[users] Re: Yahoo! Auto Response

2012-02-01 Thread James Knott
David B Teague sr wrote: On 1/27/2012 7:36 AM, birdie...@prodigy.net wrote: MESSAGE FAILURE NOTICE ; Yahoo domains currently sends a bounce-back reply even though the messages are being received. Office Hours; Tuesday 8:30-4:30pm Thursday 8:30am-6pm Friday's 8:30am-7pm Is

[users] Re: question

2012-01-31 Thread James Knott
Jill Cannon wrote: Hello: I just downloaded OpenOffice to use on my computer...very nice. My question is can I delete the installation file now? Both the app and the installation folder are sitting on my desktop and I have often made the mistake of opening the installation folder rather than

[users] Re: spam via kenai server

2012-01-13 Thread James Knott
Mike Scott wrote: The question in my mind is, how come a spammer has got hold of my OOo-forum-specific email address? Your address is available to everyone who reads this list, whenever you post a message. -- - To unsubscribe

[users] Re: deleting

2011-12-30 Thread James Knott
margaret.bea...@bigpond.com wrote: I have now subscribed to this email address, but am not sure what it entitles me to. I don't want to receive a lot of unwanted information. All I want is ocasional help with Open Office - eg. I want to know how to delete a document from File - can't find

[users] Re: Downloading extra copies

2011-12-22 Thread James Knott
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: A little more history: Star Division in Germany - Hamburg I believe - created Star Office; the company was subsequently bought by Sun who then made the code open source, leading to Open Office. Many years ago, I installed Star Office for OS/2. There is still a

[users] Re: Downloading extra copies

2011-12-21 Thread James Knott
Dennis Donohue wrote: Hello, I have open office on my computer and it is so good I put it on my wife's computer also. Unfortunately, her computer has just died. We will get her a new machine. Will we be able to download open office on her new machine? Even though this would mean we have

[users] Re: save as...

2011-12-19 Thread James Knott
George Lowy wrote: **I would like to save a MS Word file as an OpenOffice file.**I tried to save it by clicking**“**Save as**”**but I could not find the Open Office folder in which to save it. Can you guide me? I have never used Open Office before. You don't need a special folder for

[users] Re: problems

2011-11-23 Thread James Knott
Dennis Griffith wrote: How do I open OOo Writer? I have Open Office version 3. Do I need to delete that and open up a newer version. I wanted to do envelopes. Thanks, Dennis Griffith What operating system are you runnings. I assume Windows. If so, click on the Start button and somewhere

[users] Re: CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

2011-11-09 Thread James Knott
Tracey wrote: I PURCHASED A COMPUTER FROM SOMEONE AND THIS PROGRAM IS IN ITALIAN. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO CHANGE IT TO ENGLISH? The easiest way is probably to uninstall it and then download install the English version from www.openoffice.org. BTW, this mail list is for users of

[users] Re: Open office as default

2011-11-01 Thread James Knott
Yvonne Sinnott wrote: Hi, I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate and would like to have Open Office as default. I want photos, etc to automatically open with 'office' as opposed to Windows. Can this be done and if yes, how? It was easy with XP. Go into the Control Panel and look for Default

[users] Re: please unsubscribe me

2011-10-27 Thread James Knott
openoffice.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: If you read the thread, you would see that we've been discussing why the message about unsubscribing is NOT displayed at the bottom of every email. It appears not to be added to HTML-only emails, nor to the HTML part of multipart/alternative messages.

