Re: [users] Open Source Proj Management

2005-05-04 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On 05/05/2005, at 02:18, Andrew Ribbans wrote: Quick question - is there a project management tool within TOO? If not, is there an open source tool available? There is planner for Linux: http://www.imendio.com/projects/planner/ I don't know of a Windows version. --- Shoshannah Forbes http://www.xs

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On 04/05/2005, at 18:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand that OpenOffice is an alternative to Microsoft's Office, but what EXACTLY can one do with OpenOffice...?? I've read the FAQ and still don't know! Hi. Let me answer your question with another question: "what EXACTLY can one do with

Re: [users] OpenOffice and 10.4 Tiger

2005-05-04 Thread suzume
The current version of OOo is 1.1.4. The beta versions for 2 are not really meant for production work. Given that the main work is done on x86 machines, I would suspect even more issues with the Mac port of the beta at this point. You are absolutely right. I someone were to ask for a version of OOo

Re: [users] OOO Project Management

2005-05-04 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On 05/05/2005, at 02:20, Mark Herring wrote: If not, is there an open source tool available? A BIG question. To me, this is a major issue in getting open source accepted. There is planner for Linux: http://www.imendio.com/projects/planner/ I don't know of a Windows version. --- Shoshannah Forbes

Re: [users] OpenOffice does not run

2005-05-04 Thread Paul
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. Try below link for fix details : http://oooauthors.org/FAQs/newfaq/FaqEntry.2004-03-24.8575643583 /paul On 5/5/05, Kevin Foley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The specific error message is > > > OpenOffice.org cannot be started due to an error in accessing

Re: [users] Re: 2 questions: printing in writer & knowledgebase inaccessible

2005-05-04 Thread Paul
In relation to your first question It sounds little unusual. You sound like someone who may have already tried this, but how about executing your setup.exe file and selecting 'repair'. Maybe there has been something that has crept into your installation. Other than that, maybe upgrading you

Re: [users] Question about languager

2005-05-04 Thread Pierre Poulet
Darwin Ramon a écrit : Just got email with new beta version where it says that I can: "You are able to install your favorite language(s) on top of an English version with separately available "Language Packs". " But the link is empty. Please email me the correct link. I want the French package.

[users] Re: 2 questions: printing in writer & knowledgebase inaccessible

2005-05-04 Thread Michael A Chase
On Thu, 05 May 2005 09:32:28 +1000, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 14:54 -0700, LouAnn M. Stachnik wrote: >> My second question has to do >> with the countless recommendations to use the knowledge base. I have to >> be honest and tell you that frequently it does NOT open up and

Re: [users] Open Source Proj Management

2005-05-04 Thread G Managoli
There is openworkbench.org - Its open source, but no compatibility with MS Project and Windows-only. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Suse install of Open Office 2.0 beta

2005-05-04 Thread Doug Thompson
Randy Vissey wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Tuesday 03 May 2005 20:33, + Randy Vissey wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello. I have installed open office 2.0 beta using the Suse rpms provided. All was ok, the menus and every thing installed fine, but the applications would not load. Af

Re: [users] follow-up to my own question

2005-05-04 Thread Keith Bates
Hi Louann, On Wed, 4 May 2005 17:21:29 -0700 (PDT) "LouAnn M. Stachnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello again, > As an addendum to my own question, I think the problem I'm having has > more to do with the fact that my menu options in OO Writer are either > missing or grayed out. So my questio

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Ennio-Sr
* Ennio-Sr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050505, 01:50]: > * Maria Augusta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040505, 16:32]: > > > > Hi, Maria Augusta > I hope you can understand English ;) [double skip] Hi CPHennessy, you can skip this one: I responded to the OP directly after realizing it was a 'moderated' post ;)

[users] follow-up to my own question

2005-05-04 Thread LouAnn M. Stachnik
Hello again, As an addendum to my own question, I think the problem I'm having has more to do with the fact that my menu options in OO Writer are either missing or grayed out. So my question REALLY has more to do with the menus & how to get menu changes/ options accessible, then how to manipula

[users] Question about languager

2005-05-04 Thread Darwin Ramon
Just got email with new beta version where it says that I can: "You are able to install your favorite language(s) on top of an English version with separately available "Language Packs". " But the link is empty. Please email me the correct link. I want the French package. Thank you

Re: [users] Idea for Dealing With Posters Who Don't Subscribe

2005-05-04 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi On May 4, 2005, at 4:24 PM, CPHennessy wrote: On Wednesday 04 May 2005 23:59, Marc DVer wrote: While going through OO.o to find out about CollabNet I found a post discussing the differnece between SourceCast and CollabNet. What actual software package is used for the mailing lists? If I can

Re: [users] printer installation under OpenOffice 1.1.4.

