[users] OO 2.0 Beta on Gentoo

2005-04-18 Thread smoke3
I dowloaded OO 2.0 Beta for Linux, to install it onto my Gentoo... I unpacked the tar.gz and tried to install the RPMS with rpm -Uvih *rpm but it failed giving me some errors such as these: /bin/sh needed for... gnome-n2fs needed for... I've got a Gnome desktop and i deleted two packets for

[users] References

2005-04-18 Thread Howard Burford
I'm slowly mastering the peculiarities of the InsertReference procedures, which I must say I find somewhat complex. One thing I want to master fairly urgently is how to get incorrect ones out of the system. In other words, I can delete them OK from the text, no problem, but how do I get them out

[users] OOo 2: drawing tabs

2005-04-18 Thread Vincente Aggrippino
Does anyone else using OOo 2 miss the tabs on the bottom to select the slides? The little pictures on the left are ok, but I like the tabs better. The old way should be an option. Just curious if I'm the only one :) -- Vince

Re: [users] References

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
You may have to explain a little further. When you say get the incorrect ones out - what do you mean. In OOo speak references are termed as bibliography stored in the bibliography database. Have you inserted references into the text body which you now want to remove? If you do, then remove the

[users] counting cells that are blank or empty

2005-04-18 Thread Chadley Wilson
Greetings, I am trying to use the countif() statement to count which how many cells are blank in a defined range, I just don't know how to define a blank cell. Any ideas TIA Chad - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Screw-up.

2005-04-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 18:48 -0500, hackmiester wrote: I think I sent a Linux question to users@openoffice.org with the subject of Networking troubles in FC1 or something like that instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did I do this? -hackmiester Yup. Here are the headers so you can track the problem

Re: [users] Re: OOo 2 Candidates Crash When Saving

2005-04-18 Thread Zdzislaw A. Kaleta
Dnia pitek, 15 kwietnia 2005 04:28, Apollyon napisa: I'm using a Mandrake-Linux system running the Limited Edition 2005 (development) release. Almost every build of OOo 2.0 I've used crashes when saving (no problem with 1.1.4). Originally I noticed that OOo 2.0 switched File dialogues to

[users] Calc cell protection

2005-04-18 Thread Boross Péter
Hello! I'm Peter Boross from Hungary, I use OO.o 2.0 beta (1.9.91) under Linux. I have a question: How can I set, that in OO.o Calc, a set of cells (for example: result field for a complex calculation) were no editable? If I changed the input values in an 'input' cell, the content of 'result'

[users] Missing tabs for sheets every once in awhile

2005-04-18 Thread Kenneth Tomiak
I am using OpenOffice 1.1.0 Calc on a Red Had Linux Fedora Core 1 system. I save files in Excel format for sharing compatibility reasons. Some files have multiple sheets. Every once in awhile the tabs for the sheets do not appear on the bottom of the window and I must use EDIT=Sheet=Select or

Re: [users] counting cells that are blank or empty

2005-04-18 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Montag, 18. April 2005 13:10 schrieb Chadley Wilson: Greetings, I am trying to use the countif() statement to count which how many cells are blank in a defined range, I just don't know how to define a blank cell. countif(A2=, ...) ? (without looking into syntax of countif) Guido

[users] Re: about DicOOo page

2005-04-18 Thread Laurent Godard
Hi G. Roderick (what is your first name ?) I will beta test the new FontOOo for you, if you like. I REALLY want those Chinese fonts and I cannot find them in the regular mirrors mentioned in code. (At least as far as I can tell. Me not being a macro wizard :-( ) There is an indirection in the lst

[users] Howdo I configure Palm pdb support for RHEL4 version of Openoffice

2005-04-18 Thread Gary Mansell
Hi, I have RHEL 4.0 installed on my PC but the installed version of Openoffice does not read/write Palm .pdb files. Is there a way that I can reconfigure the installation to be able to read/write the .pdb files or will I have to download the latest version and re-install over the top selecting

[users] Problem with auto recovery screen in 2.0 beta

2005-04-18 Thread TANYANIKA LEWIS
Hello, I am having a serious problem with the document auto recovery screen in OpenOffice 2.0 beta. The screen comes up for you to choose the document to recover and it tells you to click on the start recovery button. The problem is that I don't see the start recovery button at the bottom

[users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Steve Coupe
Dear Sir, I've been using OpenOffice (1.1.0) very happily for a couple of years. Today, I have been using some clean-up software to remove unused DLLs. Afterwards, I tried to use OpenOffice, but it came up with an error message saying that unicows.dll could not be found. When I checked the

[users] [moderated] downloading patch for 1.1.4

2005-04-18 Thread sixshoes
Hello, I need to download the patch. Is the sot645mi.dll the one? I have Windows 2000. When I went to download, the website was openofficeorg-mirrors. I don't want to download harmful files, so I need to know if this is the correct site that I should download your security patch from.

