[users] Using base with mysql

2006-10-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
I understand that Base can be used with Mysql. I actually need just that- but the mysql database is not local. It is on a server that I have ssh access to. How can I connect that database with Base? Thanks in advance. Note- I'm running Kubuntu locally if it matters. Dotan Cohen http://song-liri

Re: [users] OO 2.0.4 Ready or Not?

2006-10-14 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:29:06 +1000 Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > The issue of OpenType fonts seems to be a system rather than software issue: > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16032 > > and can be fixed at that level: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?&t

Re: [users] Text to columns

2006-10-14 Thread illuminati
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:55:31 +1000, you wrote: >I am using ver 2.0.3 of open office. Does it have an equivalent to the excel >"test to columns" command? If yes where is it. Go and check OO.o Macros website (http://www.ooomacros.org/user.php), I believe I have seen two macros like "text to columns

Re: [users] OO 2.0.4 Ready or Not?

2006-10-14 Thread Sandy
Ross Johnson wrote: John Jason Jordan wrote: Is there a Linux user who can confirm that OO.o 2.04 can or cannot use OpenType fonts? The font installer still doesn't see .otf files, so I would say the answer is still "not supported on Linux". Ross The issue of OpenType fonts seems to be a

Re: [users] OO 2.0.4 Ready or Not?

2006-10-14 Thread Ross Johnson
John Jason Jordan wrote: Is there a Linux user who can confirm that OO.o 2.04 can or cannot use OpenType fonts? If OO.o 2.04/Linux can see and use OpenType fonts, I'll bust my ass figuring out how to get my 2.03 upgraded to it. Otherwise, 2.04 is a big yawn for me. The font installer still d

Re: [users] linux version download won't install

2006-10-14 Thread Sandy
Ross Johnson wrote: G Sampson wrote: I have tried and tried to get the latest version of Open Office installed. It just doesn't work, and I can't find any installation instructions. why is it so difficult when a Microsoft version installs with a simple click on the download file? This cou

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-10-14 Thread James Knott
Karen Balabanian wrote: > Hi, > I want to know, is Openoffice like Microsoft? No. OpenOffice is free, open source and supports the OpenDocument formats. It can also read & write MS formats. Microsoft is closed, expensive, does not support OpenDocument and tries to deny users as many rights as p

Re: [users] OO 2.0.4 Ready or Not?

2006-10-14 Thread John Jason Jordan
First, I use and adore OO.o 2.03 on Ubuntu AMD-64 Dapper. Going into System -> Administration -> Update Manager there is no indication that there is an update for OO.o. In other words, it must not be in the repositories yet. Second, OO.o 2.03 serves me perfectly except for one thing -- OpenType f

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 15/10/06, Malcolm Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:05 am, kc7hxy wrote: > I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 3.0.03? I thought the latest and greatest was 2.0.4 Am I missing something? 2.0.4? That's like so 2006, man! Catch up with the times! Dotan

Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-14 Thread Fred Moore
On Saturday 14 October 2006 9:58 pm, Tim Jowers wrote: > ps2pdf13 is my friend! That is the opensource funcational equivalent of > distiller. BTW, did you know Linux was started in 1971 solely to help AT&T > publish their documents! Of course Linux has the right tools... just > knowing what to u

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-10-14 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Saturday 14 October 2006 2:52 pm, Karen Balabanian wrote: > Hi, > I want to know, is Openoffice like Microsoft? There are two answers. First NO! OOo does not lock you in (i.e. there are other Suite vendors who can open and save OOo docs), charge you a monopoly tax, or force you to upgrade a

Re: [users] OfficeCalc "drag cell" feature

2006-10-14 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is a feature of Excel that i use all the time and its apparent lack in officeCalc limits my use of this otherwise great program. Excel allows me to drag selected cells (1, or a block, or rows, or columns) from one location to another. I just select the cell(s) and

[users] latex, other export options

2006-10-14 Thread Benjamin Huot
I don't know if this is the correct list, but I want to thank the developers of the export formats. This is something often neglected by commercial developers - they don't give enough common open formats to save files in, especially ones that save more of the original formatting. This is one of

[users] OfficeCalc "drag cell" feature

2006-10-14 Thread Ken Kious
Hi, I just subscribed to openoffice users group and do not know if this is the proper way to proceed with a question... -- there is a feature of Excel that i use all the time and its apparent lack in officeCalc limits my use of this otherwise great program. Ex

Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-14 Thread Tim Jowers
ps2pdf13 is my friend! That is the opensource funcational equivalent of distiller. BTW, did you know Linux was started in 1971 solely to help AT&T publish their documents! Of course Linux has the right tools... just knowing what to use! I did nix the weird fonts so maybe that helps. But mainly

[users] Word count is not working in 2.04 [signed]

2006-10-14 Thread Charles Feinstein [c]
I am using version 2.04 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that neither Word count nor Character count work in the word processing program automatically on the document I have open. If I select any or all of the document, I can get a word and character count. Previous versions would automatica

[users] Open Office 2.0.4

2006-10-14 Thread Jim Elliott
I got an e-mail from c-net that the Open Office 2.0.4 download was available. I downloaded it from there to my Windows XP Home system. I had to make an icon myself, but, managed to accomplish it. Now, my new question is I still have the icons on my desktop from Open Ofice version 2.0.3 and also

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-14 Thread Pete Holsberg
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Pete Holsberg wrote: Pete Holsberg wrote: I just installed v2.04 over 2.03 and I still cannot use any of the Send as email options. OOo cannot find an appropriate email client. Under Tools > Options > Internet, there's nothing that let's me set the email client. T

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-14 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:05 am, kc7hxy wrote: > I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 3.0.03? I thought the latest and greatest was 2.0.4 Am I missing something? > and all I got was a bunch of crokks trying to make money by > selling me things I don't want. Please give me a legima

Re: [users] Using sxw outside of open office

2006-10-14 Thread John Bowling
Terry wrote: You may be able to open the file using Google documents, the former Writely. It can save to the Word format. The link is https://docs.google.com/ Arnold Huzen wrote: The short answer onfortunately is No. Arnold Huzen Norman Feldman schreef: I don't have admin rights to inst

Re: [users] linux version download won't install

2006-10-14 Thread Ross Johnson
G Sampson wrote: I have tried and tried to get the latest version of Open Office installed. It just doesn't work, and I can't find any installation instructions. why is it so difficult when a Microsoft version installs with a simple click on the download file? This could be made much easie

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-14 Thread John Boyle
To Users: What about Seamonkey or Mozilla? James McKenzie wrote: Pete Holsberg wrote: James Mckenzie wrote: Pete: We need one thing in order to provide the best assistance to resolve this problem: What Operating System are you using? Sorry. Windows XP. You need to s

Re: [users] Using sxw outside of open office

2006-10-14 Thread Terry
You may be able to open the file using Google documents, the former Writely. It can save to the Word format. The link is https://docs.google.com/ Arnold Huzen wrote: The short answer onfortunately is No. Arnold Huzen Norman Feldman schreef: I don't have admin rights to install Open Offic

Re: [users] Text to columns

2006-10-14 Thread Terry
Richard Detwiler wrote: James L Hadley wrote: I am using ver 2.0.3 of open office. Does it have an equivalent to the excel "test to columns" command? If yes where is it. Regards Larry Unfortunately, there is no equivalent of the Excel "text to columns" feature. There are reportedly mac

Re: [users] Macros requiring input to dialog windows

2006-10-14 Thread Terry
Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, I recorded a macro to change font colors for two of my styles. The idea is to allow me to create a handbook, and by running the macro, make the answers appear or disappear. My problem is that when I run the macro, OO asks me to input values in the dialog box. I e

Re: [users] the new Insert Picture option sux!

2006-10-14 Thread Ross Johnson
Harold Fuchs wrote: On Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:02 PM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have been promoting OO for years now ... but will cease to do so if the Microsoft-mentality behind the change in finding pictures to insert into an OO document is not corre

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
Send as email does not work fro me either. Has not worked on any version 2.x of OO.org. I had finally got it to work on OO.org 1.x but does not work on 2.x. I am using Windows 98SE and Pegasus 4.41. On 14 Oct 2006 at 21:14, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > > Pete Holsberg wrote: > > > >

Re: [users] the new Insert Picture option sux!

2006-10-14 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:02 PM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been promoting OO for years now ... but will cease to do so if > the Microsoft-mentality behind the change in finding pictures to > insert into an OO document is not corrected in the very ne

Re: [users] Running open office from portable media?

