Re: [users] PDF and OpenOffice

2005-10-21 Thread Paul
Typically pdf's are read using adobe products (although there are some open source products that also work)... OOo doesn't read pdf's, only create them. /paul On 10/21/05, C Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Firstly, I would like to let you know that the OpenOffice product is > fa

[users] Re: how to get to codesnippets

2005-10-21 Thread Randolph Jones
I get the following error every time i click on the link "The operation timed out when attempting to contact codesnippets.services.openoffice.org" I am pretty sure something is wrong with the settings on my mozilla browser but cant find anyting in the settingsor preferences that looks like it w

[users] Dynamic Range Names in Validation Lists

2005-10-21 Thread Bryce Schober
I'm looking at using Calc instead of Excel for a highly automated spreadsheet, but it seems that Calc doesn't correctly use dynamic (read result of a function, instead of static range selection) range names as a cell range for validity checking. I've tested the named range, by using entering "{=my_

[users] margins in booklet printing

2005-10-21 Thread Roger Ross
I'm trying to print a booklet with about .3 inch margins in the middle (binding zone), a 4 inch text box, and the rest of the space (1.2 inches on letter paper) as an outer margin. I really need an inner/outer margin capability. Left and right margins loose their meaning in a 2 text page per p

[users] Entire row / column ranges?

2005-10-21 Thread Bryce Schober
How does calc name ranges including an entire row or column? I can't select an entire row / column when typing in a formula, as I can in excel... Does Calc not support this? -- Bryce Schober - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

[users] No R1C1 addressing support?

2005-10-21 Thread Bryce Schober
Does Calc not support R1C1-style referencing? -- Bryce Schober - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread Fred A. Miller
On Friday 21 October 2005 11:15 am, Miller Tom wrote: > Can I get a macOSX compatible version of open office ? Yesit's called "NeoOffice." Go to: http://www.neooffice.org/ Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x --

Re: FW: Re: [users] Dictionary

2005-10-21 Thread Dan Lewis
You are not a member of this mailing list. So there should be no problems. Dan On Thursday 20 October 2005 05:44 pm, . . wrote: > Received this mail. I DO NOT want to receive mail or have my mail > address registered any place. Please erase me from any and all lists, > registers and so on.

Re: [users] Microsoft Works

2005-10-21 Thread Fred A. Miller
On Friday 21 October 2005 11:19 am, Lyle Claypool wrote: > I am very interested in downloading OpenOffice, but I now use Microsoft > Works. I am an author and have all of my work stashed on Works. Before I > commit please advise if Works documents can be transferred. Lyle, no...the files can't

Re: [users] PDF and OpenOffice

2005-10-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 20 October 2005 08:49 pm, C Kiesling wrote: > Hello, > > Firstly, I would like to let you know that the OpenOffice product is > fantastic. I'm currently switching the entire office from MS Office > to OpenOffice. I would like to know though as to whether or not the > ability to read a p

[users] Re: The package management choice does not make sense ...

2005-10-21 Thread Rex Dieter
Madhusudan Singh wrote: ... given the current realities. Since the Linux Standard Base requires support for RPM, IMO, the choice of packaging *does* make sense. -- Rex - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additio

[users] Fehlermeldung

2005-10-21 Thread Herbert
Vor etwa zwei Stunden lieferte mein Open Office 1.1.4. (aktualisiert von 1.1.3. iert vor längerer Zeit) während des Starts diese Fehlermeldung: (Davor steht im Fenster: "Open Office.org kann nicht gestartet werden, da beim Zugriff auf die Open Office.org Konfigurationsdateien ein Fehler aufget

[users] Java classpath

2005-10-21 Thread Bryce Schober
I'm using OpenOffice 2.0 on Win2k. Why does OpenOffice not use my system CLASSPATH? I spent forever trying to figure out why it couldn't find my MySQL JDBC driver before I found out about the OpenOffice-specific classpath stuff. -- Bryce Schober

[users] Writer XForm samples?

