Re: [users] Re: generate column of sequential number in openoffice Calc

2008-12-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
and am not all that experienced with advanced techniques). -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: u

Re: [users] generate column of sequential number in openoffice Calc

2008-12-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
Edit/Paste, Control-V, or the paste icon. This is simplistic, but it works. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 - To unsubscribe, e-m

Re: [users] CSV question

2008-11-28 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 11/16/2008 11:35 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 16/11/2008 15:55, Jerry Feldman wrote: On 11/16/2008 10:45 AM, James Knott wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: This is kind of a stupid question, but is there a way to format a csv file so that when imported to OO.o there can be several sheets and is

Re: [users] pricelist for open office license

2008-11-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 11/16/2008 10:45 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 16/11/2008 15:23, Jerry Feldman wrote: $0.00 €0 On 11/05/2008 09:09 AM, Dirk Fritzen wrote: Dear all, We are a company with 120 - 150 employees. For some employees (5-10) we need to have open office portable. As Mr. Feldman wrote

Re: [users] CSV question

2008-11-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 11/16/2008 10:45 AM, James Knott wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: This is kind of a stupid question, but is there a way to format a csv file so that when imported to OO.o there can be several sheets and is there a way to force some formatting. AFAIK: The answer is no. The reason for asking

[users] CSV question

2008-11-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
many separate elements. What I normally do is to import the CSV and manually split it into sheets and format headings. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537

Re: [users] pricelist for open office license

2008-11-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
Administrator - QCG COMPUTER GMBH Neuenhofstr. 191 52078 Aachen [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel: 0241 55930-54 Fax: 0241 55930-19 -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3

Re: [users] Microsoft Word Compatibility

2008-11-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
ssues. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional comma

Re: [users] Solveig Haugland

2008-11-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
spreadsheet is reasonably portable. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PRO

[users] Bullets and Numbering question. (write)

2008-10-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
I was just wondering how to change tjhe bullet style for individual lines. For instance, I have a list using boxes, (in a checklist), and I want to change the bullet style just for the single item. It tends to change not only the selected line, but those following. -- Jerry Feldman <[EM

Re: [users] Script conversion from spreadsheet to CSV

2008-08-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
you get a true comma delimited file, you could use a simple bash (using sed) or perl script to change the commas to tabs. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 460

Re: [users] spreadsheet problem

2008-08-24 Thread Jerry Feldman
Linux), and what version of OpenOffice. I've found that opening an Excel document that is opened by another person will come up as read-only or if the Linux permissions and ownership on the document do not give you write privilege you can get a doc in read only. -- Jerry Feldman <[EM

Re: [users] How can I switch my Toshiba laptop to projector

2008-08-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
the session manager screen shows up. If you are able to see the session manager you are ok, if not, check your resolution, and lower it. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Treasurer Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B

Re: [users] Is this guy a moron or what

2008-08-02 Thread Jerry Feldman
il titled Terrance, you would have seen both an apology and explanation. This was a coding error that was not supposed to have gone out. Unfortunately, they tried to unsubscribe him after about 300 emails. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Maintaining macro compatibility between OO.o basic and VBA

2008-07-29 Thread Jerry Feldman
While this is somewhat off topic, True BASIC was a product developed by Professors Kemeny and Kurtz who were the originators of BASIC in the first place. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4

Re: [users] Maintaining macro compatibility between OO.o basic and VBA

2008-07-29 Thread Jerry Feldman
the spreadsheet has agreed to maintain it both as OO.o Calc as well as Excel. Not sure if we will be using OO.o 2.4.1 or 3.0 but we will update to 3.0 when it is officially released. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 83

Re: [users] Cannot download

2008-07-27 Thread Jerry Feldman
disk, a failed download or a virus. > You may want to contact the issuer of this installer to obtain a new copy. > It may be possible to skip this check using the /NCRC command line switch > (NOT RECOMMENDED) Are you downloading from http://www.openoffice.org/. -- -- Jerry Feldman

[users] Maintaining macro compatibility between OO.o basic and VBA

2008-07-26 Thread Jerry Feldman
OO.o document, I was wondering if there is a good document that compares OO.o basic to VBA. My premise at work is that the document must be available as an OO.o document because Excel does not run under Linux. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C58

Re: [users] Information

2008-07-26 Thread Jerry Feldman
ok, but not great. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: Cannot use Equation Editor

2008-07-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
sponse, not OO.o specifically. Ubuntu (Kubuntu, ...) are all distributed in a live CD format that limits what can be available out of the box. Some other Linux distros provide installation DVDs. But, Canonical (Ubuntu's parent company) maintains full archives of many of the products that might no

Re: [users] CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE?