2006-10-14 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 18:01:14 PM -0500, Daniel Currier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > your comment "(please do NOT top-post or retransmit a whole message > on any public list, thanks)" i just hit reply. Yes, this is the problem, to just hit reply. When replying on any *public* mailing lists is muu

Re: [users] Running open office from portable media?

2006-10-14 Thread Daniel Currier
your comment "(please do NOT top-post or retransmit a whole message on any public list, thanks)" i just hit reply. maybe i am dumb but half of what you said i do not understand, do you not like what i said or did you? also what do you mean by "official?" from who? and what do you mean by "when

Re: [users] [moderated] OpenOffice.org multi language usage

2006-10-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14/10/06, Joe Zinskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We are using OpenOffice.org 2.0.2, and experiencing the following difficulty. We ordered a Compaq V3012AU notebook in Chiang Rai, specifying we would like a Linux OS. The system was delivered from Bangkok with Ubuntu Linux Dapper Dan 6.06 ins

Re: [users] linux version download won't install

2006-10-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14/10/06, G Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have tried and tried to get the latest version of Open Office installed. It just doesn't work, and I can't find any installation instructions. why is it so difficult when a Microsoft version installs with a simple click on the download file? w

Re: [users] Keeps telling me I need to "unpack" the program over and over again.

2006-10-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14/10/06, Cyber Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am using version OpenOffice 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is: I have downloaded the program and my computer tells me it is downloaded. On my desk top I have two icons. One is the blue square with the two birds flying that is just the link to

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 09/08/06, kc7hxy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 and all I got was a bunch of crokks trying to make money by selling me things I don't want. Please give me a legimate place to buy a CD of OOo. Bud By the way, you need to adjust your syste

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 09/08/06, kc7hxy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 and all I got was a bunch of crokks trying to make money by selling me things I don't want. Please give me a legimate place to buy a CD of OOo. Bud What's your address? I'll send you a disc

[users] OPENING LOTUS WORD PRO/123 FILES

2006-10-14 Thread BING
How can I open and save Lotus smartsuite files.

[users] Keeps telling me I need to "unpack" the program over and over again.

2006-10-14 Thread Cyber Fox
I am using version OpenOffice 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is: I have downloaded the program and my computer tells me it is downloaded. On my desk top I have two icons. One is the blue square with the two birds flying that is just the link to OpenOffice.org. The other is a file folder that say

[users] the new Insert Picture option sux!

2006-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have been promoting OO for years now ... but will cease to do so if the Microsoft-mentality behind the change in finding pictures to insert into an OO document is not corrected in the very next version! How stupid it is that the Find File option will NOT show EVERY single folder and file avai

[users] [moderated]

2006-10-14 Thread Karen Balabanian
Hi, I want to know, is Openoffice like Microsoft? Thanks Karen

[users] linux version download won't install

2006-10-14 Thread G Sampson
I have tried and tried to get the latest version of Open Office installed. It just doesn't work, and I can't find any installation instructions. why is it so difficult when a Microsoft version installs with a simple click on the download file? where, if anywhere, are easy to follow instructi

[users] Tool bar in French

2006-10-14 Thread cpco
Hi, Can you help us? We try to install the tool bar in french and we fail. ''Tool'' > ''Options'' > ''Langage Settings'' > ''Language'' > = OK // But no positive match We have OpenOff V 2.04. Thanks for your help. All the best. BS

[users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-14 Thread Tim Jowers
Thanks Dan Lewis, I think I'm getting closer. I can convert everything to Courier and then get the .ps accepted. But then the images are lost. Bitstream Vera Sans Bitstream Vera Serif Bitstream Vera Sans Mono AR PL KaitiM Big5 East Syriac Adiabene Courier I do not have Times Roman listed but do

[users] [moderated] OpenOffice.org multi language usage

2006-10-14 Thread Joe Zinskie
We are using OpenOffice.org 2.0.2, and experiencing the following difficulty. We ordered a Compaq V3012AU notebook in Chiang Rai, specifying we would like a Linux OS. The system was delivered from Bangkok with Ubuntu Linux Dapper Dan 6.06 installed. We can log in and display menus in either Tha

