Re: [users] OO 2.0.4 Ready or Not?

2006-10-15 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:29:06 +1000 Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo: The issue of OpenType fonts seems to be a system rather than software issue: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16032 and can be fixed at that level: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=200530

[users] Using base with mysql

2006-10-15 Thread Dotan Cohen
I understand that Base can be used with Mysql. I actually need just that- but the mysql database is not local. It is on a server that I have ssh access to. How can I connect that database with Base? Thanks in advance. Note- I'm running Kubuntu locally if it matters. Dotan Cohen

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Jo
kc7hxy wrote: I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 and all I got was a bunch of crokks trying to make money by selling me things I don't want. Please give me a legimate place to buy a CD of OOo. Bud Hi Bud, OOo version 3.x.x doesn't exist yet. You'll have to make do

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Pete Holsberg wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Pete Holsberg wrote: Pete Holsberg wrote: I just installed v2.04 over 2.03 and I still cannot use any of the Send as email options. OOo cannot find an appropriate email client. Under Tools Options Internet, there's nothing that let's me set

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Larry Gusaas wrote: Send as email does not work fro me either. Has not worked on any version 2.x of OO.org. I had finally got it to work on OO.org 1.x but does not work on 2.x. I am using Windows 98SE and Pegasus 4.41. On 14 Oct 2006 at 21:14, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Pete Holsberg

RE: [users] Macros requiring input to dialog windows

2006-10-15 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
You can vote for my RFE http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=68515 on this very subject. -Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laurent Duperval Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:52 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Macros

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 15 Oct 2006 at 8:39, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Send as email does not work fro me either. Has not worked on any version 2.x of OO.org. I had finally got it to work on OO.org 1.x but does not work on 2.x. I am using Windows 98SE and Pegasus 4.41. On 14

Re: [users] linux version download won't install

2006-10-15 Thread Fred A. Miller
G Sampson wrote: I have tried and tried to get the latest version of Open Office installed. It just doesn't work, and I can't find any installation instructions. why is it so difficult when a Microsoft version installs with a simple click on the download file? where, if anywhere, are easy

[users] TXT to XLS

2006-10-15 Thread Aleksandr Polyakov
Hi, I'm wondering, since it is possible to import TXT into spreadsheet in OpenOffice in GUI, is there a way to do it from command line as well? Thanks, Alek. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: [users] Macros requiring input to dialog windows

2006-10-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Laurent, Laurent Duperval wrote: I recorded a macro to change font colors for two of my styles. The idea is to allow me to create a handbook, and by running the macro, make the answers appear or disappear. [...] Can I automate this completely? This is the sample code that was recorded:

Re: [users] latex, other export options

2006-10-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Benjamin, Benjamin Huot wrote: I don't know if this is the correct list, but I want to thank the This is not the list read by most developpers, but compliments and thanks are always welcome :-) You might want to send your thanks to discuss@ and dev@ as well? Regards, Cor developers of

Re: [users] Cannot use Open Office 2.0.4

2006-10-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Jim Elliott wrote: I have downloaded the latest download for OO2.0.4 I have the install icon on my desktop and have used it twice, to no avail. When i click the tool tray icon for my OO2.0.3, or the icon on the desktop, I get a message that says This action is only valid for products that are

Re: [users] Migration from WordPerfect to OOo

2006-10-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Dear Freddy, Freddy Van Ingelgom wrote: [...] limited amount of text documents. I tried to find a replacement for the text merge function as it works in WP. I wonder if someone has a usable replacement for this function in OOo? [...] What you can do after the merge, is selecting the

[users] getting the spreadsheet

2006-10-15 Thread Camille Tanguy
I have downloaded the version 2.0.4. I get directly the writer, how to get spreadsheet ? Thank you. Cordialement. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [users] getting the spreadsheet

2006-10-15 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
File\New\Spreadsheet. -Original Message- From: Camille Tanguy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 12:46 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] getting the spreadsheet I have downloaded the version 2.0.4. I get directly the writer, how to get

[users] How do I create named link in Impress?

