Re: [users] Improving my macro for mail merge

2005-10-10 Thread Ippoliti Giuliano
On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 15:38:31 -0400 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [..] Why do you not simply use the mail merge facility? Beacause I need to call the mailmerge from command line, and I think that the only way to do this is to use the API, is that correct? I will now ass

Re: [users] INstalling OOo_2.0.0rc2_051005_Win32Intel_install.exe

2005-10-10 Thread Tina Krogull
Hi David, I didn't uninstall RC1. I simply installed RC2. No problems at all. Tina David Teague(T-bird acct) wrote: Thanks again to all who responded in various ways to my not finding RC 2. When I replaced OO.o Pre Beta 2.0 m130 with Beta 2.0 (OOo_2.0.0rc1_050923_Win32Intel_install.exe) I

[users] Re: Solved (partly): [users] Fonts different after Linux upgrade

2005-10-10 Thread Johan Vromans
John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [... Problem with Nimbus Condensed ...] I've been informed that corrupt versions of the Nimbus fonts are floating around on the internet. These fonts look normal, but seem to have wrong metrics causing them to print condensed or expanded (note: I don't know

Re: [users] hidden files

2005-10-10 Thread J.L. Blom
Yes John. Your reasoning is correct. I doubt however that the choice for the display of hidden files can be set by shared environment variables. I actually use only the standard shared variables and never add new ones as I think it better to use exclusively the variables local to an application. Y

Re: [users] OT

2005-10-10 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
Joe Conner wrote: Remember, this idiot machine can not count higher than one. James E. Lang wrote: This machine is "Turing Complete" hence is able to compute any algorithm a programmer can code. I point out that this "stupid" machine is no more stupid (and no more smart) than the analysts a

Re: [users] Improving my macro for mail merge

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Ippoliti Giuliano wrote: On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 15:38:31 -0400 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [..] Why do you not simply use the mail merge facility? Beacause I need to call the mailmerge from command line, and I think that the only way to do this is to use the API, is tha

Re: [users] Changing the language with a macro

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Dale Erwin wrote: Paul Salazar wrote: I was needing a quickly way for changing from Spanish to English spelling within a document, instead of the very annoying way of going through Tools-Options-etc. First I tried to write a macro using that path, but it didn't work. I finally found the way

[users] Re: Re: Re: Re: OT Meaningless subjects in list postings

2005-10-10 Thread Paul_B
On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:05:54 -0700, James E. Lang wrote: > FWIW, I use Pegasus Mail and it ignores redundant Re: or (fwd) etc. prefixes > when threading. OTOH, all these extras take up part of the ~35 characters > that > are displayed in the list of messages. But while it's ignoring multiple

[users] Importing data in 2.0

2005-10-10 Thread Hans Mücke
Hi guys, Installed SuSE10 over the weekend and played around with the ooo that came with it. How do I use a simple tab-seperated text file for data import? Talk to you later ... Hans -- 2005/10/10 12:20 EDDS 101220Z 08004KT CAVOK 19/11 Q1022 NOSIG -

Re: [users] Cannot create forms in base

2005-10-10 Thread Robin Davis
Hi again, How do you want me to do this? Are attachments allowed in this list? Rob Davis Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Can you create a small database and a simple set of steps to reproduce the problem? In other words, perhaps someone else can verify the problem and then we can file a bug r

[users] Margins settings of MS Word as default

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some way of making, as default, the same margins settings (for A4 pages) of MS Word? Thanks in advance, Paul - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] ruler

2005-10-10 Thread Edward Parker
Hi, I am using OOo 1.1.3. I followed the instructions to have the vertical ruler displayed, but what do I do when I get to view. I am lost. There is nothing there to click on. I see there is an option in help and no matter how I try to display the vertical ruler, no luck. Does anyone know. Th

Re: [users] OOo 2.0 database wizard table creation problem

2005-10-10 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
Please do *not* start a new question by replying to an old one as this causes several problems: 1. most email software will correctly think that your email is a response to the email you are "replying" to, and will indicate this by displaying your email as a child of the origin

Re: [users] ruler

2005-10-10 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 10 October 2005 09:12 am, Edward Parker wrote: > Hi, > I am using OOo 1.1.3. I followed the instructions to have the > vertical ruler displayed, but what do I do when I get to view. I am > lost. There is nothing there to click on. I see there is an option in > help and no matter how I t

