[users] Re: My database woes

[NoOp]

On 01/31/2012 06:02 PM, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
> Using OpenOffice 3.2 on a Linux system.
> 
> This may sound a bit like a whine; it's actually a plea for help.
> 
> OpenOffice's database has some fine features, but, amazingly, you can't
> do simple calculations -- especially date calculations -- in the
> database module.  

Sure you can:


More:

and for dates, try:

Samples:




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[users] Re: Templates: Business Cards

[NoOp]

On 12/02/2011 08:50 AM, Ian Samson wrote:
> Hello everyone, I'm a newbie on this list but not a newbie to OpenOffice. I
> went to the Downloads page for templates but I get an error message that
> there's no data on that page (remember the old Netscape error message when
> the HTML coding was inaccurate and it gave the NO DATA ON PAGE error
> message).
> 
> I'm looking for a business card template like in Microsoft Publisher. Can
> anyone please assist me with the HOW TO CREATE a business card template for
> A4 full color?
> 
> Thank you.
> 

You may find these helpful:

[note that there are 6 pages]




[Professional Template Pack II - English]
And last but not least:






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[users] OOo site favicon

[NoOp]

Why is the favicon for http://www.openoffice.org/ using a Kenai favicon?

> type="application/atom+xml" />
>  href="/branding/kenai/images/favicon.ico" />
>  href="/branding/kenai/images/favicon.ico" />

rather than an OOo (or if you prefer an AOOo) favicon?

http://about.openoffice.org/branding/kenai/images/
http://about.openoffice.org/branding/kenai/images/favicon.ico

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[users] Re: Hello!

[NoOp]

On 09/19/2011 02:53 PM, Tonya S. Walker wrote:
> Hello Jonas,
> 
> I actually have used both, but there is little difference between the
> two. OpenOffice is free, and this software can do all of the same
> things that MS Office can. For instance, when writing a paper, you
> will need access to formatting such as: Left, Center, Justified; or
> using the Bold, Italic, and Underline features.
> 
> 
> The other things this software (OOo) has is color fonts, along with
> the host of different fonts for your text. You can insert images,
> record audio, and create different features that will make your
> document look presentable. A few things missing from the program are
> specialized features such as (Reference/Bibliography inserts), or
> Hanging Indents, and other features that APA formatting requires.
> Otherwise, if you need a basic word processor, or presenter,
> database, etc. then (OOo) would be a good choice.
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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 06:52 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:25 PM, NoOp  wrote:
> 
> 
>> Actually /you/ *need* to post information in *this* list so that the
>> users of this list aren't left in the dark. You can't just 'hit & run'
>> on this list and close it down without *first* giving the users of
>> *this* list the benefit of knowing how/what/why, etc. Oh, and also
>> updating the web pages that I pointed out.
>>
> 
> Are you accustomed to making demands on strangers?  On project
> volunteers?  You may lack information, but your lack does not
> automatically become my problem. If you have more questions, I've
> already requested that they go to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org.  I
> do not demand this.  I request this.  It makes it more convenient for
> me.  You are welcome to ignore this request.  But I answer questions
> at my convenience, not yours.
> 
>> By my count this list has over 29416 posts archived going back to 2002.
>> At least that is what I can see from the posts I can read via gmane.org.
> 
> Yes, and perhaps reading over the years of archives will ameliorate
> your loneliness when this list is gone.  Or you can send an email to
> ooo-users-susbcr...@incubator.apache.org and subscribe to the new
> Apache OpenOffice.org users list.
> 
>> You pop in annoucing:
>>
>>> Please note that, as part of the overall migration to Apache, this
>>> list will be closed.  Based on feedback received, including from
>>> participants on this list, we've decided to create a users list at the
>>> Apache OpenOffice.org project to serve as a continuation of
>>> users@openoffice.org.
>>>
>>> You are invited to subscribe to the new list by sending an email to:
>>> ooo-users-subscr...@incubator.apache.org
>>>
>>> That Apache list is live now.  Although users@openoffice.org is not
>>> going to disappear immediately, it will eventually be shut down.So
>>> you might want to finish the threads you are engaged in here, but try
>>> to start new ones at ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org.  We're talking
>>> weeks, not months, before the migration completes.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>
> 
> Yes, that was my note.  I'm glad it arrived.
> 
>> and don't respond to responses regarding your post (except to Larry's of
>> course). Again: "Is this what can be expected from
>> ooo-apache in the future?". Many users on this list may not even have a
>> clue as to what 'incubator.apache.org' is, who /you/ are, and why this
>> is all taking place.
>>
> 
> Larry responded to your questions.  If you have follow up questions,
> I'd welcome them at ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org.  The list we are
> on right now is going away.  On the Apache lists we're discussing the
> migration of the OOo lists, the projects, the support forums,
> Bugzilla, the wiki, etc.  It is all going over to Apache and the
> discussions have been taking place on Apache lists for a few months
> now.  You're welcome to join those discussions.  But we're not going
> to debate Apache project business on a non-Apache list.  No, not even
> if you demand it it.
> 
>> The users on this list went through several months of trauma regarding
>> the transition from Sun to Oracle list changes (including bug
>> reporting). Now you show up with this?
>>
> 
> Trauma?  Really?  Have you considered trying a less dangerous hobby?
> 
> 
>> Answer my question, explain the points I made regarding the web pages
>> and your new list, and stick around to answer questions regarding the
>> affect it will have on users on *this* list. Only then will you have
>> (IMO) any credibilty here.
>> ...
> 
> And I do value your opinion very much.   But I'd value it even more
> over on ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org.
> 
>>
>> --
>> Will the last user on this list kindly please turn out the lights, lock
>> the door, and post a google map with directions to Apache/IBM?
>>
> 
> As stated several times, the next step is to join the list at
> ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org.  This is entirely voluntary, of
> course.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Rob
> 
...

Unsnipped.

I reckon that pretty much sums it up. Y'all have a great time & hope to
see other users from this list over at:
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/
us...@global.libreoffice.org: User support list for LibreOffice users
needing help with a problem.

Bye & it was fun while it lasted.

Gary Lee (NoOp)



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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 06:19 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Larry Gusaas  wrote:
>> On 2011-09-02 6:49 PM  Rob Weir wrote:
>>>
>>> Larry, if you wanted to be useful you might have mentioned to NoOpthat
>>> we have been discussing enabling Gmane for
>>> ooo-users.incubator.apache.org on the ooo-dev list, and that you
>>> yourself have volunteered to set that up in a few days.
>>
>> If you had read this thread you would have seen that I had already said that
>> (third message in this thread). That was being useful. Your continuous snide
>> remarks continue to alienate people. Is that really the Apache way?
>>
> 
> I saw that, but obviously NoOp did not and asked why his question was
> not being answered. 

I did. And *you* the OP on *this* list still haven't answered my questions.

...
> In any case I look forward to seeing you both over on
> ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org.
...

And what about the other users on *this* list? Do you/Apache still plan
to leave them in the dark with your 'hit & run' [ANN] post?






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[users] Re: Auto backup?

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 05:59 PM, . wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/02/2011 08:51 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/02/2011 04:04 PM, NoOp wrote:
...
>> Further testing:
>> 1. 10.04 installed & updated. Ubuntu version of OOo is:
>> OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
>> OOO32m12 (Build:9483)
>>
>> 2. Tested autosave in the same maner as my previous post: works.
>>
>> 3. Installed the ppa version from:
>> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
>> $ sudo add-apt-repostory ppa:openoffice-pkgs/ppa
>> $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
>> The problem is that doesn't jive with your install. Instead it installs:
>> OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
>> OOO320m19 (Build:9505)
>> ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-5ubuntu3~ppa1
>>
>> So I'll need to download 3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1 from another source...
>> tomorrow. BTW: autobackup on 3.2.1-5ubuntu3~ppa1 works.
> 
> Over the weekend I'll install;
> 
> OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
> OOO32m12 (Build:9483)
> 
> and see if that corrects the problem.
> 
> Thanks for your efforts.

No worries. Happy to help - as I said, I needed to have an10.04 install
anyway. We'll see if this list exist then :-)




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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 05:49 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Larry Gusaas  wrote:
>> On 2011-09-02 6:16 PM  NoOp wrote:
>>>
>>> I wonder if the OP (Rob Weir) will reply to my questions, or if he
>>> simply intends to be a 'hit&  run' poster (cross-poster) to this list...
>>> After all, posting such an annoucement on this list (and cross-posting
>>> t-...@incubator.apache.org  &  ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org)
>>> without sticking around to answer questions, explain, offer further
>>> details, is IMO pretty rude. Is this what can be expected from
>>> ooo-apache in the future?
>>
>> I wouldn't judge Apache by Rob Weir's actions. He is new to Apache and an
>> IBM employee. The long time Apache people seem to be much more relaxed and
>> easy going, at least from what I have seen since the Apache-ooo  started.
>>
> 
> Larry, if you wanted to be useful you might have mentioned to NoOpthat
> we have been discussing enabling Gmane for
> ooo-users.incubator.apache.org on the ooo-dev list, and that you
> yourself have volunteered to set that up in a few days.
> 
> And btw, I've been an Apache Committer since 1999.

However...

You post an annoucement on this list (over 5 hours ago) that this list
will be shutting down - not a trivial post. I post questions regarding
such about 2 hours later, and your only post since then is to chastise
Larry?

> 
> If you want more details on how the users list will work, I'd
> recommend you start a thread over there, since this openoffice.org
> list is soon going to disappear.  As one of the list moderators, I'd
> be happy to answer any questions you might have.
> 
> -Rob

Actually /you/ *need* to post information in *this* list so that the
users of this list aren't left in the dark. You can't just 'hit & run'
on this list and close it down without *first* giving the users of
*this* list the benefit of knowing how/what/why, etc. Oh, and also
updating the web pages that I pointed out.

By my count this list has over 29416 posts archived going back to 2002.
At least that is what I can see from the posts I can read via gmane.org.
You pop in annoucing:

> Please note that, as part of the overall migration to Apache, this
> list will be closed.  Based on feedback received, including from
> participants on this list, we've decided to create a users list at the
> Apache OpenOffice.org project to serve as a continuation of
> users@openoffice.org.
> 
> You are invited to subscribe to the new list by sending an email to:
> ooo-users-subscr...@incubator.apache.org
> 
> That Apache list is live now.  Although users@openoffice.org is not
> going to disappear immediately, it will eventually be shut down.So
> you might want to finish the threads you are engaged in here, but try
> to start new ones at ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org.  We're talking
> weeks, not months, before the migration completes.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Rob

and don't respond to responses regarding your post (except to Larry's of
course). Again: "Is this what can be expected from
ooo-apache in the future?". Many users on this list may not even have a
clue as to what 'incubator.apache.org' is, who /you/ are, and why this
is all taking place.

The users on this list went through several months of trauma regarding
the transition from Sun to Oracle list changes (including bug
reporting). Now you show up with this?

Answer my question, explain the points I made regarding the web pages
and your new list, and stick around to answer questions regarding the
affect it will have on users on *this* list. Only then will you have
(IMO) any credibilty here.
...

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[users] Re: Auto backup?

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 04:04 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/02/2011 02:57 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/02/2011 02:14 PM, . wrote:
> ...
>>> This is what I found in the Oo Writer "about"
>>> 
>>> OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
>>> OOO320m19 (Build:9505)
>>> ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-5ubuntu3~ppa1
>>> 
>>> I'm running Ubuntu 10.04
>> 
>> 
>> OK. Unfortunately you appear to be running a version from a PPA
>> (Personal Package Archive):
>> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
>> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa/+build/1926554
>> So you'd need to check:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs
>> to see if any bugs have been filed regarding that problem. If not, then
>> you can file one from that same page.
>> 
>> Unfortunately I just donated my last test machine that had 10.04 on it
>> (I only have 10.10, 11.04 & 11.10b on the others). However I've a spare
>> drive in another that I may be able to load up with 10.04 and try the
>> PPA later this weekend... I need a 10.04 for testing anyway.
> ...
> I'm installing 10.04 now. BTW I tested using the standard Ubuntu 10.10
> version:
> OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
> OOO320m19 (Build:9505)
> ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1
> and it works fine. So it may be the ppa version you are using. I tested
> by opening a new document, setting the autosave to 5 minutes, saved the
> doc, made a few changes & waited 5 minutes while monitoring the autosave
> folder. File autosaved & when I closed it the .bak of the document is there.
...

Further testing:
1. 10.04 installed & updated. Ubuntu version of OOo is:
OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
OOO32m12 (Build:9483)

2. Tested autosave in the same maner as my previous post: works.

3. Installed the ppa version from:
https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
$ sudo add-apt-repostory ppa:openoffice-pkgs/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
The problem is that doesn't jive with your install. Instead it installs:
OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
OOO320m19 (Build:9505)
ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-5ubuntu3~ppa1

So I'll need to download 3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1 from another source...
tomorrow. BTW: autobackup on 3.2.1-5ubuntu3~ppa1 works.



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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 01:27 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/02/2011 12:59 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
>> On 2011-09-02 1:00 PM  NoOp wrote:
>>> Is that list setup for gmane.org?
>> Not yet. I asked on gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel . During the 
>> discussion with Rob Weir 
>> he asked if it was possible for me to request Gmane including the list. I 
>> deferred since there 
>> hadn't been a discussion on how it should be set up. Another reply-er then 
>> stated "Well, if no 
>> one raises any concerns in next 72 hours, just go and add the list."
>> 
>> I will follow that advice.
>> 
> 
> Thanks Larry. Be sure to /not/ tick the encryption box :-)
> 
> Gary
> 
> 

I wonder if the OP (Rob Weir) will reply to my questions, or if he
simply intends to be a 'hit & run' poster (cross-poster) to this list...
After all, posting such an annoucement on this list (and cross-posting
to ooo-...@incubator.apache.org & ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org)
without sticking around to answer questions, explain, offer further
details, is IMO pretty rude. Is this what can be expected from
ooo-apache in the future?






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[users] Re: Auto backup?

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 02:57 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/02/2011 02:14 PM, . wrote:
...
>> This is what I found in the Oo Writer "about"
>> 
>> OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
>> OOO320m19 (Build:9505)
>> ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-5ubuntu3~ppa1
>> 
>> I'm running Ubuntu 10.04
> 
> 
> OK. Unfortunately you appear to be running a version from a PPA
> (Personal Package Archive):
> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa/+build/1926554
> So you'd need to check:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs
> to see if any bugs have been filed regarding that problem. If not, then
> you can file one from that same page.
> 
> Unfortunately I just donated my last test machine that had 10.04 on it
> (I only have 10.10, 11.04 & 11.10b on the others). However I've a spare
> drive in another that I may be able to load up with 10.04 and try the
> PPA later this weekend... I need a 10.04 for testing anyway.
...
I'm installing 10.04 now. BTW I tested using the standard Ubuntu 10.10
version:
OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
OOO320m19 (Build:9505)
ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1
and it works fine. So it may be the ppa version you are using. I tested
by opening a new document, setting the autosave to 5 minutes, saved the
doc, made a few changes & waited 5 minutes while monitoring the autosave
folder. File autosaved & when I closed it the .bak of the document is there.

