Re: [users] Files converted to .doc and emailed are arriving as .dat garbage

2007-05-02 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Montag, 30. April 2007 schrieb Victor Blakey: I am running a small business dealing with local councils. all our invoices are created in open office and converted to word .doc documents for emailing to our customers. However last year (at around aboput the time we upgraded to open office

Re: [users] Files converted to .doc and emailed are arriving as .dat garbage

2007-05-02 Thread Terence W C Warby
Victor, Mark has obviously seen this type of problem before, as have I. If the .dat file is named winmail.dat then it I would take a bet that your email client is M$ Outlook. If so, then that is the problem and would explain why there was no problem when emailing to your own machines. You need

[users] Re: [mac] Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther

2007-05-02 Thread Guy Voets
2007/4/30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Guy, Thanks for your help. I got it to work. As an ordinary user (not very technical) I find the how-to information a little hard to understand. For example: 1.1 Installing X11 What is X11 ? : a graphic server that displays clients. Given

Re: [users] How to use Your Product to send out Mailing Lists ?

2007-05-02 Thread Guy Voets
2007/5/1, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear Sir's, I have been recommended to use your Open Office .org. program which I was informed ,was Free to use, instead of Excel and that yours was better and easier to use. However, I just can't seem to get to the area or place, where I

[users] Lines under or around words or paragraphs don't work logically

2007-05-02 Thread Paul Palmer
Sirs: When using triple hyphens to add a line under a paragraph the results are unpredictable. Sometimes there is one line, sometimes three. Sometimes one or two can be removed, sometimes not. The lines put in by the Word feature are not retained correctly and there appears to be no such

[users] I use openoffice 2.2.0 and my question is...

2007-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I've to buy a new computer with Windows Vista as operating system: Does openoffice works with windows Vista? Thanks... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Files converted to .doc and emailed are arriving as .dat garbage

2007-05-02 Thread Victor Blakey
no, as far as I can tell they are arriving with the original file name (invoicexxx.dat instead of invoicexxx.doc) Dan Lewis wrote: On Tuesday May 01 2007 6:27 pm, Mark Pope wrote: Hello Victor, Are these .dat file attachments actually named winmail.dat? -Original Message-

[users] open office for apple?

2007-05-02 Thread klick Computerkurse1

[users] (OOo) server-side component to edit files through online?

2007-05-02 Thread Kazia Bae
Hi, I am just wondering if I can install open office in one main server and use openOffice in several client machine without installing each one.. My basic idea is that, using java code to implement OpenOffice in online and use share this component with other who comes to my web and try to

[users] Can't turn off Autocorrect or Autoformat

2007-05-02 Thread Paul Palmer
Sirs: Accessing the forums is very confusing. I can't even tell where this email is going. Nevertheless, I cannot turn off the Autocorrect in OO 2.2. Two other users reported this but there were no answers offered. My technical document is almost unreadable because of all the

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

2007-05-02 Thread Ken Paulusma
I have installed open office 2 to try and wish to uninstall. Where are the uninstall files. There is nothing inWindows xp uninstall No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/782 - Release Date: 5/1/2007 2:10 AM

[users] NewComputer

2007-05-02 Thread David B. Chapman
Hello I've just found you and note that there's references to associating with MS Office files etc. I don't have MS programmes. Do I need MS (or other, such as Ability Write) before I can use Open Office? I await D.B.Chapman __ This email

RE: [users] NewComputer

2007-05-02 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
No, you do not need any Microsoft software to use OpenOffice. What you can do is set OpenOffice to open .doc, .xls and .ppt by default (and you do not need anything extra for that too). -Original Message- From: David B. Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Re: [users] [moderated] I am using Openoffice 2.2 My question is the new version of X11 2006

2007-05-02 Thread Guy Voets
2007/4/30, Akash Dhama [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is the new version of X11 2006 which is available from MAC S/w update compatible with Openoffice 2.2 I remember last time I downloaded a new verson of X11 I could not use openoffice Hello Since you're using OpenOffice.org 2.2, I suppose your

[users] Reference a cell to a document that's OOo password protected does not work

2007-05-02 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Hello. I have two password-protected spreadsheets. One spreadsheet references cells in the other spreadsheet and if source is closed then Calc would not ask for a password. Is there any workaround (while we wait for issue 24535 to be fixed)? Thanks. WBR, K. Palagin.

