Re: [users] open office freezing
On 04/01/2011 20:30, brenda wrote: Hi, I have been a satisfied user of OO for three years. This week it started to freeze and I can’t open my OO documents, or make new ones. This started on Jan. 2nd at 2. pm. My friend had the same problem at the same time and uninstalled and reinstalled the OO suite. I am doing that too, and hope it works. Thank you Brenda Forster Brenda If the problem persistes can you please let us know and include the operating system name and version and the version of open office you are working on and where you downloaded it from Thanks Rob - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office freezing
Have you tried restarting it? Support solar power in the developing world. http://www.everyclick.com/solaraid http://www.solar-aid.org/ From: brenda brendam...@hotmail.com To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tue, 4 January, 2011 20:30:08 Subject: [users] open office freezing Hi, I have been a satisfied user of OO for three years. This week it started to freeze and I can’t open my OO documents, or make new ones. This started on Jan. 2nd at 2. pm. My friend had the same problem at the same time and uninstalled and reinstalled the OO suite. I am doing that too, and hope it works. Thank you Brenda Forster
Re: [users] open office freezing
On 1/4/2011 2:30 PM, brenda wrote: Hi, I have been a satisfied user of OO for three years. This week it started to freeze and I can’t open my OO documents, or make new ones. This started on Jan. 2nd at 2. pm. My friend had the same problem at the same time and uninstalled and reinstalled the OO suite. I am doing that too, and hope it works. Thank you Brenda Forster [Brenda (brendam...@hotmail.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] The timing aspect is interesting, but may not be relevant to the problem (how did you fix it so precisely? did something call your attention to the time?). If you are using a Windows system, the most common reason for a silent failure to open documents (that is, no error message) is that there is an old copy of the soffice.bin process running. If that's the case, use Task Manager to end any process of that name (which will also end any associated soffice.exe processes). OOo should then start normally. Uninstalling and reinstalling should not be necessary, though. A simple restart of your system should also work if you don't want to use the Task Manager. If this doesn't help, please tell us what operating system and version you are using, and what version of OOo, as well as any error messages you are seeing. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office data sheet
--- On Tue, 12/21/10, Jérôme DUBOIS jerome.dub...@com6.fr wrote: Do you a data sheet of open office ? I respond to customer and I need these informations.Here is what I found after a quick google search: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/060551.pdf
Re: [users] Open Office data sheet
On 12/21/2010 01:20 PM, Richard Broersma Jr wrote: --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Jérôme DUBOISjerome.dub...@com6.fr wrote: Do you a data sheet of open office ? I respond to customer and I need these informations.Here is what I found after a quick google search: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/060551.pdf They are CHARGING for OO??? WTFreak? Oracle just seems to be totally screwing things up with OO and Java. Wade -- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered Linux Machine: #408606 Linux since June 2005 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office data sheet
--- On Tue, 12/21/10, Wade Smart wadesm...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/060551.pdf They are CHARGING for OO? My guess is that they are charging for Oracle Premier Support. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office data sheet
On Tue Dec 21 2010 11:20:23 GMT-0800 (PST) Richard Broersma Jr wrote: --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Jérôme DUBOIS jerome.dub...@com6.fr wrote: Do you a data sheet of open office ? I respond to customer and I need these informations.Here is what I found after a quick google search: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/060551.pdf Better information on OpenOffice.org can be found at http://why.openoffice.org/ . Your link refers to Oracle Open Office, a renaming of Sun's Start Office. Some propose that the naming is to confuse people and get them to buy OOO instead of just downloading OOo. :( Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office data sheet
On Tue Dec 21 2010 11:22:35 GMT-0800 (PST) Wade Smart wrote: On 12/21/2010 01:20 PM, Richard Broersma Jr wrote: --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Jérôme DUBOISjerome.dub...@com6.fr wrote: Do you a data sheet of open office ? I respond to customer and I need these informations.Here is what I found after a quick google search: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/060551.pdf They are CHARGING for OO??? WTFreak? Oracle just seems to be totally screwing things up with OO and Java. Wade Oracle Open Office is the commercial version, like Sun's StarOffice. Some propose that the naming is to confuse people and get them to buy instead of just downloading OOo. Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office data sheet
RA Brown wrote: On Tue Dec 21 2010 11:20:23 GMT-0800 (PST) Richard Broersma Jr wrote: --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Jérôme DUBOIS jerome.dub...@com6.fr wrote: Do you a data sheet of open office ? I respond to customer and I need these informations.Here is what I found after a quick google search: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/060551.pdf Better information on OpenOffice.org can be found at http://why.openoffice.org/ . Your link refers to Oracle Open Office, a renaming of Sun's Start Office. Some propose that the naming is to confuse people and get them to buy OOO instead of just downloading OOo. :( Andy - 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
Fwd: RE: [users] Open Office
Thanks for the kind words Olivia. -- Forwarded Message -- Michael Adams, Your reply was of great help to me, especially as it was detailed and clear:) Many thanks, Liv Hilton Blaise. Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:17:17 +1300 From: mbad...@paradise.net.nz Subject: Re: [users] Open Office To: users@openoffice.org CC: livhil...@live.co.uk On Friday 12 November 2010 07:16, Olivia Hilton wrote: OpenOffice, Just a thought, but is there a chance of picking up a virsu from downloading OpenOffice? Yes, definately! But if you treat it in the same way you treat any download then you minimise the risk to an acceptable level. 1. Download the file from an acceptable (accepted) source. See: http://download.openoffice.org/ http://download.openoffice.org/other.html 2. Check the MD5SUM of your downloaded file: http://download.openoffice.org/md5sums/index.html A MD5sum is a calculated total of all the byte values within the download file. It is extremely hard to fake. 3. Right click on the file. Most modern virus checkers set up a right click entry during the virus checkers install which allows you to check individual files from the context (right click) menu. This virus checking option will unpack and check the compressed files if it can (and for most common compression methods it can). 4. Install by opening the file in the normal way. Doubleclick it as an administrator (or if your doubleclick is not to good like mine then click once and tap the enter key). NOTE: During the install process Windows may spout some bull about the program being untrusted. This is because companies have to pay Microsoft to be a Trusted developer of programs. This payment does not really ensure that a trusted companies programs are any safer than others. HTH -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 13:16, Olivia Hilton livhil...@live.co.uk wrote: OpenOffice, Just a thought, but is there a chance of picking up a virsu from downloading OpenOffice? Thanks and Regards, Liv Hilton Blaise. Not much of one as long as you get the official version from the official web site. John -- John Kennedy
Re: [users] Open Office
On 11/11/2010 10:16 AM, Olivia Hilton wrote: OpenOffice, Just a thought, but is there a chance of picking up a virsu from downloading OpenOffice? Thanks and Regards, Liv Hilton Blaise. Downloads from www.openoffice.org are safe, also downloads from http://go-oo.org/download/ are safe. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office
On Friday 12 November 2010 07:16, Olivia Hilton wrote: OpenOffice, Just a thought, but is there a chance of picking up a virsu from downloading OpenOffice? Yes, definately! But if you treat it in the same way you treat any download then you minimise the risk to an acceptable level. 1. Download the file from an acceptable (accepted) source. See: http://download.openoffice.org/ http://download.openoffice.org/other.html 2. Check the MD5SUM of your downloaded file: http://download.openoffice.org/md5sums/index.html A MD5sum is a calculated total of all the byte values within the download file. It is extremely hard to fake. 3. Right click on the file. Most modern virus checkers set up a right click entry during the virus checkers install which allows you to check individual files from the context (right click) menu. This virus checking option will unpack and check the compressed files if it can (and for most common compression methods it can). 4. Install by opening the file in the normal way. Doubleclick it as an administrator (or if your doubleclick is not to good like mine then click once and tap the enter key). NOTE: During the install process Windows may spout some bull about the program being untrusted. This is because companies have to pay Microsoft to be a Trusted developer of programs. This payment does not really ensure that a trusted companies programs are any safer than others. HTH -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
On Tuesday 09 November 2010 01:25, Bill McCarthy wrote: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA There was usually a set of icons created in the START menu. Look in (All) Programs - the All is dependant on the version of windows you are running. I said There was ... because the latest versions do place an icon on the desktop. To put an icon onto your desktop from the start menu Right Click the entry in the start menu Select Send to - Desktop (Create shortcut) and left click it. Alternatively look for the quickstarter down by the clock in the system tray and click on it. HTH -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
Den 2010-11-09 00:45:54 skrev Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com: On 11/8/2010 6:25 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA [Bill (wbm5...@comcast.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] Yes he can, here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=208667 A quick Google search took me there, anyone can do it. Best regards Johnny Rosenberg OpenOffice.org is normally installed from a file that is downloaded from www.openoffice.org, not from a CD, and it has release level numbers (like OpenOffice.org 3.2.1) rather than a name like this, so I don't know where you are getting it -- but there have definitely been releases this year. You may want to go to the site, if you can, and download the most recent stable version. You say you saw an install dialog, which is also what you would see by double-clicking the file downloaded from the site. Did you not have directions to follow from there? On a Windows system, you should end up with a submenu for OOo in your Start menu, and probably also with a desktop icon and maybe an icon in your system tray. If you let us know more about your operating system, where you are getting the file or CD, and exactly what actions you took and their results, we may be able to help more specifically. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
