[discuss] Re: CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

2011-11-08 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Tracey, if it is version 3.3.0 and if the operating system on your computer is Windows then install the following: http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_Win_x86_langpack_en-US.exe Then start OpenOffice.org and switch the UI language in

[discuss] Re: openOffice-3.3.0 ?

2011-03-23 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Simona, I'm not sure if OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 will still run on Solaris 8. If you take a look at the system requirements at http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_30.html then you will notice that Solaris 10 is preferred as minimum requirement. The Java based setup application

[discuss] Re: Advice needed : Complete language packs with as many languages as possible.

2011-03-13 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Jim, Advice needed : Complete language packs with as many languages as possible. I've followed the procedure of trying google search and your forums but didnt find anything.. Can you send me Max 10 min 1 url where I can download these packs. you can download them from here:

[discuss] Re: Android Port?

2011-03-07 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Zachary, I did not hear about somebody starting such a port. I know that a port for Linux arm-eabi has been done by Caolán McNamara and by Peter Naulis which I believe might be a good starting point but It's just a guess because this is not my expertise. If you want to volunteer on porting

[discuss] Re: 3.3 in standard English

2011-01-29 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, the en-GB binaries have not yet been released by a QA team. Maybe you'd like to contribute to the QA project and help to release them. If you like then join the QA project at http://qa.openoffice.org and subscripbe to the mailing list d...@qa.openoffice.org. If you don't mind to try the

Re: [discuss] Question

2010-12-01 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, On 01.12.10 07:30, Marius Popa wrote: what a user can do with OpenOffice Writer/Web? Is it able to post something on a blog? Please include it on the StartCentre of future versions. The HTML mode of the wordprocessing application 'Writer' is called Writer/Web. You can reach it via menu

Re: [discuss] Fwd: BIG PROBLEM IN USING OPENOFFICE

2010-10-28 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, you're looking for dictionaries ? Just take a look at the extensions page: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/dictionaries On 28.10.10 14:29, cm.brien wrote: My problem with 3.1 version is I have lost access to spell checker files. Any help available? C. Brien Kind regards,

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 3.3 rc1

2010-10-20 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, this issue has been reported as http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=115110 Please take a look at it to resolve your Windows issue. On 19.10.10 16:35, Marius Popa wrote: I wanted to install Ooo.org 3.3 rc1 and I saw the message: Error 1606: Could not access network location

Re: [discuss] Oracle [NOT!] dropping OO.org

2010-10-19 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Thorsten, did you notice that some of those patch issues you are referring to are still assigned to developers of your team ? I wonder why you (without a need) exclude the more interesting new/unconfirmed/started/reopened patch issues - some of them with nice 4-digit issue numbers:

Re: [discuss] Where to download Older versions of Open Office.

2010-05-05 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, the archive mirrors host old versions http://archive.services.openoffice.org/pub/openoffice-archive/ Some mirrors hold legacy versions but they don't go that far back. Please check out the mirror page and browse throught he filesystem tree. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Ratnavel

[discuss] Re: ms daisy xml convertor and open office.

2010-03-27 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Kevin, there seems to be a Daisy extension available for OpenOffice.org but I don't know if it fits your needs: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/de/node/3246 or here: http://odt2daisy.sourceforge.net/ Does anyone know if ms daisy XML converter tool will work with open office?

Re: [discuss] Ia2 support in open office.

2009-11-20 Thread Joost Andrae
come on Malte... he's asking for some information about I Accessible 2 support within OpenOffice.org. He's currently using the open source based screen reader from http://www.nvda-project.org/ The current Ia2 status can be accessed from OOo Wiki at

Re: [discuss] major problem

2009-10-14 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, MS Office users can use http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/ Jean-Paul Ginestier schrieb: The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by MSO, so there is no point in sending people

Re: [discuss] It would be great to have a OOo which support Symbian S60.

2009-08-06 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, maybe you're looking for this ODF viewer application: http://code.google.com/p/officereader/ Aubrey Liu (Made-in-China.com) schrieb: OOo is awesome. It would be great to have a OOo which supports Symbian S60. Kind regards, Joost

Re: [discuss] Re: 3.1 vs. 3.2

2009-06-29 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, The only thing (I mentioned this before) that eludes me is the cross-platform nature of open source programs makes it seem like there is a standard help file format and I'm not sure how to read this help file outside of the program. Example a .chm or .hlp can be opened using hh.exe,

Re: [discuss] Re: 3.1 vs. 3.2

2009-06-26 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, Nope, what i am saying is neither of them has been released yet. When it is released it will be 3.1.1 BTW. So why would anyone even want to deal with 3.1.1 when they can have 3.2? 3.1.1 has not been released (planned release date: August 27th 2009) 3.2.0 has not been released (planned

Re: [discuss] Performance project - becoming an incubator project

2009-01-06 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Dieter, +1 We would like to ask all of you to support and to vote for this new project. Kind regards, Joost - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [discuss] Complex Text layout (digits/numerals)

2007-06-20 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, for me this sounds like the enhancement issue http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=22396 Can you confirm that this issue is in the same context ? Otherwise please add another enhancement issue and add myself (ja) to the cc list. Kind regards, Joost

Re: [discuss] Langpack for 2.0.1 with 2.2?

