Re: [users] Jave runtime

2005-09-14 Thread Paul
Follow this link to download the latest JRE : http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Install that and then it all should work well. /paul On 9/15/05, Tom Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just received OpenOffice and started at setup. > > Got to screen looking for Java runtime. Could

Re: [users] Writing to PDF

2005-09-14 Thread Paul
I can only suggest that you check tools > options > writer (print) and make sure that all the applicable box are ticked for what should be printed. I believe that pdf export option uses this to determine what to export to pdf as well. /paul On 9/16/05, Adam Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[users] Version 1.1.0 / all files locked, program will NOT start - HELP!!

2005-09-14 Thread Brad
Please help!! I am using 1.1.0 OpenOffice.org and my unit locked up and upon restarting the system now all my OpenOffice documents will not open and I get the same error message in trying each and every one: cannot be started due to an error in accessing the configuration data please contact

[users] [moderated]

2005-09-14 Thread bniccum
Please help!! I am using 1.1.0 OpenOffice.org and my unit locked up and upon restarting the system now all my OpenOffice documents will not open and I get the same error message in trying each and every one: cannot be started due to an error in accessing the configuration data please contact s

[users] Writing to pdf

2005-09-14 Thread Adam Pearson
Hi all My many apologies if I have missed something, with so many posts I just glance at them unless I have a specific topic in mind ... Today, I have found that, using Windows XP and OOo 2.0 Beta, I cannot export to .pdf format. I have tried the tool bar button and the File > Export as PDF

[users] Jave runtime

2005-09-14 Thread Tom Lambert
Just received OpenOffice and started at setup. Got to screen looking for Java runtime. Could not locate. Went to FAQ and it directed me Java.sun BUT, There's no review notes to tell me what I need to download. This is a standard, single use Pentium II running XP. Lot's of space. Help

Re: [users] Writing to PDF

2005-09-14 Thread Adam Pearson
Stephen R. Darragh wrote: Does "Page Preview" from the File menu display what you'd expect? [FYI, I'm running the same configuration as you on two systems and don't have this problem, so I think that there's.] Adam Pearson wrote: Hi all My many apologies if I have missed something, with s

Re: [users] Writing to PDF

2005-09-14 Thread Stephen R. Darragh
Does "Page Preview" from the File menu display what you'd expect? [FYI, I'm running the same configuration as you on two systems and don't have this problem, so I think that there's.] Adam Pearson wrote: Hi all My many apologies if I have missed something, with so many posts I just glance

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread ken green
On 2005-09-14 10:07 AM, Robert Volke wrote: I need to be able to lock files at three different levels: - protect file from being opened by the wrong person - protect files as read-only so that users can open a file if they wish to view it, but may not edit it - protect file from being opened th

[users] Writing to PDF

2005-09-14 Thread Adam Pearson
Hi all My many apologies if I have missed something, with so many posts I just glance at them unless I have a specific topic in mind ... Today, I have found that, using Windows XP and OOo 2.0 Beta, I cannot export from Writer to .pdf format. I have tried the tool bar button and the File > E

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread cono
Hi Robert, Robert Volke wrote: [...] The only thing I have been able to figure out is how to set it so the document opens as read-only, but then all the user needs to do is click on the edit button and they can do so without a password. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get this to work p

Re: [users] Mac support -- not to repeat myself again:)

2005-09-14 Thread Andrew Fisk
That is kind of rude -- if you had read the list and looked at the original of this message -- you would have noticed that I responded to a similar question by somehow sending the same message twice -- i did not mean to offend anyone Thanks Andy Spitfire Computer Services 441 Beaver Stre

Re: [users] OO 1.1.4 & NeoOfficeJ 1.1.4 - Calc

2005-09-14 Thread Andrew Fisk
Checked out the csv import (with a very simple data file) -- had no issues, I am using NeoOffice too -- any chance you have a whacked out import filter? If you want to send me your data file for the chart I will take a look at that too -- can't say that I have any data floating around tha

RE: [users] Mac support -- not to repeat myself again:)

2005-09-14 Thread Peter Barkevich
unsubscribe -Original Message- From: Andrew Fisk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:02 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Mac support -- not to repeat myself again:) absolutely -- you may want to keep an eye on fonts -- mac users often have a

