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

2008-04-03 Thread Alan Lord
Harold Fuchs wrote: snip / Talking of ODF, what happened after the recent apparent collapse of the ODF with senior figures leaving etc.? Is ODF still being promoted? Enhanced? ...? Are we talking about different ODFs here? I was referring to ODF as in the Open Document Format (ISO/IEC

Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS

2008-04-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 03/04/2008, Alex Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Taylor said the following on 03/31/2008 12:08 PM: 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

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

2008-04-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 03/04/2008, Alan Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: snip / Talking of ODF, what happened after the recent apparent collapse of the ODF with senior figures leaving etc.? Is ODF still being promoted? Enhanced? ...? Are we talking about different ODFs here? I was

[users] How do I download the Java-free installer for OOo 2.4?

2008-04-03 Thread Hedley Finger
I received an announcement about the release of OOo 2.4 and clicked on the link to http://download.openoffice.org/?cid=923658. But when I clicked on the green Download bar, the installer that includes Java was downloaded. How do I get OOo 2.4 WITHOUT Java? I always have the latest version

[users] Open Office Document, when saved, becomes a different kind of document

2008-04-03 Thread Brenda Noblitt
I have been using Open Office as a substitute for WORD. I have just downloaded version 2.4 and haven't tried it yet.My problem is this - when I prepare a document in Open Office and want to email it - I save the document and the icon becomes one with the Windows logo. So, when I get ready to

[users] OO.o v.2.2

2008-04-03 Thread John Grover
I'm using a brand new iMac with Tiger version 10.4.1 Processor 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM When I try to open OO, I'm told that I must download X11 When I try to do that I'm told that another, newer software is already loaded. Where do I go from here? jgg

[users] Fwd: OpenOffice.org 2.4 now available

2008-04-03 Thread Bob Wulf
Folks, I'm still awaiting an answer. My Windows Vista is telling me that this version is incompatable. True? Get the latest OpenOffice.org - Download OpenOffice.org 2.4! -- Jesus is my Saviour, who's yours? Bob

[users] Office Documents

2008-04-03 Thread Jason Bailey
To Open Office, If you use Open Office, can you open other office documents like excel, power point, etc.? Thanks, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of

[users] THANK YOU

2008-04-03 Thread Casey
Openoffice, I want to write and tell you that I am VERY grateful for openoffice.org. I want to encourage you that I do a lot of work on people's computers and every computer I work on I highly recommend your product and in fact I have put it on every machine I have ever worked on IN PLACE OF

[users] Opening Excel files with Macros

2008-04-03 Thread Chris Zimmerman
Question: If I use this open office product, will I be able to open and use an excel file that uses MS Template Wizard (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA010346501033.aspx)? I will create an excel file, in MS Excel 2002 with Template wizard. (a macro) Email it to another user who

[users] HOW DO I

2008-04-03 Thread Sarel Eksteen
Hi, My intention is to completely remove MS Office and with it MS Outlook that is not at present my default Mail Handler. I am using Internet Explorer 7. Most of the time one wants to send documents directly from the software one is using at that time i.e. Word processing. How do I set up

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

2008-04-03 Thread Gabriel Grossi
Will the openoffice.org help me in the proofreading o book manuscripts getting ready for publishing. If so, does the proofreading solve such problems as grammatical use of comma,colon,semi-colon-proper use of paragraphs-Incomplete and run-on sentences...etc? Please advise! Sincerely, Gabriel

Re: [users] MS EXCEL 2007 file e.g filename.xlsx not supported byO pen office Calc.

2008-04-03 Thread Ernst Sigl
Thank you for the reply. Yes will have to get the sender to resend in the older, yet mostly used excel format. Sincerely Ernst

[users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread MCWADE001
i have downloaded OPENOFFICE 10 times and never did it work for me. I wanted a useful editor for my wfe to use when she edits my novels. i did everything 10 times. The program never once worked. i am disgusted and sick of Open Office. what a great program. It teach a person patience, the

[users] rotating an image

2008-04-03 Thread Monte Migdol
I am using Open Office 2.3. I have a problem with Rotating an image. when I go to format/object nothing is highlighted so therefore I am not able to rotate. how do I get this to work? Monte Migdol [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Text to picture

2008-04-03 Thread Olivier Siess
Hello Open Source Team I'm using Fedora 8 for 4 Months I got Open Office 2.3 installed on it. I would like to print a Microsoft word document as pictures on my hard disk. The following Windows programmes can do this Universal Document converter 4.2 Document converter Pro But they print

Re: [users] How do I download the Java-free installer for OOo 2.4?

