[users] A problem I can't solve

I am writing a manuscript and wish to include lists of names of people. When I had microsoft, I could enter columns into text for a short period, and then return to full width text, and go back and forth. I have NOT been able to figure out how to do that with openoffice. I am totally frustrat

[users] Open Office Impress and 2003 PowerPoint Shows

Good day. I have a question that someone may be able to help with. I have a PowerPoint show that requires version 2003 or newer in order to properly run. The show runs on Impress, but when it tries to run the imbedded videos it always stalls. I do have PowerPoint 2003 and the show and videos

[users] [moderated]

HELP! I just downloaded Open Office thru my association with Michael Lancto's "My Team 2000" and onced the dowload was complete and I attempted to open one of the tabs I got the msg that my Browser needs to be updated to use this systtem? . Additionally when I attempted to Log-In I waa informe

[users] Help with File extesions

Help! Without boring you with my computer ignorance, I wonder if I can get an automatic file extension of "doc". If I forget to change written text that I attach to emails, others that use Microsoft or Mac programs can not open extension "odt". I can change my documents to "doc" but it is not a

[users] Start OpenOffice

Good day gentlemen, After having set up OpenOffice, I think succesfully, I seem to be unable to start the application. The folder shows me the files instmia.ex and instmiw.exe files, both reply with the remark . My OS is Windows XP. Could you tell me what may have gone wrong? Thank you in advance

Re: [users] [moderated]

Yep, it simply refuses to download. Is eventually asks for the platform which does NOT offer Vista. So I took XP Pro. I get a '1211370052556-integrated' button on my desktop. When I click on the Sun (tm) button the download manager appears with the odp-1.2-bin-windows-en-US.exe of 33858KB Response

[users] Golem-News: Microsoft Office lernt OpenDocument

Hinweis: Die untenstehende News der Golem.de-Redaktion wurde Ihnen (users@openoffice.org) auf Wunsch von dieter mit Hilfe der Funktion "Artikel-per-E-Mail senden" geschickt. Sollten derartige Zusendungen unerwuenscht sein, informieren Sie uns bitte per E-Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Kommentar v

[users] Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

Am 2008-05-20 19:48:46, schrieb Twayne: > IMO it's pretty much a waste of time and ether to be bothering with > PGP or any such cert-based methods in a newsgroup. And the few others I send out per day over 150 messages mostly going to developers lists and they may be sensibel sourcecodes i

[users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Duplicated Messages (was "Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office")

Am 2008-05-21 18:59:00, schrieb Brad Rogers: > Customer Support team. Especially as some unscrupulous vendors of OOo > "sell" this list as their "paid support". In the last 3 weeks I have found over 230 Websites, Online-Shops and eBay-Sales of them and have send out over 50 Messages to them... .

[users] Re: Want Spreadhsheet Only

Am 2008-05-20 18:42:12, schrieb NoOp: > Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. However, at $110 - $170 a pop I'd elect > to do the full OOo download, even over dialup :-) ...and buying additional a new BIG harddrive. :-) Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24

[users] How to install more then one language version on WindowsXP?

Hello, For training purpose I have the need to install OpenOffice in several languages (EN, DE, FR, ES, AR, TR and FA) and like to know, HOW CAN I do this under WindowsXP. The problem is, that the trainees do not speak EN/DE/FR so I have to use the AR (arabic) version for example. And no, the

[users] Re: Using OO text as e-mail message

Am 2008-05-20 01:59:24, schrieb Michelle Konzack: > Sorry, but I hate peoples writing "Hello Michelle" in UTF-8, put this > two words into 10 kByte HTML tags and add 50 kByte of CSS... > > I could stone such peoples ...or better the developers of such Software! Thanks, Greetings a

[users] Crashing converting a PPT file

Hi guys, Open Office is crashing for me whenever I try to load this PPT file: http://www.secureretailpayments.com/resources/verishield-protect-protecting-consumer-data.ppt It could fail, not crash... I have an older version so it may not be a problem in the newest OO system. (--version gives