[users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread jodi jean
when i am creating html documents using openoffice 2.0 i use the tables, and after i save it and open it later for editing, etc the column widths change, why is that? or how can i avoid that? as i am trying to make a website, differeing pages are not an option, i want a clean transfer from one

[users] Saving problems openoffice 2.0

2005-04-18 Thread Heinz-Dieter Bender
Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately it is not possible to save documents that I created or that I opened from version 1.1 in the correct way. All documents that I opened will be saved as zip file, but can no more be opened out of konquerer. If I open 2.0 first, I can open also the

[users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Thomas Blasejewicz
Ladies and Gentlemen (BThe other day I learned about Open Office through a mailing list. (BSince I do not like (hate) Microsoft Office, yet have to use it for my job, (BI would really like to try Open Office. (B (BDownloaded several files already and installed (as a test) Version 2 (beta

Re: [users] Missing tabs for sheets every once in awhile

2005-04-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 08:27 -0400, Kenneth Tomiak wrote: I am using OpenOffice 1.1.0 Calc on a Red Had Linux Fedora Core 1 system. I save files in Excel format for sharing compatibility reasons. Some files have multiple sheets. Every once in awhile the tabs for the sheets do not appear on

Re: [users] Re: [webmasters] OpenOffice would not install to my computer

2005-04-18 Thread Ozzydp1
Yeah, you were right that OpenOffice was in StartPrograms, I found it there all right, but when I tried to install and run it I STILL had problems: Now I keep getting a message that I have to install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) first, before I can finish installing OpenOffice. How do I

[users] Re: counting cells that are blank or empty

2005-04-18 Thread Rod Engelsman
Chadley Wilson wrote: Greetings, I am trying to use the countif() statement to count which how many cells are blank in a defined range, I just don't know how to define a blank cell. Any ideas TIA Chad Try the isblank() function. Rod

[users] Spellcheck Problem

2005-04-18 Thread Jan Helmut Kron
I have Openoffice 1.1.4. My auto-spellcheck is turned on but it will not work on new documents I create. It only works on MS Word documents I import from other sources or authors. Can you suggest a fix or setup change to correct this problem. Thanks, Helmut Kron

[users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread kathryn voutier
Hey hey I think Open Office is great, but I've had a few difficulties. I'm not an IT wizz, so bear with me please. I want to set up my text documents so that they are created A4 by default each time I open a new file. I can't get the language set up to work so that I can use the spell

[users] mail merge more than 1 page of labels

2005-04-18 Thread Linda and Sean Frampton
I am merging labels. I have successfully set up a label merge document but it will only merge with the first 14 addresses. The list needs 5 pages of labels. Will I have to set up a new document for each 14 names (the number of labels on an A4 sheet) or is there a way of getting the merge to

[users] Envelopes in ver. 2.0

2005-04-18 Thread Ed
I am having trouble printing business envelopes (No 10) in version 2.0. The same envelope prints fine in ver. 1.1.3. I have tried recreating it, have change orientation settings and printer settings to no avail. Is there a problem in ver. 2.0 printing envelopes or am I overlooking some

[users] Getting rid of a macro

2005-04-18 Thread Bill
Hi I was doing some experimenting with a macro in oocalc and it didn't come out the way I wanted, I then tried to remove it via tools-macro-macro (The area that I was experimenting in was tools-macro-record macro) now when I load this file (flash: any oocalc file) I get an error message: This

[users] fonts

2005-04-18 Thread Leon Gunther
How can I get Open Office to use a font that I have installed in Windows_Fonts? Thank you for your help. Leon Gunther

