Re: [users] Table break between first and second rows?
At 13:37 14/12/2010 -0500, Kevin McLauchlan wrote: A table extends over several pages. How do you tell it to split/break after the first content row, so that the table can begin on a page with TONS of space? This is a problem I had before, but never solved. Encountered again in a 'new' doc. A two-column table insists on starting at top of page 20, leaving two lonely lines of body text at the top of page 19, and the rest of page 19 empty. The table has large-ish cells containing pictures, so two or three rows will fit on a page. The header row and first two content rows fit easily on page 20. This implies that the header and row 1 of content would fit easily on page 19, under the two lines of body text... and still leave empty space on that page. But the table refuses to break after the first row. I have tried Table Properties and individual cell properties, as well as properties of the text paragraphs within the cells. I can't find a way to tell my table that it is not merely OK, but actually desirable to start following the most recent body text, and to break conveniently between content row 1 and content row 2. Several reviewers have complained about the bad layout and incompetent use of page space. In general, you will want to solve this problem for future reference. But if your problem is - as you suggest - that your final copy is looking bad, there is surely a simple workaround which can be applied at the last minute before publication. Break the table into two, so that the rows that can appear on the first page are in one table and do so, and the rest are in a second table starting on the new page, as you wish. (To do this, put the cursor into the first row of what you want to be the second table and go to Table | Split Table (or right-click | Split Table).) If necessary, either put a manual page break between the two tables or else set the second's text flow to page break before. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Table break between first and second rows?
On 12/14/2010 12:37 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: A table extends over several pages. How do you tell it to split/break after the first content row, so that the table can begin on a page with TONS of space? This is a problem I had before, but never solved. Encountered again in a 'new' doc. A two-column table insists on starting at top of page 20, leaving two lonely lines of body text at the top of page 19, and the rest of page 19 empty. The table has large-ish cells containing pictures, so two or three rows will fit on a page. The header row and first two content rows fit easily on page 20. This implies that the header and row 1 of content would fit easily on page 19, under the two lines of body text... and still leave empty space on that page. But the table refuses to break after the first row. I have tried Table Properties and individual cell properties, as well as properties of the text paragraphs within the cells. I can't find a way to tell my table that it is not merely OK, but actually desirable to start following the most recent body text, and to break conveniently between content row 1 and content row 2. Several reviewers have complained about the bad layout and incompetent use of page space. Suggestions? Windows XP Pro and OOo 3.21 - kevin If I'm reading this right, your table is insisting on beginning at the start of a page. Have you checked the table's Text Flow properties to make sure that the Break-Page-Before options are not set? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Table break between first and second rows?
A table extends over several pages. How do you tell it to split/break after the first content row, so that the table can begin on a page with TONS of space? This is a problem I had before, but never solved. Encountered again in a 'new' doc. A two-column table insists on starting at top of page 20, leaving two lonely lines of body text at the top of page 19, and the rest of page 19 empty. The table has large-ish cells containing pictures, so two or three rows will fit on a page. The header row and first two content rows fit easily on page 20. This implies that the header and row 1 of content would fit easily on page 19, under the two lines of body text... and still leave empty space on that page. But the table refuses to break after the first row. I have tried Table Properties and individual cell properties, as well as properties of the text paragraphs within the cells. I can't find a way to tell my table that it is not merely OK, but actually desirable to start following the most recent body text, and to break conveniently between content row 1 and content row 2. Several reviewers have complained about the bad layout and incompetent use of page space. Suggestions? Windows XP Pro and OOo 3.21 - kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] error message that says "the file....is not a valid sound file"
Original Message From: MRH To: cont...@tutorialsforopenoffice.org Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:15:21 -0800 Hi, > >I am using Open Office 3.2 on Vista on a Dell laptop. My issue involves adding >music to presentations. I had no trouble doing it in the beginning. Then one >day >I took the presentations from the default folder and moved them to one that >was >more accessible. I deleted the other info that was in that folder because I >didn't think I needed it. It looked something like sw30 and sw300. > >Now when I try to insert music to a presentation it will only apply it to the >first image when I start the slideshow. When I try adding music through the >slide transition sound box it says "the >file:///C:/A%20Song%20List/All%20other%20MP3%20songs/10cc%20-%20I'm%Not%20In%20Love.mp3 > is not a valid sound file ! Of course this is for the 10cc song I'm Not In >Love. I copied the format exactly as it is with caps and punctuation etc. > > >I tried to reinstall Open Office but that didn't help. > >I sincerely hope there is a remedy for this. Thanks for your help. > >Moses H. Hi Moses, Please be aware that "Tutorials For OpenOffice" is not a general support contact for OOo (OpenOffice.org). We are a very small independent volunteer user group and lack the resources to provide answers to the many general support questions we receive every day. This email address is intended for issues specifically related to the use of, or questions about, our tutorials. We would suggest that you post your question to the official OOo users support forums. The attached document provides IMPORTANT information and advice about contacting OOo user support. There are additional support and learning resources listed on our "Links" page: http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/links.html Regards Dave Barton Project Coordinator Tutorials For OpenOffice OOo Support.odt Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: animated PNG format used in OpenOffice?
