Re: [users] Spell Check in MAC version
On Sunday 18 March 2007 23:33, Jaclyn Gilks wrote: > Hi, > > I recently downloaded OpenOffice for Macs and I have noticed that the > spellcheck does not work. I've looked under options and tried everything > else but cannot figure out why this would happen. I select the correct > language and press "Check Spelling" and nothing comes up when there are > clear errors. Have you got the right dictionaries installed? There are several different English dicts (US, UK, Aus, etc.). For a brief starter, look at: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE
On Saturday 10 March 2007 08:26, Fred K wrote: > I'm using OOo 2.1, French edition. > My Spell checker situation is all fouled up! I got "Estonian" ticked in > the list of languages but not "French", there seems to be no forum > contribution referring. I do not know how to load and/or set up > dictionaries and check options other than those in the guide. [...] Try this as a starter: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] markup for openoffice
On Friday 09 March 2007 07:51, Justin Fox wrote:
> cool, so say i wanted to copy a line of text from one file to the other
> (and i knew the font/i/u/b etc..) I could just do like so in java..
>
> Code:
>
> writer.write("[b][i][u]");
> writer.write("Hello World!");
> writer.write("[/u][/i][/b]");
> writer.newLine();
>
> /Code:
>
>
> it would write "Hello World!" but bold/italic/underline in openoffice?
No, it won't.
It might surprise you, but there is no such thing as a markup tag in
OpenOffice in the sense you are asking about. If you do what Dan suggested,
then you will see that that is the case. If you have not defined the bold
style yourself, then OOo will generate one with its own unique name, and at
the point in the text which is made bold, it will stop inserting text in one
style, and start insertion using a different style which will define the
characters as bold. And the same with any other combination of font
attributes, including language, font name etc.
I suspect this is not very helpful to you, and it might be better to ask what
you are trying to achieve.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Justin
>
> p.s
>
> would you know offhand the tag for font size?
>
> [font size = 14] [/font] ?
>
> >From: Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: users@openoffice.org
> >To: users@openoffice.org
> >CC: "Justin Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [users] markup for openoffice
> >Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:38:24 -0600
> >
> >On Wednesday March 07 2007 3:41 pm, Justin Fox wrote:
> > > ok i need to know what the markup language tags are for openoffice,
> > > for bold,fontsize and underline.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot,
> > >
> > > Justin Fox
> >
> > They are the standard XML tags. But for specifics, all you have
> >to do is to create a text document and save it. Then using Windows
> >Explorer, change the file extension from .odt to .zip. Unzip the
> >document and look at the XML files. The one you are probably looking
> >for is the style.xml file. You could look in other files that you
> >unzipped just to be sure.
> >
> >Dan
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Re: [users] More detail cursor request.
On Thursday 08 March 2007 10:37, Robert Gott wrote: > Dear Dan, > > Thanks for your reply. As you may have guessed I've just been using OO 2.1 > for a few weeks. I'll try to explain the predicament in some more detail. > > As I said, I write novels usually about 115,000 words. I use 16 pt chapter > headings, my standard page margins, header & footer etc, and tab the first > chapter text at line 6. So far so good. > > Once written I usually print an A4 single spaced manuscript for my own use > and selected readers. Just before printing I need to both paginate and to > ensure that the pages are set out correctly. IE For example that a sentence > or chapter does not break half way into the next page. That the chapter > heading is always middle line 3 etc. > > This feature of knowing line and column number is VERY usefull in WORD and > would be handy in OO. Hope this helps? I can see why you need this according to your traditional method of writing; but OOo provides styles to do similar things in a different way. By defining your chapter heading style as being centred with a certain distance before the text, a certain distance after it, and setting auto update, you can adjust them all immediately and simultaneously. By defining the widow and orphan settings in the your normal paragraph style, you can control how paragraphs get broken. Usually, there is a way in OOo to achieve the same effect as some other processor, but in a different way. Styles are central, but (potentially unfortunately) needs forethought and planning, which I admit may not fit well with some methods of working. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Loop an Impress Slide Show
On Thursday 08 March 2007 15:22, PMowry wrote: > I have been trying to find out how to create a slide show that runs in a > continuous loop and have been unsuccessful so far. Please help me with > creating a slide show that loops contiually. Slide_Show -> Slide Show Settings Check Auto, and set the delay time between loops Untick Show logo, unless required, and adjust anything else you might want. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Writer, Tools, Spell check in which language?
On Thursday 08 March 2007 14:00, Annamari Kortelainen wrote: > Hi, I'm using Open Office 2.1. > > I like to write in different languages. I don't see a "define language" > option in the tools menu for spell check or languages like Microsoft Word > has. > > Is there another version of Open Office that has this feature? Language is a property of the text, not the document, and is best applied by changing styles and using templates. A very brief guide is at http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Last used printer is saved in the file - any way to avoid?
On Thursday 08 March 2007 12:21, James Knott wrote: > Kirill S. Palagin wrote: > > Hello everybody. > > > > As far as I understand, last used printer is saved in the file. > > Is there a way to stop OO from doing this? > > > > Such bevabior creates problem in case of file used by several users. [...] > > Yes. Save the file (if changed), print, then close without saving. What does this option do? I don't know, but it might be relevant. Tools -> Options -> Load/Save -> General -> Load user=specific settings with the document -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] File Saving Problem
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 12:47, James Knott wrote: > Johnny Andersson wrote: > > So how does Linux know what program to open a certain file with? I > > will soon > > install Linux on at least one of my machines, so it would be > > interesting to > > know. I just would love to get rid of that file extension shit, which > > annoyed me since about 1998 or so… > > I could be wrong (yes, that has actually happened before ), but I > believe it's encoded in the first few bytes of the file. Not certain > about that though. It looks at the content of the file according to various magic strings in various odd places. Look at the man pages for the command 'file', i.e. go to the command line and type man file and see how it works and where the descriptors are. Very occasionally it can get it wrong, especially with different types of text file. I think it falls back on an extension if all else fails, but not sure about that. But that is from the command line - desktop guis may be different, though. > In OS/2, the files have up to 64K bytes of extended > attributes, so the file "knows" what applications can work with it. > > > By the way, there are some cases when file extensions are needed in Linux > > too, aren't there? For example .c, .g++, .h, .o, .tar etc. No; there's a difference between convention and necessity. > > Doesn't an OGG > > file in Linux need the .ogg extension? > > That I don't know about. Also, file associations are a desktop thing. > The command line doesn't know about them. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Formula in text.
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 12:23, Johnny Andersson wrote: [...] > > However, I thought about this for a while yesterday, and I found one > explanation, which could be very wrong or maybe even right: Doesn't Excel > start with 1899-12-31? And doesn't Excel have that leap year bug? If > OpenOffice.org handles 1900 as a non leap year (as it should), then the > start date have to be 1899-12-30 if recent dates are going to have the > same numbers in Excel and OpenOffice.org Calc. If this is true, all dates, > from 1900-03-01 until eternity, will have the same numbers in Excel and > OpenOffice.org Calc. Examples: You are probably right, but what surprised me about this was why conversion between a date and a number was even allowed at all. A date is a conventional method of referring to some point in time, neither more nor less. If you have two dates D1, D2, it makes sense to subtract them to get the number of days between them, but what does adding, multiplying, dividing them mean? Or taking the square root? [But adding a number to a date gives another date.] Treating a date as merely some formatting method of a real number is bizarre, but I suspect it is exactly what MS did in Excel, and so it built in an arbitrary origin. OOo followed so it could read and process Excel spreadsheets, but really the origin is arbitrary, and so is the representation of the date, whether it be Gregorian, Julian, Jewish, one of the Islamic forms, Chinese, Mayan, or any other format - the actual point in time is the same, just named differently. Curiously, if you look at the content.xml file in an unzipped .ods file, it appears that it represents dates as their own data type, and no origin is given, just the UTC format for the value, and the text to display in a cell. This means that they do know which values are dates, and so could disallow any stupid operation on them. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Table Gridlines Writer
On Monday 05 March 2007 05:51, valerie wrote: > I am using OpenOffice 2.1 [Writer] and cannot find the function to turn > off/on table gridlines for printing. > > My friend is using OpenOffice 1.1 [Writer] and when he creates a table it > is printing without gridlines & we cannot find the printing options for > displaying gridlines [as in Calc]. Let's see whether I understand you correctly. You have a table in Writer, and wish to see the borders, and separators between rows and columns when you print. In Writer, these things are an attribute of the table, not of the printing process. Position the cursor in the table, right click -> Table and then look under the Borders tab. There you will find lots of different options on how you want the table to look, and this will show in both the display and the printed output. If these are all blanked out, then the display still shows a light grey outline to show where the table is. To see all inner lines, select the fourth diagram in the top left of the dialog box, but if you hover with the mouse over the diagram it will tell you what it means. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Non-breaking width-adjusting space - do we have something like this in OO?
