[users] Calc & Database

2006-06-13 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Hopefully I can explain what I want to do and it will make sense. Every month I get a speadsheet from a company with information based on a telephone number. Now, I now that each telephone number belongs to a specific fishing vessel. First thing I want to be able to do is have a spreadsheet

[users] writer general input output error on opening latex source file as a text file

2006-06-13 Thread Pramathesh Ambasta
I have tried to open several latex source files as plain text files in OpenOffice 2.0.2 (Writer on Mandriva Linux LE 2005). I mean simply open - NOT IMPORT - them. Just as Writer opens several other plain text files (and source code files for C etc.). However, every time I try to do this, I get a

[users] Re: Extracting a picture from a text document

2006-06-13 Thread Claudia Drechsle
>> I've been sent a .doc file with a logo on it (and nothing else). I >> just want to extract the logo and save it as a .gif image file. >> >> Is there a quick and easy way to do this? Or even a slow way? >> >> Thanks >> > As usual, I worked it out immediately after posting the question (d'oh!

Re: [users] oops, should have said--I have XP 11, are XP, Wordperfect, and open office all compatible

2006-06-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 13 2006 04:29 pm, Eddie wrote: From another member of this mailing list: ~ Assuming you mean MS Office XP, WordPerfect, and OpenOffice.org 2.x, here are compatibilities: 1) MSOffice XP (11), is mostly compatible with OpenOffice.org

Re: [users] WAS oops, should have said...

2006-06-13 Thread Matt Needles
> I have XP 11, are XP, Wordperfect, and open office all compatible Assuming you mean MS Office XP, WordPerfect, and OpenOffice.org 2.x, here are compatibilities: 1) MSOffice XP (11), is mostly compatible with OpenOffice.org in that OpenOffice.org will read and write MSO's file formats, and suppo

[users] BEING PREPARED FOR ANYTHING: USING THE SCENARIO FEATURE IN OPENOFFICE.ORG CALC

2006-06-13 Thread Fred A. Miller
'Posting this as I think it is VERY usefully to at least some users here.\ Fred BEING PREPARED FOR ANYTHING: USING THE SCENARIO FEATURE IN OPENOFFICE.ORG CALC Save time in figuring out the bottom line with the scenarios feature in OpenOffice's Calc tool. Scenarios let you be prepared in meetings

[users] title font under fvwm

2006-06-13 Thread Donald H Locker
Hi, users. I've searched the archives, googled, and searched fvwm.org and don't find an answer. Solaris 8, fvwm2, OOo 2.x, Sun Ultra-30 It appears that the high order bit is set in the OOo icon name and title resources, or their equivalent. Title bars and fvwm2 iconman show characters corr

RE: [users] Master Document Loses The Different Page Styles

2006-06-13 Thread Marshall Feldman
Master documents do not necessarily preserve the styles of subdocuments. Here is the relevant section from the Writer Guide: Styles and master documents The following note is based on information in the help files. Styles that are used in subdocuments, such as paragraph styles, are

Re: [users] Extracting a picture from a text document

2006-06-13 Thread Keith Bates
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:07:08 +1000 Keith Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is probably obvious, but I can't figure it out. > > I've been sent a .doc file with a logo on it (and nothing else). I > just want to extract the logo and save it as a .gif image file. > > Is there a quick and easy

[users] Extracting a picture from a text document

2006-06-13 Thread Keith Bates
This is probably obvious, but I can't figure it out. I've been sent a .doc file with a logo on it (and nothing else). I just want to extract the logo and save it as a .gif image file. Is there a quick and easy way to do this? Or even a slow way? Thanks -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloo

Re: [users] Symbol for "arithmetic mean" missing

2006-06-13 Thread Adrian Try
Eric: > I cannot find the symbol for the arithmetic mean (x with a horizontal > line above). Is there a package with mathematical symbols that can be > downloaded and if so where do I find it? G. Rod: Built-in to Math. Use Insert > Object > Formula. If you need more information, please see ht

