[users] Re: Yahoo! Auto Response

2012-01-31 Thread David B Teague sr
On 1/27/2012 7:36 AM, birdie...@prodigy.net wrote: MESSAGE FAILURE NOTICE ; Yahoo domains currently sends a bounce-back reply even though the messages are being received. Office Hours; Tuesday 8:30-4:30pm Thursday 8:30am-6pm Friday's 8:30am-7pm Is there anything I need to do?

[users] Re: Back Button

2012-01-30 Thread David B Teague sr
On 1/30/2012 10:50 AM, Tom Cole wrote: Does Open Office have a back/undo/return button/arrow in there spreadsheet? Tom Undo should be the first option on the drop down menu under edit . David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat --

[users] Re: Back Button

2012-01-30 Thread David B Teague sr
On 1/30/2012 5:06 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 15:03 -0500, David B Teague sr wrote: On 1/30/2012 10:50 AM, Tom Cole wrote: Does Open Office have a back/undo/return button/arrow in there spreadsheet? Tom Undo should be the first option on the drop down menu under edit . David

[users] Re: hyphens apostrophes

2012-01-27 Thread David B Teague sr
On 1/27/2012 5:34 PM, thomas steel wrote: *From:* THOMAS STEEL mailto:t.st...@virgin.net *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2012 9:44 AM *To:* users-h...@openoffice.org mailto:users-h...@openoffice.org *Subject:* hyphens apostrophes I am struggling to recustomise OOWriter for a new computer after

[users] Re: FW: read immediately ~ serious

2011-12-15 Thread David B Teague sr
From the Snopes reference included here: See also How to Protect Yourself From the Here You Have Virus http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/09/10/protect-virus/. *Update:* This virus has since been referenced in a warning that *exaggerates its effects by lifting wording from the

[users] Re: API to retrieve document metadata

2011-10-25 Thread David B Teague sr
is received by the email robot, there will be an email message containing a request for confirmation to which you must reply to complete unsubscribing. David B Teague -- - *To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

[users] Re: please unsubscribe me

2011-10-25 Thread David B Teague sr
is received by the email robot, there will be an email message containing a request for confirmation to which you must reply to complete unsubscribing. David B Teague -- - *To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

[users] Re: please unsubscribe me

2011-10-25 Thread David B Teague sr
S ame here, W7 TB 7.0.1, footers in clear view. I'm still testing TB's ability to send HTML only. I can send HTML text mix and text only, I've tested that. David On 10/25/2011 2:12 PM, eschamp wrote: So, at least in this instance, it's not a function of the mail client - the text

[users] Re: please unsubscribe me

2011-10-25 Thread David B Teague sr
On 10/25/2011 2:14 PM, eschamp wrote: I'm not sure TB can send html-only emails, or I'd give it a whirl. I just tested, TB 7.01 sends HTML only messages. The recipient is set to receive HTML in the address book, so TB sends HTML only. If Unknown is clicked, both are sent. If text is clicked

[users] Re: Fwd: Re: annoying fucking e-mail

2011-10-25 Thread David B Teague sr
I don't know to whom to reply here. The offended (who is being offensive) party will have take some initiative to unsubscribe himself, he will be relieved of these annoying f*ing email. NO ONE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU. Send a message to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org and respond to the

[users] Re: CALC

2011-09-21 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/21/2011 9:44 AM, rlar...@carolina.rr.com wrote: unsubscribe rlarrye: YOU have to do that yourself. How is listed at the bottom of every message you get from this list. Here is how: - *To unsubscribe send email

[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice

2011-09-05 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/5/2011 4:00 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: None of them are user friendly if you ask me. But none of them are terrible either. User Interface (UI) rules: No UI Is obvious or easy to a new user. Software should be such that one can to learn it without too much pain. Once learned, it should be

[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice

2011-09-05 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/5/2011 4:28 PM, Brewster Gillett wrote: On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 16:18 -0400, David B Teague sr wrote: I used OO.o from the earliest days, and switched to LO when the Oracle bought Sun and screwed things up. I can't really say OO.o is better or worse than LO, but I don't use OO.o because

