[discuss] 1.9.104 /tmp permissions???

Here is a message that was going to send to the group. When I tried to send it, it was impossible. This is good because I saw that somehow the permissions of my /tmp folder were changed. Obviously running OO as a normal user could not work because OO then didn't have permission to write to the

[discuss] updating OO and dicts

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, As you've seen from my last message I just updated OO again to 104. One recurring problem is carrying along the various dictionaries I use for spell checking. I run the macro DicOOo.sxw and it installs the dictionaries to ~/openoffice.org1.9.104/use

Re: [discuss] OO2 Beta Impress Problem

Actualy the latest version is 1.9.104, not 1.9.101 Rigel On 5/19/05, Caleb Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This isn't a problem. It's simply a limitation of OOo. Motion in OOo > slideshows is jerky, I too hope that they will fix it soon. However, you > aren't using the latest version. The lat

Re: [discuss] updating OO and dicts

On Fri, May 20, 2005 10:24:50 AM +0200, Jonathan Kaye ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > As you've seen from my last message I just updated OO again to > 104. One recurring problem is carrying along the various > dictionaries I use for spell checking. I run the macro DicOOo.sxw > and it installs the dic

Re: [discuss] updating OO and dicts

Hi As you've seen from my last message I just updated OO again to 104. One recurring problem is carrying along the various dictionaries I use for spell checking. I run the macro DicOOo.sxw and it installs the dictionaries to ~/openoffice.org1.9.104/user/wordbook . When I run openoffice as a normal

Re: [discuss] OO2 Beta Impress Problem

Caleb Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This isn't a problem. It's simply a limitation of OOo. Motion in OOo > slideshows is jerky, I too hope that they will fix it soon. However, > you aren't using the latest version. The latest version is 1.9.101. > Though I won't claim we're perfect yet, ani

[discuss] Running OO.o macros in other word processors?

Greetings, OpenDocument can be used by any Office suite or other software, but what if a file also contains OO.o macros? What if developers of KOffice, AbiWord, whatever... wanted to add this support to their program? Is it possible? How? How much big of a task would it be? Which kind of work s

[discuss] Re: updating OO and dicts

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 En/La Laurent Godard ha escrit, a 20/05/05 11:59: | thansk for the report | | i just tested | it appears that the new dictionnary is detected but not setup in the | configuration; | As stated in the DicOOo File, you just have to go to | tools > options

Re: [discuss] Running OO.o macros in other word processors?

Hi, the most important thing is the UNO API from OOo. UNO the underlying component model will be extracted from OOo soon so that it should be possible for other applications to use it as well. The whole API is defined in IDL and OOo provides "one" possible implementation for this abstract API. S

Re: [discuss] Running OO.o macros in other word processors?

Quoting "M. Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Greetings, OpenDocument can be used by any Office suite or other software, but what if a file also contains OO.o macros? What if developers of KOffice, AbiWord, whatever... wanted to add this support to their program? Is it possible? How? How much big of a

[discuss] Re: updating OO and dicts

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 En/La Jonathan Kaye ha escrit, a 20/05/05 10:24: | Hi, | As you've seen from my last message I just updated OO again to 104. One | recurring problem is carrying along the various dictionaries I use for | spell checking. I run the macro DicOOo.sxw and it

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

You seem to not have understood my point. MS users _have_ to upgrade their applications because the next version document format is not documented. OOo users don't have to. Similarly, sx*/od* formated files users don't have to use OOo to use the files since the format is documented XML, there ca

Re: [discuss] Running OO.o macros in other word processors?

Alexandro Colorado wrote: Language for OOo can be done on OOoBasic, C++ Python and many other bindings, Novell is working on the C# binding and is going quite good. OOo has already a C# binding for CLI on the windows platform. Novell works on one for Mono and of course nothing has contributed bac

Re: [discuss] Running OO.o macros in other word processors?

