Re: [users] MS compatilbe

2007-07-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
Forwarding to unsubscribed OP. On 24/07/07, Hidayat Henokh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: keith, just save it to ms word format or you can advice your friend to install open office it's free. thx Hidayat Keith McLeod wrote: I cannot send open office 2.2 attachments to others with MS word that

Re: [users] Excel crashes after memo field was edited by Calc

2007-07-24 Thread Daniel Rentz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hi all, has anyone had such a problem before? A *.xls file has message entries for a cell (shown with a red square in the top right hand corner). The user's ID is shown, with the note. This is created by Excel 2003. OOo Calc 2.2.0 opens the cell and edits the

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2007-07-24 Thread ojacquot
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[users] download ok, installation not ok

2007-07-24 Thread Fsb214
I have downloaded to windows xp, the openoffice icon is installed on desktop. But when i click on the icon, i get the prompt to unpack files and install, and keep getting the same message over and over and it appears that the installation is not completed, even though the monitor displays

[users] Desktop Shortcuts for Mac OS X

2007-07-24 Thread Sandoz, Autumn
I just recently downloaded OpenOffice for my MacBook. I would like to know how to create shortcuts on my desktop for each program individually. I have the main OpenOffice Shortcut, but when it opens it goes directly to writer, and from there you can access calc, impress,etc. I found where the

[users] Calc

2007-07-24 Thread Roy Dowling
While using Calc. The auto calc function appears to stop working, why is this Tools Cell contents Auto Calculate. Is turned on Tools Cell Contents recalculate ... Does not restart the function F9 Does not restart the function Switching off the Auto-Calculate function and

[users] Opening Open Odffice.

2007-07-24 Thread Glen Shaffer
Thank you very much, I not have it on and working. You have been very helpful. glen Shaffer

Re: [users] Unable to recognise UK English

2007-07-24 Thread A.C. Douglas
I identified the problem. I have been scanning a lot of typed documents using Abbyy FineReader Sprint OCR software, then saving them in .doc format using OpenWriter. It seems the OCR software converts the scanned document into editable text in English (US) format.. I found I have to highlight

[users] HTML code

2007-07-24 Thread jack howell
I use a Windows 2000 PC. I have the Open Office.Org version 2.0. I have made several html documents. My problem is our website instructions are to copy and paste html code here. ( I know how to copy and paste). My question is 2 part- What is an html code, and much more important, how do I

[users] Getting Rid of Numbering

2007-07-24 Thread Ann Jollye
Thanks for your e-mail. This is interesting info. but now that I have managed to turn the numbering off I don't think I will experiment too much! I will keep this info to hand. Ann Jollye

Re: [users] the way draw opens

2007-07-24 Thread Jeremy Montagu
I have, and what comes up is a slide. It would have been helpful to have had Joes Smith's message when he sent it. What do you mean by 'you are not subscribed'? Is there any way to get answers to problems and difficulties from Open Office rather than belated responses from other users? All

Fwd: [users] installation of openoffice can not be finished

2007-07-24 Thread Manfred J. Krause
-- Forwarded message -- From: Greet galaxygreethingsattiscali.nl Date: 24.07.2007 08:52 Subject: Re: [users] installation of openoffice can not be finished To: Manfred J. Krause courrier.oou.fr.mjkatgooglemail.com Hi, Thank you for your immediate help... it worked. OpenOffice

[users] Problem with certificate selection for OpenOffice document signature

2007-07-24 Thread Ulf Leichsenring
Hi I'm trying to use the document signature within OpenOffice.org Writer (Win32). I have X.509 multiple certificates stored on a smartcard and the needed PKCS#11/CSP middleware for the card. When I use the menu option File - Digital Signatures OpenOffice shown me all of my certificates. It

Re: [users] spell check does not correct errors

2007-07-24 Thread Hagar de l'Est
First, you should upgrade. The 2.0 version is rather old now (current is 2.2.1). For spell check, see here : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50862 Beware, you're not subscribed to the list, you may miss answers. Hagar Le 24.07.2007 08:29, Thomas Frey a écrit : I am using

Re: [users] MS compatilbe

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
Hidayat Henokh wrote: keith, just save it to ms word format or you can advice your friend to install open office it's free. Another option, for those with MS Office who don't want to install OO, is the Sun plug in.

