Re: [users] Probable CP Bug in Draw

2005-05-21 Thread Mixu Lauronen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm using OO0 1.9.100 when i cut a text box from slide 2 and move into slide 1, the paste icon goes away, as does the edit-paste option. ctl-v doesn't work, either. Impress works a little peculiarly in here: you have to use Paste Special (shift-ctrl-v) to do that. --

Re: [users] Bug in Rnd function (StarBasic)?

2005-05-21 Thread Mixu Lauronen
Johnny Andersson wrote: Aren't we all used to simulate dice with the Int(Rnd*6)+1 formula? I tested it 10 000 000 times and 7 came up 320 times. Maybe I should file this as a bug? I think you should. -- Maailmassa eniten tuhoa aikaan saanut kemikaali on testosteroni. The most destructive

[users] 2.0 beta for OSX

2005-05-21 Thread suzume
Which is the less unstable of the 2.0 betas for OSX ? And where is it possible to download it ? JC Helary - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OpenOffice 1.9.104 refuses Java runtimes

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Saturday 21 May 2005 04:06, Carl G. Ponder wrote: I had oocalc 1.9.104 choke, and one of the pop-ups complained about not being able to find the Java runtime. This had been a problem when I installed Java 1.4 and I was able to specify the path in the install-wizard, which in this case is

Re: [users] Open Office Draw dimension lines

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 19:14, + Shelley Cryer wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** 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 -

Re: [users] problems with protect document

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
Sorry for the delay. On Sunday 08 May 2005 16:43, + mojo jojo wrote: Thank you, but I have another problem: - the Save with password option is not active!! I have included a printscreen. How can I activate it? I have OpenOffice on two computers, on both the option is deactivated so I can not

Re: [users] Impress default template

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 05 May 2005 08:50, + Noel Bray-Browning wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi, I'm having trouble getting OpenOffice 1.1.4 to work as expected with a default Impress template. I've got a default template for Writer for Calc they both work as expected. File/New/Text

Re: [users] Re: How do I find the last row used?

2005-05-21 Thread Johnny Andersson
I guess someone here could provide some links to most kinds of documentation. I use the built in help functions and it's usually enough. If not I search with google and surprisingly often I find the answers. If not, I ask here... When I am not sure about what cell function to use, I press

[users] Re: OpenOffice 1.9.104 refuses Java runtimes

2005-05-21 Thread Carl G. Ponder
Here's a sample popup message about Java: OpenOffice.org requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task. Please install a JRE and restart OpenOffice.org. The operation I was performing is Tools - Macros - Run Macro It hangs awhile then gives me the

Re: [users] spadmin - can't change command under 1.9.100

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Saturday 14 May 2005 13:35, Capsad wrote: Hi is there a possibility to change the printer command like in openoffice 1.14 under openoffice 1.9.100? Are you sure that OOo is not now using CUPS ? I think OOo doesn't use cups, cause it uses the lpr - command. But cups is compatible

Re: [users] Sharing open office files on a network

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 10 May 2005 20:18, Mason Sanders wrote: I am using Fedora Core 2 with version 1.1.3 of open office. I have many files in both openoffice and ms office formats on a samba share on a network server that are modified throughout the day. Is there some way that I can set up open office

Re: [users] Installation said successful but no icon or entry in program listing.

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Monday 16 May 2005 16:22, + Zohra Iqbal wrote: Hi Recently purchased OOo. Have a new laptop, running Win XP (sp2). After installing via cd through 8daysaweek Installation said successful but there is no icon nor entry in program listing. Patch was also installed and prior to that the

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Monday 16 May 2005 14:04, Loc TISON wrote: [ MODERATED ] When I use the spreadsheet, with an autofilter. If I copy over a range of rows the same value, the lines in between the selected lines are also modified. It does not with MS-XL. regards Please use normal

Re: [users] Base query

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 06:17, + Zane Bruce wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi I'm playing around with the 1.9.100 build of Openoffice, specifically with the database stuff. I notice when importing data from my older MS excel and Openoffice 1.1.4 spreadsheet files, 1.9.100

Re: [users] Rectangles instead of letters in user interface

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Monday 16 May 2005 19:16, Thomas Wright wrote: Hi Sorry if this has come up before, but I've checked the list archives, and tried various queries on google. I'm having some problems with fonts in openoffice. It's a new install on debian Sarge. The fonts in documents show up fine, but

Re: [users] Open Office Lotus

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 10:36, + Andrew Bullock wrote: [ MODERATED ] Can I import Lotus Smartsweet packages: Wordpro, Freelance, 123 Approach files into Open Office? direct. It is difficult to import Freelance into Powerpoint. I think that 123 is supported but do not

Re: [users] Using OO for Excel files

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 16:45, + Lee Moses wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi: I have an Excel program that goes to web sites to gather data for reports, charts, etc. When I open it in OO Calc, most of the function buttons don't work--so it won't do the web search functions.

