Re: [users] Test installation for new language status bar control available

2007-08-09 Thread Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
Hello Mr Boyle, Mr Boyle wrote: To Mr. Lange: I am confused, you are already talking about ver. 2.4 and, as yet, I have not seen anywhere where ver. 2.3 is out, yet? No. But the development process for that version is about to be finished. No new features will be accepted anymore. Only

Re: [users] Disable auto updating fields

2007-08-09 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 09/08/07, Thullner, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I am using OOo to open MS Word files. These word files cointain field functions (like lastModified, savedBy, number of pages...). By default Word does not update these fields when opening the document. OOo updates these fields

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

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Frank Cox wrote: On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:03:14 -0400 James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried that and it does not include the OP's address, as indicated with this message, where I used reply all. I use Seamonkey for my email. I suspect that may be a bug in the way that

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

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: The solution is for mailing list processors to follow the standard and avoid adding their own Reply-To: headers, no matter how tempting this practice might seem. Actually, on most lists, which don't allow unsubscribed posts, the changed reply to works well, so that all

Re: [users] Re: Installing without Internet connection

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Nathaniel wrote: Thanks for that guys . I do have a slight advantage if I want to waste the cd my neighbour over the road has broadband so I could plead my case in her direction. :) While you're at it, you could also suggest she give OO a try and then... ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org

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

2007-08-09 Thread Guy Voets
2007/8/8, barbara malpass edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have OOo (with all my documents on it) on my computer but need to add it to the new hard drive. Can I just download it from the site? The ones here are Base, Writer, Draw, Math, Impress and Calc. regards BME You can download

[users] IA64 version

2007-08-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
I use OpenOffice.org on my Linux systems (x86 and x86_64), but my workstation at work is an HP Integrity system that has an IA64 (Itanium chip). Is there any plans to support the Itanium chip in the forseeable future, and is there any plans to release a native 64-bit version for x86_64 systems

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

2007-08-09 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:13:15 -0400 James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One thing I find irritating is duplicate messages from people who use reply all. But when a message is a reply _TO YOU_, using Reply All insures that you receive the reply rather than possibly missing it in the tsunami of

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

2007-08-09 Thread web kracked
2007/8/8, barbara malpass edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have OOo (with all my documents on it) on my computer but need to add it to the new hard drive. Can I just download it from the site? The ones here are Base, Writer, Draw, Math, Impress and Calc. regards BME You can download

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Why are always people asking that (about free Word, free Powerpoint or free Excel)? Are most people so used to using pirateware that they think that they can download expensive software for free from the Internet and that there is actually some kind of organization behind it? Actually I told a

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread John Meyer
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Why are always people asking that (about free Word, free Powerpoint or free Excel)? Are most people so used to using pirateware that they think that they can download expensive software for free from the Internet and that there is actually some kind of organization

Re: [users] read one number but use another

2007-08-09 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Ooops.. sent it before I was finished by mistake... You can also write your own cell formula. Just write it as a macro, something like: Function CalculatePoints(Position As Integer) As Integer Select Case Position Case 1 CalculatePoints=10 Case 2 CalculatePoints=8

Re: [users] read one number but use another

2007-08-09 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
And what are we doing with this? Well, if your posistion is place in E1 and you want the points in F1, then enter the following in F1: =CalculatePoints(E1) Simple as that. 2007/8/9, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ooops.. sent it before I was finished by mistake... You can also write

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread linuxmaillists
On Thursday 09 August 2007 11:50:59 Johnny Rosenberg wrote: But why are people so afraid of open source software? ...every other function will disappear... like it was some kind of virus? Please note that I am NOT complaining at the OP of this thread or anything, I just wonder why people

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Well, I know I wrote something like the stupid man, but of course I didn't really mean that he is stupid. He's a chemist and I am sure he is good at that and some other things as well. Maybe stupid wasn't the best choice of a word in this case, there are probably a better word for it. He's maybe

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Well, I know I wrote something like the stupid man, but of course I didn't really mean that he is stupid. He's a chemist and I am sure he is good at that and some other things as well. Maybe stupid wasn't the best choice of a word in this case, there are probably a better

