[users] Suscripción, Subscription.

2008-08-24 Thread ALBERT ACERO
Deseo suscribirme como usuario avanzado de openoffice.org en Colombia para tener la oportunidad de recibir soporte técnico y resolver preguntas que a veces surgen en relación con el uso de este magnífico software. Deseo ser incluido en alguna lista o en alguna Comunidad de Usuarios de Openoffice.or

[users] Subscription OOo User

2008-08-24 Thread ALBERT ACERO
I want to subscribe as advanced user of openoffice.org in Colombia to have the opportunity to receive support technician and to solve questions that sometimes arise in connection with the use of this magnificent software. I want to be included in some list or in some Community of Users of Openoffic

[users] bibliography feature is primitive in OOo, any hope in newer versions?

2008-08-24 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am writing a technical report using Ooo 2.4.1 on Debian Linux. It is an experiment to see how OOo performs for an engineering report or paper writing. In my experience, OOo has most of the features covered as far as text body, headings and lists are concerned. Figure and table captions

Re: [users] Help color bug

2008-08-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:54 24/08/2008 -0400, Eustace Noname wrote: In my computer I use white text on blue background. When I open Help, the page contains a white rectangular box with white letters which are unreadable. If I highlight the text, everything is black. To read what is inside the rectangle I have to

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
William Case wrote: Hi Barbara; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 21:57 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: William Case wrote: Are you actually pulling up the "Applied Styles" subset of the various style types, using the dropdown selection at the bottom of the list? Those would seem to work as you

Re: [users] Who needs file locking?

2008-08-24 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Doug Germann wrote: Hi-- I for one. I have a small office with three people and a fourth seasonally. We work on the same files throughout the day and depend that they are accurate. Data corruption from two people editing the same file at the same time (last one to sa

Re: [users] Who needs file locking?

2008-08-24 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
Doug Germann wrote: Hi-- I for one. I have a small office with three people and a fourth seasonally. We work on the same files throughout the day and depend that they are accurate. Data corruption from two people editing the same file at the same time (last one to save wins!) means that our work

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi Barbara; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 21:57 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: > William Case wrote: > Are you actually pulling up the "Applied Styles" subset of the various > style types, using the dropdown selection at the bottom of the list? > Those would seem to work as you'd like, except that you ha

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
William Case wrote: On re-reading; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 20:22 -0400, William Case wrote: Hi Russell; On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 09:19 +1000, Russell Butler wrote: William Case wrote: Hi Harold; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:17 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 24/08/2008 18:38,

Re: [users] Blank spaces in sections - Please help!

2008-08-24 Thread Naomi Kramer
Hi Piers, Have you gotten any help with this? Something that's tripped me up a few times is quite a simple issue - having Keep with next paragraph, Orphan control, or Widow control set for a paragraph style can stuff up pagination in the way you describe. Feel free to send me the files to lo

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
On re-reading; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 20:22 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi Russell; > > On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 09:19 +1000, Russell Butler wrote: > > William Case wrote: > > > Hi Harold; > > > > > > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:17 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > >> On 24/08/2008 18:38, William Case wr

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi Russell; On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 09:19 +1000, Russell Butler wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Hi Harold; > > > > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:17 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> On 24/08/2008 18:38, William Case wrote: > >>> Hi; > >>> > > [snip] > Hi Bill > > Just a suggestion which could help for

[users] Help color bug

2008-08-24 Thread emf
In my computer I use white text on blue background. When I open Help, the page contains a white rectangular box with white letters which are unreadable. If I highlight the text, everything is black. To read what is inside the rectangle I have to either change the system's colors or to copy it a

[users] Conversion programs

2008-08-24 Thread emf
I tried to convert a WP document with the OOWriter to odt, but had some problems. Then I found the Zanzar (http://www.zamzar.com/) with which I had better results. At least it did not insert extra colors where none where specified, which were sometimes very difficult to remove. Has anybody her

[users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread Russell Butler
William Case wrote: Hi Harold; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:17 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 24/08/2008 18:38, William Case wrote: Hi; [snip] I don't know if it helps but you can move the entire toolbar somewhere else if you like. For example you can have it vertically down one side or the

Re: [users] Can Calc see multiple areas as a single large area? (Virtual address ranges)

2008-08-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:25 24/08/2008 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Imagine two data tables. One exists from $A$1 to $P$500, the second from >> $AA$1 to $AP$500. Within each table there is a set of 5 columns I need to >> use as a single, la

[users] Who needs file locking?

