[users] Re: limit # of columns in a spreadsheet

2011-07-01 Thread Alan Boba
or Libre. Thanks to all. Helen On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Alan Boba abo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Helen etter...@gmail.com wrote: I have a spreadsheet with 14 columns. I tried to upload it to google docs, and got a message saying the document has too

[users] Re: limit # of columns in a spreadsheet

2011-06-30 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Helen etter...@gmail.com wrote: I have a spreadsheet with 14 columns. I tried to upload it to google docs, and got a message saying the document has too many columns, that google has a limit of 219 columns. So I opened my document and I see that the

[users] Re: Downloading open office

2011-06-14 Thread Alan Boba
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Rachelle Payne shashe...@gmail.comwrote: I have a problem with my macbook and was wondering if downloading open office would solve my issue. Basicly, whenever I want to send a document I have typed/created through the application pages attached in an email,

Re: [users] Setting tabs in a text document

2009-05-20 Thread Alan Boba
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/5/20 James R. Liebert jiml...@neo.rr.com: If you are describing a tabula rosa, set the tabs for the first line. pink table? blank slate or starting fresh are the meanings I've heard for the expression as opposed to

Re: [users] Setting tabs in a text document

2009-05-20 Thread Alan Boba
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Harold Fuchs hwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com wrote: 2009/5/20 Alan Boba abo...@gmail.com: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Guy Voets nimant...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/5/20 James R. Liebert jiml...@neo.rr.com: If you are describing a tabula rosa, set

Re: [users] Inputting comma delimited data into OO Base

2009-04-24 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Dick Hoffman old...@ix.netcom.com wrote: We have a home-grown database supported by a group of QBASIC programs (no snickering!) that we'd like to convert to OO Base. Our first question is how can we input a comma delimited sequential file into Base? This file

Re: [users] Open compare with Microsoft Office

2009-04-20 Thread Alan Boba
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Sammanasunathan, Inbaraj inbaraj.sammanasunat...@sanmina-sci.com wrote: By any change do Open office has any document on the compare with Micorsofr office suite.. like Open Office Spreedshee (Calc) Vs Micorsoft Excel, Open Offfice Writer Vs Microsoft Word,

Re: [users] Password protect

2009-04-19 Thread Alan Boba
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Martin Hauser hauser.mar...@yahoo.sewrote: I have tried the help option. Unfortunately there is no save with password box to check. For an existing .ODT document password protect is available from Tools Options OpenOffice.org Security. Once there the button

Re: [users] If/Else Statements in Calc

2009-04-19 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM, DDowney ddowney...@eircom.net wrote: Is it possible to use text cells in if/else statements in Calc? Im using Calc to do a household budget spreadsheet am including a sheet which will track and chart all electricity bills, for instance, through the year. Can

Re: [users] FW: Open Office

2009-04-17 Thread Alan Boba
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com wrote: Thanks, Alan -- I did copy her on the message, but I'm glad you're looking out for folks. Hmm, don't why how I missed that. In any case you're welcome.

Re: [users] FW: Open Office

2009-04-16 Thread Alan Boba
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Julie Smith joole...@hotmail.com wrote: I have a new computer with Open Office. I have spent weeks typing an assignment for a qualification, which I am undertaking and when I have emailed to the recipient, they cannot open the attachment. I have then tried

Re: [users] FW: Open Office

2009-04-16 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Julie Smith joole...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank you for your email, which I will work through tomorrow. Julie -- Hope it helps. Note that if you reply to the list, users@openoffice.org, more people will know whether you've gotten

Re: [users] FW: Open Office

2009-04-16 Thread Alan Boba
forwarded to OP On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com wrote: Julie Smith wrote: snip Dear Sir I have been browsing the internet to try and resolve my problem and note that you have provided a helpful response to someone else and I wonder if you would be able to

Re: [users] HELP !

