Re: [users] Table within table challenge.?

2008-04-01 Thread James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
Hi Barbara Is reporting a bug a fairly straightforward process? I seem to remember trying to do so in the early days of OOo (1.0) and having some challenges. Many thanks for your help ... and thanks also to Brian Barker for his advice on my other query (table heading sorting). James -

Re: [users] Re: Username and Password

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008, NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 03/31/2008 03:22 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: Lets hope this one makes it. You sent your message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] but my reply to that address bounced Technical details of permanent failure: PERM_FAILURE: DNS Error: Domain name not

Re: [users] OOXML standard vote down to the wire

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008, The Beaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-3515_22-194601.html?tag=nl.e539 I wonder how many people that vote on the issue get a check from Steve Ballmer? Floyd O. You mean a cheque. I thought you meant Ballmer was sending

Re: [users] Downloaded open office 2.4 but having problems

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008, Irfan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whenever i try to run the downloaded file (OOo_2.4.0_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe) it shows an error : NSIS Error but it is giving an option to use /NCRC command line switch but not recommended Please tell me what to do? -- Irfan

Re: [users] OOXML standard vote down to the wire

2008-04-01 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi *, On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 01/04/2008, The Beaver wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-3515_22-194601.html?tag=nl.e539 I wonder how many people that vote on the issue get a check from Steve Ballmer? Floyd

[users] Re: OOXML standard vote down to the wire

2008-04-01 Thread Alan Lord
It's approved: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/01/ooxml-dis29500-result-approved/ Al -- The way out is open! http://www.theopensourcerer.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: [users] please help in open in read this files

2008-04-01 Thread Michele
On 4/1/08, giuseppe botturi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dear All, can't oper/read properly those text files I've done long time ago with open offis writer . It let me visualize only the note at the bottom of the page.. The openoffice ask me to choose a filter thank you in advance

Re: [users] Lost my dictionary files with OOo 2.4 install.?

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed OOo 2.4 and copied my dictionary files across from version 2.3.1 so that I could: 1. continue to use my Australian English spellchecker; 2. retain all the Aussie words I have added to the

Re: [users] Lost my dictionary files with OOo 2.4 install.?

2008-04-01 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi James, On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:30 AM, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: I just installed OOo 2.4 and copied my dictionary files across from version 2.3.1 so that I could: 1. continue to use my Australian English spellchecker; 2. retain all the Aussie words I have added to

Re: [users] where's the Mac version?

2008-04-01 Thread Guy Voets
2008/3/31, tiger [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ah, i see. thanks for the explanation; i'd just suggest, then, that you include in your announcement email that the Mac version isn't ready yet so you don't set Mac users up for disappointment. thanks again/regards, Tiger Darson On Mar 31, 2008, at

Re: [users] Re: Openoffice causing black screen of death.

2008-04-01 Thread Stef
NoOp mentioned : = On 03/31/2008 01:04 AM, Stef wrote: = NoOp mentioned : = = = Can you start OOo from a terminal to see what error messages you get on = = startup? After the freeze can you Ctrl-Alt F1 and get to a tty = console? = = I ran OOo like this : =

[users] Lost my dictionary files with OOo 2.4 install.?

2008-04-01 Thread James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
I just installed OOo 2.4 and copied my dictionary files across from version 2.3.1 so that I could: 1. continue to use my Australian English spellchecker; 2. retain all the Aussie words I have added to the Australian Dictionary; but now the spell checker will not check anything, not even

[users] please help in open in read this files

2008-04-01 Thread giuseppe botturi
dear All, can't oper/read properly those text files I've done long time ago with open offis writer . It let me visualize only the note at the bottom of the page.. The openoffice ask me to choose a filter thank you in advance giuseppe botturi CARTA INTESTATA.odm Description:

Re: [users] OOXML standard vote down to the wire

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
Harold Fuchs wrote: On 01/04/2008, The Beaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-3515_22-194601.html?tag=nl.e539 I wonder how many people that vote on the issue get a check from Steve Ballmer? Floyd O. You mean a cheque. I

Re: [users] Table within table challenge.?

