Re: [users][OT] Re: I am looking to use software in place of Windows XP Home

2006-05-02 Thread Bill Flanagan
Michael Adams wrote: On Tue, 02 May 2006 10:20:57 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 02 May 2006 10:02, Lobo wrote: On 4/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenOffice is an office suite similar to Microsoft Office. If you wish to replace your OS,

Re: [users] Disabling spalsh screen

2006-05-01 Thread Bill Flanagan
I uninstalled flash itself (LInux files named shockwave* and a few others). So I miss some eye candy--there are only a few web sites that you can't get into without flash. Bill Dotan Cohen wrote: On my home Kubuntu 5.10 machine Open Office 2 takes over 30 seconds to load. During this time,

Re: [users] eps figures in OO-2.0

2006-05-01 Thread Bill Flanagan
Some EPS files contain a TIFF thumbnail for display, some don't. How does the printed page look? (not the screen preview) Bill Ross Johnson wrote: Malcolm Kay wrote: Running OO under FreeBSD 5.4 I import an encapsulated postscript diagram from file into OO-2.0 and it displays as a

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-05-01 Thread Bill Flanagan
Is the border on the table? on the document page? Bill ida payne wrote: I am using version 2.0.2 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I am having problems trying to get the border that seems to be set on Openoffice writer to go away, And it seems everytime I copy something from a site or

Re: [users] writer auto format

2006-05-01 Thread Bill Flanagan
You can uncheck while typing from /Format/AutoFormat. I agree that toggle functions are bad: better to say on and off or similar or have separate buttons. I also uncheck all the AutoCorrection features because my technical material doesn't conform the the rules and gets mashed. Bill Ben

Re: [users] Regarding Outlook

2006-04-30 Thread Bill Flanagan
Not that I know of. The closest is the File/Send/Send as email which opens my email client (Mozilla) in a blank message , to which you can attach your document. Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Users, Can we use Open office as a e mail client. As what I want is that I want to compose

Re: [users] Open Office Math

2006-04-29 Thread Bill Flanagan
Can you describe the selection window? Not sure what you mean. Bill Peter Keldenich wrote: Hello, I've just started with OO and I have a problem: Somehow I managed to close the Selection Window. How do I restore it? Regards Peter

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-04-29 Thread Bill Flanagan
I use OOO on Linux every day. There are a few issues about compatibility of formatting, particularly if a creator of a document in Word isn't consistent in applying styles, pastes one table into a cell in another table, etc. Few cases in the past three years where I couldn't fix it. Bill

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-04-27 Thread Bill Flanagan
From the message don't have the program is may be that you have not established the associations between file types (the .ext extensions) and their appropriate programs. If you have OOO installed and associations in place, the you should open any .xls, .ppt, .doc file by double clicking on

Re: VS: [users] Printing

2006-04-27 Thread Bill Flanagan
Sorry, I'm on Linux. Perhaps someone else can help. Bill Jenni Rauhala wrote: Operating system is Windows XP, open office version 2.0.2. -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: CPHennessy Lähetetty: 27. huhtikuuta 2006 11:32 Vastaanottaja: users@openoffice.org; Jenni Rauhala Aihe: Re:

Re: [users] Re: Printing envelopes

2006-04-27 Thread Bill Flanagan
Did you use Insert/Envelope? I've been printing envelopes to a HP LJ2100 with no (well, few) problems. Bill Lobo wrote: On 4/27/06, G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 08:28 -0400, Terry Clark wrote: I have a HP Laserjet 1300 printer. How do I insert the

Re: [users] Re: problem using vertical text boxes o.o version 2.0

2006-04-27 Thread Bill Flanagan
What is CJK? Bill Lobo wrote: On 4/27/06, jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lobo wrote: I can sometimes get the (plain English) text to display vertically on screen, but it absolutely will not print in any orientation other than horizontal. a) You have to enable CJK; b) You

