[users] Re: [distribution-dev] English 3.3.0
On 4/3/2011 12:26 PM, Patricia Bluhm wrote: I do not know what you are talking about. Stop bothering me. Pat Bluhm Patricia, you apparently don't understand mailing lists and don't want to be on this one. Somehow or another you managed to subscribe; now, for the list to stop bothering you with messages, you will need to unsubscribe. Send a message to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org. You should very soon receive a confirmation message. Reply to that; that should complete the unsubscribe process, and you'll get a Goodbye message. If that doesn't work, send a message to users-requ...@openoffice.org describing exactly what happened when you tried that, and somebody with the authority to help will respond. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Tables
On 4/3/2011 4:15 PM, Paul wrote: This question is best asked on the users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org mailing list. There are many people just waiting to assist. /paul On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Vincent A Juliano vjuli...@optonline.net mailto:vjuli...@optonline.net wrote: Folks, I need to learn how to create and manage tables in OO3. The tutorial on*table of contents* does not address my problem. It is necessary to put a heading above or outside the table. I can't find or don't recognize the listing for the*table wizard.* * * I would most appreciate any assistance in helping me to understand what to do and how to do it. If there is a place that describes how to learn to use tables I'd be most appreciative. Vince Juliano Vince, you probably want the actions available through the Table menu on the main menu bar, and/or the Table toolbar available from View Toolbars Table. If you are just beginning to use OpenOffice.org, I recommend reading the Getting Started document (and in this case, especially the Getting Started with Writer chapter): http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started Further details about Writer are documented in the Writer Guide: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide One chapter of that is Working with Tables, if you need even more information. You'll also want to start getting familiar with the way Writer uses styles at various levels, and again there's an introduction in the Getting Started material. For instance, if you create a table you can apply the Table Heading style to its first row. You can come back here any time with more questions, of course. There's a wealth of documentation available on the wiki, in PDFs, and in Writer's native ODT format; here's a general link that may be helpful: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Digest for list users /unsubscribe
On 3/31/2011 10:19 PM, Stefan Taxhet wrote: Hi Barbara, All, On 30.03.2011 15:41, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 3/29/2011 8:04 PM, Gusty Sluder wrote: Please remove me from this mailing list The users on this list have no authority to unsubscribe you from the list digest, you will need to do that yourself. As a first step, try sending a message to users-digest-unsubscr...@openoffice.org. You should very soon get a confirmation message; replying to that completes the unsubscribe process, and you will get a Goodbye message. If that doesn't work, you'll need to send a message to users-ow...@openoffice.org asking for help and saying what went wrong when you tried the above process. Please note that the aliases for list maintenance have changed with the new environment. There is no separate unsubscribe address for recipients of the digest version. Please use users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org Human list owners can be reached using users-request@ooo Greetings Stefan Thanks for the info, Stefan. So users-unsubscribe works for either the list or its digest, and users-owner no longer works? Also, the old users-request used the subject as the command and was automatic; now it's just a normal message, handled by a person? (I'm assuming that it's actually users-requ...@openoffice.org, of course.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Digest for list users /unsubscribe
On 4/1/2011 12:26 PM, Patricia Bluhm wrote: I do not know what you are talking about. I have not tried to unsubscribe from any list because I didn't know I was on a list. All I have tried to do is find out how to delete documents out of my OpenOffice document file. Pat Bluhm Yes, Pat, you have subscribed to the openoffice.org users list -- if you didn't intend to do that, you'll want to unsubscribe. :-) Meanwhile, we've been trying to help you, but the main problem is that there is not an OpenOffice document file per se. Whenever you save a document from OOo, you have a chance to tell it where to save the file; by default on a Windows system, that is the My Documents folder, along with everything else. (To see where they go by default on your system, use Tools Options, OpenOffice.org, Paths, and look at the My Documents field -- which you can change if you want.) Once you know where the files are, you can use whatever your operating system supports for file deletion; there is nothing unique to OOo about deleting files, that isn't done from within OOo. As I said in an earlier response, if you are on Windows you might find it easiest to deal with a large number of files if you sort by filetype for the list presented by Windows Explorer, or use the Search capability to find files with the extension odt (which is what Writer uses), by using the search term *.odt (without the quotes, of course). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Digest for list users /unsubscribe
On 3/29/2011 8:04 PM, Gusty Sluder wrote: Please remove me from this mailing list The users on this list have no authority to unsubscribe you from the list digest, you will need to do that yourself. As a first step, try sending a message to users-digest-unsubscr...@openoffice.org. You should very soon get a confirmation message; replying to that completes the unsubscribe process, and you will get a Goodbye message. If that doesn't work, you'll need to send a message to users-ow...@openoffice.org asking for help and saying what went wrong when you tried the above process. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Template
On 3/29/2011 5:10 PM, Spencer wrote: Hi, I created a template for a document that is about 10 pages long. After creating the template and saving it, I open up a new document and my template comes up. However, when I come to the end of the first page and go to the next page, page 2, my template dose not appear any more. It only show when I start a new document. Is there some kind of linkage I got to do to tell writer to use this template for every page? Thanks If what you did was create a custom page style that you want to use throughout your document, you need to set its next page style to point to itself. * F11 to bring up Styles and Formatting. * Select the icon for page styles. * Your page style will be highlighted. Right click on it and choose Modify. * On the Organizer tab, set Next Style to the name of your page style. Otherwise, you'll need to give us some more information about exactly what you did and how you want the document to appear, and it would also be helpful for you to say what operating system and version, and OOo version, you are using. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Template
On 3/30/2011 10:04 AM, Spencer wrote: On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 08:53 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 3/29/2011 5:10 PM, Spencer wrote: Hi, I created a template for a document that is about 10 pages long. After creating the template and saving it, I open up a new document and my template comes up. However, when I come to the end of the first page and go to the next page, page 2, my template dose not appear any more. It only show when I start a new document. Is there some kind of linkage I got to do to tell writer to use this template for every page? Thanks If what you did was create a custom page style that you want to use throughout your document, you need to set its next page style to point to itself. * F11 to bring up Styles and Formatting. * Select the icon for page styles. * Your page style will be highlighted. Right click on it and choose Modify. * On the Organizer tab, set Next Style to the name of your page style. Otherwise, you'll need to give us some more information about exactly what you did and how you want the document to appear, and it would also be helpful for you to say what operating system and version, and OOo version, you are using. -- Hi Barbra, I am using OO 3.2 on ubuntu 10.4. What category under page style should I use. Left Page? I am still not sure of the concept under Left Page or Right Page. Thanks For the help. You generally don't need Left Page/ Right Page unless you are producing something that will be bound, and therefore needs the inside margins wider than the outside ones, or if you want alternate pages to have different header/footer content. If you need one of these page styles, you need both; even-numbered pages will use the Left Page style, and odd-numbered pages will use the Right Page style. In your case, if you want all the pages to use the same style the easiest way is to modify the Default page style to have the header/footer content you want. Just using Insert Header and/or Insert Footer will do that, and Default already has Default as its next page style. Note that this will affect only the current document; if you want to use this layout again, you should save it as a template (File Templates Save), which will make it available to use with File New Templates and Documents. I'm glad you're getting the Writer Guide; you might also want to download the Getting Started guide, or just the chapter on Getting Started with Writer, which will give you a general understanding of the major features of Writer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Confuse on page breaks
On 3/28/2011 10:33 AM, Spencer wrote: Hi, My template: HEADER 2 HEADER 2 HEADER 3 some text HEADER 3 HEADER 4 some text HEADER 3 some text page 1 Ever page will have this format.I put a manual brake after page number, think that when I go to the next page I get my template again. Instead I get a blank page, which I think is the default page. How do I get my template to be my template always? Thanks It's not really clear exactly what you mean here by template (though it doesn't seem to be what OOo means by that). You can set up a custom page style so that all pages have the same layout, but though that can control the content of headers/footers, it does not establish the content of the text area. What you are describing sounds more like a pattern for the text area itself. If that's correct, the easiest way is to copy the content from page to page and make the changes for new material. There are more elegant solutions, such as setting up a separate file which you then insert for each new page (using Insert File). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Digest for list users
On 3/28/2011 12:19 PM, reg wrote: remove *From:* users-requ...@openoffice.org users-requ...@openoffice.org *To:* users@openoffice.org *Sent:* Mon, March 28, 2011 7:36:02 AM *Subject:* Digest for list users Table of contents: 1. [users] Open Office Question - Wind Dancer Shelties karen...@sbcglobal.net mailto:karen...@sbcglobal.net 2. [users] [moderated] - ROWENA NEWBERRY rowenanewbe...@btinternet.com mailto:rowenanewbe...@btinternet.com 3. [users] Registration and Mobile Frustration - thronetoget...@gmail.com mailto:thronetoget...@gmail.com 4. [users] shared file can't open directly - Nirav Ambani nirav.amb...@smartstation.in mailto:nirav.amb...@smartstation.in 5. [users] Re: Welcome to the users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org mailing list! - Paul paul.m...@gmail.com mailto:paul.m...@gmail.com 6. [users] Re: Open Office Question - Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com mailto:b...@onr.com 7. [users] Re: [moderated] - James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com mailto:james.kn...@rogers.com 8. [users] Re: [moderated] - James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com mailto:james.kn...@rogers.com 9. [users] Re: [moderated] - Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com mailto:b...@onr.com 10. [users] Export Html Outline Numbering/Lettering Broken - Joel Cambon joel2@gmail.com mailto:joel2@gmail.com 11. [users] Re: Export Html Outline Numbering/Lettering Broken - jomali jomali3...@gmail.com mailto:jomali3...@gmail.com 12. [users] Re: Export Html Outline Numbering/Lettering Broken - Joel Cambon joel2@gmail.com mailto:joel2@gmail.com 13. [users] Number Recognition Number Format - CHRISTIAN DOSTER christian5...@msn.com mailto:christian5...@msn.com The users on this list have no authority to unsubscribe you from the list digest, you will need to do that yourself. As a first step, try sending a message to users-digest-unsubscr...@openoffice.org. You should very soon get a confirmation message; replying to that completes the unsubscribe process, and you will get a Goodbye message. If that doesn't work, you'll need to send a message to users-ow...@openoffice.org asking for help and saying what went wrong when you tried the above process. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Open Office Question
On 3/26/2011 2:06 PM, Wind Dancer Shelties wrote: I have the Open Office on CD and have it used it for several years now. For some reason, now when I make a text document and send it to someone, it will not open for them...even when I send it to myself and then try to open it. It is fine going out of my computer, but when it arrives, it will not open. This has never happened to me before..why all of a sudden? Is maybe a file corrupted?? Thanks, Karen Ritchie [Karen (karen...@sbcglobal.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] That's one possibility, but there are others. My first recommendation is that you uninstall your current version of OOo, then get and install the most recent one that is supported on your system -- there have been a great many changes over the course of several years that complicate the issue of how to help you. If you do have a corrupted version, that will fix it, and also get you more current. If you don't have broadband access, there are some CD sources listed on the www.openoffice.org website (with no guarantees from OOo); in that case, you might try reinstalling what you have while you wait for a newer version, and see if that helps. Or you could go to a library or other location that has the access, and download onto a CD or USB drive, then install from that. Just make sure that you get the right version for your system. The default is to download the version for the system doing the downloading; you may have to follow the link for other to select the right one for you. OK -- now for some questions to you. What operating system and version are you using? What is the extension for the documents you are sending -- .odt, .doc, ...? Are these documents that you are originating, or are you editing things from somewhere else, and if so, what was the original format? How are you sending the files -- using File Send Document as E-mail, saving the document and explicitly attaching it to a message, ...? Is OOo Writer the program that tries to open the files and fails? Do you see any error messages, and if so, what are they? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: [moderated]
On 2/11/2008 4:04 PM, ROWENA NEWBERRY wrote: I have a desktop icon for Openoffice installation files, have done the installation wizard, but don't know how to access the actual programmes, I just get lists and lists of file, what else do I need to do? I completed the survey. [Rowena (rowenanewbe...@btinternet.com) is not subscribed and will probably not see any responses unless directly copied.] First, it would be good to set your computer clock -- it's more than three years out of date! If you have run the installation wizard, you should have a number of ways to access the programs. If you are using a Windows system, for example, you should have at least a folder in your Start menu that conatins icons for the various components, like Writer and Calc. Also, depending on what you did during installation, you may have a icon for the OOo Quickstarter in your system tray (bottom right of your screen) and/or a desktop icon for the applications, in addition to the one for the downloaded installer file. If this doesn't get you going, please tell us what operating system and version you are using, what version of OOo you downloaded, and where you got the downloaded file if it wasn't www.openoffice.org or one of its official mirrors. In addition, if you changed anything from the defaults during installation, what changes did you make? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: A Ponter to some doc please
On 3/26/2011 4:34 PM, Spencer wrote: Hi, I am trying to find some doc on how to take a current document and make a template out of it. I did see this on the web, but I can not find it now. Any pointer please. Thanks, Wayne with your document open, use File Templates Save. Choose a name for your template, and make sure the appropriate location (usually My Templates) is highlighted in the first list. OK the save, and your template will be available, using File New Templates and Documents, when you want to use it for a new document. There are other things you can do, of course; for further details, here's the link to a PDF: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/1/12/0210WG3-WorkingWithTemplatesInWriter.pdf It's also available as a wiki article: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Working_with_Templates -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Deleting Files [was Re: A Ponter to some doc please]
On 3/26/2011 5:21 PM, Patricia Bluhm wrote: I do not want to make a template. I want to delete some files---in fact, at lot of files. Pat Bluhm Pat, it's really not recommended that you introduce a new topic by replying to an unrelated one; that's called thread hijacking. Start with a new message to users@openoffice.org instead, giving it a descriptive subject. For deleting files, you need to use whatever your operating system supports, which has nothing to do with OOo, of course. For example, in Windows, you can use Windows Explorer to find the files and delete them. If you're thinking about OOo in this context because you want to delete old OOo documents, say, you might find it helpful to sort by file type to make selecting lots of similar files easier, or use the operating system's search capability to find them with a search term like *.odt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: USB downloadable device
On 3/19/2011 8:41 AM, Micheal Jones wrote: Good morning! Is there a way for me to receive a USB device to download open office. I have a laptop mini and its takes a while for me to download this program through wireless. Is there a better way? Thanks and have a wonderful day always! Do not let anybody work harder today than I do /Dr. James Naismith/ Micheal L. Jones SSC, RAA Certified Email: mljskz...@hotmail.com mailto:mljskz...@hotmail.com [Micheal is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] If your laptop can read CDs, there are some sources for those listed on the website (without guarantees from OOo), but I don't think you'll find a USB device source. You may be able to use a local library or other such location to download to your own USB device -- just make sure you get the right version for your system, the default is to get the version for whatever system is being used for the download. There is a link for other that leads to a table where you can select the appropriate version. Otherwise, you may be best off to do the download wirelessly when you can leave your laptop (on its charger!) working for a while. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Understanding paragraph theory
On 3/14/2011 8:38 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: * Barbara Dupreyb...@onr.com [110314 17:14]: Looks pretty good, but realize that the paragraph styles and font selections are not necessarily visible -- they can be removed from the toolbar displays, and many people do so, to save screen space and (especially for character formatting like fonts, bolding, etc.) to avoid the tendency to use direct formatting*. A common characteristic is that when the Styles and Formatting dialog is visible, you can easily identify the style applicable to the current cursor location (at any level -- page, paragraph, character, frame, or list) by Understood. And F11 is a shortcut.. selecting the level and the Applied Styles subset; it Not sure what you mean by selecting the level and the Applied Styles subset. What is the procedure to make this selection? By selecting the level, I mean clicking the appropriate icon in the Styles and Formatting dialog (say, for the paragraph styles). Then in the same dialog, use the drop-down list at the bottom and select the Applied Styles option. will be highlighted. That's easier than trying to look in, say, All Styles for a match. In general, you probably want to start with Automatic Styles to select common appropriate styles for new material. * Direct formatting trumps all the style information and means that you lose the ability to modify your whole document consistently if you want to, say, change the font for a particular kind of text element. Do I understand Direct formatting is when one right-clicks in the paragraph and makes a selection from the menu? That would be one way, but basically anything that changes an attribute that can also be changed by using an appropriate style -- in other words, any formatting change you make that does *not* involve applying a style. For instance, selecting text and clicking the Bold icon is direct formatting. It can get very messy! grin I am dealing with 15 documents/chapters of a novel written by my wife Barbara originally on one of the earliest versions of Word in 1995. I can't remember if Word even had the concept of styles back then -- even now, they're not central to the document model as they are with OOo. Glad she's reviving her novel, and it's nice that there are a lot more publishing options now. But tell her we won't bite if she asks the questions herself! I hope you have some projects of your own in mind, too. If you want to keep documents alive for future use, it's really good to train yourself to use styles rather than direct formatting. Right on! Thanks Barbara You're very welcome! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Why is OO my default?
