[users] Re-sizing objects in Draw

2010-01-01 Thread James Elliott
I am preparing a catalogue of thumbnail images (JPEGs). I would like all my thumbnails to be the same height, but unfortunately they vary in size, not by much, just a few millimetres, but enough to spoil the layout appearance. I know that I can: 1. use the handles to drag the objects to a

[users] Scanning resolution

2010-01-01 Thread Eustace
How can I scan an image so that the result is the same size as the original? I scanned an 11x8.5 page and its image is 3296px by 2546px and when I open it in Firefox it and it appears much bigger. Is there a way to direct OOo to scan an image so that it appears on the monitor with the same

Re: [users] Re: Some characters invisible with OpenOffice.org 3.2 RC1. Bug?

2010-01-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/1 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net: On 12/31/2009 04:13 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/12/31 NoOp snip: On 12/31/2009 11:12 AM, NoOp wrote: On 12/31/2009 10:27 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: ... I am on Ubuntu 8.10,by the way, I'm not sure I mentioned that… My other machine, which is running

Re: [users] Re: Who do I have to strangle to get OOo to respect locale settings in Linux?

2010-01-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
Sorry for the delay, I have been swamped. As already stated, OOo uses the Hebrew locale with UK style dates when started with a he_IL environment. What are UK style dates? -mm-dd? Stop insisting on modified defaults. It is not possible. Why7 should I stop insisting on a critical

Re: [users] Re: Who do I have to strangle to get OOo to respect locale settings in Linux?

2010-01-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/12/22 Andreas Saeger saege...@onlinehome.de: NoOp wrote: I did find that if I set the Default style (in OOo Calc) to Swedish (Sweden) and then the Date format to -MM-DD, the numbers displayed in the cell and in the formula bar are 2009-12-13. So that may be worth experimenting with

[users] cannot open Base

2010-01-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
I am trying to test something in Base, which until recently worked fine on my system. However, now the Base option is grey in the OOo splashscreen, and opening an odb file with the quickstarter just returns me to the splash screen. What could be the problem? Kubuntu 9.10, OOo 3.1.1 -- Dotan

Re: [users] Re: Calc: remove ' character before number

2010-01-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
Your date time is a text column actually and all the problems you describe on this list indicate that you are in desparate need of a database with distinct field types and input forms with specialized form controls for the field types. Many of the issues belong to different projects, most of

[users] Re: Who do I have to strangle to get OOo to respect locale settings in Linux?

2010-01-01 Thread Andreas Saeger
Dotan Cohen wrote: Sorry for the delay, I have been swamped. As already stated, OOo uses the Hebrew locale with UK style dates when started with a he_IL environment. What are UK style dates? -mm-dd? dd/mm/ Stop insisting on modified defaults. It is not possible. Why7 should I

Re: [users] cannot open Base

2010-01-01 Thread Drew Jensen
Dotan Cohen wrote: I am trying to test something in Base, which until recently worked fine on my system. However, now the Base option is grey in the OOo splashscreen, and opening an odb file with the quickstarter just returns me to the splash screen. What could be the problem? Kubuntu 9.10, OOo

[users] Re: Calc: remove ' character before number

2010-01-01 Thread Andreas Saeger
Dotan Cohen wrote: any of the issues belong to different projects, most of which I am not the only member of. Although I have no fear of databases, it seems that Excel has many database-like features The database-like features *assume* database-like structures without enforcing them by any

[users] Re: cannot open Base

2010-01-01 Thread Andreas Saeger
Dotan Cohen wrote: I am trying to test something in Base, which until recently worked fine on my system. However, now the Base option is grey in the OOo splashscreen, and opening an odb file with the quickstarter just returns me to the splash screen. What could be the problem? Kubuntu 9.10, OOo

Re: [users] Re: cannot open Base

2010-01-01 Thread Drew Jensen
Andreas Saeger wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: I am trying to test something in Base, which until recently worked fine on my system. However, now the Base option is grey in the OOo splashscreen, and opening an odb file with the quickstarter just returns me to the splash screen. What could be the

Re: [users] Re: Some characters invisible with OpenOffice.org 3.2 RC1. Bug?

2010-01-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/1 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com: 2010/1/1 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net: On 12/31/2009 04:13 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/12/31 NoOp snip: On 12/31/2009 11:12 AM, NoOp wrote: On 12/31/2009 10:27 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: ... I am on Ubuntu 8.10,by the way, I'm not sure I

Re: [users] Wrong page format Avery A4 labels.

2010-01-01 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 31/12/2009 06:43, Erik P. Olsen wrote: On 30/12/09 13:08, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 29/12/2009 23:54, Erik P. Olsen wrote: My environment is OpenOffice 3.1.1 on Linux, Fedora 12. The scenario is the following: 1. File - New - Labels 2. Select Brand: Avery A4 and Type: L7160 Press New

Re: [users] Wrong page format Avery A4 labels.

