Re: [users] print path and filename on each page

2007-03-18 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi *, Harold Fuchs schrieb: Otto wrote: Hi List ! I am looking for an option/possibility to print the path+filename of each document if it is printed. This should be no footer or header, but an automatic setting for ALL prints. Is this possible with oo ? [...] I think you have to do

Re: [users] open source croping software

2007-03-18 Thread James Knott
Michael Adams wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:17:52 +0300 Kirill S. Palagin wrote: mspaint.exe (aka PaintBrush) is no cost app that can do basic cropping. And i personally recommend you learn this one, as like vi on Unix sometimes it is all you've got.

Re: [users] print path and filename on each page

2007-03-18 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi *, Harold Fuchs schrieb: Otto wrote: Hi List ! I am looking for an option/possibility to print the path+filename of each document if it is printed. This should be no footer or header, but an automatic setting for ALL prints. Is this possible with oo ? [cut]

Re: [users] print path and filename on each page

2007-03-18 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi *, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Manfred J. Krause wrote: Harold Fuchs schrieb: Otto wrote: [...] I am looking for an option/possibility to print the path+filename of each document if it is printed. This should be no footer or header, but an automatic setting for ALL prints. Is this

Re: [users] open source croping software

2007-03-18 Thread WmRobt
Try GIMP.org; IrfanView; XnView; Blender all are opensource and have winXP vers and free for the download if you google them. - Original Message - From: James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [users] open source croping

Re: [users] open source croping software

2007-03-18 Thread WmRobt
You can add Inkscape to your list of open source software capable of croping. - Original Message - From: WmRobt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [users] open source croping software Try GIMP.org; IrfanView; XnView; Blender

[users] Base Specifications

2007-03-18 Thread Les Nelson
Can you tell me where I can find the Openoffice Base database specifications including maximum file size, maximum number of tables, maximum table size, etc. I was unable to find a listing of specifications in the Specification section of the web site. Thank you. Les Nelson

[users] word art

2007-03-18 Thread Kjartan Kothe-Næss
Dear Sir! Question from a relative who considers downloading Open Office: Is there a programme in Op. Off. that resembles WordArt in Microsoft Word? Grateful for your answer! KKN - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Spell-check help please

2007-03-18 Thread Don Pam WRIGHT
Could you assist me please. I have Windows XP Home, and use Outlook Express. I use OpenOffice Org as my Office Suite. This is fine, as I really only need a good word processor. I do not have Microsoft Office. When I use OpenOffice Org Writer the spell-check works fine. However when I type an

[users] REGISTRY

2007-03-18 Thread Peter Kuhn
I am using version 2.0.4 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I forgot to register my installation of OpenOffice which came with a new UBUNTU distribution of LINUX two weeks ago. The option REGISTRY is now no longer offerd under the HELP-Menue. How can I make up for the leeway? -- Peter Kuhn

[users] Menu change...

2007-03-18 Thread Joseph Amato, Jr.
I am using version 2.1of OpenOffice.org. My concern is that there is no way to change the actual view of openoffice. Is there anyway to make openoffice look more like microsoft office 2003 or 2007? If not people should at least have the option to choose different styles of the menus and

[users] Re: [mac] Fw: [users] Fonts in Mac OS X

2007-03-18 Thread Shaun McDonald
Hi George, On 18 Mar 2007, at 00:48, James Mckenzie wrote: Would someone like to help George? James McKenzie -Forwarded Message- From: George Morten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 17, 2007 3:40 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Fonts in Mac OS X Hello, I'm new to

[users] fonts

2007-03-18 Thread robin ouellette
I need the monotype corsiva font but that is not listed as well as several other scripts and fonts. Is there a way to get them to be inserted into the font listing?

[users] Overcoming objections

2007-03-18 Thread Ray Trimble
I am trying to promote OOo and will be giving a presentation to our computer club in May and need to have all the ammo I can find to overcome objections such as the compatibility issues when trying to open files in other formats. I get the Atlanta Journal Constitution paper on Sunday and there

[users] [moderated]

2007-03-18 Thread Barbara Boehme
Hi, I got as far as . Select Language and I did not get a drop down box or a way to continue. I have Windows 98 2nd edition and I am trying to download ,openoffice.org2.0. I did download Java software and it did say it was installed but when I tried to download the open office, it said it

[users] Problem converting Excel's rate() function

2007-03-18 Thread Joe Fall
I had a problem with the rate() function in a spreadsheet that I originally designed in Excel but am now using in OpenOffice Calc (version 2.1). The Excel syntax is rate(nper,pmt,pv,[fv],[type], [guess]). If you omit the pmt value in Excel (e.g. rate (12,,-254,328)), Excel will assume the

[users] impress 2.0 prsentations created can not be read and shown by powerpoint

2007-03-18 Thread Albert Pye
My open office program is great! However, although I can use it to look at power point presentations, power point can not open or read impresses presentations. So, impress will open its own files and powerpoint files, but powerpoint will not open impress files. I have tried saving the

[users] [moderated]

2007-03-18 Thread Gayle Mocabee
I want to sort numerically, but the sort icon is not shown for me to use. All it lets me do is sort alphabetically. How can I get the sort icon to be an option?

[users] My OpenOffice 1.1 Package, compatibility with MS Office XP

2007-03-18 Thread Zvonimir Bukovinski
Gentlemen, I am using version 1.1 of OpenOffice org. My problem is that I cannot open files appearing in MS PowerPoint presentation usually attached to my incoming mail. What to do i.e. how to overcome the situation? Please,help! Regards, Zvonimir Bukovinski

[users] Opening MS Publisher files in Draw

2007-03-18 Thread Dan Puetz
I'm running OpenOffice 2.1 on XP in the hope of being able to open and work on Publisher files, but cannot figure out which filter (the popup screen) to use in order to do this. I didn't find anything in the help section. Can OpenOffice even open Publisher files? I find filters for every MS

[users] Linpus Linux

2007-03-18 Thread Edgar Gättner
Hallo! Ich würde gerne ein Acer Travelmate mit Linpus Linux kaufen. Im Internet geht es bzgl. Beurteilug von Linpus Linux drüber und drunter. Könnt ihr mir vielleicht helfen zu versthen, was Linpus Linux ist? Ist das wirklich kein vollständiges Linux? Kann man das empfehlen? Ich habe noch keine

[users] Text Boxes from MSWord

2007-03-18 Thread MarkSymons
When I open an MS Word document in OOoWriter, the text that is in text boxes in the original MSWord doc (in this case the letter head) doesn't appear. Can I find it? Thanks Mark - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] a function in spreadsheet

2007-03-18 Thread nic timmins
Hi i was just wondering if you knew or could find out how to insert the todays date and have it remain the same date as the day you inserted it. I know of the function =today() but that just displays the date of the day you look at the spreadsheet, and I want it to remain the date that the

[users] vista

2007-03-18 Thread william williams
hello, I was told that open office may not work with vista..I was told this by the salesman that sold me a new computer with vista on it ..he told me I should buy the new microsoft office suite.. I would like to know if open office will work with vista..thanks

[users] Extention PPS

2007-03-18 Thread Erik Jan en Marisca
Hello, I am using Open Office.org. It is working fine I only have one question. When I receive e mail with for example a picture or movie with the extention .pps , I cannot open it. I receive a message when I try to open it which says: There is no programm to open this Can I change that

[users] [moderated] i am using open office 2.1 my problem is

2007-03-18 Thread SUSAN WILSON
i have set up a database but am having probs on inserting it into a website that i have created.A step by step guide would be very appreciated.Also how do i insert pics into the data on a database

[users] MAC OS X 10.4.8

2007-03-18 Thread Michael Fox
The problem is that clicking the icon on the MAC Dock does not bring the Office window to the front. Very inconvenient. Means reducing open untill I find it.windows Michael Fox - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] New Vista Software Compatabillity with OpenOffice

2007-03-18 Thread Rob Jackson
Will the the current version of OpenOffice work for the new Vista program? I tried downloading OpenOffice into my new Gateway computer loaded with Vista. I got a fault message near the end of the download. If not, will you have an upgrade soon? Please advise RJ - Louisville, KY

Re: [users] Where are the components? Need Help.

2007-03-18 Thread Jeff Mitchell
It always opens in Writer. If you do FileNew it shows all the modules. Or - if yot choose FileOpen and select a .xls file, it will open Calc - etc On Mar 17, 2007, at 11:32 PM, dave sheerin wrote: Hi, I've now tried downloading and installing open office 3 times with the same result.

