[users] How do I reuse a footnote?

[Vincente Aggrippino]

I'm creating a document in OOo 2.0.4 and I want to have a single
footnote that is referenced in more than one place in the document.

When I create a footnote, it is linked so that, when I click on the
footnote's number, it jumps to the bottom of the page where the
footnote is.  I could create the first reference to the footnote
normally, then just put a number in superscript at each of the other
locations, but then I lose the link that jumps to the bottom of the
document where the footnote actually is.

Is there a way to do what I'm describing?

Example:

...
   3. Set the XML schema from the XML_SCHEMA constant1
...
   6. Copy the file to the OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_LOCATION1

...
(footnotes)
1. This constant is defined in the com.microsoft.playwithfiles.Util
class.  The source code to this class is not available.

Thank you,
   Vince Aggrippino

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[users] OOo_2.0.3..._de.iso

[Vincente Aggrippino]

I received the announcement from "OOo Quality Feedback" about the release of
OOo 2.0.3.  I like to have the full CD so that I can share it with my
colleagues and friends.  So, I have started downloading it via BitTorrent.
The only torrent I could find has
"OOo_2.0.3-1_CD_prooo-box_win-lin-mac_de.iso".  Does the "_de" part mean a
language other than English? (maybe German (Deutsch?))

Thank you,
   Vince Aggrippino

Re: [users] Re: oooDraw: word wrap text & resize shape to fit text

[Vincente Aggrippino]

On 4/4/06, Kjell Lindbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You have probably not created a shape but a plain rectangle or polygon.  I
> do not think these options are available for them. Try creating your
> polygons from the "basic shapes" or the "flowchart" buttons in the drawing
> toolbar and you will be allowed to do word wrap etc


That was exactly it ...  That's odd.  I  can create two  rectangles  in  a
document that seem identical, but only one allows me to wrap.

Thanks,
Vince

Kjell
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> "Vincente Aggrippino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> This seems like it should be an easy one, but I must be missing something.
>
> I am trying to create a relatively simple flowchart using
> OpenOffice.orgDraw.  For each object that I create, I want to "Word
> wrap text in shape"
> and "Resize shape to fit text".  However, these options are unavailable
> (grayed-out).
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thank you,
> Vince Aggrippino
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[users] oooDraw: word wrap text & resize shape to fit text

[Vincente Aggrippino]

This seems like it should be an easy one, but I must be missing something.

I am trying to create a relatively simple flowchart using
OpenOffice.orgDraw.  For each object that I create, I want to "Word
wrap text in shape"
and "Resize shape to fit text".  However, these options are unavailable
(grayed-out).

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you,
Vince Aggrippino

Re: [users] Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice

[Vincente Aggrippino]

On 10/25/05, Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 10/24/05, Vincente Aggrippino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > So, why use OpenOffice.org? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
> >
> > 1. I don't like a monopoly. Even if it doesn't fit the legal
> > definition of a monopoly, I don't like the feeling that Microsoft Office
> > is
> > the end-all and be-all of office productivity. In this sense, if
> Microsoft
> > was the one with the smaller market share, I would probably support
> them.
> > 2. I like the concept that I might have some input into the creation
> > process. I have the source code and I can even make changes myself. Does
> > anyone know a Microsoft programmer? Does anyone know someone who has
> > worked
> > on the code of Windows or Office, or even clippy? I think they are
> locked
> > in
> > a secret bunker 25 miles below the ground in Area 51.
> >
> > If Microsoft and OpenOffice.org (or any other alternative) ever have
> close
> > to an equal market share, I may re-examine my decision. However, I will
> > not
> > use Microsoft products for the forseeable future.
>
> You make no sense whatsoever. So because Microsoft is successful and
> popular, you hate them. But if they stop being successful and popular,
> then
> you'll like them. So you have nothing against their software - you just
> despite success, right?


I wouldn't say I hate Microsoft, but you are right to a certain extent. I
despise too much success at the expense of others. In this case, it feels
like it is sometimes at our expense... the customers.

For the record I have legally purchased and own ...

   1. Two licenses of Microsoft Windows XP Professional. I'm using one.
   2. One license of Microsoft Windows XP Home edition. I'm not using it.
   3. Microsoft Office 95. Not in use.
   4. Microsoft Office 97 (upgrade). Not in use.
   5. Microsoft Office XP. Not in use.

I feel that I have already given MS their quota of my income for life.

If they stop being as successful, I wouldn't like them any more than I do
now, but I might consider using their products if they had a very small
market share and they had a product which was a good alternative to that of
another company which had a very large, above 90% market share.

To be clear: I prefer not to support a company that already has over 80% of
the market. I don't hate them and I wouldn't like to see MS go away any more
than I would like to see the others go away. I cannot speak intelligently
about business ethics, but I think there are true MS haters who can give you
an earful. All I want to do is support the underdog so that there will
always continue to be an underdog.

If MS and OOo each had 50% of the market share, I'd use OOo?

If OOo had 90% and MS had 10%, I'd use MS?

