[users] Re: howto...

2005-09-08 Thread Russell Butler
Daniel W. wrote: > Hi, > > is there a howto for OO2 beta to install a dictionary > I assume I can use exact the same dict. files from the last release. > > Google says nothing about that (the matching tool does not run in the > beta). > > > daniel Hi Daniel Does File - Wizards - Install new di

Re: [users] Trying to Replace Microsoft

2005-09-08 Thread Daniel Kasak
Mark Wellendorf wrote: I am new to OpenOffice.org. Right now I administrate a 50-user Microsoft oriented network. I would love to get rid of all Microsoft software, install Linux and use OpenOffice.org. I can replace pretty much all of my software it seems except for Access. Can OOo really do

[users] Re: creating data base with v2.0 beta

2005-09-08 Thread Administrator
On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:51:16 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: >> On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 17:54 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote: >> >>>Nagashree wrote: >>> Hi there, There is a huge and detailed documentation available. http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/inde

Re: [users] howto...

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 02:45 +0200, Daniel W. wrote: > Hi, > > is there a howto for OO2 beta to install a dictionary > I assume I can use exact the same dict. files from the last release. > > Google says nothing about that (the matching tool does not run in the beta). > > Please explain a bit m

Re: [users] creating data base with v2.0 beta

2005-09-08 Thread Dale Erwin
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 17:54 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote: Nagashree wrote: Hi there, There is a huge and detailed documentation available. http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html May be this helps you. Thanks and Regards, Nagashree -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [users] System tray icon/quick launcher

2005-09-08 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 08 September 2005 02:45 pm, Al pearce wrote: > I just got openoffice after using it at my school as I can not afford > MS office, so let me start by saying this is a great product and I > will try to spread the word. Anyway my question; I foolishly disabled > the quick launcher to start

[users] howto...

2005-09-08 Thread Daniel W.
Hi, is there a howto for OO2 beta to install a dictionary I assume I can use exact the same dict. files from the last release. Google says nothing about that (the matching tool does not run in the beta). daniel - To unsubscri

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-09-08 Thread Doug Thompson
Copy to OP: I think you misunderstood your teacher. The OpenOffice.org suite has components that are equivalent to and compatible with Microsoft's Word and Excel applications. The OOo apps are named Writer and Calc, respectively. Once you have downloaded the OpenOffice.org suite, you must "u

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-09-08 Thread David Chapman
You should find links to the download pages from www.openoffice.org. It's a pretty big download - so I hope you have something faster than dialup. IMHO, you should tell your teacher to export the grades as PDF. Forcing your students to have Office software to read e

Re: [users] System tray icon/quick launcher

2005-09-08 Thread Doug Thompson
Look for \path-to-program-files\OpenOfficeorg1.x.x\program\quickstart.exe Launch the program. Right click on the icon that appears in the taskbar and then click on "Load OpenOffice.org During System Start-Up" You'll be good to go. Doug Al pearce wrote: I just got openoffice after using it at

Re: [users] page numbering

2005-09-08 Thread Jonathon Blake
Joe wrote: > It works in 2.0 and there is a blank page before the page with the selected > number. >Can the blank page be deleted? That depends upon the page style. If it is set for "Right Only", or "Left only", then No. If it is set to anything else, then you _might_ be able to delete it. [

[users] Page Numbering

2005-09-08 Thread Gregory Forster
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Re: [users] question

2005-09-08 Thread David Chapman
Gicu,, You can set up shortcuts for keyboard with Tools - Customize Dave On 9/8/05, Gicu Petrovay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello > > In OO v1.1, I was not able to set up shortcut keys using the Alt+Key > and Alt+Shift+Key combinations. Is this feature going to be available > in OO v2? >

Re: [users] Trying to Replace Microsoft

2005-09-08 Thread Jonathon Blake
Mark wrote: > I can replace pretty much all of my software it seems except for Access. Option # 1: Migrate your databases to MySQL or PostGres and use that. [Both of them can be used within OOo. Option # 2: Install OOo 2.0, and migrate your databases to the database format that OOo 2.0 uses.

