Re: [users] Shortcuts for special characters

2011-01-23 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/22/2011 10:02 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:53:15 -0500 webmas...@krackedpress.comwebmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: How often do you need these special characters in your documents? I remember the Unicode option in Word. I like OOo's option better than trying to

Re: [users] suggestion

2011-01-23 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/23/2011 07:42 AM, James Knott wrote: michael thomas wrote: Hello, Open Office use to be a free alternative to Microsoft Office, that did not hog up your computers memory. Now its just a free alternative... To Bad! I even tried re-install with the 2 programs I really use. I saved a

Re: [users] Shortcuts for special characters

2011-01-22 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/22/2011 09:36 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:52:57 -0600 Barbara Dupreyb...@onr.com dijo: On 1/22/2011 6:25 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: OOo 3.2.1 (from OOo, no the repositories) on Fedora 14 x86_64. I've searched and I can't find how to set the shortcut keys for

Re: [users] Re : [users] Click on index entry takes to location in document?

2011-01-21 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/21/2011 06:21 PM, François Landry wrote: I'm not sure you have the good address. De : .pe...@aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net À : users@openoffice.org Envoyé le : Ven 21 janvier 2011, 16h 18min 49s Objet : [users] Click on index entry takes to location in

Re: [users] Re : [users] Click on index entry takes to location in document?

2011-01-21 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/21/2011 06:51 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 01/21/2011 06:21 PM, François Landry wrote: I'm not sure you have the good address. De : .pe...@aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net À : users@openoffice.org Envoyé le : Ven 21 janvier 2011, 16h 18min 49s

[users] how long till OOo 3.3.x - any ideas

2011-01-18 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
How long till the estimated release of OOo's version 3.3.x? I had a complete system crash so I got Go-oo back on my system thanks to Ubuntu's default repository. I got rid of it before and switched to OOo's web site's DEB package. Now I have to do it all over again. If it could be coming out

Re: [users] will I need to do the following . . .

2011-01-06 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/05/11 20:26, Dan Lewis wrote: On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 19:43 -0500, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 01/05/11 16:48, RA Brown wrote: On Wed Jan 05 2011 13:12:14 GMT-0800 (PST) webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I needed to know some info about updating/upgrading OOo in Ubuntu, since

Re: [users] will I need to do the following . . .

2011-01-06 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/06/11 11:19, Dan Lewis wrote: snip One thing I did not mention. First you need to remove all applications of Ubuntu OOo using Synaptic. (openoffice in the Quick Search box). Two things to check at the same time: the package name contains a reference to OOo, and the Installed version

Re: [users] will I need to do the following . . . .

2011-01-05 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/05/11 11:11, Vic Dura wrote: On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:56:18 -0500, Gene Young n2...@cfl.rr.com wrote Re Re: [users] will I need to do the following . . . .: I will give him 24 hrs then set up a filter that will auto reply to his personal email address for each one asking him what his

Re: [users] will I need to do the following . . . .

2011-01-05 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/05/11 16:48, RA Brown wrote: On Wed Jan 05 2011 13:12:14 GMT-0800 (PST) webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I needed to know some info about updating/upgrading OOo in Ubuntu, since I no longer use the repository version and its upgrading system. Can I get away with just running

Re: [users] Re: Strange problem with PDFs

2011-01-04 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/04/11 08:22, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: snip Then I made a PDF of a document I am editing: about 350 pages (500 kb). The fault was there. Then I made a PDF just of the offending page. The fault is not there. snip I do have a wonder about why you are dealing with such a large document in one

Re: [users] Re: Strange problem with PDFs

2011-01-04 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/04/11 17:25, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: webmaster @ krackedpress wrote: I do have a wonder about why you are dealing with such a large document in one file. I know from experience that is is much easier to deal with dividing it up into parts, like chapters or sections of an outline,

Re: [users] Strange problem with PDFs

2011-01-03 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 01/03/11 05:33, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: I have a strange problem with PDFs made with Openoffice on Linux (Ubuntu 10.10). Wherever there is an en rule (the short dash used in a span of numbers: Unicode 2013), in the PDF it takes the shape of (or is replaced with) a dash (Unicode 2014),

[users] will I need to do the following . . . .

