OpenOffice and HeartBleed

2014-04-15 Thread Jess Stuart
Howdy! Thanks for OpenOffice! I've used it for the last year and find it marvelously useful! If OpenOffice emulates Microsoft Office fully, OpenOffice has some encryption functionality. Does the encryption functionality of OpenOffice rely on OpenSSL? If so, does a patch exist for OpenOffice

Re: OpenOffice and HeartBleed

2014-04-15 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Jess Stuart wrote: does a patch exist for OpenOffice to make sure OpenSSL is an exploit free version? The OpenOffice infrastructure, and the program itself, are not affected by Heartbleed. See http://markmail.org/message/edpxiejm5tjgpp7n for some more information (limited to the

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread Allen Schaaf
On 3/14/2014 12:36 PM, geoff mehl wrote: A friend noted that OO is looking for beta testers, which is not totally my cup of tea, but I noticed the feedback request link and thought I might chime in. [SNIP] I, too, have a bit of feedback. A minor annoyance I've asked about in the past and

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Search for ^$ and Replace with On 15-4-2014 17:44, Allen Schaaf wrote: On 3/14/2014 12:36 PM, geoff mehl wrote: A friend noted that OO is looking for beta testers, which is not totally my cup of tea, but I noticed the feedback request link and thought I might chime in. [SNIP] I, too,

Apache Writer converts all WORD files

2014-04-15 Thread Dr Ian Shaw
Hello, I have downloaded the equivalent of WORD (Apache Writer?) quite sometime ago but have noticed that all of my previous WORD file symbols were automatically converted to the symbol of Apache Writer. Question: If I use a file marked in File with the Apache Writer symbol, and I attach it to

Re: Apache Writer converts all WORD files

2014-04-15 Thread Alan B
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Dr Ian Shaw is...@wirelessza.co.za wrote: I have downloaded the equivalent of WORD (Apache Writer?) quite sometime ago but have noticed that all of my previous WORD file symbols were automatically converted to the symbol of Apache Writer. The symbol change is

RE: Problem with tables

2014-04-15 Thread Maurice Howe
I hit SEND too quickly. The line below should have read, Your time is better spent on more pressing issues. Sorry... Maurice -Original Message- From: Maurice Howe [mailto:maur...@stny.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 6:16 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: RE: Problem

Re: Apache Writer converts all WORD files

2014-04-15 Thread Alan Cliffe
In my experience that usually works, more or less, but paragraphing, line breaks etc. can get screwed up. What I do is turn the oo document into a pdf and attach that. From: Dr Ian Shaw is...@wirelessza.co.za To: users@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Tuesday,

Re: OpenOffice and HeartBleed

2014-04-15 Thread James Knott
Jess Stuart wrote: Does the encryption functionality of OpenOffice rely on OpenSSL? OpenSSL is used for SSL/TLS, which is a networking protocol, used for secure access to web sites, email accounts etc. Encrypted files would not use it. SSL, which evolved into TLS was created by Netscape for

Re: Apache Writer converts all WORD files

2014-04-15 Thread James Knott
Dr Ian Shaw wrote: I have downloaded the equivalent of WORD (Apache Writer?) quite sometime ago but have noticed that all of my previous WORD file symbols were automatically converted to the symbol of Apache Writer. Question: If I use a file marked in File with the Apache Writer symbol,

Found a bug within OpenOffice Calc

2014-04-15 Thread Thomas
I live in Sweden and mostly send emails to swedish people. I usually make up mailing form within Openoffice Calc. But it doesnt allow me to type email hyperlink adresses withdet letters Å,Ä,Ö Since thoose letters are allowed in email adresses this can cause a small problem. Like today when i was

Re: Question about downloading Apache Open Office

2014-04-15 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:57 -0500, Laura Fister lauralf1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I currently have Open Office 3.0 on my computer. Do I need to first remove it from my computer and then download Apache Open Office, or do I leave my the 3.0 version on my computer and just download

Re: Background color

2014-04-15 Thread Chuck Davis
Not sure from your description what you're trying to do but following may work: Select a cell with the background you want. Paste Special - Format where you want the background color. Your background will then be the same as in the copied cell. It doesn't change the color when you click on it

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread Allen Schaaf
Hi Martin, Thanks for the tip! Just so I'm clear, I would search for ^$^$^$ for three EOLs and replace them with a single ^$, correct? Allen On 4/15/2014 1:03 AM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: Search for ^$ and Replace with On 15-4-2014 17:44, Allen Schaaf wrote: On 3/14/2014 12:36 PM,