Re: [users] Can't turn off Autocorrect or Autoformat

2007-05-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
Paul Palmer wrote: Nevertheless, I cannot turn off the Autocorrect in OO 2.2. Two other users reported this but there were no answers offered. My technical document is almost unreadable because of all the corrections. I tried Word 2000 and found it hardly better. It would be wonderful if

Re: [users] Lines under or around words or paragraphs don't work logically

2007-05-02 Thread Michele Zarri
On 5/2/07, Paul Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sirs: When using triple hyphens to add a line under a paragraph the results are unpredictable. Sometimes there is one line, sometimes three. Sometimes one or two can be removed, sometimes not. The lines put in by the Word feature are not

Re: [users] iMac w/OS X 10.4.9, downloaded OO, now what?

2007-05-02 Thread Guy Voets
2007/5/2, Ben Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: make sure you have x11 version at least 1.1 installed. it's on your Mac Os X installation CD under the optional installation package part. --b On 4/30/07, Douglas Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an icon, but nothing happens when I click it.

Re: [users] Can't turn off Autocorrect or Autoformat

2007-05-02 Thread Donald H Locker
Try adjusting the settings in Tools-Options-Language Settings-Writing Aids HTH, Donald. Paul Palmer wrote: Sirs: Accessing the forums is very confusing. I can't even tell where this email is going. Nevertheless, I cannot turn off the Autocorrect in OO 2.2. Two other users reported

Re: [users] NewComputer

2007-05-02 Thread James Knott
David B. Chapman wrote: Hello I've just found you and note that there's references to associating with MS Office files etc. I don't have MS programmes. Do I need MS (or other, such as Ability Write) before I can use Open Office? I await D.B.Chapman No, when you install OpenOffice,

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

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday May 01 2007 9:09 pm, Ken Paulusma wrote: I have installed open office 2 to try and wish to uninstall. Where are the uninstall files. There is nothing inWindows xp uninstall No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database:

Re: [users] I use openoffice 2.2.0 and my question is...

2007-05-02 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've to buy a new computer with Windows Vista as operating system: Does openoffice works with windows Vista? Thanks... Yes. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] open office for apple?

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 3:21 am, klick Computerkurse1 wrote: OpenOffice.org (OOo) has a version for Apple. Go to http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ for more information and installation instructions. The latest version of OOo only works with OS X 10.4 or later. Dan

Re: [users] I use openoffice 2.2.0 and my question is...

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 4:22 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've to buy a new computer with Windows Vista as operating system: Does openoffice works with windows Vista? Thanks... Yes, OpenOffice.org works with Vista. In fact, the latest version has some enhancements so that it will

Re: [users] Manual Book of Open Office 2.2

2007-05-02 Thread James Knott
Ferry Wijaya wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, How to get manual book of Open Office 2.2? My Customer want to buy it. How much does it cost? One good book is the OpenOffice 2 Guidebook. http://openoffice.blogs.com/bookresources/ -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org

Re: [users] OpenOffice Writer - Problem in opening document

2007-05-02 Thread Sonny George
Dan Lewis wrote: On Saturday April 28 2007 4:30 pm, Sonny George wrote: Hi, I am a new user of OpenOffice. THe deatils of version etc are given below OpenOffice.org 2.1 OS - Windows XP sp2 A document created using Writer wherin I have cut and pasted text from different e mails

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

2007-05-02 Thread Alistair Fyfe
Thank you for office one,But, how do I get spell checker to operate. Alistair Fyfe

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

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 5:02 am, Alistair Fyfe wrote: Thank you for office one,But, how do I get spell checker to operate. Alistair Fyfe Use the F7 key or click the icon with the abc and a wavy red line under these three letters. What language are you using? The English version of

Re: [users] Lines under or around words or paragraphs don't work logically

2007-05-02 Thread Javier Rivera
Paul Palmer escribió: I can't see how to put a box around a paragraph or a simple line under it or over it or on the side of it. Have you tried to right click on a paragraph, on the menu select paragraph, in the window that should appear choose the border tab and play a little with it. You

[users] Is there anything like SetCellByPosition for Calc makros?

