Re: reader problem

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2016-01-08 5:33 GMT+01:00 scdale :

> I am exhausted trying to fix a problem.
> I downloaded and installed Open Office 4.1.2.  I wanted it not just for
> word processing but the major reason was to open my documents etc.
> It doesn’t.  Word Pad does or any of the other two on the list.  I simply
> CANNOT ADD OPEN OFFICE TO THE LIST IN ORDER TO HAVE IT OPEN MY DOCUMENTS.
>

Your operating system is supposed to take care of that, not Apache
OpenOffice, so ask on a forum for your operating system. Seems to be some
flavour of Windows, so I can't answer it, otherwise I would.

However, when you ran Apache OpenOffice for the first time, I think you
should have been asked if you want Apache OpenOffice to be your default
program for your documents. That could have solved your problem, I guess.
Or maybe not.

What kinds of documents are you trying to open? Maybe Apache OpenOffice
just can't handle them? Suffixes like .ods, .odt, .doc, .xls and so on
should be no problems, but maybe you are trying to open other kinds of
documents?


> I have gone to the default area and that doesn’t make it open them either
> by default.
> I have worked for about 7 hours reading everything I can find on the
> computer.  Any forums concerning Open Office DOES NOT ANSWER THIS
> QUESTION.  PERIOD.
>
> Can you please help?
> Thanks,
> Diana

Re: Crash when trying to create a new style

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2016-01-03 23:14 GMT+01:00 Matthias Seidel :

> You mean you installed OpenOffice with their DEBS, aren't you?
> After you uninstalled LibreOffice with:
>
> sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get autoremove
>

I think I just did sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*, but it was a long time
ago, when Ubuntu 14.04 was the latest Ubuntu release, so I really don't
remember.


>
> I also did a fresh start and "new file" in CALC, no crash...
> I use the german version (32 bit) but I doubt that it is dependend on the
> language.
>
> As for MS fonts, I have installed "ttf-mscorefonts-installer" from Ubuntu
> Software-Center.
>

I don't think I did that this time, since I never use those fonts anyway,
but I don't remember for sure.



Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg



>
> kind regards
>
> Matthias
>
>
>
> Am 03.01.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Johnny Rosenberg:
>
>> 2016-01-03 16:51 GMT+01:00 Matthias Seidel :
>>
>> Hello Johnny,
>>>
>>> I can't reproduce your crash.
>>> I am on Ubuntu 14.04 (32bit). Did you uninstall LibreOffice before
>>> installing OpenOffice?
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, I did, and then I installed LibreOffice with their DEBS. I tested the
>> same thing in LibreOffice 4.2.6.3 (I installed it a long time ago…),
>> without a crash. However, when working with a particular document, which
>> was converted from an XLS file, containing some MS fonts like Arial Narrow
>> that my current system lacks, I can't edit existing styles. If I right
>> click one and select Edit, nothing happens (in neither Apache OpenOffice
>> nor LibreOffice). If I create a new spreadsheet, I can edit styles. Maybe
>> something wrong with some of my files then…
>>
>> I'll install the latest stable LibreOffice and see what happens.
>>
>> Still, the original problem happens after a fresh start of the operating
>> system and Apache OpenOffice with a ”new file”, so everything doesn't seem
>> to be my file's fault…
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Johnny Rosenberg
>>
>>
>>
>> kind regards, Matthias
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 03.01.2016 um 16:33 schrieb Johnny Rosenberg:
>>>
>>> Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 installed with the DEB files downloaded from
 http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html. I installed it a few
 days
 ago, so it should be the latest version.
 Operating system: Ubuntu 14.04

 How to make it crash:
 1. Start your operating system.
 2. Rename ”~/.openoffice/4/user” to ”~/.openoffice/4/user.old” (or
 don't,
 in my case it didn't matter at all)
 3. Open Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 (4.1.1 will also do, I had the same
 problem
 with it)
 4. Select Apache OpenOffice Calc (I don't know if Writer has the same
 problem, I almost never run anything else than Calc)
 5. Hit F11 to open the stylist.
 6. Right click a paragraph style, select New.
 7. Apache OpenOffice crash.
 8. Undo step 2 if you like.

 Am I the only one with this problem? If so, where do I start looking for
 what's causing this problem?


 Kind regards

 Johnny Rosenberg



>>>
>>
>

RE: new printer - 4x6 format wrong

[Dennis E. Hamilton]

Yes, the file format for OpenDocument Text files is documented in the OASIS 
OpenDocument Format 1.2 specification.  If you are thinking about creating a 
script to change the printer settings in all of your files, this might not be a 
good way to do it though.

The .odt files are actually .zip files and the components that matter to you 
are XML files.  It may take a great deal of work to modify those.

I think you might be better off creating an OpenOffice macro that you could 
save and run on any file to change its margins.  You will need to find out how 
to accomplish that by looking at the web site, the media wiki, and the 
community forum.  You will still have to open each file and run the macro.  I 
don't know if that will save you enough work.

Others who are expert with OpenOffice macros can give further advice.  

If you still want to know what is required to manipulate the .odt itself, I 
suggest that you do the following:

Take one of your files and remove the content or replace it with something 
trivial, but don't change any of the page settings, and have there be one page 
to the document.  Save that as before.odt.  Then change the save page settings 
to what you expect will work, verify that with your printer, and save that one 
as after.odt.

Send them both to me attached to an email and I can identify what has to be 
changed in the .odt itself.  Then you can see whether it is feasible to develop 
a mechanical updater for the files.


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> -Original Message-
> From: Julian Thomas [mailto:j...@jt-mj.net]
> Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2016 10:40
> To: Open Office Apache list 
> Subject: Re: new printer - 4x6 format wrong
> 
> 
> > On Jan 8, 2016, at 12:10, Julian Thomas  wrote:
> >
> > I have a lot of 4x6 formatted recipes. These are landscape format. The
> printer that just died wanted the short edge on the right side of the
> paper [left margin was 5.25 and right was 0.5]
> >
> > The replacement printer [for now] wants the left margin 0.5 and the
> right 5.25.
> 
> More details:
> 
> The replacement printer (an ancient HP 1200 LJ) has an envelope feeder
> slot attached to the paper tray cover.  It positions the envelope or
> whatever in the middle of the printer throat, not at the left edge. The
> preceding [now dead] Brother printer had a similar setup, although as i
> mentioned it and the hp have different ideas as to the positioning of
> the envelope [top or bottom of the 8.5"x11 page].
> 
> If I set [in OO] paper size of 3x5, the 3x5 area prints on the top left
> of an 8.5x11 sheet.  There is no way to use the envelope feeder on the
> left side of the throat;
> 
> How am I supposed to print in the middle 3 inches of  the throat without
> lying to OO?
> 
> Is the .odt file format documented somewhere?
> 
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> jt - j...@jt-mj.net
> 
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Hilfe

[ahmet bekci]

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
ich benütze das Open Office und habe ausversehen das Effekt "altern" eingefügt 
und aber möchte es zurück setzen, doch finde keine Lösung.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Ahmet Bekci



Von meinem Samsung Galaxy Smartphone gesendet.

Re: new printer - 4x6 format wrong

[Julian Thomas]

> On Jan 8, 2016, at 12:10, Julian Thomas  wrote:
> 
> I have a lot of 4x6 formatted recipes. These are landscape format. The 
> printer that just died wanted the short edge on the right side of the paper 
> [left margin was 5.25 and right was 0.5]
> 
> The replacement printer [for now] wants the left margin 0.5 and the right 
> 5.25.

More details:

The replacement printer (an ancient HP 1200 LJ) has an envelope feeder slot 
attached to the paper tray cover.  It positions the envelope or whatever in the 
middle of the printer throat, not at the left edge. The preceding [now dead] 
Brother printer had a similar setup, although as i mentioned it and the hp have 
different ideas as to the positioning of the envelope [top or bottom of the 
8.5"x11 page]. 

If I set [in OO] paper size of 3x5, the 3x5 area prints on the top left of an 
8.5x11 sheet.  There is no way to use the envelope feeder on the left side of 
the throat;

How am I supposed to print in the middle 3 inches of  the throat without lying 
to OO?

Is the .odt file format documented somewhere?

 —
jt - j...@jt-mj.net

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken 
out of the gun. - Martin Amis 





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