On 3/15/2011 7:37 AM, Lisa Dee wrote: I have installed OpenOffice on my MacBook Pro as a favor to my employer. Now every document, regardless of file extension, is automatically launched through OpenOffice. How do I change OO so that it is NOT my default app? Lisa Dee You'll need to change the file association for each extension you don't want using OOo as its default. You may be able to right click on a file of such a type, choose Open With, and browse to the program you want as the default, selecting the option to always use this program. That's one way it works on Windows, but I'm not sure whether the Mac uses the same mechanism. If not, you'll need to look up the help for changing file associations. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Why is OO my default?
On 3/15/2011 6:01 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/15 4:44 PM James Wilde wrote: Thanks Larry. I did a quick search for the word moderate but didn't see it. Didn't know it had been changed. One of the many changes due to the migration. I found it because I post through gmane and everything I sent started going through the moderator. I did a search through all the headers and finally spotted it. Here is the sequence in the headers: X-Sympa-To: users@openoffice.org X-Original-To: users@openoffice.org Delivered-To: users@openoffice.org It seems that one thing that wasn't changed with the migration. People can still post even though they are not subscribed. Larry Thanks for the info, Larry! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Understanding paragraph theory
On 3/14/2011 5:29 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: I'm trying to wrap my head around the theory of how paragraphs are managed in OO. (Using OO 3.3 debian on ubuntu). From an earlier posting with input from Brian and Andy I've arrived at the following understanding of how paragraphs are managed. The sequence I describe follows (to my understanding) the order of precedence. - 1)Default Document : From Tools-Options-OpenOffice.Org Writer-General, set Tab stops - 2)Paragraph Style : With cursor on a paragraph, the bottom paragraph style will be displayed (on my setup) at the leftmost of the lowermost toolbar at the top of the OO main window. The font will be displayed in a window to the right of the style window. To the left of the style window is an icon, which if clicked will bring up the Styles and Formatting window. The leftmost icon on this window should be selected, if not - select it. Once should then be able to find an item with the same name as the style. One may need to try some other options from the drop-down list at the bottom of the window. Right-clicking on the style name and choosing Modify will allow one to edit attributes of the paragraph style. - 3)Individual paragraph With the cursor in a paragraph, right clicking will bring up a dialogue menu and choosing Paragraph from the menu will allow editing of attributes for the individual paragraph. :)How am I doing so far? I'd welcome edits, corrections and comments. When it is determined that I have got it, I will restate for archival purposes and enter the conclusion into my own knowledge base. TIA Looks pretty good, but realize that the paragraph styles and font selections are not necessarily visible -- they can be removed from the toolbar displays, and many people do so, to save screen space and (especially for character formatting like fonts, bolding, etc.) to avoid the tendency to use direct formatting*. A common characteristic is that when the Styles and Formatting dialog is visible, you can easily identify the style applicable to the current cursor location (at any level -- page, paragraph, character, frame, or list) by selecting the level and the Applied Styles subset; it will be highlighted. That's easier than trying to look in, say, All Styles for a match. In general, you probably want to start with Automatic Styles to select common appropriate styles for new material. * Direct formatting trumps all the style information and means that you lose the ability to modify your whole document consistently if you want to, say, change the font for a particular kind of text element. It can get very messy! If you want to keep documents alive for future use, it's really good to train yourself to use styles rather than direct formatting. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail
On 3/11/2011 12:52 PM, openoffice.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: On 3/10/2011 3:13 PM, Paul wrote: [snip] Don't bother ranting on about why you may or may not be subscribed - I can't answer that. I can assist with re-subscribing. You could do that yourself as well, but that would be sending an email to another email address, and based on your previous comments, that may be an issue. If you confirm you want to be subscribed I'll get it done. No rant, but a few questions: 1) just how did I manage to get unsubscribed from this list (I've been subscribed and posting here since 2006), and Have no idea about how the un-subscription happened. Whether this happened before or after the list migration - have no idea. The old mail list software had its issues (as does the new one) and I think doing random things was one of them (although I agree this should not be the case). I can re-subscribe you if you wish. Another possibility is that enough messages bounced that it triggered the automatic unsubscribe -- that happened to me a while back even on the old system. 2) how does one determine if someone is subscribed or not? Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org seems to have gone missing. When we changed to Sympa I also noticed that the header denoting moderated posts was no long present. I think that it is just not a feature of the software. I'll raise a question to the application owners and will forward their response when its received. /paul If the capability isn't there anymore, it seems that the moderator who gets a message from an unsubscribed user initiating a thread (or hijacking one!) needs to give the user enough info to follow the discussion via Nabble, Gmane, and/or the standard archive (wherever that is now, and assuming there's a Reply capability). Has anybody worked out such a procedure yet? Another question is whether there is still a way to use a different account for actions using an indirect form, like the old listname-action-username=userisp@openoffice.org. If so, what is the syntax? As you know, that was very handy to avoid problems with munged addresses and so on. There is for unsubscribe... From Sympa's help (once it realised I'm not a spammer): All commands must be sent to the electronic address sy...@openoffice.org You can put multiple commands in a message. These commands must appear in the message body and each line must contain only one command. Available commands are: ... SUBscribe list name * To subscribe or to confirm a subscription to list. UNSubscribe list EMAIL * To quit list. EMAIL is an optional email address, useful if different from your From: address. UNSubscribe * EMAIL * To quit all lists. I'm not sure what the name parameter for SUBscribe is, but the others are obvious. It doesn't look like you can subscribe a different account (unless that's what name does?) although you can: INVITE list email * Invite email for subscription in list so perhaps that allows you to initiate a subscribe for another address. Mark. Thanks, Mark! Since they use EMAIL or email rather than name for the ones that clearly allow e-mail accounts to be specified, it seems likely that name is only intended to specify the displayed name when the user posts to a list, though it may be restricted to not contain blanks, etc. (depending on the parser rules). It also looks as if you can probably use either the fully spelled out command or the initial letters, but it isn't clear whether case is relevant. One of the problems people had with the OOo lists was that sometimes the subscription was recorded with a munged address due to their configuration, and then could not be canceled without replicating that -- generally requiring use of the Return-Path header to dig it out. May still be true here, unless the subscription process standardizes the form of the address. That's the reason that I always recommended using the indirect form in the subscribe. Maybe the INVITE will allow that? Anyway, I'll see if I can get the whole help message for future reference. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail
On 3/12/2011 10:51 AM, openoffice.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: On 3/11/2011 12:52 PM, openoffice.mbourneatspamgourmet.com wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: Another question is whether there is still a way to use a different account for actions using an indirect form, like the old listname-action-username=userisp@openoffice.org. If so, what is the syntax? As you know, that was very handy to avoid problems with munged addresses and so on. There is for unsubscribe... From Sympa's help (once it realised I'm not a spammer): All commands must be sent to the electronic address sy...@openoffice.org You can put multiple commands in a message. These commands must appear in the message body and each line must contain only one command. Available commands are: ... SUBscribe list name * To subscribe or to confirm a subscription to list. UNSubscribe list EMAIL * To quit list. EMAIL is an optional email address, useful if different from your From: address. UNSubscribe * EMAIL * To quit all lists. I'm not sure what the name parameter for SUBscribe is, but the others are obvious. It doesn't look like you can subscribe a different account (unless that's what name does?) although you can: INVITE list email * Invite email for subscription in list so perhaps that allows you to initiate a subscribe for another address. Mark. Thanks, Mark! Since they use EMAIL or email rather than name for the ones that clearly allow e-mail accounts to be specified, it seems likely that name is only intended to specify the displayed name when the user posts to a list, though it may be restricted to not contain blanks, etc. (depending on the parser rules). That would be my guess, too, although displayed name is usually included in the from: header each time an email is sent. I guess they were allowing for people to choose a different displayed name from the one they used for the account. Not sure how useful that would be, but -- when in doubt, make something an option, right? It also looks as if you can probably use either the fully spelled out command or the initial letters, but it isn't clear whether case is relevant. Case doesn't seem to matter - or at least it worked when I've sent the help and lists commands entirely in lower case. Thanks for checking, that's good. One of the problems people had with the OOo lists was that sometimes the subscription was recorded with a munged address due to their configuration, and then could not be canceled without replicating that -- generally requiring use of the Return-Path header to dig it out. May still be true here, unless the subscription process standardizes the form of the address. That's the reason that I always recommended using the indirect form in the subscribe. UNSubscribe list EMAIL appears to be the way to unsubscribe in that situation (probably doesn't even need the address to be mangled, since it's now in the body of the email rather than encoded into the to: address). The problem there came from the munging of the From address at subscribe time -- once the recorded subscriber address was known, the unsubscribe worked when it specified the munged subscription address using the indirect unsubscribe (here, the command you quote would be the analog), but finding the recorded subscribed address was the issue. The Return-Path header had it, though. Maybe the INVITE will allow that? Attempting to invite another of my own addresses as a test... Mark Bourne wrote: invite users [address removed] SYMPA wrote: Command has been rejected : invite users [address removed] The 'invite' feature is unavailable. So we appear to be out of luck subscribing an address other than the one in the from: header. Most mail clients allow the from: address to be set, but some ISPs seem to block outgoing mail sent from any address not in their own domain, and others have their outgoing mail server change the from: header to the address registered with them overriding whatever is specified in the mail client (I've found gmail's authenticated SMTP server does that). Others change the From, too, sometimes because of anti-spamming protocols -- that's the munging i referred to. I don't have any way to test this, but it would be good to know whether Sympa somehow standardizes the subscription address from the From header when necessary. Otherwise, we'll have the same problem here. But Return-Path is not helpful, it just shows list-ow...@openoffice.org, so I don't know how the subscribed address could be determined except by the owner or moderator doing detective work on the subscription list. Paul got pretty good at that! Or maybe some script could generate a Subscriber: header as the message is sent? Barbara Duprey wrote: Anyway, I'll see if I can get the whole help message for future reference. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr
[users] Re: [Oracle lists + kenai.com] Re: Suspect mail
On 3/10/2011 3:13 PM, Paul wrote: [snip] Don't bother ranting on about why you may or may not be subscribed - I can't answer that. I can assist with re-subscribing. You could do that yourself as well, but that would be sending an email to another email address, and based on your previous comments, that may be an issue. If you confirm you want to be subscribed I'll get it done. No rant, but a few questions: 1) just how did I manage to get unsubscribed from this list (I've been subscribed and posting here since 2006), and Have no idea about how the un-subscription happened. Whether this happened before or after the list migration - have no idea. The old mail list software had its issues (as does the new one) and I think doing random things was one of them (although I agree this should not be the case). I can re-subscribe you if you wish. Another possibility is that enough messages bounced that it triggered the automatic unsubscribe -- that happened to me a while back even on the old system. 2) how does one determine if someone is subscribed or not? Delivered-To: moderator for users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org seems to have gone missing. When we changed to Sympa I also noticed that the header denoting moderated posts was no long present. I think that it is just not a feature of the software. I'll raise a question to the application owners and will forward their response when its received. /paul If the capability isn't there anymore, it seems that the moderator who gets a message from an unsubscribed user initiating a thread (or hijacking one!) needs to give the user enough info to follow the discussion via Nabble, Gmane, and/or the standard archive (wherever that is now, and assuming there's a Reply capability). Has anybody worked out such a procedure yet? Another question is whether there is still a way to use a different account for actions using an indirect form, like the old listname-action-username=userisp@openoffice.org. If so, what is the syntax? As you know, that was very handy to avoid problems with munged addresses and so on. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: [moderated]
The most likely cause here is that there is an old soffice.bin process running on his (presumably) Windows system. A restart should allow the files to open normally, or he can use the Task Manager (whatever that is in French) to stop any soffice.bin process that shows as active. That will also stop any associated soffice.exe processes. Reinstalling should not be needed. Would you copy him, please? I don't have his address handy. Thanks! This problem sometimes occurs when something goes wrong that causes OOo not to end normally. On 3/9/2011 10:44 AM, john d. herron wrote: Ceci est une liste pour usagers de langue anglaise. Pour avoir de l'aide en français, tu trouves le forum sur _fr.openoffice.org_ Marcel says he has been using OO for more than one year. For three days ago he's been unable to open anything, and when he tries to re-install he gets a message /impossible, please close OpenOffice and make sure that.../ etc. He's a layman and not proficient in tech lingo. Requests help in recovering the functionality of OO. Thanks even now. On 03/04/2011 04:55 PM, Maurice Mercier wrote: Bonjour ,je suis utilisateur de OpenOffice Org depuis plus d'un an,très utile pour ouvrir ;pièces jointes,diaporama, documents etc... Depuis trois jours,je ne peux plus rien ouvrir,et quand j'essaye de réinstaller,j'ai le message :impossible ,veuillez fermer Open Office et vous assurer etc..j'ai tout essayer...mais je suis profane et sans vocabulaire technique. pouvez vous m'aider à retrouver la fonctionnalité de OpenOffice ? Merci d'avance. S.Mercier -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: how to unsubscribe?