[users] Re: question to OpenOffice

2011-10-27 Thread James Knott
Karl Hofbauer wrote: Hallo, does *OpenOffice.org 3.3* work with Windows 7, *64bit *??? thanks for answer Greetings from Vienna in Austria Karl Hofbauer A-1150 Wien karl.hofba...@chello.at mailto:karl.hofba...@chello.at Yes it does. I have it running here on W7 64 bit. --

[users] Re: Open Office versions compatibitlity with Windows versions query

2011-10-24 Thread James Knott
Paul G wrote: May I know if Open Office version 1.1.5 can work on Windows 7 32bit and 64bit computer? It should. However, you may have to emulate XP. Give it a try and see what happens. I have 3.3.0 running on 64 bit W7. --

[users] Re: Problems with opening

2011-10-02 Thread James Knott
Rick Hayden wrote: I have used your product for the last two years. Today, for the first time, I was unable to open my folders. I keep getting Fatal Error message that states that the application cannot be started due to my access rights missing. I have to uninstall Open Office , then

[users] Re: Request: Mail CD Rom Software of Open Office Suites Professional Version

2011-09-22 Thread James Knott
Andre Cardinal, Sr. wrote: Please forward the Professional or Standard Version to: There is no Professional version. The free download from www.openoffice.org is the full package. That site also lists vendors where you can buy it on CD. However, they are all independent vendors so we

[users] Re: Hello!

2011-09-20 Thread James Knott
tonya.wal...@yahoo.com wrote: Sent via BlackBerry by ATT *From: * jonas karlsson jonask...@hotmail.com *Date: *Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:57:37 +0200 *To: *users@openoffice.org *ReplyTo: * users@openoffice.org *Subject: *[users]

[users] Re: Hello!

2011-09-20 Thread James Knott
Doug wrote: The main thing OO/LO have is that they're free. However, I recently heard of a college student purchasing MS Office at a college discount for some ridiculous price, like $7.50, so if you can get it for something like that, I would think you should. Actually, that's a bad idea.

[users] Re: Open Office

2011-08-31 Thread James Knott
Roger Dahl wrote: I have purchased Open Office, and installed it on my computer. How can I change de program into French Language? Unless you needed a CD, there's no need to buy OpenOffice. It's a free.download from www.openoffice.org, where you'll find all available languages. --

[users] Re: copy paste

2011-08-28 Thread James Knott
Susan Wilson wrote: My resume is in the openoffice.org file I am trying to copy paste it to a job application, even with the help of my ISP provider we cannot upload my resume from my owner file. Can you please instruct me in this process of performing this task. What file format are you

[users] Re: OpenOffice3.3 Download blocked !

2011-08-21 Thread James Knott
K Chan wrote: Dear Sir, I bought a new machine, with Window 7. When downloading Open Office3.3 (previously OpenOffice 3.0), it was every time automatically diverted to the page: *Ooops !* *The page you are looking for could not be found. Try searching for it in the address bar above. *

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-08 Thread James Knott
Dale Erwin wrote: but .odt is the proper file extension for ODF files. For text files. Spreadsheets use .ods etc. -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread James Knott
paul whitehill wrote: Hi i wonder if you can help me. the alternative seems to have a charge £1.59 but it says it is free. Is the open office Writer the same as MS Word ? This is the software I want to type up a document, can you help me ? Are there any

[users] Re: MS Word Alternative

2011-08-07 Thread James Knott
Doug wrote: What's ODF? My OO/LO/Symnphony wants to save in .odt. ODF stands for Open Document Format, which includes ODT for text documents, ODS for spreadsheets etc. -- - To unsubscribe send email to

[users] Re: Can't install openoffice

2011-07-21 Thread James Knott
wwlou...@aol.com wrote: Sorry - having problems myself. Can't think why I'm getting emails asking me for help! Good luck. You're getting those emails because you're subscribed to a mail list for users of OpenOffice. When someone posts a message, everyone that's subscribed receives it.

[users] set cell's value?

2011-07-04 Thread James
I want to put an 'x' in Calc cells based on whether another cell's date (totalincoming) is larger than a different cell's value. I started this macro but is there an easier way? How do I set a cell's value? REM * BASIC * ' put an 'x' in cells where totalincoming (06:41:45) is

[users] Re: set cell's value?

