Re: Opening docx files

2016-06-30 Thread Dale Erwin
On 6/30/2016 12:11 PM, nasrin khaksar wrote: hi. yes, it can open .docx files without any problem. but saving as docx is not possible currently. Saving as .docx was not supported by version 3 either. Dale Erwin

Re: can't open 2 programs at once

2016-06-06 Thread Dale Erwin
On 6/6/2016 12:59 PM, jd1008 wrote: One way is to simply click on file -> open ... and open the text document in question - you do not need the 8 choice menu all over again - however, and unfortunately, aoo does not seem to support multiple instances of it to be running simultaneously. You

Re: font size changing by itself

2016-05-14 Thread Dale Erwin
it seemed to magically change back to 12. The solution I found was to highlight the entire page by holding down the mouse button and swiping the entire page and then change the font size. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: so confused I have no idea who to contact!

2016-04-26 Thread Dale Erwin
, I don't know which version of OO you are using, but mine is AOO 4.1.2 and it does NOT Save to PDF. You have to EXPORT it to PDF. Also, the original poster did not say her document was being saved to PDF, but rather to Adobe which may or may not mean PDF. Dale Erwin

Re: Windows 10 and Apache open office

2016-03-29 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/29/2016 7:46 AM, Lucy Blake wrote: Hi I wonder if you can tell me if I upgrade my laptop computer to Windows 10, will I still be able to use the Apache open office package that is currently on my laptop? Thanks for any help you can offer Regards LU. Sent from my iPad I upgraded to

Re: question

2016-03-29 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/28/2016 12:45 AM, eli wrote: hello, i downloaded open office version 4.0.1. There is no icon, or anything to open. Just a bunch of files. do i need certain application to open it? did it not download fully? any advice on this would be appreciated. thanks, eli I would strongly

Re: Spanish documents

2016-03-27 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/26/2016 8:25 PM, Tina wrote: I use on-line dictionaries to check my work. By the way, Spanish is not an easy language to translate into and you have to be quite fluent in it to do a really good job. Linguee is a good on-line one as well as word reference. Should you need any help, please

Re: Spanish documents

2016-03-26 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/26/2016 5:59 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Dale Erwin wrote: I am currently composing a lengthy document in Spanish and just discovered I do not have a Spanish dictionary. I thought I did. So, I downloaded and installed the Spanish language pack thinking that would solve my problem. However

Spanish documents

2016-03-26 Thread Dale Erwin
. Is there something else I need to do? Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Graphics hijacked from[Re: Informations about developers for the convertion of MS Office macro into macro OpenOffice

2016-03-26 Thread Dale Erwin
embedded graphics correctly? Thank you Maybe you should be a little more specific about your problem. I am working on a document in AOO Writer at this moment in which I have a ton of graphics and have had no problems with with them. Dale Erwin

Images with Text

2016-03-23 Thread Dale Erwin
. But now I need to put text inside the image. Is there any way to do that? Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: finding how to address envelopes

2016-03-19 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/18/2016 12:35 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:14:03 -0500 Dale Erwin <dale.er...@casaerwin.org> wrote: There are about 6 different sizes preprogrammed into Writer for printing envelopes, but I don't really know what size those numbers represent Standard Interna

Re: finding how to address envelopes

2016-03-19 Thread Dale Erwin
ser format to the size of the envelope I want to print 4. Set the margins so that there isn't too much space between the return address and the edge 5. Type in return address and destination address as I want them to appear on the envelope 6. Print Dale Er

Re: Open Office Writer UTTER , UTTER Rubbish (or not)

2016-03-13 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/13/2016 8:40 AM, Darren Myers wrote: Max I am a developer in BMC / People soft applications, 32 years and 4 months overall experience.. I shouldn't have to delete a profile and re-create it and go through that pain in order to get the most basic function working. Open office need

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-03 Thread Dale Erwin
install. That was 2.0 and my subscription ran out before 2.1 was released. I didn't renew it because I couldn't install it. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Dale Erwin
eComStation is the current rendition) he will probably have to change his code page. But I don't think the eComStation (eCS) version of Open Office is handled by Apache and he should probably ask on the eCS mailing list. Dale Erwin

