On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 15:13 +1000, Naomi Kramer wrote:
> Hrmmm... OK, one more attempt and I leave you to the experts :-) Two
> options occur to me (they're both a little messy) -
>
> - During import (if you select Insert -> Sheet from File) you can format
> each column of data before it's impor
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 18:02 +1300, Greg Trounson wrote:
> That is one option, but only useful if done before pasting or typing
> data, since OO.o munges the internal representation of the string
> 'march123' to '01/03/23'. Converting that back to text (by means of
> changing the format) just gi
Hrmmm... OK, one more attempt and I leave you to the experts :-) Two
options occur to me (they're both a little messy) -
- During import (if you select Insert -> Sheet from File) you can format
each column of data before it's imported. If there are a lot of
columns, doubtless this isn't really
That is one option, but only useful if done before pasting or typing
data, since OO.o munges the internal representation of the string
'march123' to '01/03/23'. Converting that back to text (by means of
changing the format) just gives a numeric value, in this case '11749'.
In my case I'm impor
G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
Please be more careful with your snipping.
Mmmm, here is the message I was responding to, and I did not snip any of it:
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=86216
Regards
Jacqueline
PS No need to cc, I am subscribed to the list.
--
Greg,
Is it an option to format the cells as 'text'?
- Naomi
Here's an interesting one:
If I type the text "march123" into a calc cell, then OO.o insists on
converting it to 01/03/23.
How can I tell it that I want my inserted text to remain as a string
and not be converted to a date? This is fo
Here's an interesting one:
If I type the text "march123" into a calc cell, then OO.o insists on
converting it to 01/03/23.
How can I tell it that I want my inserted text to remain as a string and
not be converted to a date? This is for importing a rather large file
of semi-random strings, so I
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 18:25 -0500, SOTL wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Sorry but I need a little help with my understanding of OpenOffice
> development
> 1.9 Data Base data Importing and exporting.
>
> I have data in large spread sheet which I would like to convert to data base
> so I did the following.
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 08:51 +0800, Jacqueline McNally wrote:
> Cor Nouws wrote:
> > G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> >
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >> If you are looking for an Access-like DB you might try SQLite. We have
> >> docs for it in the HOW-TO section of documentation. THere is even an
> >> SBDC driv
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 08:51 +0800, Jacqueline McNally wrote:
> Cor Nouws wrote:
> > G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> >
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >> If you are looking for an Access-like DB you might try SQLite. We have
> >> docs for it in the HOW-TO section of documentation. THere is even an
> >> SBDC driv
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 16:24 -0500, Mildred L Harris wrote:
> I've been using O.O. 1.1.4 on Windows ME. Today I suddenly got a "Windows
> Security Alert" and my computer shut down. When it re-started, a screen came
> up saying: "Open Office.org cannot be started due to an error in accessing
> the
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 22:06 -0600, Peggy Burton wrote:
> openoffice 1.1.4 writing program: when I type the first page
> of my document the page flip or arrow that lets you go to
> the next page does not work. what is wrong? is somthing
> set up wrong? please give detailed directions on what I shou
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 20:02 -0600, Peter Kupfer wrote:
> I have been trying to resolve and issue, and I told it should work. It
> is issue #40717. For me in the snapshots, when I click on the bullets
> button, the program indents, but no bullet appears. I have tried to
> re-install the OpenSymbo
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 15:21, Paul wrote:
> I'm sure you can do so with a macro, but don't think this would be
> possible without.
[snip]
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:01:47 -0700, Mike Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can I automatically name a sheet when I enter a name in a cell - say I enter
>
Your second mail was more descriptive than your first, but still lacks
some information that is required to make any sense of your problem.
What is it that does not tell you that the download was complete... If
your using IE then there is a separate pop up that displays download
progress. Does thi
I'm sure you can do so with a macro, but don't think this would be
possible without.
There are plenty of resources for macro development if you wish to
head down that direction. Start with www.openoffice.org and go from
there...
HTH,
Paul
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:01:47 -0700, Mike Thomas <[EMAIL P
What 'page flip or arrow' are you expecting. If page 1 is full of
text, then you should automatically be able to scroll, using the
keyboard, to the next page.
What Operating System and version are you using?
It may pay to post (not attach to an email) a screen shot of the issue
unless someone els
Hello
Dmitri has created Jacket Potato Inc.
Jacket Potato Inc. is a sample database created using OpenOffice.org
Base. It uses the HSQL embedded database engine. The purpose of Jacket
Potato Inc. is to provide a usable sample database and demonstrate OOo
Base’s basic capabilities.
