Re: [users] printing a book

2010-11-08 Thread Mike Scott
On 07/11/2010 19:20, Tony Carr wrote: On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:56 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: What do you mean by book format? Double sided paper with two pages per side that have the pages line up in the proper order so you can staple the middle, fold it

[users] Are these possible in OpenOffice.org?

2010-11-08 Thread Manu Unni V G
Dear all, Kindly check this link out. http://cen.amritafoss.org/downloads/Books/FractalsForEveryone/ This is not a spam or an advertisement. The complete set has been done in MS Excel 2010 only because of its size capabilities, what-if potential and conditional formatting ease. Can

Re: [users] printing a book

2010-11-08 Thread James Knott
Mike Scott wrote: If I recall, more generally, books are printed with many pages to a large sheet Yes, those are called signatures. That also requires a printer capable of handling large sheets, as well as a bindery to fold trim the paper and bind it into a book. If you want to make such

Re: [users] printing a book

2010-11-08 Thread Mike Scott
On 08/11/10 13:29, James Knott wrote: Mike Scott wrote: If I recall, more generally, books are printed with many pages to a large sheet Yes, those are called signatures. That also requires a printer capable of handling large sheets, as well as a bindery to fold trim the paper and bind it

[users] double-sided printing - bad problem

2010-11-08 Thread Mike Scott
Hmmm. Amazing how things come up together. While pondering on book format in another thread, I've been supervising a booklet my wife has been putting together. End game was we needed to print about 20 pages, double-sided, ready for binding. Goodness knows what happened. The right-side pages

[users] Re: double-sided printing - bad problem

2010-11-08 Thread Twayne
In news:4cd80aef.7020...@scottsonline.org.uk, Mike Scott m...@scottsonline.org.uk typed: Hmmm. Amazing how things come up together. While pondering on book format in another thread, I've been supervising a booklet my wife has been putting together. End game was we needed to print about 20

Re: [users] Re: double-sided printing - bad problem

2010-11-08 Thread Mike Scott
On 08/11/10 16:00, Twayne wrote: In news:4cd80aef.7020...@scottsonline.org.uk, Mike Scott m...@scottsonline.org.uk typed: Hmmm. Amazing how things come up together. While pondering on book format in another thread, I've been supervising a booklet my wife has been putting together. End game

[users] open office 2009

2010-11-08 Thread Bill McCarthy
HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA

Re: [users] Re: [VOICENWS] SW: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 GA released

2010-11-08 Thread Phil Hibbs
cant help u Whilst your enthusiasm is commendable, and I feel bad raising any criticism against such a keen and helpful person, I suspect that if everyone who could not help with a question were to reply saying so, this list would be swamped with hundreds of such apologies. Regards, Phil.

Re: [users] open office 2009

2010-11-08 Thread Phil Hibbs
Where did you get the CD from? I don't think OOo themselves distribute the software on CD, did you get it from a third party that you could contact for support? Did you pay for it, and if so, did that include support? OOo (and many of the variants, such as Go-OO and LibreOffice) are free to

Re: [users] open office 2009

2010-11-08 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 2010-11-08 13:25:43 skrev Bill McCarthy wbm5...@comcast.net: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy

[users] Paste without formatting

2010-11-08 Thread James Wilde
Well, not really. Paste with the format applicable at the point of entry. Mac OSX 10.6.4 OOo 3.2.1 I can paste with the format applicable at the point of entry if I use Cmd+Alt+Shift+V, as opposed to Cmd+V which pastes the incoming text in the format from which it came. I'd like to make the

Re: [users] Re: [VOICENWS] SW: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 GA released

2010-11-08 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 11/8/2010 12:39 PM, Phil Hibbs wrote: cant help u Whilst your enthusiasm is commendable, and I feel bad raising any criticism against such a keen and helpful person, I suspect that if everyone who could not help with a question were to reply saying so, this list would be swamped with

Re: [users] open office 2009

2010-11-08 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hello Bill, Am Mon, 8 Nov 2010 07:25:43 -0500 schrieb Bill McCarthy wbm5...@comcast.net: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install

Re: [users] Paste without formatting

2010-11-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:59 08/11/2010 +0100, James Wilde wrote: Mac OSX 10.6.4 OOo 3.2.1 I can paste with the format applicable at the point of entry if I use Cmd+Alt+Shift+V, as opposed to Cmd+V which pastes the incoming text in the format from which it came. I'm slightly surprised by this. The Windows

