[users] Writer: freehand rotation of arrows?

2011-11-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
I need to add some arrows to a Writer document. I found how to rotate them by specifying an angle, but I could not find a freehand rotation tool. Does this exist? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Writer: visual link (arrow) that moves with the text

2011-11-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
is added and formated within the document. If anybody has an idea, I am up for creative experimentation. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr

[users] Re: Writer: Changing colour of paragraph separator line

2011-10-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
list. I trust this helps. Thank you Brian! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy

[users] Writer: Changing colour of paragraph separator line

2011-10-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Hi all. In Writer one can add a paragraph separator by putting for dashes on a line then pressing Enter. However, this line is always black, no matter the colour of the text font. How does one change the colour of this line? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Re: Writer: Changing colour of paragraph separator line

2011-10-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Styles and Formating dialog (F11) to change the border color. Thank you Dan! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands

[users] Re: Calc: Sort double columns

2011-10-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
the affected column. Have a great week. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org

[users] Re: Calc: Sort double columns

2011-10-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
At 12:15 07/10/2011 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: The issue is more of a mess than I thought!  Not only does the user need to sort on double rows, but the number that he is sorting on is not unique! Therefore, simply creating a second cell with a derived sort number will not work. That's

[users] Re: Please comment on a bug to have mail sent to OP.

2011-10-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 18:04, Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dotan, On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 10:49:29AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Hi all, it seems that the migration to the ASF bugzilla was done just as I changed my email address at the OOo QA site. Could

[users] Please comment on a bug to have mail sent to OP.

2011-10-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
?id=112292 Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help

[users] Re: Calc: Sort double columns

2011-10-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
of Atonement. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help

[users] Calc: Sort double columns

2011-10-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
: http://dotancohen.com/images/examples/sort-example.ods Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy

[users] Re: Calc: Sort double columns

2011-10-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
. Depending on the number of records, it may be easy enough to do manually, or you prefer to write a macro, or export to CSV and process through some other software. I think there are a few hundreds of them, actually. Like I said, this really should be in a database! -- Dotan Cohen http

[users] How to merge the versions of two Writer documents?

2011-09-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
document. How to merge them? The new document was in fact a _new_ document, not a Save As from the original. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr

[users] Re: LION

2011-09-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
how to make an informed decision regarding trustworthy sources. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy

[users] Re: LION

2011-08-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:17, Klaus Muth m...@hagos.de wrote: There is no chance that I open an OOo document from an unknown source sent without any comment as an attachment. Can an OOo document contain malicious code? Is this a concern for all operating systems or only OS-X? -- Dotan Cohen

[users] Re: Moving table to different part of document.

2011-08-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
, most of what I've learned about OOo I learned from you and Gary. Tell me, what do you know about PIV systems? :) -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr

[users] Re: Moving table to different part of document.

2011-08-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
to help another student. And she's doing her thesis and research papers in Writer! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands

[users] Setting default rectangle properties for document

2011-08-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
Hi all, how can a user set the default properties for all new rectangles in the current document to be: Font size 24, Area fill none, Line invisible? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Moving table to different part of document.

2011-08-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
a newline below the table. Open Office 3.3, Kubuntu Linux. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy

[users] Writer: Change file to read-only mode

2011-06-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
directly to read-only mode. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject

[users] Re: Writer: Change file to read-only mode

2011-06-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
in the menus, but not the icons, on the assumption that any icons only duplicate menu functionality. Thank you! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr

[users] Re: Writer: Change file to read-only mode

2011-06-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
environment prior to retirement. Off the top of my head that would be: $ chmod -r file.odt But I'm not looking to protect a document from writes, but rather to make it more comfortable to read. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Opening OOo with an alternative profile

2011-06-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
this profile? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help

[users] Bullet/Numbering styles: apply to entire document

2011-06-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
itself, only to the text of the list. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org

[users] Re: about writer

2011-05-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
to solve? please, really vital files. Send to me such a file and I'll see what I can figure out. How are you saving as a doc? Be explicit. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- - To unsubscribe send email

[users] Re: about writer

2011-05-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
anybody see any other environments where this occurs? thanks Copiers? Do you mean printers maybe? What software is on those computers? In what file format are you saving? Send me a test document. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Re: How to select all the text in the document

