[users] Re: Open Office Help

[Andrew Fisk]

My guess would be that you downloaded the program and never installed it, you 
just ran it from the download file (you had a .dmg file that you clicked on and 
a disk icon with open office showed you om your desktop).  You probably cleaned 
out your downloads folder and threw the install file away.  Download it again, 
and this time drag the open office icon to the application folder then you can 
throw out the installer.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
406 Beaver Street
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
a...@spitcomp.com
www.spitcomp.com







On Apr 26, 2011, at Tuesday, April 26, 20119:20 AM, Kristen Mullett wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a Mac Book pro and I have downloaded Open Office for Mac.  The problem 
> I am having is everything seems to be working fine but for some reason it 
> appears that the entire download has been deleted from the computer after a 
> few days.  The docs are still there that I have created but I cannot open 
> them with the Open Office.  All of the icons are gone from the bar at the 
> bottom, I search the hard drive for the program and they are not there.  Do I 
> have a setting on my computer that is cleaning up the program for me 
> automatically or something like that?  Sorry for being a little dense on this 
> subject, I am a fairly new Mac user and don't really understand its operating 
> procedures.  Thanks for you time.
> 
> Kristen Mullett

-- 
-
To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org
with Subject: help

Re: [users] Please help

[Andrew Fisk]

This is going to sound strange, but try the download using firefox instead of 
IE -- it's seems that for your "security" IE saves executable files as text 
files.  If you need firefox go to mozzila.com


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (412) 749-0162
a...@spitcomp.com
www.spitcomp.com






On Sep 7, 2010, at Tuesday, September 7, 201012:47 PM, The Shones wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm wanting to get hold of the latest  (3.2.1) Open Office software. When I
> try to download it from your website or one of the mirrors it gets saved as
> a Microsoft Word document, so I can't install it! I've downloaded the latest
> Java software (6.0.210.73), but to no avail.
> 
> 
> 
> Your help would be much appreciated,
> 
> Hilton Shone
> 
> 
> 
> Hilton Shone
> 
> +27 (0)11 6467841 (home)
> 
> +27 (0)82 9258797 (Mobile)
> 
> thesho...@mweb.co.za
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] where is the exe on mac osx

[Andrew Fisk]

The is no “exe“ on a mac, but take a look in your applications folder and.you 
should see an open office folder.  Open that and thete will be a pn application 
you can launch.  Once it is open you can control click on thr icon in the dock 
to add it permanently

Thanks
Andy

oxbow51598  wrote:

>Hi:
>
>I downloaded and used OO on my mac.  But after reboot, there's  
>nothing in the the tray for me to click on to run the thing.  I've  
>searched everywhere (except for where it is :-) ).  Where is the exe?
>
>Thanks
>-dave
>dave.gauth...@intel.com 
>  
>
>-
>To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
>For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
>

Re: [users] (reply) ANN: English Grammar Checker Extension for OpenOffice.org

[Andrew Fisk]

On Jul 8, 2010, at Thursday, July 8, 20107:36 PM, Bruce Martin wrote:

> Dear Raphael:
> 
> This is a promotional poist. I'm not sure if this group accepts promotions, 
> as I am new to the group.
> 
> However, does "After The Deadline" support all 92 languages that Oo supports? 
> Likewise for Thunderbird and the rest, cross platform, 32 and 64 bit?
> 
> Personally I use English, French and Spanish in Fedora 12 (i386), Fedora 13 
> (x-64) and Win XP.
> 
> Also files checked this way should not have any added difficulties when 
> opened on legacy versions.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Bruce M.
> 
> On 07/08/2010 04:58 PM, Raphael Mudge wrote:
>> Hello OOo Community,
>> I'm writing to announce a new English grammar checking extension for 
>> OpenOffice.org. After the Deadline offers a smart English grammar, style, 
>> and contextual spelling checker for OpenOffice.org. The style checker finds 
>> passive voice, clichés, redundant phrases, and complex expressions. The 
>> contextual spelling checker (similar to the MS Word 2007/2010 feature) looks 
>> for misused words and reports them to you.
>> 
>> You can get the OpenOffice.org extension at:
>> 
>> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/after-the-deadline
>> 
>> After the Deadline is developed by Automattic, the folks behind 
>> WordPress.com, Akismet, Gravatar, and IntenseDebate. This project exists to 
>> make quality proofreading tools available to the open source community. So 
>> far we've made After the Deadline available for WordPress, Firefox, and 
>> Google Chrome.
>> 
>> This extension is new, please consider it a beta. If you have questions (or 
>> feedback), feel free to direct them my way. I'm here to help.
>> 
>> -- Raphael
>> 
>> Raphael Mudge
>> Code Wrangler, Automattic
>> http://www.automattic.com | http://www.afterthedeadline.com
>> 
>> Cross-posted to users and discuss.
>> -
>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
>> 
>>   
> 
> 
> -
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
> 
> 
I'm not sure that annoucing a new open sourced extension is "promotional" any 
more than the anncoement of a new version of Open Office.org would be 
promotional.  how about saying thanks instead of coming up an unrealistic list 
of feature requests.  You really expect a grammar checker that works in 92 
languages?

Andy
 
-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] contact management

[Andrew Fisk]

On Jun 30, 2010, at Wednesday, June 30, 20103:10 PM, James Knott wrote:

> Evgeny Voronov wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> How can I replace the contact management of my Misrosoft Outlook by a
>> function of Open Office?
>> Tx!
>> 
>> 
>>   
> Open Office doesn't have a contact management function.
> 
> 
> -
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
> 
> 

There is a pretty decent database, you could write a contact management package.


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (412) 749-0162
a...@spitcomp.com
www.spitcomp.com





-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Is there a subset of users devoted to MAC OSX implementation?

[Andrew Fisk]

You could create a rule in mail to filter for osx or macintosh.  Although there 
are many general uasage questions answered on this list that are cross platform.


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (412) 749-0162
a...@spitcomp.com
www.spitcomp.com






On Jul 3, 2010, at Saturday, July 3, 201011:59 AM, thebaumgardners wrote:

> this email address on overload massive numbers of comments I cannot filter
> 
> 
> 


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

[Andrew Fisk]

> 
> 
> 
> BY the Way, do anyone of you know any free Defrag software that works "WELL" 
> with a
> NTFS 1 TB USB drive - one partition.  The two I have tried will not show the 
> "standard"
> boxes they show when defraging the internal smaller drives on my laptop.  I 
> need to "see"
> what my drive looks like as with the other Win systems, but with this larger 
> drive.  I now
> use Linux for every system except my Vista laptop and I do not have the 
> option to have the
> drive formatted to a Linux format, which I am told never needs defraging, and 
> get a Windows
> computer read it through the USB connection, instead through the Linux 
> system's network
> connection.  Seeing the colors to see what is going on while it is defraging 
> or how much
> of the drive needs work done on it, is what I prefer, but not seeing at this 
> time.  When you get
> more than 80% full, you need to keep it defraged or it gives you problems.
> 
> 

format the drive ext-3 and 
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2007/03/mount-ext2-or-ext3-partition-in-windows.html

Re: [users] Draw: Resizing Diagram & Text

[Andrew Fisk]

not the answer you were looking for, but Inksacpe might be a better tool for 
the job.

Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (412) 749-0162
a...@spitcomp.com
www.spitcomp.com






On Dec 16, 2009, at Wednesday, December 16, 20096:03 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote:

> I'm trying to use Draw to draw a 4cm (1.6in) circle with some horizontal and
> vertical lines crossing it and some text within it. 4cm is too small
> on-screen so ...
> 
> I tried drawing a 4cm circle and then zooming it 1000%. This is OK for the
> lines but, when I come to add the text it's *huge* and I can't get it to
> match the rest of the drawing.
> 
> I tried drawing a 20cm circle with lines and text to match. This is fine
> until I come to shrink the *grouped* object. The circle and lines shrink but
> the text doesn't.
> 
> Help. How do I do this?
> 
> 
> -- 
> 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] Openoffice 3.1 on Mac 10.5

[Andrew Fisk]

decrease the resolution on the external monitor -- Apple --> System  
Preferences --> displays.  Try to come up with something that is close  
to the resolution of your laptop display.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (412) 749-0162
a...@spitcomp.com
www.spitcomp.com






On Aug 27, 2009, at Thursday, August 27, 200911:09 AM, Srikanth  
Konjarla wrote:


That would make changes to the size in the document. However, the  
size of fonts of the application (such as font name, font size and  
bottom status bar etc.) remain tiny.


Srikanth

Guy Voets wrote:

2009/8/26 James :

On 08/26/09 14:15, Srikanth Konjarla wrote:

All,

I am running OpenOffice 3.1 on Mac OS X 10.5. I connect the  
MacBook Pro to
the external monitor and the OpenOffice application font goes  
small and
becomes almost not viewable. However, with local dispaly (LCD)  
the font

looks just fine. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Srikanth
Does the font size actually change or does it just look smaller  
because it's

on a bigger monitor?

Hello,
What happens  if you change the zoom factor in View > Zoom in and  
out?


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org





-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] [moderated] -- June 2007 dated email received March 17th 2009

[Andrew Fisk]

user computer -- if nothing else avg 8 was not out until late 2008

Quoting Web Kracked :




Below is an email that just came to me today 3-17-2009
The email was dated June of 2007
Two years out of date?  Something is wrong somewhere.

Below it the complete email source view.  So the complete
header is there.

I wonder where the trouble is?
The List, or the sender's machine date?
It can be difficult to find these email coming in my system
when I have to page down hundreds of emails to find the way-out-of-date
emails.


mango wrote:
I would like to contribute in the art project but the page won't  
open for me. Is it still too new or is my puter whack?








From - Tue Mar 17 12:28:13 2009
X-Account-Key: account13
X-UIDL: 1237276683.594343.p3plgemini01-04.prod.phx.1076173152
X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
X-Mozilla-Status2: 
X-Mozilla-Keys: Received: (qmail 1529 invoked from network); 17 Mar  
2009 07:58:03 -
Received: from unknown (HELO  
pre-smtp36-01.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net) ([10.0.19.136])
  (envelope-sender  
)

  by p3plsmtp01-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (qmail-1.03) with SMTP
  for ; 17 Mar 2009 07:58:03 -
Received: (qmail 9090 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2009 07:58:03 -
Received: from s006.sjc.collab.net (HELO openoffice.org) ([204.16.104.2])
  (envelope-sender  
)
  by pre-smtp36-01.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net  
(qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP

  for ; 17 Mar 2009 07:58:03 -
Received: (qmail 12317 invoked by uid 5000); 17 Mar 2009 07:57:43 -
Mailing-List: contact users-h...@openoffice.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes
list-help: 
list-unsubscribe: 
list-post: 
Reply-To: users@openoffice.org
Delivered-To: mailing list users@openoffice.org
Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.org
Received: (qmail 15948 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2009 03:53:31 -
X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true
X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result:  
AhgFADfHuklBNvZpgGdsb2JhbACCJSyIcwaIW4ESAQELCwoFEwOqJJAQg34G

X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,361,1233561600";
   d="scan'208,217";a="24788812"
X-IRONPORT: SCANNED
Message-ID: 
X-Originating-IP: [96.51.46.110]
X-Originating-Email: [mandyle...@hotmail.com]
X-Sender: mandyle...@hotmail.com
From: "mango" 
To: 
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 07:54:06 -0600
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Mar 2009 03:53:30.0680 (UTC)  
FILETIME=[70695B80:01C9A458]

Subject: [users] [moderated]
X-Nonspam: Statistical 50%
X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 8.0.237 [270.11.17/2007]
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===AVGMAIL-49BFCF9D==="


--===AVGMAIL-49BFCF9D===
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="=_NextPart_000_0002_01C7A4EB.31B9ABB0"


--=_NextPart_000_0002_01C7A4EB.31B9ABB0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I would like to contribute in the art project but the page won't open =
for me. Is it still too new or is my puter whack?

--=_NextPart_000_0002_01C7A4EB.31B9ABB0--


--===AVGMAIL-49BFCF9D===
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="===AVGMAIL-49BFCF9D==="

--===AVGMAIL-49BFCF9D===
Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Description: "AVG certification"


No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.17/2007 - Release Date: 03/17/09 1=
0:18:00

--===AVGMAIL-49BFCF9D===--
--===AVGMAIL-49BFCF9D===--






-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Is OOo3 RC3 ready for use?

[Andrew Fisk]

Keeping 2.4 makes sense for a production environment - putting uses  
through the pain of an upgrade for pre-release software would be  
silly, but I think you would resolve most of the issues you see if you  
ran the linux version rather than the Windows version.


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com



On Oct 3, 2008, at Friday, October 3, 20084:38 AM, Nicholas wrote:

I just tried the OOo 3.0 (ooo_300m8), downloaded the EXE file and  
installed on wine running on Ubuntu Linux. There seems to be some  
problems in commonly used features.


A list of some of the problems is at tboxmy.blogspot.com

What I cant understand is why an ODP and PPT file couldnt play  
slides without problems. For those who have intention of using OOo3  
for mass roll out, I'd advice to keep OOo2.4 as a backup for now. So  
keep OOo informed on problems, so that we have a better Stable  
release.