Re: [users] MS compatilbe

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: Hidayat Henokh wrote: keith, just save it to ms word format or you can advice your friend to install open office it's free. Another option, for those with MS Office who don't want to install OO, is the Sun plug in.

Re: [users] download ok, installation not ok

2007-07-24 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday July 23 2007 10:51 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have downloaded to windows xp, the openoffice icon is installed on desktop. But when i click on the icon, i get the prompt to unpack files and install, and keep getting the same message over and over and it appears that the

Re: [users] Desktop Shortcuts for Mac OS X

2007-07-24 Thread Guy Voets
2007/7/24, Sandoz, Autumn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just recently downloaded OpenOffice for my MacBook. I would like to know how to create shortcuts on my desktop for each program individually. I have the main OpenOffice Shortcut, but when it opens it goes directly to writer, and from there you

Re: [users] spell check does not correct errors

2007-07-24 Thread jonathon
Thomas Frey wrote: I am using Open Office 2.0 on a laptop, not connected to internet. Auto Correct, although switched on, does not correct. a) Install the appropriate dictionaries, thesauri, and hyphenation dictionaries. File Wizards Install new dictionaries should bring up the tool for

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Brian (and Roger), I had to check this out because trashing any file without a warning, no matter how inept the user is, would be a software problem. I loaded a CSV file, added a second sheet, entered a few formulae in the new sheet and clicked 'save'. I got a dialogue waning me that the

[users] 1.1.3: How do I delete a page-break?

2007-07-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, again, OO! At some era in the past I have inserted a page break into my document, using the mouse and menus with insert/manual break/page break. Now I want to remove it. (i) Sadly, the page break doesn't seem to be represented by a symbol the way a paragraph end is (I've got view

Re: [users] 1.1.3: How do I delete a page-break?

2007-07-24 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Alan, Position the cursor after the page break, at the beginning of the following page, and press backspace. Or go to the end of the preceding page and press delete. tc Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, again, OO! At some era in the past I have inserted a page break into my document, using the

Re: [users] 1.1.3: How do I delete a page-break?

2007-07-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi! On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Alan, Position the cursor after the page break, at the beginning of the following page, and press backspace. Or go to the end of the preceding page and press delete. backspace merely moves point to the previous page.

Re: [users] 1.1.3: How do I delete a page-break?

2007-07-24 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Alan Mackenzie wrote: [cut] Should a page break be visible on the screen? ToolsOptionsOpenoffice.orgAppearance Peter HB - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Re: Calc - CSV save - Was [users] [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread Robin Laing
Roger Wray wrote: Your Calc program is a failure. I spend hours working on a .csv files only to have the sheet lost when I closed the program. There were 2 sheets in the file and it deleted the second one I created without any warning. Thank you for your inability to write a program. Going

[users] Re: the way draw opens

2007-07-24 Thread Joe Smith
[CC'ed to list and directly to Jeremy] Jeremy Montagu wrote: I have, and what comes up is a slide. Is it possible that you've somehow made a presentation file your default template for Draw? I don't even know if that's possible, but it's the only way I can think of for this to happen. How

[users] Re: the way draw opens

2007-07-24 Thread Joe Smith
[CC'ed to list and directly to Jeremy] Joe Smith wrote: Is it possible that you've somehow made a presentation file your default template for Draw? I don't even know if that's possible, but it's the only way I can think of for this to happen. ... No, I just checked. It's not possible;

[users] Re: the way draw opens

2007-07-24 Thread NoOp
On 07/13/2007 10:54 AM, 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? 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

[users] Re: MS compatilbe

2007-07-24 Thread NoOp
On 07/24/2007 04:36 AM, James Knott wrote: James Knott wrote: Hidayat Henokh wrote: keith, just save it to ms word format or you can advice your friend to install open office it's free. Another option, for those with MS Office who don't want to install OO, is the Sun plug in.

