Re: [users] Help needed with style problem

2010-09-05 Thread John Kaufmann
JBF, when I saw Jeffrey's question I recalled having the same problem, fixed by turning off one of Writer's many automagical features which are on by default - but I could not remember where. Now, after seeing your reply to Jeffrey, I find this even more curious: In a message dated

Re: [users] Help needed with style problem

2010-09-05 Thread Jeffrey Needle
On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 02:13 -0400, John Kaufmann wrote: JBF, when I saw Jeffrey's question I recalled having the same problem, fixed by turning off one of Writer's many automagical features which are on by default - but I could not remember where. Now, after seeing your reply to Jeffrey, I

Re: [users] Help needed with style problem

2010-09-05 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 05/09/2010 08:13, John Kaufmann a écrit : JBF, when I saw Jeffrey's question I recalled having the same problem, fixed by turning off one of Writer's many automagical features which are on by default - but I could not remember where. Now, after seeing your reply to Jeffrey, I find this

Re: [users] Minimum Requirements (Smallest System Possible?)

2010-09-05 Thread jonathon
Hal Vaughan wrote: When OpenOffice states that 512 MB is a minimum requirement for operation and that 1 GB is preferable, just what does that mean? It means that the marketing people think that they can get away with saying that, without a significant number of people calling them on it.

Re: [users] impress and live video feed

2010-09-05 Thread a . m . pagano
Dear Mr. Scott, I have unwittingly started to receive up to 20 E.Mails a day which seem to relate to open office. Please could you or one of your group who E. Mail each other please unsubscribe me so no further mssages ever ! V. many thanks. On Sep 04, 2010, at 07:14 pm, Mike Scott wrote: I

Re: [users] impress and live video feed

2010-09-05 Thread Mike Scott
On 05/09/2010 18:06, a.m.pagano wrote: Dear Mr. Scott, I have unwittingly started to receive up to 20 E.Mails a day which seem to relate to open office. Please could you or one of your group who E. Mail each other please unsubscribe me so no further mssages ever ! V. many thanks. Sorry, but

[users] Printer issues with 3.2.1 on Win7Prof x64

2010-09-05 Thread Maik Schramm
Dear community, Unfortunately I am facing a general printer issue with OO 3.2.1 german version. The platform is Windows 7 Professional 64Bit (absolutely newly set up system). It is not possible to maintain any printer when running the OO start menu (File - items 'Print' or 'Printer Settings'

[users] cursor while typing

2010-09-05 Thread FPB
After a lot of googling, i gave up. Is there any way to hide cursor while typing in OO Writer? Thanks.

[users] a question or two

2010-09-05 Thread Steven D. Jessen
OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OOO320m18 (Build: 9502) Hello, 1. I tried the formatting drop-down in Tools - Options and chose High Contrast #1 I didn't like it and changed it back to the Default but it didn't change back. Now all my doc's are dark blue! I even tried to delete the program but when I

[users] Envelops

2010-09-05 Thread kg24
I have Openoffice 3.1 and I would like to know how I can print addresses on Envelops Regards K Haynes

[users] Config file when upgrading from 3.1 to 3.2

2010-09-05 Thread John Jason Jordan
I have OOo 3.1 running on Fedora 11 x86_64. This is the version from OOo.org, not the version in the Fedora repositories. I wish to upgrade to 3.2.1, but I understand that 3.2 uses a different format for the user configurations so all user configurations are lost on the upgrade. I have my

Re: [users] Basic basic basic question

2010-09-05 Thread Chris Tozer
Thanks. I figured it out about 10 minutes later. Problem was I couldn't find _Writer_ -- once I tracked that down it was EZ. James Knott wrote: Chris Tozer wrote: I know this should be totally obvious, but it isn't to me. How do I create a blank document onto which I can write? I can find

[users] OpenOffice.org Help does not work for me

2010-09-05 Thread Biro Kalman
I just installed Open Office 3.2.1 (OOO320m18 Build:9502) on an iMac running OS X 10.6.4. When I click on Help and then on OpenOffice.org Help I get a window (titled OpenOffice.org Help - OpenOffice.org Writer) where I can display Contents or Index. If then I select an item from the Index

Re: [users] Printer issues with 3.2.1 on Win7Prof x64

2010-09-05 Thread Rob Clement
On 05/09/2010 11:48, Maik Schramm wrote: Dear community, Unfortunately I am facing a general printer issue with OO 3.2.1 german version. The platform is Windows 7 Professional 64Bit (absolutely newly set up system). It is not possible to maintain any printer when running the OO start menu

Re: [users] Open Office

2010-09-05 Thread Marcello Romani
stephen joseph ha scritto: Dear Team , My Name Is Stephen Joseph working as a Sr.Administrator in a company , we are willing to use open office for Word and Excel . We want to enquire about the software , is it free or we need to pay anything for the software . Kindly let me know as

[users] Re: Minimum Requirements (Smallest System Possible?)