2005-05-04 Thread Marc DVer
CPHennessy wrote: On Tuesday 03 May 2005 15:08, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have created a bootable BART PE CD with OpenOffice as wordprocessor. Unfortunately I cannot install or find any of my printers when booting the BART PE operating system. Under Windows XP OpenOffice automatically finds

[users] Moderators needed

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
Hi all, You may notice that many moderated mail(note 1) seems to reach the mailing list within a few minutes of each other. This is because I am the only one currently moderating mails onto the list and I seem to be getting less time to do this in the morning/evening/weekends as I used to. So

Re: [users] Open Source Proj Management

2005-05-04 Thread Mark Herring
To me, the issue is finding a Linux Project manager that will read and write MSProject-compatible files. One choice is the Intellysis project desktop: http://www.webintellisys.com/project/desktop.html It is Linux, but not open-source. I am going to buy it if they ever put in a slack calcula

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 28 April 2005 17:24, + Bill Stafford wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > How can I use Outlook Express with the Mail Merge feature in OO 1.9.95 to > send e-mail?? Hi Bill, I'm not sure if this is supported yet. However unless you are strongly attached to Outlook I would re

Re: [users] Re-Association of MS files

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 04:05, + Manuel Ester wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I have installed Open office and it has taken over my files. This is one of > the topics of the FAQ's. But it didn't work for me. After removing the > association for .doc, .xls, .ppt files made by open offi

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Ennio-Sr
* Maria Augusta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040505, 16:32]: > Planilha OOo, como faço para escrever em outra linha de _uma mesma > célula_? No excel o comando era teclar simultaneamente ALT + ENTER. > Editor de Texto OOo, não estou conseguindo dividir um texto de forma que > possa visualizar na tela, po

Re: [users] printer installation under OpenOffice 1.1.4.

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 15:08, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I have created a bootable BART PE CD with OpenOffice as wordprocessor. > Unfortunately I cannot install or find any of my printers when booting the > BART PE operating system. Under Windows XP OpenOffice automatically finds > the rig

Re: [users] [High] Troubles with OpenOffice installations on Linux

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 02:15, + Cedillo Serio Ismael wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Hi > > From 1.9.79+ snapshots of OO, I had a serious trouble to install the new > versions. Always at the beginning of the process (running the first > core.. rpm file) indicates that is necessary

Re: [users] Open Office Help Needed

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 01:27, + Dean Warfield wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > I have installed open office on a dell latitude c600 laptop running windows > 98. when i try to open an oo program, it hangs and never opens. i have > tried several different versions and configurati

Re: [users] java

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 11:49, + londot christian wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > ou trouver java pour creer les etats > je fonctionne sur mandrake 10.2 This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own language then please have a

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Keith Bates
Gee Carl You're a brave man starting two (or maybe three) holy wars in one post: * top vs. bottom posting * metric vs. imperial * paper sizes. Keith On Wed, 04 May 2005 13:56:17 -0400 Carl Paulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah. But when the paper size is in inches and you want to break tha

Re: [users] Documents won't open - just stay frozen at blue

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 10:15, + Pamela Sidney wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Dear Users Open Office, > I am having trouble opening my documents. > The document I want to open is clicked, & commences opening, only to > freeze when it gets to the blue page, just before it should op

Re: [users] manual database report

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 14:54, Orson Jones wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to do a basic database report in writer > without using the report wizard. In my case I want to make a phone > directory from a data source. I think I want to have a section repeat > for each row in a table. But I

Re: [users] Open Source Proj Management

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 05 May 2005 00:18, Andrew Ribbans wrote: > Quick question - is there a project management tool within TOO? If not, > is there an open source tool available? http://www.taskjuggler.org/ seems quite good. If anyone is interested in writing an XML import/export tool to OpenOffice.org it

