Re: [users] OK, I'm an Idiot - Template use

2009-09-30 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.30 20:10 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: OK, now I need to know how you set up the Default (or other) style for the later pages to include the page number in the header without having a page instantiated -- I can see where you can establish the header itself, but not its

[users] Picture anchor to frame

2009-09-27 Thread John Kaufmann
In a document I wrote are a large number of illustrations, most with captions. It seems that Writer always wants to put a frame around any picture with caption and, according to the OO documentation (Working with Graphics), any picture inside a frame should have To Frame among its Anchor

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-27 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 21:13 -0500, Barbara Tobias wrote: It may not be the most elegant way to do it, but it works for me to go ahead and compose the list and its surrounding paragraphs with paragraph breaks at the end of each list item. After starting the next paragraph, go back and

Re: [users] Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-27 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.27 12:35 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: I believe that you are saying that you want a paragraph that contains a list that is part of that paragraph. In other words, you desire for the list to be part of the paragraph. You will likely need to place the list in a

Re: [users] Picture anchor to frame

2009-09-27 Thread John Kaufmann
in the Working with Graphics document. Thank you, John In a message dated 2009.09.27 12:18 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 09/27/2009 03:06 AM, John Kaufmann wrote: In a document I wrote are a large number of illustrations, most with captions. It seems that Writer always wants to put a frame

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-26 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.26 00:07 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: - I can make the frame, and put the list in it; so far, so good. - I can anchor the frame to a character - but which character to make it stay where is belongs, ... The anchor is _as_ character, not _to_ character. An object

Re: [users] Mailing list

2009-09-26 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.26 08:46 -0500, Timo Lynch wrote: ... Before labeling those trying unsuccessfully as stupid, please consider that since it happens so many times there may be a problem. I have tried on numerous occasions to unsubscribe following the posted directions but without

Re: [users] Re: [openoffice] [users] Photos in DataBase

2009-09-26 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.26 12:31 -0500, jomali wrote: ... I am transcribing a cemetery and I need to be able to attach one or more photos to each entry I make. How do I do this? There is a tutorial on this at: http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1imag.htm Keith, I'm not the OP, but I took

[users] Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
A few days ago I asked how, in the OO worldview, one should properly separate paragraphs (Newline between paragraphs - the answer was No). After thinking about the consequences, I followed with a thread (Line break and justification withing paragraph?} that tried to ask a practical question

Re: [users] Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 02:38 -0500, JOE Conner wrote: ... The first few sentences of the paragraph describe the list, and then the elements are listed. One would like to treat this, spatially and conceptually, as a single paragraph. For such purposes Writer provides the

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 07:27 -0500, william drescher wrote: ... A paragraph with an embedded list. The first few sentences of the paragraph describe the list, and then the elements are listed. One would like to treat this, spatially and conceptually, as a single paragraph. For such

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 04:22 -0500, Bob Estes wrote: ... A paragraph with an embedded list. The first few sentences of the paragraph describe the list, and then the elements are listed. One would like to treat this, spatially and conceptually, as a single paragraph. For such purposes

Re: [users] Word spacing

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 05:34 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: ... OO recognizes, and tries to encapsulate, structural entities. With respect to text, those entities seem to be characters, lines, paragraphs, and OO provides formatting capabilities to independently adjust spacing of each of

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 08:15 -0500, Gene Young wrote: You format the relevant paragraphs [of the list] to have spacing no different from sentence spacing, ie; no additional spacing before or after. The list would be comprised of separate paragraphs for each list item as any list would

Re: [users] Word spacing

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 10:58 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: ... When you create a paragraph style, or modify an existing one, there's a tab in the dialogue labelled Position. Near the bottom of this tab is a heading Spacing that covers two lists and a check box. The first list has options

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 10:02 -0500, Gene Young wrote: You set the spacing before the paragraph following the list to be equal to the sum of the spacing before and after on the normal paragraphs in the document. You can add as many list items as you wish at any time you wish and the

