[users] Fw: Switching between Impress and PowerPoint

o, CA 949-496-3453 949-525-3914 cell "Phao Binh" http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/2008008.pdf - Original Message ----- From: Mark Howe To: OpenOffice Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:51 AM Subject: Switching between Impress and PowerPoint Thanks so much for your help

[users] Switching between Impress and PowerPoint

Thanks so much for your help with my idiotic little problems. I have installed OO3.2.1 on my Vista desktop that does not have PowerPoint and also have a laptop that does have the old version of PP. I previously found that Impress would not embed graphics in a PP so I did the graphics on the l

[users] Downloading 3.2.1

automatically. It wanted to download it to my desktop; I would have preferred it somewhere else. I tried to get it to go to something called users/markhowe/appdata/roaming where I saw other OpenOffice files, but it didn't. On 10/7/2010 4:01 PM, Mark Howe wrote: > I have attempted twice

[users] Upgrading to 3.2.1

I have attempted twice to install 3.2.1 and each time, after maybe an hour or 2 of grinding away, it says it was interrupted and did not modify anything. It may have actually done it and is waiting for me to restart. Any way I can tell? Mark W. Howe San Juan Capistrano, CA 949-496-3453 949-

[users] PMD pagemaker files

Is there a way OO can open a PMD [pagemaker? publisher?] file? Mark W. Howe San Juan Capistrano, CA 949-496-3453 949-525-3914 cell "Phao Binh" http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/2008008.pdf

[users] OpenOffice Oddities

Below are some examples of punctuation that has popped up during editing of text from OCR software. They are accompanied by greyed out spaces. « town » This should have been " " " Susie "This showed up as ' ' after the first change but showed up " " here. " girl »

[users] Columns on/off

I am having problems with columns in Writr. I have everything perfect in columns, I save it, the thumbnail even looks right; but when I open it, the cols are kicked down to another page. So I go thru and get them back into place, but the same thing happens again. Is there a simple way to turn

[users] Numbering default nuisance

When editing a column of items, occasionally it will try to "help" me by assuming I want an indented outline using its best guess of what I should want. By immediately CtlZ ing it I can save it, but it is a nuisance. Is there a way to change the default.? Same thing with always putting a Cap

[users] Paste special format for Column Width

I have been told that in order to paste a spreadsheet with column width included it is necessary to first paste it with format selected and then paste in the rest. I have never been able to get that to work, either with excel or calc. Anybody know the trick? Mark W. Howe San Juan Capistrano,

[users] Users group for OpenOffice?

I have lost the address for the OO users forum. I have questions regarding 1. others opening my attachments and 2. reading calendars in "publisher". TIA, Mark Mark W. Howe San Juan Capistrano, CA 949-496-3453 949-828-3914 cell

Re: [users] Installation experience

rs] Installation experience Mark Howe wrote: I installed version 2.3 this morning, on a new Windows Vista HP Pavilion. It was recommended by my Cox Tech Solutions guy. I was surprised it took so long to download. It predicted 1 1/2 hrs; after 1 hr I went to bed [it was predicting another h

[users] Installation experience

I installed version 2.3 this morning, on a new Windows Vista HP Pavilion. It was recommended by my Cox Tech Solutions guy. I was surprised it took so long to download. It predicted 1 1/2 hrs; after 1 hr I went to bed [it was predicting another half hour] but it was there in the morning. I ch