2008-04-01 Thread Michele
On 4/1/08, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Barbara Is reporting a bug a fairly straightforward process? I seem to remember trying to do so in the early days of OOo (1.0) and having some challenges. Hello James, You need to be registered on OOo, then all you

Re: [users] Re: OOXML standard vote down to the wire

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
Alan Lord wrote: It's approved: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/01/ooxml-dis29500-result-approved/ The big question now, is whether it will stand up to challenges, given the obviously tampered with process. The Norwegian team lead has already fired off a complaint to ISO and

Re: [users] please help in open in read this files

2008-04-01 Thread giuseppe botturi
Thanks michele, I'm also able to see the footer. the problem is , the file is containing text . I can see that from the small icon visualized in the left side of the window of the folder. also, pressing the right botton on the icon of the file , DETAILS ... it contain nearly 200 words, 19

[users] Error during installation

2008-04-01 Thread Irfan
I am getting an error while installing OOo_2.4.0_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe this error is: Error 1335. the cabinet file 'openoffice.org-core03.cab' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. this could indicate a network error, an error reading from the cd-rom, or a

[users] Email Client for OOo

2008-04-01 Thread Sammy Njuguna
HiAll, Since OOo doesn't have a mail client,has anyone tried any other opensource mail clients apart from Thunderbird successfully Regards SAMUEL NJUGUNA E MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/www.openworld.co.ke __

Re: [users] Table within table challenge.?

2008-04-01 Thread Barbara Duprey
Michele wrote: On 4/1/08, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Barbara Is reporting a bug a fairly straightforward process? I seem to remember trying to do so in the early days of OOo (1.0) and having some challenges. Hello James, You need to be

[users] Re: Insert character with code on Windows

2008-04-01 Thread Jim Allan
Kenn Goutal wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: While we are talking about that utility, can you explain why the Only when Numlock is ON option does not seem to have any effect on anything; what is that option supposed to do? Is that Only when Numlock is ON with regard to the “Quick Unicode Input

[users] your program is lousy and lousy

2008-04-01 Thread Joe Grech
Re the mail with the above title by one user I suppose that this a classic example of a bad workman quarreling with his tools _ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vistamkt=en-USform=QBRE

Re: [users] please help in open in read this files

2008-04-01 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
giuseppe botturi wrote: Thanks michele, I'm also able to see the footer. the problem is , the file is containing text . I can see that from the small icon visualized in the left side of the window of the folder. also, pressing the right botton on the icon of the file , DETAILS ... it contain

Re: [users] Email Client for OOo

2008-04-01 Thread Henning von Roeder
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Sammy Njuguna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HiAll, Since OOo doesn't have a mail client,has anyone tried any other opensource mail clients apart from Thunderbird successfully Regards SAMUEL NJUGUNA E MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/www.openworld.co.ke

Re: [users] please help in open in read this files

2008-04-01 Thread Michele
giuseppe botturi wrote: Thanks michele, I'm also able to see the footer. the problem is , the file is containing text . I can see that from the small icon visualized in the left side of the window of the folder. also, pressing the right botton on the icon of the file , DETAILS

Re: [users] Impress: Removing custom formating

2008-04-01 Thread H . S . Rai
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Michele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The fastest way to restore the style defaults is to select the text and then do Format Default formatting. This will restore the underlying style defaults. Thanks for your solution. I find in normal mode, with select all,

Re: [users] please help in open in read this files

2008-04-01 Thread Anthony Chilco
Michele wrote: giuseppe botturi wrote: SNIP maybe create another document and replace the contents.xml of the new file with that of this file? Cheers, Michele I did that with both files and sent the results to Giuseppe. tc

[users] Page Numbering

2008-04-01 Thread thecreator
Hi All, I finished composing a document using Open Office Version 2.4 and I went to add a Page Number and Page Count Field to the first page and have it populate to the other pages and it didn't. How do you do it using Open Office? Have no problems using Microsoft Word. thecreator

[users] I am using version 2.4 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :

2008-04-01 Thread StuartEee
I am using Open Office 2.4 and have two questions: 1. When I create a document and save it to a file folder in My Documents and I open up the folder that has my created file in it, it has an icon with a small square with six dots in it, then when I click on that icon of my created

[users] [moderated] Keyboard shortcuts, in particular, Accented Letters

2008-04-01 Thread Tristan Meares
I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. (and have upgraded several times) My problem relates to keyboard shortcuts in the word-processing package. The specific nature of the problem is this: when typing, I may frequently (depending on the nature of the document) to add accents to letters:

[users] Loading Open Office

2008-04-01 Thread Sapper
To Whom It May Concern, A friend if mine *downloaded* Oxygen Office 2.3.1 for me as I have a *dial up service* and placed this on a CD ROM. On the CD are the following folders: Help, Presets, Readmes, Licenses, Program, and Share. My problem is after reading the *readmes*I don't see how

[users] [moderated] Keyboard shortcuts, in particular, Accented Letters

2008-04-01 Thread Tristan Meares
I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. (and have upgraded several times) My problem relates to keyboard shortcuts in the word-processing package. The specific nature of the problem is this: when typing, I may frequently (depending on the nature of the document) to add accents to letters:

RE: [users] [moderated] Is Open Office approved by DoD or the US Navy??

2008-04-01 Thread Mello, Paul J CTR NPDC-NSTC
Here's what I have so far. There is a point of contact near the end of the Navy memo. Paul J Mello Sr. Computer Analysis Technician Newport RI 02841 401-841-2453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise

[users] can't visualize those file.

2008-04-01 Thread giuseppe botturi
dear All, can't oper/read properly those text files I've done . It let me visualize only the note at hte base of the page.. The openoffice ask me to choose a filter thank you in advance giuseppe botturi fiscaldamneto foccoli.odm Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master

[users] autocorrect entries limit

2008-04-01 Thread Tommaso Bartalena
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[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2008-04-01 Thread Brenda Schrag
I have purchased for and installed in my laptop OpenOffice.org. The problem is that I don't want it as default for all my documents. It messing up all of my formatting on MSWord. How can I change the default? I purchased it for the powerpoint portion of it, not the word processor,

[users] OpenOffice.org update availability

2008-04-01 Thread Hank J. Doll
Hi My writer version 2.2 has an update notification, however, when I follow the link I do not seem to find any links to an update only. Is there an update or am I to install the whole product OR alternatively do I download the whole version and does this also work as an update? I do not

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

2008-04-01 Thread vze4dqkx
i started using the writters product, and my problem is that when i type, the sentence on the second line starts further in. on the third line, the sentence starts even further in. and this continues on. what should i do? [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2008-04-01 Thread Steven P. Ulrick
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:35:10 -0400 web at work [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

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

2008-04-01 Thread vze4dqkx
i started using the writters product, and my problem is when i start to type, the sentence on the second line does not start on the end like it should. it starts further in. then on the third line, the sentence starts even further in. on the forth line the same thing. it continues on. what

Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS

2008-04-01 Thread Pat Brown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good heavens, you don't actually think Micro$oft would GIVE away something, do you? - -- Pat Brown http://www.pabrown.ca/ L.A. Heat, the first Chris and David mystery Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/3/31, Michael Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1.

