[users] made her day, gave her OOo

2008-11-06 Thread web at work
Yesterday I met a lady visiting her parents in New York State. She has been living in Israel for the past 20 years. She loved recieving a copy of the English version of OpenOffice.org, that I carry around. She loved the fact that she could get a free Hebrew version as well. She worked in the

Re: [users] [Fwd: ezmlm warning]

2008-10-23 Thread web at work
From: John Boyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [users] [Fwd: ezmlm warning] To the List: Is this a valid message? What gives? :-( Original Message Subject: ezmlm warning From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the

Re: [users] Firefox-Add-on: OpenOffice.org Menu 1.2

2008-10-23 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Manfred J. Krause [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:20 PM Subject: [users] Firefox-Add-on: OpenOffice.org Menu 1.2 Hi, this could be of interest to you - OpenOffice.org Menu 1.2 Updated October 23, 2008 — 31

Re: [users] 4 Questions

2008-10-20 Thread web at work
free video players for Vista. It is simple to use. I hope that helped a little. -- Tim L. Elmira NY USA (web at work) retired, but working (volunteering) hard for not-for-profit organizations

[users] OTL files - Out Text files?

2008-10-20 Thread web at work
and JavaScripts for web sites or just plain TXT files types. SO can anyone help? Anyone used OTL files before? Anyway to get OOo to have one frame show the Outline Headings and another to show the text of that outlined section? Tim L. (web at work) who lost all of my DOS books (and much more

Re: [users] OTL files - Out Text files?

2008-10-20 Thread web at work
From: Dave Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: web at work [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:17:07 -0400 Here is a question. I have a Bible file in a OTL type of file. It is an Outline Text type of document. snip SO can anyone help? Anyone used OTL files before? Anyway to get OOo

Re: [users] Re: Locked addons in OOo 3.0

2008-10-18 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:52 PM Subject: [users] Re: Locked addons in OOo 3.0 On 10/17/2008 02:10 PM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: [snip] Manfred [1] see also

Re: [users] Reference material for the user...

2008-10-17 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/10/17 JOE Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just bought a new notebook computer. I asked a friend where I could get a reasonable word processing, etc. package for my new computer. He highly

Re: [users] Re: Locked addons in OOo 3.0

2008-10-17 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:52 PM Subject: [users] Re: Locked addons in OOo 3.0 On 10/17/2008 02:10 PM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: [snip] Manfred [1] see also

Re: [users] Re: Someone's version of OpenOffice.org is involved with a Spam Email

2008-10-14 Thread web at work
Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org colostore has been seen inthe parses of several spams here; it's obviously black hat from this end. I haven't seen them pushing OOo in my personal spam but that doesn't mean anything other than I'm not on that list. Haven't heard from them in

Re: [users] Access to OpenOffice.org website

2008-10-13 Thread web at work
Here are the three mirrors in the USA. ftp://openoffice.cs.utah.edu/pub/openoffice/stable/3.0.0/ ftp://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/3.0.0/ ftp://openofficeorg.secsup.org/pub/software/openoffice/stable/3.0.0/ - Original

Re: [users] Re: openoffice 3.0 ready?

2008-10-11 Thread web at work
Spiderman [EMAIL PROTECTED] web at work schrieb: Spiderman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 4:11 PM Subject: [users] openoffice 3.0 ready? Hi, I found some downloads of openoffice 3.0 final. Strange. They just can wait till the official release

Re: [users] No Arial Narrow Font?

2008-10-10 Thread web at work
Peter Hillier-Brook [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [users] No Arial Narrow Font? Jim Coffee wrote: Please help. I tried to open a PDF document today, and it told me it could not read the arial narrow font. I thought open

Re: [users] openoffice 3.0 ready?

2008-10-10 Thread web at work
. Tim L. Web at Work retired and working harder now than ever. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] openoffice 3.0 ready?

2008-10-10 Thread web at work
jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [users] openoffice 3.0 ready? On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 14:08, web at work wrote: Maybe one day OpenOffice.org will have an option to easily translate your document from one language

Re: [users] Is OOo3 RC3 ready for use?

2008-10-03 Thread web at work
From: Graham Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/10/3 Rob Clement [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Graham Smith wrote: 2008/10/3 Nicholas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just tried the OOo 3.0 (ooo_300m8), downloaded the EXE file and installed on wine running on Ubuntu Linux. There seems to be some problems in commonly

Re: [users] Newbie!

2008-09-22 Thread web at work
the laptop (online or off). Tim L. - web at work. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] when will RC1 go to final 3.0.0?

2008-09-14 Thread web at work
I just installed 3.0 RC1 I was wondering when it is expected to see the final release version, not RC1. I have installed both Beta and DEV versions, but I will not get rid of version 2.4 until 3.0 is completely done. I also want to give it out as quickly as possible to all those who have been

Re: [users] when will RC1 go to final 3.0.0?

2008-09-14 Thread web at work
James Knott wrote: web at work wrote: I just installed 3.0 RC1 I was wondering when it is expected to see the final release version, not RC1. I have installed both Beta and DEV versions, but I will not get rid of version 2.4 until 3.0 is completely done. I also want to give it out

Re: [users] Re: when will RC1 go to final 3.0.0?

2008-09-14 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Twayne . . . . Also I was wondering how long it will take to get a self install CD image for 3.0 to come out. I usually burn 10 copies at a time for giving it out to everyone I talk into trying it instead of using their MS suites. If I wait till the 3.0

Re: [users] Re: when will RC1 go to final 3.0.0?

2008-09-14 Thread web at work
From: Gene Heskett On Sunday 14 September 2008, web at work wrote: [...] I am waiting with baited breath. Catch anything yet? ;-) LOL!! AAaaarrrh! That's just awful! What's just awful? I think that depends on what he is using for bait. I've smelled some bait that needed

Re: [users] Re: when will RC1 go to final 3.0.0?

2008-09-14 Thread web at work
From: James Knott web at work wrote: - Original Message - From: Twayne . . . . Also I was wondering how long it will take to get a self install CD image for 3.0 to come out. I usually burn 10 copies at a time for giving it out to everyone I talk into trying it instead of using

Re: [users] Re: when will RC1 go to final 3.0.0?

2008-09-14 Thread web at work
From: James Knott Twayne wrote: I am waiting with baited breath. Catch anything yet? ;-) LOL!! AAaaarrrh! That's just awful! It appears you swallowed it hook, line and stinker! ;-) I am always fishing for new OOo converts. Hook them Pull them in and

Re: [users] OOo 3 How much disk space should it need

2008-09-05 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Anthony Chilco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [users] OOo 3 How much disk space should it need TomW wrote: Graham Smith wrote: Thanks both, This seems an amazing reduction in resource

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-08-20 Thread web at work
the most up-to-date file(s) from the web site. That is all I can help you with, I think. Web at Work - Original Message - From: James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] Sam Maggie

Re: [users] Making a simple HTML document

2008-07-21 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/7/20 Stan Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am trying to make my first HTML document using OOo. It is to be about as simple a document as could be imagined. I am stymied. The document is to be a series of photographs, each one

Re: [users] Re: PDF files

2008-07-17 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: JOE Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting, as my experience is a 5-second load for a six-page pdf containing only text. I am running XP-Pro w/SP2 and AMD Athlon 64 running at 2.21GHz and 960MB RAM. I am running Beta 300/m24 Build:9329. Maybe your Beta is

Re: [users] Re: PDF files

2008-07-16 Thread web at work
program and cut/paste to get the file into OpenOffice.org, then edit it and resave it in a new PDF file. It worked with earlier Reader programs, but I have not tried it with the latest Reader updates. Tim L. - aka Web at Work or should it be Web at Home Working

Re: [users] CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE?

2008-07-15 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [users] CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE? Fred A. Miller wrote: Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT MICROSOFT

Re: [users] WTF is this Britshcenter stuff?

2008-07-08 Thread web at work
I am getting a version from this center that come in Arabic. Since I am unable to read it and I will not waste my time running it through the translator, I delete it. I also get spam in Russian as well. - Original Message - From: Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [users] Re: What's Holding OpenOffice Back?