Re: [users] Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 12:32 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: ... A paragraph with an embedded list. The first few sentences of the paragraph describe the list, and then the elements are listed. One would like to treat this, spatially and conceptually, as a single paragraph. For such

Re: [users] Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 13:41 -0500, Richard Detwiler wrote: I do what you describe a lot, but I don't feel any need to make the list items a single paragraph, and specifically to have the list items be the same paragraph as what is used to describe the list. I use a separate paragraph

Re: [users] Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 15:09 -0500, John Kaufmann wrote: ... isn't the whole point of OO styles to encapsulate formatting issues in styles that inherent document-wide attributes like paragraph spacing? ... er, that should have been *inherit* document-wide attributes... Please excuse

Re: [users] Re: Word spacing

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 15:01 -0500, Andy Lewis wrote: To increase spacing between words: Open the Find and Replace dialog, type a space in the Search for box then choose Find all. Then, while all the spaces are highlighted, go to Format-Character and on the Position tab expand the

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 15:25 -0500, Gene Young wrote: You set the spacing before the paragraph following the list to be equal to the sum of the spacing before and after on the normal paragraphs in the document. You can add as many list items as you wish at any time you wish and the

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 15:59 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: What is desired is that a paragraph with embedded list look overall like a paragraph without embedded list. This means, for example, that between the list description and list elements there be no end-of-paragraph spacing, while the

Re: [users] Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 17:13 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: Thanks for generalizing to post-list commentary [which I had excised from an already overlong question] - you have the point conceptually, and I think your answer is Writer's answer. But then: (a) Doesn't that mean we have at

Re: [users] Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 17:13 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: (b) If this is not the case for which Writer has the intra-paragraph line break, what is? I've never found a use for it myself, but I assumed it might have something to do with formatting poetry for a particular visual effect,

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 18:13 -0500, NoOp wrote: I've no experience with using lists (other than a few simple lines), but perhaps this might be worth a read: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Working_with_list_styles Great! - definitely

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 19:40 -0500, John Kaufmann wrote: In a message dated 2009.09.25 18:13 -0500, NoOp wrote: I've no experience with using lists (other than a few simple lines), but perhaps this might be worth a read: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation

Re: [users] Re: Paragraph with enclosed list

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 15:59 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: ... you could try a workaround of putting the list inside a frame: You can control the frame's spacing with a style, and it can be literally embedded inside a paragraph (anchored as character) to avoid the paragraph above/below

Re: [users] Inability To Enter Formatting Code in Find Field

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.25 20:52 -0500, James R. Liebert wrote: See http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7t=22725 for identification of deficiency. I hope someone more clever will show me how to enter a non-breaking space in the Find or Replace fields in respect to

Re: [users] Re: [openoffice] [users] Photos in DataBase

2009-09-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.06 19:54 -0500, Keith Bates wrote: On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 13:47 -0700, Susan Wallace-Masse wrote: ... I am transcribing a cemetery and I need to be able to attach one or more photos to each entry I make. How do I do this? There is a tutorial on this at:

Re: [users] Re: Word spacing

2009-09-24 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.24 12:27 -0500, NoOp wrote: ... OO [Writer] recognizes, and tries to encapsulate, structural entities. With respect to text, those entities seem to be characters, lines, paragraphs, and OO provides formatting capabilities to independently adjust spacing of each of

Re: [users] Newline between paragraphs?

2009-09-24 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.19 05:27 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: Does OO Writer deprecate the traditional practice of inserting a return (newline = carriage return = hard return = line break) between paragraphs? Traditional? Does that mean as beloved of typewriter users? ;^) I mentioned

Re: [users] Finding hidden formatting problems

2009-09-23 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.20 12:52 -0500, Gene Young wrote: Am just transitioning to Writer from other word processors.? Altho I clearly need to learn to more efficiently use Writer's styles, my vote is for a reveal codes option to identify when I have made some mistake and to help me

[users] Line break and justification withing paragraph? [Was: Newline between paragraphs?]

