[users] Default template reset on restart

2006-06-06 Thread Daniel Konieczny
Hi: I'm writing to let you know about a problem I was having with setting the default template and how I solved it, in case others are having the same problem. I am using OO 2.0.2 on winxp, and whenever I attempted to set my own template as the default (following the instructions found in t

[users] Re: [api-dev] Re: [users] Macro in 1.1.4 does not work in 2.0

2006-06-06 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Miguel Quirós wrote: Thank you very much for your answer. As I told, I am not expert in writing macros and I am just using the things that I can see are used by the macro recorder (the dispatcher) and try to adapt them to my needs. From your answer, I deduce that there are methods easier to use

Re: [users] Calc function: GETPIVOTDATA

2006-06-06 Thread Curtis Vaughan
On 06.06.2006, at 16:41, Barrie Backhurst wrote: On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 14:34 -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: Someone sent me an Excel file with a pivot table where one of the sheets uses the function GETPIVOTDATA to incorporate data from the pivot table into this other sheet. I was doing a search

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

2006-06-06 Thread educate
> Hi, I downloaded this program and tried to use it, I do not have a printer > and when I put what I had written on a CDRW to print from another > computer, the document comes up as read only, what can I do to make this > where it is not read only. > Thanks for your help. > Karen > I would recomme

Re: [users] Calc function: GETPIVOTDATA

2006-06-06 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 14:34 -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Someone sent me an Excel file with a pivot table where one of the > sheets uses the function GETPIVOTDATA to incorporate data from the > pivot table into this other sheet. > I was doing a search for OpenOffice's capabilities as far as t

Re: [users] sharing docs with "non-users"

2006-06-06 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 6 2006 10:22 am, John Frasca wrote: > Hi, > Like many people, I have my issues with Microsoft...but, how do I send > attachments of OOo documents to friends and colleagues who are strictly > MS Office users? > I sent a test email with an attached Writer document to my home > compu

Re: [users] sharing docs with "non-users"

2006-06-06 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Two have just asked basically the same question. The easy response is to set OpenOffice up to automatically save in .doc format. To do this, go to Tools > Options Go to the Load/Save section and check the boxes for Load (L) and Save (S) for Microsoft Word and Excel. (You can do it for PowerPoi

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

2006-06-06 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 6 2006 09:17 am, Karen Dado wrote: > Hi, I downloaded this program and tried to use it, I do not have a > printer and when I put what I had written on a CDRW to print from > another computer, the document comes up as read only, what can I do to > make this where it is not read only.

[users] Questions regarding OOo 2.0 on intel mac

2006-06-06 Thread Kristoffer Enge Lyng
Hi. I can´t seem to get open office to work. I use an Intel based macbook. I succsesfully downloaded and installed open office, but i wouldn´t start. It just launches and then quits immideatly. Is it not compitable with the intel mac´s? I also run os x tiger with the newest X11 installed, so

[users] welcome window

2006-06-06 Thread Fernando Figueroa V.
Hello, I have just installed openoffice 2.0 on linux centos 4.3 and each time y run openoffice it shows me the welcome window, I mark I dont register and the finish but It window still is appearing. What can I do? ___ Enviado por UCM-WebMail - http://we

[users] Open Office

2006-06-06 Thread Sue Crook
I just today installed Open Office. I recently transferred my Word 2002 documents to my new computer but I don't have Microsoft Word installed. I tried to open a document created in Word 2002 but a screen appears reading: General Error General input/output error with an OK box to click. Wha

[users] sharing docs with "non-users"

2006-06-06 Thread John Frasca
Hi,   Like many people, I have my issues with Microsoft…but, how do I send attachments of OOo documents to friends and colleagues who are strictly MS Office users?    I sent a test email with an attached Writer document to my home computer, to which I have not yet downloaded OpenOffic

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

2006-06-06 Thread Karen Dado
Hi, I downloaded this program and tried to use it, I do not have a printer and when I put what I had written on a CDRW to print from another computer, the document comes up as read only, what can I do to make this where it is not read only. Thanks for your help. Karen

[users] Calc function: GETPIVOTDATA

2006-06-06 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Someone sent me an Excel file with a pivot table where one of the sheets uses the function GETPIVOTDATA to incorporate data from the pivot table into this other sheet. I was doing a search for OpenOffice's capabilities as far as this function is concerned and it looks as though 2.02 should ha

Re: [users] Re: [releases] OOo Installation on Fedora Core 5

2006-06-06 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 19:57 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > [cut] > > > Do you have globbing disable in your shell? BTW, > > users@openoffice.org would have been a better choice to post. > > No, and the reason for this list is because of the report about an > u

