Re: [users] Major data loss: Calc formatting numbers

2009-07-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
Positive. however, which unskilled worker is going to make the tables, forms, and reports? AHHH - none - that is why they hire a contractor - or take a class - or read a manual - or come to a mailing lists. That is not going to happen. This is a volunteer humanitarian service, everything

Re: [users] Major data loss: Calc formatting numbers

2009-07-12 Thread Drew Jensen
Ok Let's just call it My mistake then - I should have just let this thread end...sorry. Drew - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] [SOLVED] Extension can't be removed (barcode 1.2)

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NoOp wrote: snip You might make a backup of your /3 folder and then try: A somewhat more complicated solution is to manually upgrade the extension without using the Extension Manager. * Locate the installed extension. It can be either in your user profile or the shared folder under

[users] Problem with Partial Dates

2009-07-12 Thread Tamblyne
I am trying to use Calc (v.3.1.0) for a cemetery transcription. I have a born column and a died column. It would be nice to use a date format for these, but sometimes I only have a year -- not the whole date -- and that makes a mess of things. The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to

Re: [users] Problem with Partial Dates

2009-07-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 05:05 12/07/2009 -0500, Tamblyne Noname wrote: I am trying to use Calc (v.3.1.0) for a cemetery transcription. I have a born column and a died column. It would be nice to use a date format for these, but sometimes I only have a year -- not the whole date -- and that makes a mess of

[users] Re: Problem with Partial Dates

2009-07-12 Thread Tamblyne
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:00:19 +0100, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 05:05 12/07/2009 -0500, Tamblyne Noname wrote: I am trying to use Calc (v.3.1.0) for a cemetery transcription. I have a born column and a died column. It would be nice to use a date format for these, but

[users] How to anchor LaTeX formula in odp/impress file

2009-07-12 Thread Yogi
Hi there, I want to use open office to make an equation-intensive presentation. I have been looking at ways to insert formulae in sentences, but it seems like you cannot do it in impress files, although you can do it in odt files (in particular, it seems that you cannot anchor an object as a

Re: [users] Writer - starting page numbers on second page

2009-07-12 Thread Michael Reich
On 7/12/09 users-digest-h...@openoffice.org wrote: Subject: Re: [users] Writer - starting page numbers on second page From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:31:42 +0100 To: users@openoffice.org At 15:03 11/07/2009 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: OO 3.0.1

[users] Re: [SOLVED] Extension can't be removed (barcode 1.2)

2009-07-12 Thread NoOp
On 07/12/2009 02:29 AM, Jonathan Kaye wrote: NoOp wrote: snip You might make a backup of your /3 folder and then try: A somewhat more complicated solution is to manually upgrade the extension without using the Extension Manager. * Locate the installed extension. It can be either in

Re: [users] Writer - starting page numbers on second page

2009-07-12 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:17 12/07/2009 -0500, Michael Reich wrote: I appreciate the short-cut to get page numbers to begin on the second page. However, there's still an issue with a table of contents, because even with the -1 offset, the TOC is showing items as being on the physical page number, rather than

[users] Using SSH

2009-07-12 Thread Mark C. Miller
Excuse me if this isn't appropriate for this group; just tell me and I'll try and find another place to ask. I have all my documents/images/presentation files on a computer at my house that can be reached via SSH using DYNDNS. I work from three different machines at home, one at my place of

Re: [users] Using SSH

2009-07-12 Thread Ian Stephen
- Original Message - From: Mark C. Miller mr.mcmil...@gmail.com Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009 5:57 pm Subject: [users]  Using SSH To: users@openoffice.org I have all my documents/images/presentation files on a computer at my house that can be reached via SSH using DYNDNS. I'd like to

[users] Re: Using SSH

2009-07-12 Thread NoOp
On 07/12/2009 05:56 PM, Mark C. Miller wrote: Excuse me if this isn't appropriate for this group; just tell me and I'll try and find another place to ask. I have all my documents/images/presentation files on a computer at my house that can be reached via SSH using DYNDNS. I work from

Re: [users] Searching OOo Documents on Linux

2009-07-12 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Andrew Sorry it has taken a while to get back to you. I was under the impression that both Beagle and Tracker were able to read and index ODF documents. I installed both and I have not been able to convince myself that it is actually able to read either. Can anyone verify that either