Re: [users] Formula needed for Calc..

2005-01-19 Thread Mhac Janapin
maybe percentages of 60; i.e. .56*60, etc... On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:45:17 +0800, EugenHotmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Strange if I assume the figures in the calls are minutes I never end up with > with 2 hours and 53 minutes ;-)) > > > - Original Message - > From: "Peter Picataggi

Re: [users] Formula needed for Calc..

2005-01-19 Thread EugenHotmail
Strange if I assume the figures in the calls are minutes I never end up with with 2 hours and 53 minutes ;-)) - Original Message - From: "Peter Picataggio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 1:55 PM Subject: [users] Formula needed for Calc.. > I am having a brain fr

[users] Searching within OOo files. Was - question about shortcut keys

2005-01-19 Thread Ian Laurenson
Replies in-line. On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 21:23, Andrew Brown wrote: > Ian Laurenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > As part of component building I would like there to be a more > > collaborative environment for working on code. The api-dev mail list > > suggest that

Re: [users] Can image be part of oowriter file

2005-01-19 Thread ldy2002
When you insert an image, do not check the "Link". You can break the links in Edit / Links / Break Link - Original Message - From: "Christophe Grosjean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:48 PM Subject: [users] Can image be part of oowriter file When an insert

[users] 'ZE GIG IS UP' FOR MS OFFICE

2005-01-19 Thread Fred A. Miller
'ZE GIG IS UP' FOR MS OFFICE Up to 80,000 PCs belonging to the French police are set to be involved in one of the largest migrations to OpenOffice.org to date, leaving Microsoft Office out to dry. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39184699,00.htm -- The only bug free softwar

[users] Formula needed for Calc..

2005-01-19 Thread Peter Picataggio
I am having a brain freeze. I need a formula for time. If is have a 3 cells with the following - .56 + .45 + .12 I need the formula to add those three numbers and covert it to time correctly so in this case it the answer would be 2 hours and 53 minutes.. I am having a complete brain melt down on

[users] Re: Can image be part of oowriter file

2005-01-19 Thread Bob Long
In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Christophe Grosjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > When an insert an image in an oowriter document, it is still a > reference to the file on disk (ie: if you remove the image file from > disk you can't see it any more). > I've 2 problems with that : > - if i send my text fi

[users] Is there any way to use multiple selection?

2005-01-19 Thread Rauf Abdul
Hi, I need to select some particular cells in calc (m69). For that i selected the cells by pressing 'Ctrl' key. After that i tried to copy using 'Ctrl+c' . suddenly a pop up window came with message "This function cannot be used with multiple selections". Is there any altern

[users] Can image be part of oowriter file

2005-01-19 Thread Christophe Grosjean
When an insert an image in an oowriter document, it is still a reference to the file on disk (ie: if you remove the image file from disk you can't see it any more). I've 2 problems with that : - if i send my text files to other people they won't get the images - when image is pasted from internet i

Re: [users] Importing fixed field length file into Calc

2005-01-19 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Jonathon Coombes wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 22:24 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Yes, it looks at files and then guesses where the columns are delimited For now, you would have to write a macro and then write it once (at least until you changed the column widths). Unfortunately, t

Re: [users] splitting a spreadsheet column of names

2005-01-19 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Chuck & Ann Neuenschwander wrote: ---can anyone suggest how I can split a column of names, like Ann&Chuck Ralph Joe Jim&Sally to two columns Ann Chuck Ralph Joe Jim Sally I have written basic and VB and many other languages over the years, but have not done any macros or other codin

Re: [users] Importing fixed field length file into Calc

2005-01-19 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 22:24 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > Jonathon Coombes wrote: > snip! > >That would be nice, but not necessarily impossible. Microsoft Excel > >for example does a text-to-columns feature when importing these > >types of files and although not perfect, can be adjusted

Re: [users] Importing fixed field length file into Calc

2005-01-19 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Jonathon Coombes wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 10:23 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 06:12 -0600, Kent Tenney wrote: That's it Jonathan. Fixed field length is evidently used very rarely, hence not not a lot of effort in supporting it. Each row of the import file is

Re: [users] splitting a spreadsheet column of names

2005-01-19 Thread Naomi Kramer
Chuck & Ann Neuenschwander wrote: ---can anyone suggest how I can split a column of names, like Ann&Chuck Ralph Joe Jim&Sally to two columns Ann Chuck Ralph Joe Jim Sally I have written basic and VB and many other languages over the years, but have not done any macros or other codin