Re: [users] problem using vertical text boxes o.o version 2.0

2006-04-26 Thread Bill Flanagan
Are you working on slides.ppt? If so, construct a text box horizontally, then select it, and rotate it. Haven't tried vertical text in word processing, but I expect you could import from a slide. Bill Alicia Araya wrote: I am getting very frustrated with this program. THe simple ability to

Re: [users] Printing

2006-04-26 Thread Bill Flanagan
Which OS? Bill Jenni Rauhala wrote: Dear Sir/Madam After I installed open office my printer is not working properly. Every time I restart the computer I have to go to printer settings to activate the printer and only then I can print Open office documents. Can you help me with this

Re: [users] Just need writer

2006-04-26 Thread Bill Flanagan
No. Best order a disk. Bill Isaac Schonfeld wrote: I have dial up and it will take forever to download the entire suite . Is there a way to download just writer ? Thank You - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] hello, I am using Openoffice.org version 2.0. I am trying to print a legal size document and it keeps coming up as two pages in the preview and then when I print it. I need to know how to

2006-04-26 Thread Bill Flanagan
Seems you're new. The bulk of an email message goes down a ways in the form--you put so much in the subject field that it falls outside the visible area and can't be read. Suggest you submit your question again. Bill paul flannery wrote: --

Re: [users] hello, I am using Openoffice.org version 2.0. I am trying to print a legal size document and it keeps coming up as two pages in the preview and then when I print it. I need to know how to

2006-04-26 Thread Bill Flanagan
(select all), narrowing margins, and editing to remove orphans (saves a line). Bill Dan Lewis wrote: On Wednesday April 26 2006 07:43 pm, Bill Flanagan wrote: hello, I am using Openoffice.org version 2.0. I am trying to print a legal size document and it keeps coming up as two pages

Re: [users] eliminating page breaks

2006-04-25 Thread Bill Flanagan
You can /View/Web Layout. Bill Greg Miller wrote: I am using version 1.1.4 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : When doing a text document, I'm typing onto defined pages, so, at the end of a page, I jump to a new sheet. In other words, a complete document of many pages is shown as individual

Re: [users] Mailing list issues

2006-04-25 Thread Bill Flanagan
You might want to look for a spam filter somewhere. Occasionally some messages from this list are marked as spam by Mozilla. Bill Jonathon Coombes wrote: Hi, Just checking if there is a problem with the email list for my email. I have stopped getting email for the last couple of days from

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-04-24 Thread Bill Flanagan
Hi, OOO is a good word processor/spreadsheet/slide maker, compatible (though not perfectly) with the dominant document formats--and it's free! Also, right along with everything else, you get this great user support forum :-) -- also free! Bill Mr. Mrs. Doskotch wrote: I am a first

Re: [users] [moderated]Spreedsheets

2006-04-24 Thread Bill Flanagan
By any chance is there a manually inserted column/page break in the top cell of each column? Bill Keith Wilkinson wrote: I have set a spreadsheet up but I am unable to print a page I have a sheet title a title for each collumn 7 in all At present it prints out one collumn per sheet and only

Re: [users] crash report: new user

2006-04-24 Thread Bill Flanagan
Sometimes I get out of odd situations by saving under another name: File/Save As This may give you a file with the permissions you want. Bill Harold Gene wrote: I have been working with Open Office for only two weeks, and today was the first time I am having real trouble. In a long text

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE, Open programs

2006-04-23 Thread Bill Flanagan
If you don't have an icon on the desktop, and you are on Linux, it may be that your Linux distribution places OOO in the main menu only. For example, in Linspire (Debian), OOO is placed not on the desktop by default but in Launch/Run Programs/Business Finance, where there is an icon for each

Re: [users] Several Questions

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Flanagan
Max Bronfman wrote: Hello openoffice.org: I have several questions about your product. As I understand, this is very similar to Microsoft Office 2003 in that it includes a word-processing application, an Excel-like application, a PowerPoint-like application and some other apps. Am I right?

