Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
Frank Cox wrote: On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:01:05 -0600 Bruce Roorda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I much prefer top posting. If I've been following the thread, I want the new post first. I've already seen the others. Actually, the correct thing to do is to cut the previous message down to

Re: [users] OOo popup interfering with work

2007-11-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 26/11/2007, Cor Nouws [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I was working in a numbered list. But simply moving it does not help: it steal focus. I know the annoying behaviour at Linux, that various toolbars / windows grab my focus :-( What might help: if you drag the toolbar to a side, it will

Re: [users] British version

2007-11-26 Thread Guy Voets
2007/11/22, llorens.v [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is OpenOffice 2.3, for Mac OS X 10.4, available in British English? I can only find the US version. Hello, Only the US version passed all the quality tests... The GB version has some problems since 2.1 or thereabouts... I guess you have 2 options:

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Michael Adams
Ok you two... Consider that many newbies are on this list. On serious lists you will get flamed for top posting. In businesses it seems almost everyone top posts. What i recommend on a newbie list like this is leave your personal preference at the door, then follow the posting precedence as set

Re: [users] [moderated] Question about OOo V2.3 on Mac X V10.5.1 lepord

2007-11-26 Thread Guy Voets
2007/11/22, BOB WISER [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I ran into some problems with V2.3 OOo when I recently downloaded it and installed it on my new MacBook with Lepord OSX V10.5.1. Are there any known issues with OOo and Mac's Lepord V10.5 operating system? If so, what are the work-a-rounds or when

Re: [users] How To Open Document Saved in MS Works

2007-11-26 Thread Andrew Sharp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Open Office version 2.3 on a PC with documents saved as Works (wps). Pleas advise how to open. thanks, Irwin Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com If

Re: [users] Older Mac Version?

2007-11-26 Thread Guy Voets
2007/11/24, Robert Cogan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have been using Open Office on my Windows computer since I trashed my Word package several years ago and love it. I love sticking it to Mocrosoft. I recently bought an old Apple MAC G3 powerbook, OS9.1 192MB memory 292 Mhz for just $50. (Couldn't

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
The subject line of the message to which you replied was [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again. So, a new thread was started, just as you ask. What more do you want? Please pay attention. Jonathan Kaye wrote: Sorry but I was following the thread about OOo popup interference and

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
I'm sorry, but I find your reply neither clear nor concise. Perhaps you should try it like this reply. I agree with the last paragraph of your message as shown below. Frank Cox wrote: See? Cutting it that way retains the basic meaning, intent and focus of the previous message without

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
So it appears you are saying that neither top or bottom posting is correct, rather one should try to be clear and considerate? Hallelujah! One other point -- I don't think that one gets flamed for top posting on serious lists. Flaming for posting order (top or bottom) pretty much precludes

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread Guy Voets
This url lists all MS viewers. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/HA010449811033.asp TomW MS Office Online says: page not available... -- Guy

Re: [users] British version

2007-11-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 26 November 2007 11:17, Guy Voets wrote: 2007/11/22, llorens.v [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is OpenOffice 2.3, for Mac OS X 10.4, available in British English? I can only find the US version. Hello, Only the US version passed all the quality tests... The GB version has some problems

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, have a look at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/168002 2007/11/26, Bruce Roorda: The subject line of the message to which you replied was [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again. So, a new thread was started, just as you ask. What more do you want?

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 26 November 2007 12:21, Bruce Roorda wrote: The subject line of the message to which you replied was [users]  Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again.  So, a new thread was started, just as you ask.  What more do you want?  Please pay attention. He _was_ paying attention. Threading

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Richard Travers
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bruce Roorda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The subject line of the message to which you replied was [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again. So, a new thread was started, just as you ask. What more do you want? Please pay attention. Jonathan Kaye wrote:

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi *, 2007/11/26, Guy Voets wrote: [TomW:] This url lists all MS viewers. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/HA010449811033.asp MS Office Online says: page not available... ... confirmed ... maybe, this The download is 222 MB in size [jonathon, 2007-11-25] is a subtle

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Very cool list archive. What is Gmane's connection to this list? Also you seem to have referred to the same URL twice. What was the other one supposed to be? Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, have a look at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/168002 2007/11/26, Bruce

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Well, threading often is done by email clients in accordance with the words in the subject line, but thank you for pointing out that some work differently. I would be interested to know which those are. Manfred J. Krause pointed out that one newsgroup archiving site works the way you

