Re: [users] What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?
On Tuesday 02 November 2010 10:01, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Why does calc support multiple sheets in a single document? What is > the use case? I've used it before with seperate monthly sheets and an annual totals sheet. -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] IMPORTANT
On Tuesday 02 November 2010 06:41, Indaba wrote: > Dear Sir's, > > Please remove the following link from the web, you should not have > published the said letter without my permission as you have included my > email address. Dear Sir That is impossible. Your permission was implicit in sending an email to a publicly distributed mailing list. It is now on several servers boyond any company or individuals control. Please (belatedly) read the web page regarding OpenOffice.org mailing lists: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?
Thanks, all. I am looking to build support with these use cases for a parallel feature in Writer: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112163 -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??
Hi Jonathon, jonathon wrote: On 10/30/2010 08:15 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: So, do you take offense with StarOffice The issue is that Oracle is taking open source code, and making it exclusively closed source. No, it is not made *exclusively* closed source. In addition please note that Oracle is producing most of that open source code. For example Oracle pays me to write open source code. Kind regards, Ingrid - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?
On 11/1/2010 5:01 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Why does calc support multiple sheets in a single document? What is the use case? Thanks. Gradesheets: master sheet that has points available for each activity as of now. The number of points changes each week of the term 1 sheet per student. bill - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size
Hi, I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF forms, but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with Acrobat Reader for example). Anyone can help ? Regards, Yann
Re: [users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size
Il 02/11/2010 13:26, Yann Barraud ha scritto: Hi, I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF forms, but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with Acrobat Reader for example). Anyone can help ? Regards, Yann You can set the font type and size of an input text field in Writer, and those settings will be used by the PDF reader. AFAICS, though, the user cannot change the textfield font in any way. I looked for that function in evince (ubuntu) and adobe reader 9. HTH -- Marcello Romani - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size
Hi, I heard from a friend (though I did not check) that this is possible with Adobe Acrobat generated forms... Regard, Yann On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Marcello Romani wrote: > Il 02/11/2010 13:26, Yann Barraud ha scritto: > > Hi, >> >> I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF >> forms, >> but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with Acrobat Reader >> for example). >> >> Anyone can help ? >> >> Regards, >> Yann >> >> > You can set the font type and size of an input text field in Writer, and > those settings will be used by the PDF reader. AFAICS, though, the user > cannot change the textfield font in any way. I looked for that function in > evince (ubuntu) and adobe reader 9. > > HTH > > -- > Marcello Romani > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > >
Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts
On 11/01/10 20:55, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I recommend that you install an additional desktop. After doing so you > will have the additional desktop as a login option. The reason I > recommend this is because it gives you an additional way to log in if > you mess up something in Gnome and it won't start. > > But this is an OOo list, so I'll shut up now about Ubuntu. :) I have Ubuntu's default and the optional KDE login, if needed. I prefer GNOME for a few desktop options that I do not find the way I want/need when using KDE. I know some people tell me I am stupid to use a GNOME desktop instead of KDE. I need certain things, and I cannot get it with KDE or at least I have not found desktop apps for KDE's panel that has my needed things that are easy to find/use in GNOME. Well, that is all for me as well on the KDE/GNOME desktop subject. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:26:12 +0100 Yann Barraud dijo: >I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF >forms, but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with >Acrobat Reader for example). You should be able to do this, but it doesn't work due to a bug that has been in OOo for years and remains unfixed. Open a new, blank Writer document. From View > Toolbars select Form Design and Form Controls. Using the Controls toolbar place some controls on the document that would contain text, e.g., a list box, a text box, etc. Right click on the control and select Control. This will bring up a dialog box where you can specify the properties for the control, including the font. When finished, export your form to a PDF, making sure that you check the box "create PDF form." (The box is unchecked by default.) Now open your form in Adobe Reader. You will discover that your controls work, but the font will be Helvetica or some sans-serif face, rather than the font you specified in the control properties. This bug was reported and confirmed years ago, but no one has ever done anything about it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size
Ok, this would allow me to choose the font for my users. What I wanted to do is to let thme choose the font while filling the PDF form... But I think this is a functionality beyond the one you mentioned. Thanks ! Regards, Yann Barraud On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:36 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:26:12 +0100 > Yann Barraud dijo: > > >I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF > >forms, but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with > >Acrobat Reader for example). > > You should be able to do this, but it doesn't work due to a bug that > has been in OOo for years and remains unfixed. > > Open a new, blank Writer document. From View > Toolbars select Form > Design and Form Controls. Using the Controls toolbar place some > controls on the document that would contain text, e.g., a list box, a > text box, etc. Right click on the control and select Control. This will > bring up a dialog box where you can specify the properties for the > control, including the font. > > When finished, export your form to a PDF, making sure that you check > the box "create PDF form." (The box is unchecked by default.) > > Now open your form in Adobe Reader. You will discover that your > controls work, but the font will be Helvetica or some sans-serif face, > rather than the font you specified in the control properties. > > This bug was reported and confirmed years ago, but no one has > ever done anything about it. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > >
Re: [users] Change path for .~lock.xyz files
On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 14:53 -0700, JOE Conner wrote: > ... it seems to me that the solution is in fixing the file > permissions to properly allow the creation of the lock file > and proproperly training the people who would edit the file > that they have no *authority* to create any other files and > to have suitable penalties established for violators. I don't really have a horse in this race, but this statement struck me as odd. If you seriously think that the proper solution is to replace use of file permissions with social pressure then I have to conclude that you don't understand what file permissions are for. -Alan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Upgrade 3.1.1 to 3.2.1 (Fedora)
I have OOo 3.1.1 installed (from OOo, not from repositories) on Fedora 11 x86_64. I have downloaded and untarred the x86_64 RPM for 3.2.1 from OOo. I have also made a full system backup and also made a copy of my .openoffice.org config folder. Before I install I have some dumb questions: 1) Do I have to uninstall 3.1.1 first, or will the new install overwrite the old? 2) If I need to uninstall, I could use a hand with the yum syntax, as I'm not very familiar with yum from the command line. There are a lot of packages and I need to be sure I get them all. I found numerous instructions on the net (all different), but I can tell that the syntax is wrong. 3) I have a ton of personal settings and extensions in ~/.openoffice.org. Are there any issues with 3.2.1? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] [moderated]
I want to download just the word processing project Writer, how do I do that?
Re: [users] Program Disk
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Cameron Walter wrote: > HI > I purchased your open office office program disk about 3 weeks ago, up > until now I have not received it. I realise that, sometimes there is a delay > in cross border shipping, but I think this too long. and sopmething has > happened on the way. I would like you top look into the matter for me. > My name/adress is: > Walter Cameron > 169 Shaughnessy Blvd. Unit.23 > Toronto. ON. M2J 1J9 > Canada. > > Thank You. Walter > > You really need to go back to the website/people that you purchased the program from. This mailing list is for OpenOffice.org which is freely available from www.openoffice.org If you got the program from us there would be no charge, or something to wait for (it can be downloaded, free of charge, from the website). /paul
[users] Attached tables in Base on OpenOffice
Est il possible d'attacher des tables dans le module Base d'OpenOffice et comment ? Is it possible attaching tables in the module Base of OpenOffice and How? Cordialement. Philippe ROCHE - Team2i - 01 45 67 84 94 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Program Disk
HI I purchased your open office office program disk about 3 weeks ago, up until now I have not received it. I realise that, sometimes there is a delay in cross border shipping, but I think this too long. and sopmething has happened on the way. I would like you top look into the matter for me. My name/adress is: Walter Cameron 169 Shaughnessy Blvd. Unit.23 Toronto. ON. M2J 1J9 Canada. Thank You. Walter
Re: [users] [moderated]
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:08 PM, delaine.ward wrote: > I want to download just the word processing project Writer, how do I do > that? You cannot just download a component of OpenOffice - it comes as a package. When it comes time to install however you can decide to install just the writer package. In saying that however installing just one component is also not recommended. OpenOffice is designed to work as a total package and in doing so there are common components which if not installed, may produce unknown results. The best option is to download it, install it all, and just use the writer component. /paul
[users] deutschland uber alles :-)
http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/1/michael-meeks-discusses-libreoffice-split/ mass dimissions !!! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Attached tables in Base on OpenOffice
pro...@team2i.fr wrote: Est il possible d'attacher des tables dans le module Base d'OpenOffice et comment ? Is it possible attaching tables in the module Base of OpenOffice and How? Cordialement. Philippe ROCHE - Team2i - 01 45 67 84 94 http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html If you want to get information in your native language, use this link to locate a list of the languages. Click on your language, and the OOo website will appear in your language. You will also find a mailing list similar to this one in your language. Someone should be able to answer your question there. There are at least a couple of ways to attach tables to an open Base file. Tables can be copied from one open base file to another open base file. Right click on the table in the one Base file, and select Copy from the context menu. Right click in the same area of the second Base file, and select Paste from the context menu. Is this what you wanted? Did you want to create a table from a spreadsheet? You have sent your question to a mailing list. I am one of thousands who have received your email. If you could be a little clearer in how you want to attach a table, please send another email to this mailing list again (users@ openoffice.org) if you want the answer in English. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?
