[users] Top posting should be allowed

2010-02-11 Thread Keith R Bainbridge
Good afternoon all, particularly the moderators I have been criticised a few times for top posting on this list. I haven't participated much since the last critic. I started work in 1963. I was told that I just missed out using nibs that you dip into an ink well. My first recollections of k

Re: [users] Differences between the new OOo 3.2 version and OOO320m11 (Build:9479) ?

2010-02-11 Thread M Henri Day
2010/2/11 Jean-Baptiste Faure > Le 11.02.2010 23:17, Cor Nouws a écrit : > > > > Hi Henri, > > > > M Henri Day wrote (11-02-10 18:48) > >> Are there any ? (I shan't be downloading the latest version for a while > >> anyway, as a Swedish version of OOo 3.2 is not yet available. As > >> usual, our

[users] If 3.2 is out, why doesn't my 3.1.1 find it?

2010-02-11 Thread John Jason Jordan
I have OOo 3.1.1 on Fedora 11 x86_64, installed from OOo, not from the Fedora repositories. (Fedora disables too many things.) I note on openoffice.org that 3.2 is now out and available for download. But when I go to Help > Check for Updates it says my 3.1.1 is the latest. ---

[users] Re: calc: Python

2010-02-11 Thread Karti
@Johny Rosenberg: I completely agree with you. @ Andreas: Thanks for the suggestion I am trying it out. Will post if I have any query. I usually don't use the macro recorder. But only in some instances where I don't know how to call for a particular serivces or how to do a particular tasks, I us

Re: [users] Differences between the new OOo 3.2 version and OOO320m11 (Build:9479) ?

2010-02-11 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 11.02.2010 23:17, Cor Nouws a écrit : > > Hi Henri, > > M Henri Day wrote (11-02-10 18:48) >> Are there any ? (I shan't be downloading the latest version for a while >> anyway, as a Swedish version of OOo 3.2 is not yet available. As >> usual, our >> Norwegian and Danish neighbours are way ahead

Re: [users] UNINSTALLING OPENOFFICE VERSION 3.1.0

2010-02-11 Thread Gryllida
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Sigrid Carrera < sigrid.carr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > > Am Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:03:44 -0500 > schrieb "Roger T. Reynolds" : > > > Please Help! > > > > > > How do I uninstall the OPENOFFICE 3.1.0 suite? > > Start Settings Control Panel Add/Remove Progra

Re: [users] Re: Import HTML file?

2010-02-11 Thread Gryllida
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:22 PM, kev wrote: > > "Gryllida" wrote in message > news:cb6b44e91002110103l3ee7537xd2f8cf448a3f2...@mail.gmail.com... > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, kev wrote: > > > >> Is it possible to open an HTML file so that it renders like a web page? > >> Basically I jus

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread Web Kracked
Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-02-11 12:49 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: If this is the future of OpenOffice.org (needing extra files, such as MS C++ redistributable), I see no reason to continue using it past 3.1x. Don't be silly. Lots of programs are needing some basic minimal requirem

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-02-11 3:57 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: >> Also, in a corporate environment, you're generally not >> *supposed* to be >> installing s/w that isn't approved/installed by the I.T. dept. >> >> I know *I* don't allow it... it is in fact a fireable offense >> in some cases. > Yeah, right. Te

Re: [users] Changing bullet symbol to a symbol not on the OOo list of characters

2010-02-11 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:25 11/02/2010 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: I need to use the Unicode Gear symbol as a bullet point in lists: ⚙ I click on Numbering/Bullets however in none of the screens can I change to use this symbol. The only screen that comes close is the Options where I could set the numbering to u

Re: [users] Differences between the new OOo 3.2 version and OOO320m11 (Build:9479) ?

2010-02-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Henri, M Henri Day wrote (11-02-10 18:48) Are there any ? (I shan't be downloading the latest version for a while anyway, as a Swedish version of OOo 3.2 is not yet available. As usual, our Norwegian and Danish neighbours are way ahead of us) ;-) No differences, apart from the product

Re: [users] Problem med infoga formel

2010-02-11 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 11 februari 2010 10.43 skrev Tore Svensson : > > Hej, > > Jag ominstallerade Open Office och får följande problem: > > > > Open Office + Infoga + Objekt + Formel --> Går bra att skapa formeln i > formelfönstret, men när infogningen avslutas visas inte formeln i dokumentet? > > > Tacksam för sv

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 11, 2010, at 21:57 , McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: > > > > Yeah, right. Tell that to all the engineers, techwriters, > testers, etc. > > > > - Kevin 'some of my best friends work in IT' RTB STM BTTS That's my man, Kevin! //James ---

