Re: [users] Re: Windows Vista

2006-12-02 Thread Joe Grech
I agree wholeheartedly with ignoring MS Vista. Ms are after our hard-earned cash. That's all. They like to dominate the world and I would think that with all that cash they will succeed eventually. Good luck to OO to have the guts to challenge them! From: Terence W C Warby [EMAIL

Re: [users] Re: Windows Vista

2006-12-02 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:52:32 +0100 Joe Grech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree wholeheartedly with ignoring MS Vista. Ms are after our hard-earned cash. That's all. They like to dominate the world and I would think that with all that cash they will succeed eventually. Good luck to OO to

RE: [users] Re: Windows Vista

2006-12-02 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
-Original Message- From: Lee Wiggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:23 PM What's the big flap about MS? Everyone is acting like this is a new behavior. Vista is another iteration of the old MS song and dance. Pick another os and relax. You may

[users] FileZilla

2006-12-02 Thread Walter Hildebrandt
Does anyone have any experience or comments in regards FileZilla? In what ways is it any better, and any worse, than Dreamweaver? In what ways is it any better, and any worse, than Joomla? Pete Holsberg wrote: Terry wrote: Walter Hildebrandt wrote: I am involved with the website

[users] donate

2006-12-02 Thread diana hermann-bild
how can i donate other than via the internet? mail? di - Now you can have a huge leap forward in email: get the new Yahoo! Mail.

[users] regestration problems

2006-12-02 Thread Frank Ammerman
I have a dell xps laptop with xp on it and I have installed openoffice 2.0.3. I have installed the program and everytime I restart the machine the welcome to openoffice 2.0 with the 4 steps on it. Welcome, License Agreement and Registration. I need to get rid of this thing. I tried filling

[users] Font problem

2006-12-02 Thread Bill Bailey
Hi folks: I need some help with Open Office Writer (version 2.0.2). I am running Linux (Mepis distribution 6.0). I bought the following 4 Adobe Garamond fonts (Windows PostScript) from Linotype: (1) Regular, (2) Italic, (3) Bold, and (4) Regular Expert. Numbers 1, 2, and 3 came in a Family folder

Re: [users] Corrupt Installation File

2006-12-02 Thread Bob McBride
Much thanks for your help Harold. Got it and installed. Bob McBride - Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [users] Corrupt Installation File On Thursday, November

[users] can you suppress the #value! error message (in OpenOffice calc)

2006-12-02 Thread Nino Pereira
Hi, I want to multiply a row that is sparsely populated with non-zero numbers only where there are data: when there are no date the cell is blank. But, when you multiply a blank you get an error message: #value!. Can you suppress this error message? I've tried to define the cell as a 'number',

[users] WRITER FILE GRAPHICS FAILURE

2006-12-02 Thread Jack Imms
I am using Windows XP SP2. I used Insertpicturefile to copy a picture to a writer file. An error message Error writing file appeared when I tried to save it. Both Save and Save as. The pictures also disappeared. Graphics cannot be displayed The Display graphics box is ticked. Does it have

[users] Simple Chinese Language doesn't display correct in Openoffice Calc

2006-12-02 Thread Jason . Wang
Hello, Open office support I have one problem with display Simple Chinese character in Openoffice Calc. I did following testing: in put some words in Openoffice Calc field, you see I input 8 character in A1 field, but only display 6 character in red circle. I didn't know why this happen. If

[users] autocorrect issues

2006-12-02 Thread Sandee Gannon
a.. I am using version 2.0.4 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : When using autocorrect in Writer. If I use a word in the AutoCorrect list at the end of a sentence followed by a punctuation mark it does not get expanded. Ex. in AutoCorrect I set rtr to be replaced with return and type the

[users] Copy Slides

2006-12-02 Thread Bernd Kaponig
Hi, How do I copy a slide from one presentation to another in OO Impress so that the copied slide looks *exactly* the same as in the source presentation? I don't want to change the Standard style format and 25 other settings etc. so that the copied slide would look OK, but all the other

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

2006-12-02 Thread Ducheneaut
i WANT TO DOWLOAD A FRENCH VERSION OF OPENOFFICE; HOW I CAN DO THAT, THANKS;

Re: [users] How to edit an Impress Master page?

