Re: [users] Math equations changing in document

2007-07-11 Thread Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
Hi, A colleague and me have answered to this in the sw.users group where you posted the problem some days ago. As Michael pointed out the first question would be do you use a current Office version? E.g. OOo 2.2 or a recent developer build? Regards, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi a

Re: [users] downloading;corrupted or incomplete

2007-07-11 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 11/07/07, Lee Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have twice tried to download open office. org, using the green box and arrow. Each time near the end iof the 12 minute period, I got an error box that said corrupted or incomplete and to contact you. Thanks for your help and what you are pro

[users] Re : [users] Excel/Calc function list

2007-07-11 Thread Boris Ratak
Thx, this is just what I needed ! Boris - Message d'origine De : Daniel Rentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : users@openoffice.org Envoyé le : Mardi, 10 Juillet 2007, 18h10mn 50s Objet : Re: [users] Excel/Calc function list Boris Ratak schrieb: > Hi, > > Does anyone knows a document showing th

[users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Harold Fuchs
Using OOo 2.2.0 on Win XP. In Draw, how do I fix the position of a text box *relative* to the position of a rectangle; in other words I want the text box to move if I move the rectangle. It seems I can't group the two because I can't select them both at the same time. What am I missing? -- Harol

Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Pradeep Srinivas
On Wednesday 11 Jul 2007, Harold Fuchs wrote (regarding [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object): > Using OOo 2.2.0 on Win XP. > > In Draw, how do I fix the position of a text box *relative* to the position > of a rectangle; in other words I want the text box to move if I move the > rectangle. It s

Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 11/07/07, Pradeep Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 11 Jul 2007, Harold Fuchs wrote (regarding [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object): > Using OOo 2.2.0 on Win XP. > > In Draw, how do I fix the position of a text box *relative* to the position > of a rectangle; in other words

Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Michele Zarri
On 7/11/07, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Using OOo 2.2.0 on Win XP. In Draw, how do I fix the position of a text box *relative* to the position of a rectangle; in other words I want the text box to move if I move the rectangle. It seems I can't group the two because I can't select th

Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 11/07/07, Michele Zarri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/11/07, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Using OOo 2.2.0 on Win XP. > > In Draw, how do I fix the position of a text box *relative* to the > position > of a rectangle; in other words I want the text box to move if I move the >

Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Pradeep Srinivas
On Wednesday 11 Jul 2007, Harold Fuchs wrote (regarding Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object): > On 11/07/07, Pradeep Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 Jul 2007, Harold Fuchs wrote (regarding [users] Group <<>> > > It's strange. About 75% of the time selecting the text

Re: [users] Vista

2007-07-11 Thread Hennes Rohling
Valorie Johnstone wrote: Can I use Open Office with Vista? Valorie Yes, you can. There are many threads where this question was answered before. - Hennes - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e

[users] Re: table merge bugs and feature request

2007-07-11 Thread Joe Smith
Samson wrote: ... Now, if I try to merge C2,C3 and C4, a dialogue pops up saying that "the cells are too complexed to be merged". ... Writer's internal table model will be replaced with 2.3 (coming in Sept.), removing this restriction. See http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/too_complex_to_me

[users] Re: Math equations changing in document

2007-07-11 Thread Joe Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... frequently when I open the presentation document to edit it that some of the equations have changed. Usually they change to another equation in the document and are sized wrong. ... Right. See: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=78720 http://qa.openo

RE: [users] XForms repeating fields

2007-07-11 Thread Swanson, Dennis
A repeating field is one that is bound just once on a form to an xml attribute, but you want to repeat for each time the xml element appears in your document. Mainly because when designing your template, you don't know how many times something will appear in the list. Think of a grocery list... y

[users] Re: Where is the ODF Plugin for Office x and 2004

2007-07-11 Thread Joe Smith
Rob Potts wrote: I'm using MS Office 2004. My problem is they released the ODF plugin for Office 2000, XP, and 2003 but there is no plugin for Office X or 2004. When can we expect to see it? Are you referring to MS' plugin, or Sun's? Sun's was just released last week; you'll find some lin

Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 11/07/07, Pradeep Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 11 Jul 2007, Harold Fuchs wrote (regarding Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object): > On 11/07/07, Pradeep Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 Jul 2007, Harold Fuchs wrote (regarding [users] Group <<>>

Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Harold Fuchs wrote: [cut] I just started an empty Draw document, drew a rectangle, made a text box and then tried to select them both. Most of the time it doesn't work, sometimes it does. No error messages or anything. I don't think it's worth sending you the document. Thanks for the offer, th

[users] Re: Re: Re: OOo/StarSuite8: Calc: Date Format

2007-07-11 Thread Jan Sax
"Andrew Douglas Pitonyak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I would use 2007071001 What DATE might that string represent? > Do you speak Esperanto? No, ISO 8601 (and a couple of foreign languages as well). Regards, Jan > Jan Sax wrote: >> Sorry, wrong message d

[users] Relational DB's

2007-07-11 Thread Mr. Cheese
I'm trying to use Base on files that I have in DBF format. I've used these with Lotus Approach without a problem. Base seems to only allow one link to a DB (If I'm doing it correctly). Is there a magic incantation that allows multiple links. I have a "parent" DB and 2 "child" DB's that I need

Re: [users] Difficulty setting a language for spellcheck

2007-07-11 Thread jonathon
Chris wrote: > Is there a way I can permanently set a dictionary language for the spellcheck? a) Install the appropriate dictionaries, thesauri, and hyphenation dictionaries. ">File >Wizards >Install new dictionaries" should bring up the tool for installing dictionaries. * This tool will automati

Re: [users] Using Visio Stencils for Network Diagrams

2007-07-11 Thread jonathon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The value of network diagrams is the information you can extract from > them. The more information they have, the more useful they can be. Thanks for telling me that your company is completely devoid of any semblance of ethical conduct, and as such such be permanent

RE: [users] Anchors

2007-07-11 Thread mharriso
Elizabeth, forwarding this email to the users list so others may help you as well. Quoting Elizabeth Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I did not know anything about the program Openoffice when I asked for help (I > still know very little). I had just downloaded the program the day before. > I could n

Re: [users] Date issue on open office.org calc

2007-07-11 Thread Harold Fuchs
Lasantha Marian wrote: This problem has been there since the beginning of OOo 2.2.x (starting with RCs') and I have brought the attention of the developers also to the same by this bug report (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=75118). Nothing positive has happened yet. OOo 2.0.x se

Re: [users] Re: word 2007 docx documents

2007-07-11 Thread jonathon
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > In the unlikely event that they did pursue a user, they will You are assuming that they will follow the model that SCO used, and not that used by the RIAA. OTOH, considering that they did fund SCO, they might be stupid enough to follow that doomed strategy. > Als

Re: [users] Word Compatibility

2007-07-11 Thread Robin Laing
Paul wrote: Hello. I just installed Open Office as an alternative to Word, because they will no longer let me edit Word Documents. When I opened a Word file with Open Office, I noticed that some of my Word formatting had changed. I am just wondering, will I be able to restore that formating,

Re: [users] Where is the ODF Plugin for Office x and 2004

2007-07-11 Thread Robin Laing
Rob Potts wrote: I'm using MS Office 2004. My problem is they released the ODF plugin for Office 2000, XP, and 2003 but there is no plugin for Office X or 2004. When can we expect to see it? Cc: to OP. I had a link but it requires a login now. Here is a blog post about the plugin. Link

[users] downloading

2007-07-11 Thread margaret
Cannot understand why (a) it takes such a long time to download and (b) it is cut off after 90 mins or so although not completed. I do have broadband so dial-up should not occur. Your help would be much appreciated as I believe this package to be exactly what I am looking for now I have

Re: [users] un-install q

2007-07-11 Thread kayedoe
Thank you for your speedy reply! Love your product, Thanks and God Bless, Mary On 7/10/07, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday July 09 2007 10:58 am, kayedoe wrote: > Hi, I had OO 1.1.1 and then DL the 2.1 version. I am low on HD > space and wanted to uninstall 1.1.1 ver. but wanted

[users] [moderated]

2007-07-11 Thread Jodie Twoeagle
WHY CANT I JUST HIT THE ICON TO GET MY NUMBERS TO ADD UP I AM SO FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW!!! ALL I WANT IS A QUICK WAY TO ADD MY CELLS TOGETHER HELP! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For addi

[users] Opening a document

2007-07-11 Thread Phil Hammond
Good People, On a new harddrive I have installed Open Office 2.2. When I attemped to open a Word document on a 3.5 disk it would not open it. I have followed leads and clicked types of files to use to open it and it does not work. I do not have Word on my computer at this time.