2010-12-31 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
I see that OOo is on RC8. When 3.3.0 comes out, will need to do an uninstall of OOo Debian or can I just install the version of 3.3.0 and then not use the following: sudo dpkg -i *.deb cd desktop-integration I know that when I was switching over from Ubuntu's Go-oo in its repository, every

Re: [users] PDF

2010-12-27 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 12/26/10 15:12, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:46:36 -0500 David B Teague davidbtea...@comporium.net wrote: Hello David, Foxit Reader is WINDOWS ONLY, a fact that I did not know Look at; http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/index.php More than Windows d/l's there.

Re: [users] Openoffice 3.3 RC7

2010-12-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 12/08/10 04:35, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi, I have Openoffice Office Suite 3.3 RC 7 on Windows XP. We follow steps for Data Pilot. 1. Select all. 2. Data option Data Pilot and Start. 3. In Row fields we take Mask and Cause. 4. In Data Fields we take Cause (Count-Cause). 5. Save it in

[users] OOo 3.3 PDF embedded fonts issue?

2010-12-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
The following was stated as a new Feature of OOo 3.3: {quote} In previous versions, the standard PDF standard fonts (Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol and ZapfDingbats) were only embedded into the resulting PDF when the resulting file was of the PDF/A type, since the PDF/A standards requires

Re: [users] OOo 3.3 PDF embedded fonts issue?

2010-12-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 12/08/10 12:05, RA Brown wrote: On Wed Dec 08 2010 08:47:06 GMT-0800 (PST) webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: The following was stated as a new Feature of OOo 3.3: {quote} In previous versions, the standard PDF standard fonts (Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol and ZapfDingbats) were only

[users] Re: Returned mail: User unknown

2010-11-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
...@clearwire.net Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Remote-MTA: DNS; postoffice.(null) Diagnostic-Code: SMTP;550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal alias: dloveles...@clearwire.net Last-Attempt-Date: 2010-11-29 18:20:39 -0500 Part 1.2 Subject: Re: [users] Cassette Sleeve Template? From: webmas...@krackedpress.com

Re: [users] JPG format

2010-11-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/19/10 03:52, Michael Adams wrote: snip 2b. JPG is not the best image format for saving text and graph type data. It is a lossy format designed for photographs (the 'P' in JPG). This means that your data can be blurred. PNG on the other hand compresses all the information of the

Re: [users] Has labels support regressed in recent versions?

2010-11-16 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/16/10 16:23, Eric Wood wrote: In Writer (windows platform) I started a new label document (Avery 5963). The problems I have are: 1. The bottom margin doesn't match the top margin. 2. When you fill a label is doesn't automatically flow to the next label. Nor does CTRL-ENTER do to

Re: [users] Writer problem

2010-11-15 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/14/10 14:37, rsbtho...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Hi. Guys, I have a problem with printing envelopes. I have read how to do it but it does not want to print envelopes from the address on a letter i have typed. I don't need a mail merge type address list as most of my letters are once

Re: [users] changing OSes.

2010-11-13 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/13/10 13:53, Rich wrote: Who ever you are, I can't even spell Half of the words you sent me much less trying to read it and understand it. I just asked a simple question about how to change odp to jpg I'm not a computer wiz Thank you /---Original Message---/

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

2010-11-12 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/12/10 04:23, Clayton wrote: On 11/08/10 23:44, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: When I moved from Ubuntu's Go-oo version to Oracle's version on the OOo web site, I noticed that there is a new listing on the Gnome Panel Applications Office called OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

2010-11-12 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/12/10 13:27, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-11-12 8:37 AM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I typed in Printer Administration in the help option of OOo 64-bit Debain 3.2.1. I got nothing. For whatever reasons you got answers and I did not, it is not the issue at this time. Debian

Re: [users] I Have a half-recovered open office on Ubuntu 9.04

2010-11-10 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/10/10 05:55, Linda L. Hull wrote: We had a power failure, my UPS didn't last. When I try to open Open Office from either Applications Office or command line, it gets half way and stops. I have Ubuntu 9.04, and OpenOffice 3.01 I think. :~$ soffice -writer

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

2010-11-10 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/10/10 14:24, NoOp wrote: On 11/08/2010 02:44 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: When I moved from Ubuntu's Go-oo version to Oracle's version on the OOo web site, I noticed that there is a new listing on the Gnome Panel Applications Office called OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer

[users] OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

2010-11-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
When I moved from Ubuntu's Go-oo version to Oracle's version on the OOo web site, I noticed that there is a new listing on the Gnome Panel Applications Office called OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration. What is it used for? The Help section inside OOo 3.2.1 does not have any listing for

Re: [users] Partly off-topic question on web site design

2010-11-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/08/10 19:01, Richard Detwiler wrote: I'm looking into software for web page design. I have heard that OpenOffice.org is NOT a particularly good tool. (What are the reasons for this? I'm not very knowledgeable about web sites.) What would be some better applications for this task?

