Re: [users] Mail Merge - No Tables

2010-05-21 Thread Troll/Idiot
by choosing Exchange database from the Edit menu. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] OT: What is Bottom Posting?/TSteel

2010-05-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
and not dogmatic about posting style. There are a few who are otherwise; every now and then they emerge in a pack to abuse unwary newcomers. After a while they turn on each other and return to their trees to ponder the strange primates that walk on the ground. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

Re: [users] OT: What is Bottom Posting? (was Re: [users] incomprehensible error message)

2010-05-10 Thread Troll/Idiot
dreamed of by George Mitchell http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8659894.stmto resolve this issue. Well said! Troll/Idiot Have a nice day! Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] OT: What is Bottom Posting?/TSteel

2010-05-10 Thread Troll/Idiot
before assuming it's granted. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] ATTACHMENT PROBLEM HELP REQUIRED

2010-04-26 Thread Troll/Idiot
in a format your correspondents can't read. If it's not necessary for them to be able to edit the documents, you might send them as PDF files. Just use the Export as PDF option on the File menu. Nearly everyone has Adobe Reader and can open those files. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

Re: [users] page numbering continuation

2010-03-23 Thread Troll/Idiot
. A master document is a better way to do it. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Database how to

2010-03-10 Thread Troll/Idiot
one to establish the proper context for Help, then look up Access databases on the help index tab. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h

Re: [users] Slightly OT: Booklet Printing

2010-03-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
inches high, portrait, for printing on U.S. letter size paper. Then the page and text won't have to shrink as it will if you use the 8.5 x 13 page size suggested in the tutorial. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e

Re: [users] Re: Slightly OT: Booklet Printing

2010-03-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
cursor in the last paragraph of the frame with First Page at the top, then hit the right-arrow key. The cursor should jump to the first paragraph of the frame with Second Page. The frames are linked so that text will flow naturally to the proper frame. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

Re: [users] Re: Re: Slightly OT: Booklet Printing

2010-03-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
frames in the help files, and maybe experiment a little with a simpler layout of frames to get a feel for what's happening. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-06 Thread Troll/Idiot
enlighten me? Many thanks Dave As others have mentioned, OOo files are already compressed. If you change the .odt extension of a OOo Writer file to .zip, you can un-compress the file and see what's inside. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

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

2010-03-05 Thread Troll/Idiot
/batchconv/download/BatchConv3.2-1.odt Sorry no time now to do more HTH laurent Thanks! A quick test converting two .docx files to PDF worked perfectly. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

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

2010-03-04 Thread Troll/Idiot
runtime error. Sub-procedure or function procedure not defined. Me too, code is displayed with this line highlighted -- aSettings = getConfigSetting(/org.openoffice.Setup/Product, false) From the function -- function getVersionOOO() as string Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

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

2010-02-27 Thread Troll/Idiot
haven't used them personally, but you can find them at http://oooconv.free.fr/index_en.html Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h

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

2010-02-27 Thread Troll/Idiot
, but sometimes it seems that posts with a link don't make it through. A search engine should find it. Tools from OOoConv, by Laurent Godard, might do what you want. I haven't had occasion to try them myself yet. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

Re: [users] page count test

2010-02-24 Thread Troll/Idiot
Variable, then a field Insert Formula with that formula PAGE - 1. You'll add whatever text you want before those fields. To get the PAGE - 1 result to display properly you will probably have to press the F9 (recalculate) function key. It all seems a little awkward, but it ought to work. Troll

Re: [users] page count test

2010-02-23 Thread Troll/Idiot
number control is set to 0. The first item in the header should be an inserted field for the variable Set page variable with on chosen in the Selection area and no offset entered. Replace the Page numbers field with the inserted field Show page variable. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

Re: [users] page count test

2010-02-23 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 23-Feb-10 09:12, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-02-23 9:36 AM, Troll/Idiot wrote: The 'bug' is a 'feature' to some - it has to do with simplex vs duplex prinitng. All books are printed with odd numbered pages on the right and even numbered pages on the left... What does the OP

Re: [users] Can one create a Master Document from a template?

