Re: [users] How do I bend text

2005-05-31 Thread Rich
actually fontwork seems to be of reduced functionality in 2.0... to increase compatibility with msword, fontwork gallery was introduced that allows 16 presets. old fontwork allowed to stick text to any arbitraly shaped figure (try drawing a crazy line and add fontwork object to it. that's

[users] How to generate a Gantt Chart

2005-05-31 Thread Srinivasa Raghavan
Dear Users, How do we create a Gantt Chart from an Excel Work Sheet. I tried to read a Gant Chart from MS-Excel Sheet and found that it was not properly displayed. Is there any work around. Thanks in advance. Kindly Clarify. With kind regards Srinivasa Raghavan K

Re: [users] JavaMail setup with OpenOffice 2.0

2005-05-31 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 12:13, Jonathon Coombes wrote: [snip] I have sent it to Ian to put up on the macro site. I dont know that I would class it as a template as such. It is actually a set of macros in an empty word document at the moment. It should probably be put into the new package format

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Doug Thompson
Chris Gramer wrote: On Mon, 30 May 2005 14:51:46 -0700 (PDT), Alfred Bowman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: How is it that I receive messages from a list to which I am not subscribed? How do I unsubscribe from a list to which I am not subscribed. What can I do? Try using [EMAIL PROTECTED] when you

Re: [users] How to generate a Gantt Chart

2005-05-31 Thread Niklas Nebel
Srinivasa Raghavan wrote: How do we create a Gantt Chart from an Excel Work Sheet. I tried to read a Gant Chart from MS-Excel Sheet and found that it was not properly displayed. Is there any work around. Thanks in advance. How did you create it in Excel? The usual way is to do a stacked bar

Re: [users] COnverting Access Applicaiton to Oppen Office

2005-05-31 Thread Moshe Lichtenstein
Thank you very much...unfortunately, I am not a programmer and I have no idea how to or where to put the patch into the OOo database. Can you pretend that I am a kindergartener and walk me through it..? - Original Message - From: G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: OOUsers List

Re: [users] Cleaning up for a re-install of O0o 2.0 in Linux

2005-05-31 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2005 02:09 schrieb Andrew Greig: Hi all, In a previous post I mentioned my fustration at discovering that 2.0 Beta installs to /opt by default. I have insufficient room in my / dir to allow it to do so, and in fact the install failed for that very reason. I have tried

Re: [users] Dbase

2005-05-31 Thread Adrian Vidrascu
Sorry, Fred, I'm new to this, but I just worked on a database for about two days. I saved the file, a *.odb file, in a directory and is there since :) Search for it better, maybe with a search in explorer (with x.odb or *.odb) . BTW, I use OOo 1.9.104 Good luck, Adrian Fred A. Miller

[users] Impress text display in Outline view.

2005-05-31 Thread suzume
I've already sent similar mail to the French lists, but since it appears that I seem to have bumped into a bug. And I'd like confirmation from a wider (?) user group. I have ppt files, I open them with Impress. When I do a [View] [Workspace] [Outline], some have text displayed next to the

Re: [users] Dbase

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
Bottom post On Tuesday 31 May 2005 04:25 am, Adrian Vidrascu wrote: Sorry, Fred, I'm new to this, but I just worked on a database for about two days. I saved the file, a *.odb file, in a directory and is there since :) Search for it better, maybe with a search in explorer (with x.odb or

[users] Re: Impress text display in Outline view.

2005-05-31 Thread Jens Ansorg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I do a [View] [Workspace] [Outline], some have text displayed next to the slides icon some don't, even though all have text in the slides. the text not showing in outline is probaly placed on the slide using the text tool instead of beeing written in the Outline

Re: [users] Re: Impress text display in Outline view.

