Re: [users] RE: users Digest 28 Apr 2008 01:26:16 -0000 Issue 6440

2008-04-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 April 2008, Richard Detwiler wrote: >Harold Fuchs wrote: >> 2008/4/28 Phil Woolwine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> ... >> >> ... Instructions as to how to unsubscribe are displayed at the >> botrtom of every message. > >For what it's worth, Harold, YOUR message did not have these >instructio

Re: [users] Crippling extensions

2008-04-28 Thread thomas steel
Dear Jack: No, that can't be right, because the 2008-9 versions of those files were created as copies of the now crippled ones & they all have an 'ods' extension. It was the act of putting the 2007-8 originals into a New Folder which suddenly turned them into something unopenable. (Excel was de

Re: [users] template doesn't 'take'

2008-04-28 Thread Naomi Kramer
Go to Templates -> Organise Find your template in the list Right-click on it and select Set As Default Template Howzat? - Naomi Kenn Goutal wrote: I'm using OO.o v2.0 on WinXP + SP2. I have defined a template, consisting primarily of a few new paragraph styles but also instantly recognizable

[users] template doesn't 'take'

2008-04-28 Thread Kenn Goutal
I'm using OO.o v2.0 on WinXP + SP2. I have defined a template, consisting primarily of a few new paragraph styles but also instantly recognizable by having 1/2" margins on all sides (versus the .79" default margins). I have followed the instructions in the Help menu as best I can -- the descript

Re: [users] Open Office 2.4

2008-04-28 Thread Robert Jackson
James Knott wrote: Mary Beth Holzwarth wrote: Hi! I installed the 2.2 version and then updated for the 2.4. I was a little frustrated when told it was free and then had to pay but that's neither here nor there. When I downloaded it, it asked if I would like Open Office to access my other do

Re: [users] donation?

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Boba
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Ross Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I donated $40 without seeing Openoffice. I had read enough > reviews to feel comfortable doing so. I had trailed > Corel Wordperfect Office and I liked it, but didn't wish > to pay the price. This morning I got a sa

[users] Re: cannot open file

2008-04-28 Thread Twayne
> racquel murphy wrote: >> Hello I down loaded openoffice however it will not allow me to open >> up anthing please help thanks Mike Murphy 972-607-5921 > > Did you also install it? After downloading from www.openoffice.org, > you have to double click on the downloaded file, to start the > install

[users] Re: [moderated] Autocomplete

2008-04-28 Thread Russell Butler
Wil Bubeck wrote: Hello, I have a question about Office open.org. I hope that you can help me. We use Office open.Org for our computer at the office. Before we used Microsoft office. In microsoft office you could use Automatic word completion. I tryed to use that in open office but i

[users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-28 Thread NoOp
On 04/28/2008 03:22 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: >> >> > Sounds hotter on re-reading than I meant; sorry. > > No worries; you always have my respect for the kind help that you provide here. And we all deserve a rant or two, or three, or four in this house :-) ---

[users] Re: base

2008-04-28 Thread Russell Butler
George Drazen wrote: I am looking for resources, such as books, dealing exclusively with base. Any references? Thanks, George Hi George, There's some documentation at : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual I have no idea how useful or complete it i

Re: [users] donation?

2008-04-28 Thread James Knott
Richard Detwiler wrote: Ross Gill wrote: Hello, I donated $40 without seeing Openoffice. I had read enough reviews to feel comfortable doing so. I had trailed Corel Wordperfect Office and I liked it, but didn't wish to pay the price. This morning I got a sales pitch offering to sell WPO for $

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-04-28 Thread James Knott
Wil Bubeck wrote: Hello, I have a question about Office open.org. I hope that you can help me. We use Office open.Org for our computer at the office. Before we used Microsoft office. In microsoft office you could use Automatic word completion. I tryed to use that in open office but i

Re: [users] Installed Open Office - not working

2008-04-28 Thread James Knott
Sharon Hamel wrote: Help! I installed Open Office in order to open a Power Point document attached to an email. I still can't open the Power Point document. Was that PowerPoint file from Microsoft Office 2007, in the new format? If so, OpenOffice can't open them. You should be able

Re: [users] Download Failure

2008-04-28 Thread James Knott
tanuja pulakhandam wrote: Hi, I was installing the trial version of the Open Office 2007 software. Unfortunately the download failed during the installation stage. How can I reinstall without being charged twice on my paypal account? If you're paying for OpenOffice, you're getting it fr