On Monday 05 March 2007 12:25, Henk de Leeuw wrote: [...] This question piqued my curiosity, so I created a simple file containing a non-breaking space, and find they encode it with Unicode 00A0, which http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0080.pdf defines as a non-breaking space, but not any other characteristics. Checking at http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/00a0/index.htm indicates that .NET wants Char.IsWhiteSpace() True. But Java is odd, it has both: Character.isSpaceChar() Yes Character.isWhitespace() No Looks like a bug report to OOo to find out what it thinks it is, and how it treats a space (or whitespace). Also of interest are the Unicode points 200F and 2060, but they may not be relevant in this particular case. See http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2000.pdf > > In the example document that Kirill posted, in the first line, I see > only one gap that is inserted by the justification process, and several > non-breaking spaces that are _not_ surrounded by gaps, but have the > width of only one character. > This is in OpenOffice 2.1. > There is no need for the non-breaking space to be manually > width-adjustable, but it would be nice if, for width-adjusting purposes, > it would be regarded as space instead of non-printing character with > fixed width. [..] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Swahili version for Zanzibar school
On Sunday 04 March 2007 21:04, Guy Voets wrote: > 2007/3/3, utupoa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Thanks for replying. It starts downloading OK and then rapidly completes > > the > > process with a message that it has failed or is corrupted. Matemwe School > > teachers have a computer and they lack English skills. This version would > > really help them, so I would be most grateful for your advice or > > different link. You might want to look at the native language efforts of OOo at http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ and especially contact the overall lead Charles H Schultz, whose e-mail address is on that page. There is also a mailing list of native language projects found at http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList > > > > Tim Boswell > > > > > > Hello Tim > > I think the OOo community would be very happy to help Matemwe School. > Maybe other people on the list here know how to help you out. > What we certainly need to know is what type of computers you have there, > and with what operating system (Linux, Windows, Mac...). You might take a > look at the system requirements ( > http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html) > > I suspect the swahili version hasn't got too much attention lately, but as > I said, there are always Release Candidates of each version of OOo made > with a whole bunch of different (interface) languages, amongst them > swahili. Many of these RC's aren't judged to be stable and reliable enough > to become official releases, but nevertheless function quite good. > An option might be to install a stable english version on one computer, and > swahili versions on the others (preferably of the same version of OOo - > version 2.2 is on the point of getting released..., but an older version, > 2.0, 2.1 or even a good 1.x release will probably enough for the school's > needs). > > Hope other volunteers on this list jump in to help... -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Accented Characters
On Saturday 24 February 2007 13:11, M Henri Day wrote: > My only (?) remaining problem, aside from what seems to be the randomness > of the degree of correspondence between the addresses of the symbols listed > in the Table de caractères Unicode and that listed at the official Unicode > site, is that there still remain glyphs, most importantly Chinese ones, > which are listed in Unicode, but which I can neither read nor write. I've > downloaded all the fonts I can find, but perhaps I've missed a source which > includes all Unicode glyphs ? This is perhaps more an OS than an > OO.oquestion, but if you - or anyone else - could in that case point > me to it, > I'd be pleased indeed !... Henri, I can't help with the lack of correspondence between differing sites, but I would only trust unicode.org to be definitive and the one that implementers will follow. As for fonts, to my knowledge, there is no such thing as a complete one. I've wondered whether it would be worth asking W3C to produce a reference single font that contained every glyph defined. It would be enormous, and possibly slow, or even break some systems, but have the effect of supplying everyone with at least one way of seeing any document received. I would like it to be complete (and updated with each new glyph added), but necessarily nice to look at as that could be the province of the font foundries, and W3C should not take their business. My personal opinion is that it is impractical for anyone else to create such a font simply because of the necessary knowledge that would have to be available to the designers. However, have you tried contacting them to see whether they can point you at whoever wrote the pages that used a font you want? -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Accented Characters
On Friday 23 February 2007 22:50, M Henri Day wrote: > 2007/2/23, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:47:39 +0100 [...] > > Well, JJJ, that was interesting information indeed ! I have always just > assumed that the hexadecimal code for Unicode glyphs was the four-digit > code given in the Table de caractères Unicode > (http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/) and found be combining the denomination > of the row (minus the last digit) with that of the column. You can see all the scripts at the official Unicode site: http://www.unicode.org/charts/ where you can download the PDF charts for any blocks you need. You will also notice that the most recent Unicode standard has over 90 000 glyphs and so needs more than 4 hex digits, in fact they've spread it so that it now uses 18 bits at most (eg. the Ideograph supplement). What MS intend doing with that when they have defined their Unicode characters to be 2 bytes remains to be seen. On Linux, a unicode character was often 4 bytes, but not always, and I've seen on the dev list for OOo that they are working on making all characters available as they have a few corners where the assumption of two bytes cannot be immediately corrected. I suspect the Linux input methods will have no difficulties on a 32bit or larger word size machine. [...] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Alt + menu ?
On Sunday 18 February 2007 15:56, M Henri Day wrote: > Sorry for not being more explicit, Tom ! I'm using Ubuntu 6.10 - «Edgy» on > an ancient 32-bit machine I've raised a bug report against this already, see https://launchpad.net/bugs/70886 Switch to KDE as your window manager and it should just work, or use Kubuntu which uses KDE by default, to get simple diacritics. However, I have no need for the general case so I cannot say how that might be achieved, but I suspect that you should be talking on the Ubuntu forums, since in Linux the input is interpreted by the input method, not by the application. > > Henri > > 2007/2/18, Tom Chilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You say 'When I was using XP.' Does this mean you are using a > > different OS now? > > If so which? > > > > Thanks > > > > On 18 Feb 2007, at 14:18, M Henri Day wrote: > > > > When I was using *XP* on my computer, *Word* (and to a lesser degree, > > even other apps, like Gmail) permitted me to make use of a little table I > > had > > prepared from the *Table de caractères Unicode* > > <http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/> to write in certain graphs that > > weren't immediately available on my (Norwegian) keyboard (to write > > Chinese and > > Japanese, I used the language bar and the IMEs ; I now use SCIM), but to > > which I could gain access by using the Alt key and the numpad keys > > (with Num Lock *on*) to the right of the keyboard. To give an example of > > what I > > mean, here below an excerpt from the table : > > > > € = Alt + 0128 > > ¥ = Alt + 0165 > > Ç = Alt + 0199 > > ç = Alt + 0231 > > Ć = Alt + 0262 > > ć = Alt + 0263 > > Č = Alt + 0268 > > č = Alt + 0269 > > > > Some, like €, but by no means all of these are taken care of by Alt > > Gr +, but I should very much like to have recourse to the others as well > > directly from the keyboard, instead of having to open my list and cut and > > paste. Does anyone know if it is possible to arrange OO.o so that Alt + > > numpad keys > > would work as they do in *Windows*/*Word* ?... > > > > Henri > > > > -- > > Tom Chilton > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Installation & use of product
On Thursday 15 February 2007 21:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I tried downloading Open Office 2.1.0 Hu in order to be able to spell check > Hungarian language text I am writing. Through painful contortions I finally > get into a Microsoft Word program, but to spell check the indicated words, > I have to change to "magyar" for each & every word underlined in red. Is > there a faster way to put this into my computer? Is there a way to set the > spell check into "magyar" as it's primary setting? > Alex > PS: As you can probably tell, I am a computer illiterate Probably you still have a non-Hungarian template. Basic instructions (in English) for different languages are at: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 and there is information in Hungarian at http://hu.openoffice.org/ -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: what happens when a template is deleted?
On Thursday 15 February 2007 18:43, ben wrote: > Thanks for the comment, Dan. > > I did the 'experiment' the way you suggest and, where you say I will > "likely see the dialog", that did not happen. When I reopened TEST, there > was no message from Writer. > > Where you say that the problem might be due to my having "created the > document (TEST) from the DEFAULT template", I don't see how that would have > any effect. I made A the default template and then [with Ctrl+N] opened a > new document, for which File | Properties | General clearly states that > the template [used for creating the doc] is A ; I think that the fact that > A was the default should have no effect. Think about this. What happens when you send a document to someone else? Do you really expect them to have the same set of templates as you? Surely, the only practical way of ensuring anyone can open a document is to embed all of the template information in the document; in other words, the template is just that - a pattern used to start a document only. However, fonts are not embedded which can cause difficulties if the recipient does not have adequate coverage of the symbol set; nor is the language dictionary, but the language is indicated in the style information that is in the doc. Both of these are given by name when the doc is opened so the receiver could find and acquire what is needed independently of the sender. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Table slop
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 20:29, Kevin McLauchlan wrote: > Hey group, I've got an odd one here. > > As I was scanning through my document (OOo 2.1 on WinXP), I found a small > table, > five rows by five columns that happened to occur at the bottom of a page. > It looks fine. > > Then you scroll to the next page and there's the bottom of the bottom row > of > > the table. Well, actually, just the bottom of the table outlines. There's > no text. > On the previous page, the table looks to be properly finished off, but on > the top > of the following page, there's this ... this thing. I'll try to > reproduce it here. > > ||_||__|__| > > There's no character to cause the split. The text of the most-filled cell > ends cleanly > on the previous page. > > I'm going to insert at bogus soft-return on a paragraph before the table, > to push it > down the page a bit, and force some table text to spill over and fill the > overflow > row at the top of the following page, rather than leave the empty shell > there. > But, why should I have to? > > I do have "Allow row to break across pages and columns set", but shouldn't > that > break include a token character or two? My guess is that the text in the row has spilt over into a final blank line, or that the paragraph style for the cell has some request for space after the paragraph. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] dictionaries
On Monday 12 February 2007 16:29, Monica Wahlström wrote: > I read the instructions on the dictionaries just quickly, I couldn´t > imagine it to be so complicated. > > Now I have downloaded the dictionaries for the languages that I usually > use, but I dont understand how to get them into the open office program. A > pity it´s so complicated. I would really like to start using this > program Best regards - Monica Wahlström, Barcelona The complication is almost unavoidable for the general case. However, try this brief introduction, which might get you started: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] French language accents?
On Monday 12 February 2007 00:08, Mike Auffray wrote: > Dear O.O. agent/community member: > > I have the use of French Language accents in my Windows XP Microsoft Office > 2003 under a keyboard setting called "U.S. International" - this gives us > the use of all accents required by simply setting-up the keyboard without > losing any of the regular English capabilities of the keyboard. > > Could you please direct me to where I could set that up on my Mandriva 2007 > using the O.O. for Linux? Thanks for your so-operation. This is an OS (or more properly a Window manager) function, not OOo which just takes whetever is passed to it. You should probably ask in the Mandriva forums. However, I've found on KDE on a UK keyboard (Kubuntu Dapper & Suse 9.1 onwards), almost all of the languages based on Latin scripts are accessible through the AltGr key + another as a dead key to add diacritics to the following key. For example, (AltGr+=) then c is: ç. Gnome *Ubuntu Dapper) seems to have a more restricted set of diacritics, but the French ones are probably already there. But if you do a lot of French, this may not be good enough for you. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] spellchecker not working
On Sunday 11 February 2007 04:14, Michael Gaedcke wrote: > i am using 2.1 of open office. the spell check keeps saying it is finished > but it hasn't picked up the mistakes. i have followed all the help topics > to no avail. I'm guessing you're Australian, and have you installed the English (Aus) dictionary? Brief intro: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Languagequestion
On Friday 09 February 2007 17:06, Andreas Geng wrote: > Hello! > > I have got the german version of OpenOffice but i would like to translate > things in russian or to have the russian language too without switching the > program. Do You have the feature of russian language for the german > version? How should I proceed? This is an English language list, but you could ask in German on users@de.openoffice.org See also http://de.openoffice.org/about-ooo/about-mailinglist.html For a brief English intro, look here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: find & replace - special
On Friday 09 February 2007 13:02, A. den Oudsten wrote: > Ray Hurst wrote: > > Thelma Sabim wrote: > >> Hello Users, > >> I managed finding & replacing some of the special characters using the > >> expression \t, \n and ^$. > >> However, no results using the expression \xXXX > >> > >> For example, I want to replace the Euro symbol with the British currency > >> symbol (Pound Sterling). > >> OOo finds \x20Ac which is the Euro symbol but it replaces with the > >> expression \x20A4 and not with the Pound Sterling symbol. > >> > >> I tried other special characters (like 1/4 replacing 1/8, TM replacing > >> R... > >> and the result was the same, the finding process located the special > >> character but the 'replacing expression' was inserted instead of the > >> symbol > >> it represents. > >> > >> Does anyone have a solution for that? Is this a bug? > >> Thank you in advance. > >> Regards, > > > > I suggest you use the Insert->Special Character function to do this. > > It takes the guess work out of it. > > Ray [...] > > My problem is that I can't insert special characters in the 'Find and > Replace' dialogue box to do this kind of things.WordPerfect was > wonderfull in this!! > > Andre den Oudsten [...] I think there is a problem in calling these "Special characters". To me, a "special character" is something like a square root symbol that is not readily available under one's normal input method. What we are talking about here are breaks in the formatting of the text. In OOo there are no characters associated with these formatting changes. What is really required, I gather, is the ability to find them and replace with them. However, I can see lots of difficulties in defining just what is actually wanted. The breaks that one might wish to insert are (at least): tab, newline, newparagraph, newcolumn, newpage (any more?) And in each case, there are questions as to what they might mean in the replace field. For example, if a new paragraph is chosen, what style is to be chosen for the paragraph before and after the paragraph break? If a tab is chosen, does it retain the italic and bold font attributes (or language etc.), or return to the paragraph defaults. If a newpage, what page style is applied to the preceding and following pages? etc. Without discussing this in depth, I think it is difficult to identify the "natural" behaviour (should consensus exist anyway). -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Quick question
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 06:14, Luis Ramos wrote: > Hello, i was wondering if you have spanish as one of the languages because > i am a spanish teacher and I need to work inbetween english and spanish > documents. please let me know please. You might start at http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Password for sheet / document protection
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 02:24, TerryJ wrote: > Tadek-2 wrote: > > I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : > > > > when I opened excell file by calc.org all passwords for sheet and > > document structure > > protection are lost. I can modify excell sheet protected by password. > > > > qestion: > > This is error in software or normal feature of this software? > > What microsoft mean about this function? > > > > Tadeusz Kantor > > I see there's a bit of crowing. I have no way of testing this but I gather > that it works in reverse. In other words, a password requirement imposed > by OpenOffice will not be effective when the document is opened by other > software. I think you'll find the situation is that any document that has been given a password by an MS program will require the password on being opened by any program, MS or OOo or any other. What OOo does not do is retain the protection when writing in any format other than ODF. In particular it is the re-write of a password protected excel file by OOo in .xls format that will remove the protection. Saving as .ods will give the option of resetting protection. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Just some 'Style' observations.
