Re: [users] Re: telephone #

2008-07-17 Thread Richard Detwiler
Twayne wrote: As others are trying to explain, Open Office is a free program and should not be charged for. It's perfectly OK to charge for OpenOffice. Some people appear to charge for just providing a download link, which I feel is improper, but let the buyer beware applies. Others

Re: [users] OK, question

2008-06-29 Thread Richard Detwiler
Tom wrote: Hello, everyone! While I absolutely LOVE OOo... In Lotus 123, there's a way to convert a cell's contents from a formula to the value that results. For example, I may have a cell with a date, and the next cell with n+7, or a week later. In 123, once I get that formula copied out

Re: [users] Problems with Open Office; was Re: [users] Install Directory

2008-06-28 Thread Richard Detwiler
There seems to be a mix of some pretty legitimate problems, which I've heard reported before, and some that seem a bit contrived ... or maybe just due to a misunderstanding of how applications work. Comments in line ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are some problems with Open Office: 1. If

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-06-20 Thread Richard Detwiler
Lisi Reisz wrote: The poor woman only wanted to know whether the software itself is free, and the context itself made it clear that she meant gratuit, not libre. She didn't want a treatise on philosophy nor a lecture on semantics. Lisi +1 I'm not sure what inspires some people to answer a

Re: [users] Re: How to make MS window OS to treat OO as MSO

2008-06-16 Thread Richard Detwiler
John Boyle wrote: James Knott wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:22:29 -0400 James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: C.S. Lewis or not, i've always seen the X as a form of taking Christ out and inserting anything. A pet peeve of mine is Xmas To

Re: [users] Probably another stupid calc question

2008-06-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
mike scott wrote: On 7 Jun 2008 at 7:11, Michael Adams wrote: On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:14:50 -0400 Jerry Feldman wrote: If I have a column of numbers, say A1 to A200 and a =SUM(A1:A200) Now, I replicate A200 down to A300. Is there any good technique I can set up the sum so that it

Re: [users] Probably another stupid calc question

2008-06-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
mike scott wrote: On 7 Jun 2008 at 11:25, Jerry Feldman wrote: On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:57:03 +0100 mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not so, in fact following that discussion all my columns are now 300 entries long, which should see me through. But one day, someone /will/

Re: [users] Probably another stupid calc question

2008-06-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
mike scott wrote: On 7 Jun 2008 at 15:49, Richard Detwiler wrote: mike scott wrote: ... And I've just spotted that a space character (which of course /looks/ like an empty cell) seems to behave like a numeric zero. Ouch!!! In what way does a space or a character behave

Re: [users] Wrong OS or OS Version

2008-06-06 Thread Richard Detwiler
Ian Samson wrote: This is a wonderfully open group ... is there any way of filtering out those messages I don't need other than creating GMail Filtering Rules? My mailbox was full with about 26 new mail messages today and I simply do not have the time to read through all of them. For what it's

Re: [users] Regression in headers and footers in MS-Word export

2008-05-29 Thread Richard Detwiler
Sander Marechal wrote: Cor Nouws wrote: (PS Send cc to you because you're not subscribed to the list. Pls mail to list only, and consider subscribing) Eh? I'm subscribed. I'm just subscribed to the list with my work address while I filed the bug under my home address :-) The address you

Re: [users] need help to open a file

2008-05-21 Thread Richard Detwiler
saran kumar wrote: sir, I saved a word document with password. Unfortunately i forget it... now I want that software. how can i open it by saran My understanding is that the password protection that OpenOffice uses is very good, thus it is essentially impossible to open a

Re: [users] Want Spreadhsheet Only

2008-05-19 Thread Richard Detwiler
Online Jobs Today wrote: I need a program like Excel, and I know that Open office has one. I would just want to download the spreadsheet program only, not the whole office suite. Is this possible? and what is the name of the spreadsheet program? Thanks, Vickie No, it is not possible to

Re: [users] prof opening my oo documents

2008-05-19 Thread Richard Detwiler
im prettiest wrote: Hi! I am a new user and I sent my prof my midterm and he can't open it! Is there something he can download or what kind of converter does he need to be able to download my documents? Or do I need to save it differently? Thanks in advance! Alice :) Alice, Your prof

