Re: [discuss] Label Templates

2008-07-18 Thread Mathias Bauer
Hi James, Label Express wrote: > I am the owner of a pressure sensitive label manufacturer/retailer > and am going to offer OpenOffice label templates on my website. I was > wondering if there is a way to incorporate these templates into the > writer program like you have done for Avery templates

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread callmeshane303
I want to do "big technical drawings" and include spreadsheets, formatted text and tables within them.. But I can't. Yeah the multi function - but limited or no cross-function set up is really getting to be a pain in the arse. It's sort of like getting free crippleware - similar too audio p

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread Thorsten Behrens
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 05:42:25PM +0100, mike scott wrote: > I commented a while ago about the lack of consistency between > components - for a supposedly "integrated" suite it actually seems > quoite atrocious. Fields are restricted to a tiny set in Draw (try > doing a mail-merge of a Christma

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread Michele
[snip] >> Dare one ask why? >> > You may ask - and the answer would be, that despite of numerous > shared functionality, OOo is still four big (and two smaller) > different applications, with *considerable* amount of code that is > *not* shared among them. [snip] > Pure technical (and age-old) de

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread callmeshane303
Talks Cheap and Results Count. Well rather than "just talk" about this, I think I will start up a "conversion group"... The more I use this program, the more I see it as being a clone of the, "This is the way we have always done it" process. And then look at the shit that Microsoft produce

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread mike scott
On 18 Jul 2008 at 14:12, Michele wrote: ... > Hello Thorsten, I understand this historical issue, but are there any > plans to move towards more shared code at all? > > Other functionalities that could benefit are: > - rotating pictures in Writer (open issue) > - split screen in Writer like in Ca

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread Thorsten Behrens
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 02:12:34PM +0100, Michele wrote: > - Crop images in Impress (extensions exist for that) > That's been added for 3.0. Cheers, -- Thorsten - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional command

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread Michele
2008/7/18 Thorsten Behrens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 02:12:34PM +0100, Michele wrote: >> - Crop images in Impress (extensions exist for that) >> > That's been added for 3.0. > > Cheers, > > -- Thorsten > ...the only one for which not one but two extensions existed already... si

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread Robert Derman
mike scott wrote: On 18 Jul 2008 at 14:12, Michele wrote: ... Hello Thorsten, I understand this historical issue, but are there any plans to move towards more shared code at all? Other functionalities that could benefit are: - rotating pictures in Writer (open issue) - split screen in Write

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread Udub
There is a suite that does this already. It is close source and is called EIOffice. A quick googling will take you to the company that produces it. Udub - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-ma

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread Robin Laing
Robert Derman wrote: callmeshane303 wrote: Well the other night I was doing a drawing in DRAW, and I had to insert a table... SNIP Cheers Shane I feel the same, I always wanted, when I ran a retail electronics store to be able to produce an invoice form with the word processor that would

Re: [discuss] My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely.

2008-07-18 Thread Robin Laing
callmeshane303 wrote: Well the other night I was doing a drawing in DRAW, and I had to insert a table... But there was NO table production function, in the Draw program. S I thought "Well it's not such a big deal to do a table in Write and then copy and paste it into Draw... And then I we

Re: [discuss] Bundle Evolution with OpenOffice?

2008-07-18 Thread KAMI
Kurt Semler írta: For the people wanting an eMail client with OpenOffice.org, what about bundling Evolution with the office suite? http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/ For record, StarOffice 5.2 has a very capable e-mail client and scheduler: http://www.malaysiaindustry.com.my/biz_reso

Re: [discuss] Bundle Evolution with OpenOffice?

2008-07-18 Thread KAMI
Kurt Semler írta: For the people wanting an eMail client with OpenOffice.org, what about bundling Evolution with the office suite? http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/ For a feeling: http://n3t.net/Downloads/Win/so-5_2-ga-bin-windows-en.exe Star Office 5.2 for Windows - 77M MD5 (so-5_

Re: [discuss] Bundle Evolution with OpenOffice?

2008-07-18 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:52:42 +0200 KAMI wrote: > Kurt Semler írta: > > For the people wanting an eMail client with OpenOffice.org, what > > about bundling Evolution with the office suite? > > http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/ > > > For record, StarOffice 5.2 has a very capable e-mail cl

Re: [discuss] Bundle Evolution with OpenOffice?

2008-07-18 Thread John Meyer
Michael Adams wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:52:42 +0200 KAMI wrote: Kurt Semler írta: For the people wanting an eMail client with OpenOffice.org, what about bundling Evolution with the office suite? http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/ For record, StarOffice 5.2 has a v

Re: [discuss] Bundle Evolution with OpenOffice?

2008-07-18 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Michael Adams wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:52:42 +0200 KAMI wrote: Kurt Semler írta: For the people wanting an eMail client with OpenOffice.org, what about bundling Evolution with the office suite? http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/ For record, StarOffice 5.2 ha