[users] how long till OOo 3.3.x - any ideas

2011-01-18 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
How long till the estimated release of OOo's version 3.3.x? I had a complete system crash so I got Go-oo back on my system thanks to Ubuntu's default repository. I got rid of it before and switched to OOo's web site's DEB package. Now I have to do it all over again. If it could be coming out i

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2011-01-18 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/18/2011 6:55 AM, Thomas Erdman wrote: I downloaded the program and registered as a user. Unfortunately, the notes detailing my user name have become misplaced. I did receive an email welcoming me and indicating a second email would be sent with a password. Never received it for some reaso

Re: [users] Multiple processes

2011-01-18 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/17/2011 9:28 PM, RA Brown wrote: On Mon Jan 17 2011 18:30:09 GMT-0800 (PST) Eustace wrote: Is it only me, or do others also from time to time have first to open the Windows Task Manager and End multiple OO processes in order to be able to open the program? emf This is a known problem

[users] Problem with Files Disappearing

2011-01-18 Thread Bruce Schlein
Hi folks, I am using OpenOffice I seem to randomly loose files that I have brought into slides. There does not seem to be a pattern. I would like to be able to recover the "lost" files, otherwise I am stymied and will have to go back to using Keynote, not my favorite. Thanks for your help,

Re: [users] Re: Can't Embed Movie File In Doc And No Link Menu Lit To Break

2011-01-18 Thread Lance
On 1/15/11 4:12 PM, James Greenidge wrote: On 1/14/11 8:47 AM, Lance wrote: I find this true on my MacBook running Leopard. It leaves a question marked shaded screen when you attempt to paste a video file in. It also happens when you load an old doc with a video insert which was created and pl

[users] corrupt file?

2011-01-18 Thread Ellory Lane
i was recently working on a file, and the file (while i was working on it) decided to STOP EDITING. i restarted my computer, seeing as it was frozen, and when it rebooted, i found the file corrupt. where can i find the auto-save files that it saves every minute or so? i am using UBUNTU 10.10, and O

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2011-01-18 Thread Thomas Erdman
I downloaded the program and registered as a user.  Unfortunately, the notes detailing my user name have become misplaced.  I did receive an email welcoming me and indicating a second email would be sent with a password.  Never received it for some reason.  I appreciate your service but need to

Re: [users] HELP...sending documents to people

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Scott
On 18/01/11 18:21, James Knott wrote: Vic Dura wrote: Or, assuming you have Windows, get yourself a PDF converter such as the free doPDF athttp://www.dopdf.com/ OOo already exports PDF. Which is fine as far as it goes. But you don't get all those nice 'brochure' printing options. And using a

Re: [users] HELP...sending documents to people

2011-01-18 Thread James Knott
Vic Dura wrote: Or, assuming you have Windows, get yourself a PDF converter such as the free doPDF athttp://www.dopdf.com/ OOo already exports PDF. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] HELP...sending documents to people

2011-01-18 Thread James Knott
Debi Banes wrote: Hello, What do I have to do when I email someone a document I created in OO and they can't open the document. I think it has something to do with the ext. I do not have Word or Excel although I have tried to change the extension to one of the other formats that OO offersW

Re: [users] Re: Can't Embed Movie File In Doc And No Link Menu Lit To Break

2011-01-18 Thread James Greenidge
Unless it's some kind of OOo folder permissions hang-up, the dysfunctional Link menu item for "unlinking" inserted mov.s is most likely a bug. You can try animated GIFs and PNGs in its place but forget any sound. Good luck. On 1/17/11 6:34 PM, Lance wrote: On 1/15/11 4:12 PM, James Greeni