On 11/9/2010 3:45 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 2010-11-09 00:45:54 skrev Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com: On 11/8/2010 6:25 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA [Bill (wbm5...@comcast.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] Yes he can, here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=208667 A quick Google search took me there, anyone can do it. It would be interesting to know your search term, but the main problem I have with the OOo archives is that there is no good way to reply there to requests for further information or clarification. The Nabble interface is better, but the typical user is not going to get there without help. Best regards Johnny Rosenberg OpenOffice.org is normally installed from a file that is downloaded from www.openoffice.org, not from a CD, and it has release level numbers (like OpenOffice.org 3.2.1) rather than a name like this, so I don't know where you are getting it -- but there have definitely been releases this year. You may want to go to the site, if you can, and download the most recent stable version. You say you saw an install dialog, which is also what you would see by double-clicking the file downloaded from the site. Did you not have directions to follow from there? On a Windows system, you should end up with a submenu for OOo in your Start menu, and probably also with a desktop icon and maybe an icon in your system tray. If you let us know more about your operating system, where you are getting the file or CD, and exactly what actions you took and their results, we may be able to help more specifically. - 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
Re: [users] open office 2009
Den 2010-11-09 18:09:13 skrev Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com: On 11/9/2010 3:45 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 2010-11-09 00:45:54 skrev Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com: On 11/8/2010 6:25 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA [Bill (wbm5...@comcast.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] Yes he can, here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=208667 A quick Google search took me there, anyone can do it. It would be interesting to know your search term, but the main problem I have with the OOo archives is that there is no good way to reply there to requests for further information or clarification. The Nabble interface is better, but the typical user is not going to get there without help. I don't remember exactly so I searched again, this time for: open office 2009 McCarthy First hit takes you to one of the responses and from there you can read the original message and all the responses. If that doesn't work, you can always search for a whole sentence in the message, I think. That would be useful if you still have your own message available. Best regards Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
Where did you get the CD from? I don't think OOo themselves distribute the software on CD, did you get it from a third party that you could contact for support? Did you pay for it, and if so, did that include support? OOo (and many of the variants, such as Go-OO and LibreOffice) are free to download from their respective web sites, try downloading the installer and running it that way. Now that I check, there is a list of CD-ROM distributors on the OOo web site: http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/#cdrom Did you get it from one of those? Phil Hibbs. -- Don't you just hate self-referential sigs? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
Den 2010-11-08 13:25:43 skrev Bill McCarthy wbm5...@comcast.net: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA What is ”open office 2009”? Never heard of it. If you are talking about OpenOffice.org, then the version number is probably 3.1.something or 3.2.something. Exactly how do did you install it? I always install the debs from http://www.openoffice.org/ and when I done that I can always find OpenOffice.org at the upper Gnome panel → Applications → Office. But you never mentioned your operating system, so I don't really have a clue what might have happened in your case. -- Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
Hello Bill, Am Mon, 8 Nov 2010 07:25:43 -0500 schrieb Bill McCarthy wbm5...@comcast.net: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA I don't know exactly, if you have OpenOffice.org or not. Open Office 2009 is not something I know. If you do have OpenOffice.org (version 3.x) then you could try the following. Click on Start / All programs and see if you see an entry called OpenOffice.org. This should start up OpenOffice.org. I'm not sure, why there wasn't a desktop icon created for the easy start up. On Windows should be the Quickstarter activated automatically - have a look in the bottom right corner, close to the clock. Do you see there an icon with two birds? If yes, you can click on it as well to start OOo. I hope, that this will help you. Sigrid - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
On 11/8/2010 6:25 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA [Bill (wbm5...@comcast.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] OpenOffice.org is normally installed from a file that is downloaded from www.openoffice.org, not from a CD, and it has release level numbers (like OpenOffice.org 3.2.1) rather than a name like this, so I don't know where you are getting it -- but there have definitely been releases this year. You may want to go to the site, if you can, and download the most recent stable version. You say you saw an install dialog, which is also what you would see by double-clicking the file downloaded from the site. Did you not have directions to follow from there? On a Windows system, you should end up with a submenu for OOo in your Start menu, and probably also with a desktop icon and maybe an icon in your system tray. If you let us know more about your operating system, where you are getting the file or CD, and exactly what actions you took and their results, we may be able to help more specifically. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
On 11/8/2010 10:51 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 2010-11-08 13:25:43 skrev Bill McCarthy wbm5...@comcast.net: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA What is ”open office 2009”? Never heard of it. If you are talking about OpenOffice.org, then the version number is probably 3.1.something or 3.2.something. Exactly how do did you install it? I always install the debs from http://www.openoffice.org/ and when I done that I can always find OpenOffice.org at the upper Gnome panel → Applications → Office. But you never mentioned your operating system, so I don't really have a clue what might have happened in your case. OpenOffice2009 is a credit card fraud. See: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49t=11052 Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2009
On 11/08/2010 11:58 PM, JOE Conner wrote: OpenOffice2009 is a credit card fraud. See: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49t=11052 The same scammers also offer OpenOffice 2010 and OpenOffice 2011. I think that they also offer another name variant, but since I forward their spam to Dave Null jonathon -- No human will see non-list, non-bulk, non-junk email sent to this address. It all gets forwarded to /dev/null signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RE: [users] Open office
Thank you very much, James. Charlie Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:23:26 -0400 From: james.kn...@rogers.com To: users@openoffice.org; cwhunt...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [users] Open office Charlie Hunter wrote: Hi, I just downloaded openoffice 3.2.1 yesterday. As I use it, periodically, I am asked on a screen that is called Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 for a product key and each time I open it, the message tells me I have 25, then 24, then 23, then 22 etc opportunities to open it free before I am required to enter a product key. Should I take this message seriously. Will my access to openoffice run out after 25 accesses. Can you give me a product key. Thank you for any help you can provide. Charlie Hunter, calgary, Canada. That is not normal OpenOffice behaviour. Where did you download it from. You should only be downloading it from www.openoffice.org or one of the mirrors that site links to.
Re: [users] Open office
I will guess that you just bought a new computer. I am guessing this because it seems that you have a trial version of Microsoft Office that gives you a specified amount of uses before you have to register it with Microsoft. It is this Microsoft Trial that is opening and not OpenOffice.org. If you are clicking on a document file then, by default, you will open MS Office NOT OpenOffice.org. You will need to change your office file associations to point to OOo. I would also suggest that, since you have no desire to use MS Office, you uninstall it to prevent these pop up messages from opening. John On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 22:48, Charlie Hunter cwhunt...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, I just downloaded openoffice 3.2.1 yesterday. As I use it, periodically, I am asked on a screen that is called Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 for a product key and each time I open it, the message tells me I have 25, then 24, then 23, then 22 etc opportunities to open it free before I am required to enter a product key. Should I take this message seriously. Will my access to openoffice run out after 25 accesses. Can you give me a product key. Thank you for any help you can provide. Charlie Hunter, calgary, Canada. -- John Kennedy
Re: [users] Open office
On 13/10/10 03:48, Charlie Hunter wrote: Hi, I just downloaded openoffice 3.2.1 yesterday. As I use it, periodically, I am asked on a screen that is called Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 for a product key and each time I open it, the message tells me I have 25, then 24, then 23, then 22 etc opportunities to open it free before I am required to enter a product key. Should I take this message seriously. Will my access to openoffice run out after 25 accesses. Can you give me a product key. Thank you for any help you can provide. Charlie Hunter, calgary, Canada. Openoffice is most emphatically not Microsoft Office. If you are getting messages from the latter, it's because that's what you're running and not openoffice - and it will (aiui) cause what looks like a trial licence to expire. Sorry, we don't do MS product keys on this list :-) I hope you installed openoffice after downloading it, otherwise it will not be available. I suggest you check and follow the installation guide at http://download.openoffice.org/common/instructions.html as well as browsing the 'getting started' guide at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/0100GS3-GettingStartedOOo3.pdf By the way, you have emailed a mailing list which goes to to various volunteer helpers. Because you have not subscribed to this list, you may well miss other answers to your query. Please see http://support.openoffice.org/ for more information about support. Replies to list only please. Thanks. (cc'ed to OP) -- Mike Scott Harlow, Essex, England - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office
On 10/12/2010 9:48 PM, Charlie Hunter wrote: Hi, I just downloaded openoffice 3.2.1 yesterday. As I use it, periodically, I am asked on a screen that is called Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 for a product key and each time I open it, the message tells me I have 25, then 24, then 23, then 22 etc opportunities to open it free before I am required to enter a product key. Should I take this message seriously. Will my access to openoffice run out after 25 accesses. Can you give me a product key. Thank you for any help you can provide. Charlie Hunter, calgary, Canada. What's happening is that the file associations for the various MS Office types are saying to use Office for opening them, and it sounds as if you probably have an expired trial version of Office that is coming up. You can generally set the file associations by right-clicking on the icon of one of these files, choosing Open With, and browsing to soffice.exe. Select the option to always use this program for this type of file, and you should only have to do this once for each type. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office
Charlie Hunter wrote: Hi, I just downloaded openoffice 3.2.1 yesterday. As I use it, periodically, I am asked on a screen that is called Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 for a product key and each time I open it, the message tells me I have 25, then 24, then 23, then 22 etc opportunities to open it free before I am required to enter a product key. Should I take this message seriously. Will my access to openoffice run out after 25 accesses. Can you give me a product key. Thank you for any help you can provide. Charlie Hunter, calgary, Canada. That is not normal OpenOffice behaviour. Where did you download it from. You should only be downloading it from www.openoffice.org or one of the mirrors that site links to. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Forked!
