Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Keith: I think that this is the one you were commenting about. Find out how and go for it. Chris > Yes, I understood that. And I agree that people demanding help > because "you guys sold me a bum piece of software" are going to get > everyone's back up. > > I am talking about the quiet little

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 10 April 2005 14:51, Peter Kupfer wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: I've found many more usable fonts on the internet, free for the grabbing, than I ever found on such a cd. Decent clip art seems to be somewhat better controlled, but usable s

[users] User support (was: Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system)

This thread needs to stop. The purpose of this list is to provide a question and answer type environment for OOo users, a.k.a. the OOo customers. Please move openoffice.org related messages outside of this Q&A type discussions to the discuss list, and move non-OOo related subjects to the social lis

[users] User Support (was: Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system)

This thread needs to stop. The purpose of this list is to provide a question and answer type environment for OOo users, a.k.a. the OOo customers. Please move openoffice.org related messages outside of this Q&A type discussions to the discuss list, and move non-OOo related subjects to the social lis

[users] User Support (was: Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system)

This thread needs to stop. The purpose of this list is to provide a question and answer type environment for OOo users, a.k.a. the OOo customers. Please move openoffice.org related message outside of this Q&A type discussions to the discuss list, and move non-OOo related subjects to the social list

[users] Re: Basic Macros: undocumented statement and syntax

Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Matt Needles wrote: I have searched and re-searched the online help, but the Type statement is not documented, it seems. I document them on Page 29 of my book :-) Also the construct used below in declaring a string variable to be of a certain length is not document

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

On Sunday 10 April 2005 15:07, Peter Kupfer wrote: >Jim Wagner wrote: > > I am talking about the quiet little person, not knowing Gnu > > Public >> >> License from an enraged Cape Buffalo, asking politely how to do >> something on this software they've just happened on. >> >> In many cases, if on

Re: [users] Basic Macros: undocumented statement and syntax

Matt Needles wrote: I have searched and re-searched the online help, but the Type statement is not documented, it seems. I document them on Page 29 of my book :-) Also the construct used below in declaring a string variable to be of a certain length is not documented, either. You can not declare

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

On Sunday 10 April 2005 14:51, Peter Kupfer wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> I've found many more usable fonts on the internet, free for the >> grabbing, than I ever found on such a cd. Decent clip art seems >> to be somewhat better controlled, but usable stuff can be found if >> you look, and use t

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Sorry to top post, but I'm not answering this specific message, but I do want to jump into the thread. Someone made a positive suggestion, but I've searched through the thread and can't find it- I pressed delete too quickly and searching through my trash folder failed to find it. The suggestion w

Re: [users] Re: Crash when pulling down for auto copy of formula.

I just tried it and nothing. Bummer man.. I guess it was a fluky with that spread... if you would like, I can copy the sheet and let you try it on your computer. JayBro MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 23:08 +1000, Russell Butler wrote: > Jason Brower wrote: > > OOo 1.1.3 it is the

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Jim Wagner wrote: Wesley Allen wrote: Jim Wagner wrote: Steve Kopischke wrote: on G. Roderick Singleton said the following: Peter et al, What is this about? Are you saying that I have no right to decide how I invest my time in OOo except as you dictate? I hope not. I have said time and time again

Re: [users] OO 1.1.4 Writer Find and Replace

Jeff Shrowder, 09-04-2005 17:26: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 13:38 +0100, A. Beal wrote: Dear Friends, I am currently using Open Office 1.1.4 and although it is generally very good, the 'Find & Replace' function seems very limited. I tried to use it to strip out unnecessary

Re: [users] OO 1.1.4 Writer Find and Replace

On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 14:32, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 06:13 +1000, Jeff Shrowder wrote: > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 06:26 +1000, Jeff Shrowder wrote: > > > > > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >> > > >>>On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 13:38 +010

Re: [users] Making business cards (was Calc: Formula help)

See http://www.ooomacros.org there are some macros to do business cards. --- Mary Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you. > > Paul B. wrote: > > > Mary Ellen wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I asked someone on open office if there was a book of > >> instructions...He referred me to this site..A

Re: [users] Re: Crash when pulling down for auto copy of formula.

