RE: [users] WRITER: Split screen

2006-10-04 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Do you think that all the menus and toolbars taking twice of the screen pixels is more efficient? -Original Message- From: Michele Zarri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:34 AM To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] WRITER: Split

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:13 AM [GMT+1=CET], Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip On 10/4/06, Pete Holsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: On Tuesday 03 October 2006 07:46 pm, Pete Holsberg wrote: Sandy wrote: Look in Tools Options Internet Email Under Tools Options

Re: [users] WRITER: Split screen

2006-10-04 Thread KAMI
Please check how Calc works... It is an useful feature... KAMI Kirill S. Palagin írta: Do you think that all the menus and toolbars taking twice of the screen pixels is more efficient? -Original Message- From: Michele Zarri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04,

[users] [moderated]cant open or save xml files in writer

2006-10-04 Thread cpm
i'm using 2.0 rc3 win32 and cant open or save xml files. msxp 2003 doc format works fine. i updated my sun java and that didn't solve the problem. i uninstalled and renstalled rc2 and no now problems with xml files. thanks chris malik [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] support

2006-10-04 Thread Arnold Huzen
I think your question is which version will install under windows millennium. The answer is that version 2.0.3 will run fine. Some users on this mailinglist have stated this. This mailinglist is in english, so in the future please post your questions in english or post to a mailinglist in

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-10-04 Thread Arnold Huzen
Put your cursor at the end of the document (Ctrl+End) and hit Backspace. This erases the last blank line of the document. Repeat if needed until the second page disappears. Arnold Huzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: Hello, I do not know how to eliminate one of 2 pages in my document. Some how

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Joe Conner
TOOLS = OPTIONS = OPENOFFICE.ORG WRITER = MAIL MERGE EMAIL Pete Holsberg wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: On Tuesday 03 October 2006 07:46 pm, Pete Holsberg wrote: Sandy wrote: Look in Tools Options Internet Email Under Tools Options Internet, I have

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Paul
Just for clarity (I'm now using another PC now) the standard (ie, not portable) OOo version 2.0.3 also does not have the options suggested. However on both PC's windows is smart enough ( in a rare burst of intelligence) to use the default mail client. That means on this machine, when emailing a

Re: [users] Needing help - formulae

2006-10-04 Thread Arnold Huzen
Why bother with complicated calculations if you can just use the time notation to let Calc do its calculations? Enter the formula like this: =IF(C206:00:00;C2;C2-0:30:00) After you press Enter Calc will transform the timevalues to their decimal equivalent. Arnold Huzen Ross Johnson

Re: [users] support

2006-10-04 Thread Marc Hug
Normally, when downloading the software, you will be asked for the OS you use. Marc H. michele capodaglio a écrit : che versione devo installare per windows millenium? grazie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] Saving files to network drives

2006-10-04 Thread Mathias Bauer
David Walter wrote: Thanks, Jeremy. I looked up a number of issues that were kindly pointed out. It appears that the problems are related, but the circumstances are slightly different. It also seems that the problem is difficult to reproduce. With respect to the file-locking issue, does

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
Nowhere here to specify the *program* to use for sending and/or receiving e-mails. That's in OOo 2.0.3 on Win XP Pro/SP2. I can specify my smtp server port; my name; my e-mail address and possible alternate for replies; whether to use SSL; and any authentication details but *not* the program

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 8:17 AM [GMT+1=CET], Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for clarity (I'm now using another PC now) the standard (ie, not portable) OOo version 2.0.3 also does not have the options suggested. However on both PC's windows is smart enough ( in a rare burst of

Re: [users] Problème : OOo démarre puis disparaît

2006-10-04 Thread Lou
http://fr.openoffice.org/ http://fr.openoffice.org/contact-forums.html http://www.forum-openoffice.org/forum/ Bonne chance. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bonjour, Désolé de vous déranger pour un problème qu'on a dû vous poser cent fois, mais je n'ai pas réussi à trouver de réponse dans la FAQ.

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Niklas Nebel
Kirill S. Palagin wrote: But the way you describe is not what is in fix? I am interested in knowing original intention of developers. Issue 3875 isn't about dragdrop. It's about selecting several non-adjacent cells, which previously wasn't possible by just ctrl-clicking. Niklas

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Terry
Niklas Nebel wrote: Kirill S. Palagin wrote: But the way you describe is not what is in fix? I am interested in knowing original intention of developers. Issue 3875 isn't about dragdrop. It's about selecting several non-adjacent cells, which previously wasn't possible by just ctrl-clicking.

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:36 AM [GMT+1=CET], Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Niklas Nebel wrote: Kirill S. Palagin wrote: But the way you describe is not what is in fix? I am interested in knowing original intention of developers. Issue 3875 isn't about dragdrop. It's about

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 03 October 2006 10:27 pm, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 3 Oct 2006 at 20:05, Dan Lewis wrote: On Tuesday 03 October 2006 07:46 pm, Pete Holsberg wrote: Sandy wrote: Look in Tools Options Internet Email Under Tools Options Internet, I have Proxy Search

[users] Printing TOC

2006-10-04 Thread Lívio Cipriano
Hi, Does anyone knows how to automatically update Table of Contents (and other fields) when printing? -- Regards, Lívio Cipriano - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:36 AM [GMT+1=CET], Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Niklas Nebel wrote: Kirill S. Palagin wrote: But the way you describe is not what is in fix? I am interested in knowing original intention of developers.

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Terry
Richard Detwiler wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:36 AM [GMT+1=CET], Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Niklas Nebel wrote: Kirill S. Palagin wrote: But the way you describe is not what is in fix? I am interested in knowing original intention of

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Adrian Try
Possibly an unfair question. Could you comment on the possibility of a simple drag for a single cell - should an issue be filed, of course? I think it's worth filing an issue, or voting on it if one already exists. In the meantime, it is possible to drag and drop a single cell in calc, but

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Terry
Adrian Try wrote: Possibly an unfair question. Could you comment on the possibility of a simple drag for a single cell - should an issue be filed, of course? I think it's worth filing an issue, or voting on it if one already exists. In the meantime, it is possible to drag and drop a single

Re: [users] WRITER: Split screen

2006-10-04 Thread Michele Zarri
On 10/4/06, KAMI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please check how Calc works... It is an useful feature... KAMI Kirill S. Palagin írta: Do you think that all the menus and toolbars taking twice of the screen pixels is more efficient? -Original Message- From: Michele Zarri

RE: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Niklas, You are right - 3875 is not about DD. But there are bunch of issues that are about DD and they are closed as dup of 3875. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=45589 (closed as dup of 3875) http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=19133 (closed as dup of 3875) and some

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Pete Holsberg
Sandy wrote: Pete Holsberg wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: On Tuesday 03 October 2006 07:46 pm, Pete Holsberg wrote: Sandy wrote: Look in Tools Options Internet Email Under Tools Options Internet, I have Proxy Search Mozilla Plugin Then you are not using 2.0.3 or one of the

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Pete Holsberg
Paul wrote: Just for clarity (I'm now using another PC now) the standard (ie, not portable) OOo version 2.0.3 also does not have the options suggested. However on both PC's windows is smart enough ( in a rare burst of intelligence) to use the default mail client. That means on this machine,

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Giuseppe Castagno
(second try, the first after an hour didn't show up on the list, may be I messed up my mail return addresses...) Hi Pete, Pete Holsberg wrote: My v2.03 doesn't have Tools Options Openoffice.org External Programs. How do I tell it to use Thunderbird to send an OOo as an email? Thanks.

[users] Ordering a Calc document

2006-10-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
I have a spreadsheet with login information for websites, like this: URL | username | password | notes I'd now like to reorder the rows such that the first field, URL, will be alphabetical. However, when ordering the URL column by itself, the other columns are not reordered. How can I reorder

[users] Re: WRITER: Split screen

2006-10-04 Thread RBL
Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Do you think that all the menus and toolbars taking twice of the screen pixels is more efficient? I don't use toolbars. :-) My screen is clean. As a professional writer, I can tell you that the split screen feature is a huge asset -- especially when dealing with

Re: [users] Ordering a Calc document

2006-10-04 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Dotan, Select all four columns, starting with 'URL' by click and dragging the column labels, then sort. If there's nothing else in the sheet you can select the entire sheet by clicking the top left corner of the sheet where the row and column labels meet. tc Dotan Cohen wrote: I have a

Re: [users] Ordering a Calc document

2006-10-04 Thread Simon Hogg
On 10/4/06, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a spreadsheet with login information for websites, like this: URL | username | password | notes I'd now like to reorder the rows such that the first field, URL, will be alphabetical. However, when ordering the URL column by itself, the

[users] Re: WRITER: Split screen

2006-10-04 Thread RBL
Michele Zarri wrote: Hello Kirill, Of course if you try to mimic the MSO split screen behaviour and place both the windows on the same desktop all the toolbars get in the way, however the way I use the split screen to move text around or check two sections of the document simultaneously,

Re: [users] Ordering a Calc document

2006-10-04 Thread Arnold Huzen
Just select a CELL in the range and goto to DataSort. Now select the way you want the data to be sorted, in your case on URL, ascending. If your range does not contain a column header then you must uncheck the box on the options-tab. Click OK. Calc will assume the range of your data and sort

[users] Re: WRITER: Split screen

2006-10-04 Thread RBL
KAMI wrote: Please check how Calc works... It is an useful feature... KAMI Totally agree. Wish the OOo team would bring this to Writer. One has to wonder why it would be in ALL the other OOo apps except Writer and Base. I can see why Base wouldn't need it, but Writer?

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-04 Thread Niklas Nebel
Kirill S. Palagin wrote: You are right - 3875 is not about DD. But there are bunch of issues that are about DD and they are closed as dup of 3875. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=45589 (closed as dup of 3875) http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=19133 (closed as

[users] Re: WRITER: Split screen

2006-10-04 Thread RBL
Michele Zarri wrote: On 10/4/06, RBL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In MSFT Office you can work in a split-screen mode by using Window | Split. Can OOo Writer do split screen? Draw, Impress, and Calc can. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Can not add .wav file to gallery theme

2006-10-04 Thread Paul Elliott
I can not add a .wav file to a gallery theme. I am trying to figure out if it is an bug or operator error. When running impress if I right click on a theme, go to properties then under Files if I try to add a .wav file, the .wav file does not show up on the list of files that can be added in

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:37 PM [GMT+1=CET], Giuseppe Castagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In Windows XP the mail client is set through Internet Explorer (not sure of English wording, my Windows is Italian, and I seldom use it): start IE then Tools Internet Options the Programs

Re: [users] Re: WRITER: Split screen

2006-10-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:34 PM [GMT+1=CET], RBL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In writer you cannot split the screen, however you can create another window, and I have to say that although at the beginning I was missing the split screen feature, I found using 2 windows more

Re: [users] Re: Printing booklets

2006-10-04 Thread Rob Tanner
Thanks!! On 10/03/2006 01:01 AM, John King wrote: Rob Tanner wrote: Hi, I did this once a while ago but can't remember how I did it. I have a multi-page document that I want to print as a booklet -- half sheets printed double sided on letter size paper, landscape orientation with the

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Terence W C Warby
Pete Holsberg wrote: My v2.03 doesn't have Tools Options Openoffice.org External Programs. How do I tell it to use Thunderbird to send an OOo as an email? Thanks. Neither does my 2.0.4RC3 on WinXP! Terry W - To

Re: [users] Re: spreadsheet IF problem

2006-10-04 Thread Michael J. Reude
Here is a quick fix: Replace == =IF(sheet1.A1=A;ADULT;CHILD) With == =IF(OR(Sheet1.A1=a;Sheet1.A1=A);ADULT;CHILD) I believe the functions are case sensitive, though they are not listed as such in the help section. I was able to remedy the issue with the second function though. Michael

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Giuseppe Castagno
Harold Fuchs wrote: On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:37 PM [GMT+1=CET], Giuseppe Castagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In Windows XP the mail client is set through Internet Explorer (not sure of English wording, my Windows is Italian, and I seldom use it): start IE then Tools Internet

Re: [users] Printing TOC

2006-10-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 06:25 am, Lívio Cipriano wrote: Hi, Does anyone knows how to automatically update Table of Contents (and other fields) when printing? I'm not sure what you want to do. I thought the correct procedure is to make sure everything is correct first and then print

Re: [users] Printing TOC

2006-10-04 Thread Lívio Cipriano
On 4 October 2006 17:45, Dan Lewis wrote: If you are talking about updating the TOC just before printing, that is another matter. That is exactly what I want: the print command updates all the files, tocs included, before send the document to the printer, the way it

Re: [users] Printing TOC

2006-10-04 Thread Fred Moore
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 12:54 pm, Lívio Cipriano wrote: On 4 October 2006 17:45, Dan Lewis wrote: If you are talking about updating the TOC just before printing, that is another matter. That is exactly what I want: the print command updates all the files, tocs

Re: [users] Printing TOC

2006-10-04 Thread Lívio Cipriano
On 4 October 2006 18:15, Fred Moore wrote: I am almost positive you will need a macro to do this.. I can live with a macro :-) -- Regards, Lívio Cipriano - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[users] Re: Writing a Book/Unlimited Pages

2006-10-04 Thread RBL
JEFF QUICKLE wrote: Greetings, I opened a new text document hoping to get started with a book project. I was only able to write enough for four pages and then it seemed like I could not go further with it. Can you tell me what I need to do in order to use Open Office to write my own book

[sc-users] Day of Week CALC Question

2006-10-04 Thread Joe Conner
If I put a date in cell A1, then using the calc function =WEEKDAY(A1) I get the day number as expected. But, I would prefer to get the day display as (Sunday, Monday, whatever). I have not found any built-in CALC function to convert to this display. I could build a long complicated IF

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:32 PM [GMT+1=CET], Giuseppe Castagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Before I installed Firefox on my Win XP Pro system, IE was my default browser. When I installed Firefox it asked me if I wanted it to be my default browser. I said yes. I would have

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 6:50 PM [GMT+1=CET], Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:32 PM [GMT+1=CET], Giuseppe Castagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Before I installed Firefox on my Win XP Pro system, IE was my default browser. When I installed

Re: [sc-users] Day of Week CALC Question

2006-10-04 Thread Thomas Dodd
Joe Conner wrote: If I put a date in cell A1, then using the calc function =WEEKDAY(A1) I get the day number as expected. But, I would prefer to get the day display as (Sunday, Monday, whatever). I have not found any built-in CALC function to convert to this display. I could build a long

Re: [sc-users] Day of Week CALC Question

2006-10-04 Thread Joe Conner
Thomas Dodd wrote: Joe Conner wrote: If I put a date in cell A1, then using the calc function =WEEKDAY(A1) I get the day number as expected. But, I would prefer to get the day display as (Sunday, Monday, whatever). I have not found any built-in CALC function to convert to this display. I

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-04 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 15:40 +, Jonathon Blake wrote: Lou wrote: So how does KOffice measure up? Do you know? I am not running Linux right now, so I can't test it out. What you can do, is download and install it, and see how many of the conditions i laid out it satisfies. Not an

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-04 Thread Jonathon Blake
Barrie wrote: Having read a review of Gnome 2.16, the inclusion of Orca accessibility Thanks for the links. When I get a Linux system installed, I'll test it out. xan jonathon -- Ethical conduct is a vice. Corrupt conduct is a virtue. Motto of Nacarima

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Pete Holsberg
Giuseppe Castagno wrote: (second try, the first after an hour didn't show up on the list, may be I messed up my mail return addresses...) Hi Pete, Pete Holsberg wrote: My v2.03 doesn't have Tools Options Openoffice.org External Programs. How do I tell it to use Thunderbird to send an

[users] Ubuntu_user

2006-10-04 Thread Eng.Prussi
Dear Open office staff yesterday I have written you about my problem with the alphabet of the menu in Open Office writer. Working on the desktop aspect, I have changed the font of the system...and yesterday evening I understand the problem with Open Office: If you use the Standard Symbol L the

[users] Help with .odt files

2006-10-04 Thread Chris Georgeson
I am trying to download the .odt files chapters of getting started. It wants me to select a filter. Anything I click on delivers an error message. I am VERY frustrated - every email address I have used from the OOo web site returns a message that it could not be delivered. If I try to send

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

2006-10-04 Thread Irene
Prezados Senhores, Por gentileza, poderia nos informar se é possível determinar a equação da reta e coeficiente linera e coeficiente angular através do OpenOffice. Desde já agradeço pela atenção dispensada. Atenciosamente, Irene de Moraes Yazawa Gestão da Qualidade e Meio Ambiente CAQ - Casa

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

2006-10-04 Thread Irene
Irene de Moraes Yazawa Gestão da Qualidade e Meio Ambiente CAQ - Casa da Química Ind. e Com. LTDA. Tel: 11-4053-2855 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Irene To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:45 AM Subject: [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A

[users] Word Perfect question

2006-10-04 Thread Thomas.Dubois
I am doing some research for a customer of mine and am familiar with Open Office from my days in the IT world. The question I have is my customer is using Word Perfect and Quattro Pro and are unwilling to pay the price for Microsoft Office, who could blame them; however the problem I am having is

[users]

2006-10-04 Thread Dr. Klaus Fiedler
You may excuse a question - I was just downloading the new version 2.0.3 of Win (.OOo_2.0.3_Win32Intel_install). Unfortunately, the routinely done virus check of the file 2.0.3 with newest definitions of Norton was impossible. The file was not read. The programme after installation was virus

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

2006-10-04 Thread Bob Dill
I downloaded 2.0.3 but the message when double click is install file is corrupted or virus and will not install. Thanks! Bob Dill

[users] help with open office 2.0

2006-10-04 Thread Brenda Anderson
I have just installed open office 2.0. I am needing help in being able to utilize the program. When I click on the open office icon located on my desktopit opens to the installation files. How do I set this up?to utilize the program? Thank you for your help, I'm sure this is an easy

[users] Global Default Templates - All users

2006-10-04 Thread Dragan Jurkovic
Hi , Is it possible to create Global Default Template for all users on system? I would like all users on system to have specific template(s) set as global (writer and calc). I know how to do it for particular user (file-templates-organize-set as default) but I would like to have this as

Re: [users] cant save old doc - must change name and use save as with new name

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 13 2006 16:39, + Hartoon Jewelers wrote: cant save old doc - must change name and use save as with new name then must delete old file and rename newly saved to the old file name to much trouble but otherwise i like the program and want to use it what can i do Please tell

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

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu September 14 2006 13:06, + Cheryl wrote: Hi! I was making an enquiry to a company at Stirling about the DocuCom, PDF driver that no one seems to know anything about and have been directed to your FREE down load of Open Office, Sun Microsystems for Windows XP by the said company but I

Re: [users] Ordering a Calc document

2006-10-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
Thanks. Got it. Dotan Cohen http://gmail-com.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Word Perfect question

2006-10-04 Thread Arnold Huzen
OpenOffice will read word and excel documents, so it will be of help to your customer. Arnold Huzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: I am doing some research for a customer of mine and am familiar with Open Office from my days in the IT world. The question I have is my customer is using Word

Re: [users] help with open office 2.0

2006-10-04 Thread Arnold Huzen
Brenda, You didn't specifiy which OS you're using. If you installed it on a windows-machine there should be an entry in the startmenu with all the components of OpenOffice. Arnold Huzen Brenda Anderson schreef: I have just installed open office 2.0. I am needing help in being able to

Re: [users] Re: Form Wizard Not Working

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue October 3 2006 14:18, + John Talbut wrote: I am having the same problem with Debian testing. Any information about this? Please test 2.0.4 release candidate. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already?

Re: [users] Problem With Paypal Baskets - HTML

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue October 3 2006 13:26, + Luke Lisa wrote: I am using openoffice version 2.0.2 and my problem is when trying to add paypal baskets I find that they are either shown as a little dot (.) or they are completely squashed up. I have tried the same process on dreamweaver trial version and they

Re: [users] Word Perfect question

2006-10-04 Thread Daniel Currier
OpenOffice will not only read word and excel documents, but also write to them. They would probably want to use the native format to OO, but if needs be they can use the other formats. On 10/4/06, Arnold Huzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenOffice will read word and excel documents, so it will

Re: [users] Ubuntu_user

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue October 3 2006 10:39, + Matteo Prussi wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Dear Open office staff I'm M.Prussi, a new Linux user. Some weeks ago I installed Kubuntu Dapper . At the very beginning the Open office package worked very well, but after few days a very fanny think

Re: [users] Apple instalation

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue October 3 2006 11:31, + Sergio Mendes Castro wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I use the Mac X 10.4.8 , but I can t install the Open office ; allways appears a instruction : Install Apple X11 first , in order to install the soft . But the 10.4 has the X11 automaticaly

Re: [users] Upgrading from 2.0 to 2.0.3, problems

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon September 25 2006 02:56, Stegozor wrote: Hi, A friend recently upgraded his version of OpenOffice from 2.0 to 2.0.3 on a computer running under Windows XP. The way he uninstalled 2.0 is unclear, as he reinstalls each month his XP :), so the previous version of OOo was probably deleted

Re: [users] spell check table contents

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed September 20 2006 20:40, James Lockie wrote: I created a table and the spell checker won't check the contents. :-( Spelling mistakes outside the table are caught. Make sure that the language of the table contents are the same as the language you want to use for spellchecking. -- CPH :

Re: [users] calc crash recovery

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue September 19 2006 07:15, + gary wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** How can I prevent calc from attempting to recover a crash recovery file? Just use the Cancel button in the recovery dialog. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor

Re: [users] ODBC

2006-10-04 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue September 19 2006 05:29, + R Suting wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I am using version 2.0.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : How can I use Openoffice.org Base in Windows ODBC I think that the documentation on http://dba.openoffice.org should help you or

[users] SOLVED: [users] Copy-Paste-Hebrew from BibleTime

2006-10-04 Thread Mhac Janapin
Hi Irv, Thanks for the pointers. Actually, I finally get it to work. It's a Linux problem after all. I once and for all edited my /etc/profile.d/lang.sh and changed my locale to en_US.UTF-8 and OOo worked like charm. :) I wonder why KDE would not keep my locale at boot time. Anyways, thanks for

[users] Fwd: table of contents, fields and formating

2006-10-04 Thread Marc
Thanks Arnold for your answer... However, I think my question was not clear enough: typically, some of the titles of my documents include specific formating, for example when I cite the name of a book, the name (and only it) comes in italic... And the problem is that I cannot get this to appear

Re: [users] Printing TOC

2006-10-04 Thread Naomi Kramer
Have you tried Tools - Update - Update All ? (So it's not automatic on printing, but it's a close 2nd) Warning: can stuff up pagination slightly on large documents - probably only if you have 2 reference tables consecutively (eg TOC followed by Table of Figures). - Naomi Lívio Cipriano

[users] Editing MySql in Base

2006-10-04 Thread Mansour
Hi EveryBody: I am new to openOffice and I don't know if some one can help. I couldn't install open office from source, as there's no clear documentation about getting this to work. For some reason the website is not very useful. Takes forever to find the link to download the source code, then

Re: [users] External Programs?

2006-10-04 Thread Pete Holsberg
Joe Conner wrote: TOOLS = OPTIONS = OPENOFFICE.ORG WRITER = MAIL MERGE EMAIL No provision there to set email client. -- Pete Holsberg Columbus, NJ Maxim for the Internet Age: A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click...

Re: [users] Help with .odt files

2006-10-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 08:12 am, Chris Georgeson wrote: I am trying to download the .odt files chapters of getting started. It wants me to select a filter. Anything I click on delivers an error message. I am VERY frustrated - every email address I have used from the OOo web site

Re: [users] Word Perfect question

2006-10-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 09:13 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am doing some research for a customer of mine and am familiar with Open Office from my days in the IT world. The question I have is my customer is using Word Perfect and Quattro Pro and are unwilling to pay the price for

Re: [users] Global Default Templates - All users

2006-10-04 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 02:48 pm, Dragan Jurkovic wrote: Hi , Is it possible to create Global Default Template for all users on system? I would like all users on system to have specific template(s) set as global (writer and calc). I know how to do it for particular user

Re: [users] Word Perfect question

2006-10-04 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am doing some research for a customer of mine and am familiar with Open Office from my days in the IT world. The question I have is my customer is using Word Perfect and Quattro Pro and are unwilling to pay the price for Microsoft Office, who could blame them;