[users] [moderated]

2005-09-08 Thread doris pierce
I am in class with Axia College,my teacher sent my grades but I cant open the post he sent to me. He told me to go to www.openoffice.org and download your free downloads of word and excel he said i need excel to open my grade,could you PLEASE help me out?

Re: [users] page numbering

2005-09-08 Thread Joe Marks
--- Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe wrote: > > > How can the first page of a document have "page > 100" > > For OOo 1.1.3/1.1.4/1.1.5/1.1.2 > ">Insert > Manual Break" > Check the "pge break" circle > Select a style in teh drop down box. > Check the "Change Pge Number" square >

Re: [users] Abrir, fechar programas do Windows via OOo Basic.

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 16:20, Cloves Eloide de Souza wrote: > Existe comando no Openoffice.org Basic para verificar se um programa > está carregado e fechar esse programa, ex. calc.exe? This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own languag

Re: [users] Not being able to access WPS files.

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 20:06, + George Ewald wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Hi I wrote in last week because I am having trouble accessing any wps > files. You suggested loading Open Office Beta 2 which I already had but I > loaded it again and still cannot open any wps files.

Re: [users] BUG

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 07 September 2005 11:26, + Pedro Morgado wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Bom dia. > > Em anexo envio dois exemplos, um da versão 1,1,4 e outro da 1.9.125 This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like to communicate in your own language then ple

Re: [users] creating data base with v2.0 beta

2005-09-08 Thread Dale Erwin
Nagashree wrote: Hi there, There is a huge and detailed documentation available. http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html May be this helps you. Thanks and Regards, Nagashree -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 11:48 +0100, Dirk Förtsch wrote: Hi, I'm looking for some t

Re: [users] Open Office

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 07 September 2005 05:55, + Ellen Roberts wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I am extremely familiar with the Office Professional suite but due to a > problem withmy home computer and the expense of obtaining the porfessional > suite, I am attempting to set up business lette

Re: [users] [moderated]Show Columns for hidden columns

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 23:54, + Jeff Greif wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > I'm using OO 1.9.125 on Windows XP. The OO help for Calc, Hide Columns > topic says that "To display hidden columns, right-click any column > header, and then choose *Show Columns*." This seems def

[users] Re: How do I convince OOo to use F:\OOo\user & NOT WIN\Profiles

2005-09-08 Thread GregChi
On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:11:25 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: >> As the sole user of this machine, I want to keep my info with the >> programs. OOo 1.9.104 keeps putting my User data in >> C:\Windows\Profiles\.000\Application Data\OpenOffice.org1.9.104\user >> How do I convince OOo to use F:\O

Re: [users] [moderated]stand-by-modus- problem

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 22:54, + Jan Roem wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > > OpenOffice.org version 1.1.0 on Windows 95/98/ME. > In area Other, stand-by-modus- problem > since I have installed Open Office I can't use the stand-by-modus ? Can you > help me ?? Hi Jan, What exact

Re: [users] thesaurus

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Monday 05 September 2005 15:28, + Jacqueline Gagnon wrote: > Hi, > I just downloaded Open Office 2.0 beta and it seems great. Nevertheless I > cannot use the thesaurus and it is very important to me. What can I do to > enable my thesaurus. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that:

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Monday 05 September 2005 10:58, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi ive got the software for microsoft office XP professional but when i try > to run word it wont run still says it cant find information on the disk in > the drive. Hi Anthony, OpenOffice.org is an alternative to MSOffice. It is fre

Re: [users] [moderated] Questions about sharing files

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Sunday 04 September 2005 20:12, + LFAQ wrote: > Hi: > I am interested in using your program, but I have some doubts: Can I share > files with persons who have Microsoft Office or only with people who have > the same programme? As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sunday 04 S

Re: [users] Trying to Replace Microsoft

2005-09-08 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 08 September 2005 22:33, Mark Wellendorf wrote: > I am new to OpenOffice.org. Right now I administrate a 50-user Microsoft > oriented network. I would love to get rid of all Microsoft software, > install Linux and use OpenOffice.org. I can replace pretty much all of my > software it see