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Why are always people asking that (about free Word, free Powerpoint or free Excel)? Are most people so used to using pirateware that they think that they can download expensive software for free from the Internet and that there is actually some kind of organization behind

[users] Clip Art

2007-08-09 Thread Stephanie Boulee
Is there a way to utilize Microsoft's clip art on OpenOffice? If not is there an OpenOffice version of clip art, or perhaps another freeware/shareware/opensource clip art source that would be compatible with OpenOffice? Thanks Stephanie Boulee

[users] Re: [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
On 08/09/2007 10:05 AM, James Knott wrote: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Well, I know I wrote something like the stupid man, but of course I didn't really mean that he is stupid. He's a chemist and I am sure he is good at that and some other things as well. Maybe stupid wasn't the best choice of a

[users] Size of icons in toolbars

2007-08-09 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Since I started use the Linux (Ubuntu) version of OpenOffice.org (2.2.0 at the moment, but I will upgrade eventually) I noticed that the icons in the tool bars are much bigger, actually they are almost ridiculously big, and I can't find the show small icons option anywhere. There has to be an

Re: [users] Size of icons in toolbars

2007-08-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:00 09/08/2007 +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Since I started use the Linux (Ubuntu) version of OpenOffice.org (2.2.0 at the moment, but I will upgrade eventually) I noticed that the icons in the tool bars are much bigger, actually they are almost ridiculously big, and I can't find the show

Re: [users] Clip Art

2007-08-09 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2007/8/9, Stephanie Boulee [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there a way to utilize Microsoft's clip art on OpenOffice? If not is there an OpenOffice version of clip art, or perhaps another freeware/shareware/opensource clip art source that would be compatible with OpenOffice? If your OS/dist is

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
NoOp wrote: On 08/09/2007 10:05 AM, James Knott wrote: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Well, I know I wrote something like the stupid man, but of course I didn't really mean that he is stupid. He's a chemist and I am sure he is good at that and some other things as well. Maybe stupid wasn't

[users] fixing the 'Insert special character' palette to stay open

2007-08-09 Thread Dushan Mitrovich
I'm using OO 2.2.1 on a Mac OS X system to write a technical article containing some equations and math symbols. To insert individual symbols in the text I have to click on 'Insert' in the menu, then 'Special Character', then the character I need, then 'Open'. At this point the character is

Re: [users] Size of icons in toolbars

2007-08-09 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Yes, you're right. Thanks for making me feel stupid... on the other hand I have now small icons and everything looks so much better now! Thanks! 2007/8/9, Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 20:00 09/08/2007 +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Since I started use the Linux (Ubuntu) version of

Re: [users] Size of icons in toolbars

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Since I started use the Linux (Ubuntu) version of OpenOffice.org (2.2.0 at the moment, but I will upgrade eventually) I noticed that the icons in the tool bars are much bigger, actually they are almost ridiculously big, and I can't find the show small icons option

Re: [users] fixing the 'Insert special character' palette to stay open

2007-08-09 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:34:05 -0600 Dushan Mitrovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to get the chosen symbol table to stay open, cutting out a lot of the extra repetitive steps? You may wish to consider simply using a unique character or combination of characters that you can find on

Re: [users] fixing the 'Insert special character' palette to stay open

2007-08-09 Thread Harold Fuchs
Frank Cox wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:34:05 -0600 Dushan Mitrovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to get the chosen symbol table to stay open, cutting out a lot of the extra repetitive steps? You may wish to consider simply using a unique character or combination of

Re: [users] opening MS Word docs

2007-08-09 Thread Paul
All this guy wants to do is open the file regularly and print off the bitmap that is pasted into it. He won't ever edit it or mail it on. It is strange. I've just tried this out and it all worked fine. I pasted a .bmp into a word document, saved, then opened in OOo. Potentially, if one

Re: [users] Clip Art

2007-08-09 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2007/8/9, Stephanie Boulee [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there a way to utilize Microsoft's clip art on OpenOffice? Use of clipart from Microsoft is governed by the Microsoft's license. Also, Microsoft owns the copyright to the images and hence you may not be legally be

Re: [users] [moderated] Microsoft insecurity

2007-08-09 Thread William Case
Hi Ken; On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 20:31 -0500, Ken Burnside wrote: or documented in Rot-13 Urdu panegyrics. Just getting around to some mail I had to leave for a week. I am not sure I agree with all that you say, but I sure love the above quoted phrase. It's not copy written or anything is it?

