[discuss] Reader-only version of Writer?

2007-05-24 Thread Shaun Mullally
I'm wondering if there are plans to have a reader for Open Office Writer. The reason is I have an old computer and would like to only read and print documents that arrive from email. Open Office takes a long time to load and I do not want to permanently have the Open Office starter in memory. P

Re: [discuss] Reader-only version of Writer?

2007-05-24 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Shaun I'm wondering if there are plans to have a reader for Open Office Writer. The reason is I have an old computer and would like to only read and print documents that arrive from email. Open Office takes a long time to load and I do not want to permanently have the Open Office starter

[discuss] What ever happened to "Google throws bodies at OpenOffice.org"?

2007-05-24 Thread Andrew Ziem
Today's Redflag announcement reminds me: in 2005, there was news that Google was hiring programmers to develop OpenOffice.org. What ever happened to that? Ref: http://news.com.com/Google+throws+bodies+at+OpenOffice/2100-7344_3-5920762.html Andrew

Re: [discuss] most disappointed!

2007-05-24 Thread Robert Derman
Pierre wrote: Daniel Kasak wrote: OK. Take your bat and ball and go home. I won't loose any sleep over it. Daniel, you disappoint me ;-) The original poster does a dummy spit and you follow with another. I think those of us who are positive about OpenSource efforts (I trust that inclu

[discuss] Index: Cross-references and multi-page MS Word index not imported

2007-05-24 Thread Perry G. Phillips
I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org Writer. My problem is: 1. Cross-references in MS Word XP (2002) not imported into OpenOffice.org Writer. [e.g., Mars (See Planets)] 2. Multi-page references in MS Word XP (2002) not imported into OpenOffice.org Writer. [e.g., Mars, 45 - 51]

[discuss] Integrating Grammar Checker into OpenOffice

2007-05-24 Thread drow
Please review and consider integrating Link Grammar http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/ and/or LanguageTool http://www.danielnaber.de/languagetool/ into OpenOffice. I feel that grammar checking are important part of OpenOffice and should not be an optional component. I propose a joint d

[discuss] Book-Fold Feature

2007-05-24 Thread Chad Muller
Hello -- I downloaded OpenOffice a few months ago, hoping that it might contain a feature I have only encountered in Microsoft Word; namely, the "book-fold" feature in Page Layout. This feature allows the user to create "signatures" (sections of a book, which are then put together to create the

Re: [discuss] most disappointed!

2007-05-24 Thread Daniel Kasak
On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 15:21 +1000, Pierre wrote: > Daniel Kasak wrote: > > > > OK. Take your bat and ball and go home. I won't loose any sleep over it. > > > > > > Daniel, you disappoint me ;-) The original poster does a dummy spit and > you follow with another. > > I think those of us who a

[discuss] Re: most disappointed!

2007-05-24 Thread John Thompson
On 2007-05-24, Robert Derman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pierre wrote: > >> Daniel Kasak wrote: >> >>> OK. Take your bat and ball and go home. I won't loose any sleep over it. >> >> Daniel, you disappoint me ;-) The original poster does a dummy spit >> and you follow with another. >> >> I think