RE: [users] a question about to run openoffice base within net

2006-06-19 Thread Josep Castells
Hi Thank you very much for kind information. Once I had heard the possibility to install OOo as SQL Server, may be a possibility instead of migrating to another data base? Regards. Josep -Mensaje original- De: CPHennessy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: sábado, 17 de junio de 2006

[users] simple questions to be solved

2006-06-19 Thread venky swaminathan
hi sir i am using open office (2.0) i have some doubts sir , 1 . after merging the cell i cannot insert a column 2.after copying the pie chart in calc and i am pasting in the impress ( it is not pasting ) 3. graph label is not working sir , how to do it ... is there any options for

[users] Cn anybody help me with templates?

2006-06-19 Thread Gary Kline
Hello, I've got some pretty simple question for OOo (both 1.1.5 and 2.0.2rc3?) I would like to set up at least two templates so that I don't have to spent ten minutes every time I fire the word processor up. I would like one to de for "rough drafts", the

[users] Re: Cn anybody help me with templates?

2006-06-19 Thread Russell Butler
Gary Kline wrote: > Hello, > > I've got some pretty simple question for OOo (both 1.1.5 and > 2.0.2rc3?) I would like to set up at least two templates so that > I don't have to spent ten minutes every time I fire the word > processor up. I would like one to de for "

Re: [users] REFORMATTING A CELL; TEXT TO NUMBER

2006-06-19 Thread Johnny Andersson
Another suggestion would be to write a macro that removes every ' in a specific range automatically. That macro could then be connected to a keyboard shortcut, a new toolbar button or be available in a menu. I made this very simple example: REM * BASIC * Option Explicit CONST Row

[users] Re: REFORMATTING A CELL; TEXT TO NUMBER

2006-06-19 Thread Bob Long
Royce & Faye Green wrote: > I am a new-comer to the OO users forum. I posted this problem on > Friday 2006-06-16 and received a very prompt response from Dave > (TAS). Thanks! Here is the clarification that Dave was seeking > regarding my problem, & also a possible solution that I have tried > o

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:12 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:17:33 -0400 > > Pete Holsberg wrote: > > Malcolm Kay typed the following on 6/18/2006 9:27 AM: > > > On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:33 am, graeme murray wrote: > > >> Is there a MS Outlook lookalike? > > > > > > But it is difficult

Re: [users] Command line conversion with given template?

2006-06-19 Thread dondi_2006
> On Sat June 17 2006 13:43, dondi_2006 wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to convert on Linux many .txt files to > > opendocument .odt format. > > I have found this article explaining how to do it: > > > > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/01/11/from-microsoft-to-openoffice.html?page= > >2 > > > >

[users] Re: How to create Definition lists in Writer?

2006-06-19 Thread Claudia Drechsle
>> what is the right way, style-wise, to create and use definition lists in >> OOWriter? > > Use the paragraph styles "list heading" and "list contents" > Some more styles that create HTML-Tags: Paragraph styles Preformatted Text: Quotations: Heading 1 to 6: to Sender:

Re: [users] Re: REFORMATTING A CELL; TEXT TO NUMBER

2006-06-19 Thread Donald H Locker
I would hypothesize that the vendor of the spreadsheet is putting the ' in front of numerical values to dissuade operations on the file's values. You will have to use a '-removing macro trick to solve that. Donald. Bob Long wrote: Royce & Faye Green wrote: I am a new-comer to the OO users

[users] Re: User guide

2006-06-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 07:23 +0200, Martin Slater wrote: > Hi there > > I am currently getting to grips with the latest version of OO and am > using your OpenOffice.org User Guide for 2.0, which I recently > downloaded. > > As you mention that it is a work in progress "First English edition: > 2

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 19/06/06, Malcolm Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It could be argued that this is because 80% of people use Outlook. And all mail clients can pass viruses when used without discrimination on the part of the user. However I agree that Outlook is bad wrt virus spreading. But there are other iss

Re: [users] Ubuntu Install...

2006-06-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 22:44 -0700, Robert Romberger wrote: > On 18 Jun 2006 at 18:57, jimw wrote: > > > Robert Romberger wrote: > > >Ya lost me here. "pen"? I take that as open, but how are you training them > > >to use the "real" > > >OO? Keeping it simple for a new Ubuntu user... > > > > Simp

Re: [users] Command line conversion with given template?