[users] Re: fate of OOo list archives

2011-09-03 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/3/2011 3:10 AM, Mike Scott wrote: On 03/09/2011 01:49, Rob Weir wrote: If you want more details on how the users list will work, I'd recommend you start a thread over there, since this openoffice.org list is soon going to disappear. As one of the list moderators, I'd be happy to

[users] Re: fate of OOo list archives

2011-09-03 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/3/2011 11:14 AM, Mike Scott wrote: On 03/09/11 16:08, David B Teague sr wrote: On 9/3/2011 3:10 AM, Mike Scott wrote: On 03/09/2011 01:49, Rob Weir wrote: If you want more details on how the users list will work, I'd recommend you start a thread over there, since this openoffice.org

[users] Re: HELP TO UNSUBSCRIBE

2011-09-02 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/2/2011 12:45 PM, Rlucas wrote: To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org You did send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org did you not, from the email address you receive these messages? You should have received a confirm unsubscribe message to which you must

[users] Re: Auto backup?

2011-09-01 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/1/2011 8:43 PM, RA Brown wrote: . wrote: How can I configure Oo Writer to make automatic backups on the current document I'm working on? That is not something you really want to do. Never expect a machine to do what you should do. Make several Save-as backups as your working, at

[users] Re: Auto backup?

2011-09-01 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/1/2011 9:26 PM, RA Brown wrote: David B Teague sr wrote: On 9/1/2011 8:43 PM, RA Brown wrote: . wrote: How can I configure Oo Writer to make automatic backups on the current document I'm working on? clipped original post If you know the answer, please answer his question

[users] Re: LION

2011-08-31 Thread David B Teague sr
On 8/31/2011 3:38 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:17, Klaus Muthm...@hagos.de wrote: There is no chance that I open an OOo document from an unknown source sent without any comment as an attachment. Can an OOo document contain malicious code? Is this a concern for all

[users] Re: help

2011-07-04 Thread David B Teague sr
Kim Instructions on how to unsubscribe and to get help on the mailing list commands are at the bottom of every message you receive from the list. Nevertheless, for help on the mailing list commands, you should send email with the subject help addressed to sy...@openoffice.org With Warmest

[users] Re: Digest for list users@openoffice.org

2011-06-24 Thread David B Teague sr
On 6/24/2011 10:07 AM, Adam Green wrote: help Adam, What is it you need help for? If you need additional mailing list commands, send email to sy...@openoffice.org with subject 'help' If you want to subscribe to the regular mailing list, send email to users-subscr...@openoffice.org The

[users] Re: Writer: Change file to read-only mode

2011-06-19 Thread David B Teague sr
On 6/19/2011 7:02 AM, openoffice.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Dotan Cohen - dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: How does one change a Writer instance to read-only mode? This mode is much better suited to reading documents. I have found that one can set a flag in File - Properties - Security to

[users] Re: corrupted file? recovered loop

2011-06-12 Thread David B Teague sr
notes on page 6. Perhaps you could try LO 3.3.2, but I do not know whether you can install it along side OO.o 3.2. I understand LO 3.4 is beta software. I would not try that other than to help debug it. With Warmest Regards --David B Teague sr -- nil significat nisi oscillat

[users] Re: Problem Open Office Writer

2011-06-08 Thread David B Teague sr
On 6/8/2011 11:40 AM, Gary Bertolo wrote: Now You've got to be Kidding Oracle... What kind of service is this that I signed onto to get the answers to my software problems and questions. This unnecessary crud is B.S. I'm opting out of this... can't get help from support then what good is it.

[users] test of plain text email

2011-03-17 Thread David B Teague sr
This should be plain text email. The setting in Tools Options Send Options is advertised as being sufficiently fine grained to select a domain for plain text, but it is not. as all mail is being sent as plain text. That is not what I wanted. I removed that option and changed the

[users] Re: Registration?

2011-03-10 Thread David B Teague sr
On 3/9/2011 4:30 PM, Guy Voets wrote: You don't need to register. Just use the software...www.openoffice.org Suppose it keeps some track of how many people use OOo I am an old time user. I have registered every time I have fetched a new OO.o version, from www.openoffice.org starting with

[users] Re: Registration?

