Re: Data Base Conversion

On 11/29/2012 08:00 AM, DeWayne McCarty wrote: I have a data base file created in MS Works. Is there a way to convert it to Open Office data base, without doing a new OODB design? thank you DeWayne McCarty Probably not. Anything created by MS Works has to be converted to either a MS

Re: text with pictures

Components of Apache OpenOffice: Writer is a word processor (for text documents), Calc is for spreadsheets, Draw is for graphics, Math is for writing mathematical formulas, and Base is for databases. --Dan On 12/19/2012 09:12 PM, Doug wrote: On 12/19/2012 04:59 PM, Hans van der Ven

Re: Open Office writer 3.4.1

Sorry, but resetting the user profile will not help at all. Only removing all but one of the spell checking extensions will work. This was mentioned on this list some time ago. --Dan On 12/24/2012 03:25 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Forwarding Martin's answer, below. Resetting the user

Re: unsubscribe - subscribed in error: Open Office writer 3.4.1

the Firefox site, now, so would like to unsubscribe. Thanks, MaxineKL On 24/12/2012 8:21 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Sorry, but resetting the user profile will not help at all. Only removing all but one of the spell checking extensions will work. Do we have a BugZilla issue number

Re: info: Additional Licensing requirements if any for use of Open Office for Professional Work in Companies

On 12/31/2012 05:04 AM, anand.vasappanav...@tatamotors.com wrote: Dear Andrea, Greetings from Tata Motors! Thank you for your reply wish you a happy a prosperous new year 2013. Please do not mind me asking but can you let me know your views on Libre Office (documentation foundation) Open

Re: can't save as .doc on my Mac Tiger OS

For OS X Tiger (10.5): In Finder, find your user name. user name - Library - Application Support - OpenOffice.org - 3 - user --Dan On 01/14/2013 05:10 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2013-01-14 4:03 PM Maritess Zurbano wrote: Hi, thanks for responding--I see that solution is for OS Lion. I'm on

Re: Filter on column

On 01/19/2013 09:10 PM, Wade Smart wrote: I sent a spreadsheet to someone I was working with and when I got to their office - obviously they were using Excel. They were slow to edit the sheet compared to what I was doing with OO but, one feature that was amazing was the ability to click on Sort

Re: reveal codes

On 01/21/2013 11:29 AM, Eric Fenster wrote: Try /View /Non printing characters. This allows one to exactly position the cursor. That's totally different. It shows paragraph breaks and spaces, not formatting codes. - To

Re: reveal codes

On 01/21/2013 01:47 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Eric, Eric Fenster schrieb: Styles doesn't begin to do what Reveal Codes does. Just simple things like when Bold or Italics stop and start, where languages change, etc. It's far easier to SEE a code, delete where necessary or place a cursor.

Re: Latest Open Office install

On 01/24/2013 03:29 PM, doug wrote: On 01/24/2013 03:05 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:46:24PM -0500, doug wrote: [doug@Dell desktop-integration]$ rpm -UVH openoffice.org3.4-freedesktop-menus-3.4-9593.noarch.rpm error: open of /usr/share/comps/i386/hdlist failed:

Re: Presentations

You have two choices for a portable version to show slides: Portable LibreOffice 3.6.5 which is very recent, and Portable OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 which is rather outdated. Both are available at http://portableapps.com/apps/office. The portable apps people are working to get an agreement

Re: Transition to OpenOffice Writer

On 02/06/2013 07:50 AM, Joel Ikenberry wrote: To Whom It May Concern: I have been adjusting to OpenOffice Writer for a few weeks after losing my Microsoft Word application, and I hope you can imagine how frustrated and confused I am with this new software. As Microsoft Word is what I know, I

Re: Opening .wk1 files

On 02/17/2013 07:02 PM, Merrill Medansky wrote: I downloaded and installed Apache Open Office, tried using it to open my old .wk1 files, and did not get an error message but the files did not open. I then discovered that my .wk1 files have all been converted to OpenOffice files. Now what am I

Re: Spell Check problem

On 02/27/2013 10:08 PM, Goodson wrote: An ongoing problem with Open Office 3.4.1 on this Windows 7 machine is all words show to be misspelled. I've tried all I know to do to find a solution to this problem on the net. No success. Windows trouble shooter keeps saying that this software is

Re: Deleting pages

On 03/11/2013 04:31 PM, Gary Beers wrote: How do you delete blank pages, My document has 3 pages, and one is blank when previewed and I cant get rid of it. Gary Beers gary.be...@frontier.com It all depends upon how the blank page was created. So, please describe your document in more