Try cleaning out the /tmp directory (with OOo closed). Also, see if you can run 1.1.4 if possible since a bunch of little things where fixed. Rob Winchester --- Russell Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Brower wrote: > > OOo 1.1.3 it is the newest package from fedora if I am not mistak

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

> Yes, I understood that. And I agree that people demanding help > because "you guys sold me a bum piece of software" are going to get > everyone's back up. > > I am talking about the quiet little person, not knowing Gnu Public > License from an enraged Cape Buffalo, asking politely how to do > s

Re: [users] Recently used documents

> On Apr 10, 2005 7:50 PM, John Bushby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Openoffice Ver1.10 used under Windows XP. > > Is it possible to increase the number of recently used documents displayed at the bottom of the File pull-down menu? On Sunday, April 10, 2005 Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not

Re: [users] Macro to LoadKeyboardConfiguration file

* CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [100405, 21:11]: > On Sunday 10 April 2005 14:16, Ennio-Sr wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > > > * Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [090405, 23:44]: > > > If you can, then you are wanting to know how to do this using the API I > > > suppose. I recommend that you

Re: [users] Recently used documents

* Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [110405, 09:19]: > Not that I can find. There may be more options in Version 2. > > Paul > > On Apr 10, 2005 7:50 PM, John Bushby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Openoffice Ver1.10 used under Windows XP. > > Is it possible to increase the number of recently used docume

Re: [users] Re: Networking issues in FC1

Are you certain you meant this for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't know what we can do with a hardware problem. On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 17:34 -0500, hackmiester wrote: > lspci shows 01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900 10BaseT > [Boomerang] > > ifconfig: > > eth0 Link encap:Ethern

Re: [users] Lotus 123 and OpenOffice

* Robert Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [090405, 22:49]: > Are there any filters, plug-ins or similar to enable me to open Lotus > 123 spreadsheet files (up to v5) in OpenOffice (v1.1.4) running under > Windows XP? > > Any help gratefully received. > > Robert Day Hi Robert, I doubt there are many oth

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 13:34 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 19:32 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: 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 mo

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: its 1.1 and it initially comes up in html doc but it does not matter what format I save it in when i try to save it in its original file name with more data it comes back with "unable to back up" error. I will down load apparantly a later version with your suggestion f

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Steve Kopischke wrote: on Peter Kupfer said the following: I knew I should have put those paragraphs after my sarcastic hyperbole Which is going to irritate and turn off a new user more? "Go away, we can't help you" or "Here's how to do what you want to do..." when the latter is wrong and

Re: [users] Recently used documents

John Bushby wrote: Openoffice Ver1.10 used under Windows XP. Is it possible to increase the number of recently used documents displayed at the bottom of the File pull-down menu? Yours, John Try . This is a very common question, and

Re: [users] [moderated]

On Friday 08 April 2005 16:14, + Maurice Weidmann wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > I apologize if this issue does not belong here, but the address > sounds like the closest one to deal with a missing component for the > Base module of recently installed OO 2.0 beta. > Havin

Re: [users] User List...

On Saturday 09 April 2005 01:24, + Peter Kupfer wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Is there a way to tell if you are subscribed or not without > unsubscribing. Is there like a list of users? At the bottom of every email is : > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For addition

Re: [users] Re: [webmasters] openoffice.org

On Sunday 10 April 2005 13:46, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Only that I downloaded OpenOffice according to the instructions, and since > I currently only have a dial-up connection, it took over 7 hours to > download, and when everything was done I noticed that there was no desktop > icon of any so

Re: [users] Java

On Saturday 09 April 2005 04:43, + Kuni Lemmel wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > TWIMC: > > I don't use Java on any machine, nor MSjava. > That's why I have a copy of StarOffice 5.1 that's never been installed. > The web site didn't make it clear that one needed Java. Believe you

Re: [users] [moderated]