2009-09-23 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.19 05:27 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: ... In word processors, a hard return, created by pressing Enter (and the closest thing to the typewriter user's carriage return) is a *paragraph* break (or new paragraph), not a new line. Writer also has Shift+Enter, which

Re: [users] Re: Finding hidden formatting problems

2009-09-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.21 18:59 -0500, NoOp wrote: ... This will probably be of interest to you, and other posters in this thread: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3395 [Reveal formatting codes - Opened: Thu Mar 7 22:11:00 + 2002] Thank you! - this is a great find: so

[users] Word spacing

2009-09-22 Thread John Kaufmann
A couple weeks ago, in a thread begun by someone else (How do you turn a single spaced Doc into double-spaced?), an inapt answer to the OP's question - suggesting search-and-replace to turn all single spaces into double spaces - prompted me to ask about whether OO had no more elegant handling

[users] Refreshing imported graphics

2009-09-19 Thread John Kaufmann
When a picture is imported into a document, it has no frame unless one is explicitly created for that purpose - but when a caption is added to the picture, a frame is also added. However, that frame can be deleted without deleting the picture and caption - meaning that the caption is, as one

Re: [users] Newline between paragraphs?

2009-09-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.19 01:34 -0500, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Does OO Writer deprecate the traditional practice of inserting a return (newline = carriage return = hard return = line break) between paragraphs? If not, how can Writer handle the case where the end of a paragraph coincides

[users] Frames around pictures [was: Refreshing imported graphics]

2009-09-19 Thread John Kaufmann
[All: Please excuse that this question was originally posted under a misleading subject line - a consequence of the question shifting as I tested elements of the question while composing it - and then neglecting to change the title to match. I decided to re-post under a more accurate title,

Re: [users] Frames around pictures [was: Refreshing imported graphics]

2009-09-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.19 04:31 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: When a picture is imported into a document, it has no frame unless one is explicitly created for that purpose - but when a caption is added to the picture, a frame is also added. However, that frame can be deleted without deleting

Re: [users] Newline between paragraphs?

2009-09-19 Thread John Kaufmann
Brian, In a message dated 2009.09.19 05:27 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: Does OO Writer deprecate the traditional practice ... Traditional? Does that mean as beloved of typewriter users? ;^) Maybe ;-) Or traditional in the sense of people who came to word processors from vi/roff. [Yes, I

Re: [users] Newline between paragraphs?

2009-09-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.19 11:53 -0500, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Why would you have a return between paragraphs? Distance between paragraphs are not supposed to be made by returns, but rather by setting the ”before” and ”after” distance in each style. So the only return that should exist in a

Re: [users] Finding hidden formatting problems

2009-09-18 Thread John Kaufmann
jonathan, In a message dated 2009.09.18 02:14 -0500, jonathon wrote: makes the task predictable rather than frustrating, and quick rather than time-consuming. I'd argue that the task is very predictable, and easy, _if_ one pays close attention to what one is doing, and where one is doing

Re: [users] headers

2009-09-18 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.18 06:55 -0500, Lars Nooden wrote: ... I can make a running header with page numbers, but I do not want the page number to show on the first page. ... That is described here:

Re: [users] Finding hidden formatting problems

2009-09-18 Thread John Kaufmann
jonathon, Again, though I'm uncomfortable continuing to discuss another word processor on this list, I just can't let this go unchallenged: In a message dated 2009.09.18 18:18 -0500, jonathon wrote: Inasmuch as it was the wordperfect developers that admitted that reveal codes was forced on

Re: [users] headers

2009-09-18 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.18 18:40 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: ... I can make a running header with page numbers, but I do not want the page number to show on the first page. ... That is described here:

Re: [users] headers

2009-09-18 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.18 19:44 -0500, Richard Detwiler wrote: ... I can make a running header with page numbers, but I do not want the page number to show on the first page. ... That is described here:

Re: [users] headers

2009-09-18 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.18 21:48 -0500, James Knott wrote: When I first read about styles, it was in an article (book?) written by Solveig Haugland and learned about following page styles. Also, there is this document:

[users] Newline between paragraphs?

