[discuss] [PDA] Mini-OOo for PDA and smaller Computers

Hi, for some time I've been wondering if there would be interest in a cut-down version of OpenOffice for use on PDA and with Computers having very little resources. This OOo-micro version would feature: - a stripped-down Text editor (with style sheets), - a very small Spreadsheet (only simple

[discuss] [user interface] Skins or plugins for user interface?

Hi, Since I saw the OOo 2.0 Beta I was concerned that the well-known OOo 1.x user interface has changed. Of course this change is beneficial for all Ex-MS-Office-Users or other users coming from other Office Suites. On the other hand for people who are very well-used to the OOo 1.x User inter

Re: [discuss] Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Quoting Greg Bulmash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Open Office and I were getting along swimmingly, then two things happened that made me dump it. Search and Replace: Word has support for "special characters" (i.e. line breaks, paragraph breaks, page breaks, etc.) When you're trying to convert an e-mai

Re: [discuss] [PDA] Mini-OOo for PDA and smaller Computers

With an independent URE (Uno Runtime Enviroment) this might be possible. The question is how big will this URE be or get. Rebuilding the URE without all the features to run on small devices and make it fast enough to run it will be nice. However there is always GPE which is the gnome desktop f

Re: [discuss] Re: EU says no to software patents

Daniel Carrera wrote: Manolis Christodoulou wrote: It's a wonderful day for all of us. But in this war, when I read/hear the word victory, I remember master Yoda's words: "Victory you said? The dark side clouds everything..." Indeed... we've won a major victory, but the war is not over. Al

[discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 20:54:31 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote: > On 6 Jul 2005 at 3:25, Greg Bulmash wrote: > >> Mail Merge: With Microsoft it's simple. Create a table or spreadsheet, >> use the first row as headers, and then just punch in the data in the >> following rows. The headers are taken as fi

[discuss] Re: update OO install instructions!

On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 10:45:40 -0700, Bart Woolery wrote: > On my work machine (Windows 2000 :'( ) when I first installed OO > everything was fine. Eventually (perhaps after an automatic Windows > "update"?) I started getting the dreaded message: > > "OpenOffice.org cannot be started due to an err

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: Please see http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=51638 and help get this integrated. my two votes -- Cor Nouws http://www.nouenoff.nl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a

[discuss] pcAuthority (AU) says 1.1 better than 2.0

Now kiddies, remember I'm only the messenger here: Australia's pcAuthority mag (subscription only, http://www.pcauthority.com.au ) has OOo 1.1.2 in its "A-List" of products. Only the absolute best of the best make the A-List pcAuthority has a reputation for thorough and honest reviews. In t

Re: [discuss] [user interface] Skins or plugins for user interface?

Problem goes beyond skining or icons but the actual behavior of the application. Personally I preffer the tabbed menus and options than the horrible pop-up menus. I mean why everyone hate pop-ups on the web and love pop-up blocker. What make you think that this is an enhacemnt when you switch fro

Re: [discuss] pcAuthority (AU) says 1.1 better than 2.0

I wonder if that could be uploaded to the openoffice.org site, at least th elink could. Quoting Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Now kiddies, remember I'm only the messenger here: Australia's pcAuthority mag (subscription only, http://www.pcauthority.com.au ) has OOo 1.1.2 in its "A-List" of produ

Re: [discuss] Ideas, but first a problem i couldn't report

Hey, man! I had no idea about the FontOOo! That takes one problem right out. the INL may soon be switching to OO.o! that'd be so awesome! I contacted my supervisor to point out FontOOo. I sent on a few more tidbits about features, also. If some money was put down, could you distribute some of t

Re: [discuss] Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Paul wrote: I've just done this (not having done it before) in 1.9.109 - it took about 10-15 minutes. I used a calc spreadsheet with first row as headings, just as you mentioned. Admitedly it took a little longer to extend this so that the body of the text could include variables from the spread

Re: [discuss] Writer thesaurus

Will Cool wrote: Marginally important: The synonyms listed for 'hysterical' in the OO.o 2.0 Writer Thesaurus do not include the often used meaning 'funny', or any of its related synonyms. Will Cool Portland, OR You can file an issue and set the component as lingucomponent. The best way to

Re: [discuss] oooauthors.org

Rigel wrote: Daniel, the link doesn't work for me either. Mozilla FireFox 1.0.4 gave up, and said it couldn't resolve the domain, but it did find the provider.. The link entered exactly like that should work now. HTH, -- Peter Kupfer -- Using OOo si

[discuss] Template Directories Issue

As far as I can tell (version 1.1.4) custom templates must be stored in the template directories that reside beneath the program installation folder. It would be much better if the user could define where their custom templates are located. Custom templates are the kind of files that are impo

[discuss] Opening files

This morning, I'm trying to open a .txt file in the calc program, however, it keeps sending my data to the writer program. This is very frustrating when I know what I want and it's not doing it correctly. I don't want the application making decisions for me. Is there a way to shut that behavi

Re: [discuss] Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Greg Bulmash wrote: Open Office and I were getting along swimmingly, then two things happened that made me dump it. Search and Replace: Word has support for "special characters" (i.e. line breaks, paragraph breaks, page breaks, etc.) When you're trying to convert an e-mail full of broekn lin

Re: [discuss] update OO install instructions!

