[discuss] New to the group

2008-01-13 Thread Twayne
such a long history of posts kept together in one place. Thanks in Advance, Twayne -- Located far upstate New York on the beautiful St. Lawrence River - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

[discuss] Re: New to the group

2008-01-14 Thread Twayne
Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:46:46 -0500 Twayne wrote: ... You can filter on Delivered To: moderator, in headers, to identify _all_ moderated posts as they do not all automatically get the [moderated] added to the subject line. Moderated posts are simply

[discuss] File Sizes; sWrite

2008-01-14 Thread Twayne
numbering, titling, etc.. I am wide open to suggestions if there are better methods to use here. TIA, Twayne -- a staunch supporter of open source - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

[discuss] Re: File Sizes; sWrite

2008-01-15 Thread Twayne
Bob Estes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Twayne wrote: Hi, XP Pro, 512 RAM, 2.7 GHz P4, reasonably sure free of virus/malware. Relatively new to OO.o 2.3.1 as of about a week and a half ago. I'm having quite a few problems with some large files in Writer. I see many references to the issue

[discuss] Re: File Sizes; sWrite

2008-01-16 Thread Twayne
Graham Lauder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 15 January 2008 08:24:28 Twayne wrote: Hi, XP Pro, 512 RAM, 2.7 GHz P4, reasonably sure free of virus/malware. ... First things first: New Zealand is the ONLY country in the world I wanted to visit, and never got to! Spent quite a bit

[discuss] Re: File Sizes; sWrite

2008-01-16 Thread Twayne
Graham Lauder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 15 January 2008 08:24:28 Twayne wrote: Hi, XP Pro, 512 RAM, 2.7 GHz P4, reasonably sure free of virus/malware. ... Hi Twayne, Hi Again, I tried out your recommendations on the largest piece I had left rather than the full document

[discuss] Re: Application help for MS Office users - what is missing?

2008-01-17 Thread Twayne
supporting if I can actually make some good and as yet unposted comments. Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: Openoffice.org free ?

2008-01-17 Thread Twayne
attendant paperwork. I'm sure the PTB consider your input though, and thank you for it. If I've said anything incorrect here, rest assured I will quickly be corrected, but I don't think I have. Regards, Twayne -- A staunch Open Source Code Supporter

[discuss] PS Re: Application help for MS Office users - what is missing?

2008-01-17 Thread Twayne
Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Windows XP Pro, Pentium 4: I just uninstalled/reinstalled OOo with AV off, etc., to see if it helped some of the problems I've come across. Which reminded me of this shortcoming: Installation does not create any desktop or quicklaunch icons nor does it place

[discuss] Printing #10 Envelopes

2008-01-17 Thread Twayne
in Advance, Twayne -- There's no place like 127.0.0.1 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: Printing #10 Envelopes

2008-01-18 Thread Twayne
Tony Pursell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17 Jan 2008 at 16:01, Twayne wrote: Hi all, Not sure which is the best group for this; feel free to redirect me if I guess wrong. Using Writer's Insert Envelope; #10 (9.5 x 4.3 I think it is): The address on a #10 envelope print comes out about 1

[discuss] Re: PS Re: Application help for MS Office users - what is missing?

2008-01-18 Thread Twayne
Uwe Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Twayne wrote: I just uninstalled/reinstalled OOo with AV off, etc., to see if it helped some of the problems I've come across. Which reminded me of this shortcoming: Installation does not create any desktop or quicklaunch icons nor does it place

[discuss] Re: idea for alternate spell checker

2008-01-20 Thread Twayne
. It might even help to make OOo more a part of some schools' curriculum. IMO however it's a secondary consideration, but ... future users could be a big number. Just my 2 ¢ Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[discuss] OOo General Problems

2008-01-21 Thread Twayne
HI All, First let me preface this by saying I think OO.o is an outstanding accomplishment and a fantastic job well done for the most part. In addition, having once managed RD software and hardware offices I am reasonably aware of the very large problems of developing applications. There;

