[discuss] Ver 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) Mail Merge

2005-03-06 Thread Tony Pursell
st to do it on. I really need to discuss my ideas of what is wrong and find out to what extent things could be changed at this rather late stage of development. Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [discuss] Ver 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) Mail Merge

2005-03-06 Thread Tony Pursell
appropriate to users of the current release who want help. I want to try and influence development of a future release. Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Ver 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) Mail Merge

2005-03-06 Thread Tony Pursell
I'm sure there are more. I'm passionate about mail merge (I have used it intensively - it is a great productivity tool) and I'm passionate about OO.o. But as far as I can see, unless we do better, people like me will still keep going back to MS Office. Tony Pursell -

Re: [discuss] Ver 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) Mail Merge

2005-03-07 Thread Tony Pursell
On 7 Mar 2005 at 19:22, Mathias Bauer wrote: > Tony Pursell wrote: > > > The problem with the new Wizard is that it is the only way to easily > > get the multi letter file. But there are lots of scenarios, > > particularly in the business world (which I'm sure we w

Re: [discuss] Ver 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) Mail Merge

2005-03-08 Thread Tony Pursell
On 7 Mar 2005 at 23:36, Matt Johnson wrote: > > > From the lack of response to my posts on both this > > list and on 'users' it > > seems nobody is as passionate about mail merge as I > > am. I had hoped > > I might get a discussion going but it seems that few > > people are > > interested. >

Re: [discuss] Re: 2.0 Beta Quickstart Tray Icon

2005-03-09 Thread Tony Pursell
ld report as an issue?) Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] OOo2 m84 out now. :)

2005-03-10 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 Mar 2005 at 17:37, Justin Clift wrote: > Hi all, > > Not sure if this is worth mentioning on the discuss@ list, but the > first of the developer snapshots with code from _after_ the beta build > is now on the mirrors. It's OOo2 m84. > > A quick reference URL (to the DDGTS mirror anyway):

Re: [discuss] opening tab delimitted files with a .xls suffix in the OO spreadsheet pgm

2005-03-10 Thread Tony Pursell
xt (.txt, .csv)), It gives me the ASCII Filter Options Dialog showing it is in Unicode, I click OK and it opens in Writer. No way can I get it to open in Calc. Is this a bug? Or just a nuisance 'feature'. Tony Pursell - T

Re: [discuss] opening tab delimitted files with a .xls suffix in the OO spreadsheet pgm

2005-03-10 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Eike On 10 Mar 2005 at 20:49, You wrote: > Hi Tony, > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 19:13:21 -0000, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > In the 2.0 Beta (1.9.79) I cannot open a .csv in anything other than > > Writer. The file was created in the Mail Merge Wizard as a tab > &

Re: [discuss] opening tab delimitted files with a .xls suffix in the OO spreadsheet pgm

2005-03-11 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 Mar 2005 at 21:20, John W. Kennedy wrote: > Tony Pursell wrote: > > On 10 Mar 2005 at 10:24, John W. Kennedy wrote: > > > >>Lars D. Noodén wrote: > >> > >>>Ok. Then we've found a bug in OOo 1.1.2 and earlier on OS X. > >>> &g

Re: [discuss] Auto Upgrading from OO.o 1.1.4 to OO.o 2.0

2005-03-11 Thread Tony Pursell
On 11 Mar 2005 at 9:14, Mathias Bauer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I posted this a couple of days ago, but have not seen it on the list > > and have not gotten any kind of response so I'm thinking that the > > message might not have made it to the list. If I'm wrong please > > excuse the

Re: [discuss] opening tab delimitted files with a .xls suffix in the OO spreadsheet pgm

2005-03-12 Thread Tony Pursell
ask the user which OO.o application should open it. And maybe in Options there should be a way to associate extensions with applications to prevent tiresome questioning of the user every time they want to open a file with a well known extension, like .csv or .xls. Tony Pursell -

