanks for your message.. Initially I created my table, then did paste special on to it. No go. I then explored the other options. DDE seemed to give the wrong answer. Paste special taking the formatted text option put everything in a single column of the table, instead of distributing the items in the appropriate columns. What succeeded was paste special, taking the unformatted text option, highlighting the pasted text, followed by table/convert to table. It does seem a roundabout way of doing things, particularly if having set up the table you then want to add more data to it. I hope this clarifies the process. On 16 Apr 2008 at 14:20, Barbara Duprey wrote: Date sent: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:20:01 -0500 From:Barbara Duprey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject: * *Re: [users] Re: Spreadsheet to word processor table* R N D Martin wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Barker) wrote: *From:* Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* users@openoffice.org *Date:* Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:55:54 +0100 At 15:26 14/04/2008 +0100, Niall Martin wrote: In Lotus I am used to creating a table and then using copy and paste to batch paste direct to the cells in the table, but in OO I seem to have to paste special into the document as text, and then turn what I have pasted into a table. I find this rather long winded and awkward. Have I missed something? Possibly. I think that, in Writer, this is even easier than you hope. Don't create any table first. Instead, copy the cells from your spreadsheet and then use Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V), selecting DDE link from the options. This creates a table with your imported values, which you can then format as you require. Note that this technique actually creates a link to the source spreadsheet instead of a copy - so the spreadsheet file must continue to be available and any subsequent change to it will be reflected in your Writer document. If this is not what you need, after you have pasted the link, go to Edit | Links..., select the relevant link in the list, and press Break Link. You will now have an independent text document. I trust this helps. Brian Barker I did experiment briefly with the DDE option, but abandoned it at once, since it did not seem to be doing what I wanted. Your second paragraph I regard as a workaround which I will try some time, but still regard as rather clumsy. Thanks for your comment. Niall Martin Niall, have you done the Paste Special as formatted test? That seems to preserve more of the formatting than the DDE link, whether later broken or not. You should end up with a table immediately after doing the Paste Special that comes pretty close to what you had in Calc. When you say turn what I have pasted into a table what kind of steps are you going through? Maybe we can help with that part. Niall Martin Phone 0131 4678468 Please reply to: niallatrndmartin.cix.co.uk - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component
On 2008-04-16, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many people ask for an email client from OpenOffice.org, and these people have either never heard of Thunderbird or have rejected it for some reason. Thus, I suggest a different email client for OOo. See this OOo bug: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88366 Getting Pegasus open source compatible and cross-plaform sounds like a lot more work than using Thunderbird, which is already open source and cross platform. -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component
Bob Estes wrote: [snip] Further, Thunderbird already has several million users, a vast support network, and a considerable amount of add-in's/extensions (to include Calendar/PIM). Sorry, but I'd not vote for 88366. Neither would I. Nope.would be TOTAL ignorance. Fred -- Q: what's the difference between a teddy bear and Steve Ballmer? A: they both have sawdust for brains but one is smart enough to keep his mouth shut. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