2006-10-15 Thread Bob Treder
I'm running 2.0.4 on Windows XP building training documents in Impress. I would like to create links that move around within the document, e.g., from a main table of contents to sections listed on toc. I am currently creating these by highlighting the section listing on the toc and then clicking

Re: [users] How do I create named link in Impress?

2006-10-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Bob, Bob Treder wrote: I'm running 2.0.4 on Windows XP building training documents in Impress. I would like to create links that move around within the document, e.g., from a main table of contents to sections listed on toc. I am currently creating these by highlighting the section listing

RE: [users] How do I create named link in Impress?

2006-10-15 Thread Bob Treder
Hi Cor, I don't think I was clear enough in my description. My toc is a bulleted list. I highlight one of those entries in the list and want to turn it into a link. There is no Interaction option when right clicking, so I go to Insert Hyperlink (or click the tool bar button).

Re: [users] Open Office 2.0.4

2006-10-15 Thread Nomax
Jim Elliott a écrit : Now, my new question is I still have the icons on my desktop from Open Ofice version 2.0.3 and also version 2.0.2. Can they safely be deleted w/out affecting my newest download? Don't worry, you can delete them safely. This won't affect your new version of OOo at all.

Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-15 Thread Robert Funnell
Unix, not Linux, was born in 1971. Linus Torvalds was about 2 years old at the time. According to http://www.computerhope.com/history/unix.htm Unix was started 'in order to play space travel'. On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, Tim Jowers wrote: ps2pdf13 is my friend! That is the opensource funcational

Re: [users] Open Office 2.0.4

2006-10-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 14 October 2006 05:12 pm, Jim Elliott wrote: I got an e-mail from c-net that the Open Office 2.0.4 download was available. I downloaded it from there to my Windows XP Home system. I had to make an icon myself, but, managed to accomplish it. Now, my new question is I still have the

Re: [users] Word count is not working in 2.04 [signed]

2006-10-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 14 October 2006 07:53 pm, Charles Feinstein [c] wrote: I am using version 2.04 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that neither Word count nor Character count work in the word processing program automatically on the document I have open. If I select any or all of the document, I can

Re: [users] getting the spreadsheet

2006-10-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 15 October 2006 03:46 am, Camille Tanguy wrote: I have downloaded the version 2.0.4. I get directly the writer, how to get spreadsheet ? Thank you. Cordialement. When Writer opens, File Open Spreadsheet. Dan

Re: [users] OPENING LOTUS WORD PRO/123 FILES

2006-10-15 Thread James Knott
BING wrote: How can I open and save Lotus smartsuite files. With Lotus Smart Suite. OO doesn't support Smart Suite files. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Running open office from portable media?

2006-10-15 Thread James Knott
Daniel Currier wrote: as far as i know it is OK. i use OO and GIMP on my thumb drive at school all the time. i am fairly close to the guy who is head of the tech area in my department at the university and we have had discussions about installing OO on the computers in his domain. however,

Re: [users] Macros requiring input to dialog windows

2006-10-15 Thread Terry
Terry wrote: Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, I recorded a macro to change font colors for two of my styles. The idea is to allow me to create a handbook, and by running the macro, make the answers appear or disappear. My problem is that when I run the macro, OO asks me to input values in the

Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-15 Thread Donald Locker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think he meant Unix. Derived from Multics. -- Original message -- From: Fred Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday 14 October 2006 9:58 pm, Tim Jowers wrote: ps2pdf13 is my friend! That is the opensource funcational equivalent of distiller. BTW, did you

Re: [users] How do I create named link in Impress?