Re: [discuss] Is it missing

2005-03-12 Thread Tony Pursell
On 12 Mar 2005 at 10:00, Mike Waite wrote: > > Dear open Office, > > Great product as a new user. > > Can you tell me if there is a file that allows me to print names and > addresses onto envelops. > > Microsoft word has this facility under tools and I found it most > useful. I went to tools w

Re: [discuss] Re: Is it missing

2005-03-12 Thread Tony Pursell
On 12 Mar 2005 at 10:30, Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: > as I understand it. 1.1.4 actualy has an "labels and envelopes" wizard > right in the new file dialogue or menu. File >> New >> Labels or > Envelopes > No, just File >> New >> Labels. Envelopes are still in the Insert menu. (In my 1.1.4 and 2.

Re: [discuss] opening tab delimitted files with a .xls suffix in the OO spreadsheet pgm

2005-03-12 Thread Tony Pursell
On 13 Mar 2005 at 0:10, Mathias Bauer wrote: > If you want to use another > application than the default one you must use "Open with". IMHO that's > the right way to go also for OOo. > The problem with OO.o is that it is only 'soffice' in the Windows program list. You don't get a choice of Calc o

Re: [discuss] No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Tony Pursell
outine that will manipulate these file associations that can be included in the install package. Or tweak the setup.exe so that the 'Repair' option calls this form and allows the user to alter their choices. From my experience in help desk work, the one thing that can retrieve the si

Re: [discuss] No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Tony Pursell
On 30 Mar 2005 at 15:19, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Tony Pursell wrote: > > > I thought more was going to be done to avoid it and I am amazed that > > we still have a setup dialog that virtually invites people to do > > what they don't really want to do > > But

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Tony Pursell
Neither did I when first saw this form. I had to look again to take it in. It should have been on the main form with the other line. So what do I do to get this changed without it disappearing into a black holr? I have at least one vote from Cor Nouws for the sort of wording I suggested. And

Re: [discuss] No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-31 Thread Tony Pursell
e same way he was going to support mine? I.e. get it confirmed. Thanks all Tony Pursell On 31 Mar 2005 at 8:21, James Walker wrote: > Michael A Chase wrote: > > >On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:01:26 -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: > > > > > > > >>I wi

Re: [discuss] File association dialog: Issue 46347

2005-03-31 Thread Tony Pursell
here will always > be other factors. But there is a positive correlation. > Sent request for this to the users list. Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Issue 46347 - Clearer Explaination Need ed in the File Associations Dialog during Inst allation

2005-03-31 Thread Tony Pursell
, you can do that by using 'File Open' and selecting the file there. Please let me have your suggestions (on the 'discuss' list, preferably). Its getting late here in the UK so I won't be replying until tomorrow, but

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-01 Thread Tony Pursell
Dialog during Inst allation' if you want to participate in this discussion. Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-01 Thread Tony Pursell
t picking up on what you have chose proviously)? Thanks Tony Pursell PS - As you posted at 11:44 On 1 Apr 2005, can you verify that this is not an AFJ :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On 2 Apr 2005 at 11:39, Robert Derman wrote: > Tony Pursell wrote: > > >On 1 Apr 2005 at 11:44, Robert Derman wrote: > > > > > > > >>Robert Derman replies: I just downloaded and installed the latest > >>version of OOo 2.0, (1.9.87) and the che

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org Support on the Users List

2005-04-12 Thread Tony Pursell
rate list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to handle the rookie users' problems, leaving users to discuss problems of a more technical nature. I think this might help with one big problem which seems to be 'I posted a question and got nnn replies, none of which answered my problem'. Anyt

Re: [discuss] Re: OpenOffice.org Support on the Users List

2005-04-13 Thread Tony Pursell
cipants into the type of support guy that I try to be. Or for turning the users list into more of a normal support experience. I think that the lists do a great job for techies and enthusiasts helping each other, but they generally fail the new user who doesn't understand the community w

[discuss] OSS in Brazil

2005-06-05 Thread Tony Pursell
fford their software). Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] HBS WK: Who will win Microsoft or Linux?

