[users] Blank pages, issue 3910

2005-03-18 Thread Maarten Boekhold
Hello all, I've just downloaded 2.0beta, and am very impressed so far. However, it seems that like many other users, I have lost many hours trying to figure out how to prevent Ooo from inserting a blank page automatically after my title page. This corresponds to issue 3910, created April 2002,

[users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread Denese Izzard
Hello, OO! Good to find you. Please help me find the tool which will lead me to languages, as in French, Spanish accents. I feel like a bird with clipped wings, not having this at my finger tips. OO was installed for my by my computer man, but he's never available. Also, he mispelled my name

[users] ?

2005-03-18 Thread KTailor27
I thought your software has the forms already for PL? I can generate them through Excel. Did I miss your ad that all the form are there? thanks Kal

[users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread stephen sanchez
how do i use a download manager?

[users] Using Open Office

2005-03-18 Thread Lynda Helmeci
Hi Javier, You seem to want to help me so I'm emailing you again! I did install Openoffice and PDF Creator. The reason I wanted this software was so I could read a letter attachment on doc?? I am able to open PDF on Adobe already. What do I need to do to read my letter? As I said before I

[users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread First Presbyterian
I am trying to download openoffice and it says it take over 6 hours to download. Is this correct or am I doing something wrong?

Re: [users] Install problem

2005-03-18 Thread MelissaSonnen
Thank you all for the info on uninstalling OpenOffice. I really appreciated it. -Melissa

Re: [users] install issue---Win XP

2005-03-18 Thread CPHennessy
Please do *not* start a new question by replying to an old one as this causes several problems: 1) most email software will correctly think that your email is a response to the email you are replying to, and will indicate this by displaying your email as a child of the original email 2) because

[users] [moderated]Language support

2005-03-18 Thread Eric Larson
I've been using Open Office and overall found it satisfactory (disregarding the time it takes to load.) However, I recently had need to open a .doc file that had Japanese language characters in the text. All I got were those squares that are displayed when the font is not supported. Is there

Re: [users] ?

2005-03-18 Thread Rob Winchester
See http://www.ooomacros.org also http://oooforums.org --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought your software has the forms already for PL? I can generate them through Excel. Did I miss your ad that all the form are there? thanks Kal Rob Winchester Download OpenOffice today!

Re: [users] Using Open Office

2005-03-18 Thread Javier Rivera
Lynda Helmeci escribió: Hi Javier, You seem to want to help me so I'm emailing you again! I did install Openoffice and PDF Creator. The reason I wanted this software was so I could read a letter attachment on doc?? If openoffice is installed correctly you should be able to open a word

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread Javier Rivera
Bev escribió: So my question is, is your software compatible with Word 2000 or not? I'm applying for a job online that requires Word 2000 or later. Maybe. Openoffice can open word files, but it cannot use word macros, and not all third party aplications or extensions are compatible with it.

Re: [users] oo-build-1.9.79.2, java ?

2005-03-18 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 17 March 2005 18:40, Greg Madden wrote: Building the latest OpenOffice from source,oo-build-1.9.79.2, it wants a Sun JDK to compile. [snip] Please ask build/develoepr related questions on dev@tools.openoffice.org not forgetting to subscribe to that mailing list to see all

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 17 March 2005 19:10, + stephen sanchez wrote: [ MODERATED ] how do i use a download manager? It really depends on the download manager that you use, but generally a download manager is used to pause and resume a download so that you can download a large file

Re: [users] Issue 9193 - Multiple Tiff pages export to pdf

2005-03-18 Thread CPHennessy
On Friday 18 March 2005 08:00, Raena Lea-Shannon wrote: I could not see if this is resolved in 2.0. If not any idea if and when? Hi Raena, Sorry but there are not many developers on this list. You either need to ask the right development list or add a comment to the issue. -- CPH :

Re: [users] installation problem

2005-03-18 Thread CPHennessy
On Friday 18 March 2005 02:03, Yong Bong Fong wrote: Dear all, I have problem installing openoffice.org on my FC2. When I did rpm -Uvh as follows: rpm -Uvh *rpm Preparing...### [100%] package openofficeorg-core01-1.9.79-1

Re: [users] Backing up Open office configuration

2005-03-18 Thread CPHennessy
On Friday 18 March 2005 03:20, + BillSelden wrote: How do I backup my personal configuration for swriter.exe. In Word the file is Normal.dot. What is the OpenOffice equivalent? Bill Selden http://user-faq.openoffice.org/ - How to set the default template? Please reply to

