Re: [users] Re: I can NOT post or join mail list

2007-03-25 Thread Harold Fuchs
jimw wagner wrote: snip I'm using TB with Ubuntu Edgy, and every time I send a message to the list, it shows up in the list. Or are you wanting two copies, one in the list, and one somewhere else? /'m not quite sure I understand. JimW / JimW, If *you* send a message to the list via TB

Re: [users] Re: I can NOT post or join mail list

2007-03-25 Thread Julie Flaming
Hi, Harold -- Forgive me for jumping in if I'm missing some important protocol or nicety of posting to the group -- I just joined yesterday and have read things rather quickly -- but I think I have some information that may help. When posting to most email groups from my Gmail account

Re: [users] OO Calc 2.04 Cell linking and Copy and Paste error

2007-03-25 Thread TerryJ
TomW-3 wrote: TerryJ wrote: Calc is behaving normally and appropriately. This requires a simple amendment of the formulas. The sheet references in the formulas should be absolute, not relative. I find this behavior illogical. Maybe it is my MS background with Excel. I would

Re: [users] Re: I can NOT post or join mail list

2007-03-25 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:18 25/03/2007 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: If *I* send a message via TB e-mail, [...] [t]he message does *not* end up in *every* e-mail user's inbox. How do I know? Because it doesn't end up in *my* e-mail inbox. This is a published *feature* of Google's mail service, which you choose to

[users] Don't Read !!! Test Message from Outlook Express using Gmail Account -

2007-03-25 Thread Harold Fuchs
This is a test; apologies but I don't know how else to do this. Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org

Re: [users] People Selling OOo on Ebay

2007-03-25 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Michael Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat 24 Mar 2007 22:19:32 EST Hiya Im pretty much new to this group, in fact this is my first post. I have been using OOo religiously for a few years and have rolled it out in a few small corporate environments

Re: [users] Potential .pdf export bug

2007-03-25 Thread David B Teague
David Jacobson wrote: I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org for mac. I recently tried to export a lab report (including a number of formulae) to pdf. The export was succesful, except that integer values within formulae were not displayed. For example, V(1-e) displays in the pdf as V( -e).

Re: [users] Version 2.0 Install Problems

2007-03-25 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: yvonne zastrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun 25 Mar 2007 01:06:51 EST Hello Okay when I open the file and see the 12 other files and click on setup it asks me to choose a program e.g. Modify repair remove and so I choose modify because that seems to be

Re: [users] Only X11 window loading when starting OO

2007-03-25 Thread Russell Wright
OK ... upgrading and making the edit to the file did it. It just takes forever to load since I have only a 300 MHz G3 On 3/24/07, Russell Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll upgrade once I get the Network connection up and running. I may do that and then see what happens from there. On

Re: [users] [moderated] I downloaded!!!

2007-03-25 Thread Barbara Duprey
Vinny, did your computer come with a trial copy of the MS Office suite installed? If it did, any file with extensions recognized by those products would be set up to bring them up automatically, and when the trial period has expired this would give you the kind of dialog you're seeing. If

Re: [users] [moderated] I downloaded!!!

2007-03-25 Thread Dan Lewis
Vinny, did your computer come with a trial copy of the MS Office suite installed? If it did, any file with extensions recognized by those products would be set up to bring them up automatically, and when the trial period has expired this would give you the kind of dialog you're seeing.

[users] Excuse test (2)

2007-03-25 Thread Pete Holsberg
This is sent from my gmail account at the gmail.com website. I had previously sent a test from this account, using Thunderbird.

[users] Re: I can NOT post or join mail list

2007-03-25 Thread Peter Abbott
Brian Barker keyed the following on 3/25/2007 5:18 AM: At 09:18 25/03/2007 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: If *I* send a message via TB e-mail, [...] [t]he message does *not* end up in *every* e-mail user's inbox. How do I know? Because it doesn't end up in *my* e-mail inbox. This is a published

[users] Open office for Mac in German

2007-03-25 Thread Ulrike Riebl
Hi! I wanted to download open office for my new apple mac in german, but there always comes the message: the download you wanted is not possible at the moment, try again later. With the English version everything works perfect. My question now is, if there is no german version available for

[users] use with mac osx

2007-03-25 Thread Clyde Kirkbride
Does open office writer work without modification with mac osx? Clyde - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] New security hole for Calc - is turning off MACROS enough protection??