2005-05-31 Thread suzume
Which means I don't have access to the text in any way ? One of the problem I have is that I am looking for a way to export Impress files contents to text and there seem to be no filter for that in the save options. A solution would be to put everything in Outline view and select the

Re: [users] Re: Move user settings to later version

2005-05-31 Thread lluishc
2005/5/30, Mathias Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: is there a possibility to share these settings between windows and linux, both in the same machine? i mean, can i manually set which is this settings folder and use one in a shared partition? This is untested and not recommended, some

Re: [users] Cleaning up for a re-install of O0o 2.0 in Linux

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 10:09 +1000, Andrew Greig wrote: Hi all, In a previous post I mentioned my fustration at discovering that 2.0 Beta installs to /opt by default. I have insufficient room in my / dir to allow it to do so, and in fact the install failed for that very reason. I have

Re: [users] compatabiliy-polish version

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 18:49 +0200, Adam Zajaczkowski wrote: Witam. Czy jest moliwy bezporedni transfer plikow sxw z pakietu biurowego 1.1.2 PL na Windows Mobile 2003? (Cigle jeszcze nie zainstalowaem polskich liter.) Pozdrawiam, AZ Please try http://pl.openoffice.org/ to ask questions in

[users] Problem downloading off the web

2005-05-31 Thread Stableyard
I would be grateful for advice. I have Open Office 1.1.2 installed alongside MS Office Basic Edition 2003 on Windows XP Home Edition. When I try to download a document off the web I get an Open Office 11.2 window which reads Error loading doc _http://www_ (http://www) . Could not

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread SoftUErCompIuter \(=^;^=\) \(\\)
Good day, as I can make in order to eliminate the name before TABLE and PAGE that the document comes printed? thanks Buon giorno, come posso fare per eliminare il nome TABELLA e PAGINA prima che il documento venga

RE: [users] Auto Correct

2005-05-31 Thread S. Saul
Peter, Many thanks for your response. Another example of great OO service! Re The auto correct problem: No, I am not aware of changing anything. However, I suspect the problem may be related to templates. I have created a new template and made it my default. One item on this is to set top margin

[users] Keyboard problem

2005-05-31 Thread Tom Housden
Hi I am learning OpenOffice at the moment, and when I try to modify styles in Writer, the Backspace or the Delete keys on the keyboards dont seem to work. Why? Tom Housden ___ How much free photo storage do you get?

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread deidre
We wish to use your product on a machine that has Windows 95 installed. Will it work?

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Alfred Bowman
I've been Yahooing for two years. I am surprised that you read my email. help hints for unsubscribed users [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Alfred Bowman writes: --0-1933480986-1117489906=:41716 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I have been trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list for

[users] Writer crash

2005-05-31 Thread Christian Gueit
Hello, Willing to move from lotus Smartsuite to OOorg suite, I have downloaded the Beta 1.9.100 and... got into trouble. So i have posted an item in OOo forum: OOoForum.org Forum Index http://www.oooforum.org/forum/index.phtml?sid=fcc872b9dd5ea7263d22173cd08f9271 - Setup and Troubleshooting

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread Steve Kopischke
A legacy version has been retained that works under Windows 95. See http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html oldgnome on 05/31/05 06:04 'deidre' wrote: We wish to use your product on a machine that has Windows 95 installed. Will it work?

Re: [users] Problem downloading off the web

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 03:04 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be grateful for advice. I have Open Office 1.1.2 installed alongside MS Office Basic Edition 2003 on Windows XP Home Edition. When I try to download a document off the web I get an Open Office 11.2 window which reads Error

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Steve Kopischke
There seems to be a bit of confusion (and perhaps it's me). Alfred - to successfully unsubscribe, you need to send the unsubscribe message from the e-mail address that receives the mailing list. It is unclear which of the two addresses you referenced (verizon and yahoo) is the address to

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 04:18 am, SoftUErCompIuter (=^;^=) () wrote: Good day, as I can make in order to eliminate the name before TABLE and PAGE that the document comes printed? thanks - --- Buon giorno, come posso fare per

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Alfred Bowman
This time I'm replying from Outlook Express, which uses [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's obvious how to send mail from OE. I had a further thought. Since ezmlm insists I am not subscribed, I could try subscribing as [EMAIL PROTECTED] If that works,Icould try again to unsubscribe. Does this make any

