[users] Re: Open Office installation Problem?
thomas.gardi...@sbcglobal.net wrote, Hello, I have "Failed" repeatedly to install Open Office 3.3 on my HP dc5100 Desktop, with Windows XP Pro.,Pentium 4, 3GHZ, 3GB Memory. I have tried with and without Norton Anti Virus enabled. Tried Installing as downloading and from Install file saved on desktop. In ever case,I find a Open Office Installation File folder on my Desktop, containing 54 MB of files but I get the attached error message near the end of installation? * I have successfully installed OpenOffice from the same download source on; another Identical HP dc5100 desktop(with same specs) and on a Dell D620 and IBM T40 237314U laptops. All have Windows XP Pro OS? Can anyone suggest a solution to my "Failed Installation"? I will appreciate any available help Thomas Gardiner How large is the downloaded file, and what is its name? I thought the "Open Office Installation File folder on the Desktop" contained something like 129MB of files, one of which is openofficeorg1.cab of 129MB. Do you have that file? Is there plenty of spare room on the hard drive? -- Bob Long -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: saving in RTF
RA Brown wrote, [..] DOC and RTF ar both MS owned closed formats. OOo and LibO have what limited conversion they have from reverse engineering files. It is not and can not 100% compatible. Someone at MS leaked the format for DOC but anyone making a 100% compatible program would be sued. MS forces incompatibility to create vendor lock-in. Do a web search for ODF vs DOC and read up on some of the background for ODF. Andy I'm no fan of DOC format, but the specifications are published: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/officebinaryformats.mspx If those specifications are understandable and correct, then I'd guess that 100% compatibility should be possible. -- Bob Long -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: How to select all the text in the document
Dotan Cohen wrote, On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 09:46, James Wilde wrote: Dotan, my experience is that if you place the cursor outside the table, everything will be selected. ' Strangely, on this OOo 3.2 install (Kubuntu 10.10), it selects _nothing_ outside the table. I'll check 3.3 later. When you click outside the table, make sure the vertical flashing cursor actually moves to somewhere outside the table. Sometimes, depending where you click, the cursor doesn't actually move outside the table. Then Ctrl-A. -- Bob Long -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: "Repeat" in Writer
Hi ., Using Writer here's what I want to do; Insert a horizontal ruler line Thenrather than having to repeat the same command by selecting Insert- Horizontal Ruler- Plain I want to just click a "repeat-the-last-action" button and repeat what I just did (insert a ruler line). A keyboard short-cut would be nice. I've tried the Repeat command in Writer (shift-Y or ctrl-shift-Y) but that doesn't accomplish what I want. Any ideas? It seems you are correct about Crtl-Y not working. What about this as a work-around? Insert the ruler; then copy it. Then Ctrl-V will paste it in again. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: JPG format
Bruce Martin wrote, Dear Mansoor: Why you want to export a spreadsheet to a bitmap format is puzzling, however... There are many ways to skin a cat: In Windows, you could print it to a number of different apps that accept input as a virtual printer driver. This includes .PDF Creator and PDFCreator can "save" as non-PDF. Options|Save|Standard save format: PDF/PNG/JPEG etc. However, you will then need Photoshop elements ($$$) to rasterise. When you do this, you will have to load your .PDF once for each page you need to rasterise, then choose the Bitmap mode and resolution. Or GIMP... [..] Unfortunately, Gimp does not load .PDF files, It can, if ghostscript is installed and if the environment variable GS_PROG points to the ghostscript directory, eg. C:\gs\gs8.71\bin (for Windows). -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Mass edit in calc field - help!
Brewster Gillett wrote, [..] I'm attaching a stripped-down 200 rows or so of it as a sample. 200 rows gives a fair range of the dates, and of course displays the evidence that the column is *not* being sorted by date, but as text numerical data :-) It's only 22K, so shouldn't have any difficulty getting through... ...thanks for your efforts. Some, but not all of the dates have leading apostrophes. I did this: Open the .ods file in OOo Calc. File|Save as... and pick .csv format. Close Calc. When I used a plain text editor, there were no leading apostrophes in any of the dates. Find the .csv file you saved. Right-click|Open in OOo Calc. You should get presented with an input filter dialog. Click the column heading for the date column (it will initially say "Standard"), then just above that is a drop down for "Column type". Pick "Date (MDY)" (I presume that's how you dates are). Then the column should import as "proper" dates and you can format appropriately. [OOo 3.2.1, Windows] -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Unique Identifier
Gracia M. Littauer wrote, I want to make a file in OO Calc. Column A needs a label that is an Unique Identifier. it will be a column of consecutive numbers from 1 on. I understand the concept BUT NOT how to actually do it i.e make the Unique Identifier To do it manually, enter the number 1 in, say, the cell A1. Then click in the cell and it should be highlighted, with a small black square "handle" at the bottom right of the cell. Click and drag that down and the cells will be filled sequentially. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Cannot add rows/colums into a spreadsheet anymore
TomW wrote, On 2010-07-13 13:30, Rainer Dorsch wrote: I have a complex (in size and formula amount) spreadsheet here, in which I cannot add rows or columns anymore. I have no good idea what happend. Does anybody have ideas what could have gone wrong? Thanks, Rainer > Row 65536 is hidden. If you unhide this row, then you can insert rows & columns. TomW OO3.2.0 on Vista That works for me. I'm not sure how you determined which row was hidden, but I did: Select all cells (top left header)|right click on any row number|Show. Then it is possible to add columns. Some columns are hidden too, and this process leaves them hidden. Rows could always be added (right click on row number), so long as a column was not already selected. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Cannot add rows/colums into a spreadsheet anymore
Hi Rainer Dorsch, Am Tuesday 13 July 2010 20:21:23 schrieb JOE Conner: On 7/13/2010 10:30 AM, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Hello, I have a complex (in size and formula amount) spreadsheet here, in which I cannot add rows or columns anymore. I have no good idea what happend. Does anybody have ideas what could have gone wrong? Thanks, Rainer Did you accidentally write protect it? Try to SAVE AS and create a new document with a different name. Can you now edit it? Thanks, for the reply. No, I can edit the speadsheet, I just cannot add new columns. An anonymized version is at http://bokomoko.de/~rd/post.ods Win XP, 3.2.1 here. It is certainly odd. There seems to be something strange with the cell protection. Select all cells, then Format|Cells|Cell Protection and you will see protection is enabled. But unprotecting makes no difference, and going back to those settings shows some sort of protection is still there. As a workaround, this worked for me: select entire sheet, copy, create a new sheet and paste to it. Column insertions can then be done. Right clicking on the bottom sheet name|Move/copy sheet did not work for me. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: OpenOffice Math: how to "slash" a symbol?
InBetweener wrote,
[..]
Hi Daniel. Thanks for the reply.
You're right xRy means (x,y) in R. But compare the verbosity. xRy is not an MS
Word notation. It is a mathematical, well established one (see
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/
Relation_%28mathematics%29#Formal_definition).
x("slashed" R)y means (x,y) notin R, and is well established too. Of course,
this notation is limited to binary relations. But I work with them most of time.
With MS Word, I can write (x,y,b,...) in R whenever I need. There is no such
limitation. What seems to be a limitation here is that OO Math doesn't let me do
a thing like
x "slash" Ry
though I can do
x bar Ry
or
x overstrike {R}y
This "slash" feature allow to graphically "negate" any symbol (whatever it
means). For example,
P equiv Q
might be negated (and *may* in MS Word) writing
P "slash" equiv Q
even if there is no predefined symbol do negate the equivalence.
Have I been clear?
Is there a "hidden" way of doing that in OO Math?
I'm no mathematician, so I may be missing something. But I'm still not
clear on what the problem is. Do you want to be able to have, as the result:
the letter x followed by the letter R, with a bar over the top of that
R, then followed by the letter y?
If so, why does
x overline R y
not suit?
--
Bob Long
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[users] Re: microsoft office publisher / openoffice .org problem
Daniel Lewis wrote, The Attwoods - BT wrote: had microsft office publisher which i used to do birthday cards /invite etc on. computer crashed when got back had openoffice .org i am a techno thicko - how do i convert publisher files to openoffice.org??? You don't. You have to have a working version of Publisher in order to open publisher files. No other known program will open these files. This on-line conversion site claims to be able to convert from Publisher: http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php#documents -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: [moderated] Scribus and OpenOffiece.org
NoOp wrote, Interestingly enough, on a WinXP machine that I just upgraded the Sun (oragle) java on, the splash screen during the upgrade provides an ad for OOo. On it is a bullet point about 'import and export pdf's with a single click. Forgot to take a screenshot, but it's apparent that Sun/oragle is promoting this as a feature for OOo. Anyone else seen this? Yes. I was upgrading a Vista machine. I installed JRE 6 Update 18 and the splash mentioned both import and export. Then the system prompted for an update to Update 19. It didn't actually work (it complained of needing "elevation"). So I went back to the Oracle Web site and there Update 19 was available. This was all in the space of half an hour. So I installed Update 19 "from scratch" and this time the splash screen omitted reference to PDF import. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: converting a .pdf to .odt???