2007-03-25 Thread John Rotomano
I just found out that a new security hole has been discovered involving malicious calc documents However, I couldn.t find whether turning off VBA-nacros is eough protection from such malicious ods documents. ANyone has any more info on this vulnerability? Here is the security report:

[users] new product promblem

2007-03-25 Thread Bmittlestadt
my problem is when installing this product I get a error of 1335 and 2350 thank you Billy mittlestadt [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

[users] Opening Microsoft .docx file

2007-03-25 Thread Neil Lobb
Can you please how to open, read and possibly edit .docx file generated by MS Office 2007. I am currently using Open Office .1.1.4 Neil Lobb

[users] Dictionary

2007-03-25 Thread Chris Hills
Hi I have loaded up the lastest version of open office and I can not get the dictionary to work. I have looked at the FAQ but to no avail. I am trying to use the English Australian version. Has anyone got any suggestions ?? Cheers -- Chris Hills Bellbird Building Supplies Ph: 9703 2444 Fax:

[users] Chart functionality in calc is disabled.

2007-03-25 Thread JACK EVANS
I use OO ver 2.0 in two Win XP laptops. In one of them OO works perfectly. The other, Insert / Chart command icon is grey and inoperable. The pie icon on the standard toolbar also has no color and no action. Charts which are visible on good version in various files are not shown on

Re: [users] Excel files?

2007-03-25 Thread Christen Lewis
Thanks Dan! I appreciate the help. ~christen Visit my ebay store! LOTS of new items added 2/27/07 http://stores.ebay.com/Christens-California-Closet?refid=store - Original Message From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Christen Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[users] I have been using Open Office Writer V 2.1 and ran into conflict problems with other programs

2007-03-25 Thread Roger Pye
I have used Open Office on my home system for a number of years and about 2 months ago downloaded V 2.1 to upgrade V 2.0. I realised about 3 weeks after the download it was not an upgrade as such but a whole new program. As soon as I began using OO Writer (effectively the same day as the

[users] Want to be a member

2007-03-25 Thread victor guarino
Today I learned of openoffice and heartily want to become a contributing member and to help the membership grow. A salesperson told me of its existence. He guided mw to 1. Got to openoffice.org and download the .exe file for Windows.2.Intall openoffice.3.Verify that it works, and 4 remove any

[users] Want to be a member

2007-03-25 Thread victor guarino
Today I learned of openoffice and heartily want to become a contributing member and to help the membership grow. A salesperson told me of its existence. He guided mw to 1. Got to openoffice.org and download the .exe file for Windows.2.Intall openoffice.3.Verify that it works, and 4 remove any

[users] Want to be a member

2007-03-25 Thread victor guarino
Today I learned of openoffice and heartily want to become a contributing member and to help the membership grow. A salesperson told me of its existence. He guided mw to 1. Got to openoffice.org and download the .exe file for Windows.2.Intall openoffice.3.Verify that it works, and 4 remove any

Re: [users] save your work in Microsoft Word format

2007-03-25 Thread Bryan Roberts
thx - Original Message From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Bryan Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 8:27:04 PM Subject: Re: [users] save your work in Microsoft Word format On Friday March 23 2007 3:58 pm, Bryan Roberts wrote: How do you

Re: [users] Opening Microsoft .docx file

2007-03-25 Thread Paul
Can you please how to open, read and possibly edit .docx file generated by MS Office 2007. I am currently using Open Office .1.1.4 Even the latest version of OOo (2.1) does not open the new MS formats natively. The import/export filters are being worked on and they will be in future releases of

Re: [users] download fee

2007-03-25 Thread Tom Chilton
Hi, Go to http://pt.openoffice.org/ Download from there Tom On 25 Mar 2007, at 14:16, claudia wrote: I was trying to download open office in portuguese but when downloading the file from this website (ircfast.com) which happens to be the very first result on a google search for open

Re: [users] download fee

2007-03-25 Thread Tom Chilton
Sorry i should have mentioned it is a completely free download. Tom On 25 Mar 2007, at 14:16, claudia wrote: I was trying to download open office in portuguese but when downloading the file from this website (ircfast.com) which happens to be the very first result on a google search for

Re: [users] Opening Microsoft .docx file

2007-03-25 Thread Tom Chilton
Hi, You can however download a converter to convert docx files to other formats that OpenOffice can read. Try a google search for docx converters. There are plenty of free ones. Tom On 25 Mar 2007, at 19:31, Paul wrote: Can you please how to open, read and possibly edit .docx file

Re: [users] I have been using Open Office Writer V 2.1 and ran into conflict problems with other programs

2007-03-25 Thread Paul
On 3/25/07, Roger Pye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used Open Office on my home system for a number of years and about 2 months ago downloaded V 2.1 to upgrade V 2.0. I realised about 3 weeks after the download it was not an upgrade as such but a whole new program. As soon as I began using OO

[users] 1.6 How to get rid of the Xterm that starts without asking ?

