Re: [users] OCR

2007-12-27 Thread Brian Blandford
I suspect the problem is with the OCR software (presumably that supplied with the HP scanner). As far as a lot of hardware and software designed for Windows are concerned, Open Office doesn't seem to exist on the planet. I have the same problem with Omnipage 14 - it has a facility to enter

Re: [users] What can I use to replace Powerpoint?

2007-12-27 Thread Brian Blandford
James Knott wrote: gcorenevsky wrote: I am using Open Office Org ver 2.3.1 I deleted my MS Office Home Student Now when I open my e-mail, I cannot get to read .pps attachments. Do you/we have a product that can help me? Thank you for your time and professionalism.. I forgot to

Re: [users] What can I use to replace Powerpoint?

2007-12-27 Thread Cor Nouws
Brian Blandford wrote (27-12-2007 13:48) James Knott wrote: I forgot to mention in my previous note, OpenOffice cannot open a file saved in the new Microsoft Office 2007 formats, so if that file has a .PPSX extension, OpenOffice can't open it. How far off are we from being able to open the

Re: [users] Migrating from OOo 2.3 to 2.4

2007-12-27 Thread amaloney
Larry Thank you for your prompt and helpful reply. edit OpenOffice.org 2.4.app/Contents/MacOS/bootstraprc and replace the value of key UserInstallation with UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/OpenOffice.org-aqua/2 I removed the -aqua since I am using X11. It is now working as before.

Re: [users] page numbering

2007-12-27 Thread Beeman10
In a message dated 12/26/2007 10:10:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One warning: Click Edit and find Field name in its menu. If this is checked, all of your page numbers will be changed to Page which is the name of the field being used to number the pages. So,

Re: [users] What can I use to replace Powerpoint?

2007-12-27 Thread M Henri Day
2007/12/27, Cor Nouws [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Brian Blandford wrote (27-12-2007 13:48) James Knott wrote: I forgot to mention in my previous note, OpenOffice cannot open a file saved in the new Microsoft Office 2007 formats, so if that file has a .PPSX extension, OpenOffice can't open it.

Re: [users] What can I use to replace Powerpoint?

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
M Henri Day wrote: 2007/12/27, Cor Nouws [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Brian Blandford wrote (27-12-2007 13:48) James Knott wrote: I forgot to mention in my previous note, OpenOffice cannot open a file saved in the new Microsoft Office 2007 formats, so if that file has a .PPSX

Re: [users] Downloading time for updates

2007-12-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:30:00 +0100 Elisabeth Leinfellner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Elisabeth, I would like to download the new Open Office updates. However, I only You can't d/l the updates; You have to d/l the whole suite in an all or nothing way. I know at least some people think this

Re: [users] Re: How to Disable Read-Only restriction on Document

2007-12-27 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
NoOp wrote: [cut] In this dialogue it is possible to select multiple entries by Ctrl+Click, or Shift+Click and you should select all the sections and turn off the write protection. Job done! Or, and perhaps easier: Format|Sections :-) No arguments here! I just thought an introduction to

Re: [users] What can I use to replace Powerpoint?

2007-12-27 Thread Brian Blandford
Cor Nouws wrote: Brian Blandford wrote (27-12-2007 13:48) James Knott wrote: I forgot to mention in my previous note, OpenOffice cannot open a file saved in the new Microsoft Office 2007 formats, so if that file has a .PPSX extension, OpenOffice can't open it. How far off are we from being

Re: [users] Downloading time for updates

2007-12-27 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi Elisabeth, 2007/12/27, James Knott wrote: Elisabeth Leinfellner wrote: I would like to download the new Open Office updates. However, I only have a slow telephone modem (46,6kBits/s). Sometimes such downloading takes so long that the server cuts me off. [...] [...] Failing that, it is

Re: [users] Secure a Document

2007-12-27 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2007/1/23, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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

Re: [users] Secure a Document

2007-12-27 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:07:07 +0100 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 (Linux = root) and have your evil

Re: [users] Secure a Document

2007-12-27 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 15:22 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:07:07 +0100 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: [users] want to download your program to open Word

2007-12-27 Thread Donald H Locker
Go to http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.1/index.html, click on the download region at the top of the page, and select your operating system (likely Windows.) I would suggest accepting the default Include the Java JRE with this download because I don't know your system configuration. HTH,

Re: [users] want to download your program to open Word

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was told by the Dell tech that I could download www.openoffice.org and I could get my Word opened. I do not have Word on this notebook computer but do have it on my desk top located in another state. I tried but will you send me to the exact page to download

Re: [users] have lost installation file

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
Chuck Deb Smith wrote: Re: openoffice2.0 installation file, Down loaded OOo2.0 again, could not install because it found newer version--2.3.1. So--I now have the following: 1. Original 2.0 download that will not open because of lost inst. file. 2. OOo 2.3.1 download that needs same lost