Dave Stevens wrote, I have to convert a .pdf for which I no longer have access to the original .odt format. I've installed the sun-pdfimport extension and can open the file in draw. If I read the documents right I should now be able to resave in .odt but neither save as nor export offers me this format. Does anyone know how to complete the saving process? As far as I can tell (with OOo 3.2, Windows), Draw can't save or export to Writer format. The process you use will depend on how much layout you want to preserve. An ordinary PDF Reader (Adobe Reader, at least) will let you select text and paste into Writer, but losing layout. You can also individually copy and paste images. But that process will treat every end of line as an end of paragraph. Yo may want to check out the free on-line PDF to .DOC converter that preserves paragraphs: http://www.pdftoword.com/ -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Paste Unformatted Text option
Eustace wrote, [..] I have an icon for Paste Unformatted (similar to the Paste) at the end of the Formatting toolbar in the Writer. How did that get there? Did you customise it or was it there as part of the initial installation? OOo version? Is it definitely "Paste Unformatted" which immediately pastes, or does it invoke a dialog from which you then choose "unformatted text"? If you customised it, what did you select from the category and command columns? I also have a button in the Calc at the same place, but somehow it does not want to show the icon assigned to it, it only shows the title. Strange. Have you re-tried the "modify" button and "change icon..." procedure? -- Bob Long I would prefer it too if the default Paste was unformatted, or if the default could be changed. emf - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: "doubling up" a table?
McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: [..] I _selected_ rows 28 through 54 and did [Ctrl][C], but when I then selected the empty (columns 3 and 4) areas of rows 1 through 27 and hit [Ctrl][V] all the copied material got nicely pasted in the desired places... except one row OFF. I can't reproduce the problem, but try this. Do the select A28..B54 (you can see the cell designations in the bottom status bar) as you describe, and Ctrl-C. But instead of selecting the destination area, simply click into cell C2 (row 1, col 3, not counting the heading) and then Crtl-V to paste. It shouldn't matter, but does the table extend to two pages, and if so, is the heading repeated? That may be a factor, but again I could not reproduce the problem. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Paste Unformatted Text option
Dotan Cohen wrote, On 12 March 2010 01:11, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/03/11 4:32 PM Michael Reich wrote: I have to use the toolbar icon for "Paste Special" or the Edit-Paste Special" menu command to get "unformatted text." Shift/Command/V brings up "Paste Special". Thanks, Larry. On my Kubuntu system, after some experimentation, I discovered that it is Shift-Ctrl-V. That is great to know. Thank you! In Windows, in Writer, Ctrl-Alt-Shift-V invokes Paste Unformatted Text directly. It's changeable in Tools|Customize|Keyboard|Shortcut keys. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Title Text Spectrum Morphing
netsecur...@sound-by-design.com wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:01:43 +, jonathon wrote: [snip] I have to rewrite 500K pages of documentation by 25 March, otherwise I'd be able to get to it sooner. I've had some truly crazy schedules for documentation but never 500,000 pages in 13 days! Getting off topic now, but if this is a one person job, working 12 hours per day non-stop, I figure that's about 53 pages per minute, or about one per second! -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Paste Unformatted Text option
Hi Dotan, Do other people paste from outside OOo to within OOo on a regular basis? Do you have problems with text formatting (specifically, the fact that formatting is preseved)? I filed an issue for a feature request to let the user select Format Unformatted Text be the default paste option, however, it does not seem to be progressing: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=103327 Based on the use cases that I've seen, I expected this to be a popular feature. Is no one else interested in it? I am only asking to gauge other user's opinions of the need for such a feature. It is in fact possible to add your own item for "Paste Unformatted Text" onto a toolbar. I'm doing this in Windows, OOo 3.2, Writer. Edit: see final paragraph. Tools|Customise|Toolbars (the tab) and select, say, "Standard" toolbar. You'll see below that a list of icons that are currently displayed on the toolbar (those with ticks). But there is not one there for "Paste Unformatted". So click "Add..." button, select Category "Edit" from left column, then select "Paste Unformatted Text" from right column|Add|Close. It will add it to the list of Toolbar commands. You can move it to the position you want with the up/down arrows there. By default, it does not have an icon associated with it, but you can change that by selecting the command and using "Modify"|"Change Icon...". Hmmm... I just read the bug report after writing the above and there it mentions you are interested in Calc, not Writer. The same customise process does not work... the closest I could get was to adding a "Paste Special" icon, which then brings up an option of "Unformatted text", requiring some more mouse clicks. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Change default e-mail program for OOo.?
James Elliott wrote, [..] How do I get OOo to use Thunderbird instead of OE, other than deleting OE which I do not want to do for good business reasons - I just do not want to use it for sending e-mails. I use the same combination now (in Windows XP), moving from Outlook Express to Thunderbird. I seem to remember that simply making Thunderbird the default e-mail client was not sufficient. Look at Start|Set Program Access and Defaults|Custom, then specifically choose Thunderbird, rather than simply use the current e-mail software, even if it is the default. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Find and replace empty cells
Brian McKee wrote: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Bob Long wrote: Brian McKee wrote: In (cough) other spreadsheet software I'm used to starting find and replace, hitting the 'entire cell' check box and leaving the find box blank, thus I can find (and fill) all the empty cells quickly and easily in a range. It's not as pretty as being able to do a find and replace, but this is a workaround. Suppose your data is in A1:A10. Select that. Select B1 (or somewhere else unused) and enter: =IF(A1:A10="";"-";A1:A10) and confirm with CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER, rather than just with ENTER, to make it an array calculation. Thanks for the suggestion Bob I can see where that would work, but it sounds kinda clumsy. A bit hard to explain the complete work flow, but currently I'm massaging the data with Vim after I export to csv, because that other spreadsheet mangles a few things Open Office handles correctly. But if I can't dash fill with OO without doubling all the columns and pasting them back over themselves, I'm back to hand massaging in Vim. Sure would be nice not to have to double edit it, or jump extra hoops like this. Yes, I agree it's clumsy! Is the CSV exported from OOo, or imported into OOo? Anyway, if you already have the file as CSV, can you not then fairly easily find/replace while in Vim? I don't use Vim, but I imagine you can do things like changing null fields (,"", or ,, or similar, depending on how the CSV is output) into ,"-", for example. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Find and replace empty cells
Brian McKee wrote: In (cough) other spreadsheet software I'm used to starting find and replace, hitting the 'entire cell' check box and leaving the find box blank, thus I can find (and fill) all the empty cells quickly and easily in a range. You can't do that in Calc, the find button won't activate until you put something in there. Turning on regular expressions and using ^$ doesn't work either - http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Calc says that's deliberate. How the heck to I find all the empty cells in a range and put a - in them? And I really need that hyphen, formatting won't do - the output here is plain text. Suggestions appreciated, Brian It's not as pretty as being able to do a find and replace, but this is a workaround. Suppose your data is in A1:A10. Select that. Select B1 (or somewhere else unused) and enter: =IF(A1:A10="";"-";A1:A10) and confirm with CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER, rather than just with ENTER, to make it an array calculation. That will give a column (B) with the hyphen in each previously empty cell. But of course that column consists of formulas. You can use them, though, in other calculations. But if you want the original column to end up with "real" hyphens, then do Edit|Copy (given that B1:B10 is already highlighted), then select A1 and do Edit|Paste Special... and select only text and numbers. Allow the overwrite. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Countif between checking
Bob Long wrote: Keith Clark wrote: Is it possible to check a range of cells to see if the values are between two defined values: countif(range,">5 and <10") I cannot seem to get it to work. I get a count of zero even though there are many values that qualify. It's not clear if it's possible to do a logical operator there. See if this suits your purposes: =COUNT(range)-COUNTIF(range;"<=5")-COUNTIF(range;">=10") Simpler: =COUNTIF(range;">5")-COUNTIF(range;">=10") -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Countif between checking
Keith Clark wrote: Is it possible to check a range of cells to see if the values are between two defined values: countif(range,">5 and <10") I cannot seem to get it to work. I get a count of zero even though there are many values that qualify. It's not clear if it's possible to do a logical operator there. See if this suits your purposes: =COUNT(range)-COUNTIF(range;"<=5")-COUNTIF(range;">=10") That is, count everything, then take out what you don't want. Or, use the range in a data pilot and then use the filter options. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Counting different items in a range
Andreas Saeger wrote: Andy Chaplin wrote: If there a simple way to count the number of different values in a range? If I have a column with a thousand rows and I have different values in the rows (some of which are repeated)... Bacon Eggs Toast Marmalade Toast Toast Bacon The answer I want here is 4. (the total of different entries) I guess there must be a function for this, but I can's seem to find it. Any help would be appreciated. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FREQUENCY_function Or a data pilot with the same column as row field and data field with function "Count". http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Calc_Guide/DataPilot I'm not the original poster, but I tried the data pilot method for interest, but I'm not sure I have worked it out properly. I pasted the sample above into A2:A8, adding a heading "Items" in A1 (and ensuring no trailing spaces in any item cell). Then: Click on A1 Data Data Pilot Start Current Selection OK Drag the "Items" button into "Row Fields" Drag the "Items" button into "Data Fields" Double click on "Items - Sum" and change the function to "Count OK OK. That's good; I get a table with individual counts for each item and a Total of 7. There are 4 rows of the now grouped items. But is there a way that the Data Pilot process can tell me that "4" as an answer? I know I can add another formula =COUNT(B13:B16) to get that answer (in this case the data pilot results are in A12:B17) but if the items change the data pilot results change, changing the number of rows in the result, making the COUNT formula incorrect. Am I missing something? -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Page numbers reversal method?