Re: [users] Business cards information

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Flanagan
I've found this works well: Open a document, set the page size to the size of the card. set margins to about 0.15 inch Paste in a logo graphic, if you have one. Borders on paragraphs make great horizontal lines: insert a table if you need verticals. type in the name, address, etc. and

Re: [users] To be more like MS Office or not.. that is the question....

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Flanagan
Per wrote: ... I think that OOo/SO have to be more like Microsoft Office.. ... Just don't put the Format/Page back under File :-) Bill -- William FlanaganPh: +1.703.242.8381 Flanagan Consulting Fx: +1.703.242.8391 45472 Holiday

[users] inserting blank paragraphs at ends of things

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Flanagan
Hi, Anybody know how to insert a blank paragraph of text: --at the top of a page or document occupied by a graphic? --at the end of a document that ends in a table? Bill -- William FlanaganPh: +1.703.242.8381 Flanagan Consulting Fx:

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-04-17 Thread Bill Flanagan
Quila Rider wrote: Hi, I recently downloaded Office and love it, however when I send docs to other people they can not open them. How can I convert my docs to Word before I send them? Or, how can I make Office NOT be my default word processing program and only use it when I want? Thanks,

Re: [users] finding change to accept/reject

2006-04-17 Thread Bill Flanagan
Ross Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 19:46 -0400, Bill Flanagan wrote: Ross Johnson wrote: ... Thanks, Ross, That's exactly what I had expected. Tried it again, just now. The list highlight stays the same (at the top of the list) regardless of where I place the mouse cursor

Re: [users] graphics don't print out of Writer doc

2006-04-17 Thread Bill Flanagan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI there, Thanks first off for this free download. It's definitely better than Notepad. :) However, I have trouble with this OpenOffice program. It's supposed to sub for Microsoft Office, but what I had perfectly set up in Word, is radically changed in

Re: [users] finding change to accept/reject

2006-04-16 Thread Bill Flanagan
Ross Johnson wrote: On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 23:30 -0400, Bill Flanagan wrote: Ross Johnson wrote: ... QUESTION: Regarding accept/reject, I've not been able go from the text to the corresponding item in the table so that I can selectively A/R one change. I do see that clicking

Re: [users] finding change to accept/reject

2006-04-16 Thread Bill Flanagan
Ross Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 19:46 -0400, Bill Flanagan wrote: Ross Johnson wrote: On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 23:30 -0400, Bill Flanagan wrote: ... QUESTION: Regarding accept/reject, I've not been able go from the text to the corresponding item in the table so that I can

Re: [users] problem

2006-04-15 Thread Bill Flanagan
Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Anne, Anne Claar wrote: [...] windows XP. I have a file of about 30 pages. It started when working on pg. 23 I wanted to scroll back, every time I tried it stopped programme not responding at pg. 15. The file was recovered I would work on it again until I wanted to

[users] finding change to accept/reject (was: problem)

2006-04-15 Thread Bill Flanagan
Ross Johnson wrote: On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 15:48 +0100, Anne Claar wrote: Dear open office.org contributor Thank you for answering, sorry for not being clearer. I work with writer of open office 2.0, and my interface (is that what you call it?) is windows XP. I have a file of about 30

Re: [users] Re: Start-up icon

2006-04-14 Thread Bill Flanagan
Jack Heller wrote: Hope this makes the thread. A bit of confusion for first time on group. Thanks Andy for the hint about the desktop-integration -- Yes, the install was from RPMs and I did the install of the desktop-integration from its RPM. Nothing seems to change. Only way to

[users] tracking changes in tables

2006-04-14 Thread Bill Flanagan
Hi, Been editing with OOO 2.0 a table created by someone else, probably in WinWord (.doc format). Have track changes on. Twice now, in the same table, entries suddenly were marked as deleted--the first time only some of the cells, the second time all cells were marked deleted. the first

[users] [moderated] crash on scrolling

2006-04-13 Thread Bill Flanagan
HI, Have had OOO 2.0 crash multiple times as I used the mouse wheel to scroll down rapidly within a text document. On this machine (Linspire 5.0.39, a Debian-based distro) there was no trace (no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library /lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1. Bill --