[discuss] XML Repair Application

2005-10-22 Thread Chuck McIntyre
From Your site wish list: document repair program Bugs are inevitable, and as adoption of the OpenOffice.org XML format increases, so will the number of buggy documents. Hence, a tool that can examine and repair documents might be very helpful.

[discuss] Re: How to install documentation missing

2005-10-22 Thread Terry North
The index page for 2.0 downloads (http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.0/index.html) contains a link to installation instructions (http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.0/instructions.html). The instructions give the rpm command to use and tell you to delete any rpms relating to Linux distros other

[discuss] OOo Writer 2.0 bugs

2005-10-22 Thread Joe Lin
- spell check does not recognize and ignore hyperlinks - What's this? does not show information for HYP/SEL (on status bar) suggestion: it would be nice when dragging text to have an indicator of where exactly the text would be dropped, besides the mouse curser, which isn't always clear

[discuss] format paintbrush bugs

2005-10-22 Thread Joe Lin
When applying formatting from default italic text to default bold text, formatting is applied cumulatively, so I end up with default italic bold instead of the intended default italic. When applying heading 3 text to heading 3 italic bold text, the result is heading 3 italic text instead of the

[discuss] page preview bug

2005-10-22 Thread Joe Lin
go to New - HTML Document go to source view by clicking on HTML Source button in toolbar bug: clicking on Page Preview button in toolbar doesn't do anything - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

[discuss] save as html bug

2005-10-22 Thread Joe Lin
After saving document as html, toolbar and view menu does not change to reflect new format (view HTML source does not appear on toolbar or in view menu) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

[discuss] header, footer, and footnote bugs

2005-10-22 Thread Joe Lin
insert footer, type text in footer, remove footer bug: content of footer disappears, but deletion cannot be undone - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] Post 2.0 snapshot builds?

2005-10-22 Thread Nicu Buculei
Martin Hollmichel wrote: Hi, There are coming soon again, I'm just still wondering how they should identify themselfs, such as install path, splash screen etc. That is easy: - for install path, do the same as for 2.0 devel, use the build number; - splash screen: a white rectangle with OOo

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Daniel Carrera
Chad Smith wrote: Presenting 2 bogus links Forrester and Yankee are not bogus links. Since everyone knows ... :-) Not much of a proof is it?

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Ian Lynch
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 19:04 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: Show me some evidence - and it should be more than just download numbers since I have personally downloaded OOo about 75 times. And I have downloaded it perhaps 10 times but burnt and given out hundreds of discs. There is always going to be

Re: [discuss] japanese input

2005-10-22 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Sam, Pablo- Perhaps the localization list can assist you... Thanks. Ja community would like to assist Pablo Berlanga-san. khirano - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [discuss] OO.O version 2.0

2005-10-22 Thread Zach Dunlap
No, both programs will run simultaneously - however if you install 2.0 and choose to make it the default handler for any documents - 1.15 will no longer automatically open those documents. John Boyle wrote: Does one have to uninstall 1.15 before trying to uninstall version 2.0?

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Wesley Parish
Actually it would be a more convincing comparison if we could persuade Microsoft to part with download numbers for Microsoft Office ;) Just to drive it in that _our_ distribution is Internet-and-friend-based, while theirs is anything but ... ! Wesley Parish On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:59, Ian

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 00:02 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: Ian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are enough knowledgeable people out there to make this too risky for MS to even contemplate. If their apps don't produce pure and clean ODF rest assured it will be all over the Internet

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 00:00 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: * OOo has a larger market share than MS Office 2003. I don't believe this. Then look at the market research rather than personal impressions. Most of the reputable research seems to indicate that MSO 2003 is a small proportion of the

Re: [discuss] OO.O version 2.0

2005-10-22 Thread Sam Hiser
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 18:34 -0700, John Boyle wrote: Does one have to uninstall 1.15 before trying to uninstall version 2.0? No. You can but the install of the new one recommends a different directory by default. If you leave that recommendation alone, your installation ought to be smooth

[discuss] pdf in 2.0

2005-10-22 Thread Andreas Hiersemenzel
All, I have noticed that the same file converted to .pdf in 1.1.4 took less than half the space than the same file converted to .pdf using 2.0. Anybody with the same concern? May be it there is an easy fix. -- With best regards Andreas Andreas Hiersemenzel HS A Ltd. 503 Gold Silver

Re: [discuss] Mac

2005-10-22 Thread Lars D . Noodén
Agreed. I ran across a few messages claiming that OOo 2 is *finally* available for download, so I was all psyched up to download it for OS X. Sadly, OOo 1.1.2 is the latest version available for Macitnosh users. What is the general timeline for OO2 for OS X, or has that been officially

Re: [discuss] pdf in 2.0

2005-10-22 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:11:48 +0100, Andreas Hiersemenzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I have noticed that the same file converted to .pdf in 1.1.4 took less than half the space than the same file converted to .pdf using 2.0. Anybody with the same concern? May be it there is an easy

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Chad Smith
On 10/22/05, Ian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most of the reputable research seems to indicate that MSO 2003 is a small proportion of the overall office installed base. Broadly similar to the estimates for OOo users. Poisoning the well, much? Most *reputable* research? So any research

[discuss] Thanks!

2005-10-22 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Thanks to all who made the launch of 2.0 so successful! As of this writing, I expect at least a million people have downloaded the application and have begun to use it. The launch was brilliant. it would not have been possible without the contributions of the mirrors (over 100!), without

Re: [discuss] Your Spreadsheet

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue October 18 2005 16:12, + Barry Bramwell wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** is really good, BUT, would it be possible to make the sheet tabs change colour when selected, instead of just white or grey? Several times, when I've selected some sheets to alter them, I forget

Re: [discuss] localization

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon October 10 2005 11:29, + Simon Kibavuidi Nsiangani wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hello, I currently am working, with Patrick Andries from the UNICODE consortium on submitting a request for UNICODE support for Mandombe script. I would want to know if anything can be

Re: [discuss] No Page Breaks

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon October 10 2005 10:25, + LoisKlein wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** In Writer, I cannot find how to eliminate page breaks in draft. I am a writer and have asked others using OO how to do this and they wish for no page breaks in draft too. Writers don't want anything but a

Re: [discuss] Compatibility to Office 97

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon October 10 2005 10:43, + APT GMBH wrote: [ MODERATED ] Dear Users, up to this time I use windows office 97 for all our documentations. In this doc´s I also use corel draw drawings (V5.0). Word allows it to import and show it directly to the screen. But in OO it

Re: [discuss] open office downloads

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon October 10 2005 19:25, + Brian Coulam wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** I have a bunch of server space and I have recently been interested in hosting downloads of open source software. Really I have unlimited bandwidth and unlimited space when it all comes down to it, as

Re: [discuss] Math Editor

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 13 2005 13:58, + Claudio de Sousa wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi, I´d like to receive, or discuss, informations concerning the OpenOffice Equation Editor. I´m experiencing it and I´d like to learn more about this feature... Is there any editor similar to

Re: [discuss] Plug-in

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 13 2005 13:46, + Ken Cushing wrote: [ MODERATED ] The document imaging software we use imbeds a button in Word so that you can send the document directly to the imaging archives. How do I go about doing something like that for Writer? As you are not

Re: [discuss] Clipboard with Open Office

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 13 2005 16:03, + Jean Fabrice Lacourt wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi i start testing your RC1 It is totally impossible to copy and paste a table from IE or Firefox to calc or writer. It is very easy with word or excel. Firefox is very bad also for the

Re: [discuss] Date format

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 14 2005 09:18, + user wrote: [ MODERATED ] Please assist me with this date format that I can't seem to change. I'm trying to set the date to DD.MMM , but the change is not done. Which part of the application are you trying to make this change in ? What

Re: [discuss] Feature in Lotus WordPro

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Mon October 17 2005 04:53, + Mark Baldridge wrote: I have prodded the Borders in paragraph styles and cannot seem to find a feature that works in Lotus WordPro. I have been trying to make what is, in essence, an underline function that is only as long as the text. In WordPro, I can make

Re: [discuss] Note Taking with Open Office

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun October 16 2005 16:01, + Anthony Fielding wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hey, for a while I have been thinking about how I could go about taking notes during lectures. I had been using one note for a while but then got sick of using such a horrible operating system. I

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 10:51 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: On 10/22/05, Ian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most of the reputable research seems to indicate that MSO 2003 is a small proportion of the overall office installed base. Broadly similar to the

Re: [discuss] Printing Issue with OpenOffice Writer

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Thu October 6 2005 01:56, + Erwin Calata wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Good Day!!! We've implemented the OpenOffice.org, thanks for the product. As we use the Writer we encounter some printing issues. We are using HP Laserjet 1150. On the screen I encoded like this:

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Daniel Carrera
Chad Smith wrote: If you want to compare OOo to MSO 2003, you should limit it to the versions released since 2003 - and/or the number of installs since 2003. The majority of OOo installs are less that 2 years old. 2003 is OOo 1.0. That's ancient. But you still miss the concept of *rates*

Re: [discuss] Re: Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition.

2005-10-22 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 13:17 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: I will leave your way-off-base rant intact to show you how wrong you are. Rants are usually filled with emotional invective. I'll leave that accolade to you, Chad :-) I understand what you are trying to do, you're trying to make OOo look

Re: [discuss] OO.O version 2.0

2005-10-22 Thread John Boyle
Alexandro Colorado wrote: On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:34:33 +0100, John Boyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does one have to uninstall 1.15 before trying to uninstall version 2.0? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [discuss] page preview bug

2005-10-22 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Samstag, 22. Oktober 2005 08:51 schrieb Joe Lin: go to New - HTML Document go to source view by clicking on HTML Source button in toolbar bug: clicking on Page Preview button in toolbar doesn't do anything I can confirm this on OO.org 2.0 1.9.125 on Linux. Whether a page preview (or

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 2.0 - How to install multiple UI-Languages?

2005-10-22 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Samstag, 22. Oktober 2005 10:43 schrieb Stephan Gromer: Dear all, I am managing the PCs in a small university laboratory and I would like to convert our M$-Office installations into OOo 2.0s during my efforts to prepare the switch from WinXP to Linux. However, we are an international

Re: [discuss] save as html bug

2005-10-22 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Samstag, 22. Oktober 2005 09:03 schrieb Joe Lin: After saving document as html, toolbar and view menu does not change to reflect new format (view HTML source does not appear on toolbar or in view menu) Can confirm this on OO.org 1.9.125. Whether that's intended or not, it's worth filing

Re: [discuss] header, footer, and footnote bugs

2005-10-22 Thread Guido Pinkernell
Am Samstag, 22. Oktober 2005 09:27 schrieb Joe Lin: insert footer, type text in footer, remove footer bug: content of footer disappears, but deletion cannot be undone Joe, you seem to be good in finding bugs. Great! Unfortunately this Mailing list isn't the right place to report a bug. What

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice.org 2.0 - How to install multiple UI-Languages?

2005-10-22 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le samedi 22 octobre 2005 à 22:32 +0200, Guido Pinkernell a écrit : Am Samstag, 22. Oktober 2005 10:43 schrieb Stephan Gromer: Dear all, I am managing the PCs in a small university laboratory and I would like to convert our M$-Office installations into OOo 2.0s during my efforts to

[discuss] Re: Mac

2005-10-22 Thread Matej Cepl
Lars D. Noodén wrote: Agreed. I ran across a few messages claiming that OOo 2 is *finally* available for download, so I was all psyched up to download it for OS X. Sadly, OOo 1.1.2 is the latest version available for Macitnosh users. What is the general timeline for OO2 for OS X, or has

[discuss] Re: bloody rpm's only

2005-10-22 Thread Michael A Chase
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:00:06 -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote: While people have complained about the lack of .debs for over a year, nobody seems to have actually filed an issue. Now, I have. It's 56423, if anyone cares to add their comments or votes. For most of the development cycle I was using

[discuss] Re: Re: Mac

2005-10-22 Thread Matej Cepl
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Not to have a battle, but I disagree. See http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html There will be no battle -- as I said, I am Linux dieheart, so I have no clue about Mac OS X aside from periodical battle with them in my university. I just tried to help

Re: [discuss] Re: Mac

2005-10-22 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Not to have a battle, but I disagree. There is now generally available the 2.0 version for Macs, and it's quite good. Granted, it runs on X11 but it uses Aqua's fonts, is *much* faster, is robust, comes in several languages at least, and is 2.0, meaning it uses the

[discuss] IRIX build?

2005-10-22 Thread Arsene Lupin
I would really like to see an OOo 2.0 build released for SGI IRIX. SGI Workstations have a very long life, and I'd like to be able to use OOo 2.0 on my Octane2. I am currently running OOo 1.0, an old build that was part of the old SGI freeware collection.

Re: [discuss] Feature in Lotus WordPro

2005-10-22 Thread Mark Baldridge
I had been down that path. I think the difference is that I had been working on a document at one point and they were using style standards that I have since used. One of them was for a heading to be .014 inches and all the way across the page, which borders handles quite nicely. One for a