2011-03-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
OOo bugs, please send them to me in private mail. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy

[users] Re: How to select all the text in the document

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
. In LibreOffice 3.3 on the same machine, selects all the document text, just as expected! I should have upgraded first before bugging the list. Sorry for the noise! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Re: Remove border from specific Writer table cells' boundary

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
Thanks, Dave and Mark! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help

[users] Re: How to select all the text in the document

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
that which was selected. I think that it was a bug, but installing LibreOffice 3.3 in it's place took care of that. Thanks, though! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail

[users] Re: How to select all the text in the document

2011-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help

[users] Remove border from specific Writer table cells' boundary

2011-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
How does one remove the border for between two cells in a Writer table? In this application Merge is _not_ appropriate, however the border should not be seen. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] How to select all the text in the document

2011-02-24 Thread Dotan Cohen
How does one select all the text in an OOo document? Edit - Select All only selects the current table or table cell. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users

Re: [users] OpenOffice on our web pages

2011-02-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
Are you referring to the Open Office logo, to redistributing the software, or to writing the webpage in Open Office? Please be more specific, and you might want to familiarise yourself with the GPL licence: http://www.gnugpl.cz/ -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] I need more hidden gems or OOo tips

2011-02-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
a combat soldier, I've fought in areas and populations not too different from what he is fighting. Lots of friendly civilians, one-in-a-hundred terrorist ruins it for both sides. Dotan Cohen says hi, and says to keep himself and his buddies safe. There is a beer and a meal waiting for him if he ever

[users] Writer: Gradient on Line/Rectangle

2011-02-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
a rectangle? I am using LibreOffice 3.3 on Kubuntu 10.10 with KDE 4.6. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e

Re: [users] Writer: Gradient on Line/Rectangle

2011-02-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] I need more hidden gems or OOo tips

2011-02-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
that off-list. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] I need more hidden gems or OOo tips

2011-02-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
still don't even know what a browser is. My Israeli websites pop up a warning to IE users just to raise awareness, but of course they still work. Thanks again for all the work you're putting into this !... Thank _you_ for the help! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] HTML-style dropdown box in Writer?

2011-02-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
option is greyed out (disabled) in my OOo 3.3 install (Actually, LibreOffice). I do not know if this is due to the version or if there is some setting that I am missing. Have you any idea what might cause the List Entries option to be disabled? This is on Kubuntu 10.10. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen

Re: [users] HTML-style dropdown box in Writer?

2011-02-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 14:06, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: I am very late returning to this thread, sorry. I have a lot on my plate! The List Entries option is greyed out (disabled) in my OOo 3.3 install (Actually, LibreOffice). I do not know if this is due to the version

Re: [users] I need more hidden gems or OOo tips

2011-02-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
thanks !... Thank you, Henri, I fixed the text. If you have suggestions for polishing the Swedish translation you could either reach Jorgen from his site or I could pass the info on to him. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] MSWord

2011-01-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] OpenOffice does not open .ods and odt files.

2011-01-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
. In your Control Panel go to Programs - Default Programs -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h

Re: [users] OpenOffice does not open .ods and odt files.

2011-01-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
. In your Control Panel go to Programs - Default Programs - Set Your Default Programs -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] Re: How to underline a blank line of text, such that it could be typed?

2011-01-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
and I've spend quite some time googling too. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] I need more hidden gems or OOo tips

2011-01-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
I maintain a modest page of OOo tips: http://dotancohen.com/eng/openoffice_tricks.html The page is now being translated for a Swedish adult learning facility. I'd like some more time savers, handy tips, hidden features, and the like. Any ideas? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il

[users] Writer not saving versions on close

2011-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
it could be that it simply was not noticed until now. Can someone confirm/deny that this feature works for them? I'm currently on Open Office 3.2 (probably go-oo) as provided by Kubuntu 10.10. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] Writer not saving versions on close

2011-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
' so to speak. Thanks for checking. I'll try to play around some more to make sure that the problem isn't the meatsack at the keyboard (me, in this case). -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] How to underline a blank line of text, such that it could be typed?

2011-01-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 00:13, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 22:33 02/01/2011 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: A user is making forms for herself and other therapists. These forms will be printed, and to specify the place where text is to be typed there are lines on the page

Re: [users] Re: How to underline a blank line of text, such that it could be typed?