Re: [users] problems with numeric controls - creating a form

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 23:30 +0200, tomero wrote: Hello, I'm novice in Open Office and have some problems with Writer and forms. I try to create some form in Writer which would be filled in via computer and then it will be printing. This form wouldn't be connect with any database. I'v got

[users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how can I insert some text above it without cut/paste the table.. I'm on 1.9.104 btw. Pete - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] Writer crash

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 07:33 am, Christian Gueit wrote: Hello, Willing to move from lotus Smartsuite to OOorg suite, I have downloaded the Beta 1.9.100 and... got into trouble. So i have posted an item in OOo forum: OOoForum.org Forum Index

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 07:12 am, Alfred Bowman wrote: I've been Yahooing for two years. I am surprised that you read my email. help hints for unsubscribed users [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Alfred Bowman writes: --0-1933480986-1117489906=:41716 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 15:46 +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how can I insert some text above it without cut/paste the table.. I'm on 1.9.104 btw. See Inserting Paragraphs Before Tables at Start of Page in

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Frank Chambers
Hans, This behavior is identical to Words behavior. What I have learned to do is always start with a CR. I f I don't need it later I can always delete it but if I do it's there. Hope this helps. Frank Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
Hi Roderick, Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2005 15:54 schrieb G. Roderick Singleton: On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 15:46 +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how can I insert some text above it without cut/paste the table.. I'm on 1.9.104 btw. See

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Frank Chambers
I tried to look at this file and got a The file is damaged and could not be repaired message. so something is amiss at this point. Frank G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 15:46 +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread ANDREW STEPHENS
Hi, I have downloaded open office but I cannot use it. I'm new to the software and program. Could you advise how I gain access to it? I am able to find it when I do a program search but what do I do next? Please advise Drew

Re: [users] JavaMail setup with OpenOffice 2.0

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 18:57 +1200, Ian Laurenson wrote: On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 12:13, Jonathon Coombes wrote: [snip] I have sent it to Ian to put up on the macro site. I dont know that I would class it as a template as such. It is actually a set of macros in an empty word document at the

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 08:46 am, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how can I insert some text above it without cut/paste the table.. I'm on 1.9.104 btw. Pete Unless you want to add the text in a header, you can not. The first cell's content

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 16:15 +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi Roderick, Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2005 15:54 schrieb G. Roderick Singleton: On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 15:46 +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how can I insert some text

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Luis E. Vasquez r
Just ENTER key, from A1. Luis E Vasquez r ---Mensaje original--- De: users@openoffice.org Fecha: 05/31/05 09:22:18 Para: users@openoffice.org Asunto: Re: [users] Insert text before table Hi Roderick, Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2005 15:54 schrieb G. Roderick Singleton: On Tue,

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Doug Thompson
Dan Lewis wrote: Look at the Return Path header of this email. Mine contains the following: Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. The email address I gave when I subscribed was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yours will be similar. Take the part between the number and @openoffice.org in the header. Replace

[users] [moderated]Installation can't be completed

2005-05-31 Thread Clay Kallam
Hi ... I bought Office Applications for Mac OS X, and I've tried to install it seven times. Each time, I get a message that says the installation failed and I must install again. Clearly, something is wrong with the installation disk. (I have 10.4.1, which I just purchased, along with

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2005 16:00 schrieb Dan Lewis: On Tuesday 31 May 2005 08:46 am, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how can I insert some text above it without cut/paste the table.. I'm on 1.9.104 btw. Pete Unless you want to

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2005 16:19 schrieb Frank Chambers: I tried to look at this file and got a The file is damaged and could not be repaired message. so something is amiss at this point. You're surely talking about the link mentioned _below_, which is displayed and even searched fine here

[users] Howtp keep cell format and formula when adding new rows to a text table

2005-05-31 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
Hi, next question. Tougher this time ;-) I want to write some invoices with OOo writer, and use a template with a predefined table. Unfortunately, when adding rows, OOo use some default format. Ideally, OOo would inherit the format and formula from the row above the inserted one. Does

