RE: [users] Calc converts number 4.05 to date - how do I stop?

2007-04-07 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
-Original Message- From: TerryJ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 4:47 AM Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Hello everybody. I have dot (.) as decimal separator. Whenever I type 4.05 (without quotes) Calc helpfully converts this to date. I can not format

Re: [users] OO2.2 will not start on 10.3.9

2007-04-07 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, transmitted infos (1): actually v2.2 isn't working with Panther - only with Tiger; see also here: http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/x11.html - http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/x11-103.html ... there are versions (de/en-US/fr) OOF680_m14_PANTHER from Eric Bachard (02 Apr

Re: [users] Question about draw lines in the Calc

2007-04-07 Thread Joe Conner
Look at the attachment. Created with OOo2.2.0 and WinXP Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA Dan Lewis wrote: On Friday April 06 2007 8:13 pm, Dan Lewis wrote: On Friday April 06 2007 7:59 pm, TerryJ wrote: Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 10:47, my mailbox was

Re: [users] Outlook Equivalent

2007-04-07 Thread David F. Wooledge
A PIM being included is excellent. I think this what people want when they ask for an Outlook like product. Outlook Express is the mail client that Thunderbird is the excellent replacement for. I, however use SeaMonkey. Dave --- Cor Nouws [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Knott wrote:

[users] Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Gordon
NoOp wrote: On 04/06/2007 12:41 PM, Gordon wrote: James Knott wrote: Gordon wrote: Tom Chilton wrote: No, OpenOffice will not open works files. Only works will. So why (in 2.1) when I go to File-Open in Writer, is there an option in the Filter Drop-down box for Microsoft

[users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Gordon
James Knott wrote: Gordon wrote: James Knott wrote: Gordon wrote: Tom Chilton wrote: No, OpenOffice will not open works files. Only works will. So why (in 2.1) when I go to File-Open in Writer, is there an option in the Filter Drop-down box for

[users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Gordon
Tom Chilton wrote: Gordon, Could you post a screenshot? I'll try - I'm having difficulty capturing the box - it just seems to capture the new blank document. How do I do this? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] Re: Outlook Equivalent

2007-04-07 Thread David F. Wooledge
Sunbird, Thunderbird, Lighting and Kontact are not OpenOffice.oo products. The question was about OpenOffice not Mozilla or KDE products. And the answer was already given that a PIM should be available in version 3. --- Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Cioffi wrote: Outlook is far

Re: [users] OpenOffice in Dutch, please

2007-04-07 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Stoffer, Dan Lewis wrote: On Friday April 06 2007 12:05 pm, Stoffer Tienstra wrote: Is it possible te get OpenOffice 2.2 in Dutch? Have you looked at this web page: http://nl.openoffice.org? It isn't yet announced... However, if you go to http://nl.openoffice.org/downloaden.html and

Re: [users] Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Adrian Try
So why (in 2.1) when I go to File-Open in Writer, is there an option in the Filter Drop-down box for Microsoft WORKS files then? http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/texstar/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2007/RPMS.main/ It's the one that came bundled with TR3 It's true. I'm

Re: [users] Base: Any other way to let users access data entry forms?

2007-04-07 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Solveig In Base, one can easily create data entry forms. However, to allow users such as data entry clerks to use the forms, they would need to open the .odb file and then double-click the name of the form. Is there a simpler way to allow users to access the form? Creating a copy

Re: [users] Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, Adrian Try wrote: So why (in 2.1) when I go to File-Open in Writer, is there an option in the Filter Drop-down box for Microsoft WORKS files then? http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/texstar/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2007/RPMS.main/ It's the one that came bundled with

Re: [users] Question about Writer and Calc

2007-04-07 Thread Johnny Andersson
2007/4/6, Konstantin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello sir, Why both apps Writer and Calc cannot recognize automatically what language I am writing now and use corresponding dictionary to check up my spelling? Should I do this setting manually all the time by clicking right button of mouse and set the

Re: [users] Downloading the .iso for cd burning

2007-04-07 Thread Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI
On Friday 06 April 2007 21:22, my mailbox was graced by a missive from TerryJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] who wrote: There is a dvd which contains OOo for all OSs: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/12/products_id/94 Ans sadly it only has 00 2.0 So I'll bide a wee more. Cheers,