Re: [users] Symbol for "arithmetic mean" missing

2006-06-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 13 2006 06:29 pm, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 23:29 +0200, Eric Stöhr wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I cannot find the symbol for the arithmetic mean (x with a horizontal > > line above). Is there a package with mathematical symbols that can be > > downloaded and

Re: [users] Creating Address labels from a spreadsheet (which is frequently updated)

2006-06-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 22:46 +0100, N D Sorrill wrote: > How do I produce address labels from a spreadsheet (either .xls or .ods) > without apparently having to create a new database from the spreadsheet > every time there are new entries. > (I have been used to using MS mail-merge to create addre

Re: [users] Symbol for "arithmetic mean" missing

2006-06-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 23:29 +0200, Eric Stöhr wrote: > Hello, > > I cannot find the symbol for the arithmetic mean (x with a horizontal line > above). Is there a package with mathematical symbols that can be downloaded > and if so where do I find it? > > Thank you for helping, > Eric Built-in

Re: [users] Creating Address labels from a spreadsheet (which is frequently updated)

2006-06-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 13 2006 04:46 pm, N D Sorrill wrote: > How do I produce address labels from a spreadsheet (either .xls or .ods) > without apparently having to create a new database from the spreadsheet > every time there are new entries. > (I have been used to using MS mail-merge to create address

Re: [users] Symbol for "arithmetic mean" missing

2006-06-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 13 2006 04:29 pm, Eric Stöhr wrote: > Hello, > > I cannot find the symbol for the arithmetic mean (x with a horizontal > line above). Is there a package with mathematical symbols that can be > downloaded and if so where do I find it? > > Thank you for helping, > Eric From another m

Re: [users] Creating Address labels from a spreadsheet (which is frequently updated)

2006-06-13 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:46:48 +0100 N D Sorrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I produce address labels from a spreadsheet (either .xls or .ods) > without apparently having to create a new database from the spreadsheet > every time there are new entries. > (I have been used to using MS mail-

Re: [users] Symbol for "arithmetic mean" missing

2006-06-13 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:29:14 +0200 Eric Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > I cannot find the symbol for the arithmetic mean (x with a > horizontal line above). Is there a package with mathematical symbols > that can be downloaded and if so where do I find it? First, type an x, then: On Linux ho

[users] Probleme mit Rechtschreibprüfung

2006-06-13 Thread GregorHorst78
Hallo, ich benutze jezt seit kurzer Zeit Openoffice und habe mir die Version 2.02 herunter geladen die die deutschen Wörterbücher enthält. Alles funktioniert wunderbar (manuelle Rechtschreibprüfung und Autoergänzung) bis auf die Markierung von falsch geschrieben Worten mit der roten Linie. (J

[users] Creating Address labels from a spreadsheet (which is frequently updated)

2006-06-13 Thread N D Sorrill
How do I produce address labels from a spreadsheet (either .xls or .ods) without apparently having to create a new database from the spreadsheet every time there are new entries. (I have been used to using MS mail-merge to create address labels direct from an Excel spreadsheet). Regards N D Sor

[users] oops, should have said--I have XP 11, are XP, Wordperfect, and open office all compatible

2006-06-13 Thread Eddie
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[users] Symbol for "arithmetic mean" missing

2006-06-13 Thread Eric Stöhr
Hello, I cannot find the symbol for the arithmetic mean (x with a horizontal line above). Is there a package with mathematical symbols that can be downloaded and if so where do I find it? Thank you for helping, Eric

[users] Is open office compatible with Wordperfect

2006-06-13 Thread Eddie
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Re: [users] Calc - export .csv formatting

2006-06-13 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 12:18 +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > G'day Ross > > > Of Course - that's why it worked a coupl of times while I was 'allowed' to > change the regional settings; but my settings broke another program, so no > can do > > > On 6/13/06, Ross Johnson <[EMAIL P

Re: [users] "Error 1316", how to fix it?