[users] Re: Manuals

2005-09-14 Thread Colin J. Williams
Carol Campion wrote: I see that there is an online help for version 1.1 but I would like to know if you have a printed user manual that I can purchase. Thank you Carol Campion You might be interested in "OpenOffice.org Writer" by Jean Hollis Weber, published by O'Reilly Community Press, July

Re: [users] OO 2.0 Beta crashes

2005-09-14 Thread Jim Wagner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14/09/2005 18:49:55: I just went to the link you put up, and can find no way to add anything to it, at least, nothing clear. All the help menus tell one "what" but not "how." Are you registered on the OOo website? At the t

Re: [users] FW: 6500/4900 Task list for next 3 weeks

2005-09-14 Thread Naomi Kramer
RDMcBride wrote: Thank you, Naomi and CPH; You're welcome :-) Your patience in dealing with underfed PC users as myself is extraordinary. When I have time, I like to help out people who make polite requests for help. Some days they seem to be a dying breed... When you say, " Word us

Re: [users] Compatibility with WordPerfect

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
Hi Anna, On Wed September 14 2005 15:56, + Anna Strong wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > 1. Does OpenOffice read and open and permit revision to old WordPerfect > files?? My husband is a pastor and he has a number of old WordPerfect > documents stored on our computer. Our new compu

Re: [users] Mac support -- not to repeat myself again:)

2005-09-14 Thread Andrew Fisk
absolutely -- you may want to keep an eye on fonts -- mac users often have a "different" font set from windows users but that should be the only problem take a look at neooffice.org for a much more mac like version that will not require you to install x11 on your mac Andy Thanks Andy S

Re: [users] Open Office 2 keeps crashing

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 14 2005 17:08, + Teri England wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Dear Sir/Madam > > I am in desperate need of assistance. I am not a computer expert and use a > Linux operating system (SuSe) because our company is an R&D company and the > developers use open source.

Re: [users] What's going on with PDF?

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue September 13 2005 21:36, + Michael Axtman wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > OpenOffice 1.1 has an "export to PDF" option which I > used on a simple experimental document. The PDF > document subsequently loaded successfully into my > Windows Acrobat Reader utility. > > I'm co

Re: [users] Openoffice Databases in visual basic

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat September 10 2005 18:52, + Luciano wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > it Possible to use the databases created in openooffice, in visual BASIC > 6?, If possible, how? As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Wed September 14 2005 04:30, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak

Re: [users] help - can't insert video in ooimpress 1.1.4

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun September 11 2005 01:32, David McNab wrote: > Hi, > > I'm building a presentation in ooimpress that will (due to policies > beyond my control) have to be exported to M$ Powerpoint and delivered > using an XP box. > > It is imperative - *not negotiable* - that the presentation include two > s

[users] I have a document that does look right in OpenOffice, can I send it as a bug report?

2005-09-14 Thread Michael Thomsen
I have a document that doesn't render correctly in OpenOffice Writer. Is there some place that I can send it to for a developer to look at it and a screenshot from Microsoft Office to see how it is supposed to look and how it looks in OpenOffice 2.0 m128? --

[users] RE: OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5

2005-09-14 Thread Alister
Return Receipt Your [users] RE: OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5 document :

Re: [users] Labels

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri September 9 2005 15:10, Ulises Marsiglia wrote: > Hi, I´m trying to create some labels but I cant see the content of the > field, just it's name. I'm using a Calc spreadsheet as Data Source. I tryed > with View/Fields but it doesnt help I still cant see the registries I have > in the spreads

[users] Installation of OPENOFFICE 1.1.4 and 2.0 B on WIN98 SE P3 700MHZ

2005-09-14 Thread Mircea Lipsa
I have tried to install OO1.1.4 and OO2.0 beta on the same computer (P3, 700 MHz, 128MB RAM, WIN98 SE) but after the installation was finished without any problem, in both cases, the application did not started. In the task list (ctrl+alt+del) the open office was present but nothing appeared on

[users] Re: Drag & Drop in OOo Text

2005-09-14 Thread Robert Pender
Robert Pender wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 18:01 +0100, Robert Pender wrote: Is it possible to drag and drop a word from one part of a text document to another without going through cut & paste? This is a function in MS Word (which I have joyfully dragged off my

