Re: [users] Re: OOo ver. RC1 for ver.3, does it mean that the final ver.3 will be out shortly?

2008-09-09 Thread Michele
2008/9/10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm using WinXP Home Edition with SP2 and all security patches. > > NoOp schrieb: > > On 09/09/2008 05:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> There is some big problem with the rc1. After installing it you get by >>> first start the screen where y

[users] Calc: can not control font in cells

2008-09-09 Thread Bill Bailey
New user question: When pasting data into OOo Calc 2.4 from another source, such as a web page, the data is displayed in a font other than the one specified when the cells were formatted. For example, the cell format might be set for Tahoma Regular 9 but the pasted data will be displayed in an

[users] Dictionary Questions

2008-09-09 Thread John R. Sowden
When I check spelling, I notice, under 2.4, that there are 4 dictionaries: sun, soffice, novell, and standard. 1) why is there more than 1 dictionary? 2) are they different, or used differently by other programs? 3) which is the best one to use, and why? and finally: 4) if I "add" a special word

[users] Re: how to use this newsgroup better?!

2008-09-09 Thread H.S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > what is the name of this newsgroupserver? I want to use this newsgroup > better with my mail client. Now I cannot set the newsgroup as a > newsgroup in my mail client what makes hard to get rid of or sort the > postings. I get much chaos here. Thanks in advance. Th

Re: [users] Deleting fonts

2008-09-09 Thread Rob Clement
Mat wrote: How do I delete the fonts that were installed (apparently) by OOOrg? They are taking up almost 300 MB on my hard drive. Are some of them essential to the program? I've not been able to get help elsewhere for this problem. Thanks in advance! mat You do not tell us wht operatin

Re: [users] Re: Upgraded to Ver. 2.4. Now all printing fails.

2008-09-09 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi Russell, Sorry. I should have written back. I solved it this afternoon by removing the 8859-1 entry from my /etc/locale.gen file, running locale-gen to regenerate the locales, and then restarting cupsd. After doing that it's printing just fine. I have no idea why the new version of OO sho

Re: [users] UNO/API problems

2008-09-09 Thread norseman
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: norseman wrote: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: norseman wrote: This is just the latest effort. ALL efforts to use all posted stuff found to date to connect have failed. I am not sure what you are really asking in your long email, but, when you say that you can

Re: [users] Template/Header Problem

2008-09-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:45 10/09/2008 +0800, Rob Clement wrote: The simplest way to solve your problem is to set the header on a "First Page" Page style and then set the other pages to be default ... Er, except that templates don't *have* other pages! ;^) Brian Barker

Re: [users] Unique headers

2008-09-09 Thread jonathon
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 00:11, Boomer M. Wadaska wrote: > For months now, I have been trying to find a solution to creating a unique > header for each page. Every time someone answers me, I get the "use page > styles" which does not address what I am trying to do. The correct answer is "use page

[users] how to use this newsgroup better?!

2008-09-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, what is the name of this newsgroupserver? I want to use this newsgroup better with my mail client. Now I cannot set the newsgroup as a newsgroup in my mail client what makes hard to get rid of or sort the postings. I get much chaos here. Thanks in advance.

Re: [users] Re: Use Portuguese (Brazil) with OpenOffice.org 3

2008-09-09 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi NoOp san, Thanks. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:49 AM, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't find any non-BrOffice version, only standard Portuguese: > OOo_3.0.0rc1_20080904_Win32Intel_langpack_pt.exe > That does install. Yes it does. I did :) > Check http://br-pt.openoffice.org/ > http://b

Re: [users] Re: OOo ver. RC1 for ver.3, does it mean that the final ver.3 will be out shortly?

2008-09-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm using WinXP Home Edition with SP2 and all security patches. NoOp schrieb: On 09/09/2008 05:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is some big problem with the rc1. After installing it you get by first start the screen where you can register. I don't get after this screen. It hangs. soffice.

[users] Re: OOo ver. RC1 for ver.3, does it mean that the final ver.3 will be out shortly?

2008-09-09 Thread NoOp
On 09/09/2008 05:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There is some big problem with the rc1. After installing it you get by > first start the screen where you can register. I don't get after this > screen. It hangs. soffice.bin is exploding to mega cpu consumption and > you don't get forward. very

Re: [users] OOo ver. RC1 for ver.3, does it mean that the final ver.3 will be out shortly?

