Re: [users] Making an Impress Presetnation executable (?)

2009-07-20 Thread S Perry
Mark,   Perhaps it would be better if the EXPORT function were included in the SAVE AS file list.  What you are looking for is accessed by the EXPORT function on the FILE menu.  The HTML, PDF and SWF (Macromedia Flash) formats will give you a standalone format that will allow your students to

Re: [users] How do I save/export a graph as a graphical object?

2009-06-28 Thread S Perry
Yes, that works.  However, not all of us want to save the entire screen image, thus my instructions. Suzanne L. Perry --- On Sun, 6/28/09, Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org wrote: From: Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org Subject: Re: [users] How do I save/export a graph as

Re: [users] Re: Threads

2009-04-07 Thread S Perry
: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 8:19 PM On 04/06/2009 03:50 PM, S Perry wrote: Dear NoOp,   Perhaps you don't realize that I was responding to the most recent post, which often does not include the entire thread.  I certainly have no desire to destroy your mental health, my humblest apologies

Re: [users] test

2009-04-06 Thread S Perry
Yes, your test message made it through to us...@openoffice.org. Suzanne L. Perry --- On Mon, 4/6/09, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com Subject: Re: [users] test To: users@openoffice.org Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 7:11 AM Arnold Roth

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-06 Thread S Perry
I understand the Hebrew language problem, ancient languages do have problems adjusting to 21st century computer usage.  Perhaps, if you had informed us what language(s) you were dealing with, we may have understood your situation more readily.    We also used to have gay times... alas, while

Re: [users] Threads

2009-04-06 Thread S Perry
...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [users] Re: Writer: Highlight row To: users@openoffice.org Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 6:09 PM On 04/05/2009 08:17 AM, S Perry wrote: Thanks for telling us.  It's always satisfying to help.   As in all computer usage, knowing what

Re: [users] New heading style not appearing in index

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
Did you give your new style a new name that is different from an existing name? Suzanne L. Perry P O Box 7493 Louisville, KY 40257-0493 Phone: 502-424-5435 Phone: 502-317-1307 E-mail: sl...@yahoo.com --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Bashar Maree bma...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bashar Maree bma...@gmail.com

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
I really hate to belabor the point, however, if it is a list item, is it a recurring list item?   Suzanne L. Perry --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [users] Re: Writer: Highlight row To: users@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
Thanks for telling us.  It's always satisfying to help.   As in all computer usage, knowing what to call things is a huge hindrance, not just for newbies.  When I worked in development at IBM, this was a daily concern.  In fact, given the number of computer languages there are and the number of

Re: [users] New heading style not appearing in index

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
, Bashar Maree bma...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 4:07 PM, S Perry sl...@yahoo.com wrote: Did you give your new style a new name that is different from an existing name? Suzanne L. Perry --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Bashar Maree bma...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bashar Maree bma

Re: [users] Hackers seize on zero-day flaw in Microsoft's PowerPoint

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
Googleing for the subject gave me this link, current today at least:  http://www.cio.com/article/488164/Hackers_Seize_on_Day_Flaw_in_Microsoft_s_PowerPoint  Suzanne L. Perry --- On Sat, 4/4/09, JOE Conner joeconner2...@gmail.com wrote: From: JOE Conner joeconner2...@gmail.com Subject: Re:

Re: [users] Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
Here's a link for a MAC   Suzanne L. Perry   --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [users] Writer: Highlight row To: users@openoffice.org Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 10:51 AM You're quite right about the shift+end

Re: [users] Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
Sorry about that!  My keyboard was taken over by multiple movements, momentarily.   Here's a MAC article you may find helpful: http://www.uis.edu/its/otherservices/documents/Other/BasicTechTips.pdf.   I'm using WinXP Pro and found that Shift+UpArrow (or down arrow) depending on your cursor

Re: [users] Office 2003 Contacts

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
From any address type program you SHOULD be able to export the file in csv format, comma separated values.  Then you SHOULD be able to import the file into any program that will recognize the csv format.  The file extension should be .csv.    While there are often other export formats

Re: [users] Unwanted Bullets and Numbering

2009-04-05 Thread S Perry
It sounds like you may be using a laptop instead of a desktop.  Is that so?  If so, your problem may be your drifting fingers inadvertently pressing extra keys or drifting across the mouse pad.  Suzanne L. Perry --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Eustace emf...@gmail.com wrote: From: Eustace

