Re: [discuss] Read Microsoft PowerPoint and Word documents

James Colin wrote: > Hi, I am trying to decode a Microsoft PowerPoint and Word documents. > I found Microsoft using PNG file format to store images in compressed > format. I am able to seperate the image and text from the file using > the PNG header information. > > Q:But the problem is, for some

Re: [discuss] Dynamic document switching (was openoffice available as an extension for firefox)

Daniel Kasak wrote: > Rigel wrote: > >> >> When I read this post, my first thought was "It would be silly to >> create extensions of OOo for Firefox." Then about 2 seconds later, I >> had the idea of taking the exact same approach and integrating into >> OOo itself, so you Open OOo, and you have t

Re: [discuss] Suggestion

Rich wrote: > i even tried this out (even though i don't use autosave as i have > developed a habit of tapping on ctrl+s after every two words. ok, three). > > oo.org m130 autosaves to ~/openoffice.org2/usr/backup, original file is > not overwritten > > if in any case it overwrites the document,

[discuss] Happy Birthday OpenOffice.org!

All, FIVE YEARS OF OPENOFFICE.ORG, MORE TO COME 13 October, 2005 - 1400 UTC On this day, five years ago, the fledgling OpenOffice.org community provided the first public access to the source code donated from StarOffice by Sun Microsystems. The OpenOffice.org community had recently been formed,

[discuss] Re: [native-lang] Happy Birthday OpenOffice.org!

Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: [snip] Global Marketing Contacts Jacqueline McNally (UTC +08h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 (8) 9474-3021 John McCreesh (UTC +01h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (131) 523-9218 Louis Suarez-Potts OpenO

Re: [discuss] Writer only?

L. Moore wrote: Hello. Is it possible to download Writer ONLY, independent of the entire suite? I am presently using AbiWord simply because all I need is a word processor. It takes up MUCH less hard drive space. OpenOffice's writer is a far superior program, however I have no need whatsoe

[discuss] Re: Open Clip Art Library Release 0.18 Announcement

I downloaded the file but have not been able to open the bz2 file. I am running windows xp home sp2 and have winzip. ??? Thanks -- Lionel B. Dyck <>< AIM ID: lbdyck Homepage http://www.lbdsoftware.com - To unsubscribe, e-ma

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Hi michael, Personally to me its like having an advertising banner slapped across the program. I haven't seen it, so i can't say Must be carefull though I would be happiest if it was an optional downloadable add-on wizard like the dictionaries. In other words opt-in not opt-out. i alrea

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Michael Adams wrote: On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:35:59 -0800 Greg Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been using Open Office for a couple of months now. I read with horror the news item highlighted on the OO homepage about "coupling" with Google. No thanks! If you put a Google toolbar in

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

On 10/13/05, Laurent Godard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would be happiest if it was an optional downloadable add-on wizard > > like the dictionaries. In other words opt-in not opt-out. > > i already did it using OOoWikipedia > Well it is not Google completeness, it is far more serious, as Wik

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

On 10/12/05, Greg Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IIf you put a Google toolbar in OpenOffice be > sure you give me a way to get rid of it. Since when did OpenOffice.org come with a browser? It doesn't. No place to put a Google toolbar - idiot. The Google Toolbar will be included with th

Re: [discuss] Writer only?

It seems a lot of people have been replying to your subject line, without reading your email. Stick with AbiWord if all you need is a word processor. You might also want to check out Writely - http://www.writely.com/ - it's a free web-based word processor. -Chad Smith On 10/12/05, L. Moore <[EM

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Laurent wrote: > i already did it using OOoWikipedia > Well it is not Google completeness, It wouldn't take much to changer the OOoWikipedia macro to a G-OOogle macro. IIRC, all it requires is a simple change of the URL that is called. Off topic question: Are there _any_ search engines that pro

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

On 10/13/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chad wrote: > > >You conspiracy theory nutjobs need to get a life - seriously. > > Google supplies surveillance data to a number of illegitimate regimes, > who perpetuate rape, pillage, and death on the inhabitants of the > territory who opp

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Chad wrote: >Google does not do those things. That is very wishful thinking on your part. xan jonathon -- Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

So you are saying that Google rapes people. Google kills people. Google pillages people's homes. You're out of your mind. It's a damn search engine. It doesn't even have a penis to rape with. On 10/13/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chad wrote: > > >Google does not do those thin

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

on 10/13/05 15:11 'Chad Smith' wrote: So you are saying that Google rapes people. Google kills people. Google pillages people's homes. You're out of your mind. It's a damn search engine. It doesn't even have a penis to rape with. On 10/13/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chad wr