Re: [users] Base: Specifying a starting value and specific increment for an auto-increment integer

2007-04-07 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday April 06 2007 10:18 pm, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Solveig L Haugland wrote: Hi, I've got a bunch of Base questions so here goes. ; In table design view, you can specify Integer as the type and then specify Auto-increment in the bottom area of the window and an

[users] not enough entry space in custom dictionaries

2007-04-07 Thread anand
I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is: The custom dictionaries don't allow any more than 2000 entries. Is there a way to increase the entry size? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] OpenOffice in Dutch, please

2007-04-07 Thread Stoffer Tienstra
Yes, I did. That is v. 2.1 and that version is vulnerable according to Waarschuwingsdienst(Warnings office) fform the dutch ministry of economy. I had v. 2.1 and have now installed 2.2, for this version is safe acooring to that office. With kind regards Stoffer Tienstra - Original Message

Re: [users] Re: 'Taking apart' OOv2 files

2007-04-07 Thread James Knott
john d. herron wrote: In a post of 2007-04-07 ~6.00 AM James Knott wrote, among other things: Even if OO v2 files could no longer be read, you can still take one apart and read the contents... What is meant by 'taking apart' an OO v2 file to read the contents, and how does one do that?

Re: [users] Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Adrian Try
Here's a gift ... you may have a try ... (with MS Works 8.5 - clean): Thanks for the gift. It opened the file perfectly, even though it is a MS Works 5 filter. Impressive! -- Adrian Try Try Another Angle www.tryanotherangle.org Computer software should be affordable, effective and safe.

Re: [users] not enough entry space in custom dictionaries

2007-04-07 Thread James Knott
anand wrote: I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is: The custom dictionaries don't allow any more than 2000 entries. Is there a way to increase the entry size? You may want to check your computer clock. You apparently posted this note on Jan 1, 2004, which

Re: [users] Can I use Open Office on MAC

2007-04-07 Thread CPHennessy
Yes. Please have a look at http://porting.openoffice.org/macox for more details. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ

[users] Can't see comments in MS Word documents/ Quicktime tiff pictures

2007-04-07 Thread Miguel Ortiz-Lombardia
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, I'm using OpenOffice 2.2.0rc4_20070323 (Catalan) for Mac OS X (Tiger, PPC). I have the same problem described bellow also in the stable, English 2.2.0 version. The problem: I'm reviewing a document created in MS Word (for Mac OS X) and I

[users] Re: A nit-pic ??

2007-04-07 Thread Andy Lewis
William Case wrote: Hi Matt; On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 08:59 -0400, James Knott wrote: Matt Needles wrote: Klaas Visser wrote: William Case posted on 06-Apr-07 05:20:05 (UTC +1100): [snip] Fine, for those who have a Quickstarter, but ... No Quickstarter in Fedora Core :( I run SUSE, not

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

2007-04-07 Thread CPHennessy
On Saturday 24 March 2007, + lenny wrote: [ MODERATED ] have a problem downloading openoffice.org.Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library says Program c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe runtime to terminate in an unusual way contact applications support team? can you help me

Re: [users] Chart functionality in calc is disabled.

2007-04-07 Thread CPHennessy
On Sunday 25 March 2007, + JACK EVANS wrote: 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

Re: [users] Want to be a member

2007-04-07 Thread CPHennessy
On Sunday 25 March 2007, + victor guarino wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** 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

Re: [users] Problem with OpenOffice and publics folder

2007-04-07 Thread CPHennessy
On Monday 26 March 2007, + Pellet Jean-Luc wrote: [ MODERATED ] Hello, We works with Windows XP Pro, Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003. We want to use openoffice 2.1.0 instead of the pack office microsoft. We meet a problem with the publics folders outlook and

Re: [users] problem in Openoffice.org 2.02 BASE

2007-04-07 Thread CPHennessy
On Friday 23 March 2007, + Sunil Gupta wrote: Dear Sir, I have one problem in openoffice.org Base. Can you try with version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org ? Please reply to users@openoffice.org only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already?

