Re: [users] Export page 2 of an ODT file to PDF

2009-03-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
There are all manner of scripts!  So, without knowing your programming language, I suggest referencing the PDF function on the FILE menu in your script as you would any other command.  I'm supposing that page 2 only would be an attribute. I sorry, Suzanne, I don't follow you. What FILE

Re: [users] Header Messing up!

2009-03-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:29 15/03/2009 -0400, Wayne Noname wrote: I'm using oo 3.01 on ubuntu 8.10 with linux. While in calc I decided to create a header. In the first area I put the date, in the center area I put the title of the report, finally in the last area i enter the pages. When I preview the page every

Re: [users] Calc recovery turns function names into literal strings

2009-03-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:30 15/03/2009 -0700, Kev Noname wrote: When I have a Calc spreadsheet open and there is an abnormal termination, OpenOffice brings up the recovery dialog when I reopen the document. In my document I have some user-defined functions. I notice that about 50% of the time, the recovered

Re: [users] Header Messing up!

2009-03-16 Thread Wayne
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 09:32 +, Brian Barker wrote: At 21:29 15/03/2009 -0400, Wayne Noname wrote: I'm using oo 3.01 on ubuntu 8.10 with linux. While in calc I decided to create a header. In the first area I put the date, in the center area I put the title of the report, finally in the

Re: [users] Header Messing up!

2009-03-16 Thread Wayne
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 09:32 +, Brian Barker wrote: At 21:29 15/03/2009 -0400, Wayne Noname wrote: I'm using oo 3.01 on ubuntu 8.10 with linux. While in calc I decided to create a header. In the first area I put the date, in the center area I put the title of the report, finally in the

Re: [users] Header Messing up!

2009-03-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:48 16/03/2009 -0400, Wayne Noname wrote: On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 09:32 +, Brian Barker wrote: Are you perhaps entering the page numbers manually on each page? No, I'm not entering the page number. The other possibility is that you used the Pages button instead of the Page button,

[users] Templates not being saved to designated location

2009-03-16 Thread Gordon
OO 3.01 on Vista I changed the Path in Tools-Options for templates to a manually-created location for ease of backup. This seems to have had NO effect on anything. I have created new templates since that change, but they are saved automatically in the old, default location, and still appear

Re: [users] Header Messing up!

2009-03-16 Thread Wayne
Hi, Thanks for your help. I got everything to work now. Wayne On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 13:43 +, Brian Barker wrote: At 08:48 16/03/2009 -0400, Wayne Noname wrote: On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 09:32 +, Brian Barker wrote: Are you perhaps entering the page numbers manually on each page? No, I'm

[users] Using external Datasource for addresses

2009-03-16 Thread Gordon
How does OO see additions and changes in the external data source? For example, I have added Thunderbird Address Book as an external data source. I add or modify a contact, click on refresh in the data sources view and the database does NOT reflect the changes. How do I get it to do that other

[users] Re: Using external Datasource for addresses

2009-03-16 Thread Gordon
Gordon wrote: How does OO see additions and changes in the external data source? For example, I have added Thunderbird Address Book as an external data source. I add or modify a contact, click on refresh in the data sources view and the database does NOT reflect the changes. How do I get it to

[users] OT: Re: To Twayne Re: [users] Re: Avery Labels, plus more

2009-03-16 Thread Twayne
Meenie1 wrote: I learned to use computer in the age of dinosaurs where you had to sit ... I don't have time to run to 20 different sources trying to puzzle out bits and pieces of why OO works or doesn't. and I did use Help. And you're right, the answer was there but I missed it because OO

[users] Re: Using external Datasource for addresses

2009-03-16 Thread H.S.
Gordon wrote: Next question - I want to do a mail merge onto address labels for selected contacts only and not the whole list. How do I do that? You basically specify the data source you want OOo to use for your mail merge operation. I have used this with a spread sheet. In your case, I

[users] Re: Drifitng OT: Re: Re: Avery Labels, plus more

2009-03-16 Thread Twayne
Christina Godinez wrote: Currently, I'm using windows 2000 pro... also using Open Office 3... There are documents with extension, *.docx, *.wpe and etc... I used MS office 2003 or 2000 and it won't open the documents. So finally I upgraded my Open Office to version 3.. and it opened those

[users] Re: Export page 2 of an ODT file to PDF

2009-03-16 Thread NoOp
On 03/15/2009 02:11 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: I have been googling this all day. On Kubuntu 8.04 with OOo 3.0 I need to (for example) export the second page of file.odt to page2.pdf. I have googled macros, crazy scripts that don't work, etc and I think that I am getting frustrated. Does anybody

Re: [users] Templates not being saved to designated location

2009-03-16 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 16/03/2009 13:58, Gordon wrote: OO 3.01 on Vista I changed the Path in Tools-Options for templates to a manually-created location for ease of backup. This seems to have had NO effect on anything. I have created new templates since that change, but they are saved automatically in the old,

[users] Re: Can't open a 2nd spreadsheet?

2009-03-16 Thread NoOp
On 03/15/2009 08:27 AM, Meenie1 wrote: I have a small business. I have an inventory made in OO spreadsheet. I want to open a second OO spreadsheet to make some calculations for my taxes so I want to be able to refer to the first spreadsheet, but OO won't let me open a second spreadsheet.

[users] Re: OpenOffice 2.4 Writer Indexing

2009-03-16 Thread NoOp
On 03/14/2009 06:43 PM, DeWayne McCarty wrote: I am creating an Alphebetic name index for a large book (700+pages). When the index is generated, there is an occasional page number with a p following it. I have not been able to find an explaniation to what it means. Can anyone tell me what

Re: [users] Re: Can't open a 2nd spreadsheet?

2009-03-16 Thread John Boyle
NoOp wrote: On 03/15/2009 08:27 AM, Meenie1 wrote: I have a small business. I have an inventory made in OO spreadsheet. I want to open a second OO spreadsheet to make some calculations for my taxes so I want to be able to refer to the first spreadsheet, but OO won't let me open a

[users] Re: Can't open a 2nd spreadsheet?

2009-03-16 Thread Gordon
John Boyle wrote: To Users: Doesn't the spreadsheet have 3 tabs at the bottom, spreadsheet 1,2,3? Yes it does. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail:

[users] Re: Can't open a 2nd spreadsheet?

2009-03-16 Thread H.S.
Hi Meenie1, Meenie1 wrote: When I try to open a 2nd blank spreadsheet, it just pulls up the first that is already open. If I close the first and open a blank one and try to open the other one, the blank one goes away. What are you exactly doing to open a new spread sheet? Are you

Re: [users] Re: Can't open a 2nd spreadsheet?

2009-03-16 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 16/03/2009 19:19, Gordon wrote: John Boyle wrote: To Users: Doesn't the spreadsheet have 3 tabs at the bottom, spreadsheet 1,2,3? Yes it does. But those are multiple pages within the same spreadsheet, *not* separate spreadsheets; they are known as sheet 1, sheet 2 etc. and *not* as

[users] Dumbass question

2009-03-16 Thread John Jason Jordan
Suppose I am in a table in Writer and I want to use tabs. No go. Tab takes me to the next cell. The only formatting options I can use are justification. I must be the world's worst searcher of Help files because every search I have tried has failed to come up with anything even close to

Re: [users] Re: Export page 2 of an ODT file to PDF

2009-03-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
Not sure if this will do the trick (I've not explored it), but it may give you a place to start/options: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/ Thanks, but I am familiar with unoconv. In fact, I suggested it to the Okular devs as a quick way to get DOC support in Okular. However, I have

Re: [users] Dumbass question

2009-03-16 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
John Jason Jordan wrote: Suppose I am in a table in Writer and I want to use tabs. No go. Tab takes me to the next cell. The only formatting options I can use are justification. I must be the world's worst searcher of Help files because every search I have tried has failed to come up with

[users] Re: Dumbass question

2009-03-16 Thread NoOp
On 03/16/2009 03:26 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: Suppose I am in a table in Writer and I want to use tabs. No go. Tab takes me to the next cell. The only formatting options I can use are justification. I must be the world's worst searcher of Help files because every search I have tried has

[users] Re: Export page 2 of an ODT file to PDF

2009-03-16 Thread NoOp
On 03/16/2009 03:35 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Not sure if this will do the trick (I've not explored it), but it may give you a place to start/options: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/ Thanks, but I am familiar with unoconv. In fact, I suggested it to the Okular devs as a quick way to

Re: [users] Re: Export page 2 of an ODT file to PDF

2009-03-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
I'm familiar with pdfimport and that feature. But I'm unclear as to how that resolves your problem; please explain further. The original file is already a valid PDF. Thus, I can update the file in OOo when I need, and yet the script can take whatever page it needs to print. -- Dotan Cohen

Re: [users] Dumbass question

2009-03-16 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:32:42 +1000 Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com dijo: I must be the world's worst searcher of Help files because every search I have tried has failed to come up with anything even close to formatting in cells. Any suggestions? Ctrl+Tab inserts a tab within

Re: [users] [Not] Dumbass question

2009-03-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:26 16/03/2009 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: Suppose I am in a table in Writer and I want to use tabs. No go. Tab takes me to the next cell. The only formatting options I can use are justification. I must be the world's worst searcher of Help files because every search I have tried