[users] Rename old file formats to new file formats

2005-11-01 Thread ldy2002
Hi, We are using Windows version of Version 2.0 Ooo. We were using Version 1.4 before the upgrad. Is it safe to rename all *.sxc to *.ods and *.sxw to *.odt for all the file in the harddisk? i.e. "ren *.sxc *.ods /s" Thanks & regards.

[users] Version 2.0 of OpenOffice

2005-11-01 Thread John Boyle
To all: Well, so far I really like the writer part of the program and have found it to be the easiest word processor to use, ever! Now, if I can just get the hang of making a simple database-phone book, which could not really be done in earlier versions, I will be okay. :-) ---

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-11-01 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:20:45 +0200 Mark Frenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ! > > I'm first time user. > Looks like in 2.0.0 version > html page previev button not work or lock (???) > Logically it must show html page in explorer. No Dr Spock, not logical at all. > But it is not. > How i can

Re: [users] Database Problems

2005-11-01 Thread Brian
David Roth wrote: The first was encountered trying to create a new database using the new database wizard. When I got to the end of the 8 steps and clicked finish, it just sat there. I have no such problem with Base 2.0 under WinXP The second is more of an issue right now, as it really i

Re: [users] Difficulty with Base

2005-11-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
You probably want to try 1.5 first. It used to be that you NEEDED 1.4.x, but I heard that with the 2.0 final release, you need 1.5. Based on this, I setup to use 1.5 with no problems on both windows and Linux. Prior to 2.0 final release, I had problems with anything but 1.4x Paul wrote: If y

[users] Default font in 2.0

2005-11-01 Thread Keith Bates
I've been using Open office for a long time, and I worked out a long time ago how to set my default font to arial. Suddenly, it's changed itself to Times New Roman. I've tried the following: Changing the default template Editing the Default style. Still it comes back in TNR. Can someone tell m

Re: [users] Database Problems

2005-11-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
David Roth wrote: The first was encountered trying to create a new database using the new database wizard. When I got to the end of the 8 steps and clicked finish, it just sat there. Which version of Java do you have? If you are using 1.4, then upgrade to 1.5. If you have 1.5, then try us

[users] Problems loading Excel files (missing data)

2005-11-01 Thread Murray Shields
I have compiled OOo 2 on my Gentoo laptop and I am having problems opening Excel files. Quite simply, the files open withour error but all numeric values are zero. Clicking on a cell reveals a scientific notation style number such as "1.48539705365595E-313" in all numeric value cells. Formula

Re: [users] Database Problems

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi David, Here's that link: http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/ms-access/ms-access.html Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi David, Before you can open or modify the MS database, you'll need to register the files as data sources with the odbc administration tool, then register the database in OOo. There are

Re: [users] Calc time format bug or user error?

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Thanks Joe, I knew that, but I read a post once that gave the path to the build number somewhere in the menus or options. Much simply to go to the exe, though. As for the time, I did MM:SS and got hidden hours and remaining minutes. I'll try with the brackets. tc Joe Conner wrote: You can fi

Re: [users] Toolbar is always disappeared

2005-11-01 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Wednesday 02 November 2005 08:11, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Hi all, > I have OOo 2.0 on FC4. As I'm working on a document which requires > inserting many pictures, I thought it would make me work faster by having > the Picture toolbar visible, so I turned it on on the toolbar. I clicked on > the I

[users] Toolbar is always disappeared

2005-11-01 Thread Fajar Priyanto
Hi all, I have OOo 2.0 on FC4. As I'm working on a document which requires inserting many pictures, I thought it would make me work faster by having the Picture toolbar visible, so I turned it on on the toolbar. I clicked on the Insert Picture icon, add the picture I wanted from a file. Then res

Re: [users] [moderated]Compatibility

2005-11-01 Thread Paul
OOo doesn't support works files. You have two choices really : 1/ use works to re-save the documents as something like RTF format. OOo can certainly use RTF just fine. 2/ use a freely available download from M$ to convert works files to .doc files. OO can therefore read .doc files just fine. HTH

Re: [users] Re: OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Wednesday 02 November 2005 02:18, Budai Laszlo wrote: > I cannot place the cursor on the right side of the pictures because I > use "No wrap" for the pictures. > I do paste the pictures from oodraw. How should I place graphics from > oodraw to avoid problems? I try to reproduce the error, but I