Re: [users] OO 2.0.3 problem

2007-04-07 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 21 March 2007, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just migrated from OpenOffice 2.0.3 to OpenOffice 2.1. My problem is to disable one of main menu items from OOBasic code (I must not use the configuration). In OO 2.0.3 this code worked fine: myMenu =

Re: [users] I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is about Amharic language input

2007-04-07 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 22 March 2007, + Vera Sun wrote: Dear sir, I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is about Amharic language input. The Window system is win 2000 and the input method is a software called Ge'ez for the Amharic language. The problem is when entering in a certain

Re: [users] Changing a Open Office file into a Microsoft word file

2007-04-07 Thread A. den Oudsten
Warren Konitshek wrote: Is there a way to change a Open Office Writer file into a Microsoft word file? I have a file saved in the Open Office Writer and other people can not read it on the MSN network. I really hate to re-write the whole in Microsoft Word. thank you Warren Konitshek Go

[users] Re: Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Gordon
Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, Adrian Try wrote: So why (in 2.1) when I go to File-Open in Writer, is there an option in the Filter Drop-down box for Microsoft WORKS files then? http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/texstar/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2007/RPMS.main/ It's the one

[users] Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread linuxmaillists
On Saturday 07 April 2007, Gordon wrote: Tom Chilton wrote: Gordon, Could you post a screenshot? I'll try - I'm having difficulty capturing the box - it just seems to capture the new blank document. How do I do this? If you are on Windows download a trial copy of snag-it. If you are

Re: [users] Outlook Equivalent

2007-04-07 Thread Chris Cioffi
On 4/6/07, Robert Smits [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 08:34, Chris Cioffi wrote: Outlook is far more than just email. The Outlook/Exchange combination is something I haven't seen really replicated yet. The combination of Email, Calendar, Todo and Journal, even if

[users] Can't fax a document running OSX

2007-04-07 Thread Dennis Descoteau
Hello, I'm using Tiger, oo2.2 and an intel Mac and cannot fax a document. I have opened the document I want to fax. Then I click on 'FilePrintNameExternal_ModemOK. A very shot-lived, small box appears (and disappears) and nothing happens. I would assume that it is trying to find the fax driver

[users] Re: Outlook Equivalent

2007-04-07 Thread Gordon
Chris Cioffi wrote: On 4/6/07, Robert Smits [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 08:34, Chris Cioffi wrote: Outlook is far more than just email. The Outlook/Exchange combination is something I haven't seen really replicated yet. The combination of Email, Calendar, Todo

Re: [users] not enough entry space in custom dictionaries

2007-04-07 Thread Tom Chilton
Hi You could always add another custom dictionary... that's another 2000 words...if that runs out you could add another... that's another 2000 words... if that runs out etc etc etc... Tom On 7 Apr 2007, at 13:12, James Knott wrote: anand wrote: I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org.

Re: [users] Outlook Equivalent

2007-04-07 Thread Robert Smits
On Saturday 07 April 2007 11:11, Chris Cioffi wrote: On 4/6/07, Robert Smits [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Outlook is a bug-ridden Windows product that introduces more viruses to its users than any other email client. Outlook is a major business application with more people being daily users

[users] Book formatting in oOo

2007-04-07 Thread Kelly J. Morris
Greetings - I am getting ready to publish a book at the open-source print-on-demand publisher, Lulu.com. I am using the basic page format for a 6x9 paperback book - a .doc file that I downloaded from Lulu.com. In addition to page numbers in the headers on the outer edge of each page, I want to:

Re: [users] Book formatting in oOo

2007-04-07 Thread jonathon
Kelly J. Morris wrote: 1) have the book's title appear on the book's even-numbered pages (since this will be constant, it is not a problem); Add a header to the page style. Then select the Book Title as the header for RHS pages. 2) have each chapter's title appear in the header of the

Re: [users] Outlook Equivalent

2007-04-07 Thread Chris Cioffi
On 4/7/07, Robert Smits [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 April 2007 11:11, Chris Cioffi wrote: On 4/6/07, Robert Smits [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If they settle for Windows they already have. You haven't described anything in Outlook that Kontact doesn't already deliver. Why waste all

[users] Save as a template

2007-04-07 Thread Walter Hildebrandt
I have WindowXPand have updated OOo to 2.2. When I do a Save As and want to create a new template, I get the choice of saving in the OOo 1.1 format but not in a 2.X format. How can I update the savie a template feature to 2.x? Is there any other Save As feature that needs to be updated?