--
blog: http://tboxmy.blogspot.com



---
OSCC MAMPU MyMeeting Version 2.0 Release
http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/solution-areas/application/mymeeting



-
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] mac help

[Andrew Fisk]

Did you try going to the Windows menu and looking at Downloads in your  
browser?-- Safari and Camino both download in the background -- take a  
look in your downloads folder (it's in your dock) you might find that  
the download is already there.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
Suite 19
2301 Duss Ave.
Ambridge, PA 15003
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com



On Jan 24, 2008, at Thursday, January 24, 20084:33 AM, Guy Voets wrote:


2008/1/24, Jerilee Boily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:


Well, when I try going through the website it just doesn't do  
anything
at all.  The address bar turns blue like it's doing something but  
then

nothing further happens and the screen never changes.
When I tried copying the URL into the finder it says "You cannot
connect to this server because it cannot be found on the network."
I don't know what to try next.
Jeri



Hello Jeri,

Doesn't any of these links work?
Are you or your computer under parental (or universitarian) control?
Impeding access to nasty websites that provide free software?

--
Guy
using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger
and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro  Leopard
-- please reply only to users@openoffice.org --
Dodoes can't afford to have headaches



-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: do u have any version of WORD??????

[Andrew Fisk]

if I had time I would download it just to see if it would run under  
Wine :)


Andy
www.spitcomp.com


On Oct 23, 2007, at Tuesday, October 23, 20077:03 PM, James Knott wrote:


Bob Long wrote:

"Guy Voets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


2007/10/23, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:



[..]


We should have saved that free download link that someone posted  
here

recently.  Wasn't it for the DOS version?  ;-)


Free Word:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/ 
EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe

Win98 version?



No - Word 5.5 for DOS.



So, when someone asks for a free Word download, we can tell them where
to go.  ;-)


--
Use OpenOffice.org 

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] need mac help -- installed OO, but it doesn't do anything...

[Andrew Fisk]

you might be waiting for the fonts to convert -- give it a while --  
particularly if you have a bunch of fonts




Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Oct 8, 2007, at Monday, October 8, 20076:19 AM, OOo Mac User wrote:


Hi,

Do you have the very latest version of X11 (1.1.3 on OS X 10.4.10)?

There might (though most likely there won't) be a clue in the logs.  
Search for 'openoffice .log'


Tom

On 6 Oct 2007, at 17:33, mike wrote:

Hi. I checked the FAQs and did a forum search, but I couldn't find  
an answer to this problem, so I'm hoping it's ok to try here.


I tried installing OO 2.3.0 on my MacBook Pro. I installed X11,  
downloaded OO, opened the download, dragged the OO app into the  
Applications folder, and then tried to open that app.


I get the expected result, with the program asking if I want to  
use the system fonts. And both the OO and X11 icons appear in the  
dock. And then that's it.


All I see are three menus in the menubar: OpenOffice.org, File,  
and Edit. And the File menu contains just one (Use Startup  
Screen), and that's disabled.


I downloaded OO again for a second try, with the same result.

Also, I can't close OO (or whatever part of it is running) without  
force quitting.


Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help.

-
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] a question!

[Andrew Fisk]

Select a word file -- go to file --> get info -->click the triangle  
by "open with" -- select open office from the "open with" menu --  
click "change all" once you have selected open office.  Repeat with  
Excel and Powerpoint files -- you will be all set to go.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Oct 8, 2007, at Monday, October 8, 20076:07 PM, James Knott wrote:


john fremont wrote:

hello -
i just installed openoffice, & i want to use it to open things  
that are in word.
i tried to open an rtf document, & also an excel document, & with  
both of them, the microsoft thing came up which offered to let me  
pay for word.
i have a mac with os x, 10.3.9, & i installed everything  
successfully, including x11.




It sounds like your file associations are messed up, though I don't  
know
how to change them on a Mac.  However, you should still be able to  
open

them, by opening OpenOffice first and then use the File > Open method.


--
Use OpenOffice.org 

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Trying to order a CD to download...

[Andrew Fisk]

Ashley,

I will burn you a cd and mail it to you -- what kind of computer do  
you have?



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Oct 2, 2007, at Tuesday, October 2, 20072:33 PM, Ashley Gray wrote:

   I am trying to order the OpenOffice software download CD and am  
having real trouble.  I need to be able to open, read, and print  
Powerpoint files.  Your software can do that, correct?  If so, I  
would like to order a CD to downlaod (I have dial-up)  Thank you -  
Ashley Gray


  My address is  155 Fortress Drive, Green Mtn, NC. 28740



-
Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket:  
mail, news, photos & more.

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

[Andrew Fisk]

I regularly use Base to access and MS Access database -- If you can  
provide a little more detail on what you are trying to do I might be  
able to give you some pointers.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Oct 2, 2007, at Tuesday, October 2, 20075:19 PM, James Knott wrote:


Samantha Lien wrote:

Hi -

Nick Sawlidi from Geek Squad recommended me to you -- I was looking
for Microsoft Access for Mac -- is this included Microsoft OFfice for
Mac??? If not - do you have a suggestion?

Thanks so much :)


OpenOffice does not contain Access or any other Microsoft  
software.  It

does contain a full office suite, though I don't believe the database
application is compatible with Access.


--
Use OpenOffice.org 

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

[Andrew Fisk]

pirate bay

 -- but if you would like a spreadsheet that will read and write  
excel files without breaking the law, you might want to try  
www.openoffice.org.



Thanks

Andy


On Sep 20, 2007, at Thursday, September 20, 20072:49 PM, bkl522 wrote:

I would like to download free excel ,can you tell me where to find  
it and do it.

  Bill LaPierre [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Open Office for Mac OS 9.2

[Andrew Fisk]

You will need to buy a copy of osx from Apple, if there is a "real"  
apple dealer in your area, you might want to ask them for help  --  
you will not need to buy anything  from Open Office.


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Sep 18, 2007, at Tuesday, September 18, 200711:22 PM, Lysa B.  
Aguila wrote:



Thank you to everyone who replied to my query!

If I move to OSX, I would need to buy license?  Are they selling  
this for an old G4?


Andrew Fisk wrote:
If there is anyone from Sun keeping an eye on this list, how about  
digging up an old version of Star Office for Mac OS 8/9 users.


I know it's not really where folks should be and on any G4 I would  
think that OSX would be a better choice than OS 9 (as you can  
still run pretty much everything in classic mode and migrate  
slowly) but it would offer these users a choice they don't have  
now and even give the folks still running on 68000 chips a solution.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Sep 17, 2007, at Monday, September 17, 200711:11 PM, Lysa B.  
Aguila wrote:



Hi,

Can I install Open Office for earlier versions of Mac?  The one  
in http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/x11.html
is for newer versions of Mac OS.  We still have an old Mac G4  
with Mac OS 9.2, and I would like to use Open Office there.  How/ 
where can I download an Open Office version I can use for the  
older version of Mac OS?


Thank you very much!

Lysa Aguila

 
-

To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



- 
---


No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database:  
269.13.22/1015 - Release Date: 09/18/2007 11:53 AM




-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Open Office for Mac OS 9.2

[Andrew Fisk]

If there is anyone from Sun keeping an eye on this list, how about  
digging up an old version of Star Office for Mac OS 8/9 users.


I know it's not really where folks should be and on any G4 I would  
think that OSX would be a better choice than OS 9 (as you can still  
run pretty much everything in classic mode and migrate slowly) but it  
would offer these users a choice they don't have now and even give  
the folks still running on 68000 chips a solution.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Sep 17, 2007, at Monday, September 17, 200711:11 PM, Lysa B.  
Aguila wrote:



Hi,

Can I install Open Office for earlier versions of Mac?  The one in  
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/x11.html
is for newer versions of Mac OS.  We still have an old Mac G4 with  
Mac OS 9.2, and I would like to use Open Office there.  How/where  
can I download an Open Office version I can use for the older  
version of Mac OS?


Thank you very much!

Lysa Aguila

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

[Andrew Fisk]

I would follow the advice to use the Aqua beta -- I have been using  
it for several months and it seems very stable (I just use some light  
WP/SS) -- that way you skip not only the issues with X11, but all the  
associated font and printing problems.


and I am not sure that negative feedback to a seller on ebay is  
warranted unless they promised you the install disks were part of the  
package -- it's kind of like moaning that a used car doesn't have an  
owners manual -- it's a pain, you know you can buy one from the deal  
if you really need one, but you saved some $$$ and you got a Mac --  
you are already miles ahead of 93% of the world :)





Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Sep 11, 2007, at Tuesday, September 11, 20079:30 PM, Lloyd &  
Caroline Prentice wrote:



Hello, Bob,

I had a similar series of problems because I bought a Mac on eBay.  
It had OS X preinstalled
and should have had the OS X CD but didn't. I finally had to go to  
an Apple dealer and
buy a new CD. I wish I had not bought it on eBay. Try to dispute  
through eBay ASAP and
it has to be before the time limit. Be sure to NOT give any  
positive feedback to the seller

unless after the seller resolves the problems.
Lloyd Prentice

On Sep 11, 2007, at 5:19 AM, Guy Voets wrote:


2007/9/10, robert buehring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I Have MAC OS X 10.4.x installed, it came pre-installed, I have  
no back-up
disk. I still can't find it on the hard drive. Can you give me  
the path to
the program? If it is installed what can I do then to get  
OpenOffice to

operate properly. Thanks

-Original Message-
From: Guy Voets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:24 AM
To: users@openoffice.org; robert buehring
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2007/9/8, robert buehring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Help! I installed OpenOffice and tried to launch it,  it said  
that I

needed
X11. I downloaded X11 from Apple and tried to install it. It  
said that a
newer version was installed. I went to Applications/Utilities  
and found no
X11. Did a search and still found no X11. The computer is a new/ 
used one
from ebay and came with no operating disk. The x11 is the only  
issue. How
can I fix it to work. I'm a PC user and bought the Apple for my  
10 year

old
daughter for school. If you require additional in formation  
please let me

know. Thank You.

Bob Buehring


Hello Bob,

Welcome to OpenOffice.org... just a few more steps.
It helps to read the How-To's in order to install OOo on your Mac:
see http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/faq/installing/X11.html
The X11 for Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.x) has to come from your Mac  
Install disks
The 'newer version' that is talked about is Tiger, compared to  
Panther

from the Apple site.
X11's place is in the Auxiliaries map inside Programs/Applications

HTH
--
Guy


Robert
-- please reply only to users@openoffice.org --

• You can wait for the Aqua native Mac version of OOo

• Use a as yet unfinished Alpha (or Beta) version of the Aqua-Mac-OOo
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/aqua.html

• While waiting for a stable Aqua-OOo, you can use NeoOffice, a fork
of OOo that already works stable without X11.
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

• I think X11 (version 1.1.3 - XFree86 4.4.0) can also be downloaded
for free from the XFree86 site:
http://www.xfree86.org/releases/rel440.html
please read the information provided there (I haven't time to go
through that right now for you)

• But maybe the simpliest way -if it works, which I don't know- is
that I send you the X11 file off list and you put it into
Applications/Auxiliaries (where you also have Terminal, Java etc.)
It's 868 KB.

HTH
--
Guy

-
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] I was going to download Open Office and seen it takes like seven hours. Can this be downloaded when I am not connected to the internet?? [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

[Andrew Fisk]

Send me your address (and OS) and I will burn you a cd and drop it in  
the mail -- will take longer than 7 hours though.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Sep 14, 2007, at Friday, September 14, 20075:40 PM,  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:






--- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http:// 
www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---

Re: [users] excel dialer capability

[Andrew Fisk]

MIke,

Do you know what kind of phone system you friend is hooked up to?


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Aug 31, 2007, at Friday, August 31, 200712:40 PM, mike campbell  
wrote:


MS Excel has the ability to dial a phone number from data. A friend  
of mine has this add-on and it's called Excel Dialer. Can anyone  
tell me if there is such a add-on for open office yet?


  Best Regards
  Mike

  I would gladly make a contribution to anyone who can do this for me.

Re: [users] Becoming an agent for Open Office

[Andrew Fisk]

more to the point, you might want to have your legal beagles look at  
your Windows licenses -- unless you are installing Linux -- in which  
case just pick a desktop with OO.o are part of the install (ubuntu  
comes to mind!)


Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
www.spitcomp.com


On Aug 29, 2007, at Wednesday, August 29, 20077:13 PM, Donald H  
Locker wrote:



Hi, Barry.

I think if you look at the license for OOo, you can do what you are  
planning without anyone's particular permission.


As always, it might be wise to have your legal beagles take a look,  
but the license is pretty straight-forward.


HTH,
Donald.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi,
I sent an Email several days ago about becoming an agent for Open  
Office. We are a volunteer organisation and we are a registered  
charity. We have a shop front in athe town of Uralla in northern  
New South Wales & are interested in becoming an agent & promoting  
Open Offuice.
We recycle old computers & to date have given away over 560  
computers.
In future we would like to add Open Office to each computer & to  
promote it to other computer users in our area.