[users] OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

2010-11-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
When I moved from Ubuntu's Go-oo version to Oracle's version on the OOo web site, I noticed that there is a new listing on the Gnome Panel Applications Office called OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration. What is it used for? The Help section inside OOo 3.2.1 does not have any listing for

Re: [users] Re: double-sided printing - bad problem

2010-11-08 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 11/8/2010 10:12 AM, Mike Scott wrote: On 08/11/10 16:00, Twayne wrote: In news:4cd80aef.7020...@scottsonline.org.uk, Mike Scottm...@scottsonline.org.uk typed: Hmmm. Amazing how things come up together. While pondering on book format in another thread, I've been supervising a booklet my

Re: [users] open office 2009

2010-11-08 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 11/8/2010 6:25 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA [Bill

Re: [users] open office 2009

2010-11-08 Thread JOE Conner
On 11/8/2010 10:51 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 2010-11-08 13:25:43 skrev Bill McCarthy wbm5...@comcast.net: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is

[users] Partly off-topic question on web site design

2010-11-08 Thread Richard Detwiler
I'm looking into software for web page design. I have heard that OpenOffice.org is NOT a particularly good tool. (What are the reasons for this? I'm not very knowledgeable about web sites.) What would be some better applications for this task? (Preferably free ones, but I'm willing to pay a

Re: [users] Partly off-topic question on web site design

2010-11-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/08/10 19:01, Richard Detwiler wrote: I'm looking into software for web page design. I have heard that OpenOffice.org is NOT a particularly good tool. (What are the reasons for this? I'm not very knowledgeable about web sites.) What would be some better applications for this task?

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

2010-11-08 Thread Eric Wood
On 11/8/2010 5:44 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I noticed that there is a new listing on the Gnome Panel Applications Office called OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration. What is it used for? The Help section inside OOo 3.2.1 does not I'm just guessing here but it may be a

Re: [users] Paste without formatting

2010-11-08 Thread Daniel Lewis
Brian Barker wrote: At 19:59 08/11/2010 +0100, James Wilde wrote: Mac OSX 10.6.4 OOo 3.2.1 I can paste with the format applicable at the point of entry if I use Cmd+Alt+Shift+V, as opposed to Cmd+V which pastes the incoming text in the format from which it came. I'm slightly surprised by

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

2010-11-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/08/10 20:50, Eric Wood wrote: On 11/8/2010 5:44 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I noticed that there is a new listing on the Gnome Panel Applications Office called OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration. What is it used for? The Help section inside OOo 3.2.1 does not

Re: [users] open office 2009

2010-11-08 Thread jonathon
On 11/08/2010 11:58 PM, JOE Conner wrote: OpenOffice2009 is a credit card fraud. See: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49t=11052 The same scammers also offer OpenOffice 2010 and OpenOffice 2011. I think that they also offer another name variant, but since I forward

RE: [users] Subscription Query

2010-11-08 Thread Bob Sugar
Thank your for all the past info. I would like to unsubscribe. rsu...@verizon.net -Original Message- From: Barbara Duprey [mailto:b...@onr.com] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 7:56 PM To: users@openoffice.org; ce...@aol.com Subject: Re: [users] Subscription Query On 11/4/2010 12:50 PM,

[users] scalc (often) fails to completely close in Windows 7

2010-11-08 Thread Mike Brady
In a fresh install of Windows 7, I have a problem where if I open more than 1 Calc window at the same time by double-clicking then close all of them, scalc.exe, soffice.exe, and soffice.bin don't completely shut down. They disappear from the applications list in Task Manager but still show up

Re: [users] Paste without formatting

2010-11-08 Thread James Wilde
On Nov 8, 2010, at 23:00 , Brian Barker wrote: At 19:59 08/11/2010 +0100, James Wilde wrote: Mac OSX 10.6.4 OOo 3.2.1 I can paste with the format applicable at the point of entry if I use Cmd+Alt+Shift+V, as opposed to Cmd+V which pastes the incoming text in the format from which it

Re: [users] Paste without formatting

2010-11-08 Thread James Wilde
On Nov 9, 2010, at 02:51 , Daniel Lewis wrote: Brian Barker wrote: At 19:59 08/11/2010 +0100, James Wilde wrote: Mac OSX 10.6.4 OOo 3.2.1 I can paste with the format applicable at the point of entry if I use Cmd+Alt+Shift+V, as opposed to Cmd+V which pastes the incoming text in the