Re: [users] ruler

2005-10-10 Thread Wangshanpo
Hi Edward Ruler is only available when you have a document open. Even a blank document will do. W Edward Parker wrote: Hi, I am using OOo 1.1.3. I followed the instructions to have the vertical ruler displayed, but what do I do when I get to view. I am lost. There is nothing there to click

Re: [users] Margins settings of MS Word as default

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Smith
On 10/10/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there some way of making, as default, the same margins settings > > (for A4 pages) of MS Word? > > Sure you can by creating a new default template. For details on on how > to do this see the "More on Templates" section of the Adva

[users] Calc: table into a EPS file

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I would like to produce a eps file with a small table done with Calc. Could somebody please help me? Thanks in advance, Paul - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [users] Upgrade Differences?

2005-10-10 Thread Gregory Forster
Thank you. --- "James E. Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realize that this list usually contains short > questions and answers. I just > thought Greg's questions required a more exhaustive > (exhausting) response. > > Gregory Forster wrote at 15:17 on 8 Oct 2005: > > > What are the differ

Re: [users] Calc: table into a EPS file

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Smith
On 10/10/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to produce a eps file with a small table done with Calc. > > Could somebody please help me? > > OOo does not have a eps output filter so you will have to save the file > in postscript format and use a tool such as the OS

Re: [users] Changing the language with a macro

2005-10-10 Thread Dale Erwin
Jonathon Blake wrote: Dale wrote: there existed a way to choose one language and have it stay Do your languges just use the Latin writing system? Yes. All of them do. -- Dale Erwin Salamanca 116 Pueblo Libre Lima 21 PERU Tel. +51(1)461-3084  ---

[users] Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: An equivalent of FrameMaker master pages??]

2005-10-10 Thread Jack Carroll
I just sent a request to subscribe to the users list. Haven't got the confirmation message yet. On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 09:13:54PM -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 21:05 -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > > Thanks! Cooking up a template was more help than I exp

[users] page numbers doesn't work

2005-10-10 Thread J and A
Hi, I just installed Open Office 1.1.5. Had the previous version before this. Problem is, with the new version, when I select "fields" "insert page numbers", instead of the number showing up, eg: 1,2,3,4, in succession on the multi page document, the words "page numbers" shows up in the header

[users] quick question/

2005-10-10 Thread Ben Lemel
Hi, I can't open a PDF file , what shalll I choose on the open office list that will open it ben lemel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Changing the language with a macro

2005-10-10 Thread Dale Erwin
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Dale Erwin wrote: Paul Salazar wrote: I was needing a quickly way for changing from Spanish to English spelling within a document, instead of the very annoying way of going through Tools-Options-etc. First I tried to write a macro using that path, but it didn'

[users] Java Mail in Open Office

2005-10-10 Thread Cancel
I am using Open Office 2.0 RC   I installed Java Mail in my Package Manager an I wanted to write a serial mail.     It seems, that javamail is n’t installed yet.     What have I to do?   Thank you for help   Heinz Affolter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] [moderated]

2005-10-10 Thread Fred
Question, Why can't I open an Excel document in the open office format. It tells me that the blank.exe file is missing. Where can I find this file or how can I get around it? Fred L.Tona Special Projects Manager Custom Mobility Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (727)539-8119 ext.341 Cell (727) 687-4096 Sp

[users] open office

2005-10-10 Thread Nadine Wassmer
Hallöchen, Ich habe die MD5-Prüfsumme mit der derjenigen MD5-Prüfsumme verglichen und sie stimmt überein. Ttozdem bekomme ich kein programm geöffnet. Was muß ich weiter tun? Es wäre nett, wenn mir jemand hilft. MFG, Nadine -- 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail +++ G

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat October 8 2005 23:10, + bandbthomas wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > I am looking for a promossory note form > can you help OpenOffice.org is an equivalent for MSWord. If you are looking for templates for OpenOffice.org you should be able to find many by simply "googli

Re: [users] OpenOffice2beta2 installation error

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 6 2005 09:39, + Peter Vieira wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Thank you for your reply and for sending me the installation documents > for OpenOffice 2beta2. > > As an unexperienced Linux user, Iam not able to use the Linux commands to > install the OpenOffice2beta2. I

Re: [users] page numbers doesn't work

2005-10-10 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Montag, 10. Oktober 2005 04:48 schrieb J and A: > Hi, > I just installed Open Office 1.1.5. Had the previous version before this. > Problem is, with the new version, when I select "fields" "insert page > numbers", Uncheck > View > Field names (not sure right name, I have the German GUI here).