2007-05-02 Thread Vasiliadis, Thomas
Hi there. I'd like to make a Makro that delete some rows wich are not used. I made it as far as shown below. Unfortunatly I have no proper Syntaxdokumentation so I tried SetCellByPosition (similar to GetCellByPosition) but it does not work. Can anybody tell me, how to manipulate the row marked

[users] Procedure: How to use a conditionally hidden section to suppress empty Address2 field in envelopes, labels, etc.

2007-05-02 Thread Solveig L Haugland
Hi, Suppressing the blank line in an address when the Address2 field is empty comes up a lot. I've written up how to do it using conditionally hidden sections and posted it on my blog. http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/05/suppressing_bla.html I assume it's been explained on this

Re: [users] Files converted to .doc and emailed are arriving as .dat garbage

2007-05-02 Thread Mark Pope
Victor, Is there any chance you could create a fake invoice, put it through the conversions and send it through to my email address using the same process you do with the others? I'd be interested to see what come through. On 02/05/2007, at 5:24 PM, Victor Blakey wrote: no, as far as I

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

2007-05-02 Thread Kelvin Eldridge
Alistair Fyfe wrote: Thank you for office one,But, how do I get spell checker to operate. Alistair Fyfe Hi Alistair, Try File - Wizards - Install new dictionaries. If you want, you can also install the dictionary manually. Instructions on how to do this are at

Re: [users] Procedure: How to use a conditionally hidden section to suppress empty Address2 field in envelopes, labels, etc.

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 6:40 am, Solveig L Haugland wrote: Hi, Suppressing the blank line in an address when the Address2 field is empty comes up a lot. I've written up how to do it using conditionally hidden sections and posted it on my blog.

Re: [users] [moderated] I am using Openoffice 2.2 My question is the new version of X11 2006

2007-05-02 Thread Chris Powell
yes it is - I've used it several times successfully after installing the X11 update Chris Powell On Apr 29, 2007, at 11:38 PM, Akash Dhama wrote: Is the new version of X11 2006 which is available from MAC S/w update compatible with Openoffice 2.2 I remember last time I downloaded a new

Re: [users] open office for apple?

2007-05-02 Thread Thomas W. Cranston
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Re: [users] Good place to store Macros for Everyones use...

2007-05-02 Thread hewnix
Thank you very much. The one set of instructions I had found was not working for me, but the topic, http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=179672#179672 does - kinda So, at least I am headed in the right direction. I really want to install without using a GUI... a scriptable

[users] Office base vs MS Access

2007-05-02 Thread Joe Grech
Am trying to open MS Access database in Office Base and is asking me to install Java Runtime Environment. Even it is refusing to create a new database. How can I proceed? Thanks _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar -

Re: [users] I cannot delete notes

2007-05-02 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
lan huong wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, I am using Open Office 2.0 and my problem is: 1. When I open an Microsoft Office document with Open Office 2.0, all comments in the document show as notes, and I cannot delete the notes. Please tell me how to delete notes? Your support page tells me how to

Re: [users] I cannot delete notes

2007-05-02 Thread Michele Zarri
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: lan huong wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, I am using Open Office 2.0 and my problem is: 1. When I open an Microsoft Office document with Open Office 2.0, all comments in the document show as notes, and I cannot delete the notes. Please tell me how to delete notes? Your

Re: [users] Office base vs MS Access

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 10:21 am, Joe Grech wrote: Am trying to open MS Access database in Office Base and is asking me to install Java Runtime Environment. Even it is refusing to create a new database. How can I proceed? Thanks One place to get JRE is www.java.com. Download and

Re: [users] I cannot delete notes

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 10:53 am, Michele Zarri wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: lan huong wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, I am using Open Office 2.0 and my problem is: 1. When I open an Microsoft Office document with Open Office 2.0, all comments in the document show as notes, and I

Re: [users] Files converted to .doc and emailed are arriving as .dat garbage

2007-05-02 Thread Robin Laing
Victor Blakey wrote: I am running a small business dealing with local councils. all our invoices are created in open office and converted to word .doc documents for emailing to our customers. However last year (at around aboput the time we upgraded to open office v2.0) our customers started

[users] Calc page break disappeared in Excel

2007-05-02 Thread Boris Ratak
Hi, I have a problem opening a Calc document in Excel. In Calc, I've put a page break so my sheet is printed in two pages. But when I open my document in Excel, the page break is gone and it prints the whole sheet on one page. Is this a compatibility problem between Calc and Excel or is