Re: [users] product code

2007-12-27 Thread M. Fioretti
On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 16:07:10 PM +0100, Dieuwertje Bloemendal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'm using open office 3.2 on my windows vista basic computer. There's said I'm only allowed to use open office for 25 times unless I give a 25-character product-code which I don't have or know. Greetings,

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

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
Herbert Cooper wrote: As I prepared to download the java office pack it stated this: An email has been sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to allow you to set up your password. Who is [EMAIL PROTECTED] That is not my email address. I cancelled the download. Where are you downloading from? I have

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

2007-12-27 Thread Donald H Locker
Sounds like a wise decision. Where (what was the URL) did you connect to to download the java office pack? I don't think it was OpenOffice. Donald. Herbert Cooper wrote: As I prepared to download the java office pack it stated this: An email has been sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to allow you

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

2007-12-27 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:12:50 -0500 Herbert Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I prepared to download the java office pack it stated this: An email has been sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to allow you to set up your password. This is the user support mailing list for OpenOffice. It's not java

Re: [users] product code

2007-12-27 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:07:10 +0100 Dieuwertje Bloemendal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using open office 3.2 on my windows vista basic computer. There's said I'm only allowed to use open office for 25 times unless I give a 25-character product-code which I don't have or know. What am I

Re: [users] product code

2007-12-27 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Dieuwertje On Dec 28, 2007 1:07 AM, Dieuwertje Bloemendal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using open office 3.2 on my windows vista basic computer. There's said I'm only allowed to use open office for 25 times unless I give a 25-character product-code which I don't have or know. What am I

Re: [users] Secure a Document

2007-12-27 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:36:27 -0700 Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how long does the battery have to be removed before BIOS is reset? I don't think this motherboard has a removable battery so that would require a soldering job, if you could even find the battery and assuming that it's not

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

2007-12-27 Thread Louis Schiavo
I just downloaded Open Office 2.3. Will you kindly tell me what I need to do to open it so I can type a letter. Thank you, Louis Schiavo

Re: [users] Problem with AutoCorrect

2007-12-27 Thread Pat Brown
You seem to be right. It's only the use of the apostrophe that triggers the failure. Whether the apostrophe is before the period or after, the word won't be capitalized. Interesting. Pat On Dec 26, 2007 10:09 PM, Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 13:05 26/12/2007 -0500, Pat Brown

[users] Database

2007-12-27 Thread Sian Harper
Hello, I have recently downloaded OpenOffice and have tried to open my database project in openOffice but it will not open (I'm doing A-Level ICT- this file I am trying to open is for part of my course). From my understanding from what I have been told, I should be able to open the Microsoft

[users] automatically indented footnotes

2007-12-27 Thread Ariane Fischer
Hello, I need some help with a specific feature of open office. I am using word but have a laptop that only has open office. Hence, I make changes in open office and save them as a word document. Now, all my footnotes appear automatically indented in the word version of the text. Since my

[users] want to download your program to open Word

2007-12-27 Thread Abrinson22
I was told by the Dell tech that I could download www.openoffice.org and I could get my Word opened. I do not have Word on this notebook computer but do have it on my desk top located in another state. I tried but will you send me to the exact page to download the program. Thank you, Ann

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
Judy wrote: Good Morning, I am not a computer literate person. please help. I installed OPEN OFFICE this morning and likely did something wrong. i am running WINDOWS VISTA and can read all the files but cannot find the spreed sheets or other things that I downloaded. Any suggestions

Re: [users] StarOffice vs. OpenOffice?? [WordPerfect docs]

2007-12-27 Thread M Henri Day
2007/12/26, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries wrote: In a nutshell, what's the distinction between StarOffice and OpenOffice? They are very similar, but StarOffice has a few extra features and you have to pay for it. Sun has plans to make them even

Re: [users] product code

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
Dieuwertje Bloemendal wrote: I'm using open office 3.2 on my windows vista basic computer. There's said I'm only allowed to use open office for 25 times unless I give a 25-character product-code which I don't have or know. What am I supposed to do while I thought this product was for free.

Re: [users] want to download your program to open Word

2007-12-27 Thread Troll/Idiot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was told by the Dell tech that I could download www.openoffice.org and I could get my Word opened. I do not have Word on this notebook computer but do have it on my desk top located in another state. I tried but will you send me to the exact page to download the

[users] OpenOffice and X11

2007-12-27 Thread Philippa Thompson
I just purchased a refurbished iBook G4 that runs OS X 10.4.10. I did not receive the Tiger installation disks with it. I have downloaded OpenOffice and tried to install it and was told that I needed to install X11. I downloaded X11 from Apple's website, but when I tried to install it, was told

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

2007-12-27 Thread Vineyard Talent
Hi, I have used Open Office for awhile and decided that I didn't like that the program took over all my Microsoft Office programs. After I un-installed OpenOffice, I was left with a lot of SXW files that I had created but cannot use now. Have any suggestions? I am downloading again OpenOffice

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

2007-12-27 Thread Herbert Cooper
As I prepared to download the java office pack it stated this: An email has been sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to allow you to set up your password. Who is [EMAIL PROTECTED] That is not my email address. I cancelled the download.

