[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

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] 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] 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.

[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

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-16 Thread James Greenidge
On 12/15/10 5:13 PM, m93s...@aol.com wrote: I am trying to uninstal OpenOffice but everytime I try it says: This administrator has put policies in place that prevent uninstillation Why is that? Sara Seasons Greetings! I THINK this also happens if you're running OOo on a home network and

Re: [users] Where does Linux/Mint OOo Store RGB Color Codes?

2010-12-15 Thread James Greenidge
On 12/13/10 7:28 PM, Daniel Lewis wrote: If you are using the version of OOo provided by Mint, the preset parts of OOo are probably located within the /etc/ folder. That is not what you want. You mentioned three locations for the standard.soc file, but you did not mention where the third

Re: [users] Where does Linux/Mint OOo Store RGB Color Codes?

2010-12-15 Thread James Greenidge
On 12/15/10 7:45 AM, Daniel Lewis wrote: James Greenidge wrote: In the immortal words of Captain J.J. Adams The damned thing's invisible!, I have you to thank for locating the files in question -- only visible in show hidden files mode! Like who'd ever know that, and Why?? Wouldn't it make

Re: [users] Where does Linux/Mint OOo Store RGB Color Codes?

2010-12-13 Thread James Greenidge
Bruce, thank you for your suggestions and we'll take it under serious consideration. It's just a shame that users and beta testers have to go it alone with complicated ad hoc remedies like this on issues which are basic programming knowledge to OOo programmers and writers. But by God, isn't

Re: [users] Where does Linux/Mint OOo Store RGB Color Codes?

2010-12-13 Thread James Greenidge
On 12/13/10 10:53 AM, Daniel Lewis wrote: Perhaps this will help: The color table is stored in /home/.openoffice.org/3/user/config/ in the standard .soc file. This is using the OOo version downloaded from the OOo website. The Mac version is home/Library/Application

Re: [users] Re: animated PNG format used in OpenOffice?

2010-12-12 Thread James Greenidge
On 12/12/10 4:47 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: Is there such a thing as an animated PNG file ? Animated GIF, yes... PNG ? I previously mentioned uncovering a file like this while salvaging and unzipping a corrupted Write doc with an embedded animation, and you can't tell what format such a

[users] Where does Linux/Mint OOo Store RGB Color Codes?

2010-12-12 Thread James Greenidge
Seasons Greetings: I'd be happy enough just being pointed to where Linux/Mint OOo stores its color code files so I can figure out how to replace it with the one from Mac OOo to save my home school the time and tedium of inputting over eighty custom non-Sun color codes. Thanks. Jim

[users] Transferring Mac OOo Writer Configs to Mint OOo

2010-12-11 Thread James Greenidge
Seasons Greetings! I wish to transfer my Mac OOo Writer configuration files into Linux OOo Writer (for Mint). The main Writer files in question would be toolbar.xml and standard.soc, but despite hours of poking and shoving through Mint's arcane OOo file folders, I can't find the Linux OOo

Re: [users] How does OOo store Writer images?

2010-11-29 Thread James Greenidge
On 11/28/10 4:37 PM, RA Brown wrote: That is strange as here it does. I opened a jpg in gimp, cut and pasted it into a new Writer document. Saved the doc then closed Writer open the ODT with Archive Manager and the directory is there with the picture, in PNG format. This all done under

[users] How does OOo store Writer images?

2010-11-28 Thread James Greenidge
A Write document is corrupt but I can use Stuffit to open it and get at the files but I can't find the very important images. Does OOo store then as PNG or PICT or JPG? Also, does OOo convert image files pasted into a Write doc? Thanks!

Re: [users] How does OOo store Writer images?

2010-11-28 Thread James Greenidge
On 11/28/10 10:04 AM, Daniel Lewis wrote: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 2010-11-28 15:03:15 skrev James Greenidge ji...@mac.com: A Write document is corrupt but I can use Stuffit to open it and get at the files but I can't find the very important images. Does OOo store then as PNG or PICT

Re: [users] How does OOo store Writer images?

