[users] Re: [website-feedback] Configuration data

2005-08-23 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hello, On Aug 23, 2005, at 7:35 AM, DAVID NEL wrote: Sir I have Openoffice on my computer but have this problem know. I can't open the program at all. It gives me the following. Openoffice.org configuration data. GetStorage, name: "No Content". Can you please let me know what to do. I have

Re: [users] power point

2005-08-23 Thread M Nagashree
Hi Ashley, The SXI format is OpenOffice specific format and Powerpoint doesn't understand that format. But you can always save your presentations in PPT (MS powerpoint) formats using OpenOffice. When you use the save-as command to save your file, in the save as dialog, you find this file type

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread Dan Lewis
Comments in-line On Tuesday 23 August 2005 04:38 pm, Elsa Claus wrote: > hello. > I'm form Germany and I use OpenOfficeOrg for a very long time. There > are two things that bother me. The first thing that is not that bad: > If you have a page DIN A4 in the panel (portrait) format, you have to > op

Re: [users] Positioning of multiple tables is exceptoionally clumsy and cumbersome

2005-08-23 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Mark Herring wrote: I was also trying to reproduce---but could not. What i did find is that--if you create two tables consecutively---with no words in between--then they behave as one. (Cure: don't do that!!) But they show up separately in the list of tables... I just checked. -- Andrew

Re: [users] Master Documents (was Reasons to Switch)

2005-08-23 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 20:26 +0200, Samuel Murray wrote: > From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Date: 2005/8/22 5:25:37a > > > Master documents. > > Tell me more? What are "Master Documents"? > I see that you haven't had an answer yet so I'll try. I think the best idea is for yo

Re: [users] oo1.9.118 installation problem on nt4

2005-08-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 August 2005 03:38 am, Bumper India Pvt. Ltd. wrote: > To, > > The current versoin of OpenOffice1.9.118 does not supports Windows > NT4. OpenOffice1.1.1 already installed on Windows NT4. it works > without any problem. when i try to intall the following error > occured. > wrong os > >

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
Please note that users@openoffice.org is a mailing list and the best email address you can use when you have a users problem or question about OpenOffice.org. However please note that it is a moderated email list and most replies *only* go to the mailing list so you should really consider subscribi

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2005-08-23 Thread Elsa Claus
hello. I'm form Germany and I use OpenOfficeOrg for a very long time. There are two things that bother me. The first thing that is not that bad: If you have a page DIN A4 in the panel (portrait) format, you have to open a new project if you want to change only one page into landscape format (I w

Re: [users] power point

2005-08-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 August 2005 12:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I downloaded the openoffice power point equivalent, however I am > unable to open documents made using the openoffice version with the > microsoft version. Is there something I can do to open these? > Currently the files are being sav

Re: [users] Wondering if particular Excel functionality is present in Calc

2005-08-23 Thread John Viestenz
- Original Message - From: "Robert Volke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:25 PM Subject: [users] Wondering if particular Excel functionality is present in Calc When I used to use Excel, everytime I pressed enter it would bring me to the beginning of the ne

Re: [users] oo1.9.118 installation problem on nt4

2005-08-23 Thread Paul
I would be very suprised if the latest OOo version did not support NT4 (whcih after all is the base for win XP). I would suggest that after you have checked that the downloaded file was not corrupted in some way, you file and issue if that problem still exists. /paul On 8/23/05, Bumper India Pvt

Re: [users] Fwd: Can you give me a had to OpenOffice

2005-08-23 Thread Paul
It seems that this may be a document specific issue. You will need to post the file somewhere so people can review the file and provide feedback. Attachments do not get through to the list so there is no point in resending. /paul On 8/23/05, Zhang Bin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear sir, > >

Re: [users] JAVA Run Time Environment

2005-08-23 Thread Paul
Feel free to ask questions - this is the right list for that. On 8/24/05, mike english <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Sorry. I feel like I'm always asking dumb questions, but, as they say, > "The only dumb question is the one not asked". >I saved a Microsoft Word document as an OpenOffice W

Re: [users] NeoOfficeJ and OpenOffice.org

2005-08-23 Thread suzume
NeoOffice/J *is* OpenOffice.org - you don't need both programs. NeoOffice/J is ported to Mac much better than OpenOffice.org. The second sentence means NO is not OOo. No, it means the modifications have NO better integrated to the OS than OOo. Besides, the official (x11 dependent) port is stu

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread Paul
Opening attachments is less to do with office software than the type of attachment you are trying to open. What type of file is it? What version of OOo are you using?? /paul On 8/24/05, Brad Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was told that I could use openoffice.org to open attachments that

