[users] Regular expression for several spaces that does not match a single space

2005-01-26 Thread David Teague
the find command (Control F) finds every space, not just the 8 space instances. I want only to replace instances of 8 spaces with 4 spaces. How do I do this? (I was just told about the regular expression to match the beginning of a line, so I do know about that.) David Teague Viva Fifths

[users] OOo 1.9.69 Quick Start hangs computer on boot

2005-02-04 Thread David Teague
having difficulty getting my mind wrapped around technical things. Please bear with me. Warm Regards David Teague Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] OOo 1.9.69 Quick Start hangs computer on boot

2005-02-05 Thread David Teague
- Original Message - From: "Peter Kupfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [users] OOo 1.9.69 Quick Start hangs computer on boot > David Teague wrote: > > Greetings: > > > > Apparently 1.9.69 Quick St

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-02-05 Thread David Teague
t found: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx The free version was a bit annoying to use because it extracted individual messages and you had to be darned careful about the "extract to" path. However, with care I was able to access all my OEx messages. Lots of luck David Teague,

Re: [users] OOo 1.9.69 Quick Start hangs computer on boot

2005-02-05 Thread David Teague
or or is it Gnome? ) Linux is coming soon to a desktop near me. I will search for this bug in the bug list, and if not found, I will file the bug. Monday I will go to the University (100 MB/sec connection) to fetch the install file for 1.9.74 and install that to see what happens

Re: [users] OOo 1.9.69 Quick Start hangs computer on boot

2005-02-06 Thread David Teague
liance seems to be a rather hot potato that no one wants. (The 'hot potato' idiom goes back to the historian Josephus. Ask me off list. [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Again, many thanks. David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallat

Re: [users] unsubscribe please please please

2005-02-09 Thread David Teague
William: To unsubscribe from users@openoffice.org please send an e-mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] That information should be at the bottom of all email messages from this list, but curiously it was not at the bottom of your message requesting that you be unsubscribed. David Teague

[users] OpenOffice.org Snapshot Build 1.9.m77 (680_m77)

2005-02-12 Thread David Teague
1.9.m69, except this version's quick start hangs my machine. I don't load this version's quick start. I understand that glitch was fixed in later version(s). David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silvi

Re: [users] Help!

2005-02-16 Thread David Teague
been wonderfully helpful to me. Warm Regards David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitchell, see http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/ www.larryholloway.com http://cs.wcu.edu

Re: [users] "fill-paragraph"

2005-02-16 Thread David Teague
do the job: Then select the just the text you from which you want to remove blank paragraphs, the go to the Format menu, click auto-format, and click apply. If you don't like the results, control-z will undo. David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths

Re: [users] Images in Writer

2005-02-18 Thread David Teague
question: Is this MY concern or Brian's? David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths - Original Message - From: "Brian McCullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:55 PM Subject: [us

Re: [users] Re: File List

2005-02-18 Thread David Teague
Setting the number of recently used files should be easier than that. Should someone suggest this as a requested feature? Clearly this is not a high priority, but I'd like to be able to set the size of the recently opened files without editing a config file or running a macro. David T

Re: [users] Re: Re: File List

2005-02-21 Thread David Teague
e) with 1.9.69. David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitchell, see http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/ www.larryholloway.com http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt - Or

Re: [users] Re: Re: Re: File List

2005-02-21 Thread David Teague
Original Message - From: "Michael A Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 7:25 AM Subject: [users] Re: Re: Re: File List > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:03:21 -0500, David Teague wrote: > > > On Monday, February 21, 2005 12:29 AM > > Mart

[users] OO.o 1.9.69 cannot find python23.dll

2005-03-04 Thread David Teague
(to its satisfaction), but it did not think it succeed in fixing the python problem. I would like to know what features of OO.o use python so I can actually find whether there is a problem. Is there a test suite? Warm Regards, David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double

Re: [users] OO.o 1.9.69 cannot find python23.dll

2005-03-05 Thread David Teague
MS Office. SO -- about python.exe not being able to find the python23.dll Do I remove the software and reinstall? The "repair" option on the installer doesn't fix the problem. Warm Regards David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.denn

[users] How to make the Splash screen display

2005-03-11 Thread David Teague
cannot seem to find where the Splash Screen is made to display or not. Could someone help? David Teague, Advocating Free Software and - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] How to make the Splash screen display