On Fri, May 20, 2005 14:54:13 PM +0300, Alexandro Colorado ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Interesting point and I think is an issue regarding each office > manufacturer to support the macros model Yes, of course. It impacts KOffice first, because they already have in their plan a migration to OpenD

[discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

On 5/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You seem to not have understood my point. > > MS users _have_ to upgrade their applications because the next version > document format is not documented. No they *don't*. I use MS 98 (for Mac) at work just fine. It works with MSO 2001,

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

Chad wrote: > he will *HAVE TO* up grade. When a MSO 97 or 98 user comes across a MS Word > 2004 file, a .doc, he double clicks on it, and it opens without a hitch. He > does not *HAVE TO* upgrade. He _will_ have to upgrade. No ifs, ands, or buts,. MSO97 can not correctly read files created

[discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

That's complete crap, Jonathon. I *use* an older version of MSO *EVERYDAY* and it interacts just fine with files created on other versions of MSO almost daily. I don't know where you're getting your information, but from my personal experience first hand, I can tell you that you are wrong. -Chad

[discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

On 5/19/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rigel wrote: > > > what "things" are those Johnathon that can be done with 1.13 but can't be > done since then? > > SwitchLang is the most obvious, though 2.0 will, in theory, > incorporate something similar. > Bidi support is the most blata

[discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

As dogmatic as you may be - my personal experience wins out against your vaunted claims. the document may have a slight formating shift - but the data (and that is the word that was used eariler "those who want to use their *data*") the *DATA* is reproducable throughout the various versions of MSO

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

Chad Smith wrote: That's complete crap, Jonathon. I *use* an older version of MSO *EVERYDAY* and it interacts just fine with files created on other versions of MSO almost daily. I don't know where you're getting your information, but from my personal experience first hand, I can tell you that you

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

James wrote: >was rebooting the server. I'm sure youre PHB appreciates that. xan jonathon -- A Fork requires: Seven systems with: 1+ GHz Processors 2+ GB RAM 0.25 TB Hard drive space - To unsubscrib

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 13:00 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: > Say whatever you wish to say, Jonathan, the facts are there. MSO can > open and edit and save files from MSO. I do it several times a week. *You* haven't seen a problem. That does not mean that those problems don't exsist. Simple test- I can

[discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

Jonathon Blake wrote: Chad wrote: he will *HAVE TO* up grade. When a MSO 97 or 98 user comes across a MS Word 2004 file, a .doc, he double clicks on it, and it opens without a hitch. He does not *HAVE TO* upgrade. He _will_ have to upgrade. No ifs, ands, or buts,. MSO97 can not correctly read

[discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

Even my copy of MS Word has 97-2001 as a single file format. (It *is* Office 2001, so 2003 and 2004 aren't included since they didn't exist when the dialog box was writen. On 5/20/05, Randomthots <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathon Blake wrote: > > Chad wrote: > > > > > >>he will *HAVE TO* up

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

Okay. I am going to set a particular record straight here. Chad. You're right, and you're wrong. Jonathon. You're right, and you're... Sort of wrong. A: Microsoft Word / Spreadsheet / and OLE formats are based on a series of TTF font conventions and RTF(Rich Text Format) conventions B: Microsoft

[discuss] bug in impress appear effect

Good morning, I have found a bug that happens with appear effect, the problem is hen you write several points, an want tappear each after each, the result is: - - - - -5 Only appears the las point text. I use suse 9.1, fully patched. And open office 1.9.100. The mail contents one slide with the pro

[discuss] Page numbers, Thesaurus, Foreign Languages

Hi, I'm a college student who uses OpenOffice for writing term papers and other major assignments. Although I love using this office suite (as compared to my way overused Microsoft Word 97 that I sometimes still rely on), there are still some problems that interfere with my ability to do homewor

[discuss] Re: [native-lang] Polish Native-Lang Project announced

Charles-H.Schulz wrote: The Native-Lang Confederation of OpenOffice.org greets today a long-awaited member. The Polish Native-Lang project (http://pl.openoffice.org), led by Adam Dereszkiewicz, gathers all the local polish initiatives and communities in one single and efficient project designed to

Re: [discuss] a few things that might help

thank you , the information that you sent will be very helpfully. if the tab thing ever happens i think that Microsoft's attempts at integration will be over, i know that all the programs would have to run off the same basic set of rules and operational controls but its a good idea to keep in the

Re: [discuss] Running OO.o macros in other word processors?

