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

2005-03-15 Thread Mathias Bauer
Matt Needles wrote: Tony Pursell wrote: On 13 Mar 2005 at 0:10, Mathias Bauer wrote: If you want to use another application than the default one you must use Open with. IMHO that's the right way to go also for OOo. The problem with OO.o is that it is only 'soffice' in the Windows program

[discuss] XML/Word-processing Patent in NZ

2005-03-15 Thread Marco Fioretti
In the New Zealand Herald, Adam Gifford has written an article blasting Microsoft for burying the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office in paperwork. One example is Patent 525484, accepted by the office and now open for objections until the end of May, which says Microsoft invented and owns

Re: [discuss] Dual head presentation ability for Impress

2005-03-15 Thread Lars D. Noodn
This sounds like it is the ability to show the same presentation in two windows at the same time. I agree that it could be useful to have that choice. -Lars Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Software patents kill innovation and harm all Net-based business. Keep them out of the EU

Re: [discuss] Dual head presentation ability for Impress

2005-03-15 Thread Prof. Dr. H.-Chr. Rodrian
Hi, thank you! Looks promising. I'll give it a try! Best regards Hans-Christian Rodrian Peter Kupfer wrote: Prof. Dr. H.-Chr. Rodrian wrote: Dear all, while Impress matured amazingly from 1.x to 2.0 beta, there is a feature that I still miss: the ability to display presentations in a dual head

Re: [discuss] Template

2005-03-15 Thread Lars D. Noodn
What types of templates have you used most often? What types of templates are you looking for? -Lars Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Software patents kill innovation and harm all Net-based business. Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open.

Re: [discuss] XML/Word-processing Patent in NZ

2005-03-15 Thread Lars D. Noodn
Make sure your MEP knows to put pressure on the EC to deal with the CIID. It will come up to vote in the EP, but your representatives MUST attend AND vote no. An abstention counts as a yes vote. http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps2.repartition?ilg=EN Parallel, it would be good to get

Re: [discuss] XML/Word-processing Patent in NZ

2005-03-15 Thread Lars D. Noodn
Along the theme of power grabs, the same company has begun appointing what seem to be consuls / ambassadors under the name National Technology Officer (NTO). http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/21/ms_nto/ -Lars Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Software patents kill innovation and harm

Re: [discuss] Dual head presentation ability for Impress

2005-03-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Prof. Dr. H.-Chr. Rodrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: while Impress matured amazingly from 1.x to 2.0 beta, there is a feature that I still miss: the ability to display presentations in a dual head environment in the same way as powerpoint does. Hi, thanks for the praise. The feature you are

Re: [discuss] XML/Word-processing Patent in NZ

2005-03-15 Thread Lars D. Noodn
I agree that fighting software patentds in NZ and the US is necessary, but that will be easier if sw patents do not gain a foothold in the EU. Like anything else that can't be made into a sound bite, the problem with adopting software patents is one that that many people miss. The harm is not

Re: [discuss] Dual head presentation ability for Impress

2005-03-15 Thread Lars D. Noodn
The URL for Support for multiscreen displays is this: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12719 Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Software patents kill innovation and harm all Net-based business. Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open.

[discuss] XML/Word-processing Patent in NZ

2005-03-15 Thread Justin Clift
Hi all, We should put this on the front page of the OOo site _very soon_ shouldn't we? i.e. It's *extremely* relevant to OOo directly and wider awareness may assist in getting this blocked. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Original Message Subject: [discuss]

Re: [discuss] MSN Producer like program in OO Impress's future

2005-03-15 Thread Chad Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you describe a little more what MS Producer does or the particular feature(s) that are most interesting to you? Or point to some similar non-MS tools which also have those features? I saw some in the early 90's but things have changed since then. The first link

Re: [discuss] MSN Producer like program in OO Impress's future

2005-03-15 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
Well. Hmm. As I understand it, Microsoft provides piggyback services for media player the same as they do for windows based browsers. All the components are already there. All you need to do is setup an interface, and link to the codecs. There are multiple documents that can be found online

[discuss] Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Partnership

2005-03-15 Thread Diane Mackay
http://blogs.msdn.com/eec/archive/2005/03/03/384874.aspx http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/11/ms_gets_sunkit/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Partnership