Twayne wrote: Hi, I'm not sure this can be done, but ... going to ask anyway. XP Pro SP3 and Office 2002 and OO.o 3.1.1. I am hoping to use Writer to accomplish the following in OO.o instead of Word? Is there a way to reverse the order of pages in a Word document? Last page becomes first, next to last becomes next, and so on. Instead of 1, 2, 3, ... the physical appearance changes to 42, 41, 40 ... 3, 2, 1. I have a Word document which is displayed backwards: In other words, the LAST page is actually page 1, next to last is page 2, and so on up to the first page, which is page currently page 42, but displays at the top of the screen display. This is meant to be an onscreen reference, so printing in reverse order won't suffice; access is going to be onscreen. It's also hell to edit a document with reversed pages! I made some brief tests as simply cutting/pasting the pages into their correct order but quickly got lost and botched the job; mainly because as soon as you move a page, its page number changes in Word, so without making each page large enough to see and comparing next/following pages, one gets lost pretty quickly. Thought about a macro, move bottom to position 1, bottom to position 2, etc, but I'm not able to get anything to work. I just don't know VBA well enough. It's an almost-all text document, with only the first and last pages as graphic, so graphics don't worry me. Getting to read in the correct order does though. Since it came from a scanner that saved to Word format, it's also full of Word's Section Breaks, none of which are necessary. There is only one page needs to be landscape, so that doesn't worry me either. I tried opening the .RTF version of the file in OO.o 3.1.1 and it looks perfect, except of course the pages are all backwards ordered. Any thoughts or ideas on how to accomplish this with OO.o? Not very pretty, but this might work. I'm using Windows XP. In OOo, when I do File|Print I have a "Generic/Text only" option. Select that; then tick "Print to file"; then "Options|Pages|Reversed|OK". OK to print; give the file name a .txt suffix. Then you should have a text file with all the words in the correct order. But when I view the file it seems to have lots of extraneous spaces, and line breaks between each word. I've not investigated why that is; something to do with forcing a left margin, I think. It does not open nicely in OOo, so use a text editor or do some post processing with something like awk. As I said, not pretty! -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: N-up page setup?
Dotan Cohen wrote: In that case, perhaps delete pages 1 and 3 (making a backup, of course!), and duplicate your page 2 so you have two A4 pages of that, then print that as a brochure. You should then get two "pages" per sheet. Actually, that is what I did when using Abode Reader (which supports N-up printing) as an intermediate step. Agh! I just tested, and it gives me two sheets, one with the page on the right and one with the page on the left. That looks like a bug. Which, of course, when one thinks about it, is what it should do! That is, "page 1" on the outside leaf and page two on the "inner". So, in Writer, make four pages of the same text. That should produce two sheets, each with two pages on it. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: N-up page setup?
Dotan Cohen wrote: Depending on how many pages in the document, and how you want their sequence, perhaps the brochure options may suit. Print to PDF (not export), by selecting Landscape as the printer settings, and select Brochure in the print options. That might work. My current need is to print the second page of a three page document. I need it printed twice, as 2-up and the page will be cut so that each party gets one copy. Regular A4 paper is too large for the purpose, that is why each party is getting an effective A5 sheet. With Brochure I can print each copy on a separate page. It is a waste of paper, but at least it lets me get the job done. In that case, perhaps delete pages 1 and 3 (making a backup, of course!), and duplicate your page 2 so you have two A4 pages of that, then print that as a brochure. You should then get two "pages" per sheet. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: N-up page setup?
Dotan Cohen wrote: Hello, list. I need to export an ODT document to PDF in 2-up format (2 pages per sheet). We use A4 paper so this the paper supports this with a simple rotation (Xlong=Xshort*sqrt(2)). However, I do not see that this can be done in Format -> Page, nor in the Export to PDF menu, nor even in the Print dialogue (I have cups-pdf installed). This is on OOo 3.1 Kubuntu 9.04. Thanks in advance for any advice! Depending on how many pages in the document, and how you want their sequence, perhaps the brochure options may suit. Print to PDF (not export), by selecting Landscape as the printer settings, and select Brochure in the print options. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: PDF files
"Harold Fuchs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [..] > OpenOffice in and of itself can't open PDF files. You could try the > OpenOffice extension at > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport which, as you > can see, is quite new. Please note that, as stated on the web site, this > software is still in Beta testing. And, "...it requires the OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta 2 to work." -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re: Re: letter from k s ram kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok if opening a duplicate window is a function of the OS why then is > the ruler different in one window to the other? > > I opened ooowriter and then clicked on Window | New Window to produce > the second copy of the same document. > See the image here - http://rev777.com/images/temp/ooowriter.jpg > You will see that both windows have the blank document called > Untitled1 in them and both are sized at 75% zoom. > Yet one has the RHS of the ruler at approx 17cm (correct) but the > duplicate window has the RHS of the window at approx 13cm. > Is this weird or what? Definitely weird - because it does not happen to me! Both are 17cm for me (XP Home; OOo 2.4) -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: letter from k s ram kumar
[CC'd to user] kesavan ram kumar wrote: > I have been using Openofffice.org writer for about an year or so. I > also have the Openoffice.org (ver 2.4). [..] > Well. For students of medical transcription and legal coding, MS > Office Word has a special feature called Window. (This option is > available under "File Edit View... etc., - when you open the text > editor for document writing). Using this module and other options > contained in it, we can compare the original document associated with > a voice file in 'side by side', 'split' and 'cascading' modes > (original document and the copy created by the user - one below the > other) - while listening to the associated voice file. [..] In OpenOffice: Window|New Window. That will provide you with two copies of the same document in two windows, which you can move/resize as required on your screen. Changes made to one window will be reflected in the other. Alternativley, you can open a different document in that second window. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: [moderated] all system files on desktop
[CC'd to user] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have downloaded OpenOffice and it seems to have been installed > correctly. I can use the word-processor and the equivalent of > power-point -- haven't tried the others but suspect they are o. k. as > well. However, there are more than 25 icons (two drawer files for > mail merge, cores, etc.) on my desktop which are apparently system > files. > > What is to be done with these? They clutter up the the desktop and, > I suspect, can't be deleted. I think that you may have somehow unpacked the installation files to your desktop. Are the names like: openoffice.org-activex.cab openoffice.org-base.cab openoffice.org-calc.cab openoffice.org-core01.cab etc? The actual program should be installed somewhere like c:/Program Files/OpenOffice.org 2.4. So, if that is the case, you should be able to delete the installation files from the Desktop. One of the first things the installer does is say that it needs to unpack the files. The default location (for English) is: C:\Documents and Settings\[user-name]\Desktop\OpenOffice.org 2.4 (en-US) Installation Files I suspect you unnecessarily changed that location to your Desktop. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: OpenOffice 2.3 needed!!
[CC'd to user] "Ibrar Javed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > We are evaluating a web conferencing application dimdim but that works > only > with open office verion 2.3. We have tried to run it with open office 2.4, > but that has not worked. We have extensively searched for open office 2.3 > on > the internet but haven't been able to find any download location for the > 2.3 > release. Is it possible for you provide us a link from where we can > download > open office 2.3? Most likely some of the mirrors still have earlier versions: http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/ -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Which version?
[CC'd to user] Tom Derrick wrote: > I am trying to download open office but on the home page there only > seems to be the option of version 2.4.0. I assume that is the latest > version and have downloaded it but it won't run on my pc. I use > windows Vista, should it work on that system? Yes. > It says that the installer i'm trying to use is corrupt or incomplete?! Sounds as though you have a corrupt download. You may need a download manager, and check the checksum of the downloaded file. More: http://download.openoffice.org/common/instructions.html http://download.openoffice.org/common/downloadtools.html http://download.openoffice.org/2.4.0/md5sums.html -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: wps . file cant be open
>> At 20:42 08/02/2008 -0400, France Champagne wrote: > >> By the way, every Windows user of OpenOffice should install the free >> viewers from Microsoft for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files, as it >> is easier and better to display and print files you receive this way >> than by opening them as if for editing in OpenOffice. Ike Dawson wrote: > Are these MS free viewers intended as Stand Alone? On the MS website > they appear to be 'updates' for existing Word Excel and Powerpoint > users ... or did I miss a trick? They are stand-alone. However, the licences make interesting reading: MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT WORD VIEWER 2007 [..] a. General. You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your devices. You may use the software only to view and print files created with Microsoft Office software. You may not use the software for any other purpose. Somewhat ambiguous; the word "only" is in the wrong place if the intention is prohibit use of the software to read documents not created by MS products. Anyway, if someone were to send me a .doc file, how would I know if it was created by MS Word or not? -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Why can I not view my pages in the color I choose to type in?