2010-02-21 Thread Troll/Idiot
explaining the concept of master documents. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] style changes are NOT retained

2010-02-21 Thread Troll/Idiot
Selection. If you click on that you can choose the last option Load Styles... Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Can one create a Master Document from a template?

2010-02-21 Thread Troll/Idiot
. It is not immediately intuitive. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] set page number on existing page

2010-02-21 Thread Troll/Idiot
and styles for books at http://www.docsymmetry.com/layout.html The site is aimed at technical writers, but books of all types share many features. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

Re: [users] Master Document - chapter breaks

2010-02-19 Thread Troll/Idiot
a Page break with Default page style positioned Before the paragraph. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] style changes are NOT retained

2010-02-19 Thread Troll/Idiot
to create a new template (call it TB-Basic or something) and modify the default paragraph style in that template. When you start a new document you can specify that template and your default paragraph style should be as you previously set it. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

Re: [users] Serialized buttons

2010-02-18 Thread Troll/Idiot
on top of it, set background to white 100% transparency. Put field for serial number in frame. Just a thought -- haven't had time to test it thoroughly. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

Re: [users] Re: dealing with photographs

2010-02-16 Thread Troll/Idiot
Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Unacceptable personal attacks

2010-02-15 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 15-Feb-10 05:40, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-02-14 4:16 PM, Troll/Idiot wrote: Programmer In Training is attempting to continue the string of personal attacks in the various Top posting threads. I received the message quoted below directly. It is an excellent example of the kind of post I

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Top posting should be allowed

2010-02-15 Thread Troll/Idiot
to personal abuse, because as well as being wrong it is ineffective for encouraging a cooperative and helpful atmosphere on the list. I do respect the views of those who disagree with that last point and am willing to continue the discussion if they wish. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

Re: [users] Unacceptable personal attacks

2010-02-15 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 15-Feb-10 01:41, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 03:50:43PM -0600, Troll/Idiot wrote: On 14-Feb-10 15:44, Programmer In Training wrote: On 02/14/10 15:16, Troll/Idiot wrote: Programmer In Training is attempting to continue the string of personal attacks

Re: [users] Unacceptable personal attacks

2010-02-15 Thread Troll/Idiot
with someone who would invite such attack upon himself. The appropriately named Troll/Idiot (see below for a full justification of that claim) dragged it on still further: Yet another. You don't seem to be able to resist. Then Robert Holtzman commented: I've stayed

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Top posting should be allowed

2010-02-15 Thread Troll/Idiot
bad enough having people who consider personal invective an acceptable tool of discussion on this list; I'm not going to be their target on another! Troll/Idiot Invective is ineffective. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users

Re: [users] Re: Top posting/Bainbridge

2010-02-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
Nothing has changed, nor is it likely to. You can relax. I don't think the value of this thread to later readers will be decreased by mixed posting. You've expressed your opinion (about opinion) in a polite and civil fashion. That's what will keep the list functional. Troll/Idiot Your

Re: [users] Re: Top posting/Bainbridge

2010-02-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 14-Feb-10 09:40, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/02/14 7:28 AM Troll/Idiot wrote: Nothing has changed, nor is it likely to. You can relax. I don't think the value of this thread to later readers will be decreased by mixed posting. You've expressed your opinion (about opinion) in a polite

Re: [users] Re: Top posting/Bainbridge

2010-02-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 14-Feb-10 11:47, Gene Young wrote: Troll/Idiot wrote: Nothing has changed, nor is it likely to. You can relax. I don't think the value of this thread to later readers will be decreased by mixed posting. Troll/Idiot Your mother was right. Be polite. An open letter to Bruce Roorda

[users] Unacceptable personal attacks

2010-02-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
of thing is acceptable. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. On 14-Feb-10 14:01, Programmer In Training wrote: On 02/14/10 13:25, Troll/Idiot wrote: On 14-Feb-10 11:47, Gene Young wrote: snip There is no value to this thread. It has absolutely nothing to do with Open Office. You may think

Re: [users] OOo 3.2 available Do you like it?