[users] [moderated] data-base forms

2005-10-10 Thread Jim Richard
I am using MySQL and have designed a form (with OpenOffice) however I am unable to get the form to get data from two different tables/fields within the same database Is it not possible? My structure is: /phonebook (personal data - name, address etc) Addresses--

Re: [users] quick question/

2005-10-10 Thread Chad Smith
Hi Ben OpenOffice.org does not open PDFs. It just creates them. It's a process called "exporting". To read PDFs you need to get a reader (there are a few out there, and they are all free). You can get one from Adobe.com or a smaller, quicker one from www.ghostscript.com/

[users] Re: downloading

2005-10-10 Thread John Thompson
On 2005-10-09, CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue October 4 2005 21:56, + C and T Monz wrote: >> I can't seem to be able to download the open office, i put in all the >> relevant info and click continue to download and nothing happens. Could >> comeone email me back with some help?. >

Re: [users] page numbers doesn't work

2005-10-10 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 22:48 -0400, J and A wrote: > Hi, > I just installed Open Office 1.1.5. Had the previous version before > this. Problem is, with the new version, when I select "fields" "insert > page numbers", instead of the number showing up, eg: 1,2,3,4, in > succession on the multi page d

Re: [users] Page Problems

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 28 2005 21:09, + NORMAN STRASSER wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I only use the Text Document to type out all my pages and I an having > problems when I list my Coins or any other Items when I use the $ Dollar > Sign or the + Plus Sign or th - Minus Sugn or Underline

Re: [users] Address labels

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu September 29 2005 07:24, + razik majean wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > To whom it may concern, > A couple of weeks ago I took my inherited kumputer > into my friendly neighborhood kumpter guru store to > have a mass of tangled files and programs cleaned off. > Upon it's re

Re: [users] Dowloand Help

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu September 29 2005 13:01, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can't seem to complete the download of Microsoft Office. 1. I may not > have the Java Script and 2. I don't know which US designation to choose. > Could you please help. I had purchased a second hand office quite some > time ago and

Re: [users] Links in Spreadsheet

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri September 30 2005 10:12, Chaitanya Soni wrote: > If we use formulas on those linked cells on sheet2 it works perfectly but > if i move/copy the sheet2 in to a new file; in the new file open office > cannot remember the links of sheet1; it gives error: #ref. > Please help us. Hi Chaitanya

Re: [users] Can not open Win OOo Base files with Linux OOo Base

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue October 4 2005 21:47, + Paul Salazar wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hi, > > I'm migrating from Windows to Linux, so currently I've > a dual booting PC. I use OOo in both partitions and > share the OOo docs from any OS. Nevertheless the data > bases created with OOo Base

Re: [users] page numbers doesn't work

2005-10-10 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 09 October 2005 09:48 pm, J and A wrote: > Hi, > I just installed Open Office 1.1.5. Had the previous version before > this. Problem is, with the new version, when I select "fields" > "insert page numbers", instead of the number showing up, eg: 1,2,3,4, > in succession on the multi page d

Re: [users] Downloading hints OOo2.0.0RC localised

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed October 5 2005 12:28, Morgan Olsson wrote: > Hi > > Me and lot of other people are experiencing problems finding localized > builds and language packs, although they DO EXIST! > > For example on the download page for > click "non-javascript download page" you get to > http://download.openof

Re: [users] Macros

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 7 2005 18:14, Dr. Nikitah Imani wrote: > May be a dumb question but...when you are installing a macro, where do > you unzip it to? And do you unzip individual files or can you create a > folder archive with all of the files inside? For example, if there is > macro Jones consisting of

Re: [users] Opening xls docs????

