r online backups of my important files.
-Rob
> -Original Message- From: Rory O'Farrell
> Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2014 10:35 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Re: All essay text turned to hashtags
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:05:25 -0500
> Rob Weir wrote
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> I've clipped the previous messages as this posting doesn't depend on them.
> Rob suggests the following queries be put to Hashtag/file loss posters. I've
> added some choices to the file save destinations. Are there other questions
> that
rge lists of UFO sightings has proven nothing and will
not prove anything. The sa,e is true of software crashes.
Regards,
-Rob
> Hagar
>
>
> Le 05/01/2014 19:45, Rob Weir a écrit :
>
>
>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Hagar Delest
>> wrote:
>>>
>>
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers
wrote:
> Greetings All,
>
> Here's (imho) another example of the symptoms of the coding flaws inherent
> in the present OOo software suite. You do something according to one set of
> seemingly-valid protocols & get one result (or, perhaps, non-re
re and I will do it again. There is a difference between free
> speech and hate speech. Hate speech is not protected under the Constitution
> and your ISP's won't tolerate it either.
>
> Please stop treating each other like garbage. For none of you is garbage.
> Each of
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 10:42 PM, Greg Madden wrote:
>
>> On Monday 06 January 2014 18:28:15 you wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers
>>
>> wrote:
>>> Greetings All,
>>>
>>> Here's (imho) another example of the symptoms of the coding flaws
>>> inherent in the present OOo soft
Speaking as a list moderator (yes we do have them) I'd like to remind
all posters that threats will not be tolerated on this list.
Regards, Rob
>> If you want to flame me, you might want to think again. Most of your ISP's
>> have a policy of no spam/hate/scam/flame. I have reported people to the
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:38 PM, Arthur Schwarz wrote:
>
>
> This is an embarrassment for me. I checked and checked and found out that I
> had copied the same directory in two places and had one shell in one folder
> and another in another. And so, being the Great And Wonderful (smart and
> clever a
Andrea suggested that we post a link to this in the footer of each
message. That is something we can do, but for now I'd like to remind
us all of it:
http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html
Remember, no one has a right to post on this list. It is a privilege.
To the extent any person's
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Dena Mossar wrote:
> does Open Office read Pages documents? Can Pages read Open Office documents?
>
Hi Dena,
Sorry for the delay. It looks like your question "fell through the
cracks". No, we cannot read Apple's Pages format. Your best bet
would be to export t
that everyone on this list doesn’t have the right to be here. It is not
> in keeping with the apache or open source projects.
>
> When a moderator so greatly misspeaks, it is no wonder that the users on
> this list are at each other's throats.
>
> Brenda Hart Neihouse
>
> --
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:34 PM, James Knott wrote:
> John Hart wrote:
>> When editing important files
>> it's a good idea to keep incremental backups. When a file is saved
>> with the same name, the original
>> is effectively over written and won't be in the trash.
>
> IIRC, this is what the VAX 1
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Austin Shelton wrote:
> Hi Everybody.
>
> I killed OpenOffice accidentally. When I started the program again the
> restored document was gibberish.
>
> I'm sorry if this question has already been answered on the list. I am new to
> the list.
>
Hi Austin,
Do you
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> I've added your suggestion Roband Steve Ahlers to a draft document. I'll wait
> in case of more input and then we can consider a short questionaire and
> revise the wording.
>
One further idea on this: I can turn this into the form of a
I just want to make sure that you all know that we're not ignoring
this list and its recent troubles. The PMC is taking this very
seriously and discussing what actions to take. This discussion may
take another day or two. Once done we'll act but also have clearer
procedures in place for how to ac
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
> I just want to make sure that you all know that we're not ignoring
> this list and its recent troubles. The PMC is taking this very
> seriously and discussing what actions to take. This discussion may
> take another day or two
.org/en/forum/
> Maurice Howe (a dedicated AOO user, but a weary blog follower)
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 4:46 PM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Next steps for the AOO users
Around this time last year we invited you to send us your questions
about Apache OpenOffice, the things you always wondered about the
product, or questions about the OpenOffice open source project.
