[users] Re: Watermark (was request for help)

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Traceur
Junebug, my guess is that you could use the Page format options (right click anywhere in the document and choose Page...) to do this. In the Page... window, click on the Background tab and in the As drop down menu, choose Graphic. Click Browse and locate the image you want on your

Re: [users] Re: Send as .doc fails in 320m5 on Mac

2009-11-24 Thread Guy Voets
2009/11/20 Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com: 2009/11/19 Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com: On 2009/11/19 9:23 AM  Guy Voets wrote: Hello, I have an odt file that I want to send as a MSWord document. I choose Send As Word doc, the focus switches to my Mail program, but nothing happens. This

Re: [users] Toolbar functions different from menu functions [Was: How to make the automatic toolbars stop?]

2009-11-24 Thread Uwe Fischer
On 11/23/09 18:06, John Kaufmann wrote: Hi Uwe, My OO education owes much to you seeing the crux of my questions. However, in this case I think you missed my concern: In a message dated 2009.11.23 10:12 -0500, Uwe Fischer wrote: ... functions in the Table toolbar are different from the

Re: [users] Problem with Open office

2009-11-24 Thread Guy Voets
2009/11/23 mansoor.k...@vtu.se: Hello We are using OPENOFFICE here in school and I have problem with WRITER    1. When i write swedish alfabets ”å,äö,Å,Ä,Ö” se atyached file.    2. I have problem with nummerlisting, suddenly it don't work    3. My tabel in atachement have colapsed, se

Re: [users] Cannot insert videos into OOo 3 Impress Portable

2009-11-24 Thread Christian Lippka
Hi Leslie, on windows OOo can play everything that windows natively can play. So you need to install codecs that support your mp4 files. I suggest ffdshow tryouts, you can google that. VLC Media Player is supporting your files since it has most of the codecs build in. OOo plans to move in that

Re: [users] Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread jomali
Hi, June, Did you ever hear of Google? I just put openoffice watermark into Google and got a plethora of hits, including one that gave three alternative ways of doing what you want. We are glad to help other users with their problems, but I find it very annoying when the user doesn't do at least

Re: [users] Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread jomali
Oops - I forgot to reply-all. Hi, June, Did you ever hear of Google? I just put openoffice watermark into Google and got a plethora of hits, including one that gave three alternative ways of doing what you want. We are glad to help other users with their problems, but I find it very annoying

Re: [users] Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread James Knott
michael considine wrote: I hope you receive my message? And is very urgent. I could barely think straight at this point. I had a trip here in United Kingdom on a mission. I am presently in Sheffield and I am having some difficulties. I misplaced my bag on my way to the hotel where other

[users] Base question

2009-11-24 Thread Eustace
I followed the directions of the OOo3 Getting Started to make a Fuel form as on Figure 227, page 271 of the manual. It was interesting and I learned things that I may find some use of in the future. My problem is that because my default font size is bigger than the one they used in the

[users] Thank you!

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Tobias
Just wanted to say that I appreciate all the help I have received whenever I have posted a question. Hopefully someday I'll know enough to help others. Barbara Tobias - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Re: Getting strange Syntax Error in Base

2009-11-24 Thread Dick Hoffman
Dick Hoffman wrote: I'm trying to use the Macro facility to write a Basic program to issue a dbase query and generate some statistics from the results. The database has been built and the internal query works fine but the copy of the query in SQL that I'm trying to use in Basic gets a Syntax

Re: [users] Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
James Knott wrote: michael considine wrote: I hope you receive my message? And is very urgent. I could barely think straight at this point. I had a trip here in United Kingdom on a mission. I am presently in Sheffield and I am having some difficulties. I misplaced my bag on my way to the

Re: [users] Ubuntu 9.04, OpenOffice V 3.0.1 and newest OpenOffice V 3.1.x

2009-11-24 Thread Web Kracked
jonathon wrote: On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 19:08, Diethard Kaufmann wrote: Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest version onto my ACER 4810T, please? If you want the version produced by Sun, then download it from http://download.openoffice.org/index.html If you want the version

Re: [users] Toolbar functions different from menu functions [Was: How to make the automatic toolbars stop?]