2008-04-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 03/04/2008, Hedley Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received an announcement about the release of OOo 2.4 and clicked on the link to http://download.openoffice.org/?cid=923658. But when I clicked on the green Download bar, the installer that includes Java was downloaded. How do I get

Re: [users] Office Documents

2008-04-03 Thread Sammy Njuguna
Hi Jason, With OOo,you can be able to open all applications found in other office productivity suites except for Ms Office2007 .x documents. Cheers, SAMUEL NJUGUNA E MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/www.openworld.co.ke __ To Open Office, If you use Open Office,

[users] Re: OO.o v.2.2

2008-04-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/On 2008/04/02 9:14 PM, John Grover wrote: I'm using a brand new iMac with Tiger version 10.4.1 Processor 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM When I try to open OO, I'm told that I must download X11 When I try to do that I'm told that

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Character Style Questions

2008-04-03 Thread Michele Zarri
Well, this is what I see. I select some text, change it to red, and create a Red character style from the selected text. I then select text in a footnote and apply the Red character style. The text size changes in addition to its color. I then select text which already has the First

Re: [users] rotating an image

2008-04-03 Thread Michele Zarri
On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 15:40 -0400, Monte Migdol wrote: I am using Open Office 2.3. I have a problem with Rotating an image. when I go to format/object nothing is highlighted so therefore I am not able to rotate. how do I get this to work? Monte Migdol [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I

Re: [users] Fwd: OpenOffice.org 2.4 now available

2008-04-03 Thread Richard Travers
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bob Wulf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I'm still awaiting an answer. The people on this list are all volunteers, users of OOo who give their time to assist others. My Windows Vista is telling me that this version is incompatable. True? False. If you let

Re: [users] Re: Writer: Character Style Questions

2008-04-03 Thread Michele Zarri
Well, this is what I see. I select some text, change it to red, and create a Red character style from the selected text. I then select text in a footnote and apply the Red character style. The text size changes in addition to its color. I then select text which already has the First

Re: [users] Re: OO.o v.2.2

2008-04-03 Thread Guy Voets
2008/4/3, Larry Gusaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/On 2008/04/02 9:14 PM, John Grover wrote: I'm using a brand new iMac with Tiger version 10.4.1 Processor 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM When I try to open OO, I'm told that I must

Re: [users] Office Documents

2008-04-03 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Thursday 03 April 2008 10.00:43 Sammy Njuguna wrote: With OOo,you can be able to open all applications found in other office productivity suites except for Ms Office2007 .x documents. To be fair: Some problems are to be expected in * Documents with Macros * Complicated documents like

Re: [users] HOW DO I - Use OpenOffice for e-Mail

2008-04-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 02/04/2008, Sarel Eksteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, My intention is to completely remove MS Office and with it MS Outlook that is not at present my default Mail Handler. I am using Internet Explorer 7. Most of the time one wants to send documents directly from the software one is

Re: [users] Text to picture

2008-04-03 Thread mike scott
On 2 Apr 2008 at 19:37, Olivier Siess wrote: Hello Open Source Team I'm using Fedora 8 for 4 Months I got Open Office 2.3 installed on it. I would like to print a Microsoft word document as pictures on my hard disk. The following Windows programmes can do this Universal Document

Re: [users] HOW DO I

2008-04-03 Thread Pierre
Sarel Eksteen wrote: How do I set up OpenOffice.org to function as my default mail handler? OO does not include an email client. On a desktop environment you will need some email client software such as Outlook, thunderbird etc.. I use the latter. Open OO Writer. Click Tools Options

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread Senectus .
Interesting that we've had two of these incoherent and obscure e-mails in a short amount of time... I suspect they're just childish abuse attempts -- Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 The less you know, the more you believe. - Bono The more you know the less you need to say. - Jim Rohn Ph'nglui mglw'nafh

Re: [users] How do I download the Java-free installer for OOo 2.4?