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration?

2010-11-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/08/10 20:50, Eric Wood wrote: On 11/8/2010 5:44 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I noticed that there is a new listing on the Gnome Panel Applications Office called OpenOffice.org 3.2 Printer Administration. What is it used for? The Help section inside OOo 3.2.1 does

Re: [users] Re: [VOICENWS] SW: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 GA released

2010-11-07 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/07/10 10:26, Maurice GUERON wrote: Hello Joachim, I have a bad bug in OOo3.2.0, which was not there in version 2.4. If I hit Format Page, the Styler panel opens up, for instance in the organizer tab. All the other tabs are ok. But if I hit the page tab, the program folds. There is

Re: [users] Price for Businesses

2010-11-07 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/05/10 12:10, James Watts wrote: Hello, I know that Open Office is free, and I was under the assumption that was for any scenario. But I was told that businesses may have to pay in-order to use it. I wanted to know if this was true and if so, how much does it cost? Thank you for your

Re: [users] printing a book

2010-11-07 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/05/10 05:26, Maria de las Mercedes wrote: Hello: I am a Openoffice user since 2007. I have not been able to find how to print a document in a book format. Could you help me please??? This is very essential in my work. Thanks a lot. María de las Mercedes What do you mean by book

Re: [users] White, outlined font

2010-11-05 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/05/10 00:00, Earl Melton wrote: I was quite elated to learn that Impress allows outlining of any font and, regardless of its color, automatically changes it to white with a black (default) outline. Subsequently changing the font color [only] changes the color of the outline/border. This

Re: [users] Desperate! Upgrade to Fedora 13 killed OOo

2010-11-04 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/04/10 12:47, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:54:20 -0400 Daniel Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com dijo: John Jason Jordan wrote: I need OOo working by tomorrow evening when I have a presentation to deliver. I had OOo 3.2.1 from openoffice.org installed and running fine on

Re: [users] Problem with Fonts ??????

2010-11-04 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/04/10 15:12, ChrisB wrote: I am new to OpenOffice.org and I hope this is the right place for my enquiry. I have replaced my MS Office with the Open one. I have a lot of documents that have been created with MS Word using mainly Times New Roman and Arial. When I open them with

Re: [users] Problem with Fonts ??????

2010-11-04 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/04/10 18:28, John Boyle wrote: On 11/4/2010 3:03 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 11/04/10 15:12, ChrisB wrote: I am new to OpenOffice.org and I hope this is the right place for my enquiry. I have replaced my MS Office with the Open one. I have a lot of documents that have

Re: [users] Broken Zotero

2010-11-03 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/03/10 13:14, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:27:01 -0700 Julie Flaming julie.flam...@gmail.com dijo: I've been having huge Zotero problems for months! Glad to know it's not just me. Not sure about any answers for you, though. 8-( I finally succeeded in getting Zotero

Re: [users] Broken Zotero

2010-11-03 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/03/10 15:36, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:34:14 -0400 webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: On 11/03/10 13:14, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:27:01 -0700 Julie Flaming julie.flam...@gmail.com dijo: I've been having huge Zotero

Re: [users] Broken Zotero

2010-11-03 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/03/10 16:15, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hello webmaster, On Wednesday 03 November 2010, 16:53, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: What happens if you close OOo, then using your file browser search for Untitled 1, and when you find it, delete it. Then relaunch OOo. I think OOo

Re: [users] Broken Zotero

2010-11-03 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/03/2010 08:05 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hello webmaster, On Wednesday 03 November 2010, 20:27, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 11/03/10 16:15, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hello webmaster, On Wednesday 03 November 2010, 16:53, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: What