[users] Windows Vista

2007-05-02 Thread Harry Jeffery
Is Open Office compatible with Windows Vista Home Proffesional Edition? Please reply as soon as possible seeing as I am hoping to install it as soon as I can. Thanks Harry Jeffery _ Try Live.com - your fast, personalized homepage

[users] Converting from Excel

2007-05-02 Thread Edward A Janes
In a Cashbook workbook I and friends have created, in Excel the line =HOOKUP($L$4,Summary!$R$4:SAC$35,21,False) acts as follows in the Reconciliation Sheet. $L$4 is the location of the Month to which you wish to tally to Summary is the sheet from which that data is coming $AC$35,21 guides to the

[users] [moderated] Can't open my open office

2007-05-02 Thread Andrew Lee Peng Joo
Hi, I am using Mac OS X (Tiger) and have x11 installed. Downloaded the latest Open Office 2.2 and followed the instruction, dragging to the Application folder. Once I double-clicked the OO, it does not fire up. Nothing happen. I can't quit OO although I can quit x11. I need to force-quit

[users] MS compatibility?

2007-05-02 Thread leslie . dailey
I use Open Office. Sometimes upon opening attached files I send/receive, they are encrypted. Please help. Leslie Dailey

[users] Dates change automatically in writer

2007-05-02 Thread James F
I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org. I have learned through the help system how to turn off the automatic changing of the date on formatted documents in Writer. Do I really have to do this on EACH document, or is there a way to correct this issue for all at one time?

Re: [users] I use openoffice 2.2.0 and my question is...

2007-05-02 Thread RobMarley
Ah, ok...THanks... ciao 2007/5/2, Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wednesday May 02 2007 4:22 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've to buy a new computer with Windows Vista as operating system: Does openoffice works with windows Vista? Thanks... Yes, OpenOffice.org works with Vista.

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

2007-05-02 Thread OTTO HAGMANN
Bonjour m.m. C'est possible de télécharger la version francaise et la correction francaise installée ? Merci de répondre. Pouvez-vous m'indiquer le lien pour télécharger car Wiki 'es pas accessible ?. Mes meilleures salutations OTTO HAGMANN, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-05-02

[users] Ineed to have Excel-Spreadsheets and Datrdbase Programs

2007-05-02 Thread Bilmaxdyl
If I download Openoffice will I gave the complete program of Excel to use? Bill Doyle ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

[users] Open Office compatable with Quick Office

2007-05-02 Thread cs
Hi Could you tell me please, is Open Office compatable with Quick Office used in PDA's and smartphones. Thank you Chris

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

2007-05-02 Thread Dynamic Marketing
To whom it may concern: When I installed open office we were using internet provider AOL. Now we have switched and are using outlook express. The spell checker does not work a/c needs microsoft word, excel, or powerpoint. Is there a way I can use open office to support outlook express so I

[users] error while trying to install open office

2007-05-02 Thread Aniela Cebotaru
Hello, I tried to install Open Office 2.0 and 2.2 about 10 times, each time I had the same error. I'm ataching it as a jpeg. I'm using Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, SP2 I hope you can help me, Thanks, Aniela - Ahhh...imagining that

[users] language

2007-05-02 Thread Studio Roscini s.r.l - Tiziano
Hi, is the italian language available? Tks t.

Re: [users] Installing Open Office with Vista

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
Hi, I installed Open Office earlier this year on XP Pro because my XP Office corrupted and I could not do anything with it. Liked Open Office, looked OK and worked OK so now having installed Windows Vista I have tried several times to install Open Office without success, I am not a programmer

Re: [users] Windows Vista

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
Is Open Office compatible with Windows Vista Home Proffesional Edition? Please reply as soon as possible seeing as I am hoping to install it as soon as I can. OOo should work fine on all versions of Vista. /paul -- Vista is dramatically more secure than any other operating system released

Re: [users] MS compatibility?

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
I use Open Office. Sometimes upon opening attached files I send/receive, they are encrypted. How do you mean encrypted? Are you prompted for a password prior to opening or is what you see on the screen gobbly-d-gook If you are opening OOo files that have been saved in the OOo format (eg,

Re: [users] error while trying to install open office

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
Hello, I tried to install Open Office 2.0 and 2.2 about 10 times, each time I had the same error. I'm ataching it as a jpeg. I'm using Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, SP2 Sorry - attachments don't make it through to the list... Can you write the message down and forward it back to the

Re: [users] Can not load a file with XLS extension.

