[discuss] A couple of issues

2005-03-02 Thread Richard Doherty
As someone who has switched from Mic***oft Office to OpenOffice.org, and is trying to encourage others in my field (environmental engineering) to do the same, I have a wish list for some things that would make the switch to Open Office go even more smoothly for folks in my profession: 1) It

[discuss] Suggestions for the Spreadsheet tool

2005-03-02 Thread Nick Ward
1) Add a cell format painter 2) Add a single-click 'delete cell contents' feature -- Regards, Nick - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] opening tab delimitted files with a .xls suffix in the OO spreadsheet pgm

2005-03-02 Thread Lars D. Noodn
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Frank Glos wrote: [snip] Something that would be very helpfull would be for tab delimitted files ... with the spread sheet part of openoffice. Right now if you double click on such a file it opens in the word processing part of open office with out giving you the option to

Re: [discuss] Tipping point (Was: Doc Searls' audio)

2005-03-02 Thread Claus Agerskov
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Ian Lynch wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 09:57, Claus Agerskov wrote: The tipping point is not when Linux hit 51%. The tipping point must be when the Linux marketshare in users are as large or larger as/than the largest which right now is Microsoft Windows. The

[discuss] #2 Screens do not refresh properly

2005-03-02 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
I forgot to mention, however, that the cells were grouped, when this occured, and that there was also a cell merge, for the title at the top of the screen. The grey space only stretched out horizontaly as far as the cell(s) that were being edited. I hope that helps to add more context to the

[discuss] Screens do not refresh properly

2005-03-02 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
In things like the spreadsheet, and text editor, and the database, the windows, that display on screen do not always refresh properly. Ex: I went to insert a value into my spreadsheet. I have an equation through the entire sheet that is dependant on that single cell. As the value of all the

[discuss] [Art project] Help is needed

2005-03-02 Thread Cristian Driga
Hi, There are various tasks related to graphics which need completed for the 2.0 release and also for the new website homepage. Many of these tasks require only basic knowledge on using a graphical program. Others require graphical creativity and artistic skills. Some quick examples: - we need

Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed

2005-03-02 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Where do we upload our work? I dont really want to send it to x people so he/she upload it to a site --- like 3 months later. -- Alexandro Colorado Co-Leader of OpenOffice.org Spanish http://es.openoffice.org/ Mensaje citado por Cristian Driga [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, There are various tasks

Re: [discuss] New application for Linux: Kirix's Strata

2005-03-02 Thread Alexandro Colorado
It looks very similar to Kexi, that KDE database front-end. -- Alexandro Colorado Co-Leader of OpenOffice.org Spanish http://es.openoffice.org/ Mensaje citado por Kevin Cullis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey all, Just read this aritcle about Stata that is a cross between a spreadsheet and database.

Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed

2005-03-02 Thread Cristian Driga
Hi Alexandro, Alexandro Colorado wrote: Where do we upload our work? I dont really want to send it to x people so he/she upload it to a site --- like 3 months later. First place to upload is the corresponding Issue. If a suitable issue does not exist, a new one is to be created. If the attached

[discuss] Using CVS or IssueZilla [WAS: Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed]

2005-03-02 Thread Cristian Driga
Hi Berd, First of all, I am starting a new thread as my call *was for help* in accomplishing urgent tasks and I still want people to read my announcement. NOW: Please check the Art project website: http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/ The images you see indexed there in the gallery are not from

Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed

2005-03-02 Thread Cristian Driga
Hi, Nicu Buculei wrote: snip Bringing back this thread to its initial purpose. Please keep the threads to their initial subject. For new subjects, netiquette rules require that you start a new email thread. For this one it was the fact that OpenOffice.org needs contributions in the graphics

[discuss] Re: Font problems

2005-03-02 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
Please do *not* start a new question by replying to an old one as this causes several problems: 1) most email software will correctly think that your email is a response to the email you are replying to, and will indicate this by displaying your email as a child of the original email 2) because of