On Friday 08 April 2005 13:48, + Mayr Dietrich wrote: > Sehr geehrte Herrn, > > > > seit einem Jahr verwende ich zu Hause OpenOffice 1.1.4. Ein ausgezeichnete > Alternative zu Microsoft Office! Und nun meine Frage zur neuen Version > (z.Z. noch Beta): > > Im Installationshinweis von OpenOffice 2.0

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Tamblyne wrote: I would hate to see the value of this list watered down. You mean more than it already has been by this thread? I hate to break this to the "purists" in the group, but every time you go shopping someone somewhere is making money off of your "hard work". And the last time I check

[users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: its 1.1 and it initially comes up in html doc but it does not matter what format I save it in when i try to save it in its original file name with more data it comes back with "unable to back up" error. I will down load apparantly a later version with your suggestion f

Re: [users] Recently used documents

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 09:19 +1200, Paul wrote: > Not that I can find. There may be more options in Version 2. > > Paul > > On Apr 10, 2005 7:50 PM, John Bushby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Openoffice Ver1.10 used under Windows XP. > > Is it possible to increase the number of recently used doc

[users] Re: Networking issues in FC1

lspci shows 01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900 10BaseT [Boomerang] ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:32:EB:9D inet addr:192.168.1.60 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Peter Kupfer wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 19:32 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: 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 m

Re: [users] OO 1.1.4 Writer Find and Replace

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 06:13 +1000, Jeff Shrowder wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 06:26 +1000, Jeff Shrowder wrote: > > > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >> > >>>On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 13:38 +0100, A. Beal wrote: > >>> > >>> > Dear Friends, > I am currently u

Re: [users] [moderated]

Since no action has been taken to date I would say so. M$ certainly know about OOo and have in the past issued nice glossy brochures on how to 'battle' against OOo. OOo developers have not copied the format, they have simply guessed at what it is based on trial and error and lots of hard, hard wo

Re: [users] "Could not establish connection to ftp.services.openoffice.org" Open Office Error Message

I've never had to change anything... I've had to make sure that I'm directly connected to the internet and away it goes. I cannot do this behind my work firewall/proxy setup however. Paul On Apr 10, 2005 9:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I get "Error loading docum

Re: [users] Recently used documents

Not that I can find. There may be more options in Version 2. Paul On Apr 10, 2005 7:50 PM, John Bushby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Openoffice Ver1.10 used under Windows XP. > Is it possible to increase the number of recently used documents displayed at > the bottom of the File pull-down menu?

Re: [users] Lotus 123 and OpenOffice

I'm using OOo 1.1.4 and checking the 'files of type' that can be opened in calc, there is already an entry for "Lotus 1-2-3 (*.wk1, *.wks) ... Whether this is up to version 5 or not I'm unsure. Have a go ... Paul On Apr 10, 2005 9:49 AM, Robert Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any f

[users] Re: Page Numbering

On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 09:12 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 21:04 +0700, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, > > I want to ask you about the Page Numbering in OOo > > How do we get the same Start At option for

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 13:34 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 19:32 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: > > > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >> > >>>On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 11:21 -0700, Barry Vogel wrote: > >>> > Hi > when i first save my work and

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Steve wrote: > For me, I've said my piece too many times now If it had another 80 messages, GMail would split this thread into two. xan jonathon -- A Fork requires: Seven systems with: 1+ GHz Processors 2+ GB RAM 0.25 TB Hard drive space

Re: [users] Writer

>Q. I notice that in Writer, you allow the user to select a colour of >text, background which get applied. >You can then select another peace of text, and then click on the font >colour button to apply last colour. >This is not the case in Cal (background colour, font colour or border) True - hadn

Re: [users] OO 1.1.4 Writer Find and Replace

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 06:26 +1000, Jeff Shrowder wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 13:38 +0100, A. Beal wrote: Dear Friends, I am currently using Open Office 1.1.4 and although it is generally very good, the 'Find & Replace' function seems very

Re: [users] Macro to LoadKeyboardConfiguration file

On Sunday 10 April 2005 14:16, Ennio-Sr wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > * Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [090405, 23:44]: > > If you can, then you are wanting to know how to do this using the API I > > suppose. I recommend that you ask on the dev list, because I can not > > I'll try to do that