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Colin Sharpe
--- Bruce Roorda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recognize that some people find bottom posting preferable, just as some people find top posting preferable. I do agree that cutting the previous messages down to essentials is a good idea. You are right on your last point. My biggest problem

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Thanks for the explanation. I think it would have been clearer if it had been top-posted, but as I have said before, that's a matter of preference. I do appreciate the time you put into composing an informative post. Richard Travers wrote: *Hint - the Reference and In-Reply-To headers of

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 26 November 2007 13:36, Bruce Roorda wrote: Today 13:36:08   Well, threading often is done by email clients in accordance with the words in the subject line, but thank you for pointing out that some work differently.  I would be interested to know which those are. Kmail for one.

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi Bruce, 2007/11/26, Bruce Roorda wrote: Very cool list archive. What is Gmane's connection to this list? Do you mean http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/ ? ... or go top right to »Action« for further information or another view ... Also you seem to have referred to the

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Manfred J. Krause
[correction:] 2007/11/26, Manfred J. Krause wrote: [...] ... bottom vs./and top posting inside a bottom posted posting ... meant: - ... combined bottom vs./and top posting inside a bottom posted posting as reply to a top posted posting ... What the hell! - Manfred

Re: [users] Using OpenOffice 2.3 with screenreader orca

2007-11-26 Thread Oliver Braun
Hello Klaus, Klaus Knopper wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 10:18:49AM +0100, Oliver Braun wrote: by default OOo doesn't use gtk when running on KDE. One has to set the environment variable SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN to gtk to enforce this. Great, thanks for this info! I wonder, why is this IMHO ver

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Well, I do agree that is confusing. Manfred J. Krause wrote: [correction:] 2007/11/26, Manfred J. Krause wrote: [...] ... bottom vs./and top posting inside a bottom posted posting ... meant: - ... combined bottom vs./and top posting inside a bottom posted posting as reply to a top posted

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi Bruce, 2007/11/26, Bruce Roorda wrote: Well, I do agree that is confusing. See also this thread - From: NoOp Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 Subject: [Bottom Post v Top Post] was Re: OpenOffice running in the background http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=usersby=threadfrom=1866933

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread bg
Let's cut to the chase. Everybody's gnawing all over this bone and generating lots of heat but not much illumination. It's real simple, folks: forget all the other kinds of email venues - in a listserv environment, with multiposter threads, the only logical way to read these connected messages is

[users] Re: OOo popup interfering with work

2007-11-26 Thread Joe Smith
Cor Nouws wrote: ... I know the annoying behaviour at Linux, that various toolbars / windows grab my focus :-( ... This is not a Linux issue. I've run OOo on Fedora for years and have never seen a pop-up toolbar steal focus. I can't say for sure where to look to get it fixed; it's either a

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
I'm sorry, I don't agree. bg wrote: It's real simple, folks: forget all the other kinds of email venues - in a listserv environment, with multiposter threads, the only logical way to read these connected messages is IN THE ORDER THEY WERE WRITTEN! Backwards, chronologically, doesn't cut it.

[users] Underlining

2007-11-26 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
It seems that Openoffice disregards the underlining specified in a font and imposes its own style instead (too high and too heavy, in my opinion). I have modified a font and it works in other applications (Open SUSE 10.3), but not in Openoffice. Is this a known fault? (I don't see anything in

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread jonathon
Bruce wrote: Manfred J. Krause pointed out that one newsgroup archiving site works the way you describe, and perhaps that's standard for such sites. UseNet clients thread by Reply-To and Reference headers. _Good_ email clients thread by Reply-To and Reference headers. Email clients created

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread William Case
Hi All; This, I think, is an unresolvable debate. On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 00:23 +1300, Michael Adams wrote: Ok you two... Consider that many newbies are on this list. On serious lists you will get flamed for top posting. In businesses it seems almost everyone top posts. What i recommend on a

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread M Henri Day
2007/11/26, jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bruce wrote: Manfred J. Krause pointed out that one newsgroup archiving site works the way you describe, and perhaps that's standard for such sites. UseNet clients thread by Reply-To and Reference headers. _Good_ email clients thread by Reply-To

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Bottom posting has not been universally used, but seems to be the most common practice here. However, I have seen inexperienced posters berated for top posting by others who want to impose their own preferences as rules. My own practice, despite my preference for top posting, is to follow

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
I looked Kmail up; I like the features. I'm pretty much stuck with Windows however. Lisi Reisz wrote: On Monday 26 November 2007 13:36, Bruce Roorda wrote: Today 13:36:08 Well, threading often is done by email clients in accordance with the words in the subject line, but thank you for

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Jim Hartley
Richard Travers wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bruce Roorda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The subject line of the message to which you replied was [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again. So, a new thread was started, just as you ask. What more do you want? Please pay attention.