[users] splitting a spreadsheet column of names

2005-01-19 Thread Chuck & Ann Neuenschwander
---can anyone suggest how I can split a column of names, like Ann&Chuck Ralph Joe Jim&Sally to two columns Ann Chuck Ralph Joe Jim Sally I have written basic and VB and many other languages over the years, but have not done any macros or other coding yet on spreadsheets. just

[users] Bug report

2005-01-19 Thread yongts
I have download the latest Oo ver 2 and I think there is a bug in the Calc software.   Where you try to copy a whole worksheet onto a new worksheet, once a while, some of the cell turns up empty.   Does anyone has this problem?   Yong No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG An

Re: [users] Font Change

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:42 -0600, Mary Ann Youngs wrote: > I am so sorry to bother anyone with this question but I can't seem to > find the answer in "Help". > > How do I change the default font from "Times New Roman" to > "Tahoma" and have it open that way whenever I write a text document? >

Re: [users] language dictionaries

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 00:44 +0100, kjell wrote: > Is there a norwegian language dictionary and how do I find it/install > it? > Try www.openoffice.org and select the Norwegian Native Language project from the dropdown menu. Changes are that you will be guided to whatever exists from there. Or tr

Re: [users] OpenOffice 1.1.3 Spreadsheet problem

2005-01-19 Thread Hackmiester
Try this: If the file is foo.sxc (theOO.o extension for a Calc doc), rename it to foo.xls (the MS extention for a Calc doc) and see if that opens (it should open in either OO.o or MS Excel). If not, h. If they saved it as an XL doc then it would be a .xls, but OO.o would be trying to re

Re: [users] Suppress Paragraph Space at top of page

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 11:16 +1000, Naomi Kramer wrote: > Hi people, > I'm stuck. I'm probably missing something very simple. > I have styles with 'space above' set. At the top of a page, I want OOo > Writer to ignore that 'space above' setting and put it at the top of the > page - so that text

Re: [users] OpenOffice 1.1.3 Spreadsheet problem

2005-01-19 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 08:52 +0800, ivanwee wrote: > Hi, > > I prepared a spreadsheet using oo1.1.3 and save it as .sxc. It is a shared > file in our server, and it was working fine until someone used microsoft > excel and tried to open it. I think it was corrupted, and all i can see is > alot o

[users] Suppress Paragraph Space at top of page

2005-01-19 Thread Naomi Kramer
Hi people, I'm stuck. I'm probably missing something very simple. I have styles with 'space above' set. At the top of a page, I want OOo Writer to ignore that 'space above' setting and put it at the top of the page - so that text and heading start at the same height on every page. Make sense?

[users] OpenOffice 1.1.3 Spreadsheet problem

2005-01-19 Thread ivanwee
Hi, I prepared a spreadsheet using oo1.1.3 and save it as .sxc. It is a shared file in our server, and it was working fine until someone used microsoft excel and tried to open it. I think it was corrupted, and all i can see is alot of unreadable text: wÃ8â~Ã_ÂÃÅÂoÂHâà I tried ope

[users] language dictionaries

2005-01-19 Thread kjell
Is there a norwegian language dictionary and how do I find it/install it? Thankyou Kjell Sorensen Kjell Sørensen Straumevegen 45, 5152 Bønes NORWAY Tlf +4755122805 Mob +4748109439

[users] Font Change

2005-01-19 Thread Mary Ann Youngs
I am so sorry to bother anyone with this question but I can't seem to find the answer in "Help".    How do I change the default font from "Times New Roman" to "Tahoma" and have it open that way whenever I write a text document?   Thanks for any help you can give me.   Mary Ann Youngs Des Mo

[users] Re: [Marketing] Re: [users] OpenOffice Filter for Word?

2005-01-19 Thread Alex Fisher
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:58, Chad Smith wrote: > Hey Guy, G'day mate! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > hey, > > is there an oppenOffice filter i can send along with my documents so > > that MS users can read them? i know i can export to word, but i'd > > like to let everyone know i'm using OO! ;-)

[users] Re: Trouble with OpenOffice not opening former WORD files.