2008-07-08 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's Holding OpenOffice Back? Why doesn't free trump expensive? Every Microsoft product has a free, open source counterpart created by dedicated programmers who loathe

Re: [users] Re: What's Holding OpenOffice Back?

2008-07-08 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Lisi Reisz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org On Tuesday 08 July 2008 22:25:18 web at work wrote: IS there any place that tracks the totals and the market shares? I don't see how anyone _can_. I download each OOo version once and give it to all

Re: [users] WIn98/OpenOffice

2008-06-29 Thread web at work
Version 1.x worked for me Version 2.0 worked for me as well on my older machine that still ran Win 98 until the computer died aster a very long run. - Original Message - From: John G.McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 7:42 PM Subject:

Re: [users] OpenOffice disc images

2008-06-27 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: David Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [users] OpenOffice disc images On Jun 26, 2008, at 11:03 , James Knott wrote: I've noticed that the latest OpenOffice disk image is 2.4.0 (link

Re: [users] Publisher

2008-06-24 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: jonathon On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Sap wrote: I cannot find a counterpart to microsoft publisher. We want to make flyers and mailers and do not find a counterpart to publisher. It all depends upon what type of publishing you are trying to do.

Re: [users] Quick Reference Card for OOo

2008-06-18 Thread web at work
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Adrian Try wrote: [cut] The Writer and Calc cards are still available. I believe that the impress card is around half finished. Absolutely first class! I've printed and laminated these for several of my converts and I always have a set in my briefcase. I've been

Re: [users] Quick Reference Card for OOo

2008-06-18 Thread web at work
John Boyle wrote: Adrian Try wrote: Hi Yuantita In My Office now using OOo, and I as IT Trainer should training all User who's using OOo I need a Quick Reference card for all User. Where can I get that reference card and free? I'm (slowly) working on OpenOffice.org quick reference cards

Re: [users] Quick Reference Card for OOo

2008-06-18 Thread web at work
From: Mike -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 web at work wrote: | | I tried to download them from the above web site, but | the PDF files that are there are corrupted or something. | Adobe will not open them. They are exactly 1KB in size (each one). | | If anyone has a good copy

Re: [users] Newsgroup moderation

2008-06-16 Thread web at work
Thanks Jerry for the posting below. There is a social list created for the off topic stuff that he discribes below. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Jerry Clancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 7:08 PM Subject: [users] Newsgroup

Re: [users] Re: has any one used GO OO? / plus NYS to go Open Document

2008-05-29 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:21 PM Subject: [users] Re: has any one used GO OO? / plus NYS to go Open Document On 05/27/2008 04:05 PM, Michelle Konzack wrote: [snip] Why not use Key # to break threads?

Re: [users] Re: User Interface Language cannot be determined

2008-05-29 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Jim Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:34 PM Subject: [users] Re: User Interface Language cannot be determined Anthony Creswell wrote: I installed OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta on Windows XP successfully, and it

Re: [users] Microsoft and ODF

2008-05-22 Thread web at work
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3832 Here is another article. I say this one first. It talked like PC World scooped MS's anouncement. I had loaded FireFox with all of the MS/ODF articles listed on this list and will be reading them. MS is planning something. That is the only reason for

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008-05-20 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Jack D. Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack Jerry Clancy wrote the following on 5/20/2008 11:22 AM: Would somebody please tell me why virtually every post

Re: [users] Re: opening documnet

2008-05-20 Thread web at work
From: Jim Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jerry Clancy wrote: Oo can't even save to an old Office 2000-compatible format or read them well. I also receive an important newsletter created by the author in Word 2002 every day and Oo almost makes it unreadable because of the way it doesn't handle

Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack

2008-05-20 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [users] Posts from Michelle Konzack --- This email has a text attachement with the following plus a signature.asc file as well.

Re: [users] Re: Want Spreadhsheet Only

2008-05-20 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] NoOp wrote: No. Just as you cannot just install MS Excel as a standalone program, OpenOffice.org is an office suite. Excel is available as a stand alone program.

