Re: [users] Context Spelling Checker

2011-02-04 Thread John Bowling
On 02/03/2011 03:11 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 02/03/2011 01:09 PM, John Bowling wrote: Given that Google Wave is opensource, and the source was available in 2009, why is the spelling checke in Writer still the same old dictionary based spell check? My version is

[users] Context Spelling Checker

2011-02-03 Thread John Bowling
Given that Google Wave is opensource, and the source was available in 2009, why is the spelling checke in Writer still the same old dictionary based spell check? My version is 3.2.1, US, and the only words it flags of the following (from a wiki page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_checker

Re: [users] Calc malfunction - won't recalculate

2010-10-11 Thread John Bowling
On 10/08/2010 10:21 AM, Mike Scott wrote: On 08/10/10 16:52, John Bowling wrote: OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OOO320m19 (Build:9505) ooo-build 3.2.1.4 On openSUSE 11.3 Work fine until an update in the last few days. Now simple calculations such as =A15+1 (in A16) will not change if the value in A15

[users] Calc malfunction - won't recalculate

2010-10-08 Thread John Bowling
OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OOO320m19 (Build:9505) ooo-build 3.2.1.4 On openSUSE 11.3 Work fine until an update in the last few days. Now simple calculations such as =A15+1 (in A16) will not change if the value in A15 changes. A16 remains the old value. It does effect other calculations also, but tha

Re: [users] Comparing two strings - resort to compare using bash - OOcalc has no substring functions

2010-09-27 Thread John Bowling
On 09/23/2010 06:25 PM, TomW wrote: =Exact(A2&" "&B2;C2) That formula does do it exactly. Even so, I still prefer a CLI, ever since my 10 years using DCL on the Vax. Thanks, John - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@op

[users] Comparing two strings - resort to compare using bash - OOcalc has no substring functions

2010-09-23 Thread John Bowling
I have columns that contain addresses. Column A is number and street as in '1234 N Main' Column B is the building and unit number as in 'F456' Column C is the address as it would be placed on an envelope: '1234 N Main F456' I need to indicate in another column if the combination of column A con

[users] Writer just crapped on borders

2009-03-11 Thread John Bowling
I have an HP Laserjet 4M and an HP Laserjet 5P both working, and they have been doing well for at least five years. They still print. In n OpenOffice writer document with a table and local phone numbers, where I had, years ago, set the page format to Landscape, and 0.3in border around the entire pa

[users] Problem in Writer replacing text.

2008-11-04 Thread John Bowling
It's build 3.0.0.3.5 on Linux (openSUSE 11.0). The version is from the packman repository, not from openSUSE. With a text file I created with Kate (which makes it a specific Linux CR only and no LF) and I open it with Writer CTRL-f to do replacement, no matter how many I enter as spaces (1 to N)

Re: [users] Open Office Issues with SuSE 11

2008-07-17 Thread John Bowling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had upgraded from SLED 10.2 (3? patched). I transfered my data to the new SuSE 11 build and received the error below. - JJ OpenOffice.org 2.4 Version Incompatibility Incorrect Version Why can't SuSE 11 open any files from SuSE 10.2 Open Office? Please help.

Re: [users] Writer has problems opening simple text files in openSUSE 10.3, OOo build 2.4.0.3.7

2008-06-09 Thread John Bowling
John Bowling wrote: John Bowling wrote: If the file has no file type as "abc" it will open fine. If the file type is .txt as in "abc.txt" it calls in the calc function to select what kind of csv column separators are present, and then displays it (in calc) with each line

Re: [users] Writer has problems opening simple text files in openSUSE 10.3, OOo build 2.4.0.3.7

2008-06-08 Thread John Bowling
John Bowling wrote: If the file has no file type as "abc" it will open fine. If the file type is .txt as in "abc.txt" it calls in the calc function to select what kind of csv column separators are present, and then displays it (in calc) with each line in a single ro

[users] Writer has problems opening simple text files in openSUSE 10.3, OOo build 2.4.0.3.7

2008-06-03 Thread John Bowling
If the file has no file type as "abc" it will open fine. If the file type is .txt as in "abc.txt" it calls in the calc function to select what kind of csv column separators are present, and then displays it (in calc) with each line in a single row of a single column spreadsheet. Some of the .

[users] 2.2 upgrade di d not fix crashing problem

2007-04-13 Thread John Bowling
In openSUSE 10.2 64 bit, OO 2.2 still crashes the whole system sometimes when doing a new startup of writer or calc and then clicking on the file menu. System must be power cycled or hardware reset to get out of the problem. Thanks, John -

[users] OO 2.2 names of icons on desktop won't allow changes

2007-04-09 Thread John Bowling
On openSUSE 10.2 Linux, I have used ctrl-right click to drag the icons for writer and calc to the desktop. The names are so long that all that shows is "OpenOffice.org 2.2 ...". I have renamed them to "00 2.2 writer", so I then can figure what it is. But they default back to origional. I suspect

[users] OO stops the entire system, openSUSE 10.2 64 bit

2007-04-08 Thread John Bowling
AMD Sempron 64 bit with 64 bit openSUSE 10.2 and OO build 2.0.4.7. System has 1G RAM and two 2G swap partitions. It works properly most of the time. Sometimes after a fresh start of OO, and I go to the File menu, it locks up the entire system. It never displays the file menu, and nothing I do r

Re: [users] Using sxw outside of open office

2006-10-14 Thread John Bowling
Terry wrote: You may be able to open the file using Google documents, the former Writely. It can save to the Word format. The link is https://docs.google.com/ Arnold Huzen wrote: The short answer onfortunately is No. Arnold Huzen Norman Feldman schreef: I don't have admin rights to inst

Re: [users] Problem With Printing Labels

2006-06-07 Thread John Bowling
Don Parris wrote: Greetings, I am using OpenOffice.org 2.0 on WinXP (at work) I created a sheet of labels Avery 5366, and figured out how to format the labels well enough. The problem is that, even though the sheet appeared correct in Print Layout and Print Preview modes, I got a single, half

Re: [users] Problem saving files in doc format

2005-06-12 Thread John Bowling
Fred A. Miller wrote: On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:39 pm, John Bowling wrote: I have a calendar I created origionally in Word 2000 using text boxes and a table. I can bring it into Writer with no problems, edit text data, and save it as an ooc file. If I save it in doc format, Word gives me

[users] Problem saving files in doc format

2005-06-11 Thread John Bowling
I have a calendar I created origionally in Word 2000 using text boxes and a table. I can bring it into Writer with no problems, edit text data, and save it as an ooc file. If I save it in doc format, Word gives me a blank screen as if the file had nothing in it. Opening it multiple times (eithe