Open office or libre office accessibility

2019-02-12 Thread Oriol Gómez Sentís
Hi all! Can we as voice over users install and use open office or libre office? Either of the two would be fine. Has anyone tried? I need to deliver a few documents in this format. Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have

Re: Open office for the Mac.

2015-04-28 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Last I checked it was still pretty weak but, as a free app, you can give it a try. Maybe they fixed things up since I last poked at it. CB On 4/27/15 3:17 PM, sadamahmed1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am wondering how accessible the current Version of open Office is for the Mac? Thanks in

Open office for the Mac.

2015-04-27 Thread sadamahmed1992
Hi all, I am wondering how accessible the current Version of open Office is for the Mac? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Sadam. Sent from my iPhone. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe

Re: Open Office 3

2013-01-20 Thread Eugenia Firth
n 19, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > No to both your questions. Don't even attempt. Trust me, it's not worth > your time. Open Office is very non-standard the way it is designed, and to > give it a complement, at best, I'll say it's a majo

Re: Open Office 3

2013-01-19 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
No to both your questions. Don't even attempt. Trust me, it's not worth your time. Open Office is very non-standard the way it is designed, and to give it a complement, at best, I'll say it's a major mess. Trust me, you're way better off with Pages, and with

Open Office 3

2013-01-19 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, In my eternal quest to learn more and more about accessibility I have come across Open Office 3. I know I have seen it mentioned here on the boards before, but wanted to see if anyone had any recent comments on it? I primarily use Pages and Numbers now, and since doing my install haven&#

Apache Open Office

2012-10-19 Thread Chris Blouch
Some of you might read the press about Apache Foundation taking over Open Office and they just released a new version 3.4.1 (point release from 3.4.0). While there is 'some' accessibility much of it was missing. So I could make a new Writer document, but once I was in there anythin

Re: Open Office 3.4.0 not usable

2012-05-10 Thread Steve Holmes
When I first heard that OpenOffice was really good with OS X, it was probably during the Snow Lepeard days; it was an older podcast so when I began hearing about all these breakages, I was most disppointed. I'm also somewhat dismayed that it has been over nine months and it's still broken. Mountai

Re: Open Office 3.4.0 not usable

2012-05-10 Thread Chris Blouch
It's also unfortunate that this is a regression. It used to work pretty decent until OSX 10.7 and they are just now starting to get things working again. Not sure what happened to break everything since other apps didn't fall apart like this. CB On 5/10/12 3:31 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: That's

Re: Open Office 3.4.0 not usable

2012-05-10 Thread Steve Holmes
That's too bad too. When I'm on Linux using Orca, Libreoffice generally works pretty well. To me, LibreOffice and OpenOffice are the most powerful non Microsoft office products out there. iWorks is 3 years old and God knows if it is going to be updated or not and with OpenOffice inaccessibility,

Open Office 3.4.0 not usable

2012-05-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Just found out about the new release so I downloaded and installed it. While some stuff in my word processing document could now be read, it was otherwise unusable. Text as I typed it was not announced and navigating a table was not functioning. In other words, Voiceover access is still not bac

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-14 Thread Steve Holmes
All that to jump to a desired cell?? That's a huge work-around. I thought the command in Excel and I know it is, just press f5 and type in the cell cordinate like G9 and hit Enter. Yeah, I sure hope Apple improves on this. Also, I need to find that bug report on Libreoffice and see if we can r

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
This is true. But I think most will agree who have used word and pages, you have to jump through many more hoops to get certain tasks done in pages. A lot more 6 and 7 step processes. From an accessibility stand point,I think iWorks just need to be streamlined, so one don't have to rely on so

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Scott Howell
I think it is also worth pointing out that Apple is still working on the next release of the iWOrks suite and will no doubt address some of the accessibility issues that do exist. Overall I would say the entire suite is reasonably accessible and of course accessible is a little subjective as wel

