Re: [users] Re: Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-08 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.09.07 21:33 -0500, Twayne wrote: FWIW, it seems the way OO.o does envelopes uses the bottom of the envelope page and right side of it to base all its calculations on. The problem with using the bottom as a reference is that it means the printer must have the exact same

Re: [users] Re: Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-07 Thread John Kaufmann
Maurice, Peter, and all other logical people, :-) In a message dated 2010.09.07 11:23 -0500, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 07/09/2010 15:48, Maurice Batey wrote: her approach says to make a template - take as much time as you need to get it right - and then use it whenever you need an

Re: [users] Envelops

2010-09-06 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Clayton, In a message dated 2010.09.06 03:55 -0500, Clayton wrote: Referring people to the Help risks worse confusion, because that describes the Page style Envelope - which is at best ambiguously connected to the formatting of the Insert Envelope command. The problem is so fundamental to

Re: [users] Envelops

2010-09-06 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.09.06 18:03 -0500, Clayton wrote: ... I want to go over the details again in one of the dev lists*, but don't want to burden the bandwidth of this list again, as this is not where the problems will be solved. [* But which dev list? I have been on qa-dev for a couple

Re: [users] Envelops

2010-09-06 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.09.06 16:57 -0500, JOE Conner wrote: That is a perfect statement of an attitude to which I fully subscribe: Let's fix it. The reason I have not tackled the wiki yet - either the Writer Guide or the FAQ - is that I still (after strenuous efforts) *don't know* how

Re: [users] Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-06 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Andy, In a message dated 2010.09.06 19:19 -0500, RA Brown wrote: We have been seeing a lot of discussion about printing envelops from OpenOffice.org. I decided to try and do something about it. In the process of doing the research I found this web blog page,

Re: [users] Help needed with style problem

2010-09-05 Thread John Kaufmann
JBF, when I saw Jeffrey's question I recalled having the same problem, fixed by turning off one of Writer's many automagical features which are on by default - but I could not remember where. Now, after seeing your reply to Jeffrey, I find this even more curious: In a message dated

Re: [users] Help needed with style problem

2010-09-05 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.09.05 02:29 -0500, Jeffrey Needle wrote: JBF, when I saw Jeffrey's question I recalled having the same problem, fixed by turning off one of Writer's many automagical features which are on by default - but I could not remember where. ... Menu Tools Autocorrect

Re: [users] Help needed with style problem

2010-09-05 Thread John Kaufmann
J-B, In a message dated 2010.09.05 02:36 -0500, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Under: Tools Autocorrect Options Options tab ... I still don't see which option turns that behavior on/off ... Can you fill in the blank, please? It is the checkbox Apply numbering - symbols ... I wish it were

Re: [users] Re: Showing formatting codes

2010-09-01 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.31 23:50 -0500, NoOp wrote: On 08/31/2010 07:50 PM, Bob Knepper wrote: Hi jonathon, Based on responses to my questions at two local computer clubs and postings on the OOo and other web forums, OOo is getting a reputation of being somewhat difficult to learn and not

Re: [users] Re: Showing formatting codes

2010-09-01 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.09.01 03:50 -0500, jonathon wrote: [OOo /does/ have a reputation as] ... not very user friendly. Being user-friendly is a myth. Something that I can get anybody to demonstrate, using the program that they think is the most user friendly they have ever come across,

Re: [users] Showing formatting codes

2010-09-01 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.09.01 10:19 -0500, jonathon wrote: If you really were proficient in OOo, you'd know that the same functionality that reveal codes offers, is _currently_ available in OOo 3.x for both write and calc. And you'd know how to use it. An explanation is more helpful than an

Re: [users] Showing formatting codes

2010-08-31 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.31 08:29 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: I used a version [of WordPerfect Reveal Codes] once. I don't remember what it showed. Which of the following [numbers added to facilitate discussion] are shown: [1] Page styles [2] Numbering styles [3] character styles

