Re: [users] [ This EMail May Be Spam ! ] [users] [moderated] Open DOCX file !!

2007-07-14 Thread linuxmaillists
On Friday 13 July 2007 15:59:22 John Meyer wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: John Meyer wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Return Receipt Your [ This EMail May Be Spam ! ] [users] [moderated] Open document: DOCX file !! wasDebbie Ruiz/IT/SavGa received

Re: [users] Question about downloading program [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2007-07-14 Thread James Knott
Ernestine S. Bonicelli wrote: When I start downloading, it says there are 9 hours and so many minutes left. Does it really take that long to download Openoffice or am I doing something wrong? Thank you. Ernestine S. Bonicelli That depends on your connection speed. If you're using a

Re: [users] Question about downloading program [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2007-07-14 Thread S Perry
Please be advised that your dial-up ISP may disconnect you prior to the completion of your download. You may wish to use a download manager that allows you to continue your download if there's an interruption. Otherwise, you may wish to order a CD or buy a computer magazine for your platform

[users] writer page size limit

2007-07-14 Thread Carla Pagliari
Dear all, I am trying to build a poster presentation using openoffice writer. My poster dimensions are 120cm tall by 240cm wide (4ft. tall by 8ft. wide) (landscape orientation). However, it seems that oo-writer does not accept it. Thanks in advance! Carla --

[users] OOo Basic

2007-07-14 Thread JimNLori
Hi, I'm new to the list and hope I am in the right place! I recently moved from Windows to Ubuntu. I love it! I am tired of being forced to buy new software and hardware at the whim of Microsoft. I program for a living: VB6, Oracle, SQL Server, DotNet, MS Office apps. I installed Redhat 8 and

[users] Re: Fill in fields

2007-07-14 Thread NoOp
On 07/13/2007 01:20 PM, NoOp wrote: On 07/13/2007 07:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you! This worked by great by customizing the keyboard with your instructions. Cool! Glad it worked. Can we now claim that the Savannah PD use OOo? :-) One other point; I found when importing a MS

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

2007-07-14 Thread mike
I have several documents written Open Office...but sudenly you tell me that I cant open these and tell me to contact Administrator re fault...plese advise as to correct this situation. Mike Herring

[users] info diffused

2007-07-14 Thread luc Dumont
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=151207 who gived you right to diffuse our mail on the net, be sure that will not stay at this point. we will make you think next time you diffuse : On Tuesday May 22 2007 2:14 pm, Antissn wrote: This company PC-Teck they sell your

[users] WPS help!!!!!!!!!!!1

2007-07-14 Thread calhoun
hi. I tried everything I know to get WPS to open with Open office but i cannot. I read some of the forum info and comments suggested a way to get it done. can anyone please help me. I have lots of company files that are in trouble. thanks. corey

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

2007-07-14 Thread Joyce Hendrickson
Does OpenOffice read powerpoint? Thank you Joyce Hendrickson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Query re: Microsft Outlook

2007-07-14 Thread Jane Smart
Dear Sir / Madam I have just downloaded your open office suite, however I am interested to know whether OpenOffice has a programme comparable to Microsoft Outlook?? Thanking you Jane

[users] Require help

2007-07-14 Thread l16303
I am 67 and I have never downloaded or installed aynthing before and I want to put Open Office on my new Gateway computer which is a Vista operating system. Your assistance is needed, Thanks. Jeffrey C. Bernard - To

[users] Require help

2007-07-14 Thread l16303
I am 67 and I have never downloaded or installed aynthing before and I want to put Open Office on my new Gateway computer which is a Vista operating system. Your assistance is needed, Thanks. Jeffrey C. Bernard - To

Re: [users] technical problem

2007-07-14 Thread Gregg Jennifer Gahan
OpenOffice does start, and then X11 starts. But shortly after X11 starts, the OOo icon disappears. - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Gregg Jennifer Gahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:43:40 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [users] [moderated] Open DOCX file !!