2008-07-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
ay I want it. At my former workplace at HP, we did several white papers and manuals with OpenOffice even using HP's special templates. the only issues I currently have is in my time sheet and converting an Excel VBA macro to OO BASIC macro which is not a fault, just a difference. --

[users] xls to ods to xls

2008-06-27 Thread Jerry Feldman
ould OpenOffice preserve any protection that exists on an Excel spreadsheet? -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 ---

Re: [users] Microsoft - "ODF has clearly won"

2008-06-24 Thread Jerry Feldman
ns they have a chance to subvert > things to their ends. The industry leader is ALWAYS the dog wagging the tail. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: How to make MS window OS to treat OO as MSO

2008-06-16 Thread Jerry Feldman
appear to never slight my Lord by > > using anything other than a term that is Biblically appropriat for Him... > > i.e. Lord, Savior, Jesus, Christ, Messiah > > > > Yeah, well religion's a big delusion anyway. It's all nonsense. The people on this list are diver

Re: [users] Re: Calc Cell Formatting

2008-06-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
t; to starbasic? I agree here. In my particular case, every macro I have must be compatible with Excel. There are a lot of sites out there that have examples and tutorials for Excel macros. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerpr

Re: [users] 64-bit OOo builds [was: How can I edit PDF]

2008-06-14 Thread Jerry Feldman
tall_en-US_deb.tar.gz > > I also see 64-bit RPMs and DEBs from Sun for DEV300_m17 > http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html Speaking of 64-bit builds, I still have not been able to locate a build for the IA64. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP

Re: [users] Another quick calc question

2008-06-14 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:37:13 -0500 Don Daugherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > On one sheet I have a monthly column of numbers where only the end of > > the year is populated (for 50 years), as an example > > A B >

[users] Another quick calc question

2008-06-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
e the end of year numbers. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
been running on Linux under WINE: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=168711 Also IBM's ViaVoice is available on Linux, but it is relatively old. There is a petition to get Nuance to port Dragon Naturally Speaking to Linux. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and

Re: [users] Re: http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
panies. Both HP and IBM have major Linux divisions. HP has a number of "Linux Expertise Centers". -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: Re: http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
Most of the examples as well as the man pages for NDISWrapper do not even mention this option. This may be why you were not able to install the driver. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB

Re: [users] Re: http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
er user. But, in favor of the OP, unfortunately, many chipmakers ignore Linux when they create their drivers requiring the Linux community to catch up. Usually this can take about 6 months, -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fin

Re: [users] http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
> AFAIK, computers at _The Apple Store_ have never shipped with a > Microsoft operating system. This is true, and all of the recent Macs run OSX which is a BSD Unix variant. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A

[users] Good tutorial on macros (either OO.o or the other one).

2008-06-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
a very useful site, http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/julian_s/julian/julians_macros.htm, but I probably will have a need to learn VBA scripting with my company's product. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C

Re: [users] Re: Calc: Find lower of 2 numbers.

2008-06-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:54:15 -0400 Jim Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > I need a function to find the lowest of a fixed value and a cell. > > SMALL(range;n) is not what I need. > > > > something like =if(150 <= $a$1;150;$a$1

[users] Calc: Find lower of 2 numbers.

2008-06-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
I need a function to find the lowest of a fixed value and a cell. SMALL(range;n) is not what I need. something like =if(150 <= $a$1;150;$a$1) I could use this, but I'm looking for something cleaner. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 53

Re: [users] Help please with scalc / data sort

2008-06-08 Thread Jerry Feldman
is the major. Same with roX. Since the values in colP rows Y and Q are equal then the next column is sorted. The value in YO is 2, and that goes higher than QO. There is no further ambiguity, so sorting does not proceed to colN at all. In this example, calc did the correct thing. (As would the Linu

Re: [users] Probably another stupid calc question

2008-06-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
s about OO.o calc both in terms of functionality, but also in terms of style. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Probably another stupid calc question

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:23:40 +0100 Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:00 06/06/2008 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: > >... but what if I want to add 400 rows, In the real spreadsheet I > >have I need to extend the sheet by 400 rows. Insert rows or cells > >

