[users] download site?

2006-03-14 Thread alisa tauzin
how do i choose a download site?

[users] Re: Problem downloading/opening *.odt version of Writer's Guide Chapter

2006-03-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Bob wrote, > The ODT files from the OOoAuthors web site will not download > by left clicking the link. ... They do, however, download > with a right-click and selecting "Save the link" as Dan Lewis > subsequently advised. > > All is well, now. I'm glad you were able to get the files using Dan's

[users] Re: .odt extension

2006-03-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Janet Pack wrote, > I received an email with an attachment that has an .odt > extension. I have microsoft office on my computer and so I > can't read this attachment. Is there a way that you could help > me with this? If your workplace allows it, I suggest you download and install OpenOffice.

[users] Re: Problem with page numbering - total pages shows one extra page

2006-03-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Henrik Sundberg wrote, Dan Lewis: This all has to do with left page/right page orientation in printing. Title pages are set as a right page. The first page is also a right page. (Ever notice that books are this way. The back of the title page is usually blank unless there is copyright infor

Re: [users] Base Wizard locks program

2006-03-14 Thread Jim Wagner
CPHennessy wrote: On Tue March 14 2006 18:45, Jim Wagner wrote: Jim Wagner wrote: I am using open office 2.0.1, on Ubuntu. Yesterday, I tried to work my way through the process of creating a Data Base. (Using Chapter 10 of the "Getting Started" guide.) When I'd finished saving the n

[users] Re: Urgent

2006-03-14 Thread Bob Long
[CC'd to user] In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Mr Maged <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > what i mean is i need to print my document as Mirror Page for example > if i want to print Word E it will appear in printed paper E Mirror > inverse it that is all is this option in this program or not ?? Depending o

[users] Re: Creating fields and mail merge for form letter

2006-03-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Ryan wrote, > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : > > I cannot complete a mail merge document. I have created the > fields (First name, Last name, etc..) in my letter (see > attached). However i cannot merge the list of addresses to the > document. I have created my address

[users] Re: Illustration anchoring vs master documents vs page layout

2006-03-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Ed Nisley wrote about his problems anchoring illustrations "to page" (does not work in a master doc) or "to paragraph" (causing pagination problems whether anchored to a related paragraph or another one). > Basically, there seems to be no way to do nontrival page > layout in a subdocument that

Re: [users] First time user of Open Office.org

2006-03-14 Thread Chris BONDE
> I am a 1st time user of Open Office.org-Open Office Writer. I received > version 1.1.3 from a writing school in Canada called Quality of Course > (Winghill Co.). > > I have downloaded their version but would like to know if I could > download 2.0 version on my own or do I have to contact t

[users] Re: Help - File formats

2006-03-14 Thread Jallan
Alan Colton wrote: Hi, i've written you a email similar earier today this is a continuation... I've opened up some old spreadsheats. when i opened the *.SXC file, agin it opened in my older ver 1.1.0. So I also ma

[users] Templates Seem Broken for HTML

2006-03-14 Thread Kent Eschenberg
Applying a template has no effect at all when working on html documents. These documents were created outside of OO and are relatively short and simple. The plan was to modify one; save it as a template; and then use the template to apply those modifications to the others. The modification of

[users] OpenOffice 2.0.2

2006-03-14 Thread Bud Oliver
Greetings: Am a 68 year old computer novice. Just installed 2.0.2 In "Writer", right clicking on highlighted top of page line of text or whole page highlighted works OK but on anything else single word or other lines of text lower down page and the highlighting disappears before the menue comes

Re: [users] Tools/Track changes

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed March 8 2006 05:21, + Gillian Wilde wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Really enjoying simplicity of Open Office, thanks. > On Windows I had access to Track Changes under Tools which allowed me to > work/correct on the screen on email attachments in a different coloured > font. >

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org compatibility?