2008-09-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is some big problem with the rc1. After installing it you get by first start the screen where you can register. I don't get after this screen. It hangs. soffice.bin is exploding to mega cpu consumption and you don't get forward. very strange. Michele schrieb: 2008/9/9 John Boyle <[EMAIL

Re: [users] problem saving spreadsheet as xls or pdf

2008-09-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:03 08/09/2008 -0400, Paula Glendinning wrote: I've been using Open Office on my MacBook since last fall, and I've been able to save spreadsheets as excel files or make pdfs from them to send to people using pcs. This week I made some new spreadsheets, and I can save them and use them in

[users] SUMPRODUCT interplatform question.?

2008-09-09 Thread James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
I have a Calc spreadsheet bookkeeping system which works well for me. I have to save it in Excel format to send to my accountant so he can access and read it. There are no problems with the sheets which detail my differing bank account and credit card transaction lists, but the most important

Re: [users] Template/Header Problem

2008-09-09 Thread Rob Clement
Brian Barker wrote: At 15:17 09/09/2008 -0400, P J Honly wrote: I have a shortcut (Windows XP) on my desktop to a template that defines a header (my address and a placeholder for the date). Works great except that the header appears on every page. The idea of a header, of course, is that it s

Re: [users] Get a new firewall...

2008-09-09 Thread Rob Clement
Peter Barker wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:30:35 am M Henri Day wrote: 2008/9/9 John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M Henri Day wrote: 2008/9/9 Mike Fridley, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey, I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but the free AVG suite I have from Grisoft has

[users] Re: Upgraded to Ver. 2.4. Now all printing fails.

2008-09-09 Thread Russell Butler
Mark Knecht wrote: I upgraded my Gentoo Linux systems a couple of days ago to OO Ver. 2.4. Since doing this all printing fails In Writer. All I get is a dialog box that says 'Error while printing' and no other information. What's the matter with this? Where do I get more debug info? Other printi

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-09-09 Thread Barbara Duprey
Robert Edwards wrote: Does openoffice open fowarded WORD documents? Yes, except that most versions do not yet open the .docx files from Office 2007 (that capability is coming very soon, though). If you need help after installing, come back to the list and we'll give you the details. ---

Re: [users] UNO/API problems

2008-09-09 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
norseman wrote: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: norseman wrote: This is just the latest effort. ALL efforts to use all posted stuff found to date to connect have failed. I am not sure what you are really asking in your long email, but, when you say that you can not connect, were you trying to

Re: [users] clé de produit *Microsoft* Office

2008-09-09 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 08/09/2008 19:03, Dominique Massip wrote: bonjour je viens de télécharger microsoft officesur mon nouvel ordinateur, mais je n 'ai pas reçu de clé de produit, qui m'est demandée à chaque ouverture. j ai eu quelques probleme avec ma messagerie à la mise en service , certains messages qui m'o

Re: [users] Question sur l'utilisation

2008-09-09 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 09/09/2008 21:43, Julien Reynaud wrote: Bonjour, J'ai un problème, en créant un document avec open office writer, si je l'enregistre en .doc version word 97, cela ne met pas de terminaison au nom du fichier, il me demande donc à cuaque fois que je veux le lancer avec quel logicile l'ouvrir

RE: [users] Virgin user

2008-09-09 Thread Francois du Toit
Thanks James, Where you from? Francois -Original Message- From: James Knott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:21 PM To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] Virgin user Francois du Toit wrote: > Hi there, > > I am about to download the O

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-09-09 Thread Mike Fridley, Jr.
You should be able to open those .doc formatted documents with no problem, just open them with OpenOffice as you would any other file!  OpenOffice is great in that regard! Mike, Missouri [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Robert Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Robert Edwards <[EMA

Re: [users] Deleting fonts

2008-09-09 Thread Mike Fridley, Jr.
If you are using Windows XP/2000 etc. go to the following directory: C:\Windows\Fonts then decide which fonts you want to uninstall and simply delete them like any other file. That should take care of the unwanted fonts! If you are using a Mac or a Linux distribution, I'm really not sure wher

