Re: [users] Problems saving a file as a .doc file

2009-04-12 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:52:52 -0700 Came this utterance formulated by Arnold Roth to my mailbox: > I've been using the 2.4 version of OOo for some time and have saved > write files as .doc format for communicating with others who only have > Microsoft Office. Now I've updated to the 3.0 version an

[users] Re: Problems saving a file as a .doc file

2009-04-12 Thread Arnold Roth
Thanks for your reply, Twayne. As I just replied to M. Fioretti, the problem goes away if I type out the suffix I want but I don't understand why you are not having the same problem. I'll try to reinstall as you suggested. Thank you. Arnold Roth "Twayne" wrote in message news:gru47g$qe...

[users] Re: Problems saving a file as a .doc file

2009-04-12 Thread Arnold Roth
Thanks. I'm using Windows Vista. The link you provided gave me the answer. I have to actually type in the suffix I need for the reformatting to work. That is new behaviour. "M. Fioretti" wrote in message news:20090412075752.gh3...@nexaima.net... On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 23:52:52 PM -0700, Arnold

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread James Knott
Web Kracked wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> John Kaufmann wrote: >>> In a message dated 2009.04.12 08:15 -0500, James Knott wrote: >>> >> Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux >> partition. ;-) >> ... > But you don't *need* to use "My Documents". You can have any p

[users] Re: Formatting of text saved from Users Group Mail

2009-04-12 Thread Twayne
Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:01 12/04/2009 +1000, Jean Lear wrote: >> I copy some answers I read in the Users Group e mails to an Open ... > > o Go to Tools | AutoCorrect... | Options. > o Ensure that "Combine single line paragraphs if length greater than > 50%" is ticked. > o (If desired, select

[users] Re: Problems saving a file as a .doc file

2009-04-12 Thread Twayne
Arnold Roth wrote: > I've been using the 2.4 version of OOo for some time and have saved > write files as .doc format for communicating with others who only > have Microsoft Office. Now I've updated to the 3.0 version and my > first attempt at saving a file in this format won't work. I'm doing >

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread Web Kracked
James Knott wrote: John Kaufmann wrote: In a message dated 2009.04.12 08:15 -0500, James Knott wrote: Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux partition. ;-) ... But you don't *need* to use "My Documents". You can have any program put stuff anywhere you like. You just need to

Re: [users] oocalc how to display all notes ?

2009-04-12 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le 08/04/2009 à 20:00, JOE Conner a écrit : > Cor Nouws wrote: > > Hi Alain, > > > > Alain Baeckeroot wrote (8-4-2009 16:19) > >> I would like to display all the notes and if possible > >> to put them in a table, or at least print it : note.sheet1.A1 = > >> "foo" note.sheet3.D7 = "bar" >

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread russbucket
On Saturday 11 April 2009 05:26:31 pm James Knott wrote: > Web Kracked wrote: > > NoOp wrote: > >> On 04/10/2009 06:05 PM, Web Kracked wrote: > >> ... > >> > >>> Tim L. > >>> retired and tired of MS, and the other bloated paid software. > >> > >> Sorry for drifting off topic here, but couldn't help

Re: [users] Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread David B Teague
Web Kracked wrote: John Boyle wrote: Walter Hildebrandt wrote: I hope that by the time MSFT drops support for Win XP altogether, MAYBE then there will be a really usable version of LINUX, but until then I am stuck with Windows! :-( Sounds like that guru was a guru of the windbag type.

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread James Knott
jonathon wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:20, James Knott wrote: > > >> One other thing I forgot to mention, having My Docs on another partition >> makes it safer to reinstall (ever a Windows favourite) or upgrade the OS. >> > > I just toss everything into a USB stick. When I need to

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread jonathon
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:20, James Knott wrote: > One other thing I forgot to mention, having My Docs on another partition > makes it safer to reinstall (ever a Windows favourite) or upgrade the OS. I just toss everything into a USB stick. When I need to upgrade/reformat/whatever, unplug the

Re: [users] put a cell's value in a formula

2009-04-12 Thread Ely Schoenfeld
In fact I don't really know what does "gen led account" and "gl account" (i guess they are the same thing... either way, I don't know what is it). Another way to do it is with cell range names. For example, imagine the January range you want to sum is from N1:N18, and the february range is from N

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.12 08:15 -0500, James Knott wrote: Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux partition. ;-) ... But you don't *need* to use "My Documents". You can have any program put stuff anywhere you like. You just need to remember to do it. I'm well aware of t

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread James Knott
John Kaufmann wrote: > In a message dated 2009.04.12 08:15 -0500, James Knott wrote: > Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux partition. ;-) ... >>> But you don't *need* to use "My Documents". You can have any program >>> put >>> stuff anywhere you like. You just need to

Re: [users] Formatting of text saved from Users Group Mail

2009-04-12 Thread Jean Lear
Thank you so much Brian. I am finding that Open Office V3.0.1 has so many improvements and extras that I get to know about through the Users Group. Thank you again. Jean On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:01 12/04/2009 +1000, Jean Lear wrote: > >> I copy some answers I

Re: [users] Formatting of text saved from Users Group Mail

2009-04-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:01 12/04/2009 +1000, Jean Lear wrote: I copy some answers I read in the Users Group e mails to an Open Office file to have them for future reference. I paste these to the writer file as unformatted text and then delete unwanted parts. This pastes the text as part lines. I think the fil

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: > Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> 2009/4/12 James Knott >> >> >> >> >> >>> Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux partition. ;-) >>> >>> However, you'd still have to create a partition either way, as I don't >>> think you can move the My Documents folder an

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread James Knott
Harold Fuchs wrote: > 2009/4/12 James Knott > > > > >> Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux partition. ;-) >> >> However, you'd still have to create a partition either way, as I don't >> think you can move the My Documents folder anywhere, other than to an >> empty partition

Re: [users] put a cell's value in a formula

2009-04-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:57 11/04/2009 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote: I have a accounting journal broken by months with totals per month. I want to create a report by gen led account per month. The starting and ending lines per month vary, so I set up a chart: Jan start Jan end Feb Start Feb End with the line num

[users] Importing Large High Contrast icons

2009-04-12 Thread Eustace
Customizing a toolbar, I added a button and then tried to modify it by importing a 26x26 icon as instructed. The icon was imported in the Toolbar Content Commands list but did not appear on the toolbar. I suspect that the reason is that in Options > OpenOffice.org > View > Icon size and style

[users] Re: Full Screen button

2009-04-12 Thread Eustace
On 2009-04-10 10:45 Richard Travers wrote: In article , Eustace wrote: On 2009-04-10 04:03 Richard Travers wrote: In article , Eustace wrote: On 2009-04-06 08:47 Eustace wrote: I moved the Full Screen button towards the top and it disappeared and an inert bar appeared that I think was no

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/4/12 James Knott > > Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux partition. ;-) > > However, you'd still have to create a partition either way, as I don't > think you can move the My Documents folder anywhere, other than to an > empty partition. But you don't *need* to use "M

Re: [users] Problems saving a file as a .doc file

2009-04-12 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 23:52:52 PM -0700, Arnold Roth wrote: > I've been using the 2.4 version of OOo for some time and have saved > write files as .doc format... Now I've updated to the 3.0 version and my > first attempt at saving a file in this format won't work. I'm doing > the same thing I've