Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-20 Thread Jo
can you help me. I want to use doc. files or word rather than openoffice. How do i change back? --- On Sun, 6/20/10, Dotan Cohen wrote: > From: Dotan Cohen > Subject: Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format > To: users@openoffice.org > Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 2:40 PM > On

Re: [users] Can't open the program

2006-02-19 Thread Jo
unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I suppose you work on Windows. Try opening the program with the Start button -> Start/Programs/Openoffice.org 2.0/Openoffice.org Writer. Good luck and enjoy,

Re: [users] Update OpenOffice.org from 2.0 to 2.0.2 RC1

2006-02-19 Thread Jo
advised that this RC1 behind the name stands for Release Candidate 1. This means that this version is not entirely ready yet for production use. It is meant for people who want to test the new features. I don't know about an incremental patch. I don't think it ex

Re: [users] Remove Office

2006-02-23 Thread Jo
nice little community, but don't despair; for everyone who leaves, 3 new people start using OOo. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Base, lookup field in form

2006-02-23 Thread Jo
Hi, If I have 2 tables. The second one having lookup values. What do I need to do on a form in order to present the user with the friendly values, but store the primary key in the DB? Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Languages

2006-02-25 Thread Jo
Thesaurus. Veel succes! (Dutch, not Afrikaans I know, but I think you can understand it) Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Base, lookup field in form

2006-02-25 Thread Jo
Jo schreef: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak schreef: download my database document. Find teh sectino titled "Show one item and the corresponding dealer" Remember, I wrote this while learning Base, so it may not be the best way, but I demonstrate a working solution by the time you get t

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-02-25 Thread Jo
to help out by contributing a bit of money) this might help: http://oooauthors.org/en http://www.lulu.com/content/180466 http://www.lulu.com/content/177729 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/index.html Hope this helps, Jo -

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org compatibility?

2006-03-07 Thread Jo
standard... giant profit margins melting away is one that immediately comes to mind. Cheers and happy OpenOfficing, it's the way of the future, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Open Office on CD

2006-03-07 Thread Jo
e in Berlin and he is a nice chap, who takes things seriously. If you're in Europe/Belgium I can send you a CD. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org compatibility?

2006-03-07 Thread Jo
John Meyer schreef: Jo wrote: It's not that it would be hard for Microsoft to become compatible with the OpenDocument file formats. It's a fully open standard and there are many programs that use it as their native file format. Microsoft deliberately chooses not to be compatibl

Re: [users] OO Writer

2006-03-13 Thread Jo
clear about what you mean with this phrase. Thunderbird has a few advantages over OE. It will detect spam messages for you and it's far less vulnerable to viruses et al. Cheers, Jo Please respond to users@openoffic

Re: [users] Public Library Use

2006-03-16 Thread Jo
ibution as well. The more people that start using it, the more support it will get and the sooner this world will be a better place. Cheers, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-ma

Re: [users] Writing a book using Open Office

2006-04-10 Thread Jo
? Finally, when exporting the whole thing to PDF, will the document (book) retain its CMYK properties, essential for commercial printing? Maybe you should have a look at Scribus (Linux only for the time being). Jo - To

Re: [users] Difference between two OO.o documents?

2006-04-19 Thread Jo
trick. I hope this helps, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Mi$ Works DB

2006-04-24 Thread Jo
e (on Windows) by means of ODBC. That only gives you the data though, not the forms and the rest. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] microsoft office suite

2006-05-16 Thread Jo
rg and use that instead. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Cosmi

2006-05-18 Thread Jo
Of course it would have been nice of Cosmi to indicate where they got their mustard, but I don't know if they have to. I think they are allowed to change the name. What's in a name? It's mostly marketing. Oh and I just saw that they include tw

Re: [users] Do I still need to use Microsoft Outlook, etc?

