[users] Looking for a couple of functions in Calc

2012-02-11 Thread John Meyer
1. (noob alert). I'm looking for a function where I can check a particular cell for text and color the cell based upon that value. 2. I'm also looking for a function that can either list the unique values in a column, or the count of unique values in a column. --

Re: [users] OT: What is Bottom Posting?/FreeLunchGuy

2010-05-11 Thread John Meyer
Oh Cheez 'n Fries, did we have to devolve into this tired arguement again? Top posting == comment + crlf + posting Bottom posting == posting + crlf + comment Do as ye will. On 5/11/2010 1:15 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 10 May 2010 21:44, Brewster Gillettb...@fdi.us wrote: On Mon,

Re: [users] Search database for records between different dates

2010-05-07 Thread John Meyer
On 5/6/2010 3:32 AM, Marie Doran wrote: Hi, I have got my database up running. Trying to make it user friendly. I want to be able to have a GUI / Switchboard or something to ask the user to entry start finish date. Then display results of records between these dates. Sure I try do it as a

[users] Is Bing trying to kill off OpenOffice?

2010-04-07 Thread John Meyer
http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2010032901035OPMS?utm_source=DaronBabinutm_medium=RSSFeedsutm_content=GoogComputm_campaign=twitter Now, the article is correct in that none of the first links are directly to OpenOffice.org. However, it fails to mention that a lot of them have

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-04-04 Thread John Meyer
On 4/4/2010 3:42 AM, Michael Adams wrote: Microsoft Publisher is LockIn-ware, essentially there is nothing really like it and nothing else that can consistently read it's files. Thus users are locked-in to using the program 'ad infinitum' unless they break the habit. The average user of

[users] Stripping response receipts from the mailing list

2010-03-15 Thread John Meyer
Maybe this is an admin question but I was wondering if there is a way for the mailing list to strip any return receipt requests of messages sent by this list? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For

Re: [users] Database how to

2010-03-14 Thread John Meyer
On 03/14/2010 07:37 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: joe g wrote: Hi I opened a database in OOo from Access and I can edit it etc but only the new record is saved. Sorting and saving to another folder etc won't oblige! Also I cannot change the fonts to a new one. Any help pl? joe Do you need

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 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

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] Re: [discuss] someone is selling Openoffice.org on ebay

2010-01-20 Thread John Meyer
On 1/20/2010 12:14 PM, John Bradshaw wrote: these are the same kind of d...@$%!bags who make money selling pictures of Ipods / etc. for 99cents on Ebay and hide the term picture in their listing. they are just bottom feeding scumbags preying on the naive and uninformed. since they hid the term

Re: [users] Re: [discuss] someone is selling Openoffice.org on ebay

2010-01-19 Thread John Meyer
Nope. On 1/19/2010 4:32 PM, Barb Bergman wrote: Isn't there a copy right violation on this? On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Paulpaul.m...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Donald Spencernoneon...@gmail.com wrote: well i know he can sell a cd but there selling the link to

[users] Ribbon hero

2010-01-19 Thread John Meyer
I don't know whether to laugh or shake my head: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10437410-56.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-01-18 Thread John Meyer
forwarded to OP. On 1/18/2010 11:42 AM, James Wilde wrote: On Jan 18, 2010, at 06:19 , Bob Barrie wrote: TO whom it may concern: It was my understanding that Open Office was a sort of stand in to Windows Word, in that I would be able to utilize Open Office spreadsheets similar to Excel

Re: [users] [moderated]getting openoffice downloaded

2010-01-18 Thread John Meyer
Yeah it can (at least with WinRAR and a couple of other third party utilities). On 1/18/2010 11:58 AM, Jordan Force wrote: Maybe he accidentally downloaded the source?!?!? I dont think windows can open (expand) tar.gz files Sent from my iPod On Jan 18, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Rob Clement

[users] Installation videos

2010-01-18 Thread John Meyer
I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post up a link on the front page of OpenOffice.org? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands,