2007-03-25 Thread Chris Connell
Dear Eric:I have read the users' forum and the PDF about installing Open Office in Mac OSX 10.3.9.I am specifically referring to Dwight A. Tkatschow's post of Mon, 4 Sep 2006 with the subject [users] Command line Instructions for Getting Rid of Xterm do not Work.I also kept banging my head

Re: [users] Want to be a member

2007-03-25 Thread Tom Chilton
Hi, Do you know you sent your email three times? You don't say what OS you are using. There are installation instructions here http://download.openoffice.org/2.1.0/instructions.html Tom On 25 Mar 2007, at 09:42, victor guarino wrote: Today I learned of openoffice and heartily want to become

Re: [users] use with mac osx

2007-03-25 Thread Tom Chilton
Hi, If not already installed you must install X11 first. The full instructions are here http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/faq/index.html Tom On 25 Mar 2007, at 17:56, Clyde Kirkbride wrote: Does open office writer work without modification with mac osx? Clyde

Re: [users] download fee

2007-03-25 Thread James Knott
claudia wrote: I was trying to download open office in portuguese but when downloading the file from this website (ircfast.com) which happens to be the very first result on a google search for open office download I was asked to send an sms before downloading and that would cost 2 ?. The

RE: [users] use with mac osx

2007-03-25 Thread Chris Connell
That is correct. The PDF file to which I also refer explains how to download the X11 for Mac, and it also refers to the sudo nano command one must enter so one can avoid having the annoying extra X11 windows that would open without asking when one starts using Open Office.--Sincerely,Chris

Re: [users] I have been using Open Office Writer V 2.1 and ran into conflict problems with other programs

2007-03-25 Thread Donald H Locker
On the other side of the coin, I'm having no problems. I run Firefox (was 1.5.9, now 2.?0.3) at work, Windows XP of some flavour, and OOo 2.1 I typically have running (all at the same time) radmin, OOo Calc and Writer, emacs, Firefox, Thunderbird, Micro$**t Word and Excel and sometimes

Re: [users] Dictionary

2007-03-25 Thread Hagar de l'Est
Hi, See here for general information about spell check: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50862 And here for Australian dic: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=53324 Beware, you're not subscribed to the mailing list. You should send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Is there a primer on setting up envelopes?

2007-03-25 Thread Stephan G.
I'm a new user, trying to switch to Open Office from MSWord. So far much has been fine, but trying to just print an envelope has me tearing my hair out. So many things are wrong that I'm not even sure how to appropriately ask the questions. This is the first thing that I have encountered

[users] Repeat table header on next page setting lost after save

2007-03-25 Thread Richard Bos
In a document I have set the option Repeat table header on next page number of rows = 1, but each time after saving the document this setting is lost. I have other document where I use the same setting that there it works (although the number of rows to repeat = 2). Is this a known problem?

Re: [users] Repeat table header on next page setting lost after save

2007-03-25 Thread Richard Bos
Op Sunday 25 March 2007 23:10:23 schreef Richard Bos: In a document I have set the option Repeat table header on next page number of rows = 1, but each time after saving the document this setting is lost.  I have other document where I use the same setting that there it works (although the

Re: [users] Repeat table header on next page setting lost after save

2007-03-25 Thread Richard Bos
Op Sunday 25 March 2007 23:13:43 schreef Richard Bos: Op Sunday 25 March 2007 23:10:23 schreef Richard Bos: In a document I have set the option Repeat table header on next page number of rows = 1, but each time after saving the document this setting is lost.  I have other document where I

Re: [users] Dictionary

2007-03-25 Thread PEMERLE
Le 25 mars 07 à 20:59, Hagar de l'Est a écrit : Hi, See here for general information about spell check: http:// www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50862 And here for Australian dic: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/ viewtopic.phtml?t=53324 Hi, Hagar, I'm sorry, but I can't either make