[users] when will open office beta2.0 become 2.0

2005-04-18 Thread larry
Can I be notiifed when Open Office v2.0 becomes officially stable. Mr Mintz email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Zen is meditation Archy is social order Zenarchy is the social order which springs from meditation As a doctrine it holds Buddhahood as a prerequiste for the abolishment of the STATE

[users] JRE

2005-04-18 Thread Oliver Lermen
Dear madam, dear sir, I am having a problem getting a java runtime environment downloaded as freeware as I had it before my computer broke down and I had to completely reinstall all the programs. Does this software still exist as freeware and where can I get it? With best regards, Oliver

[users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Charles Boehm
Not certain I understand OpenSource. Can I use OpenOffice on my Mac? CBoehm [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Orjan Henningson
Finally! An e-mail address where I can send my issue. I just downloaded the latest version and found that I cannot use it. The developers seem to believe that the English speaking population of the world is American only. I am Canadian and do not subscribe to the US version of the English

[users] DicOOo Problems

2005-04-18 Thread Lars Vonderschmitt
Hi, I am using OO 1.9.79 and I am having trouble installing additional spellbooks. The DicOOo.swx doesn't function. I can click on the button but nothing happens. Is there another way to install additional language packs? Thanks, Lars

[users] LINKS INSIDE SPREADSHEETS

2005-04-18 Thread Ramon Sole
Hello, I'm working with a spreadsheet in which some cells are dinamically linked to other spreadsheets. Everything is going fine, but when I want to save te file its size is huge (a sheet with just 5 cells linked is 14 MB). That's making the loading process very slow. Just for comparison, the

Re: [users] Help Please

2005-04-18 Thread Quirec Chantraine
Mr Roderick Singleton Many thanks for your answer. Nervertheless I must tell you that even selecting Tools/Options and French Language for correction trying to write some words with errorson purpose the system always answer Correction already done but without discovering any error ! I

[users] Presentations

2005-04-18 Thread Rvgatchell
I was putting together an open office presentation, inserting graphics (photos) on slides. Somehow the computer automatically closed? the graphics, leaving blank slides, and in the upper left hand corner is a box on each page with colored shapes on it. It got saved that way. How can I get

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:18:50 +0100, Steve Coupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not knowing what else to do, I downloaded the latest version (1.1.4) from your website. Then, before installing this, I tried to uninstall the version already in place (using the Windows 98 uninstall facility). No

[users] Calc - Options

2005-04-18 Thread John Barman
I omitted to say in my last posting, that I now have OO2 Beta and use WinXP SP2 John B Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:25:06 -0500 From: Peter Kupfer OOo [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 To: users@openoffice.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;

Re: [users] Calc cell protection

2005-04-18 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Peter, You can use 'format / cells' and go to the 'protection' tab to set the protection for selected cells in a sheet. This will not be effective until you use 'tools / protect document' and select either 'sheet' or 'document'. Since all cells have protection enabled by default, the best

Re: [users] Re: about DicOOo page

2005-04-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 16:54 +0200, Laurent Godard wrote: Hi G. Roderick (what is your first name ?) Gerry or Rod as you like. I will beta test the new FontOOo for you, if you like. I REALLY want those Chinese fonts and I cannot find them in the regular mirrors mentioned in code. (At

Re: [users] [moderated] downloading patch for 1.1.4

2005-04-18 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Sixshoes, I can't help with the download problem other than to say that you may not want to download at all. I'm using Win2000 as well. I installed the patch last week and have had constant unrecoverable errors since. This morning I couldn't even run OOo. I ran setup and repaired the

Re: [users] Re: [webmasters] OpenOffice would not install to my computer

2005-04-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 16 April 2005 11:49 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, you were right that OpenOffice was in StartPrograms, I found it there all right, but when I tried to install and run it I STILL had problems: Now I keep getting a message that I have to install Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Re: [users] Calc cell protection

2005-04-18 Thread Doug Thompson
Boross Péter wrote: Hello! I'm Peter Boross from Hungary, I use OO.o 2.0 beta (1.9.91) under Linux. I have a question: How can I set, that in OO.o Calc, a set of cells (for example: result field for a complex calculation) were no editable? If I changed the input values in an 'input' cell, the

Re: [users] fonts

2005-04-18 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:16:32 -0400, Leon Gunther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I get Open Office to use a font that I have installed in Windows_Fonts? Open Office by default uses the the fonts installed in Windows- you shouldn't need to do anything. What exactly is the problem you are