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 15:59 +0530, Jagannathan.M wrote: > i installed openoffice2.0 using command `rpm -Uvih *rpm` : it installed > without showning any error..as below > > Preparing...### > [100%] >1:openofficeorg-core08 ##

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread Sigrid Kronenberger
Hi Jagan, "Jagannathan.M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:59:15 +0530: > > i installed openoffice2.0 using command `rpm -Uvih *rpm` : it installed > without showning any error..as below [...snipped...] > > but when i tried to open any application [ writer, impress, > sprea

Re: [users] NeoOfficeJ and OpenOffice.org

2005-08-23 Thread Pavel Janík
From: Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:32:22 -0400 > NeoOffice/J *is* OpenOffice.org - you don't need both programs. > NeoOffice/J is ported to Mac much better than OpenOffice.org. The second sentence means NO is not OOo. -- Pavel Janík Would you like to cod

Re: [users] power point

2005-08-23 Thread john geldman
Powerpoint doesn't understand that saved format. Use the save-as command to save your file as something powerpoint understands, like .ppt (the base powerpoint format). Regards On 8/23/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I downloaded the openoffice power point equivalent, howeve

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2005-08-23 Thread Brad Walton
I was told that I could use openoffice.org to open attachments that I can not presently open. Is this true? If so, how do I do it. I have put in my email and password with no success. Thanks, Brad

[users] power point

2005-08-23 Thread adasilva
I downloaded the openoffice power point equivalent, however I am unable to open documents made using the openoffice version with the microsoft version. Is there something I can do to open these? Currently the files are being saved as SXI files. Thanks, Ashley --

[users] JAVA Run Time Environment

2005-08-23 Thread mike english
Sorry. I feel like I'm always asking dumb questions, but, as they say, "The only dumb question is the one not asked". I saved a Microsoft Word document as an OpenOffice Word document, made additions to it, then saved it back as a Microsoft Word document. When I tried to copy and paste

[users] Re: Wondering if particular Excel functionality is present in Calc

2005-08-23 Thread David Chapman
Not without a macro/key mapping. Enter followed by Home also has the desired effect. On 8/23/05, Robert Volke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I used to use Excel, everytime I pressed enter it would bring me to > the beginning of the next row of cells (if not to the particular cell > below the fi

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread Keith Bainbridge
G'day Kathy, Look at tools|spellcheck On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:58:08 -0400 "Kathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to find out how to have a spell check with open office > that ended up being labeled win32 Intel mirror.isc I really need > something so I can type resumes and other docum

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread Keith Bainbridge
G'day Robert, Yes But my experience is that you can alter the file in PPoint - in fact I have found .pps easier to transfer to PPoint than are .PPT On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:07:48 +0930 Robert Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am a newbie to Open Office and just starting to use

[users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread Jagannathan.M
i installed openoffice2.0 using command `rpm -Uvih *rpm` : it installed without showning any error..as below Preparing...### [100%] 1:openofficeorg-core08 ### [ 4%] 2:openofficeorg-core07 ##

[users] Fwd: Can you give me a had to OpenOffice

2005-08-23 Thread Zhang Bin
Dear sir,   would you do me a favor to look at this problem?     Best regards, Zhang.bin-- Forwarded message --From: Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germa ny <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 2005-8-3 下午4:18Subject: Re: Can you give me a had to OpenOfficeTo: Zhang Bin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [users] Pasted spreadsheet in Writer is distorted everytime I close and open it

2005-08-23 Thread Paul
I find that this happens when using OLE objects and inserting them into OOo documents. If you double click the object and resize it so that it is properly visible, it should be visible. To correct the problem so it doesn't happen when you reopen it, try copying and pasting the contents into a cal

Re: [users] Endnote

2005-08-23 Thread Paul
OOo does not work with other citing software but it does have its own bibliographic database which can be used in place of such software.I don't think that there is comparable functionality but it does certainly get the job done. /paul On 8/24/05, Carlos Mauricio Cardeal Mendes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Wondering if particular Excel functionality is present in Calc

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Volke
When I used to use Excel, everytime I pressed enter it would bring me to the beginning of the next row of cells (if not to the particular cell below the first cell I had edited in the above spreadsheet). Is this functionality present in OpenOffice Calc. It significantly slows my data entry having

[users] Pasted spreadsheet in Writer is distorted everytime I close and open it

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Volke
I'm working with OpenOffice version 109 on an NT box. I have a writer document that I have pasted a portion of a .xls spreadsheet (that was originally created with Excel but has been edited using Calc as of late) into. Every time I open the document the spreadsheet is distorted. Instead of what

Re: [users] charting of date ranges in calc

2005-08-23 Thread James Leifer
Daniel Rentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Try this: > > Column A: your dates > Column B: In B1, enter =IF(DAY(A1)=1;A1;" ") > Note the space character in the last argument, it is important. Drag > down to the last cell in column B. > Column C: your values Perfect, thanks. Now, how can I arrang

[users] My powerpoint org chart has become an image of a plug in Impress?