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue March 7 2006 18:09, + GK Irish wrote: > [ MODERATED ] >Hello OpenOffice, > I thought that the OpenOffice.org program was compatible with > Microsoft Office products? My daughter wrote a report using OpenOffice.org > and we saved it to a USB Flash drive.. we the

Re: [users] question

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue March 7 2006 13:37, + Dezigns by Diane wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I am trying to print lables from my database. I have done it 1 time. the > toolbar that has the data to fields icon on it seem to apear somtimes and > not others. I can not figuar out how to get it to s

Re: [users] Labels

2006-03-14 Thread Keith Bates
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:55:55 - "Alan Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Open Office v 2.0.2 > My database has over 400 records and I select them all yet I can > only print page 1 when following text in Printing Address Labels in > Help. What am I doing wrong? > Alan Armstrong > > >

Re: [users] Problem with Impress

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed March 1 2006 15:41, Fridolin Kathan wrote: > 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 erro

Re: [users] User Rights

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed March 1 2006 11:44, + Derek Halsall wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > 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

Re: [users] Re: Reveal Codes

2006-03-14 Thread Keith Bates
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:57:48 -0500 EJones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On or about 3/14/2006 1:27 PM, Robin Laing penned the following: > > Keith Bates wrote: > >> On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:13:24 -0500 > >> EJones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On or about 3/12/2006 7:21 AM, Andy Pepperdi

[users] Re: Reveal Codes

2006-03-14 Thread EJones
On or about 3/14/2006 1:27 PM, Robin Laing penned the following: > Keith Bates wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:13:24 -0500 >> EJones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> On or about 3/12/2006 7:21 AM, Andy Pepperdine penned the following: >>> On Sunday 12 March 2006 11:05, EJones wrote:

[users] Help - File formats

2006-03-14 Thread Alan Colton
Hi, i've written you a email similar earier today this is a continuation... I've opened up some old spreadsheats. when i opened the *.SXC file, agin it opened in my older ver 1.1.0. So I also manualy opened it in v

Re: [users] lost my datasource toolbar

2006-03-14 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Ross, Ross Johnson wrote: Are you on Windows or Linux? On Linux I have a file in my user config that looks like it controls this toolbar. On Windows I guess this info is kept in the Registry. Thanks, you're great. This question had to do with Windows. ~/.openoffice.org2/user/registry/da

Re: [users] redhat enterprise 4 oo 2.0.2 seg fault

2006-03-14 Thread Ross Johnson
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:31 -0700, dennis wrote: > Where is user level OO configuration kept? I rm -rf the .openoffice.org2 > directory when I was having the seg fault, but that didn't solve the > problem. That's what I was referring to. I guess we'll never know the answer. ?? ---

[users] Illustration anchoring vs master documents vs page layout

2006-03-14 Thread Ed Nisley
I hope it's just a matter of my not understanding how this is supposed to work, as my ignorance is -easy- to fix. The story so far: I'm laying out text & illustrations for a 7x9" technical book that'll weigh in at about 400 pages. I installed OOo 2.02, followed the User Guild recipe for master

Re: [users] lost my datasource toolbar

2006-03-14 Thread Ross Johnson
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 21:01 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi Gery, > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:03 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote: > > > >>Somehow - no idea - the toolbar on top of the datasource window (F4) has > >>disappeared. > > > I would guess you have hidden it und

Re: [users] lost my datasource toolbar

2006-03-14 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Gery, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:03 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote: Somehow - no idea - the toolbar on top of the datasource window (F4) has disappeared. I would guess you have hidden it under one of the others. So I suggest that you use View > Toolbars to disable the

[users] Labels

2006-03-14 Thread Alan Armstrong
Open Office v 2.0.2 My database has over 400 records and I select them all yet I can only print page 1 when following text in Printing Address Labels in Help. What am I doing wrong? Alan Armstrong

Re: [users] Creating fields and mail merge for form letter

2006-03-14 Thread ry b
Hi Roderick: That information was not that helpful. Is their a volunteer that can help me fighure this out. I'm so close. Ryan "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:21 -0800, ry b wrote: > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is