Re: [users] Difficulty with Base

2005-11-01 Thread Paul
If you are trying to open a data source using jdbc - obviously the correct java connectors are required as well as an appropriate JRE. The JRE can be obtained from here : http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html If you are using odbc, again the correct drivers will be required. For instance if

Re: [users] [moderated]Compatibility

2005-11-01 Thread Keith Bates
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:46:55 +1300 "lbbridgman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Open Office > > I have all my documents (word processing .wps, and spreadsheets .wks) > on an elderly 486 PC in Works 3.1. If I download OpenOffice on my new > laptop, will I be able to transfer them? ie, will they c

[users] [moderated]Compatibility

2005-11-01 Thread lbbridgman
Dear Open Office I have all my documents (word processing .wps, and spreadsheets .wks) on an elderly 486 PC in Works 3.1. If I download OpenOffice on my new laptop, will I be able to transfer them? ie, will they convert? Sincerely Luke

Re: [users] New user for open office

2005-11-01 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 27 2005 17:11, + Salam Haddad wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hi I'm new user for the open office > I have a problem that I can't open the file > I download the file from the internet and then I Expand it and then I open > the other file put it looks like the comput

Re: [users] How can I change the font of FontWork

2005-11-01 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue October 4 2005 04:19, Samphan Raruenrom wrote: > After inserting a FontWork object, how can I > change the font of the FontWork? > > I can't find it anywhere. Changing the font > of the text (double-click on the FontWork, > select the text then change the font) doesn't work. When the object

Re: [users] new builds after OOo 2.0.0

2005-11-01 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue November 1 2005 21:29, Michele Zarri wrote: > The windows version has just appeared, but I have a couple of questions. > > 1 (most important) are the m1xx build stable or should they be considered > not suitable for production? I would imagine so. But "buyer beware" :) > 2 before the releas

Re: [users] Re: BASIC of the document: error with V2

2005-11-01 Thread Stew Schneider
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 07:42 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > If I save a document, I get an error message > > > error loading BASIC of the document > > > file : ///usr/lib/openoffice/share/basic/WebWizard/script.xlb > > > General Error > > > general input/output error > > > > > > > Hmm,

Re: [users] Document Open Error (Not a winword97 file)

2005-11-01 Thread Caleb Marcus
Only one file? I thought you meant all ODT files. Krish wrote: Caleb Marcus wrote: If you are using Windows XP, it's possible that the file is really abc.odt.doc. This is because XP hides the extension by default, so it could be that both Word and OOo think it's a Word file. shri krish wro

Re: [users] Calc time format bug or user error?

2005-11-01 Thread Joe Conner
You can find the build (in windows at least) by locating soffice.exe, right click on it, choose PROPERTIES, click the VERSION tab, click on FILE VERSION. and the info will display in the right-hand window. ALSO, you can add a user definition to the time choices. If you define a display format

Re: [users] vertical text align

2005-11-01 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon October 31 2005 18:12, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hello! > > I want to put in text in a document with vertical text align; that means in > my way that the text is orientated from top to down. > ( I doesn´t mean the vertical text orientation of horiz

RE: [users] How do I uninstall

2005-11-01 Thread Rick
That should do it. I uninstalled 1.1 today, in windows. No problems. I'm preparing to download and install 2.0. Rick > -Original Message- > From: Howard Coles Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2005 3:32 pm > To: users@openoffice.org > Subject: Re: [users] How do

Re: [users] Impress to Web

2005-11-01 Thread cono
Hi Howard, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: I would like to setup a web page that has an IMpress presentation, however, many folks may not have OOo. My question is, what would be a good way to put this up on a web site so that users can run through the presentation even if they don't have OOo? Ch

Re: [users] paste

2005-11-01 Thread cono
Francine wrote: I'm just starting to use it and love it's easy useability but have discovered that I can't paste anything into my document. I'm writing a history and when I cut to paste a paragraph somewhere else it won't do it. I looked in the clipboard viewer to see if it's there and it i

[users] Difficulty with Base

2005-11-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi When I try to open a data source I get an error message. The connection to the data source "New Database" could not be established java/sql/Savepoint Error code: -1 I have tried downloading what I consider the appropriate Java runtime software but I get a message saying the software is de

Re: [users] Database Problems

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi David, Before you can open or modify the MS database, you'll need to register the files as data sources with the odbc administration tool, then register the database in OOo. There are very clear instructions for this on a page that's linked to from openoffice.org. I don't seem to be able to