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is I am unable to open a file with the extension XLS. I get a General Error General input/output error error code. What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it. Have a look here for possible fix on that :

Re: [users] Ineed to have Excel-Spreadsheets and Datrdbase Programs

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
If I download Openoffice will I gave the complete program of Excel to use? If you download OOo you will get an Excel like spreadsheet program named Calc to use as part of the OOo suite of products. Functionality wise there are very few differences between excel and calc and OOo can save files

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

2007-05-02 Thread Terence W C Warby
I would recommend changing to Thuderbird for your email. Spell checkers are available for this as extensions. The spell checker in OOo, to my knowledge canot be used to spell check in OE. Terry W Dynamic Marketing wrote: To whom it may concern: When I installed open office we were using

Re: [users] Converting from Excel

2007-05-02 Thread Joe Conner
Calc uses semi-colons rather than commas to separate items. Edward A Janes wrote: In a Cashbook workbook I and friends have created, in Excel the line =HOOKUP($L$4,Summary!$R$4:SAC$35,21,False) acts as follows in the Reconciliation Sheet. $L$4 is the location of the Month to which you wish to

Re: [users] Files converted to .doc and emailed are arriving as .dat garbage

2007-05-02 Thread Joe Conner
There is a free decoder called Fentun.exe available at http://www.fentun.com/. I use this successfully on WinXP Pro. You can read about the winmail.dat problem at numerous sites, for example: http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/microsoft-outlook-tnef.html. Terence W C Warby wrote: Victor, Mark

[users] Re: Spell checker doesn't work

2007-05-02 Thread Victor Chapman
Dan Lewis wrote: Comment in-line If there is no dictionary, OpenOffice simply doesn't find anything to complain about and says everything's OK! That's entirely possible! Well this becomes more interesting all of the time. I cannot find a copy of the English Canada dictionary with the Suse

Re: [users] metrology

2007-05-02 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Tuesday 01 May 2007 04:31:07 pm M Henri Day wrote: I activated the OOo 2.2 spellchecker for English (UK), and also got that wavy red line for the term «metrology». But after right-clicking the word and clicking «add», I was then able to compose the following sentence without receiving an

Re: [users] Dates change automatically in writer

2007-05-02 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 09:43:15 am James F wrote: I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org. I have learned through the help system how to turn off the automatic changing of the date on formatted documents in Writer. Do I really have to do this on EACH document, or is there a way to correct

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

2007-05-02 Thread Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 07:53, my mailbox was graced by a missive from OTTO HAGMANN [EMAIL PROTECTED] who wrote: C'est possible de télécharger la version francaise et la correction francaise installée ? Cherches donc sur la page http://fr.openoffice.org/ et tu y trouveras tout ce que ton

Re: [users] Can't turn off Autocorrect or Autoformat

2007-05-02 Thread Paul Palmer
Donald: That was it. Just what I was looking for. Do you think I can associate those choices with a particular document but not other documents, so that this one document always opens with those choices preselected? They seem to be global choices. Thanks, Paul Palmer - Original

[users] Problem with Word XP/2003 export

2007-05-02 Thread Nicolas PIED
Hello, I have the following problem in OOo: I created a simple page with some text, just one image and two headings (Heading 1). After that, I created a Table of Contents and finally I exported the document ODT as Word document (compatible with Office XP/2003) The problem occured when I opened

Re: [users] MS compatibility?

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
Are you trying to open MS Office new format (eg, .docx) files using OOo Y E S - that will also cause strange looking characters on the screen Little more info and I'm sure we can supply the answer... ADDITIONALLY, wh en I attached the OpenOffice equivalent of Excel, and fwd. it in an

Re: [users] language

2007-05-02 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, Studio Roscini s.r.l - Tiziano wrote: Hi, is the italian language available? Tks t. Benvenuti in OpenOffice.org http://it.openoffice.org/ quote OpenOffice.org 2.2 è disponibile in italiano all'indirizzo http://it.openoffice.org e nelle altre versioni linguistiche all'indirizzo

