Re: [discuss] Help with .odt files

2006-10-04 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Chris, Chris Georgeson wrote: I am trying to download the .odt files chapters of getting started. It wants me to select a filter. Anything I click on delivers an error message. [...] Have you tried right-clicking on the link and choosing 'save as ..' or something alike? Greetings, Cor

[discuss] Help with .odt files

2006-10-04 Thread Chris Georgeson
I am trying to download the .odt files chapters of getting started. It wants me to select a filter. Anything I click on delivers an error message. I am VERY frustrated - every email address I have used from the OOo web site returns a message that it could not be delivered. If I try to send a

Re: [discuss] Re: damaged sxc-files by using them?

2006-10-04 Thread Niklas Nebel
Morgan Ohlson wrote: Remember. No advanced formulas have been added. A few more, but still it's basic and the file is only 50KB. Today everything in those files takes 100 times longer compared to when the files where new. I cut&paste aprox 1 A4 with basic stock-index-data (2Kb) from the web. Can

Re: [discuss] Re: damaged sxc-files by using them?

2006-10-04 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Morgan, Morgan Ohlson wrote: I cut&paste aprox 1 A4 with basic stock-index-data (2Kb) from the web. Can this have something to do with "copyrighted webdata" or such issues? Any linked data/graphics, that the file is looking for on opening? Greetings, -- Cor Nouws Arnhem - Netherlands

[discuss] Tutorials and self-study for OOo

2006-10-04 Thread Lars D . Noodén
Where are tutorials and self-study modules for OOo to be found? Which project is responsible and what about internationalization of such materials? -Lars Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) OpenOffice.org: Now ISO 26300 Standards Compliant ! ---

[discuss] Re: open office writer suggestion

2006-10-04 Thread Morgan Ohlson
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:05:15 -0500, Gene Olson wrote: > The one thing I miss most about my old corel suite is the > > Insert option on the right button context sensitive menu on a page. > I often want to insert pictures or other objects and having that > right on the mouse worked well. I would

[discuss] Re: damaged sxc-files by using them?

2006-10-04 Thread Morgan Ohlson
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:44:39 +0200, Niklas Nebel wrote: > Morgan Ohlson wrote: >> One of them... >> It has been edited 130h and revisioned 830 times according to properties. >> The file is only 55KB but it now takes ~2 minutes to load it. Every time >> that is! >> When it is loaded it is interupte

Re: [discuss] Blinking Cells in Calc

2006-10-04 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, to get different cell styles applied within one cell you can use the STYLE() function. eg. put a value like 4 into cell A1 Open the stylist (menu item /Format/Styles and Formatting) and create two cell styles (named red and green) and define a background color (red/green) into anothe

Re: [discuss] Blinking Cells in Calc

2006-10-04 Thread Terry
Joost Andrae wrote: Hi Devendra, there's no blinking style available within Calc but the function STYLE() might be your friend. Kind regards, Joost I am interested in Blinking Just a particular cell in Open Office with any colour of my choice. Hi, Joost. That's a rather cryptic reply. W

Re: [discuss] damaged sxc-files by using them?

2006-10-04 Thread Terry
Morgan Ohlson wrote: I have a couple of sxc files that I use once every week. The files are now ~3y old. Those files have also been modified and developed along the way. One of them... It has been edited 130h and revisioned 830 times according to properties. The file is only 55KB but it now tak

Re: [discuss] damaged sxc-files by using them?

2006-10-04 Thread Niklas Nebel
Morgan Ohlson wrote: One of them... It has been edited 130h and revisioned 830 times according to properties. The file is only 55KB but it now takes ~2 minutes to load it. Every time that is! When it is loaded it is interupted when scrolled, and saving it the first 5 minutes takes ~2 minutes too.

[discuss] damaged sxc-files by using them?

2006-10-04 Thread Morgan Ohlson
I have a couple of sxc files that I use once every week. The files are now ~3y old. Those files have also been modified and developed along the way. One of them... It has been edited 130h and revisioned 830 times according to properties. The file is only 55KB but it now takes ~2 minutes to load

Re: [discuss] Blinking Cells in Calc

2006-10-04 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Devendra, there's no blinking style available within Calc but the function STYLE() might be your friend. Kind regards, Joost I am interested in Blinking Just a particular cell in Open Office with any colour of my choice. --