[users] Re: More options for PDF export?

2005-03-26 Thread Bob Long
In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Hillier-Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: [..] > It's a simple matter under XP to install a PostScript printer whose > output port is "File". I use the Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS for this > purpose. As long as you remember to tack '.ps' on the end of your > chosen

Re: [users] Digest

2005-03-26 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Dean, Yes, there is. Try the users-help address below for instructions. tc Dean Martin wrote: Is there such a thing as a digest for this forum instead of getting individual emails? Thanks! Dean --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0512-2, 03/26/2005 Tested on: 3/

[users] Digest

2005-03-26 Thread Dean Martin
Is there such a thing as a digest for this forum instead of getting individual emails? Thanks! Dean --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0512-2, 03/26/2005 Tested on: 3/27/2005 12:08:27 AM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com --

[users] -help

2005-03-26 Thread Ed Bixby
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Re: [users] Database Help with OO 2

2005-03-26 Thread CogyFarm
what is M89? and when will it be available?? signed: "Pulling his hair out in KS over this cotton pick'n db issue!!" G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 14:41 +, CPHennessy wrote: On Thursday 17 March 2005 14:58, Troy T. Hall wrote: Hello, I"m new to the list and just d

Re: [users] Question about Fontwork Dialog

2005-03-26 Thread Joe
I don't know the answer, but... I've seen posts on this list recently about the Edit File button. If you click it and toggle editing off, the the arrow keys are supposed to do what you want. I have not tried this. Joe Peter Kupfer wrote: Matt Needles wrote: Environment: WinXP Pro, SP2, OOo 1.9.

[users] SERIESSUM

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
In the seriessum function, this is the syntax: SERIESSUM(x;n;m;coefficients) = coefficient_1*x^n + coefficient_2*x^(n+m) + coefficient_3*x^(n+2m) +...+ coefficient_i*x^(n+(i-1)m). I can put in =seriessum(1;1;1;1) and I get 1 out, fine. But if I want to enter in more coefficients, the only way I

Re: [users] Last Opened Files

2005-03-26 Thread Joe Conner
Check out this link: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87718&package_id=100070 David Johanson wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 16:28 -0500, David Johanson wrote: For the life of me I cannot find where you turn on the option of having the file drop dow

Re: [users] Recalculate vs. Recalculate Hard...

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Peter Kupfer wrote: I search the list archives and help, but I can't find the difference between recalculate (F9) and Recalculate Hard (Ctrl+Shift+F9. They seem to do the same thing in the Calc. Anyone know the difference>? I am using 1.9.87. Thanks, I have now found one difference. Between the f

[users] Recalculate vs. Recalculate Hard...

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
I search the list archives and help, but I can't find the difference between recalculate (F9) and Recalculate Hard (Ctrl+Shift+F9. They seem to do the same thing in the Calc. Anyone know the difference>? I am using 1.9.87. Thanks, -- Peter Kupfer OOo user since 'OO4 http://peschtra.tripod.com/ope

Re: [users] Last Opened Files

2005-03-26 Thread Chris BONDE
If you wish to change the number of files shown in the list, a simple method is not the macro but, to go to a file, darn and other expletives, I cannot find the write up now. But some one on the list posted it. D D* D** sorry I cannot find it. Chris > On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 16:28 -0500, David J

Re: [users] Some little bug

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
GiaNor wrote: Dear programmers for OpenOffice, I tried to download the Beta 2.0 version, but I found only the 1.9.79 and this always happens when I try to get the italian version. But this is not so important as two little bugs I found. 1.9.79 is the beta version. 1) The icon that is added to th

Re: [users] How to scroll (1) line at a time

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
GregChi wrote: How do I scroll (1) line at a time? When I use the down-arrow key, OOo writer JUMPS over the ?headers/footers/page boundaries? I wqant to read the file with the screen moving (1) line per each down/up-click. Is this possible? Thanks, Not that I've ever seen. However, there are lots o

Re: [users] gmail invitations

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Eugene Wong wrote: I have a Gmail suggestion for everybody. Make a completely seperate account for discussion lists. This ensures that your favourite addresses get less spam. It's easier to weed out spam with address soley devoted discussion lists. Also, you can get free email aliases at spamgourme

Re: [users] OOo 2.0b opens at FULL screen..WHY?

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
GregChi wrote: OOo 2.0b opens at FULL screen..WHY? How do I set it to NOT start full screen? It does reset to my restore size after loading. Are there 'default' settings for ALL of OOo for this type of 'problem'? Thanx In windows XP you can modify the shortcut setting to control this. -- Peter Kupf

Re: [users] Suggestion - "As you are not subscribed....."

