[users] Re: changing openoffice defaults

2010-01-18 Thread Janez Kosmrlj
no one? On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Janez Kosmrlj postnali...@googlemail.comwrote: Hi I am trying to change some OpenOffice defaults. First of all i would like to change the default open/save directory. First i tried to change *$work* in */opt/

Re: [users] Open office/ms Office

2010-01-18 Thread James Knott
jim_mille...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I know nothing about Open Office. Is it really free? Does it compare to MS Office. Can they both be run on the same computer? Will it run on Windows 7? Anything else you can share will be helpful. Thanks, Jim OpenOffice.org is a free download from

Re: [users] Re: changing openoffice defaults

2010-01-18 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Janez, Janez Kosmrlj wrote (18-01-10 12:07) no one? On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Janez Kosmrlj postnali...@googlemail.comwrote: Hi I am trying to change some OpenOffice defaults. First of all i would like to change the default open/save directory. First i tried to change *$work* in

Re: [users] program will not download

2010-01-18 Thread Barbara Duprey
Jane Charlotte wrote: and aborts after ten minutes. I have navigated through the various places on your website, but can not find a solution. Not sure what to do? Jane Since you mention a 10-minute limit, you may be running into an issue with your internet service limiting your

[users] Faulty MS filters in OOo

2010-01-18 Thread Bob Williams
Hi, I'm using OpenOffice 3.1.1 on openSUSE 11.2. A lot of my correspondents are stuck with MS Office, so I'm having to save a spreadsheet I've created in .xls format. I chose Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP as a good compromise, but when I re-open the file in OOo it is in Microsoft Excel 5.0

Re: [users] [moderated]getting openoffice downloaded

2010-01-18 Thread Rob Clement
On 18/01/2010 11:27, Mary Hewitt wrote: I have Vista OS I got the open office from www.openoffice.org http://www.openoffice.org When I tried to install it it it looked like it was downloading but then box appeared saying: This installation pkg could not be opened.Verify pkg exists or contact

Re: [users] Faulty MS filters in OOo

2010-01-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/18 Bob Williams li...@barrowhillfarm.org.uk: Hi, I'm using OpenOffice 3.1.1 on openSUSE 11.2. A lot of my correspondents are stuck with MS Office, so I'm having to save a spreadsheet I've created in .xls format. I chose Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP as a good compromise, but when I

[users] [moderated]

2010-01-18 Thread Bob Barrie
TO whom it may concern: It was my understanding that Open Office was a sort of stand in to Windows Word, in that I would be able to utilize Open Office spreadsheets similar to Excel and, in fact prior Excel files would be somewhat the same format that Open Office uses. Open Office spreadsheets

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-01-18 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 18, 2010, at 06:19 , Bob Barrie wrote: TO whom it may concern: It was my understanding that Open Office was a sort of stand in to Windows Word, in that I would be able to utilize Open Office spreadsheets similar to Excel and, in fact prior Excel files would be somewhat the same

Re: [users] [moderated]getting openoffice downloaded

2010-01-18 Thread Jordan Force
Maybe he accidentally downloaded the source?!?!? I dont think windows can open (expand) tar.gz files Sent from my iPod On Jan 18, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Rob Clement r...@robbev.com wrote: On 18/01/2010 11:27, Mary Hewitt wrote: I have Vista OS I got the open office from www.openoffice.org

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-01-18 Thread John Meyer
forwarded to OP. On 1/18/2010 11:42 AM, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 18, 2010, at 06:19 , Bob Barrie wrote: TO whom it may concern: It was my understanding that Open Office was a sort of stand in to Windows Word, in that I would be able to utilize Open Office spreadsheets similar to Excel

Re: [users] Faulty MS filters in OOo

2010-01-18 Thread Bob Williams
Hi Jonny, On Monday 18 Jan 2010 18:17:47 Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2010/1/18 Bob Williams li...@barrowhillfarm.org.uk: Hi, I'm using OpenOffice 3.1.1 on openSUSE 11.2. A lot of my correspondents are stuck with MS Office, so I'm having to save a spreadsheet I've created in .xls format. I

Re: [users] [moderated]getting openoffice downloaded

2010-01-18 Thread John Meyer
Yeah it can (at least with WinRAR and a couple of other third party utilities). On 1/18/2010 11:58 AM, Jordan Force wrote: Maybe he accidentally downloaded the source?!?!? I dont think windows can open (expand) tar.gz files Sent from my iPod On Jan 18, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Rob Clement