2005-03-12 Thread David Teague
OO.o writer starts, sometimes not. Annoying. David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitchell, see http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/ www.larryholloway.com http://cs.w

Re: [users] How to make the Splash screen display

2005-03-13 Thread David Teague
start during boot ( see first message). I have not yet found how to reenable the splash screen. David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitchell, see http://home.telepo

[users] FIxed: quickstart instability. Re: [users] How to make the Splash screen display

2005-03-14 Thread David Teague
he loading of the Quick Starter. Quick Start seems to have been absolved! David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitchell, see http://home.teleport.c

Re: [users] Re: WARNING: OOo 1.9.79 for XP

2005-03-14 Thread David Teague
n to hang while using OO.o writer. Once I fixed the disk problem, and reinstalled OO.o 1.9.69, I am having no sign of either of these problems. I was CONVINCED that beta software was at fault. It was my flakey system. I concluded I must be quite careful in assigning blame to software. With Warm R

Re: [users] Re: WARNING: OOo 1.9.79 for XP

2005-03-14 Thread David Teague
boot but I had a bad hard drive. Once that was fixed, OO.o doesn't hang my anymore, which is why I responded as I did. I hope you find your problem. David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarring

Re: [users] Quickstart question

2005-03-15 Thread David Teague
ute fifteen seconds to 20 to 30 seconds. Due to OO.o developer obedience (IMNSHO, slavish obedience) to Microsoft Application Recommendations, the menu many of us want to keep was removed after 1.1.4. This has been discussed several times on this list. David Teague, Advocating Free Software

[users] Writer crashes while importing from web page via Windows XP clip board

2005-03-15 Thread David Teague
have had ONLY this problem with OO.o since reinstalling OO.o Questions: Is this a known problem that might have been fixed since this version? Should I file an issue on a version this old? David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com

Re: [users] Writer crashes while importing from web page via Windows XP clip board

2005-03-15 Thread David Teague
verything but this one problem. Meanwhile would someone please point me to the OO.o bugs list so I can look for such a problem. David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitc

Re: [users] Writer crashes while importing from web page via Windows XP clip board

2005-03-15 Thread David Teague
to this). I want to know if this is a known problem. Would you point me to the bugs list so I can search? David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitchell, see http://

Re: [users] Writer crashes while importing from web page viaWindows XP clip board

2005-03-15 Thread David Teague
Thanks to all who responded and for the several valuable pieces of advice and how to access the bug list. I'll download the latest 2.0 beta version to install along side of *.69. I am a bit afraid of the developer snapshot ;) David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tun

Re: [users] Says "General Error, general input/output error" when I tried to open Microsoft wps file

2005-03-20 Thread David Teague
as "As Far As I Know". Current email practice is to (over) use acronyms. After 25 years in computer science, I have sometimes thought that I was in the wrong field as I strongly object to gratituitous acronyms (or GA ;-). David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fift

Re: [users] paste from oOffice to putty

2005-03-22 Thread David Teague
bug that does not affect me. David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitchell, see http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/ www.larryholloway.com http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt

Re: [users] Start sending people SXI files!

2005-03-23 Thread David Teague
of the dates, but in the early 80s I read about free software from a Jerry Pournell article about Richard Stallman and Emacs in BYTE in the early 80s. The FSF and the LPF came not long after. We should all be members or at least support the LPF in their opposition to the idea of the software paten

[users] OO.o should be able to open pdf files

2005-03-30 Thread David Teague
OO.o can SAVE as pdf. Is there a reason OO.o cannot OPEN pdf files for writing? Shouldn't this be in OO.o's skill set? David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths - To unsubscribe, e-ma

Re: [users] Which MS Office is OpenOffice Equivalent To?

