Re: [users] bulleted list gets corrupted when file saved as doc

2008-08-14 Thread Guy Voets
2008/8/14 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had serious problems with both betas and development builds with respect to numbering and bullets. The issues were bad enough, that I had to write macros to perform after the fact cleanup for the numbering issues. I found the problems to

RE: [users] Re: Notes at side

2008-08-14 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
NoOp offered: On 08/13/2008 07:36 AM, J. Randal Matheny wrote: Is there a way to use (foot)notes for OOo and have them placed at the side of the text? I'm looking to reproduce a format similar to pages 8-9 of this document: http://www.esvstudybible.org/images/excerpt-psalms-intro.pdf

[users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
Bucking the trend to everything electronic (PDF or html or Flash or...), a client has requested printed docs for a project. Moreover, they've requested a specific, tricky page feature that I don't know how (or if) I can do in OOo Writer. If you are old enough, you might remember printed-on-paper

RE: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread Shawn Taylor
I am not THAT old and I still have some of these... printed-on-paper technical books... :-) Now, that being said, yes I do know what you are talking about and it is a handy feature. No I am not sure how you would do it any word processor... I might be inclined to try a 1cm x 1cm .jpg file that

Re: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread mike scott
On 14 Aug 2008 at 10:51, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: Bucking the trend to everything electronic (PDF or html or Flash or...), a client has requested printed docs for a project. Moreover, they've requested a specific, tricky page feature that I don't know how (or if) I can do in OOo Writer. If

Re: [users] Re: Notes at side

2008-08-14 Thread Michele
Hello Kevin, The frames thing says, in the introduction, that OOo does not allow you to define page styles with recurring frames meaning that you'd be limited to using this in small documents where you knew the page-count and layout in advance, or were willing to re-work every time the

Re: [users] Notes at side

2008-08-14 Thread J. Randal Matheny
Just a note: for some reason I'm not receiving any emails from the list. Have been checking the archives. Kevin wrote: Alternatively, what's the best way to have two frames where main text flows in one frame-or-column, and the other items live in the other column-or-frame beside the main flow,

[users] Re: Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread Jim Allan
McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: Bucking the trend to everything electronic (PDF or html or Flash or...), a client has requested printed docs for a project. Moreover, they've requested a specific, tricky page feature that I don't know how (or if) I can do in OOo Writer. If you are old enough, you might

RE: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
mike scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] came back with: [...] Has anybody done it, in OOo Writer? (bonus question How?) I'd anticipate a problem with the printing if nothing else - I'm not sure that many will print /quite/ to the edge of the paper. Within OOo it looks possible to

RE: [users] Notes at side

2008-08-14 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
J. Randal Matheny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: [snip] That seems to be the need, Kevin. Andrew provided what must be a macro for sidenotes within tables, and that looks practical. As a bumbling non-techie, I'm still trying to figure how to use it. Thanks for all the responses. I'm

RE: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread mike scott
On 14 Aug 2008 at 14:02, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: ... That wasn't the part of the task that I was worried about. I was trying to figure out how to implement the automated (or even semi-automated) positioning and numbering of the bleed-blocks. I don't even remember how it was accomplished in FM

RE: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
mike scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] sez: On 14 Aug 2008 at 14:02, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: ... That wasn't the part of the task that I was worried about. I was trying to figure out how to implement the automated (or even semi-automated) positioning and numbering of the bleed-blocks. I

Re: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 14/08/2008 20:13, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: mike scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] sez: On 14 Aug 2008 at 14:02, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: ... That wasn't the part of the task that I was worried about. I was trying to figure out how to implement the automated (or even

[users] How do I hide that annoying little hourglass that flickers between slide transitions?

2008-08-14 Thread Graeme Pyle
Hello, I tried everything I can think of, but can't figure out how to hide it. I want to run a slide show for public display and that hourglass just looks unprofessional. Thanks, Graeme -- Graeme Pyle Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 083 415 1642 Fax: 086 653 1774 -- Graeme Pyle Email:

[users] email problem

2008-08-14 Thread Gene Presta
Hi, I use Outlook Express for email. When I recieve email with a .doc extension, I would like for openoffice Write to automatically open and down load the email. Does any ony have a solution? Thanks, in advance Gene - Original Message - From: Graeme Pyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
Harold Fuchs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] inquired: [...] positioning and numbering of the bleed-blocks. Perhaps a dumb question - feel free to agree with me ;-) but if the *colours* of the thumb tabs are sufficiently different, at least from one to the next, is it actually necessary to have

