Re: [discuss] Can not copy styles from a file to a template?

2005-06-10 Thread cono
Hi Julian, Peter, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: Julian wrote: Hello discuss, In OOo 2.0, I can not copy a style from my currently openned document to my default template, in template manager. Why? Thanks! Can you please detail what you did? Is this something you could do in 1.1.4? Thanks.

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice - Calc

2005-06-10 Thread Niklas Nebel
Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: I have had that problem. I have some instructions here: http://openoffice.peschtra.com/tips/ooott_calc_remove_background.html. Actually, once you have activated the selection tool (arrow), you don't have to draw a selection rectangle. You can then just click to select

Re: [discuss] Re: HBS WK: Who will win Microsoft or Linux?

2005-06-10 Thread Lars D . Noodén
On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Jonathon Blake wrote: It is such a small niche that microsoft has announced that they have lost, and will continue to lose market share in the desktop, and office suite, due to FLOSS products. Uppsala University, for example, got a 90% discount on MS-Office. I'm not sure

Re: [discuss] Re: HBS WK: Who will win Microsoft or Linux?

2005-06-10 Thread Peter Blakeley
I am afraid chuck your thinking does not seem to take into account generational change as people who have been brought up with OSS move into positions of power. There used to be a saying (I paraphrase) You will always have a job if you buy IBM not quite right but the sentiment is there. That

Re: [discuss] Article: Fixing the problem with OO.o extension

2005-06-10 Thread Laurent Godard
Hi Marco As per subject, http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/05/27/060210.shtml?tid=93tid=25 great article that sumarize the so looong thread ;) why only focus on linux ? i think that if something is decided at OOo level, it should take other platforms into account Thanks

Re: [discuss] HBS WK: Who will win Microsoft or Linux?

2005-06-10 Thread Robin Laing
Peter Blakeley wrote: The war is already over simply because the developers have already moved, it is unstoppable. Just look at Firefox it has caught up and outpaced MS, MS is now playing and paying for catch up. There are a thousand or more projects with the same intent. This is a guerrilla

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Macros with Python interpreter?

2005-06-10 Thread M. Fioretti
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 12:55:07 PM -0400, Daniel Carrera ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: For once in my life, I will defend Microsoft. I'm sorry Marco, but no. Using different APIs between Word and Front Page does not at all help Microsoft achieve lock-in. And to some extent makes it harder. But

Re: [discuss] Broken Extentions in OO.o Beta?

2005-06-10 Thread Daniel Carrera
M. Fioretti wrote: Add-ons created today will still run with future versions of OO.o because the API is under complete control and kept compatible Complete control sounds really bad. OOo has just as much control over it's APIs as Mozilla does over Moz APIs etc. OOo just makes an effort to

Re: [discuss] Re: OO.o Macros with Python interpreter?

2005-06-10 Thread Daniel Carrera
M. Fioretti wrote: I was thinking to different version of the same applications. Or (on a limited set of functionalities) to two applications of the same type (two office suites in this case). Microsoft makes only one office suite. Are you sure that different versions of MS Office use

Re: [discuss] Broken Extentions in OO.o Beta?

2005-06-10 Thread M. Fioretti
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 17:59:28 PM -0400, Daniel Carrera ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: M. Fioretti wrote: Add-ons created today will still run with future versions of OO.o because the API is under complete control and kept compatible Complete control sounds really bad. This is where that came

Re: [discuss] Notes in Calc

2005-06-10 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Fred wrote: I haven't been able to find this mentioned in the archives. I'm using OOo 1.9.104. On both XP Pro and 2000, when I open a .xls file with OOo and I move the mouse pointer over a cell, a long arrow appears. I have to right click the cell and select show note. Then follow the

Re: [discuss] Broken Extentions in OO.o Beta?

2005-06-10 Thread Daniel Carrera
M. Fioretti wrote: Complete control sounds really bad. This is where that came from: Where it came from doesn't make it sound good :-) http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussmsgNo=49451 I don't get it. This is about Chinese characters, and I don't see any reference to

Re: [discuss] Broken Extentions in OO.o Beta?

2005-06-10 Thread M. Fioretti
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 18:40:34 PM -0400, Daniel Carrera ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: M. Fioretti wrote: Complete control sounds really bad. This is where that came from: Where it came from doesn't make it sound good :-) Of course, but don't shoot the messenger. That was the meaning of my