[users] Re: oocalc2.0 -> backspace key / dialog

2006-09-20 Thread BillM
Dan Lewis wrote: > Are you sure you are using the Backspace key and not the > Delete key? Very sure! > I created two columns in Calc. The first one was a set of > numbers, and the second column contained formula(multiples > of Col. A). I used the Backspace key to delete a range of cel

[users] oocalc2.0 -> backspace key / dialog

2006-09-19 Thread BillM
Hi Linux version OpenOffice.org 2.0.2.1 calc When I was using OO.o 2.0 to erase cell contents I could highlight the range of cells and hit backspace and the data would be cleared and leave the format intact. I upgraded to OO.o Ver. 2.0.2.1 and the dialog box, asking what I want to delete, comes u

[users] Configuring version OO.o 2.0.3 Linux

2006-08-09 Thread BillM
Using Mandriva 2006 PowerPack. I have OO.o 1.1.5 that came on the installation CD's of Mandriva 2006 running from my ~/ and say for the calc module I call with the command "oocalc /data/." . Some time later I installed OO.o version 2.0 and it went into "/opt" folder and I use the command "/op

[users] Re: Sending/receiving faxes via an external serial modem? How?

2006-07-08 Thread BillM
John D. Herron wrote: > If at all possible, I need to be able to send and receive faxes > via modem. In windoze I was using Winfax to send and receive > faxes via an external USRobotics 56k serial modem. > Is/Are there any app(s) that provide(s) similar functionality > in SuSE 9.2? If so, where ca

[users] Re: Installing printer/fax driver w/./spadmin

2006-06-11 Thread BillM
>> OpenOffice 2.0 >> Linux version (under Mandriva) G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > Not sure what you refer to when you say "default driver" The > driver for Hylafax? I do not know either. Pop up selection boxes under "New Printer" gives: Choose a device type Do you want to Add

[users] Installing printer/fax driver w/./spadmin

2006-06-11 Thread BillM
OpenOffice 2.0 Linux version (under Mandriva) I want to put in fax facilities for a "printer" in "Writer" I got "./spadmin" and started the install. Got to choose a driver OK and I chose "default driver", the next one is "choose a command line". There is no example or anything to suggest what the c

[users] Re: Export PDF with User-Editable Fields?

2006-06-09 Thread BillM
John Jason Jordan wrote: > Also, I use Linux (Ubuntu-64) > I know nothing of this. I've never even had a PDF file like > this. Maybe it can't be done with just Reader. If it's possible > at all, can OO.o Writer export to PDFs like this? Yes and no with OOo The "Yes" part - You can export a writ

[users] Re: Getting OOo2.0 operational

2006-04-18 Thread BillM
Dan Lewis wrote: > I'm using OOo 2.0.2 on Mandriva Linux 2006. On my desktop, > I created a > shortcut to OOo. (Right click on the Desktop. Create New > Link > to Application. I use '/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice' > in the Command box under the Application tab.) When I want to >

[users] Getting OOo2.0 operational

2006-04-17 Thread BillM
System: "Clone x86" 1 GHz AMD Athalon Mandriva Linux 2006 I have had OO.o 2.0 in operation for several months and was working correctly. My system crashed, for other reasons and I had to reinstall Mandriva Linux 2006. The OpenOffice 2.0 was/is setup in "/opt" (not touched). Now I d

[users] Configuring OpenOffice.org for Faxing

2006-03-27 Thread BillM
"Mandriva Linux 2006" - OpenOffice.org 2.0 - printer HPIIIp Going down the directions for sending faxes from OO.o I get the direction: 1.Choose Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org Writer - Print. 2.Select the fax driver from the Fax list box and click OK. in the "Fax List Box" I have the wo

[users] Problems posting to your newsgroup

2005-07-03 Thread BillM
@openoffice.org" via e-mail using Kmail: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What happened when I blinked? Date: 06/13/05 11:21 am From: BillM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: users@openoffice.org Hi I have had "gmane.comp.openoffice.questions" on my News Group list and when I wanted

[users] Re: Printing cheques?

2005-07-02 Thread BillM
Rick Berger wrote: > Physically I can't write by hand and when it comes to writing a > cheque I'm always having to asking someone to fill it out for > me. So is there any way of modifying Open Office's envelope > addressing feature so that one can fill out a cheque? I have been writing checks in/

[users] What happened when I blinked?

2005-06-13 Thread BillM
Hi I have had "gmane.comp.openoffice.questions" on my News Group list and when I wanted to look up past messages in Google all worked right. Today I wanted info on "faxing from OO.o" and Google seemed to not know 'gmane.comp.openoffice.questions' even though I got messages from there dated today. I