Re: [discuss] Make Wrtite a little better

2010-11-17 Thread Graham Lauder
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Re: [discuss] Make Wrtite a little better

2010-11-17 Thread Graham Lauder
On Thursday 18 Nov 2010 04:02:52 David B Teague wrote: On 11/17/2010 7:12 AM, Graham Lauder wrote: Actually OOo will do quite a bit more than MSO, SNIP Edit PDFs I would like to know more about editing a PDF file with OOo. I know there is an add-on that enable pdf import into Draw

Re: [discuss] Suggestions

2010-11-12 Thread Graham Lauder
On Friday 12 Nov 2010 09:43:42 Wm Stewart wrote: On 11/10/2010 5:09 PM, Graham Lauder wrote: OOo has around 20% market share in Europe and growing fast globally. This would be very good news, and a statistic I can use to great effect. Can you provide a reference for this? http

Re: [discuss] Re: Suggestions

2010-11-12 Thread Graham Lauder
worldwide. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Open Technologies) www.theingots.org

Re: [discuss] Suggestions

2010-11-10 Thread Graham Lauder
in demanding that the software do things your way when it already does those things but using a slightly different method. Take some time to do some discovery. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org

Re: [discuss] Suggestions

2010-11-10 Thread Graham Lauder
manual as part of the download that extracts next to the installer. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Open

Re: [discuss] Re: How to make OO the standard

2010-10-19 Thread Graham Lauder
-- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Open Technologies) www.theingots.org

Re: [discuss] Re: How to make OO the standard

2010-10-18 Thread Graham Lauder
with MSO -OOo, but also MSO to other programmes. Problems are always easy to cry about but solutions work better and are actually much more satisfying. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration

Re: [discuss] Re: Re: Impress - start macro on 'new slide'

2010-09-13 Thread Graham Lauder
that a developer will be listening. Probably better in fact to send to d...@graphics.openoffice.org if you want to get the ear of a dev who's involved with impress and the graphics side of OOo. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http

Re: [discuss] Banner problem

2010-08-17 Thread Graham Lauder
the users here are going to have a hard time helping you. Ordinarily, we either download when we're ready to go to a new version, or get an automatic notification of an update and follow through from there -- but in neither case is there any banner involved. -- Graham Lauder

Re: [discuss] Words of thanks and thoughts for the future WAS Re: [dev] Changes to Site/Product Elements due to Oracle Acquisition

2010-01-30 Thread Graham Lauder
- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant

Re: [discuss] Openoffice Security Issue

2009-10-30 Thread Graham Lauder
quite useful when they forget the passwords they put in their Excel spreadsheets. :) Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz

Re: [discuss] Search function for the special character menu

2009-10-19 Thread Graham Lauder
/project/AltSearch Never have an OOo install without it. Kindly Regards MaCXyLo Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz

Re: [discuss] Hosting Open Office

2009-10-18 Thread Graham Lauder
, Jaime Hernandez President of The Cyber Fusion and Foto-Synthesis Design www.TheCyberFusion.com www.FotoSynthesisDesign.com Tel: 908-526-1382 Cell: 443-812-6020 Hi Jaime, You need the distribution project; http://distribution.openoffice.org Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org

Re: [discuss] major problem

2009-10-14 Thread Graham Lauder
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Re: [discuss] Work Presentation

2009-04-01 Thread Graham Lauder
. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED : GET OOOGEAR Gear for the well dressed OOo Advocate www.ooogear.co.nz

Re: [discuss] Why does OpenOffice keep converting things to dates in tables?

2009-01-13 Thread Graham Lauder
of the list and select text -- The Best Things in life are 3 http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies

Re: [discuss] Fw:

2009-01-10 Thread Graham Lauder
it to operate as a free version of word, you're doing yourself a disservice, OOo does so much more, some of it, as you can see, to make up for the deficiencies of MSO file handling abilities. Cheers GL -- The Best Things in life are 3 http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder

Re: [discuss] Make it possible to download only parts of open office

2008-10-16 Thread Graham lauder
, then there is always Gnumeric (http://gnumeric.org) Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org Open Opportunities ltd. Open Technologies

Re: [discuss] Re: Open Office to open WPS files

2008-05-09 Thread Graham Lauder
/editions_of_openoffice.org Alternatively, there are various workarounds. Andrew Cheers G -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED : GET OOOGEAR Gear for the well dressed OOo