RE: [users] email problem

2008-08-14 Thread Shawn Taylor
You need to register that file type to OOo. You can do this by following these steps. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 Shawn -Original Message- From: Gene Presta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:20 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] email

[users] No Draw or Impress in options

2008-08-14 Thread Girvin R. Herr
I am currently running OO.o 2.4.1 under Slackware Linux. I am trying to change the Draw grid spacing to something smaller. All the docs state to use Tools Options OpenOffice.org Draw Grid. My problem is that there is no such option under my Tools Options list! Neither do I have an

[users] Re: Notes at side

2008-08-14 Thread NoOp
On 08/14/2008 08:29 AM, Michele wrote: [and kevin wrote] Alternatively, what's the best way to have two frames where main text flows in one frame-or-column, and the other items live in the other column-or-frame beside the main flow, and are linked/attached to specific paragraphs in the main

Re: [users] No Draw or Impress in options

2008-08-14 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:45 14/08/2008 -0700, Girvin R. Herr wrote: I am currently running OO.o 2.4.1 under Slackware Linux. I am trying to change the Draw grid spacing to something smaller. All the docs state to use Tools Options OpenOffice.org Draw Grid. My problem is that there is no such option under

Re: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 14/08/2008 21:31, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: Harold Fuchs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] inquired: [...] positioning and numbering of the bleed-blocks. Perhaps a dumb question - feel free to agree with me ;-) but if the *colours* of the thumb tabs are sufficiently different, at

Re: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread Michele
[snip] TWO QUESTIONS: Does anybody understand what I'm talking about? Has anybody done it, in OOo Writer? (bonus question How?) Hello Kevin, If I had to to something like this I would also probably define a frame anchored to the header and aligned to the outer margin of the page with,

Re: [users] No Draw or Impress in options

2008-08-14 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Brian, Yes! That did get it. I was using Draw as an object in a Writer document and so, did not have this option. Thanks very much. Girvin Brian Barker wrote: At 13:45 14/08/2008 -0700, Girvin R. Herr wrote: I am currently running OO.o 2.4.1 under Slackware Linux. I am trying to change

[users] Re: Notes at side

2008-08-14 Thread J. Randal Matheny
Kevin wrote: Maybe we should get together with Michele. She seems to think that it should work. Remind me again, where the Marginalia option fails for what you are trying to do? They don't provide a logical, visible link, such as a footnote does, from the main text to the side text. I'm still

Re: [users] email problem

2008-08-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 August 2008, Gene Presta wrote: Hi, I use Outlook Express for email. When I recieve email with a .doc extension, I would like for openoffice Write to automatically open and down load the email. Does any ony have a solution? I personally wouldn't suggest anything along those lines,

Re: [users] email problem

2008-08-14 Thread David Bird
Or beware geeks bearing gifts... ---snip--- I believe the saying a caveat emptor? ---snip--- Dave -- 'The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

Re: [users] email problem

2008-08-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 August 2008, David Bird wrote: Or beware geeks bearing gifts... ---snip--- I believe the saying a caveat emptor? ---snip--- Dave I always heard that as geek bearing gif's. :-) -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and

[users] OOo 3 page question

2008-08-14 Thread jonathon
All: Will OOo 3.0 have the same 300 mm page size limitation that 2.4 has? xan jonathon -- OOo can not correct for incompetence in creating documents from MSO. Furthermore,OOo can not compensate for the defective and flawed security measures used by Microsoft. As such, before using this

[users] Re: OOo 3 page question

2008-08-14 Thread Russell Butler
jonathon wrote: All: Will OOo 3.0 have the same 300 mm page size limitation that 2.4 has? xan jonathon Hi Jonathon I just tried formatting a page to User in my version of DEV300 m25 build 9330 (Linux) and it accepted a page 100x100 cm, I didn't try going larger, but no indication of a

Re: [users] Edge-bleed thumb-tabs

2008-08-14 Thread mike scott
On 14 Aug 2008 at 20:29, Harold Fuchs wrote: ... Perhaps a dumb question - feel free to agree with me ;-) but if the *colours* of the thumb tabs are sufficiently different, at least from one to the next, is it actually necessary to have them in different *places* down the edge? If no then