2009-04-14 Thread Alan Boba
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Tudor Tudor mrtudord...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, i am a young programmer, a student, and i am searching for a text editor free of charge to use in a program that i want to make. I want o make some money from this program so i am using lazarus and i was

Re: [users] not working at all

2009-04-14 Thread Alan Boba
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Rose rose.pointofli...@cox.net wrote: My Son-in-law recommended I download open office. I have done so, but it is not working. Please assist me because I have a lot of writing I must get done. When I attempt to open the program, nothing happens. The only

Re: [users] Exporting data from Base

2009-03-22 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Reginald Beardsley pulask...@yahoo.comwrote: Base to Calc after an hour or more because I thought it was hung. Can Calc handle more than 2**16 rows? My prior experience This I can answer, the current row limit in Calc is 2^16.

Re: [users] OT: Ask for OOo tutorials from MSO tutorial authors

2009-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: A recent thread regarding implementation of a Word feature in OOo led me to think: Any time we encounter Word / MS Office tutorials we should take three minutes and write to the author / leave a comment asking how to do

Re: [users] OT: Ask for OOo tutorials from MSO tutorial authors

2009-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
Mmm... I disagree. Offering a solution that's mainly point and click in Ooo.org will illustrate how little one needs to be a geek to use Ooo.org. It requires very little effort from the writer of the article. And it prevents the author (who's probably not familiar with Ooo.org) from

Re: [users] Calc: maximum number of rows to import from csv: 81 rows?

2009-02-15 Thread Alan Boba
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried opening a CSV file in Calc with 140 rows, but only the first 81 rows were imported. I got a message during the open that said that the maximum number of rows has been exceeded. Can Calc really only import 81

Re: [users] Calc: maximum number of rows to import from csv: 81 rows?

2009-02-15 Thread Alan Boba
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: What a catch! Those are in fact double quotes: in Hebrew we use them to denote acronyms like English uses caps (So RADAR would be radar for instance). They _should_ be escaped, but they are not. The file comes from the

Re: [users] [moderated] Idon't understand your words, so I don't know where to go to undo an instalation

2009-02-08 Thread Alan Boba
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Jo Davis josie...@gmail.com wrote: Briefly, I have Writer on my computer, given to me by daughters at Christmas 2007. Since then, I have dutifully invited updates/downloads from time to time as the pop-ups asking to do so appeared. On my desk top are two

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org Customer Service

2009-02-05 Thread Alan Boba
Drew, Your posts often include language about legal perspectives. The post that I'm responding to suggests possible codification of a customer service role. Seeing that I am curious to know: what are your legal qualifications, what area of law do you believe this idea to be governed by, what if

Re: [users] [moderated]

2009-01-26 Thread Alan Boba
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 10:51 AM, sabin11...@aol.com wrote: I recently downloaded Open Office and I am very impressed. My brother lives in a rural area and has only a slow dial up internet connection. Can he order a copy of Open Office on a cd? Where, how and how much. Can I download

Re: [users] openoffice.org3

2009-01-24 Thread Alan Boba
The programs are independent of one another. Installing OpenOffice will not remove Microsoft Office 2007 (or any other version of Microsoft Office). If you install OpenOffice and already have Microsoft Office installed you will be able to move through them both as you like. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009

Re: [users] Open office

2009-01-24 Thread Alan Boba
Hello Mr. Rea, The support list you have contacted is populated by volunteers (like myself). To get a refund you will need to contact the organization that you paid your money to. An additional note. OpenOffice is available free from www.openoffice.org. This is the official project web site. If

Re: [users] Open Office Doubt

2008-11-11 Thread Alan Boba
I don't recognize these errors. You might post back to include the network operating system, desktop operating system, and OOo versions. All of those may be helpful to identifying a solution. On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:15 AM, kumar v [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using Open office I am

Re: [users] [Calc] Sort to put empty fields at the top of a sorted range?