[users] Re: Using OO text as e-mail message

Am 2008-05-20 17:19:34, schrieb Drew Jensen: > You did not - but the discussion is about the desire to have OO.o be the > editor for email so that one can compose these emails...kind of thought > you where suggesting that was an undesierable thing..perhaps I did not > understand correctlywhi

[users] HOW to SPLIT a book and printing it in booklet format [WAS: How to print 2 pages on one sheet of paper - booklet format]

Hi Brian and *, Am 2008-05-17 18:32:30, schrieb Brian Barker: > Writer can do better than this - creating what it calls a > brochure. It will print pages 4 and 1 on one side and then 2 and 3 > on the reverse. All you have to do is fold the paper, not to cut it, > and you will have the booklet

[users] Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

Am 2008-05-21 11:47:02, schrieb Twayne: > This one has no attachment here, is not blank and is entirely readable. > No problems with it. OE6 & IE7 on XP Pro SP2, read in Text Mode. I > have inline presentation turned on; always has been. You have correctly ^^

[users] Re: Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

Am 2008-05-21 11:41:45, schrieb Twayne: > Or the egos that wish to present them in such a style as to be a blank > post on a newsgroup, with an attachment ... It's unnecessary, silly and > keeps people from reading their posts, so if that's OK with them ... END OF REPLIED

[users] SOLVED: How to change the icon of a Panel button

The problem was that the the attempt to change the icon brought out a large selection of suggested replacement icons, none of which was appropriate. It also seems to be impossible to add additional icons to those provided, regardless of tile type. Since nobody here was able to suggest a soluti

[users] OpenOffice for Mac - MS-Acess

Hi, I've downloaded the Aqua Beta version of Openoffice to see if I could open an Access .mdb file. Although the Help referred to ADO as the way to open it I saw no such option on the Database Wizard. Ideas? Aj Clarke MBA Bsc (Eng) - (BT Content Processing) CSM - Lead - BPI Improve Ltd Mobile:

Re: [users] Re: Impress 2.2 and video

On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:01:09 -0700 David Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > On May 20, 2008, at 17:48 , John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > Are there any licensing entanglements with Quicktime that might upset > > the university? > For a corporate/closed source program, Quicktime is one of the le

[users] Re: Using OO text as e-mail message

Hi Lisi Am 2008-05-20 21:48:15, schrieb Lisi Reisz: > Me too! And when an email won't display any plain text (which seems to > happen > sometimes :-( ), I delete the email. HTML is more band-width heavy and can > carry viruses more easily than plain text. Besides being less legible. Becaus

Re: [users] Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

On Thursday 22 May 2008, James Knott wrote: >Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: >> James Knott wrote: >>> It's official! >>> http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsP >>>R.mspx >> >> It is a matter of trust can one trust Microsoft Corp. to play >> fair with doc standar

[users] Open Office/writer

I have recently had a problem when I use write program. When I click on File and then want to click on "Preview" it does not work. The word Preview shows only in grey and will not work When I use the spread sheet it works fine. How can I activate this function? Bill Klassen 604 859 9915 Email [

[users] old open office

I recently installed open off 2.4. I would like to know if I can get rid of the old open off 1.1.4? Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Beta Open Office 3 works in OSX Leopard

Hi Just want to report that I have been using the beta version for a week now with NO problems and so far total compabillity. And very much faster too. Happy I am about this! Recommend it I will... Marie FOTO & FORM Norra Strandvägen 7 473 34 HENÅN Tel: 0304 - 371 20, 0708 - 79 05 92 18 m

[users] Re: What Mac Version to Use?

Hello, amaloney schrieb: > I am using Mac OS X 10.5.2 on an Intel machine. > I have been using OOo Dev Dev300 from > http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/ You download a version which is newer than the 3.0 Beta and will lead to the final verion in autumn. > > > I notice tha

[users] OpenOffice v2.4 Installation Problem

I just did a "clean" install of my computer with Windows XP Home and installed the SP3 as well. I tried to install Ooo v2.4 but keep getting "internal error" notices for multiple CLSIDs. Is this a problem with OfficeOpen or the XP SP3? I am considering re-downloading OpenOffice again. I was tr