Re: [users] Broken Zotero

2010-11-03 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/03/10 22:06, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hello webmaster, Sorry Did not work OOo keeps crashing due to a unexpected error I edit the file, I remove the file, but no go. then you have *another* type of error: it is not the recovery that tries to recover a file that makes OOo crash,

Re: [users] Re: Broken Zotero

2010-11-03 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/03/10 22:22, NoOp wrote: On 11/03/2010 04:27 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: ... using Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit version on a quad-core desktop. How do you turn off the quickstarter in Ubuntu? Start a new thread... this has *nothing* to do with Zotero. Nor does it have anything to do

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-02 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/01/10 20:55, John Jason Jordan wrote: I recommend that you install an additional desktop. After doing so you will have the additional desktop as a login option. The reason I recommend this is because it gives you an additional way to log in if you mess up something in Gnome and it won't

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as just

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/01/10 19:52, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:10:42 -0400 webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??

2010-10-28 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/27/2010 08:39 PM, RA Brown wrote: On Wed Oct 27 2010 17:05:23 GMT-0700 (PDT) webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Who is now in charge of the code our volunteers contribute? Who owns the rights to the code that is summited? With only Oracle employees in control of the open source code

Re: [users] Endnote 9 and writer

2010-10-28 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/28/2010 03:30 AM, Mathias Bauer wrote: On 10/13/2010 02:06 PM, Ekain Rojo Labaien wrote: Hello I just want to know if endnote 9 is available in open office writer like in Microsoft word 2003, if I can cite in my text and as always endnote create the bibliography. And is it possible to

Re: [users] Re: Open Offfice as replacement for Microsoft Office

2010-10-27 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/26/2010 07:22 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 25.10.2010 02:55, VITO MINNI wrote: Gentlemen I am looking to use open office as a replacement for microsoft office is this possible Regards, Vito Minni No, it is impossible to use any program as a replacement for MS Office and there

[users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??

2010-10-27 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
In an article from October 19th in ZDnet's online site, it states that it looks like Oracle is purging the OpenOffice.org community council of anyone that is not an employee of Oracle. It raises the point that with the only non-employees being forced/asked to leave, is the community council

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-10-20 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/19/2010 09:49 PM, James Knott wrote: Richard Stratton wrote: Greetings: I do want to be a part of Open Office, and have trie to download and utilize my new password, which I don't believe I have ever received. I can use some help in downloading and registering and utilizing the

Re: [users] convertion to AVI or MP4

2010-10-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/19/2010 02:00 AM, James wrote: Hello people, Somebody knows if is possible to convert files from *.odp direct to AVI, WMV or MP4? Or if exists a free software to do this? Thanks! Ricardo http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/autoscreenrecorder_free.htm I agree with this type of

Re: [users] Re: opening .doc files

2010-10-16 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/15/2010 11:10 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 15:56 15/10/2010 +0200, James Wilde wrote: So what does: Properties Load/Save Microsoft Office do if one clicks Load and/or Save beside WinWord? It influences only how object linking and embedding (OLE) objects within documents are handled

Re: [users] Re: opening .doc files

2010-10-16 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/16/2010 12:59 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:34 16/10/2010 -0400, Nobody Noname wrote: On 10/15/2010 11:10 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 15:56 15/10/2010 +0200, James Wilde wrote: So what does: Properties Load/Save Microsoft Office do if one clicks Load and/or Save beside WinWord?

Re: [users] OpenSuSE and Libò

2010-10-13 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/13/2010 12:02 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hello Carlo, On Wednesday 13 October 2010, 12:44, Carlo Strata wrote: Hi Everyone, this is my first TDF post! :-) I'm an active and long time OpenSuSE and Novell's OOo user and bug poster, too! Now, in my OpenSuSE daily updated 11.2,

Re: [users] Ubuntu 10.10 is out with OOo 3.2.1 included - finally

2010-10-11 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/11/2010 08:27 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 10/10/2010 14:14, webmas...@krackedpress.com ha scritto: Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ]. Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1 It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and Debian ] would update OOo

[users] Ubuntu 10.10 is out with OOo 3.2.1 included - finally

2010-10-10 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ]. Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1 It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and Debian ] would update OOo in their repositories more often than every 6 months. Yes, I know that people can download OOo in .deb and install it in a way