[users] Random Numbered List Items Lose Formatting on Load

2007-03-18 Thread Jason Pfeil
Greetings, OO.o! Thank you for an excellent word processor that helps us to throw off the shackles of the MS overlords! :-) For the past few years, I've been noticing a problem with loading documents in OpenOffice.org. Specifically, with versions 2.1 and now 2.2 (beta) and numbered lists. I'm

Re: [users] vista

2007-03-18 Thread James Knott
william williams wrote: hello, I was told that open office may not work with vista..I was told this by the salesman that sold me a new computer with vista on it ..he told me I should buy the new microsoft office suite.. I would like to know if open office will work with vista..thanks

Re: [users] Notes

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
I haven't had time to experiment, but it sounds like you may have found a bug. The best way to get it fixed is to file an issue. Agree - definitely a bug. Have tried it on 2.0.4 and 2.1 and same behaviour. I see that a bug has already been lodged (quick work)... /paul -- Vista is dramatically

Re: [users] Base Specifications

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
Can you tell me where I can find the Openoffice Base database specifications including maximum file size, maximum number of tables, maximum table size, etc. Have a look here for starters : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Base_Documentation There are links to other

Re: [users] word art

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
Question from a relative who considers downloading Open Office: Is there a programme in Op. Off. that resembles WordArt in Microsoft Word? Not used it too much myself but there is something that is very similar to word art. In writer this is called fontwork. Advise your relative that its free

Re: [users] windows vista

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
does open office support windows vista? It sure does. There are some minor issues that are being worked out in the next OOo release. /paul -- Vista is dramatically more secure than any other operating system released Bill Gates Huh ?? Defender doesn't stop spyware (Webroot) ; firewall is only

Re: [users] MAC OS X 10.4.8

2007-03-18 Thread Jeff Mitchell
If you press F9, you will see all open applications, and can select any with the mouse. On Mar 17, 2007, at 12:14 AM, Michael Fox wrote: The problem is that clicking the icon on the MAC Dock does not bring the Office window to the front. Very inconvenient. Means reducing open untill I

Re: [users] REGISTRY

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
I forgot to register my installation of OpenOffice which came with a new UBUNTU distribution of LINUX two weeks ago. The option REGISTRY is now no longer offerd under the HELP-Menue. How can I make up for the leeway? I think Help Registration will take you to a web page that will allow you to

Re: [users] My OpenOffice 1.1 Package, compatibility with MS Office XP

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
I am using version 1.1 of OpenOffice org. My problem is that I cannot open files appearing in MS PowerPoint presentation usually attached to my incoming mail. What to do i.e. how to overcome the situation? Please,help! Wow - that is an old version of OOo. I would first of all recommend

Re: [users] Opening MS Publisher files in Draw

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
I'm running OpenOffice 2.1 on XP in the hope of being able to open and work on Publisher files, but cannot figure out which filter (the popup screen) to use in order to do this. I didn't find anything in the help section. Can OpenOffice even open Publisher files? I find filters for every MS

Re: [users] Spell-check help please

2007-03-18 Thread Jonathon Blake
Don wrote: So, can I do something to make/force Outlook Express use the spell-check in OpenOffice Org ? I have tried TOOLS OPTIONS without success - there is no SPELLING Tab. If you have source code for Microsoft Outlook, you could do that.Otherwise, you are stuck with whatever outlook

Re: [users] Problem converting Excel's rate() function

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
So far that's the only Excel function that I've found that doesn't convert to a working function in Calc. Open Source is great! Keep up the good work. Open Source is only as good as the community that supports it - well done on identifying a potential enhancement. If you want you can lodge an

Re: [users] New Vista Software Compatabillity with OpenOffice

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
Will the the current version of OpenOffice work for the new Vista program? I tried downloading OpenOffice into my new Gateway computer loaded with Vista. I got a fault message near the end of the download. If not, will you have an upgrade soon? Please advise Current OOo version will work

Re: [users] Extention PPS

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
When I receive e mail with for example a picture or movie with the extention .pps , I cannot open it. I receive a message when I try to open it which says: There is no programm to open this Can I change that somewhere in Open Office?? Opening of files using a certain application is a