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Volke
I am using OpenOffice version 109 on an NT box. I opened up a Microsoft Powerpoint file, with an org chart, using OpenOffice Impress with no problems. However, after double clicking the image so that I could edit it, and closed it, now the image shows up as a giant electrical plug with the name O

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread Paul Wright
Lots of people think that there is a difference between the .ppt and .pps file format. And you would be surprised how many folks think you can't edit the .pps because when they click on it, it starts to run. Anyhow, all you have to do to make a .pps file is to save as a .ppt and then use a file m

[users] Master Documents (was Reasons to Switch)

2005-08-23 Thread Samuel Murray
From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Date: 2005/8/22 5:25:37a > Master documents. Tell me more? What are "Master Documents"? > Also, Impress can read and write power point format, normally an > expensive addon to Word. Here in ZA, PowerPoint, Excel and Word are usually bundled int

Re: [users] Positioning of multiple tables is exceptoionally clumsy and cumbersome

2005-08-23 Thread Frank Chambers
Andrew, Thanks. It was the issue. When I tried to reproduce it I put some text between because that is what I thought I had done, but evidently not. Thanks Frank Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Frank Chambers wrote: After considerable effort I have saved in Word and am continuing my

Re: [users] [oo2] control distance between heading number and heading text

2005-08-23 Thread solo turn
thanks! this works. but i have problems when trying to get the following: heading 1 1.2 heading 2 1 paragraph1 (text body) 2 paragraph2 (text body) 1.3 heading 2 just one paragraph so no number before (text body indent): a) some text b) other text 1.4 heading2 1

Re: [users] Table of Content Problem

2005-08-23 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 15:41 +0200, tobias wrote: > I have a document with a lot of Entries for a Table of Content. I have > formated the text with the standard "heading 1", "heading 2" and so > on... But, in my table of content I don't habe this entries... > > what could be the reason for this?

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 07:52 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Tuesday 23 August 2005 07:26 am, Robert Payne wrote: > > Thanks, > > I downloaded flash media player and exported my presentation into > > that format and yes, > > I could play it firefox. > > > > However, I also noted that in the older versi

Re: [users] Problem with assigning .csv to open with OpenOffice Calc

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Volke
I repaired the install and the same problem exists. It occurs no matter what .csv file I try to open. I also get the goofy error of no longer being able to do openwith -> Word for files with a space in their name. However, files without a space in their name can still be opened with this method

[users] Table of Content Problem

2005-08-23 Thread tobias
I have a document with a lot of Entries for a Table of Content. I have formated the text with the standard "heading 1", "heading 2" and so on... But, in my table of content I don't habe this entries... what could be the reason for this? Thanks. tobi.

Re: [users] charting of date ranges in calc

2005-08-23 Thread Adam Pearson
Daniel Rentz wrote: James Leifer wrote: I'm running the Debian stable version of OpenOffice (version 1.1.3-9). I've been reading the pdf manual from the web and the online help, but am still confused. I have a two column spreadsheet, the first column is a ascending sequence of dates (one cel

Re: [users] charting of date ranges in calc

2005-08-23 Thread Daniel Rentz
James Leifer wrote: I'm running the Debian stable version of OpenOffice (version 1.1.3-9). I've been reading the pdf manual from the web and the online help, but am still confused. I have a two column spreadsheet, the first column is a ascending sequence of dates (one cell for every day in the

[users] Endnote

2005-08-23 Thread Carlos Mauricio Cardeal Mendes
Please, is that possible to link (*/Cite While You Write feature) /*openoffice writer with endnote (*bibliographic manager) - ** Copyright © 2005 The Thomson Corporation ? Thanks in advance Mauricio Cardeal Federal University Brazil** * ---

Re: [users] [oo2] control distance between heading number and heading text

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Herring
first, always use the outline numbering command under tools. Here you set up the numbering for all of your header styles. select the position tab, and you will see what you need solo turn wrote: hi, i tried to increase the distance between heading number and heading text, which you do in m$

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 August 2005 07:26 am, Robert Payne wrote: > Thanks, > I downloaded flash media player and exported my presentation into > that format and yes, > I could play it firefox. > > However, I also noted that in the older version of OO 1.4x (put it > on an older machine ) > the option i

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Payne
Thanks, I downloaded flash media player and exported my presentation into that format and yes, I could play it firefox. However, I also noted that in the older version of OO 1.4x (put it on an older machine ) the option is there to save as a pps file. So, on OO2 I simply did a "save as

[users] [oo2] control distance between heading number and heading text

2005-08-23 Thread solo turn
hi, i tried to increase the distance between heading number and heading text, which you do in m$ office by shifting the tab. in oo i did not find a similar thing, but i think i'm just to inexperienced with oo to find it. any ideas? instead: 1. heading1 it should be: 1. heading1 -solo.

