Re: [users] Secure a Document

2007-01-23 Thread TerryJ
John Meyer wrote: TerryJ wrote: I agree with using some such method (although probably suggested in jest) for a copy of the file NOT password-protected. There have been enough reports of OpenOffice failing to recognise passwords, and the files consequently becoming irretrievable,

Re: [users] Normally-distributed random number creation

2007-01-23 Thread TerryJ
rlshadow wrote: I have a need to create a set (like around 500) of random numbers, normally distributed, with a specified mean and standard deviation. In Excel, there is a feature that allows doing this (you enter the number of random numbers you want, the type of distribution

[users] multiple copies of digest

2007-01-23 Thread mike scott
I've had multiple copies of some recent digests of this list - the latest was 6 copies of digest 5101 today. Anyone else having the same problem? I've checked my sendmail logs - it's definitely separate copies being sent from sjc.collab.net over a period of an hour or two. Same message ID.

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-01-23 Thread Guy Voets
2007/1/22, webcath [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi - I am considering trying Open Office. I am wondering if there are any issues of which I should be aware regarding reinstalling my system (OSX 10.4) with X11 installed. I don't want to do that install before I know any consequences of that action.

Re: [users] Compatibility with Windows Vista

2007-01-23 Thread Guy Voets
2007/1/22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for your help. Ghislaine. As far as we know, OpenOffice.org runs on Vista. You would be so kind to inform us when you encounter any problem -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.1 RC 2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and dutch OOo 2.1 RC 1 on a G4

Re: [users] Re: Neo Office

2007-01-23 Thread Alex Zachopoulos
James, Couldn't have said it better myself. X11 is a much faster environment on any machine. Carl: To compare launch times, I do the following: launch, then quit the application three times consecutively, then time the fourth launch. NeoOffice is slower in firing up (about 18) than OOo

Re: [users] question

2007-01-23 Thread Guy Voets
2007/1/22, Percy Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have a iMac G3 with OSX 10.03 128 MB memory and CD ROM only and I would like to know if I can order a CD with Open Office for this system and OS. If so, send price and address. Thank you Percy Adams The newest version of OpenOffice.org still

Re: [users] Hindi and Arabic numerals

2007-01-23 Thread Abu_Adam Al-Naruujiy
Changing the font will not help. The numbers are sticky as either Arabic, Hindi or System. The latter makes the system default stick. Abu Adam On 1/23/07, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/01/07, Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why can't you create a character style for

RE: [users] Use with Word/Excel

2007-01-23 Thread Nikos Mitropoulos
Absolutely. OpenOffice supports MS Office Suite, while the opposite is not true. Nikos /www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 7:52 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Use with

Re: [users] OpenOffice startup problem

2007-01-23 Thread Guy Voets
2007/1/22, CPHennessy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sunday 14 January 2007 18:52, Mirosław Majka wrote: [ MODERATED ] *** Hi, the problem is that when I start OpenOffice it connects to some remote host which slows the process down. I've noticed it when my Internet provider had

Re: [users] file compatibility issues

2007-01-23 Thread Guy Voets
2007/1/23, Jonathan Kaye [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I have a file compatibility issue: specifically when editing tables in a .doc file using OOo2.1 on a Debian Etch box. Since there are sooo many openoffice newsgroups, I'm wondering if this is the place where I can raise this issue. Thanks in

Re: [users] Hindi and Arabic numerals

2007-01-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 23/01/07, Abu_Adam Al-Naruujiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Changing the font will not help. The numbers are sticky as either Arabic, Hindi or System. The latter makes the system default stick. Abu Adam Have you tried a different locale then? Specifically, I think that the Saudi locale does

Re: [users] [moderated]Downloading books

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
Jayne Paradis wrote: I just downloaded the latest version of Open Office and was hoping to download the various books from the website - it seems that I can only download individual chapters - any ideas? The complete books are there too. I have downloaded them many times. They are all

Re: [users] Compatibility with Windows Vista

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
For those on the list who missed it, I have placed an earlier reply to this question at the end of this email. You might want to save it to answer this type question later. The author of that email knows what he is talking about. Dan On Tuesday 23 January 2007 3:09 am, Guy Voets wrote:

Re: [users] Convert Wordstar 4 Format to Open Office

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
John Meyer wrote: James Knott wrote: Do you still have Wordstar? If so, you'd export the files in some format that OO can understand. Off the cuff here, if you have documents that old, wouldn't you have tried to convert them to something else in the meantime? IIRC, even back

RE: [users] Will OO products function well with Unix and Linux?

