Re: [discuss] The most wanted OOo function - in my experience

2006-04-13 Thread Laurent Godard
Hi Cristian And when I showed the "quick way" of: Insert Header/Footer + Insert->Fields-> Page number... I got the same response: "ah.. it's too hard for me to remember". Shouldn't we solve this thing once and for all and have one Insert Page Numbering window asking - {top or bottom} ? a

[discuss] Yet another PIM application for your window desktop

2006-04-13 Thread Alexandro Colorado
A few days ago someone esle ranted about OOo not having a PIM app, browsing the web I found yet another PIM application for Linux/Windows/MacOSX. This one is called Aethera, developed by TheKompany and can be download from here: http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/ Another one is cal

[discuss] The most wanted OOo function - in my experience

2006-04-13 Thread Cristian Driga
Hi, Whenever I managed to make someone try OOo, after a short while I got the same question: How do you insert page numbers ? And when I showed the "quick way" of: Insert Header/Footer + Insert->Fields-> Page number... I got the same response: "ah.. it's too hard for me to remember". Shou

Re: [discuss] e-mail text

2006-04-13 Thread Michael Adams
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:11:49 +0200 Ingvar Langlet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear developers, > > I have found no way to copy any file written in any program asd saved > to disk into a letter as message text. Now I must place any text from > a disk as attached to the message text, I would l

Re: [discuss] Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Marco, M. Fioretti wrote: Safer = Resistant to macro-based viruses. This is not 100% exact, and is also a con, for many MSO users. The correct form is: OO.o is resistant to viruses made with MSO Office Macros. Because OO.o cannot execute such macros (not on Linux,

Re: [discuss] Re: Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Chad Smith wrote: On 4/13/06, Ain Vagula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are many *MANY* MS Office users groups and forums out there - as well as professional support from Microsoft and third parties. Plus MS Office has a ton more books, websites, and othre forms of documentation out there.

Re: [discuss] Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread M. Fioretti
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 00:43:30 AM +0200, Cor Nouws ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Cor Nouws wrote: > >I'm interested in a *short* list with the main functional pro's > >and con's of OOo compared to MsO. > > It's been a while agoo, but finaly I found some time to get the > information (started 17-1-

[discuss] e-mail text

2006-04-13 Thread Ingvar Langlet
Dear developers, I have found no way to copy any file written in any program asd saved to disk into a letter as message text. Now I must place any text from a disk as attached to the message text, I would like to have the oppotunity to place any text saved to disk as the message text in an e-

Re: [discuss] Re: Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread Chad Smith
On 4/13/06, Ain Vagula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Excellent support available > >>> === > >>> You decide if you want instant support and helpful advice by well > >>> informed other users on e-mail lists, or if you want to buy > >>> professional support from Sun. For a

[discuss] Re: Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread Ain Vagula
Jan Bassez wrote: > Cor Nouws schreef: >> Hi Uwe, >> >> Uwe Fischer wrote: >> >>> a very good list of Pro's and Con's of OpenOffice.org and open source >>> software. >> >> Thanks (on behalf of, as well) ... >> >> >>> But you forgot one very important Pro: >>> >>> Excellent support available >>> ==

Re: [discuss] Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Jan Bassez wrote: Aha but sin't there something as [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;-) I mean: the list is meant to highlight where OOo is better than MsOffice. And I do know that the OOo-community (we :-) is super! However I don't know how folks at the Ms side manage... Anyone an idea? They'll pro

[discuss] oo202 bugs

2006-04-13 Thread Lucas Momparler
Hello, here is a problem I have with OO: when I save as HTML a work the formulas converted to GIF files are very bad quality and hard to understand. Also imported GIFs in the original document convert very bad to GIF when saved as HTML. thank you

Re: [discuss] Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread Jan Bassez
Cor Nouws schreef: Hi Uwe, Uwe Fischer wrote: a very good list of Pro's and Con's of OpenOffice.org and open source software. Thanks (on behalf of, as well) ... But you forgot one very important Pro: Excellent support available === You decide if you want instant s

Re: [discuss] Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Uwe, Uwe Fischer wrote: a very good list of Pro's and Con's of OpenOffice.org and open source software. Thanks (on behalf of, as well) ... But you forgot one very important Pro: Excellent support available === You decide if you want instant support and helpful a

Re: [discuss] Smart Tags in OOo

2006-04-13 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On 13/04/2006, at 6:17 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Jonathon, Jonathon Coombes wrote: Just wondering if anyone out there is looking at using Smart Tags similar to MS Word? I have a client that is interested in having them implemented and I am curious as to how much they would be used and in

Re: [discuss] Short list with Pro's & Cons

2006-04-13 Thread Uwe Fischer
Hi Cor, a very good list of Pro's and Con's of OpenOffice.org and open source software. But you forgot one very important Pro: Excellent support available === You decide if you want instant support and helpful advice by well informed other users on e-mail lists, or if

Re: [discuss] Re: printing as a change in the doc

2006-04-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi all, J. David Boyd wrote: Bill Flanagan wrote: Despite clearing the button/box for "printing sets 'document modified' status" under Tools/Options/OO.org/General, I always get a warning about a change to the document when I save a file, print it, then attempt to close it. What platform, ve

Re: [discuss] Smart Tags in OOo

2006-04-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Jonathon, Jonathon Coombes wrote: Just wondering if anyone out there is looking at using Smart Tags similar to MS Word? I have a client that is interested in having them implemented and I am curious as to how much they would be used and in what situations. Can I get feedback from people