Re: [users] Unscrupulous dealings - OOo imposters

2009-03-03 Thread Scott Castaline
Robert Holtzman wrote: On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Mike Dawe wrote: ...snip. I have come across another, even more convincing scam. It is also another *google* sponsored link. Type openoffice into Google's search engine and you will get both the filechampion.com scam

Re: [users] fonts in base

2008-12-25 Thread Scott Castaline
Joe Grech wrote: How can I change the fonts (size and style) in OO Base? Tks _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx I'm pretty sure that the fonts option in

Re: [users] [Fwd: ezmlm warning]

2008-10-23 Thread Scott Castaline
Mike Scott wrote: John Boyle wrote: To the List: Is this a valid message? What gives? :-( Yes. It just means the list expander has received bounces for your email addy. From the end: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sorry, I couldn't find a mail exchanger or IP address. (#5.4.4) Which sounds as though

[users] Who is Kaye Evans?

2008-10-05 Thread Scott Castaline
Who is this Kay Evans? I logged onto my mail server this morning and received 801 messages from this list, I would say at least 80% of them are from this Kaye Evans. Will you please stop. I'm receiving a nastyogram from my isp. This isn't helping my bandwidth cap. Thank you. I hope that you

Re: [users] EvilGrade Exploit tool kit alleges it attacks OO.o installer

2008-08-02 Thread Scott Castaline
David B Teague wrote: Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 02 August 2008 17:49:40 David B Teague wrote: This is a very brief summary from this web site http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2008/07/evilgrade_exploit_toolkit_atta .php The article says the EvilGrade Exploit tool kit is able to

Re: [users] Fwd: confirm unsubscribe from users@openoffice.org

2008-08-01 Thread Scott Castaline
Wade Smart wrote: 20080801 1749 GMT-6 I guess you weren't around when 350 emails came through over and over and over again. Oh well, hind sight is marvelous! Wade David B Teague wrote: What is it that Christopher Robin said about Pooh Bear? Something like, He is a Bear of very little

Re: [users] spreadsheets databases

2008-07-11 Thread Scott Castaline
Adrian Try wrote: Hi Alvin I have used word processing programs such as Word and WordPerfect, so Writer hasn't been much of a challenge for me. But now I'd like to learn how to use Calc and dBase, and I've never used spreadsheets or databases before, so it's quite a challenge. Is there

Re: [users] OT: user list messages bouncing

2008-06-26 Thread Scott Castaline
Ennio-Sr wrote: * Wade Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] [260608, 15:27]: 20080626 1524 GMT-6 I get the email in spurts. Sometimes several in a row - sometimes not. Anyone know if this is something to check out or just say - ok - and blow off? Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! This is the

Re: [users] What are we here for?

2008-06-14 Thread Scott Castaline
John Boyle wrote: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: Dave Craven wrote: Also, OpenOffice is included with many linux distros, so the installation issues are simply not there. Good Point. Also probably why there were fewer downloads for Linux than Mac

Re: [users] What are we here for?

2008-06-14 Thread Scott Castaline
John Boyle wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: John Boyle wrote: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: Dave Craven wrote: Also, OpenOffice is included with many linux distros, so the installation issues are simply not there. Good Point. Also probably why there were fewer

Re: [users] What are we here for?

2008-06-12 Thread Scott Castaline
Dave Craven wrote: -Original Message- From: James Knott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:20 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] What are we here for? Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Drew Jensen wrote: Please - IMO this list is to offer

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-05-14 Thread Scott Castaline
James Knott wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: Drew Jensen wrote: [snip] Are there individuals, companies, that would rather go the pick and choose route - of course there are, but I submit that this is not the majority of prospective SMB users...they have neither the time, personnel nor

Re: [users] Re: New version of most complete free office suite is available

2008-05-01 Thread Scott Castaline
M Henri Day wrote: 2008/5/1 Drew Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: M Henri Day wrote: 2008/5/1 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 05/01/2008 05:57 AM, M Henri Day wrote: KAMI, is a 64-bit deb available ? If so, could you kindly provide a link

Re: [users] Re: your product

2008-05-01 Thread Scott Castaline
Wade Smart wrote: Jack D. Lewis wrote: NoOp wrote the following on 5/1/2008 12:16 PM: On 05/01/2008 04:16 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Repeat after me: I will not feed the trolls. I will not feed the trolls. I will not feed the trolls.

