Re: [discuss] Writer - Bitmap downsampling

2005-03-07 Thread CPH
On Thursday 03 March 2005 08:21, + V Venkatesh wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Suggestion: > > Downsampling of bitmaps should be a user option. For both printing and > exporting to PDF. So also, an option for image compresson - uncompressed, > ZIP, LZW, packbits, etc. Acrobat re

Re: [discuss] New features

2005-03-07 Thread CPH
On Monday 07 March 2005 22:10, + Ray wrote: > I was wondering as you upgrade your product if you ever considered > creating a product like Microsoft publisher You can use OpenOffice.org is similar ways to publisher. Please have a loot on newsforge.org as they publishedf such an article in the las

Re: [discuss] Praise for OO 2.0 and a bug report

2005-03-07 Thread CPH
On Sunday 06 March 2005 13:58, + Softhome wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hello discuss, > > I have been checking your site often in hopes of finding the OO 2.0. > I got it the first day, tried it for 2 days and was sufficiently > satisfied to uninstall the 1.4 version. I'm

Re: [discuss] PDF - Table of Contents

2005-03-07 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
Sunday, March 6, 2005 Jeroen de Cloe wrote: > Hi, > I have an idea for Open Office PDF generation: > Every item in the document Table of Contents could optionally be > exported as a hyperlink > that links to the correct page/location in the PDF. This is already possible in OOo 2.0 beta -- Giu

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org2.0 beta

2005-03-07 Thread alastair horne
I downloaded it at home last night and plan installing it and running it tonight if all goes well. I will let everyone know the results. regards alastairh On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:35:00 -0800 (PST), Mr Rigel Anrndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dag Veidal. This kind of thing would be better dire

Re: [discuss] Comments / notes

2005-03-07 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 13:00, Ian Laurenson wrote: > On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 14:38, Piotr Kozbial wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was forced to move from Lyx/Latex to MS-Word/OpenOffice. Both word > > processors are great, however in Lyx I have colapsable "notes", that are > > not printable. "Note" in Lyx

Re: [discuss] Comments / notes

2005-03-07 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 14:38, Piotr Kozbial wrote: > Hi, > > I was forced to move from Lyx/Latex to MS-Word/OpenOffice. Both word > processors are great, however in Lyx I have colapsable "notes", that are > not printable. "Note" in Lyx is just a fragment of text (framed and > highlited). In OO a

Re: [discuss] Ver 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) Mail Merge

2005-03-07 Thread Matt Johnson
> From the lack of response to my posts on both this > list and on 'users' it > seems nobody is as passionate about mail merge as I > am. I had hoped > I might get a discussion going but it seems that few > people are > interested. It seems now harder to use a spreadsheet as a source for mail

[discuss] PDF - Table of Contents

2005-03-07 Thread Jeroen de Cloe
Hi, I have an idea for Open Office PDF generation: Every item in the document Table of Contents could optionally be exported as a hyperlink that links to the correct page/location in the PDF. Best regards, Jeroen -- *Jeroen

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org2.0 beta

2005-03-07 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
Hi Dag Veidal. This kind of thing would be better directed to the product bug reporting online forum, called "Issue Zilla" and is available from the home page of OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org/project/qa/issue_handling/project_issues.html That way the report can be indexed and acces

[discuss] Praise for OO 2.0 and a bug report

2005-03-07 Thread Softhome
Hello discuss, I have been checking your site often in hopes of finding the OO 2.0. I got it the first day, tried it for 2 days and was sufficiently satisfied to uninstall the 1.4 version. I'm almost ready to uninstall MS-Office as I don't use it much any way. I prefer OO calc hands down

[discuss] OpenOffice.org2.0 beta

2005-03-07 Thread Dag Veidal
Hi, I have been a very happy user of OpenOffice (for Windows) both at work and for private use for the last couple of months, and I was eager to download and test the new 2.0(beta)version . I have only been using this version for two days, but one thing seem to occur every single time when test

[discuss] Comments / notes

2005-03-07 Thread Piotr Kozbial
Hi, I was forced to move from Lyx/Latex to MS-Word/OpenOffice. Both word processors are great, however in Lyx I have colapsable "notes", that are not printable. "Note" in Lyx is just a fragment of text (framed and highlited). In OO and MS-word, notes are small, can not be long, and in most case