We had you enter these questions into Google Moderator, where you
could also view and rate questions
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Austin Shelton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A friend of mine is considering switching from her Windows computer to a
> Macintosh. She is stuck because she uses Microsoft Publisher and an
> equivalent is not available on MacOSX. I am thinking that maybe she could use
> OO ins
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:49 AM, peter kalunian wrote:
> Help- When attempting to download, I receive a "don't recognize this
> developer" prompt and it will not allow me go any further. Currently using
> Chrome Google.Recommendations please.
>
Hi Peter
Is this with MacOS ? If so, this is
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:47 AM, James Knott wrote:
> jcish...@suddenlink.net wrote:
>> To whom it may concern,
>> My name is John, I have been using open office for some time now and fine it
>> as good or better than windows office.
>> I have a problem with AOO, every time I send a resume to a
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Maurice Howe wrote:
> Bravo, Rob!
>
> I don't know if you have some magic to blot out political, religious,
> racial, etc, material but I hope so. Most of us simply want to get to the
> meat is issues, not wade through a lot of off-topic stuff.
>
In practice, no.
w.vcps.com.au
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Hagar Delest wrote:
>
>> Le 08/01/2014 23:21, Rob Weir a écrit :
>>
>>> I'm not going to call out names. Those affected have been notified.
>>> They are now unable to post to this list, though
http://survey.openoffice.org/index.php/334187/lang-en
The idea here is to have a systematic way to collect information
related to the "hash mark" issue that we see reported from some users.
If we can point the users to a survey like this, we can collect all
the relevant information in one place a
eft MY computer for several hours...
>
Thanks, I made those changes. I also added a question suggested by
Martin, about whether more than one document was open. And I added a
question asking whether any OpenOffice extensions were installed, and
which ones.
-Rob
> Steve
> Sent from my iPad
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Steve Ahlers wrote:
>> Rob,
>>
>> A question about how frequently update/download patches for OS
>> Never
>> Rarely
>> Monthly
>>
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Scooter wrote:
> Shouldn't it be a requirement that if you want an answer to your question,
> you be a member of the group? Else, what's the point? I Know you'll say "I
> don't mind." but again what's the point.
>
Any one can send a note to the list, though posts
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> Dave Barton wrote:
>>
>> it would be a big help if the list software could be
>> configured to tag the subject line of messages that had passed
>> moderation with something like [MODERATED]. This was done (albeit not
>> with 100% reliably)
I've created a short survey related to document corruption issues,
specifically the kind where the contents of a file is replaced by hash
marks. The survey asks the user for information related to the
circumstances of the issue, the machine configuration, OpenOffice
settings, etc. The hope is tha
A good opportunity to test-drive AOO 4.1, in a pre-beta form. I
wouldn't recommend using pre-release code for real work, but if you
are curious and can help run some test cases (we have 945 test cases
remaining) you can help us reach our beta-release target.
Read on for more details about how to
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Sandra Clark wrote:
> I used Open Office 4 on a Vista computer. I now have another computer with
> Windows8. Where is my autocorrect file on the Vista computer and where do I
> copy it to my Windows 8 computer?
>
Hi Sandra,
On your old computer launch OpenOffice
Updated List Conduct Guidelines have been posted to the website:
http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html
The main addition is item 10, which describes the role of list moderators.
Regards,
-Rob, Your Friendly Mailing List Moderator
---
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote:
> I would like to draw some figures using Draw to be used in a LaTex document,
> but as far as I can see, none of the file formats offered in that programs
> are used in Latex. Are there (a) some kind of addition to OpenOffice that
> c
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Saunders, Thomas D. II
wrote:
> To Whom it may concern:
> I have questions in regarding how to configure Open Office securely to
> conform to DOD guidelines and policies. Do you have some guide in how to
> configure Open Office to a secure environment?
Hi Tom,
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
> Around this time last year we invited you to send us your questions
> about Apache OpenOffice, the things you always wondered about the
> product, or questions about the OpenOffice open source project.
