Re: [discuss] *FYI* Site selling your software

2009-12-03 Thread RA Brown
M. Fioretti wrote: On Wed, December 2, 2009 10:40 pm, Javier Bustamante wrote: It looks like this site is trying to sell your software for $9.99 http://www.openoffice2007.com/index.html Javier, towards the end of that page there is a statement that says that it is fully legal for them

Re: [discuss] Impress Organization Charts - Key to replace PowerPoint

2009-12-21 Thread RA Brown
Wm Stewart wrote: Hi, I've copied below our input on: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=33825 since I believe this issue is so important. Feedback greatly appreciated. Anyone know if this is in the works? At http://Eseri.com/ we have integrated a full FOSS organization

Re: [discuss] use OO through the net

2010-01-14 Thread RA Brown
Wunna Ko wrote: It won't be for remote desktop. Things like google doc, web office from Ulteo depends on connection. I didn't mean for it. My idea is to replace Downloading. When the we publish new versions, the users will no longer need to download. We will put it in sync folder and the

Re: [discuss] RE

2010-02-06 Thread RA Brown
Note: you have been cc'd on this reply as you have posted to an open OpenOffice.org (OOo) mailng list. For further information regarding OOo, please see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html Please reply *only* to the list at discuss@openoffice.org Salil Mahajan wrote: Hi All, I am very

Re: [discuss] Re: Windows OO won't open file format that Ubuntu OO will.

2010-02-07 Thread RA Brown
Gordon wrote: Clarke Rice wrote: Hi Gordon, One version is probably the OpenOffice.org version, compiled by Sun. The other (with Works import) is most likely the Go-oo.org version, compiled by Novell and including a few pieces of code that for reasons best known to the people involved, are

[discuss] User Poll

2010-02-17 Thread RA Brown
Dear OpenOffice.org users, I provide installation disk for those that may not have access to a high speed internet connection. What I want to do is add extensions and templates to the disk. What I would like to get fellow users to send me a list of three extensions and templates that they use.

Re: [discuss] User Poll

2010-02-21 Thread RA Brown
Hi Bernhard, Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi Andy, * Do you know about the extension repository ? Yes I am aware of the repositories. I was not aware of the voting results and will check them out. They provide voting results http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/highestratedreal as

Re: [discuss] information need about open office

2010-03-14 Thread RA Brown
aude pozzo wrote: Dear Sir, I am currently studying a master in Management at the University Paris Dauphine (France). During my Information System class, I have to make a file dealing with open source softwares. Open office is for me the perfect example: well-known, used by students... but I

[discuss] UI questions/concerns

2010-03-24 Thread RA Brown
To those that have posted about the OpenOffice.org user interface and related messages. To get your points across to where it will do more good connect to the User Experience Project at http://ux.openoffice.org/ . I am not sure how many, if any of the people working on the UX project read

Re: [discuss] OOo and Oracle

2010-04-13 Thread RA Brown
Bruce Martin wrote: In a previous email here, I got the understanding that there is a visibility problem with some of the icons in Oo 2.3.1. If these are true icons, they can be edited in Gimp or even recreated with Oo draw, then exported to Gimp to make the final new Icons. Can anyone

Re: [discuss] suggestion

2010-04-14 Thread RA Brown
JohnnieMiller wrote: i'm using OpenOffice.Org version 3.2.0, build 9483 much clipped Thats it. Hopefully I didn't put too fine a point on it. I made a point of only giving you the facts and nothing but the facts. Clean, clear,crisp and to the point. Clarity free from editorialism.