RE: [users] question about tables in writer

2006-06-06 Thread Knight, Jon
> > Is it possible to put 2 small (separate) tables right > next to each other in Writer document. Thanks in advance > You could also use a document with 2 columns. Be sure to insert a column break after your first table. Thanks, Jon Knight - The inform

Re: [users] move to New label

2006-06-06 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Matt Needles wrote: On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 21:53 -0400, Richard Cleaveland wrote: I'm sure this is elementary, but I can't figure out how to advance from one label to the next. In the MS world it would be a control-enter. I tried a manual column break but that didn't do it. Dick Sorry to mak

Re: [users] question about tables in writer

2006-06-06 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Bashar Maree wrote: Hi, Is it possible to put 2 small (separate) tables right next to each other in Writer document. Thanks in advance Yes! It's not a problem if you can use tables within a table. First create a 2 column table with 1 row, whose height is adjusted to an appropriate size. Then

Re: [users] question about tables in writer

2006-06-06 Thread Bashar Maree
You people never fail me. Thanks a million. On 6/6/06, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday June 6 2006 01:25 pm, Bashar Maree wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to put 2 small (separate) tables right next to each other > in Writer document. Thanks in advance Yes, it is, but it req

[users] Re: [releases] OOo Installation on Fedora Core 5

2006-06-06 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: [cut] Do you have globbing disable in your shell? BTW, users@openoffice.org would have been a better choice to post. No, and the reason for this list is because of the report about an unsigned package. I assumed that someone with releasing responsibilities might b

Re: [users] question about tables in writer

2006-06-06 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 6 2006 01:25 pm, Bashar Maree wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to put 2 small (separate) tables right next to each other > in Writer document. Thanks in advance Yes, it is, but it requires a third table. Create the first table containing 2 columns and 1 row. Then create each one

Re: [users] question about tables in writer

2006-06-06 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 20:25 +0200, Bashar Maree wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to put 2 small (separate) tables right next to each other in > Writer document. Thanks in advance I do not believe so. You could check http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/OOo2.x/user_guide2_draft.pdf and/or the

[users] question about tables in writer

2006-06-06 Thread Bashar Maree
Hi, Is it possible to put 2 small (separate) tables right next to each other in Writer document. Thanks in advance -- Bashar Maree

[users] envelope database bug

2006-06-06 Thread Paul_B
I've set up an address database and am trying to use it to print envelopes. All is well, except that the first line of database fields are interpreted as plain text. Thus I get but the rest of the address is parsed correctly. In setting up the address book database, I correctly associated t

[users] Editing html

2006-06-06 Thread Johnny Andersson
Using the OOo HTML-editor (1.1.5), there is one really annoying thing (among others, more hard to explain): I have a html file containing tables only. When looking at the html code, there is the following line at the first table (this is an example): STYLE="page-break-before: always"> The f

[users] Re: Google Spreadsheet

2006-06-06 Thread Dennis Marks
On 6/6/2006 7:44 AM, Dennis Marks wrote the following and I, Dennis Marks, have replied at the bottom: I just heard Google will issue a version of OpenOffice. What effect will that have? Looks like it can only be used online. -- Dennis M. Marks Disclaimer: The above is my opinion. I do not

Re: [users] move to New label

2006-06-06 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 09:20 -0400, Richard Cleaveland wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 21:53 -0400, Richard Cleaveland wrote: > > > > > >>I'm sure this is elementary, but I can't figure out how to advance from > >>one label to the next. In the MS world it would

[users] Google Spreadsheet

2006-06-06 Thread Dennis Marks
I just heard Google will issue a version of OpenOffice. What effect will that have? GOOGLE HAS confirmed that it will launch free spreadsheet and word-processing software online and take on Microsoft in one of its biggest markets. Under the deal, Google will allow web users to access Sun's O

Re: [users] Open Office relative path vs. hard coded path. OO 2.0.1 is broke

2006-06-06 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:26:18 +0200 Niklas Nebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > As an update, I'm trying to use DDE as the linking to other > > spreadsheets, as listed; > > > > =DDE("soffice";"./bar_payouts2006.sxc";"May.I55") > > > > This works under Linux OO 1.1.3, and

Re: [users] About tables, how to adjust text to a specific character?

