Re: [users] How to open / convert MS Word 5.x for DOS files?

2009-04-19 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/4/19 S P Arif Sahari Wibowo arifs...@yahoo.com Hi! Do you know how to get .doc files from MS Word 5.x for DOS opened in OpenOffice or converted to something OpenOffice will open, with the formatting mostly intact? Thanks! In my OOo 2.4.1 on Windows XP Pro, the file type Microsoft

Re: [users] How to open / convert MS Word 5.x for DOS files?

2009-04-19 Thread S P Arif Sahari Wibowo
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, Harold Fuchs wrote: the file type Microsoft WinWord 5 (*.doc) is available in the drop-down list of available file types in the FileOpen menu. Have you tried that? I tried that; it did not work. The MS Word 5.x for DOS files have been always imported by OpenOffice as-is

Re: [users] How to open / convert MS Word 5.x for DOS files?

2009-04-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:55 18/04/2009 -0400, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote: Do you know how to get .doc files from MS Word 5.x for DOS opened in OpenOffice or converted to something OpenOffice will open, with the formatting mostly intact? At 09:33 19/04/2009 -0400, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote: I use

[users] Re: How to open / convert MS Word 5.x for DOS files?

2009-04-19 Thread NoOp
On 04/19/2009 07:56 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 20:55 18/04/2009 -0400, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote: Do you know how to get .doc files from MS Word 5.x for DOS opened in OpenOffice or converted to something OpenOffice will open, with the formatting mostly intact? At 09:33 19/04/2009 -0400, S

[users] Re: How to open / convert MS Word 5.x for DOS files?

2009-04-19 Thread NoOp
On 04/19/2009 07:56 AM, Brian Barker wrote: 2. A converter for Word 5 for DOS files exists which can be used from versions of Word for Windows. This is called DOSWRD32.CNV. It seems that this may no longer be available from Microsoft, but you may be able to find it elsewhere.

[users] If/Else Statements in Calc

2009-04-19 Thread DDowney
Hi Is it possible to use text cells in if/else statements in Calc? Im using Calc to do a household budget spreadsheet am including a sheet which will track and chart all electricity bills, for instance, through the year. Can you have an If statement that says, for Januarys sheet, if

[users] Printing Question

2009-04-19 Thread Nicole
Hi. I have designed a booklet using Open Office 3.0 writer. I have gotten it to print more than once but it seems I always have to play with settings to get it to print. I have it set up so that I see a preview of what is printing first - and most of the time this preview shows only blank

[users] Open office use

2009-04-19 Thread Sylvia Barclay
I have a Mac iBookG4 and am trying to use Open Office. I am running Mac Version 10.4.11. Open office doesn't want to run because it says it is not supported by this system. Help Please, Sylvia -- Sylvia

[users] does V 3.0.0 open email attachments with PPS

2009-04-19 Thread MJ HOWARD
Hello, running XP pro sp3, and using Outlook Express 6 and about to install openoffice 3 . Will it open attachments done with microsoft's PPS . Kind Regards,Mark.

[users] Question about Fontwork

2009-04-19 Thread עידו וולף
Hello to you OpenOffice users. I'd like to get some help regarding the Fontwork function in this program. Thanks for anyone who helps. I'm using OOo3.1 English. So, whenever I use this function, as long as my fontwork text is out of the page borders I can resize it. But when it's inside the page

[users] [moderated]

2009-04-19 Thread Angelo Longo
I have registered. I have a password. I still cannot open an e main which says I must have openoffice. If it will help you, I will forward a copy of the email to you. Angelo Longo

Re: [users] registration with openoffice

2009-04-19 Thread Ciara Voces
Hi Thanks to all for your messages, It seems that I was transfered from openoffice.org at some point to a different website and it was then when I was requested to give my credit card details. I've dealt with my credit card company and the issue seems to be on its way to be sorted. But just

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2009-04-19 Thread Russell Barton
Hi, I am interested in using Open office as a substitute for MS Word. I have looked at you site called open office org.3 and downloaded lots of files but see only files about how I can join you and help develop more material. I am really only able to use word processing programs to process

Re: [users] Password protect

2009-04-19 Thread Martin Hauser
Hi and thanks for your reply. I have tried the help option. Unfortunately there is no save with password box to check. Rgrds, Martin --- Den fre 2009-04-17 skrev James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com: Från: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com Ämne: Re: [users] Password protect Till:

[users] Re: does V 3.0.0 open email attachments with PPS

2009-04-19 Thread Gordon
MJ HOWARD wrote: Hello, running XP pro sp3, and using Outlook Express 6 and about to install openoffice 3 . Will it open attachments done with microsoft's PPS . Kind Regards,Mark. yes, but as ppt. i.e the slide show won't run automaically. You can download an

Re: [users] How to open / convert MS Word 5.x for DOS files?

