Re: [users] Aligning paragraph styles to mirrored margins

2006-10-02 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Monday, October 02, 2006 1:28 AM [GMT+1=CET], Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The complete Guides are available at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/. The chapters are at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/. snip Are these manuals available in

Re: [users] Aligning paragraph styles to mirrored margins

2006-10-02 Thread Naomi Kramer
Paul, I'm assuming you mean either right- or left-aligned paragraphs, depending on which is the outside margin. Yes? The short answer is - no, not that I'm aware of. I can't think of any workaround to do that, except for the obvious 2-paragraph-styles one (ick). - Naomi Paul_B wrote: Is

[users] How to control OO from a script?

2006-10-02 Thread SA
I want to control OO from a script (called from make) in order to automatically produce a suite of different formats of a single OO document. Does anyone know if this is (1) possible, (2) easy and (3) where i can find a simple example of how to do it? Thanks, SA ps apologies for the possible

Re: [users] How to incorporate photos/pictures in a text

2006-10-02 Thread Marc Hug
Did you try Insert Image... (or Picture; I use the French version) ? Normally, you will have the choice From a file or Scanner. Marc Hug N.P. Sørensen a écrit : Dear friends, I have for some time been the happy user of OpenOffice1.1.4 I am a the moment drafting a report and need to

[users] Problems exporting files as PDF

2006-10-02 Thread Jesús López Mercadé
Hello, I've written a very simple document using Oo under Linux Debian (Gnome Desktop). When I export the document as PDF I get one error: some blank spaces are supressed so some characters are arranged together when they shouldn't be. I've tried using different qualities but I get no success.

Re: [users] Aligning paragraph styles to mirrored margins

2006-10-02 Thread arnold huzen
Paul, To make this work I think you need two styles per page. One style sets the margins of the page, the other sets the paragraph to be printed outside of the left/right margin of the document. Make the pagelayouts with the margins you would like. On the left page you could choose a left

Re: [users] Aligning paragraph styles to mirrored margins

2006-10-02 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Monday, October 02, 2006 12:37 AM [GMT+1=CET], Paul_B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way to have a para style align on the Outside margin, which would be mirrored on opposite pages? snip I think I must be missing something here - please explain what. If the paragraphs were all

[users] Re: Aligning paragraph styles to mirrored margins

2006-10-02 Thread Paul_B
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:07:41 +1000, Naomi Kramer wrote: Paul, I'm assuming you mean either right- or left-aligned paragraphs, depending on which is the outside margin. Yes? That's exactly correct. Once I helped a guy who was creating a songbook and wanted his song title style to align to

[users] Saving para styles to the template

2006-10-02 Thread Paul_B
I'm currently revamping and adding to my various paragraph styles. I find that creating or modifying para styles saves them to the document at hand rather than to its template. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I see no way to save changes directly to a template when working in one of its

Re: [users] How to control OO from a script?

2006-10-02 Thread Laurent Godard
Hi I want to control OO from a script (called from make) in order to automatically produce a suite of different formats of a single OO document. Does anyone know if this is (1) possible, (2) easy and (3) where i can find a simple example of how to do it? look at

Re: [users] Saving files to network drives

2006-10-02 Thread Ross Bernheim
Sorry to jump in so late, but I had a similar problem with the Mac version saving to a Samba share. It was a known bug that turned out to be a setting in one of the OOo files that turned file locking on. I gather that the default setting was so that two people would not try to edit the same

Re: [users] Saving files to network drives

2006-10-02 Thread James Mckenzie
Ross: There is an issue on this functionality that discusses why and why not to disable the file locking ability of Samba. I would not disable this functionality unless it is broken, such as in the case of the implementation of network file locking on the MacIntosh through the X11 windowing

[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-10-02 Thread CORNELIUS JOUBERT
I am using Open Office 20 I want to convert a file on Microsoft Publisher to Open Office Writer. How can I do this. Cornelius Joubert

[users] How to control OO from a script?

