[users] Re: Calc: Editing a chart.

2005-04-08 Thread Graham P Davis
CPHennessy wrote: On Wednesday 06 April 2005 08:24, Graham P Davis wrote: I've tried double-clicking on the chart and trying Edit - Chart Data, as per the instructions, but Chart Data is always greyed out. Is this a bug with 1.1.3 and, if so, is it fixed in 2.0? I'm running Linux and have tried

Re: [users] assistance appreciated

2005-04-08 Thread Steve Kopischke
Have you tried downloading from a different server? Christina Godinez said the following: i downloaded again from www.openoffice.org . i must have downloaded it about 5 or 6 times already. i'm windows 2000 pro. it tells me download is finish, i close the dialogue box and click the zip file. then

Re: [users] OOo-1.1.4: moving in spreadsheet

2005-04-08 Thread Johnny Andersson
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev den Fri, 8 Apr 2005 11:11:21 +1200: Put together a enhancement request, submit it and post the number back to the list for people to vote for it Paul Yes, please do that. I would definitely vote for it. If the target cell is shown in the upper left corner by

Re: [users] Calc: Editing a chart.

2005-04-08 Thread Dan Juroff
I'm using OOo 2 beta, and tried this with a very small spreadsheet I'm using. When I changed data in the spreadsheet, I simply left-clicked one time on the chart (selecting the chart), and the chart automatically updated with no additional input from me. That's on a WinXP computer, however, so

Re: [users] How do I

2005-04-08 Thread Allen Farley
Arthur Romano wrote: How do I make it so that open office does not automatically open up a text doc when I startup my computer? Artie You wouldn't happen to have a shortcut in the Startup folder for OpenOffice Text Document would you? The OpenOffice.org shortcut should be there, so leave

Re: [users] Perfect Pro Question

2005-04-08 Thread Allen Farley
Mark Herring wrote: To: Cosmi InRe: Perfect Pro Office cc: OpenOffice.org mailing list Sirs; In you ads, you do not acknowledge the heritage from OpenOffice.org. This seems a bit unethical. Also, at least one of your customers has written to our mailing list looking for help. Where did he

Re: [users] OOo-1.1.4: moving in spreadsheet

2005-04-08 Thread Ennio-Sr
* Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080405, 06:06]: Sory, I messed up your last message and my answer. Anyway, just in case you've not already received it, my answer to your suggestion to file a request for enhancement is: OK, done: see issue #47012 Regards, Ennio. -- [Perche' usare Win$ozz

Re: [users] OOo-1.1.4: moving in spreadsheet

2005-04-08 Thread Ennio-Sr
* Johnny Andersson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080405, 13:45]: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev den Fri, 8 Apr 2005 11:11:21 +1200: Put together a enhancement request, submit it and post the number back to the list for people to vote for it Paul Yes, please do that. I would definitely vote for

[users] Calc not storing Spellcheck's Ignore All additions

2005-04-08 Thread Paul B.
Using the new build, I'm getting an error I had seen before. Adding strings to Ignore All doesn't stick, even after saving the file. Closing and reopening shows the red lines underneath again. Is there a separate Ignore All data file? Because I don't see one in my designated custom dictionary

[users] OO.o 1.9.91 Table to Text tabs

2005-04-08 Thread Jamie Borg
Hi all, I can't remember if my previous beta of OOo.o or the 1.1.4 version set some meaningful tabs for tabled data converted to text. Did the resulting conversion resemble the table by setting up new tabs for the table selection? In the newest beta I see the tables being converted to the

[users] refers to a particular heading

2005-04-08 Thread FIRMERY Jean-Loup
Hi, I have a problem using OOo Writer and numbered headings and lists. My problem is the following. I wrote a long chapter-structured document. I wish include in the text itself a heading number, the heading caption and the page of this heading. I think it exists a solution (like in MS Word) to

[users] Re: Calc not storing Spellcheck's Ignore All additions

2005-04-08 Thread Rod Engelsman
Paul B. wrote: Using the new build, I'm getting an error I had seen before. Adding strings to Ignore All doesn't stick, even after saving the file. Closing and reopening shows the red lines underneath again. Is there a separate Ignore All data file? Because I don't see one in my designated

Re: [users] assistance appreciated

2005-04-08 Thread Christina Godinez
can you give me the link to a different site? thank you very much Steve Kopischke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Have you tried downloading from a different server? Christina Godinez said the following: i downloaded again from www.openoffice.org . i must have downloaded it about 5 or 6 times

Re: [users] assistance appreciated

2005-04-08 Thread Steve Kopischke
It will be easier to do that if you can tell the site you have been downloading from. Christina Godinez said the following: can you give me the link to a different site? thank you very much Steve Kopischke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Have you tried downloading from a different server? Christina