On Tuesday 28 September 2010 19:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: The Document Foundation has released a beta version of Officelibre in order to fork from the possible proprietary way that Oracle is taking Open Office. Unfortunately the Linux version seems to be only an RPM at this moment... http://www.documentfoundation.org/ Please discuss OpenOffice.org issues on the Discuss list. -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Forked!
On 09/28/2010 05:30 AM, Michael Adams wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2010 19:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: The Document Foundation has released a beta version of Officelibre in order to fork from the possible proprietary way that Oracle is taking Open Office. Unfortunately the Linux version seems to be only an RPM at this moment... http://www.documentfoundation.org/ Please discuss OpenOffice.org issues on the Discuss list. My concern is the way the announcement was worded, it seems that what they are saying is OOo will not be continued and it will not be known be its new name. To me it reads that there will be no more work on OOo in favor of the new foundation office software. So it is an OOo issue. If the world at large sees the announcement like I see it, then they to would feel that OOo will not longer be developed and you will need to switch to this new product if you want the newest development in the OOo type of free office suite. Does the message seem to you that they wanted to come across that the key developers are moving to the foundation project and you better switch to this new package as soon as it is out of the Beta stage? When I read it, it made me wonder what will happen to OOo, its web site, its extensions, and everything else that I cone to rely upon. The only thing that made me think twice about is the contact people are all in Europe, and could this be a new aspect to the Euro-Office fork of the OOo software? So this needs to be discussed so we can figure out what will happen when these key developers no longer support OOo as we know it today? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Forked!
On 9/28/2010 5:30 AM, Michael Adams wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2010 19:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: The Document Foundation has released a beta version of Officelibre in order to fork from the possible proprietary way that Oracle is taking Open Office. Unfortunately the Linux version seems to be only an RPM at this moment... http://www.documentfoundation.org/ Please discuss OpenOffice.org issues on the Discuss list. Please give a link to the Discuss list. I suspect I could go to the OO.o page, but you should just provide a link if you really want this to be moved there. Nevertheless I believe this IS a User's issue. David
Re: [users] Open Office Forked!
Nevertheless I believe this IS a User's issue. It's an everybody issue, hence the need to move discussion to a forum where everyone can participate without also taking on the large volume of other threads on this list. Phil. -- Don't you just hate self-referential sigs? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Forked!
On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 11:21 -0400, David B Teague wrote: On 9/28/2010 5:30 AM, Michael Adams wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2010 19:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: The Document Foundation has released a beta version of Officelibre in order to fork from the possible proprietary way that Oracle is taking Open Office. Unfortunately the Linux version seems to be only an RPM at this moment... http://www.documentfoundation.org/ Please discuss OpenOffice.org issues on the Discuss list. Please give a link to the Discuss list That was already provided. http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=207796 But here it is again: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html mailto:discuss-subscr...@openoffice.org Nevertheless I believe this IS a User's issue. It isn't. And anyway, the principal of the *most* appropriate list/forum applies. Discuss is for community / project issues. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
Sam, this sounds like something I saw in my day job which resulted in me having to wipe the machine due to a nasty virus. Is your anti virus still working? Try downloading and installing www.avast.com free home use anti virus software and run a full scan. On 09/25/2010 02:22 AM, Sam Swaminath wrote: HI, I did that. It is not opening. You click 'open with'. In that you don't have 'openoffice' programme. Also a 'popup' appears, saying MS visual C++ Runtime Library - C/Program Files/Open Office Org 3/Program/soffice.bin. This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way for more informartion. Thanks, Sam On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Marcello Romanimrom...@ottotecnica.comwrote: Il 24/09/2010 08:04, Sam Swaminath ha scritto: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER.I HAD ALSO OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 WITH ME ALL THESE DAYS. IT WAS WORKING VERY NICELY. SUDDENLY, DUE TO MY MADNESS, I CLICKED ON A 'POPUP' UPDATE OPEN OFFICE. IT ASKED ME TO DOWNLOAD 3.1 VERSION. I DID SO. IT GOT INSTALLED BUT IT UNINSTALLED 2.3 VERSION. NOW, I AM NOT ABLE TO READ MY FOLDERS AND FILES SAVED UNDER OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 VERSION.I DID ALL POSSIBLE STUNTS IN VAIN. KINDLY GUIDE ME HOW TO GO ABOUT? WITH WARM REGARDS, SAM Hi, OpenOffice 3.1/3.2 can read documents saved with previous versions of OpenOffice, so you should have no problem at all. Just open the folder where you have your documents and doubleclick on a document. It should open with your new OpenOffice version. We could help you better if you describe in greater detail what is the problem you are having. HTH PS: please deactivate caps-lock. -- Marcello Romani - 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
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
On Friday 24 September 2010 18:04, Sam Swaminath wrote: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER.I HAD ALSO OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 WITH ME ALL THESE DAYS. IT WAS WORKING VERY NICELY. SUDDENLY, DUE TO MY MADNESS, I CLICKED ON A 'POPUP' UPDATE OPEN OFFICE. IT ASKED ME TO DOWNLOAD 3.1 VERSION. I DID SO. IT GOT INSTALLED BUT IT UNINSTALLED 2.3 VERSION. NOW, I AM NOT ABLE TO READ MY FOLDERS AND FILES SAVED UNDER OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 VERSION.I DID ALL POSSIBLE STUNTS IN VAIN. KINDLY GUIDE ME HOW TO GO ABOUT? WITH WARM REGARDS, 1. Right click on a file. 2. Select Open With... 3. Select OpenOffice.org (You may need to browse for it in the Programs folder) 4. Check always open this type of file with... is ticked. 5 Click OK. By the way, using all capitals in emails is seen as YELLING! -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Forked!
On 9/28/2010 11:44 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 11:21 -0400, David B Teague wrote: On 9/28/2010 5:30 AM, Michael Adams wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2010 19:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: The Document Foundation has released a beta version of Officelibre in order to fork from the possible proprietary way that Oracle is taking Open Office. Unfortunately the Linux version seems to be only an RPM at this moment... http://www.documentfoundation.org/ Please discuss OpenOffice.org issues on the Discuss list. Please give a link to the Discuss list That was already provided. http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=207796 But here it is again: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html mailto:discuss-subscr...@openoffice.org Nevertheless I believe this IS a User's issue. It isn't. And anyway, the principal of the *most* appropriate list/forum applies. Discuss is for community / project issues. Thanks for the link and the statement of the *most* appropriate list rule. Apology for the (really: my) confusion. I've subscribed to Discuss. No more palaver from me about the Fork here. David - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open-office writer improvements
On Sep 27, 2010, at 07:38 , Ketan Patel/Ahmedabad Branch/IT/General wrote: Dear tony, Solution for 1) open OO writer. Maximize it. Then Click on same button to : restore down Drag it to left-top corner, change size by click drag from right-bottom corner of Oowriter.(make it like horizontal rectangle so half desktop can be visible ) Open other application do same step to set it on right-top corner of screen. Solution for 2) Select Default option as shown in attached screen-shot. (Or u can use Clear Formatting option as shortcut ) Sorry, Ketan. Your screen-shot was apparently stripped off by the list software. Can you try again. I think a zip might get through. Or a picture in an odt file or from another OOo application. //James - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open-office writer improvements
Tony Carr wrote: I'm using OpenOffice 3.2 and Windows 7 on an HP530 laptop. Two small irritations have bugged me for most of a decade - maybe there is a workaround? Or maybe it's all Bill Gates' fault? .. 2: When I click the Font-size drop-down tab, the menu only shows LARGER font sizes. So exactly half the time I have to laboriously scroll up to find the size I want. Why not have the menu put the current font-size in the centre? Then almost every desirable font-size would be immediately visible. I agree with #2! (I don't have much of an opinion about #1.) I also find this annoying (although mildly so), and would certainly prefer that the current font size is in the center of the drop-down list that is visible, not at the very top. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
RE: [users] open-office writer improvements
Dear tony, Solution for 1) open OO writer. Maximize it. Then Click on same button to : restore down Drag it to left-top corner, change size by click drag from right-bottom corner of Oowriter.(make it like horizontal rectangle so half desktop can be visible ) Open other application do same step to set it on right-top corner of screen. Solution for 2) Select Default option as shown in attached screen-shot. (Or u can use Clear Formatting option as shortcut ) Regards, * Ketan Patel * IT Deptt. -Original Message- From: Tony Carr [mailto:car...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:40 AM To: open office Subject: [users] open-office writer improvements I'm using OpenOffice 3.2 and Windows 7 on an HP530 laptop. Two small irritations have bugged me for most of a decade - maybe there is a workaround? Or maybe it's all Bill Gates' fault? 1: When I reduce OO Writer to part-screen, by default it hogs almost the whole centre of the screen! Obviously a user makes it part-screen so he can view some other application at the same time - so why make that impossible? (At least in recent versions it remembers where I moved it to, even if later closures were from full-screen mode.) 2: When I click the Font-size drop-down tab, the menu only shows LARGER font sizes. So exactly half the time I have to laboriously scroll up to find the size I want. Why not have the menu put the current font-size in the centre? Then almost every desirable font-size would be immediately visible. OO Writer is still a GREAT program, though! Blows my mind that it's free. Tony -- www.godornot.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org Disclaimer: The content of this message and any attachments with it is intended only for the named recipients. Information contained in this message may be subject to legal, professional or other privilege or may otherwise be protected by other legal rules. If you are not the intended recipient you are not authorized to disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of it .If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and destroy the original message. Any opinion expressed in this communication may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinion of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. While we scan all e-mails, we cannot guarantee that any e-mail is virus-free and accept liability for damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email. The information contained in this e-Mail is classified as Internal - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
XP is genuine. Sam On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.comwrote: On 24/09/10 07:04, Sam Swaminath wrote: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER. Does that mean you are genuine, or XP is genuine? ;-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org -- SAM
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
HI, I did that. It is not opening. You click 'open with'. In that you don't have 'openoffice' programme. Also a 'popup' appears, saying MS visual C++ Runtime Library - C/Program Files/Open Office Org 3/Program/soffice.bin. This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way for more informartion. Thanks, Sam On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Marcello Romani mrom...@ottotecnica.comwrote: Il 24/09/2010 08:04, Sam Swaminath ha scritto: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER.I HAD ALSO OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 WITH ME ALL THESE DAYS. IT WAS WORKING VERY NICELY. SUDDENLY, DUE TO MY MADNESS, I CLICKED ON A 'POPUP' UPDATE OPEN OFFICE. IT ASKED ME TO DOWNLOAD 3.1 VERSION. I DID SO. IT GOT INSTALLED BUT IT UNINSTALLED 2.3 VERSION. NOW, I AM NOT ABLE TO READ MY FOLDERS AND FILES SAVED UNDER OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 VERSION.I DID ALL POSSIBLE STUNTS IN VAIN. KINDLY GUIDE ME HOW TO GO ABOUT? WITH WARM REGARDS, SAM Hi, OpenOffice 3.1/3.2 can read documents saved with previous versions of OpenOffice, so you should have no problem at all. Just open the folder where you have your documents and doubleclick on a document. It should open with your new OpenOffice version. We could help you better if you describe in greater detail what is the problem you are having. HTH PS: please deactivate caps-lock. -- Marcello Romani - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org -- SAM
