Re: [users] coloured image insertion

2006-07-29 Thread Sigrid Kronenberger
Hi, > G. Roderick Singleton a écrit : >> On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 20:55 +0200, gesalz wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> New to OOo, I'm looking desperately for how to print a coloured image >>> previously inserted in a text. >>> Could you help me? >>> Thank you in advance. >>> gesalz >>> >> >> Have you tried set

RE: [users] Calc - copying noncontinuous selection?

2006-07-29 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Thanks for the answer! I was hoping for some single-step operation for scenario 2 (copying subtotals sans original data). I have filed enhancement request. Please vote for it if you see fit. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=67912 > -Original Message- > From: kevin johnsto

Re: [users] Re: Word documents

2006-07-29 Thread John D. Herron
Hi, Bob. I first came across this software when I downloaded a StarOffice 8 evaluation version - named 'so-8-pp1-eval-bin-linux-en-US.sh' - onto my Linux box (running SuSE Pro 9.2). I believe it's more or less the counterpart to OpenOffice 2.0. Was asked to register for it, which I did, and made a

[users] Re: Word documents

2006-07-29 Thread Bob Long
[CC'd to user] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I have Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition which I purchased in 2000 bundled > with Word Perfect. Sean McCarthy in an article yesterday discussed MS > Word > and recommended Open Office. Accordingly, I tried and tried t

Re: [users] invoicing and more

2006-07-29 Thread Paul
They (DB's) can be tricky things to master thats for sure, but if done well, can also work very well. I'm sure (although I'm definitely no expert) that there would be a way of producing a start / finish stopwatch type of event on a form. The difference between the two could then be saved to the DB

Re: [users] NOW() function can't format to save its life

2006-07-29 Thread Ross Johnson
Chris Hand from Zeke's Gallery wrote: Howdy! I am using OpenOffice 2.0.2.2ubuntu12.1 I have one cell in a spreadsheet that contains the function Now(). I have another cell that contains the exact time that my sweetie is coming home. I have a third cell where I subtract Now() from the time

Re: [users] Points and comma's

2006-07-29 Thread kevin johnston
The use of period vs comma as the decimal separator is a language setting. If you change the separator character manually, you will find that your number changes to a text string of digit characters, and you won't be able to perform arithmetic on it. What you need to do is change the number lan

Re: [users] Word documents

2006-07-29 Thread kevin johnston
If you click "Already Registered", it should stop bothering you. You don't really have to register, you can lie. People do it all the time, although obviously since you're a lawyer I can't name names. You must be a registered user to submit or vote for issues (bugs), but otherwise it's not nec

[users] Feature needed for DRAW

2006-07-29 Thread Braon Moseley
I wasn't sure where to send feature requests, so here it is. In DRAW: Wheelmouse scrolls the vertical scroll bar. Wheelmouse needs to scroll the horizontal scroll bar. In DRAW: When click-dragging a selection: Allow to rotate selection 90 deg with each tap of spacebar.

[users] Open Office Org recovery program

2006-07-29 Thread Stella Sinsbury
Every time I log onto my system OpenOffice.org 2.0 document recovery windows keeps popping up. The only way to get rid of it is to End Task. I have tried to follow instructions ie: click next to open error report tool etc, but the window is too big I cannot get to the buttons and I cannot shri

[users] Problems with setting up labels in Writer

2006-07-29 Thread Warren Rose
Hello, I have installed OOo 2.0.2 and have come across a problem When I set up for labels and go to View Data Sources, I no longer get a Table Data Bar. I have checked on another machine at the feature works on it OK I have uninstalled and reinstalled OOo but the problem persists Can anyone s

Re: [users] invoicing and more

2006-07-29 Thread Paul
Sounds like a form that saves the entered contents to a database is what your after. Properly constructed you'll then be able to build a variety of reports that extract the information based on what has been entered for various clients/customer types. Database can be either the internal format, o

Re: [users] Conversion of .odt document to .doc?