[users] Re: OpenOffice - MS Office 2007 compatibility

2008-04-28 Thread Russell Butler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir,I own a business which sets up Internet kiosks in shopping centres and individual shops. I have kiosks throughout South East Queensland, Australia.I have been using Open Office on my kiosks to enable my customers to work with MS Office files. I have had a query

Re: [users] cannot open file

2008-04-28 Thread James Knott
racquel murphy wrote: Hello I down loaded openoffice however it will not allow me to open up anthing please help thanks Mike Murphy 972-607-5921 Did you also install it? After downloading from www.openoffice.org, you have to double click on the downloaded file, to start the installation.

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE cannot install

2008-04-28 Thread James Knott
CIVAL wrote: WHEN I CLICK/OPEN ICON OF OPEN OFFICE MY NEXT WINDOW IS THE ICONS THAT MAKE UP THE PROGRM/I CLICK TO OPEN THEM AND MORE WINDOWS OF THAT ICON APPEARS. ANY HELP I really don't know what would be causing that. Are you clicking on the icons in the Start menu? - Original M

Re: [users] MS and Open Office emails

2008-04-28 Thread James Knott
Fund Manager wrote: How can I send an Open Office doc as an attachment to someone who only has MS? They were unable to open the doc. When I tried it on my computer that doesn't have Open Office it was able to open as a Google doc but not in MS. Thanks ahead of time. HZ Click on File > Sen

Re: [users]

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
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2008-04-28 Thread John O'Brien
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Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE - VBA Macros in OpenOffice

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 27/04/2008 10:03, Ferruccio Riva wrote: I'd like to substitute my MSOffice with OpenOffice, but I have created a lot of macros wrote in the MS Excel 5.0 version for special purposes. Is OpenOffice able to read and use that macros? Thank you for the attention. Ferruccio Riva The free Open

Re: [users] spanish language tools

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 27/04/2008 23:21, jace & cathy wrote: does open office have the ability to write, spell & grammar check in Spanish? Spell, yes. Not sure if there's a Spanish grammar checker or thesaurus. 1. Install the Spanish dictionary: File>Wizards>Install>New>Dictionaries. If there is a grammar chec

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 28/04/2008 02:25, NoOp wrote: On 04/27/2008 10:25 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 21/04/2008 05:55, NoOp wrote: On 04/20/2008 03:54 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 20/04/2008 18:07, James Knott wrote: ISTR, there was some mention a while ago, about improving

Re: [users] Open Office 2.4 and Java 6

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 27/04/2008 02:37, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 25 April 2008, TJS wrote: After much searching through your websites I found this address as the place to submit feedback and ask questions. It seems there should be a more obvious (visible and easy-to-find) link for this. Item 1) A memory

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE. Purchased PC-cillin 08 and attempting to Downaload. Apreciate any help. Delia [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 27/04/2008 06:50, scotsburn7 wrote: message; really weird.> This is the support group for OpenOffice.org, a free office software suite that competes with Microsoft Office. If you want help with PC-cillin I suggest you contact its support organisation. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Plea

Re: [users] about the proragm

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 27/04/2008 09:49, Anthony Jackson wrote: how do you change it from espanol to english please Change what? Do you mean you want to change the menus, Help text, error messages, Tool tips etc.? Or do you mean you want to change the language in which OpenOffice checks your spelling?

Re: [users] cannot open file

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 27/04/2008 23:29, racquel murphy wrote: Hello I down loaded openoffice however it will not allow me to open up anthing please help thanks Mike Murphy 972-607-5921 Please explain. What happens when you try? What are you trying to open? Which flavour of which Operating System are you using?