2005-10-21 Thread M
I need to create a questionnaire and I thought to use the XForms support of the writer. However, I struggle with the information provided in the help documents. I'm using Openoffice 2.0 Where can I get some sample Writer documents? How do I create the HTML code and what are the prerequisites on

Re: [users] Microsoft Works

2005-10-21 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Chad, The download from Microsoft is not a stand-alone utility, but an add-on for Microsoft Word. If the OP has Works, the only option is to save in Word doc format. Without Works, he's beat. tc Chad Smith wrote: Hello Lyle, Thank you for your interest in OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org

Re: [users] Installation or setup problem

2005-10-21 Thread Wang
guanchuan khoo wrote: Hi !!! I have somehow managed to download openoffice 2.0 but it doesn't end with an icon that I can click on to start or run the program. All it gives me is a list of files: - OpenOfficeorg 2.0 Installation Files. None of the files seem to let me start a new icon to sta

Re: [users] [moderated] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 great bug!

2005-10-21 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
Claus Becker wrote: Hello, yesterday I wrote about the graphicbug. It's not a bug! The pre-setting for "writer"-documents is delivered in the setting "no graphic" in the editmode. Former betaversions had another presetting. Therfore I thought a bug does this. But now I found this setting and

[users] Re: Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-21 Thread Rex Dieter
Olivia Jensen wrote: I tried to hack it into the 21st century by changing the *.rpm model into a *.tar.gz one. I don't and we won't, here, use the dreadful distributions of linux that you seem to have chosen to support... well we might allow/tolerate Mandrake. We scratch RedHat and Fedora fro

[users] Base connections

2005-10-21 Thread Matthew L. Avizinis
Greetz all, Wow! OpenOffice 2.0 is released! quite an achievement. My question: Is there any way to connect Base to a native xml database such as BerkeleyDB XML? thanks, Matthew L. Avizinis Gleim Publications, Inc. - To uns

Re: [users] Fehlermeldung

2005-10-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Freitag, 21. Oktober 2005 17:47 schrieb Herbert: > Vor etwa zwei Stunden lieferte mein Open Office 1.1.4. (aktualisiert von > 1.1.3. iert vor längerer Zeit) während des Starts diese Fehlermeldung: > Herbert, das hier ist eine englischsprachige Mailingliste. Die analoge deutschsprachige findes

Re: [users] Macros

2005-10-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2005 20:46 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > How can I write macros affecting data on a worksheet ? In which language ? > I would be grateful if you provide me with a few simple examples. I think the best would be to browse through the various help guides which the OO.org c

Re: [users] Openoffice.org 2.0 Is here! Congratulations!

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 04:04, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > But, thanks to all the team and community, we have been able to address > most of the complains. It's regretable that some 2-3 users must go back to > MS Office because they are using some specific features (macros, linked > spreadsheet, they wa

Re: [users] [How can I join portuguese version team of OpenOffice]

2005-10-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2005 20:45 schrieb Duarte M. Costa: > I am using Open Office for about two months. > I am interested in translating the Help files of Write into Portuguese > (eventually, I could try to translate also the Help files of the other > programs). > How could I join the tema th

Re: [users] Re: Change Case in Date field

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 15:31, Nelson Mambre wrote: > CPHennessy wrote: > > On Wed October 19 2005 20:50, Nelson Mambre wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> When I insert a date field, I can change the format and the font. I want > >> to use the format (Spanish, Venezuela): > >> 19 de octubre de 2005 but

Re: [users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-21 Thread Andrew Fisk
I have been watching this list for quite a while, and have never seen anyone else with this kind of problem, I am sure that you have built a decent solid system for your self at the expense of having the software needed by the 2.0 on your machine. Quit whining and install MSO on your linux

Re: [users] smart tags help

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed October 19 2005 05:26, + hina arif wrote: > hi > i am making an application that could help in me in writing book mark from > a DB to open office document by using c# as the front end language .can > any body help me how can i do this Please have a look at http://api.openoffice.org and ask

