[users] Re: MS word

Harold Fuchs wolfeden.demon.co.uk> writes: > You must save the document in Word format. Use File>Save As and select > the relevant version (probably "97/2000/XP") of Microsoft Word as the > file type. Also make sure you have "Automatic file name extension" > checked. This will cause your docum

Re: [users] More Odd Behavior - Is OOo Really Useable???

> Try "print to file" and then try converting that file from ps to pdf > using the utility ps2pdf. Thanks but I already arrived at this solution (see my other posts on: Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem). Fortunately, ps2pdf does not re-paginate nor does it insert blank pages. Rick

Re: [users] Missing Help files

I don't know whether the fix will work with the portable version. I now remember that I still have the link to the old fix: http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=311 The link to the sticky in the forum is http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=32766 Bernard Liengme

Re: [users] More Odd Behavior - Is OOo Really Useable???

Rick Bilonick wrote: On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 09:47 +, Harold Fuchs wrote: On Monday, December 18, 2006 1:56 PM [GMT+1=CET], Rick Bilonick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm using OOo 2.02 on a 64-bit Athlon system running FC5. Now I've noticed that in page preview, it shows a total of 239 pag

Re: [users] Starting OOo Maximized

That doesn't work For the record, I have actually solved this problem and filed an issue with the help team Keith On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:43:53 -0600 "Howard Sallee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try maximizing your window and then close it out. The next time it > should come out large. > > >

Re: [users] Starting OOo Maximized

Try maximizing your window and then close it out. The next time it should come out large. Howard Sallee - Original Message - From: "Keith Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [users] Starting OOo Maximized On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:4

Re: [users] Re: Text to columns in Calc?

CarlP wrote: CarlP wrote: I was sure that OOo 2 was supposed to have incorporated text-to-column functionality in Calc instead of having to install the macro (which I haven't been able to get to work properly). But a quick scan of archives seems to suggest you do still have to install the ma

Re: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

Rick Bilonick wrote: [cut] I've looked in Help for PDF export but I don't see anything in particular connected to the control of insertion of blank pages. I still don't understand why it would be necessary to add blank pages in a pdf, especially AFTER all the indexing is done. It doesn't make m

Re: [users] Missing Help files

My version as detailed in Help | About is 2.0 Yes I got the app from portableapps. I will try to get to the Calc forum (I should have noted how I found it the first time) and find the fix Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme - Original Message - From: "Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

[users] Page formatting trouble

I have a 2 page mail merge letter, 1st page needs 1.5" left margin while the second page needs a 1" left margin. I can't get it to work correctly. I type the letter, then at the natural page break of the letter, I enter a manual page break, put cursor on the next page, then choose Format->Pag

Re: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

> Rick: Maybe you've said this and I missed it, but have you tried PDF > Creator? (a free program) It would be interesting to see if that worked > any differently than OOo's PDF exporter. > > I fully agree with your contention that there is no reason that OOo > should be repaginating as part of

Re: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 14:47 -0600, Lou Losee wrote: > Hi Rick, > In OO Help, Click Index and then type 'PDF' (no quotes). Select 'PDF > export' and then click the Display button. > At the very bottom of the help page you should see something to the effect of: > "Export automatically inserted blank

Re: [users] Starting OOo Maximized

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:40:00 + Terence W C Warby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Terry wrote: > > Keith Bates wrote: > >> I used to start OOo in a maximized window but now it starts in a > >> smaller window that's about 50% of the screen space. I know I can > >> click the "Maximize" button,

[users] Re: Playing video in OO Impress

Hi, all- Configuring my Fedora Core 5 platform to play videos in OO Impress has been an uphill battle, and it's not over yet. Before I invest any more time, I'd like to know what the impact of large video files will be on my presentation. Specifically 1. Are video files actually included in th

Re: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Using Windoze XP SP2 and Ooo 2.1.0 I have a 3116 page document all pages are portrait and updating the Table of Contents does not affect the number of pages. When I export as .pdf there are no changes that I am aware of. The pages listed in the TOC are the actual pa