Re: [users] Installed Open Office - not working - Cannot Open Powerpoint Files

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 28/04/2008 04:35, Sharon Hamel wrote: Help! I installed Open Office in order to open a Power Point document attached to an email. I still can't open the Power Point document. OpenOffice can open Powerpoint presentations except those created with MS Office 2007 - they'll have a ".pptx

[users] Re: Sound and presentations

2008-04-28 Thread Paul Elliott
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:02:55PM -0500, Paul Elliott wrote: > > I have the version of open office that comes with opensuse 10.3. > About OpenOffice.org shows version 2.3.0 > > I am having problems with sound. > > > If I attach a sound with 'Insert/Movie and Sound' it works, that is > sound pl

Re: [users] multilingual spell-checking

2008-04-28 Thread Hagar de l'Est
You've to use different paragraph styles. See here: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67 (section 2). Beware, you're not subscribed to the mailing list. Hagar Le 27.04.2008 13:13, Bob Redman a écrit : I am using version 2.4.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :

Re: [users] Remove Dictionaries

2008-04-28 Thread Hagar de l'Est
Yes, see here: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67 (section 2). Beware, you're not subscribed to the mailing list. Hagar Le 27.04.2008 23:34, Braden Hynes a écrit : Is there a way to remove unnecessary dictionaries form OOo? ---

[users] Re: Fw: Returned mail: see transcript for details

2008-04-28 Thread NoOp
On 04/28/2008 01:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello!!! > > Is not the first time when I receive such mail. Do I have an mail account on > openoffice.org linked with my email > or somebody is just using my usename on openoffice.org and is doing some sort > of spam? > But how can the mailer

Re: [users] Download Failure

2008-04-28 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:38:14 -0400 tanuja pulakhandam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was installing the trial version of the Open Office 2007 software. > Unfortunately the download failed during the installation stage. How can I > reinstall without being charged twice on my paypal acco

Re: [users] Crippling extensions

2008-04-28 Thread Jack D. Lewis
thomas steel wrote the following on 4/28/2008 12:43 PM: Can I update my problem very precisely? I have some files with the extensions '.xlsm' & '.xlsm.xlsm', which refuse to open. I converted them from OOCalc ages ago & worked on them happily in Calc. I then shunted them into one New Folder. Wh

[users] Crippling extensions

2008-04-28 Thread thomas steel
Can I update my problem very precisely? I have some files with the extensions '.xlsm' & '.xlsm.xlsm', which refuse to open. I converted them from OOCalc ages ago & worked on them happily in Calc. I then shunted them into one New Folder. When I go to that Folder, I find these strange extensions.

Re: [users] [moderated]I am using version 2.4 and am trying to type sideways. Can't figure out how?

2008-04-28 Thread Barbara Duprey
Mike & Denise Cadicamo wrote: I am using version 2.4 and am trying to type sideways. Can't figure out how? If you have typed the text in Writer, one way is to select the text, then use Format > Character, Position tab, Rotation / scaling. If that doesn't do what you want, maybe you could des

[users] Database Progress tracking Stuff

2008-04-28 Thread Steve Brettell
This is in reference to the person who is wanting a means of keeping track of items entered into a database. A good possibility is mindmapping. Two free versions that are very powerful are Vue and Freemind. Google them, and check them out. Freemind is open source; Vue is from Tuft's Uni

Re: [users] RE: users Digest 28 Apr 2008 01:26:16 -0000 Issue 6440

2008-04-28 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:20:51 -0400 Richard Detwiler wrote: > Harold Fuchs wrote: > > 2008/4/28 Phil Woolwine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> ... > >> > > ... Instructions as to how to unsubscribe are displayed at the > > botrtom of every message. > > For what it's worth, Harold, YOUR messa

Re: [users] RE: users Digest 28 Apr 2008 01:26:16 -0000 Issue 6440

2008-04-28 Thread mike scott
On 28 Apr 2008 at 17:46, Harold Fuchs wrote: > 2008/4/28 Phil Woolwine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Please take me off your list. I uninstalled Open Office months ago and am > > having a hard time eliminating your continued notifications. PLEASE!!! > > > > Phil Woolwine > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-04-28 Thread mike scott
On 28 Apr 2008 at 14:00, Wil Bubeck wrote: > Hello, > > > I have a question about Office open.org. > > I hope that you can help me. > > We use Office open.Org for our computer at the office. > Before we used Microsoft office. > > In microsoft office you could use Automatic word completio

Re: [users] address an envelope and print it

2008-04-28 Thread mike scott
On 27 Apr 2008 at 20:30, Doug wrote: > I composed a letter and now I want to address an envelope, using the > recipients address, and print it. > > How do you do this? F1 brings up the openoffice help dialogue, which will give useful information on this and other topics. Insert | Envelope fro

Re: [users] Download Failure

2008-04-28 Thread mike scott
On 27 Apr 2008 at 19:38, tanuja pulakhandam wrote: > Hi, > > I was installing the trial version of the Open Office 2007 software. > Unfortunately the download failed during the installation stage. How can I > reinstall without being charged twice on my paypal account? > > Your assistance wi

Re: [users] MS and Open Office emails

2008-04-28 Thread Richard Detwiler
Fund Manager wrote: How can I send an Open Office doc as an attachment to someone who only has MS? They were unable to open the doc. When I tried it on my computer that doesn't have Open Office it was able to open as a Google doc but not in MS. Thanks ahead of time. HZ There are a couple of

Re: [users] donation?