Re: [discuss] Good idea for New update OpenOffice 2.4

2008-04-02 Thread Graham Lauder
What version of Java is safe to install the newest version of OpenOfice 2.1? Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Full list of System requirements are here http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice stability and document repair

2008-03-24 Thread Graham Lauder
to overcome the problems. Do you have any other suggestions (waiting for the next release is not an option)? Kind regards, Jens Hi Jens, You may find this extension useful http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/templatechanger Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon

Re: [discuss] Attention

2008-03-09 Thread Graham Lauder
of a challenge than at first anticipated but it should go live with a matter of days. Watch this space Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED : GET OOOGEAR Gear

Re: [discuss] Re: Re: .doc compatibility

2008-02-25 Thread Graham Lauder
suggestions that are based in experience they would be Plan the Migration Hire a Trainer For the OP's situation, the prognosis is bad. Any future migration will be tainted by this failure Marco Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http

Re: [discuss] Re: Re: .doc compatibility

2008-02-24 Thread Graham Lauder
-- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED : GET OOOGEAR Gear for the well dressed OOo Advocate www.ooogear.co.nz

Re: [discuss] .doc compatibility

2008-02-22 Thread Graham Lauder
just by switching default word processor in file associations (and yes that has been tried! ) -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED : GET OOOGEAR Gear

Re: [discuss] File Sizes; sWrite

2008-01-15 Thread Graham Lauder
in OOo and save as *.odt. Get rid of all the garbage however by doing paste special and you can do a lot better and OOo will deal with it very quickly. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New

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

2007-11-23 Thread Graham Lauder
as PDF Fields are editable in Acrobat Reader You won't come across this functionality in MS Word because it can't do it. Please note that OOo is not an MS Office clone. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs

Re: [discuss] IMPORTANT

2007-10-11 Thread Graham Lauder
in terms of the LPGL. Most of what they sell is to do with the support package surrounding it in any case. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED : GET

Re: [discuss] feature suggestion

2007-10-05 Thread Graham Lauder
://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer Moderator New Zealand (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED GET OOOGEAR http://ooogear.co.nz

Re: [discuss] Request: Focus on Custom Animation in impress.

2007-09-30 Thread Graham Lauder
- GET OPENOFFICE.ORG http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer Moderator New Zealand (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED

Re: [discuss] Converting legacy MS Office documents

2007-09-04 Thread Graham Lauder
addition if you offered it as part of the Open Office Suite. Thanks Glen Lancaster OOo does it on it's own fileWizardsDocument Converter Cheers GL -- GET LEGAL - GET OPENOFFICE.ORG http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ

Re: [discuss] Re: Publisher equivalent?

2007-01-21 Thread Graham Lauder
in Draw as well. Is there an issue for that somewhere? Adrian Yep, goes back to 1.1 http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25732 Obviously needs some votes Cheers Yo -- GET LEGAL - GET OPENOFFICE.ORG http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon

Re: [discuss] Bullets [EMAIL PROTECTED]!!!

2005-10-14 Thread Graham Lauder
panel you will see -mystyle listed. Start a list- Double click -mystyle in the stylist window and there are your bullets. HTH -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html mob: 027 494 4315 Opendocument fellowship http

Re: [discuss] Post the true version number, please!

2005-10-05 Thread Graham Lauder
Eric Peltzer wrote: Why on earth does the OO.o site not post, up front right in the heading, the full actual version number of the software being offered for download? Without this number, it is pretty much impossible tell if one already has the most current version or not. To find this

Re: [discuss] Make whole document page nonwhite

2005-08-20 Thread Graham Lauder
than that, I intend to tell others about this wonderful software. Many thanks, we think it's pretty special. :) Cheers Yo -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office

Re: [discuss] Suggestions

2005-08-13 Thread Graham Lauder
, however already have a presentation programme : Impress and a Database: Base. The Advantage of this is; you don't get a copy of MS Office, you get OpenOffice.org which is far better... without even considering value for money. :) -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ

Re: [discuss] Next IRC talk.