[users] Which RPM file do I choose for installation on Mandriva?

2007-07-11 Thread Frank Bright
Hi, This is a fairly logical question given the many RPMs that come with the OpenOffice download. (Hint: FAQs!!) Which ones do I choose to install for Mandriva? I did read the Install file. Thanks, Frank Bright - To unsubscribe

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

2007-07-11 Thread Barry Young
How can we set open-office up to provide an option to have a path/file name showing on a print our of a draft document. Word Perfect has it at Menu/Insert/Other and Word, as I recall, has it as an Item on Insert. A minor but frustrating issue. Help please! -

Re: [users] downloading;corrupted or incomplete

2007-07-11 Thread Lee Sutter
Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MY ANSWERS TO YOUR REPLY Q's IN BOLD: On 11/07/07, Lee Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have twice tried to download open office. org, using the green box and arrow. Each time near the end iof the 12 minute period, I got an error box that said cor

[users] REF: I copied the program from another PC and could not installed on my PC

2007-07-11 Thread Victor Kaw
I copied the program installer from another PC and try to run on my PC, there is a NOTE shows : 16 bit MS-DOS subsystem C:\PROGRAM--1\OPENOF--1.1\OOO_22-1.EXE C:\DOCUME--1\Owner\LOCALS--1\Temp\. A temporary file needed for initialization could not be created or could not be written to. Make sur

[users] INSTALLED BUT WON'T RUN PROPERLY

2007-07-11 Thread Jas. Parker McComas
I am using open office 2.2 on an intel based Mac. When I open the main app I only get FILE and EDIT menus with no options available for use under the pull downs. A short time thereafter the TIME OUT pops up. I have installed and updated X11. I tried installing from both downloading and

[users] Set OpenOffice 2.2.1 Software Online?

2007-07-11 Thread Reuter joe
Hello, I come from Luxembourg and at the moment i have a software site (www.mysoftware24.de) , The site is under construction. I would like to offer some programs, which the user can downloads. They are hosted on my server. My question: The program OpenOffice 2.2.1 is on your rig

Re: [users] Download Problems

2007-07-11 Thread mharriso
The official download link is http://download.openoffice.org/index.html Quoting Jim Sikorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I tried to download the Windows version of OO. Someone I work with needed > this. I got sent to: > > http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/download.php > > > > This was very unfrie

Re: [users] downloading

2007-07-11 Thread mharriso
Are you using a download manager or something funny? Try a different mirror or the Peer2Peer download link at http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/index.html Quoting margaret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Cannot understand why > > (a) it takes such a long time to download and > > (b) it is cut off

[users] scanner help

2007-07-11 Thread Roushdy N. Al-Shawwa
Dear sir/madam first of all I want to thank you to provide us a great free open source like open office, actually I am a java programmer -beginner-, and I was trying to connect my application to a scanner device, but I faild, I realized that openoffice use a package called ScannerManager and

[users] Problem downloading

2007-07-11 Thread KMillie
Im not sure if this is the right address to ask this question. I have been downloading this program since about 4pm today. It is now 11 and the file is still downloading. Its up to 92.4 MB. How big is the file? Is it really downloading or do i need to stop this. I left the computer run

Re: [users] question about copying/pasting with Writer

2007-07-11 Thread Lisa Hawkins
thanks so much! - Original Message - From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Lisa Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [users] question about copying/pasting with Writer On Monday July 09 2007 11:02 am, Lisa Hawkins wrote: Hi - quick

Re: [users] Date issue on open office.org calc

2007-07-11 Thread Michael Adams
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:50:54 +0100 Harold Fuchs wrote: > Could this be connected to the fact that Excel wrongly believes that > 1900 was a leap year? > Dates are stored as the number of dates since some "epoc" date, often > 1/1/1900. Using this we see that, using *Excel* > > 1 Jan 1900 is stor

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

2007-07-11 Thread Sarah Couture
I have received several .opd files, and your site told me your product could open them. I have downloaded your program, and it will not open the .opd files. How do I open them? Thank you, Sarah Couture