2007-01-23 Thread Schultz, Gary - COMM
Yes, OO functions quite well in Linux. I have had printing problems in OO Linux that I can't figure out. I have a Brother printer which has native Linux drivers. I'm still investigating the problem and hope to have a solution soon. What I normally do now is export my OO docs to PDF and print from

[users] Re: file compatibility issues

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Guy Voets wrote: and what's the issue? My girlfriend does editing and translation using Openoffice 2.1 on a linux etch box (2.6.18 kernel). She typically receives files in .doc format, loads them into Openoffice, edits them using the record changes option, she saves the result as a .doc file

Re: [users] Secure a Document

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
TerryJ wrote: Getting off topic, I've belatedly woken up to a major hole in the security about which I'd been smug. On the Linux OSs I've used, you need a password by default to log in. You can drive a truck through that with a live cd. The one I've got let's you log in as administrator

[users] Outlining in Writer

2007-01-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
I remember a thread here a few months ago about outlining in OOo. I've STFA but I cannot seem to locate it. Bottom line: how could one enable compacting of sections/paragraphs in Writer, and appropriate headings and indentation? I've thought about using styles, but the compacting/showing of

[users] The ODF Toolkit Project

2007-01-23 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Press Release: The ODF Toolkit Project, OpenOffice.org The future of OpenOffice.org extends beyond the office suite. With the creation of our new ODF Toolkit Project (http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/), which we are announcing today, we are inviting developers everywhere to take the source of

Re: [users] Secure a Document

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
Comments inline. On Tuesday 23 January 2007 9:03 am, James Knott wrote: TerryJ wrote: Getting off topic, I've belatedly woken up to a major hole in the security about which I'd been smug. On the Linux OSs I've used, you need a password by default to log in. You can drive a truck

[users] Something wrong with the 'Unsubscribe' function?

2007-01-23 Thread Alex Zachopoulos
I've tried unsubscribing from the list, but I get no reply from the automated system. Something wrong? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] Re: Secure a Document

2007-01-23 Thread Chuck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 TerryJ wrote: I'd use top quality software to encrypt a file with some confidence but OpenOffice is not in that category. The password might be secure (although there's a password cracker on www.ooomacros.org) but the encrypting can, it seems,

[users] Re: Something wrong with the 'Unsubscribe' function?

2007-01-23 Thread Chuck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alex Zachopoulos wrote: I've tried unsubscribing from the list, but I get no reply from the automated system. Something wrong? Did you unsubscribe from the same email address that the emails are being sent to? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version:

Re: [users] Something wrong with the 'Unsubscribe' function?

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 11:14 am, Alex Zachopoulos wrote: I've tried unsubscribing from the list, but I get no reply from the automated system. Something wrong? Depending upon the amount of traffic on the web site, it may take some time before the automated reply arrives in your inbox.

Re: [users] PDF files

2007-01-23 Thread Joe Conner
You can modify the properties of the frame. Select no boundary. Stephanie Boulee wrote: John Meyer wrote: I was wondering if there is a program that would allow me to type on top of a PDF and print that out? I've tried OpenOffice and Scribus, and neither seem to work with this particular

Re: [users] Re: Templates and styles

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
John Jason Jordan wrote: Then I saved the jjj_default.ott document and closed it. I opened File Templates Organize, selected the jjj_default.ott template, right-clicked on it and selected Set as Default Template. I did not select the Reset Default Template setting. Then I closed the

[users] Re: Something wrong with the 'Unsubscribe' function?

