Re: [users] where is it?

As you are not subscribed, you may have missed this post. Richard/g wrote: On Sunday 22 May 2005 07:52 am, Jim Means wrote: I left the download running overnight. It took six hours as I have only a 56k connection. Woke up to find winzip had unzipped 500+ files. Closed Winzip and started loo

Re: [users] Activesync problems

Georg Schmidt wrote: Hello Everybody, I have searched for this on google, however, found no solution. I am using OpenOffice 1.1.4 and would like to sync documents with my Pocket PC. Following the instructions in the help file I installed the "Mobile Devices Filters". The problem is that in Ac

[users] Reformatting sub-documents

I am working on a master document that is drawing sub documents from a variety of sources. Many of the sub documents are badly formatted. Is there a way to reformat existing (imported) sub-documents according to the styles in the master-document? Using OOo 1.9.104 - Thanks Pierre

Re: [users] new font spadmin

On Friday 20 May 2005 18:34, Fred Grant wrote: > I'm trying to install a new font using spadmin but no font button > appears (just a button to replace). Also, the list of installed fonts > doesn't appear. > > Is there an easier way to do this (drag and drop somehow?). > > Thanks > > > -

Re: [users] Regarding Open Office

In addition to just the OOo site, if you google for these sort of things you'll find lots more. This is one project that specifically deals with templates, etc... : http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/ Here is another that is outside OOo, but still creates content

Re: [users] Regarding Open Office

I believe (someone on the list may correct me) that the linux downloads are either .rpm or .deb... However, as you may know, this does not limit (to redhat/fedora or debian) the flavour of linux that these files can be installed onto. The.rpm and .deb package formats are supported by a variety of d

Re: [users] Spell Check not working

Trevor wrote: > I have checked my setting and appear to have spell checking enabled with the > correct language (ie English). What language do the styles show that you are writing in? xan jonathon -- A Fork requires: Seven systems with: 1+ GHz Processors 2+ GB RAM 0

[users] Spell Check not working

Hi I don't seem to be able to get my spell checker to work in OpenOffice Writer. I had the problem with 1.1.4 and have just upgraded to 1.9.104. When I upgraded I chose not to reuse any of my old settings. I have checked my setting and appear to have spell checking enabled with the correct

Re: [users] AutoRecovery - informational

Good news... /paul On 5/23/05, James Finnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FYI: I just downloaded 1.91.104 for the Linux platform and installed. I > retested the recovery function and it appears to be working now. I was > provided a recovery dialog upon restarting OOo after duplicating the same

Re: [users] AutoRecovery - informational

FYI: I just downloaded 1.91.104 for the Linux platform and installed. I retested the recovery function and it appears to be working now. I was provided a recovery dialog upon restarting OOo after duplicating the same procedures as before. And the process worked great. I filed a followup on

Re: [users] OOo Knowledgebase being used!

Paul wrote: Does F5 not revive it?? No, that didn't work for me. File > Reload > OK did. Thanks Pierre - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] is there a Newsgroup?

Have a look at : http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html#newsgroups for list of email and news groups for OOo. As to how this is done via thunderbird - google is always your friend for these types of questions : http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Newsgroups /paul On 5/23/05, aptdoc

Re: [users] [moderated]

On Sunday 22 May 2005 08:03 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Could you tell me if WRITER will open microsoft word documents even > if Word isn't installed on the computer? > > Many thanks! Yes, it will. OpenOffice.org (OOo) will open MS Office files unless they are password protected.

[users] is there a Newsgroup?

Hello everyone. I am just getting used to this mail list thing, and am concluding this is the Newsgroup for Open Office. Is that correct, or is there a Newsgroup server to connect to, and how do I do that on Thunderbird? Thanks. Peter

Re: [users] Website Design

On Sunday 22 May 2005 03:13 pm, Niva Kedem wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to offer you a new, fresh website design. I'm a > professional web designer, and you are welcome to browse my recent > work at: > > http://www.nivakedem.com > > I can also offer you all kind of web solutions (development, h

Re: [users] OOo Knowledgebase being used!