As yet I have received no replies to my previous Email.
Barry Sinclair
President
ComputerBank New England Inc
http://users.tpg.com.au/cbne/
- 
---

-
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] Missing Top Margin

[Andrew Fisk]

I know this is going to be a silly question, but did you check your  
page setup -- and does it match the paper you are using -- as you can  
print the PS/PDF I would guess that OSX has correct page setup for  
your printer and X11 does not -- what driver are you using? -- I have  
a psc 2510 and thing I finshed up using a Deskjet 842 driver to make  
it work from Open Office



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Aug 8, 2007, at Wednesday, August 8, 20076:40 AM, S Perry wrote:

I neglected to mention another alternative: paper size. Since your  
top margin is missing, try adding an inch or 2.2 cm to your paper  
length in a custom setting, which most printer properties setups  
can accommodate. Also, you may try using inches or points instead  
(72/inch). It may simply be that the driver has the wrong  
conversion factor. Please let us know what you discover.



Alan Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  Thank you for your comments.

I have checked the units as you suggest and they are correctly set in
cm units.

The only way I have found to produce a document with the text in the
correct place is to print to file then print the postscript file that
is produced by this action.

Regards,

Alan Marsh


On 8 Aug 2007, at 07:57, S Perry wrote:


I agree about the printer driver. Additionally, what
units have you chosen in TOOLS > OPTIONS? If you've
chosen metric units, make sure that your margins are
specified in terms of cms not mms, i.e. 2.2 cms equals
about an inch, whereas 2.2 mms would be barely
noticeable.


--- Frank Cox wrote:


On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:07:54 +0100
Alan Marsh wrote:


When I print documents produced on 'Writer' and

'Calc' on a HP PSC

2575 driven by an Imac with OS 10 the document

ignores the top

margin settings and starts printing at, or above,

the top of the

sheet of paper. What am I missing here?


That sounds like a problem with your printer driver
settings rather than
something that's directly related to OpenOffice
itself.

http://localhost:631

--
MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~
http://www.melvilletheatre.com



-

To unsubscribe, e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]







_ 
_

__
Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel
today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7


-
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]




-
Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket:  
mail, news, photos & more.

Re: [users] keyboard access, and drop-down bg colors, on a Mac?

[Andrew Fisk]

Take a look through the lists, there are a couple of posts about a  
Java upgrade to fix the grayed out screen issues, and the control key  
works where you would expect the  command key to work --


I don't know how risk adverse you are, but the Aqua preview is pretty  
good -- and I have yet to have it do anything nasty to me on my  
Powerbook with 10.4.10 and it works without X11 ---



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Aug 6, 2007, at Monday, August 6, 20079:51 PM, Dushan Mitrovich  
wrote:


I asked these several days ago on the OO forum and got no replies,  
so I thought I'd try here:


I recently installed OpenOffice 2.2 on a Mac OS X box - and am new  
to both.


- In OO Writer I managed to get the page background a desired  
color, and the OO window border background another color. But  
anytime a drop-down menu appears, everything is white, and the only  
way I can see scroll bars, for example, is by the thin shadows they  
cast on two sides. How can I change the background color on these  
to make them more visible?


- In Writer, the menus are all listed with one letter underlined.  
On PCs that menu item is accessed by using Alt-[letter], but on my  
Mac the only thing that seems to work is clicking with the mouse. I  
much prefer using the keyboard, and would like to avoid using the  
mouse as much as possible. Is there a way to access the menus using  
the keyboard?


Thanks.

- Dushan

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated] Downloading issues.

[Andrew Fisk]

not to send you back though that mess of pages again, but 

There are really two links on the line for the download (English  
(OpenOffice.org 2.2.1) BitTorent -US) -- the section on the left is a  
download for the installer, the section on the right is for the bit  
torrent file, that will require a bit torrent client -- IF it really  
took you 21 mins to download the torrent file (which is 48k) you  
really need to get the software on a cd becuse it will take you days  
to download the entire application.


My guess is that you have downloaded the real thing and that you  
computer dosn't know what to do with the file -- could you let me  
know what error message you get when you try to open the file?


You might want to check out neooffice.org -- this is a much more "mac  
like" version of Open Office and does not require X widows to run.   
You might find the download and install a little eaiser.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Aug 1, 2007, at Wednesday, August 1, 20075:24 PM, Frank Cox wrote:


On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:53:05 -0500
"Stephen J. Goodson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Frank,

I asked, "Please, ... direct me to the 'one click download' page...".
You cordially offered, "http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.1/
index.html".

1) I went there. (I have been here before, FYI.)


That's where you go.


2) On that page I clicked on Download OpenOffice.org (The website?!!!
Why would I want to download the website?)


That's the name of the software.  It's called OpenOffice.org


3) It took me to another page.
4) On that page I clicked on the MacOSX link.
5) It took me to another page.
6) On that page I clicked on OpenOffice.org using X11 Windowing
environment (But I don't want Windows!!)


X11 has nothing to do with Microsoft Windows.  It is a display  
protocol for
Unix and Unix-like operating systems that pre-dates MS Windows by  
many years.



7) It took me to another page.
8) On that page I clicked to Mac OS X 10.4x (tiger)
9) It took me to another page.
10) On that page I clicked PowerPC Mac
11) It took me to another page
12) On that page I clicked English (OpenOffice.org 2.2.1)  
BitTorent -US

13) It downloaded something called OOo_2.2.1_MacOSXPPC_install_en-
US.dmg.torrent


The torrent file will require that you have a Bittorrent file  
installed.  The
torrent is just a pointer to the actual file that you need.  If the  
only file
that you have is the torrent file, you haven't got the file that is  
the actual

OpenOffice.org program.


14) 21 minutes later if finished
15) I can't open it.   : (


Not a big surprise if you don't have a Bittorrent client and  
downloaded only

the torrent file.

 Ok I have just gone through the web page and found you the exact  
direct
link to the file that you need to download.  (This took me all of  
about 30
seconds to do; I really don't see how it's difficult to find --  
this is the
first time I've tried to find Mac-anything software anywhere,  
including

OpenOffice.org.)

Here:

http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/? 
product=OpenOffice.org&os=macosxppc&lang=en-US&version=2.2.1


I assume that you want the English-language version.  You get a  
binary file

that's in a .dmg format which, according to this:
http://filext.com/file-extension/DMG is a Macintosh disk image file.

Note that you will require X11 to run this, instructions here:

http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/faq/installing/X11.html


I guess you all just want me to shell out the money for MS Office.


How you spend your money and the software that you choose to run on  
your

computer is irrelevant to me.


Why would the web designer make this process soo difficult?


Again, I found what you need in about 30 seconds, and had no  
difficulty doing
so. You must read the web page carefully and if you don't  
understand the
terminology used (for example:  X11 and in my case the .dmg file  
extension) then
run the words that you don't understand through Google or something  
and learn
what they mean before assuming that they are a mere irrelevant  
detail.  I used
Google just now to find out what a .dmg file is.  When dealing with  
computers,
one word can make a very important difference, and if you don't  
understand what
you're reading it can make it impossible to accomplish the goal  
that you have

in mind.

I don't see how I can make this much simpler, but if you have  
further questions
I will try to assist you.  Note that I don't have a Mac -- in fact,  
the last
Mac that I had anything to do with was one of the original black- 
and-white
Macintosh machines around 1985, and even then my exposure lasted  
for less than
3 hours total.  I assume they have advanced somewhat since then, so  
I can't
offer too much by way of specific direction with regard to  
Macintosh issues.


--
MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

Re: [users] OpenOffice as the default for all file types

[Andrew Fisk]

Select a document (and you will have to do this for .doc, .xls  
and .ppt files) go to the file menu, select get info, then select  
"open with" browse to Open Office, and then click "change all"



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
fax: (602) 476-8868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com


On Jul 24, 2007, at Tuesday, July 24, 200711:55 AM, Michael  
Truskowski wrote:



Before installing OpenOffice on my MacBook OS 10.4, I uninstalled
Microsoft Office. However, my computer still believes Office to be the
default software for opening all types of Office document - how do I
set OpenOffice as the default?

Thanks,
Michael

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: old version for Mac 68K emulator

[Andrew Fisk]

Not to get too far off topic, but you can buy appleworks on ebay for  
about $10.00 --

Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 5, 2007, at Monday, March 5, 20072:22 PM, Ross Bernheim wrote:


Ron,

There was a free version of Word Perfect that ran under Mac OS 7.  
You might look for it. I believe it was
version 3.5e.  I used it and it was good for the time. It slowed  
down with large documents above about 75

 pages or so if I remember correctly.

Ross Bernheim

On Mar 4, 2007, at 9:43, Ron Miller wrote:


Andrew Fisk wrote:
I have to say that OS 7 under XP has to be one of the most  
interesting configurations I have ever come across -- you are  
obviouly a man who enjoys a challenge -- if the systems errors  
don't get you there is always the BSOD.
IF you can find it, star office did run on OS 7 -- that was back  
before Sun bought it -- and it was free -- in think it is still  
installed on my Mac Portable (pre bowerbook) -- if I can get the  
old beastie fired up I and can find a localtalk cable so I can  
hook it up to a mac with either ethernet or a cd burner, I will  
send you a copy -- and I think that I found an archive on  
Washington State Univ. website about 4 years ago -- it might  
still be there

btw -- how about appleworks?
Thanks
Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com
On Mar 3, 2007, at Saturday, March 3, 20071:17 PM, Ron Miller wrote:
Dear friends, For a certain professional application on my  
Windows XP computer, I am using BasiliskII emulator which mimics  
a Motorola 68 K Macintosh with Mac OS, version 7.5. Is there a  
version of OpenOffice which I can run here, and where can it be  
downloaded?


Thanks

--Ron Miller, Baltimore, MD, USA

--- 
--

To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Yes, I enjoy a challenge, although this one may be a reach.  
Appleworks didn't come with the emulator, is it freeware?  Thanks  
for the tip about Star Office; a copy or even a pointer to web  
presence would be appreciated.  Best wishes, Ron


--
Ron Miller, Baltimore, MD, USA

-
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] old version for Mac 68K emulator

[Andrew Fisk]

I have to say that OS 7 under XP has to be one of the most  
interesting configurations I have ever come across -- you are  
obviouly a man who enjoys a challenge -- if the systems errors don't  
get you there is always the BSOD.


IF you can find it, star office did run on OS 7 -- that was back  
before Sun bought it -- and it was free -- in think it is still  
installed on my Mac Portable (pre bowerbook) -- if I can get the old  
beastie fired up I and can find a localtalk cable so I can hook it up  
to a mac with either ethernet or a cd burner, I will send you a copy  
-- and I think that I found an archive on Washington State Univ.  
website about 4 years ago -- it might still be there


btw -- how about appleworks?


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 3, 2007, at Saturday, March 3, 20071:17 PM, Ron Miller wrote:

Dear friends, For a certain professional application on my Windows  
XP computer, I am using BasiliskII emulator which mimics a Motorola  
68 K Macintosh with Mac OS, version 7.5. Is there a version of  
OpenOffice which I can run here, and where can it be downloaded?


Thanks

--
Ron Miller, Baltimore, MD, USA

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OpenOffice auto update check DOS

[Andrew Fisk]

Jeff,

Maybe you are looking at the problem from the wrong direction -- if  
your firewall did not block the update site, you would have made one  
connection downloaded the updates and been done.  I am sure (or at  
least I hope) that your comapny does not block MS Windows, MS office  
updates or virus updates, I am equaly sure that if Open Office.org is  
an application that you are allowed to run on your network, your  
network support folks would be willing to make the changes needed to  
allow you to update as needed.


You also might want to check your machine, as I would have thought  
that an issue this serious would have made this list before today --  
there may be something in your config that is magnifying the problem.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 2, 2007, at Friday, March 2, 20072:40 PM, O'Reilly, Jeff wrote:


Jeff O'Reilly
End-User Support
Denver Water

I have had OpenOffice installed to my work computer for some time with
no problems. Then I upgraded to OO2.1
The 1st time I launched it, the wizard asked me if I wanted it to
automatically check for updates. I said "yes".

For some odd reason, both our firewall and our web-blocker block  
much of

the OpenOffice links. I can get to the main website and nearly all
pages, but I'm not allowed to download it. Apparently the automatic
update is also blocked.

What happened was a virtual Denial Of Service attack as the OpenOffice
automatic update service fired off persistent queries a gazillion  
times

per second, each blocked by our firewall. Without my knowledge, my
computer was pretty much destroying all Internet use at my company  
for a

few hours - until they tracked the culprit down. I brought up Task
Manager and killed "soffice.exe" and "soffice.bin" while on the phone
with the Systems group. The DOS attack immediately stopped.

Maybe stuff like this is why OpenOffice is blocked from being
downloaded?

The OpenOffice automatic update check needs to be re-thought. It  
should
not send out perpetual packets the way a running service does. It  
should
be one-time queries when an OpenOffice application is launched.  
This is

how Mozilla FireFox does automatic updates and it works great.

If OpenOffice ever hopes to compete, things like this must be solved.

Jeff O'Reilly

Re: [users] X11

[Andrew Fisk]

There are two library folders one in your home directory (click on  
the icon of the house), and one on your hard drive (click the icon  
for your Hard Drive, should be called something like Macintosh HD).  
The Library folder on the Hard drive is the one with the receipts  
folder.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 5, 2007, at Monday, February 5, 20079:08 AM, Dean Weinberg -  
Fairfax Group wrote:



Hi Dan, thanks for your reply.

I've gone to the library folder and there is not a receipts folder  
there?


Is there a technical support helpline that I can call please?

I'm not sure what else to try.