M. Fioretti wrote: > I should have been more specific. As I see it, macros today are used > (or misused) in OO.o in two fundamental ways: they either extend the > functionality of the *program* or that of the *document*. > > Most of the first kind are just unneeded in other (*nix) word > processo

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

on 05/20/05 14:09 'Rigel' wrote: Okay. I am going to set a particular record straight here. Chad. You're right, and you're wrong. Jonathon. You're right, and you're... Sort of wrong. Rigel: Thanks for setting the record straight. Jonathan, Chad, et al: Can we put this one to bed now. Please? oldgn

Re: [discuss] Page numbers, Thesaurus, Foreign Languages

Hello Sherman, Thanks for writing and your questions. OOo is even better than you know. But since it's different is some way's you have to find out first how... Sherman FitzSimons wrote: First, all my instructors require page numbers on every page except the first page. OOo does this far more b

[discuss] IRC conference

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Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

Steve wrote: > Can we put this one to bed now. Please? I'm going to suggest that Rigel's answer be put in FAQ, as part of the explanation of why OOo is not 100% compatible with MSO. xan jonathon -- A Fork requires: Seven systems with: 1+ GHz Processors 2+ GB RAM 0.25

Re: [discuss] IRC conference

Fred wrote: Where can I get a schedule for the IRC conferences? http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/ We're a bit delayed just this time. It's been a busy month for me (end of school, and moving out) so I haven't been able to prepare the conferences far enough ahead. I do have someone for

Re: [discuss] Page numbers, Thesaurus, Foreign Languages

Sherman wrote: > First, all my instructors require page numbers on every page except the first > page. Use Page Styles: Set the first page style to have no header information. Set the front matter page style to use roman numerals. Set the regular pages to use Arabic Numbers. [And if you want d

Re: [discuss] IRC conference

Thanks Daniel On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:42:15 -0400 Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fred wrote: Where can I get a schedule for the IRC conferences? http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/ We're a bit delayed just this time. It's been a busy month for me (end of school, and moving out

Re: [discuss] Re: Reason corporates won't touch OO.o

You're Welcome Steven. I do my best :)... btw: Microsoft Writer, shouldn't be confused with OOo writer... MS Writer was the old name for WordPad. Rigel On 5/20/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve wrote: > > > Can we put this one to bed now. Please? > > I'm going to sugges

Re: [discuss] Page numbers, Thesaurus, Foreign Languages

On 20 May 2005 at 23:31, cono wrote: > Hello Sherman, > > Thanks for writing and your questions. > OOo is even better than you know. But since it's different is some way's > you have to find out first how... Better?  - Probably true. Different? -  definitely. Most word processors have a sim

Re: [discuss] Calc oddity

Ralph Alvy wrote: I notice that using OO 1.1.3 Calc under Kubuntu Linux, as well as OO 1.1.4 Calc under Arch Linux, if I load a CSV file and choose Separated by Tab, a column of numbers formatted nn:nn:nn will load the data as though it's a time field. So, for instance, if one piece of data in th

Re: [discuss] Access Help from QuickStarter

Caleb Marcus wrote: I'd like to be able to access Help and Options from the QuickStarter. Any thoughts? I don't see why this would be useful? -- Peter Kupfer -- Using OOo since 'OO4 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to help? http://www.oooauthors.org For OOo tips: http://openoffice.peschtra.com/tips

Re: [discuss] Calc improvements

Spradbery, Chas - JPK - wrote: Hi I have a couple of ideas for improvements in the way worksheets are handled When you have multiple worksheets it would be very helpful if, as well as renaming them, you could assign the sheet tabs different colours - fo

Re: [discuss] Open Source Software

Caleb Marcus wrote: I just want to know what open source software people are using. I use Firefox, Thunderbird, GIMP, Audacity, Perl, and OpenOffice. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [discuss] Openoffice Grammer Check

Brandon Clinger wrote: I was disappointed when I saw that Open office had no grammar check. Grammar check is very helpful for school projects, where grammar is a great chunk of a reports grade. I know Microsoft Office 2003 has grammar check, but it keeps quite expensive to upgrade office every so

Re: [discuss] Grammar checker

Alex wrote: Hello, I just wanted to ask whether there was going to be a grammar checker in openoffice 2. And if not, please add it!!! Thanks alot! Alex This information may be useful: -- Peter Kupfer -- Using OOo si

Re: [discuss] OO2 Beta Impress Problem

As you are not subscribed, you may have missed this post. Caleb Marcus wrote: This isn't a problem. It's simply a limitation of OOo. Motion in OOo slideshows is jerky, I too hope that they will fix it soon. However, you aren't using the latest version. The latest version is 1.9.101. Steven Ha