Re: [users] Podpis elektroniczny kwalifikowany

2009-04-04 Thread S Perry
Click this link for everything for OpenOffice in Polish: http://pl.openoffice.org/.  This is the English language users list. Suzanne L. Perry   --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Miko³aj Roszak eng...@stargard.mm.pl wrote: From: Miko³aj Roszak eng...@stargard.mm.pl Subject: [users] Podpis elektroniczny

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-04 Thread S Perry
If you click on the paragraph icon, it looks like a large letter P with a double-lined stem, it is easy to see what is and what is not considered a paragraph.  Suzanne L. Perry --- On Sat, 4/4/09, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com Subject: Re:

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-04 Thread S Perry
. Perry --- On Sat, 4/4/09, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [users] Re: Writer: Highlight row To: users@openoffice.org Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 12:17 PM 2009/4/4 S Perry sl...@yahoo.com: If you click on the paragraph icon

Re: [users] Re: Numbering layered headings

2009-04-04 Thread S Perry
Your method is correct, and I endorse your creating a new heading style called Chapter Title.  While this was basically what I was suggesting, you were more clear than I to point out that the numbering is controlled by the headings.  I rely on styles myself and found they work well and can be

Re: [users] Automatically generated indexes

2009-04-03 Thread S Perry
You can create a CONCORDANCE file.  Click on this link, then click on CONCORDANCE.  Their explanation is more succinct than I could manage quickly.  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051892831033.aspx  Suzanne L. Perry P O Box 7493 Louisville, KY 40257-0493 Phone: 502-424-5435 Phone:

Re: [users] Automatically generated indexes

2009-04-03 Thread S Perry
thanks. Warmest Regards David Teague S Perry wrote: You can create a CONCORDANCE file.  Click on this link, then click on CONCORDANCE.  Their explanation is more succinct than I could manage quickly.  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051892831033.aspx  Suzanne L. Perry P O Box

Re: [users] [OT] Presentation for work

2009-04-01 Thread S Perry
Charles,   Check these out: http://www.google.com/search?q=convert+wma+to+wmv+or+swfrls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBoxie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8sourceid=ie7rlz=1I7GGLL_en Suzanne L. Perry --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Charles T. Bell cbel...@cfl.rr.com wrote: From: Charles T. Bell cbel...@cfl.rr.com

Re: [users] Impress basics - HELP!

2009-04-01 Thread S Perry
It looks like you've covered everything except what you need.  Your solution lies on the VIEW MENU TOOLBARS TEXT and TEXT FORMATTING.  You can cut and paste your material into the textbox you draw on the screen.  Suzanne L. Perry --- On Wed, 4/1/09, bg b...@fdi.us wrote: From: bg

Re: [users] Re: Excel File Import into Calc

2009-03-20 Thread S Perry
Eureka!  This proves, once again, that four heads are better than one.   Yes, I've imported data from different applications for the same length of time that I've worked with them. Therein lies the problem.  My client created an Excel export from an antique database program, without knowing

[users] Excel File Import into Calc

2009-03-19 Thread S Perry
  Excel file import into OO Calc.   To perform some checks of extended figures on the imported file, I created a new column and inserted a formula to achieve the same result. Since the spreadsheet is over 4500 lines long, I wanted to compare the results quickly.   Picture this, if you will:

Re: [users] Export page 2 of an ODT file to PDF

2009-03-15 Thread S Perry
Hi Dotan,   When you click on the FILE menu, then click on EXPORT AS PDF, the PDF Export Dialog Box opens. The first option on the first (left most) tab requests RANGE.  You have the option of ALL pages, or just the pages you specify.   Hope this helps.  Suzanne L. Perry --- On Sun,

Re: [users] Export page 2 of an ODT file to PDF

2009-03-15 Thread S Perry
There are all manner of scripts!  So, without knowing your programming language, I suggest referencing the PDF function on the FILE menu in your script as you would any other command.  I'm supposing that page 2 only would be an attribute. Suzanne L. Perry --- On Sun, 3/15/09, Jean Hollis

Re: [users] Re: How do you merge to a directory

2009-01-07 Thread S Perry
This is also called in MS Word a catalog. If you have access to MS Word, you will discover that when you use the MailMerge feature for catalog that each subsequent record after the first record calls the Next Record. IHTH --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Twayne t...@twaynesdomain.com wrote: From:

Re: [users] [Fwd: ezmlm warning]

2008-10-23 Thread S Perry
I've received the same, and I'm also mystified if it's legit. --- On Thu, 10/23/08, John Boyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: John Boyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [users] [Fwd: ezmlm warning] To: users users@openoffice.org Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 1:12 PM To the List: Is this a

[users] XML urn:schemas

2008-05-20 Thread S Perry
Several programs that I use have MS Office designated as the format(s) to use for reports, etc. Without MS Office, the functionality of these third-party programs is extremely limited. Believing that MS should not have a stranglehold on users, especially users of third-party programs, I want to

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-01-27 Thread S Perry
No, Ethel, you've written to the OpenOffice users' list. People often refer individuals to OpenOffice because this open source software is a suite of office productivity software that can open most MS Office files, as well as save them in most MS formats. Open source means that it is

Re: [users] I am using version 2.3.1 and have problems

2007-12-14 Thread S Perry
This sounds like a memory problem, regardless of OS. For several years I've been using a free little program called MemBoost by Dhruv Matani written in Delphi 5. Once installed, the icon sits in your system tray. When everything seems to be slowing down, you can click on it to instantly claim

Re: [users] Re: envelope problem

2007-12-11 Thread S Perry
Yes, text boxes can rotate in OpenOffice Writer. Here's how: Click on VIEW TOOLBARS DRAWING Click on the “T” for Text Drag from upper left to lower right to draw your text box. [The Drawing Toolbar default docking will be at the bottom of the screen, though you can dock it wherever you

Re: [users] Other people can't open openoffice writer files attached to e-mails

2007-12-11 Thread S Perry
In OpenOffice Writer, open your c.v. Then, click on File Save As and select the format of your choice among many options. That will be the version for you to send. Generally speaking, RTF is a good choice. I agree with Colin, most employers and/or their websites will not accept PDF

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-09 Thread S Perry
Aside from the sooo yesterday comments... To save your files to a CD-RW disk: first, you format the disk with your CD-RW software. Then, you can drag and drop your files to your CD burner drive. It's just like using an old floppy disk. However, if you want to save your backup files to a CD-R

Re: [users] Number of members?

2007-12-08 Thread S Perry
I agree with the suggestion to complain to the proper parties, such as the Better Business Bureau. Additionally, I suggest you get another e-mail address for Open Office, such as Yahoo, where you can simply add the sender, users@openoffice.org, to the whitelist one time. It's also convenient to

Re: [users] oocalc - 5h 3m 10s to time format

2007-12-08 Thread S Perry
Simply right click on the number containing the time element, select Format Cells Number Time, then select the format of your choosing. If you don't find the format you want, you can create one based on the format code shown in the box for that purpose. HTH Rafal [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Number of members?

2007-12-08 Thread S Perry
That's the beauty of my suggestion, the Yahoo whitelist can filter on ANY field of your choosing. James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe Conner wrote: Could they whitelist the single address of users@openoffice.org ? Not on the From: field, as it shows the address of the original

Re: [users] oocalc - 5h 3m 10s to time format

2007-12-08 Thread S Perry
Evidently, as was pointed out to me off-list, I misconstrued the question, not realizing he was referring to the results of time calculations. Here's a solution from September: Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:34:48 +0530 From: Sudheer Satyanarayana [EMAIL PROTECTED] Add to Address Book

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

2007-12-06 Thread S Perry
You're right, keeping track of multiple projects and their documents can become time-consuming and frustrating. Following this link http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/taxonomy_menu/4/4 may provide you with a solution with a small download: Bookmarks Menuby hanya BookmarksMenu is an

Re: [users] HELP!