Re: [users] Re: MS Office and OOo

2010-10-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 10/08/2010 05:41 PM, Michael wrote: On 10/08/2010 03:46 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 8 October 2010 09:13, John Jason Jordan johnjas...@gmail.com wrote: This is just a point of idle curiosity. I have used OOo for many years, currently 3.1.1 (from OOo, not the repos) on Fedora

Re: [users] [moderated]font enquiry

2010-09-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
at my address of webmas...@krackedpress.com off this list and we can deal with getting you the font files for your system. I collected fonts for years and have over 100,000 in my collection. Most are fonts that are similar to others, but just very slightly different. There is many that have

[users] article: OpenOffice.org forsakes Oracle / Oracle own rights to the OpenOffice trademark

2010-09-29 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
Well looks like one tech news/blog site thinks that OpenOffice.org is doing some of the things I was wondering about. OpenOffice.org forsakes Oracle, forms new foundation and fork By Paula Rooney | September 28, 2010, 6:22am PDT ' At the time, I asked Oracle if it also intended to scrap

Re: [users] Open Office Forked!

2010-09-28 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 09/28/2010 05:30 AM, Michael Adams wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2010 19:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: The Document Foundation has released a beta version of Officelibre in order to fork from the possible proprietary way that Oracle is taking Open Office. Unfortunately the

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-09-28 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 04/28/2008 06:15 PM, ELLEN WESBY wrote: I want to download excel, word and power point from open office. But I'm having trouble after I download what do I go into to open up these items. Any reason that this person's system is over TWO years out of date? Had to go to the very back of

Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3/3.1/3.2 VERSIONS

2010-09-24 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 09/24/2010 05:50 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: Il 24/09/2010 08:04, Sam Swaminath ha scritto: ANY USER WHO CAN GUIDE ME!!! SIR, I AM A GENUINE MS WINDOWS XP USER.I HAD ALSO OPEN OFFICE ORG 2.3 WITH ME ALL THESE DAYS. IT WAS WORKING VERY NICELY. SUDDENLY, DUE TO MY MADNESS, I

Re: [users] OOo users at Linux Fest in Columbus Ohio

2010-09-20 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 09/20/2010 08:00 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 09/15/2010 10:44 AM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Wish I was there. I lived there in the late 70's and early 80's. Downtown not too big, but there was a lot of shopping malls and you could find almost anything you needed

Re: [users] Importing (or otherwise) MS Office templates

2010-09-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 09/19/2010 06:42 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I have a number of templates created in MS Office 2007, mainly Word templates. Is there a correct way to get these templates onto Open Office? Thanks I stick to Word 2003 or earlier ones. Many of the 2007 templates do not import/open

Re: [users] Cassette Sleeve Template?

2010-09-16 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 09/16/2010 11:22 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 09:21 16/09/2010 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: ... old fashioned audio cassette - you know, the ones that came* in c60 (1 hour, 1/2 hour per side), c90 and c120 for recording from one's radio? [...] * I use the past tense because I can't find

Re: [users] RE: Cassette Sleeve Template?

2010-09-16 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 09/16/2010 03:15 PM, Dorothy Fuchs wrote: Harold, I think I know what you're looking for; here's a URL to a Microsoft template for music (hope referring to that site doesn't get me removed from this list): http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT010144468.aspx#ai:TC001012999|

Re: [users] info

2010-09-16 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 09/16/2010 04:03 PM, James Knott wrote: SICKIDOG wrote: hi can this be gotten on a cd ti install and do you have a phine number ti call for help You can buy CDs from the vendors listed here: http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom Make sure you get the latest

Re: [users] OOo users at Linux Fest in Columbus Ohio

2010-09-15 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 09/14/2010 09:54 AM, Drew wrote: Higher quality file of this clip ~43 meg for download at: ooops - that URL is actually http://oucv.org/olf/ooo-intro.ogg Wish I was there. I lived there in the late 70's and early 80's. Downtown not too big, but there was a lot of shopping

Re: [users] Avery Template Issues

2010-08-29 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 08/28/2010 12:26 AM, Robert Pitts wrote: I am a home user who has been attempting to use the label maker function in OpenOffice 3.2.1, specifically for Avery products. The label maker does not produce a label page correctly. The top margin typically comes out twice as big (if I ask

Re: [users] Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-26 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 08/26/2010 03:29 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 22/08/2010 20:37, AG wrote: I must say that this seems like a very over involved rigamarole to go through each time I might want to create some watermark text in a document. Is the OOo development team likely to consider making this