Re: [users] HTML code

2007-07-24 Thread Matthew Harrison
HTML code is the language web pages are written in. It looks something like this: html headtitleHello World/title/head body center Hello, World /center /body /html I don't know what your website is asking you for, but I assume you have files ending with extension .html that you made? Open them

[users] Re: [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread NoOp
On 07/24/2007 08:24 AM, Anthony Chilco wrote: There is extensive documentation available for download on the OOo web site. I don't have the address at hand as I've never had a need for it. I wouldn't call the software Beta because of the number of bug reports. Any commercial package has

Re: [users] HTML code

2007-07-24 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Jack, If you have an html document open in OpenOffice.org, just select 'view / HTML source'. You can copy and paste right from OOo. tc Matthew Harrison wrote: HTML code is the language web pages are written in. It looks something like this: html headtitleHello World/title/head body center

[users] Re: [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread NoOp
On 07/24/2007 08:57 AM, Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Roger, I'd beg to differ. The warning states that formatting and content may be lost. CSV format by nature is 'flat', that is, it cannot contain more than one sheet of data. Perhaps the warning needs to be more specific. In Excel, saving a

[users] Re: [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread NoOp
On 07/23/2007 02:40 AM, Roger Wray wrote: Your Calc program is a failure. I spend hours working on a .csv files only to have the sheet lost when I closed the program. There were 2 sheets in the file and it deleted the second one I created without any warning. Thank you for your inability to

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread Anthony Chilco
NoOp wrote: On 07/24/2007 08:57 AM, Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Roger, I'd beg to differ. The warning states that formatting and content may be lost. CSV format by nature is 'flat', that is, it cannot contain more than one sheet of data. Perhaps the warning needs to be more specific. In

[users] Re: [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread NoOp
On 07/24/2007 12:41 PM, Anthony Chilco wrote: NoOp wrote: On 07/24/2007 08:57 AM, Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Roger, I'd beg to differ. The warning states that formatting and content may be lost. CSV format by nature is 'flat', that is, it cannot contain more than one sheet of data. Perhaps

[users] Open Office 2.2.1 downloaded from website onto Windows XP (Home) Ver 2

2007-07-24 Thread Gordonrhys
I have recently downloaded Open Office 2.2.1 (free) from internet website which was successful. Problem is, it is the USA version of English which, if inserting dates on documents, uses the American version. Is it possible to overwrite this version with UK English or do I have to delete this

[users] cannot save a file as .DOC or .ODT

2007-07-24 Thread warm133
I have recently upgraded to v2.2 on windows XP. now no matter how I set the load and save preferences, I can only save a document as a file. when try to open one of these files I am asked which program I want to open it with, it then opens in Writer, how do I solve this small problem, this

[users] Launching my first Word document

2007-07-24 Thread mylesag
I loaded the program last night - the full suite. All seems well. However, I cannot find thespot where to launch Word and create my first Word document. Can you please help/direct me? Thank you. Myles Garcia

[users] OpenOffice as the default for all file types

2007-07-24 Thread Michael Truskowski
Before installing OpenOffice on my MacBook OS 10.4, I uninstalled Microsoft Office. However, my computer still believes Office to be the default software for opening all types of Office document - how do I set OpenOffice as the default? Thanks, Michael

[users] MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread mrmike999
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[users] I have just Downloaded the latest OpenOffice suite and it will not install

2007-07-24 Thread RE TEST
I have just downloaded the latest Openoffice suite and it will not install. The message I get is There is already an instalation taking place, but there is nothing else running except internet explorer. Any ideas? Regards N. Harrington Scanned by MailDefender - managed email security from

[users] Mac OS 9.2

2007-07-24 Thread Andrew Lambert
Hi there, Is there a version of OO that works with Mac OS9.2? Cheers, Andy _ Try Live.com - your fast, personalised homepage with all the things you care about in one place. http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-gb

[users] [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread Bill Jacobs
I have recently purchased two Gateway laptops for my granddaughters (both are entering college next month) I would like to purchase a disk to install the minimal version of Open Office. Is the a disk available and what are the steps required to obtain an installation disk. Thanks, Bill

[users] Regarding Open office

2007-07-24 Thread Patel Hitesh
Dear Sir, I forgot the password of protect sheet document.(means toolsprotect documentsheet) Please help me for find out the password or broken the password. Please reply me what i have to do for this solution. Regads, Hitesh Patel