2008-04-03 Thread John Viestenz
Click on Get more Platforms and Languages and then, in the page that opens, *un*check the box labelled Include the Java JRE with this download (except Linux DEB and Mac OSX which not includes JRE) Users should also be aware that the current OOo2.4 download with JRE comes with JRE 6.4, not

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread Pierre
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have downloaded OPENOFFICE 10 times and never did it work for me. I wanted a useful editor for my wfe to use when she edits my novels. i did I recommend that you should start with a simple editor like notepad, which comes with windows. When you grow up, come

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 03/04/2008, Pierre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have downloaded OPENOFFICE 10 times and never did it work for me. I wanted a useful editor for my wfe to use when she edits my novels. i did I recommend that you should start with a simple editor like notepad,

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE - TROLL!

2008-04-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
! Don't feed this TROLL ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have downloaded OPENOFFICE 10 times and never did it work for me. I wanted a useful editor for my wfe to use when she edits my novels. An novel author that can neither spell nor construct sentences? (Maybe not a native English speaker).

Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS

2008-04-03 Thread Pierre
Harold Fuchs wrote: I'm confused. Why are we discussing this? To demonstrate that a) There are still keyboards out there with stuck caps lock keys b) a good spell checker is NOT essential to communicate effectively c) The world continues to enjoy its share of idiots. Cheers Pierre

Re: [users] Open Office Document, when saved, becomes a different kind of document

2008-04-03 Thread Guy Voets
2008/4/3, Brenda Noblitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have been using Open Office as a substitute for WORD. I have just downloaded version 2.4 and haven't tried it yet. My problem is this - when I prepare a document in Open Office and want to email it - I save the document and the icon becomes one

Re: [users] HOW DO I

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
Sarel Eksteen wrote: Hi, My intention is to completely remove MS Office and with it MS Outlook that is not at present my default Mail Handler. I am using Internet Explorer 7. Most of the time one wants to send documents directly from the software one is using at that time i.e. Word

[users] Sorry - Service '/home/usr/.local/share/applications/writer.desktop' is malformatted.

2008-04-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all, I installed OO.org 2.4 on OpenSUSE 10.3. First I installed it with rpm -i *.rpm without un-installing the older OO.org 2.3 with YaST2, wanting to keep both in case of problems with 2.4. The KDE desktop part of 2.4 did not work; the OO.org 2.3 links remained in the menu structure. OK. I

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have downloaded OPENOFFICE 10 times and never did it work for me. I wanted a useful editor for my wfe to use when she edits my novels. i did everything 10 times. The program never once worked. i am disgusted and sick of Open Office. what a great program. It

[users] download help needed.

2008-04-03 Thread Hatsfamily
I have open office 2.3 and can not get the latest update to download open on my computer . when it says it is downloaded it says can not open this file .can you send me a reliable link to download it from? i have windows XP SP2 and am on dial up with AOL. Your Pal Teresa Henry

[users] [moderated]

2008-04-03 Thread James Peace
hello, i have been trying to download open office.org without any success i only get as far as the set up having downloaded the installation files then nothing else happens can you tell me whats wrong.i am running windows [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] HOW DO I - Use OpenOffice for e-Mail

2008-04-03 Thread Sarel Eksteen
Thanks Harold, I appreciate your response, will have a look at your recommendations. Regards Sarel Eksteen - Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs To: users@openoffice.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [users] HOW DO I - Use

[users] Problem

2008-04-03 Thread Raymond Gloor
Hello, I use OpenOffice 2.4 till 2 ou 3 days and have now the following problem regarding the use of database. See the example I join here (database.odt). The situation : I use an external database (Oracle) as ODBC. The connection's name is orcl. On the example you see the original SQL

[users] OPEN OFFICE with WINDOWS VISTA o/s

2008-04-03 Thread Martin Tyack
I would like to use OPEN OFFICE but before trying to download, would appreciate your confirmation that it will work with WINDOWS VISTA operating system. Your confirmation would be appreciated. Regards Martin Tyack England, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Registrierung

2008-04-03 Thread Achim Urban
Hi! Ich nehme nicht an das der Empfänger dieser mail mich nicht verstehen kann, ich schreibe es trotzdem: Auf meinem mail-Rechner habe ich von einer Heft-CD vor ca. 6 Monaten Open-Office installiert um an mails anhängende Dateien lesen zu können. Ich nutze das Programm also selten. Seit heute