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Gigi
Hi Anne. I agree that Pages and Numbers work just fine. In fact, I like them better than Word and Excel. Numbers accepts Excel formulas, but in many cases, you can use tyhe function of Insert plus Function. I love that. The other thing is that VoiceOver is not as complicated as, say, Jaws to set

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Steve, On 8 Apr 2012, at 11:02, Steve Holmes wrote: > I hear about Pages > and Numbers but I understand they are rather limitted and table > manipulation is practically impossible from what I have read here I'm so tired of repeating myself, but I use Pages all the time in my capacity as a

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Steve Holmes
Oh and sorry for this second message but you know? I came across this thread with 45 messages covering 3 or 4 different subjects. Come on people, *PLEASE* don't hijack an existing thread to post on another subject. I am verry interested in thie subject of LibreOffice and OpenOffice but I was not

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-04-08 Thread Steve Holmes
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 06:41:51PM +0100, Daniela Rubio wrote: > With lion it is just impossible. This is a big show stopper indeed! For us Lion users, there is no really good powerful Office application available! I hear about Pages and Numbers but I understand they are rather limitted and table

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-03-10 Thread Daniela Rubio
am using sl. 10.6.8. HTH. > > Matthew > > > On Mar 9, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Daniela Rubio wrote: > >> Hello: >> Are you using open office with Lion? I was and I just removed it because it >> was unusable! >> Thank you for your advice. >> >> SAL

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-03-10 Thread matthew Dyer
No I am using sl. 10.6.8. HTH. Matthew On Mar 9, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Daniela Rubio wrote: > Hello: > Are you using open office with Lion? I was and I just removed it because it > was unusable! > Thank you for your advice. > > SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. > MACNETICOS, APPLE

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-03-09 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello: Are you using open office with Lion? I was and I just removed it because it was unusable! Thank you for your advice. SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN: www.macneticus.blogspot.com Y EL PODCAST EN:` http

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-03-09 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, I tested this in bot open office and libreoffice and can conferm that libreoffice has a problem with vo not speaking as I type. Openoffice works just fine. Note I am using libreoffice 3.5 r.c 3. HTH. Matthew On Mar 9, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Open office used to sp

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-03-09 Thread Chris Blouch
Open office used to speak as I type but I haven't tried it for a while, so I don't know if 10.7 broke it or an update to Open Office did. Maybe somebody on OSX 10.6 could try OpenOffice as a tie breaker. CB On 3/7/12 9:42 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi guys Is it normal that these two p

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-03-08 Thread CJ Daniel
Becky, Same problem here. Just downloaded & installed Libre. Checked it out & was really impressed with the features & logical layout. Then, I started typing…what a downer! Hope some one else knows how to make the typing echo work or it's back to Pages, which really doesn't seem very intuit

Re: Libre and Open office

2012-03-08 Thread David Griffith
I am a Lion user and I have never managed to get any typing echo with multiple versions of Open Office. On 8 Mar 2012, at 02:42, Becky Knaub wrote: > Hi guys > Is it normal that these two programs do not speak what you type and seem to > conflict with VO? I thought they were a

Libre and Open office

2012-03-07 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi guys Is it normal that these two programs do not speak what you type and seem to conflict with VO? I thought they were a bit more accessible than pages. Did I misunderstand this? Thanks. Becky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

Re: Open office

2011-10-10 Thread Chris Blouch
gton wrote: Hi everyone, I've tried several times to download open office for the mac and have had no luck thus far. Does anyone know of any ways or places to go to get it? Thanks, Chris Harrington -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionarie

Re: Open office

2011-10-07 Thread Oriol Gómez
ble/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_MacOS_x86_install_en-US.dmg > > CB > > On 10/7/11 1:04 PM, Christopher Harrington wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> I've tried several times to download open office for the mac and have had >> no luck thus far. >> Does anyone know of any ways or places to go to get it? >&