2006-06-13 Thread Johnny Andersson
Wow... is there an OpenOffice 2.2 already? Last time I heard was 2.0.2 or was it 2.0.3? -- Johnny Den 2006-06-13 15:05:23 skrev R GUY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: OPENOFFICE RE: Error 1316 13 June 2006 I have installed OpenOffice 2.2, as an upgrade from OpenOffice 2. I now too, always receive

Re: [users] Find and Replace Function in SCalc

2006-06-13 Thread Johnny Andersson
Den 2006-06-13 19:40:50 skrev Mikhael Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: It seems some how the Find and Replace function for SCalc has been disabled or is now inoperative for some reason. I have even tried re-installing to no avail. Please help Mikhael Horvath, EIT Clark Engineering (780) 440-280

Re: [users] Find and Replace Function in SCalc

2006-06-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 11:40 -0600, Mikhael Horvath wrote: > It seems some how the Find and Replace function for SCalc has been > disabled or is now inoperative for some reason. I have even tried > re-installing to no avail. Please help > Really? It might help if you report your OS and release o

Re: [users] Re: Export PDF with User-Editable Fields?

2006-06-13 Thread Giuseppe Castagno
On 6/13/06, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:36:33 -0700 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: However, that seems to be just a way to prevent the PDF file from having stuff that you don't want to appear in it. It does not address security in the resulting PDF doc

[users] Find and Replace Function in SCalc

2006-06-13 Thread Mikhael Horvath
It seems some how the Find and Replace function for SCalc has been disabled or is now inoperative for some reason. I have even tried re-installing to no avail. Please help Mikhael Horvath, EIT Clark Engineering (780) 440-2806

Re: [users] How to disable automatical formatting of hyperlinks in TOC?

2006-06-13 Thread Maurice Reviol
Open the Styles and formatting window, click on Character Styles and modify (right click on Ïnternet Link") the Internet Link Style accordingly (no underline and black colour in the "Font Effects" tab. Or switch of the automatic URL recognition. You can find more info in the help files, go to t

Re: [users] delete a table in Writer

2006-06-13 Thread Maurice Reviol
click in the table, go to the Table menu and click on delete. Or delete row by row until none is left. Right clicking give some options for that... Maurice Reviol www.reviol.co.nz Joe Marks wrote: How do I delete a table in Writer on a computer using WindowsXP ___

Re: [users] Openoffice problems

2006-06-13 Thread Maurice Reviol
What specifications has your computer? OO 2.0.2 needs more memory than the older versions. I used to use OO 1.5 on a Pentium 166MHz Laptop with 64MB memory and that kind of worked but I tried to avoid documents with loads of pictures, that was very slow then. OO 2.0.2 was even slower. I upgrade

Re: [users] Special characters

2006-06-13 Thread Maurice Reviol
I use OpenOffice 2.0.2 on a Windows XP machine and have as keyboard the "United States International" installed instead of the normal one. The advantage is that a lot of special characters are readily available by pressing "CTRL"+"ALT" (or "ALT GR") and one of the normal keys. The ß for example

Re: [users] Save As HTML

2006-06-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 13 2006 11:17 am, Pete Holsberg wrote: > I have a Word DOC file that is formatted in legal style and the > most recent OOo. > > Writer is not entirely successful converting it to HTML. > > 1) It adds the "type=1" to the first level OL tag and "type=i" to > the third level, but doesn

Re: [users] Openoffice problems

2006-06-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 17:16 +0200, Emil Sekula wrote: > Hello > I have some problems with OpenOffice.org. At first. When I open a large file > with OpenOffice (opening is like 15 minuts) it is not possible to close this > action. I have to wait 15 minuts even I don´t want to open already this fil

Re: [users] Download of v2.

2006-06-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 13 2006 06:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I have OO v.1.1.2 on my computer and I would like to download v2. Will > the download from the OO website Update or Overwrite the version I > currently have? > > Thanking you in anticipation. > Michael Denne Actually it will d

Re: [users] Download of v2.