Re: [users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-26 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 08/26/2010 05:56 PM, John Kaufmann wrote: snip That's an intriguing idea, but I do not see a clean way to do it (which would of course be part of the process of making a frame-based watermark). That probably reflects my ignorance about details of using Writer. Assuming we can accept a

Re: [users] Why register Db? - thanks for the thread support

2010-08-01 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 02:04 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Today was the first time anyone has ever given me these instructions, the ones listed on the site. How long have I been asking for this kind of help? Feb 2010 or earlier? This is the *generic* ooo-users list

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum. Hope I do it right. While I have often used OOo Writer and Calc in Windows, I had never opened Base. The subject line was

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 12:50 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/07/10 17:45, jomali wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:28 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 01:31 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: snip Follow these instructions to get the latest version )3.2.1) from Open Office org: http://www.muktware.com/news/08/2010/164 Today was the first time anyone has ever given me these instructions, the ones listed on the site. How

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 12:39 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 17:28, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum

Re: [users] Help Needed to Convert Hotmail Messages to CSV File Via Open Office

2010-07-28 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/27/2010 08:36 PM, RA Brown wrote: David Middlekauff wrote: Dear Users: I need help in converting Hotmail messages to a CSV (comma separated value) flat file for database importing. Can this be done using any Open Office software? I believe it can be done by importing into Outlook and

Re: [users] Need help to Market OOo

2010-07-21 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/20/2010 06:17 PM, RA Brown wrote: Gregory Forster wrote: OOo's web site has been changed, so I can't find the information I need. I need help! This Saturday, a computerized system will be voted on. On the table is a very expensive, overly elaborate database that does much more

Re: [users] Trouble with 3.2.1 exporting as hybrid pdf/odt file

2010-07-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/18/2010 06:18 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 22:28, David B Teaguedavidbtea...@verizon.net wrote: I saved the attached odt file as hybrid pdf file, and I have also attached it. The purportedly hybrid pdf file does not open for me as an editable odt file with OO.org

Re: [users] can't get to download page!

2010-07-16 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/16/2010 07:38 AM, James Knott wrote: R A Hatcher wrote: I have been an OpenOffice user for a while now, but I'm having a problem. I'm having to reinstall all my 3rd party programs due to a computer crash, and can't get to the download page. Does anyone know what is going on - is it me

Re: [users] Adding a suggestion to Writer

2010-07-10 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/09/2010 10:56 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: FYI: I am a programmer who works primarily in Linux, but I am unfamiliar with Writer. I am asking this question on behest of my wife who is an author and is transitioning from MS-Windows. Here is the scenario. She is running Spell Check. She is shown

Re: [users] Oxygen Office

2010-07-06 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/06/2010 03:35 AM, Tom Bell wrote: On 07/05/2010 05:14 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Snip! same version number [ like version 3.2.1 ]? I run 64-bit Linux. Is there any difference with the 32-bit and/or 64-bit Linux versions? How about 32/64-bit Windows versions? Yes

Re: [users] Oxygen Office

2010-07-05 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
What really is the difference between OpenOffice.org and Oxygen Office Professional? Is it the included templates? Gallery and Clipart Packs? and other accessories? All these are found as add-ons to OpenOffice.org at the following Source Forge link:

Re: [users] Update OO 3.2.1 question

2010-06-20 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/20/2010 11:02 AM, Daniel Lewis wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: Pat wrote: New to OO so this is probably a dumb question to the rest of you - I run Secunia which goes through my computer and notifies me which programs can/should be updated. This week it said OO should be updated. So I

Re: [users] Re: Is there an open office comparable product to MS Outlook?

2010-06-20 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/20/2010 12:59 PM, John Thompson wrote: On 06/19/2010 10:57 AM, James Wilde wrote: On Jun 19, 2010, at 13:13 , webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I would like lightning as well, but I run 64-bit Linux and lightning will only run on 32-bit versions. There are a lot

Re: [users] Re: Is there an open office comparable product to MS Outlook?

2010-06-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/18/2010 07:21 PM, NoOp wrote: On 06/18/2010 12:32 PM, James Wilde wrote: On Jun 18, 2010, at 19:40 , Manuel A. Trucco wrote: Thanks agin -- I installed correctly a thunderbird version from a maxpc CD But, the download of lightning failed on account I'm inthe farm w/ dial-up

Re: [users] Re: Is there an open office comparable product to MS Outlook?