Re: [users] Re: opening documnet

2008-05-19 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:00 PM Subject: [users] Re: opening documnet Hi There - Even after converting my oo document to a .doc, my potential boss cannot open my resume when I email it to him. Any

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

2008-05-16 Thread web at work
From: Keith N. McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Bates wrote: Sammy Njuguna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/5/16 jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: OOo is a brilliant office application. It can do better. The way ahead is actually the way that

[users] What open source teaches publishers

2008-05-16 Thread web at work
I found this ZNet article. I think it has some good information about the Open Source concept of software, etc. It is a good read. What open source teaches publishers, posted by Dana Blankenhorn May 15th, 2008 http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2432tag=nl.e539

[users] Best version for Mac(s)?

2008-05-15 Thread web at work
Have anyone used the NeoOffice.org version of OpenOffice.org? Which one is better for a Mac PowerBookG4 PowerPC, OSX/10.3.9? How about an iMac? I have a friend that used Macs and I want to make sure I send her a CD(s) with the better version of the OpenOffice.org based software. I have the CD

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-05-15 Thread web at work
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I loaded several addons for Open Office, than decided I didn't need them. I uninstalled them through system add/remove programs. I now get the following errors when I load Open Office. I close each one the program finishes loading and I have no problems.

[users] What is happening to this list?

2008-05-15 Thread web at work
. More than one NewBee to OpenOffice.org in my area has questioned this list as a good way to get help, since there is so much off topic stuff listed here. PLEASE help clean up this off topic stuff from this list. Thankyou Tim L. --- aka Web At Work

Re: [users] RE: Impress: PowerPoint narration - save me from microsoft

2008-05-15 Thread web at work
Outlook Express does not do that problem - Original Message - From: Marshall Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Jack D. Lewis' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; users@openoffice.org Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:45 PM Subject: RE: [users] RE: Impress: PowerPoint narration - save me from microsoft

Re: [users] Re: new user nees HELP!!!!!

2008-05-14 Thread web at work
From: Fred A. Miller Dotan Cohen wrote: You'd be surprised at how many systems do not have a PDF reader installed. Plus Adobe Reader 8.1.2 for Windows takes up 130MB of disk space. In this case I think it better that the OP simply save the file in Word format for her _boss_ :-) I probably

Re: [users] Oh my... What will MS think of next The Ultimate Steal

2008-05-13 Thread web at work
From: M Henri Day 2008/5/13 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Oh my... http://www.theultimatesteal.com/store/msshus/ContentTheme/pbPage.microsoft_office_ultimate quote Hey College Students Seize the deal! Get Microsoft(R) Office Ultimate 2007 for just $59.95. It's a total steal: save time and

Re: [users] [moderated] PDF Editor

2008-05-10 Thread web at work
Some of those PDF Editors are good, but creates large files compared to Adobe. I have Adobe Pro 6 installed, but I also have 7 and 8. I like Adobe Acrobat Professional 6 over the the other versions. But, . . . . . . . cost is the thing for all of us. Just make sure you get the best of the

Re: [users] OOo 3 beta - Can you have 3.0 and 2.4 together?

2008-05-08 Thread web at work
From: Michele i just posted with the same query. I'd like to try the beta version, but unfortunately, i don't have a system i can play around with where i could simply ruin the installation. web at work wrote: I received the Beta 3.0 notice I would like to know if you can

Re: [users] OOo 3 beta - Can you have 3.0 and 2.4 together?

2008-05-08 Thread web at work
From: Michele I use XP Pro on main machine and Win2000/pro on backup It just occurred to me (after Julio mentioned it :-))) ) that there should be no problem in installing OOo2.4 and OOo3.0Beta in parallel. The link to the wiki I sent earlier is for people who want to install two versions

[users] OOo 3 beta - Can you have 3.0 and 2.4 together?