2005-06-06 Thread Tony Pursell
On 6 Jun 2005 at 13:59, Anthony Long wrote: > I'm curious to know what people think about this article? > > http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4834&t=technology > > Cheers, > > Anthony > I think that my post on OSS in Brazil gives a real life example of this in action. Here is a li

Re: [discuss] Error Reporting

2005-06-23 Thread Tony Pursell
On 24 Jun 2005 at 8:28, Paul wrote: > Interesting. I'm working with 1.9.104 and have submitted 3 error > reports in the past two days and in all cases it worked fine. > > Only suggestion may be to 'repair' your installation to see if that > works. > > /paul > > On 6/24/05, Will Cool <[EMAIL P

Re: [discuss] Question about potential release date?

2005-07-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 Jul 2005 at 12:36, Daniel Carrera wrote: > For example, the most recent release of Unbuntu was expected to come > with OpenOffice.org 2.0. But OOo 2.0 was delayed, so they had to ship > version 1.1.4 instead. I updated my Ubuntu to ver 5.04 (which BTW stands for April 2005) a few days ago.

Re: [discuss] Why I had to switch back to MS Word

2005-07-06 Thread Tony Pursell
ck to Word 97 for any mail merge work. Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Can't Install OO 1.9.113

2005-07-16 Thread Tony Pursell
On 16 Jul 2005 at 16:02, Paige Miller wrote: > Internal Error 2735. Shellextensionsdll5 > > (WindowsMe, if that matters) Known bug for us 98 and ME user. We will have to wait for the next release. Tony - To unsubscribe, e-m

Re: [discuss] Re: Peter, and other volunteers, please stop duplicate messages, was: Greetings

2005-07-24 Thread Tony Pursell
On 24 Jul 2005 at 13:02, Larry Gusaas wrote: > This "discussion ?" has wasted far more bandwidth than duplicate > messages ever did. > - - +1 Can we call an end to this now? and BTW, I have found it very easy to configure the spam filter in my Pegasus email client to drop these "duplicate" m

Re: [discuss] device driver?

2005-09-19 Thread Tony Pursell
On 19 Sep 2005 at 12:19, Carl Shewmaker wrote: > I cannot print #10 envelopes properly from my windows > xp pro computer on my hp Laser Jet 3015 (it shows as > hp 3015 Laser Jet PCL 6 on my Printers and Faxes > screen.) There have been lots of problems with envelopes, especially the #10, so I do

Re: [discuss] device driver?

2005-09-19 Thread Tony Pursell
On 19 Sep 2005 at 22:22, Tony Pursell wrote: > On 19 Sep 2005 at 12:19, Carl Shewmaker wrote: > > > I cannot print #10 envelopes properly from my windows > > xp pro computer on my hp Laser Jet 3015 (it shows as > > hp 3015 Laser Jet PCL 6 on my Printers and Faxes >

Re: [discuss] Logotron School Office

2005-11-08 Thread Tony Pursell
of it. But its not a rip off. If they comply with the terms of the licence, etc, what they are doing is perfectly OK. It's Open Source software, after all. They probably give some reasonable value added for their £29. Perhaps we should all email them to congratulate them on their use

Re: [discuss] ask for a new NL project

2005-12-04 Thread Tony Pursell
On 4 Dec 2005 at 12:22, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > Second, there is a fairly vibrant Klingon community and veritable > dictionary with associated language. Yes, http://www.kli.org Tony - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [discuss] Norwegian article on school software licensing

2005-12-18 Thread Tony Pursell
-Original Message- From: "Ian Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 12/17/05 11:55:16 PM To: "discuss@openoffice.org" Subject: Re: [discuss] Norwegian article on school software licensing On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 22:37 +0100, Detlef Grittner wrote: > Am Freitag, den

Re: [discuss] Cert report on operating system vulenablities...