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 18:50, William Case wrote: [...] > > Is there a way to identify a limited set of styles (page, title, > headers, text body) for one type of document or template? For example, > I want to create a 'Speech' type template with styles that shows only > the Speechpage, Speechtitle, Speechheaders, Speechtextbody styles that I > have created and does NOT show the standard, default, header1, header2 > etc. In particular, I use the styles drop down box on the formatting > tool bar a lot. When I open my New Speech Template, I want to see only > my speech style choices in the drop down. That would also be nice in > the styles dialogue window as well, but that is not as important to me. > Is there a way to set this up? I don't know whether it is possible to change what styles appear in the toolbar drop down list, but I often set the styles dialog box dropdown list at the bottom of the pane to Custom Styles, which gives you what you have added above the standard set. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Language Support
On Monday 05 February 2007 06:55, Ali Pankau wrote: > Dear Sun Systems > > I need the capability to write letters and spell check in Polish and > German, how can I do it? > Do you have a download patch to achieve this? > Hope you can help For a very brief introduction try this: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] multi language
On Monday 05 February 2007 19:32, SIKDER Abdul-Majid wrote: [...] > > Sir, > > I am using OpenOffice 2, French version under Windows XP Familial ( > > french), > > My probleme is: I can not write Bengali ( Bangladesh) using Open Office > > even I have several types of bengali fronts. Can you be more precise in your question? Are you having trouble with entering the characters from the keyboard, or in having OpenOffice display the results? Or something else? I don't know Bengali, nor Windows, but if you can give information about what you are trying to do, then perhaps someone who does know will answer. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Spanish spell check
On Sunday 04 February 2007 17:50, Joel Sanchez wrote: > The openoffice version I have in my computer doesn't have Spanish spell > check. How do I install it? and/or Where do I find one I can install? Try this: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Spell checking in more than one language
On Thursday 01 February 2007 09:04, Robert Springett wrote: > Dear Sirs > I am a home user and thinking of using Open Office and and not sure whether > one can choose to spell (and perhaps grammer check) in more than one > language. I live in France and sometimes write in English and sometimes in > French. Would I be able to choose to spell check in either language? > Regards > Robert Springett There is a very brief introduction to languages in OpenOffice in the archives here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 There are no grammar checkers in OOo itself. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] problem
On Thursday 01 February 2007 18:37, george anist wrote: > I searched through all the faq's and didn't see anyone else with this > problem, which amazes me to say the least. (ihad this problem with OOffice > 2.0 and just downloaded 2.1 with still the same problem) The spell check. > Why does it seperate words that don't need to be seperated (basically > making it from correct to incorrect?) ie (this is purely example) watch > will be corrected (or recomended to change to) wa tch. Is there a way to > urn this off? Thanks a lot for your time. -Nel I've never seen this. To help we need more information. What language are you spell checking? If English, what variety (US, UK, Aus, etc.) What operating system. If Windows, what variety (XP, 2000, etc.) Is 'watch' a real example of the failure? If not, can you provide an example that genuinely fails? -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] changing language for spell check
On Thursday 01 February 2007 19:16, gabriele seyffer wrote: > As my doc arrives written in German word I do not know how to convert into > openoffice and apply English spellcheck after translation. Anybody able to > help? Gabi Open the file in OOo, and then this might help: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=137861 It is worth setting your styles with the right languages to get automatic selection of the language for spell checking. > > Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Copy to OP > Original Message > From: Jonathon > Date: Thu 01 Feb 2007 15:07:33 EST > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I am using Openoffice 2.0 and even with your help tool I can not > >> change the spellcheck language. Please give me spezifics. > > > > Set the language of the document to the language you are using. You can > > do this by going to Then selecting the individual styles, > > and change the language attribute to your language of choice., > > > > Then you go to ">Files >Wizards >Install New Dictionaries" and use that > > tool to install the dictionaries in the languages of your choice. > > > > Assuming that your language of choice has a dictionary, the spell check > > function will flag spelling errors. > > > > xan > > > > jonathon > > - > Get your own web address. > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] equation insert problems
On Friday 26 January 2007 01:18, michael mill wrote: > i am using writer v2.1 > its probably easier for you to tell me how you would > insert x.odf from the "desktop" into a document you are creating. > thanks Given a formula in a document x.odf, it can be transferred into a text document (.odt) by Insert -> Object -> OLE Object -> Create from File and search for the file. If the formula document is already open in OOo, then in Math select all the text (Ctrl-A) and copy to the clipboard (Ctrl-C), then in Writer, paste it (Ctrl-V), select the just copied text and then Insert -> Object -> Formula. There may be other methods, but those are the two I've used regularly. For formulae that are to be used only within a single text document, I usually type the formula as it would be seen in the lower pane of Math, select the text and Insert -> Object -> Formula, as it's faster, even though probably more error prone. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Andy Pepperdine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Cc: "michael mill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] equation insert problems > > > On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:09, michael mill wrote: > > > every time i try to insert a previously created formula (.odf file) > > into > > > > my document the writer program freezes up! > > > > > > it opens and inserts ok when i try to open it up with the math program > > > independantly! > > > > I cannot reproduce the problem, could you give some more details of > > exactly > > > what you are doing. How do you insert the formula? > > > > What version of OOo are you using? > > > > > i'm running w98 se with 600mb ram, 667 MGhz > > > > > > any ideas what the problem is...equations are my big requirement for > > this > > > > program > > > > > > Is this a big BUG? > > > > > > thanks > > > > -- > > Andy Pepperdine > > > > On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. > > Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, > > and reply only to the mailing list. > > > > For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: OOo 2.1..on w98
On Friday 26 January 2007 03:09, michael mill wrote: > Nature > > (2nd message) > Andy and to whom it may concern: > > i am using writer v2.1, and W98se > I noticed that the shortcuts to the OOo programs(in the "START"-Programs > menu) installed funny..they worked but were empty? The down load site > implies that 2.1 is tested on xp but not w98...however the sytem > requirements for v2.0 say w98 is ok?! I don't use Windows so I cannot help with this. > > anyway... i uninstalled v2.1 and downloaded and installed OOo v1.1.5 and > this works great and the shortcuts (in the "START"-Programs menu) look > normal. The writer program does not insert formulas from disk properly on > W98..in my opinion this question should be resolved and corrected on your > website download. What exactly do you mean by: "The writer program does not insert formulas from disk properly". What are the commands and/or menu items you use. There are several ways in which formulae can be included in documents, which one are you using? V1.1.5 is very old. I recommend you upgrading, and previous messages on this list imply new versions do run on W98, but others may know better. Incidentally, if you are using OOo, then the OOo website is as much yours as it is ours. On this list we are all users of OOo who wish to help others use it. I haven't seen your mail on the users list, so please reply TO the mailing list, not to me directly in future. I did not need to reply other than to the list, and copied you only out of courtesy as you are not subscribed. If you want to see all the replies, subscribe to the list. > > thanks MDMill > > i am using writer v2.1 > its probably easier for you to tell me how you would > insert x.odf from the "desktop" into a document you are creating. > thanks > > > - Original Message - > From: "Andy Pepperdine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Cc: "michael mill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] equation insert problems > > > On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:09, michael mill wrote: > > > every time i try to insert a previously created formula (.odf file) > > into > > > > my document the writer program freezes up! > > > > > > it opens and inserts ok when i try to open it up with the math program > > > independantly! > > > > I cannot reproduce the problem, could you give some more details of > > exactly > > > what you are doing. How do you insert the formula? > > > > What version of OOo are you using? > > > > > i'm running w98 se with 600mb ram, 667 MGhz > > > > > > any ideas what the problem is...equations are my big requirement for > > this > > > > program > > > > > > Is this a big BUG? > > > > > > thanks > > > > -- > > Andy Pepperdine > > > > On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. > > Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, > > and reply only to the mailing list. > > > > For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] OpenOffice 2.1 Writer
On Thursday 25 January 2007 16:28, Philip Bloch wrote: > I recently downloaded OpenOffice 2.1. I have noticed a quirk on Writer. > The problem comes up when I format the paragraphs so that the first line is > indent. After saving and closing the document as .doc and then reopen, the > first line indent has disappeared and I must reformat the document again. > Is there a patch, or a special way of saving? I hope you'll excuse a stupid question, but you are re-opening the .doc file are you? and not the original .odt? (If I've understood your question correctly) -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] equation insert problems
On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:09, michael mill wrote: > every time i try to insert a previously created formula (.odf file) into > my document the writer program freezes up! > > it opens and inserts ok when i try to open it up with the math program > independantly! I cannot reproduce the problem, could you give some more details of exactly what you are doing. How do you insert the formula? What version of OOo are you using? > > i'm running w98 se with 600mb ram, 667 MGhz > > any ideas what the problem is...equations are my big requirement for this > program > > Is this a big BUG? > > thanks -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Hindi and Arabic numerals