[users] icon floating on desktop

I'm new to mac and to open office, so I apologize most profusely for the stupidity of this question, and yet, I have to know! Why is there a pseudo harddrive icon labeled Open office.org floating around on my desktop? It bugged me, so I threw it in the trash. Was that ok? Why does Open offic

[users] Incrementing Calc cell value with 'button'

I have a calc sheet with a cell who's natural-number content must be incremented ++1 several times a day. Instead of retyping the new number over the old number, I would like to create a 'button' that increments the value by 1. I'm thinking that a clever if condition might help, but I'm not getting

Re: [users] Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008/5/22 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> read posts AND e-mails as 7-bit text only; it's called common sense. Er, common sense would be not using an email client that runs 'payloads' in email messages. I would love to hear of a real-world scenario where an automatic email macro would be

[users] Re: Crashing converting a PPT file

Alexis Wilke wrote: Hi guys, Open Office is crashing for me whenever I try to load this PPT file: http://www.secureretailpayments.com/resources/verishield-protect-protecting-consumer-data.ppt It could fail, not crash... I have an older version so it may not be a problem in the newest OO s

Re: [users] Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

2008/5/22 Ganesha Bhaskara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > James Knott wrote: >> >> It's official! >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx > > It is a matter of trust can one trust Microsoft Corp. to play fair > with doc standards ? > History says other

Re: [users] Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

Er, common sense would be not using an email client that runs 'payloads' in email messages. I would love to hear of a real-world scenario where an automatic email macro would be used for non-malicious purposes. Many years ago, the IT department where I worked used to use this "feature" to roll

Re: [users] How to install more then one language version on WindowsXP?

2008/5/22 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > For training purpose I have the need to install OpenOffice in several > languages (EN, DE, FR, ES, AR, TR and FA) and like to know, HOW CAN I do > this under WindowsXP. > > The problem is, that the trainees do not speak EN/DE/FR so I h

Re: [users] How to install more then one language version on WindowsXP?

Hello Michelle, 2008/5/23 Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/5/22 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello, > > > > For training purpose I have the need to install OpenOffice in several > > languages (EN, DE, FR, ES, AR, TR and FA) and like to know, HOW CAN I do > > this under Wind

Re: [users] old open office

2008/5/22 Luis C. Arauz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I recently installed open off 2.4. I would like to know if I can get rid > of the old open off 1.1.4? Thank you. > Yes, you can trash it. How depends on your OS: drag the folder to the trash bin (Mac), uninstall (MS)... -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua

Re: [users] A problem I can't solve

At 22:38 21/05/2008 -0400, Melvin Smith wrote: I am writing a manuscript and wish to include lists of names of people. When I had microsoft, I could enter columns into text for a short period, and then return to full width text, and go back and forth. I have NOT been able to figure out how to

Re: [users] A problem I can't solve

2008/5/22 Melvin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am writing a manuscript and wish to include lists of names of people. > When I had microsoft, I could enter columns into text for a short period, > and then return to full width text, and go back and forth. I have NOT been > able to figure out how

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

On Thu, 22 May 2008 17:08:40 -0700 (PDT) amaloney wrote: > > Twayne-2 wrote > > "If you are receiving over 140,000 > (assuming your "." was supposed to be a "," to indicate thousands), or > even if it's only 140/day" > > P > Twayne-2, please stop showing your American ignorance of the rest of >

Re: [users] Help with File extesions

2008/5/21 John Miskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Help! Without boring you with my computer ignorance, I wonder if I can get > an automatic file extension of "doc". If I forget to change written text > that I attach to emails, others that use Microsoft or Mac programs can not > open extension "odt".