[users] Re: How do I convince OOo to use F:\OOo\user & NOT WIN\Profiles

2005-09-08 Thread GregChi
On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:53:18 +0200, cono wrote: >> As the sole user of this machine, I want to keep my info with the >> programs. OOo 1.9.104 keeps putting my User data in >> C:\Windows\Profiles\.000\Application Data\OpenOffice.org1.9.104\user >> How do I convince OOo to use F:\OpenOffice.org 1.9

[users] question

2005-09-08 Thread Gicu Petrovay
Hello In OO v1.1, I was not able to set up shortcut keys using the Alt+Key and Alt+Shift+Key combinations. Is this feature going to be available in OO v2? Thank you for your time. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[users] System tray icon/quick launcher

2005-09-08 Thread Al pearce
I just got openoffice after using it at my school as I can not afford MS office, so let me start by saying this is a great product and I will try to spread the word. Anyway my question; I foolishly disabled the quick launcher to start upon starting the computer, so is there a way to load it back

Re: [users] PDF exports just first line

2005-09-08 Thread Dale Erwin
THUFIR HAWAT wrote: On 9/8/05, Klemens Häckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know this, besides asking for details of OS and OOo version, an additional question: Do You see everything ok on screen ? If not, what is Your (defalt) printer in the OS ? Have You tried to use a non-Laserprinter

Re: [users] My bullets are disappearing when opening with OpenOffice

2005-09-08 Thread Doug Thompson
This sounds like a video display driver problem. You should be certain that you have the latest driver from the vendor for your display card. It was well established in the past that OOo is very sensitive to the display drivers. Doug Robert Volke wrote: I have come across a strange problem.

[users] Re: [webmasters] Downloading OpenOffice

2005-09-08 Thread GregChi
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:52:34 +0800, Jacqueline McNally wrote: >Glenn Dora Calhoun wrote: >> To Whom It May Concern: >> >> I have tried approximately 6 or 7 times to completely >> download openoffice but each time I am disconnected or >> can not resume. I have invested at least 10 or more >> hour

[users] Trying to Replace Microsoft

2005-09-08 Thread Mark Wellendorf
I am new to OpenOffice.org. Right now I administrate a 50-user Microsoft oriented network. I would love to get rid of all Microsoft software, install Linux and use OpenOffice.org. I can replace pretty much all of my software it seems except for Access. Can OOo really do what Access is doing ?

[users] My bullets are disappearing when opening with OpenOffice

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Volke
I have come across a strange problem. I have bullets in a document I am currently working on and I can arrange them and save them with no problem. However when I close the document and reopen it some of the bullets disappear, but the text doesn't move (and the only way to get the bullets to appea

Re: [users] How do I convince OOo to use F:\OOo\user & NOT WIN\Profiles

2005-09-08 Thread cono
Hi, GregChi wrote: As the sole user of this machine, I want to keep my info with the programs. OOo 1.9.104 keeps putting my User data in C:\Windows\Profiles\.000\Application Data\OpenOffice.org1.9.104\user How do I convince OOo to use F:\OpenOffice.org 1.9.104\user & NOT Win\Profiles What a

Re: [users] Re: Replacing paragraph with blank

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
What is not clear? THat autoformat works under FC4 and XPPro as expected when one pastes as unformatted, Selects all (crtl-A) and clicks Format > Autoformat > Apply? You have confused me. On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 09:23 -0700, Lionel Dyck wrote: > I'm not following you. This is just an example of wh

Re: [users] Endless Loop, Document Recovery crashes

2005-09-08 Thread Greg Madden
On Thursday 08 September 2005 11:52 am, Paul wrote: > What happens when you elect not to recover the document during > 'document recovery' stage... > If you have a backup it may pay to try that option and see what > happens. /paul Canceling the recovery process allowed me to save one of the docum