Am 02.11.2010 10:17, Dotan Cohen wrote: Thanks, all. I am looking to build support with these use cases for a parallel feature in Writer: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112163 A Writer document is built around one sequence of paragraphs. What you may want is a layout program rather than text processor. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 00:11, Andreas Säger wrote: > A Writer document is built around one sequence of paragraphs. What you may > want is a layout program rather than text processor. > What of the use case where a theoretical William has some gradesheets as a Writer document? He might have one master sheet that has points available for each activity as of now, and the number of points changes each week of the term. He might like having 1 sheet per student, as opposed to having individual files per student. Almost any use case for Calc could be massaged into a use case for Writer. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?
On Tue Nov 02 2010 15:20:19 GMT-0700 (PDT) Dotan Cohen wrote: On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 00:11, Andreas Säger wrote: A Writer document is built around one sequence of paragraphs. What you may want is a layout program rather than text processor. What of the use case where a theoretical William has some gradesheets as a Writer document? He might have one master sheet that has points available for each activity as of now, and the number of points changes each week of the term. He might like having 1 sheet per student, as opposed to having individual files per student. Almost any use case for Calc could be massaged into a use case for Writer. +1 Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Upgrade 3.1.1 to 3.2.1 (Fedora)
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:16:29 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >I have OOo 3.1.1 installed (from OOo, not from repositories) on Fedora >11 x86_64. I have downloaded and untarred the x86_64 RPM for 3.2.1 from >OOo. I have also made a full system backup and also made a copy >of my .openoffice.org config folder. Before I install I have some dumb >questions: > >1) Do I have to uninstall 3.1.1 first, or will the new install >overwrite the old? > >2) If I need to uninstall, I could use a hand with the yum syntax, as >I'm not very familiar with yum from the command line. There are a lot >of packages and I need to be sure I get them all. I found numerous >instructions on the net (all different), but I can tell that the syntax >is wrong. > >3) I have a ton of personal settings and extensions in >~/.openoffice.org. Are there any issues with 3.2.1? No one answered, so I uninstalled OOo 3.1.1 and then used the setup script to install 3.2.1. I can now use OTF fonts based on Type 1 fonts, but a couple longstanding bugs remain unfixed. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?
Am 02.11.2010 23:20, Dotan Cohen wrote: Almost any use case for Calc could be massaged into a use case for Writer. ... if you are ready to change the entire document model including the file format standard which is based on one sequence of paragraphs and compatible to the competitor's document model. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Broken Zotero
I just upgraded my 3.1.1 on Fedora 11 x86_64 to 3.2.1 and I have discovered that Zotero is broken. I guess I had the old version of Zotero. So I used Extension Manager to uninstall it. Then I went to zotero.org and installed 2.09 to Firefox (upgrading whatever the old one was). And then I used the link on zotero.org to install the current OOo plugin. After restarting Firefox and OOo (several times) the Zotero plugin is working fine in Firefox, all all my existing references are still there, but it's not working in OOo. Extension Manager says Zotero OpenOffice Integration 3.0 is installed and enabled, but I can't find the toolbar or any other way to enter a citation or create a list of references. I bet it's just a setting somewhere, but I'll be darned if I can find it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Broken Zotero
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 17:31:26 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >I just upgraded my 3.1.1 on Fedora 11 x86_64 to 3.2.1 and I have >discovered that Zotero is broken. > >I guess I had the old version of Zotero. So I used Extension Manager to >uninstall it. Then I went to zotero.org and installed 2.09 to Firefox >(upgrading whatever the old one was). And then I used the link on >zotero.org to install the current OOo plugin. > >After restarting Firefox and OOo (several times) the Zotero plugin is >working fine in Firefox, all all my existing references are still >there, but it's not working in OOo. Extension Manager says Zotero >OpenOffice Integration 3.0 is installed and enabled, but I can't find >the toolbar or any other way to enter a citation or create a list of >references. I finally found the toolbar. Some idiot decided that instead of calling it "Zotero" they should rename it "Add-on 4." Seriously. But it still isn't working. When I click on any of the buttons I get a little beep and Firefox pops up a warning that it is unable to communicate with my word processor. The Zotero website leads me to believe that it is a problem with Java JRE, but I can't figure out how to solve it. I did install the latest Sun JRE 22, and now I no longer get a beep or warning from Firefox, but it still does not enter the citation or let me look at my list of references. And yes, I did go to Options > Java and tell OOo to use the new JRE, and I did restart Firefox and OOo. If anyone has any idea how to get Zotero running with OOo 3.2.1 and Firefox 3.5.9 on Linux, I could use some help. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Broken Zotero