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread Anthony Chilco
NoOp wrote: On 07/24/2007 12:41 PM, Anthony Chilco wrote: NoOp wrote: On 07/24/2007 08:57 AM, Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Roger, I'd beg to differ. The warning states that formatting and content may be lost. CSV format by nature is 'flat', that is, it cannot contain more than one sheet of

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:28:12 -0400 Roger Wray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like I said, it was very irritating to lose all that work. As the old saying goes: Oh no, not another learning experience! Now you know and I'd bet money that it won't happen to you a second time. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~

Re: [users] Regarding Open office

2007-07-24 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:27:26 +0530 Patel Hitesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I forgot the password of protect sheet document.(means toolsprotect documentsheet) Please help me for find out the password or broken the password. This was my first hit on google with the phrase openoffice

Re: [users] cannot save a file as .DOC or .ODT

2007-07-24 Thread Hagar de l'Est
Check that in the Save as dialog, the option Automatic file name extension is checked. Add it manually to the files that have been saved without. Beware, you're not subscribed to the list. Hagar Le 24.07.2007 18:33, warm133 a écrit : I have recently upgraded to v2.2 on windows XP. now no

Re: [users] Re: MS compatilbe

2007-07-24 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, NoOp wrote: On 07/24/2007 04:36 AM, James Knott wrote: James Knott wrote: [...] Another option, for those with MS Office who don't want to install OO, is the Sun plug in. ^^

Re: [users] MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread Hideki Saito
That's depending on your specific requirements. For example, if you use macros on MS Office, then answer would be maybe, or maybe not. It quite depending on how involving it is to rewrite macro specifically written for MS Office. Having said that, I use OpenOffice.org everyday for business

Re: [users] Mac OS 9.2

2007-07-24 Thread Guy Voets
2007/7/24, Andrew Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi there, Is there a version of OO that works with Mac OS9.2? Cheers, Andy I'm afraid not, Andy. You have to have at least 10.2 to use a 'historic' version of OOo, and pretty soon support for 10.3 wil falter too. -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4

[users] Some calc questions

2007-07-24 Thread Jerry Feldman
I have an application that requires dates in -mm-dd format. I can easily change the date format for individual cells, but is there a way to globally tell calc to set the default date format to -mm-dd. Additionally, is there a way to set the default decimal precision to a specific number of

Re: [users] cannot save a file as .DOC or .ODT

2007-07-24 Thread Hagar de l'Est
Forward to OP (forgot to CC him) Le 24.07.2007 22:07, Hagar de l'Est a écrit : Check that in the Save as dialog, the option Automatic file name extension is checked. Add it manually to the files that have been saved without. Beware, you're not subscribed to the list. Hagar Le 24.07.2007

[users] Append CSV file

2007-07-24 Thread JosephK
Is it possible to append a CSV file to an existing sheet? If so how? At the moment I am having to daily insert a sheet from a CSV file then select all the cells than paste it into the main sheet. The CSV file is created using a Python script I wrote to parse a printable report file (.dfp) and

[users] Re: MS compatilbe

2007-07-24 Thread NoOp
On 07/24/2007 01:16 PM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, NoOp wrote: On 07/24/2007 04:36 AM, James Knott wrote: James Knott wrote: [...] Another option, for those with MS Office who don't want to install OO, is the Sun plug in. ^^

Re: [users] MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread jonathon
mrmike999 wrote: Is this programm a viable replacement for MicroSoft Office? As a general rule of thumb, the following are rough equivalents. * Microsoft Word: OOo Write; * Microsoft Excel: OOo Calc; * Microsoft Outlook:Not Available. Suggested options

Re: [users] MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread KAMI
jonathon írta: * Microsoft Infopath: Not Available; Write (?) You are right! I am thinking about to create more forms (like templates) it might be useful, isn't it? KAMI - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] [moderated]Open CD Disk

2007-07-24 Thread Joyce McClure
Bill, I went to Amazon and put in a search for Open Office CD and I got several hits. I purchased mine for $2.and some cents plus $3.50 shipping and handling. Total cost was less than $7.00. It is called Open CD and down below it says Open CD 07.04, Windows Software CD, Open CD v07.04.iso,

