[users] Creating a double column screenplay view.

2011-08-06 Thread William Case
Dotage must be setting in. I set this up a couple of years ago with no problem, now I am having all kinds of frustration. I want to set it up myself and not rely on a template. Here is what I want. Two columns with a section split for each item across the two columns so that words can be added

[users] Re: Creating a double column screenplay view.

2011-08-06 Thread William Case
On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 01:45 +0100, Brian Barker wrote: > At 18:24 06/08/2011 -0400, William Case wrote: > >Dotage must be setting in. > > I wouldn't assume that. > > What you need is a table, with two columns and many rows. You may > want the table to have no bor

[users] Re: Creating a double column screenplay view. [SOLVED]

2011-08-07 Thread William Case
Thanks Mike Scott. On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 07:58 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: > >>> Dotage must be setting in. > >> > >> I wouldn't assume that. > > > > > Well, I'm tempted offer "your own" solution. You seem to be using the > right words: > > "Insert | section", specify two columns. Enter material

Re: [users] [OT] Memorial Day

2009-05-26 Thread William Case
Hi; That reminds me ... On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 11:07 +0200, M Henri Day wrote: > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Guy Voets [mailto:nimant...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:50 PM > > To: users@openoffice.org > > Subject: Re: [users] [OT] Memorial Day > > > > 2009/5/26 N

[users] Setting page number is un-intuative ??

2009-09-16 Thread William Case
Hi; Just comparing notes. I find setting or re-setting the page number un-intuitive. Every time I want to start or re-start numbering I end up searching on all the menus for a way of doing it. Then I have to once again use Help => Index => Page numbers. From there it takes three or four key st

Re: [users] Variable page headlines

2009-11-23 Thread William Case
Hi; On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 10:06 -0500, Richard Detwiler wrote: > Barbara Duprey wrote: > > Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: > >> In a layout for publishing (Openoffice 3.1.1, Debian GNU/Linux) I > >> need to have page headlines that are different on every page. I have > >> inserted headers in left-hand a

Re: [users] Variable page headlines -- re-wording

2009-11-23 Thread William Case
Hi; Just fixing the wording of my previous post. On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 10:26 -0500, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 10:06 -0500, Richard Detwiler wrote: > > Barbara Duprey wrote: > > > Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: > > >> In a layout for publ

[users] Sorting and grouping ?

2009-12-24 Thread William Case
Hi; I may be having a brain cramp but ... In Calc, how do I group some rows together before sorting? For example, I have a small set of data like Col:A Col:B Col:CCol:D row1jkdfa dsajh ociv row2djafsh ire q.e ab row3cd row4

Re: [users] Sorting and grouping ? [SOLVED -Kinda]

2009-12-25 Thread William Case
On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 10:29 -0500, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I may be having a brain cramp but ... > > In Calc, how do I group some rows together before sorting? > > For example, I have a small set of data like > > Col:A Col:B Col:CCol:D > >

Re: [users] Re: FW: America]

2010-01-09 Thread William Case
No one should respond. The guy obviously has mental problems. On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 17:51 -0600, Larry Gusaas wrote: > On 2010/01/09 5:28 PM John Boyle wrote: > > To ALL: Whether you like it or not, here it is, and you can get angry > > at me for sending it to you, BUT THIS I BELIEVE!!! > > Ta

[users] Fix page & Window size in OOo

2010-02-20 Thread William Case
Hi; I want to fix (as in 'make permanent') page size and window size in OOo for Writer and others. Page size: The default image of a page on my 22" LCD screen within OOo window frame is smaller than a real page. Currently I have it zoomed through the 'Zoom & View Layout' dialogue by 105.5% to g

Re: [users] Fix page & Window size in OOo -- Hey guys !!

2010-02-22 Thread William Case
Hi; I am responding to my own post in the hope of getting some guru's attention. The following is an issue I would really like to solve. There must be a configuration file or something that I can't find. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 11:53 -0500, Wi

Re: [users] Fix page & Window size in OOo -- Hey guys !!