2005-01-19 Thread Crystle Numan
On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 23:02 -0800, JoanArc wrote: > Crystal, > > Please forgive me for writing you directly, but I just joined > the list and saw your very helpful response to Ursula > and I'm not sure my call for help will reach the list address. Is it > users@openoffice.org that I send m

Re: [users] help on source code

2005-01-19 Thread David Blomberg
sujata chaudhari said: > hi, >m a final yr engineering student doing a project > for database accessing techniques. i want to know if > openofice can be run on windows as well and also can > one modify the number of rows and columns in a > spread sheet i.e. the default size of a spread shee

[users] [moderated]how to load key bindings

2005-01-19 Thread Bill Lytton
OpenOffice.org version 1.1.0 on Linux. In area Writer, how to load key bindings I would like to switch the keybindings to those I'm familiar with (emacs). I tried dumping the current key bindings to see what the keybinding config file format was but it is a binary file. How do I generate a file

[Fwd: [users] OpenOffice Filter for Word?]

2005-01-19 Thread hrgresham
Original Message Subject:[users] OpenOffice Filter for Word? Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:08:22 -0500 From: Guy Matz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: users@openoffice.org To: users@openoffice.org hey, is there an oppenOffice filter i can send along with my docume

Re: [users] Importing fixed field length file into Calc

2005-01-19 Thread Kent Tenney
OK, it's issue # 41004 On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:09:28 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 08:40 +1100, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 10:23 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 06:12 -0600, Kent Tenney wrote:

Re: [users] Saving

2005-01-19 Thread Mr. J. K M. McKean
Outputting to a printing device does not modify the XML code of the document. Therefore it doesn't modify the document. What are the options uses? Jerome On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:39:47 + "Mr. J. K M. McKean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MJKMM> OpenOffice.org sees output to a printing device

Re: [users] Question!

2005-01-19 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Donald, Donald Nixon wrote: Hello, I need some help. When I'm in the spreadsheet section. And I type text in a cell. Possible words pop up. Giving me a choice of selecting the provided text or keep typing. What is this called? A Function? if so Where do I find out how to implement formu

[users] Download-Fehler OpenOffice

2005-01-19 Thread Bildungsmesse
Leider habe ich wiederholt versucht nach dem Download der kostenlosen Version das zip zu öffnen. Leider vergeblich! Datei kann nicht geöffnet werden. Offenbar handelt es sich nicht um ein gültiges Archiv. Wenn diese Datei aus einer Onlinequelle stammt, sollten sie versuchen, sie erneut heru

Re: [users] bullet missing

2005-01-19 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Sandra, Sandra K. wrote: A long time ago I had a bullet problem where the default bullet showed as an 8 ball. I now have a couple computers that are missing the default bullet. When the icon is clicked, all that shows is that missing font rectangle. How do I get the small dot back? Change

Re: [users] Importing fixed field length file into Calc

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 08:40 +1100, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 10:23 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 06:12 -0600, Kent Tenney wrote: > > > That's it Jonathan. > > > > > > Fixed field length is evidently used very rarely, hence not > > > not a lot o

Re: [users] Importing fixed field length file into Calc

2005-01-19 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 10:23 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 06:12 -0600, Kent Tenney wrote: > > That's it Jonathan. > > > > Fixed field length is evidently used very rarely, hence not > > not a lot of effort in supporting it. > > > > Each row of the import file is 884

Re: [users] Can I import a cross-reference defined in another OO document?

2005-01-19 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 10:07, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 14:02 -0500, Manish Gupta (BBS) wrote: > > Is there a way to insert a cross-reference defined ("set") in another > > open office document? > I think Help > Contents > Index > Search term > cross-references; > inserti

Re: [users] Can I import a cross-reference defined in another OO document?

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 14:02 -0500, Manish Gupta (BBS) wrote: > Hi > > I am pretty new to OpenOffice. I hope this is the right mailing > list to ask such basic questions. > > Is there a way to insert a cross-reference defined ("set") in another > open office document? > > thanks I think Help > C

Re: [users] Re: Can't un-zip my download of OOo_1.1.4_Win32Intel_install.zip

2005-01-19 Thread CPH
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 09:04, + Andy Morris wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > www.7-zip.com > > Download version 3.13 for the stable - I have used this without problems on > two W98 and four W98SE systems, although I am currently using 4.14 beta on > XP without any hiccups. >

Re: [users] Re: [webmasters] Convert spreadsheet

2005-01-19 Thread CPH
you wrote: > >Hello there, > > > >I just want to report, that OO does not convert my spreadsheet > >properly (find attached). > > > >On both sheets (2004 and 2005) you find on the bottom a monthly > >summary with âsumifâ formulas Ë they are not converted right and work > >in Excel but not on OO. >