[users] OpenOffice Data Base Driver

2006-10-14 Thread Nuno Machado
Hi,   I'm using OpenOffice 2.0, and i'm trying to connect it, like a ODBC Driver, so i can use it, with ASP. Can you tell me, if there's any way to do it? Or if you have any convertion tool to MySql.   Thanks.   Best Regards   Nuno Machadoweb designerTel: 96 208 18 00mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [users] Legality of Open Office

2006-10-14 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
(Just IMHO) The cause for legal problems might be not GUI similarity, but code that generates MS compatible documents. > -Original Message- > From: CPHennessy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 3:47 PM > To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re

[users] bad font color on a 12" powerbook running osx 10.4.8

2006-10-14 Thread blomst
I'm happily running OOo on different machines, win-mac-linux. On a 12" powerbook the fonts of the GUI as well as the writings is rather ugly. A mix of red and black color. Have you any ideas on how I could manage? yours Stephen Paulli andersen ---

Re: [users] Running open office from portable media?

2006-10-14 Thread M. Fioretti
(please do NOT top-post or retransmit a whole message on any public list, thanks) On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 16:00:23 PM -0500, Daniel Currier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i am fairly close to the guy who is head of the tech area in my > department at the university ... i have told him i use it on a th

Re: [users] Running open office from portable media?

2006-10-14 Thread Daniel Currier
as far as i know it is OK. i use OO and GIMP on my thumb drive at school all the time. i am fairly close to the guy who is head of the tech area in my department at the university and we have had discussions about installing OO on the computers in his domain. however, because of some contract with

[users] OO 2.04 Installation Problems

2006-10-14 Thread David St Maurice
The installation of OO 2.04 definitely messed up the two Adobe Acrobat programs that reside on my system (WIN XP Pro). I have Acrobat 6.0 Standard & Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Reader 7.0. When I attempted to use Acrobat with or outside of OO, it only opened Acrobat Reader. I had to completely re-ins

[users] OO2.04 Cleanup after Installation

2006-10-14 Thread David St Maurice
I downloaded OO2.04 into a temporary folder on my WIN XP Pro system, and extracted the the installation executable into a separate sub-folder. Installation was successful. Note- I had previously uninstalled the 2.03 version. After installation, I started to delete the download and the executabl

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

2006-10-14 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please help stop the flood of user emails that I am receiving. For some reason three days ago I started receiving user emails "up to three hundred in one day" could someone there please try to correct the problem as it is becoming very inconvenient as well it makes my e

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-14 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Pete Holsberg wrote: Pete Holsberg wrote: I just installed v2.04 over 2.03 and I still cannot use any of the Send as email options. OOo cannot find an appropriate email client. Under Tools > Options > Internet, there's nothing that let's me set the email client. Thanks. I'm disappointed to

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

2006-10-14 Thread BOUNDER39
Please help stop the flood of user emails that I am receiving. For some reason three days ago I started receiving user emails "up to three hundred in one day" could someone there please try to correct the problem as it is becoming very inconvenient as well it makes my every day emails very diff

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-14 Thread Pete Holsberg
Pete Holsberg wrote: I just installed v2.04 over 2.03 and I still cannot use any of the Send as email options. OOo cannot find an appropriate email client. Under Tools > Options > Internet, there's nothing that let's me set the email client. Thanks. I'm disappointed to say that after removi

Re: [users] How to exclude the system tray icon

2006-10-14 Thread Arnold Huzen
You can find the checkbox under Tools>Options. In the OpenOffice.org there is a section called memory (or something like that). The checkbox should state something like load Openoffice.org on startup. Arnold Huzen Ubaldo Cosentino schreef: Dear Sers, after the installation of OpenOffice.or

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-14 Thread Pete Holsberg
James McKenzie wrote: Pete Holsberg wrote: James Mckenzie wrote: Pete: We need one thing in order to provide the best assistance to resolve this problem: What Operating System are you using? Sorry. Windows XP. You need to start up Internet Explorer and check which pr

[users] New Header information

2006-10-14 Thread James McKenzie
For the list: I just noticed the following at the top of a message sent through the GMANE news <-> OpenOffice mail list server service: Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hopefully, this will remain and allow those of us who reply to moderated messages to realize that the writer is already subscribed, th

Re: [users] import Access database?