Re: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

Hi Rick, In OO Help, Click Index and then type 'PDF' (no quotes). Select 'PDF export' and then click the Display button. At the very bottom of the help page you should see something to the effect of: "Export automatically inserted blank pages If switched on, automatically inserted blank pages are

RE: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

> > Hi, > Using Windoze XP SP2 and Ooo 2.1.0 > I have a 3116 page document all pages are portrait and updating the Table of > Contents does not affect the number of pages. When I export as .pdf there > are no changes that I am aware of. The pages listed in the TOC are the > actual pages before

RE: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

-Original Message- From: Rick Bilonick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:57 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 17:53 +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Rick Bilonick wrote: > >

Re: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 17:53 +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Rick Bilonick wrote: > > I've described recently OOo's nasty pagination problem when exporting > > to a PDF when dealing with large documents (>200 pages). Why OOo > > finds it necessary to repaginate a paginated document when creating

[users] Re: Text to columns in Calc?

CarlP wrote: I was sure that OOo 2 was supposed to have incorporated text-to-column functionality in Calc instead of having to install the macro (which I haven't been able to get to work properly). But a quick scan of archives seems to suggest you do still have to install the macro. Is that

Re: [users] Opening Two Spreadsheets: Does this open two instances of OpenOffice?

Franco wrote: Greetings, If I open more than one spreadsheet in Calc, do I open separate sessions of the program for each document? I'm wondering this because for each spreadsheet I open there's a tab at the bottom of my screen, as if each tab represents a separate session of Calc (I open docume

[users] Text to columns in Calc?

I was sure that OOo 2 was supposed to have incorporated text-to-column functionality in Calc instead of having to install the macro (which I haven't been able to get to work properly). But a quick scan of archives seems to suggest you do still have to install the macro. Is that right, or is t

[users] Opening Two Spreadsheets: Does this open two instances of OpenOffice?

Greetings, If I open more than one spreadsheet in Calc, do I open separate sessions of the program for each document? I'm wondering this because for each spreadsheet I open there's a tab at the bottom of my screen, as if each tab represents a separate session of Calc (I open documents within Calc

Re: [users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

Rick Bilonick wrote: I've described recently OOo's nasty pagination problem when exporting to a PDF when dealing with large documents (>200 pages). Why OOo finds it necessary to repaginate a paginated document when creating a PDF I have no idea. I tried everything I could think of within OOo (try

Re: [users] I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is format accuracy with MS Word

Copy to unsubscribed OP: It's probably a nit, but you say "word" documents. Do you mean Writer or are you starting from M$Word and trying to cheat their lack of direct export to PDF ability? Either way, it would be helpful to see an example of the problem(s) you are experiencing. Perhaps I

Re: [users] More Odd Behavior - Is OOo Really Useable???

Hello! I remember this problem from ms office word 2000. First of all you have to check all your page and paragraph styles. There should be an option to insert blank pages before style or after. In ms word, for instance, the same behaviour occured when use insert page break in paragraph which

Re: [users] More Odd Behavior - Is OOo Really Usable???

On Tuesday 19 December 2006 10:08 am, Rick Bilonick wrote: > On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 09:47 +, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > On Monday, December 18, 2006 1:56 PM [GMT+1=CET], Rick Bilonick > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm using OOo 2.02 on a 64-bit Athlon system running FC5. Now > > > I've n

[users] Solution to OOo's Goofy PDF Pagination Problem

I've described recently OOo's nasty pagination problem when exporting to a PDF when dealing with large documents (>200 pages). Why OOo finds it necessary to repaginate a paginated document when creating a PDF I have no idea. I tried everything I could think of within OOo (trying the Tools Update me

[users] Digital signatures

Did anyone manage to use digital signatures with OpenOffice in SuSE 10.2? Regards Lívio Cipriano - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] More Odd Behavior - Is OOo Really Useable???