Before I finish the install & load the ppa version, please advise to the
other questions I asked re:

Before you file a bug on launchpad, can you please detail exactly what
you've tried so far? Also verify that your backup path is default:
/home//.openoffice.org/3/user/backup or let us know if you've
changed the path.



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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 03:33 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/02/2011 02:39 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
>> On 2011-09-02 3:14 PM   wrote:
>>> It would be better if you had one of the Apache PPMC do it (i.e., any
>>> of the committers).  While CTR (commit then review) is the lazy
>>> consensus deal, that suggestion was a bit off-hand, since it is a
>>> committer guideline, not general permission to the world.
>> I assume you are replying to my post. Your email program broke the threading.
>> 
>> I state the basically the same (used contributors instead of committers) in 
>> my reply to Rob 
>> when he asked "Does this require anything from the ooo-users moderators, or 
>> can this be done by 
>> you, since this is a public mailing list that anyone can subscribe to,"
>> 
>> The next post stated "if no one raises any concerns in next 72 hours, just 
>> go and add the list".
>> 
>> Too much contradictory advice on that list. It will drive people away (has 
>> already done so).
>> 
>>> What you can do on the list is suggest the options that would work best
>>> just to be sure that all of you GMANE users have something that works
>>> for you and for those who receive the list in e-mail.
>> My suggestions:
>> Posting permissions√ Posting allowed (default)
>> 
>> Encrypt addresses  do not check this box unless you want Dennis upset about 
>> subjects getting munged
>> 
>> The other options are pretty obvious
>> 
>> 
> 
> Oh... you guys must be referring to this thread over on the ooo-dev list:
> Subject: [ANN] This list is migrating to
> ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org
> 
> :-)
> 

This may better illustrate the gmane.org encryption problem:

>  Subject: [ANN] This list is migrating to 
> ooo-users-d1gl8uupddxtxqt0kkdzdmd2fqjk+8+b-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2ibg-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2ibg-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2ibg-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2...@public.gmane.org

That is the subject that I see when I use the Apache ooo-dev list.


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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 03:31 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> A post by Larry Gusaas.  He has already replied to one or another of
> the posts that had this text.

No such thread on this list. Perhaps you are referring to the ooo-dev
thread:

[ANN] This list is migrating to
ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

> 
> I was using the archive browser form and must have screwed up the
> reply somehow.  (I also posted the same message essentially twice
> because I didn't think I'd sent the first to the list.  Sorry,
> fat-fingered new user of the browser interface here.)
> 
> [I was using the archive and the browser form because there was a
> thread that started before my subscription went into effect.]

No worries.

BTW: on /this/ list we use:
http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html

Replying
When replying to other people it is customary to intersperse your
response with their questions, both so you can answer the actual
question that was asked, and so everyone else has some idea what you are
talking about. It is also customary to limit your quoting to the minimum
possible to get your point across. Take the time to be considerate,
remember those subscribers who have slow, expensive connections.


Thanks.

...

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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 02:39 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
> On 2011-09-02 3:14 PM   wrote:
>> It would be better if you had one of the Apache PPMC do it (i.e., any
>> of the committers).  While CTR (commit then review) is the lazy
>> consensus deal, that suggestion was a bit off-hand, since it is a
>> committer guideline, not general permission to the world.
> I assume you are replying to my post. Your email program broke the threading.
> 
> I state the basically the same (used contributors instead of committers) in 
> my reply to Rob 
> when he asked "Does this require anything from the ooo-users moderators, or 
> can this be done by 
> you, since this is a public mailing list that anyone can subscribe to,"
> 
> The next post stated "if no one raises any concerns in next 72 hours, just go 
> and add the list".
> 
> Too much contradictory advice on that list. It will drive people away (has 
> already done so).
> 
>> What you can do on the list is suggest the options that would work best
>> just to be sure that all of you GMANE users have something that works
>> for you and for those who receive the list in e-mail.
> My suggestions:
> Posting permissions√ Posting allowed (default)
> 
> Encrypt addresses  do not check this box unless you want Dennis upset about 
> subjects getting munged
> 
> The other options are pretty obvious
> 
> 

Oh... you guys must be referring to this thread over on the ooo-dev list:
Subject: [ANN] This list is migrating to
ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

:-)

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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 02:24 PM, dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote:
> [To the list this time]
> 
> It would be better to have someone from the PPMC (i.e., one of the
> committers do it), so we learn how and also are identified as someone
> who is accountable to the project if any kind of registration is
> required.
> 
> The CTR (Commit Then Review) is a practice that works where things are
> revertable easily (SVN commits, Wiki posts, for example), and there is
> a record somewhere on a list.  It is about a practice for committers,
> not general contributors (well, except for public forums and wikis of
> course, but you don't need lazy consensus to to anything there).
> 
> One way you could help would be to post to ooo-dev the settings you
> recommend.  They should work for GMANE users and for users who receive
> the list by e-mail.
> 
> The 72 hours will be up on 2011-09-05T19:15Z. 

To who and what are you replying to?


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[users] Re: Auto backup?

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 02:14 PM, . wrote:
> 
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> 
> 
> On 09/02/2011 04:43 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/01/2011 12:43 PM, . wrote:
>>> How can I configure Oo Writer to make automatic backups on the current
>>> document I'm working on?
>>>
>>
>> What verson of OOo & what OS? It looks like you are using linux; so
>> please specify whether OOo is distro supplied or standard OOo + your
>> linux distro revision.
>>
> 
> This is what I found in the Oo Writer "about"
> 
> OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
> OOO320m19 (Build:9505)
> ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-5ubuntu3~ppa1
> 
> I'm running Ubuntu 10.04


OK. Unfortunately you appear to be running a version from a PPA
(Personal Package Archive):
https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa/+build/1926554
So you'd need to check:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs
to see if any bugs have been filed regarding that problem. If not, then
you can file one from that same page.

Unfortunately I just donated my last test machine that had 10.04 on it
(I only have 10.10, 11.04 & 11.10b on the others). However I've a spare
drive in another that I may be able to load up with 10.04 and try the
PPA later this weekend... I need a 10.04 for testing anyway.

Before you file a bug on launchpad, can you please detail exactly what
you've tried so far? Also verify that your backup path is default:
/home//.openoffice.org/3/user/backup or let us know if you've
changed the path.
Note: I usually just go ahead and create a folder in my ~/Documents
folder: ~/Documents/OOoBackup so that I can easily find/clean them. Then
change the default to the ~/Documents/OOoBackup. It's easier than me
going though the hundreds of hidden/hidden-subfolders I have. Plus I
have multiple versions of OOo (and LO) on my system with version named
folders - example:
/home//.openoffice.org/3/user/
/home//.openoffice.org3/3/user/
/home//.openoffice.org34/3/user/


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[users] Re: Auto backup?

[NoOp]

On 09/01/2011 12:43 PM, . wrote:
> How can I configure Oo Writer to make automatic backups on the current
> document I'm working on? 
> 

What verson of OOo & what OS? It looks like you are using linux; so
please specify whether OOo is distro supplied or standard OOo + your
linux distro revision.

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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 12:59 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
> On 2011-09-02 1:00 PM  NoOp wrote:
>> Is that list setup for gmane.org?
> Not yet. I asked on gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel . During the 
> discussion with Rob Weir 
> he asked if it was possible for me to request Gmane including the list. I 
> deferred since there 
> hadn't been a discussion on how it should be set up. Another reply-er then 
> stated "Well, if no 
> one raises any concerns in next 72 hours, just go and add the list."
> 
> I will follow that advice.
> 

Thanks Larry. Be sure to /not/ tick the encryption box :-)

Gary


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[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

[NoOp]

On 09/02/2011 10:03 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
> Please note that, as part of the overall migration to Apache, this
> list will be closed.  Based on feedback received, including from
> participants on this list, we've decided to create a users list at the
> Apache OpenOffice.org project to serve as a continuation of
> users@openoffice.org.
> 
> You are invited to subscribe to the new list by sending an email to:
> ooo-users-subscr...@incubator.apache.org
> 
> That Apache list is live now.  Although users@openoffice.org is not
> going to disappear immediately, it will eventually be shut down.So
> you might want to finish the threads you are engaged in here, but try
> to start new ones at ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org.  We're talking
> weeks, not months, before the migration completes.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Rob

Is that list setup for gmane.org? If so, can you point to the name of
the group in gmane? I can't find it:
http://dir.gmane.org/search.php?match=openoffice
http://dir.gmane.org/search.php?match=ooo

Further, none of these pages contain information regarding
ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org (unless I've missed something):

http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html
http://support.openoffice.org/index.html
  (Users Mail list Links to:
mailto:sy...@openoffice.org?subject=subscribe%20users
http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html
  (Users Subscribe link:
mailto:sy...@openoffice.org?subject=subscribe%20users
http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html
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[users] Re: Writer can't do arithmetic?

[NoOp]

On 08/29/2011 05:22 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:59:08 -0700
> NoOp  dijo:
> 
>>That's what I get for reading by date. I see that JJJ posted this twice
>>& hadn't read this 10:07 AM thread:
> 
>>JJJ, Why the multiple posts?
> 
> Because I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. My mail client
> is set up to use my Comcast e-mail address by default, but I am signed
> up for the OOo list with my Gmail address. So I sent the e-mail first
> without realizing that I had sent it from my Comcast address. When it
> didn't show up after half an hour or so I realized my error and resent
> it using my Gmail address. The mail from the Gmail address was posted
> immediately and I quickly learned how to solve the formula problem.
> Later the post from the Comcast account finally showed up.
> 
> Sorry for the confusion. It was all my fault. 

No worries & glad you got it sorted out.


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[users] Re: Writer can't do arithmetic?

[NoOp]

On 08/29/2011 03:46 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/29/2011 10:01 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>> OOo 3.3.0 downloaded from Openoffice.org on Fedora 14, x86_64.
>> 
>> I have a simple table in Writer where I want to do some elementary
>> math. The table lists stocks, where the second column (B) is the number
>> of shares, the third column (C) is the basis (price paid), the fourth
>> column (D) is the current price. In the fifth column (E) I want a
>> formula that calculates D minus C times B, that is, to show how much
>> gain or loss there has been. In the last column (F) I want to calculate
>> the total value based on current price, that is, B times C. Here is the
>> first line as an example:
>> 
>> AB   C   D   E   F
>> AGCO 200 43.20   41.25   0.000.00
>> 
>> The formula that I used in E is =sum(D1-C1)*B1. The formula does not
>> generate any error messages, but as you can see, it thinks the answer
>> is 0.00, where it should be -390.00. The formula that I used for F is
>> =sum(B1*D1), but it also displays 0.00 where it should be 8,250.00.
>> 
>> All columns except A are set to general number format.
>> 
>> I can't figure out why the formulas do not calculate the correct
>> answers. Any help is welcome.
> 
> A
> B
> C
> D
> E
> F
> AGCO
> 200
> 43.2
> 41.25
> 390 = =sum(-)*
> 8250 = =*

That's what I get for reading by date. I see that JJJ posted this twice
& hadn't read this 10:07 AM thread:
Subject: Writer can't do arithmetic?
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:07:35 -0700
Message-ID: <20110829100735.5a83ad42@Devil8>

And the start of this thread:
Subject: Writer can't do arithmetic?
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:01:37 -0700
Message-ID: <20110829100137.2343c...@mailhost.pdx.edu>

JJJ, Why the multiple posts?


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[users] Re: Writer can't do arithmetic?

[NoOp]

On 08/29/2011 10:01 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> OOo 3.3.0 downloaded from Openoffice.org on Fedora 14, x86_64.
> 
> I have a simple table in Writer where I want to do some elementary
> math. The table lists stocks, where the second column (B) is the number
> of shares, the third column (C) is the basis (price paid), the fourth
> column (D) is the current price. In the fifth column (E) I want a
> formula that calculates D minus C times B, that is, to show how much
> gain or loss there has been. In the last column (F) I want to calculate
> the total value based on current price, that is, B times C. Here is the
> first line as an example:
> 
> A B   C   D   E   F
> AGCO  200 43.20   41.25   0.000.00
> 
> The formula that I used in E is =sum(D1-C1)*B1. The formula does not
> generate any error messages, but as you can see, it thinks the answer
> is 0.00, where it should be -390.00. The formula that I used for F is
> =sum(B1*D1), but it also displays 0.00 where it should be 8,250.00.
> 
> All columns except A are set to general number format.
> 
> I can't figure out why the formulas do not calculate the correct
> answers. Any help is welcome.

A
B
C
D
E
F
AGCO
200
43.2
41.25
390 = =sum(-)*
8250 = =*




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[users] Re: Help

[NoOp]

On 08/28/2011 04:13 PM, Sylvia wrote:
> 
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> 
> What Operative System are you using?
...
According to the header:
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084)
it appears that Joanne is using a Mac.



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[users] Re: divide page in half?

[NoOp]

On 08/24/2011 07:32 PM, Helen wrote:
> Thank you! This worked - I had never used the drawing feature.
> 
> the grid idea might work too, but the drawing feature with coordinates
> has solved the problem.
> 
> And Brian's idea is also a keeper (all this is).  My goal was to have
> a landscape
> page, a photo top right and bottom right, text in top and bottom left,
> and to have
> the top and bottom "halves" identical in size.
> 
> As always, thank you all.
> 
> Helen
...

You're most welcome & glad it worked for you.

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[users] Re: divide page in half?

[NoOp]

On 08/24/2011 04:36 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/24/2011 04:04 PM, Helen wrote:
>> Thanks but I had tried that. I did that, then said black line/border
>> down center,
>> but then when I turn the page back to Portrait, the columns change to
>> portrait as well.
>> (I want to divide the page horizontally, but my typing will still be in
>> portrait mode.)
>> 
>> And to RA, I had actually tried that first -- but I keep getting it slightly
>> off.  Maybe this question isn't as simple as I thought it was.
> 
> What you can do is draw a small line across the page
> (View|Toolbars|Drawing). Now using the position coordinates at the
> bottom status bar (just to the right of 'INSRT|STD') drag the line to
> 0.00/4.25. That should get you to the middle of the page. You can then
> right click the line, select arrange & 'send to back'.
> 

Helen, you can also turn on the grid to see where you (and the line are)
on the page: Tools|Options|LibreOffice Writer|Grid|Visible grid|set
resolution to 0.25 & 2 points.



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[users] Re: divide page in half?

[NoOp]

On 08/24/2011 04:04 PM, Helen wrote:
> Thanks but I had tried that. I did that, then said black line/border
> down center,
> but then when I turn the page back to Portrait, the columns change to
> portrait as well.
> (I want to divide the page horizontally, but my typing will still be in
> portrait mode.)
> 
> And to RA, I had actually tried that first -- but I keep getting it slightly
> off.  Maybe this question isn't as simple as I thought it was.

What you can do is draw a small line across the page
(View|Toolbars|Drawing). Now using the position coordinates at the
bottom status bar (just to the right of 'INSRT|STD') drag the line to
0.00/4.25. That should get you to the middle of the page. You can then
right click the line, select arrange & 'send to back'.

