[users] Next Record Issues

2007-11-22 Thread Jonathon Coombes
Hi, I am trying to create a document with two separate tickets within it, each within their own column. As a mail merge attempt, I have duplicate tickets with the same fields out of a simple Calc database and want to have record 1 fields in the first ticket, and record 2 fields in the

Re: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
Maybe it is so darn good (and it is) and the majority of the computer-using world so brainwashed by the MS hegemony that some otherwise perfectly reasonable folks think that this is all maybe too good to be true. I must confessed that the thought crossed my mind when I discovered OOo when I

Re: [users] impossibile installare openoffice 2.3

2007-11-22 Thread Gianluca Turconi
Gianpaolo Venafro ha scritto: Salve, come sempre ho scaricato il file d'installazione di OO, operazione già effettuata per le versioni precedenti. Ho sempre scaricato la versione per windows, senza JRE. Una volta estratti i file di installazione in una cartella sul desktop però, il wizard da

RE: [users] problem with data filters - please help

2007-11-22 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
(in addition to RegEx advice you got already) Novell's build of OpenOffice includes those operators, so you could use that. I also would suggest voting for http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=35579 so that Sun's OpenOffice gets those operators too. -Original Message-

Re: [users] Using OpenOffice 2.3 with screenreader orca

2007-11-22 Thread Oliver Braun
Hi Klaus, by default OOo doesn't use gtk when running on KDE. One has to set the environment variable SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN to gtk to enforce this. As other GTK applications seem to work for you, you probably already have the GTK_MODULES variable set to gail:atk-bridge, but double-checking

Re: [users] OpenOffice under Mac OS X.5

2007-11-22 Thread Guy Voets
Bonjour, Je ne connais pas ce logiciel, bien que TeX m'intéresse. J'ai trouvé kile à sourceforge: http://kile.sourceforge.net/ Reference (OT) for kile (Tex/KDE) bonne chance, -- Guy 2007/11/22, Charles-André PAYET [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bonjour, monsieur VOETS, Vous avez raison, il faut bien

Re: [users] invoice template

2007-11-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 20/11/2007, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I noticed that I doesn't do any computations. Is there an invoice template out there that does? Thanks, Keith The package at http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/SunTemplatepack_1 has invoice stuff although you have to download

Re: [users] Creative Data Services

2007-11-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 18/11/2007, Creative Data services [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have a P.C. (personal computer) then ' CREATIVE DATA SERVICES' offers you a opportunity in the field of 'DATA CONVERSION WORK'. This is OFFLINE WORK. SALIENT FEATURES:- 1.Without any upfront. 2.Only basic computer

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-11-22 Thread Guy Voets
2007/11/21, Carsten Bayer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi I am just wondering when version for MAC OS 10.5 Leopard will be released? Thank you in advance for information. greetz from switzerland Carsten Bayer Hello, Version 2.3 will run on Leopard. It will run better if you update to Leopard

[users] A Comment on Style

2007-11-22 Thread Ike Dawson
Good Morning All So often we lurkers learn from and excellent content which you 'experts' and 'experienced' users offer to we lesser users free of all charge ... except the charge they all carry of loads of Good Will. I frequently admire the style and good manners you all display sometimes

Re: [users] question

2007-11-22 Thread Guy Voets
2007/11/21, tomgouani sosso [EMAIL PROTECTED]: my macro can not work well and send message that dmaths macrois curent with the security setting help me to instal well dmaths on my PC Hello, What happens when you lower the macro security? Can you run your macros now? Tools (Extra) Options

[users] 'Calc' speed vs. Excel

2007-11-22 Thread Nick Whitehead
In my opinion Open Office - whilst generally excellent - has a serious flaw when compared to MS Excel. Calculation speed. I'm comparing to an old version (Excel '97), but I would estimate that on any decent sized spreadsheet where such things are noticeable and measurable that OO Calc is about

Re: [users] importing to seperate cells?

2007-11-22 Thread Guy Voets
2007/11/19, Stephen Hamburger [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Greetings, If I have a file with a bunch of data laid out in lines like this: 20/02/04 08:41:54 107.69 107.72 When I open the file in the .calc program each line of data is placed within a single cell (Cell A)...is it possible

Re: [users] importing to seperate cells?

2007-11-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 19/11/2007, Stephen Hamburger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, If I have a file with a bunch of data laid out in lines like this: 20/02/04 08:41:54 107.69 107.72 When I open the file in the .calc program each line of data is placed within a single cell (Cell A)...is it

Re: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread James Knott
Leslie Wright wrote: Is there any way to get the word out better? I have a funny feeling that OOo is for so many poor schmucks who feel enslaved to MS a too-well-kept secret. Other than telling everyone we can, what do you suggest? Have you got money for advertising? There's already ads

Re: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread rob clement
James Knott wrote: Leslie Wright wrote: Is there any way to get the word out better? I have a funny feeling that OOo is for so many poor schmucks who feel enslaved to MS a too-well-kept secret. Other than telling everyone we can, what do you suggest? Have you got money for advertising?

Re: [users] [moderated]How

2007-11-22 Thread jonathon
Dave wrote: No they do not charge for the download. If you click on the download Find a link from their home page ( OfficeBestDeals.com ) to any page from which one can download the product, without going through Google Checkout. The CD they sell is described as Open Office Pro. The name of

Re: [users] trouble in using mathematical functions of the Open Office 2.3 Calc

2007-11-22 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday November 18 2007 03:33 pm, Jean Louis HEMPTINNE wrote: Hello, I am using open Office 2.3 on a PC under Windows XP. Recently I noticed problem with mathematical function in OO Calc. If I want to calculate a sum in a destination cell, I am just able to write in that cell =SUM(Ai:Aj)

Re: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread John Meyer
That's why I started writing letters to MaximumPC and PC Computing just to get the word out. Hopefully something will get their attention. Leslie Wright wrote: Hi, Just a thought-- This list has seen during my brief time here quite a few postings talking about purchasing OOo, getting

Re: [users] [moderated]How

2007-11-22 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:01:17 + jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Furthermore, by failing to provide the corporate name, physical address, phone number, and other contact information, they are also in violation of California State Law. I would be hesitant to make that statement without

RE: [users] Impress: Presentation File Format?

2007-11-22 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
Thanks, Alan! Elchanan -Original Message- From: Alan Boba [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:03 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Impress: Presentation File Format? On Nov 19, 2007 6:03 PM, TechAdmin @ VLM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am

Re: [users] 'Calc' speed vs. Excel

2007-11-22 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:53:41 - Nick Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, the question is this - I think Calc has a serious flaw that will stop potential users with big spreadsheets from using it (it is about to stop me, anyway). How do I lodge that fact in the system in such a way it

Re: [users] 'Calc' speed vs. Excel

2007-11-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2007/11/22, Nick Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In my opinion Open Office - whilst generally excellent - has a serious flaw when compared to MS Excel. Calculation speed. I'm comparing to an old version (Excel '97), but I would estimate that on any decent sized spreadsheet where such things

[users] Our communication with one another ... WAS: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
Greetings everyone, I can only speak for myself about this topic. I consider fools, schmucks, and stupidity quite abusive and violent language. Not profanity in the narrow sense, but harmful and likely hurtful nonetheless. And I cannot see how use of such language advances our communication.

RE: [users] small font in help function

2007-11-22 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
At 11:18 19/11/2007 +0300, Günter Boussery wrote: Further, in Excel I like using the right alignment with an indent ­ a table looks so much better when a number isn't glued to the border of the cell. In Open office it is not possible to adjust the right alignment in a cell. Here's a

RE: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
LOL Great story, Rob! Elchanan -Original Message- From: rob clement [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 4:18 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known? It is very hard. My wife runs an

Re: [users] A Comment on Style

2007-11-22 Thread John Boyle
To ALL: I want to second Mr. Dawson's sentiments! Hear! Hear! :-) Ike Dawson wrote: Good Morning All So often we lurkers learn from and excellent content which you 'experts' and 'experienced' users offer to we lesser users free of all charge ... except the charge they all carry of loads of

Re: [users] Our communication with one another ... WAS: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread John Meyer
TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries wrote: Greetings everyone, I can only speak for myself about this topic. I consider fools, schmucks, and stupidity quite abusive and violent language. Not profanity in the narrow sense, but harmful and likely hurtful nonetheless. And I cannot see how

RE: [users] Our communication with one another ... WAS: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
-Original Message- From: John Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:58 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Our communication with one another ... WAS: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known? TechAdmin @

Re: [users] Any fix for OO hanging on Red Hat?

2007-11-22 Thread Robin Laing
Bruce Korb wrote: Hi, I can open MSO files and print them, but as soon as I try to save or close the file, it hangs hard. I tried a ``kill -BUS'' to get a core dump, but it was cleverly caught and went back into a hang trying to save files. ``kill -TERM'' fixed it, but there aren't any cores.

Re: [users] importing to seperate cells?

2007-11-22 Thread noranross
Hi My suggestion is to load the file to writer. use search and replace and replace the spaces with a single comma thus making the file a csv file which will automatically be loaded in separate columns. Save from writer as csv. Ross Guy Voets wrote: 2007/11/19, Stephen Hamburger [EMAIL

Re: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread James Knott
John Meyer wrote: That's why I started writing letters to MaximumPC and PC Computing just to get the word out. Hopefully something will get their attention. Also, note the sig on my email. These icons are available on the OO site and can be added to email, web sites etc. --

Re: [users] OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread James Knott
John Meyer wrote: That's why I started writing letters to MaximumPC and PC Computing just to get the word out. Hopefully something will get their attention. One other thing I just thunk of. Why not buy a copy or two of Solveig Haugland's "OPENOFFICE.ORG 2 GUIDEBOOK" and donate to your

Re: [users] [moderated]How

2007-11-22 Thread James Knott
Frank Cox wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:01:17 + jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Furthermore, by failing to provide the corporate name, physical address, phone number, and other contact information, they are also in violation of California State Law. I would be

Re: [users] [moderated]How

2007-11-22 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:38:12 -0500 James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then again, how far does California law reach? Other states? Other countries? It appears to be a California company, so I'd say they were within the jurisdiction of California law. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~

[users] select page print.

2007-11-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a writer document that has about 300 pages and I would like to print only 10 or 15 pages here and there. How does one just print selected pages? WW - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: [users] Re: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread James Knott
Larry Gusaas wrote: On 11/22/07 5:31 PM, James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: That's why I started writing letters to MaximumPC and PC Computing just to get the word out.  Hopefully something will get their attention. Also, note the sig on my email.  These icons

Re: [users] select page print.

2007-11-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 23/11/2007 00:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a writer document that has about 300 pages and I would like to print only 10 or 15 pages here and there. How does one just print selected pages? WW - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] Re: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:45:10 -0700 John Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Signature and the image are good, but for some people you need to spell it out. Again, I'm not cracking on people's intelligence. I'm just saying that some are a little too literal (ie if you say that Openoffice

Re: [users] Re: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:41 22/11/2007 -0500, James Knott wrote: I don't use HTML on most lists, but I thought I'd let it through on this one, to show that picture, which comes from a server and is not actually part of the message. The entire sig is 206 characters. For what it's worth, I don't think this is

Re: [users] Source code offer and distribution requirements

2007-11-22 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:13:11 -0800 TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Alan. So it seems you, Jonathan, and Frank all agree that this is a contractual matter and not a matter of law. Not exactly. It's a matter of both contract law and criminal law. While the

RE: [users] Re: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
-Original Message- From: Frank Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 7:53 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: John Meyer Subject: Re: [users] Re: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known? On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:45:10 -0700 John Meyer [EMAIL

RE: [users] Source code offer and distribution requirements

2007-11-22 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
Thanks, Alan. So it seems you, Jonathan, and Frank all agree that this is a contractual matter and not a matter of law. Once we are clear that this is a contractual matter, then yes, I've been given a similar impression about the unenforceability of adhesion provisions in contracts. Best,

Re: [users] importing to separate cells?

2007-11-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:42 21/11/2007 +, I wrote: At 20:51 18/11/2007 -0500, Stephen Hamburger wrote: If I have a file with a bunch of data laid out in lines like this: 20/02/04 08:41:54 107.69 107.72 When I open the file in the .calc program each line of data is placed within a single cell (Cell

[users] open office calc

2007-11-22 Thread kjbjones
Hello all I am using OOo on a dell xps 210 I am using linux suse 10.3 as an OS The suite works very well, when I open the calc the display is set to very small. The cells are very small and tightly packed into the sheet. (it has 64 rows showing on the screen) It is quite a strain to read

Re: [users] Source code offer and distribution requirements

2007-11-22 Thread Alan Boba
On Nov 22, 2007 10:21 PM, TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Alan, Frank, and all, I'm feeling a bit confused right now after reading the rereading this. I wonder whether we could separate the content from the rest for a moment, if you (plural) are willing? So

Re: [users] Re: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread John Meyer
James Knott wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: On 11/22/07 5:31 PM, James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: That's why I started writing letters to MaximumPC and PC Computing just to get the word out. Hopefully something will get their attention. Also, note the sig on my email. These icons are

Re: [users] Source code offer and distribution requirements

2007-11-22 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:21:36 -0800 TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, Frank, are you speaking primarily of OO, or of some superset of which OO is a part? Do you mean to say that this requirement to offer source code to those to whom one provides installable

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-11-22 Thread Alan Boba
On Nov 21, 2007 8:01 PM, Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:56:57 + jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Provided that the source code to the product is distributed with the product. Actually, that's wrong. You are required to provide an OFFER to provide the

[users] Text flow - hyphenation in Impress

2007-11-22 Thread Alan Boba
Is there a way to control (prevent) automatic hyphenation in Impress in the text area of a slide? I've found a setting for controlling hyphenation in Writer. There is a Text flow tab in the paragraph formatting dialog. I cannot find a text flow control in Impress. Thanks.

[users] Source code offer and distribution requirements

2007-11-22 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
Hi Alan, Frank, and all, I'm feeling a bit confused right now after reading the rereading this. I wonder whether we could separate the content from the rest for a moment, if you (plural) are willing? So I'll ask my questions: First, Frank, are you speaking primarily of OO, or of some superset of

Re: [users] open office calc

2007-11-22 Thread Steven Hunlow
I hope that I understand your question and the fact that I am not operating under linux may make all of the difference. With those two caveats, might I suggest you on your menu bar the following path: view zoom you can select a pre-defined setting or you can determine your own magnification.

Re: [users] open office calc

2007-11-22 Thread Joe Conner
Copy to OP. VIEW = ZOOM Choose something like 200% for starters. Joe kjbjones wrote: Hello all I am using OOo on a dell xps 210 I am using linux suse 10.3 as an OS The suite works very well, when I open the calc the display is set to very small. The cells are very small and tightly packed

[users] Re: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?

2007-11-22 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 11/22/07 5:31 PM, James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: That's why I started writing letters to MaximumPC and PC Computing just to get the word out. Hopefully something will get their attention. Also, note the sig on my email. These icons are available on the OO site and can be added to

Re: [users] small font in help function

2007-11-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:18 19/11/2007 +0300, Günter Boussery wrote: Further, in Excel I like using the right alignment with an indent ­ a table looks so much better when a number isn't glued to the border of the cell. In Open office it is not possible to adjust the right alignment in a cell. When will this be