2006-06-06 Thread Johnny Andersson
Thanks for replying. I solved it this way: Instead of having one column for "2006-01-01 - 2006-06-06" (for example) I created two more columns: Column 1 (new)="2006-01-01" Column 2 (new)="-" Column 3 (old)="2006-06-06" The text of each column is alligned as follows: Column 1 - Right Column 2

Re: [users] Open Office relative path vs. hard coded path. OO 2.0.1 is broke

2006-06-06 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:26:18 +0200 Niklas Nebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > As an update, I'm trying to use DDE as the linking to other > > spreadsheets, as listed; > > > > =DDE("soffice";"./bar_payouts2006.sxc";"May.I55") > > > > This works under Linux OO 1.1.3, and

Re: [users] move to New label

2006-06-06 Thread Richard Cleaveland
My apologies to all - when I said MS Word I was thinking of the way Word Perfect operates. I've never worked with MS Word labels (sigh). Dick - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] move to New label

2006-06-06 Thread Richard Cleaveland
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 21:53 -0400, Richard Cleaveland wrote: I'm sure this is elementary, but I can't figure out how to advance from one label to the next. In the MS world it would be a control-enter. I tried a manual column break but that didn't do it.

Re: [users] About tables, how to adjust text to a specific character?

2006-06-06 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 6 2006 06:43 am, Johnny Andersson wrote: > Hi, all nice people out there! > > I am working a bit with the html editor and as far as I understand I > can't use tabulators when working with html documents, so I use tables > instead. This is convenient as long as I want to allign text

[users] A good database example

2006-06-06 Thread Dara Durum
Hi ! I want to create a DataBase like MSAccess db. It have many lookup fields. Is anyone know about good example odb file that can demonstrate the lookup field usage, etc. (Lookups - Delphi/C Builder: foreign keys in visual showing replaced with textual value). I need to work with lookup fields

[users] About tables, how to adjust text to a specific character?

2006-06-06 Thread Johnny Andersson
Hi, all nice people out there! I am working a bit with the html editor and as far as I understand I can't use tabulators when working with html documents, so I use tables instead. This is convenient as long as I want to allign text to the left, right and things like that. However, when work

Re: [users] Re: Re: Writer will not open

2006-06-06 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 22:10 -0400, Mike Masse wrote: > Thank you so much for your reply. This is getting stranger by the > minute ... at least to me. Perhaps the answer lies here somewhere. > > It does not matter whether Quickstart is running or not. > > If Calc is open and I File/Open any text

Re: [users] move to New label

2006-06-06 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 21:53 -0400, Richard Cleaveland wrote: > I'm sure this is elementary, but I can't figure out how to advance from > one label to the next. In the MS world it would be a control-enter. I > tried a manual column break but that didn't do it. > Not sure what you mean so a bit

Re: [users] Calc changes my product numbers!

2006-06-06 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 21:26 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > Will wrote: > > > Thanks! > > > > Had no idea what to search for. > > > > From my point of view it was more like AutoTorture than AutoCorrect :) > > I feel your pain Will! The difficult part is frequently knowing what > somet

[users] Re: Printing white on black?

2006-06-06 Thread John King
Dan Kegel wrote: > QuarkExpress supposedly has this option, but it seems like > it's missing from OpenOffice 2.0.2. I'd like to be able > to create .pdf's or print in reverse video, as it were > (white text on black). (Yes, it's a terrible waste of toner, > but I'm going for a particular look.)

[Fwd: Re: [users] Calc changes my product numbers!]

2006-06-06 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
No need to scroeam or ask twice. here is my message to you from your first message. Forwarded Message From: G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: users@openoffice.org To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [users] Calc changes my product

Re: [users] Open Office relative path vs. hard coded path. OO 2.0.1 is broke

2006-06-06 Thread Niklas Nebel
Rodney D. Myers wrote: As an update, I'm trying to use DDE as the linking to other spreadsheets, as listed; =DDE("soffice";"./bar_payouts2006.sxc";"May.I55") This works under Linux OO 1.1.3, and OS X neo office 1.2.2 (I think that's their revision #) Yet I open the same spreadsheet under Linux

Re: [users] Re: users Digest of: get.125157

2006-06-06 Thread Richard Detwiler
Matt Wlazlo wrote: Ross Johnson wrote: > I agree with Bob. Rounding does NOT give you the "correct" answer. The > correct answer is the one you had in the first place, even though it > didn't seem correct on the surface, because if you used 38.830 in > the calculation, you'd get a different

Re: [users] Macro in 1.1.4 does not work in 2.0

2006-06-06 Thread Miguel Quirós
El lun, 05-06-2006 a las 21:35 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak escribió: > Miguel Quirós wrote: > > >Hello. I am not sure if I am sending this message to the proper place. > >In this case, I would be grateful for a reply telling me which this > >proper place may be. > > > > > Anthony already ind

[users] How do I get Open Office Calc to do automatic backups in the same directory as the original file?

2006-06-06 Thread James Mueller
I want to use Open Office 2.0 with Windows 98. I keep some of my spreadsheets on various removable disks that I also use on other computers. Therefore, I need to save the automatic backups in the same directory as the original file is in (or at least on the same disk). I see three possible ways