2006-12-02 Thread Fergus Bremner
Dan, Tremendous thanks for the tip - truly appreciated. Will read the getting started document with pleasure. -Fergus On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 18:06 -0600, Dan Lewis wrote: On Thursday 30 November 2006 12:14 pm, Fergus Bremner wrote: How does one do something as simple as edit a master page in

[users] Re: [online_help] Reveal Codes

2006-12-02 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 10:44 -0500, Judy Tenison wrote: 12-1-06 How can I REVEAL CODES in a document I am working in? OpenOffice.org does not use reveal codes. However there is a macro you can use. I do not recall where to find it but it is mentioned frequently on the users@openoffice.org

[users] Assembly for .NET - using Oo Calc

2006-12-02 Thread Lukáš Holota
Hi, I am developing new application and I want it to support Oo Calc format, but I do not know if there is some assembly (dll file) to access Oo calc files from .net (or any other platform) and how to use it? Regards Lukáš Holota

Re: [users] database-style spreadsheet

2006-12-02 Thread Lisa Hardy
Well, transpose appears to simply take an array of say, 10 X 20, and make it a 20 X 10. I believe my only solution is to write a routine to automate the process, or spend a couple of hours cutting, pasting, and copying. Thanks for the suggestion, though. Lisa -Original Message- From:

[users] Attatchment problems

2006-12-02 Thread David Laidler
I am using OpenOffice 2 as my word processor, and click on the button to send as an e-mail.But my friends say they cannot open the attatchment!! David and Jean Laidler 15,Summerfield, Sidmouth EX10 9RY 01395 579856

[users] [moderated]Switchboard

2006-12-02 Thread Güntwin Romijn
Hi, I am a former Access user and now i am trying out your database functionality. it workes O.K. but i am missing something, A Switchboard. Do you know a easy way to make this or could you tell me how this is possible to make in BASE. Thank in advance for your reply. Kind regards, Güntwin

[users] [moderated]Queries greyed out in Base

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Ackland
I installed OOo and Jave JRE. Opened an Access database in Base successfuly. My procedure: 1. Open base/recently used/new database(=Access one). 2. Click on open 3. Open/New database.odb/click open 4. New database/OOo Base 5. click on queries Three queries come up in *black* 6. Click on Wizard

[users] clipart gallery

2006-12-02 Thread popbert
I have been using O.O. for some time now, but I don't seem to have a gallery with graphics etc. I go toolsgallery, and nothing happens, any suggestions??? Di Williams

[users] Purchase Open Office 2 on cd

2006-12-02 Thread Tom Wepfer
Can I purchase Open Office on CD? -- Tom Wepfer PO Box 235 Loyal, WI 54446

[users] More about blank page

2006-12-02 Thread Rick Bell
Thanks for the reply...My first page was a title page- a default style page. I did not want a page number on it, and I wanted the next page to be a page 1. I used default for my title because if I use first page style, the next page will be page 2. So I created my own style, I called it

[users] OpenOffice--X11

2006-12-02 Thread lord.gamlet
I am running a Macpro (intel bassed) I can not install X11-- I get a message stating that 'newer software is already installed' and it won't allow me to install X11. I don't see anything installed that will work. Openoffice will not start. please advise. Thank you Mike Corbett

[users] Clipboard Problems

2006-12-02 Thread Max Beutling
I'm using OpenOffice.org version 2.0.2 and have a problem with OpenOffice.org Draw. I created a document, edited it for several days and suddenly i couldn't paste any object, but copy. I selected Copy ... tried to open the pop up menu... There is no Paste entry in it. The Paste option in the

Re: [users] Trying to load 2.0.3

2006-12-02 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu November 30 2006 20:13, Dick Linda Harrison wrote: I had been using Writer in version 2.0.3. I upgraded to 2.0.4 but had problems and removed it. I would like to get 2.0.3 again but have been unable to. Is it still available? Hi Dick, It is also a good idea to report problems with

Re: [users] question on OOo Writer

2006-12-02 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu November 30 2006 16:09, + dr. Gerencser Balazs wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Dear OpenOffice.org! I am using OOo 2.0 and my question is: I want to put chapter titles in the header, but some of them are too long. Does the OOo have alternative chapter titles (like ie.