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting/CASE

2007-11-26 Thread bg
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:26, William Case wrote: Yesterday I received an email from one of my best friends. He uses WindowsXP and Outlook exclusively. He said Why do you always hide your responses in the middle of my letter to you. I can never find them. I don't need to be reminded of

Re: [users] Array Formulas

2007-11-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:43 26/11/2007 +0900, James Elliott wrote: I have created a cashbook using Calc (ver 2.3) and it is working fine. The column headers are: code date description amount If I want to get a total for all of my vehicle expenses, I can use this formula: =SUMIF(NAB.A7:NAB.A2001; v;

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom/Bruce

2007-11-26 Thread bg
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:53, Bruce Roorda wrote: Bottom posting has not been universally used, but seems to be the most common practice here. bg: It is the most common practice on most listservs, because it works better in a multi-poster e-list environment. Bruce: However, I have seen

[users] Re: [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread NoOp
On 11/25/2007 01:08 AM, Michael Adams wrote: c) Apparently Draw imports .pub files... never used it. As far as i know Publisher is a word processor dressed up with frames and a lot of templates. It doesn't. If you find a way to do this please share :-)

[users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread NoOp
On 11/26/2007 09:53 AM, Bruce Roorda wrote: Bottom posting has not been universally used, but seems to be the most common practice here. However, I have seen inexperienced posters berated for top posting by others who want to impose their own preferences as rules. My own practice, despite

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom/Bruce

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Well, I have seen some very rude posts to inexperienced users who top posted, despite the fact that you call BS on the assertion. (That's a very colorful and amusing phrase.) And you do make quite an eloquent case that your preference should be the rule, on the basis of history. There are

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Most of the interspersed posts I have seen have not been particularly clear, and become less clear as more posters reply. NoOp wrote: Please try to follow the guidelines for the list you are on. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Access to SMB-served filesystems

2007-11-26 Thread Keith Oborn
Just posted this on the community forum, and a little more research suggests it may be a real bug: *** I'm running OO 2.3.0 under MacOS 10.5. There is no Open/Save dialogues item under ToolsOptionsOpenOffice.orgGeneral - or anywhere else I can find. I have a

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Robin Laing
Bruce Roorda wrote: I'm sorry, I don't agree. bg wrote: It's real simple, folks: forget all the other kinds of email venues - in a listserv environment, with multiposter threads, the only logical way to read these connected messages is IN THE ORDER THEY WERE WRITTEN! Backwards,

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom/Bruce

2007-11-26 Thread bg
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 11:16, Bruce Roorda wrote: Well, I have seen some very rude posts to inexperienced users who top posted, despite the fact that you call BS on the assertion. (That's a very colorful and amusing phrase.) Brewster replies: I think, Bruce, that you did not read my

Re: [users] Re: OOo popup interfering with work

2007-11-26 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Joe, Joe Smith wrote (26-11-2007 17:28) This is not a Linux issue. I've run OOo on Fedora for years and have never seen a pop-up toolbar steal focus. [...] Thanks for this information. I'll use it when discussing this issue. Ciao, Cor -- Cor Nouws Arnhem - Netherlands nl.OpenOffice.org

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Cor Nouws
Bruce Roorda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I much prefer top posting. If I've been following the thread, I want the new post first. I've already seen the others. What might help, is knowing that hitting the space bar, will scroll down. So you don't have to mouse. I only top-post when I am

[users] [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread Howard Turner
I was wondering whether open office will work in conjunction with translation software such as Trados?