2011-03-10 Thread David B Teague sr
On 3/10/2011 7:58 AM, Guy Voets wrote: I suppose that's one of the reasons why I moved on to LibreOffice and The Document Foundation (www.libreoffice.org) That's a different morass. No thanks. Disk crash forced a reinstall of everything. I seriously considered LO. It appears I need to fetch

[users] Registration?

2011-03-09 Thread David B Teague sr
I had to install a new HD, which required reinstalling OO.o. I attempted to register, I needed to create an account, but the account creation web site refuses to accept any proffered password whatsoever. It appears to be impossible to contact Oracle unless I am offering money. How do I

[users] Re: How to select all the text in the document

2011-02-25 Thread David B Teague
On 2/25/2011 3:24 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 09:46, James Wildejames.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: Dotan, my experience is that if you place the cursor outside the table, everything will be selected. ' Strangely, on this OOo 3.2 install (Kubuntu 10.10), it selects

Re: [users] PDF

2010-12-26 Thread David B Teague
On 12/26/2010 5:56 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: There are several options available to those that simply wish to read PDFs. I suggested Adobe's reader because it's (probably) the one most people will have heard of, and likely to be available to run on the end users OS; Other options are Windows

Re: [users] PDF

2010-12-26 Thread David B Teague
On 12/26/2010 2:46 PM, David B Teague wrote: DANG IT! Foxit Reader is WINDOWS ONLY, a fact that I did not know until I looked on their web site. (This annoys me greatly, as I prefer to use tools that work on Linux and Windows

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-25 Thread David B Teague
On 12/23/2010 9:43 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: When you use any format except ODF, there is a conversion process that has to take place, and conversions always introduce the possibility of some problems. My experience with these conversion is that the problems arise with images and tables. They

Re: [users] PDF

2010-12-25 Thread David B Teague
On 12/24/2010 7:27 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:16:08 +0530 Sam Swaminathsamitpfin...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Sam, I am not able open up Adobe PDF Files, as Adobe pop-up says 'that my trial run is over, now buy'. This pop-up is from Adobe Acrobat version 7. Is there any

Re: [users] vote for issue 116073 - OOW 3.2.1 crashing when Opening/Saving docs to different than default directory.

2010-12-13 Thread David B Teague
On 12/13/2010 6:39 AM, Rogier van Vlissingen wrote: I'm assuming I cannot be the only person to whom this happens? It's been with me since v 3.0 and continues to not get fixed, crashreports notwithstanding. I guess it happens to me a lot as I have a habit of grouping files by projects. I

Re: [users] Emailing: ScreenShot009

2010-12-02 Thread David B Teague
On 12/1/2010 2:31 PM, Tony Layland wrote: Hello, the attached error message occurs every time I open OpenOffice. How can I correct this thanks Tony From the appearance of the error box I conclude you are running some version of Windows. Please tell us about your system. This may help the

Re: [users] problems with Lock files

2010-11-25 Thread David B Teague
On 11/25/2010 11:22 AM, Ricardo Sequeira Bechelli wrote: Hello people, somebody knows how to disable the creation of lock files using the LibreOffice or the OO 3.3.? Thanks, Ricardo Ricardo, Why would you want to disable lock file creation? The purpose of lock files is to prevent

Re: [users] Re: Removing line breaks in Open Office writer, etc.

2010-11-14 Thread David B Teague
On 11/14/2010 12:32 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 2010-11-14 18:21:43 skrev Twayne twa...@twaynesdomain.com: In news:1289695759.2200.11.ca...@jeff-desktop, Jeffrey Needle jeff.nee...@gmail.com typed: I've found a marvelous answer to the problem of removing line breaks in Open Office text,

Re: [users] Re: Open Office

2010-11-13 Thread David B Teague
On 11/11/2010 4:26 PM, Twayne wrote: In news:blu139-w33fe81bababffe2b7c20e495...@phx.gbl, Olivia Hiltonlivhil...@live.co.uk typed: OpenOffice, Just a thought, but is there a chance of picking up a virsu from downloading OpenOffice? Thanks and Regards, Liv Hilton Blaise. Very little chance,

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??