Re: [discuss] fsoss.senecac.on.ca

2010-04-15 Thread RA Brown
+1 It sure sounds good to me. Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: All, The big annual Free Software and Open Source Symposium will be held this October 28-29 in Toronto.[0] Hosted by Seneca College, a leader in teaching open source to college students, this year's would mark the 6th or so event, and

Re: [discuss] degree sign

2010-04-21 Thread RA Brown
Carl Shewmaker wrote: I need to insert a degree sign in several places in a document I'm composing in OOo 2.4 on an HP mini running Ubuntu, and have run out of ideas. Gotta be an easy way. Any help appreciated. Carl Carl, Does 2.4 not have the Insert Special Character option? If so you

Re: [discuss] Open Office

2010-05-10 Thread RA Brown
newsd...@free.fr wrote: Hello, I would like to know if Open Office for iPad is planned ? Thanks. Porting to the iPAD would require special approval from Apple and is not likely to happen. -- Note: you have been cc'd on this reply as you have posted to an open OpenOffice.org (OOo)

Re: [discuss] Open Office

2010-05-10 Thread RA Brown
Bruce Martin wrote: As I understand it, an iPAD is a hand held MP3 player. This is not to be confused with an iPAQ, made by Hewlett-Packard. The latter device is a PDA that uses Windows Mobile as an O.S. and links on windows with MS Outlook, amongst other things. The capabilities of the latter

Re: [discuss] [Ubuntu] Remove OOo Draw from the default install?

2010-05-30 Thread RA Brown
NoOp wrote: Rather interesting thread going on over on the Ubuntu dev discuss list... http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.devel.discuss/11493 [Remove OO Draw from the default install] I've not commented on the thread (yet) as I find Draw to be quite a nice addition to OOo.

Re: [discuss] Re: fixes needed

2010-06-07 Thread RA Brown
Mark C. Miller wrote: On 06/07/2010 05:15 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: By the way, many people have had serious layout problems when they go from one version of MS Office to another, and some of the older MS Office documents can't be read at all by the newer versions. I've seen this comment here

Re: [discuss] Re: Writer- change page color?

2010-06-20 Thread RA Brown
Mike Scott wrote: Now I'm wondering - the background colour intended to be printed and the background colour as seen when editing on-screen are not the same thing. Instructions given earlier in this thread will change the printed colour (indeed, cheaper to use coloured paper!), but is this

Re: [discuss] Re: Re: Writer- change page color?

2010-06-20 Thread RA Brown
Harold Fuchs wrote: RA Brown rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote in message news:4c1e8c10.1000...@the-martin-byrd.net... Mike Scott wrote: Now I'm wondering - the background colour intended to be printed and the background colour as seen when editing on-screen are not the same thing

Re: [discuss] Calc - word completion.

2010-06-22 Thread RA Brown
A.H.Gilbert wrote: Hi, PLEASE how can I turn word completion off; it's very irritating. I am not on the mailing list so I.d be grateful if you'd email me direct. Hi Howard, Try Tools Cell Contents AutoInput , uncheck and that should fix the problem. -- Note: you have been cc'd on this

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice Suite Question.

2010-06-29 Thread RA Brown
Hi Jonathon, jonathon wrote: On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 13:22, Joshua Lee wrote: I am wondering why doesn't OpenOffice partner with the Sunbird/Thunderbird team and make that little script I found a permanent add on. The more pertinent question is why the _existing_

Re: [discuss] OpenOffice Suite Question.

2010-06-29 Thread RA Brown
Hi Jonathon, jonathon wrote: On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 17:47, RA Brownwrote: If your having problems with Thunderbird, then post in the proper forum or mailing list at Mozilla. I quit posting on Thunderbird (both mailing lists and issuezilla) years ago, when a developer told me flat out

Re: [discuss] Calc Suggestion: Color Sheet Tabs

2010-06-29 Thread RA Brown
Hi Sean Sean McClain wrote: I know this is kind of a silly idea, but it should be simple pretty cool. If users had the option of color coding their sheet tabs in Calc then it might make it simpler to navigate when dealing with spreadsheets that have a ton of sheets. This feature must be

Re: [discuss] Subscribe to mailing list

2010-07-13 Thread RA Brown
Erin Ducharme wrote: Can you please subscribe me to the mailing lists? For the discuss@openoffice.org, can I please be subscribe to the Digest version? Thank you, Erin Hi Erin, No one can subscribe for you, you have to do it. Go to http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html , scroll

Re: [discuss] Some idea !