Re: [users] Re: Drag & Drop in OOo Text

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 22:56 +0100, Robert Pender wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 18:01 +0100, Robert Pender wrote: > > > >>Is it possible to drag and drop a word from one part of a text document > >>to another without going through cut & paste? This is a function i

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 14 2005 15:18, + Albert Gyseman wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Gentlemen > > Before I embark on enormous 3hour plus download could you tell me if the > product has the old W.98 facility for 'password-protected' files. I have > just bought new XP computer with WORKS

[users] Re: Drag & Drop in OOo Text

2005-09-14 Thread Robert Pender
Michael Adams wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:01:22 +0100 Robert Pender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to drag and drop a word from one part of a text document to another without going through cut & paste? This is a function in MS Word Experiment with [Ctrl] and [Shift] key combo's

Re: [users] Mac support

2005-09-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 11:52 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does the claimed multi platform capability of OO extend to Apple OS > 10.x? From another member of this mailing list: Yes, sort of.  There is a true Mac version but it's tricky to install. A better option

Re: [users] RE: OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 14 2005 22:50, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > Hi, > > Does OpenOffice have any sort of automatic updater? (Like Firefox > detects new versions available and offers to install them). > > We have it installed on about 12 pc's now, and I don't really want to go > to each one to do the update

[users] Re: Border for column

2005-09-14 Thread David Chapman
In the Format Cells dialog (Borders tab), ignore the Default line options and focus on the User-defined diagram - wherein you can select one or more of the edges to have a border applied. You will also need to choose a line style (I find 1.00pt to be about right) Let me know if you still have pro

Re: [users] please help

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue September 13 2005 07:09, + Shani McFadyen wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hi! > > I just purchased a new iBook G4 and attempted to download OpenOffice. > > I have X11 on my laptop and was under the impression that I could run > OpenOffice through this, but I obviously can't

Re: [users] FW: 6500/4900 Task list for next 3 weeks

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 14 2005 22:11, RDMcBride wrote: > Thank you, Naomi and CPH; No prob. > Your patience in dealing with underfed PC users as myself is extraordinary. > > When you say, " Word uses a 'doc' file type, and files using that format > have a '.doc' extension after the file name given by th

[users] Re: Drag & Drop in OOo Text

2005-09-14 Thread Robert Pender
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 18:01 +0100, Robert Pender wrote: Is it possible to drag and drop a word from one part of a text document to another without going through cut & paste? This is a function in MS Word (which I have joyfully dragged off my machine and dropped in

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread Robert Volke
Thank again for the help Gerry, Right after I sent the email I found instructions for protecting my documents and resolved most of my issues. In my research I determined that I was not thinking, and was trying to use OpenOffice to protect a document that I was saving as .xls. That is why the che

[users] Border for column

2005-09-14 Thread Pete Holsberg
I've been having a devil of a time trying to change the border down one column. I have a table set as a grid (with unequal column widths, if that matters). I'd like to be able to select one column, and change the left border of all of its cells to a thicker line. But I don't seem to have the

[users] RE: OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5

2005-09-14 Thread Bryce Stenberg
Hi, Does OpenOffice have any sort of automatic updater? (Like Firefox detects new versions available and offers to install them). We have it installed on about 12 pc's now, and I don't really want to go to each one to do the update. If we keep rolling it out I don't want to have to go to all 30 p

[users] Re: Mac support

2005-09-14 Thread CarlP
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does the claimed multi platform capability of OO extend to Apple OS 10.x? Yes, sort of. There is a true Mac version but it's tricky to install. A better option in my opinion, is NeoOfficeJ, which you can get through http://www.neooffice.org/. It is a re-write of OO

Re: [users] FW: 6500/4900 Task list for next 3 weeks

2005-09-14 Thread RDMcBride
Thank you, Naomi and CPH; Your patience in dealing with underfed PC users as myself is extraordinary. When you say, " Word uses a 'doc' file type, and files using that format have a '.doc' extension after the file name given by the user", this means to me that I may treat one "doc" as another

RE: [users] OpenOffice compatibility with MS Office

2005-09-14 Thread Jim White
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:28 PM > To: users@openoffice.org > Subject: [users] OpenOffice compatibility with MS Office > > Dear Sir/Madam: > > Will I be able to install and OpenOffice on my computer

