Re: [users] Re: MS Office and OOo

2010-10-11 Thread Phil Hibbs
Barabra Duprey: Versions of Office starting with Office 2007 SP2 have (in theory) supported ODF formats automatically. But the implementation MS chose diverges from all other implementations wherever there was any ambiguity in the specification, including most notably the expression of formulas.

[users] Formatting inherited from previous character

2010-10-11 Thread Phil Hibbs
If I highlight an entire line and set it to italics, then when I start typing at the start of the next line, it starts typing in italics. I assume that this is because font characteristics are picked up from the previous character. It would be more logical to pick it up from the next character, so

Re: [users] Opening

2010-10-11 Thread James Knott
scott rodkey wrote: How do I: Open an existing spreadsheet and then immediately open a new blank Text Document sheet? If I open a spreadsheet and minimize it, then click on the Open Office icon to try to open a blank Text Document sheet, it puts the spreadsheet back on the screen. Help!

Re: [users] Re: MS Office and OOo

2010-10-11 Thread James Knott
Barbara Duprey wrote: the plugin (no longer free with the switch from Sun to Oracle) It stopped being free long before Oracle bought Sun. Fortunately, I have it downloaded. Also fortunately, I don't have MS Office to use it with. ;-)

Re: [users] Ubuntu 10.10 is out with OOo 3.2.1 included - finally

2010-10-11 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 10/10/2010 14:14, webmas...@krackedpress.com ha scritto: Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ]. Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1 It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and Debian ] would update OOo in their repositories more often than every 6 months. Yes, I know

Re: [users] Upgrading to 3.2.1

2010-10-11 Thread Vic Dura
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:40:00 -0500, Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com wrote Re Re: [users] Upgrading to 3.2.1: [Mark (markh...@cox.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] How can you determine if a person is subscribed? Does this list server allow

Re: [users] Upgrading to 3.2.1

2010-10-11 Thread Mike Scott
On 11/10/10 13:30, Vic Dura wrote: On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:40:00 -0500, Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com wrote Re Re: [users] Upgrading to 3.2.1: [Mark (markh...@cox.net) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly copied.] How can you determine if a person is

Re: [users] Ubuntu 10.10 is out with OOo 3.2.1 included - finally

2010-10-11 Thread Clayton
On 10/10/10 14:14, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ]. Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1 It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and Debian ] would update OOo in their repositories more often than every 6 months. That's a decision

Re: [users] line spacing

2010-10-11 Thread Michele Zarri
On 08/10/10 08:48, judy rustine wrote: I've saved my document in .rtf and when I open it again, the double line spacing revert to single in some places. Judy Rustine Elementary Teacher Any particular reason why you need to export to rtf? In general it is not a good

Re: [users] Formatting inherited from previous character

2010-10-11 Thread Daniel Lewis
Phil Hibbs wrote: If I highlight an entire line and set it to italics, then when I start typing at the start of the next line, it starts typing in italics. I assume that this is because font characteristics are picked up from the previous character. It would be more logical to pick it up from

Re: [users] Upgrading to 3.2.1

2010-10-11 Thread Vic Dura
On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:37:14 +0100, Mike Scott m...@scottsonline.org.uk wrote Re Re: [users] Upgrading to 3.2.1: Does this list server allow non-subscribers to post messages? If so, yes. A policy of occasional controversy Well that's interesting. I don't believe I've ever encountered a list

Re: [users] Upgrading to 3.2.1

2010-10-11 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 11, 2010, at 17:09 , Vic Dura wrote: On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:37:14 +0100, Mike Scott m...@scottsonline.org.uk wrote Re Re: [users] Upgrading to 3.2.1: Does this list server allow non-subscribers to post messages? If so, yes. A policy of occasional controversy Well that's

[users] Please help with a problem on OppenOffice.org 2.0

2010-10-11 Thread Kosie Olivier
I have a problem on OpenOffice - my arrow keys do not move cells on a spreadsheet anymore like it did before. What can I do? Hope you can help me! JPH Olivier koos.olivi...@gmail.com