If three companies each had 33% of the market share, I'd finally become a
real programmer (instead of the wannabe that I am now) and write VOffice to
capture that last 1% :)

To be completely fair, I should mention that I probably wouldn't have
accomplished what I have for myself in this field if it were not for MS.
That means more than it sounds like. I have no degrees but I still earn a
respectable living. I started with MS-DOS 3 in 1989 and I never even heard
about Open Source until many years later.

This makes sense to me...

You talk about fanatics, and you're right. You're out of your mind.


... but you might be right. Anyway, you can't prove anything. And the last
guy who tried hasn't been heard from since... MUWAHAHAHAHA!

-Chad Smith
>
>
dontcha just love flames :)

-- Vince

Re: [users] Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice

[Vincente Aggrippino]

I apologize now for the long email... but didn't you realize you were
posting a pro- MS Office message to the OOo user's group? :)

Let's forget the price for a moment. In real life, Microsoft Office is
available to everyone for free. Those who choose not to use pirated software
are noble, but that is a choice. It's not because it's not available.

Availability under Linux is also not a problem. I can tell you from
experience that Microsoft Office XP works perfectly under Linux with
Crossover Office.

So, why use OpenOffice.org? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...

   1. I don't like a monopoly. Even if it doesn't fit the legal
   definition of a monopoly, I don't like the feeling that Microsoft Office is
   the end-all and be-all of office productivity. In this sense, if Microsoft
   was the one with the smaller market share, I would probably support them.
   2. I like the concept that I might have some input into the creation
   process. I have the source code and I can even make changes myself. Does
   anyone know a Microsoft programmer? Does anyone know someone who has worked
   on the code of Windows or Office, or even clippy? I think they are locked in
   a secret bunker 25 miles below the ground in Area 51.

If Microsoft and OpenOffice.org (or any other alternative) ever have close
to an equal market share, I may re-examine my decision. However, I will not
use Microsoft products for the forseeable future.

Often people come to me for advice in their computing purchases and
decisions. I'll show them OpenOffice.org and Firefox. Having worked in the
Information Technology field for over 15 years, I can say that the advice I
give is at least valid.

Microsoft has had the greatest measure of success in making computers easier
to use for people who didn't know how to use computers. The newest
generation of computer users know how to use a computer. Having never known
life without a computer, they will blow us away... yes, even the best of us.
They will make good, informed decisions based on their own experience. And I
don't think they will overwhelmingly choose Microsoft or any other
particular vendor. I mean to say that, someday, there will be a fair
software market again.


On 10/25/05, John P Wohlscheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> First off I would like to clarify something. I'm biased towards Microsoft
> products since they are the only things I have ever used. I looked at the
> screenshots of your products out of curiosity and I was surprised how much
> they look like Microsoft products. I understand that you want to make it
> easy so that the few people the convert from Microsoft products will not
> have
> trouble using yours, but in my opinion you should try to give your
> products a
> different look.


I'll choose one very basic item to explain this: Why is it that the File
menu is on the top left and, from that menu, you can choose New, Open, and
Close? Because people are used to it.

In computing, we've progressed to a stage where we kind of do know how to
use computers as long as they work a certain way. I have to honestly give
credit to Microsoft for this. Why change what everyone is familiar with if
there's no problem with it and there's no improvement to make.

In fact, even if there is an improvement to make, it might not be worth it.
For example, the "QWERTY" keyboard was designed to slow down people typing
in English because old typewriters couldn't handle fast fingers. Is anyone
using a Dvorak-style keyboard?

Let me phrase it another way. Let's pretend that there are
> two cars. They look a lot alike, except that one has been around for
> years;
> it is trusted, and owned by hundreds of thousands of people.


Haven't you noticed... in come classes cars do all look and feel the same.
Have you seen a recent model sportscar without an aerodynamic shape? How
about the SUV phenomenon? I don't even know where that came from. It's all
for the same reason.

There are proven methods that work for everyone. Everyone is used to them
and there are no significant problems. When an improvement is made, all of
the auto manufacturers will eventually adopt the improvement. It might even
be mandatory: air bags, seat belts, third brake light, anti-lock brakes,
4-wheel steering, etc...

If a
> middle-aged man was shown the two cars and it was proven that they looked
> and
> felt the same, he would probably buy the older one because of looks were
> the
> same, but the older one had more experience behind its manufacturing.


This is just an unfortunate analogy... of course he would choose the free
one. I get your point, but consider this: The younger car company came into
existence because the users of the older car company's products were unhappy
with the products and the way they did business. So, they did something
about it and created an alternative.

My
> advice (one man's opinion) is come out with a new look and feel to your
> products. If you have a better prod

[users] connection refused

[Vincente Aggrippino]

I'm trying download the latest release candidate of OOo and I'm getting "The
connection was refused when attempting to contact
download.services.openoffice.org ".
Is anyone else seeing this problem?

Here's the URL
http://download.services.openoffice.org/2.0.0rc/index.html

Thanks,
Vince

[users] unwanted page break after table

[Vincente Aggrippino]

I have a document with a table in it. I don't want a page break after the 
table, but there is one.
The break checkbox in Format -> Table -> Text Flow (tab) is unchecked.

Anyone have any ideas how to get rid of this page break?