On 3/2/2011 3:01 AM, Vic Dura wrote: On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 02:53:23 -0500, Jacues Behar jacquesbe...@hotmail.com wrote Re [users] Re: how to unsubscribe?: To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org Have you tried sending an email from jacquesbe...@hotmail.com to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org ? Even if he had, there are several things that could have kept it from working -- most frequently munging of the from address either on initial subscription or when he tried to unsubscribe. I've helped several people get by this. But it's probably a moot point now, after the migration. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Opening websites [was Enquiry on license issue]
On 2/21/2011 1:28 AM, Sam Swaminath wrote: Hi, I am the user of ooo2.3. I have no problem in that context. I am using MSWindows XP IE7. To my surprise, I m not able to open up Microsoft and other Antivirus Web Site. I recently bought Mcafee online installation. But I am not able to open up the website to install. Kindly guide me why so? I have also removed all free AV. Thanks, With warm regards, Sam Sam, please send a new message, rather than replying to an existing one, when you are changing topics. This is considered to be hijacking a thread, and (a) means that only people who are following the original thread, rather than all those on the list, will see your question; and (b) it interferes with the message threading for those who are trying to follow the original discussion. Did you see my earlier response to this question? To repeat: This would not seem to have anything to do with OOo, which does not open up websites -- that's a browser function, and unless IE7 is broken or you have disabled something the site needs (like maybe cookies) you should not have an issue with that. What exactly do you see when you try? Look up towards the top of the screen and see if there's any kind of error indication about something being blocked. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: How to select all the text in the document
On 2/25/2011 6:03 AM, David B Teague wrote: On 2/25/2011 3:24 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 09:46, James Wildejames.wi...@sunde-wilde.com wrote: Dotan, my experience is that if you place the cursor outside the table, everything will be selected. ' Strangely, on this OOo 3.2 install (Kubuntu 10.10), it selects _nothing_ outside the table. I'll check 3.3 later. I'm using 3.3; XP SP3. I put the cursor outside the table and pressed control-A. Everything is selected. --David If there is at least one paragraph before the first table, Ctrl-A or whatever works as expected. Otherwise, on my Win7/OOo3.1.1 system, only the first table is selected. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Enquiry on license issue
On 2/21/2011 1:28 AM, Sam Swaminath wrote: Hi, I am the user of ooo2.3. I have no problem in that context. I am using MSWindows XP IE7. To my surprise, I m not able to open up Microsoft and other Antivirus Web Site. I recently bought Mcafee online installation. But I am not able to open up the website to install. Kindly guide me why so? I have also removed all free AV. Thanks, With warm regards, Sam This would not seem to have anything to do with OOo, which does not open up websites -- that's a browser function, and unless IE7 is broken or you have disabled something the site needs (like maybe cookies) you should not have an issue with that. What exactly do you see when you try? Look up towards the top of the screen and see if there's any kind of error indication about something being blocked. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: How to select all the text in the document
On 2/25/2011 6:39 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 09:26 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: How does one select all the text in an OOo document? Edit - Select All only selects the current table or table cell. Thanks. What you describe happens if the cursor is within one of the cells of a table. (The entire table is selected when you do this.) Had the cursor been outside the table Edit - Select, the entire document would have been selected. Now to answer your question. As you pointed out Edit - Select selects the current table or table cell. However, use Edit - Select a second time and the entire document is selected. (The first time the entire current table is selected, and the second time the entire document is selected.) Using Control-A key combination twice will also do what you want. Dan What I've seen is that this is only true if there is at least an empty paragraph before the table. And the multiple Ctrl-A (or Edit Select All) also fails for me (LibO 3.3.0.5, OOo 3.1.1 on Win7) if there is no such paragraph. My test document is a 2x2 table, a very small text paragraph outside the table, and another 2x2 table. If the cursor is in the first table, or on the text line, the whole first table is selected with the first and all subsequent Ctrl-As. If the cursor is in the second table, the first Ctrl-A selects that whole table; the second, and any subsequent ones, selects only the whole first table. When the test document is modified to have an empty paragraph before the first table, Ctrl-A on either outside paragraph selects the whole document; with the cursor inside either table, the first Ctrl-A selects all of that table, the second selects the whole document. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: RESOLVED Manual page breaks
On 2/15/2011 2:49 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 2/14/2011 3:00 PM, Stephen wrote: I don't understand why a user with one simple issue/question needs to navigate their way through the entire OpenOffice.org website which, for my money is unnecessarily complicated. I can't figure out how to remove or uninstall the dark page lines at the bottom of every page in the document. The insert menu won't allow me to do it, nor will anything in the paragraph menu. Where can I look for a solution? Zanichbug step...@gwi.net [Stephen is not subscribed and probably will not see replies unless directly quoted.] Check Format Page, Borders tab. is there a line shown under the gray box in the User-defined area? If so, click on that so it disappears, and the lines should go away. Stephen and I worked off-list on this. It turns out that the lines were coming from the fact that most (but not all!) of the *paragraphs* were set to have a thick bottom border (why? who knows?) but with the 'Merge with next paragraph' option set, only the bottoms of pages and the final paragraph showed the line. The whole thing was in the Default paragraph style. Displaying that style showed no bottom border, and applying the style did not change anything. However, selecting the whole document, modifying the style to apply a bottom border, accepting that, then modifying the style again to have no bottom border, removed them all. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: inquiry
On 2/23/2011 6:42 AM, Seymour Fine wrote: I've installed OO 3.2.1 but don't see it in startprograms (win 7). What am I missing, please? S. Fine Did you perhaps download the file, but not actually double-click it to run the installer? You should have seen dialogs during the installation process about unpacking the files and then proceeding with the rest of the installation. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
Re: [users] Enquiry on license issue
On 2/18/2011 6:25 AM, Ng Keng Peng wrote: Dear Sir / Madam, I am a home user for openoffice software. I understand that it is free to use the software. However, I have a question. I want to introduce to my friends to use it in their office (commercial use). I need to know if it is free to use it in the commercial setting. Do they need a license (legal) copy or what ? Or, just download the free copy and use it ? Kindly advise pertaining to the above. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Keng Peng, Ng [The OP (kpn...@gmail.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] Use is not restricted -- you are definitely encouraged to share at will, regardless of the nature of the user's environment. You can check the specifics of the licensing at http://www.openoffice.org/license.html By the way, the users on this list are volunteers who help each other out when we can -- no need for formality! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Fw: Internet connection
On 2/18/2011 9:27 AM, ken kempka wrote: Is there some reason that I’m not getting a reply to my inquiry??? From: ken kempka Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 8:15 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Internet connection I’m using OfficeSuite2010 since Nov.’10, and when I prepare a document, try to e-mail it, no matter what option I select I get an error message that there is no open connection to the internet available. Now, I purchased this specifically to send document via e-mail, and I can’t get anything to work. I use Windows Live Mail, and Win7.. The search section(support) is useless in this matter. Thanks Ken Kempka kenkem...@roadrunner.com [Ken (kenkem...@roadrunner.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] On Windows systems, the File Send e-mail options use whatever mail client is the system default. Is that set up properly? (You have to run as Administrator to set it.) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Fw: Internet connection
On 2/20/2011 1:51 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 20/02/2011 19:42, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 2/18/2011 9:27 AM, ken kempka wrote: Is there some reason that I’m not getting a reply to my inquiry??? From: ken kempka Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 8:15 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Internet connection I’m using OfficeSuite2010 since Nov.’10, and when I prepare a document, try to e-mail it, no matter what option I select I get an error message that there is no open connection to the internet available. Now, I purchased this specifically to send document via e-mail, and I can’t get anything to work. I use Windows Live Mail, and Win7.. The search section(support) is useless in this matter. Thanks Ken Kempka kenkem...@roadrunner.com [Ken (kenkem...@roadrunner.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] On Windows systems, the File Send e-mail options use whatever mail client is the system default. Is that set up properly? (You have to run as Administrator to set it.) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org But I don't think he's using OOo. See http://www.amazon.com/ValuSoft-73198-Valusoft-Office-Suite/dp/B002ALTRDS or http://www.nothingbutsoftware.com/catalog_type_page/ProductCode/91559 for example. Right, he apparently got ripped off -- I didn't read carefully enough! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: AW: [users] Publisher File Conversion
On 2/17/2011 10:32 AM, Hans Eisenhardt wrote: My question is regarding Microsoft Publisher. I have version 2000 .pub but cannot open a newer version with it nor with open office. Do you see a possibility to help? Hans As you've discovered, Microsoft intends for you to upgrade whenever they release new versions, and OOo has no read/write capability for pub files. I think you can still download a trial copy of Publisher, then capture the content through cut-and-paste into a document in OOo. Writer and Draw both have capabilities that might satisfy your requirements, depending on what you need to accomplish. A quick Google search also turned up another possible solution, though I have no experience with it: http://blog.zamzar.com/2008/01/25/convert-ms-publisher-files-pub-files-to-doc-pdf-odt-rtf-and-more/ Note the reference to odt -- that is the format native to Writer. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] [moderated]
On 2/15/2011 2:50 PM, DOUGLAS BERKOWITZ wrote: If someone sends me a power point presentation how can I get to it and view it using office. I don't have power point on my computer. I can't seem to be able to get it. Thanks Doug Berkowitz [Doug (dmberkowi...@prodigy.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] If you download OpenOffice.org (free from www.openoffice.org) and install it, it should be able to read these files and update them if necessary. There are sometimes some formatting or other differences, especially if there are audio effects across different slides. You can also get a free viewer, which does not allow updating the presentation, from the Microsoft website. To get OOo to open these files when you double-click them, you may have to set the file association for your system, and possibly for your e-mail client. This can generally be done by right-clicking on a file and choosing Open With, then browsing to soffice.exe, and choosing the option to always use this program for this file type. Setting the association once for each of the PowerPoint types should then be all it takes. (Note that the MS viewer will override this if you install it later.) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Re： [users] Uninstallation Problem in Win7 with OpenOffice 3.2.0
If you have exited the QuickStarter, and Task Manager shows no soffice.bin process running, I don't know anything else to check. Maybe there is a network connection? Hopefully somebody else on the list will have a suggestion. On 2/14/2011 8:01 PM, Edrick Chan wrote: Dear Barbara Duprey, Thank you for your help. I use the win7 and make sure the QuickStarter without the soffice icon. However, the message of the Openoffice is still using currently or other user. And also, I checked the service belong to the win7, their without the soffice running. What can I do? I had tried to logon to the safe-mode and doing the uninstallation process, it still cannot work properly. Best regards, Edrick Chan *寄件人﹕* Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com *收件人﹕* users@openoffice.org; chanedr...@yahoo.com *傳送日期﹕* 2011/2/15 (二) 6:37:25 AM *主題：* Re: [users] Uninstallation Problem in Win7 with OpenOffice 3.2.0 On 2/13/2011 10:53 PM, Edrick Chan wrote: Dear Sir / Madam, Recently, I would like to upgrade the Chinese (Traditional) Openoffice form 3.2.0 to 3.2.1. However, it cannot success to upgrade it and prompt the Openoffice 3.2.0 is still using. BUT I check it again and again. It still cannot allow me to take the uninstallation process under the Win7. Although logon in safe-mode. it cannot do it. Please help to solve this problem. Many thank! Best regards, Edrick Chan [Edrick (chanedr...@yahoo.com mailto:chanedr...@yahoo.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] There are two things to check for. If you have the QuickStarter (in the system tray at the bottom right of your screen), right click on that and exit it. Also, there may be an old soffice.bin process running that you need to end (on Windows, use the Task Manager). Then you can retry the uninstall/install, running as administrator. Please reply only to the list, so other volunteers here can help if this doesn't solve your problem.
Re: [users] Manual page breaks
On 2/14/2011 3:00 PM, Stephen wrote: I don't understand why a user with one simple issue/question needs to navigate their way through the entire OpenOffice.org website which, for my money is unnecessarily complicated. I can't figure out how to remove or uninstall the dark page lines at the bottom of every page in the document. The insert menu won't allow me to do it, nor will anything in the paragraph menu. Where can I look for a solution? Zanichbug step...@gwi.net [Stephen is not subscribed and probably will not see replies unless directly quoted.] Check Format Page, Borders tab. is there a line shown under the gray box in the User-defined area? If so, click on that so it disappears, and the lines should go away. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Uninstallation Problem in Win7 with OpenOffice 3.2.0
On 2/13/2011 10:53 PM, Edrick Chan wrote: Dear Sir / Madam, Recently, I would like to upgrade the Chinese (Traditional) Openoffice form 3.2.0 to 3.2.1. However, it cannot success to upgrade it and prompt the Openoffice 3.2.0 is still using. BUT I check it again and again. It still cannot allow me to take the uninstallation process under the Win7. Although logon in safe-mode. it cannot do it. Please help to solve this problem. Many thank! Best regards, Edrick Chan [Edrick (chanedr...@yahoo.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] There are two things to check for. If you have the QuickStarter (in the system tray at the bottom right of your screen), right click on that and exit it. Also, there may be an old soffice.bin process running that you need to end (on Windows, use the Task Manager). Then you can retry the uninstall/install, running as administrator. Please reply only to the list, so other volunteers here can help if this doesn't solve your problem. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] help inserting or copying graphics into text
On 2/9/2011 2:44 PM, Carole Vosburgh wrote: Hi there. I need help - please! I am trying to insert a graphic (either from gallery or one that I have put in the gallery). The instructions say to click and drag or right-click and insert. When I do this, the image is represented on the text page as a box with an icon in the upper left corner and an anchor some distance away from the box. I can't seem to get the program to actually put the image on the page. Any suggestions? [Carole (cavosburgh2...@yahoo.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see messages unless directly copied.] Try checking under Tools Options, OpenOffice.org Writer, View -- make sure that in the Display options, Graphics and objects is selected. It generally is, by default, but having that off could cause this behavior. Does the graphic show up under File Page preview (maybe after resizing the graphic container)? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] dofc files
On 2/8/2011 1:54 PM, jhripak wrote: hi, i am lost i am trying to open doc files. can anybody help me? please respond to: ljfranc...@gmail.com thanks [Please note the requested response address; it is different from the one used by this unsubscribed user for sending the message.] OpenOffice.org ordinarily has no problem with opening those files, so we'll need more information from you in order to help. What operating system and version are you using? What version of OOo? Have you tried using File Open and browsing to the file, or are you just double-clicking and no program (or a program other than OOo Writer) is starting? Is the document an attachment to an e-mail? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Disable the auto opening of dialog boxes for tables and bullets in open office write.