2009-09-18 Thread John Kaufmann
Does OO Writer deprecate the traditional practice of inserting a return (newline = carriage return = hard return = line break) between paragraphs? If not, how can Writer handle the case where the end of a paragraph coincides with the end of a page, such that the line return between

[users] Finding hidden formatting problems

2009-09-17 Thread John Kaufmann
constraints causing the pictures to be removed from their text (or is it vice versa)? For example: with WordPerfect one can Reveal Codes to solve such problems. What is the method with OO? John Kaufmann - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] Finding hidden formatting problems

2009-09-17 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi jonathan, In a message dated 2009.09.17 14:29 -0500, jonathon wrote: How should I go about finding the hidden constraints causing the pictures to be removed from their text (or is it vice versa)? You'll have to look at each picture, and see what it is anchored to, and how it is

Re: [users] Finding hidden formatting problems

2009-09-17 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.09.17 18:56 -0500, Andy wrote: Check out chapter 8 of the OpenOffice.org users guide at http://www.oooauthors.org/english/userguide3/writer3/WG3_published/0208WG3-WorkingWithGraphics.odt/view It has very good detail on working with graphics in Writer. Thanks, Pete!

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

2009-09-01 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.08.26 06:01 -0500, Richard Travers wrote: How do you turn a single-spaced Write document into double-spaced? Why not simply Search and Replace (Cmd-F), put one space in Search and two in Replace by, then hit the Replace All button (or one by one if you fear for some

[users] Editing picture captions

2009-08-15 Thread John Kaufmann
After importing a picture to a Writer document, and giving it a caption, my caption text is preceded by the words Illustration Number range Illustration: It's not clear why I get that nonsense text, and when I try to edit the text to remove the nonsense, I'm stymied: the Help just says You

[users] Does page wrap work in Writer 3.1?

2009-08-15 Thread John Kaufmann
Imported picture into document, tried to anchor to a paragraph, position to right, with text wrapped to left. In the context menu, this is apparently Wrap.. Optimal Page Wrap. (The Help, which knows nothing about Optimal, calls it Dynamic page wrap.) But the text does not wrap; nor does it

Re: [users] Editing picture captions

2009-08-15 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.08.15 04:28 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: After importing a picture to a Writer document, and giving it a caption, my caption text is preceded by the words Illustration Number range Illustration: It's not clear why I get that nonsense text, ... On the pane into which

Re: [users] Editing picture captions

2009-08-15 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.08.15 07:18 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: After importing a picture to a Writer document, and giving it a caption, my caption text is preceded by the words Illustration Number range Illustration: It's not clear why I get that nonsense text, ... It's not exactly

Re: [users] Does page wrap work in Writer 3.1?

2009-08-15 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.08.15 08:11 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: Imported picture into document, tried to anchor to a paragraph, position to right, with text wrapped to left. In the context menu, this is apparently Wrap.. Optimal Page Wrap. That's one option. Before, Parallel, and Page would

Re: [users] Editing picture captions

2009-08-15 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.08.15 14:20 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: Ah! Thanks! Then Illustration Number range Illustration: becomes, on instantiation, Illustration Illustration number: That's easy enough to understand. But what becomes of range Illustration? As I mentioned before, the

Re: [users] Does page wrap work in Writer 3.1?

2009-08-15 Thread John Kaufmann
Brian, Setting aside my continuing text/picture wrap problems (as mentioned in the complementary thread), I at least wanted to get back to you on these two points: In a message dated 2009.08.15 14:25 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: o If you select Wrap (first entry), it gives you, in a

Re: [users] General use in difference between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office

2009-05-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.05.22 06:00 -0500, Inbaraj Sammanasunathan wrote: Do any body can help me know the latest version of General use in difference between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office Document available. Are you requesting the difference(s) between OpenOffice and Microsoft Office

Re: [users] Base Users Guide ?

2009-05-05 Thread John Kaufmann
Drew, In a message dated 2009.05.05 17:47 -0500, Drew Jensen wrote: Just noted a new sign up at the OOoAuthors project - and she is interested in working on a Base manual. Seems long past time for the members of the project to pull together and get *something* together - doesn't it?