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice 2.4 on Ubuntu Hardy beta

2008-04-01 Thread Pat Brown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I didn't bother checking the About OpenOffice, there is does say 2.4.0. Nice. - -- Pat Brown http://www.pabrown.ca/ L.A. Heat, the first Chris and David mystery NoOp wrote: On 03/31/2008 12:46 PM, M Henri Day wrote: Perhaps this is more an

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

2008-04-01 Thread Phillip Hughes
I was attempting to download openoffice 2.4 version to my computer and now it appears that the previous 2 version have disappeared also. I keep receiving an 'error2908', followed by an 'error1935' . My operating system is Windows xp home edition and this is the first problem that I have

Re: [users] OpenOffice 2.4 on Ubuntu Hardy beta

2008-04-01 Thread Pat Brown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I recently installed the Ubuntu Hardy beta, and I was hoping to get OOo 2.4, but it still says 2.3. In fact the only change I noticed is that the Save icon now doesn't gray out when I do a save. It's always showing 'active'. - -- Pat Brown

Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS

2008-04-01 Thread Pat Brown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A 10 minute download is long?? Aside from whether OO is a good product or not, this person needs a spell checker. This is why I will never do customer support. You guys are saints. - -- Pat Brown http://www.pabrown.ca/ L.A. Heat, the first Chris and

[users] calc

2008-04-01 Thread Klaus Klein
dear sirs, how do I save OOcalc (2.x) files in Lotus WK1 and/or WKS format Your reply is very much appreciated kind regards Klaus Klein - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

[users] Installer has ceased to respond

2008-04-01 Thread John W. Kennedy
After trying to install, 2.4.0, I now find myself without any functional copy of OOo, with the dreaded Installer has ceased to respond. I already have used MS Installer Cleanup, and I have purged \Windows\Temp and ...{user}\Local Settings\Temp, as well as \Program

[users] ir reater would like you to ask a question.

2008-04-01 Thread Arjen Simon Scheer
How save is youre open office on the internet. I see two crows flay on the amblame, and by crow a get a nasty feeling! You know one can be enough for a revolutian and two can be destrasuse! With regards. - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] autocorrect entries limit

2008-04-01 Thread Andy Chaplin
On Monday 31 March 2008 09:35:32 Tommaso Bartalena wrote: snip it seems to me that something prevents OOo to handle more that 65213 per language. adding new corrections to my acor_en-US.dat file (which has just few entries) has no effect on the acor_it-IT.dat file. so, i'm gonna ask you

[users] OOo 2.4.0 not installed

2008-04-01 Thread Hans-Joachim Engel
I have downloaded OOo 2.4.0 (116940 KB/114,20GB/ 28.03.2008 via FTP from TU Braunschweig) withhout close down my F-Secure-/AV-program. When i opened OOo, then with Error-report: NSIS Error The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incom- plete. This could be result of a damaged disk,

Re: [users] Error during installation

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008 13:30, Irfan wrote: I am getting an error while installing OOo_2.4.0_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe this error is: Error 1335. the cabinet file 'openoffice.org-core03.cab' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. this could indicate a network error, an

Re: [users] Loading Open Office

2008-04-01 Thread James
To Whom It May Concern, A friend if mine *downloaded* Oxygen Office 2.3.1 for me as I have a *dial up service* and placed this on a CD ROM. On the CD are the following folders: Help, Presets, Readmes, Licenses, Program, and Share. My problem is after reading the *readmes*I don't see

[users] File Associations and e-Mail Attachments - was: [users] I am using version 2.4 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008 16:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Open Office 2.4 and have two questions: 1. When I create a document and save it to a file folder in My Documents and I open up the folder that has my created file in it, it has an icon with a small square with six dots in it, then

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

2008-04-01 Thread Bruce Reed
Phillip Hughes wrote: I was attempting to download openoffice 2.4 version to my computer and now it appears that the previous 2 version have disappeared also. I keep receiving an 'error2908', followed by an 'error1935' . My operating system is Windows xp home edition and this is the first

Re: [users] Page Numbering

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008 17:05, thecreator wrote: Hi All, I finished composing a document using Open Office Version 2.4 and I went to add a Page Number and Page Count Field to the first page and have it populate to the other pages and it didn't. How do you do it using Open Office? Have no

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org update availability

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008 16:26, Hank J. Doll wrote: Hi My writer version 2.2 has an update notification, however, when I follow the link I do not seem to find any links to an update only. Is there an update or am I to install the whole product OR alternatively do I download the whole version and does