Re: [users] ooo calc

2005-01-19 Thread CPH
On Saturday 15 January 2005 00:34, Steven Hunter wrote: > How do i make the above handle shared excel spreadsheets? > Currently when i open it up in ooo calc and i then try to open it in excel > it says its locked for editing by the last user that saved the document. > I'm using 1.9.69 build. If

Re: [users] sxw as a printer

2005-01-19 Thread CPH
On Saturday 15 January 2005 13:38, Thomas Hygum wrote: > Many pdf-converts is installed as printers. > > Is there the same possibility for openoffice-docs, i mean a program (a > printer) which installs a printer on the computer, which converts whatever > to openoffice-format? No, as the program wo

Re: [users] Re: [website-feedback] Runtime error

2005-01-19 Thread CPH
you wrote: > >I am receiving the same runtime error... program files.. contact > > support team notice that others have posted about... > > >what should I do? It won't save any files. Hi Jean What version of OpenOffice.org are you using ? What OS are you using ? How much memory(RAM) do you ha

Re: [users] Can't open my WORD DOCS with OpenOffice.org anymore

2005-01-19 Thread JoanArc
After a frustrating nite, today I find I can open up some of the previously written to MS WORD docs...(with a little hesitation) but the one I first had trouble with continues to not open and elicits one of those ERROR REPORT windows which I have completed and sent out 6 times, now. About 4 of my

Re: [users] Re: [website-feedback] lUnable to open

2005-01-19 Thread CPH
On Saturday 15 January 2005 06:56, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > Hi, > > >Downloaded your product, I have it on one computer, came with it when > >I purchased it. Tried to download to other computer but just placed a > >zip file on my desktop...not sure what to do now, can you help...thank > >you, St

Re: [users] Data source question

2005-01-19 Thread CPH
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 14:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi again. > > I don't know if I explain my problem properly, but I want to connect to a > data source automatically when I open a text document. I don’t want the > user to connect manually. > > The Idea is that the user only klick the d

[users] Can I import a cross-reference defined in another OO document?

2005-01-19 Thread Manish Gupta (BBS)
Hi I am pretty new to OpenOffice. I hope this is the right mailing list to ask such basic questions. Is there a way to insert a cross-reference defined ("set") in another open office document? thanks manish - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] Saving

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 22:47 +0300, Arkady V.Belousov wrote: > Hi! > > 19-ÐÐÐ-2005 13:45 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Tappin) wrote to > users@openoffice.org: > > MJKMM>> OpenOffice.org sees output to a printing device as changing the > MJKMM>> original document. It gives the option to save a previ

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread James Kelleher
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 11:17, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > James Kelleher wrote: > >On Wednesday 19 January 2005 05:56, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > >>Mark Kirchner wrote: > >>>On Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 2:11:44 PM, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > >this basically is normal situation.. except that ther

Re: [users] Saving

2005-01-19 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 19-Янв-2005 13:45 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Tappin) wrote to users@openoffice.org: MJKMM>> OpenOffice.org sees output to a printing device as changing the MJKMM>> original document. It gives the option to save a previously MS Word (was) does same, if document contains (recalculated) f

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Duncan Lithgow
James Kelleher wrote: On Wednesday 19 January 2005 05:56, Duncan Lithgow wrote: Mark Kirchner wrote: On Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 2:11:44 PM, Duncan Lithgow wrote: this basically is normal situation.. except that there seems to be no swap actually. how do you configure your swapsp

[users] help on source code

2005-01-19 Thread sujata chaudhari
hi, m a final yr engineering student doing a project for database accessing techniques. i want to know if openofice can be run on windows as well and also can one modify the number of rows and columns in a spread sheet i.e. the default size of a spread sheet so as to accomodate more number of

[users] [moderated]

2005-01-19 Thread Martin Ruof
I am having many problems downloading open office...I can't seem to get past the first stage of: If you have problems with the download you may want to use the non-javascript download page or contact us. The Installation Instructions will help you with the first steps. We appreciate your supp

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 350MB!