Re: Open office

2011-10-07 Thread Chris Blouch
Where are you downloading it from? Openoffice site should be taking you to http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_MacOS_x86_install_en-US.dmg CB On 10/7/11 1:04 PM, Christopher Harrington wrote: Hi everyone, I've tried several times to download open offic

Re: No Typing Echo in Open Office

2011-10-07 Thread Chris Blouch
art. However I cannot even get this. regards On 7 Oct 2011, at 17:57, Chris Blouch wrote: So when typing in a Open Office Writer document I get the word echoed each time I hit the space. Are you saying you would like every keypress echoed? It is true that accessibility in Open Office has issue

Open office

2011-10-07 Thread Christopher Harrington
Hi everyone, I've tried several times to download open office for the mac and have had no luck thus far. Does anyone know of any ways or places to go to get it? Thanks, Chris Harrington -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Re: No Typing Echo in Open Office

2011-10-07 Thread David Griffith
So when typing in a Open Office Writer document I get the word echoed each > time I hit the space. Are you saying you would like every keypress echoed? It > is true that accessibility in Open Office has issues, but I didn't think this > was one of them. > > CB > &g

Re: No Typing Echo in Open Office

2011-10-07 Thread Chris Blouch
So when typing in a Open Office Writer document I get the word echoed each time I hit the space. Are you saying you would like every keypress echoed? It is true that accessibility in Open Office has issues, but I didn't think this was one of them. CB On 10/6/11 10:32 PM, David Griffith

No Typing Echo in Open Office

2011-10-06 Thread David Griffith
I have tried multiple installs of Open Office but I cannot get any typing echo when using any of the applications. I can review a line that I have typed in Writer for example if I press VO L but can find no way to get any other kind of echo. Is this normal. I have heard that this application has

Re: Bootcamp or fusion and open office?

2011-09-19 Thread Rachel magario
e are advantages and disadvantages to every thing. If you have xp 32, you should be just find with 1 gb of ram for running the windows side on fusion. But again, it is also a matter of preference if you want more ram. i have 8 gb on my mbp, so I can use 4 gb for each os if I need to. Open office is

Bootcamp or fusion and open office?

2011-09-19 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
with bootcamp and change later? Any advice on this topic is very appreciated. 2. I understand open office is accessible on the mac. For basic letters in different languages with good spellcheck will open office do? Can I save documents in doc format for others to receive them? Thanks, Ioana

Re: ] New Open Office 3.3.0 (fwd)

2011-08-08 Thread Chris Blouch
Ummm, OO 3.3.0 came out January 11. Is there an even newer version somewhere else? CB On 8/8/11 12:56 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: For fans of the program here. Karen ... is available for download

] New Open Office 3.3.0 (fwd)

2011-08-07 Thread Karen Lewellen
For fans of the program here. Karen ... is available for download -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

Voiceover with Open Office how-to's?

2010-09-27 Thread cathyk
Hi All, Apologies if this has come up before, but with the unlikelihood of access in MS-Word 2011 it seems newly relevant: has anyone compiled a how-to guide for those of us who want to make most efficient use of the access features in Open Office? Thanks much, cathyk -- You received this

Re: Making Open Office work better with VoiceOver?

2010-08-03 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I think that it would be a good idea to contact open office.org to ask them to get some accessibility improvements. Best regards Annie. On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Hi. > > I am running the latest version of Open Office and am having an annoying > pro

Making Open Office work better with VoiceOver?

2010-08-02 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi. I am running the latest version of Open Office and am having an annoying problem reading documents. Whenever I arrow up or down through a document, VO will make a soft clicking sound, say "edit Text" and then read the text on that particular line. Whenever I try to interac

Re: Open Office 3.2.1 released

2010-06-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh and the mail merge is not accesibal at all! I sort of reviewed or bashed it in my podcast as I could not used it. Ok I tried to use it but it is so not accessibal. the rest of it is but yeah. Take care. S On Jun 11, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: > I wouldn't hole my breath on that.

