Re: [users] install OO on linux

2005-10-22 Thread Brian Carey
...or, for us lazy slackers, download the tgz from linuxpackages.net http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?by=name&name=openoffice&ver=10.2 Brian Crístian Deives wrote: Hi! I'd like to know if there is a generic package to install OpenOffice 2.0 for Linux. I downloaded lots of RPM file

Re: [users] Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice

2005-10-25 Thread Brian Carey
Chad Smith wrote: On 10/25/05, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Email = Thunderbird or Mozilla or Can I send an email directly through Writer with those programs? I don't care for this functionality in particular, but I notice File->Send->Document as Email in my vers

Re: [users] Re: Lastest openoffice vs kde menus

2005-10-25 Thread Brian Carey
To edit the K-Menu right click the K icon and choose menu editor. You can delete/add new items, or just redirect your existing items to the new installation. Brian G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 12:40 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; I recently installed OpenOff

[users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-25 Thread Brian Carey
2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a mail via File->Send->email attachment everything works fine if tbird is not already running. If it is running I get the "select a different profile" dialog from thunderbird, wh

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Carey
CPHennessy wrote: On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: 2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a mail via File->Send->email attachment everything works fine if tbird is not already running. If

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Carey
an already running version of Thunderbird exists. Brian Carey wrote: 2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a mail via File->Send->email attachment everything works fine if tbird is not already running. If it is r

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Carey
I have found /opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/senddoc but it is a shell script not an xml file. It seems to treat thunderbird the same as mozilla, and mozilla behaves properly (as does kmail). Thanks, Brian Brian Carey wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Carey
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: 2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a mail

Re: [users] Re: Time to open and save large files with Calc

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
Jim Martin wrote: Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Bryce, Jim, The reason for the long load and save times is that all OOo files are stored in XML format. Basically, they're text files and must be parsed and translated to binary each time. MSO saves only in binary format, so the load time is short

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: 2.0 on

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 09:15 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 10:58 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 09:15 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote

Re: [users] Re: [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
having seen messages requesting the contrary, I'm just trying to respect what seems to be the standard here...correct me if I'm wrong. Brian Matej Cepl wrote: (Intentionally top-posting as to preserve the morass you guys made). Is it really so difficult to cut all cruft from your message and

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
${thunderbird} [EMAIL PROTECTED] fi Brian Carey wrote: Where should I put the script, and what do I call it? This is not a general problem on my system, as only OpenOffice fails to notice when tbird is already running. OO works correctly with kmail and mozilla. Tbird works correctly f

Re: [users] Installation Problem

2005-10-29 Thread Brian Carey
Conor O'Tuama wrote: Hi, I am trying to install OpenOffice 2.0 on Slackware 10.1 and I have done as follows (in the RPMS directory): rmp2tgz *.rpm installpkg *.tgz but I get the error, when running 'openoffice.org-2.0' : usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: /etc/openoff

Re: [users] localized date and time formats in english OO2.0?

2005-10-29 Thread Brian Carey
kb wrote: hi. i am using the base version of openoffice 2.0 mostly on linux but sometimes on windows. the only thing i lack is the possibility to make openoffice display date and times localized. for example, in the Open file dialog the file dates are given on US-format, that is 10/26/2005 for

[users] sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird - resolution

2005-11-01 Thread Brian Carey
quot;$moz" > /dev/null; then Now it works. (Actually, removing the line altogether worked fine, too.) Thanks, Brian Brian Carey wrote: 2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a mail via File->Send->email

Re: [users] Re: Calc / Excel Question

2005-11-04 Thread Brian Carey
Hi Rob, Another thing you could consider is using a text box. This approach has some advantages, such as giving you complete control over size and placement independent of column widths and keeping text which exists as one logical unit together rather than breaking it accross several cells. T

Re: [users] Base Query Question

2005-11-04 Thread Brian Carey
Take a look at Queries->Parameter Queries in the Help system. If you want to use the name of the column in your prompt, just put a ? in the criteria. Otherwise put "=[Enter_Name]", for example, in the criteria. (As I recall, this was the same syntax in Access, but I could be wrong.) Brian [

Re: [users] Disable "save as" and "save" menu

2005-11-04 Thread Brian Carey
Dan Lewis wrote: On Thursday 03 November 2005 06:55 am, Dan Casan wrote: Is this possible to disable "save as" and "save" from the menu of OpenOffice ? I just want documents to be modified and printed and not able to be saved. Thank you. - Yahoo! FareChase

Re: [users] Funzione contabilt

2005-11-04 Thread Brian Carey
Mattia, I believe that you want the currency symbol to left-justify in a cell and the numbers to right-justify. Assuming you don't get a better solution elsewhere, you could achieve the same effect by using 2 columns, one with the currency symbol and one for the numbers. Brian G. Roderick

Re: [users] Calc - sort on more than 3 columns

2005-11-04 Thread Brian Carey
Gert Blij wrote: Is this possible? Or is there a trick? TIA Gert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Gert, You could try to sort twice. ie. if you want

Re: [users] Re: Re: Internet Connection

2005-10-13 Thread Brian Carey
Jim Wagner wrote: John King wrote: On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:40:24 -0600, Jim Wagner wrote: John King wrote: On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:37:21 -0600, Jim Wagner wrote: I'm using OO 2.0 rc on Mandrake 10.0 In previous versions of OpenOffice, there was a place to put in the launcher of my usua

Re: [users] Basic Questions

2005-10-20 Thread Brian Carey
CPHennessy wrote: On Wed October 5 2005 01:06, Jason Fry wrote: Hi, my name is Jason, I attend Charleston Southern University in Charleston, SC USA and have just joined the list. I have openoffice 1.1.5 and am currently downloading 2.0, hoping the features I'm about to ask about are on there

Re: [users] In Calc, can you insert a row of data with only one step?

2005-10-20 Thread Brian Carey
How about right click -> paste special then choose shift cells down. Brian Robert Volke wrote: In Excel, if you copied a row, you could select a different row then right click -> Insert copied cells. Does Calc have such an option, or do you need to insert a blank cell then paste the new conte

Re: [users] Table of contents; shortcut to repeat action

2005-10-20 Thread Brian Carey
Manuel Carrusca wrote: Hello! I am using OpenOffice.org Writer 1.9.113 and would like to solve 2 problems: 1. A "Table of Contents" created with "Index and Tables" command, from the "Insert" menu, is correctly updated, but when I click on one of its a headings nothing happens (this click s

[users] problem dragging from navigator

2005-10-21 Thread Brian Carey
I seem to be unable to drag and drop objects from the navigator in "copy" or "link" mode. It only works in "hyperlink" mode. I have tried "heading", "table" and "text frame" objects. I'm using rc3 on linux. Thanks in advance, Brian -