Re: [users] I-T-S

2009-10-26 Thread rlshadow
-Original Message- From: James R. Liebert jiml...@neo.rr.com To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 2:25 pm Subject: [users] I-T-S Its = property of it It's = it has; it is: contraction of it and verb. Where are the police when you really need them? -- I'm

Re: [users] CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE?

2008-07-15 Thread rlshadow
Can this thread be killed or moved to another list??

Re: [users] Re: PDF Forms

2008-06-25 Thread rlshadow
On Wednesday 25 June 2008 06:18:18 am P. De Buck wrote: It appears you are using Windows from the mail header. On Linux I use Scribus and/or OOo to generate PDF forms. I perfer Scribus as it is alittle easier. Both programs are avaliable free for windows. Only issue is saving the filled in

Re: [users] excel

2008-01-14 Thread rlshadow
You'll need to go to the Microsoft web site to download Excel. If you want to download OpenOffice, for free, go to OpenOffice.org. -Original Message- From: margaret bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:15 am Subject: [users] excel i woudl like

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

2007-08-28 Thread rlshadow
Wouldn't it be a lot easier just to copy, and then paste special unformatted text? -Original Message- From: S Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 2:11 pm Subject: Re: [users] Re: Hyperlink is driving me nuts ??

Re: [users] Hide header on OOo Writer

2007-07-10 Thread rlshadow
Why are you against changing the page style? That is how you have one page without a header and other pages with the header. -Original Message- From: Sam Warren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: User Group OOo users@openoffice.org Sent: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:51 pm Subject: [users] Hide

Re: [users] Question on use of apostrophe in Calc to enter number as text

2007-04-12 Thread rlshadow
Thanks for the responses. This definitely sounds like something odd going on with my home computer. And to answer Pradeep's question, I definitely was hitting Enter, and the apostrophe still appeared. But right now I'm on my work computer, and it works like it should. So I need to figure

Re: [users] OO being sold...

2007-04-09 Thread rlshadow
Selling OpenOffice is completely legal. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 6:45 AM Subject: [users] OO being sold... Gidday Not sure where to send this info and would like to think that it has been brought to your

Re: [users] [moderated]only 30 numbers can be added in a column? Any fix?

2007-03-05 Thread rlshadow
I'm not sure I understand. There is no limitation on the number of numbers that can be summed in a column. If I have a column of numbers from, let's say, cells A1 through A1000, I could go to cell B1 and enter the following formula: =SUM(A1:A1000) and the formula would return the sum of

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

2007-02-28 Thread rlshadow
Yes, OpenOffice can do this. Go to Help, click Index, and search on booklet printing for further information. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 4:11 AM Subject: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE I wish

Re: [users] I am using version 2.1 of openoffice.org and cannot see how to make headings and captions extend over the full page of a two-column page

2007-02-19 Thread rlshadow
Anthony: I'm not sure exactly how you tried to add the caption to your picture, but I have no trouble doing what it is that I think you're trying to do. Here are the stops that I take: 1. I'm in the page with two columns. I select Insert Picture From file, and find the picture I want

Re: [users] Microsoft Word cannot read Open Office

2007-02-16 Thread rlshadow
Very true. There are multiple easy ways to avoid this problem, though: 1. If the recipient does not need to edit it (only needs to view or print it), probably the best method is to send the file as a pdf. 2. Or you can save the file in an MS Word format. (File Save As) 3. You can save the

Re: [users] Selling your product on Ebay

2007-02-13 Thread rlshadow
This is perfectly legal and is not a disgusting practice. For people without high-speed connections, making OOo available on CD is a valuable service. (Witness the number of postings from people who have trouble downloading the software.) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Is OpenOffice Technology a part of OpenOffice.org?

2007-01-31 Thread rlshadow
Really? The license agreement says that OpenOffice software cannot be redistributed in any form?? And the next sentence says that you can't even lend it?? This seems contrary to everything that I've assumed about OpenOffice. Although I have to admit to not reading the license agreement

Re: [users] Is OpenOffice Technology a part of OpenOffice.org?

