Re: [users] Who has a larger organization (100 users) using Open Office?

2009-12-06 Thread Sylvia Sánchez
2009/12/3 Dan Itkis I'm looking to chat with someone who's migrated their organization to Open Office to gain insight into what to expect. thanks! Dan Eeemm Brazilian goverment offices are enough for you? Syl - To

Re: [users] Who has a larger organization (100 users) using Open Office?

2009-12-06 Thread Graham Smith
Try http://www.opensourceacademy.gov.uk/osacademy/our_partners/bristol-city-council/bristol-city-council as a starting point. Graham 2009/12/3 Dan Itkis dit...@moderro.com: I'm looking to chat with someone who's migrated their organization to Open Office to gain insight into what to expect.

Re: [users] How Do I Combine 2 Writer Files?

2009-12-06 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/12/6 John Gilchrist ooo.for...@gmail.com: Thank you! This sounds too simple!!! If it sounds too simple, it's probably wrong… But hopefully not in this case… Regards Johnny Rosenberg J. Gilchrist On 12/5/09, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/12/5 John Gilchrist

Re: [users] Who has a larger organization (100 users) using Open Office?

2009-12-06 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/12/6 Graham Smith myotis...@gmail.com: Try http://www.opensourceacademy.gov.uk/osacademy/our_partners/bristol-city-council/bristol-city-council  as a starting point. Graham 2009/12/3 Dan Itkis dit...@moderro.com: I'm looking to chat with someone who's migrated their organization to

Re: [users] Who has a larger organization (100 users) using Open Office?

2009-12-06 Thread Graham Smith
 And the obvious question now is: How can he chat with those? Well, there are contact details for some of the organisations mentioned, but I admit I was more looking at the giving insights part of the question. Graham - To

[users] Re: Who has a larger organization (100 users) using Open Office?

2009-12-06 Thread Andreas Saeger
Dan Itkis wrote: I'm looking to chat with someone who's migrated their organization to Open Office to gain insight into what to expect. thanks! Dan Does IBM count? They use their own derivate of OOo and name it Lotus Symphony.

[users] Opening a Writer document at the end rather than at the beginning?

2009-12-06 Thread AG
I don't know if this is the default behaviour for OOo3:1.1-8 Writer or not, but I would like to be able to open up a previously worked on document at the end of the work that I have done, rather than at the beginning of the document which is what currently happens. I know that I can skip

Re: [users] Opening a Writer document at the end rather than at the beginning?

2009-12-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:11 06/12/2009 +, Aonly Gonly wrote: I don't know if this is the default behaviour for OOo3:1.1-8 Writer or not, ... I'm puzzled: you mean you haven't tested this? Or perhaps you mean you may have changed something inadvertently? ... but I would like to be able to open up a

Re: [users] Re: Who has a larger organization (100 users) using Open Office?

2009-12-06 Thread James Knott
Andreas Saeger wrote: Dan Itkis wrote: I'm looking to chat with someone who's migrated their organization to Open Office to gain insight into what to expect. thanks! Dan Does IBM count? They use their own derivate of OOo and name it Lotus Symphony. Of course, you can also include the

[users] Jumping to pages in Writer

2009-12-06 Thread Burt Rice
Why can't I jump to pages anymore by double-clicking the page number/page count on the lower-left corner of my Writer document--and is there another way?   Thanks.   Burt

Re: [users] using draw to modify .eps file

2009-12-06 Thread Charles T. Bell
drew einhorn wrote: I have a drawing in an .eps file that's pretty close to what I want modify. Need to erase some stuff, add some arrows, arcs, labels, etc. So far openoffice seems like it might be the program I want. But there is some strangeness. I can open the file and it looks fine.

Re: [users] Opening a Writer document at the end rather than at the beginning?

2009-12-06 Thread Gene Young
AG wrote: I don't know if this is the default behaviour for OOo3:1.1-8 Writer or not, but I would like to be able to open up a previously worked on document at the end of the work that I have done, rather than at the beginning of the document which is what currently happens. I know that I can

Re: [users] Jumping to pages in Writer

2009-12-06 Thread Gene Young
Burt Rice wrote: Why can't I jump to pages anymore by double-clicking the page number/page count on the lower-left corner of my Writer document--and is there another way? Thanks. Burt From the OO help file; Page Number The current page number is displayed in this field of the status bar.

Re: [users] Opening a Writer document at the end rather than at the beginning?

2009-12-06 Thread Charles Marcus
On 12/6/2009, Brian Barker (b.m.bar...@btinternet.com) wrote: I seem to recall that previous releases of OOo allowed this but the 3.1* releases don't seem to support this out of the box. Is there a setting that I can tweak to enable this? FWIW, OOo sits proudly on my current Debian testing

[users] latest version

2009-12-06 Thread John Saunders
Hello I need a download of the Latest version of Java for a download of mine to work without beaing on line could you email me a link for the latest version of Java Download? Thanks have a good day. John

Re: [users] When I Copy Text into OOo, Only One Space Between Sentence End and Beginning of Next sentence

2009-12-06 Thread Charles Marcus
On 12/5/2009, James Knott (james.kn...@rogers.com) wrote: I've always been in the habit of adding an extra space between sentences. It simply looks better, You do realize that what looks better to you doesn't necessarily look better to me (or anyone else)? I hate extra spaces... :)

[users] Axis X on a Graph in Calc

2009-12-06 Thread Marko Baloković
Greetings, I was wondering if moving axis X to the left on a graph (I don't want X and Y axes to be connected) in Calc is possible (I guess moving Y axis to the right would do as well)? If it is how is it done? Thank you in advance.

[users] Slow loading of Excel spreadsheets with multiple vlookup adapt row height

2009-12-06 Thread Iain
Hello, I am having a problem with openoffice.org version 3.1.1 (also tried with 3.2 beta) Opening a set of excel files is really slow - 20 minutes or so. The loading hangs with a status bar entry of Adapt Row Height but I suspect it is actually looking up the data from the other spreadsheets.

Re: [users] Re: What is new for 3.2.x (beta) - non-technical please

2009-12-06 Thread Charles Marcus
On 12/3/2009, Web Kracked (webmas...@krackedpress.com) wrote: I just saw the beta and thought to give a test try. When the RCs come out I will try them too. The dev page doesn't show any official beta releases? -- Best regards, Charles

[users] 1st page letterhead following page(s) plain except for footer page numbers

2009-12-06 Thread Gracia M. Littauer
I remember long ago seeing instuctions on how to do that...can't find them or know what to look for in google. Making a letterhead is easy, no need for docs, but getting the plain pages to follow is complacated/ Linux with OO 3.1.1 -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally

Re: [users] 1st page letterhead following page(s) plain except for footer page numbers

2009-12-06 Thread Charles Marcus
On 12/6/2009, Gracia M. Littauer (gra...@yadtel.net) wrote: I remember long ago seeing instuctions on how to do that...can't find them or know what to look for in google. Making a letterhead is easy, no need for docs, but getting the plain pages to follow is complacated/ Simple - Page Styles

[users] Reverse Page Styles when second page is triggered?

2009-12-06 Thread Charles Marcus
I hope I can make this question intelligible... I have a Sales Template writer document that has a special footer that has a Signature line and some legalese beneath the signature line. What I need to do is have this special footer always be on the last page, but when the document reaches two

Re: [users] 1st page letterhead following page(s) plain except for footer page numbers

2009-12-06 Thread Gracia M. Littauer
On Sunday 06 December 2009 02:57:49 pm Charles Marcus wrote: Simple - Page Styles is your friend. Not simple at all I made what I thought was a new style it's not there, or at least I can't find it Just apply a different page style to the second (and subsequent) pages... Problem is

Re: [users] Re: Who has a larger organization (100 users) using Open Office?

2009-12-06 Thread Fred A. Miller
On 12/06/2009 10:49 AM, James Knott wrote: Andreas Saeger wrote: Dan Itkis wrote: I'm looking to chat with someone who's migrated their organization to Open Office to gain insight into what to expect. thanks! Dan Does IBM count? They use their own derivate of OOo and name it Lotus

Re: [users] 1st page letterhead following page(s) plain except for footer page numbers

2009-12-06 Thread Barbara Duprey
Gracia M. Littauer wrote: On Sunday 06 December 2009 02:57:49 pm Charles Marcus wrote: Simple - Page Styles is your friend. Not simple at all I made what I thought was a new style it's not there, or at least I can't find it Just apply a different page style to the second

[users] Calc question.?

2009-12-06 Thread James Elliott
In Calc (ver 3.x) I have clicked on something to display a list of functions n the right hand side of my screen. This dialogue box has docked itself to my Calc screen and has no exit button x. How can I get rid of it please? Many thanks, James

[users] Searching Back Issues

2009-12-06 Thread Mark C. Miller
I follow the group on gmane. I've asked a couple questions in the past that I've forgotten the solutions to. I don't want to bother everybody with issues that have already been discussed. How can I search the for past responses? I didn't keep my email (I know, dumb) from when I subscribed.

Re: [users] Reverse Page Styles when second page is triggered?

2009-12-06 Thread Barbara Duprey
Charles Marcus wrote: I hope I can make this question intelligible... I have a Sales Template writer document that has a special footer that has a Signature line and some legalese beneath the signature line. What I need to do is have this special footer always be on the last page, but when the

Re: [users] Reverse Page Styles when second page is triggered?

2009-12-06 Thread Barbara Duprey
Charles Marcus wrote: I hope I can make this question intelligible... I have a Sales Template writer document that has a special footer that has a Signature line and some legalese beneath the signature line. What I need to do is have this special footer always be on the last page, but when the

Re: [users] Re: What is new for 3.2.x (beta) - non-technical please

2009-12-06 Thread Web Kracked
Charles Marcus wrote: On 12/3/2009, Web Kracked (webmas...@krackedpress.com) wrote: I just saw the beta and thought to give a test try. When the RCs come out I will try them too. The dev page doesn't show any official beta releases? I went to the following link.

Re: [users] Searching Back Issues

2009-12-06 Thread RA Brown
Mark C. Miller wrote: I follow the group on gmane. I've asked a couple questions in the past that I've forgotten the solutions to. I don't want to bother everybody with issues that have already been discussed. How can I search the for past responses? I didn't keep my email (I know,

Re: [users] Reverse Page Styles when second page is triggered?

2009-12-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:01 06/12/2009 -0500, Charles Marcus wrote: I have a Sales Template writer document that has a special footer that has a Signature line and some legalese beneath the signature line. What I need to do is have this special footer always be on the last page, but when the document reaches

Re: [users] Reverse Page Styles when second page is triggered?

2009-12-06 Thread JOE Conner
Barbara Duprey wrote: Charles Marcus wrote: I hope I can make this question intelligible... I have a Sales Template writer document that has a special footer that has a Signature line and some legalese beneath the signature line. What I need to do is have this special footer always be on the

Re: [users] Re: Openoffice Calc Data Consolidate not active

2009-12-06 Thread Klark Ooi
Hi, I am using the latest version 3.1.1 from Fedora 12 distribution. I checked other of my colleague's system, they also do not have this function active. /usr/lib64/openoffice.org/basis3.1/program/versionrc /usr/lib64/openoffice.org/ure/bin/versionrc /usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/versionrc