[discuss] Re: OOo General Problems

2008-01-22 Thread Twayne
Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom, Twayne wrote: HI All, First let me preface this by saying I think OO.o is an outstanding accomplishment and a fantastic job well done for the most part. In addition, having once managed RD

[discuss] Re: Re: OOo General Problems

2008-01-23 Thread Twayne
Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom, Twayne wrote: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom, Twayne wrote: HI All, First let me preface this by saying I think OO.o

[discuss] Iss Submit Q Re: OOo General Problems

2008-01-23 Thread Twayne
Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI All, Snip I'm in the process of choosing a file for the attachment to the submission. The smallest .doc that will demo the problem is 9.9 MB. The converted .odt is nearly the same size. A second .odt, created by copy/paste is 46K (K not M); place holders

[discuss] Re: Kite Diagrams

2008-01-23 Thread Twayne
Leon Debell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Openoffice.org Do you have a function within Calc to create kite diagrams? If not it could be an opportunity to capture the entire ecological user market as I have only found one company offering this software...very basic and only on a winblows

[discuss] Re: Iss Submit Q Re: OOo General Problems

2008-01-23 Thread Twayne
Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Twayne wrote: Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI All, Snip The smaller 10 Meg file is ready to submit. I'll have to modify the larger one yet so it's not ready. I can submit two issues, one

[discuss] Re: Re: Happy New Year!! About OSS research, Please Help Me!

2008-01-23 Thread Twayne
Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008.01.23. 17:17, Twayne wrote: ... Vishal, Since there is no way to know who this is and he seems completely unknown to the group, I would simply ignore him, or if you know how to parse headers, issue a complaint if there are forgeries in any

[discuss] Sanity Check DOC opens in Calc

2008-01-24 Thread Twayne
here? Thanks in Advance, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: Sanity Check DOC opens in Calc

2008-01-27 Thread Twayne
trying to make certain it isn't just plain old cockpit error. Thanks much, Twayne Hi Twayne, I assume you already tried to explicitly choose the MS Word filter when opening the file. Right? Different to MS Office comes as one single application. Consequently it needs to a filter detection

[discuss] Re: Sanity Check DOC opens in Calc

2008-02-02 Thread Twayne
Hi Twayne, Twayne wrote: Hi, Just wondering if this is standard operating procedure and if so how to tell when it's going to happen: I have an MS Word 2002 created, 68 Meg file, actually a User Manual, comprised of images, text and tables with text (not images), toc and index. I can

[discuss] Re: Sanity Check DOC opens in Calc

2008-02-02 Thread Twayne
On Jueves 24 Enero 2008, Twayne wrote: Hi, Just wondering if this is standard operating procedure and if so how to tell when it's going to happen: I have an MS Word 2002 created, 68 Meg file, actually a User Manual, comprised of images, text and tables with text (not images), toc

[discuss] Re: Re: Sanity Check DOC opens in Calc

2008-02-04 Thread Twayne
Hi, Twayne wrote: On Jueves 24 Enero 2008, Twayne wrote: Hi, Just wondering if this is standard operating procedure and if so how to tell when it's going to happen: I have an MS Word 2002 created, 68 Meg file, actually a User Manual, comprised of images, text and tables with text

[discuss] 2.4 Writer Table of Contents Help

2008-04-25 Thread Twayne
? TIA, Twayne If, - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: Your mail has not reached World Of Power

2008-04-28 Thread Twayne
NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: Your mail has not reached World Of Power

2008-04-28 Thread Twayne
On 04/28/2008 01:35 PM, Twayne wrote: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Well, actually: 91.102.65.49 ~$ host 91.102.65.49 49.65.102.91.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer porkchop.worldofpower.co.uk See: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussmsgNo=62913raw=true Your headers

[discuss] Re: Your mail has not reached World Of Power

2008-04-29 Thread Twayne
for a killfile entry. Twayne It's backscatter. But in all fairness, it's probably just a mail server response from a user that has been terminated, and they need to be notified of the problem first. I'd politely notify them - advise them of the problem, and then if they continue to do it, lart

[discuss] Re: Your mail has not reached World Of Power

2008-04-29 Thread Twayne
Detail: Your sig could be considered spam by many; please do not spam newsgroups. Twayne _ Make i'm yours. Create a custom banner to support your cause. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Contribute/Default.aspx?source

[discuss] Re: Re: Your mail has not reached World Of Power

2008-05-01 Thread Twayne
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:14:52 -0400 Twayne wrote: On 04/29/2008 10:18 AM, Twayne wrote: OK, I think this page explains it all: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Explains what? Where it might come from, what to do about it, whom to notify, etc.; just read it and use it. [snip

[discuss] World of Power's problems

2008-05-01 Thread Twayne
. So World of Power so far are the white hats, which is great. Let's hope they manage to stay that way. Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: software

2008-05-01 Thread Twayne
can't offer anything more targetted, but that's all I can say. Good luck, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] World of Power UK has committed to fix the problems

2008-05-01 Thread Twayne
x-posted to .general, .questions Steve of W.O.P. U.K. asked me to relay his response to the group, so here it is below. I wished him well when I responded and thanked him. Regards, Twayne Steve's message to me: Thanks for your response, I have decided to set any mails sent to [EMAIL

[discuss] a Q Open Office 3.0 BETA Comments

2008-05-09 Thread Twayne
to phrase it for a good, inclusive Issue. My original Issue on this is 88989 . Q: Does OOo provide any mechanism that would allow me to search replace 'anchors to character' to 'anchors to paragraph'? Don't think I've ever seen anything like that. Regards, Twayne

[discuss] Re: a Q Open Office 3.0 BETA Comments

2008-05-09 Thread Twayne
way of producing the files I need. Thus, I won't be using OOo enough to learn anything more of any value to anyone. A pretty good disappointing effort. Best of luck to all, and Regards, Twayne KUDOS off the top of my head and at first glance. The first two things I noticed that help

[discuss] Re: Spam from your site!!

2008-05-21 Thread Twayne
of the bennies of newsgroups, unfortunately. I'm not aware at least , of any such mechanism that could protect robot scraping from a publically accessible newsgroup. You have to join to post, but not to read. Regards, Twayne

[discuss] Re: Install OOo2.4.1 problem

2008-06-14 Thread Twayne
I recently downloaded 2.4.1. and when installing got the message that I had a later version of the program on disc and the installation stopped. I do have both OO 2.4 and the Beta version of OO Org 3. Must I delete Org 3 before upgrading to 2.4.1? Anybody? Bill Mills That was true in my

[discuss] Re: Sun dropping out of OO.o development wouldn't be an entirelynegative thing

2008-07-28 Thread Twayne
Novell-developer Michael Meeks finds strong words for Sun's management of the free office suite in an interview - Pushes for own OOo flavor http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1216917892794 Good reading; thanks. - To

[discuss] Open source licenses are copyright licenses

2008-08-14 Thread Twayne
Anyone seen this yet? Good news for some! Court: Open source licenses are copyright licenses Open source licenses create a condition on the scope of the license - and thus expose violators to injunctions under copyright law - the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled yesterday.

Re: Re: [discuss] Advance Telecom Inc.

2008-08-24 Thread Twayne
I think this is spam. I do not remember ever sending this message. I hope no one clicks on the link enclosed to the RipOffReport. This link says they are somewhat shady operators: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/chris-bennet-on-rip-off-report Who knows, these days. Rather than click on this

[discuss] Re: Pointless Thread

2008-08-24 Thread Twayne
You started a new thread; was that supposed to be in reference to some previous thread? And man oh man, if you want to be taken seriously, then perhaps you could do some thinking about your grammar. Since there is no reference I have no idea what you're talking about or to whom you are

[discuss] Re: Why do some think MS is for free?

2008-09-01 Thread Twayne
On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:48:16 -0500, Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To whom it may concern: I've had two different people in the last couple of months ask me where they can get MS Office for free and I've seen it here a time or two also. I *think* I might know where those questions come

[discuss] Re: need help

2008-09-03 Thread Twayne
-- Forwarded message -- From: AMYORCHAD ROHRICH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:12 PM Subject: need help To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloaded openoffice today, control panel showing installed, not showing up in start menu programs, only folder showing up on

[discuss] Re: Why do some think MS is for free?

2008-09-03 Thread Twayne
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:05:19 -0500, John Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Twayne wrote: To whom it may concern: I've had two different people in the last couple of months ask me where they can get MS Office for free and I've seen it here a time or two also. I *think* I might know where

[discuss] Envelope templates

2008-09-05 Thread Twayne
envelopes with OOo? It's hard to believe that in all this time that it hasn't been better addressed. TIA, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: Envelope templates

2008-09-06 Thread Twayne
Twayne wrote: XP Pro SP2+ OOo 2.4.1 I still can not use the envelope printing features in Writer. None of them seem to work right that I want to use, namely center-fed # 6 3/4 and #10 (North American). It's a real pain to create a working envelope template; at least I've never found

[discuss] Envelope Printing

2008-09-07 Thread Twayne
finish it, respond here and I'll post it here or stage it on a web site to download. I just realized I don't know if attachments will work hereg. Anyone know? If not, I'll stage it on my web site. You'll just have to trust me that it's a safe place to visitG. Cheers, Twayne

[discuss] Re: Envelope templates

2008-09-10 Thread Twayne
Twayne wrote: Twayne wrote: XP Pro SP2+ OOo 2.4.1 I still can not use the envelope printing features in Writer. None of them seem to work right that I want to use, namely center-fed # 6 3/4 and #10 (North American). It's a real pain to create a working envelope template; at least I've

[discuss] Re: Password assistance

2008-09-10 Thread Twayne
in a locked firesafe. Hope you manage to retrieve it! Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] OOo passwords?

2008-09-10 Thread Twayne
were interrupted or something. I can't close out the window or do anything until I give it the password in 2.4.1 on XP Pro. Thanks for assisting with my curiousity, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[discuss] Re: OOo passwords?

2008-09-17 Thread Twayne
, Twayne wrote: Has anyone seen the below post from Vladimir about OOo passwords? First of all, i want to tell you how i am am satisfied with you software xD I have a problem: i have some documents that i usually save with passwords... I've newer try this, but i've tried - save

[discuss] Re: cv wizards

2008-09-17 Thread Twayne
happened without SUN. Twayne [snip] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: Re: cv wizards

2008-09-17 Thread Twayne
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:11:32 -0400 Came this utterance fomulated by Twayne to my mailbox: On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:04:08 +0100 Came this utterance fomulated by Mark Potter to my mailbox: Michael How is MS Word a better application for this purpose? it seems better in that you can create

[discuss] For CSS newbies

2008-10-06 Thread Twayne
it will always re-read teh html/PHP/whatever file. in fact, most of the times it doesn't pick up a CSS change right away. So it appears the change you made to a .CSS file didn't do anything. A Reload fixes that quickly. FWIW on my XP Pro SP2+ anyway. Twayne

[discuss] Re: Visual Basic w/OOo and others

2008-10-10 Thread Twayne
that shows up in my Inbox. Reports are sent by automatice means using scripts and a yay/nay for Send this?. Sincerely, Twayne Sinceramente, / Sincerely, Dante Barboza Monterrey-Mexico Tel/Fax.-+52-(81)-8387-6400 Cel/Mobile.+52-1-(81)-1198-5696

[discuss] Re: Visual Basic w/OOo and others

2008-10-11 Thread Twayne
, nothing more, nothing less. I wouldn't say it's wrong to use a 3rd party like that, I'm just saying I wouldn't, and why I wouldn't. Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

[discuss] Re: open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread Twayne
On or about 10/13/2008 9:30 AM, Ian Lynch typed the following: On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 22:06 +1000, marty wrote: Is there a way to open WPS (MS Works) files in OOo? Open them in MS Office and save them as Word or Excel files then when you have converted all your Works files to OOo ditch works

[discuss] CSS Q

2008-10-14 Thread Twayne
installed at the moment are FF and IE: I know I could install others, but it struck me there is a lot of experience to draw on here, so figured I'd ask. They are actually forms so they're a mix of html php code. TIA, Twayne

[discuss] Re: CSS Q

2008-10-15 Thread Twayne
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:09:50 -0400 Came this utterance fomulated by Twayne to my mailbox: Hi, I can't seem to find an answer in the CSS manuals/tuts/google etc.; thuoght I'd try here. No big dea either; more a curiousity issue than anything else. Other than readability and best

[discuss] Index with Links?

2008-10-18 Thread Twayne
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[discuss] Re: I think OpenOffice should add a Clipboard

2008-10-18 Thread Twayne
comments and the numbers I gave I have personal knowledge of most of them since I signed the pay checks and created many of the policies that went along with them, over time. Cheers, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

[discuss] Re: Booorrrring!! Not A Clip Board, Not only a clip board, it needs to be and do more.

2008-10-19 Thread Twayne
as positive criticism. Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Version 3 OO.o

2008-10-19 Thread Twayne
annoyance in the overall scheme of things. I'm hoping it doesn't keep people from registering, though. Users are mighty important to the success of OO.o and we should all strive to get properly registered. For the recordg. And yes, I did notify them. Again. Cheers all, Twayne

[discuss] Re: Master documents; chapter numbering does not work

2008-10-21 Thread Twayne
errors from my recent verification attemtps here. Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[discuss] Re: Booorrrring!! Not A Clip Board, Not only a clip board, it needs to be and do more.

2008-10-21 Thread Twayne
if it's only for text.. Then yuo can copy/paste to about any application. Twayne In a mad co-incidence (I assume), the last message I read before yours was also asking for this feature! Here is my response to them: Hi Xhacker I think OpenOffice should add a Clipboard like MSOffice.When I

[discuss] Re: ***SPAM*** [discuss] Re: Master documents; chapter numbering does not work

2008-10-21 Thread Twayne
question if you aren't the one actually having hte problem because you won't be able to accurately answer the questions from those trying to help you out. HTH Twayne Hi! Its not a problem of document size! I tried to create a new master document with the same sub documents as yesterday

[discuss] Re: Broken links on download page

2008-11-04 Thread Twayne
a personal issue and has absolutely nothing to do with the current functionality of OO.o or its support teams. The reality is, OO.o is great! Regards, Twayne 2008/10/31 Frederik Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello open Office discussion. I am pretty new to Open office. I wanted to download

[discuss] Re: A text editor

2008-11-07 Thread Twayne
and scientists. etc. Wow, I know a lot of companies, big and small, who are going to be mighty disappointed when they read thatg! That can't really be what you meant to say is it? Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[discuss] Re: Microsoft password protected documents via OOo

2008-12-03 Thread Twayne
I have a hybrid network with OOo on several workstations and Microsoft on several. I am migrating to OOo from MS gradually. All of the stored documents are in MS format and some are password protected. When opened in MS the user is prompted for a password; however, when opened in OOo the

[discuss] Re: Microsoft password protected documents via OOo

2008-12-03 Thread Twayne
I have a hybrid network with OOo on several workstations and Microsoft on several. I am migrating to OOo from MS gradually. All of the stored documents are in MS format and some are password protected. When opened in MS the user is prompted for a password; however, when opened in OOo the

[discuss] Re: Microsoft password protected documents via OOo

2008-12-06 Thread Twayne
From your own post: ... When opened in MS the user is prompted for a password; however, when opened in OOo the document opens! What's worse the user is able to modify the original! Which you are now switching gears on. Sorry if you find it offensive, but ... I stand by what I said.

[discuss] Calendar Templates

2008-12-17 Thread Twayne
specifically for OO.o. TIA, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org

[discuss] Re: Calendar Templates

2008-12-19 Thread Twayne
Twayne wrote: Hi all, I was just looking for 2009/2010 calendar templates, hopefully full page and wallet size, and couldn't find anything even close to a calendar. Am I looking in the wrong places or are there none? Lots of other places have them so I'm not stuck, but thought OO.o

[discuss] Re: Please - DON'T use long descriptive texts on buttons

2009-01-20 Thread Twayne
I can't help you, but ... am pretty curious: Can't you create your own wording to avoid that kind of thing? e.g. eliminate the styles and perhaps a different reference in the question? Just curious - why it has to be ver batum. Hi and sorry for crossposting ... the issue happnes with

[discuss] 3.0.1

2009-01-31 Thread Twayne
the only way to explain it. TIA, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org

[discuss] Asking about your vs my experience

2009-02-13 Thread Twayne
the two pasted documents on my web site but I think you'll be able to see it yourelf using the example page I provided above. Offhand it looks like problems with div /div tags, but I'm not a guru with such things. Thanks in advance if you have any info on what I have set wrong. Twayne

[discuss] Re: Asking about your vs my experience

2009-02-16 Thread Twayne
Douglas St.Clair wrote: Are you doinG a copy and paste or saving the document from the browser as html and then opening it? On Feb 13, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Twayne wrote: I occasionally copy web pages to Writer. The results are seldom satisfactory, resulting in huge open spaces with no text

[discuss] Re: Asking about your vs my experience

2009-02-16 Thread Twayne
John Thompson wrote: On 2009-02-16, Twayne t...@twaynesdomain.com wrote: I'm using copy/paste. If it weren't that Word did such a good job (which I want to wean myself from) and OO.o such a bad job, I guess I'd just shrug it off. I was hoping this would be one of those Just go

[discuss] Re: Can moderation of this list be improved ?

2009-02-17 Thread Twayne
, be kind; but those are the folk who can, if so inclinded, create the best post for each situation. In the overall these are very clean, well running groups/lists and always taking the professional approach is always best. Just my 2 ¢, Twayne

[discuss] Re: Re: Asking about your vs my experience

2009-02-18 Thread Twayne
copyright material; I just want to assemble some Support paperwork on disk for future Dell TSing. Am I stuck with Word for the time being? Cheers, Twayne On Feb 17, 2009, at 8:49 PM, John Thompson wrote: On 2009-02-17, Twayne t...@twaynesdomain.com wrote: John Thompson wrote: Are the pages

[discuss] Re: Asking about your vs my experience

2009-02-18 Thread Twayne
My thanks to those who responded. Looks like I'll be keeping Word around a bit longer yet. Twayne Twayne wrote: Hi, OO.o 3.01 on XP Pro XP3, 1.5 Gig RAM, lots of drive space, malware free to tthe best of my abilty, all updated and working well. I know this has been asked before

[discuss] Re: Asking about your vs my experience

2009-02-19 Thread Twayne
John Thompson wrote: On 2009-02-18, Twayne t...@twaynesdomain.com wrote: Okay, so: What can I do to make it a workable situation for Writer at V 3? Any suggestions at all? I'm not stealing copyright material; I just want to assemble some Support paperwork on disk for future Dell TSing. Am

[discuss] Re: background page color

2009-03-04 Thread Twayne
Claus Agerskov wrote: Robert Derman skrev: ... I think what you really want is to use colored paper. It is for PDF documents to use for newsletters so the colored background should be visible onscreen - not only if you printed it on the right colored paper. And some printers can print

[discuss] Re: how about a note taking program?

2009-03-17 Thread Twayne
jonathon wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:41, Johnny II G. Pamintuan wrote: Microsoft's OneNote 2007. a) EverNote; b)TikiWiki or TomBoy; (These are available for Linux, BSD, Windows,and Mac. Functionality on the latter two is not guaranteed. ) c)Exactly what functionality does OneNote

[discuss] Re: ms word

2009-04-06 Thread Twayne
solutions. But the OP should be the one making changes for the recipient/s IMO. OTOH, maybe you can convert another user/s to OO.o; who knowsG? HTH, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

[discuss] Re: Re: ms word

2009-04-09 Thread Twayne
Ian Lynch wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 13:22 -0400, Twayne wrote: Ian Lynch wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 13:14 +0100, Ron wrote: I use and prefer Openoffice.Org . Its an excellent program. However my correspondents use only MS Word and the command open with , does not work. How do we

[discuss] Re: Re: ms word

2009-04-09 Thread Twayne
Sounds like you're having a bad day! Some thoughts inline: M. Fioretti wrote: On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 13:22:25 PM -0400, Twayne wrote: Right. When sending documents, if the recipient's capabilities are known, the sender should try to accomodate. Why propagate a virus? Because that is what

[discuss] OT Re: Re: Re: ms word

2009-04-12 Thread Twayne
OK, one more time: M. Fioretti wrote: On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 15:28:26 PM -0400, Twayne wrote: X-No-Archive: Yes Twayne, was it you that introduced this No-Archive header? If so, it doesn't work: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussmsgNo=64448 Oh, it works. Obviously you

[discuss] Re: I CONNOT OPEN FILES

2009-06-16 Thread Twayne
used on your server too. HTH, Twayne` Von: Michael Adams mbad...@paradise.net.nz An: discuss@openoffice.org CC: sindisa.workpl...@hotmail.com Gesendet: Montag, den 15. Juni 2009, 10:27:20 Uhr Betreff: Re: [discuss] I CONNOT OPEN FILES On Wed, 10 Jun

[discuss] New old Annoyances

2009-06-18 Thread Twayne
out and avoid any surprises or the feeling that a work-around needs to be found. Any helpful comments would be most appreciated. I realize it's entirely possible a few of these annoyances are my own doing, but ... if that's the case, I can't figure it out. Regards, Twayne

[discuss] Re: New old Annoyances

2009-06-22 Thread Twayne
Thanks guys; good information and a couple of leads I needed. Twayne Twayne t...@twaynesdomain.com wrote in message news:h1du7m$33...@ger.gmane.org Hi, OO.o is great; don't get me wrong. 3.1 is an excellent step too! But I have a few questions about annoyances that perhaps aren't OO.o

[discuss] Re: problems with update.

2009-07-26 Thread Twayne
Guru chefgu...@yahoo.com wrote in message news:245360.5646...@web50609.mail.re2.yahoo.com What the hell people?! I want to update my version of Open Office, so I use the check for updates feature. It's been running for a #$%^* HOUR and it's still at only 50%! (I have an extremely fast

[discuss] Version 3.1.1

2009-09-08 Thread Twayne
occupation; it's in fact considerably less than 40% used here, and disk activity has also stopped. Cheers, Twayne` - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h

[discuss] Re: Request for feature

2009-09-23 Thread Twayne
the Navigator to open any subdocument for edit. HTH, Twayne` - To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org

[discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-04 Thread Twayne
Lars Nooden larsnoo...@openoffice.org wrote in message news:4ac8d774.9090...@openoffice.org Robin Laing wrote: Do you have RFE's or Bug numbers for reference? If they are not reported, they cannot/will not be fixed. @Twayne: The UI for the bug reporter is absolutely tedious. However, even

[discuss] Re: OO.o Moving forward ...

2009-10-09 Thread Twayne
Lars Nooden larsnoo...@openoffice.org wrote in message news:4ac8d774.9090...@openoffice.org Robin Laing wrote: Do you have RFE's or Bug numbers for reference? If they are not reported, they cannot/will not be fixed. @Twayne: The UI for the bug reporter is absolutely tedious. However, even

[discuss] Re: Open Office -information request

2010-08-20 Thread Twayne
In news:aanlktikrjxpx-+-szhj5mnc1grtgyd2hphv97nlhm...@mail.gmail.com, Claire Gilbertson gilbe...@eecs.oregonstate.edu typed: Hi, I am a master student working with Carlos Jensen in the HCI group at Oregon State University, in conjunction with the OSL on a study of contribution and joining

[discuss] Re: I AM WITH OOo

2010-10-21 Thread Twayne
by dissident members, is to be believed, OpenOffice.org is no longer a community endeavor, but entirely a corporate project. Tue Oct 19 12:24:58 PDT 2010 == END = HTH, Twayne` - To unsubscribe

[discuss] Re: What I want to do with my documents

2010-11-11 Thread Twayne
, not just a Windows thing. Paul I believe you'll find that's actually an OO thing, not the OS. Most of the popular word processors allow it too but OOo has a better impementation IMO. HTH, Twayne` - To unsubscribe, e-mail

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