Re: [users] assistance appreciated

2005-04-08 Thread Christina Godinez
i'm downloading from www.openoffice.org thank you once again Steve Kopischke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It will be easier to do that if you can tell the site you have been downloading from. Christina Godinez said the following: can you give me the link to a different site? thank you very

[users] Re: Calc not storing Spellcheck's Ignore All additions

2005-04-08 Thread Paul B.
Rod Engelsman wrote: Paul B. wrote: Using the new build, I'm getting an error I had seen before. Adding strings to Ignore All doesn't stick, even after saving the file. Closing and reopening shows the red lines underneath again. Is there a separate Ignore All data file? Because I don't see one

[users] OpenOffice Beta 2 Installation Mandrake 10.1

2005-04-08 Thread SOTL
Hi All HELP! Sorry just had to scream it has been one of those days. I am attempting to install OpenOffice Beta m92 on a Mandrake 10.1 systems. I had OpenOffice m72 installed on this system under /usr by doing a normat RPM install starting with core01 then progressing through core08 then

Re: [users] Which MS Office is OpenOffice Equivalent To?

2005-04-08 Thread David Teague
On February 09, 2005, Jonathan Blake said There are _four_ grammar checkers available for OOo. Which one to use depends upon the language that one wants to check the grammar in. Are any of them for English? If so would someone please post a pointer? David Teague, Advocating Free Software

[users] Re: [website-feedback] issue:Question:Commercial Use: OpenOffice.org 1.1.3

2005-04-08 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Dear Ms. Beato, Dear OpenOffice.org, I have downloaded the OpenOffice.org the product - OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 in Portugues( Portugal ). And i am enjoying working with the product for my personal use. Thanks for using OOo! I have a friend that is also interested in using the

Re: [users] Blank page before Page Break with Style change?

2005-04-08 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 07:04, Bruce Byfield wrote: [snip] If I create an Even style based on Left Page and an Odd style based on Right Page and use these two new styles, then no extra pages are added. I maybe wrong but doesn't this only work while the pages follow an odd - even - odd ...

Re: [users] Open Office Question

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Doug Carns wrote: I installed OpenOffice 2.0, and I want to make it the default program for .doc and .xls extensions. I must have missed that step in the installation where it asks if you want to make it the default. MY question is, how to I chage the defaults so that .doc and .xls will be

Re: [users] How to bring an object being set backgroung back to foreground.

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Yong Bong Fong wrote: Dear all, I set a logo of my company to backgroun through (Format-Arrange-To Background) Then how do I set it back to foreground? (Besides using undo) the problem is I can no longer select the object after I have set it to background. Anyone knows how to solve my problem,

Re: [users] free fonds?

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
As you are not subscribed, you may have missed this post. Christel ROBERT wrote: Free fonts: http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts.html or http://www.goodfonts.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm looking for free fonds (for a student project) and had the idea to use the open office

Re: [users] MLA Formatting Question (Works Cited Related)

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Charles Pittman wrote: Thanks for the quick responses. Do any of you believe that setting an option like this should be a bit simpler? I think it is rather easy already. There is a first line indent option in the style and paragraph menus. Not that tough. -- Peter Kupfer -- Using OOo since 'OO4

Re: [users] 2 and 3-d charts

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
klaus schmirler wrote: Hi, I see no difference between two- and threedimensional charts. What I want to get from my figures is a sloping plane with one slight dip in the middle, or maybe plane with color shading. Is that possible? Thanks, klaus See if anything in this doc will help.

Re: [users] Would the Open Office suite...

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would the Open Office suite install onto a data stick or thumb drive, as they are sometimes called. The Windows version of the programs. I have found that while OO Write can read MS Word documents, MS Word can't handle OO Write documents and so I can't bring them in to

Re: [users] Would the Open Office suite...

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would the Open Office suite install onto a data stick or thumb drive, as they are sometimes called. The Windows version of the programs. I have found that while OO Write can read MS Word documents, MS Word can't handle OO Write documents and so I can't bring them in to

Re: [users] problem, please

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Christine Mellick wrote: I have windows xp system. I live in St. Ann, Missouri. When I start to download they ask for language, system and download site. I don't know which download site to choose. The choices are USA, isc, Indiana, secs up, tds, wrpn, ibiblio.org and pair. How do I know

Re: [users] Watermarks

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Anthony Scott wrote: Dear List, I write a lot of Draft documents which are distributed for comment and then sent back to me. How do I insert a watermark which reads DRAFT across an A4 sheet of paper as it is printed out? I am on a Windows XP OS and I am using 1.9.79 (Beta 2.0) Thanks to the

Re: [users] Watermarks

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Richard-n wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 04:56, Anthony Scott wrote: Dear List, I write a lot of Draft documents which are distributed for comment and then sent back to me. How do I insert a watermark which reads DRAFT across an A4 sheet of paper as it is printed out? I am on a Windows

