[users] Open Office 2.1

I have OO 1.1.4 installed and have been using it for some time. I would now like to install 2.1 instead on the presumption that it is better. Is it indeed a desirable thing to do and if so, do I need to uninstall 1.1.4. before I attempt to install 2.1. I have an Evesham AMD 64 3200 with a 200

[users] Open Office 2.1

I saw on Ebay that there is an Open Office Suite 2007 that mirrors Microsoft Office 2007. They were charging for it however. Is this produced by Open Office and is it currently avaliable? Thanks, Robert P. Fornefeld Certified IPC Trainer/Instructional Designer L-3 Communications, Communications S

[users] open office 2.1

I have recently changed my computer, and I have a lot of files from my old PC which were created using the Microsoft works word processor. How do I open these? I have downloaded the wp6rtf.exe programme from microsoft, but I do not know where to go from there. Graham Whitehead

[users] open office 2.1

I'm running an Emac OSX version 10.3.9. I downloaded 2.1 but I can't get it to launch; it doesn't give me all the menu items. Will this work with 10.3.9? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For addi

[users] Open Office 2.1

I am trying to protect a document as Read Only. I go to Tools, Options Security and check the box as Read Only. Then I save it and go back out. When I go back in to the document it is not opening as Read Only and the box is no longer checked. Please help me with this. My number is 4501-812-753

[users] Open Office 2.1

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Boba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 9, 2007 12:00 PM, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9 Nov 2007 at 16:31, Richard Travers wrote: ... > > > The point is that OOo appears to allow you to set a document to be > > > saved as Read Only (Tools>Op

[users] Open office 2.1

Hello, I've bought a portable hard disk (Western digital Passport 160 gb) and installed "Framakey portable open office" in French on this disk. As I also like working with English softwares, I've also downloaded open office 2.1 in English from your internet site and installed it on the same porta

[users] open office 2.1

Kreator danych adresowych Open Office nie widzi książki adresowej programu Outlook Express. Załącznik.Otwierać go Ms Office >=97 BARDZO PILNE!!

[users] Open Office 2.1-Calc

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with a fairly urgent problem - if I'm not to loose a lot of data I've just entered! I've spent an hour updating a spreadsheet file and at the end of the work I got the message: "Error saving the document WALKGRPA.ods: Write Error. The file could not be writ

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

sheila tomkinson wrote: I have OO 1.1.4 installed and have been using it for some time. I would now like to install 2.1 instead on the presumption that it is better. Is it indeed a desirable thing to do and if so, do I need to uninstall 1.1.4. before I attempt to install 2.1. I have an Evesh

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

On Friday 19 January 2007 10:58, + sheila tomkinson wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I have OO 1.1.4 installed and have been using it for some time. I would now > like to install 2.1 instead on the presumption that it is better. Is it > indeed a desirable thing to do and if so, do I

[users] Open Office 2.1 spreadsheet

I have enjoyed using Open Office 1.1.4 for spreadsheets and word processing so I downloaded and started to use OO2.1 only to find that the spreadsheet will not do simple addition and subtraction correctly. I have gone back to using version 1.1.4. Lloyd S. Vance Mesquite, TX USA __

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

Based on the OOo license, people are allowed to sell OOo. Without further information its hard to say what that exact user was selling. However, the standard version of OOo (www.openoffice.org) does not have that 'ribbon' that Office 2007 is trying to claim enhances productivity (thank goodness)..

Re: [users] open office 2.1

On Sunday February 25 2007 2:47 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have recently changed my computer, and I have a lot of files from > my old PC which were created using the Microsoft works word > processor. How do I open these? I have downloaded the wp6rtf.exe > programme from microsoft, but I do n

Re: [users] open office 2.1

At 15:47 25/02/2007 -0500, Graham Whitehead wrote: I have recently changed my computer, and I have a lot of files from my old PC which were created using the Microsoft works word processor. How do I open these? Conversion problems such as this are always best solved by saving documents in a s

Re: [users] open office 2.1

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:22:05 + Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:47 25/02/2007 -0500, Graham Whitehead wrote: > >I have recently changed my computer, and I have a lot of files from > >my old PC which were created using the Microsoft works word > >processor. How do I open these? > > Conversion pro

Re: [users] open office 2.1

On Monday February 26 2007 1:59 pm, Pat Degnan wrote: > I'm running an Emac OSX version 10.3.9. I downloaded 2.1 but I > can't get it to launch; it doesn't give me all the menu items. Will > this work with 10.3.9? Go to http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/. Download and study the Installation