2010-10-29 Thread David B Teague
On 10/28/2010 9:53 AM, jonathon wrote: Technically, the code in OOo is open source, but with Oracle as the sole copyright owner. As such, there is nothing that the contributors can legally do, to prevent Oracle from declaring OOo 4.0 to be closed source, proprietary, and by the way you have

Re: [users] Track changes

2010-10-14 Thread David B Teague
On 10/14/2010 2:20 PM, John Kennedy wrote: That is under the Edit menu. You can track and show changes. John Snipped original question Does anyone know whether OO.o's track changes us respected by MS Word, and conversely? That might be useful in a mixed environment. I do not have access

[users] Fancy horizontal lines in OO.o

2010-09-29 Thread David B Teague
In OO.o, three underscores, dashes, asterisks, tildes, sharp or number signs, followed by a hard return produces a heavy horizontal line the full length of the page. This feature is very useful, but once in a while this feature gets in the way and can be annoying. How do I turn it off?

Re: [users] Fancy horizontal lines in OO.o

2010-09-29 Thread David B Teague
On 9/29/2010 2:38 PM, Brian Barker wrote: I asked: how to generate fancy lines ... once in a while this feature gets in the way and can be annoying. How do I turn it off? You said: Three answers: o To turn this off completely (an odd course of action if you think it is a very useful

Re: [users] Open Office Forked!

2010-09-28 Thread David B Teague
On 9/28/2010 5:30 AM, Michael Adams wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2010 19:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: The Document Foundation has released a beta version of Officelibre in order to fork from the possible proprietary way that Oracle is taking Open Office. Unfortunately the Linux

Re: [users] Open Office Forked!

2010-09-28 Thread David B Teague
On 9/28/2010 11:44 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 11:21 -0400, David B Teague wrote: On 9/28/2010 5:30 AM, Michael Adams wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2010 19:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: The Document Foundation has released a beta version of Officelibre

[users] WAYYY off topic; please repy OFF LINE

2010-09-12 Thread David B Teague
Cumulatively, you guys seem to have a finger on all knowledge, at least about computer subjects. This is way off OO.o topic, so I'd like to keep this brief and off line. The Problem: I've managed to lose or forget the admin password to my Westel 327W DSL modem/router. The solution is to

Re: [users] Re: WAYYY off topic; please repy OFF LINE

2010-09-12 Thread David B Teague
On 9/12/2010 11:06 AM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: David B Teaguedavidbtea...@comporium.net | Cumulatively, you guys seem to have a finger on all | knowledge, at least about computer subjects. |* This is way off OO.o topic, so I'd like to keep this brief | and off line. *| The Problem:

Re: [users] Re: WAYYY off topic; please repy OFF LINE

2010-09-12 Thread David B Teague
David I don't have a news feed. I recall there is a web site that lets me get to a number of groups, but I don't know about this one, and there is free news group access someplace. Any suggestions on how to proceed? David Teague On 9/12/2010 9:47 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: David

[users] test of new address

2010-08-30 Thread David B Teague
test of new address

Re: [users] Re: convert or copy calc file to odt table

2010-08-09 Thread David B Teague
On 8/9/2010 1:05 AM, NoOp wrote: On 08/08/2010 07:49 PM, David B Teague wrote: I have an excel file that I have converted to a calc file. It contains membership data: names, addresses, email addresses etc. There are no formulas. I'd like to have this data in a table in an odt file. SNIP

[users] convert or copy calc file to odt table

2010-08-08 Thread David B Teague
I have an excel file that I have converted to a calc file. It contains membership data: names, addresses, email addresses etc. There are no formulas. I'd like to have this data in a table in an odt file. I do not know how to do this. If I do what seems reasonable: Select the part of the calc

Re: [users] Does OOo not use Quickstarter any more.?