[users] Re: Opening .mer file types

2006-03-14 Thread CarlP
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 12:59 -0500, CarlP wrote: .mer is a file type that is a special csv file type export option by Filemaker Pro (6 and earlier) that contains field names (a straight csv export by FMP for some reason doesn't include field names). This file type

Re: [users] lost my datasource toolbar

2006-03-14 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Gery, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:03 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote: Somehow - no idea - the toolbar on top of the datasource window (F4) has disappeared. I would guess you have hidden it under one of the others. So I suggest that you use View > Toolbars to disable the

Re: [users] .odt extension

2006-03-14 Thread Lars D . Noodén
Janet, If you are only going to print the file, then you could also ask them to send PDF. Most programs that generate ODT can also mke PDF. -Lars Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Keep the market open by keeping software patents out: http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/i

Re: [users] .odt extension

2006-03-14 Thread Robin Laing
Janet Pack wrote: I received an email with an attachment that has an .odt extension. I have microsoft office on my computer and so I can't read this attachment. Is there a way that you could help me with this? Janet Pack J-U-B Engineers, Inc. (435)713-9514 (office) (435)232-9004 (mobile)

Re: [users] Solved: KDE-Integration

2006-03-14 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Dienstag, 14. März 2006 17:47 schrieb Bernt Christandl: > Hello, > > i asked on this list (and a similar question on "kde-linux") > why with OpenOffice2 there is no longer a default KDE-integration > in my special setup. > > The solution is a KDE-solution: > There is now a new environment variab

Re: [users] Base Wizard locks program

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue March 14 2006 18:45, Jim Wagner wrote: > Jim Wagner wrote: > > I am using open office 2.0.1, on Ubuntu. > > > > Yesterday, I tried to work my way through the process of creating a > > Data Base. (Using Chapter 10 of the "Getting Started" guide.) > > > > When I'd finished saving the name, th

Re: [users] Problem with page numbering - total pages shows one extra page

2006-03-14 Thread Henrik Sundberg
2006/3/14, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This all has to do with left page/right page orientation in printing. > Title pages are set as a right page. The first page is also a right page. > (Ever notice that books are this way. The back of the title page is > usually blank unless there is co

Re: [users] help for my stupidity...

2006-03-14 Thread Sigrid Kronenberger
Hi Pietro, pietro t <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Dear all, > > my pc crashed and when I started up again open office asked me if I > wanted to resore a file... I was in a hurry and said No, thinking > that I could restore it later... later came and now when I open the > xls file,

Re: [users] Problem with page numbering - total pages shows one extra page

2006-03-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday March 14 2006 12:59 pm, Bob wrote: > I've created a document with a cover page which contains no page > numbers, then started page numbering in a footer, with page 1, on the > next (second) page of the document. Everything works well, until I add > the field for total page numbers to the

Re: [users] Creating fields and mail merge for form letter

2006-03-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:21 -0800, ry b wrote: > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : > > I cannot complete a mail merge document. I have created the fields > (First name, Last name, etc..) in my letter (see attached). However i > cannot merge the list of addresses to the do

[users] Problem with page numbering - total pages shows one extra page

2006-03-14 Thread Bob
I've created a document with a cover page which contains no page numbers, then started page numbering in a footer, with page 1, on the next (second) page of the document. Everything works well, until I add the field for total page numbers to the footer, where I want it to read "Page 1 of x" etc

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-03-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday March 14 2006 11:44 am, alisa tauzin wrote: > how do i select a download site? Any one of the download sites will do. If you live in the USA, pick the site which seems closest to you. It might make the download just a little bit faster. Or, you might want to pick a site in a time

Re: [users] Version 2.02

2006-03-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday March 14 2006 10:32 am, davidanderson wrote: > I have just downloaded the latest version 2.02 and have the icon on my > desktop. > > I have not yet installed it, as I have the previous version that I > downloaded at end December. > > Should I uninstall it using Add or Remove programs fir