[discuss] New features

2005-03-07 Thread Ray
I was wondering as you upgrade your product if you ever considered creating a product like Microsoft publisher

Re: [discuss] Ver 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) Mail Merge

2005-03-07 Thread Tony Pursell
On 7 Mar 2005 at 19:22, Mathias Bauer wrote: > Tony Pursell wrote: > > > The problem with the new Wizard is that it is the only way to easily > > get the multi letter file. But there are lots of scenarios, > > particularly in the business world (which I'm sure we would all like > > to see OO.o u

Re: [discuss] openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Mathias Bauer
Andrews wrote: > Following on the PDF concept - if Openoffice had a "final" command that > automatically converted a file to PDF, marked it final and date stamped > it (or digitally signed it), and then cleared the original this could be > a solution. It would then be nice to have a PDF viewer

Re: [discuss] Feature Request

2005-03-07 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 01:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We are using your product for a long time and are enjoing using it. > We are using LaTEX too and having difficulties in converting > documents from LaTEX format to OOo format. Do you plan to include > converter LaTEX-OOo in the next releases

Re: [discuss] Ver 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) Mail Merge

2005-03-07 Thread Mathias Bauer
Tony Pursell wrote: > The problem with the new Wizard is that it is the only way to easily get > the multi letter file. But there are lots of scenarios, particularly in the > business world (which I'm sure we would all like to see OO.o used in) > where the Wizard would fall short of what is ne

Re: [discuss] Re: openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Carrera
Daniel Carrera wrote: > http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/invoice.sxc Incidentally, this is how I did this: * Select the "quantity" cells, that is, the cells I *do* want people to change. * Format > Cells > Cell Protection. * Uncheck "Protected" and click OK. * Tools > ProtectDocument > S

Re: [discuss] Feature Request

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Carrera
Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: > nope. No clue. I simply tossed out general trouble shooting advice. LaTeX is a file format designed by a mathematecian, for writing mathematical papers. It makes writing equations very easy. It is a markup, like HTML. For example: \( (f*g)(t)=\int _{0}^{t}f(x)g(t-x)

Re: [discuss] Re: openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Carrera
Martin J Hooper wrote: > I think that what he is trying to say is have the cells that you don't > want to edit made read-only and whatever data you want or need to edit > as read-write. > > Not quite sure how you would do it with Ooo though... Here's an example. I think this does what you guys

Re: [discuss] Feature Request

2005-03-07 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
nope. No clue. I simply tossed out general trouble shooting advice. Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Uhmmm... Rigel, do you know what LaTeX is? Cheers, Daniel. On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 01:52:01PM -0800, Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: > If LaTex can export to Rich Text Format or Unicode, then O

Re: [discuss] Feature Request

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Carrera
Uhmmm... Rigel, do you know what LaTeX is? Cheers, Daniel. On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 01:52:01PM -0800, Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: > If LaTex can export to Rich Text Format or Unicode, then OOo should have no > problem importing those file types. Check the list of export options for > LaTEX, and then

Re: [discuss] Feature Request

2005-03-07 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
If LaTex can export to Rich Text Format or Unicode, then OOo should have no problem importing those file types. Check the list of export options for LaTEX, and then verify the import options for OOo. You might find a solution there, for in the mean time. Rigel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: De

[discuss] Feature Request

2005-03-07 Thread gevorgiz
Dear OpenOffice.org developers! We are using your product for a long time and are enjoing using it. We are using LaTEX too and having difficulties in converting documents from LaTEX format to OOo format. Do you plan to include converter LaTEX-OOo in the next releases of the office suite? We need i

Re: [discuss] openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 09:03, Andrews wrote: [snip] > > Another issue that I mentioned in my first email is the possibility of > turning a spreadsheet into an input form that users would only be able > to enter specified fields that the "form" would prompt them to fill in > and the entry validat

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org contributions was openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 01:28, CPH wrote: > On Sunday 06 March 2005 09:59, Andrews wrote: > [snip] > > Finally - what you have done, creating free and very useful software, > > is a fantastic service to computer users all over the world - I just > > have a concern that eventually the lack of finan

[discuss] Re: openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Martin J Hooper
Daniel Carrera wrote: I'm not sure what you mean. You could "protect" the cells with the formulae, and then sign the document. Wouldn't that work? I think that what he is trying to say is have the cells that you don't want to edit made read-only and whatever data you want or need to edit as read