2010-02-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
particularly bad luck in upgrades recently though NEVER from OO.o. David Teague Flames to /dev/null, please. Just installed it today - install was painless, recent file list was intact, 32MB Writer document loaded quickly, scrolls fairly smoothly through its 347 pages. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day

Re: [users] Unacceptable personal attacks

2010-02-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 14-Feb-10 15:44, Programmer In Training wrote: On 02/14/10 15:16, Troll/Idiot wrote: Programmer In Training is attempting to continue the string of personal attacks in the various Top posting threads. I received the message Really? I am? I don't see any personal attack at all. I

Re: [users] Re: Top posting/Bainbridge

2010-02-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
earlier in the discussion. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. Don't expect everyone to agree with you. On 13-Feb-10 02:05, Gordon wrote: Troll/Idiot poss...@softhome.net wrote in message news:4b762a68.7000...@softhome.net... Well, Brewster, you've chewed it over at some length on several occasions

Re: [users] Top posting/Troll/Idiot

2010-02-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
the same facts, different people will reach different conclusions, equally valid is not meaningless psychobabble. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. Don't expect everyone else to think like you do. On 13-Feb-10 03:37, Brewster Gillett wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 22:28 -0600, Troll/Idiot wrote: Well

Re: [users] Re: Top posting/Bainbridge

2010-02-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
. Those people should find another list where it's acceptable. Perhaps this list's guidelines should discourage that sort of thing. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. Respect others' opinions. On 13-Feb-10 10:06, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/02/13 8:33 AM Troll/Idiot wrote: We're not talking about

Re: [users] Top posting/Troll/Idiot

2010-02-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
I think we agree on that point. On 13-Feb-10 09:40, Brewster Gillett wrote: On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 08:43 -0600, Troll/Idiot wrote: Brewster, see my reply to Gordon's post, the part about personal attacks. bg: I'd like to think we were all perspicacious enough to be able to know

Re: [users] Re: Top posting/Bainbridge

2010-02-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 13-Feb-10 08:52, Programmer In Training wrote: On 02/13/10 08:33, Troll/Idiot wrote: We're not talking about books, but rather posts on an email list. snip Until now I've stayed out of this discussion because I feel I've already made my views known, but your choice in inviting

Re: [users] Top posting/Troll/Idiot

2010-02-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 13-Feb-10 09:44, Hal Vaughan wrote: On Feb 13, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Troll/Idiot wrote: Brewster, see my reply to Gordon's post, the part about personal attacks. I do apologize for assuming you were relatively inexperienced. I had made the unwarranted assumption that you were in your

Re: [users] Re: Top posting/Bainbridge

2010-02-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 13-Feb-10 12:26, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/02/13 11:32 AM Troll/Idiot wrote: Yes, I've read the list guidelines, But are still not following them. When replying to other people it is customary to intersperse your response with their questions Think of it as poetic license, done

Re: [users] Top posting/Troll/Gryllida

2010-02-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 13-Feb-10 12:30, Brewster Gillett wrote: On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 11:42 -0600, Troll/Idiot wrote: snip Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. Respect others' opinions. brewster: My last contribution to this thread; All opinions are *not* respect-worthy. I will suppress my natural

Re: [users] Top posting/Bainbridge

2010-02-12 Thread Troll/Idiot
. It's not just the newbies, the ignorant and the inexperienced. Troll/Idiot Have a nice day. Don't expect everyone else to think like you do. On 12-Feb-10 04:27, Brewster Gillett wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 18:41 +1100, Keith R Bainbridge wrote: Good afternoon all, particularly

Re: [users] Variable page headlines

2009-11-24 Thread Troll/Idiot
Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: What do you need to have be different in each header? It’s an alphabetically arranged book, somewhat like a dictionary, in which a “catchword” (for example the first three letters of the first or the last headword on the page) appears in the header. This means having

Re: [users] labeling figures

2009-10-15 Thread Troll/Idiot
James wrote: I have a bunch of pictures I added to a writer document. I want to refer to each one in the text (see figure 1), etc but want them automatically numbered and the reference in the text automatically updated if I move it or insert another..