2010-07-25 Thread David B Teague
On 7/25/2010 5:39 AM, James Elliott wrote: I recently downloaded the latest OOo and I note there is no longer a Quickstart icon in my Windows XP System Tray? Is it no longer used or did I muff the installation in some way. Apart form that, OOo is working fine. James At one time OO.org

Re: [users] Re: ANN: English Grammar Checker Extension for OpenOffice.org

2010-07-23 Thread David B Teague
On 7/21/2010 11:55 AM, Terry Warby wrote: On 19/07/2010 04:52, David B Teague wrote: On 7/18/2010 10:45 PM, NoOp wrote: On 07/16/2010 08:39 AM, Terry Warby wrote: ... I've been following this thread with some amusement not intending to comment. But I really have to say that the only Brits

Re: [users] Trouble with 3.2.1 exporting as hybrid pdf/odt file

2010-07-18 Thread David B Teague
A bit more information: The purportedly hybrid pdf file did not survive. WinRAR says it is not a zipped file, and a pdf file exported with the box, create hybrid file checked, are the same size as pdf files exported with this box cleared. DBTsr On 7/18/2010 3:28 PM, David B Teague wrote

Re: [users] Re: ANN: English Grammar Checker Extension for OpenOffice.org

2010-07-18 Thread David B Teague
On 7/18/2010 10:45 PM, NoOp wrote: On 07/16/2010 08:39 AM, Terry Warby wrote: ... I've been following this thread with some amusement not intending to comment. But I really have to say that the only Brits that would pronounce Thames as Tims are Lizzie Windsor, her family and a few older

[users] Find failes to find formatted text

2010-07-12 Thread David B Teague
I copied formatted text from a web page to OO.o 3.2.1 by copy and paste with the mouse. I wanted to change the 18 point headers to 14 point. OO.o find (control f) does not find 18 point type unless I have set the size. OO.o recognizes that the text is 18 point, and other attributes, but

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-14 Thread David B Teague
Tanstaafl, Your discourse here will discourage response on this list. Response both ways is the reason for the list. So please drop this thread, and be a bit more careful in your responses. DBTsr On 6/14/2010 7:50 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-06-13 5:19 PM, David B Teague wrote: On 6

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-14 Thread David B Teague
I iterate: This discourse here discourage responses on this list. Response both ways is the reason for the list. Your continuation of this thread demonstrates your lack of self control and your lack of a sense of responsibility to this community. So drop this thread, and be a bit more careful

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-13 Thread David B Teague
On 6/11/2010 7:43 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-06-10 7:33 PM, Twayne wrote: In news:4c094ddd.70...@silkroadconsultants.co.uk, Rob Clementr...@silkroadconsultants.co.uk typed: Is it just my machine AMD 2.0 Ghz running windows Vista seems to take a very long time installing Ooo 3.2.1.

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-13 Thread David B Teague
On 6/13/2010 2:33 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-06-13 2:23 PM, David B Teague wrote: I run an older 1.6 GHZ Sempron 2.8 with 1 GB Ram, and a not-very-fast backplane. I just installed OO.0 3.2.1 and it took less than a half hour, consistent with earlier versions. I saw other responses

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-13 Thread David B Teague
On 6/13/2010 7:44 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 06/13/2010 05:19 PM, David B Teague wrote: On 6/13/2010 2:33 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-06-13 2:23 PM, David B Teague wrote: I run an older 1.6 GHZ Sempron 2.8 with 1 GB Ram, and a not-very-fast backplane. I just installed OO.0

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-13 Thread David B Teague
On 6/13/2010 7:29 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 05:19:17PM -0400, David B Teague wrote: On 6/13/2010 2:33 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-06-13 2:23 PM, David B Teague wrote: I run an older 1.6 GHZ Sempron 2.8 with 1 GB Ram, and a not-very-fast backplane

Re: [users] Recent Documents

2010-05-28 Thread David B Teague
On 5/28/2010 8:15 AM, Vic Dura wrote: Using OO v3.2 on WinXP, is there any way to increase the number of Recent Documents under the File menu? My installation seems to max out at 10. Is it possible to increase that? Thanks, At http://www.ooomacros.org/user.php#100070 there is a Draw macro

Re: [users] Stand-alone OOo Writer

2010-05-26 Thread David B Teague
On 5/26/2010 8:27 AM, James Greenidge wrote: Re: Myself, I'd love to see a stand-alone OOo Writer that'd both run quicker and use less memory, especially in older Macs. The closest Macs have to such is the moribund AbiWord, which did a fair job handling OOo docs before it went belly-up. I

Re: [users] Re: Stand-alone OOo Writer

2010-05-26 Thread David B Teague
On 5/26/2010 3:08 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/05/26 12:34 PM David B Teague wrote: On 5/26/2010 8:27 AM, James Greenidge wrote: Re: Myself, I'd love to see a stand-alone OOo Writer that'd both run quicker and use less memory, especially in older Macs. The closest Macs have

Re: [users] Creating PDFs - PDF icon no longer working.?