[users] Updating OOo Portable

2008-04-01 Thread Herbert Eppel
I have OOo Portable version 2.0.4 and when I check for updates is says No new update is available. OpenOffice.org is up to date. What is the best procedure for updating the portable version? -- Herbert Eppel www.HETranslation.co.uk

[users] Save Calc Document in Lotus Format - was: [users] calc

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 31/03/2008 20:42, Klaus Klein wrote: dear sirs, how do I save OOcalc (2.x) files in Lotus WK1 and/or WKS format Your reply is very much appreciated kind regards Klaus Klein I'm not an expert but I don't believe you can do this. I think you need to save in .csv (Comma Separated Values)

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

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
Brenda Schrag wrote: I have purchased for and installed in my laptop OpenOffice.org. The problem is that I don't want it as default for all my documents. It messing up all of my formatting on MSWord. How can I change the default? I purchased it for the powerpoint portion of it, not

Re: [users] I am using version 2.4 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Open Office 2.4 and have two questions: 1. When I create a document and save it to a file folder in My Documents and I open up the folder that has my created file in it, it has an icon with a small square with six dots in it, then when I click on that

Re: [users] Updating OOo Portable

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 01/04/2008 18:16, Herbert Eppel wrote: I have OOo Portable version 2.0.4 and when I check for updates is says No new update is available. OpenOffice.org is up to date. What is the best procedure for updating the portable version? Go to www.portableapps.com and click Applications. Scroll

Re: [users] Error during installation

2008-04-01 Thread The Beaver
Irfan wrote: I am getting an error while installing OOo_2.4.0_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe this error is: Error 1335. the cabinet file 'openoffice.org-core03.cab' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. this could indicate a network error, an error reading from the

Re: [users] OOo 2.4.0 not installed

2008-04-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 31/03/2008 17:43, Hans-Joachim Engel wrote: I have downloaded OOo 2.4.0 (116940 KB/114,20GB/ 28.03.2008 via FTP from TU Braunschweig) withhout close down my F-Secure-/AV-program. When i opened OOo, then with Error-report: NSIS Error The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incom-

[users] Need help changing versions of openoffice

2008-04-01 Thread Mark Phillips
I installed Openoffice 2.2.1 from the Debian web site (I am running lenny). It seems that many of the database functions don't work in this version, and this is the latest version on the Debian web site. I tried them (downloading the mysql connector, but can't connect, and if I use a spreadsheet

Re: [users] [moderated] Is Open Office approved by DoD or the US Navy??

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
I don't want to be blunt, but you seem to be missing the point. This list is maintained by volunteers, who only try to help others with the use of OpenOffice. We are not in a position to submit anything to the Navy. My repeated question to you, is there any process that someone within the

Re: [users] I am using version 2.4 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
Sorry, I forgot to include the link for the Sun ODF plugin. http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Open Office 2.4 and have two questions: 1. When I create a document and save it to a file folder in My Documents and I open up the folder that has my

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org update availability

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
Hank J. Doll wrote: Hi My writer version 2.2 has an update notification, however, when I follow the link I do not seem to find any links to an update only. Is there an update or am I to install the whole product OR alternatively do I download the whole version and does this also work as an

[users] Re: Insert character with code on Windows

2008-04-01 Thread Kenn Goutal
Jim Allan wrote: That is exactly what happens. The Windows ALT-numeric keypad method only works when Num Lock is on. Quick Unicode Tool allows you to not worry about that. (. . .) Reasons are only historic. Originally the IBM PC keyboard only had the numeric keypad which doubled as a cursor

Re: [users] Installer has ceased to respond

2008-04-01 Thread mike scott
On 31 Mar 2008 at 14:53, John W. Kennedy wrote: ... I realize that the root cause is Microsoft's incompetence, and, in fact, I plan to migrate to a Mac ASAP (Linux is out of the question, as one of my requirements is Sibelius), but I'm not quite ready for that, yet, and There are freeware