Re: [users] Showing formatting codes

2010-08-31 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.31 21:33 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: Note that my intention for my questions was related to what is expected from the macro, not how are they implemented in OOo. More below and inline. On 08/31/2010 10:58 AM, John Kaufmann wrote: Does [WP Reveal Codes

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org Celebrates Tenth Anniversary at OOoCon in Budapest

2010-08-30 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Tim, I just wrote to you off-list, but will also reply here to tie up this thread: In a message dated 2010.08.29 23:44 -0500, Tim Derflinger wrote: John I am new to this...Where do I find my Thunderbird. You don't have Thunderbird, which is an email client; you are using Windows

Re: [users] Re: line spacing and other positioning aids

2010-08-28 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.26 23:41 -0500, NoOp wrote: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Form_controls_reference I have no doubt that you have a better grasp of the big picture than I have, but I have never found any tools in Writer forms for

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org Celebrates Tenth Anniversary at OOoCon in Budapest

2010-08-28 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.28 20:05 -0500, Tim Derflinger wrote: In attempting to open both of the attachments I received the error, The requested operation requires elevation. This has been happening frequently with certain attachments that I never experienced before, but have since I

Re: [users] [OT moderated discussion ad nauseum] Re: [moderated]

2010-08-27 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.26 23:49 -0500, NoOp wrote: I'd suggest that y'all move this over to the discuss list. As in the past everyone has a tendency to hijack a [moderated] thread to discuss 'spit in the wind' ad nauseum. ... Gary, you've just illustrated why the problem of unsubscribed

Re: [users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-26 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.25 18:56 -0500, NoOp wrote: That doc/example [OOoDraftDoc.odt] was using fontworks. Here is one [OOoDraftDoc_Frame.odt] with a watermark frame. To view the frame style: View|Navigator|Text Frames|Frame1 - right click select 'Text Frame|Edit' and you will then see

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-08-26 Thread John Kaufmann
In a time when language is increasingly debased and abused, there is something immensely satisfying in an insistence on clarity ... In a message dated 2010.08.26 04:55 -0500, Carlo Strata wrote: in my head: - the term moderated means that someone/a software appliance reads the mail and

Re: [users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-26 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.26 11:26 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: ... [after inserting a frame, either before or after selecting a Frame style], Going to the Paragraph styles, we see that the text is already styled as Frame contents. What does /that/ mean? There are other styles like that,

Re: [users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-26 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.26 18:49 -0500, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Try this Format Page Background ... (etc) Yes, that is the page-oriented approach that several posters to this thread have described - with or without a Page style. The point of this sub-thread is to use the

Re: [users] Re: line spacing and other positioning aids

2010-08-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.25 18:02 -0500, NoOp wrote: On 08/23/2010 04:00 AM, william drescher wrote: On 8/23/2010 2:04 AM, John Kaufmann wrote: I /think/ I understand: WordPerfect allows absolute or relative positioning (in WP parlance, advancing) of anything to 1/1200 [called wpu

Re: [users] Re: line spacing and other positioning aids

2010-08-23 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.22 19:51 -0500, NoOp wrote: ... Thank you, with some experimentation that should take care of the line spacing issue. Any suggestions for the horizontal positioning? The form has about 150 items, which do not line up with each other and OO treats as individual

Re: [users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-23 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.23 01:38 -0500, John Kaufmann wrote: In a message dated 2010.08.22 21:25 -0500, NoOp wrote: I'm looking to add the watermark Draft diagonally in the background ... ... you can put a graphic in the background, so the trick is to create a graphic of your required

Re: [users] Please kindly unsubscribe me from Open Office. Richard Burfoot.

2010-08-23 Thread John Kaufmann
Richard Burfoot/a.m.pagano, In a message dated 2010.08.23 09:40 -0500, a.m.pagano wrote: (Nothing - it's all in the title) Please kindly follow the directions at the bottom of *your* post: To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] Please kindly unsubscribe me from Open Office. Richard Burfoot.

2010-08-23 Thread John Kaufmann
Judy, In a message dated 2010.08.23 09:44 -0500, Judy Lyons wrote: Me too as I have sent about 10 unsubscribe messages and blocking doesn't work. jrlyonst...@gmail.com and littledove2...@gmail.com As Gordon asked, How did you try to unsubscribe? Was it according to the instructions at the

Re: [users] Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-23 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.23 08:42 -0500, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I can set Watermarks in my printer settings rather than in the WP package itself. Have you investigated that? Interesting. What driver do you use? - To

Re: [users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-23 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.23 08:37 -0500, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: ... I don't see any indication that the Watermark frame is selected in your OOoDraftDoc.odt - in fact, I don't see how the Draft watermark is done, even though it's right in front of me. Could you provide pointers? Is this

Re: [users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-23 Thread John Kaufmann
Peter, In a message dated 2010.08.23 15:06 -0500, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 23/08/2010 17:24, John Kaufmann wrote: [cut] Is this attachment relevant to this thread? I created it a few years ago as a simple tutorial for water marking. Well, yes, of course it's relevant. See the title

Re: [users] Re: Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.22 21:25 -0500, NoOp wrote: I'm looking to add the watermark Draft diagonally in the background ... ... you can put a graphic in the background, so the trick is to create a graphic of your required text - and Draw will do that for you. Here's how: ... [detailed

Re: [users] Watermarks in Writer

2010-08-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.22 14:42 -0500, Brian Barker wrote: Here's how: ... [detailed procedure to produce graphic of text] ... o In your text (Writer) document, go to Format | Page... | Background. o From the drop-down menu next to As, choose Graphic. o Click Browse... and navigate to the

Re: [users] Styles: 'List; List 1; List 1 Start; Numbering 1; Numbering 1 Start; Numbering 1 End;' What are they?

2010-08-20 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.20 14:01 -0500, RA Brown wrote: Where did you find these styles? They are not in the default v3.2.1 install I have on XP or 3.1 install I have on Ubuntu. ... That's surprising, Andy. Styles List 1..List 5 and Numbering 1..Numbering 5 have been in every version of

Re: [users] RE: Printing not usable for more than one page

2010-08-19 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.19 18:11 -0500, David Lawson wrote: when I try to print, the first page is fine; however, the second and subsequent pages are black with the margins covered with fine parallel lines about 1/8 inch (2 mm) apart. I tried printing the same pages with Abiword and Abiword

Re: [users] Save as issue

2010-08-12 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.12 03:57 -0500, Sigrid Carrera wrote: 2010/8/12 Владимир Чернецовvladimir.cherne...@itwaykz.net: i has check that check-box in dialog box (save as) and it ticked. i think that issues can be if the filename contain . yes, this is possible. Maybe it is possible,

Re: [users] Save as issue

2010-08-12 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Sigrid, In a message dated 2010.08.12 13:46 -0500, Sigrid Carrera wrote: I don't have any problems myself with this, but then, I am on a Linux machine. And at the moment, I don't have any Windows installation available for testing. Sorry, that I can't be more helpful in this regard.

Re: [users] Re: Why does owriter enforce tables of side width?

2010-08-10 Thread John Kaufmann
Bernd, this is astonishing: In a message dated 2010.08.10 05:12 -0500, Bernd Eilers wrote: ... Each of the OpenOffice.orgs mailingllists has an allowed-posters list which can contain email addresses of people who can post to the list without being subscribed and without being moderated.

Re: [users] Re: Why does owriter enforce tables of side width?

2010-08-09 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.09 08:45 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: Michelle has a very unusual method of following the list -- not subscribing to the list or its digest for fear of spam, and not using Gmane, or nabble, or This means, of course, that all her messages go to Paul for moderation

Re: [users] Re: Why does owriter enforce tables of side width?

2010-08-08 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.08.06 14:49 -0500, Michelle Konzack wrote: Why do you send the mail to the LIST (I read it), to my private accound and to my business cellphone? As a courtesy. The email address from which you posted linux4miche...@tamay-dogan.net is not subscribed. [See header

Re: [users] Why does owriter enforce tables of side width?

2010-08-05 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Michelle, In a message dated 2010.08.05 02:34 -0500, Michelle Konzack wrote: Oo is more worse then any other programs... Sounds like you were having a really bad day; I hope some of this can help: Problem 1: OOo under Linux enforce every time page format A4 with 2,5cm

Re: [users] Re: Return Receipts.

2010-07-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.22 10:44 -0500, Gene Young wrote: The simple solution is for everyone to create a simple rule that deletes, unread and un-answered, all messages with a return receipt request. Why create a simple rule? - as already pointed out, Thunderbird (and most other mail

Re: [users] Bug 113372 Prune Message Disposition Notification headers from all incoming mailing list mail (was : Re: Return Receipts)

2010-07-22 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Lars, In a message dated 2010.07.22 12:40 -0500, Lars Nooden wrote: ...Mail lists are one place where return receipts should *NEVER* be used. James, maybe he's stupid, maybe he's just trolling, maybe he's collecting business intelligence for one of our competitors. But you are right,

Re: [users] Need help to Market OOo

2010-07-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.21 12:00 -0500, Paula Johnson wrote: I'm still figuring my way around OO, but I'll try. The biggest concern I have [with Calc] is, when I format the cells in a column, the format doesn't hold or it formats other (unwanted) columns. ... Paula, I don't /know/ if

Re: [users] Re: Need help to Market OOo

2010-07-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.21 18:35 -0500, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/07/21 4:20 PM Bruce Martin wrote: In addition to my email traffic here, I follow up with many others whose availability is apt to be uncertain or unstable. By using reply requests, I can follow and track their

[users] Return Receipt Redux [Was: Need help to Market OOo]

2010-07-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.21 18:51 -0500, John Kaufmann wrote: In a message dated 2010.07.21 18:35 -0500, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/07/21 4:20 PM Bruce Martin wrote: In addition to my email traffic here, I follow up with many others whose availability is apt to be uncertain or unstable

Re: [users] Re: Return Receipts.

2010-07-21 Thread John Kaufmann
Bruce, I have refrained from replying directly to you, in the interest of avoiding yet more return receipt requests to the list noise - and because I thought Larry and NoOp were already making all the right points. It was sad to see that their good sense was not enough. After reflection,

Re: [users] Cannot add rows/colums into a spreadsheet anymore

2010-07-14 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.14 12:48 -0500, JOE Conner wrote: On 7/14/2010 9:20 AM, Rainer Dorsch wrote: I have a complex (in size and formula amount) spreadsheet here, in which I cannot add rows or columns anymore. I have no good idea what happend. ... ... ... An anonymized version is at

Re: [users] printing document copies from a script

2010-07-13 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Andy, In a message dated 2010.07.13 09:37 -0500, Andy Graybeal wrote: Is there a way to print copies of a document with a script or macro? I would like to have an icon on the desktop that instantly prints out 30 copies of a document. The document gets printed often in our restaurant,

Re: [users] contact management

2010-07-12 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.12 16:10 -0500, jonathon wrote: - I understand the sponsor is now Oracle, but is there an Oracle version? The Sun version has been rebranded as Oracle. I'm differentiating between the Sun version, the Novell version, OxygenOffice, and half a dozen other variants.

Re: [users] contact management

2010-07-12 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.12 23:33 -0500, John Kaufmann wrote: - How do you mean [manage Thunderbird Address Book] from within OOo? You can configure it so that it opens with the Base component. ... Do you have a favorite reference for this exercise? Never mind; this article http

Re: [users] Registering a database [Was: Mail merge from external data]

2010-07-06 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Cor, OK, we are down to the nub of my question: In a message dated 2010.07.06 08:18 -0500, Cor Nouws wrote: ... is the point that OOo will not recognize a data field unless it is registered, and provides no way to explicitly specify an unregistered field? Yes, that is correct. Registering

[users] Registering a database [Was: Mail merge from external data]

2010-07-05 Thread John Kaufmann
Cor, In the course of answering Bill's question, you have touched on a basic issue on my OO-learning to-do list: datasource registration... In a message dated 2010.07.05 07:26 -0500, Cor Nouws wrote: I would like to use OO to create a series of patient statements. At first look it would seem

Re: [users] Registering a database [Was: Mail merge from external data]

2010-07-05 Thread John Kaufmann
Cor, Thanks for your reply; sorry for a follow-up question... In a message dated 2010.07.05 10:57 -0500, Cor Nouws wrote: What needs to be done, is register the 'database' as a datasource. I know it must be done for OO; I just don't know: (a) exactly what registration does, or why OO

Re: [users] contact management

2010-07-05 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.05 12:55 -0500, jonathon wrote: If you use it for is email, then, assuming you are using Oracle's version of OOo, you can utilize Thunderbird's contact management database from within OOo. jonathon, sorry that I'm ignorant on two points: - I understand the sponsor

Re: [users] Calc - Pages # of #

2010-07-04 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.04 11:26 -0500, Nebojsxa wrote: I have 2 sheets, One sheet have 3 pages for printing, other sheet have 2 pages for printing, that is 5 pages for printing in all sheets. In footer I insert field PAGE # OF # I want to print only first sheet, 3 pages. When I go on

[users] OpenOffice.nl v OpenOffice.org [Was: View HTML source]

2010-07-01 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.07.01 03:47 -0500, Michael Adams wrote: I recommend text editors that do source-sensitive highlighting ... Bluefish (Made by OpenOffice - NOT OpenOffice.org). Wow - that's confusing: I was not aware of OpenOffice.nl (as opposed to OpenOffice.org). As the former has

Re: [users] OxygenOffice Professional 3.2.1 - Extended, open and free

2010-07-01 Thread John Kaufmann
KAMI, I really hate to point this out to someone whom, I'm sure, is smarter (and certainly more linguistically adept) than I am, but I hope you are also amused at the irony ... In a message dated 2010.07.01 13:17 -0500, Kálmán „KAMI” Szalai wrote: OxygenOffice Professional 3.2.1 -

Re: [users] OxygenOffice Professional 3.2.1 - Extended, open and free

2010-07-01 Thread John Kaufmann
KAMI, Oops... illustrating my own predicate ;-) in a message dated 2010.07.01 14:08 -0500, John Kaufmann wrote: I really hate to point this out to someone whom, I'm sure, is smarter (and certainly more linguistically adept) than I am, ... That should have been someone who ~ does OOoP

[users] Responding to questions in languages other than English [Was: INFORMAZIONI SU OPENOFFICE WRITER]

2010-06-29 Thread John Kaufmann
Brian, Normally I don't like top-posting over the full, unedited text of the post to which I reply, but in this case it is the entire exchange which is the subject of my modest comment: Thank you for illustrating how to handle questions in languages other than English: If you can read the

Re: [users] Re: View HTML source

2010-06-29 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.29 23:28 -0500, Michael wrote: OO 3.2.1 Windoze XP Under the help option, it says to view HTML source, select it under the VIEW tab. Under my VIEW tab, I have: Print Layout Web Layout ... No HTML source tab. What is the scoop? New details - very strange . .

Re: [users] page numbering revisited

2010-06-22 Thread John Kaufmann
Mark, In a message dated 2010.06.22 16:18 -0500, Mark C. Miller wrote: ... I have set up three pages: I'll make the first page a cover sheet, the second page will be a sort of Table of Contents/attachment listing, and the meat will start on the third page. That's where I want the page

Re: [users] Re: page numbering revisited

2010-06-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.22 16:38 -0500, Larry Gusaas wrote: Look at the WriterGuide manual, pps.147 - 158 http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/0200WG3-WriterGuide.pdf Larry, dumb question: How did you find the PDF? When I went searching for OO.3 documentation, I found

Re: [users] Saving Page Styles

2010-06-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.22 17:04 -0500, Mark C. Miller wrote: 1. I open OOo writer to a new page 2. I select styles and formatting 3. I right click in the blank area of page styles 4. I create a new page style and click OK 5. The new page style appears in the page style listing. 6. I

Re: [users] Edit directly in cell

2010-06-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.20 13:23 -0500, Elaheh Hashemi wrote: Hi, i´ve just migrated from using ms excell to OO 3.1 and 3.2 (new version) calc. one function that i have looked extensively but without sucess is to turn of the edit directly in cell (as it is called in excell) where we

Re: [users] Re: increased line spacing when applying bullets - why?

2010-06-21 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.21 09:53 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: Maybe someone here knows why the line spacing is increased when bullets are applied? ... I've been working (off on) at something of a howto on OOo Writer's lists. Here's the section that I did for this problem:

Re: [users] little help with some numbers in calc.

2010-06-18 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Wade, In a message dated 2010.06.18 18:29 -0500, Wade Smart wrote: Im working on updating some forms and Im having trouble with one of the cells. =IF(AT238-AT196=0,, AT238-AT196) If this cell has a value of 0 then print nothing, else, print the value. = IF(AU2381, 1) + IF(AV2381, 1) +

Re: [users] printing 30 copies of a document from an icon on the desktop

2010-06-16 Thread John Kaufmann
Andy, sorry that I don't have an immediate answer to your question, but I do have a request: Please don't hijack a thread for a new question; it's much better to start your own thread. John - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] Re: Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-15 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.15 02:29 -0500, jonathon wrote: That alone is already a very interesting way to think about this, beyond what Dotan originally proposed (or at least draws out more explicitly an advantage implicit in the original proposal). But then you make the case even more

Re: [users] Re: Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-15 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Andy, In a message dated 2010.06.15 19:41 -0500, RA Brown wrote: snip much discussion of workspace synchronization BTW: other collaboration projects/offerings are here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Solutions [Content Document Management Systems, Search

Re: [users] Re: Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-13 Thread John Kaufmann
Barbara, Again, this was great... In a message dated 2010.06.13 10:59 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: There may be no compelling reason, but I did think the recovery aspect [has] a real benefit. As I indicated, the current system does leave the possibility of having closely related documents

Re: [users] Re: Re: What is the use of the envelope style?

2010-06-12 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Twayne, As I read through your reply, I thought that some of what we see differently may be due to mixing Page styles and Paragraph styles. For example, you mentioned that, while looking for the Envelope style (a Page style), you saw the Signature style (a Paragraph style) that you need

Re: [users] Re: increased line spacing when applying bullets - why?

2010-06-12 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.11 21:32 -0500, NoOp wrote: Maybe someone here knows why the line spacing is increased when bullets are applied? Also when I give more line space, proportional, with different or larger for, with other style (heading for example). Only when setting line spacing

Re: [users] increased line spacing when applying bullets - why?

2010-06-11 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.11 00:20 -0500, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Perhaps a problem with the size of bullets. If you play with the character style bullet, e.g by changing the size font, you modify the line spacing. If it is a problem I think it is in OpenSymbol. Yes, that's what Cor was

Re: [users] Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-11 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.11 05:35 -0500, Uwe Fischer wrote: [Numbering in brackets added to clarify reply] Barbara Duprey wrote: ... [1] You have a family of text documents, all related to the same overall function. [2] The documents are fully independent of each other for such

Re: [users] Re: Remove outline from textbox

2010-06-11 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.06 12:29 -0500, Dotan Cohen wrote: ... On the Formatting toolbar, there is neither a Bullet List icon nor can one be added from the Visible Icons list. View|Toolbars|tick 'Text Formating' Thanks. To be honest, of all the things that I tried I hadn't tried to add

Re: [users] Re: What is the use of the envelope style?

2010-06-10 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.09 21:55 -0500, NoOp wrote: Your question was/is: (1) What is the point of the envelope style? According to the Stylist, the page style becomes Envelope after an envelope is formed from the Insert|Envelope wizard - but the page style apparently has no connection to

Re: [users] What is the use of the envelope style?

2010-06-10 Thread John Kaufmann
Jomali, Thanks for your reply, which does get to the heart of my question: In a message dated 2010.06.10 09:29 -0500, jomali wrote: I think you are asking, There are two envelope-related features in Writer. One is the envelope page style. The other is the Insert - Envelope command. How are

Re: [users] Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-10 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Barbara, In a message dated 2010.06.10 15:20 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: Instead of focusing on parallels to Calc, let's think instead about this: * You have a family of text documents, all related to the same overall function. * The documents are fully independent of each

Re: [users] Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-10 Thread John Kaufmann
Dotan, In a message dated 2010.06.10 14:10 -0500, Dotan Cohen wrote: ... you can separate sections of a document by page breaks, with each section having its own language or topical focus. ... the spreadsheet analogy is imperfect, precisely because the sheets are /not/ separate documents.

Re: [users] Read-only file

2010-06-10 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.09 23:04 -0500, mckspenn wrote: I somehow created a read-only spreadsheet ... when I try to print the message box tells me There is nothing to print. The selected print range or sheet is empty. Check under Format; do you have defined print range(s)?

Re: [users] Re: What is the use of the envelope style?

2010-06-10 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Twayne, In a message dated 2010.06.10 18:59 -0500, Twayne wrote: Where is the envelope style found? I just looked at all styles and none are for envelopes. Stylist (F-11), under the Page styles. It makes sense that there may be one though. Well, yes but... conceptually (from style

Re: [users] what newsgroup would you suggest for talking about python scripst for open office?

2010-06-10 Thread John Kaufmann
Cor, In a message dated 2010.06.10 18:02 -0500, Cor Nouws wrote: I just wanted to be sure, that this is the right group for discussing python scripts for open office. ... I would suggest d...@api.openoffice.org for your subject. Thanks for providing that. [I'm constantly surprised at the

[users] What is the use of the envelope style?

2010-06-09 Thread John Kaufmann
[This is a third attempt in two weeks at a question that has so far had no responses - I don't know whether because I ask questions poorly or because others are as clueless as I am on such questions. If the former: my questions may seem long, because I do a lot of homework before asking a

Re: [users] Re: What is the use of the envelope style?

2010-06-09 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.09 18:10 -0500, NoOp wrote: (1) What is the point of the envelope style? According to the Stylist, the page style becomes Envelope after an envelope is formed from the Insert|Envelope wizard - but the page style apparently has no connection to what was defined in the

Re: [users] Multiple sheets in Writer

2010-06-09 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.09 18:21 -0500, Dotan Cohen wrote: ... Files are things that you can drag around in your file manager. Documents are things that you can print. Wouldn't it be nice to have an expenses.ods file that would have one spreadsheet for your home expenses, another for your

Re: [users] Outline 2 in Impress

2010-06-03 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.02 03:24 -0500, Dotan Cohen wrote: Some Impress templates have outlines, for instance in OOo 3.2 the third default layout. In these outlines, how does one configure some bullet points as second- or third-level outlines? The style Outline 2 exists in Impress, so how

Re: [users] Outline 2 in Impress

2010-06-03 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.03 10:17 -0500, Dotan Cohen wrote: In these outlines, how does one configure some bullet points as second- or third-level outlines? The style Outline 2 exists in Impress, so how does one use it? For Impress, Outline 2 is Level 2 of Outline 1, and vice-versa. So

Re: [users] Re: Page numbering = a function

2010-06-03 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Michele, In a message dated 2010.06.03 03:37 -0500, Michele Zarri wrote: I couldn't help noticing the I forgot how to do page numbering thread. After using Open Office for over 5 years I still have to pause to think my way through page numbering. I am not the only one. It seems to be a

Re: [users] Avery Label Templates

2010-06-03 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.03 08:52 -0500, Dick Neri wrote: Is there a way to add Avery Templates to the Writer. I am trying to produce name badges and need to use Avery Template 74549 which is not a current template offered. ... Sure - if you don't see what you want, its no problem to

[users] Searching the list archives - sort order

2010-06-01 Thread John Kaufmann
[Background: This began a couple weeks ago, in an attempt to understand the connection between Writer's envelope wizard and envelope page style. I later posted a question; no replies, so I'm trying the archive search again.] According to the archive, there have been thousands of posts in this

Re: [users] Re: Remove outline from textbox

2010-06-01 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.01 14:09 -0500, Daniel Lewis wrote: The bulleting is the problem: I had intended for there to be no bullets at all! Just a regular paragraph. I cannot change that textbox to allowing regular text as opposed to an outline. I know that I could delete the textbox and add

Re: [users] Page numbers display, but do not print

2010-05-28 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.05.28 03:39 -0500, Stan Goodman wrote: I see the problem now. Although the printer is set for A4 paper, the ruler at the left of the OOo window shows that the page length is 24 centimeters, i.e. Letter size. What do I have to do to reorganize the page? What is your

Re: [users] Styles in Impress

2010-05-28 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Christian, Sorry for the delay in reply, but I wanted to think about your answer... In a message dated 2010.05.26 04:31 -0500, Christian Lippka wrote: ... Impress does not have character or paragraph styles. The main reason for this was not to complicate things. ... The more i think about

[users] Envelope page styles

2010-05-27 Thread John Kaufmann
Yet another styles question [this time brought about by trying to include three envelopes in a document]: After studying the Help, the wiki http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/Writer/Printing/How_to_print_an_envelope_with_OpenOffice.org and numerous other sources, I

Re: [users] Re: Remove outline from textbox

2010-05-26 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.05.25 15:37 -0500, NoOp wrote: In the file below, the right-most textbox contains an outline. I would prefer to have free text instead of an outline, but I cannot figure out how to remove the outline! Here is the file http://dotancohen.com/images/examples/bad-title.odp

Re: [users] Styles in Impress

2010-05-25 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Michele, In a message dated 2010.05.24 07:18 -0500, Michele Zarri wrote: Unfortunately there is not an equivalent to character style in Impress which would be useful for the in-line linux commands that you mentioned, ... (a) Do you happen to know why that is? (b) Trying to understand

Re: [users] Re: Win/Mac/Linux

2010-05-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.05.24 19:21 -0500, Twayne wrote: Please remember that if you do not have the same fonts on the different systems than the documnet may look different as OOo will find an appropriate font to replace it Do you know how that font matching works? No I do not. I tend to

Re: [users] Re: Win/Mac/Linux

2010-05-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.05.25 03:03 -0500, fred juan diaz wrote: ... I asked about how OO does its font matching ... to understand it against a reference of how another word processor handled font matching. ... the WordPerfect Printer Definition Language (WPDL) included an important section on

Re: [users] Remove outline from textbox

2010-05-25 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.05.24 05:31 -0500, Dotan Cohen wrote: In the file below, the right-most textbox contains an outline. I would prefer to have free text instead of an outline, but I cannot figure out how to remove the outline! Here is the file

Re: [users] Remove outline from textbox

2010-05-25 Thread John Kaufmann
Hi Harold, In a message dated 2010.05.24 14:30 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: In the file below, the right-most textbox contains an outline. I would prefer to have free text instead of an outline, but I cannot figure out how to remove the outline! Here is the file

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