[users] Re: Status of OpenOffice.org Preservation/Migration with Apache

2011-09-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Rob Weir has added some useful information on this topic at another list: http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/discuss/archive/2011-09/message/6. Kay Schenk is developing a nice provisional set of migration recommendations that promises to enrich the next level of detail. The Apache OO.o

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread openoffice . mbourne
NoOp - gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 09/02/2011 05:49 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Larry Gusaaslarry.gus...@gmail.com wrote: On 2011-09-02 6:16 PM NoOp wrote: I wonder if the OP (Rob Weir) will reply to my questions, or if he simply intends to be a 'hit run' poster

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:16 AM, openoffice.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: snip To be honest, I don't see why Apache can't continue using the existing infrastructure on openoffice.org? incubator.apache.org sounds, to me, like something which is in the early stages of development - which OOo

[users] Date ??

2011-09-04 Thread Irv [K3IRV] McWherter
Hi All: I have a date problem. The OO ensemble does not seem to allow a date choice of DD/MM/YY. I have some documents that I must submit in this format, but I cannot find it in the cell format selection, nor can I figure out how to do it otherwise. Can anyone out there help me before you

[users] Re: Date ??

2011-09-04 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/9/4 Irv [K3IRV] McWherter irv4...@gmail.com: Hi All: I have a date problem.  The OO ensemble does not seem to allow a date choice of DD/MM/YY.  I have some documents that I must submit in this format, but I cannot find it in the cell format selection, nor can I figure out how to do it

[users] Re: Date ??

2011-09-04 Thread Irv [K3IRV] McWherter
I am using Default - English (USA) Irv. On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.comwrote: 2011/9/4 Irv [K3IRV] McWherter irv4...@gmail.com: Hi All: I have a date problem. The OO ensemble does not seem to allow a date choice of DD/MM/YY. I have some

[users] Re: Date ??

2011-09-04 Thread Irv [K3IRV] McWherter
I live in the Eastern USA. Many thanks for the replies, but someone contacted me privately and showed me the way to correct the problem. Thanks for all your help. Irv. On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Irv [K3IRV] McWherter irv4...@gmail.comwrote: I am using Default - English (USA) Irv.

[users] Re: Date ??

2011-09-04 Thread Martin du Saire
In Calc: FormatCells... (or right-click in the cell to be formatted) to open the cell formatting dialog box. Scroll down to Date and select the format. Otherwise key in your own format in the 'Format code' box. M On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Irv [K3IRV] McWherter irv4...@gmail.comwrote:

[users] Re: Date ??

2011-09-04 Thread Irv [K3IRV] McWherter
Thank you Martin. Irv. 2011/9/4 Martin du Saire mdusa...@umn.edu In Calc: FormatCells... (or right-click in the cell to be formatted) to open the cell formatting dialog box. Scroll down to Date and select the format. Otherwise key in your own format in the 'Format code' box. M On

[users] Re: Date ??

2011-09-04 Thread Doug
On 09/04/2011 12:02 PM, Irv [K3IRV] McWherter wrote: I live in the Eastern USA. Many thanks for the replies, but someone contacted me privately and showed me the way to correct the problem. Thanks for all your help. Irv. On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Irv [K3IRV] McWherter

[users] Re: Date ??

2011-09-04 Thread Irv [K3IRV] McWherter
Hello Doug: The answer to the date problem can be solved in two ways. My particular problem was in the spreadsheet program The software has the ability to accept different date formats other than those that appear in the drop down menu. The following can be applied to a single cell, or to a

[users] Negatives Zeitformat zB. Rot anzeigen.

2011-09-04 Thread Christian Palm
Hallo,da bin ich wieder.Mir ist klar, negative Zeit gibt es an sich nicht.Bei mir ist auch die Zeit nicht negativ ich mchte nur wenn die Stunden,Minuten die ich noch arbeiten soll negativ sind das dann farblich zu sehen ist.Es geht also nur darum das das Format HH:MM anders Farbig angezeigt

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
NoOp wrote: On 09/02/2011 12:59 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011-09-02 1:00 PM NoOp wrote: Is that list setup for gmane.org? Not yet. I asked on gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel . During the discussion with Rob Weir he asked if it was possible for me to request Gmane including the list.

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread David H. Lipman
From: Rob Weir r...@robweir.com Please note that, as part of the overall migration to Apache, this list will be closed. Based on feedback received, including from participants on this list, we've decided to create a users list at the Apache OpenOffice.org project to serve as a continuation

[users] can I convert word files??

2011-09-04 Thread cadav...@juno.com
I recently downloaded Open Office. I have some files from word which were created in work (using tables and calendars). I have tried to edit these files with Open Office. But I do not seem able to do this. Can I do this and i so how. I am afraid that I need to recrreate these files in

[users] [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread Rob Weir
Please note that, as part of the overall migration to Apache, this list will be closed. Based on feedback received, including from participants on this list, we've decided to create a users list at the Apache OpenOffice.org project to serve as a continuation of users@openoffice.org. You are

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-02 5:18 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: A pointer to where in the gmane structure the new list will be would be greatly appreciated. I dislike mailing lists with a purple passion an much prefer following this through the nntp interface. I expect it will be

[users] Re: Negatives Zeitformat zB. Rot anzeigen.

2011-09-04 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hallo Christian, On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 13:58:57 +0200 (CEST) Christian Palm chris62...@web.de wrote: Hallo,da bin ich wieder.Mir ist klar, negative Zeit gibt es an sich nicht.Bei mir ist auch die Zeit nicht negativ ich möchte nur wenn die Stunden,Minuten die ich noch arbeiten soll negativ

[users] Re: can I convert word files??

2011-09-04 Thread Martin du Saire
Not sure about table and calendar formats from Word to OO, but if you couldn't open them directly in OO, go back to Word and save a copy As one of the compatibility modes (basically anything other than the default Word format, like an older version of Word); you may even have the option to save in

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
For reasons that I cannot explain, some messages were delayed in going to the e-mail. I received this one and a couple of others two days later than I saw them on the archive of the list. This happens. It was apparently a routing or email-queue kick-off quirk where these messages arrive so

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-04 11:04 PM Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: For reasons that I cannot explain, some messages were delayed in going to the e-mail. I received this one and a couple of others two days later than I saw them on the archive of the list. This happens. It was apparently a routing or