[users] what happened to the extensions?
Good evening Today, after quite a while since the last time, I tried to access the extensions page: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/ Although I managed - after A LOT of trouble, to finally get there, I don't get anywhere else Whatever link I click: * either I get black, white screen, or * something that should read in English connection as been reset. So, what happened to the extensions page? Is there still a way in which one can access the extensions that used to be there? Thank you. Thomas -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: what happened to the extensions?
(2011/11/21 1:23), Larry Moore wrote: This http://www.openoffice.org/ gets me there. Yes, it takes me to http://www.openoffice.org/ Where I then click on the I want to do more with Open Office button, which then promptly results in an error, telling me, that the page cannot be displayed / the connection has been reset ... Is that only me? -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Still active? -- Then I have a question about toggling between attributes.
THIS may be my chance! Please bear with me ... Good evening I used to have a "highlighting function" assigned to certain hot keys using MS Word and Wordperfect. With OpenOffice I could not figure out how make that work (and so far nobody on the mailing list could tell either although I have asked several times ...), so I created a macro. In LO I found, that you CAN assign a function that way, but it does not do yet what I want to do: for example assign upper or lower case -- Tools - Customize - Keyboard - Format - *** some attribute ***. You can do THAT. But ...It switches either to lower or to upper case, but does not TOGGLE between those two states. You need to assign "lowercase" (or initial caps for example) to a different shortcut. (I hate MS Word, but at least it gives you the toggle between these attributes - which is the convenience word processor users (like me) are looking for.) Since I have asked similar questions several times already (that was about highlighting) but NEVER got any answer, I assume that this is either technically not possible - or nobody knows the answer. The stupid thing is, LO (or OO which I used before = exact same behavior), comes with a DEFAULT function of TOGGLING between superscript (or subscript) and normal script.: Ctrl+Shift+P. If this function **IS** available for superscript (for example), I cannot understand why this is NOT available for attributes like bold, highlight, upper case etc. Is there any essential difference between one font attribute and another??? With all due respect, but I think this is a really stupid/annoying behavior. If there IS a solotion to this problem I would really like to know! Thank you. Thomas (2011/04/20 22:49), RA Brown wrote: Vic Dura wrote: Is this list server still active? It is still running, just few questions coming in. Andy
[users] Re: Still active? -- Then I have a question about toggling between attributes.
In my last message I thought you were referring to OOo. For LibO you will need to go through their web site. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Sorry for the mixup from my side, but this behavior has been there EXACTLY the same since the OpenOffice 2.0 (or earlier) days and I found it always annoying. Long before I tried LibreOffice, which is a rather recent event. I am not sure I can accomplish "filing a bug report", but will try that. (these things always look terribly complicated - way beyong my capability of comprehension ...) Its good night (1:30 am) from Japan ... Thomas
[users] Shift+F5 does not work consistently
Good evening I am using OO3.2 on two Windows XP and one Ubuntu 10.04 machines (the latter only rarely, so I have not checked here). There is supposed to be a funktion - Shift+F5 - that will take you back to the last (cursor) postion when the document was saved. It does do so in some cases, but more often than not it does not work. Either the cursor does not move at all, or it jumps to a location I definitely did not use the last time I saved the document. Sometimes, the cursor jumps back to the last position, when I close the document and then reopen it, but then never again once I am in the document. I can have the cursor in a different position, save the document and try Shift+F5, but it always jumps back to the position when the document was last CLOSED, and not the last time it was saved. I checked also online: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6t=14794 (problem solved) where someone said: AFAIK the last working position is maintained on a per user basis. Well, I DO have my personal information entered. And reentered. So, did I check, reenter the key combination Shift+F5 under Tools-customize. Is there any intelligle reason, why this function works in some documents but not in others and within the same document depending on its mood (this think is like the weather: unpredictable). More important, is there any way to correct this erratic behavior? Thank you in advance for your help. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] [Solved] Re: [users] change scroll behavior
Thomas Blasejewicz さんは書きました: Good morning I am using OO32, the machine(s) I am currently working with run Win XP. Whenever I scroll down the screen (or just typing something in existing text does the same) and I come to the bottom of the screen, the cursor jumps between 7-9 lines (I counted them) down. This happens both in page and web view Good evening I am really sorry, but apparently I did not do my homework on this question. After receiving all the helpful advice here I also did a Google search. And I found: In the past many other people have asked the *EXACT* same question I asked for many years already. The conclusion: OO is **NOT** capable/willing of changing that behavior, nor offering any other options. I am afraid, that settles it then: I HATE MS Word and AM trying to get away from MS products altogether, but having to deal with jitterbugs and reorient myself, searching for (d***) cursor is not acceptable. After staring for +25 years at computer screens my eyesight has considerably suffered. So, I usually display text magnified, so I will not have to squint to decipher each individual word. THAT leaves me with less lines on the screen (21-inch monitor); I counted: usually around 17-18. Let's say you have 5-6 lines in the top have of the screen in one language and 6-7 lines in the bottom half in a different language with a little space in between ... looking at the bottom shoots the top text portion out of view and vice versa. And each time the cursor jumps - to stay visible as it is claimed - I have to look for it. At least I could not yet find a way to make the cursor a bright red spot or so. I believe I mentioned (western) musical scores before. For +500 years they *ALWAYS* use FIVE lines and not six, or seven (OpenOffice uses apparently EIGHT lines) or any other number. There is a VERY WELL founded reason for that. I would like to believe, that the people who designed OpenOffice have their own reasons for choosing 8-line jumps and similarly believe, they are serving mankind in doing so. (In that case they might want to consider, why the 5-line musical scores have been so successful!) And probably both the designers and satisfied users just love the jumping up and down = jitterbugs. But I cannot handle this kind of nervous behavior. I guess, that will make OpenOffice unacceptable as the choice of wordprocessor for my daily work. Maybe these complaints may reach the ears of the designers (or is it programmers?) and eventually produce a change? But considering that this complaint has been filed many times for more than 5 years already, I probably should not keep my hopes up too high. Anyway, I would to thank everybody for trying to help me. Thank you! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] [Solved] Re: [users] change scroll behavior
Uwe Fischer さんは書きました: Hi Thomas, the OpenOffice.org Help Tips 'n' Tricks blog has a tip how to scroll by one page down or up. http://blogs.sun.com/oootnt/entry/navigation_in_writer May be this is helpful Uwe Thank you for the advice, but I know (how to do) that. The problem is, I want to scroll ** ONE LINE AT AT TIME** and not larger blocks of text. Sorry. As I said before, in Calc using the down arrow scrolls just **ONE CELL/LINE AT A TIME** When Calc can do it, why not Writer? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] messed key assignments up