2010-05-23 Thread David B Teague
On 5/22/2010 9:55 AM, James Elliott wrote: I am writing a novel in Writer ver 3.2.0 running under Windows XP. When I save each chapter I first save it in odt format. I then save a PDF version to send to my proof-reader by clicking on the PDF icon on the button bar. I first realise that

[users] Good OO.o review from PC Mag

2010-05-22 Thread David B Teague
Highlights: *Review:* By Edward Mendelson mailto:emendelson_pc...@hotmail.com OpenOffice.org, now released in its long-awaited 3.0 version, is a free, open-source replacement for Microsoft Office http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2052207,00.asp---and the first and only application suite

[users] My review of OO.o 3.2 for PC Magazine on line

2010-05-22 Thread David B Teague
I wrote a review of OO.o 3.2 for PC Magazine on line I have used OO.o since version 1.x. OO.o is at version 3.2 now, with 4.0 due real soon now. I have MS Office 2003 on installation disks here someplace, but since my main machine died 4 years ago, and I installed OO.o, I have not felt the

Re: [users] sort on date

2010-05-11 Thread David B Teague
On 5/10/2010 7:01 PM, James Knott wrote: JOE Conner wrote: Not at all, because the same number is also be used for date AND time. Both date and time are normally integers. Like with money, you wouldn't normally use floating point because you can't be guaranteed a correct result. With

[users] Slightly OT: OpenOffice.org Menu FIrefox add-on

2010-04-02 Thread David B Teague
Can someone tell me whom I should ask about the OO.o Menu Firefox add-on? I do not believe it has been updated since FF 2.x. I found it useful. I suppose I could just find the several links it provided ... --David Teague

Re: [users] Slightly OT: OpenOffice.org Menu FIrefox add-on

2010-04-02 Thread David B Teague
Dave Thanks, I'll try that. I recalled that some provision can be made to force an incompatible add-on, but I didn't know where to look. DBTsr On 4/2/2010 6:20 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: David B Teaguedavidbtea...@verizon.net To:

Re: [users] Slightly OT: OpenOffice.org Menu FIrefox add-on

2010-04-02 Thread David B Teague
On 4/2/2010 6:20 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: David B Teaguedavidbtea...@verizon.net To: users@openoffice.orgusers@openoffice.org Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:11:08 -0400 Can someone tell me whom I should ask about the OO.o Menu Firefox add-on? I do not

Re: [users] Re: OT Re: discontinue

2010-02-25 Thread David B Teague
On 2/25/2010 2:57 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-02-25 2:36 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: Microsoft Outlook Express is crap. Does/did anyone ever really use it? I thought it was just a bad dream I had once a long, long time ago... Yes, I used OEx, it wasn't a nightmare, and it really

Re: [users] Path specification

2010-02-17 Thread David B Teague
On 2/17/2010 4:04 PM, Tim Deaton wrote: jonathon wrote: Tim Deaton wrote: SNIP And OOo, if the developers are willing, CAN make it possible for its different tools to have their own default folders. Or they CAN give it enough of a memory so that each tool (Calc, Writer, Base, etc, not just

Re: [users] Re: Re: OOo 3.2 available Do you like it?

2010-02-16 Thread David B Teague
On 2/16/2010 12:40 PM, Twayne wrote: In news:4b7a09fd.4050...@verizon.net, David B Teague davidbtea...@verizon.net typed: On 2/15/2010 9:18 PM, Twayne wrote: Look back in time in the posts; there have been some comments on it already. I like it but don't feel like repeating myself over

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 available Do you like it? Yes: loading speed report

2010-02-15 Thread David B Teague
Thanks again to everyone who responded to my question. I fetched OO.o 3.2 and installed it. Installation on my system took about 45 minutes. My system is runs XP SP3, processor is Sempron 2800+, 1.6 GHz, with 1 GB RAM, and fairly fast hard drives, kept defragmented (Diskeeper). I don't know

Re: [users] Re: OOo 3.2 available Do you like it?

