Re: [users] N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/6/25 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com Hello, list. I need to export an ODT document to PDF in 2-up format (2 pages per sheet). We use A4 paper so this the paper supports this with a simple rotation (Xlong=Xshort*sqrt(2)). However, I do not see that this can be done in Format - Page, nor

Re: [users] N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/6/25 Harold Fuchs hwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com: 2009/6/25 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com Hello, list. I need to export an ODT document to PDF in 2-up format (2 pages per sheet). We use A4 paper so this the paper supports this with a simple rotation (Xlong=Xshort*sqrt(2)). However, I

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Bob Long
Dotan Cohen wrote: Hello, list. I need to export an ODT document to PDF in 2-up format (2 pages per sheet). We use A4 paper so this the paper supports this with a simple rotation (Xlong=Xshort*sqrt(2)). However, I do not see that this can be done in Format - Page, nor in the Export to PDF menu,

Re: [users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Depending on how many pages in the document, and how you want their sequence, perhaps the brochure options may suit. Print to PDF (not export), by selecting Landscape as the printer settings, and select Brochure in the print options. That might work. My current need is to print the second

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Bob Long
Dotan Cohen wrote: Depending on how many pages in the document, and how you want their sequence, perhaps the brochure options may suit. Print to PDF (not export), by selecting Landscape as the printer settings, and select Brochure in the print options. That might work. My current need is to

Re: [users] Re: OOo Writer: saving and opening documents

2009-06-25 Thread Mathias Bauer
AG wrote: I suppose another issue is the length of time it takes to autosave: with 3Gb of RAM and a further 3Gb allocated to my swap partition, one would think that there'd be plenty of memory for OOo to use in the save process. Perhaps there is a way of manually allocating further memory

Re: [users] Re: OOo Writer: saving and opening documents

2009-06-25 Thread Anthony Segreto
Mathias Bauer wrote: AG wrote: I suppose another issue is the length of time it takes to autosave: with 3Gb of RAM and a further 3Gb allocated to my swap partition, one would think that there'd be plenty of memory for OOo to use in the save process. Perhaps there is a way of manually

Re: [users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
In that case, perhaps delete pages 1 and 3 (making a backup, of course!), and duplicate your page 2 so you have two A4 pages of that, then print that as a brochure. You should then get two pages per sheet. Actually, that is what I did when using Abode Reader (which supports N-up printing) as

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Bob Long
Dotan Cohen wrote: In that case, perhaps delete pages 1 and 3 (making a backup, of course!), and duplicate your page 2 so you have two A4 pages of that, then print that as a brochure. You should then get two pages per sheet. Actually, that is what I did when using Abode Reader (which supports

[users] Doc format and bullet problem

2009-06-25 Thread Alan JOBERT
Hello all, My configuration : OpenOffice 3.1 for MacOS X (Aqua version). I start a new document and insert a standard bullet (the round dot) followed by standard text. Then I save my document into .DOC (97/XP) format. I reload the doc with OpenOffice and a strange symbol appears,

[users] two series of page end notes

2009-06-25 Thread Lorenzo Zanetti
Hello, excuse for my little english (i'm italian), i want write a book with two series of page end notes. Is it possible with OpenOffice Writer ? Example: page text page text page text page text page text --- 1 first note 2 second note --- a first of anoter notes series b second of

Re: [users] two series of page end notes

2009-06-25 Thread Carlos Martinez
Ciao Lorenzo, the link for the Italian version of Open office is http://it.openoffice.org/ You need to download even a dictionary for the language you desire to use at _http://extensions.services.openoffice.org http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/_ Buona fortuna, Carlos Martinez

[users] Calc keyboard shortcut for adding background color?

2009-06-25 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hello, openoffice list, I need to frequently add background color for cells and I was wondering if who has keyboard shortcuts for doing this job. I also need keyboard shortcuts for getting text bold, italics, etc. It would be great if who can point to a list of openoffice shortcuts for this kind

Re: [users] Calc keyboard shortcut for adding background color?

2009-06-25 Thread Keith Clark
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:24:32 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, openoffice list, I need to frequently add background color for cells and I was wondering if who has keyboard shortcuts for doing this job. I also need keyboard shortcuts for getting text bold,

Re: [users] Calc keyboard shortcut for adding background color?

2009-06-25 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/6/25 Zhengquan Zhang zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com: Hello, openoffice list, I need to frequently add background color for cells and I was wondering if who has keyboard shortcuts for doing this job. I also need keyboard shortcuts for getting text bold, italics, etc. What's wrong witn Ctrl+b,

Re: [users] Calc keyboard shortcut for adding background color?

2009-06-25 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 06:35:14PM +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/6/25 Zhengquan Zhang zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com: Hello, openoffice list, I need to frequently add background color for cells and I was wondering if who has keyboard shortcuts for doing this job. I also need keyboard

Re: [users] Calc keyboard shortcut for adding background color?