Well, ... James Wilde さんは書きました: On Aug 26, 2010, at 03:55 , Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Usually Ctrl+X deletes selected words or text portions. But Ctrl+V used to restore/copy that text at whatever position the cursor is. Since I played with these settings, that function is gone. Ctrl+V copies the last text selected for copying. Fine so far, but is not necessarily the text I just deleted. Not sure that I'm understanding you fully, Thomas, but I agree that Ctrl+C and Ctrl+X both move marked text to the clipboard for subsequent pasting with Ctrl+V. The difference is, of course, that Ctrl+C leaves the original in place (copy) and Ctlr+X pulls the original (cut). However, in either case, Ctrl+V will only paste what has already been moved to the clipboard. You say Ctrl+V copies the last text selected for copying. Fine so far, but is not necessarily the text I just deleted. If you have deleted text any other way than with Ctrl+C or Ctrl+X (or their menu equivalents of course) I don't ever remember that such deleted text can be replaced by Ctrl+V. The alternative in such a case is Edit/Undo or Edit/Undo Typing, and you might have to press that alternative a few times depending on what has happened since the text disappeared. Select any word - press Ctrl+X = text disappears. In all other software I know, pressing Ctrl+V will paste the text portion that was deleted at the cursor position With my messed up settings pressing Ctrl+V will paste a text portion that has *SPECIFICALLY* been designated for *copy* - even this has been made in another open software - but NOT the text I just deleted. If I use in THIS particular case Undo: first = copied (from another software) text disappears; second the word I deleted intentionally reappears. Fine, but still I would like to return Ctrl+V to its original state. I do suppose, that everybody else will get: pressing Ctrl+V will paste the text portion that was deleted at the cursor position So, there should be a setting somewhere that will do that trick. I tried under Customize to click on reset, but that had no observable effect. (in fact, A LOT OF settings do not produce ANY detectable effect, like the one with highlighting I asked about the other day ...) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] mess-up gets worse
I just tried (again) to select Ctrl+V under Customize and use reset. Then I tried load and selected another document, of which I know, that things were functioning fine when I worked on that document. Now the arrow keys (up, down, left, right) do NOT RESPOND at all Is there any sensible way out of this, or do I have to uninstall the whole thing and do everything over again? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] change scroll behavior
Good morning I am using OO32, the machine(s) I am currently working with run Win XP. Whenever I scroll down the screen (or just typing something in existing text does the same) and I come to the bottom of the screen, the cursor jumps between 7-9 lines (I counted them) down. This happens both in page and web view. This DOES NOT happen in Calc. There you get one row at a time. So, every time Writer jumps to a new location, I have to reorient myself and find the last location I have been looking at. Since this happens VERY often in my work, this is also VERY tyring. I am sure many people are just happy with this behavior, but for me this is just disorientating. (All musical scores have FIVE lines, because the number five can be intuitavely and instantaneously processed by the human brain. With 7 or 8 that does not work any longer.) Question: IS there a way to change this behavior? I have looked, but could not find anything. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] change scroll behavior
Howard Barr さんは書きました: On 26/08/2010 09:32, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good morning I am using OO32, the machine(s) I am currently working with run Win XP. Whenever I scroll down the screen (or just typing something in existing text does the same) and I come to the bottom of the screen, the cursor jumps between 7-9 lines (I counted them) down. This happens both in page and web view. This DOES NOT happen in Calc. There you get one row at a time. So, every time Writer jumps to a new location, I have to reorient myself and find the last location I have been looking at. Since this happens VERY often in my work, this is also VERY tyring. I am sure many people are just happy with this behavior, but for me this is just disorientating. (All musical scores have FIVE lines, because the number five can be intuitavely and instantaneously processed by the human brain. With 7 or 8 that does not work any longer.) Question: IS there a way to change this behavior? I have looked, but could not find anything. Hi Thomas, I agree, this problem would be very annoying but I have never had this problem. Are you using the default page settings? And the default styles? If you want to attach the page you are having problems with I can check it for you. Howard I have set a font and the margins as my personal style, but otherwise did not touch anything. Yet, this jump (instead of scroll) behavior happens with ALL documents on ALL my computers (just checked: it is the same on a PC running Ubuntu 10.04 / OO3.2). The file I am working on now is work (= confidential), so I cannot send you that, but since ANY file will do, I will try to send you one privately later. Or can I attach a file here and send it to the list? The problem that makes the jumpy behavior most annoying is, that I often work on existing texts in one language, that I overwrite in the process of translating. That means the upper half of the screen may be in one language, while the lower half is in a different one. When the cursor jumps at the bottom, the top of the screen - at which I ALSO looking - disappears from view too ... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] messed key assignments up
Good morning I am really sorry for asking this stupid question. Trying to figure out keyboard shortcuts etc. apparently I messed up one of the basic settings - and now I don't know how to get it back (really stupid indeed!). Usually Ctrl+X deletes selected words or text portions. But Ctrl+V used to restore/copy that text at whatever position the cursor is. Since I played with these settings, that function is gone. Ctrl+V copies the last text selected for copying. Fine so far, but is not necessarily the text I just deleted. Googling I found that Ctrl+V should copy the context of the clipboard. That makes sense (even to me). But where do I find that under Tools - Customize - Keyboard. I have looked through all items there, but cannot find it. Is is there maybe under a different name? Sorry for wasting everybody's time, but thank you in advance. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] change scroll behavior
Howard Barr さんは書きました: On 26/08/2010 10:23, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Howard Barr ã•ã‚“ã¯æ›¸ãã¾ã—ãŸ: On 26/08/2010 09:32, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good morning I am using OO32, the machine(s) I am currently working with run Win XP. Whenever I scroll down the screen (or just typing something in existing text does the same) and I come to the bottom of the screen, the cursor jumps between 7-9 lines (I counted them) down. This happens both in page and web view. This DOES NOT happen in Calc. There you get one row at a time. So, every time Writer jumps to a new location, I have to reorient myself and find the last location I have been looking at. Since this happens VERY often in my work, this is also VERY tyring. I am sure many people are just happy with this behavior, but for me this is just disorientating. (All musical scores have FIVE lines, because the number five can be intuitavely and instantaneously processed by the human brain. With 7 or 8 that does not work any longer.) Question: IS there a way to change this behavior? I have looked, but could not find anything. Hi Thomas, I agree, this problem would be very annoying but I have never had this problem. Are you using the default page settings? And the default styles? If you want to attach the page you are having problems with I can check it for you. Howard I have set a font and the margins as my personal style, but otherwise did not touch anything. Yet, this jump (instead of scroll) behavior happens with ALL documents on ALL my computers (just checked: it is the same on a PC running Ubuntu 10.04 / OO3.2). The file I am working on now is work (= confidential), so I cannot send you that, but since ANY file will do, I will try to send you one privately later. Or can I attach a file here and send it to the list? The problem that makes the jumpy behavior most annoying is, that I often work on existing texts in one language, that I overwrite in the process of translating. That means the upper half of the screen may be in one language, while the lower half is in a different one. When the cursor jumps at the bottom, the top of the screen - at which I ALSO looking - disappears from view too ... Yes, you can attach and send to the list. Does this happen when you are using just one language? Is one of the languages (fonts) that you are using Japanese? Yes, one of the language I usually work with is Japanese. BUT the scrolling behavior is still the same, even when I use ONLY English or German. I take the liberty of attaching a short file (Japanese + German) where I told Mercedes Benz to reconsider their rather strange advertisement in Japan ... (now I have dentist appoint and will not be back for while ...) Benz claim.odt Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Two page test cursor document