Re: [users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-21 Thread paul sutton
What mirror did you download from I got a tar.gz archive from secs-up, Paul Sutton Andrew Fisk wrote: I have been watching this list for quite a while, and have never seen anyone else with this kind of problem, I am sure that you have built a decent solid system for your self at the expens

RE: [users] Can't save sheet created with a template as that template

2005-10-21 Thread Jim White
Yes, I could do that, but that means I have to know in advance that I want to change the template, which would require more forethought than I am generally capable of. G. Roderick Singleton suggested that it has something to do with Windows permissions in the templates folder, but my fiddling with

Re: [users] problem: converting MS word docs to XHTML

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed October 19 2005 15:09, + Mike Campbell wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > I have some MS word docs that I open up with OO and make some changes. > I then would like to convert them to xhtml format and choose the export > option. The file is created and opens up just fine howev

Re: [users] Tuitorial

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed October 19 2005 16:49, + Frances Blankfield wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I just downloaded and installed openoffice.org saw the tuitorial,minimized > it, to finish the installation, the accidently closed the tuitorial and now > I cannot get it back. Please send help . T

RE: [users] PDF and OpenOffice

2005-10-21 Thread Kurt Buff
Dan Lewis wrote: > On Thursday 20 October 2005 08:49 pm, C Kiesling wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Firstly, I would like to let you know that the OpenOffice product is > > fantastic. I'm currently switching the entire office from MS Office > > to OpenOffice. I would like to know though as to whether or

Re: [users] new user Open office 2.0 bit...

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed October 19 2005 16:58, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > dissapointed?...: > > Why when you will choose registrating the OO > > a) OO chosses to contact you through IE (even tho you have got Firefox > installed as a main browser - I found it strange when o

Re: [users] Feedback release candidate 2

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 20 2005 07:56, + Thomas Marti wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Dear Sir > > There are problems installing spell check: Once updated to the new release > candidate > I do loose all my languages and settings. Hi Thomas, I think that upgrading between RC's was not sup

Re: [users] PDF Usage

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 20 2005 09:22, + Gajulapalli, Seetha wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Hi > > > > I have used OpenOffice several times to convert RTF and HTL documents to > PDF on stand alone. But this time, I have to see for a product which can > be used from .NET environment to create

Re: [users] Writer 1.1.5 Function Toolbar issue.

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 07:22 -0400, Richard Nicholson wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question regarding toolbars in Writer 1.1.5. I originally had > the Function bar as part of the main toolbar, appearing immediately > under the "File / Edit / View / ..." section. Now I've done something, > and

Re: [users] Writer 1.1.5 Function Toolbar issue.

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 20 2005 12:22, + Richard Nicholson wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hi all, > > I have a question regarding toolbars in Writer 1.1.5. I originally had > the Function bar as part of the main toolbar, appearing immediately > under the "File / Edit / View / ..." sectio

[users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread Michael Alford
I downloaded the OpenOffice 2.0 suite and tried to install it. The install failed because it could not find a file called openoffice.org-core01 I am running RedHat9.0, which came with OpenOffice. Any help appreciated, Thanks, Michael --

Re: [users] 2.0, gcj and debian

2005-10-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
I'll wait until the 2.0 debs reach testing (waiting on a lot of stuff at the moment, so it'll probably take > a few weeks). I know that GCJ is a compiler, not a VM, but are there any official instructions on how to compile the Java functionality with GCJ? Thanks, Andrew Donnellan On 10/22/05, Bru

Re: [users] tutorials and updates

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 20 2005 19:28, + danstern wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Hi > > I have installed OP 1.1.4. In the tutorials at > http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/tutorial my version is not mentioned, > some items that are mentioned in the tutorial are different from what I a

Re: [users] Translating Help Files of OpenOffice

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 20:06 +0100, Duarte M. Costa wrote: > Please, could you indicate to me how could I join the team in charge of > the portuguese version of OpenOffice? > I am using OpenOffice Writer for about two months and am interested in > translating the Help files into Portuguese. > I am

Re: [users] Feedback release candidate 2

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 08:56 +0200, Thomas Marti wrote: > Dear Sir > > There are problems installing spell check: Once updated to the new release > candidate > I do loose all my languages and settings. > regards > Thomas > This issue may be related to your problem, http://qa.openoffice.org/issu

Re: [users] No R1C1 addressing support?