Re: [users] PDF exports just first line

2005-09-08 Thread THUFIR HAWAT
On 9/8/05, Klemens Häckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know this, > > besides asking for details of OS and OOo version, > an additional question: Do You see everything ok on screen ? > > If not, what is Your (defalt) printer in the OS ? Have You tried to use a > non-Laserprinter as defaul

Re: [users] Endless Loop, Document Recovery crashes

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 11:03 -0800, Greg Madden wrote: > I am using 00 Beta2. I had two docs open in Writer, using the .odt file > format. I opened a third doc created in an earlier version of > Writer, .sxw file format. This caused Writer to crash. When I start > Writer now, I get the Document R

Re: [users] Problem in math editor

2005-09-08 Thread Tim Wescott
Try r_'+' or r_"+". See if that works. I'm not at a machine with OOo so I can't check, but one or both ought to work. -- Original Message -- From: "xcLiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: users@openoffice.org Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:50 +0800 >Dear co

Re: [users] Endless Loop, Document Recovery crashes

2005-09-08 Thread Paul
What happens when you elect not to recover the document during 'document recovery' stage... If you have a backup it may pay to try that option and see what happens. /paul On 9/9/05, Greg Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am using 00 Beta2. I had two docs open in Writer, using the .odt

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-09-08 Thread Paul
Pity that you brought it - it is freely available here : www.openoffice.org but understand the purchase if you wanted it specifically on a CD. What types of things are you doing when it crashes? what version did you have installed? How about reinstalling, then tryin

Re: [users] Problem in math editor

2005-09-08 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Donnerstag, 8. September 2005 18:00 schrieb xcLiu: > Dear consultant: > Openoffice is my favourite editor. I prefer the math editor to MS word, > which doesn't accept keyboard input. Recently I meet a dificulty to input a > character which is just the same as a operator, but I need to use it as

Re: [users] [moderated] RESUME

2005-09-08 Thread Paul
Seriously, not the way to ask a list of volunteers a question. The short answer is to open up a writer document and type away. I'm figuring you'll probably have some more specific questions but until you ask them specifically no one will know. /paul ps, email etiquette means that all capitals

Re: [users] Problem in math editor

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 00:00 +0800, xcLiu wrote: > Dear consultant: > Openoffice is my favourite editor. I prefer the math editor to MS word, which > doesn't accept keyboard input. > Recently I meet a dificulty to input a character which is just the same as a > operator, but I need to use it as a

Re: [users] How do I convince OOo to use F:\OOo\user & NOT WIN\Profiles

2005-09-08 Thread Antonis Fissas
http://www.pornstarguru.com/p/480692/4.html --- GregChi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As the sole user of this machine, I want to keep my > info with the > programs. OOo 1.9.104 keeps putting my User data in > C:\Windows\Profiles\.000\Application > Data\OpenOffice.org1.9.104\user > How do I convi

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-09-08 Thread john geldman
Anna, It depends on what you want to do. You can change the computer's file associations so that word documents are opened with works. You can download (for free) the latest version from download.openoffice.org and get all the functionality you wanted in the first place. I would say this is you

[users] Endless Loop, Document Recovery crashes

2005-09-08 Thread Greg Madden
I am using 00 Beta2. I had two docs open in Writer, using the .odt file format. I opened a third doc created in an earlier version of Writer, .sxw file format. This caused Writer to crash. When I start Writer now, I get the Document Recovery screen , I start the recovery, the program crashes ag

Re: [users] Re: Replacing paragraph with blank

2005-09-08 Thread Lionel Dyck
I'm not following you. This is just an example of what I was trying to do. This came down from the website as a txt file and I was trying to get each paragraph to flow properly. thanks On 9/8/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 19:38 -0700, Lionel B D

[users] Problem in math editor

2005-09-08 Thread xcLiu
Dear consultant: Openoffice is my favourite editor. I prefer the math editor to MS word, which doesn't accept keyboard input. Recently I meet a dificulty to input a character which is just the same as a operator, but I need to use it as a character. For example: div E (divergence of the vector E

[users] Problem with Openoffice.org on smbmount file system

2005-09-08 Thread Salih Yakoubov
This problem occure only on linux machine that open file at the same time with windows machine on smb mount share. The problem is that when one windows client open a shared on windows server documet file the file seems to be locked, but only for other windows clients, the linux clients can open t

[users] [moderated] RESUME

2005-09-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I WANT TO SET UP A RESUME, HOW DO I DO THAT?

