Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
What is overline that must be typed? What does it look like? Where on a US keyboard is it? Given that the OP asked how to achieve overlining, saying type overline is sort of begging the question. Harold Fuchs London, England. - Original Message - From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread Claudia Drechsle
It's not the first time that I hera from this problem, so it might be, that the program has bug. But that would have to be tested. Meanwhile try various forms to write the condition: mydb.gifts.address2 EQ [mydb.gifts.address2] EQ ![mydb.gifts.address2] NOT [mydb.gifts.address2] and also

Re: [sc-users] Installing New Fonts

2006-07-27 Thread Joe Conner
SEE INLINE RESPONSE Uwe Fischer wrote: Joe Conner wrote: I use a high speed continuous cable connection to the internet. WinXP Pro, OOo2.0.3. I have a font package on my desktop that I would like to install. When I activate the wizard "Install Fonts From The Web" nothing is

[users] CALC ERROR using (= formula from another spreadsheet)

2006-07-27 Thread Royce Faye Green
HERE IS A MAJOR ISSUE (or is it just me making an error?) OO version 2.0 Calc (using = 'file://.) will now reference another Calc file to bring in the results of a formula from there. (Version 1 would not do this, it only worked from another sheet within the same file.) However, if there

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Harold What is overline that must be typed? What does it look like? Where on a US keyboard is it? This means type the word overline. It is not a special character. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Windows the following seems to work: At the point where you want the overlined text do Insert/Object/Formula. A box (the Formula Editing box) will appear below your document, which will shrink to accommodate it. Right click in this box and, from the menu that opens, choose Attributes and

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
Ah. Sorry. Thank you. Regards, Harold - Original Message - From: Walter A. March [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 3:31 AM Subject: Re: [users] Overline? Dan Lewis wrote: On Wednesday 26 July 2006 07:09 pm, Pete Holsberg wrote: Sigrid

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
Using curly braces ({ and }) round the text allows multiple words to be overlined (as per other respondents). Typing the word overline into the formula editing box saves right clicking and selecting Attributes/Overline. Harold Fuchs London, England - Original Message - From: Harold

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Adrian Try
Hi again Harold Unfortunately only a single word can be overlined in this way. Nothing after the first space in what you type gets overlined. Try this. In a word document, type the following sentence exactly as it appears. overline {This sentence is overlined.} Select the whole sentence.

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
Adrian, On my system (Win XP Pro/SP2) the spaces between the words are *removed* from the overlined text. So, if I follow your example exactly, I get overlined Thissentenceisoverlined. I also sent a message saying that curly braces allow multiple words. Seems I have to retract ... I was

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Uwe Fischer
Hi, Harold Fuchs wrote: Adrian, On my system (Win XP Pro/SP2) the spaces between the words are *removed* from the overlined text. So, if I follow your example exactly, I get overlined Thissentenceisoverlined. normal text automatically gets italic font (where spaces are hard to see) in a

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
Adrian, Also I've discovered that the word and is replaced by a circumflex (^) and the word or by an upside-down circumflex (not sure how to achieve that on my keyboard). Possibly other mathematical or logical words are replaced too. The following, for example: overline {these words are

Re: [users] CALC ERROR using (= formula from another spreadsheet)

2006-07-27 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Royce, On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 19:20:16 +1000, Royce Faye Green wrote: OO version 2.0 Calc (using = 'file://.) will now reference another Calc file to bring in the results of a formula from there. (Version 1 would not do this, it only worked from another sheet within the same file.)

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Adrian Try
Hi again Also I've discovered that the word and is replaced by a circumflex (^) and the word or by an upside-down circumflex (not sure how to achieve that on my keyboard). Possibly other mathematical or logical words are replaced too. (other good examples of the minus symbol, and over

Re: [users] Calc drop down list question

2006-07-27 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Mike, On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 09:30:25 -0400, Mike Masse wrote: I have a drop down list in one of my calc sheets. When used the list is dropped down, I have 2 issues ... probably related. First the text is too small. Is it formatted the same as any other text? or is it formatted

Re: [users] CALC ERROR using (= formula from another spreadsheet)