2008-05-07 Thread web at work
I received the Beta 3.0 notice I would like to know if you can have OOo 3.0 beta and 2.4 on the same computer/laptop? I know version 2.3 and 2.4 cannot because of the 2.x numbers. But could version 3.0 and 2.x can both be installed and used??? If not, I do not know if I want to use 3.0

Re: [users] Download time for open office

2008-05-06 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:03 AM Subject: Re: [users] Download time for open office 2008/5/6 web at work [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Subject: [users] Download time for open office Could you please

Re: [users] Download time for open office

2008-05-06 Thread web at work
From: Joseph Bit? Bytes? Is a bit a small bit of a byte or is a byte just a small bite from a bit??? Or maybe a bit is past tense of a byte??? Technology! Gr grimace GR is more proper, and I goofed with several computer degrees. Too basic to remember. You got BITS

Re: [users] Download time for open office

2008-05-05 Thread web at work
Subject: [users] Download time for open office Could you please tell me how big the Open Office download is. I have been downloading 5 hours on dial up! Thanks David Morgan David, how fast is your Internet Connection? To find out, if you do not know, go to this site.

Re: [users] Extras CD

2008-05-05 Thread web at work
Thanks for the below email It reminded me that I had to download a new ISO set for 2.4, since I had not download a version since 2.1 or 2.2 Thanks so much - Original Message - From: Chuck Fiedler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: OpenOffice users@openoffice.org Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008

Re: [users] Translate

2008-05-05 Thread web at work
Thanks for the sugestion for a free translator - Original Message - From: jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [users] Translate On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:29 AM, Michele wrote: There is no translation tool embedded in

Re: [users] Re: Free AVG8.0 Is Now Available

2008-04-30 Thread web at work
From: Jonathan Kaye Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:29 AM Subject: [users] Re: Free AVG8.0 Is Now Available JOE Conner wrote: Off topic, but of general interest, free AVG 8.0 is now available for home use: http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe general interest??? I don't think

Re: [users] New version of most complete free office suite is available

2008-04-30 Thread web at work
I am not KAMI but: I had to uninstall OpenOffice.org to get OxygenOffice installed buy I was back to OOo within the month. that is my two cents worth of help - Original Message - From: John Boyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:37 PM

Re: [users] New version of most complete free office suite is available

2008-04-30 Thread web at work
they did not, so you have to get to do it the hard way. From: Harold Fuchs On 30/04/2008 22:37, web at work wrote: I am not KAMI but: I had to uninstall OpenOffice.org to get OxygenOffice installed buy I was back to OOo within the month. Why, please? snip -- Harold Fuchs London, England

Re: [users] Re: Starting OpenOffice

2008-04-29 Thread web at work
I can download the 2007 templates and save them in DOC format. This fall when version 3.0 comes out, I may not need any MS Office product. As always, I am a bit long winded, blame the stroke. But, I hope I gave you some more to think about. TL, Elmira NY, USA or Web at Work (at home working

Re: [users] Office 2007 and OOXML

2008-04-23 Thread web at work
Ganesha Bhaskara wrote: web at work wrote: Everyone has their own opinions. Everyone sees the same facts and have their own take on what they actually mean. So. It is up to the user to decide. That is where it counts in the end. It is not as simple ... here is the reason (from one

Re: [users] Will openoffice work on the windows 98 operating system?

2008-04-19 Thread web at work
Richard wrote: Hi, I am on a student tech team for Messalonskee High School. One of the projects that the tech team is taking on is giving away computers to the people who don't have/cant afford a computer. We are trying to decide weather or not we should use Linux or Windows 98. I am

Re: [users] Re: OOXML

2008-04-19 Thread web at work
James wrote: Urbane Tiger wrote: $179 is a good price for a 500GB Western Digital external hard disk, and being available at the post office means it is widely available (unlike lots of cheap stuff, just ask anyone outside of metro areas). One would prefer it come with the far superior

Re: [users] Re: OOXML

2008-04-19 Thread web at work
Lindsay wrote: From: Urbane Tiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:21 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Re: OOXML On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:33:52 -0400, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Urbane Tiger wrote: Now that OOXML has been accepted by the ISO as a

Re: [users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-16 Thread web at work
. web at work -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1381 - Release Date: 4/16/2008 9:34 AM - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands

Re: [users] Can I Keep Microsoft Office?