2009-04-19 Thread S P Arif Sahari Wibowo
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, Brian Barker wrote: http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe ... You can run this in a DOS box under Windows, of course, and I understand that you may also be able to do something similar under OS X or Linux. Thanks! I did get

Re: [users] Password protect

2009-04-19 Thread Clifton Liles
Martin Hauser wrote: Hi and thanks for your reply. I have tried the help option. Unfortunately there is no save with password box to check. Rgrds, Martin --- Den fre 2009-04-17 skrev James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com: Från: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com Ämne: Re: [users] Password

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-04-19 Thread Barbara Duprey
Angelo Longo wrote: I have registered. I have a password. I still cannot open an e main which says I must have openoffice. If it will help you, I will forward a copy of the email to you. Angelo Longo The official, free version obtained from www.openoffice.org does not require

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-04-19 Thread Barbara Duprey
Oops! Copied to OP. Angelo Longo wrote: I have registered. I have a password. I still cannot open an e main which says I must have openoffice. If it will help you, I will forward a copy of the email to you. Angelo Longo The official, free version obtained from www.openoffice.org does

[users] Re: If/Else Statements in Calc

2009-04-19 Thread NoOp
On 04/16/2009 02:34 PM, DDowney wrote: Hi Is it possible to use text cells in if/else statements in Calc? Im using Calc to do a household budget spreadsheet am including a sheet which will track and chart all electricity bills, for instance, through the year. Can you have an If statement

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-04-19 Thread Barbara Duprey
Russell Barton wrote: Hi, I am interested in using Open office as a substitute for MS Word. I have looked at you site called open office org.3 and downloaded lots of files but see only files about how I can join you and help develop more material. I am really only able to use word processing

Re: [users] Password protect

2009-04-19 Thread Alan Boba
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Martin Hauser hauser.mar...@yahoo.sewrote: I have tried the help option. Unfortunately there is no save with password box to check. For an existing .ODT document password protect is available from Tools Options OpenOffice.org Security. Once there the button

Re: [users] If/Else Statements in Calc

2009-04-19 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM, DDowney ddowney...@eircom.net wrote: Is it possible to use text cells in if/else statements in Calc? Im using Calc to do a household budget spreadsheet am including a sheet which will track and chart all electricity bills, for instance, through the year. Can

Re: [users] Spreadsheet issue.

2009-04-19 Thread Girard Aquino
Reghunath wrote: Dear Sir,Iam a new user of open office, i have a issue In Open office spreadsheet, option to copy and insert data by using Paste special shift cells Down is working but when i cut and try to insert, the shift cells Down option is getting disabled. How do i insert data

Re: [users] Password protect

2009-04-19 Thread James Knott
Martin Hauser wrote: Hi and thanks for your reply. I have tried the help option. Unfortunately there is no save with password box to check. Curious. What operating system and OpenOffice version are you running? That check box is certainly on the Linux version and Windows too, IIRC. --

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-04-19 Thread James Knott
Russell Barton wrote: Hi, I am interested in using Open office as a substitute for MS Word. I have looked at you site called open office org.3 and downloaded lots of files but see only files about how I can join you and help develop more material. I am really only able to use word

Re: [users] Question about Fontwork

2009-04-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:09 18/04/2009 +0200, Nobody Noname wrote: I'd like to get some help regarding the Fontwork function in this program. [...] I'm using OOo3.1 English. So, whenever I use this function, as long as my fontwork text is out of the page borders I can resize it. But when it's inside the page

Re: [users] Password protect

2009-04-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 02:07 17/04/2009 -0700, Martin Hauser wrote: I have tried the help option. Unfortunately there is no save with password box to check. This user admitted privately that he was using Windows Vista - though he still declined to admit what version of OpenOffice he had! It was probably

[users] Paragraph Numbering

2009-04-19 Thread James R. Liebert
Have created outline that is aligned like IRS Code, but not nearly such crushing length. Understand how to change echelon of paragraphs up or down, Shift-Tab or Tab from head of paragraph. Why does OO not reallign the level, to illustrate, push a sub-paragraph left to the next higher

[users] Paragraph Numbering

2009-04-19 Thread James R. Liebert
Document is formatted in odt format, and OO Writer 3.0.1 is running under Win 2K SR4. Thanks in advance. JRL - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-04-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:39 19/04/2009 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: On the home page of www.openoffice.org, click on I want to download OpenOffice.org and then (assuming you are using some form of Windows) on the Download now! link. (For other systems, and additional information, there is another link below