Re: [users] Error handling in OpenOffice BASIC

Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > Bart Friederichs wrote: >> Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: >> >>> Do you check in an error handler? I assume that you are NOT using >>> something like "on error resume next", and also, that you have not >>> used a resume command explicitly. >>> >>> >>> >> >>

Re: [users] Re: [OOo Draw] Importing custom shapes

NoOp wrote: > I'm not sure that I understand. If you have .sdg files, then you should > also have a corresponding .thm and .sdv file - copy all three to the > /share/gallery. > I did that in making a copy of existing sdg/thm/sdv files. The result is two Themes with the same name and no shapes in

[users] I cannot use OOo 3.0

Hi, I used to use 2.4, with external jre. Everything is fine. Now I updated to 3.0. Well, with no matter external or internal jre, I met the same problem: Wherever I hit a key, I mean input, the program hung. The only thing I can do is to kill it. I am using java 1.6.0_07, linux 2.

[users] Problems with bullets in indented text styles in openoffice.org 3.0 writer

Hello! I used to have indented text styles (for example all 'Text body' has 2 cm from the left border). Earlier (in 2.x versions) there was no problems, when I inserted bullets in those indented styles, but in 3.0 version outlined text is not aligned from the left, but disordered (first line

Re: [users] Re: changing default installation directory for addon (or prefs.)

Le 15.10.2008 22:15, H.S. a écrit : James Knott wrote: On a related notes, can an extension (LanguageTool specifically) be installed system-wide in both Linux and Windows as opposed to each user installing it for himself? Since there appear to be different extensions for different p

Re: [users] Deleting dictionaries

... in addition ... As proof ;-) -> Manfred On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 02:04, Manfred J. Krause wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 23:54, Manfred J. Krause wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 23:27, Hagar de l'Est wrote: >>> >>> Interesting! I'd tried to do t

Re: [users] Should - was New extension.

That's where double negatives come in useful - Try "...shouldn't not..." in the above sentence. BTW, one of the mantra's going around in "touchy feely" groups at present is that people don't really hear negatives (ie "Don't touch, wet paint", "don't put cracked CD's in that 52x player") I

Re: [users] Deleting dictionaries

Hi Hagar, On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 23:54, Manfred J. Krause wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 23:27, Hagar de l'Est wrote: >> >> Interesting! I'd tried to do the same modification but couldn't manage >> because there are several places where the information is stored (see end of >> that thread: >> h

Re: [users] OOo3.0 Custom Installation

On Oct 19, 2008, at 3:24 AM, Koh Choon Lin wrote: Hi all I just downloaded a copy of OOo3.0 and realized the custom installation mode no longer allows me to install/remove individual components of Writer, Impress, etc ... I assume it just install the entire package of Writer, Impress, ... Is t

Re: [users] Deleting dictionaries

Hi, On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 23:27, Hagar de l'Est wrote: > > Interesting! I'd tried to do the same modification but couldn't manage > because there are several places where the information is stored (see end of > that thread: > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8029

Re: [users] Deleting dictionaries

Interesting! I'd tried to do the same modification but couldn't manage because there are several places where the information is stored (see end of that thread: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8029 ). Perhaps the trick is to disable the extension first. Hagar

Re: [users] Deleting dictionaries

Hi, On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 21:47, Hagar de l'Est wrote: > > If you want indeed to remove some locales, you've to: > 1. Uninstall the extension > 2. Tweak the extension and edit the dictionary.xcu file in the .oxt file > 3. Re-install the extension I've removed the locales French - Belgium Fr

Re: [users] Deleting dictionaries

If you want indeed to remove some locales, you've to: 1. Uninstall the extension 2. Tweak the extension and edit the dictionary.xcu file in the .oxt file 3. Re-install the extension Some hints here: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=364#p364 Hagar Le 16.10.2008 22:11

Re: [users] Should - was New extension.

Michael Adams wrote: > That's where double negatives come in useful - Try "...shouldn't not..." > in the above sentence. BTW, one of the mantra's going around in "touchy > feely" groups at present is that people don't really hear negatives (ie > "Don't touch, wet paint", "don't put cracked CD's in

[users] Should - was New extension.

> >>> You should be able to click on File > Open and select the PDF > >file. It>> should then open in Draw. > >>> > >> > >> Nodoesn't work. :( Get the same "garbage" I'd get in OO 2.4. > >> > >> Fred > >> > >> > > As always, the word "should" should be deleted from the vocabulary > > o

Re: [users] Documentation - US Letter Size

amaloney wrote: > > Will the documentation for OOo 3 (and the templates for chapters and book) > be made available in US Letter size? > Al Maloney > The question here was about the future availability of US Letter formatted documents. At the moment, no one knows. For a work-around see http://

Re: [users] OOo3 Documentation Margins

Larry Gusaas-4 wrote: > > amaloney wrote: >> I like to print some of the documentation and store it in US Letter >> 3-ring >> binders. >> >> However the pdf documents are based upon A4 with the Inner Margin set at >> 0.20" and the Outer Margin set at 0.98". >> >> Thus there is no gutter margin f