[users] Outliner

2007-11-26 Thread Elchanan
Greetings everyone, In a post last week, I saw the word outliner or the like go by at one point. I've looked a bit in the OO docs I have, and I can certainly find information about building an outline. But what I am seeking is a true outliner, that it, something that allows me to expand and

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting/CASE

2007-11-26 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Nov 26, 2007 2:18 PM, William Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Brewster; I was having a bit of a tease for those folks that are so categorical on this particular subject. On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 10:35 -0800, bg wrote: On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:26, William Case wrote: Yesterday I

[users] [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread joan
Just joined. I received an e-mail and the person put most of the message in MS Word. I do not have Word and would like to read what they wrote. I was refered to you by a computer expert. Eric Shafer

[users] Dll files

2007-11-26 Thread lindsey
I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I am curious about three dll files in the components my firewall allows. uwinapi.dll, shlxthdl.dll, and stlport_vc7145.dll. Two are from Sun and the other is from a consulting firm. Can you tell me what the Stlport Consulting firm's dll

[users] Printing

2007-11-26 Thread ADale42163
I have several several spreadsheets that I have built in openoffice. I am having a problem getting them to print on one piece of paper. The sheets are on 2 pages even though 2 pages are not required. Even using landscape and changing paper setting to 8 1/2 x 14 will not put it on one

[users] Open Office Enquiry

2007-11-26 Thread Mike
Hi Open Office, Does the WP part of Open Office include support for Labels? Is it possible to download just the word processor? Thanks Mike :-)

[users] Using Open Office With Leopard Macbook Pro, my question is.

2007-11-26 Thread Andy O´Connell
I am having problems running open office on my macbook after installing the new leopard operating system for mac?? Can you help?? It runs very slow in spreadsheet and times out when opening the program?? Tak. - To

[users] [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread Joan Cole
I need help. On the help button, I cannot read the information on the right. The print is too small.

[users] Hello

2007-11-26 Thread Carolyn Nomura
I enjoy your product very much. Please keep me informed on your updates on newer version of open office. Carolyn K Nomura

[users] new open office

2007-11-26 Thread Adapt IT
Hi I wonder if is new version of Open Office available for OS MS Vista? Regards Paulina

[users] Advice for open office

2007-11-26 Thread Jeffrey Lopez
Hi, I down loaded open office a few hours ago under my business screen name ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). After I down loaded it it said that if I was just trying it out , Not to check the item I wanted it to replace[ like Word ] now I have the software downloaded and I don't know how to use it! I see

[users] business licence

2007-11-26 Thread Cliff Aves
Hi, is there a requirement for a licence to use open office on a termserver environment, specifically the database package? many thanks Regards, Cliff Aves CWG LTD Uffington Road Stamford Lincolnshire PE9 2HD telephone: 01780 758760 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] PowerPoint.ppt

2007-11-26 Thread Bert Severijn
This morning I got an e-mail with a *pps presentation, that was easily delivered and opened, while my inbox is not empty. The presentation shows 20 Dia's all filled with photographs. When I send my presentation with only 10 dia's it was everywhere refused and returned by mailer-daemon. I

[users] openoffice don't start

2007-11-26 Thread anton giulio maglione
good morning!!!i have this problem with openoffice:when open any application of openoffice the console return me this message: ** (process:7475): WARNING **: Unknown error forking main binary / abnormal early exit ... how do i resolve it? :'( thanks giulio PS:sorry for my bad english!

[users] OpenOffice for MAC in catalan

2007-11-26 Thread silvia rodriguez
Hola, Estic buscant el diccionari de català en la página de OpenOffice per MAC, però no el trobo. Em podrieu enviar el link? Moltes gracies. Silvia -- Silvia Rodriguez Donaire Telf. 615211358 Barcelona

[users] Problem

2007-11-26 Thread gmd01a
I am using WinXP sp2, using OpenOffice.org version 2.3.0. I used the typical install, not custom. My problem is it kicks me to the desktop during some operations. In WRITER, I clicked WIZARDS, and Letter and Bam!...desktop. I tried the Drawing program. Loaded a picture. It showed fine. Clicked

[users] In Writer: quote or apostrophe yields line break (SUPPLEMENT)

2007-11-26 Thread fbechter
[This is an edited version of the email I just sent.] I am using version 2.30 of OOo Writer on a Windows 2000 machine. Here is a glitch: whenever there is a quotation mark sufficiently close to the end of a line (AND A PARENTHESIS AFTER THE QUOTATION MARK), the word on which the quote mark is

[users] In Writer: quote or apostrophe yields line break

2007-11-26 Thread fbechter
I am using version 2.30 of OOo Writer, and just discovered an interesting glitch (at least on my Windows 2000 machine). Namely, whenever there is a quotation mark sufficiently close to the end of a line, the word on which the end-quote mark is attached skips to the next line. There's plenty of

[users] CALC FORMULA QUESTION.?

