Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread James Knott
On 06/26/2015 09:19 AM, Richard Fox wrote: Thanks again for your help. If you ever figure out a way to open MS files with open as, please let me know. In the meantime, I have a workable solution. I just checked with Windows 10. I normally use Windows 7, when I have to use Windows. W10 is

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread James Knott
On 06/26/2015 12:01 PM, Richard Fox wrote: I've considered trying Linux, but I'm afraid that I have too many programs that I rely on that won't be available. There's a couple of things you can do. Many Windows apps can run in something called wine or the commercial version, CrossOver Office.

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Richard Fox
Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office On 06/25/2015 10:25 PM, James Knott wrote: For the record, I bought my first computer in 1976, an IMSAI 8080, worked for several years as a computer technician maintaining mini-computers, DEC VAX 11/780, a few different PR1ME and Data General models

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:12:26 -0400 Bruce Pierson bpierson...@gmail.com wrote: And I thought I was ancient using an Osborne 1 (with Super Calc) and a DEC PDP 8 recording data from a No. 5 Cross Bar switch. Back in the 80's *The Department of Redundancy Department* I build several Z80s

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Richard Fox
programs that I rely on that won't be available. Guess I'm a prisoner to MS - just like I am to the cell phone providers. -Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 8:41 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fox Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Bruce Pierson
And I thought I was ancient using an Osborne 1 (with Super Calc) and a DEC PDP 8 recording data from a No. 5 Cross Bar switch. Back in the 80's *The Department of Redundancy Department* On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:59 AM, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: On 06/26/2015 01:08 AM, Dale

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread James Knott
On 06/26/2015 12:06 AM, Robert Jackson wrote: The first computer we owned was a MITS Altair 8800 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 Here's the IMSAI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSAI_8080

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread James Knott
On 06/26/2015 01:08 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: Do they still make mainframes? Yes, but these days they're clusters of thousands of CPUs, usually running Linux. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Dale Erwin
On 6/25/2015 7:29 PM, Richard Fox wrote: OK. That works. But it's kind of a back-handed approach. What I was trying to do was to double-click on an xlsx document itself, right click on open with and have it open with OO. It really SHOULD since I have both MS Office and OO installed. But for

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Richard Fox
, 2015 7:09 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fox Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office On 06/25/2015 09:26 AM, Richard Fox wrote: Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work as you described. I have both MS Office and OO installed (for testing), and when I

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Doug
On 06/25/2015 09:53 PM, Julian Thomas wrote: On Jun 25, 2015, at 20:29, Richard Fox rafo...@outlook.com wrote: OK. That works. But it's kind of a back-handed approach. What I was trying to do was to double-click on an xlsx document itself, right click on open with and have it open with

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread James Knott
On 06/25/2015 10:25 PM, James Knott wrote: For the record, I bought my first computer in 1976, an IMSAI 8080, worked for several years as a computer technician maintaining mini-computers, DEC VAX 11/780, a few different PR1ME and Data General models, along with a Collins C8500 (a mil spec

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Robert Jackson
To change the default association in win 8.1, using the following as a guide: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/choose-programs-windows-uses-default# http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/choose-programs-windows-uses-default# The first computer we owned was a MITS Altair 8800

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Julian Thomas
On Jun 25, 2015, at 20:29, Richard Fox rafo...@outlook.com wrote: OK. That works. But it's kind of a back-handed approach. What I was trying to do was to double-click on an xlsx document itself, right click on open with and have it open with OO. It really SHOULD since I have both MS

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-23 Thread Richard Fox
Thanks for your help. I'll take a look at your suggestions. -Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:32 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; rafo...@outlook.com Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office On 06/23/2015 02:15 PM, Richard Fox wrote: I’m