Re: [users] Launching my first Word document

2007-07-24 Thread Guy Voets
2007/7/24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I loaded the program last night - the full suite. All seems well. However, I cannot find thespot where to launch Word and create my first Word document. Can you please help/direct me? Thank you. Myles Garcia Hello Word is a Microsoft

[users] Re: MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread NoOp
On 07/24/2007 01:55 PM, KAMI wrote: jonathon írta: * Microsoft Infopath:Not Available; Write (?) You are right! I am thinking about to create more forms (like templates) it might be useful, isn't it? KAMI You might find this helpful:

Re: [users] Regarding Open office

2007-07-24 Thread jonathon
Patel wrote: I forgot the password of protect sheet document.(means toolsprotect documentsheet) I hope you won't need that document for a long time. Frank wrote: http://www.intelore.com/openoffice-password-recovery.php I have never used this myself so I have no idea if it's any

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
Bill Jacobs wrote: I have recently purchased two Gateway laptops for my granddaughters (both are entering college next month) I would like to purchase a disk to install the minimal version of Open Office. Is the a disk available and what are the steps required to obtain an installation disk.

Re: [users] MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this programm a viable replacement for MicroSoft Office? Unless you're a real power user, yes. OpenOffice has excellent compatibility with MS Office and has some features that are not available in MS Office. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org

Re: [users] [moderated]Open CD Disk

2007-07-24 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday July 24 2007 03:54 pm, Joyce McClure wrote: Bill, I went to Amazon and put in a search for Open Office CD and I got several hits. I purchased mine for $2.and some cents plus $3.50 shipping and handling. Total cost was less than $7.00. It is called Open CD and down below it says

Re: [users] Launching my first Word document

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I loaded the program last night - the full suite. All seems well. However, I cannot find thespot where to launch Word and create my first Word document. Can you please help/direct me? It's unlikely you'll find where to lauch Word, as OpenOffice doesn't

Re: [users] Launching my first Word document

2007-07-24 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday July 24 2007 11:07 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I loaded the program last night - the full suite. All seems well. However, I cannot find thespot where to launch Word and create my first Word document. Can you please help/direct me? Thank you. Myles Garcia Start All

Re: [users] cannot save a file as .DOC or .ODT

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
warm133 wrote: I have recently upgraded to v2.2 on windows XP. now no matter how I set the load and save preferences, I can only save a document as a file. when try to open one of these files I am asked which program I want to open it with, it then opens in Writer, how do I solve this small

Re: [users] cannot save a file as .DOC or .ODT

2007-07-24 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday July 24 2007 11:33 am, warm133 wrote: I have recently upgraded to v2.2 on windows XP. now no matter how I set the load and save preferences, I can only save a document as a file. when try to open one of these files I am asked which program I want to open it with, it then opens in

Re: [users] Re: MS compatilbe

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
NoOp wrote: On 07/24/2007 04:36 AM, James Knott wrote: James Knott wrote: Hidayat Henokh wrote: keith, just save it to ms word format or you can advice your friend to install open office it's free. Another option, for those with MS Office who don't

Re: [users] OpenOffice as the default for all file types

2007-07-24 Thread Andrew Fisk
Select a document (and you will have to do this for .doc, .xls and .ppt files) go to the file menu, select get info, then select open with browse to Open Office, and then click change all Andy Spitfire Computer Services 441 Beaver Street Suite 202 Sewickley, PA 15143 Phone (412) 749-0162

Re: [users] Re: MS compatilbe

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, NoOp wrote: On 07/24/2007 04:36 AM, James Knott wrote: James Knott wrote: [...] Another option, for those with MS Office who don't want to install OO, is the Sun plug in. ^^

Re: [users] [moderated]Open CD Disk

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
Joyce McClure wrote: Bill, I went to Amazon and put in a search for Open Office CD and I got several hits. I purchased mine for $2.and some cents plus $3.50 shipping and handling. Total cost was less than $7.00. It is called Open CD and down below it says Open CD 07.04, Windows Software CD,