Re: [users] Re: Range names in an url-linked calc spreadsheet

2005-03-18 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Ennio-Sr, On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 22:51:04 +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote: upload your document(s) somewhere and give us an URL so that we can access it and have a look. I'd do that very willingly, however I don't have the capabilities to enable my reserved web space with my DSL provider ;(

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread Rob Winchester
--- GregChi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 04:16:43 -0800, E B wrote: for win 98se, all updates; OOo_2.0beta_Win32Intel_install, when unzipped, then setup.exe left clicked, returns first that I need 'new version of windows installer, would I like to update?' (I say yes); it

Re: [users] Imported text(csv) to calc

2005-03-18 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Greg, On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 16:17:45 -0600, Greg Merryman wrote: I am trying to import an ASCII file (a user list) into 'OpenOffice.org 1.9.79 Calc'. When I try to do this, it cuts off the number of lines vs. what is loaded in version 1.1.4. The number of lines in the 1.1.4 version

Re: [users] installation problem

2005-03-18 Thread Rob Winchester
Additionally, what does the package manager report when you issue: rpm -qf /opt/openoffice.org1.9.79/program/soffice --- CPHennessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 18 March 2005 02:03, Yong Bong Fong wrote: Dear all, I have problem installing openoffice.org on my FC2. When I

[users] openoffice with qtopia

2005-03-18 Thread jean_luc
hello i use an archos pma400. it is a pda with qtopia is it possible to use openoffice on qtopia ?? thank for all castellani jean-luc (from france)

Re: [users] Fonts

2005-03-18 Thread BS Pabla
No, I don't know which fonts to installed, and from where, nor asking for help on the mailing lists from http://hi.openoffice.org ? Will try. Thanks. On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:04:20 +, CPHennessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 16 March 2005 15:12, + BS Pabla wrote: [ MODERATED ]

Re: [users] ?

2005-03-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 17:36 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought your software has the forms already for PL? I can generate them through Excel. Did I miss your ad that all the form are there? thanks Kal Try

Re: [users] [moderated]Language support

2005-03-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 02:17 -0800, Eric Larson wrote: I've been using Open Office and overall found it satisfactory (disregarding the time it takes to load.) However, I recently had need to open a .doc file that had Japanese language characters in the text. All I got were those squares

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 08:49 -0700, First Presbyterian wrote: I am trying to download openoffice and it says it take over 6 hours to download. Is this correct or am I doing something wrong? If you are on dialup, the time could be correct. If you have a high speed connection then I would say

Re: [users] Re: New Set Up Guide Needs YOU

2005-03-18 Thread Jacqueline McNally
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 07:53 +, John King wrote: On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:45:23 +0800, Jacqueline McNally wrote: Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: All, The new Set Up Guide needs you to review it and test it to make sure it actually gives good advice. The guide is an

Re: [users] Re: New Set Up Guide Needs YOU

2005-03-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 21:40 +0800, Jacqueline McNally wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 07:53 +, John King wrote: On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:45:23 +0800, Jacqueline McNally wrote: Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: All, The new Set Up Guide needs you to review it

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread Rob Winchester
Hi Bev, OpenOffice can read MS Office files rather well. However, its not 100% compatible and takes a different approach to formatting text so that things can end up looking a bit different when later viewed under MS Office. If you have a requirement for Office 2000 thats going to be tough to

Re: [users] [moderated]Language support

2005-03-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 08:59 -0600, CogyFarm wrote: OO2.0bc? I JUST dl'd 1.9.79 3 days ago. is there a patch? Troy G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 02:17 -0800, Eric Larson wrote: I've been using Open Office and overall found it satisfactory (disregarding the

[users] read and write in chinese

2005-03-18 Thread Charles Li
Hi, Can some one point me to documentation on how to read and write in chinese using openOffice? Thanks, Charles Li __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

Re: [users] read and write in chinese

2005-03-18 Thread lucas wyrsch
Hi Charles, Have you looked on the Chinese website http://zh.openoffice.org/index.html if there is the documentation available? Lucas http://lucaswyrschchinese.blogspot.com/ On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:34:34 -0800 (PST), Charles Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can some one point me to

[users] AutoCorrect Problem.