2011-07-04 Thread James
On 07/04/11 13:34, RA Brown wrote: James wrote: I want to put an 'x' in Calc cells based on whether another cell's date (totalincoming) is larger than a different cell's value. I started this macro but is there an easier way? How do I set a cell's value? REM * BASIC * ' put an 'x

[users] Re: set cell's value?

2011-07-04 Thread James
On 07/04/11 15:15, Michael Adams wrote: On Tuesday 05 July 2011 05:29, James wrote: I want to put an 'x' in Calc cells based on whether another cell's date (totalincoming) is larger than a different cell's value. I started this macro but is there an easier way? How do I set a cell's value? I'd

[users] Re: Windows 64 bit version?

2011-06-20 Thread James Knott
Cameron Smith wrote: I'd choose a 64bit application if given the choice though. That's what I've been doing on Linux for the past 5 years. I don't think I have any 32 bit apps on my 64 bit system. And I'm fairly certain I don't have any 64 bit apps on my 32 bit computers. ;-) --

[users] Windows 64 bit version?

2011-06-19 Thread James Knott
A friend recently bought a new computer and she'll be wanting me to install OpenOffice (and some other apps) on it. The computer came with 64 bit Windows 7. Is there a 64 bit Windows version of OOo available? I've been running the 64 bit Linux version for years. --

[users] Re: Windows 64 bit version?

2011-06-19 Thread James Knott
RA Brown wrote: James Knott wrote: A friend recently bought a new computer and she'll be wanting me to install OpenOffice (and some other apps) on it. The computer came with 64 bit Windows 7. Is there a 64 bit Windows version of OOo available? I've been running the 64 bit Linux version

[users]

2011-06-11 Thread James Wilde
-- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help

[users] Re:

2011-06-11 Thread James Knott
James Wilde wrote: Hmmm... Obviously a man of few words, unlike his brother Oscar. ;-) -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject

[users] Re: about writer

2011-05-31 Thread James Knott
Ken Southwood wrote: It's an sxc. Don't know what that is. That's an OpenOffice version 1 spreadsheet, not a text document. The new version is .ODS or .XLS in Microsoft Office format. When you save a file, you have to select the appropriate file type from the drop down list in Save as, if

[users] Re:

2011-05-29 Thread James Knott
Rosa Malagisi wrote: *i would like to know if i can download just the individual programs i use like excel and word? * No. It's just one big package. Also, while you can install only the components you wish, you won't save much space and you may lose some function. --

[users] Re: The Free and Open Productivity...

2011-05-29 Thread James Knott
Werner wrote: *To whom it may concern: * ** Some months ago I read about your free microsoft-word-compatible application. I checked out your web site to ensure that it was really free, and it was. It was destined for a friend of mine who wanted it in German. Therefore I was redirected to your

[users] Re: Crisis-Thesis Corrupted

2011-05-12 Thread James
On 05/12/11 04:11, Kara Samantha Mcdermott wrote: Alright. My College Thesis has been corrupted. I am not fooling around here. My college education is at stake, and I am unamused, I have my document, and it is is bringing up the ASCII shenanigans. It has been corrupted- alright. I need it to

[users] Re: Crisis-Thesis Corrupted

2011-05-12 Thread James Wilde
Kara, was your thesis on language? //James On May 12, 2011, at 10:11 , Kara Samantha Mcdermott wrote: Alright. My College Thesis has been corrupted. I am not fooling around here. My college education is at stake, and I am unamused, I have my document, and it is is bringing up the ASCII

[users] Re: Crisis-Thesis Corrupted

2011-05-12 Thread James Wilde
Sorry, forget my comment. Crossed line. //James On May 12, 2011, at 23:44 , James Wilde wrote: Kara, was your thesis on language? //James On May 12, 2011, at 10:11 , Kara Samantha Mcdermott wrote: Alright. My College Thesis has been corrupted. I am not fooling around here. My

[users] Re: need help in email

2011-04-28 Thread James Knott
Ed Faris wrote: when i type a document in OOo.org writer and convert it to Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (doc) And send it in my outlookexpress email program, no one can read it. what am I doing wrong? How are you converting to doc? Are you just renaming the extension? If so, that will not

[users] Re: Install OpenOffice.org CD?