2006-07-27 Thread arnold.huzen
Royce, I've tried to reproduce the situation you described in your mail an found no problems. I created 2 calc-sheets. In the 1st I then put some numbers like this: 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 4 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 9 and totalled them in a row below them. After that I saved the sheet. In the

Re: [users] need help with an OOo formula

2006-07-27 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Senectus, On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 21:51:28 +0800, Senectus . wrote: I've never used excel very much, but I have need of some calc trickery I need calc to look through all the cells and when it finds a cell with a variable I wish to set, it will then delete that entire row. You may use the

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 21:38 +1000, Adrian Try wrote: Hi again Also I've discovered that the word and is replaced by a circumflex (^) and the word or by an upside-down circumflex (not sure how to achieve that on my keyboard). Possibly other mathematical or logical words are

[users] [Fwd: Comment/suggestions for the User Guide]

2006-07-27 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
The following showed up in my personal mailbox and it is a question better suited to the list. Forwarded Message From: david patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Comment/suggestions for the User Guide Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:27:30 +0100 How do I save

Re: [users] Connecting VB6 to OOo Base

2006-07-27 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Leonard T Greenland wrote: I teach one course in which the students write a VB6 interface to connect to a database. I have not been able to figure out how to connect VB6 to the OpenOffice database. OOo does not have an ODBC driver, so your only option would be to connect to OOo using the

Re: [users] [Fwd: Comment/suggestions for the User Guide]

2006-07-27 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
I will assume, therefore, that Mr. Patterson is not subscribed to the mailling list and CC him on my reply. Mr. Patterson, please reply directly to the list, you are more likely to receive a reply. I assume that you are running using Write. While editing the document, you must then save the

[users] Calc Formula

2006-07-27 Thread Mac McClain
I have a cell (D28) in sheet1 that I have given the value of 15 and the name of OLD. I can pick up this value in sheet2 by using $SHEET1.D28 but I can't seem to be able to use the name OLD. I tried $SHEET1.OLD and $SHEET1.$OLD and $SHEET1.'OLD' none of these are correct. Would someone be kind

[users] RE [users] Calc Formula

2006-07-27 Thread arnold.huzen
Mac, Just type =old in the cell that you want to display the value. In my case (OO0 2.0.3 on WinXP) it returned the value of the cell I called old. Arnold Huzen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [users] Calc Formula

2006-07-27 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
Please note that users@openoffice.org is a mailing list and the best email address you can use when you have a users problem or question about OpenOffice.org. However please note that it is a moderated email list and most replies *only* go to the mailing list so you should really consider

[users] Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-07-27 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Hello. Subject says it all - I have subtotalled some data and need to copy subtotals sans original data. Any way of doing that in Calc? Thanks a lot. WBR, K. Palagin. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [users] Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-07-27 Thread Immanuel CRC Office
Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Hello. Subject says it all - I have subtotalled some data and need to copy subtotals sans original data. Any way of doing that in Calc? Thanks a lot. WBR, K. Palagin. Kirill: Do you mean you need to only copy the number, and not the formula? If so, try copying

[users] Writer, pager numbering

2006-07-27 Thread √Mate
How do I get my document to print page numbers, starting on the third page, but starting with the number one instead of three and incrementing from there? Thanks Mate -- Careful. We don't want to learn from this. -- Calvin

Re: [users] Writer, pager numbering

2006-07-27 Thread rlshadow
To have no numbers on the first two pages, with numbers starting on the third page, you need to use page styles. I'll assume you have some knowledge of page styles; if not, there is good documentation describing how to use page styles in the Users' Manual, and in OOoAuthors. Create a style

Re: [users] Writer, pager numbering

2006-07-27 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 27 July 2006 08:44 am, √Mate wrote: How do I get my document to print page numbers, starting on the third page, but starting with the number one instead of three and incrementing from there? Thanks Mate You do this with Page styles. It would be best to study the chapter

RE: [users] Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-07-27 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Paste special is not doing what I want (or I am not using it correctly). Let me give an example. Subtotalling the following table ProdA 5 ProdA 7 ProdA 3 ProdB 1 ProdB 4 ProdB 2 will add following rows Subtotal ProdA 15 Subtotal ProdB 7 Grand Total 22 When I select outline