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Dale Erwin
keyboard layout so that I can write documents in Spanish and Italian as well as English. But you still have to make sure that the font you are using has the characters you want. Otherwise, I don't think any method will create

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-01 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/1/2016 7:15 AM, James Knott wrote: On 02/29/2016 11:41 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: No need to do anything "special" to get "special" characters (like the euro symbol) if you're using any Microsoft OS, from Windows XP up to Windows 7. Just use the Windows "Character Map Utility" that came

Re: Open Office changing my document from word

2016-01-21 Thread Dale Erwin
On 1/21/2016 4:49 AM, David Rivers wrote: There are many people here who are prepared to help others for free. Hopefully you got this software free. It's free because it is open source software. That means it is transparent allowing you to copy the software and change it. Those of us who

Re: Open Office 4 text problem

2016-01-20 Thread Dale Erwin
me, I clicked on the Edit menu and instead of Undo, it said Can't Undo and it was greyed out. I had to re-key the entire document. Fortunately, it hasn't happened again... yet. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-un

Re: Please Help

2016-01-11 Thread Dale Erwin
random is the best you can hope for. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: revolting support

2016-01-11 Thread Dale Erwin
and this list server is the only one that ever happens on. None of my other mailing lists ever send me messages that end up in my inbox. But this one does. I think the OP has a valid point. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-

Re: Spreadsheets

2015-12-23 Thread Dale Erwin
On 12/23/2015 10:13 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: 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

Re: Capatible with windows 10

2015-11-28 Thread Dale Erwin
no problems so far. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 released

2015-11-13 Thread Dale Erwin
Well it's difficult to confuse a link with plain text when it's a big button labeled "download" On Nov 12, 2015 6:00 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Dale Erwin <dale.er...@casaerwin.org> > wrote: > > &g

Re: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 released

2015-11-12 Thread Dale Erwin
That's strange because I just downloaded it from there. On Nov 12, 2015 4:57 PM, "V. & B. Electric" wrote: > > Hello, > I was trying to download the Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 new ver. released > from below link: " >

Re: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 released

2015-11-12 Thread Dale Erwin
, someone always jumps in to defend them saying they no longer do that, but the problems with their site continue. Dale Erwin On 11/12/2015 5:16 PM, Dale Erwin wrote: That's strange because I just downloaded it from there. On Nov 12, 2015 4:57 PM, "V. & B. Electric" <victorbra

Re: The requested operation requires elevation.

2015-10-28 Thread Dale Erwin
That message "Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher... etc." should not be coming up when you open the Open Office application. It should only come up when you open the Installer to install Open Office. Dale Erwin On 10/28/2015 5:24 PM, Dennis E. Hami

Re: Top posting

2015-10-14 Thread Dale Erwin
On 10/14/2015 12:05 AM, Marilyn Safier wrote: Why it has become prevalent? Because you can read it first and only need to go below if you need to refer to something, that's why! People who top post never look below the first few lines of any message and cannot be bothered to weed out and

Re: Top posting

2015-10-13 Thread Dale Erwin
/Posting_style Skip H I agree and can't understand why it has become so universally prevalent. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: Open Office Issues

2015-10-10 Thread Dale Erwin
On 10/9/2015 3:50 PM, J H wrote: John Hitchler 702-415-1967 hitchl...@msn.com Problems; 1) When “save as” sometimes program freezes. Have to restart computer / Have to recover text because of crash 2) I have 4.1.0 … thinking maybe I need to upgrade to 4.1.1 but program won’t allow

Re: numbering of pages

2015-09-21 Thread Dale Erwin
nner comes as an attachment of an e-mail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely,, James geminix1...@gmail.com The option for "odd pages only" is not in the AOO Page settings, but rather is found in the print dialog AFTER YOU HAVE EXPORTED

Re: OpenOffice può aprire file docx e xlsx?

