Re: [users] Mac OSX compatibility

2006-11-28 Thread Pavel Janík
I just downloaded the 2.0.4 OpenOffice suite but it tells me that it can only run on a mac with OSX11. Or, if I am not mistaken, X11 won't be available before next spring !! How am I supposed to do ? Read the docs prepared by Mac porting team: http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ Please do

Re: [users] outlook

2006-11-28 Thread Marc Hug
...but if you download Mozilla Thunderbird, you will have an equivalent program. Marc H. Kirill S. Palagin a écrit : No, OO suit does not include Outlook. -Original Message- From: Ralph Gillis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:56 PM To:

RE: [users] outlook

2006-11-28 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
-Original Message- From: Andis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:31 AM There are also plans to support development of these products within the scope of openoffice.org project. Hopefully this undertaking would not take any resources from already

[users] Paragraph mark

2006-11-28 Thread Fernando
Hi How can I put a CRLF (Carriage return Line Fead) ie, a paragraph mark into a regular expresion for Search and Replace? I put some paragraph marks. I want to replace two paragraph marks into one only paragraph mark. Thanks

Re: [users] Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Guy Voets
2006/11/27, Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Monday 27 November 2006 12:35 pm, Roshanak Razavi wrote: I am a new Mac user. I recently Installed Open office that required me to have X11. For some time it was working very well until there was an update for X11. after I updated X11, my open

Re: [users] finding unsaved doc.

2006-11-28 Thread Guy Voets
2006/11/27, Suniya Farooqui [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! I closed OOo writer without realizing that I had not saved the file. So, does anyone know how I could recover the file? It's a major research paper, so any help will be greatly appreciated!!! Hello Suniya • normally, when you start OOo up

Re: [users] CSV file

2006-11-28 Thread Guy Voets
2006/11/28, Doug Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: na na wrote: I want to open a csv file with Open Office.org calk2 When I click on Open with Open office comes up, but when I click on it, it opens, Open Office.org Write. Could you please help me. If the file extension is .csv, OOo should use

Re: [users] Mac OSX compatibility

2006-11-28 Thread Guy Voets
2006/11/28, James McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Antoine Bourgeois wrote: Hello, I just downloaded the 2.0.4 OpenOffice suite but it tells me that it can only run on a mac with OSX11. Or, if I am not mistaken, X11 won't be available before next spring !! How am I supposed to do ? X11 is a

Re: [users] finding unsaved doc.

2006-11-28 Thread Chien, Chiu-Ping
Dear Guy! Do you know how to input the Chinese characters in Openoffice? THX! Best Regards, Ping [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mapower.com tel:+886-2-82097897 在 2006/11/28 下午 5:24 時,Guy Voets 寫到: 2006/11/27, Suniya Farooqui [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! I closed OOo writer without

Re: [users] finding unsaved doc.

2006-11-28 Thread Guy Voets
2006/11/29, Chien, Chiu-Ping [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear Guy! Do you know how to input the Chinese characters in Openoffice? THX! Best Regards, Ping [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mapower.com tel:+886-2-82097897 Hello Ping ‧ I have the impression that you 'hijacked' this thread which

[users] Batch convert .doc files to .html - guy got rid of MS Office...

2006-11-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
I've a 'friend' that I turned onto OOo. Now, it's my fault that he can't batch convert his .doc files to .html like he did in MS Office. Do you guys know of a OOo marco that will do that on all the files in a directory? He's using Windows (XP, I think), but if there's a solution that I can run on

Re: [users] outlook

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 02:14 am, Marc Hug wrote: ...but if you download Mozilla Thunderbird, you will have an equivalent program. Marc H. Kirill S. Palagin a écrit : No, OO suit does not include Outlook. -Original Message- From: Ralph Gillis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [users] Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 03:05 am, Guy Voets wrote: 2006/11/27, Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Monday 27 November 2006 12:35 pm, Roshanak Razavi wrote: I am a new Mac user. I recently Installed Open office that required me to have X11. For some time it was working very well until

Re: [users] Batch convert .doc files to .html - guy got rid of MS Office...

