Re: [users] Publisher

2008-06-24 Thread Henning von Roeder
Sap wrote: We are a small business interested in using open office. I have two questions: I have open office 2.2 and I see that open office 2 is available. I don't understand. I cannot find a counterpart to microsoft publisher. We want to make flyers and mailers and do not find a

Re: [users] Calc: how to set defaults like column width

2008-05-12 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:57 AM, John Kaufmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2008.05.09 10:39 -0500, Don Daugherty wrote: I'm new to Calc so I haven't tried this yet, but searching Help for defaults and choosing documents seems to reveal how to do what you want. It refers to

Re: [users] Suppressing '0s' in a Sum/Currency formatted field if calculated cells are blank

2008-04-29 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just downloaded OpenOffice for the first time. I am new to this and even new to doing much with spreadsheets. If I knew more about them, I'd be able to find what I'm looking for. I'm trying this approach to see if I get any

Re: [users] Rechtschreibung in OpenOffice2.4

2008-04-13 Thread Henning von Roeder
Bitte seien sie sich sicher, daß sie sich das alte deutsche wörterbuch heruntergeladen haben On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Alberto Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Friedel, this is an English speaking mailing list but I try to help you. Considering that the German dictionary has been

Re: [users] After hours

2008-04-10 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:13 PM, tina milligan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After hours of searching and working, I am still at a stand still. I have OpenOffice2.3.org and I can not find how to create a multi page website. What do I need to do? I have searched the web your home, and still not

Re: [users] After hours

2008-04-10 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Henning von Roeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:13 PM, tina milligan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After hours of searching and working, I am still at a stand still. I have OpenOffice2.3.org and I can not find how to create a multi page

Re: [users] Spellcheck not working

2008-04-10 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Al Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have OO 2.0. I'm on a Linux platform. Spellcheck doesn't work. I read everything that I could find on the OO Forum site. Nothing worked. Thanks, Al __ Do You

Re: [users] Spellchecker appears not to work in 2.4

2008-04-10 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Denis and Diane Pery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just downloaded Version 2.4 of Open Office, and the spellchecker does not appear to work. It did not seem to work in 2.3 either, but it did work in 2.2. did you go to File-Wizards-Install Directories. Follow

Re: [users] problem caused by rescaling

2008-04-09 Thread Henning von Roeder
also true on Acer Aspire 5630 running Ubuntu 7.10 On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:28 PM, TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Adrian Try [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:39 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] problem caused by

Re: [users] Moving the Cursor to the Next Sentence (Bug?)

2008-04-06 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While playing with sentences in Writer as part of a previous thread I found what I think is a bug. I'd appreciate comments before filing an issue. I'm using OOo 2.4 on Win XP Pro. I have a simple Writer document consisting

Re: [users] Improve picture handling in writer

2008-04-02 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 4:20 AM, mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Apr 2008 at 22:53, Benjamin K wrote: ... 1) And make it possible to pull the picture in the edges: that will scale the picture keeping ratio Select the picture (left-click) then hold the shift key down and grab

Re: [users] Email Client for OOo

2008-04-01 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Sammy Njuguna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HiAll, Since OOo doesn't have a mail client,has anyone tried any other opensource mail clients apart from Thunderbird successfully Regards SAMUEL NJUGUNA E MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/www.openworld.co.ke

Re: [users] Re: Advice re ECDL

2008-03-19 Thread Henning von Roeder
I wasn't trying to make fun of the ECDL, but ECD in English speaking Canada inevitably stands for Early Childhood Development,there you have it. Different folks, different strokes. On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took a quick look at the sites. The Belgian

Re: [users] Advice re ECDL

2008-03-18 Thread Henning von Roeder
it is probably Early Childhood Development Something On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:55 PM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Classlochie wrote: Hi, Have just started my ECDL which uses Microsoft Office 2003. Will 'Open Office' be compatible with Microsoft Office (and if so, which