Re: [users] problems using "security patch for OpenOffice 1.4.4"

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 17:18, + a wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hi! > > I've just downloaded OpenOffice 1.4.4 and security patch for 1.4.4. > > OpenOffice has been installed without problems. But I cannot install the > security patch. > > I tried to follow the installation inf

Re: [users] Idea for Dealing With Posters Who Don't Subscribe

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 23:59, Marc DVer wrote: > While going through OO.o to find out about CollabNet I found a post > discussing the differnece between SourceCast and CollabNet. What actual > software package is used for the mailing lists? If I can get some > manuals I might be able to find a

Re: [users] OOO Project Management

2005-05-04 Thread Mark Herring
At 04:12 PM 5/4/2005, you wrote: Quick question - is there a project management tool within TOO? No If not, is there an open source tool available? A BIG question. To me, this is a major issue in getting open source accepted. Not a topic for the OOo forum, however. Try LinuxQuestions.org Regar

Re: [users] FYI

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
Hi John, On Wednesday 04 May 2005 21:51, + John LaRusch wrote: > I tried to use OpenOffice.org to open documents written in Microsoft Word > Works. They would not open. OpenOffice.org cannot open MSWorks files. However Microsoft does have a utility to convert Works files to MSWord .doc files whi

[users] Open Source Proj Management

2005-05-04 Thread Andrew Ribbans
Quick question - is there a project management tool within TOO? If not, is there an open source tool available? Regards Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] problems with "protect document"

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 20:11, + mojo jojo wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > > Hello, I am using OpenOffice 1.1.4 and I have the > following problem when using OpenOffice SpreadSheet: > - I go to "Tools->Protect->Document" then it asks me a > password, I set the password, save the

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Orson Jones
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Orson Jones wrote: [snip] Ok, now I understand. For example in Writer open format > page. type 8.1234 in the width, then click in the height box. The width changes to 8.12" I think the reason for this is because 1/100th of an inch is accurate enough for placing text on

[users] OOO Project Management

2005-05-04 Thread Andrew Ribbans
Quick question - is there a project management tool within TOO? If not, is there an open source tool available? Regards Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 20:32, + Maria Augusta wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Planilha OOo, como faço para escrever em outra linha de _uma mesma > célula_? No excel o comando era teclar simultaneamente ALT + ENTER. > Editor de Texto OOo, não estou conseguindo dividir um texto de

Re: [users] Idea for Dealing With Posters Who Don't Subscribe

2005-05-04 Thread Marc DVer
While going through OO.o to find out about CollabNet I found a post discussing the differnece between SourceCast and CollabNet. What actual software package is used for the mailing lists? If I can get some manuals I might be able to find a more technical solution to what has been discussed he

Re: [users] HELP - I am going nuts!

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 18:48, + Jill Eckstone wrote: > I have had several issues with open office that I am PRAYING you can help > with. I am sure it is a user problem more than a program problem. > 1. Sometimes when I save a text document and then try and open it back > up...I am being asked wh

Re: [users] Idea for Dealing With Posters Who Don't Subscribe

2005-05-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 16:22, Marc DVer wrote: > Lately I have seen alot of emails from people who don't bother to > subscribe to this list, yet expect help from us. I was wondering if the > mailing list system could be modified such that if someone tries to mail > the list then they would get a

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Dan Lewis wrote: On Wednesday 04 May 2005 01:32 pm, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: On Wednesday 04 May 2005 11:48 am, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: [snip] [snip] You must be talking about Calc, as guessed by Tim above, and I'm talking about Writer! Thanks anyway. Peter HB In Writer, row

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Orson Jones wrote: [snip] Ok, now I understand. For example in Writer open format > page. type 8.1234 in the width, then click in the height box. The width changes to 8.12" I think the reason for this is because 1/100th of an inch is accurate enough for placing text on a page. And I think most

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Johnny Andersson
Ärligt talat, jag fattar inte ett skit av detta... Rena portugisiskan för mig. Johnny Maria Augusta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev den Wed, 04 May 2005 16:32:25 -0300: Planilha OOo, como faço para escrever em outra linha de _uma mesma célula_? No excel o comando era teclar simultaneamente ALT +