On 2/9/2011 8:44 AM, Filipa Andrade wrote: Hi, I searched but I didn't find how to disabled the auto opening of dialog boxes for tables and bullets in open office write. Every time I am writing a document and pass over a table or a numbering section a dialog box opens. I don't want this to happen. How can I disable it? Thanks for your help. Are you referring to the tooltips that are normally shown when you are hovering somewhere, or to the toolbars that appear when you click somewhere? For tooltips, go to Tools Options, OpenOffice.org, General, and deselect the Help Tips option; but note that a lot of other things will be invisible then, too, like icon names. For toolbars, when one of these is showing either dock it to an edge (which means it will appear there rather than popping up in your workspace) or use View Toolbars and deselect it (so if you want to see it again, you'll need to reselect it). - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Typing Cursor jumps to new location during typing!
The other thing that has sometimes made my cursor jump is a low battery in a wireless mouse or a poor USB connection for a wired one. I'd expect that to hit you equally in e-mail and OOo, though. On 2/9/2011 5:22 PM, Kathryn Darrah wrote: I hope that users will report back whether this works where to find a safe copy. I googled it and most links have yellow red warnings from MyWOT.com I haven't noticed the typing jump in OO.o but it's driving me crazy in email. And I'm very aware of my hand positions: I'm NOT touching the touchpad! Kathryn On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Gene Youngn2...@cfl.rr.com wrote: On 2/9/2011 12:55 PM, JOE Conner wrote: On 2/9/2011 7:40 AM, Alvan Sweet wrote: To all users of Open Office 3, When I type, my cursor seems to randomly move to a new location causing my typing to be shown at areas that I do not choose! Is there a correction for this problem! It makes my typing a horror show, and very frustrating to use Open Office. This software seems to be excellent, yet this problem will cause me too much anguish! This happens to me too, on my notebook computer. The touchpad driver seems to be the culprit, as my desktop using the same OpenOffice.org does not have this problem. Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org There is a windows program called touchpad-blocker.exe wich purports to temporarily disable the mouse touchpad while typing. I ahve not used it as I have yet to need it but I have read good reports on it. -- Gene Young - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] [moderated]
On 2/8/2011 9:16 AM, G. David Dyer wrote: I have had a terrible time addressing #10 (4 1/8 X 9 1/2) envelopes. Of course, I have read the help section. I am now starting a search project on Openoffice.org introduction. I love the program, admire the through and flexible software but have found this a challenge. Could you please direct me to the section of the appropriate document for consultation? G. David Dyer [G. David (gdvddy...@gmail.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] There's a FAQ on this in the works: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/Writer/Printing/How_to_print_an_envelope_with_OpenOffice.org (step 4 may need correction to #10 envelope, I think). For more, there's http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/c/cf/0205WG3-PrintingExportingEmailing.pdf This is an area where there can be issues between OOo and your printer driver, so it may take a bit of trial and error to get it right, but these will hopefully be a good start. If not, just let us know more about your operating system and version, your OOo version, and your printer. Somebody else with a similar system may be able to help. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] macro recording in OO spreadsheet
On 2/6/2011 6:14 AM, Andre du Toit wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, The system I use is Windows XP home edition and OO 3.1. I have created a database in a spreadsheet. Also a criteria and output range has been created as I have done Excel 2003. In OO spreadsheet it works perfectly if I set the criteria and also get the correct output, however if I try to record these steps in a macro nothing works. The macro seems to record and the macro name is displayed, but running the macro shows no output. Am I doing something wrong? Yours sincerely, Andre du Toit [Andre (andredut...@telkomsa.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] You might find this reference helpful, together with others you can find by searching openoffice.org macro recording (without the quotes). Some actions are not recorded, and maybe that's what's happening. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/Sometimes_the_macro_recorder_fails By the way, the volunteers on this list are just users like you, helping each other out when we can. No formality is required! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OpenOffice Base
On 2/5/2011 5:22 PM, Faith White wrote: I am trying to set up a data base for my clients. I can't figure out how to use it. Are there any tutorials, instructions. Thanks, Faith [Faith (faitht2...@gmail.com) is not subscribed and probably won't see responses unless directly copied.] The Getting Started with Base document is probably the best place to start. Here are links for a PDF and for the wiki document: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0110GS-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started/Getting_Started_with_Base For a deeper look, quite a few people have found this helpful: http://documentation.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=778expandFolder=778folderID=778 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Product Support: Question
On 1/31/2011 11:10 PM, Michael Adams wrote: On Monday 31 January 2011 17:13, Jordan Grode wrote: Hi. There is a serious problem with your software, Open Office Text Documents, that has been bothering me for months. I cannot find an answer on your website and on your help pages, so I would thankful if you can answer my question. When I press the space button on the keyboard, the cursor only moves one space. I can only move one space at a time without pressing another character. This problem is beyond annoying and frustrating and it would be the greatest help if you can solve this problem for me. Thank You so very much!! Holding down the space key on the keyboard causes extra spaces to be inserted but not visible until you type another character. Is this what you are talking about? If so then you should not be using the space key to create white space in this way. It is a bad word processing technique to get into. If you come back later and edit one word before the white space in a paragraph it upsets the rest of the paragraph. On the top ruler are little marks like upside down 'T's. These indicate Tab points. By pressing the Tab key the blinker jumps to directly below the next one of these marks. Tabs are extra brilliant because you can set your own anywhere on this ruler between thte margns just by clicking there and this new custom tab spot overwrite these default upside down T points. Not only that but you have minute control (hundredths of a centimetre) in your placement of these tabs. For more go to help and type in tab. HTH On the other hand, if what somebody is really after is to keep things in neat columns, a table is a much better choice, especially if the document is going to be sent to somebody else. Tabs tend to wander around in different systems, and also changing fonts can mess everything up, as can needing additional vertical space for one or more of the components. Table lines don't have to be visible, and this gives maximum flexibility and maintainability. I've shown this to lots of people, and they're often surprised at how easy tables are! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Fwd: confirm unsubscribe from annou...@openoffice.org
On 1/31/2011 3:17 AM, James Graham wrote: Hi All. Sorry for the wide distribution, however, I have been trying for some time to remove my email address from the OpenOffice list servers, however, due to the complex configuration of my mail setup I am unable to do so. I am starting to get very frustrated with your list server setup. The subscribed address is james.gra...@virtuallysafe.net. In addition I can not find an appropriate contact on the OpenOffice website. Can you please assist me by unsubscribing me or forwarding this message to someone who can assist - please. Your help is greatly appreciated. Cheers, James. First, you have to send an unsubscribe to each list separately; I'd recommend the format listname-unsubscribe-james.graham=virtuallysafe@openoffice.org. You've attached the message you got trying to unsubscribe from the announce list; what happened when you replied to that? You should have gotten a Goodbye message. But the address being unsubscribed is not the one you say is the subscriber, but the one you used for this message, so you may instead have gotten a message that ja...@virtuallygraham.com is not subscribed. Using the format above, you should be able to avoid this issue. If you still have trouble, I'll be glad to help off-list (b...@onr.com. -- Forwarded message -- From:announce-h...@openoffice.org Date: 31 January 2011 20:02 Subject: confirm unsubscribe from annou...@openoffice.org To: ja...@virtuallygraham.com Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the annou...@openoffice.org mailing list. To confirm that you would like ja...@virtuallygraham.com removed from the announce mailing list, please send an empty reply to this address: announce-uc.1296464536.bnbdpflkglilibnpnoba-james=virtuallygraham.com@ openoffice.org Usually, this happens when you just hit the reply button. If this does not work, simply copy the address and paste it into the To: field of a new message. I haven't checked whether your address is currently on the mailing list. To see what address you used to subscribe, look at the messages you are receiving from the mailing list. Each message has your address hidden inside its return path; for example, m...@xdd.ff.com receives messages with return path:announce-return-number-mary=xdd.ff@openoffice.org. Some mail programs are broken and cannot handle long addresses. If you cannot reply to this request, instead send a message to announce-requ...@openoffice.org and put the entire address listed above into the Subject: line. --- Administrative commands for the announce list --- I can handle administrative requests automatically. Please do not send them to the list address! Instead, send your message to the correct command address: To subscribe to the list, send a message to: announce-subscr...@openoffice.org To remove your address from the list, send a message to: announce-unsubscr...@openoffice.org Send mail to the following for info and FAQ for this list: announce-i...@openoffice.org announce-...@openoffice.org Similar addresses exist for the digest list: announce-digest-subscr...@openoffice.org announce-digest-unsubscr...@openoffice.org To get messages 123 through 145 (a maximum of 100 per request), mail: announce-get.123_...@openoffice.org To get an index with subject and author for messages 123-456 , mail: announce-index.123_...@openoffice.org They are always returned as sets of 100, max 2000 per request, so you'll actually get 100-499. To receive all messages with the same subject as message 12345, send an empty message to: announce-thread.12...@openoffice.org The messages do not really need to be empty, but I will ignore their content. Only the ADDRESS you send to is important. You can start a subscription for an alternate address, for example john@host.domain, just add a hyphen and your address (with '=' instead of '@') after the command word: announce-subscribe-john=host.dom...@openoffice.org To stop subscription for this address, mail: announce-unsubscribe-john=host.dom...@openoffice.org In both cases, I'll send a confirmation message to that address. When you receive it, simply reply to it to complete your subscription. If despite following these instructions, you do not get the desired results, please contact my owner at announce-ow...@openoffice.org. Please be patient, my owner is a lot slower than I am ;-) --- Enclosed is a copy of the request I received. Return-Path:ja...@virtuallygraham.com Received: (qmail 15923 invoked from network); 31 Jan 2011 09:02:16 - Received: from cylon2.sjc.collab.net (204.16.104.18) by s006.sjc.collab.net with SMTP; 31 Jan 2011 09:02:16 - X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4AAKMIRk3RVdYrkGdsb2JhbACWUwEBjUNWCBUBAQEBCQkMBxEEIKFDmSmFTgSMIQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i=4.60,403,1291622400; d=scan'208;a=44998983 X-IRONPORT: SCANNED Received: from mail-bw0-f43.google.com
Re: [users] openoffice ?
On 1/31/2011 8:59 AM, Robert Allen wrote: i simply wanted to see an example of a document - ANY DOCUMENT - in your program and after spending approximately 20 minutes of searching and finding nothing but explanations of how things work and how great things are could still NOT find a single example - is it necessary to have to go through the entire download installation simply to see an example of a document in this not really that open of an open office doc? What do you want to see? There are quite a few different formats under the ODF standard (odt, ods, odg, ...) that can be used quite well with a number of different programs -- even the newer versions of Office (2007 SP2 and later) make an attempt at them, though not interoperably really with anybody else's ODF implementations, by their choice. That's what makes ODF a very open standard. If what you want is an odt file (the word processor's default output format), we can easily send you any number of them (or their corresponding PDF files), but if you have specific questions about whether particular features are supported you'd be better off asking about those directly. The documentation available in PDF format on the site is extensive, and those document were produced by Writer in odt format and then exported to PDF. If this doesn't address your question, I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific about exactly what you want to see. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] unable to download
On 1/31/2011 8:46 PM, Harold Hauge wrote: Downloaded from:: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html You get there from openoffice.org by select download. However is that site run by Oracle or by the new Document Foundation? Since Ocacle aquired Sun Microsystems and LibreOffice was started I not been sure where to get it. As long as it remains free there I'll stick to officeoffice.org but if Oracle starts to charge I may go with LibreOffice. At present it seems like they are the same. Harold That's the Oracle site. There are some differences, primarily that LibreOffice (with some of its heritage from the Novell Go-OO version as well as from OpenOffice.org) can handle some additional file types, like those from MS Works. The website for LibreOffice is www.libreoffice.org, you can start the download from there. It's just been released as a stable version 3.3. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:49 AM, James Knottjames.kn...@rogers.com wrote: RORY MACKAY wrote: Hello Open Office people, I would like to at least try Open Office and hopefully even contribute to on going development, however I can not download your software. I get a new page titled 404 - File not found. On that page are some suggestions, none of which work. operating sys : win 7 any help ? rory mackay Where are you downloading from? The OpenOffice.org site is http://www.openoffice.org. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OpenOffice does not open .ods and odt files.