2006-06-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 11:17 +0200, dondi_2006 wrote: > > > > > > On Sat June 17 2006 13:43, dondi_2006 wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I want to convert on Linux many .txt files to > > > opendocument .odt format. > > > I have found this article explaining how to do it: > > > > > > http://www.xm

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19/06/06, Malcolm Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It could be argued that this is because 80% of people use Outlook. And all mail clients can pass viruses when used without discrimination on the part of the user. However I agree that Outlook is bad wrt virus spreading

[users] Any way to change thickness of "default" borders in Calc?

2006-06-19 Thread Richard Detwiler
A co-worker came to me with this situation. He applied top and bottom borders to one row, using the Borders button on the toolbar. He printed the sheet with the grid visible. He couldn't see the borders he applied because they were essentially indistinguishable from the grid. I showed him how t

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Tim Lovelock
Is there any chance Thunderbird will work with the free Yahoo mail accounts? I saw another email client at an open-source download site that supposedly works with Yahoo mail without violating the TOS, but haven't downloaded it yet. Thanks, Tim Art Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: [users] Any way to change thickness of "default" borders in Calc?

2006-06-19 Thread Adrian Try
question in response was whether there was any way of changing the default border thickness, so he could use the more convenient (for him anyway) toolbar button. I could not find a way to do this. Is there a way that I'm missing? The standard answer to most formatting questions in OpenOffic

Re: [users] Any way to change thickness of "default" borders in Calc?

2006-06-19 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: question in response was whether there was any way of changing the default border thickness, so he could use the more convenient (for him anyway) toolbar button. I could not find a way to do this. Is there a way that I'm missing? The standard answer to most formatting

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Ross Johnson
Richard Detwiler wrote: I realize that talking about specifics of Thunderbird is a bit off topic, but I've been using it for a while and basically like it except for one fairly major problem. Every once in a while it deletes many files in my in-box. I've asked about this on the Thunderbird web

Re: [users] RE : [users] importing bibliography citations

2006-06-19 Thread Paul D. Mirowsky
Not sure about the cost ether. Wanted to let you know,Write-N-Cite does not appear to run on your computer per se. It uses a web interface for looking up and copying to the document, then generates an output file that is downloaded to your computer as a file. This is attached to the end of your

Re: [users] Make full sheets of labels in bold face type

2006-06-19 Thread Gregory Forster
When you first click File/New/Labels, in the label format box that appears, click Options. Click the Synchronize contents box that it has a check mark in it, click the Labels tab and define the brand and type of labels you are using. Click New Document. Using the first label, design how you

Re: [users] Any way to change thickness of "default" borders in Calc?

2006-06-19 Thread Adrian Try
I'm not aware of any way of changing the default border thickness of the toolbar icon, but it's easy to create a new style with the desired settings. Yes, I'm aware that this can be done through styles. Plus it can seem like a lot of steps for a non-power user, which this person is, to go

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Pete Holsberg
Michael Adams typed the following on 6/18/2006 10:42 PM: I really dislike Outlook because it is responsible for spreading 80% of windows viruses, which slow our internet servers and create an industry which should not exist (commercial virus checkers and mail server virus checkers). How does i

Re: [users] Any way to change thickness of "default" borders in Calc?

2006-06-19 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday June 20 2006 12:58 am, Adrian Try wrote: > >> I'm not aware of any way of changing the default border thickness of > >> the toolbar icon, but it's easy to create a new style with the > >> desired settings. > > > > Yes, I'm aware that this can be done through styles. > > Plus it can seem

Re: [users] Any way to change thickness of "default" borders in Calc?

2006-06-19 Thread Johnny Andersson
Den 2006-06-19 17:34:11 skrev Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tuesday June 20 2006 12:58 am, Adrian Try wrote: >> I'm not aware of any way of changing the default border thickness of >> the toolbar icon, but it's easy to create a new style with the >> desired settings. > > Yes, I'm aware tha

[users] I Am Using 2.0 of OpenOffice.org...

2006-06-19 Thread Daine Jaxen
...I am having major issues. I can't uninstall to reinstall...all my saved files say the file no longer exists etc. This all began after I attempted to use Norton Ghost to back-up my C:/ drive on an external hard driveH-E-L-P! Daine

[users] OO.o Draw 2.0 How to put a highlighted shape into the shape library tab?

2006-06-19 Thread Nick . Rogers
I have some specialist shapes that I would like to create in Draw and drag? into the shapes tab so that they become tools in the future.. Is there as easy way to drag a shape into the tab .. I am happy to share my shapes library with the OO community if it is possible.. thanks for a great program

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

2006-06-19 Thread Nancy Blonshine
Can you please tell me if it is possible to download an excel file. If, so could you please give me some direction as to how to do so. Thank you Nancy Blonshine - Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different.