NoOp さんは書きました: On 08/21/2010 06:59 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Sigrid Carrera さんは書きました: Harold, Tested the same on (all US English): Standard OOo 3.2.1 (linux) o Does not work OOo-dev 3.3.0 (linux) o Does not work Ubuntu (go-oo/novell) OOo 3.2.0 (linux) o Works Ubuntu (go-oo/novell) OOo 3.2.1 (linux) o Works Standard OOo 3.2.1 (WinXP) o Does not work Good afternoon Today I tried it on a machine I am using for experimenting with Linux = Ubuntu 10.04 OO 3.2 Here it works. So, this seems to be a problem related to the Windows version. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] toggle functions
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak さんは書きました: On 08/21/2010 05:08 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak さんは書きました: What do you mean by Highlight? Can you write a single macro to do this? By highlight I mean applying a colored background to the selected text (in the form of a fluorescent marker). Naturally, that makes the text stand out. I have good news and bad news :-) There is a background attribute which contains the color for the background. You can grab the cursor and check to see if the background is set to your special background color (or if it is set to anything at all). Then, you can make your decision of what to do based on that (clear it or set it). There may be a few difficulties based on the complexity of your selection and things such as cursor position. For example, what happens if you select a range of text and only part of it has the background set and part does not? Also, if the cursor is positioned at the end of the text with the background, you may experience a different result than if it is at the front. I could ramble on, but, no reason at this point. As to how to find the macro, well, this depends on where you stored it in the first place. The macro may be stored in a single document, in which case it should only be available in a single document. It is most likely stored in the OOo Standard library. Use Tools Macros Organize Macros OpenOffice.org Basic to open the OOo Macros dialog. In the left side of the screen, scroll to the top of the list labeled Macro From. Expand My Macros. There should be a Library named Standard. I would look there first. Highlight a module (probably named Module 1 and click Edit. Below I copy the text from the two macros. Highlight first, removehighlight next. But, with your permission, this is not really about macros. It is about keyboard customization. Under Tools - customize - keyboard you can assign to keys of your choice functions/attributes etc. of your choice. THERE: Ctrl+Shift+P = superscript. Same key combination toggles superscript ON/OFF. This has been there from the beginning and is NOT MY doing. All I want to do is assign this function = turn the font background a specific color to a key combination of my choice. Which will then turn this feature ON and OFF. THAT is the way it works in Word, Wordperfect and I suppose in other software too, but there I usually do not need it, so I cannot tell. And since it DOES(!) work for superscript, I fail to see why it DOES NOT work for background color elsewhere called hightlight. The latter one is a font attribute I can apply using the mouse = same as superscript. So, what is the difference between the one font attribute and the other??? If I could assign this font attribute to a key, I would not need any macros. Below, a lot of text (macros) I do not understand. REM * BASIC * Sub Main End Sub sub savetoR rem -- rem define variables dim document as object dim dispatcher as object rem -- rem get access to the document document = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame dispatcher = createUnoService(com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper) rem -- dim args1(2) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue args1(0).Name = URL args1(0).Value = file:///R:/TK%20dye%20patent.ods args1(1).Name = FilterName args1(1).Value = calc8 args1(2).Name = SelectionOnly args1(2).Value = true dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, .uno:SaveAs, , 0, args1()) end sub sub eckigklammer rem -- rem define variables dim document as object dim dispatcher as object rem -- rem get access to the document document = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame dispatcher = createUnoService(com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper) rem -- dim args1(1) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue args1(0).Name = Symbols args1(0).Value = [ args1(1).Name = FontName args1(1).Value = Verdana dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, .uno:InsertSymbol, , 0, args1()) rem -- dim args2(1) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue args2(0).Name = Symbols args2(0).Value = ] args2(1).Name = FontName args2(1).Value = Verdana dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, .uno:InsertSymbol, , 0, args2()) end sub sub highlight rem -- rem define variables dim document as object dim dispatcher as object rem
Re: [users] Last cursor position
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak さんは書きました: Place the cursor where you want it and then choose file Save. When I open the document again, the cursor is where it was when I last saved the document. Is this not the case for you? Very odd indeed. It has always done this for me. Is there some configuration setting that controls this? EVERY time I reopen a document, the cursor starts at the top of the document. Good evening from Japan I just tried that - and for the fun of it - used the mouse (instead of key commands) The cursor is ALWAYS at the top of the document. No matter what I tried so far. If it provides any consolation (not to me at least): MS Word does the same thing: cursor always at the top of the document. Is there some configuration ... ? That was my question. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Last cursor position
Sigrid Carrera さんは書きました: Hi Thomas, 2010/8/21 Thomas Blasejewicz tho...@s7.dion.ne.jp: Good morning (OO 3.2) This relates to the other question I posted a few minutes ago, but considered it advisable to open a new thread. [...] OOo does this automatically, but you have to enter at least your name in the Tools Options field. Otherwise OOo can not decide, if it was you who edited last the file and will place the cursor on page 1. Just filling in your name should be enough, you don't have to enter everything. I trust this helps. Sigrid - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org I HAVE my name, the name of my little acupuncture clinic, zip code, telephone number etc. registered (for a very long time already) Apparently THIS does not do the trick. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] toggle functions
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak さんは書きました: What do you mean by Highlight? Can you write a single macro to do this? My guess is that it can be done if you desire to do so. the trick, however, is that your macro must be able to determine the current state so that it can be toggled. You say that you have a macro that turns it on, and one that turns it off. Can you post the macros for this and let me have a look? On 08/20/2010 10:05 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good morning I am sure, I will make myself with this question - which I actually posted already 2-3 times in the past - the most unpopular person on the list. Toggle functions/features. Hit F5 - get the navigator; hit F5 again - the navigator disappears. Ctrl+shift+p - superscript; Ctrl+shift+p - superscript back to normal. The first example is a function, the second a font attribute. THIS apparently works. I have tried in the past to assign a key combination to highlight text and then remove the highlight. Upon asking, I was told, the ONLY way to achieve this is by creating **TWO DIFFERENT** macros. THAT is what I did and currently use. But isn't this rather stupid (mysterious): I CAN toggle the font attribute superscript with the SAME key ON/OFF But I can NOT toggle the font attribute highlight ON/OFF. (I have been working on this for a very long time already ...) WHY??? Never in the past when I posted this question has anyone attempted (not to mention succeeded) to answer this question. And, as a matter of course, this feature is available in almost ALL other software that I use/know. Anything that makes sense would be highly appreciated. Even this were not possible technically (rather difficult to believe!), I would like to know the REASON instead of quietely dealing with this schizophrenic behavior. Thank you. By highlight I mean applying a colored background to the selected text (in the form of a fluorescent marker). Naturally, that makes the text stand out. Yes, I DO have 2 macros (it took me some struggle to set them up). One applies the background color to the text (highlight it) and the other removes it, if I select exactly the highlighted text. I would love to send you the macro content, but I am afraid I do not know how find, copy and paste the content. If you could me a hint as to how to achieve that I will gladly provide you the requested information. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Two page test cursor document
