Re: [users] Question re page numbers on footers

2011-02-01 Thread RA Brown
On Tue Feb 01 2011 16:19:09 GMT-0800 (PST) car...@aol.com wrote: Hi: I have Open Open 2, Windows XP, Firefox. I am doing two journals, one has page numbers from 1 to 60. The second starts with page 61 and runs to 120. I had no problems with numbering the first sixty pages. They started at p

Re: [users] question regarding default line space of CJK fonts

2011-01-17 Thread Uwe Fischer
On 01/14/11 15:31, Qianqian Fang wrote: On 01/14/2011 03:23 AM, James Wilde wrote: Not only different default line spaces, Qianqian, but there is also a difference in the punctuation. In the examples you provided there is a larger space between the last character of the left block and the com

Re: [users] question regarding default line space of CJK fonts

2011-01-14 Thread Qianqian Fang
On 01/14/2011 03:23 AM, James Wilde wrote: Not only different default line spaces, Qianqian, but there is also a difference in the punctuation. In the examples you provided there is a larger space between the last character of the left block and the comma, and a smaller space between the comm

Re: [users] question regarding default line space of CJK fonts

2011-01-14 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 14, 2011, at 06:13 , Qianqian Fang wrote: > Dear list > > can anyone explain to me why two Chinese > fonts have different default line spaces > in OpenOffice? see screenshot > > http://wenq.org/upload/linespace.png > > it is clearly not the Descent settings in > the font, neither is the

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-25 Thread David B Teague
On 12/23/2010 9:43 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: When you use any format except ODF, there is a conversion process that has to take place, and conversions always introduce the possibility of some problems. My experience with these conversion is that the problems arise with images and tables. They

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-23 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 12/22/2010 12:31 PM, Marius Popa wrote: Good evening! I am also Marius Popa and I want to know if OpenOffice.org v3.2.1 is able to save .xps files. What format is better: XPS or ODF? [Marius (marius.mar...@gmail.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-23 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 22/12/10 18:31, Marius Popa wrote: Good evening! I am also Marius Popa and I want to know if OpenOffice.org v3.2.1 is able to save .xps files. What format is better: XPS or ODF? "XPS" is Microsoft's attempt at a competitor to pdf which appears to have failed because hardly anyone uses it. A

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-22 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:35:31PM -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > While using OOo, it is better to use OOo's native format, which is ODF. Exceptif you should have to send the file to a windows user who only has Microsoft Office. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're gett

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-22 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
While using OOo, it is better to use OOo's native format, which is ODF. On 12/22/2010 01:31 PM, Marius Popa wrote: Good evening! I am also Marius Popa and I want to know if OpenOffice.org v3.2.1 is able to save .xps files. What format is better: XPS or ODF? -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Documen

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-17 Thread Barbara Duprey
hu, Dec 16, 2010 2:25 pm Subject: Re: [users] Question On 12/15/2010 4:13 PM,m93s...@aol.com wrote: > > I am trying to uninstal OpenOffice but everytime I try it says: "This administrator has put policies in place that prevent uninstillation" > Why is that? > > S

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-16 Thread James Greenidge
On 12/15/10 5:13 PM, m93s...@aol.com wrote: I am trying to uninstal OpenOffice but everytime I try it says: "This administrator has put policies in place that prevent uninstillation" Why is that? Sara Seasons Greetings! I THINK this also happens if you're running OOo on a home network and

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-16 Thread JOE Conner
On 12/15/2010 2:13 PM, m93s...@aol.com wrote: I am trying to uninstal OpenOffice but everytime I try it says: "This administrator has put policies in place that prevent uninstillation" Why is that? Sara Hmmm, please ask your administrator why they put this policy in place. We are just indiv