Re: [users] headers

2009-09-16 Thread Troll/Idiot
steve kolars wrote: I need help with headers, and cannot figure out page numbering. I can make a running header with page numbers, but I do not want the page number to show on the first page. I cannot figure out how to keep the page number from printing on the first page. Thanks in advance,

Re: [users] How to sort mixed alpha numbers?

2009-09-10 Thread Troll/Idiot
Two possibilities come to mind -- 1. Put the text in one column and the number in the next. 2. Pad the numbers with leading 0's so all the numbers have the same number of characters USA 00084 USA 00604 USA 00275 USA 35024 USA 00103 USA 00116 USA 38747 USA 00072 USA 00040 USA 87549 USA 41001

Re: [users] Re: master document: header and footers

2009-08-04 Thread Troll/Idiot
william drescher wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: william drescher wrote: Brian Barker wrote: At 13:40 01/08/2009 -0400, William Drescher wrote: I have a master document/subdocuments. I would like to have a heading that spans all subdocuments and footers that are unique to each subdocument.

Re: [users] Avery 5160 label with graphic

2008-10-31 Thread Troll/Idiot
you can use to sychronize everything in all the labels. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [users] Writer won't display images, Graphics Objects is ticked

2008-10-22 Thread Troll/Idiot
] -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: your product

2008-05-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
exchanges when one group or another has tried to make everyone do things their way. And it's intelligent. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] Re: your product

2008-05-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/5/8 Troll/Idiot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Finally, an intellegent argument _for_ top posting! ? Finally? You've seen it before, often, in several of the many tiresome exchanges when one group or another has tried to make everyone do things their way. And it's intelligent

Re: [users] Re: your product

2008-05-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/5/9 Troll/Idiot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not only did you lie by implying that you'd never seen the argument before, you are also rather rude. I had not lied, and furthermore I had not implied anything. Please quote where I was rude, so that I can learn to express myself

Re: [users] Re: Re: your product

2008-05-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
(agrees/disagrees) withe (me/you); assemble it as you see fit. :^} Cheers, Some references were to exchanges that occurred before you joined the list, I think. Chances are the same subjects will come up again every now and then. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-04 Thread Troll/Idiot
. It's a complex world, and there are a lot of other pencil sharpeners out there. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] Writer: Ruled lines for handwritten text

2008-02-29 Thread Troll/Idiot
style with the underscore as the fill character for the tab and type a tab in every line. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. Dotan Cohen wrote: In a Writer document destined for printing, how does one add ruled lines

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2008-02-29 Thread Troll/Idiot
case the label printing feature specifying the Avery 8387 postcard, 4- 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 cards per letter-size sheet or Avery 5389, 2- 4 x 6 cards on a letter size sheet might work. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] NOT SATISFIED

2008-02-27 Thread Troll/Idiot
is charging for OpenOffice.org. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] cd booklet - I'm stumped

2008-02-22 Thread Troll/Idiot
will be different. If it prints both sides automatically, set it to flip the sheet on its left edge. Good luck. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] printing address labels

2008-02-04 Thread Troll/Idiot
At the very end of the first label, you need to insert a Next record field. Starting from the menu bar -- Insert|Fields|Other|Database|Next record -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] Transfer of address records to label sheet

2008-01-31 Thread Troll/Idiot
sheet. Keith Ellis Do you mean that you get a full sheet of labels with the same address on each label? If that is the case, you may need to insert a Next record field at the very end of the label text. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else

Re: [users] unable to download openoffice

2008-01-31 Thread Troll/Idiot
us as precisely as you can what you have done. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands

Re: [users] Marco - please stop trying to dictate the list's behaviour (was Re: [users] James K., may you please stop sending answers without meaningful subjects?)

2008-01-24 Thread Troll/Idiot
. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Marco - please stop trying to dictate the list's behaviour (was Re: [users] James K., may you please stop sending answers without meaningful subjects?)