2007-11-26 Thread James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
I have a spreadsheet cashbook that I designed and implemented in OOo Calc ver 2.3 running under Windows XP. I list all my transactions in columns like this: code datedescription amount v 5/6/07vehicle expenses$59.70 i10/8/07

[users] Can Open Office convert/use Microsoft Office or Adobe files?

2007-11-26 Thread Yeo Kai Wei
Hi, I was just wondering if Open Office can open up Microsoft Office Word Documents or Adobe .pdf files? If no, can it work with other word processor documents? Thanks. Regards, Yeo Kai Wei

[users] Help! (Time-Out error msg?)

2007-11-26 Thread Eckhart beatty
Hi. I just reinstalled my 10.4 OS on Mac. Since then, I get these mysterious error msgs: 1. OO Timed out. 2. The application Transport Monitor could not be launched because of a shared library error: Transport MonitorTransport MonitorHotSyncLib.PPCThe application Transport Monitor could not be

[users] individual user

2007-11-26 Thread Steven Arts
Dear Gentlemen: I need technical assistance for OpenOffice.org 2.0. If you can't help me, please forward this to whoever can. I have two discs that I can't get into. On one disc it comes up with a Filter Selection box, and in the other I get a small box that says the file is corrupt and

[users] Re: Top versus bottom

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Well, then we're in agreement on how some users have been treated! Gosh, I'm overwhelmed to find that I have a perverse rationale and that I'm outside the optimum operational profile of an e-list participant. I don't think I've ever actually seen what the inside of an optimum operational

[users] [moderated] Seeking Spanish and French dictionaries for spell check in writer

2007-11-26 Thread Gregory A. Norris
Hi folks, I don't find the option to use either French or Spanish as the dictionary language when using Writer, version 2.3.0. I tried searching on Dictionary at openoffice.org, and also searched under Downloads, but did not find anything. Thanks in advance for suggesting any available

Re: [users] Dll files

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:17:47 -0500 lindsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I am curious about three dll files in the components my firewall allows. uwinapi.dll, shlxthdl.dll, and stlport_vc7145.dll. Two are from Sun and the other is from a

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
Robin Laing wrote: Top posting is a Microsoft plan to upset the balance of the universe. Finally a point I can relate to. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Open Office Enquiry

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:54:06 + Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does the WP part of Open Office include support for Labels? Yes, you can print labels with Openoffice. A large set of templates is here: http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm Is it possible to download just

Re: [users] new open office

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:20:25 - Adapt IT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if is new version of Open Office available for OS MS Vista? OpenOffice runs on Microsoft Windows Vista. Go to http://www.openoffice.org to download your copy absolutely free of charge. There is no catch, nobody

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom

2007-11-26 Thread M Henri Day
2007/11/26, Bruce Roorda [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, then we're in agreement on how some users have been treated! Gosh, I'm overwhelmed to find that I have a perverse rationale and that I'm outside the optimum operational profile of an e-list participant. I don't think I've ever actually seen

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:16:21 -0500 joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received an e-mail and the person put most of the message in MS Word. I do not have Word and would like to read what they wrote. I was refered to you by a computer expert. If your question is, can I open a Microsoft Word

Re: [users] Correction mode

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:17:42 +0100 Herold Hartl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do I find correction mode in Open Office. Please define what you mean by correction mode. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:29:31 +0100 Howard Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering whether open office will work in conjunction with translation software such as Trados? I just took at look at http://www.translationzone.com/en/ and it's not immediately obvious what the system

Re: [users] In Writer: quote or apostrophe yields line break

2007-11-26 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (26-11-2007 7:47) I am using version 2.30 of OOo Writer, and just discovered an interesting glitch (at least on my Windows 2000 machine). Namely, whenever there is a quotation mark sufficiently close to the end of a line, the word on which the end-quote mark is

Re: [users] Advice for open office

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:56:12 -0700 Jeffrey Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also should I down load it to this screen name as well? or will the original down load work through out the whole system? If you download OpenOffice from the official website at http://www.openoffice.org you don't need

Re: [users] business licence

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:26:45 - Cliff Aves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is there a requirement for a licence to use open office on a termserver environment, specifically the database package? OpenOffice is Free Software issued under the terms of the Lesser General Public License. There is no

Re: [users] PowerPoint.ppt

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:08:34 +0100 Bert Severijn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really do not understand this occurrence, do you? Nope. Sounds like you have an email problem of some sort. It's not a problem related to OpenOffice, though. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~

Re: [users] Can Open Office convert/use Microsoft Office or Adobe files?