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread web kracked
I had a better one I had to install a copy of MS Office 2003 on a new laptop, since he wanted to read the PowerPoints he gets from a service. He did not want the free reader or a FREE copy of OpenOffice.org that could read/write those presentations. He did not want to pay the price to get the

Re: [users] Clip Art

2007-08-09 Thread web kracked
I downloaded MS's clipart to my harddrive as individual files and used them before and yes you can get a clipart collection - just do not remember where but if you email me off the lists, I will send to you the clip art add-on file I have, or could try to find the online source. I think it

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

2007-08-09 Thread Oonah2
By mistake two versions of openoffice were downloaded. I want the newer version 2.2, but the computer thinks I want the older on because it is the last one downloaded. What should I do? Thanks, Oonah [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Get a sneak peek of the

[users] I am using Open Office 2.2.1 My problem is Link to External Data in Calc

2007-08-09 Thread Heather J McKeown
I am fairly new to open office and am having problems with linking to external data. I have tried the solutions that I have seen posts on with no success. When I go go to insert, link to external data, I type in the url of the data I am trying to link to then I hit enter as I am supposed to. It

[users] Open Office 2.2

2007-08-09 Thread garth
I really like this program but I'd like it even more if it had it's own email client. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] subscribe me

2007-08-09 Thread Ieong, Tim
I would like to be part of the list and please subscribe me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks.

[users] Problems

2007-08-09 Thread Brian Fletcher
Guy, Thank you for responding. I have now downloaded OpenOffice. org 2.2.2. and can now use it. However I cannot use the 1.1.1.version any longer. If I try to use it the label or logo comes up and then the sliding blue line at the bottom of the logo stops half way and I THEN get an error

Re: [users] Installing without Internet connection

2007-08-09 Thread Cameron Smith
Unfortunately you would need to download the entire file (100meg) again. If your updating from v 2.2 just running the file and having it install over the existing installation is fine Cameron Smith On 09/08/2007, Nathaniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hope you don't mind me tagging along here

[users] OpenOffice Writer

2007-08-09 Thread Mimi Schiavoni
I have transferred from Windows XP documents several writings of mine. On a couple of them I cannot open them. They are labeled as Open Doc T.., whatever that means. When I click on this document I get a pop-up titled Filter Selection and the name of the document is stated at the top,

[users] Can't run program!

2007-08-09 Thread Steve Larson
i downloaded your software and installed it. i can't figure out how to start and run the program. it did not create a desktop icon or any other type of start up file. how do i make it work? Steve Larson Computerized Designs Home Plan Services 314 E. Nakoma, Suite V San Antonio, Texas 782162

[users] troubles with printing

2007-08-09 Thread Jörg Kühne
Dear User List Since I am trying to print in openoffice, the wrong font and text position appears on the printout. I am using SuSE Linux with KDE as my favourite desktop. However, the printing over the web browser is working fine. Is there maybe a mismatch between KDE and the SuSE Linux Yast

[users] OpenOffice Calc hangs when using data regression

2007-08-09 Thread Hans van Esdonk
I'm using version 2.2 on Linux Feisty. If I try to apply a regression on the data points in a graph my PC hangs and must be reset (hardware reset). Is this a known problem? Hans - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[users] Fwd: Page Count in OpenOffice Writer

2007-08-09 Thread Aloysius/Christine
I have just found that a very simple way to have separate page numbering and page counts for different page styles is to use the set reference and insert reference function accessible from the edit menu. One bug that need attention is that whenever you renumber a particular page style from 1, a