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
On 25 September 2010 08:22, Sam Swaminath samitpfin...@gmail.com wrote: HI, I did that. It is not opening. You click 'open with'. In that you don't have 'openoffice' programme. snip After clicking Open with, click Browse and browse to where soffice.exe is installed on your system. To make the association permanent, tick the box Always use this program You can happily specify soffice.exe for all OOo file types (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, Math); OOo is clever enough to work out which module to use in each case. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
Are you sure the problem isn't related to your apparently broken caps-lock key? :o SCNR, Malte. Sam Swaminath wrote, On 09/24/10 08:04: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER.I HAD ALSO OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 WITH ME ALL THESE DAYS. IT WAS WORKING VERY NICELY. SUDDENLY, DUE TO MY MADNESS, I CLICKED ON A 'POPUP' UPDATE OPEN OFFICE. IT ASKED ME TO DOWNLOAD 3.1 VERSION. I DID SO. IT GOT INSTALLED BUT IT UNINSTALLED 2.3 VERSION. NOW, I AM NOT ABLE TO READ MY FOLDERS AND FILES SAVED UNDER OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 VERSION.I DID ALL POSSIBLE STUNTS IN VAIN. KINDLY GUIDE ME HOW TO GO ABOUT? WITH WARM REGARDS, SAM - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
On 24/09/10 07:04, Sam Swaminath wrote: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER. Does that mean you are genuine, or XP is genuine? ;-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
Il 24/09/2010 08:04, Sam Swaminath ha scritto: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER.I HAD ALSO OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 WITH ME ALL THESE DAYS. IT WAS WORKING VERY NICELY. SUDDENLY, DUE TO MY MADNESS, I CLICKED ON A 'POPUP' UPDATE OPEN OFFICE. IT ASKED ME TO DOWNLOAD 3.1 VERSION. I DID SO. IT GOT INSTALLED BUT IT UNINSTALLED 2.3 VERSION. NOW, I AM NOT ABLE TO READ MY FOLDERS AND FILES SAVED UNDER OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 VERSION.I DID ALL POSSIBLE STUNTS IN VAIN. KINDLY GUIDE ME HOW TO GO ABOUT? WITH WARM REGARDS, SAM Hi, OpenOffice 3.1/3.2 can read documents saved with previous versions of OpenOffice, so you should have no problem at all. Just open the folder where you have your documents and doubleclick on a document. It should open with your new OpenOffice version. We could help you better if you describe in greater detail what is the problem you are having. HTH PS: please deactivate caps-lock. -- Marcello Romani - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
On 09/24/2010 05:50 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 24/09/2010 08:04, Sam Swaminath ha scritto: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER.I HAD ALSO OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 WITH ME ALL THESE DAYS. IT WAS WORKING VERY NICELY. SUDDENLY, DUE TO MY MADNESS, I CLICKED ON A 'POPUP' UPDATE OPEN OFFICE. IT ASKED ME TO DOWNLOAD 3.1 VERSION. I DID SO. IT GOT INSTALLED BUT IT UNINSTALLED 2.3 VERSION. NOW, I AM NOT ABLE TO READ MY FOLDERS AND FILES SAVED UNDER OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 VERSION.I DID ALL POSSIBLE STUNTS IN VAIN. KINDLY GUIDE ME HOW TO GO ABOUT? WITH WARM REGARDS, SAM Hi, OpenOffice 3.1/3.2 can read documents saved with previous versions of OpenOffice, so you should have no problem at all. Just open the folder where you have your documents and doubleclick on a document. It should open with your new OpenOffice version. We could help you better if you describe in greater detail what is the problem you are having. HTH PS: please deactivate caps-lock. The problem I see it that you got a POP_UP asking you to update/upgrade I have never seen a pop-up asking me to update OOo, so that may be the key to the problem. Where did you go to get the update? Could you have gotten some type of nasty thing on your system that caused the pop-up and did some nasty stuff? I would use an anti-virus on your system, then download the newest version from the web site of www.openoffice.org. User the control panel programs icon and un-install OOo and then restart your system. Then use your newly downloaded install file from OpenOffice.org web site to install the clean version. See if that does the trick. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
On 2010-09-24 8:11 AM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: The problem I see it that you got a POP_UP asking you to update/upgrade I have never seen a pop-up asking me to update OOo, so that may be the key to the problem. The default for new installs is Tools Options OpenOffice.org Online Update option is enabled. This results in a pop-up notification occasionally in the upper right when OpenOffice.org is running. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS
On 2010-09-24 2:04 AM, Sam Swaminath wrote: I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER.I HAD ALSO OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 WITH ME ALL THESE DAYS. IT WAS WORKING VERY NICELY. SUDDENLY, DUE TO MY MADNESS, I CLICKED ON A 'POPUP' UPDATE OPEN OFFICE. IT ASKED ME TO DOWNLOAD 3.1 VERSION. I DID SO. IT GOT INSTALLED BUT IT UNINSTALLED 2.3 VERSION. NOW, I AM NOT ABLE TO READ MY FOLDERS AND FILES SAVED UNDER OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 VERSION. If your documents are saved in Microsoft Office formats, this is due to the very wise decision by the OOo developers to remove the GUI option to associate Office docs with Openoffice. Otherwise, it should have at least associated itself with its own native formats... More info is needed... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office
stephen joseph ha scritto: Dear Team , My Name Is Stephen Joseph working as a Sr.Administrator in a company , we are willing to use open office for Word and Excel . We want to enquire about the software , is it free or we need to pay anything for the software . Kindly let me know as the mater is urgent. Thanks and Regards Stephen Joseph With Regards Stephen joseph Mr. Joseph, OpenOffice is free as in beer and free as in speech. Just go to www.openoffice.org and download the software. The right version for your language and operating system should be presented to you. You can however easily choose to download a version of OpenOffice compiled for another language or another operating system by clicking on other systems and languages link. Also please keep in mind that this is not a company owned or managed list. It's just a mailing list where OpenOffice users try to help each other in their spare time. HTH Marcello Romani - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office
stephen joseph wrote: Dear Team , My Name Is Stephen Joseph working as a Sr.Administrator in a company , we are willing to use open office for Word and Excel . We want to enquire about the software , is it free or we need to pay anything for the software . Kindly let me know as the mater is urgent. OpenOffice.org is free to install and use on as many computers as you wish. No charge You can even pass it around to others. Just download from www.openoffice.org, install and enjoy. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem
Interesting -- the e-mail to which you are replying contains instructions about unsubscribing! But I'll try again. A more specific method that is less subject to problems with address munging is to send a message to users-unsubscribe-rsugar=verizon@openoffice.org (subject and content don't matter, just the address). You should very soon get a confirmation message. Replying to that should complete the unsubscribe process, and you'll get a Goodbye message. If you still have problems, I'll try to help you off-list (b...@onr.com). Bob Sugar wrote: Pleas unsubscribe my email -Original Message- From: RA Brown [mailto:rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 8:26 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem Bob Sugar wrote: Please unsubscribe my email. Thanks To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org You will have to unsubscribe, no one can do it for you. Click the link and send an empty message to the server. Then reply to the message you receive. Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem
I seem to remember this under Windows XP. Hmm, what did I do I think that I dropped to the command line and manually ran one one of the programs while telling it to ignore recovery or something silly like that. Boy, my mind is fading... -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt My Book: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php See Also: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
RE: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem
Please unsubscribe my email. Thanks -Original Message- From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [mailto:and...@pitonyak.org] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 6:45 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem I seem to remember this under Windows XP. Hmm, what did I do I think that I dropped to the command line and manually ran one one of the programs while telling it to ignore recovery or something silly like that. Boy, my mind is fading... -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt My Book: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php See Also: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html - 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
Re: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem
Bob Sugar wrote: Please unsubscribe my email. Thanks To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org You will have to unsubscribe, no one can do it for you. Click the link and send an empty message to the server. Then reply to the message you receive. Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
RE: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem
Pleas unsubscribe my email -Original Message- From: RA Brown [mailto:rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 8:26 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem Bob Sugar wrote: Please unsubscribe my email. Thanks To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org You will have to unsubscribe, no one can do it for you. Click the link and send an empty message to the server. Then reply to the message you receive. Andy - 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
Re: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem
Thank you for those who offered suggestions to help. The problem has now been fixed by a member of my Computer Club who is a computer technician by trade. He did an uninstall of Open Office and after that went to hidden files and cleaned out something there that had been left after the uninstall. He said that this is something that Registry Cleaners do not get to. I am not into technical things. As I did not write down details of the steps taken cannot say what was really done. After a reinstall of Open Office it is functioning as it should be. There had been others at the Club who had tried uninstall and Registry Cleans,and reinstall which did not fix this problem before this. Thank you again to those of the Users Group who offered help. meld...@gmail.com On 8/7/10, Bob Sugar rsu...@verizon.net wrote: Pleas unsubscribe my email -Original Message- From: RA Brown [mailto:rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 8:26 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Open Office and Window 7 problem Bob Sugar wrote: Please unsubscribe my email. Thanks To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org You will have to unsubscribe, no one can do it for you. Click the link and send an empty message to the server. Then reply to the message you receive. Andy - 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 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office file size query
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Graham Nightingale gnighting...@btinternet.com wrote: Dear Sirs I have downloaded the FULL 3.2.9502 version on my desktop computer and it shows a file size of 708 Mb --- loaded the same program on my laptop and it shows a file size of 352 Mb Any idea ? thanks Graham Nightingale Business website:- www.QSTworldwide.com Private website:- www.grahamnightingale.com Where did you download the program from? The latest version on the official website is 3.2.1. http://www.openoffice.org/ -- WANG, Xiaoyun Shanghai, China - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office and NVDA Support
At 23:35 25/06/2010 +0530, Anubhav Mitra wrote: does anyone has any experience of screen reader support specially NVDA with open office? No, but http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvda says of NVDA: Dalla versione 2009.1 il programma ha raggiunto una maturità sufficiente da permettergli di essere utilizzato correntemente. In particolare sono state introdotte le seguenti novità: [...] Migliorato il supporto ad Openoffice. I hope that means something like From version 2009.1 the program has reached sufficient maturity to allow it to be used currently. In particular the following changes were introduced: [...] Improved support for Openoffice. There is more at http://www.nvda.fr/spip.php?article21 . I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office won't open unless restart computer...