2007-01-31 Thread rlshadow
] SNIPPED Uh, rlshadow, I think Marc meant that the wordings on the openofficetechnology.com site had that clause - not the one OpenOffice.org. Or am I mistaken, Marc ? -- Pradeep Srinivas Bangalore, India - To unsubscribe, e

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread rlshadow
I would certainly not recommend telling a potential employer that they need to install a specific software package, which they presumably don't currently use, in order to read one's resume. It sounds like a fairly certain strategy for having your resume go unread. -Original

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread rlshadow
Very good point. I've been on this list for quite a while, and have heard the term tarball mentioned many times, but I have no idea what it might be or what I'd do with one if someone sent it to me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 10

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-01-05 Thread rlshadow
Yes, OpenOffice is totally free, no matter what the size of the corporation, or how many computers you're putting it on. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 7:44 AM Subject: [users] [moderated] HI, The company I work

Re: [users] software such as word, excel, powerpoint

2007-01-03 Thread rlshadow
Word, Excel, and Powerpoint are Microsoft applications. You'll need to go to Microsoft for these. You can download OpenOffice.org from OpenOffice.org, though. OOo has word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation components. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

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

2007-01-03 Thread rlshadow
Jann: You can use OpenOffice.org for free, on as many computers as you need. This is the case for both non-profit and for-profit organizations, as well as for private parties. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 3:34 PM Subject:

Re: [users] Recent Docunents

2007-01-03 Thread rlshadow
What version are you using? There was a bug in a recent version, 2.0.2 I believe, that caused the exact behavior that you describe. If you're on 2.0.2, I suggest upgrading to a more recent version, and the problem should be solved. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [users] Just PDF writer?

2006-12-27 Thread rlshadow
OpenOffice does a nice job of easily creating PDF files from OpenOffice documents. However, it is not specifically a PDF writer. Meaning it's not the best application to use if you have a document in another application, such as Word for example, and you want to create a PDF file from it. I

Re: [users] Re: Label Format Xref

2006-12-22 Thread rlshadow
Jessica: I suggest that you go to the following web page: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html ... and see Chapter 11 of the Writer Guide (Using Mail Merge). (Here is the direct link to the Mail Merge chapter:

Re: [users] Even More Odd Pagination Behavior

2006-12-18 Thread rlshadow
I can't help, other than to confirm that I've seen behavior like this myself. In my case, it involves a newsletter that I am editor of, and it has either 12 or 16 pages depending on the issue. I've carefully gotten things to fit properly, then saved it and closed it, and when I re-opened it,

Re: [users] ubuntu? linux?

2006-11-29 Thread rlshadow
What does this discussion have to do with OpenOffice? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 7:03 AM Subject: Re: [users] ubuntu? linux? I just started researching linux. At first I tried damnsmalllinux livecd. and other small

Re: [users] [moderated] Publisher/pdf conversion

2006-11-29 Thread rlshadow
OpenOffice cannot read Publisher files. Does Publisher have an option to export as a pdf? (I don't use Publisher so I'm not sure.) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 7:19 AM Subject: [users] [moderated] Publisher/pdf conversion

Re: [users] [moderated] Publisher/pdf conversion

2006-11-29 Thread rlshadow
Maybe I wasn't clear, but I wasn't suggesting that OpenOffice would convert the file. I was asking if Publisher itself can export as a pdf. But based on another response, Publisher is not able to. A pdf converter (some available for free, like PDF Creator) would be needed. -Original

Re: [users] Calc -Conditional formatting

2006-11-14 Thread rlshadow
Without knowing specifically what happened when you tried to do this, it's tough to know what is going wrong. I just worked through the example in Help and it worked for me. I know this isn't very helpful. One thing that could be confusing things a little is the when using the random number

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

2006-11-09 Thread rlshadow
Yes, it is possible to purchase a CD with OpenOffice on it for a reasonable price. The OpenOffice.org web site has a link to suppliers. Also, if you do a search on E-bay, you should find quite a few people selling it, usually for $5 or so including shipping. You might not want to rule out

Re: [users] Can not open microsoft word

2006-11-08 Thread rlshadow
Maybe you should ask this question on a Microsoft web site?? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:55 AM Subject: [users] Can not open microsoft word when i try to open ms word it doesn't work it just make it look like all

Re: [users] Accept Button Disabled on License Agreement Page

2006-11-08 Thread rlshadow
Scroll down. Then the Accept button can be clicked. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:15 AM Subject: [users] Accept Button Disabled on License Agreement Page Hello Users, I have downloaded and successfully installed

Re: [users] Is it legal to sell Open Office?

2006-10-31 Thread rlshadow
That's not how I understand it. I don't think there is anything that says that open source software shouldn't be sold at a profit. I'm willing to stand corrected if otherwise, though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tue, 31 Oct 2006

Re: [users] PDF Form

2006-10-31 Thread rlshadow
This zeroes in on where the assistance is needed. The problem isn't in getting a pdf document to recognize form fields from Writer (it will do that automatically), the problem is in creating the form in Writer in the first place. I suggest that you read OpenOffice.org Writer Guide, Chapter

Re: [users] CD?

2006-10-31 Thread rlshadow
If you go into the OpenOffice.org web site, and click on Get OpenOffice.org, you'll find a link to people selling CD's with OpenOffice.org. Or you can search on e-bay, there are usually people selling them there too. A reasonable price seems to be in the US$5-10 range. When I first

Re: [users] how to turn off autonumbering?

2006-10-31 Thread rlshadow
A nice thing about autonumbering, and many other OOo features that some people like but some find annoying, is that they're easy to turn off if you don't like them. In the case of autonumbering, go to Tools Autocorrect. Click the Options tab (the middle tab). About 2/3 of the way down the

Re: [users] OpenOffice ROCKS: was: Re: Openoffice suck

2006-10-26 Thread rlshadow
+1 I like OOo a lot; I have used it at home for around 5 years. I have a part time job as an OOo trainer for a non-profit health care related company. I just recently started working another part time job at a for-profit company that I used to work full time for, which uses MS Office, so I

Re: [users] Problem with Mail Merge in OO Document

2006-10-24 Thread rlshadow
Last I heard, there was no readily known way to get that dialog to come back, once you tell it to go away. If there is a way, it may be very obscure, because I recall this discussion previously on the list, and no answer was forthcoming. You could possibly try uninstalling OOo and then

Re: [users] general frustration

2006-10-24 Thread rlshadow
Stephen, I share you frustration about learning Base. Like you, I don't have any experience with databases, so coming in with zero background doesn't help me, I'm sure. Also, I feel that Base is the least well documented function of OpenOffice (as opposed to Writer, Calc, and Impress).

Re: [users] Removing 2.0.4 and MS Office 2003

2006-10-17 Thread rlshadow
(Sorry for the top post, the client I'm on right now doesn't do bottom posts well.) It sounds to me like losing e-mails happens on many e-mail systems. I've had this happen to me twice with Thunderbird, which is often touted as a top notch e-mail system. For what it's worth, in my

Re: [users] www.oooff.de sells your free product for money!

2006-10-07 Thread RLShadow
Not sure if this is a troll or not, but in case it's serious, it IS perfectly legal to sell OpenOffice.org, for whatever price the market will bear. In a message dated 10/7/2006 12:15:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: morning, probably u already know, or at least

[users] Calc function question

2006-10-05 Thread rlshadow
I am trying to do something that doesn't seem all that difficult, but I can't figure it out. I have two columns, let's say column A and column B. Cells in Column A contain a single letter, A, B, or C. Cells in column B also contain a single letter, Y or N. There are several hundred rows of

[users] Unexpected behavior with hidden rows

2006-10-03 Thread rlshadow
I'm working on a spreadsheet that will have some columns of data, and some charts to illustrate the data graphically. There are certain rows that I want to use (as essentially column headers) for the charts, which I don't want to show in the spreadsheet when printed. There's nothing secret

Re: [users] Needing help - formulae

2006-10-03 Thread rlshadow
Johans: I think this should be easy, if I understand it correctly. Let's say that cell C2 contains the number of hours Jenny worked. (5, 6, 7, etc.) In cell C3, put the following formula: =IF(C26;C2;C2-0.5) If the number of hours is less than 6, then C3 will be the number of hours.

Re: [users] Calc, making print only current sheet installation default and applying it to Page preview too?