[users] Installing OO0-2 troubles

2007-08-09 Thread Hans Hermens
Hello, After reading a warning about security leaks in OO0-1 I decided to download 2.2 to avoid troubles. Uninstall worked perfect, but getting the new version in gives troubles: The window installer MSIEXEC works trhu the whole setup, but in the end I get the messsage Product: OpenOffice.org

[users] Would register OpenOffice.org on offline comp

2007-08-09 Thread Pap Attila
Greetings! I am Attila Pap from Hnugary,and I would like to register my OpenOffice.org for my workplace,but there is no internet.What can I do? Thanks! Attila --Hirdetés- Telefonáltál már az internetről? Csütörtökönként ajándék

[users] [moderated]

2007-08-09 Thread Mary Elizabeth
Hi, When I first attempted to open OpenOffice.org 2.2, I received a Command timed out message after choosing to use my computer's fonts. I also receive this same message when attempting to open OpenOffice.org 2.2 subsequently. The only option not greyed out in the File and Edit menus

[users] latest Downloaded version currupt?

2007-08-09 Thread LaniBxx
After many many hours (dial up) of downloading openoffice..106 MB to be precise..I am told the file is damaged or corrupt...because of the length of time it took to download this program..I was not at my computer at the end of the download..would that have made a difference? I realize

[users] [moderated]

2007-08-09 Thread Vanessa Pierce
Will Openoffice vs 1.1 or vs 2 run on Win 95? Vanessa

[users] Getting error when I try to open or download a doc

2007-08-09 Thread Carrie Ann Robinofsky
The error is general error General input/output error. I am using OpenOffice version 2.2 on Windows Vista. I have never had this problem before. How can I fix this or what is wrong. I uninstalled and restalled but still getting the error. Thank you, Carrie

[users] [moderated]

2007-08-09 Thread derek w hobbs
Hiya, As a newbie to open office and a pensioner I would like to know if there are any tutorials just for writer?

[users] Installation von kyrillischer Schrift und Rechtschreibprüfung in mehreren Sprachen

2007-08-09 Thread Hanne Levien
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich finde bei den FAQ keine Antwort auf meine Frage: ich würde gern auch in kyrillischer Schrift schreiben und habe in meinen Texten auch oft Worte aus der englischen oder französischen Sprache, manchmal auch spanische Worte in deutschen Texten. Wie kann ich

[users] Default save type

2007-08-09 Thread Thomas Baitinger
I am using version openoffice.org version 2.0. I would like to change the default save type to .wpd. How do I do this? Thanks, Sergeant Thomas J. Baitinger St. Petersburg Police Department Uniform Services Bureau Field Training Unit (727) 893-4832 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Open Office 2.2

2007-08-09 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 07:44:19 +1000 garth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really like this program but I'd like it even more if it had it's own email client. Why? Email clients are a dime-a-dozen, depending on what features you want, what platform you want to run it on, what you're picking your

Re: [users] Problems

2007-08-09 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:50:37 +1000 Brian Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only trouble is I have such a lot of documents from the 1.1.1.version and I don't want to lose any of them? You should be able to load your documents into the latest version of OpenOffice without any trouble. --

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-08-09 Thread Joe Conner
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html derek w hobbs wrote: Hiya, As a newbie to open office and a pensioner I would like to know if there are any tutorials just for writer?

Re: [users] Default save type

2007-08-09 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:59:01 -0400 Thomas Baitinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to change the default save type Tools - Options - Load/Save - General - Always save as -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

Re: [users] subscribe me

2007-08-09 Thread Paul
I would like to be part of the list and please subscribe me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Then send a blank email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] org .. Follow the instructions in the resulting reply. /paul -- Processing Key for cracking HD DVD's: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88

Re: [users] Can't run program!