I wrote: Thanks for the effort. It's needed. Like, at the moment I'm working with a master document & I've lost the Navigator. NOWHERE can I find a hint, a tip to revive the thing. Be assured that once I find out how I will put it into the KB Done! Pierre -

Re: [users] OOo2 - Lost Masterdoc Navigator

I wrote: Stupid question, but how do I get the Navigator window to display when working with a Masterdocument? Nevermind, figured it out: # Save your document/ work # Click the File Menu # Click Reload # In the "Refresh all Links" dialog click OK Pierre ---

Re: [users] OOo Knowledgebase being used!

Does F5 not revive it?? /paul On 5/24/05, Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Just thought I would let everyone know that people are starting > > to contribute to the OOo Knowledgebase. It has been only a couple > > of questions so far, but at least it

Re: [users] Mac OSX

On Sunday 22 May 2005 07:36 pm, Sherry Landsman wrote: > Can I use openoffice on my Mac OSX 10.2.8? > Yes you may. However, many people with Mac OSX prefer Neooffice/J. It is available at www.neooffice.org. It is the same same office suite that is based upon Java. It is more like the other pa

Re: [users] OOo Knowledgebase being used!

Jonathon Coombes wrote: Hi All, Just thought I would let everyone know that people are starting to contribute to the OOo Knowledgebase. It has been only a couple of questions so far, but at least it is a start :) Regards Jonathon Thanks for the effort. It's needed. Like, at the moment I'm wor

Re: [users] Mac OSX

I'm not a Mac user, but have a good friend who is, and he swears by OOo! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] OOo2 - Lost Masterdoc Navigator

Stupid question, but how do I get the Navigator window to display when working with a Masterdocument? Thanks - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Next Page or Search OOo 1.95

On Sunday 22 May 2005 01:37 pm, Osvaldo Clua wrote: > Hello: > Following the M$Word feature, after doing a search, the > "next page" button of the scrollbar (Linux KDE) is replaced > by a repeat search and changes its color . How can I > disable this or get the next page back? (I dont know how

[users] Mac OSX

Can I use openoffice on my Mac OSX 10.2.8? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] OOo Knowledgebase being used!

Hi All, Just thought I would let everyone know that people are starting to contribute to the OOo Knowledgebase. It has been only a couple of questions so far, but at least it is a start :) Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips (RSS) - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase - http://m

Re: [users] Impress: In Slide-Show Mode, Backspace Does Not Show Previous Slide

Instead of backspace, use 'page up' button to go back a page ('page down' goes forward a page). If you have arrow keys on your keyboard, these also work ('up' goes back ; 'down' goes forward). /paul On 5/23/05, Jayesh Sheth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am new to this list.

[users] Re: how to plot thi graph?

niv wrote: hay lot, I want to plot these results I got from several sensors in the lab. Device / Time 10:24:00 10:24:00 10:24:00 10:24:00 10:24:00 TCT 0.933 1.020 1.143 1.249 1.368 23.500 25.000 29.000 31.500

Re: [users] Bug confirmation - versions - 1.9.95

>> who has got a later dev build to give it a go and see I fully realised that the version I have is not the latest and the purpose of the email was to see if someone who was using a later build to try this potential bug out. There is no point in me downloading 80Mb of file to test out this single

Re: [users] installation problem w/ beta vesion 1.9.104

You don't have to get a different or new downloaded file. Simply use the one that you already have an unzip it ... /paul On 5/23/05, Richard Koffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Paul, > > Many thanks. I will handle the next downloaded zip file better from here on > in. > > Richard > >

[users] Impress: In Slide-Show Mode, Backspace Does Not Show Previous Slide

Hello everyone, I am new to this list. I have a question, the answer to which I could not find by searching through the OO mailing list archives. When I am in Slide Show mode for an OO Impress (Version 2.0 Beta / 1.9) presentation, and press the backspace key, it simply cancels the Slide Show and

[users] Activesync problems

Hello Everybody, I have searched for this on google, however, found no solution. I am using OpenOffice 1.1.4 and would like to sync documents with my Pocket PC. Following the instructions in the help file I installed the "Mobile Devices Filters". The problem is that in ActiveSync there is no o