Re: [users] Re: your product

2008-05-01 Thread Scott Castaline
Drew Jensen wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: Wade Smart wrote: Jack D. Lewis wrote: NoOp wrote the following on 5/1/2008 12:16 PM: On 05/01/2008 04:16 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Repeat after me: I will not feed the trolls. I will not feed the trolls. I will not feed the trolls

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-21 Thread Scott Castaline
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 21/04/2008, Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First IMHO: There are many excellent email clients available for all platform, Linux, Windows, Mac, and as a result why waste valuable resources to create, package, and maintain an OO.o email client. Second again

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-17 Thread Scott Castaline
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 18/04/2008, John Boyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Dotan: On both Linux and Windows, the comment was made about some program called Pegasus, which also has some problems with it. I was trying to make sure every one remembered Seamonkey as it has all that is needed and

Re: [users] OOo to support OOXML import only, not export

2008-04-16 Thread Scott Castaline
Robin Laing wrote: James Knott wrote: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/office_open_xml_ooxml_filters But this blog post is 9 months old. Things have changed in the real world since then. I would like to see confirmation that this is still the case. On that matter, I really don't care

Re: [users] why i am unsubscribing from this list

2008-04-08 Thread Scott Castaline
Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Phil, I checked out the link below, but still have a question: What's ezw and what does it have to do with open office? tc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I posted a request asking what I should do with ezw attachments - I got no response that I can read, couldn't even read

Re: [users] media player

2008-03-08 Thread Scott Castaline
No, you are not alone and it is not a Ubuntu thing, but it may be a deb thing. I have it in Debian Etch, running 2.0.4 (Also under Tools.) Lisi Not just a deb thing either. Non distro RPM based 2.3.1 has it as well. Haven't found a file type that it can deal with yet.

Re: [users] media player

2008-03-08 Thread Scott Castaline
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/3/8, Scott Castaline [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not just a deb thing either. Non distro RPM based 2.3.1 has it as well. Haven't found a file type that it can deal with yet. I tried a few formats. All audio formats I tried worked, which was flac, wav (24-bit, I am

Re: [users] ConsortiumInfo.org - Showdown in Geneva: OOXML Fails to Achieve Majority Approval at BRM

2008-02-29 Thread Scott Castaline
James Knott wrote: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080229055319727 I like the closing paragraph in the article mentioned above. Particularly half way through the second sentence. Oh, and the last sentence is definitely a LOL moment.

Re: [users] Re: how to Send FAX

2008-02-19 Thread Scott Castaline
James Knott wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: No, actually a mini. It started life on a DEC PDP-8 and was then rewritten for the PDP-11. PDP-7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-7 Sorry, memory is starting to fail, or fall, or where am I

Re: [users] Failed Memory was: Re: [users] Re: how to Send FAX

2008-02-19 Thread Scott Castaline
Bruce Reed wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: James Knott wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: No, actually a mini. It started life on a DEC PDP-8 and was then rewritten for the PDP-11. PDP-7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-7 Sorry, memory is starting to fail, or fall, or where am I? Was that UNIX

Re: [users] Re: how to Send FAX

2008-02-19 Thread Scott Castaline
James Knott wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: James Knott wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: No, actually a mini. It started life on a DEC PDP-8 and was then rewritten for the PDP-11. PDP-7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-7 Sorry, memory is starting to fail, or fall, or where am I? Oz

Re: [users] Re: how to Send FAX

2008-02-18 Thread Scott Castaline
Bob Estes wrote: James Knott wrote: Bob Estes wrote: Lisi Reisz wrote: On Monday 18 February 2008 08:57, Bob Estes wrote: The vet I take my pets to doesn't accept email, because of all the viruses etc., he was always getting. He doesn't seem to realize that running Windows is the

Re: [users] Re:www.proseconsult.com

2008-01-29 Thread Scott Castaline
Allen wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: [snip] I am really starting to dislike the latest incarnation of Outlook. Starting to? I quit helping people use it. Now, when someone calls, I simply tell them to download and install Thunderbird, which I'll gladly help them with. These are the few

Re: [users] Stop already-was? Marco - please stop trying to dictate the list's James K. may you please stop ...

2008-01-23 Thread Scott Castaline
Pat Brown wrote: All this teeth gnashing and verbal diarrhea is tiring. About the only thing it's succeeded in doing is making me do a wholesale delete of all emails from the Users group. I thought most of the people on this list were adults? -- Pat Brown

Re: [users] OOo zealot, me?

2008-01-22 Thread Scott Castaline
James Knott wrote: Healthy Beaver wrote: -Original Message- From: Michael Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:21 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] OOo zealot, me? On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:47:36 +0200 Dotan Cohen wrote: Not be a zealot or

Re: [users] Re: Re: OOo zealot, me?

2008-01-21 Thread Scott Castaline
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 21/01/2008, Jonathan Kaye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can paste a link to the reader that runs on Ubuntu, I would most appreciate it. Thanks. Hi Dotan, I don't think he can do that. The readers are only available for Windows, at least the one's I've seen. It

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

2008-01-13 Thread Scott Castaline
Richard Detwiler wrote: 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

Re: [users] Sorting in queries (was new user of OOo:Base)

2007-11-19 Thread Scott Castaline
bill purvis wrote: On Monday 19 November 2007, Dan Lewis wrote: On Monday November 19 2007 08:37 am, bill purvis wrote: Drew, I finally decided to install the new version on the present system. Downloaded the tar file with the .deb's in it and unpacked them. Then removed all of the

Re: [users] Sorting in queries (was new user of OOo:Base)

2007-11-19 Thread Scott Castaline
bill purvis wrote: On Monday 19 November 2007, Scott Castaline wrote: bill purvis wrote: Dan, see my latest reponse to Drew. I'm very much a novice at Ubuntu/Debian and my experience is still limited (but still willing to learn). I was brought up on RedHat! (Not actually true - I

Re: [users] Sorting in queries (was new user of OOo:Base)

2007-11-19 Thread Scott Castaline
James Knott wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: Oh man you really do go back!!! In school we had access to a working PDP-8 and used , I can't remember the name of the system but it was an 1100 whatever mfg micro system that stored the code on 8 floppy to boot the PDP-8. I seem to remember we had

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

2007-10-30 Thread Scott Castaline
Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:15:23 -0400 James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Frank! Quit stealing all my answers, before I get a chance to post them. ;-) .adAMMMb. .dAMMMAbn. .adAWAuAWWAbn.

Re: [users] OOo flaw revealed...

2007-10-28 Thread Scott Castaline
Frank Cox wrote: On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:20:37 -0400 Timothy Klaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenOffice.org has a flaw in its Linux version that you may want to remedy quickly. When I use OpenOffice.org on Windows, the auto spell-checker and the spell-checker work perfectly fine. They do

Re: [users] Re: Cannot start Openoffice after re enabling SELinux

2007-10-18 Thread Scott Castaline
Joe Smith wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: ... When I tried it from a terminal I get no suitable windowing system found, exiting. After google search I found some old issues with this and tried what was mentioned as the fix, with no luck. My guess is that the relabeling broke something, but what

Re: [users] Re: Cannot start Openoffice after re enabling SELinux

2007-10-18 Thread Scott Castaline
Joe Smith wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: I am replying to my reply, because I am finally seeing the error that Joe Smith mentions in my syslog file. I am kind of surprised that this did not show up in the SELinux troubleshooter GUI like it usually does. I was able to pull up the full

Re: [users] Re: Cannot start Openoffice after re enabling SELinux

2007-10-18 Thread Scott Castaline
NoOp wrote: On 10/17/2007 09:32 PM, Joe Smith wrote: Scott Castaline wrote: ... When I tried it from a terminal I get no suitable windowing system found, exiting. After google search I found some old issues with this and tried what was mentioned as the fix, with no luck. My guess

Re: [users] Re: Cannot start Openoffice after re enabling SELinux

2007-10-18 Thread Scott Castaline
NoOp wrote: On 10/18/2007 10:48 AM, Scott Castaline wrote: NoOp wrote: Maybe related to this? http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.3 http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.3#Known_issues Known issues FunctionDescription Issue

Re: [users] Re: Cannot start Openoffice after re enabling SELinux

2007-10-18 Thread Scott Castaline
Joe Smith wrote: NoOp wrote: On 10/18/2007 10:48 AM, Scott Castaline wrote: ... The log actually will point you in the right direction allowing you to fix the issue. In my case it was related to 1 specific file that needed to be fixed. Then please comment/add to the bug report. Just

[users] Cannot start Openoffice after re enabling SELinux

2007-10-17 Thread Scott Castaline
I was trouble shooting a printer problem and had disabled SELinux. After my test I re enabled it rebooted and then had to rboot again to allow it to relabel the hard drives. When it came back up I could no longer run Openoffice. When I tried it from a terminal I get no suitable windowing

Re: [users] Open Office on a system containing 2 operating systems

2007-10-06 Thread Scott Castaline
dougM wrote: I have a dual-boot system too, Linux and XP, with OpenOffice installed in each. What I do is transfer files to a USB flash drive -- you can get those for very little on eBay. Then each OS can read it, treating the flash drive as an external drive, and you can drag and drop a

Re: [users] network drive oddity (XP)

2007-10-05 Thread Scott Castaline
mike scott wrote: I have been doing some work from XP, with OOo (2.3) getting its files off drive H:, a network drive (served by samba 3.0.25a on freebsd 6.2 as it happens). Normally, no problem. However there's obviously an XP oddity, in that if XP hibernates and is woken up again, the

Re: [users] Calc: Formula or Logical Function

2007-09-25 Thread Scott Castaline
Scott Castaline wrote: Brian Barker wrote: At 11:18 24/09/2007 -0400, you wrote: I have a calc form that I want to create a logical function for based upon which of 2 columns would have a date entered. So IF (D1=??/??/?? AND F1=(); then G1=75 or IF (D1=() AND F1=??/??/??; then G1=15*I1). I

Re: [users] OOo user list survey

2007-09-24 Thread Scott Castaline
[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 if everyone subscribed will do this. Even

Re: [users] Upgrading From Version 2.2.1 to Version 2.3

2007-09-24 Thread Scott Castaline
James Knott wrote: Subhamay DEBROY wrote: Dear Sirs, I am using Version 2.2.1 of OpenOffice.org. I would like to upgrade to Version 2.3 at the earliest. Do you suggest I uninstall Version 2.2.1 before downloading Version 2.3 OR do I simply download Version 2.3 and Version 2.2.1 would

[users] Calc: Formula or Logical Function

2007-09-24 Thread Scott Castaline
I have a calc form that I want to create a logical function for based upon which of 2 columns would have a date entered. So IF (D1=??/??/?? AND F1=(); then G1=75 or IF (D1=() AND F1=??/??/??; then G1=15*I1). I cannot have a date entered into both D1 and F1, it has to be either one. If there is

Re: [users] Calc: Formula or Logical Function

2007-09-24 Thread Scott Castaline
Brian Barker wrote: At 11:18 24/09/2007 -0400, you wrote: I have a calc form that I want to create a logical function for based upon which of 2 columns would have a date entered. So IF (D1=??/??/?? AND F1=(); then G1=75 or IF (D1=() AND F1=??/??/??; then G1=15*I1). I cannot have a date

Re: [users] Re: SUN Mgr-Have home user that cannot uninstall OpenOffice

2007-09-18 Thread Scott Castaline
NoOp wrote: On 09/18/2007 06:09 PM, Keith Bates wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:53:25 -0700 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now on the other hand, we can :-) as we are as free as beer (where did that saying come from anyway?), unless of course we are the one whos shout it is at the moment

Re: [users] Re: [Phoronix] OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 Quietly Released

2007-09-17 Thread Scott Castaline
NoOp wrote: On 09/16/2007 05:59 AM, James Knott wrote: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=NjA2MA http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=NjA2MA And it's officially out now. However, it doesn't look like the windows versions have probigated to all the mirrors

[users] Re: predefined key maps

2007-09-10 Thread Scott Castaline
Brian Barker wrote: At 21:09 09/09/2007 -0400, you wrote: Is there a listing or someway of finding any pre-assigned special function keystrokes? Such as Alt-F4 to close window which I think is actually an OS function, but may be wrong. What - in OpenOffice? o Open a document of the

[users] predifined key maps

2007-09-09 Thread Scott Castaline
Is there a listing or someway of finding any pre-assigned special function keystrokes? Such as Alt-F4 to close window which I think is actually an OS function, but may be wrong. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] Is this site allowed to sell OOo?

2007-09-06 Thread Scott Castaline
web kracked wrote: That is weird someone got the idea of using the web site of WWW.www-openoffice.com and then dropping the WWW. part It looks like the company boxes (or do they) it and adds a anti virus program that I never heard of. Neat idea, but not for the people that have a fast

Re: [users] Invite from Christopher Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

2007-09-02 Thread Scott Castaline
Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi *, Beware of Quechup.com ... - http://groups.google.de/group/Gmail-Users/browse_thread/thread/656ae3699f1c06d1 - http://www.google.com/search?aq=toq=hl=dedomains=openoffice.orgq=QuechupbtnG=Suchesitesearch= 2007/9/2, Christopher Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] ello all, Sorry for the OT. Although I have been 'freed' from M$ oppression for several years now, my formal stance on it is quite 'neutral'. Like the saying in IT, It's all just a tool f

2007-08-31 Thread Scott Castaline
Er no. That means that the vote will be Yes. For this vote M$ is working very heard to ensure that the following standards are adhered to: * a yes vote is a yes * A yes vote with comments is yes * A no vote with comments is yes * A vote to abstain is a yes * A no vote is an abstention; If that

Re: [users] Re: Becoming an agent for Open Office

2007-08-30 Thread Scott Castaline
NoOp wrote: On 08/29/2007 08:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since no one else is telling you about this Linux distro, I will. PCLinuxOS http://www.pclinuxos.com It is a fantastic OS for Windows users moving to Linux or for new users that no nothing about computers. It installs real easy

Re: [users] Becoming an agent for Open Office

2007-08-30 Thread Scott Castaline
Stan Goodman wrote: ** Reply to message from Hagar de l'Est [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:14:05 +0200 Le 30.08.2007 12:25, Bob Burling a écrit : The only thing you cannot do is actually charge for the software. Why not ? Many people do sell OOo (either a CD or even

[users] Printing problem in calc 2.2.1

2007-08-30 Thread Scott Castaline
I have one calc file that contains 14 sheets. When I try to print from one sheet it'll start printing from 4 previous sheets, even though my selection is on the current sheet and the print preview is also showing the current sheet and no others. Help as I think I just killed 5 trees! TIA

Re: [users] Printing problem in calc 2.2.1

2007-08-30 Thread Scott Castaline
Adrian Try wrote: Hi Scott I have one calc file that contains 14 sheets. When I try to print from one sheet it'll start printing from 4 previous sheets, even though my selection is on the current sheet and the print preview is also showing the current sheet and no others. Help as I think I

Re: [users] Printing problem in calc 2.2.1

2007-08-30 Thread Scott Castaline
Joe Conner wrote: See http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=69576 Scott Castaline wrote: I have one calc file that contains 14 sheets. When I try to print from one sheet it'll start printing from 4 previous sheets, even though my selection is on the current sheet and the print

Re: [users] Re: Becoming an agent for Open Office

2007-08-30 Thread Scott Castaline
NoOp wrote: On 08/30/2007 07:15 AM, Scott Castaline wrote: As I'm trying to get my wife to make the switch to Linuxfro M$ Winblow$ 2K PRO, I'd be interested in your setup. You can email me off list if there is an issue posting to list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] That goes for your

[users] Creating a formula based on a condition

2007-07-29 Thread Scott Castaline
down into pages of 18 rows at a time, as the templates have preformated headers and additional formulas and the cells also have format info that I don't want to change. If I cut and paste all of the borders and font info gets changed so that I have to go back and change it back. TIA Scott

[users] Creating a formula based on a condition

2007-07-29 Thread Scott Castaline
Just wanted to thank Ken Burnside, Harold Fuchs, and Brian Barker for their quick responses. I had originally tried Ken's solution, nesting 3 IF statements, which worked very well. However I settled with Brian's solution, for a couple of reasons. 1. I'm a lazy/bad typist, 2. The fact that

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

2007-07-29 Thread Scott Castaline
JosephK wrote: On 14:12 Sun 29 Jul , Ken Burnside wrote: =IF(C16=State Funds;135;0) The determining factor is really simple, in all cases where the text in say C16 contains State H16 = 135 otherwise H16 = 0. The determining field could contain just State Funds which is the majority of the

Re: [users] Cannot set my password??

2007-07-25 Thread Scott Castaline
sarah marra wrote: Hi - just joined openoffice when switched to the password screen - I cannot set my password which is wiley62. My username is arrams40 - please help! Sarah Marra Word of advice, this is a public mail list, I would advise you not to send passwords and userids to this or

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

2007-07-17 Thread Scott Castaline
NoOp wrote: On 07/17/2007 02:52 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: I still don't know where this help file should be installed. I don't even know if it's a single file, or whether it's a directory. If I knew its name, I could search for it on my system in case Debian had somehow installed it in the

[users] Form vs. App

2007-07-13 Thread Scott Castaline
I have a need to throw together quickly a semi-automated system for my wife's job. She currently uses forms created in Excel to enter info and notes. Is there a way to lock in the format of these forms, but allow flexibility to expand the part that contains notes. I am also helping her with

Re: [users] Vertical Text

2007-07-12 Thread Scott Castaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by vertical, but in Writer you can go to Format Page Page and change orientation to landscape. You can also go to Format Columns to set up columns if this is what you want. In Calc, you can go to Format Cells Alignment to rotate text.

Re: [users] inserting database fields into a document using Macros

2007-07-04 Thread Scott Castaline
Gary Dale wrote: Yes please. If you're still interested in populating fields in a document from a database, I have some sample code around. It's got a custom data entry form that lets you find a record in a database, then you hit a button, and various fields get populated. Reply to this email

[users] Unable to upgrade from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1

2007-07-01 Thread Scott Castaline
I am on FC6 with OOo-2.2.0, and am trying to upgrade to OOo-2.2.1. I have downloaded and unpacked all of the rpm files. Then I go into the sub-directory containing all of the rpm files as root and execute the following also as root: rpm -Uivh *.rpm. I'll get a long list of errors which I'll

[users] Unable to upgrade from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1

2007-07-01 Thread Scott Castaline
I am on FC6 with OOo-2.2.0, and am trying to upgrade to OOo-2.2.1. I have downloaded and unpacked all of the rpm files. Then I go into the sub-directory containing all of the rpm files as root and execute the following also as root: rpm -Uivh *.rpm. I'll get a long list of errors which I'll

[users] Problems upgrading to 2.2.1 from 2.2.0

2007-06-29 Thread Scott Castaline
I am on FC6 with OOo-2.2.0, and am trying to upgrade to OOo-2.2.1. I have downloaded and unpacked all of the rpm files. Then I go into the sub-directory containing all of the rpm files as root and execute the following also as root: rpm -Uivh *.rpm. I'll get a long list of errors which I'll

Re: [users] Problems upgrading to 2.2.1 from 2.2.0

2007-06-29 Thread Scott Castaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 29 June 2007 08:56:00 Scott Castaline wrote: I am on FC6 with OOo-2.2.0, and am trying to upgrade to OOo-2.2.1. I have downloaded and unpacked all of the rpm files. Then I go into the sub-directory containing all of the rpm files as root and execute

Re: [users] Problems upgrading to 2.2.1 from 2.2.0

2007-06-29 Thread Scott Castaline
Scott Castaline wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 29 June 2007 08:56:00 Scott Castaline wrote: I am on FC6 with OOo-2.2.0, and am trying to upgrade to OOo-2.2.1. I have downloaded and unpacked all of the rpm files. Then I go into the sub-directory containing all of the rpm files