Re: [users] Download Problem

2007-01-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 13 January 2007 8:36 pm, Ken Joseph wrote: I have downloaded OpenOffice 2.1 to my IMac. I seem to have everything setup OK, but the only component of OpenOffice I can bring up is Writer. That's a problem, because the program I really wanted was Calc. Any idea how I can bring it

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

2007-01-14 Thread Arnold Huzen
Surprisingly nobody answered your question yet. X11 is a windowsmanagement application that needs to be installed before OpenOffice can be used. You should find it on the installation disk of your OS. After that OpenOffice should work fine, starting with Writer as the default application. The

Re: [users] Invisible Template?

2007-01-14 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:54 AM [GMT+1=CET], TerryJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs-3 wrote: If I install OOo 2.1 on a pristine system (no previous version of OOo) and do FileNewText Document, then a blank text document gets created with some paragraph/character styles, page

Re: [users] Invisible Template?

2007-01-14 Thread KAMI
Navigate to File - Templates - Manage - then select your template... Right click on it the make it default. KAMI Harold Fuchs írta: On Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:54 AM [GMT+1=CET], TerryJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs-3 wrote: If I install OOo 2.1 on a pristine system (no previous

Re: [users] Invisible Template?

2007-01-14 Thread Andy Pepperdine
On Sunday 14 January 2007 13:10, Harold Fuchs wrote: On Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:54 AM [GMT+1=CET], TerryJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs-3 wrote: If I install OOo 2.1 on a pristine system (no previous version of OOo) and do FileNewText Document, then a blank text document gets

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
jimw wagner wrote: James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which includes several chapter on differences between MS Office and OOo. You can download these chapters from

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

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
george caris wrote: Dear Openoffice.org I have just installed openoffice.org 2.1 , and having problem sending messages and printed documents out by either , 1 Document as Email 2 Email as per document text 3 Email as microsoft Word 4 Email as PDF Can you advise what I am doing wrong ,

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
Thomas Chilton wrote: I know this is getting a little off-topic but I feel compelled to preserve my good name! The date I was going from was in the document itself... Modifications and updates Version Date Description of Change 0.1 1 July 2004 First draft 1.0 28 November 2004 First

Re: [users] Invisible Template?

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
Harold Fuchs wrote: If I install OOo 2.1 on a pristine system (no previous version of OOo) and do FileNewText Document, then a blank text document gets created with some paragraph/character styles, page margins, default language etc. etc. In other words, OO has used some template to create

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

2007-01-14 Thread Nikos Mitropoulos
Dear Melissa, Have you saved the document in another format (example: MS Excel) with a password? If yes, open it in OOo, with the same password. The same goes, if one send you the document with a password. Nikos http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ -Original Message- From:

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 14 January 2007 8:36 am, James Knott wrote: Thomas Chilton wrote: I know this is getting a little off-topic but I feel compelled to preserve my good name! The date I was going from was in the document itself... Modifications and updates Version Date Description of Change

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: jimw wagner wrote: James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which includes several chapter on differences between MS Office and OOo. You can download

RE: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

2007-01-14 Thread Nikos Mitropoulos
Thunderbird is a very good e-mailer. I like the RSS feature very much. It gives one the chance to read all the news in one application Yet, I'd like to see a calendar, notes, and to to-do, features, as well. These additional features would also make it more competitive with Outlook. Nikos

Re: [users] Invisible Template?

2007-01-14 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:50 PM [GMT+1=CET], Andy Pepperdine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 14 January 2007 13:10, Harold Fuchs wrote: On Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:54 AM [GMT+1=CET], TerryJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs-3 wrote: If I install OOo 2.1 on a pristine system (no

Re: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

2007-01-14 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Nikos Mitropoulos wrote: Thunderbird is a very good e-mailer. I like the RSS feature very much. It gives one the chance to read all the news in one application Yet, I'd like to see a calendar, notes, and to to-do, features, as well. These additional features would also make it more competitive

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

2007-01-14 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:28 PM [GMT+1=CET], James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: george caris wrote: Dear Openoffice.org I have just installed openoffice.org 2.1 , and having problem sending messages and printed documents out by either , 1 Document as Email 2 Email as per document text 3

[users] [moderated]

2007-01-14 Thread Kjell Persson
Hallo, Is it possible to get all in the Swedish language My best Kjell

[users] Formatting with Calc

2007-01-14 Thread alfrond
I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I am trying to format the borders of a CELL with a DOTTED LINE but I can not find it on the line style available. Please let me know how I can solve this problem. I believe I used on previous versions of Open Office. Thanks

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

2007-01-14 Thread Frank Kampers
Thank you! - Original Message - From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Frank Kampers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE On Thursday 11 January 2007 6:45 am, Frank Kampers

[users] Re: Providing Documents for Microsoft Users (was Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE)