2005-03-15 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
Let the conspiracy theories begin! Who says SUN is using this community to devise a competitive Office suite, then to close the open source community and take the microsoft partnership a step further. Huh huh? Spread some [EMAIL PROTECTED] around LOL :P Rigel Diane Mackay [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] OOo Forums hacked

2005-03-15 Thread Christian Einfeldt
On Monday 14 March 2005 19:25, OldSarge wrote: To Chad Smith: For once, somebody has me wrong as to what I am trying to find out. I have OpenOffice on both my Windows and Linux, I have a dual boot machine. I am simply trying to find out which was affected and what might be the cure, if

[discuss] filming community giving out OOo 2.0

2005-03-15 Thread Christian Einfeldt
Hi, I thought that it might be interesting for the Digital Tipping Point film for us to film a group of us in San Francisco giving out OOo 2.0 CDs. I think that I might be able to get a few notable locals to join us, say for example, Brian Behlendorf to name one. I also am thinking of a

Re: [discuss] Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Partnership

2005-03-15 Thread Christian Einfeldt
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 12:31, Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: Let the conspiracy theories begin! Who says SUN is using this community to devise a competitive Office suite, then to close the open source community and take the microsoft partnership a step further. Huh huh? Spread some [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] a couple of user friendly ideas

2005-03-15 Thread Darrell Ray
I have been watching the development of OOo over the past year, and I am very impressed. Since I teach a writing intensive course, I point my students toward this product if they do not have or they cannot afford a commercial office suite. In the coming year, I will expand the scope of one upper

[discuss] page number

2005-03-15 Thread Istvan Hollerbach
Dear Sirs, My name is Istvan Hollerbach. I recommend you to rewrite the page numbering. Now it is difficult to manage it. For instance, when page numbering starts not with the figure one or the first page has no page number. Page numbering is much more simple in Microsoft Word. I miss the

[discuss] Special Characters between MSWord and OOoWrite

2005-03-15 Thread Daniel
I created a document using OOoWrite 1.9.84 and inserted characters from the character map such as lower-case theta, lower-case sigma, lower-case delta. The characters appeared fine in OOo. I saved the document in Word Format. When I opened the document with MSWordXP, the characters appeared

[discuss] submitting issues with attachments?

2005-03-15 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
Is it possible to submit issues with attachments to issie/bug-zilla on openoffice.org web site bug report form? I installed a screen capture utility to resolve any confusion for developers as to the course of actions taken, profiling both in text, and by mouse gestures in the screen captures

[discuss] submitting issues with attachments?

2005-03-15 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
Is it possible to submit issues with attachments to issie/bug-zilla on openoffice.org web site bug report form? I installed a screen capture utility to resolve any confusion for developers as to the course of actions taken, profiling both in text, and by mouse gestures in the screen captures

[discuss] Re: submitting issues with attachments?

2005-03-15 Thread Russell Butler
Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: Is it possible to submit issues with attachments to issie/bug-zilla on openoffice.org web site bug report form? I installed a screen capture utility to resolve any confusion for developers as to the course of actions taken, profiling both in text, and by mouse gestures in

Re: [discuss] Re: submitting issues with attachments?

2005-03-15 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
Russell Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: Is it possible to submit issues with attachments to issie/bug-zilla on openoffice.org web site bug report form? I installed a screen capture utility to resolve any confusion for developers as to the course of actions taken,

Re: [discuss] Note Taking in an Office Suite

2005-03-15 Thread Simon Lilburn
[N.B.: Sorry if this doesn't automatically follow on the thread, I'm reading the digest version and can't quite figure out how to reply to one thread] I was going to add a few suggestions/comments to this steadily growing note taking idea in addition to my original email. - Firstly, I love

Re: [discuss] Dual head presentation ability for Impress

2005-03-15 Thread Simon Lilburn
Another program that does this is Apple's Keynote (not to be mixed up with the other Keynote program, as mentioned in the note-taking thread). It has the presentation as it would appear on screen on one monitor with notes on the presentation, a timer (counting down to the next frame/animation