Re: [users] new to open office

2007-09-01 Thread OOo Mac User
Hi, If you do need to be able to open the new MS Office 2007 files NeoOffice (based on OpenOffice) will open them . This is for macintosh only. I would recommend trying both OpenOffice and NeoOffice on one of your macs to see which is more appropriate for your use. Hope this helps

Re: [users] new to open office

2007-08-31 Thread Robin Laing
James Knott wrote: Adam Blevins wrote: Hello, I am looking at Open Office as an option to replace our current 3500 MS Office suite. If possible I would like to speak to someone about the possibility of migrating to 3500 Open Office on our computers. Our environment consists of 3200 OS X 1

Re: [users] new to open office

2007-08-30 Thread James Knott
Adam Blevins wrote: > Hello, I am looking at Open Office as an option to replace our current > 3500 MS Office suite. > > If possible I would like to speak to someone about the possibility of > migrating to 3500 Open Office on our computers. > > > > Our environment consists of 3200 OS X 10.4.9 or

Re: [users] New to Open Office

2006-11-12 Thread Marc Hug
You cannot open these files directly with OpenOffice. You will have to save them first (with MS Works) in a format like Word (.doc) or .RTF, and these formats can be read by OpenOffice. Marc H. Rex Bertram a écrit : Hi all. I am brand new to Open Office, and to the list. I'm sure I'll hav

RE: [users] New to Open Office

2006-11-11 Thread Rex Bertram
users] New to Open Office Rex Bertram wrote: > Hi all. I am brand new to Open Office, and to the list. I'm sure > I'll have many questions as I learn the programs. But, I have one for starters. > > I have a couple of Microsoft Works files. These have a "wdb" fi

Re: [users] New to Open Office

2006-11-11 Thread Ross Johnson
Rex Bertram wrote: Hi all. I am brand new to Open Office, and to the list. I'm sure I'll have many questions as I learn the programs. But, I have one for starters. I have a couple of Microsoft Works files. These have a "wdb" file extension. Can these be opened with Oppen Office? If so,

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-05-03 Thread Andrew Fisk
you have to use ctrl-v to paste inside an x11 window -- so if you are copying from a Mac application you use cmd-c (as usual) and then paste using cnrl-v. Andy Spitfire Computer Services 441 Beaver Street Suite 202 Sewickley, PA 15143 Phone (412) 749-0162 Fax: (412) 749-0203 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-05-03 Thread Jeromy Darling
I got it working now, thanks for the help. New problem though, I can't paste anything into a Calc spreadsheet - can't find anything on the support forums about it either, any thoughts? G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 12:42 -0500, Jeromy Darling wrote: Thanks for getting b

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-04-30 Thread Jeff Shapiro
It's at: /Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 1 [1] %find . -iname "*x11*" ./System/Installation/Packages/X11User.pkg ./Xcode Tools/Packages/X11SDK.pk On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:16:51 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > On Fri April 28 2006 21:35, + Jeromy Darling wrote: >> [ MODERATED ] ***

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-04-30 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri April 28 2006 21:35, + Jeromy Darling wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Actually discovered that I installed the X11SDK.pkg, and not the X11User > - but it's not on my install disk, anywhere - where can I download it? I think that it is supposed to be on the install disk, ma

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-04-28 Thread Jeromy Darling
Actually discovered that I installed the X11SDK.pkg, and not the X11User - but it's not on my install disk, anywhere - where can I download it? G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 12:42 -0500, Jeromy Darling wrote: Thanks for getting back to me, I installed the X11 but it stil

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-04-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 12:42 -0500, Jeromy Darling wrote: > Thanks for getting back to me, I installed the X11 but it still won't > open for me. I dragged it to my Applications folder, than to my Dock, it > opens for a second, than closes - I run a intel mac (the MacBook Pro) - > so neoffice is o

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-04-28 Thread Jeromy Darling
Thanks for getting back to me, I installed the X11 but it still won't open for me. I dragged it to my Applications folder, than to my Dock, it opens for a second, than closes - I run a intel mac (the MacBook Pro) - so neoffice is out for me. CPHennessy wrote: On Mon April 17 2006 00:43, + Jer

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-04-23 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon April 17 2006 00:43, + Jeromy Darling wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > Can't figure out how to open the dang program. I added to my > applications folder, but when I open it, nothing really happens. I right > clicked and viewed the content of the folder and found a whole wor

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-04-18 Thread Andrew Fisk
My guess is that you have not installed X11 yet --pop in your Apple System DVD and double click the "optional Installations" -- select X11 and you will be good to go. Andy Spitfire Computer Services 441 Beaver Street Suite 202 Sewickley, PA 15143 Phone (412) 749-0162 Fax: (412) 749-0203 [EMA

Re: [users] new to open office

2006-04-17 Thread John W. Kennedy
Jeromy Darling wrote: Can't figure out how to open the dang program. I added to my applications folder, but when I open it, nothing really happens. I right clicked and viewed the content of the folder and found a whole world in there, but still can't seem to find where I open the word editor or

Re: [users] New to Open Office

2005-04-09 Thread Peter Kupfer
On 4/9/05, Databug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > I've been interested in Open Office for some time now. But I'm used to > M$ office. Since Open Office 2 I have decided to give it a place on my > HD. Partly because I like the improved GUI. I hated the old dos style > toolbar icons. Most