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-16 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 12/15/2010 4:13 PM, m93s...@aol.com wrote: I am trying to uninstal OpenOffice but everytime I try it says: "This administrator has put policies in place that prevent uninstillation" Why is that? Sara [Sara (m93s...@aol.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-16 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday, December 15, 2010 05:13:47 pm m93s...@aol.com wrote: > I am trying to uninstal OpenOffice but everytime I try it says: "This > administrator has put policies in place that prevent uninstillation" Why > is that? > > Sara When you installed OpenOffice.org, you needed to have administr

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-16 Thread jomali
Why don't you ask the administrator rather than this list? This is not and OpenOffice question. On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:13 PM, wrote: > > > I am trying to uninstal OpenOffice but everytime I try it says: "This > administrator has put policies in place that prevent uninstillation" > Why is that

Re: [users] Question

2010-11-05 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 04/11/2010 17:49, Charlie Hunter ha scritto: Hi, I am writing from Calgary, Canada. I started using open office about a month ago. It has been great. The first few days I asked you guys a couple of questions which set me up nicely and I haven't been stuck since. Until today. I have a 10 pa

Re: [users] Question

2010-11-04 Thread RA Brown
* Please reply only to the mailing list * On Thu Nov 04 2010 09:49:19 GMT-0700 (PDT) Charlie Hunter wrote: Hi, I am writing from Calgary, Canada. I started using open office about a month ago. It has been great. The first few days I asked you guys a couple of questions which set me up nicely a

Re: [users] Question

2010-09-28 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:54:21 -0500 dustin Nystel dijo: >I have been using your products for a year now, and I've become >familiar with them. Recently I downloaded your 3rd edition, which >worked wonderfully for a week or so. It still functions normally with >one exception. The computer no longer

Re: [users] question

2010-09-25 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 2010-09-24 20:16:05 skrev Tracey Vetter : I have a question about working within spreadsheets: How do I rename a new tab or sheet within a spreadsheet file/document? Thanks much What have you tried so far that didn't work? I guess you already tried obvious things like right click a ta

Re: [users] question

2010-09-24 Thread Richard Detwiler
Tracey Vetter wrote: I have a question about working within spreadsheets: How do I rename a new tab or sheet within a spreadsheet file/document? Thanks much Right click on the tab of the sheet you want to rename, and select "Rename Sheet ". Then just type in the new name you want. --

Re: [users] question for Autotext in DevBuild

2010-09-07 Thread JOE Conner
On 9/7/2010 8:24 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi *, Can some people pls test for me, how long it takes for them to open autotext window (Ctrl-F3) in one of the DEv-builds (Say 300_m83 - 300_m87, or 330_m1 - 300_m6 ) Pls report also your os. Reasoning: for me it takes lon. Thanks a lot, Cor

Re: [users] question for Autotext in DevBuild

2010-09-07 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Cor Nouws To: users@openoffice.org Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:24:56 +0200 > Hi *, > > Can some people pls test for me, how long it takes for them to open > autotext window (Ctrl-F3) in one of the DEv-builds (Say 300_m83 - > 300_m87, or 330_m1 - 300_m6 ) >

Re: [users] Question on Ubuntu Upgrade to 10.04

2010-05-28 Thread Hagar de l'Est
If you do a soft upgrade, you won't lose your customization since it is stored in the user profile (should be the default, else you need to run OOo as root). Beware of the soft upgrade, it can lead to a not that stable system because old files can still cause troubles. I prefer having several p

Re: [users] question

2010-02-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:40 14/02/2010 -0800, Gianvittorio Zandona' wrote: I am looking at switching from Word to OpenOffice Writer and there is one function in Word I have yet to find in OpenOffice and wonder whether you could help me. In Word I can select a rectangle of text without that it needs to be a table

Re: [users] Question regarding downloading OOO updates on Solaris

2009-10-02 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/10/2 Jeffery Small > I am using OpenOffice 3.1.0 on a Solaris 10 FCS SPARC system. > > When I start soffice it says an update to 3.1.1 is available. I click on > the download button and get the "Check for Updates" dialog. It tries to > start the download and then registers 0% download and