Re: [users] Probably another stupid calc question

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:39:03 -0400 Anthony Chilco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jerry, > If you insert rows or cells from 200 down to 300, the formula will change to > reflect the new position of A200. > tc > > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > If I have a column of numb

[users] Probably another stupid calc question

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
columns I need to replicate as well as a number of different sums. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] questions concerning openoffice 2.4

2008-06-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
;t do that with a PDF. Today, I would certainly have used OpenOffice as we actually did in a subsequent project which was started (if I recall) after 2.0 came out. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A

Re: [users] general imput/output error

2008-06-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
bably as a .rtf. OO.o does read Microsoft Office .doc, .xls, and .ppt documents. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: Sending files to those not using OpenOffice

2008-05-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
ry to subvert ODF. But, being an optimist, I don't think OOXML is important enough for Microsoft to push through, especially with many countries unhappy about the OOXML issues. It comes under if you can't beat them, join them. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[users] Calc and hiding/showing/resizing columns screen not refreshing

2008-05-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
thing occurs on the same sheet with the Windows version. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this, and if so, is it better on 3.0 beta? -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 431

Re: [users] problem regarding of opening the excel file

2008-05-27 Thread Jerry Feldman
a .xls. Another reason for this if for some reason the file is corrupted, or you are trying to read it from a share. What version of Open Office also. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Links to other files in calc (solved)

2008-05-27 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:32:37 -0400 Anthony Chilco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > On Tue, 27 May 2008 08:48:58 -0400 > > Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I have a spreadsheet that has about 10 sheets. Wh

Re: [users] Incrementing Calc cell value with 'button'

2008-05-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sun, 25 May 2008 09:03:33 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/5/24 Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Here is a macro that I hard coded to increment a value in cell D2. I > > must admit that I found something similar online, but I

Re: [users] ODF incompatible variants, was: Microsoft and ODF

2008-05-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
rd is just one method. Additionally, standards do tend to lag technology. (I used to make a living converting Burroughs COBOL to IBM COBOL :-) -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

Re: [users] ODF incompatible variants, was: Microsoft and ODF

2008-05-24 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sat, 24 May 2008 07:29:46 -0700 Ganesha Bhaskara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If SUN, IBM etc., starts behaving like MSFT, Actually, MSFT is behaving like IBM did 30 or 40 years ago. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fi

Re: [users] Incrementing Calc cell value with 'button'

2008-05-24 Thread Jerry Feldman
seclick for Calc if > conditions. Here is a macro that I hard coded to increment a value in cell D2. I must admit that I found something similar online, but I need to start to learn OO.o macro languages in the next few weeks. Sub Incd2() mynum = Range("d2") + 1 Range("d2") =

Re: [users] Incrementing Calc cell value with 'button'

2008-05-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 23 May 2008 17:09:08 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/5/23 Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 23 May 2008 11:28:12 +0300 > > "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>

Re: [users] Incrementing Calc cell value with 'button'

2008-05-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
click for Calc if > conditions. While this may not be exactly what you want, how about in tools/customize, create a button in the toolbar, and tie it to a macro. Or, write a macro with a button in a cell. As I mentioned previously, I am a relatively inexperienced spreadsheet person, but I th

[users] Re: Calc question on how to automatically extend a sheet

2008-05-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 23 May 2008 09:43:43 -0400 Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a spreadsheet whose depth depends on an actuarial table. So, for > an example I have a sheet that extends for 10 years, with each row > representing a month: > Row Dateperiod time > 11

[users] Calc question on how to automatically extend a sheet

2008-05-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
in A1. But, I'm just looking for some ideas. I'm good at C++ code, but a novice on spreadsheets even though I bought my first Visicalc directly from Dan Bricklin. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 837

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008-05-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
ious regions an help with these things. Sorry for the long port, but I think that Dotan did post a very relevant statement. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008-05-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
e signed by default. My signed email is the correct email because it fully complies with the relevant Internet standards. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008-05-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
t your MUA (Outlook Express > 6.00.2900.3138) is broken. You could download Thunderbird and give that > a go. Agreed. I also send pgp-signed messages. I had added gpg4win on my company provided laptop. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008-05-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
dle PGP signed messages (eg. Content-Type: multipart/signed). Digital signatures can be sent with the signature set up as an attachment. If you check my previous messages, if they show up that way, that would be the case. You can install an addition to Outlook that will allow you to handle di

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-05-14 Thread Jerry Feldman
y. I have more to say on this, but no time, just a few thoughts. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: [OT] US Coins - was Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
reasons for not tying money to gold or silver, and the hard currency battle goes back hundreds of years. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sun, 11 May 2008 02:47:52 -0700 Bob Estes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John W Kennedy wrote: > > On May 10, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Bob Estes wrote: > >> Jerry Feldman wrote: > >>> On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:47:48 -0400 > >>> John W Kennedy &l

Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
paper money. At that time, paper money was issued by the Bank of the United States and some states and even corporations. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 07 May 2008 16:34:48 -0400 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:43:43 -0400 > > James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> That should read "It doesn't change anyt

Re: [users] Strange behavior in calc.