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Cyrille Moureaux wrote: > Apart from some obvious cases such as the mails where the subject contains the moderated keyword, it's hard for some (myself included) to realise someone is not subscribed, and as such replies get posted to the list only, which won't be much help to the original poster.

Re: [users] "As you are not subscribed....."

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Doug Thompson wrote: Not so. These messages are always repeats of responses that have already appeared on the list. That is why they are always prefaced with "As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that:" after which the entire post is repeated; which, apparently, it is assumed *will*

Re: [users] "As you are not subscribed....."

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Doug Thompson wrote: Perhaps the answer is obvious to everyone but me. If it is suspected the person (OP) may not have seen a reply on the list because they aren't subscribed, how does one conclude the OP will see some additional response and that it is reasonable to clutter the list with these

Re: [users] Calc - why is "s" capitalized...?

2005-03-26 Thread Johnny Andersson
CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev den Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:50:15 +: On Friday 25 March 2005 20:12, Johnny Andersson wrote: Hi! Found this strange thing in Calc: Auto correction is ON and I set it to make the first letter in every sentence to be capitalized. This seems to work very good, UN

Re: [users] presentation backgrounds

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Joey Harrison wrote: Thank you. For future mailing list users, images must be imported first, from "Format -> Area... -> Bitmaps" tab. It's a bit confusing... maybe the developers could consider making this a bit more intuitive, maybe making it possible to import right from the "Format Page" dial

Re: [users] Formula Editor

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 15:52 +, deinvatta wrote: Hi, is there a possibility to write a matrix with a vertical bar like: (2 6 | 8) (7 9 | 1) I see you are in Germany and I have no idea what Help says in your version of OOo. However, Help for Math in the English versi

Re: [users] Formula Editor

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
deinvatta wrote: Hi, is there a possibility to write a matrix with a vertical bar like: (2 6 | 8) (7 9 | 1) thanks I know this isn't perfect, but you can give this a try. I just put in a vertical bar from the keyboard as an argument. The trick is to put the vertical bar in "|" so that Math doesn'

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org Knowledgebase reaches 500

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Johan Vromans wrote: Jacqueline McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: An OOo Knowledgebase with over 500 entries is available at http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ Shouldn't this be prominent on the OOo pages? For example, on the FAQ page, or under the "Support" tab? -- Johan I would imagine that w

Re: [users] Question

2005-03-26 Thread Tony Pursell
Sorry, correction... On 27 Mar 2005 at 0:07, I wrote: > Envelopes are 'C' sizes. C6 takes A4 folded in half. C5 takes A4 > folded in half, turned and folded again. This should be, of course Envelopes are 'C' sizes. C5 takes A4 folded in half. C6 takes A4 folded in half, turned and folded ag

Re: [users] Impress overview left panel?

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Steve C. Thompson wrote: All, My wife is making a presentation with OOo Impress. She likes the left panel in Microsoft PowerPoint which gives an overview of the presentation -- a skeleton outline of each slide with bullet list content, etc. We couldn't find this feature with OOo 1.1.4. Are we mi

Re: [users] Re: math: "prime" superscript

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Matt Price wrote: 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 s

Re: [users] Question

2005-03-26 Thread Tony Pursell
On 25 Mar 2005 at 19:01, Wayne F Albert wrote: > I have just recently downloaded Open Office. I have been trying to > find some information on printing Envelopes one at a time. The help > files do not have a section on printing envelopes. All I can get is > sent to Printing, which does not give me

Re: [users] Question about Fontwork Dialog

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
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 Fontw

Re: [users] Last Opened Files

2005-03-26 Thread David Johanson
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 16:28 -0500, David Johanson wrote: For the life of me I cannot find where you turn on the option of having the file drop down list display the last files opened. In the 1.1.2 I'm running at home the list displays the last 4 files opened (I'd lik

Re: [users] Positioning graphics in Writer

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Mark, Try alt+cursor keys. tc Mark Herring wrote: Working with graphic objects in Writer--- I cannot position them precisely. Arrow keys move them maybe 10-20 pixels per keystroke. Moving my hand is hit and miss---there is a lot of "jumping" as they try to align with

Re: [users] HTML table into spreadsheet

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Jel Coward wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jel Coward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes I have a table in html that I want to import to a spreadsheet so that each spread sheet cell corresponds to each html table cell. I am told that in Excel just copying and pasting works but this does not seem to

