[users] Re: Autofill Question in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Terry
WANG, Xiaoyun arsnova at gmail.com writes: I have cells whose contents are a reference to a cell in another sheet plus a suffix of a number. So it goes like this: =ANOTHERSHEET.CELLnumber. I want to fill a series of cells with the same expression with only incremental/decremental changes

Re: [users] Re: Several of us here are buzzing around the sameExcel/Calc question

2006-08-21 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 13:49 +1000, Ross Johnson wrote: Barrie Backhurst wrote: Linux Format magazine(www.linuxformat.co.uk) has been running a tutorial on OOo macros, written by Mark Bain. The 5th and final installment is included in the latest issue(lxf84, October 2006), which I received

[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HEREMMARY HERE

2006-08-21 Thread MICHELE GRISHAM
Should it take 5 hours to download open office?

[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-08-21 Thread George Ng
Hi, I am using version 2.0 of Open Office and my problem is: I had recently download a MS Power point presentation (size 55Mb) and found that manypictures can not be opened with Open office Impress. Please advise what is the possible cause and how can I use Open office to correct these

[users] Test it, please: OpenOffice.org Premium 2.0.3

2006-08-21 Thread KAMI
Hello! I finally get managed to upload the latest binaries of OpenOffice.org Premium version 2.0.3. Please test it with us and share your experience. If no problems occur this will be the final 2.0.3 of Openoffice.org Premium release. The installer kits (for Linux and Windows in English,

[users] Commercial Usage

2006-08-21 Thread Celal Gurcuoglu
Hello, I apologize for this email since the answer is probably in the website but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything wrong. I own a business with 6 employees. I would like to use Open Office in all the computers at my company. Is it legal to use Open Office for my company? I

[users] Struggling to download Open office

2006-08-21 Thread paul stanton
Hi, When I try and download Open office all I get is an Unknown file, something to do with BT torrent. I am running windows XP home, BT broad band. Any ideas or suggestions Many thanks Stan

[users] Sprachen

2006-08-21 Thread Christian Mainusch
Sehr geehrtes openoffice-team, ich habe versucht mehrmals Sprachen-dictionaries herunterzuladen so wie beschrieben. Leider bekomme ich keine Verbindung mit dme dazugehörigen Server. Die Meldung erscheint, dass keine Internetverbindung besteht, wel. jedoch der Fall ist. Was kann

Re: [users] can't make alias

2006-08-21 Thread sigve berge hofland
when I try to start OpenOffice.org 2.0.app I get an error window with the text: Can't make alias Are you running OpenOffice.org 2.0.app (the application icon) from within the Applications folder? Yes. It appears that X11 is not starting. Can you confirm that X11 is working on your system

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HEREMMARY HERE

2006-08-21 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
Good morning. On 20/08/2006, at 17:38, MICHELE GRISHAM wrote: Should it take 5 hours to download open office? Well, that depends on the connection that you have to the internet. If you have a slow connection, it can take that long. --- Shoshannah Forbes http://www.xslf.com

Re: [users] [moderated] How long to download OOo? Was: YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-08-21 Thread Ross Johnson
MICHELE GRISHAM wrote: Should it take 5 hours to download open office? If you have a 56 kilobit modem connection it will take about 5 hours - provided you aren't surfing the web at the same time. Here's how you can estimate it: I think the Windows version is roughly 100 Mbytes, which is

Re: [users] Commercial Usage

2006-08-21 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
Hi Celal. On 20/08/2006, at 23:08, Celal Gurcuoglu wrote: I would like to use Open Office in all the computers at my company. Is it legal to use Open Office for my company? Yes, it's legal. You can install it on as many machines as you like, give it out to your clients etc. You can find

Re: [users] Commercial Usage

2006-08-21 Thread Ross Johnson
Celal Gurcuoglu wrote: Hello, I apologize for this email since the answer is probably in the website but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything wrong. I own a business with 6 employees. I would like to use Open Office in all the computers at my company. Is it legal to use Open

Re: [users] Using OpenOffice Writer to create Web pages (HTML)

2006-08-21 Thread Andy Pepperdine
Maurice, as no one else has answered this yet I'll just say what little I know. On Saturday 19 August 2006 16:16, Maurice Batey wrote: [...] (2) Under 'HTML Source Text, the help info says: In HTML Source mode, you can view edit the gags of HTML. Save the doc as a plain text