2008-04-28 Thread Richard Detwiler
Ross Gill wrote: Hello, I donated $40 without seeing Openoffice. I had read enough reviews to feel comfortable doing so. I had trailed Corel Wordperfect Office and I liked it, but didn't wish to pay the price. This morning I got a sales pitch offering to sell WPO for $12.95. I suppose it's too

Re: [users] RE: users Digest 28 Apr 2008 01:26:16 -0000 Issue 6440

2008-04-28 Thread Richard Detwiler
Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/4/28 Phil Woolwine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: ... ... Instructions as to how to unsubscribe are displayed at the botrtom of every message. For what it's worth, Harold, YOUR message did not have these instructions on the bottom. I know it isn't because of anything

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

2008-04-28 Thread Ferruccio Riva
I'd like to substitute my MSOffice with OpenOffice, but I have created a lot of macros wrote in the MS Excel 5.0 version for special purposes. Is OpenOffice able to read and use that macros? Thank you for the attention. Ferruccio Riva

Re: [users] Open Office 2.4

2008-04-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 April 2008, Mary Beth Holzwarth wrote: >Hi! I installed the 2.2 version and then updated for the 2.4. I was a > little frustrated when told it was free and then had to pay but that's > neither here nor there. But it is free, all you have to do is download it from

[users] base

2008-04-28 Thread George Drazen
I am looking for resources, such as books, dealing exclusively with base. Any references? Thanks, George

Re: [users] I am using Leopard and a MacBook Pro and OpenOffice OOo_2.4.0

2008-04-28 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Apr 26, 2008, at 5:20 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am using Leopard and a MacBook Pro and OpenOffice OOo_2.4.0. It does not allow me to cut and paste. OpenOffice OOo_2.3 does not allow it either. Is there a way to fix this problem? Thank you Really? I am havin

Re: [users] Open Office 2.4 and Java 6

2008-04-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 April 2008, TJS wrote: >After much searching through your websites I found this address as the place > to submit feedback and ask questions. It seems there should be a more > obvious (visible and easy-to-find) link for this. > >Item 1) > >A memory scan by NOD32 AntiVirus reported the f

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

2008-04-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 April 2008, Don Kennedy wrote: >I would like to download DRAW but I can NOT find anywhere that actually says > (or indicates) DOWNLOAD HERE. How do I get it? > You don't download just a piece, it is all or nothing. >Thanks, > >Don Kennedy >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >___

[users] about the proragm

2008-04-28 Thread Anthony Jackson
how do you change it from espanol to english please - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

[users] multilingual spell-checking

2008-04-28 Thread Bob Redman
I am using version 2.4.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I find the use of the spell-checking feature of Writer very cumbersome to use when I try to correct texts in Italian or Spanish. Writer usually misidentifies the language as Romanian, or something else. Why can't I simply predetermine

[users] MS and Open Office emails

2008-04-28 Thread Fund Manager
How can I send an Open Office doc as an attachment to someone who only has MS? They were unable to open the doc. When I tried it on my computer that doesn't have Open Office it was able to open as a Google doc but not in MS. Thanks ahead of time. HZ

[users] Question about version control for editing databases (not the actual BASE program)

2008-04-28 Thread John Toliver
I am working on a database to manage medical information and ease the generation of paperwork. I make many changes to the database as I work on it, and learn how databases work. What tool exists that allow me to keep track of and manage these revisions to this file? So that a week from now I may

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE cannot install

2008-04-28 Thread CIVAL
WHEN I CLICK/OPEN ICON OF OPEN OFFICE MY NEXT WINDOW IS THE ICONS THAT MAKE UP THE PROGRM/I CLICK TO OPEN THEM AND MORE WINDOWS OF THAT ICON APPEARS. ANY HELP - Original Message - From: "James Knott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:08

Re: [users] Which version?