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Johnny Andersson
The concatenate operator (&) should work. 1. If column A contains the part numbers, starting at A1, then type the following into B1: ="SI"&A1 2. If column B is already used, select it, right click it, click "insert column" before doing step 1. 3. Click the lower right corner of B1, then drag

Re: [users] FYI

2005-05-04 Thread Chris Gramer
On Wed, 4 May 2005 13:51:20 -0700 (PDT), "John LaRusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I tried to use OpenOffice.org to open documents written in Microsoft > Word Works. They would not open. As far as I know (just checked the file types in the File > Open dialog), OOo doesn't claim to open Microsof

[users] 2 questions: printing in writer & knowledgebase inaccessible

2005-05-04 Thread LouAnn M. Stachnik
Hi, I've gone through all my old OO digests to search for possible answers to my prior posted questions. Perhaps I'm having email mis-direction problems since I find no response. So please excuse the repetition. My first question is in re Writer. I am having perpetual problems with all docs pr

[users] FYI

2005-05-04 Thread John LaRusch
I tried to use OpenOffice.org to open documents written in Microsoft Word Works. They would not open. How do I return the discs to you? They are no use to me. - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn mo

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Maria Augusta
Planilha OOo, como faço para escrever em outra linha de _uma mesma célula_? No excel o comando era teclar simultaneamente ALT + ENTER. Editor de Texto OOo, não estou conseguindo dividir um texto de forma que possa visualizar na tela, por exemplo, parte da primeira página e parte da quarta página

[users] problems with "protect document"

2005-05-04 Thread mojo jojo
Hello, I am using OpenOffice 1.1.4 and I have the following problem when using OpenOffice SpreadSheet: - I go to "Tools->Protect->Document" then it asks me a password, I set the password, save the document, but: - when I open the document, it does not ask me for a password, so anyone can open the

[users] Open Office Draw dimension lines

2005-05-04 Thread Shelley Cryer
Hi, I am very happy with the draw capabilities of this program. I have been trying to use dimension lines for some of my drawings, but cannot display the linear dimensions. When I choose Format - Dimensions, no Dimensions option appears. Am I using this correctly? Thanks Shell Cryer ---

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 01:32 pm, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Dan Lewis wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 May 2005 11:48 am, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > > [snip] > > [snip] > > You must be talking about Calc, as guessed by Tim above, and I'm > talking about Writer! > > Thanks anyway. > > Peter HB >

Re: [users] UNO leaks

2005-05-04 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Geoffrey J. Teale wrote: Richard/n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The best place is probably to file an issue via issuezilla. After filing the issue, attach any documents that help to clarify how to reproduce it. Go to http://www.openoffice.org and look for ...? %< - Thanks for t

Re: [users] OO 2.0 Linux installation

2005-05-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 08:34 am, Stefano Fornari wrote: > Hi All, > is an installation program different from a bounch of rpms planned > for OO 2.0? I tried with the given rpms, but they are not relocatable > and I will never install a sw that I do not know where it puts > things > > > Stefan

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Tim Wescott
snip >> Also, is this a "top-posting" list? It appears to be, but I'm just >> double-checking. >> Sometimes this is a bottom-posting list, sometimes a top-posting list, sometimes an outer-posting list, sometimes an argue-about-posting list, but rarely a middle-posting list. ---

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Orson Jones
You need to log in to vote on the issue. The link doesn't appear until you are logged in. Orson John Hardy wrote: Hello; Regarding Issue 45593, I don't find any way to vote for it. Is this a non voting type of issue, or am I not allowed to vote for some reason? Also, is this a "top-posting" li

Re: [users] HTML

2005-05-04 Thread Paul
It does seem that the width= tag is added when a table is pasted from www to OOo. I'm not a html expert to know whether this addition makes the html source more standards compliant or not - but that could be a reason. At the end of the day however I've also had no trouble altering the size of the

Re: [users] How to make new headers in the Navigator?