2006-05-18 Thread Jo
27;s not compatible with Microsoft Visio files, though I might be wrong. Guy It's not compatible with Visio, but OOo Draw can do a lot of what Visio can. Visio is only a recent (maybe 5 years) aquisition of Microsoft. Before it wa

Re: [users] [moderated] In Spanish Translation of main question to English

2006-05-21 Thread Jo
omponer el documento. mi pregunta es ¿ hay herramientas que permiten corregir archivos opendocument ? He wants to know if there are tools to fix corrupted opendocument files. He managed to repair one file manually, since he knew it basically was zipped xml. It took a lot of time and patience th

Re: [users] Is it free for a medium company use?

2006-05-22 Thread Jo
f you create something like macros or templates share them with the community. It's a payback that doesn't take much of your time, but which greatly enhances the product. Cheers and welcome to the OOo community. Jo - To

Re: [users] good afernoon. i have a question

2006-05-24 Thread Jo
e 'IT police' to make sense of. Cheers and happy usage, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Suggestion re macros

2006-05-30 Thread Jo
e shortcut for only Calc or for the entire group of OOo applications. You have to go to the bottom of the lower left pane and find OpenOffice.org Macros, press on the plus sign in front of it to select your macro. Cheers, Jo --

Re: [users] Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice

2006-06-01 Thread Jo
. Don't let macros be executed. Check if a macro is programmed to run upon loading of the document and check what the macros do. If they look OK, then reload the document and start using its macros. Security is a process Jo ---

Re: [users] problem calculating invoice

2006-06-01 Thread Jo
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I'm using Ooo 2.0 on windows. Hi Matt, I have seen this already too. It has to do with decimal commas (used in Europe) and decimal points (used in US). I have it when I type a point in a value instead of a comma.

Re: [users] ORGANISATION CHARTS

2006-06-08 Thread Jo
pen source mind mapper application. Maybe it does what you need. http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] how to save a .sxw file?

2006-06-12 Thread Jo
ystem. who knows how to solve this problem? thanks, It might be a permissions problem. What happens if you try to save it in your own home folder? Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e

Re: [users] Assign accents and ~ to keys

2006-06-14 Thread Jo
letter ñ. Thanks you, Hi Sebastian, You don't say which OS you are using. Under Windows, US international works very well. Under Linux you select a US keyboard with dead keys. then you type ~ (nothing happens) then your n and it will become ñ or ' and a

Re: [users] "Open Source" question ...

2006-07-03 Thread Jo
one way or another, though. Cheers, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: FrameMaker Conversion

2006-07-11 Thread Jo
can be automated with OOo Basic. FM books are a different matter though. For those you would have to create master documents in OOo. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Re: FrameMaker Conversion

2006-07-12 Thread Jo
Thomas Ronayne wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 08:04 -0400, Thomas Ronayne wrote: Jo wrote: Thomas Ronayne wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 16:20 -0400, Thomas Ronayne wrote: Other than export-to-word, open

Re: [users] Before Downloading...Questions of privacy and your 'payback' catagories

2006-07-14 Thread Jo
Mary Jo Cooper wrote: Your web site was brought to my attention as I lost Microsoft Office when my computer crashed. I use spread sheets and write letters. Some are attached to e-mails. How private is this? When I down load this, will you then be able to search through my computer

Re: [users] Creating flyers

2006-07-14 Thread Jo
Draw or at Writer. Both can be used for creating flyers. I would use Writer with a multicolumn layout. If your flyer is more graphically oriented with few text items, Draw may be more suitable. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] For those who like FREE software

2006-09-09 Thread Jo
t that will do for a lot of computer systems. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-09-17 Thread Jo
is no company keeping your files hostage until you pay them a license fee. You will also find that more and more products are starting to use the OpenDocument file format (ODF) OOo uses. (Writely from Google, Lotus Notes and IBM Workplace from IBM, etc.) Kind regards, Jo

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

2006-09-17 Thread Jo
Watch your Character H: Watch your Heart. S.S.S There are like ten people in ZA who will send you a CD-ROM at minor cost: http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-09-17 Thread Jo
? PLEASE HELP! Right mouse click on a .doc file in explorer (Windowskey-E) then select the program to open the files with (Microsoft Word) and tick the box to set this as default. Do the same for .xls and .ppt. Jo - To

Re: [users] Can I split openoffice suit?