Re: [users] .odt extension

2006-03-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday March 14 2006 10:05 am, Janet Pack wrote: > I received an email with an attachment that has an .odt extension. I > have microsoft office on my computer and so I can't read this > attachment. Is there a way that you could help me with this? > > Janet Pack > J-U-B Engineers, Inc. > (435)

Re: [users] Base Wizard locks program

2006-03-14 Thread Jim Wagner
Jim Wagner wrote: I am using open office 2.0.1, on Ubuntu. Yesterday, I tried to work my way through the process of creating a Data Base. (Using Chapter 10 of the "Getting Started" guide.) When I'd finished saving the name, the guide said that I should click on _Tables_ to highlight it.

Re: [users] Opening .mer file types

2006-03-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 12:59 -0500, CarlP wrote: > .mer is a file type that is a special csv file type export option by > Filemaker Pro (6 and earlier) that contains field names (a straight csv > export by FMP for some reason doesn't include field names). This file > type is readily used by M$Wo

Re: [users] Help!

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon March 13 2006 01:06, Marcos Paulo Veloso Correia wrote: > Dear coleagues, > I tried dowloading openoffice 2.0 from www.openoffice.org, and the program > is working all right, except for the "help" files (the most common answer > to a call for help on any subject is "could not find help page"

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-03-14 Thread Tom Cotner
Thank you -- that finally fixed it. I am most appreciative. Tom Cotner CPHennessy wrote: On Sat March 11 2006 16:49, + Tom Cotner wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Sirs, I am using Open Office v.2 on my windows based computer. I had used v1.0 for several years, and updated re

[users] help for my stupidity...

2006-03-14 Thread pietro t
Dear all, my pc crashed and when I started up again open office asked me if I wanted to resore a file... I was in a hurry and said No, thinking that I could restore it later... later came and now when I open the xls file, it asks me ASCII filters.. and opens up pages filled with #. is

[users] [moderated]

2006-03-14 Thread alisa tauzin
how do i select a download site?

[users] Creating fields and mail merge for form letter

2006-03-14 Thread ry b
I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :   I cannot complete a mail merge document. I have created the fields (First name, Last name, etc..) in my letter (see attached). However i cannot merge the list of addresses to the document. I have created my address list. But at the poin

[users] Version 2.02

2006-03-14 Thread davidanderson
I have just downloaded the latest version 2.02 and have the icon on my desktop. I have not yet installed it, as I have the previous version that I downloaded at end December. Should I uninstall it using Add or Remove programs first? I am using Windows XP home edition, but when I installed the

[users] .odt extension

2006-03-14 Thread Janet Pack
I received an email with an attachment that has an .odt extension.  I have microsoft office on my computer and so I can't read this attachment.  Is there a way that you could help me with this?    Janet Pack J-U-B Engineers, Inc. (435)713-9514  (office) (435)232-9004  (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [users] Re: Help File for Calc

2006-03-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 12:52 -0500, CarlP wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 14:25 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>I recently upgraded my computer and asked the vendor to install the Writer > >>and Calc portions of Open Office. I have not been able to access t

Re: [users] Re: Reveal Codes

2006-03-14 Thread Robin Laing
Keith Bates wrote: On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:13:24 -0500 EJones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On or about 3/12/2006 7:21 AM, Andy Pepperdine penned the following: On Sunday 12 March 2006 11:05, EJones wrote: I can't seem to find a 'view' option in OO Writer that will reveal codes. I'm looking f

[users] Opening .mer file types

2006-03-14 Thread CarlP
.mer is a file type that is a special csv file type export option by Filemaker Pro (6 and earlier) that contains field names (a straight csv export by FMP for some reason doesn't include field names). This file type is readily used by M$Word and other M$ software as a data source for mail merg