As you are not subscribed, you may have missed this note. Mathias Bauer wrote: Bart Woolery wrote: On my work machine (Windows 2000 :'( ) when I first installed OO everything was fine. Eventually (perhaps after an automatic Windows "update"?) I started getting the dreaded message: "OpenOff

[discuss] Suggestion for Writer

Hello, I would like to suggest changing the form fields in Writer so that they can be tabbed through to enter information rather than having to click on every input field and having a window pop up. Perhaps make it so can both tab through fields or click on them. Thanks Ben

Re: [discuss] Opening files

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This morning, I'm trying to open a .txt file in the calc program, however, it keeps sending my data to the writer program. This is very frustrating when I know what I want and it's not doing it correctly. I don't want the application making decisions for me. Is ther

Re: [discuss] pcAuthority (AU) says 1.1 better than 2.0

Pierre wrote: Now kiddies, remember I'm only the messenger here: Australia's pcAuthority mag (subscription only, http://www.pcauthority.com.au ) has OOo 1.1.2 in its "A-List" of products. Only the absolute best of the best make the A-List pcAuthority has a reputation for thorough and hones

Re: [discuss] Template Directories Issue

Mark the Milkman wrote: As far as I can tell (version 1.1.4) custom templates must be stored in the template directories that reside beneath the program installation folder. It would be much better if the user could define where their custom templates are located. Custom templates are the kin

Re: [discuss] Opening files

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This morning, I'm trying to open a .txt file in the calc program, however, it keeps sending my data to the writer program. This is very frustrating when I know what I want and it's not doing it correctly. I don't want the application making decisions for me. Is there

Re: [discuss] pcAuthority (AU) says 1.1 better than 2.0

On 7/7/05, Peter Kupfer OOo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, if the dislikes are the same as 1.1.4, why no A-list? Prolly because they thought that a major release should be, well, a major improvement. Templates from MSO 97 and MSO Xp are not the same. They improved. They gave more. Same

Re: [discuss] update OO install instructions!

Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: As you are not subscribed, you may have missed this note. Mathias Bauer wrote: Bart Woolery wrote: On my work machine (Windows 2000 :'( ) when I first installed OO everything was fine. Eventually (perhaps after an automatic Windows "update"?) I started getting the

Re: [discuss] Template Directories Issue

Mark the Milkman wrote: As far as I can tell (version 1.1.4) custom templates must be stored in the template directories that reside beneath the program installation folder. It would be much better if the user could define where their custom templates are located. Custom templates are the kin

[discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:11:53 +0300, Alexandro Colorado put fingers to keyboard and said: > Hi Greg, please understand that openoffice.org is **NOT** a MSO clone. That > means that no, we won't have all the features, neither are we thinking on > implementing them. Also means that we think about hig

Re: [discuss] Template Directories Issue

Thanks. I've very glad to hear that. In case this is helpful: I read the help for Templates and it tells your which directories you "must" (as written) place the templates in. It would be nice if the help had a line in there specifying that you can change the directory through the Options m

Re: [discuss] Opening files

Hi Dave, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This morning, I'm trying to open a .txt file in the calc program, however, it keeps sending my data to the writer program. This is very frustrating when I know what I want and it's not doing it correctly. I don't want the application making decisions for me

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Quoting Bruce Bowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:11:53 +0300, Alexandro Colorado put fingers to keyboard and said: Hi Greg, please understand that openoffice.org is **NOT** a MSO clone. That means that no, we won't have all the features, neither are we thinking on implementing

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Bruce Bowler wrote: Quoting from http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html "OpenOffice.org 1.1 gives you everything you'd expect in office software." "If you're used to using other office suites - such as Microsoft Office - you'll be completely at home with OpenOffice.org 1.1." Either of t

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Quoting Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Bruce Bowler wrote: Quoting from http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html "OpenOffice.org 1.1 gives you everything you'd expect in office software." "If you're used to using other office suites - such as Microsoft Office - you'll be completely

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Daniel Carrera wrote: Bruce Bowler wrote: Quoting from http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html "OpenOffice.org 1.1 gives you everything you'd expect in office software." "If you're used to using other office suites - such as Microsoft Office - you'll be completely at home with OpenOff