2006-06-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 12:58 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I have OO v.1.1.2 on my computer and I would like to download v2. Will the > download from the OO website Update or Overwrite the version I currently > have? > No. I will install separately. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST

Re: [users] Question about downloading

2006-06-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 13 2006 08:03 am, Rawley wrote: > Was preparing to download and needed to say which operating system? I > have Microsoft windows home xp. Question is? > windows (with bundled JRE ? or > windows (with out JRE) ? > > > Thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED] OOo will work very well without

[users] password-protected & won't open

2006-06-13 Thread Mary Lou Eisler
I am using OPenOffice 1.1.4. Some of my documents won't open. The error message says something like CANNOT OPEN PASSWORD PROTECTED documents when I know I did NOT protect the doucment. And, if I created them and password protected them (which I did not), then how come it won't open them? Th

[users] open standard: doc format

2006-06-13 Thread Unmukt
Dear Sir I write blogs in Hindi and often write about open source. I am researching material for my article on open document format. I want some information from your side. I will be obliged in case you can supply me. MS office saves its documents/presentation/spreadsheets in doc/ppt format. The d

[users] writing macro to do: New from template

2006-06-13 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello, this is kind of a follow up to my question in 2003 (http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=17481). I would like to add a button to the toolbar, which upon clicking creates a new document based on a certain template. Unfortunally, the macro recoder does not work and I

[users] Download of v2.

2006-06-13 Thread mjdenne
Hi I have OO v.1.1.2 on my computer and I would like to download v2. Will the download from the OO website Update or Overwrite the version I currently have? Thanking you in anticipation. Michael Denne ___ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with

[users] Question about downloading

2006-06-13 Thread Rawley
Was preparing to download and needed to say which operating system? I have Microsoft windows home xp. Question is? windows (with bundled JRE ? or windows (with out JRE) ? Thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] "Error 1316", how to fix it?

2006-06-13 Thread R GUY
OPENOFFICE RE: Error 1316 13 June 2006 I have installed OpenOffice 2.2, as an upgrade from OpenOffice 2. I now too, always receive "Error 1316" every time I try to load it, though all previous OOo files are now successfully deleted(?). (In any case, what is the easiest way to get rid of all o

Re: [users] password:access

2006-06-13 Thread Sigrid Kronenberger
Hi, "plymouth trophyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Our password as a new member has not yet arrived to allow us > access-please advise Thanks What password are you talking about? You don't need a password for using OpenOffice.org. Just start the software via the menu and you can use it.

[users] Save As HTML

2006-06-13 Thread Pete Holsberg
I have a Word DOC file that is formatted in legal style and the most recent OOo. Writer is not entirely successful converting it to HTML. 1) It adds the "type=1" to the first level OL tag and "type=i" to the third level, but doesn't add "type=a" to the second level OLs. 2) It adds some style

Re: [users] Re: Suggestions?

2006-06-13 Thread rjschmid
Got it; just didn't read the confirmation. -Original Message- >From: Claudia Drechsle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jun 13, 2006 12:48 AM >To: users@openoffice.org >Subject: [users] Re: Suggestions? > > >> I'm trying to unsubscribe, and have sent messages to users-unsubscribe at >> least fiv

[users] password:access

2006-06-13 Thread plymouth trophyman
Our password as a new member has not yet arrived to allow us access-please advise Thanks

Re: [users] Re: Export PDF with User-Editable Fields?

2006-06-13 Thread John Jason Jordan
"On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:36:33 -0700 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > Acrobat Reader, the free version, doesn't save filled in forms, you > > can only print them. Of course if the student has a PDF printer he/she > > can print the filled form and mail that back; > Acrobat Reader 7.0 does. An eas

Re: [users] Blank page when printing from Calc!