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

On 10/13/05, Steve Kopischke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chad - you are intentionally misreading Jonathon's posts just to try and > get a rise out of him. If that is your intention, take it to e-mail. > No, it's not an intitial misreading of johathan's post. Allow me to recap. Jonathon claimed:

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Chad Smith wrote: On 10/13/05, Steve Kopischke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chad - you are intentionally misreading Jonathon's posts just to try and get a rise out of him. If that is your intention, take it to e-mail. No, it's not an intitial misreading of johathan's post. Allow me t

RE: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Are you the author of the package ?, nice idea and implementation. This would be a nice addition to the main project for 2.1 How about a button for integration with Wikipedia's sister project http://en.wiktionary.org/ a dictionary wiki which seems a natural fit for a word processing package. There

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

OK, Chad. Fine. Be pedantic. Allow *me* to recap. on 10/13/05 17:23 'Chad Smith' wrote: On 10/13/05, *Steve Kopischke* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Chad - you are intentionally misreading Jonathon's posts just to try and get a rise out of him. If that i

[discuss] Plug-in

The document imaging software we use imbeds a button in Word so that you can send the document directly to the imaging archives. How do I go about doing something like that for Writer?

[discuss] Math Editor

Hi, I´d like to receive, or discuss, informations concerning the OpenOffice Equation Editor. I´m experiencing it and I´d like to learn more about this feature... Is there any editor similar to Microsoft Equation Editor 3.0, I mean, with similar commands? This should help me a lot. Is there any book

[discuss] Suggestions on how to make OpenOffice better

I have a few suggestions based on requirements set by government and private businesses for all documents to be 508 compliant and be readable through screen readers from left to right. -Provide the ability to add ALT tags to images and objects in Writer anad Impress the same way that Microsofy

[discuss] Bibliographic software

Hi, I would love to be able to use OO all the time but as I am researcher I rely a lot on bibliographic software (I use Reference Manager) that integrates with Word. Could you please advise me whether there is bibliographic software (user friendly - I have looked at BibTex and can't get to gr

Re: [discuss] informe de errores

On Wed October 12 2005 12:30, + Sergio Navas Tapia wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > hola me llamo sergio y he descubierto un error de la versión beta y es que > cuando hago un copiar en el portapapeles del texto y imágenes de una página > web cuesta despalzarse por la barra y hay m

[discuss] Clipboard with Open Office

Hi i start testing your RC1 It is totally impossible to copy and paste a table from IE or Firefox to calc or writer. It is very easy with word or excel. Firefox is very bad also for the clipboard management, but i thought it would be better in OO can you fix that? I will not tell you what i real

[discuss] OO 2.O RC for windows search flaw

Hi, I've been using the open office v.2 RC and have found a problem with the search and replace function in the OOcalc spreadsheet program. I am running it on Windows 2000. The problem is that it seems erratic in finding search strings, even if I cut and paste the string into the find box it

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Justin wrote: > How about a button for integration with Wikipedia's sister project > http://en.wiktionary.org/ a dictionary wiki which seems a natural fit Once upon a time, a wikionary macro for OOo was available. However, I couldn't find it when I went hunting for it two or so months ago, and

[discuss] Re: Bibliographic software

Les Ansley wrote: > I would love to be able to use OO all the time but as I am researcher I > rely a lot on bibliographic software (I use Reference Manager) that > integrates with Word. Could you please advise me whether there is > bibliographic software (user friendly - I have looked at BibTex an

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Le jeudi 13 octobre 2005 à 18:23 -0400, Chad Smith a écrit : > Google does not do those things. Some countries may, but Google doesn't. And > just because Google cooperates with the local governments does not mean that > they support or condone that government. This is actually a point a lot of p

discuss@openoffice.org

Hi, All I want to do is set the default bullet style (or numbering style for that matter) to something other than what occupies the top-left pane in "Format -> Bullets and Numbering..." under the Bullets tab. Not much, ha? In particular I'd like to set the default to the chunky dot next to the (

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Steve Kopischke wrote: Chad - you are intentionally misreading Jonathon's posts just to try and get a rise out of him. If that is your intention, take it to e-mail. Jonathon - your contentions would be easier to acknowledge if you could provide more than veiled references to unnamed entities

Re: [discuss] Google - no thanks

Jonathon Blake wrote: Nicu wrote: I suspect one of those unnamed entities is the USA government Now why would you possibly think that I was referring to something like that? If you do some searches on Google it would say on the bottom of the page: "In response to a complaint we receive