Re: [users] problem saving spreadsheet as xls or pdf

2008-09-09 Thread Mike Fridley, Jr.
Sounds like a file or folder is locked or read only by the OS you are using.  By the way, is OS X on Macs easy enough to use? Mike Fridley, Rolla, Missouri, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Mon, 9/8/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subjec

RE: [users] Virgin user

2008-09-09 Thread Mike Fridley, Jr.
Francois, In addition to OpenOffice, try to get some graphic design packages.  I can tell you from experience (2 years now), that the open source bandwagon is the way to go.  The software is better in operation, user interface, and it rarely crashes!  The really great thing about the OpenOffic

RE: [users] Virgin user

2008-09-09 Thread Francois du Toit
Thanks a mill Dave, Where you from? Francois -Original Message- From: Dave Barton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 12:36 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Francois du Toit Subject: Re: [users] Virgin user Replies given in-line with original message. Orig

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-09-09 Thread Bob and Loretta
Thank you - Original Message - From: "James Knott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 6:44 AM Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] Bob and Loretta wrote: How do I open the word processor ? I have just downloaded Open Office. I assume you're

[users] clé de produit

2008-09-09 Thread Dominique Massip
bonjour je viens de télécharger microsoft officesur mon nouvel ordinateur, mais je n 'ai pas reçu de clé de produit, qui m'est demandée à chaque ouverture. j ai eu quelques probleme avec ma messagerie à la mise en service , certains messages qui m'ont été envoyés ne me sont pas parvenus, je pen

[users] [moderated]

2008-09-09 Thread Robert Edwards
Does openoffice open fowarded WORD documents? Bob Edwards - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Deleting fonts

2008-09-09 Thread Mat
How do I delete the fonts that were installed (apparently) by OOOrg? They are taking up almost 300 MB on my hard drive. Are some of them essential to the program? I've not been able to get help elsewhere for this problem. Thanks in advance!

[users] problem saving spreadsheet as xls or pdf

2008-09-09 Thread inning
Hello, Thanks for volunteering your time to help open office users! I've been using Open Office on my MacBook since last fall, and I've been able to save spreadsheets as excel files or make pdfs from them to send to people using pcs. This week I made some new spreadsheets, and I can save them a

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-09-09 Thread Bruce Hooley
Yes. The printers normally ask for crop marks to help with alignment, and I understand they do print from a roll. With no pictures going over page edges, I may be able to get away without the crop marks, but I was hoping to add them just to make sure. I'll check what the footers can do. Thanks!

[users] Unique headers

2008-09-09 Thread Boomer M. Wadaska
For months now, I have been trying to find a solution to creating a unique header for each page.  Every time someone answers me, I get the "use page styles" which does not address what I am trying to do. I just want to override the headers so that I have a completely different header for each p

RE: [users] Virgin user

2008-09-09 Thread Francois du Toit
Thanks guys, am getting my new laptop this week and installing opensource, finally ridding myself of the vices of monopolies!!! Speak soon Francois PS working with lots of NGO's and will strongly recommend opensource from now. Just hope I can figure how it works easy enough! Sure it can't be

[users] Excelike macro execution or formulae based on cursor position

2008-09-09 Thread Stephen M. George
Hello, I have a neat macro in excel that gives results based on cursor location. 1) Since the COLUMN() function is not dynamic, what is the method to calculate based on cursor location? 2) Since Cusror movement is not an EVENT like Excel's - Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVa

[users] Question sur l'utilisation

2008-09-09 Thread Julien Reynaud
Bonjour, J'ai un problème, en créant un document avec open office writer, si je l'enregistre en .doc version word 97, cela ne met pas de terminaison au nom du fichier, il me demande donc à cuaque fois que je veux le lancer avec quel logicile l'ouvrir et je ne peux pas changer cela dnas les prio

[users] Re: OOo ver. RC1 for ver.3, does it mean that the final ver.3 will be out shortly?

2008-09-09 Thread NoOp
On 09/09/2008 01:43 PM, John Boyle wrote: > To all: Someone put out some information on OOo ver.3 RC.1 being out on > a non-related newsgroup, which begs the question, when is the final > stable ver. 3.0 due out? And why hasn't more been mentioned about ver. 3 > release been mentioned here rathe

Re: [users] Template/Header Problem

2008-09-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:17 09/09/2008 -0400, P J Honly wrote: I have a shortcut (Windows XP) on my desktop to a template that defines a header (my address and a placeholder for the date). Works great except that the header appears on every page. The idea of a header, of course, is that it should appear on every

Re: [users] OOo ver. RC1 for ver.3, does it mean that the final ver.3 will be out shortly?