Re: [users] klausfys

2006-12-02 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu November 30 2006 16:30, + klausfys wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** i´m somewhat frustreted since i justr tried to log-in(joined yesterday-and sent a question ..) but I wasn´t recognized..? however :I`m using xp-pro without problems and trying to use something other

Re: [users] OpenOffice--X11

2006-12-02 Thread James Mckenzie
Lord Gamlet: There is a great how-to and FAQ at http://porting.openoffice.org/mac Also, please be aware that Apple also supplies X11 version 1.1.3 for download for the Intel based MacIntoshes. These operate on Mac OS X 10.4. Please be aware that the users@openoffice.org mailing list is

Re: [users] regestration problems

2006-12-02 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri December 1 2006 01:03, + Frank Ammerman wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I have a dell xps laptop with xp on it and I have installed openoffice 2.0.3. I have installed the program and everytime I restart the machine the welcome to openoffice 2.0 with the 4 steps on it.

Re: [users] FileZilla

2006-12-02 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:22 PM [GMT+1=CET], Walter Hildebrandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any experience or comments in regards FileZilla? In what ways is it any better, and any worse, than Dreamweaver? In what ways is it any better, and any worse, than Joomla? Pete

Re: [users] Attatchment problems

2006-12-02 Thread James Knott
David Laidler wrote: I am using OpenOffice 2 as my word processor, and click on the button to send as an e-mail.But my friends say they cannot open the attatchment!! David and Jean Laidler 15,Summerfield, Sidmouth EX10 9RY 01395 579856 Your friends are probably using MS Office, which

Re: [users] FileZilla

2006-12-02 Thread Ian Stephen
On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 08:22 -0800, Walter Hildebrandt wrote: Does anyone have any experience or comments in regards FileZilla? In what ways is it any better, and any worse, than Dreamweaver? In what ways is it any better, and any worse, than Joomla? FileZilla

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

2006-12-02 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Friday, December 01, 2006 2:46 PM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i WANT TO DOWLOAD A FRENCH VERSION OF OPENOFFICE; HOW I CAN DO THAT, THANKS; http://fr.openoffice.org/ Also, please do not send e-mails in UPPER CASE. It is considered to be shouting and therefore

Re: [users] can you suppress the #value! error message (in OpenOffice calc)

2006-12-02 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Friday, December 01, 2006 3:20 AM [GMT+1=CET], Nino Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to multiply a row that is sparsely populated with non-zero numbers only where there are data: when there are no date the cell is blank. But, when you multiply a blank you get an error message:

Re: [users] Styles lost on upgrade to 2.0.4

2006-12-02 Thread Dick Linda Harrison
Please disregard this problem. I found (and confirmed) that the problem was all mine, and had nothing to do with the upgrade. My apologies, Dick - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

[users] footnote formatting question/problem

2006-12-02 Thread Elizabeth Young
I'm using windows xp, openoffice 2.0.4, writer. Had problems with retroactively formatting footnotes. This document has been in and out of Word, saved as a rich text formatted doc. Probably a bad idea Repeated transfers into and out of openoffice apparently removed the 'small' attribute

[users] Application cannot be started with OOo 2.0.x

2006-12-02 Thread Jonas Karlsson
Hello! I just recently tried to upgrade to 2.0.4 of OpenOffice.org, from 1.1.4 (I know, I'm a bit slow :) ). But I can't get it to launch. Every time I try to launch it, either through the scripts or the bin directly I get Application cannot be started. An internal error occurred. I had no

[users] Re: Impress: printing layout without master page info

2006-12-02 Thread Laurent Duperval
Jean Hollis Weber wrote: File Print, click Options. Under Quality, choose Black and white. You could also try Grayscale, and see which result suits you best. (I haven't used this enough to understand what the difference is.) Thanks. It still prints part of the background but much less than

[users] OpenOffice.org 2.0app won't start - claims I don't have X11 but I DO have X11

2006-12-02 Thread Elliot Austein
* /I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I can't get it to start. When I double-click on the icon of OpenOffice.org 2.0app, I get the error message / OpenOffice.org cannot be started because X11 is not installed. Please install Apple X11 first. But

[users] Installation issue

2006-12-02 Thread Todd Carter
I've download OOo but it wont install. Near the end of the installation cycle it reports an error 1935. I'm running Windows XP. What can I do to resovle this issue? Thanks

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

2006-12-02 Thread Michael A Breaux
Hello, Is there a way to concert Microsoft works over to open office? -- Michael A Breaux [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Attatchment problems

2006-12-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 02 December 2006 12:42 pm, James Knott wrote: David Laidler wrote: I am using OpenOffice 2 as my word processor, and click on the button to send as an e-mail.But my friends say they cannot open the attatchment!! David and Jean Laidler 15,Summerfield, Sidmouth EX10 9RY

[users] oxygenOffice issues: cannot drag photos

2006-12-02 Thread Laurent Duperval
Hi, On Windows, I am not able to drag images from the gallery to my documents. I get an error saying the image could not be found. However, dragging clipart doesn't seem to be as much of a problem. Also, I uninstalled and reinstalled the package three times because I thought I did it wrong.

