From the command line type ooffice. This is what Debian and most of its variants named the Open Office executable.
This will launch open office, once loaded (if it loads) try opening your document. Most of the errors should be sent to the console. Cheers, GBJ On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 21:48 -0600, Michael Walters wrote: > Hello Michael Gale, > > The version of open office that Libranet 3.0 uses is Open Office 1.1.3 . > Is this not the latest version? > > I am going to go to the /usr/lib/ directory and find out which version > of Java I am using. > > Regards, > > Michael Walters > > Michael Gale wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I believe Thunderbird will use lp, try changing it to lp-cups > > instead. > > > > I would assme there is a problem with open office you received, you > > should download and install the latest release from there web site and > > try that. > > > > You can install it as a user in your home directory so it should not > > affect the current install. > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > Michael Walters wrote: > > > >> Hello Michael Gale, > >> > >> I just use the print icon in Thunderbird when I get oversized printing. > >> > >> My brother Mel just set up cups to print for me last night. If I print a > >> plain text document using either the lp command or the enscript command, > >> it prints out just fine. > >> > >> I tried for over a month to configure my printer for cups, but it took > >> only an hour and a half for my brother to configure cups printer. And I > >> was able to print out text files in the manor above mentioned. I was > >> also able to successfully print out the first page of an open office > >> writer document, but when I tried to print pages 2 and 3 open office > >> froze. I then shut my computer down and restarted and tried to open my > >> modified open office document. I got the following error message: > >> > >> An unrecoverable error has occurred. > >> > >> All modified files have been saved and can probably be recovered at > >> program restart. > >> > >> I then tried to open an open office spread sheet and open office froze > >> again. > >> > >> But other than that my printing and my computer work just fine. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Michael Walters > >> > >> Michael Gale wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> What type of printing method are you using ? I believe RAW will > >>> cause the problems you are experiencing, you should setup CUPS and use > >>> that to print. > >>> > >>> Michael > >>> > >>> > >>> Michael Walters wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hello all, > >>>> > >>>> I can safely print straight text documents, but when I print email > >>>> messages, they print in large print and some parts of the message get > >>>> cut off. > >>>> > >>>> Hower plain text documents still print properly. > >>>> > >>>> If someone could send me a short pdf file I could find out whether pdf > >>>> files print properly after I save them. > >>>> > >>>> All help appreciated in advance. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> > >>>> Michael walters > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> __________________________ > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying
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