Re: [users] Re: ver 3 is rubbish.

2009-03-09 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 16:18 -0400, James Knott wrote: > Robert Hodgins wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 14:51 -0400, Dave Post wrote: > > > >> Ok, I'll play. How about a DEC PDP-8 with 4K (12-bit) memory locations > >> and a teletype for reading/wri

Re: [users] Re: ver 3 is rubbish.

2009-03-09 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 14:51 -0400, Dave Post wrote: > Ok, I'll play. How about a DEC PDP-8 with 4K (12-bit) memory locations > and a teletype for reading/writing programs on paper tape? Or a Wang > programmable desktop calculator with Nixie-tube display and the > ability to read up to 2 (Yes!

Re: [users] Re: ver 3 is rubbish.

2009-03-09 Thread Robert Hodgins
> > Hmmm. My Commodore 64 had a tape recorder > My Timex Sinclair saved to a tape recorder. Never could get the thing to load a program, though. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional com

Re: [users] Force text not to break

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 13:21 -0700, Robert Hodgins wrote: > On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 12:09 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I can't believe I don't know how to do this, as many years as I have > > been using Writer. I have no idea how thi

Re: [users] Force text not to break

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 12:09 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I can't believe I don't know how to do this, as many years as I have > been using Writer. > > Suppose I have a line of text that ends with a scientific notation like > "[-sonorant]." Because of the length of the line Writer breaks it >

Re: [users] I:\ is always a link

2009-02-02 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 19:46 -0500, PJH wrote: > I typed > > I:\ > > into a writer doc and writer made it a link. I tried to delete the path > using Insert > Hyperlink, but it won't go away. > > What can I do? Select it and then cut it. Delete the trailing paragraph mark. --

Re: [users] using OOo for newsletter - articles spanning parts of several pages.

2009-01-29 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 11:48 -0500, Web Kracked wrote: > > Any one know, off hand, where the documentation is for > creating newsletter pages is? This might help: http://tutorialsforopenoffice.org/tutorial/Create_A_Newsletter.html -

Re: [users] How to open txt file in OOo Calc?

2009-01-25 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 20:02 +, Herbert Eppel wrote: > How do I open a txt file in OOo Calc? > > When I try it from OOo Calc via File > Open, the file opens in OOo > Writer instead :-\ > Change the extension to csv. (Like mytextfile.csv) -

Re: [users] Scribus inscrutable download was: Re: [users] Is Oo making a version of Publisher?

2008-11-27 Thread Robert Hodgins
> Well, I looked at Scribus but downloading it seems to be rather > complicated. Go to this link: http://www.scribus.net/?q=taxonomy/term/36 Scroll down to "Scribus on Windows How-to" Click on each of these links (just below that line) to download a program: "Scribus for Windows (TM) installe

Re: [users] Print contents of a folder

2008-10-31 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 11:07 +, Harold Fuchs wrote: > 2008/10/31 Peter Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Does anyone know how to print the contents of a folder(all documents > > in the folder), without having to open each one individually and print > > it. > > Peter > > > > Assuming you are usin

Re: [users] Newbie!

2008-09-22 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 11:57 -0400, Dave Rosselle wrote: > Just downloaded Open Office - impressive. > > > > Please excuse - DUMB question #1: where's "Outlook"? > Outlook is not a part of Openoffice. - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] How did I get this OpenOffice program?

2008-01-20 Thread Robert Hodgins
> I was just wondering what and how OpenOffice came to be on my computer? > I was running my Secunia today, and was told that I should upgrade my > OpenOffice. So I did, but I do not even know what it is, or how I got it. A little bit of advice: It is not a good idea to upgrade anything on a com

Re: [users] MS Publisher files

2007-11-10 Thread Robert Hodgins
> The good news is there are applications that will allow her to print her > Publisher documents to PDF files, and once that is done, you can put the > PDF files on the web, saving you a ton of rekeying. > This one (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/) works nicely. And it is easy to

Re: [users] open office suite

2007-10-16 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Tue, 2007-16-10 at 17:36 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't have enough room on my hard disk to download the suite.? CanI > download to a dvd and run the program components from the dvd. You might find this link interesting: http://portableapps.com/ Same idea, different device. Good l

Re: [users] below

2007-10-16 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Mon, 2007-15-10 at 16:05 -0400, Peter Rousay wrote: > in Calc--how do I change a spreadsheet to normal from READ ONLY-I don't know > how it got into read--and where and how could I have found this myself > Perhaps, at some point you saved it to a CD-R and then copied it back to your hard d

Re: [users] creating an outline

2007-09-16 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Sun, 2007-16-09 at 17:36 -0500, Dean Davidson wrote: > Where can I find a tutorial on creating an outline in OO Writer? This is a good place to start: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7759 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] W Vista and OO

2007-09-13 Thread Robert Hodgins
It might also work on a Timex Sinclair...but loading from the cassette player would take a LONG time! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [users] Converting files

2007-09-13 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Thu, 2007-13-09 at 13:42 -0500, Perrin, Scott R. wrote: > Thanks Paul! > > I was hoping to be run a batch script across several ODT at a time. > Do you know of anything that can do that? > > > > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, Septe

Re: [users] Outlining in OOo?

2007-06-26 Thread Robert Hodgins
> Thanks. I looked at both of them, and I think that I'll stick with > KnowIt. It's not the best outliner, but it's pretty good. KnowIt? That´s one I didn´t know about. I like it. Thank you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [users] Outlining in OOo?

2007-06-25 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 20:12 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > OT: What are other Linux users usung for outlining? Notecase and kdissert work well. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PRO