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[users] Re: divide page in half?

[NoOp]

On 08/24/2011 03:53 PM, RA Brown wrote:
> Helen wrote:
>> I guess this question is too simple to be taken seriously but I can't
>> seem to get it right.
>> How can I divide a page (8.5x11 sheet) in half horizontally, landscape
>> mode.  I mean, and get it exactly right.
>> Thanks -I'm embarrassed I can't figure this out.
>> I can divide vertically by using columns, adding gutter.
>> Is there a similar feature for landscape mode, horizontal half?
>> Libre office, 3.3.1,
>> Thanks much!
> 
> Hi Helen,
> 
> The one one thing that I can think of is to use a two row, one column 
> table.  Then use Table> Autofit tools to adjust the rows to split the 
> page.  It will take some trial and error to get the setting right.
> 
> HTH
> Andy
> 

Ah. I'll clean my glasses... I missed the "horizontal half". Sorry for
the noise.



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[users] Re: divide page in half?

[NoOp]

On 08/24/2011 03:28 PM, Helen wrote:
> I guess this question is too simple to be taken seriously but I can't
> seem to get it right.
> How can I divide a page (8.5x11 sheet) in half horizontally, landscape
> mode.  I mean, and get it exactly right.
> Thanks -I'm embarrassed I can't figure this out.
> I can divide vertically by using columns, adding gutter.
> Is there a similar feature for landscape mode, horizontal half?
> Libre office, 3.3.1,
> Thanks much!

Format Page|Page|Orientation:Landscape|Columns|Columns: 2

For further LibreOffice questions you might try:
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/



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[users] Re: [Spam] Re: Any Consensus re OO vs LO?

[NoOp]

On 08/24/2011 04:12 AM, VENDAS - VITALLY wrote:
> FAVOR DESCADASTRA-ME DA SUA LISTA
> POR FAVOR.
...
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[users] Re: RegEx to Add HTML Codes to CSV

[NoOp]

On 08/21/2011 08:15 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/19/2011 07:04 PM, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:17:47 -0700, NoOp ...
>>>
>>>If you can get it into Writer, the Alternative Find & Replace Extension
>>>might be a good choice:
>>>
>>>http://www.volny.cz/macrojtb/AltSearch_cs.html
>>>http://www.volny.cz/macrojtb/AltSearchScr_en.html
>>>[screenshots]
>> 
>> Actually, I do know how to get the appropriate cells into a Writer
>> table.  What I don't know is how to get them back into the spreadsheet
>> after they've been manipulated there.  :-)
>> 
> 
> Maybe:
> 
> <http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1843>
> 
> will be of help?

Sorry, forgot to add this one as well:
<http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50257>



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[users] Re: RegEx to Add HTML Codes to CSV

[NoOp]

On 08/19/2011 07:04 PM, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:17:47 -0700, NoOp ...
>>
>>If you can get it into Writer, the Alternative Find & Replace Extension
>>might be a good choice:
>>
>>http://www.volny.cz/macrojtb/AltSearch_cs.html
>>http://www.volny.cz/macrojtb/AltSearchScr_en.html
>>[screenshots]
> 
> Actually, I do know how to get the appropriate cells into a Writer
> table.  What I don't know is how to get them back into the spreadsheet
> after they've been manipulated there.  :-)
> 

Maybe:

<http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1843>

will be of help?


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[users] Re: Dubious email attachment on list

[NoOp]

On 08/20/2011 12:32 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
> (intentionally top-posted)
> 
> It's probably a false alarm, but David Barlow's email (below) rang alarm 
> bells as it came through my mail server, which removed an attachment as 
> possibly a security hazard. People may like to take appropriate care.
...

The attachment is a text file consisting of:

> [DEFAULT]
> BASEURL=http://www.clip-art.com/index.php
> [InternetShortcut]
> URL=http://www.clip-art.com/index.php
> IDList=
> [{000214A0---C000-0046}]
> Prop3=19,2

Nothing nefarious there. That said, if would have been better to simply
post the url instead.




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[users] Re: House appliance/fixture shapes?

[NoOp]

On 08/19/2011 12:25 PM, Aleksandr wrote:
> 
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Anyone know where I can get shapes (like a refrigerator, stove,
> dishwasher, clothes washer, etc) for adding into an Oo Draw file?

You might find some of these of use:
http://lautman.net/mark/coo/index.html
[Custom OO Shapes]


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[users] Re: RegEx to Add HTML Codes to CSV

[NoOp]

On 08/17/2011 08:44 PM, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:30:38 -0500, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>>Can someone help me figure out the find and replace for this?  
>>
>>I've imported a CSV into a spreadsheet (migrating a site from
>>Wordpress to Joomla).  The field for the posts has newline characters,
>>which won't be automatically converted to paragraph HTML tags by
>>Joomla as they were in Wordpress.  
>>
>>So, basically, I need to put a  tag at the beginning of each
>>paragraph, and a  tag at the end of each paragraph.  I thought
>>this would be easy, and found the regex info in the help file, but
>>every time I try to run it, I'm told that the beginning or end of the
>>paragraph isn't found.  It's not finding \n, either.  I do have the
>>"Regular Expressions" and "Current Selection Only" boxes checked.  Is
>>it looking for Writer paragraphs?  Is there something else I should be
>>searching for in Calc?
>>
>>I can always edit each post to add these tags if I have to.  There are
>>only 500 or so of them, but I'd really like to avoid that.  :-)
> 
> I've since found out that the problems with this are due to the
> limitations of find/replace in Calc.  Does anyone know how to work
> around it?  Thanks!
> 

If you can get it into Writer, the Alternative Find & Replace Extension
might be a good choice:

http://www.volny.cz/macrojtb/AltSearch_cs.html
http://www.volny.cz/macrojtb/AltSearchScr_en.html
[screenshots]

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[users] Re: WIn7, LibreOffice and MS Access

[NoOp]

On 07/12/2011 03:15 PM, Pierre wrote:
> On 10/07/11 12:21, NoOp wrote:
>>
>> You've not told us what version of OOo or your Operating System; without
>> that information it's unlikely others can help you.
>>
>>
> 
> You must be a linux user ;)

I am.

> 
> OS is noted in the subject line. It is a given that I am using the 
> latest stable.

Duh... I reckon it's time to clean my glasses :-)

> 
> No matter, I'm back with MS Access for trivial DB work.

Should you like to try again, these may be of help (note they are
somewhat dated):

<http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=6201>
[Importing a MS Access database into Base]
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Connecting_to_Microsoft_Access>


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[users] Re: WIn7, LibreOffice and MS Access

[NoOp]

On 07/09/2011 07:21 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 07/08/2011 03:47 PM, Pierre wrote:
>> Before I give up, and I have struggled with this for a week now (off and 
>> on), is there no way to connect to an MS Access database with 
>> LibreOffice or OpenOffice?
>> 
>> Using the inbuilt MS Access connection provision doesn't work. Some 
>> infuriatingly cryptic message about a missing sdbc driver.
>> 
>> Tried ADO, but the connection BROWSE button in the dialog doesn't do 
>> anything.
>> 
>> I have an ODBC connection defined but this also doesn't seem to be 
>> supported.
> 
> Not sure why you are posting about an LO issue here. LO lists are:
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/
>  http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/
> 
> You've not told us what version of OOo or your Operating System; without
> that information it's unlikely others can help you.
> 
> However, if you download & try http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
> you should be able to connect to your MS Access
> 

Added note: regarding LO:

<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32948>


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[users] Re: WIn7, LibreOffice and MS Access

[NoOp]

On 07/08/2011 03:47 PM, Pierre wrote:
> Before I give up, and I have struggled with this for a week now (off and 
> on), is there no way to connect to an MS Access database with 
> LibreOffice or OpenOffice?
> 
> Using the inbuilt MS Access connection provision doesn't work. Some 
> infuriatingly cryptic message about a missing sdbc driver.
> 
> Tried ADO, but the connection BROWSE button in the dialog doesn't do 
> anything.
> 
> I have an ODBC connection defined but this also doesn't seem to be 
> supported.

Not sure why you are posting about an LO issue here. LO lists are:
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/
 http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/

You've not told us what version of OOo or your Operating System; without
that information it's unlikely others can help you.

However, if you download & try http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
you should be able to connect to your MS Access

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[users] Re: Characters Appearing in Headings

[NoOp]

On 07/04/2011 08:14 PM, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:33:51 -0700, NoOp  wrote:
> 
>>On 07/03/2011 11:16 PM, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>>> An unrelated matter -- I've always used gmane for this group, but now
>>> every time I post, I get a notice from the mailing list that the post
>>> is being moderated.  But the headers show it's posted through gmane.
>>> Has there been some change to the process?  I'm so confused.  No
>>> wonder I can't get this thing to work like I want it to anymore.  :-)
>>> 
>>
>>You'll need to subscribe to the list. I use gmane as well, but unless
>>your subscribed to the list, your msgs will be moderated.
> 
> Yeah, I saw that right after I sent that last post.  But since I knew
> it would take awhile for it to show up . . .  :-)  Thanks!  
> 

If you'd like to send me the doc directly I'll be happy to take a look.
I can test on multiple OOo versions (linux & Win) as well as LO & MS Word2K.



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[users] Re: Characters Appearing in Headings

[NoOp]

On 07/03/2011 11:16 PM, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:19:57 -0700, NoOp <...
>>What font is being used in the headers? Could it be that you no longer
>>have that font on your system and OOo is attempting to substitute?
> 
> The headers use the same font as the rest of the document, and it is
> there, though I did have to install it on the new computer.  
> 
> The headers are numbered, if that helps.  But what I get is the
> character (arrows and dots), and then the number and text as it should
> be.  Like I said, the characters are the ones present for the bulleted
> lists -- but they were never set that way before, and I can't see
> where they're set that way now.  

Perhaps you can fill the text area with lorum ipsum, leave the headers
instact & post. Then others can take a look.

> 
> An unrelated matter -- I've always used gmane for this group, but now
> every time I post, I get a notice from the mailing list that the post
> is being moderated.  But the headers show it's posted through gmane.
> Has there been some change to the process?  I'm so confused.  No
> wonder I can't get this thing to work like I want it to anymore.  :-)
> 

You'll need to subscribe to the list. I use gmane as well, but unless
your subscribed to the list, your msgs will be moderated.

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[users] Re: Fix page & Window size in OOo

[NoOp]

On 07/02/2011 08:19 AM, Hugh Hyatt wrote:
> On or about Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:53 -0500 (CST), William Case is alleged to 
> have
> written:
> 
>> Window size:  How can I change the opening window size, to accommodate a
>> new slightly larger default page width.  I am used to using --geometry X
>> x Y, for example, on Xwindow systems but can't find the equivalent
>> command flag on OOo.  I would also like to make this new window size
>> permanent (i.e. default).
> 
> I realize this thread is over a year old.  However, I came across it searching
> the Web for an answer to a similar question, although my question has to do 
> with
> window positioning rather than with window size.
> 
> I am using Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) and OpenOffice 3.2.0.  I run Conky (a software
> system monitor for the X Window System), whose output window uses up the
> leftmost 91 pixels of my monitor and is always on top.  I want most of my
> applications to display windows that fill the rest of the screen, whose 
> geometry
> is 1275x768+91+0.  I tried using gdevilspie (a non-gui utility that lets you
> make applications start in specified workplaces, with specified sizes and
> placements) to set this geometry for these applications and it seems to work 
> for
> everything but OpenOffice.  How can I make the main OpenOffice windows -- 
> Base,
> Draw, Calc, Impress and Write -- open with this same geometry?  Any solution?
> 

Not sure, but I _think_ you are looking for:
/home//.openoffice.org/3/user/registry/data/Setup.xcu


The property called "ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes" stores the left,top
position and the width and height in pixel.

Example:
>  
> 
>  183,98,920,875;5;0,49,1280,950;
> 

No idea other than what I found from the above.
You may be able to find more by searching on:
"ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes"




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[users] Re: Characters Appearing in Headings

[NoOp]

On 07/02/2011 10:30 PM, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:34:26 -0500, tambl...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>>I've returned to working on an old document (on a new computer) and my
>>headers now have characters in front of them, dots and arrows.  They
>>look like the bullets available under that menu option, but I can't
>>for the life of me figure out how to get rid of them?  I've looked at
>>the list styles, bullets and numbering, and outlining options, and,
>>yes, the heading styles themselves, and I can't find where they're
>>coming from.  I'm sure you guys know, though.  :-)  
> 
> I still don't have this figured out.  Anyone have any other ideas?
> Thanks!
> 

What font is being used in the headers? Could it be that you no longer
have that font on your system and OOo is attempting to substitute?



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[users] Re: limit # of columns in a spreadsheet

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On 06/30/2011 09:54 AM, Helen wrote:
> I have a spreadsheet with 14 columns.
> 
> I tried to upload it to google docs, and got a message saying  the document
> has too many columns, that google  has a limit of 219 columns.
> 
> So I opened my document and I see that the columns just go on and on
> forever.
> I need only the fourteen that I'm using.
> 
> But I don't find how to tell my document that it has only14 columns.  As I
> look
> through my other files,  I see that this seems to be true of all my
> spreadsheets -- that the columns just go on forever.  How do I control how
> many columns it should have?
> Thanks very much,
> Helen, using  LibreOffice 3.3.1 in Suse 11.4

LO mailing lists are here:
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/
openSUSE support for LO is here:
http://en.opensuse.org/LibreOffice


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[users] Re: Open office installation virus

[NoOp]

On 06/27/2011 04:08 AM, David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Rieta Grimm" 
> 
>> Hi,
>> I had your program installed on my computer after I did a clean install of 
>> windows xp. 
>> I
>> removed OpenOffice because I don't have time right now to learn it.  
>> However, since I've
>> installed it and uninstalled it whenever I do a scan I keep getting this 
>> virus: Gen:Variant.Kazy.7792 
>> and I
>> couldn't figure out where it was coming from, but today I did, as soon as it 
>> gets to the
>> Open Office folder that was left behind from uninstall I get this virus and 
>> my Virus
>> Scanner can only delete it and not disinfect it.  It also has an extension 
>> of .vbt on 
>> each
>> of the files and there are multiples.
>>
>> So, this is where on my computer it is: C:\documents and setting\Downloaded 
>> info\Open
>> Office.org (en-US) Installation Files
>>
>> As soon as my spyware program gets to that point I get a message and it's 
>> the only time
>> that it occurs and it's related to Open Office.  I just thought you ought to 
>> know about 
>> it
>> so you can fix it.  However, I'm now going to have to do another clean 
>> install in order 
>> to
>> get rid of it.
>>
>> Have a nice day,
> 
> Gen:Variant.Kazy.7792 is NOT a virus.  The term "virus" is overused an 
> abused.  All 
> viruses are malware but not all malware are viruses.
> 
> A variant of Generic Kazy is a heuristic detection for a trojan and in all 
> probabilities 
> is a False Positive declaration by your un-named anti malware solution.
> 
> There is NOTHING OpenOffice can do to fix a False Positive declaration by an 
> un-named anti 
> malware solution.  It is that un-named anti malware solution that has to 
> correct its 
> signatutes to negate the False Positive declaration.
> 
> I have POCs at many anti malware vendors.  To correct this you need to 
> identify EXACTLY 
> what files are being detected (or send me copies of said files) and indicate 
> who is the 
> vendor of the un-named anti malware solution that declared this False 
> Positive of 
> "Gen:Variant.Kazy.7792".
> 




indicates that this is a false positive by some AV products.