[users] OpenOffice for Apple OS X 10.4

2006-08-21 Thread Joke
Dear Sir or Madam, I have got a Apple CoreDue with Mac OS X 10.4 and I would like to install OpenOffice. Unfortunately, I can not install X11 because the Apple write that I have got a newer version. What can I do ??? Best regards Thorsten Maxara

[users] Re: Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-08-21 Thread Terry
Kirill S. Palagin kpalagin at phxint.ru writes: Page 205 of User Guide: Assume the user has hidden are a few rows or columns visible cells are to be copied. Calc behaves differently depending on the method the intended action to be performed upon them. Its that selecting

Re: [users] Re: Autofill Question in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread WANG, Xiaoyun
On 8/21/06, Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To prevent the cell reference changing, you will need to use absolute references such as =Sheet2.$A$1 The $ signifies that the reference is absolute. If you are only dragging down, only the row number needs to be absolute. If you are only dragging

Re: [users] Sprachen

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 12:38 -0700, Christian Mainusch wrote: ich habe versucht mehrmals Sprachen-dictionaries herunterzuladen so wie beschrieben. Leider bekomme ich keine Verbindung mit dme dazugehörigen Server. Die Meldung erscheint, dass keine Internetverbindung besteht, wel. jedoch der

Re: [users] Printing to HP 1320

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:30 -0400, Randy Jonasz wrote: Hey everyone, Has anyone had experience with printing from Open Office to a HP 1320 Laser Printer? The problem I have is that every time I want to print from OO, the error light flashes on the printer. The print job doesn't start

Re: [users] Commercial Usage

2006-08-21 Thread James Mckenzie
Celal: According to the LGPL under which OpenOffice.org is released, you are not limited to the number of computers you can install it on. Please reply to the users@openoffice.org mailing list. only. James M. -Original Message- From: Celal Gurcuoglu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 20,

Re: [users] Printing to HP 1320

2006-08-21 Thread Randy Jonasz
On 8/21/06, G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:30 -0400, Randy Jonasz wrote: Hey everyone, Has anyone had experience with printing from Open Office to a HP 1320 Laser Printer? The problem I have is that every time I want to print from OO, the error

Re: [users] Printing to HP 1320

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 11:08 -0400, Randy Jonasz wrote: On 8/21/06, G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:30 -0400, Randy Jonasz wrote: Hey everyone, Has anyone had experience with printing from Open Office to a HP 1320 Laser Printer? The problem I

Re: [users] OpenOffice for Apple OS X 10.4

2006-08-21 Thread Fran Mennick
I'm having the same problem. When I try to install the X11 under options on the Tiger CD (or from downloads on the Apple site), it says that I can' because I already have a newer version of X11 -- which must have arrived with one of the software updates (perhaps???). Spotlight finds X11

Re: [users] OpenOffice for Apple OS X 10.4

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 11:56 -0400, Fran Mennick wrote: I'm having the same problem. When I try to install the X11 under options on the Tiger CD (or from downloads on the Apple site), it says that I can' because I already have a newer version of X11 -- which must have arrived with one of

[users] Developer Article Winner: Cédric Bosdonnat

2006-08-21 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, Cédric Bosdonnat has once again won the Developer Article contest with a superb article on UNO, Understanding UNO. What is UNO? As Bosdonnat explains, UNO is the central concept in OpenOffice.org because it manages all the OpenOffice.org internal objects UNO provides a way to

[users] Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread CarlP
Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and =CONCATENATE(0;G3) where G3 is the column with zip codes. (The data was brought into a numeric field, hence the leading zero fell off.) But this only shows this formula in

Re: [users] OpenOffice for Apple OS X 10.4

2006-08-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
I'm not a Mac user yet (very soon, hopefully) but check Apple support article at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301229 which states the following: Want to reinstall a part of Mac OS X 10.4 after it's already installed? It's easy! 1. Insert your Mac OS X 10.4

[users] Extra blank pages

2006-08-21 Thread Phil Moseley
Hi I have a lot of blank pages in a Writer project that remained after I deleted all the text in them. Can you please tell me how I can get rid of all the blank pages? Thanks Phil

[users] Open office with Power builder

2006-08-21 Thread Reddy Gorla
Hi, I have seen many JAVA and VB examples with Openoffice, but it would be really helpful if you can provide us some information on POWERBUILDER with Openoffice. Especially OLE automation concepts connecting Openoffice spreadsheets to poweruilder application. Regards REDDY This email and

