[users] need some help with installation

2009-02-10 Thread Kenneth Green
Hi, I just downloaded the current version of OpenOffice 3.01 for Mac. I am running OSX 10.5.6 on an iMac. When I try to open a pre-existing document (Word .doc) I get the deadly twirling pinwheel with the recurrent alert: Alert - Couldn't Contact Spell Checker And the app freezes there. Any

Re: [users] Need some help with Calc and data lookups

2008-04-17 Thread Don Daugherty
Jon, Like you, I'm new to Calc, and more experienced users may have better suggestions, but here is an idea I've used in another spreadsheet: 1. In the first sheet, insert a new column to the left of the first column which I think is actually your State column rather than your City column.

Re: [users] Need some help with Calc and data lookups

2008-04-17 Thread Don Daugherty
Don Daugherty writes again: I see that my use of tabs has screwed=up the appearance so let me re-format what I just sent; Jon, Like you, I'm new to Calc, and more experienced users may have better suggestions, but here is an idea I've used in another spreadsheet: 1. In the first sheet, insert

[users] Need some help with Calc and data lookups

2008-04-12 Thread Bowman Jon
Hi I am pretty new to calc but am trying to accomplish the following ... In one sheet i have a rate table something like city state hotel car co denver 8823 ca menlo 90 45 nb denver 1000 12 for

[users] need some help

2007-02-25 Thread dale friedgen
Hi, I am using open office for the 2nd time and really love it but am stuck on something. I am making business cards and on the screen they look fine. Everything is lined up and all. When I print them as you go down from left to right the indentation increases and the letters slant sharply to

[users] Need some help

2006-04-03 Thread Alexi Sanders
Hello. I have been using Open Office for some time, but had to reinstall it recently and now am not happy with the text part of the program and I do not want it to be my default any longer. Not only is it EXTREMELY slow to open up, but I do not like the default options and have been unable to

Re: [users] Need some help

2006-04-03 Thread Dave Barton
On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 11:56 -0700, Alexi Sanders wrote: Hello. I have been using Open Office for some time, but had to reinstall it recently and now am not happy with the text part of the program and I do not want it to be my default any longer. Not only is it EXTREMELY slow to open up,

Re: [users] Need some help

2006-04-03 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday April 3 2006 01:56 pm, Alexi Sanders wrote: Hello. I have been using Open Office for some time, but had to reinstall it recently and now am not happy with the text part of the program and I do not want it to be my default any longer. Not only is it EXTREMELY slow to open up, but I

[users] Need some help with calc spreadsheet

2006-01-10 Thread Jon Jahren
Hi. I have installed OpenOffice.org2 for a friend of mine, and he's going to use it for simple spreadsheet tasks. Right now, we have figured most of it out. However, there is one thing i cannot find for my life of it; He's got a row I and J, which holds Price and amount, and K holds the sum of