2007-07-14 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:55:54 +0800 thamcc wrote: Dear Sir, I'm using Open office 2.1, and due to recently Microsoft lauched it Office 2007 with a new file format .docx, may i know is there any version of Open office that can use to open this type of docx file format ?? At this stage

[users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-07-14 Thread Robert Johnson
I cant record a macro in a odg file. I need to select objects, crop them, change their positions and size. Is there documentation on using lines, pictures, text boxes for odg? [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2007-07-14 Thread George Nason
I am trying to install 2.2.1 and I receive a mesage that says corrupt installer. I currently use versin 2.2.0. Please help! Thanks, George Nason

[users] copy/paste problem

2007-07-14 Thread Andrew English
seeing as how the openoffice website is horrendous just for giving you an email address, i don't know if this is to the right person, hopefully you are, i recently copy and pasted the lyrics to a song into openoffice, and when i did, the entirety of the text body was moved so far to the left, i

[users] the way draw opens

2007-07-14 Thread Jeremy Montagu
Why, when I open Openoffice.org.draw 2.2 does it always come up with the fame and title of a slide? How do I get an open page in which to insert what I want. One way may be to click on Format/position size, but that item on Format is grey and will not open. I can do what I want by using a

[users] Join mailinglist

2007-07-14 Thread M Thompson
Hello! I have been using Open Office for almost a year now. I only use the writer portion because that is really all I need. I've used it on Windows and Linux platforms. I am currently using it on Ubuntu Linux. Thank you for a great product! I am financially challenged but would like to

[users] format content lines, where does the extra tab come from?

2007-07-14 Thread Rolf Schumacher
Dear OO-Writer professionals, I need a hint about manipulation of the look of a line in the table of content I specified E# Tab E Tab #, with the first tab relative at 1.8cm, no fill, and the second tab aligned right and dot-filled. However some of the lines in the table of content - I can't

[users] .xlsx - import and conditional-formating

2007-07-14 Thread Vacon
Hello everyone, for www.squeezechart.com the maintainer wants to import data from a xlsx-file into an ods-file. It's quite important to color the sheets depending on the ranking of the archiver he is testing. Sadly it looses all it's formatting / color which makes the file unusable. Is there any

[users] Option Combine identical entries in User-Defined indexes

2007-07-14 Thread ojacquot
Hi, OOo 2.2.1. user (under Windows Vista). Writing a long document with Writer, I want to to create some User-Defined indexes (geographical names index, title index, authors index). Unfortunately, I don't find the Option Combine identical entries for the User-Defined indexes but only for the

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

2007-07-14 Thread Noel Lavery
Hi, I am a user of Open Office Ver 2.2. I have been trying to establish my spreadsheet as a data source. All the tutorials and my own notes say to open the spread sheet and then to proceed to Tools Data source etc. When I open tools there is no selection of 'Data source' given. I need to

[users] Can i install more applications?

2007-07-14 Thread Debbie Poole
Hi, I am using the current version 2.2 on Windows Vista. I have done a custom install of only the Write. How can I also install now the Draw and Base without having to uninstall what I've already done or would this be the best solution? Regards Debbie Poole

[users] [moderated]

2007-07-14 Thread scsoo
Dear sir/madam, I facing the problem to use the formula after convert from Microsoft office to open office, can you help to change the formula as per below: Original from Execel:- =IF(G3=””,””,TEXT(G3,””)) After convert to Open office, =IF(G3=””;””;TEXT(G3;””)) But , the

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

2007-07-14 Thread Matthew Harrison
What? Quoting mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have several documents written Open Office...but sudenly you tell me that I cant open these and tell me to contact Administrator re fault...plese advise as to correct this situation. Mike Herring

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

2007-07-14 Thread Matthew Harrison
Yes, OpenOffice's Impress component opens and saves PowerPoint files. Quoting Joyce Hendrickson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does OpenOffice read powerpoint? Thank you Joyce Hendrickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] Require help

2007-07-14 Thread Matthew Harrison
Download the Windows version from http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.1/index.html?focus=download and run the point-and-click installer. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am 67 and I have never downloaded or installed aynthing before and I want to put Open Office on my new Gateway computer which is