[CC:d to user] Lorraine Dort wrote: OK so this is my third message from you people about the same question. DO YoU NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER>? We do. But as we are volunteers, people chose what they reply to, for whatever reason. Anyway, there was a response to you, which I'm including below. Perhaps it was not sent directly to you, and as you are not subscribed you would not have received the answer. If the solution presented does not work, write back to the mailing list with more specific information. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --- Manfred J. Krause wrote: Subject: Re: Why can I not view my pages in the color I choose to type in? Hi Lorraine, 2008/2/9, Lorraine Dort wrote: I am using openoffice 2.3 I was wondering why I cannot view the font color I am using as I type on the page. It always shows as black no matter what color I am actually typing in. It will print in the color I have chosen, but you cannot view in that color whether you are in the "print view" or the "web page view". Go to menu bar Tools | Options | OpenOffice.org | Accessibility Options for high contrast appearance [ ] Use automatic font color for screen display (remove the tick) Manfred -- Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html> <http://support.openoffice.org/index.html> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Delete Open Office Org
[CC:d to user] - Original Message - From: "John Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.openoffice.questions To: Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:31 PM Subject: Delete Open Office Org Hi Hi! I have had enough of this software. That implies you have problems with it before. Have you asked for help on this mailing list before? I have just lost a tender because the document I created in Word in specified text colours was transmitted with different colours as an attachment to an email. Are you sure you are referring to OpenOffice.org software? The word processor component is called Writer, not Word. But I'm intrigued about the colour problem. Perhaps you could provide more details. In general I have found this software the most cumbersome and frustrating I have ever had to use. Who said you had to use it? How did you obtain it in the first place? Do you have alternative word processing software you are going to use? How can I delete it without losing any of the documents saved? Uninstall as you would any other Windows applications. You may need to exit the Quickstarter (down near the clock, on the right). You won't lose documents. However, if they were saved in the default OpenOffice.org formats, you won't be able to read them in Microsoft software (assuming that is what you intend to use instead). So, you'll need to convert them to the Microsoft formats first before uninstalling OOo. Anyway, you do not have to uninstall OOo if you are going to install Microsoft or other software. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: compatabilitiy
[CC:d to user] Leslae Brewer wrote: > My instructor cannot open documents I send to her. I did not find > this information on your website so I am asking here: CAN THIS BE > REMEDIED? (I really need to be able to send her documents.) I'm guessing, but I presume your instructor is using a Microsoft product? Either save your document as a .doc file (File|Save As and choose the type) (assuming by document you mean a word processor file), or if you are sending by e-mail: File|Send and pick PDF or Microsoft Word. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: OpenOffice Spell Check
[CC:d to user] Krysten McCumber wrote: > I'm sorry to say I do not know what version of OpenOffice I have. But Help|About OpenOffice.org > my spell check will not work and it is causing troubles. Perhaps you can give more details? > I do not know how to fix it but I do need it fixed A.S.A.P. > Please email back as soon as you can. Ensure that your language and character types match. Look at Tools|Options|Language Settings|Languages to ensure the language you want is set. Use File|Wizards|Install new dictionaries if you want. For each document, ensure that Format|Character has the correct language in the "Language" field. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Dictionary/Publisher problems. (was: YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE)
[CC:d to user] Addie Derby wrote: > Good Afternoon: In October 2007, I downloaded OpenOffice.org because > I do newsletters for my retirees non-profit group, Municipal Pension > Retirees' Association, MPRA and the secretary of our organization > recommended I do so. However, I have several problems with this > program. > > 1. The program has more or less taken over my Windows files. If, when you installed OOo you told it that it should be the default program to open .doc files etc, then Windows will associate your files with OOo. However, OOo has not "taken over" your files. They will be exactly the same name and content as before, and nothing has been lost. By the way, the term "Windows files" does not have much meaning; do you mean Microsoft Office files (word processor, spreadsheet, etc)? > Not that I have a problem with that but once it does, the Spell-Check, > Grammar check or the language selection seem to be turned off. There > is a difference between Canadian English and U.S. English in spelling > different words. Further than that, I could be writing gibberish and > the spell check doesn't seem to notice. When one is used to the red > underline appearing automatically to warn me, it's rather > disconcerting that it doesn't. Ensure that your language and character types match. Look at Tools|Options|Language Settings|Languages to ensure the language you want is set. Use File|Wizards|Install new dictionaries if you want. For each document, ensure that Format|Character has the correct language in the "Language" field. > 2. Often when I am doing an initial draft of an article in Windows, > I will use 1.5 line spacing so that when I send the article to > someone for approval, they have room to make comments about it. > However, as soon as I save it, the article becomes an OpenOffice > file. When that happens I cannot change the line spacing and the > only thing I can do is copy the article in Windows to change the line > spacing. What do you mean "copy the article in Windows"? Do you mean Microsoft Word? When you say "the article becomes an OpenOffice file" exactly what do you mean? What is the resultant (complete file name)? Is it something.doc, or something.odt? What procedure are you using to change line spacing? > 3. OpenOffice.org seems to have taken over my MS Publisher program. Unlikely. Nothing other than Microsoft Publisher reads Publisher files. OOo does not attempt to change file associations of .pub files. > I have used this program for newsletters for at least a decade and > have upgraded the program a few times. The last update was 2002. I > know that program like the back of my hand. However, now for the > very first time ever, the program does not show any graphics, such a > clip art, photographs, word art, or drawn lines once I save my file. > I have always had the program show all graphics all the time and, I > have tried over and over to go to view and click the box that saws > show graphics but it doesn't. Yes, it does show up in the printing > BUT that does me little good when I have a group photograph and I > want to put a text box below naming the people in the picture in the > order they appear on the photograph. I have to print the whole page > to make sure I have named everyone. Another problem is that I will > draw lines around a story but I can't because I don't know where the > lines are when I come back to the file after I have saved it. It is > very frustrating. Seems to me like something has happened within the Publisher program itself. I doubt it has anything to do with OOo at all. > So you can see that I consider this a very frustrating program. > Sure, the price was right and the one good thing about it is that I > can send articles for proof reading to others who have down loaded > the same program. However, that one good thing doesn't make up for > all the other frustrations I am having. In fact, I am thinking about > uninstalling the OpenOffice. This is making me uneasy because > OpenOffice has now taken over a number of my files and I am afraid > that I won't be able to retrieve them if I uninstall it. Can you > help me? As explained above, your documents will not be lost if you do choose to uninstall OOo. However, I suggest the problems you have can be fixed if you provide us with some more information. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: open office
[CC:d to user] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any way to open my open office documents with word or works? Sun ODF Plugin 1.1 for Microsoft Office Listed under "S" here: http://www.sun.com/download/index.jsp?tab=2 I've not used it nor do I know how well it works. But what are you trying to achieve? That you say "my open office documents" implies you already have OOo, and thus a way to open OOo documents. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: WHY
[CC:d to user] Oscar wrote: > Hi, i keep downloading the openoffice version 2.3.1 and for some What file name, exactly are you downloading? Have you checked its integrity with MD5SUM (http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/using_md5sums.html)? > reason it wont work for me, i had the veron before that for a long > time and it worked good, but since i tried updating this newer > version it wont work at all, whats wrong with it? Did 2.3.1 say it installed? > I can't even open > it and once i download it i try modifying it ad nothing, what is > wrong? My computer has all the requirements for it, but nothing. I > use this software for school and really really need it to work, so > please help me ASAP. What do you mean by "modifying" when you say " i download it i try modifying"? When you say "nothing" do you mean nothing at all? No hourglass? No error messages? What are you actually clicking on to try to run it? What operating system are you using? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: How to burn CD/DVD or Flash Drive from Impress
[CC:d to user] jg214 wrote: > Using OpenOffice 2.3. Have created a slide lecture with Impress, but > can't figure out how to transfer it to a CD/DVD or Flash Drive. > HELP! Thank You .. You do that in your operating system or other application, not from inside Open Office. Although if you have a flash drive inserted, you can simply save directly to it. Or save to the hard drive, and then copy using the normal Windows (I presume) method of drag and drop. To burn to a CD, use whatever data burning process you have used up to now (from outside OOo). -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: typing a color
I wrote, but then had another thought: [..] >> happy hoildays, regards, gary. >> my correct e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED] i connot >> delete the one in the from window, so just reverse the names. it is >> gary_betty > > Why is that? It seems you are using Outlook Express. So, go to > Tools|Accounts|News, select the account(s) you use, click the > "Properties" button and in the "General" tab, edit your address in > the "E-mail address" field. But if you actually sent to an e-mail address, rather than directly to a newsgroup (the method I use to read these messages), then it would be: Tools|Accounts|Mail, etc. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: typing a color