2007-12-04 Thread S Perry
It sounds as if you are trying to save files received from your clients that you've modified, but were initially read only. Have you tried saving the file with a new name, as well as an extension appropriate for your client? I work with client's files daily. If they're sent to me as read only,

Re: [users] Paste Special

2007-12-03 Thread S Perry
What aspect of Paste Special are you using, i.e. as text...? When you search (Ctrl F), are you searching for numbers or text? Walter Hildebrandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do a Paste Special and the cells paste properly. When I do a Find Replace the pasted cells are not found when the

Re: [users] [moderated] iam a new user

2007-10-30 Thread S Perry
You've reached the users mailing list. What, exactly, are you trying to log into? kupfersteinl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how do i log in __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [users] I have a problem with open office writer

2007-10-21 Thread S Perry
Cette liste de utilisateurs émane des Etats-Unis. Svp visite http://fr.openoffice.org/contact-forums.html users-fr La liste d'aide aux utilisateurs de OpenOffice.org le logiciel James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christine Cochet-Schepers wrote: Hello, My name is christine, I have

Re: [users] Outlook portion of Office Standard

2007-10-21 Thread S Perry
OpenOffice does not include an email program. However, many people use Thunderbird, from www.mozilla.com. Others use OperaMail from www.opera.com. TomW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Knott wrote: jaynewlf wrote: Looking at the various features, I could not fine the above subject which

RE: [users] export to Word DOC format and images

2007-10-16 Thread S Perry
In every version of MS Word that I have used, there is a setting accessed through TOOLS OPTIONS VIEW where you have a checkbox for using placeholders. I suggest that you uncheck that box. There is no setting for this in Oo. Zinger, Alexey (GE, Corporate, consultant) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : Font is fuzzy

2007-10-16 Thread S Perry
Joseph, What font are you using? When you say it looks fuzzy, do you mean when it's printed, or when it's on the screen? If it's printed, you may want to check your printer properties and check black or grayscale, instead of color. Otherwise, it may be a failing printhead. JOSEPH

Re: [users] Totalling fields on a form that aren't connected to a table

2007-10-07 Thread S Perry
Why create a calculation form in OoWriter instead of OoCalc? You can make it look like a Writer document without printing the gridlines. Then, you can make all of the calculations you could ever want. You can also number them sequentially, if you want. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm

Re: [users] What are the keyboard shortcuts to insert special characters in Writer on my laptop

2007-10-06 Thread S Perry
Whatever alt codes you are used to using will work in OpenOffice. However, you don't need to use FN, simply use ALT+alt code. Lisa Hetherington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ALT+FN+ the alt code, I think Will this work for all Windows software applications ...Lisa

Re: [users] [moderated] Oo Calc Crashing

2007-10-05 Thread S Perry
It is difficult to assist you without your operating system information, along with your amount of memory (RAM). However, you problem seems to stem from your having insufficient memory. It is advisable to close (using Task Manager, if you are using Windows) all unnecessary programs when you try

Re: [users] OOo user list survey

2007-09-24 Thread S Perry
Jim Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to find out how many people are actually subscribed to this User List to see if there is justification to make changes to how the list works with regard to subscribe requirements or not. Okay this will only work best

Re: [users] generating csv files.

2007-09-12 Thread S Perry
What tool are you using? Can you change the parameters in the tool? I use CSV files with many programs and have not run into this problem. Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While generating a CSV, Calc generates some quotes where (I believe) Excel does not. A short example is

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

2007-09-12 Thread S Perry
It sounds as if your e-mail recipients need to update their Adobe Acrobat Reader software at http://www.adobe.com/ and choose their appropriate platform. Adobe Acrobat is backward compatible, but not forward compatible. wgba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I recently purchased the open

Re: [users] Launching Open Office

2007-09-12 Thread S Perry
Go to the folder/directory where you put OpenOffice, go to the PROGRAM sub-folder/sub-directory, look for quicklaunch.exe, right click on it to put a shortcut on your desktop... assuming that you are using Windows. Clicking on your desktop icon will then allow you to begin using Writer, Calc,

Re: [users] Open form from another form

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
Include a hyperlink to the form you wish to open. It's on the INSERT menu. Dani Valverde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, How can I open a form from another form? Best regards, Dani - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Open form from another form

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
is that the hyperlink links you to an external document, and what I need is to open a form from the same database. En/na S Perry ha escrit: Include a hyperlink to the form you wish to open. It's on the INSERT menu. Dani Valverde wrote: Hello, How can I open a form from another form? Best regards

Re: [users] Open form from another form

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
it with a button action. Does anyone have a macro to open a form from another form with a button action? I have no idea on macro programming... En/na S Perry ha escrit: Include a hyperlink to the form you wish to open. It's on the INSERT menu. Dani Valverde wrote: Hello, How can I open a form

Re: [users] Shortcut

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
Joe, OpenOffice.org Calc Options Defines various settings for spreadsheets, contents to be displayed, and the cursor direction after a cell entry. You can also define sorting lists, determine the number of decimal places and the settings for recording and highlighting changes.