Perhaps if the OP can provide information regarding the AV/AM product
being used, and the version of OOo then Rieta can be pointed to
information regarding false positive or other details.



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[users] Re: Strange OOo problem in remote X11 session

[NoOp]

On 06/17/2011 12:48 AM, Klaus Muth wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 15. Juni 2011 23:01 schrieb NoOp:
...
> Thanks for the answer - I know the problem is far beyond the standard 
> user's problem :(. 
> 
>> I suppose you meant 'xdmcp'. What linux distribution? What terminal
> Sure. 5 letter acronyms are evil - I tend to mix the letters up.

:-) as do I.

> 
>> server/client versions? Does it only happen with OOo, or do other
>> applications also experience the same problem?
> Terminal Server is debian 4
> Client is debian 5
> No other application seem to have problems - this is the reason why I tried 
> OOo mailing list first.
> 
>> Have you checked the network bandwidth? Given that xdmcp uses no
>> encryption and no compression (and therefore is inherently insecure)
>> that's the first place that I'd look. Second place would be to see if
>> the terminal server & client station has sufficient memory, and/or
>> pixmap caching issues.
> It's a local gigabit network - no bandwidth problems known. While the 
> OOo "No redraw condition" other applications work without problems. The 
> problem does not vanish by its own - you have to close all OOo windows and 
> start again to end it.

Then I suspect that it's not bandwith related then. You might take
virtual memory snapshots using:

$ memstat -w | grep office

at the start to the users OOo session & then again when it starts the
NRC. Sample at the start of OOo 3.4-dev:

$ memstat -w | grep office
  78468k: PID  7924 (/opt/ooo-dev3/program/soffice.bin)
416k(404k): /opt/ooo-dev/basis3.4/program/libsofficeapp.so 7924
 12k(  8k): /opt/ooo-dev3/program/soffice.bin 7924

and after opening an 18Mb odp:
$ memstat -w | grep office
 262244k: PID  7924 (/opt/ooo-dev3/program/soffice.bin)
416k(404k): /opt/ooo-dev/basis3.4/program/libsofficeapp.so 7924
224k(212k): /opt/ooo-dev/basis3.4/program/fps_office.uno.so 7924
 12k(  8k): /opt/ooo-dev3/program/soffice.bin 7924

$ man memstat

for details.

> 
> The clients have 1G main memory - there should be no problem, but I try to 
> verify with xrestop while the NRC (no redraw contidion) occurs. Thanks for 
> the input - I did not check that so far.

I reckon that should be more than sufficient. However, I seem to recall
that OpenOffice.org 2.3 had memory leak issues. You mention that you
have other installs without the same issue, so not sure why a memory
leak would trigger on this one. Sample bugs etc:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/152165
[Huge memory leak with this odt file]
(Ubuntu but debian is upstream)
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Integrated_Performance_Improvements#In_2.3>

Note: the problem with xrestop is that it sucks up about 25% of my cpu.

> 
>> As an experiment, you might want to try NX/FreeNX instead on a few
>> terminals and see if that works (secure + compression).
> Did already a NX session - I could not trigger the NRC so far - which does 
> not prove anything. This is so frustrating about the NRC: there is no 
> positive proof...

If you can keep a few users on NX for a few days to see if any docs et
al trigger the NRC. If they don't, then you might want to consider
migrating the users to NX. Of course, you'd need to use FreeNX for that
amount of commercial seats... unless they want to pay for NX commercial
licencing.

Another check might be to just install OOo 2.3 on a user system stand
alone & let them run for a few days. If they hit the NRC, then you can
start digging into OOo 2.3 issues directly. Also check to see if there
is any particular documents/presentations/spreadsheets that the site
uses on a regular basis to see if a particular doc/pre/ss is causing the
issue. Note that in the 152165 bug for Ubuntu above, a particular odt
triggered that issue.

> 
>>
>> This may (or may not) be of help:
>> http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6-RC1/doc/man/man1/xdm.1.xhtml
> Using kdm as display manager here - but yes, it may help. It has be some 
> time since I read it.
> 
> Is there any way to get some useful logging out of xorg and OOo? xorg does 
> no timestamps in the .xsession-errors and I found no OOo logging at all so 
> far. Maybe some of the environment variables from 
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Environment_Variables
> may help.

Unfortunately as you mentioned .xsession-errors do not do timestamps.
There are a few debian bugs filed as wishlist, but I've not found any
solution. /var/log/Xorg.0.log might give you something. For converting
the timestamps there I ran across this:
<http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5804/correlating-var-log-timestamps>
Disclaimer: I've not tried it (yet).

Good luck. As you've mentioned, this may be a tough one to figure out.

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[users] Re: Strange OOo problem in remote X11 session

[NoOp]

On 06/15/2011 01:16 AM, Klaus Muth wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Running OpenOffice.org 2.3 (don't ask me to upgrade - same Problem with 
> 3.2) on a X11 terminal server client for about 40 users on my site. Worked 
> without problems for years, beginning with StarOffice and over several 
> updates.
> 
> Since last week of april all users here report the same problem: OOo stops 
> to updates it's windows - it's possible to save all work by typing Ctrl-S 
> in all open windows and then type Ctrl-Q. The progress bar is visible in a 
> completely garbled window (remains of other windows, background etc.)
> After starting OOo new the problem has vanished.
> 
> This happens - depending on usage - several times a day and is really 
> annoying. I found no method to trigger the problem so far - there seems to 
> be no rule: The problem may not show up the whole day or short after 
> starting OOo, with one or several OOo windows, on intel and nv X11 driver, 
> on eeeBox and Fujitsu hardware.
> 
> This is only on this site - I've got 10 more installations without 
> problems.
> 
> I tried already:
> - change the terminal client hardware
> - disable all acceleration in client
> - remove .Xauthority and .ICEauthority in user dirs
> - use newer OOo
> - reboot terminal server
> 
> Please point me in the right direction what logs to provide, whom to ask or 
> what to try else - I'm getting desperate!
> 
> Last notice: There is no MS Windows or MacOS involved - this is a pure 
> Linux site. The terminals connect via xdcmp/X11.

I suppose you meant 'xdmcp'. What linux distribution? What terminal
server/client versions? Does it only happen with OOo, or do other
applications also experience the same problem?

Have you checked the network bandwidth? Given that xdmcp uses no
encryption and no compression (and therefore is inherently insecure)
that's the first place that I'd look. Second place would be to see if
the terminal server & client station has sufficient memory, and/or
pixmap caching issues.

As an experiment, you might want to try NX/FreeNX instead on a few
terminals and see if that works (secure + compression).

This may (or may not) be of help:
http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6-RC1/doc/man/man1/xdm.1.xhtml



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[users] Re: Still active?

[NoOp]

On 06/08/2011 10:53 AM, M Henri Day wrote:
> 2011/6/7 NoOp 
> 
>> On 06/07/2011 12:21 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
>> > On 07/06/2011 04:43, NoOp wrote:
>> >> On 06/06/2011 12:01 PM, Mike Scott wrote:
>> >>> On 06/06/11 19:24, Tim Deaton wrote:
>> >> ...
>>
>> Note: take that with a huge grain of salt as I seriously doubt that will
>> happen. However, it does give an insight to what the IBM have in mind...
>> google just might be your friend in this case. In any event, good luck
>> to OOo. OOo has been a workhorse & friend to me for many years... I am
>> sincerely sorry to have witnessed the downhill transitions.
>>
> 
> NoOp, I suggest that *you* have been a workhorse & friend to OOo - and in
> particular, OOo users - for many years. Thanks !...
> 
> Henri

Thanks Henri.

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[users] Re: Still active?

[NoOp]

On 06/07/2011 12:21 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
> On 07/06/2011 04:43, NoOp wrote:
>> On 06/06/2011 12:01 PM, Mike Scott wrote:
>>> On 06/06/11 19:24, Tim Deaton wrote:
>> ...
>>>> I've subscribed to us...@libreoffice.org as well. I think I've gotten
>>>> 15-20 messages from there within the last 12 hours. So apparently much
>>>> of the activity has moved there.
>>>
>>> That's the impression I have. I stayed subscribed for a few days until I
>>> got sick of the top/bottom post bickering that seemed to swamp the list,
>>> said my bit about that and left.
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps because the LO lists are missing something as simple as:
>> <http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html>
>> 
> ...
> But it has - in spite of one offender saying there were none, every mail 
> on the list has appended a url of such guidelines, which seemed imo 
> reasonably clear. I prefer bottom, but follow general practice: what 
> really annoyed me was the deliberate and pointed top-posting onto an 
> existing 'bottom-posted' thread by that same offender. Now /that/ makes 
> for severe confusion.

No disagreement from me there.

> 
>> That said; Oracle has granted the OOo software to the Apache Software
>> Foundation so it appears that much, if not all of OOo is currently up in
>> the wind right now. There are hundreds of new posts regarding this on
>> the ASF Incubator list as well as others. A post on the OOo discuss list
>> generated one response:
>> <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.general/57072>
>> [Oracle donates OpenOffice.org to the Apache Foundation]
> 
> That's puzzling. I'd have thought discuss@OOo would be abuzz with 
> comment; as a mere user, I'm wondering what the future holds. Apache 
> couldn't be worse than Oracle, could they??? :-)
> 

Probably better to move this over there.

If IBM have their way with ASF it could be $0.99 cent download:
<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.general/29614>

Of course, this is not necessarily a problem for Apache.  Think of it
this way.  It would be perfectly possible, and actually quite easy for
someone to host the files with a scalable cloud storage provider, e.g.,
Amazon, and charge $0.99 for the download, the cost of an iPhone app.
That is over $30 million/year.  Heck, I might just do that myself and
retire!


Full thread:
<http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.general/29573>

Cool! OOo at 130MB or so that is mirrored all over the world (including
many public education, goverment, and non-profit servers flipped to an
unreliable Amazon cloud (wonder why he didn't recommend an IBM cloud
instead) and charge $0.99 cents for the download.

Note: take that with a huge grain of salt as I seriously doubt that will
happen. However, it does give an insight to what the IBM have in mind...
google just might be your friend in this case. In any event, good luck
to OOo. OOo has been a workhorse & friend to me for many years... I am
sincerely sorry to have witnessed the downhill transitions.

Regarding the Oracle/ASF issues: In all honesty, I suggest following the
threads (many, many, many) on the ASF Incubator list as well as those on
the LO discuss lists to learn more. There were some threads on the OOo
marketing list for awhile, but those seem to have fizzled out. Best bet
is to follow up comments to the discuss list thread as long as the
discuss list continues to exist.



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[users] Re: Still active?

[NoOp]

On 06/06/2011 12:01 PM, Mike Scott wrote:
> On 06/06/11 19:24, Tim Deaton wrote:
...
>> I've subscribed to us...@libreoffice.org as well. I think I've gotten
>> 15-20 messages from there within the last 12 hours. So apparently much
>> of the activity has moved there.
> 
> That's the impression I have. I stayed subscribed for a few days until I 
> got sick of the top/bottom post bickering that seemed to swamp the list, 
> said my bit about that and left.
> 

Perhaps because the LO lists are missing something as simple as:


Replying
When replying to other people it is customary to intersperse your
response with their questions, both so you can answer the actual
question that was asked, and so everyone else has some idea what you are
talking about. It is also customary to limit your quoting to the minimum
possible to get your point across. Take the time to be considerate,
remember those subscribers who have slow, expensive connections.


That said; Oracle has granted the OOo software to the Apache Software
Foundation so it appears that much, if not all of OOo is currently up in
the wind right now. There are hundreds of new posts regarding this on
the ASF Incubator list as well as others. A post on the OOo discuss list
generated one response:

[Oracle donates OpenOffice.org to the Apache Foundation]

Disclaimer: I use & test *both* OOo and LO & have no affiliation with
either other than that of a standard user.

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[users] Re: OOo Base - connection to data source

[NoOp]

On 06/01/2011 02:55 PM, Kittybriton wrote:
> Can anybody help me resolve a problem with OOo Base?
> 
> I first noticed this when using the Portable Apps version of Base, but the
> same problem applies when using the regular desktop flavor:
> 
> When I try to open a database, I get the following error.
> 
> The connection to the data source "[filename]" could not be established.
> 
> The driver class ' ' could not be loaded.
> 
> *Detailed error listing:*
> The connection to the data source "[filename]" could not be established.
> 
> Error code: 1000
> The driver class ' ' could not be loaded.
> 
> SQL Status: HY000
> 
> The driver class ' ' could not be loaded.
> 
> *Steps to resolve so far:*
> I have checked that OpenOffice has access to a Java Runtime Environment
> (Tools / Options / Java)

Possibly related to:

[cannot find SeaMonkey 2.0 addressbook data source]

This is fixed in OOo 3.4 beta. If you'd like to give it a try you can
download from here:


BTW: it's helpful when asking for help if you include the OOo version
you are using, and which operating system.

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[users] Re: Can I tweak word completion?

[NoOp]

On 05/25/2011 09:47 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> OOo 3.3.0 downloaded from OOo on Fedora 14, x86_64.
> 
> Word completion is not working very well. 
> 
> 1) It takes words from text that is pasted in from other sources. This
> adds a lot of words that I will never actually type myself. Is there a
> way to tell it to take just words that I type?

Not sure. However, you can manipulate the word completion list. In Help see:
Fine-Tuning the Word Completion for Text Documents
...

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[users] Re: fake/phishing Openoffice site

[NoOp]

On 05/15/2011 04:05 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "David Evans" 
> 
>> Hi -
>> are you aware of any fake or phishing Openoffice download site?
>>
>> I recently googled open office to find the download site.
>>
>> The top return came back with
>> "Openoffice 2011 download"   and showing "www.openoffice.org" as the url 
>> address
>>
>> yet when I followed the link, an address of "www.openofficeonline2011.com" 
>> was
>> directed and opened.
>>
>> The site appeared very ligit, offered many download buttons, yet displayed
>> latest version as 3.1.1.
>>
>> The download button directed to this address:
>> www.openofficeonline2011.com/download.php
>>
>> following the link to that address produced a blank page with brief message
>> about "page not available" ...
>>
>> I am concerned about any infection this site may have conveyed through 
>> clicking
>> visiting it.
>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>> I hope this heads up is useful to you as well.
>>
> 
> This is happening with many "Free" softwares such as Adobe Reader.
...

As for the signup-page.com signup page (currently on 208.82.121.78:



However www.openofficeonline2011.com does add the following disclaimer
at the bottom of their web page:


This website has no affiliation whatsoever with the owner or
manufacturer of this software program, and provides ONLY a link to the
program.