2010-09-05 Thread Andreas Säger
Hi, I ran OOo 3.0 on a 192MB system with 350MHz and XUbuntu Linux which has a smaller footprint than the ususal KDE/Gnome based systems. Very, very slow, but still usable with a little patience and normal size documents. Hope this helps, Andreas

Re: [users] Open Office

2010-09-05 Thread James Knott
stephen joseph wrote: Dear Team , My Name Is Stephen Joseph working as a Sr.Administrator in a company , we are willing to use open office for Word and Excel . We want to enquire about the software , is it free or we need to pay anything for the software . Kindly let me know as the

Re: [users] a question or two

2010-09-05 Thread Gurus Knugum
Den 2010-09-03 19:46:34 skrev Steven D. Jessen sjes...@conroeisd.net: OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OOO320m18 (Build: 9502) Hello, 1. I tried the formatting drop-down in Tools - Options and chose High Contrast #1 I didn't like it and changed it back to the Default but it didn't change back. Now

Re: [users] Envelops

2010-09-05 Thread Gurus Knugum
Den 2010-09-03 16:59:37 skrev k...@hotmail.com: I have Openoffice 3.1 and I would like to know how I can print addresses on Envelops Regards K Haynes Insert → Envelope… You can connect a database to it so you can print out a lot of envelopes with different addresses, if you like, or

Re: [users] Re: Minimum Requirements (Smallest System Possible?)

2010-09-05 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sep 5, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: Hi, I ran OOo 3.0 on a 192MB system with 350MHz and XUbuntu Linux which has a smaller footprint than the ususal KDE/Gnome based systems. Very, very slow, but still usable with a little patience and normal size documents. Hope this helps,

[users] Re: Config file when upgrading from 3.1 to 3.2

2010-09-05 Thread NoOp
On 09/02/2010 11:55 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have OOo 3.1 running on Fedora 11 x86_64. This is the version from OOo.org, not the version in the Fedora repositories. I wish to upgrade to 3.2.1, but I understand that 3.2 uses a different format for the user configurations so all user

[users] Re: impress and live video feed

2010-09-05 Thread NoOp
On 09/04/2010 11:14 AM, Mike Scott wrote: I know how to embed a pre-recorded video clip, but I see a likely coming need to embed a live video stream in a presentation. Anyone know a way please? I don't understand. How would one attempt to embed a live video stream without _first saving_ it

[users] Re: Envelops

2010-09-05 Thread NoOp
On 09/05/2010 03:23 PM, Gurus Knugum wrote: Den 2010-09-03 16:59:37 skrev k...@hotmail.com: I have Openoffice 3.1 and I would like to know how I can print addresses on Envelops Regards K Haynes Insert → Envelope… You can connect a database to it so you can print out a lot of

[users] Re: Minimum Requirements (Smallest System Possible?)

2010-09-05 Thread NoOp
On 08/31/2010 07:21 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: When OpenOffice states that 512 MB is a minimum requirement for operation and that 1 GB is preferable, just what does that mean? For example, if I'm running Linux and have a 512 MB system, a certain amount will be taken up by the desktop

[users] Re: Minimum Requirements (Smallest System Possible?)

2010-09-05 Thread NoOp
On 09/05/2010 08:44 AM, jonathon wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: When OpenOffice states that 512 MB is a minimum requirement for operation and that 1 GB is preferable, just what does that mean? It means that the marketing people think that they can get away with saying that, without a

Re: [users] Help needed with style problem

2010-09-05 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.09.05 02:29 -0500, Jeffrey Needle wrote: JBF, when I saw Jeffrey's question I recalled having the same problem, fixed by turning off one of Writer's many automagical features which are on by default - but I could not remember where. ... Menu Tools Autocorrect

Re: [users] Help needed with style problem

2010-09-05 Thread John Kaufmann
J-B, In a message dated 2010.09.05 02:36 -0500, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Under: Tools Autocorrect Options Options tab ... I still don't see which option turns that behavior on/off ... Can you fill in the blank, please? It is the checkbox Apply numbering - symbols ... I wish it were