Re: [users] Problem with the spellcheck on OpenOffice 1.1.4

On Sunday 22 May 2005 10:59 am, Dr. Klaus Franke wrote: > On my notebook, the spellcheck does not work. It is the same > installation as on my desktop computer. What my be the reason? Hello, We can probably get you checking. What dictionary, language are you trying to use? What operating sys

Re: [users] Excel export replaces formulas with NA()

On 5/22/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quicky question. What do you have set in Tools > Options > Load/Save > > VBA Properties? All the checkboxes are checked. In the Excel section, the two checkboxes are "Load basic code to edit" and "Save original basic code again". Is

Re: [users] Excel export replaces formulas with NA()

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 18:53 -0300, Michael Crawford wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a problem with export to Excel. Many of my formulas are > changed to NA() when I open the Excel format version back into > OpenOffice again. Can someone help me export my spreadsheet? I might > actually have a bu

[users] Excel export replaces formulas with NA()

Greetings, I have a problem with export to Excel. Many of my formulas are changed to NA() when I open the Excel format version back into OpenOffice again. Can someone help me export my spreadsheet? I might actually have a bug in my spreadsheet that's my own fault, but I can't find it. Maybe yo

[users] how to plot thi graph?

hay lot, I want to plot these results I got from several sensors in the lab. Device / Time 10:24:0010:24:0010:24:0010:24:00 10:24:00 TCT 0.933 1.020 1.143 1.249 1.368 23.500 25.000 29.000 31.5

Re: [users] Bug confirmation - versions - 1.9.95

You are using an old version. The new version is 1.9.104 Paul wrote: I've been trying out the version control in 1.9.95 (on winxp) but I think the 'save new version on closing' is not working. I want to get someone else to try it out prior to submitting a bug for it. Basically under file > ver

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

Ok, thanks. At least I can stop trying now... So I guess that Type is not comparable to Struct in C then. In C, even a struct can be inside another struct, I think. Well, it was a long time I did anything useful in C anyway, so maybe my memory needs to be refreshed... Johnny Andy Pitony

Re: [users] Problem with the spellcheck on OpenOffice 1.1.4

You would need to check that both installs have the same dictionaries, that the languages are set to the same as the dictionaries. Most of these settings can be checked using tools > options > language settings > languages. /paul On 5/23/05, Dr. Klaus Franke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my no

[users] Bug confirmation - versions - 1.9.95

I've been trying out the version control in 1.9.95 (on winxp) but I think the 'save new version on closing' is not working. I want to get someone else to try it out prior to submitting a bug for it. Basically under file > versions (using a file in the .odt format in writer) I select the check box

Re: [users] Openoffice 2.0 Suite

Sorry, clicked send to soon... you mentioned you want a 2.0Beta build - therefore the site to download from is here : http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html /paul On 5/23/05, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You'd have to be a little clearer on what the issue is. What happens > when you

Re: [users] Openoffice 2.0 Suite

You'd have to be a little clearer on what the issue is. What happens when you go to this page : http://download.openoffice.org/index.html and select the OS, language and mirror site? /paul On 5/23/05, Manohar Bijlani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gentlemen, > I am having difficulty down loading V

Re: [users] I want get OpenOffice.org 1.1 thanks~

You can from http://download.openoffice.org/index.html /paul On 5/23/05, 紫葡萄酒 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want get OpenOffice.org 1.1 thanks~ > > > Ashes to ashes ,dust to dust > > > > > > ___ > Yahoo!奇摩電子信箱 > 免費容量250MB

Re: [users] installation problem w/ beta vesion 1.9.104

Once you have downloaded the file you need to unzip the file to a temporary directory. Once unzipped, then run the setup program to install. /paul On 5/23/05, Richard Koffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good people, > > I had an older version of Open Office, namely 1.3, running on this laptop.