>
> We had you enter these
We invite you to take a brief survey on your use of Apache OpenOffice
Writer. This survey is part of a larger usability study of OpenOffice
usability by researchers at the Autonomous University of Madrid and
the Polytechnic University of Madrid. You can read more about this
research project "Usa
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Kirby, Wayne
wrote:
> Good evening.
>
>
>
> Is there a guidance document to secure Open Office?
>
Hi -- OpenOffice is configured to be suitable for most users right
out-of-the-box. For example. macro security is set to require
confirmation before executing unsigne
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 1:46 AM, Klaus Muth wrote:
> Quick update.
>
> Since I was really interested in password security of OpenOffice, Vanessa had
> not much trouble to talk me into giving it a try. So I compiled an MPI
> version of john and started it on my i7-2600 4-core 3.4GHz on 7 CPUs, John
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:12 PM, Tom Panfil wrote:
>
>> These people *cannot* send from their Remailer Addresses.
>
>
> They do, if they use GMail SMTP servers which allow setting up "aliases"
> for sending email.
>
And remember, Moderat
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 5:41 AM, Amit Pange
wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> We are planning to install Open Office for our colleagues. Do we need to
> buy any licenses to use open office?
>
>
>
> I read something on the website regarding Apache 2 License. But I was
> wondering if the Open Office is a free to
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:52 PM, wrote:
>
>
>
>
> I have had countless problems with this program, and am beginning to HATE it.
> I think that the only reason that I’m actually bothering with it is that I
> need the document I saved.
>
>
>
>
> At first, the only thing happening was that I could
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Suzanne wrote:
> I have used Open Office for years, on a few computers.
> My new computer uses Windows 7, and I am unable to open .docx files.
> Will Open Office not open docx files?
What version of OpenOffice are you using? What error message are you
seeing? T
our
project's blog. We are always looking for interesting and compelling
stories from users. If this sounds interesting, let me know and I'll
follow up with you.
Rob Weir,
Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee
> Look forward for your response .
>
> Thank
If you have been trying the Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Beta we'd like to
get your feedback.
You can find our Beta survey here:
http://survey.openoffice.org/index.php/732688/
If you have not yet tried our Beta, and want to, you can read more
about it on our blog:
https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/se
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Catrina Clark wrote:
> I on behalf of my brother created a resume last week on your software. In
> order to access and download it, Open Office had us purchase access for
> what was supposed to be $2.95 for seven days. However on more than one try,
> the site infor
Forwarding to Claus, in case he is not subscribed.
As Steve says, entering the issue into our Bugzilla issue tracking
system is best if you have a defect to report. But if you just want
to discuss a possible issue and find out if it is a known bug or
expected behavior, then the mailing list is f
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Roberto Santana wrote:
> Hi
> Do not see any mention in your Terms and Conditions of use of
> http://www.openoffice.org/contact_us.html of your Adress, for Admin or for
> any eventual Legal reason, or to contribute to be able to ensure funds
> arrive the right orga
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Shawn Pringle wrote:
> In attempting to verify
> /Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz with the KEYS I
> got from https://people.apache.org/keys/group/openoffice.asc, gpg reported
> "Can't check signature: public key not found". Here is th
Several great answers to this question, but the original poster
probably saw none of them ;-)
It is a pain, but remember, users are not required to subscribe. So
be sure to cc your response to their email address, not just the list
address.
If you are curious in checking to see if any particular
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 12:08 AM, wrote:
> Dear Sirs or automated reply unit:
>
On behalf of all the other subscribers to this list who are equally
confused as to what you are talking about, I'll just say that
downloading Apache OpenOffice requires no login or personal
information. You just go
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Dave Barton wrote:
> Original Message
> From: Administrator
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:27:45 +0800
>
>> Dear Open Office,
>>
>> BPD Kaltim is one of Region Bank in Indonesia, our central office located at
>> Sama
The Help/About box of OpenOffice has a link to this "credits" page:
http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html
We link to that page from our website and mention it in release announcements.
That page links to this wiki page for a list of our volunteers:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/d
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 7:45 PM, japples wrote:
> Andrea - SourceForge is noted in this article on the HeartBleed bug. Do not
> know how accurate the information is - See Affected Services
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed#Websites_and_web_services
>
The linked blog post from SourceForge
[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 majo
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch
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? For example, is it t
The first issue is out and you can find it here:
https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_weekly_news_1
Remember, this is powered by your submissions. So be sure to add new
stories to the wiki, so we have material ready for next week:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpa
Hi James,
Your "out of the office" notes are being sent to the many hundred
subscribers of the OpenOffice users mailing list. This is not good.
Could you check your mail client for how to prevent this from
happening? There usually is an "exceptions" rule that you can define.
I've unsubscribed
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:34:56 +0100
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a user of your Apache Open Office product, I have recently experienced
>> some problems with my OO Writer files where all my files are returning a
>> mess of ASCII Garble ins
Sounds like this issue:
http://technofyi.com/2013/11/25/dismiss-pesky-last-time-opened-openoffice-popup/
-Rob
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Oda Andersen wrote:
> Hello, I use open office at school.. Suddenly clicked entire program and now
> it says: "The last time you opened OpenOffice.org,
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:10 AM, wrote:
> How long does it take to fix a bug, please?
>
It depends on the bug. Some get fixed quickly. Some may never be fixed.
> And is there any point in reporting them?
>
Yes. Even if a bug is not quickly fixed it is good for the developers
to know what
es have an associated Atom feed. If you look around you'll
find numerous services that will let you receive an email notification
based on feed updates. Some email clients also have built-in feed
support.
Regards,
-Rob
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> On 21 Apr 2014, at 13:48, Rob Weir w
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Maurice Howe wrote:
> According to MalwareBytes, Apache is very vulnerable to the HeartBleed bug.
> Any truth in that? Here's what they say:
>
> Cheers,
> Maurice Howe
>
> "It is a bug in OPEN SSL. It affects version 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f
> (inclusive), and it affe
exactly what
occurred and who is to blame. I can assure you it was not us.
Regards,
-Rob Weir, Apache OpenOffice Security Team
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Terry Lugviel wrote:
> It's bullshit that you trick us into installing crap malware that includes
> home page hijackers li
The new issue is out and you can find it here:
https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_weekly_news_2
Remember, this is powered by your submissions. So be sure to add new
stories to the wiki, so we have material ready for next week:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage
Please remember our list conduct guidelines, which can be found here:
http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html
A link to them appears in the footer of every post on the list as well.
In particular, note the headers of "Respect one another", "Be nice",
"Don't respond when you're angry" and
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Issy & Vern wrote:
>> McAfee gave me a red shield with a warning that it could not verify the
>> supplier of the software.
>
> I wonder if this is realted to the Windows feature of digitally
> signing ex
https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_weekly_news_3
Contributions for next week's issue are welcome on the wiki:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40508638
Regards,
-Rob
---
List Conduct Guidelines: http://op
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Tony Gallas wrote:
> Please, if you cannot contribute anything constructive, do not post
> anything. Direct comments such as these to C3PO.
>
+1. This is a "working" list, not a free discussion or a chat list.
Every post we write goes out to over 500 other busy
The Apache mailing lists have been down due to a hardware failure.
More information can be found on the ASF Infrastructure blog here:
https://blogs.apache.org/infra/entry/mail_outage
If you are reading this note that means that the lists are back up
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On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 9:07 AM, M. Fioretti wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 31, 2014 3:00 pm, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
>
>> Good catch, Brian! I'll remove that document in one week if nobody
>> objects. If the document is still there in one week, feel free to send a
>> reminder.
>
> considering the nature o
Thanks to the efforts of Aivaras Stepukonis we now have a new
native-language website for Lithuanian!
http://www.openoffice.org/lt/
If anyone is interested in helping translate the core website (around
30 pages) send a note to l...@openoffice.apache.org and we can help
you get started.
Regards,
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