[users] Spracheinstellung

2006-08-21 Thread Oliver Hausen
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich nutze Open Office.org, und bin damit sehr zufrieden. Eine Frage habe ich allerdings. Wie kann ich die Sprache von Englisch auf Deutsch umstellen ? Ich Nutze den Writer. Gruß: Oliver Hausen schöne bunte Bilder... by Oliver Hausen

[users] [moderated]

2006-08-21 Thread Roger Comeau
Hi, I have two questions, the first is if we are able as a corporation to use this product for office use or is it limited to residential use? My second question is If we are able to use this product we wish to make a contribution to support your association, is there a location on

[users] [moderated] Use of toolbars in OO

2006-08-21 Thread Ludo
Hi, I am using OO 2.0.3 and have questions aboutusing toolbars in Draw: 1. The help document explains that one can add toolbars to the list under "View" - "Toolbar" by selecting Customize. When I do that on that pop-up screen, e.g. the "Circles and Ovals", and click OK, that toolbaris not

[users] Making the UK dictionary permanent.

2006-08-21 Thread Bill Piper
I wish to choose the UK spelling dictionary. In Writer, via tools spellcheck options, I select the UK dictionary, which works during that checking session. However, next time I run a check (or when the program checks automatically) it has reverted to the US spellings. The same for the

Re: [users] Printing to HP 1320

2006-08-21 Thread Randy Jonasz
On 8/21/06, G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 11:08 -0400, Randy Jonasz wrote: On 8/21/06, G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:30 -0400, Randy Jonasz wrote: Hey everyone, Has anyone had experience with printing

[users] Security Bulletins

2006-08-21 Thread Johnson, Bryan
Which mailing list should I subscribe to for security bulletins?

Re: [users] Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 21 August 2006 11:55 am, CarlP wrote: Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and =CONCATENATE(0;G3) where G3 is the column with zip codes. (The data was brought into a numeric field, hence the leading

Re: [users] Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Harold Fuchs
- Original Message - From: CarlP [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:55 PM Subject: [users] Concatenate a string in Calc Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 14:11 -0300, Roger Comeau wrote: Hi, I have two questions, the first is if we are able as a corporation to use this product for office use or is it limited to residential use? You not only can use OOo in this environment you are encourage to give it to

Re: [users] Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Harold Fuchs
- Original Message - From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [users] Concatenate a string in Calc snip Why not just format the column for US Zip Codes in the first place? If you want just the first 5

Re: [users] [moderated]

2006-08-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 21 August 2006 12:11 pm, Roger Comeau wrote: Hi, I have two questions, the first is if we are able as a corporation to use this product for office use or is it limited to residential use? My second question is If we are able to use this product we wish to make a

Re: [users] Making the UK dictionary permanent.

2006-08-21 Thread Harold Fuchs
- Original Message - From: Bill Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 6:37 PM Subject: [users] Making the UK dictionary permanent. I wish to choose the UK spelling dictionary. In Writer, via tools spellcheck options, I select the UK

[users] I am not using Open Office. Will Writer interface with Outlook Express as Microsoft word does for spell check?

2006-08-21 Thread Leo Gardner

RE: [users] Re: Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-08-21 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunatly solution with macro is not very easy to sell to users after they are spoiled by competition. I will keep it in toolbox for special cases. WBR, K. Palagin. -Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Sent: Monday,

[users] reformatting after inserting special characters

2006-08-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
After inserting the correct diacritecs, using Insert/Special Character, into a document I decided to change fonts by using the stylist. It did not change the font used for the diacritics. I did not discover this until I printed the whole document, wasting a bunch of paper. Why does inserting

Re: [users] Spracheinstellung

2006-08-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Montag, 21. August 2006 12:41 schrieb Oliver Hausen: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich nutze Open Office.org, und bin damit sehr zufrieden. Eine Frage habe ich allerdings. Wie kann ich die Sprache von Englisch auf Deutsch umstellen ? Ich Nutze den Writer. Es kommt auf die Version von

[users] Re: Calc - copying subtotals without original data?

2006-08-21 Thread Andreas Saeger
Try a datapilot instead of subtotals. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Andreas Saeger
CarlP wrote: Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and =CONCATENATE(0;G3) Your cell is formatted as text or ToolsOptionsCalcViewShow Formulas is checked.