[users] Working around background graphic in OOo

2008-04-01 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
All, I have a Word 2003 document that has a page-background graphic - it's actually in the page footer - that extends from the bottom of the page up to about the halfway point. Only the bottom three or four centimeters is actually useful; the rest is invisible/transparent, but the rectangular

[users] Re: [moderated] Keyboard shortcuts, in particular, Accented Letters

2008-04-01 Thread Jim Allan
Tristan Meares wrote: I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. (and have upgraded several times) My problem relates to keyboard shortcuts in the word-processing package. The specific nature of the problem is this: when typing, I may frequently (depending on the nature of the document) to

[users] Re: YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS

2008-04-01 Thread Bev
Michele wrote: On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Michael Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

[users] Re: printing problems

2008-04-01 Thread Bruce Bowler
(I hate top posting too) Safe to say that I'm the only one with this problem? On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:39:14 +, Bruce Bowler wrote: I have an F8 system with OOo 2.3 (from openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.11.fc8 rpms). The system was yum updated a couple of days ago, but the problem has existed

Re: [users] Dear Sirs; Why this people charge 48$ from me though your product is free

2008-04-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Arun Thaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sirs; Why this people charge 48$ from me though your product is freethey have same logo and all as open office .where to file a law suite

Re: [users] Need help changing versions of openoffice

2008-04-01 Thread Michele
If I download the latest version (.debs) from the openoffice web site and install them as per the instructions, what will happen to my debian version that I installed with etch? Nothing should happen to your settings as you already have a version 2.x Should I uninstall the version that

Re: [users] ir reater would like you to ask a question.

2008-04-01 Thread Barbara Duprey
Arjen Simon Scheer wrote: How save is youre open office on the internet. I see two crows flay on the amblame, and by crow a get a nasty feeling! You know one can be enough for a revolutian and two can be destrasuse! With regards. I think they're supposed to be seagulls, not crows! If you're

Re: [users] Loading Open Office

2008-04-01 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Sapper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed 02 Apr 2008 00:01:37 EST To Whom It May Concern, A friend if mine *downloaded* Oxygen Office 2.3.1 for me as I have a *dial up service* and placed this on a CD ROM. On the CD are the following folders: Help, Presets,

[users] Re: Working around background graphic in OOo

2008-04-01 Thread Gene Kohlenberg
McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: All, I have a Word 2003 document that has a page-background graphic - it's actually in the page footer - that extends from the bottom of the page up to about the halfway point. Only the bottom three or four centimeters is actually useful; the rest is

[users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Fred A. Miller
Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is now confirming that OOXML won the vote for ISO standards approval. Reports indicate that the OOXML won 75 percent of the vote after being soundly defeated last fall. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1304tag=nl.e589 -- A:

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
Fred A. Miller wrote: Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is now confirming that OOXML won the vote for ISO standards approval. Reports indicate that the OOXML won 75 percent of the vote after being soundly defeated last fall.

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Joseph
James Knott wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is now confirming that OOXML won the vote for ISO standards approval. Reports indicate that the OOXML won 75 percent of the vote after being soundly defeated last fall.

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] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
Joseph wrote: James Knott wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is now confirming that OOXML won the vote for ISO standards approval. Reports indicate that the OOXML won 75 percent of the vote after being soundly defeated last fall.

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

[users] Re: Need help changing versions of openoffice

2008-04-01 Thread NoOp
On 04/01/2008 10:32 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: I installed Openoffice 2.2.1 from the Debian web site (I am running lenny). It seems that many of the database functions don't work in this version, and this is the latest version on the Debian web site. I tried them (downloading the mysql

[users] Writer: Changing a Footnote's Symbol

2008-04-01 Thread Scott Meyers
I can't find a way to change the symbol associated with a footnote. For example, suppose I've decided that footnotes 1 and 2 should be come footnotes x and y. How can I change the symbols for the footnotes? As a workaround, I can insert new footnotes, copy/paste the footnote text from the

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread The Beaver
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1304tag=nl.e589 That's if you can claim they won after all the cheating etc., that went on. Apparently there are at least a couple of protests in the works. So what does this mean, if I may ask? It means that the consumer loses! We will have to

Re: [users] Writer: Changing a Footnote's Symbol

2008-04-01 Thread Naomi Kramer
1. Right-click on the footnote reference (in the main text) and select Footnote... 2. Select the Character option button 3. Type x 4. Click OK. (hope that works for you) - Naomi Scott Meyers wrote: I can't find a way to change the symbol associated with a footnote. For

Re: [users] Writer: Changing a Footnote's Symbol

2008-04-01 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:30 01/04/2008 -0700, Scott Meyers wrote: I can't find a way to change the symbol associated with a footnote. For example, suppose I've decided that footnotes 1 and 2 should be come footnotes x and y. How can I change the symbols for the footnotes? As a workaround, I can insert new

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Fred A. Miller
James Knott wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is now confirming that OOXML won the vote for ISO standards approval. Reports indicate that the OOXML won 75 percent of the vote after being soundly defeated last fall.

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Fred A. Miller
James Knott wrote: [snip] So what does this mean, if I may ask? In what respect? As things stand, it will become an ISO standard. However, unlike most other ISO standards, there was blatant cheating, such as ballot stuffing, committees ignoring majority votes, rules made up on the fly,

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Fred A. Miller
The Beaver wrote: [snip] So what does this mean, if I may ask? It means that the consumer loses! We will have to continue buying machines with Windows already installed and spend 3 weeks to get them to work because MS updates do not work and the error codes are not documented and have no

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Joseph
James Knott wrote: Joseph wrote: James Knott wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is now confirming that OOXML won the vote for ISO standards approval. Reports indicate that the OOXML won 75 percent of the vote after being soundly

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread James Knott
Joseph wrote: James Knott wrote: Joseph wrote: James Knott wrote: Fred A. Miller wrote: Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is now confirming that OOXML won the vote for ISO standards approval. Reports indicate that the OOXML won 75 percent of the vote after being

Re: [users] can't visualize those file.

2008-04-01 Thread Andi Permadi
Dear Giuseppe Botturi, I have tried to open the file. It ask me for filters too, I try to choose Open Office 1.0 Text Document and it opened as empty documents with footer something like this: *Rem** S.r.l. Socio unico *Via Ca' di Cozzi, 41 -- 37124 Verona - Tel. 045 834 45 71 Fax 045 838

[users] Re: Updating OOo Portable

2008-04-01 Thread Herbert Eppel
On 01.04.2008 18:40 UK Time, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 01/04/2008 18:16, Herbert Eppel wrote: I have OOo Portable version 2.0.4 and when I check for updates is says No new update is available. OpenOffice.org is up to date. What is the best procedure for updating the portable version? Go to

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Fred A. Miller
James Knott wrote: [snip] The whole point of this, was so that Microsoft could claim ISO standard, so that government etc., are more likely to buy their new office versions, in order to force lock in. Oh I get it. ISOIgnorant Slob Orchestrated??? Actually, it's I sold out.

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:08:47 -0400 Fred A. Miller wrote: James Knott wrote: [snip] The whole point of this, was so that Microsoft could claim ISO standard, so that government etc., are more likely to buy their new office versions, in order to force lock in. Oh I get it.

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Christina Godinez
This is a david versus goliath.. Microsoft has the money to corrupt those countries to make it an iso standard. What type of common sense that these country's government has? You can ask any 5 year which one do they prefer, one that is free and or one that cost money? Are the government of

Re: [users] Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval

2008-04-01 Thread Fred A. Miller
Michael Adams wrote: On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:08:47 -0400 Fred A. Miller wrote: James Knott wrote: [snip] The whole point of this, was so that Microsoft could claim ISO standard, so that government etc., are more likely to buy their new office versions, in order to force lock in. Oh I

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