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-07-11 Thread mharriso
What? This is a poor question lacking in details and is terribly difficult to answer. To sum cells in Calc: Hilight the cells you want to sum, Data > Subtotals > Sum. Quoting Jodie Twoeagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > WHY CANT I JUST HIT THE ICON TO GET MY NUMBERS TO ADD UP > > I

[users] Adding Path to Filename

2007-07-11 Thread CLIVE SINOFF
This is quite easy. You can do it in the body of the text, footer or header. Press CTRL+F2. Click File in the left-hand column. A few options turn up on the right including including Filename with Path. Clive --- Barry Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can we set open-office up to provide

Re: [users] Problem downloading

2007-07-11 Thread Joe Conner
OpenOffice for windows with Java, v2.2.1, is 111,335KB. You are close to being there. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im not sure if this is the right address to ask this question. I have been downloading this program since about 4pm today. It is now 11 and the file is still downloading. Its up

[users] Dbase to Calc

2007-07-11 Thread CLIVE SINOFF
Thank you for those who contributed. I think the answer came from Gary Dale. Right Click on the desired Table and Click Copy. Then paste into Calc. My mistake was to open the table and then try to copy it. That was not successful. Thanks again. Clive _

Re: [users] INSTALLED BUT WON'T RUN PROPERLY

2007-07-11 Thread mharriso
After you launch OpenOffice, you should see an X11 icon in the Dock. Click this, and you'll find OpenOffice running under the Window menu. Quoting "Jas. Parker McComas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am using open office 2.2 on an intel based Mac. When I open the > main app I only get FILE and EDIT m

Re: [users] Set OpenOffice 2.2.1 Software Online?

2007-07-11 Thread mharriso
OpenOffice.org is free to copy and distribute as per the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGPL ). Quoting Reuter joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > > > > > > > I come from Luxembourg and at the moment i have > a software site (www.mysoftware24

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

2007-07-11 Thread mharriso
.opd or .odp? .odp is an OpenDocument Presentation and can be opened with OpenOffice.org's Impress component. I'm not sure what .opd is. Quoting Sarah Couture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have received several .opd files, and your site told me your product could > open them. I have downloaded your

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-07-11 Thread Richard Detwiler
Jodie Twoeagle wrote: WHY CANT I JUST HIT THE ICON TO GET MY NUMBERS TO ADD UP I AM SO FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW!!! ALL I WANT IS A QUICK WAY TO ADD MY CELLS TOGETHER HELP! First of all, please calm down! It's easy to add up numbers. Here are two ways. Let's say the

Re: [users] downloading

2007-07-11 Thread Joyce McClure
Margaret, a friend on another list directed me to purchasing the disk since I have dialup and everything takes so long. I found the disk by going to Amazon and putting in Open Office. I believe it was $2.97 plus $3.00 shipping. Sure was worth it to me and I was pleasantly surprised to find a

Re: [users] cockpit charts?

2007-07-11 Thread Sebastian Reitenbach
Hi, > > I am looking for a way to create cockpit charts, also called ring charts? > > These things where you show e.g. how many people are sitting in the > > senate? > > > There are ring charts in calc. Have a look under "pies" main chart type, > then "rings" sub type. > > Reply to the list if you

Re: [users] cockpit charts?

2007-07-11 Thread Paul
thanks, but I found these before. but it is not exactly what I wanted. It is more sth. like on the url below. I would like to have only a half circle, or a definable angle so that the rings are not 360° degrees. example chart: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/ausland/artikel/374/33341/chart_1_image

Re: [users] How to download updates

2007-07-11 Thread Paul
Dear Paul, The error was: http//:update.services.openoffice.org/ooo/221.html Application not found [with X symbol] Ah - are you sure that your firewall, if present, has allowed OOo to connect to the internet? Any one else on the list have suggestions? /paul -- Processing Key for cracking H

Re: [users] Download Problems

2007-07-11 Thread F Goodchild
I think that I amy be having a similar problem this is the message I submitted earlier today quote I have tried to download the english version for my mac (not intel chip but the older standard powerbook) it did not download automatically and was transferred to Bouncer Download chooser pleas

Re: [users] Download Problems

2007-07-11 Thread mharriso
Looks like it's fixed now...download at http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.1/index.html?focus=download or if this isn't working again, select your proper version from http://openoffice-atl.osuosl.org/stable/2.2.1/ Quoting F Goodchild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think that I amy be having a similar p