On Thursday 25 January 2007 12:01, Dan Lewis wrote: > Let me jump into this discussion one more time. Is there an > English font you can use that displays Arabic numerals? Is there an > Arabic font you can use that displays Hindi numerals? I'm guessing here so could be wrong. Looking, for example, at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0600.pdf indicates that perhaps the numerals used are in different parts of the Unicode space according to the language in use. So it is quite reasonable to ask that the numbers are selected appropriately. It's not just a font issue, but a need to tie the unicode points used in the numbering of lists etc. to the language in use there. Locales are no use; it has to be part of the document contents as it moves around the globe. Time for an issue? > > Dan > > On Thursday 25 January 2007 2:22 am, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > On 25/01/07, Abu_Adam Al-Naruujiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No I did not find a solution. I want to be able to display Arabic > > > or Hindi numerals according to whether the context is Arabic or > > > English in the same document. OO, as far as I can tell, only > > > gives the option of either using Hindi or Arabic throughout the > > > document, regardless of context. > > > > > > Abu Adam > > > > The typeface of the numerals in not an OOo setting. OOo has nothing > > to do with it. You need to adjust your operating system to show the > > numberals as you would like them according to language, via > > locales. Optionally, there are fonts that can do that. I have only > > a generic Arabic font on my system and I am not familiar with other > > fonts, but you could look around and find them. > > > > I thought that Saudi was a mixed locale, but apparently I was > > wrong. I even mentioned that I might be wrong, as I use the Israeli > > locale, not the Saudi locale. Try other Arabic locales. Duabi, > > Kuwait, and Yemen come to mind- those are areas where (until 1990) > > western influence was minimal. > > > > Dotan Cohen > > > > http://technology-sleuth.com/short_answer/what_is_a_firewall.html > > http://what-is-what.com/what_is/xhtml.html > > > > --- > >-- 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] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Secure a Document
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 17:29, Chuck wrote: > TerryJ wrote: > > I'd use top quality software to encrypt a file with some confidence but > > OpenOffice is not in that category. The password might be secure > > (although there's a password cracker on www.ooomacros.org) but the > > encrypting can, it seems, go awry. > > Please tell me this macro is just uses a dictionary attack and assumes > the document was encrypted with a a password susceptible to such > attacks. I'd hate to think that OOo uses some brain-dead encryption > algorithm that can be mathematically reversed. OK, I've just set a password on an ODT document, unzipped the resulting .odt file, and looked at the files. Assuming the xml in the manifest is truly descriptive, the encryption uses the Blowfish CFB algorithm (http://www.schneier.com/blowfish.html). 5 files are encrypted with different keys, each one derived from the password with PBKDF2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2) using different salts. The files are: layout-cache, content.xml, styles.xml, thumbnail.png, settings.xml and I would guess that if there are more data files, then these would have been encrypted too, each with their own key. Checking them, they certainly look like random data. If either you do not believe the xml descriptions, or you don't trust the programmers to have done what appears they have, you are free to write your own encryption tool for the resulting document yourself. That's the advantage of open source, you can see what is going on. However, I also noticed that the file meta.xml is not encrypted and it contains various statistics of the document, including its origin, the creation date, the author, and the program that made it. Why this is en clair I don't know, Anyone enlighten me? > > If you're really* concerned about securing a document, encrypt it using > a program that specializes in just that, like pgp or GNUpg, and don't > create a private key for decrypting the files with a weak passphrase. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Re: Re: multiple dictionaries
On Monday 22 January 2007 17:05, Andrew Brown wrote: > Javier Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > El Martes, 16 de Enero de 2007 12:18, Andrew Brown escribió: > >>This is actually a paradigm case for having > >> "free-floating" style attributes, which at present is somthing that > >> can only be applied by a macro, which will change the language of a > >> selection without altering any other formatting. > > > > What is wrong with using Format->Character on the selection to change > > the language ?. > > > > Javier. > > If I have to do it often enough, it is slow. I like having a toolbar > button. You could define separate character styles for the languages you want, leave the character style list open, and then select from the list to switch between them. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] As you are not subscribed...
On Sunday 21 January 2007 13:25, WalterAM wrote: > I was off this list for a couple months and my email automagically > cleaned out my old emails (I had a compact setting set that I'd > forgotten about). > > I used to have one that explained which header on an email address made > it clear that someone was not subscribed. Could someone let me know what > that was again? > > Obviously, most of the time [moderated] in the subject is a good clue ;) Look at the source for the message, and you will see that normally this line is in the header: Delivered-To: mailing list users@openoffice.org But if the sender is NOT subscribed, it ALSO says this: Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.org -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] CAN'T TURN OFF AUTOCORRECT
On Friday 19 January 2007 04:03, Perry R Mathewson wrote: > I am using OpenOffice.org 2.1, using Calc, and cannot turn off > AutoCorrect. > I follow the directions in the Help file, which is: > > "To turn on or to turn off the AutoCorrect feature, in OpenOffice.org > Calc choose Tools - Cell Contents - AutoInput" Try Tools -> Autocorrect > > I did that, clicked on it, and the checkmark disappeared, but the > AutoCorrect program continued to replace my typing entries. > > Any suggestions? Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thank you. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Questions
On Thursday 18 January 2007 19:35, JCorts wrote: > Hello, > > I have a package of OPENOFFICE including openoffice.calc, that came > installed in my Dell Computer. I use it and like it very much, but there > are many formulae and problems that I cannot solve. Dell does not send any > documentation with the computer. > > I'm wondering whether it will be possible to acquire a manual for > openoffice.calc that would help me and tutor for a better use of that > program. There is a book here: http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2006/12/i_am_extremely_.html and lots of documentation on the OpenOffice.org site that you can download. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] free
On Thursday 18 January 2007 22:46, angela wrote: > In your paperwork you say this product is FREE, then in the licensing > agreement you say FREEDOM TO USE, not cost. > > well then what is the COST I assume you are talking about money. From whom? Any costs will be for the distribution, but not the software itself. You can download it directly from http://www.openoffice.org/ and the cost will be only what you pay for the connection; or buy it on CD from a number of vendors, or get it from a friend (who has the freedom to do so because the license allows it). And when you have it, you have the freedom to pass it on as freely as you like. The license describes the only restrictions, viz. that any modifications you make to it must be released under the same conditions (paraphrased - see the license for accurate description). > > please let me know asap so i can straight out the record newspaper for > there mis-print. thank you > angela -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] automatic spell check doesnt work
On Thursday 18 January 2007 15:01, luca grenaway wrote: > yes i have checked to make sure that the icon was active and even when i do > regular spell check where it checks through the entire document, that > doesnt work either. it will say do you want to continue to check from the > beginning of the document. i hit yes and it just goes back to the > document...what do i do But have you got the right language set? There are several different varieties of English (US, UK, Aus, etc.) Try this starter: Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My Problem is that I cannot get the spell checker to work.
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 00:57, Pastor Don wrote: > Hi Dan. I am trying to make the switch to Mac and OpenOffice at the same > time. The spell checker is just not working. The dialogue comes and says > spell check is complete when the text contains errors. It appears to me > like it is just not working. Thanks, Don You probably have the wrong language set. There are several different version of English (US, UK, Aus, etc.). Here is a brief guide: Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Adding dictionaries in another language
On Tuesday 16 January 2007 20:01, mag pie wrote: > I have open office version 2.0 and I need to get a dictionary/thesaurus in > french for my documents. Is this possible. Can I buy one? download one? > Anyone know what I should or could do? Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] impress presentation created in linux doesn't display right in winXP
On Monday 15 January 2007 23:09, eduardo sontag wrote: > I want to use my laptop winXP to display an impress presentation which was > created in linux (fedora 6). > > However, many of the fonts are corrupted, arrows point backward, etc., > especially in slide-show mode (totally messed up), though also having > problems (missing fonts) in non-slide show mode. > > I did not install any special fonts - I *thought* that I was using whatever > came with oo - but obviously the win version doesn't know AIUI no fonts come with OOo, it uses what is supplied with the operating system. There is a wizard to download more fonts which can be used for OOo alone. You will have to select a font which is known to both systems. The font wizard (File -> Wizards -> Install fonts) can download some free MS fonts (like Arial) onto Linux for OOo's use. > > Note: works ok to export to pdf (not ppt). But that sort of misses the > point (no special effects, no chance to fix things..) > > Another note: line breaks also changed, especially on bold fonts, which > look bigger now. > > THANKS! > PS: Using 2.1 in winXP (just downloaded). I believe that the oo used in > linux was 2.0 (downloaded mid 2006) -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] page numbers - 2 sets in 1 doc
On Tuesday 16 January 2007 01:42, Irene wrote: > Thank you Dan for putting me onto the proper webpage for guides. I have > downloaded quite a few pages. I still find it difficult to understand how > to get what I want e.g. roman numerals and then arabic numbers in the the > same text document. But I think I need to read through all the parts, ie. > styles etc. Irene Yes, you need to know about styles. To point you in the right direction, F11 for the style list; 4th icon from left for page styles. You need to create 2 styles, one with roman, and one arabic numerals. Right click on the parent style (eg. Default) -> New -> Page tab -> Layout settings:Format To switch from roman to arabic: Insert -> Manual break -> select your style from the dropdown list, and tick Change page number and set the page number you want to resume at. There are other wrinkles, but I'll let you sort out the details for your case. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:39 PM > Subject: Re: [users] page numbers - 2 sets in 1 doc > > > On Wednesday 27 December 2006 8:12 pm, Richard Detwiler wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > Hi! > >> > > >> > I have a question which the 'Help' menu could not help me with. > >> > > >> > I am writing a "book" of personal family stories. However, I am > >> > having trouble with numbering the pages. I want the first eight > >> > pages with roman numerals. The narrative itself starts on the > >> > ninth page. I want the numbering for this section to start on > >> > the page following the start of the narrative and be numbered 2 > >> > in the footer and so on. > >> > > >> > I've gone to Insert - Fields - Other - Variables - Set page > >> > variable and then got stuck there and the instructions I > >> > downloaded did not help. Can anyone explain how this is done? > >> > > >> > Help, please!!! > >> > >> The answer is ... Page Styles. > >> > >> It sounds to me like you need three page styles: 1. For the first 8 > >> Roman numeral pages; 2. For the first page of the narrative (no > >> page number); and 3. For the rest of the narrative (with page > >> numbers starting at 2). > >> > >> A full explanation of page styles and how to use them is beyond the > >> scope of an e-mail note. I suggest that you go the the OOoAuthors > >> publications and read the chapter of the Writer guide that deals > >> with page styles. > > > > The Writer Guide and its individual chapters are available for > > downloading at > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/. > > > > Dan > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Invisible Template?
