Re: [users] Is this even possible? (Compacted table from long list...)

2009-05-30 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:49 29/05/2009 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Turns out I am still a bit confused about the VLOOKUP function. It works, exactly like you suggest it should in this application, but reading the help file I have the impression that since we didn't set the SortOrder variable, telling calc that the

Re: [users] OpenOffice 3.1 not compatible with Windows 7?

2009-05-30 Thread Lars Nooden
Web Kracked wrote: I just ran - Windows 7 ... How embarassing. If the hardware is still good, you might work on getting an upgrade CD : http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora http://xubuntu.org/get http://www.kubuntu.org/ and put that machine back into usable condition.

Re: [users] Is this even possible? (Compacted table from long list...)

2009-05-30 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/5/30 Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com: At 10:49 29/05/2009 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Turns out I am still a bit confused about the VLOOKUP function. It works, exactly like you suggest it should in this application, but reading the help file I have the impression that since we

[users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is possible). PDF file created by OOo 3.0 and 3.1 on Ubuntu are unreadable by Scribus on that same OS. I have not checked other versions or OSes. Does anyone here know how to determine if a file is

[users] Writer: Changing a single bullet

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
I use lists in Writer very often. I cannot figure out how to change the appearance of just a single bullet, as opposed to all the bullets of the list. Can this be done? Thanks! OOo 3.1 on Ubuntu -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Meyer
Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus? I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is possible). PDF file created by OOo 3.0 and 3.1 on Ubuntu are

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread David B Teague
The PDF readers Foxit and Adobe read all pdf and hybrid pdf files I have generated with OO.o. 2.x and 3.x. If there is indeed a verifier for PDF other than the several interpreters out there, I'd like to know about it. David Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus?  I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. I am triaging a bug for another user. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il - To

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
The PDF readers Foxit and Adobe read all pdf and hybrid pdf files I have generated with OO.o. 2.x and 3.x.  If there is indeed a verifier for PDF other than the several  interpreters out there, I'd like to know about it. It would be reasonable to assume that readers could read _some_

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Andy
Dotan, To test I tried to open known good, created with Acrobat, in Scribus and get an error. It would seem the problem is with the Scribus. Hope this helps. Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
To test I tried to open known good, created with Acrobat, in Scribus and get an error.  It would seem the problem is with the Scribus.  Hope this helps. Thanks, Andy, that's great to know. If there is no sensitive info in that file, and you wouldn't mind me posting it to a bug report, then

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Meyer
Dotan Cohen wrote: To test I tried to open known good, created with Acrobat, in Scribus and get an error. It would seem the problem is with the Scribus. Hope this helps. Thanks, Andy, that's great to know. If there is no sensitive info in that file, and you wouldn't mind me posting it

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
I'm not so sure you wouldn't want to file it with the Scribus buglist.  A cursory check of Scribus revealed no known bugs matching that description. ‎That's a hard one for me! Do you mean to say: I'm sure you would want to file it with the Scribus buglist ? Because that is what I intend to

[users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread H.S.
Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is possible). PDF file created by OOo No, it is unlikely that there is a problem with PDFs created by OOo. Note that Scribus just does not support reading or importing PDF

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Andy
Dotan, The file I use can be found via a link at www.dhs.gov find the link to the I-9 form on the main page. I have also loaded this file into PDFill which is the closest I have found to Acrobat as an pdf editor and it loads and allows editing. Dotan Cohen wrote: Thanks, Andy, that's

Re: [users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Andy
I am wondering why Scribus would have an open existing file with a file type *.pdf if it is not supported. It seems they are wanting to have the ability to support pdfs, but not there yet. H.S. wrote: No, it is unlikely that there is a problem with PDFs created by OOo. Note that Scribus

Re: [users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
No, it is unlikely that there is a problem with PDFs created by OOo. Note that Scribus just does not support reading or importing PDF files. Please see the thread in Ubuntu user ML. Can you post a link? For further info, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribus Then why is PDF one of the

Re: [users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
I am wondering why Scribus would have an open existing file with a file type *.pdf if it is not supported.  It seems they are wanting to have the ability to support pdfs, but not there yet. Seems likely. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il