2005-05-04 Thread Saurabh Nanda
On 5/4/05, JS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I have a new page and I want to make I new header I have tried to select > the first line, but I cannot seem to select header form the Typography menu. > How do I add a new header? Press F11. In the Stylist Dialog double click the "Header 1" style. If

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Doug Stewart
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WE HAVE A SPREAD SHEAT WITH PART NUMBERS AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD A VENDERS PREFIX TO THE NUMBERS.IS THERE A FORMULA TO ADD A TWO DIGIT PREFIX TO A NUMBER?WE HAVE OVER 5500 PART NUMBERS. EXAMPLE ADD SI TO 5-155(SI5-155) If you use the conctinate function you can join the te

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Paul
Easy way is using =CONCATENATE(prefix;originalcell ) If the prefix needs to change then possibly having the prefix in another column would be useful. Have fun. /paul On 5/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WE HAVE A SPREAD SHEAT WITH PART NUMBERS AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD A VENDERS

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread Paul
Welcome... One can do with OpenOffice exactly what you can do with Microsoft Office. There are some differences, but from your original post I'm assuming you want broad strokes overview at this point. Have a look at for further information : http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html The enti

[users] How to make new headers in the Navigator?

2005-05-04 Thread JS
If I have a new page and I want to make I new header I have tried to select the first line, but I cannot seem to select header form the Typography menu. How do I add a new header? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

RE: [users] problems using "security patch for OpenOffice 1.4.4"

2005-05-04 Thread Jim White
a wrote on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:19 AM: > Hi! > > I've just downloaded OpenOffice 1.4.4 and security patch for 1.4.4. > > OpenOffice has been installed without problems. But I cannot > install the security patch. > > I tried to follow the installation information

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Dan Lewis wrote: On Wednesday 04 May 2005 11:48 am, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: [snip] Select the cells that you want to display in higher precision. From the menu, select "Format > Cells..." On the "Numbers" Tab, there is an option for decimal places. Change that to the number of decimal places nee

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Orson Jones
Tim Wescott wrote: -- Original Message -- From: Orson Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: users@openoffice.org Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 08:34:16 -0600 John Hardy wrote: Hello; There are many places where a dimension must be set, such as margins, tab stops, i

[users] HELP - I am going nuts!

2005-05-04 Thread Jill Eckstone
I have had several issues with open office that I am PRAYING you can help with. I am sure it is a user problem more than a program problem. 1. Sometimes when I save a text document and then try and open it back up...I am being asked what program I want to open the document up inwhen I say o

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread chattanoogadrive
WE HAVE A SPREAD SHEAT WITH PART NUMBERS AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD A VENDERS PREFIX TO THE NUMBERS.IS THERE A FORMULA TO ADD A TWO DIGIT PREFIX TO A NUMBER?WE HAVE OVER 5500 PART NUMBERS. EXAMPLE ADD SI TO 5-155(SI5-155)

[users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread John Hardy
Hello; Regarding Issue 45593, I don't find any way to vote for it. Is this a non voting type of issue, or am I not allowed to vote for some reason? Also, is this a "top-posting" list? It appears to be, but I'm just double-checking. Thank you. John Hardy I would suggest that you file and enhance

[users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread John Hardy
Issue 45593 Thank you. John Hardy I would suggest that you file and enhancement request at www.openoffice.org, post the number back to this list and everyone can vote on it - if they agree. /paul On 5/4/05, John Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello; There are many places where a dimension must be

[users] problems using "security patch for OpenOffice 1.4.4"

2005-05-04 Thread a
Hi! I've just downloaded OpenOffice 1.4.4 and security patch for 1.4.4. OpenOffice has been installed without problems. But I cannot install the security patch. I tried to follow the installation information, but it's a bit confusing. The information says: /"Make a backup copy of the affected f

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-04 Thread JNSmitheramMD
Dear Sirs: I'm relatively new to the computer world, with the exception of using the Internet. I understand that OpenOffice is an alternative to Microsoft's Office, but what EXACTLY can one do with OpenOffice...?? I've read the FAQ and still don't know! I learned about Open Office in

[users] pc crash affecting OpenOffice.Org v.1.1.1

2005-05-04 Thread STEPHEN SONNENMOSER
Thanks for finally responding to my issue w. having various documents unable to open that had been previously created w. OpenOffice.Org v.1.1.1 As I mentioned in my last e-mail my main concern was some 80 pages of a personal log that I had created over much of last year using the above-mention

[users] OO 2.0 Linux installation

2005-05-04 Thread Stefano Fornari
Hi All, is an installation program different from a bounch of rpms planned for OO 2.0? I tried with the given rpms, but they are not relocatable and I will never install a sw that I do not know where it puts things Stefano -

Re: [users] Feature in Calc ?