Re: [users] Open office for Mac in German

2007-03-25 Thread James Mckenzie
Ulrike: Sadly, OpenOffice.org 2.1 for German did not pass QA for the Mac. OpenOffice.org 2.2, which should be released on March 28, should pass QA and be released soon. James McKenzie -Original Message- From: Ulrike Riebl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 25, 2007 11:12 AM To:

Re: [users] use with mac osx

2007-03-25 Thread James Mckenzie
Clyde: Please look at the following URL for hints and tips for installing OpenOffice.org on your Mac. James McKenzie -Original Message- From: Clyde Kirkbride [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 25, 2007 9:56 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] use with mac osx Does open office writer

Re: [users] Dictionary

2007-03-25 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday March 24 2007 5:38 pm, PEMERLE wrote: Le 25 mars 07 à 20:59, Hagar de l'Est a écrit : Hi, See here for general information about spell check: http:// www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50862 And here for Australian dic: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/

Re: [users] New security hole for Calc - is turning off MACROS enough protection??

2007-03-25 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday March 25 2007 11:17 am, John Rotomano wrote: I just found out that a new security hole has been discovered involving malicious calc documents However, I couldn.t find whether turning off VBA-nacros is eough protection from such malicious ods documents. ANyone has any more info on

[users] OpenOffice Apple Works

2007-03-25 Thread S. B. Turner
Will OpenOffice (Mac version) open Apple Works documents? I'm trying to talk my mom into buying a new computer. Her current iMac is about 7 years old and she's having problems opening pictures and whatnot we (her kids) send her. We looked at the new iMac, but it doesn't come bundled with any

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

2007-03-25 Thread Margaret \(Maggie\) Scott
I’m trying to find Neoffice so that I can download it onto my MAC O/S version 10. I went to HYPERLINK http://www.neoffice.org/www.neoffice.org and found downloads for PC. But not for MACS. I send a lot of MAC docs to people who have PCs. Can you direct me? Maggie Margaret A. Scott

[users] problem with mac

2007-03-25 Thread guilherme picciotto
I have downloaded the openoffice for mac OS Tiger, but when i try to open the disk image, i receive a error mensage. What i can do to solve this problem? thanks Picciotto _ Verifique já a segurança do seu PC com o Verificador de

[users] windows vista

2007-03-25 Thread Darrold Gray
I have a new computer. Downloaded open office, and it won't install. version for vista probably not available, but am I, my download, or lack of version the problem? Thanks for a response, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2007-03-25 Thread Russell Butler
Margaret (Maggie) Scott wrote: I’m trying to find Neoffice so that I can download it onto my MAC O/S version 10. I went to HYPERLINK http://www.neoffice.org/www.neoffice.org and found downloads for PC. But not for MACS. I send a lot of MAC docs to people who have PCs. Can you direct

Re: [users] problem with mac

2007-03-25 Thread James Mckenzie
Guiherme: Without the error message, there is little we can do for you. However, if the error is during verification of the disk image package, you will have to download the file again. Additional information is available for installing OpenOffice.org for the Mac on the Mac OS X porting web page

Re: [users] OpenOffice Apple Works

2007-03-25 Thread James Mckenzie
Unfortunately, OpenOffice.org will not, at the present, open AppleWorks files. James McKenzie -Original Message- From: S. B. Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 25, 2007 11:57 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] OpenOffice Apple Works Will OpenOffice (Mac version) open Apple

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

2007-03-25 Thread James Mckenzie
Ms. Scott: You have the correct location for the NeoOffice.org project, which is not associated with the OpenOffice.org project. Other than this we cannot and do not provide any assistance for this project unless there is a problem with the functionality of the individual programs in this

Re: [users] Re: [moderated] Locatin of NeoOffice.org site

2007-03-25 Thread James Mckenzie
Russell: You found the error that I basically overlooked. I did not notice the missing 'o' in the URL. My mistake. However, we do not provide assistance for this product as it is a derivative project. James McKenzie -Original Message- From: Russell Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [users] Re: I can NOT post or join mail list

2007-03-25 Thread George Wolf
Peter Abbott wrote: Brian Barker keyed the following on 3/25/2007 5:18 AM: At 09:18 25/03/2007 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: If *I* send a message via TB e-mail, [...] [t]he message does *not* end up in *every* e-mail user's inbox. How do I know? Because it doesn't end up in *my* e-mail inbox.