2010-02-22 Thread William Case
Thanks Harold; On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 00:18 +, Harold Fuchs wrote: > >>> I want to fix (as in 'make permanent') page size and window size in OOo > >>> for Writer and others. > >>> > >>> Page size: The default image of a page on my 22" LCD screen within OOo > >>> window frame is smaller than a

Re: [users] Re: Fix page & Window size in OOo -- Hey guys !!

2010-02-22 Thread William Case
Russel; On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 12:39 +1100, Russell Butler wrote: > On 23/02/10 12:15, William Case wrote: > > Thanks Harold; > > > > On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 00:18 +, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > > >>>>> I want to fix (as in 'make permanent')

[users] Re: Page numbering => a function

2010-06-02 Thread William Case
Hi; I couldn't help noticing the "I forgot how to do page numbering" thread. After using Open Office for over 5 years I still have to pause to think my way through page numbering. I am not the only one. It seems to be a frequent topic on the list. How difficult would it be to write a function w

[users] Re: Formating cells in Calc

2010-06-12 Thread William Case
Hi; I am probably double thinking myself making things more difficult than they really are - but I can't seem to get the right cell formatting formula. I have imported a set of financial data such that: $10,623,900 (millions) really equals $10,623,900,000. I want to format $10,623,900 so that it

[users] Would like to add extra Text on a line chart ?!?

2010-07-19 Thread William Case
Hi; I have been futzing around with this for a couple of hours now. It must be easy but it escapes me. I have a series of nice looking line charts in Calc. I want to add a text label to the upper left corner that has nothing to do with any of the data within the chart. I.E. Chart 1, Chart 2,

[users] Saving one sheet as a separate file in Calc.

2011-03-21 Thread William Case
Hi; This may just be a brain cramp, but I can't see anything in help. If it is in help could you tell me under which topic I should be looking. I have a big spreadsheet in Calc with several sheets. I simply want to save one sheet to a new file (.xls). The data and calculations on this sheet ar

Re: [users] Re: If I wanted to be told how to think I'd use Microsoft!

2008-08-23 Thread William Case
Hi Phil; Unwanted capitalization used to annoy me to no end. But I haven't had a problem for a couple of versions of OOo Calc. On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 19:39 -0600, Phil Morgan-Ellis wrote: > Done that...didn't help. > > Russell Butler wrote: > > Phil Morgan-Ellis wrote: > >> Excuse me for the exa

[users] Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi; I have two issues that I would like to test before I put in a feature request. The first on is simple; the second a bit more complex. 1) I have just purchased a wide 22" LCD so that I could get two documents on my screen side-by-side. My OOo Writer is zoomed to 106.25% which gives me room

Re: [users] Testing requests for two new features ?? -- More

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi all; While I am asking for the Sun I may as well ask for the Moon too. On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 13:38 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I have two issues that I would like to test before I put in a feature > request. The first on is simple; the second a bit more complex. >

Re: [users] Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi Harold; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:17 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 24/08/2008 18:38, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > [snip] > > > I don't know if it helps but you can move the entire toolbar somewhere > else if you like. For example you can have it vertical

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi Russell; On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 09:19 +1000, Russell Butler wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Hi Harold; > > > > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:17 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> On 24/08/2008 18:38, William Case wrote: > >>> Hi; > >>> > > [

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
On re-reading; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 20:22 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi Russell; > > On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 09:19 +1000, Russell Butler wrote: > > William Case wrote: > > > Hi Harold; > > > > > > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:17 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-24 Thread William Case
Hi Barbara; On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 21:57 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: > William Case wrote: > Are you actually pulling up the "Applied Styles" subset of the various > style types, using the dropdown selection at the bottom of the list? > Those would seem to work as you&#

Re: [users] Re: Testing requests for two new features ??