2015-08-05 Thread Dale Erwin
On 8/5/2015 2:51 AM, ams5...@virgilio.it wrote: Salve, ho scaricato qualche giorno fa il vostro programma, molto interessante. Ho cercato di aprire file docx e xlsx, ma non riesco. Invece, i file doc e xls si aprono. OpenOffice può aprire file docx e xlsx? Grazie mille e cordiali saluti,

Re: technical issue

2015-08-03 Thread Dale Erwin
will not be considered for the position. jonathon At the same time there are some countries where a photo is expected and everyone does it. I happen to be living in such a country. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users

Re: Number Formatting

2015-07-28 Thread Dale Erwin
On 7/28/2015 5:12 PM, Dale Erwin wrote: Environment: AOO 4.1.1 under Win 7. I am using a table in Writer for as tabulation because I want some columns left-justified and some columns right-justified. The right-justified columns contain dollars and cents. Every time I enter an amount

Re: Styles

2015-07-05 Thread Dale Erwin
Thank you, Dennis. I'm glad someone understood my question. I was beginning to doubt my English skills, even though it is my native language... but, then, I suppose it must be a second language for some of the responders. Dale Erwin On 7/2/2015 7:39 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Dale

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

2015-06-26 Thread Dale Erwin
On 6/25/2015 11:58 PM, Dale Erwin wrote: On 6/25/2015 7:26 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

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

2015-06-26 Thread Dale Erwin
). Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

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

2015-06-25 Thread Dale Erwin
like and give it a name. Now that's probably all you will need to get started learning about styles. As far as which parameters to set, many of them are intuitive. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Dale Erwin
before Sun had anything to do with it. I, too, was a mainframer but I retired 15 years ago. Do they still make mainframes? Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e

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

2015-06-25 Thread Dale Erwin
On 6/25/2015 11:02 AM, Doug wrote: On 06/25/2015 02:10 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: On 6/23/2015 10:53 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: /snip/ I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I struggled

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

2015-06-25 Thread Dale Erwin
how to use them. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: Question

2015-05-20 Thread Dale Erwin
and select Brochure. But, if your software is in Swedish, these names might not mean anything to you. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h

Re: Selling on ebay!

2015-05-10 Thread Dale Erwin
is available. You don't have to be much of a developer to edit it and recompile. Besides, such a notice would be deceptive since there is nothing illegal about reselling the software. Robbery, on the other hand, is illegal. Dale Erwin

Re: Inserting 100 small text files into doc

2015-05-03 Thread Dale Erwin
On 5/3/2015 3:24 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: Another way to do this might be to make a Master Document, and enter therein the names of all the text files in sequence (perhaps from a captured directory listing?). The output document resulting from the expanded Master Document might then be

Re: A question

2015-03-25 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/24/2015 3:47 PM, Molly Teti wrote: Hi, My computer crashed and so I had to save my document but now it says it is locked how do I un lock my file? Please advise thanks ~Molly When you open a file, the system creates a lock file so that it can't be opened by any other app at the same

Re: Office 應用 BoF @ 北京 OSTC, 2015/3/28

2015-03-13 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/13/2015 5:35 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2015-03-13 6:31 GMT+01:00 依瑪貓 ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw: Dear all, I send the message in Chinese again. Please do, I will reply. In Swedish… And I will reply in Neapolitan: I' nun pozzo jí, ma bbona sciorta. 有沒有人今年會去北京的 OSTC

Re: Open office writer

2015-03-05 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/4/2015 5:53 AM, ArbolOne wrote: Anyone might scold you for being so rude in your reply,Dale, specially me, since I agree with Steve, but I am not that kind of person. However, who in their right mind would presents a business proposal or write a business letter double spaced? Dale! one

Re: Open office writer

2015-03-03 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/3/2015 12:52 AM, S F wrote: 1) It is quite hard to just 'drop an email to' open office. I don't really want to sign up, log it, make an account etc. So there is a huge disincentive to provide feedback to open office about stuff that people think should be changed. Assuming open office is