2006-06-13 Thread Grasshopper
Thank you Dave, I've checked the Grid Lines. Grasshopper. On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 23:23 +1000, Dave Barton wrote: Maybe this is what you are looking for: > > Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org Calc -> View -> Visual Aids > > Check/Tick "Grid lines" > > Dave > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 22:04 +0900,

Re: [users] Blank page when printing from Calc!

2006-06-13 Thread Dave Barton
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 22:04 +0900, Grasshopper wrote: > I am using OpenOffice.org on SuSE 10 > > First, I would like to say that OpenOffic Calc print was working until > I messed it up. > > I have never been able to print the lines in Calc, and in the document > I am working on at the moment it i

Re: [users] Blank page when printing from Calc!

2006-06-13 Thread Anthony Chilco
Grasshopper... only look within yourself to find the answer No, that won't work. It sounds like you've set a print range that's outside the area of you data. Try selecting your data, then 'format / print ranges / define'. To get the gridlines to print, select 'file / page preview' and click

[users] Blank page when printing from Calc!

2006-06-13 Thread Grasshopper
I am using OpenOffice.org on SuSE 10 First, I would like to say that OpenOffic Calc print was working until I messed it up. I have never been able to print the lines in Calc, and in the document I am working on at the moment it is very important to have all vertical an horizontal lines showing, s

Re: [users] Page format in Calc

2006-06-13 Thread Andis
Hi! Under Styles and formatting (F11) chose Page styles icon and on the base of Default style define new style, for instance, Landscape. Chose Modify style with right mouse button for new Landscape style and in page tab chose landscape. Then apply this page style to your worksheet by doudle c

Re: [users] access

2006-06-13 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon June 12 2006 14:08, + plymouth trophyman wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I am not able to access openoffice-please help.Thank-you Please provide us with some more information: Operating system Version of OpenOffice.org Any error messages What worked previously What *EXACTLY*

[users] Re: Export PDF with User-Editable Fields?

2006-06-13 Thread EJones
On or about 6/12/2006 11:36 PM, NoOp penned the following: > Giuseppe Castagno wrote: >> John, >> >> On 6/9/06, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I know you can do this if you have Acrobat, but I don't. Also, I use >>> Linux (Ubuntu-64). What I want to do is create short documents (

Re: [users] turn off all autoformat and autocorrect

2006-06-13 Thread Andrius Aštrauskas
Hi Klemens, Klemens Vierlinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to open a text file (tab-delimited) which contains 'sep1' in > one cell. Both excel and scalc recognise this as a date and transform > it into 'Sep-01' and '09/01/06', respectively. Open the file this way: File -> Open -> mark th

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2006-06-13 Thread Maxime Daniel
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2006-06-13 Thread Ryno Labuschagne \(ISS Namibia\)
Hi OO-users! I always used MS Excel, if you want to copy the data from the cell above the current position you used the shortcut of Ctrl+'. I want something simular in OpenOffice, I have tried to create an shortcut, but was not very sucessful. Can some one maybe help me? Regards Ryno Labusch

[users] turn off all autoformat and autocorrect

2006-06-13 Thread Klemens Vierlinger
Hi OO-users! I've just swapped from excel to scalc because I wanted to get rid of autoformat and autocorrect, but unfortunately I am having the same problem in scalc: I want to open a text file (tab-delimited) which contains 'sep1' in one cell. Both excel and scalc recognise this as a date and

[users] Re: Suggestions?

2006-06-13 Thread Claudia Drechsle
> I'm trying to unsubscribe, and have sent messages to users-unsubscribe at > least five times over about eight weeks. You should get a confirm-message that you've to answer. Did you? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Export PDF with User-Editable Fields?

2006-06-13 Thread Giuseppe Castagno
Hi NoOpi, I forwarded the message to dev@gsl.openoffice.org were the technical details of this can be better discussed. On 6/13/06, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Giuseppe Castagno wrote: > John, > [snip..] > > Acrobat Reader, the free version, doesn't save filled in forms, you > can only pri