2008-05-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 7 May 2008 15:46:27 -0400 Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In an excel spreadsheet I am encountering a strange error where I have > a correct formula in a cell, in this case L190 contains: > =difdate($F$4;$K190;"y")+1 and yields Err:522, yet all othe

Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:47:48 -0400 John W Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note that the New York Stock Exchange continued to trade in 1/8ths of > a dollar until just a few years ago. Let's bring back pieces of 8 :-) -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston

Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:43:43 -0400 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That should read "It doesn't change anything on the receiver..." Agreed. It only really means something to the modems themselves. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and

[users] Strange behavior in calc.

2008-05-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
K190;"y")+1), cutting it, then pasting it back. It is very simply to fix. I'll try to reduce the size of the spreadsheet (contains 17 sheets) and issue a bugzilla later on. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint:

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Tue, 06 May 2008 10:56:40 -0400 Rick Bilonick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The number 71.08929399 is what is actually in the .xls spreadsheet Actually, that is not exactly true. The number in the physical cell is a binary 64-bit floating point number. I think James answered your question abo

Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Tue, 06 May 2008 17:15:04 -0400 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > On Tue, 06 May 2008 15:53:43 -0400 > > James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Not quite. It's only 10. There's 8 da

Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
ire night to download Ubuntu Hardy Heron on my cable modem that usually measures about 4 to 6Mbps. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
> > > > Basicly, a Byte is eight Bits. And a Nybble is 4 bits. And, at least among chip makers' assemblers, a word is 16 bits, a longword is 32-bits and a quadword is 64-bits. But, in asynchronous serial data communications (eg. modem) it takes 10.5 bits to send a byte :-) -- --

[users] dumb RTFM question regarding hyperlinks

2008-05-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
does not describe how to convert a number of cells into hyperlinks. Certainly, I can edit each cell individually and use the hyperlink dialog. What I want to do is to select a number of cells containing email addresses and be able to turn the hyperlink on or off on all of those cells. -- -- Jerry

Re: [users] RE: Uncompressing a Tar.gz

2008-05-05 Thread Jerry Feldman
zip(1) commands. But, even back a few years ago, Windows users had to use a command line utility to zip and unzip compressed archives. And, both Fedora and SuSE (and Ubuntu) can run a KDE, GNOME, or alternative desktop. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key

Re: [users] RE: Uncompressing a Tar.gz

2008-05-05 Thread Jerry Feldman
gzip and gunzip are generally in the base systems because things like man pages and log files are gzip'd. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] 64bit builds

2008-05-03 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sat, 03 May 2008 07:56:19 -0400 "Fred A. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > On Fri, 02 May 2008 21:13:20 -0400 > > Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> From an announcement on the GULLFoss

Re: [users] 64bit builds

2008-05-03 Thread Jerry Feldman
with the next OO.o30 Developers snapshot build... > > No word in the release if this will include both RPM and DEB file formats? Anyone know when or if OO.o will be released for the IA64. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fing

Re: [users] License for OpenOffice

2008-04-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
th Windows, do i have an alternative software? > Instead of Microsoft Office... It's license is GPL meaning that even for commercial use on Windows it is free. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A

Re: [users] Download Failure

2008-04-28 Thread Jerry Feldman
ed twice on my paypal account? Open Office is FREE. www.openoffice.org -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[users] Macro Security / Interoperability

2008-04-27 Thread Jerry Feldman
I had to set security to low. I didn't see if there was a way in Excel to properly sign a macro to where I could use it on OO.o without reducing security. In this particular case it does not matter. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5

Re: [users] OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor anda text editing component

2008-04-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
u can configure it (as you can some other clients) to display text only. And AFAIK, it does handle IMAP4 which allows you to view mail on the server although I have not used either POP3 or IMAP since I use fetchmail to grab my email on Linux, so claws is only local. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EM

