[users] users mailing list

2005-05-28 Thread mojo jojo
when I open the "View mailing list archive", which is at: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users&by=date the list looks like: All 93870 May 20271 Oct 20201 Nov 20131 Oct 20091 May 20052315 ... Why don't you delete or move those

[users] multiple monitors issue

2005-05-28 Thread Micheal Bauerle
Make sure you are using monitors that match. Most cards will not work properly if you are using 2 different monitors. I know that there is a software app out there that allows you to use mismatched monitors but its mostly used by CPA firms to go over things with customers. Micheal __

Re: [users] Queries

2005-05-28 Thread nicholas price
Thanks Peter for your reply, I am downloading Openoffice 1.1.4 However, with the generic instructions for file association, this seems to talk about how to associate Word documents with Word, rather than documents saved in Openoffice and not associated with the program. Every time I open an openo

Re: [users] How to untar either a tar or a tar gz

2005-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 28 May 2005 16:27, OldSarge wrote: >To anybody: I have downloaded OpenOffice.org ver 1.1.4 but it, of > course is in tar gz format. Can any one give me a step by step > method to untar and install it??? :-[ > We need more info since Ooo is multiplatform. Basicly a tar.gz file has a 99%

Re: [users] using rtf as default format

2005-05-28 Thread Jonathon Blake
John wrote: > ANSI is the American National Standards Institute. sed "s/ANSI/ANSI x3.4-1986/g" * xan jopnathon -- A Fork requires: Seven systems with: 1+ GHz Processors 2+ GB RAM 0.25 TB Hard drive space --

Re: [users] using rtf as default format

2005-05-28 Thread John W. Kennedy
Jonathon Blake wrote: Duncan wrote: "purely textual and formatted" And you don't think RTF fulfills that criteria? Not really. It is textual, but not formatted. [And yes, I am being picky.] BTW, a) ASCII is a character encoding scheme. b) ASCII was replaced by ANSI back in the early ei

Re: [users] [moderated] Can this product run with Tiger?

2005-05-28 Thread Jeffrey Zents
Take a look at http://www.neooffice.org/ This is the port to OS X native. It is not quite 2.0. It is based on OO 1.1.2 I think but it is very stable and works well. Jeffrey Zents 10500 Valley Forge #26 Houston, TX 77042 713-972-1149 (Home) 713-501-8308 (Cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 27 May, 20

Re: [users] JavaMail setup with OpenOffice 2.0

2005-05-28 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 09:08 -0700, Dan Chirica wrote: > Pardon my early question. I got ahead of myself and answered before I've > read all the postings. If you can send me the file I would appreciate it > very mych. Please use the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] The macros will be available on Ian's

Re: [users] JavaMail setup with OpenOffice 2.0

2005-05-28 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 09:20 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 22:36 +1000, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 07:39 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 21:11 +1000, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > > > MailMergeTest.sxw > > > > > > Jo

Re: [users] How to untar either a tar or a tar gz

2005-05-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 28 May 2005 03:27 pm, OldSarge wrote: > To anybody: I have downloaded OpenOffice.org ver 1.1.4 but it, of > course is in tar gz format. Can any one give me a step by step method > to untar and install it??? :-[ > There a couple of methods: GUI and using a console. Here is the cons

Re: [users] How to untar either a tar or a tar gz

2005-05-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 13:27 -0700, OldSarge wrote: > To anybody: I have downloaded OpenOffice.org ver 1.1.4 but it, of course > is in tar gz format. Can any one give me a step by step method to untar > and install it??? :-[ > Which OS are you using, please. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST.

Re: [users] How to untar either a tar or a tar gz

2005-05-28 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
On Saturday 28 May 2005 15:27, OldSarge wrote: > To anybody: I have downloaded OpenOffice.org ver 1.1.4 but it, of course > is in tar gz format. Can any one give me a step by step method to untar > and install it??? :-[ > > - > To

Re: [users] Open Office.org 1.1.5 Open Office.org2.0

2005-05-28 Thread OldSarge
PAUL SUTTON wrote: Openoffice. 1.1.5 Does this mean the release of openoffice.org 2.0 has been put back, I asked a while back and got the impression it was a may / june release for 2.0. Will download 1.1.5 when available. Paul --

[users] How to untar either a tar or a tar gz

2005-05-28 Thread OldSarge
To anybody: I have downloaded OpenOffice.org ver 1.1.4 but it, of course is in tar gz format. Can any one give me a step by step method to untar and install it??? :-[ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional c

Re: [users] using rtf as default format

2005-05-28 Thread Jonathon Blake
Duncan wrote: > "purely textual and formatted" And you don't think RTF fulfills that criteria? Not really. It is textual, but not formatted. [And yes, I am being picky.] BTW, a) ASCII is a character encoding scheme. b) ASCII was replaced by ANSI back in the early eighties. c) ANSI and ASCII a

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

2005-05-28 Thread Ennio-Sr
* GregChi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [270505, 18:27]: > On Fri, 27 May 2005 22:07:19 +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote: > > >* GregChi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [270505, 15:49]: > >> On Thu, 26 May 2005 15:15:50 +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote: > >> [...skip...] > >> > > >> >Hi Greg, > >> >maybe you could put '=balance' in cell A1

Re: [users] exporting PDF

2005-05-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 10:10 +1000, Rod Kaye wrote: > I am trying to export a spreadsheet as a PDF file but only a selected number > of the worksheets are exported. Help tells me to make adjustments in "PDF > options", but I cannot find "PDF options". I am using version 1.1.4. > > Regards > Rod K

Re: [users] file types

2005-05-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 23:24 -0400, ramblnearl wrote: > The easiest way to stop open office from changing my files is to go to add or > remove programs and remove open office > I do not think this is the best way at all. Please see SETUP_GUIDE.pdf for installation instructions. If you do not have

Re: [users] 1.1.4 Writer email link problem.