2007-08-09 Thread Paul
i downloaded your software and installed it. i can't figure out how to start and run the program. it did not create a desktop icon or any other type of start up file. how do i make it work? What OS are you using? Have you read documentation.openoffice.org ? /paul -- Processing Key for

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-08-09 Thread Paul
Will Openoffice vs 1.1 or vs 2 run on Win 95? Vanessa You need to run an older version of OOo if you have win95. Have a look here: http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html /paul -- Processing Key for cracking HD DVD's: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -

Re: [users] I am using Open Office 2.2.1 My problem is Link to External Data in Calc

2007-08-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:36 08/08/2007 -0700, Heather J McKeown wrote: I am fairly new to open office and am having problems with linking to external data. I have tried the solutions that I have seen posts on with no success. When I go go to insert, link to external data, I type in the url of the data I am

[users] Re: No access to MS Works files with .wps extension

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
On 08/07/2007 04:07 PM, NoOp wrote: On 08/03/2007 11:45 PM, Callum Coats wrote: Dear Sir or Madam, I've just downloaded and installed yesterday what must be your latest version of Open Office (OpenOffice.org 2.2). All my recent writings, correspondence and spreadsheets have been written

[users] Re: fixing the 'Insert special character' palette to stay open

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
On 08/09/2007 11:34 AM, Dushan Mitrovich wrote: I'm using OO 2.2.1 on a Mac OS X system to write a technical article containing some equations and math symbols. To insert individual symbols in the text I have to click on 'Insert' in the menu, then 'Special Character', then the character I

[users] Re: fixing the 'Insert special character' palette to stay open

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
On 08/09/2007 02:51 PM, NoOp wrote: On 08/09/2007 11:34 AM, Dushan Mitrovich wrote: I'm using OO 2.2.1 on a Mac OS X system to write a technical article containing some equations and math symbols. To insert individual symbols in the text I have to click on 'Insert' in the menu, then

[users] Re: [moderated]

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
On 08/09/2007 02:14 PM, Joe Conner wrote: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html derek w hobbs wrote: Hiya, As a newbie to open office and a pensioner I would like to know if there are any tutorials just for writer? And here:

[users] Re: Clip Art

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
On 08/09/2007 01:57 PM, web kracked wrote: I downloaded MS's clipart to my harddrive as individual files and used them before and yes you can get a clipart collection - just do not remember where but if you email me off the lists, I will send to you the clip art add-on file I have, or

[users] Re: Problems

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
On 08/08/2007 03:50 PM, Brian Fletcher wrote: Guy, Thank you for responding. I have now downloaded OpenOffice. org 2.2.2. and can now use it. However I cannot use the 1.1.1.version any longer. If I try to use it the label or logo comes up and then the sliding blue line at the bottom of the

Re: [users] Can't run program!

2007-08-09 Thread emadbassim
-Original Message- From: James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 1:56 am Subject: Re: [users] Can't run program! Steve Larson wrote: i downloaded your software and installed it. i can't figure out how to start and run the program. it did not

Re: [users] Can't run program!

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Steve Larson wrote: i downloaded your software and installed it. i can't figure out how to start and run the program. it did not create a desktop icon or any other type of start up file. how do i make it work? Assuming you're referring to the Windows version, it doesn't create desktop

Re: [users] Problems

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Brian Fletcher wrote: Guy, Thank you for responding. I have now downloaded OpenOffice. org 2.2.2. and can now use it. However I cannot use the 1.1.1.version any longer. If I try to use it the label or logo comes up and then the sliding blue line at the bottom of the logo stops half way

[users] Re: OpenOffice Calc hangs when using data regression

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
On 08/09/2007 03:55 AM, Hans van Esdonk wrote: I'm using version 2.2 on Linux Feisty. If I try to apply a regression on the data points in a graph my PC hangs and must be reset (hardware reset). Is this a known problem? Hans Can you describe a more complete scenario so that someone can try

Re: [users] Open Office 2.2

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
garth wrote: I really like this program but I'd like it even more if it had it's own email client. OpenOffice allows you to select what email app to use with it. Many people like Thunderbird. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org

Re: [users] [moderated] Microsoft insecurity

2007-08-09 Thread Ken Burnside
I run Windows because it runs the software that I need to be productive. I have used Ubuntu, Red Hat and SuSE, BeOS and Zeta...and it all comes down to this: Can I get my work done on these systems? And for most of the things I need to do, in the formats that my industry demands,