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 20:09, Bryce Schober wrote: > Does Calc not support R1C1-style referencing? It supports both absolute and relative cell references. have a look at "Help" -> "Contents" for more info. Otherwise have a look at http://documentation.openoffice.org -- CPH : openoffice.org con

Re: [users] Writer XForm samples?

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 20:18, M wrote: > I need to create a questionnaire and I thought to use the XForms support of > the writer. However, I struggle with the information provided in the help > documents. I'm using Openoffice 2.0 > > Where can I get some sample Writer documents? > How do I create

Re: [users] Base connections

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 20:01, Matthew L. Avizinis wrote: > Greetz all, > Wow! OpenOffice 2.0 is released! quite an achievement. > My question: Is there any way to connect Base to a native xml > database such as BerkeleyDB XML? > thanks, I'm not quite sure, but ask on dev@dba.openoffice.org

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 16:15, + Miller Tom wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Can I get a macOSX compatible version of open office ? Yes at http://neooffice.org (or any good "google" for "macosx openoffice"). Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contribu

Re: [users] open office 2.0 does not open on x86_64 system

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 14:54, Ralph Blach wrote: > I installed open office 2.0 on an x86_64 system and it does not work. > > Here what ps auxww gives. > > rcblach 22708 0.0 0.1 44068 1072 ?S08:21 0:00 /bin/sh > /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice -writer rcblach 22717 0.0 0.

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 15:11, + Paolo Piana wrote: > Good afternoon, > Does it exist a German Version of Openoffice? Yes. http://de.openoffice.org Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already?

Re: [users] Instructions webpage

2005-10-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Freitag, 21. Oktober 2005 15:19 schrieb Kev Percy: > Hi and congrats. > > Don't know if this is the right place to report this, but the following > page is truncated right after item 8 > > http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.0/instructions.html Looks complete to me (revision date at the bottom s

Re: [users] Re: The package management choice does not make sense ...

2005-10-21 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Friday 21 October 2005 09:56 am, Randomthots wrote: > Madhusudan Singh wrote: > > ... given the current realities. > > > > Let us see what distrowatch shows : > > > > http://distrowatch.com/stats.php?section=popularity > > > > If you add up the hit count (for the last 1 month) for Debian and Deb

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 11:17, + Michael Rogers wrote: > Being a fairly newcomer to computers I have persevered but I am always > getting problems with outlook 2003 office and have decided to look for an > alternative; does open office have e-mail and power point or equivalent; > and is it web based

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 05:10, + MICK Dowling wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I'm not a guru or high end user, just a home user. Is there a logo that I > can put at the bottom of a printed page or document that says "compiled > using Openoffice 2" or similar. If so how do I obtain it

Re: [users] Connect to OpenOffice 2.0 Base from java program

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 09:10, Sann Maung wrote: > I want to connect to OpenOffice 2.0 Base from a java > program and manipulate the records. Can anyone point > me in the right direction to find the guide? > > Previously, I am using Microsoft Office and I am > connecting through ODBC-JDBC. Since Ope

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 20 2005 22:46, + frankh wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Can Open Office be installed on the USB Jump drives? Yes, I think that there is a project/description on how to do this on http://distribution.openoffice.org Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH :

Re: [users] [moderated] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 great bug!