2006-10-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Bob, Bob Treder wrote: [...] This is what I get. I can see how to link to a particular slide. But I want to put a **named** tag on that slide (I’ll put an invisilble object if I need to) and then refer to it by name rather than slide # in my hyperlink. I would hope that will allow links

[users] Graphic and Frame sizes

2006-10-15 Thread Ian R Dohoo
OOo users: I am using OOo 2.0.4 on Windows XP I am having some difficulty understanding the sizing of graphics and frames in OOo. I have one general, and several specific questions which I would appreciate input on. General question - can anyone point me to some documentation which

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread James Knott
John Boyle wrote: To Users: What about Seamonkey or Mozilla? I find it works with Seamonkey on XP, but not Linux - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] users Digest 15 Oct 2006 10:49:21 -0000 Issue 4800

2006-10-15 Thread Robert Felder
users Digest 15 Oct 2006 10:49:21 - Issue 4800 Topics (messages 133942 through 133943): Re: How do I create named link in Impress? 133942 by: Cor Nouws 133943 by: Bob Treder Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread James Knott
Malcolm Kay wrote: On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:05 am, kc7hxy wrote: I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 3.0.03? I thought the latest and greatest was 2.0.4 Am I missing something? 2.0.4 was released on Friday. It's now Sunday. ;-)

Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-15 Thread James Knott
Fred Moore wrote: On Saturday 14 October 2006 9:58 pm, Tim Jowers wrote: ps2pdf13 is my friend! That is the opensource funcational equivalent of distiller. BTW, did you know Linux was started in 1971 solely to help ATT publish their documents! Of course Linux has the right tools... just

Re: [users] Graphic and Frame sizes

2006-10-15 Thread Andis
General question - can anyone point me to some documentation which explains sizing options in frame styples. For example, I can not figure out what Width - automatic and Height - autosize do. I have looked through the usual sources (on-line help, users manual, web site documentation and

RE: [users] How do I create named link in Impress?

2006-10-15 Thread Bob Treder
Thanks Cor, That did the trick. I didn't even need to have on object on that page. I just renamed the slide and then referenced the slide by name in the link. Very nice! Bob -Original Message- From: Cor Nouws [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 5:51 AM To:

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Pete Holsberg
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Maybe I'm missing something here. Why do you *want* to specify an e-mail client? OO.o uses the system default client, in our case Thunderbird. In Tools/Options/OpenOffice.org Writer/MailMerge Mail you specify details of your SMTP server, which helps when sending

Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-15 Thread Pete Holsberg
Robert Funnell wrote: Unix, not Linux, was born in 1971. Linus Torvalds was about 2 years old at the time. According to http://www.computerhope.com/history/unix.htm Unix was started 'in order to play space travel'. Not exactly. In 1969, Ken Thompson was working on ...a serious astronomical

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Thomas w. Cranston
Jo wrote: kc7hxy wrote: I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 and all I got was a bunch of crokks trying to make money by selling me things I don't want. Please give me a legimate place to buy a CD of OOo. Bud Hi Bud, OOo version 3.x.x doesn't exist yet. You'll

Re: [users] [moderated] OpenOffice.org multi language usage

2006-10-15 Thread users
Joe wrote: we cannot enter text in Thai language. First configure for Thai: * Tools Options Language Settings Language.; * Click Close; [This is required, so various language related things get displayed.] * Tools Options Language Settings Complex Text Layout Sequence Checking; * Mark Use

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Larry Gusaas wrote: [cut] This answer does not do anything to help solve my problem. I repeat - Send Mail Does Not Work With Pegasus. Pegasus is my default email program. Other programs recognize it. OO.org 2.x does not Can you provide any suggestions to fix this other than looking in

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Pete Holsberg
Thomas w. Cranston wrote: I bought The Open CD Which had Open Office on it from Cheap Bytes http://www.cheapbytes.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] for about $5 several years ago. It came in the mail about 3 days later. They had lots of other distros also. Just about anything you could want. This was

[users] Re: Parallel columns?