2011-01-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
formatting and default answers. (i.e. underlining, etc.) Here I got lost. Could you be more specific? From where does one insert the fill-in fields? Certainly not from Insert-Field, which is a completely different usage of the term field. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http

[users] How to underline a blank line of text, such that it could be typed?

2011-01-02 Thread Dotan Cohen
the situation, then here are steps to reproduce: 1) In a new document press dash three times and press enter. 2) Now pres upArrow, enter, enter, upArrow, upArrow. 3) Now type a line long enough to wrap. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] PDF Conversion

2010-12-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
/project/pdfimport It will let you export ODT documents as PDF, with the original ODT file embedded in the PDF. Standard PDF readers will see the file as a PDF, and Open Office will let you edit it like an ODT. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Not the last time: date issues in Calc

2010-11-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
, this is his muscle memory. However, Calc interprets this as mm-dd-. How can I configure Calc to understand this as dd-mm-? Kubuntu 10.10, OOo 3.2. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] Re: Not the last time: date issues in Calc

2010-11-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
the number format locale to something different than the default locale. Greetings from Be'er Sheva, Dotan Cohen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] [http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112163 - Multiple sheets in Writer] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

2010-11-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 04:54, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 11/02/2010 02:17 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Thanks, all. I am looking to build support with these use cases for a parallel feature in Writer: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112163 So why not just put

Re: [users] What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

2010-11-02 Thread Dotan Cohen
Thanks, all. I am looking to build support with these use cases for a parallel feature in Writer: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112163 -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

2010-11-02 Thread Dotan Cohen
for Writer. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

2010-11-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
Why does calc support multiple sheets in a single document? What is the use case? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-10-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
was converted to grayscale, even though one of the printers is full color. Make sure that you do not have font substitution enabled. Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Fonts -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Styles Formatting pf existing document?

2010-07-29 Thread Dotan Cohen
their Styles preferences? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Trouble with 3.2.1 exporting as hybrid pdf/odt file

2010-07-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
a hybrid PDF file? I normally just use my PDF printing option in Ubuntu [ doPDF in Windows]. So I do not know what is the best options to check/uncheck when saving/exporting to PDF directly from OOo. You want this extension: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport -- Dotan

[users] Dropdown box in Base: last time, I hope

2010-07-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
. Note that there is no User Guide for Base: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

Re: [users] Dropdown box in Base: last time, I hope

2010-07-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
go over that post in fact, but due to the Combobox requirement of that thread I kind of grazed over it. In fact, even _that_ was not the first time that I've had to deal with this, but the info there was enough to remind me what I needed to be reminded of. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http

Re: [users] Dropdown box in Base: last time, I hope

2010-07-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
for that! When we find the time... -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Trouble with 3.2.1 exporting as hybrid pdf/odt file

2010-07-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
on Kubuntu 9.10. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Writer word boundaries on numerical characters in Hebrew

2010-07-02 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 2 July 2010 03:52, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 02:16 02/07/2010 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: I have discovered that the term ab2cd will has two word boundaries: before the a and after the d, however the Hebrew equivalent × ×‘2גד has four word boundaries

[users] Resizing image with text

2010-07-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
of the list. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Writer word boundaries on numerical characters in Hebrew

2010-07-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
in the middle? I know about non-breaking spaces, but is there a non-breaking non-printed character? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] HTML-style dropdown box in Writer?

2010-06-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
adding such text to Control - Data - List Content or other places is fruitless. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
suppose this is an excellent example of why such a requirement is unwise.  For the avoidance of doubt, you and your user have my sympathies! Brian Barker Yes, I know Brian! That is the case with a tenured professor, quite typical actually. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
aspires to be able to qualify for admission into kindergarten in the next two or three decades. It is rather typical, actually, from what I've seen. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] HTML-style dropdown box in Writer?

2010-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
with the HTML Form Select tag, here is an example of what I need to do: http://dotancohen.com/tests/options.html Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

[users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
writing them out by hand, how can the user configure the list to always be Arabic numerical? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 25 June 2010 18:50, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 18:25 25/06/2010 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: A user has a Writer file with an ordered list of references. This file will be sent to another party. This list _must_ be Arabic Numerical 1,2,3 no matter what the _other_party_

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
to play with Word and try different configurations to see how to change the ordered list character preference, I don't yet know how it works to to what it responds to. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Writer: Erasing triple-dash lines after paragraphs

2010-06-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
How does one erase triple-dash lines that are placed after paragraphs? To test, type this text in Writer: test --- Now try to erase the line created by the dashes. Is this really expected behaviour, or is it a bug? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] Writer: Erasing triple-dash lines after paragraphs

2010-06-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
Thanks, all, for the answers. So it is not a bug after all, but it sure is a gotcha! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Bullets' custom character disappearing when I reopen file

2010-06-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
, and the gears appear fine elsewhere (such as in the tables). Therefore I doubt that it is a font problem. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Bullets' custom character disappearing when I reopen file

2010-06-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
each time you want to use this bullet. Thanks, Dan, that is a good idea and I will try it. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Impress: pasting Writer formulae

2010-06-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 22 June 2010 04:13, Tom Bell cbel...@cfl.rr.com wrote: On 06/21/2010 08:07 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: The user has a text that was written in OOo Writer to be inserted into an Impress presentation. The text contains inline formulae, which are not pasted into the Impress document! How does one

Re: [users] Impress: pasting Writer formulae

2010-06-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
to insert formulae inline with other text in Impress. Is this correct? I can adda formula as a separate object, but not inline in a textbox. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
linux). Those versions support gstreamer out of the box. Thanks, I do try to always use Go-oo. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Removing space from Writer formula

2010-06-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 22 June 2010 02:17, Joe Smith j...@martnet.com wrote: On 06/21/2010 08:17 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: In the following Writer formula there exists a space between the %mu and the m (for micrometers): d_0.95 = 20 %mu m How can the user remove the space? With the upcoming release (3.3

Re: [users] Impress: L-shaped textarea

2010-06-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
you Marcello, that is exactly what is needed. Where is this elusive 45° curve tool? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Impress: L-shaped textarea

2010-06-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
doesn't join up!) Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Impress: pasting Writer formulae

2010-06-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
formula would be: d_0.95 = 20 %mu m The Writer document was created in OOo 3.2 on Kubuntu Linux (not go-oo). The pasting into Impress 3.1 is being done on Windows 7. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Impress: L-shaped textarea

2010-06-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
ideas. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Removing space from Writer formula

2010-06-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
In the following Writer formula there exists a space between the %mu and the m (for micrometers): d_0.95 = 20 %mu m How can the user remove the space? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 15 June 2010 00:55, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 06/14/2010 01:16 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: ... No need to keep googling, Gary, I can take it from here! Though my skills must be weak, I did not find that bug report. Do you remember on what terms you searched? This is far from the first

Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 20 June 2010 22:27, Jo josaf...@verizon.net wrote: can you help me. I want to use doc. files or word rather than openoffice. How do i change back? Sure. Start a new message (not a reply) with a descriptive subject and address it to the list. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http

Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
to work or not. I need to read the fine manual for sure! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h

Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
change. No need to keep googling, Gary, I can take it from here! Though my skills must be weak, I did not find that bug report. Do you remember on what terms you searched? This is far from the first time that you've found the things that I should have found myself! -- Dotan Cohen http

Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
can see the changes made by others is not available. My apologies for the previous noise... I'll go make some more coffee. Ah, coffee, you tempt me just as I should be going to sleep! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
I see that Versions is disabled when saving in .doc format. I have googled but cannot find a listing of what other OOo Writer features are disabled when saving in .doc format. is there such a list? Does anybody know what other features might be disabled? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http

Re: [users] Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 11 June 2010 23:58, Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com wrote: Maybe an RFE that calls out your RFE as prereq? Yes, that is called depends on in bugzilla. File it and if you start a thread about it please CC me. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Multiple file types in single ODF file (Was: Multiple sheets in Writer)

2010-06-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
anything sensible with document types it doesn't support (nor could any other software). I agree. It would be great if ODT and ODS could be combined into a single file, but not PDF or anything else. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
(my fourth!) but everyone else is still on MSO. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
and inaccessible when opening .doc files. Opening an .odt file, or starting a new file, returned this menu item to operation. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

Re: [users] Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
processor components. Thank said, I _really_ like the idea, and it would save me tons of hassle. Almost all of my research have word processor and spreadsheets file, I would find this feature _very_ useful. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

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