Re: Open Office 3.2.1 released

2010-06-11 Thread erik burggraaf
Hum, wonder if they've stabilized it? My biggest annoyance is that it crashes incessantly. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com Toll-free: 888-255-5194 On 2010-06-11, at 5:24 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Just got done downloading but my quick check

Re: Open Office 3.2.1 released

2010-06-11 Thread Barry Hadder
I wouldn't hole my breath on that. From what I understand from their bug tracker, the developers have no idea how to fix that at this time. I can't remember actually what the case number was, but if I find it, I'll post it for anyone interested in keeping up with this. Personally, I think that

Open Office 3.2.1 released

2010-06-11 Thread Chris Blouch
Just got done downloading but my quick check of table navigation showed no improvement. Maybe they fixed some other bugs but my biggest annoyance is still there. CB -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send

Re: open office again

2010-05-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep I found that out I managed to study and flunk the test due to nerves not the notes. Thanks all. On May 3, 2010, at 1:18 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > text edit reads docs file Sarah > > On 3 May 2010, at 19:01, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Well I found out open office won&#

Re: open office again

2010-05-03 Thread marie Howarth
text edit reads docs file Sarah On 3 May 2010, at 19:01, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Well I found out open office won't read dox files. I think I spelled the > extention right but that was gogin to be my notes for an exam today. > > Ah well. looks like I can't do anything abo

open office again

2010-05-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
Well I found out open office won't read dox files. I think I spelled the extention right but that was gogin to be my notes for an exam today. Ah well. looks like I can't do anything about it now. lol.'''Take care. Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com msn: chell...@

RE: odt2daisy project version 2.1 with open office 3.2 with a dutch voice on a mac 10.6.3

2010-04-25 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
, April 25, 2010 8:35 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: odt2daisy project version 2.1 with open office 3.2 with a dutch voice on a mac 10.6.3 Hello all, I have installed successfully the daisy pllugin I think and after some litle tests, it works. The only problem I have , is the

odt2daisy project version 2.1 with open office 3.2 with a dutch voice on a mac 10.6.3

2010-04-25 Thread William Windels
every mac: voiceover. When I try to export a full daisybook , the mp3's are generated with a English voice. I find no choices to define the voice in the dialogue that appears in open office. Also, the language tag is set to nl/be I think. Can someone help me please to switch the voice to

my follow up on the open office query

2010-03-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
Here is a recording I did of the open office quiry. You can download the file if you need to but people on twitter can see this to so hopefully I get some help from someware. my merge query in open office http://twaud.io/4Wn Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: open office query

2010-03-07 Thread John Panarese
m> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Will Yes, Open Office has a spreadsheet program and it works quite well with VoiceOver. It's pretty easy to use as well. Take Care John Panarese On Mar 7, 2010, at 2:59 AM, william lomas wrote: > hi all, does ope

Re: open office query

2010-03-07 Thread Anne Robertson
ally updated paragraph numbers are not readable with VO. >> >> I've worked successfully with Keynote and know others who use Numbers >> regularly. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> On Mar 7, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Claudio Haase wrote: >> >

Re: open office query

2010-03-07 Thread william lomas
ble with VO? >> Thanks. >> >> On 3/7/10, Jane Jordan (GMail) wrote: >>> I have Open Office; in fact, the main reason I downloaded it was for the >>> free spreadsheet. It's usable; not as effecient as JAWS, but it is >>> usable; you can arrow

Re: open office query

2010-03-07 Thread Anne Robertson
e On Mar 7, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Claudio Haase wrote: > Hi lister, > iWorks is accessible with VO? > Thanks. > > On 3/7/10, Jane Jordan (GMail) wrote: >> I have Open Office; in fact, the main reason I downloaded it was for the >> free spreadsheet. It's usable

Re: open office query

2010-03-07 Thread Claudio Haase
Hi lister, iWorks is accessible with VO? Thanks. On 3/7/10, Jane Jordan (GMail) wrote: > I have Open Office; in fact, the main reason I downloaded it was for the > free spreadsheet. It's usable; not as effecient as JAWS, but it is > usable; you can arrow around the cells and rea