Re: [users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread Roberto Aguilar
Hi Claudia, Thanks for the tips! Unfortunately, none of the mentioned workarounds actually worked. I have submitted a bug and a test case for this at: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=67843 -Roberto. On 7/27/06, Claudia Drechsle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not the first

[users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread CarlP
Roberto Aguilar wrote: Hello, I am printing out envelopes and am trying to hide address2 if the entry does not have a sub-address. First, my data is from postgres, which is linked to OO Base using jdbc. In: Tools - Options - Openoffice.org Base - Databases I give the db a name mydb.

Re: [users] Linking to bookmark or section from external file

2006-07-27 Thread Manfred Moser
Manfred Moser wrote: Hi! I am having trouble getting links to bookmarks in odt files to work. I would like to be able to have a url link in an external html document that links directly to a section or bookmark within OO. So when a user click on a link the document opens (potentially after

[users] merge cells problem

2006-07-27 Thread CarlP
I have a document in which I want to merge two adjacent cells (within once column). When I select the two cells, the Merge Cells option isn't available (grayed out). The document has Record set for tracking changes, and I've typed into the first cell. Finally, it's an Excel 97 formatted

Re: [users] Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-07-27 Thread Immanuel CRC Office
Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Paste special is not doing what I want (or I am not using it correctly). Let me give an example. Subtotalling the following table ProdA 5 ProdA 7 ProdA 3 ProdB 1 ProdB 4 ProdB 2 will add following rows Subtotal ProdA 15 Subtotal ProdB 7 Grand Total

[users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread CarlP
CarlP wrote: Roberto Aguilar wrote: Hello, I am printing out envelopes and am trying to hide address2 if the entry does not have a sub-address. First, my data is from postgres, which is linked to OO Base using jdbc. In: Tools - Options - Openoffice.org Base - Databases I give the db a

Re: [users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread Roberto Aguilar
Hi Carl, There are no special characters; the field names are plain ascii. I have turned off hidden paragraphs in the view menu. Also, I was able to reproduce the problem without the JDBC connection. The testcase files are in the issue I mentioned earlier:

Re: [users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread Roberto Aguilar
That's a good one, but I have eliminated that possibility as well. : ) Check out the test case; it would be nice if I can confirm I'm not the only one having this problem. -Roberto. On 7/27/06, CarlP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CarlP wrote: Roberto Aguilar wrote: Hello, I am printing out

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
Another possibility I thought might work is as follows: 1. Type the text you want overlined. 2. Highlight it. 3. Do Format/Paragraph/Borders; choose a line style that suits and a border that is only on top of the paragraph. This fails because it overlines the *whole* line instead of merely

RE: [users] Overline?

2006-07-27 Thread Jim White
-Original Message- From: Harold Fuchs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:51 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Overline? Another possibility I thought might work is as follows: 1. Type the text you want overlined. 2. Highlight it. 3. Do

[users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread CarlP
I'll try to mimic what you've done when I get a chance. Roberto Aguilar wrote: That's a good one, but I have eliminated that possibility as well. : ) Check out the test case; it would be nice if I can confirm I'm not the only one having this problem. -Roberto. On 7/27/06, CarlP [EMAIL

Re: [users] Can't Find Copyright symbol

2006-07-27 Thread Per
I tried on my PC, opened up a Writer-doc and typed (c), and voila... © came up by it self... I have OOo 2.0.3 (Swedish), Win XP Home-edition. try, (c) in Writer, maybe it is in your auto-correct list already. // Per Johnny Andersson skrev: Keep Alt hold and press 0169 (numeric keypad

Re: [users] merge cells problem

2006-07-27 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi CarlP, On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:19:52 -0400, CarlP wrote: After trying a few tests, it seems like for either file type, the merge cells option is unavailable if record changes is turned on. Can someone confirm this problem for me, and is it a bug? Or is it by design (or design

[users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread CarlP
OK, I took a quick look, and on a PC (WinXP) I see a mix of line breaks and paragraph ends for each line of the address window when I turn on the non-printing characters. The Hidden paragraph line has a line break character and not a paragraph end character at the END of it, so I wonder (this