[CC:d to user] GARY GANGWISCH wrote: > dear sir/madam: > cannot type in color. went to tools-options-accessibilty & > unchecked auto color.i even rebooted. when i drop down > the color chart i see the automatic is highlighted.above that > it says font color, i tried clicking on that still prints black. > when i click on a color and go down to the page, i have a > paint can spiling until i click, then i get a curser.thank you > for your support. Someone has already commented on that - I can't add anything more. > happy hoildays, regards, gary. > my correct e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED] i connot > delete the one in the from window, so just reverse the names. it is > gary_betty Why is that? It seems you are using Outlook Express. So, go to Tools|Accounts|News, select the account(s) you use, click the "Properties" button and in the "General" tab, edit your address in the "E-mail address" field. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: serious problem with save as -
[CC:d to user] Sanna Törmäkangas wrote: > I´m sorry to bother you with my problem. > > But for few months I have not managed to save files in Microsoft > office file format. I have followed the guide, but still something > goes wrong. Even thoug I do go step by step : first I select save as, > then I type the name of the file and before saving the file I choose > file type. BUT here´s the problem. NO matter witch file type I try to > save my files, they appear open office.org. So it makes my work very > hard.. I´ve been trying to make it work, but I am affraid I do not > have skills to solve this problem... What do you mean "they appear open office.org"? Are you talking about how it looks in the Windows (I presume) file manager? If so, then that's probably because your Windows has associated .doc files with OpenOffice.org software. If you saved a word processor file as the type .doc (from the drop down selector), and if it was saved with the name .doc, then it's format will be the Microsoft format. What are you actually trying to achieve by saving them as Microsoft format files? Are you doing that so that you can send them to people who do not have OOo? If so, have you tried sending them a file? And can they then read the file? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: CALC: Insert tab character
Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 27/11/2007 17:54, Elchanan wrote: >> How can one insert a tab character into a Calc cell? >> Elchanan >> > The *only* way I've found so far is really horrible: > Create a blank document in a text editor (Notepad, vi, whatever) and > enter a tab character. Select this tab character and copy it to the > clipboard. Go to the relevant place in the Calc cell's input line and > paste from the clipboard. Turns out you can use Writer as your "text > editor" if you like. > > I've tried using Regular Expressions in Calc but that's no good. For > example, with REs turned on, changing XX to X\tX *should* insert a tab > between the two X's. Works in Writer, not in Calc. > > Ah. "Insert>Formatting Mark>Non-breaking space" will insert a > single non-breaking space; repeat as necessary :-( The cursor needs > to be positioned at the right place within the text input line. But multiple spaces are not tabs. I see that the help (inserting;tab stops) mentions: "If you want to change the settings of your default tab stops, you will find further information under Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org Calc - General." But how and where is that used, especially if tabs themselves can't be entered? > PLEASE someone tell me there's a better way. I hope so! -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Scanning Multi-Page Documents
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:52:58 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi -- >> >> I'm so angry I could spit, and I'm hoping OOo will be my knight in >> shining cordoroy. >> >> As part of my genealogical research, I used to be able to scan >> multi-page documents and save them as PDF files in one step with the >> software that came with my printer. After my computer died this >> spring, I bought a new one with (cough) Vista and everything's now a >> mess and there's very little that I can get to work like it did >> before and, specifically, the software that came with my printer is >> useless. I tried scanning multi-part documents into OOo using: >> >> Insert > Picture > Scan > Request >> >> I select "document feeder" and it scans the first page, but then it's >> like it's waiting for something to go on to the other pages, and I >> can't figure out what it's waiting for. So I'm having to scan each >> page separately -- it would be nice if I could just have it scan all >> the pages at once -- is this possible? Seems to me that that is something to do with the scanner software, rather than OOo. >> Also, the defaults for the scanning dialog all have to be changed for >> each scan, so an eleven page document requires a considerable bit of >> "messing around." How can I permanently change the defaults? I use >> the Windows software for scanning imagesd, so I don't need those as >> default settings in OOo. Specifically, the default paper size is, >> for some reason, legal size (8-1/2" x 14") and if I forget to change >> that, I have to re-scan the page. Where are you seeing those defaults? In the scanning software? What is that (brand/model)? Is that scanner software meant to work with Vista? >> I checked OOo help, but that didn't go into any details. Google >> didn't help. >> >> Can anyone suggest a way to make this easier? Or is there a better >> solution that doesn't involve OOo (besides switching back to XP). >> >> TIA > > > Thank you for the help. > > FYI -- I got PDFCreator to work with Vista with a little messing > around and it's almost painless to do what I want to do. I don't understand how that is going to help the original user. I didn't think PDFCreator did scanning - or am I missing something? In what way are you suggesting PDFCreator can be used? Also, how, exactly did you get PDFCreator to work with Vista? (As that is a bit off-topic, perhaps it should be over at the forum at http://www.pdfforge.org/forum) -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: open office version 2.3
[CC:d to user] OPE BIYE wrote: > I am using open Office version 2.3 (which by the way I was charged > for )... That will depend on how you obtained it. There is no charge from the official openoffice.org Web site. Keep that in mind for later updated versions. > ...and whenever I send any documents as attachments via email the > reciepients are unable to read the documents. How are you sending them? As .odt files? If so, it's unlikely the recipients can read the files unless they are using OOo, or have the Sun plugin installed. http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/ > How can I get around this without resorting to purchasing microsoft > word/office (which I had originally until my hard drive was corrupted)? Do File|Save As and select .doc. Or, export as PDF files. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: to software part 2
[CC:d to user] Jessica Neshem wrote: > It says it does not reconize the software and some is unknown. > Jessica Please explain in more detail. What is "it"? What are the exact error messages you get, and what are you doing at the time? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Help!
[CC:d to user] Marti Hanna wrote: > Hello Tech Support People, > > What a nightmare! > For hours this morning, I was using OpenOffice.org-Writer working on > a document I am preparing in preparation for a job interview. > I clicked on Save As and gave the document a title. > I kept typing, and after several pages (I think I kept Saving) I > wanted to exit out. Unfortunately at some point I went to Save As > again, and when it said "Do You Want to Replace This File?" I clicked > on Yes instead of no. > > Now all I have is the final page of what I have spent all morning > typing. I can't find my original document. Its title is listed when > I go to Recent Documents, twice. When I try to open the first title, > I get a box with Read-Error, Error reading file so I cannot open it. > When I open the second document with the same title, all I get is the > last page of what I was working on. I'm unclear as to exactly what you did. Did you delete all but the last page of the document and overwrite a more complete file? When you say "read-error", just what do you mean? Is that an operating system error saying it has trouble reading from the disk? Or OOo saying it can find the file? What is the exact message? > Please don't tell me my first several hours of typing are just gone > and not retrievable. Thanks so much. Well, I don't know. Suggestion that may or may not work. Open OOo Writer again. Do NOT try to open any of the files you have been working on. Go to Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|Paths and look for the "Backups" entry. Use your file browser in your operating system (I think you are using Windows Vista?) to navigate to that directory and see if there are backup files there. Put renamed copies of them back in your main working area (give them a totally new name and rename them from being .bak) and then open them with OOo. Maybe an older fuller version is there. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > Marti Hanna > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re: Fw: Re: Unable to open an MS word Doc with OO from an email attachment on a MAC
mike scott wrote: [..] > (Oh, btw, I think someone said pdfcreator was not free. Bullzip for > windows seems to work reasonably well and is a freebie. Others have > suggested cutepdf) For the sake of completeness, PDFCreator (if you are talking about what is available from SourceForge), is free: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Unable to open a DOC file
Andy Lino wrote: > I received an e-mail with a DOC file attached and I could not open it. > I tried to open it and it opened a box and asked for the character > set. > Is there a trick in how to spot what is missing like maybe a Font? > I am running Ubuntu 7.1 > and Open Office 2.3 Is it really a .doc file? Perhaps it's a .docx file, the format produced by the new Microsoft Word 2007. If it's .docx, then OOo can't open it. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Pictures disappear
"NoOp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 11/09/2007 12:41 PM, Joe Conner wrote: >> I had something similar happen. See >> http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=82676 >> for the issue that I filed, and the goat-rope that followed. > > Well... one can only wonder if you *really, really* are running Windows > XP. Are you 100% sure :-) > > Observation: I tried your 'Giving Trend Study' on (U)OOo 2.3[1], OOo > 2.3, and StarOffice 8/8 - all on linux, and can verify that the data > points do disappear when when the chart is double-clicked for editing. Interesting... for that same file, I've not encountered those problems. XP Home (really!), SP2, OOo 2.3.0. But when I try the "Graph Bug.ods" file the data points do disappear. But normally, after double clicking, a right-click should show "Data Ranges..." in the context menu. But for "Graph Bug.ods" it doesn't, which makes me suspect there may be a problem with how the chart is getting its data. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re: I am using version 2.3.0 of Open Office my question is regarding Writer
Bill wrote: > This is probably not the place to ask this, but ... Correct - you have hijacked another thread. For one thing, that means people not interested in the orginal thread probably won't see your message. Better to start a new post. Now, perhaps someone can tell *me,* as a responder, the best way to fix such a thing. > I'm having problems seeing tables when in writer. All I can see are > gray boxes. I'm fairly well acustomed to Word, but don't use either > much anymore, Word not at all, and I was wondering if anyone could > lend a little information on how-to or where-to solve this problem. If > I remember how many cells I've got in the table I can usually click on > a cell and enter data, but I can't see anything until I either grab > the table or click on a cell. See if Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org Writer|View|Display|Tables is unticked. If so, tick it. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Formatting of pasted HTML into Writer and Calc
"Graham Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I am copying a small table to the clipboard (as HTML from the statistics > program R) and trying to paste the table into Writer and Calc. > > Pasting the clipboard into Excel produces a formatted table. Pasting into > Calc, just gives me the HTML code. I have tried using paste special, but > HTML isn't an option > > With Writer, when I did this in the past, the HTML pasted as a formatted > table (can't remember which version), but now it simply pastes the HTML > code (as it does in Word). > > Again, I have tried paste special but as with Calc, it is considered an > Unknown source and only unformatted text is offered as an option. > > This WINXPPro and OOo 2.3.0. > > Any suggestion how I get this to paste as a formatted table. I'm not familiar with the statistics program R, but I copied a table from a Web page (http://mpc.org.au/resources/resources07.html to be precise). In Calc, a simple Edit|Paste worked - table cells ended up as individual Calc cells. Also, Edit|Paste Special shows "HTML Format" as an option. Strangely, the drop down arrow on the "Paste" toolbar icon shows only "Unformatted text" as an option, and then prompts for field delimiters. However, copying and pasting tables from other Web sites did not behave the same way. For example, for the language table at http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html, a simple Edit|Paste resulted in the contents of each row appearing in each vertical cell, without the columns being differentiated. But, Edit|Paste Special|HTML format worked. Again, the drop down arrow on the "Paste" toolbar icon shows only "Unformatted text" as an option, and then prompts for field delimiters. Strange! [XP Home, OOo 2.3] -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: downloading Open Office
"Alan Boba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 11/4/07, Alan Frayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I don't know where you got the idea Windows 98 is not supported with the >> current release. > > I didn't dig to deeply. Just went to > http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.0/index.html and clicked on the green > 'download' graphic. It opens to a selection of Windows and other operating > systems. Underneath Windows is the statement 'All versions (>98).' Greater > than would mean that 98 is not included. There is a bug report regarding confusion about supported versions of Windows: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=74860 Perhaps more people can vote for it. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: problem with installation
[CC:d to user] "Ray LaMora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have downloaded and I keep getting the message to "unpack", the system > chooses the location and runs the program but keeps making > me start over again. What do I do? What is the *exact* filename that you downloaded? Do you keep trying to run that same file name each time? Of course, if you do, you will get the same results each time. Is there a SETUP.EXE file in the location where the files are unpacked? Have you run that? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re: Stop sending mail to me please
"Harold Fuchs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [..] > Also, dear readers, even though the e-mail address I used for this test is > *not* subscribed to users@openoffice.org, there is *no* "delivered to > moderator" header in the e-mail generated by gmane from my post. So the > presence of a "delivered to moderator" header means that the user is not > subscribed, but the absence of such a header gives no information at all. Is it safe to assume the following: 1) "Delivered to moderator" means the user sent an e-mail to the mailing list, but is not subscribed to the mailing list, so any replies to the list will not be seen by the user (unless a CC is sent). 2) The absence of "Delivered to moderator" means the user is either: a) sending to the mailing list and is subscribed to the mailing list, or b) is using gmane and not the mailing list. In either case [a) or b)], a simple reply will be seen by the user - either via the mailing list [a)], or via gmane [b)], presuming they are still reading gmane. > One can tell the message came via gmane because there's a > "X-Injected-Via-Gmane: > http://gmane.org/"; header. > > Also, this list seems to go to "gmane.comp.openoffice.questions" and *not* > to "gmane.comp.openoffice.general". Does anyone know what the "general" > group is please? See http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for mailing list/gmane mapping. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Stop sending mail to me please
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] > I use Forte Agent to view gmane.comp.openoffice.general. > I want to reply to a msg so I need to subscribe. OK > Now that I have responded to the auto-response msg I get many e-mails > to that e-mail address. > I don't want ANY e-mails coming in because I read them via Agent. > So how does one set up to read via Agent & send msgs via Agent without > getting e-mail sent to that address? > (I think this is why so many people are sending this"Stop sending mail > to me please" msg. > Thanks for your help, Greg > (my being able to send this msg is because I set it up 'years ago' to > an e-mail address that lost it's server loong ago ;-) & don't > remember how !!!) http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html and read the "Newsgroups" section. In short, you need to "subscribe" to gmane, but you do not need to subscribe to the corresponding mailing list as well. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re: Number recognition in Writer
Guy Voets wrote: > 2007/10/25, Bob Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> "John Jason Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Number recognition in a table is driving me nuts. I set the cells to >>> Text, I set the entire table to Left, and yet every time I type a >>> number into a cell it pops to the right. Then I have to reset it to >>> Left manually. How can I turn off this unwanted feature? >> >> Right-click somewhere in the table; click to untick what is called >> "Number Recognition", believe it, or not! >> >> -- >> Bob Long > > Well Bob, not sure that I believe it... > On my iMac with OOo 2.3 I have to go to Tools > Options > OOo Writer > > Table to untick Number Recognition under Input in Tables. Possibly. I don't know what differences the iMac has in that regard. My "believe it or not" was meant to refer to the fact that the item to deselect for "number recognition" happens to be called "number recognition"! But I thought the iMac has some sort of "right click" equivalent? I suspect the original user uses Linux, but there has been no response from him. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Number recognition in Writer
"John Jason Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Number recognition in a table is driving me nuts. I set the cells to > Text, I set the entire table to Left, and yet every time I type a > number into a cell it pops to the right. Then I have to reset it to > Left manually. How can I turn off this unwanted feature? Right-click somewhere in the table; click to untick what is called "Number Recognition", believe it, or not! -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: [moderated]A3 page format
[CC"d to original poster] "Bob Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oh - I think you are referring to Draw, which I see now does have those > limitations. In fact, if you pick larger page sizes, such as A2, A1, A0, > the page size is 300x300 for them all. > >> Is this a bug of program or a limit in page dimension? May be, do I >> have to set some option? > > Just found existing bug report: > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81809 See also: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81665 for a workaround. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Very disastified
[CC:d to user] Jesse Burdwood wrote: > I purchased your product >From where? Certainly not from www. openoffice.org, where it is a free download. For a refund, contact where you did purchase the product. In fact, exactly what was the name of the product you purchased? > merely for the fact that I could put Microsoft Word documents in that > format and vice versa. What format? Microsoft's .doc format? Or OOo's .odt format? > Because it comes up as an "error" every time that I do that, I would like > a > refund. Thank you. When you do what, exactly? What is the error message? What is your operating system? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: [moderated]A3 page format
[CC:d to user] Giampaloc wrote: > I am using version 2.3.0 of OpenOffice.org. > My problem is : > Using the OpenOffice suite I noticed that the height dimension is > wrong when I format the page A3. > I know that the dimensions of A3 page are H 420 mm and L 297 mm , > but when I format the page of my document to A3 the eight shown in > the height filed is 300 mm instead (see the attachment). Attachments do not (usually) get accepted by the mailing list. None was visible. > If I click > the OK button, the page shown in the main windows is 300x297 mm. Oh - I think you are referring to Draw, which I see now does have those limitations. In fact, if you pick larger page sizes, such as A2, A1, A0, the page size is 300x300 for them all. > Is this a bug of program or a limit in page dimension? May be, do I > have to set some option? Just found existing bug report: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81809 -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: do u have any version of WORD??????
"Guy Voets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2007/10/23, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [..] >> We should have saved that free download link that someone posted here >> recently. Wasn't it for the DOS version? ;-) > > > Free Word: > http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe > Win98 version? No - Word 5.5 for DOS. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: do u have any version of WORD??????
Frank Cox wrote: > Actually, I just remembered that one version of Microsoft Word > actually is available for free download, directly from Microsoft. > > You can get it here: > > http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe How intriguing! I'm curious how you found that - couldn't easily find it using any MS search procedures. Anyway, it actually worked in Windows XP in a full screen window! I didn't try any modern .doc files, though. > Not that this has anything to do with OpenOffice, of course. I know! -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: 2.3 Download
[CC:d to user] Bev Giles wrote: > I went through the complete download process for the 2.3 version of > open office. My list of programs says it is downloaded, but I can't > open it. Please help. I take it your are using Windows? Probably Vista? What do you mean by "my list of programs"? What does it say is downloaded? That is, what is the exact file name you have dowloaded? Hint: Go to the Folder Options and untick "Hide file extensions of known types" (or words to that effect) so that you can see the full file name. Where (that is, in what folder or directory) is it stored? It *should* be an executable file (something like OOo_2.3.0_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe). If so, what happens when you double click on it? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Please. How do I format in Calc?
John Gilchrist wrote:
> Here is the expression I am using:
> =CONCATENATE("K=1/n= ";'Daily Summary'.M6)
>
> Here is the result I get:
> K=1/n= .117924528301887
>
>
> Here is the result that I want:
> K=1/n= 11.79%
>
> 1. How do I format this in Calc?