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

2007-07-11 Thread Russell Butler
Barry Young wrote: > How can we set open-office up to provide an option to have a path/file > name showing on a print our of a draft document. > > > Word Perfect has it at Menu/Insert/Other and Word, as I recall, has > it as an Item on Insert. > > A minor but frustrating issue. > > Help ple

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

2007-07-11 Thread NoOp
On 07/11/2007 12:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > .opd or .odp? .odp is an OpenDocument Presentation and can be opened with > OpenOffice.org's Impress component. I'm not sure what .opd is. > > Quoting Sarah Couture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I have received several .opd files, and your site tol

Re: [users] XForms repeating fields

2007-07-11 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Excellent description, thanks. Swanson, Dennis wrote: A repeating field is one that is bound just once on a form to an xml attribute, but you want to repeat for each time the xml element appears in your document. Mainly because when designing your template, you don't know how many times somethi

Re: [users] Re: Writer idea (now available)

2007-07-11 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Dmitri has done all sorts of cool things. You should see his book on OOo. Small, and packed full of things that make you say "I did not know you could do that" NoOp wrote: On 07/10/2007 09:54 AM, Scott Rhoades wrote: I let Dmitri Popov, the author of the Writer Tools extension, know about

[users] Re: downloading

2007-07-11 Thread Russell Butler
Joyce McClure wrote: > Margaret, a friend on another list directed me to purchasing the disk > since I have dialup and everything takes so long. I found the disk by > going to Amazon and putting in Open Office. I believe it was $2.97 plus > $3.00 shipping. Sure was worth it to me and I was pleas

[users] New subject--user icons

2007-07-11 Thread Joyce McClure
I notice that some posts have a little notepad with a pin in the upper right hand corner instead of the envelope most of us have. Can anyone tell me the significance of that? Joyce

Re: [users] cockpit charts?

2007-07-11 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu 12 Jul 2007 07:33:08 EST >> >> >> thanks, but I found these before. but it is not exactly what I wanted. It >> is >> more sth. like on the url below. I would like to have only a half circle, >> or >> a definable angle so t

Re: [users] Date issue on open office.org calc

2007-07-11 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On 11/07/2007, at 9:56 PM, Lasantha Marian wrote: This problem has been there since the beginning of OOo 2.2.x (starting with RCs') and I have brought the attention of the developers also to the same by this bug report (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=75118). Nothing positive h

Re: [users] Which RPM file do I choose for installation on Mandriva?

2007-07-11 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday July 11 2007 11:24 am, Frank Bright wrote: > Hi, > This is a fairly logical question given the many RPMs that come > with the OpenOffice download. (Hint: FAQs!!) > > Which ones do I choose to install for Mandriva? I did read the > Install file. > > Thanks, Frank Bright You want to in

[users] [moderated]

2007-07-11 Thread charly
how can i tell you wath i think about open office ?? i just installed it, little bit silly is'n it anyway thanks

Re: [users] Date issue on open office.org calc

2007-07-11 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On 12/07/2007, at 2:50 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: Lasantha Marian wrote: This problem has been there since the beginning of OOo 2.2.x (starting with RCs') and I have brought the attention of the developers also to the same by this bug report (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=751

[users] Re: cockpit charts?

2007-07-11 Thread NoOp
On 07/11/2007 03:50 PM, Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message > From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu 12 Jul 2007 07:33:08 EST > >>> >>> >>> thanks, but I found these before. but it is not exactly what I wanted. It >>> is >>> more sth. like on the url below. I would like to

[users] Re: How to download updates

2007-07-11 Thread NoOp
On 07/11/2007 02:36 PM, Paul wrote: >> >> Dear Paul, >> The error was: >> http//:update.services.openoffice.org/ooo/221.html >> Application not found >> [with X symbol] >> > > Ah - are you sure that your firewall, if present, has allowed OOo to connect > to the internet? > > Any one else on the

Re: [users] XForms repeating fields

2007-07-11 Thread Jonathon Coombes
Yes, quite a good description and I believe the answer at this stage is no, it is not implemented. The reason for this is that the implementation done within OpenOffice.org currently is based on the XForm 1.0 standards set whereas the repeatable field is based on the XForm 1.1 set if I reme