Re: [users] Re: DateDif function. SOLVED

2008-04-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:40:02 -0700 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/22/2008 11:32 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:39:06 +0100 > > Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> If I understand your needs correctly, try (in

Re: [users] Re: DateDif function. SOLVED

2008-04-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:47:28 +1000 "Adrian Try" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whoops . . . > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Adrian Try <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It should always be possible to work out a formula without using complex > > functions. The fun is, working out how! > > > >

Re: [users] DateDif function. SOLVED

2008-04-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
test case and it works very well in both Excel and Calc. I had asked this question in a few different listservs, possibly even this one. And, 2 of my coworkers are PHD/Actuaries. Not one other person mentioned yearfrac(). Now comes the hard part, getting my coworker to replace the datedif formulae wi

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:06:55 +0100 "mike scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22 Apr 2008 at 8:51, Jerry Feldman wrote: > ... > > A number of years ago (probably about 10) I exchanged some email with > > David Harris on this. When I moved from Windows

Re: [users] DateDif function.

2008-04-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:58:28 +0100 Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 13:08 21/04/2008 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: > >I routinely take Excel spreadsheets and convert them to Calc. The > >spreadsheets are functional specifications for a product I am > >worki

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
n of sylpheed). Claws-mail is available on both Linux and Windows, and is very light weight. At the time I moved my email to Linux, I was dual booting, and I wrote a C program to convert the Pegasus mail format files (at that time Pegasus used its own format) to mh (mh uses a directory structur

Re: [users] Undeletable message

2008-04-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
nk this i an OO.o problem. You are using Microsoft Windows Mail (looks like on Vista). I looked at the header of the message I received from Mark and everything looked clean. He is using Thunderbird on Windows. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537

[users] DateDif function.

2008-04-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
company only use Excel so we do need to maintain the document in MS .xls format. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
, such as Pegasus, Thunderbird, Eudora, Evolution, claws, etc. I would much rather have the OO.o team focus on the major office components than to dilute their resources on another project. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key finge

Re: [users] generating csv files.

2007-09-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:15:58 +0100 Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 15:34 12/09/2007 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: > >While generating a CSV, Calc generates some quotes where (I believe) > >Excel does not. > >A short example is this is part of the inp

Re: [users] generating csv files.

2007-09-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
cel and others, it is just these few quirks that require editing the resultant file. Again, not an OO.o problem since Excel does the same. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E1

Re: [users] Converting files

2007-09-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:46:05 -0500 "Perrin, Scott R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > If I'm using Office Open on Linux and Mac, is it easy to convert them > into other formats like PDF & .Doc? Yes. You can export to PDF or save as in Microsoft formats. -

[users] generating csv files.

2007-09-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
t reads this is picky and does not like the quotes. But, the resultant file does require some editing because neither Excel nor Calc generates the dates in the needed format: /mm/dd. Swedish comes close with -mm-dd, but again the tool likes the forward slashes. -- Jerry Feldman <[E

Re: [users] Groklaw - The results of the ISO voting: Office Open XML is Disapproved

2007-09-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
are-bones Series 1 for under $20,000. And our chairman was looking to build a home-grown one that would cost about $3000 per store ($2000 savings * 1000 stores). And at the time, we got wonderful support from IBM. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http:/

Re: [users] Groklaw - The results of the ISO voting: Office Open XML is Disapproved

2007-09-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
are-bones Series 1 for under $20,000. And our chairman was looking to build a home-grown one that would cost about $3000 per store ($2000 savings * 1000 stores). And at the time, we got wonderful support from IBM. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http:/

Re: [users] Groklaw - The results of the ISO voting: Office Open XML is Disapproved

2007-09-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
em to do that in the future as a result of the recent issues in Europe. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [users] Groklaw - The results of the ISO voting: Office Open XML is Disapproved

2007-09-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
approved as an International Standard. In MS Word, .docx files are OOXML. Note that Groklaw is a web site that tends to focus on legal issues around OpenSource. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC

Re: [users] Fonts

2007-09-02 Thread Jerry Feldman
install them from the installaiton media. The MSFT fonts should have been on them. It is better in Linux to use the RPMs available for your distro. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E

Re: [users] Fonts

2007-09-02 Thread Jerry Feldman
e.org/Optimal_Use_of_MS_TrueType_Core_Fonts_for_a_KDE_Desktop_on_SuSE -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 - To unsubscribe, e-m

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