On 7 Nov 2005 at 9:15, Jonathon Blake wrote:
Chad wrote:
Why? - WHY?
Because it makes *SENSE* to, that's why.
It makes absolutely no sense to include an email client in an office
suite.
The main point is that M$ office does include an email client (Outlook). People
using it are
RodJ Martin wrote:
Although your Office suite works with some Operating Systems, it
doesn't work with the BEST Operating System available in the World...
Mac OS X 10.4.x
I have worked with and on computer systems since 1969 (Burroughs
3500) and have been working with Mac OS, DOS and
On Sun October 9 2005 23:01, + Najib Chaudhry wrote:
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I recently downloaded and installed OpenOffice 2.0
When I try to do a spell check it comes up with spell check complete
without checking any spellings!. Clicking on OK closes the spell-check
window and
Chad Smith wrote:
Why? - WHY?
Because it makes *SENSE* to, that's why.
I thought we voted you out of here. Ah well.
The problem with your argument is that it simply doens't hold water. You
say you want to email something. Fine. Open your email program. Too
complicated? Fine. Use MS
Ian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 00:53 -0500, Chad Smith wrote:
I understand that OpenOffice.org is holy, and perfect, and is not to
be questioned. If something is missing, it *SHOULD* be missing. If
something hogs memory, it *SHOULD* hog
On Fri October 21 2005 14:34, + JH Atkinson (Mr) wrote:
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I am a user of WordPerfect 6.0a, and find that Open Office
won't convert my files ... what can I do?
Also, I have found using hyper-text links useful for linking
files; is this possible in O.O.? (I
On Wed November 2 2005 19:09, + Tom wrote:
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Hey.
Was just thinking how nifty a batch conversion tool would be, so one can
easily convert all the files in a particular location to any of the vast
array of formats that OpenOffice supports, Also, have the
On Wed November 2 2005 10:47, + hajo blok wrote:
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Dear Mr Mrs.
Installing oo2 is no problem but I've missed the possibillity to install
other than at the c disk.
I like to install on another disk.
Might this be possible in the future?
As you are not
Chad Smith wrote:
On 11/6/05, Daniel Kasak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Yes, I also use Thunderbird. But I would like to use something that was
integrated into open office like Outlook is in Microsoft Office.
Why?
Why? - WHY?
Because it
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 11:33:26 + (UTC)
Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
I am trying to think about the question of where and under what
circumstances open sourcing stuff is a more efficient way to produce
software than the traditional method. The answer is clearly under a
very
Michael Adams wrote:
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:50:05 -0500
Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Outlook has an option to let you use MS Word as your email editor.
Does anyone know if it's possible to make it use OOo Writer instead?
The more I work with OOo the more a like it over MS Office.
Thanks.
On Thu October 13 2005 19:56, + Les Ansley wrote:
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Hi,
I would love to be able to use OO all the time but as I am researcher I
rely a lot on bibliographic software (I use Reference Manager) that
integrates with Word. Could you please advise me whether
On Wed October 12 2005 20:39, + Jim wrote:
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I use a Palm PDA, and would like to use a small spreadsheet application on
it. There are a number of these available, but all seem to require Excel
on the main computer to sync. Since I use OpenOffice.org on
Daniel Kasak wrote:
Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Yes, I also use Thunderbird. But I would like to use something that was
integrated into open office like Outlook is in Microsoft Office.
Why?
Very good question.
Also, last time I looked, Outlook was very much a separate piece of
On Fri November 4 2005 09:27, Lars D. Noodén wrote:
The many OOo mailing lists currently embed list management information in
the message headers. Can the 'list-archive' header be added to those,
please? Accessing the archive of old messages is one of the more
important advantages of using
Jonathon Blake wrote:
Chad wrote:
Why? - WHY?
Because it makes *SENSE* to, that's why.
It makes absolutely no sense to include an email client in an office suite.
Well, it does seem to make sence to some people.
So I think it's a good idea to have CD's with an installation, that
offers
On Wed October 19 2005 21:21, KamiHír wrote:
I have a very little know about modifying OOo sources. I would like to
build an alternative package including many extras. I coulnt gess how
can I do that.
I have extra
gallery elements (with subdirs)
templates (with or without subdirs)
sample
B Terramorse wrote:
I have been trying to use 2.0, and there is a really big hurdle or missing
feature for me (or is it a bug?):
When using the sliders to change paragraph indents or margins, they do not
snap to a grid or increment and are therefore impossible to use accurately.
The only
Hi Bill,
it sounds like a valid feature request to me. Go ahead and submit it as
a feature request.
- Juergen
B Terramorse wrote:
I have been trying to use 2.0, and there is a really big hurdle or missing
feature for me (or is it a bug?):
When using the sliders to change paragraph indents
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:48:14 -, Daniel Kasak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Yes, I also use Thunderbird. But I would like to use something that was
integrated into open office like Outlook is in Microsoft Office.
Why?
I assume that he want to make OOo
Robbie Darrell Graham said the following on 11/06/2005 06:59 PM:
Let me first said I love what is happen in Open office.org. It about
time some one took on Microsoft the right way. But there needs to be
some more work done. I think for some one who works in an office you
need complete office
On 2005-11-07, Robbie Darrell Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I also use Thunderbird. But I would like to use something that was
integrated into open office like Outlook is in Microsoft Office.
I've never used Outlook to any great extent. What sort of integration are
you missing in OOo?
ing Chad Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 11/6/05, Daniel Kasak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Yes, I also use Thunderbird. But I would like to use something that was
integrated into open office like Outlook is in Microsoft Office.
Why?
Why? - WHY?
Because it makes
Robbie Darrell Graham said the following on 11/06/2005 06:59 PM:
Let me first said I love what is happen in Open office.org. It about
time some one took on Microsoft the right way. But there needs to be
some more work done. I think for some one who works in an office you
need complete office
Working on that
On 11/6/05, Jeremy Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A good idea for you to have would be a place in your site where people
can download new slide templaes without having to create them, like
the PowerPoint templates, but for OpenOffice.
On Fri October 21 2005 15:09, + Gary Bowen wrote:
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OOo 2.0 install to Windows 98SE will not run due to error...
Unpack works fine
Setup immediately generates error ...cannot find file . and closes
Same file installed on Win2k just fine.
Remove older
Quoting Claus Agerskov [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Yes, I also use Thunderbird. But I would like to use something that was
integrated into open office like Outlook is in Microsoft Office.
In what way is Microsoft Outlook integrated in Microsoft Office
Lately I have change a bit my tune the approach to e-mail. My motto has been
about OpenOffice.org is a productivity suite. Productivity means that you
produce something. However, 'Base' is not really a productivity suite and that
was the point when it break the analogy.
OpenOffice.org needs a
On Wed October 12 2005 12:17, + Jeff Noall wrote:
Just some feedback.
On a box running Fedora core 4, OpenOffice 2.0 RC 2
(OOo_2.0.0rc1_050923_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz) Impress will only print
in black and white. Earlier versions printed fine on a Fedora core 3
box.
Can you try with a
On Thu November 3 2005 02:00, + Andrew Good wrote:
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Two features that I'd really like to see in OO.org are key shortcuts for
more things, especially in CALC (like viewing the formula) and customizable
key shortcuts.
Like Tools - Customize - Keyboard ?
On Thu September 29 2005 17:17, + jabad wrote:
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Señores:
Me gustaria saber como Visual Basic 5.0 puede conectarse a la base de
datos de openoffice.
Favor indicarme porque hago programas con visual
This list is generally an English only mailing list. If
Hi,
what do you think of:
With each new office suite and word processor release we become more
concerned that software companies like Sun Microsystems, Corel, and even
community projects like OpenOffice.org are more interested in competing with
Microsoft Office than they are in developing
Andrew Brown wrote:
Ian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 00:53 -0500, Chad Smith wrote:
I understand that OpenOffice.org is holy, and perfect, and is not to
be questioned. If something is missing, it *SHOULD* be missing. If
something hogs
I was interested in getting feedback from current mail group users.
We have mirrored your mail list in a new application that provides a more
aggregated and safe environment which utilizes the power of broadband.
Roomity.com v 1.5 is a web 2.01 community webapp. Our newest version adds
Daniel Kasak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:436FCC9F.9050703
@nusconsulting.com.au:
OpenOffice.org developers have better things to do than write an email
client from scratch just because people are too lazy or incompetent to
open an external email program and attach a file.
That's the
Hi Alex,
Just a quick comment.
Take your request, Robbie, for integration ...
Maybe if ...
* OOo could link to T-bird's address book with the database
functionality
http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/FAQ.html#evolution
points out that OOo already has an address book integration
Alexandro Colorado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I assume that he want to make OOo mailable as part of the content.
This can be achieve on software such as IBM Workspace. But OOo still
doesn't support an email transfer that will make it's native format
Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Daniel Kasak wrote:
Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Let me first said I love what is happen in Open office.org. It about
time some one took on Microsoft the right way. But there needs to be
some more work done. I think for some one who works in an office you
need
John Thompson wrote:
On 2005-11-07, Robbie Darrell Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I also use Thunderbird. But I would like to use something that was
integrated into open office like Outlook is in Microsoft Office.
I've never used Outlook to any great extent. What sort of
Personally I agree. OOo needs to improve based on what the users want.
This is one of the advantages of Open Source software in that it
traditionally does move in the direction that users want it to move
in.
However again, with Open Source software, it is normally playing
catchup (apart from
For me (winXP-pro) it works sort of ok.
Putting a picture as a tiled background to the page using OOo, saved
as .odt, then re saved as .doc. Reopening in word the background was
still there. Things that didn't work so well :
- The graphic, when displayed in word were not the same proportions as
On 11/8/05, Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One possible soluton would be to try to integrate OOo with gmail -- which
gives cross-platform email. Complete integration would require an immense
effort to beef up and improve OOo's displays of web pages, which is at
present abysmal. But
On 11/8/05, Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I read it years ago, and it seems to me wrong about almost everything.
Oh no, Andrew! You are in for it now! You might as well have called Tux the
devil!
*runs and hides before the Petition to Remove Andrew flames get started*
-Chad Smith
Chad Smith wrote:
I read it years ago, and it seems to me wrong about almost everything.
Oh no, Andrew! You are in for it now! You might as well have called Tux the
devil!
*runs and hides before the Petition to Remove Andrew flames get started*
I'd like to thank Andrew for his insight on
Chad wrote:
Google has, from the beginning, stated their goal is to Don't be
evil. And to this point, they aren't.
When you have a chance, start apply Forensic Lingusitic Analysis to
Google's statements.
Doing so will make it patently obvious that they re doing some
nefarious things.
Providing
Thanks Paul.
Since posting the original question I discovered a bug for this issue
has already been reported.
Paul wrote:
For me (winXP-pro) it works sort of ok.
Putting a picture as a tiled background to the page using OOo, saved
as .odt, then re saved as .doc. Reopening in word the
Logotron School Office
http://www.logo.com/cat/view/logotron-school-office.html
Is this officially part of Open Office? Looks like a £29 rip off of
Open Office, Logotron say that they are only charging for the resources
that they've created and that they've added a more friendly front end
to
Cant you just do a copy-paste and then send it to background?
Yes, I could, but then I think it won't appear automatically on every page,
will it? And I won't be able to link it to the file.
-
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08/11/2005
Dear Sir,
Hello greetings.
I have download the Openoffice 2.0 from your website openoffice.org and start
using its software.
I would like to know more Special features provided in Openoffice.org 2.0
comparing to MS Office.
Once I open my MS Office file in Openoffice 2.0 and
Have you tried Insert - Object - OLE Object.. check Create From
File and Link To File Search/Browse for the ODG file. Keep in mind
that if the odt file is moved to another machine the odg file must
also be moved to the other machine using the same path.
Nice idea. I will try it. But it seems
Alan Harris wrote:
Logotron School Office
http://www.logo.com/cat/view/logotron-school-office.html
Is this officially part of Open Office? Looks like a £29 rip off of Open
Office, Logotron say that they are only charging for the resources that
they've created and that they've added a more
Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Daniel Kasak wrote:
Robbie Darrell Graham wrote:
Let me first said I love what is happen in Open office.org. It about
time some one took on Microsoft the right way. But there needs to be
some more work done. I think for some one who works in an office you
need
Andrew Brown wrote:
Daniel Kasak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:436FCC9F.9050703
@nusconsulting.com.au:
OpenOffice.org developers have better things to do than write an email
client from scratch just because people are too lazy or incompetent to
open an external email program and attach
On Wednesday 09 Nov 2005 07:50, Daniel Kasak wrote:
Andrew Brown wrote:
Daniel Kasak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:436FCC9F.9050703
@nusconsulting.com.au:
OpenOffice.org developers have better things to do than write an email
client from scratch just because people are too lazy or
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 12:56 -0200, Daniel Felix Ferber wrote:
Have you tried Insert - Object - OLE Object.. check Create From
File and Link To File Search/Browse for the ODG file. Keep in
mind that if the odt file is moved to another machine the odg
file must also be moved to the other
Oh come on, OOo should really have all these things integrated, with a
gimp-like tool as
well, and it's own integrated OS, and a dog agility course designer,
and an integrated
network packet sniffer would be nice, and... :)
Well this is where extensions come in, got the Gimp installed ?
CPHennessy wrote:
On Wed October 12 2005 20:39, + Jim wrote:
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I use a Palm PDA, and would like to use a small spreadsheet application on
it. There are a number of these available, but all seem to require Excel
on the main computer to sync. Since I use
Alex Janssen wrote:
Maybe if ...
* OOo could link to T-bird's address book with the database
functionality
It can already.
* T-bird could use OOo's dictionary
It does already.
* OOo could produce the appropriate html or text output and put it
into a Tbird
On 8 Nov 2005 at 12:34, Alan Harris wrote:
Logotron School Office
http://www.logo.com/cat/view/logotron-school-office.html
Is this officially part of Open Office? Looks like a £29 rip off of
Open Office, Logotron say that they are only charging for the
resources that they've created and
Mathias Bauer said the following on 11/08/2005 05:46 PM:
Alex Janssen wrote:
Maybe if ...
* OOo could link to T-bird's address book with the database
functionality
It can already.
* T-bird could use OOo's dictionary
It does already.
* OOo could
On 2005-11-08, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Personally I agree. OOo needs to improve based on what the users want.
Sure, but in today's environment it's a pretty safe bet that the majority
of users want something that reminds them of MS-Office. One can hope that
when alternative office
On 2005-11-08, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Outlook has an option to let you use MS Word as your email editor.
I've often wondered why people like doing that -- it strikes me as rather
like using bulldozer to replant your petunias.
Does anyone know if it's possible to make it use OOo Writer
On Wed October 12 2005 20:39, + Jim wrote:
I use a Palm PDA, and would like to use a small spreadsheet application on
it. There are a number of these available, but all seem to require Excel
on the main computer to sync. Since I use OpenOffice.org on my computer, I
would like to know if
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