2005-03-18 Thread Jan-Peter Rhmann
Hello. I cant enable autocorrect (the red wave isnt apearing) what can I do? OOo 1.1.4 Win98SE both fresh Install. Thank you, -- Signatur Jan-Peter Rhmann Gubkower Str. 7 Tel.: +49 (038205) 65484

Re: [users] AutoCorrect Problem.

2005-03-18 Thread Greg Merryman
If you go to 'Tools' and then 'Spellcheck' and ten click on 'Auto Spellcheck', that should do it. If you've tried that and it doesn't work, then you may have a bigger problem. Greg. Radagar (Greg Merryman) Jan-Peter Rhmann wrote: Hello. I cant enable autocorrect (the red wave

Re: [users] read and write in chinese

2005-03-18 Thread Charles Li
No, I did not see any. As far as I can tell, this is just the chinese translation of the openOffice site. --- lucas wyrsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Charles, Have you looked on the Chinese website http://zh.openoffice.org/index.html if there is the documentation available? Lucas

Re: [users] Re: Range names in an url-linked calc spreadsheet

2005-03-18 Thread Ennio-Sr
* Eike Rathke [EMAIL PROTECTED] [180305, 12:57]: Hi Ennio-Sr, On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 22:51:04 +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote: upload your document(s) somewhere and give us an URL so that we can access it and have a look. I'd do that very willingly, however I don't have the capabilities to

[users] MRU question

2005-03-18 Thread FHDATA
OO 1.4.x Linux and Windows Greetings, I am unable to find the setting in any of the OSs mentioned to clear the MRUs (recent opend documents/files)? Or even a setting that let me adjust it. Thank You, Farid - To unsubscribe,

[users] Re: Question about Fontwork Dialog

2005-03-18 Thread Andy Lewis
Matt Needles wrote: Environment: WinXP Pro, SP2, OOo 1.9.83, New blank Writer document. Steps taken: 1. I entered three lines of text in a Text Drawing object. 2. I tried to convert it to fontwork via the Fontwork Gallery -- unsuccessful. 3. I clicked Format-Object-Fontwork, opens familiar

Re: [users] AutoCorrect Problem.

2005-03-18 Thread Jan-Peter Rhmann
Greg Merryman schrieb: If you go to 'Tools' and then 'Spellcheck' and ten click on 'Auto Spellcheck', that should do it. If you've tried that and it doesn't work, then you may have a bigger problem. Greg. Radagar (Greg Merryman) Jan-Peter Rhmann wrote: Hello. I cant enable autocorrect (the

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread Duncan Lithgow
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 10:35 -0800, Bev wrote: So my question is, is your software compatible with Word 2000 or not? I'm applying for a job online that requires Word 2000 or later. What does this mean? Do you have to send them a file which is written in word2000 or newer? If yes then OOo should

[users] 2 questions

2005-03-18 Thread John
Hi Tam, Thanks a lot! I think I'm now all set up :) It seems when I registered the 1st time I didn't get the How to set your openoffice.org password mail :( John Hi, John -- There are provisions for a forgotten password on the login page -- if you know either the username or the

Re: [users] [moderated] IMPORTANT

2005-03-18 Thread elia martinez
Hello, try to use the link http://nux.ula.ve Barbara Adams wrote: I downloaded your Open Office but cannot open it as it says I need a 25 character product key. Where od I get that??? Barbara http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=409lang=9

[users] Re: Problem with Debian Testing [./soffice as root]

2005-03-18 Thread Steve C. Thompson
Group, I just found out that running ./soffice in ~/.openoffice will open OOo as desired. However, I must run this program as root! ~/.openoffice/soffice links to /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice. Any ideas why this is the case? Why would OOo require root to run? It isn't good to run as

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread elia martinez
Hello.Sometimes hapen, but be patience or better try to download at http://nux.ula.ve Bye First Presbyterian wrote: I am trying to download openoffice and it says it take over 6 hours to download. Is this correct or am I doing something wrong?

