Re: [discuss] Re: Outlook

2005-10-09 Thread Lars D . Noodén
For the time being, but that's rapidly changing. On the other hand MS Outlook does not offer the same degree of standards complliance, robustness (esp in regard to malware) and offers no cross platform capabilities. Integration, when used by MS, seems of late to have become a code word for

[discuss] Re: Outlook

2005-10-09 Thread Randomthots
Lars D. Noodén wrote: For the time being, but that's rapidly changing. Not really. Not via the calendar plug-in. Not if you currently use and like how Outlook works. But like I said, the Lightning project for TB is going after it hard. On the other hand MS Outlook does not offer the same

Re: [discuss] Re: Outlook

2005-10-09 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le dimanche 09 octobre 2005 à 04:24 -0500, Randomthots a écrit : But the rest of the world more or less considers MS to *be* the standard. The rest of the world considers whatever their company chose at the standard, be it Notes, Outlook, Thunderbird or whatever obscure mailer which

Re: [discuss] Doubled Word Checking

2005-10-09 Thread Michael Adams
And for the last word on this! http://wordways.com/eckler96.htm On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:49:04 +0100 Alexandro Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't think when will that be useful.. I dont want OpenOffice.org to think that he knows better than I do and I can't type 'boing boing' On

Re: [discuss] no setup in RC2 (or 1)

2005-10-09 Thread Simon Hogg
On 10/8/05, mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I RTFM'd the directions for 2.0 RC2 (Linux, x86). It said that there will be a program/script called setup. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES do I want to install a test release to locations fixed in an RPM, nor do I want to spend half an hour doing

[discuss] Suggestion

2005-10-09 Thread Grant Gorddard
Hi there OpenOffice.org ideas team, I have a suggestion. Could the auto-save be turned on with a default value of 15 min without prompts as default upon installation. It's a normal thing that the majority of people would use and if people don't like it for some reason they can turn it off.

Re: [discuss] Suggestion

2005-10-09 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 10:42:12 +0100, Grant Gorddard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there OpenOffice.org ideas team, I have a suggestion. Could the auto-save be turned on with a default value of 15 min without prompts as default upon installation. It's a normal thing that the majority of

Re: [discuss] OpenClipArt Library Association?

2005-10-09 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 01:40:32 +0100, Tom Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wondering if there has been any discussion/consideration of association with openclipart library? Seems like a natural association. - To

Re: [discuss] Suggestion

2005-10-09 Thread Morgan Olsson
Grant Gorddard 11:42 2005-10-09: Hi there OpenOffice.org ideas team, I have a suggestion. Could the auto-save be turned on with a default value of 15 min without prompts as default upon installation. It's a normal thing that the majority of people would use and if people don't like it for

[discuss] No setup or install w/ RC1|2

2005-10-09 Thread mark
Hi, folks. Well, I'm trying to try 2.0 RC 2. Actually, I d/l RC 1, then 2. I also rtfm'd the instructions for 2.0. 1. There is *no* setup or install. 2. Under *NO* circumstances do I want to install over my existing 1.x version until I've tested 2.0 (and, hopefully, it

Re: [discuss] No setup or install w/ RC1|2

2005-10-09 Thread Morgan Olsson
No answer to your question, but... Where did you find RC2? I thought RC1 or RC for short is the latest? Are you sure it is not *Beta*2? /Morgan mark 18:38 2005-10-09: Hi, folks. Well, I'm trying to try 2.0 RC 2. Actually, I d/l RC 1, then 2. -- Morgan Olsson, Kivik, Sweden

[discuss] Re: no setup in RC2 (or 1)

2005-10-09 Thread John Thompson
On 2005-10-08, mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I RTFM'd the directions for 2.0 RC2 (Linux, x86). It said that there will be a program/script called setup. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES do I want to install a test release to locations fixed in an RPM, You can use the --prefix or --relocate

[discuss] Re: Outlook

2005-10-09 Thread Randomthots
Nicolas Mailhot wrote: Le dimanche 09 octobre 2005 à 04:24 -0500, Randomthots a écrit : But the rest of the world more or less considers MS to *be* the standard. The rest of the world considers whatever their company chose at the standard, be it Notes, Outlook, Thunderbird or whatever

Re: [discuss] No setup or install w/ RC1|2

2005-10-09 Thread Morgan Olsson
I wrote 18:54 2005-10-09: Where did you find RC2? Ok I see now it is very very brand-new and most links are not updated yet... No localized builds nor language files yet (that I can find) /Morgan -- Morgan Olsson, Kivik, Sweden

Re: [discuss] OpenClipArt Library Association?

2005-10-09 Thread Nicu Buculei
Tom Taylor wrote: Wondering if there has been any discussion/consideration of association with openclipart library? Seems like a natural association. Tom, such an association should be a two way street. On the Open Clip Art Library website OpenOffice.org is listed as an affiliate, but on the

Re: [discuss] OpenClipArt Library Association?

2005-10-09 Thread Chad Smith
Well, if OCAL made their graphics *work* with OOo, then their might be a reason for OOo to link to them. As it is - it would be pointless for OOo to link to a bunch of clip art that OOo users can't use. -Chad Smith On 10/9/05, Nicu Buculei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, such an association

Re: [discuss] OpenClipArt Library Association?