2008-04-28 Thread Tom Derrick
Thanks to those of you who have replied to me. Just to let you know i have been able to download version 2.4 now. I used the same link as i had used the first time but it worked the second time so i'm not sure what the problem was the first time. Thanks, Tom James Knott <[EM

[users] [moderated]

2008-04-28 Thread Poul Kirkensgaard
How will password confirmed rgds Poul - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Can't finish installation OpenOfice 2.4

2008-04-28 Thread Jerzy Kowalski
That was it! Thanks! James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jerzy Kowalski wrote: > When I try to install OpenOffice 2.4 all goes well, except when it gets to > the validation. It keeps telling me that some files are in use by OpenOffice > 2.3.1, that I should close OpenOffice 2.3.1 and try inst

[users] Remove Dictionaries

2008-04-28 Thread Braden Hynes
Is there a way to remove unnecessary dictionaries form OOo?

[users] spanish language tools

2008-04-28 Thread jace & cathy
does open office have the ability to write, spell & grammar check in Spanish?

[users] cannot open file

2008-04-28 Thread racquel murphy
Hello I down loaded openoffice however it will not allow me to open up anthing please help thanks Mike Murphy 972-607-5921

[users] Download Failure

2008-04-28 Thread tanuja pulakhandam
Hi, I was installing the trial version of the Open Office 2007 software. Unfortunately the download failed during the installation stage. How can I reinstall without being charged twice on my paypal account? Your assistance will be much appreciated. Thanks,Tanuja __

[users] address an envelope and print it

2008-04-28 Thread Doug
I composed a letter and now I want to address an envelope, using the recipients address, and print it. How do you do this? Thank you, Doug email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] [moderated]I am using version 2.4 and am trying to type sideways. Can't figure out how?

2008-04-28 Thread Mike & Denise Cadicamo

[users] Installed Open Office - not working

2008-04-28 Thread Sharon Hamel
Help! I installed Open Office in order to open a Power Point document attached to an email. I still can't open the Power Point document. In addition, Fire Fox and Mozilla (which I don't want) WERE installed but I was able to delete them in my Add/Remove program. What gives? Sha

[users] OpenOffice - MS Office 2007 compatibility

2008-04-28 Thread peter
Dear Sir,I own a business which sets up Internet kiosks in shopping centres and individual shops. I have kiosks throughout South East Queensland, Australia.I have been using Open Office on my kiosks to enable my customers to work with MS Office files. I have had a query from a member of the

[users] os x reg wizard ?

2008-04-28 Thread Shane Russell
" Hi I can not find an answer for os x however I did notice that on windows there is a command line to disable the registration wizard. I am trying to install open office 2.4 on os x 10.5.2 clients and have gotten the command timeout issue sorted with x11 yet I can not fix the first time regis

[users] Fw: Returned mail: see transcript for details

2008-04-28 Thread rica102006
Hello!!! Is not the first time when I receive such mail. Do I have an mail account on openoffice.org linked with my email or somebody is just using my usename on openoffice.org and is doing some sort of spam? But how can the mailer send the returned email in my inbox then? Is it possible that

[users] just got the new version 2.4

2008-04-28 Thread james peace
hello,i have just downloaded the latest version of open office 2.4 and cannot get it to work when it comes to trying to print anything it keeps on wanting to save the subject as an xps file.i used to have the older version and got on well with it no problems at all.but i,ve tried everything to p

Re: [users] ODBC Driver working with OpenOffice 2.3.1 on Windows

2008-04-28 Thread Tim Young
Harold, << There are only a couple people on this list who will understand your issues (not me!). From past experience they are busy and take a couple days before they read and respond. They will respond, however, just give them some time. >> Thanks very much for your response. It is very m

[users] Windows mobile

2008-04-28 Thread Kevin & Kath
is there a version of open office for windows mobile or any plans to introduce one - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] [moderated]

2008-04-28 Thread Wil Bubeck
Hello, I have a question about Office open.org. I hope that you can help me. We use Office open.Org for our computer at the office. Before we used Microsoft office. In microsoft office you could use Automatic word completion. I tryed to use that in open office but i don't know how i can

[users] donation?