[users] Re: Spracheinstellung

2006-08-21 Thread Andreas Saeger
Oliver Hausen wrote: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich nutze Open Office.org, und bin damit sehr zufrieden. Eine Frage habe ich allerdings. Wie kann ich die Sprache von Englisch auf Deutsch umstellen ? Ich Nutze den Writer. Hallo, Wie Deine Installation von OpenOffice.org ist diese Liste

Re: [users] Spracheinstellung

2006-08-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Montag, 21. August 2006 21:07 schrieb Guido Pinkernell: Am Montag, 21. August 2006 12:41 schrieb Oliver Hausen: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich nutze Open Office.org, und bin damit sehr zufrieden. Eine Frage habe ich allerdings. Wie kann ich die Sprache von Englisch auf Deutsch

Re: [users] Extra blank pages

2006-08-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Montag, 21. August 2006 17:58 schrieb Phil Moseley: Hi I have a lot of blank pages in a Writer project that remained after I deleted all the text in them. Can you please tell me how I can get rid of all the blank pages? Thanks There is a FAQ entry which you could try. If it doesn´t work

[users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread CarlP
Dan Lewis wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 11:55 am, CarlP wrote: Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and =CONCATENATE(0;G3) where G3 is the column with zip codes. (The data was brought into a numeric field, hence

[users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread CarlP
Andreas Saeger wrote: CarlP wrote: Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and =CONCATENATE(0;G3) Your cell is formatted as text or ToolsOptionsCalcViewShow Formulas is checked. Ah, it is formatted as text, as

Re: [users] Re: Several of us here are buzzing around the sameExcel/Calc question

2006-08-21 Thread Cor Nouws
Barrie Backhurst wrote: Unfortunately, I had only scanned the article when making my original post. Having digested it further, the original developer is Noel Power [...] Thanks a lot Barrie. Useful information! Cor -- Cor Nouws Done a test ride and want to keep the car? See

[users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread CarlP
Harold Fuchs wrote: - Original Message - From: CarlP [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:55 PM Subject: [users] Concatenate a string in Calc Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows:

RE: [users] Barcodes (not postal) in OO?

2006-08-21 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Now I see that my expectations were a bit off (actually by a lot). I have filed RFE http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=68841 And in the mean time will try using macro in Writer. Thanks a lot! WBR, K. Palagin. -Original Message- From: Ross Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [users] I am not using Open Office. Will Writer interface with Outlook Express as Microsoft word does for spell check?

2006-08-21 Thread Paul
Short answer is no. You cannot use writer to compose emails from within Outlook. You can of course compose emails in writer (using spell check,etc...) then copy and paste the text into an outlook 'new mail'. /paul ps, its best not to ask your whole question in the subject line... On 8/22/06,

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-08-21 Thread Paul
You'd be best to check out the license that comes with OOo, but if your asking can you use and distribute OOo free of charge, the answer is YES. OOo can be obtained free of charge (apart from any download / CD purchase costs - which would be negligible). You can then replicate OOo onto as many

[users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Andreas Saeger
CarlP wrote: Andreas Saeger wrote: CarlP wrote: Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and =CONCATENATE(0;G3) Your cell is formatted as text or ToolsOptionsCalcViewShow Formulas is checked. Ah, it is formatted

Re: [users] Spracheinstellung

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 21:26 +0200, Guido Pinkernell wrote: Am Montag, 21. August 2006 21:07 schrieb Guido Pinkernell: Am Montag, 21. August 2006 12:41 schrieb Oliver Hausen: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich nutze Open Office.org, und bin damit sehr zufrieden. Eine Frage habe ich

[users] Dúvidas s/uso do Writer

2006-08-21 Thread Nobuko Takemura
Boa tarde, Instalamos o openoffice 2.0, em 03 computadores de rede na nossa empresa em 16/08/06. O pessoal não está encontrando dificuldades para usá-lo. Hoje surgiu uma dúvida: Na rede temos algumas pastas com senha para abrir, e todas as pastas que abrimos a partir do computador que tem o

Re: [users] Spracheinstellung

2006-08-21 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Montag, 21. August 2006 22:41 schrieb G. Roderick Singleton: Sorry for this addendum but I found it difficult to find info about changing language settings in version 2.0.3. Apparently nothing on the main site of openoffice.org, I am afraid. So I thought a link to this German info page

Re: [users] slide show

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu August 17 2006 03:23, juan abba wrote: Once I open a PPS file with POWER POINT, just pressing F5 will start the slide show, automatically changing the slides, one after the other and playing sound if it exists without interruption. If I do same with IMPRESS, F5 will do following,

