Re: Windows is freezing my work. Open Office 4.1.13

[Gerry Dutchie]

 Hi,

Microsoft does not freeze files made in OpenOffice. It must be something else.

Where did you obtain your version from??? Sometimes websites that offer 
OpenOffice add some function that urges you to pay. Apache OpenOffice is free 
and never urges you to pay anything. (You may contribute freely through the 
website though.)

OpenOffice can be downloaded from: http://www.openoffice.org

1. Remove your current version.
2. Download OpenOffice from the site mentioned above.
3. Install it.

Sincerely,

Gerrit Bruijnes


On Tuesday, 28 February 2023 at 10:27:04 CET, Gerry Dutchie 
 wrote:  
 
  Hi,

Screens may vary slightly under several Windows versions!

Find the Start button on the taskbar (four litle squares).
Click Setup (the round gear wheel)
Find Apps on the left.
Click Standard apps in the list on the right.
Type in the first box at the topp of the list eg.:  .odt, .ods, .odp, or .odb  
or any other filetype you want to associate with OpenOffice. (One (!) extension 
at the time)
Then select in the list below OpenOffice.
Find Writer.

odt = text. ods = spreadsheet, odp = presentation and odb = database. But there 
are more!!!

Sincerely,

Gerrit
    On Monday, 27 February 2023 at 22:32:10 CET, Rory O'Farrell 
 wrote:  
 
 On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:40:18 + (UTC)
keith Harrison  wrote:

> When I have documents made up through open office, micro soft then freezes my 
> files and ask me to sign up with them for a fee..
> How can I get Windows from kidnapping and extorting my files. I don't want to 
> pay Microsoft when I can use Apache which works great 
> 
> Can they legally covert and freeze Apache documents on my computor.?
> kindest regards. 
> 
> Keith Harrison

Set File Associations to tell Windows which application to use to open and edit 
a file.  Right click on each type of OpenOffice file you use, and from the 
popup, select to use OpenOffice to open that file.  I think you may have to use 
"other applications" (words to that effect) at he bottom of the list, and 
navigate to find OpenOffice - it may be soffice.exe.

I do not use current Windows, so cannot give more precise instructions.


-- 
Rory O'Farrell 


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Re: Windows is freezing my work. Open Office 4.1.13

[Gerry Dutchie]

 Hi,

Screens may vary slightly under several Windows versions!

Find the Start button on the taskbar (four litle squares).
Click Setup (the round gear wheel)
Find Apps on the left.
Click Standard apps in the list on the right.
Type in the first box at the topp of the list eg.:  .odt, .ods, .odp, or .odb  
or any other filetype you want to associate with OpenOffice. (One (!) extension 
at the time)
Then select in the list below OpenOffice.
Find Writer.

odt = text. ods = spreadsheet, odp = presentation and odb = database. But there 
are more!!!

Sincerely,

Gerrit
On Monday, 27 February 2023 at 22:32:10 CET, Rory O'Farrell 
 wrote:  
 
 On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:40:18 + (UTC)
keith Harrison  wrote:

> When I have documents made up through open office, micro soft then freezes my 
> files and ask me to sign up with them for a fee..
> How can I get Windows from kidnapping and extorting my files. I don't want to 
> pay Microsoft when I can use Apache which works great 
> 
> Can they legally covert and freeze Apache documents on my computor.?
> kindest regards. 
> 
> Keith Harrison

Set File Associations to tell Windows which application to use to open and edit 
a file.  Right click on each type of OpenOffice file you use, and from the 
popup, select to use OpenOffice to open that file.  I think you may have to use 
"other applications" (words to that effect) at he bottom of the list, and 
navigate to find OpenOffice - it may be soffice.exe.

I do not use current Windows, so cannot give more precise instructions.


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Re: Help Making Sense of .csv Files

[Gerry Dutchie]

 Hi Linda,

I have checked the first csv-file on the website you mentioned. It seems a 
normal file although not all the fields are filled with data. Hence probably 
your impression of 'huges spaces' in between data?

It is a comma delimited csv file, this means that de fields (e.g. name, 
address, town, etc)  are seperated by commas and all information of one doctor 
is put in one long line whereby the bits and pieces are seperated by comma's.

OpenOffice can seperate these lines into columns:

1. On your desktop you will find the OpenOffe icon.
2. Use File Explorer (I work on Windows) or similar for your operating system.
3. Drag the downloaded csv file and drop it on the OpenOffice icon.
4. OO will respond with a dialogbox in with you tick Comma under 'Seperated' 
and remove any other ticks that may be there. The dialog will show you the 
results allready.  (Other csv files may use ; or tab as delimiter, which you 
also find in the dialog).
5. Click OK. The file will be distributed over columns. The first line shows 
the names of the fields, e.g. what data is presented in the column.

Now you can proceed to work with it as you are used to, using lists; e.g. sort, 
search etc.

Good luck & kind regards from The Royalk Kingdom of The Netherlands ;-)))

Gerrit
On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 07:26:31 CET, Linda Hull 
 wrote:  
 
 This isn't a usual "I can't do x or y" problem. It might be an OO doesn't
open it right?  I would like it if someone could help me make these files
readable. Barring that, I need some specific doctors.  The data seems to be
all spread out in these .csv files.  They ought to be lists of doctors,
including specialities and other information, so that one could find a
doctor.  When I open the file: Active Provider Directory 20220902 (59.27
MB), I get a page with huge spaces and nobody seems to have entered the
data correctly.  Am I wrong?
I would like to be able to find doctors by different parameters, such as
specialty and location.
'Find' works. 'Find all' does not, for me.  The file is on this page:
https://dch.georgia.gov/providers/provider-directory
From:
https://dch.georgia.gov/how-do-i
It's the government, who knows what they intended to do?
They don't answer their phone.

Linda
  

Re: WINDOWS 11

[Gerry Dutchie]

 Hi Erki,


On my laptop with Windows 11, OpenOffice starts and runs fine. This does not 
mean that I can say that all possible functions will work. There are quite a 
few things I haven't tried yet... ;-)))

Have fun with OO.

Kind regards,

Gerrit

https://ipaa.nl/uitgeverij/computerboeken/4-ik-wil-met-openoffice-aan-het-werk
On Monday, 5 December 2022 at 09:14:19 CET, Bret Busby  
wrote:  
 
 On 05/12/2022 15:58, Erkki Porola wrote:
> Hi, is it possible to use OpenOffice in windows 11?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Best regards, Erkki Porola
> 


I think the question would be better worded "Is it possible to use 
Windows 11, with Open Office?"

:)

..
Bret Busby

Linux Mint Mate 21 user

Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
..


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Re: Freeware for sale on eBay and Amazon?

[Gerry Dutchie]

Gerard states this link:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=Microsoft+Office+Professional+2016
That refers to Microsoft Software and has nothing to do with OpenOffice...The 
link is not valid anyway, so...
Sincerely,
Gerrit
 

On Saturday, 2 April 2016, 22:50, Dennis E. Hamilton 
 wrote:
 

 [BCC to Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee]

The license on Apache OpenOffice software does not prohibit redistribution and 
trading in the software.  It is not "freeware" in the common sense of that 
term.  It is open-source software and it is made freely available to the public 
by the Apache Software Foundation.

However, Apache, OpenOffice, and Apache OpenOffice are registered trademarks or 
trademarks in various jurisdictions around the world (including the UK).  
Whether those marks are misused depends on individual cases.  Investigation is 
done privately since there are legal matters. 

Producers of products in which works of Apache projects are employed can 
determine appropriate usage and how to obtain clearances at 

         and 
          

And, in particular, .

For Apache OpenOffice, requests should be submitted to 
.

Thank you for your concern.  

> -Original Message-
> From: Gerard Dumont [mailto:gdumont1...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 2, 2016 03:31
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: sp...@ebay.co.uk
> Subject: Freeware for sale on eBay and Amazon?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> On eBay you can find OpenOffice being sold although it is freeware?
> 
> 
> 
> Source:
> 
> 
>
[orcmid] 

To make the search work from everywhere, go to 



And type the search entry "Microsoft Office Professional 2016" (without the 
quotes).
 

There are a variety of so-called "Open Office" offerings mingled among those.



 




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Re: they ask money for your product !!!

[Gerry Dutchie]

Here is the data of the firm behind it:

domain officebestellen.nl
Status actief
Owner Verdien  Bespaar B.V.
Postadres
Verdien  Bespaar
Baronielaan 4
4818 RA Breda

Administrative contacti...@verdienenbespaar.nl
Registrar TransIP BV
Schipholweg 9 b
2316XB LEIDEN
Netherlands
Technical contactpi...@verdienenbespaar.nl
DNSSEC ja
Domeinnaamserversns0.transip.net 
 ns1.transip.nl 
 ns2.transip.eu 
Date registration 2014-02-21
Date last change 2014-02-22
Administration NL Domain Registry

Sincerely,

Gerrit Bruijnes

On Saturday, 12 April 2014, 12:54, Rik Meuleman i...@computeraanhuis.be wrote:
 
look here they are selling openoffice for money

http://www.officebestellen.nl/

EURO 159,- EURO 49,95


hope you can do somethingabout it.


Rick.

Fw: autocorrect file

[Gerry Dutchie]

On Friday, 17 January 2014, 16:55, Gerry Dutchie wingb...@yahoo.com wrote:
 


Dear Sandra,

It may be a little complicated but the information you want is in a hidden 
folder on your harddisc.

1. First make the hidden folders visible.
2. Then locate the file(s) you seek and...
3. Copy it (them) to your Windows 8 machine.
(I have to guess a bit concerning the precise US american names because I work 
with the Netherlands version of the software).

1.
- Start Windows Explorer (not your  browser!). You can find it under the 
startbutton, click Computer.
- Open the menubar by pressing the left Alt-key on your keyboard. Click on the 
menu option Tools.
- Click in the menu on the last option (Folderoptions?) 
- Click the middle tab.
- Now you have to look for something that will be called Hidden files and 
folders. If this option is closed, click on it. 
- You should see two radiobuttons. Click the one that says Display hidden files 
and folders.
- Click OK.


Step 2.
- If I'm right you should see your username in Explorer's left panel. If not 
you're in trouble ;-))) 
- Click your username in the left panel. You should see a folder now with the 
name Appdata.
- Click to open. 
- In the right panel look for OpenOffice. Double click it. 
- Depending on the version of OpenOffice that you use you will see another 
folder with a number. Doubleclick it to open.
- You'll see yet another folder with the name User. You guessed right? Yeah, 
double click to open.
- Now you will see many folders. The top one is the one you're looking for. The 
Autotext one might also be worth while copying to your new Windows 8 machine as 
wel as the Template folder (should you have been using templates)...


Step 3.
- But before copying: - If OpenOffice is running on your Windows 8 computer, 
close it.

I don't really like Windows 8. But if you manage to get past this horrible 
Tiles-interface Windwos 8's File Explorer basically works the same as in 
Windows Vista or Windows 7. So repeat the same actions to make the hidden files 
and folders visible:
- Go to your desktop and start File Explorer.
- Open the View menu. On the right of the button bar you'll see Hidden items. 
Click it.
- Now click in the left pane  This PC, then the C: drive, then in the right 
pane Users, your Username, then Appdata and so on until you have located the 
same folders as on your Vista machine.
- Copy/Paste your Autocorr and Autotext to the right place (the 
\Appdata\OpenOffice\4\user\ folder. 
- Then restart OpenOffice and you should be alright.


Finanally I would advise you to hide de files and folders when you're done. 
Thus you avoid accidentally throwing away important files which may hamper the 
correct workings of Microsofts Windows!

I wish you good luck!

Sincerely,

Gerrit Bruijnes

-Author  Tutor-
(Currently working on a book on OpenOffice 4.01)



On Friday, 17 January 2014, 0:45, Sandra Clark sclark5...@mchsi.com wrote:
 
I used Open Office 4 on a Vista computer. I now have another computer 
with Windows8. Where is my autocorrect
 file on the Vista computer and 
where do I copy it to my Windows 8 computer?

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