Re: Problem with Opening Microsoft *.xlsx Spreadsheets with Open Office

2015-01-22 Thread Tony Gallas
G'day! My machine runs W8.1 and has no trouble opening .xslx or .docx files using AOO 4.1.1. Just checked it again. Perhaps there is something not related to the different software that is causing the problem? On 23/01/2015 5:00 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2015-01-22 18:10 GMT+01:00 Stephen

Re: Should I Upgrade?

2014-12-29 Thread Tony Gallas
G'day Fred Like you, I'm a fairly ordinary user. I run Win 8.1 64 bit and the latest AOO version and always update when a new version comes out. Generally, a few bugs are fixed and occasionally extra functionalities are added. When you upgrade, always do it from the official

Re: I Have OpenOffice 3.1 . . .

2014-12-29 Thread Tony Gallas
No, Kay, your documents will remain where they are and be accessible in the usual way. I upgrade when every new version comes out and have never lost a document. Be sure though to ONLY download from the official site www.openoffice.org as using a third party site can cause problems. Good luck

Re: Schriftenfamilie DejaVu-Fonts

2014-12-28 Thread Tony Gallas
I'd vote for someone who doesn't respect common courtesy to be barred. Urmas is a prime example. For anyone who wants DejaVu fonts, they can be downloaded from SourceForge or the DejaVu web site. On 29/12/2014 11:07 AM, Peter Junge wrote: Urmas Can you please behave or we'll need to start

Re: Google blocking download

2014-12-11 Thread Tony Gallas
G'day Patti and Simon I've used Chrome as my default browser for years, have downloaded AOO every time a new version became available, without problems. But I've always downloaded from the official site - I got burned once using an unofficial site (not for AOO, but other software) so don't

Re: Can't connect to OpenOffice word document after Apache update

2014-11-28 Thread Tony Gallas
on the odd occasions I need the other apps. Cheers Tony On 28/11/2014 5:09 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:44 28/11/2014 +1030, Tony Gallas wrote: This is how I set it up for myself: I your file manager (Explore), find add open the Open Office folder under Program Files (x86), then under Open Office

Re: Can't connect to OpenOffice word document after Apache update

2014-11-27 Thread Tony Gallas
This is how I set it up for myself: I your file manager (Explore), find add open the Open Office folder under Program Files (x86), then under Open Office find the Program folder, open that to see all the files. Scroll down to those beginning with s and you'll find soffice and also swrite,

Re: Quickoffice

2014-09-22 Thread Tony Gallas
Katherine I just googled quick office and found that google has discontinued it, so you could be on your own if you have problems with it. Best solution? Get rid of it! Tony On 23/09/2014 12:35 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: On 23-9-2014 11:53, kat seah wrote: I just bought the quick office

Re: Sneak in Scam

2014-08-18 Thread Tony Gallas
They used to call us as well, always claiming to be from Microsoft. My wife would always be the one to answer and would disconnect. I happened to answer one day. I asked them which computer they were asking about. Your personal computer, the one you use he replied. I said to him then This is a

Re: Sneak in Scam

2014-08-18 Thread Tony Gallas
Brian, that's a very likely explanation. I made the mistake many years ago of clicking on the big green button. I can't remember now what I got, but it installed something that caused me problems and it took a while for me to realise what had happened. Once I did, I uninstalled the offending

Re: Strange behaviour with OpenOffice 4

2014-06-20 Thread Tony Gallas
G'day! I am using AOO 4.1.0 on a Windows 8.1 computer. I loaded your .xls spreadsheet into Calc and the values transfer correctly. Perhaps your problem is caused by something in the extraction process. Good luck Tony On 20/06/2014 1:21 AM, francesco.zivi...@surftech.it wrote: Hallo. I am

Re: Compatible with windows 2007

2014-06-20 Thread Tony Gallas
I'd give something like that a very wide berth! Tony On 21/06/2014 7:05 AM, James Knott wrote: On 06/20/2014 05:32 PM, NoOp wrote: eBay have quite a selection:

Re: Using fields for frame or draw object in writer

2014-06-18 Thread Tony Gallas
It is much easier to do in DRAW. You can create a text box, enter the text then find the effects button at the bottom of the screen. One of the options will be rotate, click that and when you put your cursor at the corner of the box you will be able to rotate it to whatever angle you wish.

Re: Using fields for frame or draw object in writer

2014-06-18 Thread Tony Gallas
An even simpler solution is to create your text in a frame, then go Format - Flip - Flip vertically. Works for me. Tony On 18/06/2014 5:18 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:24:21 +0800 Hung Mark mark...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I'm making a name label which I will finally cut the

Re: Using fields for frame or draw object in writer

2014-06-18 Thread Tony Gallas
Omitted to say that you need to activate the Draw function first, select frame from bottom of page. Tony On 18/06/2014 6:08 PM, Tony Gallas wrote: An even simpler solution is to create your text in a frame, then go Format - Flip - Flip vertically. Works for me. Tony On 18/06/2014 5:18 PM

Re: Strikethrough.

2014-06-09 Thread Tony Gallas
Bernard, not the best idea to put your personal details on a post to this or any forum. Tony On 9/06/2014 8:07 PM, Baccara wrote: Not dumb - hi-light the word to strike out, right click to open menu, select style, select strikethrough . . . that is IF you are using Windows OS. Bernard

Re: Recovering a document

2014-06-09 Thread Tony Gallas
G'day Liz If you are using Windows OS, have you tried right-clicking the file in Explorer and checking the attributes? If read-only has been selected, you can change that and try again. If you are using a Mac, can't help, sorry. Tony On 10/06/2014 9:47 AM, Elizabeth Forster (S) wrote: Open

Re: Windows 8

2014-06-05 Thread Tony Gallas
Works fine on my 8.1 machine. Download, but ONLY from the official openoffice.org web site, and enjoy! Tony On 5/06/2014 9:04 AM, rhea adams wrote: Please advise if your open office will run on Windows 8, as I do not see it listed in your operating system? I would like to use your program,

Re: PDF export defaults background page color

2014-06-02 Thread Tony Gallas
I created a simple text page with a black background and white text, red text, green text, then exported as a .pdf file. The colours were not changed. OO 4.1.0, Win 8.1. Does this help? Tony On 31/05/2014 6:07 PM, johnny smith wrote: On Sat, 31 May 2014 00:04:27 -, Chris Szott

Re: Open office install and ads

2014-05-22 Thread Tony Gallas
G'day Brian If there is an official site for any software, use it. Software downloaded from a third party site, which may be partly funded by selling ad software, often results in you getting more than you bargained for. I never use them, never get unwanted ad popups. Cheers Tony On

Re: Never again

2014-05-22 Thread Tony Gallas
Maverick, have you tried uninstalling the version of OO that you have, then downloading again from the official site (link below)? Hopefully then you will be able to recover your lost work and have a stable program. Cheers, Tony On 23/05/2014 2:17 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Thu, 22 May 2014

Re: Remove me from this mailing list . This is my 3rd request

2014-05-14 Thread Tony Gallas
Please, if you cannot contribute anything constructive, do not post anything. Direct comments such as these to C3PO. On 14/05/2014 11:24 AM, 許哲崇 wrote: Maybe some THING is talking to you. The exact meaning is not on the text. You suffer because you do. What THING are you sending emails to

Re: Open Office 4.10 text document bug

2014-05-13 Thread Tony Gallas
I tried every combination in the Change Case menu and could achieve whatever capitalisation I wanted. It was easiest to change to all lower case and proceed from there. Good luck! On 13/05/2014 2:14 PM, stan sharman wrote: Dear Sirs, Using Openoffice 4.10 text document program, I tried to

Re: Shame on you.

2014-04-27 Thread Tony Gallas
I also have never had a problem downloading from openoffice.org. Any download from a third party is fraught with danger. Also any of the better Internet Security suites can help in minimising the risk. Seems to me that Terry is trying to blame someone else for his own idiocy. Short of giving

Re: Printing text Doc

2014-04-01 Thread Tony Gallas
Hi Pauline Have you updated your printer driver for 8.1? If you haven't, that may fix your problem. Let us know. On 2/04/2014 10:36 AM, cariad4...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I have Windows 8.1 and having trouble printing a whole document in Open Office. Although I’ve set my printer settings to

Re: open office and windows 8.1

2014-03-27 Thread Tony Gallas
On 28/03/2014 5:48 AM, Phillip Markham wrote: Is open Office compatible with windows 8.1? I haven't encountered any problems yet although I have only had my 8.1 computer for about 3 weeks --- List Conduct Guidelines: