Re: [users] Database fields in a hyperlink target

2007-04-05 Thread Vincent Schultz
Hello All, I am sorry to insist, but I am really stuck here with Writer, and I don't want to drop OOo in order to do it with MS-Office ... Is there any way to use database field (from calc) in the target of an hypelink as I described below ? In the fusion for emailing, only the text is

Re: [users] Log in problem

2007-04-05 Thread Tom Chilton
Consider it done, lol On 5 Apr 2007, at 09:29, Richard Judge wrote: Hey Tom, go suck an egg. -- Please note: This email and its content are subject to the disclaimer as displayed at the following link: http://pacific.co.za/ disclaimer.html. Should you not have Internet

Re: [users] Database fields in a hyperlink target

2007-04-05 Thread TerryJ
Hi. I suggest you try searching www.oooforum.org using Google or the site's own search engine. The latter lets you search individual sections of the forum like Writer and Calc. If you want to search the whole forum, a web search engine may be better. FWIW, both links got me

Re: [users] Database fields in a hyperlink target

2007-04-05 Thread Vincent Schultz
Hello Terry, TerryJ a écrit : Hi. I suggest you try searching www.oooforum.org using Google or the site's own search engine. The latter lets you search individual sections of the forum like Writer and Calc. If you want to search the whole forum, a web search engine may be better. I have

Re: [users] OO2.2 RPM for FC4

2007-04-05 Thread Jonathan Allen
Robin Dan, The Linux version on the web site contains the RPM's you want. Download the file if you have not already done so. Use tar in a terminal window to unzip the file. (tar -zxvf OOo_2.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US.tar.gz) Then browse to the RPMS subfolder that is created. rpm

Re: [users] Database fields in a hyperlink target

2007-04-05 Thread TerryJ
Do you know about the French lists and forum? http://fr.openoffice.org/contact-forums.html http://www.forum-openoffice.org/forum/ Do you think the hyperlink would work better from a Calc document? I hardly use Writer at all and I'm surprised no one here seems to be able to help. Good luck.

Re: [users] OO2.2 RPM for FC4

2007-04-05 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thursday April 05 2007 7:27 am, Jonathan Allen wrote: Robin Dan, The Linux version on the web site contains the RPM's you want. Download the file if you have not already done so. Use tar in a terminal window to unzip the file. (tar -zxvf

[users] Re: [moderated] ALIGN CURRENCY IN Oo2.2 CALC

2007-04-05 Thread NoOp
On 04/04/2007 08:34 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:28 04/04/2007 -0400, Sandra Schreiber wrote: I am attempting to use an acccounting alignment for currency in Oo2.2 Calc. I need to line up dollar signs, thousands, hundreds, tens, decimal points, etc., but cannot figure how to do so. Please

[users] Re: Locked pdf/unlocked pdf

2007-04-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
James Lockie wrote: Tom Chilton wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by unlocked. PDF is a format that is generally not for editing. One makes the file as they wish to distribute it and then export as PDF so that it cannot be edited. Please can you explain what you mean as I may have

[users] OOoW: Intermittant problems with save/save as.

2007-04-05 Thread LDR
I am having intermittent problem with saving documents in Writer. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with?: * My penchant for embedding '+'s, and '%'s '.'s in file names * My use of a separate directory for backup copies of documents * Occasionally changing the file name in

[users] A nit-pic ??

2007-04-05 Thread William Case
Hi; I have created Speech Template for myself and saved it. It works fine, but when I first start OOWriter I get the default template. That is expected. When go to File == New ==Templates == Speech rather than replacing the default template a whole new OOWriter frame is opened while the

Re: [users] A nit-pic ?? -- poorly written the first time - revised

2007-04-05 Thread William Case
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 15:20 -0400, William Case wrote: Hi; I have created a Speech Template for myself and saved it. It works fine. When I first start OOWriter I get the default template as expected. However, when I go to File == New == Templates == Speech rather than replacing the default

[users] Keyboard shortcut - assigning non-listed hotkey?

2007-04-05 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
Hello. How do I assign non-listed key combination (Ctrl+Shift+- for example) to some action? Thanks a lot. WBR, K. Palagin.