2011-04-26 Thread James Knott
atoet indria wrote: Could I Install OpenOffice.org on UBUNTU 10.10 using OpenOffice.org CD and how do that? Thank You Isn't it already included with Ubuntu? If not installed, you'd add it the same way you'd install any package in Ubuntu. --

[users] Re: cancellation

2011-04-25 Thread James Knott
mike hopper wrote: recently purchased your system but now realise that it does not fit my requirements, could you please let me know how to cancel and get credit. CB-openoffice-1 ClickBank order number HJMM276D thanks, M.Hopper This is a mail list for OpenOffice users. You'll have to contact

[users] Re: problem opening Open Office

2011-04-24 Thread James Knott
Hermann Vogelstein wrote: What do you think caused the problem and what can I do to fix it? Since I'm unable to open Open Office, I can't update it from inside the program. Should I go to the website and download the latest version, which is designed to work with Windows 7? If so, do in

[users] Re: problem opening Open Office

2011-04-24 Thread James Knott
bassoni...@aim.com wrote: So is it not more likely that the issue arose because of a recent event, such as the upgrade to IE9? I wouldn't expect IE would affect it. -- - To unsubscribe send email to

[users] Re: Auto Reply: Re: operateurs

2011-04-23 Thread James Wilde
I've contacted tehmurasp ghyara, who has promised that the OOO reply will be turned off within an hour or so. //James On Apr 23, 2011, at 11:53 , tehmurasp.ghy...@oracle.com wrote: Hi, I am out of office till 27th April, 2011 Call me if it is an urgent issue. (Mob: +91 9886 46 3370

[users] Transplanting configs from Mac to Linux OOo

2011-04-13 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I am using Mac OOo 3.2 and wish to transplant its Writer and Draw configurations into Linux (Debian) 3.2 OOo to avoid hundreds of tedious hours of redoing each config on Linux. I can easily grab OOo configs out of my Mac, but finding their counterparts to replace in the unreal

[users] Re: Can't access my account!

2011-04-13 Thread James Knott
You don't have to register to use OpenOffice.org. What symptoms (error messages etc.) are you getting? What operating system? You can try downloading and reinstalling from www.openoffice.org. Webmail petlove wrote: Dear OpenOffice.org: I really love using your program w/ my super

[users] Re: openoffice 3.3. ei toimi

2011-03-28 Thread James Wilde
Try the Finnish language list, Jaakko. The OOo site is down at the moment, but I would guess you'll find it at us...@fi.openoffice.org, but check that a little later, when the site is back up. //James On Mar 28, 2011, at 11:21 , Jaakko Nurmi wrote: Hei. Minulla on käytössäni XP ohjelma

[users] Re: [moderated]

2011-03-27 Thread James Knott
ROWENA NEWBERRY wrote: I have a desktop icon for Openoffice installation files, have done the installation wizard, but don't know how to access the actual programmes, I just get lists and lists of file, what else do I need to do? I completed the survey. I assume you're running Windows. If it

[users] Re: [moderated]

2011-03-27 Thread James Knott
I forgot to mention, you should check your computer clock. It appears you sent your message on Feb. 11, 2008. ROWENA NEWBERRY wrote: I have a desktop icon for Openoffice installation files, have done the installation wizard, but don't know how to access the actual programmes, I just get

[users] Re: USB downloadable device

2011-03-22 Thread James Knott
Micheal Jones wrote: Is there a way for me to receive a USB device to download open office. I have a laptop mini and its takes a while for me to download this program through wireless. Is there a better way? Can you not download it to USB at some site, such as work, library, friend etc.,

[users] Re: HELP!!!!