RE: [users] Emulator to open OpenOffice 2.3.1

2007-12-27 Thread th1708
Sorry, I look @ the downloads icon, for Open Office, the first time I downloaded and something happened, then I had to download it again, I then looked @ the downloads icon...I had realized my email was in haste, for there was a perfect looking Open Offices icon. Thank You, so very much for a

[users] I am a new user of open office

2007-12-27 Thread Michael Lu
Greetings.I am a new user of open office and am familiarizing myself with it's functions.If you don't mind me comparing, when I use Microsoft excel and I want to insert text from some other row, I just have to cut and then use the option insert cut cells.Does open office calc also have that

Re: [users] Save command trouble

2007-12-27 Thread JustCallJoe
Hi and thanks.. the error message says: Error saving the document file name: Error writing file. Subj: Re: [users] Save command trouble Date:12/26/2007 2:14:09 AM Mountain Standard Time From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to:users@openoffice.org To:users@openoffice.org CC:[EMAIL

[users] signing documents with 002.0.3 on Ubuntu

2007-12-27 Thread Nutella Schorsch
Hi, i am trying to sign a document with writer via File- Sign Document (translating from german version). So the dialog pops up, i select a certificate i want to use (currently just one). when i select that the former dialog appears and states the signature is not valid. When i inspect the

[users] Thanks to James Knott

2007-12-27 Thread Elisabeth Leinfellner
Dear Mr Knott, thank you very much for your excellent advice. Sincerely. Elisabeth Leinfellner -- Elisabeth Leinfellner, Professor Department of Linguistics University of Vienna Private address: Quaringasse 22/2/19 - A 1100 Vienna (Austria) Private phone/fax: ++43 (0)1 603 91 85

[users] product code

2007-12-27 Thread Dieuwertje Bloemendal
I'm using open office 3.2 on my windows vista basic computer. There's said I'm only allowed to use open office for 25 times unless I give a 25-character product-code which I don't have or know. What am I supposed to do while I thought this product was for free. Thank a lot. Dieuwertje

[users] [moderated]

2007-12-27 Thread Judy
Good Morning, I am not a computer literate person. please help. I installed OPEN OFFICE this morning and likely did something wrong. i am running WINDOWS VISTA and can read all the files but cannot find the spreed sheets or other things that I downloaded. Any suggestions would be

[users] have lost installation file

2007-12-27 Thread Chuck Deb Smith
Re: openoffice2.0 installation file, Down loaded OOo2.0 again, could not install because it found newer version--2.3.1. So--I now have the following: 1. Original 2.0 download that will not open because of lost inst. file. 2. OOo 2.3.1 download that needs same lost file. 3. OOo 2.0 new

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

2007-12-27 Thread Troll/Idiot
Vineyard Talent wrote: Hi, I have used Open Office for awhile and decided that I didn't like that the program took over all my Microsoft Office programs. After I un-installed OpenOffice, I was left with a lot of SXW files that I had created but cannot use now. Have any suggestions? I am

Re: [users] StarOffice vs. OpenOffice?? [WordPerfect docs]

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
M Henri Day wrote: 2007/12/26, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries wrote: In a nutshell, what's the distinction between StarOffice and OpenOffice? They are very similar, but StarOffice has a few extra features and you have to pay for it. Sun

Re: [users] I am a new user of open office

2007-12-27 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Michael On Dec 27, 2007 1:03 PM, Michael Lu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings.I am a new user of open office and am familiarizing myself with it's functions.If you don't mind me comparing, when I use Microsoft excel and I want to insert text from some other row, I just have to cut and

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

2007-12-27 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:22:58 -0800 Vineyard Talent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used Open Office for awhile and decided that I didn't like that the program took over all my Microsoft Office programs. After I un-installed OpenOffice, I was left with a lot of SXW files that I had created but

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

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
Vineyard Talent wrote: Hi, I have used Open Office for awhile and decided that I didn't like that the program took over all my Microsoft Office programs. After I un-installed OpenOffice, I was left with a lot of SXW files that I had created but cannot use now. Have any suggestions? I am

Re: [users] have lost installation file

2007-12-27 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi Deb, 2007/12/27, Chuck Deb Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: openoffice2.0 installation file, Down loaded OOo2.0 again, could not install because it found newer version--2.3.1. So--I now have the following: 1. Original 2.0 download that will not open because of lost inst. file. 2. OOo