2006-07-29 Thread Paul
Your friend may not be able to convert the file. There are some .odt file viewers, you'll have to google for them. Alternatively you can convert the .odt to .doc simply by 'save as' and selecting the .doc extension. You'll have to resend the file in .doc to your friend. /paul On 7/30/06, Fola S

[users] new font options avaliable?

2006-07-29 Thread mark breuninger
Hello Im using open office 2.0 wondering if there are any downlaods avaliable for the program and if so what can I do to retrive them and plug them in to the program I am using know- or even if are there better versions that could be purchased or downladed that would supply me with more options??

Re: [users] 'Document Map' equivalent in Write 2.0?

2006-07-29 Thread Alex Zachopoulos
OK, but not all OK... In MS Word's case, the Document Map feature allowed you to view an 'outline' version of your document, only showing Heading-styled text. This way, you had a concise overview of the structure of, say, a long document, and could easily navigate around it, from beginning

[users] I am using version 1.1.4 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : no sound when opening PPS email attachments

2006-07-29 Thread Werner Zuercher
When opening PPS attachments from my email I cannot get the sounds (music etc). I have investigated your site and got as far as Issue 39498 (38583 duplicate). However I am unable to figure out how to use the info to correct the problem. I am using Windows XP, can you help? WERNER

[users] Spell checker

2006-07-29 Thread Henry Till
To whom it may concern / I am not able to make the auto spell checker nor use the spell checker. I am using Windows XP sp2, Open Office v2 and if I am not using OO word 2000. I have checked English as primary language,, unchecked both ELS boxes, in writing aids I have English checked, but nothing

[users] Why can I not email a document that I did in open office?

2006-07-29 Thread Jan George
Why can open office not find my email. It was suggested I save the document and send it from my documents, but even this is not working. Thanks, JG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EM

[users] [moderated] Unable to create Reports in Base

2006-07-29 Thread Gerald Sides
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[users] Word documents

2006-07-29 Thread ArneSiegel
I have Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition which I purchased in 2000 bundled with Word Perfect. Sean McCarthy in an article yesterday discussed MS Word and recommended Open Office. Accordingly, I tried and tried today to download just the word processing. I somehow installed Open Office.

[users] [moderated] Unable to create Reports in Base

2006-07-29 Thread Gerald Sides
I am using version 2.0.3of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that I am unable to create reports in Base for databases I created in version 2.0.1 or 2.0.2 using the wizard. I get the following error message "The wizard could not be run, because important files could not be found. Under 'Tools - Op

[users] Conversion of .odt document to .doc?

2006-07-29 Thread Fola Soboyejo
I have Open Office on my system. I sent someone an open office document .odt The receiving party does not have OpenOffice, and has no admin rights to download Oo Please advise how the .dt document can be converted to .doc and opened with MS Word. (The ) Thanks for your urgent response.

[users] NOW() function can't format to save its life

2006-07-29 Thread Chris Hand from Zeke's Gallery
Howdy! I am using OpenOffice 2.0.2.2ubuntu12.1 I have one cell in a spreadsheet that contains the function Now(). I have another cell that contains the exact time that my sweetie is coming home. I have a third cell where I subtract Now() from the time she is coming home, so I know exactly h

[users] trouble saving file as ms word 97/2000/xp

2006-07-29 Thread bb189606
I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is: When trying to save a new document (just a single line of text) in MS Word format a message appears stating "This document contains formatting or content that cannot be saved in MS Word 97/2000/xp format. Do you want to save it in this fo

[users] Re: Question - How to mirror text?

2006-07-29 Thread Bob Long
[CC'd to user] "BOLDT, KATHERINE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please let me know if it is possible to print text backwards through the office.org program. That is something generally done by the printer's print driver. When you print, look at the options fro

Re: [users] Calc - copying noncontinuous selection?

2006-07-29 Thread Ross Johnson
Walter A. March wrote: Thanks Kevin... those are good suggestions. The original point, that M$ Excel has an automated way to do this, is still valid. I was researching today and came across this one: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=38775 but I don't know enough Basic (yet)

[users] invoicing and more

2006-07-29 Thread Eric S. Johansson
saw the article on news forge about using open office for a invoice management system. I need something a little more sophisticated and I wonder if it is something open office can do. I need to build a journal of what activities are performed for customer plus record information that might be

Re: Fw: [users] Using a Macro

2006-07-29 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Mac McClain wrote: Andrew - thank you for your reply. Your welcome Do you suppose in the mean time you could put what you wrote into some dumber kind of language? Sure, here it is in easy language... * Based on your initial message I was not certain what you really wanted to do; so I g

Re: [users] Calc - copying noncontinuous selection?