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 16:56, + David Algeo wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I did not find any reference to using tablet computers with OO in the FAQ and I did download and try to make the tablet pen work with OO. OO treats the pin as a mouse pointer not a writing device.

Re: [users] Question

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 14:14, + Gleisson Peixoto wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I can use the Openoffice Free in Corporative environment? Absolutely. You can use it, burn it on CD and distribute it, or change the code and use it etc. For corporate support you may be

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 19:03, + isla wrote: [ MODERATED ] muy sres mo: LLevo utilizando openoffice unos dos aos y todo me ha ido bien hasta hoy, que intento copiar un articulo de una pagina web y pegarlo en un documento de texto de open office y me pone: EL FORMATO

Re: [users] Hpux

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 19 May 2005 18:06, + Dan Beattie wrote: [ MODERATED ] do you have software for HPUX unix? Hi Dan, Please check http://porting.openoffice.org. Work did indeed start on this platform, and if you have gcc and the associated tools installed you should be able to

Re: [users] Archivos temporales de Openoffice

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Friday 20 May 2005 14:14, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hola, alguien me puede decir en que extensión guarda los archivos temporales de openoffice? Hi Elia, This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own

Re: [users] fonts problem

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 15:15, + Roy Short wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** hi there is there a posible way to make openoffice import or see or my windows xp fonts? As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Wednesday 18 May 2005 16:27, Rex Dieter wrote: If

Re: [users] Reformatting a document

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Friday 20 May 2005 22:28, David O Smith wrote: I am trying to replace MS Office with OpenOffice (in the guise of NeoOfficeJ, since I use a Mac with OS X. One of the few things I've not been able to figure out how to do is to reformat a document. I'm on one particular mailing list and I

Re: [users] Saving files in Mac

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 19 May 2005 20:55, + Donald Wilson wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Working with Open Office 1.1.2 on a Mac G4 running Tiger. Want to save word processing documents as Windows files. Have figured out how to get .doc format but am having trouble working my way through

Re: [users] How can I make my own objects in StarBasic?

2005-05-21 Thread David
Johnny Andersson wrote: Hi again! Let's say that I modify your example as follows: Type MyType aName as String aAge as Integer Things() as String End Type Sub Main Dim mt(20) As New MyType mt(13).aName = Tom mt(13).aAge = 42 Msgbox mt.aName , mt.aAge End

Re: [users] Text to columns

2005-05-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 16:45, + Mike Train wrote: [ MODERATED ] We are currently using this software instead of Microsoft's solution. Is there a similar feature to text to columns that anyone has found? All I can see on google etc are macros which can be installed to do

Re: [users] Question

2005-05-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 12:00 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: On Wednesday 18 May 2005 14:14, + Gleisson Peixoto wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I can use the Openoffice Free in Corporative environment? Absolutely. You can use it, burn it on CD and distribute it, or change the code

Re: [users] print out is blank and no option to print entire sheet

2005-05-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 11:29 +0800, Yong Bong Fong wrote: Dear friends, I have a problem with OOo1.1.1. The user tried to print a sheet but its print out is totally blank. When I tried to choose format - print range - entire sheet, there is no such option in it. When I looked at the

Re: [users] Macro for setting the language

2005-05-21 Thread Herbert Eppel
On 20.05.2005 13:06 UK Time, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Read the section titled Setting The Locale in my free macro document... The code looks like this: Andrew, once again many thanks for your reply. I am pleased to report that I can now set the languague of my text documents to

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-21 Thread Renee Morin
Hello! I have a problem I can't resolve--I recently used OpenOffice to open a filereported ina runner error message, and now OpenOffice automatically opens with every startup wanting to open that file. I have unsuccessfully tried to resolve the runner error, so it still displays upon

