Re: [users] Writer - how to disable the readonly mode?

2010-01-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:38 26/01/2010 +0800, Nicholas Noname wrote: Anyone knows how I can unprotect a writer document that was protected by the following steps? 1. In Writer menu choose Tools -Options -OpenOffice.org -Security 2. Select (checked) Open this document in read only mode. 3. Press the protect

Re: [users] Slow to open.etc.

2010-01-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-01-25 8:15 PM, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: I don't like Windows. I use GNU/Linux, Debian testing updated every week. I don't see why I have to buy something else if I work well with it. FOR YOU is slow, for me is fine. And it's MY computer. Well, that's fine for you Sylvia, but I was

[users] How to disable the prompt for a Read-Only file

2010-01-26 Thread Tanstaafl
Hello, In a corporate setting, it is quite common to have centralized documents that are stored on a filesystem that may be read/write for some, and read-only for others. When someone is opening one of these and they only have read-only privileges, is it possible to disable the prompt for

Re: [users] Slow to open.etc.

2010-01-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-01-26 7:28 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-01-25 8:15 PM, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: I don't like Windows. I use GNU/Linux, Debian testing updated every week. I don't see why I have to buy something else if I work well with it. FOR YOU is slow, for me is fine. And it's MY computer. Well,

Re: [users] Re: Forms for Calc

2010-01-26 Thread Wade Smart
Andreas Saeger wrote: Wade Smart wrote: Wow. I think between what you and Andreas said, I might just create a db and use php on a web page and forget the spread sheet. Thanks. Wade This is a very good idea and I'm sure the extra effort pays off after a few days of data collection by a

Re: [users] How to disable the prompt for a Read-Only file

2010-01-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-01-26 7:32 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: When someone is opening one of these and they only have read-only privileges, is it possible to disable the prompt for opening it in Read-Only mode or opening a copy in Read/Write mode? Sorry, that was incomplete... I'd like to just have it open in

[users] Using an OR inside an IF

2010-01-26 Thread Wade Smart
=IF(F8=(OR(yellow,y)),5,0) IF, F8 is equal to the word yellow or the letter y then return the number 5, otherwise return 0. Im getting that #VALUE! error. ah.. I just read that any text cells are ignored. How would I do that then? Wade -- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered Linux

Re: [users] Using an OR inside an IF

2010-01-26 Thread Guy Voets
2010/1/26 Wade Smart w...@wadesmart.com: =IF(F8=(OR(yellow,y)),5,0) IF, F8 is equal to the word yellow or the letter y then return the number 5, otherwise return 0. Im getting that #VALUE! error. ah.. I just read that any text cells are ignored. How would I do that then? Wade Hello

Re: [users] Using an OR inside an IF

2010-01-26 Thread Wade Smart
Guy Voets wrote: 2010/1/26 Wade Smart w...@wadesmart.com: =IF(F8=(OR(yellow,y)),5,0) IF, F8 is equal to the word yellow or the letter y then return the number 5, otherwise return 0. Im getting that #VALUE! error. ah.. I just read that any text cells are ignored. How would I do that then?

Re: [users] STRANDED PLEASE

2010-01-26 Thread John Meyer
Okay, vote: spam or misguided use of the autofill function in the to field? On 1/26/2010 7:57 AM, michael considine wrote: Hello, How are you doing? I hope this email reaches you on time, i had a trip to the United Kingdom, but unfortunately for me i lost my wallet at the airport, i only

Re: [users] STRANDED PLEASE

2010-01-26 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
On 01/26/10 16:14, John Meyer wrote: Okay, vote: spam or misguided use of the autofill function in the to field? On 1/26/2010 7:57 AM, michael considine wrote: Hello, How are you doing? I hope this email reaches you on time, i had a trip to the United Kingdom, but unfortunately for me i

Re: [users] STRANDED PLEASE

2010-01-26 Thread Programmer In Training
On 1/26/2010 9:14 AM, John Meyer wrote: Okay, vote: spam or misguided use of the autofill function in the to field? both -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [users] STRANDED PLEASE

2010-01-26 Thread John Meyer
On 1/26/2010 8:23 AM, ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: On 01/26/10 16:14, John Meyer wrote: Okay, vote: spam or misguided use of the autofill function in the to field? On 1/26/2010 7:57 AM, michael considine wrote: Hello, How are you doing? I hope this email reaches you on time, i had a

[users] openoffice.org site doesn't respond

2010-01-26 Thread Douglas Hinds
I have been unable to connect with openoffice.org or check for oo updates, although I'm connecting with everything else, including sun.com What's going on? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For

Re: [users] openoffice.org site doesn't respond

2010-01-26 Thread James Knott
Douglas Hinds wrote: I have been unable to connect with openoffice.org or check for oo updates, although I'm connecting with everything else, including sun.com What's going on? I have no problem connecting. - To

Re: [users] openoffice.org site doesn't respond

2010-01-26 Thread Programmer In Training
On 1/26/2010 9:59 AM, Douglas Hinds wrote: I have been unable to connect with openoffice.org or check for oo updates, although I'm connecting with everything else, including sun.com What's going on? Must be between you and OOo, I'm connecting to the site just fine. -- PIT Emails are not

[users] Creating mail merge labels

2010-01-26 Thread Gordon
Can anyone point me to an easy to understand but detailed tutorial on how to use OO and an external data source (such as Evolution addressbook) to create either single or multiple mailing labels? (Multiple being a number of labels all containing different addressees) Many thanks

Re: [users] openoffice.org site doesn't respond

2010-01-26 Thread Clayton
On 01/26/2010 05:11 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/26/2010 9:59 AM, Douglas Hinds wrote: I have been unable to connect with openoffice.org or check for oo updates, although I'm connecting with everything else, including sun.com What's going on? Must be between you and OOo, I'm

[users] Re: Forms for Calc

2010-01-26 Thread Andreas Saeger
Wade Smart wrote: Well, this was really for about 1500 users is locations all over the world for this one company. The spread sheet is how they update certain things but, Ill have to check out the other way. :D One way or the other way, it is impossible to help with this tiny amount of

[users] Re: How to disable the prompt for a Read-Only file

2010-01-26 Thread NoOp
On 01/26/2010 05:40 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-01-26 7:32 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: When someone is opening one of these and they only have read-only privileges, is it possible to disable the prompt for opening it in Read-Only mode or opening a copy in Read/Write mode? Sorry, that was

RE: [users] Re: Write: How to manage Sections?

2010-01-26 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
Five long months ago, Alex Zachopoulos [mailto:alexzachopoulos.oool...@gmail.com] replied to Joe-somebody: Hi Joe! and thanks for the very intuitive post! I think your comment expresses my conclusions with OOo Writer sections precisely. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Joe Smith

Re: [users] Using an OR inside an IF

2010-01-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/26 Wade Smart w...@wadesmart.com: =IF(F8=(OR(yellow,y)),5,0) IF, F8 is equal to the word yellow or the letter y then return the number 5, otherwise return 0. Im getting that #VALUE! error. ah.. I just read that any text cells are ignored. How would I do that then? This works (I

Re: [users] Re: How to disable the prompt for a Read-Only file

2010-01-26 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-01-26 11:36 AM, NoOp wrote: Sorry, that was incomplete... I'd like to just have it open in read-only mode, like older versions did. Well... it was even more complete without OS and OOo version. :-) Dang, and I'm usually pretty good about that (and even point out the lack to others at

Re: [users] STRANDED PLEASE

2010-01-26 Thread Heinz Jürgen Niewel
Hört endlich auf mit dieser E-Mail senderei .Ich habe schon hunderte von eueren scheiß mail´s bekommen was soll das ich kann Sie sowieso nicht lesen und dererste hat bald eine Anzeige wegen Belästigung am Hintern. Ihr wißt doch genau das die Spam schickerei strafbar ist.Niewel - Original

Re: [users] openoffice.org site doesn't respond

2010-01-26 Thread Heinz Jürgen Niewel
Hör mit der scheiß schreiber auf - Original Message - From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [users] openoffice.org site doesn't respond Douglas Hinds wrote: I have been unable to connect with

[users] Hi Wg

2010-01-26 Thread Rajendra
I was wondering why my bug report was closed.. Care to share some details http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=106563 Raj

[users] Problem with open office .org

2010-01-26 Thread Gerry Burke
Hello! I have downloaded Open Office.org twice in order to open an attachment from an email but it will not open it for me . What is the problem?Bernie

[users] Can i install the version 3

2010-01-26 Thread Graziano Giovanniello
I have a Sandisk Cruiser with Open Office for U3 Allowing the software update, it says that are available update to Open Office3 When I download it give me the possibility to download only into my WindowsXP computer and not into the Cruiser with the U3 software. After download into the WindowsXP

[users] new user question

2010-01-26 Thread Larry Keene
I have an extensive library. How can I type in titles and then have them alphabetized with a number besude them I.E. 1, 2 3 etc THANK YOU _ Hotmail: Trusted email with

[users] your office programm

2010-01-26 Thread Rudolf Konheiser
Like most people I am not to computer smart. What I am trying to do is , set up a Spreadsheet with 18 columns and invinate pages. Ech page to have the Heading of the original , Column Subtotal and Ballance forward on the following page .Your program might be nice and usefull to some .but I'm

[users] File loss

2010-01-26 Thread Lisa and Kevin O'Dougherty
Hi open office crashed and it said it would save and reload my file. i was wondering if you would be able to find this file for me.

RE: [users] Problem with open office .org

2010-01-26 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
Did you run the installer? Or did you stop after downloading? If there's more of a problem than that, then the volunteers on this mailing list will need to know what operating system you are using, among other details. - Kevin -Original Message- From: Gerry Burke

[users] Re: Problem with open office .org

2010-01-26 Thread Gordon
On 26/01/2010 15:36, Gerry Burke wrote: Hello! I have downloaded Open Office.org twice in order to open an attachment from an email but it will not open it for me . What is the problem?Bernie But did you INSTALL it? -

Re: [users] Can i install the version 3

2010-01-26 Thread D
On 1/26/2010 11:06 AM, Graziano Giovanniello wrote: I have a Sandisk Cruiser with Open Office for U3 Allowing the software update, it says that are available update to Open Office3 When I download it give me the possibility to download only into my WindowsXP computer and not into the Cruiser

Re: [users] new user question

2010-01-26 Thread D
On 1/25/2010 4:59 PM, Larry Keene wrote: I have an extensive library. How can I type in titles and then have them alphabetized with a number besude them I.E. 1, 2 3 etc THANK YOU

Re: [users] File loss

2010-01-26 Thread D
On 1/25/2010 4:56 PM, Lisa and Kevin O'Dougherty wrote: Hi open office crashed and it said it would save and reload my file. i was wondering if you would be able to find this file for me. When OOo reloads it should show any files it was working with and

Re: [users] your office programm

2010-01-26 Thread John Meyer
On 1/26/2010 12:58 AM, Rudolf Konheiser wrote: Like most people I am not to computer smart. What I am trying to do is , set up a Spreadsheet with 18 columns and invinate pages. Ech page to have the Heading of the original , Column Subtotal and Ballance forward on the following page .Your

Re: [users] Can i install the version 3

2010-01-26 Thread James Knott
Graziano Giovanniello wrote: I have a Sandisk Cruiser with Open Office for U3 Allowing the software update, it says that are available update to Open Office3 When I download it give me the possibility to download only into my WindowsXP computer and not into the Cruiser with the U3 software.

Re: [users] Hi Wg

2010-01-26 Thread Programmer In Training
On 1/26/2010 11:38 AM, Rajendra wrote: I was wondering why my bug report was closed.. Care to share some details http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=106563 Raj They explained very clearly why it was closed. Follow their directions. Don't bug us on the mailing list, please.

[users] Re: Mail Merge won't create multiple letters

2010-01-26 Thread NoOp
On 01/25/2010 11:32 PM, Andreas Saeger wrote: D wrote: On 1/24/2010 5:10 PM, jomali wrote: I suspect that you expect to see all of the letters to be sent on your screen. However, have you tried printing your mail merge document? The merge, AFAIK, only happens upon printing.

Re: [users] Re: Forms for Calc

2010-01-26 Thread Wade Smart
Andreas Saeger wrote: Wade Smart wrote: Well, this was really for about 1500 users is locations all over the world for this one company. The spread sheet is how they update certain things but, Ill have to check out the other way. :D One way or the other way, it is impossible to help with

Re: [users] Re: Mail Merge won't create multiple letters

2010-01-26 Thread D
On 1/26/2010 12:47 PM, NoOp wrote: Andreas, D sent me a test .odt and .odb and I am getting the same issue using OOo (linux) 3.2.0 and 3.1.1. I can however do a 179 address mailmerge on a different document when I use an .xls file as the data source. So, I'm not sure if it's something with Base,

[users] Re: Mail Merge won't create multiple letters

2010-01-26 Thread NoOp
On 01/26/2010 12:09 PM, D wrote: On 1/26/2010 12:47 PM, NoOp wrote: Andreas, D sent me a test .odt and .odb and I am getting the same issue using OOo (linux) 3.2.0 and 3.1.1. I can however do a 179 address mailmerge on a different document when I use an .xls file as the data source. So, I'm

[users] Re: Forms for Calc

2010-01-26 Thread Andreas Saeger
Wade Smart wrote: The information is not collected. This form is for individuals - not a company. Thanks Wade And what was the question? Create a spreadsheet with unlocked cells on a protected sheet. Add some validation if it makes sense. Save as xls. Every Excel book since 1995 describes

Re: [users] Re: Forms for Calc

2010-01-26 Thread Wade Smart
Andreas Saeger wrote: Wade Smart wrote: The information is not collected. This form is for individuals - not a company. Thanks Wade And what was the question? Create a spreadsheet with unlocked cells on a protected sheet. Add some validation if it makes sense. Save as xls. Every Excel

[users] Re: Forms for Calc

2010-01-26 Thread Andreas Saeger
Wade Smart wrote: No. Not at all. My original question was: I have a project in front of me using calc. They want a form for input. Is anyone using input forms built for OO Calc but also used on Excel? Are they cross compatible? Nothing at all was said about getting the data back. Im

Re[2]: [users] openoffice.org site doesn't respond

2010-01-26 Thread Douglas Hinds
programmer and james Knott responded to my comment: I have been unable to connect with openoffice.org or check for oo updates, although I'm connecting with everything else, including sun.com What's going on? PIT Must be between you and OOo, I'm connecting to the site just fine. JK I

[users] Re: Creating mail merge labels

2010-01-26 Thread NoOp
On 01/26/2010 08:11 AM, Gordon wrote: Can anyone point me to an easy to understand but detailed tutorial on how to use OO and an external data source (such as Evolution addressbook) to create either single or multiple mailing labels? (Multiple being a number of labels all containing

Re: [users] new user question

2010-01-26 Thread Brian Barker
At 17:59 25/01/2010 -0600, Larry Keene wrote: I have an extensive library. How can I type in titles and then have them alphabetized with a number beside them I.E. 1, 2 3 etc o Start a text (Writer) document. o Enter your titles, pressing Enter after each - so each title is a separate

[users] Re: Mail Merge won't create multiple letters

2010-01-26 Thread NoOp
On 01/26/2010 12:27 PM, NoOp wrote: ... I can view the datasource w/o issue, the data fields seem to be fine as I can click between the two addresses in the MM wizard and see the datafields change in the letter. But when attempting to print or save the 'merged' document, only one page is

Re: [users] Slow to open.etc.

2010-01-26 Thread jonathon
Tanstaafl wrote: And besides... the PC you described is *still* way underpowered for modern *applications*, FWIW, the OOo wikipage lists 256 MB RAM for Solaris, Windows, and Linux, and 512 MB for Mac OS X as the minimum system requirements. Whether or not the OPs machine is underpowered for

Re: [users] Re: Forms for Calc

2010-01-26 Thread jonathon
Andreas Saeger wrote: But form controls are obsolete if you know how to tweak cells. How do you tweak a cell to prevent bad data from being input, without using form controls? jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Re: How to disable the prompt for a Read-Only file

2010-01-26 Thread Mark C. Miller
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:10:16 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-01-26 11:36 AM, NoOp wrote: Sorry, that was incomplete... I'd like to just have it open in read-only mode, like older versions did. Well... it was even more complete without OS and OOo version. :-) Dang, and I'm usually pretty

Re: [users] STRANDED PLEASE

2010-01-26 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hallo, Sie haben sich auf einer Mailingliste angemeldet. Das heißt, alle Emails, die an die Listenadresse geschickt werden, werden an alle Abonnenten weitergeleitet. Ich glaube kaum, dass Sie mit einer Anzeige Erfolg haben werden, da Sie sich ja selbst angemeldet haben - und das daher kein

Re: [users] Using an OR inside an IF

2010-01-26 Thread Harold Fuchs
2010/1/26 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com 2010/1/26 Wade Smart w...@wadesmart.com: =IF(F8=(OR(yellow,y)),5,0) IF, F8 is equal to the word yellow or the letter y then return the number 5, otherwise return 0. Im getting that #VALUE! error. ah.. I just read that any text

Re: [users] Writer - how to disable the readonly mode?

2010-01-26 Thread Nicholas
Brian, Thank you for the help. I have seen that Edit button so many times but never knew the use of that button till today. Brian Barker wrote: At 13:38 26/01/2010 +0800, Nicholas Noname wrote: Anyone knows how I can unprotect a writer document that was protected by the following steps?