[users] Re: Extention PPS

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
On 03/17/2007 01:56 AM, Erik Jan en Marisca wrote: Hello, I am using Open Office.org. It is working fine I only have one question. When I receive e mail with for example a picture or movie with the extention .pps , I cannot open it. I receive a message when I try to open it which

Re: [users] a function in spreadsheet

2007-03-18 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:39 17/03/2007 +1000, Nic Timmins wrote: Hi i was just wondering if you knew or could find out how to insert the todays date and have it remain the same date as the day you inserted it. I know of the function =today() but that just displays the date of the day you look at the spreadsheet,

Re: [users] impress 2.0 prsentations created can not be read and shown by powerpoint

2007-03-18 Thread Paul
My open office program is great! However, although I can use it to look at power point presentations, power point can not open or read impresses presentations. So, impress will open its own files and powerpoint files, but powerpoint will not open impress files. I have tried saving the impress

Re: [users] Extention PPS

2007-03-18 Thread Harold Fuchs
Erik Jan en Marisca wrote: Hello, I am using Open Office.org. It is working fine I only have one question. When I receive e mail with for example a picture or movie with the extention .pps , I cannot open it. I receive a message when I try to open it which says: There is no programm to

Re: [users] word art

2007-03-18 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 14:46 +0100, Kjartan Kothe-Næss wrote: Question from a relative who considers downloading Open Office: Is there a programme in Op. Off. that resembles WordArt in Microsoft Word? There is; and it's called Fontworks. From the main menu, select View then Toolbars and make

[users] Re: Base Specifications

2007-03-18 Thread Mechtilde Stehmann
Hello, Paul schrieb: Can you tell me where I can find the Openoffice Base database specifications including maximum file size, maximum number of tables, maximum table size, etc. www.hsqldb.org is the website of the integrated dbms. There you find the reference. Have a look here for

Re: [users] open source croping software

2007-03-18 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:23:30 +0100 WmRobt wrote: Hey Joe - (Whoa, 60s flashback) You got enough OS apps yet? or are you not subscribed? -- Michael Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion. - To

[users] Re: Random Numbered List Items Lose Formatting on Load

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
On 03/18/2007 10:43 AM, Jason Pfeil wrote: Greetings, OO.o! Thank you for an excellent word processor that helps us to throw off the shackles of the MS overlords! :-) For the past few years, I've been noticing a problem with loading documents in OpenOffice.org. Specifically, with versions

Re: [users] Re: Random Numbered List Items Lose Formatting on Load

2007-03-18 Thread Jason Pfeil
Thank you, sir or ma'am. I will file the bug report. Have a great day! --Jason On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 12:38 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 03/18/2007 10:43 AM, Jason Pfeil wrote: Greetings, OO.o! Thank you for an excellent word processor that helps us to throw off the shackles of the MS overlords!

[users] Reading PDF with OOo

2007-03-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, is there a way to import or read PDF files with OOo. I used to be able to put PDF into M$Word (Insert - Object - PDF Document) as pages and then print again to PDF with the PDF Writer Print Driver. :-) Al - To unsubscribe,

[users] Re: Spell-check help please

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
On 03/18/2007 11:38 AM, Jonathon Blake wrote: Don wrote: So, can I do something to make/force Outlook Express use the spell-check in OpenOffice Org ? I have tried TOOLS OPTIONS without success - there is no SPELLING Tab. If you have source code for Microsoft Outlook, you could do

Re: [users] vista

2007-03-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday March 18 2007 12:47 pm, James Knott wrote: william williams wrote: hello, I was told that open office may not work with vista..I was told this by the salesman that sold me a new computer with vista on it ..he told me I should buy the new microsoft office suite.. I would like to

Re: [users] My OpenOffice 1.1 Package, compatibility with MS Office XP

2007-03-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday March 17 2007 10:49 am, Zvonimir Bukovinski wrote: Gentlemen, I am using version 1.1 of OpenOffice org. My problem is that I cannot open files appearing in MS PowerPoint presentation usually attached to my incoming mail. What to do i.e. how to overcome the situation? Please,help!