Re: [users] Proposed stopgap for unsubscribed-users problem

2009-05-30 Thread M. Fioretti
Dave, please accept my apologies for not answering earlier. For some unknown reason, I manually filed this message without reading it in another folder and only realized it now. On Fri, May 22, 2009 15:24:32 PM -0400, Dave Post wrote: If you take out the resend message to the list part, ie

[users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread H.S.
Dotan Cohen wrote: No, it is unlikely that there is a problem with PDFs created by OOo. Note that Scribus just does not support reading or importing PDF files. Please see the thread in Ubuntu user ML. Can you post a link? It is the current thread where you are contributing as well (sub. PDF

Re: [users] Proposed stopgap for unsubscribed-users problem

2009-05-30 Thread M. Fioretti
On Fri, May 22, 2009 20:54:55 PM +, jonathon wrote: M. Fioretti wrote: You should work on a message by message basis: if message X doesn't contain some headers send copy to poster. If not, don't. Depending upon how one reads the OOo list, the specific filters to check might not be

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread James Knott
Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is possible). PDF file created by OOo 3.0 and 3.1 on Ubuntu are unreadable by Scribus on that same OS. I have not checked other versions or OSes. Does anyone here know how to

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 30 May 2009 09:28:39 -0600 John Meyer pueblonat...@opensuse.us dijo: Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus? I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. I don't know what Dotan is using the PDFs for, but I export specific selections from OOo as PDFs to place

Re: [users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Meyer
Dotan Cohen wrote: No, it is unlikely that there is a problem with PDFs created by OOo. Note that Scribus just does not support reading or importing PDF files. Please see the thread in Ubuntu user ML. Can you post a link? For further info, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribus

[users] bypass regative numbers

2009-05-30 Thread Walter Hildebrandt
In Calc I am using the following formula in cell C1 =A1-B1)/B1 Is there some way to get an empty C1 cell when there is a negative number in either A1 or B1?

Re: [users] OpenOffice 3.1 not compatible with Windows 7?

2009-05-30 Thread Web Kracked
Adam Tauno Williams wrote: Also some articles seems to think Windows 7 will cost at least 25% of the total cost of a new PC. It also appears that the same web sites are hosting articles saying MS is already working on the pre-Alpha version of Windows 8. And how does that have anything to do

Re: [users] [Ping Web Kracked] 3.1 ISO

2009-05-30 Thread Web Kracked
NoOp wrote: I think that you'll be interested in this thread from the releases list: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.releases/11705 [3.1 ISO available.] The iso is only in dvd format (2.25GB) and there is no CD iso available. Might be a good idea for you to subscribe to the

[users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread NoOp
On 05/30/2009 12:47 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: No, it is unlikely that there is a problem with PDFs created by OOo. Note that Scribus just does not support reading or importing PDF files. Please see the thread in Ubuntu user ML. Can you post a link? For further info, see:

[users] one site states that 12.38% of it user/visiter have OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Web Kracked
In this article http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2009/05/26/top-free-software/ OpenOffice.org is listed at #9 and 12.38% of the systems searched by their bots had OOo on the computer. 1 - Adobe reader 77.60% 2 - Firefox 36.30% 3 - Ccleaner 4 - AVG anti-virus 5 - WinRAR 6 - Real Player 7 -

Re: [users] [Ping Web Kracked] 3.1 ISO

2009-05-30 Thread Web Kracked
Web Kracked wrote: NoOp wrote: I think that you'll be interested in this thread from the releases list: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.releases/11705 [3.1 ISO available.] from the article * Autostart functions correctly under Windows XP and Windows 7 RC (it has not been

[users] Re: bypass regative numbers

2009-05-30 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Walter Hildebrandt wrote: In Calc I am using the following formula in cell C1 =A1-B1)/B1 Is there some way to get an empty C1 cell when there is a negative number in either A1 or B1? Walter; Put this if statement into cell C1. =IF(A1-B1 0;0;A1-B1) which says If the difference of A1-B1

Re: [users] OpenOffice 3.1 not compatible with Windows 7?