2008-09-07 Thread Alan Boba
There's already a closed issue about this. The maintainers (at least those who responded to the issue) don't feel it's a bug. It may not be in that it works as designed however I do agree that being able to specify where nulls sort would be very helpful. I've opened a new issue, an enhancement

Re: [users] A question

2008-08-10 Thread Alan Boba
Roy, Adding to what others have said... - Files are stored on your computer - You can choose where on your computer they are stored - for additional information about where files are stored and how to modify the location refer to page 63 of...

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-08-04 Thread Alan Boba
Micheal, Yes it can be used for free. Yes there is a license agreement. There is a FAQ about OpenOffice.org licensing here. http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html. I think the link that will be of most interest to you is this one Are OpenOffice.org binaries legal for commercial

Re: [users] opening documnet

2008-05-20 Thread Alan Boba
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Carrie Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi There - Even after converting my oo document to a .doc, my potential boss cannot open my resume when I email it to him. Any suggestions? Another possibility, no disrespect intended, is that the file was not

Re: [users] donation?

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Boba
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Ross Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I donated $40 without seeing Openoffice. I had read enough reviews to feel comfortable doing so. I had trailed Corel Wordperfect Office and I liked it, but didn't wish to pay the price. This morning I got a sales

Re: [users] cannot install open office version 2.3

2008-04-27 Thread Alan Boba
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 8:15 PM, CIVAL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: im would like my money refunded cannot install. please reply as to your action The email address your question was sent to is a volunteer support list for OpenOffice. It is not operated by any particular vendor or product

Re: [users] novice enquiry

2008-04-23 Thread Alan Boba
On 4/22/08, Brigitte Lechner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have OO installed but don't know how to run it. I am technically illiterate but would like to find out more about OO. I have looked at the FAQs but not got anywhere. Can you help? In addition to earlier suggestion you might also find

Re: [users] MS-Word files as a default

2008-04-21 Thread Alan Boba
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of migrating my wife from Windows XP to kubuntu 7.10. I believe that .odt files will be the default, but I'm wondering if there is a way to set Open Office so that any legacy .doc (MS-word) files that

Re: [users] Change MS Office files to associate with OpenOffice

2008-04-19 Thread Alan Boba
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Rita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I installed the newest version of OpenOffice, I chose not to associate MS Office files with OpenOffice. I want to change that to now associate MS Office files with OpenOffice. How do I do that? I have Vista Ultimate.

Re: [users] I need to convert an e-mail attachment

2008-04-15 Thread Alan Boba
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:50 PM, David Zehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I convert an open office document to a format that my clients can open read with microsoft word. Several options. The one I've used... If the file is already created then: 1. open the file in Writer 2. select File

Re: [users] Text file import to Calc

2008-04-14 Thread Alan Boba
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Victor Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a text file that is columnized (is that a word!) by spaces not commas or tabs. The first row has the column headings. How do I import this file into calc (or base). And yet another option: 1. open Calc 2.

Re: [users] [moderated] Lotus WordPro files

2008-04-06 Thread Alan Boba
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Reginald Gibbons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So far as I can tell, OO cannot open and work with word processing files created in Lotus WordPro. I worry I need to migrate, since WordPro hasn't been updated in so long I wonder if it is on the way out. But I hate

Re: [users] New Calc user Questions

2008-04-04 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Don Daugherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. My immediate concern is Macros for Calc. I have no experience with VBA, which seems to be the language used for OpenOffice macros, but I have worked in old-fashioned BASIC, Pascal, Clip (the macro language used in

Re: [users] I want Database, please

2008-03-31 Thread Alan Boba
On 3/30/08, COLIN POATE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want a database. I am told that thre is one in your wordprocesser that is good but I do not want to use the whole programme. May I download just the Db, is it possible to downlod just the Db? and, if so, how do I do it? If this is not