Re: [users] Re: Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008/5/23 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We do need to make allowances on an international mailing list: > http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/getwr/steps/wrg_nmbr.mspx > The number format of an email is hard-coded, so the page linked is irrelevant. Unless you propose a patch to $emailCliento

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008/5/23 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We do need to make allowances on an international mailing list, abusing > people for not understanding something they have probably not come > across before doesn't help. You have to remember some people on the list > may not have even visited a non-En

Re: [users] Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

On Fri, 23 May 2008 11:44:22 +0300 Dotan Cohen wrote: > Microsoft has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity to > foul up interoperability. I so like that... I intend to quote you on that one with your permission. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner

Re: [users] Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

2008/5/23 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Microsoft has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity to >> foul up interoperability. > > I so like that... I intend to quote you on that one with your > permission. It is not mine: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abba_Eban Dotan Cohen http

Re: [users] Re: Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

On Wed, 21 May 2008 17:33:22 -0400 Twayne wrote: > > I get per day over 140.000 spams and valid GPG signed messages are > > an indice that my messages are not spam. > > One has nothing to do with the other. If you are receiving over > 140,000 (assuming your "." was supposed to be a "," to indica

Re: [users] Picking on the picky

On Thu, 22 May 2008 18:32:52 -0400 James Knott wrote: > > You might want to check your computer clock. It appears to be off by > several hours. > I've been guilty of this myself, but when you change the topic, you should change the subject for the thread. Mailing list police at attention - Si

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008/5/22 Ken Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > HELP! > > I just downloaded Open Office thru my association with Michael Lancto's "My > Team 2000" and onced the dowload was complete and I attempted to open one of > the tabs I got the msg that my Browser needs to be updated to use this > systtem? . > >

Re: [users] What Mac Version to Use?

Mechtilde This clarifies it for me succinctly. Danke! Al Maloney Mechtilde Stehmann-2 wrote: > >>Hello, >>amaloney schrieb: >> I am using Mac OS X 10.5.2 on an Intel machine. >> I have been using OOo Dev Dev300 from >> http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/ >>You downloa

Re: [users] HOW to SPLIT a book and printing it in booklet format [WAS: How to print 2 pages on one sheet of paper - booklet format]

At 15:10 22/05/2008 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: I am writing some very huge book of around 680 Pages (A5) each and since I do not want to use glue-bindings (Paper-Back), but stitched ones in the final version I have the need to split the Book into chunks of around 32-36 pages which would be

Re: [users] [moderated]

Miep Visser wrote: Yep, it simply refuses to download. Is eventually asks for the platform which does NOT offer Vista. So I took XP Pro. I get a '1211370052556-integrated' button on my desktop. When I click on the Sun (tm) button the download manager appears with the odp-1.2-bin-windows-en-US.exe

Re: [users] Start OpenOffice

Federico R. Bar wrote: Good day gentlemen, After having set up OpenOffice, I think succesfully, I seem to be unable to start the application. The folder shows me the files instmia.ex and instmiw.exe files, both reply with the remark . My OS is Windows XP. Could you tell me what may have gone wro

[users] Bullets in Writer.

Hi, I am new to this list, but bot totally new to OO. I use mainly Writer but am trying to get familiar with Base as well. I recently updated to 2.4, dutch version. I have Vista basic as OS. Eveything works fine, but something irritating happened. I have an existing document, made in Writer an

Re: [users] Help with File extesions

John Miskell wrote: Help! Without boring you with my computer ignorance, I wonder if I can get an automatic file extension of "doc". If I forget to change written text that I attach to emails, others that use Microsoft or Mac programs can not open extension "odt". I can change my documents to

Re: [users] old open office

Luis C. Arauz wrote: I recently installed open off 2.4. I would like to know if I can get rid of the old open off 1.1.4? Thank you. That would depend on your operating system. If you're using Windows, simply use Add/Remove Programs, which is located in the Control Panel, as you would with

Re: [users] [moderated]

Ken Trunk wrote: HELP! I just downloaded Open Office thru my association with Michael Lancto's "My Team 2000" and onced the dowload was complete and I attempted to open one of the tabs I got the msg that my Browser needs to be updated to use this systtem? . Additionally when I attempted to Lo

Re: [users] scim input works but can't display kanji on OO

2008/5/23 Paulo Jnkml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ok I was able to get OO to understand scim. > I just had to strictly follow the instructions on these pages: > > > http://www.scim-im.org/wiki/documentation/installation_and_configuration/all/system_configuration > http://www.scim-im.org/wiki/faq/genera