2009-05-30 Thread John Boyle
Web Kracked wrote: Adam Tauno Williams wrote: Also some articles seems to think Windows 7 will cost at least 25% of the total cost of a new PC. It also appears that the same web sites are hosting articles saying MS is already working on the pre-Alpha version of Windows 8. And how does that

[users] Re: [Ping Web Kracked] 3.1 ISO

2009-05-30 Thread NoOp
On 05/30/2009 06:56 PM, Web Kracked wrote: NoOp wrote: I think that you'll be interested in this thread from the releases list: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.releases/11705 [3.1 ISO available.] The iso is only in dvd format (2.25GB) and there is no CD iso available.

Re: [users] Re: bypass regative numbers

2009-05-30 Thread Walter Hildebrandt
Sorry for not being completely clear in what I have ask. When in A1 there is 1.61 and in B1 there is 1.36. In C1 the original formula =A1-B1)/B1 gives the answer of 18%. The formula =IF(A1-B1 0;0;A1-B1) gives the wrong answer of 25% in C1 When in A1 there is 23 and in B1 there is 33 In C1

[users] Re: bypass regative numbers

2009-05-30 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Walter Hildebrandt wrote: Sorry for not being completely clear in what I have ask. When in A1 there is 1.61 and in B1 there is 1.36. In C1 the original formula =A1-B1)/B1 gives the answer of 18%. The formula =IF(A1-B1 0;0;A1-B1) gives the wrong answer of 25% in C1 When in A1 there is 23 and

Re: [users] Re: Welcome to openoffice.org

2009-05-30 Thread Fernando Aguirre
Hi there, And thank you very much for your help and advices. What I meant is my writer does not save the documents in any program that itself can open: I tried to save documents as .odt as well as .doc but unfortunately they are saved under an extension (right now i'm not at my place, and I

[users] Google Translater Extension..

2009-05-30 Thread Dinesh Chothe
Hello, OOTranslator is an OpenOffice.org wrapper for Google Translate. In simpler terms, it's a utility which allows users of OpenOffice.org office suite to translate text from a document opened to any language. It does this using Google Translate library at the back end. This is

Re: [users] OpenOffice 3.1 not compatible with Windows 7?

2009-05-30 Thread Drew Jensen
David B Teague wrote: WebCracked wrote, and Adam Tauno Williams saw fit to omit: I just ran - Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta It stated that OpenOffice.org 3.1 was not compatible with Windows 7. Of course the publisher's website that the software link listed Nero's website for OOo web site.

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 30 May 2009 09:28:39 -0600 John Meyer pueblonat...@opensuse.us dijo: Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus? I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. I don't know what Dotan is using the PDFs for, but I export specific selections from OOo as PDFs to place

[users] word compatability?

2009-05-30 Thread Hannah Knapp
Hi, I'm using Open Office 3.0 and I love it! the only problem is that my professor won't accept any paper that can't be opened in Microsoft Word. Can I save documents in OO and have them be opened in Microsoft word? How do I do this? Thanks, hannah -- hannah knapp big lake, alaska (907)355-6180

[users] Open Office Impress

2009-05-30 Thread Martin Mackay
Dear Sir/Madam I am very disappointed in the above software I have been using open source software for a couple of years now including software from the Mozilla Organisation as well as yourself and until recently found Open Office to be a great substitute in not better than MS Office. That

Re: [users] bypass negative numbers

2009-05-30 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:34 30/05/2009 -0600, Walter Hildebrandt wrote: In Calc I am using the following formula in cell C1 =A1-B1)/B1 Er, I trust you are not - since this is not a valid formula. Perhaps you mean: =(A1-B1)/B1 Is there some way to get an empty C1 cell when there is a negative number in

Re: [users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
http://www.scribus.net/?q=faq/12 Thanks, I had just read that half an hour ago! http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=enpage=importhints http://docs.scribus.net/ Scribus bug reports are here: http://bugs.scribus.net/my_view_page.php The Scribus docs, like any other well-documented