2005-07-29 Thread Graham Lauder
Daniel Carrera wrote: Greetings all, The next IRC talk will be tomorrow at 09:00 UTC. This should be a suitable time for Asia and Australia. Hope you can make it. Aiet Kolkhi from the Georgian NL project will be talking about software piracy and how it affects open source and in particular

Re: [discuss] Adobe hosting Open Source / ISV discussion Webinar

2005-07-22 Thread Graham Lauder
Mike Jennings wrote: This may be of interest to people on the list. If interested, please contact Patrice Lagrange ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Summary: Challenges and solutions for ISVs to port applications to Linux. A Webinar hosted by Adobe with the help of the Open Source Community. Featured

Re: [discuss] Trouble with My Open Office .

2005-07-18 Thread Graham Lauder
Pam Drake wrote: Hello, I have a computer, about 1 year old, running Windows XP. The store I bought it from had your Open Office (1.1.0)already installed on it when I purchased the system (NEW System, not a Used one) For quite sometime, it worked fine for documents. However, about 4 months

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Release Candidate Is Here

2005-07-15 Thread Graham Lauder
Chris BONDE wrote: Alex Janssen wrote: [snipped 1.1.5rc announcement] Hello Alex 1.1.5 is considered necessary as a bridge for 1.1.x users to attend to a planned migration to 2.0 (uses the new OpenDocument format) when it becomes available. 1.1.5 follows the 1.1.x codeline, and an

Re: [discuss] Text Color Changing in Writer

2005-07-11 Thread Graham Lauder
Zachary Barnett wrote: Is there a way to change text color that does not involve highlighting already-typed text? If this feature is not already available, it might be something that could make typing multi-colored text in documents easier. Microsoft Word has a feature like this that

Re: [discuss] Re: EU says no to software patents

2005-07-07 Thread Graham Lauder
is being heard and people are taking notice Yo -- Graham Lauder OpenOffice.org MarCon New Zealand (http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html) INGOTs Certification Assessor Trainer www.theingots.org - To unsubscribe, e

Re: [discuss] Lingua Latina

2005-06-20 Thread Graham Lauder
Jonathon Blake wrote: Stardock wrote: create an easier way to put macrons over vowels? Easier than what? I can type them directly from my keyboard. xan jonathon Cool, perhaps you could explain how, for Stardocks benefit. -- Graham Lauder OpenOffice.org MarCon New Zealand

Re: [discuss] Project manager for OOo

2005-06-17 Thread Graham Lauder
Alex Janssen wrote: I was thinking a method of saving the current state OOo, that is, saving the status of all of the currently open OOo application windows would be a handy feature. Quite often I'll have 2 or 3 spreadsheets open along with 2 or 3 writer files. I'll get interrupted and have

[discuss] Another MS XML patent

2005-05-30 Thread Graham Lauder
Approved! Unbelievable! http://www.builderau.com.au/program/work/0,39024650,39190121,00.htm 8-( -- Graham Lauder OpenOffice.org MarCon New Zealand INGOTs Certification Assessor Trainer www.theingots.org

Re: [discuss] Another MS XML patent

2005-05-30 Thread Graham Lauder
Graham Lauder wrote: Approved! Unbelievable! http://www.builderau.com.au/program/work/0,39024650,39190121,00.htm 8-( The original article in ZDNet http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39200380,00.htm -- Graham Lauder OpenOffice.org MarCon New Zealand (http

Re: [discuss] Suggestion for the presentations tool

2005-03-11 Thread Graham Lauder
Nick Ward wrote: It would be useful if one could insert JPEG files (e.g. corporate logo). OpenOffice complained when I tried to do this. Works in Powerpoint with the same JPEG file. Works for me in 1.1.4 and 1.9.79 on Win2K and Mandrake 10 What version and OS are you having the problem with.

Re: [discuss] Open Remember Cursor Position...

2005-02-19 Thread Graham Lauder
Peter Kupfer wrote: Sorry to the Authors group for the cross post. I do not know what the over all feeling on this issue is amongst the OOo community, but I am very sad about the lack of the OOo 2.0 to remember my cursor position when I open. This is the new expected behavior. :( There has been

Re: [discuss] Break it up

2005-01-28 Thread Graham Lauder
Tim Fairchild wrote: On Friday 28 Jan 2005 12:50, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: I'm on dialup and am not going to wait 7 hours for it to download. Could you break it up into smaller zip files that I could down load over a period of days? Two immediate options, besides using a download