Re: [users] Open Office Impress and 2003 PowerPoint Shows

Mike and Jean Domony wrote: Good day. I have a question that someone may be able to help with. I have a PowerPoint show that requires version 2003 or newer in order to properly run. The show runs on Impress, but when it tries to run the imbedded videos it always stalls. I do have PowerPoi

Re: [users] Microsoft and ODF

web at work wrote: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3832 Here is another article. I say this one first. It talked like PC World scooped MS's anouncement. I had loaded FireFox with all of the MS/ODF articles listed on this list and will be reading them. MS is planning something. That is t

Re: [users] Re: Microsoft and ODF

Fred A. Miller wrote: NoOp wrote: On 05/22/2008 03:57 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote: James Knott wrote: You might want to check your computer clock. It appears to be off by several hours. Thanks, James! I've be messing with openSUSE Betta 3 and now am back to 10.3

Re: [users] Character Encodings

On Fri, 23 May 2008 11:35:08 +0300 Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/5/22 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > My messages are ALWAYS 7-bit if I write in english. Otherwise they > > are using iso-8859-1, iso-8859-15 (german with Euro) or maybe > > iso-10646-1(utf-8). > > Why ISO-8859-15 at a

[users] sending as attachment with Aqua 3.0.0 beta

Hello Sending mail (Send as...) doesn't work in my 3.0.0 beta for Mac (Aqua). It works for the OOo 2.4 with X11, but in the 3 beta, the program says it can't find a working email configuration (even if Mail is chosen in Tools>Options>Internet>Email). Is it a known bug, or is there some solution?

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

On Fri, 23 May 2008 12:42:08 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly. Americans enjoy an extremely low border-length/area ratio, > and are thus exposed to very little outside culture. Add that to their > very diverse landscape, and they have little reason to travel outside > their

Re: [users] OpenOffice for Mac - MS-Acess

Andrewjohn Clarke wrote: Hi, I've downloaded the Aqua Beta version of Openoffice to see if I could open an Access .mdb file. And now you know. Although the Help referred to ADO as the way to open it I saw no such option on the Database Wizard. That is because ADO ( Active Data Obje

Re: [users] Columns deficiency? [Was: Newspaper style -- brain cramp ??]

Hi, Michael Adams wrote: John Kaufmann wrote: I do not think that page styles should be used as layout tools, for that purpose a template is much more appropriate IMHO. Agreed, I think. A page (a physical entity) *does* have certain inherent characteristics (like margins, header/footer, ...

[users] OO for Mac for Lawyers

From: jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 21, 2008 5:09:25 PM PDT To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] OO for Mac for Lawyers [snip] Do any of these work? http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/ legal/index.html http://www.wordautomation.com/calpleading

[users] Calc question on how to automatically extend a sheet

I have a spreadsheet whose depth depends on an actuarial table. So, for an example I have a sheet that extends for 10 years, with each row representing a month: Row Dateperiod time 11 5/23/2008 1 0 12 6/23/2008 1 2 122 5/23/2008 1

[users] Re: Calc question on how to automatically extend a sheet

On Fri, 23 May 2008 09:43:43 -0400 Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a spreadsheet whose depth depends on an actuarial table. So, for > an example I have a sheet that extends for 10 years, with each row > representing a month: > Row Dateperiod time > 115/23/2008 1

[users] Re: Start OpenOffice

Federico R. Bar wrote: Good day gentlemen, After having set up OpenOffice, I think succesfully, I seem to be unable to start the application. The folder shows me the files instmia.ex and instmiw.exe files, both reply with the remark . My OS is Windows XP. Could you tell me what may have gone wro

Re: [users] Incrementing Calc cell value with 'button'

On Fri, 23 May 2008 11:28:12 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a calc sheet with a cell who's natural-number content must be > incremented ++1 several times a day. Instead of retyping the new > number over the old number, I would like to create a 'button' that > increments th

Re: [users] Incrementing Calc cell value with 'button'

2008/5/23 Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 23 May 2008 11:28:12 +0300 > "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have a calc sheet with a cell who's natural-number content must be >> incremented ++1 several times a day. Instead of retyping the new >> number over the old number, I

[users] Re: Open Office/writer

Bill and Helen Klassen wrote: I have recently had a problem when I use write program. When I click on File and then want to click on "Preview" it does not work. The word Preview shows only in grey and will not work When I use the spread sheet it works fine. How can I activate this function?