[users] Help files

2006-03-14 Thread CarlP
I seem to run into a number of help files that require an internet connection to retrieve info. Not sure if this is exactly what happens, but Windows opens an internet connection dialog when I choose certain help options. Is this intended, and if so, it seems having all help files in the dow

[users] Re: Help File for Calc

2006-03-14 Thread CarlP
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 14:25 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently upgraded my computer and asked the vendor to install the Writer and Calc portions of Open Office. I have not been able to access the Help file for Calc and am wondering if it is available for u

Re: [users] [moderated] New VER Upgrade

2006-03-14 Thread John W. Kennedy
Alan Colton wrote: Hi I have just loaded OOO 2.0.1 but when I click on my old documents (eg *.swx) in 'windows exploer', or 'my computer', it loads in the old version 1.1.0. How can I change this. I couldn't find

Re: [users] what do I do when the message I get when trying to download

2006-03-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 13:27 +, barry-t-shirt wrote: > Message being given each time I try to download Office is > " require file to download to " I am a 66 year old learner who > has been advised that open office is the programme I need > But How do I obtain it ??? Barry, I am a 61 ye

Re: [users] [moderated]QUESTION ABOUT USE OF OPEN OFFICE 2.0

2006-03-14 Thread Anthony Chilco
tc You appear not to be subscribed to the users mailing list. You could miss many of the replies to your post unless you do subscribe. Just send a blank message addressed to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> using the e-mail account through which you want to receive it. You will receive a message asking

[users] Solved: KDE-Integration

2006-03-14 Thread Bernt Christandl
Hello, i asked on this list (and a similar question on "kde-linux") why with OpenOffice2 there is no longer a default KDE-integration in my special setup. The solution is a KDE-solution: There is now a new environment variable KDEDIRS (the old KDEDIR is deprecated obviously and needs not to be s

Re: [users] viewing OpenOffice presentations in Microsoft Power Point

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri March 10 2006 10:22, + Philip McNeill wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Hi there > > My daughter has created a presentation in Open Office. The presentation is > to be shown to an interview panel for a new post in the Uk National Health > Service. I have edited the presentatio

Re: [users] HP 5P/5MP Paper tray selection issues in Openoffice 2.0 - Linux

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat March 11 2006 22:22, Stephen Bosch wrote: > Hello, all: > > I know this has been brought up before. I see it in the archives. I > haven't seen a solution. > > Since upgrading to Openoffice 2.0, I find that must manually select the > paper feed tray each time I print a new document. > > If I

Re: [users] redhat enterprise 4 oo 2.0.2 seg fault

2006-03-14 Thread dennis
Ross Johnson wrote: Applications that segfault often run in a debugger when they fail otherwise. It has to do with the way the debugger changes the execution environment, like memory allocation etc. Yeah, I've seen that before. I was being kinda silly by saying 'why oh why ...'. I did no

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat March 11 2006 16:49, + Tom Cotner wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Sirs, > > I am using Open Office v.2 on my windows based computer. I had used > v1.0 for several > years, and updated recently. > > I like both versions very much and have no problem with either of them. >

Re: [users] [moderated]QUESTION ABOUT USE OF OPEN OFFICE 2.0

2006-03-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:29 -0500, J.P. Rooke wrote: > I created a document using this program and final draft ended up at > 9.56MB,how can I convert it down to a size small enough to > e-mail,maybe 100-200KB.Thank you J.P. Rooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lots of graphics, eh? Link the graphics in the do

Re: [users] Consider please!