Re: [users] Changing Default Numbering Style For Automatically Formated Lists

2005-11-01 Thread Jason Alan Smith
Hi Anthony! Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, I only found the Numbering Symbols under the Character Styles list, and this didn't have what I needed. I'm changing the spacing between the number and the text, and I only have the right "Position" tab when looking at list or number styl

Re: [users] new builds after OOo 2.0.0

2005-11-01 Thread Michele Zarri
The windows version has just appeared, but I have a couple of questions. 1 (most important) are the m1xx build stable or should they be considered not suitable for production? 2 before the release of 2.0.0 there was a nice summary of what each build included: is it still available? Thanks again,

Re: [users] Changing Default Numbering Style For Automatically Formated Lists

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Jason, I think you want to modify the default number symbols. Press 'F11' to get the styles dialogue. Right-click 'Numbering Symbols' and click 'modify'. Do your thing to the style and click ok. Start a new number list. tc Jason Alan Smith wrote: Hi! I have modified Numbering1 style to m

[users] sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird - resolution

2005-11-01 Thread Brian Carey
I edited the /opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/senddoc change: if file "$moz" | grep "script" > /dev/null && grep "NPL" "$moz" > /dev/null; then to: if grep "script" "$moz" > /dev/null && grep "NPL" "$moz" > /dev/null; then Now it works. (Actually, removing the line altogether worked fine, too.)

Re: [users] Turning Help tool tips off also turns off "Notes"

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Dick, I get the same results with Win2k and v2.0. I agree that you should be able to see notes pop up without having tool tips. tc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've discovered something that doesn't seem quite right. You can turn the "tool tips" on and off by going to Tools > Options > OpenOf

[users] Changing Default Numbering Style For Automatically Formated Lists

2005-11-01 Thread Jason Alan Smith
Hi! I have modified Numbering1 style to my liking and now am trying to figure out how to get this Numbering1 style applied to automatically formatted lists, or when I do the following: Type "1." and press tab key then type some text, say "dog" and now press the ENTER key Now OOo automatically se

[users] Turning Help tool tips off also turns off "Notes"

2005-11-01 Thread RLShadow
I've discovered something that doesn't seem quite right. You can turn the "tool tips" on and off by going to Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > General, and then checking or unchecking the box that says "Tips". When this box is unchecked, you no longer see the pop-up "tool tips" as you poin

Re: [users] two columns need fast help

2005-11-01 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 02:16 pm, Kevin Kempter wrote: > You could also accomplish this by inserting a two column table in a writer > doc. > > wrote: > > While not really the correct answer -- using a spreadsheet would be > > quick and simple > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Andy > > Spitfire

Re: [users] User Questions

2005-11-01 Thread Jonathon Blake
Bruce wrote: > Can you run Excel macros? You hve to rewrite them in StarBasic, or other macro language that OOo can use. xan jonathon -- Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards?

Re: [users] How do I uninstall

2005-11-01 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 11:28 am, Ray Rutt wrote: > How do I uninstall this program after I have installed??? We don't allow that, we're learning from Microsoft to make sure install is easy, uninstall requires a long and expensive ritual dance. :-D I'm just kidding. The question I have is

[users] User Questions

2005-11-01 Thread bruceah
To Whom It May Concern, Can you run Excel macros? Bruce

Re: [users] XML Problem

2005-11-01 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 04:57 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > Is this the right place to ask for help with Open Office 2.0? Well, if you can't get help on the OpenOffice.org users list, I'd say your in trouble. :-D. That would be a yes. Forgive the sarcasm, I'm just in one of those

Re: [users] Database Problems

2005-11-01 Thread Paul
I would suggest that you start with the user guide. There is alot of information in there about using data sources... http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ /paul On 11/2/05, David Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 SP2 installed on my computer at >

Re: [users] OpenOffice 2.0 can't write or read files over my Windows XP network

2005-11-01 Thread Robert Volke
This sounds like the problem reported in issue 53184. It is currently unresolved but you can reference this issue to see what work has been done. Robert >>> "Howard Coles Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/01/05 10:57 AM >>> On Tuesday 01 November 2005 06:47 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Tue,

Re: [users] two columns need fast help

2005-11-01 Thread Kevin Kempter
You could also accomplish this by inserting a two column table in a writer doc. wrote: > > While not really the correct answer -- using a spreadsheet would be > quick and simple > > > Thanks > > Andy > Spitfire Computer Services > 441 Beaver Street > Suite 202 > Sewickley, PA 15143 > P