RE: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
> -Original Message- > From: Tanstaafl [mailto:tansta...@libertytrek.org] > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:20 PM > To: users@openoffice.org > Subject: Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue > > On 2010-02-11 10:51 AM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: > > Then, I too had the installer crap out

Re: [users] UNINSTALLING OPENOFFICE VERSION 3.1.0

2010-02-11 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hello, Am Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:03:44 -0500 schrieb "Roger T. Reynolds" : > Please Help! > > > How do I uninstall the OPENOFFICE 3.1.0 suite? I am assuming that you're using one version of Windows. :) I have only a German version of Windows, but you should be able to locate something like "s

Re: [users] msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread Aryeh Weiss
A place to upload "problem" documents is an excellent idea. A few of these may allow the developers to quickly zsolve most of the incompatibility issues. Bug reports are not the rigth place for such issues, because they are not necessarily bugs. OO mzy be working correctly, just with different

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread Programmer In Training
On 02/11/10 13:04, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2010-02-11 12:49 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: >> If this is the future of OpenOffice.org (needing extra files, such as MS >> C++ redistributable), I see no reason to continue using it past 3.1x. > > Don't be silly. Lots of programs are needing some bas

[users] Changing bullet symbol to a symbol not on the OOo list of characters

2010-02-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
I need to use the Unicode Gear symbol as a bullet point in lists: ⚙ I click on Numbering/Bullets however in none of the screens can I change to use this symbol. The only screen that comes close is the Options where I could set the numbering to use a graphic. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.c

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-02-11 10:51 AM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: > Then, I too had the installer crap out because I don't have enough > privileges on my system. This would be a new requirement I think - but doesn't MSO require Admin privileges too? Also, in a corporate environment, you're generally not *supposed

[users] Re: UNINSTALLING OPENOFFICE VERSION 3.1.0

2010-02-11 Thread Mark C. Miller
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:03:44 -0500, Roger T. Reynolds wrote: > Please Help! > > > > How do I uninstall the OPENOFFICE 3.1.0 suite? > > > > Thanks … > > > > Roger Reynolds > > Norcross, GA What operating system are you using? That makes a difference. ---

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-02-11 12:49 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: > If this is the future of OpenOffice.org (needing extra files, such as MS > C++ redistributable), I see no reason to continue using it past 3.1x. Don't be silly. Lots of programs are needing some basic minimal requirements, just as MSO does.

Re: [users] msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread Aryeh Weiss
Thank you for your reply. The situation I face is that I have no control over the documents that I receive from other people. ALso, sometimes I am dealing with a document which I or someone else created before I started using OO. I should make clear that I have no complaint with the developers -

Re: [users] msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-02-11 8:08 AM, Aryeh Weiss wrote: > I find that MSWord docs which contains tables or figures usually do not > display properly. Location of the images is wrong, and often text > positioning is not correct. This brings up a question I keep forgetting to ask... I run across documents all th

[users] UNINSTALLING OPENOFFICE VERSION 3.1.0

2010-02-11 Thread Roger T. Reynolds
Please Help! How do I uninstall the OPENOFFICE 3.1.0 suite? Thanks … Roger Reynolds Norcross, GA

[users] [moderated]cannot use find & replace function, or auto correct option for quotes and apostrophes

2010-02-11 Thread Clare du Bois
I sure hope you can help me, I have a manuscript to correct and it would take hours to do it manually. I am using OO3 on a MacBookPro dual processor, intel machine. I have already tried to access some kind of find and replace function and when the box opens (edit>find & replace) there is no p

[users] Problem med infoga formel

2010-02-11 Thread Tore Svensson
Hej, Jag ominstallerade Open Office och får följande problem: Open Office + Infoga + Objekt + Formel --> Går bra att skapa formeln i formelfönstret, men när infogningen avslutas visas inte formeln i dokumentet? Tacksam för svar, T Svensson

[users] Re: calc: Python

2010-02-11 Thread Andreas Saeger
Karti wrote: Hi, Is it possbile to use the "macro recorder" to record the macros and generate the codes in Python? Also is there any way to integrate sikuli script with openoffice macros? Regards, Karti Yes, it is possible (kind of). http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/MRI reco

[users] FWIW:

2010-02-11 Thread Twayne
Hi, FWIW, Sun appears to have straightened out some of their OO.o Registration Issues. I like to register newe versions because it's a tiny contribution I can make to the success of the software install counters. This time it not only recognized my name and password, which it did not last ti

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread Programmer In Training
If this is the future of OpenOffice.org (needing extra files, such as MS C++ redistributable), I see no reason to continue using it past 3.1x. You already need Java for a good deal of OOo, now this? No thank you. Let me know when someone really forks OOo as a true open-source project (none of this

[users] Differences between the new OOo 3.2 version and OOO320m11 (Build:9479) ?