2005-01-19 Thread James Kelleher
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 09:09, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:52 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > >>>No Duncan - that's in no way normal I don't know why that would > >>>do that... > >>> > >>>What OS are you using (Windows XP, Windows 98, Re

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread James Kelleher
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 05:56, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > Mark Kirchner wrote: > >On Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 2:11:44 PM, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > >>>this basically is normal situation.. except that there seems to be no > >>>swap actually. > >>> > >>>how do you configure your swapspace ? > >>>

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread James Kelleher
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 04:23, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > James Tappin wrote: > >Basically the processes you are running have exceeded the total RAM+Swap > >space on your system. There are 3 thing you can do: > >1) Don't run as many processes (check for memory hogs before running OO > >and close

Re: [users] Saving Spreadsheet Files

2005-01-19 Thread Hackmiester
in a spreadsheet, you have to hit return, tab, or an arrow key to complete entry, and then it will allow you to save changes. On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:23:29 -0600, Warren Ranton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Attention: Users of Open Office, > > Does any one know how to make the speadsheet Save with

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 350MB!

2005-01-19 Thread Duncan Lithgow
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:52 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote: No Duncan - that's in no way normal I don't know why that would do that... What OS are you using (Windows XP, Windows 98, Red Hat Linux 9.1, Mac OS X?)? Linux Fedora Core 3 Hmm, I have seen

Re: [users] Arlene's problems with openoffice

2005-01-19 Thread Chip Dunning
This might be specific to the way Windows ME handles things - meaning poorly. The reason is that I am running OOo on both a Win2k box and XP laptop with Roxio and it shows no signs of what is discussed below. Now, I don't have Lotus SmartSuite on my box, so it might actually be some combination

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
Duncan Lithgow wrote: Used it a fair bit on and off - never noticed this problem before. What really sends it over the top is when i right click on misspelled words. have you installed a lot of dictionaries? AFAIK, OOo has some performance problems when many dictionaries are installed/activated.

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:52 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > > > > No Duncan - that's in no way normal I don't know why that would > > do that... > > > > What OS are you using (Windows XP, Windows 98, Red Hat Linux 9.1, Mac > > OS X?)? > > > Linux Fedora Core 3 Hmm, I have seen this problem w

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread Duncan Lithgow
No Duncan - that's in no way normal I don't know why that would do that... What OS are you using (Windows XP, Windows 98, Red Hat Linux 9.1, Mac OS X?)? Linux Fedora Core 3 What version of OpenOffice.org are you using? (1.0.3, 1.1.4, 1.9.65mr68?)? Ooo 1.1.2-11.5.fc3 (latest available f

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread Martin Deppe
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am working on SuSE 9.2 (up to date) with OOo 1.1.3. I have 1024 MB main memory and 1 GB swap right now (2 more are disabled). Well guys, I am using ooWriter quite intense since about 3 month now. I got over 230 hours working on ONE document alone, which is now abo

Re: [users] Saving

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 13:39 +, Mr. J. K M. McKean wrote: > OpenOffice.org sees output to a printing device as changing the > original document. It gives the option to save a previously saved file > after output sent. When will this be updated? Do you have Tools > Options > Text document

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread Martin Deppe
Well guys, I am using ooWriter quite intense since about 3 month now. I got over 230 hours working on ONE document alone, which is now about 15 MB. Right now I have it open and top says in its RES column soffice.bin is using 408 MB of memory. Huuuh, didn't know, it is that much ... :-( So, mayb

Re: [users] Saving Spreadsheet Files

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 21:23 -0600, Warren Ranton wrote: > Attention: Users of Open Office, > > Does any one know how to make the speadsheet Save without saving > 2 or more copies with the Save As option. I would like to Save a > speadsheet with the Save Option, but when I make a change in a > spea

[users] Re: soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
Duncan Lithgow wrote: Now that i've got my swap working I have to ask, is it normal that after right clicking a few mispelled works the memory load from soffice.bin is 712MB? That's huge! As soon as I stop the app my mem and swap usage drops by two thirds... Just let me know if that's normal an

Re: [users] Date alignment in Calc.?

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 10:38 +0800, James Elliott wrote: > Using OOo 1.1.3 Writer I have a table, one row of which has a field where I > enter the date. > I have formatted this cell so that the numbers are formatted as "Date" > I have formatted the whole column so that data entered into each cell i

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread Hackmiester
No its not normal. You should only be using 50m at the most. I have no idea what the problem. Try clearing /tmp, and if you've got some hard disks laying around, do a clean install on one with only linux and OO.o and see if it's incompatible between the two. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:03:18 -0500, C

Re: [users] soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread Chad Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that i've got my swap working I have to ask, is it normal that after right clicking a few mispelled works the memory load from soffice.bin is 712MB? That's huge! As soon as I stop the app my mem and swap usage drops by two thirds... Just let me know if that's normal

Re: [users] OpenOffice Filter for Word?