2008-08-25 Thread William Case
Hi Barbara; Thanks for the interest in this problem. On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 23:31 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Hi Barbara; > > > > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 21:57 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: > > > >> William Case wrote: > >>

[users] Suggestion re: new users and Calc, Impress et al

2007-01-26 Thread William Case
Hi; I too have noticed the number of questions from brand new users about where the rest of the OOo programs are. Might I suggest that the default start up for OOo include a toolbar with launchers for the spreadsheet, write, presentations etc. The tool tip for each icon could include terse expla

[users] Howto Page #0 ??

2007-02-02 Thread William Case
Hi; For speech writing I like to put " Min. 1" in the top right header rather than page numbers. (I present the speech at about 1 page per minute). I can use page numbers = time for all pages; but it has to start at '0' minutes to be right. I have used the 'First Page ' default style to start n

[users] Just some 'Style' observations.

2007-02-05 Thread William Case
Hi; I just spent most of Sunday building two sets of permanent 'Styles'. Although I have been using OOo Write and Calc for over two years and do not consider myself a newbie, it was one of the most frustrating exercises I have had using a computer in a long time. I tried to follow both the onlin

Re: [users] Just some 'Style' observations.

2007-02-05 Thread William Case
Hi Dan; Thanks for your reply. I wasn't initially looking for a response. My post was mainly a Monday morning vent. However ... On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 10:05 -0600, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Monday February 05 2007 9:47 am, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > > I just spe

Re: [users] Just some 'Style' observations.

2007-02-05 Thread William Case
project. On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 06:48 +1300, Michael Adams wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:15:58 -0500 > William Case wrote: [big snip] > > With many Open Source Projects the area that gets the least input is > usually documentation. The documentation team, i am sure, would w

Re: [users] Just some 'Style' observations.

2007-02-06 Thread William Case
Hi Dan; I am also taking the liberty of responding to you directly. I have visited the sites you mentioned and would like to reply to you. On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 11:37 -0600, Dan Lewis wrote: > I hope you will not mind if I reply directly to you on this > point. From your reply it appears t

[users] Styles dropdown on Formating Toolbar??

2007-02-06 Thread William Case
Hi; I have managed to create a working set of styles attached to a template I have called Speech.ott Is there a way to identify a limited set of styles (page, title, headers, text body) for one type of document or template? For example, I want to create a 'Speech' type style that shows only the

Re: [users] Styles dropdown on Formating Toolbar?? -Clarification

2007-02-06 Thread William Case
Hi: Just fixing a a typo. On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 13:55 -0500, William Case wrote: Hi; I have managed to create a working set of styles attached to a template I have called Speech.ott Is there a way to identify a limited set of styles (page, title, headers, text body) for one type of document or

Re: [users] Re: Open Office and Desktop publishing

2007-02-08 Thread William Case
Hi; On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 19:52 +0100, Andreas Siegert wrote: > Subject: Re: [users] Re: Open Office and Desktop publishing > Date: Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 06:13:30PM + > > Hi Graham, > I really wish I still had FM on AIX (or Linux) ;-( > > cheers > afx > Have a look at LaTeX. It has all of

[users] Just a picky little question -- Word to Write ??

2007-02-14 Thread William Case
Hi; I am the only one using OOo on Linux in my group. Everybody else uses M $ Word. When I am emailed a small document (Press Release, Agenda etc.) as an attachment, it opens in OOo slightly larger than the original Word document. That is, it spills over onto a second page or the frames (text b

[users] Accented Characters - new thread ??

2007-02-23 Thread William Case
Hi; I didn't want to hi-jack someone else's thread with a question that is close to the 'Accented Characters' discussion but not quite the same. I want to bind some accented keys and symbols to a mnemonic keys using the left and/or right Super (Windows) key. I would like them to be universal; i.

Re: [users] Accented Characters - new thread ??

2007-02-23 Thread William Case
Thanks for responding Henri; On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:26 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > 2007/2/23, William Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi; > > > > I didn't want to hi-jack someone else's thread with a question that is > > close to the '

Re: [users] Accented Characters - new thread ??