2007-06-11 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Stuart, the short answer is no. Please find the language pack for the 2.2.0 release on one of our extended mirrors within the extended/2.2.0rc4 directory http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors I have downloaded the Punjabi langpack for a friend (on WinXP) to have a

Re: [discuss] contribution offer...

2007-02-22 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Matt, the last release of en-GB was for OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 but at that time language packs weren't distributed into the mirror network because they got no QA approval. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=62891 Builds for en-GB language packs are still built and can be

Re: [discuss] Serious security hole in OpenOffice.org?

2007-01-04 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Simon, the issue you're referring to is described in issue http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042 The issue has been fixed for OpenOffice.org 2.1 and a security patch is also available for OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 from ftp at ../stable/1.1.5secpatch2/ within our mirror

Re: [discuss] I'm back to join OOo again

2006-12-11 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Peter, I hope you to see you at [EMAIL PROTECTED] soon. :) Kind regards, Joost Peter Junge wrote: Hi all, I just wanted to say that I'm back to OOo after a eight month break. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] cut and paste

2006-11-29 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, you might check the content of the HTML page. Especially if there is a table cell that exceeds the size of one page in Writer. In that case you might want to adjust the table properties. Remember: HTML doesn't know about pages. Kind regards, Joost When I cut or copy a text with more

Re: [discuss] [pr] FINAL: OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 Is Here.... And It's Our Birthday!

2006-10-13 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, this page should be available now. Kind regards, Joost * Release Notes: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.0.4.html There is no such page :( - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

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.

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

Re: [discuss] emergency formatting

2006-09-27 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, the dialog /tools/autocorrect on the tabpage options is your friend. Kind regards, Joost Martin Yazdzik wrote: Dear Friends, Sorry - I know I should rtfm, and these groups are not meant to help real people, but I have a kid being home schooled, and I need, in the next half hour to get

Re: [discuss] OO - your personal settings are locked

2006-09-19 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, there's still a .lock file within your OOo user profile. Just delete it and you should be fine. Kind regards, Joost I am getting the same problem with 2.0.4 RC1. I also can not find anything about fixing this bug in IZ. Can somebody shed some light? Or should I just file issue?

Re: [discuss] Shift F-4 in Calc

2006-05-24 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Donald, this feature works like a charm. Place your cell cursor to a cell containing a formula containing a cell reference like =SUM(A1:A10) and press Shift+F4. Perhaps the window manager on your system uses this key combination for itself... Kind regards, Joost

Re: [discuss] Installing British Language Module

2006-05-16 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, ...and using the dialog /File/Wizards/Install new dictionaries.../ will guide you through the download and install process of the en-GB dictionaries. Kind regards, Joost If it is just spell checking you require, it's built in to 2.0.2. However, if you want the user interface to use

Re: [discuss] Math syntax

2006-04-05 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Miquel, do you mean something like this ? left langle mline right none newline left none mline right rangle Kind regards, Joost Unnilenni wrote: Hi, I'm trying to write a scientific research project. I want to use Dirac's bracket notation (very popular in quantum mechanics) but I

Re: [discuss] OOo conference ?

2006-03-02 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Jean-Christophe, last conferences had their own mailing list but this has (AFAIK) not been done yet. The general conference mailing list is part of the marketing project ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Kind regards, Joost I am looking for lists where the OOo conference in Lyon is discussed.

Re: [discuss] Archives discuss asleep?

2006-01-19 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, please file an issue to the component www and sub component mailing list regarding this problem. Kind regards, Joost Browsing the mailing list archive, stops at 2006-1-17 ... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [discuss] Printing Issue with OpenOffice Writer

2005-10-06 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Erwin, AFAIK this is a known issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46968 Please have a look at it as there seems to be a workaround for this until this issue get's fixed. Kind regards, Joost We've implemented the OpenOffice.org, thanks for the product. As we use

Re: [discuss] :SPAM: Duplicate name field in OOWriter

2005-04-18 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Miljenko, thank you. this is http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=47664 Kind regards, Joost Miljenko Petrak wrote: I am using OpenOffice 2.0 Beta products for some time now and I find it very usefull. Certainly more functional than Microsoft's Office. In order to help improving

Re: [discuss] generic widget support in oo.org 2.0

2005-02-23 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Rich, please file such issues if you find them within the current developer snapshot src680m79. For earlier builds it doesn't make sense. Kind regards, Joost on a slackware box 'native' gtk looks a lot worse than generic, is slower and sort of flickers all the time - but generic has these

Re: [discuss] generic widget support in oo.org 2.0

2005-02-23 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Rich, generic VCL widgets are used if there is no compatible 'native' widget set available eg. if you use the application on a Linux system with fvwm window manager and no support for GNOME then the application shows it's generic VCL widgets. OpenOffice.org doesn't need native widgets to

Re: [discuss] gtk theme in 1.9m74

2005-01-28 Thread Joost Andrae
Hello Rich, you could deactivate the plugin by defining the OOo generic (gen) plugin via environment export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen or by deactivating the native widget set support via environment export SAL_NO_NWF=1 Kind regards, Joost Rich wrote: from release notes : 38236 framewor Use