2005-01-19 Thread Chad Smith
Hey Guy, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey, is there an oppenOffice filter i can send along with my documents so that MS users can read them? i know i can export to word, but i'd like to let everyone know i'm using OO! ;-) Not that I know of - it's something that has been discussed before, but it h

RE: [users] OOo Printing Size. Ver. 1.1/XP

2005-01-19 Thread MadMonk
Johm, I had a similar problem when I first started using Ooo, also with an HP printer. Try downloading the latest driver from HP. If HP no longer provides a driver for that printer and you're usint the default driver that came with the OS (This was my problem with Windows 2000 SP-4). If that'ts

[users] soffice mem usage 712MB!

2005-01-19 Thread Duncan Lithgow
Now that i've got my swap working I have to ask, is it normal that after right clicking a few mispelled works the memory load from soffice.bin is 712MB? That's huge! As soon as I stop the app my mem and swap usage drops by two thirds... Just let me know if that's normal and I'll calm down. Dunc

Re: [users] Why is it happening.?

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 17:15 +0800, James Elliott wrote: > One column in my Calc 1.1.3 worksheet is for recording purchase order > numbers. If there is more than one PO for a customer I write them side by > side with a double space in between, eg: > > 272 273 > > I then use the mouse to select

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 13:23 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > James Tappin wrote: > > >Basically the processes you are running have exceeded the total RAM+Swap > >space on your system. There are 3 thing you can do: > >1) Don't run as many processes (check for memory hogs before running OO > >and clos

[users] Saving Spreadsheet Files

2005-01-19 Thread Warren Ranton
Attention: Users of Open Office, Does any one know how to make the speadsheet Save without saving 2 or more copies with the Save As option. I would like to Save a speadsheet with the Save Option, but when I make a change in a speadsheet, when I thought that the Save option should change from a non

[users] OpenOffice Filter for Word?

2005-01-19 Thread Guy Matz
hey, is there an oppenOffice filter i can send along with my documents so that MS users can read them? i know i can export to word, but i'd like to let everyone know i'm using OO! ;-) thanks, guy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMA

[users] Re: Can't un-zip my download of OOo_1.1.4_Win32Intel_install.zip

2005-01-19 Thread Andy Morris
www.7-zip.com Download version 3.13 for the stable - I have used this without problems on two W98 and four W98SE systems, although I am currently using 4.14 beta on XP without any hiccups. Andy - Original Message - From: "Bob Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.openoffice.

RE: [users] Arlene's problems with openoffice

2005-01-19 Thread MadMonk
GCF -Original Message- From: Roger Higgs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:50 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Arlene's problems with openoffice Hi everybody, Arlene's message struck a chord, so I thought I'd put in my two-penn'orth. My OS is Wi

[users] [moderated]

2005-01-19 Thread brendan teeling
I want to notify a bug in Openoffice but find the Issuezilla system incomprehensible. The problem is: OS: Windows XP Version: Oo 1.9.62 Component: Writer Sceanario: Autosave is enabled (set to save every 15 mins) with prompt to save disabled Problem: prompt to save still appears. -- Brendan Teel

[users] BugReport

2005-01-19 Thread Dirk Hoeper
Hi, when trying to save a textdocument containing a self-defined variable and references pointing at this variables I always get the message saving of xyz.sxw failed due to failure saving content.xml. It is possible to save this document in any other format but then the references pointing at t

Re: [users] Data source question

2005-01-19 Thread ooo
Hi again. I don't know if I explain my problem properly, but I want to connect to a data source automatically when I open a text document. I don’t want the user to connect manually. The Idea is that the user only klick the data source button and then the table is displayed. The user write in th

Re: [users] Saving

2005-01-19 Thread Hackmiester
There is an option under either open/save or printing, I forget which, and you can turn this off. It's not a bug. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:39:47 +, Mr. J. K M. McKean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OpenOffice.org sees output to a printing device as changing the > original document. It gives th

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Duncan Lithgow
Mark Kirchner wrote: On Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 2:11:44 PM, Duncan Lithgow wrote: this basically is normal situation.. except that there seems to be no swap actually. how do you configure your swapspace ? you could try running from console these commands : free swapon -s (second one might r

Re: [users] Saving

2005-01-19 Thread James Tappin
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:39:47 + "Mr. J. K M. McKean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MJKMM> OpenOffice.org sees output to a printing device as changing the MJKMM> MJKMM> original document. It gives the option to save a previously MJKMM> saved file after output sent. When will this be updated?