2007-01-23 Thread Chuck
Dan Lewis wrote: On Tuesday 23 January 2007 11:14 am, Alex Zachopoulos wrote: I've tried unsubscribing from the list, but I get no reply from the automated system. Something wrong? Depending upon the amount of traffic on the web site, it may take some time before the automated reply

Re: [users] Re: Secure a Document

2007-01-23 Thread Andy Pepperdine
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 17:29, Chuck wrote: TerryJ wrote: I'd use top quality software to encrypt a file with some confidence but OpenOffice is not in that category. The password might be secure (although there's a password cracker on www.ooomacros.org) but the encrypting can, it

[users] FYI on Mac to PC file transfer

2007-01-23 Thread Joe Hollis
Hi, As both a long time Mac and PC user If had to deal with moving fils back and forth between the two platforms. Ever since Mac OS 7.5.x the Mac platform could read and write to media (i.e. floppy disks, USB flash memory, etc) that was formatted to the MS FAT 16 or FAT 32 standard. As for

[users] Re: PDF files

2007-01-23 Thread CarlP
Stephanie Boulee wrote: John Meyer wrote: I was wondering if there is a program that would allow me to type on top of a PDF and print that out? I've tried OpenOffice and Scribus, and neither seem to work with this particular PDF. Any suggestions? I thought I'd experiment with this to

Re: [users] Secure a Document

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:57 PM [GMT+1=CET], Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comments inline. On Tuesday 23 January 2007 9:03 am, James Knott wrote: TerryJ wrote: Getting off topic, I've belatedly woken up to a major hole in the security about which I'd been smug. On the Linux

Re: [users] Something wrong with the 'Unsubscribe' function?

2007-01-23 Thread Alex Zachopoulos
Good to hear I'm not alone, Dan. It's been more than a day now, I think. I'll wait it out. And, yes, I did unsubscribe from the correct email address. See you later. On Jan 23, 2007, at 7:38 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Tuesday 23 January 2007 11:14 am, Alex Zachopoulos wrote: I've tried

Re: [users] OpenOffice startup problem

2007-01-23 Thread Mirosław Majka
This behaviour sounds like a bug. However do you have a local DNS cache ? Don't know. If you're talking about BIND I don't have such things. Where is localhost resolved to ? cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost Don't know what else to put here. Have you checked with

Re: [users] More colors in color picker - how?

2007-01-23 Thread Stephanie Boulee
I apologize for offending you by using the word better. I should have said different (than what comes standard in Ooo) and that I was hoping for better I will try your suggestion and see how it works for me. I'm just a user and haven't heard of many of the things you mentioned, but if I

Re: [users] PDF files

2007-01-23 Thread Stephanie Boulee
How do you achieve this? I can find the properties for the page but not the frame. Joe Conner wrote: You can modify the properties of the frame. Select no boundary. Stephanie Boulee wrote: John Meyer wrote: I was wondering if there is a program that would allow me to type on top of a

Re: [users] PDF files

2007-01-23 Thread Stephanie Boulee
I am subscribed to the list. I don't need 3 copies of the response in my personal mailbox. Thank you for your help and thank you for being so thorough in making sure I receive it. Joe Conner wrote: You can modify the properties of the frame. Select no boundary. Stephanie Boulee wrote:

Re: [users] PDF files

2007-01-23 Thread Joe Conner
One way: Deselect all. (click on the document margin) Then tab to the frame. It is selected when eight green squares become visible around the frame. Then, right click, choose frame, select borders tab, select none, click OK. Stephanie Boulee wrote: How do you achieve this? I can find the

Re: [users] Convert Wordstar 4 Format to Open Office

2007-01-23 Thread Robin Laing
John Meyer wrote: James Knott wrote: Do you still have Wordstar? If so, you'd export the files in some format that OO can understand. Off the cuff here, if you have documents that old, wouldn't you have tried to convert them to something else in the meantime?

Re: [users] PDF files

2007-01-23 Thread Stephanie Boulee
I tried that. It only erased the borders, but it still whites out the picture. I am using writer. What I am trying to achieve is the effect you get when you add text in Draw. You just see the text. However, I like the functionality of frames, being able to add borders and/or drag and

Re: [users] upgrade to fc6 breaks OO2.1

2007-01-23 Thread Robin Laing
rfjones wrote: after upgrading to fc6 my oo2.1 has a different theme, the file/new does not offer the list of types it had before, but a documents/template submenu leading to a dialog about templates and documents selecting the new document in the dialog has no result oo2.1 cannot open the docs

[users] Re: Unregistered OPs and gmane

2007-01-23 Thread Russell Butler
Harold Fuchs wrote: If I use the Gmane newsgroup to reply to messages in this list then, even if I explicitly include an unregistered OP's e-mail address in the cc: list, it seems that the message does not go to the OP. My evidence for this is that when I look at my reply using normal

Re: [users] PDF files

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:47 PM [GMT+1=CET], Stephanie Boulee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you achieve this? I can find the properties for the page but not the frame. snip 1. Click on the border of the frame. Careful clicking brings up 8 green squares (I think they are called

Re: [users] More colors in color picker - how?

