[discuss] Re: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-24 Thread Michael Adams
Crossposting to discuss list as it is more appropriate there. On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:49:31 +1100 Cameron Smith wrote: On 22/11/2007, Leslie Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just a thought-- This list has seen during my brief time here quite a few postings talking about

Re: [discuss] About OO.o Math and in general

2007-11-24 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi there, The Directory wrote (24-11-2007 1:52) [...] Another thing I want to ask is the forms feature. In MS Office, there are ways to make checkboxes, fill-boxes, radio buttons, etc. How do you do that in OO.o? And, given an MS Word-formatted and -edited document that has these objects, is

Re: [discuss] Just a notion

2007-11-24 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Joe Joe Barnett wrote: I just started using Open Text and I find that it is really good and has a lot of great features that are easy to implement. The only problem I have is with the right click of the mouse. I do a lot of writing and I cut and paste a lot. I find that the cut and past

Re: [discuss] Comment on how to improve Calc from a user viewpoint

2007-11-24 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Kirk, Thanks for your interest and writing. Kirk Preston wrote (22-11-2007 21:45) From this user´s perspective I would like for the next version of Calc to have the option of thinner and also dotted lines to separate the cells (like Excel does). The thinnest lines in Calc are just too

[discuss] CAlc in Engineering notation

2007-11-24 Thread Liberty
I recently updated OOo to 2.3, and am very happy with it, it is not as good as MSO any more. it os decidedly better. at least in my opinion. I'm not a poweruser, so I find the help avaialable from wiki, the OOo site a lot more helpful and easier to use thean wading through MSofts website. What I

Re: [discuss] CAlc in Engineering notation

2007-11-24 Thread Lars Noodén
Liberty wrote: ... What I would like to doi is format cells to enginuring format so that large numbers match up better to Kilo Megs micro .etc Rather than letting the numbers fall in the format like 1.234e4 I want it to display 12.34e3 ... It's been a long-standing request:

[discuss] Re: CAlc in Engineering notation

2007-11-24 Thread Liberty
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:24:54 +0200, Lars Noodén [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Liberty wrote: ... What I would like to doi is format cells to enginuring format so that large numbers match up better to Kilo Megs micro .etc Rather than letting the numbers fall in the format like 1.234e4 I want it to

Re: [discuss] Just a notion

2007-11-24 Thread Joe Barnett
Thanks I'll give all that a try. I have perhaps, been too dependant on the mouse. Love in its purest form needs nothing in return L'amour pur n'a besoin de rien en retour. Get easy, one-click access

Re: [discuss] OO Impress - Request for Enhancement

2007-11-24 Thread Richard/g
On Saturday 17 November 2007, A. Beal wrote: Dear Friends, At present OO Impress files cannot be opened by OO Writer or exported to OO Writer. MS Powerpoint can export a Powerpoint file to MS Word. This is very useful for preparing handouts, as it allows much more control over

Re: [discuss] OO Impress - Request for Enhancement

2007-11-24 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 14:46 -0400, Richard/g wrote: On Saturday 17 November 2007, A. Beal wrote: Dear Friends, At present OO Impress files cannot be opened by OO Writer or exported to OO Writer. MS Powerpoint can export a Powerpoint file to MS Word. This is very useful for

Re: [discuss] Will Bug 48822 be worked on before the next major release

2007-11-24 Thread Tomas Lanczos
Michael Adams wrote: On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:07:52 -0500 John W. Kennedy wrote: Alexandro Colorado wrote: But corporate world has to align to standards like for example labor law which is kind of a standard practice. A4 or ISO9000 are also standards and many other things in corporate world

Re: [discuss] OO Impress - Request for Enhancement

2007-11-24 Thread Richard/g
On Saturday 24 November 2007, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 14:46 -0400, Richard/g wrote: On Saturday 17 November 2007, A. Beal wrote: Dear Friends, At present OO Impress files cannot be opened by OO Writer or exported to OO Writer. MS Powerpoint can export