2009-11-24 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.11.24 04:31 -0500, Uwe Fischer wrote: ... In the Table toolbar, the Background Color applies not to the table or cell itself, but to paragraph/text within a table or cell. Via the Table main menu or context menu, however, the Background Color applies to all of the table

[users] attempt to chang properties of numbered list causes 320m5 to crash/hang

2009-11-24 Thread Guy Voets
Hello, Another regression? Or is something wrong with my 320m5? Make a numbered list. - Click on Properties in the Numbering Toolbar - focus on toolbar goes to previous item (restart numbering) and OOo hangs - or go to Format Numbering - OOo crashes immediately After recovering the documents,

[users] Re: cant install croatian openoffice on centos 5.4 from rpm

2009-11-24 Thread Janez Kosmrlj
does at least somebody know, where can i report the bug in the rpms. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Janez Kosmrlj postnali...@googlemail.comwrote: If I add the rpms to my private repo and try to install the rpms I get the folowing error: Running rpm_check_debug ERROR with rpm_check_debug

RE: [users] Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
-Original Message- From: Barbara Duprey [mailto:b...@onr.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:53 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Request for assistance James Knott wrote: michael considine wrote: I hope you receive my message? And is very urgent. I could

[users] Re: attempt to chang properties of numbered list causes 320m5 to crash/hang

2009-11-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/11/24 9:33 AM Guy Voets wrote: Hello, Another regression? Or is something wrong with my 320m5? Make a numbered list. - Click on Properties in the Numbering Toolbar - focus on toolbar goes to previous item (restart numbering) and OOo hangs - or go to Format Numbering - OOo crashes

[users] Re: Send as .doc fails in 320m5 on Mac

2009-11-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/11/24 3:10 AM Guy Voets wrote: Please mac-users, confirm or unconfirm this regression, because this seems a showstopper to me. Otherwise, I would like to know why it doesn't work for me with 320m5... I did some more testing. I have more than one version of OO.o installed and have

[users] MP4 Files OOo

2009-11-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
I'm running two different versions of OOo on two different OS's: a) OOo 2.4.1 on Win XP Pro b) OOo 3.1.1 on Vista Home Premium The freeware program VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc) is installed and runs properly on both systems. Among other things it is used to display MP4 files. It correctly

[users] Re: Ubuntu 9.04, OpenOffice V 3.0.1 and newest OpenOffice V 3.1.x

2009-11-24 Thread NoOp
On 11/24/2009 06:55 AM, Web Kracked wrote: jonathon wrote: On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 19:08, Diethard Kaufmann wrote: Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest version onto my ACER 4810T, please? If you want the version produced by Sun, then download it from

Re: [users] Problem with Open office

2009-11-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/11/23 mansoor.k...@vtu.se: Hello We are using OPENOFFICE here in school and I have problem with WRITER    1. When i write swedish alfabets ”å,äö,Å,Ä,Ö” se atyached file. What are the problems with åäöÅÄÖ? I have had no issues with these and I use them all the time. If you speak

[users] [moderated]

2009-11-24 Thread Gay
I have received an email with an attachment which users the open office software. Before I can access the attachment I have to install your software. I have tried many times but when you get to the download I am asked for a donation, sorry I do not wish to make a donation, does this mean I

Re: [users] Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: -Original Message- From: Barbara Duprey [mailto:b...@onr.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:53 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Request for assistance James Knott wrote: michael considine wrote: I hope you receive my

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
Gay wrote: I have received an email with an attachment which users the open office software. Before I can access the attachment I have to install your software. I have tried many times but when you get to the download I am asked for a donation, sorry I do not wish to make a donation, does

[users] Re: cant install croatian openoffice on centos 5.4 from rpm

2009-11-24 Thread NoOp
On 11/24/2009 07:35 AM, Janez Kosmrlj wrote: does at least somebody know, where can i report the bug in the rpms. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Janez Kosmrlj postnali...@googlemail.comwrote: If I add the rpms to my private repo and try to install the rpms I get the folowing error:

[users] Re: Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread NoOp
On 11/24/2009 06:53 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: James Knott wrote: michael considine wrote: I hope you receive my message? And is very urgent. I could barely think straight at this point. I had a trip here in United Kingdom on a mission. I am presently in Sheffield and I am having some

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-11-24 Thread JOE Conner
Gay wrote: I have received an email with an attachment which users the open office software. Before I can access the attachment I have to install your software. I have tried many times but when you get to the download I am asked for a donation, sorry I do not wish to make a donation, does

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-11-24 Thread James Knott
Gay wrote: I have received an email with an attachment which users the open office software. Before I can access the attachment I have to install your software. I have tried many times but when you get to the download I am asked for a donation, sorry I do not wish to make a donation, does

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Traceur
No donation is required when you get it from www.openoffice.org.  You're probably trying to get it from some other site. It's not that it's required--the download page for OpenOffice *invites* you to donate...but it doesn't require it. After a few seconds on that page, the download should start

Re: [users] Variable page headlines

2009-11-24 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Thanks to all for help and suggestions. I’ve tried various options, but none of them work. If I’m not mistaken, to have different text in the same position on each page requires the use of text frames; to have frames automatically positioned at the top of each page requires the use of headers

[users] Re: Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread NoOp
On 11/24/2009 12:15 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: ... Did the old address pass the list messages, but not the confirmation messages, to the new address? If the new address gets the confirmation message, it can reply, and it doesn't matter that the response is not coming from the subscribed

Re: [users] Variable page headlines

2009-11-24 Thread JOE Conner
Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: Thanks to all for help and suggestions. I’ve tried various options, but none of them work. If I’m not mistaken, to have different text in the same position on each page requires the use of text frames; to have frames automatically positioned at the top of each page

Re: [users] Variable page headlines

2009-11-24 Thread Troll/Idiot
Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: What do you need to have be different in each header? It’s an alphabetically arranged book, somewhat like a dictionary, in which a “catchword” (for example the first three letters of the first or the last headword on the page) appears in the header. This means having

Re: [users] Re: Send as .doc fails in 320m5 on Mac

2009-11-24 Thread Guy Voets
2009/11/24 Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com: On 2009/11/24 3:10 AM  Guy Voets wrote: Please mac-users, confirm or unconfirm this regression, because this seems a showstopper to me. Otherwise, I would like to know why it doesn't work for me with 320m5... I did some more testing. I have

Re: [users] Variable page headlines

2009-11-24 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Joe wrote: Did you try a next page style for the second and subsequent pages? I already have two page styles, for left and right pages (mirroring margins and the position of page numbers). Each style calls the other as “next” (thus alternating right and left pages). I can add a text frame

Re: [users] Variable page headlines

2009-11-24 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Troll/Idiot [I’m sure you’re neither] wrote: Maybe this has been suggested, but I think you can do what you want with variable fields . . . Sounds promising (and complicated). I’ll certainly try it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Re: Send as .doc fails in 320m5 on Mac

2009-11-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/11/24 4:19 PM Guy Voets wrote: Hi Larry, I also Have the 320m5 in a separate subfolder, and the 311 in the Applications folder itself. Maybe that wiuld solve the question? Why? I hope it does, because the devs don't seem inclined to look into it again. Thanks for the idea and for

[users] Re: MP4 Files OOo

2009-11-24 Thread NoOp
On 11/24/2009 10:18 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: I'm running two different versions of OOo on two different OS's: a) OOo 2.4.1 on Win XP Pro b) OOo 3.1.1 on Vista Home Premium The freeware program VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc) is installed and runs properly on both systems. Among other

Re: [users] Variable page headlines

2009-11-24 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.11.24 16:30 -0500, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: ... If I’m not mistaken, to have different text in the same position on each page requires the use of text frames; to have frames automatically positioned at the top of each page requires the use of headers . . . ... which