Re: RUTHIE FLOWERS

On 04/06/2013 08:02 AM, Ruthie Flowers wrote: users- unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org Thinking of you, Ruthie Flowers IPad - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Request Advice on Use of OO's Base MySQL to Accomplish a Task Done Nicely by MS Access

On 04/07/2013 02:08 PM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: I need advice as to whether OO's Base with MySQL Don't use MySQL if you want to get your data back in a consistent state reliably. Use PostgreSQL instead. Avoid the embedded database. can be used in a practical way to do some tasks, before

Re: Open office 2.4.3 with Java 7

On 04/09/2013 09:44 PM, NG, Derek wrote: Hi, My name is Derek and i am currently working in DSTA/MINDEF and we are currently using OpenOffice 2.4.3. However as we are planning to upgrade Java version to 7 , I would like to enquire from you if Open Office 2.4.3 support Java 7. I know

Re: EPUB from OpenOffice

On 05/10/2013 04:27 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Fri, 10 May 2013 02:31:33 -0500 Tamblyne tambl...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/2/2013 4:01 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:49:13 -0400 Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: *I see several extensions in the repository that offer EPub

Re: EPUB from OpenOffice

are not professional authors/writers as well. I presume that it features the eBook Evolution package that is offered as a product. I haven't explored this: http://www.bigbrandsystem.com/ultimate-ebook-kickstart/. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Dan Lewis [mailto:elderdanle...@gmail.com] Sent

Re: EPUB from OpenOffice

On 05/10/2013 04:46 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/10/2013 04:27 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Fri, 10 May 2013 02:31:33 -0500 Tamblyne tambl...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/2/2013 4:01 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 2 Apr 2013

Re: subscriber status

On 05/13/2013 03:42 PM, Warren Mullen wrote: How do I enroll as a subscriber to this service? Send an empty email to users+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org. You will get a confirmation email to verify that you want to subscribe to this mailing list. When you receive it, click Reply and then

Re: Extending the life of an older desktop machine by installing OpenOffice?

On 05/22/2013 10:13 AM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: Have you extended the life of an older PC or Mac by installing OpenOffice and other open source packages? The issue of making old computers (or *any* computer) usable is to install an actual *operating* system (i.e. one that *works*) as a

Re: Extending the life of an older desktop machine by installing OpenOffice?

On 05/22/2013 05:20 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2013-05-22 2:18 PM Dan Lewis wrote: For example, I have a MacBook that was one of the early Intel based motherboards. It runs OS X 10.4. It is too old to run any of the current OS X operating systems The first generation MacBook (Model

Re: New Folder

When using Save As to save a new document or to save a current with a different name or location, you can create a new folder to save the document in. Perhaps this is to what the OP referred. --Dan On 06/06/2013 05:46 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: As far as I know there is no New

Re: Spelling Checking Feature

On 05/03/2014 10:00 PM, japples wrote: I am so thankful to have the spell as typing feature in OO Writer; however, is there a way to accept the suggested word without typing the full word? So far, I tried arrow to the right which resulted in going back to finish typing the word. Jack

Re: Suggestion.

On 05/14/2014 10:17 PM, Julian Thomas wrote: On 14 May 2014, at 09:38, mt m...@lockedbags.org wrote: While I have learned how to (use and) appreciate the Styles features, I agree that not everything in every given text document is prone to being styled. As a longtime Star office and now OO

Re: OpenOffice mac

On 05/19/2014 02:22 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2014-05-19, 5:24 AM mt wrote: But I suppose I'll have to live with that, at least until I can afford a new computer, able to run the latest OS! ... MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, OS X 10.6.8 That model of MacBook Pro should run the latest

Re: Suggestion.

On 05/22/2014 04:15 PM, japples wrote: Urmas wrote: japples: A more efficient way would be to have the codes seen where they are in document and make corrections on the spot. I've never used WP, but basing on Wiki images, it shows mostly useless stuff like linebreaks and spaces. Do you

Re: OO Writer 4.1.1, cross references

In On 09/22/2014 08:37 AM, Susanne Ott wrote: Hello, I m checking the cross references in my document at the moment. The software is doing the jump, but I can t find any tool or command to go back to my reference. How it is to realize to go back to the last one? Thank you very much!

Re: Cannot get the English Dictionary etc to load/install

On 10/01/2014 04:54 PM, Richard Darnell wrote: Each time I download the file it goes into my download library. When I click add in the Extension Manager, I get the error message that my file at

Re: Base only?

On 10/08/2014 10:18 AM, Nichole Russo wrote: Hi, I was just wondering if there is anyway to only download Base, rather than the entire open office? Thanks Nikki No, because Base uses other components of AOO. For example, forms are created using Writer. Reports also require Writer.

Re: Openoffice is terrible

On 10/18/2014 05:42 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: lots of replies for someone that never came back to clarify its point. Is clearly a spam email. huge snip Or is it likely that the OP did not subscribe to this mailing list and has missed all if not many of the comments made? If so, not

Re: problem with process to enable text character repetition on holding key down

On 11/27/2014 08:04 AM, A SEYMOUR wrote: I would be much obliged if you could inform me how to reverse the above process so that text character is not repeated on holding key down. This problem has arisen because when I start typing a document, on pressing the Shift key after typing the

Re: Open office multiple instance

The link in nice to know. I clicked on the link, but I could not find anything of real use in setting up a multi user environment for OpenOffice.org. It would be much better to also include more specific directions as to how to reach the section that includes this information. I,

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the Joe 6-Pack word processor user

On 06/25/2015 08:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor (WP) is in a different style, you don't know its style until you finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of specialized lists inventories w/ my WP, in

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the Joe 6-Pack word processor user

On 06/26/2015 12:08 AM, Jim McLaughlin wrote: It's only money. You couldn't be more wrong. With OO 4.1.1 there is no money involved. What is involved is how I choose to employ my time. And with me, and apparently a lot of other people, learning the styles silliness is not worthwhile.

Re: Top posting

Bottom post On 10/14/2015 08:07 AM, Coll-Barth, Michael wrote: -Original Message- From: William K Helbig Jr [mailto:whel...@windstream.net] A quick lesson on top posting. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A:

Re: styles

On 12/09/2015 09:28 AM, eile1 wrote: I have a Word document (2011 Office for Mac) that I have opened in OO and saved to the OO format (.odt). However, the styles that were in the Word document now don't seem to actually work in the OO document. If you select text or have the cursor in a

Re: Spreadsheets

You have given me the information that I was looking for. Thanks! I am writing a chapter, Planning/Designing your Database, for LibreOffice. Since many people use spreadsheets and shy away from databases, I wanted something to compare the two. The general conception seems to be

Re: Help please!

On 01/23/2016 05:54 PM, Jan wrote: If you delete this files,taste pgm "recuva" (dwn @piriform.com) To max success operation minimize work on the PC . Sorry, but the above comment makes absolutely no sense. What files should be deleted and why? What does an email address have to do with the

Re: Font Color

On 02/15/2016 05:24 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: Sent from my mobile device. On 15 Feb 2016, at 10:24 PM, wrote: I can change the background color but I can not change the font color. When I go there and click on Red it always goes back to

Re: JAVA Requirements

On 03/29/2016 10:32 AM, Vince wrote: Hello fellow AOO users: The other day I wanted to make use of the AOO-Calc Help function from the menu bar, but I was given an error message about Java file corrupted or invalid version and that I should install a different JRE. I am using Win8x64.

Re: Languages Office Writer

1. Yes, you can. You can because it is a text document. However, that is not what I would suggest. Since you use multiple languages, I recommend you create a user created dictionary file for each language. (Help should tell you how to do this.) Then assign a language to each

Re: Page numbering

   Are you using page styles in this document as you should? The title page should have its own style. If the rest of the document is text, it also should have its own style. At the bottom of the title page, create a page break. With this select the style of the text and select the page number

Re: Font query.

On 08/05/2018 01:27 PM, Chris Howard wrote: Hi, my name is Chris, an authoring hopeful. And currently I am in the midst of writing a book, a fantasy horror, the only problem is that I want to be able to write particular parts of it in Elven languages such as Tengwar, Quenyar and Sindirin. I

Re: open office license

On 08/17/2018 11:05 AM, 許耀彰 wrote: > Dear Support Team, > Would it be possible to install openoffice in commercial place? Is there > license agreement which we can follow and check ? Thanks a lot. > Best Regards, Hsu Yao Chang > Then answer is yes. The license is listed on the website. There is

Re: Problems Using Open Office

On 10/16/18 4:46 PM, Hayley Nelson wrote: Hello I have a google pixelbook and am having issues using Open Office. Once downloaded I try to open it and it opens it via Painter??? and It won't let me open it up any other way. I've only had the computer for a few months so I'm not a pro at it.

