[users] Re: Copying figures from draw to writer - problems with text and font

2006-03-01 Thread Kjell Lindbo
Andy Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Kjell Lindbo wrote: Hi! When I copy a figure from draw and paste it into writer the text changes length??. This make my figures kind of difficult to read...and restricting me from using draw to make figures. Example -

[users] unpacking

2006-03-01 Thread Brian Rayner
I have downloaded Open office 2.0.1(with JRE), but cannot open it. When I try to open, it asks what program to open with. I am running on Windows XP. This problem has not occurred with previous versions of Open Office I have downloaded. Thanks.

[users] please help

2006-03-01 Thread Rebecca Sands
I downloaded the EasyOffice 2.0 software. I couldn't get the Help to work, So I downloaded it again. It would not reinstal, so I deleated all of the first one I could and tryed to install again it refussed to reinstall ... how can I get this to reinstall, I've just started using it tonight,

Re: [users] Saving a document

2006-03-01 Thread Patrick Marotta
Thanks for the quick response...what's really strange is that now it doesn't do it...so perhaps i had some strange software loop, like a quirk or somethingbut you were correct in what you had figured i meant...This inquiry can be closed and called the boy who cried wolf and the wolf

[users] Languages

2006-03-01 Thread Andrea Snizynsky
Hi, I am trying to figure out how to obtain the language dictionary for French Canada and I am unsure about how to go about getting/using it. I use both the French and English languages frequently and usually switch between both. Is this possible? Thanks, Andrea

[users] Word Pro

2006-03-01 Thread artm-31
Thanks for your help. I decided my best bet would be to go a head and upgrade to Lotus Smart Suite. Thanks, Beth Miller

[users] office downloaded onto mac computer?

2006-03-01 Thread Princesa Mendoza
Hello. I am going to purchase the new Mac Apple notebook. I would like to know if I could download this software onto that computer. Am I allowed to download or install any Microsoft program onto Mac? I am going to need Microsoft word b/c I am currently enrolled in college. Thank you. Princesa

Re: [users] please help

2006-03-01 Thread Keith Bates
This is the OPENoffice support forum. Easy office offers support at this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:11:43 -0600 Rebecca Sands [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the EasyOffice 2.0 software. I couldn't get the Help to work, So I downloaded it again. It would not

[users] Calculator to Sheet

2006-03-01 Thread cYber mAnic
Chris BONDE wrote: Dennis made and gave the calendar. Visit his site for some interesting receipts and another calculator. Big one ? Does exist calculator suitable to use with or in OO, that can normaly copy/paste values to/from cell ? To not be regional settings deppending and

[users] Problem with Impress

2006-03-01 Thread Fridolin Kathan
Hello there, OpenOffice 2.01 on Win2K When starting OO-Impress from my desktop then the Presentation Wizard shows up. In the Presentation Wizard I select the option Open existing presentation A couple of seconds later an error message is displayed: Error loading the template : Incorrect

Re: [users] Languages

2006-03-01 Thread Andy Pepperdine
On Wednesday 01 March 2006 01:47, Andrea Snizynsky wrote: Hi, I am trying to figure out how to obtain the language dictionary for French Canada and I am unsure about how to go about getting/using it. I use both the French and English languages frequently and usually switch between both. Is

[users] Language Pack Intentions

2006-03-01 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
If it's not a stupid question, can anyone say what is the intended purpose of language packs? I thought that they were intended to customise the OOo user interface to the desired locale, but this is clearly not the case with the English - as opposed to the American - version, and so I assume

Re: [users] Im using openoffice.org 1.1.2. I cannot open or access my text documents

2006-03-01 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 February 2006 04:05 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am not able to access my openoffice.org text documents. I know they must still be on my hard drive. Every time i start the computer, i get an error message that says 'it cannot open openoffice.org due to configuration

Re: [users] office downloaded onto mac computer?

2006-03-01 Thread Chad Smith
Hi Princesa, I believe you are a bit confused. This is OpenOffice.org - not Microsoft. Microsoft is our biggest competitor. We do not offer any Microsoft products here. What we do offer is a full featured, MS compatible office suite that runs on many operating systems. If you'd like a free

Re: [users] how to create a new chapter heading

2006-03-01 Thread Immanuel CRC Office
John Lumby wrote: I have used OpenOffice in the past to view existing documents, and am now trying to create one from scratch. I am completely stuck on line 1 - trying to create a heading. In the past I've created documents using GML or some similar markup language so my mental model is

Re: [users] openoffice

2006-03-01 Thread Immanuel CRC Office
Allen wrote: Dear Sir, I've download Open Office 1.1 beta 2. Thanks for the team made such wonderful software to us. I only have one problem to tell my friend about Open office. When I fill the personal information form during installing procedure, I can't find my country

[users] combo box and query (to Postgres)