2008-09-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:43 09/09/2008 -0700, John Boyle wrote: Someone put out some information on OOo ver.3 RC.1 being out on a non-related newsgroup, which begs the question, when is the final stable ver. 3.0 due out? What is presumably the most authoritative information about this is at http://wiki.services.

Re: [users] Get a new firewall...

2008-09-09 Thread Peter Barker
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:30:35 am M Henri Day wrote: > 2008/9/9 John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > M Henri Day wrote: > >> 2008/9/9 Mike Fridley, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>> Hey, > >>> > >>> I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but the > >>> free AVG suite I have from

Re: [users] OOo ver. RC1 for ver.3, does it mean that the final ver.3 will be out shortly?

2008-09-09 Thread Michele
2008/9/9 John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To all: Someone put out some information on OOo ver.3 RC.1 being out on a > non-related newsgroup, which begs the question, when is the final stable > ver. 3.0 due out? And why hasn't more been mentioned about ver. 3 release > been mentioned here rather th

Re: [users] Get a new firewall...

2008-09-09 Thread M Henri Day
2008/9/9 John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > M Henri Day wrote: > >> 2008/9/9 Mike Fridley, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but the free >>> AVG suite I have from Grisoft has done a perfect job at everything >>> >>> Ho

Re: [users] Get a new firewall...

2008-09-09 Thread Mike Fridley, Jr.
Yeah, my bad.  I use AVG free, and have been virus and trojan free for 2 years running.  If their Premium suite is as good as the free stuff, it is probably worth every penny! Mike Fridley [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Tue, 9/9/08, John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: John Boyle <[EMAIL PROT

[users] Upgraded to Ver. 2.4. Now all printing fails.

2008-09-09 Thread Mark Knecht
I upgraded my Gentoo Linux systems a couple of days ago to OO Ver. 2.4. Since doing this all printing fails In Writer. All I get is a dialog box that says 'Error while printing' and no other information. What's the matter with this? Where do I get more debug info? Other printing works on the machi

Re: [users] Get a new firewall...

2008-09-09 Thread John Boyle
M Henri Day wrote: 2008/9/9 Mike Fridley, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey, I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but the free AVG suite I have from Grisoft has done a perfect job at everything Hope that helps Mike Fridley, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike, on the

[users] OOo ver. RC1 for ver.3, does it mean that the final ver.3 will be out shortly?

2008-09-09 Thread John Boyle
To all: Someone put out some information on OOo ver.3 RC.1 being out on a non-related newsgroup, which begs the question, when is the final stable ver. 3.0 due out? And why hasn't more been mentioned about ver. 3 release been mentioned here rather than in Seamonkey newsgroup? =-O :-\ -- John B

Re: [users] Get a new firewall...

2008-09-09 Thread M Henri Day
2008/9/9 Mike Fridley, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey, > > I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but the free > AVG suite I have from Grisoft has done a perfect job at everything > > Hope that helps > > Mike Fridley, USA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike, on the relevant AVG w

Re: [users] Get a new firewall...

2008-09-09 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 09/09/2008 20:14, Mike Fridley, Jr. wrote: Hey, I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but the free AVG suite I have from Grisoft has done a perfect job at everything Hope that helps Mike Fridley, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Um. The *free* version of AVG doesn't in

[users] Template/Header Problem

2008-09-09 Thread PJH
I have a shortcut (Windows XP) on my desktop to a template that defines a header (my address and a placeholder for the date). Works great except that the header appears on every page. Is there a way to define the template so that the header appears only on page 1? Thanks. -

[users] Get a new firewall...