Re: [discuss] Re: Re: Thinking OOo - Work efficient with text

Jonathon Blake wrote: Robin wrote: reveal codes is much more useful. a) There is a reveal codes macro for the Write and Calc components of OOo 1.1.x. I haven't tested to see if they also work with the beta version of OOo 2.0. b) It is not as useful for OOo as for WP, because of fundamenta

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

cono wrote: The one who writes "If you're used to using other office suites - such as Microsoft Office - you'll be completely at home with OpenOffice.org 1.1." should be fully aware that people using the Ms version of Office, shall expect that thay can just work as they are used to do. When

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 18:33 -0400, Daniel Carrera wrote: > cono wrote: > > > The one who writes > > "If you're used to using other office suites - such as Microsoft Office > > - you'll be completely at home with OpenOffice.org 1.1." > > should be fully aware that people using the Ms version of Of

RE: [discuss] Opening files

Yes, I opened it from Calc, version 1.1.3, running on SuSE 9.2 Pro. -Original Message- From: Peter Kupfer OOo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 2:52 PM To: discuss@openoffice.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [discuss] Opening files [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Th

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Bruce wrote: > "OpenOffice.org 1.1 gives you everything you'd expect in office software." So what do you expect in an Office Suite: i) Database functionality; ii) Spreadsheet functionality;; iii) Word Processing functionality; iv) Graphics functionality; v) Contact Management functionality; vi)

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

On 7/7/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Look at MSOffice Small Business Edition: > i) Database: Neither included, nor kludges available. Must buy and > install Access or other database program; > ii) Spreadsheet: included; > iii) Word Processing: Included; > iv) Graphics functiona

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Chad wrote: > -Um, so? Outlook is a part of MS Office! It wasn't part of the first version of Office I looked at [Looked at the CD. (Can Microsoft not afford to hire web designer that knows what the phrase "accessible format" means?)] > a part of every single version of MSO available on the m

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Chad Smith wrote: I could much easier ask the same question of OpenOffice.org based on your criteria. The *point* Jonahton is making is that you this kind of argument could just as well we be used with MS Office. It's a way of illustrating how stupid this line of reasoning is. Cheers, Dani

RE: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

> Sorry, I didn't realize that I could schedule work shifts > for 500 people using Outlook When did they add that capability? Planner is a neat GPL Gantt chart and resource allocation app It's available under Gnome and there is a pretty complete windows port It looks like a good alternative for

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

On 7/7/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i) Database functionality; Included Going along with your "you have to install Outlook" line of reasoning - you have to install *Java* for the Database to work. > vii) Presentation creation/editing; Included So Impress does presentations,

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Chad Smith wrote: Going along with your "you have to install Outlook" line of reasoning - you have to install *Java* for the Database to work. No you don't. You can use dBase without Java or any addons. It seems to me that MSO has more includes than OOo, once you include Outlook, which is a

Re: [discuss] Re: Why I had to switch back to MS Word

Chad wrote: > - you have to install *Java* for the Database to work. Psst., WRONG answer. You can use the database component, without having Java installed. > It seems to me that MSO has more includes than OOo, once you include Seems to me that you didn't read what I wrote. OTOH, that is pa

[discuss] Reading Open Office in Word

By way of feedback for development. It appears that if text is sent with emails Word cannot open it the other end. This will not encourage a quick spread of the product. Hope this helps John Thomsett

[discuss] Re: translation option on OpenOffice 2.0

Hi-I am desperately looking for help with a document I have in OO format-I purchased the software and I have a paper that was written for grad school-my laptop was stolen with the software disc. I cannot open this document and it is 5 weeks late on a 6 week incomplete-I am asking someone to open i

Re: [discuss] Re: translation option on OpenOffice 2.0

Lisa wrote: > purchased the software and I have a paper that was written for grad Email it to me,. Do you just want the text in an emai, or a PDF? xan joanthon -- Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards? - To unsubscr

Re: [discuss] pcAuthority (AU) says 1.1 better than 2.0

Chad Smith wrote: On 7/7/05, Peter Kupfer OOo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, if the dislikes are the same as 1.1.4, why no A-list? Prolly because they thought that a major release should be, well, a major improvement. Templates from MSO 97 and MSO Xp are not the same. They improved. They

Re: [discuss] Re: translation option on OpenOffice 2.0

Yes of course. Send me the file and I will email you back with the plain text contents. However, you can download OpenOffice.org for *free* from our website. Just go to http://openoffice.org and download it. The download is a zip archive (which your computer should be able to open). Extract th

Re: [discuss] Reading Open Office in Word

On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 23:12 +0100, John Thomsett wrote: > By way of feedback for development. It appears that if text is sent > with emails Word cannot open it the other end. This will not encourage > a quick spread of the product. > > Hope this helps > > John Thomsett John, I don't know where