Re: [users] Regression in headers and footers in MS-Word export

2008-06-01 Thread Sander Marechal
Richard Detwiler wrote: Sander Marechal wrote: Cor Nouws wrote: (PS Send cc to you because you're not subscribed to the list. Pls mail to list only, and consider subscribing) Eh? I'm subscribed. I'm just subscribed to the list with my work address while I filed the bug under my home address

[users] general imput/output error

2008-06-01 Thread Alex Kitney
Hi Have just downloaded your open office progam, all installed OK. But when i try and open any of my Microsoft Works (wps) documents I get an error message on the screen saying 'general input/output error' and the document fails to open? I am not that comuter literate so any advice or help,

Re: [users] Can not open the down load

2008-06-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/06/2008 07:01, Donald Corderoy wrote: I can not open the Openoffice download as it said I have a bad zip file And the down load site will not permit me to re down load the program again Both these comments indicate that you have downloaded from the wrong place. The right place is

[users] Can not open the down load

2008-06-01 Thread Donald Corderoy
I can not open the Openoffice download as it said I have a bad zip file And the down load site will not permit me to re down load the program again Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/mail

Re: [users] Urgent

2008-06-01 Thread Girard Aquino
you paid for your copy of OOo? isn't the problem with your web browser and not OOo? Lloyd wrote: I recently bought OOo and am not a technical person. I am pretty pleased in general but since I installed OOo the format for, Hotmail, and Yahoo mail pages have opened in a format that looks

[users] Re: Emailing: CARTA INTESTATA.odm.odt

2008-06-01 Thread giuseppe botturi
Hi Anthony, you helped me to open a text file few month ago. now I've got the same problem, and unforfunately I'm not familiar with zip. How can I open a text file as a zip? thanx in advance giuseppe botturi - Original Message - From: A Chilco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

[users] fichier 2.3 oppen office

2008-06-01 Thread alain
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[users] Urgent

2008-06-01 Thread Lloyd
I recently bought OOo and am not a technical person. I am pretty pleased in general but since I installed OOo the format for, Hotmail, and Yahoo mail pages have opened in a format that looks like some underlying platform, which makes them virtually unreadable. I am also unable to open any pages

[users] [moderated]

2008-06-01 Thread Eiland, David [CK]
I have about 500 children that I need to track and ensure that they are returned to their parents at the conclusion of the event. I envision a database that contains 10-12 data elements for each child. When the parents bring their child(ren) I need to: 1) Query their Last Name 2) Select the

[users] how does one reload the data in an existing database

2008-06-01 Thread Tom Pajak
I have an existing database, for which I would like to delete all of the existing records and reload a fresh set of data. I will need to do this repetitively. After searching in some of the forums and support documentation, I have not been able to find anything that guides me in how to do that. I

[users] spell check

2008-06-01 Thread Bill
I cannot get the spelling checker to work. I can type rubbish and the spell checker will pass it as all right. Is the dictionary missing? Any suggestions better than uninstall and reinstall? I've used OO before on different machines without probems. Bill

Re: [users] Microsoft Office

2008-06-01 Thread Girard Aquino
yes. although you have to watch for certain settings that might affect which application suite handles different files. just read the installation instructions and you'll get it. also check the different settings of OOo for the default file format for different documents. Beth wrote: Can

[users] Installed OK but cannot find Open Office Application

2008-06-01 Thread cliff_jones
I have successfully installed (twice) X11 User for Mac OS X on my Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 Power PC G4 I can neither find open office in the Applications not the Utilities folder. Can anyone help please? Thanks in anticipation Cliff

[users] Overwhelmed with icons, where is the writing program located???

2008-06-01 Thread rechele bastarache
Hello everyone! I am interested in using openoffice for word processing purposes. I downloaded the entire suite, because from what I understand, you can no longer download specific programs. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) So I have tons of new icons now but cannot locate the writing

[users] [moderated]

2008-06-01 Thread loretta orrante
i have an e-mail i cannot access because i am not a member of your org. i registered and was successful by logging on i rec'd a welcoming notebut when i tried to access that orig. e-mail, i got the pop up again asking me to reg. do i have to wait ,before i try to open up that mail?

Re: [users] fichier 2.3 oppen office

2008-06-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 31/05/2008 21:42, alain wrote: bonjour je n'arrive plus a ouvrir ce dossier pouvez vous m' aider ? merci This is an English language support group. To discuss your problem in French please send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, I think you will ne to give more details about what you

Re: [users] Overwhelmed with icons, where is the writing program located???