2008-08-24 Thread Doug Germann
Hi-- I for one. I have a small office with three people and a fourth seasonally. We work on the same files throughout the day and depend that they are accurate. Data corruption from two people editing the same file at the same time (last one to save wins!) means that our work loses. This is missio

Re: [users] Can Calc see multiple areas as a single large area? (Virtual address ranges)

2008-08-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:25 24/08/2008 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Imagine two data tables. One exists from $A$1 to $P$500, the second from $AA$1 to $AP$500. Within each table there is a set of 5 columns I need to use as a single, larger table. $F$1 to $J$500 and $AF$1 to $AJ$500. I could copy the second table belo

Re: [users] Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi Harold; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:17 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 24/08/2008 18:38, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > [snip] > > > I don't know if it helps but you can move the entire toolbar somewhere > else if you like. For example you can have it vertically down one side > or the other

Re: [users] Testing requests for two new features ?? -- More

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi all; While I am asking for the Sun I may as well ask for the Moon too. On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 13:38 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I have two issues that I would like to test before I put in a feature > request. The first on is simple; the second a bit more complex. > > 1) I have just

[users] Can Calc see multiple areas as a single large area? (Virtual address ranges)

2008-08-24 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Imagine two data tables. One exists from $A$1 to $P$500, the second from $AA$1 to $AP$500. Within each table there is a set of 5 columns I need to use as a single, larger table. $F$1 to $J$500 and $AF$1 to $AJ$500. I could copy the second table below the first making a single large table but

Re: [users] Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 24/08/2008 18:38, William Case wrote: Hi; I have two issues that I would like to test before I put in a feature request. The first on is simple; the second a bit more complex. 1) I have just purchased a wide 22" LCD so that I could get two documents on my screen side-by-side. My OOo Write

[users] Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi; I have two issues that I would like to test before I put in a feature request. The first on is simple; the second a bit more complex. 1) I have just purchased a wide 22" LCD so that I could get two documents on my screen side-by-side. My OOo Writer is zoomed to 106.25% which gives me room

Re: [users] Unsubscribe me

2008-08-24 Thread mike scott
On 24 Aug 2008 at 9:17, Wade Smart wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I want to unsubscribe. > > 20080824 0916 GMT-6 > > Bottom of every email: I wish it were. The OP's very request came minus the footers you point to, as did a couple of others from different

Re: [users] Default saved name now "Documents?"

2008-08-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 23/08/2008 18:40, Mark Hull-Richter wrote: I have noticed since installing OOo 2.4.1 that whenever I open a new text document and then go to save it, there is now a default title of "Documents" pre-supplied for me. This not only wrong, it is irritating. Any thoughts? mhr Which version o

Re: [users] spreadsheet problem

2008-08-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 24/08/2008 13:24, Jerry Feldman wrote: On 08/21/2008 05:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded a spreadsheet from a friend that was in excel. It says it is (read only) and is not functional. What can I do to make it functional? I didn't see a response to this. Please tell us what

Re: [users] Unsubscribe me

2008-08-24 Thread Wade Smart
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to unsubscribe. 20080824 0916 GMT-6 Bottom of every email: - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[users] Re: demo

2008-08-24 Thread Twayne
> Winnie Kwaramba wrote: >> I think I like Open office but is anyway I can get ademo >> >> > > Since you can get OpenOffice for free from www.openoffice.org, there's > no need for a demo. Just download it and install, at absolutely no > cost. If by demo, you mean you want to show it to others, yo

Re: [users] moving table from writer to impress

2008-08-24 Thread bill
Brian Barker wrote: At 14:30 23/08/2008 -0400, Bill Drescher wrote: If I highlight and copy a table from writer and then paste it in impress (as an OLE object) there appears to be a size limitation, i.e. the table is truncated in width and height. Since you have an embedded object, it is all

[users] Unsubscribe me

2008-08-24 Thread deejahun
I want to unsubscribe.

Re: [users] spreadsheet problem

2008-08-24 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 08/21/2008 05:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded a spreadsheet from a friend that was in excel. It says it is (read only) and is not functional. What can I do to make it functional? I didn't see a response to this. Please tell us what platform you are on (Windows, Mac, Linux)