Re: [users] [moderated] Powerpoint Presentations

2010-11-01 Thread Michael Adams
On Saturday 30 October 2010 15:32, william lepage wrote: How do I open ppp power point presentations Start OpenOffice.org Impress Then open your presentation. HTH -- Michael - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] PROBLEM

2010-11-01 Thread Michael Adams
On Saturday 30 October 2010 16:18, william lepage wrote: WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN IT SAYS OPERATION REQUESTED REQUIRES ELEVATION ? This is windows (Probably Vista?) wanting the permission of an administrator to continue. If this is your home computer, you probably have access to the

Re: [users] Re: [moderated]

2010-11-01 Thread Rob Clement
On 01/11/2010 05:39, Russell Butler wrote: On 31/10/10 21:32, Keith Hartley wrote: I want to open a microsoft wps file but do not seem to have the right filter, can you help? many thanks, Keith Which version of OpenOffice.org are you using, Keith? and on what platform (operating system)? I

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-11-01 Thread Heikki Jussila
Use impress to open the file. It should be able to open MS PowerPoint files ppt, (if it is pptx (the 2007/2010 version) then you need to have either the GO-OO version or the LibreOffice version (although if have not checked if the latter opens them, the GO-OO opens for sure). That you can get from

Re: [users] Endnote 9 and writer

2010-11-01 Thread Bruce Summitt
Sadly, Zotero does not appear to work in Firefox 4 (yet?). - Forwarded message -- From: John Jason Jordan johnjas...@gmail.com To: users@openoffice.org Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:11:02 -0700 Subject: Re: [users] Endnote 9 and writer On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:45:42 +1300 Michael Adams

Re: [users] Calc - how to count cells by background color

2010-11-01 Thread Fans OpenSource
Seems that's unique from Microsoft 2007, don't know on this function in Calc till now. Xiaoqi On 10/30/10 6:29 AM, Phil Pinkerton pcpinker...@gmail.com wrote: I found a way to do this using MS Excel 2007 and was looking for a way to do the same in OpenOffice Calc. Anyone had success

Re: [users] Calc - how to count cells by background color

2010-11-01 Thread Mike Scott
On 29/10/10 23:29, Phil Pinkerton wrote: I found a way to do this using MS Excel 2007 and was looking for a way to do the same in OpenOffice Calc. Anyone had success with counting of cells of a particular color ? Phil Nothing's new :-) See

Re: [users] Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 2010-10-31 21:38:52 skrev Daniel Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com: John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:07:28 -0700 John Jason Jordanjohnjas...@gmail.com dijo: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used

Re: [users] PROBLEM

2010-11-01 Thread Fans OpenSource
Please specific your question. On 10/30/10 11:18 AM, william lepage william.lepage...@sympatico.ca wrote: WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN IT SAYS OPERATION REQUESTED REQUIRES ELEVATION ? - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] Endnote 9 and writer

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
Firefox 4 is still in beta. The final release will not be until next year. I recommend going back to the latest stable release. I am using 3.5.9 and have no problems with Zotero. On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 09:11:45 -0500 Bruce Summitt u.nix.t...@gmail.com dijo: Sadly, Zotero does not appear to work in

[users] Re: Calc - how to count cells by background color

2010-11-01 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 01.11.2010 15:54, Fans OpenSource wrote: Seems that's unique from Microsoft 2007, don't know on this function in Calc till now. Xiaoqi Please tell me how you can do that in Excel 2007. http://www.pcmech.com/forum/software-discussion-support/194498-excel-want-count-colors.html Obviously,

Re: [users] Re: [moderated] (Opening Microsoft Works file still only with LibreOffice/Go-OO)

2010-11-01 Thread Carlo Strata
Il 01/11/2010 10:25, Rob Clement ha scritto: On 01/11/2010 05:39, Russell Butler wrote: On 31/10/10 21:32, Keith Hartley wrote: I want to open a microsoft wps file but do not seem to have the right filter, can you help? many thanks, Keith Which version of OpenOffice.org are you using,

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??

2010-11-01 Thread Ingrid Halama
Hi Tanstaafl, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-10-28 3:00 PM, Ingrid Halama wrote: In contrary go-oo and LibreOffice have choosen a license politics that make it impossible to take their code and integrate it into OpenOffice.org. Crap-crud. Sun/Oracle are the ones with the license

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??

