Re: Open Office disappeared

On 30/1/15 at 1:51 AM, sora...@comcast.net (Susan Anderson) wrote: I did an update (not an upgrade) on my Mac and when it finished I realized that Open Office is missing. How do I get it back. I have many important documents on it. A phone number would be great. I find it much easier for

Re: pages and Office

Hello Beverly, On 14/1/15 at 4:13 AM, bever...@eastlink.ca (Beverly Eisner) wrote: Hello to someone:) Although I have both programs, Pages and Office, I want Office and I start to write, but it changes to Pages which is a puzzle to me. I want only Office open because that is the one others

Re: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

Jeff, [see below] On 14/1/15 at 7:44 PM, jeffando...@gmail.com (Jeff Gordon) wrote: Thanks all very much. Your answers omit to say you should log-in first before the DOWNLOAD may start. There are no login requirements for downloading Apache OpenOffice from the official Website. Make su

Re: How to Populate Accidentally Deleted OOB Table

On 4/1/15 at 7:00 PM, dbo...@gmail.com (Dan Boney) wrote: I've recently begun using Open Office Base to organize my stamp collection. Using online tutorials, I created a stamp collection table. Then I created a form to enter my stamp information. After entering information on 100's of stamps,

RE: Quick Office Pro

I'm not a moderator on this list, however I have some experience from running & moderating other busy mailing lists for a long time. So I'm putting this forward just as a suggestion, which I have found to work perfectly in similar situations - hope this is OK. The idea of preparing a standard

Re: Downloading OpenOffice

It sounds like the Apache OpenOffice file you downloaded did not come from the official Apache OpenOffice Website. Sadly, I udnerstand this to be possible, and commonly exploited by scammers. With a brand new computer, I would re-format the HD and re-install the Operating System first. Then, m

Re: Can't connect to OpenOffice word document after Apache update

On 28/11/14 at 7:16 AM, b.m.bar...@btinternet.com (Brian Barker) wrote: At 16:50 28/11/2014 +1100, Martin Groenescheij wrote: Go to C:\Program Files\OpenOffice 4\program and copy the file soffice.exe and paste on your desktop. Aaargh! Please don't suggest such misuse of a computer and its fi

Re: Excel

Hello Ingrid, On 21/11/14 at 8:10 PM, ing...@superiortrvl.com (Ingrid Ream) wrote: Good afternoon, I have the most current version of openoffice.org 4.1 and can not open an excel document. Is there something additional that I need to do so I can open the document? or does this version not

Re: ASF Code of Conduct

On 21/11/14 at 4:21 PM, dennis.hamil...@acm.org (Dennis E. Hamilton) wrote: Recently, this contribution was being celebrated on the ASF Community dev list. I think it is very useful to keep in mind when supporting users: . I find Rory'

Re: Fw: New Folder

On 21/11/14 at 4:20 PM, rim...@comcast.net (Rita Schwartz) wrote: [snip] I am using 4.0.1Open Office. I can't get a New Folder to open when I click on the icon in the task bar. How can I open a New Folder? Hello Rita, Clicking on an icon in the task bar ought to the associated appl

Re: Problème clavier

n, Chinese and Arabic will make it much easier for you to communicate over the Internet. Which is the only reason for 'netiquette' to exist: no communication, no need for netiquette. Right? :-) mt - To unsubscrib

Re: line spacing

On 15/11/14 at 9:02 AM, ofarr...@iol.ie (Rory O'Farrell) wrote: [snip] There is an informative article on OpenOffice line spacing at http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/now-revealed-secrets-line-spacing- openofficeorg-writer This may have been outmoded by later versions - I'm not certain.

Re: line spacing

Hello, On 14/11/14 at 9:55 PM, stan.spref...@tiscali.co.uk (Stan Reffin) wrote: We have created a document in open office text with single line spacing. When we paste this document in to a template created in word the spacing is 1.5 we have right clicked to high lite single line but this ch

Re: Document Recovery Issue

On 14/11/14 at 3:04 PM, kc0...@centurytel.net (John W. Smith) wrote: Marina, Yes, I'm using Apache Open Office 4.1.1. Thanks for the magnification tip. I'll see what I can do to make that work when I get the document recovery issue resolved. When I open the Open Office icon, I have to go throu

Re: Document Recovery Issue

John, have you tried changing magnification through the Zoom slider at the bottom right corner of the OpenOffice screen? That should adjust the font size on your screen, till it's big enough for you to see. Sorry I can't help with your other issue. I assume you have already made certain you a

Re: Document Recovery Issue

John, have you tried changing magnification through the Zoom slider at the bottom right corner of the OpenOffice screen? That should adjust the font size on your screen, till it's big enough for you to see. Sorry I can't help with your other issue. I assume you have already made certain you a

Re: Sending a message

It sounds like you would benefit from personal support. You can get help with your iPad at any Apple Store or Mac User Group. This list can only help with technical questions relating to the OpenOffice application suite, which however is not available on iPads. Kind regards marina (message s

Re: password

Hello Christine, It sounds like you would benefit from a hands-on tutorial. Could I suggest that you explore the availability of local resources, such as Mac User Groups or basic computer courses at libraries/local community centres. I am sending this message to you privately, as well as to

Re: NeoOffice vs AOO - Was Re: Disappearing fonts

On 24/10/14 at 9:23 PM, jimpla...@me.com (James Plante) wrote: Nope, you're still correct. That's for TECH support, though. You can still get help with "How do I" problems from forums like this one, since AOO and Neo operate pretty much identically. There's also NeoWiki, and of course Google.