2006-11-28 Thread Javier Rivera
El Martes, 28 de Noviembre de 2006 12:40, Dotan Cohen escribió: Do you guys know of a OOo marco that will do that on all the files in a directory? Yes. http://www.ooomacros.org/user.php#95532 Javier. - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Guy Voets
Good link, but how does this reply help the OP who is not subscribed? If anyone replies to one of my emails to this list, please always check for a listed CC. This indicates that I know the OP is not subscribed. In such cases, please include the email address in the CC of my email so that

Re: [users] Paragraph mark

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:41 AM [GMT+1=CET], Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi How can I put a CRLF (Carriage return Line Fead) ie, a paragraph mark into a regular expresion for Search and Replace? I put some paragraph marks. I want to replace two paragraph marks into one only

Re: [users] Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:22 PM [GMT+1=CET], Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No CC anywhere, and all say Send by OOo maybe the difference is 2x the same answer to address? I can *always* CC to the OP, but that gets tiring in the end. Any suggestions? We have had this

Re: [users] Batch convert .doc files to .html - guy got rid of MS Office...

2006-11-28 Thread Terry
Dotan Cohen wrote: I've a 'friend' that I turned onto OOo. Now, it's my fault that he can't batch convert his .doc files to .html like he did in MS Office. Do you guys know of a OOo marco that will do that on all the files in a directory? He's using Windows (XP, I think), but if there's a

Re: [users] Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Guy Voets
2006/11/27, Roshanak Razavi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am a new Mac user. I recently Installed Open office that required me to have X11. For some time it was working very well until there was an update for X11. after I updated X11, my open office does not work at all. Anyody knows what is going on?

[users] Bug regarding Bullet styles

2006-11-28 Thread Christof Schmidt
Hello out there, I've come across a very disturbing behaviour of the OOWriter component: There is no way to alter the standard behaviour that OpenOffice.org 2.0 has when setting the bullets style and other formats of a list. I simply want to create a list out of standard text by

Re: [users] Re: RE: Re: Writer, Ctrl-F3 is not bringing Autotext dialog.

2006-11-28 Thread Terry
Claudia Drechsle wrote: Hi, yes, as I wrote, I looked at the KDE control center. And I found the shortcuts. But no one is assigned to CTRL+F3. I've checked on my Kde. It is the same as Xfce. Ctrl+F3 is assigned to Move to Desktop (Workspace) 3. It is the first principal tab Shortcut

Re: [users] Batch convert .doc files to .html - guy got rid of MS Office...

2006-11-28 Thread Marc Hug
What I would do is the following: open the files with OpenOffice, and then save them in html format (Main Menu of OpenOffice : FileSave As select the html format) Marc H. Dotan Cohen a écrit : I've a 'friend' that I turned onto OOo. Now, it's my fault that he can't batch convert his .doc

Re: [users] OO 2.3 and 2.04 installation problem - windows

2006-11-28 Thread Joe Grech
I found out that before installing a new version of OOorg the old one or the mistaken one has to be uninstalled. I am using Windows XP. From: CPHennessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: users@openoffice.org To: users@openoffice.org, Søren F. Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] OO 2.3

[users] Re: Re: RE: Re: Writer, Ctrl-F3 is not bringing Autotext dialog.

2006-11-28 Thread Claudia Drechsle
yes, as I wrote, I looked at the KDE control center. And I found the shortcuts. But no one is assigned to CTRL+F3. I've checked on my Kde. It is the same as Xfce. Ctrl+F3 is assigned to Move to Desktop (Workspace) 3. I found it, Thanks a lot! --

Re: [users] Bug regarding Bullet styles

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 07:33 am, Christof Schmidt wrote: Hello out there, I've come across a very disturbing behaviour of the OOWriter component: There is no way to alter the standard behaviour that OpenOffice.org 2.0 has when setting the bullets style and other formats of a list.