Also, how do I see the page breaks? I have the Nonprinting characters on and 
I can see paragraph marks and spaces, etc, but not page breaks.

Thanks,
-- Vince

[users] OOo 2: drawing tabs

[Vincente Aggrippino]

Does anyone else using OOo 2 miss the tabs on the bottom to select the 
slides? The little pictures on the left are ok, but I like the tabs better. 
The old way should be an option.

Just curious if I'm the only one :)

-- Vince

Re: [users] OOo 2 beta: cannot print

[Vincente Aggrippino]

 I am using CUPS, but I have no problem with printing under any other 
applications. So, I think the driver must be fine. I'm using hpijs for the 
driver and it's been around for a long time.
LinuxPrinting.org<http://LinuxPrinting.org>says that the HP Deskjet
400 works perfectly.

The IssueZilla problem that I mentioned previously describes exactly my 
problem. I downloaded and installed the latest build that I could find (
1.9.93) from the OOo site, dev section, and the problem has disappeared. 
Reading the issue suggested that, using CUPS, the "General" printer should 
not appear at all and it doesn't with this latest build.

Thanks,
Vince

On 4/16/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 09:55 +0800, Vincente Aggrippino wrote:
> > I can't print in OOo 2 beta... Not too much detail other than that. I've
> > played with all of the printer settings I can find. If I export to PDF,
> > Adobe can print it. Any other programs can print. The new OOo Printer
> > Administration program can print a test page.
> >
> > Is anyone experiencing a similar problem? Does anyone know of a 
> solution?
> >
> > OS: Fedora Core 3 (Linux)
> > Kernel: 2.6.10-1.737_FC3
> > Window Manager: KDE 3.3
> > Printer: HP 400, connect locally (parallel), using HPIJS driver
> >
> > Thank you,
> > -- Vince
> 
> Under CUPS? If yes then please check that you have the right driver. I
> recall seeing a bug report about using HP printer with cups and the
> driver you have was in the centre of the controversy.
> 
> That said, I can report that my system has no problem printing:
> 
> 2.6.11-1.14
> FC3
> Gnome
> Brother 1260 (PS and PCL)
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Re: [users] OOo 2 beta: cannot print

[Vincente Aggrippino]

Actually, I found the problem documented in IssueZilla...

http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=37488

They haven't fixed it yet... or maybe just not in the version I have. The 
issue was just closed on 11 April.

I've learned from the issue that it works if I select the "Generic" printer. 
Actually, the print quality seems a little better from a PDF anyway... Well 
I am using a very old printer. :)

Thanks,
Vince

On 4/16/05, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Vincente Aggrippino wrote:
> 
> >I can't print in OOo 2 beta... Not too much detail other than that. I've
> >played with all of the printer settings I can find. If I export to PDF,
> >Adobe can print it. Any other programs can print. The new OOo Printer
> >Administration program can print a test page.
> >
> >Is anyone experiencing a similar problem? Does anyone know of a solution?
> >
> >OS: Fedora Core 3 (Linux)
> >Kernel: 2.6.10-1.737_FC3
> >Window Manager: KDE 3.3
> >Printer: HP 400, connect locally (parallel), using HPIJS driver
> >
> >Thank you,
> >-- Vince
> >
> >
> The only problem that I have noted is that I can not print Duplex with
> the latest development builds. (even with 1.9.93) Have you added the
> printer using spadmin?
> 
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[users] OOo 2 beta: cannot print

[Vincente Aggrippino]

I can't print in OOo 2 beta... Not too much detail other than that. I've 
played with all of the printer settings I can find. If I export to PDF, 
Adobe can print it. Any other programs can print. The new OOo Printer 
Administration program can print a test page.

Is anyone experiencing a similar problem? Does anyone know of a solution?

OS: Fedora Core 3 (Linux)
Kernel: 2.6.10-1.737_FC3
Window Manager: KDE 3.3
Printer: HP 400, connect locally (parallel), using HPIJS driver

Thank you,
-- Vince

[users] OOo 2 beta: Zoom doesn't always work

[Vincente Aggrippino]

Is this the correct list for OOo 2 beta feedback?

Zoom doesn't always work in OOo 2 beta. This may be just in draw. I'll try 
to pay attention to the exact situation when it happens and reproduce it 
exactly.

For now, here's the steps I took...
Opened an existing drawing document (odg file).
Selected a slide.
Tried to zoom from the toolbar - no luck with any of the zoom options.
Tried to zoom from View menu -> Zoom... no luck with any options.
Clicked outside the slide.
Clicked an object in the slide.
Zoom works after selecting an object.

OS: Fedora Core 3 (Linux)
Kernel: 2.6.10-1.737_FC3
Window Manager: KDE 3.3
Memory: 768Mb

Thanks,
Vince

[users] Fwd: Reserved words?

[Vincente Aggrippino]

I can't rename a tab to "Services" in OpenOffice.org
Draw. The Ok button goes gray when I type the
final 's'. I can name it
"Service" or "ervices" or "Cows" or "Fishes", but not "Services".

So, I was wondering: Is there a list of Reserved words in OOo that we can't 
use to name some objects?

Thank you,
Vince