2006-10-15 Thread Paul_B
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:34:57 -0600, jimw wagner wrote: jimw wagner wrote: Paul_B wrote: Is there any way to do parallel columns in Write? By that I mean columns where the text flow in each column is independent of that in the other, except that page breaks would be honored. I've tried

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Pete Holsberg wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: [cut] You are forgetting an earlier post. OOo in Windows doesn't recognize my default email client. I remember now that you had a previous problem, but I can't see an immediate way forward. My Windows XP system, with SP2 and using Thunderbird

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Pete Holsberg
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Have you trawled through the Registry to confirm that Thunderbird is really set as the default e-mail client? I'm not sure which key(s) are relevant, but HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Clients/Mail identifies Mozilla Thunderbird in my system. It is. Failing this I'm

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Pete Holsberg
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I remember now that you had a previous problem, but I can't see an immediate way forward. My Windows XP system, with SP2 and using Thunderbird 1.5.0.7, handles the sending of mail from OO.o 2.0.4 without trouble. I doubt that OO.o cares about which e-mail client you

[users] Re: Parallel columns?

2006-10-15 Thread Paul_B
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:26:46 -0600, jimw wagner wrote: Paul_B wrote: Is there any way to do parallel columns in Write? By that I mean columns where the text flow in each column is independent of that in the other, except that page breaks would be honored. I've tried columns, tables, and

[users] Applying a template to an existing document

2006-10-15 Thread Paul_B
I have a spreadsheet that under Properties doesn't show any template it's based on; seems to be a bit of a renagade. Is there any way to apply a template to it after the fact? Thanks, p. -- Using OOo 2.0.3 on Win XP sp2. - To

Fw: [users] the new Insert Picture option sux!

2006-10-15 Thread Harold Fuchs
Forwarding reply. On Sunday, October 15, 2006 2:03 AM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold, your reply was rude and insulting! fyi, on W2000P, there is NO option to use your sainted drop-down list. No, just 3 lousy buttons - up one level, create new

Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

2006-10-15 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Sunday, October 15, 2006 4:12 AM [GMT+1=CET], Fred Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 14 October 2006 9:58 pm, Tim Jowers wrote: ps2pdf13 is my friend! That is the opensource funcational equivalent of distiller. BTW, did you know Linux was started in 1971 solely to help ATT

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Sunday, October 15, 2006 4:17 AM [GMT+1=CET], Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/10/06, Malcolm Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:05 am, kc7hxy wrote: I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 3.0.03? I thought the latest and greatest was 2.0.4

[users] editable writer guide

2006-10-15 Thread Chris Georgeson
How do I get an editable version of Writer Guide? Anytime I try to down load it wants a filter and nothing I do works - just locks up my system

[users] Question due to new version

2006-10-15 Thread Hans und Heidi Frey
Hello, I downloaded the new version 2.04 yesterday and installed it. successfully. I found, that the users interface is available only in english. This is the problem. Not for me, but for example for my wife. Under tools -- options -- users interface I only find default (which is english) and

[users] Questions re Open Office

2006-10-15 Thread Dorothy Williams
How can I change my user name? The one I used to set up is too long. How can I add desktop shortcuts? When I tried I got extra copies of writer. Dorothy Williams - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

[users] How can I reference from one calc file to another file?

2006-10-15 Thread Mechtilde
Hello I have some Calc with data sorted by months an years. It's from business calculation. Now I want to put them together in one table and some charts to show them. How can I realise it. If you ned more information, ask me Mechtilde -- Dipl. Ing. Mechtilde Stehmann ## Observer

Re: [users] OfficeCalc drag cell feature

2006-10-15 Thread Andreas
I think kenkious refers to a feature of Excel that Calc lacks where one can drag a selected row/column and Excel doesn't overwrite the target area but makes room for the moved block first. In Calc one has to make enough room manually. DragDrop the data and remove the now empty space where

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 15/10/06, Harold Fuchs users@openoffice.org wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2.0.4? That's like so 2006, man! Catch up with the times! 2.0.4 is the latest version of OpenOffice.org which is what we are discussing (see OP's original message where it says ... places to buy OOo 3.0.03). You

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 15 Oct 2006 at 16:22, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: [cut] This answer does not do anything to help solve my problem. I repeat Send Mail Does Not Work With Pegasus. Pegasus is my default email program. Other programs recognize it. OO.org 2.x does not

