Re: [users] Google Earth KMZ Files
Hi Brian, would you like to take a look att http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/kmlooo I hope it could help you. Have a nice trip Carlos Martinez Brian Beamish skrev 2010-05-04 00:10: We are just a few days off leaving on a 6 month 20,000km caravan trip around Australia I have just discovered that anyone using MS Word can insert Google Earth's KMZ location files but it is unfortunately not possible in OpenOffice writer. If there is a Fix for this I would sure love to know. Have attached a KMZ file Regards Brian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Saving to latest version of Word
FYI: Word XP etc. are all related to Office 2002, Word 2002, and if I'm not mistaken, office 10 version. 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 are all supported in OO.0, unlike Microsoft 2007, which forces you to use an add-on to do so. Maybe even earlier versions: I've never tried anything older than Word 97, so not sure. Initially they (MS) didn't want you to use those earlier versions; their typical way of forcing users to buy new software, used to great advantage in their overall history of customers be damned. HTH, Twayne` n news:4bdf43c1.2070...@onr.com, Barbara Duprey typed: > Abdul Hai wrote: >> I have just checked that and it seems the latest version >> of a Open Office document I can save in Word is 2000. Is >> there any plans to do it for Word 2007? > > All the Word formats, including the Word 2007 ones, can be > read by OOo; all versions with any claim to being recent can save in > Word XP (and its earlier kin). At least so far, MS Office > has not made its Word XP version obsolete, and there appears to be no > compelling > reason to write the Word 2007 formats -- MS has basically orphaned that > kind of almost-OOXML format, it doesn't fully comply with > the "standard" they forced through the process last year. > And since *nobody* supports that yet, it's too much of a moving target to > waste much > development time on at this point. Office 2007 SP2 nominally supports the > standard Open Document Format that is used by OOo, but in a > way that is not particularly compatible with OOo or any of the other > applications using that standard. For now, if you have to > save in a Word format, stick with Word XP; if you are > receiving Word documents, you can read Word XP formats or the Word 2007 > (.docx) format, but try to keep > them from sending the "ODF" formats that are available with Office > 2007 SP2 and later. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Need the program
In news:4bdc185c.7040...@awesomenet.net, Mary Snider typed: > On 5/1/2010 6:56 AM, Mary Snider wrote: >> Dear Sir, >> My computer is not able to install OPEN OFFICE.ORG because >> I have DIAL UP CONNECTION, can't afford nothing else. I >> was wondering if I could get the program if it is not too >> much. I tried and tried to install Open Office.org but I >> can't so please help me. Can't afford Microsoft Office. Let me know >> something please. Thank you, Mary Snider >> 105 Broadway >> Poteet, TX 78065 >> 830-742-3216 I think you mean you cannot download the free version of the program because it is so large and takes so long, right? That would have nothing to do with "installing" the program; it's downloading you have the problem with, correct? If that's NOT correct, please clarify it and explain the situation more fully. There are many "download manager" programs on the 'net, free and pay-for, which would help a great deal with getting the program downloaded to your computer. Install one and let it do all the tedious work for you. Download managers typically know and remember what you downloaded. They're also smart enough to know, for instance, if had already downloaded, say, 15% of the program, so next time you go back to the manager to continue the download, it will know 15% of it has alreaedy been downloaded and won't re-download that part again; it'll pick up right from whre it left off last time. It works just as well for failed/glitched downloads, etc.. So all in all, thought it might take a day or two to get the whole file to download, it will get the job done. If you aren't familiar with download managers and how to use them, folks here I'm pretty sure would be happy to recommend what they use, especially for the free ones. It IS important to be sure you get it from a safe, reliable web site, so recommendations are the way to go. The one I use is part of a different program and wouldn't do you any good but I do have a couple of them in my archives (backups) that i used to use and if I really had to, I could relocate them again. For infor, try out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download_manager http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_download_managers has lots of resources and lnks. HTH, Twayne` - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: I know!