2010-11-28 Thread James Greenidge
On 11/28/10 2:20 PM, Daniel Lewis wrote: James Greenidge wrote: On 11/28/10 10:04 AM, Daniel Lewis wrote: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 2010-11-28 15:03:15 skrev James Greenidge ji...@mac.com: A Write document is corrupt but I can use Stuffit to open it and get at the files but I can't find

[users] Unlinking Movs and Gifs to work alone in Writer docs

2010-11-20 Thread James Greenidge
This problem hasn't cropped up for years for me because only recently have I had to embed animated GIFS and Mov files within Write documents. Back then with OOo 2.4 I simply used Insert Movie Sound, and the Mov or animated GIF stuck in a document without any links, but now when I use OOo 3+,

[users] How Do You UN-Link Mov Files Embedded In Documents?

2010-11-19 Thread James Greenidge
This problem hasn't cropped up for years for me because only recently have I had to embed animated GIFS and Mov files within Write documents. Back then with OOo 2.4 I simply used Insert Movie Sound, and the Mov or animated GIF stuck in a document without any links, but now when I use OOo 3+,

Re: [users] Re: Re: Removing line breaks in Open Office writer, etc.

2010-11-14 Thread James Greenidge
Twayne wrote: In news:op.vl58celmxqd...@pb-laptop, Johnny Rosenberggurus.knu...@gmail.com typed: Yes, but I think there was some serious problem with that, if I recall correctly. The problem was that \n in the search field is Shift+b5 and in the replace field it is b5, but there is no way to

[users] Antiquated Portable Mac OOo

2010-11-07 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings! Despite Googling and Yahoo'ing, the most advanced version of portable OOo for Macs I've found is 2.0.1rc. Are there any more recent ones? Some unscrupulous sites claim they have portable Mac OOo 2.4 but bait-and-switch you with 2.0.1 instead. Much appreciate any help! Thanks

[users] Are There Any Recent Portable OOo For Mac?

2010-11-06 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings! Despite Googling and Yahoo'ing, the most advanced version of portable OOo for Macs I've found is 2.0.1rc. Are there any more recent ones? Some unscrupulous sites claim they have portable Mac OOo 2.4 but bait-and-switch you with 2.0.1 instead. Much appreciate any help! Thanks

Re: [users] Need To Copy OOo Configs from Tiger to Mint

2010-10-21 Thread James Greenidge
Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hello James, On Friday 15 October 2010, 16:21, James Greenidge wrote: Greetings: I want to spare myself the tedium of re-doing the configurations of my Tiger eMac's OOo 3.2 to an older iBook running OOo 3.2 in MintPPC since OOo doesn't import config files. I

[users] Need To Copy OOo Configs from Tiger to Mint

2010-10-17 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I want to spare myself the tedium of re-doing the configurations of my Tiger eMac's OOo 3.2 to an older iBook running OOo 3.2 in MintPPC since OOo doesn't import config files. I can grab the Open Office standard.soc file out of Tiger readily enough, but where does Mint OOo store

[users] Forcing OOo To See Fonts and Importing RTG Images

2010-10-02 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I am using a 1.25Hz eMac running 10.4.11 and OOo 3.2. I find when I import RTF files from another OOo machine that often OOo substitutes a font that it seems it can't find, even though if I go into OOo's font menu it's there ready to be installed. I'm wondering whether this might

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

2010-09-03 Thread James Greenidge
Hal Vaughan wrote: Doesn't anyone here have any experience or background on using OOo with as small a system as possible or with small systems? Hal On Aug 31, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: When OpenOffice states that 512 MB is a minimum requirement for operation and that 1 GB

Re: [users] Regarding Open Office Impress

2010-08-02 Thread James Greenidge
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: OpenOffice.org is not like MS Office with separate programs for separate tasks. Since much of the code for one applications have very much in common with code for other tasks the whole suite can be much smaller by reusing the same code where ever possible. This means

[users] Forcing OOo to load a RTF import's font

2010-06-01 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: Is there any way to config OOo to be forced to load any font in a RTF imported doc? Some fonts in such RTF docs don't show up upon importing, only showing a blank font label in the toolbar's font window although if you scroll you can find the font to re-load it. Is this a RTF