[users] Excel SumProduct compatibility

I'm wondering if version 2 OO Spreadsheet will have compatibility with Excel's SumProduct function, which lets you examine a table and sum items in a given column based on multiple criteria in one or more other columns. For example, in the sheet "Expenses, you make a table: A B C

[users] How to make standard fields in Ooo Write

Hi All, I hope this is the place because the Oooforum.org has gone. I need to make a form in Ooo Write that has multiple fields on it and these fields must work as followed. When i open the document the cursor has to stand on the first field where i can insert my data. When i tab the cursor gas

Re: [users] Re: [webmasters] openoffice.org

Only that I downloaded OpenOffice according to the instructions, and since I currently only have a dial-up connection, it took over 7 hours to download, and when everything was done I noticed that there was no desktop icon of any sort for OpenOffice. Shouldn't there be an icon on my desktop t

[users] [moderated]

Is Openoffice.org free from any Microsoft legal action concerning its usage of Microsoft Office file formats? Thank you. Get Firefox! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[users] "Could not establish connection to ftp.services.openoffice.org" Open Office Error Message

Hello, I get "Error loading document" as I try to download DicOOo.sxw. What do I have to change in my Internet Explorer or Open Office settings? Thanks! Christian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional command

[users] Recently used documents

Openoffice Ver1.10 used under Windows XP. Is it possible to increase the number of recently used documents displayed at the bottom of the File pull-down menu? Yours, John

[users] Re: Page Numbering

> Use the template to sort out the numbering. See the A4 template as it´s > probably closest to what you use, Thanks i'll look for it :) -- Willy Sudiarto Raharjo Registered Linux User : 336579 Public-Key : http://www.informatix.or.id/willy/public-key.txt Blog : http://willysr.blogspot.com OOo

[users] An interesting user poll

Check out http://www.linuxpipeline.com/corelinux/index.jhtml";>TechWeb Linux Pipeline for a poll on OpenOffice.org vs Microsoft Office. Synopsis: 48% say "It's as good as Office, if not better; 3% say "WordPerfect on DOS rules my world." So, we're not /there/ yet, but we've come a long way. --

[users] Lotus 123 and OpenOffice

Are there any filters, plug-ins or similar to enable me to open Lotus 123 spreadsheet files (up to v5) in OpenOffice (v1.1.4) running under Windows XP? Any help gratefully received. Robert Day e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://robertdayimages.fotopic.net

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 19:32 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: 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 un

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

its 1.1 and it initially comes up in html doc but it does not matter what format I save it in when i try to save it in its original file name with more data it comes back with "unable to back up" error. I will down load apparantly a later version with your suggestion from your website. Than

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

on Peter Kupfer said the following: Steve Kopischke wrote: > Relabeled, repackaged software that has, *as its genesis*, OOo, is *not* OOo. As I indicated in an earlier post, how can we tell what changes have been made in between OOo as downloaded from OO.o and its mutation into whatever has b

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

* Tamblyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [100405, 13:02]: [skip] For what my opinion is worth, I agree with you that this thread went beyond any reasonable limit ... > Spring is here -- and that means nesting. And nesting means ^^ ^ > cleansing.

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Jonathon Blake wrote: Peter wrote: You honestly think that we can't help these people with their questions. If I know what version of OOo they are using, I might be able to do so. When the Cosmi website says OOo 1.2, I have no idea what version they are using. Did you know that paragraph styles c

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 17:38 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: Jonathon Blake wrote: So where can I download OOo 1.2 since that is the version of OOo that they are claiming to be using? xan jonathon ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/1.1.2/ That is not relevant

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Tamblyne wrote: I found OOo a couple of years ago after over a week of searching for a reasonably priced alternative to MS and WordPerfect -- it wasn't easy to find. It still isn't. And when I *did* find it, I thought it was almost too good to be true. I think something that might help this is

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Jim Wagner wrote: > I am talking about the quiet little person, not knowing Gnu Public License from an enraged Cape Buffalo, asking politely how to do something on this software they've just happened on. In many cases, if one takes the time to answer them politely, explaining the facts, they ma