Re: [users] editable writer guide

2006-10-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 15 October 2006 06:20 am, Chris Georgeson wrote: How do I get an editable version of Writer Guide? Anytime I try to down load it wants a filter and nothing I do works - just locks up my system Would you please describe what you did to download it? Would also mention which browser

Re: [users] Question due to new version

2006-10-15 Thread Alan Frayer
You probably used the English website to download the English version. try this site for your download: http://de.openoffice.org/ Hans und Heidi Frey wrote: Hello, I downloaded the new version 2.04 yesterday and installed it. successfully. I found, that the users interface is available only

Re: [users] Applying a template to an existing document

2006-10-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Paul, Paul_B wrote: I have a spreadsheet that under Properties doesn't show any template it's based on; seems to be a bit of a renagade. Is there any way to apply a template to it after the fact? I know how to do this in Writer (right on top of the Stylis, click the Icon and choose ...)

Re: [users] How can I reference from one calc file to another file?

2006-10-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Mechtilde, Mechtilde wrote: I have some Calc with data sorted by months an years. It's from business calculation. Now I want to put them together in one table and some charts to show them. A nice way to do this: - open the two spreadsheets; - take the target one as active - open the

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Mathias Bauer
Pete Holsberg wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Maybe I'm missing something here. Why do you *want* to specify an e-mail client? OO.o uses the system default client, in our case Thunderbird. In Tools/Options/OpenOffice.org Writer/MailMerge Mail you specify details of your SMTP server,

Re: [users] Error 1935 while installation

2006-10-15 Thread Paul
Have a look here : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=174816 /paul On 10/13/06, Peter Funke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I became the error 1935 while installation of OpenOffice. Wath's to do. Thanks for the answer. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Peter Funke Wilhelm-Busch-Str. 38

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

2006-10-15 Thread Paul
Currently (including 2.0.4) this is not supported. Issue 68747 has been logged, but there is no current timeline for implementation of this feature. /paul On 10/13/06, Bill Farren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Open Office 2.0.2 and would like to be able to play audio media (mp3 media or

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Jim
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: [cut] This answer does not do anything to help solve my problem. I repeat - Send Mail Does Not Work With Pegasus. Pegasus is my default email program. Other programs recognize it. OO.org 2.x does not Can you provide any suggestions to fix

Re: Fw: [users] the new Insert Picture option sux!

2006-10-15 Thread arnold huzen
I've thought long whether or not to step into this discussion. And in the long run I decided that I must support Harold on this one. I find it hard to understand how someone can promote OOo for years and then suddenly over just one item send an email to the mailinglist like the OP did. The

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Sunday 15 October 2006 2:22 am, Jo wrote: kc7hxy wrote: I tried your list of so called places to buy OOo 3.0.03 and all I got was a bunch of crokks trying to make money by selling me things I don't want. Please give me a legimate place to buy a CD of OOo. Bud Hi Bud, OOo version

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread John Boyle
To users: Thanks for the Information. :-) James Knott wrote: John Boyle wrote: To Users: What about Seamonkey or Mozilla? I find it works with Seamonkey on XP, but not Linux - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

[users] Base and printing

2006-10-15 Thread George Dominguez
Problem with printing a form in base. The form is an invoice, the idea is to fill in the form and print. the form has several objects, such as, combo boxes, text boxes, and a sub form. The issue is; When I print, all the objects within the form, are printed on the top left hand side of the page

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Dotan Cohen
Notice how the OP disappeared completly? I wonder if this isn't an agent of M$, planted here on the mailing list to drain our resources and promote FUD. Dotan Cohen http://gmail-com.com/ http://auto-car.info/ - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Pete Holsberg
Mathias Bauer wrote: This is probably a problem of your mail client. Perhaps you should ask for help in a Thunderbird newsgroup. A standard mail client has two meanings on Windows: - standard program for mailto:; - MAPI client OOo uses the latter so possibly there is something wrong in your

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Alan Frayer
I certainly had better things to do over the weekend. ;) Dotan Cohen wrote: Notice how the OP disappeared completly? I wonder if this isn't an agent of M$, planted here on the mailing list to drain our resources and promote FUD. Dotan Cohen http://gmail-com.com/ http://auto-car.info/