Re: [users] open office 2.1

>From: Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 27, 2007 2:48 PM >To: users@openoffice.org >Cc: Pat Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [users] open office 2.1 > >On Monday February 26 2007 1:59 pm, Pat Degnan wrote: >> I'm running an Emac OSX ver

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

Charlene wrote: > and the box is no longer checked. Please help me with this. The sole function of "Read Only" mode is to give you a warm fuzzy feelings. If you are using "Read Only Mode" to prevent people from editing the document, then distribution in PDF is a far more effective solution. If

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

jonathon wrote: Charlene wrote: and the box is no longer checked. Please help me with this. The sole function of "Read Only" mode is to give you a warm fuzzy feelings. That's not entirely true. It prevents accidental updates from fingers straying onto the wrong keys whilst in intent only

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John W. Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jonathon wrote: > > Charlene wrote: > > > >> and the box is no longer checked. Please help me with this. > > > > The sole function of "Read Only" mode is to give you a warm fuzzy > > feelings. > That's not entirely tru

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

Richard wrote: > was anyone planning to answer the original question? What problem do you think you are solving by using "Read Only" mode? For John's "prevent accidental editing", then the same thing can be accomplished by changing the file permissions in the Operating System. xan jonathon --

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard wrote: > > was anyone planning to answer the original question? > What problem do you think you are solving by using "Read Only" mode? > For John's "prevent accidental editing", then the same thing can be > accompli

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

On 9 Nov 2007 at 16:31, Richard Travers wrote: ... > The point is that OOo appears to allow you to set a document to be saved as > Read Only (Tools>Options>OOo>Security>File Sharing Options...Open this > document in read-only mode) but that it does not appear to work. > > What are I and the OP mis

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

On Nov 9, 2007 12:00 PM, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9 Nov 2007 at 16:31, Richard Travers wrote: > ... > > The point is that OOo appears to allow you to set a document to be saved as > > Read Only (Tools>Options>OOo>Security>File Sharing Options...Open this > > document in read-only

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

On 09/11/2007 19:53, Alan Boba wrote: On Nov 9, 2007 12:00 PM, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9 Nov 2007 at 16:31, Richard Travers wrote: ... The point is that OOo appears to allow you to set a document to be saved as Read Only (Tools>Options>OOo>Security>File Sharing Options.

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

On 9 Nov 2007 at 20:10, Harold Fuchs wrote: ... > I suppose that if you set OO's "read only" flag then, if the OS will > allow you to change the file then you can presumably unset the flag. > Again, it's only a prevention against *accidental* damage. If the OS > won't let you write the file - a

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

On 9 Nov 2007 at 14:53, Alan Boba wrote: ... > Actually, for OOo 2.3 under Windows XP Pro, right click on the > document. The context menu will include an "Edit" item. Click "Edit" > and you're back to normal document with live cursor. At least that's > what happens on my system. Non-obvious - tha

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

On 10 Nov 2007 at 10:52, Richard Travers wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Alan Boba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 9, 2007 12:00 PM, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9 Nov 2007 at 16:31, Richard Travers wrote: ... > > > > The point is that OOo appears to allow you

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1

> > > On 9 Nov 2007 at 16:31, Richard Travers wrote: ... > > > > The point is that OOo appears to allow you to set a document to be > > > > saved as Read Only (Tools>Options>OOo>Security>File Sharing > > > > Options...Open this document in read-only mode) but that it does not > > > > appear to work

Re: [users] Open office 2.1

Martine TUMER wrote: > > Hello, I've bought a portable hard disk (Western digital Passport 160 gb) > and installed "Framakey portable open office" in French on this disk. > As I also like working with English softwares, I've also downloaded open > office 2.1 in English from your internet site a

Re: [users] Open office 2.1

TerryJ wrote: Martine TUMER wrote: Hello, I've bought a portable hard disk (Western digital Passport 160 gb) and installed "Framakey portable open office" in French on this disk. As I also like working with English softwares, I've also downloaded open office 2.1 in English from your internet

Re: [users] open office 2.1

Hi, This list is generally in English. Try if you get no replies. Tom On 19 Apr 2007, at 07:42, Krzysztof Gaik wrote: Kreator danych adresowych Open Office nie widzi książki adresowej programu Outlook Express. Załącznik.Otwierać go Ms Office

Re: [users] open office 2.1

On Thursday 19 April 2007, + Krzysztof Gaik wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Kreator danych adresowych Open Office nie widzi książki adresowej > programu Outlook Express. Załącznik.Otwierać go Ms Office >=97 This list is generally an English only mailing list. If you would like

Re: [users] Open office 2.1

On Saturday 24 March 2007, + Martine TUMER wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Hello, I've bought a portable hard disk (Western digital Passport 160 gb) > and installed "Framakey portable open office" in French on this disk. As I > also like working with English softwares, I've also down

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1-Calc

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with a fairly urgent problem - if I'm not to loose a lot of data I've just entered! I've spent an hour updating a spreadsheet file and at the end of the work I got the message: "Error saving the document WALKGRPA.ods: Write Error.