Re: [users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-15 Thread Richard Detwiler
Harold Fuchs wrote: Yep, thats how i CC the OP when they are non list members (moderated posters). Hmmm. What *exact* method (OP Sys, mail/news program, mail or news) do you use to read/write the list? I currently use Thunderbird on one computer and Google's web interface via Firefox on

Re: [users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-15 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Knott wrote: Richard Detwiler wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Yep, thats how i CC the OP when they are non list members (moderated posters). Hmmm. What *exact* method (OP Sys, mail/news program, mail or news) do you use to read/write the list? I currently use Thunderbird on one computer

Re: [users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-15 Thread Richard Detwiler
Larry Gusaas wrote: Some mail/news programs do not respect the 'Reply-To' header and also send to the 'From' address when using the 'Reply-All' button. Those who use these non-compliant programs can use 'Reply-All' button when responding to unsubscribed OPs. I'm not sure I'd call those

Re: [users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-15 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Knott wrote: Richard Detwiler wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Some mail/news programs do not respect the 'Reply-To' header and also send to the 'From' address when using the 'Reply-All' button. Those who use these non-compliant programs can use 'Reply-All' button when responding

Re: [users] Table formatting challenges.?

2008-05-13 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: I inserted a table into a Writer text document to assist with the formatting of a form I am creating. When I had finished creating the form I wanted to adjust the row height to make it easier for a user of the form to fill it in with a pen or pencil -

Re: [users] new user

2008-05-11 Thread Richard Detwiler
Caroline Calhoun wrote: i am trying to open the program itself and it wont open i am trying to use it instead of publisher OpenOffice will not open Publisher files. Perhaps that is the problem? Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 07:21:21 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org;

Re: [users] password protect

2008-05-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
sharmila.chethan wrote: Hello, I am unable to open password protected document in Open Office. Please let me know what needs to be enabled to open any password protected document. thanks sharmila Just enter the password when asked. Or am I totally misunderstanding your problem?

Re: [users] your product

2008-05-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
Joseph wrote: Drew Jensen wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: Since you seem to care so much about spelling - The company is named Microsoft! Not that it has anything even remotely to do with the message in the first place. MickeySoft is a more accurate caracaturized comment for MicroSoft.

Re: [users] How do I get off this list?

2008-04-29 Thread Richard Detwiler
Ron Fritz wrote: I have been trying to get off this with no success. How is this done? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, the obvious question is whether

Re: [users] RE: users Digest 28 Apr 2008 01:26:16 -0000 Issue 6440

2008-04-28 Thread Richard Detwiler
Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/4/28 Phil Woolwine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... ... Instructions as to how to unsubscribe are displayed at the botrtom of every message. For what it's worth, Harold, YOUR message did not have these instructions on the bottom. I know it isn't because of anything

Re: [users] donation?

2008-04-28 Thread Richard Detwiler
Ross Gill wrote: Hello, I donated $40 without seeing Openoffice. I had read enough reviews to feel comfortable doing so. I had trailed Corel Wordperfect Office and I liked it, but didn't wish to pay the price. This morning I got a sales pitch offering to sell WPO for $12.95. I suppose it's

Re: [users] MS and Open Office emails

2008-04-28 Thread Richard Detwiler
Fund Manager wrote: How can I send an Open Office doc as an attachment to someone who only has MS? They were unable to open the doc. When I tried it on my computer that doesn't have Open Office it was able to open as a Google doc but not in MS. Thanks ahead of time. HZ There are a couple of

Re: [users] Software Updates

2008-04-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using Open Office for about 2 years now. I have version 2.0. How do I update it to 2.4 without downloading over again. Unfortunately, you don't. You just download the new version. - To

Re: [users] Deleting Threads

2008-04-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
simon james wrote: I posted a thread some time ago, and one of the responses I received was quite rude. Thus I would like to delete either that response or even the whole thread. How can I do this? I am pretty sure that it is not possible to delete a posting or a thread.

Re: [users] Fontwork

2008-04-25 Thread Richard Detwiler
Alberto Muller wrote: Hello everybody, could someone enlighten me about using Fontworks ? I would like to write a title with a funny contorted shape as is certainly possible with Fontworks. Unfortunately, the Help index of Writer doesn't even consider the word Fontworks ; it simply does not

Re: [users] Calc templates

2008-04-25 Thread Richard Detwiler
bg wrote: Search as I might, I can find no mention of the use of templates in the Calc module. Is that function known by another name in Calc? Thanks, Brewster Gillett When I go to Calc, and select Help, then search on Templates, I find a list of about 10 sub topics. How have you

Re: [users] Calc templates

2008-04-25 Thread Richard Detwiler
bg wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 15:44, Richard Detwiler wrote: bg wrote: Search as I might, I can find no mention of the use of templates in the Calc module. Is that function known by another name in Calc? Thanks, Brewster Gillett When I go to Calc, and select Help

Re: [users] Standard US English

2008-04-23 Thread Richard Detwiler
Mark Weber wrote: Ok, I'm not sure this is the right place to direct this, but I'm hoping it will be forwarded if it isn't. Who is the spelling be failure who put judgment at the only spelling for that word in the US English dictionary? WordPerfect (which I have learned to trust far more on

Re: [users] OO calc columns

2008-04-19 Thread Richard Detwiler
Stop what? And what does that have to do with this thread? Ken Eitelman wrote: stop -Original Message- From: Guy Voets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:10 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] OO calc columns 2008/4/17, Helen [EMAIL

Re: [users] Re: Forced to install MS office so boss can sync phone, any alternative?

2008-04-16 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Knott wrote: Urbane Tiger wrote: Unfortunately, many consider Outlook to be the only email app. However, depending on where the calendar is located, you may be able to use Thunderbird Lightning, both of which can be found at www.mozilla.org. I sync my Nokia N800 Thunderbird with

Re: [users] unsubscribe me please

2008-04-14 Thread Richard Detwiler
Ann Pate wrote: Please unsubscribe me as I am being inundated with e-mails. Thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to unsubscribe yourself: To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll receive a confirmation e-mail which you then need to respond to, to confirm that you are

Re: [users] Desktop Icons (Comments please)

2008-04-12 Thread Richard Detwiler
Harold Fuchs wrote: On 12/04/2008, Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been thinking about the number of requests we get asking Where is the program i installed?. I'm wondering if the packaging team haven't got it backwards. I wonder if it would be easier for those who don't want

Re: [users] Refund $11.95

2008-04-12 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Knott wrote: jonathon wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM, James Carroll wrote: would like my refund of $11.95. For starters, ask the company that you paid the US$11.95 for a refund. All sending a request to this list does, is tell the world that you are oblivious to your

Re: [users] Re: PowerPoint text problem - shadowed text - more info

2008-04-09 Thread Richard Detwiler
web at work wrote: OK, Then How do I start a new Thread??? Send a new e-mail to users@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] [moderated] Can I distribute open office with my application, because it has word document templates

2008-04-08 Thread Richard Detwiler
Christian Blackburn wrote: Hi Gang, I am working on a commercial product called ALogic LH for the financial industry. We have included a number of .DOC, .XLS, and .PPT templates for our customers to utilize as part of the ALogic LH product. Is it legal to distribute Open Office with our

Re: [users] I'll try this one more time

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
Pat Brown wrote: I've turned off all pgp, so hopefully this will come through intact. I have had all my versions disappear. I was using the versioning and had a couple of versions created, but today when I went to check them they were gone. I had always save a version on closing checked. Is

Re: [users] Fw: Problem with openoffice 2.4 using VISTA opening a PDF file

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
George Kuhn wrote: Can't open a PDF file using openoffice 2.4 using VISTA. Do I need another version for VISTA as I have no problem with Windows XP. Or is it a configuration problem. OpenOffice does not open PDF files. There are free PDF readers available, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader,

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
John Krch wrote: Does openoffice2.2.org have PDF so I can open attachements through my mail? FREE Animations for your email - By IncrediMail! Click Here! http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=101218 No, OpenOffice does not open PDF files. It can create PDF files, but not open

Re: [users] GOOD QUESTION

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
Heriberto Reinoso Gallegos wrote: CAN I USE OPENOFFICE IN A COMPUTER THAT DOES NOT HAVE MICROSOFT OFFICE INSTALLED? THANKS HERBIE Yes. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] GOOD QUESTION

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
Heriberto Reinoso Gallegos wrote: CAN I USE OPENOFFICE IN A COMPUTER THAT DOES NOT HAVE MICROSOFT OFFICE INSTALLED? THANKS HERBIE Yes. (This time remembering to cc the OP) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] About Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval, and other thoughts...

2008-04-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
Can this thread be killed or moved to another list? It's getting very tedious. (And no, I don't work for MS nor am I a fan of MS.) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Anchoring a row

2008-03-27 Thread Richard Detwiler
PJH wrote: I have a header row in a spreadsheet that I would like to keep visible at the top of the current window, no matter how many rows are displayed. I tried selecting the row and then Format Anchor but that did not allow me to do anything. How can I do this? Thanks. Window Freeze

Re: [users] Calc V. 2.3 Averaging

2008-03-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
Rene Alvarez wrote: Dear OpenOffice: Using Calc verison 2.3; I am trying to average the closing price of stocks. My columns have the prices of different days. Can I highlight the different cells on the columns and then click a button to average the chosen cells? On Excel; I can click the

Re: [users] illegal sales on ebay of you software

2008-03-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
Clinton Cheney wrote: just thought that you would like to see whats happening to your great software check out this ebayer http://cgi.ebay.com.au/OPEN-OFFICE-MS-WORD-EXCEL-software-compatible-DOWNLOAD_W0QQitemZ260221399947QQihZ016QQcategoryZ68258QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Not at

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-03-25 Thread Richard Detwiler
Joan Brummer wrote: Please take me off your mailing list and off the other dozen people who responded with the same query. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This

Re: [users] pdf question

2008-03-23 Thread Richard Detwiler
Meisha Card wrote: they aren't doc files being that I created them as microsoft works. you do not have works listed in the list of documents that can be exported. I need to email them in pdf form, What can I do? OpenOffice can't read Works files directly. (In fact, per my understanding, MS

[Fwd: Re: [users] pdf question]

2008-03-23 Thread Richard Detwiler
] To: Richard Detwiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] This will not work as dong so disfigures my letter head. I have attached a copy of the document I am trying to save as a pdf. Please email me anohter suggestions

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

2008-03-21 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Can you help In exell with Microsoft when you type a column of figures, say in col C To get a total all you have to do is click on last figure drag to shade in all figures, and click a symbol denoting total next to move decimal point On Open Office this

Re: [users] Writer Feature Question: Reveal Codes

2008-03-18 Thread Richard Detwiler
Jack S Berger wrote: Re: Writer Does your word processor have the equivalent of the Reveal Codes function in WordPerfect? No, it does not. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] I need help with openoffice.org download...

2008-03-18 Thread Richard Detwiler
Christopher Kelley wrote: I have installed open office software but I cannot figure out how to get shortcuts to your version of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint on my desktop... If you could help me with this it would be greatly appreciated... You don't say what operating system you use, but I'll

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

2008-03-18 Thread Richard Detwiler
Kinley Cheryl Comer wrote: I have installed Open office.org 2.3. Is there anyway I can use the spell checker on email.I have OutLook Express 6 without spell check. Thank you, KC No, the OpenOffice spell checker can't be used with Outlook Express. Per my understanding, there are other spell

Re: [users] Re: Advice re ECDL

2008-03-18 Thread Richard Detwiler
Henning von Roeder wrote: actually i wa snot, and ..computer driving license sounds quite as silly to me as early childhood development henning Actually, computer driving license sounds quite a bit sillier than early childhood development. :)

Re: [users] Re: Version Control

2008-03-18 Thread Richard Detwiler
PJH wrote: Jack D. Lewis has written on 3/18/2008 7:46 PM: PJH wrote the following on 3/18/2008 5:17 PM: I would like to use version control on a text document but Version in the File menu is grayed out. How do I get it back? The 'Versions...' menu item is grayed out for new

Re: [users] Re: Replying to Unsubscribed Users (Again)

2008-03-17 Thread Richard Detwiler
Michael Adams wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:25:16 -0600 Larry Gusaas wrote: This list inserts a header Reply-To: users@openoffice.org which overrides the From: header when you reply all. Thunderbird, properly, respects this header when using reply-all and does not include the From: address.

Re: [users] 2 pages of labels

2008-03-11 Thread Richard Detwiler
Walter Hildebrandt wrote: I have two pages of labels done in mail merge. How do I print the second page of labels. Please have a look at Chapter 11 of the Write Guide: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0200WG-WriterGuide.pdf

Re: [users] Uninstalling open office!

2008-03-10 Thread Richard Detwiler
Anne Hermann wrote: Can I uninstall Open Office without damaging my word files? Yes. Keep in mind that any text files that you've created and saved in the OpenOffice format (as opposed to .doc) won't be readable by MS Word, if that is the word processor you normally use.

Re: [users] please tell me....

2008-03-10 Thread Richard Detwiler
tikho wrote: 1. how to edit pdf file ? 2. what should i do to extract pdf file to be odt file or doc file ? 3.any software for it? OpenOffice cannot edit pdf files, nor view them for that matter. Typically, the object of a pdf file is to be read-only as opposed to editable anyway.

Re: [users] media player

2008-03-08 Thread Richard Detwiler
Susan Jurenko wrote: I was wondering if it would be possible to have the name of your supervisor. Susan, what on earth does this question relate to??? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [users] How do I prevent OO-Calc from thorting ???

2008-03-08 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can one or other of you erudite software dunces tell me how to turn off the automatic prognostication that fills a newly created line in OO-Calc with irrelevant spam?? By all means THINK -- in fact I wish you would -- but please don't THORT what I want to type. Your

Re: [users] Re: I'm considering open office - a coupla questions

2008-03-06 Thread Richard Detwiler
Gordon wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy: I'm considering using Open Office as I just purchased a laptop that runs Vista, and MS Office 2007 is ridiculously expensive. Here is the question - I've used Ms Outlook as my e-mail client for years. Does Open Office have something similar? I

Re: [users] posting questions

2008-03-05 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Berg wrote: Would you please remove my name from the Mailing list or whatever. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: OO and Thunderbird using same dictionary?

2008-03-03 Thread Richard Detwiler
Gordon wrote: TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries wrote: Regarding top-posting, I have asked users what they believe, and almost 100% of the responses ... from more than 100 people in many groups over several years ... have said that they MUCH prefer top-posting. And presumably these 100

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-03-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
Robert K Helta wrote: I downloaded Open Office Suite and use it myself. I live in the City of Lake Worth, Florida and would like to know what license restrictions would apply if the city with about 200 computers would like to load Open Office Suite to use the programs. Most of the users don't

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

2008-03-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
It's tough to tell exactly what list you subscribed to. Possibly the developer's list? If so, you need to unsubscribe from that list. I'm not a member of that list, but there should be instructions at the bottom of each posting that tells how to unsubscribe. Then if you want to subscribe to

Re: [users] opening an excel spreadsheet in ms excel 2007

2008-03-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
m gildea wrote: doesn't work If you're having a problem opening an Excel spreadsheet in MS Excel 2007, what does that have to do with OpenOffice? Why wouldn't you ask that of Microsoft? If this isn't in fact what your problem is, please write back to the list and be more specific. Thanks.

Re: [users] Re: PRINTING FROM MULTI-SHEET CALC FILE

2008-03-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
Lindsay Graham wrote: - Original Message - From: NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:15 AM Subject: [users] Re: PRINTING FROM MULTI-SHEET CALC FILE On 03/01/2008 01:49 AM, Lindsay Graham wrote: Thanks again, Brian. What you say is all true,

Re: [users] Need replacement program for 'Microsoft Project'

2008-02-27 Thread Richard Detwiler
Dan wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2008 15:32:32 Neuendorf, Peggy wrote: Does any version of Open Office have a project timeline calendar or software something like MickySoft Project? Project is NOT user friendly. If anyone has a better program to create project timeline calendars, please

Re: [users] Need replacement program for 'Microsoft Project'

2008-02-27 Thread Richard Detwiler
Manfred J. Krause wrote: Thank you Manfred.POD looks like the perfect solution; however, my employer will not pay for additional software. They have current licensing agreements with Microsoft, and will not even consider Open Source Software. This sounds like a dilemma that we can't help

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

2008-02-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
Robert Gross wrote: I am using a laptop (Compaq), and recently my hard drive needed to be replaced. I had loaded Microsoft Office into the old hard drive, but was told that I could use Openoffice to open Power Point Presentations. I downloaded Openoffice; but was not able to view any New

Re: [users] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have done this and still getting email

2008-02-11 Thread Richard Detwiler
You need to unsubscribe from the address that you subscribed from. The note you just sent showed up as being moderated which means that the address was not a subscribed address. That may well be the problem. Sammy Johnson wrote: Sammy D. Johnson 2529 HallsValley Dr Trion, Ga. 30753 (706)

Re: [users] TOC Formatting

2008-02-09 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to format a heading which is only a couple of words and underlined. I want to continue on the same line with normal type. I find when I apply the heading format, it formats the whole line (or lines if there are several in the paragraph). If there any way to do

Re: [users] Writer: Putting a line between header and body

2008-02-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
Scott Meyers wrote: There has to be an easy way to do this, but I cannot find it. I want to put a horizontal line below the header and above the body text of each page. Can somebody please tell me how to do it? Thanks, Scott Create the header. Then while in the header, select Format

Re: [users] i would like all the info but i'm not a computer person please help

2008-02-05 Thread Richard Detwiler
Holy cow, Jonathon. He asked for some simple answers and your write a treatise ... What's wrong with just saying, yes, it is free? And yes, it works on Vista. Talk about trying to intimidate someone who stressed that he isn't very computer savvy. jonathon wrote: Debray wrote: 1.. is

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

2008-02-04 Thread Richard Detwiler
Peter Simkins wrote: I have a talent for typing stories on your product, OpenOffice.org Writer, and I noticed that every new version has the same inconvenience, it has no built-in dictionary words like teleportation. Teleportation is a word in every dictionary and every word processing

Re: [users] Re: font reverts after changing

2008-01-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
I know this isn't particularly helpful, but when I went through this process, it worked for me. I created a sheet of labels, using File New Labels, selecting a database, etc. etc. Then I clicked in one of the labels, pressed F11, the only style that displayed was Default, I right-clicked

Re: [users] [moderated] How to sort lists

2008-01-23 Thread Richard Detwiler
Forgot to cc the original poster in my initial response. (BTW, sorry about the top posting. I usually don't do that.) Richard Detwiler wrote: You didn't say whether this is a list in a text document or in a spreadsheet, but I'll make the assumption that it is in a text document. Highlight

Re: [users] [moderated] How to sort lists

2008-01-22 Thread Richard Detwiler
You didn't say whether this is a list in a text document or in a spreadsheet, but I'll make the assumption that it is in a text document. Highlight the list that you want to have sorted, and select Tools Sort. Charlie wrote: Good Morning There is one fa set of the program that I feel

Re: [users] Sending document that can be read by Word (was: Using OpenOffice 2.0)

2008-01-22 Thread Richard Detwiler
There are several options: 1. Save the document in Word format, using File Save As, and then send the document. 2. Save the document in pdf format, which can be read by anyone with a pdf reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader (which is available for free, and which most computers have

Re: [users] Microsoft Excel on my Dell Dimension3100C

2008-01-22 Thread Richard Detwiler
Colin L. Swan wrote: I have Microsoft Works only at the moment and I require Microsoft Excel to be able to download files in Excel that associates have been e-mailing me. Please can I use ' open office ' to download Microsoft Excel on to my home computer/ Your help would be very much

Re: [users] Delete entry

2008-01-20 Thread Richard Detwiler
Edgar Gättner wrote: Hello! Would you kindly delete all my entries? My name is Edgar Gättner. Thanks! Edgar Gättner What entries are you referring to? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: [users] sort

2008-01-18 Thread Richard Detwiler
Just to clarify -- in Calc, you do NOT need to select all, as long as the data range is contiguous (no totally empty rows or columns withing the data set). Just select a single cell, and then go to Data Sort, and Calc will automatically select the entire contiguous data range. Howard wrote:

Re: [users] Re: PROBLEM [Opening Powerpoint file in Impress]

2008-01-18 Thread Richard Detwiler
NoOp wrote: On 01/17/2008 04:49 PM, NoOp wrote: I suppose if one were to download install OOo 1.0.3 (Win95 OOo), or possibly OOo 1.1.5, you might be able to automatically open a PP 4.0 file. Haven't tried it myself though. Well scratch that. Even OOo 1.1.5 doesn't handle 17 year old

Re: [users] OOo 2.3 Disabling numbering, etc.

2008-01-15 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Finnall wrote: Can anybody please helpl me to disable the numbering, bullets, outlines and any other such stuff in OOo 2.3 for at least an entire document by default? I have been through all the option settings and have not been able to locate anything to set a default behavior.

Re: [users] Two questions about OpenOffice from a professional...

2008-01-13 Thread Richard Detwiler
Svyatoslav Zaborov wrote: Hi all! Why OpenOffice.Org Writer on the modern time is baby toy/editor for stupid aborigens/editor for silly stupid blonds? 1. In the Ashampoo Office 2008 TextMaker can be set in the Service/Settings/Edition option: Left ident of the text and indent of first line

Re: [users] sheets in calc are linked to be printed

2008-01-09 Thread Richard Detwiler
chris blue wrote: I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that when I go to print my spreadsheets in calc, all the tabs in the workbook seem like they are selected to print (if I print, or if I perform a Print Preview). i've tried the file//print//options//only selected

Re: [users] bottom-posting Nazis go away! (was Re: [users] OOo and Linux/Troll/Idiot)

2008-01-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
+1 Joe Conner wrote: +1 SNIP I find it's a waste of time to scroll down to find the most recent post on most threads SNIP - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] When downloading OpenOffice does it go to a file on the desktop or install directly?

2007-12-26 Thread Richard Detwiler
File on desktop. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] labels

2007-12-23 Thread Richard Detwiler
rodney morrow wrote: Please tell me how to fix my problem with making labels. Why can't I print them? Why doesn't any of my commands work? Without knowing specifically how you're trying to print labels, it's really impossible to say why none of your commands work, but here is a

Re: [users] sort all rows

2007-12-19 Thread Richard Detwiler
A slightly simpler solution, IF the dataset is contiguous (no blank columns or rows within it): Just select a single cell somewhere in the data that you want to sort. When you select Data Sort, Calc will automatically select the entire range of data. Again, this only works if your data set

Re: [users] Still the SAME Question

2007-12-17 Thread Richard Detwiler
Dee Dee Grant wrote: Good Afternoon, Received the CD of Open Office today. Tried to install it. Last week I downloaded the program and had the SAME problem I had today: There is NO icon on the desktop (there is a folder with a bunch of tiles that tell me NOTHING). You sent me an email

Re: [users] Writer 2.20 question

2007-12-17 Thread Richard Detwiler
Nick Mumbach wrote: People, I am using OOO 2.20, and I accidentally performed a writer save operation, when I wanted to do a save as instead. I did not have backups turned on, (because I didn't know about them until I started trying to recover). Is there any possible way to recover the

Re: [users] Styles Master

2007-12-17 Thread Richard Detwiler
jonathon wrote: On Dec 18, 2007 12:05 AM, Craig White wrote: Is it possible to have documents automatically use an external file as a 'master stylesheet' so that documents are automatically changed as the Yes. Use a default template. Only make changes to the default template.

Re: [users] Re: OpalOffice

2007-12-14 Thread Richard Detwiler
kevin johnston wrote: Ernesto: Skipping many details, I think the most relevant point is this: Absolutely anyone is *allowed* to offer it for sale, at absolutely any price; but they are also *required* to inform you that you can also get it for free. And then it's your choice. Is this

Re: [users] YOU NEED TO OPEN READ. REPORTING YOU TO FCIC FCC

2007-12-13 Thread Richard Detwiler
Helen K. Schroeder wrote: I do not have a membership with you; nor, have I requested one. I sincerely suggest that you do not charge me anything and that you remove all elements of your imagined membership with me. CONFIRM CANCELLATION OF ALL. Helen, if you are writing to this list in search

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-09 Thread Richard Detwiler
Russell wrote: I have just started useing open office. I use calc regularly and found that I have to add up the colums to get my final figure. Is there some way you put a auto calcuation button in the tool bar the same as you find in mircosoft excel to add up your colums. Thankyou Russell

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-09 Thread Richard Detwiler
Karen Hunte wrote: Hi OpenOffice, Why is gollywog, and yid in the dictionary and not honky? Surely you ought to include all or neither of these derogatory terms. Sounds like someone with way too much time on her hands to me! :) (Of course, this opinion is from someone who has no idea what

Re: [users] Re: How does one really control the working directory?

2007-12-04 Thread Richard Detwiler
Frank Cox wrote: On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:28:29 -0800 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plus it's just irritating to have to do so rather than have OOo automatically default to the Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|Paths|MyDocuments path. Why? It makes sense to me to return to where you left it

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