Copyright © 2011, OpenOfficeDownloadPro.com. All rights reserved -
Always Download Legally.

New computer users should find our services valuable, and a time saver.
If you are an advanced computer user, you probably don't need our services.


So I reckon that may be within the legal limits... not ethical, but
_perhaps_ legal[1].


[1] IANAL

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[users] Re: Crisis-Thesis Corrupted

[NoOp]

On 05/13/2011 05:27 PM, NoOp wrote:
...
> In the past I recall advising to change the default temp location to
> other than /tmp (I reset my Temporary file paths to
> /home//.openoffice.org/2/User/temp for safety. This is because of
> the system crashes (power or otherwise) the /tmp (or similar on Windows)
> files will be cleared on reboot. 
...
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/205763
full thread:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/205742

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[users] Re: Crisis-Thesis Corrupted

[NoOp]

On 05/12/2011 01:50 PM, RA Brown wrote:
> Kara Samantha Mcdermott wrote:
>> Alright. My College Thesis has been "corrupted." I am not fooling around
>> here. My college education is at stake, and I am unamused, I have my
>> document, and it is is bringing up the "ASCII" shenanigans. It has been
>> corrupted- alright. I need it to be fixed. My thesis is due, Friday.
>> I have many people working on fixing it, to no avail. OpenOffice has
>> ruined my college education.
>> It is corrupted, without fixing. The best that anyone can do is pull up
>> an old, seriously un-revised copy from months ago. I have a few issues.
>> A. Why did this happen?
>> B. Why can't I pull up an old copy? I saved hundreds of times, today alone.
>> C. I will not graduate now, because I will not be able to hand this in.
>> There is no fixing this. No apology will be good enough.
>>
>> Kara McDermott
> 
> You have already had answers to this on the OOoForum [1].
> 
> [1] http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=123234&highlight=
> 

Actually I think the fact that users documents end up as data files with
# pound signs (all hex zeros in the actual file) merits further
investigation. If you read though the entire 2 page thread on:

http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17677
[22 pages term paper replaced with pound signs]

you'll see that Hagar has compiled quite a few of the type of reports.
He also filed a bug report:
http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107847
[File content changed to hashes at crash or power loss ]
But it is:
Status: CLOSED INVALID
because unfortunately it's something that is hard to test/reproduce.

Also, unfortunately, those that have the problem generally are in panic
mode and can't/won't provide detailed information on what else may have
ocurred to cause the problem. Perhaps if someone else has the issue and
can provide detailed data a fix could be found.

More from the thread:

> Well, that's rather strange, it's at least the 4th case of such hashes.
> -> Corrupted Writer file OOo 2.3 (GNU/Linux Linpus)
> -> My 18 page file is now ###s (2.3, Windows XP)
> -> ASCII Filter Options Dialogue Question (2.4.1, Windows XP)
> -> Here, 3.0.1, Windows 7.
> Added topics after first posting this message:
> -> Retrieving document (3.0, Windows XP), again with a shutting down issue
> -> File now contains nothing but # characters (3.1, Windows Vista)
> -> Damaged File (3.0, GNU/Linux Ubuntu 9.04), again shutdown (?)
> -> ## No Text (3.1, Windows XP)
> -> File save error (3.1.1, Windows Vista 64 bit)
> -> Character Set issue opening an .ODT document (3.1, Windows XP)
> -> Saving files incrementally each time ctrl+s is pressed (3.1, Windows XP), 
> computer freeze
> -> ASCII Filter Options (3.1, Windows XP), power loss
> -> I can´t open saved text document (3.1), power loss
> -> Botched file save (OpenOffice 3.1.1 on a Mac OSX Snow Leopard)
> -> ASCII Filter? Help me save my doc!!! (OOo 3.1, Windows Vista)
> -> Problem with file (OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista), computer crash
> -> .odt corrupted, OOo 3.1 on Windows XP, power loss
> -> I can't open my spreadsheet, OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista, no power loss, it's 
> a spreadsheet this time
> -> Ods file corrupted or worse, OOo 3.1.1 on Windows Vista, no power loss, 
> it's a spreadsheet again
> -> File contains nothing but , OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista, no power loss, 
> nothing special it seems
> -> Can't access doc file I was working on, OOo 3.1.0 on Windows XP, OS freeze
> -> Documents being corrupted, OOo 3.1.1 on Windows 7
> -> ASCII Filter Option prevents opening files, OOo 3.1.1, on Windows XP and 
> Mac
> -> Text all replaced with ###, OOo 3.2 (first case) on Windows XP
> -> Text all replaced with ### (other user), OOo 3.2 on Windows Vista
> -> Document broken, OOo 3.1 on Windows XP
> -> Corrupted.doc file, OOo 3.1 on Windows XP
> -> Saved as MS Office 97 Word Doc; now it's all pound signs, OOo 3.0 on 
> Windows XP, saving as .doc
> -> Corrupt file??? full of #, OOo 3.1on Windows Vista
> -> My document has been turned into pound symbols, OOo 3.2 on Windows XP. 
> Overheating laptop
> -> Important Writer Document corrupted, OOo 3.2 on Windows XP SP3
> -> Recovered Document gone to Gibberish, OOo 3.1 on Windows Vista, .doc file 
> format
> -> Writer document is corrupted, OOo 3.0, power loss at save operation.
> -> Corrupted file (only hashes remaining), OOo 3.2.0 on Windows XP, crash at 
> save
> -> Problem with .odt file, can't see its content, OOo 3.2, Windows 7
> -> System crash and data recovery, crash after saving the file. OOo 3.1 on 
> Windows 7
> -> IMPRESS odp file opens through WRITER - and is corrupted, OOo 3.0.1 on 
> Windows Vista, laptop with old battery, USB stick corrupted
> -> Locked Document, OOo 3.2 on Windows 7. Power shut down by mistake
> -> Help Corrupt File, OOo 3.2 on Windows Vista. Power failure
> -> Corrupt odt file, OOo 3.2 on Linux Mint 9, power failure
> -> I can't open the file ..., OOo 

[users] Re: Crisis-Thesis Corrupted

[NoOp]

On 05/12/2011 01:08 PM, JOE Conner wrote:
> On 5/12/2011 1:11 AM, Kara Samantha Mcdermott wrote:
>> Alright. My College Thesis has been "corrupted." I am not fooling 
>> around here. My college education is at stake, and I am unamused, I 
>> have my document, and it is is bringing up the "ASCII" shenanigans. It 
>> has been corrupted- alright. I need it to be fixed. My thesis is due, 
>> Friday.
>> I have many people working on fixing it, to no avail. OpenOffice has 
>> ruined my college education.
>> It is corrupted, without fixing. The best that anyone can do is pull 
>> up an old, seriously un-revised copy from months ago. I have a few 
>> issues.
>> A. Why did this happen?
>> B. Why can't I pull up an old copy? I saved hundreds of times, today 
>> alone.
>> C. I will not graduate now, because I will not be able to hand this in.
>> There is no fixing this. No apology will be good enough.
>>
>> Kara McDermott
> 
> Excuse me please for bringing this up, but this has happened before.  
> See the thread
> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/users/archive/2011-05/message/38
> where, as in this present case, the text is composed of a long string of 
> "#" characters.
> 
> Maybe this should be looked deeply into by someone that can make sense 
> of the
> unzipped .odt format.

And here:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17677
[22 pages term paper replaced with pound signs]

Oddly enough, much of this appears to be associated with 'term' papers.




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[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/22/2011 03:22 PM, Stefan Taxhet wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We were able to track this down to a block of the outgoing OOo mail 
> servers by the host of domains like sbcglobal, prodigy. A request to 
> unblock has been submitted.
> 
> Greetings
> Stefan
...
Appears to have been fixed (as noted in my direct msg to you).

Thanks!

Gary


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[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/21/2011 05:36 AM, Stefan Taxhet wrote:
> Hi Gary, All,
> 
> On 18.03.2011 03:13, NoOp wrote:
>> On 03/13/2011 02:38 PM, Paul wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:21 PM, NoOp  
>>> wrote:...
>>>> I'll give it a try. Will there be instructions on how to access Sympa?
>>>>
>>>> No too sure what you mean. If you set your subscribed email address to not
>>> receive email, then access through gmane it should work as you intend.
>>> Email me off list if you have any further queries.
>>>
>>> /paul
>>
>> That's OK. If OOo can't figure out how to migrate existing gmane.org
>> users&  existing OOo bug report accounts over properly, then I'll just
>> simply move on to LO.
> 
> Paul explained one solution for you; another one is to exempt gmane 
> users from moderation. But this needs to be done over time as messages 
> from gmane users arrive.

Nice to see a response 5 days later on the list. Let's see how long this
one takes...

> 
> To resolve the problems with your bug access some more information is 
> required. Were you able to recover your account?

No. It should be a pretty simple thing to check my account & bug report
postings. That account/email address wasn't subscribed via gmane.org, it
was subscribed directly via openoffice.org. Again, if Oracle expect the
thousands of previous users to jump through hoops to regain their
established account names/addresses/passwords, then I wish you folks luck.

NB: Further, it should be rather simple to transform all gmane.org
posters over to a new system. If you (Oracle) have problems figuring
this out, then just wander over to gamne.org and follow the instructions.

> 
>> I figure that those of us (using gmane.org) that have contributed to
>> this list (and the other OOo lists) for such a long time, and
>> contributed to the bug reports, do not deserve to be 'Moderated' or
>> suddenly find that we can no longer access the list or the bug reports.
>> Good luck with OOo, the list, and further bug report participation.
>> Thanks for trying Paul.
> 
> Your and other list members' contributions here and on bugs are much 
> appreciated. I'm happy to join Paul in the effort to straighten things 
> out. Feel free to take the offer and contact us directly.

Right... I've responded to your direct email.

> 
> Greetings
> Stefan
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[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/13/2011 02:38 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:21 PM, NoOp  
> wrote:...
>> I'll give it a try. Will there be instructions on how to access Sympa?
>>
>> No too sure what you mean. If you set your subscribed email address to not
> receive email, then access through gmane it should work as you intend.
> Email me off list if you have any further queries.
> 
> /paul

That's OK. If OOo can't figure out how to migrate existing gmane.org
users & existing OOo bug report accounts over properly, then I'll just
simply move on to LO.

I figure that those of us (using gmane.org) that have contributed to
this list (and the other OOo lists) for such a long time, and
contributed to the bug reports, do not deserve to be 'Moderated' or
suddenly find that we can no longer access the list or the bug reports.
Good luck with OOo, the list, and further bug report participation.
Thanks for trying Paul.

Gary Lee (NoOp)
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[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/10/2011 04:19 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 11:40 AM, NoOp  wrote:
...
>> I'm wondering... perhaps it is because I've always used nntp/gmane.org
>> instead of actually subscribing via email. If that is the case, then all
>> previous users that have done the same problem. Can you check to see if
>> this might be the case & if so get them to resolve? I really don't want
>> to the use email option unless there is a 'no-mail' setting.
>>
>>
> Agree ... I think these 'non-email' subscriptions were not carefully thought
> through in the migration. There is a 'no-mail' option in Sympa using the
> following command (once subscribed):
> 
> SET |* NOMAIL * To suspend the message reception for
> 
> 

I'll give it a try. Will there be instructions on how to access Sympa?

...

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[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/10/2011 01:13 PM, Paul wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>> >
>> > Don't bother ranting on about why you may or may not be subscribed - I
>> can't
>> > answer that. I can assist with re-subscribing. You could do that yourself
>> as
>> > well, but that would be sending an email to another email address, and
>> based
>> > on your previous comments, that may be an issue. If you confirm you want
>> to
>> > be subscribed I'll get it done.
>>
>> No rant, but a few questions: 1) just how did I manage to get
>> unsubscribed from this list (I've been subscribed and posting here since
>> 2006), and
> 
> 
> Have no idea about how the un-subscription happened. Whether this happened
> before or after the list migration - have no idea. The old mail list
> software had its issues (as does the new one) and I think doing random
> things was one of them (although I agree this should not be the case). I can
> re-subscribe you if you wish.

I'm wondering... perhaps it is because I've always used nntp/gmane.org
instead of actually subscribing via email. If that is the case, then all
previous users that have done the same problem. Can you check to see if
this might be the case & if so get them to resolve? I really don't want
to the use email option unless there is a 'no-mail' setting.


>> 2) how does one determine if someone is subscribed or not?
>> Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.org
>> seems to have gone missing.
>>
>>
> When we changed to Sympa I also noticed that the header denoting moderated
> posts was no long present. I think that it is just not a feature of the
> software. I'll raise a question to the application owners and will forward
> their response when its received.
> 
> /paul

I noticed that a post with a [moderated] subject tag came through on
March 4 from Maurice Mercier. If all unsubscribed posts do this then
problem solved. How did that one get set?

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[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/09/2011 11:59 AM, Paul wrote:
...NoOp Wrote:

>> While you're at it; it appears that posts (at least mine) are taking 4
>> hours to appear:
>>
>> Subject: Re: Suspect mail
>> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:46:06 -0800
>>
>> Original-Received: from mailout02.kenai.com ([192.9.171.175])
>>by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
>>(envelope-from )
>>id 1Px1YO-0007AI-Hc
>>for opof-us...@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:22:40 +0100
>>
>> Appears to be a list issue... should I also YAL for that as well?
>>
>>
> The delay is probably due to your address not being subscribed to the '
> users@openoffice.org' list. Email software, Sympa, sends an email to
> moderators to pass/fail each unsubscribed email address post. Once approved,
> email is distributed to subscribers (& gmane).
> 
> Don't bother ranting on about why you may or may not be subscribed - I can't
> answer that. I can assist with re-subscribing. You could do that yourself as
> well, but that would be sending an email to another email address, and based
> on your previous comments, that may be an issue. If you confirm you want to
> be subscribed I'll get it done.

No rant, but a few questions: 1) just how did I manage to get
unsubscribed from this list (I've been subscribed and posting here since
2006), and 2) how does one determine if someone is subscribed or not?
Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.org
seems to have gone missing.

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[users] [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/07/2011 05:46 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 03/07/2011 10:28 AM, Paul wrote:
...
>> Oracle folk are monitoring the lists. I'm suggesting that bringing it to
>> their attention specifically instead of cluttering users/discuss with noise
>> not related to using OOo is the best source of action.
>> 
>> /paul
> 
> Excuse me but, being able to log in to file/comment on a bug report *is*
> IMO related to "using OOo".

While you're at it; it appears that posts (at least mine) are taking 4
hours to appear:

Subject: Re: Suspect mail
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:46:06 -0800

Original-Received: from mailout02.kenai.com ([192.9.171.175])
by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from )
id 1Px1YO-0007AI-Hc
for opof-us...@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:22:40 +0100

Appears to be a list issue... should I also YAL for that as well?

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[users] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/03/2011 11:09 AM, Paul wrote:
>>
>>> So just how long will all of this take?
>>>
>>
>> You're lucky you can reach the web server a traceroute to
>> www.openoffice.org from here dies at 192.18.44.18, one of sun's machines;
>> a web browser just times out of course.
>>
> 
> In the absence of any better advise I would suggest for any issues resulting
> from the migration you contact the following list "
> disc...@ooo-migration.kenai.com" ...