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

2007-12-27 Thread James Knott
Louis Schiavo wrote: I just downloaded Open Office 2.3. Will you kindly tell me what I need to do to open it so I can type a letter. Locate the file you downloaded and double click on it. This will take you through the installation process. After that is complete, you will find an

[users] Re: Recover SXW files created with OpenOffice

2007-12-27 Thread M. Fioretti
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 16:22:58 PM -0800, Vineyard Talent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have used Open Office for awhile and decided that I didn't like that the program took over all my Microsoft Office programs. After I un-installed OpenOffice, I was left with a lot of SXW files that I had

RE: [users] StarOffice vs. OpenOffice?? [WordPerfect docs]

2007-12-27 Thread TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries
Where/how?? Thanks, Elchanan -Original Message- From: M Henri Day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:14 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] StarOffice vs. OpenOffice?? [WordPerfect docs] Or get StarOffice free from Google Updater Henri

[users] Re: OOffice and sound in Impress [SOLVED]

2007-12-27 Thread NoOp
On 11/21/2007 02:20 AM, Lívio Cipriano wrote: I just installed the fmj - Free replacement for the JMF (Java Media Framework) FMJ is an open-source project with the goal of providing a replacement or alternative to Java Media Framework (JMF). It aims to produce a single API/Framework

Re: [users] StarOffice vs. OpenOffice?? [WordPerfect docs]

2007-12-27 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi Elchanan, maybe Google could find it ... ;-) Google Updater Google Pack Manfred 2007/12/28, TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries wrote: Where/how?? Thanks, Elchanan -Original Message- From: M Henri Day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:14 PM To:

Re: [users] OpenOffice and X11

2007-12-27 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
X11 is supposed to be in /Application/Utilities. Do you have a copy there ? Does it work ? On 28 déc. 07, at 06:44, Philippa Thompson wrote: I just purchased a refurbished iBook G4 that runs OS X 10.4.10. I did not receive the Tiger installation disks with it. I have downloaded OpenOffice

[users] Re: OpenOffice and X11

2007-12-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 12/27/07 3:44 PM, Philippa Thompson wrote: I just purchased a refurbished iBook G4 that runs OS X 10.4.10. I did not receive the Tiger installation disks with it. I have downloaded OpenOffice and tried to install it and was told that I needed to install X11. I downloaded X11 from Apple's

Re: [users] OO Base - 4 questions related to Forms

2007-12-27 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 24, 2007 10:55 PM, Mike Shearer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4. One of the columns contains $$ data, but it displays as ordinary decimal values with no decimal point unless cents are involved, and trailing zeroes are dropped. Is there any way of displaying currency values in the usual

Re: [users] Database

2007-12-27 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 27, 2007 2:18 PM, Sian Harper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have recently downloaded OpenOffice and have tried to open my database project in openOffice but it will not open (I'm doing A-Level ICT- this file I am trying to open is for part of my course). From my understanding from

[users] A written howto - getting windows to recognize a BASE file

2007-12-27 Thread Rodney D. Myers
I have turned over my clubs newsletter to another couple, new to OO. They cannot figure out how to get the database I started registered, so OO can find it. I did a quick google search, but nothing instructing how to get it registered. Is there a description somewhere, on how to accomplish

Re: [users] Database entries

2007-12-27 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 21, 2007 10:04 PM, David M Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... searched the help index and can not seem to find how to enter data in repeat fields. I have been typing each entry, which is tedious, and a lot of fields in the same column have the same information. Is there, or can I

Re: [users] A written howto - getting windows to recognize a BASE file

2007-12-27 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 27, 2007 9:56 PM, Rodney D. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They cannot figure out how to get the database I started registered, so OO can find it. Is there a description somewhere, on how to accomplish this? From within any OOo application... 1. Select Tools Options... from the menu

Re: [users] A written howto - getting windows to recognize a BASE file

2007-12-27 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Dec 27, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Alan Boba wrote: On Dec 27, 2007 9:56 PM, Rodney D. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They cannot figure out how to get the database I started registered, so OO can find it. Is there a description somewhere, on how to accomplish this? From within any OOo

Re: [users] product code

2007-12-27 Thread Troll/Idiot
Dieuwertje Bloemendal wrote: I'm using open office 3.2 on my windows vista basic computer. There's said I'm only allowed to use open office for 25 times unless I give a 25-character product-code which I don't have or know. What am I supposed to do while I thought this product was for free.

Re: [users] Re: Recover SXW files created with OpenOffice

2007-12-27 Thread Anthony Chilco
M. Fioretti wrote: On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 16:22:58 PM -0800, Vineyard Talent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: snip Can you use open office only on SXW files and chose not to open PowerPoint with it? I don't know the answer to this second question, hopefully another OpenOffice volunteer will