[users] Next Page or Search OOo 1.95

Hello: Following the M$Word feature, after doing a search, the "next page" button of the scrollbar (Linux KDE) is replaced by a repeat search and changes its color . How can I disable this or get the next page back? (I dont know how to make it in M$Word either) Thanks ---

[users] Problem with the spellcheck on OpenOffice 1.1.4

On my notebook, the spellcheck does not work. It is the same installation as on my desktop computer. What my be the reason? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Website Design

Hello, I would like to offer you a new, fresh website design. I'm a professional web designer, and you are welcome to browse my recent work at: http://www.nivakedem.com I can also offer you all kind of web solutions (development, hosting, e-commerce, web promotion) for a reasonable prices. I

Re: [users] where is it?

On Sunday 22 May 2005 07:52 am, Jim Means wrote: > I left the download running overnight. It took six hours as I have only a > 56k connection. Woke up to find winzip had unzipped 500+ files. Closed > Winzip and started looking for Open Office. Found two shortcuts. One of > them asks me to selec

[users] book fold document

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: Well I didm't realize that the OP was on Windows do took the generic approach. As to can't do this on Linux, you and I both know this is not true. Further, the example for which I gave the URL, was done under FC3 with no OOo printer setup at all. That is what CUPS

[users] book fold document

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: Really? When I try this I get /four/ pages to one page. Yes really. You can see an example at http://www.barttersyndrome.com/program.pdf which I created for a family funeral mass. Thanks. I downloaded and printed it -- it looks great. And, yes,

[users] Openoffice 2.0 Suite

Gentlemen, I am having difficulty down loading Version 1.91+, Can you help me to down load this version. My Operating System is Windows Xp Home Version, if possible suggest a possible site to download. Thank you. Sincerely, Manohar Bijlani __

[users] I want get OpenOffice.org 1.1 thanks~

I want get OpenOffice.org 1.1 thanks~ Ashes to ashes ,dust to dust ___ Yahoo!奇摩電子信箱 免費容量250MB，信件在多也不怕 http://tw.promo.yahoo.com/mail_new/index.html - To un

Re: [users] book fold document

--- Doug Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe Marks wrote: > > Doug: > > > > How did you draw the Side 1 and Side 2 pictures. > I > > tried to do it and it converted to a table > contents > > Style. I typed the first like which is +'s with > > > between. When I pressed Enter after th

Re: [users] book fold document

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 17:19 +0100, Jim Higson wrote: > On Sunday 22 May 2005 17:05, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 16:00 +0100, Jim Higson wrote: > > > On Sunday 22 May 2005 00:24, Chris Aitken wrote: > > > > Doug Thompson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't

Re: [users] book fold document

On Sunday 22 May 2005 17:05, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 16:00 +0100, Jim Higson wrote: > > On Sunday 22 May 2005 00:24, Chris Aitken wrote: > > > Doug Thompson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't tried the following, but if I understand the question, it > > > > mig

Re: [users] book fold document

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 16:00 +0100, Jim Higson wrote: > On Sunday 22 May 2005 00:24, Chris Aitken wrote: > > Doug Thompson wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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

Re: [users] Re: book fold document

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 09:17 -0500, Randomthots wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 01:17 -0500, Randomthots wrote: > > > >>Andy Lewis wrote: > >> > >>>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

Re: [users] book fold document

On Sunday 22 May 2005 00:24, Chris Aitken wrote: > Doug Thompson wrote: > > > > > 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 > >

Re: [users] book fold document

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 14:41 -0600, Doug Thompson wrote: 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 s

Re: [users] book fold document

Joe Marks wrote: Doug: How did you draw the Side 1 and Side 2 pictures. I tried to do it and it converted to a table contents Style. I typed the first like which is +'s with between. When I pressed Enter after the last + on the top line of the picture, the line converted to the table.

[users] Re: How does one repeat a step with a shortcut and deselect one element from a group of selected elements?