[users] Re: Log in problem

2007-04-05 Thread NoOp
On 04/05/2007 02:14 AM, Tom Chilton wrote: Consider it done, lol On 5 Apr 2007, at 09:29, Richard Judge wrote: Hey Tom, go suck an egg. -- Please note: This email and its content are subject to the disclaimer as displayed at the following link: http://pacific.co.za/

[users] Re: Log in problem

2007-04-05 Thread NoOp
On 04/03/2007 08:23 AM, Richard Judge wrote: [snip] I have thousands of reports, when I decide to use an old report from say OO ver 1 as a template and then save this into ver 2 the saving of this file takes forever, enough for me to want to smash something. Files are kept on another

[users] Re: Keyboard shortcut - assigning non-listed hotkey?

2007-04-05 Thread NoOp
On 04/05/2007 12:48 PM, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Hello. How do I assign non-listed key combination (Ctrl+Shift+- for example) to some action? Thanks a lot. WBR, K. Palagin. Have a look at: Tools|Customize|Keyboard -

RE: [users] Re: Keyboard shortcut - assigning non-listed hotkey?

2007-04-05 Thread Kirill S. Palagin
From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NoOp Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:05 AM On 04/05/2007 12:48 PM, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Hello. How do I assign non-listed key combination (Ctrl+Shift+- for example) to some action? Thanks a lot. WBR, K. Palagin.

[users] Re: Keyboard shortcut - assigning non-listed hotkey?

2007-04-05 Thread NoOp
On 04/05/2007 01:08 PM, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NoOp Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:05 AM On 04/05/2007 12:48 PM, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Hello. How do I assign non-listed key combination (Ctrl+Shift+- for example) to some action?

Re: [users] OOoW: Intermittant problems with save/save as.

2007-04-05 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Thursday 05 April 2007 01:55:05 pm LDR wrote: I am having intermittent problem with saving documents in Writer. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with?: * My penchant for embedding '+'s, and '%'s '.'s in file names * My use of a separate directory for backup copies of

Re: [users] A nit-pic ??

2007-04-05 Thread Howard Coles Jr.
On Thursday 05 April 2007 02:20:05 pm William Case wrote: Hi; I have created Speech Template for myself and saved it. It works fine, but when I first start OOWriter I get the default template. That is expected. When go to File == New ==Templates == Speech rather than replacing the default

Re: [users] [Label Wizard] Re: Alignment of printing Labels

2007-04-05 Thread Mathias Bauer
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Whilst I was having a little joke at Dan's expense - and my dig was at the French origins of the metric system, not the German usage of it - there is a serious point to be made. If OOo is prepared to support the Imperial system of measurements, then usable

Re: [users] Re: Keyboard shortcut - assigning non-listed hotkey?

2007-04-05 Thread Adrian Try
Have a look at: Tools|Customize|Keyboard That is the point - particular combination is not in the list. Then you'll need to use a different program to create your hotkey. There are quite a few good free macro programs around for Windows (assuming you're using Windows). One that's

[users] Re: Keyboard shortcut - assigning non-listed hotkey?

2007-04-05 Thread NoOp
On 04/05/2007 01:08 PM, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NoOp Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:05 AM On 04/05/2007 12:48 PM, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Hello. How do I assign non-listed key combination (Ctrl+Shift+- for example) to some action?

Re: [users] non-break table Saved As MS Word

2007-04-05 Thread James Lockie
James Lockie wrote: My document that has a table that is set it not to break across pages and columns but when I save it as MS Word is loses that setting. I created a brand new empty document and created a table and set it not to break. It DID retain the setting when saved as MS Word. I

Re: [users] non-break table Saved As MS Word

2007-04-05 Thread James Lockie
James Lockie wrote: James Lockie wrote: My document that has a table that is set it not to break across pages and columns but when I save it as MS Word is loses that setting. I created a brand new empty document and created a table and set it not to break. It DID retain the setting when

Re: [users] A nit-pic ?? -- poorly written the first time - revised

2007-04-05 Thread Richard Detwiler
Yes, I would call this a nit pick. William Case wrote: On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 15:20 -0400, William Case wrote: Hi; I have created a Speech Template for myself and saved it. It works fine. When I first start OOWriter I get the default template as expected. However, when I go to File == New

Re: [users] Keyboard shortcut - assigning non-listed hotkey?