2008-01-23 Thread Troll/Idiot
. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Uninformative subject lines

2008-01-20 Thread Troll/Idiot
as this one. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] ODM FILE: PROBLEMS

2008-01-18 Thread Troll/Idiot
will cause all the content to be saved in the .odm file. I suggest looking in OOo's help, too. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-01-18 Thread Troll/Idiot
or simply click on File Send E-mail as Microsoft Word. Also, if the recipient is not expected to edit the file, you can also export or send as a PDF file. paintered64 might also want to consider using .rtf format, depending on the version of Works run by his correspondents. -- Troll/Idiot

Re: [users] OpenOffice writer document can not be open as an attachment when sent to computer using Microsoft.

2008-01-17 Thread Troll/Idiot
file extension. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] I want to see a .odt doc. do I have to download Open Office

2008-01-17 Thread Troll/Idiot
documents, but you will still always be able to open them in the MS programs when you want to. Susan Clark -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] Conflicting with Norton

2008-01-16 Thread Troll/Idiot
and I've done it several times since then. And it's STILL doing the same thing. It just doesn't like something in that zip folder sigh Joseph It seems that some people just find Norton antivirus is slow and weird. You might want to try the AVG Free antivirus program. -- Troll/Idiot

Re: [users] Conflicting with Norton

2008-01-16 Thread Troll/Idiot
Well, you wouldn't want to rush to judgement ... Joseph (Ragweed) wrote: Slow I'm used to, nearly two days, I'm not. grin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Re: Conflicting with Norton

2008-01-16 Thread Troll/Idiot
or accepts only customers who trust his judgment. I don't see any reason to suggest that he is acting against either the wishes or the interests of his customers, nor to think that you would be one of his customers. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else

Re: [users] Page numbering and templates

2008-01-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
way I can start it at 1, and suppress the printing of page numbering on blank pages? Brian Barker already said most of what's needed. There's some additional useful reference info at http://www.docsymmetry.com/layout.html -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-01-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
or other folder. Open Impress and see if you can open the powerpoint file from there. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] Convert to `Word`

2008-01-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I convert an `Open Office Document` to `Word` and if so how? Open the document in OOo Writer, Click File on the menu bar, click Save as, then specify Word format in the drop down list under the file name box in the save dialog. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try

Re: [users] Where is Software I ordered?

2008-01-14 Thread Troll/Idiot
as you prefer. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Two questions about OpenOffice from a professional...

2008-01-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
Svyatoslav Zaborov wrote: Hi all! Why OpenOffice.Org Writer on the modern time is baby toy/editor for stupid aborigens/editor for silly stupid blonds? Your opening lines make it appear that you are trying to be offensive rather than either seriously asking for or offering help. -- Troll

Re: [users] need help

2008-01-13 Thread Troll/Idiot
own format - text [writer or notepad or .], or spreadsheet [impress]. On 13 Jan 2008 at 11:17, Howard wrote: Its just a jpeg that I saved after I copied it to my desktop. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] Re: Zip plus 4

2008-01-12 Thread Troll/Idiot
codes as text and enter a space as the first character. Five character and nine character codes work just fine, though it's a bit of a kludge. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] [moderated] v2.3.1 Update Problems

2008-01-09 Thread Troll/Idiot
://www.openoffice.org/ I don't see a torrent download option at all. I've always used GetRight (WinXP) -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] open office

2008-01-09 Thread Troll/Idiot
is .rtf (rich text format). A lot of word processors can use that. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2008-01-09 Thread Troll/Idiot
. Thanks Marv. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] No log in is necessary if you're downloading from http://www.openoffice.org/ -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] Question about installation files

2008-01-09 Thread Troll/Idiot
you. Laura Pickell It can be deleted. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [users] Open office writer

2008-01-09 Thread Troll/Idiot
?? _ Telly addicts unite! http://www.searchgamesbox.com/tvtown.shtml If the Word 2007 file was saved in .docx format older versions of MS Word won't open it either. Can you save it again in .doc format? -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences

Re: [users] Which program to use?