Re: [users] Faulty MS filters in OOo

2010-01-18 Thread Cor Nouws
Bob Williams wrote (18-01-10 20:16) I'm using OpenOffice 3.1.1 on openSUSE 11.2. A lot of my correspondents are stuck with MS Office, so I'm having to save a spreadsheet I've created in .xls format. I chose Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP as a good compromise, but when I re-open the file in OOo it

Re: [users] Faulty MS filters in OOo

2010-01-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/18 Bob Williams li...@barrowhillfarm.org.uk: Hi Jonny, On Monday 18 Jan 2010 18:17:47 Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2010/1/18 Bob Williams li...@barrowhillfarm.org.uk: Hi, I'm using OpenOffice 3.1.1 on openSUSE 11.2. A lot of my correspondents are stuck with MS Office, so I'm having

Re: [users] Faulty MS filters in OOo

2010-01-18 Thread Marcello Romani
Bob Williams ha scritto: Hi, I'm using OpenOffice 3.1.1 on openSUSE 11.2. A lot of my correspondents are stuck with MS Office, so I'm having to save a spreadsheet I've created in .xls format. I chose Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP as a good compromise, but when I re-open the file in OOo it is in

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-01-18 Thread James Knott
Bob Barrie wrote: TO whom it may concern: It was my understanding that Open Office was a sort of stand in to Windows Word, in that I would be able to utilize Open Office spreadsheets similar to Excel and, in fact prior Excel files would be somewhat the same format that Open Office uses. Open

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-01-18 Thread Barbara Duprey
James Knott wrote: Bob Barrie wrote: TO whom it may concern: It was my understanding that Open Office was a sort of stand in to Windows Word, in that I would be able to utilize Open Office spreadsheets similar to Excel and, in fact prior Excel files would be somewhat the same format that Open

[users] Installation videos

2010-01-18 Thread John Meyer
I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands,

Re: [users] Installation videos

2010-01-18 Thread RA Brown
John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? John, Sound like a good idea to me. I am just not sure which team would handle it. Andy

[users] emailing from a writer generated PDF.

2010-01-18 Thread upscope
Trying to find document or how to that describes how to embed a link in writer to Kmail, so a user can send an email to the address in the document. The document will be sent as a PDF. I know it should be doable, PDF documents I receive have this and work fine. I read the section in the

[users] Help! Can't launch OOo

2010-01-18 Thread John Jason Jordan
OOo 3.1.1 from www.openoffice.org, 64-bit, installed on Fedora 11, x86_64. It was working right after I installed it. Now it suddenly won't launch. From the command line I get: [...@devil8 ~]$ openoffice.org3 -writer %U - copied and pasted from the launch menu properties

Re: [users] Installation videos

2010-01-18 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: RA Brown rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:00 -0800 John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of

Re: [users] Help! Can't launch OOo

2010-01-18 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:46:34 -0800 John Jason Jordan johnjas...@gmail.com dijo: OOo 3.1.1 from www.openoffice.org, 64-bit, installed on Fedora 11, x86_64. It was working right after I installed it. Now it suddenly won't launch. From the command line I get: [...@devil8 ~]$ openoffice.org3

Re: [users] Installation videos

2010-01-18 Thread John Meyer
On 1/18/2010 7:21 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: RA Brownrabr...@the-martin-byrd.net To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:00 -0800 John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post

Re: [users] Installation videos

2010-01-18 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: John Meyer pueblonat...@opensuse.us To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:57:49 -0700 On 1/18/2010 7:21 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: RA Brownrabr...@the-martin-byrd.net To: users@openoffice.org Date:

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-01-18 Thread Michael Adams
Replies inline - On Monday 18 January 2010 18:19, Bob Barrie wrote: TO whom it may concern: It was my understanding that Open Office was a sort of stand in to Windows Word, in that I would be able to utilize Open Office spreadsheets similar to Excel and, in fact prior Excel files would be

[users] Crash on Ubuntu with pasting particular table in RTF

2010-01-18 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi *, I found a crash with a special table, using OpenOffice.org 3.2.0rc2. Looks as an Ubuntu only problem. See issue 108408. Is there anyone with Ubuntu and RC1 or RC2 willing to try? The test document is found here: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=108408#desc2 Thanks a