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:03:31 +0800 Yeo Kai Wei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just wondering if Open Office can open up Microsoft Office Word Documents Yes and no. OpenOffice can load and work with doc file but not docx files. or Adobe .pdf files? Not directly. If no, can it work with

Re: [users] individual user

2007-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:08:19 -0800 (PST) Steven Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Gentlemen: I need technical assistance for OpenOffice.org 2.0. You might want to try version 2.3, which is the latest. If you can't help me, please forward this to whoever can. This is the place.

Re: [users] Can Open Office convert/use Microsoft Office or Adobe files?

2007-11-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
Yeo Kai Wei wrote: I was just wondering if Open Office can open up Microsoft Office Word Documents or Adobe .pdf files? If no, can it work with other word processor documents? It can open MS Word documents as long as they aren't from Word 2007 or whatever it is called. (.docx suffix ones,

Re: [users] Open Office Enquiry

2007-11-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
Mike wrote: Hi Open Office, Does the WP part of Open Office include support for Labels? Yes. Access it by File New Labels. You might want to read to following http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0211WG-UsingMailMerge.pdf for assistance in using labels, mail merge, etc.

Re: [users] individual user

2007-11-26 Thread James Knott
Steven Arts wrote: Dear Gentlemen: I need technical assistance for OpenOffice.org 2.0. If you can't help me, please forward this to whoever can. I have two discs that I can't get into. On one disc it comes up with a Filter Selection box, and in the other I get a small box that

Re: [users] Can Open Office convert/use Microsoft Office or Adobe files?

2007-11-26 Thread James Knott
Yeo Kai Wei wrote: Hi, I was just wondering if Open Office can open up Microsoft Office Word Documents or Adobe .pdf files? If no, can it work with other word processor documents? It can open Word files, other than the latest .DOCX and some other file types. It can create, but not

Re: [users] PowerPoint.ppt

2007-11-26 Thread James Knott
Bert Severijn wrote: This morning I got an e-mail with a *pps presentation, that was easily delivered and opened, while my inbox is not empty. The presentation shows 20 Dia's all filled with photographs. When I send my presentation with only 10 dia's it was everywhere refused and returned

Re: [users] Advice for open office

2007-11-26 Thread James Knott
Jeffrey Lopez wrote: Hi, I down loaded open office a few hours ago under my business screen name ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). After I down loaded it it said that if I was just trying it out , Not to check the item I wanted it to replace[ like Word ] now I have the software downloaded and I don't

Re: [users] business licence

2007-11-26 Thread James Knott
Cliff Aves wrote: Hi, is there a requirement for a licence to use open office on a termserver environment, specifically the database package? many thanks No. Just install and use. License info: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html --

Re: [users] new open office

2007-11-26 Thread James Knott
Adapt IT wrote: Hi I wonder if is new version of Open Office available for OS MS Vista? The current version 2.3 will work on Vista. You can get it from www.openoffice.org --

Re: [users] Open Office Enquiry

2007-11-26 Thread James Knott
Mike wrote: Hi Open Office, Does the WP part of Open Office include support for Labels? Is it possible to download just the word processor? Thanks Mike :-) OpenOffice supports labels and you can only

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting yet again

2007-11-26 Thread Bruce Roorda
I don't see that top posting is easier than bottom posting. As I wrote elsewhere, the difference in effort between the two is trivial compared to the effort one should put into composing a reply. Of course I don't mean to imply anyone is putting that little effort into composing his replies.

Re: [users] Hello

2007-11-26 Thread Paul
I enjoy your product very much. Please keep me informed on your updates on newer version of open office. There is an announce email list if your interested, otherwise, every now and then click on : 'help check for updates' and this will tell you if your current version is up to date or not.

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-11-26 Thread James Knott
joan wrote: Just joined. I received an e-mail and the person put most of the message in MS Word. I do not have Word and would like to read what they wrote. I was refered to you by a computer expert. Eric Shafer You can download OpenOffice for free from www.openoffice.org. OpenOffice

Re: [users] Re: Top versus bottom/Bruce

2007-11-26 Thread Dave Barton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - Original Message From: bg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue 27 Nov 2007 07:54:09 EST On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 11:16, Bruce Roorda wrote: Well, I have seen some very rude posts to inexperienced users who top 8-- snip --8 Bruce: I

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