2006-01-07 Thread Tony Pursell
On 7 Jan 2006 at 18:28, Tim Fairchild wrote: > On Saturday 07 Jan 2006 12:54, Chad Smith wrote: > > http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB2005.html#top > > > > This bulletin provides a year-end summary of software > > vulnerabilities that > > > > > were identified between January 2005 and Decembe

[discuss] Re: [SWLUG] linux-friendly internet connectors

2006-01-10 Thread Tony Pursell
Sorry, sent to wrong list ... please ignore > On 10 Jan 2006 at 0:35, Foeh Mannay wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 18:00 +, Pete Phillips wrote: > > > I use a netgear DG834G wireless router. > > > > I use a DG824M, which I believe is the predecessor to the above. > > It's the biggest piece

Re: [discuss] Envelope Printing

2006-01-14 Thread Tony Pursell
On 14 Jan 2006 at 13:16, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > The number of times we see questions relating to the difficulty of > printing envelopes - often compared with the ease of use of other > products - suggests that it would be useful to automate the process. > > A simple, extensible database of

Re: [discuss] Language Switching

2006-02-11 Thread Tony Pursell
to select a different language and restart OOo to change the language. You will need to know enough Spanish to follow this route to change to English. I assume you do. Finally, can I suggest you use the users@openoffice.org list for general 'how-to&

Re: [discuss] bug with letters (openoffice calc)

2006-02-26 Thread Tony Pursell
On 26 Feb 2006 at 11:30, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > On 26/02/2006, at 2:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello > > > > I'm ungry about a bug of openoffice calc > > > > I'm trying to put all my password in a cheat, and it's impossible > > because openoffice add automatically a capital lett

Re: [discuss] Northern Sotho Localisation

2006-03-18 Thread Tony Pursell
rg/ anywhere on OOo pages. It might just be useful to have a 'Languge Packs' link on the Downloads page. Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-19 Thread Tony Pursell
the selected language. I would love to add this to the wish list. Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] More prominent download link for localization files, was: Re: [discuss] Northern Sotho Localisation

2006-03-19 Thread Tony Pursell
On 19 Mar 2006 at 15:28, Guido Pinkernell wrote: > cc to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Am Sonntag, 19. März 2006 00:32 schrieb Tony Pursell: > > On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 21:33 +0200, Phillip Pare wrote: > > > BTW, everyone, why is there no obvious link to > > http://oootrans

Re: [discuss] Loading localization strings at runtime

2006-03-23 Thread Tony Pursell
t;. Don't know how it automatically selects but I assume that > is using system settings and has two fallbacks in case the system > language is not available, first english than any language it can > find. > What is this 'automatic' setting. How does one use it? Tony Purse

Re: [discuss] Upgrade of OpenOffice

2006-04-22 Thread Tony Pursell
P, computer DELL Dimension DIM > > 4600 with processor Pentium 4 2,66 GHz. > > I suggest that you confirm the md5sum for your download. Lots of > people, myself included, have been running 2.0.2 on XP for some months > now. > > Peter HB > And you also can try re-running

Re: [discuss] Re: Check for Updates missing from Help (v 2.03)

2006-07-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 14:00 +1000, Dave Barton wrote: > On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 18:46 -0700, John Boyle wrote: > > To Sir Gimp, et al: Please don't tell me the OOo has fallen into the > > Microsquash trap of incompetency! So far, from what see I will not be > > "upgrading" to 2.0.3 for quite some t

Re: [discuss] A license question

2006-07-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 19:20 +0800, Wisely Koh wrote: > Hi! > > I am reading through the FAQ at: > > http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html > > and I realise the following, it seems that OOo is not a free software > since it doesn't allow private modification? > It depends how you are

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice 2.0.3 Version

2006-07-08 Thread Tony Pursell
On 7 Jul 2006 at 21:18, Clois Beckwith wrote: > I have been using Microsoft Excel for 10 plus years and I can't quite > figure out how to autofill in the following format: > > Dec, 05 > Nov,05 > Oct,05 > etc. > When I try this in Excel 97, I get Dec, 06 Dec, 07 Dec, 08 etc So its not just a c