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat October 8 2005 15:02, + Ray Van Barneveld wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I cannot open xls documents directly from my emails. > When I get a spreadsheet I have to save it to the harddrive, open it there > and go through the process of of asking openoffice 1.1.4 to open the >

Re: [users] open office

2005-10-10 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Montag, 10. Oktober 2005 21:03 schrieb Nadine Wassmer: > Hallöchen, > Ich habe die MD5-Prüfsumme mit der derjenigen MD5-Prüfsumme verglichen und > sie stimmt überein. Ttozdem bekomme ich kein programm geöffnet. > Was muß ich weiter tun? Nadine, das hier ist eine englischsprachige Mailingliste.

Re: [users] problem with navigation keys in Writer

2005-10-10 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat October 8 2005 17:02, + Andrzej Sawula wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Ave, > > I have come across a problem that sounds ridiculous, but is in fact very > troublesome. After one of upgrades (to 2.0 RC1 AFAIR, but not 100% sure > about that) cursor keys, Home/End and Backspa

Re: [users] quick question/

2005-10-10 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 10 October 2005 06:36 am, Ben Lemel wrote: > Hi, I can't open a PDF file , what shalll I choose on the open office > list that will open it > > ben lemel If you are using a version of windows, you need to first download Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com. Then you can read PDF files.

Re: [users] page numbers doesn't work

2005-10-10 Thread Doug Thompson
J and A wrote: Hi, I just installed Open Office 1.1.5. Had the previous version before this. Problem is, with the new version, when I select "fields" "insert page numbers", instead of the number showing up, eg: 1,2,3,4, in succession on the multi page document, the words "page numbers" shows up i

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-10 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 08 October 2005 05:10 pm, bandbthomas wrote: > I am looking for a promossory note form > can you help Check http://ooextras.sourceforge.net Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional comm

[users] Re: Java Mail in Open Office

2005-10-10 Thread Paul_B
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:47:41 +0200, Cancel wrote: > I am using Open Office 2.0 RC > > > > I installed Java Mail in my Package Manager an I wanted to write a serial > mail. > Doesn't work here either. BTW, it would be good to disable html here. Thanks, p. -- Using OOo 2.0 rc2 on Win XP sp

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-10 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 20:37 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > On Sat October 8 2005 23:10, + bandbthomas wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] *** > > I am looking for a promossory note form > > can you help > > OpenOffice.org is an equivalent for MSWord. If you are looking for templates > f

[users] Re: page numbers doesn't work

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Brown
"J and A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I just installed Open Office 1.1.5. Had the previous version before > this. Problem is, with the new version, when I select "fields" "insert > page numbers", instead of the number showing up, eg: 1,2,3,4, in > succession on the mult

[users] footers

2005-10-10 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
How can I set up a footer so that the name of the memorandum is against the left margin and the page number is flush-right? Thanks -- Best regards, Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130 USA - To unsubscribe, e-m

Re: [users] problem with navigation keys in Writer

2005-10-10 Thread Andrzej Sawula
Ave, I have come across a problem that sounds ridiculous, but is in fact very troublesome. After one of upgrades (to 2.0 RC1 AFAIR, but not 100% sure about that) cursor keys, Home/End and Backspace... stopped working in Writer. At all - they cause no effect whatsoever. [...] This sounds really

Re: [users] quick question/

2005-10-10 Thread Pete Holsberg
Dan Lewis wrote: On Monday 10 October 2005 06:36 am, Ben Lemel wrote: Hi, I can't open a PDF file , what shalll I choose on the open office list that will open it ben lemel If you are using a version of windows, you need to first download Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com. Then yo

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-10 Thread Paul
It should be possible to open an excel formatted file using OOo. What is the exact error message? /paul On 10/11/05, Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Question, > Why can't I open an Excel document in the open office format. It tells me > that the blank.exe file is missing. Where can I find t

[users] 2.0 rc1 issues

2005-10-10 Thread Gregory Forster
Frustration is setting in. How do you do a newsletter with graphics and fontworks in the heading? Then I want to be able to save it and recall it for the next month having the same heading. I tried: 1: Inserting a frame for the heading works fine. Inserting fontworks in the frame works fine.

