Re: Assistance re:scam

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Michael -

I'm sorry to hear about your problem. I don't believe that the OpenOffice 
project had anything to do with taking your money.

What was the contact information for the supposed 'help desk', and where did 
you get the information from? Whoever gave you the information was probably 
involved in the scam. I assume that you gave the information to your bank?

- Robert


From: btinternet 
Sent: April 17, 2024 05:42
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Assistance re:scam

Good morning,
Firstly my experience. Early this month I purchased an Apple IMac from a 
company OURDEAL. The purchase came with a free copy of your OPENOFFICE 
software. This package could not be loaded giving the error message “Open 
Office cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. Mac OS cannot 
verify that this APP is free from Malware”
I contacted OurDeal who advise me to contact yourselves. This I did and prior’s 
to giving my problems was invited to pay one pound to access your help desk. 
After detailing the above problem I was left hanging for 15 minutes so I closed 
the call.
Today Find that you have taken 40 pounds from my bank account. WHY?
I find that I cannot re access your system giving my Email details and password 
I entered at the time. I have contacted my bank and their FRAUD office is 
investigating the issue.
I am a 76 yr old guy with very little IT knowledge so I ask you Please as a 
gesture of honesty to refund this money to my bank asap and to ensure no 
further payments are deducted from my bank account. I understand that my banks 
Fraud dept will be in contact with you regarding this matter.
Meanwhile I look forward to hearing from you without any further delay,
Yours faithfully,
Michael Constable

Re: urgent denied file to open

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

I do not see your attached image. Maybe it's larger than the maximum allowed  
size?
- Robert


From: Marc Nicollet 
Sent: April 11, 2024 00:44
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: urgent denied file to open

Hi

I cannot open anymore my open office files 4.1.12 on my PC
i have this "denied" error message (file enclosed)
why is this happening? this is disturbing my work and my liffe

how to fix this please?

[Inline image]


Marc Nicollet

Re: Incorrect page numbering on PDF export (Win11)

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

I'm using LibreOffice 24.2.1.2 and I see the same incorrect page numbering that 
you see.
- Robert


From: Robert Rath 
Sent: April 11, 2024 11:11
To: W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
Cc: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Incorrect page numbering on PDF export (Win11)

Good idea!

Here's an attachment ods file with the resultant PDF I created via Export to 
PDF feature. The issue is with the following tabs:
- "BILAGA II" (numbering erroneously indicates 5 when it should be 4)
- "BILAGA III" (numbering erroneously indicates 4 when it should be 3)
- "BILAGA X" (page number starts at 2 and number of pages indicates 8 when it 
should be starting at 1 and up to page 7)
Can you reproduce this issue if you open the ODS file and do a PDF export?

Best Regards, Robert

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 4:51 PM W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
mailto:robert.funn...@mcgill.ca>> wrote:
Robert -

You can hide your confidential data using Edit > Find and Replace. Make sure 
the 'Regular expressions' box is checked, enter [a-z] in the Find field, and 
enter x in the Replace field. If you then click on Replace All, every 
lower-case letter will be replaced by x. Similarly, you can use [0-9] to 
replace all digits by something.

I don't know what the policy is here for attachments. If they're allowed, there 
may be a maximum size.

- Robert #2


From: Robert Rath mailto:robert.kis.r...@gmail.com>>
Sent: April 11, 2024 07:43
To: users@openoffice.apache.org<mailto:users@openoffice.apache.org> 
mailto:users@openoffice.apache.org>>
Subject: Incorrect page numbering on PDF export (Win11)

Dear OpenOffice Support,

I have a OpenCalc file that contains several tabs that when I export as PDF
(landscape A4) some of the page numbers (done seperately per tab) are
incorrect in the resulting PDF. For example, one the exported tabs skips
page 1 and starts at page 2. Another tab has correct page numbering but the
total number of pages in that tab is incorrect (i.e. displays 1 of 8, 2 of
8, etc. when it should be 1 of 7, 2 of 7).

Due to the confidential nature of the data, I will not attach the OpenCalc
file in question to reproduce this issue for the entire user group. I can,
on the other hand, send it to someone who is internally involved in
bugfixing/reproducing issues. Thanks for your time.

Best, Robert

Re: Incorrect page numbering on PDF export (Win11)

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Robert -

You can hide your confidential data using Edit > Find and Replace. Make sure 
the 'Regular expressions' box is checked, enter [a-z] in the Find field, and 
enter x in the Replace field. If you then click on Replace All, every 
lower-case letter will be replaced by x. Similarly, you can use [0-9] to 
replace all digits by something.

I don't know what the policy is here for attachments. If they're allowed, there 
may be a maximum size.

- Robert #2


From: Robert Rath 
Sent: April 11, 2024 07:43
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Incorrect page numbering on PDF export (Win11)

Dear OpenOffice Support,

I have a OpenCalc file that contains several tabs that when I export as PDF
(landscape A4) some of the page numbers (done seperately per tab) are
incorrect in the resulting PDF. For example, one the exported tabs skips
page 1 and starts at page 2. Another tab has correct page numbering but the
total number of pages in that tab is incorrect (i.e. displays 1 of 8, 2 of
8, etc. when it should be 1 of 7, 2 of 7).

Due to the confidential nature of the data, I will not attach the OpenCalc
file in question to reproduce this issue for the entire user group. I can,
on the other hand, send it to someone who is internally involved in
bugfixing/reproducing issues. Thanks for your time.

Best, Robert

Re: open office

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Mary -

At https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation there is a selection of User 
Guides and tutorials. If you look through them, you might find one that can get 
you going.

- Robert


From: Mary 
Sent: February 13, 2024 17:00
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: open office

Hi,

It is now ion my computer.

How do I open a page to  start typing it?
How do simple edits.

like changing the margins, text size and color and font
How do save a page to my computer?

I read readme,but it  looked like some sort of internals to programmers to me.

Are the commands the it it the same as word? I know word a little, enough to 
get by.  Not that we like it. Plus it no longer works, even tough we bought and 
still have the install disk.
I hope you can help

Mary

Re: Apache Open Office

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Paolo -

I think that at http://www.openoffice.org/it/ you can download an Italian 
version of Apache OpenOffice.

Ho capito bene?

- Robert


From: Paolo_P Paolo_P 
Sent: January 29, 2024 13:39
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Apache Open Office

Buona sera,
vorrei poter utilizzare i vari pgm di Apache: Write calc etc con la
completa lingua italiana, com'era nella ver. precedente, é possibile? Nel
caso in cui non lo fosse vorrei tornare alla release precedente.
Purtroppo avendo smesso di lavorare, (sono in pensione) ho perso quel
minimo di confidenza con la lingua inglese ed ho difficoltà per le varie
features espresse in inglese.
Resto in attesa di una vostra gradita risposta in merito.
Grazie e cordiali saluti.
Paolo Pallotta / Roma

Re: Email software

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Amin -

I believe that Alan's question was about Bret Busby's statement. It would be 
useful if either you or he could provide a link to an explanation of the lack 
of security in Thunderbird.

- Robert

From: Amin Jack Pędziwiater 
Sent: January 7, 2024 18:59
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Email software

I mean that made as a trap for enemies i.e. IDIOTS


On Mon, 8 Jan 2024, 00:37 alannpearce, 
wrote:

> what do you mean by MADE TO BE UNSAFE?Sent from my Galaxy
>  Original message From: Bret Busby  Date:
> 07/01/2024  22:24  (GMT+00:00) To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject:
> Re: Email software On 8/1/24 01:47, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. wrote:>
> Jodi -> > The Apache OpenOffice project does not offer an e-mail client.
> One well-known open-source e-mail client is Thunderbird (
> https://www.thunderbird.net<https://www.thunderbird.net/>)<https://www.thunderbird.net/>
>  and there are others (
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_email_clients)<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_email_clients>
> - Robert>
> > > From: Jodi Switalski <
> jswitals...@wi.rr.com>> Sent: January 7, 2024 09:28> To:
> users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Email
> software> > Hi,> > I'm just wondering if Open Office offers a stand-alone
> email program that> can replace older versions of Outlook.> > Thank you!> >
> Jodi> > The more recent versions of thunderbird were made to be unsafe, and
> are designed to be a threat to users' computers and security.Bret
> BusbyArmadaleWestern
> Australia(UTC+0800)

Re: Email software

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Jodi -

The Apache OpenOffice project does not offer an e-mail client. One well-known 
open-source e-mail client is Thunderbird (https://www.thunderbird.net/) and 
there are others (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_email_clients).

- Robert


From: Jodi Switalski 
Sent: January 7, 2024 09:28
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Email software

Hi,

I'm just wondering if Open Office offers a stand-alone email program that
can replace older versions of Outlook.

Thank you!

Jodi

Re: Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.15_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

The 'Win' in the file name indicates that you downloaded the Windows version 
instead of the Mac Version.
- Robert


From: Doug Sterrett 
Sent: December 27, 2023 15:42
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.15_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe

As requested by SourceForge email I downloaded and installed the subject 
version of Apache.  This was an update as I have been using Apache OpenOffice 
on my Mac Mini M-1 for some time with no trouble. All of a sudden I find that 
Apple will not run this version. I am in the middle of writing a book and this 
brought me to a screeching halt.  Why won’t this update run on Apple?

Doug Sterrett

Re: Cannot close file document

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Eugenia -

How exactly are you doing the 'close' and 'force quit', and what exactly 
happens? Is this something new that's happening for one particular document?

What operating system are you using?

- Robert


From: Eugenia Wiltshire 
Sent: December 24, 2023 11:59
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Cannot close file document

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I cannot close a file text document.  I've tried force quit. Doesn't work.  I'm 
not a techie. The forums are not helpful.  What do I do?
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Re: PDF to odt problem

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Here's a link to useful information about how to convert PDF to Word using 
Foxit: 
https://kb.foxit.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040242172-How-to-export-PDF-file-to-Word-file-.
 They also offer free on-line PDF-to-Word conversions: 
https://www.foxit.com/pdf-to-word/. It may be worth a try.
- Robert


From: ELAINE MURSZEWSKI 
Sent: December 15, 2023 13:21
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: PDF to odt problem

Try a free program called FoxIt Reader.  If I remember correctly you can take a 
pdf and save it as a word document.  After it's in Word format, you can save it 
as odt.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or 
coming back with excuses. ~~ Napoleon Hill

On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 01:11:59 PM EST, William Morder 
 wrote:


There is perhaps a way to do this, but it's probably for Linux only. And even
so, if you can do it, it probably won't be quite what you want (that is,
pdf-to-odt format).

It's possible to extract the text from a pdf. The Linux tool is called
pdftotext, and there are probably applications like it for Windoze and the
rotten Apple, but again, they only extract text.

If I were faced with this problem, I would try copying the text from the pdf,
if your pdf reader will allow it. (Again, I am running Linux, so this usually
isn't a problem.) Then I would paste the text into a blank odt document, one
paragraph at a time. Or -- if the document isn't too long -- I would print
out the pdf, or open it in your pdf reader, then type it in by hand.

I know this probably isn't the solution you want, but there really aren't many
other solutions. A pdf document is essentially a photograph of a text
document. The actual text in the document is now only a picture of each page.

Good luck!

Bill




On Friday 15 December 2023 09:33:18 Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:07:44 +
>
> "W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof."  wrote:
> > I assume that by 'totally distorted' Yvonne meant that the text was
> > present but the formatting was scrambled. If that is the case, I don't
> > think that optical character recognition (OCR) software would do any
> > better, and it might introduce errors in the text itself.
> >
> > I'm not aware of any better solution than using PDF-to-text conversion
> > software, which is what I assume the Best Buy people did. It might be
> > worth looking for such software that does a better job of reproducing the
> > original formatting. In my experience, a fair amount of manual editing is
> > required, depending on how complicated the formatting was.
> >
> > - Robert
>
> Almost every OCR program which produces plain text will require substantial
> reformatting, which the proposed alterations may well require anyway.  OCR,
> no matter how accurately carried out, will have a small error rate: in my
> experience 1% to 2%, which will require detailed proofreadng and
> correction.
>
> Some careful searching may reveal PDF to ODT conversion programs that
> preserve formatting, but the need for detailed proofreading and correction
> will still exist. On the occasions I OCR long texts, I always reformat.
>
> Rory
>
> > 
> > From: Terence Warby 
> > Sent: December 15, 2023 10:38
> > To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> > Subject: Re: PDF to odt problem
> >
> > I think the best thing to do is to run the pdf file through an OCR
> > program. This will recover the text and you can the edit this in
> > OpenOffice writer. Hope this helps. 
> > From: AOL Mail 
> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2023 1:14:50 AM
> > To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> > Subject: PDF to odt problem
> >
> > I am trying to change a PDF file to odt.  I also take it to Best Buy and
> > when the techs converted it to odt and wanted to open it on Open Office
> > --- it was totally distorted.  If I send you a PDF file can you convert
> > it for me to odt, please.  It is a book my husband, who is an author,
> > wrote, and it needs some changes.  My odt files disappeared, so the only
> > way out is converting a PDF to odt. I will really appreciate it very much
> > Yvonne Barkhuizen

Re: PDF to odt problem

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

I assume that by 'totally distorted' Yvonne meant that the text was present but 
the formatting was scrambled. If that is the case, I don't think that optical 
character recognition (OCR) software would do any better, and it might 
introduce errors in the text itself.

I'm not aware of any better solution than using PDF-to-text conversion 
software, which is what I assume the Best Buy people did. It might be worth 
looking for such software that does a better job of reproducing the original 
formatting. In my experience, a fair amount of manual editing is required, 
depending on how complicated the formatting was.

- Robert


From: Terence Warby 
Sent: December 15, 2023 10:38
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: PDF to odt problem

I think the best thing to do is to run the pdf file through an OCR program. 
This will recover the text and you can the edit this in OpenOffice writer. Hope 
this helps.

From: AOL Mail 
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2023 1:14:50 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: PDF to odt problem

I am trying to change a PDF file to odt.  I also take it to Best Buy and when 
the techs converted it to odt and wanted to open it on Open Office --- it was 
totally distorted.  If I send you a PDF file can you convert it for me to odt, 
please.  It is a book my husband, who is an author, wrote, and it needs some 
changes.  My odt files disappeared, so the only way out is converting a PDF to 
odt.
I will really appreciate it very much
Yvonne Barkhuizen

Re: OpenOffice locked up

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Have you tried using the Task Manager to shut down OpenOffice?

From: Rod Christ 
Sent: December 9, 2023 12:31
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: OpenOffice locked up

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You do not understand. The program is LOCKED on my screen. I cannot use any
of its features, I cannot close or open any windows within the program. I
cannot shut it down, I cannot delete it. It is a s useless as tits on an
alligator. UNDERSTAND??

On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 10:23 AM Dick Groskamp  wrote:

> Try to renew your userprofile.
> Close OpenOffice and the Quickstarter (if enabled)
>
> Go to C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice\4
> There is a folder called user. Rename that folder to something else, for
> instance "user_old"
>
> Go back and restart OpenOffice. It will make a new folder user.
> This method often solves strange problems :-)
>
> On 2023/12/09 15:04:14 Rod Christ wrote:
> >  I recently upgraded to a new Lenovo laptop with Windows 11. I also
> > > downloaded OpenOffice ver. 4.1.14. It has never been stable. When I
> finish
> > > a document (mostly easy spreadsheets0 I cannot reopen the document. The
> > > program goes back and must restore and reload ALL prior documents
> before I
> > > can access any of the docs. That was a pain in the neck, but things
> > worked.
> > > Today, it required "defragging" all prior documents again, but stalled
> and
> > > locked up totally. It has not started a recovery on ANY of the docs and
> > > locked up entirely. The things I had done previously were expendable
> so I
> > > decided to  uninstall and reinstall. That does not work. The
> "rebuilding"
> > > panel is not responding to closing with an X, - or resize. Likewise,
> the
> > > larger window does not respond. All I can do is go back and work on
> other
> > > pages, mail, facebook, etc. I thought closing all open windows and
> > > restarting would help but that did not work either. What can I do to
> get
> > > past this logjam?Thanks, Rod Christ   563/258-1849 email is
> > > cozum...@gmail.com
> >
>
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Re: Help need to recover my account

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

You don't need an account to get OpenOffice. You can just download the free 
software from http://www.openoffice.org/.
- Robert


From: Leslie Holden 
Sent: November 27, 2023 19:23
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Help need to recover my account

Now, my OpenOffice account is gone.  How can I restore it?  (I got my
> computer back from repair and I lost a lot of my programs ... like Open
> Office. HELP

Re: Problem

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Miguel -

I assume that you have other word-processor files that work OK in OpenOffice? 
If so, it's possible that something has become corrupted in this particular 
file. Are you able to do Edit >  Select All (or just control-A)? If so, you 
could try do that and then Edit > Copy (or control-C) and then paste it into a 
new document, either as a regular paste (control-V) or with Edit > Paste 
Special > Paste Unformatted Text.

- Robert


From: Miguel Núñez Galindo 
Sent: August 24, 2023 11:14
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Problem

Good morning:

 I just downloaded Open Office again because one word 
processor file closes down when I begin to scroll it. Can you help me so this 
doesn´t happens '

Best regards,

Miguel Núñez

Re: Issue with cursor

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Ray -

I'm not sure this exactly matches your description of what happens, but is it 
possible that you've pressed the Insert key on your keyboard? That changes you 
from the usual Insert mode to the Overwrite mode. The shape of the mouse cursor 
changes and the word 'Overwrite' appears at the bottom of the Writer window. 
Pressing the Insert key again returns you to the Insert mode.

- Robert


From: Ray Earnhardt 
Sent: August 23, 2023 08:15
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Issue with cursor

When I try to edit a word in a text document the cursor highlights an
adjacent letter and if mouse is pressed deletes the letter. This just
happened and I can't seem to find how to fix it. Thanks

Re: How to Make a Background Fit?

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Linda -

When you were 'playing with the backgrounds', did you try adjusting the page 
margins to make the image cover the entire page? Or did you use the real 
'Background' feature that ignores the page margins for the image but should 
leave them unchanged for any text you add to the page?

In an earlier message you referred to images being opened in Draw rather than 
in Writer. It wasn't clear how you were opening the image. For use in Writer, 
you should not open the image using File > Open, but rather use Insert > Image, 
or Format > Page Style > Image.

In an earlier message you also referred to getting '3 or 4 images in one' in 
Writer. That sounds like the tiling behaviour when an image is used as a true 
background: if the image is smaller than the page, Writer will make additional 
copies of it to fill the page, like tiles on a floor.

Maybe you'd already figured those things out but I wasn't sure.

- Robert

From: Linda Hull 
Sent: August 19, 2023 02:42
To: David Robley ; users@openoffice.apache.org 

Subject: Re: How to Make a Background Fit?

David,

There are things which I don't understand about Open Office. Since I
started playing with the backgrounds I've lost the regular one inch margins
on any new pages I open. How do I get them back?  I don't think I can send
examples to the forum, but if anyone wants to see?

Linda

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:05 PM David Robley  wrote:

> See if https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108078 is
> helpful.
>
> On 19/08/2023 05:49, Linda Hull wrote:
> >   Dear Wonderful Open Office People,
> >
> > I want to send a letter, either paper or electronically, with an
> > appropriate background image. I have Windows 10 and Open Office 4.1.13.
> >
> > I found an image, cropped it, opening it in Open Office, I get one image
> in
> > the middle of the page and even though I specified Writer, it's in Draw,
> OR
> > I get 3 or 4 images in one, in Writer.
> >
> > ...

Re: Problem open office text

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Ian -

Nope, not a dumbo :-) In addition to Elaine's suggestions, you might try 
looking for the Zoom entry in the View menu. There's also a Zoom slider control 
at the bottom right corner of the Writer window.

- Robert


From: ELAINE MURSZEWSKI 
Sent: August 17, 2023 12:16
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Problem open office text

First, Ian you're not a dumbo.  If you haven't closed your document, try Ctrl + 
Z which is an undo command.  You may also open the document and you will see a 
size of font drop down, you can do a Ctrl + A which is for "select all" on your 
document then choose 14 font size from the drop down.  That should fix it.
Elaine

On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 12:11:26 PM EDT, Ian Flretcher 
 wrote:

 Hi

A five page text document I was editing suddenly went to five pages at
around 12.5% of size, I am unable to get it back to whole indidual
pages. Sorry I am a 74 yr old compter dumbo.

Thanks for your help.

Re: Read Only only

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Have you tried going to the Edit menu and clicking on 'Edit Mode'?
- Robert


From: Andre Ryland 
Sent: August 14, 2023 17:00
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Read Only only

Help please.Please guide me to help to allow my to again edit my own files i 
created.
Old pc crashed and I imported from it to new pc all OO files and Open
Office 4.1.10
Now when I open my created file it says "read only"
Have spent some hours but cannot find how to solve
thanks,
Jay

Re: Open Office crashes immediately after it loads the pages.

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Tom -

When you subscribed yourself to the list, there should have been instructions 
for unsubscribing yourself. I can't do it for you.

- Robert


From: Tom Griffith 
Sent: August 13, 2023 19:56
To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; W. Robert J. 
Funnell, Prof. 
Cc: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: RE: Open Office crashes immediately after it loads the pages.

All,

I had an issue w/Open Office some time back.  Now I seem to be getting emails 
from many people about things which do not matter to me.  Please remove my 
email from your mailing list.  piano...@austin.rr.com  Thank you.

From: Linda Hull
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2023 1:44 PM
To: W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.
Cc: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: Open Office crashes immediately after it loads the pages.

Robert,

Thank you. That helped a lot. I had looked in Roaming and didn't see it,
but maybe because it was all white. My File Manager is dark background.

I have renamed OpenOffice to OpenOffice.old and opened it, and it didn't
crash. I didn't have many settings, so I'm not going to stress over it.
I'll have to find the files I had open, but that's another issue.

Thank you for providing me with information relevant to Open Office. I love
to be able to ask questions and get information from this terrific,
supportive, mail list.

Linda

On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 9:21 AM W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. <
robert.funn...@mcgill.ca> wrote:

> Linda -
>
> Writing '%AppData%' is meant to be instead of specifying 'C:\Users\
> *username*\AppData'.
>
> I think that 'OO Software > OO ShutUp10' is related to 'O ShutUp10',
> some kind of privacy tool. I think the OpenOffice folder that you're
> looking for may be in AppData\Roaming\, not in AppData\Local\.
>
> - Robert
>

Re: Open Office crashes immediately after it loads the pages.

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Linda -

Writing '%AppData%' is meant to be instead of specifying 
'C:\Users\username\AppData'.

I think that 'OO Software > OO ShutUp10' is related to 'O ShutUp10', some 
kind of privacy tool. I think the OpenOffice folder that you're looking for may 
be in AppData\Roaming\, not in AppData\Local\.

- Robert


From: Linda Hull 
Sent: August 12, 2023 03:13
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Open Office crashes immediately after it loads the pages.

Open Office crashes immediately after it loads the pages.
I'm not 100% positive that this is only an Open Office problem. I'm running
Windows 10 and this is Open Office 4.1.13.

My desktop computer was refusing to load the Start menu, so I rebooted it.
It froze and didn't do anything for about 45 minutes. I hit the power
button and restarted it again. It restarted and ran updates. My friends
advised me to run a check and fix program. SFC whic is System File Checker
> sfc /scannow. It came up with a list of things that were wrong, but it
said it fixed everything. Then, when I tried to start Open Office, it
loaded fine and opened the pages and then crashed! It's done it over and
over.

I've heard two possiblities. One is a hardware problem, but the computer
seems fine and is running on an SSD.

The other is resetting the Open Office User profile. I had problems with
that. I don't think my computer matches the description in the directions.
Or maybe I just can't see it. (I'm a little bit visually impaired.) I
couldn't make this work:

https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74=99158
"Make sure you include the percent signs before and after.
%AppData%"

Isn't AppData the same in >  This PC > Local Disk(C:) > Users > MyUser >
AppData > Local .. In Local, I have: OO Software > OO ShutUp10

I really do need OpenOffice for some important documents.

Help please?

Linda

Re: Besoin d'aide

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Manuel -

Cette liste fonctionne surtout en anglais. Pour l'aide en français, vous pouvez 
aller à https://forum.openoffice.org/fr/forum/. En tout cas, pour vous aider, 
on aurait besoin de plus de détails. C'est quoi exactement qui arrive quand 
vous essayez d'utiliser le logiciel OpenOffice.org?

(This list works mainly in English. For help in French, you can go to 
https://forum.openoffice.org/fr/forum/. In any case, to help you we would need 
more details. What exactly happens when you try to use the OpenOffice.org 
software?)

- Robert


From: Manuel PEREIRA  on behalf of Manuel PEREIRA 

Sent: July 28, 2023 12:44
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Besoin d'aide

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Mesdames, Messieurs bonjour
Pourriez Vous m’aider à réobtenir l’accès a OpeOffice.Org
Par site d’avoir télécharger 2 logiciels Avast l’un le 16 Juin 3023 et l’autre 
le 16 Juillet 2023 je suis venu a ne plu accéder aux divers dont à l’accès de 
texte et saisi que Vous me fournissez à titre gratuit
La je viens de récupérer l’ordinateur chez le technicien ‘’ayant cru qu’il 
s’agissais d’autre chose’  ‘mais suite l’avoir rebrancher et suivi les diverses 
instructions je constate ne pas pouvoir utiliser votre logiciel OpenOffice.org
Je Vous seriez très reconnaissant si vous pouviez m’aider a réactualiser le 
logiciel afin de pouvoir ouvrir  les divers documents que j’ai en cours 
lesquelles me sont très importants
Encore Merci à vous très honorablement
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Re: OpenOffice.org - Windows 11 Compatibility

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

If you download the software from 
www.openoffice.org, it will cost nothing.
The 'Support' here is from volunteers.
- Robert


From: Benny, Olivia 
Sent: July 12, 2023 18:07
To: David Robley ; users@openoffice.apache.org 

Cc: d...@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: RE: OpenOffice.org - Windows 11 Compatibility

Hello Support,

As we are planning to purchase Windows 11 compatible version can you please 
provide an estimate of how much OpenOffice.org software will cost?
Please let me know if you have any concerns.

Regards,
Olivia Benny

-Original Message-
From: David Robley 
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 3:28 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: Benny, Olivia ; d...@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org - Windows 11 Compatibility


That version was released in 2011 and  I don't think anyone would recommend it 
for use with Windows 11.

I'd suggest you upgrade to the current version from
https://www.openoffice.org

...

On 30/06/2023 17:51, Benny, Olivia wrote:
> Hello Support,
>
> Greetings!
>
> Few of our computers are having OpenOffice.org software with the below 
> mentioned versions :
>
> Software Title
> Software Version
> OpenOffice.org 3.4
> 3.4.9590
>
> Can you please let us know whether the version of OpenOffice.org listed above 
> is compatible with Windows 11, if not please provide the version which is 
> compatible.
>
> Please let us know if you have any further queries.
>
> Regards,
> Olivia Benny

Re: Deleting presentation

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Frank -

Are you talking about deleting the file for the presentation, or deleting all 
of the slides within the presentation but keeping the file intact?

For the latter, I see in LibreOffice that if I select all of the slides then 
(oddly) the Delete Slide menu item disappears. Is that what you're seeing? I 
found that if I unselect even one of the slides, then Delete Slide reappears. 
Or if I select, say, slides 2 to the end, then Delete Slide is still there. So 
I can delete all but one of the slides and then delete the remaining slide 
separately.

Does that help?

- Robert


From: Frank Roshau 
Sent: June 21, 2023 08:00
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Deleting presentation

How in the world does a person delete an entire slide presentation. I’ve 
probably spent an hour trying to find a way to do so, but to no avail and also 
tried to wade through the community forums.

Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

See https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=99158, for example, 
for instructions on resetting your profile. You will lose any customizations 
that are stored in the profile, but sometimes they become corrupted.
- Robert




On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 2:37 PM James Baker  wrote:

> How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and it
> worked briefly, then started freezing again.
> Jim Baker
> 
> From: Peter Kovacs 
> Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden
>
> Have you tried to reset the profile?
> Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:
> > In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both
> spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue
> circle pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops
> after 5 minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30
> minutes so I have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have
> others experienced this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made
> to OpenOffice that is causing this or it has been hacked and malware
> inserted or what. Perhaps I will erase my copy and import a new one to see
> if that helps anything.

Re: Can't edit my PDF files

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

David -

My first thought is that in the past you were scanning your documents with 
optical character recognition (OCR) turned on, and that now it's turned off for 
some reason.

With OCR turned on, the PDF file contains the actual text and also an image of 
the page. With OCR turned off, the PDF file contains only the image.

- Robert


From: David Di Giacomo 
Sent: May 24, 2023 09:09
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Can't edit my PDF files

Hi,
  My name is David Di Giacomo and I have been an Apache Open Office user 
for many years and have never encountered any problems with it. I think it is a 
great program. However in the last 2-3 weeks I have encountered a problem, it 
will not allow me to edit imported PDF documents.
I will explain what process I have always used in order to implement Open 
Office,
1.) I scan a required document on my HP printer and send it to my computer as a 
PDF file.
2.)I then open the scanned document, highlight it and then press control/C to 
copy this document.
3.) I then open Open Office and click on Text Documents, when the Open Office 
blank pages appears I then press control/V to paste this document. I have 
always used this method and never have had any issues.
This is where my problem begins, when the importation to Open Office has been 
completed,  the document does appear but is imported with small squares on each 
corner and middle outer edges. I then click my cursor outside the document and 
the squares disappear but as soon as I go back into the body of the document a 
cross hair symbol appears which allows me to relocate the document but will not 
allow me to edit any of the text.
Telstra has downloaded all extensions but unfortunately it still did not work.
I really would appreciate if you can assist me with this problem for as I said 
before I really like using this program.
If you can't fix this problem could you please suggest an alternative program.
  Best Regards
David Di Giacomo

Re: Att: Open WPS In Openoffice

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Joe -
According to 
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/Writer/DocumentManagement/How_can_I_open_Microsoft_Works_wordprocessor_files_(.wps)%3F,
 OpenOffice cannot open .wps files but LibreOffice can. Both of them use .odt 
files as their native format and that is what I would recommend.
- Robert


From: Clement Cervenka 
Sent: April 9, 2023 15:34
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Att: Open WPS In Openoffice

Hello Openoffice,
I currently have a Windows 10 laptop, with documents saved in Microsoft Works 
or .wps (2007) onto a flash drive.
Using your openoffice, can I, and how do I convertthose old WPS documents into 
a more current type of format for these documents?
What current format(s) of those documents would you recommend?
Any assistance and your timely response in greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Joe cervenkacjcerve...@yahoo.com

Re: After updtaing to Newest Version

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

There's a discussion that seems relevant at 
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=107895 and one of the 
posts points to a very long discussion at 
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=90677. It seems that the 
problem could be caused by your anti-virus software.

- Robert


From: DuvallMP 
Sent: March 27, 2023 08:12
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: After updtaing to Newest Version

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To Whom it Does Concern,
God Day to You. I have been using Open office for a few years and have not 
encountered this before... I updated from Version 4.1.13 to 4.1.14 and now when 
I open a Document I get this message:[image.png]

even when Open Office is not open. I tried reverting to the older Version and I 
get the same message every time and every document...

Please Advise...
Sincerely,
M Duvall

Re: open office

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Vivian -

This depends on what operating system you're using.

May we ask why you want to uninstall it?

- Robert


From: Vivian Passmore 
Sent: March 25, 2023 09:53
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: open office

How do I uninstall it?

vpassm...@hotmail.com

Re: New feature…?

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Sara -

Perhaps the instructions at 
http://audilab.bme.mcgill.ca/~funnell/swil_ooo.html#image_background would help?

- Robert


From: Sara Mahoney 
Sent: March 25, 2023 09:39
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: New feature…?

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Um, ummm….*bashfully*
Is there perchance a feature that would let me type on what looks like.
lined paper? You know, like paper with those light-blue to bluish-purple
lines with the pink lines in the margins? Like a template of this?
I tried yesterday to replicate a sheet of loose leaf thinking that maybe I
could type on it or in it (with a text box)…alas, my plan didn’t work 沈


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Re: Is there a limit to page number correction values in OO?

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Joana -

I think this was a fine way to answer. I apologize for unthinkingly providing a 
LibreOffice link, I hope I didn't offend too many people.

- Robert


From: Joana Ottenbacher 
Sent: March 24, 2023 15:18
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Is there a limit to page number correction values in OO?

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(Hope this is the correct reply method I am new to this. Bear with me)

Replying to multiple at once.

"

Maybe what you need is 'To Start With a Defined Page Number' at
https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.libreoffice.org%2F7.3%2Fen-US%2Ftext%2Fswriter%2Fguide%2Fpagenumbers.html=05%7C01%7Crobert.funnell%40mcgill.ca%7C84bd93e19d1949970d8e08db2c9ca740%7Ccd31967152e74a68afa9fcf8f89f09ea%7C0%7C0%7C638152823552063947%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C=AgSKIYqR1agcoIneU%2FRHQxURr7WkMocJk3btDlFr1NE%3D=0?

- Robert"
I had to laugh because LibreOffice, but this actually worked after a
little hunt for the correct place of the Element. Thank you. I remember
blurry that I used this in my first Volume, too. I seem to have forgotten.

Which leads me to Brian Barker, thank you as well - this Offset logic
makes sense, on hindsight. I suppose my thought process is just... not
going the exact way this is supposed to work so I make the wrong turn
each time. Less clicks = easier to remember.

To Matthias: I accidently replied only to you, but generally, a nice
guide I will keep in mind. Again what learned (sorry I had to)
Since I don't use Chapters but hundreds of connected scenes, cutting
apart is... not my goal.

Either way thanks again, this helped me solve my issue. I will possibly
forget this again but hopefully I will solve this situation as nicely
next time as well.
Good day to everybody.


Am 24.03.2023 um 18:59 schrieb Brian Barker:
> At 17:28 24/03/2023 +, Joana Ottenbacher wrote:
>> I am currently trying to split my work in separate pieces to decrease
>> saving and usage lags. I want to pick the page count up from where I
>> split. So I set the count correction to "+925". That doesn't give me
>> any page number back. Is this a known issue or do I do something
>> wrong here?
>
> Yes and yes.
>
>> Trying numbers like "+9" and "+10" does work.
>
> For some reason, applying an offset to the Page Number field, as you
> have done, will show some offset page numbers, but not any that exceed
> the actual number of pages in the document. 9 and 10 will work,
> providing your (second) document has at least ten pages. But your
> offset of 925 will not work if this part of the document has fewer
> than 925 pages.
>
> There is an effective way to produce the result:
> o Right-click in the first paragraph of the document and select
> Paragraph... | Text Flow | Breaks.
> o Tick Insert and select Page for Type and Before for Position.
> o Tick With Page Style and select the appropriate style from the
> drop-down menu.
> o Set your required page number in the "Page number" box.
>
>> My current OO version is 4.1.13, as I read some people might have
>> issues on brand new updates I always wait a little until I update as
>> well.
>
> Time to update?
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
>
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Re: Is there a limit to page number correction values in OO?

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Joana -

Maybe what you need is 'To Start With a Defined Page Number' at 
https://help.libreoffice.org/7.3/en-US/text/swriter/guide/pagenumbers.html?

- Robert


From: Matthias Seidel
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2023 13:51
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: xdonnervog...@gmx.de
Subject: Re: Is there a limit to page number correction values in OO?

Hello Joana,

That sounds like you could use the concept of a "Master Document"
(Globaldokument).

I am not very familiar with it but maybe this is helpful for you:

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/DE/Dokumentation/OOo_2.x/Handb%C3%BCcher/Writer-Handbuch/Ein_Globaldokument_erzeugen

(Assuming that you can read German)

Regards,

   Matthias

Am 24.03.23 um 18:28 schrieb Joana Ottenbacher:
> Hi out there.
>
> I am currently trying to split my work in separate pieces to decrease
> saving and usage lags. I want to pick the page count up from where I
> split. So I set the count correction to "+925". That doesn't give me any
> page number back. Is this a known issue or do I do something wrong here?
> Trying numbers like "+9" and "+10" does work. My current OO version is
> 4.1.13, as I read some people might have issues on brand new updates I
> always wait a little until I update as well. Is there a newer version
> where this is "fixed"/possible? Or should I wait and see?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Re: Hi, I'm wondering about ODF in comparison to DOCX

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Nikhil -

Microsoft have done their best to make it impossible for others to create .docx 
files.

Apache OpenOffice can save files in the older .doc format. LibreOffice 
(www.libreoffice.org) can save files in the .docx format, but the process isn't 
perfect. It usually works fine for simple documents.

If you save your files as .odt or .doc, users of MS Word will be able to open 
them.

- Robert

From: Nikhil Kartha 
Sent: February 16, 2023 08:53

The reason I installed OpenOffice is because my dad recommended it when I
was facing an issue with the copy of MS Office that we had. It is quite an
annoyance however that the DOCX files when opened with OpenWriter have to
be converted to ODF inorder to be saved. We typically use Windows and MS
Office is just shipped with it usually. I want to guess that this is also
an online compatible filetype as GMail and Whatsapp are able to open it.
However, I have not had the chance to test ODF and would like to know why
the software forces this conversion and ontop of that states there will be
loss of something when saving in this format.
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Re: re finding words in articles in open office suggestion

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Priscilla -

I don't have Word so I'm not familiar with the Search tool in Word that you're 
describing. It sounds like the Search tool in the upper right corner of the 
Windows File Explorer.

In Debian (and presumably also in Ubuntu) there is the 'recoll' application, 
which searches within the contents of files. I don't have much experience with 
it, but I think it may do what you need. There is documentation at 
www.recoll.org, and you should be able to install it from within Ubuntu.

- Robert

From: Priscilla Van Sutphin 
Sent: February 14, 2023 15:05
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: re finding words in articles in open office suggestion

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One of the things you can do that is extremely helpful for finding
things in writings

is to put a word in search in microsoft word  in your calling up you
list of articles,

So you can find something you've written but can't find which article it
is in.

So I can click on documents in Word, and there is a search option in
upper right corner

and I

  can put in the word sabotage for example, and find it in several
articles I 've written.

But on using Ubuntu i cannot do that in open office.  Is there anyway
you can change that?

Priscilla


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Re: Advice

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

You're right, Rory. I just selected some text and did Insert > Section and the 
selected text ended up inside the new section. It's good to know. This is 
better than a page break with a new page style if you're going to be reverting 
to the original page style after a short section.
- Robert

From: Rory O'Farrell 
Sent: February 12, 2023 12:34
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: Advice

On Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:25:17 +0000
"W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof."  wrote:

> Rory, I'm not very familiar with sections. Can Michael do Insert > Section 
> after he already has the index in his main document? Or should he do it in 
> the main document before adding the index? In that case, how do you recommend 
> that he add the index? Insert > Text from File? Copy and paste?
>
> Could a similar effect be obtained without a Section, by just starting a new 
> page style? Maybe by doing Insert > More Breaks > Manual Break, and then 
> choosing 'Page break' with a specific page style? I see that an Index page 
> style is offered. (I'm using LibreOffice, so maybe it's different in 
> OpenOffice?)
>
> (I apologize for top posting after you bottom posted. I haven't figured out 
> how to bottom post in a reasonable way with this Web interface.)
>
> - Robert

>From memory (but I don't think I am wrong) if he selects text and then defines 
>a Section, the text is inserted into the Section with the defined 
>characteristics. He could also insert a Manual Break : Page Break, with Index 
>style just before an existing index.

As far as I know LibreOffice and OpenOffice will handle both methods 
identically.

--
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Re: Advice

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Rory, I'm not very familiar with sections. Can Michael do Insert > Section 
after he already has the index in his main document? Or should he do it in the 
main document before adding the index? In that case, how do you recommend that 
he add the index? Insert > Text from File? Copy and paste?

Could a similar effect be obtained without a Section, by just starting a new 
page style? Maybe by doing Insert > More Breaks > Manual Break, and then 
choosing 'Page break' with a specific page style? I see that an Index page 
style is offered. (I'm using LibreOffice, so maybe it's different in 
OpenOffice?)

(I apologize for top posting after you bottom posted. I haven't figured out how 
to bottom post in a reasonable way with this Web interface.)

- Robert

From: Rory O'Farrell 
Sent: February 12, 2023 11:34

On Sun, 12 Feb 2023 11:04:45 -0500
Michael Rooney  wrote:

> Good morning:
>
> I am a user of Open Office 4.1.13. I have prepared a book over several
> years. I want to attach an Index to it which I developed separately and is
> in two columns. Of course, I also want the page numbering to automatically
> continue to the end of the book.
> ...
Place cursor where you want the Index, then /Insert /Section and set that up 
with columns as you require.

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Re: Letter template

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Frank -

One way to solve your problem is to position the cursor just above the 
e-mail-address frame and press Enter once or twice, and then select the 
telephone-number frame and use the up-arrow key to move it back up where you 
want it. You should now be able to click below the frames to enter text.

Doing View > Formatting Marks may make it easier to see what's going on.

- Robert


From: frank.ledb...@sky.com.INVALID 
Sent: February 8, 2023 10:50
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Letter template

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Love the product, especially the price but I am havingdifficulty creating a 
letter template
I have created to top of the letter with my name, address phone andemail but 
now cannot move the cursor below that to work on the main body. Help please
See attached
Frank Ledbury

Re: Question about embedding fonts in Open Office

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Caroline -

I'm not aware of a way to prevent a font from being embedded in an exported PDF 
file, but from what I've read it seems that fonts won't be embedded if the font 
licence doesn't allow it. Assuming that you know which of your fonts have 
restrictive licences, have you tried exporting a document with such a font and 
then checking in your PDF reader whether the fonts are embedded?

I don't know about embedded fonts in RTF files.

- Robert

From: Caroline Abblitt 
Sent: February 6, 2023 13:36
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Fwd: Question about embedding fonts in Open Office

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Hi, I am just sending a reminder about this question. Sorry if you’re
snowed under and thank you so much!

-- Forwarded message --
From: *Caroline Abblitt* 
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Subject: Question about embedding fonts in Open Office
To: "users@openoffice.apache.org" 


Hi, thanks for all you do!

I just have a question about Open Office.

I want to share an rtf written file, and I know I mustn’t embed fonts
unless I am sure they are ok to embed. Are fonts automatically embedded on
an RTF file or is this not an issue?

Also, if I export a document to be a PDF, do the fonts have to be embedded
or is there a way I can prevent them from being embedded?

I basically want to share a file, ideally as a PDF, without embedding any
fonts that aren’t licensed to be embedded.

Thanks so much!

Caroline

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Re: Reveal Codes

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Andrew -

I would like to take you up on your kind offer to send a copy of your 
RevealCodes3.odt. If you don't mind, I could add it to my notes about 
RevealCodes at http://audilab.bme.mcgill.ca/~funnell/swil_ooo.html#reveal; 
otherwise I would just keep it to play with when I have a chance. One of my 
planned projects for when I retire is to implement RevealCodes for LO/AOO :-)

I just checked the handling of direct formatting. If I bold some text directly, 
it creates an  'automatic style' with an ad-hoc name, in my case 'T6':

  


You're right that it tells you when a style (whether 'automatic' or not) starts 
and ends. For example,
  â
  á 

- Robert

From: Andrew Pitonyak 
Sent: March 21, 2022 13:52
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: Reveal Codes


First, to identify a few problems with "reveal codes.

One problem with "reveal" codes with respect to OpenOffice is related to the 
use of styles compared to hard coded attributes. I perform most formatting 
using a style, but it is difficult to understand whether a single character is 
bold because it was made that way using a style or by a hard coded attribute.

Programatically, it is easy to traverse simple text and to recognize where 
things change. The hard part is understanding exactly why something changed. I 
do not remember off hand if it tells me when individual attributes change if 
the change is because of an applied style. Also from memory, I think that it 
will tell me when a style starts / ends, which makes removing an applied style 
tricky; something I have never tried programatically.

I have certainly written macros that would dump this information, but not in a 
nice easy to see way.

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/Writer/FormattingText/Does_OpenOffice.org_have_a_Reveal_Codes_functionality_similar_to_WordPerfect%3F

https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3395

https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7=62137

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/User:TJFrazier/Reveal_Codes

In 2004 (approximately), a macro was created by Ian Laurenson to roughly 
emulate some reveal codes functionality.

On my current computer I have LibreOffice (not OpenOffice) installed and I was 
able to make it work with a few fixes. No idea if it works with the current 
version of AOO (Apache OpenOffice). If you email me off list, and ask for a 
copy of my latest Documents/OpenOffice/RevealCodes/Ianz/RevealCodes3.odt, I can 
send you a copy. You will probably be very unhappy with how it works. Also, it 
is not something that I use. I considered extending it, but there is always a 
question of available time.

Andrew Pitonyak

On Monday, March 21, 2022 10:15 EDT, Alan B  wrote:
 There is no reveal codes in OpenOffice.

Reveal Codes was a Wordperfect feature. The Word feature of the same name
is activated by Shift+F1. The Word feature may go by the same name but is
nothing like the Wordperfect feature because the structure of the files is
different.

If you have a line (or double line, or dashed line, or etc) across a page,
check for borders in the paragraph style both above the line and below the
line. I've had that happen to me before and frustrated the heck out of me
before I finally figured it out. Still happens sometimes. Don't know what
I'm doing to make it happen but have at least figured out how to get rid of
it.

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3:06 PM Jennie Bickerton
 wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> I am having problems in a document with paragraph numbers and
> sub-paragraph entries ( 1. and then A. etc.) and also a double line across
> the page that I have no idea how it got there. I know in Microsoft there
> was an "F#" that would open Reveal Codes so that I could then go in and
> remove whatever indent or code I had mistakenly inserted.
> Is there any reveal codes in Open Office?
> Thank you so much!
> Jennie Bickerton



--
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Re: Impossibilité de désactiver le correcteur d'orthographe sur OPEN OFFICE 10.1.11.

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Michelle  Desire Piriou -
Est-ce que votre correcteur d’orthographe est toujours en panne? (Is your spell 
checker, which used to work, still not working?)
Est-ce que c'est possible que vous avez changé le langage de paragraph par 
accident? (Is it possible that you accidentally changed the paragraph language 
setting?)
- Robert

From: Michelle  Desire PIRIOU  on behalf 
of Michelle  Desire PIRIOU 
Sent: November 9, 2021 11:43
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Impossibilité de désactiver le correcteur d'orthographe sur OPEN 
OFFICE 10.1.11.

Jusqu’à ce jour, je n’avais aucun problème avec l’utilisation du correcteur 
d’orthographe, or depuis quelques temps, il est inopérant, de plus tous les 
mots inscrits sont considérés comme des fautes ou tous les mots inscrits sont 
soulignés en rouge.
Quel est le moyen pour remettre le système en fonctionnement.
Je vous remercie par avance pour une réponse à ce problème particulier.
mide

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Re: General help issue

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Yes, Options > OpenOffice > Paths is in OpenOffice, under Tools.

The path may be something like 
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice\4\user\backup

- Robert

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:

> sorry im not that technical on the computer
>
> can you explain where i need to go to find the options and paths
>
> is that on open office otsself
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 15:08, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>  wrote:
>>
>> If you have 'Always create a backup copy' enabled, you could try
>> looking for a raffle.bak file in the backup directory. You can find
>> out where that is by looking at Options > OpenOffice > Paths.
>>
>> Please please include users@openoffice.apache.org when you reply.
>>
>> - Robert
>>
>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>
>>> i believe so
>>> i have never changed any settings since using it and never had problems.
>>>
>>> only other thing i can think what was differnt was
>>> yesterday after the powercut and it came back on
>>> it asked me to insert username, like as a user when you first get the 
>>> software (i think i put initials)
>>> but i hadnt updated it by then
>>> and cant remember what i may have put or what is was before as was a long 
>>> time ago
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 14:47, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't know why OpenOffice isn't recognizing the file contents
>>>> properly. Maybe someone else will have ideas.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have 'Always create a backup copy' enabled?
>>>>
>>>> Again, please use 'Reply to All' (including
>>>> users@openoffice.apache.org) so the other people on this e-mail list
>>>> see your replies.
>>>>
>>>> - Robert
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> the file name im clicking is called “raffle” as thats what i saved the 
>>>>> document as.
>>>>> which it shows in files as “raffles.ods”
>>>>>
>>>>> file name extentions are turned on. (ticked)
>>>>>
>>>>> save auto recovery is set - every 15 minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 14:28, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The length of 18.6 kB suggests that there's something in the file, but
>>>>>> for some reason OpenOffice isn't recognizing it as an OpenOffice file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What exactly is the name of the file that you're double-clicking on?
>>>>>> (If you're using Windows, first make sure in File Explorer, under the
>>>>>> View tab, that the 'File name extensions' box is checked.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again, do you have timed backups enabled? (Under Tools > Options >
>>>>>> Load/Save > General, the 'Save AutoRecovery information ...' option.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please reply to All so the other people on this e-mail list see your
>>>>>> replies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Robert
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hi robert
>>>>>>> thankyou for speedy reply.
>>>>>>> when i double click and open the file (like ive always done)
>>>>>>> a box appears “text import”
>>>>>>> with character set
>>>>>>> language etc and seperator options - this never appeared before.
>>>>>>> when i click ok
>>>>>>> the document opens but is total blank like a new document.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> size says 18.6kb
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> non of the attributes on the document are ticked.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> also in document statistics thats is totally blank
>>>>>>> where as another document has information
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 13:57, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>

Re: General help issue

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

If you have 'Always create a backup copy' enabled, you could try 
looking for a raffle.bak file in the backup directory. You can find 
out where that is by looking at Options > OpenOffice > Paths.

Please please include users@openoffice.apache.org when you reply.

- Robert

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:

> i believe so
> i have never changed any settings since using it and never had problems.
>
> only other thing i can think what was differnt was
> yesterday after the powercut and it came back on
> it asked me to insert username, like as a user when you first get the 
> software (i think i put initials)
> but i hadnt updated it by then
> and cant remember what i may have put or what is was before as was a long 
> time ago
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 14:47, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>  wrote:
>>
>> I don't know why OpenOffice isn't recognizing the file contents
>> properly. Maybe someone else will have ideas.
>>
>> Do you have 'Always create a backup copy' enabled?
>>
>> Again, please use 'Reply to All' (including
>> users@openoffice.apache.org) so the other people on this e-mail list
>> see your replies.
>>
>> - Robert
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>
>>> the file name im clicking is called “raffle” as thats what i saved the 
>>> document as.
>>> which it shows in files as “raffles.ods”
>>>
>>> file name extentions are turned on. (ticked)
>>>
>>> save auto recovery is set - every 15 minutes.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 14:28, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The length of 18.6 kB suggests that there's something in the file, but
>>>> for some reason OpenOffice isn't recognizing it as an OpenOffice file.
>>>>
>>>> What exactly is the name of the file that you're double-clicking on?
>>>> (If you're using Windows, first make sure in File Explorer, under the
>>>> View tab, that the 'File name extensions' box is checked.)
>>>>
>>>> Again, do you have timed backups enabled? (Under Tools > Options >
>>>> Load/Save > General, the 'Save AutoRecovery information ...' option.)
>>>>
>>>> Please reply to All so the other people on this e-mail list see your
>>>> replies.
>>>>
>>>> - Robert
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> hi robert
>>>>> thankyou for speedy reply.
>>>>> when i double click and open the file (like ive always done)
>>>>> a box appears “text import”
>>>>> with character set
>>>>> language etc and seperator options - this never appeared before.
>>>>> when i click ok
>>>>> the document opens but is total blank like a new document.
>>>>>
>>>>> size says 18.6kb
>>>>>
>>>>> non of the attributes on the document are ticked.
>>>>>
>>>>> also in document statistics thats is totally blank
>>>>> where as another document has information
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 13:57, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When you can't open the document or it won't let you access it, what
>>>>>> exactly happens? Is there an error message? Does it open but appear
>>>>>> empty? What is the file size according to the file listing (in File
>>>>>> Explorer under Windows).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have timed backups enabled?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Robert
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To whom it may concern
>>>>>>> I have been using open office for a very long time, never had issues.
>>>>>>> Yesterday (18-12-19) I was using my document I used daily,  then we had 
>>>>>>> a power cut, so the Computer went off. (this has happened before but 
>>>>>>> never encountered the following issue)
>>>>>>> Once the computer came back on I went to access my document, to get a 
>>>>>>> pop up, “locked by unknown user”
>>>>>>> read only or open copy
>>>>>>> neither of the above open my document, it is an important document.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I closed everything off, ran troubleshooting, still not allowed me in 
>>>>>>> the document, I transferred it to another computer and still wont let 
>>>>>>> me access it.
>>>>>>> A few of my other open office document still open apart from the 2 used 
>>>>>>> on 18-12-19.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have tried searching for a phone number for direct help, but only 
>>>>>>> option was forums, I have tried following whats said in forums, but 
>>>>>>> still unsuccessful.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I restored my computer back to a restore point, thinking something 
>>>>>>> in-between may have happened, I also installed the latest version of 
>>>>>>> AOO, but again not allowing me to open 2 important documents….
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PLEASE advise
>>>>>>> Kind regards

Re: General help issue

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

I don't know why OpenOffice isn't recognizing the file contents 
properly. Maybe someone else will have ideas.

Do you have 'Always create a backup copy' enabled?

Again, please use 'Reply to All' (including 
users@openoffice.apache.org) so the other people on this e-mail list 
see your replies.

- Robert


On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:

> the file name im clicking is called “raffle” as thats what i saved the 
> document as.
> which it shows in files as “raffles.ods”
>
> file name extentions are turned on. (ticked)
>
> save auto recovery is set - every 15 minutes.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 14:28, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>  wrote:
>>
>> The length of 18.6 kB suggests that there's something in the file, but
>> for some reason OpenOffice isn't recognizing it as an OpenOffice file.
>>
>> What exactly is the name of the file that you're double-clicking on?
>> (If you're using Windows, first make sure in File Explorer, under the
>> View tab, that the 'File name extensions' box is checked.)
>>
>> Again, do you have timed backups enabled? (Under Tools > Options >
>> Load/Save > General, the 'Save AutoRecovery information ...' option.)
>>
>> Please reply to All so the other people on this e-mail list see your
>> replies.
>>
>> - Robert
>>
>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>
>>> hi robert
>>> thankyou for speedy reply.
>>> when i double click and open the file (like ive always done)
>>> a box appears “text import”
>>> with character set
>>> language etc and seperator options - this never appeared before.
>>> when i click ok
>>> the document opens but is total blank like a new document.
>>>
>>> size says 18.6kb
>>>
>>> non of the attributes on the document are ticked.
>>>
>>> also in document statistics thats is totally blank
>>> where as another document has information
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 13:57, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When you can't open the document or it won't let you access it, what
>>>> exactly happens? Is there an error message? Does it open but appear
>>>> empty? What is the file size according to the file listing (in File
>>>> Explorer under Windows).
>>>>
>>>> Do you have timed backups enabled?
>>>>
>>>> - Robert
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> To whom it may concern
>>>>> I have been using open office for a very long time, never had issues.
>>>>> Yesterday (18-12-19) I was using my document I used daily,  then we had a 
>>>>> power cut, so the Computer went off. (this has happened before but never 
>>>>> encountered the following issue)
>>>>> Once the computer came back on I went to access my document, to get a pop 
>>>>> up, “locked by unknown user”
>>>>> read only or open copy
>>>>> neither of the above open my document, it is an important document.
>>>>>
>>>>> I closed everything off, ran troubleshooting, still not allowed me in the 
>>>>> document, I transferred it to another computer and still wont let me 
>>>>> access it.
>>>>> A few of my other open office document still open apart from the 2 used 
>>>>> on 18-12-19.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried searching for a phone number for direct help, but only 
>>>>> option was forums, I have tried following whats said in forums, but still 
>>>>> unsuccessful.
>>>>>
>>>>> I restored my computer back to a restore point, thinking something 
>>>>> in-between may have happened, I also installed the latest version of AOO, 
>>>>> but again not allowing me to open 2 important documents….
>>>>>
>>>>> PLEASE advise
>>>>> Kind regards

Re: General help issue

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

The length of 18.6 kB suggests that there's something in the file, but 
for some reason OpenOffice isn't recognizing it as an OpenOffice file.

What exactly is the name of the file that you're double-clicking on?
(If you're using Windows, first make sure in File Explorer, under the 
View tab, that the 'File name extensions' box is checked.)

Again, do you have timed backups enabled? (Under Tools > Options >
Load/Save > General, the 'Save AutoRecovery information ...' option.)

Please reply to All so the other people on this e-mail list see your 
replies.

- Robert

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:

> hi robert
> thankyou for speedy reply.
> when i double click and open the file (like ive always done)
> a box appears “text import”
> with character set
> language etc and seperator options - this never appeared before.
> when i click ok
> the document opens but is total blank like a new document.
>
> size says 18.6kb
>
> non of the attributes on the document are ticked.
>
> also in document statistics thats is totally blank
> where as another document has information
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 19 Dec 2019, at 13:57, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. 
>>  wrote:
>>
>> When you can't open the document or it won't let you access it, what
>> exactly happens? Is there an error message? Does it open but appear
>> empty? What is the file size according to the file listing (in File
>> Explorer under Windows).
>>
>> Do you have timed backups enabled?
>>
>> - Robert
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:
>>>
>>> To whom it may concern
>>> I have been using open office for a very long time, never had issues.
>>> Yesterday (18-12-19) I was using my document I used daily,  then we had a 
>>> power cut, so the Computer went off. (this has happened before but never 
>>> encountered the following issue)
>>> Once the computer came back on I went to access my document, to get a pop 
>>> up, “locked by unknown user”
>>> read only or open copy
>>> neither of the above open my document, it is an important document.
>>>
>>> I closed everything off, ran troubleshooting, still not allowed me in the 
>>> document, I transferred it to another computer and still wont let me access 
>>> it.
>>> A few of my other open office document still open apart from the 2 used on 
>>> 18-12-19.
>>>
>>> I have tried searching for a phone number for direct help, but only option 
>>> was forums, I have tried following whats said in forums, but still 
>>> unsuccessful.
>>>
>>> I restored my computer back to a restore point, thinking something 
>>> in-between may have happened, I also installed the latest version of AOO, 
>>> but again not allowing me to open 2 important documents….
>>>
>>> PLEASE advise
>>> Kind regards
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Re: General help issue

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

When you can't open the document or it won't let you access it, what 
exactly happens? Is there an error message? Does it open but appear 
empty? What is the file size according to the file listing (in File 
Explorer under Windows).

Do you have timed backups enabled?

- Robert


On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Carloss Massage wrote:

> To whom it may concern
> I have been using open office for a very long time, never had issues.
> Yesterday (18-12-19) I was using my document I used daily,  then we had a 
> power cut, so the Computer went off. (this has happened before but never 
> encountered the following issue)
> Once the computer came back on I went to access my document, to get a pop up, 
> “locked by unknown user”
> read only or open copy
> neither of the above open my document, it is an important document.
>
> I closed everything off, ran troubleshooting, still not allowed me in the 
> document, I transferred it to another computer and still wont let me access 
> it.
> A few of my other open office document still open apart from the 2 used on 
> 18-12-19.
>
> I have tried searching for a phone number for direct help, but only option 
> was forums, I have tried following whats said in forums, but still 
> unsuccessful.
>
> I restored my computer back to a restore point, thinking something in-between 
> may have happened, I also installed the latest version of AOO, but again not 
> allowing me to open 2 important documents….
>
> PLEASE advise
> Kind regards

Re: Apple operating system upgrade question

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

At 
https://www.pcmag.com/article/371267/how-to-run-32-bit-apps-in-macos-catalina 
(2nd paragraph) there are instructions for listing which of your 
applications are 64-bit and which are 32-bit.

- Robert

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Wade Smart wrote:

> If you do not know if you installed the 32 or 64 version, just
> reinstall the 64 version
> from the site.

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Re: !

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Are you aware that the people responding to these messages about free 
software are all volunteers? It is rather inappropriate to tell them 
what they 'must' do.

Subject lines on e-mail messages make it much easier to manage the 
large numbers of messages on the list.

It's easy to turn off the capitalization that you don't like. It's 
also easy to find the answer yourself by doing a simple Web search.

Maybe someone less offended than I by the wording of your message will 
give you the answer directly.

- Robert

On Sun, 13 Oct 2019, auto_sto...@ngs.ru.INVALID wrote:

> What a bullshit you have done with OpenOffice. I think
> that it is not your busines what and how I am writing. I
> want to the first letter in a cell not to be capitalized
> but your idiotic system things that it is smarter than my
> and "correcting" it every time.
>
> And one more thing, it is not your bussiness, if a letter has a subject or 
> not. You must read all messages

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Re: Fwd: Is Open Office Going Away?

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Is there any more substance to the claim about malware in LO than 
there is to the claim about OO going away? I doubt it.

- Robert


On Wed, 18 Sep 2019, JD wrote:

> That wind you got was just some people's brain fart because they are
> the club of a derivative software called libre' office. This club wants
> to discourage people from using OpenOffice and junp onto the band
> wagon of Libre' Office, which many programmers on the inside have
> intimated to me privately that it contains malware that transmits one's
> documents to multiple ip addresses.
>
> On 9/18/19 9:17 AM, Mike Kuldayev wrote:
>>
>> 
>> 
>> *Mike Kuldayev*
>> 
>> History Department Head & AP/CC Teacher
>> 
>> *___*
>> 
>> *P:* 509-319-2402 *F:* 888-317-6571
>> 
>> academ...@enlightiumacademy.com
>> 
>> www.enlightiumacademy.com 
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm working in an online school and our teachers frequently encourage their 
>> students to download Open Office for free from your homepage. Recently, 
>> I've got wind that Open Office might be going away and/or students won't be 
>> able to download it for free in the near future. So, I just wanted to 
>> follow up with you to see if that's truly the case or just empty rumor?
>> 
>> Thank you much,
>> 
>> MK
>>

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Re: dictionary fails to find obvious typos

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, DCollins wrote:

> I happened to run an .odt document through another spell checker and it 
> turned up a couple of clear typos that Open Office did not catch.
> ...
> I notice that if I type just the two words directly into a fresh doc with 
> nothing else, OpenOffice does recognize them. But copying the above text into 
> a fresh doc, it will not flag them in the spell checker.
> ...

Maybe your style has the language set incorrectly? What happens if you 
do Paste Special and paste the text as Unformatted? Are the errors 
flagged then?

- Robert


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Captions [was Re: spacing before/after group of paragraphs.]

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2019, Andrew Pitonyak wrote:

> ... ... It sounds like you might want to add something like "keep 
> with next paragraph", or something, but, I usually only use that for 
> things such as captions where I really need to keep the caption with
> a figure, table, or code listing. 

Andrew, I'm curious about why you don't use the Insert > Caption 
feature for figures and tables.

- Robert

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Re: spacing before/after group of paragraphs.

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2019, Felmon Davis wrote:

> ...
> I can make a 'style' which indents a paragraph say .03" left and right and 
> say .08" above and below.
>
> I call this 'text-indent' and when the authors in the volume have extended 
> quotations, I can format them with a click on the style.
>
> but in some cases the quotations themselves comprise two paragraphs. I don't 
> want the two paragraphs separated from each other by .08". I was asking is 
> there a way of making a style which separates two paragraphs from the 
> surrounding text but not from each other. I suspect not.
> ...

I also suspect not. My approach for a somewhat similar situation is to 
define two styles (say 'text-indent-first' and 
'text-indent-subsequent') and in the style-definition dialogue set the 
'Next style' to the second style for both of them.

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Re: Lost File

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Fri, 23 Aug 2019, JW wrote:

> I’ve been using Open Office for quite awhile and it seemed to be working well.
>
> A few weeks ago, I tried to open one of my spreadsheets and it wouldn’t open, 
> my computer kept trying to open it in Excel.  Tried again today, same thing, 
> so I reinstalled Open Office.
>
> I am still unable to open this file.  However, I am able to open an older 
> file.
>
> Question:  Is there a a way to retrieve the file I’m trying to open from a 
> previous save?  Or am I out of luck and it is gone forever?

Have you tried right-clicking on the file? When you do that, does a 
menu pop up which includes 'Open with'? If you click on that you 
should be able to select OpenOffice as the application to open your 
file with. You should also be able to check a box so that OpenOffice 
is used by default to open your file in the future.

- Robert

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Re: Open Office download

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, Reiko Surlow wrote:

> I tried to download Open Office.  It had approx. 7 minutes left of the 
> download and seem to have gotten stuck because after 7 minutes it still said 
> seven minutes remaining.  I lost the box where it was informing me of the 
> time and approx. size.
> So, if I download again, will it start from the beginning or finish the 
> download?  And should I delete the one file that was created or not?

Whether the previous download is continued might depend on how you're 
doing your downloads, but I think it probably won't be continued. It 
probably doesn't matter whether you delete the file you got the first 
time or not.

I don't know what 'box' you're referring to. Are you downloading from 
the official site, http://www.openoffice.org/download/ ?
The file size is specified there (for Windows) as being 134 MBytes.

The time required for the download will depend a lot on what kind of 
network connection you have.

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Re: Installing Open Office in Windows

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, David Riley wrote:

> I have a new laptop based on Windows 10.
>
> I downloaded Open Office for Windows from the 
> https://www.openoffice.org/download/ website.
>
> This is the filename I received in my Downloads folder:  
> Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.6_Win_x86_install_en-US
>
> When I try to open it, I get this message: “This app can’t run on your PC”

Does the downloaded file have a length of 134 MBytes, as specified on 
the download page? Have you tried downloading the file a second time, 
in case the first download failed for some reason?

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Re: Retrieving a doc from old account

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Here, for the list, is Carole's reply to me.
The thanks should go to Rory.

- Robert


On Sun, 9 Jun 2019, Carole Christopher wrote:

> Unfortunately, the old computer is gone. My bad not having backed it up.
>
> Thanks for letting me know.
>
> On Sun, Jun 9, 2019, 3:38 PM W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. <
> robert.funn...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 9 Jun 2019, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 14:07:40 -0400
>>> Carole Christopher  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I used to use Open Office all the time. But when we got a new computer,
>>>> missed getting that set up on replacement computer.
>>>>
>>>> I have installed 4.16 on this computer now, but cannot see where I can
>> log
>>>> into old account.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps I did something wrong when setting it up? Can u help?
>>>
>>> The document does not live on a cloud account.  It is on the old
>> computer; transfer it from there to a USB key and bring that to the new
>> computer.  Be careful to observe the operating system USB removal protocols.
>>>
>>> Comcast has bounced the copy of the above email from my ISP to the OP;
>> would some other list user please copy it to her?
>>
>> This is a copy of Rory's response to Carole, with the address
>> corrected thanks to Brian.
>>
>> - Robert
>>

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Re: Retrieving a doc from old account

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Sun, 9 Jun 2019, Rory O'Farrell wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 14:07:40 -0400
> Carole Christopher  wrote:
>
>> I used to use Open Office all the time. But when we got a new computer,
>> missed getting that set up on replacement computer.
>>
>> I have installed 4.16 on this computer now, but cannot see where I can log
>> into old account.
>>
>> Perhaps I did something wrong when setting it up? Can u help?
>
> The document does not live on a cloud account.  It is on the old computer; 
> transfer it from there to a USB key and bring that to the new computer.  Be 
> careful to observe the operating system USB removal protocols.
>
> Comcast has bounced the copy of the above email from my ISP to the OP; would 
> some other list user please copy it to her?

This is a copy of Rory's response to Carole, with the address 
corrected thanks to Brian.

- Robert

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Re: Retrieving a doc from old account

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Sun, 9 Jun 2019, Robert Funnell wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Jun 2019, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
>
>>  On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 14:07:40 -0400
>>  Carole Christopher  wrote:
>> 
>> >  I used to use Open Office all the time. But when we got a new computer,
>> >  missed getting that set up on replacement computer.
>> > 
>> >  I have installed 4.16 on this computer now, but cannot see where I can 
>> >  log
>> >  into old account.
>> > 
>> >  Perhaps I did something wrong when setting it up? Can u help?
>>
>>  The document does not live on a cloud account.  It is on the old computer;
>>  transfer it from there to a USB key and bring that to the new computer.
>>  Be careful to observe the operating system USB removal protocols.
>>
>>  Comcast has bounced the copy of the above email from my ISP to the OP;
>>  would some other list user please copy it to her?
>
> This is a copy of Rory's response to Carole.
>
> - Robert

My message to the OP also bounced, with the message 'The Domain Name 
System (DNS) reported that the recipient's domain does not exist.'

- Robert


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Re: Retrieving a doc from old account

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Sun, 9 Jun 2019, Rory O'Farrell wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 14:07:40 -0400
> Carole Christopher  wrote:
>
>> I used to use Open Office all the time. But when we got a new computer,
>> missed getting that set up on replacement computer.
>>
>> I have installed 4.16 on this computer now, but cannot see where I can log
>> into old account.
>>
>> Perhaps I did something wrong when setting it up? Can u help?
>
> The document does not live on a cloud account.  It is on the old computer; 
> transfer it from there to a USB key and bring that to the new computer.  Be 
> careful to observe the operating system USB removal protocols.
>
> Comcast has bounced the copy of the above email from my ISP to the OP; would 
> some other list user please copy it to her?

This is a copy of Rory's response to Carole.

- Robert


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Re: Unwanted Capitalization.

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Sun, 17 Feb 2019, FC wrote:

>     I use 4.1.3 with Win 10.
>     OO Writer has an infuriating habit of capitalizing things
> I do not want capitalized.
>     Does anyone know how to fix this?

What is it capitalizing? Things after a period? If that's the problem, 
go to Tools > AutoCorrect > AutoCorrect Options and look in the 
Options tab for 'Capitalize first letter of every sentence'. If it's 
checked, you probably want to uncheck it.

- Robert

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Re: Page numbers

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Mon, 14 Jan 2019, Stephen Whitehead wrote:

> I am having problems with inserting page numbers. I have been through the 
> procedure of inserting a footer then selecting fields then page number. The 
> words “page number” is then inserted into the footer and NOT the digit 1 . I 
> have tried uninstalling and re-downloading but the problem remains.

In the View menu, do you have Field Names enabled? That causes the 
name of the field (e.g., 'Page numbers') to be displayed instead of 
the value of the field (e.g., '1').

- Robert

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Re: Open Office Premium suite

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2019, Richard Rood wrote:

> So far I like your program, however in creating a program calendar I cannot
> find how to include lines, vertical and horizontal to seperate dates and
> events

Have you tried inserting a table? Does that do what you want?

- Robert


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Re: Open Office Writer crashes

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Wed, 7 Nov 2018, David Robley wrote:

> On 6/11/18 11:40 pm, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018, David Robley wrote:
>> 
>>> On 6/11/18 12:49 pm, Lin Iseminger wrote:
>>>> I apologize if this is not the right place to send this but in case it 
>>>> is…
>>>> 
>>>> Almost every time I use the program it says something unexpected occurred
>>>> and anything I had open needs to be recovered.  Most of the time the
>>>> recovery is successful but once in awhile it fails.  Any Ideas?
>>>> 
>>>> Apache Open Office 4.1.5
>>>> 
>>>> AOO415m1(Build:9789)  -  Rev. 1817496
>>>> 2017-12-11 17:25
>>>> 
>>>> Lin
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> I assume you are using Windows 10; there have been reports of Windows 10
>>> updates causing issues - see
>>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6=63667
>> For me this link points to a 2013 issue related to document paths.
>> 
>> - Robert
>> 
> Apologies, that URL shoiuld be
> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15=94690#p451449

Thanks. I'm cc'ing the original poster who apparently has not 
subscribed to the list.

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Re: Open Office Writer crashes

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2018, David Robley wrote:

> On 6/11/18 12:49 pm, Lin Iseminger wrote:
>> I apologize if this is not the right place to send this but in case it is…
>> 
>> Almost every time I use the program it says something unexpected occurred 
>> and anything I had open needs to be recovered.  Most of the time the 
>> recovery is successful but once in awhile it fails.  Any Ideas?
>> 
>> Apache Open Office 4.1.5
>> 
>> AOO415m1(Build:9789)  -  Rev. 1817496
>> 2017-12-11 17:25 
>> 
>> Lin
>> 
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>> 
>> 
> I assume you are using Windows 10; there have been reports of Windows 10 
> updates causing issues - see 
> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6=63667

For me this link points to a 2013 issue related to document paths.

- Robert

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