2005-04-08 Thread David Teague
On February 09, 2005, Jonathan Blake said > There are _four_ grammar checkers available for OOo. Which one to use > depends upon the language that one wants to check the grammar in. Are any of them for English? If so would someone please post a pointer? David Teague, Advocating Free So

Re: [users] Recently used documents

2005-04-10 Thread David Teague
acro: > If you want easy, just open the Recent Files List Changer file at > http://ooomacros.org/user.php#100070 and click the button. That was the > first suggestion; there is no special magic about running a macro that is > embedded in a document. Hope this helps! David Teague, Advo

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

2005-04-12 Thread David Teague
quot; response seems to indicate approval. Is there a list of such "list-isms" that I should know? If so please post a link to its location. Thanks David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.c

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

2005-04-12 Thread David Teague
im it a bit. I appreciate you suggestions on how to post without being annoying. Thanks. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

2005-04-12 Thread David Teague
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:19 PM "Doug Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Teague wrote: > > Peter Kupfer wrote in response to my question: > > > >>>What does a "+1" response mean? From the context > >>>of other message

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

2005-04-12 Thread David Teague
alled you annoying. :) I wouldn't have been offended if you had. I was asking for advice, and you gave it. I appreciate that I know from experience that people can be really annoyed by things as such as top posting or by a too-long signature file. I don't want to be annoying. Many than

Re: [users] Re: Platinum Perfect pro office system

2005-04-12 Thread David Teague
David Teague (that's me) wrote: > For those interested, Google gives the URL and a description for > Outlook-QuoteFix: > http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/ > Description > Outlook-QuoteFix can modify MS Outlook's message composition windows > on-

[users] Can I install 1.9.95 with 1.9.69?

2005-04-23 Thread David Teague
ly: I understand that 1.1.4 and an OO.o beta can be installed on the same machine, and I understand that if subsequently I remove 1.1.4, I have to run install again with the repair option. Warm Regards David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in f

Re: [users] Can I install 1.9.95 with 1.9.69?

2005-04-23 Thread David Teague
rlier version*. not *1.1.4* as I thought. My apology for unnecessarily adding to the traffic on this mailing list. You guys give good, useful answers to questions. Thanks! David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.denn

[users] 1.9.95 loads very fast

2005-04-23 Thread David Teague
version. Thanks guys. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mitchell, http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/; www.larryholloway.com

Re: [users] 1.9.95 loads very fast

2005-04-24 Thread David Teague
gnome notifier so I just cut it a bit to give life to gnome-ooqs . [http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-ooqs/] It is still not working 100% perfect, but soon it will do David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuz

Re: [users] 1.9.95 loads very fast

2005-04-24 Thread David Teague
out (April). I am not comfortable posting his email address here, but I would forward questions to him. Here is the essence of his message: *** On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 09:33 -0400, David Teague wrote: > Has anyone found an OpenOffice.org Quick Start for > Ubuntu or other Debian based

Re: [users] 1.9.95 loads very fast --BUT USES 97%+ of CPU

2005-04-24 Thread David Teague
ws XP. When I actually stress the writer application (open a web page with Writer) the Task Manager says that soffice.bin is using about 95-99% of the CPU. I killed and removed 1.9.95. I'll continue to use 1.9.69. Has an issue been filed against 1.9.95 for this problem? David Teague -- S

Re: [users] 1.9.95-quickstart icon

2005-04-25 Thread David Teague
s to get OO.o to start up more quickly under Linux: Prelink OO.o or just start OO.o and suspend it. Additionally, it is possible to write scripts that make specific dynamic libraries load at boot [ok], or maybe at login [better]. I can't remember the detail right now. I'll be reading. Warm

Re: [users] 1.9.95 loads very fast --BUT USES 97%+ of CPU

2005-04-25 Thread David Teague
944 I suppose we both need to do this. Warm Regards David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EM

Re: [users] 1.9.95-quickstart icon

2005-04-25 Thread David Teague
o claim to have them working. I have to leave almost immediately for an orchestra rehearsal in a nearby city, but I will reply to your other requests (below) at a later time. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzz

Re: [users] 1.9.95 loads very fast --BUT USES 97%+ of CPU

2005-04-26 Thread David Teague
to trying all the OO.o things to be tried that I heard about from the Ubuntu list. With Warm Regards David Teague -- Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. --Mark Tw

Re: [users] A few questions

2005-05-08 Thread David Teague
tKeyHandler.sxw or Indents.sxw available from http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ for a macro that approximates WordPerfect's way of implementing hanging indents. Migration Guide 3 Others will also respond to this. I hope this help

[users] OT?? Windows question, may be

2005-05-11 Thread DAVID TEAGUE
lem solved. EXCEPT: I don't want the earlier two QS to load at startup. Can some kind soul please tell me where XP hides the tables that control loading at startup, otherwise tell me how to prevent the earlier two quick starters from loading? Thanks! David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-05-14 Thread DAVID TEAGUE
s. I have not checked whether a Linux computer would be allowed if the student could make MS Office run under Linux. I approve of the computer requirement, but strongly object to the MS requirement, but I am retired so I have no clout. LOL not that I had any before retiring. Warm Regards Davi

