Re: [users] need mac help -- installed OO, but it doesn't do anything...

Hi, Do you have the very latest version of X11 (1.1.3 on OS X 10.4.10)? There might (though most likely there won't) be a clue in the logs. Search for 'openoffice .log' Tom On 6 Oct 2007, at 17:33, mike wrote: Hi. I checked the FAQs and did a forum search, but I couldn't find an answer t

Re: [users] NESTED TABLES PROBLEM

ted table (the one inside the basic table) as a frame (the frame will decome image after the convertion). Thanks! On 9/8/07, OOo Mac User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, What do you mean by nested table? Is there any way you could upload your Word file or is it sensitive information? If

Re: [users] NESTED TABLES PROBLEM

n with the OOo is the same. :( Any suggestion? Thanks for your interest! On 9/8/07, OOo Mac User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Does the same happen if you open the file in OpenOffice and try to save it as a HTML file then? If not then it is a problem with the conversion program and no

Re: [users] NESTED TABLES PROBLEM

Hi, Does the same happen if you open the file in OpenOffice and try to save it as a HTML file then? If not then it is a problem with the conversion program and not OpenOffice. You would probably be better served if you contacted them (which I see you have already done). Hope this helps

Fwd: [users] ability to scan & file?

Forward to OP Begin forwarded message: From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 7 September 2007 12:35:31 BDT To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] ability to scan & file? Reply-To: users@openoffice.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm using xp software . will i be able to scan document

Re: [users] Icons not displayed on toolbars - Base

Top-posting works great if you use Mail; each level is shown in a different colour rather than with >> or what-not so different messages are very easy to identify. I certainly wouldn't want to scroll through eight pages just to read 'Thanks' (though it is of course nice to see when someone h

Re: [users] Mac Program Icons?

Hi, See this thread for information on how to launch differenct 'aspects' of OpenOffice on the mac without using blank template documents, but rather actual shortcuts. Note: the solution given was lacking a

Re: [users] Sheet Protection Glitch:I am using Version 2.2.1

y policies and limit any distribution accordingly. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please delete it immediately. Fro

Re: [users] Sheet Protection Glitch:I am using Version 2.2.1

Hi, I have never used the password protection features of OpenOffice but from what I understand its not worth risking mission-critical information on it. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I don't know anything about your software and its implementation but maybe a password protected database

Re: [users] Resent 8/28 Cannot get OpenOffice to run on my Mac running OSX 10.4.10, most current version

Hi, As no-one has answered your question, may I suggest trying NeoOffice, which integrates much better with OS X and does not require X11. It is based on the same code as OpenOffice and has all the same (and actually a few more, ) and can be

Re: [users] Office Org - attempts to open MS access 97 database

Hi, I don't personally have any experience with Base but there should be some information here Hope this helps On 29 Aug 2007, at 14:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I Have downloaded OpenOffice 2.2.1 yesterday to attempt to rub a MS access 97 database on ne

Re: [users] Installing software

Hi, I'm not sure what OpenOffice2007 is... the current version is 2.2.1 as far as I am aware... and it is free to download from It sounds like the problems you are having might be due to trying to install from a memory stick. Try copying the files to your computer first and then running

Re: [users] navigator

Hi, You don't provide any details of the problem or what system you are using. No-one can help you if they don't know what your problem is! If you provide some details of what you are trying to do and what goes wrong then someone will be kind enough to give you a hand. On 30 Aug 2007, at

Re: [users] Printing difficulty

Hi, To save the file as a PDF, which can then be printed from Preview click File -> Export as PDF If this is not to your liking, the Aqua version of OpenOffice which is better integrated with OS X is under development and will hopefully be ready soon. In the meantime NeoOffice is much bette

Re: [users] Scanner options in OO only 2 dpi settings

Hi, You can either scan the image in another application and then insert the picture into OpenOffice. This will also allow you to edit the picture before you insert it also. The other solution I can suggest is to try NeoOffice, which is based on the code of OpenOffice but integrates better

Re: [users] OCR for iMac

Hi, I don't think there are any Open Source solutions for OCR. Well there is one (Tesseract) but its installation/use on OS X is not well documented or supported. If you have the stomach for it try code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/> There's something about installing it here

Re: [users] How to print presentation with 3 slides on left side of paper and lines for notes to the right of each slide