[users] OOo Imported RTF Font and Image Rendering

2010-05-30 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I have (Mac) Mariner Write RTF documents which contain the fonts Balzac, Aristocrat LET, English 111 Vivace among others, and when I import or open these MW documents into OOo these fonts aren't only not rendered in OOo but show up blank in the font window of the Formatting

[users] Stand-alone OOo Writer

2010-05-26 Thread James Greenidge
Re: Myself, I'd love to see a stand-alone OOo Writer that'd both run quicker and use less memory, especially in older Macs. The closest Macs have to such is the moribund AbiWord, which did a fair job handling OOo docs before it went belly-up. I hope OOo code is open source enough to allow an

Re: [users] More RTF problems

2010-05-25 Thread James Greenidge
Jerry Clancy wrote: We generate a lot of .rtf files. As it is a native format, MS Word handles them fine. However, on our main development system we have used OO Writer instead of Word. Today I noticed that Writer loads and interprets the rtf file OK but then screws it up if saved to it's

Re: [users] My be loved programer

2010-05-18 Thread James Greenidge
Khalil Nazary: My mother is legally blind and uses Dragon software to read e-mail and letters and compose stories on her old IBM Thinkpad via Word on MS Office, It was a frustrating learning curve for her to get used to it (need patience to train it to understand you) but it's quite

[users] BatchConv3.2 with OOo4Kids 0.9?

2010-04-14 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: Can BatchConv3.2 be used or modified for OOo4Kids 0.9? Thanks keep up the great work Jim in Queens NY - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

[users] How can OOo4Kids use BatchConv3.2?

2010-03-30 Thread James Greenidge
BatchConv3.2. Fabulous macro, but now the whole home school wants to use it on OOo4Kids on their G3 iMacs but it won't work! Since OOo4Kids runs much faster and smoother and appears much nicer than OOo 2.1 ()plus they like it better), is there a solution? Thanks for any tips! Jim Greenidge

Re: [users] Title Text Spectrum Morphing

2010-03-10 Thread James Greenidge
jonathon wrote: James Greenidge wrote:y my problem! The crux of my problem is figuring out what intermediate pallet colors transitioning from navy blue to salmon to use for each letter in the title heading. It sounds like a color matching puzzle a child would enjoy, but I lost talent

Re: [users] Title Text Spectrum Morphing

2010-03-09 Thread James Greenidge
Daniel Lewis wrote: James Greenidge wrote: Guy Voets wrote: 2010/3/8 James Greenidgeji...@mac.com: Greetings: I've a 18-letter document title that I'd like to color morph from navy blue with the first letter to deep salmon to the last, but choosing apt interval colors from the palette

[users] Locking OOo Window Size

2010-03-08 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I'd like to lock the size of my OOo windows (both Mail and Browser) so that they won't always cover the entire screen edge to edge to allow a tiny sliver of the desktop on the left side to be exposed where I can drag items off the OOo browser screen onto the desktop without

[users] Re: Resizing OOo screen - Ignore last message. Wrong mail list

2010-03-08 Thread James Greenidge
Pardons! Please ignore my last message. Was intended for Mozilla mail list! JimWG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Title Text Spectrum Morphing

2010-03-08 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I've a 18-letter document title that I'd like to color morph from navy blue with the first letter to deep salmon to the last, but choosing apt interval colors from the palette by eye seems too imprecise to exact a smooth properly hued transition. Is there anyway to imbue a line of

Re: [users] Title Text Spectrum Morphing

2010-03-08 Thread James Greenidge
Guy Voets wrote: 2010/3/8 James Greenidgeji...@mac.com: Greetings: I've a 18-letter document title that I'd like to color morph from navy blue with the first letter to deep salmon to the last, but choosing apt interval colors from the palette by eye seems too imprecise to exact a smooth

Re: [users] Colour Palettes:

2010-03-05 Thread James Greenidge
jonathon wrote: All: For those who like colour palettes that are too large to be useful, I've uploaded the most recent one I've created to http://rapidshare.com/files/359406571/color_palette_30.tar.gz.html If rapidshare isn't to your liking, I'll upload it elsewhere, provided doing so is

Re: [users] Recommended Best Batch .odt to .doc Converter

2010-03-05 Thread James Greenidge
Laurent Godard wrote: Hi all sorry for that problem. It works for me :( btw, i did a quick hack that will avoid this error and i updated the pages http://oooconv.free.fr/batchconv/batchconv_en.html the download link is ok direct access :

[users] Recommended Best Batch .odt to .doc Converter

2010-03-04 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings; I've come across several batch odt to doc converter macros, all very old and only do sxw and are cranky to get started. I'd like your recommendations on any that actually work. Thanks! Jim . - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] Re: Recommended Best Batch .odt to .doc Converter

2010-03-04 Thread James Greenidge
Andreas Saeger wrote: James Greenidge wrote: Greetings; I've come across several batch odt to doc converter macros, all very old and only do sxw and are cranky to get started. I'd like your recommendations on any that actually work. Thanks! Jim .. http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource

Re: [users] Recommended Best Batch .odt to .doc Converter

2010-03-04 Thread James Greenidge
Lars Nooden wrote: Jim, the best recommendation is to not waste your time with any of the old, undocumented, proprietary binary formats. That era is over. What problem are you trying to solve? Regards, /Lars It's not like I have a choice. If higher-up clients sniff on OOo and demand

Re: [users] Recommended Best Batch .odt to .doc Converter

2010-03-04 Thread James Greenidge
M. Fioretti wrote: Jim, I understand your pain! May I ask a general question, since I've covered these things recently (see signature)? What kind of clients are asking this to you? Public Administrations or private businesses? I ask because sometimes the first ones _may_ have to comply with some

Re: [users] Recommended Best Batch .odt to .doc Converter

2010-03-04 Thread James Greenidge
Laurent Godard wrote: Hi Your site is cool! Only thing is both 1.7 3.2 macros don't respond when I hit the Start BatchConv button. :( . I'm using a 10.4.11 PPC Mac with OOo 3.2 if that helps. It looks very well done though. Thanks for that unsung community effort! maybe macro protection

[users] Batch Convert .ODT Files Into .DOC?

2010-02-27 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: Need to convert several hundred .odt document files into .doc for the unwashed. Is there a batch conversion program or plug-in that could swing this? Thanks for any hint! JimWG - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Keeping RTF doc images in OOo imports

2010-01-27 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings! What photo format should I use in a RTF document which OOo will keep and render in the document when importing it? JimWG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] Re: Unable to embed video files in OOo Writer documents

2010-01-14 Thread James Greenidge
On 1/13/10 11:27 AM, NoOp wrote: On 01/12/2010 05:58 AM, James Greenidge wrote: Happy New Year I have PPC OOo 3.1 on MacOS 10.4.11 and despite the OOo Writers Forum and others, I just can't find a way to embed .mov files (1.5 meg) by breaking the link, which always remains ghosted

Re: [users] Unable to embed video files in OOo Writer documents

2010-01-13 Thread James Greenidge
On 1/12/10 4:19 PM, jordan force wrote: It doesn't seem to work on my imac either On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:09 PM, James Greenidgeji...@mac.com wrote: On 1/12/10 11:17 AM, jordan force wrote: I am assuming that you are trying to embed the video in a text document, is that

Re: [users] Unable to embed video files in OOo Writer documents

2010-01-12 Thread James Greenidge
Is there no solution? Only MS Office can do such? On 1/11/10 9:25 AM, James Greenidge wrote: Happy New Year I have PPC OOo 3.1 on MacOS 10.4.11 and despite the OOo Writers Forum and others, I just can't find a way to embed .mov files (1.5 meg) by breaking the link, which always remains

[users] Unable to embed video files in OOo Writer documents

2010-01-12 Thread James Greenidge
Happy New Year I have PPC OOo 3.1 on MacOS 10.4.11 and despite the OOo Writers Forum and others, I just can't find a way to embed .mov files (1.5 meg) by breaking the link, which always remains ghosted on the Edit: Link menu. A step by step on truly embedding videos would be most appreciated!