2010-01-01 Thread Programmer In Training
On 1/1/2010 10:55 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: snip However your problem is not Linux per se. OO.o 3.1.1, as released via Ubuntu, functions perfectly under both the 64 bit and 32 bit variants of Ubuntu 9.10. This suggests to me that you may have inadvertently introduced a language element

[users] Re: cannot open Base

2010-01-01 Thread Andreas Saeger
Drew Jensen wrote: Howdy Andreas, I used to give that advice also - at present however it seems that using OpenJDK yields just as satisfactory a result. Happy New Year Drew Thank you for this important hint. I had never noticed the improvement by myself. Best transatlanic whishes for

Re: [users] Wrong page format Avery A4 labels.

2010-01-01 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 01/01/2010 17:06, Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/1/2010 10:55 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: snip However your problem is not Linux per se. OO.o 3.1.1, as released via Ubuntu, functions perfectly under both the 64 bit and 32 bit variants of Ubuntu 9.10. This suggests to me that you may

Re: [users] Scanning resolution

2010-01-01 Thread Charles T. Bell
Eustace wrote: How can I scan an image so that the result is the same size as the original? I scanned an 11x8.5 page and its image is 3296px by 2546px and when I open it in Firefox it and it appears much bigger. Is there a way to direct OOo to scan an image so that it appears on the monitor

[users] Re: cannot open Base

2010-01-01 Thread NoOp
On 01/01/2010 05:15 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: I am trying to test something in Base, which until recently worked fine on my system. However, now the Base option is grey in the OOo splashscreen, and opening an odb file with the quickstarter just returns me to the splash screen. What could be the

Re: [users] Wrong page format Avery A4 labels.

2010-01-01 Thread Erik P. Olsen
On 01/01/10 17:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 31/12/2009 06:43, Erik P. Olsen wrote: On 30/12/09 13:08, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 29/12/2009 23:54, Erik P. Olsen wrote: My environment is OpenOffice 3.1.1 on Linux, Fedora 12. The scenario is the following: 1. File - New - Labels 2.

[users] Re: cannot open Base

2010-01-01 Thread NoOp
On 01/01/2010 11:32 AM, NoOp wrote: ... If it is a new install, or an upgrade from 9.04: $ sudo apt-get install openoffice.org If it is not, then you might try: $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall openoffice.org and of course the recommended java(s). As others have mentioned, Base

Re: [users] Wrong page format Avery A4 labels.

2010-01-01 Thread Erik P. Olsen
On 01/01/10 19:50, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 01/01/2010 17:06, Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/1/2010 10:55 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: snip However your problem is not Linux per se. OO.o 3.1.1, as released via Ubuntu, functions perfectly under both the 64 bit and 32 bit variants of

Re: [users] Re: Some characters invisible with OpenOffice.org 3.2 RC1. Bug?

2010-01-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:19:36 +0100 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com dijo: 2010/1/1 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com: 2010/1/1 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net: On 12/31/2009 04:13 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/12/31 NoOp snip: On 12/31/2009 11:12 AM, NoOp wrote: On 12/31/2009 10:27

Re: [users] Re: Some characters invisible with OpenOffice.org 3.2 RC1. Bug?

2010-01-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/1 John Jason Jordan johnjas...@gmail.com: On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:19:36 +0100 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com dijo: 2010/1/1 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com: 2010/1/1 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net: On 12/31/2009 04:13 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/12/31 NoOp snip: On

[users] Fout bij installeren

2010-01-01 Thread d.h.beijnes
L.S. Ik heb OpenOffice 3.1 geĂ­nstalleerd, maar er is een fout op getreden en elke keer, Dat ik dit probeer te herstellen, krijg ik de de melding Open Office 3.1 verwijderen En Open Office snelstart verwijderen. Maar ik kan helemaal niets verwijderen. Wat moet ik doen??? m.vr.gr.

[users] [moderated] - lost document

2010-01-01 Thread Marianne Schweizer
on December 22nd, I created a document with OpenOffice.org, the only system which worked without Internet connexion that very day. When I had to shut my PC in order to take it to the specialist, I think the document disapeared into a file I do not find anymore. How can I find it again. I tryed

Re: [users] Re: Some characters invisible with OpenOffice.org 3.2 RC1. Bug?

2010-01-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:34:03 +0100 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com dijo: I don't know what operating system you are running, but in mine, Ubuntu 8.10, the character map (gucharmap) is installed by default. If you have it, just copy the character, switch to the character map, press Ctrl+f

[users] Re: cannot open Base

2010-01-01 Thread Mechtilde
Hello, Dotan Cohen schrieb: I am trying to test something in Base, which until recently worked fine on my system. However, now the Base option is grey in the OOo splashscreen, and opening an odb file with the quickstarter just returns me to the splash screen. What could be the problem?

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2010-01-01 Thread eastersealshouse
Hi I have just downloaded open office and have no clue how to get into it to use it. I have looked in my files and can't seem to find it at all. I said save when it asked me to run or save and after it finished downloading I expected to find and icon on the desktop or a file somewhere but

[users] Can't open spreadsheet

2010-01-01 Thread dave j
I have been using open office now for a while with no problems. Day in, and day out, I access one spreadsheet, but today, was unable to open it. Any ideas on why this would be? _ Windows

[users] button shows a label in impress

2010-01-01 Thread Paul Malm
Hi list, I have a Impress slide with 6 buttons with 6 invisible labels, one next to each button. When I press a button I would like to show the label next to the pressed button. Could someone tell me how I can do this? Kind regards, Paul