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-03-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday March 17 2007 11:14 am, Gayle Mocabee wrote: I want to sort numerically, but the sort icon is not shown for me to use. All it lets me do is sort alphabetically. How can I get the sort icon to be an option? While the icons show sorting from A to Z or Z to A, they will also

Re: [users] My OpenOffice 1.1 Package, compatibility with MS Office XP

2007-03-18 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:15:53 -0500 Dan Lewis wrote: On Saturday March 17 2007 10:49 am, Zvonimir Bukovinski wrote: Gentlemen, I am using version 1.1 of OpenOffice org. My problem is that I cannot open files appearing in MS PowerPoint presentation usually attached to my incoming mail.

Re: [users] Where are the components? Need Help.

2007-03-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday March 17 2007 10:32 pm, dave sheerin wrote: Hi, I've now tried downloading and installing open office 3 times with the same result. It starts up fine, but the only thing available is 'writer'. Do I have to download 'calc' seperately? I was under the impression everything came

Re: [users] Menu change...

2007-03-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday March 17 2007 10:38 pm, Joseph Amato, Jr. wrote: I am using version 2.1of OpenOffice.org. My concern is that there is no way to change the actual view of openoffice. Is there anyway to make openoffice look more like microsoft office 2003 or 2007? If not people should at least

Re: [users] Spell-check help please

2007-03-18 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday March 18 2007 6:16 am, Don Pam WRIGHT wrote: Could you assist me please. I have Windows XP Home, and use Outlook Express. I use OpenOffice Org as my Office Suite. This is fine, as I really only need a good word processor. I do not have Microsoft Office. When I use OpenOffice Org

[users] greek letters in formulas

2007-03-18 Thread Alexandru I Cabuz
Hello, I am having a strange problem with greek letters in math formulas in openoffice. I am using version 2.0.4 in Debian Etch. I am making a presentation, and the day before I added some formulas containing greek letters. I entered them by typing %mu, %varepsilon... They displayed correctly,

Re: [users] greek letters in formulas

2007-03-18 Thread James Knott
Alexandru I Cabuz wrote: Hello, I am having a strange problem with greek letters in math formulas in openoffice. I am using version 2.0.4 in Debian Etch. I am making a presentation, and the day before I added some formulas containing greek letters. I entered them by typing %mu,

[users] Re: greek letters in formulas

2007-03-18 Thread Alexandru I Cabuz
Have you tried using Math? It's part of OpenOffice and designed for adding math formulas into documents. Well, in Impress I did InsertObjectFormula. This then automatically calls up Math. So yes, I used Math, it's the only way I know to put formulas in openoffice documents... Alex.

Re: [users] Menu change...

2007-03-18 Thread Robert Smits
On Saturday 17 March 2007 20:38, Joseph Amato, Jr. wrote: I am using version 2.1of OpenOffice.org. My concern is that there is no way to change the actual view of openoffice. Is there anyway to make openoffice look more like microsoft office 2003 or 2007? GawdI hope NOT! -- Bob Smits

[users] [Linux/Ubuntu] Openoffice.org Address data source

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
Over on the Ubuntu user's mailing list someone asked a question about Thunderbird address data sources. So in the process of replying I check on my systems found: OOo 2.1 installed from Openoffice.org files directly (installed on Dapper) has: File|Templates|Address Book Source| Administrate

Re: [users] impress 2.0 prsentations created can not be read and shown by powerpoint

2007-03-18 Thread Robert Smits
On Saturday 17 March 2007 12:38, Albert Pye wrote: My open office program is great! However, although I can use it to look at power point presentations, power point can not open or read impresses presentations. So, impress will open its own files and powerpoint files, but powerpoint will

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-03-18 Thread Klaas Visser
On 18-Mar-07 03:14 (+1100 UTC), *Gayle Mocabee* typed: I want to sort numerically, but the sort icon is not shown for me to use. All it lets me do is sort alphabetically. How can I get the sort icon to be an option? Assuming you are using Calc - you don't see the two sort icons in the

[users] Re: [Linux/Ubuntu] Openoffice.org Address data source

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
On 03/18/2007 04:12 PM, NoOp wrote: Over on the Ubuntu user's mailing list someone asked a question about Thunderbird address data sources. So in the process of replying I check on my systems found: OOo 2.1 installed from Openoffice.org files directly (installed on Dapper) has:

Re: [users] a function in spreadsheet

2007-03-18 Thread Johnny Andersson
I use AllChars http://allchars.zwolnet.com/introduction.html for that. But it requires Windows, and you didn't say anything about your OS. Johnny Andersson 2007/3/18, Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 14:39 17/03/2007 +1000, Nic Timmins wrote: Hi i was just wondering if you knew or could