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 09:47 +, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On Monday, December 18, 2006 1:56 PM [GMT+1=CET], Rick Bilonick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm using OOo 2.02 on a 64-bit Athlon system running FC5. Now I've > > noticed that in page preview, it shows a total of 239 pages even > > t

Re: [users] Changing Shortcut Commands

Hi, try NeoOffice (based on OpenOffice) that uses Apple's GUI Aqua and thus the Apple key for shortcuts http://www.neooffice.com/ On 18 Dec 2006, at 16:57, Barry O'Neil wrote: I'm using Open Office for OS X: Is there a way to change those shortcut commands within the application that u

Re: [users] download security

I do not know these sources, but if you are in doubt, why not download the software directly from the OpenOffice sites ? e.eg. start at . I wonder why this message has arrived on Dec. 19 ! Marc H. JOHN SHARON a écrit : On 2/21 I decided to try the open office sys

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

Yes, there is a way to do that. You just save the documents in MS Word format, using the File menu > Save As, and selecting the right line among the various possibilities on the "Type" line. Normally I think your correspondents should have MS Word 97 etc. You could also save them in RTF format

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

Sonosleep, When you send out a document to someone who is not working with OpenOffice, you ask yourself one simpel question: Does this person need to edit this document? If YES, then use File>Send>Send as Microsoft Word If NO, then use File>Send>Send as PDF This prevents you harddisk from getti

Re: [users] Calc (2.0.4/2.1) crashes ... - SOLVED

Hi all, I got the solution. It was a problem in cooperation with cups. I have four network-printers in my cups printers.conf - and one of them seems to be corrupt. I changed the names by adding an ordering number as prefix (eg. 1_printer1, 2_printer 2 and so on). After that I added a local fa

Re: [users] Installing open office...

2006/12/19, geoffrey royce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Thanks so much X11 is not in my applications. There is no icon on which to click. So my computer both has and doesn't have X11 as far as I can tell... I know this can't be... but this is how it appears...again thanks for your patience... Geoff -

Re: [users] Starting OOo Maximized

Terry wrote: Keith Bates wrote: I used to start OOo in a maximized window but now it starts in a smaller window that's about 50% of the screen space. I know I can click the "Maximize" button, but I would like to start OOo in a maximized window. I've searched the options and googled unsuccessfu

Re: [users] spelling controllers

On Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:13 PM [GMT+1=CET], Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday, December 18, 2006 11:59 PM [GMT+1=CET], Jan Sisselaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dank, Arnold, Voor je snelle en positieve bericht. Ik zal nu over gaan tot het 'downloaden' van OpenOffice

Re: [users] spelling controllers

On Monday, December 18, 2006 11:59 PM [GMT+1=CET], Jan Sisselaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dank, Arnold, Voor je snelle en positieve bericht. Ik zal nu over gaan tot het 'downloaden' van OpenOffice ook al omdat ik dan af ben van de kosten van het 'upgraden' van de suites van WP Office 2000 e

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

Sonosleep wrote: > Thats th exact problem Marc. I do not have MS word on my computer. I > only use Open Office. So is there no way I can send people open > office attachments? You can use OpenOffice to save the files in MS Office format, which they should be able to open. There's even an optio

Re: [users] Starting OOo Maximized

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:26:58 +1100 Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 18 December 2006 08:37 pm, Terry wrote: > >>> Keith Bates wrote: > >>> > > I took a punt and tried -maximized and although unlisted it > works! > > >>> Worth filing an issue? I'll

Re: [users] i am using open office ver 2.03 my problem is images not being saved when saving

On Tuesday 19 December 2006 04:03 am, Craig Eaton wrote: > >From: CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: users@openoffice.org > >To: users@openoffice.org, "Craig Eaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [users] i am using open office ver 2.03 my problem is > > images not being saved when sav

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

Sonosleep wrote: Thats th exact problem Marc. I do not have MS word on my computer. I only use Open Office. So is there no way I can send people open office attachments? Thanks ??? I'm not sure I understand. You say "so is there no way I can send people open office attachments?" Yes, of c

[users] Sending OOo Documents to Microsoft Users (was Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE)

On Tuesday, December 19, 2006 7:32 AM [GMT+1=CET], Sonosleep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thats th exact problem Marc. I do not have MS word on my computer. I only use Open Office. So is there no way I can send people open office attachments? Thanks You do *not* need MS Word on your comp