Re: [users] Re: I can NOT post or join mail list

2007-03-25 Thread Dan Lewis
Isn't it time to put an end to this thread? The problem seems to be identified with how Google handles email. It has very little if anything to do with OOo and [EMAIL PROTECTED] The quote further down seems to state exactly what the problem is. So, enough already. Dan On Sunday March

[users] Re: How to install new fonts?

2007-03-25 Thread NoOp
On 03/23/2007 08:41 AM, sven.bergschneider wrote: I am using version 2.10 of OpenOffice.org in WindowsXP. My problem is: I have bought a CD with 4000 Fonts and some of them I want to use in the Writer. I've tried to import them but it didn't work. Accidentally two fonts I have new in my list,

[users] Re: I would like Open Office suite 2.1 added to the Ubuntu universe so that it could be downloaded and upgraded with Add/Remove or with Synaptic Package Mgr

2007-03-25 Thread NoOp
On 03/24/2007 08:26 PM, Larry Hartman wrote: NoOp, Can I BTW your BTW? I have no major issue with what you said, however everything I read onlineKubuntu 7.04 went BETA a couple days ago. You can read the articles and judge for yourself. http://kubuntu.org/announcements/7.04-beta.php

[users] Re: [Spam] Re: [users] How to install new fonts?

2007-03-25 Thread NoOp
On 03/24/2007 08:04 AM, Thomas W. Cranston wrote: How to do for Linux? What flavor of linix are you asking about? Either way; the response will be the same as for the windows user -- install them in your system fonts and they will be available in OOo.

[users] Re: New security hole for Calc - is turning off MACROS enough protection??

2007-03-25 Thread NoOp
On 03/25/2007 03:26 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: As new as this is (March 22, 2007), it will take a little time before much is said. At least that is my guess. If the problem in Calc is a macro, then there is certain level of security already built into Calc. Every Calc containing a

Re: [users] windows vista

2007-03-25 Thread Tom Chilton
Hi, You say that OpenOffice won't install. What do you mean by this? Do you get any error messages? Could you tell us the error messages and we should be able to help. tom On 25 Mar 2007, at 23:06, Darrold Gray wrote: I have a new computer. Downloaded open office, and it won't install.

[users] Re: I can NOT post or join mail list

2007-03-25 Thread NoOp
On 03/25/2007 01:18 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: jimw wagner wrote: snip I'm using TB with Ubuntu Edgy, and every time I send a message to the list, it shows up in the list. Or are you wanting two copies, one in the list, and one somewhere else? /'m not quite sure I understand. JimW /

[users] Re: Dictionary

2007-03-25 Thread Kelvin Eldridge
Chris Hills bellbird.chris at gmail.com writes: Hi I have loaded up the lastest version of open office and I can not get the dictionary to work. I have looked at the FAQ but to no avail. I am trying to use the English Australian version. Has anyone got any suggestions ?? Cheers

[users] Re: I have been using Open Office Writer V 2.1 and ran into conflict problems with other programs

2007-03-25 Thread Kelvin Eldridge
Roger Pye pyewood at pcug.org.au writes: I have used Open Office on my home system for a number of years and about 2 months ago downloaded V 2.1 to upgrade V 2.0. I realised about 3 weeks after the download it was not an upgrade as such but a whole new program. As soon as I began using

[users] Merging PS FIles - Any Suggestions for Utility Programs?

2007-03-25 Thread Rick Bilonick
I'm using OOo 2.1 and 2.2 on a FC6 pc. It has been a long hard road, although I've learned a lot. I took my original large document (about 400 pages) and broke it into sections, and then used a master document to tie it all together (using the same template for everything). Of course, it didn't

[users] extendedPDF

2007-03-25 Thread Rick Bilonick
Has anyone gotten extendedPDF add-on to work with OOo 2.1 or 2.2? I used the extension manager to install extendedPDF 1.4 (the zip file). It shows it enabled (along with IannzFindFiles). But it doesn't show up under Add-Ons (only IannzFindFiles shows up). I've exited OOo and restarted it, I've

Re: [users] Merging PS FIles - Any Suggestions for Utility Programs?

2007-03-25 Thread Rick Bilonick
Does anyone know of another program to merge Postscript files that won't screw up the fonts? Or, say combine pdf's? It would be nice to have everything in one file (although I'm sort of resigned to having 7 pdf's). Rick B. A kind user e-mailed me and suggested just concatenating the PS