On Sunday 14 January 2007 13:10, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:54 AM [GMT+1=CET], > > TerryJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Harold Fuchs-3 wrote: > >> If I install OOo 2.1 on a pristine system (no previous version of > >> OOo) and do File>New>Text Document, then a blank text document gets > >> created with some paragraph/character styles, page margins, default > >> language etc. etc. In other words, OO has used some template to > >> create this blank document. Where is this template? What is its > >> name? How do I change it? Oh, Win XP Pro but answers for other OS's > >> might be of interest ... > >> > >> Harold Fuchs > >> London, England > > > > Ah. You seek initiation to the mystery discussed at length here: > > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=37132 > > > > The default templates are not stored as files but are generated by the > > software - hard coded, I believe is the term. It makes life > > difficult for networks, seemingly one of the organisation's goals. > > > > Cheers. > > Terry, thanks. > > Did you mean that one of the organisation's goals is to make life difficult > for networks ??? That's how it reads, at least to me. If that's what you > meant, why, please? LOL. I thought I was a fully paid up member of the pedants' club, but then my sarcasm detection circuit kicked in. Perhaps it was a false positive... ummmmm. > > Harold Fuchs > London, England > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Spell check does not correctly handle hyphenated words (Australian English)
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 01:32, Kelvin Eldridge wrote: > I've raised the following issue after further reviewing Issuezilla. > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=73316 Thanks for raising this; I've added my comments. > > Issue 64400 appears close, but appears to use what I think may be the wrong > approach and thus won't work for Australian English. I agree, but I'm not a developer. It seems to me that hyphens have to be treated on a language by language basis, there are too many different requirements for a single solution to work. Apostrophes have a similar, but less pressing, effect in some languages. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] multiple dictionaries
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 04:45, Rita Laurance wrote: > Dear Openoffice; > I did not mean to imply that having three different German dictionaries > was stupid. But I don't speak or read any German, so can I uninstall these > dictionaries to have more room for my French and Italian dictionaries? Now > that I have downloaded French and Italian, I have eight dictionaries, which > just slows the system. Thanks. Sincerely; > Rita Laurance Yes you can, and probably the easiest way to remove the extra dictionaries is to edit a file with the name dictionary.lst On my Linux system, it is at /opt/openoffice.org2.0/share/dict/ooo/dictionary.lst If you are on a Windows system, then do a file search for it, but do not take the one in your local area, which contains the dictionaries you have downloaded since. It is a simple text file. You can either remove the lines in this file you do not use, or, better, just comment them out by adding a # as the first character of the lines you do not want because then you can add them back again easily if you need them later. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Spell check does not correctly handle hyphenated words (Australian English)
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 02:13, Kelvin Eldridge wrote: > Hi, > > I maintain the Australian English dictionary files, which are now used > across many projects. > > The Australian English dictionary file contains approximately 4,000 > hyphenated words. > > Recently as a result of this work I retested how OpenOffice.org handles > hyphenated words and found it doesn't work as I expected. > > For example, the term bric-a-brac is in the Australian English dictionary > for OpenOffice.org, is in the Macquarie dictionary, and recognised > correctly by Microsoft Word. It is not handled correctly in OpenOffice.org. I can confirm this in the UK English dictionary too. My dictionaries are Collins English Dictionary (CED), Chambers 20th Century Dictionary (CH20) and the Oxford Etymological Dictionary (OxEt). The OOo (2.0.4) spell checker fails on bric-a-brac (CED), bricabrac (Ch20) and bric-à-brac (Ch20, OxEt). It also fails on spick-and-span (Ch20). And higgledy-piggledy is accepted as are the two separate parts, when in fact, neither (to my knowledge) should be allowed alone. > > OpenOffice.org appears to check each word as being correct and ignores the > hyphens. That's consistent with the above examples. > > I would like to raise an enhancement request for hyphenated words to be > handled correctly for Australian English. Or any language; please don't be so parochial :-) > > Could a second person using Australian English please confirm this is an > issue. > > I have checked Issuezilla and not found an appropriate issue. If someone > knows if an issue has been raised please let me know. If you raise one, please let us know. I'll comment on it, but I can see that it may not be so easy to fix, and there are more important things for the developers to do. It's quite difficult to find examples from one's own head, so it may not be very serious. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Launching OpenOffice/Linux after Installing
On Sunday 07 January 2007 13:35, William Ellis wrote: > I followed the "Installation Instructions at: > http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.4/instructions.html : 1. Unpack the > downloaded image into a directory. For example, currently, the following > command would unpack into the current directory: 2. tar xvzf > OOo_2.0.4_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz >3. su to root, if necessary. >4. cd into the directory with the unpacked image. This could be RPMS. >5. Delete any rpm files that do not apply to your system. For example, > on a Fedora Core 3 system, delete any rpms specific to another distribution > such as openofficeorg-suse-menus-1.9.79-1.noarch.rpm. 6. Then execute rpm > -Uvih *rpm. It is not completely clear. There is also a directory under RPMS called desktop-integration. In there you should find another rpm suitable for your system (I don't know what you have). Then run (as root) rpm -Uvih This will create menu entries for you to find the applications. If that fails, then you should find an executable with the name soffice. (Try the command which soffice initially in a terminal.) You can then start it through that program. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] openoffice suite
On Sunday 07 January 2007 04:10, Rita Laurance wrote: > Dear openoffice.org; > I am a new user and here are my issues; > 1)When you copy and paste an email into a blank openoffice document, it > doesn't word wrap the text to fit it into an 8.5x11 page. Doesn't it? This to me sounds more like an issue with the e-mail clients either when sending or receiving. What happens? Does the pasted text retain the lines as is, meaning that the lines remain short and each new line becomes a paragraph? Or what do you mean? Are you copying from a webmail service (via a web browser) or from an e-mail client (like Outlook Express)? > 2) I write > bilingual emails to France and Italy. I need a bilingual wordprocessor, > whose accents will remain accents once they reach Europe. All of the emails > sent to me from Europe, and sent by me to Italy and France, end up with > *(&^% instead of accents. That includes those I've sent using an Accent > program, and those I've sent using Alt commands. This sounds more like an issue with e-mail readers not respecting the header instructions as to the character encoding in use. I see that you are sending your messages with UTF-8 encoding. Unless the recipient has their client picking up that automatically, or changes it explicitly, they will see what you report. > 3)Can you download with > the openoffice extras bilingual and trilingual capabilities. Can I download > the appropriate keyboards and spell-checks so that I can write texts in > English, Italian, and French? This is covered in the help pages and the documentation on the site, but here is a very brief guide for multilingual documents. Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents > > Also- my open office program has crashed twice, but not lost any documents. > I have 2.0, as I couldn't seem to burn a 2.1 CD of the web page, and I was > also unable to burn a CD from the extras. An error message appeared. What did you do? And what was the error message? I know this sounds officious, but it would have been better to have asked four separate messages. Not everyone will have an answer for all the questions with the result that some parts of your request may drop out in threads following partial responses. One question per thread keeps the thread focused. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] features to assist vision impaired
On Saturday 06 January 2007 22:39, Jonathon wrote: > Jeff wrote: > > His vision is impaired. What functionality exists in OpenOffice to help > > people with vision impairments? > > It depends upon the operating system that he uses, and then the screen > reading software, and/or magnification software that he uses. > > OOo does include the ability magnify the document that is being edited. > As best as I can determine, tool bars can not be magnified. There is a limited amount of flexibility under Tools -> Options -> Openoffice.org ->View, including scaling of the UI font size and changes to the icons used, but I've looked at it only very briefly now. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Foreign language dictionary & grammar checks
On Thursday 04 January 2007 05:39, Antoine Rabinowitz wrote: > Hi. > > I tried to correct a text written in French utilizing the english > verision of OpenOffice. There was no French to be found in the > language bank. How do I download this function and add to the > existing foreign language bank? I would also like to know if I need > the complete French version in order to obtain the accents and fully > write in French. The following may help Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Spanish Spell Checker
On Thursday 04 January 2007 23:06, Servicio Interprete wrote: > I am uing openoffice.org 2.1 and downloaded the Spanish language package, > but all it did was change the language. I can't get Spanish Spell Checker > to work. Please help. > > Tanja Here is a brief guide to get you started, or see the documentation at http://documentation.openoffice.org/ Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Text to column
On Sunday 24 December 2006 14:23, ad van-elsacker wrote: > Dear all > > I am already searching for quite some time for the OO equivalent of the > Excel Data option "Text to column" which allows separation of text data in > several columns, by specifying either a fixed width or alternatively a > separating character. Could you help me please ? > Thanks in advance, ad > I I assume you are asking to read a text file into OOo Calc, where the file is encoded one line per row, and the columns are identified either by (one or more) delimiters, or by some fixed width. This can be done. Go to File -> Open In the dialog, select the file you want to open (use the File type filter All Files (*.*) to see all the files in each directory. When you have selected the file, search the drop down list under File Type looking for the section headed Open Document Spreadsheet, and in that section find the line Text CSV (*.csv,*.txt). Hit Open. [It helps if you use either .csv or.txt as the extension for the files, but is not essential. Note: the drop down list is long - you'll have to scroll down some way.] This puts you in a dialog where you can specify which characters are the delimiters between columns. Or you can say Fixed width, and then select the width of each column in the heading of the diagram at the base of the dialog - click at the appropriate position and a red mark appears to indicate the column boundary position. You can save a spreadsheet in a similar manner through File -> Save As and look for Text CSV (*.csv) as the file type to save under. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Adding Spanish and English dictionaries
On Monday 25 December 2006 07:54, Guita Wainberg wrote: > I installed Open Office.org recently, but I cannot see any language in > Writer. Therefore, there is no possibility of spellchecking documents. How > can I make the program add English and Spanish with their respective > dictionaries? > Thanks, > Guita Here's a brief guide: Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] problems with spellcheck
On Wednesday 27 December 2006 04:52, Tobias Gogolin wrote: > The language install wizard was great > I need to correct a Spanish text, specifically I am filling in in one of > those euro pass curriculum vitae This brief guide may help you understand spelling checking, and to get started. Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents > > and when I select any bit of text and go to spellcheck > it just comes back in a flash in says 'the spellcheck is complete' > and that is so quick, it doesn't even show if I set the language correctly > > there's also a problem with setting or better selecting > in tools/options/language settings/writing aids > when I use the edit button on available language modules > I can't even really change anything > I can look at the available libraries > under a certain language > and what I installed is there > but this position doesn't store a default I guess > > So the only position where I find a setting that actually sticks is under > 'default languages for document' > > Anyhow point is as much erroneous text as I select of the whole text, it > immediately comes back and says 'the spellcheck is complete' > it's not working... > what can I do? -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Add greek language dictionary on OS X/NeoOffice?