Spreadsheet

2015-02-28 Thread Dale Erwin
Believe it or not, I have never felt the need to use a spreadsheet for anything, so I have never made one. I now find that I have a need for one and don't have the slightest idea where to begin. Is there a tutorial which covers the very basics of building a spreadsheet? Dale Erwin

Re: ABC Spelling does not work

2015-01-30 Thread Dale Erwin
it while AOO is closed, when you reopen AOO it will recreate the file from scratch. You will then need to re-enter some basic information, but your dictionary should then function properly. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: ABC Spelling does not work

2015-01-30 Thread Dale Erwin
that fit the language version of the product. I'm still a kid myself, but when my new driving license expires in 2021, I will be solidly in my 80s. /orcmid Whaddaya know... there they are and I never noticed them before. Shows to go you, you're never too old to learn something new. Dale Erwin

Re: I Need Help

2014-12-07 Thread Dale Erwin
will be delighted. Good luck! Oh - unless you are planning to write just It doesn't work. Brian Barker It seems to me that this seems to only happen when someone upgrades to a new version. At least that's the only cases I've seen reported and it has never happened to me personally. Dale Erwin

Re: ASF Code of Conduct

2014-11-21 Thread Dale Erwin
On 11/21/2014 10:21 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Recently, this contribution was being celebrated on the ASF Community dev list. I think it is very useful to keep in mind when supporting users: http://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html. I find Rory's approach to be entirely

Re: Problème clavier

2014-11-21 Thread Dale Erwin
On 11/21/2014 12:26 PM, Doug wrote: I would doubt that Chinese will ever become a world-wide language unless and until it converts to a Latin alphabet. --doug Maybe unlikely, but it could happen. It happened in Vietnam although many years ago. Like most far east languages, Vietnamese

Re: Openoffice is terrible

2014-10-18 Thread Dale Erwin
that is causing these problems. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: please help me. I am trying to get a Microsoft wps email open in open office in English instead of the gibbage it is in now. am not computer smart and need all thehelp I can get.thanks marcy

2014-09-03 Thread Dale Erwin
On 9/3/2014 12:51 AM, marcu...@yahoo.com.INVALID wrote: Microsoft Works is not the same as Microsoft Office. In fact it has been discontinued. However, there is a file converter which might be able to convert your file to a Microsoft Office file and then you can open it. If you want to try

Re: Non-subscriber questions

2014-08-27 Thread Dale Erwin
in non-technical terms ONE TIME. After that, their complaints would be relegated to an email filter. I don't know of any email client which doesn't provide such filters. Just my not-so-humble opinion. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657 (Int. 3) Magdalena del Mar Lima 17, PERU If there are users who

Re: Languages within a document

2014-08-03 Thread Dale Erwin
On 8/1/2014 2:19 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: Hello Dale, On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 01:51:45AM -0500, Dale Erwin wrote: On 8/1/2014 1:26 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: It really doesn't matter what languages happen to be offered here, as you can easily select More... at the bottom of the list

Re: Languages within a document

2014-08-01 Thread Dale Erwin
It really doesn't matter what languages happen to be offered here, as you can easily select More... at the bottom of the list, whereupon you can choose from the full set of languages. Spelling checking will be available in only those languages for which you have spelling dictionaries

Re: Languages within a document

2014-08-01 Thread Dale Erwin
On 8/1/2014 1:26 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: It really doesn't matter what languages happen to be offered here, as you can easily select More... at the bottom of the list, whereupon you can choose from the full set of languages. Spelling checking will be available in only those languages for which

Languages within a document

2014-07-30 Thread Dale Erwin
- Languages - Selection and it now offered me English, Italian and Catalan. What gives? Anyone have any idea? Dale Erwin I am subscribed to this list - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional

Re: open office vers 4

2013-09-02 Thread Dale Erwin
On 9/2/2013 11:50 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: On 9/2/2013 3:59 AM, Armin Le Grand wrote: Hi Dale, On 30.08.2013 17:56, Dale Erwin wrote: On 8/30/2013 3:32 AM, Armin Le Grand wrote: Hi Dale, On 29.08.2013 21:14, Dale Erwin wrote: I've never had it crash on me either, but it has other

Re: open office vers 4

2013-08-30 Thread Dale Erwin
On 8/30/2013 3:32 AM, Armin Le Grand wrote: Hi Dale, On 29.08.2013 21:14, Dale Erwin wrote: I've never had it crash on me either, but it has other shortcomings. For me, the deal-breaker was some sort of bug in pdf export. On second thought, I guess what happens during pdf export

Re: Delete document

2013-08-22 Thread Dale Erwin
I normally use OS services to do that. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 8/22/2013 4:05 AM, Brian Allen wrote: Hello, Can anyone inform me how you delete a document or letter in Open Office Apache please? brian

Re: pop-up help I don't understand the problem

2013-08-21 Thread Dale Erwin
of 566 pages which means I have to run 142 print jobs. Of course, these figures only apply to printing on a printer with duplex capability. Otherwise, these figures are doubled. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 8/14

Re: Exporting PDF from Master Document

2013-08-21 Thread Dale Erwin
There is only one user defined on this computer and it does have administrator authority. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 8/19/2013 7:32 AM, Denis J Navas wrote: Try running with elevated rights

Re: Exporting PDF from Master Document

2013-08-21 Thread Dale Erwin
blank pages selected. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 8/14/2013 4:12 AM, Oliver Brinzing wrote: Hi, I'm not really sure if that worked or not. When I tried exporting to PDF this time, I got a message from Windows saying

Re: pop-up help I don't understand the problem

2013-08-14 Thread Dale Erwin
this. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 8/14/2013 10:53 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:57 14/08/2013 +0200, Lillemor Munter wrote: Using Open Office, working with a document, use tabeller, text and pictures. The document

AOO 4.0.0 unusable

2013-08-14 Thread Dale Erwin
For my current needs, AOO 4.0.0 is unusable. Unfortunately, the installation program removed my prior version. Is there any way I can get a copy of the previous version to install? Will the two co-exist? -- Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http

Re: Exporting PDF from Master Document

2013-08-13 Thread Dale Erwin
. Windows did close the program, but I have received no notification. :-) Like I was expecting one. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 8/13/2013 4:17 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:00:27 -0500 Dale Erwin d

Re: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts?

2013-08-04 Thread Dale Erwin
compounded in the browser with the number of software packages out there that try to add another toolbar to your browser whether you want it or not. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 8/4/2013 2:35 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Just

Re: Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is now available

2013-07-30 Thread Dale Erwin
BTW, did I read that is necessary to uninstall 3.4 before installing 4.0? Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 7/30/2013 6:18 PM, Dale Erwin wrote: Ciao Andrea, At Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Online Update I find

Re: [DISCUSS] ODF file formats vs Zip

2013-06-23 Thread Dale Erwin
of autosave is the event of a system failure. In the even of a system failure you have the option at reboot of recuperating all changes made up to the last autosave, but you can decline. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 6/23/2013

Re: [DISCUSS] ODF file formats vs Zip

2013-06-23 Thread Dale Erwin
Are you saying that if, while editing a document, I do an explicit save, I can still use the undo feature for anything I have changed during the current session? Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 6/23/2013 5:37 AM, Hagar

Re: Calc: Easy way to do N+(N-1)+(N-2)+(N-3)..(N-N+1)

2013-06-21 Thread Dale Erwin
I don't think that n can be zero. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 6/21/2013 1:37 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:27 21/06/2013 +, Jonathon 'Toki' Kantoor wrote: Is there a formula, extension, or something in calc

Re: [Possible values for n]

2013-06-21 Thread Dale Erwin
have been (where n 0). If you did allow the series to run backward (from 1 to 0) you would get Sigma 1 to 0 = 0 * 1 / 2 which evaluates to 0. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 6/21/2013 5:06 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:01

Re: Codes

2013-06-20 Thread Dale Erwin
Word Perfect has been a long time ago for me. When you say reveal codes do you mean show the formatting codes? If so, just click on theView menu and then on Nonprinting Characters. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 6/20

Re: Codes

2013-06-20 Thread Dale Erwin
My experience has been that I have to start all over with learning styles every time I start a new book. Especially since I rarely use the same format for two in a row. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 6/20/2013 8:15 PM

Re: [DISCUSS] ODF file formats vs Zip

2013-06-09 Thread Dale Erwin
At my age, I can't be trusted to remember to save it with enough frequency to be beneficial, so I'd rather suffer the few moments' delay rather than lose several hours of work which has happened to me in other apps that don't have such a feature. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-07 Thread Dale Erwin
on a certain place and before I can click it moves away all on its own so I back it up and it jumps again. Sometimes it makes me want to scream. Mine's a Dell with Win 7 Home Prem. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 5/7/2013 9:07

Re: Problems with inserting graphics, columns

2013-05-06 Thread Dale Erwin
Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 5/5/2013 9:08 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2013/5/5 Patricia Hickin pph...@gmail.com: Is this the place to get help with a text document? I am trying to insert a picture and put text

Re: not saving documents

2013-04-16 Thread Dale Erwin
Even if the disk were full, just doing nothing is not an appropriate response to an attempt to save or save as. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 4/16/2013 11:10 AM, Kadal Amutham wrote: But the youngsters have

Opening an existing document

2013-04-10 Thread Dale Erwin
it be possible to get it back? -- Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands

Re: Opening an existing document

2013-04-10 Thread Dale Erwin
That sounds like an awful lot of work for my use. I would have to do that 50 times a day, and how do you get rid of the previous bookmark when you set a new one? I think I will just use my Portable copy of OOo 3.2.0, from Sun, which does have the behavior I like. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de

Re: Opening an existing document

2013-04-10 Thread Dale Erwin
Thanks, Rory, that took care of it... and I didn't have to restart the Quickstarter. I just restarted writer. This will be a real time-saver for me. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 4/10/2013 1:30 PM, Rory O'Farrell

Re: Deleting pages

2013-03-12 Thread Dale Erwin
the blank pages. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 3/12/2013 3:03 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote: Your message is not clear if your blank pages are in Writer or the printed output. If the latter, another cause may be when jumping

Re: Open Office/Star Office

2013-03-06 Thread Dale Erwin
Yes, OpenOffice.org was the free version of StarOffice. Minor correction: StarOffice was Sun's commercial version of OpenOffice.org. To me, both those sentences say the same thing. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org

Re: using tinyurl or is.gd

2013-02-24 Thread Dale Erwin
he knows and trusts the person who sent it. Someone else pointed out that with is.gd it is possible to preview the site to see where you are going before actually following the link. It has nothing to do with a link getting corrupted. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del

Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread Dale Erwin
TO A DATE WHEN I TAB OUT. Sorry for raising my voice, but I wanted that part noticed. Can someone please tell me where to find the control for this behavior so that I can disable it? -- Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-27 Thread Dale Erwin
changing of font size in the Firefox editor. That one is still bugging me... but that is a topic for another forum. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 12/27/2012 12:40 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:44:50

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread Dale Erwin
that the font size just changes all by itself while I'm typing. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 12/26/2012 2:59 PM, VA wrote: I feel confident that your touchpad is the culprit. Sometimes, my touchpad will sense

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread Dale Erwin
this solves the problem because I've been tearing my hair out (and I can't afford to lose any more of that). Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org On 12/26/2012 7:22 PM, Dale Erwin wrote: Rory and Dennis and Virgil, thanks

Re: Oracle Bad news JDK 6 will no longer be free which screws AOO usage

2012-12-12 Thread Dale Erwin
without Java, including databases using other dbms solutions. I even used HSQLDB under eComStation until it reached the point they needed a realease of Java later than 1.4.1. After that I was unable to use later versions of HSQLDB. Dale Erwin Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 Magdalena del Mar, Lima