Re: [users] Spell Check

2009-03-19 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 03:11, thomas brletic wrote: > Hello. Can someone please help me. My spell check is not functioning. Thank > you for any assistance. Please have a look at -> [Troubleshooting] Spell check in OOo 3.x

Re: [users] Excel File Import into Calc

2009-03-19 Thread JOE Conner
Brian Barker wrote: At 18:20 19/03/2009 -0700, Suzanne L. Perry wrote: There is a setting at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice.org Calc | Calculate | Precision as shown. If this is ticked, the displayed values - rounded according to the cell formatting - are used in your comparison rather than

Re: [users] Excel File Import into Calc

2009-03-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:20 19/03/2009 -0700, Suzanne L. Perry wrote: Excel file import into OO Calc. To perform some checks of extended figures on the imported file, I created a new column and inserted a formula to achieve the same result. Since the spreadsheet is over 4500 lines long, I wanted to compare the

Re: [users] Support

2009-03-19 Thread Dave Post
On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Paul Shipgood wrote: How can I submit an issue if your system refuses to let me log in but I have to be logged in to submit an issue? The users@openoffice.org address is a mailing list, subscribed to by folks who use the software but don't necessarily have any

[users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/03/19 3:46 PM Dotan Cohen wrote: I did not see anything in what you wrote that referred to The Pirate Bay. The only reference was in the quote and you did not specifically address it. I did not see anyone advocating pirating software. Exactly, that is why I said to read what I had

Re: [users] Support

2009-03-19 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Paul Shipgood wrote: I am not happy! I have just registered with you in order to submit an issue but now every time I try to log in your system refuses to recognise me - I enter my username and password and click on 'login' and nothing happens. How can I submit an issue if your system refuses t

[users] Support

2009-03-19 Thread Paul Shipgood
I am not happy! I have just registered with you in order to submit an issue but now every time I try to log in your system refuses to recognise me - I enter my username and password and click on 'login' and nothing happens. How can I submit an issue if your system refuses to let me log in but I h

[users] new 3.0 installation

2009-03-19 Thread Bob Flagg
I've just upgraded from 2.4 to 3.0 and now cannot open .doc, .pps and .xls files. I changed the file association to open with the appropriate 3.0 program, and have opened files from the program and ded 'save as', but still get the message ...''is not a valid Win32 application''. I shut down

[users] Spell Check

2009-03-19 Thread thomas brletic
Hello. Can someone please help me. My spell check is not functioning. Thank you for any assistance.

[users] what's the hold up for the English version of Open Office 3.x?

2009-03-19 Thread Dale Peters II
Why isn't there an Open Office 3.X build for OSX PPC for English? And please don't tell me that 3.X won't run on OSX PPC, because I've already been running the German version for several months now. Please either build the English version or at least improve the German (and other non-English)

[users] Excel File Import into Calc

2009-03-19 Thread S Perry
  Excel file import into OO Calc.   To perform some checks of extended figures on the imported file, I created a new column and inserted a formula to achieve the same result. Since the spreadsheet is over 4500 lines long, I wanted to compare the results quickly.   Picture this, if you will: Ce

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Adams
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:42:49 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by H.S. to my mailbox: > Girard Aquino wrote: > > David B Teague wrote: > >> NoOp wrote: > >>> On 03/18/2009 08:07 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > >>> > http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article5929716.ece > > >>>

[users] What Unicode ranges can OOo print?

2009-03-19 Thread John Jason Jordan
I just discovered that OOo 3.01 (Intrepid) cannot print characters ESC5 through ESF1 (hex). I suspect it probably can't print the whole block, but those are the only ones I tried. I was printing to a PostScript level 3 printer (genuine Adobe). Is there a limitation on which blocks and planes OOo c

[users] Copy a table nested into a cell of another table

2009-03-19 Thread S P Arif Sahari Wibowo
Hi! Is there anyway to copy a table - not only its content but all the layouts - become a nested table in a cell of another table? I know I can create a new nested table inside that cell and copy the content of the first table into that new table, but it will not preserve row heights, merged