Re: open office query

2010-03-07 Thread Jane Jordan (GMail)
I have Open Office; in fact, the main reason I downloaded it was for the free spreadsheet. It's usable; not as effecient as JAWS, but it is usable; you can arrow around the cells and read the data and edit cells. Jane On 3/7/2010 2:59 AM, william lomas wrote: hi all,

open office query

2010-03-06 Thread william lomas
hi all, does openoffice come with a spreadsheet program to read excel documents? how usable is it? the spreadsheet part, I mean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar.

setting up a merge in open office

2010-03-06 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hey there. a question for you open office users. I'm trying to set up a mail merge but can't figure out how to do it. I've got a rtf file of email addresses and I want to use them in the merge. it won't let me. what do I need to do to remedy this problem? I need to do this

setting up a merge in open office

2010-03-05 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hey there. a question for you open office users. I'm trying to set up a mail merge but can't figure out how to do it. I've got a rtf file of email addresses and I want to use them in the merge. it won't let me. what do I need to do to remedy this problem? Thanks.

weird problem with open office

2010-02-25 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! I have open office 3.2 on my macbook and I have a couple of questions. First of all, is anyone successful reading the help screens? second, Every time I open preferences I get an empty table that says user data, then as soon as I do anything, I get a "user notification" message

RE: latest open office link again please?

2010-02-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
Is open office for the mac accessible with vo? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cameron Sent: Friday, 19 February 2010 6:47 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: latest open office link again

Re: latest open office link again please?

2010-02-18 Thread Orin
just www.openoffice.org. > > Nothing too strenuous. > > > erik burggraaf > A+ certified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2010-02-18, at 12:46 PM, Cameron wrote: > >> Hi everyone. Rece

RE: latest open office link again please?

2010-02-18 Thread Cameron
Fantastic. Thanks! Cameron. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:14 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: latest open office link again please? US English

Re: latest open office link again please?

2010-02-18 Thread Chris Blouch
hanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of erik burggraaf Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: latest open office link again please? It's jus

RE: latest open office link again please?

2010-02-18 Thread Cameron
nted the direct link, so I could save some time. Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of erik burggraaf Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: lat

Re: latest open office link again please?

2010-02-18 Thread erik burggraaf
rsion of > open office for Mac. I deleted that e mail by accident before copying the > link. Could someone please resend that to the list, or to me privately? > > Thanks, > > Cameron. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >

latest open office link again please?

2010-02-18 Thread Cameron
Hi everyone. Recently, someone posted the link to the latest version of open office for Mac. I deleted that e mail by accident before copying the link. Could someone please resend that to the list, or to me privately? Thanks, Cameron. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Open Office 3.2 released

2010-02-12 Thread Chris Blouch
Didn't notice much as far as changes in accessibility but according to their bug system a few VO-related crashes have been fixed. English download here: http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.2.0/OOo_3.2.0_MacOSXIntel_install_en-US.dmg Other languages and platforms here: http://

RE: trouble installing latest version of open office under snow lepard.

2010-01-27 Thread Cameron
aries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: trouble installing latest version of open office under snow lepard. Hello Cameron, my guess is a corrupted download. I just installed the latest Openoffice download on my Macbook pro with Snow leopard and everything went as expected. Note that you will hear the word

Re: trouble installing latest version of open office under snow lepard.

2010-01-27 Thread Mike Pedersen
before so I'm installing some useful > software for him before he comes for his first lesson. > > I Installed adium, skype, stuffit expander, aleria, and a few other > applications with no problem. But, when I try to open the disk image of the > latest version of open office for

trouble installing latest version of open office under snow lepard.

2010-01-27 Thread Cameron
ium, skype, stuffit expander, aleria, and a few other applications with no problem. But, when I try to open the disk image of the latest version of open office for OS X, it says cannot open disk image. I've tried googling the issue but didn't get any useful info. I thought it may have to do w

Re: Does cursor tracking work in Open Office using OSX 10.5 Leapoard? NOT Snow Leapoard.