Re: [users] Linpus Linux

2007-03-18 Thread TerryJ
Edgar Gättner wrote: Hallo! Ich würde gerne ein Acer Travelmate mit Linpus Linux kaufen. Im Internet geht es bzgl. Beurteilug von Linpus Linux drüber und drunter. Könnt ihr mir vielleicht helfen zu versthen, was Linpus Linux ist? Ist das wirklich kein vollständiges Linux? Kann man das

Re: [users] excell and word

2007-03-18 Thread Johnny Andersson
I only convert them to the Open Document format when I changed the old files (whatever the old format was, Word, Excel, OpenOffice.org 1.1 etc). Usually I keep the old files for a while just in case. Johnny Andersson 2007/3/16, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]: will i have difficulties transferring

[users] Page Break Based on Position

2007-03-18 Thread Michael B Allen
Is there any way suppress page breaks if the breaking element is positioned above the upper half of a page? Or conversely, add a page break only when the breaking element falls below the lower half of a page? -- Michael B Allen PHP Active Directory SSO http://www.ioplex.com/

Re: [users] Opening MS Publisher files in Draw

2007-03-18 Thread Johnny Andersson
I don't think anything can open Publisher files, except Publisher. That's why I left Publisher behind many years ago. Or at least one of the many reasons. Johnny Andersson 2007/3/17, Dan Puetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm running OpenOffice 2.1 on XP in the hope of being able to open and work on

[users] Re: [Linux/Ubuntu] Openoffice.org Address data source

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
On 03/18/2007 04:40 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/18/2007 04:12 PM, NoOp wrote: Over on the Ubuntu user's mailing list someone asked a question about Thunderbird address data sources. So in the process of replying I check on my systems found: OOo 2.1 installed from Openoffice.org files directly

Re: [users] Re: open source croping software

2007-03-18 Thread Johnny Andersson
GIMP might be somewhat complicated to use sometimes, but when the task is as simple as croping pictures, there shouldn't be any problems. Very easy. Just click the crop tool (looks like a scalpel) and the rest of the process should then be obvious. I just love it. They also have a mailing list

[users] Adding Captions to Arbitrary Objects?

2007-03-18 Thread Michael B Allen
I'm doing a manual with a lot of code samples. I made a style with a simple border, courier new, etc. Now I would like to add captions like 'Listing 15: Setting an account password' below these samples and have them numbered with possibly an index, etc. Is is it possible to add captions to

Re: [users] open source croping software

2007-03-18 Thread Johnny Andersson
Are all of these Open Source? I didn't realize that Picasa was. Johnny Andersson 2007/3/17, Adrian Try [EMAIL PROTECTED]: For a WindowsXP machine, are there any open source, no cost, programs that can crop a picture that is obtained by doing a Print Screen? In addition to the Gimp, here

Re: [users] My OpenOffice 1.1 Package, compatibility with MS Office XP

2007-03-18 Thread Johnny Andersson
If you have an old machine, I wouldn't update to ver 2 (of course you can try if you want to). If you do you will probably spend most of your time with it waiting for something to happen. It's terribly slow on older machines, such as my old 450 MHz 320 MB Dell Dimension from late 1998. But you

Re: [users] open source croping software

2007-03-18 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Johnny On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:12:26 +1000, Johnny Andersson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are all of these Open Source? I didn't realize that Picasa was. No, none of them are. That's why I started with the warning: In addition to the Gimp, here are a few more to check out. They are free but

[users] Re: My OpenOffice 1.1 Package, compatibility with MS Office XP

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
On 03/18/2007 05:19 PM, Johnny Andersson wrote: If you have an old machine, I wouldn't update to ver 2 (of course you can try if you want to). If you do you will probably spend most of your time with it waiting for something to happen. It's terribly slow on older machines, such as my old 450

Re: [users] Adding Captions to Arbitrary Objects?