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:52:10 -0400, Charles Boehm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not certain I understand OpenSource. Can I use OpenOffice on my Mac? Yes, if you install the Mac version. Althugh IMO NeoOffice/J (which is based on OpenOffice) is better on the Mac. You can get NeoOffice/J from here:

Re: [users] JRE

2005-04-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 17 April 2005 03:45 pm, Oliver Lermen wrote: Dear madam, dear sir, I am having a problem getting a java runtime environment downloaded as freeware as I had it before my computer broke down and I had to completely reinstall all the programs. Does this software still exist as freeware

[users] Problem with opening documents created in Word.

2005-04-18 Thread Sandy Thomson
I am trying to use OpenOffice version 1.9.93 to open reports created in Microsoft Word 2000. In Word, there are page borders which are measured from text and do not surround the header and footer. When I file open these documents in Word, the page borders move to below the header and footer.

[users] Re: Table cells larger than a page. How to manage?

2005-04-18 Thread Don Vaillancourt
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 11:18 -0400, Don Vaillancourt wrote: Brian wrote: Don Vaillancourt wrote: I am receiving documents written in Word from a client where table cells are taller than the page height so a good portion of it gets chopped off at the bottom. Is there

Re: [users] JRE

2005-04-18 Thread Mixu Lauronen
Oliver Lermen kirjoitti: Dear madam, dear sir, I am having a problem getting a java runtime environment downloaded as freeware as I had it before my computer broke down and I had to completely reinstall all the programs. Does this software still exist as freeware and where can I get it? Go to

Re: [users] A few questions

2005-04-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday, 18 April 2005 09:19, Suurland, Jim wrote: Dear sirs,   Since a few weeks I am getting myself familiar with Open Office.org 2.0 beta to see if I can changeover complete from MS office. Results so fat have been very positive so far.   But a few stupid questions still have to be

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 17 April 2005 04:52 pm, Charles Boehm wrote: Not certain I understand OpenSource. Can I use OpenOffice on my Mac? CBoehm [EMAIL PROTECTED] The simple answer is yes. If you want detailed information about where and how OpenOffice can be used, find the license for it on the

Re: [users] Envelopes in ver. 2.0

2005-04-18 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Ed wrote: I am having trouble printing business envelopes (No 10) in version 2.0. The same envelope prints fine in ver. 1.1.3. I have tried recreating it, have change orientation settings and printer settings to no avail. Is there a problem in ver. 2.0 printing envelopes or am I overlooking some

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Stephen Forster
Dear Orjan You can download various options of the English language from the add new dictionaries featurePlease also note that negativity is not a welcome addition on this forum. We are here to help not take criticism! We are all volunteers and for your information, the bulk of Open Office

Re: [users] DicOOo Problems

2005-04-18 Thread Laurent Godard
Hi I am using OO 1.9.79 and I am having trouble installing additional spellbooks. The DicOOo.swx doesn't function. I can click on the button but nothing happens. Is there another way to install additional language packs? this is a know problem of the launcher in the beta 1.9.79 you can launch

Re: [users] JRE

2005-04-18 Thread Stephen Forster
Dear Oliver Check out this link. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp HTH Stephen Forster On 4/17/05, Oliver Lermen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear madam, dear sir, I am having a problem getting a java runtime environment downloaded as freeware as I had it before my computer

Re: [users] References

2005-04-18 Thread Howard Burford
Thanks for the reply. BTW, there were two identical copies of it. It's the second action in your reply that I want to do. However, following the trail I found about a dozen references to stuff I've never ever heard of, which I have deleted, but no sign of my references at all, either correct or

Re: [users] Calc cell protection

2005-04-18 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Doug, Much more concise answer than mine but one part is not true. Open a blank sheet - all cells have protection enabled by default. Doug Thompson wrote: Only cells you have formatted with Cell Protection (Step 3) will be restricted. I hope this is the information you were seeking, Doug

Re: [users] Help Please

2005-04-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 14:24 +0200, Quirec Chantraine wrote: Mr Roderick Singleton Many thanks for your answer. Nervertheless I must tell you that even selecting Tools/Options and French Language for correction trying to write some words with errorson purpose the system always answer

Re: [users] Problem with opening documents created in Word.