Re: [users] Trouble with install - error message: Internal Error 2755.110

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed August 16 2006 16:11, + John Stewart wrote: When I try to install OpenOffice version 2.0.0 or 2.0.3 I get this error message: Internal Error 2755.110, [path]/openofficeorg20.msi I've tried running it from my desktop and from program files. It also said something about J2SE 5

Re: [users] How to use Open office

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon July 24 2006 12:28, + sasi wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Dear sir, good morning please let us know whether openoffice will suppport the msoffice merged document if yes how we have to activate that. it is indeed supported. It is also free to download so that you can test

Re: [users] Calc Sort function

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon July 24 2006 15:28, + William Woolrich wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Forgive the newbie question but I've looked and looked and can't seem to find the answer in any faq. I'm trying to transition to openoffice from MS Office. I have a Calc list that, when using excel, I

Re: [users] installing Open Office Chinese version

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
Please do *not* start a new question by replying to an old one as this causes several problems: 1) most email software will correctly think that your email is a response to the email you are replying to, and will indicate this by displaying your email as a child of the original email 2) because

Re: [users] Spracheinstellung

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 23:00 +0200, Guido Pinkernell wrote: Am Montag, 21. August 2006 22:41 schrieb G. Roderick Singleton: Sorry for this addendum but I found it difficult to find info about changing language settings in version 2.0.3. Apparently nothing on the main site of

Re: [users] Trouble with install - error message: Internal Error 2755.110

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 22:07 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: On Wed August 16 2006 16:11, + John Stewart wrote: When I try to install OpenOffice version 2.0.0 or 2.0.3 I get this error message: Internal Error 2755.110, [path]/openofficeorg20.msi I've tried running it from my desktop and

Re: [users] questions regarding use of openoffice writer...

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri August 18 2006 07:57, + samuel anwar wrote: well the first thing you have asked about copying only text from firefox to writer works finebut the second thing u have mentioned does not works...even when i try to save a web page containing images and txt by doing File-- Save Asit

Re: [users] OpenOffice for Apple OS X 10.4

2006-08-21 Thread James Mckenzie
Larry: I think something here is missing. You must be logged in as an administrative user or know the credentials of an administrative user in order to install or re-intall software on the Mac OS X platform. See my note below where you should be asked this question. James M. -Original

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue August 15 2006 18:25, + NORMAN T ROTHWELL wrote: [ MODERATED ] Dear Open Office, I have Open Office on my computer and today I tried to access my writing program and it said that there was a configuration data problem and to call you guys HLP! Hi,

Re: [users] using OpenOffice v2.0.3 on Mac OSX 10.4.7 and can only access Writer and text documents. I can't toggle to Impress, Draw, Base, or Calc documents.

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue August 15 2006 22:43, + Andy Ligas wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Feeling dumb. I launch OpenOffice into the default app, Writer. I have no problems toggling among a Writer document, a text document, and the xterm window. However, I can't toggle to a Draw, Base, Impress,

Re: [users] Re: SO7 - OOo1.1/2.0 different table row heights?

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed August 16 2006 02:44, Philip Rhoades wrote: CPHennessy, On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 22:40 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri August 11 2006 07:36, Philip Rhoades wrote: People, I have a large number of SO7 sxw files that are templates for a command line, mail merge

Re: [users] Err:503 in spread sheet

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu August 17 2006 00:40, + mariopena33 wrote: [ MODERATED ] I am using version 1.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is excel spread sheet files .XLS : We have microsoft excel 2000 at work. The Open Office software opens the excel file, but some of the formula boxes in

Re: [users] How to Get More Templates

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu August 17 2006 02:57, + khairul wrote: How can I get more templates in my OpenOffice.org Impress As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thu August 17 2006 21:07, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: Start with http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/index.html

Re: [users] Conversion from PC to Mac

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri August 18 2006 20:06, + Paul Young wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I am using OpenOffice 2.0 on a PC. I will shortly be switching to Mac (OSX) and would like to know if there is a relatively painless method of doing so. The documents should open perfectly on the Mac

Re: [users] remove word wrap newlines

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri August 18 2006 20:08, + Quintin Riis wrote: I have some files from gamefaqs.com, plaintext files... I want to shrink the font size, then remove the hard newlines that are present in the file so it is smaller when I print. Is there an easy way to do this in openoffice? note that only