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 07:44:13 -, Allen Schaaf netsecur...@sound-by-design.com wrote: I get a lot of documents that have multiple end of paragraph elements and I have never figured out how to find and replace 3 (or whatever) with 1 to clean up scanned documents and documents that were

Re: Found a bug within OpenOffice Calc

2014-04-15 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:36:32 -, Thomas thx...@gmail.com wrote: I usually make up mailing form within Openoffice Calc. But it doesnt allow me to type email hyperlink adresses withdet letters Å,Ä,Ö Since thoose letters are allowed in email adresses this can cause a small problem. i think

Re: Background color

2014-04-15 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:54:35 -, Texicon ke...@texicon.net wrote: Hello, to whom it may concern, I am wondering if there is a way to have the background permanently change when I click on a cell that has color. This would then allow me to move to another cell and fill it with that color.

windows 7

2014-04-15 Thread Robert Wray
Hi Folks, I note that Open Office is compatible with windows XP and 8 but windows 7 is not mentioned. Can I use it with Windows 7? Thanks. Bob bobro...@bellsouth.net

Issue with OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta

2014-04-15 Thread Kyle Bradley
I just installed the 4.1.0 on my new laptop and found that I could not get the program to launch. Is it not available for 64 bit windows yet?

Re: windows 7

2014-04-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I've been using 4.0.1 very well with Windoze 7 Home Premium. On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Robert Wray bobro...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hi Folks, I note that Open Office is compatible with windows XP and 8 but windows 7 is not mentioned. Can I use it with Windows 7? Thanks. Bob

Please cancel my online account.

2014-04-15 Thread Gary Nancy Golding
To whom it may concern, I would like to request that you cancel my online account that I set up in 2009 as I no longer need it. I am trying to reduce the number of online accounts I have and also, your website is shown as one that is vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug. Thanks, Gary Golding

Re: Please cancel my online account.

2014-04-15 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 15/04/2014 Gary Nancy Golding wrote: I would like to request that you cancel my online account that I set up in 2009 as I no longer need it. Where did you register? We had major infrastructure changes since 2009. Chances are your account may have already been removed as part of a massive

Re: windows 7

2014-04-15 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 05/04/2014 Robert Wray wrote: Hi Folks, I note that Open Office is compatible with windows XP and 8 but windows 7 is not mentioned. Can I use it with Windows 7? Sure you can. Can you please let us know if this information is missing somewhere on our site? We'll be happy to correct the

Re: Background color

2014-04-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 15-4-2014 23:54, Texicon wrote: Hello, to whom it may concern, I am wondering if there is a way to have the background permanently change when I click on a cell that has color. This would then allow me to move to another cell and fill it with that color. How did that cell gets that color

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 16-4-2014 3:32, Allen Schaaf wrote: Hi Martin, Thanks for the tip! Just so I'm clear, I would search for ^$^$^$ for three EOLs and replace them with a single ^$, correct? That doesn't work but you can use a combination of: ^$ for an empty paragraph \p for paragraph ending \p* for multiple

Re: windows 7

2014-04-15 Thread Kay Schenk
On 04/15/2014 03:33 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 05/04/2014 Robert Wray wrote: Hi Folks, I note that Open Office is compatible with windows XP and 8 but windows 7 is not mentioned. Can I use it with Windows 7? Sure you can. Can you please let us know if this information is missing

Re: Please cancel my online account.

2014-04-15 Thread japples
Andrea - SourceForge is noted in this article on the HeartBleed bug. Do not know how accurate the information is - See Affected Services http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed#Websites_and_web_services Jack Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 15/04/2014 Gary Nancy Golding wrote: I would like to

Re: Apache Writer converts all WORD files

2014-04-15 Thread Julian Thomas
On 15 Apr 2014, at 05:32, Alan B abo...@gmail.com wrote: Note: if the recipient only needs to read but not edit the file Writer has the ability to create a .pdf. This can be found in the menu at File | Export as PDF.. Why, pray tell, isn't this an option under 'Save As'??? jt

Re: Apache Writer converts all WORD files

2014-04-15 Thread japples
Thank you so much, I had wondered why programs (including Open Office) have export to / print to pdf rather than save to pdf format. PDF format is more of an Adobe propriety graphic file that edits well with Adobe Acrobat. Jack Brian Barker wrote: At 21:25 15/04/2014 -0400, Julian Thomas

Dyslxic option

2014-04-15 Thread Sarah Wilkes
Hello support Sarah I have learned to write after sixty years. With Windows XP and MS Office Word with speech and spell checker. I would love to use Open Office but need a voice reader to aid with understanding the words and flow of the stories I write. Is anyone working on open office text