Kind regards
Dean




On 5/2/07 02:28, "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On Thursday February  01 2007 6:36 pm, Dean Weinberg - Fairfax Group
wrote:

Hello,

I've downloaded X11 and I running OX S 10.4.8, should this work?

It keeps saying that I have newer software already exists on my
computer.

I've tried going in to Library then in to receipts but I can't find
and the file X11User.pkg.

Please can you help me?

Thanks
Dean Weinberg


 The file you are looking for is on you installation DVD. You  
need

to go to http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ for complete installtion
information.

Dan





Dean Weinberg
Fairfax Group (UK)
27 Old Gloucester Street
London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 020 7060 5001
Mob: 07775 907 100
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]




-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] WILL OPENOFFICE RUN ON MS VISTA the new operating system

[Andrew Fisk]

If you resquest it, Dell will sell you a system with no OS -- you  
could then install anything you want.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 5, 2007, at Monday, February 5, 20075:36 PM, Mandi Binks wrote:


Hello users@openoffice.org
I want to buy a new computer and Dell (supplier I'm interested in)  
are only supplying new systems with MS Vista. So my question is:

Does OpenOffice work/run on MS Vista the new os?
Will I have problems running OpenOffice on new computers with new  
os? I'm not a real computer bod so cannot configure new computer to  
run multi-os ie Vista + XP + Linux etc. (well not yet anyway).
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] not the other email address  
(in the from: bit).
I will be grateful for a reply that can help me with my query.  
Thankyou

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated]

[Andrew Fisk]

I think you are suffereing friom Quicktime's "open everything with  
Quicktime" syndrome -- if you open the QT control panel and c;lick  
the "Advanced" tab you will be able to turn off some of the more  
aggressive QT features.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 2, 2007, at Friday, February 2, 20076:43 AM, Miguel Jaen wrote:


Dear Sirs,



I am using version 2.1 of open office.



Brilliant software I am thinking of using it all the time instead  
of to XP

office and Acrobat.



Only one comment. When I export a .doc file as .pdf, it saves as a  
Quick
Time Movie file. I then have to open it with Acrobat and save it as  
pdf. Is

there any reason for this. The same happens in another of out units.



I have checked the extensions set on Quick time and pdfs are not  
even an

option.



Thanks



---

Miguel A. Jaen



BECO PRODUCTS LTD



Tel: +44 (0)1724 74 75 76  Fax: +44 (0)1724 74 75 79

Web: www.becowallform.co.uk 



We try hard to keep our systems virus free, but you do need to  
check this
email and any attachments since we cannot be responsible if any  
virus is

transferred because of them.

Re: [users] DOWNLOAD

[Andrew Fisk]

Marc --

send me your address and OS(reply to me directly, not to the list)   
and I will send you a cd --


While you are waiting see if you can find an ISP without a 2 hour  
restriction!  Maybe if you and a bunch of other folks decide to leave  
these folks will join us in the 21st century!


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 4, 2007, at Sunday, February 4, 20077:08 PM, Marc Howland wrote:


Hello OpenOffice,
   I have tried to download the 93MB file for  
windows XP, the estimated time for this download to complete is  
usually over 5 hours (I have ntlworld dial up 56k modem etc).  
Trouble is NTL my service provider disconnects after 2 hours ...so  
I end up only downloading about a 3rd of the file before  
disconnection. When I reconnect to the internet the downloading of  
the file starts at the beginning again rather than continuing from  
where I left off just before disconnection.


Any suggestions to this problem .. perhaps any way the file can  
be partially saved and then continued thereafter ... the first time  
I tried it I managed to download 34mb in the first 2 hours before  
disconnection the file saved is currently stored with this amount.


Regards

Marc Howland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
07791094515

_
Click Here To Find Your Perfect Match This Valentines!  http:// 
msnuk.match.com/


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Paste shortcut on MacOSX

[Andrew Fisk]

Well I was running 2.0 -- so I downloaded 2.1 as it would be worth it  
just for the ability to use standard mac shortcuts -- but I still get  
the same results -- cmd-C executes a copy from the X11 edit menu and  
had no effect on the Open Office document I have open.


Maybe I am missing a patch or something something??


Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 1, 2007, at Thursday, February 1, 200711:09 PM, James Mckenzie  
wrote:



Andrew:

If you are using OpenOffice.org 2.1 and higher, you should be able  
to use Cmd+C to paste
as the Cntrl and Cmd keys were made interchangeable (at least they  
are here) in OpenOffice.org.


James McKenzie


-Original Message-

From: Andrew Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Feb 1, 2007 2:46 PM
To: users@openoffice.org
Subject: Re: [users] Paste shortcut on MacOSX

Because you are running under X11 you have to use X11 key commands --
control-v and control c

the "working" command c is really the copy fuction from Apple's
launcher interface for X11

neooffice will give you a much more "mac" interface including
standard copy & paste



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 1, 2007, at Thursday, February 1, 20077:17 AM, COL VINCENT  
wrote:



Hi,

When I use the Mac OSX version of Oo.o, the shortcut for the copy
function (command-C) works, but it is not the case for the paste
function (command-V). Both functions are OK when using their
associated
icons.

How can I solve this ?

Thanks

Dr Vincent Col
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology - Diabetology
Clinique Saint-Pierre
Av. Reine Fabiola, 9
B-1340 Ottignies/Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel +32/10/437370
Fax +32/10/414370
Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clinique-saint-pierre.be/services_et_medecins/services/
servic
e.asp?id_service=9






-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Paste shortcut on MacOSX

[Andrew Fisk]

Because you are running under X11 you have to use X11 key commands --  
control-v and control c


the "working" command c is really the copy fuction from Apple's  
launcger interface for X11


neooffice will give you a much more "mac" interface including  
standard copy & paste




Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 1, 2007, at Thursday, February 1, 20077:17 AM, COL VINCENT wrote:


Hi,

When I use the Mac OSX version of Oo.o, the shortcut for the copy
function (command-C) works, but it is not the case for the paste
function (command-V). Both functions are OK when using their  
associated

icons.

How can I solve this ?

Thanks

Dr Vincent Col
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology - Diabetology
Clinique Saint-Pierre
Av. Reine Fabiola, 9
B-1340 Ottignies/Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel +32/10/437370
Fax +32/10/414370
Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clinique-saint-pierre.be/services_et_medecins/services/ 
servic

e.asp?id_service=9

Re: [users] donating

[Andrew Fisk]

I thought Windows & Office were open source in China :)


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Jun 26, 2006, at 7:13 PM, F.A.H. Dalrymple wrote:


I'm happy to donate money to your good work, but can
only with a paper check, drawn on a U.S. bank.
Possible?

F.A. Hutchison
China

P.S. Happy to help with marketing, etc., as a
professonal writer and can spread the word in China.
Gates has done a good job here and they only know Windows/Word.

Climb high,
Ride far,
Your goal the sky,
Your aim the stars!

__
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Directory Listing into Spreadsheet

[Andrew Fisk]

dir /s>Filename.csv -- wont be a csv file, but will open in  calc



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Jun 26, 2006, at 1:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Is there an easy way to import a DOS directory listing (dir / 
s>Filename.txt) into a spreadsheet?



-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] uninstall on intel mac

[Andrew Fisk]

The Apple un-install process is to drag the icon for the application  
to the trash.  I would suggest a restart before you try to install  
another version.





Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Jun 10, 2006, at 5:06 PM, CPHennessy wrote:


On Fri June 9 2006 23:34, + Diana Henderson wrote:

I unintentionally installed ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/
OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/ on my Mini mac using the new Intel chip after
reading some entries on the website.  This package is not in English
which is what I wanted. Please advise as to how to uninstall and how
I can find a version in English.  I am running OS X 10.4.5


Hi Diana,
 You should be able to use the normal Apple uninstall mechanism to  
remove it.
Also you should be able top find an english version of  
OpenOffice.org at the

above ftp site, simply look for a file with "_en-US".

Please reply to users@openoffice.org only

--
CPH : openoffice.org contributor

Maybe your question has been answered already?
http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org Project Management Tool

[Andrew Fisk]

While not an Open Office product try www.37signals.com -- and take a  
look at backpack!



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Jun 5, 2006, at 11:10 PM, Nasreen wrote:


Dear Sir/Madam,



Where do I download OpenOffice.org Project Management Tool?


Regards,



Nasreen Helmi Izzat

Re: [users] [moderated]

[Andrew Fisk]

You could drag them to the Trash Can -- it looks like a waste paper  
basket and the end of you dock -- or you could click ONCE on the file  
or folder, hold down the command key (the one with the apple on it)  
and hit the delete key.


Once you have all the files you want to delete in the trash can go to  
the Finder menu and select empty  the trash (or secure empty the  
trash if you are really paranoid)



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Jun 1, 2006, at 8:37 PM, Timothy Jainniney wrote:


help!

i have saved some document and folders that i now wish to delete.   
i have a mac os x and cannot figure how to delete these items.


i appreciate any help

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

[Andrew Fisk]

If it is a word (as in MS word) document rather than an Open Office  
Writer file -- a few momments on google will find you a bunch of  
tools and services that will unlock the file for you.


Good luck


Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Jun 1, 2006, at 7:01 AM, Dan Lewis wrote:


On Thursday June 1 2006 01:17 am, ED wrote:

How can I remove a password I forgot in a word document using
openoffice? Please help.


 Sorry, but this is not possible. OOo uses a very strong  
encryption
algorithm. If you had the document already open, you could use Save  
As to

save it without a password. But it is almost impossible to open the
document unless you can guess the password first.

Dan

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Unable to open my emils

[Andrew Fisk]

If you are already sending as a .doc file you might want to think  
about some anti-virus software -- at very least take a look at  
clamwin.org



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 24, 2006, at 10:22 PM, Dan Lewis wrote:


On Wednesday May 24 2006 09:14 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am using your Office 2.0 and on several occasions I get people  
calling
me saying that they cannot open my attached emails. I inform them  
that

they should  be able to open them under their Word Doc. programs but
they say their system  indicates a virus and it will not open. If   
What

can I do if I  need them to fill out something on these doc. and they
cannot open them?

Thanks

Larry Hopper
John Deere One  Source
Xenia Power  Equipment
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
614-419-3274


 While OpenOffice.org 2.0 will read the MS Word file format, MS  
Word
will not read the OOo 2.0 format. For them you need to do a Save As  
and
set your File type asMS Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) as . Only then  
should

you send them the document as an attachment.

Dan

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] INFO

[Andrew Fisk]

No sure what OS you are using -- but as a genral rule, in your page  
setup look for a Landscape option rather than horizontal.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 23, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Confsport Srl wrote:


Good afternoon,
we need to know how we can print a calc paper in orizontal way,  
since it is not possibile from your program.

Best regards,
lisa

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

[Andrew Fisk]

what is the execat message on your mac -- I assume that it knows how  
to handle a .dmg file -- I would guess that the disk image file is  
screwed up.  I would try another download.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 22, 2006, at 3:45 PM, CPHennessy wrote:


On Mon May 22 2006 20:15, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

dear sirs,
I am (trying) using version 2.0 of
OpenOffice.org. My problem is :
after downloding OOo_2.0.1_MacOSX_install_de.dmg my
computer tells me, that it would be not possible to open this file;
means, I can not install the programm.
Do I need another programm to finish the installation,
and when, where can I get it..?


Please have a look at the OSX installation manual at :
http://eric.bachard.free.fr/mac/HowTo2.0/ 
Howto_OOo_2.0_MacOSX_english.pdf

and at the Setup Guide at http://documentation.openoffice.org

Please reply to users@openoffice.org only

--
CPH : openoffice.org contributor

Maybe your question has been answered already?
http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OpenOffice for Mac

[Andrew Fisk]

Do you have X11 installed, if not you will need to install either the  
DVD that came with you mac.


Double click the file called Optional installs

Go through the installation process and Select X11



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 14, 2006, at 8:23 AM, David & Lara Narita wrote:


I'm a novice on the mac.
I just downloaded OpenOffice OOo_2.0.1_MacOSX_install_en-US.dmg for my
Mac OSX system.  It seems to install fine, but when I run it, it only
gives me the option "edit script" unlike my Windows version which  
looks

like MS Office.  I've downloaded the file twice and have gone through
all the FAQs for Mac.  What am I doing wrong?  Thanks!
-david

Re: [users] openoffice on iMac

[Andrew Fisk]

Open Office.org is available for the intel macs -- text edit is just  
that, a text editor -- it was never intended to be a word processor  
-- Take a look in your Applications Folder, then in the iwork folder  
-- there is a word processor in there called Pages -- if you enjoy  
the whole Apple OSX interface, you will like Pages, if not it will  
drive you nuts!


Good luck


Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 15, 2006, at 10:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


The system requirements for OpenOffice 2.0 on Mac OS X include

   Power Mac G3 400 MHz or higher

However, my just-acquired iMac 17 has

   1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor

I have a sneaking suspicion this means I can't (yet) get open  
office.  Am I (I hope) wrong?  If I'm right, any idea how long  
until a version good for me will be available?


The TextEdit furnished with the Mac, at least on my initial trial,  
seems to me to be a dreadful product.  I'd much prefer to be using  
Writer.