James Malina Tegtmeier wrote: my open office won't launch when trying to open a doc. If i restart my computer, it will launch the first time but then it won't open for other docs until i restart again. any idea what might be wrong? thanks. Are you using a Windows system? If so, there are sometimes leftover instances of the soffice.bin process that confuse OOo into thinking it already is running when it isn't. To clear this up without having to restart your computer, you can use the Task Manager, on the Processes tab, to end any soffice.bin you see there (which will also end any associated soffice.exe processes). OOo should then start normally again. Ordinarily, closing all OOo windows takes care of this, but sometimes (for instance, if OOo ended abnormally) this doesn't happen. It is curious, though, that this seems to happen every time for you. Are you by any chance also using Lotus programs? (BTW, please respond only to users@openoffice.org so others can help as needed.) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office impress
On Thursday 10 June 2010 23:39, siebenkaempfe...@aol.com wrote: Hello, my name is Stephanie. I´m a student from Germany and I´m using open office. I´m referring to you because i do have coming up a presentation and there´s a little problem using open office impress. I want to embed a video from youtube, which might be helpful to present some issues about sustainability in tourism. do you know how to embed a video from youtube into that presentation (with impress)?? I hope you´re able to help me!!! Youtube do their utmost to prevent you doing this. However their are video rippers that try to circumvent youtubes protection. Whether any are currently working or not i do not know. Every time they exploit a hole, youtube tries to close it. http://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+video+ripper The legality of breaking someones copyright is what you have to consider now before you try to rip any video. It therefore depends on your conscience. HTH -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office impress
On Thursday 10 June 2010 23:39, siebenkaempfe...@aol.com wrote: Hello, my name is Stephanie. I´m a student from Germany and I´m using open office. I´m referring to you because i do have coming up a presentation and there´s a little problem using open office impress. I want to embed a video from youtube, which might be helpful to present some issues about sustainability in tourism. do you know how to embed a video from youtube into that presentation (with impress)?? I hope you´re able to help me!!! Youtube do their utmost to prevent you doing this. However their are video rippers that try to circumvent youtubes protection. Whether any are currently working or not i do not know. Every time they exploit a hole, youtube tries to close it. http://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+video+ripper The legality of breaking someones copyright is what you have to consider now before you try to rip any video. It therefore depends on your conscience. HTH -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office impress
On Thursday 10 June 2010 23:39, siebenkaempfe...@aol.com wrote: Hello, my name is Stephanie. I´m a student from Germany and I´m using open office. I´m referring to you because i do have coming up a presentation and there´s a little problem using open office impress. I want to embed a video from youtube, which might be helpful to present some issues about sustainability in tourism. do you know how to embed a video from youtube into that presentation (with impress)?? I hope you´re able to help me!!! Youtube do their utmost to prevent you doing this. However their are video rippers that try to circumvent youtubes protection. Whether any are currently working or not i do not know. Every time they exploit a hole, youtube tries to close it. http://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+video+ripper The legality of breaking someones copyright is what you have to consider now before you try to rip any video. It therefore depends on your conscience. HTH -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office impress
Maybe I'm out of line here but can't you just down load the video and embed it from your hard drive? Kevin On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Michael Adams mbad...@paradise.net.nz wrote: On Thursday 10 June 2010 23:39, siebenkaempfe...@aol.com wrote: Hello, my name is Stephanie. I´m a student from Germany and I´m using open office. I´m referring to you because i do have coming up a presentation and there´s a little problem using open office impress. I want to embed a video from youtube, which might be helpful to present some issues about sustainability in tourism. do you know how to embed a video from youtube into that presentation (with impress)?? I hope you´re able to help me!!! Youtube do their utmost to prevent you doing this. However their are video rippers that try to circumvent youtubes protection. Whether any are currently working or not i do not know. Every time they exploit a hole, youtube tries to close it. http://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+video+ripper The legality of breaking someones copyright is what you have to consider now before you try to rip any video. It therefore depends on your conscience. HTH -- Michael - 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
Re: [users] Open Office won't open.
On 5/30/2010 2:06 PM, Charles Garten wrote: At times, when double clicking on the desktop shortcut, or even directly on the application in the program files, open office fails to open. There is no message given. When I restart the computer, it will usually open then but may fail to open later on in the same session. Do you have an idea as to what may be causing this and if it can be fixed? Thanks. If you are using a windows machine then probably the soffice.bin has not closed probably from the last session. Use the taskmaster to see if this process is still active, and if it is then kill it. OpenOffice.org should open normally the next time you try to launch it. Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office won't open.
Charles Garten wrote: At times, when double clicking on the desktop shortcut, or even directly on the application in the program files, open office fails to open. There is no message given. When I restart the computer, it will usually open then but may fail to open later on in the same session. Do you have an idea as to what may be causing this and if it can be fixed? Thanks. If you are using a windows machine then probably the soffice.bin has not closed probably from the last session. Use the taskmaster to see if this process is still active, and if it is then kill it. OpenOffice.org should open normally the next time you try to launch it. Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office won't open.
Daniel Lewis wrote: Charles Garten wrote: At times, when double clicking on the desktop shortcut, or even directly on the application in the program files, open office fails to open. There is no message given. When I restart the computer, it will usually open then but may fail to open later on in the same session. Do you have an idea as to what may be causing this and if it can be fixed? Thanks. If you are using a windows machine then probably the soffice.bin has not closed probably from the last session. Use the taskmaster to see if this process is still active, and if it is then kill it. OpenOffice.org should open normally the next time you try to launch it. Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA PS -- taskmaster = Task Manager (via Ctrl-Alt-Del), Processes tab. Find and end any soffice.bin process, which is easiest to do from a list sorted in alpha order. There may be soffice.exe and other OOo processes, but they should all close when the soffice.bin is gone. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office won't open.