That's a list? disc...@ooo-migration.kenai.com
Cite? Do you have details? Or are you just passing the YAL buck?


Maybe you can tell us where the info for the 'new & improved' mailing
list are?

http://support.openoffice.org/

Shall we try:
Users Mail List (Subscribe /  Archives)
OpenOffice.org Project community support provided by a network of
hundreds of experienced users. You must be subscribed to post messages.
or
http://support.openoffice.org/project/www/mail_list.html
Not Found
The page you were looking for doesn't exist.
You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved.
or
some other magical link?

You are a/the list moderator and key person on this list. Perhaps you
can get off your high horse (or Oracle slump) and actually provide some
valid information rather than posts such as this and:


Oracle folk are monitoring the lists. I'm suggesting that bringing it to
their attention specifically instead of cluttering users/discuss with noise
not related to using OOo is the best source of action.

/paul


If fobbing off folks to YAL and adving that users just send off an email
(you were implying that I email that address... right?) to
disc...@ooo-migration.kenai.com without any added information, where it
goes, who it goes to, etc., etc., then I suggest that you're a lazy moron.


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[users] Re: Calc to Excel converters?

[NoOp]

On 03/07/2011 06:05 PM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 16:43 -0700, pe...@aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net
> wrote:
>> I'm running Windows XP with Oo 3.3
>> 
>> Can anyone tell me where I can get a converter to change a Calc ODS as an
>> XLS file for Excel 2003 or 2007?
>> 
>> In Ubuntu 10.04 the Oo I have will convert to 2003 xls.
>> 
>> With 3.3 the only option is to save the ODS as an Excel 2000 XLS.
>> 
> 
>  The format for Excel 2003 is .xml not xls. If I remember correctly
> all of the Office programs used .xml as their format(Word XML, etc.).
>  Calc allows you to save a spreadsheet to 
> Microsoft Excel 2003 XML (.xml). This is near the bottom of File type
> dropdown list in the Save As dialog. I don't see Excel 2007 in this list
> though.

Actually the format for Excel 2003 is xls by default *not* xml.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_XML_formats

@ pe...@aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net
In OOo File|Save As|Save as type:
- Microsoft Word 2003 XML (.xml)
However, expect an error in attempting to save in that format:

Error savind the document :
Write Error,
The file could not be written.

If the file has frames or fontwork objects. Example:
http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87335
[ WordML: Export of Fontwork objects to "MS Word 2003 XML" does not work]

Also see:




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[users] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/07/2011 10:28 AM, Paul wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 6:20 PM, NoOp <.> wrote:
> 
>> On 03/03/2011 11:09 AM, Paul wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> So just how long will all of this take?
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> You're lucky you can reach the web server a traceroute to
>> >> www.openoffice.org from here dies at 192.18.44.18, one of sun's
>> machines;
>> >> a web browser just times out of course.
>> >>
>> >
>> > In the absence of any better advise I would suggest for any issues
>> resulting
>> > from the migration you contact the following list "
>> > disc...@ooo-migration.kenai.com" ...
>>
>> Ah yes... subscribe to YAL (Yet Another List) for answers. I would
>> suggest instead that Oracle folks monitor & assist on these high traffic
>> user/general lists and offer assistance. Further, there is no
>> nntp/gmane.org access for ooo-migration.kenai.com, so that means direct
>> email subscription is required.
>>
>>
> Oracle folk are monitoring the lists. I'm suggesting that bringing it to
> their attention specifically instead of cluttering users/discuss with noise
> not related to using OOo is the best source of action.
> 
> /paul

Excuse me but, being able to log in to file/comment on a bug report *is*
IMO related to "using OOo".


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[users] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 03/03/2011 11:09 AM, Paul wrote:
>>
>>> So just how long will all of this take?
>>>
>>
>> You're lucky you can reach the web server a traceroute to
>> www.openoffice.org from here dies at 192.18.44.18, one of sun's machines;
>> a web browser just times out of course.
>>
> 
> In the absence of any better advise I would suggest for any issues resulting
> from the migration you contact the following list "
> disc...@ooo-migration.kenai.com" ...

Ah yes... subscribe to YAL (Yet Another List) for answers. I would
suggest instead that Oracle folks monitor & assist on these high traffic
user/general lists and offer assistance. Further, there is no
nntp/gmane.org access for ooo-migration.kenai.com, so that means direct
email subscription is required.


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[users] Re: Can't make page numbers visible in header

[NoOp]

On 03/03/2011 01:07 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> I'm using Open Office Writer 3.2 on Mint 10 (ubuntu 10).
> For the life of me, I can not make a page number field visible in a
> header.
> 
> Example: With the cursor in the main body of the document:
> --
> Insert-> Fields-> Other->Variables(tab).  
> Under 'Type' select 'Set page variable'  
> Under 'Selection'  
>   Click  'on' in the Offset box and enter 1 less than the desired starting 
> page number.
> Click 'Insert'
> Under 'Type', again, click on 'Show page variable'
>   Under 'Format' click on  
>'As page Style'
> Click 'Insert'
> Click 'Close'
> --
> and I see a page number at the top of the page.
> But if I do the same in the header I see a small
> gray area highlighted in the header, but no number is visible!
> NOTE: Text typed in is visible.
> I can also see by backtracking in Edit->Undo that two
> fields were inserted. *But* it is just not visible.
> 
> How can I correct this?
> thanks

Works for me: Ubuntu 10.10 (Ubuntu)OOo 3.2.1 and (Standard)OOo 3.3.0 and
LibreOffice 3.3.1.

Do you by chance have 'View|Field Shadings' checked? If so uncheck and
see if that makes a difference.


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[users] Re: Suspect mail

[NoOp]

On 02/28/2011 11:58 PM, Clayton wrote:
> On 03/01/2011 08:34 AM, James Wilde wrote:
>> On Mar 1, 2011, at 02:31 , Gene Young wrote:
>>> On 2/26/2011 2:32 AM, James Wilde wrote:
 I wonder if anyone else has received an email which dropped into
 my mailbox today, apparently from   with
 the header Welcome to openoffice.org.

 The content is as follows:

 Your account has been migrated to the new OpenOffice.org
 infrastructure.

 Here are your new account credentials:

 Username: a valid name which I have used before Password: a long
 hex string

 You will be asked to change your password when you login for the
 first time.

 Welcome to the new OpenOffice.org website!
 http://www.openoffice.org/news/#move

 The OpenOffice.org Team

 The link looks ok - not unlike the original OOo site, but one
 wonders...

 //James
>>> It is legitimate.  Oracle migrated everything to a new server and I
>>> believe software.  I logged on and re-created my account with no
>>> problem.
>>
>> Thanks, Gene.
>>
>> Strange that a mail I wrote on February 26 sometime in the late
>> morning local time (converting the 2:32AM to local time on the basis
>> of Gene being somewhere in the US) should have appeared in my mailbox
>> nearly three days later.
>>
>> //James
> 
> The mail servers are very busy catching up with the post migration work. 
> Emailing out many thousands of notifications - one for every account, 
> and there are a lot - plus parsing the backlog of a week of mailing list 
> messages takes time.
> 
> C.
> --

Unfortunately some of us missed the memo/email. Attempted to login to
comment on a bug report and received the notification:
Invalid username/password combination
Tried to create a new account with my same username & get notified that
the username is already taken. Tried the 'Forgot your password' and it
shows that the password was sent to my email account. No email (even
checked spam folders).

So just how long will all of this take?


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[users] Re: [moderated] Error 126

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On 03/02/2011 01:39 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
> On 21/02/11 13:36, PAUL LANG wrote:
>> error 126 Cannot load library LXBZPRP.DLL (3.3)
>> New installation of Version 3.3 is displaying this error in Calc and writer.
>> Any advice?
>> PL
> 
> I looked on google, which came up with
> http://www.spydig.com/file-diagnosis/LXBZPRP-DLL.html
> saying "The LXBZPRP.DLL file is a malicious file related to spyware."

I _think_ that should be LXBCPRP.DLL:


http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=115210


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[users] Re: JRE 6 Update 24 - Don't use !!!!!!!!!!!

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On 02/25/2011 03:13 PM, Tony Smith wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Sun released a jre update recently, update 24. If you upgrade java to 
> this version, you will render, SOFFICE Base forms, virtually useless. 
> Whatever the change has been, forms that do work will load slowly, very, 
> very slowly in some cases, you will also notice your CPU hit 100% for 
> the soffice process.
> 
> I have tested this in the following scenarios
> 
> OO 3.2, 32 bit, on a netbook, ad PC hence why I have not updated OO to 3.3
> 
> LO 3.3 64 Bit laptop
> 
> OO 3.3 64 Bit laptop
> 
> All exhibit exactly the same behaviour, stick JRE 6 Update 22, as this 
> works perfectly.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Tony
> 

Can you please expand on that? With details and perhaps a test method?


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[users] Re: Fw: Internet connection

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On 02/20/2011 11:51 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> On 20/02/2011 19:42, Barbara Duprey wrote:
...
>> [Ken (kenkem...@roadrunner.com) is not subscribed and probably will 
>> not see responses unless directly copied.]
>>
>> On Windows systems, the File > Send e-mail options use whatever mail 
>> client is the system default. Is that set up properly? (You have to 
>> run as Administrator to set it.)
...
> But I don't think he's using OOo. See 
> http://www.amazon.com/ValuSoft-73198-Valusoft-Office-Suite/dp/B002ALTRDS or
...
Scroll down to the comments - one says it's Print Workshop, another says
it's OOo:

The office Suite that I recieved and downloaded is nothing what I
thought I was getting. The box states "An Affordable Alternative to
Microsoft Office". I thought I was getting something that would be
similar to Microsft Word and Excel but instead it is Print Workshop 2010
with graphics for making cards, banners, etc. I will never order from
Amazon again if they continue to let things be sold that are not
accuratley depicted.



This is open office just rebranded as "office suite 2010", no wonder
they didn't show screen shots, BECAUSE IT'S FREAKEN OPEN OFFICE!!! what
a waste of time -_-


So who knows what he got...



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[users] Re: Fw: Internet connection

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On 02/18/2011 07:27 AM, ken kempka wrote:
> Is there some reason that I’m not getting a reply to my inquiry??? 
> From: ken kempka Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 8:15 PM To:
> users@openoffice.org Subject: Internet connection
> 
> I’m using OfficeSuite2010 since Nov.’10, and when I prepare a
> document, try to e-mail it, no matter what option I select I get an
> error message that there is no open connection to the internet
> available.  Now, I purchased this specifically to send document via
> e-mail, and I can’t get anything to work.  I use Windows Live Mail,
> and Win7..   The search section(support) is useless in this matter.
>  Thanks Ken Kempka
> 
> kenkem...@roadrunner.com
...

Ken is not subscribe (no I'm not going to cc him)...

Amazing:
http://www.amazon.com/ValuSoft-73198-Valusoft-Office-Suite/dp/B002ALTRDS






Looks like Valusoft is sending their customers to this list for help.




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[users] Re: Cancel Extension Update notification?

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On 02/04/2011 05:04 AM, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 04.02.2011 12:37, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>> OO 3.3.0 keeps notifying me about a French Dictionary Extension update.
>> I don't want it, I'm English!
>> How do i stop the notification?
>> On a similar theme, AFAIK you used to be able to uninstall all the
>> dictionaries that loaded by default - I can't see where to do this in 3.3.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Gordon
> 
> Under Linux:
> sudo /opt/openoffice.org3/program/unopkg gui
> 
> calls the extension manager with administration privileges which lets 
> you remove packages from the installation directory.

Actually there is no remove button for the 'Francias: Dictionnaire from
unopkg gui - only for the French Spelling and hypenation dictionary. To
remove 'Francias: Dictionnaire', you need to:

$ sudo rm -r /opt/openoffice.org3/share/extensions/dict-fr
and then you still need to clean out the cache:
$ sudo rm -r
/opt/openoffice.org3/share/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages/rvmr0l_ (or
whatever the folder is for the french dictionary).



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[users] Re: My files are posted on the net

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On 02/03/2011 06:23 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 17:54 03/02/2011 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>>I do not wish to post the link publicly, but I just discovered on 
>>the internet an early version of a copyrighted book that I wrote in 
>>OOo. This file never left my computer.
> 
> I suspect you mean the .odt file that you attached to a submission to 
> the Users list on Tuesday 24 March 2009.  If so, it left your 
> computer when you voluntarily sent it to the list.

Yep, I remember that one. :-)

Me:
>> I can test on the following:
>> 
>> On Intrepid - Gnome:
>> Ubuntu OOo PPA 3.0.1
>> 
>> On Hardy - Gnome:
>> Ubuntu OOo PPA 3.0.1
>> Ubuntu 2.4.1
>> OOo 3.0.1 & 2.4.2
>> 
>> Printer is an Canon MP750 using TurboPrint drivers.
JJJ:
> 
> Thanks for the offer. I have attached the whole document - it's only 1.75 MB. 
> The problem pages are 11-16 of section 3, which are physical pages 23-28. The 
> problem formulas are for questions 13, 14, 16, 19, 47, 48, 52, 80, 81, 83, 84 
> and 85. But, of course, I get different results with different printers so 
> sometimes they're all wrong. 
> 
> I misspook about the Arial Unicode MS font. I just double checked and, in 
> fact, I had it set to just Arial. I do have Arial Unicode MS installed and I 
> set one of the problem formulas to it just for kicks, but it still prints 
> wrong.
> 
> Meantime, for my next efforts I'm going to install the nVidia drivers. 
> Because the screen view is wrong with, and when I export to PDF I get the 
> screen view, I'm suspecting that OOo may be using the screen image for 
> something. 
> 
> I'm replying to the list, so I don't know if the attachment will get knocked 
> out.
...


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[users] Re: Shortcuts for special characters

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On 01/22/2011 04:25 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> OOo 3.2.1 (from OOo, no the repositories) on Fedora 14 x86_64.

ibus?



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[users] Re: Strange problem with PDFs

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On 01/03/2011 02:33 AM, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote:
> I have a strange problem with PDFs made with Openoffice on Linux (Ubuntu
> 10.10). Wherever there is an en rule (the short dash used in a span of
> numbers: Unicode 2013), in the PDF it takes the shape of (or is replaced
> with) a dash (Unicode 2014), though it retains the spacing of the
> narrower character, so that the dash runs through the following
> character. Everything is fine in the original Openoffice document: it
> happens only when it’s exported as a PDF. And the result is the same
> whether I export directly from within Openoffice or print to file as
> Postscript and then create the PDF with ps2pdf.
> 
> Obviously the prime suspect would seem to be the font. So I tried with
> several different fonts, to discover that some do and some don’t. Then I
> tried the same fonts in different applications, such as Gedit, and the
> PDFs are all perfect, for all fonts.
> 
> I wonder if anyone can offer any clues.