2009-12-10 Thread Declan
This is good to know. Thank you very much. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googl

Re: Does cursor tracking work in Open Office using OSX 10.5 Leapoard? NOT Snow Leapoard.

2009-12-10 Thread Esther
Hi Declan, I use VoiceOver without Zoom and Zoom cursor myself, but I've set up these features for others. I just ran through tests of this mode (with someone looking to check these results), that cursor tracking works in Pages and Numbers (of Open Office) under Leopard.

Does cursor tracking work in Open Office using OSX 10.5 Leapoard? NOT Snow Leapoard.

2009-12-10 Thread Declan
Anybody using Open Office on Leapoard NOT Snow Leapoard? Does the cursor track in Zoom in Writer and the spreadsheet? I am thinking of buying a Mac and thanks to this group found that Snow Leapoard had a bug that stopped currsor tracking. I am just trying to find out if Open Office realy does

OPEN OFFICE AND SPREADSHEETS?

2009-11-11 Thread erik burggraaf
GROWLS. OPEN OFFICE WON'T LET ME FILL SIMPLE DATA INTO A SPREADSHEET. IT'S ACCESSIBLE ALL RIGHT, BUT IT CRASHES EVERY TIME I MOVE FROM ONE SELL TO THE NEXT. ANYBODY ELSE SEEING THIS? I'M RUNNING THE LATEST VERSION AS OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I'M RUNNING SL.

Open Office 3.1.1

2009-09-25 Thread Chris Blouch
Somehow I missed this. There was a point rev to Open Office released August 31. Has anyone downloaded it? Did it make any improvements? CB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Open Office security vulnerabilities

2009-09-04 Thread Marshall Scott
Folks, Forgive the cross-posting, but I know some of you use Open Office. I noticed a message on a security list I'm on that stated that there are two high level security vulnerabilities in Open Office. The affected version is Open Office 3.1 and there patches available from

Re: Open Office, inserting Current Date into a document

2009-08-29 Thread Dane Trethowan
Ah should have known, thanks! On 30/08/2009, at 11:32 AM, JC Helary wrote: > > > Le 30 août 2009 à 09:31, Dane Trethowan a écrit : > >> Hi! >> >> To be honest I'm not expecting a quick answer to this question from >> the list as I'm probably the

Re: Open Office, inserting Current Date into a document

2009-08-29 Thread JC Helary
Le 30 août 2009 à 09:31, Dane Trethowan a écrit : > Hi! > > To be honest I'm not expecting a quick answer to this question from > the list as I'm probably the only one using Open Office with a Mac but > I thought I'd give it a go anyway . Does anyone know ho

Open Office, inserting Current Date into a document

2009-08-29 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! To be honest I'm not expecting a quick answer to this question from the list as I'm probably the only one using Open Office with a Mac but I thought I'd give it a go anyway . Does anyone know how you go about inserting the current date into a document? This function

Re: Open Office 3.1 and mis_spelled Items

2009-05-12 Thread Chris Blouch
X_Porting_-_Keyboard_Shortcuts#Special_keys command-; is marked as FIXME. CB Mike wrote: > Hi All: > > I've downloaded the latest version of open office and I can't seem to > interact with the miss_spelled items in a document for correction. > Any

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-12 Thread John Panarese
> new >>>> paragraph, you unselect the previously selected piece of text. >>>> That is >>>> with VO commands, no other command works for me. That plus the fact >>>> that you can't continously read a whole document made me stop using >>>

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-12 Thread Chris Blouch
;>> paragraph, you unselect the previously selected piece of text. >>>> That is >>>> with VO commands, no other command works for me. That plus the fact >>>> that you can't continously read a whole document made me stop using >>>> Openoffice alltoget

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-12 Thread Krister Ekstrom
text. >>> That is >>> with VO commands, no other command works for me. That plus the fact >>> that you can't continously read a whole document made me stop using >>> Openoffice alltogether. If anyone has found a way to get around >>> thes