2008-04-14 Thread web at work
James Knott wrote: Brian Lavoie wrote: I want to download Open Office, but will I have to remove Microsoft Office 2003? _ No, you can have both on the same computer. The only thing you'll have to watch for, is during the

Re: [users] Refund $11.95

2008-04-11 Thread web at work
From: jonathon On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM, James Carroll wrote: would like my refund of $11.95. For starters, ask the company that you paid the US$11.95 for a refund. All sending a request to this list does, is tell the world that you are oblivious to your financial affairs, and who

Re: [users] Re: PowerPoint text problem - shadowed text - more info

2008-04-09 Thread web at work
Subject: [users] Re: PowerPoint text problem - shadowed text - more info On 04/08/2008 06:29 PM, web at work wrote: additional info about this problem. Please start a new thread. ? ? ? ? ? ? This was my thread to start with. Why should I start a new thread? I am the one who needed

[users] PowerPoint text problem - word-art shadowed text

2008-04-09 Thread web at work
I was given a PowerPoint presentation that has a colored text that has a built in shadow. No built in the font, but in the presentation. When I view it in MS PP, then the shadowed text looks correct. Whe I view it in Impress, then there is no shadowed text and the text is just plain bad

Re: [users] Why I am unsubscribing from this list.

2008-04-09 Thread web at work
From: Lisi Reisz On Wednesday 09 April 2008 19:51:02 John Boyle wrote: I am unsubscribing from this list because of the arrogant attitude of those who, before making the decision to hold the alleged OOo conference in Beijing, did not bother to ask others for their opinion on where to hold that

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

2008-04-09 Thread web at work
I have been trying to dowload Open Office for more than four hours now and it still is not complete. I am on XP Home and would like to know how long this should take Depending on the server or mirror you are downloading from AND the Internet traffic between there and you AND how far

Re: [users] Compatability Issues with Office 2007 Documents

2008-04-08 Thread web at work
I have tired Oxygen. . . a few months ago and it did not read/write them well. Also when you try to read the resulting word document into the Word 2007 trial, it caused an error. I hope it is fixed now. It would be great if you could have both installed at the same time. I switched back from

Re: [users] OpenOffice issues with MS Office on same machine

2008-04-08 Thread web at work
From: Dave Caudle Subject: [users] OpenOffice issues with MS Office on same machine Is anyone aware of any major issues or drawbacks with using OpenOffice on a computer that already has a version of MS Office running? MS Office 2003 to be precise with Word, Excel and Outlook. I'd like

[users] PowerPoint text problem - shadowed text

2008-04-08 Thread web at work
I was given a PowerPoint presentation that has a colored text that has a built in shadow. No built in the font, but in the presentation. When I view it in MS PP, then the shadowed text looks correct. Whe I view it in Impress, then there is no shadowed text and the text is just plain bad

Re: [users] OpenOffice issues with MS Office on same machine

2008-04-08 Thread web at work
From: James Knott web at work wrote: I need to have MS Office 2003/Pro on my laptop for some of the people I deal with, since they will not switch to OOo. I also have OOo 2.4 installed on the same laptop. There are not real issues with having both on the same computer. The only problem I

Re: [users] OpenOffice issues with MS Office on same machine

2008-04-08 Thread web at work
On 08/04/2008 18:51, web at work wrote: From: James Knott web at work wrote: I need to have MS Office 2003/Pro on my laptop for some of the people I deal with, since they will not switch to OOo. I also have OOo 2.4 installed on the same laptop. There are not real issues with having

Re: [users] Mail merge - started from another thread

2008-04-08 Thread web at work
will have the ambition to re-learn how to do all of the stuff I use to do in the past. Oh well . . . . Just like the PowerPoint/Impress conversion problem in the thread I started for it. from:: Web at Work. . . . although I do not work for pay anymore. -- No virus found in this outgoing message

Re: [users] Compatability Issues with Office 2007 Documents

2008-04-08 Thread web at work
Issues with Office 2007 Documents On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:43 PM, web at work wrote: If you have kept up with the MS ISO stuff, you may have read something about MS may not support their own creation of their ISO standard format. May not? How about will not? One factor that the ISO

Re: [users] PowerPoint text problem - shadowed text - more info

2008-04-08 Thread web at work
additional info about this problem. The text that is the problem was created using the PP's word art options. Impress seems not to like word art text. Any help? - Original Message - From: web at work To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:11 PM Subject