Sigrid Carrera さんは書きました: Harold, I saved the document and opened it. The cursor is to the left of the first as far as I know, this works as intended. Since the original document was saved by Andrew, you should see the document from the very start. But, when you make a change and safe this, the next time you open the same document, your cursor should be at the same position where you were last. Have you tried changing something? Does this work now for you? It should not matter, if you have en-US or en-GB of OOo. It should also not matter if you have the vanilla or the go-ooo build of OpenOffice.org. Good morning from Japan and thank you for your help. I opened the document and the cursor was at the very top of the document, as usual. A few minutes ago I followed your advice, applied some change, saved, reopend. Now the cursor is CLOSER to the last position. Last position: I will place the cursor here is the cursor there? - between the I applied the lately discussed highlight and saved. BUT, upon reopening the document the cusor is NOT between , but in the middle of cursor. Even though that is strange, I would be satisfied with that kind of precision, because then I would not have to scroll through 30 pages ... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Restore last view
I am using OO 3.2. Currently I am working for a week on a certain document (simultaneously also using a number of other software), so that it more or less frequently occurs, that I have to shut down OO (and/or the computer) to open the document later again and continue work. Question: I have set the View option to web layout. Magnification to 150%. (the ordinary print layout has a VERY jumpy = annoying behavior. = does not scroll smoothly) EVERY time I reopen the document, this is back to normal (100%) and I have to reset it manually. Is it not possible to make OO remember what was last set / used? Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Last cursor position
Good morning (OO 3.2) This relates to the other question I posted a few minutes ago, but considered it advisable to open a new thread. I frequently have to open, close and reopen documents, usually 20-30 pages long. EVERY time I reopen a document, the cursor starts at the top of the document. This is maybe normal, but not where I was working when I closed the document. I have been told before, that I could set bookmarks and jump to that position. I know I can do that, but that is not really helpful. The last cursor position is different every time I save the document and even if I set a bookmark - close the document - reopen it: the cursor still will be at the top of the document and I have to perform several key or mouse actions to manually jump to the last WORKING position. (in this also a number of unnecessary bookmarks accumulates) In Wordperfect there is something called quickmark - a bookmark set automatically at the cursor postion when saving the file and to which the cursor jumps automatically when the file is reopened. Is there something as elegant as this, or do I have to put up with manually scrolling/jumping through dozens of pages each time I open a file? Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] toggle functions
Good morning I am sure, I will make myself with this question - which I actually posted already 2-3 times in the past - the most unpopular person on the list. Toggle functions/features. Hit F5 - get the navigator; hit F5 again - the navigator disappears. Ctrl+shift+p - superscript; Ctrl+shift+p - superscript back to normal. The first example is a function, the second a font attribute. THIS apparently works. I have tried in the past to assign a key combination to highlight text and then remove the highlight. Upon asking, I was told, the ONLY way to achieve this is by creating **TWO DIFFERENT** macros. THAT is what I did and currently use. But isn't this rather stupid (mysterious): I CAN toggle the font attribute superscript with the SAME key ON/OFF But I can NOT toggle the font attribute highlight ON/OFF. (I have been working on this for a very long time already ...) WHY??? Never in the past when I posted this question has anyone attempted (not to mention succeeded) to answer this question. And, as a matter of course, this feature is available in almost ALL other software that I use/know. Anything that makes sense would be highly appreciated. Even this were not possible technically (rather difficult to believe!), I would like to know the REASON instead of quietely dealing with this schizophrenic behavior. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] toggle functions on/off
David Hoehns さんは書きました: Tom You did not include the other Cnt Shft J= Full Screen V=Paste Special B=Subscript toggle N=Opens Template Window and as you said P=Superscript dh -- From: Thomas Blasejewicz tho...@s7.dion.ne.jp Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:42 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] toggle functions on/off Good evening I am using 3.2 and since I installed this version, I am trying to use it more frequently (get used to it), although I did play with OO for the last few years. About 6 months ago, I did ask a question about toggling highlighting ON/OFF (in Writer, but if available elsewhere too). And I want the function to be available ALWAYS and not only like with a certain style in a particular document. I am using this function currently in Wordperfect and Word to mark words or portions of text, that I would like to revise later, upon which I do remove the highlighting. Six months ago I was told (on this list), that the best (only?) way to do this, is creating macros. One for turning highlighting ON and another for turning it OFF again. (rather inconvenient) And THAT is the way I am currently using it. However, the other day I more or less by chance found, that Writer actually comes with this toggling function: Crtl+Shift+P = toggles superscript ON/OFF. Just ONE key combination does the job - not TWO macros. If this is possible with superscript/subscript etc., I believe it should also be possible for highlighting. If this is so, how do you do that? Thank you for the hint. But the question was: can you assign this functionality to other things too. Superscript and subscript are font attributes. If you CAN toggle those ON/OFF with a single key combination, I fail to see why you cannot do that with highlight, which is also a font attribute. What major difference should there be between the one and the other??? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] spellcheck in Calc
I do expect, this question has been asked before, but cannot find it now. I have a spreadsheet that has several columns of English text and ONE column with German text. The German spellchecking dictionary *IS* installed. Wenn I try to run a spellcheck, Calc naturally assumes, that everything is in English. Unfortunately I could not yet figure out, how to tell Calc to use only for column D the German spellchecking dictionary. Selecting the column and then Tools - Language does NOT allow to set the German dictionary. Neither is this possible, when I try Format - column etc. It **IS** however possible to select the text within a particular cell, then Format - Character - Language - German But since there are about 1500 such cells, I would prefer to do the setting in one sweep. Is that possible? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] spellcheck in Calc