2010-02-15 Thread David B Teague
On 2/15/2010 9:18 PM, Twayne wrote: Look back in time in the posts; there have been some comments on it already. I like it but don't feel like repeating myself over and over. Twayne I don't have the disk space to keep old posts. You could have provided a link to your post in the archive

[users] OOo 3.2 available Do you like it?

2010-02-14 Thread David B Teague
I understand that OOo 3.2 is available. Would someone please give a very brief statement that you like it, and that it runs as well as 3.1? Any problems? One sentence would do. Even a URL to an OO.o users' forum would be OK. I have had some particularly bad luck in upgrades recently though

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 available Do you like it?

2010-02-14 Thread David B Teague
On 2/14/2010 4:22 PM, David B Teague wrote: ... Would someone please give a very brief statement that you like [OO.o 3.2], and that it runs as well as 3.1? ... Many thanks to Johnny, Troll/Idiot and Web Kracked for their positive and useful responses to this question. I'll fetch and install

Re: [users] Test 2

2010-02-07 Thread David B Teague
On 2/5/2010 1:32 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-02-05 9:12 AM, Rhinorh...@wwdc.com wrote: Please ignore this; I'm just trying to verify if I can post without difficulty now Please don't invade the inboxes of thousands of people just because you think you might have a

Re: [users] Re: OO writer, spell check doesn't work

2009-12-27 Thread David B Teague
If I recall correctly, the spell check in versions of OO.o Writer worked out of the box. Do I recall correctly? If so, why was that changed? --David On 12/27/2009 2:33 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2009/12/27 1:05 AM John Palmisano wrote: As per instructions here, I am emailing support:

Re: [users] Re: Mathematical division sign.

2009-12-11 Thread David B Teague
Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg wrote: Hi, Hold down the ALT key type in 0427 (or the appropriate ascii) using the numpad release the ALT key and it should show up. At least it does here, using Writer (OOo 3.1) on WinXP SP3. Patrick G. It must be a Linux thing

Re: [users] Draw tutorial?

2009-12-10 Thread David B Teague
Marcello Romani wrote: David B Teague ha scritto: Charles Marcus wrote: On 12/9/2009, David B Teague (davidbtea...@verizon.net) wrote: SNIP Draw is a VECTOR GRAPHICS program. 'Erase' is something one does with a RASTER GRAPHICS program. If I nderstand correctly (not an expert), vector

Re: [users] Draw tutorial?

2009-12-09 Thread David B Teague
Franz Many thanks for your response. I conclude with surprise that from what you say, Draw cannot erase details, or at least it erases details with difficulty. What does one do when one makes a mistake? Undo is a blunt instrument. I'll go through the Draw tutorial carefully and see if I can

Re: [users] Draw tutorial?

2009-12-09 Thread David B Teague
Charles Marcus wrote: On 12/9/2009, David B Teague (davidbtea...@verizon.net) wrote: Many thanks for your response. I conclude with surprise that from what you say, Draw cannot erase details, or at least it erases details with difficulty. What does one do when one makes a mistake? Undo

[users] Draw tutorial?

2009-12-08 Thread David B Teague
Is there a low level OO.o Draw tutorial available? Draw is not intuitive for me. When faced with a software package that is new to me, I usually need a small set of instructions that make the tool useful, then I can read the Help and other tutorials to find things as needed to extend my

Re: [users] Draw tutorial?

2009-12-08 Thread David B Teague
graphics facilities. --David --- James Knott wrote: David B Teague wrote: Is there a low level OO.o Draw tutorial available? Draw is not intuitive for me. When faced with a software package that is new to me, I usually need a small set of instructions that make the tool

Re: [users] Re: Pinging Harold Fuchs?