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

On Tuesday 19 December 2006 01:32 am, Sonosleep wrote: > Thats th exact problem Marc. I do not have MS word on my computer. > I only use Open Office. So is there no way I can send people open > office attachments? > > Thanks > > Eric You missed the point. One of the choices you have when y

Re: [users] Open Office writer 2.1 fonts

On Monday 18 December 2006 11:37 pm, Carl wrote: > I just installed your program on 2 computers. 1 has MS XP and the > other has XP Pro. I was going thru the fonts and my xp pro has a > lot more fonts than xp? Is this the reason for the difference? How > can i get the rest of the fonts on my xp com

Re: [users] Starting OOo Maximized

On Monday 18 December 2006 08:37 pm, Terry wrote: Keith Bates wrote: I took a punt and tried -maximized and although unlisted it works! Worth filing an issue? I'll mention it on the online help list. Keith, I got this reply: "Yes, please file an issue. Feel free to a

Re: [users] Problems with Network Paths again (OOo 2.1)

Jan-Peter Rühmann wrote: > - Original Message - > *From:* Alan Frayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* users@openoffice.org > *Sent:* 13/12/2006 4:06:10 PM +0100 > *Subject:* [users] Problems with Network Paths again (OOo 2.1) > > >> Jan-Peter Rühmann wrote: >>> - Files on Network Paths can`t

[users] Re: How do I search for duplicate words in a text?

Chanyong Pak wrote: > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice. My problem is that I don't know how > to search for duplicate words throughout the entire text. I am writing a > very long list of attributes (for a certain present) but am almost sure I > will use the same word again somewhere. How do I

Re: [users] Calc (2.0.4/2.1) crashes opening spreadsheed or changing values

I still have 2.0.2. It uses a shell script called openoffice.org-2.0 in /usr/bin To open a spreadsheet, I use openoffice.org-2.0 -calc /home/terry/Current/Work/Test.ods Do you have that shell script? It is probably (?) better to use that than soffice. :-\ Ah. The executable in

Re: [users] Help with installing enw fonts.

If you have linux, than spadmin is located under /opt/openoffice.org/program/ or /usr/lib/openoffice.org/program/ or something like this. By the way, you can locate this file using Search function. Andis Jay Bauman wrote: Hi All, I'm using OO 2.0.4. I'm trying to add some new fonts. I've

Re: [users] I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is format accuracy with MS Word

There are lot of utilities to export documents to pdf from any application. Check sourceforge.net. If you have ms word and complex documents to export, it's better to do it directly from ms word, not to user ooo writer. Otherwise, if you are using ooo, why to create doc files insted of using na

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

2006/12/19, Sonosleep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Thats th exact problem Marc. I do not have MS word on my computer. I only use Open Office. So is there no way I can send people open office attachments? Thanks Eric Eric, You can save your documents as OOo documents (with extension odt for tex

Re: [users] Installing open office...

2006/12/19, geoffrey royce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: After downloading this update a window announced that this update is already installed on my computer...and yet the open office icon when clicked on continues to insist that the X11 software be installed? I am sorry for being such a pathetic c

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

Thats th exact problem Marc. I do not have MS word on my computer. I only use Open Office. So is there no way I can send people open office attachments? Thanks Eric - Original Message - From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Sonosleep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, D

[users] envio informe de error, I send Error roport

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[users] Open Office writer 2.1 fonts

I just installed your program on 2 computers. 1 has MS XP and the other has XP Pro. I was going thru the fonts and my xp pro has a lot more fonts than xp? Is this the reason for the difference? How can i get the rest of the fonts on my xp computer? Thanks carl -

[users] Help with installing enw fonts.

Hi All, I'm using OO 2.0.4. I'm trying to add some new fonts. I've followed the help directions in OO. But for one thing, I can't find the spadmin file/directory/program or whatever it is. Help. Regards Jay Bauman 021 215 9585

Re: [users] i am using open office ver 2.03 my problem is images not being saved when saving

From: CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: users@openoffice.org To: users@openoffice.org, "Craig Eaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [users] i am using open office ver 2.03 my problem is images not being saved when saving Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:51:22 + On Wednesday 06 Decembe

Re: [users] Installing open office...