2010-06-19 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/19/2010 01:33 PM, Clayton wrote: On 06/19/2010 05:57 PM, James Wilde wrote: On Jun 19, 2010, at 13:13 , webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I would like lightning as well, but I run 64-bit Linux and lightning will only run on 32-bit versions. There are a lot of 32

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-17 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
computer, without needing it to have an extra driver installed. So NTFS is what I get to use since W2K and newer systems can use it. Well thanks everyone for your suggestions. If there is any more, please email them to me outside the list @ webmas...@krackedpress.com. This is used only

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow? - plus some off topic.

2010-06-14 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/14/2010 09:45 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-06-13 9:24 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: BY the Way, do anyone of you know any free Defrag software that works WELL with a NTFS 1 TB USB drive - one partition. The two I have tried will not show the standard boxes they show when

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-13 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/13/2010 05:19 PM, David B Teague wrote: On 6/13/2010 2:33 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-06-13 2:23 PM, David B Teague wrote: I run an older 1.6 GHZ Sempron 2.8 with 1 GB Ram, and a not-very-fast backplane. I just installed OO.0 3.2.1 and it took less than a half hour, consistent with

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-13 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/13/2010 08:35 PM, David B Teague wrote: snip I remember dial-up. And remember ordering CDs to avoid downloads that lasted 3 days and more. I blessed the day when I discovered the download manager. I was even happier when DSL finally came to the boon-docks and that gloriously faster

Re: [users] Web based open office/hai

2010-06-12 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/12/2010 12:22 PM, Brewster Gillett wrote: On Sat, 2010-06-12 at 14:40 +, Abdul Hai wrote: Are there any plans for ones like Google docs? The reason why I ask is that I would like an online version so it does not take up space on my computer. That makes no sense at all,

Re: [users] Web based open office/hai

2010-06-12 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/12/2010 05:00 PM, Abdul Hai wrote: Thanks for letting me know I did get rid of the office application to save some space. As for the Google docs and new Microsoft stuff the reliability of the connection should not be the problem as I have a good connection. I would have used Google docs

Re: [users] OO 3.0 (Ubuntu) does not export notes to PDF

2010-06-11 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/11/2010 06:54 AM, Nicholas wrote: Uwe, Export to PDF with notes is working for OOo3.1.1 on Ubuntu 9.10. When I use Okular/Acroead, I see a small note icon. Place cursor on this icon and the notes appear. Uwe Brauer wrote: Hello I am not sure to submit a bug report but I can't

Re: [users] Re: Is the install of Ooo 3.2.1 incredibly slow?

2010-06-11 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/11/2010 07:43 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-06-10 7:33 PM, Twayne wrote: In news:4c094ddd.70...@silkroadconsultants.co.uk, Rob Clementr...@silkroadconsultants.co.uk typed: Is it just my machine AMD 2.0 Ghz running windows Vista seems to take a very long time installing Ooo

Re: [users] Return Receipt request from posts in this list?

2010-06-10 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/10/2010 07:03 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 9 June 2010 01:38, webmas...@krackedpress.comwebmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I just looked at three older, unread, posts to this list that wanted to have me send the Return Receipt that was requested. I have my system setup to

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice 3.2.1 through auto-update?

2010-06-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/08/2010 06:57 PM, Spiderman wrote: Am 09.06.2010 00:42, schrieb Larry Gusaas: On 2010/06/08 4:31 PM Spiderman wrote: So I will try to install the new version over the old on to not get rid of my settings. Personal settings are in your user profile and are separate from the program.

[users] Return Receipt request from posts in this list?

2010-06-08 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
I just looked at three older, unread, posts to this list that wanted to have me send the Return Receipt that was requested. I have my system setup to ask. I get these Arab language emails outside this list that want me to let them know I read their emails - SO they can know that my email

Re: [users] What was the install [terminal] commands needed for Ubuntu/DEB?

2010-06-05 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 06/05/2010 05:10 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2010/6/4 Daniel Lewiselderdanle...@gmail.com: webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I forgot the need command to install the new release of OOo on Ubuntu/DEB systems. Could someone let me know, again. . . . . Thanks hopefully the update

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