RE: [users] Document file type Question.

2006-09-22 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
AFAIK, file format did not change [noticeably] between Office 97 and Office 2003 - I know that you can open documents created by O2003 with O2000 (and suspect that Office 97 will be able too). So you will be able to share documents with O2003 users just fine. > -Original Message- > From: s

[users] Document file type Question.

2006-09-22 Thread semaj3000
Sorry to bother everyone but I was looking at OpenOffice v2.0.3 on a windows xp sp2 based machine and a compatibility issue came to mind. I see you can save a file in MS Word 2000/xp file format but what about word 2003? I know we can open word 2003 documents but do they lose some formatting i

Re: [users] How to assign keyboard shortcut to macro??

2006-09-22 Thread Pierre
Sandy-u wrote: Once you have both the macro and the key combination selected, use the button marked "Modify". The latter button could more happily be called "Assign". Thanks again. I did actually manage to engage the grey matter and work it out. I agree on the button caption. All the be

Re: [users] Calc - Minor bug.?

2006-09-22 Thread Sandy-u
In most cases the document would be edited and saved after styles are applied. Your case is out of the ordinary because the document is an archive. You could try filing an issue but I suspect it would get a very low priority. Even a high priority means a long wait. What happens if you press

Re: [users] How to assign keyboard shortcut to macro??

2006-09-22 Thread Sandy-u
After you have selected the macro, find a free shortcut key in the top box. If you want to use one that is already assigned, you can delete the assigned function using the "Delete" button. Once you have both the macro and the key combination selected, use the button marked "Modify". The la

Re: [users] How to assign keyboard shortcut to macro??

2006-09-22 Thread Pierre
Pierre wrote: It does seem a very tedious process compared to another word-processor I used to use ;-) Nevermind, I worked it out, thanks. Nevertheless, I do think it is a needlessly confusing way to assign keys to macros. regards Pierre -

Re: [users] Re: notes associated with the document

2006-09-22 Thread Sandy
I avoid using Writer so I may be off track here. Is it feasible for you to use a master document as your main document and a subdocument for notes? Eric S. Johansson wrote: I took a look at the navigator and it didn't look terribly useful. Also, the implementation of notes in open office is

Re: [users] How to assign keyboard shortcut to macro??

2006-09-22 Thread Pierre
Sandy wrote: it's much simpler to use Tools >Customise : Keyboard. You will find macros listed in the box at the bottom left of the dialogue. Thanks. That's what I've been trying to do. But once I have selected the macro in the "Function" box at the bottom of the dialog form, how is the

Re: [users] How to assign keyboard shortcut to macro??

2006-09-22 Thread Sandy
You can use the Tools >Macros >Organise route but it's much simpler to use Tools >Customise : Keyboard. You will find macros listed in the box at the bottom left of the dialogue. There was (and may still be) a problem with macros contained in document libraries and an issue was filed about th

[users] How to assign keyboard shortcut to macro??

2006-09-22 Thread Pierre
How do I assign keyboard shortcuts to macros? Pierre - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption

2006-09-22 Thread Ross Bernheim
On Sep 22, 2006, at 0:20, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: -Original Message- From: Fred A. Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:51 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption In ALL cases, management

Re: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption

2006-09-22 Thread Ross Bernheim
Fred, Not all cases are the same. Businesses vary quite a bit. Some are totally locked down and controlled. Others are much less controlling and only step in when there is a problem. I have seen a whole range of situations. If it is a controlling situation and the boss says MS Office, then that

Re: [users] RE: Short Cut Key - Next Paragraph

2006-09-22 Thread Cor Nouws
Harold Fuchs wrote: On Friday, September 22, 2006 6:26 AM [GMT+1=CET], Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: However I do not miss the function that much and I find even more relief in the use of the Navigator :-) (F5 and n-times Up/Down, then Enter ...). Huh? The navigator in my vers