Re: [users] Base Users Guide ?

2009-05-05 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.05.05 17:57 -0500, Drew Jensen wrote: Sorry guys - sent that email to the wrong users list by accident. ¿How so? How else would we know about the project? - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] Need to delete files

2009-04-14 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.13 08:04 -0500, joyce battist wrote: When you go to recent documents it brings up a list. I have deleted most of those files but they are still on the list. How can I get the list to be correct and not have the deleted files listed. Running Windows? (If so, which

Re: [users] Does anyone know how to unsubscribe from the us...@openoffice.org?

2009-04-14 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.14 08:29 -0500, Shmual377 wrote: Does anyone know how to unsubscribe from the us...@openoffice.org? I have no need of the information being sent and have requested unsubscribe from users many times. That is, you have done this? To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Auto-everything confusion [Was: Auto caps confusion]

2009-04-13 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.13 10:22 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: I am typing the following paragraphs but the third para did not capitalize itself. What is the matter? When typing fast, how can I ensure it capitalize itself for the para this will be. This is nicholas. Study OpenOffice.org

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-12 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.12 08:15 -0500, James Knott wrote: Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux partition. ;-) ... But you don't *need* to use My Documents. You can have any program put stuff anywhere you like. You just need to remember to do it. I'm well aware of

Re: [users] OO's file Filter Selection pane

2009-04-11 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.11 03:23 -0500, Drew Jensen wrote: (2) How does one go about getting/making a filter for a Base file? With the 3.0 release of OO.o the format of Base files changed so as to conform to the ODF 1.2 Database Front-end file specification. OO.o 2.4.1 can read, but not

Re: [users] OO's file Filter Selection pane

2009-04-11 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.11 05:02 -0500, Michael Adams wrote: Trying to open a Base file (that was apparently corrupted in saving), First i'll make an assumption. As you are using the latest Thunderbird on Vista you are probably using the latest OO.o. Michael, thanks for being explicit

Re: [users] Re: OO's file Filter Selection pane

2009-04-11 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.11 16:16 -0500, NoOp wrote: OO opens instead a Filter Selection pane, which implictly invites one to pick a filter that handles that file type. As for the minor filter issue you have raised [that the list is unsorted] ... Try here: http://qa.openoffice.org/

Re: [users] [OT] Tim's Sig - was Re: Convert PDF

2009-04-11 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.11 20:26 -0500, James Knott wrote: If you have sufficient disk space, you can have both Linux Windows on the same computer. That way, you only have to boot Windows to use those apps that won't run on Linux. Incidentally, many Windows apps can run on Linux, by using

Re: [users] Re: OO's file Filter Selection pane

2009-04-11 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.11 21:00 -0500, NoOp wrote: Furthermore, if the intent is to sort by module, then why not (a) show only filters applicable to the module at hand, or (b) at least grey out inapplicable filters, or (c) at /least/ give module headings? I'm afraid that this list order

[users] OO's file Filter Selection pane

2009-04-10 Thread John Kaufmann
Trying to open a Base file (that was apparently corrupted in saving), OO opens instead a Filter Selection pane, which implictly invites one to pick a filter that handles that file type. This causes two problems: (1) One must find and choose the appropriate file filter from a Filter Selection

Re: [users] OOBase relations window: Which direction is the cascade?

2009-04-09 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.09 02:06 -0500, Ocke Janssen wrote: In Base's Relationship pane... how is the cascade direction determined? ... a typical concern is that if an Employee is deleted, the linked EmployeePhoto record is deleted - but not the other way around: One might need to delete

Re: [users] OOBase relations window: Which direction is the cascade?

2009-04-09 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.09 13:32 -0500, Drew Jensen wrote: That depends on the database you use. As Base itself doesn't care, the database has the responsibility to do the right. But that's my question: Base does not seem to care about direction - but that is the front end to the

[users] OOBase relations window: Which direction is the cascade?