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

2006-12-02 Thread Marc Hug
Alles zur le site français http://fr.openoffice.org/ Marc H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : i WANT TO DOWLOAD A FRENCH VERSION OF OPENOFFICE; HOW I CAN DO THAT, THANKS; - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] [moderated]Switchboard

2006-12-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 02 December 2006 03:46 am, Güntwin Romijn wrote: Hi, I am a former Access user and now i am trying out your database functionality. it workes O.K. but i am missing something, A Switchboard. Do you know a easy way to make this or could you tell me how this is possible to make

Re: [users] Purchase Open Office 2 on cd

2006-12-02 Thread Marc Hug
See http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.4/ Marc H. Tom Wepfer a écrit : Can I purchase Open Office on CD? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Purchase Open Office 2 on cd

2006-12-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 02 December 2006 06:50 am, Tom Wepfer wrote: Can I purchase Open Office on CD? There are two ways of doing this. Browse through the computer magazines that have CDs inserted in them. Check to see if OpenOffice.org is one of the programs on the CD. Or, go to

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

2006-12-02 Thread Marc Hug
I suppose you meant convert. No. The only way to convert MS Works documents is to first save them (from Works) to a format like .doc or .rtf, and then open them with OpenOffice. Marc H. Michael A Breaux a écrit : Hello, Is there a way to concert Microsoft works over to open office?

Re: [users] OpenOffice--X11

2006-12-02 Thread Alan Frayer
lord.gamlet wrote: I am running a Macpro (intel bassed) I can not install X11-- I get a message stating that 'newer software is already installed' and it won't allow me to install X11. I don't see anything installed that will work. Openoffice will not start. The version of X11 you need to

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

2006-12-02 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
John E. Martindale wrote: 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

Re: [users] More about blank page

2006-12-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 02 December 2006 09:24 am, Rick Bell wrote: Thanks for the reply...My first page was a title page- a default style page. I did not want a page number on it, and I wanted the next page to be a page 1. I used default for my title because if I use first page style, the next page

Re: [users] Installation issue

2006-12-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 02 December 2006 02:18 pm, Todd Carter wrote: I've download OOo but it wont install. Near the end of the installation cycle it reports an error 1935. I'm running Windows XP. What can I do to resovle this issue? Thanks You have an antivirus program running. It does not allow

Re: [users] More about blank page

2006-12-02 Thread Adrian Try
Hi again Rick Thanks for the reply...My first page was a title page- a default style page. I did not want a page number on it, and I wanted the next page to be a page 1. I used default for my title because if I use first page style, the next page will be page 2. So I created my own

Re: [users] can you suppress the #value! error message (in OpenOffice calc)

2006-12-02 Thread Joe Conner
Using row 1 as the row with the sparse population use a formula in row 2 such as: =IF(ISNUMBER(A1);A1*5;) Joe Nino Pereira wrote: Hi, I want to multiply a row that is sparsely populated with non-zero numbers only where there are data: when there are no date the cell is blank. But, when you

Re: [users] donate

2006-12-02 Thread Guy Voets
2006/12/1, diana hermann-bild [EMAIL PROTECTED]: how can i donate other than via the internet? mail? di Hello, see how to contribute financially on this page: http://contributing.openoffice.org/donate.html -- Guy using english OOo 2.0.4 on a G4 iMac Tiger and dutch OOo 2.1 RC 1 on a G4

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.0app won't start - claims I don't have X11 but I DO have X11

2006-12-02 Thread Guy Voets
2006/12/2, Elliot Austein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: * /I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I can't get it to start. When I double-click on the icon of OpenOffice.org 2.0app, I get the error message / OpenOffice.org cannot be started because X11 is not

Re: [users] can you suppress the #value! error message (in OpenOffice calc)

2006-12-02 Thread Ross Johnson
Nino Pereira wrote: Hi, I want to multiply a row that is sparsely populated with non-zero numbers only where there are data: when there are no date the cell is blank. But, when you multiply a blank you get an error message: #value!. In OOo 2.0.4 using simple examples I get zero (0) as the