2008-04-28 Thread Ross Gill
Hello, I donated $40 without seeing Openoffice. I had read enough reviews to feel comfortable doing so. I had trailed Corel Wordperfect Office and I liked it, but didn't wish to pay the price. This morning I got a sales pitch offering to sell WPO for $12.95. I suppose it's too late to take my do

Re: [users] Inserting field names

2008-04-28 Thread John W Kennedy
On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Alberto Muller wrote: Thank you John, I could have looked for the solution during a whole year. I don't understand the use of such a toggle. Maybe someone can explain to me. Well, for something as simple and easy to understand as a page number, it may not be s

[users] Re: Inserting field names

2008-04-28 Thread Jim Allan
Alberto Muller wrote: Thank you John, I could have looked for the solution during a whole year. I don't understand the use of such a toggle. Maybe someone can explain to me. It seems simple to me, but each of us has his or her own difficulties. But it’s quite normal in my experience in many p

[users] Re: Inserting field names

2008-04-28 Thread H.S.
Alberto Muller wrote: Thank you John, I could have looked for the solution during a whole year. I don't understand the use of such a toggle. Maybe someone can explain to me. Regards Here's my attempt. By toggling the fields one can view the underlying field codes (or names) and the entity th

Re: [users] RE: users Digest 28 Apr 2008 01:26:16 -0000 Issue 6440

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/4/28 Phil Woolwine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Please take me off your list. I uninstalled Open Office months ago and am > having a hard time eliminating your continued notifications. PLEASE!!! > > Phil Woolwine > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Nobody but you can take you off the list (prevents fraud, jape

[users] Draw - flow chart connectors

2008-04-28 Thread Craig White
I'm using the Draw program to make a rather complicated flow chart and I need to draw some connectors with multiple 90 degree turns (not just the default 2 turns). Is there someway I can add new points into the path to make a more complicated path? Craig -

[users] RE: users Digest 28 Apr 2008 01:26:16 -0000 Issue 6440

2008-04-28 Thread Phil Woolwine
Please take me off your list. I uninstalled Open Office months ago and am having a hard time eliminating your continued notifications. PLEASE!!! Phil Woolwine [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 6:26 PM To: us

Re: [users] Inserting field names

2008-04-28 Thread Alberto Muller
Thank you John, I could have looked for the solution during a whole year. I don't understand the use of such a toggle. Maybe someone can explain to me. Regards Alberto John W Kennedy a écrit : On Apr 28, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Alberto Muller wrote: I just discovered a bug (I think it is one, unle

Re: [users] Inserting field names

2008-04-28 Thread John W Kennedy
On Apr 28, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Alberto Muller wrote: I just discovered a bug (I think it is one, unless I did something wrong) in Writer : version 2.4 (French), XP 2nd edition, I had never noticed in older versions. If I want to insert a field at the bottom of the page I click Insert >>Page n

[users] Inserting field names

2008-04-28 Thread Alberto Muller
Hello all, I just discovered a bug (I think it is one, unless I did something wrong) in Writer : version 2.4 (French), XP 2nd edition, I had never noticed in older versions. If I want to insert a field at the bottom of the page I click Insert >>Page number or File name. Instead of obtaining t

[users] Re: Re: Re: [moderated] Envelope printing]

2008-04-28 Thread Twayne
> Harold Fuchs wrote: >> On 28/04/2008 00:31, Twayne wrote: >>> JOE, >> >> >> The "personal favourite" works fine for me ... >> It points to an article about printing envelopes in OOo Writer by >> Solveig Haugland so is pretty much guaranteed to give sound advice >> and information. > <> > > > Tha

[users] Re: OOCalc problem

2008-04-28 Thread Jim Allan
thomas steel wrote: Dear Jim: Thank you for your help & especially for expressing it simply. I have spent hours trying to follow! I couldn't make your steps work, but I did manage to unhide extensions another way. One of the problem files (to take an example) has the extension: ".xlsm.xlsm" (in

Re: [users] I am using Leopard and a MacBook Pro and OpenOffice OOo_2.4.0

2008-04-28 Thread Rodney Myers
On Apr 28, 2008, at 2:16 AM, iZzitakilla wrote: On 27 Apr 2008, at 16:15, Rodney Myers wrote: On Apr 26, 2008, at 7:42 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Apr 26, 2008, at 5:20 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [users] OpenOffice Slugdom

2008-04-28 Thread M Henri Day
2008/4/28 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The steps are the number of undo steps that it remembers (when you use > control Z). > I guess that even on a fresh load of the programme it sets aside enough > memory for the number of steps it is configured for > Of course you also do not need t