2007-01-14 Thread Frank Kampers
Thank you! - Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:54 PM Subject: Providing Documents for Microsoft Users (was Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE) On Thursday,

[users] Version francaise

2007-01-14 Thread AGC Jenkins
Bonjour, Comment je peux trouver une version francaise? Je suis base en Angleterre pour l'immediat. Merci Tony

[users] Fichiers avec extension Drw

2007-01-14 Thread Pierre BECOURT
Bonjour J'ai sauvegardé il y a quelques années des fichiers de dessin portant l'extension DRW. Or le logiciel que j'avais acquis(windows draw) ne fonctionne plus avec windows XP.J'utilise à présent la suite open office et j'en suis enchanté.Comment puis-je ouvrir ces fichiers drw?Ce n'est pas

[users] Desktop shortcut

2007-01-14 Thread Ruth Brown
Hi there, I've just installed Open Office and made a shortcut to open it on my desktop, found something called writer in the file list that was an exe. file but it won't open anything when I double click on it. Which is the file to select to be able to open the writer bit of the programme from my

[users] Deletion

2007-01-14 Thread Micah Moss
Hello - How do I delete the message in the system from 22 Nov 2005 which displays my name and email address - I wanted that to be private... How can I make it so it doesn't show up in a search engine? Thanks. --- Micah

[users] This object blocked

2007-01-14 Thread Jim
Hello Open office, I've tried several times to download Open Office, The next window sez's This object blocked. I'm runnng WinXP HE.Re-sent Zone Alarm to allow cookies as well as FireFox . I still get message This Object Blocked. If you have time would let me know what I am doing

Re: [users] Fichiers avec extension Drw

2007-01-14 Thread Marc Hug
Vous devriez sans doute adresser ce courrier à la liste de langue française [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marc H Pierre BECOURT a écrit : Bonjour J'ai sauvegardé il y a quelques années des fichiers de dessin portant l'extension DRW. Or le logiciel que j'avais acquis(windows draw) ne fonctionne plus

Re: [users] Version francaise

2007-01-14 Thread Marc Hug
Voyez http://fr.openoffice.org/ Marc H. AGC Jenkins a écrit : Bonjour, Comment je peux trouver une version francaise? Je suis base en Angleterre pour l'immediat. Merci Tony - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-01-14 Thread Marc Hug
See http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Sv.openoffice.org Marc H. Kjell Persson a écrit : Hallo, Is it possible to get all in the Swedish language My best Kjell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] This object blocked

2007-01-14 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:16 PM [GMT+1=CET], Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Open office, I've tried several times to download Open Office, The next window sez's This object blocked. I'm runnng WinXP HE.Re-sent Zone Alarm to allow cookies as well as FireFox . I still get

Re: [users] Deletion

2007-01-14 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 21:21:31 PM -0800, M. Moss (Don't count on this next time...) wrote: Hello - How do I delete the message in the system from 22 Nov 2005 which displays my name and email address - I wanted that to be private... How can I make it so it doesn't show up in a search engine?

Re: [users] Formatting with Calc

2007-01-14 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:05 PM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I am trying to format the borders of a CELL with a DOTTED LINE but I can not find it on the line style available. Please let me know how I can

Re: [users] This object blocked

2007-01-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 14 January 2007 10:16 am, Jim wrote: Hello Open office, I've tried several times to download Open Office, The next window sez's This object blocked. I'm runnng WinXP HE.Re-sent Zone Alarm to allow cookies as well as FireFox . I still get message This Object Blocked.

Re: [users] Desktop shortcut

2007-01-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 14 January 2007 6:24 am, Ruth Brown wrote: Hi there, I've just installed Open Office and made a shortcut to open it on my desktop, found something called writer in the file list that was an exe. file but it won't open anything when I double click on it. Which is the file to select to

Re: [users] Deletion

2007-01-14 Thread Stephanie Boulee
Hi, Let me share what I would do in your situation. If you are really concerned with your personal email address being seen, I would go to a website like yahoo that provides free email accounts. Sign up for a free email account, subscribe that account and unsubscribe your current one, and

Re: [users] Deletion

2007-01-14 Thread M. Fioretti
(Stephanie: on public mailing list, please do not top post and, above all, do not retransmit the whole message you are replying to: the subscribers have no need to download (paying, if on a metered connection) the same message twice) Further comments inline. On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 14:00:26 PM

Re: [users] Invisible Template?

2007-01-14 Thread TerryJ
KAMI-3 wrote: Harold Fuchs írta: On Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:54 AM [GMT+1=CET], TerryJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs-3 wrote: If I install OOo 2.1 on a pristine system (no previous version of OOo) and do FileNewText Document, then a blank text document gets created with

Re: [users] Invisible Template?