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice 2.0.3 Version

2006-07-08 Thread Tony Pursell
On 8 Jul 2006 at 10:52, Tony Pursell wrote: > What you need is to define a custom format of 'xxx, 99'. This is a > numeric fomat, so the '05' will increment. Of course, it will carry > on to Dec 13! > > > Tony Ignor

Re: [discuss] Nvu/OOo Web Content Editing

2006-07-23 Thread Tony Pursell
On 23 Jul 2006 at 0:21, Chad Smith wrote: > Dude, for a "tech sherpa with decades of experience" you don't seem to Chad I would have thought that you would be less rude, knowing as you do that your email has been sent to tens of thousands of people. Publicly humiliating someone in this way is

Re: [discuss] Microsoft Word

2006-08-01 Thread Tony Pursell
On 1 Aug 2006 at 21:15, Ian Lynch wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 19:38 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > > Hi ...? > > > > kc7hxy wrote: > > > > > > Are we going to be able to open and save to _Microsoft Works now > > > that Microsoft_ is making a few more dollars (Which I am sure the > > > need) by mak

Re: [discuss] Microsoft Word

2006-08-01 Thread Tony Pursell
On 1 Aug 2006 at 22:45, I wrote: > > However, I gather OOo doesn't open Works documents. I suppose, for > text documents, they can be saved to RTF and imported like that into > OOo, but spreadsheets with formulae in them would be a problem. > Actually, I find that my version of Works saves in

Re: [discuss] Linux versions

2006-08-28 Thread Tony Pursell
On 28 Aug 2006 at 11:53, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > I've put in a request that the download be labeled differently: > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=69031 > > Wouldn't most apt-based distributions have OpenOffice.org themselves? > > -Lars > > Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >

Re: [discuss] need help customizing keyboard shortcuts

2006-10-01 Thread Tony Pursell
would like to be able to configure the familiar Ctrl-Alt+< and Ctrl-Alt+>, as used by Word as I find them quite intuitive, but it seems that neither Ctrl-Alt combinations nor > and < are configurable in OOo 2.0.3.

Re: Re[2]: [discuss] Error in selecting currency

2006-12-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On 2 Dec 2006 at 12:36, Metin Akbil wrote: > > > Saturday, December 2, 2006, 3:37:04 AM, you wrote: > > > Metin Akbil wrote: > >>> There is nothing wrong with the program as it stands. The choices are > >>> "Turkish Lira [in the 'Kurdish(Turkey)' locale]" and "Turkish Lira [in > >>> the 'Turki

Re: [discuss] Issuezilla and simple users, WAS: Re: [discuss] Re: [ui-dev] Proposing a new User Experience project on OOo

2007-01-20 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 23:50 +0100, Bernhard Dippold wrote: > Hi all, > > just one more possibility to ease Issue Tracker for "newbies": > > Provide a link with all the relevant informations! > > If you want someone to add his/her bug in Issue Tracker, start a new > issue, save it as template an

Re: [discuss] Re: Opening WPS files in OO

2007-02-10 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 Feb 2007 at 20:27, Ain Vagula wrote: > Curt Akin wrote: > > I give up . When .wps files are associated with OO, I'm asked what > > filter to use after OO opens. I have not yet found the magic one. > > > > Don't understand? wps is Microsoft Works file format, Works is a very > poor quality

Re: [discuss] survey

2007-02-27 Thread Tony Pursell
On 27 Feb 2007 at 13:12, Phillip Ellery wrote: > Giday Just did your survey on migration fm OO1.* to 2.1 > > forgot a feature on the wish list. > > MS Word has an add on, a PDF converter - from ScanSoft - this is very > handy - do you have a similar ? > OOo has long had this facility built in

Re: [discuss] Re: OpenOffice- UNIX/LINUX

2007-05-15 Thread Tony Pursell
> On 2007-05-14, Pat Elder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I read the computer rags every day. I get industry e-mail every day. I > > have never seen an Ad or any information that informs the world that > > OpenOffice runs on Windows. > PCW Magazine reviewed the 2.2 release with a link to