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Frank Chambers
Tried it again, Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3, Fully updated WinXP and Adobe 7.0.1. Firefox cranks away for a minute or so and then produces the error message from Acrobat. I tried downloading the file and opening from my desktop - that works ok. Must be a non-OO interface problem Frank

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 09:43 am, Doug Thompson wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Look at the Return Path header of this email. Mine contains the following: Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. The email address I gave when I subscribed was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yours will be similar. Take the part

Re: [users] Howtp keep cell format and formula when adding new rows to a text table

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:11 am, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, next question. Tougher this time ;-) I want to write some invoices with OOo writer, and use a template with a predefined table. Unfortunately, when adding rows, OOo use some default format. Ideally, OOo would inherit the format

Re: [users] [moderated]Installation can't be completed

2005-05-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:26, Clay Kallam wrote: Hi ... I bought Office Applications for Mac OS X, and I've tried to install it seven times. Each time, I get a message that says the installation failed and I must install again. Clearly, something is wrong with the installation disk. (I have

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 10:19 -0400, Frank Chambers wrote: I tried to look at this file and got a The file is damaged and could not be repaired message. so something is amiss at this point. Frank Works for me directly from the link. I can only guess that there was a glitch in the

Re: [users] Howtp keep cell format and formula when adding new rows to a text table

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 17:11 +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, next question. Tougher this time ;-) I want to write some invoices with OOo writer, and use a template with a predefined table. Unfortunately, when adding rows, OOo use some default format. Ideally, OOo would inherit the

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Mark Kirchner
Hi, On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 2:02:01 PM, Alfred Bowman wrote: This time I'm replying from Outlook Express, which uses [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, but your message showed up with a Delivered-To: moderator header, which means that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is definitely not your subscription-address.

Re: [users] Howtp keep cell format and formula when adding new rows to a text table

2005-05-31 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2005 17:23 schrieb Dan Lewis: On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:11 am, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, next question. Tougher this time ;-) I want to write some invoices with OOo writer, and use a template with a predefined table. Unfortunately, when adding rows, OOo use

Re: [users] JavaMail setup with OpenOffice 2.0

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Chirica
Thank you very much, for your time. One more thing though. What is the URL for Ian's web site. Excuse my ignorance but I'm new to this mail list :-) Thank you, --Dan Jonathon Coombes wrote: On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 09:08 -0700, Dan Chirica wrote: Pardon my early question. I got ahead of

[users] 2.0 Final - Business Use

2005-05-31 Thread Jesse Schulman
Hello, We here at the NJ State government are planning on deploying OpenOffice.org 2.0 when it comes out across nearly 1000 desktops. We were wondering if you had any planned date for the final release of this as of yet? Thank you,

Re: [users] 2.0 Final - Business Use

2005-05-31 Thread maxweber
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 12:49:59PM -0400, Jesse Schulman wrote: Hello, We here at the NJ State government are planning on deploying OpenOffice.org 2.0 when it comes out across nearly 1000 desktops. We were wondering if you had any planned date for the final release of this as of yet? An

[users] OpenOffice vs. Microsoft Office

2005-05-31 Thread operationsengineer1
the open source equivalent of visio is dia. i have 3 winxp computers - it works perfect on one, it gives a warning on another (but still works) and it doesn't work at all on another one. don't know about linux, although i am currently setting up vectorlinux on one of my older computers to see if

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Bryce L Nordgren
Doug Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/31/2005 12:57:45 AM: Appended to nearly every post is: To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This fails. Miserably. For me, though, I seem to get totally ignored by the system.

Re: [users] problems with numeric controls - creating a form

2005-05-31 Thread tomero2
On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:32:13 +0200, G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 23:30 +0200, tomero wrote: Hello, I'm novice in Open Office and have some problems with Writer and forms. I try to create some form in Writer which would be filled in via computer and

[users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread Alex
Hello, I was referred to your website by a friend and I was looking for the PowerPoint program and he stated that it is on your site. I just don't know what it is I have to do to access it. I think I have to download openoffice but not sure which of the several links I have to click on

[users] So, here we go asgain.

2005-05-31 Thread Frank Burroughs
I believe this can go on forever. I have a question about email recieved from you group. I would like to receive them once a day in a single post You now will send me back a machined response say to submit to the right place. I will then read my options and say I did you siy i did not i did did

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread Martin Deppe
Alex wrote: Hello, I was referred to your website by a friend and I was looking for the PowerPoint program and he stated that it is on your site. I just don't know what it is I have to do to access it. I think I have to download openoffice but not sure which of the several links I

Re: [users] So, here we go asgain.

2005-05-31 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Frank, Send a blank message here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll get an email back with instructions. tc Frank Burroughs wrote: I believe this can go on forever. I have a question about email recieved from you group. I would like to receive them once a day in a single post You now will send me

Re: [users] Paste Special problem - bug.?

2005-05-31 Thread Paul
James : one of your mails was addressed only to me ... This means that others cannot assist. I didn't mean to offend with the suggestion that you were not subscribed but if I forget to include the original poster, I'll resend the mail with that comment (so they know why the mail was sent twice).

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread Paul
The file that you downloaded is a zipped (or compressed) archive of files. What you need to do is find the file and open it with uncompression software. Normally this comes with a Microsoft windows installation - it is known as winzip. Once you've opened it, have a look for the setup_guide.pdf

Re: [users] Paste Special problem - bug.?

2005-05-31 Thread Paul
It might help you to know that I have seen your notice appearing on replies from you to emails which were posted to the list and to you. You might want to check to see if there are circumstances which cause filter to break. Thanks and your right. The ability to post to this list does not mean

Re: [users] Paste Special problem - bug.?

2005-05-31 Thread Vizion
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 12:49, the author Paul contributed to the dialogue on- Re: [users] Paste Special problem - bug.?: James : one of your mails was addressed only to me ... This means that others cannot assist. I didn't mean to offend with the suggestion that you were not subscribed but if

Re: [users] So, here we go asgain.

2005-05-31 Thread Paul
To get the instructions, Anthony is correct, however I don't believe that the users list offers a single digest email of a single day's messages. There is a digest version but this is usually sent several times a day. You can also ask for a list of emails using there id's. For more information

Re: [users] OpenOffice vs. Microsoft Office

2005-05-31 Thread Paul
Whether dia is equivalent to visio is a question not for this list (I've used both). It is good to note that there are certainly options for those wishing to move away from M$ only products. /paul On 6/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the open source equivalent of visio is dia.

[users] bye, you win

2005-05-31 Thread Frank Burroughs
As much as I would like to be a part of this The lack of communication slows me down I simply want to change email prefferences I've posted three places with the same result Not here go elswhere If I knew where elsewhere was I would be there sorry fo this I will strive to find the place

Re: [users] Re: Move user settings to later version

2005-05-31 Thread cono
Mathias Bauer wrote: [snip] usually C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data it is a hidden folder and is easier to reach by the %appdata% shortcut. The reason OpenOffice stores settings here is so that each windows user can have different settings. is there a possibility to share

Re: [users] Highlighting Calc Cells

2005-05-31 Thread cono
Dan Lewis wrote: On Thursday 26 May 2005 01:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a nice feature in calc would be to click on the cell background coloring icon and have it color the cell with the current default color as depicted by the icon. i have to repeatedly go to the pallette and pick my

Re: [users] Insert text before table

2005-05-31 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 15:46 +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Hi, when creating a document, starting with a table, how can I insert some text above it without cut/paste the table.. Hi Pete, This question is a common one and is in the OOo Knowledgebase (see the link below). Simply click in

Re: [users] [moderated]Installation can't be completed

2005-05-31 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 07:26 -0700, Clay Kallam wrote: Hi ... I bought Office Applications for Mac OS X, and I've tried to install it seven times. Each time, I get a message that says the installation failed and I must install again. Clearly, something is wrong with the installation

Re: [users] bye, you win

2005-05-31 Thread Christopher Taylor
Did you try sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've missed the rest of the thread. Chris On 5/31/05, Frank Burroughs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As much as I would like to be a part of this The lack of communication slows me down I simply want to change email prefferences I've posted

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-31 Thread Horst Gerbig
Just be aware of the fact that what you are downloading and installing is not PowerPoint which belongs to Microsoft and is never delivered without an invoice, but OpenOffice.org which is full-fledged free office suite. It contains a module Impress which works like and is compatible with

[users] New Install of OO1.1.4

2005-05-31 Thread Technical Services
I have had to reinstall 98SE (ver. 4.10.A) in one of my machines, during the process I installed OO 1.1.4, it seems the program installed correctly. But when I attempt to open any function of Open Office the 'system hourglass' starts for about 10 sec. then it disappears and the program

[users] Formula ?calc

2005-05-31 Thread Brent Opsahl
I have been trying to figure out how to lock a formula to one cell. it is the function you use in excle that goes like this $C5* A6, and then when you fill the formula down it stays on C5 when you go to A7 and so on for as long as you want to go. and in OpenOffice calc i can't seem to get this

[users] [moderated] installation problem

2005-05-31 Thread Jacques Denie
I was quite curious, especially about Base, being not enthusiastic about MS Access, nor about Lotus Approach, and not quite about Filemaker. Unfortunately, after downloading OOo 1.9 I did not succeed in installing under Win XP. I received the error message shown in the attachment

Re: [users] JavaMail setup with OpenOffice 2.0

2005-05-31 Thread Ian Laurenson
Reply in-line. On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 02:04, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 18:57 +1200, Ian Laurenson wrote: [snip] I have put the macro code and a slightly revised version with some comments here: http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/doku.php?id=collaboration:mail_merge

Re: [users] Formula ?calc

2005-05-31 Thread Steve Kopischke
Change the formula to read =$C$5*A6 Because: $C = Locks the formula to the third column (C) $5 = Locks the formula to the fifth row oldgnome on 05/31/05 16:02 'Brent Opsahl' wrote: I have been trying to figure out how to lock a formula to one cell. it is the function you use in excle that

Re: [users] Trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Doug Thompson
Bryce L Nordgren wrote: Doug Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/31/2005 12:57:45 AM: Appended to nearly every post is: To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This fails. Miserably. For me, though, I seem to get totally ignored by

Re: [users] Formula ?calc

2005-05-31 Thread John W. Kennedy
Brent Opsahl wrote: I have been trying to figure out how to lock a formula to one cell. it is the function you use in excle that goes like this $C5* A6, and then when you fill the formula down it stays on C5 when you go to A7 and so on for as long as you want to go. and in OpenOffice calc i

Re: [users] JavaMail setup with OpenOffice 2.0

2005-05-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 10:14 +1200, Ian Laurenson wrote: Reply in-line. On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 02:04, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 18:57 +1200, Ian Laurenson wrote: [snip] I have put the macro code and a slightly revised version with some comments here:

Re: [users] Formula ?calc

2005-05-31 Thread Ed Zollars, CPA
Brent Opsahl wrote: I have been trying to figure out how to lock a formula to one cell. it is the function you use in excle that goes like this $C5* A6, and then when you fill the formula down it stays on C5 when you go to A7 and so on for as long as you want to go. and in OpenOffice calc i

Re: [users] Formula ?calc

2005-05-31 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 04:02 pm, Brent Opsahl wrote: I have been trying to figure out how to lock a formula to one cell. it is the function you use in excle that goes like this $C5* A6, and then when you fill the formula down it stays on C5 when you go to A7 and so on for as long as you want

Re: [users] bye, you win

2005-05-31 Thread Paul
The OP has had lots of advise, all of which would assist. I'm unsure what the on-going problem is since there has been no comment surrounding what options have been tried and which have not. /paul On 6/1/05, Christopher Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you try sending an email to [EMAIL

Re: [users] bye, you win

2005-05-31 Thread Doug Thompson
Frank Burroughs wrote: As much as I would like to be a part of this The lack of communication slows me down I simply want to change email prefferences I've posted three places with the same result Not here go elswhere If I knew where elsewhere was I would be there sorry fo this I will strive

Re: [users] [moderated] installation problem

2005-05-31 Thread Paul
Sorry attachments do not get through to the list. If you want, you can send to me only (off list) and I'll advise on possible actions to rectify... /paul On 6/1/05, Jacques Denie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was quite curious, especially about Base, being not enthusiastic about MS Access, nor

Re: [users] bye, you win

2005-05-31 Thread frank burroughs
Gentlemen   I must apologize for my haste   Mr. Singleton The link you gave me worked in placing me where I need be God save you, man   Did I try the other places requested in post and automation? yes   The problem is the learning curve in the amount of time given. I switch from MS Office after

[users] Thank you

2005-05-31 Thread frank burroughs
Gentlemen I must apologize for my haste Mr. Singleton The link you gave me worked in placing me where I need be God save you, man Did I try the other places requested in post and automation? yes The problem is the learning curve in the amount of time given. I switch from MS Office after the

[users] doug, lay it on

2005-05-31 Thread frank burroughs
Doug I agree with you whole hearty I do not know my way around This is a different place than I am use to. The change of MS to OOo has happen in a rush. I have never used a mail list before. Ever email that was returned, I read and did choose another email to send to. Hoping I choose wisely this

Re: [users] doug, lay it on

2005-05-31 Thread Doug Thompson
frank burroughs wrote: Doug I agree with you whole hearty I do not know my way around This is a different place than I am use to. The change of MS to OOo has happen in a rush. I have never used a mail list before. Ever email that was returned, I read and did choose another email to send to.

[users] Off topic? But rather than missing it

2005-05-31 Thread EugenHotmail
A senior figure at the European Commission launched an outspoken attack on several major American IT firms on Monday, accusing them of exerting too much influence on the progress of the open-source community. Jesus Villasante, the head of software technologies at the EC's Information Society and

Re: [users] users mailing list

2005-05-31 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
mojo jojo wrote: when I open the View mailing list archive, which is at: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=usersby=date the list looks like: All 93870 May 20271 Oct 20201 Nov 20131 Oct 20091 May 20052315 ... Why don't you

Re: [users] Readability Analysis Macro

2005-05-31 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Jonathon Blake wrote: All: OOo 1.1.3 ZA Win 2K SP 3 I installed the readability analysis macro a few days ago. When text is selected, it runs, and gives a score of 0 or N/A, When no text is selected, it displays the button asking if the entire text should be used, or not. If I select OK,

[users] Changing Icon's action

2005-05-31 Thread Hardeep Singh Rai
I wish to change icon Print directly's action from printing to default printer to print to file named print.ps in a specific directory. Is it possible to do this. If yes any pointer or hint. Thanks in advance. -- H.S.Rai -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software

Re: [users] A question on the base component

2005-05-31 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
scott wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: A customer of mine is using DataEase (which is a database system). This system is costly and not too flexible. I am considering porting over the data, macros, forms, and such to the new OpenOffice Base component. One of the things the customer wants to do is

Re: [users] Direct link to kaddress

2005-05-31 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Unless OOo knows it as a System address book, it looks probably not. Klaus Schneider wrote: I am quite shure this question is asked before, though I can't find it on the list. Is it possible to link directly to a KDE Addressbook (without exporting) like you can do with Mozilla etc.? (If no.

Re: [users] Direct link to kaddress

2005-05-31 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Perhaps I should clarify that I searched the database code in the 2.0 development release build 104. Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Unless OOo knows it as a System address book, it looks probably not. Klaus Schneider wrote: I am quite shure this question is asked before, though I can't find

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