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-09-14 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le mercredi 14 septembre 2005 à 10:47 +0200, Jacques a écrit : > Bonjour, > > J'ai OOO 1.1.4 sur mon ordinateur mais le dictionnaire en français n'y était > pas. > J'ai téléchargé le dictionnaire en français et installé sur la machine mais > je n'ai toujours pas la possibilité de changer la lang

[users] Supported operating systems - MSWin 2003

2005-09-14 Thread Thomas Astleitner
Dear list; i'm joining the author community. Currently i'm reviewing a chapter of the getting started and crossed the supported operating syetems. In the english document, there are all of them, including Microsoft Windows 2003. I'm in contact with the author of the original document and he tol

[users] OpenOffice Questions

2005-09-14 Thread DAC
I have been a proponent of OpenOffice for some time and have recommended it to all my clients in the past. I have just loaded the new beta version and I have to say I am very disappointed with it. After using it for five minutes there are a number of things I find annoying enough that I will stop r

[users] Controlling what is printing in Calc

2005-09-14 Thread RLShadow
When I go to print something in Calc, it seems like it wants to print all non-blank worksheets, not just the active worksheet. This is the case even though under File, Print, Options, I have checked the box that says to only print active sheets. I would appreciate any guidance that anyone

[users] Pboblem with Spread Sheet

2005-09-14 Thread Arnold Klausner
Reply-To: header is set I am running open office Beta 2. OpenOffice.org 1.9.104 - Original Message - From: "Eike Rathke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Arnold Klausner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:53 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [users] Spread Sheet > Hi Arnold,

[users] Printing envelopes

2005-09-14 Thread David Clark
I can get the envelopes to print the field names but when I send the data to the field names for hte addressees it will no longer print. What is happening?

[users] OpenOffice compatibility with MS Office

2005-09-14 Thread Jaydeep . Nanavaty
Dear Sir/Madam: Will I be able to install and OpenOffice on my computer that has MS office XP or MS Office 2003? Any compatibility issues when using both side by side on the same PC? Please advise. Thanks. Jay Jaydeep V. Nanavaty, MS Research Scientist (Surveillance Coordinator) Family Health

Re: [users] text to columns (fwd)

2005-09-14 Thread Paolo Mantovani
Hi all, I'm the author of the tool on ooomacros (TextToColumns) Thanks to all who all that forwarded me this thread. This is no longer needed because now I'm following the list through gmane For Pere Castañer: Sorry for not having replied to your previous messages. Truly I was convinced to have

[users] Mac support

2005-09-14 Thread Rmclaffy
Does the claimed multi platform capability of OO extend to Apple OS 10.x?

[users] Open Office 2 keeps crashing

2005-09-14 Thread Teri England
Dear Sir/Madam I am in desperate need of assistance. I am not a computer expert and use a Linux operating system (SuSe) because our company is an R&D company and the developers use open source. However, as a non-computer understanding person I need assistance when the machine won't function a

[users] Compatibility with WordPerfect

2005-09-14 Thread Anna Strong
1. Does OpenOffice read and open and permit revision to old WordPerfect files?? My husband is a pastor and he has a number of old WordPerfect documents stored on our computer. Our new computer only has Works and it does not appear to be able to handle these WP documents. I was told by a comp

[users] [moderated]

2005-09-14 Thread Albert Gyseman
Gentlemen Before I embark on enormous 3hour plus download could you tell me if the product has the old W.98 facility for 'password-protected' files. I have just bought new XP computer with WORKS 8 and have lost this facility! Presumably, if I bought MS OFFICE I could restore this but I can't

[users] [moderated]

2005-09-14 Thread Jacques
Bonjour, J'ai OOO 1.1.4 sur mon ordinateur mais le dictionnaire en français n'y était pas. J'ai téléchargé le dictionnaire en français et installé sur la machine mais je n'ai toujours pas la possibilité de changer la langue. Comment faire pour que cela fonctionne, j'ai cetainement oublié une ma