2010-07-22 Thread RA Brown
Adam wrote: On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Rob Clement r...@robbev.com wrote: Adam we normally bottom post here. To insert page numbers in a document. Step 1 Insert footer Default Step 2 in the footer type Page and a space step 3 Insert Fields Page Number I think that is more or less

Re: [discuss] Banner across my computer screen

2010-08-15 Thread RA Brown
Clancy C Arnold wrote: I downloaded and installed OpenOffice 3.2 It took 1 1/2 hours to download and install. I had a banner across my computer screen that says Open Office .org 3.2 (en-US) Installation I re ran the installation which took 45 minutes and I still have the banner that reads

Re: [discuss] Open Office -information request

2010-08-20 Thread RA Brown
Claire Gilbertson wrote: Hi, I am a master student working with Carlos Jensen in the HCI group at Oregon State University, in conjunction with the OSL on a study of contribution and joining patterns in FOSS. I am working with Jenifer Davids and Nitin Mohan, who you may have talked with in the

Re: [discuss] Slightly OT: MD5 Checksums Firefox 3.5.2

2010-08-22 Thread RA Brown
Harold Fuchs wrote: I used to use an MD5 checksum checker that worked as an extension in Firefox (FF). So, for example, I could download OOo and check its checksum with a simple button press in FF. Unfortunately, after upgrading to FF 3.5.2 the extension stopped working. I've looked through

Re: [discuss] Workstation installation on Windows

2010-08-24 Thread RA Brown
Alexandro Colorado wrote: Anyone can point me to a recent document on network installation for 3.x Most of the ones I see are for old versions of OOo. . Also is it possible to uninstall a module (Base, Draw, Writer) and is it possible to do it on network mode. Regards. Alexandro, Have you

Re: [discuss] templets

2010-08-29 Thread RA Brown
bono...@aol.com wrote: I am new to openoffice someone please tell me how to alter document blank to adhere to my collage instructors guidelines and to have them come up in that format all the time The first place to look is http://templates.services.openoffice.org/ . If you do not find

Re: [discuss] SUM

2010-09-01 Thread RA Brown
Bob Runkel wrote: How does one sum a series of columns? I looked at your documentation and could not figure it out. Also, Ho does one multiply two columns? Hi Bob, The first answer is =SUM(1st cell:last cell) . Sample to add from A2 to A6 it would be =SUM(A2:A6). I do not quite

Re: [discuss] Output time 24 hr clock

2010-09-06 Thread RA Brown
Robert Stanfield wrote: Folks, How do I output from OO V 3.2 time in 24 hour format to a text or csv file? Specifically, I need to be able to output to a *.csv file time in 24 hr format for later sorting. (I have a need to simply sort a text file in a variety of ways, time being one of them.)

Re: [discuss] Idea for Open Office template

2010-09-19 Thread RA Brown
** Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only ** Rebekah Sutherland wrote: Hello: I would like to write a screenplay, and looked through Open Office for a template. You have many helpful templates for writers, but I do not find anything for a screenplay writer. My hope is that you will add

Re: [discuss] LibreOffice

2010-09-30 Thread RA Brown
On Thu Sep 30 2010 09:23:36 GMT-0700 (PDT) Marius Popa wrote: What LibreOffice will be able to do in addition to OpenOffice? When OpenOffice.org 3.3 will appear? I see the beta lasts too long. LibreOffice has some of the more stable code from Go-oo back ported. The Icons or not the official

Re: [discuss] Re: LibreOffice

2010-09-30 Thread RA Brown
On Thu Sep 30 2010 18:57:58 GMT-0700 (PDT) NoOp wrote: On 09/30/2010 09:57 AM, RA Brown wrote: On Thu Sep 30 2010 09:23:36 GMT-0700 (PDT) Marius Popa wrote: What LibreOffice will be able to do in addition to OpenOffice? When OpenOffice.org 3.3 will appear? I see the beta lasts too long

Re: [discuss] REPLACING WINDOWS

2010-10-10 Thread RA Brown
** Reply to the mailing list only discuss@openoffice.org ** On Thu Oct 07 2010 17:19:32 GMT-0700 (PDT) HORACE WILLIAMS wrote: REQUEST BEST OPEN SOURCE ALTERNATIVES TO WINDOWS SYSTEM. THANKS! First you need to quite shouting, it is bad manners and will get you better answers to you

Re: [discuss] Oracle dropping OO.org and joining the community...