Re: [users] page count

2006-11-28 Thread conficio
Slowupp wrote: hi i am using open office version 2.0.4 with w98se and i think i am missing something, i would to get a page number in the upper right hand corner of a 10 page ducument ( 1, 2, 3 etc ) that my printer can print so pages don t get out of order , i don t see an easy

[users] Re: Font for Greek Letters in Formula

2006-11-28 Thread Joe Smith
Rick Bilonick wrote: I don't want to use MS Word at all but I do want my OOo documents converted correctly to a .doc file that will be viewable in MS Word. ... Any word processor document format is a poor choice for distribution: they depend too much on external resources (fonts, locale,

[users] Re: Bug regarding Bullet styles

2006-11-28 Thread Joe Smith
Christof Schmidt wrote: ... There is no way to alter the standard behaviour that OpenOffice.org 2.0 has when setting the bullets style and other formats of a list. ... Yes. There is an active issue that should resolve the default bullet size in the near future:

Re: [users] Batch convert .doc files to .html - guy got rid of MS Office...

2006-11-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 28/11/06, Marc Hug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would do is the following: open the files with OpenOffice, and then save them in html format (Main Menu of OpenOffice : FileSave As select the html format) Marc H. Thank you Terry and Javier! I'll get right on those apps, and see what can

[users] German version of open office

2006-11-28 Thread Hilde Lingnau
Hello, i accidently installed the english version of OpenOffice - how can I get the german version? Or can I just choose the language also? Thanks a lot for advice, Hilde Lingnau -- Hilde Lingnau Hefnerstrasse 5 81541 München 089-74974334 0179-9426900 Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70%

[users] Question

2006-11-28 Thread Franklin Veloz
Hello, How do I change the language to Spanish on the Open Office, I download the software form the Spanish menu. Thanks, Franklin

Re: [users] [moderated] transparency on watermark

2006-11-28 Thread Peter Muriel Gorman
Hi Doug Thompson, thanks for your reply, I have now inserted the graphic for use as my watermark and selected the proper wrap. I do not seem to be able to reduce the intensity of the image, and it dominates the page. How does the colour feature assist with this? thanks, Peter Gorman -

RE: [users] outlook

2006-11-28 Thread Ralph Gillis
Thanks very much; I'll give it a try. ___ Ralph Gillis, AIA GILLIS PREVITI ARCHITECTS, PC 345 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10001 212.243.5330 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.gillispreviti.com -Original Message- From: Dan Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

[users] I am using open office.org 1.1.0 and i want to translate into spanish

2006-11-28 Thread andyhusa
I want to write a text document in english and translate it into spanish. Can i do this?

[users] Thumbnail?

2006-11-28 Thread Kay dunn
Can I download OpenOffice to a thumbnail so I can use it on 2 difference computers?

[users] Is OOv2 compatible with Word?

2006-11-28 Thread Brian G. Baxter
To Whom It May Concern; I lost Word when my old hard drive crashed. I went to Best Buy and they told me about OpenOffice.org so I thought I would give it a try. I am having a GREAT deal of trouble using OO to create a resume, save it as a Word .doc, and then send it to a computer that has

[users] [moderated] Windows says the installer is corrupt

2006-11-28 Thread Nick Smears
I am running WinXp ( at least SP2) on an AMD64 - HD's are NTFS. I've downloaded the OOo_2.04_Wind32Intel_Install.exe twice. Upon double-clicking, I get the message that the file is corrupt. Any ideas? Nick - To unsubscribe,

[users] converting to pdf

2006-11-28 Thread Virginia Reinecke
Jean Hollis Weber, Thank you. You're right, it worked. Never would of thought of that approach. Perhaps when they write the next help for openoffice they can add Acrobat and pdf and convert to the search. I'm getting to like openoffice a lot. Especially being able to export to pdf without

[users] [moderated]

2006-11-28 Thread Adolf Gigler
I am missing an importfilter to open MS Publisher files (.pub) in open office 2.0. Is such an filter available? Adolf Gigler - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated] Windows says the installer is corrupt

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:12 PM [GMT+1=CET], Nick Smears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am running WinXp ( at least SP2) on an AMD64 - HD's are NTFS. I've downloaded the OOo_2.04_Wind32Intel_Install.exe twice. Upon double-clicking, I get the message that the file is corrupt. Any ideas? Nick

Re: [users] Is OOv2 compatible with Word?