In news:aanlktimmjeazcd=mcyuyuwwgadr75hcf53pxknyov...@mail.gmail.com, Rupert Brooks typed: > Very interesting, i hadnt heard of it before - thanks. > --Rupert > -- > Rupert Brooks > rupert.bro...@gmail.com > > > > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 18:49, Daniel Lewis > wrote: >> Rupert Brooks wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I took apart an ooimpress file the other day that >>> contained an animation. The image content was stored in >>> Pictures/.png. This appears to be a >>> regular PNG, except its much too big. The animation >>> seems to be stored in it, as it is properly kept and >>> handled in the impress file. However, the manifest for >>> the document just describes the content as >>> media-type="image/png" In principle though, png does >>> not support multiframe to my knowledge. >>> >>> So I wondered, what format is being used by openoffice to >>> store animated images? Are there tools outside of >>> openoffice that can read it? Could someone point me to >>> documentation? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Rupert Brooks >>> -- >>> Rupert Brooks >>> rupert.bro...@gmail.com >>> >>> - >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> The animated images are APNG files (animated PNG). It >> is an extension of the PNG files we have known. Search the >> Web using this phrase: "animated png" (without the >> parentheses). This extension has been around since 2004. >> >> Dan NOF will work with PNG and APNG files, but ... is lacking in some of the abilities to show them properly or at all in Design mode. It's like it's not completely implemented. However, when you PUBLISH the pages with png files in it, they will work/appear fine. IIRC Preview mode within NOF doesn't show them accurately either; publish them though and they will appear fine. I knew about APNG but have never used it for lack of remembering it when I had the time to look it up, but there isn't any reason it shouldn't adhere to the same rules. If you open an Animated Image in any editor that is not animeated "aware", you will not see the animation, again, until you publish it. All you'll see is the first frame of the automation, none of the following frames. You can do some rudimentary work in Animation Shop & similar programs that are aware of animations. Browsers should also show the animations OK but as Isaid, I have no actual experience with APNG. Whether GIF or PNG, the process of creation is the same - a set of frames (pictures) presented at a specified rate with small changes from one to the next. HTH, Twayne` - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] arbitrary PDF exports in v3.2.1
Hello there, I'm trying to build a conversion chain from docx- to PDF-documents. I decided to try an OpenOffice-service which is used by some converter scripts. By the way: has anybody tried OOo 3.3 RC4-7 with tables inside a docx? The support seems to be broken (row heights are wrong). That's why I'm using 3.2.1 right now. What I do: I convert the docx-doc to an odt-document, then I fix some things such as background picture settings by an external script. In the next step, I want to convert the odt-document which really looks good when openend by swriter to a PDF. I did some tests on my Windows 7 machine which ran fine but when switching to a production system, things started to fail. On 5 different settings, I get 4 different PDFs. OpenOffice-service ist started with '-accept="socket,port=8100; urp;" -headless', for conversion under Windows 7 and Ubuntu I use a python script (http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource/pyodconverter), for Mac I have to use the Java program from the same page. The virtual machines were launched on VirtualBox 3.2: This is where you can download the odt file and all the results: http://aplh.de/marscel/3dc/pdfs.zip system 1) Windows 7 64bit, python script: PDF looks good, size is 172KB (script_py_win.pdf) system 2) Ubuntu SE 64 bit as VM on 1), python script: PDF looks good, size is 156KB (script_py_ubuntu_home.pdf) system 3) Mac OSX 10.5.8, Java converter: - exported from swriter via export-button: PDF looks good, size is 172KB (direct_mac.pdf) - converted by the Java program: the image on the last page is missing!, size is 136KB (script_java_mac.pdf) system 4) Ubuntu SE 64 bit as VM on 3), python script: the text on the first page floats into a second page, image on the last page is missing, BUT size is 332KB (script_py_ubuntu.pdf) What's up here? I have no clue why there's such a difference in exporting a PDF directly or by script or why one of two fresh Ubuntu machines is producing a much bigger and broken PDF but the other one doesn't (any dependencies?). Does anybody know this problem? For the time OpenOffice.org 3.3 is not usable for this task (the mentioned table problem; but these issues seem to be gone), I'd really love to have a reliable converter chain. Or any workaround to be applied on the underlying OpenDocument-markup for this to work in any case. Thanks in advance, Marcel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Consistant File Recovery required?
On 12/13/10 20:55, DeWayne McCarty wrote: Using windows 7 Home Recently every time I open OO writer of a OO document I receive the message "OpenOffice.org Document Recovery" When I click start Recovery I get "Book%202%20index%20-%204-29-2009.odt_.odt X Recovery Failed Then I click next and the document opens. This happens with all OO files. I do a normal close/save when storing these files, Why don't they just open? Thank you Hi Dwayne. The answer is simple... click Cancel. Don't do a document recovery. The problem will likely resolve itself. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