2009-04-08 Thread John Kaufmann
In Base's New Relationship pane (Tools - Relationships), how is the cascade direction determined? Take the classic 3-table example of [Department - Employee - EmployeePix] with these relationships: Department (1) - (n) Employee(each Department record links to multiple Employee records)

Re: [users] Re: Typing accented characters

2009-04-02 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2009.04.02 04:49 -0500, Reinier Bakels wrote: ... Please note that Windows tends to switch keyboard definitions unexpectedly - if you have multiple keyboards defined (e.g. the US keyboard both as US international and native US). The solution is remove (deactivate) all

Re: [users] Base field types: how to handle ENUMerated values?

2009-04-02 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Drew, Thanks for that point of clarification re what is in HSQLdb, and how much of that is supported by the Base GUI. In a message dated 2009.04.01 17:12 -0500, Drew Jensen wrote: Before I give up, has anyone found a way to mimic this limited used of enum fields, and to dispose of that

[users] Base field types: how to handle ENUMerated values?

2009-04-01 Thread John Kaufmann
Trying to set up a problem resolution database, which includes a Problems table, I am stymied on a small but critical point: how to handle ENUMerated values in a Priority field (as in: 1=highest priority, 5=lowest priority)? I tried googling this problem and was not encouraged by the results,

Re: [users] Multiple page styles or formats in one document?

2009-03-31 Thread John Kaufmann
To all who replied to my problem, thanks and my apologies for a delay in acknowledgment. I subscribed when I posted that question, but apparently there was a delay in listing me as a subscriber and in getting list posts to my mailbox. Thanks to Richard and Brian for posting off-list in the

[users] Moving content from hierarchical list to non-hierarchical table cells

2009-03-31 Thread John Kaufmann
The situation: a hierarchical index (table of contents) of manuals: 1. Widgets [Manual 1] 1.1 Widgets overview [Manual 1, Chapter 1] 1.1.a. Widget arms [Manual 1, Chapter 1, Section a] ... for which the content only (that which is enclosed in quotation marks above)

[users] Multiple page styles or formats in one document?

2009-03-30 Thread John Kaufmann
How does one have multiple page formats in a Writer (or other OO) document - either with or without use of Page styles? [Example: a page without columns (that is, 1 column) followed by a page with two columns, followed by a page without columns.] I have tried: - Formatting one page, then

Re: [users] Columns deficiency? [Was: Newspaper style -- brain cramp ??]

2008-05-23 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.23 08:59 -0500, Uwe Fischer wrote: I've written some thoughts about columns in Writer pages in the OpenOffice.org Tips 'n' Tricks blog: http://blogs.sun.com/oootnt/entry/text_in_columns Thank you! That is a nice complement to Michele's answer. If I had seen it

Re: [users] Re: Character Encodings

2008-05-23 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.23 17:15 -0500, Michael Adams wrote: BOM may be used in UTF-8 especially where the character encoding is not declared in any other way. Some higher protocols do require that a BOM *MUST NOT* be used. http://unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#29 ? I don't get your point

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008-05-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.22 03:06 -0500, Dotan Cohen wrote: Don't forget to file a bug with Microsoft about the problem with Outlook Express so that they can fix it. Surely you jest? -- John - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Columns deficiency? [Was: Newspaper style -- brain cramp ??]

2008-05-21 Thread John Kaufmann
James, the OP has his answer by now, but I have a follow-up WRT your reply: In a message dated 2008.05.21 13:06 -0500, James Knott wrote: Click on Format Page. On that Page Style panel, go to the Columns tab and make your selection there. Isn't making Columns an element of Page format a

Re: [users] OO for Mac for Lawyers

2008-05-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.21 15:26 -0500, David Clark wrote: Nothing will match WordPerfect. Ever... And not just for legal work. [But I know I'm OT, and will go away now.] -- John - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Columns deficiency? [Was: Newspaper style -- brain cramp ??]

2008-05-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.21 17:30 -0500, James Knott wrote: Isn't making Columns an element of Page format a deficiency? How would one then set up, say, a 2-column block at the top of the page and then later a 3-column block? Well, if you're doing something newspaper style, you'd normally

Re: [users] Columns deficiency? [Was: Newspaper style -- brain cramp ??]

2008-05-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.21 18:44 -0500, Jonathon Coombes wrote: Isn't making Columns an element of Page format a deficiency? How would one then set up, say, a 2-column block at the top of the page and then later a 3-column block? ... if you need to mix the number of columns at a page

Re: [users] Columns deficiency? [Was: Newspaper style -- brain cramp ??]

2008-05-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.21 19:02 -0500, Michele wrote: ... How would one then set up, say, a 2-column block at the top of the page and then later [on the same page] a 3-column block? To obtain the result above I would use a section, or a frame. With both sections and frames you can define

Re: [users] Hi See the problem please - Classifying Ranges of Numbers in Calc

2008-05-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.19 07:40 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: S.No. Name Telugu Hindi English Total Percentage Grade Class 1 A 35 48 45 128 42.67% PASS 2 B 97 84 87 268 89.33% PASS 3 C 98 98 97 293 97.67% PASS 4 D 57 67 48 172 57.33% PASS 5 E 54 65 30 149 49.67% PASS How can we classify

Re: [users] Repet 1 cell in Range ?

2008-05-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.19 11:05 -0500, Jorge Gárate wrote: How can i repet data or one cell in several cell (example A5:A1000) using OOo ? Isn't it simply: - Select source cell - Edit | Copy - Select target cells (example A5:A1000) - Edit | Paste ? Or have I misunderstood your

Re: [users] OOo Functionality to Support e-mail

2008-05-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.19 12:16 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 19/05/2008 15:01, mike scott wrote: Bottom posting's fine - but please, please, please learn to snip! Most of what you quoted was quite irrelevant to your response. Could we keep just one thread from deteriorating into a

Re: [users] OOo Functionality to Support e-mail

2008-05-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.19 13:30 -0500, Manfred J. Krause wrote: 'Prize money for a good Thunderbird/OpenOffice.org project' ;-) http://ascher.ca/blog/2008/05/13/prize-money-for-a-good-thunderbirdopenofficeorg-project/ Great idea! Yes, the originating post for this thread - with the

Re: [users] Extra Dictionary

2008-05-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.19 13:57 -0500, jonathon wrote: or find another word processor. I'm sure the First Nation Consortium will love that. First Nation Consortium ? -- John - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: opening an openoffice.odt file in MS Word

2008-05-18 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.18 19:18 -0500, Twayne wrote: FYI Sun has a plug-in for MS Office that will let it open and save OOo native files, if that helps any. I can't find a link right now but it shouldn't be too hard to find on the SUN site.

Re: [users] Default

2008-05-15 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.15 03:44 -0500, Richard Bane wrote: How can I make Openoffice the default over my previous MS office, which is expired. On Windows? Control Panel Folder Options File Types tab If other OS, please specify. -- John

Re: [users] relative indent for paragraph

2008-05-15 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.15 11:36 -0500, Kenn Goutal wrote: Is it possible to define a paragraph style such that the before-text indent is relative to the before-text indent of the previous line ...? For example, suppose in a hierarchical document (e.g. one of those horrible army-style

Re: [users] Table formatting challenges?

2008-05-14 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.14 06:24 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: [Case:A] If you want the row height to adjust to its contents (and be no larger), [Action:A] select Fit to size and leave the height in the box at something suitably small. [Case:B] If you want the row height to adjust to its

Re: [users] Calc: how to set defaults like column width

2008-05-13 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.12 03:21 -0500, Dotan Cohen wrote: The OP was very specific in saying that he does not want to change the width of all the columns, only the width of columns that have not yet been changed. ... Real life scenario illustrating OP's concern: Opening a particular Calc

Re: [users] Calc: how to set defaults like column width

2008-05-13 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2008.05.12 05:24 -0500, mike scott wrote: It looks as though cells need attributes like default h/v size (which is /not/ what the existing tick-box is about!) - the attribute being set by default, and cleared if the size is manually altered. But you could ask the same for

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