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Wesley Allen wrote: I think what people are reacting against is a similar situation where someone "branded" OOo, and then sent customers to this mailing list for support. So we got a whole bunch of e-mails with subject lines like, "Your product stinks, you must help me because your product stin

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Mark Herring wrote: An eloquent post---This captures the issue with people like Cosmi or Luxuriousity (who dreamed up THAT absurdity?). The business model of Open Source is about service---if you dont charge for the software, the only way to make money is for some other value-added function. Yo

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Steve Kopischke wrote: > Relabeled, repackaged software that has, *as its genesis*, OOo, is *not* OOo. As I indicated in an earlier post, how can we tell what changes have been made in between OOo as downloaded from OO.o and its mutation into whatever has been repackaged? Even if there are *no*

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > Peter et al, What is this about? I believe that your actions in this instance give a negative impression of the OOo community, and I think that is bad. I see now that I will never persuade you of this. Sorry for the clutter. Are you saying that I have no right to d

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

Gene Heskett wrote: I've found many more usable fonts on the internet, free for the grabbing, than I ever found on such a cd. Decent clip art seems to be somewhat better controlled, but usable stuff can be found if you look, and use the right search terms on google. The problem is that MANY peo

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

Rod Engelsman wrote: By refusing to answer the OP's question, which you probably could easily do by making the reasonable assumption that the product is actually OOo 1.1.2, what exactly have you accomplished? Have you furthered the cause of OpenOffice.org? Have you slapped Cosmi's ass? Or have y

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Wesley Allen wrote: Jim Wagner wrote: Steve Kopischke wrote: on G. Roderick Singleton said the following: Peter et al, What is this about? Are you saying that I have no right to decide how I invest my time in OOo except as you dictate? I hope not. I have said time and time again you are free to do

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Jim Wagner wrote: Steve Kopischke wrote: on G. Roderick Singleton said the following: Peter et al, What is this about? Are you saying that I have no right to decide how I invest my time in OOo except as you dictate? I hope not. I have said time and time again you are free to do what you want. Plea

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

I would hate to see the value of this list watered down. You mean more than it already has been by this thread? I hate to break this to the "purists" in the group, but every time you go shopping someone somewhere is making money off of your "hard work". And the last time I checked, Sun was a bu

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Steve Kopischke wrote: on G. Roderick Singleton said the following: Peter et al, What is this about? Are you saying that I have no right to decide how I invest my time in OOo except as you dictate? I hope not. I have said time and time again you are free to do what you want. Please do not expect t

Re: [users] Making business cards (was Calc: Formula help)

Hi Mary Ellen I have created a template for simple business cards, nothing fancy. You can find it at http://tinyurl.com/5kdrm. Hope this helps. Christel Paul B. wrote: Mary Ellen wrote: Hi, I asked someone on open office if there was a book of instructions...He referred me to this site..Am havin

Re: [users] Basic Macros: undocumented statement and syntax

On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 11:50 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > I have searched and re-searched the online help, but the Type statement > is not documented, it seems. > > Also the construct used below in declaring a string variable to be of a > certain length is not documented, either. > > On a relate

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

On Sunday 10 April 2005 10:39, Rod Engelsman wrote: >G. Roderick Singleton wrote: >>>And they are allowed to charge for the privilege. >> >> Strawman. Okay I'll bite. >> >> $30 + shipping is hardly reasonable for a product of which we know >> nothing. > >Actually, since by your own admission, you k

Re: [users] Making business cards (was Calc: Formula help)

If you create a new lable document then you have access to the avery range of product codes, so all you need to do is select business card, adn select if you want to have all different cards, or all cards the same (they is a sync button for this), If you stick a border round your card then whe

[users] Basic Macros: undocumented statement and syntax

I have searched and re-searched the online help, but the Type statement is not documented, it seems. Also the construct used below in declaring a string variable to be of a certain length is not documented, either. On a related note, I tried using it with the following macro code and got the e

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

An eloquent post---This captures the issue with people like Cosmi or Luxuriousity (who dreamed up THAT absurdity?). The business model of Open Source is about service---if you dont charge for the software, the only way to make money is for some other value-added function. This could be sellin