[users] Re: merge cells problem

2006-07-27 Thread CarlP
Eike Rathke wrote: Hi CarlP, On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:19:52 -0400, CarlP wrote: After trying a few tests, it seems like for either file type, the merge cells option is unavailable if record changes is turned on. Can someone confirm this problem for me, and is it a bug? Or is it by

Re: [users] Re: merge cells problem

2006-07-27 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Carl, Excel 97 works in the same manner: if track changes is on, merge cells is inactive. tc CarlP wrote: Eike Rathke wrote: Hi CarlP, On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:19:52 -0400, CarlP wrote: After trying a few tests, it seems like for either file type, the merge cells option is

RE: [users] Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-07-27 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
I have filed issue on this topic. Please see http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=67851 Circled in blue on subtotals.GIF is outline level 2. Thanks. WBR, K. Palagin. -Original Message- From: Immanuel CRC Office [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 8:21

[users] Impress timebar anyone?

2006-07-27 Thread David Bird
I have just started to try and do a 'show' (for want of a better word) with IMPRESS. My wife users M$ Powerpoint. When she does a presentation, it has a very handy 'timebar' with the effects and this enables her to time the presentation with an MP3 song or whatever. I have tried to find this

[users] Controlling Spacing of X Axis Labels in Calc Charts?

2006-07-27 Thread Eldon Ziegler
Is there a way to control how often an x axis label is displayed? I have bar charts containing data every 15 minutes of the day and would like only every 4th bar labeled. i.e., every hour. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Impress timebar anyone?

2006-07-27 Thread Leonard T Greenland
The link at the bottom of this message doesn't work for me. Leonard - Original Message - From: David Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 7:56 AM Subject: [users] Impress timebar anyone? I have just started to try and do a 'show' (for want of a

Re: [users] Re: Help with Mail merge +database +query set +hidden field

2006-07-27 Thread Roberto Aguilar
I wasn't sure how hidden paragraphs worked and believed that the condition itself would control the insertion of address2, so it is missing altogether. But, that's not the problem, doh! Or, at least, I'm still running into the problem. I've outlined some more observations in the issue:

Re: [users] Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-07-27 Thread Walter A. March
For those who are familiar with M$ Excel, I can, I think express what we are trying to do. We do our subtotal and then collapse the outline so that only the subtotal and grand total lines are displayed. Now we select the data. In Excel, our next step would be Edit Go To. Click Special.

Re: [users] Linking to bookmark or section from external file

2006-07-27 Thread Walter A. March
Manfred Moser wrote: Manfred Moser wrote: Hi! I am having trouble getting links to bookmarks in odt files to work. I would like to be able to have a url link in an external html document that links directly to a section or bookmark within OO. So when a user click on a link the document

Re: [users] CALC ERROR using (= formula from another spreadsheet)

2006-07-27 Thread Walter A. March
Same results as Arnold (IE works as expected) on my OOo 2.0.3 on Windows 2000 Professional. WalterAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Royce, I've tried to reproduce the situation you described in your mail an found no problems. I created 2 calc-sheets. In the 1st I then put some numbers like this:

Re: [users] CALC ERROR using (= formula from another spreadsheet)

2006-07-27 Thread Royce Faye Green
THank you Arnold Walter; I am using Windows XP Home. I now see that my previous error was in not first saving the target sheet 'A' before using it as the source for the formulas in spreadsheet B. This morning, when I re-opened my system and the Calc sheets, I answered 'Yes' to the Refresh

Re: [users] CALC ERROR using (= formula from another spreadsheet)

2006-07-27 Thread Royce Faye Green
Hello Eike; Thank you for your concern suggestions seeking clarification. The problem is now solved, but I shall respond here to your questions, just in case they are still relevant: The space between the file's URL and #$... is just a typo in your mail, I guess. Did you copy the formula from

RE: [users] Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-07-27 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
You nailed it! Pitty that Calc can't do that. As a way of doing that OOo could have an option of copying results to separate location. -Original Message- From: Walter A. March [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 5:39 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: