[users] Re: use named range in listbox

2010-01-22 Thread Karti
Thanks. I will try that out. "Andreas Saeger" wrote in message news:hj55ah$v3...@ger.gmane.org... > Karti wrote: >> Please help me out with this. >> "Karti" wrote in message >> news:hif7nh$kp...@ger.gmane.org... >>> Hi, >>> It is possible to use named range in the "source cell range" while >>

Re: [users] Re: rtf drawing support

2010-01-22 Thread dabicho
I was using those files as an example of what I needed. What I needed was just a short horizontal line to be used to place a hand-written signature on a printed paper. I went around it by using a strike line. But I wanted to know if OpenOffice is missing some parts of the rtf specification or if i

[users] Re: rtf drawing support

2010-01-22 Thread NoOp
On 01/22/2010 04:13 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 01/22/2010 03:26 PM, dabicho wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I was trying out some rtf documents with lines in it, and they are not >> displayed in openoffice 3.1.1 >> >> Is that missing from support for rtf? or am i missing something? >> >> example rtfs can be f

Re: [users] Re: rtf drawing support

2010-01-22 Thread dabicho
This is sort of what I was expecting (files were exported as pdf on ms office) On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:13 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 01/22/2010 03:26 PM, dabicho wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I was trying out some rtf documents with lines in it, and they are not >> displayed in openoffice 3.1.1 >> >> Is th

[users] Re: rtf drawing support

2010-01-22 Thread NoOp
On 01/22/2010 03:26 PM, dabicho wrote: > Hello. > > I was trying out some rtf documents with lines in it, and they are not > displayed in openoffice 3.1.1 > > Is that missing from support for rtf? or am i missing something? > > example rtfs can be found at > http://interglacial.com/rtf/rtf_book

Re: [users] rtf drawing support

2010-01-22 Thread dabicho
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:32 PM,   wrote: > What do you mean lines?  Can you send me the file?  I'm not that familiar the > rich text formats, but they should be pretty simple. > The link has the examples, but here is one of them anyway If you open it on ms office, you will see diagonal lines.

RE: [users] rtf drawing support

2010-01-22 Thread marthina
What do you mean lines? Can you send me the file? I'm not that familiar the rich text formats, but they should be pretty simple. Hello. I was trying out some rtf documents with lines in it, and they are not displayed in openoffice 3.1.1 Is that missing from support for rtf? or am i missing s

[users] rtf drawing support

2010-01-22 Thread dabicho
Hello. I was trying out some rtf documents with lines in it, and they are not displayed in openoffice 3.1.1 Is that missing from support for rtf? or am i missing something? example rtfs can be found at http://interglacial.com/rtf/rtf_book_examples/example_programs Those are rtfs from O'reilly's

Re: [users] If statement in calc

2010-01-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/22 Philipp Giddings : > Hello all > Trying to create an If statement that will multiply cell value under 10 by > 2.5 and 10 and over by 2.5 > my non functioning formula below > =IF(I2<10);(I2*2.5) IF(I2=>10;(I2*2.4))) Seems like you misunderstood the syntax a bit there. As someone already m

Re: [users] Outsource a macro programmer

2010-01-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/22 Eric Wood : > Is there anyone for hire to do contract macro programming in Writer? > > I'd like a macro to be called from the command line along with a starting > template document, something similar discussed here: > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8232

Re: [users] Problem using Copy Paste in Calc

2010-01-22 Thread Luis P. Mendes
Hi James, The sync selection option in Clipman is causing the problem. When I deactivate it, there's no problem with Calc. Maybe this issue could be part of some FAQ, no? Have a nice weekend, (Mine will be working with Calc...):-) Luis 2010/1/22 James Wilde : > > On Jan 22, 2010, at 23:08

Re: [users] Numbering

2010-01-22 Thread Denis GRIESMAR
Thank you. I'll try that, and let you know if it works. Le 22 janv. 10 à 22:29, Brian Barker a écrit : At 22:17 22/01/2010 +0100, Denis GRIESMAR wrote: ... I could not find in the Aid for Open Office how to number pages, ... o Go to Insert | Header (or Insert | Footer) to switch on heade

Re: [users] Problem using Copy Paste in Calc

2010-01-22 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 22, 2010, at 23:08 , Luis P. Mendes wrote: > Arif, > > I did what you suggested, created a new user and Calc behaves correctly! > My system is OpenOffice 3.1.1 build 9420 64 bits on a Slackware Linux machine > . > When I switched back to my normal user, Calc had the same problems again.

Re: [users] Problem using Copy Paste in Calc

2010-01-22 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 22, 2010, at 21:29 , S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Luis P. Mendes wrote: >> In a new spreadsheet, please enter values: 1 in A1, 2 in B1, 3 in C1, 4 in >> D1. In cell B2, enter formula '=B1+A1'. It should show value 3. Now, select >> cell B2, copy the value, either

Re: [users] Problem using Copy Paste in Calc

2010-01-22 Thread Luis P. Mendes
Arif, I did what you suggested, created a new user and Calc behaves correctly! My system is OpenOffice 3.1.1 build 9420 64 bits on a Slackware Linux machine . When I switched back to my normal user, Calc had the same problems again. As I run Xfce4, 2.6.1, I had Clipman working. I closed it and C

Re: [users] Numbering

2010-01-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:17 22/01/2010 +0100, Denis GRIESMAR wrote: ... I could not find in the Aid for Open Office how to number pages, ... o Go to Insert | Header (or Insert | Footer) to switch on headers or footers in your current page style. o With the cursor in the header or footer, go to Insert | Fields

[users] Numbering

2010-01-22 Thread Denis GRIESMAR
Sorry if this seems trivial, and perhaps a FAQ, but I could not find in the Aid for Open Office how to number pages, nor how to number every five lines, i.e. 5, 10, 15 ... in the margin. Thanks in advance. - To unsubscribe

[users] Re: Unicode characters

2010-01-22 Thread Eustace
On 2010-01-22 09:59 jonathon wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:56, Eustace wrote: Does "only if font is not available" mean if the font of the document does not exist in the computer, or if the font does not have a particular character? If the font you are using does not have the specific g

Re: [users] Problem using Copy Paste in Calc

2010-01-22 Thread S P Arif Sahari Wibowo
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Luis P. Mendes wrote: In a new spreadsheet, please enter values: 1 in A1, 2 in B1, 3 in C1, 4 in D1. In cell B2, enter formula '=B1+A1'. It should show value 3. Now, select cell B2, copy the value, either with ^C or with menu option Edit | Copy, select C2 and D2 and when

Re: [users] Problem using Copy Paste in Calc

2010-01-22 Thread Luis P. Mendes
Thank you James for your answer, I'll try to be more explicit. I have maybe twenty years of experience in using spreadsheets, so I can assure you that it's not some kind of misuse by me. Let's consider this situation. In a new spreadsheet, please enter values: 1 in A1, 2 in B1, 3 in C1, 4 in D1.

[users] Re: If statement in calc

2010-01-22 Thread Philipp Giddings
Thanks Harold Much appreciated On 1/22/2010 12:06 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: Philipp Giddings wrote: Hello all Trying to create an If statement that will multiply cell value under 10 by 2.5 and 10 and over by 2.5 my non functioning formula below =IF(I2<10);(I2*2.5) IF(I2=>10;(I2*2.4))) any help wou

Re: [users] If statement in calc

2010-01-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
Philipp Giddings wrote: Hello all Trying to create an If statement that will multiply cell value under 10 by 2.5 and 10 and over by 2.5 my non functioning formula below =IF(I2<10);(I2*2.5) IF(I2=>10;(I2*2.4))) any help would be appreciated Thanks Philipp --

Re: [users] Re: Unicode characters

2010-01-22 Thread jonathon
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 16:17, eric b wrote: > Sure, but OOo4Kids is special : the idea is to work on special parts, like > performance, with the idea to contribute back to OpenOffice.org when the code > deserves it. If the sole purpose of that fork is to contribute code, then it might be speci

[users] If statement in calc

2010-01-22 Thread Philipp Giddings
Hello all Trying to create an If statement that will multiply cell value under 10 by 2.5 and 10 and over by 2.5 my non functioning formula below =IF(I2<10);(I2*2.5) IF(I2=>10;(I2*2.4))) any help would be appreciated Thanks Philipp ---

Re: [users] Problem using Copy Paste in Calc

2010-01-22 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 22, 2010, at 17:00 , Luis P. Mendes wrote: > Hi all, > > Today I found out this weird behavior of Calc that I had never seen before. > > In a new spreadsheet, when I try to copy a simple formula, let's say > '=A1+B1' to cells D2 to F2, Calc doesn't copy the formulas. > ^C and ^V don't wo