2007-02-23 Thread William Case
Hi Dutch Kind; On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 20:35 +0100, Dutch Kind wrote: > > Thanks for responding Henri; > > > > On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:26 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > > > >> 2007/2/23, William Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> [big snip] > Ma

Re: [users] Accented Characters - new thread ??

2007-02-24 Thread William Case
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 11:46 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > 2007/2/23, William Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Thanks for responding Henri; > > > > On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:26 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > > > 2007/2/23, William Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [users] Accented Characters - new thread ??

2007-02-24 Thread William Case
Hi Howard; Your response got me thinking. No need to reply unless you want but I am using this as an opportunity to get my thoughts down on virtual paper. On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 12:43 -0600, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > On Saturday 24 February 2007 11:18:08 am William Case wrote: > > On

Re: [users] the cent sign

2007-03-08 Thread William Case
Hi; Alluding to a point I was try to make earlier about using unicode ... On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 12:26 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > 2007/3/3, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > Harold, I think we have a misunderstanding : when I write «Alt Gr + c» > > > and «Alt Gr+ Shift + c», I ref

[users] Selection List

2006-08-06 Thread William Case
Hi; When I right click on a cell in Calc I get a 'Selection List' option. It is a nice feature, however I would like to alter it for use in some Spreadsheet columns. I would like to restrict the list to just a few choices rather than all unique items taken from the whole column. I would like to

Re: [users] Selection List

2006-08-06 Thread William Case
Hi Cor and Thanks; On Sun, 2006-06-08 at 22:56 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi William, > > William Case wrote: > > > When I right click on a cell in Calc I get a 'Selection List' option. > > It is a nice feature, however I would like to alter it for use in some

[users] Function for naming ranges ??

2006-08-06 Thread William Case
Hi; How do you name a range in Clac without using the Menu ==> Insert ==> Names ==> Define (Ctrl F3) gui. I am probably confusing myself because of the number of different Spread Sheets I have used over the years. I want to create a whole series of range names and I find after about 8 or 9 names

Re: [users] Re: Function for naming ranges ??

2006-08-07 Thread William Case
Hi Andreas; At the risk of starting a trip down memory lane, your email reminded me of what it was that I was looking for. It no longer exists, I am sure. On Mon, 2006-07-08 at 11:31 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Thanks Klaas; > > > > But I va

[users] Turning off AutoSpellCheck for specific columns-fields in Calc ??

2006-08-07 Thread William Case
Hi; I am constructing a spreadsheet/data base for a small club -- to be passed on to others later. I want to keep AutoSpellCheck running but would like to turn it off in fields like FirstName, LastName, and StreetAddress. I would like to just turn it off for the whole column rather than try to b

[users] DATEVALUE Function and cell referencing in OO Calc ??

2006-08-08 Thread William Case
Hi; Spent several hours on this one. I am trying to set up some date calculations and I can't even get started. I *have* worked a lot with dates in the past. I am trying to set up a series of titles include forward and past meeting dates that occur every Monday (i.e. on Agendas). I would like

Re: [users] Re: DATEVALUE Function ?? [SOLVED]

2006-08-08 Thread William Case
Thanks Andreas; I finally got it working by using several different contortions. Your solutions are naturally more correct and elegant. On Wed, 2006-09-08 at 00:28 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > For now, I just have to get a base date value which I can manip

Re: [users] Re: DATEVALUE Function ?? [SOLVED]

2006-08-09 Thread William Case
Hi and Thanks Andreas; On Wed, 2006-09-08 at 10:51 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > > > > My problem was caused by two fixable things: > > > > 1) Nowhere can I find reference to the need to use =N() in spite of the > > formatting as

[users] Looking for new icons (16x16) ??

2006-08-09 Thread William Case
Hi All; Looking for suggested sites for new OO Toolbar icons. My toolbar customizer says only 16 X 16 will do. I am not making a theme change. I am building a new toolbar for a macro-ized spreadsheet, so I would like more icons that do not represent a known or expected OO action. I have tried O

[users] Getting SDK Installed ??