Re: [users] Installation videos

2010-01-18 Thread John Meyer
On 1/18/2010 7:21 PM, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: RA Brownrabr...@the-martin-byrd.net To: users@openoffice.org Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:00 -0800 John Meyer wrote: I had a thought. Would it be helpful to create an installation video for OpenOffice and post

Re: [users] information

2010-01-15 Thread John Meyer
? Thanks Guy Garside *From:* John Meyer pueblonat...@opensuse.us *To:* users@openoffice.org; garside...@yahoo.com *Sent:* Thu, January 14, 2010 10:28:10 AM *Subject:* Re: [users] information In terms of Outlook, you may

Re: [users] information

2010-01-14 Thread John Meyer
In terms of Outlook, you may want to check out Thunderbird http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ OpenOffice doesn't have a native e-mail client and probably won't. In terms of File Management, exactly what are you talking about? Can you give an example? On 1/13/2010 7:42 PM,

Re: [users] [moderated]getting openoffice downloaded

2010-01-14 Thread John Meyer
On 1/13/2010 2:21 PM, Mary Hewitt wrote: I can't seem to complete the installation of open office so I can use the WORD document feature. Help! hwttpo...@yahoo.com Give us a little bit more information. Exactly what error message do you get back? What OS are you using, and what

Re: [users] [moderated]getting openoffice downloaded

2010-01-14 Thread John Meyer
On 1/14/2010 11:51 AM, Mary Hewitt wrote: I am using Vista home edition, trying to download Openoffice 3.1 When I try to open and install Open office I get a bunch of files and then an 'error' message: WRONG OS OR OS VERSION FOR APPLICATION Any suggestions? Thanks, Mary you may have

Re: [users] FW: America]

2010-01-10 Thread John Meyer
Can we stop feeding this thread before the troll claims a win, please? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] Re: FW: America]

2010-01-09 Thread John Meyer
On 1/9/2010 8:23 PM, William Case wrote: No one should respond. The guy obviously has mental problems. Either that or he's on day two of a three day drunk. No problem, though. That's what killfiles were invented for. -

Re: [users] Printing Brochures to PDF

2010-01-07 Thread John Meyer
On 1/7/2010 10:13 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: I'm working on a project that needs to create PDF files of brochures. OOo seems to honor the brochure setting (Tools Options, OpenOffice.org Writer, Pages, Brochure) for direct printing, but not for exporting to PDF. Am I missing something here?

Re: [users] Moderated messages

2010-01-03 Thread John Meyer
On 1/2/2010 8:47 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/2/2010 9:42 PM, John Meyer wrote: I know that you can easily filter out the messages from moderated sources through the headers (I have a TB filter that does just that), but would it be possible to append a [moderated] to the subject

Re: [users] Can't open spreadsheet

2010-01-02 Thread John Meyer
On 1/1/2010 1:19 PM, dave j wrote: I have been using open office now for a while with no problems. Day in, and day out, I access one spreadsheet, but today, was unable to open it. Any ideas on why this would be?

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-01-02 Thread John Meyer
On 1/2/2010 7:11 PM, John Boyle wrote: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2010/1/2 jomali jomali3...@gmail.com: What photo handling program does Microsoft Office have? What do you want to do with such a program? John On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:05 AM, John Neale stony.ne...@googlemail.comwrote: Does

[users] Moderated messages

2010-01-02 Thread John Meyer
I know that you can easily filter out the messages from moderated sources through the headers (I have a TB filter that does just that), but would it be possible to append a [moderated] to the subject line of these messages on a list-wide basis. Just a thought.

Re: [users] Groklaw article on Microsoft methods

2009-12-27 Thread John Meyer
On 12/27/2009 8:19 AM, M Henri Day wrote: I hope and trust that many OOo users will find this article ( http://preview.tinyurl.com/yzx8ok3 ) relevant and of interest Henri The link is slightly broken: *http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20071023002351958*

Re: [users] Groklaw article on Microsoft methods - correct URL

2009-12-27 Thread John Meyer
Scam links? Are you talking about URL shortening sites? On 12/27/2009 11:19 AM, Lars Nooden wrote: Here is the correct link to the article, one that does not go to a scam site: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009122612211929 It's not very smart to either send or follow the

Re: [users] Groklaw article on Microsoft methods - correct URL

2009-12-27 Thread John Meyer
the URL in a mouseover, though. On 12/27/2009 11:44 AM, Lars Nooden wrote: John Meyer wrote: Scam links? Are you talking about URL shortening sites? Tom-A-to, To-MAH-to. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/08/25/short-url-spam-a-big-threat-in-august http://news.cnet.com/8301

Re: [users] To the group.

2009-12-15 Thread John Meyer
On 12/15/2009 4:49 PM, John Boyle wrote: Can version 2.4 be upgraded to the latest Open Office, with no loss of data? :-\ Yes - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] refund

2009-12-14 Thread John Meyer
On 12/14/2009 12:09 PM, Howard Coles wrote: On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Peter Leebigaznp...@yahoo.com wrote: When I made my purchase, it said that it was on discount for around $20, yet I was charged nearly $40. The download also took too long I want my refund and FYI, this is my 3rd

Re: [users] Diary/Calender

2009-12-14 Thread John Meyer
On 12/12/2009 2:04 PM, Michael Adams wrote: Now you are just tossing stupidity out there. Wordpress is for writing blogs and uses third party components. And a blog is pretty much an online diary, which is what the author was looking for. You can run it locally through either a LAMP or

Re: [users] Re: Calc formula

2009-12-14 Thread John Meyer
On 12/12/2009 1:54 AM, Andreas Saeger wrote: John Meyer wrote: On 12/9/2009 10:25 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/12/8 John Meyerpueblonat...@opensuse.us: Have you tried =CELL(…)? Doesn't have an infotype returning the sheet name. My default template for Calc has 2 named references: 1

Re: [users] refund

2009-12-14 Thread John Meyer
On 12/14/2009 8:21 PM, John Kennedy wrote: I keep seeing emails like this from people who complain then are never heard from again. Am I the only one that thinks these are just trolls collecting email addresses or putting FUD into the archives to get some Google/Yahoo/whatever search engine

Re: [users] Diary/Calender

2009-12-12 Thread John Meyer
On 12/11/2009 7:14 AM, James Wilde wrote: You're losing it. ;) Once upon a time around the end of the last century there was a calendar, but I think you have to go back to version 1 or even 0.x for that. Since then there's been none. Evolution is free or, if you are a Mozilla man,

Re: [users] File extensions

2009-12-12 Thread John Meyer
On 12/12/2009 6:57 PM, Sean wrote: Ditto to you, my friend. But what is that supposed to mean? If you're responding to the thread, what operating system are you using? - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: Fwd: Re: [users] Why is this list so SLOW?

2009-12-10 Thread John Meyer
On 12/10/2009 5:05 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: And now I see that I UNABLE to unsubscribe. Please FIX your braind dead list software or switch to something that works properly. I guess it will have to be manually removed. Please remove my address - it will CONTAIN my actual email address

Re: [users] Calc formula

2009-12-09 Thread John Meyer
On 12/9/2009 10:25 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/12/8 John Meyerpueblonat...@opensuse.us: I have several sheets in a workbook with data in the same format (same columns). I want to take that information from all the sheets and put it in a new sheet. The data is in the same format, but

Re: [users] Why is this list so SLOW?

2009-12-09 Thread John Meyer
Forwarded to OP On 12/9/2009 11:39 AM, Paul wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.comwrote: I have sent SEVEN replies to the list, between 6:37am and 8:44am, and NOT ONE of them has made it through... That is because you are not subscribed

[users] Calc formula

2009-12-08 Thread John Meyer
I have several sheets in a workbook with data in the same format (same columns). I want to take that information from all the sheets and put it in a new sheet. The data is in the same format, but I want a column on the side that tells me from what sheet that information comes from (say, if

Re: [users] Trolls

2009-12-08 Thread John Meyer
On 12/8/2009 4:08 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: (and I know they can do it, I'm very familiar with mailman). Kinda sad when you don't want to give a donut hole what he wants. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] Re: Open Office Base 3.1.0 Issue

2009-12-01 Thread John Meyer
On 12/1/2009 3:27 PM, Andreas Saeger wrote: André Costa wrote: Hello I recently work with your Open Office Base 3.1.0, and I have a doubt.Can I insert a picture in database? In the table design I select one column IMAGE[LONGVARBINARY]. In data view in this column apears OBJECT. I

Re: [users] How to print task notes from Planner?

2009-11-29 Thread John Meyer
maybe you can start by telling us what planner is? On 11/29/2009 9:44 AM, Klark Ooi wrote: Hi, can some one provide advice on this? Thanks. Warmest regards, Klark - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] updating to 3.1.1

2009-11-03 Thread John Meyer
Wouldn't you do rpm -uvh? rfjones wrote: i have oo 3.1.0 on fedora 10; did rpm -ivh on openoffice 3.1.1 rpms. now my /opt/openoffice.org3 has basis-link link and program directory has soffice that runs 3.0 basis-link points to /opt/openoffice.org/basis3.1 /opt/openoffice.org has basis3.1,

Re: [users] calc

2009-11-03 Thread John Meyer
mohd.n...@afi.com.sa wrote: Hi , Search is not working in my open office calc . Please advise me a solution. regards, Noor Going by your domain extension, I am going to make a guess that Arabic is your native langauge. If that is the case, and if not I apologize, then I would

Re: [users] Fw: This oughta frost your cookies!!

2009-10-31 Thread John Meyer
M Henri Day wrote: 2009/10/31 Christina Godinez chrisgodi...@yahoo.com ... OK, everybody, let us keep calm and refrain from rising to the bait ! But I do wish there were a way to block trolls like «Christina Godinez» from abusing a listserve like our own !... Henri Yeah, it's called a

Re: [users] Fw: unsubscribe

2009-10-31 Thread John Meyer
Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sat, 31 Oct 2009, Drew Jensen wrote: Robert Holtzman wrote: It all depends on how far you want to go to coddle the clueless. Depends on what you are producing. For a consumer product - How ever far it takes. That's great *if* you're getting paid to kiss the

Re: [users] Fw: unsubscribe

2009-10-29 Thread John Meyer
michael considine wrote: - 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 to unsubscribe from this Website. I do not want to receive anymore

Re: [users] Open Office Licence agreemet

2009-10-18 Thread John Meyer
Diego Alterisi wrote: Hi everyone, I would like to have information about the terms of use of Open-Office (leatest version downloaded from official site page). We're evaluating the possibility to use Open Office in our odontological office. We wuold use Open Office in our standard office

Re: [users] Re: Envelopes (was Re: [users] [moderated])

2009-10-17 Thread John Meyer
Keith N. McKenna wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Twayne wrote: I can't comment on how easy or otherwise it is to make envelopes in Word as (a) I've never done it and (b) I don't have Word installed or available to install. The only real difficulty I've had with envelopes in OOo was figuring out

Re: [users] Re: Envelopes (was Re: [users] [moderated])

2009-10-17 Thread John Meyer
So your settings didn't correspond to the drawing or etching on the printer itself? Harold Fuchs wrote: Keith N. McKenna wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Twayne wrote: I can't comment on how easy or otherwise it is to make envelopes in Word as (a) I've never done it and (b) I don't have Word

Re: [users] I'm petrified!

2009-10-17 Thread John Meyer
James Knott wrote: Helene Bigler wrote: Dear Support Team: I am absolutely petrified to change from Word / Excel on Vista to your open office. However, even though I purchased my computer with Windows Word / Excel already installed about a year ago, it seems it has decided my 'license' is

Re: [users] CREATING E-MAILS FROM DATABASE

2009-10-14 Thread John Meyer
Superior Signs wrote: We are thinking of installing open office and would like to know if the system can be adapted to send large volumes of e-mails from the database. Also can this be done along with Outlook Express 2003 or 2007. Rita. OpenOffice doesn't have a mail program, but you could

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-10-14 Thread John Meyer
Nom Mitchell wrote: How do I address an envelope? Are you asking how to format the page for an envelope? if so, then go to Format-Page, click on Page format tab, then click on the style (it may help to put it up in landscape format).

Re: [users] Would you use Calc or Base for this?

2009-10-05 Thread John Meyer
You can use either, though as a rule of thumb, I would probably use a spreadsheet if a single person is entering the information and a database if more than one is using it. I haven't done it, but I can imagine somebody else doing this. as for online or shared, if you are going that route it

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

2009-10-01 Thread John Meyer
James Knott wrote: 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

Re: [users] OK, I'm and Idiot - Template use

2009-09-29 Thread John Meyer
As a side note: you're only an idiot if you have a problem and DON'T ask a question. Although I would suggest a grammar checker on your subject line ;-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For

Re: [users] Notes vs. Excel Comments

2009-09-27 Thread John Meyer
Cor Nouws wrote: John Meyer wrote (27-9-2009 0:02) Is there a way to insert a note that has a picture, much as there is in Excel? Not direct, but you can choose a bitmap as background for the note. To do so, the Note must be visible, select it (selection marks) and choose Area from

[users] Notes vs. Excel Comments

2009-09-26 Thread John Meyer
Is there a way to insert a note that has a picture, much as there is in Excel? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

RE: [users] Re: dumb iso question - making an install disk [Solved]

2009-09-20 Thread John Meyer
question - making an install disk [Solved] On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:21:50 -0600, John Meyer wrote: It isn't financially, but space wise it sometimes gets to me. -Original Message- From: James Knott [mailto:james.kn...@rogers.com] Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:01 PM To: users

RE: [users] openoffice send mail

2009-09-20 Thread John Meyer
They also provide POP interfaces as well. -Original Message- From: Lars Nooden [mailto:lars.cura...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 3:24 AM To: users@openoffice.org; mr.mcmil...@gmail.com Subject: [users] openoffice send mail NoOp wrote: Above also works with Thunderbird.

RE: [users] dumb iso question - making an install disk

2009-09-19 Thread John Meyer
I'd probably go with a flash drive of some sort. Burning OpenOffice and ONLY openoffice seems like a waste of space. Now if you were putting on other software as well, that might be different. -Original Message- From: Lars Nooden [mailto:larsnoo...@openoffice.org] Sent: Saturday,

[users] Adding a picture comment to a cell

2009-09-19 Thread John Meyer
Does OpenOffice support the ability to add a picture comment to a cell? And can you access this property programmatically (through a macro, for instance)?

RE: [users] dumb iso question - making an install disk

2009-09-19 Thread John Meyer
It isn't financially, but space wise it sometimes gets to me. -Original Message- From: James Knott [mailto:james.kn...@rogers.com] Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:01 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] dumb iso question - making an install disk John Meyer wrote: I'd

RE: [users] dumb iso question - making an install disk

2009-09-19 Thread John Meyer
Not usually seeing as how I rarely use paper (I figure my writing will be deciphered in a slightly longer time period than it took for hieroglyphics). Still, at least a flash drive can be used over. My sister is actually worse; she's starting to use those reusable totes the grocery stores are

Re: [users] Some of ideas for Openoffice

2009-09-14 Thread John Meyer
Why would you edit a picture format in a office suite? Wouldn't you consider an application like Inkscape to do such editing? WEBER (Netvigator) wrote: Dear Sir and Madam, My requries for EPS file format Today morning, I think if yours Openoffice which is able to save as EPS file

Re: [users] Petition against OOo Renaissance

2009-09-14 Thread John Meyer
Considering the fact that online petitions are pretty much as useful as a b-hole on your elbow, I would encourage people to actually communicate with the project designers as to why this is a bad idea rather than submit a signature that can easily be faked. Tommy27 wrote: PETITION:

[users] Reports with pictures and URLs

2009-07-26 Thread John Meyer
Okay, this may be a bit of an odd question. I have a database with a bunch of information. One of the fields contains a URL to link to a picture. Can I set up a report and have a picture frame that would link to that URL?

Re: [users] Reports with pictures and URLs

2009-07-26 Thread John Meyer
Drew Jensen wrote: John Meyer wrote: Okay, this may be a bit of an odd question. I have a database with a bunch of information. One of the fields contains a URL to link to a picture. Can I set up a report and have a picture frame that would link to that URL? Hi John, Looks like Zoltan

Re: [users] Help with Editing !

2009-06-24 Thread John Meyer
Kunal Jalali wrote: Hi, I have just shifted from MS Word to openoffice 3.1 but I am facing some issues with it. While Editing the file, there doesn’t pop out the balloon as usual (for the deleted text) as in case of word. Please advise how to set editor to desired level. It might help

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Meyer
Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus? I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is possible). PDF file created by OOo 3.0 and 3.1 on Ubuntu are

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Meyer
Dotan Cohen wrote: To test I tried to open known good, created with Acrobat, in Scribus and get an error. It would seem the problem is with the Scribus. Hope this helps. Thanks, Andy, that's great to know. If there is no sensitive info in that file, and you wouldn't mind me posting it

Re: [users] Re: Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Meyer
Dotan Cohen wrote: No, it is unlikely that there is a problem with PDFs created by OOo. Note that Scribus just does not support reading or importing PDF files. Please see the thread in Ubuntu user ML. Can you post a link? For further info, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribus

Re: [users] Base query

2009-05-29 Thread John Meyer
Thanks. I found that also by looking up the HSQL syntax online. Ocke Janssen wrote: Moin John Meyer, On 28.05.09 23:02, John Meyer wrote: I'm trying to make a query that will only select the odd entries in an integer field. How do you do that in Design View? What about SELECT ID from Table

[users] Base query

2009-05-28 Thread John Meyer
I'm trying to make a query that will only select the odd entries in an integer field. How do you do that in Design View? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] How do I convert a text or word document into a PDF format?

2009-05-28 Thread John Meyer
Mark Miller wrote: My students had this problem earlier in the year. They'd search for open office and end up at the star office site instead. I suspected there was a spoof somewhere, but I couldn't replicate the problem. What search engine were they using?

[users] Problem extracting the hour from a cell

2009-05-19 Thread John Meyer
BTW, here is the file that I am using: http://www.4shared.com/file/106447673/814de6c9/torrie.html I am trying to extract the hour from a cell and put it into a second column, but when I use the HOUR() function all it returns is 12:00:00 AM

Re: [users] download

2009-05-19 Thread John Meyer
queenofmean...@gmail.com wrote: Vista home professional Have you tried downloading it through a torrent? http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] Problem extracting the hour from a cell

2009-05-19 Thread John Meyer
Michael Adams wrote: In Format - Cell you can modify how this data looks using the format code. Your second cell only needs =x1 (or the address of the first cell) as it's formula. That's a start, and I should have added that I want it to be expressed as ##:00. In other words, truncate

Re: [users] Re: Bursts of unsubscribed users

2009-05-19 Thread John Meyer
James Knott wrote: I have configured my email app to check the Delivered to: header for moderator for users@openoffice.org. When that's present, the message is tagged in a different colour, in the message list. That is true. It might be nice to get a feature where the 'reply-to' is

Re: [users] Use a statistic in a formula

2009-03-24 Thread John Meyer
Okay. Don't know if I need it that badly to construct that. Really it's just to help me keep track of paragraphs for a contracting project. But then again I may try it just to increase my knowledge of OO. Brian Barker wrote: At 10:04 20/03/2009 -0700, John Meyer wrote: Is there any way

[users] Use a statistic in a formula

2009-03-22 Thread John Meyer
Is there any way in a Writer document to set up a field based on the results of a formula involving statistics. For instance, if I wanted to display the number of paragraphs divided by 2? - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] OOo and Vista

2008-11-15 Thread John Meyer
Isn't there a grammar checker extension for OO? Rob Clement wrote: Robin Laing wrote: Web Kracked wrote: Rob Clement wrote: Web Kracked wrote: snip unfortunately for me, I have to have MS Office 2003 for a client or two that will not switch ot the better software call OpenOffice.org. No

Re: [users] Office Assistant

2008-11-14 Thread John Meyer
Don't we still have that lightbulb thingie, which I hate almost as much as Rover (just wish I could throw him to the Michael Vick Office Assistant ;-)) David B Teague wrote: Simon Newitt wrote: Hi all I was put onto Open Office by our IT Manager and am now using it on my new laptop. I'm

[users] Group sums

2008-07-20 Thread John Meyer
i have a spreadsheet set up with the miles that I've biked on a particular day. What I want is to the side to get a grouping of those entries by day and the sum. I can do it with subtotals but that inlines them with the data where i want the totals to the side. The data looks like this,

Re: [users] Group sums

2008-07-20 Thread John Meyer
Rob Clement wrote: John Meyer wrote: i have a spreadsheet set up with the miles that I've biked on a particular day. What I want is to the side to get a grouping of those entries by day and the sum. I can do it with subtotals but that inlines them with the data where i want the totals

Re: [users] Group sums

2008-07-20 Thread John Meyer
Thanks for all the help, but I finally decided to use a Base. It should be much more flexible with the data. Brian Barker wrote: At 05:49 20/07/2008 -0600, John Meyer wrote: i have a spreadsheet set up with the miles that I've biked on a particular day. What I want is to the side to get

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

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

Re: [users] OOo Functionality to Support e-mail

2008-05-20 Thread John Meyer
Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/5/19 John Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip And then there are ultimately the security concerns. I don't know about you, but I'd prefer not to have a potential OpenOffice Macro virus have the ability to start spamming using my computer. Nor would I want an e-mail

Re: [users] OOo Functionality to Support e-mail

2008-05-19 Thread John Meyer
programs to do specialized tasks rather than one granddaddy program that does everything and walks the dog. -- John Meyer Pueblo, CO NCP Revue: http://www.ncprevue.com/blog Exploring the sad world of child support and joint custody in the US

Re: [users] KDE

2008-04-12 Thread John Meyer
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I have OpenOffice.org 2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 (OS=Ubuntu 7.10) and it works great. Today I installed KDE on my system, just for fun and evaluation, kind of. I got a whole lot of applications added and it seems nice in many ways, so I tried to start an OpenOffice.org application.

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2008-02-27 Thread John Meyer
Guy Voets wrote: 2008/2/24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear Open office, I just wanted to let you know what I think of your site. I had no problems downloading or installing your software. However it is not at all what I wanted. I am looking for a simple spreadsheet that I

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2008-02-27 Thread John Meyer
Guy Voets wrote: I thought so too, but I can still invite people - that's neater, isn't it? Gives it an exclusivity, I'll give you that. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] where to find version SRC680_m243.

2008-02-26 Thread John Meyer
Uwe Brauer wrote: Hello I just found an article in http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Oox talking about a version which already has OOXML support. Where can I find that version. thanks Uwe Brauer Novell/OpenSuse

Re: [users] Starting with Linux

2008-02-19 Thread John Meyer
A.Muller wrote: Hello everybody ! I've been monitoring this mailing list for a couple of months and received answers to my questions about OO. Thanks to the benefactors. My experience with OO goes back to 2005 and I'm very satisfied with it. Now I would like to cross the Rubicon and

Re: [users] Users having to register everytime they log in

2008-02-17 Thread John Meyer
Yvette Lopez wrote: Hello, I work for the IT dept. at a Middle School and we are having an issue with the students having to register every time they try to open a document in Open Office on different computers. The students do not have their own computers to log onto and utilize the ones

Re: [users] File formats

2008-02-17 Thread John Meyer
Tony wrote: Dear Sirs, For a number of years I have been using Easy Office, a similar product to yours. However, I have recently upgraded to Windows Vista Ultimate and have researched many of the open source office office suites. Yours appears to be a most robust and feature rich

Re: [users] Selling Open Office on eBay ...

2008-02-17 Thread John Meyer
Lucy wrote: hi there, not sure if you are aware of this but I noticed someone selling your software on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/Open-Office-2007-for-Microsoft-Windows-98-2000-XP-Vista_W0QQitemZ370021736835QQihZ024QQcategoryZ3770QQcmdZViewItem I didn't think it looked right so

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