NeoOffice vs AOO - Was Re: Disappearing fonts

On 24/10/14 at 4:14 PM, jimpla...@me.com (James Plante) wrote: One other thing you may want to do: Download NeoOffice from the App store. On Macs, it seems to work with fewer annoyances than AOO. Not sure this is really true. I have used both NeoOffice and Apache OpenOffice, and have opted fo

Re: Openoffice is terrible

Could I add my two bob's worth, as a long-time Mac & Calc user. I am assuming the following was written by Michael (who is receiving this in copy), even though I found it in Rory's message: On 19/10/14 at 5:59 PM, ofarr...@iol.ie (Rory O'Farrell) wrote: By far the most annoying bug from 4.0 wa

Re: 4.1.1 update

On 7/10/14 at 9:44 PM, m...@garymshaw.co.uk (Gary Shaw) wrote: Hi, I updated my Open Office for Mac last week and now find that the I can’t do any calculations in spreadsheets. Not sure this is going to help, as some more information might be needed for better troubleshooting - but it soun

Re: Labels

On 30/9/14 at 12:29 PM, ngc32...@aol.com (ngc32062) wrote: Can you please tell me if a mail merge can be done in open office to do labels? Yes, it can be done. If so, how is it done? There are step-by-step instructions in Open Office online Help -copied and pasted below (AOO for Mac) for

Re: accented characters and regex ...

G'day Albretch, On 27/9/14 at 12:25 AM, lbrt...@gmail.com (Albretch Mueller) wrote: How? simple... switch your keyboard configuration to Spanish-Traditional (in Windows XP to 7, this is done from Control Panel, under "regional settings", click on the "Languages" tab and then on the "details" bu

Re: Updated Version

Version 4.1.1 build 9775 (Mac OSX) is what I have, and I get the same message when checking for updates on Apache OO Website. Is it possible that the Cnet alert email is spam? Or otherwise, that Cnet has some not-very-timely update alert system you signed up for? Kind regards marina [messa

Re: accented characters and regex ...

I often have to do that with Italian accented letters - my simplistic approach is to keep a reference file with all accented (or otherwise modified) letters, which I copy and paste in the "Replace with" field. This doesn't take as long as I would need for a macro... but then I am not a programm

Re: A question about OO Writer

Hello, From the online Help menu for "page numbers": To Start With a Defined Page Number Now you want some more control on page numbers. You are writing a text document that should start with page number 12. 1. Click into the first paragraph of your document. 2. Choose Format -

Re: AOO Ripoffreport

I really don't understand why these scams, and spam with them, aren't "necessarily and sufficiently" addressed by the appropriate authorities. Isn't there suitable legislation to combat fraud? Shouldn't elected politicians be accountable for ensuring fair business practices on the Internet?

Re: Change default browser

Hello Jerry, I'm not familiar with Xubuntu Linux, but in other operating systems, the "default browser" is a system-wide setting. So you should be able to change it through whatever tool Xubuntu Linux offers for controlling system preferences. HTH, marina (I've sent a copy of this message

Re: Calc issues, Mac OS X 10.9.4

Hi Chuck, On 24/7/14 at 3:24 AM, chuck...@hotmail.com (chuck ef) wrote: I am an OO newbie so bear with me. I am on an iMac using 10.9.4 and I have never used OO before. I downloaded 4.1.0. I am trying to migrate an MS Excel spreadsheet to Calc. It will be nice to get away from MS. Forgive m

Re: Open Office vs MS Office

to compare how MS Office and Open Office can achieve those results, and compare their performance "for the task". HTH, mt - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional comma

Re: Abus et escroquerie sur site SMS pour l'obtention de code de téléchargement

Hello Baccara, On 3/7/14 at 9:33 AM, bbacc...@tstonramp.com (Baccara) wrote: >... >Wonderful solution, Rory, now that we know there is a problem >with different languages being posted to a primary English >mailing list and you have so much time to check out Google, I >expect a translation at y

Re: help me asap please

On 3/7/14 at 10:41 AM, edobbs1...@aol.com wrote: I am receiving an error message when i download and try to view a document please help me i truly need to turn this assignment in for grading as soon as possible thank you in advance for your help Could you explain what you are trying to do?

Re: open office

Jack, Not sure what your reason was for writing to this list, but your message below doesn't sound like a request for help with a real problem. Applications and computers do not "improve" or "update" without you, the user in command, deciding they need it. If you're happy with your current

Re: OpenOffice Writer/Web how to add lists without paragraph tags.