Re: [users] TOC with chapters and appendices

2005-03-18 Thread john fisher
Thanks for the suggestion. I can't get it to work, but maybe its still me? I made the Appendix heads style heading9 and set the numbering on the style to A..B..C I edited the TOC and used levels to 9, changed the setting for level 9 to say Appendix, but still they don't appear in the TOC. Any

Re: [users] Drawing Question - Closed Bezier curve crossing self

2005-03-18 Thread Eugene Wong
Hi Matt. I don't see a reply, so I'm going to assume that nobody has replied yet. On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:43:26 -0500, Matt Needles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to create a filled, closed curve in the shape of a ribbon, (for those in USA) like the Support our Troops ribbons people. This

Re: [users] Re: Problem with Debian Testing [./soffice as root]

2005-03-18 Thread Steve C. Thompson
Sounds like a problem with the install. Did you install from a Debian repository? Or from a local download? The former. I use the Debian testing mirrors: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb

Re: [users] OOo-1.9.79 and Tools Data Sources

2005-03-18 Thread SOTL
On Friday 18 March 2005 00:10, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: SOTL wrote: On Thursday 17 March 2005 06:14, CPHennessy wrote: On Wednesday 16 March 2005 01:19, Ennio-Sr wrote: Hi all. Do understand well that the 1.1.4 capacity to connect to an existing database (via the New Spreadsheet

[users] Says General Error, general input/output error when I tried to open Microsoft wps file

2005-03-18 Thread Yong Bong Fong
Dear all, I got this error message when I tried to open Microsoft works wps file with openoffice writter. General Error, general input/output error . I am using Windows XP. And Openoffice 2.0 Beta. What is wrong with it? Thanks for any help, Regards Fong

Re: [users] %PRODUCTNAME Document Recovery

2005-03-18 Thread Jorrit Linnert
Asrail schreef: Remove your profile folder. Or start it with -norestore appended at the end of your command to open OOo I'll Try that parameter...May even stop some crashes I'm experiencing. Thanks Asrail! -- Greenz, Jorrit Linnert

Re: [users] Says General Error, general input/output error when I tried to open Microsoft wps file

2005-03-18 Thread Jorrit Linnert
Yong Bong Fong schreef: I got this error message when I tried to open Microsoft works wps file with openoffice writter. General Error, general input/output error . AFIY OOo doesn't support M$ Works format and can't read it properly... Greenz, Jorrit Linnert

Re: [users] TOC with chapters and appendices

2005-03-18 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Verify that the TOC will include that particular style. Typically, it is based on the outline numbering, so be certain to configure the outline numbering appropriately... john fisher wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. I can't get it to work, but maybe its still me? I made the Appendix heads

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]

2005-03-18 Thread Jorrit Linnert
complaining about the installer... honestly I don't remember an explicit fix for windows installer but visiting windowsupdate is the first step. The latest Windows Installer can be downloaded from M$ Download page as a separate package. Greenz, Jorrit Linnert

Re: [users] Says General Error, general input/output error when I tried to open Microsoft wps file

2005-03-18 Thread Jorrit Linnert
*** correction latest post *** AFAIY should be AFAIK Jorrit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Says General Error, general input/output error when I tried to open Microsoft wps file

2005-03-18 Thread Yong Bong Fong
Thanks for your help bro, but what is mean by AFAIK? Jorrit Linnert wrote: *** correction latest post *** AFAIY should be AFAIK Jorrit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Says General Error, general input/output error when I tried to open Microsoft wps file

2005-03-18 Thread Tamblyne
Yong Bong Fong wrote: Thanks for your help bro, but what is mean by AFAIK? AFAIK = As far as I know :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: math: prime superscript

2005-03-18 Thread Matt Price
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 07:31:00PM +, Andy Lewis wrote: Matt Price wrote: right now I'm writing x^1 Yes - I see the problem. If I didn't want a subscript as well, I would just use a', typed as normal (not a^', way too high as you say). To achieve a'0, with the 0 as a subscript

[users] Re: Drawing Question - Closed Bezier curve crossing self

2005-03-18 Thread Matt Needles
Eugene Wong wrote: Hi Matt. I don't see a reply, so I'm going to assume that nobody has replied yet. On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:43:26 -0500, Matt Needles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to create a filled, closed curve in the shape of a ribbon, (for those in USA) like the Support our Troops ribbons

[users] Re: Icons Disappear from Toolbars

2005-03-18 Thread Michael Reich
Thanks for the suggestions, Matt. I wasn't having a problem seeing the Application Data folder, there wasn't an OpenOffice folder within it. The computer where I'm running into this is a fairly new Compaq laptop with nVidia graphics. I don't think that's the problem. I'm not getting black