2006-03-01 Thread Nicola Benaglia
Hi OpenOffice community, I am experimenting the creation of a module with combo boxes and so on. My underlying DB is postgres. My problem is that I want to create a combo box showing surname name in a unique field: If I query from a console my DB with that syntax: select surname||' '||name

Re: [users] openoffice

2006-03-01 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 10:37 -0500, Immanuel CRC Office wrote: Allen wrote: Dear Sir, I've download Open Office 1.1 beta 2. Thanks for the team made such wonderful software to us. I only have one problem to tell my friend about Open office. When I fill the personal

Re: [users] A few thoughts

2006-03-01 Thread Jonathon Blake
GRS wrote: Hmm, I count 7 entries on http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/grammar.html Missing from that list is * Cymraeg Cymraeg is a commercial grammar checker for Welsh. A demo of it can be obtained from http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ar/cb/cymraeg/demo_meddalwedd.php * A Chinese Grammar

Re: [users] openoffice

2006-03-01 Thread Immanuel CRC Office
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 10:37 -0500, Immanuel CRC Office wrote: Allen wrote: Dear Sir, I've download Open Office 1.1 beta 2. Thanks for the team made such wonderful software to us. I only have one problem to tell my friend about Open office. When I fill the

[users] Re: Copying figures from draw to writer - problems with text and font

2006-03-01 Thread Andy Lewis
Kjell Lindbo wrote: Andy Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Kjell Lindbo wrote: Hi! When I copy a figure from draw and paste it into writer the text changes length??. This make my figures kind of difficult to read...and restricting me from using draw to make

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2006-03-01 Thread mizan
Hai.. boleh bagi step utk gunakan open office?

[users] Re: Word Pro

2006-03-01 Thread R N D Martin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote: *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Date:* Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:24:10 -0800 Thanks for your help. I decided my best bet would be to go a head and upgrade to Lotus Smart Suite. Thanks, Beth Miller I have used this for some years. It is

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2006-03-01 Thread Mike Wye
I have a computer that I do not link to the internet for fear of getting a virus. Is it possible to obtain Open office 2 on a disc please? Paul Watts Mike Wye Associates Natural Building Decorating Products www.mikewye.co.uk Tel: 01409-281644 Fax 01409-281669 Buckland Filleigh Sawmills

[users] User Rights

2006-03-01 Thread Derek Halsall
I have just installed OpenOffice2 but have a problem for which I cannot find an answer in your various FAQ etc. pages.I copied a table into OO2 writer, modified it and now want to include it in a Serif PagePlus11 publication. The only way to do this and retain the table layout intact

[users] line numbering

2006-03-01 Thread Sean Davey
Operating System: Win XP , Home Edition , Version 2002 , Service Pack 2 Open Office: 1.1.0 Hallo, I have a question concerning the numbering of pages. I cannot find a way to simply number the pages in a text document. For example, when doing an essay it is important to be able to

[users] openoffice

2006-03-01 Thread Ocedar1
the free version on your web site is the one I tried I use Micro XP and have 128 Ram

[users] Open Office 2.0

2006-03-01 Thread Jack Blackledge
I downloaded Open Office 2.0 to an x86 box running SUSE Linux 9.01. Attempted to install and got message Openoffice.org-core01 not available. Where do I get core01?

[users] Query about OpenOffice.org Calc

2006-03-01 Thread Barry Hylton Davies
I downloaded OpenOffice yesterday and have been browsing around. I am most impressed. However, I am unable to use OpenOffice.org Calc. For example, how to add the contents of 2 cells? I have tried various ways but without success. Under the relevant entry in Help, I am told that this is not

[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-03-01 Thread Cosette Michael
Hi, I unpacked your program and check off Word/Excess/powerpoint, but now I can not find them? I'm trying to use word and I do not know where it is after I unpacked your program. Please help! Cosette

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-03-01 Thread Steven Cox
Hi Cosette, Open Office doesn't do anything to your existing programs. Word should be where it was before you installed Open Office. Go to Start - All Programs - and Word should be listed down toward the bottom of the list. It could also be hiding in Start - All Programs - Microsoft

[users] Re: [moderated]

2006-03-01 Thread Herbert Eppel
On 01.03.2006 09:39 UK Time, Mike Wye wrote: I have a computer that I do not link to the internet for fear of getting a virus. Is it possible to obtain Open office 2 on a disc please? Paul Watts Mike Wye Associates Natural Building Decorating Products www.mikewye.co.uk Hi Paul, with

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]

2006-03-01 Thread Steven Cox
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:08:31 -0500, Herbert Eppel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be quite happy to burn one and send it to you, but I'm not sure whether that's frowned upon. It's not frowned upon at all. That's the cool thing about Open Source, you can copy it and give it to as many of

[users] Re: [moderated]