[users] Re: OpenOffice v2.4 Installation Problem

Michael Turner wrote: I just did a "clean" install of my computer with Windows XP Home and installed the SP3 as well. I tried to install Ooo v2.4 but keep getting "internal error" notices for multiple CLSIDs. Is this a problem with OfficeOpen or the XP SP3? I am considering re-downloading Ope

[users] Re: Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/5/23 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Microsoft has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity to foul up interoperability. I so like that... I intend to quote you on that one with your permission. It is not mine: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abba_Eban Was

Re: [users] Columns deficiency? [Was: Newspaper style -- brain cramp ??]

In a message dated 2008.05.23 08:59 -0500, Uwe Fischer wrote: I've written some thoughts about columns in Writer pages in the OpenOffice.org Tips 'n' Tricks blog: http://blogs.sun.com/oootnt/entry/text_in_columns Thank you! That is a nice complement to Michele's answer. If I had seen it ear

[users] Re: Character Encodings

Michael Adams wrote: NOTE: Microsoft defied this and used those character spaces for their "smart quotes" and other characters in the WINDOWS-1252 encoding which does not have a lot of approval as an international standard except by IANA (the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) for web use. Q

Re: [users] Bullets in Writer.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/5/23 Chérie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I am new to this list, but bot totally new to OO. I use mainly Writer but > am trying to get familiar with Base as well. > > I recently updated to 2.4, dutch version. > I have Vista basic as OS. > Eveything works fine, but somethin

Re: [users] [moderated]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/5/22 Ken Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > HELP! > > I just downloaded Open Office thru my association with Michael Lancto's "My > Team 2000" and onced the dowload was complete and I attempted to open one of > the tabs I got the msg that my Browser needs to be updated to use thi

Re: [users] icon floating on desktop

On May 22, 2008, at 17:23 , Donna Munro wrote: I'm new to mac and to open office, so I apologize most profusely for the stupidity of this question, and yet, I have to know! There's an appropriate saying here [it's an oldie but a goodie]: the only stupid question is the one that isn't asked

[users] Re: OO for Mac for Lawyers

On 05/23/2008 06:14 AM, David Clark wrote: [snip] > > *** > > My version of Word did not include a pleading wizard. And, I'm just > not a programmer and have no desire to learn at this stage of my > life. I suppose I could hire someone, and maybe I'll give that some > con

Re: [users] Re: Want Spreadhsheet Only

Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/5/21 jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: NoOp wrote: No. Just as you cannot just install MS Excel as a standalone program, OpenOffice.org is an office suite. Excel is available as a stand alone program. http://www.buy.com/prod/microsoft-excel-mac-2008-complete-product-1

Re: [users] Re: Using OO text as e-mail message

Drew Jensen wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/5/20 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sorry, but I hate peoples writing "Hello Michelle" in UTF-8, put this two words into 10 kByte HTML tags and add 50 kByte of CSS... I could stone such peoples You forgot the 78k animat

[users] OOo licence

I'm hoping to make a CD of OOo plus some of the online documentation (maybe some of my own notes) with a view to giving away copies (or maybe selling at a nominal cost - haven't decided yet) at a church coffee morning. I thought I'd check the exact wording of the LGPL licence first though. It

Re: [users] Re: Using OO text as e-mail message

2008/5/23 Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't load images into my email messages. Blocks those stupid little > tracking/email confirming *.gifs. > Thunderbird and Kmail default configurations do not automatically download images linked to on the web, but display images MIME encoded in the

Re: [users] Re: Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

2008/5/23 Jim Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Wasn't it Microsoft who invented ODBC which has been generally adopted in > the Linux and Unix world as well? As well as other technologies now in common use in *nix OSes. > How has Microsoft screwed up Unicode? (Yes, I am aware that the identify the > \

[users] Re: [moderated]

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 2008/5/22 Ken Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> HELP! >> >> I just downloaded Open Office thru my association with Michael >> Lancto's "My Team 2000" and onced the dowload was complete and I >> attempted to open one of the tabs I got the msg that my Browser >> needs to be upda

[users] Re: OO for Mac for Lawyers

David Clark wrote: My version of Word did not include a pleading wizard. And, I'm just not a programmer and have no desire to learn at this stage of my life. I suppose I could hire someone, and maybe I'll give that some consideration. Well, I am not a lawyer, but I have provided in the past

[users] Re: Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

Dotan Cohen wrote: I don't see where MS was accused of ruining Unicode. Where was that stated, other than in general statements regarding the company? Well, when people accuse Microsoft of destroying every standard, Unicode should surely be counted among them. Jim Allan -

Re: [users] Re: Microsoft and ODF

John Thompson wrote: On 2008-05-22, Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you thinking JScript, Microsofts answer to Netscapes Javascript? I think he is referring to - Microsoft started made some changes to to the java language's implementation for Windows platforms primarily

[users] Groklaw - South Africa Files Official Appeal Re OOXML - OOXML in Limbo Now

Here's the "official" word from Groklaw http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080523130503456 -- Use OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [E

Re: [users] Re: Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

Jim Allan wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/5/23 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Microsoft has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity to foul up interoperability. I so like that... I intend to quote you on that one with your permission. It is not mine: http://en.wikiquote.org/wik

Re: [users] Character Encodings

On May 23, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Michael Adams wrote: This bit i am fairly hazy about: UTF-16 allows 256 * 256 or 65500+ characters and UTF-32 allows 256 * 256 * 256 * 256 characters and are International standards. Not precisely. UTF-16 allows 256 * 256 - 2048 + 1024 * 1024, or 1,112,064 charac

Re: [users] Re: Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

2008/5/23 Jim Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I don't see where MS was accused of ruining Unicode. Where was that >> stated, other than in general statements regarding the company? > > Well, when people accuse Microsoft of destroying every standard, Unicode > should surely be counted among them. > I

Re: [users] Groklaw - South Africa Files Official Appeal Re OOXML - OOXML in Limbo Now

2008/5/23 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Here's the "official" word from Groklaw > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080523130503456 > -- > Use OpenOffice.org > > - > To unsubscribe, e-ma

[users] OO for Mac for Lawyers

From: NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 23, 2008 8:45:35 AM PDT To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: OO for Mac for Lawyers On 05/23/2008 06:14 AM, David Clark wrote: [snip] *** My version of Word did not include a pleading wizard. And, I'm just not a programmer and have

Re: [users] Re: Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

On May 23, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Jim Allan wrote: Wasn’t it Microsoft who invented ODBC which has been generally adopted in the Linux and Unix world as well? It's glue. Not even Microsoft can sell broken glue. How has Microsoft screwed up Unicode? (Yes, I am aware that the identify the \ chara

[users] Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

On 05/23/2008 02:42 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/5/23 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> We do need to make allowances on an international mailing list, abusing >> people for not understanding something they have probably not come >> across before doesn't help. You have to remember some people

Re: [users] Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008/5/23 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think that your myopic views (and this thread) are more appropriate on > [EMAIL PROTECTED] True, but the subject was raised here so here I replied. I will not encourage further list erosion by posting new material, but I will counter these points. > Before

Re: [users] dragon speak software

To none and ALL: In a word, YES! none wrote: Will open office writer work with dragon speak software - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

[users] Re: Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office: Move enhances customer choice and interoperability with Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.

John W Kennedy wrote: On May 23, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Jim Allan wrote: Wasn’t it Microsoft who invented ODBC which has been generally adopted in the Linux and Unix world as well? It's glue. Not even Microsoft can sell broken glue. How has Microsoft screwed up Unicode? (Yes, I am aware that the

[users] Re: OO for Mac for Lawyers

David Clark wrote: From: NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 23, 2008 8:45:35 AM PDT To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: OO for Mac for Lawyers On 05/23/2008 06:14 AM, David Clark wrote: [snip] *** My version of Word did not include a pleading wizard. And, I'm just not a

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