[users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread Joe Marks
On a WindowsXP computer using 1.9.100, how is a book fold document created. A regular 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper is used that is folded so that (with printing on both sides of the sheet) four 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 pages are printed. Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-21 Thread David Brenda Wilkinson
I tried to download the security patch for Open Office.org 1.1.4 and I was instructed that if I were to proceed that I might damage my system. I would like layman step by step instructions on how to do the download, please. Also my version of OpenOffice 1.1.4 does not have charts under Format

Re: [users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread Jim Higson
On Saturday 21 May 2005 16:49, Joe Marks wrote: On a WindowsXP computer using 1.9.100, how is a book fold document created. A regular 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper is used that is folded so that (with printing on both sides of the sheet) four 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 pages are printed. I don't know for

Re: [users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 08:49 -0700, Joe Marks wrote: On a WindowsXP computer using 1.9.100, how is a book fold document created. A regular 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper is used that is folded so that (with printing on both sides of the sheet) four 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 pages are printed. This is a

Re: [users] How can I make my own objects in StarBasic?

2005-05-21 Thread Johnny Andersson
David [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev den Sat, 21 May 2005 12:01:40 +0100: Johnny Andersson wrote: Hi again! Let's say that I modify your example as follows: Type MyType aName as String aAge as Integer Things() as String End Type Sub Main Dim mt(20) As New MyType

[users] Saving files on Mac

2005-05-21 Thread don
Thanks to those who responded. Problem solved! Don Wilson

Re: [users] relative URL in CALC spreadsheet

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Elsasser wrote: In a OO CALC Spreadsheet, if I want to insert relative URL addresses and follow the indications of the OO helpfiles, it does not work, and the addresses always stay absolute. Besides, if I select Button in the Text/Button switch, 1. the Button does not work, 2. There is no

Re: [users] Re: Going nuts trying to create a relative hyperlink from an OOo Text to a Spreadsheet document

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
John King wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:12:20 +1000, hedley.finger wrote: Fellow keyboard tappers: I am writing a report in OOo Write that refers to specific worksheets in an OOo Calc spreadsheet. (The tables are too large to include in the text document as either an OLE or DDE link.) Here

Re: [users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread Joe Marks
--- G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 08:49 -0700, Joe Marks wrote: On a WindowsXP computer using 1.9.100, how is a book fold document created. A regular 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper is used that is folded so that (with printing on both sides of the

Re: [users] OpenOffice 1.0.2

2005-05-21 Thread Caleb Marcus
You were asked when you installed the program whether you wanted it to take over Word files. You need to tell it not to when it installs. Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: Albert A Rich III wrote: Support OpenOffice Suite Dear Sir or Madam: I have installed the OpenOffice 1.0.2 and it works good,

Re: [users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 12:27 -0700, Joe Marks wrote: --- G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 08:49 -0700, Joe Marks wrote: On a WindowsXP computer using 1.9.100, how is a book fold document created. A regular 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper is used that

Re: [users] Seting pdf properties (Linux)

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
tip author=Paul subject=Setting PDF export optionsTo set PDF export options select *File Export as PDF... Here you can choose which pages are outputted and also the quality of the file.*/tip Paul wrote: Depending on the version of OOo that your using will depend on the amount of control that

Re: [users] relative URL in CALC spreadsheet

2005-05-21 Thread Elsasser
Funny. I asked that question several days ago, and I got an answer. However, this was the problem : In my spreadsheet, every line stands for a melody, and in one, two or three columns, I want to set Hyperlinks to MIDI files, so people can hear the melodies (sometimes in two or even three

Re: [users] OO Writer

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Sir, Sorry if reporting is at a wrong place. When I download some thing from the internet and copy paste to writer document, it takes unreasonably long time, when the pasted object contains pictures. And this is very much annoying. Also, after it has taken all the time and writer

Re: [users] Find the template of a Writer document

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Bruce Byfield wrote: Janet M. Swisher wrote: Writer documents keep track of what template they were created from, because if you update the template, the next time you open the document, OOo asks if you want to update the styles in the document. However, if you've forgotten what template

Re: [users] Reformatting a document

2005-05-21 Thread David O Smith
At 12:11 pm on Saturday, May 21, 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CPHennessy) said: You need to use regular expressions. have a look at Help - Contents and search for regualr expressions. Hello, there. Thanks for the advice. I've been through the regular expressions, and I cannot find a set that do