Re: [users] Opening

2010-10-11 Thread scott rodkey
Thanks! Perfect solution. -S From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com To: users@openoffice.org; scottrod...@yahoo.com Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 6:08:42 AM Subject: Re: [users] Opening scott rodkey wrote: How do I: Open an existing spreadsheet and then

Re: [users] Formatting inherited from previous character

2010-10-11 Thread Phil Hibbs
Writer uses XML to format text documents... The logic of XML is that the format given each letter is determined by what format has been defined for the place where the letter is placed. XML is a data format, not a behaviour. The behaviour of a piece of software should not be determined by the

Re: [users] Ubuntu 10.10 is out with OOo 3.2.1 included - finally

2010-10-11 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/11/2010 08:27 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 10/10/2010 14:14, webmas...@krackedpress.com ha scritto: Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ]. Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1 It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and Debian ] would update OOo in their

Re: [users] Please help with a problem on OppenOffice.org 2.0

2010-10-11 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 2010-10-11 14:08:12 skrev Kosie Olivier koos.olivi...@gmail.com: I have a problem on OpenOffice - my arrow keys do not move cells on a spreadsheet anymore like it did before. What can I do? Hope you can help me! JPH Olivier koos.olivi...@gmail.com Why do you still use the very

Re: [users] Ubuntu 10.10 is out with OOo 3.2.1 included - finally

2010-10-11 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Am Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:52:58 -0400 schrieb webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com: On 10/11/2010 08:27 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 10/10/2010 14:14, webmas...@krackedpress.com ha scritto: [...] Interesting I wonder what mods they do? The only thing I noticed different

Re: [users] line spacing

2010-10-11 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 10/8/2010 2:48 AM, judy rustine wrote: I've saved my document in .rtf and when I open it again, the double line spacing revert to single in some places. Judy Rustine Elementary Teacher [Judy (judyrust...@yahoo.com) is not subscribed and probably will not see any responses unless directly

Re: [users] Ubuntu 10.10 is out with OOo 3.2.1 included - finally

2010-10-11 Thread Marcello Romani
webmas...@krackedpress.com ha scritto: On 10/11/2010 08:27 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 10/10/2010 14:14, webmas...@krackedpress.com ha scritto: Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ]. Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1 It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and

[users] Fwd: FRENCH SPELLCHECKER/THESAURUS

2010-10-11 Thread JOE Conner
Reposted, I used a non-subscribed email address below. I still need the uninstall information. Original Message Subject:FRENCH SPELLCHECKER/THESAURUS Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:50:45 -0700 From: Joe Conner joseph.con...@comcast.net To: Open Office Users Group

Re: [users] Calc malfunction - won't recalculate

2010-10-11 Thread John Bowling
On 10/08/2010 10:21 AM, Mike Scott wrote: On 08/10/10 16:52, John Bowling wrote: OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OOO320m19 (Build:9505) ooo-build 3.2.1.4 On openSUSE 11.3 Work fine until an update in the last few days. Now simple calculations such as =A15+1 (in A16) will not change if the value in A15

Re: [users] Calc malfunction - won't recalculate

2010-10-11 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:14 11/10/2010 -0700, John Bowling wrote: I checked the spreadsheet that had the problem before, and Auto-calculate was not checked. It was a sheet that had been used a few hundred times over the last few years without changes except data additions at the bottom. Auto-calculate had been

Re: [users] French spellchecker/thesaurus

2010-10-11 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:52 11/10/2010 -0700, Joe Conner wrote: 1. How do I delete the French dictionary and thesaurus that automatically installed in my OpenOffice? o Go to Tools | Extension Manager... . o Select the relevant extension. o Click Disable or Remove, as desired. I trust this helps. Brian

Re: [users] French spellchecker/thesaurus

2010-10-11 Thread JOE Conner
On 10/11/2010 8:51 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 19:52 11/10/2010 -0700, Joe Conner wrote: 1. How do I delete the French dictionary and thesaurus that automatically installed in my OpenOffice? o Go to Tools | Extension Manager... . o Select the relevant extension. o Click Disable or Remove,