Re: [users] [moderated]Open CD Disk

2007-07-24 Thread Dave Barton
On 25/07/07 at 06:54 - Joyce McClure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message - From: Bill Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:11 AM Subject: [users] [moderated] I have recently purchased two Gateway laptops for my granddaughters (both are

Re: [users] Re: Calc - CSV save - Was [users] [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Roger, at first I thought your message was fake, so I checked you out. Based on what I found, I believe that your message is real, so I will comment. Your Calc program is a failure. Angry rhetoric based on a single behavior. I understand this, be glad you did not hear what I said when my

Re: [users] Launching my first Word document

2007-07-24 Thread jonathon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I cannot find the spot where to launch Word and create my first Word document. Start Applications OpenOffice.org Write to start OOo. File New Text Document to create a new document. File Open' to open an existing document. xan jonathon

Re: [users] [moderated]Open CD Disk

2007-07-24 Thread jonathon
Joyce wrote: I purchased mine for $2.and some cents plus $3.50 shipping and handling. Don't you just hate it when SH is more than the cost of the product? xan jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] Open Office 2.2.1 downloaded from website onto Windows XP (Home) Ver 2

2007-07-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have recently downloaded Open Office 2.2.1 (free) from internet website which was successful. Problem is, it is the USA version of English which, if inserting dates on documents, uses the American version. Is it possible to overwrite this version with UK English or

Re: [users] I have just Downloaded the latest OpenOffice suite and it will not install

2007-07-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
RE TEST wrote: I have just downloaded the latest Openoffice suite and it will not install. The message I get is There is already an instalation taking place, but there is nothing else running except internet explorer. Any ideas? Regards N. Harrington Scanned by MailDefender - managed

Re: [users] Append CSV file

2007-07-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
JosephK wrote: Is it possible to append a CSV file to an existing sheet? If so how? At the moment I am having to daily insert a sheet from a CSV file then select all the cells than paste it into the main sheet. The CSV file is created using a Python script I wrote to parse a printable report

[users] Calc 0 Searching for data

2007-07-24 Thread Tim Billingsley
To begin, I have two spreadsheets and I need data from one sheet added to another sheet, but I need them associated to a particular field in each sheet. Is there a way to search one sheet using a field in one sheet to locate the associated data in the other sheet and bring back the results back

Re: [users] MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread Hidayat Henokh
Hideki Saito wrote: That's depending on your specific requirements. For example, if you use macros on MS Office, then answer would be maybe, or maybe not. It quite depending on how involving it is to rewrite macro specifically written for MS Office. Having said that, I use OpenOffice.org

Re: [users] MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
Hidayat Henokh wrote: Hideki Saito wrote: That's depending on your specific requirements. For example, if you use macros on MS Office, then answer would be maybe, or maybe not. It quite depending on how involving it is to rewrite macro specifically written for MS Office. Having said that, I

Re: [users] MicroSoft Offfice replacement?

2007-07-24 Thread James Knott
Hidayat Henokh wrote: Hideki Saito wrote: That's depending on your specific requirements. For example, if you use macros on MS Office, then answer would be maybe, or maybe not. It quite depending on how involving it is to rewrite macro specifically written for MS Office. Having said that, I

Re: [users] Re: Calc - CSV save - Was [users] [moderated]

2007-07-24 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Roger Wray wrote: The issue arose like this: 1. Loaded a previously save Excel .csv in Calc. So it was already set for the CSV file type and you only receive an error if you change the file type. Never occurred to me. My guess is that if I read a txt file and then I add formatting, the same

Re: [users] Some calc questions

2007-07-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:27 24/07/2007 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: I have an application that requires dates in -mm-dd format. I can easily change the date format for individual cells, but is there a way to globally tell calc to set the default date format to -mm-dd. Additionally, is there a way to set the

Re: [users] Append CSV file

2007-07-24 Thread JosephK
On 00:54 Wed 25 Jul , Harold Fuchs wrote: JosephK wrote: Is it possible to append a CSV file to an existing sheet? If so how? At the moment I am having to daily insert a sheet from a CSV file then select all the cells than paste it into the main sheet. The CSV file is created using a