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1-Calc

Hi Dave, what OS and which version of OOo.Org do you use? "Error saving the document WALKGRPA.ods: Write Error. The file could not be written." If you tried to store the file on a server, please store it (maybe with a different name) locally and then copy it (via OS) to the server. Chri

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1-Calc

David Potter wrote: Hi Richard, Many thanks for you help. Renaming the file (i.e. Save As with a different file name) would not allow me to save it. Copying to new spreadsheet and saving under a new file name worked fine. Curiously, I was able to save the new file under the old file name to

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1-Calc

Hello, Have you tried saving as something else? *.csv or *.xls for instance. Philip david potter wrote: Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with a fairly urgent problem - if I'm not to loose a lot of data I've just entered! I've spent an hour updating a spreadsheet file and at the end of the

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1-Calc

a new name back under the original file name. I think it might work as it did when I saved to the same file name or a different hard disc. Dave. - Original Message - From: "Philip Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [u

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 spreadsheet

Since I have never had any problems with such things, it would be nice if you could give us at least one example. What did you do and what was the result? Johnny Andersson (who used OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 until last new year) 2007/1/28, Lloyd Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have enjoyed using Open

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 spreadsheet

On Saturday 27 January 2007 7:40 pm, Lloyd Vance wrote: > I have enjoyed using Open Office 1.1.4 for spreadsheets and word > processing so I downloaded and started to use OO2.1 only to find > that the spreadsheet will not do simple addition and subtraction > correctly. I have gone back to using ve

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 spreadsheet

Dear Dan, After rebooting it works fine. Sorry to have bothered you. Lloyd - Original Message From: Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Lloyd Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:24:36 AM Subject: Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 spr

[users] Open Office 2.1 will not start up

I have been using OO.2.1 for about 6 months or more, this is on a MacIntosh Power mac G5. This morning I tried to open it and it and it didn't open. The Icon in the dock bounced up and down but the X11 did not open nor did Open Office and after awhile a dialogue box came up and said more or

[users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio Schematics

I am using Open Office Writer version 2.1, and have encountered the following problem(s). I have created a master document and have subordinated about nineteen files, all using graphics heavily, with frequent callouts overlaid on the graphics. I had some challenges getting the Master document

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 will not start up

Vincent A Juliano wrote: > > I have been using OO.2.1 for about 6 months or more, this is on a > MacIntosh Power mac G5. This morning I tried to open it and it and > it didn't open. The Icon in the dock bounced up and down but the X11 > did not open nor did Open Office and after awhile a

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio Schematics

On Thursday 18 January 2007 22:26, + chris.beuhler wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > I am using Open Office Writer version 2.1, and have encountered the > following problem(s). > > > > I have created a master document and have subordinated about nineteen > files, all using graphics hea

RE: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio Schematics

drawings per page, plus callouts. Total aggregate file size is nearing 88 mb. CJB -Original Message- From: CPHennessy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 8:22 AM To: users@openoffice.org; chris.beuhler Subject: Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio

RE: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio Schematics

from Word, it would seem. C. J. Beuhler -Original Message- From: CPHennessy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 8:22 AM To: users@openoffice.org; chris.beuhler Subject: Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio Schematics On Thursday 18 January 2007 22

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio Schematics

ice.org; chris.beuhler > Subject: Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio > Schematics > > On Thursday 18 January 2007 22:26, + chris.beuhler wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] > > I am using Open Office Writer version 2.1, and have encountered > >

RE: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio Schematics

documents. I am a veteran of many rebuilds in MS Word. CJB -Original Message- From: Dan Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 11:36 AM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: chris.beuhler Subject: Re: [users] Open Office 2.1 - Does not display Visio Schematics Bottom post On

[users] Open Office 2.1- Existe la Funcion SOLVER de MS- EXEL?

Necsitaría información sobre el Open Office Calc. En particular, pregunto si existe en el utilitario la función SOLVER del utilitario EXEL de MICORSOFT OFFICE. De ser así, agradecería me informen como instalarla. Muchas Gracias. Daniel Perri.

Re: [users] Open Office 2.1- Existe la Funcion SOLVER de MS- EXEL?

On Wednesday 09 May 2007, + Daniel Perri wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Necsitaría información sobre el Open Office Calc. En particular, pregunto > si existe en el utilitario la función SOLVER del utilitario EXEL de > MICORSOFT OFFICE. De ser así, agradecería me informen como instal