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathon Blake
On 1/23/07, Stephanie Boulee wrote: I apologize for offending you by using the word better. I should have I wasn't offended by the use of the word better. I merely think that it might be misleading. I'm just a user and haven't heard of many of the things you mentioned, If anything isn't

[users] no spell check Heading 2

2007-01-23 Thread James Lockie
I can spell check everything except my Heading 2's. :-( My Heading 1 spell checks. I have OOo-2.1for WindowsXP. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] FYI on Mac to PC file transfer

2007-01-23 Thread James Lockie
Joe Hollis wrote: Hi, As both a long time Mac and PC user If had to deal with moving fils back and forth between the two platforms. Ever since Mac OS 7.5.x the Mac platform could read and write to media (i.e. floppy disks, USB flash memory, etc) that was formatted to the MS FAT 16 or FAT 32

[users] [moderated]

2007-01-23 Thread E.C.Seven
hi i am using open office in my home computer, i would like to use it also on my company's businness pc. i need to kow if i am free to use it or pay a license to someone. thanks for your time. Afro Mazzoni, Bologna Italy -

Re: [users] multiple copies of digest

2007-01-23 Thread TerryJ
mike scott-2 wrote: I've had multiple copies of some recent digests of this list - the latest was 6 copies of digest 5101 today. Anyone else having the same problem? I've checked my sendmail logs - it's definitely separate copies being sent from sjc.collab.net over a period of an

[users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread Judi Doornbos
Hi I have just bought OpenOffice 2.0 from Dick Smith to replace Microsoft Office 2000. I want to uninstall Office 2000 as it is creating problems. I have skimmed the Guide, particularly relating to Writer- the function I use most- and am very impressed and keen to start using it. However what I

Re: [users] no spell check Heading 2

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:52 PM [GMT+1=CET], James Lockie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can spell check everything except my Heading 2's. :-( My Heading 1 spell checks. I have OOo-2.1for WindowsXP. - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] multiple copies of digest

2007-01-23 Thread TerryJ
TerryJ wrote: mike scott-2 wrote: I've had multiple copies of some recent digests of this list - the latest was 6 copies of digest 5101 today. Anyone else having the same problem? I've checked my sendmail logs - it's definitely separate copies being sent from sjc.collab.net

Re: [users] Please help with this problem

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a demo of OpenOffice 1.1.3 and I have tried to uninstall it with windows xp but it fails to uninstall. Do you have a program of any kind to uninstall this program? Please help I need the space on my computer and this program just will now go away.

Re: [users] no spell check Heading 2

2007-01-23 Thread James Lockie
Harold Fuchs wrote: On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:52 PM [GMT+1=CET], James Lockie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can spell check everything except my Heading 2's. :-( My Heading 1 spell checks. I have OOo-2.1for WindowsXP. -

[users] Re:Licensing

2007-01-23 Thread Russell Butler
E.C.Seven wrote: hi i am using open office in my home computer, i would like to use it also on my company's businness pc. i need to kow if i am free to use it or pay a license to someone. thanks for your time. Afro Mazzoni, Bologna Italy Hello Afro Look at

Re: [users] Please help with this problem

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:53 PM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a demo of OpenOffice 1.1.3 and I have tried to uninstall it with windows xp but it fails to uninstall. Do you have a program of any kind to uninstall this program? Please help I need the space on

Re: [users] Please help with this problem

2007-01-23 Thread James Lockie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a demo of OpenOffice 1.1.3 and I have tried to uninstall it with windows xp but it fails to uninstall. Do you have a program of any kind to uninstall this program? Please help I need the space on my computer and this program just will now go away. Thank