In news:adc1c969-89ee-4ed8-a6c7-fce95690a...@sunde-wilde.com, James Wilde typed: > I know, I said in the first line to add Mary's email > address. And then I forgot! Doh! > > Sorry for the necessary double post. Have a good laugh. :( > > //J= Huh? What's this about? Did you REALLY mean for this to be a new post and not a Reply to some thread? It makes no sense. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
RE: [users] Google Earth KMZ Files
Not sure if this will be any help. http://code.google.com/apis/kml/faq.html#openkmz From: Brian Beamish [mailto:dink...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 8:10 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Google Earth KMZ Files We are just a few days off leaving on a 6 month 20,000km caravan trip around Australia I have just discovered that anyone using MS Word can insert Google Earth's KMZ location files but it is unfortunately not possible in OpenOffice writer. If there is a Fix for this I would sure love to know. Have attached a KMZ file Regards Brian
[users] Google Earth KMZ Files
We are just a few days off leaving on a 6 month 20,000km caravan trip around Australia I have just discovered that anyone using MS Word can insert Google Earth's KMZ location files but it is unfortunately not possible in OpenOffice writer. If there is a Fix for this I would sure love to know. Have attached a KMZ file Regards Brian Home.kmz Description: application/vnd.google-earth.kmz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Saving to latest version of Word
Abdul Hai wrote: I have just checked that and it seems the latest version of a Open Office document I can save in Word is 2000. Is there any plans to do it for Word 2007? All the Word formats, including the Word 2007 ones, can be read by OOo; all versions with any claim to being recent can save in Word XP (and its earlier kin). At least so far, MS Office has not made its Word XP version obsolete, and there appears to be no compelling reason to write the Word 2007 formats -- MS has basically orphaned that kind of almost-OOXML format, it doesn't fully comply with the "standard" they forced through the process last year. And since *nobody* supports that yet, it's too much of a moving target to waste much development time on at this point. Office 2007 SP2 nominally supports the standard Open Document Format that is used by OOo, but in a way that is not particularly compatible with OOo or any of the other applications using that standard. For now, if you have to save in a Word format, stick with Word XP; if you are receiving Word documents, you can read Word XP formats or the Word 2007 (.docx) format, but try to keep them from sending the "ODF" formats that are available with Office 2007 SP2 and later. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Calc - sorting by formula, empty cells cause misalignment
At 19:27 03/05/2010 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: Kev Noname wrote: I'm not sure if this is a bug or what, but it's unexpected behavior. Say you make a uniform table, and one of the columns is a formula with references to other cells in the row, and those cells might be blank. If you now sort by the formula column, the cell references in each formula cell may now refer to the cells in other rows (where the blanks were) instead of the row where they are now located. If you simply insert a dummy value into those empty cells, the formula references will be preserved correctly, but filling in the blanks can be tedious. Is this a bug or is there a way to work around it? Please supply a small example - just a few numbers and the formula you are using in an e-mail. You are right to identify that the problem is not yet clear, of course. When I try this I find I cannot sort on the "generated" column ... Really? I hope you can. ... nothing happens. If you sort only the column of formulae, this may be what you would want. If the formulae are parallel - as if they were created by copying or filling down the column, that is - any sort performed only on these formulae should indeed reorder them. But when such formulae are moved to other cells, they will also be adjusted in the way that spreadsheets do, so the cells they depend on will now be different - perhaps cells in their new rows. And that means that in many cases (though not all, of course) what ends up in each cell will just be a copy of what was there before. Nothing will appear to have happened. If you sort the data cells in each row along with the results cells (but use the result cells to determine the sort order), you should in general see a change. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] New Member
Hi Sigrid, Another reply gave me some information that's helping me consider my options and at least now I'm able to access my documents. The last two weeks have been overwhelming and it's taking a while to sort things out--learning as I go. Thanks for your assistance. Diane --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Sigrid Carrera wrote: From: Sigrid Carrera Subject: Re: [users] New Member To: users@openoffice.org Cc: dnyteskye-goodsservi...@yahoo.com Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 5:56 PM Hi Diane, Am Sun, 2 May 2010 12:14:18 -0700 (PDT) schrieb dnyteskye-goodsservi...