Re: [discuss] Re: OpenOffice- UNIX/LINUX

2007-05-15 Thread Tony Pursell
> On Tue, 15 May 2007, Tony Pursell wrote: > > PCW Magazine reviewed the 2.2 release with a link to its > > download site in its on-line news feed. It also included OOo in > > its review of office suites which was some time ago now. So > > the mags do not ignore us. &g

Re: [discuss] envelope

2007-05-29 Thread Tony Pursell
tup to the envelope type you want, using Format -> > Page... > > Hope this helps. > > regards, > Ossama Khayat > I think the feature that is being referred to is the one in Word where highlighted text (for example, the address) is automatically put into the address fo

Re: [discuss] Feature Report

2007-05-30 Thread Tony Pursell
design view to modify a view. So you will have to delete the view and create a new one each each time you add a column to the base table. I really would like to see the design view available when you choose to Edit a view. Tony Pursell

Re: [discuss] About Currency Mistake in Open Office Calc

2007-08-19 Thread Tony Pursell
putting 'YTL (KURDISH) , TURKEY' instead of 'YTL Kurdish (Turkey)' you have made it look like YTL is a specifically Kurdish currency. There is nothing that requires a patch to OOo. Tony Pursell OOo User - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] problem in download

2007-09-10 Thread Tony Pursell
res > > Than > If you go to the home page http://www.openoffice.org/index.html and click on 'get OpenOffice.org' this will lead you to the download page for various English Language version. Click on 'native language

Re: [discuss] Re: Question: How to add an invisible format to OpenOfficeWriter?

2007-10-07 Thread Tony Pursell
cked in 'Font effects'. Type in the text you want to hide, select it, then apply the 'invisible' format. You have to do it that way as I don't think you can type anything with a hidden format selected.

Re: [discuss] Question: How to add an invisible format to OpenOfficeWriter?

2007-10-07 Thread Tony Pursell
in the text you want to hide, select it, then apply the 'invisible' format. You have to do it that way as I don't think you can type anything with a hidden format selected. I have tried this and can confim that the hidden text is in the XML. Tony Pursell OO.o U

[discuss] Becta concerned about Microsoft school deals

2007-10-29 Thread Tony Pursell
including 'free-to-use' alternatives." Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] FAQs

2007-12-03 Thread Tony Pursell
of computers as well as you and I do. I think it is quite likely that there are people who would believe that they cannot install another office suite on a computer that already has one office suite installed because they are thinking

Re: [discuss] Printing #10 Envelopes

2008-01-17 Thread Tony Pursell
lp any: Just ask. > > Thanks in Advance, > > Twayne > I have seen problems with #10 envelopes raised some time ago. The solution is to use a similar size envelope like the DL and that is good enough. Try it out on a plain sheet of paper first to see how it li

Re: [discuss] UNABLE TO INSTALL

2008-02-10 Thread Tony Pursell
loaded package file is OOo_2.3.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe for the US english version with Java Runtime Environment included for all Windows versions. Tony Pursell OOo User - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional co

Re: [discuss] compatibility issue

2008-02-17 Thread Tony Pursell
ing about before you do. > > -- > Michael > > All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall > be well > > - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 > Even better idea, if this is at all possible, is to try and get

[discuss] (Fwd) Re: [discuss] Math Formula Editor Help

2008-02-24 Thread Tony Pursell
I should have sent this to the list as well --- Forwarded message follows --- From: Tony Pursell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Karl Plenge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Re: [discuss] Math Formula Edit

Re: [discuss] Open Office not so open...