Re: [users] YOUR PROGRAM IS LOUSY AND USELESS

2008-03-31 Thread Alan Boba
On 3/31/08, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great! That's probably an hour or so faster than it would be to download MS Office if it is possible to download at all (I don't know, is it?). Actually yes. Just have to have the correct product license and user account to get on the web

Re: [users] Calc: Borders with conditional formatting

2008-03-29 Thread Alan Boba
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a table in calc with 28 columns and 51 rows. For each column I manually set borders. For some columns the borders are thin and for some other columns the borders are thick. Now, I want to add a thin line for

Re: [users] opening docs

2008-03-24 Thread Alan Boba
On 3/24/08, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was under the impression, that if I sent a doc in openOffice, that it could be opened in Word. Am I wrong? You're not wrong. There is a crucial piece of information you may be missing though. OpenOffice creates its files in an international standard

Re: [users] this program

2008-03-24 Thread Alan Boba
Tammy Harrison wrote: I just got a new computer with this installed. Why do I have to use this instead of Microsoft Office? I have no idea how to use Openoffice because I have no books to refer to. There are many sources of documentation online. And pdf books can be downloaded. To see online

Re: [users] I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : Can I convert a 5 page .tif file to a pdf?

2008-03-23 Thread Alan Boba
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Ana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : Can I convert a 5 page .tif file to a pdf? I use Microsoft Office Document Imaging to scan it onto my computer and it saves as a .tif file. Is this possible to open

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-03-23 Thread Alan Boba
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 3:07 AM, bennie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Have Tried all the help and google sites I can find and with openoffice 2.3.1 I still cannot figure out how to make a hyperlink table of contents in writerI have read all forums that I could find and still have no

Re: [users] Compatibility of Writer with Word Perfect files and Calc with Quatro Pro files

2008-03-23 Thread Alan Boba
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can Writer read and use Word Perfect files and can Calc read and use Quatro Pro files? According to the online documentation it can read Wordperfect files and Quattro Pro files. For WP files it indicates the following can be read

Re: [users] [moderated] User's report on working with OPenOffice

2008-03-21 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:53 PM, David Lewin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I first installed the software I was asked whether I would be prepared to contribute Having just had the software crash on me - I find that I have no idea HOW to report observations. Can you guide me please? There

Re: [users] I'm using version OOo_2.0.0_Wn32Intel_install.exe (new user)

2008-03-21 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Darrell C Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had written to OOo and a lady webmaster said that it could not be broken up and I had at that time, 93% free space on a 37.27 WD HDD. Saw the latest version on www.filehippo.com but the one that was 120 MB died out

[users] How to tell if OP gets the message?

2008-03-20 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forwarding to unsubscribed user. Harold thank you for forwarding, I think. I presume it was necessary for the OP to receive my reply. But why was it necessary? In my mail client, gmail on Firefox, DREWGO's initial inquiry

Re: [users] Re: Windows XP - Internet Explorer Incompatability

2008-03-19 Thread Alan Boba
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:43 PM, NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Small, polite request to you, James, and others; *please* don't respond to posters requests for help, particularly unsubscribe posters, with disparaging and sophomoric remarks about the software the poster is using and/or

Re: [users] troubles using open office

2008-03-19 Thread Alan Boba
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for some help with my application for open office. We use formats for evaluation of our clients. The formats are made in Word and normaly I've had no difficulty in using them in my open office program. Now when i am

Re: [users] $$

2008-03-19 Thread Alan Boba
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:29 PM, DREWGO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I do Legal work involving the Dollar $ sign with two (2) vertical bars and find Open O changes files that has the double bar to a single. Single is not acceptable.

