Re: [users] Re: Setting default bullet style

2008-09-13 Thread Michele
Hello Twayne, I have lost you here: You can either : Go into Styles, the Selectors Tab, remove the Read Only attribute from the bullet you want to work with, with the right click context menu, and in the right side CSS-Common, set the size there. As I am very interested in this, could

[users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread Marc BOOSZ
Hello, With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to save spreadsheets with a password; This is an important disadvantage of Open Office in comparison to Microsoft Excel. I hope that version 3.0 of Open Office will correct this problem and enable to save spreadsheets with a

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread Rob Clement
Marc BOOSZ wrote: Hello, With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to save spreadsheets with a password; This is an important disadvantage of Open Office in comparison to Microsoft Excel. I hope that version 3.0 of Open Office will correct this problem and enable to save

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to co

2008-09-13 Thread lists . oo-users
Hello, On Saturday September 13 2008, Marc BOOSZ wrote to All: MB With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to MB save = spreadsheets with a password; I believe you are wrong. When you choose the file save as command, there is a box in the lower left corner labelled save with

Re: [users] Re: Setting default bullet style

2008-09-13 Thread TomW
Twayne wrote: Hi, I find the default bullet to be too large. How do you change it to be smaller? I know about setting it in the List* styles window, but that isn't what is used by default when you press on the bulleting icon on the UI. What I'm looking for is a way to make the bullet

[users] Re: Having trouble indenting text in documents.

2008-09-13 Thread Joe Smith
Jim Allan wrote: Joe Smith wrote: Also, it would be nice if Writer supported this as an actual list (a dictionary list in HTML). Writer provides no good way to sort the list, or even to manually re-order it. Highlight what you want to include in your list and then use Tools → Sort Each

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to co

2008-09-13 Thread JOE Conner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, On Saturday September 13 2008, Marc BOOSZ wrote to All: MB With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to MB save = spreadsheets with a password; I believe you are wrong. When you choose the file save as command, there is a box in the lower left

[users] Re: Re: Setting default bullet style

2008-09-13 Thread Twayne
Hello Twayne, I have lost you here: You can either : Go into Styles, the Selectors Tab, remove the Read Only attribute from the bullet you want to work with, with the right click context menu, and in the right side CSS-Common, set the size there. As I am very interested in this,

[users] Re: user interface language cannot be determined (Was: OOo-3.0rc1 download failure)

2008-09-13 Thread John Thompson
John Thompson wrote: Alas, now that I have the tarball, extracted and installed, it fails to run: The application cannot be started. The user interface language cannot be determined. The system is set to use English (USA). It makes no difference if I explicitly export LANG=en-US before

Re: [users] How can I use Excel spreadsheets with an xls extension, modify them and save them with a password. ?

2008-09-13 Thread Marc BOOSZ
Hello, Rob, Thank you for your explanation. What you explain seems to work with files with the Open Office extension (sxc) but not with the extension for Excel (xls). I wish is to use xls files from Exel, modify them and save them in the same native xls format with the password. -

[users] Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread David Trimboli
I want to create a character style that changes all-capital abbreviations to small capitals and apply it retroactively, after the abbreviations have already been typed in all capitals. Is there any way to do this? Example: Harriet, an FBI agent, turned on CNN to get the dirt on the CIA

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread jonathon
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 03:57, Marc BOOSZ wrote: With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to save spreadsheets with a password; OOo can save spreadsheets with a password. However, it only does so when they are saved in ODF format. (If you want to be picky, add OOo 1.x file

[users] is there any way to do non-ascii sorting in calc?

2008-09-13 Thread ne'er-do-well
For my test case, I'd like to sort rows by Column A using the following order: a,e,i,o,u,b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z Ultimately, I'll need to sort a list that contains IPA (phonetic) unicode characters in an order different from what Calc's normal sort gives. Is there any way to

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to co

2008-09-13 Thread jonathon
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 08:32, JOE Conner wrote: ONE CAVIAT: The password must have a minimum of at least five characters. More is fine, less will fail. Go figure! The idea is that one will use a strong password. At 5 characters, there is a very slim chance that the password is strong

Re: [users] How can I use Excel spreadsheets with an xls extension, modify them and save them with a password. ?

2008-09-13 Thread jonathon
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:37, Marc BOOSZ wrote: I wish is to use xls files from Exel, modify them and save them in the same native xls format with the password. For that, you'll need one of the command line tools that adds/removes passwords from xls files. xan jonathon

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to co

2008-09-13 Thread James Knott
JOE Conner wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, On Saturday September 13 2008, Marc BOOSZ wrote to All: MB With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to MB save = spreadsheets with a password; I believe you are wrong. When you choose the file save as command, there is a

[users] Re: Please delete my data

2008-09-13 Thread Jamesemorrow
Twayne wrote: Dear Sirs, please delete my Name Marisa Thomsen and my entries from your archive. I don't want to be listed at Google, etc. with my name. Thank you for your understanding. Looking forward getting your feedback. Thank you very much in advance Marisa Thomsen Hostage mit Bruce

Re: [users] Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:31 13/09/2008 -0400, David Trimboli wrote: I want to create a character style that changes all-capital abbreviations to small capitals and apply it retroactively, after the abbreviations have already been typed in all capitals. Is there any way to do this? Example: Harriet, an FBI

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 13/09/2008 19:47, jonathon wrote: snip One of the major issues with the password scheme that OOo uses, is that if one forgets the password, it probably will be cheaper and faster to recreate the document from scratch, than pay to have the password recovered. (Basically, if OOo Pasword

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/13 Marc BOOSZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to save spreadsheets with a password; This is an important disadvantage of Open Office in comparison to Microsoft Excel. I hope that version 3.0 of Open Office will correct this problem

Re: [users] is there any way to do non-ascii sorting in calc?

2008-09-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:53 13/09/2008 +, Nobody Noname wrote: For my test case, I'd like to sort rows by Column A using the following order: a,e,i,o,u,b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z Ultimately, I'll need to sort a list that contains IPA (phonetic) unicode characters in an order different from

[users] Re: Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread NoOp
On 09/13/2008 03:57 AM, Marc BOOSZ wrote: Hello, With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to save spreadsheets with a password; This is an important disadvantage of Open Office in comparison to Microsoft Excel. I hope that version 3.0 of Open Office will correct this problem

[users] Re: Problems with OpenOffice.org RC1 install

2008-09-13 Thread NoOp
On 09/12/2008 06:14 PM, David Bird wrote: Facts: I have windows xp (sp3) and when I install OO.o RC1 I get into an eternal loop that says: error: cannot find file specified. The only way to exit this is to shut down and restart windows. Should I wait for RC2? Fact: you haven't provided

[users] Re: Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread David Trimboli
Brian Barker wrote: At 14:31 13/09/2008 -0400, David Trimboli wrote: I want to create a character style that changes all-capital abbreviations to small capitals and apply it retroactively, after the abbreviations have already been typed in all capitals. Is there any way to do this? Example:

Re: [users] Re: Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread James Knott
NoOp wrote: On 09/13/2008 03:57 AM, Marc BOOSZ wrote: Hello, With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to save spreadsheets with a password; This is an important disadvantage of Open Office in comparison to Microsoft Excel. I hope that version 3.0 of Open Office will correct

Re: [users] Re: Having trouble indenting text in documents.

2008-09-13 Thread Barbara Duprey
Joe Smith wrote: Jim Allan wrote: Joe Smith wrote: Also, it would be nice if Writer supported this as an actual list (a dictionary list in HTML). Writer provides no good way to sort the list, or even to manually re-order it. Highlight what you want to include in your list and then use Tools

Re: [users] Re: Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread Barbara Duprey
David Trimboli wrote: Brian Barker wrote: At 14:31 13/09/2008 -0400, David Trimboli wrote: I want to create a character style that changes all-capital abbreviations to small capitals and apply it retroactively, after the abbreviations have already been typed in all capitals. Is there any way

[users] Re: Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread David Trimboli
Barbara Duprey wrote: David Trimboli wrote: Brian Barker wrote: At 14:31 13/09/2008 -0400, David Trimboli wrote: I want to create a character style that changes all-capital abbreviations to small capitals and apply it retroactively, after the abbreviations have already been typed in all

Re: [users] Re: Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread Richard Detwiler
David Trimboli wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: If you just want the caps to be smaller in those cases, couldn't you just set up your special character style to use a smaller point size than your normal text? Yeccch! That's not small caps! Every dead typographer is rolling over in his or her

Re: [users] Re: Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:58 13/09/2008 -0400, David Trimboli wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: If you just want the caps to be smaller in those cases, couldn't you just set up your special character style to use a smaller point size than your normal text? Yeccch! That's not small caps! Every dead typographer is

[users] Re: Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread David Trimboli
Brian Barker wrote: At 20:58 13/09/2008 -0400, David Trimboli wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: If you just want the caps to be smaller in those cases, couldn't you just set up your special character style to use a smaller point size than your normal text? Yeccch! That's not small caps! Every dead

[users] Re: OO 3 rc1 install/setup freeze

2008-09-13 Thread NoOp
On 09/11/2008 09:58 AM, liquid64 wrote: NoOp-4 wrote: Very interesting! Do you still have the renamed x-user-x folder? If so I'd be very interested in doing a diff comparison against that and your good user folder. I won't be able to upload it today, since the machine is on the

Re: [users] Re: Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:14:36 -0400 Richard Detwiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo: Maybe you need to educate us non-typographers by what you mean by small caps then ... or explain what you're trying to achieve, what appearance you want, etc. Those who prefer good typography know that in the days

Re: [users] Re: Convert typed all caps to small caps

2008-09-13 Thread James Knott
John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:14:36 -0400 Richard Detwiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo: Maybe you need to educate us non-typographers by what you mean by small caps then ... or explain what you're trying to achieve, what appearance you want, etc. Those who prefer good

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:10:48 +0100 Came this utterance fomulated by Harold Fuchs to my mailbox: On 13/09/2008 19:47, jonathon wrote: snip One of the major issues with the password scheme that OOo uses, is that if one forgets the password, it probably will be cheaper and faster to

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread JOE Conner
Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:10:48 +0100 Came this utterance fomulated by Harold Fuchs to my mailbox: SNIP One last alternative, this depends on why the file was password protected in the first instance. OP could export the original file as a PDF instead. This doesn't protect the

[angkoriansociety] filtre ceramique au Cambodge

2008-09-13 Thread chiepkim
Prie cliquer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPvHtjRvWFM Je ne sais pas combien côute ce filtre ? Commercial ou humanitaire ? Il existe un autre procédé plus simple et ne coûte rien , c'est de remplir l'eau dans des bouteilles en plastiques et les laisser exposer au soleil .

Re: java vs c, escape sequences

2008-09-13 Thread Barry Kelly
rick271828 wrote: Can anybody please explain why the c code: printf(%c[H%c[J,27,27); clears my cygwin console as expected, but the Java code: System.out.print(\033[2J\033[H); displays a back arrow instead on interpreting the escape character? It's because you are not running the