[users] [moderated]

2005-09-08 Thread Anna Hodges
    I bought an OpenOffice 2.0 disc off a guy on Ebay. I installed it and it kept crashing and sending error reports. I tried uninstalling it via my add/remove programs and now I can't open some of my email attachments unless they are Word for my Word Viewer. I bought the program so I could o

Re: [users] How do I convince OOo to use F:\OOo\user & NOT WIN\Profiles

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 13:34 -0400, GregChi wrote: > As the sole user of this machine, I want to keep my info with the > programs. OOo 1.9.104 keeps putting my User data in > C:\Windows\Profiles\.000\Application Data\OpenOffice.org1.9.104\user > How do I convince OOo to use F:\OpenOffice.org 1.9.10

Re: [users] Re: Help with spreadsheet programming

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 12:33 -0500, Irv Cobb wrote: > Randomthots wrote: > > > Irv Cobb wrote: > > > >> I _think_ I can figure out how to do all of the above. However, > >> > >> F. Apply red background to date of last use cell if the song is not > >> available. > >> > >> |date of last use|title|us

[users] How do I convince OOo to use F:\OOo\user & NOT WIN\Profiles

2005-09-08 Thread GregChi
As the sole user of this machine, I want to keep my info with the programs. OOo 1.9.104 keeps putting my User data in C:\Windows\Profiles\.000\Application Data\OpenOffice.org1.9.104\user How do I convince OOo to use F:\OpenOffice.org 1.9.104\user & NOT Win\Profiles If I change the path in script.x

Re: [users] Re: Help with spreadsheet programming

2005-09-08 Thread Irv Cobb
Randomthots wrote: Irv Cobb wrote: I _think_ I can figure out how to do all of the above. However, F. Apply red background to date of last use cell if the song is not available. |date of last use|title|use number| ^red background G. Apply white background to date of last use cell if

Re: [users] Help with spreadsheet programming

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 10:12 -0500, Irv Cobb wrote: > Not sure if I can describe this... > > I have a list of song titles that we use in our church. I presently have > them in an Impress spreadsheet like this: > > |date of last use|title| > > This way I can keep track of when the song was last u

Re: [users] Re: Reports in 2.0 Calc

2005-09-08 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 08 September 2005 11:38 am, Colin J. Williams wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 16:21 -0400, Colin J. Williams wrote: > >>Brian E. Blandford wrote: > >>>Dan Lewis wrote: > On Monday 05 September 2005 10:19 am, Brian E. Blandford wrote: > >I'm late g

[users] Re: Reports in 2.0 Calc

2005-09-08 Thread Colin J. Williams
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 16:21 -0400, Colin J. Williams wrote: Brian E. Blandford wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: On Monday 05 September 2005 10:19 am, Brian E. Blandford wrote: I'm late getting to experimenting with 2.0, so apologies if this query has been answered b

RE: [users] Not being able to access WPS files.

2005-09-08 Thread Jim White
The workaround is to save the WPS files (which I assume are from Microsoft Works) as RTF files. Then OOo can open them just fine, although some formatting may be lost. Although there may be an open source file converter for Works files that could do the job as a batch, I am not aware of it. A comm

[users] Re: Help with spreadsheet programming

2005-09-08 Thread Randomthots
Irv Cobb wrote: Not sure if I can describe this... I have a list of song titles that we use in our church. I presently have them in an Impress spreadsheet like this: |date of last use|title| This way I can keep track of when the song was last used and not use it too often. However, some

[users] Re: Replacing paragraph with blank

2005-09-08 Thread Randomthots
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 08:56 -0500, Randomthots wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: Do not paste as HTML, paste unformatted. THen it works fine. Otherwise you get one paragraph. Nope. It still doesn't work for me. Only this time it does nothing. Rod Darn!