2006-11-28 Thread Javier Rivera
El Martes, 28 de Noviembre de 2006 01:49, Brian G. Baxter escribió: I am having a GREAT deal of trouble using OO to create a resume, save it as a Word .doc, and then send it to a computer that has Word. The receiving computer can open it but the format is garbaged. How can this be avoided?

Re: [users] German version of open office

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:42 PM [GMT+1=CET], Hilde Lingnau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, i accidently installed the english version of OpenOffice - how can I get the german version? Or can I just choose the language also? Thanks a lot for advice, Hilde Lingnau It depends on what

Re: [users] Question

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:43 PM [GMT+1=CET], Franklin Veloz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, How do I change the language to Spanish on the Open Office, I download the software form the Spanish menu. If you downloaded and installed the Spanish version then I'm surprised Spanish isn't

Re: [users] Is OOv2 compatible with Word?

2006-11-28 Thread web kracked
I have both OOo and Word 2003 and Yes sometimes there is a problem with the Formatting But I use OOo for most of my document work (about 1/2 % or less MS Office is needed for something) Yes - it is best to save the resume in PDF, since many online places require a PDF document Also - go to

Re: [users] German version of open office

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 11:41 am, Harold Fuchs wrote: On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:42 PM [GMT+1=CET], Hilde Lingnau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, i accidently installed the english version of OpenOffice - how can I get the german version? Or can I just choose the language

[users] Re: Importing stock quotes into a calc spreadsheet

2006-11-28 Thread John E . Martindale
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak andrew at pitonyak.org writes: I have struggled for two weeks with this exact problem! Why can't openoffice handle the URL http://quote.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=MSFTf=sl1d1t1c1ohgve=.csv;, when Firefox handles it perfectly. Obviously earlier openoffice did

Re: [users] I am using open office.org 1.1.0 and i want to translate into spanish

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 27 November 2006 07:24 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to write a text document in english and translate it into spanish. Can i do this? As long as you have the proper fonts for the ~ above the n you can and other similar differences in printing Spanish vs. English. If you

[users] Calc's answer to pivot tables

2006-11-28 Thread Fred A. Miller
'Thought some here could use this reference. Fred ___ Using the data pilot: OpenOffice.org Calc's answer to pivot tables http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1228426,00.html?track=NL-386ad=569886asrc=EM_NLT_774605uid=1461419 -- MickySoft, the ultimate

Re: [users] Thumbnail?

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 06:14 am, Kay dunn wrote: Can I download OpenOffice to a thumbnail so I can use it on 2 difference computers? Feel free to use OpenOffice.org (OOo) on as many computers as you desire. You can burn the downloaded file to a CD, and then use this to install OOo on

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 10:44 am, Adolf Gigler wrote: I am missing an importfilter to open MS Publisher files (.pub) in open office 2.0. Is such an filter available? Adolf Gigler Such filters do not exist. Sorry. As far as I have been able to find out, only MS Publisher will open

[users] PDF font embedding

2006-11-28 Thread Tony
Are fonts embedded by default in PDFs generated by Writer etc? Can I control this, and if so, how? -- Tony Sorry, I don't answer emails - please reply to the list or newsgroup - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Is OOv2 compatible with Word?