Re: [users] Question

2009-07-16 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/7/16 Harold Fuchs : > On 15/07/09 18:15, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: >> >> 2009/7/14 Daiana Leporatti - NETCOM : >> >>> >>> Dear Support >>> >> >> First of all, this is not a support place. We all are just regular >> users just like you, with different knowledges and so on. We just help >> each ot

Re: [users] Question

2009-07-15 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 15/07/09 18:15, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/7/14 Daiana Leporatti - NETCOM : Dear Support First of all, this is not a support place. We all are just regular users just like you, with different knowledges and so on. We just help each other, kind of. Of course some developers probabl

Re: [users] Question

2009-07-15 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/7/14 Daiana Leporatti - NETCOM : > Dear Support First of all, this is not a support place. We all are just regular users just like you, with different knowledges and so on. We just help each other, kind of. Of course some developers probably hang around here now and then too, I guess, but tha

Re: [users] Question about global preferences.

2009-05-17 Thread Antonio Galindo Castro
Hi Manfred, ok. I was read all the manual, but i can't find answers to my questions :( The part that respects LDAP looks great. But I can not see wherei can found how to create a "template" for my users that have a basic configuration for default saving formats. A lot of thanx.

Re: [users] Question

2009-05-16 Thread James Knott
Tim Stephen wrote: > Thanks, > > Can you advise how I 'configure my e-mail app' as I can't work out > how to do that on Vista That would depend on the email app and I have no experience with Vista. First step, however, is to make sure the file associations are correct. If you save the file and

Re: [users] Question

2009-05-16 Thread Franz Wein
To: Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [users] Question Tim Stephen wrote: Whenever I try to open an attachment (usually word or excel) from my e-mail (std windows) - it won't open and I have to save it and then open 'open office' and open it from within - which i

Re: [users] Question

2009-05-16 Thread Web Kracked
ist linked to the application. Franz Tim Stephen schrieb: Thanks, Can you advise how I 'configure my e-mail app' as I can't work out how to do that on Vista - Original Message - From: "James Knott" To: Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [u

Re: [users] Question

2009-05-16 Thread Franz Wein
dvise how I 'configure my e-mail app' as I can't work out how to do that on Vista - Original Message - From: "James Knott" To: Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [users] Question Tim Stephen wrote: Whenever I try to open an attachment (usually

Re: [users] Question

2009-05-16 Thread Web Kracked
James Knott wrote: Tim Stephen wrote: Whenever I try to open an attachment (usually word or excel) from my e-mail (std windows) - it won't open and I have to save it and then open 'open office' and open it from within - which is laborious. how do i set preferences so that i can just double cl

Re: [users] Question

2009-05-16 Thread Tim Stephen
Thanks, Can you advise how I 'configure my e-mail app' as I can't work out how to do that on Vista - Original Message - From: "James Knott" To: Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [users] Question Tim Stephen wrote: Whenever I try to op

Re: [users] Question

2009-05-16 Thread Franz Wein
Hi Tim use the WIN-Explorer select the tabulator filetype - in the list with "registered filetypes" - you will find the extension von MS-Word - change this to writer and this files will allways open with OO-Writer. Sincerely Franz Tim Stephen schrieb: Whenever I try to open an attachment (u

Re: [users] Question

2009-05-16 Thread James Knott
Tim Stephen wrote: > Whenever I try to open an attachment (usually word or excel) from my e-mail > (std windows) - it won't open and I have to save it and then open 'open > office' and open it from within - which is laborious. > > how do i set preferences so that i can just double click on an att

Re: [users] Question about global preferences.