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
> I did not see anything in what you wrote that referred to The Pirate Bay. > The only reference was in the quote and you did not specifically address it. > I did not see anyone advocating pirating software. > Exactly, that is why I said to read what I had quoted. For reference, here is the quote:

[users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/03/19 1:19 PM Dotan Cohen wrote: That is not even funny. Do not advocate the use of pirated software. Who's talking about pirated software? Please read what I had quoted, specifically the part referring to The Pirate Bay. I did not see anything in what you wrote that

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
>> That is not even funny. Do not advocate the use of pirated software. > > Who's talking about pirated software? > Please read what I had quoted, specifically the part referring to The Pirate Bay. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread jonathon
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 14:45, Dotan Cohen wrote: > That is not even funny. Do not advocate the use of pirated software. Who's talking about pirated software? Under the GNU LGPL 2.0, and GNU LGPL 3.0, it is perfectly legitimate for the developers to sell both the executable binaries and source

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
> An even better question: Why waste time and bandwidth with all this idle > speculation? > Bikeshedding -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه‍-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
> > > It is not unreasonable to be concerned about that > eventuality. > > IBM is also a big supporter of ODF and Lotus Symphony > is based on > > OpenOffice 1.x IIRC. > What you say is true but will IBM continue this path? An even better question: Why waste time and bandwidth with all this idl

[users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread H.S.
Girard Aquino wrote: > David B Teague wrote: >> NoOp wrote: >>> On 03/18/2009 08:07 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: >>> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article5929716.ece >>> >>> Yes I saw that... one can only hope that OOo doesn't disapear into Lotus >>> Symphony (whic

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Web Kracked
Dotan Cohen wrote: So if IBM buys Sun, can it then declare that OOo will no longer be free? No. (Assuming you mean free qua libre,and not free qua gratis. Given the license, even if they declared it non-gratis, _The Pirate Bay_, amongst other sources, would be only too happy to make it availa

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
>> So if IBM buys Sun, can it then declare that OOo will no longer be free? > > No.  (Assuming you mean free qua libre,and not free qua gratis.  Given > the license, even if they declared it non-gratis, _The Pirate Bay_, > amongst other sources,  would be only too happy to make it available > for g

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread russbucket
On Thursday 19 March 2009 04:12:35 am James Knott wrote: > David B Teague wrote: > > Girard Aquino wrote: > >> David B Teague wrote: > >>> NoOp wrote: > On 03/18/2009 08:07 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article5929716.ece > > Yes I s

Re: [users] Re: Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread russbucket
On Wednesday 18 March 2009 11:48:57 pm Raghvendra Narendra Dhoot wrote: > There is no comparison between OOo & Lotus Symphony.OOo is eons ahead of > Lotus in terms of features,functions and ease of use. > I have to agree with you. I tried symphony on my opensuse Linux system when it was made a

Re: [users] Re: OT: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun

2009-03-19 Thread James Knott
David B Teague wrote: > Girard Aquino wrote: >> David B Teague wrote: >>> NoOp wrote: On 03/18/2009 08:07 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article5929716.ece > > Yes I saw that... one can only hope that OOo doesn't disap

Re: [users] Thesaurus not available with MS docs?

2009-03-19 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:15, Girard Aquino wrote: > Hello. Is it really the case that the thesaurus in OOo is not available when > working with an ms document? i'm on xp, OOo 3.0. Thanks. A .doc file opened in OOo Writer? The thesaurus will be available (if installed and activated for the

Re: [users] Thesaurus not available with MS docs?

2009-03-19 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/3/19 Girard Aquino > Hello. Is it really the case that the thesaurus in OOo is not available > when working with an ms document? i'm on xp, OOo 3.0. Thanks. > Yes and no. If you use OOo to open and edit an MS Office (MSO) document then the OOo dictionaries and thesauri will be available. Bu

[users] Thesaurus not available with MS docs?

2009-03-19 Thread Girard Aquino
Hello. Is it really the case that the thesaurus in OOo is not available when working with an ms document? i'm on xp, OOo 3.0. Thanks. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: us