>
> 2. Also, how can I begin to use a format code notation ##.## which I
> found in the help file?
> I cannot find any help file example.
I'm not sure if this meets your requirements, but you may be able to do what
you want without the concatenation.
That is, simply format the cell with a custom format. That is, if your cell
contains, say, the value 0.117924528301887, do this:
Right click on the cell|Format cells|Numbers. Highlight "User defined" in
the list; enter:
"K=1/n= "0.00%
into the "Format code" field, and click the green tick and OK. The cell
should then show as:
K=1/n= 11.79%
Once you've done that, that format is available to format other similar
cells.
--
Bob Long
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[users] Re: Question regarding compatibility
"jonathon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mark wrote: > >> I'm building a new system which I will be installing Ubuntu Linux on. Is >> Open Office compatible with ubuntu? > > Compatible: Yes. > > You can either use Synaptic to install the Ubuntu build, or download > and install the Sun build from OOo. (In an ideal environment, you > could download and install both.) The standard Ubuntu build already includes OOo; no separate download or installation is required. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: install question
"Arthur Adolphsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I would like to install OpenOffice on another harddrive other than C: > I have tried the /a and it does not work. At some point in the installation there is an "Advanced" (or "Custom" button - I can't remember exactly which). Click that and you will be able to choose the destination path. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re: I WANT TO DOWNLOAD YOU OFFICE PGM
"Charlie Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > NoOp wrote: [..] >> In the past, there have been other complaints/threads regarding this >> issue, but I've yet to see it fixed. IMO a great many of the "can this >> be installed on" questions could be cleared up by simply fixing the OOo >> website. [..] > Do you know how to go about that? (getting the OOo website changed) The issue is: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=74860 Vote for it, if you want to raise its profile. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: I WANT TO DOWNLOAD YOU OFFICE PGM
"NoOp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 10/18/2007 06:53 PM, Charlie Seaman wrote: > >> >> And, if we're really picking at things, ">98", would really not be >> inclusive of 98, since the ">" means "greater than" not "greater than or >> equal to". I thought of explaining that but really did not want to get >> into the website being wrong. > > Charlie: that's a *very* good point actually. Particularly when > http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html shows: > [..] > In the past, there have been other complaints/threads regarding this > issue, but I've yet to see it fixed. IMO a great many of the "can this > be installed on" questions could be cleared up by simply fixing the OOo > website. I opened an issue for this back in February: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=74860 Perhaps voting for it may help. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Problems with coloring the text
[CC:d to user] Erwan Milis wrote: > (I'm french, so please, forgive my english) > > I'm Erwan.M using Open Office 2.3 > As said in the subject, I have a problem with coloring text: when I > click on the color I want, the cursor became a paint pot, but I only > want to type my text in this color. For example: I tape a black text, > I want now to type red text, I click on the text-coloring tool, but > the cursor became a paint pot and it don't type in red. How I can do > to do this? According to the Help: "The following only applies to OpenOffice.org Writer: If you click the icon with a short-click while no text is selected, then the mouse pointer changes its appearance and is displayed as a paint can. Use this paint can symbol with the mouse key pressed to drag across a text area. This text area takes the selected color. The function remains active for as long as the icon is pressed, or until you click without dragging, or until you press the Escape key." I have not tried the "paint can" method to change colour while typing. It seems it is suited to "painting over" text that is already typed. If you do Format|Character|Font Effects|Font Color then that will change the colour of the text that you next type. It's not so convenient, though. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: I WANT TO DOWNLOAD YOU OFFICE PGM
James Knott wrote: [..] > The Windows version works with all Windows from 98 to Vista. That is > the package you want. Also, it's not "complimentary". "Complimentary" can mean "free" :-) http://www.answers.com/complimentary&r=67 -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Margaret Wright
[CC:D to user] Margaret Wright wrote: > I recently puchased your OpenOffice product online, I was under the > understanding that I would also receive WORD 2003, Excel and Access > 2003 programs as well. >From where did you purchase the software? > I need to have these products also. Can you please forward to me the > Word, Excel, and Access 2003 downloads (originals) or tell me how I > goabout getting these products. If you ordered the OpenOffice.org product, you will not get the Microsoft brand Word, Excel, etc. OpenOffice.org software contains very compatible programs called Writer, Calc, etc. OpenOffice.org software is available as a free download from www.openoffice.org and that site does not sell software. However, other vendors may, so you'd have to contact the site you actually purchased from if you believe you have been misinformed. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: impossible to save in doc.-version
[CC:d to user] nina martins wrote: > Hi > I have finished correcting my manus in ODT, and the publishers want > it in .doc. So I opened it in Open office, and saved it as Word 97. > It then shows up as "wordview dokument 8" and it look just like > word-pad. When I open it as Wordview it looks like a wordpad-doc. > too. Are you referring the icon given to the filename when browsing for files in the Windows File Manager? If so, that is a file association issue. Do you have installed the Microsoft Word Viewer? If so, that's what could be associated with .doc files. When you say "When I open it as Wordview it looks like a wordpad-doc too" what do you mean? Can you see the contents of the .doc file? Does the content look correct? > I had had no problems before with this, and don't know what to do to > send the publishers the manus as word 97. PLEASE HELP! It's unclear just what the problem is; there may not actually be a problem. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: export to Wort DOC format and images
- Original Message - From: "Zinger, Alexey (GE, Corporate, consultant)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [..] Just to clarify my own post, the issue is as follows. I'm running OO.o 2.3 on Windows XP Professional. If I create a simple document in Writer and add an image to it using Insert > Picture > From File menu option, I get a resizable image in the document. If I save the document to MS Word 97/2000/XP and attempt to open it in MS Word, the image is either missing or there is a placeholder of correct size, but the actual picture within that placeholder is a small fraction of the space it's supposed to take up. Clearly, there seems to be a problem and I'd think this is something that others have encountered. Also using OOo 2.3, Win XP Home. If I do the same thing and then view the .doc file in the MS Word 2003 SP1 viewer (I don't have any "full" version of Word), no images (or even placeholders) appear at all. Does not matter if images were inserted using Insert|Picture|From file, or if pasted in from the clipboard. Same thing (lack of images) after I upgraded to what is now called MS Office Word Viewer SP3. [short time later...] Ah ha!! In the viewer, I just discovered View|Print layout, (compared with the default View|Normal), and the images then appeared! If I open the .doc file in Corel WordPerfect 8 then the images appear. What version of Word are you using? Perhaps there is a different View option to use? -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: download problems with openoffice 2.3
[CC:d to user] Dave and Mikki Evans wrote: > While downloading, everything works until the final download of the > Openoffice. I get a open page that is aout 1 in. in width and runs > the full length of my screen. Is there a top title bar on this window describing that window (eg, Internet Explorer)? > At this point it stops. What stops? How do you know? Are there progress bars of some sort? > When I open Windows Task Manager it states that the download is working. How, specifically, does it state that? > I left this run all night thinking it may be a slow download. Eight hours > later it still has not downloaded. What speed is your Internet connection? Are you on dial-up, or some sort of broadband? > I have tried downloading from the > web site and also saved download to desk top with same results. I am > operating Windows XP and I do have Norton Internet Protection. Specifically, what file are you downloading? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: I can't print all of the instructions!!!!!