2008-06-01 Thread Girard Aquino
if you've used MS office, then they're pretty much the same. Writer = Word Impress = Powerpoint Calc = Excel rechele bastarache wrote: Hello everyone! I am interested in using openoffice for word processing purposes. I downloaded the entire suite, because from what I understand, you can

[users] Queries

2008-06-01 Thread William Buffett
I just joined, but I'm not sure OpenOffice can help me. I'm a writer and use my computer to email friends as well as to write and to do various household matters. If you can help, 'd sure like to know where to begin. Thanks, Bill Buffett

[users] Need Help for OpenOffice....

2008-06-01 Thread Suneel Gandham
Hi I am Suneel. Recently I have started using OpenOffice. I am facing performance problems with OpenSource. While converting it is taking more time. Ex. For a files of 8MB it is taking 2 Min. How can I improve the performance.? Below are the details... 1) I am

[users] How to get Open Office Chart

2008-06-01 Thread James Ashley
Dear Open Office Team I have receantly downloaded open office 3 beta, (it is very good) and i was looking around for some extencions, so i went to your website, then to the extencion page, then i clicked on the by applications page and it came up with Open Office Chart. I don't know how to get

[users] Installation error

2008-06-01 Thread Nick Fraser
I have an interesting installation situation: I downloaded OpenOffice and tried to run it on my computer. I got a message The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete. This could be the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a virus. You may want to contact the

Re: [users] Are .doc files always printed landscape?

2008-06-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 30 May 2008, Brian Barker wrote: At 09:35 29/05/2008 -0400, you wrote: Yes, as I was selecting which printer to send it to. Its one of the options in that window. OpenOffice sees the printer settings and the page format as two distinct things. And I found it set to landscape. Duh...

[users] power point

2008-06-01 Thread Sylvia Velez
I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I MADE USING OPEN OFFICE, I DOWNLOADED nbsp;THE PRESENTATION IN A FLASH DRIVE AND I TRIED TO OPEN IT IN A ANOTHER COMPUTER THAT HAS MICROSOFT OFFICE, THE PRESENTATION NEVER OPEN. nbsp; I TRIED IN 2 MORE COMPUTERS BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. nbsp; WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? nbsp; I

[users] Microsoft Office

2008-06-01 Thread Beth
Can OpenOffice.org be ran on the same machine as Microsoft Office XP?

Re: [users] general imput/output error

2008-06-01 Thread Tito Rabini
Dear Alex I am a private user of open office ad I never sent anithing to yo. Good by TR Il giorno 29/mag/08, alle ore 15:09, Alex Kitney ha scritto: Hi Have just downloaded your open office progam, all installed OK. But when i try and open any of my Microsoft Works (wps) documents I

Re: [users] power point

2008-06-01 Thread James Knott
Sylvia Velez wrote: I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I MADE USING OPEN OFFICE, I DOWNLOADED nbsp;THE PRESENTATION IN A FLASH DRIVE AND I TRIED TO OPEN IT IN A ANOTHER COMPUTER THAT HAS MICROSOFT OFFICE, THE PRESENTATION NEVER OPEN. nbsp; I TRIED IN 2 MORE COMPUTERS BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. nbsp; WHAT DO

Re: [users] Overwhelmed with icons, where is the writing program located???

2008-06-01 Thread James Knott
rechele bastarache wrote: Hello everyone! I am interested in using openoffice for word processing purposes. I downloaded the entire suite, because from what I understand, you can no longer download specific programs. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) So I have tons of new icons now but

[users] Re: Overwhelmed with icons, where is the writing program located???

2008-06-01 Thread Andrew Ziem
rechele bastarache wrote: Hello everyone! I am interested in using openoffice for word processing purposes. I downloaded the entire suite, because from what I understand, you can no longer download specific programs. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) So I have tons of new icons now but

Re: [users] Urgent

2008-06-01 Thread James Knott
Lloyd wrote: I recently bought OOo and am not a technical person. I am pretty pleased in general but since I installed OOo the format for, Hotmail, and Yahoo mail pages have opened in a format that looks like some underlying platform, which makes them virtually unreadable. I am also

Re: [users] general imput/output error

2008-06-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:09:13 +0100 Alex Kitney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Have just downloaded your open office progam, all installed OK. But when i try and open any of my Microsoft Works (wps) documents I get an error message on the screen saying 'general input/output error' and the