2006-10-02 Thread SA
I want to control OO from a script (called from make) in order to automatically produce a suite of different formats of a single OO document. Does anyone know if this is (1) possible, (2) easy and (3) where i can find a simple example of how to do it? Thanks, SA

[users] Fw: writer

2006-10-02 Thread peter fahy
- Original Message - From: peter fahy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:28 PM Subject: writer I use open office 2.0. Normally, I write in English. I want to write in Portuguese. I have the Portuguese spell check installed, but I cannot make it work. What am i

[users] Calulating time differences

2006-10-02 Thread | dMK | dINZO
To who it many concern Wondering about calulating time differences I looked for help on the help option offered on the Open Office Org. Spreadsheet programme. On the help menu it states If you want to calculate time differences, for example, the time between 23:30 and 01:10 in the same

[users] Swedish version?

2006-10-02 Thread Jannike Molander
Hi, I've just installed OpenOffice on my computor and sadly realize there isn't a Swedish spelling check for the Writer application. I really do need a spell check for my line of work and I won't go back to Microsoft Word again! Is there any solace for me in your world? Jannike Molander

[users] Problem with Wizards and Database

2006-10-02 Thread Richard Denning
I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org on an iMac with dual core intel processors using Tiger 10.4.7. When using the word processor, the wizards don't work. Something about the J2E environment not working correctly. I have read through help and followed all the instructions and still can't

[users] techno font

2006-10-02 Thread emma mills
Hi I currently have openoffice 2.0 but it does not have the font Techno as I have seen on a microsoft word programme at college? how can I download this free please? Thanks heaps Emma - On Yahoo!7 Music: Create your own personalised

[users] I Only Seem To Have Writer

2006-10-02 Thread Les Dunn
Hi I downloaded openoffice on a mac osx, downloading x11 beforehand. When I double-click on the icon in applications, Writer opens, with a blank document, but there are no other applications. Any idea what's going on? Thanks Les Dunn

[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-10-02 Thread Ferruccio Morandotti
On my computer is installed the 1.1.2 version of Open Office. Now I would like to install the new version 2.0.3 The question is if I have to disinstall the old version 1.1.2 before install the new version 2. Thank you very much for your answer Best regards Ferruccio Morandotti

[users] Need Info on which to download

2006-10-02 Thread reneejas
I'm having a problem just downloading openoffice, I'm just a home user and it was sent to me in a e-mail from a company I've brought software from, What I would like to know is which one do I download... I use windowsxp but it says its not available at this time. Any Help Thanks Reneejas

[users] Converting doc to pdf file

2006-10-02 Thread prdill
I understand that you have a program that will allow me to convert a Microsoft Office Document to a pdf file. I did not readily understand how to use your website to do this. I would appreciate some documentation or tips. Thanks Phoebe

[users] e-mail received from Paul

2006-10-02 Thread bandeindaba
Regarding your e-mail recieved yesterday am not sure what MD55UM means regarding the anti virus . Have found that the Openoffice 2.0 was downloaded as Installion Files @ Documents Settings are shown in the window as follows Licence

[users] x11 troubles

2006-10-02 Thread James Berge
When I try to launch OpenOffice, it times out. I think it's a X11 problem. When I try to launch X11 it flashed in the toolbar for a second, then it's gone. I can't actually launch X11. Have any ideas why? Running OSX 10.4.7 on an Intel Mac. Thanks! Jim

[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-10-02 Thread Stephen L Briggs
I am using open office vers. 2.0 with windows XP home. I had to get out of the write portion, by pressing CTL, ALT, Del. Now it says that I need to recover the document but I don't see a button to click on, to start the process. I've tried to uninstall the pgm. and reinstall it. I deleted

RE: [users] New User of OpenOffice.org - Requesting its Uniqueness!

2006-10-02 Thread rakshit.shah
Thanks a lot, Mr. Paul! I shall go through it, and, it sure shall Help me!! Bye! Regards, Rakshit S Shah , INDIA Don't go through Life, GROW through Life. - Eric Butterworth -Original Message- From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:55 AM

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-10-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Open Office 20 I want to convert a file on Microsoft Publisher to Open Office Writer. How can I do this. Cornelius Joubert Unfortunately, Publisher is a proprietary format which Microsoft has not made available, so OpenOffice.org is not able to open

Re: [users] I Only Seem To Have Writer

2006-10-02 Thread James Mckenzie
From: Les Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sep 30, 2006 6:55 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] I Only Seem To Have Writer Hi I downloaded openoffice on a mac osx, downloading x11 beforehand. When I double-click on the icon in applications, Writer opens, with a blank document, but there

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-10-02 Thread Alan Frayer
CORNELIUS JOUBERT wrote: I am using Open Office 20 I want to convert a file on Microsoft Publisher to Open Office Writer. How can I do this. Cornelius Joubert I'm afraid you cannot. MS Publisher uses a proprietary format that is not readable by OpenOffice.org or any other program except

[users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-02 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Hello. My users are hitting problem described in http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3875 (you have apply tricky select in order for drag and drop to work with single cell). Issue resolved as fixed, but it is not telling how it is supposed to work. Any idea what was in the fix?