2006-11-28 Thread arnold huzen
Sending your resume is your best option. Most importantly because the receiving part has no need to edit your resume. Second as you discovered yourself, the formatting doesn't get lost in translation. Third, the layout of your document is no longer dependant on the receivers printer. In regard

[users] Reporting mistakes in documentation

2006-11-28 Thread Tony
Where is the best place, or what is the best way, to report typos etc. in user_guide2_draft.pdf? -- Tony Sorry, I don't answer emails - please reply to the list or newsgroup - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[users] How to establish number of characters excluding spaces in Writer document

2006-11-28 Thread Peter Boholdt
I often need to know the exact numbers of characters excluding spaces in a Writer document. It seems that the properties window only shows the number including spaces. Is there a way to establish the number of characters without spaces? Thank you. Regards, Peter Boholdt

Re: [users] [moderated] transparency on watermark

2006-11-28 Thread Ross Johnson
Peter Muriel Gorman wrote: Hi Doug Thompson, thanks for your reply, I have now inserted the graphic for use as my watermark and selected the proper wrap. I do not seem to be able to reduce the intensity of the image, and it dominates the page. How does the colour feature assist with this?

Re: [users] Bug regarding Bullet styles

2006-11-28 Thread users
Christopher wrote: but the problem is getting M$ Office users to do that). Suggestion: Take 20 hours to train your former MSO users how to use styles properly. xan jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[users] Re: Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Russell Butler
Harold Fuchs wrote: On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:22 PM [GMT+1=CET], Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No CC anywhere, and all say Send by OOo maybe the difference is 2x the same answer to address? I can *always* CC to the OP, but that gets tiring in the end. Any suggestions? We

Re: [users] German version of open office

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:15 PM [GMT+1=CET], Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 28 November 2006 11:41 am, Harold Fuchs wrote: On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:42 PM [GMT+1=CET], Hilde Lingnau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, i accidently installed the english version of

Re: [users] Thumbnail?

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:37 PM [GMT+1=CET], Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 28 November 2006 06:14 am, Kay dunn wrote: Can I download OpenOffice to a thumbnail so I can use it on 2 difference computers? Feel free to use OpenOffice.org (OOo) on as many computers as

Re: [users] How to establish number of characters excluding spaces in Writer document

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:12 PM [GMT+1=CET], Peter Boholdt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I often need to know the exact numbers of characters excluding spaces in a Writer document. It seems that the properties window only shows the number including spaces. Is there a way to establish the

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:54 PM [GMT+1=CET], Russell Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:22 PM [GMT+1=CET], Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No CC anywhere, and all say Send by OOo maybe the difference is 2x the same answer to

Re: [users] How to establish number of characters excluding spaces in Writer document

2006-11-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:39 PM [GMT+1=CET], Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:12 PM [GMT+1=CET], Peter Boholdt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I often need to know the exact numbers of characters excluding spaces in a Writer document. It seems that the

[users] stickykeys

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RE: [users] error message 1606 - success

2006-11-28 Thread Kevin Papworth
Success! Thanks for the help Harold - I usually wouldn't dream of making registry changes but carefully followed the link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886549 and it worked! I had two different strings in HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders.

[users] failure to custom install swriter from CD

2006-11-28 Thread Robert A. Manter Family
I have CD OpenOffice 2.0, have loaded it onto home computers. Want to load just the word processor onto laptop. Should take about 2.6MG. [6MG if I do help file also].When I do the X-ing out of the other stuff the CD still insists on loading a lot of other things. Can't load onto laptop because

Re: [users] German version of open office

2006-11-28 Thread Hilde Lingnau
Hello, thanks a lot - I uninstalled now the programme in english and installed the german version. I hope everything will work out ;-) Best regards, Hilde Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:41:15 - Von: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: users@openoffice.org

[users] [moderated] transparency feature on Format Command

2006-11-28 Thread Peter Muriel Gorman
I am using Open Office 2.0.4 I have been working on a graphic watermark. I inquired earlier about the means to do this, and was able to place the graphic in a frame, and make adjustments for page size etc. as directed. However, the matter of transparency is still a problem. I did go into use

Re: [users] Re: Font for Greek Letters in Formula

2006-11-28 Thread Rick Bilonick
On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 10:57 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: Rick Bilonick wrote: I don't want to use MS Word at all but I do want my OOo documents converted correctly to a .doc file that will be viewable in MS Word. ... Any word processor document format is a poor choice for distribution:

[users] not printing

2006-11-28 Thread Kari Blackmore
I am using version 2.0 ofOpenOffice.org and my problem is that it wont print when I do anything in the program. It send it to the printer but it goes to stding and wont do a thing!!! I have tried resume job, hold job and then resume. I dont know what is going on!!! The program is in amy

[users] Flesch Reading Guide

2006-11-28 Thread Barbara Malpass Edwards
Is it possible to use the reading guide in OOo? BME

[users] Windows Vista

2006-11-28 Thread alm99iag
To: Whom it may concern I am a user of your Open Office 2.0 and find it a nice alternative to Microsofts products. But eventhough I have chosen your Office product, I have to admmit that I find myself quite in the palm of their hands when it comes to operating system. Rumour has it that this huge

[users] Mac-OS-X.4.8 freshly installed OO 2.0, when launching it,

2006-11-28 Thread Dwight Hines
The first three menus come up in the upper left of the screen and they sit there. File commands are greyed out, as are the others. So, I then go to X-11 and click on it in the dock and it brings up OO, after a very scary all grey screen. Now, no problem launching database or writer, or

Re: [users] X11?

2006-11-28 Thread George Thomson
Just like you said! Thanks! George Thomson On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:12:49 -0500, Alan Frayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: George Thomson wrote: Downloaded OO for my Intel MacBook. Told to download X11. Advised that newer software installed and X11 could not be installed. Unable to find X11, or

Re: [users] failure to custom install swriter from CD

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 10:58 am, Robert A. Manter Family wrote: I have CD OpenOffice 2.0, have loaded it onto home computers. Want to load just the word processor onto laptop. Should take about 2.6MG. [6MG if I do help file also].When I do the X-ing out of the other stuff the CD still

Re: [users] Windows Vista

2006-11-28 Thread Daniel Kasak
alm99iag wrote: To: Whom it may concern I am a user of your Open Office 2.0 and find it a nice alternative to Microsofts products. But eventhough I have chosen your Office product, I have to admmit that I find myself quite in the palm of their hands when it comes to operating system. Rumour

Re: [users] [moderated] transparency feature on Format Command

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 12:09 pm, Peter Muriel Gorman wrote: I am using Open Office 2.0.4 I have been working on a graphic watermark. I inquired earlier about the means to do this, and was able to place the graphic in a frame, and make adjustments for page size etc. as directed.

Re: [users] Downloaded OpenOffice 2.0. OS WinXP. Did not automatically launch. How to Launch?

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 05:04 pm, Bob Oglesby wrote: You probably need to install OpenOffice.org. If Win XP has put an icon for OpenOffice.org on the desktop, double click the icon to begin the installation process. Once you have completed the installation, go to Start All Programs

Re: [users] Windows Vista

2006-11-28 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 07:28 pm, Daniel Kasak wrote: alm99iag wrote: To: Whom it may concern I am a user of your Open Office 2.0 and find it a nice alternative to Microsofts products. But eventhough I have chosen your Office product, I have to admmit that I find myself quite in

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-11-28 Thread Robert Smits
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 08:44, Adolf Gigler wrote: I am missing an importfilter to open MS Publisher files (.pub) in open office 2.0. Is such an filter available? Not to my knowledge. You can, however, export Publisher files in a variety of formats including: Postscript (.ps), Plain Text

Re: [users] Reporting mistakes in documentation

2006-11-28 Thread Terry
Tony wrote: Where is the best place, or what is the best way, to report typos etc. in user_guide2_draft.pdf? Probably, file an issue, the component being documentation. -- If you're seeking, check out http://www.rci.org.au

[users] How start Calc under Mac OS X using X11?