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Sunday 15 October 2006 4:27 pm, Dotan Cohen wrote: Notice how the OP disappeared completly? I wonder if this isn't an agent of M$, planted here on the mailing list to drain our resources and promote FUD. hehe. Well, the problem is you overcame evil with Good. I don't think the Original

[users] Customer Service Complaint

2006-10-15 Thread bil smith
To Whom this may concern: I am writing to you concerning a customer service rep of yours. If I remember right, he's Harold Fox from the UK. What he said to my grieving friend this weekend is a firing offense in my company (and throughout most of the US). Yes, my friend is still

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun October 15 2006 22:27, Dotan Cohen wrote: Notice how the OP disappeared completly? I wonder if this isn't an agent of M$, planted here on the mailing list to drain our resources and promote FUD. The OP was not subscribed, hence they do not see the responses unless directly CC:ed. --

Re: [users] Open Office 2.0.4

2006-10-15 Thread illuminati
Dnia Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:12:52 -0700, napisałeś(aś): I still have the icons on my desktop from Open Ofice version 2.0.3 and also version 2.0.2. Can they safely be deleted w/out affecting my newest download? Yes, it is perfectly safe to delete them. -- Regards J.

Re: Fw: [users] the new Insert Picture option sux!

2006-10-15 Thread CPHennessy
maberr, Please understand that you are interacting with a public mailing list of volunteers who are both enthusiastic and passionate about helping other users here. Insulting OpenOffice.org is not a good way to start interacting. Harold, Please also consider that users can be frustrated at

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread autoresponse:help hints for unsubscribed users
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Re: [users] PDF ala Adobe or via Scribus. Any help please!

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Re: Fw: [users] the new Insert Picture option sux!

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Re: [users] Word count is not working in 2.04 [signed]

2006-10-15 Thread autoresponse:help hints for unsubscribed users
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Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Jim
Pete Holsberg wrote: Mathias Bauer wrote: This is probably a problem of your mail client. Perhaps you should ask for help in a Thunderbird newsgroup. A standard mail client has two meanings on Windows: - standard program for mailto:; - MAPI client OOo uses the latter so possibly there is

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Alan Frayer
CP: Something must be wrong... to the best of my knowledge, I should be subscribed and not be receiving this message! autoresponse:help hints for unsubscribed users wrote: [THIS IS AN AUTOMATED RESPONSE THAT *MAY* HELP YOU UNTIL OTHER REAL LIFE VOLUNTEERS RESPOND TO YOU] Hi, Thank you for

Re: [users] Customer Service Complaint

2006-10-15 Thread Daniel Kasak
bil smith wrote: To Whom this may concern: I am writing to you concerning a customer service rep of yours. If I remember right, he's Harold Fox from the UK. What he said to my grieving friend this weekend is a firing offense in my company (and throughout most of the US). OpenOffice

Re: [users] Customer Service Complaint

2006-10-15 Thread Paul
I believe the email did come to the right place... however. OpenOffice.org is supported by the community. The email list, documentation, forums, and some of the development is done by unpaid people who want to improve the product. Most are not paid for there efforts I agree that some

Re: [users] Which file to run

2006-10-15 Thread Ron Ferguson
- Original Message - From: Marc Hug [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: 03 October 2006 21:38 Subject: Re: [users] Which file to run Normally, if you have installed (not only downloaded !) OO , you have an icon of OO on your desktop. If not, search for the directory

Re: [users] Customer Service Complaint

2006-10-15 Thread Fred A. Miller
bil smith wrote: To Whom this may concern: I am writing to you concerning a customer service rep of yours. If I remember right, he's Harold Fox from the UK. What he said to my grieving friend this weekend is a firing offense in my company (and throughout most of the US). [snip] Do

Re: [users] Why Can't I buy a CD Legitametly

2006-10-15 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Sunday 15 October 2006 5:46 pm, Dotan Cohen wrote: On 16/10/06, CPHennessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The OP was not subscribed, hence they do not see the responses unless directly CC:ed. I'll cc him my response then, and I'll be more careful in the future to cc OP's on this list. Dotan