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

2007-05-02 Thread James Knott
Dynamic Marketing wrote: To whom it may concern: When I installed open office we were using internet provider AOL. Now we have switched and are using outlook express. The spell checker does not work a/c needs microsoft word, excel, or powerpoint. Is there a way I can use open office

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

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 7:59 am, Dynamic Marketing wrote: To whom it may concern: When I installed open office we were using internet provider AOL. Now we have switched and are using outlook express. The spell checker does not work a/c needs microsoft word, excel, or powerpoint. Is

Re: [users] Dates change automatically in writer

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 2:36 pm, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: On Wednesday 02 May 2007 09:43:15 am James F wrote: I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org. I have learned through the help system how to turn off the automatic changing of the date on formatted documents in Writer. Do I really

[users] Re: Spell checker doesn't work

2007-05-02 Thread Russell Butler
Victor Chapman wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Comment in-line If there is no dictionary, OpenOffice simply doesn't find anything to complain about and says everything's OK! That's entirely possible! Well this becomes more interesting all of the time. I cannot find a copy of the English Canada

[users] Re: metrology

2007-05-02 Thread Russell Butler
Howard Coles Jr. wrote: On Tuesday 01 May 2007 04:31:07 pm M Henri Day wrote: I activated the OOo 2.2 spellchecker for English (UK), and also got that wavy red line for the term «metrology». But after right-clicking the word and clicking «add», I was then able to compose the following sentence

Re: [users] Converting from Excel

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 2:00 pm, Joe Conner wrote: Calc uses semi-colons rather than commas to separate items. Edward A Janes wrote: In a Cashbook workbook I and friends have created, in Excel the line =HOOKUP($L$4,Summary!$R$4:SAC$35,21,False) acts as follows in the Reconciliation

Re: [users] Can't turn off Autocorrect or Autoformat

2007-05-02 Thread Donald H Locker
Glad it worked. It took me a few times doing this before I could reliably remember where it was. I'll let someone else answer the association question. I'm pretty clueless on scripting or customising OOo at this time. I learn as I need, and I try to keep my needs pretty simple. Donald.

[users] help....

2007-05-02 Thread Ray Gray
Just installed OpenOffice on my new MacBook. Now I can't seem to launch it. On install it opened a test document, which I saved on the desktop as a quick way to get back to OpenOffice. But the MAC doesn't know what application to use to open the saved file. Even worse, I can't find

[users] [moderated]

2007-05-02 Thread Roberto Petruzzelli
I'M LOOKING FOR THE MAC OSX VERSION BUT IN THE WEBSITE I CAN'T FIND IT. WHERE CAN I ? TANK YOU AND BEST REGARDS Roberto Petruzzelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] P PPrima di stampare questa mail pensate all’ambiente - Please consider the environment before printing thisemail. Nota di riservatezza:

[users] Is OpenOffice compatible with Microsoft Publisher?

2007-05-02 Thread Erika Overton
I... recently deleted my Microsoft programs from my computer by accident and Open Office was recommended to me by several people. I hear that it's compatible with MS Office documents, but I also have lots of saved files on Microsoft Publisher (business cards, flyers, etc.) and I want to know if

[users] french dictionary

2007-05-02 Thread Simon-Olivier Champagne
Hello to you. I downloaded open office in french on my mac, but I dont have the corrector in french. How can I get it? Thank you very much. Simon Champagne - Découvrez ce qui fait jaser les gens ! Visitez les groupes de l'heure sur Yahoo! Québec

[users] installation problem

2007-05-02 Thread Beat Zaugg
hi i wanted to install openoffice 2.2. but i'm getting this error information: Fehler 1935. Während der Installation der Assemblierung policy.1.0.cli_cppuehelper,publicKeyToken=ce2cb7e279207b9e,version= 8.0.0.0,culture=neutral ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Weitere Informationen finden Si...

Fwd: Re: [users] error while trying to install open office

2007-05-02 Thread Aniela Cebotaru
This is the error message when trying to install Open Office: Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'cli_basetypes,publicKeyToken=ce2cb7e279207b9e,version=1.0.5.0,culture=neutral'. Pleaserefer to Help. HRESULT: 0x... (this is how it ends) Thanks again,

[users] Components not launching

2007-05-02 Thread Tim Hertel
Good evening, I'm excited about this project--and would much like to contribute back to the community. I joined today, yet upon launching Open Office, only the writer component launches by default--and I can't locate/ find/ open any other component of the suite. I'm on a Mac Tiger with

Re: [users] Is OpenOffice compatible with Microsoft Publisher?