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 21:20 +0100, Claus Becker wrote: > Hello, > > my english is not the best! The described mistake is still there and > instead the fotofile I only get a placeholder (Grafik 1) and nothing > else. Perhaps only the german version shows the mistake? > That could be. I have bee

[users] Re: Change Case in Date field

2005-10-21 Thread Nelson Mambre
CPHennessy wrote: On Fri October 21 2005 15:31, Nelson Mambre wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Wed October 19 2005 20:50, Nelson Mambre wrote: Hi all, When I insert a date field, I can change the format and the font. I want to use the format (Spanish, Venezuela): 19 de octubre de 2005 but with O

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here

2005-10-21 Thread Doug Thompson
Nicu Buculei wrote: Chad Smith wrote: On 10/20/05, Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OpenOffice.org natively supports the internationally standardised OpenDocument format, It is *not* an international standard! ISO has *NOT* approved it! - * http://tinyurl.com/cfc3n* I guess

Re: [users] OpenOffice Writer - Non-destructive reordering of document pages

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 15:02 -0500, Sandra Bittner wrote: > Where may I find the following feature in OpenOffice? > > Not using cut-n-paste, I'd like to take a document and move the > last page of a document to a new location (Or any other page to > a new location). Similar to picking up a slide an

[users] Open Office 2.0 Installation Question

2005-10-21 Thread Ed
Is it safe to remove the folder containing the installation files after installation? A file icon is left on the desktop. -- Ed - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 21:36 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > On Thu October 20 2005 22:46, + frankh wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] > > Can Open Office be installed on the USB Jump drives? > > Yes, I think that there is a project/description on how to do this on > http://distribution.ope

Re: [users] No R1C1 addressing support?

2005-10-21 Thread Bryce Schober
On 10/21/05, CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri October 21 2005 20:09, Bryce Schober wrote: > > Does Calc not support R1C1-style referencing? > > It supports both absolute and relative cell references. have a look at "Help" > -> "Contents" for more info. Otherwise have a look at > http:

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here

2005-10-21 Thread Chad Smith
On 10/21/05, Doug Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nicu Buculei wrote: > > Chad Smith wrote: > > > >> On 10/20/05, Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The OpenDocument format can be used by any office application, > >> > >> *WHAT?* If by "any office application" you mean OpenO

[users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
Does anybody else find that, in OOo 2.0, when a style is set to have a list style applied to it, the bullets and the numbers don't appear until you click the Numbering On/Off button on the toolbar? Since I'm using Debian, I don't know if this is an actual bug, or a quirk due to alien. I'd like to

Re: [users] Upgrading to Version 2.0

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 10:46 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have successfully installed and used OpenOffice version 1.1.5. Now that > version 2.0 is released I would like to upgrade. But I can not find any > way of removing version 1.1.5 from my system, Sun Solaris Sparc 8.0. I > would li

[users] Sending financial spread sheets

2005-10-21 Thread Edward Parker
Hi, I have tried to send a financial spread sheet as a PDF attachment but when the recipient receives it, there no lines that separate the figures. What do I have to do in order to have the lines visible as in a regular spread sheet?? Thank you for your assistance. Edward.

Re: [users] Writer XForm samples?

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 21:18 +0200, M wrote: > I need to create a questionnaire and I thought to use the XForms support of > the writer. However, I struggle with the information provided in the > help documents. I'm using Openoffice 2.0 > > Where can I get some sample Writer documents? > How do I

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 21 October 2005 04:01 pm, Bruce Byfield wrote: > Does anybody else find that, in OOo 2.0, when a style is set to have > a list style applied to it, the bullets and the numbers don't appear > until you click the Numbering On/Off button on the toolbar? > > Since I'm using Debian, I don't kn

Re: [users] Open Office 2.0 Installation Question

2005-10-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 21 October 2005 03:34 pm, Ed wrote: > Is it safe to remove the folder containing the installation files > after installation? A file icon is left on the desktop. > > -- > Ed That is your choice. Dan - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 19:30 +, Michael Alford wrote: > I downloaded the OpenOffice 2.0 suite and tried to install it. The > install failed because it could not find a file called > openoffice.org-core01 I am running RedHat9.0, which came with > OpenOffice. Any help appreciated, > That is

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 16:07 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Friday 21 October 2005 04:01 pm, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > Does anybody else find that, in OOo 2.0, when a style is set to have > > a list style applied to it, the bullets and the numbers don't appear > > until you click the Numbering On/Off b

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 17:14 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 14:01 -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > Does anybody else find that, in OOo 2.0, when a style is set to have a > > list style applied to it, the bullets and the numbers don't appear until > > you click the Numberi