2006-10-14 Thread James McKenzie
mhough wrote: > I'm new to openoffice. Can you tell me whether I can import my > Microsoft Access database into openoffice? Or use it in any other way? > If you are using Windows (TM), yes, mostly. If you are using Linux, maybe. If you are using Sun Solaris or Mac OS X, no. This is because Win

Re: [users] update

2006-10-14 Thread James McKenzie
bo edvinsson wrote: > Hi! > Since I don't remember my password or login name, it is impossible to enter > the help forums even > though I been trying for 30 minutes. > Therefore I send this mail to ask you if updating from oo 1.1.5 Italian to > the 2.0 would take to > much more disc-space and m

Re: [users] PLEASE HELP. How do In uninstall OO 2.0 ?

2006-10-14 Thread James McKenzie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I read the related faq. No help to me. > I am using a Mac with OSx4.7 > Howard: If you wish to remove the OpenOffice.org program from your Mac, it is very easy. However, before you do so, I would like to know why you are doing this. I would like to know about good and

Re: [users] downloaded openoffice.org2.0 on macOSX, 10.4.8 PPCG4

2006-10-14 Thread James McKenzie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > have the error saying i need x11 for using oo2.0, installed it, but my system > is already updated higher and i cannot install oo2.0 finally. > I am going to assume two things: 1. You are using a new (or newer) Mac with an Intel chip inside. 2. You download

Re: [users] OO 2.0.4 Ready or Not?

2006-10-14 Thread James McKenzie
Rene LeBlanc wrote: > I received an email from Louis Suarez-Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED] that states: > > [lengthy explanation of download process removed] > But when I try to go to this link I get: > > Error > > The project downloads you are trying to access does not exist in > openoffice.org. See

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-10-14 Thread James McKenzie
Harold Fuchs wrote: > On Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:09 PM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Can a file be saved from Draw in jpeg format? >> >> Thank you >> > Assuming you are using Windows and a reasonably up to date version of OOo, > try the Export opt

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-14 Thread James McKenzie
Pete Holsberg wrote: > James Mckenzie wrote: >> Pete: >> >> We need one thing in order to provide the best assistance to resolve >> this problem: What Operating System are you using? >> > Sorry. Windows XP. > You need to start up Internet Explorer and check which program is the default mail pro

[users] Re: Free Online Training

2006-10-14 Thread Ron Miller
Pete Holsberg wrote: This just in from Solveig Haugland: http://openoffice.resolvo.com/ See ZDNET article at http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,61954494,00.htm So that's why she hasn't finished the new book. Oh well. -- Ron Miller, Baltimore, MD, USA ---

[users] Free Online Training

2006-10-14 Thread Pete Holsberg
This just in from Solveig Haugland: http://openoffice.resolvo.com/ See ZDNET article at http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,61954494,00.htm - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-

[users] Macros requiring input to dialog windows

2006-10-14 Thread Laurent Duperval
Hi, I recorded a macro to change font colors for two of my styles. The idea is to allow me to create a handbook, and by running the macro, make the answers appear or disappear. My problem is that when I run the macro, OO asks me to input values in the dialog box. I expected that the values w

RE: [users] Legality of Open Office

2006-10-14 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
You may see if Sun offers legal protection to users of StarOffice, which is almost the same product, except supported, with more features and more expensive. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:26 AM > To: users@o

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-10-14 Thread Arnold Huzen
Yes, the windows version is on the downloadpages. It can't be said often enough, you can run OOo on as many computers as you like at the same time. Arnold Huzen Donald Duvernoy schreef: I use your software on a Mac but I just purchased a PC notebook running Windows XP home version. Can I use

Re: [users] Legality of Open Office

2006-10-14 Thread Marc Hug
I am not a professional of computer science, but it seems to me that OpenOffice is "similar" to MS-Office more in its visible structure than in its real features. Someone else will give you more professional answer about legality, but you don't have to worry. It is legal. Marc H. [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [users] Text to columns

2006-10-14 Thread Richard Detwiler
James L Hadley wrote: I am using ver 2.0.3 of open office. Does it have an equivalent to the excel "test to columns" command? If yes where is it. Regards Larry Unfortunately, there is no equivalent of the Excel "text to columns" feature. There are reportedly macros that can be obtained t

Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-14 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone the magic to create Adobe compatible PDF files? These are required by LuLu.com press. Ideas I've tried are ps2pdf. LuLu rejects and states their printer would too due to not being Adobe compatible. OpenOffice.org's Writer export to PDF. Rejection. Fonts are

Re: [users] Using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org for Windows. Having font problem.

2006-10-14 Thread Arnold Huzen
If you are on a windows-system, then you should place the ttf-fonts in de fontsdirectory (C:\Windows\Fonts). Arnold Huzen Mike schreef: My problem is: I don't know how to get *.ttf fonts into the font list in Writer. Can this be done? --

Re: [users] Using sxw outside of open office

2006-10-14 Thread Arnold Huzen
The short answer onfortunately is No. Arnold Huzen Norman Feldman schreef: I don't have admin rights to install Open Office. Is there a way I can open this file in Word or Acrobat? (See attached file: Team EM.sxw) -- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If yo

Re: [users] openoffice in small business

2006-10-14 Thread Arnold Huzen
OpenOffice.org is free for personal AND business use. Arnold Huzen AfonsoS schreef: Dear Sirs, Im fedup of ms office licenses. I wonder if I can use your great openoffice in my shop,where I just have one computer and mainly use text processor. Im not sure if its free for small business.If it

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-10-14 Thread Arnold Huzen
You can, but you need to use File>Export. Arnold Huzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: Can a file be saved from Draw in jpeg format? Thank you - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMA

Re: [users] import Access database?

2006-10-14 Thread Arnold Huzen
I think you can open the database, but you can not use the queries and reports. Also you can not save any changes you made as an .mdb-file. You need to save in the OOo-format. Arnold Huzen mhough schreef: I'm new to openoffice. Can you tell me whether I can import my Microsoft Access datab

RE: [users] Appropriate Purpose and Use

2006-10-14 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
I am implying that OO needs lots of improvements (like startup performance, like i15220 etc). Forcing user to read documentation before performing trivial actions just to find subtle nuances is wrong approach (like i33851). What EULA and Linux have to do with it, is beyond me. > -Original M

Re: [users] Unable to download UpDate Open Office 2.0.4

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
There was a typing error in the URL. The correct one is http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.4/. (Notice someone accidently added an "s" to download.) Dan On Saturday 14 October 2006 12:49 am, Wesley Watt wrote: > Hi, > I received the Email below re downloading Open Office 2.0.4, when I > try to c

Re: [users] Help please -Java

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 13 October 2006 08:28 pm, Jenny Whitty wrote: > Dear Sir or madam' > > I have recently downloaded open office 2 to my computer but am > unable to access the letterhead wizard. When I try it says I need a > JRE to run it. Not being computer literate am not sure how to go > about this. Cou

Re: [users] Default Page Style

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 13 October 2006 03:01 pm, Jim Roik wrote: > I am likely missing the obvious somewhere in the documentation, but > how does one change the default page size. Currently the default is > A4 and I would like to change it to letter size for the default. I > can change the size on an individual

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 13 October 2006 02:54 pm, Alice and Ian wrote: > I have been using Open Office, off and on, for sometime and have > come across a problem I can't correct. > > Can someone advise me re, sending email from a document. > > The problem I have is that it sends the document as an attachment. >

Re: [users] Convertability of OpenOffice Software

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 13 October 2006 01:01 pm, Ebrahim Sherafati wrote: > Dear Sirs: > Please, inform me as to how a file in OpenOffice format - > whether text or scanned pages - can be converted into MicroSoft > Word format or vice versa, and perhaps the convertion software or > method can be posted on

Re: [users] Using sxw outside of open office

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday 13 October 2006 12:29 pm, Norman Feldman wrote: > I don't have admin rights to install Open Office. Is there a way I > can open this file in Word or Acrobat? > > (See attached file: Team EM.sxw) > > -- > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. > If you are not

Re: [users] Appropriate Purpose and Use

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 12 October 2006 08:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello - > > I am not very computer smart - period. But I have had an ongoing > losing battle with Microsoft - so when I found your website and > seemingly legal use of openoffice software - I was elated. > > I just want to make sure I

Re: [users] update

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 12 October 2006 04:31 pm, bo edvinsson wrote: > Hi! > Since I don't remember my password or login name, it is impossible > to enter the help forums even though I been trying for 30 minutes. > Therefore I send this mail to ask you if updating from oo 1.1.5 > Italian to the 2.0 would tak