Re: [users] Support for Lotus Word Pro Documents

2008-03-18 Thread Alan Boba
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Dale Pollett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a new user looking for the ability to convert my Lotus Word Pro documents for use with OpenOffice. I see that there is support for opening Lotus 123 spreadsheets, but I can't find a way to open a LWP document. An

Re: [users] I have no success trying to create return address lables

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Barbara Lister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Obviously I need to buy a book that I can refer to while learning how to use Open Office.I am using Open Office org 2.2.1. Trying to create return address labels. I type the address into the appropriate box using

Re: [users] question

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Jason St. Mars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just wondering if you think Open Office will work with a program that requires MS Access 2000 OpenOffice Base can read the tables in a Microsoft Access database. It cannot read or use any of the other elements. The

Re: [users] I need how to instructions

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Gary Neubaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am currently using version 2.3. I need basic How to instructions in its use and operation. Lots of free help information is available here...

Re: [users] a question

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:38 AM, salvomaltese1974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could u please let me know if i have to erase office, it's a three months trial version, do i have to unsinstall it before downloadinf open office? thanks Presuming you mean Microsoft Office, there is no need to

Re: [users] OOo won't open w/ Word

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:25 AM, mdbez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have OO2.3. Documents saved in OO won't open w/ word for me, and when I try to re-save as Word documents, the format is messed up. How can I open OO documents w/ Word? Thanks. -mike- Check the bottom of page 21 of the OO

Re: [users] I have no success trying to create return address lables

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Alan Boba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barbara, I don't know about the problem you're having but wanted to let you know you can download several free books in PDF format. Links to get at those documents are: Writer Guide - refer to page 141-143 of chapter 5

Re: [users] Compatibility with MS applications

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Chuck Fiedler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am VERY new to OOo so I don't personally know this is true but I have been told that the OOo apps have an inability to properly handle Word docs and Excel xsls with macros. The current version, OOo 2.3.1, does not

Re: [users] Base relations question

2008-03-12 Thread Alan Boba
On 3/12/08, Drew Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which brings me to point two. 2) Referential Integrity is not always that big a deal...( oh the heresy ;). What I mean is that in a desktop database for personal use you can often get by with just using the features supported in Form-SubForm

Re: [users] How to get to this forum

2008-03-05 Thread Alan Boba
On 3/5/08, tenbob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not on this subject. I recently installed OOo after 30 years with other editos, etc. I don't remember why I am getting emails from [users] but would like to get to this forum to ask some questions OR do I just write emails like this Bob

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

2008-02-27 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Maureen and Laurie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to print the grid lines in some of my documents and I cannot figure ot how to do this. Open office is great .. Maureen Maureen, I didn't see that you've gotten a reply. Presuming you're referring to

Re: [users] i need help

2008-02-26 Thread Alan Boba
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THANKS FOR THE INFO.?? MY FATHER-IN-LAW TOLD ME ABOUT DOWNLOADING OFFICEORG 2.3.?? I WAS GOING TO BUY THE STUDENT VERSION OF MICROSOFT WORK AND POWER POINT FOR MY DAUAGTHER SINCE SHE NEEDS TO DO REPORTS FOR SCHOOL. THUS I WILL BUY

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-02-24 Thread Alan Boba
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 9:38 AM, bruce neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QUESTION, IF YOU ARE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED DONATED COMPUTERS ,HOW CAN THEY GET FREE SOFTWARE LIKE THE MS OFFICE PACKAGE FROM YOU ON CDs? CONTACT PERSON/PHONE# AND OR WEB ADDRESS/EMAIL ADDRESS

Fwd: [users] [moderated]

2008-02-24 Thread Alan Boba
...forwarded to OP -- Forwarded message -- From: Alan Boba [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 7:03 AM Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] To: users@openoffice.org On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 9:38 AM, bruce neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QUESTION, IF YOU ARE A NON-PROFIT

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-02-24 Thread Alan Boba
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Joe lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how do i enable macros when i open a microsoft excel program. where do i find the macro security settings If you are using OpenOffice then there is no Excel program to open (Excel is a spreadsheet program licensed and sold by