2008-02-24 Thread Tony Pursell
certain extent OOo needs people like this to promote it. We don't have other ways of advertising it. So as long as the amounts charged are not unreasonably large I think we should let it happen. Tony Pursell OOo 2.3.1 user (Windows and Linux) On 21 Feb 2008 at 16:34, P&P s.a.s

Re: [discuss] Base does not allow the function of inserting

2008-03-08 Thread Tony Pursell
On 8 Mar 2008 at 15:52, rose sino wrote: > Hi, > > When I tried to use Table design view and to insert one row, it actually > flip the cursor down to the bottom empty row, which is fine to me. However, > when I am back to the Table view, it does not allow me to drag the column of > my interest t

Re: [discuss] Attention

2008-03-08 Thread Tony Pursell
the most flash website in the world but it does work. Tell your six friends to go to the above link then - Click on 'Get OpenOffice.org' - Click on 'Download OpenOffice.org' And the the latest Windows version of OOo will

Re: [discuss] Attention

2008-03-09 Thread Tony Pursell
On 9 Mar 2008 at 13:48, Datatude wrote: > On 2008-03-08 6:13 PM, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > > Its not the most flash website in the world but it does work. Tell > > your six friends to go to the above link then > > > > - Click on 'Get OpenOffice.org&#x

Re: [discuss] Attention

2008-03-10 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 Mar 2008 at 10:29, Datatude wrote: > On 2008-03-09 6:39 PM, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > > Everyone seems to have missed the point! I clearly say that > > this will download the latest 'Windows' version. Below > > 'Download OpenOffice.org

Re: [discuss] Re: Attention

2008-03-10 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 Mar 2008 at 14:40, NoOp wrote: > On 03/10/2008 11:32 AM, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > > > OK all you Mac users - I was not aware how cunning the OOo > > website was. It fooled me into thinking I was giving correct > > advice. However, we still do not know w

Re: [discuss] Reporting bugs in Open Office - was Re: [discuss] Quarterly review meetings for identifying important issues and

2008-03-23 Thread Tony Pursell
dsheet/etc. and "All" > checkboxes; "what were you doing when...?", "what did you expect to > happen"?, and "what did happen?". That's all that should be required for > regular folks to file a problem. > > Hope the light slap helps and n

RE: [discuss] Advertising Strategy

2008-03-24 Thread Tony Pursell
on't go > with second-rate products because you get the ease of use you pay for. :) > It puzzles me why you took time to send us your disparaging email when you had already decided to give up on OOo. Perhaps you really would like to give OOo a real try. If so, there a lot of people

Re: [discuss] A problem with Calc 2.3.1

2008-04-29 Thread Tony Pursell
to XHTML from OOo 2.4.0 and import it into Firefox 2.0.0.15. I've tried Internet Explorer 7, but every time I try it, it gives me a File Download dialog which identifies this as a 'Firefox document' and opens it in Firefox! Well done IE7! So I cannot test IE7 (even

Re: [discuss] Equations insertion

2008-07-16 Thread Tony Pursell
r formula in the panel at the bottom of the window. You will need to know the OOo formula syntax, so go to http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/Formula Tony Pursell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

Re: [discuss] Visual Basic w/OOo and others

2008-10-11 Thread Tony Pursell
On 9 Oct 2008 at 10:54, D. Barboza wrote: > (4) Does someone knows how to send monthly e-newsletters to more than 300 > recipients without the hasle of been blocked as spammer? I need some help on > this also because we need to re-design our web page and include a monthly > e-Newsletter. My so

Re: [discuss] Re: I think OpenOffice should add a Clipboard

2008-10-19 Thread Tony Pursell
On 18 Oct 2008 at 20:03, NoOp wrote: > On 10/18/2008 06:20 AM, Xhacker wrote: > > I think OpenOffice should add a Clipboard like MSOffice.When I write a very > > long article,the Clipboard is very convenient.But to my surprise, OOo has no > > Clipboard.Clipboard is very important!This is why I can

Re: [discuss] Microsoft password protected documents via OOo

2008-12-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On 2 Dec 2008 at 10:55, Mike W. wrote: > I have a hybrid network with OOo on several workstations and Microsoft > on several. I am migrating to OOo from MS gradually. All of the stored > documents are in MS format and some are password protected. When opened > in MS the user is prompted for a