Re: [users] bypass registration question

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Sebastian Harl wrote: Hi, I'm setting up a system that automatically installs and configures OpenOffice.org (besides other software) for a bunch of clients in a company network. Now, I don't want the registration dialog to show up for the end user. Is there any way to automatically configure OOo

Re: [users] Help with Word Count

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
RobDaFob wrote: i have office org.1.1.1 and i type my essays in it under - text document. i have just typed 5pages and i only want to know how many words are in 2pages etc.or even a paragraph. it wont tell me. cause the program doesn't allow you too.or at least i cant find how to change the

Re: [users] Down load OpenOffice 1.9.79

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Roland Torrens wrote: I have downloaed and installed the above programme - initial reaction brilliant. Now have discovered that all my Microsoft Excel files have been converted to OpenOffice format - not expected - how can I revert to xls other than uninstall. Regards Roland Torrens Please read

Re: [users] Perfect Pro

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Mark Herring wrote: To: Cosmi InRe: Perfect Pro Office cc: OpenOffice.org mailing list Sirs; In you ads, you do not acknowledge the heritage from OpenOffice.org. This seems a bit unethical. Also, at least one of your customers has written to our mailing list looking for help. Where did he

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 11:21 -0700, Barry Vogel wrote: Hi when i first save my work and then add more text or data in writer it won't let me save in samefile name. I have to save it under different file name. I find this to be very irritating. Barry J. Vogel I am

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 14:21, Barry Vogel wrote: Hi when i first save my work and then add more text or data in writer it won't let me save in samefile name. I have to save it under different file name. I find this to be very irritating. Barry J. Vogel I hate to point out

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Mark Herring wrote: Perfect Pro appears to be a commercial branch of OOo. Here's the link: http://www.cosmi.com/OnlineStore/ProductCatalog/ProductDetail.aspx?Matnr=763000WEB They don't seem to acknowledge the heritage, however I wonder if they tell their customers to come to us for support?

Re: [users] How do I

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Arthur Romano wrote: How do I make it so that open office does not automatically open up a text doc when I startup my computer? Artie I have the instructions with pictures here: http://openoffice.peschtra.com/ooo_change_file_extension.html -- Peter Kupfer -- Using OOo since 'OO4 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Perfect Pro Question

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Jonathon Blake wrote: Mark wrote: Also, at least one of your customers has written to our mailing list looking for help. FYI, the various OOo support lists get an average one request per week, from people asking for support about Perfect Pro Office. Where did he get that idea? This page

Re: [users] assistance appreciated

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Bob K wrote: trying to open some files with the sxw extension and found you...but having trouble with downloading your software. keep getting this message when trying to install Error 1311. Source file not found: C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~2\LOCALS~1\Temp\...\openofficeorg1.cab. Verify that the file

Re: [users] Watermarks

2005-04-08 Thread John W. Kennedy
Peter Kupfer wrote: Anthony Scott wrote: Dear List, I write a lot of Draft documents which are distributed for comment and then sent back to me. How do I insert a watermark which reads DRAFT across an A4 sheet of paper as it is printed out? I am on a Windows XP OS and I am using 1.9.79 (Beta

Re: [users] assistance appreciated

2005-04-08 Thread Richard-n
On Friday 08 April 2005 13:20, Christina Godinez wrote: i'm downloading from www.openoffice.org thank you once again can you give me the link to a different site? thank you very much Steve Kopischke wrote:Have you tried downloading from a different server? Christina Godinez

[users] numbering pages

2005-04-08 Thread nora
Hello all, I need to know how to number pages. I have been able to insert headers and footers following the instructions in the help tab of the program. However, when I choose Insert - Fields - Page number I get the words rather than the actual numbers written on those set fields. I am very

[users] Searching a spreadsheet...

2005-04-08 Thread Johnny Andersson
Hi! Can anyone provide me with a link to where I can find ALL properties for the Search/Replace descriptor for searching/replacing stuff in a spreadsheet? All I found was this: http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/util/SearchDescriptor.html However, this seems to be the text

Re: [users] Watermarks

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
John W. Kennedy wrote: Peter Kupfer wrote: Anthony Scott wrote: Dear List, I write a lot of Draft documents which are distributed for comment and then sent back to me. How do I insert a watermark which reads DRAFT across an A4 sheet of paper as it is printed out? I am on a Windows XP OS and I

Re: [users] problem, please

2005-04-08 Thread Peter Kupfer
Joe Conner wrote: How can you tell which one is closest? They do not list what city or state they are in. +1 Joe Peter Kupfer wrote: Christine Mellick wrote: I have windows xp system. I live in St. Ann, Missouri. When I start to download they ask for language, system and download site. I

[users] no Remote Control function in impress while viewing the presentation

2005-04-08 Thread Jason Brower
I had my system at sschool today and had the chance to use a rc remote, works great in linux, just plug and play, but when I tried to use it with my presentation it wouldn't let me move forward and backward through frames. if I exitted the slid and pressed the buttons I could scrool up and