Re: [users] adding gridlined

2008-02-24 Thread Alan Boba
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Marietta Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using the office spreadsheet for the first time. How do I insert the gridlines? [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to display the gridlines on the screen... 1. select Tools Options... from the menu 2. select

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-02-24 Thread Alan Boba
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Bert Ornee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir, Before spending a long time downloading another program on my dial-up connection (44kb/sec) I need to know if it can help me. I run XP and wordperfect 9.0 From deceased family I received about 35 files in .wri

Re: [users] [moderated] shortcut for date

2008-02-24 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Yves Duriau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how may you write the date of the current day with a shortcut (as you do in WordPerfect with ctrl+D) Thanks, YD. A shortcut key needs to be assigned. Ctrl+D is assigned to create a double underline. You can change that to

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-02-21 Thread Alan Boba
James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Healthy Beaver wrote: You don't need OpenOffice to use MS Word but if you are a pinhead, you can use pinpoint. Please remember we're here to help users, not insult them. While I also dislike Microsoft, I do not think your comment is appropriate and

Re: [users] Where to start

2008-02-21 Thread Alan Boba
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 Olivier wrote: Also I would need a way to prompt for a value to make the query: Right now, my query looks like select * from view where invoice_date = 'blah'. I'd like blah to be prompted before the merge. modify the query so the value 'blah' is instead written :blah

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-02-17 Thread Alan Boba
Do you have a separate PDF tool as a product? What do you mean by ...PDF tool...? - a way to create PDFs from within OpenOffice -- YES, the option to create PDF files is part of OOo - a way to create PDFs from other programs -- NO, however there are a number of open source products that work

Re: [users] DATABAsES

2008-02-17 Thread Alan Boba
Hi I am in need of help here as I need to set up a very basic data base.. I work in a medical office and need to keep track of procedures without having to go through dozens of files to see what is what: What I need to include is: Patient Name and Surname File No Procedure Date of

Re: [users] Problem with upgrade to 2.3.1

2008-02-05 Thread Alan Boba
On Feb 3, 2008 1:49 PM, Maria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was able to open and complete a previous worksheet of the same format when using Open Office 2.3. If I can't find a way to open this document, can I revert to using 2.3? I chose the overwrite option when installing 2.3.1. In addition

Re: [users] Open Office 3

2008-02-05 Thread Alan Boba
On Feb 4, 2008 4:14 PM, MARGARET BARILE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To whom it may concern: I am currently working in a school district that is considering whether to switch to Open Office or Microsoft Office 2007. We are currently looking at the Open Office 2.3 version but have heard that you

Re: [users] Compatability with Word

2008-02-05 Thread Alan Boba
On Feb 4, 2008 9:25 PM, Trista Curtiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: had to install Open Office on my desktop so that I could print my papers. When I researched this program, it said that it would be compatible with any other program. Is this not so? I can't share files with classmates, because

Re: [users] Another question

2008-02-04 Thread Alan Boba
On 2/1/08, Marcia Thurmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: information I've entered before, and fills in the remaining info (in this case, names), I can't just tab onto the next cell but instead must fill in the entire name before I can go on. From memory so may be wrong but... try the right arrow

Re: [users] Base : java.lang.NullPointerException

2008-01-25 Thread Alan Boba
On 1/25/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I import a *.csv data file with 3 cols and 999 rows with Edit - Copy from Calc to Base with Edit - Paste. I get the following error: ___ S1000 General error

Re: [users] PROBLEM

2008-01-17 Thread Alan Boba
On Jan 14, 2008 4:39 PM, Paul Pomeroy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - *I cannot open any powerpoint files created in Powerpoint 97. I have attached* *a sample file. Please help since you originally told me I would be able to do this.* According to the file viewer in Google mail the

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-01-13 Thread Alan Boba
On Jan 11, 2008 6:02 PM, Mark E. Brickzin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Friends at Open Office -- I was glad to hear that your software will import MS Word but I was wondering if you might consider a future update that would allow a user to import IBM's Lotus Word Pro. I have downloaded

[users] Calc: Link to external data bug?