2010-11-01 Thread Ingrid Halama
Hi Pier, yahoo-pier_andreit wrote: Who is now in charge of the code our volunteers contribute? If it goes into the OOo cvs system, Oracle. If it goes into the LibreOffice, Go-OO, OxygenOffice, etc cvs system, the community. Again I need to correct jonathon. Code committed to

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??

2010-11-01 Thread Ingrid Halama
Hi jonathon, jonathon wrote: On 10/28/2010 07:00 PM, Ingrid Halama wrote: I look at the votes of the issues. Looking at them is a possibility. However, the history of Issuezilla clearly demonstrates that votes have zero impact and zero influence in what Sun allowed to be added to OOo.

[users] intel iMac JRE

2010-11-01 Thread Guy Martin
Hello there, I've just loaded OO.o on my iMac with i3 dual core. When I attemp to invoke any of the wizards (letter, spreadsheet, etc.) I receive an error message: Java Runtime Environment is required for this action. Please install a version of JRE. I have a JRE installed as part of Snow

Re: [users] intel iMac JRE

2010-11-01 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
Hello Guy, On Monday 01 November 2010, 14:13, Guy Martin wrote: Hello there, I've just loaded OO.o on my iMac with i3 dual core. When I attemp to invoke any of the wizards (letter, spreadsheet, etc.) I receive an error message: Java Runtime Environment is required for this action. Please

Re: [users] intel iMac JRE

2010-11-01 Thread Daniel Lewis
Guy Martin wrote: Hello there, I've just loaded OO.o on my iMac with i3 dual core. When I attemp to invoke any of the wizards (letter, spreadsheet, etc.) I receive an error message: Java Runtime Environment is required for this action. Please install a version of JRE. I have a JRE installed

Re: [users] intel iMac JRE

2010-11-01 Thread James Wilde
On Nov 1, 2010, at 18:13 , Guy Martin wrote: Hello there, I've just loaded OO.o on my iMac with i3 dual core. When I attemp to invoke any of the wizards (letter, spreadsheet, etc.) I receive an error message: Java Runtime Environment is required for this action. Please install a version

[users] Re: Graphics formats for Impress 3.1.1

2010-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 10/30/2010 07:40 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I am using OOo 3.1.1 on Fedora 11 x86_64. This is the version from OOo, not the version from the Fedora repositories. I am trying to create a presentation in Impress, but this is my first time with Impress. I created a vector drawing in

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??

2010-11-01 Thread jonathon
On 11/01/2010 04:40 PM, Ingrid Halama wrote: They could choose a license politics with a central authority (e.g. TDF). Even if LibreOffice had a copyright assignment, that would not necessarily mean that that code could be used in OOo. Then the two projects would be in the position to make

[users] Re: intel iMac JRE

2010-11-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/11/01 11:13 AM Guy Martin wrote: I've just loaded OO.o on my iMac with i3 dual core. When I attemp to invoke any of the wizards (letter, spreadsheet, etc.) I receive an error message: Java Runtime Environment is required for this action. Please install a version of JRE. I have a JRE

[users] Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as just blank boxes for the letters. I get the same view of the PDF with Adobe Reader, Okular,

[users] IMPORTANT

2010-11-01 Thread Indaba
Dear Sir's, Please remove the following link from the web, you should not have published the said letter without my permission as you have included my email address. Please remove immediately and confirm with me by return. Thank you! Best Regards Allan Suart ind...@ntlworld.com This

[users] Fw: Version 3.2

2010-11-01 Thread Roberto Stoppa4
Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5582 (20101101) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org community council - only Oracle employees now??

2010-11-01 Thread jonathon
On 10/30/2010 08:15 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: So, do you take offense with StarOffice The issue is that Oracle is taking open source code, and making it exclusively closed source. and the fact that Oracle / Sun makes money selling licenses with support? I don't have an issue with

[users] Fehler beim Speichern von Dokumenten, Sicherungskopie konnte nicht erstellt werden

2010-11-01 Thread Horst Pitzer
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, seit einiger Zeit will es mir nicht mehr gelingen Dateien, nach dem ich in diesen Änderungen vorgenommen habe zu speichern. Es erscheint jedes mal folgende Anzeige, als Beispiel für die Datei Lesezeichen. Openoffice.Org 3.2 Fehler beim Speichern des

Re: [users] IMPORTANT

2010-11-01 Thread Paul
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Indaba ind...@ntlworld.com wrote: Dear Sir's, Please remove the following link from the web, you should not have published the said letter without my permission as you have included my email address. Please remove immediately and confirm with me by return.

