Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-10 Thread Tommy27
Larry Gusaas-4 wrote: So you are both promoting the advertised Open Office scam on the petition website. Do the two of you own this fake Official OO.o website and try to collect money from people so they can download OO.o? no. we have no financial interest in this. we are not

Re: [users] 'Save as' annoyance

2009-09-10 Thread Guy Voets
2009/9/9 Harold Fuchs hwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com: Guy Voets wrote: Hello, I like to report a small annoyance when using Save As. When you 'save as' a doc/xls/pps, the dialogue lets you choose where you want to save the file. After you choose a map and you click OK, the program proposes

Re: [users] Delete duplicate rows in Calc?

2009-09-10 Thread Guy Voets
2009/9/9 Andy a...@the-martin-byrd.net: What seems to have been missed is that the poster used the Digest to reply from. They did not hijack a thread, only all the messages posted to this list on the 8th of September. -- Andy Brown Yes, Andy, that's how it arrived at my gmail too: with the

[users] Re: Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/09/10 12:02 AM Tommy27 wrote: Larry Gusaas-4 wrote: So you are both promoting the advertised Open Office scam on the petition website. Do the two of you own this fake Official OO.o website and try to collect money from people so they can download OO.o? no. we have no

Re: [users] To the thread hijack police and the on-topic police

2009-09-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:05:57 -0400 David B Teague davidbtea...@verizon.net wrote: Hello David, What I was asking is for those who issue such reproof to be less strident. Yes, my reply kind of missed your point, I know. Trouble is there are as many people that get annoyed by hi-jacking,

[users] Conditional Formatting

2009-09-10 Thread Keith Clark
Is it not possible in Calc to conditionally change the background colour of a cell? I see that it is possible to change the text style, but I cannot find where/how to change the colour. Thanks, Keith - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] Conditional Formatting

2009-09-10 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/9/10 Keith Clark keithcl...@k-wbookworm.com Is it not possible in Calc to conditionally change the background colour of a cell? I see that it is possible to change the text style, but I cannot find where/how to change the colour. Thanks, Keith It certainly is possible. 1. See

[users] tabs error [hijacked thread?

2009-09-10 Thread Mark Miller
1. I'm sending through gmail and hope it is starting a new thread. I think I DID hijack a thread the first time I tried to post this. I had a really weird problem with tabs in a word processing document. I had a line (test question) with four options. Each option on its own line. Each option

Re: [users] Conditional Formatting

2009-09-10 Thread Keith Clark
On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 14:59 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: 2009/9/10 Keith Clark keithcl...@k-wbookworm.com Is it not possible in Calc to conditionally change the background colour of a cell? I see that it is possible to change the text style, but I cannot find where/how to change the

Re: [users] Openoffice 3.0 Writer Index problem

2009-09-10 Thread Barbara Duprey
Arun Shrimali wrote: On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Andy a...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: Arun Shrimali wrote: Dear All, I am using Openoffice 3.0.1 over Ubuntu 9.04 I have created a long document with outlined numbering (bullets and numbering), means the heading has numbered 1 and

[users] Opening an openoffice document in microsoft word

2009-09-10 Thread scallywagca
I have a document which was created using open office. I copied and pasted bar charts from the spreadsheet program into the document however I am having problems opening the document in micorsoft office. I have tryed saving it as a word 2003 file but the document was missing the bar charts. I

Re: [users] Re: Hi-Jacked Threads

2009-09-10 Thread Barbara Duprey
NoOp wrote: On 09/09/2009 02:42 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: Don Daugherty wrote: First of all, is this message the beginning of a properly started New Thread? It was generated in Thunderbird by clicking Write and addressing it to users@openoffice.org Yes, that's the right way.

Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-10 Thread Tommy27
I'm not the starter of the petition so i cannot edit it and add that warning. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Petition-against-OOo-Renaissance-tp25228803p25385350.html Sent from the openoffice - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[users] sc users

2009-09-10 Thread C. Partridge
Group, Is there a more appropriate list for submitting Calc user questions? I found one on the OO.org Website, but there has not been a post for over a year. If not, I am looking for statistical extensions to use with calc. (My colleagues and I have used Excel stat extensions for years, but

Re: [users] Re: Hi-Jacked Threads

2009-09-10 Thread James Knott
Barbara Duprey wrote: Yes, that's what I meant by the key -- by the way, I tried to look it up but Thunderbird doesn't seem to provide a way to scroll through the header, and that part overflowed onto a page I couldn't see. What's the trick for getting at the whole header? Ctrl - U

Re: [users] Re: Hi-Jacked Threads

2009-09-10 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: Yes, that's what I meant by the key -- by the way, I tried to look it up but Thunderbird doesn't seem to provide a way to scroll through the header, and that part overflowed onto a page I couldn't see. What's the trick for getting at the whole

Re: [users] tabs error [hijacked thread?

2009-09-10 Thread Gene Young
Mark Miller wrote: 1. I'm sending through gmail and hope it is starting a new thread. I think I DID hijack a thread the first time I tried to post this. I had a really weird problem with tabs in a word processing document. I had a line (test question) with four options. Each option on its

[users] Re: How to sort mixed alpha numbers?

2009-09-10 Thread Twayne
NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote in message news:h89s6m$2t...@ger.gmane.org I've tried every combination that I can think of (even formating cells to text) and still cannot figure out how to sort via a column with data like this: Sail Number USA 84 USA 604 USA 275 USA 35024 USA 103 USA

Re: [users] sc users

2009-09-10 Thread JOE Conner
C. Partridge wrote: Group, Is there a more appropriate list for submitting Calc user questions? I found one on the OO.org Website, but there has not been a post for over a year. If not, I am looking for statistical extensions to use with calc. (My colleagues and I have used Excel stat

[users] Re: Hi-Jacked Threads

2009-09-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/09/10 7:57 AM Barbara Duprey wrote: Yes, that's what I meant by the key -- by the way, I tried to look it up but Thunderbird doesn't seem to provide a way to scroll through the header, and that part overflowed onto a page I couldn't see. What's the trick for getting at the whole

[users] Re: Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/09/10 9:52 AM Tommy27 wrote: I'm not the starter of the petition so i cannot edit it and add that warning. Then tell your compatriot the wild dog to do it. Quack Quack -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is never ahead of

[users] OT Replying to digests (was Re: [users] Delete) duplicate rows in Calc?

2009-09-10 Thread James E. Lang
--On Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:37:28 AM -0700 Andy a...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: Charles Partridge wrote: users-digest-h...@openoffice.org wrote: users Digest 8 Sep 2009 20:16:44 - Issue 7160 Topics (messages 201485 through 201514): Re: formula in Calc 201485 by:

Re: [users] sc users

2009-09-10 Thread JOE Conner
JOE Conner wrote: C. Partridge wrote: Group, Is there a more appropriate list for submitting Calc user questions? I found one on the OO.org Website, but there has not been a post for over a year. If not, I am looking for statistical extensions to use with calc. (My colleagues and I have

[users] Re: tabs error

2009-09-10 Thread Mark C. Miller
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:28:56 -0400, Gene Young wrote: Mark Miller wrote: 1. I'm sending through gmail and hope it is starting a new thread. I think I DID hijack a thread the first time I tried to post this. I had a really weird problem with tabs in a word processing document. I had a

Re: [users] Re: Hi-Jacked Threads

2009-09-10 Thread James Knott
Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2009/09/10 7:57 AM Barbara Duprey wrote: Yes, that's what I meant by the key -- by the way, I tried to look it up but Thunderbird doesn't seem to provide a way to scroll through the header, and that part overflowed onto a page I couldn't see. What's the trick for

Re: [users] Re: tabs error

2009-09-10 Thread Gene Young
Mark C. Miller wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:28:56 -0400, Gene Young wrote: Mark Miller wrote: 1. I'm sending through gmail and hope it is starting a new thread. I think I DID hijack a thread the first time I tried to post this. I had a really weird problem with tabs in a word processing

[users] Default printer

2009-09-10 Thread Eustace
When I want to print a document (Ctrl+P), under Printer Name I see Send to OneNote 2007 and not to me default (Dell V305) printer. I checked in the Vista printers folder to make sure that the Dell printer is the default, and it is. I have never used OneNote and actually I have no idea what it

[users] Publishing with OO questions

2009-09-10 Thread L Duperval
Hi, I am creating a booklet (well, a series of booklets, actually) that will be formatted with text on the right-hand pages, and some sort of graph or picture or quote or table or... on the left hand page. How do I do that elegantly? Afterward, I am planning on exporting it in PDF (PDF/X is

Re: [users] tabs error

2009-09-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:01 10/09/2009 -0400, Mark Miller wrote: I had a really weird problem with tabs in a word processing document. I had a line (test question) with four options. Each option on its own line. Each option tabbed once. Line A and line B tabbed in as expected. Line C tabbed in ok, but when

Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-10 Thread Tommy27
your quacks will not stop the petition, Larry. :-p our team will win!!! =) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Petition-against-OOo-Renaissance-tp25228803p25391129.html Sent from the openoffice - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[users] Re: Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/09/10 3:13 PM Tommy27 wrote: your quacks will not stop the petition, Larry. :-p our team will win!!! =) Since neither you or your mad dog compatriot will do anything about the scam links on the website you put yourself in the same category as the scammers. If your are serious

Re: [users] Publishing with OO questions

2009-09-10 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:51:53 + (UTC) L Duperval lduper...@yahoo.com dijo: One thing I have been told is that for publishing, Scribus might be better than Writer. So I am also looking at exporting from Writer in order to import in Scribus. You don't have to export from OOo in order to

Re: [users] Publishing with OO questions

2009-09-10 Thread James Knott
John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:51:53 + (UTC) L Duperval lduper...@yahoo.com dijo: One thing I have been told is that for publishing, Scribus might be better than Writer. So I am also looking at exporting from Writer in order to import in Scribus. You don't

Re: [users] Re: Hi-Jacked Threads

2009-09-10 Thread Barbara Duprey
James Knott wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2009/09/10 7:57 AM Barbara Duprey wrote: Yes, that's what I meant by the key -- by the way, I tried to look it up but Thunderbird doesn't seem to provide a way to scroll through the header, and that part overflowed onto a page I couldn't see.

Re: [users] Re: tabs error

2009-09-10 Thread Barbara Duprey
Mark C. Miller wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:28:56 -0400, Gene Young wrote: Mark Miller wrote: 1. I'm sending through gmail and hope it is starting a new thread. I think I DID hijack a thread the first time I tried to post this. I had a really weird problem with tabs in a word

Re: [users] How to sort mixed alpha numbers?

2009-09-10 Thread Troll/Idiot
Two possibilities come to mind -- 1. Put the text in one column and the number in the next. 2. Pad the numbers with leading 0's so all the numbers have the same number of characters USA 00084 USA 00604 USA 00275 USA 35024 USA 00103 USA 00116 USA 38747 USA 00072 USA 00040 USA 87549 USA 41001

Re: [users] Default printer

2009-09-10 Thread Andy
Eustace wrote: When I want to print a document (Ctrl+P), under Printer Name I see Send to OneNote 2007 and not to me default (Dell V305) printer. I checked in the Vista printers folder to make sure that the Dell printer is the default, and it is. I have never used OneNote and actually I have

[users] Re: Re: Hi-Jacked Threads

2009-09-10 Thread Joe(theWordy)Philbrook
It would appear that on Sep 10, Barbara Duprey did say: NoOp wrote: I think you mean an 'In-Reply-To' header. Example (from your post): In-Reply-To: 4aa7dc79.7090...@ku.edu Yes, that's what I meant by the key -- by the way, I tried to look it up but Thunderbird doesn't seem to provide a

Re: [users] Spreadsheet update automation

2009-09-10 Thread James E. Lang
--On Tuesday, September 08, 2009 03:19:42 PM -0500 Don Daugherty daughe...@ku.edu wrote: James E. Lang wrote: Not for the faint of heart! I have seen no related discussions and this could very well be off topic for this list so feel free to direct me to a more appropriate list

Re: [users] Spreadsheet update automation

2009-09-10 Thread James E. Lang
--On Tuesday, September 08, 2009 06:41:07 PM +0200 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe you could try the developer's mail list? I think it is d...@openoffice.org or something like that. Thank you. -- Jim -

Re: [users] UI work (Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance)

2009-09-10 Thread James E. Lang
--On Wednesday, September 09, 2009 08:38:41 PM +0200 M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/9 Bernd Eilers bernd.eil...@sun.com Hi there! Cor Nouws wrote: Lars Nooden wrote (7-9-2009 10:01) If it looks like duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, ... To make it easier

Re: [users] Opening an openoffice document in microsoft word

2009-09-10 Thread Barbara Duprey
scallywa...@rogers.com wrote: I have a document which was created using open office. I copied and pasted bar charts from the spreadsheet program into the document however I am having problems opening the document in micorsoft office. I have tryed saving it as a word 2003 file but the document

Re: [users] UI work (Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance)

2009-09-10 Thread James E. Lang
--On Wednesday, September 09, 2009 03:00:01 PM +0200 Per Joh perj...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/9 Lars Nooden larsnoo...@openoffice.org Cor Nouws wrote: ... So anything that might look as being related (even in distance) cannot be else then bad also, isn't it?! Hmm. It's called learning.

Re: [users] Publishing with OO questions

2009-09-10 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:50:40 -0400 James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com dijo: John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:51:53 + (UTC) L Duperval lduper...@yahoo.com dijo: One thing I have been told is that for publishing, Scribus might be better than Writer. So I am also

Re: [users] Openoffice 3.0 Writer Index problem

2009-09-10 Thread Arun Shrimali
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com wrote: Arun Shrimali wrote: On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Andy a...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: Arun Shrimali wrote: Dear All, I am using Openoffice 3.0.1 over Ubuntu 9.04 I have created a long document with outlined