[users] Java Environment

2005-10-10 Thread kathryn esher
I've tried to Install the stable version of Open Office on Windows XP system. At the point where a runtime environment is to be assigned, I get the message that no Java Runtime Environment was found, even though I have a "JavaHome" folder with all sorts of other Java files in it. The operating s

Re: [users] Macros

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
CPHennessy wrote: On Fri October 7 2005 18:14, Dr. Nikitah Imani wrote: May be a dumb question but...when you are installing a macro, where do you unzip it to? And do you unzip individual files or can you create a folder archive with all of the files inside? For example, if there is macro Jo

Re: [users] [moderated] data-base forms

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Jim Richard wrote: I am using MySQL and have designed a form (with OpenOffice) however I am unable to get the form to get data from two different tables/fields within the same database Is it not possible? My structure is: /phonebook (personal data - name, ad

Re: [users] Base connection problem

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sorry to bother you with this question. I have spent hours learning and setting up a database and the associated forms using Base. It was working fine, but then today it would not open. I continue to get an error that says "the connection to the datasource co

Re: [users] Changing the language with a macro

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Dale Erwin wrote: Paul Salazar wrote: I was needing a quickly way for changing from Spanish to English spelling within a document, instead of the very annoying way of going through Tools-Options-etc. First I tried to write a macro using that path, but it didn't work. I finally found the way

Re: [users] footers

2005-10-10 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 10 October 2005 03:03 pm, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > How can I set up a footer so that the name of the memorandum is > against the left margin and the page number is flush-right? > > Thanks To set up a footer, use the F11 key to open the Stylus (1.1.x versions) or Styles and Format

Re: [users] Importing data in 2.0

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Hans Mücke wrote: Hi guys, Installed SuSE10 over the weekend and played around with the ooo that came with it. How do I use a simple tab-seperated text file for data import? Talk to you later ... Hans If the filename ends with ".csv", then you can import directly into Calc. You can then

Re: [users] Macros

2005-10-10 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 13:14 -0400, Dr. Nikitah Imani wrote: > May be a dumb question but...when you are installing a macro, where do > you unzip it to? And do you unzip individual files or can you create a > folder archive with all of the files inside? For example, if there is > macro Jones cons

Re: [users] problem with navigation keys in Writer

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Andrzej Sawula wrote: Ave, I have come across a problem that sounds ridiculous, but is in fact very troublesome. After one of upgrades (to 2.0 RC1 AFAIR, but not 100% sure about that) cursor keys, Home/End and Backspace... stopped working in Writer. At all - they cause no effect whatsoever. [

Re: [users] Cannot create forms in base

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
I thought that attachements were removed, but documents should not be posted to the list regardless. If you create a database document and email it to me personally, I will be more than happy to attempt to create a form following the steps that you write down. If This is the case, then we can c

[users] I have suggestions

2005-10-10 Thread Lorrie and David Bird
But am not sure where to put them. I am currently a big fan of WordPerfect. But I really REALLY like the idea behind OpenOffice.org and I am positive that it would be easy to implement what WordPerfect has into OO Writer... I also have a few problems. Firstly, I don't know how to set up the

Re: [users] footers

2005-10-10 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 15:03 -0500, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > How can I set up a footer so that the name of the memorandum is against > the left margin and the page number is flush-right? > Setting the tabstops in the footer comes to mind as a solution. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. Open

Re: [users] Java Environment

2005-10-10 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 10 October 2005 03:20 pm, kathryn esher wrote: > I've tried to Install the stable version of Open Office on Windows XP > system. At the point where a runtime environment is to be assigned, I > get the message that no Java Runtime Environment was found, even > though I have a "JavaHome" fo

[users] When graphing, how do I display the data table as well as the legend?

2005-10-10 Thread Robert Volke
I've been charged with the conversion of my company's documents from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice. I've been trying to figure out how to display the data table for the graphs that I am currently converting (they are combo graphs with both bars and lines). I've been able to reproduce everything

Re: [users] Java Environment

2005-10-10 Thread Paul
Sure can. Go to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html and select a version for your operating system and away you go. /paul On 10/11/05, kathryn esher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've tried to Install the stable version of Open Office on Windows XP > system. At the point where a runtim

Re: [users] OOo 2.0 RC1 cannot load files from Networkpaths

2005-10-10 Thread Robert Volke
This sounds like a problem I had with version 109 a while back (and still have, we haven't upgraded yet). I could not navigate to the file by UNC name. Only through mapping or by doing File -> Open, like yourself. This has only happened with one of the many network drives at the company I wor