2006-11-28 Thread Paul Berry
The FAQ about starting Calc says (in its entirety) How can I start Calc instead of Writer ? By passing “-calc” as an argument on the command line. I've just installed OpenOffice.org 2.0.app for Mac OS X (with X11). When (in Mac OS 10.4) I double-click OpenOffice.org 2.0.ap, I get a little

Re: [users] How start Calc under Mac OS X using X11?

2006-11-28 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The FAQ about starting Calc says (in its entirety) How can I start Calc instead of Writer ? By passing “-calc” as an argument on the command line. I've just installed OpenOffice.org 2.0.app for Mac OS X (with X11). When (in Mac OS 10.4) I double-click OpenOffice.org

Re: [users] Mac-OS-X.4.8 freshly installed OO 2.0, when launching it,

2006-11-28 Thread James Mckenzie
Dwight: What you see is what you get. This is a monolithic application. However, what you can do is increase the amount of memory in your system. If you are using 256MB or less you need to move to at least 512MB of available memory. James McKenzie -Original Message- From: Dwight

Re: [users] How start Calc under Mac OS X using X11?

2006-11-28 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Paul How can I start Calc instead of Writer ? By passing -calc as an argument on the command line. I've always wondered about this as well, but I haven't had a chance to experiment. (My wife and kids use Macs.) Is it possible to get Properties on the dock item, and add the -calc there?

Re: [users] How start Calc under Mac OS X using X11?

2006-11-28 Thread Paul Berry
On 2006-11-28, at 20:02, Richard Detwiler wrote: . . . Does File New Spreadsheet not give you Calc? Ah! Indeed it does. Thank you. It had not occurred to me that to open a spread sheet one should first open a text document. And is there a way (on a Mac) to invoke Calc without going

[users] Re: Font for Greek Letters in Formula

2006-11-28 Thread Joe Smith
Rick Bilonick wrote: ... Unfortunately they would all choose to use MS Word so I'm not keen on suggesting it. ... Hey, I sympathize. Make your case for everyone using OOo; ask them to pitch in and buy you MS Office if that's what they want to use, or a better computer so you can run Windows

Re: [users] [moderated] transparency on watermark

2006-11-28 Thread Doug Thompson
Hello Peter: Sorry to be so slow to answer. I had to travel for meetings with bankers and lawyers today and that kept me busy. I find that Gray 30% or Gray 40% font color works best for my watermark(s). Select the text in the watermark, then select the Font Color toolbar icon. Or, Format

[users] Re: Reporting mistakes in documentation

2006-11-28 Thread Joe Smith
Terry wrote: Tony wrote: Where is the best place, or what is the best way, to report typos etc. in user_guide2_draft.pdf? Probably, file an issue, the component being documentation. Where did you get the PDF file? Right on the OOo manuals page

Re: [users] Re: Reporting mistakes in documentation

2006-11-28 Thread Terry
Joe Smith wrote: Terry wrote: Tony wrote: Where is the best place, or what is the best way, to report typos etc. in user_guide2_draft.pdf? Probably, file an issue, the component being documentation. Where did you get the PDF file? Right on the OOo manuals page

Re: [users] Is OOv2 compatible with Word?

2006-11-28 Thread John W. Kennedy
Brian G. Baxter wrote: To Whom It May Concern; I lost Word when my old hard drive crashed. I went to Best Buy and they told me about OpenOffice.org so I thought I would give it a try. I am having a GREAT deal of trouble using OO to create a resume, save it as a Word .doc, and then send it to a

[users] Re: German version of open office

2006-11-28 Thread Claudia Drechsle
In addition to this, there should be a German language pack available at http://de.openoffice.org also. If you install this language pack, then everything should be in German. Dan Dan, thanks for this. I didn't know about language packs. That makes possible to run OO in various

[users] Translator/s which use(s) OpenOffice

2006-11-28 Thread Terry
A user is looking for translator/s able and willing to translate documents in OpenOffice formats -i.e. translator/s who would not require the documents to be in M$ formats. Does anyone know of such (a) translator/s? -- If you're seeking, check out http://www.rci.org.au