2007-03-18 Thread Michael B Allen
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:10:09 -0400 Michael B Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm doing a manual with a lot of code samples. I made a style with a simple border, courier new, etc. Now I would like to add captions like 'Listing 15: Setting an account password' below these samples and have them

Re: [users] MAC OS X 10.4.8

2007-03-18 Thread Tom Chilton
Clicking the X11 icon instead will bring up the OpenOffice window Tom On 17 Mar 2007, at 04:14, Michael Fox wrote: The problem is that clicking the icon on the MAC Dock does not bring the Office window to the front. Very inconvenient. Means reducing open untill I find it.windows

Re: [users] Opening MS Publisher files in Draw

2007-03-18 Thread russbucket
On Sunday March 18 2007 17:00, Johnny Andersson wrote: I don't think anything can open Publisher files, except Publisher. That's why I left Publisher behind many years ago. Or at least one of the many reasons. Johnny Andersson 2007/3/17, Dan Puetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm running OpenOffice

Re: [users] MAC OS X 10.4.8

2007-03-18 Thread James Mckenzie
From: Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 16, 2007 9:14 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] MAC OS X 10.4.8 The problem is that clicking the icon on the MAC Dock does not bring the Office window to the front. I use the Meta+Tab keys to move to the X11 session. If the only program

[users] Evolution Address Bk access??

2007-03-18 Thread Morgan Read
Hello Can't believe this is a question that hasn't been asked - so, may be I'm missing something obvious, but I've checked the lists, google etc. I recently upgraded from the standard fc5 version of OOo to OOo's version 2.1 and lost access to my Evolution address book. How does one access

Re: [users] Evolution Address Bk access??

2007-03-18 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Morgan Sorry you've had to ask your question twice. I recently upgraded from the standard fc5 version of OOo to OOo's version 2.1 and lost access to my Evolution address book. How does one access Evolution address book from OOo? It seems the module responsible in suse, fedora, ubantu is

[users] Re: Evolution Address Bk access??

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
On 03/18/2007 07:07 PM, Adrian Try wrote: Hi Morgan Sorry you've had to ask your question twice. I recently upgraded from the standard fc5 version of OOo to OOo's version 2.1 and lost access to my Evolution address book. How does one access Evolution address book from OOo? It seems the

[users] Re: Evolution Address Bk access??

2007-03-18 Thread NoOp
On 03/18/2007 07:24 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/18/2007 07:07 PM, Adrian Try wrote: Hi Morgan Sorry you've had to ask your question twice. I recently upgraded from the standard fc5 version of OOo to OOo's version 2.1 and lost access to my Evolution address book. How does one access Evolution

Re: [users] Re: Evolution Address Bk access??

2007-03-18 Thread James Mckenzie
Here is something interesting: I get a no SDBC errorUnder the Mac port. I guess I will have to look for the issue. James McKenzie -Original Message- From: NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 18, 2007 7:24 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Re: Evolution Address Bk access??

RE: [users] Opening MS Publisher files in Draw

2007-03-18 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
As others pointed, importing Publisher files is not supported. Yet. You can vote for this feature at http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=48700 (you would need to register first at http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join). -Original Message- From: Dan Puetz [mailto:[EMAIL

[users] Re: [Linux/Ubuntu] Openoffice.org Address data source

2007-03-18 Thread Morgan Read
NoOp wrote: On 03/18/2007 04:40 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/18/2007 04:12 PM, NoOp wrote: ... OOo 2.1 installed from Openoffice.org files directly (installed on Dapper) has: File|Templates|Address Book Source| Administrate button - Evolution - Groupwise - Evolution LDAP - Mozilla / Netscape

[users] Re: Evolution Address Bk access??

2007-03-18 Thread Morgan Read
James Mckenzie wrote: Here is something interesting: I get a no SDBC errorUnder the Mac port. I guess I will have to look for the issue. YES! James, thanks. This seems a similar error to what I get when trying to set up the Evolution addy bk. As I said in my post to NoOp, I

Re: [users] Re: Evolution Address Bk access??

2007-03-18 Thread James Mckenzie
From: Morgan Read [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 19, 2007 12:15 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Re: Evolution Address Bk access?? James Mckenzie wrote: Here is something interesting: I get a no SDBC errorUnder the Mac port. I guess I will have to look for the issue. YES!

Re: [users] Re: Evolution Address Bk access??

2007-03-18 Thread Andis Lazdinsh
Hi! I asked similar question in Ubuntu user list regarding Thunderbird, as I use openoffice.org version taken from Ubuntu repositories. Now I see it's a common problem. In my case I can't access any address data sources, first of all because I uninstall Evolution and all it's components