Re: [users] Autocorrect suggestion

2005-03-26 Thread Peter Kupfer
Paul B. wrote: I would find it helpful if the context menu for unrecognized spellings would, under the autocorrect submenu, have a command "Add to autocorrect" which would link directly to the autocorrect dialog, with the questioned word preloaded. Many times I go to this menu to see if autocor

Re: [users] Re: Beta uninstall fun

2005-03-26 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 13:27 -0800, Michael A Chase wrote: > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:07:09 -0600, Rod Engelsman wrote: > > > The bit about sub shells -- have to read up on that. Apparently, the > > seemingly random order that the packages appear in the output of > > rpm -qa | grep etc... takes care

Re: [users] Last Opened Files

2005-03-26 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 16:28 -0500, David Johanson wrote: > For the life of me I cannot find where you turn on the option of having the > file > drop down list display the last files opened. In the 1.1.2 I'm running at > home > the list displays the last 4 files opened (I'd like to make it more

Re: [users] Download Site Question

2005-03-26 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 11:38 -0600, Brian K Gifford wrote: > All, > I live in Indiana, in the United States. I do not know what download > site to use in order to download OpenOffice. If someone could please let > me know as soon as possible that would be great. Thanks for your help. Any will do

[users] Last Opened Files

2005-03-26 Thread David Johanson
For the life of me I cannot find where you turn on the option of having the file drop down list display the last files opened. In the 1.1.2 I'm running at home the list displays the last 4 files opened (I'd like to make it more like 8) and on my 1.1.3 at work I get no files displayed. Can someo

[users] Re: Beta uninstall fun

2005-03-26 Thread Michael A Chase
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:07:09 -0600, Rod Engelsman wrote: > The bit about sub shells -- have to read up on that. Apparently, the > seemingly random order that the packages appear in the output of > rpm -qa | grep etc... takes care of the dependencies. Neat! rpm handles all the package removals on

[users] Re: Download Site Question

2005-03-26 Thread Michael A Chase
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:38:51 -0600, Brian K Gifford wrote: > I live in Indiana, in the United States. I do not know what download > site to use in order to download OpenOffice. If someone could > please let me know as soon as possible that would be great. Thanks > for your help. Any of them

[users] Download Site Question

2005-03-26 Thread Brian K Gifford
All, I live in Indiana, in the United States. I do not know what download site to use in order to download OpenOffice. If someone could please let me know as soon as possible that would be great. Thanks for your help. Brian -

Re: [users] Stable release

2005-03-26 Thread Stephan Matthiesen
Hello, Am Samstag, 26. März 2005 06:37 schrieb Marius Popa: > Hello! I am Marius Popa, a user of OpenOffice.org, and > I want to find out from you when the stable release of > OpenOffice.org 2 will be released. Thanks in advance. You can find the development roadmap and timetable at http://develo

Re: [users] document font list

2005-03-26 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Chris BONDE wrote: I created a new resource to investigate fonts if you desire to look at them. I created a document that demonstrates the techniques. There are three primary sections. 1. Create a summary of the fonts contained in a document. This provides the font name and then samples of the lett

Re: [users] Some mixed questions about Macros, Dialogs etc....

2005-03-26 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Johnny Andersson wrote: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev den Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:51:52 -0500: 2. The event tab in that Properties dialog is just about like they are for most control elements, but it doesn't seem to work. I put a macro in some fields there but that macro w

Re: [users] howto wrap text in spreadsheet cell

2005-03-26 Thread Richard-n
On Friday 25 March 2005 20:35, Bob Lockie wrote: > I want to know how to wrap text in a cell instead of cutting it off or > printing over the next few cells. I use Ctrl-Enter while entering the text. Richard. - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] zoom changes don't persist

2005-03-26 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 14:29 +1000, Rohan Walsh wrote: > Hi, > Change the zoom on OOo 2 beta and it reverts every time I open a new > document. I would like it to stay at optimal as default, is there a way > I can do this? > cheers > Rohan > Try the later m87 release. Remember to set the the zoom

[users] Re: Using Powerpoint remote control

2005-03-26 Thread Laurent Duperval
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:38:53 -0600, hackmiester wrote: > er. You mean like PHYSICAL remotes, or web remotes, ? If it's > physical, I have one of those. Mine came with my projector. The computer > thinks of it as a keyboard and mouse set, and there are 4 directional > buttons and a left and ri

Re: [users] Sorry, another quite stupid "how-to" question concerning basic, dialogs and spreadsheets...