2006-07-29 Thread Walter A. March
Thanks Kevin... those are good suggestions. The original point, that M$ Excel has an automated way to do this, is still valid. I was researching today and came across this one: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=38775 but I don't know enough Basic (yet) to understand whether it

Re: [users] coloured image insertion

2006-07-29 Thread gesalz
G. Roderick Singleton a écrit : On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 20:55 +0200, gesalz wrote: Hi! New to OOo, I'm looking desperately for how to print a coloured image previously inserted in a text. Could you help me? Thank you in advance. gesalz Have you tried setting the File > Print > Options

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-29 Thread Billy Reid
Chris BONDE wrote: Have not tried this, but the paragraph thing made me think of the following Insert a one by one table, type in the cell the words required, have lines not visible, place any type of border on the top. Chris ---

Re: [users] Problem

2006-07-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Emil, Emil Sekula wrote: Hello I am using version 2.0.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : using OpenOffice Writer sometimes I can not control the pasting of figures. For example I want to put three figures together in one line and they are moving in strange way, when I try to paste one figu

Re: [users] DATE FORMAT IN WRITER

2006-07-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Royce, Keith, Royce & Faye Green wrote: Thanks Keith; I have just fixed this. Your suggestion did not work in so I selected just the footer & changed it from English (US) to (Australia) as you suggested. That solved the situation perfectly. The idea to change the property of the font i

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-29 Thread Chris BONDE
Have not tried this, but the paragraph thing made me think of the following Insert a one by one table, type in the cell the words required, have lines not visible, place any type of border on the top. Chris - To unsubscribe,

Fw: [users] Using a Macro

2006-07-29 Thread Mac McClain
Andrew - thank you for your reply. I wish I understood a tenth of what you said. I have your book (used copy) on my wish list but still can't afford it (maybe some day). Do you suppose in the mean time you could put what you wrote into some dumber kind of language? I wrote some code in the early

Re: [users] Calc - copying noncontinuous selection?

2006-07-29 Thread kevin johnston
The general answer is "not directly". But there is a workaround. There are four scenarios, based on two conditions: 1. The source data is scattered, but it is in a region that is *otherwise empty* except for the data that you want to copy *AND* The destination is a currently-empty area. - T

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-29 Thread kevin johnston
FYI: There's been a lot of activity on this thread, and I just wanted everyone who's interested to know that there is an Issue for it: 5991. It has 25 votes so far, but the more the merrier, eh? As far as I can tell, only *registered* users can vote (or submit their own issues). Go to http:/

Re: [users] Security software warns not to open OpenOffice

2006-07-29 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Joe Conner wrote: I use winMD5sum. 54K and free. Just drop your download on top of its desktop icon, works automagically. Google for it. Joe [cut] hashtab.exe works well for me. See: http://www.beeblebrox.org/software.php It handles MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32 Peter HB ---

Re: [users] coloured image insertion

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 20:55 +0200, gesalz wrote: > Hi! > New to OOo, I'm looking desperately for how to print a coloured image > previously inserted in a text. > Could you help me? > Thank you in advance. > gesalz Have you tried setting the File > Print > Options the way you want? I suspect you w

[users] coloured image insertion

2006-07-29 Thread gesalz
Hi! New to OOo, I'm looking desperately for how to print a coloured image previously inserted in a text. Could you help me? Thank you in advance. gesalz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mai

Re: [users] Security software warns not to open OpenOffice

2006-07-29 Thread Joe Conner
I use winMD5sum.  54K and free.  Just drop your download on top of its desktop icon, works automagically.  Google for it. Joe TessTah wrote: Ignore the message; go ahead and install OpenOffice. It seems that about Half of all programs, drivers, etc that are either downloaded from the web or

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-29 Thread Pete Holsberg
Adrian Try typed the following on 7/27/2006 5:51 AM: 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

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-29 Thread Pete Holsberg
Walter A. March typed the following on 7/26/2006 10:31 PM: Dan Lewis wrote: On Wednesday 26 July 2006 07:09 pm, Pete Holsberg wrote: Sigrid Kronenberger typed the following on 7/26/2006 4:15 PM: Hi Pete, Is there a way to overline text? You can use Math (the equation ed

Re: [users] Overline?