2005-04-18 Thread Doug Thompson
Sandy Thomson wrote: I am trying to use OpenOffice version 1.9.93 to open reports created in Microsoft Word 2000. In Word, there are page borders which are measured from text and do not surround the header and footer. When I file open these documents in Word, the page borders move to below the

[users] OOo-1.9.82 Debian packages

2005-04-18 Thread Ennio-Sr
Hi all, I downloaded the deb pckgs from the site suggested a few posts ago (ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/Beta) untar-zipped them and then ran dpkg -i *1.9.82*deb. OOo-1.9.82 was installed alongsize the older 1.9.79 and seemed to work. Afterwards I removed 1.9.79 and

[users] OOo-1.9.82: loading a Calc kbd-conf-file saved in an OOo-1.1.4 file

2005-04-18 Thread Ennio-Sr
I started trying OOo-Beta(1.9.82) ;) Opened a Calc file previously saved in 1.1.4: in this file I saved the keyboard configuration (i.e. CTRL+keys association to a few macros) to a file, that can be re-loaded with Tools Configure Keyboard Load. If I try to do the same from 1.9.82 nothing

Re: [users] Associate XML Schema with XForms Document in Writer

2005-04-18 Thread rolf.bertschi
- Original Message - From: Anna Fowles-Winkler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 6:38 PM Subject: [users] Associate XML Schema with XForms Document in Writer Hi, I'm using OpenOffice 1.9.93 (OO beta 2). How can I associate an XForms document in

Re: [users] Header and footer text removed when reloading custom template

2005-04-18 Thread Cor Nouws
Alan McKinnon wrote: Hi, I have a long document in Writer 1.1.3. I use a custom template with 9 custom page styles, and also use Left Page and Right Page styles. Some of the custom page styles have header and footer text, some don't. Where headers are present, they are defined as using Header

Re: [users] Protected cells within a sheet/s

2005-04-18 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Chadley, On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 13:07:27 +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote: I would like to know why it is that when I protect a sheet the whole document goes grey, i.e all sheets, Under Tools.Options.Calc.View Value highlighting is checked. Is there a way to keep all the colour formatting

Re: [users] How do I turn of number recognition in calc?

2005-04-18 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Niels, On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 15:58:23 +0200, Niels Rikze wrote: I know how it works in writer, but can't get it done in cacl. I use version 1.1.4. Either assign the text number format to the cells prior to input, or precede the input value with a single quote ' Eike -- OOo/SO Calc

[users] Finding an Instance of a Font

2005-04-18 Thread DC Parris
I have written a book that I plan to publish on Lulu.com. According to Lulu's help info, OOo should convert to PDF pretty well. However, I have a symbol font that does not get embedded into the PDF file. Since I used paragraph styles for my text (and never set anything to use the symbol font) I

[users] simplex solver?

2005-04-18 Thread kb
in Excel there is a solver that can be used to solve LP problems. i quess that it uses the simplex method. is there any equivalent solver in openoffice? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] Presentations

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
hi vicki there are two options as i see it: 1. either you were inserting graphics as links instead of embedding them: when you select Insert - Graphic, you get a dialog for selecting the graphic. in the lower left-hand corner of the dialog you should see a field called Link. if this is selected,

Re: [users] Header and footer text removed when reloading custom

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
hi alan, cor if i remember correctly, the styles will be saved with the template only if you have used them. i'm not sure if it's enough to just define them. but i could be mistaking. urska Alan McKinnon wrote: Hi, I have a long document in Writer 1.1.3. I use a custom template with 9

Re: [users] A few questions

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
Dear sirs, Since a few weeks I am getting myself familiar with Open Office.org 2.0 beta to see if I can changeover complete from MS office. Results so fat have been very positive so far. But a few stupid questions still have to be answered and I hope you can help me with that. 1) My Word

Re: [users] Finding an Instance of a Font

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
hi don [snip] I'm using OOo 1.1.3 on SUSE Linux 9.2. I checked my copyright symbol, and it's Georgia. The find/replace dialog seems to offer font-related attributes, but I am not sure that means I can search for the instances of a given font. Since I don't know what words might be using

Re: [users] mail merge more than 1 page of labels

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
hi NOTE: after you do mail merges, that is after you click Print, OOo will only display one page of the document - the last one that will be printed. is this what you're seeing? because if it is, OOo will still print the rest of the labels, but it will only show you the last page so you can see

Re: [users] when will open office beta2.0 become 2.0

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
Email alerts is not set up for OOo. However if you subscribe to one of the OOo lists I'm sure there will be a post that will alert everyone to this event. Paul On 4/18/05, larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I be notiifed when Open Office v2.0 becomes officially stable. Mr Mintz

Re: [users] Spellcheck Problem

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
hi helmut this will seem a bit obvious, but what is the language you use to create your documents in? maybe you have the spellchecker set up for say German and all the documents you receive are in German, but you use English for your documents. happened to me before, too. go to Tools -

Re: [users] Finding an Instance of a Font

2005-04-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday, 18 April 2005 21:33, DC Parris wrote: I have written a book that I plan to publish on Lulu.com. According to Lulu's help info, OOo should convert to PDF pretty well. However, I have a symbol font that does not get embedded into the PDF file. Since I used paragraph styles for my

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
On 4/17/05, kathryn voutier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey hey I think Open Office is great, but I've had a few difficulties. I'm not an IT wizz, so bear with me please. I want to set up my text documents so that they are created A4 by default each time I open a new file. Have a look

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
i suggest you go find and download the unicows.dll again, because this one is obviously corrupted. copy it over the existing file to overwrite it. maybe it will work. urska Dear Sir, I've been using OpenOffice (1.1.0) very happily for a couple of years. Today, I have been using some

Re: [users] Spellcheck Problem

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
Check out : http://user-faq.openoffice.org/faq/ar01s05.html#id2874381 If problem still occurs, reply back to the list. Paul On 4/17/05, Jan Helmut Kron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Openoffice 1.1.4. My auto-spellcheck is turned on but it will not work on new documents I create. It only

Re: [users] python23.dll error message

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
Have a look at : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=18791 for the answer. Paul On 4/17/05, Roger Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I.m using open office 1.9.79 and having no problems with the application.Norton Windoctor tells me,however,that python.exe cannot access

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
I'm assuming that you are using file wizards install new dictionaries ... The folder that the dictionaries are installed into is something like OOo/share/dict/ooo as opposed to 'dictinstaller' you mention. Have a check on this directory and advise the list. Paul On 4/16/05, Thomas

Re: [users] Header and footer text removed when reloading custom

2005-04-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday, 18 April 2005 20:36, Urska Colner wrote: hi alan, cor if i remember correctly, the styles will be saved with the template only if you have used them. i'm not sure if it's enough to just define them. but i could be mistaking. urska Hi Urska and Cor, Yes you are both right, once

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
I can't seem to replicate your issue. My table columns stay where they are. You may have been advised of this in the past, but OOo isn't really the best for creating web sites. My recommendation has always been Nvu (www.nvu.com) for that type of thing. Paul On 4/16/05, jodi jean [EMAIL

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
hi gary thanks for testing OOo, since it's not stable yet. to make sure developers get your issue information, you should sign in to issue tracker and file a report. for that, you'll have to register on the OOo website. if you need help, don't be afraid to ask. urska ps: since attachments

Re: [users] LINKS INSIDE SPREADSHEETS

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
Doesn't sound right. How are you linking the cells? Are all the spreadsheets in .sxc format? Paul On 4/18/05, Ramon Sole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm working with a spreadsheet in which some cells are dinamically linked to other spreadsheets. Everything is going fine, but when I

Re: [users] simplex solver?

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
Have a look at : http://user-faq.openoffice.org/faq/ar01s06.html#id2874819 Paul On 4/19/05, kb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in Excel there is a solver that can be used to solve LP problems. i quess that it uses the simplex method. is there any equivalent solver in openoffice?