2005-03-26 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Johnny Andersson wrote: The issue is that getDataArray() returns an array of arrays to handle the two dimensions. So it looks more like: Kunder=Array(array("a"), array("b"), array("c")) which is why you get an error when using addItems. So if the data were in a row you could do something like: Ctl.

RE: [users] Stable release

2005-03-26 Thread Lee Anderson
What a funny question, do you think they purposely release buggy code? You could only top that question with "when is your child going to get better looking?" Okay okay I'm only kidding...misplaced humor...but you have to agree it is a funny question :-) Use it for stuff you can live without if

[users] Question

2005-03-26 Thread Wayne F Albert
I have just recently downloaded Open Office. I have been trying to find some information on printing Envelopes one at a time. The help files do not have a section on printing envelopes. All I can get is sent to Printing, which does not give me information enough about setting up envelope printi

[users] zoom changes don't persist

2005-03-26 Thread Rohan Walsh
Hi, Change the zoom on OOo 2 beta and it reverts every time I open a new document. I would like it to stay at optimal as default, is there a way I can do this? cheers Rohan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additio

[users] Stable release

2005-03-26 Thread Marius Popa
Hello! I am Marius Popa, a user of OpenOffice.org, and I want to find out from you when the stable release of OpenOffice.org 2 will be released. Thanks in advance. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -

[users] Some little bug

2005-03-26 Thread GiaNor
Dear programmers for OpenOffice, I tried to download the Beta 2.0 version, but I found only the 1.9.79 and this always happens when I try to get the italian version. But this is not so important as two little bugs I found.   1) The icon that is added to the system tray (near the system watch

Re: [users] Calc - why is "s" capitalized...?

2005-03-26 Thread CPHennessy
On Friday 25 March 2005 20:12, Johnny Andersson wrote: > Hi! > > Found this strange thing in Calc: > Auto correction is ON and I set it to make the first letter in every > sentence to be capitalized. > This seems to work very good, UNLESS I enter a single letter in a cell. > > If I enter a single a

Re: [users] Database Help with OO 2

2005-03-26 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 14:41 +, CPHennessy wrote: > On Thursday 17 March 2005 14:58, Troy T. Hall wrote: > > Hello, I"m new to the list and just downloaded OO 1.9.79. I'm having a > > heck of a time with the database. I need to create a database that has > > [snip] > > > The final form would

Re: [users] Database Help with OO 2

2005-03-26 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 17 March 2005 14:58, Troy T. Hall wrote: > Hello, I"m new to the list and just downloaded OO 1.9.79. I'm having a > heck of a time with the database. I need to create a database that has [snip] > The final form would include all of these fields to be filled out. The > main problem

Re: [users] Help Me

2005-03-26 Thread Tony Thigpen
Is there a small footprint OOo reader like the Adobe reader? Tony Thigpen -Original Message - From: G. Roderick Singleton Sent: 03/26/2005 09:03 AM On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 19:59 +, CPHennessy wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 19:41, + ROBERT WAGNER wrote: [ MODERATED ]

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-03-26 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 05:05, + basil yule wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > i have a new powerful pentium 4 computer with 256 thingos memory and 120gb > of hard drive memory but and i bought ms xp as part of the deal and it has > ms 2000 ms office for the basic foundation but it c

Re: [users] Help Me

2005-03-26 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 19:59 +, CPHennessy wrote: > On Friday 25 March 2005 19:41, + ROBERT WAGNER wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] *** > > When I send a document to anyone, they can not open > > it. > For documents you want to send to others you need to do "File" -> "Save As" > an

Re: [users] reading and writing Chinese in oOffice 1.1.4

2005-03-26 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 19:48 +, CPHennessy wrote: > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 15:58, Charles Li wrote: > > Sorry, I did not get an answer on my last post for the > > same subject. > > I would like to be able to read and write Chinese in > > oOffice, does anyone know how to do it in openOffice?

Re: [users] Spelling for Open Office

2005-03-26 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 11:10 +, Tony Martin wrote: > Hi, even though I am a technician I find it hard to install the UK > English spelling pack. Perhaps integration for getting language packs > could be built into OO. > Many thanks for your hardwork > > Tony Martin > P.S. I do try and suppor

Re: [users] Sorry, another quite stupid "how-to" question concerning basic, dialogs and spreadsheets...

2005-03-26 Thread Johnny Andersson
Thanks! That explains a lot. I will check that dev@api.openoffice.org mail list out right away. Ian Laurenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev den Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:37:31 +1200: On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 13:32, Johnny Andersson wrote: [snip] 3. Use getDataArray() to copy every value to an array in on