[users] Re: Creating a double column screenplay view.

2011-08-07 Thread Bruce Martin
On 8/6/2011 6:24 PM, William Case wrote: Dear User: Perhaps this may help. You may want to save it separately as you create it as a personal template. Open a letter size page in Draw. Open a blank page in writer. Create an empty frame (not a rectangle) in Writer Cut and paste it to the Draw

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread Dale Erwin
On 8/7/2011 8:24 PM, James Knott wrote: paul whitehill wrote: Hi i wonder if you can help me. the alternative seems to have a charge £1.59 but it says it is free. Is the open office Writer the same as MS Word ? This is the software I want to type up a document, can you help me ? Are there any so

[users] Re: subtracting rows from a constant number

2011-08-07 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Wade, Make the references to the fees absolute by adding a $ before them: =IF(b2=125,b2-$ay$2,'')  Column and row are absolute =IF(b2=125,b2-ay$2,'')  Row is absolute =IF(b2=125,b2-$ay2,'')  Column is absolute When you copy the formula, the absolute parts stay the same, non-absolute refe

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread Dale Erwin
On 8/7/2011 5:29 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Copy to paul whitehill - Non-Subscribed Poster Original Message From: Doug To: users@openoffice.org Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:18:22 -0400 On 08/07/2011 04:18 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2011/7/30 paul whitehill: Hi i wonder if you

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread James Knott
Doug wrote: What's ODF? My OO/LO/Symnphony wants to save in .odt. ODF stands for Open Document Format, which includes ODT for text documents, ODS for spreadsheets etc. -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoff

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread James Knott
paul whitehill wrote: Hi i wonder if you can help me. the alternative seems to have a charge £1.59 but it says it is free. Is the open office Writer the same as MS Word ? This is the software I want to type up a document, can you help me ? Are there any softwa

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread RA Brown
Doug wrote: On 08/07/2011 04:18 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2011/7/30 paul whitehill: Hi i wonder if you can help me. I wonder that too… the alternative seems to have a charge £1.59 but it says it is free. What alternative and to what? OpenOffice.org is free if you download it at http://www.

[users] Re: operating problem

2011-08-07 Thread Dave Barton
Copy to Roy Commander - Non-Subscribed Poster Original Message From: David Barlow To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:22:58 +1200 > I had the same thing and installed O.O. 3.3 WITHOUT uninstalling first - > and it worked. > > Dave Barlow N.Z. > > -

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread Dave Barton
Copy to paul whitehill - Non-Subscribed Poster Original Message From: Doug To: users@openoffice.org Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:18:22 -0400 > On 08/07/2011 04:18 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: >> 2011/7/30 paul whitehill: >>> Hi i wonder if you can help me. >> I wonder that to

[users] Re: Open Office installation Problem?

2011-08-07 Thread David Barlow
Thanks Andy -- From: "RA Brown" Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 4:51 PM To: Subject: [users] Re: Open Office installation Problem? David Barlow wrote: I am still finding it impossible to download updates for O O 3.3 (which it tells me are ready t

[users] Re: Open Office installation Problem?

2011-08-07 Thread David Barlow
Thanks Pikov -- From: "Pikov Andropov" Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 7:26 PM To: Subject: [users] Re: Open Office installation Problem? RA Brown has written on 8/5/2011 12:51 AM: David Barlow wrote: > I am still finding it impossible to downloa

[users] Re: Open Office installation Problem?

2011-08-07 Thread David Barlow
Thanks for that! David Barlow -- From: "Sigrid Carrera" Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 7:51 PM To: Subject: [users] Re: Open Office installation Problem? Hi, On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:26:53 -0400 Pikov Andropov wrote: RA Brown has written on 8/

[users] Re: General input/output error

2011-08-07 Thread David Barlow
Try doing a "Systems Restore." That will be somewhere on your control panel depending which version of Windows you have. David Barlow N.Z. From: John OB Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:57 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] General input/output error I am running Win SP, sp3 and

[users] Re: operating problem

2011-08-07 Thread David Barlow
I had the same thing and installed O.O. 3.3 WITHOUT uninstalling first - and it worked. Dave Barlow N.Z. -- From: "Johnny Rosenberg" Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 8:21 AM To: Subject: [users] Re: operating problem 2011/8/4 Roy Commander : Hi

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread Doug
On 08/07/2011 04:18 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2011/7/30 paul whitehill: Hi i wonder if you can help me. I wonder that too… the alternative seems to have a charge £1.59 but it says it is free. What alternative and to what? OpenOffice.org is free if you download it at http://www.