Re: [users] Group Text Box and Draw Object

2007-07-11 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Harold Fuchs wrote: On 11/07/07, Pradeep Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just started an empty Draw document, drew a rectangle, made a text box and then tried to select them both. Most of the time it doesn't work, sometimes it does. No error messages or anything. I don't think it's wo

Re: [users] Relational DB's

2007-07-11 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
I expect one Base document, one link. If you write a macro, however, you can do what you want (meaning in a macro I can connect to more than one DB at a time). Mr. Cheese wrote: I'm trying to use Base on files that I have in DBF format. I've used these with Lotus Approach without a problem. Ba

Re: [users] Re: Re: Re: OOo/StarSuite8: Calc: Date Format

2007-07-11 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Jan Sax wrote: "Andrew Douglas Pitonyak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would use 2007071001 What DATE might that string represent? July 10, 2007, at 22:22:01.00 I use the format so that I can send files around and they will fort using an ASCII

Re: [users] scanner help

2007-07-11 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
http://api.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=16427 Roushdy N. Al-Shawwa wrote: Dear sir/madam first of all I want to thank you to provide us a great free open source like open office, actually I am a java programmer -beginner-, and I was trying to connect my application to a sc

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-07-11 Thread Richard Detwiler
charly wrote: how can i tell you wath i think about open office ?? i just installed it, little bit silly is'n it anyway thanks Do you have a question for this list that you need help with? If so, please ask it, and someone is very likely to help you. Please respond only to users@openoffice.o

[users] Fill in fields

2007-07-11 Thread Debbie_Ruiz
I am new user/trainer to OpenOffice, not a developer. I have been researching and testing quite a bit with my Word documents, but would appreciate some help. My question is this: Our Police Department has over 200 templates done in Word. A template consists of headers and footers, some text and

[users] calc: lookup cell not value

2007-07-11 Thread James Lockie
I want to use the all a value to the cell returned by lookup. Basically I have a sorted column (A) that contains categories and column B which contains a number. I also have another 2 columns (C, D) that contain a category and a a number. I want to add all the numbers that are in a specific cate

Re: [users] Date issue on open office.org calc

2007-07-11 Thread Lasantha Marian
*--- Original Message * *Subject: * [users] Date issue on open office.org calc *Date: *Wed, 11/Jul/2007 10:20:54 PM +0550 *From: *Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To: * users@openoffice.org *CC: * Jonathon Coombes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Lasantha Marian wrote:

Re: [users] Re: cockpit charts?

2007-07-11 Thread Sebastian Reitenbach
Hi, > >>> example chart: > >>> > >>> http://www.sueddeutsche.de/ausland/artikel/374/33341/chart_1_image_src_0_0.jpg > >>> > >> > >> > >> Ah ok... In that case I don't believe calc supports that type of chart. > >> However I've had a quick look in Excel 2003 and cannot see where it is > >> suppor

Re: [users] Date issue on open office.org calc

2007-07-11 Thread Lasantha Marian
*--- Original Message * *Subject: * [users] Date issue on open office.org calc *Date: *Thu, 12/Jul/2007 5:01:13 AM +0550 *From: *Jonathon Coombes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To: * users@openoffice.org > > On 11/07/2007, at 9:56 PM, Lasantha Marian wrote: > >> This pro

Re: [users] New subject--user icons

2007-07-11 Thread das দাশ
On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 17:45 -0500, Joyce McClure wrote: > I notice that some posts have a little notepad with a pin in the upper > right hand corner instead of the envelope most of us have. Can anyone > tell me the significance of that? > Joyce That depends on what client you are using, and what

[users] Single Returns ...

2007-07-11 Thread Mitchel Cohen
Hi, When I cut and paste from Open Office into Eudora, single returns at the end of a line in Open Office become double-spaced in Eudora. I then have to go through entire documents to eliminate the extra unwanted space between lines. What do you suggest? (Yea, many happy returns to you too!)

RE: [users] Date issue on open office.org calc

2007-07-11 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
> -Original Message- > From: Lasantha Marian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:39 AM > > >> This problem has been there since the beginning of OOo 2.2.x > >> (starting with RCs') and I have brought the attention of the > >> developers also to the same by this b