Reply inline Andy Paul wrote: On 5/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. how can i repeat a step, eg, bold some text, with a shortcut key? i think mso is F4. If there is not a built in short cut - record a macro and assign to a short cut key... 2. if i have 3 elements

[users] Re: book fold document

G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 01:17 -0500, Randomthots wrote: Andy Lewis wrote: 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 sh

Re: [users] [moderated]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Could you tell me if WRITER will open microsoft word documents even if Word isn't installed on the computer? Many thanks! Yes. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional co

Re: [users] [moderated]

Yes, of course. OpenOffice does not use MS Wordto open the files. But if you want to send your OO documents to people that have only MS Word, you have to save the documents in MS Word format. Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi, Could you tell me if WRITER will open microsoft word documen

[users] [moderated]

Hi, Could you tell me if WRITER will open microsoft word documents even if Word isn't installed on the computer? Many thanks!

[users] installation problem w/ beta vesion 1.9.104

Good people, I had an older version of Open Office, namely 1.3, running on this laptop. When I downloaded the zip files for the 1.9 beta, I got stuck w/ the following error message: "error 1311. Source file not found." The setup program was trying to locate a certain temporary file (temp d

Re: [users] Re: book fold document

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 01:17 -0500, Randomthots wrote: > Andy Lewis wrote: > > 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 printe

[users] where is it?

I left the download running overnight.  It took six hours as I have only a 56k connection.  Woke up to find winzip had unzipped 500+ files.  Closed Winzip and started looking for Open Office.  Found two shortcuts. One of them asks me to select a file from my documents and the other one opens

Re: [users] Regarding Open Office

OOo being open source you are welcome to create anything you wish. You can add to the program and redistribute if you wish. There are several projects on the go to add various templates and add on's. Have a look at www.openoffice.org for more assistance and areas that you can assist as well. /pau

Re: [users] Calc - Grid Lines

It is still a global setting and there is a request for this to be changed but it hasn't been implemented as far as 1.9.95. /paul On 5/22/05, John Barman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I can see, the only way to choose to show or hide spreadsheet grid > lines, is globally in the Options

Re: [users] How does one repeat a step with a shortcut and deselect one element from a group of selected elements?

On 5/21/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. how can i repeat a step, eg, bold some text, with a > shortcut key? i think mso is F4. If there is not a built in short cut - record a macro and assign to a short cut key... > 2. if i have 3 elements (pictures, text boxes, lines, > et

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

I would have to check my book and I do not have it with me, but, I think that you can not use an array in a user defined type unless you store it in a variant data type... > Hi again! > > > Let's say that I modify your example as follows: > > Type MyType > aName as String > aAge as Int

[users] Regarding Open Office

Dear Sir: My name is Jason Smith and I own a company called Torchlight Technologies. We integrate Linux into systems as the main OS rather than Windows. I notice that Open Office is the defaulted Office program on many linuxes and also that version 2.0 is out now. I was wondering a few thing

Re: [users] [moderated]

Not too sure what "runner error message" is. It sounds like you've set the default document to be something that you don't want it to be. Have a search in help>contents for default documents and have a look at what appears. /paul On 5/22/05, Renee Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello!

Re: [users] [moderated]

Sorry forgot to copy in original OP On 5/22/05, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 t

Re: [users] [moderated]

> 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. I would suggest that you have a look on the web site for any ins

[users] Calc - Grid Lines

As far as I can see, the only way to choose to show or hide spreadsheet grid lines, is globally in the Options/View choices. I suppose it is not essential, but it would be useful to be able to make the choice on individual spreadsheets (as in 1-2-3 and Excel.) Any chance of this happening? Joh

Re: [users] Open Office & Lotus

OO on my cannot system cannot handle wordpro (.lwp) and 123 (filetype .123) files, though it can apparently handle earlier 123 formats. OO can also read the .dbf formats in which approach keeps its databases, but not the .apr view files. It would be very helpful if OO's support for smartsuit

Re: [users] Shortcut keys

I agree that such shortcuts would be an important feature that should be implemented in OOo. In the meantime I suggest that you check out a little Dutch software collaed Allchars, available at http://allchars.zwolnet.com/ . It's very lightweight (less than 500 kB downlo

Re: [users] OOo vs MS Office

Actually, if you want other people to use MS Word to read your files, you have to save them in MS Word format ("Save as..."). If your files are somewhat complex (tables, macros...), you should verify what happens to the files when they are converted to MS Word. Sometimes the page breaks, places