2011-03-16 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 16, 2011, at 18:22 , John Boyle wrote: On 3/15/2011 8:07 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/15 4:55 PM Lisa Dee wrote: Larry - While the advice you gave was helpful, I had figured that much out... That advice was from James Wilde. I forwarded it to you since you

[users] Re: Gmane

2011-03-15 Thread James Wilde
Well, I didn't see it Larry, so I assume it went straight through. I know there were plans that anything coming from gmane would go right through, since one has to sign in to use gmane. Looks like that has been fixed now. //James On Mar 15, 2011, at 16:13 , Larry Gusaas wrote: Testing

[users] Re: Gmane

2011-03-15 Thread James Wilde
Silly me, this is OOo. I'm not mod there! :*) (Clown smiley with red nose) //J On Mar 15, 2011, at 21:13 , James Wilde wrote: Well, I didn't see it Larry, so I assume it went straight through. I know there were plans that anything coming from gmane would go right through, since one has

[users] Re: Why is OO my default?

2011-03-15 Thread James Wilde
the original .ods, .odt file etc to Trash. Hope this helps. //James On Mar 15, 2011, at 13:37 , Lisa Dee wrote: I have installed OpenOffice on my MacBook Pro as a favor to my employer. Now every document, regardless of file extension, is automatically launched through OpenOffice. How do I change OO

[users] Re: Why is OO my default?

2011-03-15 Thread James Wilde
posters is now (if I'm correct) X-Sympa-To: users@openoffice.org On 2011/03/15 2:40 PM James Wilde wrote: Lisa, that's a Mac thing rather than an OOo thing. In Finder, mark a document of the type you want to open in something else, and right click on Get info. I'm going to assume you want

[users] transfer of spreadsheet files from Asus linux to Mac

2011-03-10 Thread James Moore
I want to transfer my .sdc files from Asus linux computer to mac open office spreadsheet. I have already downloaded the program to my Mac. Please tell me how to do this. I will be using a flash stick. Thanks James

[users] Re: Downloading Open Office for Windows 7

2011-03-03 Thread James Knott
arhurlb...@comcast.net wrote: Good Morning! I just purchased a new laptop and have been attempting to download Open Office. I can seem to get to a place on the website where it actually will let me download it. I know you have a new version but is the older version available in the

[users] Re: Sorry,I made a mistake

2011-03-01 Thread James Knott
miki maus wrote: I made a mistake when I recently by my mistake uninstalled Open Office for reason failed to print directly to printer. I realise after unistallation that the problem is in unplugged usb-cable(human mistake) not Open Office mistake.I feel sad now,because I feel great respect

[users] Re: Enquiry on license issue

2011-02-28 Thread James Knott
Sam Swaminath wrote: I am the user of ooo2.3. I have no problem in that context. I am using MSWindows XP IE7. To my surprise, I m not able to open up Microsoft and other Antivirus Web Site. I recently bought Mcafee online installation. But I am not able to open up the website to

[users] Suspect mail

2011-02-28 Thread James Wilde
- not unlike the original OOo site, but one wonders... //James smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

[users] Re: Suspect mail

2011-02-28 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 1, 2011, at 02:31 , Gene Young wrote: On 2/26/2011 2:32 AM, James Wilde wrote: I wonder if anyone else has received an email which dropped into my mailbox today, apparently fromnob...@openoffice.org with the header Welcome to openoffice.org. The content is as follows: Your

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

2011-02-24 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 25, 2011, at 08:26 , Dotan Cohen wrote: How does one select all the text in an OOo document? Edit - Select All only selects the current table or table cell. Thanks. Dotan, my experience is that if you place the cursor outside the table, everything will be selected. //James

Re: [users] Enquiry on license issue

2011-02-20 Thread James Knott
Yes, it's free to use in a commercial setting. You are free to install and use it on as many computers as you wish. You are also free to give it to others. Further, it's available for Linux, Windows and Mac, so everyone can use it. Ng Keng Peng wrote: Dear Sir / Madam, I am a home user

Re: [users] Fw: Internet connection

2011-02-20 Thread James Knott
While I don't know the cause of your problem and I don't know what OfficeSuite2010 is, you didn't have to pay to obtain OpenOffice.org. It is a free download from www.openoffice.org. There are some people, who take that package and then sell it. While this is not illegal, we frown on those

Re: [users] Typing Cursor jumps to new location during typing!

2011-02-09 Thread James Wilde
the mouseplate off. You might try this. I'll test it myself on my Mac laptop. //James smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [users] Typing Cursor jumps to new location during typing!

2011-02-09 Thread James Finnall
On Wednesday, February 09, 2011, Alvan Sweet wrote: To all users of Open Office 3, When I type, my cursor seems to randomly move to a new location causing my typing to be shown at areas that I do not choose! Is there a correction for this problem! It makes my typing a horror show, and

Re: [users] Cannot open a file

2011-02-09 Thread James Knott
Melinda Petzer wrote: Hi there. I created a file some time ago using Open Office. When I tried to open it now more recently, it seemed that the information was lost. I uninstalled Open Office and reinstalled it again in the hope that it might help, but still no luck retrieving the info from

Re: [users] Typing Cursor jumps to new location during typing!

2011-02-09 Thread James Wilde
On Feb 10, 2011, at 01:40 , Kathryn Darrah wrote: I suspect it's not the low battery but could be a poor USB connection, if the defect is within the laptop prt itself. We just bought a brand new mouse with it's own USB connector and the jumping around is the same with both meese. I just

Re: [users] Open Office.Org- 2 programs

2011-02-02 Thread James Knott
Hanna170 wrote: I noticed that when I am in a spreadsheet and I want to create a word doc I have to close the spreadsheet. I cant work in 2 separate programs at one time or am I just trying to open the second program incorrectly ?? You certainly should be able to work on different types

[users] Fwd: confirm unsubscribe from annou...@openoffice.org

2011-01-31 Thread James Graham
. The subscribed address is james.gra...@virtuallysafe.net. In addition I can not find an appropriate contact on the OpenOffice website. Can you please assist me by unsubscribing me or forwarding this message to someone who can assist - please. Your help is greatly appreciated. Cheers, James

Re: [users] unable to download

2011-01-31 Thread James Knott
RORY MACKAY wrote: Hello Open Office people, I would like to at least try Open Office and hopefully even contribute to on going development, however I can not download your software. I get a new page titled 404 - File not found. On that page are some suggestions, none of which work. operating

Re: [users] MSWord

2011-01-30 Thread James Knott
Lynn Emrick wrote: Is MSWord compatible to open openoffice? Yes. OpenOffice can read and write in .DOC .DOCX formats. Also, recent versions of Microsoft Office can read and write in the ODF format that OpenOffice uses by default. However, there are problems with Microsoft Office

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]

2011-01-30 Thread James Knott
jeff g. wrote: On 01/28/2011 12:55 PM, bobalethak...@gmail.com wrote: I just upgraded from 3.2 to 3.3. When I attempt to use Office Writer it will let me start then freeze and say, Not Responding. What can I do short of starting all over? Please respond. Bob firewall? What would the

Re: [users] MSWord

2011-01-30 Thread James Knott
Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/01/2011 14:13, James Knott wrote: However, there are problems with Microsoft Office writing to ODF that appear to be deliberate. It's not just writing TO odf, it's opening ods documents as well. All the formulae are converted to the last VALUE... ODF

Re: [users] Re: MSWord

2011-01-30 Thread James Knott
Larry Gusaas wrote: Microsoft Office for Macs 2008 2011 do not read or write the ODF format. Microsoft strikes again. Even with their own products, they can't offer true cross platform compatibility. Another example would be where the Mac version of Excel doesn't have the year 1900 leap

Re: [users] Managing Spaces

2011-01-30 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 31, 2011, at 07:08 , John Jason Jordan wrote: On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:10:49 + Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com dijo: At 19:55 30/01/2011 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: Actually, AutoCorrect is what I would use for all the issues, not just ' inc '. Typing will be faster