Re: [users] Documentation - US Letter Size

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 17:34, James Knott wrote: > I live in Canada and I don't think I've ever seen A4 paper in use. One reason I use A4 paper for the documentation I write, is because of requests from Canadians. > Also, Staples, the office supply store doesn't seem to carry any A4 stock. Tha

Re: [users] Documentation - US Letter Size

jonathon wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 03:36, amaloney wrote: > >> As a Canadian, I have never seen an A4 document generated for Canadian >> consumption. >> > > How common A4 is, depends upon what part of Canada one is in. > > I live in Canada and I don't think I've ever seen A4 pap

Re: [users] Documentation - US Letter Size

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 03:36, amaloney wrote: > As a Canadian, I have never seen an A4 document generated for Canadian > consumption. How common A4 is, depends upon what part of Canada one is in. xan jonathon - To unsubscribe

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 - PDF import extension

I did not look at your example, but it is probably worth filing so that they have a specific example that does not work properly. Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Installed the new 3.0.0 a couple of minutes ago and I finally could try the PDF import extension, that needs OpenOffice.org 3. It's great

Re: Fwd: [users] Re: Macro to delete links to other documents

Ely Schoenfeld wrote: My answer is down there. 2008/10/18 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> use it). My problem now is that the documentation doesn't say how to delete "left out" DDE links. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Spreadsheets/DDE_Links

Re: [users] Re: New extension.

James Knott wrote: > NoOp wrote: >> On 10/18/2008 01:25 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote: >> >>> James Knott wrote: >>> Fred A. Miller wrote: > Ok...I have 3.0 installed and the new extension to import a PDF. > However, in Draw and Impression it won't work. What am I missin

Re: [users] New extension.

Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 18/10/2008 21:25, Fred A. Miller wrote: >> James Knott wrote: >> >>> Fred A. Miller wrote: >>> Ok...I have 3.0 installed and the new extension to import a PDF. However, in Draw and Impression it won't work. What am I missing? 'Using openSUSE Linux

Re: [users] Re: New extension.

NoOp wrote: > On 10/18/2008 01:25 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote: > >> James Knott wrote: >> >>> Fred A. Miller wrote: >>> Ok...I have 3.0 installed and the new extension to import a PDF. However, in Draw and Impression it won't work. What am I missing? 'Using openSUSE Linux

Re: [users] Install dictionaries in Ooo 3.0

Hi! You have to go to http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/taxonomy/term/231 and download appropriate directory. In windows it might be associated with Openoffice.org extension manager, thus you just need to confirm installation during download. Other way is to save dictionary file on your co

Re: [users] Formatting in Impress 3.0

Hi Adrian, thanks for this instant reaction! Hi Stefan To my embarrassment I now feel that there may be a serious bug still present in the recently released version of OOo Impress, since I am loosing parts of the formatting information of any presentation file saved in impress 3.0: basical

Re: [users] Formatting in Impress 3.0

Hi Stefan To my embarrassment I now feel that there may be a serious bug still present > in the recently released version of OOo Impress, since I am loosing parts of > the formatting information of any presentation file saved in impress 3.0: > basically, numbering and bulleting formats either vani

[users] Formatting in Impress 3.0

Dear all, I am not sure whether this is the right place to post this message - but I need some help urgently. So here we go: I am a long time user of OOo and not only use the software for my own purposes wherever possible but also try to spread the message about the numerous virtues of th

Re: [users] New extension.

On 18/10/2008 21:25, Fred A. Miller wrote: James Knott wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: Ok...I have 3.0 installed and the new extension to import a PDF. However, in Draw and Impression it won't work. What am I missing? 'Using openSUSE Linux 11.0 Thanks, Fred You should be able

Re: [users] copying from one sheet to another, skipping 2

Brian Barker wrote: At 14:32 18/10/2008 -0400, Bill Drescher wrote: My spreadsheet has blood pressure values in sets of 3. I average each them and then use the average of each set, which works fine. But, I now have 2 rows that have the original data and nothing else, and distract from the pres

[users] Install dictionaries in Ooo 3.0

Dear friends, after I hade made the uppdate of Ooo 2.0.3 to Ooo 3. I loosed the dictionaries I´ve installed in the older version. I´m running Ooo 3 (In Swedish). under Windows XP. But..When I tryto use the installer "DicOOo" found in http://ftp.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/contri

Re: [users] copying from one sheet to another, skipping 2

At 14:32 18/10/2008 -0400, Bill Drescher wrote: My spreadsheet has blood pressure values in sets of 3. I average each them and then use the average of each set, which works fine. But, I now have 2 rows that have the original data and nothing else, and distract from the presentation. So, I need

[users] OOo3.0 Custom Installation

Hi all I just downloaded a copy of OOo3.0 and realized the custom installation mode no longer allows me to install/remove individual components of Writer, Impress, etc ... I assume it just install the entire package of Writer, Impress, ... Is there a reason for this change? -- In Liberty Koh C