Re: [users] Open Office problem in Kubuntu Feisty

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
Is this a new installation? or a new problem arising in a previous installation? What version of OpenOffice are you using? Gordon Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there, I have a problem when I am trying to fire up open office by either clicking the button on menu, or from a shell

Re: [users] Shortcut

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
Joe, Cor is indeed correct about the shortcut included in Oo 2.3., however, it is only for English keyboard layouts. Shortcut keys show formulas The shortcut key Ctrl~ toggles between formula result and formula For all cells on a sheet. (English keyboard layouts only.)

Re: [users] Massaging data in Calc

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
Hi Joe, How are your phone numbers entered? 000333 000-333- 000333444 111222 000-333- 111-222- Or, some other format? This information will help us help you figure this out. Joe Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to do something I thought

Re: [users] Open form from another form

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
inserted a bookmark in the form Spots called Spots, and then in the URL combobox I have written the bokmark name (Spots), but nothing happens. Which could be the problem? En/na S Perry ha escrit: Dani, Here's the information you seem to be seeking that is found by clicking HELP: Inserting

Re: [users] Massaging data in Calc

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
:D569;FIND( ;D2:D569)))} -- Joe Greene UNIX Systems, Network and IT Specialist If you aren't having fun, you're doing the wrong thing! All opinions expressed are mine alone. You Can't Have them! S Perry wrote: Hi Joe, How are your phone numbers entered? 000333 000-333- 000333444

Re: [users] Advance Handbook for Base

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
There is also [EMAIL PROTECTED], and http://documentation.openoffice.org/online_help/htmlhelp/base_index.html Dave Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message From: Eduardo Perez Date: Mon 10 Sep 2007 05:07:13 EST Hello. I look for information detailed for Base. I

Re: [users] Fw: using version 2.2.1 on windows xp; ' ctrl : ' to get today's date;Is there an equivalent on openoffice calc?

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
In Oo Calc you use Shift+Ctrl 3 (on the keyboard, not the number pad). Julia Segal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Excel i used ' ctrl : ' to get today's date; (several times a day; it's driving me mad having to remember the date!) Is there an equivalent on openoffice calc? Julia Segal

Re: [users] Fw: using version 2.2.1 on windows xp; ' ctrl : ' to get today's date;Is there an equivalent on openoffice calc?

2007-09-09 Thread S Perry
You could also write a keyboard macro to do this and assign it to Ctrll+: so that it would be the same as you are used to. Julia Segal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Excel i used ' ctrl : ' to get today's date; (several times a day; it's driving me mad having to remember the date!) Is there

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

2007-09-05 Thread S Perry
That's an extremely old version. You may wish to go to the OpenOffice website and download the newest edition designed for your platform: http://www.openoffice.org/. There have been many improvements and enhancements that you will appreciate since version 1.1.4. Dan Lewis [EMAIL

Re: [users] Data Loss

2007-09-01 Thread S Perry
Your problem seems to be memory related. How much memory do you have? Anything less than 256MB may give you a less than satisfactory experience. To help you in the future, go to Tools Options Load/Save General Save AutoRecovery information every X minutes. I set mine for 1 minute. That

Re: [users] Printing problem in calc 2.2.1

2007-08-30 Thread S Perry
Your problem seems to be a lack of a region named Print Area. Even though what you see on the print preview is what you want, you must define it as the Print Area, just as you would define any other region with a name. Scott Castaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe Conner wrote: See

Re: [users] bug help

2007-08-29 Thread S Perry
It appears to me that you must have downloaded a copy of OpenOffice elsewhere, or else purchased a CD from someone else. Consequently, your username and password from that site (the one where you registered OpenOffice) will not work on the OpenOffice website. Why don't you try re-registering

Re: [users] Suggest an alternitive

2007-08-29 Thread S Perry
In Outlook, click on EXPORT, I believe it's on the FILE menu. Export your contacts in your address book as a CSV file (comma separated values). That will give you all of your information in a text format. Then go to OpenOffice Calc and open your CSV file. Everything will jump into the

Re: [users] Fw: [discuss] spanish

2007-08-29 Thread S Perry
Yes, and more. Check out this link: http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html. The following is from the top of that page. Native Language Confederation Lead: Charles H. Schulz Co-Lead: Louis Suárez-Potts Homepage: Native Language Confederation The Native Language Confederation

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

2007-08-28 Thread S Perry
Another quick method that will work in just about any program is to copy and paste the desired material into a text editor, such as Windows Notepad. You don't have to save it in Notepad. Then, recopy everything again and paste it into your OpenOffice document. The foray into Notepad will

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

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

Re: [users] Hebrew Language Tech

2007-08-27 Thread S Perry
Where did you send your request? What was your technical problem? Perhaps it's not isolated to Hebrew. Tomer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, about a week ago, i was trying to subscribe to the Hebrew site of open office, to solve a tech problem, but no one got back to me. do you know if its

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-08-27 Thread S Perry
Are you trying to open your Briefcase Word documents with OpenOffice Writer? This list is for OpenOffice users, not Word nor Yahoo. Jim Baldry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RE: my documents residing in Yahoo briefcase are Word. Downloaded documents from briefcase will not open so that I can

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

2007-08-27 Thread S Perry
Having used QuickBooks with OpenOffice, the easiest way to get them to work is to change your file associations. Assuming you are using Windows (per your e-mail), open Windows explorer and look for the various extensions that you formerly used with MS Office. Find each one in turn, i.e. *.doc,

Re: [users] Search Replce hard line returns

2007-08-24 Thread S Perry
OpenOffice Help is a little ambiguous about this, it says: to search for \n and replace with \n. Yes, you can include a word before the carriage return in your search and/or replace. The section you need to read in OpenOffice Help is called Regular Expressions. hth. --- Sam Warren [EMAIL

Re: [users] questions about Open Office

2007-08-13 Thread S Perry
The following was discussed last month: On 07/18/2007 03:37 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: M Henri Day wrote: Harold, as Jonathon has not yet responded, I take the liberty of forwarding you herewith the URL of a page, not, indeed, produced by Microsoft, but by the ITS help desk at the

Re: [users] Missing Top Margin

2007-08-08 Thread S Perry
I agree about the printer driver. Additionally, what units have you chosen in TOOLS OPTIONS? If you've chosen metric units, make sure that your margins are specified in terms of cms not mms, i.e. 2.2 cms equals about an inch, whereas 2.2 mms would be barely noticeable. --- Frank Cox [EMAIL

Re: [users] Missing Top Margin

2007-08-08 Thread S Perry
that is produced by this action. Regards, Alan Marsh On 8 Aug 2007, at 07:57, S Perry wrote: I agree about the printer driver. Additionally, what units have you chosen in TOOLS OPTIONS? If you've chosen metric units, make sure that your margins are specified in terms of cms not mms, i.e. 2.2 cms

Re: [users] Missing Top Margin

2007-08-08 Thread S Perry
with the text in the correct place is to print to file then print the postscript file that is produced by this action. Regards, Alan Marsh On 8 Aug 2007, at 07:57, S Perry wrote: I agree about the printer driver. Additionally, what units have you chosen in TOOLS OPTIONS? If you've chosen metric units

Re: [users] DELETING OTHER SOFTWARE

2007-08-08 Thread S Perry
Should I assume that you mean that since you've installed OpenOffice that you can delete the MS Office programs? Before you do that, you may want to check the format you saved them in and try opening them in OpenOffice first, before you delete your programs. To what part of MS Office are you

Re: [users] Downloading CD

2007-08-08 Thread S Perry
Return to the download page and click REFRESH. You may be loading the error page from your cache. OpenOffice has no distributors per se, individuals choose to provide them for potential users with download problems, most are not very expensive and many include helpful enhancements. And, yes,

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

2007-08-08 Thread S Perry
Sure wish you would erase YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE and insert a real subject; the YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE thread is HUGE. Explain what you mean about not being able to open a blank text document. Are you saying that when you have opened OpenOffice and click on NEW that you are

Re: [users] Business Card problem

2007-08-07 Thread S Perry
Barbara, The following should fix your problem: Uncheck the box found by clicking through the following: TOOLS OPTIONS PRINT Convert colors to grayscale web kracked [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Barbara Duprey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] No access to MS Works files with .wps extension

2007-08-07 Thread S Perry
That's why it's best in MS Works, depending on the version, to save text files as rtf, doc or text. If you had MS Works on your old computer, you most likely have a disc. You may not think you have MS Works, because it usually resides on a disk labeled MS Word. If you don't have the disk,

Re: [users] [moderated] Read Only Files

2007-08-07 Thread S Perry
You just subscribed/downloaded WHAT? OpenOffice? If not OpenOffice, then this isn't what you're looking for. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 04 August 2007 13:23:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just subscribed/downloaded. Microsoft Word Document Files on a CD are now designated

Re: [users] removing my e-mail address from a forum

2007-08-02 Thread S Perry
Perhaps you would prefer the digest version with less e-mail. You can subscribe by sending an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the Subject: subscribe William Starin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love OpenOffice, but never expected this much E-mail. Could you remove [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

RE: [users] RE: Spanish Punctuation Marks etc. (was [users] openoffice writer)

2007-07-31 Thread S Perry
Unless we use A\\ accent in AutoCorrect. How challenging is that? For myself, I use A\\ (as well as several other letters, such as SA, SE, SN for Spanish and FC for the French cedilla) to trigger AutoCorrect, since I use a lot of accent marks in different languages. I use the backslash instead

Re: [users] Creating a formula based on a condition

2007-07-29 Thread S Perry
Have you tried using a regular expression which should catch all occurrences of State? In Oo Help, search for regular expressions to see how it should be written. Then, you should be able to add the regular expression to your IF formula. You can't use a wildcard such as * or ? in a formula (to

Re: [users] Calc issue I've stumbled across

2007-07-28 Thread S Perry
This must be frustrating for you. First, you should know that =IF(D15=...) is not equal to =IF(D15=0...). The former may indeed evaluate to 0, but then again it may not, depending on whether you have formatted the cell as a number or text. You may be introducing some of these errors

Re: [users] Re: Append CSV file

2007-07-25 Thread S Perry
It's true that Excel has that useful capability. The best workaround for Oo is to import the external data to the new sheet, copy it, paste it where you want it and then delete the new sheet. That can all be written as a macro. John King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote:

Re: [users] problema

2007-07-23 Thread S Perry
(Suggestion for subscribing to the Italian users' list) Ulteriormente, potete trasmettere un email a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con l'oggetto: abbonisi. M. Fioretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (redirecting vittorio to the Italian OOo users list) On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 16:06:03 PM +0200,

Re: [users] fractions?

2007-07-19 Thread S Perry
The quickest and easiest method I know for coping with your scattered fractions is to write a simple macro. The operation is to highlight 7/8 (or any fraction of your choice) with the mouse, turn on the Macro Recorder, hit FORMAT CHARACTER POSITION and click on superscript. Assign a

Re: [users] OO 1.1.3. No-help. Feeling frustrated. Help, please!

2007-07-19 Thread S Perry
I recently had a similar problem that caused anxiety until I found the problem. At 650x480, I couldn't see the buttons to click on. Even though I use Windows, you may be able to glean what you need to do for your system. In DOS, I read through my configuration files, such as system.ini and

Re: [users] Re: OOo Version 2.2.1

2007-07-19 Thread S Perry
Have you tried saving your Spanish version under a different name by using Save As? If you're in the same session, you should be able to modify it. I'm not sure what would happen the next time you try to open it, however, since we don't know what your settings are. Have you tried making it a

Re: [users] Impress: Exporting to HTML using 1024x768 images

2007-07-19 Thread S Perry
As a webmaster, I deal with this type of situation daily. From your brief description, it's impossible to help you without making numerous assumptions, which likely would be incorrect. However, if you don't need this in the next 24 hours (25 hours is OK), you can send it to me off-list and I'll

Re: [users] MailMerge service leaves fields in output

2007-07-18 Thread S Perry
How are you marking your field references? Baldwin, Barney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to use the MailMerge service via the openoffice 2.2 API on Windows XP. I've written a java program modelled after the MailMerger.java example. It outputs the correct number of documents, and I can

Re: [users] SOLICITUD DE MANUAL AVANZADO DE OPENOFFICE WRITER 2.0

2007-07-18 Thread S Perry
to redirect them. Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 19:50 17/07/2007 -0700, S Perry wrote: This is the American OpenOffice users mailing list. Interesting! Could you perhaps direct us to the Canadian list, the New Zealand list, the Australian, the Irish, the British

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