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-06-01 Thread Joseph
loretta orrante wrote: i have an e-mail i cannot access because i am not a member of your org. i registered and was successful by logging on i rec'd a welcoming notebut when i tried to access that orig. e-mail, i got the pop up again asking me to reg. do i have to wait ,before i

Re: [users] Can not open the down load

2008-06-01 Thread James Knott
Donald Corderoy wrote: I can not open the Openoffice download as it said I have a bad zip file And the down load site will not permit me to re down load the program again I suspect you download from a site where you paid for OpenOffice. This is not necessary, as OpenOffice is a free

Re: [users] Installation error

2008-06-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 31/05/2008 03:22, Nick Fraser wrote: I have an interesting installation situation: I downloaded OpenOffice and tried to run it on my computer. I got a message The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete. This could be the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or

Re: [users] how does one reload the data in an existing database

2008-06-01 Thread Drew Jensen
Tom Pajak wrote: I have an existing database, for which I would like to delete all of the existing records and reload a fresh set of data. I will need to do this repetitively. After searching in some of the forums and support documentation, I have not been able to find anything that guides me

Re: [users] Bloated PDFs?

2008-06-01 Thread Alan C. Baird
Thanks for the info, John! Here are the files in question: OOo: http://www.9timezones.com/s/ooga.pdf Word: http://www.9timezones.com/s/oogaf.pdf This is what my untrained eye noticed: the OOo file has Fast Web View set to No, and uses PDF Version 1.4 (Acrobat 5.x), rather than 1.2 (Acrobat 3.x).

[users] Re: Urgent (problem opening web pages)

2008-06-01 Thread Andrew Ziem
Lloyd wrote: I recently bought OOo and am not a technical person. I am pretty pleased in general but since I installed OOo the format for, Hotmail, and Yahoo mail pages have opened in a format that looks like some underlying platform, which makes them virtually unreadable. I am also unable

[users] Re: general imput/output error

2008-06-01 Thread Andrew Ziem
Alex Kitney wrote: Hi Have just downloaded your open office progam, all installed OK. But when i try and open any of my Microsoft Works (wps) documents I get an error message on the screen saying 'general input/output error' and the document fails to open? I am not that comuter literate so

Re: [users] Queries

2008-06-01 Thread James Knott
William Buffett wrote: I just joined, but I'm not sure OpenOffice can help me. I'm a writer and use my computer to email friends as well as to write and to do various household matters. If you can help, 'd sure like to know where to begin. You haven't said much about your requirements,

Re: [users] Microsoft Office

2008-06-01 Thread James Knott
Beth wrote: Can OpenOffice.org be ran on the same machine as Microsoft Office XP? Yes, you can have both OpenOffice and Microsoft Office installed on the same computer. One thing to watch for, is during the install, you'll be asked if you wish to make OpenOffice the default application

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-06-01 Thread Drew Jensen
Saludos David, Not really any thing that I can think of to point you to. Quick question if I may - What exactly is it that you need a tutorial for? Are you comfortable with doing mail merge functions? Do you need to know how to create a single table databse? Eiland, David [CK] wrote: I have

Re: [users] Overwhelmed with icons, where is the writing program located???

2008-06-01 Thread Joseph
James Knott wrote: rechele bastarache wrote: Hello everyone! I am interested in using openoffice for word processing purposes. I downloaded the entire suite, because from what I understand, you can no longer download specific programs. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) So I have tons

Re: [users] Overwhelmed with icons, where is the writing program located???

2008-06-01 Thread James Knott
Joseph wrote: James Knott wrote: rechele bastarache wrote: Hello everyone! I am interested in using openoffice for word processing purposes. I downloaded the entire suite, because from what I understand, you can no longer download specific programs. (Please correct me if I am wrong.)

Re: [users] power point

2008-06-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 31/05/2008 15:16, Sylvia Velez wrote: I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I MADE USING OPEN OFFICE, I DOWNLOADED nbsp;THE PRESENTATION IN A FLASH DRIVE AND I TRIED TO OPEN IT IN A ANOTHER COMPUTER THAT HAS MICROSOFT OFFICE, THE PRESENTATION NEVER OPEN. nbsp; I TRIED IN 2 MORE COMPUTERS BUT IT DIDN'T

Re: [users] Need Help for OpenOffice....

2008-06-01 Thread VĂ©ro Bonnard
http://www.arisglobal.com/ 2008/5/30 Suneel Gandham [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi I am Suneel. Recently I have started using OpenOffice. I am facing performance problems with OpenSource. While converting it is taking more time. Ex. For a files of 8MB it is taking 2 Min. How can I

[users] Re: Microsoft Office

2008-06-01 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Beth wrote: Can OpenOffice.org be ran on the same machine as Microsoft Office XP? Hi Beth, Yup Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks!