Hi, What you need to do is edit the handouts page. Click View -> Handout Page. You can edit the number of slides and their size etc etc on this page. The number of slides can be selected from the choice on the left. To move or resize slides highlight a slide and click Format -> Position and

Re: [users] Open Office WITHOUT X-11

Hi, Give NeoOffice a go It is based on the same source code but integrates better with Mac OS X and does not use X11. See for more details. Hope this helps On 31 Aug 2007, at 03:36, Russell & Evelyne Fowler wrote: Basically I like Open O

Re: [users] new to open office

Hi, If you do need to be able to open the new MS Office 2007 files NeoOffice (based on OpenOffice) will open them . This is for macintosh only. I would recommend trying both OpenOffice and NeoOffice on one of your macs to see which is more appropriate for your use. Hope this helps

Re: [users] bug help

Hi, Johan your message appears very confusing I am afraid I do not understand what you are trying to achieve. Perhaps there is another language you are more comfortable writing in? Try this page for your native language support and downloads projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html> Hope thi

Re: [users] OpenOffice fails to open

nna On 27 Aug 2007, at 11:36, OOo Mac User wrote: Hi, Could you explain exactly what happens when you try to open OpenOffice? Does X11 open? Do you get a bouncing OpenOffice logo at all? Are there any error messages to speak of? I would definately recommend you get the newest version of O

Re: [users] I am using OpenOffice 2.2 should I be able to open Office 2007 documents

Just to add one more to this... I was sent my first .docx file today and I double-clicked it expecting NeoOffice to open, but Pages opened the file and rendered it perfectly instead. I wasn't aware but apparently iWork opens MS Office 2007 files too (probably just docx, mind)... On 26 Au

Re: [users] Can't Install on our Mac OSX 10.4.10

Hi, No one can tell you what you are doing wrong if you don't tell us what you are doing! Have you read the installation FAQs at as these tend to clear up most problems. If you are still having problems please mail back to the list describi

Re: [users] Spacing below tables

ppears as a gap. This is a fudge because of course then if you want to use captions you have to manually change the text from white to black. Just a thought though. Hope this helps On 27 Aug 2007, at 20:23, J.A. de Vries wrote: On 2007-08-25 @ 13:38:37 (week 34) OOo Mac User wrote:

Re: [users] Re: [moderated] Quickbooks 2007 compatibility

Hi, Ignore my earlier mail - I don't think I read and understood your problem properly. Apologies. On 27 Aug 2007, at 16:00, Jonathan Kaye wrote: EDGAR CIFUENTES wrote: I use quickbooks 2007 as my business software. The forms I created in quickbooks were originally Microsoft Office for

Re: [users] is

Hi, Yes, OpenOffice is free. You are free to download the software and install it on as many computers as you like. You are also encouraged to make copies for your friends or recommend that they download the program. If you really like the program you can support its development by making

Re: [users] [moderated] Quickbooks 2007 compatibility

Hi, I presume you are using windows? You can right click on your files, select Open With -> Choose program then select OpenOffice from the list. Make sure the little box that says 'Always open using this program' or similar is ticked. Then click OK and you should be sorted. I hope the wordin

Re: [users] I have a new MBP and I cannot install open ofice regardles of the "help" file

Hi, OpenOffice is not software made by a company as such. It is a community effort by users such as you or I. OpenOffice is built by volunteers and supported by volunteers (like me and others who try to help on this list). I am also at university (in England) and I am sure you would not e

Re: [users] OpenOffice fails to open

Hi, Could you explain exactly what happens when you try to open OpenOffice? Does X11 open? Do you get a bouncing OpenOffice logo at all? Are there any error messages to speak of? I would definately recommend you get the newest version of OpenOffice (2.3 is just around the corner I believe). Yo

Re: [users] OF lowers the resolution of exported bitmaps

Hi, I forgot to add before (and it probably says this on the issue i linked to but just in case it doesn't) Until you can export to a higher resolution using OpenOffice, you could always export to PDF which as you have experienced saves the full resolution of the image. Then you can o

Re: [users] Icons not displayed on toolbars - Base

Hi, Does this only occur in Base or does the problem happen in the other applications too? Have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling? Other than that I'm out of suggestions... anyone else? Hope this helps On 27 Aug 2007, at 00:27, Bob McConnell wrote: OOo Mac User wrote

Re: [users] Icons not displayed on toolbars - Base

Hi, If you go to Tools -> Options -> View and change the icon style to something different does this have any effect? On 26 Aug 2007, at 22:37, Bob McConnell wrote: OOo Mac User wrote: Hi, I have not heard of this problem before, and also cannot find anything like it in the ar

Re: [users] Trouble un-installing OO

Hi, I would recommend having a look at this page for your MOM.exe error See this page for your msnmsgr.exe problem www.eggheadca

Re: [users] Icons not displayed on toolbars - Base

Hi, I have not heard of this problem before, and also cannot find anything like it in the archives. Can you post a screenshot somewhere like www.mytempdir.com ? To take a screenshot press the print screen button, then open MS Paint (in Start -> Programs -> Accessories) and paste (Edit ->

Re: [users] Right mouse wheel does not work

Hi, I agree with the crop function in OpenOffice being a little clumsy. You can vote for this to be fixed in a future release of OpenOffice here Hope this helps On 23 Aug 2007, at 19:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guten Tag users,

Re: [users] OF lowers the resolution of exported bitmaps

Hi, You don't say what program you are using to achieve this task. You might be better off using a graphics program like The Gimp or a page layout program like Pages. Draw has a limitation that means the maximum resolution of bitmap outputs is ~100 dpi (just over screen resolution of 72 dp

Re: [users] "Writer" in French

Hi, Indeed you can. See the French site for more details fr.openoffice.org> Hope this helps On 26 Aug 2007, at 16:18, ljiljana zabrdac wrote: Hello, is it possible to use the "Writer" for preparing the documents in French (spell-check, thesaurus)? Greetings, LJ.

Re: [users] I am using OpenOffice 2.2 should I be able to open Office 2007 documents

Just to re-iterate, NeoOffice WILL open, edit and save MS Office 07 XML file formats. See How well it does this I cannot account for as I have never come across a .docx file. On 26 Aug 2007, at 09:25, Spam Me wrote: I repeat the previous a

Re: [users] Off topic

Hi, Whilst I'm sure there are many linux users on this list, as far as I am aware there aren't any mind readers (you didn't say what your problem was). Might I suggest you will get better support for your problem at Hope this helps On 26 Aug 2007, at 0

Re: [users] error 10660

Hi, Search for this error on google. There are many pages and forums with solutions to your problem. Hope this helps On 26 Aug 2007, at 00:54, Sampson Bowers wrote: I've installed 1.2.1.MacOSXIntel_inst -USdmg on my new iMac and now, when I try to open q document it tells me that it ca

Re: [users] Spelling corrections

Hi, Have a look at: »Tutorial for Spell check and Language configuration« Hope this helps On 25 Aug 2007, at 18:31, Louis wrote: I have a problem using the spelling correction program for english and german, no matter how I try I a

Re: [users] Hyperlink is driving me nuts ??

Hi, What OS are you using? I can paste just fine from the OpenOffice wiki without the problems you describe. If you don't want any links at all you can paste as plain text by clicking Edit -> Paste Special and choose unformatted text. Hope this helps On 26 Aug 2007, at 00:37, William

Re: [users] [moderated]

Hi, Your message did not make an awful lot of sense, but if you want a refund I suggest you contact whoever you bought your software from. OpenOffice is a free download from www.openoffice.org so there is not need to purchase it. OpenOffice opens Excel files just fine for me. On 25 Aug

Re: [users] I am using OpenOffice 2.2 should I be able to open Office 2007 documents

Hi, OpenOffice cannot open Office 2007 files yet. There are many converters available for download, just search google. Also if you use an Apple Mac you can try NeoOffice which will open Word 2007 files. Hope this helps On 25 Aug 2007, at 21:34, Allen & Sarah Eshleman wrote: Please re

Re: [users] MS Word and Excel

Hi, Yes you will be able to open them in OpenOffice. There are some elements of some files that may not appear exactly as you would see in MS Office but generally the compatibility is good. OpenOffice is free to download and use so you have nothing to lose in trying it out :) Hope this

Re: [users] Strange web-site behaviour

It was something in my Safari cache... just really strange cause the e-mail address is not one I recognise at all. Oh well... On 25 Aug 2007, at 17:54, CPHennessy wrote: On Saturday 25 August 2007, OOo Mac User wrote: Hi, Can anyone explain why, at the top of the page at I see a

Re: [users] Strange web-site behaviour

. On 25 Aug 2007, at 17:54, CPHennessy wrote: On Saturday 25 August 2007, OOo Mac User wrote: Hi, Can anyone explain why, at the top of the page at I see a message about an email confirmation, to an email address I don't recognise. (See screenshot:

Re: [users] debian openoffice install

Hi, I don't really know what a package manager is but 30 seconds on Google led me here: where it appears you can download packages. Hope this helps On 24 Aug 2007, at 20:16, Scott Forbes wrote: Hi. I'm using Debian Linux, KDE release 3.5.5. I

Re: [users] Open Office Won't Open -

Hi, Can you give a little bit more information. What operating system do you use? Windows, Mac, Linux? What version do you use? What steps have you tried thus far to get OpenOffice to load. On 25 Aug 2007, at 00:20, Cheryl Magill wrote: What do ya have to do to get this program running? I

[users] Strange web-site behaviour

Hi, Can anyone explain why, at the top of the page at download.openoffice.org/index.html> I see a message about an email confirmation, to an email address I don't recognise. (See screenshot: Any ideas? -

Re: [users] OpenOffice Basic

Hi, There is some information and some prewritten macros available at Also see the online documentation at documentation.openoffice.org/> Hope this helps On 25 Aug 2007, at 13:45, Aloysius/Christine wrote: Please advise where I can get a copy of a manual to l

Re: [users] 1 question ?

Hi, OpenOffice comes with a word processing component called Writer. The only way it would not have been installed with the rest of the suite is if you had specifically requested this during the install process. What happens if you click File -> New -> Text Document? On 25 Aug 2007, at 06

Re: [users] [moderated] "go to page"

Hi, Pressing F5 will show the navigator window. From here you can go to a specific page Hope this helps On 23 Aug 2007, at 15:41, Arthur G Broadhurst wrote: Is there a way to "go to page" in a long document? I am writing a book and need to "go to" specific pages for edits, inserting

Re: [users] Graphics

Hi, This is a public mailing list and all your replies come from volunteers who try, in their spare time, to help OpenOffice users with their support issues. No one will call you. If you wish to describe your problem further then there are many people who are more than willing to help you.

Re: [users] draw

Hi, As the name suggests Draw is a drawing program and not a painting one. OpenOffice can create PDF files from any file it can open, but it is not a PDF reader. If you want a paint program I would suggest the Gimp. Hope this helps On 23 Aug 2007, at 20:29, roy gordon wrote: hello,

Re: [users] For got

Hi, How on earth would anyone reading this public mailing list know your Hotmail password? On 24 Aug 2007, at 03:34, mlauders wrote: I cannot get on hotmail so give me my password. Melvin Luaders - To unsubscribe, e-ma

Re: [users] Need open office 2

Hi, go to www.openoffice.org and click on the 'Get OpenOffice' link. If your preferred language is not English then click Native Language. Hope this helps On 24 Aug 2007, at 03:38, mlauders wrote: Need to download open office 2 for my computer. Melvin Luaders --

Re: [users] info

Hi, you can use OpenOffice for commercial use. See for more details Hope this helps On 24 Aug 2007, at 09:04, Rajenderpal Singh (Head Office) wrote: Respected Sir I want to confirm that open office is free to use with commercial use or there is any licience fee

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.0Ink

Hi, Have a look in Start -> All Programs -> Start up Is there an icon in there called OpenOffice.org 2.0 ? If there is right-click it and click delete Hope this helps On 24 Aug 2007, at 15:58, Richard Krajcik wrote: I have installed OpenOffice.org 2.2.1 and each time my computer is reboote

Re: [users] How to get the program to work with existing MS spreadsheet...

Hi, OpenOffice is free to download from www.openoffice.org You can open excel files by opening up OpenOffice and clicking File - > Open then navigate to the file you want. Hope this helps On 24 Aug 2007, at 18:02, Pat & Archie Edwards wrote: I just purchased Open Office because your ad sa

Re: [users] Spacing below tables

Hi, I don't really know much about styles but maybe it is possible to make a style called say 'PostTable style' and have that follow the Table style and have the spacing at the top of that paragraph? Like I say I don't know if this would work, just a thought. Hope this helps On 25 Aug 2

Re: [users] Reuse of footnotes

Hi, Try insert -> Cross-reference and choose your footnote Hope this helps On 25 Aug 2007, at 12:17, J.A. de Vries wrote: Hi, I've been trying to find out how to how get multiple footnote references point to the same footnote text. I want to do this in cases where the same footnote is

Re: [users] cannot print with cups on openoffice

I don't know a lot about this but... You say that printing doesn't work from OOo or Gimp. Does that mean it does work from other applications? As an interim solution, you could export your files as PDF and print them from your favourite PDF viewer. Sorry I can't be more useful than that. Ho

Re: [users] I am using version 2.0.8968

This is getting a little OT but I didn't think mac was UNIX based until OS X. Wikipedia agrees, but then how accurate is Wikipedia!? On 23 Aug 2007, at 15:26, James Knott wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The MAC has been based on Unix/BSD/NextSTEP from the beginning in 1985 it probably doe

Re: [users] EndNote

Oh and this is sort of Mac based but I would have though a lot of them would work on windows/linux too On 22 Aug 2007, at 06:01, Jane Perston wrote: Dear Open Office I have just installed EndNote 9 onto my computer, and have started a refere

Re: [users] EndNote

Hi, As far as I know Endnote does not work with OpenOffice in the same way as it does with Word (this only applies to the cite while you write feature as far as I am aware). If I were you I would send them an email complaining that they do not support your office suite (OpenOffice). In te

Re: [users] Border

Hi, Have you tried; Format -> Page -> Borders ? Hope this helps On 21 Aug 2007, at 21:11, Ian and Marlene Davies wrote: Hi,I have the latest version of 'Open Office ' and am learning . I would like to put a fancy border with a musical theme around the border of a programme that I am formul

Re: [users] New User

Hi, In GMail click more options at the top of the mail then click show original and you will see all the headers. Look at the Delivered-To header to see if it says 'moderator'. If it does then the user is not subscribed. I think... someone correct me if I am wrong Hope this helps On 19 A

Re: [users] International Keyboard issue

Hi, You provided a link with the answer to your own question there in black and white! "Unfortunately, this keyboard layout will work only for "normal" applications. Some games don't check the keyboard layout correctly, and Unix-ported applications running under X11 won't see it either."

Re: [users] Impress to video?

I googled for "open source screen video capture" and it seemed to come up with some good results. can also export to SWF Hope this helps On 16 Aug 2007, at 13:00, Stanczak Group wrote: So then the question is what software do I use to record it to

Re: [users] folder issue

Hi, Clicking on File -> New will give you a choice of all the different types of file OpenOffice will work with. Hope this helps On 15 Aug 2007, at 12:46, Joseph Robertson wrote: Hi, I am having a problem with OpenOffice on Mac. Mac OSX version is 10.4.10 and OpenOffice version 2.2.1.

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

Forward to OP On 14 Aug 2007, at 21:26, James Knott wrote: Bob Sinclair wrote: Hi, I am using Windows 2000. When I try to open a pdf file sent to me by email I am asked to make a filter selection. When I do I get an Input/Output error mon most selections or a message saying that It is no

Re: [users] [moderated] Opening Excel Files with macros in Calc

Hi, If you are using a mac try NeoOffice (based on OpenOffice). It has support for VBA macros and may be able to open your files. It's also free so you have nothing to lose! Hope this helps On 13 Aug 2007, at 22:50, Paul wrote: To whom it may concern, I'm not an Open Office user. I'm

Re: [users] Re: Clip Art

Duh! I feel a bit daft now. This worked on my Windows machine just fine. Nothing comes up on the Mac though, but it must be a set-up problem I guess as it works elsewhere. Thanks On 10 Aug 2007, at 17:48, NoOp wrote: On 08/10/2007 03:48 AM, OOo Mac User wrote: On 9 Aug 2007, at 23:18

Re: [users] Re: Clip Art

On 9 Aug 2007, at 23:18, NoOp wrote: On 08/09/2007 01:57 PM, web kracked wrote: I downloaded MS's clipart to my harddrive as individual files and used them before and yes you can get a clipart collection - just do not remember where but if you email me off the lists, I will send to you the

Re: [users] permission to use download link

Hi, There is some information on linking to the OpenOffice.org website here Hope this helps Tom On 8 Aug 2007, at 01:12, Greg Schreiner wrote: I am creating a website called DoctorDiagnostic on freewebs and creating a page where people

Re: [users] cv templates

Hi, Have you tried searching on Google for OpenOffice templates? You might consider using the word 'resume' rather than CV to include templates from the US. Hope this helps On 8 Aug 2007, at 10:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dear sirs can you inform me if there are any cv templates