Could be that autocorrect is making the change? Perhaps this will be of
help:



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[users] Re: Two questions about Impress

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On 12/29/2010 03:47 AM, bill purvis wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 December 2010, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:
...
>> I guess you are using OOo downloaded for www.openoffice.org and not from
>> your distro's repositories.
> Yes,
> 
>> This version uses Java Media Framework
>> see http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Java/Java_Media_Framework
>>
> Is that relevant?
...

It has everything to do with it (JMF). Search the archives for JMF &
you'll find that standard OOo is a PITA when it comes to JMF and video.
Samples:

http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=168915


Do yourself a favor and check to see if your distro (which one is it
BTW?) uses gstreamer and/or is a go-oo/novell flavour of OOo. IMO it is
not worth going through the hassle of installing JMF. And further, JMF
hasn't been updated for years.


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[users] Re: PDF

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On 12/28/2010 06:09 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:38:41 -0800
> NoOp >xournal
>>
>>Does a wonderful job of filling in PDF application forms. I just filled
>>in a 6 page 'print only PDF'. End result is that it looks like I filled
>>out the form using an IBM Selectric typewrite :-)
> 
> NoOp, you have helped me in the past, and now I must thank you yet
> again. What a wonderful tool!
> 
> Moreover, I am one of the key promoters of a local Linux Clinic where
> we help people install Linux or fix their Linux computers. We have a
> semi-regular visitor who has a disability with hand control and needs
> to use a keyboard. She complains that she gets PDF files from government
> agencies that she has to fill out, but she can't do it in handwriting.
> I just turned her onto xournal and she is thrilled. Now she can just
> type in the blanks, export as a new PDF, and e-mail it back to the
> agency. 
> 
> Thanks again!

You are most welcome. I too have issues with handwriting, but can type
up a storm. :-) Filling in VA forms used to drive me nuts, now I use
xournal and the completed PDF forms are clear & readable... I think the
VA appreciates it as well. On top of that, it saves paper; I no longer
need to keep a printed paper copy, I just keep a copy of the pdf and
.xoj file.

Best wishes for the New Year.

Gary



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[users] Re: PDF

[NoOp]

On 12/27/2010 09:31 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
...
> 
> Okular (formerly KPDF) does a great job of opening PS files, and can
> save as PDF. You can also enter data in the fields of an editable PDF.
> It has issues with printing, however, although usually I can get what I
> want if I poke at it long enough - e.g., a landscape page prints as
> portrait, among other tribulations.
...

xournal

Does a wonderful job of filling in PDF application forms. I just filled
in a 6 page 'print only PDF'. End result is that it looks like I filled
out the form using an IBM Selectric typewrite :-)





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[users] Re: Open Office data sheet

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On 12/21/2010 11:35 AM, RA Brown wrote:
> On Tue Dec 21 2010 11:20:23 GMT-0800 (PST)  Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
>> --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Jérôme DUBOIS  wrote:
>> Do you a data sheet of open office ? 
>> 
>> I respond to customer and I need these
>> informations.Here is what I found after a quick google search:
>> http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/060551.pdf
>> 
> 
> Better information on OpenOffice.org can be found at 
> http://why.openoffice.org/ .  Your link refers to Oracle Open Office, a 
> renaming of Sun's Start Office.  Some propose that the naming is to 
> confuse people and get them to buy OOO instead of just downloading OOo. :(
> 
> Andy

That doesn't provide a 'data sheet'. Unfortunately, it looks as if
marketing could use some help:
http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_where.html
http://www.openoffice.org/product/more.html
All those are OOo 2 & I can't seem to find any for OOo 3.

There may be some OOo brochures/data sheets hidden somewhere else, but I
followed the 'Projects' tab from the main page & then the Marketing link:
http://projects.openoffice.org/index.html
\
 http://marketing.openoffice.org/
  \
   Where can I find Marketing materials




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[users] Re: SERIOUS BUG IN OPEN OFFICE

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On 12/02/2010 01:14 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote:
> On 12/2/2010 5:46 AM, modestukasai sudukas wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Our company has insurance forms. It uses VB SCRIPTS witten with MS EXCEL 
>> 2003.
>> And we get an error when we tying to calculate. By persing on button 
>> (SKAIČIUOTI).
>> fault nr 1.png
>>
>>
>> Everything works perfectly on MS OFFICE SYSTEMS. What should we do?
>>
>> PS: if you need, we can send you this document.
>>
>> Than YOU,
>> modestuka...@gmail.com 
> 
> [The OP is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly 
> copied.]
> 
> What you've encountered is that OpenOffice.org uses a different scripting 
> language, not Microsoft's 
> Visual Basic, for macros. This can't properly be called a bug, it was a 
> considered design decision 
> -- whether for legal purposes or something else, maybe somebody else on the 
> list will discuss the 
> rationale.
> 
> As to what you can do, I think you'll either need to translate the macros 
> into the OOo format, or 
> continue using Excel. I'm including a quote here from the OpenOffice.org 
> Migration Guide:
> 
> "Macros written in VBA for Excel do not work in Calc and macros written in 
> StarBasic for
> Calc do not run on Excel. Re-writing of macros is required when moving 
> spreadsheets
> between either application.
> Some additional resources for writing Basic macros include:
> “Porting Excel/VBA to Calc/StarBasic”
> http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/various_topics/VbaStarBasicXref.pdf
> StarOffice 8 Programming Guide for BASIC,
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-0439
> “Useful Macro Information for OpenOffice”, by Andrew Pitonyak,
> http://pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
> OpenOffice.org Macros Explained, by Andrew Pitonyak,
> available from the publisher: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm or 
> from
> various online booksellers."
> Andrew Pitonyak’s web site for OOo macros: http://pitonyak.org/oo.php
> 

I in the past I'd suggest the OP use & pay for StarOffice which has/had
a enterprise VB converter. Not so sure if Oragle has maintained that.



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[users] Re: PDF Conversion

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On 12/11/2010 02:45 PM, Douglas Hinds wrote:
> 
> NoOp mentioned:
> 
>> While doubling the size of the PDF, you can save as a 'hybrid' PDF. That
>> way you can open the PDF directly in Writer and edit.
> 
> That's definitely worth a try.
> 
> But if I open a pdf file as such from oo write it will open it in oo
> draw which does not offer that format when I try to save it.

I didn't say that the hybrid feature will work with existing PDFs.
Please read what I wrote.

If I a export a PDF as a hybrid file, and then open OOo and select
File|Open|path to the hybrid PDF, the file opens in Writer.


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[users] Re: PDF Conversion

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On 12/10/2010 10:39 AM, Douglas Hinds wrote:
> 
> OO's ability to create pdf files is a valuable asset.
> 
> However, the need frequently arises to convert pdf files to a
> editable format.
> 
> I installed the extension OO offers for doing that but the results
> were not adequate.
> 
> I no longer use Windows.  Can anyone suggest a Linux Application
> (I'm running Mint - a version of Ubuntu) that would allow me to
> convert PDF files to a format editable in OO?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
> 

While doubling the size of the PDF, you can save as a 'hybrid' PDF. That
way you can open the PDF directly in Writer and edit.



http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q=openoffice+%2Bpdf+%2Bhybrid&btnG=Search>

For existing:


PDF Edit is good, but rather complex and can take some time to master (I
never have).
http://pdfedit.petricek.net/en/index.html
http://pdfedit.petricek.net/en/user_doc.html

If you plan to edit quite a few, particularly in a commercial
environment, I'd recommend PDF Studio:
http://www.qoppa.com/index.html
Give the free trial a spin:
http://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/index.html


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[users] Re: Writer problem

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On 11/17/2010 07:10 AM, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:48:55 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> 
>> add your sender information in the 'Sender' box. -
> 
>   That's the tedious bit, and why I instead use an 'envelope' file
> already set up with sender info and addressee box, so all I have to
> do is paste the recipient's address and print.
> 

What is tedious about it? Copy your address info & Insert|Envelope & and
paste your bits. The OP was asking about setting up an envelope for a
one-time letter; " I don't need a mail merge type address list as most
of my letters are once only".

The only difference between that and MS Word, it that MS Word
automatically pastes the data/address info that you've highlighed into
the to section of the envelope. With OOo you need to highlight and copy,
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[users] Re: Writer problem

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On 11/14/2010 11:37 AM, rsbtho...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> Hi. Guys,
> 
> I have a problem with printing envelopes.  I have read how to do it 
> but it does not want to print envelopes from the address on a letter i 
> have typed.  I don't need a mail merge type address list as most of my 
> letters are once only.  In MS Word you just highlight the address on 
> your letter and go into envelope printing and the address appears 
> automatically.
...

When you've finished your letter, highlight an copy the address
information.
- Select: Insert|Envelope - past the info into the 'Addressee' section &
add your sender information in the 'Sender' box.
- Now select the 'Format' tab and in the 'Size' section click the
'Format' dropdown to select the proper envelope size (C4, #10, etc).
- Now select the 'Printer' tab to proper set up your printer envelope
options & when finished click 'Insert'. You'll now see that an envelope
page has been added to your document (page 1). To see what it looks
like: select File|Page Preview (or click the page preview icon).

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[users] Re: Are these possible in OpenOffice.org?

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On 11/15/2010 11:18 PM, Marcello Romani wrote:
...
> 
> I downloaded two of the 12MB xlsx files and opened them with SCalc. It 
> kept working at 100% CPU for several minutes, but nothing appeared, not 
> even the toolbars or the cell grid.
> Eventually I killed the process.
...
Same issue here. I thought that it was a matter of not enough memory on
the 1Gib desktop, so I tried on a 3Gib laptop & still had to kill the
process. On the laptop I let it run for approx 1 hour (start & stop the
process occasionally to keep the CPU temp down).

@Manu: I'm not familiar with MSO2010, but if you expect the files to be
useful you will need to do some added work. As a test I attempted to
open the IFS Generalized.xlsx file in Excel 2003 (with the appropriate
file converters installed) and receive this message:

"This file was created in a newer version of Microsoft Excel. The file
has been converted to a format you can work with, but the following
issues were encountered. The file ahs been opened in read-only mode to
protect the original file.
- Some formulas have more levels of nesting than are allowed in this
version of Excel. Fromulas with more than seven levels of nesting will
not be opened and will be converted to #VALUE! errors."

Suggest that you try creating one of these from OOo Calc directly and
save as an ODS. It think that's the only way you will be able to verify
yourself.



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[users] Re: Are these possible in OpenOffice.org?

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On 11/08/2010 04:11 AM, Manu Unni V G wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
>   Kindly check this link out. 
> 
> http://cen.amritafoss.org/downloads/Books/FractalsForEveryone/
> 
> This is not a spam or an advertisement. The complete set has been done
> in MS Excel 2010 only because of its size capabilities, what-if
> potential and conditional formatting ease. Can we do something of this
> sort in OpenOffice.org. 
> 
> I want to do this complete set in openoffice.org so that this can
> immediately percolate down to schools of any scale and standards. These
> spreadsheets use What-if at the scale of 1024x1024. Generate graphs of
> about 65000 cells and cell colouration for picture generation of
> 1024x1024 cells with conditional formatting. 
> 
> OpenOffice.org has a beautiful set of complex number functionality,
> which make it ideal for school going students to perceive. Also we focus
> on Local language content, which would be best displayed in OOo and
> Linux. 
> 
> Any help in achieving this in the same manner or even alternative ways
> would be of great help, because I created these spreadsheets in Excel
> only because I was not able to find the options in OOo. 
> 
> Regards
> Manu

Are you asking if your Excel spreadsheets work in OOo? If so the answer
is yes. Are you asking if you change a value in 1:1 (A1) the graphic
changes? If so the answer is yes.

I tested on OOo 3.2.1 (linux):
Figure 8.11.xls
and
Figure 8.15.xlsx

Did you actually try to generate and/or load the spreadsheets in OOo
before asking here? If so, what was the result?



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[users] Re: Open Office

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On 11/11/2010 10:16 AM, Olivia Hilton wrote:
> 
> OpenOffice,
>  
> Just a thought, but is there a chance of picking up a virsu from downloading 
> OpenOffice?

You may find these helpful:
http://www.openoffice.org/security/faq.html
 http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html

Openoffice.org, like any major application is subject to security
vulnerabilities. Howerever, if you download only from the authorized
site: http://www.openoffice.org/ and
 it is highly unlikely that
you will pick up a virus... otherwise there would be 'literally'
millions of users complaining.

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[users] Re: Change email address to @openoffice.org

[NoOp]

On 11/07/2010 10:02 PM, xiaoqi wrote:
> Since you've OpenOffice.org account, that only means you add 
> "@openoffice.org" after your account to form one email address, your 
> original email address used for registered OpenOffice.org account is still 
> in use.
> 
> hehe, a little confuse.
> 
> Xiaoqi

Well color me still confused...
I'll just let the thing expire as I've no @openoffice.org email
address & only my standard email address that I used.


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[users] Re: AutoText

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On 11/10/2010 08:59 AM, Luciano Pinheiro wrote:
> Hello,
> In my job, a user has a bau file that OpenOffice can't open, saying "file 
> corrupted". Exists some way to rescue the data in this bau file ?

Extract the file (it's a zip file). The data should be in the
content.xml file.


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[users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

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On 11/08/2010 02:44 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote:
> 
> When I moved from Ubuntu's Go-oo version to Oracle's version on the
> OOo web site, I noticed that there is a new listing on the
> "Gnome Panel > Applications > Office"
> called
> "OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration".
> 
> What is it used for?  The Help section inside OOo 3.2.1 does not
> have any listing for it.  I checked the Document Project linked from the
> OOo site and I did not find a reference for it either, or at least my
> searches
> did not find any.
> 
> So what is this actually used for?  The only thing I see is a font option
> that is not part of the normal properties of a printer properties.  The Font
> substitution table in that option looks different than the one in the
> "Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Fonts" replacement table. 
> 
> The real thing is that the OOo web site 64-bit Debian 3.2.1 version has
> it while the Go-oo version in Ubuntu's system does not.  Why is it there
> for one and not there for the other?

It's in the (U)OOo versions as well:
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/spadmin
and has been part of OOo for quite some time (since at least version 1.0).

> 
> What is it really used for, or why is it needed for Oracle's version of OOo
> on the OOo site?
> 
> As I said, this is the first time I have seen it, but cannot find any
> reference to it in any documentation I have access to. 



I think it's largely unused any longer for regular users, but the
purpose is to set up fonts/printers for OOo exclusively. Examples are in
the old 1.1 setup guide:

and here:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Font-FAQ
Odd that nothing's been documented for OOo 3.x.


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[users] Re: I Have a half-recovered open office on Ubuntu 9.04

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On 11/10/2010 02:55 AM, Linda L. Hull wrote:
> We had a power failure, my UPS didn't last. 
> 
> When I try to open Open Office from either Applications > Office or
> command line, it gets half way and stops.
> 
> I have Ubuntu 9.04, and OpenOffice 3.01 I think. 
> 
> :~$ soffice -writer 2009-06-17usernamesspreads.xls
> 
> ** (soffice:13172): WARNING **: unable to get gail version number



> ^C
> :~$ soffice -calc 2009-06-17usernamesspreads.xls
> 
> ** (soffice:13193): WARNING **: unable to get gail version number
> :~$ error - missing word count in dictionary file
> Hash Manager Error : 4



>From what I gather, 'unable to get gail version number' is the warning &
the actual error seems to be in the dictionary file.

There are a couple of things you can try:

1. Move/rename your user profile and allow OOo to create a new user
profile. If that works then you know that the problem is in the profile.
First backup. To do this (from a terminal):

$ mkdir ~/ooobackup
$ mv ~/.openoffice.org* ~/ooobackup

Your OOo profile will now be located in ~/ooobackup so you can move back
if the profile is not the issue. Now restart OOo and see if it works. If
not, move your profile(s) back:

$ cd ~/ooobackup
$ la
[Now check to see if you have more than one folder (.openoffice.org
.openoffice.org2 etc). If you do move each folder back:]
$ mv ~/ooobackup/.openoffice.org/ ~/.openoffice.org
mv ~/ooobackup/.openoffice.org2/ ~/.openoffice.org2

2. See if you have any broken packages as a result of your power failure:

$ sudo apt-get install -f
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

If you get errors from the above, hopefully they will be fixed when you
run the commands. Try OOo again.

3. If the above doesn't work, _backup_ your profile again:

$ cp -R ~/.openoffice.org* ~/ooobackup

now purge & reinstall OOo  (make sure that you have a valid/good
networking connection beforehand): [note: purge so that the config
scripts do not remain - you will of course have to reinstall any special
extensions that you may have. Reinstalling is a bit drastic, but unless
you have the time, inclination to track down each dict file, it's
probably the easiest to do at this point.]

$ sudo apt-get -s purge openoffice.org*
will show you what is about to be uninstalled without actually
performing the action. When you decide to go ahead and purge, remove the
'-s' in the command:
$ sudo apt-get purge openoffice.org*

Now reinstall:

$ sudo apt-get install openoffice.org

Try OOo again. If it works (and it should), you can move your previous
profile(s) back to ~/.openoffice.org.

*Of course the normal disclaimer applies: backup & only purge/reinstall
if you feel comfortable doing so. I've done the above on multiple
systems without issues... your results may vary - particularly since you
are running an EOL distro version* If you run into problems, contact me
directly and I'll install 9.04 on a test system and see if I can assist
further.

BTW: you realize that Ubuntu 9.04 has reached EOL? See:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
You might want to consider upgrading your system.



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[users] Re: Change email address to @openoffice.org

[NoOp]

On 11/07/2010 10:39 AM, RA Brown wrote:
> On Fri Nov 05 2010 09:01:23 GMT-0700 (PDT)  Eckl Chen wrote:
>> I have received a email from . It tell
>> me must change email address to my_user_n...@openoffice.org in my account of
>> openoffice.org.
>> I have changed the email address follow the state. But how can I access
>> my_user_n...@openoffice.org. For example, somebody send email to
>> my_user_n...@openoffice.org, where should I go to read the email? There
>> isn't website such as mail.openoffice.org.
>> 
> 
> You will not need to do anything.  The server at OOo will you your 
> actual address as a redirect.
>

Actually I don't believe that to be the case. The email states:


> Hello,
> 
> You are receiving this email because you have an account on the
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org website, and changes will
> occur on the site beginning on November 1st that will require
> action on your part.
> 
> Phase 1 of the website changes is that an existing OpenOffice.org
> main site user account is needed to log in to this site.
> 
> Phase 1 will occur on Monday, November 1.
> 
> After November 1, you will need to provide your OpenOffice.org e-mail.
> Please go to
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/user?destination=user/4728/edit
> and change your e-mail address to your OpenOffice.org main site
> user name and add @openoffice.org to get a valid e-mail, 
> like: user_n...@openoffice.org, then click 'submit'.
> 
> You will then get an activation e-mail with a link to your registered
> OpenOffice.org main site e-mail, which you have to click in order to 
> finish and verify the e-mail change. An e-mail without that link is 
> send to your former e-mail just for information.
> 
> If you do not have an account, please go to the OpenOffice.org
> website to create: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join
> After that come back to the extension website and change your e-mail
> there.
> 
> For your information: E-mails send to an address like 
> @openoffice.org are forwarded to your registered e-mail on 
> the main site. To see which e-mail it is, log in to:
> http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/TLogin and go to:
> http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/UserEdit
> 
> If you do not provide your OpenOffice.org e-mail within three months
> of the phase 1 date (by February 1, 2011), your account will be
> inactivated on the extensions website. Reminders will be sent during 
> the three-month period.
> 
> Please take into account that your passwords on the main site and
> the extensions website might be different. That will be changed in
> phase 2:
> 
> Phase 2 will start after phase 1, where you will get an additional
> mail about your account at the OpenOffice.org extension repository
> website telling you your username and to use your main site password.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Thorsten Bosbach
> (t...@openoffice.org / thorsten.bosb...@oracle.com)
> OpenOffice.org extension site administrator


I'm as confused as the OP.


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[users] Re: Desperate! Upgrade to Fedora 13 killed OOo

[NoOp]

On 11/04/2010 09:47 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
...
> This morning with a clear head I managed to fix the launch items. For
> some reason the upgrade from Fedora 11 to Fedora 13 killed the path to
> the executables, which are in /opt/openoffice.org3/program/. 
> 
> Now all I have to do is figure out if I still have the OOo version, or
> if the upgrade messed me up and installed the Fedora version. The 
> Help > About says that I have:
> 
> OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
> OOO320m18 (Build:9502)
> Copyright © 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
> reserved. This product was created by Oracle, based on OpenOffice.org.
> OpenOffice.org acknowledges all community members, especially those
> mentioned at http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html.
> 
> Bear in mind that when I had Fedora 11 x86_64 I uninstalled OOo from
> the Fedora repos and installed the OOo version. I did this long
> ago when the latest version was 3.1.1. Before I upgraded from Fedora 11
> x86_64 to 13 x86_64 I downloaded 3.2.1 from OOo and used the setup
> shell script to install 3.2.1. So I had the OOo version before the
> upgrade to Fedora 13 x86_64. And I remember putting "openoffice" (or
> similar term) in some file somewhere called "excludes" to some such so
> that the Fedora updater would not keep telling me there was a new
> version, i.e., it's version in its repos.
> 
> I probably still have the OOo version, but it would be nice to be sure.

Set it up so that you can run both your distro's OOo and standard OOo.
Edit /opt/openoffice.org3/program/bootstraprc to put your standard OOo
profile in ~/openoffice.org3 rather than ~/openoffice.org (which your
distro will use). Modify this line:

UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org/3
to
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org3/3

the file will then look like:

[Bootstrap]
BaseInstallation=${OOO_BASE_DIR}
InstallMode=
ProductKey=OpenOffice.org 3.2
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org3/3
[ErrorReport]
ErrorReportPort=80
ErrorReportServer=report.services.openoffice.org

Now set a menu launch item to:
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice
and you should be good to go. Backup your ~/.openoffice.org/3 and launch
(s)OOo and it will start as a new profile in ~/.openoffice.org3/3. Copy
all of your existing profile (~/.openoffice.org/3) over to
~/.openoffice.org3/3.



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[users] [http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112163 - Multiple "sheets" in Writer] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

[NoOp]

On 11/02/2010 02:17 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Thanks, all. I am looking to build support with these use cases for a
> parallel feature in Writer:
> http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112163
> 
> 

So why not just put that in the subject rather than having folks rehash
the history of the spreadsheet?

Personally I think your example for a single file with multiple documents:


Example: _Desired_Writer_behaviour_: The user would open resume.odt and
within that file are three sheets: englishResume, hebrewResume, and
russianResume. Within the single resume.ods file are three different,
but related documents.


is flawed. Master documents takes care of that situation if they are to
be merged. And it is not much of an effort to simply open all three in
individual windows w/multiple instances of OOo - you can do this with
'Window' select window/resize to show side-by-side etc.

I think a better example would tabbed sections; for a book writer each
tab would be for each chapter, or a screen writer where each tab would
be for each scene. In the end, both the book writer & screen writer
would be able to create links, etc., between the individual
tabs/sections for cross referencing, styles, etc.





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[users] Re: Broken Zotero

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On 11/03/2010 04:27 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote:
...
> using Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit version on a quad-core desktop.
> 
> How do you turn off the quickstarter in Ubuntu?

Start a new thread... this has *nothing* to do with Zotero. Nor does it
have anything to do with standard OOo which has QS off by default (linux).

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562027
[[ooo-build] OOo QuickStarter: unable to shutdown / reboot / logout when
quickstarter is active]




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[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

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On 11/01/2010 04:52 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 
>>On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote:
...
> 
>>> What happens when you print to a cups-pdf printer?
> 
> The resulting PDF has all the fonts converted to Times, and no font
> metrics.
> 
...
> Fedora 11 x86_64 with OOo 3.1.1 from OOo, not the repositories.
> 
> The problem is only Bitstream Vera family. I have hundreds of other
> fonts installed, including Adobe OTF Pro fonts. OOo is happy to embed
> and print all of them, all except the Bitstream Vera family. At the same
> time all my other apps (Abiword, Scribus, etc.) will print and embed
> the Bitstream Vera family without a problem.

Sorry, I can't help you out with 3.1.1; I had to remove the older
versions (disk space issue) & cannot find that version on any of the
mirrors (US English - linux), all I find is Windows versions.

Given that 3.1.1 is quite out of date, why not install a 3.2.x version
in parallel and see if that resolves your problem? I cannot replicate
the issue on OOo 3.2.1. I can export to pdf w/Bitstream and can print to
cups-pdf w/Bitstream... no substitution w/Times.

> 
> According to the license information (viewed with Fontmatrix), these
> fonts came with the Gnome desktop.

I have Bitstream Vera
/home/gl/.fonts/VeraBd.ttf
Glyphs count
267
Font Type
TrueType
Charmaps List
Unicode, Apple Roman
Font Family
Bitstream Vera Sans
Font Subfamily
Bold
Full font name
Bitstream Vera Sans Bold
Postscript name
BitstreamVeraSans-Bold
License Description
Copyright (c) 2003 by Bitstream, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Bitstream Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc.

> 
> It is clearly a bug in OOo 3.1.1. Eventually I will move up to 3.2,
> which hopefully will resolve the problem. In the meantime, for this
> project I just changed all the fonts to DejaVu. 

If it is a bug, then you should be able to find it in the Tracker
issues... there are 236 currently filed related to bitstream. If not,
file a bug.

You are sucking lemons... You know that you are running an outdated
version of OOo (August 2009) yet complain when you run into an issue
regarding fonts. I don't know if 3.2.x will fix your issue (as I
mentioned I can't find a 3.1.1 to install to test at the moment), but
given the bandwidth regarding the issue you might take the time to at
least install 3.2.1 in parallel
(http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel) and
report back as to whether that resolves your issue.

> 
> For those not aware, DejaVu is a FOSS remaking of the Bitstream Vera
> family, adding additional glyphs and eliminating any question about
> licensing. A lot of distros are now shipping with DejaVu instead of
> Bitstream Vera. Evidently Gnome hasn't got there yet.

Really? What has this to do with Gnome? Gnome has had DejaVu for quite a
long time. Perhaps it is your distro that is the problem:

$ apt-cache search dejavu
ming-fonts-dejavu - Ming format DejaVue Fonts
t1-thai-arundina - Thai DejaVu-compatible fonts in Type1 format
ttf-thai-arundina - Thai DejaVu-compatible fonts in TrueType format
ttf-dejavu - Metapackage to pull in ttf-dejavu-core and ttf-dejavu-extra
ttf-dejavu-core - Vera font family derivate with additional characters
ttf-dejavu-extra - Vera font family derivate with additional characters

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ttf-dejavu
Ubuntu Dapper was released on 01 June 2006



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[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

[NoOp]

On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the
> repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream
> Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as
> just blank boxes for the letters. I get the same view of the PDF with
> Adobe Reader, Okular, Evince, and a couple other PDF viewers that I have
> installed.
> 
> Then I tried printing to file. I did this several times using different

What happens when you print to a cups-pdf printer?
...


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[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

[NoOp]

On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the
> repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream
> Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as
> just blank boxes for the letters. I get the same view of the PDF with
> Adobe Reader, Okular, Evince, and a couple other PDF viewers that I have
> installed.
> 
> Then I tried printing to file. I did this several times using different
> printer drivers (I have six Postscript printers installed, including
> one with Adobe PS Level 3). When I open the .ps file I find that the
> text appears, but somehow Times was substituted for the Bitstream Vera
> Sans. And the text appeared without font metrics. Also all color was
> converted to grayscale, even though one of the printers is full color.
> 
> If I print to paper on a plain Laserjet using the PCL driver all the
> text prints, but without font metrics, and only the bold prints in Vera
> Sans; somehow Times was substituted for the regular. If I print to the
> same printer using the (genuine Adobe) Postscript driver all the text
> prints, but Courier regular was substituted for both fonts; and again
> without font metrics.
> 
> I verified that Bitstream Vera Sans regular and bold are properly
> installed. I did this by opening Scribus and setting some type with the
> Vera Sans fonts. Scribus is a layout app that will never substitute a
> font. I also used Fontmatrix to verify that the fonts are correctly
> installed.
> 
> I am out of ideas. Any suggestions are welcome.



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[users] Re: Graphics formats for Impress 3.1.1

[NoOp]

On 10/30/2010 07:40 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I am using OOo 3.1.1 on Fedora 11 x86_64. This is the version from OOo,
> not the version from the Fedora repositories.
> 
> I am trying to create a presentation in Impress, but this is my first
> time with Impress. 
> 
> I created a vector drawing in Inkscape. I gave it a rectangular
> background that I set to the same color as the slide in Impress (C=25%,
> M=19%, Y=0% and K=0%. I also set the stroke in Inkscape to the same
> color. 
> 
> When I went to place this graphic on the slide I was amazed that
> Impress seemed unable to import an SVG graphic (Inkscape's native
> format). 


http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2497
[Summary:   allow import of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)]
[Description:   Opened: Mon Dec 10 17:16:00 + 2001]


> So I exported to EPS, but am having difficulties with the
> stroke - it stays white for some reason. So I exported to OpenDocument
> drawing (ODG), but Impress can't handle that either. My only other
> options from Inkscape are bitmaps, which are not acceptable. 
> 
> How can I get this graphic as a vector file into Impress other than EPS?

Convert to a png or:

 http://go-oo.org/discover/
[SVG support
Go-oo provides a built-in SVG import filter.]
 http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/
 http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/svgimport
 [don't know if this works with 3.x - haven't tried it in awhile]

or wait for OOo 3.4.




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[users] Re: opening .doc files

[NoOp]

On 10/14/2010 11:23 AM, John Kennedy wrote:
> Those settings are changed in Windows, NOT OpenOffice.org. How you do it
> depends on the version of Windows you are using.

Actually those settings are changed from OOo... bug reports are there,
but I'm a little too busy to look them up just now. See past threads on
icons & file associations in Windows.



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