Thank you! That was the answer I was looking for. Brian Barker さんは書きました: At 20:30 01/07/2010 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: I have a spreadsheet that has several columns of English text and ONE column with German text. The German spellchecking dictionary *IS* installed. When I try to run a spellcheck, Calc naturally assumes, that everything is in English. Unfortunately I could not yet figure out, how to tell Calc to use only for column D the German spellchecking dictionary. Selecting the column and then Tools - Language does NOT allow to set the German dictionary. Neither is this possible, when I try Format - column etc. It **IS** however possible to select the text within a particular cell, then Format - Character - Language - German. But since there are about 1500 such cells, I would prefer to do the setting in one sweep. Is that possible? Yes. o Click the column header to select the column (or select a range of cells). o Go to Format | Cells... | Font | Language (or right-click | Format Cells... | Font | Language) and select the required language there. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] toggle functions on/off
Good evening I am using 3.2 and since I installed this version, I am trying to use it more frequently (get used to it), although I did play with OO for the last few years. About 6 months ago, I did ask a question about toggling highlighting ON/OFF (in Writer, but if available elsewhere too). And I want the function to be available ALWAYS and not only like with a certain style in a particular document. I am using this function currently in Wordperfect and Word to mark words or portions of text, that I would like to revise later, upon which I do remove the highlighting. Six months ago I was told (on this list), that the best (only?) way to do this, is creating macros. One for turning highlighting ON and another for turning it OFF again. (rather inconvenient) And THAT is the way I am currently using it. However, the other day I more or less by chance found, that Writer actually comes with this toggling function: Crtl+Shift+P = toggles superscript ON/OFF. Just ONE key combination does the job - not TWO macros. If this is possible with superscript/subscript etc., I believe it should also be possible for highlighting. If this is so, how do you do that? (By the way, in Wordperfect you can turn the highlighing OFF simply by placing the cursor anywhere in the highlighted text and use your preferred shortcut key. In Word you have to select the exact range.) I have another question about toggling between windows, but will put this in a different thread. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] toggling between windows
Is there in OO any way to switch between currently open windows of a particular application? I mean: during my work I often have 8-10 different application running and in some of them several different documents open (like for example 3 Writer documents, 2 Calc document and 2 Word documents). Now, while working on a particular document in writer I may wish to switch to another open Writer document. Most (all?) other software I am using allow me to do that (in Word Shift+F6 etc.). That is very convenient in that I don't have to think about any other document/software popping up. In Writer however, as far as I understand it, you can switch between open windows by using Alt + Tab, but as described above, there may be 10-15 open windows ... In Writer itself, you can go to Windows - and click on the relevant document (or use a key combination, but if there are more than 2 open documents, the letter for open document changes and you have to ascertain it. Is it possible to setup a keyboard shortcut that will switch ONLY between open Writer (or Calc etc.) documents? I tried to create a macro, but had not much luck with that so far ... Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Remember last cursor point
I just noticed, that when I switch between ordinary display and web layout, the cursor jumps to the top of the document and I have to scroll down and find the position where I was last working = which is not necessarily the very end of the document. Is there a setting that makes Writer remember the last position the cursor was in before changing something/switching documents/windows etc.? I know there is a so-called quick mark in my beloved Wordperfect that assures that you get right back to where you left the document. Checking the options I could so far not find anything comparative. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] scroll behavior in writer
Good morning from Japan I have started using OpenOffice more frequently lately and came across some rather annoying features. One is the scrolling behavior in Writer. Searching on the net, I found the following: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7t=827 Configure Arrow Key Scroll Behavior? Post13, 2007 10:28 am Is there any way to change Writer's behavior when scrolling through a document with the arrow keys? Currently, when it gets to the edge of the window, it will jump several lines .. I currently have the Windows 2.1 version. Post Dec 13, 2007 7:32 pm No way to change that. Be aware though, that using the arrow keys in a Writer document does not scroll the window. What you're actually doing is moving the editing cursor. . This was apparently 2 years ago. Has this changed? Or have there been improvements/changes that allow you to change this behavior now? I am using OO3.2 (Windows XP) Thank you Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] how to create a hanging indent
As far as I know, the thing is called in English a hanging indent. You have a number (may NOT be consecutive), an asterix, a symbol or whatever at the left margin, then a tab stop to the text. If the following text covers several lines, the left margin of the text should be aligned with the tab stop. Something like the following. * I tried all sorts of predefined paragraph / list styles but could not find any that would do the trick. In particular since I DO NOT want OO to put numbers or symbols there. My endeavors of creating such a style have so far failed and the official documentation does not contain the keyword hanging indent. Has this a different name under OpenOffice? If the trick is possible, I would really like to know how it is done. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] how to create a hanging indent [Solved]
Thank you. Séamas Ó Brógáin さんは書きました: Format Paragraph Indent Before text: 5 mm [or whatever indent you want] After text: 0 First line: -5 mm [i.e. the same amount as “Before text” only minus] Thank you and Mr. Barker. That does the trick. (I will need to get used to that procedure) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] ghost paths for OOo3.2 under Ubuntu 9.04
Good evening The other day I upgraded the OpenOffice 3.01 that came with Ubuntu 9.04 to 3.2. (THAT was a difficult birth!) Because that did not went automatically by simply clicking an installer icon etc., I created (had to) a directory I called openoffice into which I unpacked all the files. After lots of trouble I finally succeeded and the software is working. Problem: Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Paths ** it says here, that the path(s) to autocorr, gallery, autotext, template etc. is something like: /home/thomas/.openoffice.org/3/user/template (template = example) That is nice, but when I tried to create a template and save it in this directory, tells me, there is no such directory or file. I tried to search (nautilus - Ctrl+F; browse the relevant directories manually etc.) for it, but cannot find it ANYWHERE! (View - show hidden files = ON) I have OOo32 installed under Windows too. THERE I can find, edit, browse etc. the relevant directories. Now, is there a particular reason, why I have to deal with ghost directories under Linux? In order to save the template I created, I had to create a new directory (named templates; under openoffice). When I tried to edit the paths to templates with this new name, I was given the choice between add or delete. I added the path to that new directory and marked it as default. Yet, in the window with the path setting it now reads: /home/thomas/.openoffice.org/3/user/template; home/thomas/openoffice/templates Since the first half of this nice, long path cannot be found anyway ... Should I maybe first choose delete that old default pathway? thank you. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] soffice.bin = highly dangerous??
Recently I installed OO32 on both my Windows machines (plus a Linux machine). Under Windows I have VirusBuster running. In more or less regular intervals a little window opens in the right lower corner of the screen, telling me (since I am running a Japanese system, the message is in Japanese) that something called soffice.bin is trying to access the system files and VirusBuster has blocked that attempt. And: VirusBuster marks this event as highly dangerous. This did NOT happen with what I used before: OOo2.3. What is this all about? IS OO32 actually dangerous? What is this soffice.bin trying to do? In other words ... what am I supposed to do about it? Thank you. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] soffice.bin = highly dangerous??