2005-05-04 Thread Joseph Roth
Just a heads up, that is a standard feature of MS-O. If your tabbing across a row, Excel tracks the tabs. When you hit 'enter' it drops you a row and moves back to the first column that you started tabbing from. I have found that very handy indeed and maybe should be a standard feature in OO.o.

[users] java

2005-05-04 Thread londot christian
ou trouver java pour creer les etats je fonctionne sur mandrake 10.2 merci - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Documents won't open - just stay frozen at blue

2005-05-04 Thread Pamela Sidney
Dear Users Open Office, I am having trouble opening my documents. The document I want to open is clicked, & commences opening, only  to freeze when it gets to the blue page, just before it should open. I use Open Office 1.1.0   I have just recieved a message:   {Either another instance of Open

[users] Re: [porting-dev] Re: [users] How to install on Mac

2005-05-04 Thread Eric Hoch
Hi Terry, Am Wed, 4 May 2005 00:18:29 -0700, schrieb Terry Teague: > At 3:25 PM +0200 5/3/05, Eric Hoch wrote: >> Hi >> Am Tue, 03 May 2005 08:10:05 -0400, schrieb G. Roderick Singleton: >>> On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:29 +0800, asnet wrote: Dear Sir, How to install 1.1.2 version

Re: [users] print HTML borders

2005-05-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 12:51 pm, Bob Lockie wrote: > The table border doesn't print on my HTML table. > How do I get it to print? > I didn't see any configuration options. > Highlight all the cells in the table. Right click inside the table, select "Table" from the context menu. Click on th

Re: [users] Bug when writing complex Word documents

2005-05-04 Thread Robin Laing
Paul Sutton wrote: Robin Laing wrote: John McLean wrote: Hi, > Not quite related, but > > Further to this, I have downloaded the torbay council job application > form which is word format, and has lots of tables, lines, etc, and this > opens on oo.org with no problem. > > I therefore guess it'

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Carl Paulsen
Ah. But when the paper size is in inches and you want to break that up into specific increments, it's much easier to do so with the (relatively) clean 8.5" or 11" sizes instead of the 16_??? millimeter size - note that the millimeter scale get's a bit scrunched up on the ruler, and is not a pr

[users] print HTML borders

2005-05-04 Thread Bob Lockie
The table border doesn't print on my HTML table. How do I get it to print? I didn't see any configuration options. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] HTML

2005-05-04 Thread Bob Lockie
On 04/05/2005 1:03 PM Bob Lockie spoke: I copied a table from firefox and pasted it into OOo-1.1.4 and every TD has a WIDTH= now. :-( I have to manually take them out so that I can change the column widths from the TH WIDTH= That is a pain, the original source doesn't have TD WIDTH= so why did O

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 11:48 am, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Orson Jones wrote: > > John Hardy wrote: > >> Hello; > >> > >> There are many places where a dimension must be set, such as > >> margins, tab stops, indents, line spacing, grid spacing, etc. But > >> OO only provides two decimal places

Re: [users] Re: Idea for Dealing With Posters Who Don't Subscribe

2005-05-04 Thread Marc DVer
Randomthots wrote: In any case, what I think would be ideal is for the questions that come in via the website that a mechanism could be set up where the system would automatically forward answers to that OP's mail address. It should be limited to only that thread. As we have seen, many people r

[users] HTML

2005-05-04 Thread Bob Lockie
I copied a table from firefox and pasted it into OOo-1.1.4 and every TD has a WIDTH= now. :-( I have to manually take them out so that I can change the column widths from the TH WIDTH= That is a pain, the original source doesn't have TD WIDTH= so why did OOo have to add it? :-(

Re: [users] Re: Idea for Dealing With Posters Who Don't Subscribe

2005-05-04 Thread Mark Herring
I would be more concerned about people who post questions and then never respond to requests for more information. Obviously, there is some commonality with the non-subscribers. Unfortunately, the "hit and run" crowd has no solution---except to ban them from the list---which of course requires

Re: [users] OpenOffice and 10.4 Tiger

2005-05-04 Thread Ross Bernheim
On May 3, 2005, at 22:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Except that NeoOffice/J is based on OOo 1.1.4 only for now. But I work with it everyday, it is a really nice adaptation of OOo. The current version of OOo is 1.1.4. The beta versions for 2 are not really meant for production work. Given that the ma