Re: [users] x11 troubles

2006-10-02 Thread James Mckenzie
From: James Berge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sep 29, 2006 9:30 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] x11 troubles When I try to launch OpenOffice, it times out. I think it's a X11 problem. When I try to launch X11 it flashed in the toolbar for a second, then it's gone. I can't actually

Re: [users] I Only Seem To Have Writer

2006-10-02 Thread Alan Frayer
Les Dunn wrote: Hi I downloaded openoffice on a mac osx, downloading x11 beforehand. When I double-click on the icon in applications, Writer opens, with a blank document, but there are no other applications. Any idea what's going on? Hi, Les! OOo opens to Writer by default, but as an

Re: [users] Converting doc to pdf file

2006-10-02 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand that you have a program that will allow me to convert a Microsoft Office Document to a pdf file. I did not readily understand how to use your website to do this. I would appreciate some documentation or tips. Download and install OpenOffice. When you

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Hello. My users are hitting problem described in http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3875 (you have apply tricky select in order for drag and drop to work with single cell). Issue resolved as fixed, but it is not telling how it is supposed to work. Any idea

Re: [users] Converting doc to pdf file

2006-10-02 Thread Dan Lewis
Sending a CC to the OP. On Monday 02 October 2006 12:07 pm, James Knott wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand that you have a program that will allow me to convert a Microsoft Office Document to a pdf file. I did not readily understand how to use your website to do this. I would

Re: [users] Problem with Wizards and Database

2006-10-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 01 October 2006 11:43 pm, Richard Denning wrote: I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org on an iMac with dual core intel processors using Tiger 10.4.7. When using the word processor, the wizards don't work. Something about the J2E environment not working correctly. I have read

Re: [users] Swedish version?

2006-10-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 02 October 2006 01:11 am, Jannike Molander wrote: Hi, I've just installed OpenOffice on my computor and sadly realize there isn't a Swedish spelling check for the Writer application. I really do need a spell check for my line of work and I won't go back to Microsoft Word again! Is

Re: [users] Calulating time differences

2006-10-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 02 October 2006 01:12 am, | dMK | dINZO wrote: To who it many concern Wondering about calulating time differences I looked for help on the help option offered on the Open Office Org. Spreadsheet programme. On the help menu it states If you want to calculate time differences, for

Re: [users] techno font

2006-10-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 02 October 2006 02:53 am, emma mills wrote: Hi I currently have openoffice 2.0 but it does not have the font Techno as I have seen on a microsoft word programme at college? how can I download this free please? Thanks heaps Emma Have you tried File Wizards Install Fonts

RE: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-02 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
But the way you describe is not what is in fix? I am interested in knowing original intention of developers. -Original Message- From: Richard Detwiler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:13 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting

Re: [users] Calulating time differences

2006-10-02 Thread Joe Conner
| dMK | dINZO wrote: To who it many concern Wondering about calulating time differences I looked for help on the help option offered on the Open Office Org. Spreadsheet programme. On the help menu it states If you want to calculate time differences, for example, the time

Re: [users] Fw: writer

2006-10-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 02 October 2006 04:47 am, peter fahy wrote: - Original Message - From: peter fahy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:28 PM Subject: writer I use open office 2.0. Normally, I write in English. I want to write in Portuguese. I have the Portuguese

Re: [users] Need Info on which to download

2006-10-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 30 September 2006 10:33 am, reneejas wrote: I'm having a problem just downloading openoffice, I'm just a home user and it was sent to me in a e-mail from a company I've brought software from, What I would like to know is which one do I download... I use windowsxp but it says its

Re: [users] x11 troubles

2006-10-02 Thread Alex Zachopoulos
Have you tried setting up a new user account and running OOo on X11 from that? If it works, then there's something at fault with your own account's setup. On Oct 2, 2006, at 8:02 PM, James Mckenzie wrote: From: James Berge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sep 29, 2006 9:30 AM To:

Re: [users] Converting doc to pdf file

2006-10-02 Thread Marc Hug
Once you have OpenOffice, you will find in the File menu a line Export to PDF. Marc Hug [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I understand that you have a program that will allow me to convert a Microsoft Office Document to a pdf file. I did not readily understand how to use your website to do

Re: [users] Need Info on which to download

2006-10-02 Thread Marc Hug
The most advisable could be not to use the e-mail from your company, but instead to download OO from the net (http://www.openoffice.org/). I would think the program is much too big to be accepted by an e-mail program. Marc Hug reneejas a écrit : I'm having a problem just downloading

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-10-02 Thread Paul
You don't have to uninstall the old version. Both can reside on the same PC quite happily. However when installing the new version of OOo it must be in a different directory (ie, different than where you have 1.1.2 installed)... /paul On 10/1/06, Ferruccio Morandotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [users] e-mail received from Paul

2006-10-02 Thread Paul
I'm going to take a stab that the Paul mentioned was me. Have a look here (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5) regarding more info on MD5SUM, but briefly it is a way to ensure that what you have downloaded is not corrupted in any way. If you have downloaded from OOo website, then you can be assured it is

Re: [users] Converting doc to pdf file

2006-10-02 Thread Arnold Huzen
You didn't tell us what exactly it is that you want to do. If you just want to create a pdf from your .doc files, then I don't think OpenOffice.org is the thing your looking for. OpenOffice.org is an officesuite with a wordprocessor, spreadsheet, presentation, draw and database component. One

Re: [users] Saving files to network drives

2006-10-02 Thread Mathias Bauer
David Walter wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 09:16 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote: David Walter wrote: I am new to this list and to Open Office, so please forgive me if this has been answered before. I manage a small network with mixed Windows and Linux machines. I have begun experimenting

[users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Brandon Hicks
Hello list, I'm a visually impaired high school student. I just downloaded Open Office to see what it was like. I ran it on a laptop running Windows XP SP2 and JAWS 7.0 and had a limited amount of success reading dialogs such as the mail merge, and even the registration. Are there any scripts

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Lou
Hi. Would it help to increase font sizes on the dialogues? You can increase them by using Tools Options. Select the category View under OpenOffice.org. At the top of that tab on the left is a heading User Interface and below that the word Scaling. To the right of that is a control which

Re: [users] Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-02 Thread Terry
Kirill S. Palagin wrote: But the way you describe is not what is in fix? I am interested in knowing original intention of developers. -Original Message- From: Richard Detwiler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:13 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re:

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Brandon Hicks
Hi Lou, Thanks for the suggestion, however I can't see at all. The program I mentioned provides speech in dialogs and such. The program can't access the text due to the way Office is set up. Thanks Brandon Lou wrote: Hi. Would it help to increase font sizes on the dialogues? You can

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Jonathon Blake
Brandon wrote: I'm a visually impaired high school student. For all practical purposes, OpenOffice.org does not work with JFW. Are there any scripts out there for Open Office I haven't seen any, and the people on the a11y lists I subscribe to won't create them for various reasons. [Part

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Lou
Jonathon Blake wrote: Brandon wrote: I'm a visually impaired high school student. For all practical purposes, OpenOffice.org does not work with JFW. Are there any scripts out there for Open Office I haven't seen any, and the people on the a11y lists I subscribe to won't create them for

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Brandon Hicks
Hi, Thanks for the info. part of it is because it would faster, simpler, and more effective to write an office suite from scratch, that is designed for people who require a11y features. Do you know of any other office suites that are accessible, while still remaining cheap or free? Thanks

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Jonathon Blake
Lou wrote: So screen-reading software cannot read OpenOffice windows? For JHW to work, you have to turn accessiblity _OFF_. If a function can not be accessed thruogh a menu, then it is not usable. Or is screen-reading software no good? OOo needs a complete rewrite, if it is to be usable

Re: [users] Problem with Wizards and Database

2006-10-02 Thread James McKenzie
Dan Lewis wrote: Do you have JRE (Java Runtime Environment) installed on your Mac? Open OOo then Tools Options OpenOffice.org Java. If you have JRE installed where it should be, OOo will find it and list it in the window. JRE is available from www.java.com. Dan: There is a

Re: [users] Problem with Wizards and Database

2006-10-02 Thread James McKenzie
Richard Denning wrote: I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org on an iMac with dual core intel processors using Tiger 10.4.7. When using the word processor, the wizards don't work. Something about the J2E environment not working correctly. I have read through help and followed all the

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Richard Detwiler
Jonathon Blake wrote: OOo needs a complete rewrite, if it is to be usable by people who require a11y features. I'll also point out that a11y features are also the ones that corporate executives need the most. Pardon my ignorance, but what does a11y mean?

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Jonathon Blake
Richard wrote: Pardon my ignorance, but what does a11y mean? accessibility. xan jonathon -- Ethical conduct is a vice. Corrupt conduct is a virtue. Motto of Nacarima. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] Problem with Wizards and Database

2006-10-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 02 October 2006 08:41 pm, James McKenzie wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Do you have JRE (Java Runtime Environment) installed on your Mac? Open OOo then Tools Options OpenOffice.org Java. If you have JRE installed where it should be, OOo will find it and list it in the window.

Re: [users] Problem with Wizards and Database

2006-10-02 Thread James McKenzie
Dan Lewis wrote: On Monday 02 October 2006 08:41 pm, James McKenzie wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Do you have JRE (Java Runtime Environment) installed on your Mac? Open OOo then Tools Options OpenOffice.org Java. If you have JRE installed where it should be, OOo will find it and list

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread James McKenzie
Jonathon Blake wrote: Richard wrote: Pardon my ignorance, but what does a11y mean? accessibility. It stands for A Eleven Y, not ally. It is a set of guidelines for building accessibility into applications. Much like the Section 508 code in the United States (which I have to deal with.) It

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Lou
Hi, Brandon. I've tried searching. The only comparable software I've found so far is a text editor called Text Pal. This is a download link for the Windows version (perhaps the only one): http://www.empowermentzone.com/textpalsetup.exe. There is a review here:

Re: [users] JFW Scripts?

2006-10-02 Thread Lou
Hi again. According to the following announcement, Koffice has text to speech. Perhaps other users could comment because I am not familiar with the subject: http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-1.5.php Brandon Hicks wrote: Hi, Thanks for the info. part of it is because it would

Re: [users] Saving files to network drives

2006-10-02 Thread David Walter
On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 15:05 +1000, Adrian Try wrote: When I try to save, I can navigate to the shared folder on the Windows server from within OO with no problem. But when I try to save or save as I get the error messages. I can open an existing document from within OO, and I can make

Re: [users] Saving files to network drives

2006-10-02 Thread David Walter
On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 00:11 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote: David Walter wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 09:16 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote: David Walter wrote: I am new to this list and to Open Office, so please forgive me if this has been answered before. I manage a small network with

[users] Re: Issue 3875 (selecting single cell) - how do I?

2006-10-02 Thread Joe Smith
Terry wrote: ... Any idea what was in the fix? ... It seems that the matter has not been fixed. There is this later issue which has been marked as wontfix: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=35121 I looked at the attachment: ... It means nothing to me. I could not find an

Re: [users] Saving files to network drives

2006-10-02 Thread David Walter
On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 10:27 +0100, Jeremy Morris wrote: David Walter wrote: I am new to this list and to Open Office, so please forgive me if this has been answered before. I manage a small network with mixed Windows and Linux machines. I have begun experimenting with Open Office in the

Re: [users] comma separated from the previous word

2006-10-02 Thread Andy Luddy
Johnny Andersson wrote: The problem seems to, as already suggested, that there is a space between the word and the comma. I can also see that you did the same mistake in your original message (a space right before the question mark): Is there any way to impede this globally ? So I guess that

[users] Please unsubscribe me, cannot do it myself

2006-10-02 Thread dondi_2006
Hello, I want to unsubscribe. I KNOW the procedure, I already unsubscribed from this very list with another address last year. I HAVE read the footer and done what it says: - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] two or

[users] Printing booklets

2006-10-02 Thread Rob Tanner
Hi, I did this once a while ago but can't remember how I did it. I have a multi-page document that I want to print as a booklet -- half sheets printed double sided on letter size paper, landscape orientation with the pages arranged so that when I fold and staple the output, things are in