2006-03-01 Thread Herbert Eppel
On 01.03.2006 20:21 UK Time, Steven Cox wrote: On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:08:31 -0500, Herbert Eppel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be quite happy to burn one and send it to you, but I'm not sure whether that's frowned upon. It's not frowned upon at all. That's the cool thing about Open

[users] Re: Query about OpenOffice.org Calc

2006-03-01 Thread Dennis Marks
Barry Hylton Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I downloaded OpenOffice yesterday and have been browsing around. I am most impressed. However, I am unable to use OpenOffice.org Calc. For example, how to add the contents of 2 cells? I have tried various ways but

Re: [users] Re: Edmund

2006-03-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Dennis Marks wrote: Edmund Kra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Edmund Kra I wish the best in life for you with every members of your family, and i hope you will receive this mail in good spirit and respond quickly with utmost secrecy and

[users] spellchecker dictionary OO-writer

2006-03-01 Thread Steve Gwynne
Everytime I use spellchecker it always defaults to Eng-USA despite changing all the setting in toolsoptionslanguage and writing aids to Eng-UK. Whilst using spellchecker I can change to Eng-UK but it changes back to ENG-USA everytime I go to a new word. Also Eng-Uk is ticked so dictionary is

Re: [users] Re: Edmund

2006-03-01 Thread Eugen Grathwohl
The crazy thing is, it's one of the most profitable scams going. There's a sucker born every minute. tc Why blame them? it is greed on side of the victims! As the wise say:You cannot cheat a honest man Eugen - To

Re: [users] combo box and query (to Postgres)

2006-03-01 Thread Ross Johnson
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 16:53 +0100, Nicola Benaglia wrote: Hi OpenOffice community, I am experimenting the creation of a module with combo boxes and so on. My underlying DB is postgres. My problem is that I want to create a combo box showing surname name in a unique field: If I query

[users] Re: spellchecker dictionary OO-writer

2006-03-01 Thread Jallan
Steve Gwynne wrote: Everytime I use spellchecker it always defaults to Eng-USA despite changing all the setting in toolsoptionslanguage and writing aids to Eng-UK. Whilst using spellchecker I can change to Eng-UK but it changes back to ENG-USA everytime I go to a new word. Also Eng-Uk is

Re: [users] Open Office 2.0

2006-03-01 Thread Keith Bates
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 07:30:48 -0500 Jack Blackledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded Open Office 2.0 to an x86 box running SUSE Linux 9.01. Attempted to install and got message Openoffice.org-core01 not available. Where do I get core01? Core01 is part of the package. It seems that you had

[users] I cannot open OpenOffice

2006-03-01 Thread Marion Limmer
I am using version 1.1.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I get following message error: GetStorage name: No content! Thanks for your help Marion

Re: [users] Language Pack Intentions

2006-03-01 Thread Ross Johnson
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 12:15 +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: If it's not a stupid question, can anyone say what is the intended purpose of language packs? I thought that they were intended to customise the OOo user interface to the desired locale, but this is clearly not the case with the

[users] [moderated]

2006-03-01 Thread FirstLadyNY1
I downloaded openoffice.org, but can't find it anywhere on my computer. What should I do?

[users] Re: unpacking

2006-03-01 Thread John Thompson
On 2006-03-01, Brian Rayner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have downloaded Open office 2.0.1(with JRE), but cannot open it. When = I try to open, it asks what program to open with. I am running on = Windows XP. This problem has not occurred with previous versions of Open = Office I have

[users] OpenOffice.org Knowledgebase FAQ

2006-03-01 Thread Jonathon Coombes
Hi All, A monthly reminder of the knowledgebase and what it can offer. OpenOffice.org Knowledgebase 1. What is the OpenOffice.org Knowledgebase? The OpenOffice.org knowledgebase (or KB for short), is a collection of knowledge regarding OpenOffice.org from previous

[users] Calc Help

2006-03-01 Thread Terry North
Barry Hylton Davies bhdavies at toucansurf.com writes: I am unable to use OpenOffice.org Calc. Under the relevant entry in Help, I am told that this is not available/couldn't be found, followed by: The following data could be helpful in locating the error. Help ID:

[users] Re: Is it possible prevent Adapt row height

2006-03-01 Thread Terry North
havspace havspace at yahoo.com writes: Is it possible to turn off the automatic Adapt row height in Calc 2.0? Even if another format would be more effective, I would like to know how to disable the Adapt row height (or that it cannot be done at this time). I tried to minimise loading and

Re: [users] Re: Edmund

2006-03-01 Thread ken green
On 2006-03-01 3:53 PM, Anthony Chilco wrote: This is a very common scam, usually from someone claiming to be a member of the Nigerian government. The crazy thing is, it's one of the most profitable scams going. There's a sucker born every minute. tc I wish I could find it again, but some