[users] Re: subtracting rows from a constant number

2011-08-07 Thread Wade Smart
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 16:00, Gene Kohlenberg wrote: > On 8/7/2011 4:33 PM, Wade Smart wrote: >> >> Im working on another form for the soccer leage. >> >> I have a row like this: >> >> Payment   First Last etc     >> >> This is the player information, if they registered for the year or >> seas

[users] Re: subtracting rows from a constant number

2011-08-07 Thread Gene Kohlenberg
On 8/7/2011 4:33 PM, Wade Smart wrote: Im working on another form for the soccer leage. I have a row like this: Payment First Last etc This is the player information, if they registered for the year or season and how much they paid. Out on column AW I have the start of some constant

[users] Re: Message distribution : Authorization denied

2011-08-07 Thread Paul
Sorry - no idea why you received this message. I've included the mailing list full of people that will be keen to help you resolve the issue. /paul On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Debi K wrote: > **WHY AM I NOT ALLOWED TO REQUEST SUPPORT FROM OPEN OFFICE??? > > webmasters-requ...@openoffice.or

[users] Re: restarting page numbers

2011-08-07 Thread Dale Erwin
On 7/30/2011 7:57 PM, Steven Friedrich wrote: Attached is a sample document. How do I make page 3 reset to page 1? I just found out how to do this, so I can tell you. 1. Place the cursor in the front of the first paragraph on the page. 2. Under Format > Paragraph and under the Text Flow ta

[users] subtracting rows from a constant number

2011-08-07 Thread Wade Smart
Im working on another form for the soccer leage. I have a row like this: Payment First Last etc This is the player information, if they registered for the year or season and how much they paid. Out on column AW I have the start of some constants. Field Fee year Field Fee season Ref fe

[users] Re: operating problem

2011-08-07 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/8/4 Roy Commander : > Hi > > I have been using Open Office for a number of years as a private individual. > Suddenly it fails to work,I cannot access my files or open Open Office files > without being asked to register which I have done on a number of occasions > only to be back to no access,

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/7/30 paul whitehill : > Hi i  wonder  if  you  can  help me. I wonder that too… > > the alternative  seems to  have  a  charge £1.59 but  it says  it  is  free. What alternative and to what? OpenOffice.org is free if you download it at http://www.openoffice.org/. No charge what so ever, as l

[users] restarting page numbers

2011-08-07 Thread Steven Friedrich
Attached is a sample document. How do I make page 3 reset to page 1? -- Steven Friedrich -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: hel

[users] MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread paul whitehill
Hi i  wonder  if  you  can  help me.   the alternative  seems to  have  a  charge £1.59 but  it says  it  is  free.   Is  the  open office Writer the  same as  MS Word  ?   This  is  the  software  I  want to  type up a  document,   can  you  help  me  ?   Are  there  any  software  clashes,  Say

[users] General input/output error

2011-08-07 Thread John OB
I am running Win SP, sp3 and open office 3. Today upon updating a calc file I received a message unable to copy to disc. After attempting to close the file a new error message, subject as above, popped up. File then closed and all attempts to access this file thereafter resulted in the same erro

[users] operating problem

2011-08-07 Thread Roy Commander
Hi I have been using Open Office for a number of years as a private individual. Suddenly it fails to work,I cannot access my files or open Open Office files without being asked to register which I have done on a number of occasions only to be back to no access, I have also tried uninstalling a

[users] Re: Moving table to different part of document.

2011-08-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 17:35, Brian Barker wrote: In Writer, when inserting a new table it takes the width of the page. >>> >>> By default, yes - but that can easily be modified. >> >> How to modify that Brian. I've gone through everything* but cannot find >> it. > > Click in the table and go

[users] Re: Moving table to different part of document.

2011-08-07 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:18 07/08/2011 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 20:42, Brian Barker wrote: In Writer, when inserting a new table it takes the width of the page. By default, yes - but that can easily be modified. How to modify that Brian. I've gone through everything* but cannot find it

[users] Re: Moving table to different part of document.

2011-08-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 20:42, Brian Barker wrote: >> In Writer, when inserting a new table it takes the width of the page. > > By default, yes - but that can easily be modified. > How to modify that Brian. I've gone through everything* but cannot find it. * http://xkcd.com/627/ >> I have three

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[users] Re: Fwd: Formatting issues

2011-08-07 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hello, On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:48:14 +1200 Paul wrote: > More of a question for the users mailing list... > > /paul > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: > Date: Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 7:56 AM > Subject: Formatting issues > To: webmasters-requ...@openoffice.org > > > ** > I was t

[users] Re: Creating a double column screenplay view. [SOLVED]

2011-08-07 Thread William Case
Thanks Mike Scott. On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 07:58 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: > >>> Dotage must be setting in. > >> > >> I wouldn't assume that. > > > > > Well, I'm tempted offer "your own" solution. You seem to be using the > right words: > > "Insert | section", specify two columns. Enter material