After downloading this update a window announced that this update is already installed on my computer...and yet the open office icon when clicked on continues to insist that the X11 software be installed? I am sorry for being such a pathetic computer owner Thanks for your help Geoff

[users] I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is format accuracy with MS Word

We are having a problem where we use the Open Office engine to render word documents into PDFs. We cannot get the PDF output to be precisely the same. The biggest issue is that pagination is different. Does anyone know what we can do to make the accuracy near-perfect or perhaps a set of fonts/

Re: [users] I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. on a mac using X11. My problem is I am using Impress and when I use the 'save as' function Open Office crashes

2006/12/19, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Monday 18 December 2006 04:57 pm, Ceri wrote: > Same problem - I'm on an Intel Mac and with version 2.1 after > trying to save as a Powerpoint file openoffice impress crashes. > > > Thanks again This is a known problem. QA has stated that Impre

Re: [users] can't use 2.0.4 or 2.1 on Solaris 9 x86

No, you are right. I am using the Windows version. Marc H. Terry a écrit : The difference being, Marc, that you are not using the Solaris version. (Or are you?) Since 2.0.3 works, it sounds to me like a bug with the later versions. (What a surprise!) Marc Hug wrote: There must be some

Re: [users] More Odd Behavior

On Monday, December 18, 2006 1:56 PM [GMT+1=CET], Rick Bilonick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm using OOo 2.02 on a 64-bit Athlon system running FC5. Now I've noticed that in page preview, it shows a total of 239 pages even though in regular mode for editing it shows a total of 238 pages. It see

Re: [users] Installing open office...

2006/12/19, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Monday 18 December 2006 02:18 pm, geoffrey royce wrote: > My software was a gift from the shop that rebuilt my > computer as I explained my hard drive was replaced... > > So I need to acquire the X11 some how on a disc... > > Thanks, Geoff Try this

Re: [users] Can't get pps to open.

On Monday, December 18, 2006 5:47 AM [GMT+1=CET], FLO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there, I sent an e-mail to you today but I forgot to give you my E-mail address so here it is, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The E-mail was about the fact that I cannot open PowerPoint files with my openoffice2.0, as I ins

Re: [users] Calc (2.0.4/2.1) crashes opening spreadsheed or changing values

Hi Terry, I tried it again to reinstall OO 2.1 again using the guide in the link you transmitted. I erased the application via rpm, removed the app.-path an the users oo-directory with 'rm -rf /opt/openoffice* /home/user/.openoffice*' and started a new installation with rpm -Uvh --repl

Re: [users] getting ms works doc to open in openoffice?

2006/12/18, Arnold Huzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: OpenOffice can not open Works documents. If you don't have the Works program anymore then use google to find a Works to Doc converter. After you converted your files to *.doc you can use them with OpenOffice. Arnold Huzen another contributor wrot

Re: [users] How do I search for duplicate words in a text?

On Monday, December 18, 2006 5:41 AM [GMT+1=CET], Chanyong Pak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice. My problem is that I don't know how to search for duplicate words throughout the entire text. I am writing a very long list of attributes (for a certain present) but a

Re: [users] Changing Shortcut Commands

2006/12/18, Barry O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm using Open Office for OS X: Is there a way to change those shortcut commands within the application that use the ctrl key to instead use the command (apple) key (to match the way other programs run in OS X)? Any help/guidance would be much appr

Re: [users] Fonction Escape

On Monday, December 18, 2006 11:18 PM [GMT+1=CET], Jean-Claude Tardif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: J'utilise Open office .org version 2.0. Comment faire pour annuler la fonction "Escape". Quand je veux introduire du texte dans du texte déjà tapé, le mot qui suit s'efface et il est impossible de

Re: [users] Qué tal amigos de OpenOffic e.org

You better should discuss this with spanish-speaking people. See mailto:users@es.openoffice.org>> Marc Hug Erick Latin a écrit : Espero que estén bien. Ya bajé OpenOficce para Linux en la versión de desarrollo. Traté de bajar el paquete de idioma español pero me aparece un error. Díganme qué