Re: [discuss] opening tab delimitted files with a .xls suffix in the OO spreadsheet pgm

2005-03-02 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Lars, On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 03:55:46 -0500, Lars D. Noodén wrote: I agree. However, I would add that *any* tab delimited file be opened in the spread sheet, regardless of extension. Sorry, but there's no such thing as a tab delimited file. There are text files that contain tabs, some

Re: [discuss] A couple of issues

2005-03-02 Thread Christian Einfeldt
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 07:04, Richard Doherty wrote: As someone who has switched from Mic***oft Office to OpenOffice.org, Welcome! and is trying to encourage others in my field (environmental engineering) to do the same, You rock! I have a wish list for some things that would make

[discuss] Re: [Marketing] [Art project] Help is needed

2005-03-02 Thread Daniel Carrera
Cristian Driga wrote: There are various tasks related to graphics which need completed for the 2.0 release and also for the new website homepage. One more: An icon. What I mean by that is a cool image that represents OOo, but fits in a square. Our current logo is rectangular and it doesn't

Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed

2005-03-02 Thread Daniel Carrera
Bernd Eilers wrote: Misusing the ability of the issue tracker to have attachments as a version control systems is IMHO not a good idea. I vote Bernd for president! Yes, I agree with you 100%, absolutely. I strongly believe that you should use the appropriate tool for each job. IssueZilla

Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed

2005-03-02 Thread Robert Vojta
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 14:54, Bernd Eilers wrote: Hallo Bernd, Why not just create a normal project with CVS modules for these things and give people CVS access to this project like it is done with any other stuff developed for OOo. I agree with you, but I'm not fan of large number of

Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed

2005-03-02 Thread Daniel Carrera
Robert Vojta wrote: I agree with you, but I'm not fan of large number of large binary files in the CVS. It's not so efficient and you can expect few problems sooner or later. I think that the Plone or any other CMS is better for this task. Yes. Plone is the best alternative, by far

Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed [NETTIQUETTE]

2005-03-02 Thread Cristian Driga
Hi Daniel, all, PLEASE start a new thread or use the already started one by me to discuss this. http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussmsgNo=47448 Since you do not propose solutions on how to get people help with the graphics AND since you do not offer to enroll yourself in the

Re: [discuss] [Art project] Help is needed [NETTIQUETTE]

2005-03-02 Thread Daniel Carrera
Cristian Driga wrote: Since you do not propose solutions on how to get people help with the graphics What are you talking about? That is exactly what I did! Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org |

Re: [discuss] BUG: Set Input mode missing from keyboard shortcuts

2005-03-02 Thread CPH
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 22:20, + David Filskov wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I removed Set Input Mode from F2 since I'm trying to avoid F-keys using for instance Ctrl+shift+E instead - but there is no way to get the Input Mode shortcut back. It's simply missing from the

Re: [discuss] The new OpenOffice Impress: all that glitters is gold?

2005-03-02 Thread CPH
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 14:08, + Andrea wrote: Hello everybody, I am testing the Impress module of the OO2 beta (1.9.74). I have tried without success to hide or move the (hideous!) views bar (I do not know if this is the correct name, I couldn't find any reference to it in the help system

[discuss] Re: The new OpenOffice Impress: all that glitters is gold?

2005-03-02 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:08:41 +0100, Andrea wrote: Hello everybody, I am testing the Impress module of the OO2 beta (1.9.74). I have tried Before you file an issue, please download 2.0bc and test that. Your problem may have already been fixed. -- Documentation Co-lead Dinna meddle wi'

Re: [discuss] Right-Click Problem

2005-03-02 Thread KamiHír
CPH írta: On Wednesday 02 March 2005 17:31, + Joel Edwards wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I have been experiencing a problem with Writer. When I am typing anything up and then right-click my computer locks up. So far this has only occured on the linux version of OpenOffice.org. On