Re: [users] PDF exports just first line

2005-09-08 Thread Klemens Häckel
I don't know this, besides asking for details of OS and OOo version, an additional question: Do You see everything ok on screen ? If not, what is Your (defalt) printer in the OS ? Have You tried to use a non-Laserprinter as default and do the export again ? - Original Message - From:

[users] Help with spreadsheet programming

2005-09-08 Thread Irv Cobb
Not sure if I can describe this... I have a list of song titles that we use in our church. I presently have them in an Impress spreadsheet like this: |date of last use|title| This way I can keep track of when the song was last used and not use it too often. However, some songs should be us

RE: [users] PDF exports just first line

2005-09-08 Thread Craig Herman
Something similar happened to me once. I had imported a MS Word document with a table of contents. It stopped exporting to PDF when it got to the toc. I ended up using a Windows machine with Adobe Prof. installed. Craig Herman -Original Message- From: THUFIR HAWAT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [users] Re: Replacing paragraph with blank

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 08:56 -0500, Randomthots wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > > > > > Do not paste as HTML, paste unformatted. THen it works fine. Otherwise > > you get one paragraph. > > Nope. It still doesn't work for me. Only this time it does nothing. > > Rod Darn! It works f

[users] Re: Replacing paragraph with blank

2005-09-08 Thread Randomthots
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: Do not paste as HTML, paste unformatted. THen it works fine. Otherwise you get one paragraph. Nope. It still doesn't work for me. Only this time it does nothing. Rod - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Impress: Custom animation speed

2005-09-08 Thread Michele Zarri
Hello OOo Enthusiasts I noticed that the speed of the custom animations in impress can only assume a discrete number of values (from very slow to very fast) and I was wondering if there is instead the possibility to define custom effect speeds (maybe in some hidden/obscure menu option). For th

[users] Timeline for animations in Impress

2005-09-08 Thread Michele Zarri
Hello, I noticed that the speed of the custom animations in impress can only assume a discrete number of values (from very slow to very fast) and I was wondering if there is instead the possibility to define custom effect speeds (maybe in some hidden/obscure menu option). For the particular eff

Re: [users] Re: how do I eliminate data conversion

2005-09-08 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 12:14 +0200, Heinrich Bürgers wrote: > OK, > I found a workaround: > I changed to standardlanguage english GB and the points will be > recognised OK. > So this seems to be a comma problem with "German (Deutschland)" > but this solves not the problems with other data conversio

[users] RE: import data on ooo2.0 base

2005-09-08 Thread Gert Blij
> hy, is the first time i write on this list, i'm italian so > please sorry my poor english No worry, I am Dutch and I could understand you, so your English is quite ok :-) > i would like to know how to > import data,( saved in a format like csv or spreadsheet or > sylk or tab separated value

Re: [users] Re: how do I eliminate data conversion

2005-09-08 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 08 September 2005 05:14 am, Heinrich Bürgers wrote: > OK, > I found a workaround: > I changed to standardlanguage english GB and the points will be > recognised OK. > So this seems to be a comma problem with "German (Deutschland)" > but this solves not the problems with other data conve

Re: [users] Re: how do I eliminate data conversion

2005-09-08 Thread Heinrich Bürgers
OK, I found a workaround: I changed to standardlanguage english GB and the points will be recognised OK. So this seems to be a comma problem with "German (Deutschland)" but this solves not the problems with other data conversions as described here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/5/80 s

[users] Re: Hyperlinks in an Impress slide show not working

2005-09-08 Thread Ricardo Marques
Following up to my own post: I found an Issue reported about this problem of Hyperlinks in Impress not working in an Impress Slide Show, in the Quality Assurance site - http://qa.openoffice.org/ This specific issue is reported at: Hyperlinks not avtive in presentation mode http://qa.openoffice.o

[users] Re: Installing OOo 2.0 Beta2 on SuSe 9.3 Linux

2005-09-08 Thread John King
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:31:14 -0700, James E. Lang wrote: > I guess I'm blind. I don't see installation instructions for installing > beta2. > The readme documentation says that this version can be installed along side > of > an earlier version and it lists the system requirements but it does n