[CC:d to user] JILL WELLS wrote: > I keep getting lots of stupid header pages and only the first actual > page of the instructions. I have tried highlighting portions and > right click and print, same thing! No matter what I do, I only get > the first page and then lots of blank sheets. Has anyone else had > this problem? I don't want to download without having the > instructions! Thank you. Jill Please explain exactly what these instructions are. Where did you get them from? Are they a Web page? If so, what is the Web address (URL)? Or are they some downloaded file? If so, what? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at users@openoffice.org and not me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Remove software reminder
[CC:d to user] "James N. Hooey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > How do I remove you software from popping up every time I turn on my > computer. I do not want or asked for your product/s. What, exactly, "pops up" when you turn on your computer? That is, what text or information is displayed? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: open office 2.3 problem
[CC:d to user] "John N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I downloaded open office 2.3 for Windows. I have Windows XP Home Edition > 2002, Service Pack 2. I unpacked, installed using the complete option, > everything went fine. I used it for a while and it was fine. But after I > shut down the machine, it won't start up. What do you mean, "for a while"? Do you mean a few days, where the machine had successfully been shutdown and restarted a few times? Or do you mean a few hours or so, and the first time you shutdown and restarted after installing OOo the reboot failed? > As it boots up it flashes a blue > screen and then reboots and gives me the blue screen saying, "..windows > did > not shut down properly.." and the various options to boot up. > > I was able to recover by starting in safe mode and then using the system > restore tool to an earlier restore point. I tried various other things to > get started but it failed. I had to roll back to an earlier restore point. > > Anyone have any ideas? -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Problem in OpenOfficeBasePortable
[CC:d to original user] Frank Cox wrote: > On 13 Oct 2007 08:49:03 - > "Vishnuvenkatesh Dhage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> With reference to above, when I am try to open the >> Microsoft Access Database file having password >> protection. It cannot open in open office base portable Have you tried saving the Access database file without a password? >> Please help me in this regard and tell me how to open the >> MS Access database file in it. Because i want to completely >> switch form Microsoft to Openoffice.org. > > Save the MS Access database file as a different format that is > supported by OpenOffice and then import that. OpenOffice can not > directly import Microsoft Access files. http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html implies OOo does work with MS Access. But we need to know from the original poster if they are using the implementation of OOo from www.portableapps.com (as the subject line implies). If so, there may be a problem with that. And if they are wanting to completely switch from MS to OOo, I'm wondering why they would not be using a normal hard drive installation? -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Need to know total download size of Open Office . org free download
"James Knott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Am considering downloading but would loke to know if I have enough >> space on >> hard drive first. Free download is over tomorrow so must know ASAP >> Thank >> you Sandy > > It's over 100 MB, but it's always a free download from > www.openoffice.org and it does not expire tomorrow. My wild guess is that they may be referring to some free download period provided by their ISP. However, some of the questions on the list are certainly good at honing our mind-reading skills! -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Installation problem
[CC:d to user] "Bodo Panitzki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I intended to install open office on a USB-stick. No chance - the install > programm does not give me the option to use the removable device. > Installation always in partition c:\ of my PC. How can I change that ? I > don´t want programms on my system-partition . > Anybody has an answer ? Someone has already mentioned that this has already been done by the people at www.portableapps.com (although the latest version 2.3 of OOo is not there just yet). But to answer what I think is another part of your question, yes, you can specify where OOo is installed by clicking on the "Custom" (or "Advanced" - I can't remember which) button. That will let you chose the path in which to install. However, as far as I understand it, simply installing to a path on a USB stick will not be sufficient to allow OOo to run from that USB stick in another PC. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: HOW TO OPEN OPEN OFFICE
[CC:d to user] TONY KIRK wrote: > I HAVE DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED OPEN OFFICE v.2.3 BUT CAN FIND NO WAY TO > OPEN IT --- HELP It seems you are running Windows. What version? If running XP, you should be able to do Start|All Programs|OpenOffice.org 2.3|Writer etc. Select one of those. You may have to go through a short second phase of an installation. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Windows Compatability
[CC:d to user] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Would I be right in assuming that Openoffice does not work with windows > vista ? No. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Any way to put a second line of text into a Calc cell?
>> "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [..] > I was, indeed, trying to edit existing cells. I didn't hit the F2 key > before attempting the Ctrl-Enter, but when I did after you suggested > it, it worked fine. I did attempt to do the Ctrl-Enter in the upper > formula field, not knowing better. > > One question out of curiosity: I see what the F2 key does, but I'm > wondering what that function is called in OOo parlance. Help|Index|Shortcut keys|spreadsheets: F2: Switches to Edit mode and places the cursor at the end of the contents of the current cell. Press again to exit Edit mode. If the cursor is in an input box in a dialog that has a Minimize button, the dialog is hidden and the input box remains visible. Press F2 again to show the whole dialog. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Does openoffice have utility/API to convert MS word into plain text?
[CC'd to user] "Halton Huo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [..] > Openoffice can open MS document, not only Word, but also PowerPoint, > Excel. So I'm thinking could it possible use openoffice to convert the > MS office documents. File|Save as... and select "Text (.txt) as the "Save as type". Of course you'll lose any formatting. And possible only from within Writer. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: OOo - I've finally hit the buffers...... postscript rotation, writer and draw
Michael Adams wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:52:43 +0100 > mike scott wrote: > >> On 24 Sep 2007 at 11:21, Robin Laing wrote: >> ... >>> There is an issue about the lack of being able to rotate images in >>> Writer. http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3545 It's five years old! > I missed the earlier on this but 90, 180 and 270 degree rotation is > possible if you copy and paste an image into Draw then look at > "Format } Position and Size" i think it is. You can actually rotate by fractions of a degree (in Draw, that is). -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Re: Writer: Page columns
> On 9/24/07, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [..] >> After typing the info in the first column, move the cursor over to >> the second column & start typing. For frames, use Ctl-Enter and that >> will move you to the next column in the frame. >> >> BTW: please bottom post... Robert Dailey wrote: > I can't click the second column in my section. At the end of the text in your first column: Insert|Manual break|Column break|OK -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: date math
"Neal Piche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ok so here is what I've got, I have to fields move in and move out both in > date format and a third field length which I would like to show # yrs # mo > # days automatically. when I tried to make the third field a date to show > the difference it gives me a nonsense date I realize now that is because > it is taking the integer value that is returned when subtracting dates and > using it as it's internal representation. so I guess I have to use a > number field but I just don't know what to do please help I think I understand you to be saying you want the different between two dates to be expressed in the form of number of years, months and days. Have a look at the DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS functions. You'll probably have to use a formula to format a string in the format you want. I don't know how you'll handle the leap year issue. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: email problem
[CC'd user] "i.murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > when trying to use email icon a msg tells me system unable to find working > email configuration how do i fix? More information would be helpful! However, it seems you are using Windows and Outlook Express. What is the exact error message? Exactly what procedures are you doing, and when does the error appear? For example, I'm using OOo 2.3, OE on Win XP. I do this: 1) Open a new Writer document and type some stuff. 2) I don't save the document, but simply click the e-mail icon in the toolbar. 3) That opens up a new OE compose window with "noname.odt" as an attachment. 4) E-mail is successfully sent; no error messages. However, if I do steps 1-3 but cancel the OE compose window instead of sending, I get this error: "OpenOffice.org was unable to find a working e-mail configuration. Please save this document locally instead and attach it from within your e-mail client." (Same results if I do save the Writer document in step 2.) -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please REPLY ONLY TO THE MAILING LIST at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Any way to put a second line of text into a Calc cell?
"tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [..] > Thanks to all who responded. For some reason Ctrl-Enter does nothing on > my > machine. However, I was able to make "wrap text automatically" do what I > wanted. Interesting... Do you mean absolutely nothing at all? Or, the cursor moves to another cell, for example? Are you entering new text into a previously empty cell? Or trying to edit an existing cell? If the latter, did you do hit the F2 key and do Ctrl-Enter *within* the actual cell itself? Or, were you doing Crtl-Enter in the upper formula field? If the latter, it won't work. What operating system and version of OOo? -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Any way to put a second line of text into a Calc cell?
"tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... like Alt-Enter in Excel? Ctrl-Enter. But you have to do that in the cell itself (F2 to edit), not in the formula entry field. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Alert! Your software is being sold on eBay!!
[CC'd to user] "Kareece Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I just I thought that I should inform you that somebody has > downloaded your software, burned it onto a disc and they are now > currently trying to sell it on eBay. They are also doing it with every > single bit of Open source software that exists on the internet. Correct > me if I'm mistaken, but your software is free right? Yes. > Or does this person actually have permission to sell your software? Yes. As you do. See http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/mostfaqs.html#3 -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Microsoft Publisher Equivilent
"Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > you can import the MSpub files into OO draw. From there you can paste into > writer. Cumberson but it works. Don Cochron Could you please expand on that more? In Draw (OOo 2.2), when I do File|Open, I cannot see any option of selecting a .pub extension. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: How do I change the colour of text in Open Office Draw
Roland Sapsford wrote: I have been using Open Office Draw and I can't seem to find an option to change the colours of individual characters (mostly text). It seems possible to change the colour of an entire drawing object, but I can't see how to create - for example - yellow text on a black background. In this example, if I change the colour of the object as a whole to yellow and then make the area colour black, all I end up with is a black area with no text on it. Sending the object forward or back doesn't help either. I presume you have added text using the "T" text tool? Enter that text block; highlight the characters you want to change colour. Then: Format|Character|Font Effects|Font Color. Or, when you are inside the text box, there should be a tool bar font color icon (looking like a capital A with a bar under it). -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Website enhancement requested for Vista compatibility
Because of the number of questions about Vista compatibility the mailing list has been receiving, I've added this request: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=74860 I could not find any other Issue for anything similar. -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Not a problem with the software, but wondering ...
> 2007/2/10, Daniel Chartier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> To whom it concerns, >> >> I thank you for your great program. I am sending to you this email >> because I saw something interesting, and I give the link to you below. >> It >> looks very similar to your program. >> >> http://www-openoffice.com/?hop=djdowd "Johnny Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Reads and writes PDF files just like Adobe" sounds interesting... >From their "compatibility" page: http://www-openoffice.com/compatibility.html "WRITER and CALC can save files in *.pdf format. These files are 100% compatible with programs that read Adobe PDF files. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is integrated with WRITER and CALC, and can read just about any PDF file. The PDF Editor built into WRITER can edit a subset of PDF features." "Open Office Suite is proprietary software licensed under GNU. Nonetheless, a large effort is made to ensure computability with Open Source standards, as well as making where possible our files and projects as transparent as possible. Good integration with the Open Source Open Office project exists." I presume the last statment refers to OpenOffice.org software. I seems they have packaged other software (anti-virus etc) and integrated other tools into their program, based on OpenOffice.org software. Somewhat confusingly, theirs is called "Open Office Suite". -- Bob Long - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