2009-05-15 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 09:45, Antonio Galindo Castro wrote: > > Hi guys, i have a center with a lot of computers with ubuntu and (of course) > OO. > The accounts for the users is managed via LDAP.  I need a way to set > preferences for all the users like languaje, default file save format, >

Re: [users] Question about getting repeat layouts on one sheet in Sdraw

2009-05-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 02/05/2009 02:02, Peter N. Spotts wrote: Hi folks, I've just designed a new ham radio QSL card using Sdraw. The card measures 3.5 x 5.5 inches, and clearly more than one QSL-card layout would fit on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of card stock for printing. Is there a way to, in effect, define the entire

Re: [users] Question about Fontwork

2009-04-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:09 18/04/2009 +0200, Nobody Noname wrote: I'd like to get some help regarding the Fontwork function in this program. [...] I'm using OOo3.1 English. So, whenever I use this function, as long as my fontwork text is out of the page borders I can resize it. But when it's inside the page

Re: [users] Question for Harold Fuchs

2009-04-17 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 17/04/2009 16:20, Dave Post wrote: On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: In Thunderbird's *mail* component, which is what I use on one of my computers, it is possible to set up a "filter" that, for example, highlights in red in the Inbox all moderated messages i.e. those from u

Re: [users] Question for Harold Fuchs

2009-04-17 Thread Dave Post
On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: In Thunderbird's *mail* component, which is what I use on one of my computers, it is possible to set up a "filter" that, for example, highlights in red in the Inbox all moderated messages i.e. those from unsubscribed users. I have done this a

Re: [users] Question for Harold Fuchs

2009-04-17 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/4/16 Harold Fuchs > On 16/04/2009 22:29, Dave Post wrote: > > Harold, > > I notice you often forward to unsubscribed users replies from list > subscribers who miss this fact. Do you do this manually, or have you created > a rule that does it automatically? If the latter, I'd love to know ho

Re: [users] Question for Harold Fuchs

2009-04-16 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 16/04/2009 22:29, Dave Post wrote: Harold, I notice you often forward to unsubscribed users replies from list subscribers who miss this fact. Do you do this manually, or have you created a rule that does it automatically? If the latter, I'd love to know how you managed it and what email cl

Re: [users] Question about OpenOffice

2009-02-26 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:03:03 -0600 Came this utterance formulated by Griffin, Stacey to my mailbox: > How do I check the "Flesh Kincaid Readability Statistics" of a word > document using OpenOffice? > I don't know if there is a tool within OO.o (if there is the Flesh Kincaid is only one measure

Re: [users] Question

2009-01-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/30 Cor Nouws : > On Windows, you may delete both the downloaded installation files and the > extracted folders, from where the installation was started. > Most often found on the desktop. > For Linux, this may be different for various distro's, but that isn't > something I can help you with.

Re: [users] Question

2009-01-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Hello Pim, Pim Mulder wrote (17-1-2009 15:34) I have on my computer some installation files from Open Office: 2.0, 2.3, 2.4 and 3.0. These take some room of course. Which of these may I delete without causing problems? On Windows, you may delete both the downloaded installation files and the

Re: [users] question about Calc calculating age autmaticalliy

2009-01-24 Thread John & Mary Linge
I guess if Mr. Calis were looking to calculate the number of milliseconds between dates a more accurate calculation should be used. However, since he wanted to find the difference in years, even 365.25 is probably more accurate than necessary. John L. On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Johnny Rosen

Re: [users] question about Calc calculating age autmaticalliy

2009-01-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/1/24 John & Mary Linge > Assuming birthday is in A1, put formula =(TODAY()-A1)/365.25 365.2425 would be slightly more accurate; every year when frac(year/4)=0 is a leap year, EXCEPT when frac(year/100)=0, then it's a leap year only if frac(year/400)=0. So in 400 years there are 97 leap year

Re: [users] question about Calc calculating age autmaticalliy

2009-01-24 Thread John & Mary Linge
Assuming birthday is in A1, put formula =(TODAY()-A1)/365.25 in result cell. Format result cell as a number with as many fractional digits as you desire. John L On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Thomas Calis wrote: > Hello, > I have been looking for a feature in Calc which calculates automatical