2007-04-05 Thread TerryJ
noop-3 wrote: On 04/05/2007 01:08 PM, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NoOp Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:05 AM On 04/05/2007 12:48 PM, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: Hello. How do I assign non-listed key combination (Ctrl+Shift+- for

[users] Loss of formatting

2007-04-05 Thread Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI
Sometimes when opening an old OO1.x document, (or even SO5.2 !) I loose formatting: Although the paragraphs are marked as Justified the line breaks happen wherever they fall, usually in the middle of a word. Any idea what can be done to bring back proper word-wrap ? Cheers, Ron. --

Re: [users] Keyboard shortcut - assigning non-listed hotkey?

2007-04-05 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:48 05/04/2007 +0400, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: How do I assign non-listed key combination (Ctrl+Shift+- for example) to some action? You are aware that in OpenOffice Writer, Ctrl+Shift+[minus] (that is, Ctrl+[underscore]) has a function? It creates a non-breaking hyphen. Perhaps

[users] Re: OOoW: Intermittant problems with save/save as.

2007-04-05 Thread LDR
Howard Coles Jr. wrote: On Thursday 05 April 2007 01:55:05 pm LDR wrote: I am having intermittent problem with saving documents in Writer. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with?: * My penchant for embedding '+'s, and '%'s '.'s in file names * My use of a separate

[users] Re: OOoW: Intermittant problems with save/save as.

2007-04-05 Thread Russell Butler
LDR wrote: Howard Coles Jr. wrote: On Thursday 05 April 2007 01:55:05 pm LDR wrote: I am having intermittent problem with saving documents in Writer. I'm wondering if this has anything to do with?: * My penchant for embedding '+'s, and '%'s '.'s in file names * My use of a

[users] Re: OOoW: Intermittent problems with save/save as.

2007-04-05 Thread LDR
many of us use threaded mail readers, so it is very easy to miss posts tacked on to another thread. I'm lost, here. If I change the subject, and copy the text into a new message, how does it (not sure what it is; my email client? the OOo mail list server? Your mail client?) know what the

[users] Re: A nit-pic ??

2007-04-05 Thread Klaas Visser
William Case posted on 06-Apr-07 05:20:05 (UTC +1100): Hi; I have created Speech Template for myself and saved it. It works fine, but when I first start OOWriter I get the default template. That is expected. When go to File == New ==Templates == Speech rather than replacing the default

[users] Re: A nit-pic ??

2007-04-05 Thread Matt Needles
Klaas Visser wrote: William Case posted on 06-Apr-07 05:20:05 (UTC +1100): Hi; I have created Speech Template for myself and saved it. It works fine, but when I first start OOWriter I get the default template. That is expected. When go to File == New ==Templates == Speech rather than

[users] Re: A nit-pic ??

2007-04-05 Thread Klaas Visser
Matt Needles posted on 06-Apr-07 14:02:26 (UTC +1100): Klaas Visser wrote: William Case posted on 06-Apr-07 05:20:05 (UTC +1100): Hi; I have created Speech Template for myself and saved it. It works fine, but when I first start OOWriter I get the default template. That is expected. When

[users] Re: OOoW: Intermittent problems with save/save as.

2007-04-05 Thread Russell Butler
LDR wrote: many of us use threaded mail readers, so it is very easy to miss posts tacked on to another thread. I'm lost, here. If I change the subject, and copy the text into a new message, how does it (not sure what it is; my email client? the OOo mail list server? Your mail client?) know

Re: [users] Re: A nit-pic ??

2007-04-05 Thread linuxmaillists
On Friday 06 April 2007, Matt Needles wrote: Fine, for those who have a Quickstarter, but ... No Quickstarter in Fedora Core :( There is but it is not active by default. You have to tell it to be active. I just remember having the option when I first started OOo to activate the