Re: [users] OpenOffice Slugdom

2008-04-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The steps are the number of undo steps that it remembers (when you use control Z). I guess that even on a fresh load of the programme it sets aside enough memory for the number of steps it is configured for Of course you also do not need to take as radical steps as in the blog referred to. I was

Re: [users] OpenOffice Slugdom

2008-04-28 Thread M Henri Day
2008/4/28 Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Guy Voets wrote: > > > 2008/4/28 M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > 2008/4/28 ccornell - OpenOffice.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dean Livingston wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > People... > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [users] OpenOffice Slugdom

2008-04-28 Thread Drew Jensen
Guy Voets wrote: 2008/4/28 M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2008/4/28 ccornell - OpenOffice.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Dean Livingston wrote: People... Why is OpenOffices' Writer sooo slow to open. Abi Word does not suffer from this. It is a fine piece of software. Are there c

Re: [users] OpenOffice Slugdom

2008-04-28 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
There are several blog entries around that describe ways you can tweak OpenOffice.org so that it launches faster... eg: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/08/18/how-to-speed-up-openoffice/ Note, it appears that you are not subscribed to the OpenOffice.org user mailing list, so I have CCed you.

Re: [users] OpenOffice Slugdom

2008-04-28 Thread Guy Voets
2008/4/28 M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/4/28 ccornell - OpenOffice.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Dean Livingston wrote: > > > > > People... > > > > > > Why is OpenOffices' Writer sooo slow to open. Abi Word does not suffer > > > from this. It is a fine piece of software. > > > Are there

Re: [users] OpenOffice Slugdom

2008-04-28 Thread M Henri Day
2008/4/28 ccornell - OpenOffice.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dean Livingston wrote: > > > People... > > > > Why is OpenOffices' Writer sooo slow to open. Abi Word does not suffer > > from this. It is a fine piece of software. > > Are there configuration things I should look at in OpenOffice? Very >

Re: [users] OpenOffice Slugdom

2008-04-28 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
Dean Livingston wrote: People... Why is OpenOffices' Writer sooo slow to open. Abi Word does not suffer from this. It is a fine piece of software. Are there configuration things I should look at in OpenOffice? Very frustrating. Can any one help?? There are several blog entries around that de

Re: [users] Case Sensitive Autocorrect?

2008-04-28 Thread mike scott
On 28 Apr 2008 at 10:13, Harold Fuchs wrote: > OOo 2.3 on Win XP Pro/SP2 > > I tried to set up a case sensitive autocorrection in Writer so that the > sequence \O (backslash, upper case letter oh) and \o (backslash, lower case > letter oh) would be changed to *different* things - actually upper an

Re: [users] I am using Leopard and a MacBook Pro and OpenOffice OOo_2.4.0

2008-04-28 Thread iZzitakilla
On 27 Apr 2008, at 16:15, Rodney Myers wrote: On Apr 26, 2008, at 7:42 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Apr 26, 2008, at 5:20 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am using Leopard and a MacBook Pro an

[users] Case Sensitive Autocorrect?

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
OOo 2.3 on Win XP Pro/SP2 I tried to set up a case sensitive autocorrection in Writer so that the sequence \O (backslash, upper case letter oh) and \o (backslash, lower case letter oh) would be changed to *different* things - actually upper and lower case Danish slashed letter oh (Ø and ø) respect

[users] Envelope printing (was: Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE)

2008-04-28 Thread mike scott
On 24 Apr 2008 at 18:59, Gordon & Bridget wrote: > How the hell do you print an envelope in open office writer? I have > never been so frustrated. It is so easy in Word 97. and it is the only > reason I continue to use Word. I have asked my partner about this and he > is just as frustrated as I

Re: [users] cannot install open office version 2.3

2008-04-28 Thread mike scott
On 26 Apr 2008 at 20:15, CIVAL wrote: > im would like my money refunded cannot install. please reply as to your > action You will need to approach whoever sold you the product if you wish a refund. This mailing list is staffed by volunteers who offer support in their own time, and have no co

Re: [users] Re: unsubscribe me

2008-04-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/4/28 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:31:54 +0100 > Harold Fuchs wrote: > > > On 22/04/2008 00:20, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > > Am 2008-04-20 14:00:17, schrieb JOE Conner: > > > > > >> Look at the last two lines of this message. The same two lines are > > >on > AL

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