Re: [users] creating data base with v2.0 beta

2005-09-08 Thread Nagashree
Hi there, There is a huge and detailed documentation available. http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html May be this helps you. Thanks and Regards, Nagashree -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 11:48 +0100, Dirk Förtsch wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking for some tutorials how to c

[users] Re: how do I eliminate data conversion

2005-09-08 Thread John King
On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:01:29 +0200, Heinrich Bürgers wrote: > > > Dan Lewis wrote: > >> >> Do you first format the columns into which you are inserting data ? > usally: no > quick test: preformatting whole spreadsheet as "user-defined" turns out > in the same mess. >> There is a poss

[users] creating data base with v2.0 beta

2005-09-08 Thread Dirk Förtsch
Hi, I'm looking for some tutorials how to create and handle data base with OpenOffice 2 Beta Thanks, Dirk - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Re: UK Thesaurus

2005-09-08 Thread John King
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:56:18 +0300, Reg Kennedy wrote: > I would still be grateful for some help. Despite the suggestions so far, I > still can only use the UK Thesaurus if both the locale and currency are > Australian and the language is US English. This seems most odd and not > very helpful! How

Re: [users] PDF exports just first line

2005-09-08 Thread Paul
Sounds strange - can't say I've come across that at all.. what version of OOo are you using on what OS? /paul On 9/8/05, THUFIR HAWAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone had the problem where OO will only export the first line of > a text file to PDF? I can't figure out why it won't do th

Re: [users] different Font

2005-09-08 Thread Paul
If your using the later Verison 2.0Beta, try "file > wizards > install fonts from the internet" It may be however that the font is not freely available - have a go and reply to the list if you have any queries... /paul On 08 Sep 2005 08:38:21 UT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [users] Re: UK Thesaurus

2005-09-08 Thread Heinrich Bürgers
hmm, in my linux version it`s English GB? Andrew Brown wrote: Reg Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:431EAB32.4020403 @dnainternet.net: I would still be grateful for some help. Despite the suggestions so far, I still can only use the UK Thesaurus if both the locale and currency are Au

[users] different Font

2005-09-08 Thread michael . reiter
Hello, we'd like to include other fonts in open office 1.1.4. For example, we need Arial Narrow. Can somebody explain how to get this font into it. Thank you for your help. Best regards Michael

Re: [users] Re: Installing OOo 2.0 Beta2 on SuSe 9.3 Linux

2005-09-08 Thread James E. Lang
Ain Vagula wrote at 7:24 on 8 Sep 2005: > James E. Lang wrote: > > > rpm -q * tells me that none of this is installed. YaST shows a golden lock > > for > > each of the component parts. > > > > These are installed. You can check this with "rpm -qa openoffice*" > Golden lock means, that these pa

[users] Re: Replacing paragraph with blank

2005-09-08 Thread Daniel
Lionel B Dyck wrote: > Here is an example that demonstrates what I'd like to do. I would like > to make each of these paragraphs into real paragraphs and retain the > blank line between paragraphs. I've tried all the suggestions with no > success. > > Any suggestions? > > -

[users] "Create New Form" button is not active

2005-09-08 Thread Jayson Hanelius
Hi, I have installed the OpenOffice database... I opened an existing MS Access database... only the table seemed to open, no queries, no forms... I then created a new database and made a small table... went to the "Forms" icon to create a form, however nothing is active... the "create new form"

Re: [users] Re: Article about OpenOffice.org in the British Medical Journal

2005-09-08 Thread Heinrich Bürgers
Hi Mohammad, not to forget this one: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/5/80 about problems with data conversion in excel! I thought, I was safe from this with OO!? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additi

Re: [users] how do I eliminate data conversion

2005-09-08 Thread Heinrich Bürgers
Dan Lewis wrote: Do you first format the columns into which you are inserting data ? usally: no quick test: preformatting whole spreadsheet as "user-defined" turns out in the same mess. There is a possible second way. Try inserting the data as formatted text. For example, everythi