Re: [users] [oo2] control distance between heading number and heading text

2005-08-23 Thread Rich
as you mention heading, is suppose you are using outline numbering. to adjust number<->text spacing, choose tools->outline numbering. in position tab, increase parameters "space to text" and/or "minimum space numbering <-> text" solo turn wrote: hi, i tried to increase the distance between h

Re: [users] ? about special characters

2005-08-23 Thread Joel Graebe
Thomas Lange wrote: Hi Oltean, how can I made shortcuts for some characters from "special characters"? In Windows I use "AllChars for Windows v2.01 (32 bit)" search for "allchars" or get it from http://allchars.zwolnet.com/ Freeware! --

Re: [users] Language Pack 1.9.93 (de)

2005-08-23 Thread Klemens Häckel
Warum probierst Du nicht: http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/680m122/OOo_1.9.122_Win32Intel_langpack_de.zip (windows) http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/680m122/OOo-1.9.122_LinuxIntel_langpack_de.tar.gz (linux) wahrscheinlich geht es auch

Re: [users] VERSION OOo.1.9.122

2005-08-23 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 19:38 +0100, claude CAILLON wrote: > bonsoir messieurs, > J'ai enregistré sur le bureau : > -"installvirgul" > -"discOOo" > -Win32Intel_lang_pack_fr > Par contre je n'arrive pas à ouvrir la page "la version1.1.4.FR; > Enoutre,lorsque je veux enregistrer les logiciels de Win32I

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread Dan Lewis
Comment in-line On Tuesday 23 August 2005 06:01 am, Robert Payne wrote: > First, thanks for the reply, Keith. > > When I go to save my preso I have a number of options with the file > types, namely .sxi,sti,ppt etc but I cannot see anywhere on the "save > as" menu an equivalent of pps. > > So, the

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Payne
Sorry, I should have also added that I am using the latest beta of Open Office 2 First, thanks for the reply, Keith. When I go to save my preso I have a number of options with the file types, namely .sxi,sti,ppt etc but I cannot see anywhere on the "save as" menu an equivalent of pps. So,

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Payne
First, thanks for the reply, Keith. When I go to save my preso I have a number of options with the file types, namely .sxi,sti,ppt etc but I cannot see anywhere on the "save as" menu an equivalent of pps. So, the question remains, assuming multiple users have access to my file, how can I "lock i

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread Keith Bainbridge
G'day Kathy, Look at tools>spellcheck> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:58:08 -0400 "Kathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to find out how to have a spell check with open office > that ended up being labeled win32 Intel mirror.isc I really need > something so I can type resumes and other docu

Re: [users] File Saves with Impress

2005-08-23 Thread Keith Bainbridge
G'day Robert, Yes But my experience is that you can alter the file in PPoint - in fact I have found .pps easier to transfer to PPoint than are .PPT On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:07:48 +0930 Robert Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am a newbie to Open Office and just starting to use

[users] VERSION OOo.1.9.122

2005-08-23 Thread claude CAILLON
bonsoir messieurs, J'ai enregistré sur le bureau : -"installvirgul" -"discOOo" -Win32Intel_lang_pack_fr Par contre je n'arrive pas à ouvrir la page "la version1.1.4.FR; Enoutre,lorsque je veux enregistrer les logiciels de Win32Intel J'ai un message qui m'informe que mon système d'exploitation

[users] [moderated]

2005-08-23 Thread Kathy
I am trying to find out how to have a spell check with open office that ended up being labeled win32 Intel mirror.isc I really need something so I can type resumes and other documents with a spell check as a computer challenged adult

[users] Language Pack 1.9.93 (de)

2005-08-23 Thread Anja Müller
Hallo, ich hab eine kleine Frage. Gibt es zu der Version Open Office 1.9.93 auch eine Sprachdatei deutsch? Und wenn ja wo finde ich diese denn auf der Homepage habe ich sie nicht gefunden. Vielen Dank für Ihre Auskunft! Anja Müller

Re: [users] Option needed?

2005-08-23 Thread M Nagashree
Hi there, You can either insert the drawing object directly into the writer document or you can export the drawing object to .jpg or what ever format and insert the same. Insert - Object - OLE - Drawing - Choose the document. Thanks and Regards, Nagashree -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROT