[users] Inserting numbers down left side of text document

2010-11-20 Thread AG
Hi all I have to transcribe an interview and want to have a list of sequential numbers repeated for each page so that a line of text can be identified by a line number (e.g. line 17 page 3). How can I do this in OOo please? Thanks for any suggestions. AG

Re: [users] Inserting numbers down left side of text document

2010-11-20 Thread AG
... thank you. I just couldn't find that. I trust this helps. As ever :-) Cheers AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Opening a MIME file

2010-11-05 Thread AG
On 05/11/10 15:48, Phil Hibbs wrote: Why is this regular report being generated as an a MIME encoded .xls file ? I have no idea, it's coming from a client's supplier that we gave no access to. Another system is generating .xls files that are actually HTML. Excel can open those as well,

Re: [users] Unsub

2010-11-05 Thread AG
On 03/11/10 19:20, Lisa Hebbard wrote: Pls unsubscribe me from all OO mailings. Thanks, Lisa On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:17:34 +, Phil Hibbssna...@gmail.com wrote: I get a regular report from a system that generates a .xls file but it is MIME encoded, and looks like this: MIME-Version: 1.0

Re: [users] Newbie question

2010-10-26 Thread AG
of good netiquette. Cheers AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Sudden surge of inquiries

2010-10-25 Thread AG
On 25/10/10 19:20, James Wilde wrote: Is anyone else a little suspicious when suddenly, and within a period of about two or three minutes the list suddenly gets a rash of six elementary queries? Well, five elementary and the one about Sun kit. //James Suspicious of what ... ?

Re: [users] User defined date field in Base not enforcing format

2010-10-25 Thread AG
On 23/10/10 22:48, Michael Adams wrote: On Sunday 24 October 2010 06:59, AG wrote: Question about Base. In table I defined a field date to take year only (I don't want days or months) for article publications. I selected user defined in the field properties and stipulated

[users] User defined date field in Base not enforcing format

2010-10-23 Thread AG
input, I enter 1991 into the date field and tab to the next field and the date converts into today's date with the format 23/10/10. How do I stop Base doing what it wants to do and make it to do what I want it to do? Thanks AG

Re: [users] Calc - freezing rows and text on menus

2010-10-23 Thread AG
On 06/10/10 18:34, JOE Conner wrote: On 10/6/2010 10:22 AM, AG wrote: Hello all Two (unrelated) questions on using Calc: (1) How do I freeze a row so that scrolling through the rest of the spreadsheet the top/ frozen row remains visible? (2) When mousing over the various menus, the yellow

Re: [users] Calc - freezing rows and text on menus

2010-10-23 Thread AG
On 23/10/10 20:01, Richard Detwiler wrote: AG wrote: On 06/10/10 18:34, JOE Conner wrote: On 10/6/2010 10:22 AM, AG wrote: Hello all Two (unrelated) questions on using Calc: (1) How do I freeze a row so that scrolling through the rest of the spreadsheet the top/ frozen row remains visible

[users] Calc - adjusting font effects in header

2010-10-07 Thread AG
I think that I am making. Any thoughts - am I missing a step? TIA AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Calc - adjusting font effects in header

2010-10-07 Thread AG
On 07/10/10 19:09, Mike Scott wrote: On 07/10/2010 18:57, AG wrote: Hi all I cannot figure out how to make the header on a spreadsheet bold (/ or underlined). On a regular sheet I do the following: Format Page Header Edit Custom Text Attributes Font Effects Overlining Bold

Re: [users] pps slide show applications

2010-10-07 Thread AG
, but generally speaking, all should work fine. Hope this helps. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Calc - freezing rows and text on menus

2010-10-06 Thread AG
concerned. How can I shift the bubble so that it no longer obscures the menu item it describes? Thanks for help on both or either of these two issues. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

[users] Re: Calc - freezing rows and text on menus

2010-10-06 Thread AG
On 06/10/10 18:22, AG wrote: Hello all Two (unrelated) questions on using Calc: (1) How do I freeze a row so that scrolling through the rest of the spreadsheet the top/ frozen row remains visible? (2) When mousing over the various menus, the yellow text bubble that explains what the item

Re: [users] Re: Calc - freezing rows and text on menus

2010-10-06 Thread AG
On 06/10/10 18:40, JOE Conner wrote: On 10/6/2010 10:30 AM, AG wrote: On 06/10/10 18:22, AG wrote: SNIP Have now answered (1), even though doing so is completely unintuitive - why select the row *below* the one you want to freeze to freeze the row above the one selected??? Go figure

Re: [users] Calc - freezing rows and text on menus

2010-10-06 Thread AG
On 06/10/10 18:34, JOE Conner wrote: On 10/6/2010 10:22 AM, AG wrote: Hello all Two (unrelated) questions on using Calc: (1) How do I freeze a row so that scrolling through the rest of the spreadsheet the top/ frozen row remains visible? (2) When mousing over the various menus, the yellow

Re: [users] Calc - freezing rows and text on menus

2010-10-06 Thread AG
On 06/10/10 18:36, RA Brown wrote: On Wed Oct 06 2010 10:22:48 GMT-0700 (PDT) AG wrote: Hello all Two (unrelated) questions on using Calc: (1) How do I freeze a row so that scrolling through the rest of the spreadsheet the top/ frozen row remains visible? On the top of the scroll bar

Re: [users] Re: DocumentFoundation and LibreOffice Mailing Lists

2010-10-06 Thread AG
- Or one could send a blank email to discuss+subscr...@documentfoundation.org to interact via email list. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h

Re: [users] LibreOffice - adoption

2010-10-03 Thread AG
On 03/10/10 00:15, John Kennedy wrote: On 10/02/2010 06:04 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Given Novell's recent buy-out of Sun Microsystems, the subsequent loss of OOo and OpenSolaris it is time to shift towards LibreOffice to show support for the history of OOo and the ethos of open source software

Re: [users] LibreOffice - adoption

2010-10-03 Thread AG
On 03/10/10 13:19, M Henri Day wrote: 2010/10/3 AGcomputing.acco...@googlemail.com On 03/10/10 00:15, John Kennedy wrote: On 10/02/2010 06:04 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Given Novell's recent buy-out of Sun Microsystems, the subsequent loss of OOo and OpenSolaris it is time

Re: [users] LibreOffice - adoption

2010-10-03 Thread AG
On 03/10/10 14:00, James Knott wrote: AG wrote: Given Novell's recent buy-out of Sun Microsystems When did that happen? I thought Oracle bought Sun. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] LibreOffice - adoption

2010-10-03 Thread AG
On 03/10/10 19:52, John Kennedy wrote: On 10/02/2010 10:21 PM, Barry Kahn wrote: On 10/2/2010 19:15, John Kennedy wrote: On 10/02/2010 06:04 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Given Novell's recent buy-out of Sun Microsystems, the subsequent loss of OOo and OpenSolaris it is time to shift towards

Re: [users] LibreOffice - adoption

2010-10-03 Thread AG
On 03/10/10 20:19, John Kennedy wrote: Barry Thank you. It is nice to know all my hard work and dedication has been recognized. I wish you the same good fortune. All, (I so love keeping this thread open and going. Barry is so entertaining in a Neanderthal, can't read the bottom of my email

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation

2010-10-02 Thread AG
On 28/09/10 17:56, JOE Conner wrote: On 9/28/2010 5:23 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: SNIP It was just an announcement. Nothing wrong with asking *further* discussions to go to the discuss list, but nothing wrong with making an announcement of this magnitude here either. I for one am glad to hear

[users] LibreOffice - adoption

2010-10-02 Thread AG
-foundation-announced as well as described here http://www.documentfoundation.org/. Support the open source philosophy that gave us all OOo in the first place. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

[users] Page break Print preview in Calc

2010-09-16 Thread AG
taking the chance that it won't happen if I copy the sheets into a new workbook? Can anyone help me to figure this out, because in Excel I can do this with impunity, but apparently not in Calc. Thanks for any assistance on this. AG

Re: [users] Page break Print preview in Calc

2010-09-16 Thread AG
and page-break previews display as expected. As ever, thanks. Best AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-22 Thread AG
to provide under search entry watermarks). Am I missing something? TIA AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-22 Thread AG
, thank you once again for your very helpful guidance. Best AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] math typing in open office

2010-05-22 Thread AG
mouse back into the main body of the text and then you can carry on typing words. Aside from the above, perhaps you can share what problems you are experiencing when you say that the standard approach doesn't work for you. What does that actually mean? HTH AG

Re: [users] Is there any licensing issue..?

2010-05-22 Thread AG
computer stations as you like and even copy it to a CD to send to a cousing elsewhere in the world or encourage them to download it for free. The joy of open source software ... no wonder Microsoft launched such a campaign of FUD to dissuade people from adopting OSS. HTH AG

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-05-22 Thread AG
! If it doesn't work, please come back here with a further question. HTH AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Spell check does not work

2010-05-20 Thread AG
. Cheers AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] [SOLVED] Re: [users] Embedding a Writer file within an *.odt document

2010-04-20 Thread AG
like that? Cheers AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] [SOLVED] Re: [users] Embedding a Writer file within an *.odt document

2010-04-19 Thread AG
into the document (which will obviously increase the size of the second document). I will spend a bit of time playing around with some of the options until I come to a better understanding of how it works, but your reply was enough to resolve my immediate query. Thanks again. AG

[users] Embedding a Writer file within an *.odt document

2010-04-18 Thread AG
. Thanks for any help. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Word count

2010-04-10 Thread AG
Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: I have a text that has to be reduced considerably in extent while it is being edited; I also have to use the change-tracking feature (Openoffice 3.2, Ubuntu 9.10). I was disheartened to discover that, after cutting unmercifully, the text seemed to be no shorter. The

Re: [users] Problem with sum in Calc

2010-03-05 Thread AG
Harold Fuchs wrote: On 3 March 2010 19:36, AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com wrote: JOE Conner wrote: On 3/3/2010 10:52 AM, AG wrote: 11.73 + 7 + 15.75 + 24.68 + 17.5 + 21.18 + 20.65 + 17.85 + 19.25 + 23.1 + 12.6 + 10.5 + 23.8 TOOLS - OPTIONS - OPENOFFICE.ORG

Re: [users] Problem with sum in Calc

2010-03-05 Thread AG
JOE Conner wrote: On 3/4/2010 8:06 AM, Don Daugherty wrote: On 3/3/2010 1:36 PM, AG wrote: JOE Conner wrote: On 3/3/2010 10:52 AM, AG wrote: 11.73 + 7 + 15.75 + 24.68 + 17.5 + 21.18 + 20.65 + 17.85 + 19.25 + 23.1 + 12.6 + 10.5 + 23.8 TOOLS - OPTIONS - OPENOFFICE.ORG CALC - CALCULATE - Right

Re: [users] Re: Problem with sum in Calc

2010-03-05 Thread AG
Twayne wrote: In news:4b8fda86.1020...@ku.edu, Don Daugherty daughe...@ku.edu typed: On 3/3/2010 1:36 PM, AG wrote: JOE Conner wrote: On 3/3/2010 10:52 AM, AG wrote: 11.73 + 7 + 15.75 + 24.68 + 17.5 + 21.18 + 20.65 + 17.85 + 19.25 + 23.1 + 12.6 + 10.5 + 23.8 TOOLS - OPTIONS - OPENOFFICE.ORG

[users] Problem with sum in Calc

2010-03-03 Thread AG
on, and all is precisely as it is on my machine which calculates the numbers accurately. Thanks for any help. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Problem with sum in Calc

2010-03-03 Thread AG
JOE Conner wrote: On 3/3/2010 10:52 AM, AG wrote: 11.73 + 7 + 15.75 + 24.68 + 17.5 + 21.18 + 20.65 + 17.85 + 19.25 + 23.1 + 12.6 + 10.5 + 23.8 TOOLS - OPTIONS - OPENOFFICE.ORG CALC - CALCULATE - Right Panel, do you have PRECISION AS SHOWN checked on one of the machines? Joe Conner, Poulsbo

Re: [users] Re: soffice.bin = highly dangerous??

2010-02-28 Thread AG
Twayne wrote: snip I happen to agree with that, but I still don't use Linux in any mainstream way. Bugs and market share etc., aside, Linux is good for those who run certain programs only and consistantly and the distro includes any drivers they might need to support, or they can at least

Re: [users] soffice.bin = highly dangerous??

2010-02-28 Thread AG
which is pretty good (AVG perhaps?), but I'm sure others here who use 'em could recommend a viable alternative (other than Norton or McAfee). HTH. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] OT and Linux related Re: Re: soffice.bin = highly dangerous??

2010-02-28 Thread AG
Twayne wrote: snip The major issue is if the software you want is available on the platform of choice. No; the features and functions I NEED, not want, is the key there. MS still have the corner on several things LInux hasn't yet opened up. It may someday, but ... not yet. If you are

Re: [users] UK English spell checker and thesaurus

2010-02-22 Thread AG
cited above and use that as your search string, bearing in mind it will need to be *en-gb* Hope this helps you out. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h

Re: [users] Opening a Writer document at the end rather than at the beginning?

2009-12-08 Thread AG
Charles Marcus wrote: On 12/6/2009, Brian Barker (b.m.bar...@btinternet.com) wrote: I seem to recall that previous releases of OOo allowed this but the 3.1* releases don't seem to support this out of the box. Is there a setting that I can tweak to enable this? FWIW, OOo sits proudly on my

Re: [users] Opening a Writer document at the end rather than at the beginning?

2009-12-08 Thread AG
Brian Barker wrote: At 13:11 06/12/2009 +, Aonly Gonly wrote: I don't know if this is the default behaviour for OOo3:1.1-8 Writer or not, ... I'm puzzled: you mean you haven't tested this? Or perhaps you mean you may have changed something inadvertently? No - just that what some people

Re: [users] Opening a Writer document at the end rather than at the beginning?

2009-12-08 Thread AG
Gene Young wrote: AG wrote: I don't know if this is the default behaviour for OOo3:1.1-8 Writer or not, but I would like to be able to open up a previously worked on document at the end of the work that I have done, rather than at the beginning of the document which is what currently happens

[users] Opening a Writer document at the end rather than at the beginning?

2009-12-06 Thread AG
current Debian testing machine. Thanks AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Number indenting peculiarity

2009-11-21 Thread AG
Pradeep Srinivas wrote: On Saturday 21 November 2009 00:44:49 AG wrote: In 3.1.1 version of OOo (core 1:3.1.1-2 Sept 16, 2009) Writer, on Debian Testing, I have come across an irritating (and counter-intuitive, to my mind) issue when using the (i), (ii), (iii), ... numbering list

Re: [users] How to make the automatic toolbars stop?

2009-11-21 Thread AG
dock into that area. Once you've finished working on the table and moved onto plain text, the toolbar should disappear and when you return to working with tables, it should reappear in the area you dragged it into. I hope this helps. AG

[users] Number indenting peculiarity

2009-11-20 Thread AG
assistance. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Please help with Issue #5556: Edit Date format does not match configured date format

2009-11-14 Thread AG
NoOp wrote: On 11/14/2009 11:47 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Kubuntu 9.10 with OOo 3.1 (probably Go-OOo) with the Language Options set to use the default locale setting: !) With export LC_ALL=en_DK.UTF-8 (which uses the -MM-DD format), entering date as -MM-DD: Calc shows MM/DD/YY in

Re: [users] picture placement

2009-11-13 Thread AG
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Ahhh, wife just called me... OK, quickly then... I believe that you can create a frame style and apply it to graphics. You can create a style to set things as desired... No time to verify, sorry... I have done this and it works fine. A bit fiddly, but use

Re: [users] Please help with Issue #5556: Edit Date format does not match configured date format

2009-11-13 Thread AG
just noticed that this bug is marked as a feature request, not a bug in the OOo Issue tracker. Will someone with the proper permissions please mark the bug as a bug, not a feature request: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5556 Thank you in advance. +1 AG

Re: [users] Free Software (Was - Responding to unsubscribed posters)

2009-11-03 Thread AG
would this be to the email one receives from the OOo list on subscribing? Complete with clear instructions on how to unsub *themselves* too! AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands

Re: [users] Responding to unsubscribed posters

2009-11-03 Thread AG
individually sent this person unsub instructions *without* CC'ing the list!! Do you think the OP would feel bombarded by kind offers of help? ;) AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

[users] [OT] Unsubscribing (e.g. Re: [users] Fw: unsubscribe)

2009-10-30 Thread AG
of resolving anyway, besides by pointing out what is already blindingly obvious. Thoughts? AG - Forwarded Message From: michael considine mlconsid...@yahoo.com To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Mon, 5 October, 2009 6:43:29 PM Subject: unsubscribe To whom it may concern, I would like

Re: [users] [OT] Unsubscribing (e.g. Re: [users] Fw: unsubscribe)

2009-10-30 Thread AG
Michael Adams wrote: On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37:42 + Came this utterance formulated by AG to my mailbox: Is it just me or does this list seem to receive a surprising amount of messages requesting to be unsubscribed? I belong to over 20 other lists from a range of (computing-related

[users] Re: Inserting check boxes in Writer

2009-10-17 Thread AG
AG wrote: I am designing a check-list that I will be using as hard-copies. I would like to have tick boxes next to text, as a means of recording different aspects or parameters (e.g. check all that apply, out of a range of options). Thus far I have attempted this through experimentation

[users] Inserting check boxes in Writer

2009-10-16 Thread AG
. Any ideas? TIA AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Leading zeros in table

2009-10-12 Thread AG
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Erling Larsen wrote: I have a writer-document made up with a table. In one column i write the date in Swedish format (Y-M-D) or Danish (D-M-Y) e.g. today is 091009 in both. My problem is, that the leading zero disappears. I have tried different formatting, but

Re: [users] Connection to MySQL data base

2009-10-07 Thread AG
josemiguelvelasco wrote: I'm trying to create a connection from Writer to a MySQL data base I have in my computer The process I've followed is this, according on what I've found in the help: File - New - Database In the panel, I choose Connect to an existing data base - MySQL In the next

Re: [users] Goodbye, OpenOffice.Org. I'm going back to MS Office

2009-10-02 Thread AG
Fred A. Miller wrote: Goodbye, OpenOffice.Org. I'm going back to MS Office http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=440183855-f09aff1f3240c763b781087d83996fa3-bfbrand=ZDNETs=5 For the last three years, I've been using a version of OpenOffice.org on all of my systems. I'm sad to say that I'm going to move

[users] Re: prototyping_a_new_user_interface blog down?

2009-09-25 Thread AG
AG wrote: Is it just an error I am receiving or does the following URL http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototyping_a_new_user_interface default to: http://www.com.org/?not_found=blogs.sun.com for other people as well? IIRC, this was the site that discussed the proposed OOo Writer

[users] prototyping_a_new_user_interface blog down?

2009-09-25 Thread AG
. What's happened with that Dastardly Plan anyway? I was just wanting to catch up on the latest comment to call for the developers NOT to do it, and the site seems to have disappeared. I'm sure that that is merely coincidence, right? ;-) AG

Re: [users] Mailing list

2009-09-25 Thread AG
and these all come into this list somehow. Can this be fixed by the list administrator? AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: MS office to openoffice send mail

2009-09-18 Thread AG
jonathon wrote: On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 01:14, Pierre wrote: As I said, I have not seen it work under Linux. It will, if you use whatever email client OOo is _hardcoded_ to work with on Linux. (Why the email client is invariably hardcoded in linux, is a question I can not

Re: [users] How to compile openoffice?

2009-09-18 Thread AG
are trying to compile it directly? Most distros will come with an OOo binary with these dependency issues already taken care of. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-15 Thread AG
Pierre wrote: James Knott wrote: Some people feel the need to fix something that isn't broken. A similar situation is developing with the Linux KDE desktop, where apparently eye candy has become more important than function. Exactly! And while we're at it, why did they wreck Amarok?

Re: [users] how to install OOo DEB on Ubuntu system?

2009-09-03 Thread AG
the obvious to you. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: Not possible to unsubscribe me

2009-08-29 Thread AG
g...@voila.fr wrote: Hello, if you read that i wrote, i followed instructions. I can't send an email with an email address with a character like =. In addition, the domain of my email address is voila.fr it doesn't exist POP's server. Then, i don't use an outlook for example. How can i

Re: [users] Re: Not possible to unsubscribe me

2009-08-29 Thread AG
Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2009/08/29 12:16 PM AG wrote: There is *no* = in the unsub email address. Look: That is not the address he is talking about. When you send an unsubscribe request the confirmation email you receive has a reply address that includes = and @. Here is an example I

Re: [users] New GUI for OOo ?

2009-08-07 Thread AG
amazing coders can weave, but it ain't broke so please don't fix it! Pretty please with a cherry on top?! AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: ubuntu linux version - any guidance?

2009-08-07 Thread AG
management, default applications, etc. Anyway - well done on taking the plunge into the world of Free and Open Source Software. I hope that you enjoy the journey. Best, AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

Re: [users] Base MS Access compatability

2009-08-02 Thread AG
jonathon wrote: On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:25, AG wrote: The dB will be for field studies of fungi and I am conscious that should I wish to share these data with anyone from the mycology field, it is probable that they will be using MS Access. * Microsoft has been trying to end

[users] Base MS Access compatability

2009-08-01 Thread AG
- I've been looking for a good reason to try it out anyway, and this seems as good as any. Or, would something like MySQL be a better option? I am using GNU/Linux Debian and running OOo3.0.1. Thank you AG - To unsubscribe, e

Re: [users] Turning on automatic spell check

2009-07-28 Thread AG
Hagar de l'Est wrote: See: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74t=16512 Hagar Le 27.07.2009 21:33, AG a écrit : Hi List How do I turn on automatic spell checking on OOo Writer? I thought that I had it turned on, but reviewing what I have written I can spot many

[users] Turning on automatic spell check

2009-07-27 Thread AG
Hi List How do I turn on automatic spell checking on OOo Writer? I thought that I had it turned on, but reviewing what I have written I can spot many spelling errors which it is not picking up on. I am using 3.1.0 on Debian sid. Thanks for any help. AG

Re: [users] Problems with print preview in Calc

2009-07-21 Thread AG
JOE Conner wrote: AG wrote: Hey List My wife is a long-time Excel user and now, after my having convinced her to do so, she has adopted OOo/ Calc. She has set up a 7 sheet workbook, each with data, etc., but only 1 of these 7 sheets is displayed in print preview. It doesn't matter what

[users] Problems with print preview in Calc

2009-07-20 Thread AG
is not a happy camper about this, so I would like to be able to offer her a fix ASAP. Any suggestions? AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Calc: Using scientific numbers

2009-07-09 Thread AG
in terms of the formatting otherwise it seems as if the chart won't pick it up for display. So how do I get around this? Thanks AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [users] Calc: Using scientific numbers

2009-07-09 Thread AG
Harold Fuchs wrote: 2009/7/9 AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com Hello I am using scientific notation in a spreadsheet, but want to round the data off to a common exponent. At present I have data such as: 6.8E+15 1.15E+21 5.09E+19 and so on. I want to do a graph, but at present

[users] [SOLVED] Re: [users] Calc: Using scientific numbers

2009-07-09 Thread AG
AG wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: 2009/7/9 AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com Hello I am using scientific notation in a spreadsheet, but want to round the data off to a common exponent. At present I have data such as: 6.8E+15 1.15E+21 5.09E+19 and so on. I want to do a graph

[users] Writer: How to set up table of content

2009-07-09 Thread AG
, with numerous subheadings which I would like to keep straight. Anybody fancy pointing me towards an idiot's guide please? Many thanks AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [users] Writer: How to set up table of content

2009-07-09 Thread AG
Gene Young wrote: AG wrote: Hello I've never done this myself in MS Word, but have seen it done, so apologies for my ignorance, but: how does one set up a table of contents that automatically updates if the pagination changes (e.g. extra pages added to/deleted from a section)? I've got

Re: [users] Writer: How to set up table of content

2009-07-09 Thread AG
Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 14:36, Gene Young wrote: AG wrote: Hello I've never done this myself in MS Word, but have seen it done, so apologies for my ignorance, but: how does one set up a table of contents that automatically updates if the pagination

Re: [users] Re: OOo Writer: saving and opening documents

2009-07-01 Thread AG
Mathias Bauer wrote: AG wrote: I suppose another issue is the length of time it takes to autosave: with 3Gb of RAM and a further 3Gb allocated to my swap partition, one would think that there'd be plenty of memory for OOo to use in the save process. Perhaps there is a way of manually

Re: [users] Re: OOo Writer: saving and opening documents

2009-06-23 Thread AG
Joe Smith wrote: On 06/19/2009 06:50 AM, AG wrote: ... How do I set it up so that when I open a document it defaults to opening it at the place I last worked on - i.e. the end of the document? OOo Writer tries to be smart here: if the document is opened by its author, the editing cursor

[users] OOo Writer: saving and opening documents

2009-06-19 Thread AG
using the correct terminology, please ask me to clarify if need's be. Many thanks for any suggestions. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] OOo Writer: saving and opening documents

2009-06-19 Thread AG
- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org Thanks Brian I will try your suggested workaround. Any suggestions regarding the interruption to work when auto-saving in the background? Cheers AG

Re: [users] Copy in Writer does not copy text formatting

2009-06-07 Thread AG
David B Teague wrote: David B Teague wrote: AG wrote: Hello list In OOo Writer, when I copy text (as well as tables) from one *.odt to a second *.odt or within the same *.odt, any formatting in the original gets lost in the pasted version. I am using OOo 3.0.1 OOO300m15 (Build:9379

[users] Copy in Writer does not copy text formatting

2009-06-06 Thread AG
are installed. Thanks for any assistance. AG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] maximum lines in Calc

2006-05-18 Thread sjn AG
hi, I am looking for a replacement of Excel. The requirement for the replacement is it has to open tables with more than 65.500 lines. (Excel is limited to 65.53 6lines) Can Calc do that? Regards, .simon