2006-07-29 Thread Pete Holsberg
Dan Lewis typed the following on 7/26/2006 8:47 PM: On Wednesday 26 July 2006 07:09 pm, Pete Holsberg wrote: Sigrid Kronenberger typed the following on 7/26/2006 4:15 PM: Hi Pete, Is there a way to overline text? You can use Math (the equation editor) for this. type 'bar {your text}' (witho

Re: [users] Problem with booloean searchs in Base

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 10:05 -0600, John Batt wrote: > My wife has a jewelry making business and I use Base ver 2.0.3 to keep > track of her bead inventory. The database fields are color, reorder > number, 3 check boxes for bead type called Dynamite Delica and Ornela, > and color number > (calle

Re: [users] Re: setUp Guide

2006-07-29 Thread Ross Johnson
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 19:38 +1000, Jeremy Dawson wrote: On Saturday 22 July 2006 23:45, you wrote: On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 13:09 +1000, Jeremy Dawson wrote: I have down loaded the following file SETUP_GUIDE_A4.pdf from the page http://documentation

[users] Problem with booloean searchs in Base

2006-07-29 Thread John Batt
My wife has a jewelry making business and I use Base ver 2.0.3 to keep track of her bead inventory. The database fields are color, reorder number, 3 check boxes for bead type called Dynamite Delica and Ornela, and color number (called DB#). Monthly I run queries and reports. I recently tried

Re: [users] Attention: G Roderick Singleton.?

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 22:01 +0800, James Elliott wrote: > Roderick > > Whnever I receive one of your posts I get this warning: > > " > Security Warning > > There are security problems with this message. > Please review the highlighted items listed below: > > Message has not bee

[users] Attention: G Roderick Singleton.?

2006-07-29 Thread James Elliott
Roderick Whnever I receive one of your posts I get this warning: " Security Warning There are security problems with this message. Please review the highlighted items listed below: Message has not been tampered with You have not yet made a decision about whether to trust the

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

2006-07-29 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
It would be easier to manually copy subtotals, than to use Consolidate, IMO. Thanks anyway. > -Original Message- > From: Odelenje AOP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 1:32 AM > To: users@openoffice.org > Subject: Re: [users] Calc - copying subtotals without origi

Re: [users] Using a Macro

2006-07-29 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Mac McClain wrote: I created (using record macro) a simple macro to insert a row, hilite a few things and copy them up to the line where the insertion was done. Easy enough. The repeat of this is pretty cumbersome but worse than that it will always do the insert and copy at the same spot. How

Re: [users] Printing Posters

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 17:29 +0200, Peter Kalkert wrote: > Hello, > > > > In OpeneOffice Draw I have defined a large Page format [Format: Page Paper > format: USER] > > > > In the printer dialog I select TILE PAGES and I hope to get the large > drawing divided onto several pages. > > Th

Re: [users] Selecting pictures and aligning

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 01:36 -0700, Sarah B wrote: > Appologies if I get this wrong as I am both new to OpenOffice and mailing > lists! > > I have just started using Writer for my PhD thesis as Microsoft Word was > causing too many problems. I have got to grips with Writer pretty quickly > and

Re: [users] Re: setUp Guide

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 19:38 +1000, Jeremy Dawson wrote: > On Saturday 22 July 2006 23:45, you wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 13:09 +1000, Jeremy Dawson wrote: > > > I have down loaded the following file > > > > > > SETUP_GUIDE_A4.pdf > > > > > > from the page > > > > > > http://documentation.open

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 09:05 -0500, Dan Blincoe wrote: > We are trading out pc's with macs at work and I was looking for an > English version of the Mac Intel release of OpenOffice. Can you point > me in the right direction? The only ones I could find where German and > French. > > Thanks in

RE: [users] Conflict with Outlook

2006-07-29 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
What is the error message text? > -Original Message- > From: William Mason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:51 AM > To: users@openoffice.org > Subject: [users] Conflict with Outlook > > I am using Outlook 2002. There is a conflict between Outlook > and OpenO

Re: [users] 'Document Map' equivalent in Write 2.0?