Re: [users] XML Problem

2005-11-01 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue November 1 2005 10:57, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hello > Is this the right place to ask for help with Open Office 2.0? Yes, for using openoffice.org. For more developer related questions on XML then try dev@xml.openoffice.org, not forgetting to e

Re: [users] two columns need fast help

2005-11-01 Thread Andrew Fisk
While not really the correct answer -- using a spreadsheet would be quick and simple Thanks Andy Spitfire Computer Services 441 Beaver Street Suite 202 Sewickley, PA 15143 Phone (412) 749-0162 Fax: (412) 749-0203 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.spitcomp.com On Oct 31, 2005, at 5:13 PM, my wrote: Dea

[users] How do I uninstall

2005-11-01 Thread Ray Rutt
How do I uninstall this program after I have installed??? Help Ray Rutt - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] powerpoint

2005-11-01 Thread Marcus Cutrone
thank you so much it worked - Original Message - From: "Anthony Chilco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [users] powerpoint Hi money, Most likely, nothing has happened to your powerpoint installation. If you downl

[users] Database Problems

2005-11-01 Thread David Roth
I have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 SP2 installed on my computer at work, which is my church office where I am office administrator. Open Office 2.0 was recommended to me as a viable alternative to MS Office, and so far there do not seem to be any problems with the Writer componant, which is

Re: [users] Re: OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 01:18 pm, Budai Laszlo wrote: > Fajar Priyanto wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 November 2005 21:03, Budai Laszlo wrote: > >>There is no widows/orphan in the paragraph style neither. But I don't > >> think that this (widows/orphan) is the problem, because it isn't > >> happening

[users] XML Problem

2005-11-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-11-01 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue November 1 2005 05:20, + Mark Frenkel wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hi ! > > I'm first time user. > Looks like in 2.0.0 version > html page previev button not work or lock (???) > Logically it must show html page in explorer. > But it is not. > How i can fix that? I must

Re: [users] New user--opening Open Office

2005-11-01 Thread Andrew Fisk
It would be an issue with X11 -- I would strongly recommend that you look at neoOffice for the Mac -- it is not only easier to install, put much more mac like to use -- I am sure we will see a 2.0 version soon -- but even the current version is pretty good. Thanks Andy Spitfire Computer S

Re: [users] Re: OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Dwight E Chadbourne
Return Receipt Your Re: [users] Re: OOo writer problems document:

Re: [users] new builds after OOo 2.0.0

2005-11-01 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue November 1 2005 15:43, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: > > Thanks for the quick reply, unfortunately I cannot find windows builds... > > Apparently, there was an issue with windows build. > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=56422 > > The webpage says the issue is fixed . not s

Re: [users] Calc time format bug or user error?

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Joe, Of course, but Derek wants to display minutes only, not hours. so 40 minutes plus 30 minutes will give him 70 minutes, not one hour and ten minutes. tc p.s. I'm using 2.0 as well. Do you know how to find the build? I know it's buried deep in the menu somewhere but I've forgotten where.

Re: [users] Labels, merge, headaches.

2005-11-01 Thread Nat Gross
With this approach I had (and still have) a problem with Mail Merge (Your number 7). I am assuming that you meant the mail merge wizard, which is unstable, and freezes my 1.6ghz (768meg ram) for at least a minute when merging only 78 labels! And.. sometimes it recovers afterwards (correctly filled

Re: [users] Re: OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Budai Laszlo
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Tuesday 01 November 2005 21:03, Budai Laszlo wrote: There is no widows/orphan in the paragraph style neither. But I don't think that this (widows/orphan) is the problem, because it isn't happening at every page. In my case the problem is at page 6 and the document has 2

Re: [users] Calc time format bug or user error?

2005-11-01 Thread Joe Conner
Not to be argumentative, if you simply format the cell as time choose the 5th item down in the format column which shows " 876613:37:46 " it will give you a format of HH:MM:SS without formula parsing or string ceations. This is the case with OOo v2.0 at least. Joe Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi D

Re: [users] Calc time format bug or user error?