2007-05-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
Erika Overton wrote: I... recently deleted my Microsoft programs from my computer by accident and Open Office was recommended to me by several people. I hear that it's compatible with MS Office documents, but I also have lots of saved files on Microsoft Publisher (business cards, flyers,

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
Go to http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/. All the relevant information should be there. Dan On Wednesday May 02 2007 4:04 am, Roberto Petruzzelli wrote: I'M LOOKING FOR THE MAC OSX VERSION BUT IN THE WEBSITE I CAN'T FIND IT. WHERE CAN I ? TANK YOU AND BEST REGARDS Roberto Petruzzelli

Re: [users] Components not launching

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday May 02 2007 3:35 pm, Tim Hertel wrote: Good evening, I'm excited about this project--and would much like to contribute back to the community. I joined today, yet upon launching Open Office, only the writer component launches by default--and I can't locate/ find/ open any

Re: [users] french dictionary

2007-05-02 Thread Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 15:58, my mailbox was graced by a missive from Simon-Olivier Champagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] who wrote: I downloaded open office in french on my mac, but I dont have the corrector in french.  How can I get it? File = Wizzards = Install New Dictionaries ? Cheers, Ron.

Re: Re: [users] error while trying to install open office

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
This is the error message when trying to install Open Office: Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'cli_basetypes,publicKeyToken=ce2cb7e279207b9e,version=1.0.5.0,culture=neutral'. Pleaserefer to Help. HRESULT: 0x... (this is how it ends) From another

Re: [users] installation problem

2007-05-02 Thread Paul
i wanted to install openoffice 2.2. but i'm getting this error information: Fehler 1935. Während der Installation der Assemblierung policy.1.0.cli_cppuehelper,publicKeyToken=ce2cb7e279207b9e,version= 8.0.0.0,culture=neutral ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Weitere Informationen finden Si... anybody

[users] Re: Spell checker doesn't work

2007-05-02 Thread Victor Chapman
Russell Butler wrote: Victor Chapman wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Comment in-line If there is no dictionary, OpenOffice simply doesn't find anything to complain about and says everything's OK! That's entirely possible! Well this becomes more interesting all of the time. I cannot find a copy

RE: [users] Components not launching

2007-05-02 Thread Mohd Afifuddin Bin Omar
Hi, Can Oo can translate document from English to let say Japanese or Chinese? Just courious... If possible how to do so...? Thanks. Afifuddin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] Re: Spell checker doesn't work

2007-05-02 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message Subject: [users] Re: Spell checker doesn't work From: Victor Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: Thu 03 May 2007 10:44:12 EST Russell Butler wrote: Victor Chapman wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Comment in-line If there is no dictionary,

Re: [users] Re: Spell checker doesn't work

2007-05-02 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Victor Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu 03 May 2007 10:44:12 EST I presume that it need Java available, though I ma not sure of that. How do I know if Java is properly installed? Sorry, I sent previous reply without finishing. YaST - Software

[users] Need to Populate Interspersed Empty Cells

2007-05-02 Thread Don Parris
Greetings, I have a large-ish Calc sheet (using 2.2.0) with empty cells interspersed throughout 52 columns and 990 rows. I will save the sheet as a tab-separated values text file, and run it through PostgreSQL's COPY command. I would like to insert a \N (database NULL) into the empty cells, if

Re: [users] Need to Populate Interspersed Empty Cells

2007-05-02 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Don, The cheap and dirty way would be to enter this into cell a1 on another sheet: =IF(Sheet1.A1;Sheet1.A1;/N) This assumes that the sheet with your data is named 'Sheet1'. Substitute the sheet name if it's not. Fill across all fifty-two columns and then down all 990 rows. Select all,

Re: [users] Need to Populate Interspersed Empty Cells

2007-05-02 Thread Don Parris
Brilliant! Thanks a million! I knew there had to be a way to setup a formula, but wasn't sure where to begin on this one. I had originally hoped Calc would let me search and replace on empty cells. Oh well. Thanks again. Cheers, Don On 5/2/07, Anthony Chilco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

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