2008-09-09 Thread Mike Fridley, Jr.
Hey, I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but the free AVG suite I have from Grisoft has done a perfect job at everything Hope that helps Mike Fridley, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Fwd: Online OpenOffice Updates

2008-09-09 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 09/09/2008 10:08, WANG, Xiaoyun wrote: On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Michael Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- It appears that since my install of the ZoneAlarm Security Suite (ZASS) to v8.0.015.000, I am unable to connect with OpenOffice server(s) to che

Re: [users] OPENING OFFICE 2007 FILES IN OPEN OFFICE PROGRAMS

2008-09-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Shaun Langley wrote: I believe that OOo v3 can open docx files without having to convert them first. However, v3 is in beta and there are some major problems with it still! Shaun On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Cornelius Seon wrote: In an

Re: [users] OPENING OFFICE 2007 FILES IN OPEN OFFICE PROGRAMS

2008-09-09 Thread Shaun Langley
I believe that OOo v3 can open docx files without having to convert them first. However, v3 is in beta and there are some major problems with it still! Shaun On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Cornelius Seon wrote: > >> In another message thread it was

[users] Re: A possible bug

2008-09-09 Thread Jim Allan
raymond wrote: I did as follow: I open a new file in OO. Than, File --> open a RTF file of one page which is already in French. The french file opened well on the OO inter-face. Clicking on the Spell icon opened the speller. I changed the language at the top of the speller ( I attached scree

Re: [users] OPENING OFFICE 2007 FILES IN OPEN OFFICE PROGRAMS

2008-09-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cornelius Seon wrote: In another message thread it was asked if you can open Office 2007 files in Open Office, and the reply was that you simply had to change the extensions from ###x to ###, where ### = the three letter extensions for Office 2003 files and Open Office files. That is NOT true.

Re: [users] Re: A possible bug

2008-09-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:08 09/09/2008 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: I have /no/ idea what the language selector dropdown in the spellcheck window is supposed to do! :-( Neither had I. By experiment, I find that it appears to change the *character* property (not the character style or paragraph style property) of th

Re: [users] Re: A possible bug

2008-09-09 Thread mike scott
On 9 Sep 2008 at 18:30, raymond wrote: > I did as follow: > > I open a new file in OO. > Than, File --> open a RTF file of one page which is already in French. > The french file opened well on the OO inter-face. > > Clicking on the Spell icon opened the speller. I changed the language > at t

[users] Re: Use Portuguese (Brazil) with OpenOffice.org 3

2008-09-09 Thread NoOp
On 09/09/2008 02:07 AM, Kazunari Hirano wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to use Portuguese (Brazil) with OpenOffice.org 3.0, not > BrOffice.org 3.0. > > I could not install > BrOo_3.0.0rc1_20080904_Win32Intel_langpack_pt-BR.exe into my > OpenOffice.org 3.0rc1 installation on Windows 2000. > > If yo

Re: [users] Re: A possible bug

2008-09-09 Thread raymond
I did as follow: I open a new file in OO. Than, File --> open a RTF file of one page which is already in French. The french file opened well on the OO inter-face. Clicking on the Spell icon opened the speller. I changed the language at the top of the speller ( I attached screen pictures sin

[users] Re: A possible bug

2008-09-09 Thread Jim Allan
raymond wrote: I have downloaded the OO 3.0 RC for Mac. I am on iMacintel and 10.5.4 I launch the program and import in it a text in French. I have try to spellcheck the text. I configured it to spell check in French: How did you do this? Did you change all the styles to be French rather t

[users] A possible bug

2008-09-09 Thread raymond
Hello, I have downloaded the OO 3.0 RC for Mac. I am on iMacintel and 10.5.4 I launch the program and import in it a text in French. I have try to spellcheck the text. I configured it to spell check in French: When clicking on the Resume button it changed the spelling into English IS

[users] Use Portuguese (Brazil) with OpenOffice.org 3

2008-09-09 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi, I would like to use Portuguese (Brazil) with OpenOffice.org 3.0, not BrOffice.org 3.0. I could not install BrOo_3.0.0rc1_20080904_Win32Intel_langpack_pt-BR.exe into my OpenOffice.org 3.0rc1 installation on Windows 2000. If you want to install the Language Pack (Portuguese (Brazil)) into Open

Fwd: [users] Lowercase and Uppercase reversed

2008-09-09 Thread Guy Voets
-- Forwarded message -- From: J MCDONALD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2008/9/8 Subject: Re: [users] Lowercase and Uppercase reversed To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, Guy, The reboot fixed it..James From: "Guy Voets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: users@openoffice.org > CC: "James M