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
TerryJ wrote: KAMI-3 wrote: Harold Fuchs írta: On Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:54 AM [GMT+1=CET], TerryJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs-3 wrote: If I install OOo 2.1 on a pristine system (no previous version of OOo) and do FileNewText Document, then a

Re: [users] Deletion

2007-01-14 Thread Donald H Locker
I'll respectfully disagree -- top-posting is much more efficient in terms of recipient's time if the recipient is so inclined. As I am. I top-post and I top-read and I don't want anyone to tell me to do otherwise. I think that way. If you don't, then feel free to ignore my posts; just

Re: [users] Deletion

2007-01-14 Thread John Meyer
While I somewhat agree on the latter comment (You don't need to relate the whole of the conversation if you are simply commenting on one or two salient points), the former is more a matter of taste (top vs. bottom posting). M. Fioretti wrote: (Stephanie: on public mailing list, please do not top

RE: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

2007-01-14 Thread Nikos Mitropoulos
Thanks a lot, Peter I'll look into it. Nikos http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ -Original Message- From: Peter Hillier-Brook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:31 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

Re: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

2007-01-14 Thread Daniel Kasak
John Meyer wrote: Playing devil's advocate here for a moment, if you really want to go head to head with MS Office, sooner or later you're going to have to face the behemoth known as Outlook. Without it, it will be Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice + some random e-mail client. Get the drift in

[users] Inital Open Office trouble - OOo 2.1 for OS X 1.3.9

2007-01-14 Thread Tyler Rippel
Sorry if this is a repeat, I was not sure how/where to ask... I have X11 installed and when I click on OpenOffice OOo Writer comes up. However, I can't find out how to open any of the other applications other than writer. I also followed the instructions on the Mac users guide thing to disable

Re: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

2007-01-14 Thread John Meyer
I could go with that, if it wasn't for the fact that on several lists that I am on I've seen people saying that open source products such as OpenOffice and Linux need to make inroads in the desktop market. Added to the fact is that there are people that are trying to convince their organizations

Re: [users] Inital Open Office trouble - OOo 2.1 for OS X 1.3.9

2007-01-14 Thread James Mckenzie
Tyler: Try File - New. All of the file types are there. Also, there is an effort underway to create icons for each of the individual portions of the OpenOffice suite. More information might be found on the MacOSX porting page at http://porting.openoffice.org/mac James McKenzie -Original

Re: [users] Inital Open Office trouble - OOo 2.1 for OS X 1.3.9

2007-01-14 Thread WalterAM
Tyler Rippel wrote: Sorry if this is a repeat, I was not sure how/where to ask... I have X11 installed and when I click on OpenOffice OOo Writer comes up. However, I can't find out how to open any of the other applications other than writer. I also followed the instructions on the Mac users

Re: [users] Inital Open Office trouble - OOo 2.1 for OS X 1.3.9

2007-01-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 14 January 2007 9:00 pm, Tyler Rippel wrote: Sorry if this is a repeat, I was not sure how/where to ask... I have X11 installed and when I click on OpenOffice OOo Writer comes up. However, I can't find out how to open any of the other applications other than writer. I also

Re: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
Daniel Kasak wrote: John Meyer wrote: Playing devil's advocate here for a moment, if you really want to go head to head with MS Office, sooner or later you're going to have to face the behemoth known as Outlook. Without it, it will be Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice + some random e-mail

Re: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

2007-01-14 Thread Daniel Kasak
John Meyer wrote: I could go with that, if it wasn't for the fact that on several lists that I am on I've seen people saying that open source products such as OpenOffice and Linux need to make inroads in the desktop market. Added to the fact is that there are people that are trying to convince

RE: [users] [moderated]

2007-01-14 Thread Nikos Mitropoulos
Yes, Please go to: http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html And choose your language Nikos http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ -Original Message- From: Kjell Persson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:35 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users]

Re: [users] [moderated] Open Source Mail Product

2007-01-14 Thread Joe Conner
SNIP Suggesting that the OpenOffice project absorbs the Evolution project is like suggesting that General Motors absorbs Rayband, because when people drive Fords, *some* of them like to have Rayband sunglasses on. Sure, maybe they DO like to wear sunglasses while driving their car, but

[users] Re: die Anwendung von OpenOffice.org

2007-01-14 Thread Max Malycha
Hi Friedrich, perhaps it may help us, if you mail a copy of the function you want to use. The value #NAME? that ist shown means, that you use a command in your function that is not known. Greetings Max Kneubühler schrieb: Hello Max Malycha, hello Guy Voets I'm sorry that I caused people

Re: [users] Deletion

2007-01-14 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 19:50:57 PM -0500, Donald H Locker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'll respectfully disagree -- top-posting is much more efficient in terms of recipient's time if the recipient is so inclined. Exactly. Do whatever you want when you know in advance (friends, coworkers..) what

Re: [users] Deletion

2007-01-14 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 17:51:51 PM -0700, John Meyer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: While I somewhat agree on the latter comment (You don't need to relate the whole of the conversation if you are simply commenting on one or two salient points), the former is more a matter of taste Not on *public*