Re: [users] Drag & Drop in OOo Text

2005-09-14 Thread Michael Adams
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:01:22 +0100 Robert Pender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to drag and drop a word from one part of a text > document to another without going through cut & paste? This is a > function in MS Word Experiment with [Ctrl] and [Shift] key combo's while dragging. Both

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread cono
Niklas Nebel wrote: [...] - protect files as read-only so that users can open a file if they wish to view it, but may not edit it Use sheet/document protection in spreadsheets, or protected sections in a text document. But don't expect any miracles: These are basically hints to the applic

Re: [users] FW: 6500/4900 Task list for next 3 weeks

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 14 2005 02:08, RDMcBride wrote: > CPHennessy wrote: > >>It is not a good idea just to change the extension strin. It is MUCH > >> better to change the "file type" ( also in the File -> Save As dialog. > > I vaguely understand some of this; not the "file type" changing. Can you > po

Re: [users] OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 14 2005 18:08, Dan Lewis wrote: [snip] > Pardon me, but the SISSL license was retired by Sun as of September > 2, 2005. From that point on, OOo was to be licensed only under LGPL. > Doesn't this also include OOo 1.1.5? I do not think so. Obviously the number of changes to 1.1.

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 14 2005 17:26, Niklas Nebel wrote: > Robert Volke wrote: > > I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had > > difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta > > version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the >

[users] Errors installing 1.1.5 under FC4

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
Encountered errors in installing 1.1.5 under FC4. Made http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=54620 as upgrade from 1.1.4 corrupted 1.1.4. Anyone else? Bit of a mess but I am recovering. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.open

Re: [users] OO 2.0 Beta crashes

2005-09-14 Thread Alister
Jim Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14/09/2005 18:49:55: > I just went to the link you put up, and can find no way to add anything > to it, at least, nothing clear. All the help menus tell one "what" but > not "how." > Are you registered on the OOo website? At the top right of the page is

[users] OO 1.1.4 & NeoOfficeJ 1.1.4 - Calc

2005-09-14 Thread Jason Belec
Hello everyone, I just ran into 2 issues both on Windows and Mac OSX platforms. Both occurred in Calc. 1) Charts within the Excel spreadsheet imported that have multiple x and y values are not supported properly, usually the chart is blank. Seems ok for z, (multiple y coordinates), but not

Re: [users] Drag & Drop in OOo Text

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 18:01 +0100, Robert Pender wrote: > Is it possible to drag and drop a word from one part of a text document > to another without going through cut & paste? This is a function in MS > Word (which I have joyfully dragged off my machine and dropped in the bin). > > I am using

Re: [users] Re: Calc as address book for email?

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 12:42 -0400, CarlP wrote: > CPHennessy wrote: > > On Mon September 12 2005 19:34, CarlP wrote: > > > >>OO 1.1.4, XPsp2, Thunderbird email [snipped] > > > Hmmm. Thanks. I don't see an explanation there of what I want to do, > though if I go to the Tips and Tricks link I

Re: [users] Drag & Drop in OOo Text

2005-09-14 Thread Doug Thompson
Did you try to D&D anything before you posted? Didn't it work? Did you receive any kind of error message? Point is, you can select a character, a word, a phrase - however much you want and drag it to any other point in the document. Correction, I can do it here and you should be able to do

Re: [users] autopilot help..

2005-09-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 12:29 pm, Wesley Allen wrote: > Hi all, > Here's my question - directions and help would be most > appreciated... > > Every week our secretary creates a bulletin for use at Church. > She does a good job, but just keeps over-writing the same file > (invariably

Re: [users] OO 2.0 Beta crashes

2005-09-14 Thread Jim Wagner
Kazunari Hirano wrote: Hi Jim, I have created an issue for you. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=54582 Can you add your comment to this issue? I could not reproduce your crash on my Windows 98 SE box with OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta2. Regards, khirano Thank you very much, Kazunari

[users] autopilot help..