On Thursday 21 December 2006 12:29, Alex Zachopoulos wrote: > Alright, but as regards OOo on OS X, it should be a straight forward > case of placing files in the proper dirs, right? OOo should pick up > the files and show the spell checker's ABC icon next to the language > in the Language drop down menu, correct? No. AIUI you will also have to edit a file named dictionary.lst which says which files to use for which languages. On Linux, this file is either in the users home area if the dictionaries are local to the user, or in the system area for globally known dictionaries. I've no idea about NeoOffice. > > On Dec 21, 2006, at 5:21 AM, James Mckenzie wrote: > > Alex: > > > > Since you are using NeoOffice, you will have to ask for assistance > > at trinity.neooffice.org. We do not provide assistance for this > > product at OpenOffice.org. > > > > James McKenzie > > Mac OS X QA Test Coordinator. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > >> From: Alex Zachopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Dec 20, 2006 9:50 AM > >> To: users@openoffice.org > >> Subject: [users] Add greek language dictionary on OS X/NeoOffice? > >> > >> I have successfully added the greek language dictionary and > >> hyphenation files on my PPC NeoOffice installation, but when I tried > >> to help a friend on an Intel iMac do the same, NeoOffice insists on > >> showing Greek among its languages but not with the ABC icon next to > >> it; it doesn't hyphenate in greek, either. > >> > >> Any idea what I'm supposed to do? I thought it was just a case of > >> dropping the necessary files in the proper dir locations. > >> > >> PS My friends iMac is not on the Internet yet, so I can't use the > >> Install New Dictionaries... Wizard. > >> > >> - > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] MS Word Markup and track changes Equivalent in Writer
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 23:15, semaj3000 wrote: > What is the Openoffice Writer equivalent of M$ Word Track changes and > markup? Is this what you want? Edit -> Change -> Record. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Setting margins in Writer and copying items from an internet page to writer
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 21:59, Oscar García wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a newcomer to OpenOffiece.org and I hope to stay here. I have a > couple of questions. First, how can I modify the margins in writer so > that all documents opened afterward will use this margins (something > like modifying the normal.dot template in MS Word)? Set up an empty document with all the page styles as you want them, then save it with File -> Templates -> Save. his creates a new template. To make it the default, use File -> Templates -> Organize -> My Templates and select the one you want. Then Commands -> Set as Default Template > Second, yesterday, > I copied text and images from a page on the internet and pasted it in > Writer. The text pasted well, but the images were not placed in the > document. This worked when I did it using Word. Is there a special way > to do this using Writer, or is it not possible? Thanks in advance. I don't know the answer to this. In future, it helps if you ask only one question per thread so that all answers to each question are collected together. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Question
On Friday 24 November 2006 01:49, Santiago Apostol wrote: > Good morning to all you! > > I write you because I am making the web page of my school. I have a > question for you. > > I can use your name to promote your page in my web page? > > If I can put your name in the web page of my school. > > I need paid for use your name in my web page? No. You contribute to the project by helping to market OOo. > > You have some button to promote your page? See http://marketing.openoffice.org/ where it says "Marketing Artwork" There are are also a number of native language pages you may wish to see. From your name, can I suggest http://es.openoffice.org/ > > > Thank you for your Attention. You're welcome, the more who hear of OOo the better. > > Webmaster I'm not part of the marketing effort, so you may get a fuller response from elsewhere. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] openoffice 2.0.3
On Thursday 23 November 2006 18:53, Marc Hug wrote: > I suppose the language is not Farsi, but Kurdish. Kurdish is an > Indo-European language, Farsi is one too, but not of the same subgroup. > Maybe Cemal Çörez will give us precise information about that. In any > case, the language has nothing to do with Turkish. > Marc H. For a run-down on Kurdish, start here: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kurdish.htm where it is clear that it is spoken in several countries, and that the scripts are different in different places. You cannot just say Kurdish. I noticed that the OP sent the first message to all of the OOo mailing lists. This, to me, is the act of someone trying to make a problem, not solve one. I suspect a political troll. If I'm wrong, I apologise, but some homework would not be amiss before developing any more anti-factual theories. > > James McKenzie a écrit : > >Cemal Çörez wrote: > >>Sorry. You understand me wrong. I want to say " in Turkey we dont use > >>Kurdish. We use here Turkish and in openoffince 2.0.3 hasn got > >>Turkish(Turkey). It has only Kurdish(Turkey). Its wrong. I and my friends > >>want to you will change it only Kurdish and please add here > >>Turkish(Turkey)". Thaks for ansver . Good job all. > > > >I think that I understand the problem. I think the actual name for your > >language is Farsi. Thus the actual name would be: > >Farsi (Turkey). I don't think there is a difference within the Kurdish > >population between the usage of the language between > >populations in Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Thus the language should be > >marked as Kurdish without a country definition. > >I agree with this interpetation of the problem. > > > >James McKenzie > > > >- > >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] -- Andy Pepperdine - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] I use Open Office 2.0, and I have problems with the 'styles and formatting' tool
On Thursday 23 November 2006 11:10, Peter Stavrinides wrote: > Hi, > > I find the 'styles and formatting tool' buggy and unpredictable, After > creating my custom styles, I highlight a portion of text on a line and > tried to apply the style, instead of applying it to the selection, it > applies it to the whole line?? I have even noticed sometimes it applies > it to the line and only part of my selection. I've never noticed this. If you'll forgive a stupid question, you are trying to apply your own character styles, are you? Paragraph styles apply only to whole paragraphs, viz. the one where the cursor is. Perhaps if you could give a bit more information about what you are doing, we may be able to help more. The documentation has a lot on styles. > > This is quite disappointing as the styles tool is critical for me to > work with very large documents. > > Also It think it would also be a lot more usable if custom styles > appeared either at the top of the list or in a 'custom styles' tab. > > Kind regards, > Peter > > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Writer freezes importing large Word doc
On Thursday 23 November 2006 17:32, Tony wrote: > "Marc Hug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Well, you seem to be quite demanding. As you say yourself, even Word puts > > some things to the wrong place. So you can't expect a conversion > > (whatever) to be perfect. I would try do the following : cut the existing > > Word document into, say 10 parts, and try the conversion for each of > > them. I would not expect that your big table will be converted correctly, > > and in any case, a conversion (whatever) of such a complex document must > > be followed by a lot of work. I myself observed that sometimes tables are > > not converted at all, but are skipped. If someone can effectively advise > > you for the way in which you can obtain the best conversion, you are a > > happy man. > > Marc H. > > I do hope for an attempt at conversion rather than a total freeze. If > tables are sometimes not imported at all, the statement "WRITER can of > course read all your old Microsoft Word documents ..." needs YMMV added. > Some of my documents consist mainly of tables, and in some cases they are > quite large. If the problem in this particular document is the table there > is no point in trying to convert it in parts, as the table covers well over > half the pages. > > Ho hum, looks as if the changeover will not be as easy as I had hoped. Just a thought, and you may have tried these already. When you say "freezes", is the cpu busy then, or not? If it is busy, then perhaps it is simply taking a very long time to process the book (as you say it is large) and so try leaving it overnight and see whether it completes. If it is not busy, then perhaps there is a bug. I'm not a Windows user, but I think there is something in the task manager to find which processes are using processor time. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Need Greek spell check download
On Wednesday 22 November 2006 12:13, Eleni-Villas wrote: > Hi, > I am using 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. > As a company we work in both English and Greek I really need a Greek spell > check in the Writing Aids. I cannot find a Greek language the - > Choose Tools - Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids, in the Available > language modules > > Edit Modules, I have Czech, Danish, Duch, English uk, English usa, German > (Aust), German (Ger), > > German(Switz), Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Slovakian, Swahali (Ken), > Swahili (Tanz) and Thai. > > > > In the User-defined dictionaries, Standard (Greek) has been ticked, but it > makes no difference. > > I must be doing something wrong! Here is a very brief guide, and if it does not answer your question, try the full documentation at http://documentation.openoffice.org/ Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents > > Please where can I download the Greek spell check as Dislexia has no > frontiers! > > > > Many thanks > > Gail Vlachakis -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Crash when adding digital signature
On Tuesday 21 November 2006 21:11, Andy Pepperdine wrote: > OOo should not be relying on such a place, but should use a fully secure > system like gpg. And firefox should request special passwords to protect > the certificate cache. At least that's my opinion. > > Have I got this right? I'm sorry to spread red herrings. I'd not set a master password in Firefox. When I do, all becomes clear and I'm asked for it when retrieving the certs as expected. -- Andy Pepperdine - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] version 2.0.4, spanish text???
On Friday 17 November 2006 18:26, Sieg and Lois Snyder wrote: > Does the version 2.0.4 have Spanish dictionary and spellcheck, etc., > on the text program? > > Thank you. Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Crash when adding digital signature
On Saturday 18 November 2006 08:19, Alexandros Karypidis wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm having trouble with OOo crashing when I try to digitally sign a > document. I'd like some help to identify the exact cause so that I may file > a proper bug report. > > I obtained my digital certificate from CAcert.org following the > instructions in this article: > http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/03/1859231 > > The certificate shows up in Firefox with no problems. When I go to "File -> > Digital Signatures" and click the "Add..." button, the master password for > my FIREFOX (I understand OOo reads the certificate from the firefox files?) > is requested. I type it and the certificate shows up. The "View > Certificate..." button gives me information with no problems. As soon as I > click "OK" to add the certificate, OOo crashes and Document Recovery kicks > in. > > My systems is a Intel 32-bit PC with Kubuntu Edgy. OOo 2.0.4 was installed > from the standard Kubuntu packages. I have both GNU & SUN 1.5 Java > installed. The problems occurs regardless of which JRE is selected. Dapper also could not read signatures, and its version of OOo is 2.0.2. I've also installed Kubuntu (6.06), and found the same issue. I haven't yet tried to sign. Downloading OOo from OOo's website and installing the rpms via alien fixed the problem. I'm guessing that Ubuntu have messed up their implementation of OOo again. I've logged an Ubuntu bug #70711, but there has been zero comment on it so far. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Language
On Monday 13 November 2006 14:17, Willi Schötteldreier wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen: > > > Is it possible to adjust several languages? If you mean to use several languages in a document, then yes (see below). For languages that need more complex layouts (like several Asian ones) there are more steps to do. You may also be interested in the German language mailing list for OOo - see http://de.openoffice.org/kontakt.html Brief guide to Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Verification orthographique does not work
On Monday 13 November 2006 23:37, Jean-Charles Massera wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using the French version of openoffice for Mac OS X (10.3.9) and > the "vérification orthographique" just doesn't work (which can be a > problem before sendind a novel to you publisher). It always says that > the verification is over and that not a mistake has been found even if > the grammar or the spelling of a whole sentence is completly wrong. > > What shall I do? Give up and go back to Microsoft Word (which I have, > but for some ethical reasons, I'd liked to become an openoffice user. Do you have the right dictionaries installed? Here is a brief guide. Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents > > Thanks for your help, > > Jean-Charles Massera > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] open office and microsoft power point
On Sunday 12 November 2006 17:06, Ragoonath Magdalene (RD7) HWPH-TR Staff Nurse wrote: > hi > > i saved my documents with open office impress and tried to open it with > microsft power point but it didnt work.since office impress open power > point i assumed power point would open office impress > is there a way you can do it or power point simply does not open office > impress You have to save the document in a format that Powerpoint can read. Try the File -> Save As menu and select from the drop down list. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] how do i remove templates from openoffice draw?
On Sunday 12 November 2006 14:22, Randy Teo wrote: > hi. I wish to know how to remove all templates from openoffice draw such > that my background is plain white? thanks. Is Format -> Page -> Background and set it to None what you want? -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] need to know how to transfer files from OO.oo 1.2
On Friday 10 November 2006 19:28, Vincent A Juliano wrote: > Hi, > I just downloaded OO.oo2 and I need someone to tell me exactly, by > the numbers how to get all my files to OO.oo2 from OO.oo 1.2. OOo2.0.4 can also read all the files from OOo1.2, so you should be able to double click on a file and it will open in OOo 2. If not, then you need to check that the installation is OK. When you save, OOo2 will prompt you to be sure you are saving in the right format and give you the option of upgrading to the latest format, when the file will be given .odt as its extension. An alternative method of changing the format of a file, is, after opening it, to use File->Save As and then pick OpenDocument Text (.odt) from the drop down list at File Type. This is the first entry on the list. For other parts of the OOo suite, the Save As dialog will also present the default new format at the head of the list. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Toolbars keep popping up!