M Henri Day さんは書きました: 2010/2/27 Thomas Blasejewicz tho...@s7.dion.ne.jp Recently I installed OO32 on both my Windows machines (plus a Linux machine). Under Windows I have VirusBuster running. In more or less regular intervals a little window opens in the right lower corner of the screen, telling me (since I am running a Japanese system, the message is in Japanese) that something called soffice.bin is trying to access the system files and VirusBuster has blocked that attempt. And: VirusBuster marks this event as highly dangerous. This did NOT happen with what I used before: OOo2.3. What is this all about? IS OO32 actually dangerous? What is this soffice.bin trying to do? In other words ... what am I supposed to do about it? Thank you. Thomas Thomas, there seem to be several different programmes which call themselves «VirusBuster», one a rogue anti-spyware programme ( http://preview.tinyurl.com/yg4k34 ), and the other a presumably legitimate AV-protection. If it's the latter you have, can't it be configured to recognise «soffice.bin», which I understand to be the OOo quick starter programme ?... 頑張って ! Henri Thank you Henri VirusBuster is a commercial product by TrendMicro and which I purchased in a respectable shop. It should be both legitimate and probably also well functioning. Your comment referring to the quick starter makes sense and I tried (with a little luck also succeeded) in setting permission for it in VirusBuster. (I will let you know, when this has solved the problem.) Other comments referring to crappy ... unfortunately have been much less helpful. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] keyboard shortcut to toggle highlight ON/OFF
Problem: During work (translation) I want to mark certain portions of text that I would like to go over again later, before I send the job off. In Word or WordPerfect I use the highlight function for this and have keyboard shortcuts assigned to that task. In writer I tried to assign a keyboard shortcut (like eg. Alt+H) that has the effect of highlighting the currently selected text and preferrably also turn the highlighting off when pressed again (toggle between ON/OFF). First, I could not find the item (highlight) under Tools - customize - keyboard (categories, functions; looked through all available items). Next, I created a character style that does the above. But these styles seem to be limited to the currently edited document. And although my style seems to be still there, the keyboard shortcut works only if it feels like it (mostly not), and I have to set it up again and again ... I am looking not for one particular character style in one particular document. A keyboard shortcut for one formatting function that is available in ALL documents I will be working on/with. Since Writer, Calc etc. are just parts of ONE thing, it would be nice, if that function would work in all these components. Is that possible? How would that be done? Thank you Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Document style
Is there such thing as a document style (so far I could not find any mentioning of that in any of the available documentations) that I can apply to the entire document I am working on. Not only the individual paragraph(s)? The documentation mentions: paragraph, character, page, frame and list styles. A template - as far as I understand the matter - would apply to a NEW document. But I would like to have a set of formatting that I can apply to existing documents. During my work companies always send me Word files, most of which contain formatting that is rather counterproductive for my work. So, I would like to apply a set of formatting - mostly font, font size, alignment, language setting - that replaces what there is already in the document. I tried to create a default template (not really successfully yet), but that requires, that I first open a file, then copy the text into the new document. That is not very elegant (and did not work well either). Is there a trick to do this? Thank you Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] character style and key shortcut
I am trying to get used to styles (rather struggling) Problem: During work (translation) I want to mark certain portions of text that I would like to go over again later, before I send the job off. In Word or WordPerfect I use the highlight function for this and have a keyboard shortcut assigned. In writer I tried to assign a keyboard shortcut (like eg. Alt+H) that has the effect of highlighting the currently selected text and preferrably also remove the highlighting when pressed again (toggle between ON/OFF). First, I could not find the item (highlight) under Tools - customize - keyboard (categories, functions; looked through all available items). Next, I created a character style that does the above. But these styles seem to be limited to the currently edited document. And although my style seems to be still there, the keyboard shortcut works only if it feels like it (mostly not), and I have to set it up again and again ... Is there a way of making this setting stay active in ALL documents I will be working on/with? Someone also suggested, that I need to create a template, that contains all the styles I would like to use. This is a related question: how do I apply (make them available??) styles to the entire document? Including documents that were created in Word for example and read with Writer (to be edited). In that case - I tried that - formatting from Word seems to interfer with the styles I am trying to apply. Is there such thing as a document style (so far I could not find any mentioning of that in any of the available documentations) that I can apply to the entire document I am working on. Not only the individual paragraph(s)? Thank you. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] style changes are NOT retained
I am starting to use style in OO. Referring to the official documentation, I tried to modify the default paragraph style. Basically changing only the font and its size. (modified settings - clicked OK) Yet, when I open another document or try otherwise to apply this modified style a second time, all the settings are back to their original values. Is that normal?? (if it is, it is very annoying at best). If not, how am I supposed to tell OO that I want it to remember those settings? Thank you. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Path specification
jonathon さんは書きました: Tim Deaton wrote: The fact that OOo is one program is no excuse. It's still several very different TOOLS, Actually, it is one tool, with several different modes of operation. And nobody who's halfway organized is likely to save all those different kinds of files in the same folder. And anybody who is organized, will have a custom directory for _each_ project_, and _each_ client. What is tossed into those directories is the content for that specific client, regardless of the format that they are in. jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org Well, I am probably not really qualified to comment on this, but for me as a freelance translator, it would NOT make much sense to organize files by clients or projects etc. (there are usually no big projects, but over 120 agencies and 300 jobs per year; separate folders for all that would make things probably worse), but over time the number of files in the same format (here Writer/Calc) builds up (considerably). So - for me! - it is much easier to put identical file formats together into one folder (allows me to search file content regardless of client/project) and maybe sort those files by whatever criteria I may fancy at a later time. But then again, I am not very organized. It is just the way I am comfortable with and was hoping OO might be supportive in this not really complicated task. Yet, I understand now, that this is at the moment apparently not possible. I will do it manually. Good night (4:20 am) from Japan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] file icons
Good afternoon This is not really important, but I still somehow would like to know what is happening. I installed OO3.2 both at home and in my office. It works fine in both locations. Yet, at home I get those little icons indicating Writer, Calc etc. to the left of the file names, both when looking from within OO as well as using a browser. As far as I can tell the installation went exactly the same both at home and in my office. In my office computer however, the list of files has these little things left to the file names usually indicating, that the computer does not know what kind of software was used to create those files. Is there any particular reason, why those icons do not show? Is there any way I can fix that (easily)? If not, it's also OK, since program and files are working fine anyway Thank you. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Path specification
I know, that you can specify various different paths under Tools - Options - Paths However, as far as I could figure out so far, there is only ONE choice for a path to your private files (my documents). So, I made a directory for OO files. Yet, most other software I know, allow to specify individual paths. Question: Is there a way I can specify ONE default path for all Writer files and a different path for all Calc files? Having those separated would make things a little easier. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Path specification
Twayne さんは書きました: In news:4b797cc3.6010...@s7.dion.ne.jp, Thomas Blasejewicz tho...@s7.dion.ne.jp typed: Question: Is there a way I can specify ONE default path for all Writer files and a different path for all Calc files? Having those separated would make things a little easier. Thank you. This might help you undestand it better: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm I suspect you are under a misconception about where/when the path is important. In particular I see no need for the path to ever include My Documents. It's only useful for executable files. I further suspect that rather than path, you are really concerned with relocating some of the program's directories. If so, each entry will HAVE a path, but path isn't relevant beyond anything executable; it's just a location for storage of files. HTH, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org Thank you. Maybe I did not make myself clear. Probably the path thing was confusing, but that is, what it is called in the menu ... I want to set a default folder for Writer/Calc. That means. whenever I open or save a file, Writer/Calc would look in that particular folder for files (unless specified otherwise). Like: open a new file in Calc, work on it and then save it. In that case I would like Calc to save the file automatically in a folder that contains only Calc files (same with Writer). I can do that with Word, Lotus (very old!), Wordperfect, text editors etc. etc., just about every software I possess. So, I assume, that this task cannot be so difficult and somehow hope, that OpenOffice is able to do the same trick. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Is there an advantage of buying StarOffice?
