Dotan Cohen wrote:
Mmm... I disagree. Offering a solution that's mainly point and click in
Ooo.org will illustrate how little one needs to be a geek to use
Ooo.org. It requires very little effort from the writer of the article.
And it prevents the author (who's probably not familiar with Ooo.org)
> > Mmm... I disagree. Offering a solution that's mainly point and click in
> > Ooo.org will illustrate how little one needs to be a geek to use
> > Ooo.org. It requires very little effort from the writer of the article.
> > And it prevents the author (who's probably not familiar with Ooo.org)
> >
> Mmm... I disagree. Offering a solution that's mainly point and click in
> Ooo.org will illustrate how little one needs to be a geek to use
> Ooo.org. It requires very little effort from the writer of the article.
> And it prevents the author (who's probably not familiar with Ooo.org)
> from findi
Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote:
Dotan Cohen wrote:
Interesting idea. An alternative would be to write to the author and
briefly describe how to accomplish a similar result in OOo.
Then it makes OOo user look like a bunch of super computer geeks who
already know how to do what they need. That leads
Dotan Cohen wrote:
Interesting idea. An alternative would be to write to the author and
briefly describe how to accomplish a similar result in OOo.
Then it makes OOo user look like a bunch of super computer geeks who
already know how to do what they need. That leads to:
1) The impression th
> Interesting idea. An alternative would be to write to the author and
> briefly describe how to accomplish a similar result in OOo.
Then it makes OOo user look like a bunch of super computer geeks who
already know how to do what they need. That leads to:
1) The impression that "normal" people can
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> A recent thread regarding implementation of a Word feature in OOo led
> me to think:
> Any time we encounter Word / MS Office tutorials we should take three
> minutes and write to the author / leave a comment asking how to do a
> similar feat
On 13/03/2009 21:54, Dave Post wrote:
Harold Fuchs wrote:
Unlike Linux and OS/2, dunno 'bout Mac, Windows requires the file
extension to know what to do.
Please don't misquote me. I never wrote that and never would. Apart from
anything else I consider "dunno 'bout" to be less than literate
On 2009/03/13 12:36 PM jonathon wrote:
I discussed the issues on the Thunderbird Support forum. (
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=39&sid=04f103ad30767748aab5e1e6efcb66a8v
should point to it.)
How about a link to a specific thread. Your link goes to the home page.
I'm not goin
Sorry -- I messed up the attribution while editing my preceding post.
This is correct:
On Mar 13, 2009, at 3:55 PM, James Knott wrote:
Unlike Linux and OS/2, dunno 'bout Mac, Windows requires the file
extension to know what to do.
Neither OSX nor any preceding Mac OS uses the extension to
Harold Fuchs wrote:
Unlike Linux and OS/2, dunno 'bout Mac, Windows requires the file
extension to know what to do.
Neither OSX nor any preceding Mac OS uses the extension to determine
filetype.
Dave
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 19:29, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> So Windows really only relies on filename extensions?
Without a file extension, Windows is incapable of knowing how/what to
use to open the file.
> What about improperly named files? Malicious files?
That is one reason why responsible program
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From: "James Knott"
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Re: ver 3 is rubbish.
> >> *A "kit" consisted of bare boards and bags of parts that had to be
> >> soldered to the boards. The whole thing then had to be assembled.
> >>
> >
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From: "Gene Heskett"
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Re: ver 3 is rubbish.
> On Thursday 12 March 2009, Ugly Me wrote:
> >- Original Message -
> >From: "James Knott"
> >To:
> >Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:12 PM
> >Subjec
On 13/03/2009 18:36, jonathon wrote:
Harold wrote:
Perhaps you would enlighten us about this failing of Thunderbird's·but it
has never failed properly to retrieve my messages.
I discussed the issues on the Thunderbird Support forum. (
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?