On 1/29/2011 10:29 AM, Bert Severijn wrote: Suddenly it appeared that my files ending with .ods and .odt are not opened anymore in Open Ofiice. I am using Home Vista. Can you help me to solve this error? Kind regards, Bert Severijn [Bert (gcsever...@zonnet.nl) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] Either installing a recent version of Office (2007 SP2 or later), or something else, has apparently taken over those file associations and you'll need to reset them for OOo. This can be done by right-clicking on a file and choosing Open With, browsing to soffice.exe, and choosing the option to always use this program. Or use Control Programs, Programs, Default Programs, Make a file type always open in a specific program. Select the file type, use the Change program... button, click OOo if it's shown in the list of recommended programs, or expand the Other Programs (plus sign) if OOo is not shown and browse to soffice.exe if OOo is still not shown, or click it if it is there. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: suggestion
On 1/25/2011 2:25 PM, Twayne wrote: In news:4d3c4c6e.6020...@krackedpress.com, webmas...@krackedpress.comwebmas...@krackedpress.com typed: On 01/23/2011 07:42 AM, James Knott wrote: michael thomas wrote: Hello, Open Office use to be a free alternative to Microsoft Office, that did not hog up your computers memory. Now its just a free alternative... To Bad! I even tried re-install with the 2 programs I really use. I saved a whopping 1 MB! Would Be Nice To Only Download The Only Ones We Need Without All The Fluff One thing to bear in mind is that with OpenOffice, you have a fully integrated package that shares a lot of common code between the various applications. This not only saves disk space over separate apps, but also improves function between the various applications. As one very basic example, you can, while in Writer, open a spread sheet. Also, while you can select individual components, it's not recommened because, as you found out, it won't save much disk space. It will also reduce some function in what you do install. So, bottom line, just install the entire package. After all, disk space is extremely cheap these days. Well, unless you computer is over 5 years old, you should be able to use a 1TB drive. They are running about $70 or $80 right now. I bought my system where 1TB was the default drive. I also bought an external USB/Firewire 1TB drive as well to share between my Vista laptop and my Ubuntu desktop. Soon I hope to add a second 1TB drive to my desktop for even more storage, since I have the desktop filled us with 800 gig and almost the same with the external one as my backup storage. So, unlike companies like Adobe that requires 2 gig of files space for just one of their packages, OpenOffice.org used very little space, under 200 meg on a Windows system [or at least the last time I installed it on my Vista laptop]. As far as I remember, OOo installs needing much less than MSO does. Also OOo is much easier to use than MSO. Another sdvantage to OOo is the much smaller file size that MS or other editors of the sort produce. Check them out; it's worth it just for the savings of space on the drive. Is this still true with the newer filetypes from Office 2007? I'd expect them to be much closer in size, since they are XML based like the ODF types. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Shortcuts for special characters
On 1/22/2011 8:36 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:52:57 -0600 Barbara Dupreyb...@onr.com dijo: On 1/22/2011 6:25 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: OOo 3.2.1 (from OOo, no the repositories) on Fedora 14 x86_64. I've searched and I can't find how to set the shortcut keys for entering characters with accents, or what shortcut keys exist by default. E.g., I wish to type á, é, ü, etc. in an English document. I do not wish to change to a different keyboard. I can enter the characters by Unicode code point, but that is a pain if you have a lot of them to do. The default shortcuts would probably suffice if I could just figure out what they are. I cannot search the Help because any searches in Help crash OOo. (Crash report already sent.) I haven't had to deal with this, but how about an AutoCorrect that substitutes the special character given a character pair (or triplet) that would not ordinarily occur? I can remember long ago something where if you typed u: (for example), it would create the umlauted u. I thought of that, but I don't want AutoCorrrect to change the combination all the time. What if I want to type: 1. The correct item for the task would be a: (a) frying pan, (b) stew pot, etc. In the above the a: would get converted to ä. That's why not normally used is important. if you're willing to use a triplet, you could maybe use something like vbar as the first character, followed by the pair that designates the character. Or if you're aware of the unwanted substitution right away, Ctrl-Z should get you back to the uncorrected text, since the substitution was the most recent action. Allchars, or something similar, is probably a better solution, though. I found an extension called Compose Special Character, but it takes almost as many keystrokes as just typing the Unicode value. It has been a long time since I used Word, but I recall all you did was type Alt, then the letter combination (e.g., a:), and it automatically converted the letter combination. If the Alt was not followed by one of the built in letter combinations, then the Alt was ignored. I've looked everywhere, but I can't find such a feature in Writer. I find this surprising. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] corrupted file?
On 1/22/2011 6:26 PM, ignasi gispert wrote: Dear All, Just when I was going to print out attached file, opennoffice just mada a loop by recovering recovery failed and appear again the recovering, etc etc. Had the 3.1 openoffice verision.Suddently no file openned... I tried to desinstall office 3.1 but did not allowed me. Finally I send to the bin the attached file and manage to install openoffice 3.2. Then all files opened but this one again and with the same loop problem. Windows XP. Any idea? Thanks for your help! Rgds igpi [ Ignasi (i...@ibertrading.es) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] You can avoid the loop by choosing Cancel instead of Start Recovery when you bring up OOo the next time after a failure like this. If you need to try recovering the file content from the corrupted file, you can unzip it and try putting the main document piece into an unzipped copy of a new file, then zipping that. May or may not work, though -- I hope you had a backup copy!
Re: [users] Creating a title page
On 1/23/2011 1:00 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: Restarting a thread: (originally 'Page numbers and footers are being deleted' ...) I wish to create a title page on a document of about 17 pages. In response to the previous thread, I have received a lot of great information, but still am not able to make progress. So I understand that my goal properly speaking is to modify the document so that the first page is a title page. Given the instructions that I have received from you good people and from the links that I have looked at: 1)I have tried to insert a manual page break following the first page. Here's what I do: Placing the cursor at the bottom of the first page, I choose Insert - Manual Break - Default. It appears that the break is inserted *but* a line is inserted into the next page. This is not acceptable, but can be corrected (I think) by deleting the top line of the following page. When I do this, the cursor is at the beginning of a null paragraph; it's expecting the text for this page to be entered starting there, there is no actual content yet. If you had actual text beginning on the first page and flowing to the second, you don't need the manual break. If you had existing text that began on the old second page that was itself created by inserting a page break and you still want to have that begin the second page, just use the Delete key to eliminate the old page break. I note also that the instructions at http://doc.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Using_page_styles Refer to a New Chapter style option. There is none in our copies of OO. I think the assumption was that you'd have created your own page style of that name. Could be clearer, though! 2)Setting the first page to the First Page style. Disturbing. Here is what I do: With the cursor on the botton of the first page, I pick Format - Styles and Formatting and get a popup window title Styles and Formatting. From the five icons at the top left of this window, I click on the second to the rightmost (tooltip says Page Styles) and then I click on First Page. Nothing happens! You need to double-click a style, not just click, to apply it. For pages (and paragraphs), the style is applied to the whole page (or paragraph) based on current cursor position; for character styles, you first need to select the text (or set the style, then enter the text). And there is not an OK button or any other type of commit button on this window. The double-click itself is the commitment. The window is really a toolbar, not a dialog, so this is consistent with normal practice. (It can be docked to an edge, for example; I usually have it up and docked to the right edge. Now, if I *Double Click* the Styles and Formatting window closes and I now see that the status bar at the bottom of the page says First Page but! Extra lines have been inserted and that is bad! Although they can be deleted. I've never seen any new paragraphs (extra lines) created by this action. I just checked with a test document and no such change occurred. Furthermore, if I save the document, and reopen it, the style for the first page has been reverted to Default. Aargh! I am a programmer but unfamiliar with Word Processors. Again, I can't reproduce this behavior. If you could send me the file privately (or a non-confidential file that you have the same problem with) I'll see if I can determine what's happening. (I'm b...@onr.com.) So to ask the first question: Why are separate page styles not being saved? NOTE: This document is subject to very strict standards by the recipient. thanks - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Creating a title page
On 1/23/2011 1:32 PM, RA Brown wrote: On Sun Jan 23 2011 11:00:33 GMT-0800 (PST) Tim Johnson wrote: snip So to ask the first question: Why are separate page styles not being saved? NOTE: This document is subject to very strict standards by the recipient. thanks First, what format are you saving the file as. ODT or DOC? If the later that is the problem as OOo does not inport or export to DOC with 100% fidelity and some things get lost in the translation. Good catch, Andy! Tim, Word (at least prior to Office 2007, and therefore in the .doc format; not sure about the newer formats) has no concept of page styles, so that aspect of OOo can't be carried from .odt into .doc, and therefore is not there when you reopen the file in Writer (when there is again a conversion into .odt while Writer is working on the file). So you should stay with .odt until you send the document off. If they accept .pdf files, that will be the most reliable way to make sure they see what you do. Otherwise, you might want to get the free viewer from Microsoft so you can check the .doc file, since they're so strict about the formatting. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Creating a title page
On 1/23/2011 4:03 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: * Barbara Dupreyb...@onr.com [110123 12:58]: On 1/23/2011 1:32 PM, RA Brown wrote: On Sun Jan 23 2011 11:00:33 GMT-0800 (PST) Tim Johnson wrote: snip So to ask the first question: Why are separate page styles not being saved? NOTE: This document is subject to very strict standards by the recipient. thanks First, what format are you saving the file as. ODT or DOC? If the later that is the problem as OOo does not inport or export to DOC with 100% fidelity and some things get lost in the translation. Good catch, Andy! Tim, Word (at least prior to Office 2007, and therefore in the .doc format; not sure about the newer formats) has no concept of page styles, so that aspect of OOo can't be carried from .odt into .doc, and therefore is not there when you reopen the file in Writer (when there is again a conversion into .odt while Writer is working on the file). So you should stay with .odt until you send the document off. If they accept .pdf files, that will be the most reliable way to make sure they see what you do. Otherwise, you might want to get the free viewer from Microsoft so you can check the .doc file, since they're so strict about the formatting. :) To make a long story short, the solution was reached by first saving to an .odt format. We found then that we could save the finished product retaining the desired formatting. Now: I am trying to figure out how to delete all but the first 3 pages. on vim all I have to do is type `vgox' blush couldn't resist that one. thanks again and good tip on the pdf format Put your cursor after the last character you want to keep; Shift-Ctrl-End to select to the end of the document; Backspace or Delete. Not too bad, is it? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Shortcuts for special characters
On 1/22/2011 6:25 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: OOo 3.2.1 (from OOo, no the repositories) on Fedora 14 x86_64. I've searched and I can't find how to set the shortcut keys for entering characters with accents, or what shortcut keys exist by default. E.g., I wish to type á, é, ü, etc. in an English document. I do not wish to change to a different keyboard. I can enter the characters by Unicode code point, but that is a pain if you have a lot of them to do. The default shortcuts would probably suffice if I could just figure out what they are. I cannot search the Help because any searches in Help crash OOo. (Crash report already sent.) I haven't had to deal with this, but how about an AutoCorrect that substitutes the special character given a character pair (or triplet) that would not ordinarily occur? I can remember long ago something where if you typed u: (for example), it would create the umlauted u. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Page numbers and footers are being deleted when document is saved
On 1/22/2011 6:47 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: Maddening problem here. FYI: I only occassionally use the word processor. I am a programmer. My wife is having this problem: 1)She creates page numbers for a document. 2)She creates footers for the same document. 3)She removes the page number on the first page. She saves the document and when it is re-opened, all page numbers and footers are gone! What is going wrong here? I just numbered the pages in a two-page document, saved it and re-opened it and the page numbers where still there. Her document has 17 pages. Looking forward to comments. thanks Page header and footer content are associated with the page style in effect when they are created. What's probably happening is that all the pages have the Default page style, so any change to the content while on any of the pages using that style get carried through to all other such pages. She needs to apply different page styles to the first page and the remainder of the document, then she can manage the header/footer content as desired for each independently. The easiest way to do this is to set up the whole document to have the page numbers, as she has before, then get the cursor onto the first page, bring up the Styles and Formatting dialog (F11), click on the page styles icon (fourth one at the top) and double-click First Page. That applies the First Page style to the first page, and that flows to the Default style (which has the page numbers) for the next page. That page will be numbered as 2, which is probably what is wanted. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Multiple processes
On 1/17/2011 9:28 PM, RA Brown wrote: On Mon Jan 17 2011 18:30:09 GMT-0800 (PST) Eustace wrote: Is it only me, or do others also from time to time have first to open the Windows Task Manager and End multiple OO processes in order to be able to open the program? emf This is a known problem but know one seem to can tell what causes it. This mailing list and the forums are loaded with questions on this problem. Most state that OOo will not start, why? the response for Windows users is Open Task Manager and kill any soffice.* that exist. HTH I seem to have had this problem only after something involving coordination with the file system (save, save as, auto-save, open, etc.) failed and OOo crashed. BTW, only the soffice.bin processes need to be ended, the soffice.exe ones associated with them end automatically. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] [moderated]
On 1/18/2011 6:55 AM, Thomas Erdman wrote: I downloaded the program and registered as a user. Unfortunately, the notes detailing my user name have become misplaced. I did receive an email welcoming me and indicating a second email would be sent with a password. Never received it for some reason. I appreciate your service but need to find out what name I used on registration. It probably started with the letters ober [Thomas (erdmant...@att.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] Apparently you got the program from somewhere other than the www.openoffice.org website, since no password is required to use the various applications (Writer, Calc, etc.). You can download from the site or a nearby mirror and use the program with no payment, registration, or password required (the installation process does ask for registration in order to gather some statistics; but this has no functional effect and can be skipped). If this doesn't solve your problem, for instance if you paid for a version of OOo and expected support beyond what is provided free from the volunteers on this mailing list (and the others for OOo, the forums, and the extensive free documentation), I'm afraid you'll need to take that up with whatever organization collected your money. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Fwd: openoffice 3
On 1/15/2011 2:48 AM, Paul wrote: These user type questions are best handled by the user list. Have forwarded it there. /paul -- Forwarded message -- From: yogesh parmaryogesh_parm...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:58 AM Subject: openoffice 3 To: users-ow...@openoffice.org *Dear Sir/Madam,* Those who see these messages are volunteers who want to help other users like themselves -- no formality is required. :-) Just recently began to have difficulty with a fellow recipient who also uses openoffice 3 in opening my *ODF* documents when I send it as an attachment via e-mail, and they cannot open the file. - *Could you please kindly advise me what I can do to over overcome this when sending ODF documents as e-mail attachments so the recipient can open it..?* I can think of three possibilities here, there may be others. One, the selection to automatically append the extension (e.g., .odt) to your documents may have been from your saved file. In that case, you'll need to reselect it. Two, the recipient may need to reestablish the file association for the ODF filetypes to point to OpenOffice.org. This can generally be done by right-clicking on a file and selecting Open With, then browsing to soffice.exe; selecting the option to always use this program will let this be done only once for each type of file. Three, you may have saved the document with password protection (although the recipient would probably have asked you about this directly). If the recipient also has Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 or later, or Office 2010, that provides some level of support for ODF formats. If the file associations lead there, there could be problems with interoperability, although they should not result in an inability to open the files. - *Also if I wanted to save a openoffice document as a text, and not a ODF, thus how can I do this..?* To save in non-ODF formats, choose File Save As, then select the appropriate filetype from the dropdown. Again, make sure that the automatic file extension is selected. Greatly appreciate your kind assistance, and I look forward to receiving your trouble shooting tips with aforementioned kind request. *Kind Regards,* *Mr. Yogesh Parmar.* - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Font question on Writer
On 1/15/2011 3:13 PM, Susan W. Dunn wrote: Hello, This might very well be a Styles question, but I'm not exactly sure how to apply Styles. I downloaded Open Office 3.2 from Linux Mint 9 and when I installed it wanted to default the font and font size to Times New Roman and size 12 on Writer. My problem involves the quotation marks. If I convert a document from another font, I get the standard curly quote marks instead of the mouseteeth. These are not exactly the type of mouseteeth quotes avaialable with say, Courier. BUT when I open a blank or New text document and begin typing speech (quotations), I do not get the curly quote marks even though the document default font says Times New Roman. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to begin/or re-setup Office Writer so that the font remains as it should be consistently? Many thanks. Susan Dunn Tools AutoCorrect Options, Localized Options tab has the settings that are being used when you type a quotation mark; in this case, you probably need to select the Replace option for double quotes, making sure that the characters shown are U+201C and U+201D. Both styles of quotes are included in the Times New Roman font, and when the quotes are already curly they have the right character values, but when you're creating the text, you get the straight quotes that are the same before and after the quoted text. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: [Bulk] Re: [users] How do I stop emails from users@openoffice.org
On 1/9/2011 8:40 AM, James Boatwright wrote: Mr. Brown, I sent an Empty Message to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org; nothing back yet... If you have not yet gotten the confirmation message (it's usually very quick), chances are that it got trapped in a spam filter somewhere. It comes from a different address than the list messages (users-h...@openoffice.org rather than users@openoffice.org) and it also has some complex strings of characters that may make it look like spam to some filters. You can try whitelisting the users-help address at your ISP and in your personal filters, then try again. If that still doesn't work, I'll try to help you off-list (b...@onr.com). RA Brown1/8/11 11:15 PM On Sat Jan 08 2011 20:47:49 GMT-0800 (PST) James Boatwright wrote: Fellows, Please show me how to stop getting emails from users@openoffice.org AND How to Un-Register.. Thank you, James H. Boatwright Send an empty message to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org to unsubscribe from this mailing list. You will receive a message back that you have to reply to. You will receive another message saying that you have been removed. For the oooforum.org you will have to go to www.oooforum.org and remove your name from there. For the comput...@corfyscorner.com list you will have to visit their site to find out as I have no information on them. Hope this helps. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: How do I stop/Boatwright
On 1/9/2011 10:48 AM, Brewster Gillett wrote: On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 08:40 -0600, James Boatwright wrote: Mr. Brown, I sent an Empty Message to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org; nothing back yet... Did * you * use * the* same* email address* under which * you * were * originally * subscribed? Brewster This is why I generally give folks the version that includes the e-mail address (with equals instead of at) -- that way it doesn't matter what address they send the message from. Also worth noting is that in any case, the confirmation reply can be from anywhere that gets the message. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Using OOo for Word Docs
Peter (bpru...@aol.com) is not subscribed and probably did not see this excellent response -- you might want to copy him. On 1/8/2011 12:46 PM, Harold Hauge wrote: Questions should include the version of OOo and the operating system version you are running. If you are using a version of Windows the confusion may be caused by the extension of the file you are working with. In windows the default is to hide the extension of unknown files so your file may look like Document when it is Document.doc. In Windows you can use the Control panel Folder option to select the option in View NOT to hide extenions. I recommend it. OOo will open the file and save it as a .doc file but you have the option to save it as a .odt, the OOo native format. If you have both OOo and MS Word installed you can set Windows so Explorer will open .doc files with MS Word and .odt files with OOo. see the following for a comparison. http://ezinearticles.com/?Comparison-of-Document-Files-With-Doc-and-ODT-Extensionsid=5020814 Hope this helps. Harold Hauge On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Dan Lewiselderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 11:26 -0500, bpru...@aol.com wrote: I may be missing something very basic, but how can I use Open Office Writer to edit Word documents?? I looked at several pages in OO instructions but do not see what I need. Help? Peter Just open the Word document in Writer. Then edit it. Writer will open and edit Word documents unless the file is marked as Read Only. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Trouble with OpenOffice finding email configuration
On 1/8/2011 12:56 PM, PJH wrote: Arnold N. Pollak - SignForce has written on 1/6/2011 12:25 PM: Hi Folks Hope you can help - or direct me to the correect place to get help. I am running windows 7 with OpenOffice 3.2.1 and using Windows Live Mail for emailing. When I click on the Document as email icon I get the following message: OpenOffice.org was unable to find a working e-mail configuration. Please save this document locally instead and attach it from within your e-mail client Please can anyone advise how to overcome this issue, preferablly without having to change from windows email which I like (yes I know that is not PC, but it is true) Control Panel Programs Default Programs Set Your Default Programs Find Windows Live Mail (or whatever windows email is) and make it the default for emails. Arnold (arn...@signforce.co.za) is not subscribed and probably did not see this (BTW, the message said he uses Windows Live Mail). - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] open office freezing
On 1/4/2011 2:30 PM, brenda wrote: Hi, I have been a satisfied user of OO for three years. This week it started to freeze and I can’t open my OO documents, or make new ones. This started on Jan. 2nd at 2. pm. My friend had the same problem at the same time and uninstalled and reinstalled the OO suite. I am doing that too, and hope it works. Thank you Brenda Forster [Brenda (brendam...@hotmail.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] The timing aspect is interesting, but may not be relevant to the problem (how did you fix it so precisely? did something call your attention to the time?). If you are using a Windows system, the most common reason for a silent failure to open documents (that is, no error message) is that there is an old copy of the soffice.bin process running. If that's the case, use Task Manager to end any process of that name (which will also end any associated soffice.exe processes). OOo should then start normally. Uninstalling and reinstalling should not be necessary, though. A simple restart of your system should also work if you don't want to use the Task Manager. If this doesn't help, please tell us what operating system and version you are using, and what version of OOo, as well as any error messages you are seeing. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] How to underline a blank line of text, such that it could be typed?
On 1/2/2011 2:33 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: A user is making forms for herself and other therapists. These forms will be printed, and to specify the place where text is to be typed there are lines on the page, created with four dashes and one Enter per line. This works fine, but the original author wants to type out her forms for herself, instead of filling in the printed ones. she has no problem typing on the lines created with the dashes, but when the text wraps a line the top line looses it's underline! How can she prevent this from happening? Should she use a different type of line? If I was unsuccessful in describing the situation, then here are steps to reproduce: 1) In a new document press dash three times and press enter. 2) Now pres upArrow, enter, enter, upArrow, upArrow. 3) Now type a line long enough to wrap. Thanks! I think that's because the automatically generated line isn't a line-width paragraph of underlined characters, but an empty paragraph with a bottom border. (The behavior is controlled by the option to Apply borders under AutoCorrect.) If the supplied text wraps, the border stays below the whole paragraph. There really isn't a good way to get natural wrapping together with the border effect (that is, the appearance of multiple full-width lines with text above them), so far as I can tell. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Two questions about Impress
On 1/1/2011 7:44 AM, Guy Voets wrote: 2010/12/29codyh...@comporium.net: Please unsubscribe codyh...@comporium.net from open office at once. I'm getting emails from people which should be going to your email.not to me. Thanks codyh...@comporium.net To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org Apparently, you didn't subscribe with the address codyh...@comporium.net but with another address, from which you will have to send the unsubcribe mail. To determine the actual address that is subscribed to the list, look at a message received directly from the list (not as a copy) and expand the header. Ctrl-U might work, or check the help for your e-mail client. Find the Return-Path Header; it should look something like this: Return-Path:users-return-212626-barb=onr@openoffice.org The part between the hyphen after the message number and the at sign is the subscribed address (in its indirect form, with an equals instead of an at sign). Suppose it's cody=otherisp.com. Then send a message (from any address, not necessarily that one) to users-unsubscribe-cody=otherisp@openoffice.org; subject and content don't matter, just the address. You should very soon get a confirmation message at that address. Reply to that message from any address that receives it. The cancellation should be completed, and you'll get a Goodbye message. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Question
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 copied.] 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. Beyond that, the best format is determined by the use you have for the files. If they are for your own use, ODF is definitely best. If you are sending the files to somebody else, and they don't have a program that uses ODF (and I don't include the support in MS Office 2007 SP2 and later), it depends on whether they will need to make changes or not. If not, exporting to PDF (not XPS) is the best choice; you and they will see the same document. If they do need to make changes, the best choice is generally the older MS Office formats for XP (etc.) systems, like .doc. Those have been around long enough that there's pretty general support for them. If you know the recipient has something that can use one of the other formats supported under Save As, you can use that if they may need to edit. (At this point, though, I wouldn't recommend RTF, the conversion has some known problems.) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OOo Write - Letterhead for my Business Template
You can adjust the size and position of the frame regardless of where it's anchored, it doesn't need to be contained physically within the header. You'll want the wrap set to in background too, of course, so it doesn't affect text placement. The only way I know to have something on every page is to have it associated with the header or footer; text area content can't be made part of the page style, I don't think. On 12/19/2010 10:07 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote: That is a nice idea, but I need the frame to be positioned around the main text body area. Isn't there a way to edit the default style for a page to include a frame by default on every page, similar to the Header / Footer ? Thanks! Amichai. On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 21:47, Barbara Dupreyb...@onr.com wrote: On 12/18/2010 9:52 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote: Hello all, I am trying to create a template for my private business to serve me as a letterhead. I would like to have it on my Ubuntu box and write the documents using it as a template, as opposed to sending it to a print shop and have to find room to keep thousands of papers I was finally able to figure out how to use the shapes to create a rounded frame around the body of the document (chose the rectangle with the rounded edges, pulled it over the entire area, set the color as invisible, wrapped it to the page and set it as background). It all worked well, except when I start a new page, it comes without the frame... Is there a way I can set a page frame with rounded edges and make it behave as the page itself (save it as a style or some such)? Thanks! You should be able to anchor the frame in a header or footer to make it repeat on each page. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Disappeared document
On 12/18/2010 5:08 AM, cmsuijkerbu...@gmail.com wrote: Dear sir/madam, I am an user of Open Office and with great pleasure, but now I have a problem: This morning I wanted to open a document in Recently opened documents, and to my surprise, the box was empty, while yesterday-evening, when closing down my computer, it was full. So far, that is inconveniant, but no harm done, you just start te document by selecting Opening Document. However the most important document I use, however still in the Document box on my computer, I cannot open the document any longer. All other documents can be openend, but that one. Can you please help? With kind regards, Kees Suijkerbuijk, Hoogerheide, The Netherlands [Kees (cmsuijkerbu...@gmail.com) is not subscribed and will probably not see responses unless directly copied.] The document still is in your Documents folder, but when you double-click it, it doesn't open -- is that right? What happens instead? If there is an error message, please tell us what it is. If it just silently does nothing, you may have a leftover copy of OOo that is confusing Windows (assuming that's what you are running -- it would help to know what version, and also what version of OOo). In that case, you can use Task Manager to end any soffice.bin process that is running and then try again. By the way, we're just other users of OOo who try to help each other using this mailing list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] OOo Write - Letterhead for my Business Template
On 12/18/2010 9:52 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote: Hello all, I am trying to create a template for my private business to serve me as a letterhead. I would like to have it on my Ubuntu box and write the documents using it as a template, as opposed to sending it to a print shop and have to find room to keep thousands of papers I was finally able to figure out how to use the shapes to create a rounded frame around the body of the document (chose the rectangle with the rounded edges, pulled it over the entire area, set the color as invisible, wrapped it to the page and set it as background). It all worked well, except when I start a new page, it comes without the frame... Is there a way I can set a page frame with rounded edges and make it behave as the page itself (save it as a style or some such)? Thanks! You should be able to anchor the frame in a header or footer to make it repeat on each page. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Question
I'm afraid only that administrator can really help you. One of the other list members suggested that if OOo is running on a network and another user is using it (or appears to be) the same thing might happen. Anyway, I don't think we can help -- sorry. Depending on why you want to uninstall, there may be some alternatives, but they may not be not pretty! It would be best to figure out the specific admin policy that is involved and fix whatever is blocking the uninstall. Good luck! On 12/17/2010 9:26 AM, m93s...@aol.com wrote: I turned off Quickstarter, made sure that I used the same administrator that downloaded the program (which is only one), and made sure that everything openoffice was turned off. Unfortunatly it was still giving me the same response. Thank you for answering back. SM -Original Message- From: Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com To: users users@openoffice.org; m93sara m93s...@aol.com Sent: Thu, 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? Sara [Sara (m93s...@aol.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] The same conditions that were used during installation will have to be used to uninstall. If you are your own administrator you'll need to run that way again when using Add/Remove Programs (or the equivalent) to uninstall. You also need to be sure that OOo is not running -- turn the QuickStarter off if it's on, and use the Task Manager to end any soffice.bin process that is running. If you still can't uninstall, you can come back here with more information, such as your operating system and version, and we'll try to help.
Re: [users] Text colour
On 12/17/2010 11:00 AM, WalterVB wrote: How can I change the colour of a text in an odt-document ? When I click on the txt-colour icon, the text becomes brown, and choice of an other colour is not possible. Something seems wrong with my program. The icon represents one color, but the other colors are available through the down arrow to the right of the icon. Select one of those, and the icon and selected text will change to that color. If you want additional text to use that color, you can select the text and then the icon. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
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? Sara [Sara (m93s...@aol.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] The same conditions that were used during installation will have to be used to uninstall. If you are your own administrator you'll need to run that way again when using Add/Remove Programs (or the equivalent) to uninstall. You also need to be sure that OOo is not running -- turn the QuickStarter off if it's on, and use the Task Manager to end any soffice.bin process that is running. If you still can't uninstall, you can come back here with more information, such as your operating system and version, and we'll try to help. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Table break between first and second rows?
On 12/15/2010 12:43 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: Barbara Duprey [mailto:b...@onr.com] replied to my query: If I'm reading this right, your table is insisting on beginning at the start of a page. Have you checked the table's Text Flow properties to make sure that the Break-Page-Before options are not set? The box labelled Break is empty (intentionally, for exactly this reason - although that's the default setting anyway), so the four selectable options are grayed-out. HOWEVER, the Page and Before options (even though supposedly inactive) do have selection dots in them. It's not possible to empty the selection dots without filling the other two. Essentially, the designer of table behavior seems to be asserting I will cause a break. You can select which break, but you can't select no break. I know what's good for you, better than you do. Leads me to assume the person is/was a Microsoft employee :-) [Little bit of frustrated editorializing there.] Interesting -- this is not true for me (Win7, OOo 3.1.1) -- the dots are filled but grayed out when the Break box is empty, which is fair enough, since a radio control is one of these rather than zero or one of these. They have no functional effect, because they are only evaluated conditionally on the Break being selected. Have you tried defining a new table immediately after the prefatory text, then copying in the data and setting the rest of the properties you want, then deleting the original table? (Not selecting and copying the whole table, if there's something weird about the table definition it might carry forward.) I have tried checking Break and then selecting Page After - no change. Well, the break does occur after the table, pushing the table footnote to the next page, but the change in properties has no effect on the _start_ of the table. I also tried Column After, just to ensure that Page was not selected, and not for any desire to affect the column... again, no affect on page break before the table. If I then un-check the Break box, the options become gray, as-is... but later (after I close and re-open the document) they are back to the 'defaults' that they originally had. snip It sounds as if the property that's saved is the Break setting only, not the subordinate radio button ones, which may be strange but shouldn't really matter. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Table break between first and second rows?