@yahoo.com: > Hi, > > I have some questions. But first a bit of history. > > Due to malware issues on a recently acquired second-hand pc, I just > reinstalled factory version of Windows XP, which must have had MS > Office 2003 factory installed. I have no software and currently have > no way to open documents. > > A few days ago, I installed Open Office 3.2. In reading Welcome Notes > on Installation in readme file, I see info re registration of Open > Office as a default application for MS Office formats. > > Questions: > Was I supposed to choose /msoreg=1 while installing? (I don't > remember seeing any options) Don't worry about this. If I remember correctly, OpenOffice automatically does this for you. (This is a somewhat recent change, so the readme.txt might not be changed yet.) If you have MS Office on your computer, then it won't grab the .doc, .xls, .docx, .xlsx for itself but leave it for MS. If you don't have MS Office installed, then OOo registers those suffixes for itself. > > Should I uninstall and reinstall? How? (Don't see uninstall option on > start-up menu dropdown) If I do, will I see that option? No, you don't need to un-/reinstall. If you ever need to reinstall, go to the "setup.exe" file and doubleclick on it. Then the installation wizard will appear and you can choose to either do a "repair installation" or an "uninstall". You should arrive at the same place, if you go to "Start > System preferences > Software" and click there on the "change" button. Please note, that you need to have the unzipped installation files. Otherwise OOo can't be uninstalled. > If I register, will I be given a choice? (I've been busy setting up > pc, so am just now exploring info and haven't registered yet) > > Is there something else I can do to > be able to have access to my documents? Not sure, what you mean. The "registration" is just for counting how many installations of OOo are in the whole world. That's all. If you don't want to, you don't have to register. > As a suggestion, it might make it easier for new members to switch > over if there was easily accessible information for MS users. I've > chosen to use Firefox instead of IE, and Firefox made the transition > easy by providing an overview and clear information about importing > info from IE. What are you missing? I agree, that the readme should give you correct advice, but this was just a human error. I'm sure it will be changed soon. Do you have any other remarks? Would be useful to hear back from you, so that the userguides can deal with those questions. > Thanks for your assistance. > Diane I hope, that my answers help. :) Sigrid
[users] Saving to latest version of Word
I have just checked that and it seems the latest version of a Open Office document I can save in Word is 2000. Is there any plans to do it for Word 2007? Support solar power in the developing world. http://www.everyclick.com/solaraid http://www.solar-aid.org/
Re: [users] Calc - sorting by formula, empty cells cause misalignment
kev wrote: I'm not sure if this is a bug or what, but it's unexpected behavior. Say you make a uniform table, and one of the columns is a formula with references to other cells in the row, and those cells might be blank. If you now sort by the formula column, the cell references in each formula cell may now refer to the cells in other rows (where the blanks were) instead of the row where they are now located. If you simply insert a dummy value into those empty cells, the formula references will be preserved correctly, but filling in the blanks can be tedious. Is this a bug or is there a way to work around it? Please supply a small example - just a few numbers and the formula you are using in an e-mail. When I try this I find I cannot sort on the "generated" column - nothing happens. If I sort on the "source" column, the generated column gets rearranged appropriately. Oh, I tried this on OOo 3.1 running on Win XP Pro. What version and OS are you using? -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Base wizard: Business or Personal?!?
> I would consider "category" and "sample fields types" to have very > similar meanings. The term "category" does not make it clear that the effect will be which fields are shown, and that this is the only effect. Any wording that makes both those points clear is fine. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Base wizard: Business or Personal?!?
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 3 May 2010 00:08, Daniel Lewis wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: When using the Base Table Wizard, the very first question is Category: Business or Personal. This is very confusing to users, who don't want to answer "wrong". If the only difference is in the Sample Tables, then maybe all the sample tables should be together anyway. If the difference is more than that, then there should be an explanation. Thoughts on improvement? What is confusing? The sample tables in the Business category contain fields to be used in a business database. The sample tables in the Personal category contain fields to be used in a personal database. To me, this is obvious when you look at the names of the suggested tables. What is confusing is that it is not obvious that the differences is limited only to the sample fields. Maybe the label should be changed from "Category" to "Sample Fields Types". It will then be obvious _what_ changes when the selection is made, and furthermore it will be obvious that the change is limited to only that part of the wizard. I would consider "category" and "sample fields types" to have very similar meanings. So, it might be a matter of interpreting the words used. What I just did was to open the Table Wizard and then clicked on the Help button in the wizard. I then click the Table Wizard - Select Fields link. That link seems to clearify the meaning. There is a slight problem though: Help refers to Business and Private rather than Business and Personal. That might cause some confusion. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