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Freitag, 21. Oktober 2005 23:18 schrieb Bruce Byfield: > On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 16:07 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > > On Friday 21 October 2005 04:01 pm, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > > Does anybody else find that, in OOo 2.0, when a style is set to have > > > a list style applied to it, the bullets and t

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 21 October 2005 04:18 pm, Bruce Byfield wrote: > On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 16:07 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > > On Friday 21 October 2005 04:01 pm, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > > Does anybody else find that, in OOo 2.0, when a style is set to > > > have a list style applied to it, the bullets and th

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 16:24 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > I just did this using OOo 2.0.0. (aka RC3, I think). I'm not sure > that we are talking about the same thing. If a paragraph has a bullet > or number in front of it, using creates a bullet or number > respectively in the next paragraph

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 17:28 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 14:24 -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 17:14 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 14:01 -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > > > Does anybody else find that, in OOo 2.0

Re: [users] Sending financial spread sheets

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 14:04 -0700, Edward Parker wrote: > Hi, > > I have tried to send a financial spread sheet as a PDF attachment but when > the recipient receives it, there no lines that separate the figures. What do > I have to do in order to have the lines visible as in a regular spread sh

Re: [users] Re: how to get to codesnippets

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 03:00 -0700, Randolph Jones wrote: > I get the following error every time i click on the link > "The operation timed out when attempting to contact > codesnippets.services.openoffice.org" > I am pretty sure something is wrong with the settings on my mozilla browser > but cant

Re: [users] Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 on Solaris

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 11:56 -0700, Jeffery Small wrote: > Can someone point me to instructions on how to install OO on a Solaris > system? > > I downloaded the OOo_2.0.0_SolarisSparc_install.tar.gz file. When this is > unpacked it produces the OOO680_m3_native_packed-1_en-US.8968 directory > with

[users] Re: [website-dev] Fwd: [users] Instructions webpage

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 21:21 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > email message attachment (forwarded message), "Kev Percy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [users] Instructions webpage" > On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 21:21 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > > plain text document attachment (forwarded message) > > Hi and congrats. > >

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 21 October 2005 04:39 pm, Bruce Byfield wrote: > On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 16:24 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > > I just did this using OOo 2.0.0. (aka RC3, I think). I'm not > > sure that we are talking about the same thing. If a paragraph has a > > bullet or number in front of it, using cr

Re: [users] Sending financial spread sheets

2005-10-21 Thread Joe Conner
Or, you can format the active cells and put a border around each. G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 14:04 -0700, Edward Parker wrote: Hi, I have tried to send a financial spread sheet as a PDF attachment but when the recipient receives it, there no lines that separate the

Re: [users] Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 on Solaris

2005-10-21 Thread Jeffery Small
"G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Try the setup guide at >http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf Roderick, many thanks! Sorry I missed it, but "set-up" does not connote installation to me. I would suggest that all of the installation instructi

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 17:04 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > Have you read the sections on numbering and lists in the Writer's > Guide on the documentation page? It is also available right now at > www.delewis.com/OOo/0200WG-WriterGuide.pdf. These sections are near the > end of Chapter 7. I belie

[users] Re: Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-21 Thread John Thompson
On 2005-10-21, Olivia Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've spent about 3 hours trying to install version 2.0 on my office > linux system. Because your current version uses the incredibly > primitive *.rpm installer, I tried to hack it into the 21st century by > changing the *.rpm model into a

[users] OO2.0 Manual?

2005-10-21 Thread Gregory Forster
Now that OpenOffice 2.0 (non-beta, non-rc) is out, otherwise known as "The Real McCoy," is there a target date as to posting a non-draft users manual? Greg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-ma

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Re: [users] Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 on Solaris

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 22:07 +, Jeffery Small wrote: > "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Try the setup guide at > >http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf > > Roderick, many thanks! > > Sorry I missed it, but "set-up" does not connote ins

Re: [users] OO2.0 Manual?