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 15:26 +0300, Alex Zachopoulos wrote: > I remember in my MS Word days under MacOS 9, I had a feature within > Word called 'Document Map'. What it did was it produced a column to > the left of my main document window, and it picked up and listed all > text that was formatt

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

2006-07-29 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 22:35 +0200, Angelica Elicer wrote: > > > Hi openoffice service > > I`m an user of openoffice softwares, specially text > processors, but last days I have been having some problems and I would like > to buy a software of it. Unfortunatelly I don`t hav

Re: [users] Selecting pictures and aligning

2006-07-29 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 27 July 2006 03:36 am, Sarah B wrote: > Appologies if I get this wrong as I am both new to OpenOffice and > mailing lists! > > I have just started using Writer for my PhD thesis as Microsoft > Word was causing too many problems. I have got to grips with > Writer pretty quickly and am r

Re: [users] 'Document Map' equivalent in Write 2.0?

2006-07-29 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 27 July 2006 07:26 am, Alex Zachopoulos wrote: > I remember in my MS Word days under MacOS 9, I had a feature within > Word called 'Document Map'. What it did was it produced a column to > the left of my main document window, and it picked up and listed > all text that was formatted as

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

2006-07-29 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 28 July 2006 01:00 pm, ZERO wrote: > I have a version of open office. I got it about a year ago, It > works well and I'm using window ME operating system. but I now run > a website broken link bussiness,where I send clients and email of > some of their broken links,but to get the rest of

Re: [users] Security software warns not to open OpenOffice

2006-07-29 Thread TessTah
Ignore the message; go ahead and install OpenOffice. It seems that about Half of all programs, drivers, etc that are either downloaded from the web or that come on a disc, do NOT have a valid digital signature. Many of them tell you right in the instructions, that you should ignore the warning.

Re: [users] [moderated] Margins in the preview pane

2006-07-29 Thread Ross Johnson
Elmo Vigiani wrote: Dear Sir/Madam thanks for your superb apllication (Open Office). I am testing your suite and I am delighted for this experience. I have only a comment to make if you permit me. I am using Microsoft Excel and Word mainly and I am thinking to migrate toward Open Office. Howeve

Re: [users] Vlookup

2006-07-29 Thread Ross Johnson
Sandeep Jain wrote: Hi, I am not able to put a vlookup in openoffice i want to pull some data from a different sheet . Can you pls help me or let me know what is the formula for the same ASAP. What have you tried so far? E.g. Formulas etc. Ross

Re: [users] Anchoring?

2006-07-29 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:08:33 -0700 Joe Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It sounds like you want to "freeze" the cells. > Put your cursor on cell 2A. Click. Then > click on WINDOW -> FREEZE. That > should do it. That was it Joe. Thanks for the help. Lee ---

Re: [users] compatability

2006-07-29 Thread Billy Reid
Caroline, as you are not subscribed to the list you may have missed this reply. Ross Johnson wrote: caroline craig wrote: Hi, is open office compatible with Microsoft Office? For example can I view a word doc. or presentation made in Microsoft Office on Open office? Yes to all these quest

Re: [users] compatability

2006-07-29 Thread Billy Reid
Caroline, as you are not subscribed to the list you may have missed this reply Paul wrote: Short answer is 'yes'. The long answer has to do with file format compatibilities. There will be some differences between files viewed in word and those in OOo. This depends on the complexity of the fil