[users] Re: Short Cut Key - Next Paragraph

2006-09-22 Thread Paul_B
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:37:32 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Migrating from MS Word. I use extensively the short cut key control uparrow, > and control down arrow. I have not been able to find the comparative OO > short cut key for these two. I have looked in the Guide to OO, but no lu

Re: [users] Re: OO and Word file sizes

2006-09-22 Thread Robin Laing
Dan Lewis wrote: On Friday 22 September 2006 08:33 am, Robin Laing wrote: Joe Smith wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Sorry, no such luck at least on 2.0.4 RC1. I got the following results with a file containing the single letter "a": *.odt size 7070 bites *.doc size 102.0 KB! OOo 2.0.4 RC1 downl

[users] Re: notes associated with the document

2006-09-22 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Barrie Backhurst wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 11:00 -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote: is it possible to maintain a notes file in parallel and as part of an open office document? I found the notes menu item which lets you put in little bits of notes in different pages but what I need is literally

Re: [users] RE: Short Cut Key - Next Paragraph

2006-09-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Friday, September 22, 2006 6:26 AM [GMT+1=CET], Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However I do not miss the function that much and I find even more > relief in the use of the Navigator :-) (F5 and n-times Up/Down, then > Enter ...). > Huh? The navigator in my version (2.0.3 on Wi

Re: [users] notes associated with the document

2006-09-22 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 11:00 -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > is it possible to maintain a notes file in parallel and as part of an > open office document? I found the notes menu item which lets you put in > little bits of notes in different pages but what I need is literally a > parallel docum

Re: [users] Re: Via Voice Installation

2006-09-22 Thread Jonathon Blake
Eric wrote: why but I get significantly worse results when dictating directly into open office versus something like DragonPad. For speech recognition both of them require significantly (at least triple) the stated requrements, for adequte performance. My suspicion is that open office takes

Re: [users] Bug with protection of track changes?

2006-09-22 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Sandy, Sandy wrote: I think the procedure is to leave the password blank and click OK. I believe it isn't a bug. The same thing applies when protecting a sheet or the document. Click OK without a password to protect without a password. Thanks for your reply. The problem however is not

Re: [users] RE: Short Cut Key - Next Paragraph

2006-09-22 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi David, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Migrating from MS Word. I use extensively the short cut key control uparrow, and control down arrow. I have not been able to find the comparative OO short cut key for these two. I have looked in the Guide to OO, but no luck. You may have noticed that the Ctrl-

[users] notes associated with the document

2006-09-22 Thread Eric S. Johansson
is it possible to maintain a notes file in parallel and as part of an open office document? I found the notes menu item which lets you put in little bits of notes in different pages but what I need is literally a parallel document so that I can put my research notes in the notes document, my r

[users] Re: How to get off the mailing list?

2006-09-22 Thread Chuck
katie wrote: > PLEASE TAKE ME OFF THE MAILING LIST!- OR DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW??? TOo > many messages for my box! > THank You, > Unsubscribe from the list via the instructions on the bottom of any emaill, and then check out gmane.org. You can subscribe to this list (and 100's of other) via a newsr

[users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption

2006-09-22 Thread Chuck
Fred A. Miller wrote: > > And, I'd bet that even if you gave him all the info. to PROVE that Aspartame > is a POSION, he'd still continue to consume it. Personality flaws are like > that. :( Oh, p-lease. Lets see, how many billion bottles of diet coke have been sold? And how many people have

[users] Re: Via Voice Installation

2006-09-22 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Dave Bib wrote: Am using version 2.0 of Open Office and would like to use voice recognition program. Do not believe Open Office has this feature (like Microsoft Word's Speech program), and would like to install Via Voice version 10. If I do this, will the Via Voice work with Open Office version

Re: [users] Re: OO and Word file sizes

2006-09-22 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 22 September 2006 08:33 am, Robin Laing wrote: > Joe Smith wrote: > > Dan Lewis wrote: > >> Sorry, no such luck at least on 2.0.4 RC1. I got the following > >> results with a file containing the single letter "a": > >> *.odt size 7070 bites > >> *.doc size 102.0 KB! > >> OOo 2.0.4 RC