2010-02-11 Thread M Henri Day
Are there any ? (I shan't be downloading the latest version for a while anyway, as a Swedish version of OOo 3.2 is not yet available. As usual, our Norwegian and Danish neighbours are way ahead of us) Henri

[users] Re: CTRL-click for hyperlinks in TOC

2010-02-11 Thread Twayne
In news:2f0009191002110239y64c125ai41aa2ac62f4d7...@mail.gmail.com, Harold Fuchs typed: On 11 February 2010 01:46, Twayne wrote: Hi, I've forgotten something and can't seem to remember how to get it back. OO.o V3, on XP SP3 and it has to do with the TOC: HOW do I turn OFF the necessity to p

[users] Re: msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread Twayne
In news:4b740143.50...@cc.huji.ac.il, Aryeh Weiss typed: I find that MSWord docs which contains tables or figures usually do not display properly. Location of the images is wrong, and often text positioning is not correct. I do not know if list rules allow posting of attachments, but if anyone i

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread Web Kracked
McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: Web Kracked [mailto:webmas...@krackedpress.com] observed: Well with 3.2 out, I installed it - or tried to. Due to some unknown reason, as the only user of this laptop I did not have the needed privileges for installing some of the files. So it stopped in the middle

Re: [users] msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread jomali
This subject has come up many, many times. The OOo developers have done an outstanding job in trying to maintain compatibility between OOo and MS Office. However, it is inevitable that there will be some incompatibilities between the tools. Might I suggest a workflow solution to the problem, usin

Re: [users] calc: Python

2010-02-11 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/2/11 Karti : > Hi, > > Is it possbile to use the "macro recorder" to record the macros and generate > the codes in Python? No. Actually, just NEVER EVER use the macro recorder at all, and you'll be fine. It's crap anyway. No more, no less. And I keep wondering, if they won't improve it and ma

RE: [users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
Web Kracked [mailto:webmas...@krackedpress.com] observed: > Well with 3.2 out, I installed it - or tried to. > > Due to some unknown reason, as the only user of this laptop > I did not have the needed privileges for installing some of > the files. So it stopped in the middle and canceled itself.

[users] OOo 3.2 install issue

2010-02-11 Thread Web Kracked
Well with 3.2 out, I installed it - or tried to. Due to some unknown reason, as the only user of this laptop I did not have the needed privileges for installing some of the files. So it stopped in the middle and canceled itself. So I had to go through Vista's Compatibility install system and in

[users] calc: Python

2010-02-11 Thread Karti
Hi, Is it possbile to use the "macro recorder" to record the macros and generate the codes in Python? Also is there any way to integrate sikuli script with openoffice macros? Regards, Karti - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-uns

[users] Re: Import HTML file?

2010-02-11 Thread kev
"Gryllida" wrote in message news:cb6b44e91002110103l3ee7537xd2f8cf448a3f2...@mail.gmail.com... > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, kev wrote: > >> Is it possible to open an HTML file so that it renders like a web page? >> Basically I just want to convert the HTML to ODF. >> >> > You can open an

RE: [users] msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
Aryeh Weiss [mailto:ar...@cc.huji.ac.il] inquired: > I find that MSWord docs which contains tables or figures > usually do not > display properly. Location of the images is wrong, and often text > positioning is not correct. > I do not know if list rules allow posting of attachments, but >

[users] Insert ( copy record ) routine -

2010-02-11 Thread Drew Jensen
Hi, Attached is a small basic file, intended to be embedded in an ODB file. The file has two main routines: InsertThisDataForm InsertFirstDataForm Datasources tested and comments dBase - no problems found HSQLdb - no problems found MS Access - Image controls will generate error MySQL - Imag

[users] msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread Aryeh Weiss
I find that MSWord docs which contains tables or figures usually do not display properly. Location of the images is wrong, and often text positioning is not correct. I do not know if list rules allow posting of attachments, but if anyone it interested, I can email offlist the MSWord file and two

Re: [users] CTRL-click for hyperlinks in TOC

2010-02-11 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 11 February 2010 01:46, Twayne wrote: > Hi, > > I've forgotten something and can't seem to remember how to get it back. > OO.o V3, on XP SP3 and it has to do with the TOC: > > HOW do I turn OFF the necessity to press CTRL in order to folllow the table > of contents links? I want to just click

Re: [users] Import HTML file?

2010-02-11 Thread Gryllida
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, kev wrote: > Is it possible to open an HTML file so that it renders like a web page? > Basically I just want to convert the HTML to ODF. > > > You can open an HTML file with sweb (Open Office Writer Web component) - it will render as a web page - and then you ca