Re: [users] Re: Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
NoOp wrote: On 11/24/2009 12:15 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: ... Did the old address pass the list messages, but not the confirmation messages, to the new address? If the new address gets the confirmation message, it can reply, and it doesn't matter that the response is not coming from the

Re: [users] Re: MP4 Files OOo

2009-11-24 Thread Harold Fuchs
NoOp wrote: On 11/24/2009 10:18 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: I'm running two different versions of OOo on two different OS's: a) OOo 2.4.1 on Win XP Pro b) OOo 3.1.1 on Vista Home Premium The freeware program VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc) is installed and runs properly on both systems.

[users] Issue 77811

2009-11-24 Thread JOE Conner
Is anyone working this request for enhancement that I submitted in Oct 2008? It is issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77811 QUOTE I notice that in the stylist (F11) is vastly different in Writer than in Calc. In the Calc stylist the top right drop-down box is greyed out, so

[users] Re: Issue 77811

2009-11-24 Thread JOE Conner
Apologies to all, it is issue 94697 JOE Conner wrote: Is anyone working this request for enhancement that I submitted in Oct 2008? It is issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94697 QUOTE I notice that in the stylist (F11) is vastly different in Writer than in Calc. In the Calc

[users] Re: Issue 77811

2009-11-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/11/24 6:25 PM JOE Conner wrote: Is anyone working this request for enhancement that I submitted in Oct 2008? It is issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77811 That is a Mozilla bug, not an OO.o bug. -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website:

[users] Re: MP4 Files OOo

2009-11-24 Thread NoOp
On 11/24/2009 04:11 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: NoOp wrote: On 11/24/2009 10:18 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: I'm running two different versions of OOo on two different OS's: a) OOo 2.4.1 on Win XP Pro b) OOo 3.1.1 on Vista Home Premium The freeware program VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc) is

[users] http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=94697

2009-11-24 Thread JOE Conner
Let us please try this again. Maybe if I close my multiple open windows so that I am working only one thing at a time Is anyone working this request for OOo enhancement that I submitted in Oct 2008? It is issue: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=94697 QUOTE I notice that

[users] Re: MP4 Files OOo

2009-11-24 Thread NoOp
On 11/24/2009 05:08 PM, NoOp wrote: ... Got it; you can change the password now :-) I test in Win2KPro first w/3.1.1 as that's what I currently have mounted on my virtual machine then test in WinXPPro. OK quick test on Win2KP w/3.1.1 and I get the same The format of the selected file is not

Re: [users] Re: Ubuntu 9.04, OpenOffice V 3.0.1 and newest OpenOffice V 3.1.x

2009-11-24 Thread Web Kracked
NoOp wrote: On 11/24/2009 06:55 AM, Web Kracked wrote: jonathon wrote: On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 19:08, Diethard Kaufmann wrote: Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest version onto my ACER 4810T, please? If you want the version produced by Sun, then download it from

[users] Re: Ubuntu 9.04, OpenOffice V 3.0.1 and newest OpenOffice V 3.1.x

2009-11-24 Thread NoOp
On 11/24/2009 06:31 PM, Web Kracked wrote: NoOp wrote: On 11/24/2009 06:55 AM, Web Kracked wrote: ... Before I moved to 9.10, I had the same trouble. I asked the same question since I could not get things to work. I was answered with the following URL.

Re: [users] Variable page headlines -- re-wording

2009-11-24 Thread jonathon
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 16:23, William Case wrote: I think I understand what the OP wants.  If I am correct it is not unreasonable. The simpler solution is to use the extension that creates running headers, jonathon - To

Re: [users] Re: cant install croatian openoffice on centos 5.4 from rpm

2009-11-24 Thread Janez Kosmrlj
i got the software from: http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/lokalizacija/openoffice/3.1.1/ which is listed on http://hr.openoffice.org/ as the download location. BR On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 11/24/2009 07:35 AM, Janez Kosmrlj wrote: does at least somebody know,