Re: [users] Re: Fill in fields

2007-07-14 Thread JimNLori
In MS Word, you place the input fields in a write protected section. So if OO works the same way, you would have to create a Write Protected section and put the input fields inside that section. I gave it a shot, but I am brand new to OO, so I don't know how to display the section I inserted

[users] Sort problem in Calc

2007-07-14 Thread Dan Sherburne
I have a weird problem in a Calc spreadsheet. I'm trying to sort on a column in ascending order, and it's effectively dividing the spreadsheet data into two groups, one following the other, each in ascending order for that column. After it's sorted, the data in that column run from 1195 to

Re: [users] Re: Fill in fields

2007-07-14 Thread JimNLori
I just found a setting in the Insert Section dialog, Section Tab. There is a check box to make the Write Protect the section and make it editable in a Read Only document. That could be helpful. jd On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 18:32 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 07/13/2007 01:20 PM, NoOp wrote: On

[users] Re: Sort problem in Calc

2007-07-14 Thread Dan Sherburne
Sorry--I entered the wrong number in the next to the last sentence in the first paragraph. It should read: The two groups should be intermixed and sorted (in ascending order) from 0035 to 3672. Dan On 7/14/07, Dan Sherburne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a weird problem in a Calc

Re: [users] Re: Fill in fields

2007-07-14 Thread JimNLori
OK, I probably need to make a single post on a topic from now on. But I did find out how to make the input fields editable in a read-only document. First convert it from MS doc to OO odt. Then you can create sections with input fields in them. Then on the menu select Format | Sections, select

Re: [users] WPS help!!!!!!!!!!!1

2007-07-14 Thread Luciano Marinho
I'm having problems to compile in gentoo... the follow lines show my problem. If anyone would help me, please call me. ERROR - SHL1FILTERFILE not set! - dummy file to keep the dependencies for later use.

Re: [users] info diffused

2007-07-14 Thread John W. Kennedy
luc Dumont wrote: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=151207 who gived you right to diffuse our mail on the net, There is no mail from luc Dumont or from [EMAIL PROTECTED] anywhere on the referenced thread. be sure that will not stay at this point. we will make you

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-07-14 Thread Anthony Chilco
The error 504 is caused by the text function. The format specifier, ;, is invalid. If what you want is the number with no special format, this should work. =IF(G3=;;TEXT(G3;0)) scsoo wrote: Dear sir/madam, I facing the problem to use the formula after convert from Microsoft office to

Re: [users] WPS help!!!!!!!!!!!1

2007-07-14 Thread S Perry
OpenOffice will not open MS Works files directly. You have at least these two choices: Save your work files that are in wps format as rtf (Rich Text Format) files. You will receive a warning that some of your formatting may be lost. If you don't have any fancy formatting (e.g. floating

Re: [users] WPS help!

2007-07-14 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:07 14/07/2007 -0700, Corey Calhoun wrote: I tried everything I know to get WPS to open with Open office but i cannot. I read some of the forum info and comments suggested a way to get it done. can anyone please help me. I have lots of company files that are in trouble. thanks. Are

[users] Re: Fill in fields

2007-07-14 Thread NoOp
On 07/14/2007 07:40 PM, JimNLori wrote: OK, I probably need to make a single post on a topic from now on. But I did find out how to make the input fields editable in a read-only document. First convert it from MS doc to OO odt. Then you can create sections with input fields in them. Then on

Re: [users] match

2007-07-14 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi James, You probably want to add the third parameter to the function.. Type may take the values 1, 0, or -1. If Type = 1 or if this optional parameter is missing, it is assumed that the first column of the search array is sorted in ascending order. If Type = -1 it is assumed that the column

[users] Re: writer page size limit

2007-07-14 Thread Joe Smith
Carla Pagliari wrote: I am trying to build a poster presentation using openoffice writer. My poster dimensions are 120cm tall by 240cm wide (4ft. tall by 8ft. wide) (landscape orientation). However, it seems that oo-writer does not accept it. Yes, correct. Even when it accepts the size, it may

[users] Re: the way draw opens

2007-07-14 Thread Joe Smith
Jeremy Montagu wrote: Why, when I open Openoffice.org.draw 2.2 does it always come up with the fame and title of a slide? ... Are you sure you're opening Draw? Your description sounds more like Impress, the presentation application. Try File New Drawing. Joe