2005-10-09 Thread Daniel Carrera
Nicu Buculei wrote: Tom Taylor wrote: Wondering if there has been any discussion/consideration of association with openclipart library? Seems like a natural association. Tom, such an association should be a two way street. On the Open Clip Art Library website OpenOffice.org is listed as

Re: [discuss] OpenClipArt Library Association?

2005-10-09 Thread Daniel Carrera
Chad Smith wrote: Well, if OCAL made their graphics *work* with OOo, then their might be a reason for OOo to link to them. As it is - it would be pointless for OOo to link to a bunch of clip art that OOo users can't use. What do you mean? OOo has never raised this concern. I've asked

Re: [discuss] OpenClipArt Library Association?

2005-10-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 13:19 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: Well, if OCAL made their graphics *work* with OOo, then their might be a reason for OOo to link to them. OCAL does work with OOo but not in its native vector format. That is mainly because OOo still doesn't have internal SVG import support

[discuss] Multiple column problem when saving as a word doc.

2005-10-09 Thread Ted Parrett
Hi, I'm using 1.1.4 and am trying to prepare a 3 column newsletter on an A4 page. I need this to be saved as a Word doc. The problem is when I save it in this format I lose the 3 column set up. I have tried creating a 3 column template and putting the text into that. Still the same problem in

Re: [discuss] Re: Outlook

2005-10-09 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le dimanche 09 octobre 2005 à 12:04 -0500, Randomthots a écrit : Nicolas Mailhot wrote: Le dimanche 09 octobre 2005 à 04:24 -0500, Randomthots a écrit : But the rest of the world more or less considers MS to *be* the standard. The rest of the world considers whatever their

Re: [discuss] Re: Outlook

2005-10-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 20:12 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: Not surprisingly since evo is an outlook clone (purposeful decision) Not quite, it handles things like in line comments a lot better than Outlook. I use both and I definitely prefer Evolution. If its ported to Windows I'll definitely

Re: [discuss] Multiple column problem when saving as a word doc.

2005-10-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 18:53 +0200, Ted Parrett wrote: Hi, I'm using 1.1.4 and am trying to prepare a 3 column newsletter on an A4 page. I need this to be saved as a Word doc. The problem is when I save it in this format I lose the 3 column set up. I have tried creating a 3 column template

Re: [discuss] Multiple column problem when saving as a word doc.

2005-10-09 Thread cono
Hi Ted, Ted Parrett wrote: Hi, I'm using 1.1.4 and am trying to prepare a 3 column newsletter on an A4 page. I need this to be saved as a Word doc. The problem is when I save it in this format I lose the 3 column set up. I've done a quick simple try in 1.1.2 and the three columns are present

[discuss] Group Forms to Promote OpenDocument

2005-10-09 Thread Adam Moore
OpenDocument Gathers Worldwide Support 10 October 2005 The Open Document Fellowship promotes the new internationally agreed standard for digital documents, Open Document Format (OpenDocument). The Fellowship, formed in September, has attracted support and interest from around the globe. The

Re: [discuss] Re: no setup in RC2 (or 1)

2005-10-09 Thread mark
John Thompson wrote: On 2005-10-08, mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I RTFM'd the directions for 2.0 RC2 (Linux, x86). It said that there snip You can use the --prefix or --relocate switches with rpm to direct the snip nor do I want to spend half an hour doing rpm after rpm. No need for

Re: [discuss] No setup or install w/ RC1|2

2005-10-09 Thread mark
Morgan Olsson wrote: No answer to your question, but... Where did you find RC2? I thought RC1 or RC for short is the latest? Are you sure it is not *Beta*2? Um, download the release candidate? The date is 051005; the RC 1 wwas 09 2x somthing. mark -- Who do you support? Politics

[discuss] Help! Spell checker doesn't work in OpenOffice 2.0!?

2005-10-09 Thread Najib Chaudhry
I recently downloaded and installed OpenOffice 2.0 When I try to do a spell check it comes up with spell check complete without checking any spellings!. Clicking on OK closes the spell-check window and there is no way of getting to the options button on the spell-checker. Has anyone encountered

[discuss] NO MSO 4 *n*X

2005-10-09 Thread Chad Smith
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mc/20051005/tc_mc/microsoftnoofficesoftwareforlinux I don't remember seeing this story making the rounds on here, so I'll post the link to the obvious news story. So, for a while anyway, OOo will remain the undisputed king of office suites for at least one operating

Re: [discuss] NO MSO 4 *n*X

2005-10-09 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:03:57 +0100, Chad Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, for a while anyway, OOo will remain the undisputed king of office suites for at least one operating system. I hope you werent meaning solaris or BSD :p -- Alexandro Colorado CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES

Re: [discuss] Help! Spell checker doesn't work in OpenOffice 2.0!?

2005-10-09 Thread John W. Kennedy
Najib Chaudhry wrote: I recently downloaded and installed OpenOffice 2.0 When I try to do a spell check it comes up with spell check complete without checking any spellings!. Clicking on OK closes the spell-check window and there is no way of getting to the options button on the spell-checker.

Re: [discuss] Suggestion

2005-10-09 Thread Robert Derman
Grant Gorddard wrote: Hi there OpenOffice.org ideas team, I have a suggestion. Could the auto-save be turned on with a default value of 15 min without prompts as default upon installation. It's a normal thing that the majority of people would use and if people don't like it for some reason