Thanks,

Virgil E. Vickers

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OOO-Writer prints black text by mixing color inks

[Andrew Fisk]

You might find that it is a printer driver problem, I use an HP 7310  
in my office, and could not figure out why I was using so much  
colored ink -- until I ran out of magenta -- all of a sudden all my  
text was green.


I spoke with HP tech support who suggested that I replace the GIMP  
print driver I was using with the HP all-in-one 2.1 driver -- problem  
solved.  I had avoided installing the HP software that came with the  
printer because of all the other stuff they seem to think I wanted --  
if you are using an HP product you can now download just the drivers  
rather than having to deal with all rest of the stuff.




Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 14, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Uwe Hobohm wrote:



On So14.05.2006, at 15:39, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:


On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 09:43 +0200, Uwe Hobohm wrote:

Hi,

I am using OO-Writer 2.0.2. on an Intel-Mac. Occasionally printing
black text results in slightly colored output, the printer is trying
to mix black from color inks. Exporting the same text as PDF and
printing using Mac-Preview, i.e. using a native Mac-program gives  
the

expected black output from the black color ink tank.

I am aware that under File->Printer Settings one can enforce
greyscale printing, but I rather would like to know where the  
problem

might be.

Any clue how to prevent wasting color ink ?



Try File > Print > Options > Print black.
--


Tried that, thanks for the guess. Nope, printout is still blueish.

I also tested X11-preferences (on the Mac, OOO X11 is started  
first, than OpenOffice), where you can select Output colors -> from  
display, 256, thousands, millions. All of these gave the same  
result: black font on screen, blueish printout. After export to  
PDF, black font is printed black.


[ a little later...]

I now found its an X11 problem. Printing from an X11 terminal out  
of emacs for instance also results in blueish printing. Will dig  
deeper soon..


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Finding documents ?

[Andrew Fisk]

If Google Toolbar works for Windows users, and Mac users can use  
Spotlight, I think that we are leaving the *nix users out in the cold  
with the find, sed unzip option, but being wonderful thing that open  
source is, google comes up with all kind of interesting looking tools  
for indexing & searching documents -- all for free!


As an alternative, and I know this may seem a little old fashioned,  
but I have a folder for my customer info -- and a folder inside that  
for each customer and then folders for each project -- it makes  
finding things fairly easy and it's the one folder I KNOW is going to  
be backed up.




Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 14, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Henrik Sundberg wrote:


2006/5/14, Dmitri Koulikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

On Sunday 14 May 2006 14:11, Henrik Sundberg wrote:

HS> 2006/5/14, Richard Detwiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
HS> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HS> > > On Sunday 14 May 2006 11:53, Henrik Sundberg wrote:
HS> > >
HS> > > HS> 2006/5/13, Bert Cuzeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
HS> > > HS> > I have a major issue with OpenOffice in my daily use :
HS> > > HS> > I didn't find any way to search for documents (sxw  
or odt) for

HS> > > HS> > a specific piece of text (string).
HS> > > HS>
HS> > > HS> You could try Google desktop: http://desktop.google.com/
HS> > > HS>
HS> > > HS> and the plugin:
HS> > >  http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/ 
indextheopenoffice.html HS>

HS> > > HS> /$
HS> > > This is suitable only for Windoze unfortunately.
HS> > >
HS> >
HS> > Also, if I interpret the OP correctly, he was looking for a  
way of

HS> > searching WITHIN OOo, when you go to the File > Open dialog.
HS>
HS> Well, he did write:
HS> "While this usually works with MS Word's .doc files directly  
from the

HS> Windows Explorer, or (better) from within Word itself"
HS>
HS> For me this means:
HS> 1. He is using Windows.
HS> 2. Searching with Windows Explorer is good enough.
HS> => Google Desktop may help him.
   And what about others?


In Unixlike operating systems you could combine "find" "sed" "unzip"
with some pipes in a command line.

What is your problemspace? Perhaps someone else can be of more help in
your case. Just be specific enough.
/$

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] erreur

[Andrew Fisk]

Actually it was the Outside Patio, I always make sure that parts of  
my back garden get a copy of any email I send out, it's so much  
easier than using fertilizer.


btw -- the only possible anagram of OP is PO -- which would be an  
acronym for Pickled Onions -- but I never send them email.


Can we stop if I promise never to send an attachment to everyone on  
this list ever again!



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 13, 2006, at 2:25 PM, TessTah wrote:


OP?
Outlook Program?
Office Program?
Online Post?
Outside Patio?
Probably a brain fart, but what OP is an anagram for escapes me at  
the moment..
Where's the list of all possible two word combinations that OP  
could be anagrammatised from? ;-)


TessTah



Andrew Fisk wrote:


because I copied  to the OP directly too
Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com
On May 12, 2006, at 12:04 PM, TessTah wrote:
quote: "-- I too thought that the attachment would be stripped  
--"  close quote

So...
Why did you even attach it then?
You might have put it up Online and provided a link so people  
could  check it out IF they wanted to.

You are right, the list IS supposed to strip out attachments.
Thanks for the apology, at least.
No real Biggie, just annoying, waiting for 16MB to download(ON   
DIALUP!!) and to be scanned by AVG.

Have a good day.

tesstah

Andrew Fisk wrote:

Apologies to everyone -- I too thought that the attachment  
would  be  stripped -- I guess I should have figured that if it  
got  through the  first time, it would get through again.

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com
On May 12, 2006, at 2:03 AM, mike scott wrote:


On 11 May 2006 at 19:22, Andrew Fisk wrote:

Not sure what the problem was but your file opened fine -- I  
didn't
understand a word of it, but it looks cool! I resaved it --  
see if

this is any better




Do you really think sending 6Mbyte attachments to everyone on  
the  list

is a good idea?

Although I /thought/ they were supposed to be stripped by the   
mail  list

software??
--
various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see
http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key
(key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9  
1364)

[EMAIL PROTECTED]Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England

-- 
-- -

To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


--- 
-- ---

AVG Pro says: "No virus found in this Incoming message."
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/337 - Release Date:   
5/11/2006



 
-

To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


- 
---

AVG Pro says: "No virus found in this Incoming message."
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/338 - Release Date:  
5/12/2006


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] erreur

[Andrew Fisk]

becuase I copied  to the OP directly too


Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 12, 2006, at 12:04 PM, TessTah wrote:

quote: "-- I too thought that the attachment would be stripped --"  
close quote

So...
Why did you even attach it then?
You might have put it up Online and provided a link so people could  
check it out IF they wanted to.

You are right, the list IS supposed to strip out attachments.
Thanks for the apology, at least.
No real Biggie, just annoying, waiting for 16MB to download(ON  
DIALUP!!) and to be scanned by AVG.

Have a good day.

tesstah

Andrew Fisk wrote:
Apologies to everyone -- I too thought that the attachment would  
be  stripped -- I guess I should have figured that if it got  
through the  first time, it would get through again.

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com
On May 12, 2006, at 2:03 AM, mike scott wrote:

On 11 May 2006 at 19:22, Andrew Fisk wrote:


Not sure what the problem was but your file opened fine -- I didn't
understand a word of it, but it looks cool! I resaved it -- see if
this is any better



Do you really think sending 6Mbyte attachments to everyone on the  
list

is a good idea?

Although I /thought/ they were supposed to be stripped by the  
mail  list

software??
--
various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see
http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key
(key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England

 
-

To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


- 
---

AVG Pro says: "No virus found in this Incoming message."
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/337 - Release Date:  
5/11/2006


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] erreur

[Andrew Fisk]

Apologies to everyone -- I too thought that the attachment would be  
stripped -- I guess I should have figured that if it got through the  
first time, it would get through again.





Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 12, 2006, at 2:03 AM, mike scott wrote:


On 11 May 2006 at 19:22, Andrew Fisk wrote:


Not sure what the problem was but your file opened fine -- I didn't
understand a word of it, but it looks cool! I resaved it -- see if
this is any better


Do you really think sending 6Mbyte attachments to everyone on the list
is a good idea?

Although I /thought/ they were supposed to be stripped by the mail  
list

software??
--
various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see
http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key
(key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Operating system

[Andrew Fisk]

ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/2.0.2rc4/ 
OOo_2.0.2rc4.20060408_MacOSXIntel_en-US.dmg


Copy the link above into Safari --

Download the file

While it is downloading, find the DVD that came with your mac scroll  
down until you see file called Optional installs


Go through the installation process and Select X11

Safari will warn you the the download contains a program (click  
continue)


Once the download completes there will be a new disk icon on your  
desktop


Open up that new disk icon and double click the installer --

It's much more complicated to type than it is to do -- let me know if  
you have any problems




Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 10, 2006, at 5:02 PM, john wrote:

on 11/5/06 2:12 AM, G. Roderick Singleton at  
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

wrote:


On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 15:58 +1200, John McGregor wrote:
I have a new intel chip imac, with tiger installed.  I am  
downloading
open office 2.0.2.  Which operating system do I choose  ?   
Windows or

Linux x86 (RPM) or Linux x86(DEB) ?  Can you please help  ?  Regards
John



None of the above. Please select MacOS as
your OS when asked when you click the green "get OpenOffice.org"  
button
on http://www.openoffice.org/ Once on the page you will see  
another link
for OOo on Intel part way down the page. This version is still in  
QA but

is quite stable.


Thank you,

Now, -  I must be particularly stupid,  -  because No matter what I  
do, I am

making no progress.

From the beginning  :

I " find " OpenOffice for Mac " using google search.  I get a page  
starting
" porting OpenOffice for Mac OS X ".  I click on this, and I get a  
new page

which at its left top says " Mac OS X OpenOffice.org Port.

At this point, I become lost, because whilst I am able to find  
fresh pages
by clicking the " download " buttons options on any new pages that  
appear, I
am not able to find the page mentioned in your answer above,  
showing a green

button stating " get OpenOffice.org ".
What am I doing wrong  ?

I appreciate your patience.

regards
John

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Problem installing Openoffice

[Andrew Fisk]

You need to install X11 from the install DVD that came with your mac.

Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 8, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Steve Lacourt wrote:


Hi,

I am using openoffice for MAC OS X. It's installed in my application
folder but when I open it nothing happens. A menu bar opens as if the
program was running but no application is started.

Hope you can help out.

Many thanks in advance
Best regards,

Steve

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] startup

[Andrew Fisk]

Goto file ---> new and select spreadsheet -- remember that the file  
menu is in the "writer window" not on the menu bar.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 6, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Greg Hanson wrote:


Hello,

I have downloaded and installed OpenOffice 2.0 on my Mac (10.4.6).   
When I double click the OOo Icon I get a new OOo Writer page.  How  
do I get to a new Calc page?


Clueless but eager in Nebraska.

gh

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Microsoft Works keeps taking over

[Andrew Fisk]

As you can not open MS-Works files in OO.o there is not file  
association that you can change -- you will need to convert your  
works files to something compatible before trying to open in OO.o



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 6, 2006, at 7:30 AM, ray.hanson713 wrote:


Dear sirs,

I am a new user and have set Open Office as my default for  
launching word files etc.  When I double click on a word document  
it still launches in Microsoft Works.  On the add/remove programme  
inside the control panel there is no sight of Microsoft Works.   
Inside Microsoft Works there is no option fro switching it off as  
the default.  I am running under MS XP.


I would like to use Open Office as my default for all MS Office  
components, please advise how I switch off the built in default in  
MS Works to enable this.


Many thanks

Ray

Re: [users] new to open office

[Andrew Fisk]

you have to use ctrl-v to paste inside an x11 window -- so if you are  
copying from a Mac application you use cmd-c (as usual) and then  
paste using cnrl-v.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 3, 2006, at 1:57 PM, Jeromy Darling wrote:

I got it working now, thanks for the help. New problem though, I  
can't paste anything into a Calc spreadsheet - can't find anything  
on the support forums about it either, any thoughts?


G. Roderick Singleton wrote:

On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 12:42 -0500, Jeromy Darling wrote:

Thanks for getting back to me, I installed the X11 but it still  
won't open for me. I dragged it to my Applications folder, than  
to my Dock, it opens for a second, than closes - I run a intel  
mac (the MacBook Pro) - so neoffice is out for me.





Not necessarily. There is a Mac/Intel version at
ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX that you  
might

like to test. I say test since it is in RC but not yet released.
SKuttlebut is that it works quite reasonably.




CPHennessy wrote:


On Mon April 17 2006 00:43, + Jeromy Darling wrote:


 [ MODERATED ] ***
Can't figure out how to open the dang program. I added to my
applications folder, but when I open it, nothing really  
happens. I right
clicked and viewed the content of the folder and found a whole  
world in
there, but still can't seem to find where I open the word  
editor or

spreadsheet editor. Sorry I'm such a newbie!


As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that:
On Tue April 18 2006 00:58, John W. Kennedy wrote:

What you say suggests that you are using a Macintosh, and I see  
that you
sent your e-mail from a Macintosh, so I will assume that to be  
the case.


There are two versions of OpenOffice.org for the Mac. One is  
written to
use the Unix part of MacOS X; you must install the X11 part of  
MacOS X
from your CD-ROM to use it. (X11 is the part of Unix that does  
windows
and stuff. Since MacOS X has its own Mac-flavored windows, it  
normally
leaves X11 out, since it is only needed to run windowing Unix  
programs.)