Re: [users] problem with grafik

2006-08-21 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat August 19 2006 14:53, + U.Hesse wrote: [ MODERATED ] I am using version X.Y of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : i can´t in a dokument include a bitmap or other grafik, it´s coming X Grafik,no bitmap, wat can i do? kann in Dokument keine Bilder einfügen, kommt nur

[users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Bob Long
Andreas Saeger wrote: CarlP wrote: Andreas Saeger wrote: CarlP wrote: Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and =CONCATENATE(0;G3) Your cell is formatted as text or ToolsOptionsCalcViewShow Formulas is

Re: [users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Walter A. March
snip When you format a cell as text it will treat any input as text, even if it is numeric or starting with a =. Is that really true? I've not been able to confirm that. Anyway, I've also not been able to replicate the original problem which is showing the formula rather than the result.

Re: [users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Walter A. March
CarlP wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: - Original Message - From: CarlP [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:55 PM Subject: [users] Concatenate a string in Calc Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as

Re: [users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread Ross Johnson
Bob Long wrote: Andreas Saeger wrote: When you format a cell as text it will treat any input as text, even if it is numeric or starting with a =. Is that really true? I've not been able to confirm that. Yes, it's true, and I'm guessing that this is the only time you need to use

Re: [users] Re: Concatenate a string in Calc

2006-08-21 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 10:10 +1000, Bob Long wrote: Andreas Saeger wrote: CarlP wrote: Andreas Saeger wrote: CarlP wrote: Trying to add a leading zero on eastern US zip codes using the Concatenate function as follows: =CONCATENATE(0;G3) and =CONCATENATE(0;G3) Your cell is

Re: [users] can't make alias

2006-08-21 Thread James McKenzie
Sigve: Thank you for the update on the status of your installation of OpenOffice.org for MacOSX Intel. I use the same release and was the individual who QA'd and released it. See my comments on your problems below after your last comment. I have removed the other information as it is correct.

Re: [users] Conversion from PC to Mac

2006-08-21 Thread James McKenzie
CPHennessy wrote: On Fri August 18 2006 20:06, + Paul Young wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I am using OpenOffice 2.0 on a PC. I will shortly be switching to Mac (OSX) and would like to know if there is a relatively painless method of doing so. The documents should

[users] create CD cover

2006-08-21 Thread Chris Aitken
Has anyone here made a CD cover in OpenOffice 1.1.1? The only thing I found in help was CD labels - I need a *cover* (back and front). I searched the Internet and only found a marketing cover for burning copies of OpenOffice. I am making my own music CD and want to create a cover. Chris

Re: [users] create CD cover

2006-08-21 Thread Ross Johnson
Chris Aitken wrote: Has anyone here made a CD cover in OpenOffice 1.1.1? The only thing I found in help was CD labels - I need a *cover* (back and front). I searched the Internet and only found a marketing cover for burning copies of OpenOffice. I am making my own music CD and want to create

[users] Using MS Office with selected OO packages?

2006-08-21 Thread Oscar Renter
Hi, I'm a newbie but could not find an answer to this. Is it possible to use only selected OO applications (Draw, Impress) while still using other MS Office apps like Word and Excel? TIA. - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

Re: [users] Using MS Office with selected OO packages?

2006-08-21 Thread Fred A. Miller
On Monday 21 August 2006 11:16 pm, Oscar Renter wrote: Hi, I'm a newbie but could not find an answer to this. Is it possible to use only selected OO applications (Draw, Impress) while still using other MS Office apps like Word and Excel? TIA. Of course, but once you use the

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-08-21 Thread Jack Gates
On Friday 02 June 2006 09:57, Immanuel CRC Office wrote: Sven and Doris wrote: Hi Guys Just wanted to ask whether you are going to develop a email client like Outlook 2003 cause I want out of MS Office. Sven: There are many free and good email clients out there, so rather than

RE: [users] Using MS Office with selected OO packages?

2006-08-21 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
-Original Message- From: Fred A. Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:36 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Using MS Office with selected OO packages? On Monday 21 August 2006 11:16 pm, Oscar Renter wrote: Hi, I'm a newbie but

RE: [users] Using MS Office with selected OO packages?

2006-08-21 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Sure, why not. Just properly associate file extensions with applications. -Original Message- From: Oscar Renter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:17 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Using MS Office with selected OO packages? Hi,