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon March 13 2006 00:25, + Robert Richter wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > The right Link to the stable german *.deb Packages of OOo 2.0 is > http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/2.0.2/OOo_2.0.2_LinuxIn >tel_install_de_deb.tar.gz and NOT! > http://ftp.linux.cz/pub

[users] [moderated]QUESTION ABOUT USE OF OPEN OFFICE 2.0

2006-03-14 Thread J.P. Rooke
I created a document using this program and final draft ended up at 9.56MB,how can I convert it down to a size small enough to e-mail,maybe 100-200KB.Thank you J.P. Rooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] what do I do when the message I get when trying to download

2006-03-14 Thread barry-t-shirt
Message being given each time I try to download Office is " require file to download to " I am a 66 year old learner who has been advised that open office is the programme I need But How do I obtain it ??? Barry

[users] [moderated] New VER Upgrade

2006-03-14 Thread Alan Colton
Hi I have just loaded OOO 2.0.1 but when I click on my old documents (eg *.swx) in 'windows exploer', or 'my computer', it loads in the old version 1.1.0. How can I change this. I couldn't find anything in Options

Re: [users] Make it remember printer settings!

2006-03-14 Thread Andy Pepperdine
On Monday 13 March 2006 17:17, Andy Pepperdine wrote: [..] > In my case, I use A4 sheets in a HP laserjet printer with Suse 10.0 either > on a desktop machine with the printer attached to its parallel port, or > from a laptop across a network through CUPS on the desktop. Same printer > connected th

[users] Re: I need help

2006-03-14 Thread Jallan
davina wrote: I use openoffice 1.1.4 recently when i save a document, it saves as a file. it used to save as a documant, but know it is saved as a file and I don't know how to make it go back to the way it was. I really need your help It is not clear to me what your problem is from your expl

Re: [users] OO installation in windows network

2006-03-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 10:48 +0200, Antti Lehtonen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install OO to our company machines, spread around Finland > aroud 600 of them. > > I need to make silent installation and that works fine with the /q > > But there are settings I need to change, ie default paths

Re: [users] Re: [webmasters] Changing font colors

2006-03-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday March 13 2006 04:31 pm, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > hi > > On 2006-03-13, at 14:12 , <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In creating documents, such as letterheads, I may want to change > > colors in various parts of the document. > > > > I am having problems with this and

Re: [users] installation of openoffice error

2006-03-14 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Peng, My guess would be that you are trying to install from a download that hasn't been unpacked. Windows XP will allow you to browse through a zipped file as if it was a folder. Back out of the folder, right click and extract the contents. Run setup.exe that you'll find in the extracted f

[users] Password protect PDF

2006-03-14 Thread lluishc
hi all i have a question related to pdf generated by openoffice: are they password protected so i cannot modify them even using adobe acrobat? if not, which is the best way to have them password protected? thnx in advance lluishc ___ running ubuntu 5.0

Re: [users] lost my datasource toolbar

2006-03-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:03 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi all, > > Somehow - no idea - the toolbar on top of the datasource window (F4) has > disappeared. > I think I've once seen a place where to find it (via Base, forms??), > however, cannot find it know. > > Any suggestion appreciated, > I

[users] Re: Problem downloading/opening *.odt version of Writer's Guide Chapters

2006-03-14 Thread Bob
As I indicated in my original email, I was trying to access the ODT files in the Writer's Guide referred to by Dan Lewis at http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/published/copy_of_index_html That is the OOoauthors web site, not OpenOffice.org. The ODT files from the OOoAuthors web site wi

Re: [users] Ruler Tutorial on Openoffice

2006-03-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:04 +, Ivan dos Reis Andrade wrote: > On 3/14/06, Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 00:07 +, Ivan dos Reis Andrade wrote: > > > On 3/13/06, Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 20:21 +,

Re: [users] First time user of Open Office.org

2006-03-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday March 13 2006 08:16 pm, PRISCI GIGUERE wrote: > I am a 1st time user of Open Office.org-Open Office Writer. I received > version 1.1.3 from a writing school in Canada called Quality of Course > (Winghill Co.). > > I have downloaded their version but would like to know if I could > downl

[users] Re: Problem downloading/opening *.odt version of Writer's Guide Chapters

2006-03-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Bob wrote, Dan Lewis mentioned the Writer's Guide ... to another user. For whatever reason, I can download, open and save the PDF version of the various chapters, but I cannot even download the ODT versions. I've found that to be the case with other ODT files on the OOo website. Neither Firefox n