The other is called NeoOffice (or NeoOffice/J). It uses Java to  
run as a
normal MacOS program, and would probably be easier for you to  
use. See
http://www.neooffice.org>. (Note, however, that it does  
not, at
present, run on Intel Macs, and that, because it is a modified  
version
of the original OpenOffice.org, it is a couple of versions  
behind.)


The long-term plan is to make a straightforward MacOS ("Cocoa")  
version;

but there are complications.


Please reply to users@openoffice.org only.



 
-

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] Can't print

[Andrew Fisk]

spotlight spadmin --

and then add your printer


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On May 2, 2006, at 10:18 PM, Peter DiBerardino wrote:


Hello

I'm using an Imac Intel Core Duo computer.  I'm not able to print a  
document.  When I go to print there is only Generic Printer, not  
mine which is a HP PSC1510.

When I try printing with Generic Printer nothing happens.
How do I  set up my printer?

Thank you.

Peter

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Thank you! Last question: Why does the window titled xterm open in OS X when I start OOo?

[Andrew Fisk]

you need to have x windows running -- and I have never found a way to  
start X11 without the window -- you can close it or minimize it after  
you have open office open.


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 28, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Shekhar Patil wrote:

Thank you to those who answered my last three e-mails as I tried to  
get my

OOo up and running. I have one last question:

Every time I open OOo on my new iBook Gx OS X 10.4.6 Tiger, a  
window titled

X xterm pops up. There is one line in it, as follows:

shekhar-patils-ibook-g4:~ Shekhar$


How can I stop this window from opening every time I start OOo?

Thanks,
Shekhar

Re: [users] [moderated]

[Andrew Fisk]

Access or base would work fine -- you might want to try calc too --  
while not quite the same it would be a quick & easy way to get your  
feet wet with something newer.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 26, 2006, at 8:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


If any one is familiar with the old C-64 Commodore, with software
"data-manager", where you can put in up to 400, possible more,   
files depending on
width, up to 36 spaces and depending on width, up  to 8 lines.
Say you have the
date in the first line, and you want to  look up a certain date,  
press th
search, type in a date and the program would go  through 400 plus  
files and show
only the date you requested. Or if you put a  name on the second  
line it would
sort through all files and show you files with  that name you  
requested.
Microsoft said I should try "access", but that person  wasn't sure,  
does any one at

your facility, have any ideas?.
Thanks   C. J, Meyers  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OOo Mac Clipboard Issue

[Andrew Fisk]

cmd-c to copy from the rest of OSX and cntrl-v to paste onto open  
office -- (or other way around  to copy from X11 to OSX)



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 26, 2006, at 3:58 PM, L. Mark Stone wrote:

Running OOo 2.0.2 on an Intel iMac.  I'm a Mac newbie but run SuSE  
Linux

everywhere else.

Everything works OK except I cannot paste from Aqua apps into OOo.   
Not sure

this is an OOo issue as this is the only X11 app on this machine.

I have Googled around and saw some posts that a clipboard issue was  
fixed with

10.4.3.  The iMac came with 10.4.4 and is now running 10.4.6.

Any ideas?

TIA,
Mark
--

_
A Message From...  L. Mark Stone

Reliable Networks of Maine, LLC

"We manage your network so you can manage your business"

477 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101
Tel: (207) 772-5678
Web: http://www.rnome.com

This email was sent from Reliable Networks of Maine LLC.
It may contain information that is privileged and confidential.
If you suspect that you were not intended to receive it, please
delete it and notify us as soon as possible. Thank you.

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] laptop in the train: mac one-button trackpad cannot emulate right-mouse button

[Andrew Fisk]

It shouldn't work but cmd (apple) - click works.


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 16, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Uwe Hobohm wrote:


Hi,
Macs usually have a one-button mouse and a one-button trackpad.  
Right-mouse button is emulated using Ctrl-mouse-button (or Ctrl- 
trackpad-button).

Apparently, this behavior is suppressed in OpenOffice Writer 2.0.2.

Any idea how one can teach OO-Writer to understand Ctrl-trackpad- 
click as right-mouse-click (such that I get access to context menus  
in the train, where I have no mouse with me) ?


Regards
Uwe

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] failures make openoffice unusable

[Andrew Fisk]

Just a silly thought, but how do you get MS word running under Ubuntu  
-- I have never had any luck with ms office & wine -- Win4lin???



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 18, 2006, at 6:39 AM, Wendi Wise wrote:


Dale Snider wrote:


Vent frustration

We have been trying to complete a 50 page report. The report is  
mostly text with numerous figures.
The Openoffice 2.0 is practically unusable. It hangs the computer,  
it aborts, it looses figures (gif images). It does this every 15  
to 30 min. It is impossible to use. It make MS Word look wonderful.


OpenOffice series 1 was far more stable. Series 2 is very buggy  
giving continuous failures.

Version info from help:
openoffice.org2-core 2.0.1breezy1, Sat Jan7 01:11:04 UTC 2006



Hi

Are you running on Ubuntu OS? If so, I have had numerous problems  
with the version of OO that installs with the OS of exactly the  
kind of thing you seem to be experiencing. The solution has been to  
download OO from the OO website, convert to .deb files and do a  
manual install. Also make sure you download and use JRE 1.5.0 and  
not 1.4.x.


I have had a fair amount of frustration, but now it seems ok after  
doing this. I tested this out on several platforms, ie same version  
of OO on Windows, Linux Mandrake, SuSE and I'm sure it's not an OO  
issue.


Regards
Wendi


--

Wendi Wise
Linux user id: 364541
http://www.bsdc.org.za 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
tel: 021 447 2745
fax: 021 447 2759
cell: 084 511 3534

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] question

[Andrew Fisk]

Yes it's compatible, and for a new mac user I would suggest that you  
take a look at neooffice.org -- and if your friend just purchased a  
Mac they got an eval version  program called "pages" which is a  
pretty good mac word processor, very (very) osx interface, but if  
they get into the whole "i" thing it is pretty cool.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 17, 2006, at 8:45 PM, Lumiel Kim-Hammerich wrote:

Is this compatible with Mac user programs?  I have a friend who  
just purchased one, and doesn't have a Word-type program.  I  
suggested OpenOffice, but now wonder if that's not suitable for Macs?


--


Aloha,
Lumiel

Re: [users] new to open office

[Andrew Fisk]

My guess is that you have not installed X11 yet --pop in your Apple  
System DVD and double click the "optional Installations" -- select  
X11 and you will be good to go.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 16, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Jeromy Darling wrote:

Can't figure out how to open the dang program. I added to my  
applications folder, but when I open it, nothing really happens. I  
right clicked and viewed the content of the folder and found a  
whole world in there, but still can't seem to find where I open the  
word editor or spreadsheet editor. Sorry I'm such a newbie!


Jeromy

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

users@openoffice.org

[Andrew Fisk]

What are you trying to do? -- you should not have to type anything in  
the X11 window to uses Open Office.org



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 13, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Franz Haas wrote:

I should add a # in front of the word "xterm &", but the line is  
not there in the xterm window.

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated] Does PhotoShop & InDesign Work with OpenOffice Writer

[Andrew Fisk]

In what way do you want it to work with CS2?

If you want to type in Writer and then import text into indesgn you  
will need to save in a "common" format .doc .rtf or .txt --



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 12, 2006, at 7:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:






Hi,

I am in the process of purchasing Adobe Creative Suites Std2 WIN Ret.
My system is a  Laptop with WindowsXP.
Want to down load OpenOffice to try out.
I need to know if it will work with Photoshop & InDesign.

Thanks

Greg

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OO on iMac Intel has disappeared

[Andrew Fisk]

I would re install, and put the application in the Applications  
folder this time -- if you want a shortcut on your desktop, make an  
alias -- or better yet drag the application to the dock.  As a rule  
of thumb, Mac applications will try to install themselves in the  
Applications folder -- and it seems like a pretty good place for  
them, you know where they are, the system and any other applications  
will find them where they expect them and you won't throw them away  
when cleaning up the inevitable collection of "stuff" that appears on  
your desktop



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 12, 2006, at 5:51 AM, David Clark wrote:

My installation of OO on this new iMac Intel has disappeared.  It's  
not in Applications, Documents or anywhere that I know how to search.


When I installed it, did it place an icon on the desktop, which  
when deleted also deleted the program?


I have two OO documents on the desktop, both .stw file extensions,  
and Quicktime is trying to open them.


Hm..

Dave

--
David Clark
CLARK LAW FIRM, Professional Corporation
200 West Santa Ana Blvd., Suite 615
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Voice (714) 480-1900, Fax (714) 480-1909

Visit our web site: 


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Install Problems

[Andrew Fisk]

Before you try and install Open Office.org, you need to install X11  
from your apple Install DVD -- after you have installed X11, just run  
the installer for Open Office -- to make your life simple, I would  
install in the applications folder.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 9, 2006, at 7:30 PM, Thomas Ryan wrote:


Hi.


I am running Mac O.S. X on my iMac Intel.   I have archived the  
bz2.dmg to a dmg, and installed the OpenOffice.org. How do I start  
it now? And when I use the Start openoffice.org utility it asks me  
for the installer folder. I have tried multiple places, but I can't  
seem to get it right.






Regards,
Thomas Ryan

Re: [users] Goldmine software compatibility

[Andrew Fisk]

Why not take a look at vtiger instead of gold mine and save your self  
a few more $$$ -- and have a system in place that will accomodate  
some growth.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 3, 2006, at 7:35 PM, Keith Bates wrote:


On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:02:23 +0200
"Kris Romans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi,

Does anyone know if Golmine software is compatible with Openoffice
TEXT. I'm starting a business and find open office a great tool and
free but I also need to have my sales guy use goldmine. I was told
that it may not work with OO.org.

Thanks for the reply..I'd hate to give Bill another $800 for two sets
of MS Office!

Kris


Well it's free to download and test it. You're not going to lose out
any by giving it a go. :-)

You might like to update the list on what you find out.

--
God bless you,


Keith Bates
4 Mooloobar St
Narrabri NSW 2390

Phone: 02 67924890
Fax: 02 67925418

www.new-life.org.au

If you don't have a reason to live

JESUS IS THE ANSWER!

Ask him into your life today...
He really does make a difference.

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] trying to open it.

[Andrew Fisk]

When you want to take a document to school, select save as and pick  
MS word for the file format.  You could also ask the techies folks at  
your school to install NeoOffice on the Macs for for you -- It free  
and won't mess anything else up.




Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 2, 2006, at 9:54 PM, Emm nelson-white wrote:


Hello my name is emma n-w

I have open office on my computer aat home and i did some school  
work on it and then saved it to my flash disk so i could put it on  
the school computer. It will not open the document and at school  
they have Mac computers and the have word on them which is all i  
needed really so is there any way i can so how open my school work  
on the computers at school without downloading open office?


From
 Emma


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Instalation of open office

[Andrew Fisk]

If you have not already done so, you need to install X11 from your OS  
X install DVD.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 1, 2006, at 11:12 PM, Matt Embleton wrote:

Hi guys, I have a new Mac Book Pro (the new intel Mac) have  
downloaded the US version but when i click on the icon it doesn't  
install.  Could someone help me with this please or when is the  
release for a version that will be compatible? As currently i have  
to rely on my Windows pc instead.  As i think the the Microsoft  
version for Mac's is a rip off


Matt

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Using Calc for Predictions

[Andrew Fisk]

As an idea why don't you do a simple average of the previous 3 months  
+ the same month last year (so for April 2006 you would use April  
2005 + jan/ feb/mar 2006) and then divide by 4.


BTW -- at least if they has a peeing area in the pool at least I  
would know to stay out of the water!


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Apr 1, 2006, at 7:30 PM, Pete Holsberg wrote:

I'm trying to help my wife work out a budget for her organization.  
At this point, we're trying to predict meal counts for the next  
fiscal year (she runs a soup kitchen).


We have monthly meal counts from July, 2004 through last month.

I was hoping that I could calculate a "trend" -- a line graph with  
a projection off into the future.


How would I do that?

Thanks. --
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ

"Having a smoking area in a restaurant is like having a peeing area  
in a pool." - Thomas Pfeffer, American Heart Association


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OCR

[Andrew Fisk]

It depends on your OCR software -- I use the Readirs package that cam  
with my HP and it allows me to specify where I would like the text to  
finish up. It works well with Open Office Writer.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 31, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Jack wrote:

I'm using ver OO2.0 and would like to be able to use OCR with  
scans.  Is this possible?

Re: [users] There is not X11 icon.......

[Andrew Fisk]

I did a default install of X11 and it is in my applications folder --  
you might want to try installing Open Office.org after you have X11  
installed -- the Open Office droplet that launches X11 and the Open  
Office does a pretty good job of "looking" through your system for  
X11.  If you do a find for X11 what are the results?


and last but not least where did you get X11 -- from your install DVD  
or from Apple's website -- another use on this list had installed the  
X11 developers kit rather than just X11 -- if you do a custom install  
from the DVD you will be able to specify just the X11 install


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 30, 2006, at 8:29 PM, Alvin Zaragoza wrote:

Hi im replying to this email..this is regarding my Open  
Office.org installation.  I have installed the X11 windowing system  
like stated.  And gone thru every step yet i see no X11 windowing  
system icon on my dock.  What seems to be wrong with my system?  Do  
u know where i can find it on my system after its been installed?   
Please advise.