I've been having huge Zotero problems for months! Glad to know it's not just me. Not sure about any answers for you, though. 8-( Julie On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:18 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 17:31:26 -0700 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > > >I just upgraded my 3.1.1 on Fedora 11 x86_64 to 3.2.1 and I have > >discovered that Zotero is broken. > > > >I guess I had the old version of Zotero. So I used Extension Manager to > >uninstall it. Then I went to zotero.org and installed 2.09 to Firefox > >(upgrading whatever the old one was). And then I used the link on > >zotero.org to install the current OOo plugin. > > > >After restarting Firefox and OOo (several times) the Zotero plugin is > >working fine in Firefox, all all my existing references are still > >there, but it's not working in OOo. Extension Manager says Zotero > >OpenOffice Integration 3.0 is installed and enabled, but I can't find > >the toolbar or any other way to enter a citation or create a list of > >references. > > I finally found the toolbar. Some idiot decided that instead of calling > it "Zotero" they should rename it "Add-on 4." Seriously. > > But it still isn't working. When I click on any of the buttons I get a > little beep and Firefox pops up a warning that it is unable to > communicate with my word processor. The Zotero website leads me to > believe that it is a problem with Java JRE, but I can't figure out how > to solve it. I did install the latest Sun JRE 22, and now I no longer > get a beep or warning from Firefox, but it still does not enter the > citation or let me look at my list of references. And yes, I did go to > Options > Java and tell OOo to use the new JRE, and I did restart > Firefox and OOo. > > If anyone has any idea how to get Zotero running with OOo 3.2.1 and > Firefox 3.5.9 on Linux, I could use some help. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > >
Re: [users] Upgrade 3.1.1 to 3.2.1 (Fedora)
On 11/02/2010 01:16 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.1.1 installed (from OOo, not from repositories) on Fedora 11 x86_64. I have downloaded and untarred the x86_64 RPM for 3.2.1 from OOo. I have also made a full system backup and also made a copy of my .openoffice.org config folder. Before I install I have some dumb questions: 1) Do I have to uninstall 3.1.1 first, or will the new install overwrite the old? If I am feeling very paranoid, then I remove any add-ons that I installed before I proceed. I have no idea, but, when I install on my Fedora box, I always uninstall the previous version first. I find the process a bit involved, however. I use rpm to generate a list of what is already installed: First, I create a file that contains the OOo specific files. Note that the first line uses a single > to redirect the output to a new file and the second line uses >> to append to the existing file. rpm -qa | grep openoffice > o.txt rpm -qa | grep ooobas >> o.txt Look in o.txt to see the files that are present. What is missing from this list? When I install OOo, it usually installs a JRE. The desktop integration files should be included (if any). You can decide if you care about the JRE or if you want to leave it. Next, I remove all of the files from the file. rpm -e `cat o.txt` The first portion, "rpm -e" tells rpm to remove a RPM list. using the back-tick character `, says that the list should come from the command cat o.txt, which prints the contents to the screen. Now, is this what you should do? I suppose that you can use yum to remove OOo from your computer, never used it to do so. You installed a new version, so, there is another potential problem. yum will now try to update what your new version that did not come from a repository. If you edit etc/yum.conf and add the line "exclude=openoffice*", then yum will not try to do this. 2) If I need to uninstall, I could use a hand with the yum syntax, as I'm not very familiar with yum from the command line. There are a lot of packages and I need to be sure I get them all. I found numerous instructions on the net (all different), but I can tell that the syntax is wrong. 3) I have a ton of personal settings and extensions in ~/.openoffice.org. Are there any issues with 3.2.1 I have not noticed any problems yet with 3.2.1, and I use it a lot on Fedora. -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Program Disk
Cameron Walter wrote: HI I purchased your open office office program disk about 3 weeks ago, up until now I have not received it. I realise that, sometimes there is a delay in cross border shipping, but I think this too long. and sopmething has happened on the way. I would like you top look into the matter for me. You'll have to contact whoever you bought it from. The people on this mail list are just users of OpenOffice.org, who try to help other users. Also, you don't have to buy it from anyone, as it's a free download from www.openoffice.org. If you cannot get satisfaction from that vendor, you may be able to have your charge card company reverse charges. BTW, this is a public mail list, so it's not a good idea to include personal info. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] [moderated]
delaine.ward wrote: I want to download just the word processing project Writer, how do I do that? You can't download just one part. While it is possible to install only part of it, it's not recommended, as OpenOffice.org is an integrated suite, so it won't save much disk space and may reduce some function. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Broken Zotero
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:27:01 -0700 Julie Flaming dijo: >I've been having huge Zotero problems for months! Glad to know it's >not just me. Not sure about any answers for you, though. 8-( It's almost surely a Java problem. The Zotero forums are full of suggestions, and some of them have actually worked for some users. But I know nothing of programming, let alone Java. Figuring it out is not easy. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