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-01-23 Thread James Lockie
E.C.Seven wrote: hi i am using open office in my home computer, i would like to use it also on my company's businness pc. i need to kow if i am free to use it or pay a license to someone. thanks for your time. Totally free, use as many copies as you like. Afro Mazzoni, Bologna Italy

Re: [users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread James Lockie
Judi Doornbos wrote: Hi I have just bought OpenOffice 2.0 from Dick Smith to replace Microsoft Office 2000. I want to uninstall Office 2000 as it is creating problems. I have skimmed the Guide, particularly relating to Writer- the function I use most- and am very impressed and keen to start

[users] Re: no spell check Heading 2

2007-01-23 Thread Russell Butler
James Lockie wrote: I can spell check everything except my Heading 2's. :-( My Heading 1 spell checks. I have OOo-2.1for WindowsXP. Hi James See if the language setting matches your dictionary. Open Styles and Formatting. Go to Heading 2 in Text, Styles Right Click - Modify and check the

Re: [users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
Judi Doornbos wrote: Hi I have just bought OpenOffice 2.0 from Dick Smith to replace Microsoft Office 2000. I want to uninstall Office 2000 as it is creating problems. I have skimmed the Guide, particularly relating to Writer- the function I use most- and am very impressed and keen to start

Re: [users] Re:Licensing

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 5:39 pm, Russell Butler wrote: E.C.Seven wrote: hi i am using open office in my home computer, i would like to use it also on my company's businness pc. i need to kow if i am free to use it or pay a license to someone. thanks for your time. Afro Mazzoni,

Re: [users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread Joe Conner
Open Office can happily co-exist with M$Office so you do not need to be concerned about the installation/uninstallation sequence. Open Office can open Micro$oft Office files (not publisher files) although you may need to tweak the files a bit if the original files are complicated, (with tables,

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
E.C.Seven wrote: hi i am using open office in my home computer, i would like to use it also on my company's businness pc. i need to kow if i am free to use it or pay a license to someone. You are free to use it all you want.

Re: [users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:51 AM [GMT+1=CET], Judi Doornbos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have just bought OpenOffice 2.0 from Dick Smith to replace Microsoft Office 2000. I want to uninstall Office 2000 as it is creating problems. I have skimmed the Guide, particularly relating to

[users] open office 2.0 question

2007-01-23 Thread matnay
I run windows XP and am looking for a trace text font to teach my son to write, do you have one within writer ? if so could you tell me how to find it. If not could you please advise me how to get one and use it with your programs. Cheers Matt.

[users] Using OpenOffice 2

2007-01-23 Thread Rob Swallow
Can I download the templates all at once (e.g. zip folders) or do I have to download all separately? Rob Swallow - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[users] How do i alter the keyboard shortcuts to what i want them as?

2007-01-23 Thread a.m.wymer
I am trying to create a macro for a unit i am sitting and they request that i make the keyboard shortcut alt+m but the help page isnt very helpful and doesnt explain how to do this. Is there a contact number i can call on because there are alot of things wrong with my open office

[users] Keylogger in the program?

2007-01-23 Thread vampgyrl313
I am using version 2.1 of Open Office. While I like the program, I have a grave concern. When I scan my system with SpyOnThis, it shows the following to be a keylogger: Infected object: PC Watch Personal Edition Type: KEYLOGGER Location: C://Documents and Settings/HP_ Owner/Application

[users] Download Question

2007-01-23 Thread russ henson
I have previously downloaded OpenOffice Base, Draw, Impress, Writer, and Math, and now need the Calc application. Can I download it individually from your website? If so, I could not figure out how. Thank you. Russ

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

2007-01-23 Thread Casey
I am using open office version 2.1. How do you send the spreadsheet that you create as the body of an email message? Casey Stokes Tellus Development 228-832-8302 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html

[users] Is Excel downloads parallel with Open Office

2007-01-23 Thread shuz2u
My laptop is having issues with Excel and i was considering downloading your product to see if I could open Excel files on it. Any thoughts? Thanks. Dan White PO Box 621 Pelzer,SC 29669 864-947-9811 p/f 864-230-2871 cell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] info about calc

2007-01-23 Thread lelly
how is considered answering after a month? compliments and best regards CPHennessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 26 December 2006 14:03, + leonarda matteucci di s. ginesio wrote: HAS CALC IN OPEN OFFICE LAST RELEASE (2?) , BETWEEN ITS TOOLS AND FUNCTIONS, THE TOOL EQUIVALENT,

[users] I downloaded OpenOffice 2.1 for Mac OS X...