Re: [users] Greek symbols in equations

2005-10-10 Thread Paul
You can get greek letters into equations using (from previous posting) : 1. turn on the Tools (in OO2-beta) or Main (in older versions) toolbar from View>Toolbars. There you'll find an icon with sigma sign on it for inserting greek letters. 2. You can type them directly into an equation as in LaT

Re: [users] I have suggestions

2005-10-10 Thread John W. Kennedy
Lorrie and David Bird wrote: But am not sure where to put them. I am currently a big fan of WordPerfect. But I really REALLY like the idea behind OpenOffice.org and I am positive that it would be easy to implement what WordPerfect has into OO Writer... I also have a few problems. Firstly,

Re: [users] footers

2005-10-10 Thread Adam
Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: How can I set up a footer so that the name of the memorandum is against the left margin and the page number is flush-right? Thanks Dennis I do this by putting a two-column table in the footer. Make the cell and table borders invisible. Then format the left one le

Re: [users] footers

2005-10-10 Thread Naomi Kramer
How can I set up a footer so that the name of the memorandum is against the left margin and the page number is flush-right? Setting the tabstops in the footer comes to mind as a solution. ... as long as Dennis knows that you can set a tab to be right-aligned! :-) Set a tab by putting your

Re: [users] I have suggestions

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Smith
On 10/11/05, John W. Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But am not sure where to put them. > > I am currently a big fan of WordPerfect. But I really REALLY like the > > idea behind OpenOffice.org and I am positive that it would be easy to > > implement what WordPerfect has into OO Writer...

Re: [users] OOo 2.0 RC1 cannot load files from Networkpaths

2005-10-10 Thread Rally de Leon
Problem: accessing/opening network file from OOo on Win98SE: "...file did not exist" error message. But OOo 2.0RC can save a file to network drive but will give the same error message, yet the file is saved on the network drive. In our company, we only experience that on OOo 2.0RC running on our W

[users] Re: Importing data in 2.0

2005-10-10 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:27:47 -0500, Hans Mücke wrote: > Hi guys, > > Installed SuSE10 over the weekend and played around with the ooo that came > with it. How do I use a simple tab-seperated text file for data import? > > Talk to you later ... Hans Please use the file type drop down to select T

Re: [users] No need to register, we just keep pestering you ...

2005-10-10 Thread Daniel Kasak
Chad Smith wrote: On 10/9/05, Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh really? You'd rather pay for other software, and click on *their* licensing agreements, than download OpenOffice.org for free and agree to a much less restrictive license? That's some pretty warped logic. Not

Re: [users] 2.0 rc1 issues

2005-10-10 Thread Fajar Priyanto
Hi Gregory, I cannot specifically answer your questions, but regarding inserting images, it's good if you anchor it 'as character'. That way it won't be screw up when we open the file later. CMIIW, -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 08:51:08 u

Re: [users] Greek symbols in equations

2005-10-10 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 12:52 -0400, Holmstrom, John wrote: > I downloaded OpenOffice to my Windows98 operating system. When creating an > equation in WordPerfect, I can insert a Greek symbol by spelling it (e. g., > omega) instead of going to a table, clicking on the symbol and inserting it, > whic

Re: [users] footers

2005-10-10 Thread Adam
Adam wrote: Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: How can I set up a footer so that the name of the memorandum is against the left margin and the page number is flush-right? Thanks Dennis I do this by putting a two-column table in the footer. Make the cell and table borders invisible. Then format t

Re: [users] Macros

2005-10-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 13:14 -0400, Dr. Nikitah Imani wrote: May be a dumb question but...when you are installing a macro, where do you unzip it to? And do you unzip individual files or can you create a folder archive with all of the files inside? For example, if

Re: [users] footers

2005-10-10 Thread Brian
Adam said the following on 12/10/2005 4:21 AM: Adam wrote: Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: How can I set up a footer so that the name of the memorandum is against the left margin and the page number is flush-right? And of course if you want some stuff centred on the margins in addition to left-

Re: [users] footers

2005-10-10 Thread Adam
Brian wrote: Adam said the following on 12/10/2005 4:21 AM: Adam wrote: Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: How can I set up a footer so that the name of the memorandum is against the left margin and the page number is flush-right? And of course if you want some stuff centred on the margins in ad