open office not opening

2014-04-09 Thread Dino Ielmorini
Hello, I have downloaded Open to a new computer that will not open it. It says there is a bad soffice? Is there any way to get this up running? Thank you!! Dino Ielmorini --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To

Re: open office not opening

2014-04-09 Thread Dino Ielmorini
Running Windows 7. It now opens, however I can't open saved documents. When I do that, a box comes up with the following.. Requested Operation Requires Elevation Thanks On 4/9/2014 1:52 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: Dino Ielmorini dino...@comcast.net To:

Re: open office not opening

2014-04-09 Thread Dave Barton
OK! This is a different issue. What you are encountering is called Windows UAC (User Access Control). Are you running/logged-in as an Administrator with elevated privileges, or as a Standard user with normal privileges? If you saved the saved the document(s) while logged-in as an Administrator

Re: open office not opening

2014-04-09 Thread Dino Ielmorini
Dave, Thanks, I am in a new computer that is way unfamiliar to me. Reading your comments below, it only allows me to log in one way. Last question I will bother you with. Can I get to a tab that allows me to be standard, or the other way around? I just want to keep it as simple as possible.

Re: open office not opening

2014-04-09 Thread Dave Barton
Not really an Apache OpenOffice issue, but since you are unfamiliar with your new computer I will try and help you get started. Rather than bore the more experienced subscribers to this list, I will contact you off-list (direct email). It's late here and I need to get some sleep, so don't expect

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2014-03-18 Thread Maggie Butler
Thank you,Herbert!! On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: On 17/03/2014 Tom Panfil wrote: The next point rev release of Open Office should include a modified version of the useless dialog box which has bedeviled so many users. It is a Mac OS X dialog

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2014-03-18 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
That is a very GOOD idea, considering the number of questions requiring the advice of “remove folder xxx from the folder yyy”, something that has fooled many Mac users of Openoffice, me included. My impression is that the question on the list requiring the standard response has appeared at

Re: Open Office not opening

2014-03-17 Thread Frank Goforth
thanks, I have by some mistake installed ver 4 which I think is now beta. It appears the current version is 3.3. I searched the library on my Mac and cannot find this file you reference. Using search have not found either. Is there some other file. Could you a advise what folder it may be

Re: Open Office not opening

2014-03-17 Thread johnny smith
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:18:59 -, Frank Goforth go4t...@gmail.com wrote: thanks, I have by some mistake installed ver 4 which I think is now beta. It appears the current version is 3.3. no, 4.0.1 is current, 4.1 is beta. I searched the library on my Mac and cannot find this file you

Re: Open Office not opening

2014-03-17 Thread Frank Goforth
That would be a folder? I think that is what you mean. There are 3 folders in my “save application state” folder none of them have the org.openoffice.script.savestate. I am new to Mac have owned Windows computers before. Is there a way to completely remove open office and start all over? I

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2014-03-17 Thread Tom Panfil
#AOO4.0.1ReleaseNotes-KnownIssues Tom On 3/16/14 7:25 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2014-03-16, 3:42 PM Ellie Kent wrote concerning Open Office not opening: Hello, I use open office on my mac, However unfortunately it now won’t open which is highly infuriating as I have a crucial report in which I need

Open Office not opening

2014-03-16 Thread Ellie Kent
Hello, I use open office on my mac, However unfortunately it now won’t open which is highly infuriating as I have a crucial report in which I need to submit tonight. When I try and open it, it comes up with the following message ‘The last time you opened OpenOffice, it unexpectedly quit while

Re: Open Office not opening

2014-03-16 Thread Denis R LeBlanc
A common error. Open your finder. Seelct Go menu Prest ALT and select your Library Find the ORG.openoffice.script.savedstate and put it in the garbage. Those information are available on open office blog. Denis R LeBlanc leberbl...@icloud.com Le 2014-03-16 à 17:42, Ellie Kent

Re: Open Office not opening

2014-03-16 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Forwarding the answer to Ellie, who is not subscribed. Andrea Denis R LeBlanc wrote: A common error. Open your finder. Seelct Go menu Prest ALT and select your Library Find the ORG.openoffice.script.savedstate and put it in the garbage. Those information are available on open office blog.