2010-10-11 Thread RA Brown
On Mon Oct 11 2010 09:24:56 GMT-0700 (PDT) Zaphod Feeblejocks wrote: Come on, Oracle, do the decent thing. Release all the code, trademarks, everything to OOo back to the community, currently called LibreOffice. If you do - lots of people will thank you. Even the ones who keep going to

Re: [discuss] Oracle dropping OO.org and joining the community...

2010-10-11 Thread RA Brown
On Mon Oct 11 2010 11:06:15 GMT-0700 (PDT) Carl Shewmaker wrote: I mostly lurk and learn from this list, although I sometimes submit an answer to a question if I think it would be helpful. Small contribution to the community to which like to feel I belong. I also talk up Open Office (and

Re: [discuss] Oracle [NOT!] dropping OO.org

2010-10-14 Thread RA Brown
On Thu Oct 14 2010 22:14:38 GMT-0700 (PDT) Marius Popa wrote: Is OpenOffice.org a dead project? Not at this time. See http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/177158 . - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [discuss] Oracle [NOT!] dropping OO.org

2010-10-15 Thread RA Brown
On Thu Oct 14 2010 22:30:26 GMT-0700 (PDT) Marius Popa wrote: Will OpenOffice.org be developed to future final version or will the future final versions replace the future versions of OpenOffice.org? Your question does not make sense. If your asking if LibreOffice will replace

Re: [discuss] How to make OO the standard

2010-10-16 Thread RA Brown
On Sat Oct 16 2010 08:48:18 GMT-0700 (PDT) Wm Stewart wrote: Hi Marco, I absolutely agree that ODF should be the world-wide standard. But what is the best way to get there? The evidence so far shows it won't happen as long as MS Office is the world-wide standard, ODF plugin or not.

Re: [discuss] How to make OO the standard

2010-10-16 Thread RA Brown
On Sat Oct 16 2010 10:22:44 GMT-0700 (PDT) Wm Stewart wrote: On 10/16/2010 12:07 PM, RA Brown wrote: How do you propose to make OOo 100% compatible with MSO? The structure of the files is closed so no one but MS has them. Reverse engineering can only do so much. _IF_ MS used a published

Re: [discuss] Re: Oracle dropping OO.org and joining the community...

2010-10-28 Thread RA Brown
On Thu Oct 28 2010 05:07:32 GMT-0700 (PDT) Peter Lairo wrote: On Mon. 11.10.2010 20:24, RA Brown wrote: There is a users forum at http://libreofficeforum.org/forum . I can't stand forums. Is there also a newsgroup (NNTP) for LibreOffice? Check http://dir.gmane.org

Re: [discuss] adding my company's label templates to OO

2010-11-15 Thread RA Brown
* Please reply only to the mailing list. * On Mon Nov 15 2010 02:44:03 GMT-0800 (PST) Eric Teng wrote: hi OO, Ill like to know how to add label templates to OO just like avery and sigel. we are a labels supplier located in singapore. thanks and regards eric Wrong place to ask, you would

Re: [discuss] Make Wrtite a little better

2010-11-16 Thread RA Brown
* Please reply only to the mailing list * On Mon Nov 15 2010 12:01:08 GMT-0800 (PST) Anders Haneskog wrote: Hello! I want to give you an advice. Maybe you have thought about this before, but I better say whats on my mind. Thanks for your interest in OpenOffice.org. The problem is that no

Re: [discuss] OOo's Help

2010-11-17 Thread RA Brown
On Wed Nov 17 2010 16:40:18 GMT-0800 (PST) David B Teague wrote: On 11/17/2010 2:27 PM, Robert Derman wrote: I still say that there should be a users manual right in the download package. And to keep it to a managable size, it should be in ODF format not PDF and it should be formatted