2006-09-17 Thread Jo
do an advanced installation and only select the components you want. There is a lot of functionality all the packages have in common. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] A warning before posting

2006-09-17 Thread Jo
This is a purely private message, tendered in the absence of any official warnings. Wow, that is amazing and should be taken care of as quickly as possible. There is absolutely no reason to show that information on a public web site. Jo

Re: [users] A warning before posting

2006-09-18 Thread Jo
think that's what the OP was concerned about. I wrote a message to the webmaster to resolve this. The entire path the mail has followed is viewable there. That should not be necessary. Cheers, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mai

Re: [users] Beginner ( First time user ) tutorial availability

2006-09-19 Thread Jo
Vic, There are tutorials available on OOoAuthors.org (http://oooauthors.org/en). I hope that helps to get you going. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-09-22 Thread Jo
iquant sur le fichier .exe que vous avez téléchargé. Si vous utilisez seulement OOo, vous pouvez choisir de le faire ouvrir les formats .doc, .xls et .ppt automatiquement. Bonnes salutations. Il y aussi des listes de courrier en français: http://fr.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListLis

Re: [users] MS Publisher

2006-09-25 Thread Jo
ets'. The pages were printed on A4-paper, then plied into a A5 (half of A4) book. Publisher was more 'page oriented', Word was more text oriented. If I had been using Linux at the time, maybe I could have done it differently. Now I would use OOo or Scribus to acc

Re: [users] AYUDA

2006-10-11 Thread Jo
cá no hay mucha gente que habla otra idioma que el inglés. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Jo
m, I would say! It is unfortunate indeed that there are people on the internet who want to ride on the coattails of OOo and make an easy buck out of it. Not everybody is like that though. Kind regards, Jo - To unsubsc

Re: [users] Re: [discuss] [moderated] First Experience with OpenOffice

2006-10-17 Thread Jo
t's a merger of Mandrake and Conectiva. Conectiva was already active in Latin America for a longer time. If you want to continue with Windows. OpenOffice.org is very compatible with that system as well. Cheers, Jo I can't write in Portuguese, but maybe this helps: En Brasil es much

Re: [users] commercial license

2008-07-17 Thread Jo
p out. Kind regards, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] visio file

2008-03-31 Thread Jo
James Knott wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I am new in using open office, and I can open my visio file, -MJ- No, only Visio and Visio Viewer can open those files. Apparently Dia can open Visio files as well. Jo

Re: [users] Publishing from Open Office

2008-03-31 Thread Jo
your documents with OOo, but then you use Save As to export them as .doc 97/2000/XP. I hope this helps, Jo A big plus is that when using OOo, you don't force your proofreaders to purchase an overpriced office suite (or to

Re: [users] Re: probleem met "Programmacode"

2006-11-07 Thread Jo
if/then conditionele uitvoering) dan doe je gewoon record/macro en je macro wordt 'vanzelf' geschreven. Als je de code eenmaal hebt en je wilt er toch een lus van maken, kan je naar de broncode gaan kijken en die lus eromheen schrijven

Re: [users] Downloading

2006-11-08 Thread Jo
home too and you can even give it away to people you like. This is even appreciated. It's free software, freely distribute it. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] I used to use MICROSOFT MY QUESTION IS HOW TO LEARN TO USE OPENOFFICE[moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-11-09 Thread Jo
nk they need more contributors there. Cheers, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] bittorrent 2.1 English is Polish

2006-12-14 Thread Jo
w that this remains "completely off topic". Marc H. It's also not pund in Dutch, but pond... Just to add oil to the off topic fire Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: [Bottom Post v Top Post] was Re: OpenOffice running in the background

2007-10-03 Thread Jo
appens to scroll allowing one to read the message sequentially. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated] query over payment

2007-11-07 Thread Jo
neighbors and you could even start selling it. All that is permitted by the license. Unfortunately there are also unscrupulous people going for a quick buck and giving OOo a bad name. Kind regards, Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] What Is The Next Step

2007-11-07 Thread Jo
OpenOffice.org on a CD-R and pass it to customers as a service and it is not even forbidden to charge like 1, 5 or 10 euros/dollars for expenses for it. You can also try to charge 500, but you can't forbid your customer to give it away for free or start selling it him/herself to somebody else.

[users] Grammar checker on its way...

2007-11-28 Thread Jo
to change my mind on that preference as well. It's probably done to be 'politically correct' or rather independent of gender to avoid ugly he/she/it constructions. Of course, maybe someday there will be a grammar checker in OOo Writer and the issue w

Re: [users] Re: Use of open office.

2007-11-28 Thread Jo
ource code everywhere, on people's hard disks and on CD's for distribution. Hard disk space is cheap and there isn't much demand for CD's with several language versions of OOo. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMA

Re: [users] Calc: Format/Formula help

2007-12-03 Thread Jo
owing Cursor on cell A1, entered 51.32 Cell A2 =A1 Cursor on cell A1, Format/Cells First number of decimals up, then down again until it says 0. Notation becomes 0. From then on what is shown is without decimals for cell A1. What it contains though is still

Re: [users] Problem - Very Upset

2007-12-05 Thread Jo
I am an attorney. Nobody's perfect. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Russian

2008-01-03 Thread Jo
Nathan Huffaker wrote: I need to write a letter in Russian. I speak Russian, but do not have a Russian wordprocessor. Is it possible to use Open Office to write in Russian, and if so How? You could, of course, download the Russian version of OOo, but then you still wouldn't have the correct

Re: [users] CAN'T GET EXCESS

2008-01-09 Thread Jo
ses either. Pity really. Do you know what you get when you crossbreed Access with Excel? Love that one! Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Conflicting with Norton

2008-01-17 Thread Jo
ed to Linux. That way you're very safe and still have backward compatibility. Don't try it with less than 1 GB, 2 GB is preferred. Add another GB if working on Vista. Jo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] lost some of the Zoom functions

2008-01-17 Thread jo
I am using OpenOffice 1.1.1. When I go to View and Zoom, "entire page" "page width" and "optimum" are greyed out. I have used these functions many times before, but now they are unusable. What can I do? Heifer International--sustainable resources to families who then pass on the gift! Learn mo

[users] Can't change margins on a saved document

2008-01-17 Thread jo
I am using Open Office 1.1.1. This document is a menu that I have saved, made changes, and printed many times. Now the margins are tiny, and therefore the document looks odd, and I can't change the margins back. What can I do? Heifer International--sustainable resources to families who then pas

Re: [users] OpenOffice Base in a multi user environment.

2008-01-31 Thread Jo
Don't forget to figure in client access licenses for the Microsoft solution... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] I'm pleased to meet you.

2008-02-08 Thread Jo
Johnny Rosenberg schreef: 2008/2/7, Ajayakumar M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Dear, Actually I dont know how we met. Where did u get my e-mail ID ? And u are in UK, I am in india. How can I be of any help to you? Or you can help me. Anyway, let me know ur full details. I am married and living happily

Re: [users] Open Office being sold on ebay for Digital Delivery

2007-04-25 Thread Jo
ll, I would suggest you contact ebay as well. Shawn Hi Shawn, If OpenOffice.org gets to be more widely known because of this, then a service to the OOo community has been delivered and the customer gets a fine product for $10 instead of for $400 dollars. A win win situation, if you ask me.

Read: [users] Re: Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor says OO.o won't install.

2009-07-06 Thread Jo-Anne
This is a receipt for the mail you sent to "Openoffice users list" at 7/3/2009 11:00 PM This receipt verifies that the message has been displayed on the recipient's computer at 7/6/2009 8:24 PM bin1OAo0wFj4j.bin Description: message/disposition-notification

[users] First post

2005-06-27 Thread Jo Hardie
Hi My name is Jo and I am a very new user of Open Office. I have sent off a "Subscribe"e-mail for the User's List and would appreciate if if someone could reply to this e-mail so that I know I have done it right. Many thanks, Jo (Mrs)

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

2006-06-02 Thread Mary Jo
How do I know which US version to download?

[users] [moderated] spelling checkers OpenOffice.2 for Mac

2005-11-06 Thread Jo Hay
I type in English and in French. I have downloaded the English version of OpenOffice.2 for Mac and the dictionaries for French. The spelling checker works properly for English, but not for French. The French dictionaries have been down loaded in the "User" file while the English dictionaries a

[users] [moderated] Idon't understand your words, so I don't know where to go to undo an instalation

2009-02-07 Thread Jo Davis
ng that will help me get rid of this horrendous problem that happened right "under my nose" today? If anyone reads this that has specific answers - a step-by-step process to follow, I will be forever grateful, believe me! Jo josie...@gmail.com

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-10 Thread Jo Rice
Thank you. I finally found everything and yes, it DOES read WordPerfect files so now I'll switch my files over as I need them. The help messages answer my questions before I ask them because other people have the same questions as I do. I'm a happy camper now. Jo - Origin

Re: [users] [moderated]Using Word

2007-08-10 Thread Jo Rice
Yes but does Open Office have a wordprocessor? I have WP but when my computer crashed, I lost my registration # to it. So now I just want a simple wordprocessor which will read my WP files. Guess I will have to go shopping. Jo - Original Message - From: "James Knott" <[EM

[users] Read WordPerfect files?Yes

2007-08-12 Thread Jo Rice
Yes, OpenOffice DOES read WordPerfect files and it seems easy to me (although I used to teach wordprocessing). Jo

[users] [moderated] useage

2007-09-06 Thread Jo Wass
x27;t appear it does for some reason. This program appears to claim the same as WordPerfect X3 does. So will it open a Word document or Word form from online or via email and allow me to edit it etc and send it off as if it were a Word document? Thank You - Jo "Success is never final a

[users] MSFT Works 2000 .wps to .rtf or?

2007-09-18 Thread jo-anna
is there anyway i can import/read .wks into openoffice or do i need a converter--which one? have tons of old files saved in .wps. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 38941 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get t

Re: [users] MSFT Works 2000 .wps to .rtf or?

2007-09-20 Thread jo-anna
Microsoft web site, search for this file: Wp2krtf.exe http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B16EB3C-6DF6-4545-89FF-05C627FBA36B&displaylang=en Works Converter for Import/Export of Works Word Processor (.wps) Documents (Wp2krtf.exe) Brief Description Text Converter for Works 4.

[users] questions on your product

2007-11-05 Thread Jo Ann
ks? (coz I got a bunch of documents done in it) Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. Sincerely, Jo Ann

[users] nsis error

2009-03-02 Thread Jo Ann Aninzo
i can't download open office 3 with vista. i downloaded it so many times but i keep on receiving nsis error. i already disabled my antivirus but nothing happened. pls help!

[users] Before Downloading...Questions of privacy and your 'payback' catagories

2006-07-14 Thread Mary Jo Cooper
Your web site was brought to my attention as I lost Microsoft Office when my computer crashed. I use spread sheets and write letters. Some are attached to e-mails. How private is this? When I down load this, will you then be able to search through my computer? Do I have to be on a mail

[users] Unable to enter a password

2007-06-12 Thread Bruce &amp; Jo Ann Miller
I received an error message when I tried to enter a password. I have just downloaded open office stable/2.2.0/.What do I need to do? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

[users] Vista

2007-02-20 Thread Jo Ball - The Stepfamily Coach
Hi I have Vista Home Premium. Please can you tell me if there is an openoffice download for this system? And if so where I can find it? Thank you Jo