Re: [discuss] openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Carrera
Andrews wrote: > I firmly believe there is a need to provide document users with the > certainty that what they are using is actually final. This is what the new digital signature system is supposed to provide. The file is still editable, but if you edit it, the digital signature will break an

Re: [discuss] openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Andrews
Justin Fitzgibbon wrote: > This security should be on two levels - lower which allows changes on entering a password and locked _which prevents changes ever being made. If the contents of a document can be decrypted in order to view it theres no way to then lock it against changes, or prev

Re: [discuss] openoffice security

2005-03-07 Thread Andrews
Daniel Carrera wrote: Andrews wrote: Thanks for the reply - thought the format could be a problem, I suppose one could export to PDF and then clear the original sheet - I am not sure though how easy the PDF format could be edited. PDF is not an editable format. Give me a while to think ab

Re: [discuss] EU Council pased the swpat

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Carrera
Daniel Carrera wrote: > Found it: > > http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html Lars, could you help me extend/expand this letter? It doesn't say anything about regular uses, software writers and small businesses. And it doesn't link to the page you just posted. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera

Re: [discuss] EU Council pased the swpat

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Carrera
Daniel Carrera wrote: > Lars, could you help me put down sample letters? Or else, tell me where I > can find them? Found it: http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.or

Re: [discuss] EU Council pased the swpat

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Carrera
Lars D. Noodén wrote: > Do write to your council representatives and parliament members. > ... again if you have already done so. Lars, could you help me put down sample letters? Or else, tell me where I can find them? You see, if I were an European citizen, I wouldn't know how to write a lett

Re: [discuss] EU Council pased the swpat

2005-03-07 Thread Lars D. Noodén
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, spencer wrote: How do you find who your represenative is? It's not easy. It's amlost as if that were secret information. Here's what I've found so far: Parliament members http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps2.repartition?ilg=EN Commission members http:/

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

2005-03-07 Thread Lars D. Noodén
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, p cooper wrote: [...] The first TP will be when the opposition cant ignore you. I would posit that this occurred in 1998 as evidenced by the "Halloween Papers" and by the anti-OSS/anit-Linux FUD-storm that has followed. With MS this will be when they significantly drop their b

Re: [discuss] EU Council pased the swpat

2005-03-07 Thread mfioretti
>> > Hi, > I thought you folks would be interested in this. > http://wiki.ffii.org/Cons050307En > On a commentary I read: "The directive will now be passed to European Parliament, which can reject or amend the proposal, for a second reading." If so (who can confirm?) this is the right moment (

Re: [discuss] EU Council pased the swpat

2005-03-07 Thread spencer
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 09:08 -0500, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > It's not over, but it has gotten more difficult. > > Do write to your council representatives and parliament members. > ... again if you have already done so. How do you find who your represenative is? > > It's too bad that none of the

Re: [discuss] EU Council pased the swpat

2005-03-07 Thread Lars D. Noodén
It's not over, but it has gotten more difficult. Do write to your council representatives and parliament members. ... again if you have already done so. It's too bad that none of the press mentions that it's more than developers who are affected. Patents govern *use* so that means that anyone us

[discuss] EU Council pased the swpat

2005-03-07 Thread spencer
Hi, I thought you folks would be interested in this. http://wiki.ffii.org/Cons050307En A sad day:( Later - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Opening word templates in writer

2005-03-07 Thread Mathias Bauer
Izak wrote: > Hello Group. > > Using OOo beta2.0 on linux it seems to be impossible to open any ms-word > templates. Can someone please try and confirm? Already confirmed and fixed: :-) http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=42411 Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.

Re: [discuss] XForms Support in OOo2 - a blog post

2005-03-07 Thread Jacqueline McNally
Kurt Cagle wrote: http://www.understandingxml.com/archives/2005/03/xforms_editor_i.html Hello Kurt Thank you for alerting us to your mini-review and rave about XForms in OpenOffice.org. I have cross-posted to the OpenOffice.org Marketing Project. When we were going throught the list of features

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

2005-03-07 Thread Mathias Bauer
Enrique wrote: > But I do feel like Byfield and others that Impress redesigners have let > themselves drop in the "eye candy" mistake. I feel that some functions > that are simple in 1.1.4 are complicated by the new design. I must confess that at first I also had this impression at least sometime