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Derek, I've attached a sample calc file with two basic functions. One writes minutes and seconds in the format you want. The other takes that type of string and converts it back to seconds. In order to get the display you want, format the cells as 'text'. You'll be able to enter minutes:sec

Re: [users] Linking file problem

2005-11-01 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 17:27, Hendra Tan(Internal Audit, FEED, Medan) wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a problem in linking files (i.e. there is a formula in file > Hatch.ods, cell A4, ='file:///C:/Documents and Settings/hendra/My > Documents/Cost09-05.ods'#$Box.F22+'file:///C:/Documents and >

Re: [users] Minimum requirements - laptop running OOo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Smith
On 11/1/05, Jekke Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All-- > > I'm speccing out low-end laptops that I can use for writing and not much > else. I was wondering: > > 1. What's the cheapest laptop I can buy and run OOo reliably? > 2. What's the cheapest laptop I can buy and run OOo under Windows >

[users] Re: Re: [moderated]

2005-11-01 Thread Matej Cepl
Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > Cool. That would go into the special tools category. Not only that, but > that's good to know! I didn't know KWord would do that and even if I did, > I didn't know the OS the original poster was running. I've got an idea > for that already. I didn't want to argue wit

Re: [users] Re: OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 21:03, Budai Laszlo wrote: > There is no widows/orphan in the paragraph style neither. But I don't think > that this (widows/orphan) is the problem, because it isn't happening at > every page. In my case the problem is at page 6 and the document has 22 > pages. Take a l

Re: [users] OpenOffice 2.0 can't write or read files over my Windows XP network

2005-11-01 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 06:47 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 12:08 +0100, AntEater wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > Yesterday I installed OpenOffice 2.0 on my Windows XP machine. As long > > as I store my files locally everything works fine. But writing files > > wi

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]

2005-11-01 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 08:21 am, Matej Cepl wrote: > Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 31 October 2005 02:51 pm, serross wrote: > >> If I can save an Open Office document as a PDF file, why can't I import > >> a PDF 7 document and work on it > > > > Once in PDF format the document is p

Re: [users] Minimum requirements - laptop running OOo

2005-11-01 Thread Matthew Stier
I'm running it on an old HP OmniBook 4100 (PII/266Mhz/192MB) running Win2k. A little slow on startup, but other than that .. Jekke Bladt wrote: All-- I'm speccing out low-end laptops that I can use for writing and not much else. I was wondering: 1. What's the cheapest laptop I can buy a

Re: [users] Document Open Error (Not a winword97 file)

2005-11-01 Thread Wangshanpo
Howard Coles Jr. wrote: On Tuesday 01 November 2005 07:22 am, Krish wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: is not an *.odt file. Can you view it using the Word viewer? If you can, again, it is not an *.odt file. Dan Hi Dan, It didnt work when I tried to open it using the word viewer. How d

Re: [users] new builds after OOo 2.0.0

2005-11-01 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
> Thanks for the quick reply, unfortunately I cannot find windows builds... Apparently, there was an issue with windows build. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=56422 The webpage says the issue is fixed . not sure when the fix will get integrated -G > > Cheers, > > Mic

[users] Minimum requirements - laptop running OOo

2005-11-01 Thread Jekke Bladt
All-- I'm speccing out low-end laptops that I can use for writing and not much else. I was wondering: 1. What's the cheapest laptop I can buy and run OOo reliably? 2. What's the cheapest laptop I can buy and run OOo under Windows reliably? TIA --Jekke --

Re: [users] new builds after OOo 2.0.0

2005-11-01 Thread Michele Zarri
Thanks for the quick reply, unfortunately I cannot find windows builds... Cheers, Michele On 01/11/05, Irv Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michele Zarri wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >In response to a issue I filed a while ago, I was told that it has been > >fixed in m136, however I do not know w

Re: [users] new builds after OOo 2.0.0

2005-11-01 Thread Irv Cobb
Oops. Looks like those are all Linux builds. Maybe someone else can point to new builds for Windows. Irv Irv Cobb wrote: Michele Zarri wrote: Hello, In response to a issue I filed a while ago, I was told that it has been fixed in m136, however I do not know where to find it. Any clue? I

Re: [users] new builds after OOo 2.0.0

2005-11-01 Thread Irv Cobb
Michele Zarri wrote: Hello, In response to a issue I filed a while ago, I was told that it has been fixed in m136, however I do not know where to find it. Any clue? I use WindowsXP Cheers, Michele You can find more recent builds here: ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/

Re: [users] Calc time format bug or user error?

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Derek, Formatting the cells using mm:ss will display only minutes and seconds. That is, hours are not displayed. In your example, you'd still have to enter the hours i.e. 0:42:34. What will be displayed is 42:34. In the second cell entering 0:24:33 will display 24:33. Unfortunately, when

[users] Re: [moderated]

2005-11-01 Thread Matej Cepl
Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > On Monday 31 October 2005 02:51 pm, serross wrote: >> If I can save an Open Office document as a PDF file, why can't I import >> a PDF 7 document and work on it > > Once in PDF format the document is pretty much read only. Without some > special tools, or settings th

Re: [users] Calc time format bug or user error?

2005-11-01 Thread Joe Conner
Input your time as 00:42:34 and 00:24:33 and then they will sum as 01:07:07. Derek J. Carr wrote: Hello, Using OOo 2.0 on windows XP + SP2 (but it seems to be the same in 1.1.4). This is my first time in trying to use calc to do time calculations, and I'm having trouble with the formating

[users] Re: Document Open Error (Not a winword97 file)

2005-11-01 Thread Michael A Chase
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:22:34 +, Krish wrote: > It didnt work when I tried to open it using the word viewer. How do you > go about unzipping this file? Would you be able to upload the file to some website and post the URL here? Someone here could then look at the file directly and see what'

Re: [users] Re: Missing Files when saving?

2005-11-01 Thread Gregory Forster
Thank you. It gives me an idea of what I am looking for and why I am getting these errors. I am trying to relate your fix to my machine. I have WinXP Pro/SP2, not Linux, unfortunately. I did note when the errors also came: if I created any new document and saved it as an xml (.odt) file, I'd g

Re: [users] OpenOffice 2.0 can't write or read files over my Windows XP network

2005-11-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Windows translation of GR's suggestion: Map the network drive to a local drive letter. Here's how: In network neighbourhood, browse to the share that holds the files, right click and select 'Map Network Drive'. Pick a letter and check the box 'Reconnect at logon'. Access the files through this

Re: [users] Re: OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Budai Laszlo
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:08:48 +0200, Budai Laszlo wrote: > > > In my Format/Paragraph/Text Flow there is no checkmark at widow control nor > > at > > orphan control. > > So I suppose these feautures should be disabled. > > > > What else can be? > > > > Laszlo > > IIUIC, functions such as wido

Re: [users] Document Open Error (Not a winword97 file)

2005-11-01 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 07:22 am, Krish wrote: > Dan Lewis wrote: > >is not an *.odt file. Can you view it using the Word viewer? If you can, > >again, it is not an *.odt file. > > > >Dan > > Hi Dan, > > It didnt work when I tried to open it using the word viewer. How do you > go about unzippi

[users] Re: OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Paul_B
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:08:48 +0200, Budai Laszlo wrote: > In my Format/Paragraph/Text Flow there is no checkmark at widow control nor at > orphan control. > So I suppose these feautures should be disabled. > > What else can be? > > Laszlo IIUIC, functions such as widows/orphans can be set both

Re: [users] OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
I think that you are getting default behaviour. See Help > Contents > Index > Search term > text flow;at breaks for how to set this. On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:08 +0200, Budai Laszlo wrote: > In my Format/Paragraph/Text Flow there is no checkmark at widow control nor at > orphan control. > So I sup

Re: [users] Document Open Error (Not a winword97 file)

2005-11-01 Thread Krish
Dan Lewis wrote: is not an *.odt file. Can you view it using the Word viewer? If you can, again, it is not an *.odt file. Dan Hi Dan, It didnt work when I tried to open it using the word viewer. How do you go about unzipping this file? Thanks, Krish.

Re: [users] OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Budai Laszlo
In my Format/Paragraph/Text Flow there is no checkmark at widow control nor at orphan control. So I suppose these feautures should be disabled. What else can be? Laszlo > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 12:02 +0200, Budai Laszlo wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm using OOo writer 2, and I have the following prob

[users] new builds after OOo 2.0.0

2005-11-01 Thread Michele Zarri
Hello, In response to a issue I filed a while ago, I was told that it has been fixed in m136, however I do not know where to find it. Any clue? I use WindowsXP Cheers, Michele

Re: [users] OpenOffice 2.0 can't write or read files over my Windows XP network

2005-11-01 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 12:08 +0100, AntEater wrote: > Hello everybody, > > Yesterday I installed OpenOffice 2.0 on my Windows XP machine. As long > as I store my files locally everything works fine. But writing files > with OO Writer to an other XP-machine in the network fails. Reading > files o

Re: [users] OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 12:02 +0200, Budai Laszlo wrote: > Hi > > I'm using OOo writer 2, and I have the following problems: > Sometimes I save the document that I'm working on and next time when I open > it, the document looks different. > An other problem is that when I'm working on documents larg

Re: [users] Re: BASIC of the document: error with V2

2005-11-01 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 08:59 +, Terry North wrote: > Robert Spilleboudt skynet.be> writes: > > > > > I am now using version 2, with Mandrake 10.1, after the version 1 > > > > If I save a document, I get an error message > > error loading BASIC of the document > > file : ///usr/lib/openoffice

Re: [users] Linux Install?

2005-11-01 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 12:47 +1100, Simon Jarman wrote: > How do you install Open Office? I can't find any instructions > anywhere. I have a Debian-based linux system, but cannot install via > Synaptic for some annoying dependency reason. So, I have downloaded > OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.ta

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-11-01 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
* On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 16:58 +1030, Lindsay Wallis wrote: > Hi this is Wal', > Could you please tell me how to make up letterheads for use later and also > how to save leters already written and sent. > I have been used to works 95 and have just upgraded to openofficeorg2. > I am appreciati

Re: [users] Correct method of installing full version 2.0 over version 1.1.5

2005-11-01 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 06:03 -0600, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Monday 31 October 2005 11:47 pm, John Boyle wrote: > > Asrail wrote: > > > John Boyle, 22-10-2005 20:00: > > >> To Users: Can someone help me with the correct method of installing > > >> full version 2.0 , when version 1.1.5 is already on my

Re: [users] Document Open Error (Not a winword97 file)

2005-11-01 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 03:18 am, Krish wrote: > Caleb Marcus wrote: > > If you are using Windows XP, it's possible that the file is really > > abc.odt.doc. This is because XP hides the extension by default, so it > > could be that both Word and OOo think it's a Word file. > > > > shri krish wr

Re: [users] Linux Install?

2005-11-01 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 31 October 2005 07:47 pm, Simon Jarman wrote: > How do you install Open Office? I can't find any instructions > anywhere. I have a Debian-based linux system, but cannot install via > Synaptic for some annoying dependency reason. So, I have downloaded > OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.

[users] Calc time format bug or user error?

2005-11-01 Thread Derek J. Carr
Hello, Using OOo 2.0 on windows XP + SP2 (but it seems to be the same in 1.1.4). This is my first time in trying to use calc to do time calculations, and I'm having trouble with the formating. I've looked at most of the user docs that I can find, and very little is said about time formating

Re: [users] Correct method of installing full version 2.0 over version 1.1.5

2005-11-01 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 31 October 2005 11:47 pm, John Boyle wrote: > Asrail wrote: > > John Boyle, 22-10-2005 20:00: > >> To Users: Can someone help me with the correct method of installing > >> full version 2.0 , when version 1.1.5 is already on my computer? > >> Secondly, how does one get the main Icon of OO.

[users] OpenOffice 2.0 can't write or read files over my Windows XP network

2005-11-01 Thread AntEater
Hello everybody, Yesterday I installed OpenOffice 2.0 on my Windows XP machine. As long as I store my files locally everything works fine. But writing files with OO Writer to an other XP-machine in the network fails. Reading files over the network is also not successful. No other Windows appl

[users] Re: Wizard Created Form Annoyances

2005-11-01 Thread Jack Gillis
Thank you very much. I will look around that list. - Original Message - From: "CPHennessy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.openoffice.questions Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 6:27 PM Subject: Re: Wizard Created Form Annoyances On Fri October 28 2005 20:47, Jack Gillis wro

[users] Linking file problem

2005-11-01 Thread Hendra Tan(Internal Audit, FEED, Medan)
Hello all, I have a problem in linking files (i.e. there is a formula in file Hatch.ods, cell A4, ='file:///C:/Documents and Settings/hendra/My Documents/Cost09-05.ods'#$Box.F22+'file:///C:/Documents and Settings/hendra/My Documents/KK HTC PKU 0905.ods'#$Cost.AC21), then when I save it in the sa

[users] OOo writer problems

2005-11-01 Thread Budai Laszlo
Hi I'm using OOo writer 2, and I have the following problems: Sometimes I save the document that I'm working on and next time when I open it, the document looks different. An other problem is that when I'm working on documents larger than 20 pages with lots of drawings, sometimes when I want to s

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