[users] Re: PDF import: Full functional viewing capabilities?

2008-06-01 Thread Andrew Ziem
Acrobat Reader and OpenOffice.org are not redundant to each other. I expect you will get poor results compared to Adobe Acrobat Reader, which requires only a small portion of today's huge hard drives, so why go through the hassle? Andrew Bobo Otmas wrote: Maybe it's not the intention, but

Re: [users] Installed OK but cannot find Open Office Application

2008-06-01 Thread David Lowe
On May 31, 2008, at 13:17 , cliff_jones wrote: I have successfully installed (twice) X11 User for Mac OS X on my Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 Power PC G4 I can neither find open office in the Applications not the Utilities folder. Okeh, you've X11 installed. That's a great first step. Now

[users] Re: spell check

2008-06-01 Thread Russell Butler
Bill wrote: I cannot get the spelling checker to work. I can type rubbish and the spell checker will pass it as all right. Is the dictionary missing? Any suggestions better than uninstall and reinstall? I've used OO before on different machines without probems. Bill Hi Bill Look at

[users] Impress doesn't like Draw

2008-06-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
So I have this graphic created in Draw. It is an .odg graphic, and Draw seems to have no ability to save in any alternative standard formats. I try to place the graphic on a slide in Impress and Impress can't even see the file because apparently it can't handle the .odg format. This sounds so

Re: [users] Impress doesn't like Draw

2008-06-01 Thread James Knott
John Jason Jordan wrote: So I have this graphic created in Draw. It is an .odg graphic, and Draw seems to have no ability to save in any alternative standard formats. I try to place the graphic on a slide in Impress and Impress can't even see the file because apparently it can't handle the .odg

Re: [users] Impress doesn't like Draw

2008-06-01 Thread Drew Jensen
John Jason Jordan wrote: So I have this graphic created in Draw. It is an .odg graphic, and Draw seems to have no ability to save in any alternative standard formats. I try to place the graphic on a slide in Impress and Impress can't even see the file because apparently it can't handle the .odg

Re: [users] Impress doesn't like Draw

2008-06-01 Thread Drew Jensen
Drew Jensen wrote: John Jason Jordan wrote: So I have this graphic created in Draw. It is an .odg graphic, and Draw seems to have no ability to save in any alternative standard formats. I try to place the graphic on a slide in Impress and Impress can't even see the file because apparently it

Re: [users] Impress doesn't like Draw

2008-06-01 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:39 01/06/2008 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: So I have this graphic created in Draw. It is an .odg graphic, and Draw seems to have no ability to save in any alternative standard formats. I try to place the graphic on a slide in Impress and Impress can't even see the file because

[users] Re: Bloated PDFs?

2008-06-01 Thread John Thompson
On 2008-06-01, Alan C. Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info, John! Here are the files in question: OOo: http://www.9timezones.com/s/ooga.pdf Word: http://www.9timezones.com/s/oogaf.pdf This is what my untrained eye noticed: the OOo file has Fast Web View set to No, and uses

[users] Graphing question for Calc

2008-06-01 Thread Allen
Hi Gang, Okay, I'm making a hash of this, but then I've never had to do much graphing. What I want is a bar graph that has seven segments divided into 24 blocks on the X axis. Each segment is a day of the week, and each block is an hour of the day from 00:00:01 to 23:59:59. The Y axis is

[users] Re: How to get Open Office Chart

2008-06-01 Thread Russell Butler
James Ashley wrote: Dear Open Office Team I have receantly downloaded open office 3 beta, (it is very good) and i was looking around for some extencions, so i went to your website, then to the extencion page, then i clicked on the by applications page and it came up with Open Office Chart. I

Re: [users] Graphing question for Calc

2008-06-01 Thread JOE Conner
I am not sure what you really want. Check the attachment and give further requirements. i think an X-Y chart would make more sense, but your preference governs. Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA Allen wrote: Hi Gang, Okay, I'm making a hash of this, but then I've never had to do much graphing.

Re: [users] Impress doesn't like Draw

2008-06-01 Thread Girard Aquino
only problem i have with this method is having a white background around the output file (png or jpg). James Knott wrote: John Jason Jordan wrote: So I have this graphic created in Draw. It is an .odg graphic, and Draw seems to have no ability to save in any alternative standard formats. I