On Friday 10 November 2006 19:10, Mark Phillips wrote: > I just started using OO 2.0.3 and different formatting toolbars keep > popping up as I work in a document. I have to close the toolbar before I > can access the document again. > > How the heck do I stop these toolbars from popping up? It is really > annoying! When the toolbar shows, View->Toolbars and untick it seems to do what you want. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated] SPELL CHECK NOT WORKING
On Thursday 09 November 2006 22:46, Thomson Family wrote: > I have been using open office since ver 2.0 became available. I have not > been able to get the spell check function to work. Either auto check or > manual check. I set language to NZ English or UK but no difference. I > just upgraded to 2.0.4 but no difference. A window comes up saying > complete document has been checked but no spelling errors are indicated. > Yet they are there. Have you installed the NZ English dictionary? Here is a brief guide to Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Printing from OOo Writer
On Thursday 09 November 2006 16:22, tstigall wrote: > Folks, > > Whenever I print a document from OOo Writer, the document always prints in > a reduced size; if there are multiple pages in the document, they are > printed on a single page, up to 4 per page. This happens regardless of > which printer I use. It never happens with any other word processor > application. This is a guess as I don't use Windows, but OOo gets some information from the printer driver rather than forcing the attributes. Check the printer dialog when you print, especially the printer Properties, as some drivers can double up like this. If it can be set there, then check your default template to see what that indicates and change it if necessary. Otherwise, I suggest you may have to check the printer properties in Windows. If that fails, I don't know. > > The problem persists even though I have twice uninstalled and reinstalled > the program from the OOo website. I also have cleaned the Registry and > defragmented my hard drive, with the same result. The problem occurs > whether or not I am printing an old document saved in Writer or I compose a > completely new document. It happens with all settings on default > immediately after downloading the program anew and opening Writer. > > The problem started to occur several days after OOo.com was first > downloaded and installed. Prior to that, printing was normal. I can only > conclude that some fragment of code must remain on my system, even after > removing the app in Add/Remove Programs and deleting the empty file in > Windows Explorer. > > I would appreciate any feedback or recommendations on how to deal with this > problem: Many thanks. > > Tom Stigall > Baton Rouge, LA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Forms, Export to PDF, and Fonts
On Wednesday 08 November 2006 08:38, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:38:37 +1100 > > Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > >I have Ghostscript installed on my Linux computer. I don't have > > >spadmin, and can't find it to install it. > > > > spadmin is part of the Linux OOo package and the standard OOo rpms put > > it in /opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/spadmin. > > > > If you can't find it, try running: > > > > locate spadmin > > Well, that didn't work. I did "locate spadmin" and it found it: > > /home/jjj/.openoffice/1.1.3/spadmin > /home/jjj/.foxrc/.openoffice/1.1.3/spadmin > /usr/lib/openoffice/program/spadmin > /usr/lib/openoffice/program/spadmin.bin > > So I navigated to /usr/lib/openoffice/program and the ls command says > it is there. So is spadmin.bin. But here's what happened: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/lib/openoffice/program$ spadmin > bash: spadmin: command not found So the current directory is not in $PATH. You can start it with ./spadmin and IIRC, spadmin has to be run as root. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/lib/openoffice/program$ spadmin.bin > bash: spadmin.bin: command not found > > Dunno what's wrong. :( > > > > But I printed the form from > > >Writer to test_form.ps (using a PostScript Level 2 printer that I own > > >and have installed). Then I edited the above line to: > > > > > >/usr/bin/gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite > > >-sInputFile="/home/jjj/Phonetics/test_form.ps" > > >-sOutputFile="/home/jjj/Phonetics/test_form3.pdf" > > > > > >And tried it. It created test_form3.pdf in the Phonetics folder all > > >right, but it was a zero-byte file. Not sure where to go from here. > > > > In this case, could you try: > > > > /usr/bin/gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ > > -sOutputFile="/home/jjj/Phonetics/test_form3.pdf" \ > > /home/jjj/Phonetics/test_form.ps quit.ps > > > > I.e. put the list of input files at the end (quit.ps is a file that gs > > knows where to find and just provides the "quit" command to tell gs to > > exit - otherwise gs will stay in interactive mode). > > OK, that created an output file. But when I opened it in Adobe Reader > 7.0 none of the controls were there. Yet when I print the file to the > same laser printer (for print output, not to file) the print output > shows the controls. Therefore, the .ps file must contain the controls. > So Ghostview is not only not creating an editable PDF file, it isn't even > embedding the controls contained in the .ps file. > > I have created a website with the relevant files in this discussion: > > http://web.pdx.edu/~johj > > I would appreciate it (and so would the bug-fixers and developers) if > you and anyone else who is interested in the PDF export problem would > look at those files and at least verify that the problem is not that I > am just doing something dumb. > > Also, I can't upgrade my 2.03 to 2.04 because 2.04 is not yet in the > repositories. Meantime, it would be useful to find out if perhaps this > problem has been resolved in 2.04. If someone with 2.04 would download > the files and verify that it does or does not work, I'd appreciate it. > > Thanks for everyone's help so far. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Write: scriptwriting
On Wednesday 08 November 2006 15:33, Guy Voets wrote: > Hello > > I have a simple problem (I hope) with scriptwriting. > At the left margin, I put the name of the character, then I want an indent > and the text the character says comes in a bloc at the right of his/her > name. > With a tab, the second line of the paragraph starts at the left margin; > with indent the name of the character moves along with its text to the > right. Any idea how to slove this (preferably without using columns). One way for you to do this is in the Paragraph Style dialog (Indents & Spacing tab) set Before Text to a positive value (say 2cm) and then First line to the same negative value (so, -2cm). You'll find that then the first tab is automatically at the boundary of the text for later lines. > BTW > is there a shortcut for colum break? It looks like Ctrl+Shift+Return - I didn't know that thanks for the tip. Look at Tools -> Customize -> Keyboard -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Forced "English (USA)" dictionary in Spellcheck, other dictionaries suppressed
On Wednesday 08 November 2006 11:52, Milan Berta wrote: > Hi folks, > > Having trouble with managing dictionaries in Writer (and not finding any > topics at www.openoffice.org FAQ) I decided to write to the list. > > My Spellcheck is forcing me to Spellcheck using "English (USA)" > dictionary. Literally, after hitting F7 I have "English (USA)" in the > Spellcheck window, even Options -> Language Settings -> Languages have > Czech or Slovakian or Hungarian (I didn't try more languages, but > I think this list suppose to be enough for reporting a problem :o) Do you have the right dictionaries installed? Here's a brief guide: Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents > > Changing Dictionary language (in the Spellcheck dialogue box) to > anything else (Czech/Slovakian/Hungarian) changes the name of the window > from "Spellcheck (English(USA))" to "Spellcheck ()", and no suggestion > comes from any mentioned dictionary. > > Further settings: > - User interface: Default (using English WinXP SP2, important?) > - Locale settings: Czech > > And I have to say English (USA) Spellcheck works fine. > > This behaviour didn't change even after reinstallation of OO SW, and > deleting "C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\share\dict\ooo\" directory > and downloading the newest dictionaries. > > It looks that the OO doesn't recognise the mentioned dictionaries, but > I don't understand why. Can be this fail caused by another SW I've > installed on my PC before? How can I repair the Spellcheck to behave > correctly? > > With many thanks, > Milan > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Again a dictionary problem
On Tuesday 07 November 2006 12:32, Terry wrote: > Webarb-Hotm wrote: > > First I want to say that I like OOo and thanks to all the people doing a > > great job. > > > > My problem> Some time ago I was plazing around to learn and endet up with > > an errormessage > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\Eugen\My Documents\DicOOo-1.5.5.sxw > > when I wanted to install another dictionary. > > I did not really mind, cos I had no urge and was waiting for the release > > of Version 2 > > Now I am serious about a new Dictionary but to my surprise I got the old > > error message. > > Where in the intestines of OOo do I have to look and what to I replace it > > with to make it work as supposed? > > Thanks in advance > > Eugen Mine is in /opt/openoffice.org2.0/share/dict/ooo/ If you don't know where the new one was saved, search for DicOOo*.sxw If it does not exist, try explicitly saving the document after updating it. In any case, I've found the old one works perfectly satisfactorily; updating is not required. > > Hi, Eugen. I tried the so-called dictionary wizard recently. It is > extremely resource-hungry (and my system is not short of resources). If > I ever need to install dictionaries again, I will try a different tool > or look at manual installation. > > I suggest you start at this page: > http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] V 2 spellchecker
On Monday 06 November 2006 18:45, SamA wrote: > Just 'discovered' Open Office. Am impressed and oike using it BUT...got a > problem with spellchecker. No matter how I try to configure spellchecker > for UK English only, it persists in reverting to US English. It's driving > me nuts. Any help greatly appreciated. > > Jetsam This brief guide may help. Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Query re use of soffice.exe in third party office products
On Monday 06 November 2006 20:36, Chris Sleightholme wrote: > Recently I purchased a "new" product launched by the e-press company called > One. > > I bought it because as a promotional office it gave me some third party > applications I was thinking of buying at a fraction of the price. > > It also gave me a work processor ( Author ) and spread sheet program ( > Numerics ). > > > While investigating an unrelated matter, I find that running up Author > actually starts soffice.exe which I believe is your program ( unless for > some strange reason they have used the same name for theirs ). > > Is this legal ? That depends. You should have had a license with the product; what did that say? If you cannot find it, then return to the supplier to get a copy of the license. On the face of it, if the program really is an exact copy of OOo, but renamed, then I would call it misrepresentation, but it's not illegal. However, if they have modified it and rebuilt it, then they are obliged by the license to make the source code available. You can check that by asking them for the source code to the product and see what they say. See http://www.openoffice.org/license.html for more details. > > Are third parties OK to use your product and sell it as their own ? > > > > Chris Sleightholme -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] impress bullets
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 18:37, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > Is there a way in Impress to get individual bullet points to be displayed > one at a time? i.e. showing the slide shows the first point, then the 1st > and 2nd, then the 1st 2nd and 3rd, and so on. Yes, but it is not obvious. I found it by Googling, but I can't now remember what I looked for. Keep open the Custom Animation tab of the Task pane on the right while doing this. Select the element on the slide which you want to change in this way, probably the text area with the bullet points in it, so the green squares surround the text area. Click Add in Custom Animation pane Click Appear in the list of possibles. Click OK Select the name of the selected item that now appears in the custom animation pane, probably something like Outline Text. Click on the button labelled with three dots in the centre of the custom animation pane (this is the magic door to the Effect Options dialogue you need) Select Text animation tab and group text by 1st level paragraphs Select Timing tab. For the Outline text, you will probably want to select With previous because otherwise you may find you need an extra click to see any of the text at all. Click OK. Expand the outline text list in the Custom Animation pane (Plus sign by the item) and repeat for each of the separate paragraphs, but this time you will want to select On Click for the Timing of each item. And experiment and change to what you really want to see, instead of what I've suggested. It is really very flexible indeed. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Can't control line spacing.