Re: [users] Uninstalling 1.9.95

2005-05-20 Thread DAVID TEAGUE
e. I also have it in the folder created when I unzipped the 1.9.95 zip file. If you still have yours you should be already have that file. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodalla

[users] Installation of 2.0 beta

2005-06-20 Thread David Teague
carefully backed up all the .odt files on my system, removed .69 and .95 then installed 109. While nothing was amiss afterwards, I still want some knowledgeable person to reassure me, to wit, "It ain't gonna happen." Thanks David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Fr

Re: [users] Installation of 2.0 beta

2005-06-20 Thread David Teague
Dan and Roderick: Thanks to both of you for comforting words that agree with my (limited) experience as well. I did back up the .odt and .sxw files before deleting and installing 109. (There were just too many to risk.) Thanks guys! David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free

[users] 1.9.109 less stable than 1.9.104

2005-07-02 Thread David Teague
109? I will check the issues list. If it hasn't been reported I will file an issue. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mitchell,

Re: [users] 1.9.109 less stable than 1.9.104

2005-07-02 Thread David Teague
> I said: > > I hope 1.9.109 is still current. I have been out of the > > circuit for a couple of weeks. John W Kennedy answered: > 1.9.113 is out now. Thanks. I fetched and installed it. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Ba

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-07-03 Thread David Teague
nstall .exe file, setup.exe which you run. Follow the instructions. I hope this isn't so detailed as to be insulting, and I hope it has the specifics you need. I do tend to too much detail. I hope this helps. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-07-03 Thread David Teague
s. You should feel free to ask me any questions. I cannot guarantee to know the answers, but I will try. Warm Regards David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For informati

Re: [users] [moderated]

2005-07-04 Thread David Teague
ums internal to the zip file. (Will someone who knows please confirm this?) David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Oppose software patents: Help keep free software possible. League for Software Freedom: http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/ Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure http://www.ffii.org/ an act

Re: [users] .ods between 1.9.100 and 1.9.109

2005-07-05 Thread David Teague
x27;t get that version, but I doubt that there is a problem. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt -- Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. --Mark Twain Clearly, it

Re: [users] Footer Troubles - Customizing Page Numbers

2005-07-16 Thread David Teague
age opened, but the word "Styles" does not appear on that page. Would you give a path through the menus to the page you refer to? David Teague - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Footer Troubles - Customizing Page Numbers

2005-07-16 Thread David Teague
n Style Guide," that help me, and A4 style document and an XML document I don't need but someone else may. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; Fo

[users] OOo 113 problems

2005-07-21 Thread David Teague
rlier version. I can't live with this. Please help. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OOo 113 problems

2005-07-21 Thread David Teague
On Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:58 AM G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 09:13 -0400, David Teague wrote: > > I have used many OO.o *pre betas* since 1.69. > >^^^ > > I have installed 113. Roderick says:

Re: [users] OOo 113 problems

2005-07-21 Thread David Teague
swers to these questions, and likely several more. BTW The documents at the URL in Roderick's .sig seem to refer to the current version, 1.1.4, not to the beta versions, so I do need a little more than just "Read the manual, here is a URL." David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~db

Re: [users] OOo m113 problems (updated)

2005-07-21 Thread David Teague
that makes OpenOffice.org better than other Office packages. Thank you for your help and patience. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mi

Re: [users] Re: OOo 113 problems

2005-07-21 Thread David Teague
used, at least since GNU/Linux appeared. Thanks to everyone. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mitchell, http://home.teleport.com

Re: [users] OOo 113 problems

2005-07-21 Thread David Teague
1 access to "Styles and Formatting". I had only used the icon, when I could find it. I will read the documents and report missing information if I find any. The difficulty I have is needing something but not being able to find an appropriate search key. Many thanks for a wonderful

Re: [users] OOo m113 problems (updated)

2005-07-21 Thread David Teague
From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [users] OOo m113 problems (updated) > On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 13:26 -0400, David Teague wrote: > > Roderick said > > > > [snipped] > > > Final

Re: [users] 1.14 now or 2.0 worth the wait

2005-08-08 Thread David Teague
the Arkansas Guarantee my used car salesman gives: "If it breaks, you get to keep the pieces." On dialup, I did download m69. An ~80 MB download takes at least overnight. A download manager that allows restarting a download will help. I believe 1.9.122 is the most recent OO.o ver

[users] Cut Open Office Load Time

2005-08-30 Thread David Teague
rt both this and your other resident software for this to be successful. Would someone please comment on this idea? David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.