[users] Re: User guide

2006-06-19 Thread Martin Slater
Hi Roderick I just typed up 'User Guide' in Google and, after seeing the date on the cover of the User Guide as well as the index which stopped at 'D', I believed I had landed on an old website/reference. I thought I had better inquire before continuing with what I thought was an outdated text.

[users] discoverable features

2006-06-19 Thread baseball
Dear user support team for openoffice.org: I was confused trying to find how to set the background colour using your program. I found that, in general, the tools to do such simple tasks were not discoverable, but were rather hidden, categorized in dialogs that likely made sense to the interface des

[users] Spellcheck problems

2006-06-19 Thread Lyn Stevens
I have been using Open Office for nthe last 6 months. I am finding that the spell check on the tools menu will only operate on American English no matter how many times I choose UK English on the drop down menu. It just reverts to American. I have checked in my control panels and that is customi

[users] custom templates for master pages in impress

2006-06-19 Thread Lars Weste
Hi, this might be an easy question for you I hope. I found a way to load an impress template as a master page using the "Slide design" button and load the template I want. Then it is stored and usable in the "Used in this presentations" tab. Is there a way to have this template automatically i

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:51:13 +0930 Malcolm Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > such as discouraging anything but > top-posting. ??? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL P

[users] exchange templates for master pages in impress

2006-06-19 Thread Sebastian Reitenbach
Hi, this might be an easy question for you I hope. I found a way to load an impress template as a master page using the "Slide design" button and load the template I want. Then it is stored and usable in the "Used in this presentations" tab. Is there a way to have this template automatically i

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

2006-06-19 Thread Matt Needles
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 07:58 -0700, Nancy Blonshine wrote: > Can you please tell me if it is possible to download an excel file. > If, so could you please give me some direction as to how to do so. Thank you Nancy Blonshine - Yes, you can open an excel file with OpenOffice.org (OOo).

Re: [users] Spellcheck problems

2006-06-19 Thread Sigrid Kronenberger
Hi Lyn, "Lyn Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I have been using Open Office for nthe last 6 months. I am finding > that the spell check on the tools menu will only operate on American > English no matter how many times I choose UK English on the drop down > menu. It just reverts to Americ

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:39:35 -0700 (PDT) Tim Lovelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any chance Thunderbird will work with the free Yahoo mail > accounts? I saw another email client at an open-source download site > that supposedly works with Yahoo mail without violating the TOS, but Check

Re: [users] custom templates for master pages in impress

2006-06-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 13:30 +0200, Lars Weste wrote: > Hi, > > this might be an easy question for you I hope. > > I found a way to load an impress template as a master page using the "Slide > design" button and load the template I want. Then it is stored and usable in > the "Used in this prese

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

2006-06-19 Thread Sigrid Kronenberger
Hi Nancy, Nancy Blonshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Can you please tell me if it is possible to download an excel file. > If, so could you please give me some direction as to how to do so. Sorry, I don't understand your question. You can't do a right click within your browser and select "

Re: [users] discoverable features

2006-06-19 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday June 19 2006 07:16 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear user support team for openoffice.org: > I was confused trying to find how to set the background colour using > your program. I found that, in general, the tools to do such simple > tasks were not discoverable, but were rather hidden,

Re: [users] discoverable features

2006-06-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 14:16 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear user support team for openoffice.org: > I was confused trying to find how to set the background colour using your > program. I found that, in general, the tools to do such simple tasks were > not discoverable, but were rather hidden

Re: [users] OO.o Draw 2.0 How to put a highlighted shape into the shape library tab?

2006-06-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 16:32 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have some specialist shapes that I would like to create in Draw and > drag? into the shapes tab so that they become tools in the future.. > Is there as easy way to drag a shape into the tab .. I think these have to be built-in. > I

Re: [users] custom templates for master pages in impress

2006-06-19 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday June 19 2006 06:30 am, Lars Weste wrote: > Hi, > > this might be an easy question for you I hope. > > I found a way to load an impress template as a master page using the > "Slide design" button and load the template I want. Then it is stored > and usable in the "Used in this presentation

Re: [users] exchange templates for master pages in impress

2006-06-19 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday June 19 2006 04:20 am, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote: > Hi, > > this might be an easy question for you I hope. > > I found a way to load an impress template as a master page using the > "Slide design" button and load the template I want. Then it is stored > and usable in the "Used in this pr

[users] ANOVA

2006-06-19 Thread Jerrod J Littleton
How do I do an ANOVA annalysis in CALC? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] ANOVA

2006-06-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 15:13 -0400, Jerrod J Littleton wrote: > How do I do an ANOVA annalysis in CALC? > This statical function is in an addon. Please see http://documentation.openoffice.org/ and select http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html and from there the ooomacros.org link I t

Re: [users] ANOVA

2006-06-19 Thread Joe Conner
See http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/downloads/english/index.php?command=download&real=RepeatedMeasuresANOVA.stc Jerrod J Littleton wrote: How do I do an ANOVA annalysis in CALC? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [users] password:access

2006-06-19 Thread Lee Chee Wai
From: Sigrid Kronenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 6/14/2006 12:44 AM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] password:access Hi, "plymouth trophyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Our password as a new member has not

[users] Open Office 2.0.X Printer issues

2006-06-19 Thread Kyhana Grounds
Hello, I was trying to find solutions about printing with Open Office on a Mac and first, it said make sure you have the most current version. Not sure since it said version 2.0.3 was available but could not find that version. Secondly, I cannot get anything to print from Open Office to my print

Re: [users] Uninstall

2006-06-19 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun June 18 2006 09:46, + ray wrote: > Some time ago I downloaded Open Office +PDF + antivirus. I now wish to > uninstall the programs and when trying to do so via Add/Remove in Control > Panel, I get an error message "0x80041f42 while running setup". > > > > Can somebody tell me how to remove t

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

2006-06-19 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun June 18 2006 11:34, + Montse Shen wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Hola. > > Escribo desde España. He intentado descargarme el programa de Ofimática > libre en español, pero la página me da error. Tengo Windows 2000. ¿Qué > puedo hacer? ¿cómo puedo lograr esta descarga? > This

[users] Evolution for windows now has an installer

2006-06-19 Thread Justin Fitzgibbon
FYI, Evolution for windows now has an installer rather than requiring users to download various bits and create folders and setting paths etc. http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/ For those not aware of evolution for windows it is a logical complement for OO.o, functioning as a replacement

Re: [users] Open Office 2.0.X Printer issues

2006-06-19 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 14:02 -0700, Kyhana Grounds wrote: > Hello, > > I was trying to find solutions about printing with > Open Office on a Mac and first, it said make sure you > have the most current version. > > Not sure since it said version 2.0.3 was available but > could not find that versio

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread Daniel Kasak
Richard Detwiler wrote: > I realize that talking about specifics of Thunderbird is a bit off > topic, but I've been using it for a while and basically like it except > for one fairly major problem. Every once in a while it deletes many > files in my in-box. In my experience, every email client Fs

Re: [users] MS Outlook

2006-06-19 Thread dm
At 08:09 AM 6/19/2006, you wrote: How does it do that? I was under the impression that MS had fixed OE. fixed ? who is spreading that rumour.. and BTW, it's known as Micro$oft OutBreak not outlook [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

[users] OOo2 lost under new Ubuntu install

2006-06-19 Thread Douglas D Germann Sr
Hi-- Tonight I upgraded my Ubuntu install from 5.10 to the latest 6.06. Now my OOo2.02 install seems to be gone. It is not on the menu under Office. When I click an .odt file it tries to open it with file-roller. When I right click and choose open with, it says it cannot find ooffice2. This

Re: [users] Re: Cn anybody help me with templates?

2006-06-19 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 09:42:43AM +1000, Russell Butler wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 06:13:59PM +1000, Russell Butler wrote: > >> Gary Kline wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I've got some pretty simple question for OOo (both 1.1.5 and > >>> 2.0.2rc3?) I would like t

[users] office.org 2 does not always open my disk files

2006-06-19 Thread NoelnBetty
I am new with office.org 2. I find it does not always open selected files after requesting to insert Disk A. The only way I can get the files to display is to hit Ctrl Alt Delete. I shut my computer off, open again org 2 and I find I have no problem opening files. What am I doing wrong, or i

[users] thank you

2006-06-19 Thread kariluz
I apreciate your fast and objetive answer. I'll wait for next version, I like to use Open Office and would like to contribute with some money soon. Bye. - Original Message - From: "CPHennessy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 3:31 AM Subject: Re:

[users] Envelope Printing

2006-06-19 Thread Jack Casner
/I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I cannot find how to print envelopes by inserting them vertically in the printer, as is done in Micro$oft Word. Jack L. Casner [EMAIL PROTECTED] /