Thanks very much,
  Alvin Zaragoza

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Question?

[Andrew Fisk]

You can save files from OO.o as ms word (.doc) files and send them  
that way, you can even set OO.o to always save in MS word format  
(preferences-->load/save) -- or you could give your correspondents a  
copy of OO.o!


Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 30, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Deborah ((Da'bore-rah)) wrote:

I thought that Open Office was compatible with MicroSoft word but  
when I send out attachments often people can't open them.  How do I  
remedy that?



Deborah (Da'bore-rah)
Be blessed, grace and peace in joy with love...

Re: [users] I am using Version 2.0.2. My Problem Is: What type of file should I use if I want to send a file to a MAC computer over the internet?

[Andrew Fisk]

PDF works well if you want to send the info for he mac user to read  
only.  If the mac user is willing to install Open Office.org, you  
could send them native files, if the mac user has MS office then send  
them the corresponding MS Office file type (.doc .xls etc).




Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 28, 2006, at 9:26 PM, Josh Klarr wrote:

What type of file should I use if I want to send a file to a MAC  
computer over the internet?

_
Search on the go: Try Windows Live(tm) Search for Mobile beta
http://www1.imagine-msn.com/minisites/mobile/Default.aspx?locale=en-us

Re: [users] compatibility

[Andrew Fisk]

Are you using outlook?

If so change the mail format from RTF to Plain text -- and download  
Thunderbird!




Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 28, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Richard Todds wrote:


I send attachments and my recipient can't open them. we both use open
office.

--
Richard Todds
Appliance Direct
"The Appliance Guy"
San Antonio
(866) 370-9098
(866) 900-1093 fax

Re: [users] Switch to non-OOo output rendering mode

[Andrew Fisk]

I would guess that the issue is not with Open Office, but with your  
printer setup in X11 -- you didn't say what you use for an output  
device, but printer drivers and printing systems can do funny things  
to you.  Try creating a PDF from each application even from MS Office  
you could generate a preview PDF with the Mac printer driver, them  
print both to the same printer from the desktop and see if you still  
see the same problem.  Comparing things on the screen is even more  
haphazard, as your screen resolution, video card and even things like  
font smoothing will all effect the way that things look.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 27, 2006, at 12:12 PM, James Greenidge wrote:



Greetings:

(At least in OOo Mac) documents rendered on OOo are slightly off in  
measurement in line spacing and character size. Comparing output on  
screen or print reveals that OOo configurations must be adjusted to  
a .42cm Fixed line spacing (inch measurement flunks for some  
reason) and 98% Character position scale width to pixel by pixel  
match the output of non-OOo word processors (do the compare two  
docs up against a strong light trick). I'd like to propose a  
"switch to non-OOo output rendering output" mode for OOo.


James Greenidge



-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] power point in outlook express

[Andrew Fisk]

Any chnace your 90 Day eval just ended ???

You might want to try downloading OpenOffice.org as an alternative to  
to MS office before you empty the piggy bank -- you will be able to  
read .ppt files.



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 26, 2006, at 12:01 PM, brendag wrote:

my system is in good shape, i've been using ms office pro 03 for  
months,

suddenly nothing in it works.
- Original Message -
From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "OOUsers List" 
Cc: "brendag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: [users] power point in outlook express



On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 20:37 -0600, brendag wrote:
i get lots of power point creations in outlook express. suddenly  
i am

another victim of the missing sku011.cab file and can no longer open
pp emails. my ? is; if i download this product will i be able to  
open

these presentations?


If you are missing essential cabs from your OS or whatever, I suggest
that you should fix this first.

As to using OOo for opening PowerPoint files, yes it will do so
providing that your system is in good shape.
--
PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST.
OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead
http://documentation.openoffice.org/





-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Help about openoffice

[Andrew Fisk]

Not to be rude -- but shouldn't you do your own homework.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 23, 2006, at 1:29 PM, CLINTON CARUANA wrote:


Dear sir/madam,
  First of all I am a university student named Clinton.  
I am

doing a research on openoffice and I would appreciate if you
could help me by answering the following few questions. I
surfed through the openoffice website and found quite some
interesting information. I have just downloaded openoffice
version 2.0.1

1) What are the advantages of using Open Office including the Open  
formats

and wizards?

2) Could you please give me a list of all the wizards there exist in
OpenOffice and their effectiveness?

3) A specific description on the operation of Universal Network  
Objects as

used in OpenOffice.

4) Can users report bugs in the forums like of open office calculator,
code? Just yes/no. I noticed that they can do so by direct e-mail  
or by

clicking on "Report a bug" icon directing them to the issues page.

5) How might software patents effect the development of open source
applications? (such as openoffice)

  I hope you can answer my 5 questions. In addittion could you  
please give
me links (internet addresses) where I can search further. You could  
make

these 5 questions public in your website for users' information.
   Thank you in advance. I will be looking forward for your reply.  
Please

do answer me as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
  
Clinton


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] I am using OpenOffice.org 2.0 (text) My problem is

[Andrew Fisk]

try as save as "newfilename" before you scroll down


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 23, 2006, at 6:08 AM, David Place wrote:

I cannot open a file that I have saved.  Everytime it opens, Open  
Office shuts it down once I try to scroll down the document.  After  
retrieving the file, the problem continues.

Re: [users] Install OO on iMac Intel

[Andrew Fisk]

Bad news -- no you can't easily move fonts from a PC to mac

Good news -- The two you mention should already be on your mac --

More bad news -- X11 is (kind of) like having a second OS on your  
machine -- so you need to install the fonts --


You have two choices --
Go under file -- goto wizards and select "install fonts from the  
web"  -- run through the Wizard and pick the fonts you want  -- given  
what you went through with the X11 install you might want to skip  
Chinese stuff :)


or

Open OO.o -- once it is open you will see a small white X11 window --  
type ./Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org2.0/ 
program/spadmin -- (or copy & paste) -- and this will bring up a  
utility that will let you add printers & fonts



Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 21, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Dclark wrote:

Well, X-11 got installed on my new iMac by reinstalling the  
operating system, or so it seems, but it works and OO is also  
installed.  Along the way, I got languages like Korean, Finnish,  
and more, plus a few fonts and other goodies I'll never use.


However, common fonts like Times New Roman, Arial, and some others  
don't seem to be there.  Now to figure out how to get them.  Can I  
bring them over from my Windows machine where I've had Word Perfect  
9 running?  If so, where do I put them?


Dave

David Clark
CLARK LAW FIRM, Professional Corporation
200 West Santa Ana Blvd., Suite 615
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Voice (714) 480-1900, Fax (714) 480-1909


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Installing OO on iMac Intel

[Andrew Fisk]

Use the OSX DVD that came with your mac, run the installer, and when  
you get to the "installation type" section of the install select  
"Custom install" rather than easy install -- this will give you a  
list of packaged to install -- Select X11 and click continue --


Once it's done, eject the DVD -- put it somewhere safe and have fun  
with with your new computer!


Please forward this info to the twit at Apple, while I guess X11 is  
third party software, Apple tweak it enough that I would think that  
the folks in tech support would know what is on their own install DVD!



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 21, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Dclark wrote:

I managed to install something named "X11SDK.pkg", but still cannot  
install OO on the iMac Intel.  When installed, it's named X11 SDK.   
Yesterday morning I asked one of the Apple Tech Support people,  
with the response "we don't support third party applications" and  
she had never heard of "X-11."


What does X-11 do?  What folder is it in?  Does it have a different  
name when installed?  Do I need to launch it before installing OO?   
Is there a Readme or FAQ on this OO install process for the iMac  
Intel?


Really appreciate the help and sorry to ask so many Newbie questions.

Dave


David Clark
CLARK LAW FIRM, Professional Corporation
200 West Santa Ana Blvd., Suite 615
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Voice (714) 480-1900, Fax (714) 480-1909

[Balance of sig deleted]

From: CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: users@openoffice.org
To: users@openoffice.org
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:11:30 +
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
 charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [users] Install OO on New iMac-Intel

On Mon March 20 2006 17:16, David Clark wrote:

On my brand new iMac-Intel I've successfully downloaded OO for Mac,
and an icon is on its desktop.  Nothing happens when I double click
the icon, and I get the same negative result when in the box for OO.

Someone said I need X-11.  Where is that?


On the installation CD for your OSX.

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] NeoOffice Mac

[Andrew Fisk]

CP--

Just as some perspective,  like Chad, I was kind of ticked off at the  
response from Steve, and while Chad might be a little more direct  
than I would have been -- I am not sure that a suggestion that  
somebody dump their hardware and preferred OS was very useful either  
-- and given the loyalty that most Apple users have to the Mac, I  
could see how the suggestion might be considered offensive.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 19, 2006, at 6:04 AM, CPHennessy wrote:


On Sun March 19 2006 08:59, Chad Smith wrote:


Are you being stupid on purpose - or did you use a Mac from 1984?


Chad,
 There is no point insulting people. It adds nothing to your  
argument and

reflects badly on you.

Any more insults will cause you to be seriously considered for a  
ban from this

list.

--
CPH : openoffice.org contributor

Maybe your question has been answered already?
http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] NeoOffice Mac

[Andrew Fisk]

You can always use use OpenOffice.org if you need the DB component --  
as you can move the other file formats between the 2 "versions"  
easily it's not a real killer to deal with, and if you create a DB in  
Open Office, you can access it from Neo.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 19, 2006, at 2:31 AM, Read, Lance wrote:


NeoOffice macintosh

Is there no db "Base" component yet?

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated] Open Office Writer 2.0 memory requirements

[Andrew Fisk]

I guess my first question would be why would you even consider an OS  
from a "nuthouse", I know I have avoided Windows like the plague :)


BTW -- I think you are being a little hard on Ubuntu, The site is  
very complete, the wiki answers questions that I would have never  
thought to even ask, and there is a very active support community.


Remember that accessing anything from a 52x CD rOM will take about 12  
times longer than from your hard drive (you don't notice a 1 second  
delay, but 12 seconds seems like forever) -- and with your fairly low  
RAM you will be hitting the disk often.


Just as an option, take a look at vector linux -- I just did an  
install on a dell PII 166 laptop with 64 MB, you get a nice  
(reasonably fast) desktop, a very complete set of apps (including  
OO.o 2.0) -- and they also have a live CD so you can test drive.



Have fun!

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 18, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Terry Maiden wrote:

I have just tried Ubuntu Live CD 5.10 which includes Open Office  
2.0.  Open Office Writer will not load and run, the CD just grinds  
and grinds.  I usually have to hit the reset button to get control  
of my PC back.  My PC is a Compaq 2100US laptop.  This PC has only  
192 meg of memory, some of which is reserved as video memory.  This  
is the first time I have tried OO version 2.0, version 1.1 seems to  
work fine.  Please don't tell me to contact Ubuntu, their site is a  
"nuthouse"...

Re: [users] Help on WinMail.Dat files.. how to open them from Open Office 1.o1?

[Andrew Fisk]

This is not really and open office issue -- the real solution is to  
ask the person send the email to send as plain text rather than RTF!


Take a look at http://www.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 17, 2006, at 12:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Help on WinMail.Dat files.. how to open them from Open Office  
1.o1?  Thanks!

Re: [users] Recommended OOo Cursive Font

[Andrew Fisk]

Using spadmin you can import your mac fonts --
From your X Window ./Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/ 
openoffice.org2.0/program/spadmin


that way you can use the fonts you know & love from your mac -- BTW I  
don't know if you have tried Neo Office, but it will use your system  
fonts (and printers) and the command key works!


Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 15, 2006, at 12:33 PM, James Greenidge wrote:


Greetings:

I'm using Mac OOo and would like to know if anyone has any workable  
cursive fonts installed in OOo Write to recommend. Even after using  
Fondu, the closest font resembling a true cursive font I can find  
is CochinItalic. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!


James Greenidge

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Why does X11 not open when Ilaunch Open Office 2.x? (Mac related question)

[Andrew Fisk]

X11 is launched by an Applescript (main.scpt).  You can find it by  
cntrl-click on the open office icon, then open contents / resources /  
scripts -- run it and watch the event log -- you should see where it  
fails --



good luck

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 10, 2006, at 4:19 PM, Joe Hogan wrote:


I was previously unable to run OO 2.x.  This changed when I opened X11
first.  If I open X11 first, the OO runs fine.

Why does luanching OO not automatically open X11?  I used OO 1.x  
before, and
I never had this problem.  Also, I use GIMP' and X11 launches fine  
when I

use GIMP

Ideas?

Joe

Re: [users] OSX/X11 + non ascii characters input with a qwerty kb.

[Andrew Fisk]

The option key is a Mac thing and does not do any of the stuff you  
would expect under X11 -- this may sound a little hokey, but if you  
don't need to do this too often -- generate the characters in an OSX  
app. and copy & paste if you are going to use these often you could  
setup an auto correct that replaces for example (e) with é -- etc.


Good luck

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 9, 2006, at 9:13 AM, JC Helary wrote:


Thanks for your link.

I have been checking where X11 gets its preferences on OSX and I  
can't seem to find any XF86Config file anywhere on the system.


There is a xinitrc file though with:
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap

but neither files are present currently.

Besides I am not really a Linux geek and I am not sure I understand  
most of what is written in the document :) If you have other ideas  
go ahead. I can try...