Re: [users] Cut Open Office Load Time

2005-08-31 Thread David Teague
ck starter. (500 MHz Athlon, 512 MB, slow FSB. Mark Herring said that 1.9.125 (v2,. Beta 2) starts on Linux (RHEL4) in about 4 seconds---with no special measures. I wonder how fast his hardware is. David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tun

Re: [users] Cut Open Office Load Time

2005-08-31 Thread David Teague
load OO.o fast enough not to be annoying. I will take m125 there this weekend. Many thanks! David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mitchell

Re: [users] Linux desktop adoption barriers: Microsoft Office may out-feature OpenOffice, but...

2006-03-11 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
://searchopensource.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid39_gci1171827,00.html IF not, you will need to carefully copy the URL to someplace where you can append the last piece, then copy to the address bar in your browser. David -- -- David Teague, cs.wcu.edu/~dbt -- Advocating Free Software and Double Bass

Re: [users] Grammer checker

2006-03-25 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
terfact and call the linker. David -- -- David Teague, cs.wcu.edu/~dbt -- Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths -- Classical Bass www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com; www.joelquarrington.com -- Jazz Upright Bass Red Mitchell, home.teleport.com/~mimuma/; w

[users] Difference between two OO.o documents?

2006-04-19 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
Microsoft Word can sniff out the differences between two versions of a document. How can I do this with OpenOffice.org? --David -- -- David Teague, cs.wcu.edu/~dbt -- Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths -- Classical Bass www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com

[users] How to assemble a document from many boilerplate files.

2006-05-16 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
nts from boiler plate. Warm Regards --David Teague -- David Teague, cs.wcu.edu/~dbt -- Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths -- Classical Bass www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com; www.joelquarrington.com -- Jazz Upright Bass Red Mitchell, home.telep

Re: [users] [moderated] OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 great bug!

2005-10-21 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
hige Version unter Windows 2000 Professional. Danke im voraus! Greetings / GrĂ¼sse Claus Becker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] klaus, Tell me exactly how

Re: [users] 10 seconds

2005-10-22 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
) version decreased load time from about 20 seconds to about 5 or 6 seconds. Be sure "click" the check box for Load at Startup Warm Regards, David Teague -- David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths http://www.dennism

Re: [users] Uninstall rel 1.9.109

2005-10-23 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
solicit testimonials for reliable free XP registry repair software. David -- David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Oppose software patents: Help keep free software possible. The League for Programming Freedom: http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/ and The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure http

Re: [users] OOo 1.9.95 vs 2.0

2005-10-23 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
of increases in functionality and stability, and, occasionally, a decrease in load time. I have found 2.0 to be better than its predecessors. Highly recommended. I am convinced you will like it. David Teague -- -- David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned

Re: [users] Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice

2005-10-24 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
With many thanks for your suggestion. Warm Regards David Teague -- -- David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths http://www.dennismasuzzo.com ; www.silviodallatorre.com/ www.silviodallatorre.com; www.joelquarrington.com/ ; Informa

[users] Review of OO.o

2005-10-25 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
0-0-1 Warm Regards, -- David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com; www.joelquarrington.com/ ; Information on Red Mitchell, home.teleport.com/~mimuma/ www.larryhollowa

Re: [users] OpenOffice and Thunderbird

2005-11-26 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
have not tried it. If you try it please report on it here, both about OO.o interoperation and how it supports extensions. Does anyone know when T-bird 1.5 will be released? Or whether there is any hint as to a release schedule? Warm Regards, David Teague, -- cs.wcu.edu/~dbt -- Advocating Free

Re: [users] Virus storm hits OOo

2005-11-27 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
junk to the trash after 14 days or so. I don't recall if it empties the trash. Thunderbird is pretty good if your mail volume isn't HUGE. It is very much better than anything else I have used, even Postini service from my dialup ISP. Warm Regards David Teague -- -- David Teague, cs.wcu.ed

[users] How do I insert page numbers?