Re: [users] [moderated] Microsoft insecurity

2007-08-09 Thread Robert Smits
On Wednesday 01 August 2007 18:31, Ken Burnside wrote: I run Windows at home/work, and take due precautions - firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, strip attachments into a different partition. I run in user mode, not admin mode. I run Windows because it runs the software that I need to be

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

2007-08-09 Thread linuxmaillists
On Thursday 09 August 2007 16:50:09 you wrote: By mistake two versions of openoffice were downloaded. I want the newer version 2.2, but the computer thinks I want the older on because it is the last one downloaded. What should I do? Thanks, Oonah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you know how to

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
web kracked wrote: I had a better one I had to install a copy of MS Office 2003 on a new laptop, since he wanted to read the PowerPoints he gets from a service. He did not want the free reader or a FREE copy of OpenOffice.org that could read/write those presentations. He did not want to

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

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By mistake two versions of openoffice were downloaded. I want the newer version 2.2, but the computer thinks I want the older on because it is the last one downloaded. What should I do? Thanks, Oonah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you install both? If so and you

Re: [users] Would register OpenOffice.org on offline comp

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Pap Attila wrote: Greetings! I am Attila Pap from Hnugary,and I would like to register my OpenOffice.org for my workplace,but there is no internet.What can I do? Thanks! Attila There is no need to register. However, if you feel you must, you can do so from anywhere there's

[users] PING Kami/Hungary (Re: Would register OpenOffice.org on offline comp)

2007-08-09 Thread NoOp
Kami, perhaps you can help out? On 08/09/2007 02:01 PM, Pap Attila wrote: Greetings! I am Attila Pap from Hnugary,and I would like to register my OpenOffice.org for my workplace,but there is no internet.What can I do? Thanks! Attila

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
derek w hobbs wrote: Hiya, As a newbie to open office and a pensioner I would like to know if there are any tutorials just for writer? There's lots of info, including tutorials, for all of OpenOffice here: http://documentation.openoffice.org -- Use OpenOffice.org

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Vanessa Pierce wrote: Will Openoffice vs 1.1 or vs 2 run on Win 95? Vanessa There is an ancient version 1.0.3 located here: http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html As you can see from that page, it's over 4 years old, so you won't get all the features of later versions.

Re: [users] Default save type

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Thomas Baitinger wrote: I am using version openoffice.org version 2.0. I would like to change the default save type to .wpd. How do I do this? The way to select default file type, is to click on Tools Options Load/Save General and make your selection there. However, I don't think

Re: [users] subscribe me

2007-08-09 Thread linuxmaillists
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 17:52:07 Ieong, Tim wrote: I would like to be part of the list and please subscribe me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. How do I subscribe to the Openoffice.org mailling lists? [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the address you want to subscribe to the list. Example you want to

Re: [users] [moderated] Microsoft insecurity

2007-08-09 Thread James Knott
Ken Burnside wrote: I have, however started the conversion by moving all my boxes to dual boot Opensuse Linux and Windows XP, moving as much of the functionality over to Linux as possible. I can probably do 80-90 % of my work without ever booting Windows at this point, and I keep finding new

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-09 Thread Martin S
2007/8/9, John Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Why are always people asking that (about free Word, free Powerpoint or free Excel)? Are most people so used to using pirateware that they think that they can download expensive software for free from the Internet and that

Re: [users] Re: fixing the 'Insert special character' palette to stay open

2007-08-09 Thread jimw wagner
NoOp wrote: Tools|Customize|Toolbars|Standard|Add Category: Insert Commands: Special Character Click the Add button, then the Close button. The SC icon will now appear on your standard toolbar. Thanks very much! I occasionally do transliterating from foreign languages, and having a key

Re: [users] Clip Art

2007-08-09 Thread Nicu Buculei
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2007/8/9, Stephanie Boulee [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there a way to utilize Microsoft's clip art on OpenOffice? If not is there an OpenOffice version of clip art, or perhaps another freeware/shareware/opensource clip art source that would be compatible with OpenOffice?