Re: [users] Open default document on startup

2011-01-25 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 24, 2011, at 20:13 , Dan Lewis wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 13:21 +0100, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 13:07 , Mike Scott wrote: Further to my earlier, it appears that what I have done is to configure OOo as though I started it on the command line with the parameter -writer

Re: [users] Open default document on startup

2011-01-25 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 24, 2011, at 20:13 , Dan Lewis wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 13:21 +0100, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 13:07 , Mike Scott wrote: On 24/01/11 09:54, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 09:56 , Mike Scott wrote: On 24/01/11 08:36, James Wilde wrote: OSX 10.6.6 OOo

[users] Open default document on startup

2011-01-24 Thread James Wilde
little folder of useful OOo tips. Now I want to change the template which is used at startup. I don't have one called simply Default which I could copy my chosen template over. How do I do this? I promise to save the tip this time. TIA //James smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic

Re: [users] Open default document on startup

2011-01-24 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 24, 2011, at 09:56 , Mike Scott wrote: On 24/01/11 08:36, James Wilde wrote: OSX 10.6.6 OOo 3.2.1 I'm sorry, I can't find this. Maybe I'm using the wrong search term. There was a thread in here once on how to make OOo start up in a chosen application, in my case Writer

Re: [users] Open default document on startup

2011-01-24 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 24, 2011, at 13:07 , Mike Scott wrote: On 24/01/11 09:54, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 09:56 , Mike Scott wrote: On 24/01/11 08:36, James Wilde wrote: OSX 10.6.6 OOo 3.2.1 I'm sorry, I can't find this. Maybe I'm using the wrong search term. There was a thread

Re: [users] Open default document on startup

2011-01-24 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 24, 2011, at 20:13 , Dan Lewis wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 13:21 +0100, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 13:07 , Mike Scott wrote: On 24/01/11 09:54, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 09:56 , Mike Scott wrote: On 24/01/11 08:36, James Wilde wrote: OSX 10.6.6 OOo

Re: [users] Open default document on startup

2011-01-24 Thread James Wilde
On Jan 24, 2011, at 20:13 , Dan Lewis wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 13:21 +0100, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 13:07 , Mike Scott wrote: Further to my earlier, it appears that what I have done is to configure OOo as though I started it on the command line with the parameter -writer

Re: [users] suggestion

2011-01-23 Thread James Knott
michael thomas wrote: Hello, Open Office use to be a free alternative to Microsoft Office, that did not hog up your computers memory. Now its just a free alternative... To Bad! I even tried re-install with the 2 programs I really use. I saved a whopping 1 MB! Would Be Nice To Only Download

Re: [users] Re: Can't Embed Movie File In Doc And No Link Menu Lit To Break

2011-01-23 Thread James Greenidge
On 1/21/11 8:15 PM, Quinn wrote: On 1/14/11 8:47 AM, Lance wrote: On 1/14/11 5:00 AM, James Greenidge wrote: My previous post involved OOo 3.3 under Mac 10.4.11. Now I find I can't even insert a QT mov file in a Write doc under 10.5.8 (just get a question mark frame), much less embed

Re: [users] suggestion

2011-01-23 Thread James Knott
webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Well, unless you computer is over 5 years old, you should be able to use a 1TB drive. Last year, I spent about $90 (CDN) for a 500 GB drive for my PVR, so even older computers can go that big. Of course, it's usually easy to add more drives and move the /home

Re: [users] Re: VERY slow saving over network in OOo

2011-01-19 Thread James Knott
Richard wrote: This is an Open Office problem but no one can give even a hint of a solution? The developers obviously dont give a shit. One thing to bear in mind is this is a users list, not developers. Also, given this was caused by a change of server, perhaps the problem is with it. One

Re: [users] Re: Can't Embed Movie File In Doc And No Link Menu Lit To Break

2011-01-18 Thread James Greenidge
Unless it's some kind of OOo folder permissions hang-up, the dysfunctional Link menu item for unlinking inserted mov.s is most likely a bug. You can try animated GIFs and PNGs in its place but forget any sound. Good luck. On 1/17/11 6:34 PM, Lance wrote: On 1/15/11 4:12 PM, James

Re: [users] HELP...sending documents to people

2011-01-18 Thread James Knott
Debi Banes wrote: Hello, What do I have to do when I email someone a document I created in OO and they can't open the document. I think it has something to do with the ext. I do not have Word or Excel although I have tried to change the extension to one of the other formats that OO

Re: [users] HELP...sending documents to people

2011-01-18 Thread James Knott
Vic Dura wrote: Or, assuming you have Windows, get yourself a PDF converter such as the free doPDF athttp://www.dopdf.com/ OOo already exports PDF. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

[users] Embedding image in HTML

2011-01-15 Thread James Knott
At work, I'm trying to set up a signature, for use in Thunderbird, that includes an image file as well as a clickable link. The link requires the use of an HTML file, but when I create one, the image doesn't show up in the signature, because HTML is simply pointing to the image file. Is

Re: [users] Embedding image in HTML

2011-01-15 Thread James Knott
Forgot to mention, I used Write to create the HTML file and Draw for the image. James Knott wrote: At work, I'm trying to set up a signature, for use in Thunderbird, that includes an image file as well as a clickable link. The link requires the use of an HTML file, but when I create one

Re: [users] Embedding image in HTML

2011-01-15 Thread James Knott
Try again (haven't had my morning coffee). That should be Writer, not Write. Forgot to mention, I used Write to create the HTML file and Draw for the image. James Knott wrote: At work, I'm trying to set up a signature, for use in Thunderbird, that includes an image file as well

Re: [users] Re: Can't Embed Movie File In Doc And No Link Menu Lit To Break

2011-01-15 Thread James Greenidge
On 1/14/11 8:47 AM, Lance wrote: I find this true on my MacBook running Leopard. It leaves a question marked shaded screen when you attempt to paste a video file in. It also happens when you load an old doc with a video insert which was created and played perfectly well in Tiger and Panther.

Re: [users] Embedding image in HTML

2011-01-15 Thread James Knott
Gene Young wrote: First, this is the Open Office user list. You would get better results on a Mozilla Forum. I am using OpenOffice to create the signature files. Second, the built in signature function does not seem to work with image files. I just tested it an id does not work. I have

Re: [users] question regarding default line space of CJK fonts

2011-01-14 Thread James Wilde
between the comma and the first character of the right block in QwnQuanYi Zen. I assume that you typed the two samples identically. //James smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

[users] Re: Can't Embed Movie File In Doc And No Link Menu Lit To Break

2011-01-14 Thread James Greenidge
mov files. Looks like I'll have to retrogress to a much earlier OOo to do the job it once did. On 1/13/11 12:04 PM, James Greenidge wrote: I'm trying to embed a QuickTime movie file into a Write document, and the Help instructions which claim to insert it then go to Edit menu to reach Link

[users] Can't Embed Movie File In Doc And No Link Menu Lit To Break

2011-01-13 Thread James Greenidge
I'm trying to embed a QuickTime movie file into a Write document, and the Help instructions which claim to insert it then go to Edit menu to reach Link and break the link there doesn't work because Link is not active. Saving the file only results in a small-sized document with a ? in place

[users] Re: [Bulk] Re: [users] How do I stop emails from users@openoffice.org

2011-01-09 Thread James Boatwright
Mr. Brown, I sent an Empty Message to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org; nothing back yet... RA Brown1/8/11 11:15 PM On Sat Jan 08 2011 20:47:49 GMT-0800 (PST) James Boatwright wrote: Fellows, Please show me how to stop getting emails from users@openoffice.org AND How to Un-Register

[users] How do I stop emails from users@openoffice.org

2011-01-08 Thread James Boatwright
Fellows, Please show me how to stop getting emails from users@openoffice.org AND How to Un-Register.. Thank you, James H. Boatwright

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