2005-11-28 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
umbers" written in it, but no page numbers. Same for "number of pages" and the other fields. There is something I am not doing. Please tell me what it is. Thanks for all help you have given to every inquiry. David -- -- David Teague, cs.wcu.edu/~dbt -- Advocating Free Software an

[users] Page numbering fields do not work SECOND request

2005-12-09 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
Insert" -> "Field" -> "Page Number". I inserted a header, then a page number field in the header. I get "page numbers" in a gray field, NOT the actual page number. How do I get OO.o to insert the actual page numbers? All fields do the same sort

[users] Writer Spelling checker won't check one document, will check another.

2006-01-08 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
ow to fix that short of creating a new document. With some older versions of MS Word, I can fix a similar problem by setting the language, but I can't find where to do that with OOo, nor do I know whether that is the appropriate fix for OOo. Thanks. Warm Regards David -- -- David Teague,

Re: [users] Writer Spelling checker won't check one document, will check another.

2006-01-08 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
Additional information: the copyied documents do not spell check once I save, close reopen them. Same symptoms as below. DT David Teague(T-bird acct) wrote: I have two OOo writer documents. One spell checks just fine, one does not. OOo, with the document that fails to spell check does this

Re: [users] sorting

2005-09-05 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
is response(s) to Joe's question which was also my question. David Teague *-- Actual quote: "Linux was made by foreign terrorists to steal money from true AMERICAN companies like Microsoft who invented computing as we know it, and are being punished for their success..."

Re: [users] Re: sorting

2005-09-05 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
Dan Lewis wrote: On Monday 05 September 2005 11:47 am, Ain Vagula wrote: David Teague(T-bird acct) wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: On Saturday 11 June 2005 02:26 pm, Joe Marks wrote: On a WindowsXP machine, using 2.0, how can a list be made of names, addresses, phone numbers

Re: [users] Open Office 2.0 features

2005-09-17 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
rovided with OO.o will be like its other features, better in a truly substantive way than other pieces of software.. David Teague - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: the stable version of OpenOffice.org 2.0

2005-09-18 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
I can live with the risk. Besides I am well backed up except for today's work. The question that only you can answer is "Can I live with the risk?" You have to decide. They don't want to decide for you. Hope this helps. With Warm Regards David Teague --The choral back

[users] Dialog printing, "Show fields option is checked, Do you want to print ..."

2005-09-23 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
a hand in this! With Warm Regards David Teague -- The choral background music for a recent Microsoft Internet Explorer TV ads is the /Confutatis Maledictis/ from the Mozart /Requiem /(Mass for the dead). The words of the final blast of music that accompanies "Where do you want to go tod

Re: [users] Is OOo2RC1 older than 1.9.125

2005-10-08 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
ng to existing documents? Warm Regards David -- David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt I oppose software patents: Help keep free software possible. League for Programming Freedom: http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/ Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure http://www.ffii.org/ is an active European organiz

[users] Installed OOo_2.0.0rc1_050923_Win32Intel_install.exe

2005-10-08 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
No glitches. It is as good as I could even hope for: Powerful and FREE. Do I understand there is yet another release candidate, RC 2 out there? Where? David Teague -- David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Oppose software patents: Help keep free software possible. League for Programming

Re: [users] Installed OOo_2.0.0rc1_050923_Win32Intel_install.exe

2005-10-09 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
rc2, Where is RC 2? David Teague - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Installed OOo_2.0.0rc1_050923_Win32Intel_install.exe

2005-10-09 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
Paul_B wrote: On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 12:54:33 -0400, David Teague(T-bird acct) wrote: Paul_B wrote: Just installed rc2, Where is RC 2? David Teague Link is right on the home page. p. Then you missed my point. I lloke there, that is RC 1, not RC 2. I keep hearing

Re: [users] Re: Installed OOo_2.0.0rc1_050923_Win32Intel_install.exe

2005-10-09 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 09 October 2005 13:28, David Teague(T-bird acct) wrote: Paul_B wrote: On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 12:54:33 -0400, David Teague(T-bird acct) wrote: Paul_B wrote: Just installed rc2, Where is RC 2? David Teague Link is

[users] OT: Gene's response my signagures

2005-10-09 Thread David Teague(T-bird acct)
d. He is a personal favorite of mine. Thanks for these responses. David Teague - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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