Re: [users] Fehler beim Speichern von Dokumenten, Sicherungskopie konnte nicht erstellt werden

2010-11-01 Thread Paul
2010/11/1 Horst Pitzer h.l.pit...@gmx.de Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, seit einiger Zeit will es mir nicht mehr gelingen Dateien, nach dem ich in diesen Änderungen vorgenommen habe zu speichern. Es erscheint jedes mal folgende Anzeige, als Beispiel für die Datei Lesezeichen. Mein

[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as just blank boxes for the letters. I

[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as just blank boxes for the letters. I

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as just

Re: [users] Endnote 9 and writer

2010-11-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-11-01 11:33 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: Firefox 4 is still in beta. The final release will not be until next year. I recommend going back to the latest stable release. I am using 3.5.9 Eh? Latest stable is 3.6.12...

Re: [users] Change path for .~lock.xyz files

2010-11-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-10-30 9:24 AM, Mike Scott wrote: If a shared file system is 'playing tricks', it sounds like a candidate for being fixed. Breaking something else as a workaround for a broken system doesn't sound to me like a terribly good idea. Windows provides the ability to have very fine-grained

Re: [users] Change path for .~lock.xyz files

2010-11-01 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-10-30 5:53 PM, JOE Conner wrote: It *used* to have a problem allowing multiple people to edit a file simultaneously. This problem was *real* and desperately needed fixing. Fine - but when fixing things like this, it is always best to provide a fall-back to the old method so as to avoid

[users] What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

2010-11-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
Why does calc support multiple sheets in a single document? What is the use case? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

2010-11-01 Thread JOE Conner
On 11/1/2010 2:01 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Why does calc support multiple sheets in a single document? What is the use case? Thanks. 1.Different sheets can show subsets of a master sheet 2.Different sheets can have graphics or illustrations 3.Different sheets can be set up for

[users] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

2010-11-01 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 01.11.2010 22:01, Dotan Cohen wrote: Why does calc support multiple sheets in a single document? What is the use case? Thanks. - Ideally the main reason would be the separation of data and formulas. - Different sheets can have different page styles for printing. - Documentation. -

Re: [users] IMPORTANT

2010-11-01 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 05:41:52PM -, Indaba wrote: Please remove the following link from the web, you should not have published the said letter without my permission as you have included my email address. Please remove immediately and confirm with me by return. Thank you! You don't

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:10:42 -0400 webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used

Re: [users] Endnote 9 and writer

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:44:02 -0400 Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org dijo: On 2010-11-01 11:33 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: Firefox 4 is still in beta. The final release will not be until next year. I recommend going back to the latest stable release. I am using 3.5.9 Eh? Latest stable is

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/01/10 19:52, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:10:42 -0400 webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:45:15 -0400 webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: It is clearly a bug in OOo 3.1.1. Eventually I will move up to 3.2, which hopefully will resolve the problem. In the meantime, for this project I just changed all the fonts to DejaVu. For those

[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 11/01/2010 04:52 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: ... What happens when you print to a cups-pdf printer? The resulting PDF has all the fonts converted to Times, and no font metrics. ... Fedora 11 x86_64 with OOo 3.1.1 from OOo, not the repositories. The

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:57:50 -0700 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net dijo: Fedora 11 x86_64 with OOo 3.1.1 from OOo, not the repositories. The problem is only Bitstream Vera family. I have hundreds of other fonts installed, including Adobe OTF Pro fonts. OOo is happy to embed and print all of them,

[users] OOo 3.1 Base Forms

2010-11-01 Thread Adeel Shahid
Hi I have created a database in OOo 3.1 Base, I want to give access of only the form to the users so that they can enter the data in the database and should have user rights of only adding new entries in the database and also searching an entry in the database. So if you can guide me how to do