Re: [users] E-Mail attachments

Joe Marks wrote: Please send a E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a .sxc spreadsheet attached. This sounds like a good place to start. After a false start, it's on its way. Again. It isn't from the address I use for the list, so if you don't see it, check your filtered files for a message with the

[users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: And they are allowed to charge for the privilege. Strawman. Okay I'll bite. $30 + shipping is hardly reasonable for a product of which we know nothing. Actually, since by your own admission, you know nothing about it, you have no way of knowing whether $30 is too mu

Re: [users] Re: Java

Johan Vromans wrote: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I know that some functions require Java, but Java is not required to download, install, or use OpenOffice. Is it required in the new version? According to a recent thread on discuss, OOo2 requires java for several, function-

Re: [users] Macro to LoadKeyboardConfiguration file

Hi Andrew, * Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [090405, 23:44]: > Ennio-Sr wrote: > > >Hi all, > >I'm unsuccessfully trying to put in a macro the instructions to load the > >keyboard configuration previously saved in a file. > >As the Macro Recorder will not record all the steps, I was

[users] Re: Crash when pulling down for auto copy of formula.

Jason Brower wrote: OOo 1.1.3 it is the newest package from fedora if I am not mistaken SNIP Did this happen in the spreadsheet (Calc) component of OOo? What version of OOo were you using (1.1.4 or 2.0 beta) ? Off for the weekend with visiting grandchildren, sorry Jason I cannot reproduce the prob

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

on G. Roderick Singleton said the following: Peter et al, What is this about? Are you saying that I have no right to decide how I invest my time in OOo except as you dictate? I hope not. I have said time and time again you are free to do what you want. Please do not expect that emails such as this

Re: [users] Re: Calc: Formula help?

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 o

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 17:38 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: > Jonathon Blake wrote: > > Peter wrote: > > > > > >>This has been covered like 50 times in this list. Perfect Pro Office is > >>Open Office along with a lot of other things. It is OOo! > > > > > > So where can I download OOo 1.2 since tha

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 17:06 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 15:11 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: > > >>Isn't advertising a form of support. A quote from > >>. > >> > >>"We need people to distrib

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 16:47 -0500, Rod Engelsman wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > > > I see, we have distributors who issue CDs. I see no logic in your > > argument. > > > > And they are allowed to charge for the privilege. > Strawman. Okay I'll bite. $30 + shipping is hardly reas

[users] Re: Calc: Formula help?

Paul B. wrote: FV, BTW, is how I solved my immediate problem. I wanted to find out what the effective interest rate is on principle that accrues to a certain sum over a certain period of time. I still haven't found a direct formula for that, but working backwards with FV got me my immediate answ

Re: [users] Plug for styles

Dear Keith, So all you newbies (and others) who think styles are "too hard", it's worth keeping them in mind for jobs which are almost purpose-built for styles. Like all tools, there's a tme and a place for them. tyles are *really* handy when writing a book or any long document. In the old days,

Re: [users] Making business cards (was Calc: Formula help)

Hi Mary This may be OK, it's what I do. File new, scrol to labels, select Avery A4, type eg L7156 gives 3x15 or L7160 gives 3x7, select options, select entire page and synchronise contents, then select new document When it opens type what you want into the first label, click synchronise to ma

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

On Saturday 09 April 2005 23:34, Jonathon Blake wrote: > A Fork requires: >    Seven systems with: >        1+ GHz Processors >        2+ GB RAM >        0.25 TB Hard drive space You must be a windows user. Have a nice week. Steve.

[users] Re: Java

Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know that some functions require Java, but Java is not required to > download, install, or use OpenOffice. Is it required in the new > version? According to a recent thread on discuss, OOo2 requires java for several, function-critical compon

Re: [users] Platinum Perfect pro office system

Jonathon Blake wrote: Peter wrote: ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/1.1.2/ That is OOo 1.1.2. That is _not_ the version that they are claiming to be using. So I request it again. Where can I download OOo 1.2? When people are using old versions, I don't mind helping people who