Re: [users] Unable to embed video files in OOo Writer documents

2010-01-12 Thread James Greenidge
On 1/12/10 11:17 AM, jordan force wrote: I am assuming that you are trying to embed the video in a text document, is that correct? On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:58 AM, James Greenidgeji...@mac.com wrote: These are stand-alone .mov files that I wish to embed in Writer documents without

[users] Unable to embed video files in OOo Writer documents

2010-01-11 Thread James Greenidge
Happy New Year I have PPC OOo 3.1 on MacOS 10.4.11 and despite the OOo Writers Forum and others, I just can't find a way to embed .mov files (1.5 meg) by breaking the link, which always remains ghosted on the Edit: Link menu. A step by step on truly embedding videos would be most appreciated!

[users] Can mov. inserts in docs be speeded up?

2009-12-02 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I'm using OOo 3.1.1 on a 10.4.11 Mac. I noticed that the animation in document files with mov. clips on a Mac moves somewhat more sluggishly than OOo 3.1 on a PC. Is there anyway to tweak the speed of a mov. in a document on a Mac? Thanks, JimWG

Re: [users] Can mov. inserts in docs be speeded up?

2009-12-02 Thread James Greenidge
newroz suer wrote: WHY THE HELL ARE U ASKING ME??? Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:33:05 -0500 From: ji...@mac.com To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Can mov. inserts in docs be speeded up? Greetings: I'm using OOo 3.1.1 on a 10.4.11 Mac. I noticed that the animation in document files

Re: [users] Replacing Tabs.?

2009-09-21 Thread James Greenidge
Lars Nooden wrote: Each line of the list starts with a tab - I want to get rid of the tabs. How can I use Search Replace to do this? One way to do that would be using regular expressions: Edit- FindReplace-More Options-Regular Expressions: Search for: \t

[users] How do you turn a single spaced Doc into double-spaced?

2009-08-26 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings! How do you turn a single-spaced Write document into double-spaced? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Double-space between paragraphs in single-spaced doc

2009-08-26 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings! I have a single spaced document and now wish to double-space between paragraphs. How do I do this? Thanks for any assist. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands,

[users] Most Advanced OOo for G3 Panther iBook?

2009-08-10 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings! I'm resurrecting a G3 iBook with Panther 10.3.9 installed. I know it'll be long in the tooth, but what's the most advanced OOo version I can put on it? Thanks, Jim - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] downloading Writer only

2009-08-04 Thread James Greenidge
M Henri Day wrote: 2009/8/4 Greg mrgj...@yahoo.com Dear Open Office, I am interested in downloading Open Office but I only need Writer. Is it possible to download Writer only? Thank you Greg, unless I am much misinformed, it is not possible to download only Writer - the OOo suite

[users] Re: Uwe: Want Full Color Page Without Affecting Text Margins

2009-07-26 Thread James Greenidge
James Greenidge wrote: Uwe Fischer wrote: In Format/Page, after you have set you margins to zero, go to Borders and turn Borders on. Set border colour to same as your background colour. Then set Spacing to contents to 1 inch or whatever width you desire for margins. Right. You can

[users] Want Full Color Page Without Affecting Text Margins

2009-07-23 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: In Write, is there anyway to have a fully colored background edge to edge without affecting the text margins? For example, if I set the page margins in Page Style Default to 0.00 left and right margins, I can have a colored page from edge to edge but also so are the text margins

[users] Can't Embed Media Files in Writer Docs Anymore

2009-07-19 Thread James Greenidge
then because non of the 2.0 versions are doing it under 10.3.9 for me anymore. It's crazy. I don't know whether newer versions of Java are inhibiting embedding or not, but its sure not like the old days! James Greenidge

[users] Re: Can't embed animated GIFs or mov.'s in Writer anymore

2009-07-19 Thread James Greenidge
I never had to insert a media file as an Object to embed it before -- which is moot since it still doesn't work for me and all I get is a big Plug-in icon pasted in my doc. The easiest way to check out whether your document's mov. or animated GIF is embedded or not is to check out the file

[users] Re: Can't embed animated GIFs or mov.'s in Writer anymore

2009-07-19 Thread James Greenidge
I never had to insert a media file as an Object to embed it before -- which is moot since it still doesn't work for me and all I get is a big Plug-in icon pasted in my doc. The easiest way to check out whether your document's mov. or animated GIF is embedded or not is to check out the file

[users] Can't embed animated GIFs or mov.'s in Writer anymore

2009-07-14 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I haven't done so for years, but recently I tried to inert an animated GIF into my Writer documents (Mac 3.00 and up under 10.4.11) and found out that it doesn't actually embed self-contained media files in the document anymore like the old versions did, but instead relies on media

[users] Finding spaces before/after paragraph returns plus

2007-09-02 Thread James Greenidge
search criteria) so something to shoot for in OOo. Meanwhile, can anyone explain, non-techie style, just how I can find spaces before or after paragraph or line returns? Thanks! James Greenidge Queens NY - To unsubscribe, e-mail

[users] Media Player won't do video

2006-10-19 Thread James Greenidge
, Motion JPEG-A but no show video. OOo Help states that it Player does play several formats but which? And which can be inserted a doc? Any help most appreciated! James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[users] Media Player won't do video

2006-10-19 Thread James Greenidge
, Cinepack, Motion JPEG-A but no show video. OOo Help states that it Player does play several formats but which? And which can be inserted a doc? Any help most appreciated! James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[users] How To Search For A Space Followed By Return?

2006-09-21 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: How does one search/find a space followed by a return in OOo? I can't make sense on doing this (if possible) in either the help menus or docs. Thanks for any assist. James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail

[users] On Stable Vs. Beta Versions

2006-08-23 Thread James Greenidge
a stable product, but how do OOo engineers and programmers define stable? A point-one bug rate? When there are zero bugs? (is this even possible??). Just like to know how and where the line is drawn between stable and beta. Thanks unsung OOo engineers keep up the great work! James Greenidge

Re: [users] Open Office for mac os 8.6 ??

2006-08-20 Thread James Greenidge
on a G3 and basic OOo? Thanks for any tips! James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Importing NeoOffice color palette to Mac OOo?

2006-08-19 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings! Subject line says it all. Is there any way to import NeoOffice's color palette table to Mac OOo's directly without having to go through retyping all those RGB codes of your dozens of custom colors? Thanks! James Greenidge

[users] Odd Courier Behavior

2006-08-13 Thread James Greenidge
the same way. Does OOo install a new different Courier font that overrides the basic Mac Courier font or is this just a behavior of OOo with these peculiar characters? Thanks keep up the great work! James Greenidge

[users] Applying Background Colors To Specific Documents

2006-07-23 Thread James Greenidge
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Re: [users] Fonts

2006-03-23 Thread James Greenidge
it makes it clone the line many times. HOW DO I GET RID OF IT? Turn off the feature via Tools AutoCorrect. Can't there be a way for OOo to accept asterisks as separators or partitions while keeping active the useful features of OOo? Thanks for all hard work you and OOo folks do! James

[users] Recommended OOo Cursive Font

2006-03-15 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I'm using Mac OOo and would like to know if anyone has any workable cursive fonts installed in OOo Write to recommend. Even after using Fondu, the closest font resembling a true cursive font I can find is CochinItalic. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! James Greenidge

Re: [users] resizing an image, keeping the proportions?

2006-03-15 Thread James Greenidge
Joseph Hogan wrote: I am making a document right now. I have had to adjust the image to fit beter into a certain part of the page. But, when I do this, it goes out of proportion. Is there a way to set OO to force proportional size changes to an image? Thanks Joe Joe: I think when you

[users] Animated GIF speed differences in OOo/Neo Write

2006-03-13 Thread James Greenidge
as animated JPEGs to insert OOo Write? (need better color rendering). Thanks, James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Animated GIFs/JPEGs In OOo Write

2006-03-12 Thread James Greenidge
appreciated! James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Is A OOo Screenwriting Template Possible?

