[users] Impress-Viewer

2008-06-04 Thread Peter Schramm
Hello, I often have problems with OO-Impress, because we are using Openoffice as standard in our house. But when I play an Impress-presentation on an external PC without OO then some functions like inflying text does not work properly. Is there something like an Impress-Viewer similiar to the

[users] Re: Save as picture

2008-06-04 Thread Peter Saffrey
On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 09:16 -0400, Jim Allan wrote: I don’t know the reason that the programmers have not implemented saving a picture from Word as a graphic. Just because Word doesn't do it, doesn't mean it's not a useful feature. But since you can copy and paste the image into either

[users] Re: Impress doesn't like Draw

2008-06-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
* Do not Cc: me, because I READ THIS LIST, if I write here * *Keine Cc: am mich, ich LESE DIESE LISTE wenn ich hier schreibe* Am

[users] different character when using / key

2008-06-04 Thread Peter Tagieff
I keep getting a different character when I use the / key when I am using the spreadsheet (e with an accent) - how do I correct this so that I get the / character only? Thanx, Peter

[users] windows not reading my oo files

2008-06-04 Thread KellyYoga
I saved my file in a pdf format thinking this would solve the problem. How can I convert my oo files so they can be read by windows. Thanks - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

[users] questions concerning openoffice 2.4

2008-06-04 Thread Mike Denise Cadicamo
I tried to start a new email as I have come up with 2 more questions and wanted to separate them from the others. I hope I did it right that is why I cc'd it to Barb. I am in OpenOffice 2.4 with Windows XP. Working in Writer with tables. My original question asked how to write sideways.

[users] OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread Ian Samson
For all those who wrote in April 2007 about whether OO will run in vista, it doesn't. I spent 2 hours downloading it, only to be told Wrong OS or OS Version. So now I am spending another 2 hours downloading the 3.0beta version because I cannot find anywhere on the OO.org site whether the 3.0beta

[users] Setting default font in Writer

2008-06-04 Thread Troy S
OOo community-- How do I make Arial the default font in Writer?  That is, when I open a new document the font is Arial. Thanks, Troy

[users] [moderated]

2008-06-04 Thread tiscali
To day I have downloaded the open-office 3 beta version as I have Windows Vista. It is asked to phone to the number 899022205 to get the istalation number. I tried to phone but I cuols'nt connect. Is there another possibility? Thank you very much Klaus Klaus Evangelina Doring Via Achille

[users] Wrong OS or OS Version

2008-06-04 Thread Ian Samson
Hi. We bought two new laptops with Vista Business 32 pre-installed. I updated the Java and it asked if I wanted to install OpenOffice, obviously I said Yes, waited two hours for it to download, tried to start it and it said Wrong OS or OS Version. Now what? Is there an Open Office version for

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-06-04 Thread Clayton
tiscali wrote: To day I have downloaded the open-office 3 beta version as I have Windows Vista. It is asked to phone to the number 899022205 to get the istalation number. I tried to phone but I cuols'nt connect. Is there another possibility? Thank you very much Klaus Where did you download

Re: [users] Setting default font in Writer

2008-06-04 Thread Keith Bates
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:50:44 -0700 (PDT) Troy S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OOo community-- How do I make Arial the default font in Writer?  That is, when I open a new document the font is Arial. Thanks, Troy You can use the follwoing method to not only set default font, but any other setting in

Re: [users] Wrong OS or OS Version

2008-06-04 Thread James Knott
Ian Samson wrote: Hi. We bought two new laptops with Vista Business 32 pre-installed. I updated the Java and it asked if I wanted to install OpenOffice, obviously I said Yes, waited two hours for it to download, tried to start it and it said Wrong OS or OS Version. Now what? Is there an Open

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread James Knott
Ian Samson wrote: For all those who wrote in April 2007 about whether OO will run in vista, it doesn't. I spent 2 hours downloading it, only to be told Wrong OS or OS Version. So now I am spending another 2 hours downloading the 3.0beta version because I cannot find anywhere on the OO.org site

Re: [users] Impress-Viewer

2008-06-04 Thread James Knott
Peter Schramm wrote: Hello, I often have problems with OO-Impress, because we are using Openoffice as standard in our house. But when I play an Impress-presentation on an external PC without OO then some functions like inflying text does not work properly. Is there something like an

Re: [users] questions concerning openoffice 2.4

2008-06-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/4 Mike Denise Cadicamo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2nd question. In word I could insert symbols in to my documents. a box by typing F2-G or a check mark with F2-C. Do I have that capability with OOo? In Word I would go to view-symbols, pick a symbol and give it a specific key stroke

Re: [users] questions concerning openoffice 2.4

2008-06-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/4 Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/6/4 Mike Denise Cadicamo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2nd question. In word I could insert symbols in to my documents. a box by typing F2-G or a check mark with F2-C. Do I have that capability with OOo? In Word I would go to view-symbols, pick a symbol

[users] openoffice.org-suite.com ?????

2008-06-04 Thread mike scott
I'm sure I've seen mention of these people before - they seem to offer OOo but need some sort of login, for which I assume you pay. The problem is, a contributor to a private newsgroup says they're part of the OOo project. I'm 99.999% sure they're not - but can't point to any evidence. He

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-06-04 Thread James Knott
tiscali wrote: To day I have downloaded the open-office 3 beta version as I have Windows Vista. It is asked to phone to the number 899022205 to get the istalation number. I tried to phone but I cuols'nt connect. Is there another possibility? Thank you very much Klaus Why do you need v3

Re: [users] Wrong OS or OS Version

2008-06-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:43 03/06/2008 +0200, Ian Samson wrote: We bought two new laptops with Vista Business 32 pre-installed. I updated the Java and it asked if I wanted to install OpenOffice, obviously I said Yes, waited two hours for it to download, tried to start it and it said Wrong OS or OS Version. Now

Re: [users] windows not reading my oo files

2008-06-04 Thread James Knott
KellyYoga wrote: I saved my file in a pdf format thinking this would solve the problem. How can I convert my oo files so they can be read by windows. Thanks I don't recall reading what your original problem was, but a PDF should be readable on almost any computer. However, by

Re: [users] different character when using / key

2008-06-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:52 03/06/2008 -0400, Peter Tagieff wrote: I keep getting a different character when I use the / key when I am using the spreadsheet (e with an accent) - how do I correct this so that I get the / character only? This is almost certainly nothing to do with Calc but instead with your

Re: [users] Wrong OS or OS Version

2008-06-04 Thread Ian Samson
Thanks Brian, perhaps the 127MB download got corrupted somehow and the installer told me Wrong OS or OS Version when I ran the installer - it did not self-install. However, I have deleted that version and downloaded and installed the 3.0 beta version, which runs perfectly on the Vista Business OS.

Re: [users] openoffice.org-suite.com ?????

2008-06-04 Thread Ian Samson
Excellent, Clayton, thank you! It's nice to see that SAIX has the most recent releases on their FTP site in Cape Town ... this will make downloading and installing so much easier than having to wait 2 hours for it to download from the source site. Ian -- Ian Samson Sound Studio

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread John Meyer
The question isn't whether OpenOffice works in Vista. The question is whether Vista works with OpenOffice. Clayton wrote: I OpenOffice.org 2.4 does work in Vista. In fact, OpenOffice.org has worked in Vista since 2.2. To find the system requirements, click the Download tab on the upper

[users] totals in calc

2008-06-04 Thread Joe Grech
Hi, my problem this time is I have about 12 sheets in calc one for each month. When the month is over a total is displayed. What I want is how can I make it add the respective totals of the 12 sheets at the end of the year to obtain a global total. Tks.

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread Ian Samson
Thank you, John, please see my responses to others. -- Ian Samson Sound Studio http://www.lp2cd.za.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 04/06/2008, John Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question isn't whether OpenOffice works in Vista. The question is whether Vista works with OpenOffice. Clayton

Re: [users] Setting default font in Writer

2008-06-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:50 03/06/2008 -0700, Troy Sonly wrote: How do I make Arial the default font in Writer? That is, when I open a new document the font is Arial. Go to Tools | Options... | OpenOffice.org Writer | Basic Fonts (Western). Make whatever changes you prefer there. I trust this helps. Brian

Re: [users] questions concerning openoffice 2.4

2008-06-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:24 03/06/2008 -0700, Denise Cadicamo wrote: I am in OpenOffice 2.4 with Windows XP. Working in Writer with tables. My original question asked how to write sideways. It was answered and I have done it but it won't stay. When I close the document and then come back to it the writing is

Re: [users] openoffice.org-suite.com ?????

2008-06-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:58 04/06/2008 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: I'm sure I've seen mention of these people before - they seem to offer OOo but need some sort of login, for which I assume you pay. The problem is, a contributor to a private newsgroup says they're part of the OOo project. I'm 99.999% sure they're

[users] Re: questions concerning openoffice 2.4

2008-06-04 Thread Jim Allan
Mike Denise Cadicamo wrote: 2nd question. In word I could insert symbols in to my documents. a box by typing F2-G or a check mark with F2-C. Do I have that capability with OOo? In Word I would go to view-symbols, pick a symbol and give it a specific key stroke pattern such as I

Re: [users] totals in calc

2008-06-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:55 04/06/2008 +0200, Joe Grech wrote: Hi, my problem this time is I have about 12 sheets in calc one for each month. When the month is over a total is displayed. What I want is how can I make it add the respective totals of the 12 sheets at the end of the year to obtain a global total.

[users] Word wrap in Impress

2008-06-04 Thread John Jason Jordan
OOo 2.4 Linux I've done it for years in Writer, but suddenly need to use Impress for the first time. Can't find the button to wrap text around a graphic. Can it be done? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[users] Re: windows not reading my oo files

2008-06-04 Thread Gordon
James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] KellyYoga wrote: I saved my file in a pdf format thinking this would solve the problem. How can I convert my oo files so they can be read by windows. Thanks I don't recall reading what your original problem was, but a

RE: [users] totals in calc

2008-06-04 Thread Joe Grech
Thanks a lot. Much obliged. Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:09:16 +0100 To: users@openoffice.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] totals in calc At 13:55 04/06/2008 +0200, Joe Grech wrote: Hi, my problem this time is I have about 12 sheets in calc one for each month. When the

Re: [users] Word wrap in Impress

2008-06-04 Thread Drew Jensen
John Jason Jordan wrote: OOo 2.4 Linux I've done it for years in Writer, but suddenly need to use Impress for the first time. Can't find the button to wrap text around a graphic. Can it be done? The simple answer is no, TBOMK. What you can do of course is to create multiple text boxes to

Re: [users] openoffice.org-suite.com ?????

2008-06-04 Thread mike scott
On 4 Jun 2008 at 14:39, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:58 04/06/2008 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: I'm sure I've seen mention of these people before - they seem to offer OOo but need some sort of login, for which I assume you pay. The problem is, a contributor to a private newsgroup says they're

Re: [users] questions concerning openoffice 2.4

2008-06-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/4 Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If you need to send the document is to others without OpenOffice but with Microsoft Word, you may (since you appear to be using Windows) wish to install the free Word Viewer from the Microsoft web site. You can then save a .doc version of your final

Re: [users] Wrong OS or OS Version

2008-06-04 Thread John Boyle
Brian Barker wrote: At 21:43 03/06/2008 +0200, Ian Samson wrote: We bought two new laptops with Vista Business 32 pre-installed. I updated the Java and it asked if I wanted to install OpenOffice, obviously I said Yes, waited two hours for it to download, tried to start it and it said Wrong OS

Re: [users] questions concerning openoffice 2.4

2008-06-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:40:57 +0300 Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Microsoft Word is _not_ designed to reproduce a document in an identical fashion on all computers. Changes in MSO version, Windows version, screen resolution, user preferences, and even colour depth are known to affect

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread John Boyle
Clayton wrote: Ian Samson wrote: For all those who wrote in April 2007 about whether OO will run in vista, it doesn't. I spent 2 hours downloading it, only to be told Wrong OS or OS Version. So now I am spending another 2 hours downloading the 3.0beta version because I cannot find anywhere on

Re: [users] Wrong OS or OS Version

2008-06-04 Thread John Boyle
James Knott wrote: Ian Samson wrote: Hi. We bought two new laptops with Vista Business 32 pre-installed. I updated the Java and it asked if I wanted to install OpenOffice, obviously I said Yes, waited two hours for it to download, tried to start it and it said Wrong OS or OS Version. Now

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread John Boyle
John Meyer wrote: The question isn't whether OpenOffice works in Vista. The question is whether Vista works with OpenOffice. Clayton wrote: I OpenOffice.org 2.4 does work in Vista. In fact, OpenOffice.org has worked in Vista since 2.2. To find the system requirements, click the Download

Re: [users] Wrong OS or OS Version

2008-06-04 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:43:24 +0200 Ian Samson wrote: Hi. We bought two new laptops with Vista Business 32 pre-installed. I updated the Java and it asked if I wanted to install OpenOffice, obviously I said Yes, waited two hours for it to download, tried to start it and it saidWrong OS or OS

Re: [users] Re: Save as picture

2008-06-04 Thread Paul
[snip] But since you can copy and paste the image into either Impress or Draw and save it in various formats, I don't think it is a very big issue. This is what I've had to do, but for large numbers of images it's quite time consuming. It also seems illogical. If the feature is

[users] Search for missing field

2008-06-04 Thread Keith Clark
I have two tables I want to be able to search all values from tbl1 that do not have a corresponding entry in tbl2. What is the easiest way to go about this? Can you do it via the GUI Query Design screen? Thanks, Keith -

[users] Re: OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread Jim Allan
John Boyle wrote: To Charlie, et al: Not necessarily true as even MSFT has publicly stated! Again, you need a real computer guru to get Vista working correctly, even before putting any other program on the OS. :-( More anti-Windows FUD. It is quite true that Windows Vista has a large number

Re: [users] Search for missing field

2008-06-04 Thread Drew Jensen
Keith Clark wrote: I have two tables I want to be able to search all values from tbl1 that do not have a corresponding entry in tbl2. What is the easiest way to go about this? Can you do it via the GUI Query Design screen? Hi kieth, Search against single column in each table or multiple

Re: [users] Search for missing field

2008-06-04 Thread Drew Jensen
Drew Jensen wrote: Keith Clark wrote: I have two tables I want to be able to search all values from tbl1 that do not have a corresponding entry in tbl2. What is the easiest way to go about this? Can you do it via the GUI Query Design screen? Hi kieth, You don't mind me calling you Kieth

Re: [users] Re: Save as picture

2008-06-04 Thread Ian Samson
*grphic's * /paul My word, what are grphic's? I assume Paul means graphics (no apostrophes in plurals), close quotation comma, close quotation period, et.al. -- Ian Samson Sound Studio http://www.lp2cd.za.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread Ian Samson
Well for what it's worth, I have been working with PCs for 26 years so I guess I am a type of guru - I have 2008/6/4 John Boyle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Clayton wrote: Ian Samson wrote: For all those who wrote in April 2007 about whether OO will run in vista, it doesn't. I spent 2 hours

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread Ian Samson
2008/6/4 Ian Samson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well for what it's worth, I have been working with PCs for 26 years so I guess I am a type of guru - I have been working with Windows since 3.0/3.1 and DOS since 2.1! Vista is quite okay for those of us who have grown up with it. Sure, I would like a

Re: [users] Re: Save as picture

2008-06-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:31:40 Ian Samson wrote: *grphic's * /paul My word, what are grphic's? I assume Paul means graphics (no apostrophes in plurals), close quotation comma, close quotation period, et.al. I take it that you mean et al.. (Et is neither the end of the sentence, nor

Re: [users] Re: Save as picture

2008-06-04 Thread Paul
*grphic's * My word, what are grphic's Apologies for the mis-type - It was graphics ... /paul -- For those that love Pandora, but don't live in the USA : http://globalpandora.com/

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 2.4 does NOT run

2008-06-04 Thread John Boyle
Jim Allan wrote: John Boyle wrote: To Charlie, et al: Not necessarily true as even MSFT has publicly stated! Again, you need a real computer guru to get Vista working correctly, even before putting any other program on the OS. :-( More anti-Windows FUD. It is quite true that Windows Vista

Re: [users] windows not reading my oo files

2008-06-04 Thread James Knott
KellyYoga wrote: Brian James, Thanks to both of you for taking the time. Yes I have microsoft windows but not microsoft office. I've tried to avoid paying Bill any more than necessary. This is why I use open office. What I don't understand is that when I try to save my open office

[users] Shortcut to switch direction of move when press enter in Calc

2008-06-04 Thread Peter Barker
I often need to change the direction in which the selection moves (right or down) when I press enter in OO Calc. It is tedious to always have to open up the Tools/Options to change this. Is there any way I can assign a keyboard (or icon) shortcut to change this option? I tried recording a

[users] Structure printing in Base

2008-06-04 Thread Keith Clark
Is there anyway to print out your tables, queries and relationship structures for offline reference in Base? Keith - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [users] Small problem with Calc.

2008-06-04 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
From: JOE Conner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 10:41 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Small problem with Calc. Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/5/19 TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Big SNIP Why? Because the formula in A3 now

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-04 Thread Hex1a4
In the time of Tue, 27 May 2008 11:33:22 +0200, thus spoke Jonathan Kaye: Version 2.4 of Openoffice cannot open .docx files. Huh?! I have version 2.4.1 and I can read and write docx documents just fine. Although it may be some plug-in I have and don't know about, but I searched my operating

[users] Sales yesterday

2008-06-04 Thread Keith Clark
I would love to be able to run a report of sales I made yesterday but I have no idea of how to do that in a query...preferably a GUI based query. Any help? Assume tblSales Date productID Quantity Thanks, Keith - To

Re: [users] Sales yesterday

2008-06-04 Thread Drew Jensen
Keith Clark wrote: I would love to be able to run a report of sales I made yesterday but I have no idea of how to do that in a query...preferably a GUI based query. Any help? For a specific example see: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61t=5245 The thread shows