Re: [users] copy/paste problem

2007-07-14 Thread S Perry
Without knowing your operating system, I'm responding with info for Windows. If you're using a Mac, then you can adapt the theory to that platform. It sounds as if you've copied your lyrics from a website. There are numerous formats used on websites. Consequently, when you copy and paste

Re: [users] Sort problem in Calc

2007-07-14 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:18 14/07/2007 -0500, Dan Sherburne wrote: I have a weird problem in a Calc spreadsheet. I'm trying to sort on a column in ascending order, and it's effectively dividing the spreadsheet data into two groups, one following the other, each in ascending order for that column. After it's

Re: [users] Re: Fill in fields

2007-07-14 Thread JimNLori
I did do it, yes. I didn't rewrite the document - I added a section just above the existing input fields as a test. I then added a new input field within the section, then saved, closed and made the permissions read-only. Opened it up and, yes, I could enter data into my new field. On Sat,

Re: [users] Re: Fill in fields

2007-07-14 Thread JimNLori
I didn't see a pop-up IF box. How did you make it do that? I could enter data directly into the new field per the previous email. jd On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 20:25 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 07/14/2007 08:17 PM, NoOp wrote: On 07/14/2007 07:40 PM, JimNLori wrote: OK, I probably need to make a

Re: [users] Join mailinglist

2007-07-14 Thread linuxmaillists
On Friday 13 July 2007 11:41:08 M Thompson wrote: Hello! I have been using Open Office for almost a year now. I only use the writer portion because that is really all I need. I've used it on Windows and Linux platforms. I am currently using it on Ubuntu Linux. Thank you for a great

Re: [users] Can i install more applications?

2007-07-14 Thread linuxmaillists
On Friday 13 July 2007 04:44:57 Debbie Poole wrote: Hi, I am using the current version 2.2 on Windows Vista. I have done a custom install of only the Write. How can I also install now the Draw and Base without having to uninstall what I've already done or would this be the best solution?

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

2007-07-14 Thread linuxmaillists
On Saturday 14 July 2007 15:44:17 mike wrote: I have several documents written Open Office...but sudenly you tell me that I cant open these and tell me to contact Administrator re fault...plese advise as to correct this situation. Mike Herring Give us some information like your operating

Re: [users] Sort problem in Calc

2007-07-14 Thread Dan Sherburne
Thanks for the suggestions, Brian. I tried both approaches (good ideas, both), but wasn't successful in identifying the problem. There was no leading apostrophe for values in either group in the input line; all values appeared the same. And I left-aligned all the numbers to see if there were

Re: [users] info diffused

2007-07-14 Thread linuxmaillists
On Saturday 14 July 2007 02:01:45 luc Dumont wrote: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=15120 7 who gived you right to diffuse our mail on the net, be sure that will not stay at this point. we will make you think next time you diffuse : On Tuesday May 22 2007 2:14

[users] Re: Fill in fields

2007-07-14 Thread NoOp
On 07/14/2007 09:10 PM, JimNLori wrote: I didn't see a pop-up IF box. How did you make it do that? I could enter data directly into the new field per the previous email. jd Hmmm... interesting. I must have a setting that causes the pop-up to occur. I get the pop-up on both OOo 2.2.1 and

Re: [users] Query re: Microsft Outlook

2007-07-14 Thread linuxmaillists
On Saturday 14 July 2007 01:05:30 Jane Smart wrote: Dear Sir / Madam I have just downloaded your open office suite, however I am interested to know whether OpenOffice has a programme comparable to Microsoft Outlook?? Thanking you Jane No. you can continue to use Outlook or switch to

Re: [users] Re: writer page size limit

2007-07-14 Thread jonathon
Carla Pagliari wrote: My poster dimensions are 120cm tall by 240cm wide (4ft. tall by 8ft. You can manually edit the page size in the XML. I suspect that one can change the page size to 240 cm by 200 cm with minimal additional issues. [The odds of the program, and document blowing up increase