2005-09-14 Thread Wesley Allen
Hi all, Here's my question - directions and help would be most appreciated... Every week our secretary creates a bulletin for use at Church. She does a good job, but just keeps over-writing the same file (invariably forgetting to update something/delete something). I'd like to get away f

Re: [users] Cross platform compatiblilty

2005-09-14 Thread andy
absolutly -- you may want to keep an eye on fonts -- mac users often have a "different" font set from windows users but that should be the only problem Andy Quoting Paul Genereux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Good Morning, > > Can Open Office worksheets and documents compiled on a Windows based com

Re: [users] OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5

2005-09-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 11:18 am, Craig Adams wrote: > OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5 > > 14 September, 2005 - 16H00 UTC > > OpenOffice.org is proud to announce the immediate availability of the > new 1.1.5 version of the award-winning open source office suite. > > This new version i

[users] Drag & Drop in OOo Text

2005-09-14 Thread Robert Pender
Is it possible to drag and drop a word from one part of a text document to another without going through cut & paste? This is a function in MS Word (which I have joyfully dragged off my machine and dropped in the bin). I am using 1.9.125 ---

[users] Re: [native-lang] OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5

2005-09-14 Thread CarlP
Craig Adams wrote: OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5 14 September, 2005 - 16H00 UTC SNIP Louis Suarez-Potts OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625 3843 © 2005 OpenOffice.org Here's an example of what I love about OO. In the midst of working on a significant

[users] Re: Macro capabilities in Write, Calc

2005-09-14 Thread David Chapman
A 3 part tutorial... Adding some text utilities http://www.openofficetips.com/blog/archives/2005/08/macros_text_uti.html Adding a dialog... http://www.openofficetips.com/blog/archives/2005/09/adding_a_dialog.html Completing the integration... http://www.openofficetips.com/blog/archives/2005/09/

[users] Re: Calc as address book for email?

2005-09-14 Thread CarlP
CPHennessy wrote: On Mon September 12 2005 19:34, CarlP wrote: OO 1.1.4, XPsp2, Thunderbird email I'm wondering if there is a way to use a Calc spreadsheet as an email address source for a broadcast message. I have a small spreadsheet with 20-30 email addresses I'd like to include in a broadc

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread Niklas Nebel
Robert Volke wrote: I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the solutions I found was being able to check the "Save with Password

[users] OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5

2005-09-14 Thread Craig Adams
OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.5 14 September, 2005 - 16H00 UTC OpenOffice.org is proud to announce the immediate availability of the new 1.1.5 version of the award-winning open source office suite. This new version is initially available on the Windows (98/ME/NT/2000/XP), GNU/Linux (X86 a

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread Rich
umm. if the user can open the document and see the contents there is no use of any password protection, really. i didn't read fully that thread, but i understand the it's more about passwords that prohibit editing or viewing some parts of the document (but they are available to oo.org at that

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 11:34 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:07 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: > > I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had > > difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta > > version of OpenOffice (

Re: [users] Switching orientations in Writer

2005-09-14 Thread Alan Mead
G., Many thanks! Sorry I did not see the FAQ before I posted to this list. -Alan --- "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 06:32 -0700, Alan Mead wrote: > > It's common in my line of work for a portrait document to switch > to > > landscape mode for a page

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:07 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: > I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had > difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta > version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the > solutions I found was be

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread Jan van Aar
Robert, Look at the discussion I started about password protection Subject "document protection" and issue 54587 "password protection gets useless". The password protection of a document can simply be removed by Save As a MsOffice document. I was very surprised when I discovered this and I tho

[users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread Robert Volke
I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the solutions I found was being able to check the "Save with Password" box when attempting

Re: [users] BOOLEAN field in Database

2005-09-14 Thread Dale Erwin
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Dale Erwin wrote: Here's an idea: For each database, HSQLDB creates four files (I'm not sure just where they will be located for OOo databases and if it's a Windows system I'm not sure how you look at the extensions). The files are named: .backup .data .prope

Re: [users] Re: bad programming

2005-09-14 Thread Doug Thompson
Ken, I really don't want to subscribe to another list to continue this dialogue, i.e., discuss@openoffice.org, but we have drifted outside the realm of the users list. If you want to continue off list, just don't change the subject line or my filters will frag your email. ken green wrote: O

Re: [users] Switching orientations in Writer

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 06:32 -0700, Alan Mead wrote: > It's common in my line of work for a portrait document to switch to > landscape mode for a page or two to insert a wide table of results. > In Word, I would insert a section break and then change the > orientation of the new section. How do I

Re: [users] Forms of .doc documents are not modificable in oo2 beta2 (m125) (fwd)