On Monday 30 October 2006 12:25, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > Erik P. Olsen wrote: > > I am currently creating new stationary and to contain my address, > > telephone and similar information I have created a frame and set the > > font to helvetica, 8 pt. To ensure that the line spacing were sat > > proportionally I went into the Indent & Spacing dialogue and selected > > proportional spacing. It had, however, no effect. > > > > Is there another way to control line spacing? Btw, line spacing is OK in > > the main paragraph, the incorrect spacing occurs only in text frames. I > > assume it is a bug, but would like to hear comments from more > > experienced users. > > > > My system is linux, fedora core 5, and OpenOffice 2.03. > > I have solved my problem by circumventing the reported problem. Line > spacing do not change when pressing the new line button. However, it does > change with "Insert -> Manual Break". I am convinced it is a bug for which > I'll raise an issue. That looks like correct behaviour to me. The enter key will start a new paragraph and so the spacing is determined by the Before and After paragraph fields in the spacing dialogue. Insert Manual line break forces a new line within the same paragraph. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] 'Styles' for Dummies ??
On Saturday 28 October 2006 18:23, William Case wrote: > Hi All; Hi Bill, > > I didn't want to write this post. I have been using OOWriter for over > two years and I still haven't figured out how to use styles. I have > just read the help manual one more time. I got no elucidation; I do get > frustration. At the risk of telling you what you already know, I'll just outline the way I use styles, and let you do the comparison. When I have a new type of document to produce, I first plan the content of each part of the doc in terms of paragraph types and define the styles for each. I'll also define suitable character styles where necessary too. This is done in an empty document, which is then saved as a template. When the template is opened (File -> New -> Template and Documents, select Templates and the folder and file) OOo creates an Untitled document with the styles defined as specified earlier, which can be saved in the usual way. If, as is usual, I find that there is something I've forgotten, I must go back to the empty template to make the changes and re-save to make it available for each subsequent document; it cannot be done just by saving the working doc as a template. Perhaps there is a better way, I don't know. One way of extracting the template from a doc would be to open the doc, select all the text (ctl-A), delete, and save as a template. After a few iterations it stabilises. If one of the new templates is common enough, then it can be made the new default (File -> Templates -> Organize) > > Here are a set of questions that, if answered, might help me. > > What am I doing? This is not a joke. I understand and can make changes > that I want at the category level, but I am left with the feeling that I > have just participated in a lucky accident rather than having > accomplished what I set out to do. > > For example, I want to create an overall style called 'Speeches' that I > can use to replace 'default' when I first start a document/speech. > > In fact, I would like to set up a special OOWriter template in the Gnome > context menu (right-click) that would start blank with the 'Speeches' > template and styles pre-selected. But this is a side issue. To start openoffice for a new doc using a template you need to set your desktop reference to start up with the command: openoffice.org-2.0 -writer where is the name of the template you want to use. On Linux, they are usually stored in ~/.openoffice.org2/user/template/ I don't use Gnome, so I don't know the details. > > Whenever I create a style like 'Speeches' I end up changing my 'default' > or losing the new style. I have tried to I set my speech configuration > as a template. When I reopen the template I always seem to end up with > text or some special formatting from a previous speech. > > Perhaps, a bit defensively, its because I really haven't grasped what I > am trying to do, or grasped what OOWriter can do, or grasped what > OOWriter can't do. > > I expect that 'default' in the upper left corner of OOWriter's format > bar will be replaced with 'Speeches' or whatever; that the drop down > menu will show things like 'Title' a style which I can create and then > select; 'Release Date'; 'Body' in small and large caps; 1.5 line > spacing; new margins etc. > > F11 gives me a long list of the 'default' style components or > categories. Where did my 'Speeches' style go? I've noticed that if you select from the drop down list at the bottom of the F11 dialogue box the value Custom Styles, then you should see the ones you have defined. I've also noticed that the top left drop down only seems to show a selected set of styles plus those actually used in the doc. This is from observation and could be wrong. > > Therefore, what am I doing and what am I doing wrong? -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Spell Check
On Friday 27 October 2006 01:43, Marcia Erickson wrote: > I have downloaded the new 2.04. I tend to use Openoffice as a basic word > processor getting more exotic only occasionaly. Initially, the automatic > Spell check worked well but now it doesn't.Why? I also loaded this program > onto another computer that has no internet connection. Initially the Spell > Check worked well, now it doesn't. Sounds like this is a bug in the > program. Wish I had kept the original one I had. any solutions? Marcia If you changed a language setting from English (US) to English (Canada) then you will need the Canadian English dictionary, which would explain why spelling checking stopped working. In case you don't already know, here is a brief guide. To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] french spell check
On Friday 27 October 2006 12:53, M. Henri Day wrote: > Thanks for the detailed information, most of which was new to me, as up to > the present I have used Word for the majority of the documents that I have > written. But I should very much like to go over to OOo, and I am grateful > for all the help I can get ! In this connexion, I should like to learn more > about how to manipulate the «Styles» options you mentioned ; could you > suggest any readings ?... You can start at http://documentation.openoffice.org/ especially the guides. To kick you off with languages, I have a brief guide to Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] licensing: may I use OO-fonts in web-projects
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 09:04, Frank Wahner wrote: > OO includes some fonts that are proprietary to the company who created it. > May use fonts like these - who have to be licenced - in my web-projects? So far as I'm aware, OOo includes no fonts; it uses the fonts on the system in which it finds itself. But forgive me asking, but why do you want to use proprietary fonts in web pages? Your users' browsers may not be able to show the pages if they do not have access to the same fonts. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] I am using version 2.0.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 04:25, Pat Campbell wrote: > Spellcheck does not work.Pat Campbell In what sense does it not work? Perhaps this helps: Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] [moderated]Changing Default Page Settings in 2.0.2
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 01:33, Russ O'Reilly wrote: > As it stands, each time I open version 2.0.2 the page settings are > defaulted to 0.79" margins, and each time I make a new document I have to > change the setting. Is there a way to change the default setting for the > margin size? When you have all your setting right for an empty document, you can save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save and choose a name) and then make this your default template (File -> Templates -> Organize + double click My Templates, + select your new template + Commands -> Set as Default). That sets your own default template the way you want it in the default folder. There are more complex methods. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.0 installation problem
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 04:18, Gary Blight wrote: > Can anyone help? > > While right at the end of "Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0" and status: > "Publishing Product Information", I got the error message "Error 1935 ... > installation of assembly 'policy.1.0.cli_ ...' ". After clicking OK, the > installer automatically did a rollback of the installation. > > My PC is a P4 2.8Mhz, Windows XP SP2, 512 MB RAM, 57 GB hard disk free. This might help http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=43903 -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Unwanted line on a page
On Monday 23 October 2006 05:39, Russell Butler wrote: > Walter Hildebrandt wrote: > > I am using OOo 2.0 with a WindowsXP machine. In writer, when I press > > Enter then press the dash key (after the 0 (zero) key on my keyboard) a > > number of time, a solid line appears on the page. The line can not be > > deleted. How can I turn off this automatic function? > > > > > > - > > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ > > countries) for 2¢/min or less. > > Hi Walter > > In Help - Lines I found: Automatic > > To stop drawing a line when you type three identical characters: > OpenOffice.org automatically draws a line when you type three of the > following characters and press Enter: - _ = * ~ # > 1.Choose Tools - AutoCorrect. > 2.Click the Options tab. > 3.Clear the Apply border check box. That tells you how to avoid this automatic behaviour. What you've done is add part of the border to the paragraph - it is not a line of text. So to remove it, position cursor in the paragraph that precedes it, then Format -> Paragraph -> Borders, and you will see a grey box on the left. The line below it is the border that is set; click on the line to remove it. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Problem with OOWriter on Windows XP Professional X64 Edition
On Saturday 21 October 2006 03:50, Thomas Beuthe wrote: > Installed OO 2.0.4 on Windows XP Professional X64 Edition > Version 5.2 (Build 3790.srv03_sp1_gdr.060315-1609: Service Pack 1) > Not sure of what's happening here but, for example the default install does > not spell check correctly. Are there known problem with this build of OO > on this operating system? Is there a topic thread you can point me to > please, I'm new to OO. Build on my NT machine went perfectly, and also > seems to work flawlessly on my 32-bit XP system. In what sense does it not spell check correctly? Have you downloaded the right dictionaries for your languages? Here is a brief guide to Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Turn off or remove watermark feature
On Tuesday 17 October 2006 23:24, egan wrote: > I am using Openoffice 2.0. I have somehow added a watermark feature which > shows up whenever I print a document. How do I turn the watermark feature > off or remove it? Look at Format -> Page -> Background, where, for no watermark, the As field should be Color, and No Fill should be selected. See also Help, search for Background, and select Background. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Sum template in Math
On Monday 16 October 2006 08:01, cl wrote:
> Hello,
> I used the latest version 2.0.4,and I want to write a formula with the
> Math,but I met the problem with the sum template,
> while "from{i=1} to{i=n} a" would show as ?i=1?i=na ,is there somthing
> wrong?
> the enviroment is WinXP,Locale:Simple Chinese.
You are missing the keyword "sum" before that formula, so it should be
sum from {i=1} to {i=n} a
If you use the Selection dialog, then you select operators with "Sigma a",
and then select the Sum operator with (Sigma x) and only then should you add
the limits with the (Sigma from ... to...) icon.
I understand this is a bit counter-intuitive, but the help pages do say that
that is the correct behaviour.
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Re: [users] Appropriate Purpose and Use
On Friday 13 October 2006 02:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello - > > I am not very computer smart - period. But I have had an ongoing losing > battle with Microsoft - so when I found your website and seemingly legal > use of openoffice software - I was elated. > > I just want to make sure I am supposed to be using your OpenOffice.Com > miracle. Being active in both my southen residential community of 20,000 + > , and my northern condo 50,000 strong - I would love to share > OpenOffice.Com with them - ALL OF THEM. Please do. I'm sure there are millions around the world already using it, and the more we get, the better understood will be the need for standard file formats. It is free to distribute how you like. For confirmation, see license information at http://www.openoffice.org/license.html > > Of course would utilize the OpenOffice Community for such lengthy exposure. > > Need to know I am on the right track. Please advise . . . PLEASE. > > Once Microsoft Mad - Now OpenOffice Glad, Nice slogan :-) > > Beverly Perry -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Dictionary
On Thursday 12 October 2006 01:19, Kathleen Clavel wrote: > Hi, > I am using French version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. (installed in my computer > when I bought it from MDG - Laval.) My problem is that I can't use a French > Dictionnary. I downloaded it but the corrector always revert to English > (U.S.A.). What can I do? > > Thank you for your help > Kathleen A brief guide to Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