Re: [users] [moderated] OCR Question

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
I believe the best way to this is to use the tool in Adobe that lets you select a portion of the document and turn it into a jpg file. Then, load that jpg into your OCR software and export that into Writer. HTH. Wanda Nall wrote: No, I had not received a reply. Thank you. I had received a

Re: [users] batch file conversion .sxc - .ods

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Ji Hladvka wrote: Is there any tool to convert OOo 1.1.x files to the new formats of OOo 2.x ? Version 1.9.95 does not recognize .sxc untill I set it manually in Open with program ( WinXP, files from 1.1.4 to 1.9.95 ) Thanks, Jiri You can change the file associations in Windows. These

Re: [users] Re-Association of MS files

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Manuel Ester wrote: 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 office those files were opened by the original MS program, without asking

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

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
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

Re: [users] Reformatting a document

2005-05-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 21:11 +0100, David O Smith wrote: At 12:11 pm on Saturday, May 21, 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CPHennessy) said: You need to use regular expressions. have a look at Help - Contents and search for regualr expressions. Hello, there. Thanks for the advice. I've been

Re: [users] OOo vs MS Office

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
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 on MS Office, can that person open the Open Office document

Re: [users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread Doug Thompson
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 12:27 -0700, Joe Marks wrote: Printing with the brochure feature allows two pages to be printed on one side in landscape mode. The pages are reduced in size to fit on the one page. Is there a way to do the printing without reducing the size

Re: [users] OOo suite vs. single applications

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Mixu Lauronen wrote: I've been thinking about a possibility to load single OOo applications instead of the whole package. Some people only need a Word Processor. Many never use Draw or Math. I think it should be possible to select which products to download/install. What do you think, folks?

Re: [users] A question about format

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Charlie elderton wrote: Hello Everyone, I dig open office a lot. I like the general vibrations. However, When I am using MS Word I save my documents in MS format. Later I open MS explorer, find the folder I want and then open the file I saved to do more work on it. When I open the file,

Re: [users] Shortcut keys

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Buggy Code wrote: Hi Moving away from MS Word - I seem to miss a feature in OOffice that I liked in Word. I frequently need to insert special symbol characters to my text. In MS Word I can assign key sequences to specific symbols such a Ctrl,Alt, [left arrow] for an - symbol. Can something

Re: [users] relative URL in CALC spreadsheet

2005-05-21 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Elsasser wrote: Funny. I asked that question several days ago, and I got an answer. Your answer got put in a different thread, and I found it after I replied. :( However, this was the problem : In my spreadsheet, every line stands for a melody, and in one, two or three columns, I want to

Re: [users] Shortcut keys

2005-05-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 15:50 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: Buggy Code wrote: Hi Moving away from MS Word - I seem to miss a feature in OOffice that I liked in Word. I frequently need to insert special symbol characters to my text. In MS Word I can assign key sequences to specific

[users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread Chris Aitken
Doug Thompson wrote: snip I haven't tried the following, but if I understand the question, it might be possible to achieve the desired result using a page style with two columns in landscape mode. The shortcoming of this approach is that you will have to manually control the content of the

Re: [users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 19:21 -0400, Chris Aitken wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 12:27 -0700, Joe Marks wrote: --- G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 08:49 -0700, Joe Marks wrote: On a WindowsXP computer

[users] OOoCon 2005

2005-05-21 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, The third international OOoCon will be held this year from 28 to 30 September in Koper (Capodistria), Slovenia. Make your plans now! As in previous years, the conference will bring together developers and distributors, users, businesses, and governments from all parts of the

Re: [users] book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread Chris BONDE
--- G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 08:49 -0700, Joe Marks wrote: On a WindowsXP computer using 1.9.100, how is a book fold document created. A regular 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper is used that is folded so that (with printing on both

[users] Re: book fold document

2005-05-21 Thread Andy Lewis
Step by step: 1) Set the page size of your *document* to 8 1/2 tall by 5 1/2 wide. You can have as many pages as you like, it doesn't have to be a multiple of 4. OOo will sort out what should be printed next to what (eg with an 8 page document, 1 next to 8, 2 next to 7 etc). 2) File|Print.