Re: [users] OT: ebay rules for digital listing changed (no more selling OOo downloads)

2008-04-03 Thread web at work
I wonder how much it would cost to do what is stated below? The only time I sell a CD with OOo on it, is when I have it full of software and must cover the CD costs, plus any profit going to a local charity - stated so on CD. Selling OOo for $49 for just a prepacked CD, with no support to speak

Re: [users] Scrolling

2008-04-03 Thread web at work
Never heard of the throw or a two-way icon BUT I have a laptop with a touchpad and there is a section on the right that has an up arrow. Then below it small lines cut into the pad down the site. Then a down arrow. that is my scroll system instead of using a wheel on a mouse. I have not bought

Re: [users] About Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval, and other thoughts...

2008-04-02 Thread web at work
Below is an interesting comment. I would like to ask this question; who will pay for the marketing plan that is suggested? The Open Source concept is not geared to make money. Who will start collecting money to pay for a mass marketing plan that could get the message out there like MS does.

Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS -- Oh Really????

2008-04-01 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Steven P. Ulrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS -- Oh Really On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:35:10 -0400 web at work [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1

Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS

2008-04-01 Thread web at work
- Original Message - From: Pat Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A 10 minute download is long?? Aside from whether OO is a good

Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS -- Oh Really????

2008-03-31 Thread web at work
1. DOWNLOAD TIME TAKES 10 MINUTES 2. FAILURE AFTER LONG DOWNLOAD TO START 3. LOSE A FUTURE CUROMER DUE TO EXTREMELY DISIPOINTING LACK OF PERFORMANCE AND EXECUTION BY YOUR INEPT PRODUCT!! 4. NIM RECOMMENDING TO ALL MY FRIENDS TO STAY AWAY FROM YOUR FLAWED PRODUCT Hello, This is the

Re: [users] When did OOo 2.4 come out?-- PLUS online extention system failing

2008-03-28 Thread web at work
From: Cameron Smith Well the New OOo website is now a day old and the OOo release of 2.4 is a shorter than that. A new Web site hand in hand with a new OOo version. There the absolute latest and your one of the first to use both in mint condition. Cameron On 28/03/2008, web at work [EMAIL

Re: [users] Publishing from Open Office

2008-03-28 Thread web at work
Hello Writer of books OpenOffice.org can save your files in Word, but that is the end process. You wanted to use OOo for writing books, etc. Ever hear of Piers Anthony? He writes 4-5 books a year and he used OpenOffice.org on Linux to write them. He gave up Word a long time ago and has been

Re: [users] save pdf file as a wordfile

2008-03-28 Thread web at work
From: James Knott M. de Haas wrote: Hello, Is there a possibility to save a pdf file as a word file so you can make changes in the file? No. no not in OpenOffice.org I discussed this in another thread, but you can do only one thing easly. Cut/Paste the document in a PDF Reader and

Re: [users] version 2.4

2008-03-28 Thread web at work
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on 3/27/2008 4:19 AM: I should like to download the new version, but find I am unable to do so without tangling with p2p technology, which my computer does not appear to run and I do not wish to tangle with. I can do without a new load of technical and

Re: [users] save pdf file as a wordfile

2008-03-28 Thread web at work
Sexy Lena? well that is a strange name for a web site for help with PDF stuff. to each his/her own. . . . . http://sexy-lena.com/EN/?id=371424 On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could probably find a pdf to word converter on the inet. Here`s one

Re: [users] version 2.4

2008-03-28 Thread web at work
web at work wrote the following on 3/28/2008 10:11 AM: AND for those who say only download it from OOo's web site or its mirrors, I would have loved to download it from a mirror, but that page is either buried somewhere or it was lost in the move to the new web site. Since I was CC'd

[users] When did OOo 2.4 come out?

2008-03-27 Thread web at work
I was looking at the new OOo web site, and lo and behold, there was a version 2.4 listed for OpenOffice.org. I have been using 2.3.1 since it came out, but for some reason I never saw listed on this list the fact that 2.4 was out. As I write this, I am downloading 2.4 and am eager to install

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