Re: [users] Re: Advice re ECDL

2008-03-18 Thread Henning von Roeder
actually i wa snot, and ..computer driving license sounds quite as silly to me as early childhood development henning On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Alan Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Henning von Roeder wrote: it is probably Early Childhood Development Something I hope you are joking

Re: [users] Re: Version Control

2008-03-18 Thread Henning von Roeder
Hi I am using OO 2.3 under Ubuntu, in my case you have to go to file-version, and hen enable it. On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Richard Detwiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PJH wrote: Jack D. Lewis has written on 3/18/2008 7:46 PM: PJH wrote the following on 3/18/2008 5:17 PM: I

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

2008-03-16 Thread Henning von Roeder
The Open Office Program does not have an e-mail odule. I am not shure what you are using, but if it is indeedopen office, then it is now eonder that the message a9or text)does not get sent, or that there is no record of it being sent. Henning On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 2:27 AM, johnrj [EMAIL

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-03-14 Thread Henning von Roeder
I am afarid that that is not true, I run Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbons, and the full Open Office Suite, including Draw and Base, are installed. On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Drew Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lester Silberman wrote: The version of OpenOffice that came with my new 4G Asus

Re: [users] Hippity Hop cursor

2008-03-14 Thread Henning von Roeder
If you have a laptop, it may be that your touchpd is too sensitive. I turned my touchpad off and I use a USB Mouse. Check your Laptop manual for the key combination to turn the touchpad off (mine is Fn + F7 on an Acer Aspire). On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:52 PM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [users] Help.....

2008-03-13 Thread Henning von Roeder
Highlight the letters you want to chnage, the right click and scroll down to Case/Character then you have a choice between upper and lower case. Henning On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Nevine Neguib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir, We are a translation center and we changed to open office

Re: [users] Anfrage

2008-03-10 Thread Henning von Roeder
Hallo, Sie haben die englische Mailing-List ereicht, es ist vielleicht einfacher wenn Sie nach der deutschen mailing liste schauen. Nun zu Ihrem problem: Ich muss das leider in englisch erklaeren. highlite the cell or cell range, and go to cell format. then go to borders, here you can set the

Re: [users] media player

2008-03-08 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/3/8, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 06/03/2008, Susan Jurenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if it would be possible to have the name of your supervisor. Harold Fuchs [EMAIL

Re: [users] [moderated] Spell checker

2008-01-31 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Jan 30, 2008 8:53 PM, Elizabeth Patrick Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, nothing happens when we mis-spell a word. That is why we are looking for a spelling checker. We have OpenOffice.org writer 2.2.0 Elizabeth Patrick Kern wrote: We are using OpenOffice Writer. Is

Re: [users] URGENT: NEED HELP ADDING FONTS, FAQ GUIDE WONT HELP

2008-01-25 Thread Henning von Roeder
Go to your control panel, and then to fonts, the goto file - install fonts and follow the instructions. On Jan 24, 2008 11:48 PM, Fred A. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rew Ski wrote: Hello. I am running version 2.3.1 on Windows XP. I am trying to add a list of True Type fonts to my

Re: [users] Install question

2008-01-24 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Jan 24, 2008 9:25 PM, rob clement [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stroh, Robert W (Robert) wrote: I downloaded your product to my home PC: Dell with windows XP Home. I didn't get any errors during/after the download so I assume it was successful. Whenever I launch Open Office, it goes

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

2007-12-16 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Dec 12, 2007 8:43 AM, Claude Frigeri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guten Tag Hätte Fragen zu open Office. Habe neu das Windows Vista und möchte Fragen ob es auch mit Vista läuft und ob ich meine Worddateien die auf der Externen Festplatte sind mit open Office öffnen und Bearbeiten kann ?.