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 16:34 -0700, Gregory Forster wrote: > Now that OpenOffice 2.0 (non-beta, non-rc) is out, > otherwise known as "The Real McCoy," is there a target > date as to posting a non-draft users manual? > When it is ready is the best we can do. Both the doc project and OOoAuthors have

Re: [users] datasources and forms (myref: rl3-21oct)

2005-10-21 Thread Andrew Bray
rich lott wrote: Hi new to using forms that interact with data sources. Lots of questions, unable to find any helpful documentation! data source is a calc spreasheet. I'm trying to create a simple, portable (ie. ideally a single file that works wherever it's copied to) database of contact

Re: [users] PDF and OpenOffice

2005-10-21 Thread Andrew Bray
or the free Foxit reader www.*foxit*software.com We could go on all night. Andrew. Kurt Buff wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: On Thursday 20 October 2005 08:49 pm, C Kiesling wrote: Hello, Firstly, I would like to let you know that the OpenOffice product is fantastic. I'm currently

Re: [users] margins in booklet printing

2005-10-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 21 October 2005 02:05 pm, Roger Ross wrote: > I'm trying to print a booklet with about .3 inch margins in the > middle (binding zone), a 4 inch text box, and the rest of the space > (1.2 inches on letter paper) as an outer margin. > > I really need an inner/outer margin capability. Left

Re: [users] [moderated] Envelopes

2005-10-21 Thread Doug Thompson
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 08:38 -0600, Doug Thompson wrote: Printing envelopes is all that difficult but it is a two-step process. Since the information already exists I will simply point you to some resources: 1. http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_proces

Re: [users] bloody rpm's only

2005-10-21 Thread Wesley Allen
Howard Coles Jr. wrote: >On Friday 21 October 2005 07:38 am, Brian wrote: > > >>Rodney D. Myers said the following on 21/10/2005 3:52 AM: >> >> >>>Well, thanks for the fun, but looks like it's time to move Abi-Word, >>>since OO is determined to use RPM's from this point forward. >>> >>

Re: [users] OO2.0 Manual?

2005-10-21 Thread Wesley Allen
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: >On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 16:34 -0700, Gregory Forster wrote: > > >>Now that OpenOffice 2.0 (non-beta, non-rc) is out, >>otherwise known as "The Real McCoy," is there a target >>date as to posting a non-draft users manual? >> >> >> > >When it is ready is the best we

Re: [users] [moderated] Envelopes

2005-10-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 18:14 -0600, Doug Thompson wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 08:38 -0600, Doug Thompson wrote: > > > >>>Printing envelopes is all that difficult but it is a two-step process. > >>>Since the information already exists I will simply point you to so

Re: [users] Alignment buttons grayed out in Calc

2005-10-21 Thread RLShadow
The problem is solved. Not sure if anyone else has encountered this, but I'll share the (very simple) solution in case someone has. I suggested to my co-worker that she could try deleting the alignment tools from the toolbar, and then re-inserting them. She did and now they work fine. Not

Re: [users] bloody rpm's only

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 20:25 -0400, Wesley Allen wrote: > Running alien is NOT a big deal - since about build 120 (I think) I > haven't needed to do any of the tweaks that were required around the > first beta release. It works fine - you get the packages tailored to > your machine - they run well

Re: [users] bloody rpm's only

2005-10-21 Thread Irv Cobb
There are debs here: ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/2.0/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] bloody rpm's only

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
While people have complained about the lack of .debs for over a year, nobody seems to have actually filed an issue. Now, I have. It's 56423, if anyone cares to add their comments or votes. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421.7177 http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield

Re: [users] paragraph styles with list style set up

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 19:53 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > It's apparently a known issue, and has been reported four or five times. > > It's scheduled for repair in the next release. > > > > If yu have the issue number(s) handy, could you please post them. > Sure. The original is: h

RE: [users] margins in booklet printing

2005-10-21 Thread Roger Ross
1) trying to do it with open office 2.0 writer. 2) brochure option helps, the problem is I need to be able to reference the text block to the center line of the brochure, not to left and right 3) an inner/outer (instead of left/right) margin option when brochure print is selected would make this a

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