Re: [users] problems with openoffice

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue March 7 2006 07:46, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > i have openoffice.org1.1.4 > i have problems opening open offce in text document > i go into all programs and click on openoffice and than on text document > openoffice.org.1.1 comes up in a box and t

Re: [users] [moderated] Calc trashes files

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue March 7 2006 00:10, + Jarl Fransson wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > I am using version 1.9.74. > > I have lost some days work when Calc fails to load the files I saved! > This is so bad and reminds me of early days of computing :-( > After saving a Calc doc it fails to load

Re: [users] Assigning Data to Cells in Automatic Mode

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon March 6 2006 21:43, + Andrew R wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > I am trying to write a routine in Calc (part of a Macro) to replace the > numeric contents of one cell with that of anotherr 'if' a certain condition > is met (If...Then...Endif). The equivalent statements in

Re: [users] Image size: reducing resolution, removing cut-down parts

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon March 6 2006 17:08, + Etienne CHAMPART wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hi, > > I 'm running the OOO 2.0 under Linux Mandriva 2006. I'd like to reduce > the file size of my writer document. It contains high resolution > pictures which have been resize and cut-down. Is it pos

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

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon March 6 2006 16:03, + matthias.guerrier wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > J'ai téléchargé la version 2 d'OOo ainsi que les dictionnaires. > Je n'arrive pas à activer et faire reconnaître les dictionnaires. This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like t

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun March 5 2006 19:00, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have registered and have received the message through my e-mail address > and my message says to visit the URL to set my password. What is URL? As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sun March 5 2006 20:19, GC Fraser wrot

Re: [users] Can't find OpenOffice.org Basic Guide

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun March 5 2006 16:25, + Mac McClain wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > When I go to edit a macro and check help it refers me to a document called > OpenOffice.org Basice Guide for syntax, etc. Where can I find this > document? I have spent hours looking on the OpenOffice site and

Re: [users] problem on orthographe ?

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun March 5 2006 11:21, + Jochen Theilen wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Hello, > > In spite of many trials, can't get the orthographic tools working on > Open Office 2.0.1 on MacOSX Panther (version 10.3.9). It is simply not > activated. > Is it a real bogue or did I forget so

Re: [users] redhat enterprise 4 oo 2.0.2 seg fault

2006-03-14 Thread Ross Johnson
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 00:53 -0700, dennis wrote: > Ross Johnson wrote: > > >gdb /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice.bin > > > >and then type 'run' . > > > >When it segfaults, type 'where' . > > > >I don't think there are any debugging symbols in OOo but it just may > >indicate which module or

Re: [users] Account Verify

2006-03-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue March 14 2006 04:32, Dan Lewis wrote: > Nope. This is a perfect example of a phish. Just for fun, I clicked on the > link. It has already been removed from the server it had been on. This > person must have gotten caught. And that "user" was also removed from this list again. -- CPH : op

[users] OO installation in windows network

2006-03-14 Thread Antti Lehtonen
Hello, I'm trying to install OO to our company machines, spread around Finland aroud 600 of them. I need to make silent installation and that works fine with the /q But there are settings I need to change, ie default paths and file associations and so forth. Installation manual just states that

Re: [users] Ruler Tutorial on Openoffice

2006-03-14 Thread Ivan dos Reis Andrade
On 3/14/06, Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 00:07 +, Ivan dos Reis Andrade wrote: > > On 3/13/06, Ross Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 20:21 +, Ivan dos Reis Andrade wrote: > > > > Hi there > > > > > > > > I would like t

[users] lost my datasource toolbar

2006-03-14 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi all, Somehow - no idea - the toolbar on top of the datasource window (F4) has disappeared. I think I've once seen a place where to find it (via Base, forms??), however, cannot find it know. Any suggestion appreciated, Cor -- Cor Nouws www.nouenoff.nl - www.bsooo.nl - http://nl.openoffi