2006-08-10 Thread William Case
Hi; I know there is a developer's list but I can't even get started with Software Development Kit . It's a result of my own confusion. I am building a spread sheet project to be shared with Linux Calc and Windows Excel users. I want to install the SDK on my Calc machine to build scripts and a

Re: [users] Getting SDK Installed ??

2006-08-10 Thread William Case
Hi; Still can't get SDK installed, but found Macros and Programming which gives me what I need for now. -- Regards Bill - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Getting SDK Installed ??

2006-08-10 Thread William Case
Hi Roderick; What I am trying to do is outlined in the original message of this thread. Re: your specific questions, see below. On Thu, 2006-10-08 at 15:23 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 15:07 -0400, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > >

Re: [users] Getting SDK Installed ??

2006-08-10 Thread William Case
Hi CPHennessy; I knew the list police would be out cruising. Its been a slow day, has it? On Thu, 2006-10-08 at 21:08 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > On Thu August 10 2006 20:07, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > > Still can't get SDK installed, but found Macros and Prog

Re: [users] Getting SDK Installed ??

2006-08-10 Thread William Case
Hi CPHennessy; I didn't mean to insult a volunteer. > A "cop" ? No. > Someone who has decreasing amount of time to volunteer to make sure that all > users asking questions at least get an answer and sometimes makes a mistake ? > Definitely. > > And what little time I can spend helping is even

Re: [users] Re: Getting SDK Installed ??

2006-08-10 Thread William Case
Thanks Andreas; Got everything work. Thanks especially for the xray tip. On Thu, 2006-10-08 at 22:44 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William, > You don't need to install the SDK if you only want to write Basic-macros. > make executable > # chmod 700 OOo_2.0.2_LinuxIntel_sdk.sh > run > # ./OOo_2.0

[users] Toolbar icon confusion ??

2006-08-11 Thread William Case
Hi; Trying to create a customized toolbar. Where are my toolbar icons? I mean I can get to them using the toolbar customizer but I can't find the right directory on my system. I am trying to find the best icons I can that are relatively unique so that the macros I attach to the buttons on my ne

[users] Date Arithmetic in Calc ??

2006-08-11 Thread William Case
Hi; Just double checking that I have things in some date formulae written correctly. OOo starts dating at 30/12/1899 shows as Dec 29, 1899 when MMM DD, formatting is applied. It appears to lose a day. The 30/12/1899 date none-the-less is the date that is used for internal date arithmetic,

Re: [users] Date Arithmetic in Calc ?? Major typo correction

2006-08-11 Thread William Case
On Fri, 2006-11-08 at 16:38 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > Just double checking that I have things in some date formulae written correctly. OOo starts dating at 30/12/1899 but shows in a cell as Dec 29, 1899 when MMM DD, formatting is applied. It appears to lose a day. The 30/1

Re: [users] Re: Date Arithmetic in Calc ??

2006-08-11 Thread William Case
On Fri, 2006-11-08 at 23:07 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Hi; > Not exactly, but I could copy and paste. > First day of week for some month: > =DATE(myYear;MyMonth;1)+MOD(myDoW-WEEKDAY(DATE(myYear;MyMonth;1));7) > where myYear and myMonth specify the

Re: [users] Re: Dates in Calc -- major bug I think !

2006-08-11 Thread William Case
Hi Andreas; Are you a contributor or moderator for this OOo user list? I ask, not to pry, but because I think I have found a basic problem with dating in OOo - Calc at least. On Sat, 2006-12-08 at 02:42 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-11-08 at 23

Re: [users] Re: Dates in Calc -- major bug I think !

2006-08-12 Thread William Case
Hi Andreas; It's getting weirder. It seems to be format based. On Sat, 2006-12-08 at 12:37 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > This is weird. I can't reproduce this behaviour using =N(0) and > auto-save with official build OOo2.0.2 on SuSE9.x. > Why not put a plain constant zero into $A$1 ? > I

Re: [users] Re: Dates in Calc -- major bug I think !

2006-08-12 Thread William Case
Hi Andy and thanks; On Sat, 2006-12-08 at 14:55 +0100, Andy Pepperdine wrote: > Excuse my intrusion in this, and this could be a red herring. But looking at > the timestamps on your messages makes me wonder about which timezones you are > in. If the origin of the date is midnight at the start

[users] Suggestions for using data input Validity ??

2006-08-12 Thread William Case
Hi; Just need a couple of suggestions. I am using Data ==> Validity ==> Criteria ==> Cell range ==> Range_name. 1) Within the Range_name is a blank/empty cell I included on purpose. I want the user to be able to change his/her mind and replace a previous choice with a blank. Just leaving the c

Re: [users] Re: Suggestions for using data input Validity ??

2006-08-12 Thread William Case
Hi Andreas; On Sun, 2006-13-08 at 02:34 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > > Just need a couple of suggestions. > > > > I am using Data ==> Validity ==> Criteria ==> Cell range ==> Range_name. > > > > 1)

[users] Finding a Calendar ??

2006-08-13 Thread William Case
Hi; Does anybody have a suggestion where I could find a pre-built drop down calendar I can use as a macro or plugin or whatever in Calc. Under specific conditions, when a user activates a given cell, I would like to display a calendar that they can use as a date picker. Building one myself would

Re: [users] Finding a Calendar ??

2006-08-13 Thread William Case
Hi Roderick On Sun, 2006-13-08 at 16:11 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 15:27 -0400, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > > Does anybody have a suggestion where I could find a pre-built drop down > > calendar I can use as a macro or

Re: [users] Finding a Calendar ??

2006-08-13 Thread William Case
Hi Roderick; On Sun, 2006-13-08 at 20:10 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 17:18 -0400, William Case wrote: > > Just tried it. It has some problems. > > Shouldn't. Can you please submit an issue into Issue > Tracker as this is the best way t

Re: [users] Finding a Calendar ??

2006-08-14 Thread William Case
'run' or to call the 'Schedule' macro! On Sun, 2006-13-08 at 21:47 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 21:29 -0400, William Case wrote: > > Hi Roderick; > > > > On Sun, 2006-13-08 at 20:10 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote

Re: [users] Re: Finding a Calendar ??

2006-08-14 Thread William Case
Hi Andreas; I think I have a major problem with my OOo macros or BASIC. I tried your suggestion below. Couldn't drag and drop any controls -- design mode on and off. My built-in macros in the OpenOffice.org Macros file crash. I tried the 'Schedule' macro and some others. I have built a couple

[users] Looking for Macro IDE tip or trick ?

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi; I would like to add some macros with buttons /shorcut key to the macro IDE itself. Or, maybe it already exits somewhere but I couldn't find it? Right now I am looking for a way to easily 'rem' out lines while I am debugging or editing a macro. I also want to remove the 'rem's after I am fin

Re: [users] Looking for Macro IDE tip or trick ?

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi Roderick; On Wed, 2006-16-08 at 17:03 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 14:53 -0400, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > I would like to add some macros with buttons /shorcut key to the macro > > IDE itself. Or, maybe it already exits somewher

[users] Oh, Oh. Just lost all my macros !

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi; I have been working on a small project with 20 macros so far. Closed OOo Calc. and just now re-opened it. Went to run a macro and got the following error dialogue: "A Scripting Framework error occured while running the Basic script vnd.sun.star.script:MembershpLib.AgendaMan.RemoveAgenda?lan

Re: [users] Oh, Oh. Learned something new [SOLVED]

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi; File this! If you add a Title for a project that is different from the file name in File ==> Properties, Calc can no longer find your macros. On Wed, 2006-16-08 at 18:34 -0400, William Case wrote: > > Does any body have a solution for recovery or for fixing? > > Is this an

Re: [users] Oh, Oh. No its not solved.

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
On Wed, 2006-16-08 at 19:04 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > File this! If you add a Title for a project that is different from the > file name in File ==> Properties, Calc can no longer find your macros. > Nope still lost my Macros, Module and Library. Why? They are at

Re: [users] Re: Looking for Macro IDE tip or trick ?

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi Terry; On Thu, 2006-17-08 at 01:15 +, Terry wrote: > William Case rogers.com> writes: > > > I would like to add some macros with buttons /shorcut key to the macro > > IDE itself. Or, maybe it already exits somewhere but I couldn't find > > it? > &g

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. No its not solved.

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Thanks for the time you took Terry; On Thu, 2006-17-08 at 01:08 +, Terry wrote: > William Case rogers.com> writes: > > > > > > On Wed, 2006-16-08 at 18:34 -0400, William Case wrote: > > > > > > > > Does any body have a solution for rec

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. No its not solved.

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi; Forgot to say; I am using Linux 2.6, Fedora Core 5, Gnome 2.14.3, OOo 2.0.2. -- Regards Bill - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. No its not solved.

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Thanks for the time you took Terry; On Thu, 2006-17-08 at 01:08 +, Terry wrote: > William Case rogers.com> writes: > > > > > > On Wed, 2006-16-08 at 18:34 -0400, William Case wrote: > > > > > > > > Does any body have a solution for rec

Re: [users] Re: Looking for Macro IDE tip or trick ?

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi Ross; > You'll have to write the macro to do the comments thing, but then you > can add it to the BASIC IDE via either: > - "Tools - Customise - Toolbars(tab)" in the BASIC IDE window, or > - the appropriate toolbar drop menu itself (little down arrow at the far > right of each toolbar), choo

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. No its not solved.

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi Terry: On Thu, 2006-17-08 at 03:23 +, Terry wrote: > William Case rogers.com> writes: > > > > > > I have spent this evening creating test recorded macros. I have the > > following anomalies. Test macros saved to My Macros -> TestLibarary > >

Re: [users] Re: Looking for Macro IDE tip or trick ?

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
On Thu, 2006-17-08 at 03:28 +, Terry wrote: > William Case rogers.com> writes: > > > > > > You'll have to write the macro to do the comments thing, but then you > > > can add it to the BASIC IDE via either: > > > - "Tools - Customise - To

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. No its not solved.

2006-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi James; On Wed, 2006-16-08 at 21:05 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > William: > > I see your problem. You cannot add OpenOffice.org macros to an Excel > Spreadsheet, at least not > yet. You will have to save your document in the OpenDocument > Spreadsheet (ODS) or .ods > file format. > Damn.

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. What are you doing ?

2006-08-17 Thread William Case
Hi All On Thu, 2006-17-08 at 00:17 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi James; > > On Wed, 2006-16-08 at 21:05 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > > > William: > > > > I see your problem. You cannot add OpenOffice.org macros to an Excel > > Spreadsheet, at least not

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. Just lost all my macros !

2006-08-17 Thread William Case
Hi Andreas; See, my response to Terry in my "Oh, Oh. Just lost all my macros !" thread. On Thu, 2006-17-08 at 17:04 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > Hi, Scott > > Scott Rhoades wrote: > > I have been working on a small project with 20 macros so far. Closed > > OOo Calc. and just now re- opened it

Re: [users] Products

2006-08-17 Thread William Case
Hi Ron; I don't know that OpenOffice.org has such a program. Two Linux favourites are Evolution (in fact, a far more powerful and stable program than Outlook) and Thunderbird (a far more user friendly program than Outlook). I use all three. On Thu, 2006-17-08 at 10:25 -0700, Ron Watkins wrote:

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. Just lost all my macros !

2006-08-17 Thread William Case
Txt,i,1)) > next > CrossFoot = lResult > End Function > It uses the common functions and declarations of both basic dialects. Quoting from another branch of this thread (I don't know how it got broken -- but anyways ...) William Case wrote: >A thought. If I download OOo

Re: [users] Re: Oh, Oh. Just lost all my macros ! [CORRECTION]

2006-08-17 Thread William Case
Hi; Just correcting a crucial typo. O > Now, I am getting gun-shy. I would like to show off a OOo Calc solution > but I don't want to write another whole set of macros to loose them > again. As a practical matter, knowing I am the only one using Linux and > Calc how should I build my project? A

[users] Several of us here are buzzing around the same Excel/Calc question

2006-08-18 Thread William Case
t the example. Remember OOo is not a clone so stuff like macro export is probably very iffy as you are finding out. Ask on the list about those settings, as this may give you a clue about what the others are saying." ___ On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 10:56 -0400, W

Re: [users] Re: Several of us here are buzzing around the same Excel/Calc question

2006-08-18 Thread William Case
Hi Andreas; I want to thank you and Roderick and all the others who have helped me over the last week with my little club project. Obviously I was using this project to teach myself how to use Calc and all your explanations moved me along the learning curve far more than just helping produce a cl

Re: [users] Re: Several of us here are buzzing around the same Excel/Calc question

2006-08-18 Thread William Case
Hi Andreas; On Sat, 2006-19-08 at 09:43 +1000, Keith Bates wrote: > On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:05:51 -0400 > William Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi William, > > This is a silly question probably, but why can't you install OOo on the > Windows machine? It is not

Re: [users] Re: Several of us here are buzzing around the sameExcel/Calc question

2006-08-19 Thread William Case
Hi Max Q: On Fri, 2006-18-08 at 23:08 +, Max Q wrote: > I hope it won't be taken amiss if I mention that Star Office's release > includes support for MS macros. > Ah, a. Now the world makes sense again. And, how much is Star Office? -- Regards Bill

Re: [users] Long live Bill Gates!

2006-09-06 Thread William Case
Hi All; I think Alain is absolutely right. The guy who started this thread maybe a complete AH; he certainly has attitude problems. But ... On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 23:57 +0100, Alain Williams wrote: > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 08:49:31AM +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote: > > > Wasted 2 hours trying to fin

[users] 'Styles' for Dummies ??

2006-10-28 Thread William Case
Hi All; I didn't want to write this post. I have been using OOWriter for over two years and I still haven't figured out how to use styles. I have just read the help manual one more time. I got no elucidation; I do get frustration. Here are a set of questions that, if answered, might help me.

Re: [users] is there an open office version of VISIO

2006-11-16 Thread William Case
Hi; Fedora Core distribution has a program called 'planner' that seems to do everything and more that VISIO does. It can be directly linked to Evolution emailer and PIM. You can take a look at it through most repos or Sourceforge.net (If I remember correctly) On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 10:27 +,

Re: [users] is there an open office version of VISIO

2006-11-16 Thread William Case
en, is 'Dia', and it is old, and only 10% > of what Visio can do. > > > William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > > Fedora Core distribution has a program called 'planner' that seems to do > > everything and more that VISIO does. It can be dir

Re: [users] Re: Writer idea

2007-07-09 Thread William Case
Hi; 2¢ On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 09:28 -0600, Scott Rhoades wrote: > >> Being a writer of largely unread fiction, I've really never seen > >> progress as being defined as how many words you've written. Word > >> count > >> is encouraging to a point, but I can not really see how listing how > >> many

Re: [users] [moderated] Microsoft insecurity

2007-08-09 Thread William Case
Hi Ken; On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 20:31 -0500, Ken Burnside wrote: > or documented in Rot-13 Urdu panegyrics. > Just getting around to some mail I had to leave for a week. I am not sure I agree with all that you say, but I sure love the above quoted phrase. It's not copy written or anything is it

Re: [users] Re: Organizational Charts

2007-08-16 Thread William Case
Hi; On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 09:34 +0100, Richard Travers wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 08/14/2007 10:48 AM, Pam Davis wrote: > Interesting that you need to type 'org chart' or 'orgchart' to get this - > the more rational 'organization chart' do

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