On 2010-05-31 6:25 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: PS -- taskmaster = Task Manager (via Ctrl-Alt-Del), Processes tab. Find and end any soffice.bin process, which is easiest to do from a list sorted in alpha order. There may be soffice.exe and other OOo processes, but they should all close when the soffice.bin is gone. Tip: A better way to tell people how to open the Task Manager on any version of windows (Windows 98 through 7) is: CTRL-SHIFT-ESC - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 2.4 to 3.2
pjotr dominicus wrote: Hello open office. I got a few qeustions. 1.must i uninstall open office 2.4 for install 3.2? 2.how must i uninstall 2.4 when i must to do that? Greetings, Pjotr. No, you do not have to uninstall OOo 2.4 to install 3.2. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office 3.2 for 64-bit Windows 7 did not install
Maybe an installer issue? Maybe, maybe not. Anyway, it was NOT an Open Office 3.2 issue. I got more and more pieces of software that refused to install, exactly as described: keeping the CPU busy for 25% and not showing any progress. The same happened to e.g. Java and LFI LANGuard. I stumbled upon a solution by accident. After running CCleaner (for other reasons), all these problems disappeared by itself. But please don't ask me why. -- -- Jan van Hoek -- Mon, 10 May 2010 09:47 uur reply-to: users@openoffice.org to: users@openoffice.org from: NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:15:37 -0700 subject: [users] Re: Open Office for Windows 7 On 03/24/2010 07:28 AM, Jan van Hoek wrote: Questions/suggestions: In the mean time, I combined all your hints: I upgraded Java to version 6 upd 18, and I downloaded an OOo installer executable without JRE. Both to no avail. In other words, I got stuck with OOo 3.1 (on this one PC only, so I can live with it). Two other PC's got upgraded to OOo 3.2 without incident. --- RE your item 3: The process that consumes 25% CPU while attempting to install OOo 3.2, is C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe showing in Task Manager as msiexec.exe *32. The 64 resp 32 seem a contradition, but what do I know. I see no office processes active. Hmmm... http://www.google.com/search?hl=encomplete=0q=C%3A\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exebtnG=Search Maybe an installer issue? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office
2010/4/19 Dennis Weidler dkweid...@hotmail.com: I am trying to download your program. But it will not open the page, it keeps timing out. Am I missing something? Hello Dennis, Where are you downloading from? The official download site is www.openoffice.org Where are you downloading to? Which OS: Windows, Linux, Mac, what version? Which page doesn't open? -- Guy using dutch OOo 3.2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Snow Leopard and brazilian OOo 3.2 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to users@openoffice.org -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 3.2
Alessandro Marzullo ha scritto: Buongiorno, ho scaricato l'ultima versione di open office, ma non riesco ad installarla, ho Windows 7 - 64 bit, ho provato anche con la compatibilità, ma l'installazione non parte. Grazie. Alessandro Marzullo Ciao, questa è la lista in inglese, prova ad inviare il messaggio qui: ute...@it.openoffice.org -- Marcello Romani - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Spell Check
Hi George, Am Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:50:35 -0400 schrieb george newton ge...@hotmail.com: EVery since I updated open office the spell check has stopped working. It says spell check complete, but it clearly skipped the document. I have tried several reloads and repairs with not luck. Any suggestions??? Have you checked, if your text has a language assigned to it? Mark your whole text and check if there is a language selected under Format Character. If not, choose then the language you want. You do have the spellcheck installed for your language? If you need something else then en-US, you might have to reinstall the needed extension for your language. HTH Sigrid - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office database problem
Kathy Merkin wrote: Open office 3.2 on Windows 7 64 bit wants to open existing databases from K drive only. It will not let me change the drive designation. Please advise - not terribly sophisticated here The following was posted to this mailing list. Just in case that you do not have access to the replies to this list, I am CC'ing you. Dan ** Hello Howard OpenOffice.org does not include any jdbc/odbc drivers for any external data base managers. You will need to download these separately from MySQL or download the MySQL native connector from extensions.services.openoffice.org NOTE - connection to your ISP hosted database will depending on what they allow you to do. Drew *** - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office 3.1 windows 7.ään
2010/3/30 Jan Parttimaa jan.partti...@gmail.com Hei! Voinko asentaa openofficen version 3.1:sen windows 7:ään siihen asti kun uusi suomenkielinen openoffice tulee? Olkaa ystävälliä ja vastatkaa kysymykseen. Terveisin Jan Parttimaa Jan, it certainly seems that one can download the Finnish v of OOo 3.1 for use on a Windows 7 box, whilewaiting for v 3.2.0 to be published, but you might want to check here (http://fi.openoffice.org/) to be sure Henri
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
On 3/24/2010 10:28 AM, Jan van Hoek wrote: I was referring to the version of OO.o and indicating that it was the English variant (...) You are right in this. I overlooked what you were trying to get accross. Anyway, the version that I downloaded and attempted to install was named OOo_3.2.0_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe, which is obviously US- english en not UK-english. Your attachment did not make this list. If you think it relevant you may send it to me privately. Maybe this time it does reach you (I added your e-mail address in the TO field). In the mean time, I combined all the hints I received from NoOp: I upgraded Java to version 18, and I downloaded an OOo installer executable without Java. Both to no avail. In other words, I got stuck with OOo 3.1 (on this one PC only, so I can live with it). Two other PC's got upgraded to OOo 3.2 without incident. Hi, well - didn't see you mention the MS VC++ runtime dll - that is another possible failure point. Can't say off the top of my head which exact version you need - will look but maybe someone else can post it up first. I guess if that were a problem it would be something along the lines of having an older vc++ dll in the path ahead of what is needed, or some such..*simile*...nice and precise there huh? Anyway - just another thought Back with the version on that dll in just a bit Drew - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
You must use a 32bit Java runtime with OO.o, a 64bit runtime will not work It shows build 1.6.0_18-b07 as version number. Can you deduce from that whether I have 32-bit or 64-bit?? A further hint: Java has been installed in the Program files (x86) directory, indicating that it is 32-bit rather than 64-bit. In the mean time, I combined all the hints I received from NoOp: I upgraded Java to version 18, and I downloaded an OOo installer executable without JRE. Both to no avail. In other words, I got stuck with OOo 3.1 (on this one PC only, so I can live with it). Two other PC's got upgraded to OOo 3.2 without incident. -- -- Jan van Hoek -- Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:56 uur - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
Questions/suggestions: In the mean time, I combined all your hints: I upgraded Java to version 6 upd 18, and I downloaded an OOo installer executable without JRE. Both to no avail. In other words, I got stuck with OOo 3.1 (on this one PC only, so I can live with it). Two other PC's got upgraded to OOo 3.2 without incident. --- RE your item 3: The process that consumes 25% CPU while attempting to install OOo 3.2, is C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe showing in Task Manager as msiexec.exe *32. The 64 resp 32 seem a contradition, but what do I know. I see no office processes active. -- -- Jan van Hoek -- Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:21 uur - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
I was referring to the version of OO.o and indicating that it was the English variant (...) You are right in this. I overlooked what you were trying to get accross. Anyway, the version that I downloaded and attempted to install was named OOo_3.2.0_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe, which is obviously US- english en not UK-english. Your attachment did not make this list. If you think it relevant you may send it to me privately. Maybe this time it does reach you (I added your e-mail address in the TO field). In the mean time, I combined all the hints I received from NoOp: I upgraded Java to version 18, and I downloaded an OOo installer executable without Java. Both to no avail. In other words, I got stuck with OOo 3.1 (on this one PC only, so I can live with it). Two other PC's got upgraded to OOo 3.2 without incident. -- -- Jan van Hoek -- Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:19 uur - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
On 23/03/2010 00:27, Jan van Hoek wrote: I'm running the English 3.2.0 on 64 bit Windows 7 (Home Premium). It installed without problems, Thanks for this. I have Windows 7 Home Ultimate, but that should not make much difference. And, not withstanding my Dutch background, I've also an English version of Windows, so that should not be a factor either. I was referring to the version of OO.o and indicating that it was the English variant, *NOT* the standard American one. Some thoughtful soul packaged the final .rc which saved me a fair amount of time. ;-) The only obvious difference between our systems is that you have the Ultimate variant of Windows 7. I see no obvious reason for this to be a problem, *BUT* it is a difference. (...) although, as a matter of principle, I removed 3.1.1 first which may, or may not be relevant. After a few failed attempts to install 3.2, I've also removed the old 3.1 version. That did not help. My Windows 7 PC is relatively new. Does not contain (yet) an overload of software. See ATTACHMENT. Nothing out of the ordinary, I should say. Your attachment did not make this list. If you think it relevant you may send it to me privately. By the way: I installed 3.2 on two other PC's (both Vista, 32-bit) without incident, superseding the 3.1 version. Given your experience that the 64- bit does not seem to matter, plus that the 7 in windows 7 does not matter as well, I'm at a loss what really goes wrong in my case. So am I! I think I must be getting too old for remote diagnosis. :-) Peter HB - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
Hi, Not sure this will play in here - but the one thing I know of where OO.o on Windows 64 has a problem is Java. You must use a 32bit Java runtime with OO.o, a 64bit runtime will not work. Anyway - it is the only thing I could think of. Drew - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
On 22Mar2010, at 22:58 , Jan van Hoek wrote: I've (re)tried to install OOo 3.2, but the install consistently just hangs and produces, while using 25% CPU for hours, no workable version. Good morning Jan, Did you run the MD5 checksum? It could be that the download didn't complete properly? Keith Bainbridge PO Box 324 BELMONT Vic 3216 +61 (0)408 522 706 kei...@akrb.name - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
I've had no problems using OOo 3.1.1 I had neither, until... so OOo 3.2 (the current version) should work I've (re)tried to install OOo 3.2, but the install consistently just hangs and produces, while using 25% CPU for hours, no workable version. I've also tried a few workarounds that I saw on various forums, but to no avail. For example, removing the old 3.1 version, or cleaning the Windows Installer. The only difference that MAY be relevant, is that I run a 64-bit version of Windows 7. That is the only deviation that I can think of. In other words, I'm still running OOo 3.1 without a problem. And as long as I see no urgent reasons to make a move to OOo 3.2, I stay with that I have. -- -- Jan van Hoek -- Mon 22 Mar 2010 12:10 uur - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