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Orson Jones wrote: John Hardy wrote: Hello; There are many places where a dimension must be set, such as margins, tab stops, indents, line spacing, grid spacing, etc. But OO only provides two decimal places. This is very limiting. A simple dimension of .125" or .375" cannot be specified, ending up

[users] Re: Idea for Dealing With Posters Who Don't Subscribe

2005-05-04 Thread Randomthots
Marc DVer wrote: Lately I have seen alot of emails from people who don't bother to subscribe to this list, yet expect help from us. I was wondering if the mailing list system could be modified such that if someone tries to mail the list then they would get a message saying they have to subscrib

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Tim Wescott
-- Original Message -- From: Orson Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: users@openoffice.org Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 08:34:16 -0600 >John Hardy wrote: >> Hello; >> >> There are many places where a dimension must be set, such as margins, >> tab stops, inden

Re: [users] Feature in Calc ?

2005-05-04 Thread Robert Brown
Thanks for the replys. I did write the macro about 30 minutes after posting this question. - Original Message - From: "Johnny Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 5:27 AM Subject: [spam] Re: [users] Feature in Calc ? It depends on what you mean by "quick".

Re: [users] Dimensions in inches: need >2 decimal places

2005-05-04 Thread Orson Jones
John Hardy wrote: Hello; There are many places where a dimension must be set, such as margins, tab stops, indents, line spacing, grid spacing, etc. But OO only provides two decimal places. This is very limiting. A simple dimension of .125" or .375" cannot be specified, ending up as .13" and .38"

[users] Idea for Dealing With Posters Who Don't Subscribe

2005-05-04 Thread Marc DVer
Lately I have seen alot of emails from people who don't bother to subscribe to this list, yet expect help from us. I was wondering if the mailing list system could be modified such that if someone tries to mail the list then they would get a message saying they have to subscribe. In addition,

Re: [users] Bug when writing complex Word documents

2005-05-04 Thread Paul Sutton
Not quite related, but Further to this, I have downloaded the torbay council job application form which is word format, and has lots of tables, lines, etc, and this opens on oo.org with no problem. I therefore guess it's the document or certain parts of a document that seems to be causing pro

[users] manual database report

2005-05-04 Thread Orson Jones
I am trying to figure out how to do a basic database report in writer without using the report wizard. In my case I want to make a phone directory from a data source. I think I want to have a section repeat for each row in a table. But I'm not sure how to make it work. Thanks, Orson

Re: [users] Saving work in Open Office

2005-05-04 Thread Robin Laing
Dan Lewis wrote: On Wednesday 04 May 2005 02:45 am, Bosman Olivier wrote: Hi, I run Open Office on a linux machine and want to save my work on the A: drive. I do not get the option to choose directories where to save my work. Trying the same in Windows there is no problem. Bosman Olivier The

Re: [users] OOo vs MS Office

2005-05-04 Thread Robin Laing
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 09:44 +0530, mkkannan wrote: When we download Open Office all original MS Word, MS Excel and Powerpoint documents get converted to Open Office. Now if we continue with Open Office and we have to send a document by e mail to someone else who uses

Re: [users] OO is a memory behemot

2005-05-04 Thread Orson Jones
CPHennessy wrote: Hi Alex, On Tuesday 03 May 2005 18:56, + Alexey Parshin wrote: Hello, I'm trying to switch my company's desktops to Linux completely. There is one thing that makes large contrast with MS Office - the long time of starting Open Office. You do not mention what version of OOo you ar

Re: [users] Bug when writing complex Word documents

2005-05-04 Thread Robin Laing
John McLean wrote: Hi, I used OO to create a complex 6 page document with numerous graphics and sections of two and three columns. It saved without error message into MS Word XP format (as required) but after that OO could not open it. OO went into repagination (for reasons unknown) and then f

Re: [users] OpenOffice does not run

2005-05-04 Thread Nicu Buculei
Doug Thompson wrote: Paul wrote: No one can answer your question till you supply details around what happens when it 'does not run'. What are you clicking on? What version of OOo are you using ? etc What you posted does not help... Sure it helps, if you're M$. Send all that output to Redmond

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