On 12/14/2010 12:37 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: A table extends over several pages. How do you tell it to split/break after the first content row, so that the table can begin on a page with TONS of space? This is a problem I had before, but never solved. Encountered again in a 'new' doc. A two-column table insists on starting at top of page 20, leaving two lonely lines of body text at the top of page 19, and the rest of page 19 empty. The table has large-ish cells containing pictures, so two or three rows will fit on a page. The header row and first two content rows fit easily on page 20. This implies that the header and row 1 of content would fit easily on page 19, under the two lines of body text... and still leave empty space on that page. But the table refuses to break after the first row. I have tried Table Properties and individual cell properties, as well as properties of the text paragraphs within the cells. I can't find a way to tell my table that it is not merely OK, but actually desirable to start following the most recent body text, and to break conveniently between content row 1 and content row 2. Several reviewers have complained about the bad layout and incompetent use of page space. Suggestions? Windows XP Pro and OOo 3.21 - kevin If I'm reading this right, your table is insisting on beginning at the start of a page. Have you checked the table's Text Flow properties to make sure that the Break-Page-Before options are not set? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Issues
On 12/13/2010 10:54 AM, Karla Kallenberg wrote: Hello, I have some major problem with my docs that i write in the Oppen Office prog. As u can see in the attatched file it allways appears ? % in the text when it is saved and opens upp again. How come, and how can as change it?? Best regards Karla Kallenberg, if u may u can also reply in swedish. [Karla (karla_kallenb...@hotmail.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] The attachment did not make it to the list -- generally those with the ODF file types (like .odt) are attached, so maybe this is a .doc file? Anyway, we can't see what it is you are describing. If you can't be more specific about what is happening, you'll need to put the document somewhere we can link to, sorry. It would also help if you told us what operating system and version you are using, and what version of OpenOffice.org.
Re: [users] Not able to download
On 12/2/2010 7:30 PM, Frankyne Mouton wrote: Please remove my email address from your database. Thank you. I've tried to help you before, but as I said this address (franky...@msn.com) is not the subscriber and you'll have to determine first what account that is. I'll help off-list (b...@onr.com). - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re-installation Problems
On 12/4/2010 11:06 PM, Sabrina Cabanlig wrote: Hi i recently want to re-install open Office but Open Office says that I got to exit OpenOffice.org 3.1 and OpenOffice.org 3.1 Quickstarter. Before installing the Open Office I deleted every Open Office and started on the re-installing it. It always give me the same message I try to go to the task manager on the precess tab to exit any thing that looks like OpenOffice so that I could end it's progress but I could not find anything that looks like open office to end. Please help me with this major problem. [Sabrina (xandra_10...@msn.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] The process to look for is soffice.bin -- do you see that? By the way, I hope you mean uninstalled rather than deleted -- simply deleting folders can leave a considerable mess behind. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Emailing: ScreenShot009
On 12/3/2010 12:00 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
On 12/01/2010 02:31 PM, Tony Layland wrote:
Hello, the attached error message occurs every time I open OpenOffice. How can
I correct this
thanks
If you go to the directory specified (C:\Documents and Settings\Tony Layland\Application
Data\OpenOffice.org\3\user\basic\Standard), OOo is trying to load a file named script.xlb. I
assume that this file either contains an error or it does not exist and it is referenced someplace.
The corrective action depends on which as well as what other macros and/or you may have. For
example, if you have no settings, you can delete (or rename) the entire 3 data directory (but then
you lose all of your personal stuff such as macros you created. You can try to correct the error
in the script.xlb file if it does exist. If the file does not exist, you could try to create one
containing this:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
!DOCTYPE library:library PUBLIC -//OpenOffice.org//DTD OfficeDocument 1.0//EN
library.dtd
library:library xmlns:library=http://openoffice.org/2000/library; library:name=Standard
library:readonly=false library:passwordprotected=false
/library:library
or, perhaps this
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
!DOCTYPE library:library PUBLIC -//OpenOffice.org//DTD OfficeDocument 1.0//EN
library.dtd
library:library xmlns:library=http://openoffice.org/2000/library; library:name=Standard
library:readonly=false library:passwordprotected=false
library:element library:name=Module1/
/library:library
Tony {anthonylayl...@talktalk.net} is not subscribed, but I think he really
should see this answer.
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Re: Fwd: Re: [users] Emailing: ScreenShot009
John, the OP (Tony Layland) was not subscribed, so David sent him a copy of his own response -- but copied the list as well. so the subscribers saw it again. Sigh. As has been pointed out *many* times, the current list management is far from ideal in the way unsubscribed users are handled. Until/unless a better way is developed and agreed on, though, we seem to be stuck with it. All the proposals made to date seem to have fairly significant flaws of their own. On 12/3/2010 3:55 PM, John Brooks wrote: I did receive it so obviously I am on the list. Please remove it. On 12/3/2010 3:37 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:02 03/12/2010 +0100, Marco Fioretti wrote: On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 11:37:28 AM -0500, David B Teague wrote: Some of the folks on this list didn't think you are subscribed. If that's true, you won't have received this answer. So I have forwarded it to you. David, nothing personal, of course, but thanks for another proof of the OOo-users issues I recently summarized here: http://stop.zona-m.net/2010/11/a-proposal-for-effective-volunteer-friendly-user-support-in-libreoffice/ May I quote? 'The absolutely obvious consequences are that: [...] volunteers come and go, but only the good but clueless ones that sincerely believe that this is a sensible strategy remain to provide support.' That would be us, then? ;^) Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Transferring documents
On 12/1/2010 1:20 PM, john mcdonald wrote: Hello I just recently downloaded your office format. I am have viewing problems when I download Microsoft documents, which I have in my Yahoo mailbox. I would to know how can I fix this problem? How can view my documents in their original format? Thank You Very Much [John (icemackj...@yahoo.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] First off, what version of OpenOffice.org did you get, and where? Although there are sometimes formatting differences between MS Office and OOo (due to the proprietary nature of most MS formats), these are generally minor. What file extensions are causing you problems -- .doc, .docx, ...? What kinds of issues do you have? Unfortunately, if you are using a recent version of OOo (I believe 3.2.1 is the current one) and having significant trouble, you'll have to use either MS Office (or the relevant application from it, like Word) or one of the free viewers that MS provides. You might then be able to copy and paste into an OOo document, perhaps with formatting elements already in place, to get an equivalent document. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] SERIOUS BUG IN OPEN OFFICE
On 12/2/2010 5:46 AM, modestukasai sudukas wrote: Hello, Our company has insurance forms. It uses VB SCRIPTS witten with MS EXCEL 2003. And we get an error when we tying to calculate. By persing on button (SKAIČIUOTI). fault nr 1.png Everything works perfectly on MS OFFICE SYSTEMS. What should we do? PS: if you need, we can send you this document. Than YOU, modestuka...@gmail.com mailto:modestuka...@gmail.com [The OP is not subscribed and probably will not see responses unless directly copied.] What you've encountered is that OpenOffice.org uses a different scripting language, not Microsoft's Visual Basic, for macros. This can't properly be called a bug, it was a considered design decision -- whether for legal purposes or something else, maybe somebody else on the list will discuss the rationale. As to what you can do, I think you'll either need to translate the macros into the OOo format, or continue using Excel. I'm including a quote here from the OpenOffice.org Migration Guide: Macros written in VBA for Excel do not work in Calc and macros written in StarBasic for Calc do not run on Excel. Re-writing of macros is required when moving spreadsheets between either application. Some additional resources for writing Basic macros include: “Porting Excel/VBA to Calc/StarBasic” http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/various_topics/VbaStarBasicXref.pdf StarOffice 8 Programming Guide for BASIC, http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-0439 “Useful Macro Information for OpenOffice”, by Andrew Pitonyak, http://pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt OpenOffice.org Macros Explained, by Andrew Pitonyak, available from the publisher: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm or from various online booksellers. Andrew Pitonyak’s web site for OOo macros: http://pitonyak.org/oo.php
Re: [users] Not able to download
On 12/2/2010 10:16 AM, Amy Joanning wrote: I'm trying to download Open Office but I am getting this error: Installer integrity check has failed. Common causes include incomplete download and damaged media. Contact the installer's author to obtain a new copy. Please advise. Thank you, Amy Joanning YCamp Office Manager [Amy (amy.joann...@dmymca.org) is not subscribed, and will probably not see any responses unless directly copied.] It sounds as if you have actually downloaded the file, but execution is reported as failing -- is that right? If so, the problem may actually be with your firewall/antivirus program. The first thing to try is checking the md5sum of the downloaded file against the one documented for the specific version on the www.openoffice.org website. The following link should help: www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/using_md5sums.html If the md5sums match, you have a good download. To perform the installation, try the following: 1. Disconnect completely from the internet. 2. Disable your firewall and AV. 3. Double-click on the downloaded file; you should get an installer that steps you through the process as needed. 4. When the installation is complete, re-enable your firewall and AV. 5. Reconnect to the internet. If there is no match, you'll need to download again. Be sure to use the www.openoffice.org website, or an official mirror; there are some other sites, some of which are not especially noted for integrity.
Re: [users] Corrupt file
On 12/1/2010 7:03 AM, Faramahem d.o.o. wrote: Tel./Fax: ++381 11/3544-783 Mob.tel.: ++381 63/25-11-63 From : Predrag ILIC To : Open office - Dear Sir, I have a problem ussing your program, Need to open one very important file ( sxe ) and gets the next answer: The file is corrupt and therefore can not be opened. Repairing option can not open too. Pls help me with instruction how to open this file anyhow. Thanks in advance for support. With kind rgds, Mr.ILIC [The OP (farma...@beotel.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] What type of file is this? If it's a spreadsheet, that doesn't appear to be one of the valid extensions, although there are several similar ones. Under what program was the file created? If the extension should be something else, you can try renaming it and see if that helps. Also, you can use an unzip utility on the file. If it is any ODF filetype, there should be a content.xml file that contains your data and might be used in a recovery process. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Calc Shifting Cell Contents [was issues]
Had you meant to attach a file? Anyway, this is certainly highly unusual behavior, not at all what I've ever seen (admittedly, I'm only a very casual user of Calc). I built a simple spreadsheet with some empty cells and could not reproduce this behavior (Windows 7 64-bit, OOo 3.1.1). This is such an obvious and dramatic problem that there should have been tons of messages about it, and there haven't been any. So it seems likely that it's something about either your spreadsheet or your configuration that is causing this, and if you can supply the file we can at least see if any such thing happens for anybody else. On 11/30/2010 12:52 PM, Frank Altamirano wrote: I'm working on a HP, MS Windows 7 64bit and am working with OOs v3.2.1 and my issues are with Calc. I'm setting up a very simple spreadsheet for a song list for church. Its just a basic list of songs and there corresponding versions in Spanish and Italian. Now most of column A is filled in (e.g. A48) but if a cell is empty to the left of it (e.g. B48, C48, D48) the following happens. After saving and reopening wherever there was an empty cell it would shift all cells to the left to fill in the empty cells, thus, messing up entire order. To temporarily solve the issue, so that i can actually save all they work i have put in, I found that if I just put a space bar character in all empty cells it would serve as a place holder and no cells would shift. ). However, in testing the sheet again before sending it to you, I deleted some of the spaces from the empty cells, saved, closed and reopened... expecting the cells to shift, however, they did not. The issue was reproduced on row 554 when i entered characters into A554, left B554 blank, and entered data into C554. Once I saved and reopened, the data that was C554 had shifted to B554. Please help On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com mailto:b...@onr.com wrote: On 11/24/2010 7:50 PM, Frank Altamirano wrote: I'm having a major problem with my spreadsheet and i want to try to log on to your site and its says it cant find my email then i go to software and open the link from there to register and it says i can't because my email is already registered. UUUGGHHH PLEASE HELP [Frank (frank.altamir...@gmail.com mailto:frank.altamir...@gmail.com) is not subscribed and will probably not see any responses unless directly copied.] First, you should have no need to register or log on to the site -- if you got OpenOffice.org from a site other than www.openoffice.org http://www.openoffice.org, that may be the beginning of the problem. Registration is optional during the installation process, but has no function operationally, it's just trying to get statistics about how many users there are. If you describe your problem here, including what operating system and version, and what version of OOo you are using, and as much as possible about the details of the problem and how you've tried to solve it, the users on this mailing list will try our best to help you. -- Regards, Frank Altamirano tel 201.719.3007
Re: [users] Recovery pages won't close
On 11/28/2010 3:53 PM, Carin Gala wrote: Hello would anybody mind telling me how to get off this mailing list?! Mailing unsubscribe to: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org didn't work. Thank you I'll be glad to help you off-list (b...@onr.com); there are several possible problems. Just send me a note about what you've tried and what happened (or didn't) and we can go from there. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] issues
On 11/24/2010 7:50 PM, Frank Altamirano wrote: I'm having a major problem with my spreadsheet and i want to try to log on to your site and its says it cant find my email then i go to software and open the link from there to register and it says i can't because my email is already registered. UUUGGHHH PLEASE HELP [Frank (frank.altamir...@gmail.com) is not subscribed and will probably not see any responses unless directly copied.] First, you should have no need to register or log on to the site -- if you got OpenOffice.org from a site other than www.openoffice.org, that may be the beginning of the problem. Registration is optional during the installation process, but has no function operationally, it's just trying to get statistics about how many users there are. If you describe your problem here, including what operating system and version, and what version of OOo you are using, and as much as possible about the details of the problem and how you've tried to solve it, the users on this mailing list will try our best to help you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] [moderated]
On 11/20/2010 12:03 PM, PEP PETROCINE wrote: Does OpenOffice.org allow access to WORD documents previously written and saved in WORD?? Word or MS OFFICE is not on the computer in question. Thanks, PepPetrocine npetroc...@comcast.net [Pep is not subscribed and will probably not see responses unless directly copied.] Yes, there is very good (but not perfect) compatibility between OOo Writer and Word. In most cases, Writer will be able to open and work with these files with little or no difficulty. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Re: Writer problem
On 11/19/2010 10:22 AM, Maurice Batey wrote: On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:07:15 +, I wrote: would not want to have always the same size at the front of every document. I suppose I could have them as the first 2 pages, then choose which to use... Or, since you can have as many templates as you'd like, you could just set up another one. I'd expect that the margins of the letter itself might be different if you are using a different envelope, for example. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: reporting bug with openoffice calc
On 11/19/2010 1:40 PM, John Connelly wrote: I would like to report a bug with Openoffice Calc. When using a macro to sort several pairs of columns it seems that the software doesn’t sort them independently. It may be easier to see what I’m talking about by checking out the spreadsheet I’ve created and attached specifically to show the bug. If I’ve reached the wrong person, please let me know who I can contact about a bug with OpenOffice Calc. Thank you. John Connelly John, the folks on the users list can check this out, that's usually better than going directly into bug reporting. I'm not familiar enough with Calc and macros to help you with this, but I'm sure somebody on the list can. If you are not subscribed to the list, let me know and I'll tell you how you can follow the discussion there. Example Spreadsheet.ods Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] User
On 11/17/2010 12:14 PM, John Brooks wrote: Please remove my email address from open office. The users on this list have no authority to do that, sorry. Send a message to users-unsubscribe-jb4811=swbell@openoffice.org. The subject and content don't matter, just the address. You should very soon get a confirmation message. Replying to that should complete the unsubscribe, and you'll get a Goodbye message. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Pagination and indexes
On 11/17/2010 1:13 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I am using 3.2.1 (downloaded from OOo) on Fedora 13 x86_64. I also use Scribus for laying out books. However, Scribus does not (yet) have an indexing feature. I have discovered that using Adobe Reader one can open a PDF (as exported from Scribus), then save from Reader as a text file. The text file will have page breaks at the end of each page of the PDF. The text file can then be opened in Writer, where Writer's indexing feature can create the index. Once the index is created it can be saved as a separate document and then imported into Scribus at the end of the document. The problem is the pagination. The text file does have a page break at the point where each page of the PDF ended, but sometimes the amount of text on a page in the PDF takes more than one page in Writer. Writer then flows the text onto an extra page. For example, as an experiment I opened an 11 page PDF in Reader, saved as text, and opened the text file in Writer. In Writer it was 14 pages. The first page of the PDF took about a page and a quarter, then Writer started a new page because of the page break. The second page of the PDF all fit on one page in Writer, but the third page took almost a page and a half so, again, Writer added a page. I'm trying to figure out some way to make Writer paginate only on the page breaks and not create extra pages. It sounds as if you're dealing only with text, and you're not going to need that once the index has been created. In that case, could you just set the font size small enough that the original text would always fit without flowing over the page boundary? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Changing Presentation to Graphic [was changing OSes.]