[users] Saving

2005-01-19 Thread Mr. J. K M. McKean
OpenOffice.org sees output to a printing device as changing the original document. It gives the option to save a previously saved file after output sent. When will this be updated?

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Mark Kirchner
On Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 2:11:44 PM, Duncan Lithgow wrote: >> this basically is normal situation.. except that there seems to be no >> swap actually. >> >> how do you configure your swapspace ? >> >> you could try running from console these commands : >> free >> swapon -s >> (second one migh

RE: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Partnovas Sergejus
<> You obviously have too many active dictionaries. Comment out the unnecessary in, I believe, ~/.rhopenoffice/share/dict/ooo/dictionary.lst. I had similar symptoms on an FC3 machine, but in my case OOo just hung for about 10 min. and never crashed. Serge > -Original Message- > From: Du

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Duncan Lithgow
Rich wrote: Duncan Lithgow wrote: James Tappin wrote: Basically the processes you are running have exceeded the total RAM+Swap space on your system. There are 3 thing you can do: 1) Don't run as many processes (check for memory hogs before running OO and close some down). 2) Create a bigger swap p

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Rich
Duncan Lithgow wrote: James Tappin wrote: Basically the processes you are running have exceeded the total RAM+Swap space on your system. There are 3 thing you can do: 1) Don't run as many processes (check for memory hogs before running OO and close some down). 2) Create a bigger swap partition or f

Re: [users] Can't open my WORD DOCS with OpenOffice.org anymore

2005-01-19 Thread Wes Allen
Naomi Kramer wrote: JoanArc wrote: My WORD documents became OpenOffice.org files when I installed OO 1.1.4 . I thought all was working with OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 and I was able to add to my former WORD documents from web pages. But tonight while trying to open one of my created documents (forme

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Duncan Lithgow
James Tappin wrote: Basically the processes you are running have exceeded the total RAM+Swap space on your system. There are 3 thing you can do: 1) Don't run as many processes (check for memory hogs before running OO and close some down). 2) Create a bigger swap partition or file 3) Buy more memory

Re: [users] Importing fixed field length file into Calc

2005-01-19 Thread Kent Tenney
That's it Jonathan. Fixed field length is evidently used very rarely, hence not not a lot of effort in supporting it. Each row of the import file is 884 characters, comprising 82 columns. Bringing it into Calc consists of setting each of the 82 column dividers manually. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:

Re: [users] DOF1764552CV

2005-01-19 Thread Rob Winchester
see this: http://oooauthors.org/FAQs/General/FaqEntry.20041007a Rob Winchester --- Wilma Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Error received > Open Office.org cannot bestarted due to an error in accessing the open > office.org configuration data internal error . Get storage, name:no content.

Re: Re: [users] problem creating user-defined equations

2005-01-19 Thread Rob Winchester
There is a very good document on the oooauthors.org site that should really help you. --- Ramasubramani Venkatasubramaniam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > >Question: Why are you using user defined equations, if the program already > has the functions built into it? > > > >Peter > > > >Ramasubr

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Rob Winchester
Maybe I spoke too soon so if my other post doesn't help - you might like to read this article: http://dag.wieers.com/howto/compatibility/ Rob Winchester --- Duncan Lithgow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > System: pc running an up-to-date Fedora Core 3 install with OOo 1.1.2. > > As the results

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Rob Winchester
I *think* this really is from /tmp getting filled up. try cleaning out the temp directory (should be /tmp). make sure you get rid of any sub-dirs that might be in there. You might want to do a fsck (on all drives) though maybe a good reboot might also be in order after cleaning out /tmp. I don't

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread Rich
actually it's summarised in the last line - out of memory. i don't feel brave enough to determine your ram size from this output - how much ram does that box have ? are you running a lot of processes there ? if not, then something is memleaking and when memory is full, next process that requests

Re: [users] soffice.bin process killed - why!?

2005-01-19 Thread James Tappin
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:54:17 +0100 Duncan Lithgow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: DL> System: pc running an up-to-date Fedora Core 3 install with OOo DL> 1.1.2. DL> DL> As the results of a dmesg below shows I've got something going DL> wrong, and I've now twice lost my work in an openoffice doc. I'm n

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