Re: [users] Applying a template to an existing document

2006-10-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 15 October 2006 01:44 pm, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Paul, Paul_B wrote: I have a spreadsheet that under Properties doesn't show any template it's based on; seems to be a bit of a renagade. Is there any way to apply a template to it after the fact? I know how to do this in Writer

Re: [users] Word Perfect

2006-10-15 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Sunday 15 October 2006 1:59 pm, cclayton4 wrote: The Houston (TX) Chronical said you could help me get a free usable direct down load of Word Perfect. Is this true, how do I do it. I couldn't figure out your Web Site. It mentioned I would have to have some programs about which I know

Re: [users] TXT to XLS

2006-10-15 Thread Eric Wood
Aleksandr Polyakov wrote: Hi, I'm wondering, since it is possible to import TXT into spreadsheet in OpenOffice in GUI, is there a way to do it from command line as well? Thanks, Alek. You'll get farther change the extension to .CSV instead of .TXT. Ooo does not do delimited columnar

Re: [users] Word Perfect

2006-10-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 15 October 2006 01:59 pm, cclayton4 wrote: The Houston (TX) Chronical said you could help me get a free usable direct down load of Word Perfect. Is this true, how do I do it. I couldn't figure out your Web Site. It mentioned I would have to have some programs about which I know

Re: [users] Customer Service Complaint

2006-10-15 Thread Terry
Paul wrote: I believe the email did come to the right place... however. snip I'm unsure whether there was a resolution to your friends query, but if not, if you could re-supply the details of the issue, the people on this list will attempt to assist as best as possible. /paul I believe

Re: [users] Applying a template to an existing document

2006-10-15 Thread Terry
Paul_B wrote: I have a spreadsheet that under Properties doesn't show any template it's based on; seems to be a bit of a renagade. Is there any way to apply a template to it after the fact? Thanks, p. If it matters enough, you could open a new file using the template and import the sheets from

Re: [users] Got an Einstein to install x-11 on my MacOSX10.4???

2006-10-15 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Sunday 15 October 2006 1:56 pm, RON BASTONE wrote: I was so excited about reading about, and then installing your Open Office Application...and then came X-11 When I tried to install int on my Tiger, it told me newer software is already installed. The I finally got it installed, I have

Re: [users] Word Perfect

2006-10-15 Thread James Knott
cclayton4 wrote: The Houston (TX) Chronical said you could help me get a free usable direct down load of Word Perfect. Is this true, how do I do it. I couldn't figure out your Web Site. It mentioned I would have to have some programs about which I know nothing. Carl M. Clayton (713)

Re: [users] TXT to XLS

2006-10-15 Thread Terry
Aleksandr Polyakov wrote: Hi, I'm wondering, since it is possible to import TXT into spreadsheet in OpenOffice in GUI, is there a way to do it from command line as well? Thanks, Alek. A quick scan of search results in the forum -- Invoke an OO macro from shell

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread James Knott
Jim wrote: You haven't understood the problem and that is that 2.0.3 and now apparently 2.0.4 do not recognize Send Mail whereas previous versions do. This applies to Thunderbird and also Pegasus. The problem IS in OO.o which you probably don't want to hear. Can somebody please come up

Re: [users] Send as Email not working in 2.04

2006-10-15 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 15 October 2006 08:02 pm, James Knott wrote: Jim wrote: You haven't understood the problem and that is that 2.0.3 and now apparently 2.0.4 do not recognize Send Mail whereas previous versions do. This applies to Thunderbird and also Pegasus. The problem IS in OO.o which you

[users] Looking for suggestions on handling space-delimited text that includes times

2006-10-15 Thread Richard Detwiler
I have a somewhat obscure problem that I'm struggling with. I'm the newsletter editor for a local club. I do the newsletter in OOo Writer. A big part of this newsletter is listing results of our events (athletic competition). I obtain these results from our web site, which has them in a

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