2006-01-31 Thread James Greenidge
example of what I mean can be had at http://www.screenplay.com/products/mmscreenwriter/index.html. Just want to know whether such an OOo add-on is only whistling in the wind. James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [users] Data loss when saving file in rich text format

2005-11-26 Thread James Greenidge
if it is accepted. Well, if this is a bug and not just an omitted feature, then I'm utterly floored how on earth it's passed notice for so long, unless others thought as I did that was just an intrinsic inability of OOo! James Greenidge

[users] Re: Data loss when saving file in rich text format

2005-11-24 Thread James Greenidge
.* On the Mac, when you use Nisus or Mariner Write and save a document with images to RTF they create a single RTF file containing the image, not split them. So this image separation from a RTF OOo file would appear to be a OOo bug. James Greenidge

Re: [users] Data loss when saving file in rich text format

2005-11-23 Thread James Greenidge
is kept when the file is saved in rtf-format. Is there a work around ? Or does RTF regularly not save included graphic information ? Thanks Peter Schramm I've noticed similar separation of text and images with Mac OOo and NeoOffice. Took it for an intrinsic inability, not a bug. James Greenidge

[users] Need Help Installing Libfreetype

2005-11-14 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: Can someone walk me through the command line sequence for installing libfreetype-2.1.9-davidchesterpatch to help smooth out my Mac OOo 2.0 fonts? If anyone can it'd be greatly appreciated! James Greenidge

[users] Need MacOOo Courier 12 Screenshots

2005-11-10 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: I'm trying to resolve a Fondu installation/font issue with Mac OOo 2.0 and would appreciate any screen shots of Courier 12 on Mac OOo to compare with my Fondu results. Thanks a million for any assist! James Greenidge

[users] Three Asterisks plus Return = Unwanted double line

2005-11-06 Thread James Greenidge
of thought to unwittingly see three asterisks turn into double lines then have to go into AutoCorrect to deal with it. Otherwise keep the great work! James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [users] Three Asterisks plus Return = Unwanted double line

2005-11-06 Thread James Greenidge
it a bug! The software should lightly flag the user who unwittingly activates a feature they know beans about that such a feature was activated to avoid confusion and misunderstandings and worst false bug alerts. Thanks for your quickie response! James Greenidge

[users] Test MacOOo/NeoO Font-Line Spacing Differences!

2005-11-04 Thread James Greenidge
with a consistent Courier 12, 57 line, .3 top .8 bottom margin format. Any assist would be greatly appreciated! James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: [discuss] Re: [users] Manual available for OpenOffice.org 2.0

2005-11-03 Thread James Greenidge
to have a problem with helping OpenOffice.org generate a cash flow. Why is this? I'm STILL trying to figure out what the heck OOo and Sun gets out of giving away a MS Office beater absolutely totally free! You guys should move into the lux car industry next!! :-D James Greenidge

Re: [users] Mystery Missing F13

2005-11-03 Thread James Greenidge
are reserved. James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Mystery Missing F13

2005-11-02 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings: Why doesn't OOo or NeoO use or even mention the F13 key? James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Public Domain Font Resources For Mac OOo

2005-10-29 Thread James Greenidge
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 21:45 -0400, James Greenidge wrote: Greetings! Super-kudos to the Mac OOo 2.0 team! Keep up the great work! I'd like to know of any reliable public domain font sources for Mac OOo 2.0 (if it can't use Billmobile versions). I'm particularly seeking another version

Re: [users] Public Domain Font Resources For Mac OOo

2005-10-29 Thread James Greenidge
for the heads up! I'll check it out! James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Any Mac OOo Forums?

2005-10-29 Thread James Greenidge
seeking OOo friendly versions of Edwardian, Aristocrat, and Stencil fonts used in Mac applications but don't show up. Thanks, and good work to the Mac OOo team! James Greenidge - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[users] Public Domain Font Resources For Mac OOo

2005-10-28 Thread James Greenidge
Greetings! Super-kudos to the Mac OOo 2.0 team! Keep up the great work! I'd like to know of any reliable public domain font sources for Mac OOo 2.0 (if it can't use Billmobile versions). I'm particularly seeking another version of Courier font and some elegant cursive type fonts. Thanks.

[users] Writer Video Clip Recommendations

2005-10-26 Thread James Greenidge
than color!) which is visually much better but I'd rather have color for effect. Can anyone recommend a better rendering for an animated clip in NeoWrite? Thanks! James Greenidge

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