On 22/03/2010 11:58, Jan van Hoek wrote: [cut] The only difference that MAY be relevant, is that I run a 64-bit version of Windows 7. That is the only deviation that I can think of. Just for reference, I'm running the English 3.2.0 on 64 bit Windows 7 (Home Premium). It installed without problems, although, as a matter of principle, I removed 3.1.1 first which may, or may not be relevant. If I can offer any diagnostic help, as a testbed perhaps Peter HB - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
Thanks Peter ( Jan)! Much Appreciated! Regards from Windhoek, Stan -- From: Peter Hillier-Brook p...@hbsys.plus.com Sent: 22 March 2010 18:53 To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7 On 22/03/2010 11:58, Jan van Hoek wrote: [cut] The only difference that MAY be relevant, is that I run a 64-bit version of Windows 7. That is the only deviation that I can think of. Just for reference, I'm running the English 3.2.0 on 64 bit Windows 7 (Home Premium). It installed without problems, although, as a matter of principle, I removed 3.1.1 first which may, or may not be relevant. If I can offer any diagnostic help, as a testbed perhaps Peter HB - 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
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
Thanks Jan! Much appreciated. I'm now seriously looking into trying to go over to the Windows 7 64-bit version then run these - are there really benefits in running in the 64-bit? Regards from Windhoek, Stan -- From: Jan van Hoek janvanh...@xs4all.nl Sent: 22 March 2010 13:58 To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7 I've had no problems using OOo 3.1.1 I had neither, until... so OOo 3.2 (the current version) should work I've (re)tried to install OOo 3.2, but the install consistently just hangs and produces, while using 25% CPU for hours, no workable version. I've also tried a few workarounds that I saw on various forums, but to no avail. For example, removing the old 3.1 version, or cleaning the Windows Installer. The only difference that MAY be relevant, is that I run a 64-bit version of Windows 7. That is the only deviation that I can think of. In other words, I'm still running OOo 3.1 without a problem. And as long as I see no urgent reasons to make a move to OOo 3.2, I stay with that I have. -- -- Jan van Hoek -- Mon 22 Mar 2010 12:10 uur - 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
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
I'm running the English 3.2.0 on 64 bit Windows 7 (Home Premium). It installed without problems, Thanks for this. I have Windows 7 Home Ultimate, but that should not make much difference. And, not withstanding my Dutch background, I've also an English version of Windows, so that should not be a factor either. (...) although, as a matter of principle, I removed 3.1.1 first which may, or may not be relevant. After a few failed attempts to install 3.2, I've also removed the old 3.1 version. That did not help. My Windows 7 PC is relatively new. Does not contain (yet) an overload of software. See ATTACHMENT. Nothing out of the ordinary, I should say. By the way: I installed 3.2 on two other PC's (both Vista, 32-bit) without incident, superseding the 3.1 version. Given your experience that the 64- bit does not seem to matter, plus that the 7 in windows 7 does not matter as well, I'm at a loss what really goes wrong in my case. -- -- Jan van Hoek (NL) -- Tue 23 Mar 2010 01:11 uur - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
florida...@yahoo.com wrote: Does the Open Office software package work with Windows 7? Thanks There are quite a few of us using it successfully there, I've had no problems using OOo 3.1.1 so OOo 3.2 (the current version) should work, too. Just make sure you download from www.openoffice.org, there are some similarly named sites that are scams or otherwise unreliable. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office for Windows 7
On Mar 21, 2010, at 20:55 , Barbara Duprey wrote: florida...@yahoo.com wrote: Does the Open Office software package work with Windows 7? Thanks There are quite a few of us using it successfully there, I've had no problems using OOo 3.1.1 so OOo 3.2 (the current version) should work, too. Just make sure you download from www.openoffice.org, there are some similarly named sites that are scams or otherwise unreliable. Just to confirm. My wife recently moved to Windows 7, and she has OOo 3.2 working without problem. //James - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office connectivity
Richard Pierce wrote: How do I connect my java applications to open office's database? I believe I need some kinf of connector Hello Richard, For accuracy I really should say something about ODF v1.2 and the Database Frontend Document specification.. I'll spare you and assume from your question that you have a physical file with an .odb extension, that happens to be one of these ODF v1.2 Database Frontend Documents which stores the actual data in the file. Currently if you must work with these files from an external program then you have only two roads to take, TTBOMK. 1: You instantiate an instance of open office (headless) and use the api to work with the HSQLdb database contained in the file. In this case you would ask the OO.o api to give your java program a connection to the database, should you want to execute SQL directly from the java side...at least that is how I understand it. -or- 2: You extract the HSQLdb database from the file at runtime, start your own instance of an HSQLdb server and the put the data back into the Base file when your application is finished. Otherwise - if you are starting with Java and you are opting to include Base as part of your solution for some development progect I would suggest you look at using a stand alone server pretty much any of your choice. Base in this context is only an ODF front end file container and includes just the needed connection data for the shared data source. Hopefully that helps.. Best wishes, Drew - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office and opening a word document
On Thursday 04 February 2010 11:02, Linda Lowther wrote: Hello: Thank you very much for open office. I need to open and print a presentation for work that is in created in Word. When I try to open the completed presentation it looks like codes, etc. I know that open office says it is compatible and you can open a word document. Do you have any suggestions? Linda, your wording seem to be giving me crossed wires a little. Word does not create presentations, PowerPoint does. Openoffice.org does open PowerPoint presentations, but some formats like Publisher it will not open (neither will Word I believe). Ideally you should tell us the format of the saved file you have. That is it's three or four letter suffix after the file name. You may need to right click the file and select Properties from the context sensitive menu to read this information. A Word document will be either thefile.doc or thefile.docx probably. A PowerPoint presentation will likely be thefile.ppt, thefile.pptx, thefile.pps or thefile.ppsx. For more file formats and extensions see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Office_programs Extensions types supported can be found under the individual programs. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office and opening a word document
Linda Lowther wrote: Hello: Thank you very much for open office. I need to open and print a presentation for work that is in created in Word. When I try to open the completed presentation it looks like codes, etc. I know that open office says it is compatible and you can open a word document. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks again for your help. Linda I think we'll probably need more information before we can help much. What version of Word are you using? When you saved the file, did you specify a filetype, and if so, what was it? What is the file extension? What version of OOo are you using? Did you try to open the file by double-clicking it, or did you open OOo Writer and use File Open? Generally speaking, OOo can open all of the Word document formats, even those more than ten years old, so the problem you are having is unusual. BTW, please reply only to this list (users@openoffice.org) so that all the volunteers on the list have a chance to help. We're just other users, like you, and mostly have nothing to do with developing the programs. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Fwd: Re: [users] Open Office Inquiry
As requested forwardedto unsubscribed OP Original Message Subject: Re: [users] Open Office Inquiry Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:54:30 + From: Rob Clement r...@robbev.com To: users@openoffice.org On 01/02/2010 01:28, Eric Shapiro wrote: Hello, To whom can I address a few brief questions about using OO for my business? I have a ghostwriting company, and would very much like to use OO (as opposed to MS Word) to generate our works of authorship, editing, and rewriting. My questions are: 1) If I'm generating revenue from the creation of these works, am I required to disclose the works via the Project site? This could create a conflict given the confidential nature of ghostwriting (although I could easily disclose my company's name + general works descriptions that don't violate nondisclosure agreements). 2) Am I correct in understanding that the fonts available in Writer are free for my unlimited commercial use and distribution? 3) Am I correct in understanding that if I were to create works of authorship, editing, and rewriting via OO, and distribute them to clients via e-mail with .doc and .rtf extensions (unless the clients have OO), I would be free to do so minus any license whatsoever? 4) Is there anything else I'd have to know to undertake the kind of work described above? Our business creates a high volume of work product documents, so I'm eager to be sure that I know what I'm doing before making a transition. MS Word's small print is frustrating in its ambiguity and restrictions, so I'm grateful to be exploring the OO option. Thanks very much! Hi Eric As a ghostwriter myself I feel I can answer most of the points. If I make any mistakes then others will come in and comment. 1) There is no need to disclose works created with OpenOffice.org in the Project site. The works you create are projects for you and not for OpenOffice.org. 2) The fonts you use in OpenOffice are the fonts you have available on your computer. Many of them will be free but some of them will have been installed by other programs. I cannot give a simple answer to this. 3) Distribution of eBooks reports and articles (I think this will cover most of your work) via .doc, .rtf will have no licence implications as far as I am aware. You may also consider using .pdf that can be securely created via OpenOffice.org. 4) I do not think there is anything else. If there is, please contact me directly. Thanks Rob - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Inquiry
Hello Eric: On Feb 1, 2010, at 02:28 , Eric Shapiro wrote: Hello, To whom can I address a few brief questions about using OO for my business? I have a ghostwriting company, and would very much like to use OO (as opposed to MS Word) to generate our works of authorship, editing, and rewriting. My questions are: 1) If I'm generating revenue from the creation of these works, am I required to disclose the works via the Project site? This could create a conflict given the confidential nature of ghostwriting (although I could easily disclose my company's name + general works descriptions that don't violate nondisclosure agreements). No. OOo is not concerned with how you use the product, although they do have a function, which allows those who are willing, to send some - anonymous - information about how OOo is used by that person/organization. 2) Am I correct in understanding that the fonts available in Writer are free for my unlimited commercial use and distribution? The ones that come with it are. 3) Am I correct in understanding that if I were to create works of authorship, editing, and rewriting via OO, and distribute them to clients via e-mail with .doc and .rtf extensions (unless the clients have OO), I would be free to do so minus any license whatsoever? Yes. 4) Is there anything else I'd have to know to undertake the kind of work described above? No, not as far as licensing is concerned. If you use Word, you shouldn't have any trouble migrating to OOo, although you will probably find that some short cuts and/or ways to do things can be a bit different. However, if you're making money out of OOo, you might be willing to consider - when you've given it a fair trial, and assuming you opt for it - making a donation towards its development. It's entirely optional, but there's a reference to that under the item I want to participate in OpenOffice.org on the home page. Incidentally, I do all my writing in OOo, which is installed on all the computers I come into contact with and have some control over. It has some very useful functions to aid writers. //James - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Inquiry
