2009/2/16 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com
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The Nokia software only works on Windows (and needs admin access!) so
I have to bug someone about letting me install it on their system, ie,
This may be of interest: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2275758
Apologies to other list
L Duperval wrote:
Hi,
Hi there!
Is there an equivalent of the navigator but with drag and drop support /
within/ the navigator? I am trying to reorder the headings and text of my
document. I know I can do it with the navigator but instead of promote
with the mous, I'd like to drag and
I am thoroughly convinced that styles are superior to plainly marking
up each section as you go along. However, I am finding it _very_
difficult to get into the habit of actually using styles because there
does not seem to be a way to look at a document and see at a glance
which styles are applied
Dotan Cohen wrote:
I am thoroughly convinced that styles are superior to plainly marking
up each section as you go along. However, I am finding it _very_
difficult to get into the habit of actually using styles because there
does not seem to be a way to look at a document and see at a glance
that ODF is XML but I do not have the resources to write a parser, in
any case, I would prefer that the tool be part of OOo where I could
switch views at a glance.
I am not sure you can do it exactly this way. But perhaps Navigator
(CTRL+F5) can help you a great deal in view the headings.
Dotan Cohen wrote:
Can an alternative style sheet be used temporarily, that may have
different background colours for the different styles? I don't mind
writing it myself, if it's a one-time doing. But how to switch on the
fly?
I am not expert, but I would do this:
1. Make a template with
1. Make a template with the styles you want.
2. Copy that template to to tweak those styles (colors, fonts, etc.).
3. Open the document using the main template and then switch templates
to see how they look with these other ones.
I did not realize that a document could be opened using a
Dotan Cohen wrote:
I did not realize that a document could be opened using a template.
Templates are invaluable when you want to use a consistent style across
documents. Otherwise you would need to copy the styles from one document
to another all the times.
It is because HTML is not
Templates are invaluable when you want to use a consistent style across
documents. Otherwise you would need to copy the styles from one document
to another all the times.
But they can be switched after the document is created? I'm at the
university right now, so I can't play around with it.
Franz, please do not hijack this thread. Start a new thread and we
will look at the files. Thanks!
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Dotan Cohen wrote:
Templates are invaluable when you want to use a consistent style across
documents. Otherwise you would need to copy the styles from one document
to another all the times.
But they can be switched after the document is created? I'm at the
I supposed you can make a
I supposed you can make a document use the default template, effectively
stripping your custom styles from it. But I have never tried this with
OOo. If you could report back your experiences, it would be much
appreciated.
I will, but in a few weeks when I finish exams. I see that this will
Dotan Cohen wrote:
I supposed you can make a document use the default template, effectively
stripping your custom styles from it. But I have never tried this with
OOo. If you could report back your experiences, it would be much
appreciated.
I will, but in a few weeks when I finish exams. I
http://www.openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2006/03/templates_makin.html
http://tutorialsforopenoffice.org/tutorial/Create_A_Template.html
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1012022/open_office_thesis_template_tutorial/
Thanks. I've really got to get back to my studies, but I will go
through those
I'm using OOo Writer v3.01 (OOO300m15 build 9379) on WinXP SP2. The
hardware is a no-name PC with an AMD Duron 950mhz processor and 1gb ram.
Usually, when I'm using OOo Writer, I'm writing a letter. Sometimes I
start from a template I've created and sometimes I start from an older
letter.
I'm using OOo Writer v3.01 (OOO300m15 build 9379) on WinXP SP2. The
hardware is a no-name PC with an AMD Duron 950mhz processor and 1gb ram.
Whenever I write a letter on OOo and then use |Insert|Envelope| to print
the envelope on a #10 envelope, the recipient's address wants to print
too far
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:48:02 +, jonathon wrote:
Can you rephrase your request.
I'm not sure if you are wanting the keyboard commands, mouse gestures,
or something else to reorder headers and/or paragraphs by using
navigator.
jonathon
I want it by mouse (drag and drop) so I can take a
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:13:24 +0200
Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2006/03/templates_makin.html
http://tutorialsforopenoffice.org/tutorial/Create_A_Template.html
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1012022/open_office_thesis_template_tutorial/
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:05:25 +0100, Bernd Eilers wrote:
This feature already has been in the Navigator for a long time. But
nowadays one must press the shift key while dragging in order to get
this dragdrop behavior inside the navigator while with earlier
OpenOffice.org and StarOffice versions
From memory, there was an extension that did something like reveal
codes. Maybe search the extension repository?
I found a macro that does this. Thanks. I will comment on the relevant
bug as well.
God bless you,
He did, four times:
At 17:08 16/02/2009 -0500, Tim Deaton wrote:
I'm using OOo Writer v3.01 (OOO300m15 build 9379) on WinXP SP2. The
hardware is a no-name PC with an AMD Duron 950mhz processor and 1gb ram.
Whenever I write a letter on OOo and then use |Insert|Envelope| to
print the envelope on a #10 envelope,
Sam Warren wrote:
It there a way to use the embedded indexes in MS Words documents that you
open in OOoo.
Sam Warren edi...@sdwriteway.org
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Tim Deaton wrote:
I'm using OOo Writer v3.01 (OOO300m15 build 9379) on WinXP SP2. The
hardware is a no-name PC with an AMD Duron 950mhz processor and 1gb ram.
Whenever I write a letter on OOo and then use |Insert|Envelope| to
print the envelope on a #10 envelope, the recipient's address
I have been using OOo since the beginning, currently runing under Windows
XP, and have noticed that in version 3.0 that we now use extensions for
our dictionaries instead of standalone Dict files as before.
Extensions seem to be an improvement in that one does not have to copy, in
my case
Thanks for all the good information and advice Life's a learning curve ...
especially in IT.
James
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From: Harold Fuchs hwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com
To: users@openoffice.org
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:49 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Spam challenge from being
On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 09:50 +0900, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
wrote:
I have been using OOo since the beginning, currently runing under Windows
XP, and have noticed that in version 3.0 that we now use extensions for
our dictionaries instead of standalone Dict files as before.
You don't need to remove your name from the OOo e-mail list, assuming you
want to ask a question from time to time. What I do is use Message Rules
in Outlook Express to divert all mail from OOo to a nominated folder. When
I have time, I can then search for the subject of my last post (in this
James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote:
Thanks for all the good information and advice Life's a learning
curve ... especially in IT.
And, it NEVER ends! ;)
Fred
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money.
- Margaret Thatcher
Sir,
I am using open office 3.0 on Windows XP. Please clarify that the changes we
made in the margins are applied in the current pages only. we need your help
for how to apply it as a default one.
Regards
S.Babypriya
in simple anguage (English) what is open Office supposed to, when how do I
use it for what purpose.
Pl let me know.
Thank U
Paul Jannu
Hi,
I'm finding something that seems to interfer with fully using the Paste
Special: Link and Shared features. I'm using the 3.0.1 m15 build in
Windows Vista.
- I create a from.ods and a to.ods
- I copy a cell from the from.ods and paste it with Paste Special Link
into the to.ods.
- I
When I use a command line session this works fine. I would try that. Or
alternatively try another FTP service.
Shawn
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From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org]on Behalf Of Tamblyne
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:03 PM
To: users@openoffice.org
Subject: [users] Re:
Hi,
Have a problem, Please see enclosed attachment. I have windows Vista which I
hate from a bottom of my hart, remind me of windows ME.
Thanks and Regards,
George
---BeginMessage---
Hi,
Down loaded the OpenOffice software, but have a problem with opening a e-mail
attachment a document.
When I try to send a document by e-mail I click onto the document as
e-mail icon but nothing happens. The same happens when I go to
'file'-'send as email'. What am I doing wrong?
I would appreciate help.
Thank you
John at Hartshill
Paul Jannu wrote:
in simple anguage (English) what is open Office supposed to, when
how do I use it for what purpose. Pl let me know.
Thank U
Paul Jannu
Hi
Have a look at http://www.openoffice.org
Ask again if anything is unclear.
Russell
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You have posted to an OpenOffice.org
At 11:04 16/02/2009 +0530, S. Babypriya wrote:
I am using open office 3.0 on Windows XP. Please clarify that the
changes we made in the margins are applied in the current pages
only. we need your help for how to apply it as a default one.
To do this, you need to create a new template with
Hi,
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 01:50, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote:
[...]
Extensions seem to be an improvement [...]
For my education, I would be very much obliged if someone in this forum
could explain to me what and extension is, how it works, and any
advantages, other than
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