Re: [discuss] Make Wrtite a little better

2010-11-17 Thread RA Brown
On Wed Nov 17 2010 16:43:31 GMT-0800 (PST) David B Teague wrote: Your response is both kind and thorough. I'll spend some time playing with Draw. One of the many things I want to do is to put finger numbers on music for the bass. That's fairly straightforward in Paint.net, but not easy in

Re: [discuss] JRE error on iMac

2010-11-21 Thread RA Brown
On Sun Nov 21 2010 11:44:53 GMT-0800 (PST) Guy Martin wrote: I've installed OO.o on an new iMac iCore 3 processor running Snow Leopard fully updated. When I try to use any of the Wizards or even advanced help I get the following error message: This action requires a JRE to function please

Re: [discuss] iphone and mac

2010-11-22 Thread RA Brown
** Please reply to the mailing list only ** On Mon Nov 22 2010 10:12:02 GMT-0800 (PST) Paul Sports wrote: why cant some of my customers open the files on their iphones or macs? How are you sending them the file? What format are they in? There is a version of OOo for the Mac but not

Re: [discuss] Small concern

2010-12-22 Thread RA Brown
** Please reply to the mailing list only. ** On Tue Dec 21 2010 13:14:03 GMT-0800 (PST) Cliff Bowen wrote: Hi, First off, this is a small complaint, but would be nice if it were changed. Whenever I sort data, I always sort by F, however nearly every time that drop down menu drops it is usually

Re: [discuss] Re: Propagating knowledge of Open Office?

2011-01-06 Thread RA Brown
On Thu Jan 06 2011 15:00:11 GMT-0800 (PST) NoOp wrote: On 01/04/2011 09:18 AM, Robert Derman wrote: Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: ... How do we propagate knowledge that OO exists? Frankly, I suspect that at least 50% of the general public is not aware that Open Source exists! I think that

Re: [discuss] very bad

2011-01-08 Thread RA Brown
On Sat Jan 08 2011 07:25:23 GMT-0800 (PST) Barbara Duprey wrote: One possibility is for somebody (a moderator or a member of a group who respond to messages from unsubscribed users, either officially or unofficially) to inform the person of how to follow the discussion using Nabble or

Re: [discuss] Re: Adding languages to the Tools = Language = For Selection menu

2011-01-08 Thread RA Brown
On Sat Jan 08 2011 20:31:31 GMT-0800 (PST) Stefan Monnier wrote: Go into Tools Selection Font Language (you may have to download additional dictionaries, but they are available). I mean if I select More... from the Tools = Language = For Selection menu and then use the Language box in the

Re: [discuss] Updates

2011-01-17 Thread RA Brown
On Mon Jan 17 2011 12:29:32 GMT-0800 (PST) Abdul Hai wrote: Hi are updates automatically updated or do I have to manually install them? Which updates? If OOo then there is no update as such you have to download and install the new version. If your referring to the extensions, Extension

Re: [discuss] Cannot install 3.2 upgrade

2011-01-17 Thread RA Brown
On Mon Jan 17 2011 01:44:21 GMT-0800 (PST) Ken Harvey wrote: Dear Sirs, I have downloaded the most recent upgrade files but MS will not permit me to instal them. I get the message exe is not a valid Windows 32 application and I can not get any further. Can you suggest

Re: [discuss] SuperbChemistry Add-on Installation????

2011-02-03 Thread RA Brown
** Plese reply to the mailing list only ** On Wed Feb 02 2011 11:52:39 GMT-0800 (PST) Douglas Shuck wrote: Hello: I cannot get this add-on to install and OO doesn't seem to know what the Main.xbs file is or what it is supposed to associated with. Can anyone please help? Best Regards, Doug

[discuss] Re: registration?

2011-03-11 Thread RA Brown
David B Teague sr wrote: *Now will someone please address the question of what benefit there is to the community to registering? Is it sufficient to fight the difficulty of navigating that damn web site? * David, I am not sure that there is a benefit to the community. And I agree that if

[discuss] Re: Pay for open office ?

2011-03-14 Thread RA Brown
Sebastiaan Pot wrote: Hi, I don;t know if it is legal or not, But this website http://openoffice.softnl.com/ sells the openoffice, You can download it for free, but if you want to install this you most pay for it. total price is €4,50 Tis kind of msm things are soon illigale in the netherlands.

[discuss] Re: Issue with 3.30

2011-04-18 Thread RA Brown
Chris Nancy Howden wrote: Hello, This version of Open Office no longer allows the user to email (“send with” option) a document. Will you be able to correct this in the next version? Thanks, Chris I do not understand what you mean by Send with. There is Send as E-Mail, E-Mail as for ODT, MS

[discuss] Re: idea

2011-04-24 Thread RA Brown
Peter Sapper wrote: Hi Guys, First of all thanks for this great FREE!! Product. I'm Turning 40 this year but have never been far away from school. So again last year I signed up for just an other study. Having to make lots and lots of assignments I'm very happy in the use of OpenOffice. Just an

[discuss] Re: suggestion

2011-04-25 Thread RA Brown
max luck wrote: hello , i want to suggest u that why your are not including some mail client software like thunderbird etc. in openoffice to challenge ms-office suite and its office outlook . mail client increase usability of open office. thank u Why reinvent th wheel??? OpenOffice.org's code

[discuss] Re: OO is too large

2011-04-29 Thread RA Brown
Paul Temple wrote: Hi (again - so soon?) I kinda feel strongly about this so thought there's nothing quite like now. I'm not claiming to be unique and haven't read the archives so sorry if this idea is a repeat of someone else's - but even if it is it will just add weight to the idea!!! Why

[discuss] Re: OpenOffice.org suggested improvements

2011-05-27 Thread RA Brown
Vello Sepp wrote: OpenOffice.org suggested improvements 1 Have Titlecase like Word Under FORMAT CHANGE CASE not just upper and lowercase Options As presently now [it's a PAIN IN THE ASS not having it!!] Be nice if could automatically change 1st letter of each word to upper case instead of

[discuss] Re: Open Office 2011

2011-06-20 Thread RA Brown
= Please reply to list only. = Hi Khan, OpenOffice 2011 is a rework of OpenOffice.org to their packaging. They are allow to charge for it. You are not required to get it from them, you can download directly from www.openoffice.org for no charge other then the time it takes to download. Hope

[discuss] Re: OT: Swiss to Ban PowerPoint?

2011-07-14 Thread RA Brown
Harold Fuchs wrote: From The Times === Referendum to ban PowerPoint planned Marie Tourres and Charles Bremner Paris July 12 2011 12:01AM Do you have a link? It would be interesting to read the full article. Andy -- - To

[discuss] How to get help!

2011-08-08 Thread RA Brown
Anna Constantine wrote: I need help with office org 3.3 is this your way of being professional? please send email to get assist. Hi Anna, If you need help, replying to another thread is not the best way to do it. As with this thread you will have lost most of those that can help, lucky I

[discuss] [Ping] Paul: Bad address

2011-08-08 Thread RA Brown
Paul, I keep getting bounced mail from interiorharmo...@gmail.com every time I reply to a message in this list. Is it possible to remove the address. Thanks Andy -- - To unsubscribe send email to

[discuss] Re: How to get help!

2011-08-08 Thread RA Brown
Anna Constantine wrote: pls send where i can email to ...your website is too verbose How are you replying to these messages? Go to http://support.openoffice.org/#fcs and you will see a listing that says OpenOffice.org Community Support, third down on the list will be Users Mailing List.

[discuss] Re: How to get help!

2011-08-08 Thread RA Brown
Sigrid Carrera wrote: Hello Anna, On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:43:43 -0400 Anna Constantineaconstant...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: pls send where i can email to ...your website is too verbose just send your question to the very same email address: discuss@openoffice.org There are many volunteers

[discuss] Re: People trying to make money on openoffice.org

2011-08-23 Thread RA Brown
Daniel Winje wrote: hi there, I just wanted to let you fine people over at openoffice.org to know that there are people out there trying to make money in your name. how do i know this? well i was sufring the net and looking for a new edition of openoffice when i i came over this site witch was

[discuss] Re: People trying to make money on openoffice.org

2011-08-23 Thread RA Brown
Daniel Winje wrote: hi there, I just wanted to let you fine people over at openoffice.org to know that there are people out there trying to make money in your name. how do i know this? well i was sufring the net and looking for a new edition of openoffice when i i came over this site witch was

[discuss] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-23 Thread RA Brown
Robert Derman wrote: RA Brown wrote: To all Users@ and Discuss@ mailing list subscribers: There are discussions going on at the ooo-...@incubator.apache.org . These discussions relate to where the mailing list are needed are not. We are needing feedback so please let the mailing list

[discuss] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-23 Thread RA Brown
drew jensen wrote: On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 17:37 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 08/23/2011 08:53 AM, RA Brown wrote: To all Users@ and Discuss@ mailing list subscribers: There are discussions going on at the ooo-...@incubator.apache.org . These discussions relate to where the mailing list are needed

[discuss] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-24 Thread RA Brown
NoOp wrote: On 08/23/2011 07:16 PM, RA Brown wrote: drew jensen wrote: On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 17:37 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 08/23/2011 08:53 AM, RA Brown wrote: To all Users@ and Discuss@ mailing list subscribers: There are discussions going on at the ooo-...@incubator.apache.org

[discuss] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-25 Thread RA Brown
Mathias Bauer wrote: Am 24.08.2011 22:47, schrieb NoOp: Hmmm... OK. It was 'tongue-in-cheek' Drew. I'll not even comment on the Sun-Oracle lists transition :-) But I will add this; if OOoA goes to forums only, then I'll not be participating. I think we all should try to become more open for

[discuss] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-25 Thread RA Brown
Mike Scott wrote: On 25/08/11 17:33, Mathias Bauer wrote: Am 24.08.2011 22:47, schrieb NoOp: Hmmm... OK. It was 'tongue-in-cheek' Drew. I'll not even comment on the Sun-Oracle lists transition :-) But I will add this; if OOoA goes to forums only, then I'll not be participating. I think we

[discuss] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-25 Thread RA Brown
NoOp wrote: On 08/25/2011 09:33 AM, Mathias Bauer wrote: Am 24.08.2011 22:47, schrieb NoOp: Hmmm... OK. It was 'tongue-in-cheek' Drew. I'll not even comment on the Sun-Oracle lists transition :-) But I will add this; if OOoA goes to forums only, then I'll not be participating. Mathias,

[discuss] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-26 Thread RA Brown
Robert Derman wrote: Mike Scott wrote: On 26/08/2011 00:10, Larry Gusaas wrote: Wrong. The issue was having to search through the headers to find if the poster was subscribed or not. There was no indication in the subject that the poster was not subscribed. This wasted much time for

[discuss] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-26 Thread RA Brown
Jason Ax wrote: Will OpenOffice ever be compatible with Adobe Acrobat? Acrobat does not recognize OpenOffice files. Jason That would be up to Adobe. Acrobat is a PDF editor/creator and it sets the PDF standard. OOo can create PDF following those standards. OOo's native format is the

[discuss] Re: [OT - OOo + Adobe Acrobat] Re: User related mailing list

2011-08-26 Thread RA Brown
NoOp wrote: Now see. You should be moderated for responding to a hijacked list thread rather than advising the poster that he hijacked a thread and pointing him to the OOo mailing list etiquette page... http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html#netiquette What no mention of thread

[discuss] Re: Open Office formatting

2011-08-29 Thread RA Brown
Rethabile Mogajane wrote: Hello, I need help with formatting my Date column in Open office. Currently the default view is DD/MM/ and I would really appreciate if I could change the formatting to YY/MM/DD. I tried ‘format cell’ and still I can’t seem to be able to change it. Please help

[discuss] Re: Fw: New Open Office with Activation Code

2011-08-29 Thread RA Brown
Doug Douglas wrote: The New Microsoft Office 2011 Alternative!I received this. Is it genuine or a scam (possibly with a virus/ If genuine, I suggest that you make that clearer. It is not an OOo site. Nothing prevents a person from modifying or selling OOo. As long as the site does not