Re: [users] Compatability

2007-04-07 Thread Johnny Andersson
Obviously I failed to do it before the end of that day, but I filed it now. It wasn't very easy since it's not just one particular bug. It seems more like quite a few bugs cooperating. I'm not sure they are even possible to correct. I also realized, when testing, that converting to rtf was

Re: [users] Save as a template

2007-04-07 Thread Johnny Andersson
Strange. That's not true for me (OpenOffice.org 2.2, Windows XP SP2). I can select OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template (.ots), OpenOffice.org 1.0Spreadsheet Template (.stc) and many others. However no OpenOffice.org 1.1 template. In Writer there are OpenDocument Test Template (.ott) and

Re: [users] not enough entry space in custom dictionaries

2007-04-07 Thread Johnny Andersson
But seriously, why is there a limit? If it is a speed issue, there could be some kind of warning when 2000 words are exceeded. Or just nothing… Johnny Andersson

[users] OpenOffice.org 2.2 keeps forgetting my dictionary settings, just like OpenOffice.org 2.1 did

2007-04-07 Thread Johnny Andersson
Can anyone please tell me how to make OpenOffice.org to remember that Tools → Options → Language settings → Writing Aids → User defined dictionaries → Johnny's Dictionary always should be checked when OpenOffice.org is started? Every time I start OpenOffice.org, it's unchecked, no matter what it

[users] Re: dll files changes

2007-04-07 Thread Roxy Robinson
Your error message is not caused by OO. You have probably down a Windows Update recently - this error message is being caused by that most recent update. There is something in that update that does not agree with the RealTek Audio System. I have the RealTek Audio system on my laptop and started

[users] Re: Error message I received

2007-04-07 Thread Roxy Robinson
Your error message is not caused by OO. You have probably down a Windows Update recently - this error message is being caused by that most recent update. There is something in that update that does not agree with the RealTek Audio System. I have the RealTek Audio system on my laptop and started

Re: [users] Re: dll files changes

2007-04-07 Thread Anthony Chilco
Thanks, Roxy. I had the same problem last week at work. I removed the windows update, and went searching for any reference to the problem. I didn't find anything, so your response helps me, too. I'll get the updated driver and try reinstalling the update. tc Roxy Robinson wrote: Your error

[users] Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread NoOp
On 04/07/2007 08:33 AM, Gordon wrote: Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, Adrian Try wrote: So why (in 2.1) when I go to File-Open in Writer, is there an option in the Filter Drop-down box for Microsoft WORKS files then?

[users] Re: Re: Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Roxy Robinson
Perhaps you are the only person in the universe with that option. The only thing that I show from the File open option is 'WPS 2000/Office 1.0(*.wps). And I don't think that is a Works file? Roxy Robinson *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 4/7/2007 at 10:48 PM Gordon wrote: [EMAIL

[users] Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread NoOp
On 04/07/2007 07:33 PM, NoOp wrote: On 04/07/2007 08:33 AM, Gordon wrote: Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, Adrian Try wrote: So why (in 2.1) when I go to File-Open in Writer, is there an option in the Filter Drop-down box for Microsoft WORKS files then?

Re: [users] Re: Re: Re: Conversions

2007-04-07 Thread Roxy Robinson
Nothing there in the Windows version either. Roxy Robinson *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 4/7/2007 at 11:03 PM James Knott wrote: Gordon wrote: Johnny Andersson wrote: 2007/4/6, Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tom Chilton wrote: No, OpenOffice will not open works

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.2 keeps forgetting my dictionary settings, just like OpenOffice.org 2.1 did

2007-04-07 Thread TerryJ
Johnny Andersson-3 wrote: Can anyone please tell me how to make OpenOffice.org to remember that Tools → Options → Language settings → Writing Aids → User defined dictionaries → Johnny's Dictionary always should be checked when OpenOffice.org is started? Every time I start OpenOffice.org,

[users] Re: MS word 2007

2007-04-07 Thread Roxy Robinson
Now, now, children! *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 4/7/2007 at 11:12 PM Larry Gusaas wrote: James Knott wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Gordon wrote: Raghavendra Gupta wrote: Hello I am using open office version 2.2, However, it does not recognise the files