2008-01-07 Thread Alan Boba
I came across a post on linking Calc to external data. The URL was: http://webtables.org/index.php/?p=6 I tried the instructions and they worked in two out of the three cases. Does this seem like an OOo bug or a Windows issue? If OOo I'll post it to bugtrack. case#1 - fails system: Windows XP

Re: [users] Base: font size in table control

2007-12-31 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 31, 2007 8:48 AM, Drew Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 31 December 2007 01:15:50 Alan Boba wrote: Whenever a given cell of the table control has focus the font size becomes smaller. Dan Lewis wrote: issue. Perhaps someone else would list what is required to report

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

2007-12-31 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 31, 2007 7:32 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: 4) You got a great answer on this question already... Thanks. And I want to improve on it. I found field alignment can also be set in the field's properties in the table design. It isn't necessary to set alignment in the form. My first answer

[users] Base: font size in table control

2007-12-30 Thread Alan Boba
OOo 2.3.1 Base In a form that uses a table control the font size has been set to 10.5(slightly larger than the default font) on the general properties tab of the table control. Whenever a given cell of the table control has focus the font size becomes smaller. I haven't found a way to specify

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

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] page numbering

2007-12-26 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 26, 2007 11:11 AM, leslie jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay i am about to start crying. this program is so unecessarily difficult. All i want to do is add page numbers to the page when they print. i do not understand why this so Hope you haven't gotten to crying yet... To add page

Re: [users] No icon after installing

2007-12-26 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 22, 2007 3:05 PM, Bill Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, Someone told me that I could download OpenOffice and be able to use Microsoft Excel templates. I have downloaded the Windows version three times this morning and installed three times. After installing each time, I

Re: [users] labels

2007-12-24 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 23, 2007 11:23 PM, rodney morrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before I do this I just want to know if under the labels tab, in the block marked Database, if there should be anything listed? For example, the word bibliography is listed there and in the block below it, Table, the word biblio

Re: [users] Openoffice Base information required.

2007-12-22 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 18, 2007 6:02 PM, Dorian Sabaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, where can I find a reference for the supporting Functions in your Query maker. The supported functions in Query builder are those that are offered in the Function row of the interactive query interface. They are only a

Re: [users] Openoffice Base information required.

2007-12-22 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 22, 2007 1:31 PM, Drew Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Boba wrote: The supported functions in Query builder are those that are offered in the Function row of the interactive query interface. They are only a subset of the functions available in the HSQL product. To perform

Re: [users] Outlines in Writer

2007-12-21 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 20, 2007 3:15 PM, Joseph (Ragweed) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I use them, I like it set up as follows: I. A. 1. a. i. * However, I can set them to this, but they will [apparently] default back to the original settings

Re: [users] Are my emails getting through?

2007-12-21 Thread Alan Boba
On Dec 21, 2007 8:28 PM, Pat Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering if the emails I'm sending are getting onto the list. Three or four times I've asked about something - the last time was about the Style update and not once have I ever received an answer, so I have to wonder if anyone

Re: [users] assistance please!

2007-12-18 Thread Alan Boba
On 12/14/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to this and all I want to do is get started on writing important business letters and also write my stories.? Otherwise this is not good for me.? My husband purchased this for me as an advance Christmas present.? All I'm getting

Re: [users] Openoffice on CD

2007-12-18 Thread Alan Boba
On 12/18/07, Arnall, Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does one go about ordering/purchasing the program on CD? I have a stand alone computer that is not connected to the internet. Would you be able to use the computer this message was sent from to perform the download? If so the file could

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

2007-12-17 Thread Alan Boba
On 12/16/07, Christian Konradt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But first I want to know if its possible to synchronise the files (calendar / to dos etc.) between 2 pc´s online? Christian, OpenOffice does not include a calendaring function. So the answer to your question is no.

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