Re: [users] Re: Unicode characters

2010-01-22 Thread eric b
Le 22 janv. 10 à 17:17, eric b a écrit : Sure, but OOo4Kids is special : the idea is to work on special parts, like performance, with the idea to contribute back to OpenOffice.org when the code desserves it. So far, I don't know forks doing that, excepted EuroOffice. OOOops ... .. an

Re: [users] Re: Unicode characters

2010-01-22 Thread eric b
Le 22 janv. 10 à 17:02, jonathon a écrit : On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 15:23, eric b wrote: You missed a new form of fork, like OOo4Kids: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/DerivedWorks is an outdated list of forks and variants. I didn't want to get into listing all of the niche forks

Re: [users] Re: Crash on Ubuntu with pasting particular table in RTF

2010-01-22 Thread Cor Nouws
NoOp wrote (22-01-10 02:48) Sorry Cor... normally I am successful in crashing just about anything, but not in this case. :-D Thanks for your efforts proving 'my wrong' :-) -- >> Your office 2010 software: the new OpenOffice.org << Cor Nouws - nl.OpenOffice.org marketing contact - Commun

[users] Outsource a macro programmer

2010-01-22 Thread Eric Wood
Is there anyone for hire to do contract macro programming in Writer? I'd like a macro to be called from the command line along with a starting template document, something similar discussed here: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8232 When to document opens, the m

Re: [users] Re: Unicode characters

2010-01-22 Thread jonathon
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 15:23, eric b wrote: > You missed a new form of fork, like OOo4Kids: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/DerivedWorks is an outdated list of forks and variants. I didn't want to get into listing all of the niche forks, because I knew I'd omit some. And a couple of

[users] Problem using Copy Paste in Calc

2010-01-22 Thread Luis P. Mendes
Hi all, Today I found out this weird behavior of Calc that I had never seen before. In a new spreadsheet, when I try to copy a simple formula, let's say '=A1+B1' to cells D2 to F2, Calc doesn't copy the formulas. ^C and ^V don't work, and as menu commands don't work either. What happens is that a

Re: [users] Re: Unicode characters

2010-01-22 Thread eric b
Hi, Le 22 janv. 10 à 15:59, jonathon a écrit : Also, it's the first time I hear about OOo forks. Does it mean developers' versions of OOo that haven't become official? No. The major forks are: * NoGo OOo, which is found mainly on Linux; * Sun OOo, which is found mainly on Windows; * Neo Of

Re: [users] Re: Unicode characters

2010-01-22 Thread jonathon
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:56, Eustace wrote: > Does "only if font is not available" mean if the font of the document does > not exist in the computer, or if the font does not have a particular > character? If the font you are using does not have the specific glyph, but does have glyphs in the

Re: [users] Slow to open.etc.

2010-01-22 Thread Sylvia Sánchez
2010/1/21 Michael Adams : > On Thursday 21 January 2010 20:09, Prakash Karra wrote: >> Sir, I have downloaded and installed the Open Office; it seems to work >> fine. However, I find that its extremely slow to open a blank page or a >> down loaded document, it takes unusually long time.. Secondly,

Re: [users] Writer: changing header on specific page

2010-01-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
>> How can the user change the content of the page header on only one >> specific page? > > Generally, this would be done by using a different page style for that page. > Depending on what difference is needed, though, it might be possible to > accomplish this with a field setting. Searching on *op

Re: [users] Writer: changing header on specific page

2010-01-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
2010/1/20 Michele Zarri : > On 20/01/10 10:03, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> >> How can the user change the content of the page header on only one >> specific page? >> >> > > All you need to do is to allocate to the page with the different header a > different page style. > 1. define a new page style "Spec

[users] Re: Importing csv data into an existing database

2010-01-22 Thread Andreas Saeger
Pierre wrote: I'm back again, more confused than before. Drew Jensen wrote: When you launch the Import wizard, per the help file information, you I'm seeing an "IMPORT TEXT" dialog that lets me set column delimiters, character sets etc. 1) Ensure that the target table name is the name of

[users] Re: Unicode characters

2010-01-22 Thread Eustace
On 2010-01-21 22:46 jonathon wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 23:31, Eustace wrote: What impresses me now is the ability of FF/TB to display the character. How on earth do they do it? Font substitution. BTW, the first datum is "probably" because I do not know your fonts. what are your defa