JC

On 2006/03/09, at 22:29, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:


On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 22:17 +0900, JC Helary wrote:

Well, the title says it all~

I use a qwerty kb to type French, English (and Japanese with  
Kotoeri)

and I've decided to give OOo a serious try... (No comment about
NeoOffice, I know it and use it everyday).

My first problem is character input: I can't use the opt+
combinations with X11/OOo:

opt+e+e=é
opt+_+a=à

etc.

I tried the 2 possible related X11 preferences with no success and I
really have no idea how to deal with that.

Any suggestion ? Something _simple_ if possible :)



Hmm, your description appears to me to be using the "dead key" method
of inserting characters. I use this method under Linux and it  
should be similar

for OSX. See
http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/various_topics/ 
Howto_special_char.pdf

for ideas on setting up your Mac.  If you would be so kind, if this
works for you, to document any differences, I will add a Mac section.


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] reclaiming WordPerfect 3.0 docs from iMac OS9.2 to Word iMac OS 10.4.4

[Andrew Fisk]

This is the wrong place to ask the question, but since you are here  
(and Open Office does not run on the intel macs yet) -- try abiword  
-- it will open and convert WP documents. MS word will too if you  
install the "value pack" from the original Office X package (which is  
still somewhere on MS website).


Good luck


Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 8, 2006, at 5:17 PM, jj wrote:


The subject line tells the story. I purchased a new iMac
Intel Duo and am unable to open the documents I typed up in
my older iMac with OS 9.2 and WordPerfect 3.0. I have
Microsoft Word with my new iMac but it doesn't open up the
old docs. Is there a solution available? Thanks.

John
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

__
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Microsoft says Open Office.org 10 years behind

[Andrew Fisk]

This was always Apple's logic, figuring that if they had the kids in  
school, they would continue to use Apple products in the business  
world.  Obviously not a strategy that OO.o should rely on for serious  
penetration of the business market.  On the bright side, the fact  
that all those young Mac users can switch to Windows if the job  
requires it, would make you think that a switch from one office suite  
to another would be fairly straightforward.



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 7, 2006, at 10:29 PM, Jack Gates wrote:


Only when there's an installed user base for OOo coming out of the
universities and high schools will it become a more attractive  
option to

the business software market.


This is the most accurate thing that has been said so far.  People  
as a
general rule hate change and most will resist and fight all the way  
to the
end.  It is far easier to teach the new generations the new things  
and let

them bring it into the market place and slowly phase out the current
generations and the current way.

I use to be a MS all the way guy, but now I am only using Linux and  
all the
products that come on the distro CDs.  I don't have a physical MS  
set up any
where in my home network.  I do have one box with vmware on it  
running a
virtual copy of MS for those times when I have to use MS, like web  
sites that

are MS specific and won't work unless you are running MS and IE.

--
Jack Gates
864-238-9300
I sell energy drinks that taste good and give a big boost.
Minds are like parachutes, they only work when they are open.

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Microsoft says Open Office.org 10 years behind

[Andrew Fisk]

On Mar 7, 2006, at 11:50 PM, Max G. Kluth wrote:

: I know the one to call if it's a problem with MSO.  Granted it  
will cost

me
: $35 a hour (or more) to call them - but it's there.
: It's not as simple as it looks.

It is as simple as it looks. I'm retired, and you just gave me an  
excellent
idea. Perhaps I open a casual business giving support. I would only  
charge

30 dollars. And the answers I don't know I could easily look up on the
Internet. It is all there, and, as I mentioned, I am retired and  
have all

the time in the world.



Anyone concerned about support should put there mind at rest, not  
only do we now have two offers for paid support, we have price  
competition! -- Adam Smith must be smiling.

Re: [users] Microsoft says Open Office.org 10 years behind

[Andrew Fisk]

You do a 500 seat install and need support, we will happliy provide  
it at $35.00 per call -- we might even be williing to arrange the  
rollout and training -- for a fee -- how about 50% of your up front  
cost of an MSO upgrade :)



Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 7, 2006, at 4:54 PM, Joe Hogan wrote:

Another problem is a lack of support.  What 800 number do you call  
at 2 am


on Saturday night to get tech support for your 500 seats of  
OpenOffice.org

?
I know the one to call if it's a problem with MSO.  Granted it  
will cost

me
$35 a hour (or more) to call them - but it's there.




This is an argument that even I can anbswer too, the non-techie ;-)

You say that there is no support?  True.  But then, Linux had  
nothign for
the longest time, and then a handful on companies tossed their name  
in the

ring: RedHat.

There is a CRM software that I use called SugarCRM.  It is out there,
availabel for free.  But, they also offer paid support for the  
clients,

should they desire technical support.

I would say that as it gets accepted more and more, some  
entreprenurial

person will take off with this.

A help desk company for OO.  It will happen, it is just a matter of  
time.


My 2cents worth

Joe

Re: [users] Neo Office saving of a file SUPER slow...

[Andrew Fisk]

I think this is the second time I have seen this problem on this  
list, and I am still not clear if you (and the other user with the  
same problem) actualy dragged the application from the disk image to  
the applications folder  (or other folder on your hard drive).  I  
don't think that moving the package to your desktop will work either.


Does X11 lauch when you launch 2.0?




Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 7, 2006, at 7:24 AM, Joseph Hogan wrote:


Andy,

Let me stand corrected.  There is no installer.  But, nonetheless,  
when I run the program, it launches, but then times out about 30  
seconds later, never running.


I have X11 running, as I used to use OO 1.x, and I also have GIMP  
up and running.


As for the files, you must have a faster computer.  Mine takes  
about 3 minutes.


Ideas about getting OO 2.x to run on my Mac?

Joseph

On Mar 7, 2006, at 6:44 AM, Andrew Fisk wrote:

There is no installer for 2.0 -- just drag the application from  
the disk image to your applications folder.  Make sure you have  
Apple's X11 software installed. BTW to save the same file (just  
under 400k) from 2.0 and Neo took about the same time.  I didn't  
time it, but it was less than a minute in each case.

Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 6, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Joseph Hogan wrote:


Hello,

I have tried using the OO version instead of Neo.

I can not get a installable version of the damn software.  I have  
downloaded it on numerous occasions, and vacrified all the  
possibilities, and it will not install.  The damn installers  
times out.


Ideas?

Joseph


On Mar 6, 2006, at 4:06 PM, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:


On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 15:40 -0500, Joseph Hogan wrote:

Hello

Thanks for the help.

I am all for cross compatibility, but when saving a file  
(recommended
on a regular to avoid loss of work) takes 2-3 minutes t save,  
is this

not a major hindrance?



THen consider using the X11 version which does not have the JAVA
overhead. This is one of the penalties of using Neo.

[snipped]
--
PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST.
OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead
http://documentation.openoffice.org/

--- 
--

To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


"I bought a box of powdered water, but I didn't know what you  
add" Steven Wright


 
-

To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]





"I bought a box of powdered water, but I didn't know what you add"  
Steven Wright


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Neo Office saving of a file SUPER slow...

[Andrew Fisk]

There is no installer for 2.0 -- just drag the application from the  
disk image to your applications folder.  Make sure you have Apple's  
X11 software installed. BTW to save the same file (just under 400k)  
from 2.0 and Neo took about the same time.  I didn't time it, but it  
was less than a minute in each case.

Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Mar 6, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Joseph Hogan wrote:


Hello,

I have tried using the OO version instead of Neo.

I can not get a installable version of the damn software.  I have  
downloaded it on numerous occasions, and vacrified all the  
possibilities, and it will not install.  The damn installers times  
out.


Ideas?

Joseph


On Mar 6, 2006, at 4:06 PM, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:


On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 15:40 -0500, Joseph Hogan wrote:

Hello

Thanks for the help.

I am all for cross compatibility, but when saving a file  
(recommended
on a regular to avoid loss of work) takes 2-3 minutes t save, is  
this

not a major hindrance?



THen consider using the X11 version which does not have the JAVA
overhead. This is one of the penalties of using Neo.

[snipped]
--
PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST.
OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead
http://documentation.openoffice.org/

-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


"I bought a box of powdered water, but I didn't know what you add"  
Steven Wright


-
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] office downloaded onto mac computer?

[Andrew Fisk]

I guess I should start by telling you you came to the wrong place --  
this is a support list for a product called Open Office.org an open  
source program that is compatible with, and offers many of the same  
functions as Microsoft Office.  Even worse -- there is not a stable  
version of Open Office that will run on the new Intel based Macs.  So  
you have a couple of choices -- as a student you can buy Microsoft  
Office at a steep discount  -- check your local CompUSA or the dealer  
where you are buying your Mac.  Another alternative would be to use  
the free word processor that comes with your Mac -- It's part of the  
iWork package called Pages and I think it is great -- you can save  
files in MS-Word format so you can exchange them with your  
instructors, etc.


Good luck

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 28, 2006, at 4:10 PM, Princesa Mendoza wrote:

Hello. I am going to purchase the new Mac Apple notebook. I would  
like to
know if I could download this software onto that computer. Am I  
allowed to

download or install any Microsoft program onto Mac? I am going to need
Microsoft word b/c I am currently enrolled in college. Thank you.



Princesa E. Mendoza

Loan Processor

Baldwin Financial, LLC

841 F. Quince Orchard Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878

work (240) 268-0700 X 213

fax(240) 268-0699

cell   (240) 793-2629

Re: [users] I'm using MACOSX 10.3.9 & OpenOffice 2.0 under X11 1.0 - XFree86 4.3.0

[Andrew Fisk]

For 2.0 there is no installer, if you double click the icon from the  
disk image it will launch X11 and then the application.  My thought  
was that there was a potential issue running from the disk image,  
even with the file moved to the desktop as that does not copy the  
package (NVU for example, will not run from a disk image).  If a user  
is going to run use the application anyway, It makes much more sense  
to have an installed version, rather than using a disk image on a  
regular basis.  If you create a document, save it and then unmount  
your disk image, the finder will not mount the image and open the app  
for you.


Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 21, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Ross Bernheim wrote:


Andy,

There is no need to move any files. Once you double click the dmg  
file and the disk icon appears on the desktop, double
click to open it if a window doesn't open automatically. Once  
opened, just double click on the installer or package and it
will install or work from there. The dmg is a disk image and when  
unpacked you have a usable image mounted on the
desktop. You can move the contents to your hard disk or use as is.  
Using from the image is quick and easy and once
closed, the original compressed dmg file is still on your disk if  
you need to use it again.


Sorry if some of this is a bit basic, but there are many neophytes  
who read this list and may not be familiar with it.


I use both OOo 2 and NeoOffic/J. Both have their charms and foibles.


Ross Bernheim

On Feb 20, 2006, at 19:25, Andrew Fisk wrote:


Ah ha!


Did you try  dragging it to you applications folder -- moving a  
file from a disk image to the desktop does not copy the package(s)  
-- if your memory goes back far enough to remember using some kind  
of removable RW media (floppy/zip/Jazz...etc) you will recall that  
if you moved a file to the desktop, ejected the media and inserted  
it in another mac, the file would disappear from the first  
machine's desktop and appear on the second one.


Some Applications seem to run fine from a disk image while other  
have issues.


I am sure you answered this question already, but you do have X11  
installed

Thanks

Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spitcomp.com

On Feb 20, 2006, at 9:25 PM, Joe Hogan wrote:


Let me correct something I said before.

I must correct what I said about downloading and clicking on the  
file and it timing out.


I downloaded the file from the OO website
I clicked on the dmg file
It opened in a window and there was an install file.
I moved the file to the desktop
I clicked on the file
I then get the response:  command timed out
Then I click OK, and it quits.

Well, that is the whole sequence.

Ideas...

Joe

On Feb 20, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Derick Centeno wrote:


I have the same setup except I have DSL.

Is it possible that something is wrong with the file which was  
downloaded.


Did anyone run the md5 test after the file was downloaded but  
before the file was invoked to startup?

The md5 value for OO is posted on the OO website.

The way to run the md5 test from within OS X is to open Terminal  
and do:


$ md5 filename

Where filename is the OO file which was downloaded.  I recommend  
that the md5 test embedded within Apple's disk utility not be  
used as it is proprietary and not standard with the accepted md5  
algorithm.  In brief, if you use Apple's md5, you'll never see a  
match with any other md5 value which wasn't generated by Apple  
or Apple based routines.


If that is ok, then trying checking one's wires, cables and  
connections.  If one was using dial-up, there could be lot's of  
glitches there.  Also just because one may choose a higher  
bandwidth for file transfer doesn't mean downloads will be perfect.


On Feb 20, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Joe Hogan wrote:


Jean-Cristophe,

If you read the guys message, he gives you ALL the details.

Like i also said in my message, after downloading the file from  
the website, I click on the file to download it.


After waiting about 30-40 seconds, I get the message that the  
other guy wrote:


command timed out

Thats it.  We do not get anywhere near actually installing  
anything.


Joseph

On Feb 20, 2006, at 2:24 AM, JC Helary wrote:


Could you give more details ?

How do you launch OpenOffice ? What do you see ?

Jean-Christophe

On 2006/02/20, at 7:25, Esther Aizcorbe wrote:


Hello
When i launch openoffice. there's a message "command timed out".
Can you tell me why and how to fixed the problem.
Thank you very much.

MDO

 
-

To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL