Re: [users] Re: Edmund

2006-03-01 Thread ken green
me of the Powerbook Prank: http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/ -- Ken Green - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread ken green
oint entirely. But to me, using *any* Office suite app (MS, OOo, or otherwise) for the specific security/password scenario you describe is like taking the bicycle to go uphill when the train is there or you have a car: you can certainly do it, but it's harder than

Re: [users] Re: bad programming

2005-09-14 Thread ken green
this much just to use the program. -- Ken Green - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: bad programming

2005-09-13 Thread ken green
On 2005-09-13 11:13 AM, Doug Thompson wrote: Third, anyone who thinks this suggestion is any more outrageous than any of the others for correcting the problem of willful ignorance has a very narrow view of the problem. Not really into open-minded intellectual discussion or debate, eh? -- Ken

Re: [users] Re: bad programming

2005-09-13 Thread ken green
oxes unchecked - it is not required." - OR - Might also consider another setup box that is triggered when one or more MS Office file association boxes are checked. That way, a new box would come up, explaining what is about to happen (file assoc) and allow the user to confirm that choice or g

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Replying to list

2005-09-12 Thread ken green
omeone forwards/copies them to the list? And if a discussion ensues with "moderated" in the subject line, does that mean the original poster misses out on the discussion? -- Ken Green - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] [OT] Replying to list

2005-09-11 Thread ken green
s. I've been on many lists over the years, and seen this issue come up before, but never as frequent as I see it here. Am I missing something? Is there a web-based interface that this list uses that ignores/overrides the Reply-to header? Consufe

Re: [users] How do I rid myself of the floating garbage?

2005-09-07 Thread ken green
Does this only happen in OOo? -- Ken Green - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Stop Opening MS Office files with Open Office

2005-09-04 Thread ken green
s like a change may be in order. Whether that is with the list or with the installation and/or help file of OOo, I don't know. Although, if nothing else, it does demonstrate what an unbelievably patient group of people participat

Re: [users] Read Receipts

2005-09-03 Thread ken green
ally if sending to someone who has reported connection problems/receiving my mail (and I don't necessarily want to wait for them to reply with a confirmation). -- Ken Green - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For ad

[users] Read Receipts

2005-09-03 Thread ken green
message? Yes, I can turn this behavior off, but I want to know when a *legitimate* read receipt is activated. Sending a read receipt to a mailing list certainly cannot qualify as legitimate... Sorry for the rant - it just really bugs me. -- Ken Green

Re: [users] OO114 and XP

2005-08-29 Thread ken green
cated. Why is setup.exe buried in a directory with over 500 different files? Sure, I know to look for setup.exe, but is a new user going to know they need to scroll past all those files to get to the setup program to install OOo? -- Ken Green ---

Re: [users] OO114 and XP

2005-08-29 Thread ken green
o fix the file association problem. What is that? Are you talking about a complete reinstall of OOo? Also, if you don't mind, please contact me off-list to discuss some school-related IT stuff. -- Ken Green - To un

Re: [users] file associations with OOo

2005-08-27 Thread ken green
not helping. -- ken green - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] file associations with OOo

2005-08-25 Thread ken green
t and see what happens. -- Ken Green - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] file associations with OOo

2005-08-25 Thread ken green
On 2005-08-25 1:00 PM, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: So you are using OOo1.1.x. Wish you had said so and I also wish that you had told us which Windows release with which you need help. This is the first line of my original post: > I am using OOo 1.1.4 on Windows XP Pro. -- Ken Gr

Re: [users] file associations with OOo

2005-08-25 Thread ken green
t.exe regsvrex.exe setofficelang.exe setup.exe soffice.exe I can guess what most of those are. I don't see any scalc, swriter files anywhere that would make sense. A search on swrit* shows me a list of files that are all in \OpenOffice.org*\help\en --

Re: [users] file associations with OOo

2005-08-25 Thread ken green
int files to OOo and then not have that work. I will try a different machine/installation. Thanks for trying to help. -- Ken Green - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] file associations with OOo

2005-08-25 Thread ken green
Follow up... I just installed OpenOffice on a machine that already had MS Office installed on it, and EVERYTHING WORKS THE WAY I WANT. Please, please, please somebody tell me that OpenOffice does not require MS Office in order to work the way I want. -- Ken Green

[users] file associations with OOo

2005-08-25 Thread ken green
till, .doc, .xls and .ppt files show no file association in Windows and when given a choice to select which program to open, there isn't an easily-discernible executable to select for each doc type. Selecting openoffice (soffice.exe) produces errors. What am I doing wrong