2005-05-28 Thread Joseph B. Roth
At 08:44 PM 5/27/2005, you wrote: Select the text: If using the mouse start outside the hyperlink and drag over the desired text, or in the status bar click "Hyp" to change it to "Sel" so that you can select hyperlinks. Alternatively, use the keyboard (shift + arrow keys select). Then remove the

Re: [users] [moderated] Installing and running Open Office under MSWXPSP+

2005-05-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 02:13 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: > Alexander A Klimenko wrote: > > I have just recently tried to install and run both Open Office v. 1.1.4 > > and 1.9 under MSWXPSP+: the first installed but tells me to contact my > > system administrator: "The following internal error h

Re: [users] To the Macro Gurus - Macro Recommendation

2005-05-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 22:48 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > GRS, > > thanks for the input. pkgchk sounds like a linux only > deals. i run winxp. will cygwin help here? i use > cygwin to run pgsql on my dev box. my webhost runs > linux, but that is transparent to me. pkgchk is an OOo1.1.x t

[users] Re: Multiple Monitors

2005-05-28 Thread Paul B.
Doug Fletcher wrote: Hello, I have downloaded and installed OpenOffice 1.1.4 on our church computer with hopes of using Presentation. Unfortunately when I went to test run a '.ppt' it showed up on the monitor and I could not get it to show through the projector. Has this been fixed in ver. 2

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-28 Thread Doug Thompson
Grace McKivergan wrote: Good morning I work for our church and often receive documents which the pastor has written in "word perfect". I don't have the capability to read them, therefore I end up saving to CD and taking it to the church to read it there. Will Open Office allow me to read Corel'

[users] exporting PDF

2005-05-28 Thread Rod Kaye
I am trying to export a spreadsheet as a PDF file but only a selected number of the worksheets are exported. Help tells me to make adjustments in "PDF options", but I cannot find "PDF options". I am using version 1.1.4. Regards Rod Kaye

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 06:23 -0600, Doug Thompson wrote: > Grace McKivergan wrote: > > Good morning I work for our church and often receive documents which > > the pastor has written in "word perfect". I don't have the > > capability to read them, therefore I end up saving to CD and taking > > it t

Re: [users] file types

2005-05-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 27 May 2005 10:24 pm, ramblnearl wrote: > The easiest way to stop open office from changing my files is to go > to add or remove programs and remove open office > > thanks for the virus > Earl Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] The easiest way to stop OpenOffice.org (OOo) from changing your

Re: [users] file types

2005-05-28 Thread Elsasser
If you have got a virus, it is probably not due to Open Office. I use it now for more than a year and never had that kind of problems. It would probably be better to get rid of your virus and keep OpenOffice. What happened to you with OO could have happened with other word processors. Marc ra

RE: [users] Multiple Monitors

2005-05-28 Thread Micheal Bauerle
Did this work before you installed open office if not does your video card support dual monitors and make sure the resolution is up high enough to activate the dual monitor use. Micheal From: Doug Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: users@openoffice.org To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [u

Re: [users] [moderated] Installing and running Open Office under MSWXPSP+

2005-05-28 Thread Alexander A Klimenko
Yes, I am (automatically). However, there was an unexplained anomaly: this morning, OOo v1.9.104 opened w/o problem. I hope soon to see a better working version of the database with import possibilities--and documentation thereon. Good luck in your enterprise! aak - Original Message -

[users] Multiple Monitors

2005-05-28 Thread Doug Fletcher
Hello,   I have downloaded and installed OpenOffice 1.1.4 on our church computer with hopes of using Presentation. Unfortunately when I went to test run a '.ppt' it showed up on the monitor and I could not get it to show through the projector. Has this been fixed in ver. 2? Is there anyway th

[users] [moderated] Can this product run with Tiger?

2005-05-28 Thread Craig Pagel
Hi I installed your product Office Applications 2.0 for Mac OSX - I think I installed it according to the directions. Nothing happens when I click on the "oper office" icon. Firefox opens but said it needs to update(that worked). Thunderbird seems to load just fine. Not sure what "OroborOSX

[users] file types

2005-05-28 Thread ramblnearl
The easiest way to stop open office from changing my files is to go to add or remove programs and remove open office thanks for the virus Earl Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Re: Word-to-Open Office dictionary Files?

2005-05-28 Thread Russell Butler
Chuck Peck wrote: I've tried to use the MS Word dictionary in OO but it gives me an error that the file is invalid, yet it works fine in Word. When I looked into the OO dictionary file format, it seems to have a LOT of strange formatting/control characters. The Word one is only a long list of wo

[users] Page-break before table

2005-05-28 Thread PION
Please help ! I have got a problem with formatting a table in my HTML document made with Writer. I am using Windows XP and OOo 2 beta. When I go to Table properties then all the TEXT-FLOW optioins are greyed-out so I can not access them but they ar set to Page-break Before. How do I get rid of

Re: [users] Queries

2005-05-28 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
nick wrote: Dear users, I have two questions regarding OpenOffice Writer. 1. I have noticed that when I save a text document as a openoffice text document, when I try to open it from my shortcuts file Windows 98 does not recognise the file and asks what program do I want to open it with.

Re: [users] [moderated] Installing and running Open Office under MSWXPSP+

2005-05-28 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Alexander A Klimenko wrote: I have just recently tried to install and run both Open Office v. 1.1.4 and 1.9 under MSWXPSP+: the first installed but tells me to contact my system administrator: "The following internal error has occurred: Get storage, name "No Content."" With version 1.9, when