2009-06-25 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:24:00AM -0400, Keith Clark wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:24:32 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, openoffice list, I need to frequently add background color for cells and I was wondering if who has keyboard shortcuts for doing this

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/24/2009 10:54 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Hello, list. I need to export an ODT document to PDF in 2-up format (2 pages per sheet). We use A4 paper so this the paper supports this with a simple rotation (Xlong=Xshort*sqrt(2)). However, I do not see that this can be done in Format - Page, nor

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 10:17 AM, NoOp wrote: On 06/24/2009 10:54 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Hello, list. I need to export an ODT document to PDF in 2-up format (2 pages per sheet). We use A4 paper so this the paper supports this with a simple rotation (Xlong=Xshort*sqrt(2)). However, I do not see that

Re: [users] Calc keyboard shortcut for adding background color?

2009-06-25 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:24 25/06/2009 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: I need to frequently add background color for cells and I was wondering if who has keyboard shortcuts for doing this job. I also need keyboard shortcuts for getting text bold, italics, etc. It would be great if who can point to a list of

Re: [users] Calc keyboard shortcut for adding background color?

2009-06-25 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/6/25 Zhengquan Zhang zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 06:35:14PM +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/6/25 Zhengquan Zhang zhang.zhengq...@gmail.com: Hello, openoffice list, I need to frequently add background color for cells and I was wondering if who has keyboard

[users] Request to post Online community related survey

2009-06-25 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
People, I trying to understand the dynamics in online communities and was wondering if it would be okay to ask you guys/gals to fill out a small survey for me. If ppl are okay with it I will post a link in a bit. Thank you very much. -Ganesha

Re: [users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Open your pdf printer properties 'Job Options' and change 'Pages per side' to 2. Print to pdf (cups-pdf). I only have Paper and Device, no Job Options. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il - To

Re: [users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Sorry, forgot to add; if you'd like a pdf ppd with even more options, one the copied pdf printer, change (Make and Model) and select the option to supply your own PPD. Then use: /usr/share/ghostscript/8.64/lib/ghostpdf.ppd and name the printer something like PDFGhost so that you know it is

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 12:51 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Open your pdf printer properties 'Job Options' and change 'Pages per side' to 2. Print to pdf (cups-pdf). I only have Paper and Device, no Job Options. Open from your System|Administration|Printers - or whatever the same is on KDE - and modify

[users] online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
Folks, I am trying to understand the dynamics of online communities and would like to get your inputs as a member of the openoffice.org community. It would be of great help if you could take 1 minute to fill out this survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kI15z8H6UBssmpK2FWAC3A_3d_3d

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 12:59 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Sorry, forgot to add; if you'd like a pdf ppd with even more options, one the copied pdf printer, change (Make and Model) and select the option to supply your own PPD. Then use: /usr/share/ghostscript/8.64/lib/ghostpdf.ppd and name the printer

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 01:30 PM, NoOp wrote: On 06/25/2009 12:59 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Sorry, forgot to add; if you'd like a pdf ppd with even more options, one the copied pdf printer, change (Make and Model) and select the option to supply your own PPD. Then use:

Re: [users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Open from your System|Administration|Printers - or whatever the same is on KDE - and modify there. Lots of things are broken in the KDE System Settings, and the printer configuration seems to be missing. I configure using the CUPS web interface. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 01:45 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Open from your System|Administration|Printers - or whatever the same is on KDE - and modify there. Lots of things are broken in the KDE System Settings, and the printer configuration seems to be missing. I configure using the CUPS web interface.

[users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 02:04 PM, NoOp wrote: On 06/25/2009 01:45 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Open from your System|Administration|Printers - or whatever the same is on KDE - and modify there. Lots of things are broken in the KDE System Settings, and the printer configuration seems to be missing. I

[users] background and art

2009-06-25 Thread Kathy Brown
hi ,   I just downloaded OpenOffice, clicked on the gallery and got a bunch of backgrounds, but how do I get the background to show up in the text area?   also, can I place art on the page? if so, how might I do that?   thanks so much in advance for the help, Kathy ~Be good to yourself - the

Re: [users] online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread Andy
Your survey seems to be broken.. No box to check for Other, so it will not allow you to advance to the next page.. Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Folks, I am trying to understand the dynamics of online communities and would like to get your inputs as a member of the openoffice.org community. It

Re: [users] online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
Thank you very much for the heads up Andy. I fixed the issue. Thanks Ganesha Andy wrote: Your survey seems to be broken.. No box to check for Other, so it will not allow you to advance to the next page.. Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Folks, I am trying to understand the dynamics of online

[users] Re: online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 04:38 PM, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Thank you very much for the heads up Andy. I fixed the issue. Thanks Ganesha Q. This survey has what to do with OOo? A. Nothing: it's off-topic and has nothing to do with this list. Please take your request elsewhere. Shall we all start

Re: [users] online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread David B Teague
Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Folks, I am trying to understand the dynamics of online communities and would like to get your inputs as a member of the openoffice.org community. It would be of great help if you could take 1 minute to fill out this survey.

Re: [users] Re: online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
Sorry if I offended you NoOp. I posted an earlier email asking if it would be inappropriate if I posted this survey on this list. Even of one person had objected I would not have posted the survey. -Ganesha NoOp wrote: On 06/25/2009 04:38 PM, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Thank you very much for

[users] Re: online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 05:12 PM, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Sorry if I offended you NoOp. I posted an earlier email asking if it would be inappropriate if I posted this survey on this list. Even of one person had objected I would not have posted the survey. -Ganesha You didn't offend me... I'm just

Re: [users] background and art

2009-06-25 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:22 25/06/2009 -0700, Kathy Brown wrote: I just downloaded OpenOffice, clicked on the gallery and got a bunch of backgrounds, but how do I get the background to show up in the text area? o Right-click on the chosen background and go to Insert | Background | Page, or Insert |

[users] OT: Ferrets; was Re: [users] Re: online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/6/26 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net On 06/25/2009 04:38 PM, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Thank you very much for the heads up Andy. I fixed the issue. Thanks Ganesha Q. This survey has what to do with OOo? A. Nothing: it's off-topic and has nothing to do with this list. Please take

[users] Re: OT: Ferrets; was Re: [users] Re: online community survey: please help

2009-06-25 Thread NoOp
On 06/25/2009 05:39 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: 2009/6/26 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net On 06/25/2009 04:38 PM, Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: Thank you very much for the heads up Andy. I fixed the issue. Thanks Ganesha Q. This survey has what to do with OOo? A. Nothing: it's off-topic and has

Re: [users] background and art

2009-06-25 Thread Kathy Brown
yes much.thanks! Kathy ~Be good to yourself - the relationship you have with yourself is the only one there is, ever was, or ever will be. --- On Thu, 6/25/09, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com Subject: Re: [users] background and

[users] Calc: Writing My Own Spreadsheet Function

2009-06-25 Thread Don Daugherty
I've attempted to write my own spreadsheet function and got no results returned -- just the message #VALUE! and a status-bar message Error: Wrong data type I then implemented Andrew Pitonyak's WahooFunc (shown below with a number of lines commented out to make it ultra simple and easy to

[users] OpenOffice can run when as administer, not as guest

2009-06-25 Thread Kenneth So
Dear Users Recently I download OpenOffice 3.1.0 Chinese Traditional and install it using administer account. I choose allows all users to use the OpenOffice.. The OpenOffice run properly as I log in as adminster accoun. However, but when I log in using guest account (no rights to save

[users] Formatting the Alignment

2009-06-25 Thread Larry
Hello, Can someone advise me how I can designate my alignment to remain permanent? Here's my dilemma; I click on 'Format', then 'Cells' and get 'Format Cell', I click on 'Alignment' and set Horizontal to Center and Vertical to Middle. This works fine for the specific cell, but when I go to the

Re: [users] Writer: Creating Plain Vanilla Document

2009-06-25 Thread Don Daugherty
Richard and Brian: Thanks guys -- those ideas solve my problem. Now I can have my cake and eat it when I want to. Don - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

[users] Android Magic

2009-06-25 Thread Flemming Rod
Hej Is there a WRITER for HTC Magic Android -- Venlig hilsen Flemming Rod

Re: [users] Re: compatibility with Quickbooks?

2009-06-25 Thread Lene T
You are correct, Harold. I did discover that. However, the issues I need to deal with are the actual order of the columns and rows and how info is entered. Plus, with the amount of work it's going to be, I'm simply going to just keep all that info in the calc document format and enter things

Re: [users] Spreadsheet starting Q

2009-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 23 June 2009, Andy wrote: Gene, I am not sure what your problem could be. If you can send me a copy of the page off list I will see what I can do to help. If you can give me a shot example of your data I will setup a sample that you can work from. Andy Many Thanks for the offer

Re: [users] Formatting the Alignment

2009-06-25 Thread JOE Conner
Larry wrote: Hello, Can someone advise me how I can designate my alignment to remain permanent? Here's my dilemma; I click on 'Format', then 'Cells' and get 'Format Cell', I click on 'Alignment' and set Horizontal to Center and Vertical to Middle. This works fine for the specific cell, but

Re: [users] OpenOffice can run when as administer, not as guest

2009-06-25 Thread JOE Conner
Kenneth So wrote: Dear Users Recently I download OpenOffice 3.1.0 Chinese Traditional and install it using administer account. I choose allows all users to use the OpenOffice.. The OpenOffice run properly as I log in as adminster accoun. However, but when I log in using guest account (no

Re: [users] Formatting the Alignment

2009-06-25 Thread Rob Clement
Larry wrote: Hello, Can someone advise me how I can designate my alignment to remain permanent? Here's my dilemma; I click on 'Format', then 'Cells' and get 'Format Cell', I click on 'Alignment' and set Horizontal to Center and Vertical to Middle. This works fine for the specific cell, but

Re: [users] Re: N-up page setup?

2009-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Ah... then you won't be able to modify those settings (odd I would have thought that you could have). Try this instead: $ system-config-printer and see if you get the printer configuration wiget. Kubuntu doesn't come with that exactly, but I was able to install system-config-printer-gnome