Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread linuxmaillists
On Friday 24 August 2007 13:54:51 Phil wrote: > I have noticed that it is getting more and more > difficult for a "Joe Schlub" like me to install stuff without > extensive web-searching and a lot of trial and error. That is because you are using FreeBSD which requires manual configuration on just

[users] Re: Database Question

2007-08-24 Thread Gene Kohlenberg
Barbara Duprey wrote: Gene Kohlenberg wrote: Is there an easy way to move a table of data from one database to another? Regards, Gene K. Short answer - probably fairly easy. If you open both databases to their main screens and click on the Tables icon, so that you see the tables in both,

Re: [users] Calc Question

2007-08-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
COUNTIF also works fine in OpenOffice.org; it's probably one of the most commonly used cell formulas, so if it didn't work, many people would be very loud about it and the bug would be corrected rather quickly. I guess it's very hard to tell what's wrong in your case without having a look at the f

Re: [users] Database Question

2007-08-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
Gene Kohlenberg wrote: Is there an easy way to move a table of data from one database to another? Regards, Gene K. Short answer - probably fairly easy. If you open both databases to their main screens and click on the Tables icon, so that you see the tables in both, you can drag and drop f

Re: [users] Calc Question

2007-08-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 25/08/07, Steve Domina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Question: > > I have a Excel file that I tried to open in OOoCalc/Math (spreadsheet). > It has two conditional formulas in it. > First time I tried to open it in Ooo, it crashed: hmmm...it also crashed > the > 2nd time. > I commented those tw

[users] Re: Database Question

2007-08-24 Thread Gene Kohlenberg
Gene Kohlenberg wrote: Is there an easy way to move a table of data from one database to another? Regards, Gene K. Never Mind. I just tried dragging a table from the old database to the new one, and it worked. I thought that I had already tried that without success. Regards, Gene K. ---

[users] Calc Question

2007-08-24 Thread Steve Domina
Question: I have a Excel file that I tried to open in OOoCalc/Math (spreadsheet). It has two conditional formulas in it. First time I tried to open it in Ooo, it crashed: hmmm...it also crashed the 2nd time. I commented those two formulas out, and tried to open it. After forever, it opened it up.

[users] Database Question

2007-08-24 Thread Gene Kohlenberg
Is there an easy way to move a table of data from one database to another? Regards, Gene K. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Wierd ? of the day

2007-08-24 Thread RBL
Here's an off-beat question. Does anyone know where OOo stores its settings for the column widths in the OpenOffice Save/Open dialogs? My column widths were somehow whacked, and OOo now only shows me the filenames -- not the file types, dates, etc. I can drag them back into view, but if I

Re: [users] Search & Replce hard line returns

2007-08-24 Thread S Perry
OpenOffice Help is a little ambiguous about this, it says: to search for \n and replace with \n. Yes, you can include a word before the carriage return in your search and/or replace. The section you need to read in OpenOffice Help is called "Regular Expressions." hth. --- Sam Warren <[EMAIL PRO

[users] Search & Replce hard line returns

2007-08-24 Thread Sam Warren
How can I do a Search and Replace for hard line return? Can I include a word along with a hard line return in the same search? Thanks Sam Warren [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Diego WriteWay www.SDWriteWay.org Post Office Box 620685, San Diego, CA 92162 (619) 674-3066 ---

Re: [users] Re: OPENOFFICE RE: SORTING

2007-08-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
John King wrote: Paul wrote: DEAR Y'ALL, Greetings. Can one sort text? I Journal and want to sort by date (in this format: 2007 0819 0127 SUN) or category. In the Help section the only thing I can fine regarding sorting is about tables and the only button in Fo

Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread Phil
bram wrote: Phil wrote: Frank Cox wrote: On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:52:28 -0400 Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I find it impossible to print with cups from openoffice.org-2.2.1 or from Gimp2 What do you get in /var/log/cups/error_log when you try to print? Nothing. Nada. Nichts or

Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread Phil
Frank Cox wrote: On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:51:49 -0400 Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are some entries in the lpd-errs files but I have not examined them in detail and they seemed to only referenced some http stuff. And I have not even tried to use lpd. You stated that you are us

Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread bram
Phil wrote: Frank Cox wrote: On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:52:28 -0400 Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I find it impossible to print with cups from openoffice.org-2.2.1 or from Gimp2 What do you get in /var/log/cups/error_log when you try to print? Nothing. Nada. Nichts or in the access

[users] Re: OPENOFFICE RE: SORTING

2007-08-24 Thread John King
Paul wrote: >> >> >> DEAR Y'ALL, >> >> Greetings. >> >> Can one sort text? I Journal and want to sort by date >> (in this >> format: 2007 0819 0127 SUN) or category. In the Help section >> the only thing I can fine regarding sorting is about tables >> and the only button

Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:51:49 -0400 Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are some entries in the lpd-errs files but I have not examined > them in detail and they seemed to only referenced some http stuff. And I > have not even tried to use lpd. You stated that you are using this over a LAN.

Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread Phil
Frank Cox wrote: On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:52:28 -0400 Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I find it impossible to print with cups from openoffice.org-2.2.1 or from Gimp2 What do you get in /var/log/cups/error_log when you try to print? Nothing. Nada. Nichts or in the access_log either.

Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:52:28 -0400 Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I find it impossible to print with cups from openoffice.org-2.2.1 or > from Gimp2 What do you get in /var/log/cups/error_log when you try to print? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com ---

Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread OOo Mac User
I don't know a lot about this but... You say that printing doesn't work from OOo or Gimp. Does that mean it does work from other applications? As an interim solution, you could export your files as PDF and print them from your favourite PDF viewer. Sorry I can't be more useful than that. Ho

[users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

2007-08-24 Thread Phil
I find it impossible to print with cups from openoffice.org-2.2.1 or from Gimp2 I am using FreeBSD 6.2, cups-base 1.2.12, Xerox Phaser 8200DP on LAN. lpstat -p -d shows the printer as the default printer. I can print a test page from the web interface at port 631 but I CAN NOT PRINT FROM OOo. I

[users] Upgrading from 2.0.3

2007-08-24 Thread Maurice Batey
I'm currently using OO 2.0.3, as installed with Linux Mandriva 2007.0. Is there a Mandriva 'urpmi' command that will upgrade from 2.0.3, e.g. to 2.2.1? -- Maurice Batey (Retired in Surrey, UK) - To un

Re: [users] Printer not responding

2007-08-24 Thread Guy Voets
2007/8/24, Kathryn Talarico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, Guy, > Thank you for your response. I cannot print from Firefox, though I can > print from Safari and all the other programs Ooo included. > > I am wondering if there is some problem in Firefox with the Java that I had > to download for Oo.