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
hi kathryn 1. to create new documents as A4, you can do one of the following: a) go to Tools - Settings - Locale and set the locale to something other than en_US (which uses Letter as default, if i'm not mistaking) or whatever you're using. but this might also influence some other behaviour. b)

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
hi orjan why not also download and use the canadian spellchecker? actually, i was wondering: is there one? urska Finally! An e-mail address where I can send my issue. I just downloaded the latest version and found that I cannot use it. The developers seem to believe that the English

Re: [users] Finding an Instance of a Font

2005-04-18 Thread Paul
On 4/19/05, Urska Colner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi don [snip] I'm using OOo 1.1.3 on SUSE Linux 9.2. I checked my copyright symbol, and it's Georgia. The find/replace dialog seems to offer font-related attributes, but I am not sure that means I can search for the instances of a

Re: [users] Finding an Instance of a Font

2005-04-18 Thread Urska Colner
On 4/19/05, Urska Colner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi don [snip] I'm using OOo 1.1.3 on SUSE Linux 9.2. I checked my copyright symbol, and it's Georgia. The find/replace dialog seems to offer font-related attributes, but I am not sure that means I can search for the instances of a

[users] [Scripting] possible to modify a database form field?

2005-04-18 Thread Jens Ansorg
Hi all, Using m92 I have set up a database that connects to a table in mysql. I have created a form in that database that allows me to edit records. I'd like to extend this form a little: I'd like to add a button that executes a function/macro that - gets the currently selected text in a

Re: [users] when will open office beta2.0 become 2.0

2005-04-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 07:51 +1200, Paul wrote: Email alerts is not set up for OOo. However if you subscribe to one of the OOo lists I'm sure there will be a post that will alert everyone to this event. Paul join the announce list for htis info. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST.

[users] Regex for paragraph find

2005-04-18 Thread Paul B.
I think this was mentioned fairly recently, but in case not, is there a regex for finding a new paragraph? I see /n, but its specced only for soft returns, in the Find field anyway. Unless I'm missing it, that seems a strange priority, as I use far more hard than soft paragraph returns.

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-04-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday, 18 April 2005 21:27, Urska Colner wrote: hi orjan why not also download and use the canadian spellchecker? actually, i was wondering: is there one? If there isn't one, the spellchecker for UK English is probably closer to a Canadian user's needs than US English. Not that I've

Re: [users] python23.dll error message

2005-04-18 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 07:56 +1200, Paul wrote: Have a look at : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=18791 for the answer. Paul Good thought. I am wondering if Roger has python installed. It would seem to me that python.exe would need to be installed before that python23.dll would

Re: [users] Re: counting cells that are blank or empty

2005-04-18 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Rod Engelsman wrote: Chadley Wilson wrote: Greetings, I am trying to use the countif() statement to count which how many cells are blank in a defined range, I just don't know how to define a blank cell. Any ideas TIA Chad Try the isblank() function. Brilliant! -- Peter Kupfer -- Using OOo

Re: [users] [Scripting] possible to modify a database form field?

2005-04-18 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Jens Ansorg wrote: Hi all, Using m92 I have set up a database that connects to a table in mysql. I have created a form in that database that allows me to edit records. I'd like to extend this form a little: I'd like to add a button that executes a function/macro that - gets the currently selected

[users] Re: Regex for paragraph find

2005-04-18 Thread Matt Needles
Paul B. wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Monday, 18 April 2005 23:02, Paul B. wrote: I think this was mentioned fairly recently, but in case not, is there a regex for finding a new paragraph? I see /n, but its specced only for soft returns, in the Find field anyway. Unless I'm missing it, that seems

Re: [users] Re: Regex for paragraph find

2005-04-18 Thread John D. Toppins
Paul B. wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Monday, 18 April 2005 23:02, Paul B. wrote: I think this was mentioned fairly recently, but in case not, is there a regex for finding a new paragraph? I see /n, but its specced only for soft returns, in the Find field anyway. Unless I'm missing it, that seems

[users] estimated date of 2.0 release

2005-04-18 Thread Joe Marks
A company plans to migrate to OpenOffice and wants to wait until the stable 2.0 becomes available. What is the estimated date for the public 2.0? __ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides!

[users] I am trying (and failing) to open a .dat file in Calc

2005-04-18 Thread Charles Fenwick
Hello all. After using OpenOffice for more than two years, I've come across a task that I can't figure out on my own, so I am turn to the fine subscribers of this list for help. The Florida Division of Elections provides election downloadable election results in the form of .dat files

[users] Deleting filepaths / URL's in OO1.1.4

2005-04-18 Thread Charles Murphy
Hi Everyone, Open Office automatically turns file paths into URL's (Cool Feature). These are displayed and can be accessed when you are in a document in the Pull down window in the upper left of the screen. It looks as though you get every document you have worked on to date. Question:

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