2008-01-09 Thread Troll/Idiot
the resulting image as a PDF file, some scanner software or image processing software will do that. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] Headers of a table in different pages of Openoffice.org Calc

2008-01-09 Thread Troll/Idiot
in the second page if the table is continued. Kindly let me know how to do this.. Put your cursor somewhere in the table and right click. Then click Table..., then click on the Text Flow tab and make sure the Repeat heading box has a check mark in it. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal

Re: [users] version 2.3 of openoffice.org documents not able to be read by MS office student/teacher 2007 (as file is corrupted)

2008-01-09 Thread Troll/Idiot
or .rtf format. If you saved them in the default .odt format, MS Word will not read them. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day. - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: [users] Lost Table in Write

2008-01-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
document. I tried to repeat his experience and found that merely saving the Writer document itself in .doc format was sufficient, and that I could open the document and view the pasted information in MS Word 2002. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else

Re: [users] Re: Lost Table in Write

2008-01-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
button and click on the Troubleshoot tab. (Don't get sidetracked by the Troubleshoot button on the settings tab page.) Hardware acceleration is controlled by a slider. Move it all the way to the left. -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite

Re: [users] Re: Lost Table in Write

2008-01-08 Thread Troll/Idiot
Bob Estes wrote: Troll/Idiot wrote: Hardware acceleration is controlled by a slider. Move it all the way to the left. Didn't help. I opened the .odt file and saved it as Word 97 .doc file. I then opened the .doc file with Word 97, and the table was gone. I really hate

Re: [users] bottom-posting Nazis go away! (was Re: [users] OOo and Linux/Troll/Idiot)

2008-01-07 Thread Troll/Idiot
Fred A. Miller wrote: On some lists I'm on, it IS policy. If you don't bottom post, you'll be warned once and after that you won't post. In fact, there's a number of lists I know of like that..one of them has well over 600 members. Fred Lists do vary. Most of the lists I'm on

Re: [users] OOo and Linux/Troll/Idiot- personal attacks

2008-01-07 Thread Troll/Idiot
Douglas Hinds wrote: The openoffice users list subscriber subscribed as Troll/Idiot posted to the list: I meant that as a joke and EXPLICITLY (shouting intended) said so. It wasn't funny. I'm sorry you didn't find it funny, but that really has nothing to do with whether it was intended

Re: [users] bottom-posting Nazis go away! (was Re: [users] OOo and Linux/Troll/Idiot)

2008-01-07 Thread Troll/Idiot
I think that's considerate rather than annoying and that it adds a much needed touch of humor to the subject. Dan Lewis wrote: (snip) And to annoy both groups, I have top and bottom posted this information. Dan I think that's considerate rather than annoying and that it adds a much

Re: [users] Disclaimer

2008-01-07 Thread Troll/Idiot
Douglas Hinds wrote: (snip) Lastly, I believe that any further discussion of this issue on this forum is detrimental to the purpose for which the openoffice users list was created. Any others sharing that opinion who wish to coordinate efforts to put an end to this otherwise interminable abuse

Re: [users] bottom-posting Nazis go away! (was Re: [users] OOo and Linux/Troll/Idiot)

2008-01-07 Thread Troll/Idiot
BTW - You, farmer from Possum Hill, and Mr. Clean M. Fioretti have given enough unintentionally comical stuff à la Laurel and Hardy (aka Stan and Ollie). It's high time to leave that playground now ... LOL. Some of it has seemed like a Laurel and Hardy routine to me, as well. It's good

Re: [users] Lost Table in Write

2008-01-07 Thread Troll/Idiot
it to myself and opened it in Word. It worked fine. Is it possible you could send the table as a MS Excel file? -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

Re: [users] Re: Lost Table in Write

2008-01-07 Thread Troll/Idiot
, and the table is still there. When you say the table disappeared from the file saved in MS format, were you opening the MS format file in OOo Writer or in Word? -- Troll/Idiot Don't try to impose your personal preferences on everyone else. Be polite. Have a nice day

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