Re: Install on Linux Mint 18.1

So, you tried many different ways. But you have not said what those ways are: you need to write back to this mailing list with that additional information. (users@openoffice.apache.org) Only then will someone be able to tell you what the problem is. I have seen emails on this mailing list from

Re: Help - please - pretty please!

On 12/2/18 7:24 AM, mnxe...@gmail.com wrote: Can you please tell me how to get successive blank pages to follow *below* the active page I'm working on, and not alongside it? eg: Page 2 ready for use *below* the bottom edge of Page 1, and *not* appearing alongside it? Thank you, Graham Cutler

Re: Open a document

It is near impossible for some to help you until you provide more information. Depending upon what you have already done, this may be possible or impossible. Describe what happened to your document that would require the need to recover it. Tools > Options > load/Save> General. Click on these

Re: MS DataBase accdb Convert To OpenBase odb format

Please reply back to this mailing list as to the operating system you are using. Windows requires one method and Linux requires another. Dan On 4/16/19 11:30 PM, Alex Koh wrote: Hi Open Office Support Team, I wish to convert my current DataBase(MS accdb) to Open Office Base and allow me to

Re: BASE questions

On 9/15/19 16:25, Dan Lewis wrote: Try this link: it should get you started. https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Base_Guide Dan On 9/15/19 16:18, Steven Ahlers wrote: Roy, This is a mail list of users of OpenOffice, while I personally can’t help you

Re: Dont remember password

If you mean you have encrypted a document using OpenOffice.org, you have a serious problem. Its encryption is designed to make if very difficult if not near impossible to open an encrypted document. Do not reply to me but only to users@openoffice.apache.org. Dan On 11/7/19 2:39 PM, Nafis

Re: Bug with writer-document

CC to OP On 2/25/20 8:52 AM, Tommy Skoglund wrote: Hi Suddenly it is impossible to write any longer in my writer-document. Why? The document has been longer earlier. 150 000 word. Its a novel, and very important for me to fix the document. I have tried to copy latest 24 hours text mass into

Re: Unsaved Open Office Writer Document

   I am sending you a copy of a reply to your problem as you are not a member of this mailing list. If you have further problems or more of them in this situation, please write to this mailing list (users@openoffice.apache.org) and not me personally.    I sounds like you did not set how you

Re: Persistent OpenOffice Writer crashes

On 2/12/20 6:40 PM, Sabrina McAlvain wrote: I have been having a persistent issue with my open office writer crashing on me, specifically while formatting my documents and hitting “enter” 3 times in a row. I’ve read all the forums and this is a issue that a lot of people are having. I’ve

Re: 32 bit projects already in my compute

You will not loose any of them. Download the latest version of Apache Open Office.org 4.1.7. It is 64 bit. You will probably run into a problem with Apple's Gatekeeper which is very strict as to what programs are installed on the system. There are instructions on the internet which describes

Re: IOS Catalina

One possibility is that you have been using a 32 bit version of Open Office. Catalina is 64 bit only. If this is the problem, you need to download the latest version of Open Office and install it. The other likely problem is Apple's Gatekeeper system. Someone else will have to help you with

Re: Hyper links stopped working

On 1/14/20 6:12 AM, Michael Fryer wrote: Hello I was wondering if you could help me. I have two computers one has word and the other has open office. On word the hyperlink to different tabs work on open office the links don't work. Could you advise why? Perhaps is has to do with how you

Re: Archival version of OpenOffice

Is the computer that you are using 32 bit or 64 bit? What about the Debian OS? OOo 4.1.7 is not that much different from 3.3. So, as long as you match the bit rating of OOo with Debian, 4.1.7 should run well on your Debian OS. Dan On 4/11/20 09:01, William Lee Valentine wrote: I am still

Re: It Is Time for Me to Generate an Updated Telephone-Addressbook

As you are not subscribed to this mailing list, you will not see all of the replies. So, I have copied Peter's response for you to see below my remarks. Also, do not reply directly to me for information: send it to users@openoffice.apache.org. If you are comfortable in using Thunderbird as

Re: Archive download failure

https://www.openoffice.org/download/archive.html I recommend using the above link. This page has the version you are looking for. Dan On 4/10/20 19:11, William Lee Valentine wrote: I want to download the last version of OpenOffice that executes under Microsoft's Windows 2000. (I am still

Re: How to open docs

Tony is not subscribed to this mailing list, so I have sent him a Cc so he can see what Julian wrote. Is it possible that  these documents are .sxw files? Or was the :w" replaced with another letter? If so, the format for these documents predate the open document format such as .odt, .odc,

Re: Connecting to database remotely

What type of database are you using? If it is embedded, you could copy the database file to the desktop and run it. Of course each time you will have to move this file from one computer. Otherwise, you will need to network the two computers so that the computers will have access to each

Re: Open Office 4.[1.7] Spell Checker

On 10/13/20 08:31, Brian Barker wrote: At 08:10 13/10/2020 -0400, Dan Lewis wrote: On 10/12/20 21:33, Paul R. Morin wrote: When do you plan to or do you plan to have the spell checker work on Open Office 4.[1.7]? Open Office is a great app but the spell checker doesn't work. A similar

Re: Open Office 4.[1.7] Spell Checker

On 10/13/20 12:31, Brian Barker wrote: At 11:00 13/10/2020 -0400, Dan Lewis wrote: On 10/13/20 08:31, Brian Barker wrote: At 08:10 13/10/2020 -0400, Dan Lewis wrote: On 10/12/20 21:33, Paul R. Morin wrote: When do you plan to or do you plan to have the spell checker work on Open Office 4

Re: Open Office 4.7.1 Spell Checker

A similar question occurs to me. When will this problem be corrected? It has been an all too common problem. LibreOffice solved this problem some time ago. Surely, that solution should have point out a way to make the correction. This is not to put down OOo at all, but is my desire that OOo be

Re: Help. 575-747-3533

You should know that your email will be stored permanently on a public server. It is unwise to send personal information to a public emailing list. If you have task master on your computer (Control+Alt+Delete), look for any listing of soffice. Delete all of them. This should solve the

Re: Hello my friend/world!?

CC sent to the poster as they are not subscribed to this mailing list. Dan On 8/30/20 14:31, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: Which format? Be specific. OpenOffice 3.0 sports docx, for example. ⁣Sent from BlueMail ​ On Aug 30, 2020, 12:09 PM, at 12:09 PM, Casa Casa wrote: Have though about give

Re: Install location

The instillation directory is in /opt/ for Ubuntu. After you run Apache Office, you will find the configuration files in home/.openoffice/ with home being your home directory. Reading a second time, you will find two directories in /opt/: libreoffice and openoffice 4. Enter and run this in a

Re: Complaint: "buggy implementations"

On 10/24/20 16:22, Robert Funnell wrote: On Sat, 24 Oct 2020, William Lee Valentine wrote: In response to Mr. Olsson's recent complaint about combining graphics with text in Writer: my documentation for Writer (distinct from that provided with OpenOffice) indicates that, when one wants a

Re: Complaint: "buggy implementations"

  There is a reason why graphics should be inserted in a frame and the latter should be anchored to an empty paragraph. When anchored to a page, the graphic was known to move to other places as in the end of the document. Dan On 10/25/20 09:45, Martin Groenescheij wrote: The only issue I

Re: Question for Blended Learning

On 8/3/20 14:04, Doris Gardner wrote: Does Open Office offer a solution for users on ChromeBooks? Our county schools will have 'blended learning' where students have face-to-face instruction two days a week and work at home online three days a week. Our county is have 1-to-1 digital

Re: Adding an interactive index

you will find this information in the Writer Guide for OpenOffice.org. Search for it and then download it. It will then be available for other questions you have in the future. Dan On 8/10/20 3:04 PM, Wade Smart wrote: You mean like a tag?

Re: Perhaps Uninterruptible Power Supplies Should be used with AOO for Non-Portable Computers

It is also important to save all documents on a regular basis. Tools > Options > Load/Save > General has options that will you should consider using. Just make sure to limit the number of minutes to 4 of 5. Dan On 7/14/20 15:45, Steven Ahlers wrote: Tom that’s an interesting idea. I would

Re: Open Office problem

First, try to open a document again. When the recovery messages appears, click Cancel instead of OK. This will delete the part that is causing the the problem. Dan On 7/15/20 11:25, James Geddie wrote: Hi, I've been using Open Office for a number of years and been very pleased with it until

Re: Text/background colours on spreadsheet

There is  third way to do this using styles. Had you created a style which described all of the characteristics you want (background AND text) the particular cell to have, giving other cells involves only two simple steps: 1) Click the cell. 2) Double click the style. If you want to do this

Re: Status of OpenOffice

Actually, LibreOffice does have an email address: us...@global.libreoffice.org which is a mailing list just like this is a mailing list. But to your question. Whether you should delete AOO or not is simply your choice. You can have both programs on your computer. However, you would be advised

Re: Transfering custom syles from an old document

Yes, this can be done using the Styles and Formatting dialog. How to change styles in a document is described in the Writer Guide for AOO. You may need to do a search to download it. In addition, you should also use these custom styles to create a template for future use. That will give you

Re: Report build wizard

 What you need to answer your question is described in the LibreOffice Base Handbook available at this link: https://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/english-documentation/base/ It is available in both the .odt (text format) and PDF for version 4.0. Several years ago, AOO and LibreOffice

Re: Feedback

are still ok it would be awesome if I can send you some questions (real ones I promise, especially on how to install Zotero on openoffice...) if I still have some.. thanks ! Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:45 PM, Dan Lewis wrote

Re: Feedback

Since you are not subscribed to this mailing list, I have sent you a copy of another response to your email. I agree with him: it takes some time to learn how to use a new program, so be patient. I also have a suggestion of my own. Writer is the name of the component of Apache OpenOffice used

Re: [AOO-Templates]

How and where are the pages stored while in progress over a period of time? Stored as files wherever you like (NOTE: a multi-page document is stored as a single file. Individual pages of a document are not stored as discrete files). This is the same as any pc/tablet based program you might use to

Re: [AOO-Templates]

Since you are not subscribed, I have sent you a copy of one reply by Alan B. In this email, I will make my own suggestions. There user guides which will help you learn how to learn AOO. The Getting Started guide has a chapter on styles. As a beginner, the whole guide is worthwhile downloading

Re: Default Value field in a table formatted to Date

Try this: Control + ; (or Insert > Date) This will insert the date in whatever format you select. Note: this is not a function such as NOW() or TODAY(). Dan On 11/12/20 18:40, Alan Pearce wrote: But it will change every time you open the spreadsheet which isn't what I thought you wanted.

Re: Limited functions

This really depends upon what functions that you want. For example, the Base, Impress, Math, and Draw functions all use the Writer function for the text that they produce. Writer used Calc for the calculations done in text documents.    In other words, there are common tasks that are used by

Re: Unable to use new release

Cathy is not  member of this mailing list so I am including her in this email. Cathy: the following instructions will solve your problem. Dan On 5/12/21 3:30 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: You should always read the release notes of new/updated software. The solution to your problem is in them.

Fwd: A question

Forwarded Message Subject:Re: A question Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:26:04 + From: Dean Bauwens To: Dan Lewis Subject: Thanks Sir, I looked up your information. But this morning when I added a pdf photo it was put horizontally on a vertical sheet

Re: A question

A photo can be placed wherever you want to do so the way you want to do it. However, this requires the knowledge of styles. This has been ever since OOo.org 1.0. The Writer Guide contains a chapter on styles. The Writer chapter in the Getting Started Guide does also. One of these two guides

Re: Info about Openoffice 4.1.9

The original poster has not subscribed to this list, so your email did not reach him. I have CC him. And to Herbert, please reply with the information that Dave has asked for. Just make sure that you put "users@openoffice.apache.org" in the To box of your email. Dan On 3/21/21 2:51 PM, Dave

Re: Question

I am not sure this will help. You have a key on your keyboard, Insert. Try typing some text, then click the Insert button, and finally type some text. See what may happen. Otherwise, I have no idea what happened. Any reply or questions need to be sent to users@openoffice.apache.org rather

Re: capitals in German

   I think you have missed one very important step: the paragraph style for the paragraph in which the German language is used. It contains the control for which language is checked for spelling. Yours probably is one of the English languages depending upon what country in which you live.

Re: capitals in German

. For example, I typed, mench. It first corrected that mensch then flagging that as misspelled. The final correction was to Mensch. (This is the Austria dictionary. Dan On 2/15/21 10:16 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Mon, 15 Feb 2021, Dan Lewis wrote:    I think you have missed one very important

Re: Cannot retrieve password

What email client do you use? The problem may lie with it. Just make sure that you send your answer to users@openoffice.apache.org and not to me. And to other readers of this mailing list, Cheri is not subscribed to it. So, your answers should contain her as a CC. Dan On 9/1/21 1:41 PM,

Re: Open Office Database Question

What I would do if I wanted to update a form after adding new fields to the original table: I would edit the form and add the records for the new fields to the form. There may be some documentation for Apache Open Office on Base. If you do not know how to do this, there is a fairly