Hi, My understanding is that you can only "export" any OO Writer document as an HTML file. For this, you would add normal formatting as for any Writer document, without worrying about HTML tags. I suppose you might then be able to change the tags to your liking - but for this, and if you wa

Re: Suggestion.

On 20/5/14 at 3:02 PM, bbyfi...@axion.net (Bruce Byfield) wrote: Sorry -- you're waa behind the times. The vast majority of books published these days use a layout program -- sometimes, even, LibreOffice -- and the publishers set it using tools like styles. ... This is true, Br

Re: Suggestion.

On 19/5/14 at 12:05 PM, j...@jt-mj.net (Julian Thomas) wrote: Is there a better manual than the online help that I'm missing? cheers - jt The best style manual I have come across was the ancient Hakon Wium Lie's CSS book - and in fact, it's been easier for me to master styles in writ

Re: OpenOffice mac

On 19/5/14 at 6:02 PM, larry.gus...@gmail.com (Larry Gusaas) wrote: On 2014-05-19, 1:35 AM mt wrote: Do you know if there's a way to turn off the "OpenOffice update available - Click here for further information" warning I get when I start OO on my Mac OS X 10.6.8? On

Re: Reveal Codes Query - or Re: Suggestion.

Sorry if there is some confusion here, as I for one never meant to criticise styles - which I use extensively, and generally find useful. There are however situations where styles might not help. For example, when troubleshooting document formatting problems such as page or section options, o

Re: OpenOffice mac

On 15/5/14 at 6:19 AM, pesce...@apache.org (Andrea Pescetti) wrote: On 12/05/2014 mt wrote: Is there somewhere an explanation of what "older" Mac users are missing out on? It is a purely technical choice we had to make to take advantage of 64-bit Mac OS X applications and

Re: Suggestion.

On 14/5/14 at 4:12 AM, bbyfi...@axion.net (Bruce Byfield) wrote: On Wednesday 14 May 2014 05:29:45 PM Brian Barker wrote: At 23:38 14/05/2014 +1000, Marina Tadiello wrote: In general, and from a user's perspective, Styles are one example of how common users are encouraged (or forced? :-) to th

Re: Suggestion.

On 14/5/14 at 12:17 PM, j...@jt-mj.net (Julian Thomas) wrote: As a longtime Star office and now OO user, I am new to styles. I'd still like to see some helpful information on how to get started with styles (better than 'my pets' and 'my cats'; [I tried those tutorials and they didn't work v

Re: Suggestion.

While I have learned how to (use and) appreciate the Styles features, I agree that not everything in every given text document is prone to being "styled". Sometimes it's just not worth spending the time required to define a new Style (or find a suitable one among those already defined), so it

Re: OpenOffice mac

On 8/5/14 at 7:33 PM, der_...@rocketmail.com (der_ron) wrote: Please could you make new releases available on mac osx 10.6? 10.6 is 5 years old ... Same here. I would like to be able to use new OpenOffice releases on my 10.6 Mac OS X system without having to upgrade -which in my case would

Re: Question

[snip] Missing bit added below: Unsubscribe instructions are at the bottom of each message - and I repeat them here for clarity: Send a message from the email address you used to post to this list to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org marina On 12/12/13 at 4:22 AM, coachdo

Re: Question

Doc, you might have forgotten you had signed up to this list, or misinterpreted its description and assumed it was an "announce" newsletter. I don't think anybody can be "put on" unbeknownst to them. Unsubscribe instructions are at the bottom of each message - and I repeat them here for clarit

Re: all commands are grayed out nothing works as a fix

On 7/12/13 at 7:06 AM, cmary8...@gmail.com (mary campbell) wrote: Mary, your message arrived empty: could you give us a bit more detail? The only thing that comes to mind, given the "symptom" in your email subject, is that your OpenOffice window is not active. Have you tried activating it

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

Back to the original topic (but thanks for the useful info about download sites!) - just thought I'd mention that "dragging" or copying-and-pasting text from any (text) PDF and OpenOffice works pretty well on a Mac. Not sure if this would apply to all platforms, but it's by far the easiest wa

Re: The Search Term Text Box

Not sure I understand correctly, so please forgive me if the following isn't going to help - I have a feeling there might be a misunderstanding as to which "search box" you would like to use. If you would like to search OpenOffice's help files, then you'd need to go to the Help menu (top rig

Re: saving text documents as PDF

As you suggest in 3rd paragraph, below, I have a feeling the whole "signing" procedure might be outside the scope of OO, and you might need Adobe Acrobat Pro for that. This said, a quick Internet search just brought up the following:

Re: Save As gripe - OSX

Not sure without a screenshot - but have you tried clicking the little arrow next to the filename (in the Save As popup)? The arrow toggles between different views of your filesystem - and the expanded view allows you to navigate anywhere you like, as well as create new folders. Cheers, mar