Re: [discuss] open office program

2009-01-25 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Laura On 25 Jan 2009 at 14:44, laura strain wrote: > I bought a program under the company name opal office as it seemed like a > great program to use. Then I pay around $12 via paypal and I get open > office 3.0 which is a free open source program. I downloaded 2.4 before and > inadvertently

Re: [discuss] taking the survey

2009-05-10 Thread Tony Pursell
I agree it's not ideal, but you can change the language. There is a drop down language selector at the top of the first page. This lists various languages, albeit in German. Tony On 10 May 2009 at 8:31, Judy Adkins wrote: > > Hello and good morning to you. > > I was going to take the survey th

Re: [discuss] mailing labels

2009-06-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 Jun 2009 at 11:49, Dwight Clough wrote: > Hi > > I've used Open Office for three years, love it. I mainly use Open Office > Writer. I find it more stable than MS Word. And I love the ability to > export to pdf. However, unless I'm just not getting something, I find it > difficult to creat

Re: [discuss] AWAITING REPLY TO MY ORIGINAL EMAIL PLEASE

2009-06-03 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Richard You should not need any code number to complete the installation of OpenOffice.org on a desk top computer. Where did you get your version from? And who told you that you needed such a code number? If you download a copy from our website, http://www.openoffice.org/index.html You s

Re: [discuss] Labels

2009-06-08 Thread Tony Pursell
On 8 Jun 2009 at 6:57, REGINALD NEWSOME wrote: > Hello, > I was searching for label templates for addressing letters. All I could find > were labels for CD's. It would be great to have these templates. Maybe for > Avery 18160? These are pretty standard. > Thanks, > Diane Newsome > Hi Diane Go

Re: [discuss] New idea and request for OPENOFFICE

2009-08-10 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Weber On 11 Aug 2009 at 0:17, WEBER (Netvigator) wrote: > Dear Sir and Madam, > New idea and request for OPENOFFICE > > I like this openoffice software, it can give me more benefit and save a lot > of money. Unfortunately, I will edit and publish the Chinese or Japanese. Can > you please a

Re: [discuss] Open Office Command Error

2009-09-15 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Jason On 15 Sep 2009 at 12:20, Jason Harris wrote: > Hi all, > I am using version 3.1.0 of Open Office (OOO310m11 (Build:9399)), and I have > a problem which I'd like to solve. The key command select all (ctrl+e) does > not work by pressing ctrl+e... instead, it centers the text. To select > e

Re: [discuss] this

2009-10-15 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all 'SHANNON WILLIAMS' is not subscribed to the list, so unless you include 'her' personal email adddress, 'she' will not see any comments. My worry is that it may be a spam attempt to harvest email addresses, or something even worse. I have tried to create an anonymous persona to reply to

Re: [discuss] why be subscribed (was this)

2009-10-17 Thread Tony Pursell
On 17 Oct 2009 at 8:32, Mike Scott wrote: . > IMO again and following on from that - I think unsubscribed posters > should get a polite message to that effect, explaining the status of > OOo, of the list, and inviting them to subscribe should they /really/ > wish to post to the list. > I

Re: [discuss] I'd like to join your mailing list. Also would like know if www.office-suite.org is a true OpenOffice.org web si

2009-12-23 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Jose On 22 Dec 2009 at 20:50, jelf73-li...@yahoo.com wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to join your mailing list. Also, I'd like to know if anyone knew if > www.office-suite.org is a true OpenOffice.org web site. > > Jose > Do join our mailing list. This one is a discussion list, but we also

Re: [discuss] piece of crap word processor

2010-01-10 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi All This person is not a subscribed user, so he will not see any mails just sent to the list. I have sent him a very matter-of-fact reply using an anonymous ID. I think that will tell him how silly he has been. I dont not think it helps to keep telling him that, or answering his abuse wit

Re: [discuss] piece of crap word processor

2010-01-10 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 Jan 2010 at 14:45, Sean wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Tony Pursell" > To: > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 10:30 AM > Subject: Re: [discuss] piece of crap word processor > > > > Hi All > > > > This person is not a s

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