> If you deliberately or by accident attempt to change the file extension,
> Windows will warn that if you change the file extension "you may make the
> file unusable." I would conclude that Windows uses the file extension only
> to decide what is to open the file.
>
While that may be so, there ar
Harold Fuchs wrote:
> 2009/3/13 Dotan Cohen
>
>
>>> When you double click a file it's the extension
>>> that Windows looks as to decide which program to run.
>>>
>>>
>> Does Windows have a tool which looks at the file headers to determine
>> file type? On Linux the tool is called "file"
Dotan Cohen wrote:
I googled "Windows determine file type" (sans quotes) and got any number of
interesting looking responses. So there may be something out there that is
"lighter" than cygwin. The first entry is
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/file.htm which really does look
promising as
A recent thread regarding implementation of a Word feature in OOo led
me to think:
Any time we encounter Word / MS Office tutorials we should take three
minutes and write to the author / leave a comment asking how to do a
similar feat in OOo. It will show authors that there is an interest in
OOo an
> I googled "Windows determine file type" (sans quotes) and got any number of
> interesting looking responses. So there may be something out there that is
> "lighter" than cygwin. The first entry is
> http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/file.htm which really does look
> promising as, apart fro
jonathon wrote:
<>
OE retrieves email.
Thunderbird does not retrieve email.
(With over 100,000 unread messages currently in my gmail inbox,
Thunderbird should say something other than "no new messages", as a
response to the sequence ">Get new mail >email account".)
jonathon
My Thunderbird r
Harold wrote:
>Perhaps you would enlighten us about this failing of Thunderbird's·but it
>has never failed properly to retrieve my messages.
I discussed the issues on the Thunderbird Support forum. (
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=39&sid=04f103ad30767748aab5e1e6efcb66a8v
shou
Ugly Me wrote:
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From: "Dave Post"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Re: ver 3 is rubbish.
Ok, I'll play. How about a DEC PDP-8 with 4K (12-bit) memory locations
and a teletype for reading/writing programs on paper tape? Or a Wang
pr
I reaaallyyy love this tread guys, don´t feel stupid when
bombing this OO.o-forum with "I used to use an pretty old shiny thing
called XYZ-machine.. It hadn´t any keyboard or monitor or other vital
stuff. But it didn´t matter.. It was so cool ! I was the first guy
on the block with
2009/3/13 Dotan Cohen
> > When you double click a file it's the extension
> > that Windows looks as to decide which program to run.
> >
>
> Does Windows have a tool which looks at the file headers to determine
> file type? On Linux the tool is called "file" strangely enough.
>
Not as far as I kn
> When you double click a file it's the extension
> that Windows looks as to decide which program to run.
>
Does Windows have a tool which looks at the file headers to determine
file type? On Linux the tool is called "file" strangely enough.
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David B Teague wrote:
Dotan Cohen wrote:
The link to this is
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341069,00.asp
I tested this URL by pasting it into the Firefox address bar and was
taken
to the page containing this tip.
At the end of the tip the author invites the readers (that's you)
Gordon wrote:
I have a spreadsheet that I want to have instructions on an operation
visible on the sheet.
I created a Rectangle using Drawing toolbar, but I can see how to paste
some text from another file into it.
Can anyone help?
Use the Text tool instead. Draw a rectangle with it. You can
2009/3/13 Gordon
> I have a spreadsheet that I want to have instructions on an operation
> visible on the sheet.
> I created a Rectangle using Drawing toolbar, but I can see how to paste
> some text from another file into it.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> I *think* you need to use a Text Box instead o
I have a spreadsheet that I want to have instructions on an operation
visible on the sheet.
I created a Rectangle using Drawing toolbar, but I can see how to paste
some text from another file into it.
Can anyone help?
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:06:25 -0400
Came this utterance formulated by Rayandhelen57 to my mailbox:
> I have been using OpenOffice for awhile. When the document is "saved"
> and I try to reopen it I have been unable to open many of them. Some
> I can open okay..others I cannot. I also have some do
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