2005-09-14 Thread Pere Castañer Sarda
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:59:13 -0400 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a quick note. It is safer to use the 1.4 version for the java > runtime. The database wizard generates errors with 5.0. I tested this on > both Windows XP, and Linux. I thought that the Database wizard w

Re: [users] BOOLEAN field in Database

2005-09-14 Thread James E. Lang
Dale Erwin wrote at 14:23 on 13 Sep 2005: > James E. Lang wrote: > > Dale Erwin wrote at 13:12 on 12 Sep 2005: > > > > > >>James E. Lang wrote: > >> > >>>Oh, dear! > >>> > >>>I just read elsewhere that OOo does not include a database engine but > >>>rather > >>>that OOo uses a standard interfac

[users] Switching orientations in Writer

2005-09-14 Thread Alan Mead
It's common in my line of work for a portrait document to switch to landscape mode for a page or two to insert a wide table of results. In Word, I would insert a section break and then change the orientation of the new section. How do I do this in OOo 1.x or 2.x? -Alan -

Re: [users] Calc and Sql

2005-09-14 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
I do not understand your question. What exactly is not working? Is the problem that you can not select data from the table, or that you can not place the value into a cell? I have added questions inline. Thomas Martens wrote: Hi, I've a little problem with calc and sql. I've a table in this

Re: [users] Data Recovery Tools?

2005-09-14 Thread Don Guy
Thanks CPH, & to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for CCing me on a reply to a similar thread. Unfortunately the spreadsheet had been saved in Star Office's SDC format, not OO. I haven't yet migrated to OO on all platforms, and as such I'm limited to using the lowest common denominator when it comes to file

Re: Fw: [users] Spread Sheet

2005-09-14 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Arnold, On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 13:16:29 -0400, Arnold Klausner wrote: > > > > What is the largest size Excel file that OpenOffice.org spread > > > > sheet S/W can handle? I have an Excel file that is 30MB large and > > > > the OpenOffice.org spread sheet program S/W gets hung up on it and >

Re: [users] setting the date format in writer

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 16:00 -0400, Joe Halloran wrote: > Is there a way to set the date field format in the word processor, e.g. Jan > 1, 2005 vs 1-1-2005 etc. I have not been able to find it in the help. > > Thanks in advance Yes you can set the format of the field. Next time you insert a date

Re: [users] text to columns (fwd) (fwd) (fwd)

2005-09-14 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Pere, On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 08:27:09 +0200, Pere Castañer Sarda wrote: > The procedure is a litle tricky but works. The real pity of all of > this is about the existence of a tool like text2column macro and the > feature of choosing the decimal separator char is missing. If it's really only

Re: [users] [moderated] Macro capabilities in Write, Calc

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 15:27 +1200, Bob Harvey wrote: > Hi there, > > None of the reviews or FAQs I have read tell me whether the end user can > construct personal macros in Write or Calc, how this is done, and what can be > done in this way. Can you capture keyboard commands, edit them, bind to

Re: [users] document protection

2005-09-14 Thread Jan van Aar
Hi Cor, The number of the issue is 54587. Niklas wrote: "It's known and accepted (see issues 8426 and 29387). Sheet or document protection doesn't give any real security, by concept." Maybe it is wise to revise this vision. I am not the only one who is looking for a possibility to protect hi

Re: [users] Question regarding OpenOffice

2005-09-14 Thread Paul
Yes it does. It is called fontwork. It has changed considerably between version 1.1.X and Beta 2.0 versions. Have a look at the help under 'fontwork' and post specific questions back to the list. /paul On 9/14/05, Rowell Roque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just want to ask if OpenOffice ha

Re: [users] [moderated] Macro capabilities in Write, Calc

2005-09-14 Thread Ian Laurenson
OpenOffice.org does have a macro capability. It does have (a limited) ability to record actions, but it is not very useful for learning how to write your own macros. For a guide (including links to other resources) on writing macros in OpenOffice.org see: http://ext.openoffice.org.nz/ Thanks, Ia

[users] Question regarding OpenOffice

2005-09-14 Thread Rowell Roque
I just want to ask if OpenOffice have a word art feature like Microsoft Word. If yes, how and where can i access it ? Hope for your reply. Thank you so much! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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