Jacket Potato
I have been trying to resolve and issue, and I told it should work. It
is issue #40717. For me in the snapshots, when I click on the bullets
button, the program indents, but no bullet appears. I have tried to
re-install the OpenSymbol font, but it hasn't helped.
The bullet shows up fine in 1.1.
I assume that you no longer have quattro-pro in order to 'save as'
something else.
Only other suggestion is to try a converter of some sort. Quick search
yielded this result, but there may be free ones out there as well :
http://www.thebeatlesforever.com/processtext/abcquatt.html
Paul
On Wed, 23
Alex, hope your subscribed to the list since I'm not filling in the form.
Paul
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:25:46 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I apologize for this automatic reply to your email.
>
>
> To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from send
When installing OOo you are asked if you want OpenOffice to open .doc
extensioned files.
How to correct ? - right click on the .doc file then "open as". Select
MS Word and make sure that you select "always use this application"...
HTH, Paul
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:55:58 -0800, Irving Moskovitz
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B&H Van Nunen wrote:
Dear Sirs,
My PC is HP Pavilion, Windows XP-Home.
I have installed Next Office 8.2 Text Document.
Recenly, for no reason I get a pop-up message:
"Next Office cannot be started due to an error in accessing the next office
configuration data.
Error: Get Storage, name No Content"
Alison Edgington wrote:
When pasting text from web pages into Office text documents, I get
boxes around the text - sometimes I can remove these by using Tools -
Text->table, but other times this option is not available and I am
stuck with them. I find pressing delete after the last character mov
Sorry - forgot to add your mail address - unsure if you've subscribed or not.
Paul
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:32:52 +1300, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Depends on how you have put the formula in. If you insert > object >
> formula, then these can be identified using the explorer (under OLE
> o
Depends on how you have put the formula in. If you insert > object >
formula, then these can be identified using the explorer (under OLE
object). I can't find a quick way of modifying all formulas at once
however.
If you used a distinct style for all formula's your job would be
wonderfully easy. H
randy moore wrote:
I have openoffice 1.1.4 and when I try to write and flip the page useing the button in the bottom rt. of my screen nothing happens. Is something set up wrong in my program? I try to run a restore hoping that will help and
it comes up era message ( cannot restore without java
in
Prior to posting, search the web - you'll find your answer a lot quicker ...
Try the following for a solution :
http://oooauthors.org/FAQs/newfaq/FaqEntry.2004-03-24.8575643583
Paul
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:24:48 -0500, Mildred L Harris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been using O.O. 1.1.4 on Wi
Use google to search the web : Search string "openoffice" with either
templates, clipart, bullet's - or anything else.
If you get no hits, post back to the list
Paul
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:48:14 -0700, Alex Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where can I download clipart, bullet's & templates
jose luis monzon escribió:
Open Office is a very good word processor but I don't want it to be the
default one. How can I get my PC to its original status so that when I
click on a text document's icon the document is displayed in Word
Pad?
Well... it's not as easy as it sounds. There's n
I am currently running Linux RedHat 8.0 with OpenOffice.org 1.0.1.
There are a wide
variety of document that can be opened, but unfortunately I have a bunch
of old files in
Quattro-Pro I need access to and that is one format that is not
supported in the version I
have. Is there another version
When pasting text from web pages into Office text
documents, I get boxes around the text - sometimes I can remove these by using
Tools - Text->table, but other times this option is not available and I am
stuck with them. I find pressing delete after the last character moves the box
to the ne
I just installed openoffice 1.1.4. All of the microsoft Word icons were changed
to open office and now when i try to open in Word, it opens in open office
writer. Since I am not sold on this product yet, i've just started to use it
and i will still use word until i am comfortable with it, i'd l
hi, I must to modify all formula in my doc (used font and character size).
do you know a tip for select all existing formula and modify all in one?
thank.
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Dear Sirs,
My PC is HP Pavilion, Windows XP-Home.
I have installed Next Office 8.2 Text Document.
Recenly, for no reason I get a pop-up message:
"Next Office cannot be started due to an error in accessing the next office
configuration data.
Error: Get Storage, name No Content"
Next Office went bla
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I am writing this mail on behalf of Living Digital, India's leading technology
magazine. Living Digital is part of the Cyber Media Group and our sister
magazines include Voice & Data, DataQuest and PC Quest. We would like to
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openoffice 1.1.4 writing program: when I type the first page
of my document the page flip or arrow that lets you go to
the next page does not work. what is wrong? is somthing
set up wrong? please give detailed directions on what I should do to fix the
problem.