On 01/02/2010 01:28, Eric Shapiro wrote: Hello, To whom can I address a few brief questions about using OO for my business? I have a ghostwriting company, and would very much like to use OO (as opposed to MS Word) to generate our works of authorship, editing, and rewriting. My questions are: 1) If I'm generating revenue from the creation of these works, am I required to disclose the works via the Project site? This could create a conflict given the confidential nature of ghostwriting (although I could easily disclose my company's name + general works descriptions that don't violate nondisclosure agreements). 2) Am I correct in understanding that the fonts available in Writer are free for my unlimited commercial use and distribution? 3) Am I correct in understanding that if I were to create works of authorship, editing, and rewriting via OO, and distribute them to clients via e-mail with .doc and .rtf extensions (unless the clients have OO), I would be free to do so minus any license whatsoever? 4) Is there anything else I'd have to know to undertake the kind of work described above? Our business creates a high volume of work product documents, so I'm eager to be sure that I know what I'm doing before making a transition. MS Word's small print is frustrating in its ambiguity and restrictions, so I'm grateful to be exploring the OO option. Thanks very much! Hi Eric As a ghostwriter myself I feel I can answer most of the points. If I make any mistakes then others will come in and comment. 1) There is no need to disclose works created with OpenOffice.org in the Project site. The works you create are projects for you and not for OpenOffice.org. 2) The fonts you use in OpenOffice are the fonts you have available on your computer. Many of them will be free but some of them will have been installed by other programs. I cannot give a simple answer to this. 3) Distribution of eBooks reports and articles (I think this will cover most of your work) via .doc, .rtf will have no licence implications as far as I am aware. You may also consider using .pdf that can be securely created via OpenOffice.org. 4) I do not think there is anything else. If there is, please contact me directly. Thanks Rob - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open Office Inquiry
Rob, you'll have to send this to Eric himself. He's not subscribed to the list. Eric Shapiro caligh...@gmail.com Delivered-To: mailing list users@openoffice.org Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.org //J On Feb 1, 2010, at 21:54 , Rob Clement wrote: On 01/02/2010 01:28, Eric Shapiro wrote: Hello, To whom can I address a few brief questions about using OO for my business? I have a ghostwriting company, and would very much like to use OO (as opposed to MS Word) to generate our works of authorship, editing, and rewriting. My questions are: 1) If I'm generating revenue from the creation of these works, am I required to disclose the works via the Project site? This could create a conflict given the confidential nature of ghostwriting (although I could easily disclose my company's name + general works descriptions that don't violate nondisclosure agreements). 2) Am I correct in understanding that the fonts available in Writer are free for my unlimited commercial use and distribution? 3) Am I correct in understanding that if I were to create works of authorship, editing, and rewriting via OO, and distribute them to clients via e-mail with .doc and .rtf extensions (unless the clients have OO), I would be free to do so minus any license whatsoever? 4) Is there anything else I'd have to know to undertake the kind of work described above? Our business creates a high volume of work product documents, so I'm eager to be sure that I know what I'm doing before making a transition. MS Word's small print is frustrating in its ambiguity and restrictions, so I'm grateful to be exploring the OO option. Thanks very much! Hi Eric As a ghostwriter myself I feel I can answer most of the points. If I make any mistakes then others will come in and comment. 1) There is no need to disclose works created with OpenOffice.org in the Project site. The works you create are projects for you and not for OpenOffice.org. 2) The fonts you use in OpenOffice are the fonts you have available on your computer. Many of them will be free but some of them will have been installed by other programs. I cannot give a simple answer to this. 3) Distribution of eBooks reports and articles (I think this will cover most of your work) via .doc, .rtf will have no licence implications as far as I am aware. You may also consider using .pdf that can be securely created via OpenOffice.org. 4) I do not think there is anything else. If there is, please contact me directly. Thanks Rob - 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
Re: [users] Open office/ms Office
jim_mille...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I know nothing about Open Office. Is it really free? Does it compare to MS Office. Can they both be run on the same computer? Will it run on Windows 7? Anything else you can share will be helpful. Thanks, Jim OpenOffice.org is a free download from www.openoffice.org and is comparable to MS Office. You don't have to pay anything or register if you don't want to. However, donations are appreciated. You can have both OOo and MS Office on the same computer, however, when you install it, you'll be asked which application you wish to be default for MS Office files. This is a personal choice and can be easily changed later. I haven't used it on Windows 7, but I understand that it works there to. I have installed it on Vista, where it works fine. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office/ms Office
2010/1/17 jim_mille...@sbcglobal.net: I know nothing about Open Office. Is it really free? Does it compare to MS Office. Can they both be run on the same computer? Will it run on Windows 7? Anything else you can share will be helpful. Thanks, Jim Yes, yes, yes and so on. Well, it's free. Just download it (from http://www.openoffice.org/), install it and see for yourself. It's free as in ”gratis” and it's free as in ”freedom of speech”. You can install it on how many computers as you like. In fact, the more the better. You can contribute with code (the source code is available, of course), ideas and bug reports if you like. In fact quite a few of my bug reports through the years has resulted in changes, so it seems like the developers are at least listening a little bit. Just remember that OpenOffice.org is NOT MS Office and doesn't want to be (why would it? MS Office already exists…), so some things are done differently. OpenOffice.org is more Style oriented, so learning how to manage styles will pay off and save you quite a lot of time in the future, if you use it properly. You don't have to use styles, but it makes things easier once you learned working the OpenOffice.org way with styles… Regards Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office/ms Office
jim_mille...@sbcglobal.net ha scritto: I know nothing about Open Office. I suggest you start by visiting www.openoffice.org Is it really free? Yes. Does it compare to MS Office. Yes. In some areas it's even superior (e.g. it has a standalone vector drawing progam, Draw, which MS Office lacks, AFAIKT), but in some other areas it's still behind (e.g. Base is not as powerful nor easy to use like Access, IMHO). Can they both be run on the same computer? Yes, and the good part is it's platform independent. This means that if you fire up a Linux live cd or even install it on your PC, you'll find the same OpenOffice you have on Windows (differences between versions are negligible if numbers are not too different). Will it run on Windows 7? Haven't tried myself but a quick search on google brought me to the conclusion that some (solvable) issues can show up due to the improved separation between user and administrator roles in windows 7. Anything else you can share will be helpful. Thanks, Jim Some points that come to mind right now: - OOo document format is an ISO standard (ODF) - ODF files are just zip archives, where text, binary data and format metadata are clearly separated, thus you can get to your textual information even with just 7zip and Notepad - no license costs: download it for free, install it wherever you want, any times you want. Legally. - platform-independent: runs on almost any Windows version (starting with Win2000, I belive), Macintosh, Linux (preinstalled on almost all distros), etc. - OOo itself can't go out of business; also, no company can forbid access to previous versions of the OOo suite - a new OOo release doesn't force you to upgrade - doesn't pollute the system as MS Office does (IMHO, of course) - etc. HTH Marcello Romani - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office/ms Office
Yes, yes, yes and yes. Sent from my iPod On Jan 17, 2010, at 1:08 PM, jim_mille...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I know nothing about Open Office. Is it really free? Does it compare to MS Office. Can they both be run on the same computer? Will it run on Windows 7? Anything else you can share will be helpful. Thanks, Jim - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Open office/ms Office
I'm still learning OpenOffice.org but the following helped me get started. Use wikipedia as a start. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org If you need some lessons to follow: The book, A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3 (and download the lessons) is worth a look. Download some of the manuals as PDF files. http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ While you can view these with your browser I prefer to download (free) copies. They are good for looking stuff up while using the program. I also found that $20 for a printed guilde was worth it. Solveig Haugland's book, OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook, (you can order the book from the author). I found the book easier to read that the guides and has lots of screen shots. Check out here blog for examples. http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/ If you use Macros, and you should, I found OpenOffice.org Macros Explained by Andrew Pitonyak to be very helpful. If you buy the book you can download a PFD version plus chapters with working macros. The main reason for me to learn OpenOffice is to convert some of my MS Access applications to Base. However, Base is not as easy to learn as the others (Write, Calc, etc). If you have some backgound in SQL and Basic programming then Database Programming OpenOffice.org Base Basic by Roberto Benietiz will be helpful. I am still learning how to program Base but I have converted one of my Access applications. I have made one of my computers a dual boot Windows/Ubuntu system. I have found Ubuntu to be very user friendly so one day I may leave M$ for good. Harold Hauge On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Jordan Force j19forc...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, yes, yes and yes. Sent from my iPod On Jan 17, 2010, at 1:08 PM, jim_mille...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I know nothing about Open Office. Is it really free? Does it compare to MS Office. Can they both be run on the same computer? Will it run on Windows 7? Anything else you can share will be helpful. Thanks, Jim - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