Re: [users] openoffice in small business

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 12 October 2006 04:18 pm, AfonsoS wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > Im fedup of ms office licenses. > I wonder if I can use your great openoffice in my shop,where I just > have one computer and mainly use text processor. Im not sure if its > free for small business.If its free please let me know

Re: [users] downloaded open office computer using windows xp when I attempted to open program it says wrong os please what does this mean thanks in advance

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 12 October 2006 01:17 pm, George Rush wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] It means that you downloaded the wrong file. You most likely downloaded the Solaris version rather than the Windows version. On the download page, you need to make sure you are downloading this file: OOo_2.0.4_Wind32In

Re: [users] Appropriate Purpose and Use

2006-10-14 Thread Fred Moore
On Saturday 14 October 2006 7:48 am, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Andy Pepperdine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 1:15 PM > > To: users@openoffice.org > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [users] Appropriate Purpose and Use >

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday 12 October 2006 01:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can a file be saved from Draw in jpeg format? > > Thank you If you use File > Export, a file in Draw can be exported to the jpeg format. However, jpeg (.jpg) is not one of the listed formats when saving a file in Draw. Dan -

Re: [users] OO 2.0.4 Ready or Not?

2006-10-14 Thread James Knott
Rene LeBlanc wrote: > I received an email from Louis Suarez-Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED] that states: > > First things first. > > OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 is ready for download now. It is a significant release > and recommended for all. As with all OpenOffice.org releases, it runs > natively on Windows, L

Re: [users] Question Regarding Open Office

2006-10-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat October 14 2006 07:15, + Burrito ? wrote: > Hi. My name is Anthony Gorghis and i the developers of this software are > super great and should be commended. I did have a question however, so the > program is free? Yes. > Also, do i have to register when i install the program? No it is

Re: [users] Using sxw outside of open office

2006-10-14 Thread James Knott
Norman Feldman wrote: > I don't have admin rights to install Open Office. Is there a way I can open > this file in Word or Acrobat? > > (See attached file: Team EM.sxw) There was some discussion recently about portable apps on a pen drive. Perhaps you could use OO that way. Failing that, you'll

Re: [users] remote controlling OOo (Windows) ?

2006-10-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 13 2006 23:05, Andreas wrote: > Hi, > > is there a documentation that describes how I could remote control OOo > by other Windows applications e.g. like MS-Access? > > I maintain an Access VBA application that manages our contacts and > produces receipts. > It automatically creates l

RE: [users] Appropriate Purpose and Use

2006-10-14 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
> -Original Message- > From: Andy Pepperdine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 1:15 PM > To: users@openoffice.org > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] Appropriate Purpose and Use > already using it, and the more we get, the better understood > will be

Re: [users] Legality of Open Office

2006-10-14 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat October 14 2006 06:26, + pieperjm wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > To Open Office, > I have seen the usefulness of Open Office from users of your program, and I > just had question regarding the legality of the program. Is it completely > legal? and if so (which it probably

Re: [users] Appropriate Purpose and Use

2006-10-14 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello - > > I am not very computer smart - period. But I have had an ongoing losing > battle with Microsoft - so when I found your website and seemingly legal use > of openoffice software - I was elated. > > I just want to make sure I am supposed to be using your Open

Re: [users] openoffice in small business

2006-10-14 Thread James Knott
AfonsoS wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > Im fedup of ms office licenses. > I wonder if I can use your great openoffice in my shop,where I just have one > computer and mainly use text processor. > Im not sure if its free for small business.If its free please let me know > your paypal account for a donatio

Re: [users] I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :

2006-10-14 Thread James Knott
Daniela Mendoza wrote: > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I can't open > openoffice impress with Microsft Powerpoint (U.S.A) and to my knowledge, > this action CAN be done. If can be done, what can I do to the document > before saving it, so it can be opened with Microsoft

[users] Can't open Excel Workbooks (.xlw)

2006-10-14 Thread Brian Slack
I'm using OpenOffice V2.0 for Windows 2000 Pro. It works fine on ordinary Excel files and is a great program overall. However, if I try to open an .xlw file, the message I receive is that a file called blank.exe is required. How can I obtain this file and install it please? I need to access t

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