2009-10-14 Thread David B Teague
Harold Fuchs wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2009/10/14 3:08 AM Harold Fuchs wrote: [snip] I read this list in two different ways - either via Thunderbird or via Firefox. Thunderbird allows me to set up a filter to highlight messages having the relevant header so it's easy to identify them.

Re: [users] search for numbered item by number

2009-09-21 Thread David B Teague
TomW wrote: David B Teague wrote: TomW wrote: David B Teague wrote: SNIP SNIP. These numbers for which I am searching are generated by OpenOffice.org, and you cannot highlight them, nor copy them to the clip board. And in my experience regular expressions don't find them. BTW I never

Re: [users] search for numbered item by number

2009-09-21 Thread David B Teague
jomali wrote: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:20 AM, David B Teague davidbtea...@verizon.netwrote: SNIP I still would like to be able to do search for OO.o numbered list items by list number. SNIP Warmest Regards David David, I think what you are asking for is similar to the many

Re: [users] search for numbered item by number

2009-09-17 Thread David B Teague
Cor Nouws wrote: Hi David, David B Teague wrote (16-9-2009 20:40) I have a numbered list of items in an ODF file. How do I search for the item numbered 10? If I use control F, type 10 for the search key, it reports search key not found. If you need more information to answer this, please

Re: [users] search for numbered item by number

2009-09-17 Thread David B Teague
TomW wrote: David B Teague wrote: I have a numbered list of items in an ODF file. How do I search for the item numbered 10? If I use control F, type 10 for the search key, it reports search key not found. If you need more information to answer this, please ask. --David

Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-16 Thread David B Teague
Please drop this entire thread. It is not going anywhere, and is producing nothing but some annoyance. --David Teague - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

[users] search for numbered item by number

2009-09-16 Thread David B Teague
I have a numbered list of items in an ODF file. How do I search for the item numbered 10? If I use control F, type 10 for the search key, it reports search key not found. If you need more information to answer this, please ask. --David

[users] To the thread hijack police and the on-topic police

2009-09-09 Thread David B Teague
It would be better if the thread hijacking police and political correctness police backed off a bit. I have have decreased my frequency of posting of questions for which I need answers, and have not posted answers to the few questions I happen to know about, precisely because some of the

Re: [users] To the thread hijack police and the on-topic police

2009-09-09 Thread David B Teague
of the pop psychology books might put it. I agree that the politically correct police can take a long walk off a short pier. Thanks again. David Brad Rogers wrote: On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:37:52 -0400 David B Teague davidbtea...@verizon.net wrote: Hello David, It would be better

Re: [users] Re: Calendar

2009-09-01 Thread David B Teague
Larry You ask: What are Lightening? What is Sunbird? Both these tools provide a calendar facility. Lightening is an add-on to Thunderbird that provides a calendar tool. Sunbird is a stand-alone program that provides a calendar tool. You can follow this link for Frequently Asked Questions

Re: [users] Re: Calendar

2009-09-01 Thread David B Teague
Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2009/09/01 9:02 AM David B Teague wrote: Larry You ask: What are Lightening? What is Sunbird? I did not ask that question. It was in the post by bobalethak...@gmail that I replied to. Please accept my apology. The error is an artifact of email quoting. I hope

Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-08-31 Thread David B Teague
If the author of the petition made it easier to sign the petition, I'd be happy to sign, but I was steered to at least 3 different web sites then the web site AFTER I had supposedly voted wants me to register. I hate the idea of a ribbon interface too, but after that many different web

Re: [users] Re: Judge: Microsoft can't sell Word anymore

2009-08-15 Thread David B Teague
jonathon wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 17:10, NoOp wrote: It's going to get nasty out there folks... http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFd=PALLp=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htmr=1f=Gl=50s1=7,571,169.PN.OS=PN/7,571,169RS=PN/7,571,169

Re: [users] How can one add a word to the spell checker outside of SWord?

2009-07-24 Thread David B Teague
Tucson Tucson Hmm My speller also doesn't see anything wrong with either of these. Maybe they both are legitimate in the eyes of the dictionary tables. Google finds this: /TusCon/, the annual Tucson area Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. --David Teague Brian Barker wrote: Sorry:

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