Good evening Recently, I downloaded and installed OpenOffice 3.2 plus a few extensions. Installation of those extensions took me to the Oracle website, where I learned about Star Office (priced at about 35 USD). Here is the situation: * I make most of our living on translation (freelance, in Japan). * About 99.8% of the companies I work for, send me MS files: Word, Excel, sometimes PowerPoint - and naturally expect to get those MS files back. * Yet, I do NOT like MS and WANT to get away from it. * I have used - not really intensively - OpenOffice in the past. So far, so good. * I have to be able to use English, German (both preferrably including spell checking etc.) and Japanese. * So far, OpenOffice allows me to do that. Now, would there be any advantage of purchasing the commercial version of StarOffice over OpenOffice? Mainly with the purpuse of getting away from Microsoft while retaining the ability to handle MS files. The website naturally just describes how wonderful the software is (which is not really helpful), so I thought I ask the learned people on this list for opinions and maybe advice. The price is low enough for an experiment, but I still would like to ask before buying ... Thank you in adavance. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Is there an advantage of buying StarOffice?
Peter Hillier-Brook さんは書きました: On 14/02/2010 09:00, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: Good evening Recently, I downloaded and installed OpenOffice 3.2 plus a few extensions. Installation of those extensions took me to the Oracle website, where I learned about Star Office (priced at about 35 USD). Here is the situation: * I make most of our living on translation (freelance, in Japan). * About 99.8% of the companies I work for, send me MS files: Word, Excel, sometimes PowerPoint - and naturally expect to get those MS files back. * Yet, I do NOT like MS and WANT to get away from it. * I have used - not really intensively - OpenOffice in the past. So far, so good. * I have to be able to use English, German (both preferrably including spell checking etc.) and Japanese. * So far, OpenOffice allows me to do that. Now, would there be any advantage of purchasing the commercial version of StarOffice over OpenOffice? I would suggest the following actions: 1 Continue with OpenOffice.org until you find a task it cannot perform. 2 Then research Star Office to establish whether it offers the missing functionality. Until such time, why pay to switch? Peter HB - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org You are right. That makes sense. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] transfer user dictionary to new version
I am currently using Oxygen Office (OpenOffice 2.3) under Windows XP and consider installing the newest version (Japanese localized: 3.1.1). I did made a few entries during spell checking in the user dictionary (or rather what is called standard). Is there a way of using this data after installing the new version? Maybe copy a certain dictionary file? I tried to find such a file, but had not much success so far. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] spell checking under Linux
Javier Rivera さんは書きました: You can add new extensions using the Extension Manager. It's under the Tools menu in Writer. There is a link there where you can click to download extra extensions. But... If you are using Ubuntu you can click on System-Administration-Language Tool. Thank you very much. I was able to download + install 1 new dictionary (German) via the extension manager and probably also able to successfully to the Ubuntu trick. Yet, the spell checking still does not work, although the dictionaries matches the language in the relevant paragraphs. Something like: This is a teest. Lets seee how it worcs. is marked as perfectly correct!? My son has a Windows computer with OO3.1 installed. There the English spelling somehow worked, but the newly installed German dictionary did not. So, I suppose, there must be another trick . - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] spell checking under Linux
Ladies and Gentlemen Currently I sometimes use the English version of Oxygen Office 2.3.1 for Windows (XP). As a translator I regularly use English, German and Japanese. For the last year I have been trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to get friendly with Linux. Currently I have Ubuntu 9.04 installed on one of my old computers. It contains OpenOffice 3.0. Under windows I have learned, that you choose File - Wizards - Install new dictionaries in order to get new dictionaries. So far, I could not yet find this function in the Linux version. Nor does the spell checker work. A complete nonsense text is checked and no errors found displayed. That cannot be right either. I would appreciate, if someone could point me into the direction, where I can find in the Linux version, what I am already using in the Windows version more or less troublefree. Thank you. Thomas Blasejewicz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] mails auf deutsch auf bitte senden
Schoene Gruesse aus Japan Ich bin sicher kein Experte fuer OpenOffice und kann da in Details auch nicht weiterhelfen, aber ich weiss, dass es eine deutschsprachige Webseite gibt: http://de.openoffice.org/ Dort finden Sie sicher manches, was Sie vielleicht brauchen. Die englischen Mails auf Deutsch lesen wuerde eine Uebersetzung erfordern, da es sich hier nicht um offizielle Mitteilungen handelt und ist somit wohl nicht praktisch machbar. Aber ich kann mich natuerlich auch taeuschen ... In der Hoffnung wenigsten ein bischen weitergeholfen zu haben. Thomas Blasejewicz www.einklang.com Was man muehelos erreichen kann, ist gewoehnlich nicht der Muehe wert, erreicht zu werden Robert Senn さんは書きました: Ich bin Anfänger und habe schon über 200 auf englische mails auf meinem PC. Bevor ich diese lösche,möchte ich diese auf deutsch lesen können. Können sie mir bitte helfen wie ich das anstellen kann auf meinem PC. vielen Dank - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Japanese input method - repeated character conversion
Ladies and Gentlemen Currently I sometimes use the English version of Oxygen Office 2.3.1 for Windows (XP). As a translator I regularly use English, German and Japanese. For the Japanese input you type the spelling (temporary input) of the words and the computer converts the spelling into Chinese characters. No problems with that. Yet, I very often make either mistakes while typing or else the computer chooses the wrong characters. In that case I have to retype. The Japanese version of MS Word has assigned a function to the key to the right of the space bar, that converts the input at the cursor back to temporary input and thus allows to make the relevant changes in case the original input was wrong. I know that the English version of WordPerfect I regularly use, does NOT respond to this key at all. So, I figure, it would be only natural, if Oxygen Office does not respond either. However, for clumsy people like me, who OFTEN make typing errors, this function of repeated input (I have no idea, whether there is an official term for it) is very helpful. Is there something somewhere in OO that could do this little trick? What would I have to look for in the help files? If there is no such function, would it be possible to write a macro etc. that does it? (I don't know how to write macros). Just hitting one key for the correction instead of retyping all the errors would save a lot of energy and time. I am grateful for any suggestions or hints. Thomas Blasejewicz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Writer - keyboard shortcut