Can I automatically name a sheet when I enter a name in a cell - say I enter
"LOCATION" in cell 1A, can I link the sheet name to that cell and rename the
sheet "LOCATION"?
Mike
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hi, I must to modify all formula in my doc (used font and character size).
do you know a tip for select all existing formula and modify all in one?
thank.
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I have openoffice 1.1.4 and when I try to write and flip the page useing the
button in the bottom rt. of my screen nothing happens. Is something set up
wrong in my program? I try to run a restore hoping that will help and
it comes up era message ( cannot restore without java
installed.) What ca
Where can I download clipart, bullet's & templates for open office ?
Alex Sanchez
I've been using O.O. 1.1.4 on Windows ME. Today I suddenly got a "Windows
Security Alert" and my computer shut down. When it re-started, a screen came up
saying: "Open Office.org cannot be started due to an error in accessing the
Open Office. org configuration data. Please contact your system ad
Op Thursday 24 February 2005 14:30, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) schreef:
> Rod Engelsman wrote:
> > Chris BONDE wrote:
> In my opinion if the the MySQL database back end had a GUI like Access
> does, there would be far fewer questions on the list about an Access
> lookalike. all the users want to
I have downloaded Open Office 4 times but it does not install - why?
I am trying to download and install Open Office 1.1.4. My operating system is
Windows 98 Second Edition. I have tried to download & install Open Office 4
times. It does not tell me if the download was complete and does not install -
why?
Cor Nouws wrote:
G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
Chris,
If you are looking for an Access-like DB you might try SQLite. We have
docs for it in the HOW-TO section of documentation. THere is even an
SBDC driver for it.
And we do (OOo does) have Base...
... coming up in 2.0. If you are using developer bui
Hi James,
Retrieving data to the left of the search criterion can be done using
the match function. It will return the row number of the matching data.
You can use that in an indirect address function to return the date.
tc
Robin Laing wrote:
James Elliott wrote:
I am using VLOOKUP a lot to copy
Just checked out the web site.
I noted that one may install and use the front for 30 days after which it
turns into a pumpking, recall Cinderella, and only works in the light mode
unless you give them money.
Much easier to download OO1.9 and work with it.
Frank
On Thursday 24 February 2005 17
Hi All
Sorry but I need a little help with my understanding of OpenOffice development
1.9 Data Base data Importing and exporting.
I have data in large spread sheet which I would like to convert to data base
so I did the following.
I created database named and saved. I then created table in dat
I think it may be something to do with the install / Mac version since
I cannot replicate on either 1.1.2 nor 1.9.62 (both on XP mind you)...
Anyone else able to replicate ?
In general however it does sound like autocorrect/auto replace
functionality. Maybe a more indepth search may be required.
There is a GUI frontend which allows to create new databases. Its not like
Access, but it is a GUI none the less (some might find it even better)
http://www.mysqlfront.de/
Cheers
K
Original Message Follows
From: "Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: users@openoffice.org
Good luck - seems a little strange...
Paul
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:32:23 -0500, Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 12:42:44PM +1300, Paul wrote:
> > Format of the graphic was png. Used draw to convert. The starting
> > graphic was jpeg (I think) so it would proba
Try searching google prior to posting. This is a problem experienced
by others...
eg:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=5040
HTH, Paul
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:48:39 +0100, Philipp Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i installed oo-1.1.4 on suse 9.2 with
> OOo_1.1.4_LinuxIntel_instal
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 02:52, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
[snip]
> Thanks, that did it on Linux. I was not trying the "Control" toolbar.
> There are similar buttons on one of the Form toolbars. When I added my
> own button, there were two instances listed with the same name and icon;
> I proba
Hi Davide,
davide wrote:
I've defined my own label type (1 col 8 rows) I must print on 12''
continuous paper. I get data from mdb database and all ok with fields
settings; problem is I get only the first 8 labels (1 page), whichever
the records number is (328 in this case). Data on labels showed
Hello Immanuel ,
Immanuel Witschi wrote:
I want to change the size of OO Menutitles.
the manual says change the Andale Sans UI font in the replace-fonts menu.
I don't see this font there.
You have to type 'Andale Sans UI' yourselve.
Kind regards,
Cor
If I change the Andale Sans font (without UI)
wrheller60 wrote:
Hello,
I have built a couple of spreadsheets using the templates included in
your product. When I reopen the spreadsheets, they are set as a
read-only document. I am unable to modify these documents at all. Is
there an easy way to open these up so I can modify them.