2007-01-23 Thread Dick Daniel
I downloaded OpenOffice 2.1 for Mac OS X and received the message that I would need to install X11. I then downloaded X11 and then received a message that You cannot install X11 on this volume. Newer software already exists on your computer. Please advise me how to install OpenOffice at

RE: [users] Data base

2007-01-23 Thread Melih Ozbek
No I can't not enter any data to the Tables. I created tables and forms just fine. But when I try to write to it, it opens as read only what do I need to do so I can write some data in that tables? Thanks, Melih Ozbek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Data

[users] uninstal OpenOffice 2.1 on Mac OS 10.4.8

2007-01-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I installed OpenOffice 2.1 on Mac OS 10.4.8 and it does not work properly. How do I uninstall it completly please. Thanks. Best wishes joachim brahms [EMAIL PROTECTED] joachim brahms maltesertstr. 7 79400 kandern ph 07626-973868 mob:0175-374-9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Download Question

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
russ henson wrote: I have previously downloaded OpenOffice Base, Draw, Impress, Writer, and Math, and now need the Calc application. Can I download it individually from your website? If so, I could not figure out how. Thank you. Russ How did you manage to download those packages

Re: [users] How do i alter the keyboard shortcuts to what i want them as?

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:44 AM [GMT+1=CET], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to create a macro for a unit i am sitting and they request that i make the keyboard shortcut alt+m but the help page isnt very helpful and doesnt explain how to do this. Is there a contact

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

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
Casey wrote: I am using open office version 2.1. How do you send the spreadsheet that you create as the body of an email message? Click on File Send and then make your choice of what you want to send. - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] Is Excel downloads parallel with Open Office

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My laptop is having issues with Excel and i was considering downloading your product to see if I could open Excel files on it. Any thoughts? It should work. Since it's free, why not give it a try and see what happens?

[users] Sending Spreadsheets via e-mail (was Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE)

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
Original Message From: Casey To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:02 PM Subject: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE I am using open office version 2.1. How do you send the spreadsheet that you create as the body of an email message? Casey

Re: [users] Keylogger in the program?

2007-01-23 Thread Tom Chilton
I'm afraid this is a problem with SpyOnThis which many believe to be spyware/malware/naughtyware itself. It reports many false positives. See this address http://www.spywareguide.com/ spydet_2852_spyonthis.html Tom On 23 Jan 2007, at 05:36, vampgyrl313 wrote: I am using version 2.1 of

RE: [users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread Judi Doornbos
Hi Harold Many thanks for the prompt reply. I wish I had found OpenOffice sooner and saved myself a whole heap of frustration. I have just found out that I can indeed open files from OpenOffice but did not know that files would have to converted if send to non OOo users. Thanks. As you may have

[users] RE: Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread Judi Doornbos
Hi Joe Connor Thank you for that. I am gobsmacked at the prompt help offered. Should have started Open Office years ago and saved myself a whole heap of frustration. Judi -Original Message- From: Joe Conner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:47 PM Subject:

Re: [users] Convert Wordstar 4 Format to Open Office

2007-01-23 Thread John Meyer
Robin Laing wrote: But this is the issue that OpenOffice should be pushing on the promotion of ODF. I understand this so well after this last weekend. Going through some old disks that we don't have the software for anymore and not being able to open the files. Now I have spreadsheets that

Re: [users] Please help with this problem

2007-01-23 Thread Daney
There is a program called Unlocker That often helps Take care Regards Daniel ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 01/24/07 08:31:56 To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Please help with this problem I have a demo of OpenOffice 1.1.3 and I have tried to uninstall

Re: [users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:23 AM [GMT+1=CET], Judi Doornbos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Harold Many thanks for the prompt reply. I wish I had found OpenOffice sooner and saved myself a whole heap of frustration. snip I have persisted using dead slow Microsoft Outlook for email because

Re: [users] Download Question

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 22 January 2007 11:35 pm, russ henson wrote: I have previously downloaded OpenOffice Base, Draw, Impress, Writer, and Math, and now need the Calc application. Can I download it individually from your website? If so, I could not figure out how. Thank you. Russ If you downloaded

Re: [users] Convert Wordstar 4 Format to Open Office

2007-01-23 Thread Robert Smits
On Monday 22 January 2007 08:52, Sam Sloan wrote: I am using Open Office 2.1 I have some old documents in Wordstar Version 4. How can I convert these Wordstar documenmts to OpenOffice? Sam, have a look at the following site: http://www.wordstar.org/wordstar/pages/convert_faq.htm#FAQ It lists

Re: [users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Judi Doornbos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed 24 Jan 2007 11:23:31 EST Hi Judi, Since it is about 1:00 AM in the UK, I think Harold is, or should be ;) asleep by now, but I am just over the Tasman from you, so I will offer a recommendation. As you may have

Re: [users] Keylogger in the program?

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 22 January 2007 11:36 pm, vampgyrl313 wrote: I am using version 2.1 of Open Office. While I like the program, I have a grave concern. When I scan my system with SpyOnThis, it shows the following to be a keylogger: Infected object: PC Watch Personal Edition Type: KEYLOGGER

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

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 3:02 pm, Casey wrote: I am using open office version 2.1. How do you send the spreadsheet that you create as the body of an email message? Casey Stokes Tellus Development 228-832-8302 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You don't. Unless you can copy and paste, which I

Re: [users] Is Excel downloads parallel with Open Office

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 3:49 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My laptop is having issues with Excel and i was considering downloading your product to see if I could open Excel files on it. Any thoughts? Thanks. Dan White OpenOffice. org will open Excel files and even save in that

Re: [users] I downloaded OpenOffice 2.1 for Mac OS X...

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 4:24 pm, Dick Daniel wrote: I downloaded OpenOffice 2.1 for Mac OS X and received the message that I would need to install X11. I then downloaded X11 and then received a message that You cannot install X11 on this volume. Newer software already exists on your

Re: [users] Data base

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 5:00 pm, Melih Ozbek wrote: No I can't not enter any data to the Tables. I created tables and forms just fine. But when I try to write to it, it opens as read only what do I need to do so I can write some data in that tables? Thanks, Melih Ozbek snip You are

Re: [users] uninstal OpenOffice 2.1 on Mac OS 10.4.8

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Lewis
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 5:02 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I installed OpenOffice 2.1 on Mac OS 10.4.8 and it does not work properly. How do I uninstall it completly please. Thanks. Best wishes joachim brahms It would be nice if you would write back saying what doesn't work

Re: [users] Convert Wordstar 4 Format to Open Office

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathon Blake
John wrote: Off the cuff here, if you have documents that old, wouldn't you have tried to convert them to something else in the meantime? You haven't dealt with organizations like that one that in mid-2001 decided to standardize on Win95, and upgrade all computers to that, or the one that

Re: [users] Help with OpenOffice.org

2007-01-23 Thread Rvrlady
Harold, I'm not familiar with Mozilla and Thunderbird, and I'm a new user of OOo. What do you see as the problems with Thunderbird? - Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:15 PM Subject:

[users] Full backgrounds

2007-01-23 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hi, In HTML, if one uses the background= attribute in the body tag, the background covers the entire page. Similarly, in MS Word, inserting a background covers the whole page. Yet in OO.o, inserting a background only fills up the writable area while beyond the margins the page remains

[users] OOo Impress: seeing my notes during a preso, but hiding the notes from the audience

2007-01-23 Thread Christian Einfeldt
hi, Does anyone know how I can do a preso and see my speakers' notes, but not let the audience see my notes? I would rather not kill trees by printing out my presentation, and yet I will need to see my notes during a presentation. My presentation itself will largely consist of graphics, and so

Re: [users] OOo Impress: seeing my notes during a preso, but hiding the notes from the audience

2007-01-23 Thread James Knott
Christian Einfeldt wrote: hi, Does anyone know how I can do a preso and see my speakers' notes, but not let the audience see my notes? I would rather not kill trees by printing out my presentation, and yet I will need to see my notes during a presentation. My presentation itself will

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