Re: [users] Office Documents

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
Jason Bailey wrote: To Open Office, If you use Open Office, can you open other office documents like excel, power point, etc.? OpenOffice can read write those document types, except those in the new Microsoft Office 2007 formats. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org

[users] Chinese Languague Support

2008-04-03 Thread Terry Chang (yahoo)
Hi, I found open office support Korean and Japanese languague, how can i write or read chinese using office office? please help. Thank You You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of

[users] OO hangs randomly on FreeBSD

2008-04-03 Thread Dmitry Karasik
I need help with debugging OO-2.4.0 on FreeBSD-6.3-STABLE. I've upgraded from OO-2.2 because I've had OO constantly hanging at random; this bug is also in 2.3.1 and 2.4.0 The bug manifests itself completely at random, - the OO window stops responding either in the middle of text typing, or after

Re: [users] HOW DO I

2008-04-03 Thread Guy Voets
2008/4/2, Sarel Eksteen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, My intention is to completely remove MS Office and with it MS Outlook that is not at present my default Mail Handler. I am using Internet Explorer 7. Most of the time one wants to send documents directly from the software one is using at that

Re: [users] OpenOffice 2.4 on Ubuntu Hardy beta

2008-04-03 Thread Pierre
Fred A. Miller wrote: Wish I could help you, but I tried Kubuntu 8.4 beta a few days ago and found it useless at this point. I never did get to look at OO on it. Fred, Did you look to the Ubuntu forums for a bit of help? That said and at the risk of going OT, I found the upgrade to

Re: [users] Open Office Document, when saved, becomes a different kind of document

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
Brenda Noblitt wrote: I have been using Open Office as a substitute for WORD. I have just downloaded version 2.4 and haven't tried it yet. My problem is this - when I prepare a document in Open Office and want to email it - I save the document and the icon becomes one with the Windows logo.

Re: [users] How do I download the Java-free installer for OOo 2.4?

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
Hedley Finger wrote: I received an announcement about the release of OOo 2.4 and clicked on the link to http://download.openoffice.org/?cid=923658. But when I clicked on the green Download bar, the installer that includes Java was downloaded. How do I get OOo 2.4 WITHOUT Java? I always

Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE with WINDOWS VISTA o/s

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
Martin Tyack wrote: I would like to use OPEN OFFICE but before trying to download, would appreciate your confirmation that it will work with WINDOWS VISTA operating system. Recent Windows versions of OpenOffice have been optimized for Vista. So, just go to www.openoffice.org and

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread Pierre
Harold Fuchs wrote: As the person who started this thread isn't subscribed and as you didn't cc his/her address, the only people seeing your reply are us grownups :-( Yea, but we can have a good chuckle about, right? ;-) Anyway, it's been one of those days for me and I needed a little

Re: [users] Fwd: OpenOffice.org 2.4 now available

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
Bob Wulf wrote: Folks, I'm still awaiting an answer. My Windows Vista is telling me that this version is incompatable. True? What message are you seeing? The latest Windows version is optimized for Vista. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
James Peace wrote: hello, i have been trying to download open office.org without any success i only get as far as the set up having downloaded the installation files then nothing else happens can you tell me whats wrong.i am running windows [EMAIL PROTECTED] After you download it, you

Re: [users] download help needed.

2008-04-03 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have open office 2.3 and can not get the latest update to download open on my computer . when it says it is downloaded it says can not open this file .can you send me a reliable link to download it from? i have windows XP SP2 and am on dial up with AOL.

Re: [users] THANK YOU - OSS is good news

2008-04-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Casey wrote: Openoffice, I want to write and tell you that I am VERY grateful for openoffice.org. I want to encourage you that I do a lot of work on people's computers and every computer I work on I highly recommend your product and in fact I have put it on every machine I have ever worked

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread laurie pike
Pierre, Can you print documents from OOo? If so , How? Laurie On Apr 3, 2008, at 6:57 AM, Pierre wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have downloaded OPENOFFICE 10 times and never did it work for me. I wanted a useful editor for my wfe to use when she edits my novels. i did I recommend

Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE with WINDOWS VISTA o/s

2008-04-03 Thread laurie pike
How bout with Mac Book. Cannot print from word? How Thanks Laurie On Apr 3, 2008, at 7:23 AM, James Knott wrote: Martin Tyack wrote: I would like to use OPEN OFFICE but before trying to download, would appreciate your confirmation that it will work with WINDOWS VISTA operating system.

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-04-03 Thread laurie pike
i have a MAC Book, what doe the icon look like? On Apr 3, 2008, at 7:34 AM, James Knott wrote: James Peace wrote: hello, i have been trying to download open office.org without any success i only get as far as the set up having downloaded the installation files then nothing else happens

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-04-03 Thread laurie pike
i downloaded, used a word document, tried to print it, from MAC, nothing happened and I don't see an icon on the bottom, or menu, of the MAC On Apr 3, 2008, at 8:25 AM, laurie pike wrote: i have a MAC Book, what doe the icon look like? On Apr 3, 2008, at 7:34 AM, James Knott wrote:

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread Pierre
laurie pike wrote: Pierre, Can you print documents from OOo? If so , How? Given my flippant replies here, Laurie, I hope this isn't a trick question ;-) File Print or CTRL + P seems to work on both Linux and and Windows (?) Pierre

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

2008-04-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
I won't elaborate, read it here: http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2008/03/digital-downloa.html Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is

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

2008-04-03 Thread mike scott
On 3 Apr 2008 at 16:07, Dotan Cohen wrote: I won't elaborate, read it here: http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2008/03/digital-downloa.html I think your subject is over-optimistic - afaics this just restricts the way it would be sold to be Classified Ads format

Re: [users] Table within table challenge.?

2008-04-03 Thread Barbara Duprey
Barbara Duprey wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: Thanks Barbara I have been registered with OOo since version 1.0, however long that has been ( well over 5 years). It is just that I have not reported a bug in recent years. As I mentioned before, I

Re: [users] OPEN OFFICE with WINDOWS VISTA o/s

2008-04-03 Thread Guy Voets
2008/4/3, laurie pike [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How bout with Mac Book. Cannot print from word? How Thanks Laurie Hello Laurie, MacBook is OK. See http://porting.openoffice.org/mac for information and download of OpenOffice.org for Mac See http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html for

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

2008-04-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 03/04/2008, mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3 Apr 2008 at 16:07, Dotan Cohen wrote: I won't elaborate, read it here: http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2008/03/digital-downloa.html I think your subject is over-optimistic - afaics this just restricts the way it would be

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-04-03 Thread Guy Voets
2008/4/3, laurie pike [EMAIL PROTECTED]: i have a MAC Book, what doe the icon look like? Icon looks like a bird on a bluegreen background. It doesn't come in the Dock automagically. Go to your Programs/Applications folder, locate the OpenOffice.org folder/icon, drag the icon to the dock. --

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-04-03 Thread Guy Voets
2008/4/3, laurie pike [EMAIL PROTECTED]: i downloaded, used a word document, tried to print it, from MAC, nothing happened and I don't see an icon on the bottom, or menu, of the MAC Hello again, Can you print from other programs? Can you make a PDF from a file in OpenOffice.org and print

Re: [users] Registrierung

2008-04-03 Thread Guy Voets
2008/4/3, Achim Urban [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! Ich nehme nicht an das der Empfänger dieser mail mich nicht verstehen kann, ich schreibe es trotzdem: Auf meinem mail-Rechner habe ich von einer Heft-CD vor ca. 6 Monaten Open-Office installiert um an mails anhängende Dateien lesen zu können.

Re: [users] Foreign characters

2008-04-03 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/4/2, M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/4/2, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/3/31, M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip Johnny, what symbols do you see when you perform «Alt Gr + arrow keys» ? On my keyboard, a standard Scandinavian 105-keyboard, and with the

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:50 02/04/2008 -0400, M C Wade wrote: i have downloaded OPENOFFICE 10 times and never did it work for me. It is perhaps worth saying that it is almost never useful or sensible to attempt the same thing ten times with a computer. If the first couple of times don't work for you, then you

Re: [users] Scrolling

2008-04-03 Thread Robert Goulding
hands off auto-scroll, so Ican read my e-books without having to advance by clicking Sorry I wasn't clearer - Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [users] Scrolling On 02/04/2008 20:46,

[users] [slackware] Re: OO always opens full-screen :-( (rethreaded!)

2008-04-03 Thread NoOp
On 04/02/2008 08:14 PM, Bev wrote: NoOp wrote: If deleting/renaming your profile doesn't work, then your basic install is messed up. There is no berlintakemybreatheaway.wav included with OOo. What linux are you running slackware 11, fvwm95 and what version is your OOo? 2.4.0

[users] Re: How do I download the Java-free installer for OOo 2.4?

2008-04-03 Thread NoOp
On 04/03/2008 03:57 AM, John Viestenz wrote: Click on Get more Platforms and Languages and then, in the page that opens, *un*check the box labelled Include the Java JRE with this download (except Linux DEB and Mac OSX which not includes JRE) Users should also be aware that the current

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

2008-04-03 Thread M Henri Day
2008/3/31, M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/3/31, NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 03/31/2008 12:46 PM, M Henri Day wrote: Perhaps this is more an Ubuntu query than an OOo one, but I'm hoping you will bear with me. I've recently upgraded to Hardy beta, which I was told on good

[users] Re: Office Documents

2008-04-03 Thread NoOp
On 04/03/2008 01:54 AM, Adrian von Bidder wrote: On Thursday 03 April 2008 10.00:43 Sammy Njuguna wrote: With OOo,you can be able to open all applications found in other office productivity suites except for Ms Office2007 .x documents. To be fair: Some problems are to be expected in *

[users] Auto save very slow

2008-04-03 Thread Richard
Greetings, I apologise in advance if this is the second post, I cant see the first post for some reason but am seeing other new posts. When a text document is auto saved to a file server it takes ages for the bar at the bottom to begin the save, nothing can be done while this is happening,

[users] Re: TOTAL FAILURE - TROLL!

2008-04-03 Thread NoOp
On 04/03/2008 03:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ! Don't feed this TROLL ! Actually I very much doubt he is a troll. A little googling show's that he is not. I think that he is just not the brightest pencil in the box (maybe too long in the pencil sharpener), but probably worth helping.

Re: [users] Re: Outlook - email

2008-04-03 Thread Robin Laing
NoOp wrote: On 04/01/2008 04:15 AM, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2008-03-27 18:20:18, schrieb Harold Fuchs: Microsoft Outlook I'd guess the requirement is for something that runs on Windows ;-) In that case, Thunderbird, possibly with the Lightning And WINE... :-/ Well... not really.

Re: [users] Re: OO always opens full-screen :-(

2008-04-03 Thread Robin Laing
NoOp wrote: I'm pretty sure your installation is screwed up. If deleting/renaming your profile doesn't work, then your basic install is messed up. There is no berlintakemybreatheaway.wav included with OOo. What linux are you running and what version is your OOo? Note: just doing the about OOo

[users] New Calc user Questions

2008-04-03 Thread Don Daugherty
1. Am I writing to the best list for issues concerning the use of Calc? 2. My immediate concern is Macros for Calc. I have no experience with VBA, which seems to be the language used for OpenOffice macros, but I have worked in old-fashioned BASIC, Pascal, Clip (the macro language used in

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

2008-04-03 Thread Robin Laing
Alan Lord wrote: Robin Laing wrote: snip / On top of this, there is supposed to be about a year of writing and amending the standard until it is ready. One site I read today asked if Office 2007 will actually follow the standard once it is finalized? Indeed. ECMA have yet to issue the

[users] Re: Writer: Character Style Questions

2008-04-03 Thread Scott Meyers
Michele Zarri wrote: In order to achieve your desired result (e.g. change only one property) and still being able to create styles from selection, you will need to make the change you want to a section of text formatted with default character. In this case it will all work. This does not seem

Re: [users] Re: Junicode font, OOo Linux

2008-04-03 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:32:16 -0700 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo: On 03/29/2008 01:39 PM, NoOp wrote: On 03/28/2008 11:24 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I depend on the Junicode font for linguistics work. Recently I have been forced to install version 6.15 (the latest, July, 2007) for

[users] Re: Outlook - email

2008-04-03 Thread NoOp
On 04/03/2008 09:53 AM, Robin Laing wrote: NoOp wrote: On 04/01/2008 04:15 AM, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2008-03-27 18:20:18, schrieb Harold Fuchs: Microsoft Outlook I'd guess the requirement is for something that runs on Windows ;-) In that case, Thunderbird, possibly with the Lightning

Re: [users] Fwd: OpenOffice.org 2.4 now available

2008-04-03 Thread jonathon
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Bob Wul wrote: My Windows Vista is telling me that this version is incompatable. True? Which version of Windows Vista? Which localization of Windows Vista? Compiled for which chip set? xan jonathon

[users] Re: [slackware] Re: OO always opens full-screen :-( (rethreaded!)

2008-04-03 Thread Bev
NoOp wrote: On 04/02/2008 08:14 PM, Bev wrote: NoOp wrote: If deleting/renaming your profile doesn't work, then your basic install is messed up. There is no berlintakemybreatheaway.wav included with OOo. What linux are you running slackware 11, fvwm95 and what version is your OOo?

Re: [users] New Calc user Questions

2008-04-03 Thread John Viestenz
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Don Daugherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. My immediate concern is Macros for Calc. I have no experience with VBA, which seems to be the language used for OpenOffice macros, but I have worked in old-fashioned BASIC, Pascal, Clip (the macro language used in

[users] Writer: Searching for Character Styles

2008-04-03 Thread Scott Meyers
I know how to search for paragraph styles, but how can I search for character styles? For example, I have a character style called Publication Title, and I want to find all text in my document where that style is applied. How can I do that? From Googling around, I get the impression that I

[users] Re: Openoffice.org 2.4 parcialmente traducido

2008-04-03 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Marcos Delgado wrote: Hola listeros. Pues tristemente les comento que algunos elementos del trabajo con gráficos esta parcialmente traducido. La ayuda aparece unas partes en español y otras en inglés. Tanto en la versión para Windows como la versión para Linux basada en Debian. Saludos.

Re: [users] Chinese Languague Support

2008-04-03 Thread jonathon
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Terry Chang (yahoo) wrote: how can i write or read Chinese using office office? A: IME You may need an IME for the following writing systems: # CJKV: * Chinese; * Japanese; * Korean; * Vietnamese; # INDUS VALLEY WRITING SYSTEMS; * Devangari; * Sanskrit; *

Re: [users] Scrolling

2008-04-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 03/04/2008 17:14, Robert Goulding wrote: hands off auto-scroll, so Ican read my e-books without having to advance by clicking Sorry I wasn't clearer Hmmm. On my Windows XP Pro tower system with OOo 2.3 auto-scroll works just like with any other program; press the mouse wheel to bring up

Re: [users] HOW DO I

2008-04-03 Thread John Boyle
To James Knott: So does Seamonkey. James Knott wrote: Sarel Eksteen wrote: Hi, My intention is to completely remove MS Office and with it MS Outlook that is not at present my default Mail Handler. I am using Internet Explorer 7. Most of the time one wants to send documents directly from

Re: [users] Scrolling

2008-04-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 03/04/2008, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 03/04/2008 17:14, Robert Goulding wrote: hands off auto-scroll, so Ican read my e-books without having to advance by clicking Sorry I wasn't clearer Hmmm. On my Windows XP Pro tower system with OOo 2.3 auto-scroll works just like

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] Re: Writer: Character Style Questions

2008-04-03 Thread Michael Adams
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:08:37 -0700 Scott Meyers wrote: Michele Zarri wrote: In order to achieve your desired result (e.g. change only one property) and still being able to create styles from selection, you will need to make the change you want to a section of text formatted with default

Re: [users] TOTAL FAILURE

2008-04-03 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:02:17 +1100 Pierre wrote: laurie pike wrote: Pierre, Can you print documents from OOo? If so , How? Given my flippant replies here, Laurie, I hope this isn't a trick question ;-) File Print or CTRL + P seems to work on both Linux and and Windows (?) First

Re: [users] Scrolling

2008-04-03 Thread Robert Goulding
have laptop w/touchpad, don't understand throw. right hand side of touchpad just haas cursor like anywhere else. I have a tiny wheel mouse I bought and can try but to make the touchpad work would be the trick. thank you. - Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

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

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