2006-09-28 Thread rlshadow
I totally agree with kpalagin's description of the problems. And I know it's popular to bash Microsoft on this list, but Excel does not have these issues and in general handles printing much better than Calc. (For these reasons and a couple of others.) To me these seem like they should be easy

Re: [users]

2006-09-28 Thread rlshadow
The problem is, though, that the preview does not necessarily show you what will be printed. If you have multiple sheets, it will show in the preview all of the sheets, even if you want only one sheet printed. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption

2006-09-26 Thread rlshadow
+1 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [users] Re: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption This thread needs to STOP. This is the users mailing list. It is for

Re: [users] Calc -- Hide/Show

2006-09-12 Thread rlshadow
No way to reshow it, once it's hidden, it's hidden forever -- just kidding. What you need to do is highlight a column or columns to the left of the hidden column, then drag to the right so you have a column or columns to the right of the hidden column also selected. In other words, you've

Re: [users] Question about Open Office

2006-09-04 Thread RLShadow
In a message dated 9/4/2006 6:49:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am eager to try Open Office w/ my Mac, since most of my clients are PC. I noticed on your website that you said a word-processing document CAN be saved as a Word doc. Does the same hold true for

[users] I'm getting very few OOo Users e-mails

2006-08-31 Thread rlshadow
I'm not sure what has happened, but I seem to be getting less than 10% of the e-mails on this list. This started happening fairly abruptly, about 3 days ago. I still get an occassional note, maybe 3-4 a day, which suggests that I didn't get unsubscribed for some reason. I've checked my spam

Re: [users] I am using version 2.0.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :

2006-08-24 Thread rlshadow
When you select File Export as PDF, you will be given an opportunity to give the file a name, and to choose what folder to export it to. Once you've done that, and clicked Export, you'll be taken to a dialog box where you can make some choices, such as whether to export all pages vs selected

Re: [users] Copy/Paste

2006-08-15 Thread rlshadow
As I recall, there is no easy way to tell if you have 2.0.1 vs 2.0. However, if you have 2.0.2 or 2.0.3, it should say this when you go to Help About OpenOffice.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 9:32 AM Subject:

Re: [users] FW: Writer not saving settings and new info

2006-08-10 Thread rlshadow
I'm not yet drawing a conclusion that 2.0.3 causes the list of recent documents to stop updating. I have a feeling if this were indeed the case, there would be a flood of reports of this problem, rather than the trickle that there has been. All I can say for sure is that when I reverted to

[users] Auto-expanding form field?

2006-08-08 Thread rlshadow
A co-worker has a form (in Writer) that I've helped her with. She would like to have the verticial dimension of some of the form fields expand as needed to hold more lines of text. So if a certain field requires, say, 7 lines of text, the field will expand vertically to hold and display 7

Re: [users] Auto-expanding form field?

2006-08-08 Thread rlshadow
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [users] Auto-expanding form field? On Tuesday 08 August 2006 08:36 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A co-worker has a form (in Writer) that I've helped her with.

Re: [users] Writer, pager numbering

2006-07-27 Thread rlshadow
To have no numbers on the first two pages, with numbers starting on the third page, you need to use page styles. I'll assume you have some knowledge of page styles; if not, there is good documentation describing how to use page styles in the Users' Manual, and in OOoAuthors. Create a style

[users] Document hanging up after many recorded changes

2006-07-19 Thread rlshadow
I experienced some extremely slow response time this morning while working on a document that had many recorded changes. I was reviewing/revising a procedure at work. It is relatively short, around 4 pages, with no graphic elements. The file size is around 15K. Nearing the end of the

Re: [users] Recent Documents list acting oddly

2006-07-18 Thread rlshadow
Hi Andy, At first, I suspected something like that also (shutting down without closing OOo), even though I typically do not shut down without closing applications. But I thought that possibly I might have done so inadvertently. So once I became aware of this issue, I made a very deliberate

Re: [users] File-New Brings Up Existing Document

2006-06-27 Thread rlshadow
Glad the problem was found; that was the only thing I could think of when I first heard the problem description. But it sounded a bit far-fetched, because I know what is involved in saving a document as a template and then designating that template as the default. Not that it's highly

Re: [users] Question on versions in Writer

2006-05-24 Thread rlshadow
Sorry for leaving out that information. I'm using OOo 2.0.2, and Windows XP SP 2. -Original Message- From: G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 24 May 2006 08:47:37 -0400 Subject: Re: [users] Question on versions in Writer On Wed, 2006-05-24 at

Re: [users] Question on versions in Writer

2006-05-24 Thread rlshadow
Andy nailed it. The problem is that when you do a File Save As, the versioning information is lost. When I moved the file using Windows (right clicking on the file, selecting copy, going to the folder I wanted, right clicking, and selecting paste), then the versioning was maintained. When

[users] Finding and editing data ranges of charts

2006-05-17 Thread rlshadow
I have a situation where I'm attempting to help a co-worker with some Calc charts that she has done. Her file consists of many sheets and many charts and much data, in a number of the sheets. In Excel, you can select a chart and determine what its source data is. So far, I have not been able

Re: [users] Finding and editing data ranges of charts

2006-05-17 Thread rlshadow
I also noticed the grayed-out Data Sources menu choice, and it seemed like that was just what I wanted -- if only it wasn't grayed out! I tried a number of things, including creating a very simple chart from scratch, and the selection was always grayed out. -Original Message- From:

Re: [users] OpenOffice Write Page Numbering Help!

2006-05-10 Thread rlshadow
-Original Message- From: Sara Stout-Grandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:34:20 -0400 Subject: [users] OpenOffice Write Page Numbering Help! Hello, I am using OpenOffice 2.0 and am having trouble with page numbering. I have a document for which

Re: [users] Merge to email

2006-04-24 Thread rlshadow
Have you read the chapter on Mail Merge yet? If not, I highly recommend reading it, it should help you. Here is the link: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0211WG-UsingMailM erge.pdf -Original Message- From: Gert Blij [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: OpenOffice

Re: [users] Merge to email

2006-04-24 Thread rlshadow
My apologies for the last post, right after hitting Send, I saw that your question was specifically asking about e-mail merge, which this chapter does not cover. -Original Message- From: Gert Blij [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: OpenOffice users@openoffice.org Sent: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:26:41

Re: [users] Re: Creating labels from database - more records than fit a page

2006-04-12 Thread rlshadow
(Apologies for the top posting, the system I'm on at the moment doesn't neatly do bottom posts.) Bob: Thanks for following the process in the Mail Merge guide, and for providing feedback on the outcome. I'm puzzled as to why you are seeing all of the blank rows (out to 65,535 presumably). I

[users] Mailing labels

2006-04-10 Thread rlshadow
There have been a number of postings recently about problems with creating labels. I recommend that anyone who is having trouble with labels refer to Chapter 9 of the Writer Guide: Using Mail Merge. Here is the link: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0211WG-UsingMailM

Re: [users] In Calc, carriage returns within a text cell?

2006-04-10 Thread rlshadow
Ctrl+Enter. -Original Message- From: Richard Connors [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:58:27 -0400 Subject: [users] In Calc, carriage returns within a text cell? Using OO 2.0.2 and seeking to force carriage returns within a single text cell. Any

[users] Re: calc - trimming extremes from a data set

2006-04-03 Thread RLShadow
I used to do things like screening for outliers all the time, but it's been a couple of years. I did a quick search and I found the following description of a fairly well-accepted technique for outlier detection: _http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52794.html_

[users] Unexpected behaviour with print ranges in Calc

2006-03-13 Thread RLShadow
I've observed something that seems odd or at least unexpected in Calc. I create a spreadsheet, with content on two of the sheets (Sheet1 and Sheet2). First, I don's set any print ranges. When I print, or do a print preview, from either sheet, a default range is established by Calc that

[users] Re: Unexpected behaviour with print ranges in Calc

2006-03-13 Thread RLShadow
There are certainly work-arounds, and in the scheme of things, my complaint pales compared to people who can't get OOo loaded at all, can't get envelopes to print no matter what they try, etc. But still -- It doesn't seem like a great situation. I really like the default print ranges,

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

2006-02-16 Thread RLShadow
In a message dated 2/16/2006 3:08:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am using windows 98SE operating system a 56K modem. This download takes over 7 hours to download. My question is: Can I have or buy a CD disk for this software. I was referred to this site by:

Re: [users] Questions on program

2006-02-16 Thread RLShadow
In a message dated 2/16/2006 3:30:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Before I download the program I have some questions. 1. If I have Word, Works, etc. Will I still have these programs after downloading Open Office and be able to still use them? 2. Does this

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-02-10 Thread RLShadow
In a message dated 2/10/2006 4:49:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is Open Office free to download use for a small business (6 employees)? Thank you Pamela --- We wish all questions were this easy. The answer is emphatically yes.

Re: [users] spreadsheet calculating

2006-02-09 Thread RLShadow
Try the following: While in Calc, go to: Tools Options, then expand OpenOffice.org Calc, then click View. Under Display the first item listed is Formulas. Is the box checked? If so, that's the problem. Uncheck the box, click OK, and your problem should be solved.

Re: [users] My husband screwed up my computer!

2006-02-09 Thread RLShadow
In a message dated 2/9/2006 6:53:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My darling hubby decided he wanted everything to work in MS Word again, and went to folder options and changed everything back to MS Word. Now, though, there are weird paragraph marks all over the

[users] Question on OOo apparently tripping Firewall

2006-02-06 Thread rlshadow
Where I work is in the process of converting from MS Office to OOo. (It's going fairly well so far.) Not specifically related to work, but related to OOo, I received this note from a co-worker: I downloaded Open Office for my home pc (Windows XP). I recently uninstalled it because my

Re: [users] Capitalisation

2006-02-06 Thread RLShadow
In a message dated 2/6/2006 3:31:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a spreadsheet in Open Office 1.1.2 which has been behaving well. But since (I think) last weekend when I enter a text letter such as 'a', although it displays in lower case when I enter it as

Re: [users] writer issues

2006-02-03 Thread RLShadow
Just to clarify -- If you check Format Autoformat and uncheck the option While Typing, then no autoformatting will happen, including autocorrection (correcting teh to the for example), which many/most people think is a good thing. It also includes things like changing a double hyphen to

Re: [users] cd, mailing labels

2006-02-01 Thread rlshadow
1. Question 1: Try going on E-bay and searching for OpenOffice.org. When I last tried this, I found a number of people selling CD's with OOo for what seemed to me to be very reasonable prices (like US$5.00 including shipping). 2. Question 2: Take a look at the following chapter from the

Re: [users] Re: [Spam] Re: [users] Do not want openoffice to be default progr...

2006-01-29 Thread RLShadow
I agree it could be worded better, but just to clarify, OOo does not convert MS Office files to OpenOffice.org files. That's not what associate means. In a message dated 1/29/2006 7:24:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think the message When you install Open

Re: [users] Change delete selection in Calc

2006-01-26 Thread RLShadow
This may not totally be what you're looking for, but if you press the backspace key instead of the delete key, it deletes the cell without asking any questions. In a message dated 1/26/2006 5:54:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I press the delete key in Calc

Re: [users] Cursor Movement in Protected Sheet

2006-01-24 Thread RLShadow
Jeannie: I'm puzzled by the symptoms you describe. I've done data entry forms in Calc exactly like you describe and they're worked just like they're supposed to (like you describe Excel does). So my main input is that it SHOULD work in Calc, but that doesn't help you figure out why it

Re: [users] Labels

2006-01-23 Thread rlshadow
Anne: Did you use the path File New Labels? That should have pre-set formats for nearly any common type of label, with the correct width and height. Getting OOo to make labels from a database isn't totally intuitive, so it would be helpful to read documentation about how to do it. A

Re: [users] Is there anyway tot make timelines with OpenOffice.org?

2006-01-18 Thread RLShadow
Actually I think the closest Microsoft application to what is being asked for isn't Visio, but rather Microsoft Project. (Project-management software.) I dabbled using MS Project a few years ago; I found it fairly klutzy and non-intuitive but once one got to learn it, it certainly did

Re: [users] How to check which OO version I'm running

2006-01-17 Thread RLShadow
I wasn't the original poster, but I did try the Help suggested. As far as I can tell, there is nothing using the method that tells me that I'm on 2.0.1 even though I'm quite sure I am. Help About OpenOffice.org says I'm on 2.0. Pressing the Ctrl S D T key sequence will then give the build

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-01-16 Thread RLShadow
Save your file as .txt or .rtf, and it can be opened with Wordpad, which most Windows based computers have. Or save it as .doc and it can be opened with Microsoft Word. In a message dated 1/16/2006 3:54:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a problem I hope

Re: [users] Converting files from Works 3.0 to OpenOffice in Windows XP Home ...

2006-01-15 Thread RLShadow
From within Works, you'll need to save the files in a format that OOo can read, such as RTF. OOo cannot read Works files directly. (For that matter, MS Office also cannot read Works files directly.) In a message dated 1/15/2006 8:01:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread RLShadow
It sounds like the use of paragraph styles would help significantly in what you're trying to do. If you're not familiar with styles, take a look at the users guide for OOo 2.0, which you can find at _http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html_

Re: [users] Help!

2006-01-14 Thread RLShadow
Janine -- not quite sure what you're asking. You have Word, and you're asking how to uninstall Microsoft Word? That's what you asked but I'm not sure it's what you meant. If it is, it doesn't seem like it should be hard to uninstall MS Word using the standard Add/remove programs assuming

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-01-14 Thread RLShadow
Yes, there IS a book titled OpenOffice.org for Dummies. In a message dated 1/13/2006 11:18:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unfortunately I'm guessing there isn't even a Dummies book on Open Office. May be there is?

Re: [users] Merging to Labels

2006-01-12 Thread RLShadow
Patty -- did you try reading the link I sent? (Shown below.) We really tried to make this chapter a stand-alone, one that had all of the information you need to successfully create labels. If you did read it and follow the guidance and are still having problems, we'd like to know some

Re: [users] Merging to Labels

2006-01-12 Thread RLShadow
Com, Thanks for the response. Just a couple of more or less random thoughts from me -- From my experience and from doing quite a bit of reading what others have written on this topic, there are numerous ways to create labels. Some work and some don't! But there are more than one way

Re: [users] Merging to Labels

2006-01-11 Thread rlshadow
This newly-revised chapter (which is still in the review stage) should offer some help: http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/writer/feedback/0211WG-UsingM ailMerge_8Jan06_JHW.odt/view?searchterm=mailing%20labels or http://tinyurl.com/ccenm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Top Posting especially/elaine

2005-12-30 Thread rlshadow
I also prefer top posting, so therefore it's comforting to hear me described as one who is lazy, ill informed or think that their time is more valuable than that of many others. It is nice to hear, though, that I'm not the only one on this group who prefers top posting. I'm not sure if I can

Re: [users] Top Posting especially [moderated]

2005-12-29 Thread RLShadow
The only guidelines I could find did not say anything about top vs bottom posting. In a message dated 12/29/2005 5:59:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I recall correctly, the guidelines for this list do ask that you write your reply after the quotation of the

Re: [users] Calc copying workstabs

2005-12-28 Thread rlshadow
If what you want to do is create a copy of a particular worksheet, the easiest way I've found is to hold down the Ctrl key, click on the worksheet tab you want to copy from, and drag it to where you want the new (duplicate) sheet to be located. There's a chance I may not be understanding the

Re: [users] [eBay Sales with OpenOffice.org]

2005-12-26 Thread RLShadow
People who sell OOo do have the blessing of OOo. You're correct that OOo is free to download from the OOo site. But some people with slow speed connections have trouble completing the download, and vendors who sell OOo on CDs are providing services to these people, and thus helping

Re: [users] [eBay Sales with OpenOffice.org]

2005-12-26 Thread RLShadow
It sounds like you aren't accepting that it is OK for anyone to sell copies of OOo, and if you don't want to, that's up to you, but I'll try once again. And by the way, I am NOT selling OOo myself, so that's not my motivation for defending the practice. I just checked on EBay, and the

Re: [users] Loading a csv into OpenOffice Calc without .csv extension

2005-12-26 Thread rlshadow
When opening the file, you need to specify the file type as CSV before opening it, otherwise like you found, it will open in Writer. Go to File Open, then for file type, select Text CSV (*.csv, *.txt). Then open the file and it will open as a CSV file. Dick, Webster, NY -Original

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