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

2006-12-02 Thread Arnold Huzen
You need to convert them to MS Office before you can read them into OpenOffice. If you google for 'Works to Word converter' or 'Works to Excel converter' you'll find plenty of links. Arnold Huzen Michael A Breaux schreef: Hello, Is there a way to concert Microsoft works over to open

Re: [users] oxygenOffice issues: cannot drag photos

2006-12-02 Thread KAMI
Laurent Duperval írta: Hi, On Windows, I am not able to drag images from the gallery to my documents. I get an error saying the image could not be found. Can you tell me more precise, which images affected? I have no problem at all... Are you using the latest 2.0.4 version? However,

Re: [users] oxygenOffice issues: cannot drag photos

2006-12-02 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 15:34 -0500, Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, On Windows, I am not able to drag images from the gallery to my documents. I get an error saying the image could not be found. However, dragging clipart doesn't seem to be as much of a problem. Also, I uninstalled and

Re: [users] oxygenOffice issues: cannot drag photos

2006-12-02 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 00:57 +0100, KAMI wrote: Laurent Duperval írta: Hi, On Windows, I am not able to drag images from the gallery to my documents. I get an error saying the image could not be found. Can you tell me more precise, which images affected? I have no problem at all... Are

[users] Re: [api-dev] Character cells in Calc formulas: OOo_1.1.4 v/ 2.0.1-4bpo1

2006-12-02 Thread Ennio-Sr
Hi Nino, I had a similar problem that disappearead when I downloaded 2.0.4 from OOo.org site (Debian version had 'save file problems'...) This is my post of the time and the reply: Ennio-Sr wrote: trying to read some .sxc files with OOo_2.0.1 Calc I found they are full of _#VALUE_ errors, as a

Re: [users] FileZilla

2006-12-02 Thread Walter Hildebrandt
Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:22 PM [GMT+1=CET], Walter Hildebrandt wrote: Does anyone have any experience or comments in regards FileZilla? In what ways is it any better, and any worse, than Dreamweaver? In what ways is it any better, and any

Re: [users] cant open a file

2006-12-02 Thread John W. Kennedy
john wrote: Hi have a problem opening a file created by Open office 1 which nI nolonger have as I updated to Open office two and it wont open .any suggestions? What do you mean by won't open? -- John W. Kennedy The blind rulers of Logres Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue.

Re: [users] Joomla

2006-12-02 Thread James Mckenzie
Walter: Maybe you are confused here: Dreamweaver: HTML tool for site design. FileZilla: FTP client to serve files from a file server. What were you trying to do that you need to replace/surplant Dreamweaver? And what purpose are you using Dreamweaver for that another HTML content manager

[users] Re: oxygenOffice issues: cannot drag photos

2006-12-02 Thread Laurent Duperval
On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:59:12 +, Barrie Backhurst wrote: I get an insert section dialog in writer and a file does not exist error in draw. I'm running on Linux and the clipart isn't a problem. I haven't tried to solve it, but I guess its a bug in the package as the results are similar over

Re: [users] Joomla

2006-12-02 Thread Walter Hildebrandt
Yes, James I am confused. My intent is to see if your community website and my non-profit website can cooperate for our mutual benefits. I respect the fantastic job the OpenOffice community has and is doing. However, there is a missing piece that my website is providing. My Users will not,

Re: [users] Application cannot be started with OOo 2.0.x

2006-12-02 Thread Terry
Jonas Karlsson wrote: Hello! I just recently tried to upgrade to 2.0.4 of OpenOffice.org, from 1.1.4 (I know, I'm a bit slow :) ). But I can't get it to launch. Every time I try to launch it, either through the scripts or the bin directly I get Application cannot be started. An internal error

Re: [users] Joomla

2006-12-02 Thread James Mckenzie
Walter: First OpenOffice.org is NOT MY website. It is the community's website and thus can be changed. What it does take is to have someone suggest acceptable changes to the site. If your site is/has information that is desirable, then it should be included in the links from the

Re: [users] Joomla

2006-12-02 Thread Walter Hildebrandt
James Mckenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter: First OpenOffice.org is NOT MY website. It is the community's website and thus can be changed. I am sorry for not being clear. The context in which I was writing was that you are involved with a particular website and I am involved with a

Re: [users] Joomla

2006-12-02 Thread Terry
Walter Hildebrandt wrote: snip . One advantage I have is that I know very, very little about computers and software therefore I have a point of view that matches most of the Users that come to my website. You probably have the advantage of having the same point of view as the Users of our