I tried to fin
James Plante wrote:
On Feb 21, 2005, at 5:18 AM, James Elliott wrote:
I again Ian
I tried the Template approach and it seemed to work fine, but when I
looked further into it, the Template was in fact the whole
multi-spreadhseet, so for every report I am saving my entire database
which includes d
James Elliott wrote:
I am using VLOOKUP a lot to copy the fields from a "Jobs" spreadsheet,
to a "Service Report" spreadsheet. In other words, when I am doing a
report, instead of typing in all the customer details, etc, again, as
soon as I enter the Job Number in the appropriate cell, most of
-Original Message-
From: Charles Marcus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:09 AM
To: users@openoffice.org
Subject: [users] Re: Desktop Search and OpenOffice
> I use OpenOffice since more than a year and I would like to
> congratulate you for this superb softwar
I have installed OO 1.1.3 (on Linux), and it has updated old links to
"Installation programme for OpenOffice1.0.1". I cannot run old version of
OO, nor the new one. Instructions said to use soffice command, which I
did, and found myself installing a new version of Staroffice (6.0). Links
have li
Rod Engelsman wrote:
Chris BONDE wrote:
I am not sure what this means?
Are you saying that MySQL is free but not that good, so people use
spreadsheets.
Or what.
Chris
MySQL is free. MySQL is a fantastic piece of software. But for the uses
that a lot of people want a database, MySQL is like taki
I want to change the size of OO Menutitles.
the manual says change the Andale Sans UI font in the replace-fonts menu.
I don't see this font there. If I change the Andale Sans font (without UI)
there's no change visible.
can I change a configfile to reach this? which one?
cheers
Immanuel
--
i installed oo-1.1.4 on suse 9.2 with
OOo_1.1.4_LinuxIntel_install_de downloaded from openoffice.org. as root
i can start openoffice. but as an other user i get the following error
javaldx: could not create link of
name: /usr/lib/ooo-1.1/program/../user/temp/java/a which links
to /usr/lib/jvm/jre
On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 12:42:44PM +1300, Paul wrote:
> Format of the graphic was png. Used draw to convert. The starting
> graphic was jpeg (I think) so it would probably work better if you
> took the original (ie, without any loss of quality) then converted to
> png with text included.
Thanks,
In Writer, when I type "PO/Job #" I get "PØJob
#". Something similar happens when I type
"RTL/LTR" (the slash becomes a bar across the
first L, but I can't send the character via
e-mail). How can I turn off this overzealous
behavior?
Hint: It isn't an obvious autotext option, and
I've loo
> >* Charles Mangles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [230205, 19:27]:
> >
[...]
>
> so it looks like I've got the lot. Should I deselect foomatic-filte
> 20050121-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - prebuilt and if so, how
> do I do it?
>
This pkg should have been replaced by the newer one (same name
I use OpenOffice since more than a year and I would like to congratulate
you for this superb software ! It's very easy to use and to customize
and I particularly appreciate DRAW !!!
But I have a problem !!! The search facility of Windows Explorer doesn't
find words included in OO docs or sheets !
I
Hi, antother difference is that OO is FREE .
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:35 AM
To: users@openoffice.org
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated]questions on open office
Todd Hidalgo wrote:
> I like to kno
Michael Logies wrote:
Hello,
I have the following problem: I have an older Excel-file, converted some
OO-Versions ago. Now it`s OO 1.1.4, german version. Recently I changed one
sheet (of several). Not very complicated or long. About 1 DIN-A-4. When I
reopen this sheet now, only the old (!) version
On Feb 22, 2005, at 11:40 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
James Plante wrote:
Short answer: No, not even version 2 has an Access-like database
.
Long answer: Open Office will interface with Access through ODBC. And
it will also pull data from MySQL, PostgresQL, Oracle, or anything
else that
Ian Laurenson wrote:
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 15:27, Ian Laurenson wrote:
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 14:56, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
Using OOo 1.1.4, I know how to enter design mode and add a command
button to a Write document. Using the development build m77 or m79, I
can not figure out ho
I've defined my own label type (1 col 8 rows) I must print on 12''
continuous paper. I get data from mdb database and all ok with fields
settings; problem is I get only the first 8 labels (1 page), whichever
the records number is (328 in this case). Data on labels showed are correct;
someone can
Ennio-Sr wrote:
* Charles Mangles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [230205, 19:27]:
Ennio-Sr wrote:
Charles Mangles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [230205, 12:20]:
[...]
Ennio-Sr wrote:
i Charles,
maybe this (taken from one of my previous posts) can help you solve your
problem?
For the benefit of future on-lookers:
^^^
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