Re: [users] question about Calc calculating age automatically

2009-01-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:06 19/01/2009 +0100, Thomas Calis wrote: I have been looking for a feature in Calc which calculates automatically someone's age after giving the person's birthday. Is that possible? You mean their age in the conventional sense of an integral number of completed years - right? Try:

Re: [users] Question

2009-01-17 Thread James Knott
Pim Mulder wrote: > I have on my computer some installation files from Open Office: 2.0, 2.3, 2.4 > and 3.0. These take some room ofcourse. Which of these may I delete without > causing problems? > You can delete all of them. Once OOo is installed, those files are no longer needed. -- Use

Re: [users] Question

2009-01-17 Thread bill
Pim Mulder wrote: I have on my computer some installation files from Open Office: 2.0, 2.3, 2.4 and 3.0. These take some room ofcourse. Which of these may I delete without causing problems? yes -- Bill Drescher william {at} TechServSys {dot} com

Re: [users] Question about the name of . . . .

2009-01-05 Thread Web Kracked
Brian Barker wrote: At 21:09 31/12/2008 -0500, Tim Lonly wrote: Tim Lonly? I, Tim L. wrote it, or am I T. Lonly?, what ever. . . . we need a laugh these days. On the Quickstarter and the opening screen, there is listed Presentation. In the Extension repository there it is listed as Impress.

Re: [users] Question about the name of . . . .

2009-01-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:09 31/12/2008 -0500, Tim Lonly wrote: On the Quickstarter and the opening screen, there is listed Presentation. In the Extension repository there it is listed as Impress. Why is Impress called "Presentation" instead of Impress for these links? It seems to me a confusing thing to me.

Re: [users] Question about the name of . . . .

2009-01-01 Thread David Bird
> Stroke victims can get confused by the oddest things. > I can "see" some things quicker than others may do. > Other things, it can take a long time. > > Before the first stroke, I was told that I see thing "sideways" or at an > "odd angle". > > So, it make sense that I could get confused. > > Oh

Re: [users] Question about the name of . . . .

2009-01-01 Thread Web Kracked
Harold Fuchs wrote: On 01/01/2009 02:09, Web Kracked wrote: Here is a question. On the Quickstarter and the opening screen, there is listed Presentation. In the Extension respiratory there it is listed as Impress. Why is Impress called "Presentation" instead of Impress for these links? It

Re: [users] Question about the name of . . . .

2009-01-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/01/2009 02:09, Web Kracked wrote: Here is a question. On the Quickstarter and the opening screen, there is listed Presentation. In the Extension respiratory there it is listed as Impress. Why is Impress called "Presentation" instead of Impress for these links? It seems to me a confusi

Re: [users] question

2008-12-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 December 2008, Daniel Platten wrote: >Not long ago I paid you for what you called vip service , First Daniel, you didn't pay anyone here. This list is manned 100% by volunteers who are not in any way associated with OOo other than as a user. There is no contractual obligation be

Re: [users] question

2008-12-27 Thread James Knott
John Boyle wrote: > Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> On 27/12/2008 21:18, John Boyle wrote: >> >>> Daniel Platten wrote: >>> >>> Not long ago I paid you for what you called vip service , free updates and well I was not clear what it was for but I never even was able to

Re: [users] question

2008-12-27 Thread John Boyle
Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 27/12/2008 21:18, John Boyle wrote: >> Daniel Platten wrote: >> >>> Not long ago I paid you for what you called vip service , free >>> updates and >>> well I was not clear what it was for but I never even was able to >>> log on the >>> website and you never sent me a rece

Re: [users] question

2008-12-27 Thread jonathon
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 08:40, Daniel Platten wrote: > Not long ago I paid you for what you called vip service , free updates and I"m not sue who "you" refers to. However: * users@openoffice.org" is a publicly distributed, gratis, mailing list, with answers from people who volunteer their time.

Re: [users] question

2008-12-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 27/12/2008 21:18, John Boyle wrote: Daniel Platten wrote: Not long ago I paid you for what you called vip service , free updates and well I was not clear what it was for but I never even was able to log on the website and you never sent me a receipt or any email follow-up about what I just

Re: [users] question

2008-12-27 Thread James Knott
Daniel Platten wrote: > Not long ago I paid you for what you called vip service , free updates and > well I was not clear what it was for but I never even was able to log on the > website and you never sent me a receipt or any email follow-up about what I > just paid for, I am confused and this was

Re: [users] question

2008-12-27 Thread John Boyle
Daniel Platten wrote: > Not long ago I paid you for what you called vip service , free updates and > well I was not clear what it was for but I never even was able to log on the > website and you never sent me a receipt or any email follow-up about what I > just paid for, I am confused and this was

Re: [users] Question

2008-12-21 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:58 19/12/2008 +, Richard Statham wrote: As a new user to Open Office I have a simple question; how do you print a single envelope? I find the envelope printing feature very poor compared with MS Word. That program simply transfers the addressee to the envelope and printing is straig

Re: [users] Question regarding the use of Open Office in a large organisation.

2008-12-08 Thread Dave Barton
Copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Non-Subscribed Poster Original Message From: Web Kracked <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:30:47 -0500 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hello, >> >> My name is James Carr and I work for Corus in Scunthorpe, I have a

Re: [users] Question regarding the use of Open Office in a large organisation.

2008-12-08 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > My name is James Carr and I work for Corus in Scunthorpe, I have a question > regarding the licencing of Open Office. As you are obviously aware, the > current financial climate is affecting everyone, ourselves included, and > due to these a scheme has been cr

Re: [users] Question regarding the use of Open Office in a large organisation.

2008-12-08 Thread Web Kracked
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, My name is James Carr and I work for Corus in Scunthorpe, I have a question regarding the licencing of Open Office. As you are obviously aware, the current financial climate is affecting everyone, ourselves included, and due to these a scheme has been created to

Re: [users] Question

2008-12-04 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:09:48 -0500 > How do I go about opening an existing Microsoft Access database in OpenOffice? > > Thanks. > > Michelle Paskowich This link: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MSA-

Re: [users] Question about Calc

2008-11-05 Thread norseman
Arnold Huzen wrote: Steve, A reason why you might want to do this procedure would be that you have data in column A (first names or street address) and in column B (last name or housenumber) that you want to join together in column C. After joining the data you only need column C and want to

Re: [users] Question about Calc

2008-11-05 Thread Arnold Huzen
Steve, A reason why you might want to do this procedure would be that you have data in column A (first names or street address) and in column B (last name or housenumber) that you want to join together in column C. After joining the data you only need column C and want to delete columns A and

Re: [users] Question about Calc

2008-11-05 Thread norseman
John M Collins wrote: Is there a way, in Calc, where a cell has a formula, of replacing its contents with whatever is currently being displayed so it's just a number? John Collins Xi Software Ltd www.xisl.com John, I don't have an answer but I do have a ques

Re: [users] Question about Calc

2008-11-05 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:25 05/11/2008 -0500, Bill Drescher wrote: A related, but different issue. Col A is a calculated column. I want to copy the *value* of that to Col B so that when I delete Col A I do not get an error. How ? Actually, I'm not sure what the problem is here. If you copy column A to column

Re: [users] Question about Calc

2008-11-05 Thread Arnold Huzen
Bill, your issue is the same as John's, just a different location to which your pasting the contents of the originating cells. The solution Brian gave also covers your question. Arnold Huzen bill schreef: Brian Barker wrote: At 14:04 05/11/2008 +, John M Collins wrote: Is there a way,

Re: [users] Question about Calc

2008-11-05 Thread bill
Brian Barker wrote: At 14:04 05/11/2008 +, John M Collins wrote: Is there a way, in Calc, where a cell has a formula, of replacing its contents with whatever is currently being displayed so it's just a number? Yes. o Copy the cell. o Paste what you have copied back into the cell, but us

Re: [users] Question about Calc

2008-11-05 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:04 05/11/2008 +, John M Collins wrote: Is there a way, in Calc, where a cell has a formula, of replacing its contents with whatever is currently being displayed so it's just a number? Yes. o Copy the cell. o Paste what you have copied back into the cell, but using Edit | Paste Spec

Re: [users] Question re: attaching documents done in Open Office to emails

2008-10-30 Thread Sandra Cronander
I solved the problem - - I purchased Microsoft Word - more people have that on their computer.  Thanks. --- On Wed, 10/29/08, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [users] Question re: attaching documents done in Open Office t

Re: [users] Question re: attaching documents done in Open Office to emails

2008-10-29 Thread James Knott
Sandra Cronander wrote: > I have the program on my computer and created a Word document. I attached it > to an email, but those who received it couldn't open the document. > > Could you explain why or how I can get around that problem? > > Sandra Cronander > By default, OpenOffice.org saves

Re: [users] Question re: attaching documents done in Open Office to emails

2008-10-29 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/10/27 Sandra Cronander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have the program on my computer and created a Word document. I attached > it to an email, but those who received it couldn't open the document. > > Could you explain why or how I can get around that problem? > How *exactly* did you create the W

Re: [users] question about countif() with two criterion

2008-10-28 Thread Ely Schoenfeld
Maybe this is old... sorry if it is. I use another way to accomplish this. I learned this function here, in the mailing list. I'm just applying it differently. Imagine you have a calc document with dates on column b, status on column c and student name on column d. First of all... you must agree

Re: [users] question about countif() with two criterion

2008-10-25 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:51 25/10/2008 +, Girard Aquino wrote: I totally had problems with syntax and after reviewing wild characters, I got it to work with this: =COUNTIF($Scratch.A2:A123;"\"). Sorry, but - as I said before - you have not begun to explain what you are doing here. You appear to be counting

Re: [users] question about countif() with two criterion

2008-10-25 Thread Girard Aquino
Brian Barker wrote: > At 03:12 24/10/2008 +, Girard Aquino wrote: >> I got the new column, ... > > Good-oh! > >> ... but I am having difficulty representing characters in the >> countif(). I am using =COUNTIF(D8:D133;"\"). > > That will count those cells which contain a backslash and nothing

Re: [users] question about countif() with two criterion

2008-10-25 Thread Girard Aquino
Brian Barker wrote: > At 03:12 24/10/2008 +, Girard Aquino wrote: >> I got the new column, ... > > Good-oh! > >> ... but I am having difficulty representing characters in the >> countif(). I am using =COUNTIF(D8:D133;"\"). > > That will count those cells which contain a backslash and nothing

Re: [users] question about countif() with two criterion

2008-10-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 03:12 24/10/2008 +, Girard Aquino wrote: I got the new column, ... Good-oh! ... but I am having difficulty representing characters in the countif(). I am using =COUNTIF(D8:D133;"\"). That will count those cells which contain a backslash and nothing else, of course. Is that what you

Re: [users] question about countif() with two criterion

2008-10-23 Thread Girard Aquino
Brian Barker wrote: > At 03:34 23/10/2008 +, Girard Aquino wrote: >> Hi! I have a data sheet that has names, dates they attended and >> whether or not they did attend. i would like to see how many people >> actually attended for the first quarter, and/or by month. So for >> example, i would

Re: [users] question about countif() with two criterion

2008-10-23 Thread Brian Barker
At 03:34 23/10/2008 +, Girard Aquino wrote: Hi! I have a data sheet that has names, dates they attended and whether or not they did attend. i would like to see how many people actually attended for the first quarter, and/or by month. So for example, i would have 15 names listed and schedule

Re: [users] Question about Microsoft works....