Re: [users] Need help to promote Open Office

2007-12-16 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Dec 13, 2007 1:27 AM, Muhammad Altaf Bashir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Open Office Support Team, I would like to inform you I am working in an IT Consulting firm as Technical Lead Open Platform and Technologies. Our ambition is to promote open source product which also include open

Re: [users] Word Perfect Graphics [*.WPG] files

2007-12-13 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Dec 12, 2007 2:58 PM, Ike Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Evening All Is there an extension or a plugin ... or does anyone have any experience of importing ... WPG files into Writer or into draw or converting them into a file type I can use with either of those applications? Many

Re: [users] Re: Status bar

2007-12-03 Thread Henning von Roeder
Hi, I think one of you is talking Open Office Writer, and the other is talking Open Office Calc. And never The twain shall meet. At least not when it concerns rows and columns. On 12/1/07, M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/12/1, Andy Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Frank Cox wrote: On

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

2007-12-03 Thread Henning von Roeder
More specifically: Open Office is an office software suite which contains the equivalent of Word, excel, access and powerpoint. it also contains a drawing program and a Mathematic formula editor. The functionality is as good or better tah the othe software. On Dec 3, 2007 3:32 AM, Frank Cox

Re: [users] Top versus bottom posting/CASE

2007-11-26 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Nov 26, 2007 2:18 PM, William Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Brewster; I was having a bit of a tease for those folks that are so categorical on this particular subject. On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 10:35 -0800, bg wrote: On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:26, William Case wrote: Yesterday I

Re: [users] Help!

2007-11-23 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Nov 21, 2007 3:59 PM, M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/11/21, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: M Henri Day wrote: 2007/11/21, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have never used Vista, so I can't help you with that part. At least you've found that

[users] Conditional Formatting in Calc

2007-11-23 Thread Henning von Roeder
Hi, I am trying to conditional format a cell in Calc. In excel, for instance I can format a cell to show a function result, if it is greater than 0 only. It goes somethin like this IF(SUM(A1+B1)=0; ;SUM(A1+B1)) I tried this in Calc, but it just shows the formula, nothing else. Yes I un chcheked

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

2007-11-23 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Nov 21, 2007 1:51 PM, Henning von Roeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 20, 2007 3:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: please, please help - i just started to create a new document and I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID - but all of a sudden i have what looks like a proofreaders paragraph

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

2007-11-23 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Nov 20, 2007 3:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: please, please help - i just started to create a new document and I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID - but all of a sudden i have what looks like a proofreaders paragraph mark all over the document AND when i open any documents already created the

Re: [users] Fonts

2007-11-10 Thread Henning von Roeder
Hi, I am running Ubuntu Gutsy. I hope that this will be similar to Ubuntu Feisty. Find the Fonts that you would like to install. Then find your fonts directory. In Ubuntu Gutsy it is /usr/share/fonts . Now make a new folder (I named mine ttf-myfonts)(very imaginative). Now take all these fonts

Re: [users] Merging a graphic to an existing document

2007-11-06 Thread Henning von Roeder
seelect the picture. right click the picture got to picture. Samre thing On 11/4/07, Peter Hillier-Brook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaedynn Erlandson wrote: I am using open office 2.3. I am having trouble putting a graphic/picture into a document. Everytime I copy and paste either text to

Re: [users] Merging a graphic to an existing document

2007-11-06 Thread Henning von Roeder
imroet should read import On 11/2/07, Vaedynn Erlandson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using open office 2.3. I am having trouble putting a graphic/picture into a document. Everytime I copy and paste either text to graphic or graphic to text, the text's format completely changes. How can i

Re: [users] What Is The Next Step

2007-11-06 Thread Henning von Roeder
- Original Message - From: Phillips, Tom To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:21 AM Subject: [users] What Is The Next Step Hi, I work for a convenience store chain and would like to avoid the cost of installing Office on the PCs in our

Re: [users] What Is The Next Step

2007-11-06 Thread Henning von Roeder
If you want to help with the open office help, you can register with one of the mailing lists. Registration has nothing to do with the use of the program. The program and it's use are free. Just install and be happy - Original Message - From: Henning von Roeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users