Re: [users] Re: OO and Word file sizes

2006-09-22 Thread Robin Laing
Joe Smith wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Sorry, no such luck at least on 2.0.4 RC1. I got the following results with a file containing the single letter "a": *.odt size 7070 bites *.doc size 102.0 KB! OOo 2.0.4 RC1 downloaded from the OOo web site (Linux version). Yow! I know I tested 2.0.4rc

Re: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption

2006-09-22 Thread Robin Laing
Kirill S. Palagin wrote: -Original Message- From: Fred A. Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:51 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption In ALL cases, management has determined that OO I

Re: [users] OpenOffice 2.0

2006-09-22 Thread Johnny Andersson
To me it seems more like the OP is Norwegian (I am Swedish myself and Kirsten did definitely not write in Swedish and I didn't get a Danish feeling from it either), and in that case I THINK there is a norwegian list, but maybe I am wrong. If there is one I guess it would be [EMAIL PROTECTED], woul

Re: [users] Difference handling Headers and Footers compared with MS Office

2006-09-22 Thread Johnny Andersson
Mats, your name sound very Swedish but your email address seems to be German. Are you Swedish or German? Just curious. If you use the Swedish OpenOffice.org 2.0, then look for "Infoga - Avsnitt" und so weiter. Vänliga hälsningar Johnny 2006/9/21, Sasa kelecevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Mats Lage

Re: [users] OT Fonts for Openoffice in Mac X

2006-09-22 Thread Pravin Satpute
thanks i will try for do that On 9/22/06, Lívio Cipriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 22 September 2006 10:10, Pravin Satpute wrote: > just we need to generate it for mac family from any font tool Then, my advice will be using just True Type fonts in all platforms. Regards Lívio -

RE: [users] Calc Issues: Files sharing and problem in opening big size of Calc files

2006-09-22 Thread Tedy Santoso
Update from me that the problem in opening big XLS files using Calc is already solved. Previously, the computer had 256MB and I tried to add 512MB memory and it works !. The time needed to open 9MB files is less than 1 minute (before: needs more than 15 min). But still it is question for me becau

Re: [users] OT Fonts for Openoffice in Mac X

2006-09-22 Thread Lívio Cipriano
On 22 September 2006 10:10, Pravin Satpute wrote: > just we need to generate it for mac family from any font tool Then, my advice will be using just True Type fonts in all platforms. Regards Lívio - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [

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

2006-09-22 Thread Jo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bonjour, J'utilise WORD 95 puis 97 sous vwindoxs XP depuis 11 ans . Ces 4 dernières années se sont passées pour moi en hospitalisation( coma initial puis longue perte de mémoire puis très longue rééducation) qui ne m'ont pas permis d'évoluer . Je découvr

Re: [users] OT Fonts for Openoffice in Mac X

2006-09-22 Thread Pravin Satpute
Does mac supports true type fonst, i. e., can you move a true type file from windows (or linux) to mac and obtain the implicit font? no not directly just we need to generate it for mac family from any font tool (since mac have a different CMAP table format than windows) Thanks & Regards, Pravi

Re: [users] OT Fonts for Openoffice in Mac X

2006-09-22 Thread Lívio Cipriano
On 22 September 2006 04:31, Pravin Satpute wrote: > windows & linux and now > i know on mac also Hi, Does mac supports true type fonst, i. e., can you move a true type file from windows (or linux) to mac and obtain the implicit font? Sorry if the question might sound "stupid", but I've no

Re: [users] How to get the Open Office on a CD ROM

2006-09-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:04 AM [GMT+1=CET], SAEED ABDULRAHIM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am having problems downloading the Ooo, therefore, I wonder IF > there is a shop in Central London from where I can buy the Open > Office and Open Office extras ona CD ROM, and if so,

RE: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption

2006-09-22 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
> -Original Message- > From: Fred A. Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:51 AM > To: users@openoffice.org > Subject: Re: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux > desktop adoption > > In ALL cases, management has determined that OO IS better > t