Re: [users] activation of Spellcheck Open Office 2.0

2006-07-29 Thread Andy Pepperdine
On Friday 28 July 2006 08:13, Eddie Keisinger wrote: > I thank you for advice on how to activate the spellcheck on my main > computer. I use Open Office 2.0. German version. > > Have tried under extras > Options > language etc. all to no avail. Window > appears stating that check has been complet

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

2006-07-29 Thread Andy Pepperdine
On Friday 28 July 2006 17:46, Tom B in Wis wrote: > Hello > > I purchased Open Office this spring, but I just bought a new computer. I > have yet to active the Windows program and would rather not go through that > nonsense again. > > Would it be possible to transfer my Open Office program to my n

Re: [users] Points and comma's

2006-07-29 Thread Ross Johnson
Kevin van Ockenburg wrote: Dear Users, .Calc I would like to adjust the point (.) in collums with figures to a comma (,) For example; 2259.31should convert to 2259,31 2140.91should convert to 2140,91 I can offcourse adjust this manually but there should be a possibility to select

Re: [users] Points and comma's

2006-07-29 Thread Harold Fuchs
Kevin van Ockenburg wrote: Dear Users, .Calc I would like to adjust the point (.) in collums with figures to a comma (,) For example; 2259.31should convert to 2259,31 2140.91should convert to 2140,91 In Tools/Options/Languages change the Locale to a European one (*not* UK) like

Re: [users] I have downloaded version 2.0.3 of OpenOffice.org.My problem is it won't install

2006-07-29 Thread Billy Reid
CC'd OP as not subscribed to list Kelvin, the best thing would be to download it again. regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Dear* * Open Office Org* *I have dowloaded version 2.0.3 of open office org and a message is coming up saying* ** The Installer you are trying to use is corrupte

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

2006-07-29 Thread Billy Reid
Hi Angelica Openoffice is free to download. Go to http://www.openoffice.org/ Regards Angelica Elicer wrote: Hi openoffice service I`m an user of openoffice softwares, specially text processors, but last days I have been having some problems and I would like to buy a sof

Re: [users] Points and comma's

2006-07-29 Thread Billy Reid
cc'd to OP as not subscribed to list Kevin, As far as I can see you cannot. Normally if you change the decimal point to a comma Calc will interpret the contents as text instead of numbers. Regards Kevin van Ockenburg wrote: Dear Users, .Calc I would like to adjust the point (.) in coll

Re: [users] Selecting pictures and aligning

2006-07-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Sarah, Sarah B wrote: Appologies if I get this wrong as I am both new to OpenOffice and mailing lists! It is perfectly OK, and a clear question! I have just started using Writer for my PhD thesis as Microsoft Word was causing too many problems. I have got to grips with Writer pretty quic

Re: [users] [moderated] Margins in the preview pane

2006-07-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Dear Elmo, (send a cc to you, because you are not subcribed to the mailig list; pls mail to the list only) Elmo Vigiani wrote: Dear Sir/Madam [...] However I could not find one feature for both programs which will definetely compromize my decision because it is extremely important for the

Re: [users] Points and comma's

2006-07-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Kevin, (send a cc to you, because you are not subcribed to the mailig list; pls mail to the list only) Kevin van Ockenburg wrote: .Calc I would like to adjust the point (.) in collums with figures to a comma (,) For example; 2259.31should convert to 2259,31 2140.91should conv

Re: [users] 'Document Map' equivalent in Write 2.0?

2006-07-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Alex, Alex Zachopoulos wrote: I remember in my MS Word days under MacOS 9, I had a feature within Word called 'Document Map'. What it did was it produced a column to the [...] Bottom line: is there anything like this in Write? The OOo Navigator offers things like that (and many more).

Re: [users] How to open file produced by Open Office

2006-07-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Ivar, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have been given a document page for production that apparently has been produced by OpenOffice. The document consist of a number of folders and xml files. I have obtained and installed OpenOffice in order to read this document, but so far have n

Re: [users] update instead of download?

2006-07-29 Thread Harold Fuchs
As far as I know you need to download the whole thing but you don't have to remove the old version; the new version will only install the necessary new components, overwriting, deleting, moving or adding as appropriate. I just did it a few days ago on my Windows XP system. I *assume* it's the