2008-10-07 Thread James Knott
Joanne Genna wrote: > Hi, I recently downloaded the program and used it to convert my Microsoft > Works charts and documents over to Excel and Word. Can I do something with my > address book I used to make my address labels. I had typed 100 addresses in > last year, before I had Word in my compu

Re: [users] Question about Microsoft works....

2008-10-07 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/10/7 Joanne Genna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, I recently downloaded the program and used it to convert my Microsoft > Works charts and documents over to Excel and Word. Can I do something with > my address book I used to make my address labels. I had typed 100 addresses > in last year, before I

Re: [users] Question about Microsoft works....

2008-10-07 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:18 06/10/2008 -0700, Joanne Genna wrote: Hi, I recently downloaded the program and used it to convert my Microsoft Works charts and documents over to Excel and Word. Can I do something with my address book I used to make my address labels. I had typed 100 addresses in last year, before I

Re: [users] Question sur l'utilisation

2008-09-09 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 09/09/2008 21:43, Julien Reynaud wrote: Bonjour, J'ai un problème, en créant un document avec open office writer, si je l'enregistre en .doc version word 97, cela ne met pas de terminaison au nom du fichier, il me demande donc à cuaque fois que je veux le lancer avec quel logicile l'ouvrir

Re: [users] Question [Offsetting page numbers]

2008-09-05 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:53 31/08/2008 -0500, Jim Reaves wrote: How do I paginate in Open Office Writer? o Go to Insert | Header > or Insert | Footer > to create a header or footer in the appropriate page style (perhaps Default?). o Put the cursor into the header or footer. o Go to Insert | Fields > Page Num

Re: [users] Question (opening as Word document)

2008-09-03 Thread Barbara Duprey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have type a very important paper in Open Office Write and I would like to open it in Microsoft-Word, the file is save as a ODT file but cannot open in Microsoft-Word. How do I get the file to open up in Microsoft-Word do I save it under a different filename or what

Re: [users] Question

2008-09-03 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Morning, I have type a very important paper in Open Office Write and I would like to open it in Microsoft-Word, the file is save as a ODT file but cannot open in Microsoft-Word. How do I get the file to open up in Microsoft-Word do I save it under a d

Re: [users] Question

2008-09-03 Thread Michele
2008/9/2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Good Morning, > > > > I have type a very important paper in Open Office Write and I would like to > open it in Microsoft-Word, the file is save as a ODT file but cannot open in > Microsoft-Word. How do I get the file to open up in Microso

Re: [users] Question about a product

2008-08-03 Thread James Knott
Anna Zavorotny wrote: Good afternoon, I would like to find out if you have a copy of the Open Office that can be uploaded to the PDA, BlackBerry Curve 8310 specifically. All I really am looking for is word and excel, maybe a power point. As far as I know, there is no version of Op

Re: [users] question

2008-07-14 Thread Guy Voets
2008/7/13 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > kasey heintz wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Can this software be used on Macintosh computers effectively? I will be >> reading more information, but I'm assuming files can be saved as "ppt", etc. >> and can be opened as such? If graphics are created on a pp

Re: [users] question

2008-07-12 Thread James Knott
kasey heintz wrote: Hello, Can this software be used on Macintosh computers effectively? I will be reading more information, but I'm assuming files can be saved as "ppt", etc. and can be opened as such? If graphics are created on a ppt-type presentation on a Mac, will they open on a PC that

Re: [users] Question for users' List

2008-06-29 Thread Jack D. Lewis
Jaime Bolanos wrote the following on 6/24/2008 1:26 PM: Dear Moderator, I would like to post this message to the user's list: Since I updated to the most recent version of Open Office Writer, pictures and images in documents are not displayed. Can anybody help me fix the problem?? Thanks a lo

Re: [users] Question?

2008-06-11 Thread Merry Widow
nd I need to re-install it. Thanks again, Merry Widow - Original Message - From: "James Knott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [users] Question? Merry Widow wrote: I just ordered the CD and downloaded the

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