Open Office 3.1 and mis_spelled Items

2009-05-11 Thread Mike
Hi All: I've downloaded the latest version of open office and I can't seem to interact with the miss_spelled items in a document for correction. Any tips and tricks? TNX: Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscri

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-11 Thread Chris Blouch
t; http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Forms/EvacuationGuide.doc >> >> Are you able to select multiple paragraphs in this document? >> >> CB >> >> John Panarese wrote: >> >>> I think the problem occurs when one opens existing documents >>

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-11 Thread John Panarese
became a showstopper for me with openoffice is >>>>> that >>>>> i can't select more than a couple of lines and when you come to a >>>>> new >>>>> paragraph, you unselect the previously selected piece of text. >>>>> Th

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-11 Thread Chris Blouch
paragraphs in this document? CB John Panarese wrote: > I think the problem occurs when one opens existing documents that > were not created in Open Office. At least, this has been my experience. > > > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On May 11, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Ch

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-11 Thread John Panarese
I think the problem occurs when one opens existing documents that were not created in Open Office. At least, this has been my experience. Take Care John Panarese On May 11, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Hmm. So I created a new Writer document and typed four sets

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-11 Thread Chris Blouch
that you can't continously read a whole document made me stop using >> Openoffice alltogether. If anyone has found a way to get around these >> problems, please let me know how by giving step-by-step instructions. >> /Krister >> >> >> 8 maj 2009 kl. 21.27 skre

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-09 Thread John Panarese
; that you can't continously read a whole document made me stop using > Openoffice alltogether. If anyone has found a way to get around these > problems, please let me know how by giving step-by-step instructions. > /Krister > > > 8 maj 2009 kl. 21.27 skrev John Panarese: &

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-09 Thread Krister Ekstrom
t you can't continously read a whole document made me stop using Openoffice alltogether. If anyone has found a way to get around these problems, please let me know how by giving step-by-step instructions. /Krister 8 maj 2009 kl. 21.27 skrev John Panarese: > > I'm not Chri

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-08 Thread Chris Blouch
B Eliza Cooper wrote: > Chris, > How's the accessibility of the word processor in Open Office? Is it > any better than Writer? > Thanks, > Eliza > > On May 8, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > >> To answer my own question, I didn

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-08 Thread John Panarese
I'm not Chris, but Open Office is pretty accessible. The world processor is a bit different to use than others, but they have come a long way. I'm not sure what the problem with spreadsheets is. I am seeing the cells being read. With tables in word processor documents,

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-08 Thread Eliza Cooper
Chris, How's the accessibility of the word processor in Open Office? Is it any better than Writer? Thanks, Eliza On May 8, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > To answer my own question, I didn't notice much difference. Navigation > of a table

Re: Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-08 Thread Chris Blouch
To answer my own question, I didn't notice much difference. Navigation of a table I created in writer still didn't announce what cell I was in as I tabbed around. CB Chris Blouch wrote: > Anyone try it yet? Any improvements with VO support? Mine is downloading > right now. I couldn't find any

Open Office 3.1 released

2009-05-08 Thread Chris Blouch
Anyone try it yet? Any improvements with VO support? Mine is downloading right now. I couldn't find any mentions one way or the other in their included docs or on the web. CB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

Open Office 3.01 spell checking problems

2009-04-20 Thread Mike
Hi all: Just downloaded Open Office 3.01 to give it a try. I'm having problems selecting a suggested spelling correction in the spell checker. All I'm seeing next to the suggestions, is "English Canada Menu" but can't interact with it or anything

Re: Open Office 3.0.1 improvements?

2009-03-28 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On 27/3/09 19:43, Chris Blouch wrote: > I just > downloaded it and added a table to a Writer document using Command-F12. > the resulting table still gave no indication of which column or row I > was in as I tabbed around. Looks like this needs filing as a Request for Enhancement: http://qa.openo

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