Rich, there are a number of ways to change a presentation into a series of pictures, but it would probably help if we knew what you were trying to achieve. For example, you could set up the zoom so the whole slide is visible, use Print Screen on each page, and use Paint (assuming you're using Windows) to crop the image to just the slide area and create the .jpg file. If what you are really trying to do is to create something that you could send to somebody else, and they could then look at it or print it and see your presentation without needing any kind of presentation program, your best bet would be to have Impress create a PDF of the presentation. (Nearly everybody either already has a PDF viewer, or will soon need one anyway.) On 11/13/2010 12:53 PM, Rich wrote: Who ever you are, I can't even spell Half of the words you sent me much less trying to read it and understand it. I just asked a simple question about how to change odp to jpg I'm not a computer wiz Thank you /---Original Message---/ /*From:*/ Bruce_Martin mailto:brucemarti...@gmail.com /*Date:*/ 11/13/2010 1:38:42 PM /*To:*/ users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org /*Subject:*/ Re: [users] changing OSes. Dear Users: 1)As a generality: Hybridism of any kind has its upside and its downside (law of opposites is eternal and ubiquitous.) 2)Versatility and complexity go hand in hand. 3)Therefore anything that contains a degree of hybridism; i.e. Hybridism itself - has these pros and cons: 3a)Pro: Hybridism brings the added versitility and capabilities of each of its specialised and unique components,. This proportionality also applies to the closeness of the inter-relations between the various hybridised elements. 3b)Con: The greater the degree of the hybridism, and the greater the degree of close integration, the more complex it is to learn and understand, as is necessary to extract the benefits. Finally to me this appears to be simply common sense, so why do so many have difficulty with it? Using or changing from one OS to another is just an example of this. Each one has its pros and cons, and even If I only used, say, Windows XP, I could sill use multiple installations on the same machine with a single license to do things which I could not do with a single installation. This is particularly true with Twain applications and scanners or cameras that use specialised software and drivers, as one of mine does. On 11/12/2010 20:05, Mark C. Miller wrote: On 11/06/2010 02:05 PM, Twayne wrote: snip Most peope are happy with whichever OS they started with and don't think much about changing, whether that's good or bad I don't care; it's just a fact. Twayne` /snip It's called BDS -- Baby Duck Syndrome. Just like a baby duck, most computer user imprint on the first OS they use. And can become rather rabid about changing (that's part of a theory called Cognitive Dissonance). Changing the imprint can be difficult, but it's possible. I go back to MS-DOS and hated the thought of windows when I first saw it; I got better. I was pushed into the Unix world for awhile, but in reality I was thoroughly a Windows guy when I got a job teaching at a high school that was a Mac [infested!] environment. I stayed with my preference to Windows. Then a friend introduced me to Ubuntu (I didn't start until 8.04), and I've not looked back. Still, I get on line with an old friend from time-to-time and re-hash those early days when we thought we were HS. - Best Regards, Bruce Martin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Changing Presentation to Graphic [was changing OSes.]
So there's an existing web page that can supposedly link to a presentation, but only if it is a graphic? That's strange. But if you use .pdf to .jpg conversion (without the quotes) as a search term, you'll see some things that could probably help. Have Impress create the PDF, then do the conversion, then upload. But there may well be restrictions on image dimensions and so forth that will further complicate the issue for you; without knowing more about the existing web page and its rules it's hard to help in any more detail. (PS -- please use only plain text for your messages. Most mailing lists, including this one, strongly prefer it.) On 11/13/2010 5:53 PM, Rich wrote: I am sorry I didn't explain. I want to convert odp to jpg for a web page presentation I try to up load the program from documents and the web page which I am uploading to will only allow gif or jpg cannot use odp it won't allow. I want to upload so I can create a link to the presentation from the web page hope it explains Thanks /---Original Message---/ /*From:*/ Barbara Duprey mailto:b...@onr.com /*Date:*/ 11/13/2010 3:02:38 PM /*To:*/ users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org /*Subject:*/ Re: [users] Changing Presentation to Graphic [was changing OSes.] Rich, there are a number of ways to change a presentation into a series of pictures, but it would probably help if we knew what you were trying to achieve. For example, you could set up the zoom so the whole slide is visible, use Print Screen on each page, and use Paint (assuming you're using Windows) to crop the image to just the slide area and create the .jpg file. If what you are really trying to do is to create something that you could send to somebody else, and they could then look at it or print it and see your presentation without needing any kind of presentation program, your best bet would be to have Impress create a PDF of the presentation. (Nearly everybody either already has a PDF viewer, or will soon need one anyway.) On 11/13/2010 12:53 PM, Rich wrote: Who ever you are, I can't even spell Half of the words you sent me much less trying to read it and understand it. I just asked a simple question about how to change odp to jpg I'm not a computer wiz Thank you /---Original Message---/ /*From:*/ Bruce_Martin mailto:brucemarti...@gmail.com /*Date:*/ 11/13/2010 1:38:42 PM /*To:*/ users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org /*Subject:*/ Re: [users] changing OSes. Dear Users: 1)As a generality: Hybridism of any kind has its upside and its downside (law of opposites is eternal and ubiquitous.) 2)Versatility and complexity go hand in hand. 3)Therefore anything that contains a degree of hybridism; i.e. Hybridism itself - has these pros and cons: 3a)Pro: Hybridism brings the added versitility and capabilities of each of its specialised and unique components,. This proportionality also applies to the closeness of the inter-relations between the various hybridised elements. 3b)Con: The greater the degree of the hybridism, and the greater the degree of close integration, the more complex it is to learn and understand, as is necessary to extract the benefits. Finally to me this appears to be simply common sense, so why do so many have difficulty with it? Using or changing from one OS to another is just an example of this. Each one has its pros and cons, and even If I only used, say, Windows XP, I could sill use multiple installations on the same machine with a single license to do things which I could not do with a single installation. This is particularly true with Twain applications and scanners or cameras that use specialised software and drivers, as one of mine does. On 11/12/2010 20:05, Mark C. Miller wrote: On 11/06/2010 02:05 PM, Twayne wrote: snip Most peope are happy with whichever OS they started with and don't think much about changing, whether that's good or bad I don't care; it's just a fact. Twayne` /snip It's called BDS -- Baby Duck Syndrome. Just like a baby duck, most computer user imprint on the first OS they use. And can become rather rabid about changing (that's part of a theory called Cognitive Dissonance). Changing the imprint can be difficult, but it's possible. I go back to MS-DOS and hated the thought of windows when I first saw it; I got better. I was pushed into the Unix world for awhile, but in reality I was thoroughly a Windows guy when I got a job teaching at a high school that was a Mac [infested!] environment. I stayed with my preference to Windows. Then a friend introduced me to Ubuntu (I didn't start until 8.04), and I've not looked back. Still, I get on line with an old friend from time-to-time and re-hash those early days when we thought we were HS. - Best Regards, Bruce Martin
Re: [users] open office 2009
On 11/9/2010 3:45 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 2010-11-09 00:45:54 skrev Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com: On 11/8/2010 6:25 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA [Bill (wbm5...@comcast.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] Yes he can, here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=usersmsgNo=208667 A quick Google search took me there, anyone can do it. It would be interesting to know your search term, but the main problem I have with the OOo archives is that there is no good way to reply there to requests for further information or clarification. The Nabble interface is better, but the typical user is not going to get there without help. Best regards Johnny Rosenberg OpenOffice.org is normally installed from a file that is downloaded from www.openoffice.org, not from a CD, and it has release level numbers (like OpenOffice.org 3.2.1) rather than a name like this, so I don't know where you are getting it -- but there have definitely been releases this year. You may want to go to the site, if you can, and download the most recent stable version. You say you saw an install dialog, which is also what you would see by double-clicking the file downloaded from the site. Did you not have directions to follow from there? On a Windows system, you should end up with a submenu for OOo in your Start menu, and probably also with a desktop icon and maybe an icon in your system tray. If you let us know more about your operating system, where you are getting the file or CD, and exactly what actions you took and their results, we may be able to help more specifically. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: [VOICENWS] SW: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 GA released
On 11/8/2010 12:39 PM, Phil Hibbs wrote: cant help u Whilst your enthusiasm is commendable, and I feel bad raising any criticism against such a keen and helpful person, I suspect that if everyone who could not help with a question were to reply saying so, this list would be swamped with hundreds of such apologies. Regards, Phil. Chances are very good that Weldon is an automated troll and not really a person -- messages like this show up periodically as responses to just about anything. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: double-sided printing - bad problem
On 11/8/2010 10:12 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
On 08/11/10 16:00, Twayne wrote:
In news:4cd80aef.7020...@scottsonline.org.uk,
Mike Scottm...@scottsonline.org.uk typed:
Hmmm. Amazing how things come up together. While pondering
on book format in another thread, I've been supervising
a booklet my wife has been putting together. End game was
we needed to print about 20 pages, double-sided, ready for
binding.
Goodness knows what happened. The right-side pages printed
OK. Left side kept hanging - the best the system could do
was a timeout message from the printer (a Samsung laser).
There was no way I could get OOo to print the second sides
straight to the printer. I eventually used PDFCreator (a
print-to-disk driver), then printed them using Acrobat
Reader, so we've finished this job.
But I still have no clue what was going on. This was OOo
3.x under XP/SP2. The print queue showed spooling, then
spooling/deleted when I tried cancelling the job. A
reboot finally cleared the q (but the problem reappeared
when I retried); while OOo itself crashed horribly at some
point in the proceedings.
OOo? XP? XP fault badly handled by OOo? Who knows? :-{ But
it's irritating when you're doing a quick job for someone
else!!!
I don't know what the problem is, but if you're actually doing business, you
should get XP up to SP3.
re the non-print of the second side: Is that the odd or even pages?
Whichever it is, can you tell it to print all that one side, flip the paper
over and refeed, printing the other side?
I'm assuming you have a printer that prints on both sides automatcally?
It almost sounds like a driver problem than it does anything else so
perhaps a driver reinstall or update for the printer? I'm assuming you have
a printer that prints on both sides automatcally?
More information would probably help here.
Sorry, I thought the info was implicit.
(a) It's not business; my next upgrade path is SP2-ubuntu anyway :-)
(b) it's a single-sided printer - which is why I was doing right side
then left, so the paper could be fed back through manually.
(c) As to whether the pages are 'odd' or 'even', that's a matter of
definition, because the numbering restarts after the title and contents
pages, and OOo kindly supplied a needed blank page. If anything, I
suppose odd=right (which is where OOo forces P1 to be). OOo refers to
them as 'left' and 'right'.
I've never had this problem before, having done manually fed double
sided many times.
I suppose I really wanted to put the problem on record rather than look
for answers - I don't want to lay whole forests to waste debugging a
print problem :-)
I had a somewhat similar problem with inability to print (in my case, it was a silent failure and
didn't hang the spooler, though). I eventually traced it to the use of a particular font; when I
replaced that, it worked fine. It sounds as though you may also have seen the other issue I had --
OOo's print to PDF didn't honor the brochure setting in Tools Options, and I also had to use
PDFCreator.
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Re: [users] open office 2009
On 11/8/2010 6:25 AM, Bill McCarthy wrote: HelloI installed the program as instructed on CD, but I have never found a way to actually RUN the program since there was NO operational icon created and all that comes up is the original install panel. Bill McCarthy Pittsburgh, PA [Bill (wbm5...@comcast.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] OpenOffice.org is normally installed from a file that is downloaded from www.openoffice.org, not from a CD, and it has release level numbers (like OpenOffice.org 3.2.1) rather than a name like this, so I don't know where you are getting it -- but there have definitely been releases this year. You may want to go to the site, if you can, and download the most recent stable version. You say you saw an install dialog, which is also what you would see by double-clicking the file downloaded from the site. Did you not have directions to follow from there? On a Windows system, you should end up with a submenu for OOo in your Start menu, and probably also with a desktop icon and maybe an icon in your system tray. If you let us know more about your operating system, where you are getting the file or CD, and exactly what actions you took and their results, we may be able to help more specifically. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