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen I suspect, this question has already been answered somewhere, but since I cannot find where, I take the liberty of asking. In WordPerfect (I use mostly for English/German) or in Word, I customized the keyboard, so that the key combination Alt + H would highlight the currently selected text. In this way I mark words/passages I would like to go over again before I finish the document. Since the finished document cannot contain those highlighted portions, I do have to remove them during the final editing. In both WordPerfect and Word the key combination Alt + H produces a highlight when pressed once, and removes the highlight (of the selected text) when pressed again. In Writer I tried to customize my keyboard similarly. For reasons I do not understand Writer seems not to allow to assign the key combination Alt + H, but only ctrl + H. That would not be much of a problem, but I could not yet find out how to REMOVE the highlight from the selected text with a KEYSTROKE - clicking the icon and then no fill works fine. If there is a way, in which you can turn certain functions ON by striking a key shortcut once, and turning them OFF simply by striking the key again, I would be grateful for any hints. Thank you. Thomas Blasejewicz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Thunderbird question
I am sorry to bother the people on this list, but I noticed the other day that there were questions (and answers) about Thunderbird. I am trying to use it (ver. 1.5, Windows 2000) but seem to be unable to make the mail filters work. Even if all the parameters seem to be set alright, the mailer does not sort the messages accordingly = not at all. Is there a trick to setting mail filters? Or could anyone direct me to a site where I can find the answers? In the online help I could not find any instructions pertaining to such settings. Thank you in advance. Thomas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] how come I amnot subscribed
Dear all The other day I asked on different occasions 2 questions. The latest anwer I got today says on the first line: As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: Yet, I DID subsribe in the past, but certainly DID NOT unscribe from the list. Every day I get over a 100 messages. So, what did I do wrong that I am now suddenly treated as an outsider? Even though I may not be able provide intelligent answers to technical questions, I would like to continue being part of the community. Thank you for your help in advance. Thomas Blasejewicz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] delete unnecessary dictionaries
Dear list members I did install RC3 (I think) on a Windows 2000 machine. I works fine so far. Yet, there are a number of dictionaries installed from the beginning (like Thai, Suaheli, Italien etc.) that I do not need. I tried to disable those, but did not succeed so far. Is there a way of deleting those unnecessary dictionaries, without touching those for English and German that I do need? I suppose deleting those dictionaries would free some otherwise unecessarily used resources. Thank you in advance for your help. Thomas Blasejewicz
[users] backspace
Dear list members I installed the RC3 and wanted to use this program, but noticed that neither the backspace key nor the arrow keys work. Which means I can move through text ONLY by using the mouse. That cannot be right. Is there somewhere a setting that defines this operation? Thanks in advance. Thomas Blasejewicz
[users] Default file type
List members I did install RC3 and indicated in a dialog box shown during the installation that OpenOffice should open by default WinWord etc. files. That was maybe a mistake. When I try to open a Word file the computer opens that automatically with OO. Yet, for certain files I would like to open Word files with Word and OO files with OO. Is there a way to turn off this preference setting that I did chose myself during the installation? Or do I have to un- and then reinstall the software? Thank you in advance for your help Thomas Blasejewicz
[users] Re: Spellcheck in 1.9.95
I am not sure if this is really related to the issue, but: (BI tried spell checking a single column in a Calc document (imported (BfromExcel) that was written in German. I do have installed the German (Bdictionaries and they work fine in Writer. (BYet, in the Calc column, I tried that many different ways, the spell checker (Bautomatically switches after EACH individual German word checked back to the (BEnglish dictionary. (B (BIs that a matter of setting, or would this constitute a bug? (B (BThomas
RE: [users] [moderated]
Thank you for your mail I am sorry. I found the Open Office Org. site, the download corner and there the dictionaries (including the said dictinstaller where the downloaded files are ONLY three gif images!), but I don't know any wizard. I also don't know what to do with your hint: OOo/share/dict/ooo. Is that a directory, or an URL? How do you get there? Entering that into the browser only leads to a dnserror. A search for that particlar character string brought me to a site offering German dictionaries, but there too are many strings, commands or whatever that is, that I do not understand at all. Like: Name : openoffice-dicts-German Version : 2004.01.02 Vendor : Ark Open Source Release : 1ark Requires : /usr/lib/openoffice/program/update-dictionary.lst rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) = 3.0.5-1 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) = 3.0.4-1 /bin/sh rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) = 4.0-1 openoffice Does that mean, you HAVE TO BE a computer crack with a lexical knowledge of computer terms/commands otherwise unintelligible to ordinary people in order to install a few dictionaries? If that is the case I simply have to forsake any hope of finding alternatives to Microsoft. My sincere apologies for being so uneducated and asking such foolish questions. Thomas Blasejewicz -Original Message- From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:06 AM To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] I'm assuming that you are using file wizards install new dictionaries ... The folder that the dictionaries are installed into is something like OOo/share/dict/ooo as opposed to 'dictinstaller' you mention. Have a check on this directory and advise the list. Paul On 4/16/05, Thomas Blasejewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen The other day I learned about Open Office through a mailing list. Since I do not like (hate) Microsoft Office, yet have to use it for my job, I would really like to try Open Office. Downloaded several files already and installed (as a test) Version 2 (beta version). Also downloaded several dictionary files. Yet, the folder dictinstaller contains only 3 gif images, but no exe file. the link found on the website: http://www.ooodocs.org/dictinstall/ does not lead anywhere (dnserror) Question: How/where do I get the dictionary installer? Do I need that for Version 2 (it says it works only for Version 1) If not, how do I install the dictionaries? Without dictionaries the Writer would be close to useless. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Thomas Blasejewicz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] [moderated]
Ladies and Gentlemen (BThe other day I learned about Open Office through a mailing list. (BSince I do not like (hate) Microsoft Office, yet have to use it for my job, (BI would really like to try Open Office. (B (BDownloaded several files already and installed (as a test) Version 2 (beta (Bversion). (BAlso downloaded several dictionary files. (BYet, the folder "dictinstaller" contains only 3 gif images, but no exe file. (Bthe link found on the website: http://www.ooodocs.org/dictinstall/ (Bdoes not lead anywhere (dnserror) (B (BQuestion: (BHow/where do I get the dictionary installer? (BDo I need that for Version 2 (it says it works only for Version 1) (BIf not, how do I install the dictionaries? (BWithout dictionaries the "Writer" would be close to useless. (B (BThank you in advance for your assistance. (B (BThomas Blasejewicz
