Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-17 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:51 16/04/2014 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote: On 16 Apr 2014, at 19:51, Brian Barker wrote: In any case, you can set your own keyboard shortcut. o Go to Tools | Customize... | Keyboard (or wherever that is on a Mac). o At the top right, select OpenOffice or Writer (or whatever). o Under

Re: Keyboard shortcuts (was Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-17 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Julian Thomas wrote: On 16 Apr 2014, at 19:51, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: I can't speak for the Mac, but Alt+I, U, F gets there for me. Does this not work (perhaps using Option) on a Mac? If you press Option, don't the relevant letters appear underlined in the menus?

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-17 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:21 16/04/2014 -0400, Tracey Belle wrote: I've been hoping OpenOffice adds the feature of creating keystroke shortcuts for special characters to be inserted, rather than using the menu to insert special characters. On my old versions of Office, I could create a keystroke combination to

The Apache Software Foundation Announces 100 Million Downloads of Apache™ OpenOffice™

2014-04-17 Thread Rob Weir
[Rob: Please help spread the word by sharing this link with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.] this announcement is also available online at http://s.apache.org/4BL Leading Open Source office application and personal productivity suite for Windows, Mac, and Linux reaches a major

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2014-04-17 Thread jam...@datalink.com.hk
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Trouble

2014-04-17 Thread Charles Sanders
When I try to open OpenOffice, I get this message: “The last time you opened OpenOffice, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again? If you choose not to reopen windows, you may have to open and position the windows yourself.” The box gives me

Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, I'm thinking of applying for an online tutoring position at Tutor.com. However, they require that tutors (and applicants, for the mock tutoring session) have Microsoft Word (2007 or later) itself -- they specifically say that OpenOffice is not acceptable. I'd rather not spend $110 just to

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Bruce Pierson
On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:14, Jeffrey Deutsch jdeutsch.aspl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, -- they specifically say that OpenOffice is not acceptable. Tutor.com is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner”, the likelihood that they would even admit that an open source suite such as Open Office can do

Just a thought…..?

2014-04-17 Thread John E. Allen
Thursday 17th April 2014 Question : Could a first time computer person with an Apple iPad use Apache Open Office has the suffix (if that would be the right word for it), to an e-mail address i.e. ..@openoffice.apache.org Thanks in anticipation.

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread japples
Another thought, it was clearly stated MS products were required. Applying without the required products demonstrates the inability to follow direction. Jack Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: Hello, I'm thinking of applying for an online tutoring position at Tutor.com. However, they require that

Re: Just a thought…..?

2014-04-17 Thread Alexandro Colorado
OpenOffice is a desktop application, you can use a laptop or a PC. You wont have a problem with it. On 4/17/14, John E. Allen jeal...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Thursday 17th April 2014 Question : Could a first time computer person with an Apple iPad use Apache Open Office has the suffix (if

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread M Henri Day
2014-04-17 18:23 GMT+02:00 japples japp...@europa.com: Another thought, it was clearly stated MS products were required. Applying without the required products demonstrates the inability to follow direction. Jack ​Well, Jack, implying that the OP «appli[ed] without the required products»,

Re: Trouble

2014-04-17 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:46:24 -, Charles Sanders annec...@charter.net wrote: When I try to open OpenOffice, I get this message: “The last time you opened OpenOffice, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again? If you choose not to reopen

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hi Jack, Excellent point about following directions in general -- that deserves its own discussion, probably on a career forum. My question is: What are your (collective) thoughts on this specific direction? For example, is it technically necessary, or not? Does Tutor.com strictly enforce it? Do

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:09:17 -, Jeffrey Deutsch jdeutsch.aspl...@gmail.com wrote: My question is: What are your (collective) thoughts on this specific direction? For example, is it technically necessary, or not? Does Tutor.com strictly enforce it? Do you know of similar sites which don't

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread doughovelson
Seems counter-productive to argue with prospective employer over a point like this. To use a sports world cliche It is what it is. Just like this damned snow on the ground on April 17 in Minneapolis is what it is. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: johnny

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch jdeutsch.aspl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jack, Excellent point about following directions in general -- that deserves its own discussion, probably on a career forum. My question is: What are your (collective) thoughts on this specific direction?

James Ho is on leave from 21 April to 27 April 2014.

2014-04-17 Thread jam...@datalink.com.hk
Dear All, I am on leave from 21 April to 27 April 2014. For urgent issue, please contact: Sales manager: Mr. Aero Pang (ae...@datalink.com.hk) Presales: Mr. Ivan Au (iv...@datalink.com.hk) All could be reached at 852-2364 0317. James Ho --- List

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread M. Fioretti
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 14:24:54 PM -0400, Rob Weir wrote: 3) Do they have a technical dependency on the Microsoft Office application itself, say via macros or extensions? It is very, very likely (I'd almost say evident) that this is the case if one just reads between the lines of the tutor

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello Marco, Thank you very much for your insight, especially as I had not seen the connection with requiring Internet Explorer 8+. As for OpenOffice, when I began the online application process and the got the initial list of questions, the one that dealt with MS Word specified that alternative

Re: FW: I cannot open Open Office xlr documents

2014-04-17 Thread Andrea Pescetti
helen steinlechner wrote: The last time you opened Open Office, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows.” Known issue with simple fix. See http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.incubator.ooo-users+restore+window Regards, Andrea. ---

Re: Keyboard shortcuts (was Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-17 Thread Julian Thomas
On 17 Apr 2014, at 03:44, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Mnemonics (and their existence) are language-dependent. Are you using OpenOffice in English yes - US english. jt --- List Conduct Guidelines:

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2014-04-17 Thread jam...@datalink.com.hk
Dear All, I am on leave from 21 April to 27 April 2014. For urgent issue, please contact: Sales manager: Mr. Aero Pang (ae...@datalink.com.hk) Presales: Mr. Ivan Au (iv...@datalink.com.hk) All could be reached at 852-2364 0317. James Ho --- List