[users] Re: JAVA runtime problem

2012-02-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
OOo 3.2.1 can't find the latest Java on Macs. Update to OOo 3.3. There is a hack to OOo to get older versions to recognize Java but you would be better off getting u[dating to OOo 3.3. On 2012-02-29 9:30 PM David Shipley wrote: I have attempted to use the database on OpenOffice.org

[users] Re: compatibility with AppleWorks

2012-02-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-02-19 3:23 AM Morris, Ray (Health) wrote concerning "compatibility with AppleWorks": Just downloaded OpenOffice hoping that it MAY enable me to open many AppleWorks Drawing docs on my new MacBook, so running OS-X Lion (10.7.3). Any tips would be appreciated, OOo doesn't open AppleW

[users] Re: Online updates

2012-01-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-01-24 1:37 PM Robert Holtzman wrote: Sorry for not being clear. The link I was referring to is the link on the apache site pointing to mailing lists for openoffice. Which page on the Apache site? The links to OOo mailing lists I have checked work. -- _

[users] Re: Now available: Apache OpenOffice Announcement List

2011-12-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-12-26 6:29 PM Rob Weir wrote: The Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee is pleased to announce the availability of our new Announcement mailing list. Will this new list be available through Gmane? -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan C

[users] Re: Your server

2011-12-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-12-18 1:35 PM doug wrote: Today is the 18th of December, but I just now received a batch of messages from different users of your server, all dated 12/08/2011. All five of those messages were from people who are not subscribed to this mailing list. There is a delay before a moderator

[users] Re: OpenOffice on iPad II

2011-12-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-12-10 6:59 PM Dennis Torres wrote concerning "OpenOffice on iPad II": I've downloaded OO 3.3 for Mac but can't seem to install it on my iPad. Sent from my iPad OOo isn't available for iOS, just for OS X. -- As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as well as to the mai

[users] Re: List Migration Prospects (was RE: Re: Hi)

2011-12-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-12-15 2:27 PM Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: I double-checked what there is available to indicate that a post is from a non-subscriber: Nothing. The moderation acceptance of an unsubscriber-post is not accompanied by anything that qualifies the post as seen on the list. On this and other O

[users] test

2011-12-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
test -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese -- - To unsub

[users] Re: xx

2011-12-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-12-14 12:28 PM Kay Schenk wrote: Hello Houssam-- The extensions which you reference are newer MS Office extension which can ONLY be opened by the newer OpenOffice versions -- probably 3.3.x. So you may be out of luck if you can't install these. On another matter, you should have rec

[users] Re: Is this list now death?

2011-12-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-12-13 9:05 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:17:23 +0100 Michelle Konzack dijo: Hello *, the last message I have gotten, was from 2011-11-30 and since then nothing anymore. So, this is a testmail whether I am subscribed (with my second mail) or not. You are su

[users] Re: (unknown)

2011-12-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-12-13 9:53 AM DR.R.E. EDGAR wrote: Yes,please remove me from your email list..Thanks You need to unsubscribe yourself. Instructions are at the bottom of every email from this list - To unsubscribe send email tousers-unsu

[users] test

2011-12-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
test -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese -- - To unsub

[users] Re: Document Failure/Recovery

2011-11-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-11-29 1:56 AM Michael Adams wrote concerning "Re: Document Failure/Recovery": Both the forums and this mailing list are being disestablished. Oracle (which bought Sun) has divested itself of OpenOffice.org to the Apache group[1]. The forums are alive and well and are an excellent so

[users] Re: Write (& Toolbar)

2011-11-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-11-25 6:25 PM Felicity Hawes wrote concerning "Write (& Toolbar)": I had OpenOffice for years with my PC and loved it. Now I have a Mac and downloaded OpenOffice for it - and cannot get Write. I get to the page where I can Download etc. I go to my Home page - but cannot find 'Write

[users] Re: French

2011-11-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-11-14 6:50 PM SUZY SHEPHERD wrote: All I would like to know is how to add French accents in Open Office text documents. Go to Insert/Special Characters and choose the one you want. -- As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as well as to the mailing list. Do Not repl

[users] Re: OUT

2011-11-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-11-01 8:37 PM Michael Powers wrote: I've done that. Next you have to confirm the request by replying to the email you receive in response. On Nov 1, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: see the bottom of emails. send the request from the email you subscribed. On Nov 1, 2011, at

[users] Re: please unsubscribe me

2011-10-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-10-25 11:45 AM  Mike Scott wrote: I wonder if a message sent as HTML-only (without a plain text equivalent part) would have the unsubscribe info added...? I'm not sure TB can send html-o

[users] Re: Where can ia download OO 3.1 for Swedish

2011-10-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-10-05 5:10 PM Sylvia wrote: The last versions is 3.3 and 3.4, 3.1 is no longer available. Yes it is. Didn't you see my reply? All older versions of OOo are available from the archive server. http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/openoffice-archive/ -- _ Larry

[users] Re: Where can ia download OO 3.1 for Swedish

2011-10-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-10-05 1:06 AM KaGu:-} wrote concerning "Where can ia download OO 3.1 for Swedish": I am trying to find (download) the OO version 3.1 for Svedish. I have an old computer wich is not hapy with the OO 3.3.x. http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/openoffice/archive/localized/sv/ -- As a courtesy I h

[users] Re: Update failed

2011-10-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-10-04 2:46 PM Pete McCoy wrote: I am using open Office 3.3.0. I believe I have automatic online update configured. Expecting weekly checks. However it says last checked 8/29/2011. When I try to check manually the update check fails.*__**__* Automatic update no longer work since Oracl

[users] Re: Can't get an update

2011-09-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-27 3:08 PM Amy Lowenstein wrote: Thank you, Mike. I tried your suggestion. Here's the weird part: I got what looked like positive feedback from the "ping" command, and yet when I next went to the Open Office program, I got that same "can't establish connection" thing. I "know" th

[users] Re: Page orientation

2011-09-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-27 10:02 AM Rachel Corbett wrote concerning "Page orientation": I am wondering how to find the tool bar that has the icon to change the page orientation from portrait to landscape. On the menu bar go to Format/Page -- As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as well

[users] Re: Request: Mail CD Rom Software of Open Office Suites Professional Version

2011-09-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-16 4:53 PM Andre Cardinal, Sr. wrote: As I have in the past, utilize Open Office for various non profit organizational projects; this stands to be another opportunity to do so. Please forward the Professional or Standard Version to: To order CDs go to http://distribution.openof

[users] Re: ooo-users on Gmane

2011-09-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-16 4:38 AM Harold Fuchs wrote: "Larry Gusaas" wrote in message news:j4ug7e$pjm$1...@dough.gmane.org... The new Apache OOo Users Mailing List < ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org > is now available through NNTP at Gmane < gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.user >

[users] ooo-users on Gmane

2011-09-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
The new Apache OOo Users Mailing List < ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org > is now available through NNTP at Gmane < gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.user > . -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahe

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-04 11:04 PM Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: For reasons that I cannot explain, some messages were delayed in going to the e-mail. I received this one and a couple of others two days later than I saw them on the archive of the list. This happens. It was apparently a routing or email-que

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-02 5:18 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: A pointer to where in the gmane structure the new list will be would be greatly appreciated. I dislike mailing lists with a purple passion an much prefer following this through the nntp interface. I expect it will be gmane.comp.apache.incubator.oo

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-03 10:40 AM Richard Detwiler wrote: FOR (not "but") my benefit and any other less well informed readers, what does "ANN" refer to? And how does that relate to OOo? (I'm sure it does, I just don't know how.) [ANN] indicates that the post is an announcement. Oracle transferred owners

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-02 8:02 PM NoOp wrote: On 09/02/2011 06:52 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:25 PM, NoOp wrote: Actually /you/ *need* to post information in *this* list so that the users of this list aren't left in the dark. You can't just 'hit& run' on this list and close it down w

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-02 6:49 PM Rob Weir wrote: Larry, if you wanted to be useful you might have mentioned to NoOpthat we have been discussing enabling Gmane for ooo-users.incubator.apache.org on the ooo-dev list, and that you yourself have volunteered to set that up in a few days. If you had read this th

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-02 6:16 PM NoOp wrote: I wonder if the OP (Rob Weir) will reply to my questions, or if he simply intends to be a 'hit& run' poster (cross-poster) to this list... After all, posting such an annoucement on this list (and cross-posting t-...@incubator.apache.org & ooo-us...@incuba

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-02 4:33 PM NoOp wrote: Oh... you guys must be referring to this thread over on the ooo-dev list: Subject: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org :-) Actually, according to the in reply to header, Dennis is replying to the post I made in reply to you before De

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-02 3:14 PM wrote: It would be better if you had one of the Apache PPMC do it (i.e., any of the committers). While CTR (commit then review) is the lazy consensus deal, that suggestion was a bit off-hand, since it is a committer guideline, not general permission to the world. I assum

[users] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org

2011-09-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-09-02 1:00 PM NoOp wrote: Is that list setup for gmane.org? Not yet. I asked on gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel . During the discussion with Rob Weir he asked if it was possible for me to request Gmane including the list. I deferred since there hadn't been a discussion on how it

[users] Re: Help

2011-08-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-08-26 2:32 PM Joanne Pugmire wrote: When I attempt either a Data base or Spreadsheet project I get a notice that the JRE is defective. Attempts to download a new Java or an update fail…I will now try to download a new Open Office. Any suggestions. Thanks, A update to Java broke Ja

[users] Re: Any Consensus re OO vs LO?

2011-08-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-08-23 3:21 PM John Boyle wrote: To users list: I have to question the truth of the statement that you can install BOTH OpenOffice and Libre-Office on the same computer! I have both OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice installed with no problem. My experience has been that Libre-office *AUT

[users] Re: Hyperlinks in docs

2011-08-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-08-18 7:24 AM Robert Peirce wrote: In article<4e4c7870.2060...@gmail.com>, Bruce_Martin wrote: > Hi Guy: > > It is possible that your installation of Oo has the hyperlinks/macros > setting set to high security. If so, you may need to set it to medium > (more practical) > >

[users] Re: Print questions.

2011-08-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/08/12 1:08 AM Doug wrote: somewhere on the computer there is a printer setup routine that you used when you first connected the printer. In that routine, there should be a place where you can tell the printer to print duplex The duplex printing setting on both printers I use are in the

[users] Re: Print questions.

2011-08-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/08/11 3:36 PM Erik P. Olsen wrote: how do I specify duplex print? The same way you specify duplex printing from any other application. It varies according to the printer you are using and is a printer setting, not an OOo setting. Larry -- _ Larry I. Gus

[users] Re: Open office installation virus

2011-06-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/29 7:37 PM David H. Lipman wrote: This is a fast system, it only took 24hrs for my last replay to get posted ! You are not subscribed to the mailing list and the post had to go through the moderator. See header: X-Sympa-To: users@openoffice.org Messages sent through gmane are no lo

[users] Re: Downloading open office

2011-06-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/13 10:54 PM Rachelle Payne wrote concerning "Downloading open office": Hello, I have a problem with my macbook and was wondering if downloading open office would solve my issue. Basicly, whenever I want to send a document I have typed/created through the application pages attach

[users] Re: Problem Open Office Writer

2011-06-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/08 9:40 AM Gary Bertolo wrote: Now You've got to be Kidding Oracle... What kind of service is this that I signed onto to get the answers to my software problems and questions. You have subscribed to an e-mail support list. You will receive all messages sent to that list. This unne

[users] Re: Switching off openoffice in order to install another application

2011-06-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
Forwarding to OP who is not subsciber On 2011/06/06 4:04 PM Michael Frearson wrote: How do I switch off open office 3.3 on my Mac so I can install other software? Give more details, error messages, etc. There is not need to quit OpenOffice.org to install other software on a Mac. Are you runn

[users] Re: Switching off openoffice in order to install another application

2011-06-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/06 4:04 PM Michael Frearson wrote: How do I switch off open office 3.3 on my Mac so I can install other software? Give more details, error messages, etc. There is not need to quit OpenOffice.org to install other software on a Mac. Are you running OOo from the .dmg file you download

[users] Re: page orientation in OE

2011-05-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/05/30 6:29 AM Trevor Davies wrote: Dear OE I am unable to find a way of working in landscape in OE writer. OE? Do you mean OOo (OpenOffice.org) writer? There is no page set up option under edit. I am using the Mac version. In OOo go to "Format/Page" to set page orientation. If yo

[users] Re: read/write Apple iWork formats?

2011-05-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/05/12 8:48 PM Tim Deaton wrote: Does either OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice read and/or write to Apple's iWorks formats? Particularly their "Numbers" spreadsheet format? I'm currently running OpenOffice 3.3.0 under WinXP sp3. I've looked at the "load" and "save as" options, but if it's

[users] Re: Crisis-Thesis Corrupted

2011-05-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
Kara is not subscribe to the list and will not see your replies unless you forward them to her. On 2011/05/12 2:11 AM Kara Samantha Mcdermott wrote: Alright. My College Thesis has been "corrupted." I am not fooling around here. My college education is at stake, and I am unamused, I have my docu

[users] Re: difficulty printing envelopes

2011-04-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/04/25 9:37 PM jonathan20...@netscape.net wrote: For some reason, I have intermittently experienced difficulty printing envelopes from OpenOffice 3.2.1. More interestingly, the same difficulty occurs in both the Windows and the Macintosh version. When I go into OpenOffice, and start

[users] Re: problem opening Open Office

2011-04-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/04/24 9:47 AM bassoni...@aim.com wrote: Thanks for your reply. I will try that. But I didn't think that was the problem because OO worked fine on my new computer for several months until a few days ago. So is it not more likely that the issue arose because of a recent event, such as

[users] Re: data corruption, presentation gone, PLEASE help URGENT

2011-04-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/04/14 9:52 PM Patricia Bluhm wrote: There is Nothing in my email that says how to get off of MF'in list. I did not ask to get on the __ list. Pat Bluhm Yes there is. It is at the bottom of the post. Look below. You had to subscribe when you asked for help before. If you do not wa

[users] Re: data corruption, presentation gone, PLEASE help URGENT

2011-04-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
Why are you replying to messages without making any comment on them ? On 2011/04/14 3:44 AM Patricia Bluhm wrote concerning "Re: data corruption, presentation gone, PLEASE help URGENT": > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:30:28 +0100 > From: b...@fineby.me.uk > To: users@openoffice.org > Subject: [

[users] Re: Openoffice for Mac

2011-04-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/04/09 11:55 AM BHAVIN PATEL wrote: Hello, Is there a difference between OpenOffice or OpenOffice Aqua for Mac? The current versions of OpenOffice.org (since OOo 3.0) use the native Mac interface, originally known as Aqua. They work on Mac OS 10.4.xx (Tiger) and newer. OOo 2.xx requir

[users] Re: odt icon

2011-04-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/04/06 9:21 PM Eustace wrote concerning "odt icon": Why the icon of an open document text (*.odt) says "ODF"? -emf ODF stands for Open Document Format, which OOo uses for all document types. Oracle and the ODF cartel decided to impose, despite many objections, the bland white icons w

[users] Re: Open Office "save as"

2011-03-31 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/31 8:32 PM Karen wrote: PDF files are not an option on the drop down list at all. So, I will try the others. Thanks. To export as a PDF (files is redundant, that is what the F stands for) go to 'File/Export as PDF'. Larry -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moo

[users] Re: Open Ofice 3.3 for Mac

2011-03-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/27 5:58 PM Adrienne Fontenot wrote concerning "Open Ofice 3.3 for Mac": I tried to install the updated version on my iMac and now it crashes when loading. I really can't afford to have this not work right now as all my tax information that needs to be sent to my accountant is in

[users] Re: A Ponter to some doc please

2011-03-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/26 3:34 PM Spencer wrote: Hi, I am trying to find some doc on how to take a current document and make a template out of it. I did see this on the web, but I can not find it now. Any pointer please. Thanks, Wayne Use OOo's help files. On OOo's menu bar click on "Help" then click on

[users] Re: Welcome to the us...@openoffice.org mailing list!

2011-03-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/18 12:01 PM Twayne wrote: Or reinstall it, and this time tell it to not take over the shortcuts& file associations. There is not such option when installing OOo on a Mac. You gave a Windows specific answer for a Mac specific question. Larry -- _ Lar

[users] Re: Welcome to the us...@openoffice.org mailing list!

2011-03-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/17 6:35 PM Paul wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Roy Abbott > wrote: I recently installed Open Office on my Mac to test it out. Now when I open an attachment in Entourage, by default, the document opens in Open Office. I do no

[users] Re: OO default

2011-03-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/15 11:25 PM Lisa Dee wrote concerning "OO default": When I do the "Open With", it only allows me to check a box that says "Always open this document with" - there is no box for "Change All Like This" Once again you did not follow the instructions given. I did not tell you to cli

[users] Re: HELP!!!!

2011-03-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/15 4:55 PM Lisa Dee wrote: Larry - While the advice you gave was helpful, I had figured that much out... That advice was from James Wilde. I forwarded it to you since you are not subscribe to the mailing list. the problem is that the OO is still setting as default document launche

[users] Re: Why is OO my default?

2011-03-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/15 4:44 PM James Wilde wrote: Thanks Larry. I did a quick search for the word moderate but didn't see it. Didn't know it had been changed. One of the many changes due to the migration. I found it because I post through gmane and everything I sent started going through the moderato

[users] Re: Why is OO my default?

2011-03-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
Hi, I'm sending a copy of this to Lisa since I don't think she is subscribed to the list. The header for unsubscribed posters is now (if I'm correct) X-Sympa-To: users@openoffice.org On 2011/03/15 2:40 PM James Wilde wrote: Lisa, that's a Mac thing rather than an OOo thing. In Finder, mark a

[users] Gmane

2011-03-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
Testing to see if this post goes directly to the list or has to go through the moderator. Larry -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Ed

[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

2011-03-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/10 4:07 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: Just a possibility, but as I remember correctly you read and post through Gmane as I do. Could it be that the change affected those of us that post that way? If this post ends up having to be moderated it could strengthen the supposition. All told

[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

2011-03-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/10 6:24 PM Paul wrote: Which I'm tending to agree is the common thread here and seems to be the problem. When sent from gmane, your actual address is passed through which the email list doesn't recognise... As per recent posts to this list, you can follow the 'subscribe' then 'no mai

[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

2011-03-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/10 6:19 PM Paul wrote: Agree ... I think these 'non-email' subscriptions were not carefully thought through in the migration. There is a 'no-mail' option in Sympa using the following command (once subscribed): The problem is not with the 'no-mail' option. I am not subscribed to the ma

[users] Message distribution

2011-03-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
Why do I keep getting this message when I post to gmane.comp.openoffice.questions ? This has been happening since you transferred to Kenai. From: SYMPA To: larxxx@xx Subject: Message distribution Your message for list users has been forwarded to editor(s) Larry -- ___

[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail

2011-03-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/10 3:13 PM Paul wrote: No rant, but a few questions: 1) just how did I manage to get unsubscribed from this list (I've been subscribed and posting here since 2006), and Have no idea about how the un-subscription happened. Whether this happened before or after the lis

[users] Re: Installing OpenOffice.Org on Mac OSX

2011-03-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/10 4:47 AM Martine Egan wrote: I have a brand new iMac and have downloaded OpenOffice, which resulted in 6 Download Icons on my Desktop, as follows: Where did you download from. Only download from http://www.openoffice.org/ If you downloaded elsewhere, which I suspect, delete all t

[users] Re: Fwd: Welcome to openoffice.org

2011-03-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/27 6:30 PM JOE Conner wrote: Is this legitimate, or is it a phishing? Legitimate. Larry -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs."

[users] What does"Message distribution" mean?

2011-03-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
What is going on? I sent two posts to the list. They have not appeared yet but I got two identical emails (I post through gmane) saying the following: From: SYMPA To: me@my mail Subject: Message distribution Your message for list users has been forwarded to editor(s) Larry

[users] Re: Suspect mail

2011-03-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/01 1:34 AM James Wilde wrote: Strange that a mail I wrote on February 26 sometime in the late morning local time (converting the 2:32AM to local time on the basis of Gene being somewhere in the US) should have appeared in my mailbox nearly three days later. The mail servers were do

[users] Re: is this for real?

2011-03-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/27 10:07 AM Gracia M. Littauer wrote: or a hoax? Move of the OpenOffice.org Site Real. Larry -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind th

[users] Re: MSWord

2011-01-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/01/30 8:13 AM James Knott wrote: Lynn Emrick wrote: Is MSWord compatible to open openoffice? Yes. OpenOffice can read and write in .DOC & .DOCX formats. Also, recent versions of Microsoft Office can read and write in the ODF format that OpenOffice uses by default. Microsoft Office

[users] Re: OO 3.3 & JRE v6 Update 22

2011-01-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/01/26 3:30 PM David H. Lipman wrote: Why couldn't I download OO v3.3 w/o JRE ? On the download page http://download.openoffice.org/ click on "Get all platforms and languages, non-JRE versions, language packs" which takes you to http://download.openoffice.org/other.html Uncheck "Include

[users] Re: Open default document on startup

2011-01-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/01/25 12:42 AM James Wilde wrote: Right, Dan, but I'm way past there. Originally I did get that window with the two columns of selections. But, the thread to which I'm referring provided a method whereby one could select the type of document to start by default, in my case a Text D

[users] Re: Can OOo be used on a Mac?

2010-12-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/12/30 10:23 AM Bruce_Martin wrote: However Mac has gone several steps beyond Tiger by now, so If his OS is Tiger, he may need to use an older version. The current version of OOo runs Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) and newer. Also if he needs to share data with file systems other than HFS or HFS+

[users] Re: Can OOo be used on a Mac?

2010-12-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/12/29 11:06 AM Dan Lewis wrote: Use The Intel version for Mac OS X v10.5.8. The PowerPC version will not work on his Mac. It will if he has a PowerPC Mac. There is no indication in the original post of what model of laptop it is or if it has an Intel or PowerPC processor. -- _

[users] Re: Can OOo be used on a Mac?

2010-12-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/12/29 7:05 AM Earl Melton wrote: I know absolutely squat about mac computers, but have a friend who wants to use OOo on one. When I searched for 'openoffice on mac' on the openoffice.org/ site, I found several inquiries similar to mine, but no answers. Has anyone been successful at this

[users] Re: Link to External Data *.csv file?

2010-12-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/12/19 4:26 PM Raul I. Sais wrote: Unsubscribe me. Thank you. You have to unsubscribe yourself. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Re: Missing stuff on a Mac

2010-12-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/12/17 11:02 AM Whitney Russell wrote concerning "Missing stuff on a Mac": When I'm in open office, my Mac toolbar (meaning not the one on the word document but the one that is always at the top of the screen on a mac) disappears. I'm guessing that's the problem and am wondering if anyo

[users] Re: Returned mail: User unknown

2010-11-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/11/30 9:37 AM Mike Scott wrote: That this junk is coming to the sender suggests google have messed up their mail system and are bouncing undelivered mail to the wrong place. As well as bouncing the same thing multiple times. What has this to do with google? The bounced mail being disc

[users] Re: Open office for Mac Snow Leopard

2010-11-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/11/11 12:31 AM Shelley Neate wrote concerning "Open office for Mac Snow Leopard": I am getting ready to upgrade my Mac Book Pro to Snow Leopard operating system. Will Open Office work with that system? Yes. -- As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as well as to the

[users] Re: intel iMac JRE

2010-11-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/11/01 11:13 AM Guy Martin wrote: I've just loaded OO.o on my iMac with i3 dual core. When I attemp to invoke any of the wizards (letter, spreadsheet, etc.) I receive an error message: "Java Runtime Environment is required for this action. Please install a version of JRE." I have a JRE

[users] Re: Can't get OpenOffice to function

2010-10-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/27 8:59 PM Stephenie Frederick wrote concerning "Re: Can't get OpenOffice to function": Thank you for your email, Sigrid. I have Mac OS 10.4.11. When I first tried to open OpenOffice, an error message came up that X11 was required. After I installed X11, that message no longer

[users] Re: Sudden surge of inquiries

2010-10-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/25 12:20 PM James Wilde wrote: Is anyone else a little suspicious when suddenly, and within a period of about two or three minutes the list suddenly gets a rash of six elementary queries? Well, five elementary and the one about Sun kit. //James Nothing suspicious. They are all

[users] Re: opening .doc files

2010-10-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/14 8:09 PM James Knott wrote: Mike Scott wrote: Right click on a .doc file. Click "Get Info" In section "Open with:" choose the application you want to open file with. Then click on "Change All..." button. That's an OS-sensitive operation. Certainly your instructions are not good

[users] Re: opening .doc files

2010-10-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/14 3:03 PM Mike Scott wrote: On 14/10/2010 20:49, Larry Gusaas wrote: Right click on a .doc file. Click "Get Info" In section "Open with:" choose the application you want to open file with. Then click on "Change All..." button. That's an OS-

[users] Re: opening .doc files

2010-10-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/14 10:07 AM fuad abboud wrote concerning "opening .doc files": I have the following question: How do you change settings in OpenOffice so that OpenOffice is not the default application used to open .doc files? thanks. Right click on a .doc file. Click "Get Info" In section "Op

[users] Re: Open Office Forked!

2010-09-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/09/28 11:20 AM Clair Johnston wrote: I use a News Reader (news.gmane.org) to read this list (gmane.comp.openoffice.questions) when the suggestion was made to move this discussion to the Discuss list, I could not find a Discuss list on Gmane.com.openoffice. What gives? Does no one ex

[users] Re: Exporting into Flash (swf) brakes navigation links

2010-08-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/08/28 8:07 AM Luca wrote: Bump Are you aware of this bug? If so, could you point me at the bugzilla-like page for it? If not, please add it to the list of bugs. Thanks. To search for and to report bugs go to: http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html For instructi

[users] Re: Please kindly unsubscribe me from Open Office. Richard Burfoot.

2010-08-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/08/23 10:16 AM John Kaufmann wrote: Judy, In a message dated 2010.08.23 09:44 -0500, Judy Lyons wrote: Me too as I have sent about 10 unsubscribe messages and blocking doesn't work. jrlyonst...@gmail.com and littledove2...@gmail.com As Gordon asked, How did you try to unsubscribe?

[users] Re: Why does owriter enforce tables of side width?

2010-08-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/08/06 12:49 PM Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello John Kaufmann, Why do you send the mail to the LIST (I read it), to my private accound and to my business cellphone? --- end quote --- He probably sent it to you because the headers of your message include: Delivered-To: moderator for user

[users] Re: Why does owriter enforce tables of side width?

2010-08-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/08/06 11:58 AM Michelle Konzack wrote: > http://consultants.debian.tamay-dogan.net/?what=index > > and eventually fix the 160 Errors, 45 warning(s) in it (according to the > W3C Markup Validation Service). :-D No time, I have to work!:-D --- end quote --- I hope the number

[users] Re: Default Window Size and Location

2010-08-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/08/02 10:12 AM Hal Vaughan wrote: I'm using OOo 3.2.1 on OS X. There's one really niggling irritation I have with it: Whenever I start it new, and open a document, or just start with a fresh document, OOo picks a window size and location that is NOT what I've used in the past. ... I

[users] Re: Oracle's $50 Open Offce?

2010-07-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/07/29 2:00 PM Twayne wrote: Woof! Anyone else know anything about this? They've made it a little confusing, but can anyone tell my why it would be $50 for a standard perpetual single-seat (quantity 1) license and $90 for the "Enterprise Edition" or $90 for the MSO plug-in? And can anyon

[users] Re: document file '' is locked for editing

2010-07-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/07/25 1:05 PM Karon Ballard wrote: Hi --- end quote --- Do not use white text. Your background colour does not show leaving your message blank. Do not use multi-coloured text. IncrediMail is the worst email client made. Get something that writes proper HTML. Send plain text

[users] Re: Return Receipts.

2010-07-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/07/21 7:36 PM Bruce Martin wrote: Dear Larry and more: As is well known, return receipts have their place, even if some don't want to deal with them, yet have the capability on their own machines. Yes they have there place. But it is not on mailing lists. Using them on mailing lists

[users] Re: OT: Return Receipts

2010-07-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/07/21 5:00 PM Tom Bell wrote: For those who don't like return receipts: I use Thunderbird and in the Edit menu I open "Preferences" -> "Advanced" tab -> "General" -> "Return Receipts" -> check (tick) "Leave it in my inbox" and check (tick) "Never send a return receipt" -> "Okay". Su

[users] Re: Need help to Market OOo

2010-07-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/07/21 4:20 PM Bruce Martin wrote: In addition to my email traffic here, I follow up with many others whose availability is apt to be uncertain or unstable. By using reply requests, I can follow and track their availability and adjust my expectations of them by default. Do you know ho

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